Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ But I Know Everything About Him ❯ But I Know Everything About Him ( One-Shot )

Disclaimer:

Hi-Hi mina-san, this is my first fan fic so be gentle with the criticism onigai *gives cute chibi-eyes * Any way I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or the characters blah blah blah, you know the drill. This has nothing to do with the story line at all I just wanted to play a bit with Kurama and his Minamino life. This story will have a little Shonen-ai, but probably nothing heavy. I super suck at fight scenes so the last part of the fic might suck monkey toes, I'm sorry. I'm also so sorry that it ended up so long I didn't mean for it to happen, I may make it a multipart but I've not decided yet. I will probably be using some Japanese terms that I got from my training; I train in martial arts Bujutsu, mainly the Ninjutsu aspects of the art (I think Samurai are fools don't get me started on them -__- ). I will explain the terms at the end of the fic so don't worry ^_^. And with no further Ado:

But I Know Everything About Him or What Would `Ka-san Say???

(Kinda like Rocky and Bull Winkle, ne??)

I was sitting at the table watching the others make fools out of themselves singing karaoke to each other, and they were doing quite a good job of it too. I laughed from time to time as Yusuke or Kuwabara did something more embarrassing than usual. Hiei was doing nothing but scowling at them the entire time and muttering something that sounded suspiciously like "stupid ningen". I still have no idea how they convinced him to come, maybe they bribed him with some "sweet snow", I doubt he came to my birthday party only for our companionship… our small friendship only goes so far and it doesn't usually go as far as him socializing with the "stupid ningen" all night for no apparent reason at all. He was looking even more sullen than usual this evening, and I should know how he usually looks, I stare at him often enough. I'm not sure why, I am a Youko after all and I've seen plenty of beings, demon or otherwise just as beautiful, if not more so than Hiei. Beautiful…where did that come from?? Surely I don't think he's beautiful…I glance over at him again and there he is looking even more sullen and looking as if he wished he hadn't agreed to come here at all. I suppressed a grin; he did look awfully cute though…with the pout on his face. That bottom lip sticking out just a little bit, making the Youko in me want to nip at it and…

" Oi! Kurama!! Wake up man it's your turn to sing." Yusuke called down to me. I looked around and everyone was looking at me, even Hiei. I blushed a bit and thankfully my mother and Hiei seemed to be the only ones who noticed, I just hoped Hiei didn't know the reason I wasn't paying attention was him.

"Ano…Arigato Yusuke-san, demo, I don't really want to sing…Gomen nasi." I said shakily.

"Awww come on Kurama, have a little fun man." Kuwabara yelled to me.

"Yeah! Come on Kurama! Yes you really should Kurama-sama." They all begged him.

"Alright, but I'll only sing under one condition." I knew how to get out of this fair and square, the fox part of me still had a bit of a hold on my sensibilities.

"Anything." They all said together.

" Ok swear?" I asked innocently.

" Swear." Yusuke agreed for all of them, and the two shook on it.

"I'll only sing if Hiei sings with me." They all groaned.

" Oh Kurama you know he won't do that!! That's not fair!" They all called to him. And I hid a smile as best I could. I knew that none of them would dare to ask Hiei to sing; he'd probably slice up the first person to ask him with his katana and then fry them. What I didn't count on though was that Yukina was there, she'd been so silent I'd forgotten she was here at all, and she chose this moment to speak up.

" Oh Hiei-kun won't you sing with Kurama-san, It'll will make him so happy." She smiled at him and he didn't stand a chance.

" Ummm… Uhhh… Alright, come on Fox let's get this over with."

Despite the fact that I had seen it coming I was still flabbergasted by his response. I of course knew that he would do anything Yukina asked if she smiled at him like that. It was the only thing he and Kuwabara had in common. Everyone was looking at me waiting for me to follow the little firebaby to the microphone and start singing. We did, and we did it well. Hiei has a nice voice, deep and melodious. We sang an old song together with an old rhythm from the Makai.

I was still mortified and Hiei wasn't much better off, and when the begged for and encore we both glared at them so fiercely that not even Yukina dared to ask for another song. The rest of the evening passed by uneventfully, with nearly everyone getting drunk from the sake that Kuwabara's sister had brought to my party. Needless to say my mother was not exactly thrilled, but she didn't say anything, and I didn't drink anything. Neither did Hiei.

