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East meet's West
part 2: Recovery

Disclaimer & Waffle:
 
To save my sanity This part has NOT been Spell checked yet!
 
(this is my spelling of some years ago, so please just grit ya teeth and don't e-mail me about it, it just pisses me of, Dyslexia isn't something that I enjoy :P)

typical disclaimer applies... all the chara belong to who ever dose YYH... all except the chara I make up out of my head ^_^... yada.. yada... yada... well it's all just for fun right? ^_^

well this is the next part written at the same time cause I thought the first one was long enough ^_^ and I hate long fanficts in one go ^_^, the printer almost faints when I try and print them out ... so here's the second part.. I just hope you enjoyed the first part to actually read this one as well ^_^.. so I hope you like it and get back to me to boost my poor ego, and if you hate it.. well tell me too and I'll apologize for wasting your eyes ^_^ hehehehe ... enjoy!!!

Hiei~x~Kurama


East meets West
part 2; Recovery?
by BANE Huntress

Kurama sat down where Hiei lead him as Yukina began to remove the bandig aroung his face.
Kurama bit the inside of his cheek in fear, it had been almost a week without seeing anything now, and he was afraid he wouldent be all right and he would have to spend the reast of his life in darkness. and how would Hiei ever want him if he couldent see?!, he would be nothing but a burden to the small Kourime, and he didn't/couldn't do that to his friend... and it hurt him deeply, almost too depressing to even think about.
"shut your eyes" Yukina side softly as the last of the bindings disapeard, he felt small hands touch his eyes carfully, "now open them slowly. we'er in a darkend room so dont be alarmed"
Slowly Kurama did as she said, and cracked his eyes open, at first there was nothing. and a pang of fear griped his heart making him gasp.
"can you see anything?" Hiei asked, a very faint note of fear also in his voice.
Slowly he saw some thing... it was fuzzy but he could make out the small feachers of Yukinas face. the room he was in was dark, he turnd his head and found a pair of crimsone eyes stering back at him worridly. 
"Hiei..?" he sighd happily 
Hiei smilled one of his rear smilles, "you can see?"
Kurama gasped in shere relife, he'd prayed to see the fire Kurimes face again, as ruby, intence eye's steard beck at him. it was the only thing he wanted to see with all his heart, and he couldent stop the stupid smille that came to his lips.
"are they as good as befor?" Yukina suddenly asked a hint of amusment in her soft voice.
Kurama turnd back to her, "things are still hassy" he fround "but they should get better right?"
Yukina smilled reashuringly "give them time and you'll be fine, I'll get Botan to ask Koenma to give you some time off, untill your better"
"is it all wright if I go out side?.." he asked timmidly expecting the worst "I need to see green"
Yukina patted the top of his red tresses. "I think you need it, ni?"
Suddenly Hiei was there again giving his suport, Kurama almost chuckled, he didn't need the fire demon anymore realy,. But he acsepted the arm offerd, as Hiei lead him out side.
At first the light hurt his eyes, but soon he opend them wide to see the fuzzy greenary and spot's of flower colour. He sighd deeply taking in the smell, and noted Hiei's soft body perfume and grinned widly.
"Hn" Hiei snorted, "stupid Fox"
"what?" Kurama asked in surprise.
"it's only out side... you could have looked out the window"
Kurama looked down at the hansum little Kurime, his Black top moved in the breaze. his white scarf and cloak where no where to be seen on the hot summer day "but it wouldn't be the same" *espeshaly if I'm with you* he thought evily to him self.
Hiei scouled up at him as if he read his thoughts, "some times I don't get you Kurama"
Kurama smilled "you like it that way" he teased.
"Hn" was the only reply he got or expected from the fire demon, as Hiei lead him ferther into the garden.

