Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Ryuusei no Solitude ❯ Chapter 17

A friend of mine helped me thought of this story and I'm writing it for her! So if you want to kill me and give me death threats go ahead but I shall continue it nonetheless. I like the story line and the idea, plus I'm a sucker for AUs. So this is my AU and I hope you like it. Even if you don't I'm still continuing it.

Ryuusei no Solitude

By: Koritsune Dragonrider

Rating: PG

Warning: n/a

Disclaimer: I do not own nothing that is relate to the Yu*Yu Hakusho series.

Summery: Kurama was never shot by the hunter, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Shizuru are demons, and Hiei never left the Koorime Island, because Hiei's a girl! Here is an AU with a lot of twist!

Pairings: Kurama/Hiei Yusuke/Keiko Yukina/Kuwabara

Chapter 17

She was running through a white blanket of snow. She didn't know why she running, just that she was running. Toward something, something that needed her. Or someone, someone who she needed to protect. She stopped running when she saw a figure walking in front of her. It was Yukina.

Yukina was walking away from her. Why would she walk away from her sister? She never walked away from Hiei before. She ran after Yukina, hoping to stop her.

"Yukina, wait!" she yelled and Yukina turned around. "Yukina, why were you walking away?"

"Who are you," asked Yukina and Hiei stared at her in shock. Yukina didn't remember her?! How?!

"Don't you remember me," asked Hiei. "I'm your sister."

"I have sister," said Yukina. "Not one with hands stained in blood." And Yukina disappeared. Hiei looked down at her hands and saw her hands covered in blood, running down her wrists and down her arms. All the people she killed. Her hands were stained with their blood! She screamed as darkness consumed her.

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Hiei slowly opened his almond shaped eyes and blinked. Yes, he was in his male form again, he can't seem to stay in one form for more then a day but he wasn't complaining. He was getting used to it actually. Who wouldn't when you change genders every few days.

Hiei looked around and found himself in a cave, which surprised him since he never went into caves. He seemed to be lying on the only cot in there and a new set of clothes were laid out for him. His sword and backpack were set off from the bed, seemingly untouched for a while. He grabbed his bag and flipped it upside down; opening the secret pocket he's sown in the bottom. Opening it he found his tear gem and fox figurine in there, untouched. He sighed in relief and checked to see if there was any nick in his sword, which there wasn't.

"I didn't think you would want your stuff in that filth," said a voice and Hiei looked toward the entrance to find Kurama walking in with herbs in hands. It was then that Hiei felt bandages around his waist.

Kurama set the herbs down and started grinding them into a fine powder, if possible with leaves. Hiei watched as Kurama made the leaves into a paste and took out a roll of bandages. Hiei flinched when Kurama approached him.

"Don't worry," said Kurama. "You were male when I fixed your wound. That's all I wanted to do. The slaver was right, for once. You are a hermaphrodite. "

"Why would the slaver lie about his merchandise?" asked Hiei.

"To earn more money or to meet his buyer's expectation, who knows? Can I see your chest now?"

Hiei nodded and Kurama crept closer. Taking off the blood crusted bandages around Hiei's chest Kurama took some of the paste and placed it on Hiei's wound.

"Ah!" gasped Hiei. It hurt! But it wasn't as bad as when the Healer patched up his scratches. He could still feel the marks on his back.

"Sorry," said Kurama and Hiei looked at him in shock. Youko Kurama was apologizing to him?! His new master was saying sorry to a slave?

"You don't have to say sorry," said Hiei. "You don't need to look after a slave."

"I would do that if it was to a slave," said Kurama. Hiei looked at the silver face with a very confused face.

"What do you mean?" asked Hiei.

"After you are healed I'll set you free," said Kurama wrapping the bandages on again. "I have no use for a servant, never did. I may have enough money to buy a castle full of them but I prefer to do things myself."

"Ouch!" Kurama had accidentally wrapped a bandage over a tender spot on his back, one of his worst weld marks. Kurama loosened the bandage and turned Hiei around. Gently fingers examined the welds on Hiei's back. They were now very visible, very red, and very painful to the touch. Hiei tried to suppress his pained moan as Kurama checked his wounds.

"How did you get these," asked Kurama.

"Tried to escape," said Hiei. "I managed to set four others free but I got caught again."

"They didn't fully heal these, just covered up the scratches." Kurama cursed them for malpractice and went right to work on Hiei's back. Soon the fire Koorime's back wasn't in any pain anymore and he could lie on his back without flinching.

"My healing's not as good as a first rate Healer but you should be well in a few days," said Kurama as he bandaged Hiei's chest again.

"How long was I out," asked Hiei.

"A few days," said Kurama. "By the way, that was a helluva thing you did back there. Where did you learn that?"

"Told you," said Hiei. "Where I grew up you learn tricks like that."

"Where did you grow up?" asked Kurama but Hiei didn't answer. Kurama didn't press the issue, figured he had a bad childhood or something like most demons. Hell, Kurama never told his friends were he comes from. In fact he doesn't know where the others came from either, they were just amateurs he picked up trying to pick pocket him. Almost succeeded too if Kurama didn't notice them dart away too conspicuity. Since then he'd taught them how to be a thief and they became very good at it.

