Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Night Shaded Dream ❯ Night Shaded Dream Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Ja minna!

Lady Hiten

Chapter 4 Summary: Kurama visits his mom (again) while Hiei talks to Yusuke. Yusuke gives his opinion of what Kurama and Hiei should be doing intimately, and they go and buy candy and flowers. While walking home, Hiei meets a `friend'. Heh... Yeah… `Friend'.

***

"Are you sure you don't want to come with me?" Kurama asked as he put on his jacket.

Kurama had received a phone call from his mother and was asked to visit again.

"Anyone who is constantly baking and smiling like that has either mental problems, or some dark secret," Hiei answered from his regular spot on the windowsill.

"Well, my mother has neither," Kurama said defensively, but not angrily. "I'll be back in a while. Ja ne."

"Ja," Hiei answered and gave a slight wave.

Hiei stood from his perch and opened the window. A slight breeze blew in the cool, fall, air and he leaned his face into it. Feeling a sudden impulse, he leaped out of the window to the tree that was a few yards away.

*

Hiei occupied his time by racing alone the power lines in the city. He ran down nearly every street in Tokyo before his eyes landed on a dark haired figure walking downtown.

"Yusuke!" Hiei called.

Yusuke turned -as several people jumped in surprise- as Hiei leapt off of the telephone wires and landed in front of him.

"What's up, Hiei?" Yusuke asked and resumed his carefree strides to his destination.

"What makes you think something's up?" Hiei asked and walked alongside him.

"Well, my favorite Jaganshi doesn't usually single me out on the street," Yusuke said and smirked. "Did you and Kurama make up?"

"Yes, we did," Hiei responded.

"And?" Yusuke asked and grinned.

"And what?"

"What happened?" Yusuke asked.

"Nothing," Hiei said confusedly.

"Oh come on! You can tell me!" Yusuke wined. "Did you two screw?"

"Did we WHAT?!?!" Hiei asked. He stood in front of Yusuke, stopping the boy in his tracks, and gave him a furious and questioning glare.

"I asked if you guys screwed," Yusuke said casually.

"_NO_ WE DID NOT!!" Hiei said, completely bewildered.

Yusuke stared at him a moment in awe. "You didn't? Then what do you do when you get mushy?"

"We don't `get mushy'," Hiei snapped. Maybe it had been a mistake talking to Yusuke…

"You don't kiss?" Yusuke asked. He looked shocked and angered slightly when Hiei shook his head. "Do you hug?"

Hiei shook his head again. "No, we don't, usually."

"YOU DON'T EVEN HUG?!"

"Did I not JUST say that?" Hiei asked.

"You two are boring!!" Yusuke said. "If that had happened to me, I would've-"

"I don't want to know what you'd do," Hiei said.

"You already have a good idea, don't you?" Yusuke smirked.

"Eew."

Yusuke laughed loudly and waved his arm at Hiei. "Sorry!! I couldn't resist!! Don't worry about it though. All I'm saying is that you two need to get intimate! You do love each other, right?"

"We have a mutual respect for each other, yes," Hiei said and blushed.

"Like I said, you love each other," Yusuke said. "You need to show him how much you love him."

"So you want me to-"

"Mimic the minks Hiei," Yusuke finished and nodded.

"No!"

"Well, do what you want to do then," Yusuke sighed and continued walking.

"Would you explain to me the Ningen sentiments?" Hiei asked with detest. "What would regular ningens do?"

"Most guys give their number one a box of chocolates, or some flowers," Yusuke said. "I know Kurama adores these candies called `kisses'. You can buy them anywhere."

"Ok," Hiei said slowly. "It's not like a real kiss is it?"

"Nah! It's a chocolate!" Yusuke took Hiei's arm and led him to a candy store on the road they were walking on. "Today I will educate you!" Yusuke said and smiled.

"Oh Inari…" Hiei muttered.

***

An hour later, Hiei and Yusuke walked out of the candy shop with arms full of chocolate and flowers.