Later on that evening Hiei and I went up to my bedroom to talk about things. Well I talked Hiei listened and occasionally contributed a well-timed grunt. I spoke to him of school and my mother, my homework, and everything and anything else that popped into my mind. He listened and said little as he rebound the wrappings on his katana. Eventually I ran out of things to say and I sat quietly, presently Hiei looked up from his work and cast me an inquisitive look that all but said " what's wrong with you baka?" I shook my head.

"Nothing." I said, but I thought " Nothing except ai shiteru."

"Hn. Oyasumi nasi Kitsune."

I made him up a futon on the floor with blankets and a pillow; I can't remember when it was that he decided to sleep in my room whenever he was in the Ningenkai

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"Minamino you will be paired up with Shino. Yuhi you will be with Makoto. Yohiko you will be with…"

I stopped listening, the girl who is to be my lab partner is very pretty and second only to me in class rank, she is also on the girls cross country team and her score is only slightly lower than mine, which has won the school first place time and time again in competitions. Most of the people in school believed that we would end up as a couple and begin dating any day now. I think that she believed it too, and is only waiting for me to make the move. I felt bad for her but I wasn't exactly leading her on, I didn't even talk to her unless I had to, but now… I would have to be with her for long periods of time working on projects and labs, what was I going to do to convince her that I wasn't interested. Telling her that I preferred boys was of course out of the question, I always had even and especially in the Makai and everyone knew it, but the acceptance there was in the Makai was not present in the Ningenkai. I grimaced at the thought of the reaction I would get not only from her, but also from everyone she told, and what would `Ka-san say? What would Hiei say? The thought of Hiei always made me a bit happier for some reason and I almost smiled, but caught myself, I didn't want that smile misinterpreted.

I was rousted out of my thoughts when Shino walked over to me, set her books on my lab table and sat down. I nodded a bit to her and she graced me with a huge beautiful smile and spoke to me in a seductive tone of voice that gave half the boys in the room hard-ons.

"So Minamino, what do you make out of this project we've been assigned."

I inwardly grimaced at her play on words and pretended that I didn't notice the double meaning in the words and tried to tactfully tackle the rest of the period without blushing or snapping at her to knock it off, I needed to be polite, what would `Ka-san say if she heard that I'd been mean to some one, no I had to be polite. I stifled a sigh and concentrated on my work.

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"Shuichi!" I turned around as I heard my name being called. It was Yuhi; we were both trying out for the cross-country track team.

"Hai?"

" You were totally awesome today you'll make the team for sure." He gushed as he walked with me to the locker rooms to change clothes and collect our school things before heading home.

"Arigato." I replied modestly. " You were very good yourself, you nearly caught up to me a few times, you'll probably be able to beat me in a few months time with all the training the coach is putting us through."

Yuhi has wanted to be friends with everyone, but because I'm not the most social person in school I remain somewhat aloof, mainly because I've nothing to talk to people about that I would think worth the effort of making conversation causes. Most of what interests them is usually so trivial compared to the things that happen in the Makai and what happens during the times I act as a Rekai Tantai. So usually I didn't talk to anyone.

"You made out well today too." He said with a sly grin. " Lab partners with Shino, lucky man."

I made a noncommittal sound, pulled my shirt over my head and tossed it on the bench in the locker room, grabbed a clean one and put it on quickly so he would not be able to see the scar on my stomach from my Love's sword.

"C'mon admit it you like her, you should ask her out you two would make a great couple."

I looked at him " I need to go, my mother is waiting for me and I promised to help her with the yard work."

"Do you need any help? I could give you a hand." He offered hopefully.

"No that's ok I'd rather do it myself, I need to spend some time with my mother alone. It was kind of you to offer though." He looked downcast at this and nodded, I put my hand on his shoulder to reassure him.

"Maybe some other time though, we can hang out or something. Ja!" I called as I ran down to the path that leads to my house. I didn't actually didn't have yard work to do, but Hiei was going to be there, and I realized with a fluttery feeling in my stomach that I wanted to see him again. I stopped short as I realized this. I stood there in the middle of the path and thought about how I wanted to see him, and how it made me feel a bit nervous and how I missed him when he wasn't around. Then it hit me, I was in love with him. I knew that I wanted him, I realized that the night of my party, but who in their right mind wouldn't want Hiei? He was handsome and cute with that little nose of him and his beautiful red eyes and that adorable spiky hair with the odd white starburst in it, and then there were the muscles, ohhhh those muscles. Then I really did smile and felt my self getting turned on thinking about Hiei's body, but I was rudely snapped out of my revere by a hand on my arm and a voice right in my ear.

