#5: Observe-Hiei/Kurama, Kurama POV (set before Yusuke gets involved)

"You love her."

I sighed, turning my head skyward, "I dont know what you're talking about."

"Of course not," Hiei sat next to me, tossing a rock over the wall and striking a pedestrian, "That's why you're always here with that pathetically contemplative look on your face."

I sighed, breathing deeply, feeling my young lungs fill, "You won't cast me out now...will you?"

"And work solely with that idiot?" he snorted, crossing his arms, "I'm cautious but not stupid. I know he will take the orb and get caught, get killed. You, however," he turned his head, looked at me with young, crimson eyes, "You are TRYING to get caught. And trying to question you is more trouble than it's worth, Yoko Kurama."

I smirked as he held his hand out, taking mine in a handshake of agreement, alliance no matter what befalls us, "I will not betray you again Hiei," I said softly, feeling the Jagan probing the sick mind of my mother, "And I will repay you someday.".

"Just don't become a human," he snorted, ruffling my red hair, "Don't make me watch you die."