Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ the Shadows that Bind (marina's finest work) ❯ Kurama Chapter: A glimpse of the real Kurama ( Chapter 12 )

One week until my birthday! Uhuh, uhuh! *starts doing victory dance*

What the hell are you doing?

Celebrating! This is nothing compared to what's going to happen next week…

Egads… that means…

Yes… SPECIAL CHAPTER PARTY!!! WHOOP! I'm celebrating officially becoming a teen, by making a specially your POV chapter… with a big surprise in it…

No prizes for guessing what…

YES! What she said, I'm celebrating thirteen years of life! YES!!!

And I'm officially celebrating thirteen years of torturing her…

HEY!!!!

What? It's true…

*sighs* anyways… Enjoy!

Oh, and I have NO IDEA what's with Hiei's obsession with ice cream… the show never aired in Australia… GOD DAMN IT! And even if it had, I would never have been able to watch, I don't have satellite or cable… I read the Shonen Jump and get it from there! And it seems that in all other fanfics he's addicted to ice-cream, so I just went along with the trend… yes… sad… I know… but, hey it's life! ^_^

And that's probably the smartest thing she's said all day…

HEY!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not even the kingdom hearts song… though I wish I did, it's such a good song! Nor do I own anything on Maku's CD… (I'm on the last level of kingdom hearts, and I can't get past it! I can't defeat Ansem alone… I've gotten close, but haven't done it!!! Gr… and I've seen some shorts of stuff that happens… but I don't get it…)

… Uh anyways… I do own Maku and Shadow mistress/masters and Demon Slayers…. So if you like them… you have to ask ME to be able to use them… AND I'M TALKING TO YOU!! You know who you are….

You looked out over the forest from the balcony… It was covered in ruby red roses, they only added to the majesty of the place… The golden light filtered down, mixed with red and orange hues, changing the normal tree's pallet of greens and browns into rich and vibrant orange, red and gold… making the forest look like a sea of golden sand… spreading out into endless eternity…

"So I've finally found you…" you turned, behind you, was the red head you had come to feel for… Kurama…

"Yes… it appears so…" you smiled, and looked back over the trees…

"Do you like the view?" he whispered directly in your ear… he was right behind you… his breath soft on your ears. He smelt of fresh… wild roses… The light must have been hitting his eyes… the looked slightly golden within the emerald green of his orbs…

"Yes… it's so beautiful…" `but nothing compared to what I see in your eyes…' you added in your mind… your courage failing you again… was that a tinge of silver in his hair? Highlighting the red?

"Yes… beautiful…" he whispered as he licked his lips… YES! There it was… PURE amber, filled with lust, want…. And love… he looked shocked for one second, than regained himself… no… no silver… no amber… was it a trick of the mind? A trick of the light? You suddenly noticed what he was wearing… only his pyjama pants… his torso bare to your eyes… his perfectly toned muscles… you forced yourself to look away… you felt your cheeks heat up. An eerie silence settled over you two…

"We should get changed… if we are going to do training today…" you smiled, breaking the silence.

"Yes… we'll only have a short breakfast… we have a lot to get through today, ____... I'll meet you outside your room…" he smiled, you nodded, and walked away… Than, for some reason… the kingdom hearts song (AN: I LOVE this song, anyone know where I can listen to it?) started to come into your head…

Don't you walk away…

Don't you hear me say…

You sang softly along in your mind,

And now I'm falling..

Been waiting for you and I'm just…

Suddenly, you heard the music on…

Calling..

All in a dream…

"Huh?" you opened the door to your room, and saw Maku, she was listening to it on a new, portable CD player. When you came in, she smiled.

"There you are, ____, like my new CD player?" Maku smiled to you,

"YEAH!!!" you smiled, you danced your way to the walk-in wardrobe, and got on a pair of black shorts, and a white top, that seemed to be a bit big for you, you shrugged. Deciding that it looked good…

You make me feel tonight…

That's all tonight…

And go…

The CD stopped… and another song started… the Spirited Away theme tune came up… you walked out the door, and saw Kurama, waiting… his green eyes sparkled with joy in seeing you… he was sort of like a fox cub, so sweet, and cuddly, yet with a mind sharper than a thousand needles.

