Once, a long, long time ago, Hiei lived in the Makai. He'd been there for quite some time, and naturally had no chance to obtain any sort of conventional education- one didn't exactly have time to learn to read, write, do algebra, etc when one is trying to kill an average of twenty thousand people a day (this is an estimation from JasutBS Incorperated)Therefore, he was quite unprepared for the trials and demands of living in the Human World.

One must remember that it is NOT Hiei's fault that he is incredibly sexy. He was animated that way and probably has no real care as to what he looks like.

So, as you can imagine, instant success must have been pretty tough on him. I mean, you've got humans asking for his autograph. But that wasn't the worst thing. They decided that he simply needed to sing a song about how evil and sexy he was.

He tried... he really, really tried! But the notes were flat, and his attempts at a vibrato were... well, bad. Everyone who heard his song, "Dark Side," were shocked.

Kurama was very saddened that someone as attractive as Hiei sounded like a wounded animal when singing.

But all was not lost-- Kurama took it upon himself to personally train and give complete mastery of the musical arts to his lover Hiei.

They started at the basics... why cords sounded nice to the ear (whole number ratios!), how to best use your voice to its full ability, they worked with diaphram expansion, with sound control, they went over the scales until our beloved Hiei could stand to hold out just fine, on himself.

Finally, it came time for the Kurama School of Vocal Arts graduation. The preformance was coming up in a matter of months, and Kurama had to decide if Hiei was ready for a solo.

He decided that, yes, Hiei was up to the challenge. He would begin preparations on what would be the best song he had ever written the very next day. But, as he got ready for bed, he felt a familiar presence by the window...

"Kurama..."

"Yes, Hiei?"

"...about the performance..."

"Yes?"

"I was just sort of wondering... if you'd be interested in singing a duet with me."

Well, if you're feeling the same warm and fuzzy feeling in your chest as I am right now, you know how Kurama-honey felt. For the next couple of weeks, they worked together on writing what they felt was an accurate description of their relationship (without being too graphic on stage, that is *wink*)

The day of the performance- Kuwabara made an ass out of himself, singing a really rather badly-written (by himself) song glorifying himself... the crowd laughed, but Yukina was cheering, which was really all Kuwa-chan cared about.

It came time for Hiei and Kurama's duet... all the auditorium was silent. The two walked out on the stage to the screams and fainting women of the audience.

Oh, the crowd loved it. Everyone at the party afterwards was extremely impressed, and there was much eating of creampuffs, and praise.

Yusuke was so impressed he tried to hit on Hiei, which was not very well recieved.

And all was good.

The end *sniffle*