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Kurama and the Potions mishap

Summary: Kurama visits an old friend in the demon
world...just a visit
right? Well...this Demoness happens to specialize in
potions and similar things,
nothing can go wrong....can it? A bump into the wrong
shelf ends with Kurama
as a female kitsune....and until she finds the
antidote...he's stuck that
way and doesn't want anyone else to know....so what's
a bored female kitsune
to do in the demon world...? Why not spy on their
secret crush? Kurama/
Hiei Warning, My first Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic. male/male
and female/male,
all parts are clearly marked, if you don't like yaoi
it's clearly marked so
you can avoid it in case you want to read the story
itself, and to all
others please be gentle on criticisms. ONE-SHOT
thoughts
P.S. it's been a VERY long time since I've been able
to watch the show so if
anyone is out of character, or some things have
changed in the show...I do
apologize.



Kurama looked around carefully, no demons were to be
seen in the area nor could he smell any, so he bound
through the forest heading for the small cave only a
rare few knew the location. To his knowledge he being
the only one that had actually befriended it's
inhabitant. He spied it behind a rather large bush of
thorny roses, Hmmm she's redecorated... he eased
past the roses not wanting to move them, knowing they were
strategically placed. He slipped inside and inhaled
deeply, ah she's home. Standing with her back to
him was a silver female kitsune working over a large
cauldron, he watched quietly as she added an
ingredient and set it
down Kurama moved behind her and commenced to hugging
her quickly before there was a need to dodge claws,
"It's only me Lana!"

Wild hair framed a face that rarely saw sunlight and
wide gold eyes looked
up at him, "By Inari, Kurama you ass!"

"I waited until you added the last ingredient before I
approached."

"I should hope so after what happened last time.....by
the way how's your
left hand?" She smirked smugly as he rubbed it
ruefully.

"100% better....thanks to your quick work on the
antidote."

"All right why are you here? Need poisons, healing
salves?"

"I just came to visit."

She smirked seductively, "Why Kurama I had no idea you
cared so deeply for
me." She walked over and pecked him on the mouth
before hugging him, "you
know it's too bad you go the other way, you'll break
every female kitsune's
heart when word gets out....so how's that young fire
demon you're after?"

Kurama blushed brightly at the mention of Hiei, she
was the only one who
knew he fancied him yet she still played the part of
the seductress towards him,
although it'd always been harmless fun between them.
"H...he's fine...."

"Oh hold on, if I don't stir this 50 times clockwise
it'll blow...." she
turned and began stirring, "and in the name of Inari,
DO NOT TOUCH
ANYTHING!"

Kurama carefully backed away from her and started
looking around, her stuff
always fascinated him...."20....21...."

/hmmmm a love potion shelf....love potion number 666
'doesn't work on
opposite sexes' interesting..../

"30.....31.....32....33"

/Love potion 777....'Most potent compared to all
others....only works if
there's already love between the two....but something
holds it
back...overcomes obstacle..../ he reached his hand out
to grab it for closer
inspection....

"DON'T TOUCH THAT!!!!!"

He backed up quickly, right into the shelves behind
him, the bottle on the
uppermost shelf immediately fell onto his head,
breaking and subsequently
knocking him out....

*A couple of minutes later*

Kurama could hear her voice close to his ears as he
slowly came to, "oh what
have you gotten into this time...I swear every time
you come to visit...."

He opened his eyes to see her shaking her head,
"oops?"

She laughed humorlessly, "I'd say, go look in the
mirror, klutz."

He stood carefully before walking to the side where
the mirror stayed...and screamed at the sight of the
woman wearing his clothes, he saw where his reflection
should have been...."WHAT? ...THE... HELL? ... WAS.... THAT
STUFF?!!!! "

"Hmph I should think it would be obvious, even to you,
it's a sex change powder....and I don't have any of
the ingredients for the antidote on hand....Damn it
Kurama...."

"What right do you have to curse me....look what
you've done to me!!!"

Energy crackled around her head as her face flushed
from anger, "I TOLD YOU
NOT TO TOUCH ANYTHING!!!!!" She grabbed his arm and
led him to her room,
"Take those clothes off...I should have something
suitable to fit you....ah here we go some of my
sister's clothing....admittedly you make a damn fine
woman."

Kurama huffed as he stripped off his clothing and
fought into the comfortably fitting dress, "How long
am I to be stuck like this?"

"Hmmmm shouldn't take more than 2 maybe 3 days for me
to get the antidote
ready, until then just act as a female and have fun
with it."

Kurama smirked, leave it to her to think of a way for
this to be fun for him....well he could always check
up on Hiei, "Fine, do you want help gathering the
herbs?"