"Minamino-kun, is something the matter?" Shino asked sweetly and seductively, well it was meant to be seductive, but it just completely turned me off, and I wondered how on earth I was going to get her to leave me alone now? This wasn't school where I could just plead other classes and other obligations.

I politely pushed her arm away. "No nothing is wrong I'm fine thank you." I tried to walk away and head back home, but she fell in step beside.

"Why were you just standing in the middle of the path like that then?" she inquired with a sweet little smile that made me want to ralf all over her immaculate uniform.

" I was thinking about something." I replied and tried to keep the annoyance out of my voice.

"It must have been a pretty great something to make you smile like that, I don't think that I've ever seen you smile before. Now what was it you were smiling about it? Did you finally get to get close to the one you love?" She asked. I almost shuddered; little did she know how close to the truth she really was. But luckily I was saved from answering because we arrived at my house.

" It was nice to talk to you, but I must be going now, Sayonara." I did a slight Shizen-Rei* and walked up to the path to my house.

" Good-bye Minamino-kun! I'll see you tomorrow!" She called after me, and I tried hard not to quicken my pace and give away my eagerness to be away from her, and to see Hiei whose ki I sensed in my bedroom. He had told me when we spoke that there was something important he needed to tell me, and it had to be face to face. He agreed to come to my bedroom and we would talk there, I'm sure he felt comfortable there, almost safe, and imagine it is because I'm there and he trusts me. More likely it's because there are never any yokai about. That and he likes ningen food.

I hurried up the stairs and opened the door, I glanced at Hiei who was in his usual position on the windowsill, I put my books on my desk for later and changed from my horrid pink uniform to more comfortable clothes, that also made me look very good. I realized that I did it because Hiei was there and I was trying to impress him, and I hid a helpless smile and almost sighed at the impossibility of my situation. I could never have him. Then I realized that he was all wet and shivering.

"Hiei are you alright??"

"Hn." Was the only reply I received, I decided that he needed to be out of those clothes and into a hot tub of water and fast. I can't imagine what could have happened to him, he hates water and the cold, why would he be immersed in both?? I walked into the bathroom and put the water on as hot as it could get and then turned to face the difficult task ahead of me. How do I get Hiei's clothes off without getting sliced up by his katana? It would not be an easy task so I decided to go in and pretend that I wasn't scared of him and bluster me way through it some how.

I walked back into my room and right up next to the shivering Hiei. I grabbed his scarf and unwound it and then went for the buttons on his coat, I had half of them undone when he got over his shock and tried to retaliate.

"What the hell do you think you're doing Baka Kitsune?!?!?" He yelled very loudly near my ear. Ahh what a sweet nick name he had given me. I flinched a little at the volume, hoped that `Ka-san hadn't gotten home, or that the neighbors heard and were calling the police, and continued my task until Hiei's halted my hands.

"What are you doing." This time he asked a bit more calmly.

"You're freezing and wet I'm going to take off your clothes and put you in a nice hot tub of water and get you warm dry clothes and you can sleep in my bed tonight." I said firmly.

He remained silent as I removed the rest of his clothes, and walked him to my bathroom. When he saw the tub of water something strange happened. He cringed. Hiei never cringed at anything, but the look of terror in his eyes assured me that he was afraid of the water. He grabbed on to my shirt and hid behind me.

"Hiei are you alright?"

" I don't like a lot of water Kitsune, I don't want to get in that thing." He said in a panicky voice.

"Hiei it's just water and it's shallow, it will be fine." I took his hand and tried to pull him towards the tub again, but he struggled obviously afraid. I stopped.

"Hiei why are you afraid of the water?"

He was quiet for a very long time and I was beginning to think he wouldn't answer, but eventually he did.

"When they tried to kill me, my mother and the rest. They tried to drown me in ice cold water, I hate water, I'm afraid that I'll drown. I almost did, I swam for so long and I was so tired and cold. The water kept chocking me and I couldn't breathe sometimes. I almost died. I was so afraid I would go under and never come back up. I guess I'm still afraid. Stupid huh?"

I wrapped my arms around him and whispered in his ear as he shook with the terror of forgotten memories. I tried to calm him and when he stopped shaking I began to remove my clothes as well.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"I'm going to go into the tub with you, I won't let you go under, I promise."

I stepped into the tub and reached out my hand to him, he stepped into the hot water and I sat him on my lap, he sighed with pleasure.

