Waiting to Love

Waiting to Love

The team ran down the many twists and turns of the underground castle they were in trying to keep their target in sight. Laughing the wolf demon ran to a room with no exists.

"Give it up!" shouted Yusuke pointing his finger at the demon. They'd been sent by Koenma to arrest this demon, Lobo, and bring back the artifact he'd stolen from the Reikai.

"Why should I?" asked Lobo. "I've got you right were I want you."

"What?!" shouted Yusuke right before the ground under his feet gave away. The team fell into darkness.

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Hiei groaned he could feel that he was lying on a cold stone floor. Slowly he pulled himself up and looked around. He was in some kind of cell made of stone and iron. The only furnishing was a simple straw bed and a table with a water basin on it. A low moan to the side caught Hiei's attention he looked over his shoulder to see Yusuke also lied out on the floor.

"Yusuke," said Hiei going over and checking the teen over for injuries. Except for a few cuts and bruises Yusuke seemed to be okay.

"Um... Hiei?" said Yusuke lifting his head and looking at the demon in black. "Where are we?" he asked sitting up. He swayed a little and Hiei reached out a hand to steady him.

"Don't move too much you've had a pretty bad fall from that trap," said Hiei looking around. He reached up for his bandana and drew back his hand with a hiss.

"Hiei!" shouted Yusuke grabbing the demon's small hand in his and looking down at his burnt fingertips. His eyes then moved to the demon's forehead.

"Warded," said Hiei. He lifted up the sleeve of his coat to revel his arm, the black dragon had a similar ward painted on it. "What about you?"

"Me?" said Yusuke patting himself down. "I don't seem to be," he said in confusion.

"I don't want to ruin any of your fun," said a voice from behind. Both tanteis spun to see Lobo smiling down at them.

"You!" growled Yusuke jumping up to his feet. A wave of dizziness hit him hard and he slapped a hand across his forehead trying to get his bearings back.

"Oh, you're a strong one," said Lodo in amusement. "I wonder how long you'll last?"

"What do you mean?" growled Yusuke looking at him through his fingers. He felt strange, like his blood was slowly boiling.

"I thought I'd have some fun first before I kill you," smiled Lobo. "You see while you were sleeping I doused you with a very powerful potion."

"What kind of potion?" said Hiei glaring at the wolf demon.

"Oh one I'm sure your friend will enjoy greatly, but you'll hate," laughed Lodo.

"What the hell are you talking about?" yelled Yusuke he was starting to feel hot. Yusuke raised up his hand and pointed his finger at Lobo trying to concentrate on his ki and not the warm burning sensation heating him slowly.

Lobo laughed as Yusuke's hand trembled in front of him. " You know I'm a lone wolf, but once I had a pack that I ran with just like you and your little team. Of course, they're all dead now thanks to Koenma." His eyes narrowed on the two hatefully, then softened back to an amused look. "I must admit I envy you, envy the trust and friendship you share with each other. That's way this is so funny."

"You're nuts," growled Yusuke giving his head a shake.

Lobo grinned showing his white canines. "I'm going to make you hate each other before I kill you. I'll make you hate yourself," he said staring Yusuke in the eyes. "You're the leader aren't you? Your team is your responsibility isn't it? It's your job to make sure nothing happens to them and that they all come back alive and safe right?" said Lobo eyes drifting over to Hiei.

Yusuke grounded his teeth and stepped in front of the Koorime boy, not liking the look in Lobo's eye. He was certain the wolf demon had lost it some years ago.

"Where are Kuwabara and Kurama? Where are my other teammates?" growled Yusuke.

"Oh, them. I have them running through mazes and playing with a few of my pets. Maybe they'll find you soon. And, maybe they'll hate you when they do," said Lobo once again looking at Yusuke with those crazy eyes. Yusuke couldn't help but shiver.

"Just what did you do to me?!" growled Yusuke face now fully flushed.

"Told you, I gave you a potion," grinned the wolf.

"What does it do?!" shouted Yusuke.

"Oh, you and your little friend will find out soon enough. Too bad he looks so young," said Lobo once again looking at Hiei behind Yusuke.
Laughing Lobo walked out of the room, tail swinging behind him. The thin door slammed shut behind him.

"What the hell did he mean by all of that?" wonder Yusuke out loud. "Well he's gone now, so let's-" Yusuke eyes widened. He tried to take a step, but staggered and went down on his knees, hand clutching his stomach.

"Yusuke!" said Hiei in concern moving in front of the raven-haired teen. "Are you alright?"

Yusuke looked up, his breathing labored.
His eyes raked the Koorime boy. His skin looked so fair- so soft. The rich red color of those eyes. The slight part of his lips. Yusuke reached out and grabbed Hiei by the shoulders.

"Yu-!" started the koorime, but was unable to continue as Yusuke's mouth descended on his in a clumsy, inexperienced kiss. Hiei murmured a muffled protest that turned into a groan as Yusuke took the slight parting of his lips to thrust his tongue into Hiei's mouth.

Hiei's eyes went wide.

"Oi boy, come here!" shouted a tall demon with three horns topping his head addressing a young Hiei.

"Hai, Jaki-san," said Hiei quietly moving over to the demon. He couldn't have been any more than 7 at the most. He was working for the gang of thieves that had found him and raised him after the koorimes abandoned him. Before him was Jaki, one of the many demons that worked in the group. Jaki had apparently been drinking celebrating a successful robbery of a wealthy merchant, one that Hiei had played a major roll in. Hiei had few skills at his point in his young life. The other members of the group didn't want to teach him just yet, because he was an A class youkai. He was easier to control and use this way.

The demon got down on his knee in front of Hiei and reached up a hand to brush it over one pale smooth cheek. "So pretty," said Jaki. Hiei looked at him with confused eyes. "I'm going to enjoy this," said Jaki grabbing Hiei by the front of his too big shirt and pulling him against him.

"Nani!" cried Hiei in confusion as the bigger demon began licking and biting his neck.

"Quite boy!" growled Jaki giving him a shake. "I'll be done with you in a few minutes," he said yanking the shirt off the demon child's back.

Hiei was terrified by the look in the older demon's eyes. "Jaki-san, let me go, please!" pleaded Hiei trying to twist out of the bigger man's grip.

"Shut up!" growled the demon grabbing Hiei by the hair and yanking his head back painfully. He covered Hiei's small mouth his own and thrust his tongue in.

Hiei gagged both from the powerful smell and taste of liquor and the demon's too thick tongue brushing the back of his throat, choking him. Jaki's hand came down to the boy's pants, pulling them down.

"Iie!" cried Hiei pulling away.

With a growl Jaki had him pinned face down in the dirt and was now looming over the petit demon's naked body. Hiei could hear him fumbling with his belt.

"Iie, please don't, please," Hiei now begged in a whimper that went unheard by the older demon.

After the demon was done with him, Hiei just stared off to the side while the other fixed his clothes. When Jaki turned to pet Hiei's spiky hair, the demon child curled up in a ball away from his touch. Jaki laughed and noted several small black gems lying on the ground.

"I thought we'd beaten all the tears out of you years ago," laughed the demon picking them up and pocketing them. "Must be my lucky day," said the demon before leaving the Koorime alone.

A bit older Hiei sat by a fire just looking at the normal yellow and orange flames dancing in front of him. There seemed to be an emptiness in his eyes. Those ruby colored orbs turn up as one demon moved to stand before him, a wide grin on his face. Almost tenderly he reached down a hand to cup the Koorime boy's face.

Quietly he said something to Hiei, who shook his head at the bigger demon. The demon frowned and grabbed Hiei by his shirt pulling him up to his feet and against his chest. He smiled down at the fire demon, speaking softly again to the boy as his hand groped the koorime's rear.

Hiei looked away as several other demons around the fire laughed and jeered at him. The older demon that had spoken to him pulled him to a tent set up not far away. Grinning two more demons watched and waited for when the older demon would come out.

Hiei screamed in protest as he was stripped naked in front of all the demons in the party. They poked, prod, pinched, patted, and groped him as he struggled to get away. Laughing they took turns with him, not caring about his soft sobs and pained cries. Many watched others with him, touching them selves. Excited by the show others moved to grab him as soon as one had finished.

After a prolonged period of time the leader of the group walked in and caught them at it. He smiled and told them to make sure they didn't over do it. They'd needed Hiei for tomorrow's job.

One demon moved over to the Koorime boy, who had a dark look on his face. He said something to Hiei and without warning Hiei drew his blade and cut the demon's throat before he even saw it coming.

Around him the other members of the group looked on nervously as the fire demon calmly replaced his katana after wiping the blood off on the dead demon's jacket.

Not long after that day Hiei was told to leave the group. They were too scared of him.

Hiei squeezed his eyes shut and shoved with all his might. The raven-haired teen fell back, taken by surprise.

"Hi-Hiei," said Yusuke eyes wide in shock. He looked down at his trembling fingers. "Hiei, I'm sorry- I did mean to- I-!" stammered Yusuke looking terrified.

Hiei calmed himself down and studied his team leader. Yusuke backed into a corner as far away from him as he could get. He noticed Yusuke rapid breath, his flushed face, the tremor that shook his lean body. Hiei knew all to well what Lobo had used, a lust spell, by the looks of it a powerful one. Hiei chewed his lower lip, he'd had such a spell used on him long ago. It'd been hellish torture for him, especially since he wasn't then and still wasn't old enough now for sex. He'd yet to physically mature in that way.

Those kinds of spells were unpredictable and dangerous for the ones under them. Many horror stories told of demons going insane when given a powerful one and not a way to release it; Hiei had seen it killed before with his own eyes. He looked at Yusuke with worry etched on his face.

Yusuke was now curled up in the corner panting softly under his breath.

I swore I'd near let another use me like that thought Hiei clenching his hands into fists. Never again would he be someone's plaything to use and abuse. But... he looked at Yusuke in the corner. He was a leader, a comrades... a friend. A real one, not the fakes that want something from him, but a real friend that wanted to be with him and share his life with him as a friend.

Hiei got a determined look in his eyes. He had too few people like that in his life.

"Yusuke," called a deep voice across the room from him.

Yusuke looked up and then buried his face in his arm. "Hiei you have to get out of here," whispered the teen. "I-I don't know if I'll be able to control myself for much longer."

Yusuke heard the sound of fabric on fabric and glanced up hoping the koorime was finding a way to escape. He froze and snapped up his head as Hiei dropped his black coat and tugged at his shirt. "What are you doing?!" shouted Yusuke.

Hiei stepped out of his boots. "I'll help you," whispered the koorime not looking at him.

"No... No Hiei!" shouted Yusuke unable to turn his eyes away from Hiei's smooth white skin as the koorime undid the several belts around his slim waist. Yusuke often wondered why Hiei used so many belts. It was like he really didn't want his pant to come off. Yusuke could hardly control himself as Hiei's pants did come off and the Koorime boy stood naked in front of him.

Slowly Hiei moved towards him and knelt down in front of him.

"No... Hiei... put your clothes... back on," gasped Yusuke hands moving up at their own account to touch him. Hiei looked too white in the dark cell almost holy, pure...

"Yusuke, it's okay. I'll let you," said Hiei.

"No!" shouted Yusuke grabbing Hiei by the shoulders. "This isn't right! I can't use you like some kind of sex toy!"

Hiei bowed his head. "Then forgive me Yusuke. You can hate me afterwards if you want, but I'm not going to leave you to go insane." Yusuke gasped as the Koorime boy pressed up against him and nuzzled at his throat. "You can pretend I'm Keiko if you want."

"Hiei..." whispered Yusuke hands moving down that pale skin, fascinated by the feel of it. "Hiei, I don't know- I've never-" said Yusuke blushing madly.

"Then I'll help you," said Hiei. "...I've had lots of experience with pleasing others..." Hiei's tongue licked out and ran across Yusuke's ear. "I'll try and make you enjoy it."

Yusuke couldn't answer as Hiei lightly kissed down his jaw and moved up to his chin. He didn't kiss Yusuke on the lips almost as if that area was off limits to him. He kissed all around Yusuke's mouth in butterfly kisses, slender fingers circling over one of Yusuke's nipples under his white shirt.

Yusuke couldn't take it, what Hiei was doing felt wonderful! He wanted more from the Koorime boy. A part of Yusuke's mind wondered how Hiei knew about this kind of thing. That thought vanished as Hiei pulled his shirt out of his pant and up to lick the nub he'd been teasing through the white cotton shirt. Yusuke found it hard to breathe as he stared blankly across the room while Hiei's small tongue did the most wonderful things to him. He helped as Hiei moved to pull the white shirt off. Unable to stand the lack of skin against skin contact Yusuke grabbed Hiei and pulled the young koorime onto his lap. He nearly went insane when Hiei's lean body rubbed against his painfully erect length. He wanted the Koorime boy to touch him more, but he also wanted to make the ache go away in his crotch.

Hiei shivered against Yusuke once again over taken with memories feeling the lustful language of Yusuke's body. He pushed down his fears and looked up at Yusuke's face, there was something in his eyes that was very different from all the others. Hiei couldn't place the look he'd never seen it before. He leaned up to lick the underside of Yusuke's jaw, rubbing himself chest to chest against Yusuke.

Yusuke closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the wall as he could feel Hiei's body all over him. He wanted to touch Hiei back, make the fire demon feel as good as he did, but he wasn't sure how. He rested his hands on the koorime's shoulder blades while Hiei nipped at his nerves with his little cute fangs, making him shiver all the more violently. His hand slowly moved down the arch of Hiei's spine to his rear. Gently he cupped Hiei's butt with both hands and squeezed. His eyes snapped down to look at Hiei in concern as the koorime clung to his chest in an almost frightened manner. He didn't have time to think about it as Hiei slid back on his legs and bent down to nip at his navel hands moving down to Yusuke's form fitting jeans.

Yusuke couldn't help but shift under Hiei to allow the demon more room. His hands moved back up to the smaller demon's shoulders. He watched with curious, needy eyes as the koorime undid his pants and tugged them down. Yusuke lifted himself up a bit to allow Hiei room to slide both his pants and boxers off. Hiei tossed them to join his own black clothing. He looked down at Yusuke's fully nude form save his socks and blushed, suddenly struck with a spell of shyness. He'd never had to do much for any of the others they usually just took what they wanted. Apparently Yusuke didn't know what he wanted. Hiei lowered his gaze from Yusuke's confused, needy one to look at the boy's erection: big, thick, and painfully hard. Hiei wondered briefly why it felt so good to be touched there, not being old enough to experience it himself. Taking a big gulp of air he leaned down to flick his tongue along the length of Yusuke's desire.

Yusuke gasped and moved his hands up to fist into Hiei's wild black hair. "Hi-Hiei," he stammered before closing his eyes and leaning back.

Hiei licked up Yusuke's length and swirled his tongue around the head. Trying to remember just what the others had liked so long ago. He scrapped his fangs lightly along the sensitive skin and the hands in his hair tightened as the teen let out a mute cry of pleasure. He gave the trembling teen several more slow licks and light bites before closing his eyes and taking as much as he could in his mouth. The teen howled and Hiei choked as the impressive sex brushed the back of his throat. He pulled his head back to have room to move.

Yusuke felt light headed, he looked down to see Hiei's head moving up and down across his laps. Gods, he'd never felt anything like this, so hot and wet. He began running his finger through Hiei's wild hair, feeling the soft texture of it, like fur. He tried to think of Keiko, but for some reason all he could think about was him and Hiei right here and now. He watched the Koorime boy work, mesmerized by the sight of him going down on him. He'd never really been this close to him before. Hiei never seemed to like beginning close to anyone. He kept his distance even from his twin sister that he obviously loved so much.

Yusuke couldn't help but smile warmly at the fire demon, running his fingers through that ultra fine hair affectionately. For the first time since Hiei told him he could do this to him, he relaxed and truly stared to enjoy it. He breathed softly closing his eyes to better feel all that Hiei was doing. It felt so good having the fire demon making love to him. Yusuke's face colored brightly as Hiei moved his head faster, sucking on him hard and swirling his tongue around the head of Yusuke arousal. Yusuke's grip once again tightened in the demon's hair, he could feel he was getting close, but unlike when he'd touched himself there was a great pressure building inside him. He could feel the lust spell building and all he wanted to do was grab Hiei and take him madly, full fill all his lust and desires with the demon's body. But, he was afraid he'd hurt Hiei if he let himself lose control. Yusuke swallowed hard and mouthed the demon's name as he passed the point of no return, his hips moved in time to Hiei's mouth as they were now swaying in a slow dance of pleasure and sex.

Hiei moved his tongue along the angry veins that stood out on Yusuke's sex, tasting the teen's pre-cum with the move. He'd never been with a human before, none had ever been strong enough to demand this from him. Yusuke tasted different from a demon, he smelt different too. Yusuke's taste and smell were far more pleasant then the demons' he'd known, he could almost say he like it if he could forget his past.