"No no, with these particular herbs you'd actually be
more of a hindrance than help to me."

"But..."

"No buts, you go have fun NOW."

"I'll make you a deal....after the antidote's made,
let's have one girl's
night out....my treat?"

She looked at him to see if he was serious before
laughing hysterically, "Oh all right, just get out of
my hair for now...." He began towards the door when
she spoke again, "have fuuun....oh and do tell your
'lover boy' I said "Hello!" since I know you'll check
on him, don't worry even your scent has changed in
this form."

Blushing madly Kurama quickly headed towards the
nearest bar that he knew Hiei liked to go after a hard
day....sure enough Hiei was there, sitting quietly in
a corner booth shrouded in shadows and a black cloak.
/Now what do I call myself....I can't use Lana's
name....he knows her
too....hmmmmm maybe Rose.....that should do./ He
ordered a drink and had to fight not to blush at all
the lustful looks he was receiving, it wasn't too hard
since it's in a kitsune's manner to flaunt themselves.

He walked slowly to Hiei's table and looked at him
impishly, fluttering his eyelashes slightly, "May I
sit here, please?"

Hiei looked at him curiously before shrugging......

**an hour full of uninhibited flirting and one
uncomfortable Hiei later**

"Um...Miss....I've kinda already got someone..."

Inside Kurama cringed, "who's the lucky lady?"

"Actually.....it's not a lady...." the shadows
attempted to hide his face which was beginning to
flush.

"Oh, you don't go my way? Who's the lucky gentleman?"

Hiei smiled slightly, doing his damnedest to hide it
under his hood, "you almost remind me of him.....at
least your name does anyway...."

Inside Kurama leapt for joy, outside he smiled
brightly, "does he know?"

Hiei shifted in his seat, "well....I don't think..."

"He'll never know if you never tell him."

Hiei stood abruptly and faster than anyone could see
he was gone, the last words of his statement ringing
in Kurama's ears, "you don't understand...."

Dejectedly Kurama made his way back to Lana's
cave...../where is she?/

Suddenly she came running in followed by a loud crash
as something that was chasing her ran into the cave,
panting she looked up at him, "you owe me deeply for
this....."

"What the HELL was THAT?!?!?"

"THAT!... Was a dragon demon....excuse me a moment..."
she grabbed a vile and peeked carefully back outside,
"good he knocked himself out...." she withdrew a
little blood flowing from the dragon's forehead into
the vile and carefully checked for a pulse..."woops, I
didn't think he was going that fast...hey Kurama help
me carry his body in here....I could really use it for
components..."

Shaking his head Kurama stepped outside and stopped
dead looking at the
black shadow dragon...."What the HELL???"

"Shut up and grab his feet will ya?"

Kurama mutely picked it the feet while she picked up
his head and together they
hauled him past the rose bush and into the cave..."
Where are you gonna put
him?"

"Right there..." as she pointed a lab table came out
of the wall just big enough for him. "Hey you know one
of them ice maidens?"

"Yeah....why?"

"I'll need three tear gems from an ice maiden for your
antidote, since it seems you've already ended your
meeting with your 'lover boy' you can go obtain some
for me."

"But she won't recognize me like this?"

"Now where did I put that....." she dug deep into a
pocket on her lab coat,
"ah ha there it is, put this on."

She held out a small silver ring, obediently Kurama
put it on and looked
down to see his own body "isn't this..."

"No, it's an illusion ring....better hurry
though...it'll only last 5 hours....what are you
waiting for...shoo shoo."

Sighing Kurama made his way towards the gap he'd used
to cross over into the
demon world and made his way to where Hiei's sister
was staying....she was
sitting outside when she saw him, "Kurama, how are you
today?"

"Um, fine thank you! And how are you?"

She looked at him curiously, "Good....I get the
feeling you aren't here just
to visit..."

He looked down, "I hate to ask...but...I need three of
your tear gems
Yukina."

She smiled, "Is that all?" She reached into her dress
pocket, "here you can
have the entire pocketful."

He looked down into his hand as she poured 20 or so
into his hand, "Why've
you been crying?"

"I was watching a very sad movie with Urameshi-san and
his mother."

"Ah I see..."

"Your voice sounds different....are you sick?"

"No, please don't ask me anymore questions; a friend
of mine needs three of
these quickly."

"Oh, all right then," she hugged him lightly, "see you
later Kurama."

He waved as he quickly made his way back to the gap,
missing the pair of
curious red eyes in a tree nearby before they began to
follow him....

He made it safely back to the cave and took the ring
off after he was in,
"got 'em."

Lana looked up from a cauldron, "excellent...that was
quick."

"I received a few extras as well she told me to just
take them, but I have no
real use for them."