Koenma sat behind his desk stamping things. Boten had told him about Kurama and that Yukina had insisted he have some time out off the Yuramashi tenti and reluctantly he had agreen, Kurama would only be a liabilaty to them, but he wonderd how long it would take Hiei to kill Kuwabara without the red heads carm intervenshon.
There was nothing else for it though.
"Botan!" he called out.
Sure enough the blue haird ferrygirl poped her head round the door. "you called?" she grinned at him.
"hie, I want you to get Yuusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei here when you have the time" he said around his blue dummy.
"how about right now?" she reached up and took her owr out of hammerspace.
"fine" he answerd as he carrid on stamping things.
He hurd Botan giggle then she left with a flurish.
He grimised as he looked at the papers on his desk.. all he needed now was trubal in the Maki, espeshaly with Kurama out of action and his father on some holiday somewhere.
He sucked on his dummy again as he thought about asking his father for a holiday as well... it had been almost a sentuary since his last one.
*STAMP!*

Yuusuke and Kuwabara took Botan almost no time to find, they where in some video game place filled with lots of noice and gerish lights. 
"EEP!" Botan almost wet her salf as some machean roard right into her earhole suddenly and she verchaly ran into Kuwabara's back.
"Botan?" the tall lad looked down at her with a froun "what are you doing here?"
Rubbing her head she stood up "ouch... Koenma told me to come get you" she beemed.
"not RIGHT now?" Kuwabara looked stricken!. turning back to the machean he had been looking at.
"amm?..." She thought he should know by now that Koenma ALWAYS wanted them right there and then "Ya?..." 
"You hear that Yuusuke?" Kuwabara said to the machean... then Yuusuke answerd "not right now!! I almost won!!!!" came his exited voice.
Botan looked round Kuwabara's arm, to see Yuusuke sat in a car like thing. "But you know how Koenma get's if you lot keep him whating?" she tryed to reson with them.
"Just five more minets!" Yuusuke yelled as the scrren infrunt of him exploded into some kind of light and noice show.
Boten stamped her foot petulantly, "come on guy's!!! I have to get Hiei yet!" she walled. but both biys had stoped lisening. 
She smilled wickidly to her self and with one big breath she said "Isn't that Kako?... HO! Kako, over here!"
Suddenly Yuusuke was crouched by her side "oww... please, where is she?.. and can you see any clear exit's?!?!"
"I cant see her?" Kuwabara said one hand flat above his eye's.
*YOU LOSES!* came a voice from the machean Yuusuke had been playing.
Yuusuke stood up with a yell "K'so!!! I was ferther in that game than I've ever been!!" then he turnd to Botan, and he dident look too pleased.
"ah ha ha?" she laughed weakly, "amm?.. sorry?... but Koenma wants you now!" she said with conviction "and?... and?... amm?" she finished under Yuusuke's glear.
"come on Yuusuke" Kuwabara slaped his friend on the back "when the master calls we must come like obedeant pet's" he sighd.
Botan beemed "come on then".

Kurama was wandering through the garden by himself, helping plants that were having dificalty in the undieing heat of such a hot summer, and watering those that needed it the most. finaly he came to a beautiful rose bush fully in bloom with deep Blue, almost black, floures, he picked one and placed it behind his ear with a grinn. It felt so good just to see colour's again.
Hiei had left him some time ago when he had started to water the plants, but he hadn't gon far, Kurama could still sence him watching everymove he made, and he had cort a glimps of him on the roof of the tempal cleanign his sword.
Kurama apresheated this little time alone, but couldn't wate for Hiei to come back and keep him company.
He was walking up the steps of the Tempal to get something to drink, he had done too much today and he still wasn't a hundred percent and he could now feal it, he put his foot on the last step when Bottan sudenly apeard infrunt of him with a pop. He lost his balence and began falling backwards down the steps in suprise.
Images of his head spliting open apeard in his mind as he knew he was to weak still to save him self, as his reactions where slower than normal.
He closed his eyes and gritted his teath as he fell through the air, expecting sudden pain anymoment when he landed in strong arm's.
"Are you all right?" came a deep Voice above him.
He cracked open an eye to see two concernd ruby one's looking down at him, "I... I am now" he smilled broudly as he tryed to get his breath back for two counts.
With that Hiei looked up at the Tempals entrance and Kurama knew he wasn't imagining it as Hiei's arm's became protectivly tight around him as he huged him close.
"What the hell do you thing you were boing!!!" Hiei barked at Someone. Kurama wasn't taking notice as he just looked up at Hiei's angry face. "He's still weak you ideat!"
Kurama fround, it was only Botan doing what she did best and suprixing them all.
"I?... I'm sorry" came Botan's voice "I thought it would be all right... I didn't realize!" 
Kurama could already hear the tears in her voice. and sighd to him self.
"well you should realize!" Hiei carid on in a deadly angry voice "He could have split his head open! your foolish actions could have killed him!... no warrear deserves to die like that!!!"
"I didn't know he was there! I thought you all would be inside!" Botan waild in a flood of tears.
"Hiei" Kurama maniged, how ever much he was injoying him self he couldn't let Hiei speack to Botan like this "it was an acsident... I'm all right"
Hiei looked down at him again, his grip still tight "but she could have hurt you!" he grouled "I can't leave you alone for five minets without someone trying to hurting you!"
Kurama was tuched and smilled "My hero" he teased.
"don't make fun you stupid fox" Hiei snaped "your still weak and your Ki leavels are low you couldn't defend you self if a cat took a disliking to you!"
Kurama's eye's widend "Hiei?"
Hiei snorted softly and his eye's became less hard for a momant "who else will defend and protect you, you stupid Youko?" he asked as his voice became quiat "and who would I trust other than me to do it?"
Kurama opend and closed his mouth lost for words as Hiei smilled down at him then gave him a small hug "Now get back inside and let Yukina fix you something to drink"
Kurama was stunned as Hiei helped him to stand then pushed him back up the steps passed a sobing Botan.
"I'm sorry kurama... I didn't meen to friten you!" The ferry girl sniffed as Hiei pushed him past her.
"Thats all right" he maniged to say around his shock. then he was inside the Tempal alone with the door shuting behind him.