Hiei's hand moved down to gently cup Yusuke's balls, he rolled them as he pressed the tip of his tongue against the head of the teen's arousal. He could tell that Yusuke was close, very close. He waited for a sign from the raven-haired teen's body so he could be more prepared for when he came. Hiei felt Yusuke's body tighten as did the grip in his hair. Hiei pulled back as a salty taste filled his mouth.

Yusuke cried out loudly arching off the cold stone floor as he came, spots flashed before his eyes as he tossed his head back and forth; breathlessly saying Hiei's name. When it was over Hiei drew back with a dark blush on his face and wiped the corner of his mouth where a trail of white liquid ran from the corner of his mouth to his chin.

Yusuke looked with greedy eyes at the demon in his natural beauty: taking in the delicate looking frame, strong muscles, and child-like features. The fire in his blood hadn't lessened at all, but now raging inside him for more of the koorime. He reached out and grabbed Hiei by the shoulders pulling him back to him as he began to kiss and suck on the demon's pale skin. He needed more; he wanted more.

Hiei loosely wrapped his arms around Yusuke as the teen ran his mouth all over him, licking off the light layer of sweat that had form on his skin. He could feel Yusuke's hands running all over his skin, caressing and exploring. Hiei was confused at Yusuke actions, what pleasure could touching him like this bring Yusuke? It did feel kind of good for him, just being touched and petted gently by Yusuke's rough hands, but it was Yusuke under the spell not him. He knew that soon Yusuke would probably turn violent with his need so he lay in the teen's arms and let him play with him. At least it didn't hurt yet.

Yusuke hugged the non-responsive koorime to him, he couldn't get enough of Hiei's scent, his feel, his taste, he was getting drunk off the koorime. He picked up the light demon off the cold floor and carried him towards the straw bed, where he dropped him before climbing on top of the demon and moving up to lightly bite Hiei's throat. He wanted him, he wanted him so much. He gazed down at the demon looking into those dark red eyes, seeing something there that he couldn't place in Hiei's eyes: fear? Pain? Trust? Hiei turned his head to the side and pressed it to the mat as Yusuke rubbed himself against his body and opened his legs wider to allow Yusuke more room to work. Yusuke drew back to look at the white creature under him, something was wrong: Hiei wasn't reacting. The demon didn't seem aroused at all by his touches.

As if sensing his confusion Hiei turned back to him to kiss him softly on the cheek, wrapping his arms and legs around Yusuke's powerful back and hips. "Go ahead, Yusuke," whispered Hiei into his hair.

Yusuke didn't need any more encouragement. He fitted himself against the smaller demon; hands moving down to Hiei's thighs as he took up a position to allow him access. One hand stayed on the demon's thigh the other moved to cup his butt and lift him slightly. Yusuke breathed in deeply Hiei's pine scent as he moved against the demon slowly forcing passage into him.

Hiei arched and lightly bite his lip as Yusuke pushed in. He'd expected far more pain when what he got, but he still mewed a little. It'd been so long since any one had gotten close enough to touch him like this. He heard Yusuke groan in pleasure as the teen sheathed himself in his tight heat, just holding still and savoring the feeling. Hiei was actually surprised to discover that the pause gave him a moment to get use to the invasion. Hiei panted softly when Yusuke began to move slowly against him, rubbing along his inner walls. He chewed his lower lip trying not to make any noise.

Yusuke was in heaven that was all he knew, that and Hiei's body beneath him. The feel of Hiei's wiry frame under him, the boy's soft skin against his, the grip of his thighs around his waist, the way Hiei was now slowly running his fingers though his short black hair. He must have died and gone to heaven, it felt so good. He couldn't even be mad at Koenma for letting him died again, not when he had Hiei in his arms like this. Part of his mind told him that it should be Keiko under him right now, that she should be his first and only. But, he couldn't imagine being with Keiko like this, the feelings that raked him were nothing like the ones he felt for her.

Yusuke began to sweat, his blood pounded through his veins spreading the desire and lust of the spell all through his body. He began to move harder and faster till he heard the Koorime boy make a small, almost too soft to hear, groan of pain. He at once slowed down and drew back to look the demon in his ruby eyes.

Hiei closed his eyes tight as the friction between them increased with Yusuke's building desire. He knew that sooner of later Yusuke would lose it and simply see him as nothing more then a means to release that delicious torture. He could feel the spell starting to kick in fully as Yusuke began to move faster and harder against him with ever growing need and pleasure. He tried to keep quite as it began to hurt and Yusuke pressed him down to the mat in his wild need. He couldn't stop the quite moan that escaped him and was shocked when Yusuke slowed and lifted his head to look at him. There was concern in Yusuke's brown eyes, concern for him. Hiei almost felt like cry, it would have been easier if Yusuke just used him like the others had, he was making him feel different. He couldn't hate the teen, couldn't even be afraid of him in that way. He felt something he'd never experience before, it scared him. He wanted Yusuke to stop, but at the same time he wanted to make him feel good. Hiei could see the inner fight in Yusuke's eyes as he tried to deny the spell. Hiei couldn't take it, it looked like Yusuke was the one in pain now.

The Koorime boy grabbed Yusuke and rolled on the small bed till he was on top. "Don't think Yusuke, just let it happen," he said down to the teen softly. "I'll be okay, I've lived through far worst."

"Hiei," cried Yusuke bucking up against the demon hands holding tight to Hiei's hips. Hiei placed his hands on Yusuke's chest and leaned forward moving with Yusuke's desperate movements, ridding the lust filled teen. Hiei panted loudly in a mix of pain and a kind of inner desire to help Yusuke, he would do anything for him now. Hiei didn't know why, but he suddenly envied Keiko. He let out a small gasp as Yusuke pulled out of him and rolled him so Hiei's stomach was pressed flat to the mat Yusuke on top of his back holding up most of his weight so he wouldn't crush his smaller partner. Hiei felt Yusuke's hands grab his hips tightly and pulled them up against him, he could feel Yusuke searching for entrance against his rear. Hiei bite back a cry of pain as Yusuke was in him in one long push. The teen growled deep in his throat as he began moving against him again.

"Yu...suke," whispered Hiei then bit the sheets of the bed with his teeth as Yusuke labored behind him. The teen moved wildly, insane with the need. His hands held the slender boy to him tightly as he thrust hard. Yusuke felt tears sting his eyes as he buried his face against Hiei's throat. He screamed against the demon as he felt himself explode in a gush of warm liquid. In his arms Hiei gave a little cry against the sheets at the last powerful thrust. Yusuke trembled as he felt himself come, his own liquid heat nothing compared to the small demon's insides. He groaned softly as waves after waves of pleasure and satisfaction washed over him. His strength left him and Hiei was pushed flat against the bed as he could no longer support himself. He felt tired and weak like he'd never felt before as he cuddled up against Hiei, enjoying the warmth of his body.

Hiei lay awake long after Yusuke had fallen into an exhausted sleep. He felt the wards holding in his power fade and lose their hold on him: something had happened to Lobo. Kurama and Kuwabara had probably found the wolf demon and from the feel of it had ended up killing him. He sighed into the sheets realizing he needed to get up, clean them off, and put their clothes back on so Kuwabara and Kurama won't know what had just happened. He shifted under Yusuke biting his teeth together in pain as his sore body complained. Strong arms wrapped around him and held him tight as Yusuke started to wake up.

"Hiei," whispered Yusuke softly as the scent of pine greeted him and he realized the body against his was his friend and teammate's. He felt really good for some reason and stretched against the small demon. His eyes snapped wide in realization, he was naked. "Hiei?" said Yusuke in confusion as the memories of what had happened flooded him. He jerked back from the demon, eyes impossible wide as he looked at Hiei's naked body and himself.

"Yusuke?" asked Hiei wondering if the spell was over or if another one was now taking affect.

"Oh god, Hiei," said Yusuke. "I'm sorry," he said.

Hiei's eyes softened. "You're the only one that..."

Yusuke blinked his eyes. "The only one?"

"Iie, never mind," said Hiei turning his head to the side and swinging his legs over the bed. He tried to get up, but his legs won't support him just yet. He felt something warm run down his thigh and didn't need to look to know it was his own blood mixed with Yusuke's seed.

"Oh God, Hiei!" said Yusuke going over and pulling the demon back on the bed. "I've hurt you!"

Hiei looked Yusuke in the eyes shocked that he'd be so concerned for him. He looked away unable to stand his gaze long. "It's okay Yusuke. I'll be fine in a few minutes."

"No, you won't Hiei. I just raped you!" said Yusuke in panic. "I've got to find a healer. Kurama! I'll find Kurama, he can help you!" Yusuke moved to slide off the bed, but was stopped by Hiei grabbing his arm.

"I don't want him to know," whispered Hiei not looking at him.

"But..." said Yusuke looking at Hiei. "Doesn't it hurt?"

Hiei slowly lifted his head to look at Yusuke's face. "I can live with pain, you were gentle with me compared to..." Hiei looked away. Stupid! He'd almost told him. He didn't want to know what Yusuke would think of him if he knew about his past, he'd probably be disgusted.

Yusuke watched with concern as Hiei withdrew. A terrible thought ran though his head, what if he wasn't the first to do this to the Koorime boy? Hiei had said he'd had lots of experience pleasing others, yet Hiei has seemed scared when he'd touched him. He had not been gentle, he knew that, but Hiei had said he'd been compared to... Compared to what?! Concern filled Yusuke's brown eyes as he pulled Hiei into a hug. "Tell me Hiei, you've done this before haven't you? Some one else forced themselves on you didn't they?" he asked the boy softly. He felt Hiei stiffened in his arms and knew he was right. He hugged Hiei tighter against him. "Tell me, please Hiei." Maybe if the Koorime boy told someone then he'd feel better, keeping something like that inside was never good for anyone.

Hiei shook in Yusuke's arms. "You don't want to know, Yusuke."

"Yes, I do," said Yusuke lightly running his fingers through the hair at the back of Hiei's neck.

"Please don't ask that of me, Yusuke. I don't want to tell you what I was back then... you'll hate me," whispered Hiei. He moved closer into the circle of Yusuke's arms feeling safe there for some reason. It feels nice and warm, thought Hiei nuzzling Yusuke's chest, he smells nice too.

"I could never hate you Hiei. I don't care about your past," whispered Yusuke. "No matter what you've done."

Hiei opened his eyes, he felt like crying again. At his point he couldn't deny the teen any thing, not even the story of his past. "When I was born," whispered Hiei into Yusuke's chest. "I was abandoned by my clan and left to die in the wilderness of the Makai. I was found by a group of thieves that raised me as one of them. They taught me most of what I know today: fighting, killing, stealing..." he buried his face against Yusuke's chest making it harder to hear him as he spoke again. "They taught me what I just did to you...."

Yusuke ground his teeth in anger, how could they teach a boy that kind of thing?! It was sick, no wonder Hiei was so dark and emotionless at times. "How many times?" he asked softly. "How many did that to you?"

Hiei didn't answer for a long time. "I don't know... Joushi was the only one that didn't show any interest in me that way. He was the leader, a Gaki, he just feed off the emotions created by it," he said quietly.

Yusuke's eyes grew wide as he looked down at Hiei.

"As first... they kept me for my tear gems, but when I could no longer cry any more they taught me how to steal and took me with them on jobs," said Hiei. "I was useful to them because I was small and could get into places they couldn't. The first time I think I was seven maybe eight... he was drunk and I didn't know how to stop him."

Yusuke hugged Hiei tighter and rested his chin on top of the shorter demon's head as he told him everything, how he was pulled away from the rest to be used alone in the woods. How they started cornering him in small groups of twos and threes when he started getting smarter and stayed out of their reach. He even told him about the night they'd all used him in front of one another no longer caring any more about privacy or decently. Hiei said that was the last night any of them had ever touched him, he killed any that went never him after it. After he'd killed close to a dozen of them the group began to fear him so they'd kicked him out to live as a lone demon wander.

When Hiei had finished his story a long silence filled the room with only Yusuke rocking Hiei back and forth; he felt terrible. Hiei had escaped that life only to have him bring it back to him. If Lobo wasn't already dead then he'd rip him limb from limb.

"I'm sorry," said Hiei against Yusuke's chest.

"For what?" asked Yusuke.

"For raping you," said Hiei pulling away from him.

"Hiei! You didn't rape me, I raped you!" said Yusuke in shock.

Hiei shook his head. "You didn't want to... it was me that made you."

"Hiei," said Yusuke grabbing the demon by the shoulders and making him look at him. "Don't you dare blame yourself for this! Don't you dare!"

Hiei smiled at Yusuke. Yusuke had never seen the demon look so pretty or sad. "Thank you Yusuke, for caring afterwards, you're the only one that ever has." Hiei's hand reached up to pull the white bandana off his forehead reveling his third eye, which glowed softly in the dark room. "I wish you didn't have Keiko, because I-I...." He reached up and cupped Yusuke's face leaning forward to kiss him lightly on the lips. "Never mind, it doesn't matter now," he whispered against Yusuke's lips.

"Hiei?" asked Yusuke as the demon leaned his forehead against his. Yusuke's eyes snapped wide as he felt the Jagan touch his mind.

"Shhh, Yusuke please don't fight me?" whispered Hiei hugging him tightly. "Please," he whispered.

"Hiei, I-" whispered Yusuke as his eyes slid shut. He could feel himself forgetting, forgetting all that had just happened. Hiei's past, the sex they had just shared together. He tried to hold on to a thread of those memories, but he could feel himself slipping into unconsciousness, feel himself forgetting, as he fell asleep in the small demon's arms.

Hiei brushed some of Yusuke's hair out of his face tenderly as he looked down at the sleeping teen. He wanted to continue to hold him like this, it made him feel wanted.

With a sigh Hiei got off the bed leaving Yusuke to sleep off the memory purge he'd used on him. He held his stomach as he moved over to the basin of water to clean off. It had been so long since he'd been with someone, he regretted not being a few years older then he might have enjoyed what Yusuke had done to him. He looked down at his small body, he was just a kid, what did he have to offer someone like Yusuke? He finished cleaning off as best he could and pulled on his clothes. After that he did the same for Yusuke, hoping when, if ever, Kuwabara and Kurama found them that they won't notice the scent of sex in the air. He doubted Kuwabara would smell it, but Kurama might. Hiei sat in a corner looking at Yusuke who slept peacefully on the bed.

Nothing could ever be the same again, he would always remember this day. At least Yusuke won't, he could just pretend nothing had happened between them and Yusuke would go on treating him as he had. Hiei bowed his head, he could pretend nothing had happened, but he couldn't change what he felt. He didn't know what it was, but he felt different towards Yusuke now. He wouldn't tell the raven-haired teen of these strange sensations, Yusuke was a human, he'd live only a short few years compared to Hiei's long life span; he didn't want to mess up what few years he had left with the raven-haired teen.

Half an hour passed before Hiei caught the sound of a familiar carrot-top muttering to himself. He watched as a blazing sword of ki sliced through the hinges of the door and as it fell in to slam onto the ground.

"Yo Yusuke! Shrimp! You in here?" asked Kuwabara stepping into the room. He spotted Yusuke first then Hiei sitting in the corner. "Ha, there you two are. I've been looking all over for you. Jeez, what are you two doing just sitting around and taking naps," said Kuwabara walking over to Yusuke. "Oi, Yusuke," said Kuwabara slapping his face lightly. "Wake up!" The raven-haired teen stirred and groaned.

Yusuke opened his eyes and screamed causing Kuwabara to jump back.

"What'd you do that for?!" demanded Kuwabara once Yusuke realized where he was.

"Well, what did you expect? What would you do if you woke up to see your ugly face leaning over you?!" shouted Yusuke.

"What did you say about my face?!" shouted Kuwabara!

"Where's Kurama?" asked Hiei slowly getting up, trying not to show how sore he was.
"Kurama? He went to go get the artifact that Lobo stole."

"Lobo!" growled Yusuke standing up and punching his fist into his hand. "Where is he? I want a piece of him!" Yusuke didn't know why, but he was incredible angry at the wolf demon.

"Too late," said Kuwabara. "Me and Kurama already took care for him, sorry to say there isn't much left of him to take back to Koenma."

Yusuke cursed and punched his hand again. "Well, then let's find Kurama and get out of his creepy place."

* * * * * * * * * * *
After returning the artifact and reporting to Koenma, Yusuke and the others returned to Genkai's temple in the Ningenkai.

Kurama snuck looks at Hiei as everyone else talked and ate snacks. For some reason Kurama couldn't say Hiei was different today, maybe quieter. He wondered briefly if the koorime was hiding something. Hiei sat by himself sipping his cup of sake and glancing at Yusuke every now and then. Hiei's face had taken on a light red blush from having drunk so much. Kurama sighed he was going to have to bring Hiei home with him tonight, drinking and tree climbing wasn't a good combination. From experience he knew Hiei often missed the branches he aimed for. He thought about trying to get the bottle away from the koorime, but decided he didn't want to get his hands cut off by the quick to slash slow to question demon.