"Is he really going to eat all of this?" Hiei asked and he counted five different boxes of chocolates.

"Nope," Yusuke said. "But you can help him eat it, and if you want you can find other uses for it."

Much to Yusuke's glee, Hiei had an unexpected and strong nosebleed.

Yusuke then put on a thoughtful look and said, "I wonder how Kurama would look-"

***

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHOOO!!!" Kurama sneezed.

"Oh my, Shuiichi! I hope you're not coming down with anything!" Shiori said and put her hand over his forehead.

"Okaa-san, someone must be talking about me," Kurama said and smiled.

"They must be talking dirty for that reaction," Shuiichi mused. He smirked as his brother blushed profoundly.

***

"UREMESHI!!!" Hiei screamed. "GOD!! YOU FILTHY MINDED NINGEN!!"

//*Author's note: I don't know what Yusuke said and I don't want to know. Thank you. Back to the fic. *//

"I bet you were wondering too," Yusuke said and laughed.

"NO I WAS _NOT_!!!" Hiei hissed. "I have NEVER had thoughts below the belt, Yusuke!!"

"Don't worry, Hiei!" Yusuke said. "I was only kidding! Honest!"

"I don`t believe you," Hiei said and stalked off with his purchases in his arms.

"Look, if I was concerned about Kurama's lower half, I would have taken you somewhere else to buy presents."

"Feh!" Hiei said and stomped off.

"Anyway Hiei," Yusuke said as he jogged up to the Jaganshi. "Just give him the candy, then the flowers, then say something romantic."

"Like what?"

"Like `I love you', or something that doesn't sound corny."

"So, `I admire your fighting capabilities and charming demeanor' isn't `romantic' enough?" Hiei asked.

"No," Yusuke said. "Just say `I love you'."

"I don't know WHY I even asked YOU for help," Hiei grumbled.

"Because you know I would never steer you wrong," Yusuke said. "Well, I've got to go to work. Keiko will kill me if I don't open the noodle shop soon. Bye bye!"

"Ja!" Hiei called to the retreating boy. "If your wrong, OMAE O KOROSU, YUSUKE!!"

"It's foolproof," Yusuke called back.

***

"Next time you visit, I would like to meet your friends," Shiori said as she bid farewell to her son. She wrapped her arms around his waist and embraced him for a moment.

"Yusuke and Kazuma would be delighted to meet you okaa-san," Kurama said. "As would the girls I think. Hiei however, is very antisocial and refuses to meet anyone."

"Bummer," Shuiichi Junior said. "He sounded really cool, too."

"He is," Kurama said. `As long as you ignore the homicidal tendencies and his inability to show emotions,' he thought to himself.

"Be sure to drag him along sometime," Kazuya said and patted Kurama on the back. "You're invited to dinner in a couple of days, remember."

"I won't miss it," Kurama said and turned to leave. "Goodbye, Okaa-san, Otou-san, Shu-Chan."

"Ja ne, Shu-Kun!" Shuiichi Junior called.

As Kurama began his walk to his home, his thoughts strayed to Kuronue.

"I still love him," he said aloud. "After all these years, I'm still his fox."

Why did this have to happen?

He had been having the same dream every night in the last week. ~~* A/N: The dream from chapter 3. *~~ The wind's request that he chose between Hiei and Kuronue had become more demanding. It screamed at him to choose between them and even took the audacity to physically harm him. Kurama found himself terrified of the dream. On two occasions it had cause him to become so scared that it had actually affected his body's actions.

On one occasion, Kurama awoke in the middle of the night, sobbing and clutching a very surprised Hiei's arm with such compression that the Jaganshi was actually gritting his teeth against the pain.

The other time, Kurama had shrieked and summoned sixty-nine demon plants into the apartment bedroom. When he woke, Hiei was slicing through a demon flytrap with his sword while at the same time burning a tree demon that was singing Billy Idol's `Tainted Love'.

Hiei was becoming increasingly concerned, as he claimed that Kurama had been crying in his sleep every night of the week.