Hiei was still fureus at what Botan had done... and still fureus at him self for not being at the Youko's side, Kurama's Ki was still to weak and it worrid him if not the stupid fox. He was buggerd if he was going to loos his friend befor he had told him... he strayed away from that thought as he glerd at Botan. "what do you want?"
Botan sniffed again "Koenma want's to see you all" she wiped her nose "He said it was ergent"
Hiei brisald "I'm not leting Kurama go!" he snaped "He's not up to anything Koenam has to throw at us!"
Botan sterd at him "I know that..." she said softly "he just want's you three"
Hiei brisald, he still didn't want to leave Kurama alone, even in the ningenkai. "do I have to come?" he asked.
"well he did ask for you?" she said with a smille.
Hiei wanted to smack her.. but it wasn't her falt and Kurama would disaprove. so grudgingly he agreed.

Yuusuka stood in Koenmas office with Kawabara when Hiei and Botan came in. "So what do you want us to fight today?" he asked, still a bit peeved at not being alowed to finish his game.
Koenma looked up "For some reson a lot of demon's from the west have turnd up in the east of the Makai and are corsing trubal, I want you lot to go and find out way there there... and to sort this situashon out."
Yussuke fround "is that all?... why do we have to do it?... cant you get some one else?"
Koenma sucked on his dummy as he gleard at them "oyur the best for this kind of thing" he stated.
Yuusuke couldn't help but puff his chest outin pride.
"but we are one man down" Hiei sudenly said to all there surprise "and these two are incompitant"
Kawabara brisald "why you..!!!" he stormed.
Hiei just glerd at him. "did I say something that wasn't true?" he asked.
Yuusuke grimised then steped inbetween the other two "Look guy's" he said camly "this is just a fact finding mission, I'm sure we can sort it out, Kurama wont take that long to recover and when he dose he can help us" he grinned.
Hiei snorted loudly. "well lets get on with it then! I have more important thing I should be doing!" and with that he began to leave.
Yuusuke wonderd what Hiei could posably have to do that was so important just latly, he seemed never to leave the Tempal... He shruged "right let's get off then!"