Hiei watched as Keiko hit Yusuke on the head, a tennis ball size lump formed as Yusuke winced. Of course, Yusuke disserved it. Hiei laughed softly into his drink as he raised it up to his lips 'that'll teach Yusuke to call Keiko fat.' He continued to watch as the two bickered, was that how they showed their feelings for each other, he wondered? Hiei frowned into his glass wondering if that meant Yusuke was also in love with Kuwabara since he treated the carrot-top similar.

"Naaahhhh," said Hiei out loud taking another giant gulp of his sake. Yusuke had better taste then that didn't he? Hiei thought about that question, after all Yusuke had just slept with him and he was trash. Of course it took a lust spell for it to happen, so he still counted Yusuke as having better taste when it came to picking a lover. Suddenly very depressed he filled back up his cup and drank it down to refill it again.

"Woe shrimp take it easy with that stuff will you, it isn't cheep you know," said Kuwabara moving to take the sake battle away from him.

Hiei bared his teeth at Kuwabara and growled, Kuwabara wisely decided to leave the demon alone to get plastered.

Kurama walked over to his best friend and stood before him.

"What?" snapped Hiei up at the fox looking up and up and up till he fell over backward, 'when did Kurama get so damn tall?'

"Hiei, I think you've had enough," said Kurama bending over to pick the Koorime boy up like a sack up potatoes.

"Put me down you Baka Kitsune!" shouted Hiei pathetically swatting at the red head.

Kurama turned and bowed to everyone Hiei still under arm. "I'm going now, I'll take Hiei so he doesn't get in any trouble."

Kuwabara laughed. "Good luck. We all know what an ass Hiei makes out of himself when he's drunk."

"Yah," laughed Yusuke also having consumed his fair share of liquor tonight.

Hiei stopped struggling in Kurama's grip and to the fox's surprise just hung. "Do you really mean that Yusuke?" asked the koorime quietly.

"Eh?" asked Kuwabara, none but Kurama had clearly heard the demon with his slurred words.

"I think I'm going to be sick," said Hiei looking pretty green all of a sudden. Quickly Kurama ran out of the house with the demon where the poor koorime emptied his stomach on the lawn.

"Hiei, you shouldn't drink so much," said Kurama patting his back and handing him a handkerchief as the demon remained hunched over. Kurama was concerned, the only time he'd ever seen Hiei drink that much was when Yusuke and Kuwabara had introduced him to human liquor. Not knowing any better the koorime had gotten hammered. That was the last time he'd ever drunk so much of the stuff till tonight.

"I know that," said Hiei quietly head still bowed.

Kurama sighed again and put his arm around his friend's shoulder. "Come on, you're sleeping at my place tonight. I don't trust you to walk around in the dark, you'll get run over or something."

"I'm not that drunk!" protested Hiei then stared really hard at Kurama.

"What?" asked the red head.

"Kurama, when did you get a jagan?" asked Hiei squinting at him.

The fox sighed and shook his head. Yup, Hiei was plastered. "Come on," said Kurama taking Hiei's hand like a mother would a small child and leading him to his house. He was glad to see that his mom was already in bed as he slipped silently inside pulling Hiei along behind him. Once they'd reached his room Hiei just walked over to his bed and dropped on it like a stone.

Kurama couldn't help but giggled at the fire demon as he pulled out two sets of pajamas: one for him and the other for Hiei. "Hiei, come put these on," said Kurama.

The koorime groaned in reply.

Still grinning Kurama changed into his PJs and went over to the drunk demon. "Some times Hiei you're just a little kid," he said while pulling the small demon's clothes off.

"Little kid," said Hiei blinking up at Kurama with unfocused eyes. He growled and grabbed Kurama throwing him on the bed and climbing on top of him. "I'm not a little kid, Yusuke."

"Yusuke?" said Kurama in confusion looking up at his friend. Was Hiei that drunk?

"I'm old enough, why don't you take me again if you still think I'm a little kid?" he said smiling down at him. Kurama held his breath at how beautiful Hiei looked with that simple smile on his face.

"Hiei?" asked Kurama.

The demon fell forward and was snoozing softly against his chest the next minute.

"Hiei," said Kurama rolling his eyes and then his friend off of him to finish putting him into the too large pajamas. He smiled down at the petit demon roughing his hair playfully. Hiei really did look like a kid in that outfit. The sleeves went over his hands and the pants looked like they were ready to fall off.

"You're too cute like this, Hiei," said Kurama pulling the sheets up and tucking him in. Kurama frowned once he was done. "What did you mean Hiei? Take you again?" he asked the sleeping demon. He hoped it had just been something Hiei had said in a drunken stupor, but he had a bad feeling that it did mean something. "Hiei just what happened between you and Yusuke today?" he asked before climbing into the bed next to the demon and lying back to get some sleep.

* * * * * * * * * * *

The sun was trying to burn his eyes out of his sockets, decided Hiei as he rolled around on the bed trying to escape its burning rays. He was also pretty sure something had crawled into his mouth while he was sleeping and died.

"Just kill me now and get it over with," muttered the demon into his pillow.

He heard a familiar laugh behind him and turned to see Kurama putting on his pink school uniform. "Good morning sunshine," said Kurama once the koorime had turned to look at him.

"Hn," snorted Hiei lifting his pillow and hiding his head under it.

Kurama just laughed at his miserable friend. "It's your own fault for drinking so much last night Hiei and you know it."

"Go away," groaned Hiei from under the pillow.

Kurama only shook his head while he finished getting ready. He went over to Hiei and nudged the demon. "Here, drink this. It'll help," said Kurama holding a cup of something that smelled strongly of herbs.

Hiei sat up, hair naturally wild and messy, and took the cup to take a sip. His eyes snapped opened and he began to cough violently, nearly spilling the drink. "What- is this.... stuff," coughed Hiei.

"Strong ne?" smiled Kurama. "It's my own mix of tea herbs."

"Strong enough to kill Enma," coughed Hiei.

"Well, it fixed you didn't it?" grinned Kurama.

Hiei finished coughing and realized he did feel a lot better. "What did I do last night?"
asked Hiei rubbing his forehead.

"Oh not much, you wanted me to take you."

"Eh?!" said Hiei blushing madly.

Kurama thought about also telling Hiei that he'd called him Yusuke, but decided against it. Hiei looked embarrassed enough at the moment.

"It's okay, don't worry about it," smiled Kurama roughing up Hiei's hair. "Although, it was a rather tempting offer," grinned the fox.

"Baka kitsune," snorted Hiei.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Three months past

* * * * * * * * * * *

Hiei sat in the branches of one large tree and watched as Kurama causally walked to school, every two seconds a girl would spot the fox and swoon, soon he had his own little fan club following him.

Hiei would have felt sorry for the fox if it weren't for the fact the fox was too polite to tell them to take a hike. Therefore, it was Kurama's fault they followed him and he disserved to suffer.

Hiei left that tree to leap to another, maybe he should check on his sister? Yes, it'd been awhile since he'd last checked on Yukina. Hiei silently moved from tree to tree, he stopped short as he felt a familiar reiki close by. He glanced down at the street to see Yusuke in his green uniform walking with brief case over his shoulder. Hiei frowned, wasn't Yusuke's school in the other direction? Hiei shook his head, cutting school again, figured. Hiei decided he would follow the raven-haired teen for awhile just to have something to do and a change of routine.

He followed Yusuke for ten minutes before the teen turned towards him.

"Yo, Hiei! How long are you going to keep hiding? If you're going to follow me, why don't you just walk along beside me?"

There was a long pause then a blur of black and the koorime was now standing next to him.

"I can't believe that actually worked," said Yusuke roughing up Hiei's messy hair. "I thought for sure you'd just jump away to stock someone else."

Hiei glared at him and turned to jump away.

"Woe! Woe!" said Yusuke grabbing hold of the back of his coat. "I was just teasing you Hiei," grinned Yusuke.

"Hn," snorted Hiei.

"Why don't you hang with me today? I've got the whole day free," said Yusuke stretching.

"I thought today was a school day," said Hiei.

Yusuke just grinned wider and roughed Hiei's hair again.

"Keiko will be pissed at you. Don't you care what she thinks," asked Hiei.

"Oh come on Hiei," said Yusuke hugging the demon from behind. "My brain isn't my best feature, you know that. It's a waste of time and money for me to go to school."

Hiei blushed. Yah, he knew Yusuke's brain wasn't his best feature, that was make perfectly clear to him as his back was now pressed against the taller boy's crotch. "Let go of me you Baka Ningen!" growled Hiei squirming out of Yusuke's arms.

"Hiei, you're blushing! How cute!" said Yusuke.

"Oh, shut up!" growled Hiei. Maybe this had been a bad idea.

"Oh Hiei, your such a kid. You know I love teasing you," smiled Yusuke. He looked across the street at an ice cream stand set up there. "You want some ice cream little kid?" asked Yusuke patting his head.

"I'm not a little kid!" shouted Hiei swatting at the hand.

"No need to thank me," laughed Yusuke. "You wait here," he said not even looking where he was going as he ran into the street.

Now you'd think that after dying for the first time Yusuke would have learned to look before he leapt, so to speak. But, as fate would have it he didn't and thus didn't see the truck coming around the corner and heading straight for him at top speed until it was too late for him to get away.

Yusuke froze as he saw the truck, memories of his death flashed back before his eyes: the little kid he'd saved, the rubber ball bouncing on the pavement, his body slamming into the car at bone breaking speeds. Not again he thought closing his eyes tightly.

Yusuke felt the impact, but it didn't hurt as much as he thought it would. In fact, it came from the back, not the side like it should have. Yusuke opened his eyes to see Hiei standing in the middle of the road hands extended: he'd pushed him out of the way. Yusuke landed hard on the cement and wince. "Hiei!" he screamed as the truck hit the little koorime.

The light body easily rolled over the hood and hit the windshield, cracking it like the web of a spider to continue over the cab and land in the flatbed of the truck. The truck just now slammed on the breaks causing the tires to squeal.

"Hiei!" shouted Yusuke running towards the truck even before it had stopped moving. He jumped on the back and froze as what he saw. Blood was everywhere: on the truck, on Hiei.

"Hiei! Hiei!" shouted Yusuke kneeling down next to the demon, too afraid to touch him least he injure him farther. One of the demon's arms lay at an impossible angle, obviously broken, his side was covered in blood, there was a nasty gash over one brow from a piece of glass that had also cut his white bandana off. Blood ran down one corner of his mouth as he bit his teeth together, shivering in pain.

"Someone call an ambulance!" shouted one on looker.

Other people started climbing into the back of the truck with them.

"My god, he's still alive!" shouted one going down next to Yusuke.

No, though Yusuke. I can't let them take him to a hospital. He reached down to try and pick Hiei up, but the demon only whimpered in pain and soon other people were pulling him away from Hiei.

"No, son! You're not suppose to move him!" shouted one man holding onto his arms.

"No!" shouted Yusuke as two more men helped drag him out of the truck. "You can't take him to a hospital!" He could hear an ambulance already in the distance.

"Calm down, kid. You're in shock," said one of the men holding his arm.

"No! Hiei!" shouted Yusuke as the ambulance pulled up and the paramedics ran out to look at the koorime.

Yusuke could only watch helplessly as they ripped off Hiei's top and strapped him to a board, placing a neck-brace on him in case his spine had been injured. The paramedics were yelling all kinds of things to each other as they worked. Yusuke numbly watched as they lifted Hiei and carried him towards the ambulance.

"Yu...suke..." gagged Hiei as more blood ran down his chin. "Yusuke!" he screamed.

"Hiei!" shouted Yusuke trying to get to his friend, but couldn't get past the wall of people that were holding him back. He could have easily pushed them all aside if he wasn't so panicked.

The paramedics put Hiei in the back of the ambulance and climbed in after him. They shut the doors and the lights flashed as they drove away.

"Hiei..." said Yusuke falling to his knees and looking in the direction they'd gone. One man patted him on the shoulder saying comforting words to him, but Yusuke didn't hear it. He jumped up and started running, he had to find Kurama.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Kurama was sitting quietly listening to his teacher give a lecher when the door to his classroom was slammed open and a panting Yusuke stood in the doorway.

"Yusuke?" said Kurama in shock causing the raven-haired teen's eyes to land on him.

"Kurama, we've got trouble. Hiei's been hurt!" shouted Yusuke running over to the red head and grabbing his arm to pull him roughly out of his chair.

"Mr. Minamino! What is the meaning of this?" demanded his teacher as Yusuke started dragging him toward the door.

"I'm sorry sensei!" shouted Kurama. "But, I need to go!" he shouted before he was literal carried through the door by the panicked teen.

"Yusuke? What's going on?" asked Kurama running along beside the teen down the streets.

"Hiei was hit by a car!" shouted Yusuke. "They took him to a hospital!"

"Oh crap!" shouted Kurama. "Did he lose a lot of blood?" asked Kurama.

"Yes, it was everywhere," said Yusuke a shiver ran up his back.

"Damn!" shouted Kurama. "We've got to get to him before they give him a transfusion. Human blood will make Hiei lose control of his powers, he'll go into a blood high! There's no telling what he'll do like that!"

"Fuck!" shouted Yusuke running faster. He hoped they weren't too late.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Hiei had never been claustrophobic before in his entire life, but right now he was. He felt like he couldn't breath, they were all over him, yelling at one another, poking at him. He had to get out of here!

Hiei began struggling against the straps that held him down, one snapped, but the paramedics were all over him before he could free himself.

"Get off me!" screamed Hiei.

"He's going into shock," said one paramedic as Hiei thrashed wildly in the straps holding him down.

One medic drew up a needle and the other two held him down as he moved to give it to the fire demon.

"Iie!" shouted Hiei at the top of his lungs as the needle pierced his arm. When the stuff went into him it burned all the way up and down his arm and moved into his chest. Now he really couldn't breath as he choked for air.

The medics pulled an oxygen mask over his mouth, but that didn't help much. The world grew fussy as Hiei blacked out.

* * * * * * * * * * *

"What have we got here?" asked the ER doctor as they ran in with Hiei.

"Clasped lung, broken ribs, head tram, broken arm, possibly mutilate fractures, savior blood lose!" shouted the paramedic.

The doctor moved over to Hiei and was surprised the boy was even still alive! Not wasting any more time, he ordered the nurses to check his blood type and the extent of the damage to Hiei's ribcage and lungs, which would require an X-ray. The nurses hurried to obey his orders, use to the rush and bustle of the ER and soon the doctor had his X-ray in hand. He grimace looking at it, the boy's side had been crushed! Pieces of his rib had pieced his lung and filled it with blood. They were going to have to operate to try and repair the damage.

"Doctor I don't know what kind of blood this boy has!" shouted the nurse running up to the doctor with her findings. "It's like nothing I've ever seen before," he said handing him the pad.

The doctor scanned the chart and cursed. "You must have messed up, try it again."

"But-" said the nurse.

"Try it again, that boy's going to die if we don't do something fast!"

Wide-eyed the nurse ran off to do the test over.

"Doctor his boy's burning up. "His tempter is 134 degrees!" shouted one nurse.


"What?! Impossible!" shouted the doctor going over to Hiei and looking for himself.

"Shit, pack him in ice. We've got to get his temperature down, now!"

The nurse ran back out with the blood type to report her findings were the same.

"Then we'll give him some O+ blood and hope he doesn't have an allergic reaction to it!" shouted the doctor at the poor nurse, who ran to do as she was told.

Once the blood was going into the boy, he improved greatly! His temperature dropped to 120 not much better, but still lower then 134, he began to breath better, to the doctors surprise the blood was draining out of his lungs all by its self! The boy seemed to have stabilized for the time being, which was a damn miracle! He should have been dead before they even brought him in! This gave the doctor a moment to look over the boy's X-ray closer. What he found shocked the hell out of him. There were broken and healed bones all over, the worst he'd ever seen! He had X-rays done of other sections of the boy's skeleton and discovered that those bones had been broken and healed repeatedly as well.

God! He was going to have to call the police and have this boy's parents arrested! He'd never seen this savior a case of child abuse before!

"Doctor we're ready to take him up to surgery now," said one of the nurses. The doctor nodded and went over to his patient to gently stroke the boy's hair. He stopped and traced a curved line in the middle of the boy's forehead. It looked like it was an old cut already healed, but there was something.... The doctor parted the cut to see it wasn't a cut, but an eyelid! This boy had three eyes! "My god," whispered the doctor.

Suddenly the eye glowed an eerie purple and the doctor was sent flying across the room. He slammed into the wall and fell unconscious to the floor.

Hiei's other two eyes opened to glow red. Many nurses screamed as the boy burst out in black flames burning a few of them. The straps holding Hiei and his clothes burned down to nothing, he sat up free from all the wires and tubs which had melted in the intense heat. Screaming the nurses ran out of the room, one dragging the doctor with her.

