Chapter Eight- Powers Revealed

"Hey, Urameshi! Slow down!" Kuwabara barked.

Yusuke did slow and looked back at his friend. "What's the matter?" he teased. "Your short fox legs can't keep up?"

"Ha, ha. Very funny," he retorted sarcastically. "I just haven't been a fox like this before. You've been a wolf once already."

"Yeah and it was great. Hiei showed me a couple of places I didn't know about."

"Really? Like what?"

"A waterfall and a cliff face with lots of caves."

"A waterfall? Here?"

Yusuke barked a laugh. "Yeah. Come on. I'll show you."

"All right, but not so fast."

"Aw, come on! We're still demons despite our bodies. We can go faster." Yusuke sprinted off and Kuwabara followed suite.

Yusuke showed Kuwabara the caves before heading to the waterfall. The water thundered into the lake as Kuwabara lapped up water before looking at his reflection. His eyes and ears were unchanged but his face was covered in blond-white fur. A muzzle with a crop of whiskers extended from his face and, as he licked water off his muzzle, he saw sharp teeth inside his mouth. "I definitely look like a fox."

"An unusual one considering your fur, but yeah, you are."

"We're also demons only without the powers Hiei says we should have soon."

"I don't really care about that. I have enough to do with adapting my Spirit Gun and Wave so I can use them with demon energy."

"Yeah. I should be doing the same with my sword."

"Then, let's head back and work on them."

In a very short time, both were back at the compound in demon form with Kuwabara focusing on his sword. It took a little effort to convert it to a demon energy sword but Kuwabara was soon practicing with his usual tricks. Yusuke was also practicing and was pleased with how easy it was to adapt his attacks. He wiped his forehead after working on his energy with the Spirit Wave. "Okay, I'm done, at least for now."

"Yeah, same here," Kuwabara agreed, his sword vanishing.

"Perhaps you would like some tea and snacks to regain your energy?" came Yukina's voice and both boys looked to see the ice maiden on the porch with a tray of said food and drink.

Kuwabara moved forward to partake of the drink when his nose twitched and then flared as he drank in Yukina's scent. He was unaware of himself panting as he stared at Yukina, his tail wagging back and forth rapidly. He no longer cared about food; only Yukina mattered now.

Yukina was not oblivious to Kuwabara's actions but was to his intentions. She noticed his tail's movements and looked up to see his eyes were a brighter gold than usual. "Kazuma?" she asked, tilting her head.

"Yukina," he said in a low voice. "I love you…so much."

"Sorry?" she asked, confused.

"I fell for you since I first saw you on the video tape detailing the case to rescue you. I just never made it clear to you. But now I have."

"Oh!" she said, now understanding. "I'm glad you made your feelings toward me clear. You were one of the first men to be nice, friendly, and kind to me. Uh, Kazuma? Are you all right?" She saw the tail moving even faster and Kuwabara coming closer.

"I…want you…as my mate," Kuwabara panted, sliding the tray aside. "Come, my love. Let us make it official."

"Kazuma…no," she said before she was pushed onto her back in an aggressive manner and Kuwabara straddling her and pinned her arms out to the sides. Yukina struggled to get loose but Kuwabara was bigger and stronger.

"Kuwabara!" Yusuke yelled. "What the hell are you doing?"

Kuwabara glared back over his shoulder. "Back off, Urameshi," he growled. "Yukina's my mate. You already have Keiko."

Yukina, desperate and with Kuwabara distracted, tapped her powers. Her eyes glowed white and her fingertips spread an icy mist to Kuwabara's hands. Her intention was to make his hands cold enough to release her arms so she could squirm away from the mating crazed fox. The first curls of mist crawled over the fox's hands and, while it got his attention, he didn't really react. She made it colder and still he held her down. "Aren't your hands cold?" she asked.

"Not at all," he said and then he grinned. "It seems I have ice powers too. We're a perfect match."

The sound of a gunshot rang out and Kuwabara jerked as a bullet of energy grazed his shoulder. He leaped off Yukina with a growl and faced Yusuke whose hands were still up in the gun position. "What's your problem, Urameshi!?"

"You were going to rape Yukina! That's my problem!"

"Stay out of my business!" roared Kuwabara before he flung out a hand and a horde of ice shards came flying toward Yusuke.

"Whoa!" Yusuke said as he dodged. Another barrage came at him and again he dodged. Kuwabara snarled before unleashing another barrage upward so they could fall from overhead. Yusuke lifted his hands up to use the Spirit Wave to block or destroy them but they stopped dead a good two or three feet from his hands. "What?" he asked himself. A tongue of flame then shot across the ice from the right and Yusuke lowered his hands.

"What is going on here?" Hiei demanded as he landed on the ground.

Kuwabara blinked as his desire to be sexual faded away and his face burned with chagrin and embarrassment. He whimpered before changing to a fox and sprinting off for the woods. "Kazuma!" Yukina called as the fox left.

"Detective," Hiei said in a low voice. "What…happened?"

Yusuke knew Kuwabara was in a delicate situation even though he didn't know it. I need to phrase it carefully. "I don't think he was in his right mind. He wanted Yukina for a mate and wanted to, well, mate with her."

Hiei's face darkened. "He dare force himself on her?" he growled so only Yusuke heard.

"I don't think it was his fault," Yusuke protested.

"He is correct," Kurama spoke up as he came into the compound. "Fox demons, unless they learn to control it, can be quite aggressive when feeling sexual or when in the heat of battle."

"Kuwabara was aggressive and he's an ice fox. He was shooting ice shards at me."

"And you are a wind wolf," Hiei added. "You were using an air shield to protect yourself."

"Where is Kuwabara?" Kurama asked.

"He came back to his senses, turned into a fox, and ran off into the forest. He's probably ashamed of what he did and almost did."

"I see. Let me speak to him alone." Kurama headed to the forest, changed into a fox, and sprinted off.

"I hope Kazuma comes back," Yukina said. "I would like to be his mate, but not actually mate."

"He'll come back," Yusuke assured her. "Kurama will talk to him and tell him that we forgive him."