Kurama was still in shock as Youkina brought in some tea for them both, a sturing of hope flutterd in his chest, maybe what Hiei had said at the pool was true, why else would he act so protective over him?... as he thoght back to his convalesance, Hiei had always been there where as befor he would have just flitterd away but now his crimson eyes never seemed to leave him.
"are you all right Kurama?" Youkina asked and Kurama realized she was holding out a cup to him, "you dont feal sick do you?"
Kurama hurridly took the cup " No I'm fine" he smilled "I guess I just did to much today thats all"
Youkina sat down with her own cup "are you sure thats it?" she smilled mischevusly over the rim of her tea.
Kurama sterd at her "amm?..." Youkina was Hiei sister so may be she might now something, but how should he put it? 'do you think Hiei like's me'... no that wouldn't do 'what dose Hiei think iof me'... nope that wasn't right eather.
"I saw what happend on the steps" she siped her tea "I was cleaning a window upsters, you realy shouldn't teas Hiei so much about his fealing for you, you know"
Kurama gaped at her, for the second time that day he was speachless.
She giggled at him "your afection for him is obveus Kurama" she said softly "but his isn't for you... but he like's you as much, I think, as you like him"
"he?... he dose?" Kurama's heart missed a beat. "but?"
She smilled then pulled something from the sleave of her kimono and handed it to him, he took the small black jem in his hands and looked at it.
"a Tear gem?" he fround "what are you giving me this for?"
"it's not mine" she said "it's Hiei's... he made it the night he brought you here" 
"wha...?"
"I've never seen my nissan so worrid over anything, when I told him I didn't know if you would be all right or not, when I told him that you liked him he was as surprised as you are now" her mouthe curved into another smille. "but he made that beacouse of you Kurama"
"he?... he did?" Kurama looked at the perfect black stone in his hand, "he likes me?" he couldn't help but ask.
Youkina nodded her head furmly... "I think the only reson he's never shown anything to you is that your Half Youko... and everyone knows about there frecal way's... dose he have a right to be corshas?"
Kurama's head snaped up "What?!... No he dosn't... I would never cheat on him! I never have..." he shut his mouth as he looked at her.
Her face was as stunned as his own, "so the rumers are right?... youve never had even a girlfriend or anything"
Kurama hung his head "not since I realised I liked him... I've never thought of anyone but him..." he sighd "When I was a youko I never fell in love with anyone, I think it's my human side thats making me feal like this... but now I want nothing but Hiei" he wraped his arms around him self and shiverd "but I never even imagined Hiei would feal anything back" he glanced up "maybe my silly hopes might have something to ame for"
Youkian smilled at him "I think you will have to make the first move Kurama, I think Hiei is still a bit unsure of your fealings"
"but I would do anything to him! I do do all I can for him!!" then something crossed his mind "I've chased him enough for him to have no douts" he grinned.
"and you thing teasing him well help?" she asked.
Kurama fround "it's what I did as a Youko?... it worked every time then..." he sighd "but then I guess Hiei isn't what I would have normaly go for... I only teas him cos anything else I know would have had him running for the hill's"
"Don't worry Kurama... things I'm sertan will work out for you both"

Meen whil Yuusuke was trying to stop Hiei from removing Kawabaras head. The little Kurim was stood on the larger boy's sholders and pulling at his chin with both hands, Kawabara was going blue. Yuusuke would have laughed if Kurama was here as his friend whent a shaid of purple. but Kurama wasn't here so he had to sort it out...
"Hiei... he's turning black!" Yuusuke pointed out as Kawabara went a deeper shaid of purple. "come on, stop playing about and get off him so he can breath"
"I'll suforcat this over grown sack of..."
Yuusuke sight and geabed Hiei's leg and pulled hard, sending the little fire demond falling to the ground... it didnt have the afect Yuusuke wanted as Kawabare fell with him, Hiei's hands still holding furm.
hen something else poped into his head "how in all the Makai are you going to get back to Kurama tonight if we dont find something out and soon?" Yuusuke asked sweetly. 
Hiei growled and shot off into a tree, as Kawabara cough big gaspes of air coughing and splutering curses.
"now can we go?" Yuusuke asked hands on hips.