"Hmmm… this is actually pretty nice Kurama, I feel a lot better now, warmer and safer. Thank you."

I smiled at this admission.

When he was finally warmed up enough I took him out of the tub and put him into some of my old sweats, they were way too big for him, he looked so cute like that. We both climbed into my bed and snuggled up close to each other to keep warm.

And then he spoke. It was so quite that I almost couldn't make out what he said.

"Kurama, ai shiteru." Then when I didn't say anything he looked up at me, more confident and said it again.

"Ai shiteru, I can't stand being with out you, I miss you every minute, you're all I think about and I needed to tell you. I couldn't keep it hidden any more. Ai shiteru. Ai shiteru."

I didn't say anything for a long time, I was too shocked and then I finally regained my senses and rolled over to where Hiei lay and looked into his incredible red eyes.

"Do you mean it?" I asked.

"Of course." he said.

I grabbed him and hugged him tightly in my bed and we lay there holding each other for a long time, dusk fell and I felt sleepy I stirred only to snuggle more under the covers of my bed. We curled up together and just before I fell asleep with him in my arms for the first time I heard him say something that made me smile.

"Ai shiteru Kitsune."

"Ai shiteru mo Hiei-kun."

He smiled and snuggled closer to me and he slept.

I whispered into the dark. "See I told you I wouldn't let you go under."

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2 months later

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We are sitting in my bedroom working on the project for science class, she keeps trying to edge closer to me and it's driving me nuts. I half wish Hiei would come and fry her, or slice her up with his katana. I could feed her to one of my plants… Hmmmm… That would be a lot of fun, but too hard to explain away so I dismissed the thought no matter how tempting. Is this girl horribly dense, or just persistent? No matter how many times I try to fend her off she keeps trying again, it's very irritating to say the least.

I was roused from my daydreams of feeding her to one of my plants from the Makai by her voice.

"Minamino-kun…are you going to the dance this year?" she asked slyly, really she wasn't discrete at all I could tell exactly where she was going with this type of question, she was about as subtle as a brick in the face."

"I'm very sorry Shino-san, I'm afraid that I have another engagement that evening, `Ka-san I would go with her to this event months ago, and I can't break a promise…" I rambled, I felt bad, she was so sure I was going to ask her, even though I did nothing that should have lead her to believe any such thing.

"Oh. " Was all she said.

"I'm sorry I must be going now, I'll see you in school tomorrow Minamino-kun."

"I'll walk you to the door…" I began.

" No I'll find my way out thank you for having me over." She said quickly, she bowed and rushed out of my room.

I sighed and went back to work; I really need to finish this project.

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"Minamino-kun guess what!"

I turned around and there was Yuhi, practically yelling in my ear, something had him excited and I wasn't sure what it was.

" I'm not very good at guessing games Yuhi, how about you tell me and not keep me in suspense." I said lightly and tried to sound as though I was interested.

" Shino asked me to go to the dance with her yesterday!!!"

Well it really didn't take her long to recover, I thought but didn't say it out loud, I didn't want Yuhi to feel as if he was a second choice, even if he was.

"That's wonderful!" I gushed, " I'm sure you'll have a great time.

"Ano…You don't mind Minamino-kun?" He asked slightly red faced.

" No," I replied trying to look innocent, as if I had no idea why he would ask, " why would I mind."

"Ummm…well every one seems to think that you have a thing for Shino, but are too shy to ask her out, and I thought that maybe you might be jealous and you wouldn't want to be my friend any more…" He said hurriedly.

I smiled and assured him that I didn't mind in the least, and I hoped he had a wonderful time with Shino.

" Thanks so much Minamino-kun, you know it's great to have a best friend like you!" as he said this he ran off and left me standing there shocked.

Best friend?? Where had that come from, Hiei is my best friend, not him. Oh well I'll let him have his little fantasy, so long as it didn't get in the way of me and Hiei. I walked to class, with all the gossip that was sure to go around, today was sure prove very interesting.

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Kage no Yume** was watching. The ningen were an unusual sort and would be very fun to play with, and very fun to terrify, they were so simple and lacked a great deal in defenses, and their Ki was so low as to be nearly non existent. It would be easy, and very fun, in just a few days these ningen would know fear.

Kage no Yume was watching.

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"No listen up kids the track meet against our rivals is in two days time in the park, I want you lot rested and ready for action. Minamino-san I'm counting on you to beat the hell out of those snobby brats got it?" The coach yelled at me.