Kurama finished the bandaging and went outside where he had some rabbit stew cooking in case Hiei did wake up. Fishing some in a bowl shaped leaf he handed it to Hiei, who took it and looked at it suspiciously.

"It won't kill you," said Kurama.

"How am I supposed to eat it?" asked Hiei, who seemed to have no spoon to eat it with.

"Drink it," answered Kurama and Hiei did, tilting his head and the leaf bowl up so he could drink his food. He felt so primitive, drinking with no silverware, but with the life he's been living now, he's had worse.

Drinking some he swallowed and was surprised to find the food actually good. Who'd have thought a thief would be a good chief. Then again, Hiei was the worse chief imaginable. He tried cooking when he was fifty but ended up freezing the turkey, so he left the cooking to his mother and sister. Hiei could taste the meat and spices in the soup, not too much bay leaf and not too little pepper. There were other spices in there that he couldn't name but it still made the soup taste good.

After he'd eaten Kurama ordered him back to sleep. Hiei being a slave now, obeyed. Through he didn't get to sleep right away he did stay awake long enough to observe his new "master." His body was well shaped for athletic purposes, like most demons. Through the slightly open tunic Hiei spotted a well muscled chest from years of training but it didn't absent the face it made a great six pack. His fur and hair was unnatural shade of grey, almost like a silver color. His sunflower colored eyes seemed to glare at everything but held amusement and playfulness deep down underneath, like all kitsune. The long, sharp nailed fingers work quickly and gracefully as they sorted through seeds, fruit, herbs or whatever Kurama had to do. But what got Hiei was the face. Youko Kurama was beautiful! He'd heard stories about the kitsune's beauty but looking at him now, he was down right gorgeous! His oval shaped face looked like it was made form a god and he had an elegant manner to the way he held his head, with a look that said he was pampered in his younger years but knew the hardships of life. Not one scar marred Kurama's body that Hiei could see and Hiei doubt there was under the clothing. Why would a beautiful creature like him want to buy someone like him?

The thought no sooner went through his mind he fell asleep, Kurama's garnet eyes looking right at him with curiosity. The fox was very curious about his new "friend." He didn't meet many people who could make something like what he, or she at the time, did. This youkai could really think or his, or her, feet. And the thing was, he was kind of cute, in both forms. Hiei's black spike hair in male form was very attractive and seemed wiry, but when Kurama touched it felt soft, and it glistened blue in just the right light and at the right angle, the white starburst added to the attractiveness, not to mention the cute child like face. And Hiei's female form was very beautiful. The perfect oval shaped eyes and tiny mouth. Her button size nose looked really cute on her face. Unlike her male form her hair was down but slightly spiky. That was another thing that intrigued him. He had never known anyone to have a male and female form either. It was a rare occurrence. But what got Kurama's attention with this little demon wasn't the fact that Hiei was a hermaphrodite, it was his brash nature in male form, and gently nature covered by courage in female form. That's what caught Kurama's attention.

Another thing was the Jagan. How Hiei managed to acquire one was amazing, much less surviving the implant. He'd heard about demons wanting to get the Jagan and even tried, but died. How did Hiei manage to get something where others have failed?

Hiei slept on and off the next few days, eating whatever Kurama placed on his lips then going back to sleep. If Hiei didn't know better, he's say Kurama was putting a sedative in the food. He would be barely awake for ten minutes when he was back to sleep, barely aware of his changing forms.

Finally one day Hiei woke with Kurama gone, at least for a while, and he a she. (A/N Confusing, I know.) She noticed clothes have been left out and a hair brush, which was good, because her hair was in tangles and had rat's nests. She tried running her fingers through it but only managed to pull her hair. Wincing she decided the brush was better. Picking it up she ran it through her hair, yanking on the tangles and rat's nests.

"I hate getting those," said Kurama as he walked in with the game he killed for dinner. "Hell to get out."

"Hn," said Hiei and continued her task. Kurama skinned the rabbits and put them over the spit to roast.

"You're free now," continued Kurama. "You can go where ever you want."

"I can't," replied Hiei finally getting all the tangles from her hair and tied it back.

"Nande?" asked Kurama looking at the fire Koorime.

"Where I'm from I can't leave till I repay what you have for me," said Hiei. "No matter how long it takes."

"How long is that," asked Kurama.

"It's a life dept," said Hiei and Kurama cursed himself. A lot of Youkai held life depts. But Kurama tend to shy away from them, because for one they tend to go over board with the life saving thing, and two, it's for as long as the youkai repaying the dept lives. Kurama hated it when someone dies for him.

"Hiei, you don't have to . . ." he began but Hiei cut him off.

"I have to," she said. Kurama cursed again. Number three, some youkai are stubborn.

"Hiei," started Kurama, fully intent on rejecting her offer, but something inside him said not to. Over the centuries he'd learn to trust his instincts. "Hiei, you can stay as long as you want. I'm not keeping you here."

"Okay, master," said Hiei and Kurama chuckled.

"And I'm not your master. Call me Kurama."

"All right . . . Kurama."

TBC

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