"_____.... you look great…" he smiled, you felt your cheeks heat up, and probably turning as red as his hair…

"Um… thanks… you don't look so bad yourself…" you whispered, looking to the floor, he really did… he was wearing a light shirt, green of course, with cream shorts, and sandals. You had decided being barefoot wouldn't make much a difference.

"We should go have breakfast…" Kurama smiled, you nodded, you started to walk to the kitchen, when you felt Kurama's hand on your shoulder, his touch was so soft… so beautiful… you turned to look to him, was that a bead of sweat on his forehead?

"Hm?"

"We're not going to the kitchen… we're going to a certain place I know, there's really good food there…" he smiled. He offered you his hand… you hesitate… is it safe? DUH!! This is Kurama! Of course it will be safe! You nod, and take his hand, he picks you up bridal style, you blushed out of your mind, his chest was so comfortable, his muscled were so relaxed with your touch… he was warmer than you expected… you looked to his face, there were beads of sweat… was that a tinge of silver in his hair? Is he hiding something from you? It has seemed like something has been bothering him lately…

"Kurama… what's wrong?" you asked him, slightly worried if something was wrong… `Is my fox ok? Hold on… Did I just THINK that?! MY fox? Where did that come from?'

"Nothing… I'm fine… just…" he hesitated… something nagging at the back of his mind, he wanted to tell you… but he couldn't… something held him back… "Nothing at all…" he smiled… you knew it was fake… but you knew, that if you pressed him, you could break the bud of your relationship… and you didn't want to ruin this perfect start…

"Yes…" you nodded, and sighed… what was he hiding from you? It made you feel insecure… was there something, he didn't want to get you? Was he a schizophrenic(sp?)? He smiled to you, and started to run, he wasn't incredibly fast, but he was faster than your average guy… "So… where are we going?"

"…that's my secret…." He smiled as he ran, you saw it! There was no doubt! His eyes really did go amber! There was a definite streak of silver in his hair….

"Kurama… what's wrong with your hair!?" you gasped, his eyes were now amber… no green left…

"Huh?" he stopped, and looked at a lock, he saw the sliver, his now amber eyes widened,

"Your eyes! They're amber!" you forced his hands off of you, and stepped back, unsure of wether he was safe or not… two fox ears were now coming out of the top of his silver red hair. His hands went up, going over the furry things,

"Not now…." He muttered to himself, "You should get away from me, _____.... it isn't safe for you!" he pointed away, you knew he was right, and you ran, as fast as you could from him, you were in the middle of a forest, with no idea of where you were… you suddenly heard a deep voice from behind you, where Kurama had been…

"So… he warned you… now the hunt will begin, my prey…" a deep voice resounded around the forest… making you feel terrified…

"Damn… damn… damn…" you muttered to yourself, and you ran as fast as you could.

"Run all you like… I will find you… it doesn't matter where you go…"

"Yes it does…" fear was gripping through your body, something told you to run a certain path… which became a real trail, you ran on it, faster than you had run in your life… you could hear feet behind you, light, and fast…

"I know you are here… I can smell you…" fear pounded through your veins… forcing your legs to run faster, they felt like they would give way any second… suddenly, you came out of the woods, and skidded to a halt at the edge of a cliff…

"Oh… sugar… sugar…" you muttered, stepping from the cliff, behind you, you could hear him closing in on you… unsure of what you should do, totals panic and fear ran through you… until… time froze… and you saw the albino woman appear in front of you,

"Dear… Dear… you are a weak human… needing my help so soon…" she sighed and shook her head, "But now… your first form is about to awaken…" she put out her hand, pointing it to your heart, a beam of white light erupted from it, onto the black gem over your heart. White hot pain seared through your body, and time restarted… it felt like you were in the midst of a burning inferno. The flames licked over your body, burning into your very soul… the pain was about to kill you… when it stopped, and you realised… you had changed…

"…I thought I was meant to hunt a human… now I find I hunt a Demon Slayer… my pay had better be a lot more…" you looked towards the owner of the voice… you weren't chased by... whatever Kurama changed into… it was a golden Kitsune… his eyes were blacker than the dark abyss of your dreams… His hair was like the web of golden light in the mourning, as were his ears and tail… he was wearing jeans, and a black top, that clashed with his hair…. Than you looked down at yourself, you were in the same clothes you had been in before…. But you hands were clawed… and you could feel a power surging through your veins… a lust… for that Kitsunes blood… on your back, you sensed a pair of bat wings, like Maku's… only black… your hair was now white, you had no idea about your eyes… You glared at the Kitsune, he flinched…

"Well… you are going to die anyway…. So don't worry about pay…" you hissed, you called up your spirit whip, the light that glowed forth from it must have highlighted your features in some way… because the Kitsune took an involuntary step back… his subconscious mind knowing you were superior to him in every way… his own mind not registering the warning… you could tell by every flicker in his black eyes… he called up a spirit staff… it shone with a golden aura…

So he wants to play that way… I've been waiting to taste Kitsune blood again...