"Hai." I replied, not really paying attention, something was strange, wrong; I felt it but couldn't figure out what it was and it bothered me and put me on edge. I felt like I was back in the Makai where all my senses had to be alert all the time to keep me alive. Something was out there and something was bad. It felt a bit like a demon, but there couldn't be one here, no demon could get through the gate into the Ningenkai Koenma saw to that, only the Rekai Tantei could go between the worlds and one of us wouldn't feel this bad. I felt my hand reach involuntarily towards my hair for the seeds I kept there all the time. However I stayed my hand, I couldn't have myself exposed, what would `Ka-san do?

"Minamino-kun!" I quickly turned around and saw Yuhi with Shino hanging on his arm trying to catch my eye. Yuhi's face was a bit red, probably because of having Shino so close to him in public.

"You're an odd one Minamino-kun, we've been calling your name for the past 5 minutes and you just kept staring into space like you didn't hear us." Shino purred.

"Hey Minamino-kun isn't odd, I know everything there is to know about him and he's not odd." Yuhi gallantly came to my defense. I sweat-dropped.

I tried to smile a bit but the bad feeling was so strong, I was very worried, I'd have to talk with Hiei about it when I saw him next.

"Thank you Yuhi, what was it you wanted." I said sweetly.

"We were wondering if you'd like to go get some ice cream with us." Shino said excitedly "we're going to the new shop down the road.

I smiled again. " I wouldn't want to be a third wheel." And I should go talk to Yusuke and see if he knows what this dark feeling is, I added to myself.

"Oh you aren't a third wheel, is he Shino??"

"No not at all." She gave me a brilliant smile and I knew I had to accept or they would think I was mad at them, or just plain odd.

"Well if you don't mind…" I said smiling.

"Not at all come on." Shino grabbed my hand and pulled me along. This was going to be a long afternoon.

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I walked into my room and threw my bag on the bed and heaved a great sigh. I was right the afternoon was very long and the night would be even longer. Tonight was the night of the dance, and the thing (whatever it was) I promised `Ka-san I would go to, she loved taking me to parties and showing me off to all of her friends, and often hoped I'd take to one of their daughters and date one of them, she was always worried that I was 17 and had never dated a girl. She was delighted when Shino began to come over, and thought that we would eventually hit it off and begin to date, so did Shino apparently, and look where that lead us. Oh well I'll endure, it is for `Ka-san. I'd talk to Yusuke tomorrow after the track meet. I'll call him up now and ask him to meet me at Keiko's shop.

I dialed and his mother picked up, for once she was sober.

"Mochi-Mochi Urameshi-sama, is Yusuke there by any chance?"

" No, is this Kurama, he went with Kuwabara on a trip for a few weeks, he won't be back until at least next month."

"Arigato Urameshi-sama, Gomen nasi, I didn't mean to bother you."

"Don't worry about it Kurama, I wish Yusuke was as polite as you are."

"Arigato, Sayonara Urameshi-sama."

"Sayonara Kurama-san."

I heaved another sigh, no Yusuke, a trip for a few weeks meant that he was either training with Genkai or was doing a job for Koenma. Either way there was no simple method of asking his advice, and I couldn't see Kuwabara either to ask if he sensed anything. Damn, I was on my own on this one, Hiei was with Maroku doing Inari knows what in the Makai, and so I couldn't see him either.

I dressed in nice clothes and went down stairs to endure another mind numbing night with my `Ka-san's friends and family.

"Guess where we're going to night Shuichi-kun!!" My mother gushed.

What is with people and making me guess things, why can't they just say it strait out and get it over and done with. It's infuriating, stupid guessing games.

"I'm not sure mother where."

"To the dance at your school, I'm going to be a chaperone and so is one of my friends, you will escort her daughter."

I almost groaned, this night was getting worse by the minute.

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The girl was pretty enough and she was very nice, she didn't look like she was pleased with the whole ordeal, until she saw me, then she perked right up and began to flirt outrageously with me the entire night. I avoided Shino and Yuhi at all costs and hoped to make it through the night with out them noticing I was here. It almost worked, a half an hour before the dance ended Shino caught sight of me and dragged Yuhi over to my date and me.

"Minamino-kun, I thought that you had promised your mother you would go somewhere with her this evening." Shino said with an eyebrow raised.

"Yes I did, she never told me this was it until this evening. She is a chaperone and never told me, it was to be a surprise I suppose, this is a friend of my mother's." I introduced my date and she graciously said hello to both Shino and Yuhi, obviously she was jealous and didn't want me around Shino.

