by Star Mirage
The standard disclaimer - YYH belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi and etc.
Author's note: As always there are many mistakes. ^_^ Please, don't get mad on me for them! Okay? ^_^ Any comments (as always) are (more than) welcome!
Part 5
"Hiei-san..."
Clink... Clink... Clink...
Hiei lifted his head up and looked at koorime-girl.This night she was on duty near his still body. The big oaf was patrolling somewhere outside, and Botan flied away on her Reikai business.
Yukina carefully took youkai's hand in her both palms and pressed it to her chest. Her pure youki was poured into him, supporting his exhausted body. Her innocent wide eyes were filled with tears, which not stopping stream on her pale cheeks. The beautiful blue tear-gems dropped on a floor with crystal *clink*.
"Hiei-san... I am praying about your recovery... You have made so much for me... And I have not thanked you for saving my life. If only here there was my brother, he would be grateful to you too... I don't know where my brother, what manner of man he is... But most of all in the world I want that my brother was similar to you, Hiei-san..."
The tears ran down the girl's cheeks. And the fire youkai, sitting on the window sill, even dropped his jaw from such application. With wide eyes he looked stunnedly at his sister and only one thing span in his mind. 'Similar to you... My brother was similar to you...'
Unexpectedly for himself, Hiei smiled a wide, sincere smile.
'Thank you, Yukina,' he thought, still disbelieving at what he heard. 'You want such brother like me? It's funny. Because I am your brother... If I only could tell it to you...'
Hiei slipped off from his window-sill and kneeled down beside Yukina. The girl still crying, but he was helpless to solace her.
"Hiei-san, please, convalesce..."
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Kurama and Yuusuke returned in the next evening. They looked exhausted, but the encouraging smiles on their faces spoke that their travel was successful. After small conversation with Yukina and Kuwabara, they came into the temple.
Scowling, Hiei gazed at youko. He looked absolutely exhausted and paler than usually. Kurama slowly approached to Hiei's body. Kneeling down, he silently looked at the fire youkai. Hiei frowned hardly, 'Is he injured?'
"Does Kurama injured?" Kuwabara repeated Hiei's mental question.
Yuusuke shook his head.
"No, he doesn't." He looked about, Yukina was near youko and her brother, and whispered. "He has made the sacrifice of half of his blood for Hiei's sake. Larger half."
"Oh," Kuwabara's eyes went bigger.Instantly, Hiei appeared near youko. His ruby eyes sparkled angrily.
"Hey, you, stupid youko! What do you did that for? You could die, stupid busybody! If you will sacrifice yourselves to right and left, there nothing remain to yourself...! Argh, stupid kitsune..."But youko didn't hear him. Nobody did. Disappointing, Hiei jumped on his window-sill.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
"Don't worry, Yukina. Nothing will happen with Hiei. I'll be with him."
"But you are exhausted, Kurama-san, and you need --" The koorime-girl tried to protest.
"No, Yukina, you need to rest. Tomorrow the serious business will await for all of us. Especially for you. So go, have a sleep. I'll stay here."After short dispute, Kurama managed to persuade that all went to have rest. He was caused to be on duty near his friend-youkai during this last night.
With tenderness Kurama took a small youkai's hand in his own. Stroking by one hand Hiei's fingers, he softly whispered.
"Don't worry, Hiei. All will be good. We'll help you. And all will be all right, you'll see."Disquiet was easily reading in youko's eyes and Hiei, sitting on his place, considered that Kurama tries to reassure himself by such words.
'Is all really so bad?' Frowning, youkai thought.
Soon tired youko fell asleep, having put his head on a chest of the small youkai. And he not let off the fire demon's hand on any instant. Hiei jumped off from his window-sill and carefully approached to the sleeping youko.
Sleeping youko... Unutterable show. The rich red locks randomly helterskelter tumbled over Hiei's black tank-top. Soft moonlight, illuminating the delicate face of youko, made him angel-looking. Small frown stiffened on Kurama's brow and tight locked lips. Even in dream he managed to look concerned.
"Uh..." The sleeping youko softy moaned; one his hand clenched at Hiei's tank-top.
Hiei, frowning, knelt near his own body and the sleeping youko. Kurama softly moaned again; some locks fell on his face. By an instinct, Hiei reached his hand to remove them away from the angelic face. But here he remembered that being a spirit, he can not touch youko. Frustrated, the fire demon stopped his movement. The youkai sighed as he watched over Kurama's peacefully sleeping form. The moonlit soft skin dangled to touch it...
To be close and don't afford to touch - it was painfully. Hiei did not mused upon what attracted him to this amazing fox, but the knowledge of his powerless at that moment irritated him most of all in the world. Thoughtfully, Hiei passed by his fingertips across Kurama's cheek. He wanted to do it for a long time, wanted to feel the smooth skin under his fingers, wanted simply to touch this perfect creature...
To the greatest fire demon's surprise, Kurama responded on his touch. The sleeping fox gently rubbed his cheek against the illusory hand; a weak smile appeared on his lips. Perplexedly, Hiei took his hand away. The youko's smile was gone, being replaced by disquiet expression again.
'No, it's impossible!' The little youkai perplexedly thought. 'Nobody can feel my presence.' Though the other part of his mind told him, 'Kurama is not like the other. The kitsune always felt your presence as well as you his.'
Hiei snorted, then tentatively reached his hand to the sleeping youko. And again, to his surprise, Kurama nestled to Hiei's palm. The fire youkai's eyes went wide. 'How?.. How he can feel me?' Strangely enough, he felt heat outgoing from Kurama's skin. 'How it can be?' Hiei wondered.
"Hiei," A satisfied whisper escaped youko's lips.
The fire demon's eyes went wider. Confusing youkai looked at the beautiful boy before him. The beautiful smile played on lips of the sleeping kitsune. Tentatively Hiei stroked by the illusory palm youko's head, shoulder, back... And Kurama willingly responded on the invisible contact. As if he really felt each caress.
Hiei gently smiled and decided. He carefully reached to Kurama, merging with him, pouring into youko's body. At the same moment a sensation of heat had come. The little youkai was flooded with Kurama's feelings: comfort, safety, boundless tenderness... Never in whole his life Hiei felt so safely as now, having melted into his friend.
Then Kurama's thoughts descended upon little youkai. With 'soundless' scream, Hiei left the body of the sleeping youko promptly. Kurama resentfully sobbed.
Gasping Hiei stared at the youko with the wide eyes. Perplexity, confusion, fear and... relief stormed within fire demon's soul. He tried to understand what happened. When he was 'there', melted within youko, at first he was captured with Kurama's feelings, related to the fire youkai. It was... nice. Then there were thoughts, about him, Hiei.
With almost audible *click* the last piece of a puzzle dropped on its place. Now all - Kurama's behavior, smiles, words - got clear to fire youkai...
'I never thought that all is serious... K'so, I always counted that he just teases me. After all that is the nature of any youko... But that he... It can't be true. It's impossible!.. Such perfect creature can't love the Forbidden Child! He can't do! But he does. He loves... Kurama really loves me...'
Confused, Hiei stared at the beautiful sensual redhead before him. Joy and fear mixed up in the fire youkai's soul. After whole small eternity of struggle with himself, with his whirling and mixed feelings, on his face revealed the pure, genuine, sincere smile.
Looking at the slipping bishonen, Hiei contentedly thought.
'And nevertheless he loves me... My youko... Only mine.'Touched Kurama's cheek, youkai returned the quiet dream to youko...
End of part 5. To be continued...
Next Part
© Star Mirage, 2000