`How can I choose between them?' Kurama thought in despair. `I love both of them.'

He snapped back to reality when he noticed that he had not even managed to leave his mother's driveway yet. He was standing in the middle of it, starring at the ground.

"Silly me," Kurama said. He shook is head and began walking to his apartment.

His mother, brother and father watched him through the window.

"It's about time he realized he hadn't left," Shuiichi said. "He's been standing there for ten minutes."

"Something's wrong," Shiori said aloud.

"Can't we ask him about it?" Shuiichi asked.

"I don't know if he'll answer us," Kazuya said and walked to the living room. "If he doesn't get better by the end of the week we'll confront him about it."

***

Kuronue sat in a forest outside of Tokyo in silent reminiscence. Images of youko Kurama and himself flashed through his mind. [1]

Kurama laughed as he and Kuronue ran through the forest. The kitsune was in front, and the winged demon a little ways back.

"You can't catch me, Kuronue!" Kurama called playfully.

"I bet I can!" Kuronue called back, smiling. He spread his wings and propelled himself through the air and tackled the kitsune.

"No fair! Flying is cheating!" Kurama said. He tried to sound angry, but ended up laughing.

"Since when do we pay attention to rules?" Kuronue asked.

Kurama laughed. "Good point."

The two of them laughed again and stood up. After brushing themselves off, they headed back to their den.

*

"Ne, Kuronue?" Youko called. He was lying on the bed, his hands folded behind his head, a thoughtful look on his face.

Kuronue pocked his head out from behind the ivy wall of his private room. "Nani?" Kuronue asked.

"Nani yatten no?" Kurama asked.

"Nani-mo" Kuronue answered and disappeared behind the wall.

"Ah," Youko answered. He gazed in silence for a moment. After a few minutes of silence, Kuronue left his personal room and sat next to the kitsune on the bed.

"Daijoubu, Kurama?" Kuronue asked.

"Hai," Kurama answered.

"Liar." Kuronue lied down next to Kurama and looked over at him. "What are you thinking about?"

"Nani-mo," Kurama answered softly.

"'Nothing' huh?" Kuronue snorted.

"That's right."

"Do you want to go outside, Kurama?" Kuronue asked.

"Hai," the kitsune answered.

The two demons walked out of the cave and into the surrounding forest.

"It's nice out tonight," Kuronue said.

"That it is," Kurama said. "…Ne, Kuronue?"

"Hai?"

"…Never mind."

"Either you tell me what's wrong, or I will fly over to that lake and drop you in the center of it," Kuronue said.

"Kuronue," Kurama smiled. "Later on in life… the two of us will be the best thieves in Makai. [2]We'll be the strongest demons in all of the three worlds. All will cower when they hear our names."

"Sounds good to me," Kuronue said and smiled. "That's what we promised each other."

"I've been thinking about that a lot lately," Kurama said. "I know we can do it, but something doesn't feel right."

"Don't worry about it, Kit," Kuronue said. "Nothing will happen to us."

"If you say so," Kurama said. He sat on the grass and pulled his legs up to his chest.

Kuronue sat down as well and pulled the kitsune into his arms. Since it was a cool night, he folded his wings around them. Kurama hugged Kuronue and swished his tail playfully.

*

"Are you ready to go inside?" Kurama asked after a while.

"Yeah," Kuronue answered sleepily.

"Alright."

Kurama stood and smirked as Kuronue flew back to the den. His eyes were drooping and he continually crashed into trees.

"You indolent, vagrant!" Kurama laughed as Kuronue took a particularly hard hit to the head and fell to the ground. "Am I going to have to carry you?"

"No," Kuronue muttered.

Kurama laughed and helped the winged devil to his feet. "You're heavier than you look," he said softly.

"Are you calling me fat?" Kuronue grumbled as he began walking next to the kitsune.

"Never! I was just noticing that we are eating well," Kurama said.