"Dance with me Minamino-kun?" Shino asked, and after getting an approving look from Yuhi, I was compelled to accept, I told my date I would be right back. If looks could kill I'd be seriously injured (good thing that they can't and I'm a demon).

As we danced she tried hard to inch as close to me as possible and hold on to me as tightly as she could, she gazed in my eyes the entire time and I tried to make conversation with her as we danced, she didn't feel like talking apparently and would rather look at me and concentrate on trying to rub up against my crotch. It seemed like the dance went on forever, but it finally ended and she pulled away from me and told me I was a wonderful dancer, I returned her to Yuhi and we made light conversation until it was time to go, I told Yuhi I would see him at the meet tomorrow and Shino said she would be there to cheer us both on. Finally my mother and I left. I'm going to sleep like the dead tonight.

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The instant I got to the meet I knew it felt wrong. It was that feeling again, like something bad was going to happen, and I didn't know why. It bothered me a lot.

"Kurama." I turned and saw Botan behind a tree I walked over to see what was the matter.

"Listen there is a yokai lose in the Ningenkai Kurama, after you meet come and see me after the meet and I'll give you the details, you are the only one here right now, but we're calling Hiei and he should be here by the time this is over. I'll see you later." And she was gone. At least that explained the funny feeling.

"Minamino-kun, can I talk to you for a minute please?" It was Shino again.

"I'm rather busy right now Shino, the meet is about to start…"

"It won't take a minute, I wanted to tell you the truth because it's eating me up inside, I went out with Yuhi to make you jealous, I really like you and want to be with you. I lied to you and Yuhi and I'm sorry. I want to date you, will you go out with me??"

I heard the call for all the people in the meet to come forward. I looked at her.

"I think you should talk to Yuhi." I said and ran over to where the coach was calling for me. This was turning out to be another horrid day.

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The feeling got worse as the day wore on and it was grating on my nerves, the yokai was here I could feel it, but where he was was the question that bugged me. I was on edge and ready to jump to action at the thing, but the problem was, what was I going to do. I couldn't arrest him here, I'd need to use my Ki and then every one would know. What would `Ka-san say??

The adrenalin rush was helping my running though, I was way ahead of the other kids and nearly done, but Yuhi was right behind me the entire time. Then I felt it, an odd Ki signature, and it was strong.

I ran as fast as I could to the finish line where all the people were and blew Yuhi in the dust, I couldn't have cared less. He was here, and my mother was near him. She would not get hurt. She would not get hurt not matter what I had to do.

As I crossed the finish line I saw him, he was an S class. K'so. How did an S class yokai get into the Ningenkai!?!? I was so dead. He let out a roar and attacked a group of people as Yuhi and I rushed to where Shino and my mother were standing. I saw that my mother was all right and so was Shino. I ran towards the monster that had been created by the yokai, it was like something out of a nightmare. I had Yuhi and my mother calling me to come back but I didn't, I ran for the monster, determined to do my job and protect my mother at all costs, even if it cost her love.

"BY THE ORDER OF THE REKAI MASTER YOU ARE PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR INTER REALMAL DISTERBENCES AND ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF NINGEN!" I called to him, feeling very foolish and painfully aware that a hush had fallen over everyone and they were all staring at me.

"WILL YOU COME PEACEFULLY OR DO I HAVE TO SUBDUE YOU!?!" I called.

He laughed. He laughed at me. Me the greatest thief in all the Makai. Me powerful me who controls the plants. Man did this jerk piss me off.

"FOOLISH NINEGN YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, UNLESS YOU POSESS DEMONICE POWERS YOU ARE DOOMED TO FAIL!!" He called to me from where he stood.

" Shuichi get out of there!!" I heard my mother call to me.

The Yokai grinned and grabbed my mother.

"This is what your insolence has cost you ningen."

Then I snapped.

"ROSE WHIP!!" I yelled as I unleashed a surge of Ki that made all the plants from miles around ready to do my bidding, I struck at the demon that held my mother and cut him with the thorns on my whip. Every one's eyes widened as they saw me attack, not expecting me to be able to do anything to help my mother and definitely not expecting me to have demonic powers of my own. Neither did the Yokai and looked a bit shocked as his clothes were ripped apart and my whip drew blood.