You felt her voice inside your mind, the Kitsune growled at you, and charged.

Tsk… Tsk… a foolish manoeuvre…

You jumped out of the Kitsune's way, and he turned, as he fell off the cliff, taking hold of the edge… You slowly walked over, and put at foot over his hand…

"P-p-please… help me!" the Kitsune gasped, you felt pity within your heart, and reached down to him, and took his hand. You pulled him up, and suddenly felt a pain over your stomach, you looked down, and saw he had stabbed you… his knife had been laced with poison… you could smell it… he had hidden the knife within his pocket, and had waited for the moment… and he had taken it…

You fool… oh well… bite him… take his blood and survive…

You felt the voice command you… and you bite into the Kitsune's neck… you felt his warm blood pump into you mouth… every heart beat making his demise come closer, you drank the blood… the taste was incredible.. the texture, the smell… the way it warmed you as it slid down your throat… You could feel your wound heal, and the poison become cured… when the blood stopped pumping, you let go of the Kitsune, and stood up, you watched as his limp body fell to the floor… his eyes dull… his body slowly crumbled into gold dust… you picked some of the pile up, and looked it over… it was gold… pure, you let it slide off your fingers, and blow away in the wind… but… how? How could he have turned into gold?

"____!" you heard a voice call, you turned, and heard a gasp.

"Hey Kurama… I see you're back to normal…" you smiled, you licked the blood from around your mouth.

"You're a… You're a… Demon… Slayer…" he whispered, he was entranced, and blushing

"Yes… Koenma said… remember?" he had spaced out, gone to a happy zone, and you realised why…. The Kitsune's knife had done more than just stab your stomach… your shirt… was a bit on the open side… especially up there… You blushed, and covered your chest… "HENTAI!!!" you slapped him… nothing… "Earth to Kurama? Hellooooo?" You slowly waved a hand in front of his face. Nothing… not a twitch… he had really gone out of it… you poked him, and kept doing so, for no reason, there was not a single response… `Lights are on… but nobody's home…' you rolled your eyes, you realised you still had the spirit whip in one hand… you whipped just behind Kurama, the crack of the whip jolted him out of the Happy Zone, and you went up to him again "HENTAI!!" you slapped him hard,

"I deserved that…" he smiled meekly, a big hand print on the side of his face, "We should get back… and get you changed…" he started to walk, and you realised… there was a much better way you could get back… You unsummoned your spirit whip…

"Why are you walking, when we can fly!?" you offered him your hand, he hesitated, you spread out your wings, and flapped them slowly, up and down, up and down… until you were a few feet off the ground, still flapping, you put down your free hand to him, and he took it, you pulled him up, and held him around the waist, back to you, you could sense he was blushing, and you knew you were too. You were amazed by how warm he was, his rose scent was right against you, making you want him… so bad. But you just couldn't bring yourself to do anything about it… not wanting to crush your readily forming friendship… which had already had a bit of a shake up before…

"____... you seem tense, what's wrong?" Kurama asked, that was out of the blue. You hadn't expected that, you wanted to tell him… you wanted to tell him how you felt… but you couldn't… for fear of losing him…

"…Nothing… just… not used to this, that's all…" `Not used to being in love…'

"OK… but if there's anything you want to say, I'm here… ok?" he smiled, and you smiled back.

"I know Kurama… I know…" You flew faster, not wanting to miss anything back at the Temple…

Yes… so close… and yet… so far…

You really are good at torturing the readers… you know that?

HEY!!! I'm not torturing the readers! If I made them get Kurama first up, it would all be over!

And she worked that out all by herself…

HEY!!!

Anyways… read and review… *gags as I strangle voice owner*