"Why thank you Kurama, these will be very useful....or
should I call you
Rose?"

"How'd you..."

"Where do you think I bagged the dragon demon....so
Hiei's the one you're so
interested in.....nice choice...Ora will be so
disappointed..." she
snickered. "Anyway...continue stirring this for me
clockwise while I add these."

Kurama began slowly stirring as she moved around the
cauldron, adding them
in the shape of a triangle, "Why didn't I sense you?"

"You, my dear Youko, were preoccupied, by an adorable
little fire demon."

"Don't ever let Hiei hear you call him that..."

"Oh I call him that all the time, straight to his
face....at first I was
kinda hoping he'd try to kill me....but when he didn't
it became his new
nickname."

"Why did you want to die?" said Kurama his voice
tinged with worry.

"That is a very long story....."

"I'm guessing we have time, according to your
directions nearby this has
to stew for three hours."

"Damn you Kurama," she said teasingly, "this isn't
something I really want
to talk about..."

He looked at her pleadingly, his golden eyes shining,
"please, I think I
have the right to know why one of my best friends
wanted to die."

"Fine, set that spoon down over there and let's go sit
in the living room."

He followed her willingly into a room that seemed to
be made of plants,
which included a couch of roses, without thorns,
"Should I fix us some tea?"

"I'll fix it, you stay here, there's nothing in this
room that should be
able to hurt you, pup."

"Ahhhh, don't call me that!"

She giggled as she walked towards her kitchen, "but
it's true, even though you're entirely
grown....your curiosity is identical to the curiosity
of a pup...and it always gets you into
trouble."

Kurama sighed dramatically before flopping onto the
rose couch. He looked
around and a sudden smile appeared on his face as he
saw the paintings on
the walls, one was of his demon mother, one was
himself, another was of Hiei, and
there were several he had no idea who the people in
the frames were...until another
two caught his attention....it was his human form and
his human mother Shiori...."how'd you get
to see my human form or my human mother?"

He turned as she walked back into the room with a tea
tray, "I do visit the
human world from time to time, by the way I happen to
like your
mother.....there are many ingredients there as well as
here...." she saw the
look on his face, "settle down pup, I have a permanent
pass from King Yama
himself, I simply refuse to let Koenma know about
it....that little twerp
can be so annoying...although....his older form is
more pleasing to the eye...if only
he'd loose that damned binky. Besides I like being
able to check up on my favorite
boys."

Kurama raised an eyebrow, "So you've at least met
him?"

"Of course anyone with any power in the spirit world
knows the little
twerp."

"And he knows you?"

"Don't you even think about it Youko Kurama, I may
think he's nice to look
at but I am not interested."

"So you say....."

"Don't you give me that knowing look; I could just
happen to...ahh...you know... not finish your antidote."

"Eep, I'll behave."

"Good."

She didn't see his fingers crossed behind his back
before he sat down beside
her, "So let's hear your story."

She growled lowly, "It's been almost 10 years or so
ago... maybe... I've never been all
that good keeping track of time, anyway it had been a
Very VERY bad year,
someone had not only broken into the cave and stolen
my most valuable herbs
and other ingredients, but they completely trashed the
place, so I wasn't
happy to begin with, then Ora started another
fight....I actually hurt her
before she ran off, if she'd have stayed I may have
killed her, sister or
not."

"It's so tough to believe you two are
twins...different fur color,
different eye color...different personalities all
together..."

"Tell me about it, but anyway on the way back from the
bar I was
ambushed....I killed them all without a second
thought....then I looked at
them more closely, one of them was only a pup, not
little little, but still
undeniably young. I felt horrible, but at the same
time I couldn't have brought him back even if I
had I wanted to.....King Yama was away and Koenma was
busy with
something.....and I had not one of the ingredients
anymore....I almost cried,
yet in a way it angered and saddened me even more than
I already was. I kept
walking I hadn't immediately returned to my cave, but
was just wondering around aimlessly...when Hiei popped
up in front of me...he was with a band of thieves..."

"I remember him telling me something about his time
with them although you
were never mentioned."

"They'd never mention me...I bested them all, but
Hiei....he stood there
with his sword at my throat....and he saw something I
guess....I'm not sure
what, but he pulled back...and I got even angrier, so
I said, "Awww look at
the adorable little fire demon." he looked back at
me....and smirked before
helping me up and dusting me off. The other thieves
had each run off before
this, he asked me my name and I told him it was none
of his damned business
then continued to retrieve my own sword....I went to
attack him, I had high hopes
of dying...not that King Yama would have allowed me to
stay dead for
long....but it would have been at least a couple of
days before he noticed
that I was..."