"Oh," Kuronue said. He starred at the kitsune in wonder, noticing how beautiful he was. He didn't notice that he was only watching the kitsune until a tree smacked him on the face and caused him to fall back. "OW!!" he cried.

"You should pay more attention," Youko said as he once again helped his friend to his feet.

"Yes, mother," Kuronue mocked.

He and Kurama laughed and came to their den. The two lied in the bed and fell asleep in each other's arms.

*

`Oh Kurama,' Kuronue thought. `Why can't things be as they were?'

Kuronue sighed and stood up. `Maybe I should go back to the afterlife,' he thought. `Kurama is happy now. I did leave him before. I broke our pact to live out our lives together. He deserves someone faithful.'

As he considered this, Kuronue filled with doubt and rage. `Is Hiei faithful? Does he deserve Kurama? I have heard of him from koorime that have passed to the after life. He is just a forbidden child! What makes him think he can live up to a youko's standards?!'

Kuronue flared with anger as he sensed Hiei's ki a few miles away, inside the city.

"Come Hiei and we will settle this!" he said aloud. He dashed towards the city; overrun with the desire to fight.

***

Hiei stopped walking as he sensed Kuronue draw closer. He looked up at the sky and saw the demon flying towards him.

`Only a few minutes until he arrives,' Hiei thought. Hiei flittered quickly into a store to grab a bag. Once he had gotten one and was outside again he crammed his chocolate boxes and flower bouquets into it.

*What do you want, Kuronue?* he asked telepathically.

*I want to fight you, Hiei,* Kuronue answered. *This time there will be no distractions or interruptions.*

*Let's take it into the woods then,* Hiei said and ran for the forest. *Kurama would never forgive me -or you- for ningen casualties.*

*Fine,* Kuronue answered and turned for the trees.

*

Minutes later, Hiei and Kuronue starred at one another. Each of them stood at one end of a clearing, circling and glaring. After a few moments, Kuronue pulled out his scythes and Hiei unsheathed his katana.

Instantaneously, they sped towards each other. In an instant, the sound of clashing metals filled the air as the steal weapons banged against each other. Kuronue flew into the air and dived, but Hiei dodged his assault. Hiei smirked and ripped off his bandana. His Jagan eye glowed purple and looked into Kuronue's mind.

Hiei smirked. "You don't have enough power to use you-ki attacks."

Kuronue glared at him and growled. "URASAI!" he yelled and threw a scythe at Hiei. The curved weapon lodged itself deep in the half-koorime's left arm. Hiei grimaced and gripped his injured arm with his good one.

"So," he said and tried to smirk. "What happened to your you-ki?"

"…" Kuronue stood and debated whether or not to answer. "The manner in which I reincarnated myself…It was complicated, so it will take a while to replenish my you-ki."

Hiei nodded. "How are you getting your you-ki back?"

"That," Kuronue said, "is none of you business."

"No, I suppose it's not," Hiei said. He used his right arm and held up his sword. `Kuronue is different from my usually opponents….' Hiei thought. `He actually tried not to hit my dominant arm. Most opponents would stop at nothing just to do that. He is kind. Which brings a new question to mind; Why?'

Kuronue pulled out another scythe and lifted it up in the air. "You know as well as I Hiei that Kurama cannot possibly have both of us."

"Right," Hiei said and tensed slightly, as he knew where the statement was leading.

"One of us must die, whether it be you, myself…or even Kurama." Kuronue said the last part with such remorse that Hiei knew that there was no doubt; Kuronue loved Kurama as much as he and Kurama would not be the one to die.

"Let's make it one of us," Hiei said. He dropped his sword and raised his arm to eye level. The bandages began to smolder as something black shifted underneath them. "It's not going to be me though."

"I promise that it will not be me," Kuronue said as he recognized the condition of Hiei's arm to be the priming for the darkness dragon.

"We'll just have to see," Hiei said with a smirk. He took off the bandage and the tattoo that was coiled around his arms separated itself. It grew taller than the trees surrounding the fighters and screeched loudly into the night. "Jaou… Ensatsu… KAKURYUHA!!!!" Hiei screamed.