Hiei's eyes blazed red as he began to laugh the black fire around him blazed even brighter.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke and Kurama were right outside the hospital when the side of the building exploded in a column of black fire.

"We're too late," whispered Kurama as the fire died down.

Yusuke cursed and ran towards the gapping hole in the side of the hospital. He stopped, frozen in shock at what he saw. Kurama ran up next to him and did like wise.

Standing in the middle of the room was Hiei twisting and turning his lean naked form in a slow graceful dance, singing softly to himself as he did so. The black fire around him danced in time to him, reaching up to caress the pale demon with burning hands. Every now and then a dragon's head and long serpent body would form to circle around the softly singing demon.

Yusuke couldn't understand what Hiei was saying, it was obviously not Japanese, but it was still very pretty to hear Hiei's deep voice singing it. The koorime was completely out of it as he played with the Makai black fire, letting it climb up his legs and arms to run across his back and chest.

Whoever said 'not to play with fire' obviously never met Hiei, the demon was enchanting right now in his natural element.

Yusuke blushed furiously, he didn't know why, but the sight was arousing him. He wished it was his hands not the fire running up Hiei's twisting form. Gods! What was he thinking?!

He could still see the blood all over Hiei's body, the only thing covering the demon as he turned circles in the fire's embrace. It ran down his legs and arms, down his sides and hips, over his brow and down his chin. It was a bloody dance in hellish black fire, it made his blood boil and body hot.

"Hiei..." whispered Yusuke causing the fire demon to turn in his fiery dance and look at him with glowing red eyes. The demon raised up a bloody hand and licked at the red liquid staining it as his eyes burned holes in Yusuke.

Suddenly a picture of a naked Hiei blushing and wiping something white off the corner of his mouth flashed in his mind.

"We've got to stop him, before he runs low on blood or youki," said Kurama to his side breaking him out of the koorime's enchantment.

"How?" asked Yusuke watching as the koorime continued to dance in the black fire, but no longer sang sweetly. "We can't get near him with that black fire all around him."

"You have to knock him out," said Kurama.

"You mean shoot him with a Rei Gun, you've got to be kidding Kurama. He's already pretty messed up."

"Would you rather wait till his youki depletes or he faints from blood lose?" asked the fox.

Biting his lip Yusuke raised up his hand and leveled his finger at Hiei. His breath caught in his throat as the demon turned to look at him with red lit eyes again. Grinning sensually Hiei moved towards them the black fire slowly dying down.

"Yusuke?" said Kurama when the teen didn't take the opportunity to KO the demon.

Yusuke shivered as Hiei reached him and lick up his pointing finger, then leaned into him and went slack against his chest. Yusuke's arms went down to hold Hiei against him as the fire demon no longer supporting himself.

They heard police cars heading their way.

"Come on Yusuke," said Kurama pulling off his pink uniform top to cover Hiei with it. "Let's get him out of here and to Genkai's temple."

Yusuke didn't hear Kurama his eyes were fixed on Hiei's sleeping face, the boy looked so small and delicate in his arms.

"Yusuke!" shouted Kurama in his ear getting his attention. "Come on!" he said pulling Yusuke's arm.

Yusuke picked Hiei up and ran with Kurama as the police cars pulled up to the building.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke watched as Yukina walked out of the room that Hiei was in.

"Yukina, how is he?" asked Yusuke getting up to walk towards the ice maiden.

"He's a lot better now Yusuke-san," said Yukina. "I've fixed the life threatening damage, but the arm is still broken. I'll be able to heal it when I've regained my youki. I'm sorry I couldn't do more."

"No," said Yusuke patting her shoulder. "You've done great Yukina. Is he awake?"

The ice maiden shook her head. "No, he's sleeping right now."

"Oh, do you mind if I go in to see him?" he asked.

"Sure, stay as long as you like," smiled Yukina.

"Thanks," said Yusuke and went past her and into the room that contained the injured demon. He pulled up a chair and sat in it looking at the demon asleep on the bed. He looked so tiny among the covers, Yukina had cleaned all the blood off of him and now his skin looked as white as ever.

Yusuke closed his eyes, he could still see Hiei rolling over the truck; his hands fisted in the sheet of the bed. If only I hadn't been so stupid! Then Hiei would never have gotten hurt saving me!

The koorime covered in his own blood shivering in pain flashed before his eyes. It's all my fault, I've done this to Hiei.

The koorime looking at him with a beautiful smile as he leaned forward to kiss him softly on the lips.

Yusuke reached up his hand to trace his lips; where had that come from? He didn't remember ever kissing the fire demon before. He looked at Hiei's face as he breathed in gentle even breaths. His eyes stared at the white starburst of hair and moved down to the closed jagan, from there to the black lashes, button nose, and down to Hiei's slightly parted lips. His eyes stay on Hiei's lips and without thinking he slowly moved his head down till he was nose to nose with the demon. He closed his eyes and pressed his lips to Hiei's in a soft kiss. He pulled back in shock, wondering what had possessed him to take advantage of Hiei like that!

He could just picture the demon jumping up with a snarl and draw his katana out of god know where to chasing him around the room with it. Yusuke couldn't help but laugh at the bubble over his head.

With a sigh Yusuke leaned back and watched Hiei sleep. Maybe if he stayed here long enough Hiei would wake up and he could thank him.

Yusuke yawned and fanned his mouth.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke was walking through a forest, patches of sunlight streamed down from the small places the trees didn't grow. He noticed a dark figure walking among the shadows wind buffing the small humanoid body's clothes. The figure stepped forward into a path of light and Yusuke saw clearly who it was.

"Hiei," called Yusuke stepping towards the fire demon.

Hiei grinned and stepping back into the shadows, vanishing from sight.

"Hiei?" said Yusuke stepping over to the place the fire demon had been and looking around for him. "Are you trying to play hide and seek with me?" asked Yusuke getting no answer. Suddenly he could hear the sound of running water and decided to follow it, maybe Hiei was there. He walked till he found a spring with a small waterfall running down the side of a rock cliff, lush plants and ferns grew all along the sides of the spring.

Yusuke spotted something black lying down on the one clear spot by the spring. He walked over and picked up Hiei's black coat. "Hiei?" he asked looking around. He gave a short yell before he went falling headfirst into the spring of ice cold water. Yusuke came up gasping for breath and shivering. He snapped his head up to see a bare-chest Hiei grinning down at him.

"Hiei!" roared Yusuke trashing in the water. The little demon only laughed into his hand while look at him.

"You look cold," said the demon.

"This water is freezing!" shouted Yusuke at him.

"Shall I warm you up then?" asked Hiei with a pretty smile.

"Eh?" said Yusuke stopping his thrashing to watch as Hiei slipped out of his boots. He found it hard to breath as Hiei turned around to give him his back and slowly undid the white belts around his slim waist one at a time. Yusuke held perfectly still in the water as he watched Hiei's black trousers slide down his butt and legs slowly. The demon turned back to him with a smile, walked towards him, and into the water.

Yusuke watched as Hiei swam around him. He had the strongest desire to reach out and snare the little koorime. Grinning Yusuke turned and leap at Hiei with a roar.

'Splash' Yusuke came up with empty arms, he brushed his bangs aside to see the little demon swimming to his side a look of amusement on his normally emotionless face. "You need to work on your aim."

"Oh, now you've done it," said Yusuke with a naughty grin. "I'm going to get you for that."

"Hn, I'd like to see you try," said Hiei splashing some water at him.

Grinning like a mad man Yusuke chased Hiei around the spring, but the smaller demon was a better swimmer then he and easily kept out of his reach. He watched as Hiei disappeared under the water, taking a big gulp of air Yusuke did like wise. He swam around under water looking for the petit demon.

Where is he? thought Yusuke clamping his hand over his mouth as he was starting to run out of air. With a curse and cloud of bubbles he swam back up to the surface gasping for breath. He looked around for the little demon and heard small whimpers and groans of pain. Turning he spotted Hiei surrounded by demons, one was on top of the fire demon thrusting his hips madly between Hiei's parted legs.

"HIEI!" shouted Yusuke running toward the bank, hand already glowing with ki as he took aim at the demon closest to him.

"Rei Gun!"

That demon was struck and thrown through the forest.

Yusuke climbed out of the water and attacked the demons like a wild man, fists flying everywhere. Soon only the one on Hiei remained and he roughly grabbed the demon by the shoulder with one hand, fist drawn back to ready to punch with the other. He stopped dead as he looked at the face of the demon on Hiei, no! No... that demon....it was him!

* * * * * * * * * * *

"Yusuke! Yusuke!"

Yusuke fell backwards in his chair as he was shaken awake. Wincing he looked up from his place on the floor to see Hiei looking at him with bewildered, tired eyes, the little demon was naked.

"Oh God! I'm sorry Hiei, I didn't mean to!" shouted Yusuke failing his arms in front of his face.

"What are you talking about Yusuke?" asked Hiei in confusion. He twisted more to the side and Yusuke spotted Hiei's wrapped and broken arm. Realization donned on him, it had been a dream.

"What's the matter with you?" asked Hiei with a frown. "I was sleeping when I wake up hearing you shout my name, only to find out you're sleep fighting."

Yusuke sat up on the floor and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry about that."

"Hn," snorted Hiei.

A long silence filled the room.

"Hiei... thank you... for saving me today," said Yusuke.

"Forget it," said Hiei looking to the side. "It's my job to save your worthless butt."

"Oh come on Hiei," said Yusuke getting on his knees. "You saved me because you like my worthless butt," he grinned at the demon.

Hiei's face turned red as he stared at Yusuke. Yusuke looked at him curiosity, not having expected that kind of a reaction.

"I do not!" shouted Hiei turning all the way around to give him his back. "Baka Ningen, I should have let you become a pancake," muttered Hiei.

Yusuke smiled and got up to hug Hiei from behind, feeling the demon stiffen at his touch. Was it because he touched an injury or was he making Hiei uncomfortable? "Thank you," said Yusuke into Hiei's ear. "I'm lucky to have you around."

Hiei leaned back into Yusuke's hug. "Hn," he said softly before falling back to sleep, exhausted.

Yusuke lay Hiei back down on the bed and covered him up, gently brushing some black and white bangs out of his face. He traced the koorime's lips with his finger then did the same with is own. "Sleep tight, Hiei."

* * * * * * * * * * *

"I can't believe I'm hearing this!"
shouted Yusuke in Koenma's face.

"Yusuke, don't yell!" yelled back Koenma.

"No! If you arrest Hiei for getting run-over, I don't care if you're a god! I'll get you for it!"

"Yusuke, I'm not arresting him for getting run-over! He attacked unarmed humans that's against the rules, Yusuke. It goes against his parole."

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, he wasn't even aware of what he was doing! It wasn't his fault!"

"It still doesn't change the fact that he attacked humans, Yusuke. The doctor that was treating him has a broken arm, several nurses came out of there with third degree burns!"

"He didn't kill any one! You can't lock him up for loosing control of his powers when they're pumping him full of drugs and human blood!"

"Yusuke-"

"No!" shouted the teen slamming his hands down on Koenma's desk. "Hiei, got hurt because of me! I'm the reason he had to go to the hospital, I didn't stop them from taking him, if you have to punish someone for this, then punish me!"

"Yusuke...." said Koenma in shock. "I can't do that, it's not your crime."

"Yes it is!" shouted the teen. "I'm taking responsibility for it! So what's my sentence? Prison time? Manual labor? What's it going to be Koenma?!"

Koenma looked down at the report on it desk and handed it to Yusuke. "Will you please burn his," he sighed. "I've decided to make an exception his once."

Yusuke took the file and torched it with a flash of ki. "Thanks, Koenma."

"Yah, whatever, just get out of here so I can get some work done."

Yusuke smiled and nodded before running out of the office.

"What's with him?" muttered Koenma opening one of the documents on his desk.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Time passed and eventually every thing fell back into place as it had been before, except for the way the two now felt. Hiei hadn't done as good of a purge job as he'd thought. Yusuke certainly didn't remember anything in detail, but apparently Hiei couldn't get rid of the emotions that came with the memories, Yusuke was more protective of him. It made it more difficult for Hiei that Yusuke treated him so kindly he couldn't distant himself from the teen. Yusuke was always checking on him and trying to get him to open up.

Hn, he got enough of that from Kurama, he didn't need Yusuke to start in as well. Two big bakas acting like mother hens with only one chick to watch. God! They really did treat him like a kid! Just because he was one physically didn't mean he was one mentally. Mentally Hiei had never been a kid.

Hn, Baka Kitsune, Baka Ningen.


The Makai tournament came and went, Hiei became Mukuro's heir, Yusuke became a demon. It all seemed to happen so fast. Hiei's heart had nearly burst when he thought Yusuke was gone for good. He'd never told the raven-haired teen how he felt, that he.... He couldn't even think it, let alone say it.

Now he and Yusuke stood watching as the portal to the Ningenkai sealed behind them, it won't open for another five years, when Yusuke planned to return and ask Keiko to marry him. They stood there a long time just looking at the spot that the portal had been.

"You know," whispered Yusuke. "I hope she doesn't wait for me."

Hiei snapped his head over to look at Yusuke in surprise.

"I'm a demon now... I know it's kind of cowardice, but I don't want to watch her grow old and died while I'm still young. Do you know what I mean, Hiei?" asked Yusuke turning to look at the fire demon.

Yes, he did. Before Yusuke had become a youkai he had thought the same thing about him. He didn't want to watch Yusuke grow old, died, he didn't want to lose him. "If she's still waiting for you, what will you do?" asked Hiei.

Yusuke sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I'll marry her of course. I promised I would."

Hiei looked along time at Yusuke as if memorizing how he looked his day, would he be different when he saw him again? Would living the life of a demon change him greatly? And would he himself change at all?

"Yusuke," called Hiei, he wanted to tell him about that night so long ago. He wanted to have Yusuke do those things to him again. He couldn't find any kind of physical pleasure in the act, but for some reason mentally it was bliss being held in Yusuke's arms, even if it was so very brief.

"Yes, Hiei? What is it?"

Hiei paused, unable to say it. He looked to the side. "Good luck," he said turning and walking away to Mukuro and her territory.

"Hiei!" shouted Yusuke. He turned to see the teen waving at him. "Good bye, till we meet again!" shouted Yusuke.

Hiei smiled to himself. "Till we meet again," he said turning to give Yusuke a little nod before flitting away. Yusuke, maybe when we do meet again, I'll be able to tell you. Maybe I'll be old enough then to love you without any regrets for both of us.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Five Years later

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Yusuke stepped out of the portal from the demon world and looked at one he hadn't seen for five years. He'd missed it, oh he'd missed it so much. He missed the polluted air, the busy traffic, getting in trouble, the team, Keiko....

He wore a well-worn pair of jeans and a nice green and yellow pull over shirt, the only two objects he'd managed to keep when he left the Ningenkai so many years ago. He looked around at the busy streets of the Ningenkai; it hadn't changed. He looked down at his hand, he had. He was more muscular, face a bit older, eyes shown with wisdom learned with age. He was no longer a boy, but a man, a powerful man that had returned home to the ones he loved. What would they look like now? Had Kuwabara finally gotten the guts to ask Yukina to marry him? What about Kurama had the fox finally found the prefect girl to match him? Yusuke sighed and shook his head; the likeliness that Kurama could ever find a girl to match him was far smaller then Kuwabara asking Yukina to marry him. His mother, was she passed out drunk as he stood there thinking? And Keiko, his Keiko, where was she? Was she still waiting for him to return to her? His heart yearned to see them all, to learn all that had happened in the Ningenkai over the last five years.

As he walked he wonder if Hiei would return as well for a visit, maybe to see Yukina or Kurama. Maybe he'll come to see me? Yusuke bowed his head he hadn't seen Hiei for five years as well. Even though the demon was in the Makai he hadn't been able to visit him. He had a kingdom to run and Hiei was almost always going through non-stop training with Mukuro. His scouts often warned him about Hiei, saying the fire demon was growing incredible powerful, that he was turning into a major threat to Yusuke. Yusuke just laughed at them, Hiei a threat to him, no way. They were friends the only reason they would ever fight with each other would be a friendly spar just to see who could kick whose butt.

He missed the three-eyed demon; he missed his team and the challenges they'd gone through together. It was so lonely in the Makai, you couldn't trust any one there. But here, in the Ningenkai, you could trust and learn to trust, as Kurama and Hiei had. Oh, how he missed it all.

He found his feet taking him to Keiko's family's ramen shop. He smiled as it came into view: it was still there. The same cozy little shop standing in he same spot, looking just the way he remembered it. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply, his heightened senses easily picking up the scent of ramen in the air.