"Hmm… Perhaps you are a bit more than I had expected, you shield your ki well Youko. A plant controller as well…hmmm… very rare. Not to mention your beauty, even as a ningen you are quite breath taking, I wonder if you are as beautiful in your true form as you are as a ningen, or even more so."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing; the nut was coming on to me while we were fighting!!! What the hell!?!? Who does that?!?! What should I do, use the Youko method and draw him off his guard with flirtation and then kill him, or just kill him right now with out drawing him off guard? Hmmmm… What to do, what to do…

My mother broke through my musings.

"Shu-chan, no be careful, don't worry about me run away. Don't let him hurt you, if you died I don't know what I'd do. I love you too much."

I tried not to think about The Mirror of Utter Darkness and concentrate on getting `Ka-san back. Major guilt trip, thank the gods for Yusuke. I also don't think that she realized that I was a demon too and therefore could probably beat this guy S-class or not.I gave my mother a reassuring smile and then turned to my opponent.

"That woman is a member of my pack, release her or I will attack you with out mercy."

He grinned at me and said "Will you now?? What is your name fox?"

I gave him an evil smile that I reserved only for people I meant to mangle and kill, I've been told it's one of the most frightening things in the world to see. I smile at them like that when I mean to play with them, dance with them, and slowly kill them for what they did. I used to do it a lot as a Youko, I never did it as a ningen yet, but this yokai had my mother, and I was going to be damned rather than let him hurt her, after she had given and shown me so much. He would pay for hurting her, for scaring her, for making her feel as if she was not safe.

"I'm called Kurama." My smile widened as he realized who I was and shock spread across his face, and then he too grinned.

"Kurama, the greatest thief of all the Makai, Kurama the Heartless, Kurama the Seducer, Kurama the Merciless."

I smiled and said nothing, and then the silence was broken by a voice.

"THAT'S NOT TRUE HE'S NONE OF THOSE THINGS!! I'M HIS BEST FRIEND! I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM!!!"

It was Yuhi, I wanted to kick him in the mouth, and he really believed that he knew everything about me. I sweat-dropped and looked at the demon. We both rolled our eyes and went back to back to the fight at hand.

"Well I'll take that grin as your response. So you are even more beautiful as a Youko, than you are as a ningen. Now if only I could see you in that form."

I smiled at him, having no intention of changing forms, especially in front of all these people, I might be able to explain the rose whip and the other name away, but an entire form change was a different matter entirely. The only problem was that the demon was an S-class, mid S-class at that, and in my ningen form even at my best I'm mid A-class. Not exactly the best odds, but if I can trick him it should be ok. If not, well then it's foxy time…

I tried to think of an appropriate plant to use on my charming visitor. The only problem is, I've no idea what type of yokai he is, so I've no idea what to use, well I guess I'll just test him again with the rose whip and see how he attacks, or if he does at all. The big issue is my mother is right next to him, how do I get him without hitting `Ka-san, I'm very good with a whip, but I wouldn't be comfortable with my mother so close. I knew I needed to do something and do it fast. I would attack by hand and hope my speed helps me, until I can get my mother out of there. He was an S-class, and I'd probably die if he used one of his stronger attacks on me, but I needed him to underestimate me while I got my mother out of there, but he already knew how strong I am, knowing about Youko Kurama, however he probably won't think the ningen body would be weaker. That and the last time I was in the Makai I was only upper A-class. That would most likely make him think I am mid or lower B-class. I love it when people underestimate me, it makes it all the more fun to clobber them. However I'd like to clobber this one as discreetly as possible with all the people here, I don't want them to know who I really am, and I don't want them to be hurt. What would `Ka-san say?

But I wanted to dance with this one, play with him until he died. It's the fox in me I guess, Hiei hates it when I do that, but I love it. Unfortunately with all these people… Well if I get him away from all these people…but how? The only place I'd feel safe fighting him is in the Makai, and the gate is very far from here, I'd never get him there. There was also the question of my mother, and how to get her away from him so I could kill him without hurting her, I can't risk taking her to the Makai either.

Oh well test first, but that leads me back to the same problem, how to get him and not `Ka-san. K'so!! What am I going to do??

I dropped my defensive stance and went into Shizen no Kamae*** so I didn't look threatening and decided to use the Youko method of solving this problem. Make him drop his guard my flirting or acting beautiful and submissive. I bowed my head.

"Please let my mother go, I'll do any thing." I looked into his eyes at this and tried to look beautiful and sexy, hard as that was in this foolish body. "Anything."

Didn't take him too long to reply.

"How about this, I'll release your mother after you've convinced me that you'll do anything."

K'so!! He's smarter than I thought, how am I going to pull this off??