"No it wouldn't have been, I've seen his little list
thing....I've also
noticed when your names' started to flash before, then
he ran off to do
something..."

"Damn I forgot about that list of his, it has names of
those he considers too
important to let die....hell you probably saw my name
blinking just a couple
of weeks ago..."

"Yeah sometime around then....what happened that day
anyway?"

She snickered as she sipped some of her tea, "My
cauldron exploded, seems
some idiot human was trying to figure out how to get
into the cave, I'm
guessing curiosity, but he blasted it with some kind
of spirit energy and
the wrong thing fell into the cauldron and I was
literally blasted sky
high.....I was so out of it, if Yama hadn't caught
me.....I might have
broken every bone in my body."

"Ah, o.k. now back to meeting Hiei...you aren't
getting out of it that
easily." hmmm wonder who the human was...

"Damn, fine, well when I attacked he started dodging
and not attacking
back....Inari, I was so pissed, finally I used the
Dragon of the Darkest
Flame.....and the eye on his forehead flashed, his arm
started glowing
before another one came from him and attacked mine,
they cancelled each
other out and we both fell to the ground, our noses
almost touching..."

"Wait...you have a Jagon eye? Where?"

"I'd show you but then I'd have to kill you."

Kurama blushed as that thought sunk in, "Oh...go on
then."

"We just looked at each other, and then I said, "My
name is Lana." He smirked
tiredly at me and said, "Hiei." Afterwards the little
shit managed to get up
before me and carry me home. After that day I put up
the rose bush that's
there now, if anyone means me harm or wants to steal
anything they can't get
in, and every now and again Hiei pops over for a
visit, kinda like you, only
he never gets into any trouble and knows what to leave
alone and what's
safe."

Kurama blushed, "have either of you ever talked about
me?"

She hid her smile behind her teacup, "maaaaybe."

"Oh come on, I gave you all those tear gems and you're
not gonna tell me are
you?"

She looked him in the eye seriously, "everything and
anything we've ever
talked about is a secret, I refuse to tell anything
you've said, therefore
it is only fair not to tell you what's been said
between Hiei and myself."

Kurama sighed, "Just answer me this and I'll drop
it....has anything about
me he's said....been...um...positive?"

She nodded just slightly, "Of course you could ask our
unannounced guest in
the corner, hello Hiei, how are you today?"

Oh dear Inari...noooooo! Kurama hesitantly turned
his head to see Hiei
looking at the two of them with a highly confused look
on his face. /does he
recognize me???/

"I believe you've met Rose here?"

Guess not...

"We've met....I'd have sworn I saw Kurama come in
here...."

A smirk twitched at Lana's lips as she stood, "He was
here not too long ago,
now why don't you join Rose and me for tea?"

Hiei shrugged before sitting in a rather large tulip
chair as she went to
get another tea cup. Kurama sat fidgeting on the couch
almost too petrified
to talk, how long had Hiei been hiding in the shadows
and how did he know
that he'd come this way...../Think you stupid fox! You
stopped to see
Yukina, his sister that he has a thing for watching
over!!!/ Kurama shook
his head; his mental voice for degrading himself was
beginning to sound a
lot like Hiei's voice, DAMN IT!

Lana came back with a black cup with a Chinese dragon
along the sides and
Kurama noticed the small smile playing on Hiei's lips
as she filled it and
handed it to him, "I figured the cup would be perfect
for tea time when you
stop by, so I bought it when I saw it."

She smiled as Hiei made a small humming noise and took
a sip of his tea,
Lana tilted her face slightly and sniffed the
air..."ah ha I smell that
damned human about again....'excuse me a moment...."

Hiei sniffed the air as she left the room before
muttering curiously,
"Urameshi?" Comprehension dawned on his face before he
quickly headed for
the cave entrance, "shit!"

Kurama followed as the sounds of fighting filtered
into the cave, he stopped
next to Hiei and would have laughed had it not been
for the seriousness of
the situation, Lana was latched onto Urameshi's arm
and he was flailing
trying to get her off.

Hiei shook his head before coughing, the two
combatants stopped moving and
looked towards him, Lana with her mouth full spoke
first, "ew no tis idjit?"

Hiei snickered, shocking Yusuke, "Yes Lana, I know
that idiot, kindly let go
of his arm."

Growling Lana pulled away from his arm and
straightened her clothes, about
that time there was a small popping noise as Koenma
appeared, oddly in his
adult form, Lana growled again before going to stand
by Kurama and Hiei and
pulling out a small pack of cigars before lighting one
with fox fire while
glaring at the two new comers.

Koenma coughed, "May I asked what just happened?"