The dragon burst into full form and flung itself at Kuronue.

"I WILL NOT DIE!!" Kuronue screamed. To Hiei's surprise, he held his hands out to the dragon and a pink you-ki flared around him. "HYAAAAAAA!!" he screamed. The you-ki around him flared so bright Hiei had to shield his eyes from it. It was one of the strongest you-ki's he had felt in ages!

"Where the hell did this you-ki come from?!" Hiei asked aloud.

The dragon came at full force at Kuronue, but he held his hands out before him and created a shield out of the you-ki. The dragon smashed against the barrier, and howled. Millions of electric sparks flew from the two clashing kis; Hiei's dragon wave and Kuronue's barrier. After what seemed like ages, an immense explosion formed, and lit up the entire forest. The flames and ki that burst forth from the blast obliterated trees, grass, and animals alike.

Hiei could sense the ki Kuronue used fall short, but Kuronue himself was unharmed by the blast. Hiei wobbled on his feet, exhausted after using the dragon wave. He kneeled on the ruined ground and glanced around.

The small clearing they had been in was no more. Now he was standing in a barren wasteland of charred ground and ashes.

"Where are you, Kuronue?" Hiei called. "I know you're still alive."

He glanced up into the air and saw Kuronue slowly floating to the ground. He looked as worn out as he, which gave him a measure of relief.

"How did you collect all that ki so suddenly?!" Hiei snarled.

"…My source," Kuronue said. "Unfortunately, he will be drained for a while."

"What is your `source' Kuronue?" Hiei demanded.

"I find the answer to that obvious," Kuronue answered. "We will finish this later when we have the strength, and when I have my OWN powers. I would feel bad killing you with his you-ki."

Without another word, Kuronue left for Makai, leaving Hiei alone in the night.

***

Hiei trekked back to his apartment with difficulty. The wound from Kuronue's scythe was wrapped in his Jagan bandana, leaving his third eye revealed to any ningen who happened along his path. It was not his injuries however, that added difficulty to his journey, but his fatigue.

"Who is Kuronue's source?" he wondered aloud. "I know it's a `he', but how many `he's' have that sort of power besides-" Hiei suddenly stopped short.

As he neared his apartment, he caught sight of a red headed figure lying face first on the ground.

"Ku-KURAMA?!" Hiei shouted. He ran to the red head and shook him. "Wake up!!"

Kurama didn't stir. He was pale, but nothing seemed to be physically wrong with him.

"Damn it!" Hiei hissed. He couldn't find a trace of you-ki from him. "Kurama was his source of you-ki. Damn it. Figures."

Anger raged through him as he picked up the kitsune. He ran to their apartment door and opened it three seconds later.

"Damn it," he cursed again. Had Kuronue taken anymore ki, Kurama would have died, he realized.

Hiei gently laid the Youko under the covers on their bed. He stroked his red hair gently as he watched him. Kurama appeared to be sleeping peacefully, but Hiei could feel the Youko inside him in panic, frantically try to recover his you-ki.

`When my own you-ki is recovered sufficiently I will transfer what I can to you,' Hiei thought. He felt the Youko's energy flare briefly as a bit of the energy was recovered, and he seemed to calm down. Feeling relieved, Hiei lied down next to Kurama and fell asleep.

***

Hiei woke the next morning, nearly fully recovered from his exhaustion the previous night. He glanced up at Kurama to find the boy still asleep. He checked and found that only one fourth of the Youko's strength had returned. It would have to be at least thirty percent for him to regain consciousness.

"So, what happened?" a voice asked.

"JAOU!! ENSATSU!!" Hiei screamed and held out his hand. The bandages started smoldering. "KAKU-"

"HIEI!! CALM DOWN!!" Yusuke yelled and hid behind a chair -like that would save him.

"YUSUKE?! YOU SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH!! WHAT IN ENMA'S NAME ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Hiei asked.