"Keiko," whispered Yusuke opening his eyes to see the said woman talking to a customer in the window. There she was, her hair was tied up in a handkerchief, the bangs falling neatly on her forehead. She wore a white apron, nice and clean the way she'd always liked things, a white blouse and knee length blue skirt. She laughed at something a customer said to her then turned to the side to give the order to the kitchen. Yusuke froze, his eyes widened. On Keiko's back was a little baby in a harness. The baby pulled on her hair and Keiko reached back to tickle its cheek with her finger. She then walked behind the counter were a man with brown hair wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her in for a kiss. She pushed away from him and gave him a playful slap on the chest, no doubt teasingly telling him to not do that in front of the customers.

Yusuke just stood there staring at the scene in the window: she hadn't waited for him.... She'd gotten a new life, a new baby, a new lover.... Even though he'd hoped for her to move on and find someone else, it still broke his heart to see her with another.

I should go in there and tell her I'm happy for her thought Yusuke, but he couldn't. She was happy with a new life and he was alone with no one to love him. No one would care if he just died right then and there, no one would mourn his lose. He felt so very alone then. Even if she had waited for him this would have eventually happened, Yusuke told himself. She would have eventually left me alone some day whether by choice or not, after all she is only human while I'm not. He looked at her longingly wanting to speak to her, but he couldn't. It was better if she didn't know he had even returned she would feel guilty if she saw him, guilty that she hadn't waited for him.

Yusuke turned and walked numbly down the streets, without thinking his feet bought him to a long line of stone steps. He managed a small smile as he began climbing them, counting as he went, 100 steps, just as there had always been. He looked up at the well-kept temple grounds, it looked the same, just as when he'd last seen it. The graceful arches of the roof, the sliding doors, delicate little flowers that Kurama would help Yukina plant, the tree that Hiei would always sleep in. He smiled much brighter as memories, happy ones, played back before his eyes.

Yusuke watched as a laughing little boy with aqua blue hair and red eyes ran by with a girl also with red eyes, but her hair was short with orange curls. A taller boy with orange spiky hair that reminded him of Hiei's wild hairstyle was chasing them.

The little boy with aqua hair stopped running and turned to look at Yusuke with curious eyes. The little girl ran into him, since she was too busy looking back at the taller boy to watch where she was going. The two little kids ended up in a dog pile with the taller kid laughing down at them.

"Onii-chan," said the orange haired girl. "Who's that?" she asked from the ground pointing at Yusuke.

The older boy turned to look at Yusuke. His eyes widened and he widened his stance a little standing in front of the two younger kids.

"Yajin? Who is he? Ne, ne?" said the little girl grabbing hold of the taller boy's, Yajin, leg and peering around at Yusuke. The aqua haired boy did like wise with Yajin's other leg.

"He's a youkai," said the aqua haired boy. "Hi!" shouted the boy waving at Yusuke.

Yusuke couldn't help but smiled back at the boy. "Hello," he said.

"Keith!" hissed Yajin between his teeth. "Take Hotaru and go tell dad we've got a visitor."

"But I want to stay," whined the girl up at her brother.

"Go!" shouted Yajin.

Reluctantly the two ran to the temple, yelling. "Dad! Yajin talking to a strange youkai!"

"My god, I think Kuwabara might have done more then ask Yukina to marry him," said Yusuke looking down at the boy in front of him. The boy reminded him of Hiei, if his hair was black with a white starburst in the center he could have easily mistaken him for Koorime boy.

"What do you want? If you've come here asking for trouble, then you've found it!" said the boy brandishing a red rei ken. "I'll defeat you with one blow."

Yusuke couldn't help it he started laughing. It was like an orange haired Hiei with a Kuwabara attitude! God Hiei, would probably fall on his katana if he saw the boy looking so much like him, but acting so much like Kuwabara.

"What are you laughing at!" shouted the boy.

With a roar a tall man came running out of the temple with a blazing yellow rei ken. "Demon scum! I'll-"

Kuwabara stopped with mouth open looking at Yusuke.

"So I'm demon scum now?" asked Yusuke with amusement. "Kuwabara call off your Hiei/Kuwabara clone."

"Yusuke!" shouted the tall man running across the lawn to squeeze the man in a giant bear hug. Yusuke thought for sure that his spine would snap.

"Hey, Kuwabara," wheezed Yusuke. "Long time no see... Air...."

Kuwabara dropped Yusuke and the raven-haired man gulped in air refilling his lungs.

"Yusuke, I can't believe it's really you! When did you get back?!" he shouted joyfully slapping his already winded friend on the back.

"I just did," said Yusuke after he'd gotten his breath back. "You've been busy," he said looking down at Yajin who looked from Kuwabara to him and back.

Kuwabara laughed and picked up the little boy. "My first son, Yajin," smiled Kuwabara putting the boy on his shoulders.

"So you married Hiei then," said Yusuke looking up at the boy.

"NO!" shouted Kuwabara. "He's Yukina's and mine. I know he looks a lot like the shrimp, but he's not Hiei's."

For some reason Yusuke was relieved to hear Yajin wasn't Hiei's, even though he'd guessed that from the start.

"Yusuke-san?" asked a quite voice from the temple. Yusuke looked over to see Yukina standing in the doorway holding hands with the other two little kids he'd seen.

"Yukina," smiled Yusuke. "You look well."
Smiling Yukina walked out of the temple and towards Yusuke.

"Ah," said Kuwabara crouching down next to the other two kids. "This is my other son, Keith, and his twin sister Hotaru. They're two-years old, Yajin's four."

"Boy, Hiei's going to kill you," said Yusuke with a whistle.

"Hiei? Yusuke have you seen my brother lately?" asked Yukina hopeful.

Yusuke shook his head sadly. "I'm sorry Yukina the last time I saw him was when I left for the Makai."

She looked kind of sad at his answer.

"But cheer up, you never know. Now that the portal's open, maybe he'll show up any day now."

Yukina smiled at him. Yusuke looked at her closer, she looked different. Yusuke just realized she was as tall as he was! "Yukina, you've grown!" said Yusuke now eye to eye with her.

Yukina blushed. "I went through my final growth stage soon after you left Yusuke."

"I see," said Yusuke. Boy if Yukina was pretty before, she was beautiful now. Her face had lost the childish look and was now much more narrow with a pointed chin, her eyes though still large were more slanted, her nose no longer button but long and delicately matching her face. Tall and slender, with a much fuller figure, she was a knock out!

"I should call Kurama and have him come down," said Kuwabara.

"Kurama! He still lives around here?" asked Yusuke.

"Yup, he moved about an half an hour drive away from the temple. We still talk every now and then. You wait here I'll go call him." Kuwabara ran into the temple to go call the fox.

"Yukina so where's Genkai?" asked Yusuke.

Yukina got a sad look in her eyes. "I'm sorry Yusuke, but she passed away three years ago."

Some of Yusuke's good humor left him at the news. So Genkai had finally kicked the bucket for good. She was a tough one, that old bird, she'd taken her time dying. He smiled at Yukina. "Well she's probably bugging Koenma as we speak."

Yukina smiled back. "Would you like to come in Yusuke-san? Me and Kuwabara live here now."

"Thank you," said Yusuke following her into the temple.

Yusuke talked to Yukina and Kuwabara while they waited for Kurama. It seemed they'd been living a nice quite life together since he left. He found himself envying them; they had each other and a family. Once again he felt so lonely.

They heard the door open and then Kurama's voice announcing his presence.

"Kurama Oji-san!" shouted Keith and Hotaru running toward the door to jump into the waiting arms of the red head.

"Oji-san?" said Yusuke in confusion. He watched with wide-eyes as Shizuru walked into the room behind Kurama smoking a cigarette.

"Are you surprised?" she asked holding up a hand were a golden ring sat with a large diamond in it.

To say Yusuke was surprised was an understatement.

"Yusuke-san? Are you okay?" asked Yukina looking down at the raven-haired man from his place on the floor after having falling back in his chair.

"Oji-san!" shouted the three kids around Kurama. "Did you bring us any thing?" they asked pulling on his clothes.

Kurama laughed and pulled out three lollipops for the kids, who took them and at once began licking them.

"And I thought I was shocked to see Yukina and Kuwabara together with kids," said Yusuke climbing back up into his chair. "When did this happen?"

"Two years ago," said Kurama standing up and brushing off his nice suit. "I asked her to marry me about one year back."

Yusuke smiled at them. "Well congratulation," he said. "Sorry it's a little late."

"Perfectly understandable," said Kurama.
The five talked excitedly together about old and new news till it grew late, and Yukina was holding two sleeping toddlers, Kuwabara holding Yajin who was trying not to fall asleep, but failing.

"I think we'd better go," said Kurama standing up and helping Shizuru out of her chair.

Yukina got up as well. "I'd better put these two to bed. Good night Kurama, Shizuru," she said leaving with Keith and Hotaru.

"We'll come by again soon," promised Kurama. "You're staying for a couple days in the Ningenkai right?"

Yusuke hesitated, but nodded his head.

"Good," smiled Kurama. "It's good to have you back Yusuke," he said before leaving with Shizuru.

Yusuke leaned against the doorframe and watched them drive away. Everyone looked so happy.

"Yusuke," said Kuwabara putting a hand on his shoulder. "Do you know...? About Keiko?" he asked softly.

Yusuke mutely nodded his head. "She looked very happy when I saw her this morning."

"You spoke to her?"

Yusuke shook his head. "No, I just saw her in the ramen shop. I didn't think it'd be fair to walk in."

Kuwabara squeezed his shoulder. "I'm sorry," he said.

"Don't be, I'm glad she's happy."

"Come, you can spend the night here and after till you decide to return to the Makai."

"Thanks," said Yusuke following him to one of the spare rooms to go to sleep.

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Several days passed with Yusuke staying at Genkai's temple in the Ningenkai. He was very happy for everyone, but for some reason he didn't feel like he belonged there any more. Wasn't that ridiculous? After all he was born here, had lived there most of his life. And, yet he felt like an outsider looking in on their happy, peaceful, every-day lives. He felt so depressed. Even getting together with Kurama and Kuwabara to hang out didn't help, they had so much to say and he had nothing he was proud enough to tell them. Wasn't that strange? Here he was lord to a third of the Makai and his two friends had more exciting news to share with him about their normal lives then he did with his high risk, important life as a Lord of the Makai? He felt so empty inside.

Yusuke was lying under one of the tall trees behind the temple when he felt it. He sat bolt up right up and looked off into the woods behind the temple, there was a demon there, a powerful one!

He thought about going into the temple to get Kuwabara, but decided not to. He wanted this demon for himself he needed something to do, some action.

Masking his ki he entered the forest and felt around for the demon whom had also masked its ki. He cursed softy wondering where it could be hiding. He walked till he came to a small spring deep in the woods something about this place seemed familiar to him.

Something hit him hard in the back and with a yip Yusuke fell headfirst into the ice cold water. He came up sputtering and trying to face his opponent. God he was a sitting duck!

Rich deep laugher rolled over him and Yusuke looked up at a tall demon leaning against a tree in the shadows.

"So you think that's funny do you?!" shouted Yusuke jumping out of the spring. "Well let's see what you think of this!"

"Rei Gun!"

A beam of ki shoot from Yusuke's hand and slammed into the tree the demon had been leaning against. The tree snapped in half like a toothpick, but the demon was far away from it by the time it fell, still laughing.

"Why you?!" shouted Yusuke. "Do you have any idea who I am?!"

Laughing the tall figure turned and ran into the forest. With a growl Yusuke ran after it.

Yusuke licked his lips, oh this demon was good! He ran through the forest trying to keep up with the demon that easily leapt from tree branch to tree branch. Yusuke was getting excited it'd been so long since he'd chased a demon like this; not since he'd left for the Makai.

Yusuke took aim and shoot off the branch the demon was about to land on. The demon grabbed another branch and swung up into it, hiding among the leaves.

"I've got you now!" said Yusuke pulling back his fist.

"Shot Gun!"

The poor tree was reduced to splitters are Yusuke's attack mercilessly pummeled it. The demon leapt straight out of the tree and into the air as the attack missed him by a mile.

"Fast," said Yusuke. "But, I'll get you sooner or later."

The demon danced in and out of the trees as Yusuke fired Rei Gun after Rei Gun at him. Yusuke pulled back both hands. "Okay, how about this then!"

"Double Barrel!" he shouted aiming the two blasts on either side of the demon's current opposition. The demon was unable to move away from the blasts least he get hit directly by one. The tree he was perched on broke apart and the demon fell out of it.

"Gotcha!" shouted Yusuke running and jumping on the demon before he'd even hit the ground. Yusuke sat on the demon's chest and pointed his finger right in the demon's face. "Don't move!"

"You've gotten better, Yusuke," laughed the demon.

Yusuke's mouth dropped in shock under him was Hiei! The demon looked a lot older, far more then the mere five years that had passed since he'd last seen him. He was taller, much taller! More muscular, yet just as slender as he had been, very wiry. Like Yukina his face was narrower, eyes slanted, nose longer, features sharper. His hair was still the same only he now sported a rattail at the base of his neck that went down to his shoulder blades. He was beautiful, breathe taking!

"Are you going to get off me? You're wet," said Hiei squirming under him.

Yusuke breathed in a ragged breath at the feel of the beautiful being moving under him. He blushed looking down at the handsome creature.

Yusuke yipped as Hiei rolled and became the one on top. He easily pinned Yusuke's arms with his legs.

"Shesh," he said pulling on his fine black with silver trim shirt. "This was a gift from Mukuro, Yusuke. Try not to ruin it."

Yusuke took in the Koorime man's attire. Hiei still wore black his black pants hugged his hips and thighs tightly, but were looser under the knees. He wore a pair of leather boots that went up the calves of his legs with steel toes and zippers up the sides. Around the koorime's slender waist was a jeweled belt set with red stones, all silver lining and black leather, attached to it was Hiei's simple scabbard for his katana, which was now close to four to five feet long. He wore a black sleeveless shirt, the collar going up high on his throat, but the first few buttons were left open for more comfort. On the back of the shirt was a silver dragon looking much like Hiei's Kokuryuha. Hiei wore no headband over his closed jagan and his arms were bare of the white bandages that normally covered them, now only simple black armbands cover his forearms. Damn, the fire demon looked hot!

The two looked at each other for a long time, Yusuke couldn't tell what it was but there was something in the demon's eyes that made him want to taste him. There was some kind of naked, wild, look in Hiei's red eyes directed right at him.

Hiei swiftly got off of Yusuke and offered him a hand up.

Regretting the lost of the sexy demon across his lap Yusuke took Hiei's hand and allowed the demon to pull him up. Once he was up he dusted himself off and felt a little ashamed of having such dirty thoughts about his old friend. He glanced at Hiei as the demon turned around and bent over to pick up a black cape that lay on the ground not far away. Yusuke couldn't help but stare at Hiei's nicely curved rear that this pants molded to like a second skin. The dirty thoughts popped right back into his head.

Without a word Hiei wrapped the cape completely around himself and started walking towards the temple, Yusuke followed after unable to take his eyes off of him.

Stop that! Shouted part of him. Hiei's a friend! You can't screw a friend and still remain friends with him. That didn't make his desires go away. In the Makai he'd indulged in some of the pleasures that were freely offered to him, namely the selection of beautiful creatures that were kept at the palace as pleasure for nobility. There were many different kinds, both male and female. Yusuke had tried both and found that he liked both the male and female body.

God, when had Hiei turned into the most sensual thing on two legs? Stop that your just looking for a way to drowned your pain over Keiko and your own meaningless existence.

Yusuke stopped dead in his tracks as he thought about that. God was he having those thoughts because he was so lonely? After all Hiei was alone too, wasn't he? He thought about the fine shirt that he said Mukuro had given him as a gift hidden under his cape. Hiei and Mukuro, was he the only one that didn't have someone? Life sucked!

Together Hiei and Yusuke walked to the temple in silence. Hiei stopped and just watching as Yukina splashed water along the front of the temple steps with a little dipper and a wooden bucket. She glanced their way and the bucket and dipper dropped from her hands in shock.

"O-onii-chan," she whispered softly.

Hiei smiled at her.

"Onii-chan!" cried Yukina jumping over the bucket and running over to him to embrace him. "I missed you, I missed you so much," said Yukina against his chest.

Smiling down at her Hiei stroked her soft aqua blue hair. He glanced up at the line of mini demons staring at him. Hiei's eyes grew wide as he suddenly seemed to be the one leaning on Yukina for support.

Yukina turned around to see what had gotten his attention and smiled warmly. "Onii-chan, these are my children: Keith, Hotaru, and the oldest Yajin."

Yajin frowned at Hiei and a rei ken blazed to life in his hand. "You're a demon aren't you?! I'll defeat you with one blow!" shouted the little boy running at Hiei.

Hiei effortlessly caught the boy by the back of the shirt and hosted him off the ground to hold him at arm's length. The boy waved his ken at Hiei, swing wildly at the tall demon, unable to reach him. Hiei wordlessly handed the kid to Yukina.