Lana raised an eyebrow refusing to talk, Hiei sighed
deciding to speak
before Yusuke blew everything out of proportions, "A
slight misunderstanding
and a little revenge, it seems last time Yusuke was
around here he caused
Lana's cauldron to explode and nearly killed her,
because he blasted the
cave with his spirit gun."

"How was I to know what was going on in there?" Yusuke
tried to defend
himself, but Koenma had already stopped listening.

Koenma raised an eyebrow, "Lana? As in the one my
father goes to so much
trouble to impress and keep alive?"

Lana rolled her eyes before they widened, "THE
ANTIDOTE!!!!!"

She ran back inside quickly, curious the others
followed to see her grab the
spoon and quickly add the vile of dragon's blood
before stirring vigorously.
Kurama stepped beside her, "what's next?"

She looked at him before speaking to Hiei, "Hiei, I
need you to hand me the
mandrake root, Rose, don't move from that spot before
you knock anything
else over."

Kurama huffed before obediently standing still as Hiei
proceeded to help her
complete it, Koenma and Yusuke stood dumbfounded to
see Hiei doing something
for someone else, while Koenma also noticed the sway
to Lana's hips as she
continued to stir, all nine of her tails swishing
carefully out of Hiei's
way.

"There, that's it, now it has to simmer on a low
fire..." she blew gently
and a softer fox fire spread under the cauldron as she
moved the cigar to
one side and ashed it onto the floor, "for eight hours
and it'll be ready."
She looked at Yusuke and down to his bleeding arm, "as
for you, come with me
and I'll put some healing salve on your arm....you
know, did it not occur to
you to simply knock on the cave?"

Yusuke flushed, "no....not really..."

Lana sighed, "Men! No offense Hiei."
Hiei smirked, "None taken."

Everyone picked a seat in her living room as she
pulled out a jar of clear
salve, marked neatly as 'healing salve #23' and Yusuke
looked at it while
she applied it to his arm, "Why's it number 23?"

"23 is a healing salve made specifically for humans
and it works faster than the other one....see
it's already starting to heal?"

Yusuke looked at his arm and sure enough already the
bite was fading into
nothing, not even a scar, "Wow would it be possible to
get some of this to
take with me?"

Lana raised an eyebrow before smiling, "I suppose, I
do have enough to make
another batch, just take the whole jar."

"Thanks!" Yusuke set it down by his feet.

Lana looked at Hiei, "He gets into a lot of fights
doesn't he?"

Hiei nodded before pulling the cigar out of her mouth
and taking a quick
puff on it, "Hmmm, cherry vanilla....Why is it that
regular smokes of any kind
appall me...but your homemade ones are just great?"

"Because mine are special of course, non-addictive,
soothing...and...Hey
give that back!"

Kurama, currently known as Rose grabbed it and took a
quick puff before
sighing as Yusuke and Koenma each took a turn too,
"that's good."

Lana sighed, "Fine keep it." She pulled out another
one and lit it, keeping
it carefully away from everyone else this time, when
Hiei stole the first one
back and refused to let it go.

"Can I get a pack of these to take with me?"

"I suppose, come into my room and you can pick a
flavor." Lana stood and
began towards her room.

Kurama raised an eyebrow, "How many flavors do you
have?"

Lana smirked, "Too many to count without pulling out
the index....I find a
flavor I like...I make it into a cigar."

She touched a portion of the west wall in her bedroom
and a closet opened
that was as big as the bedroom and full of cigars.
Yusuke and Koenma looked
at each other before beginning to read the different
flavors, "Caramel?"

"Those are off limits, they happen to be my favorite."

Hiei chuckled and everyone but Lana about fell over,
"Got ya, Caramel off
limits." He proceeded to grab ten total, mixing the
flavors and put them in
a one of the little boxes she kept handy before
putting them into one of the
many pockets on his pants.

Kurama saw a rather thick book and opened it to find
not only all the
flavors, but the recipe for each one. He closed the
book as Lana turned to
look more closely at Yusuke and Koenma, cigar still
hanging from her lips,
"Alright, I know why these two are here," she
indicated Kurama and Hiei,
"but I'd like to know just what you two are doing
here?"

Yusuke shrugged, "I'm not too sure, I was supposed to
deliver this," he
pulled a very rumpled looking envelope out of his
pocket, "a couple of weeks
ago....the address said this cave, but I couldn't
figure out how to get
in...So I blasted it, saw something explode and I'm
guess you went flying up
into the sky...so I kinda ran back the way I came."

Lana growled as she took the envelope and opened it,
reading out loud since
she really didn't care if Kurama or Hiei knew what was
going on, "Lana, you
are hereby invited to the spirit world ball, on the
evening of June 7, at
7:00 p.m. You are allowed up to five guests, or you
may come alone, dress
formally, there are many people waiting to meet you,
Love King Yama. P.S.
Knowing how Yusuke is....I've given him you invitation
weeks ahead of
schedule." Lana sighed, "Why must he always sign it
like we're a couple?
Wait....what is today?"