"I came over to visit and found you both drained and asleep," Yusuke said. "Plus Koenma told me that the spacious, beautiful, green woodland area just outside of town that Keiko was so fond of is now a charred up wasteland. Nice going, dragon man." Yusuke said. He leaned back against a whicker chair he was sitting in. "Did you two have an out of control training session or what?"

"No," Hiei said. "I just felt that there was enough greenery for Kurama to fuss about without those particular trees being there," Hiei added sarcastically.

"I'm sure Kurama was happy about that," Yusuke said mockingly.

"Kurama doesn't know," Hiei said. "He's been out for a while,"

"Ok, Hiei," Yusuke said and leaned forward. "I won't ask you what happened because I know you won't answer-"

"Damn straight."

"-But I want you to know that if you need someone's help, I'm willing to kick some ass," Yusuke said.

"Fine," Hiei said and stood up.

"So, is he going to be ok?" Yusuke asked concernedly.

"He'll be fine," Hiei said. "He'll probably wake up later tonight or in the morning."

"Oh," Yusuke said. It was obvious he wanted to ask more about it, but he wisely kept his mouth shut. "I'm going home now. Call me if you need me," he said and left.

Hiei sat awake for a while before lying back down next to his fox.

*

Hours later, Hiei had cooked a small dinner for himself and Kurama and was sitting at the fox's bedside. His slow, even breaths were becoming faster and shallow as he was plagued by another nightmare.

"Oh no," Hiei sighed as Kurama began whimpering. He reached over and held Kurama's hand, only to have it squeezed painfully. "Damn," he sighed.

Kurama once again began sobbing and rolled around the bed. This was difficult, because he was still tightly gripping Hiei's hand. Hiei found himself smashed between the fox's torso and the bed. After a moment, to his relief, Kurama rolled onto his stomach, and Hiei was no longer trapped under his weight.

"NOOOO!!" Kurama screeched unexpectedly and moaned in despair. He flung his arms around and let go of Hiei's hand. As he did so, he unintentionally hurled Hiei against a wall.

Hiei moaned and slid slowly to the floor.

"Ow," he muttered. He glared and picked himself off of the floorboards. He remembered the music box and how it had calmed him down once before, and sought it out. The rounded box was still sitting on the lamp-table, so he turned the key and opened the top.

After a moment of listening to the music, Kurama's sobs quieted and his sleep was at that point undisturbed.

"'Bout time," Hiei muttered. He listened to the melancholy tune for a moment and resumed his watch over the fox.

*

An hour later, Kurama woke.

Hie emerald eyes opened slowly and blinked before he glanced around the room.

"Where are you, Hiei?" he asked whined.

"I'm right here," Hiei said. He reached for the fox and felt his forehead. It was cool, but he was sweating. "Are you feeling ok?"

"No," Kurama moaned. "I'm tired, upset, and cold. What happened?"

"Umm…" Hiei didn't know how to answer. "Well, Kuronue and I…"

"Fought, right?" Kurama asked and sighed.

"Yeah," Hiei said. "He had no ki so he `borrowed' yours."

"Ugh," Kurama said. "No wonder I feel so weak."

"Yeah," Hiei said. There was a moment of silence, then Hiei said quietly, "He's an honorable fighter."

"Yeah he is," Kurama said and smiled.

"He hit me only on the left arm and refused to kill me because it was your ki," Hiei muttered distastefully. "I hate people like that."

"He also never attacks an opponent from the rear," Kurama said. "I know you don't like him because he loved me, but I know that if you had met him in any other circumstance you would like him."

"Maybe," Hiei said with distaste. He thought for a moment before he changed the subject. "Are you feeling up to some food?"

"Yeah, I guess," Kurama said. "Not much though, I'm afraid."

"I only made a little," Hiei said and smiled.

"Great," Kurama added and smiled back.

*

After Kurama had eaten, Hiei suggested that they go to bed. More accurately, he commanded that Kurama go to bed.