"How can I convince you?"

"I'm sure I'll think of something."

"Where?"

"The Makai of course."

"No I'll not have my mother in the Makai, it's not safe there, she stays here."

"Then the deal is off."

He attacked. He threw my mother to the side and attacked me. Perfect.

"ROSE WHIP!"

I struck him, a direct blow, he was cut up pretty badly, and I was sure he'd die after a few more direct hits. But then I saw it; his wounds were healing right before my eyes, very quickly too. I'd need to use a plant that he wouldn't be able to heal him self from, either a plant that would crush him, which might not work anyway, or even better a plant that would eat him. I have a few such plants and I keep them with me in case of an emergency, but they required a good bit of Ki, Ki I didn't have in this form, and I'd have to change into my Youko form. This I did not want to do especially around so may people. If I didn't though, he'd probably kill them all.

I glared at him as he stood grinning at me and then glanced at my mother still in a heap on the ground. I got very angry then. With a surge of Ki I changed into my Youko form and cast the seed, feed it my Ki and it grew.

He ran, but no matter how fast he still could not elude the plant. People looked on in horror as the plant devoured him. He would be slowly digested over the course of 1,000 years. I allowed my self a small smile as I used my Ki to make the huge plant a small seed again. I walked over and placed it in my hair again. Which was now long and slivery.

My Ki was almost entirely depleted and I changed back into my ningen form before walking over to my mother. She Yuki and Shino were all staring at me as if they had never seen be before. I was terrified that my mother would hate me for who I really am. But she surprised me and ran up to hug me.

"Shuichi-kun!! I was so worried. Daijabou desu ka??"

I smiled relived. "Daijabou `Ka-san."

Then she let me go and I heard Shino.

"Minamino-kun!!! I was terrified, but you saved us. I love you so much I want to marry you!!"

Uh oh. Now what, how was I going to avoid this? I looked over to Yuki, no help there, he just grinned like I should be happy or something. But I was once again saved.

"KURAMA!!! KURAMA ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?!"

I saw a black blurr and it knocked me over and hugged my tight.

"Kurama I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner, are you alright did you kill him. Did he hurt you? Do you want me to Mphh…"

I kissed him on the mouth to get him to be quiet. I missed him and was so touched by his worry. He was too surprised to do anything at first but then he kissed me back enthusiastically.

"WHAT THE HELL!?!"

That was Shino. Still kissing Hiei I reached into my hair and grew a plant in my hand and let the pollen blow into the noses of the people all around. I stopped kissing Hiei and they all forgot what was happening.

I won the race and Shino is still after me. Yuki always wants to hang out with me and mother still likes to show me off. And Hiei still loves me. All in all everything turned out ok I guess. Everyone forgot what happened that day, so no one knows whom I really am or that I love Hiei. If they did just think of the rumors. What would `Ka-san say?

Owarii ^_^

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*Shizen-Rei is a bow that is used in Japan to say Hello, goodbye or thank you, rei means bow, Shizen means natural position, it's basically where you stand with your hands at your Ko (in front of your hips) and your heels together and feet apart and bend at the waist.

**Kage no Yume means shadow of dreams. Kage means shadow, no means of, yume means dream or dreams, because in Japanese things are not pluralized so for example you would not say ninjas you would say ninja (I hate it when people say ninjas it drives me nuts they are the biggest dorks *grabs a shini and chases after the dorks *) and it would still be plural, so it is Kage no Yume not Kage no Yumes. Another thing, you could also spell it Gage no Yume, in Japanese g's and k's are interchangeable, I prefer the k however ^_^

*** Shizen no Kamae - Shizen = natural position, no = of, Kamae = transitory position for hand to hand combat (taijutsu) confusing, ne? @_@

Well how'd you like it, pretty long, I didn't intend it to be so long but it kinda got carried away on it's own, Gomen. I really wanted to develop the character of Kage no Yume, but it just didn't happen… I also wanted to do more with Yuhi and Minamino-kun, but that also didn't happen, I had this whole thing in my head, but it didn't turn out just the way I wanted it T_T. I'm also sorry if the fight scene got a little confusing, this is my first real fic and I super suck at fight scenes it seems. Any way if you have any questions about the fic or the words I used or why I think samurai are big dorks or why I'm a big dork you can email me at pigtailedninja@yahoo.com email me whenever even if you just want to talk about stuff, you can just email me for fun too, because no one ever emails me T_T * cries into keyboard * anyway that's it.