Hiei looked at her calendar on the wall..."June
7....uh oh..."

Lana growled as she looked at the clock by her
bed...."I ONLY HAVE THREE
HOURS TO GET READY!!!!!" She smacks Yusuke on the head
with a book she pulled
off one of the shelves...."URUSAI!!!!" she turned
almost desperately around,
"Hiei, I'm going to need your help on this one...."

Hiei saluted, "I'm ready."

"Run as fast as you can into the demon town exactly 10
miles to the South,
there's a store there called Maria's, go in there and
tell her you are
picking up the boot order for Lana, then run to the
store next to Eugene's, there's
a big thing of silver silk, satin, and velvet, get all
three of them and
bring them back here....." She tossed him a bag of
coins.

Hiei nodded and ran out quickly as she turned to
Koenma and Yusuke, "Since
it is you two's fault that I'm running this far
behind...you can help too. I
need thread, thin regular sewing thread in silver,
lots of it......then
embroidery thread in silver, gold, black, and red, Got
it?"

Koenma and Yusuke nodded as they ran outside as she
turned to Kurama, "You
HELP ME WITH MY HAIR AND MAKE-UP!!!"

Kurama set her down in a chair, "Calm down, now where
is your make-up?" She
pointed to the vanity next to her bed and Kurama began
digging through it
for colors that went with what she'd sent everyone
after...

"Oh no I forgot to ask for cord.....no I can just use
a vine.....yes that'll
work....."

Kurama shook his head as he laid the make-up down on
the bed and turned her
towards himself to begin work on her make up, "I
suppose this could be our
girl's night out. I wasn't expecting a ball though..."

"What'll you wear?"

Kurama looked down at himself/herself "I have no idea,
I thought once you
were ready you might help me?"

"I may be able to....I can use some of Ora's older
clothes for
material....there's Hiei." Kurama finished the last of
her make up before
they went to collect the items from Hiei....Kurama
snickered; Hiei had boxes
piled higher than his head...

Hiei looked helplessly at Lana from around the boxes,
"Help?"

Lana shook her head laughingly as she took the boxes
and set them down on
her bed, "Now to grow the vine I need..." she pulled
out a small white pouch
from her pocket that seemed to have a barrier around
it, when she opened it
the room seemed to take on the smell of everything
they'd ever smelled that
was nice. She pulled out a single silver seed before
putting the pouch
carefully in her vanity. "Stand back and keep the
other two back with you if
they come in during this..."

Hiei and 'Rose' nodded as she knelt down and moved
some of the loose soil
back and planted the seed tenderly in the earth, she
sat back serenely and
began singing an old song, "Chichi wa iwareta arakasi
no te wa mamori
note......haha wa iwareta hito no te aru wa hagukimi
no tame...." as they
watched a small plant began to grow, only there was no
green to it....even
the small shoot was silver....they held their arms out
and just caught
Yusuke and Koenma as they came back.

"Wha..."

"SHHHHH!"

They watched quietly as she continued singing as if
she didn't know they
were there, "Ryou te awase tobra wo hiraki...guren no
naka ni nare wo
kaesu.....na ga kora wo hikari to narite
mamorikamae....mamorikamae......"
Finally at the very top of it....a silver rose
bloomed, carefully she pulled
out a knife and cut it at the very bottom of its vine.
(A.N. for those
interested there is a translation of this song at the
very end after the
Author's notes, and I got this song from the Fourth
Inuyasha movie, 'Fire on
Mystic Island')

"What song was that?" Koenma asked as he wiped his
eyes, her voice had been
so sad through the entire thing...

Lana looked up, "It's called the song of separation."

"I've never actually seen a silver rose....I've only
heard of them..."

"Your father has one, he keeps it carefully away from
everyone in a glass
jar, these flowers never die once they've been grown,
and I am the only one
left that knows how to grow them."

Yusuke looked at her oddly, "all you have to do is
sing to it?"

"There's more to it than meets the eye human, trust me
on that, if you are
unfit to grow it, the bloom becomes black and eats
that person's soul before
dying itself..."

Hiei nodded as he let her through to her lab, they all
watched as she
tenderly cut off three feet of the vine it was on
prior to putting the remainder of
the plant in a large glass vile.

"Now I have two hours left....time to make a
dress...." She pulled out a
dagger and began cutting up the material, with no
definite shape, but
certain lengths.

"Should we help you?"

"No, I know what I'm doing, hand me the sewing
thread..." Kurama handed it
to her and watched as Lan cut it in exact lengths
again...