"You're more of a nag than me at times," Kurama said and smiled. He lied down on the bed and asked softly, "Hiei…is there anyway that I could have you both?"

Hiei was shocked and starred at the sleepy fox.

"My nightmares…are about me having to choose between you two. I can't do it. But I know…that if I don't then I will lose both of you. And," his voice broke and he began crying again. "I can't stand that!"

Hiei was shocked at the question, and felt a bit of anger. Regardless, he thought carefully about his answer, not wanting the hurt the fox.

"Life is a horrible game of rises and falls. I won't tell you who to choose, but choose you must. I see no way that you could have both of us and have us all be happy. I suggest that you pray to Inari-sama or some other god and maybe he will give you guidance," he said softly, comfortingly.

" *Sniff* I never thought of you as one to rely on religion," Kurama said and wiped his eyes.

"I'm not," Hiei said. "Go back to sleep now."

"Fine," Kurama said. He laid his head against the pillows and was asleep almost instantly.

****To be continued in Chapter 5 because I am lazy****

[1] In the scene where Kuronue recalls earlier moments in life, I pictured Youko and Kuronue as teenagers (like 16-ish). It's kinda scary if you imagine adults acting like that. -_-; <(...) They never tell you how long Youko and Kuronue were partners, so lets say……… forever. Yomi was never there ok? It's my fic! I can do whatever I want, and I say Yomi doesn't exist. HMPH! -~_^-

[2] GOMEN NASAI MINNA!! I didn't mean to make it so sappy.

Kurama:: Eny, meny, miny, mo. Catch a tiger by his toe…

Me:: What are you doing?

Kurama:: Choosing between Hiei and Kuronue.

Me:: ……….Who does Youko Kurama want?

YK:: I CHOSE YOMI!!

Kurama:: *Glare* Who cares what you want?

YK:: *Cries* T_T

Karasu:: What about me??

Me:: *Glare* When did you get here?

Karasu:: *bubbly eyed* As soon as I heard the twinkling bells of the silver Youko's voice, my heart began to pound and I followed my nose….

Me:: WHEREVER IT GOES!!

Kurama:: To the flavors of fruit!

YK:: Wherever they grow!!! ……..INRAI! What was that, and how do I know it?!

Kurama:: It's a ningen television commercial.…..Wait…How do I know that?

Me:: Anyway…….Why am I typing this?

YK, Karasu, a screeching howler monkey, Kurama, Yomi, Monty Python, moochers, Dead Parrot, Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Kuronue, Hiei & Lyn:: Because you're bored?

Me: …Yep.

Kurama's family might get involved greatly in the fic at some point. I'm not sure yet. If they aren't, they will slowly fade out.

I HAVE A DILEMA!!

In the fic, I can't decide how it should end. Somebody has to die, but I don't want to kill anyone!! *Cries* (I don't see why I have a problem with it now though, after seeing my other fics.)

I am staring a vote (a poll if you will) about who should die; Hiei *sob*, Kurama *sobs even harder*, or Kuronue *sobs hysterically*.

OR if you have a GREAT IDEA on how I can end it either without a death or with all three, tell me, but it had better be good! I despise happy endings with a passion.

Lyn laid claim on the lime/lemon scene and is working on it. It will be in the next chapter. THE RAPE SCENE IN THE CHAPTER WILL BE MARKED. That's not all that will happen in the chapter, and for those of you who will not read the rape scene, there will be non graphic flashbacks to it.

The lemon will be posted on www.mediaminer.org. I am registered as Night Fox Hiten on there. (Check out my fanart while you're at it!)

(PS: We have read some disturbing fiction, which is how we know about `lemon' stuff. WE HAVE NEVER HAD SEX!! Ok? I just didn't want anyone to think that we've been screwing around just so we could write this. Though we truly love writing this story, losing our virginity over it is just not worth it.

…Why do they call it `sex' anyway? That's a dumb word. Think about it. `Sex'. What a dumb word!! It's dumber than hoagie and jerboa! *Ponders* Why didn't they call it something else?