"Onii-chan?" said Yukina.

"Excuse me. I've got go kill Kuwabara," he said taking a step toward the temple.

"Woe! Hiei!" said Yusuke grabbing the demon from behind. "Now let's not be too hasty."

"Let go Yusuke! Don't try to defend him or you'll join him!" shouted Hiei struggling against the full nelson Yusuke had him in.

"Ack!" said Yusuke as he was dragged forward by the determined fire demon.

Hotaru and Keith laughed at the funny picture they made and decided to help Yusuke out by sitting on Hiei's feet and wrapping their little arms around his legs. They laughed and squealed every time Hiei took a step.

"Ah Hiei, Yusuke," smiled Yukina. "It so nice of you to play with the kids."

"No... problem Yukina," said Yusuke almost loosing his hold on the mad demon.

"H-Hiei?"

Everyone turned to see Kurama and Shizuru standing to the side.

"Hiei it is you!" shouted Kurama running over to the demon. The Kitsune started hugging the life out of him. "I knew you'd show up!" shouted Kurama happily into the poor demon's ear.

"What's going on?" asked Kuwabara walking out side. "Oh, my.... Shrimp?" said Kuwabara in shock.

With a roar Hiei broke loose from Kurama and Yusuke's hold, kids still on his legs, to grab Kuwabara by the collar, Hiei was now only a few inches shorter then the carrot-top. "I go away for a few years and you use that time to seduce and pervert my little sister!" shouted Hiei in his face while shaking him. "And I am not short!"

Yusuke and Kurama grabbed the demon off Kuwabara and tried to hold him down.

Yusuke managed to pin Hiei down by sitting on the demon's chest and holding his hands above his head. Hiei continued to struggle under him kicking his long legs, Yusuke was all grins as he rode the mad demon till Hiei tired himself out. Still on his legs Keith and Hotaru were having the time of their lives.

"I don't think the kids should be watching this," said Shizuru blowing a smoke ring and looking at the panting fire demon trapped under the grinning Yusuke, didn't they make a pretty picture.

"Ah, it's good to have you back Hiei," said Yusuke down at the frowning demon. "It's also good to see you haven't changed that much."

"Hn!" snorted Hiei looking away from Yusuke's face.

"Onii-chan? Are you mad at me?" asked Yukina timidly.

"Um.... No I'm not. I'm just.... Surprised," said Hiei slowly saying the last word.

"Yusuke are you going to get off Hiei any time today?" asked Shizuru in amusement.

Yusuke released the demon's arms and got off him, Keith and Hotaru still held on, Hiei stood up with the two rug-rats hanging off him.

"They're like static," grumbled Hiei pulling Hotaru off his leg.

"Well maybe they just know a hot piece of demon when they see one," said Shizuru running her eyes up and down Hiei.

"Shizuru, you're married!" said Kuwabara.

"Oh I'd have to agree with her on that one," said Kurama next to her. "Hiei you turned into a beefcake."

"Beefcake?" said the demon in confusion.

"If you'd showed up two years ago looking like that I might have had to jump you," said Kurama.

"You'd have had to fight me for him first," said Shizuru.

Hiei blushed and pulled the kids off him to set them down on the ground. "I'm not that good looking," he said shyly.

Kurama and Shizuru both gave him skeptical look and in unity licked their lips. Hiei sweat dropped and backed away from them. He glanced at Yusuke, seeming very uncomfortable all of a sudden.

"Well, I think that's enough teasing for Hiei," said Yusuke. "He just got here, we don't want to scare him away already."

"Yes," said Yukina going over and taking Hiei's hand. "Onii-chan you'll stay with us won't you while you're in the Ningenkai."

"I don't want to be any trouble," said Hiei as she started pulling him towards the temple.

"Oh no, it's no trouble. Yusuke's staying here too, you can have the room next to his."

"Yusuke's staying here to," said Hiei glancing at the said man over his shoulder.

"Yup," said Yukina as they disappeared into the house.

"Hiei's going to stay here..." whispered Yusuke. "Right next door...."

For some reason Yusuke was a lot happier.

* * * * * * * * * * *

"Ahhh! This is the life!" said Kuwabara leaning back in the hot springs they'd gone to visit. Next to him Yusuke grunted in agreement.

"It's too bad Yukina doesn't like Hot Springs," said Kuwabara.

"Well what did you expect? She's a koorime, she'd probably melt or something," said Yusuke. "Besides this way we don't have to keep leashes on your three brats."

"Hey!" shouted Kuwabara going over and dunking Yusuke under the water. Yusuke flailed his arms madly till Kuwabara finally let him up.

"What are you doing? Trying to drown me?!" shouted Yusuke. He stopped as he spotted two familiar faces walking towards them: Kurama and Hiei. Both had short towels wrapped around their waists, Hiei had several white bandages around his chest, Yusuke briefly wondered why. Many of the other men sitting in the hot springs looked up at the two as they passed, no doubt having lustful thoughts or wondering how they could be attracted to other men. Kurama was use to receiving those kinds of looks, but Hiei wasn't and was looking around with a paranoid look on his face.

"Kurama they're all staring at me," he whispered to the fox.

"Oh come on Hiei, looking never hurt any one," said the fox in good humor.

Hiei bowed his head. "I don't like them looking at me like that," he whispered. "I only want one person to look at me in that way..."

"And who might that be?" asked Kurama in interest.

Hiei lifted his head to look at Yusuke who was staring at them, then down at his feet. He blushed, "No one, never mind," he said softly.

"Hey you two! Hurry up before the water gets cold!" shouted Kuwabara.

"It's a hot spring Kuwabara," smiled Kurama stepping into the water next to him. "I don't think it'll get cold any time soon."

Hiei brushed against Yusuke as he moved in after Kurama and glanced quickly at him before moving away to sit by Kurama's other side away from him.

Jeez, was it something I said? Wonder Yusuke. Hiei looked incredible uncomfortable.

"The best part about these springs is they give you saki to drink," said Kuwabara taking a saki dish and pushing the floating tray over to Kurama.

"Here you go Hiei," said Kurama offering him one of the saucer-like dishes.

"No thank you, I don't feel like drinking," said Hiei glancing at some men over away from them that were getting drunk and roaring with laugher.

"On come on," said Kurama taking his hand and putting the dish in it. "It'll help you relax, you're as jumpy as a jackrabbit."

Hiei sighed and took a sip, eyes still darting at the other men in the spring.

Yusuke frowned. Man, it looked like Hiei expected those guys to get up and jump them or something.

'The first time I think I was seven maybe eight... he was drunk and I didn't know how to stop him.' whispered a voice in his head.

Where had that come from? He wondered taking a sip of his saki. Some times that would happen to him, it hadn't for a long time now, but every now and then he'd remember something that he didn't remember ever saying or hearing. It bugged him that he couldn't remember, he often felt he must have forgotten something important that happened to him, or maybe it was all from a dream he had.

They drank up all the saki and Kuwabara went to go get some more.

Hiei scooted over to Yusuke shyly. "Yusuke," he called to the man with his eyes closed.

"Um?" asked Yusuke not opening his eye. He liked the way Hiei's voice was so deep and rolled off his tongue so smoothly. It was soothing to listen to, he could still remember listening to the demon sing that unknown song over five years back when he'd almost burned down the hospital. Hiei really had a nice voice, he especially liked the way Hiei said his name.

"Yusuke, I've been meaning to ask you something."

"Go ahead," said Yusuke.

"Whatever happened? Did... did she wait for you?" Hiei asked softly.

Yusuke cracked an eye open and looked at Hiei who was looking down as his clasped hands and not at Yusuke.

With a sigh Yusuke closed his eyes. "No... she didn't wait." Keiko... I miss you....

"Gomen-" said Hiei in his ear. Yusuke shivered, Hiei sounded a lot closer suddenly, he could swear he felt the demon's breath on his cheek. He felt one of the demon's hands slide across his shoulder and held his breath as Hiei moved closer to him their sides touching. "Yusuke," Hiei breathed in his ear softly.

Yusuke couldn't help it as his hand moved under the water to rest on one of Hiei's soft thighs. To his surprise Hiei didn't move away nor flinch at the touch, in fact the demon seemed to lean more into him.

Gods, was this really happening?! Was Hiei letting him touch him, encouraging him with silent body language?! He opened his eyes to see the fire demon's ruby red ones very close to him.

"Hiei..."said Yusuke raising up his free hand from the water, he wanted to touch him, kiss him. He took hold of the fire demon's chin, who didn't move, didn't even seem to be breathing.

"Hey, there sweet cheeks!" roared one of the drunk men going over to tug on Kurama's flaming red hair. The red head had been silently watching Hiei and Yusuke from across the spring, when his scouting mission was interrupted.

"Get your hands off me!" snapped Kurama pulling his hair free from the man's grip.

"Oh, so you want to play hard to get do you, that's fine with us."

"Us?" said Kurama looking over his shoulder to see half a dozen men grinning at him all red in the face from having too much to drink. One reached down and wrapped an arm around Kurama's waist haling him out of the water. "I'm warning you!" shouted Kurama.

Hiei snapped his head to the side to see Kurama being molested by the group of drunks. Yusuke nearly fell over as he'd been leaning forward with his eyes closed to give Hiei a kiss when the demon had turned his head away.

"Kurama! Get your hands off of him!" growled Hiei leaving the stunned Yusuke to stalk angrily over to the group.

The group only grinned as they saw Hiei.

"I want this one," said one licking his lips as he eyed Hiei. He moved over to the demon and pulled the shocked Jaganshi against him hands moving down to grab Hiei's behind roughly.

For a brief second Hiei looked terrified, then the demon hissed between his teeth and punched the man right in the face, sending him flying out of the water. With a roar Hiei jumping into the group of men and began tearing them up, fists flying everywhere.

"Hiei, don't!" shouted Kurama once he was free, but the demon wasn't listening, there was a wild look in his eyes, like an animal fighting for its life.

"Hiei!" shouted Yusuke moving over to the demon and the drunken men who were starting to look pretty beaten up. Hiei was whaling on one man who was backed up against a rock, when Yusuke came up behind him and grabbed him, pulling him away.

Hiei screamed and thrashed in Yusuke's grip. "Don't touch me!" he shouted desperately trying to brake free. Yusuke didn't let go till Hiei turned in to a shaking, whimpering creature, sobbing brokenly. "Please don't, not again, please," whispered Hiei eyes looking distant as if he wasn't see what was happen around him.

"Hiei?" said Yusuke loosening his grip a little.

Hiei spun, grabbed him, and threw him over his shoulder. The raven-haired man landed painfully scrapping up his back and joints.

"Yusuke..." whispered Hiei in shock looking at him as Yusuke slowly sat up with a wince of pain. "I'm sorry- I-I..." Hiei sank down in the water looking lost and miserable.

"Hiei?" said Kurama moving over to touch his shoulder. Hiei bolted out of the spring and in a flash was gone.

"I've got the saki!" shouted Kuwabara walking back over to them. "Eh?" he said looking around at the men lying all over the place and Yusuke looking a little roughed up. "Did I miss something?"

* * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke walked around in the forest behind Genkai's temple soon he found the same spring he'd been ambushed by Hiei at. For some reason he wasn't surprised to see the demon sitting on a large tree branch hanging over the water, one leg dangling down the other pulled up. He stayed where he was looking at the demon that seemed to be deep in though. What had made Hiei freak out back at the Hot Springs? It wasn't like the demon, Hiei looked scared as he had held him back from beating up the other men.

"Hiei," called Yusuke stepping out to stand behind the fire demon.

"Yusuke," said Hiei softly turning to look at him over his shoulder. There was a sad, longing, look in the demon's red eyes.

"Hiei, what happened back there at the spring?" asked Yusuke.

Hiei turned around looking ashamed. "I lost it."

"I know that but why?" asked Yusuke.

In a flash Hiei was suddenly in front of him.

"Hi-" started Yusuke but was silenced as the demon grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him towards him to kiss him hungrily and passionately on the mouth. Yusuke moaned into the kiss as Hiei pulled him down to the ground to lay him on his back, never moving from their kiss.

They parted with a gasped for breath.

"Hiei..." said Yusuke with wide shocked eyes.

"Yusuke, please.... Please make love to me," said Hiei with a longing in his eyes. "I can forget everything in your arms, please," said the demon leaning down to kiss him again.

Yusuke's breath quickened as he fisted his fingers into Hiei's hair deepening the kiss. God, he wanted the demon, he wanted him so much. He rolled Hiei under him and broke the kiss to look down at the fire demon with worshipful eyes. "You're so beautiful," whispered Yusuke leaning down to lightly kiss Hiei on the lips then move down to suck on the graceful curve of Hiei's throat. Hiei breathed in slow shallow breaths next to Yusuke's ear, only inflaming Yusuke's growing desire for him.

He licked up the white throat to Hiei's ear and nibbled on it as he rubbed his hips against Hiei's, feeling the demon and himself starting to become aroused. He moved his head over to kiss Hiei again as his hands pulled Hiei's shirt out of his pants, he slowly worked up the shirt undoing the buttons.

Hiei groaned into his ear as Yusuke pulled the shirt off one shoulder to lightly bite the exposed flesh. He pulled Hiei up so he could remove the shirt completely and toss it aside. Yusuke looked down at the demon's muscular chest then leaned down to run his tongue along Hiei's collarbone savoring the demon, still tasting of sulfur from the spring. He moved down to lick one pale nipple, this hands running along Hiei's side and under to grab his ass.

"Yusuke," hissed Hiei arching up against him. Yusuke smiled in triumph against Hiei's chest as he bites down and was reward with a hoarse cry from him. He glances up at Hiei's face as he laps at the demon's chest. Hiei's eyes were closed, his lips trembling slightly; he was beautiful.

Beautiful and all mine thought Yusuke running his tongue down Hiei's navel line and to his pant. "Damn pants," he said against Hiei's skin. He moved his hands up from Hiei's butt to undo the buckle of the jeweled belt and pull it off, then he undid the button of Hiei's tight black pants. He pulled Hiei to lie on his side so he could rub himself against the demon's rear while his hand slipped into Hiei's pants.

"Ah," said Hiei as Yusuke's hand closed around him, he arched his back against Yusuke, in doing so pressed his rear more tightly to Yusuke's crotch and his head fell back on Yusuke's shoulder.

"Like that do you," said Yusuke into his ear before licking along the fire demon's jawbone. He began to move his hand along the demon's length slowly watching as Hiei tightly squeezed his eyes shut and blushed. "This is only the beginning, I'm going to touch you everywhere," he said thrusting his hips foreword against Hiei's cover butt, so the demon could feel his arousal through their clothes.

Hiei looked at him through half lidded eyes and licked his lips. "Everywhere," he purred leaning his body back against him.

Yusuke growled and pumped him tighter, making Hiei gasp. "Everywhere," promised Yusuke and began moving his hips in time to his hand making Hiei's hips push back and forth.

Hiei whimpered against him as their hips swayed in a slow dance. Yusuke forced one leg between Hiei's and rubbed it back and forth between them, moving his hand faster as he did so. Hiei couldn't stop the small noises that escaped his mouth as he curled up in a ball, he could feel Yusuke all over him.

Yusuke curled up around Hiei, for some reason the demon's back seemed extremely warm against his stomach. He felt something moving along his belly and then down his pants.

"Oh... Hiei. You devil," said Yusuke licking his ear as that warmth wrapped around his length.

Hiei laughed against him. "It's not me."

"Huh?" said Yusuke in shock. Something threaded between his parted legs and wrapped around one thigh, it almost burned as it crawled up his body to peek over his hip and purr at him. Yusuke eyes widened as he looked at a mini Kokuryuha grinning at him.

"I see you've met my friend," said Hiei moving his hand up to Yusuke's hip to stroke the black serpent that curled affectionately around his fingers. "I think he likes you," purred Hiei.

The dragon squeezed Yusuke's thigh and length gently causing Yusuke to gasp and throw his head back.

"Oh, I know I like him," said Yusuke.

"Good, because I'm kind of attach to him," laughed Hiei pulling away from Yusuke with the dragon curling around his body.

Yusuke protested as the demon and his pet dragon left him, he longing for their touches again.

With a naughty grin Hiei stood up in front of Yusuke, the dragon crawling all over his body. Slowly the demon began to turn and twist to the beat of a song only he could hear. The dragon purred and burned brighter, everywhere it touched Hiei's clothes would catch fire and burn. Yusuke looked on with greedy eyes as the dragon slowly stripped the demon, showing white skin bit by bit as it moved burning everything in its path.

Yusuke shivered violently as Hiei bent low and removed his black boots, he ran his eyes up the partly showing long legs to his butt as the dragon slithered across it seeming to wink at him as it did so. Oh, Yusuke like that dragon.

As Hiei stood back up what was left of his pants went up in smoke and now all he wore was the dragon and a smile.