What is she doing?

She then took the embroidery thread and did the same,
"There everything's
ready...." she moved to the East side of her room
where another little closet
opened for her, she pulled out a gold cauldron and set
it down before she
began stripping out of her clothes....Kurama, Hiei,
and Yusuke politely
turned away....while Koenma seemed to be paralyzed...

/She's soooo pale.....I should turn away....father'd
kill me for being this
rude....but...I CAN'T MOVE!!!/

She bent over and picked all the material and thread,
as well as the silver
vine, before depositing them in the cauldron and
grabbing a jar of something
out of the closet, she stepped carefully into the
cauldron and the others
turned back around to see what she was doing. She blew
a stream of fox fire
under it and Yusuke's first thought was, /she's gonna
cook herself?/

She poured the jar over her head and whispered
something no one could hear,
then everything went white, everyone opened their eyes
to see dots floating
in front of them, with a few blinks they disappeared
and Lana stood before
them in a perfectly fitting dress. The top was a
corset with the silver vine
lacing it up, while a soft satin and silk skirt flowed
freely, and a velvet
shawl rested around her shoulders, along both the
skirt and corset were
embroidered dragons of gold, silver, red, and black.
"What do you think?"

Kurama clapped, "So you reserve this cauldron for when
you need a dress in a
hurry?"

"Normally I keep extra material around also....now
about you Rose....step
into the cauldron..."

Kurama stepped in slowly as Lana dug out some older
looking gold clothing,
"This should do...." she threw in some silver, red,
black, and gold
embroidery thread, before going and grabbing another
jar from her closet,
"Now think about the style of dress you want..." she
poured the jar over his
head and murmured words again that no one could make
out, there was another
flash of light, that everyone was ready for this time.
So there were no
spots before their eyes as they looked at 'Rose' who
now stood in a gold
dress; the skirt was loose, but tighter than Lana's
and instead of dragons
there were roses embroidered on it, and the top of it
was strapless, where
Lana's had long sleeves that weren't attached to the
dress that ended in
bell sleeves. "Very nice, here, put these on," she
handed him a pair of gold
slippers, "It's the best I can do on short notice, I
never make my own
shoes....well except for dragon hide...but those won't
do for a formal
occasion."

Kurama looked in the mirror and smiled, he did make a
damn fine woman....but
he missed his own body.

"Now we just need to do our hair then we can dress the
boys."

Koenma, Hiei, and Yusuke looked at one another
anxiously, as 'Rose' and Lana
began working on each others hair. Using some of the
straps of left over
materials to tie and twine with their hair.

With one hour and ten minutes to spare, Kurama and
Lana turned towards the
guys with a very scary, predatory look in their eyes,
as Lana began looking
for some kind of material, 'Rose' moved them all
closer to the gold cauldron
and locked Lana's bedroom door. "All right Yusuke,
you're first," she set
down an armful of material and thread, then the three
jars they'd need.

"No really it's o.k...."

"Oh no, it's you're fault this is all rushed...not to
mention ruining a very
expensive potion, so you get to suffer through this
ball, now climb in!"

Yusuke leapt over the side to stand docilely in the
cauldron as she threw in
blue material, lit the fire, and poured the jar over
his head. When the
light cleared, Yusuke stood in a nice dark blue suit,
his usual hair style
fitting in perfectly with it. 'Rose' smiled sweetly,
"He does clean up
nice."

"What happened to my old clothes?"

Lana pointed to her bed where his clothes were neatly
folded, Kurama laughed
internally, realizing she hadn't needed to step out of
her old
clothes....she'd done it merely to see their
reactions.

Yusuke moved away, trying to hide his blush as Hiei
obediently climbed in
next, "Not to worry, my adorable little fire demon, I
found some black for
you."

Yusuke and Koenma snickered at his nickname until they
saw the death glare
aimed at them. Soon Hiei stood in a pure black,
tightly fitting suit, with
an embroidered dragon of the darkest flame.

Lana smiled brightly, "I do hope you'll at least give
me the honor of one
dance?"

Hiei bowed, "Of course."

"You're up, binky man."

Koenma scowled, but wisely stayed quiet and climbed in
as well, 'Rose'
smiled, "Dressing him in silver as well?"

"Actually black and silver....I really need to buy
some more material next
time I get a chance....or I guess I could have you do
it Ku...Rose."

Kurama cringed at the near mishap, "Luckily you have
more black then silver
material left."

"Yes, so only his shirt will be silver," before Koenma
could say anything
she poured the jar on his head and he was blinded...

Yusuke whistled, "Wow he looks good...."

Koenma noticed his binky was gone, "Where's..."

