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Sorry for your wait, people who amazingly read this! Don' t kill me! -dodges variety of weapons-

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH. I THINK WE ALLL KNOW THIS BY NOW!! LEMME ALONE STUPID LAWYERS!! RAWR!! -flees from lawyer men-

Zura and Hiei stood side by side in his living room. It was not a comfortable silence lingering between them. No, not at all. It was quite awkward.

Zura decided that she had to tell Hiei everything that was going on, and how The Light Killers were going to find her soon.

“…Hiei.” Her voice was so low he could barely hear her.

“Hn?” He asked quietly, “What is it?”

“Y-you know how… I’m… different… than before?” She looked at her feet, suddenly taking great interest in them.

“Yeah?”

“Well…” She sighed, “It’s because…” Zura trailed off into explaining. By the end of it she had tears in her eyes. She thrust her eyelids together tightly, holding back the urge she had fought all her life.

Hiei clenched his fists in his pockets. Anytime she felt something strongly, she could be tracked? That definitely explained how apathetic she had been.

But, what about now? He was sure they had both experienced more emotion through that one kiss than they had in years. He sighed silently. What was she going to do now? He heard her grunt and he looked at her. She was smirking.

“…I have spent… nearly three whole years… being unfeeling and apathetic. Now… it doesn’t matter anyway. I was trying to protect myself… but I slipped up in the end.” Zura’s eyes were covered with shadows as Hiei looked away, “… But you know what?”

Hiei looked back at her to see her facing him.

Zura’s features twisted into an unfamiliar smile, “I don’t care. They can whip me, beat me, torture me in every way… but it was worth it. I don’t care. I won’t cry because all I’ll have to do is think about your kiss… and I’ll smile.” She chuckled, eyes sparkling with happiness.

Hiei was dumbstruck. She--loved him? No, she couldn’t really be saying that. No one could love the forbidden child-- they just couldn’t. Right? No, no one could. He was just getting his hopes up.

Zura stepped towards him, “Hiei?”

Hiei looked away, feeling heat spread across his face for an unknown reason.

“Hiei!”

He still didn’t look at her. He was deathly afraid of whatever she was going to say.

“HIEI!”

He turned to her, “What?”

There was silence for a moment.

She walked towards him slowly. The world seemed to slow down with every step she took. Soon enough, she was standing right in front of him; “It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this happy… this free and untangled… so please listen closely. This isn’t easy for me to say after all this time of denying but… I-I--”

“GET ON WITH IT ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF KOENMA! TELL HIM HOW MUCH YOU REALLY FEEL FOR HIM!” Autumn yelled from the opposite corner of the room. Turns out she and Kurama had been there for a while.

Kurama rubbed his forehead and sighed at how forward Autumn was. Zura face faulted along with Hiei before standing back up with her nose in the air.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Zura said stubbornly.

Autumn ran over and glomped her, “Suuuuuure you don’t. Aw, your denial is so cute!” She chuckled.

Kurama walked over to Hiei, “Sorry about that. Autumn wouldn’t let me tell you guys that we were here.”

Hiei glared at the mixed breed -who was choking Zura with love- and then turned his glare to Kurama, “Hn. How long were you there fox? Let me guess, long enough, right?”

Kurama smiled, “I almost wish Autumn hadn’t interrupted. I would have liked to know exactly what was so hard for my cousin to tell you.” Mischievousness sparked in his green eyes.

Hiei blushed slightly, “Hn.” He responded. It was his golden word, “What’s that in your hand fox?” He asked.

Kurama was holding a little kit in his left hand. He held it up and smiled, “Recognize the symbol?” He asked.

Hiei’s eyes widened as he stepped backwards, “You wouldn’t…”

The symbol was of a red-eyed demon head with a large navy blue slash running through it.

Kurama chuckled, “It’s necessary, Hiei.”

Hiei growled; “I’m fine on my own, fox!” he spat.

Finally, Autumn stopped choking Zura and instead dragged her over to the two male demons. She looked at the kit. Her eyes sparkled menacingly, “Did we mention the real reason we came? Besides to get you, I mean?” She questioned the wolf demon.

Zura was sporting a large bump on her head from where Autumn had hit her to stop her struggling, “No… you didn’t..”

“Well then! I should tell you, we’re giving you a Mating Shot.”

“YOU’RE GIVING ME A WHAT?” Zura yelled franticly.

Autumn grinned, “A Mating Shot. It’ll keep all your hormones and instincts in check, so you’ll have about all the same urges of… well… you won’t have any I guess!” She laughed.

Zura twitched, “I’m fine on my own thank you! I’ve had hundreds of years to keep my thoughts and urges in check! I was fine then, and I’ll be fine now.” She glared at her cousin’s fiancé.

Autumn cackled, casting a somewhat eerie feeling around the room, “You see, Zura, you don’t have a choice!” She walked calmly towards her and swayed her shot back and forth creepily, “You may have been fine, but now that you’ve found someone worthy to be your mate, you’ll have a much harder time.”

Zura’s face blushed a deep hue of red, “… Well… I… uh… SHUT UP!” She yelled, being too flustered to say much else.

Autumn jumped towards her, but Hiei swiftly grabbed the wolf demon and snatched her away. Kurama and Autumn stood on one side of the room while Hiei and Zura (both growling I might add) stood on the other, death glares in progress.

Autumn sighed in seeming defeat, “Fine, fine. I’m absolutely sure you can control yourselves.” She turned to Kurama who nodded.

Hiei quirked an eyebrow. What were they up to?

Suddenly they heard an enchanting tune. Zura remembered this beautiful tune and immediately clamped her hands over her ears. It didn’t help though; it penetrated her thoughts, mind, and soul.

Hiei pressed down on his ears as well, muttering curses to himself. It was to no avail, he couldn’t even concentrate enough to open his Jagan with this lovely music vibrating through his mind. His eyes slowly closed, as well as Zura’s, and they both fell to the ground in a deep sleep.

Kurama walked over to Autumn who was looking at the two sleeping demons, “I love you.” He kissed her lightly on the lips.

She returned the kiss gently, “I love you, too.”

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Autumn was so evil in this chappie, she must have eaten a little too much sweet snow... or stayed up too late. Hm. Well, as always, READ AND REVIEW PLEASE !!