Yusuke couldn't stand it! He crawled over to Hiei on his knees, grabbed his legs and pulled, dumping the fire demon on his butt to climb on top of the laughing Jaganshi. The kokuryuha slithered over them both no longer burning everything in its path. Yusuke silenced Hiei's giggles with a ravishing kiss that left Hiei breathless.

"You're a naughty demon that needs to be punished," said Yusuke looking down at Hiei.

"Really?" said Hiei raising an eyebrow. "And you think you're man enough to do that?"

"Oh, now you're really asking for it," said Yusuke thrusting his still cover arousal between the demon's legs.

Hiei hissed as did the Kokuryuha in Yusuke's ear. "I don't think I like those pants on you," said Hiei looking up at Yusuke, he snuck his hands around Yusuke's hips to tuck them in Yusuke's back pockets.

"Oh really? And what are you going to do about it?" asked Yusuke.

Hiei grinned and grabbed with his hands, there was a long ripping sound as Hiei tore the pants off his backside. "I'll get rid of them," he said running his hands along Yusuke's now bare bottom.

"Oh yes. You need to be taught a lesson," said Yusuke sitting up on Hiei's waist. He pulled off his shirt and tossed it aside, then moved up to sit on Hiei's chest. He grabbed a handhold of the demon's black and white hair and lifted his head.

"Lick me demon and you'd better do a good job or you'll be the one to regret it when I fuck you."

"Hn," snorted Hiei then grinned at Yusuke before sticking out his tongue and giving him a good lick from base to tip. "Hai, Yusuke," said Hiei.

Yusuke shuttered. "Good, like that. More demon," he said. "But you have to address me properly, don't forget who's on top here," he said pulling on Hiei's hair.

"Hai, Yusuke-sama," purred Hiei in a deep voice before running his tongue up his shaft again. Yusuke swallowed hard as Hiei moved his tongue up and down, leaning forward more to lightly bite and nip him. Yusuke scooted forward on Hiei's chest to make it easier for the demon to reach. He watched as his demon pleasured him with a fine skill, he felt Hiei's hands move up to grab his ass as he worked and smiled down at the demon, petting his head affectionately. Oh, Hiei was a lot better at this then any of the other he'd been with, he wondered briefly where he'd learned this skill.

'They taught me what I just did to you....' whispered a part of his mind. Yusuke closed his eyes and frowned. Why did he have to hear something like that when he was having so much fun? What did it mean? He shook the thought out of his head and tugged on Hiei's head.

"You're very good at that my pretty demon. I'm going to reward you know," he growled at Hiei. He got off the demon and pulled him up, patting his lap as he sat down, motioning for the demon.
Hiei paused and Yusuke saw hesitation in his eyes. Yusuke reached up and grabbed Hiei's hand careering it with his thumb. He led the demon closer to him and gave a little tug to pull him down. Hiei settle across his lap and buried his face against his neck.

"Yusuke...." Said Hiei wrapping his arms around Yusuke's waist.

Yusuke was a bit taken back by Hiei sudden shyness, he'd been very eager before this point, hell he was the one that started this. He ran his hands up the shivering demon's back to comfort him. "Hiei, if you don't want to-"

"No!" shouted Hiei. "I do," he said softly pulling back to look into Yusuke's eyes. He leaned forward to kiss Yusuke softly on the lips moving him self into position. He buried his face in Yusuke's hair. "Go ahead, Yusuke," whispered Hiei.

Yusuke paused, this all seemed so familiar to him some how. His hands moved up to grab Hiei's slender hips and push them down as he thrust up. Hiei made a small noise in his ear as he moved deep inside.

"God Hiei... you feel good," groaned Yusuke against him as he began moving his hips against the demon.

Hiei arched against him and chewed his lower lip. "Yusuke..."

Yusuke kissed and bit Hiei's shoulder and throat as he slowly built his speed, listen to Hiei pant and gasp; sweet music to his ears. The kokuryuha circled around them making small grunts and growls along with Hiei, Yusuke wonder if they could feel what each other was experiencing. One hand moved from Hiei's hip to his arousal brushing Yusuke's hard stomach ever time they moved, he began to pump him in time to his thrust making Hiei move with him and increasing his own pleasure.

"Oh, Hiei," said Yusuke pushing the demon flat on his back to move madly over him.

"Yusuke, Yusuke," gasped Hiei running his nails alone Yusuke's back as the pace turned wild and lustful.

Yusuke kissed every part in his reach: neck, shoulders, cheeks, jaw, and lips as he pressed Hiei to the ground. The koorime gasped his name breathlessly wrapping his long legs around Yusuke's powerful thighs and holding the back of his head with one hand, the other pressed to Yusuke's shoulder blades.

Yusuke went mad on the youkai, moving desperately against him, he was so close. His ki blazed as he started wrenching short cries of pleasure from the demon under him. One of Yusuke's hands went down to grab one of Hiei's thighs, the other reached around to hold the back of his neck. He bent his head forward to bite into the demon's shoulder drawing blood.

Hiei arched his back and screamed Yusuke's name; the Kokuryuha roared a deafening scream as well. Yusuke could feel warmth spread across his stomach. He muffled his cry of pleasure against Hiei's skin as he thrust the deepest inside him and came in a wash of sensations filling the demon with his seeds.

Trembling Yusuke clasped on top of Hiei panting loudly as he tried to get his breath back. He lifted his head as he heard Hiei make a soft sob to see the demon with his face pressed to the grass, eyes closed. A single tear gem escaped to slide down his pale cheek.

"Hiei? Did I hurt you?" asked Yusuke gently brushing the tear streak with his fingers, picking up the flawless black gem; so beautiful. It was solid deep black, yet when the light hit its surface it reflected back a rainbow of colors.

"I didn't know it could be like that," whispered Hiei leaning his face against Yusuke's knuckles. He opened his blood red eyes half way and smiled at Yusuke.

Yusuke smiled down at him and rubbed his knuckle lightly over Hiei's cheek. "You're so beautiful my fire dancer," he said leaning down to kiss him.

After a little rest they pulled apart and got up.

"I'm all sticky," said Yusuke looking down at himself. He felt a push from behind and with a yip fell headfirst into the spring. "Hiei!" he roared once he came up. "That's the third time you've done that to me!"

Hiei laughed into his hand then frown. "No, it's only the second time."

"Really?" said Yusuke rubbing the back of his head. "I could have sworn it was the third."

He shrugged his shoulder. "Get you're cute butt in here and wash off with me!" shouted Yusuke. "Or I'll come out and throw you in."

"Hn," snorted Hiei. "You could never caught me," he said walking towards the water.

"Maybe I could, maybe I couldn't," said Yusuke looking up at the pale naked creature. Hiei climbed a rock and dove into the water headfirst. He came up right in front of Yusuke and splashed a wave of water in his face.

"Then why don't you try, Yusuke-sama?" asked Hiei in a teasing voice.

Yusuke lunged for the demon, but missed as Hiei simple kicked his long legs and was far out of his reach.

"Come back here!" shouted Yusuke chasing the swift demon around the spring. Hiei dove under the water and Yusuke went after him. He looked around for the tricky demon under the water, but Hiei seemed to have disappeared.

"Wah!" he said loosing all his air as Hiei goosed him from behind. He quickly kicked up to the surface to gasp for air. Hiei came up far more gracefully.

"Why you!" said Yusuke grabbing him and pulling him against him. He laughed then leaned forward to kiss Hiei. "Lets go back to the temple for something to eat. It's getting pretty late."

"Hn," agreed Hiei walking out of the water and drying off in a burst of ki.

"Lucky, bastard," said Yusuke trying to shake the icy water off. He picked up his shirt and looked around for his pant, his eyes widen as he looked at their reminds remember that Hiei had shredded them off him. "Hiei!" roared Yusuke turn to see Hiei buttoning up his fancy shirt.

"What?" asked the demon.

"You killed my pants! Now what am I suppose to wear?"

Hiei shrugged. "Don't look at me, I burned mine for your view enjoyment."

Yusuke slapped his face but was grinning. "And what a show it was. What a pretty picture we're going to make walking up to the temple without any pants on. Hey? Where is the kokuryuha?" he asked looking around.

"On my back, this shirt acts as a kind of ward. That's why I didn't want you to ruin it."
"A ward?" said Yusuke looking at the nice shirt.
Hiei nodded. "When I finished my final growth stage, the Kokuryuha also went through one and moved from my arm to my back. Mukuro, had this shirt specially made for me so I won't have to wrap wards all over myself."

"Oh, and here I thought you two had more then a professional relationship," said Yusuke.

"Iie, Mukuro is a friend, Yusuke. She's almost like family to me, I'd never sleep with her."

"Really?" said Yusuke lifting an eyebrow. "I'll bet you've had a couple wild nights at Mukuro's palace though, specially after you turned into a six foot bishounen. I'll bet they were just lining up at your bedroom door."

Hiei blushed. "Iie, I don't sleep around."

"Don't tell me you were a virgin!" said Yusuke.

"Iie," said Hiei quietly throwing his cape over his shoulders. "I wasn't a virgin."

"You're a strange one Hiei, I can't figure you out. One minute you're acting like you know more about sex then me the next your acting like it's your first time," said Yusuke.

"Well maybe in some ways I was a virgin," said Hiei quietly not looking at him. He started walking toward the temple.

"Hey, wait a minute. Since you destroyed my pant you should give me your cape and be the one to walk back without any pants on!" said Yusuke.

Hiei looked over his shoulder and grinned. "You'll have to catch me first." Hiei was gone in a flash of black.

"Ahh!" said Yusuke pulling on his short hair. "I'll get you for this Hiei!" he shouted. After a moment of thought he added, "and your little dragon too!"

* * * * * * * * * * *

Up in a tree a dark figure smiled as he watched Yusuke jog away.

"Well it would appear that our little Hiei has grown up and found himself a man," said the figure to his company.

"He's gotten, even prettier," grinned the three-horned demon beside him.

"Ah Hiei," said the first figure. "It's been so long since I've tasted your rich pain," the figure laughed. "I hunger for the taste of you again."

* * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke came walking into the kitchen after having snuck in through his bedroom window to get some pants. He spotted Hiei sitting at the table with little Keith on his lap, which was once again covered in a pair of black pants. He was going to have to repay Hiei for that little run back, talk about bum to the breeze. He shivered hair still wet from his little swim.

"Oh Yusuke, where have you been?" asked Yukina noticing him. "You're wet!"

"I fell into a spring out back," smiled Yusuke, which was half-true.

"You look funny!" laughed Hotaru looking at his wet hair and shirt.

Yusuke went over to her and roughed her hair. "I owe you," he whispered into Hiei's ear.

"Hn," said the demon with a smirk. Keith offered to feed Hiei an apple slice, the fire demon opened his mouth to let him drop it in.

"Ah, Onii-chan you're great with kids. You should have some of your own, you know you're able to bear children now that you're fully mature," said Yukina.

Hiei started choking on the apple slice.

"Oh, are you okay?" asked Yukina going over to pat his back.

Yusuke laughed. "Yah, Hiei you'd make a great mom," grinned Yusuke running his eyes up the demon. I won't mind having a rug-rat or two, he mentally added.

"I wish you'd told me that a couple hours ago," said Hiei.

"Eh? Why?" asked Yukina.

"Er... no reason," said Hiei. He leaned close to Yusuke so only he could hear. "If you got me pregnant, I'll kill you."

Yusuke laughed nervously and backed way from the demon. Damn, there goes his whenever wanted it nookie. Hmmm, maybe he could get something from Kurama. Yah, the fox probably knew all about that kind of stuff. He'd talk to him tomorrow about it. A big stupid grin spread on his face at the thought of telling Kurama what he just did with Hiei.

"What are you smiling about?" asked Hiei giving him a look.

"Oh nothing," grinned Yusuke sitting down next to him and picking up a whole apple to take a big chump out of it. "Nothing at all."

* * * * * * * * * *

Kurama stared at him with wide green eyes.

"You and Hiei?!"

"Shhhh! Not so loud," said Yusuke.

Kurama grinned at Yusuke and elbowed him in the side teasingly. "You sly dog you. So how was it?"

Yusuke ran his tongue over his lips. "Very hot."

"Details," demanded Kurama.

Yusuke laughed as he told Kurama about his little adventure with Hiei yesterday.

"He gave you a strip tease? You lucky bastard," said Kurama. "Remember when we went to get him from that hospital all those years ago? I still have dreams about Hiei like that some times. It would have been a lot more fun to watch if he'd started with clothes on," grinned the fox.

"Oh it was," said Yusuke nodding his head.

"Hiei always seemed too quite and shy, I never would have thought him to be so wild in the sack."

Yusuke lost some of his playful look. "We'll he did hesitate in the middle. I got the feeling that yesterday had more meaning to him then just sexual satisfaction," said Yusuke quietly.

Kurama thought about it to. "Well I think Hiei's had a crush on you for a long time now Yusuke."

"What?! Really? What makes you think that? How long?"

"Before you two left for the Makai, back when we were working for Koenma. I remember after one case he got drunk and made a move on me calling me by your name."

"What'd he say?" asked Yusuke enjoying listening to his greatly.

"I can't remember exactly it was a long time ago. I think it was something like 'take me again Yusuke'."

Yusuke laughed. "What, was he dreaming about me or something? Talking in his sleep I'll bet."

"No," said Kurama holding his chin in thought as he tried to remember. "He was still awake, but really drunk. Hell I'm not sure what he meant. Yesterday was your first time with each other right?"

"Yah," said Yusuke. A vision of a younger Hiei under him flashed in his head. "Well, I think it was. Man, you'd think I'd know if I've been with someone before. The first time I had sex was in the Makai, so I couldn't have been with Hiei before yesterday."

"Maybe you had sex with him in your sleep," laughed Kurama.

"Hey! I wouldn't do that to him!"

Kurama started laughing. "On Yusuke, what are you doing? Iie!" said Kurama in a high pitched voice, groping himself.

"Oh stop that!" shouted Yusuke at him.

Kurama laughed. "Well I hope you two have many more hot nights together," he said with a wink.

"Yah, well one of he reason's I'm here is because Yukina let it slip that Hiei is fully functional know."

"Eh?" said Kurama raising any eyebrow. "I'm not sure what you mean."

"Hiei's part koorime remember. He can have kids."

"Oh.... Oh!" said Kurama catching on. "Won't let you near him now, afraid he'll conceive," laughed Kurama. "Poor little Yusuke."

"Yah, my little Yusuke is kind of pissed at that," said Yusuke making Kurama laugh harder. "Stop laughing and help me out!" shouted Yusuke. "You've got some koorime birth control pills right?"

Kurama calmed down a little. "As far as I know koorimes are seasonal breeders when it come to male/ female or male/male partnerships. But koorimes reproduce several ways, they're the most fertile of he demon races. Hell they can even have kids in a female/female relationship, of course that's a well-guarded secret of theirs I don't know how they do that. I guess I could give you something so you can be 100% sure nothing happens." He motioned for Yusuke to follow him into his nice medium size house he lived in with Shizuru.

He led Yusuke out back to the Garden of Eden. Yusuke had never seen so many different kinds of plants together in such a limited amount of space. Kurama walked over to one plant that was definitely not native to the Ningenkai and snapped off a pod that rattled full of seeds. "Here," he said tossing the pod to him. "There are about 100 seeds in that, just give one to Hiei before you two (wink) you know." Kurama though for a second then snapped off a second pod and tossed it to Yusuke. "Knowing you, you'll probably coming back here for more."

Yusuke grinned like a mad man. "Ah you do know me well." He threw his head back and laughed.

"Poor Hiei," said Kurama. "He's dating a madman."

"Hey!" said Yusuke. Laughing Kurama waved it off.

* * * * * * * * * *

Hiei was sitting up in the branches of a tall tree, replaying the events of yesterday in his head. That had been the first time he'd gotten pleasure out of that kind of thing, it felt incredible. Yusuke's powerful hands on his body, the way they moved together, working to not just please themselves but each other as well. Hiei sighed he wanted to try it again with Yusuke. All he could think about was right then and there when he was with him, there was no fear, no pain, just the two of them giving and receiving from each other.

Hiei smiled softly to himself. Maybe given time the new memories would out number the old and he won't think about them ever again. Yes, he could forget it all with Yusuke.

Hiei's back went as stiff as a steel rod as he felt a youki never the temple that wasn't Yusuke's nor any one else he knew, yet it did feel kind of familiar.

He swung his long legs over the branch and jumped landing lightly on the ground to run towards the temple. Damn, Yukina and the kids were the only ones home, Kuwabara was at work and Yusuke had gone off somewhere. He slowed down as he came to the temple and leapt from shadow to shadow as he scanned around for the unknown youkai. His breath caught in his throat as he spotted Yukina crying while hugging Hotaru and Keith to her. In front of them was the youkai dressed in black and a long cape. His hair was black as well, Hiei couldn't see his face from where he was but he could clearly see what the demon held out in his hand: Yajin. The youkai was holding the boy off the ground by the front of his shirt.