"Well that wasn't very enlightening" Yuusuke said as they left a group of Minatores in the inn.
"it would help if they spoke in an understandable language" Hiei said sarcastically.
"I think it was Greek or something" Yuusuke frowned, "what if non of these western Demons cant speak Japanese?"
"The Siren could" Hiei said with another growl from a tree limb above there heads.
"I wish I hadn't skipped languages classes now" Yuusuke moaned as a dog with three heads went running passed folowed by a guy dressed all in black, screaming at the top of his lungs. "why do I feal like I'm in a greack mith?" he asked to no one.
"what one of them?" Kawabara said as he watched the straing dog and man disapear in the distense.
"well thats because your in the Greek quater" came a polite mail voice from behind them, everyone turnd to see a man dressed all in white with two feathery wings sprouting proudly from his back, his long goldedn hair flutterd in a jental breez no one else felt. and when he smilled his blue eyes sparkled.
"who are you?" Hiei asked iratably.
The angel Bowed slightly "my name is Gaybreal, pleased to meet you"
Yuusuke steard, this guy was prittyer then Kurama, "ha.... hya" he maniged "am?... are you from the west?" he asked.
The angel smilled again "kind of" he shruged "I go everywhere really, work and all... but seems we have a spot of bother in the west right now.. so everyones come here" he smilled again.
"so why are you here?" Hiei snarled.
"becouse of the Vampires silly" the angle grinned at the iritated fire demon "They maniged to multiply of lait and everyone is frightend of being lunch"
"Vampires?" Yuusuke fround "they suck humans blood dont they?" a hand whent to his neck woridly.
The angel waved a hand infrunt off him dismisivly "oww not THEM" he said in his soft dismisive voice "seem's theres a new breed that prayes on anything with a ki... quite orquad realy, when you come to think of it."
"so where are the other vampires?" Kawabara asked.
The angel shruged "theres not many of them left, and what are, are still in the ningenkai, they die here" he smilled again "well exept these new ones... I think they came about as a result of you lot sending them here, survival of the fitist and all that"
"so how many of these Vampires are there?" Yuusuke asked clenching his fists, if he had to go to the east to stop this lot then it would meen time off school and he could deal with that.
The angel shruges his slender shoulders "I have no idea, about one hundred say?... there all in various castles and things. no one knows for sure. but there evil villans!" he said venomously, or as venomously as his soft voice would allow "They have a leader and he's very old, we think he's from the original Vampire line in the Ningenkai. no ones been able to get near to him so far. I've lost good angels to him and his hordes!... I can tell you now I'm not happy... not happy at all!"
Yuusuke found as the angel clenched his fists at his sides "amm.. ya right I can imagine... amm?.. will you be staying about here?"
The angel looked back at him after he finished with his soft cursing "oww yes dear boy" he smilled "got nothing on right now anyway... why?... want me to go have a word with Enma's little boy?"
Yuusuke nodded "amm?.. ya if you would... please?"
The angel grinned "I'll go do it now... haven't seen little Koenma in ages... I wonder how he's doing... still behind his desk?"
"amm?.. ya" Yuusuke had never heard anyone refer to Koenma as 'Enma's little boy' before and he was trying his damnist not to laugh. "still got his dummy in his mouth too" he couldn't help him self.
The angel giggled "has he still got that silly blue blanket with the pink elephants on it?"
Everyone, even Hiei, looked wide eyed at the angel. the Kawabara began laughing in his high piched voice. he even notists Hiei's lips querk at the sides. "amm?... no" he tried not to grinn, "I dont think he has that anymore"
"silly thing needed burning anyway" the angel stated furmly "I'm sure it's not good for a child to chew on such things after draging it about the floor all day... and he used to stamp it, he'd be coverd in ink by the end of the day... but would Enma listen!?" the angel carrid on muttering to him self as he sawnterd away from them, he suddenly turd "I'll go now and see him... bye" he waved and then carrid on walking into the distense.
Yuusuke finally let go, and calapsed to his neas in fits of giggles, the pitcher in his head of Koenma coverd in ink cluching a pink eliphant blancket to him for dear life was just to much.
when he finaly cot control of his giggaling he looked up to see Hiei was nowhere in sight. The little fire demon had disapeard again. then the image poped in to his head again. it took Kawabara half an hour to get his histerical friend to his feet so they could go back to the ningenkai.

Hiei maniged to make it back to the ningenkai as the sun fought febaly againced night and lost, plunging everything into darkness.
It wasnt long befor he was perched on one of the Tempals many window sills. He sliped inside and setald near the bed on one of the chairs, watching the silent sleeper.
Kurama sturd slightly and said something in his sleep, and turnd onto his side.
Hiei could feal the youko's Ki was still low, he had hated being away from the redhead, who still needed him more that some stupid demons who couldn't deal with there own problems.
Carfully he moved to the side of the bed, and sliped his small hand into the sleepers, Kuramas hand tightend insleep as he smilled softly. 
Hiei's eyes sofent in the privasy of the room "your mine" he wisperd to dreaming ears, as he posishend himself comftably for the night at Kuramas side.

----- to be Continued -------

on to part 3

 

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