"Hiei," said the youkai turning to look over his shoulder at Hiei's hiding place. "It's been a long time."

Hiei's eyes widened. "Joushi...."

Whispered Hiei in shock taking a step back to bump into someone behind him. Hiei looked over his shoulder, mouth dropping as he looked at the demon behind him with three-horns on his head.

"Hiei," said the demon wrapping an arm around the terrified fire demon's slender waist. "You've gotten even more beautiful, my pet," said the three horned demon leaning against Hiei's stiff body and breathing the scent of Hiei's hair. "I'm missed you," said the demon lifting his free hand up to grab Hiei's chin.

"Iie..." whispered Hiei with wide scared eyes. "Jaki...." Hiei twisted out of the demon's hold, and backed away, hand moving down to draw his long katana. "I'll kill you!"

"Ah, ah, ah," said Joushi from behind. "Did you forget about me and your cute little family?" asked Joushi giving Yajin a shake. "You don't want anything to happen to them do you?"

Hiei froze and glanced at Yukina cowering with the twins clinging to her, his fist trembled around the hilt of his katana. With a curse under his breath Hiei stood up and tossed the katana aside. "What do you want Joushi?" he asked his voice emotionless.

"Why you of course," smiled Joushi. "I was rather surprised when I heard that a rat-kid like you had become heir to a third of the Makai. But now I see you're not a kid any more. You're an S class demon aren't you?"

"Yes," said Hiei still in an emotionless voice.

The Gaki ran his tongue over his lips. "You know I like to feed off demons with a lot of power, one of the reasons you were always the most satisfying to me. I got pretty powerful feeding off your rich emotions back when you where a little A class demon brat. You can't blame me for coming for a visit when I heard you'd become S class. After feeding off you as you are now, I'm sure to get a massive jump in power."

"You have me, let the girl and kids go," said Hiei.

"Oh no, they're insurance. I'm not stupid Hiei, I know you're far stronger then me and Jaki put together. You'll do as I say or I'll kill them. Besides," he said petting Yajin's wild hair with his free hand. "Their fear is making a wonderful appetizer for me."

"I'm not afraid of you!" shouted Yajin squirming in his grip.

Joushi laughed. "Oh you will be boy, watch what I'm going to do with your oji-san," he whispered to the boy. "Know that it's your fault he's suffering, because you couldn't protect your mother, sister, brother, or yourself," he laughed at the boy. "Jaki," he said looking at the eager three-horned demon. "Do what you like."

Grinning the demon walked behind Hiei and embraced him. "I'm going to screw your brains out," he whispered in the fire demon's ear. He grabbed Hiei's long black cape and roughly pulled it off to toss it aside. "Just like old times," he said running his hands along Hiei's slender hips.
Hiei looked away, trying to remind emotionless and unaffected by the demon's touch, but he could feel the terror and fear being to rise in him as Jaki began running his hands all along his body, biting at his neck. He began to shake in Jaki's embraces as a fear-full look crept into his eyes. He was dragged down to the ground to lay on his back as Jaki crushed him with his greater weight, grinding his hips against Hiei's.

To the side Yukina looked away and covered Hotaru and Keith's eyes, whispering in a small voice for them not to look.

Jaki grabbed Hiei's chin and roughly kissed the fire demon thrusting his tongue down Hiei's throat and nearly choking him. Jaki's hands fondled Hiei's butt as he continued to grind his hips tightly against Hiei's.

"Oij-san!" shouted Yajin. "You leave him alone!" shouted the boy summoning his rei ken to slice a slash across Joushi's hand.

"Why you little brat!" shouted Joushi dropping the kid to stomp on his back. Yajin cried out in pain.

"Yajin!" screamed Yukina. "Please, please he's just a boy!"

Joushi ground his heel into the whimpering boy's back.

"Stop!"

The Gaki turned to see Hiei with one hand wrapped around Jaki's throat, cutting off the demon's air. Jaki choked and tugged at Hiei's hand, but was unable to break his iron grip. "If you kill that boy, I'll kill him and then you!" said Hiei tightening his grip on Jaki's throat. "You know I'm strong and fast enough to."

Joushi stared at Hiei a long time, then smirked and lifted his foot off the crying boy. "To your mother brat," he said kicking Yajin. Crying Yajin ran over to Yukina to bury his face against her chest. Joushi lifted his hand and pointed it at Yukina and the kids. "If you resist any more I'll kill them all, even you're not fast enough to kill Jaki and stop me before I kill them. Now release him."

Hiei removed his hand and Jaki gasped for breath. Once the three-horned demon had recovered he growled down at Hiei trapped under him. "You son of a bitch!" he shouted backhanding Hiei across the face. He hit the fire demon on the other side of the face for good measure, watching as blood ran down Hiei's nose. "I was going to be nice to you, but now I've changed my mind!" He grabbed Hiei's shirt and tore it open in the front.

"Onii-chan," cried Yukina, hugging the three kids to her.

"Yusuke," whispered Hiei still dazed from the blows to the face as Jaki began tearing at the rest of his clothes.

* * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke whistled as he walked towards the temple from Kurama's house, tossing one of the pods and listening to the seeds inside rattle.

"It's going to be a hot night tonight," sang Yusuke with a wide grin on his face. He reached the steps of the temple and stopped. Something about the very air around the place sent the hairs at the back of his neck on end. He felt out with his sixth sense, eyes widening. He felt Yukina, the kids, Hiei, and two unfamiliar youkis at the temple. Hiei's ki wasn't rising at all, but one of the unfamiliar one's was pretty high and the other's was growing as if it were powering up or getting excited. His didn't feel right at all!

Yusuke ran up the temple steps leaping three to four at a time. He scanned the front-yard, seeing nothing he decided to go around back. He leaned around the building's corner and glanced at the backyard. His eyes widened at what he saw. One demon was point a ki lit hand at a crying Yukina who hugged her kids to her, the second demon was tearing clothes off of and groping his Hiei!

The demon on Hiei pulled the slender demon to sit up and clawed his hands down Hiei's back, raking ten bloody lines across the fire demon's fair skin. Hiei tossed his head back and hissed in pain as did the Kokuryuha that was wound around his body. The demon then bit down deep into Hiei's shoulder, wrenching a small cry from him.

Yusuke saw red.

He raised up his hand and pointed it at the demon on Hiei, with a curse he switched to the other demon threatening Yukina and her brood. Get Yukina out of danger first, then save Hiei, he though taking aim at the demon in black.

"Rei Gun!"

"What-" was all Joushi got to say before a blast of ki slammed into him and launched him across the yard.

"Yukina get out of here!" shouted Yusuke jumping out from behind the building.

"H-hai!" said the ice maiden picking up Yajin and running with Hotaru and Keith away.
Hiei snapped his head to the side as he heard Yusuke's familiar attack name. He snapped it back with a hiss at Jaki, the Kokuryuha hissing with him. It then roared as it burst into raging black fire and grew in size. "Die," said Hiei as the Kokuryuha opened its giant mouth and bit down on the three-horned demon. Jaki screamed twice while the dragon chopped on him a few times before swallowing him. It roared its bloodlust to the world as it circled over Hiei's battered form.

Hiei sat up on his knees and concentrated, recalling the raging fire ryu, it was always harder to get the Kokuryuha under control when it got a taste of blood. The dragon dispersed in a whirl of black fire and returned to Hiei's bleeding back. The fire demon slowly pulled the reminds of his shirt over his back to keep the dragon in check.

"Hiei!" shouted Yusuke going over and catching the Koorime man as he fell forward.

"Yusuke..." said Hiei up at him, he gave the raven-haired man a small smile before the exhaustion from using the black dragon kicked in and Hiei passed out.

"Hiei," said Yusuke hugging him. "I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner," he said into the sleeping demon's hair.

"You bastard!" shouted Joushi getting up from the place he'd landed. "I'll kill you!"

Yusuke snapped his head up to look at the demon with hate filled eyes. "No," he said calmly lying Hiei down on the grass. "It is you who's going to die," he said as he stood up.

Joushi laughed. "You don't scare me little man." He grinned at Yusuke. "It's always so much fun to watch them, you picked a real slut for a lover."

"What did you say?!" growled Yusuke.

Joushi laughed again and licked his lips savoring the emotions he was getting from Yusuke.

"You're little fire demon lover, is a whore. You should have seen him moan when my men used him like one." Joushi smiled wider as Yusuke's anger sparked like a blazing fire. "What, you didn't know? Where do you think he learned to give you the screw of your life? Every time he touches you from this day on know that he's touched dozens of others in the save way. He's just a whore demon that like to be fucked senseless, when he finds someone that can give it to him better, I doubt he'll have any need for you."

"Shut up! You're lying! Hiei isn't like that!"

"Really? What do you know about him, huh? You don't know anything about his past do you? You weren't there like I was."

Yusuke frowned. No, he didn't know anything about Hiei's past. The demon had told him he wasn't a virgin and Hiei did seem to have a fair amount of skills when it came to sex, but....

No, Hiei wasn't using him just for a quick screw. He loved the demon and Hiei loved him, right? Yusuke was starting to get confused, Hiei hadn't told him he loved him, they hadn't even had a chance to really talk about their relationship since yesterday. What if the demon didn't love him? What if it was just sex between them, was he still alone as he had been before Hiei showed up?

Joushi smiled at the confused look on Yusuke's face. His hand glowed softly with ki, he'd get the raven-haired man now while he was deep in thought. Joushi raised up his hand and fired a ki blast at Yusuke.

Yusuke snapped his head up to see the blast heading at him and at the last second rolled to the side to avoid it. He growled in anger at the Gaki. "Now you're really dead!" shouted Yusuke running at the demon. He dodged several blasts Joushi threw at him and was then right in the demon's face. With a scream of intense rage Yusuke pummeled the demon going down with him to the ground still raining down blows on him. "Damn you! Damn you!" screamed Yusuke.

"Yusuke!" shouted a familiar voice then two muscular arms came down to stop Yusuke in his wild beating of the demon. "Calm down Yusuke, it's over, you've won," said Kuwabara to his friend as Yusuke breathed in raged breaths. Slowly Yusuke calmed down and looked at the bloody demon he sat on, Joushi wasn't moving, he'd beaten him to death.

"Damn you," said Yusuke quietly to the dead demon, then got up.

"Are you okay?" asked Kuwabara. "Yukina called me and told me what was going on, I got here as fast as I could."

"I'm fine," said Yusuke, glancing at Hiei lying on the grass. He went over to the fire demon and looked down at the ragged remains of his clothes, the bruises and cuts marring his white skin. He bent and picked Hiei up to carry him into the temple.

* * * * * * * * *

Hiei groaned as he slowly opened his eyes to look at the ceiling. He turned his head to the side shocked to see Yajin sitting in a chair next to him.

"Yajin?" said Hiei sitting up he winced slightly at the pain that shot up his back.

"Gomen," whispered the boy softly bowing his head.

"For what?" asked Hiei.

"For getting in the way," said the boy softly. "For getting you hurt."

Hiei couldn't help the small smile that crossed his lips as he reached out to pat the boy on the head. "Don't worry about it."

"But-" said Yajin snapping his head up.

"Don't worry about it," said Hiei again. "You want to be strong right?"

The boy nodded.

"Then just concentrate on protection your mother and family. Get much stronger so no one will ever hurt them again."

The boy frowned. "But, I'm so weak compared to you."

"Look at it this way, you did get a good hit on that demon that was threatening you right? If you can hit him now, with practice you'll get even better, till you're just as good as me, no better then me."

The boy smiled brightly then lunged forward to hug Hiei around chest. "Hai, oji-san. I'll get much stronger and protect everyone, you just watch me!"

Hiei laughed and patted the boy's head. He looked up as Yusuke opened the door to look in at them.

"Yajin," said Yusuke. "Could you leave for a little bit. I'd like to talk to your Oji-san, if that's okay."

"Sure! I'm going to go practice!" said the boy jumping down from his chair and running past Yusuke.

Silence filled the room once Yajin was gone.

Hiei looked down at his fist's holding on to the sheet. What must Yusuke think of him? He probably thinks I'm a whore now, he must hate me. But, Hiei remember his first time with the raven-haired boy, Yusuke had promised him that he would never hate him. Of course, Yusuke didn't remember making that promise now.

"Hiei, who were those demons? They seemed to know you well," said Yusuke.

"They were part of my old thieving group," said Hiei not looking at them.

"Is that all they were?" asked Yusuke.

Hiei looked up at Yusuke unable to read the man's face. "Yes, that's all they were to me."

Yusuke swallowed. "But, you had sex with them didn't you."

Hiei's eyes widened and he looked down, cheeks burning in his shame. "With Jaki... yes," said Hiei quietly.

"And it didn't mean anything to you?" said Yusuke still with an unreadable face.

Hiei, nodded with sad eyes. "Yes, it meant nothing..."

"And, what about yesterday? You and me, did that mean nothing to you as well?"

Hiei snapped his head up to look at Yusuke, shaking his head. "No, yesterday was different."

"How so?" asked Yusuke. "They were you're old comrades so am I, they're demons as am I? You had sex with them as you did with me. How is it different?"

"Because I wanted to have sex with you," cried Hiei looking way in shame.

Yusuke looked at him in shock. "Hiei?" he said stepping toward the demon to place a hand on Hiei's shaking shoulders.

"It did mean something when they did that to me, it meant pain and fear," whispered the demon.

Yusuke embraced him from behind pulling him against him to lean his face against the demon's neck and shoulders. "I'm sorry Hiei. I didn't know. Why didn't you ever tell me."

"I did once," said Hiei so softly Yusuke barely heard him.

"You did?" asked Yusuke not understanding. "I don't remember you ever telling me."

"You won't remember it," whispered Hiei. "I took that memory from you along with the ones that went with it, that was the night I fell in love with you, Yusuke."

Yusuke jumped against the demon, he'd said it. Hiei said he loved him, had loved him for a long time. He wished he remembered that night, why had Hiei erased it from his head? "Hiei, tell me. Tell me what it is I can't remember."

The fire demon shook his head. "No, Yusuke. It will hurt you to remember."

"I don't care," said Yusuke hugging the Koorime man tighter. "I can handle pain, Hiei, so long as I have you. I love you," he whispered in the demon's ear.

Hiei stared ahead with wide eyes as a black tear ran down his cheek and dropped into his hand hardening into a tear gem. He looked down at it and rolled it in his palm before turning around in Yusuke's embrace. He pulled the raven-haired man's hand up, and dropped the gem in it, closing Yusuke's fingers around it, he leaned up and kissed Yusuke softly on the lips touching his forehead to Yusuke's.

Yusuke stiffened as long lost memories flowed back, terrifying, sad, lustful, sweet, and tender, all mixed together in one wave of emotions, and something more. Yusuke's arms crushed Hiei to him remembering the sex, feeling the lust spell run through him again, he could feel the warmth as he held the then smaller demon in his arms while he told his sad story as he could now feel Hiei's warmth in his arms. He remembered the longing in the demon's ruby eyes as he spoke to him, wishing for love that Yusuke had given to Keiko.

"Hiei," gasped Yusuke against his mouth. He pushed the demon down on the bed kissing him wildly. "All that time (kiss) you've loved me (kiss), but you never told me (kiss), because you thought (kiss) I didn't want you (kiss), Baka youkai (kiss)." He gave the demon a long deep kiss that left them both breathless.

Hiei panted trying to get back his breath. "Maybe I was just waiting," said Hiei smiling at him.

"Waiting?" said Yusuke tracing the white star in his hair. "For what."

"For you to love me back," said Hiei reaching up to pulling him down for another kiss. "I didn't want you to be with me out of pity."

"Oh, no need to worry about that, Hiei," said Yusuke rubbing himself against the demon. "I'm defiantly not with you out of pity."

"Pervert," snorted Hiei as he could feel the raven-haired man becoming aroused.

"Well you were waiting so long to love me, I don't want to disappoint you," grinned Yusuke before leaning down to kiss him again.

Hiei groaned against him and rested his hands on Yusuke's rear.

"Wait!" shouted Yusuke.

"Eh?" said Hiei.

Yusuke dug in his pocket and pulled out a pod with seeds in it. He broke it open, spilling a few, and pulled one of seeds out to hold it in front of Hiei's face.

"What is it?" asked Hiei in confusion.

"Koorime birth control, special from Kurama."

Hiei eyed the many seeds that had spilled all over the place and looked up at Yusuke grinning down at him. He paled. "Think you have enough?" asked Hiei sarcastically.

Yusuke scratched the back of his head. "Maybe not, we can always get more from Kurama."

Hiei's mouth dropped as he stared at the man on top of him. Yusuke took the moment to toss the seed in his mouth, then processed to ravish the shocked fire demon.