"It's still one you, only it's on a chain around your
neck, tucked under the
shirt. Admittedly...I was tempted, but I didn't"

Kurama laughed as Koenma felt it and sighed in relief.
"Now everyone is
presentable..."

"Rose hold on I have something to complete everyone's
outfits!"

Lana ran into a room no one else had noticed and
Yusuke looked at everyone,
"How many rooms are in this cave?"

Hiei smirked, "its better not to think about that...I
explored around here
once....I counted 13 before I was caught and made to
sit and drink tea while
we talked....and that one she just went into isn't one
of them...."

Lana came back in with a small bundle of roses in her
hands, "here we go a
blue rose for Yusuke's suit, a black one for Hiei's, a
black and silver one
for Koenma's, a silver one for me and a gold one for
you Rose."

Koenma looked down at his rose, "How'd you get a black
and silver one?"

"I grew a black rose bush next to a silver one of
course....added a little
plant love potion....and viola."

Kurama smiled as he worked his rose into his hair,
"Now I think we're
ready."

Lana nodded, "Koenma... you're in charge of
transportation, I'm not in the
mood to walk...oh...I almost forgot..." she opened the
one box left on her
bed and pulled out a pair of silver boots with the
Dragon of the Darkest
Flame going down the sides, "Just wouldn't do to go to
a ball bare foot, now
would it."

Kurama laughed, "Although I could see you doing it..."

"True...but unlike most dress shoes, these boots are
comfy. Now Koenma, the
rest is up to you, take us away."

With a flash they were no longer in the cave, but
standing outside the
entrance to the castle looking building where the ball
was taking place,
Rose looked at everyone smiling, /this should be
fun.../

Lana smirked, her own plotting going on in her head as
she laced her arm
through Koenma's, "So lead the way."

Yusuke and Hiei smirked as Koenma blushed but lead
everyone up to the doors
and into the sound of the party. A man prepared to ask
for all their
invitations before he recognized Lana, "Lady Lana?!?"

Lana blinked looking at the younger demon before she
recognized him, "Leo?"
She growled before pulling out a wooden fan and
smacking him on the head,
taking back up Koenma's arm she urged them forward
again before speaking
over her shoulder, "That's for trying to use one of my
own love potions on
me. And for being dumb enough to think I'm not immune
to things like that,
especially when I make them."

Yusuke looked down at him before looking at 'Rose' and
Hiei, "Mental
note...stay on Lana's good side."

Hiei simply nodded as they kept moving, demons and
some humans alike were
noticing the new arrivals, oddly Keiko was talking
with Botan when she
pointed out Yusuke was here. "Botan, who's he with?"

"That would be Lana, not to worry, she has no tastes
for humans....she
probably made him come since he had to deliver her
invitation...she's not a
big fan of these parties...but Yama always makes her
invitations
first....Koenma?"

"I'll admit they all look cute in the new suits...but
who's the other female
kitsune with them?"

"I'm not sure...I know it isn't Lana's sister....she's
not allowed to come
to these parties....she starts too many fights...well
we could always go ask
'em."

They walked up to them and Lana smiled, "Botan!" She
hugged her tightly, "I
haven't seen you since...well....the last time I was
nearly dead...you
should really come visit more often."

Botan grinned, there was just something about Lana
that made it hard not to
smile around her....the complete opposite of her
sister, "Hey Lana, so who's
the new kit?"

Lana looked behind her to see she was pointing to
Kurama, "that's 'Rose',
she's visiting so I thought I'd have her come with me
for a 'girl's night'
out." She grinned mischievously at Kurama before
smirking at Botan. "So
where's the big brute?"

Botan giggled hysterically, Lana was the only one she
knew that could get
away with calling the 'great King Yama' names, "He's
where he usually is at
these parties, sitting at the head table."

Keiko looked appraisingly at Yusuke, Lana smiled, and
"Yusuke aren't you going
to ask your girl to dance?"

Yusuke and Keiko both flushed brightly as he held his
arm out to her, Kurama
smirked as they went to the dance floor.

"Hiei why don't you ask 'Rose' to dance? Oh here, have
some 'punch' 'Rose'."
She handed Kurama a small glass of 'red punch' as Hiei
began leading them
towards the floor...

Kurama tried to figure out what she was up to as he
took a big swig of his
drink, he managed to finish it and set the cup down
before they began
dancing and he realized too late what was going
on..../she just gave me the
antidote...she lied about how long it had to
simmer...that little.../ he
felt a sudden warmth go through him as Hiei began a
slow dance, SHIT!

Hiei could sense something going on, 'Rose's' scent
was changing to one much
more familiar....

Lana began laughing so hard she literally clutched to
Koenma for support,
Koenma and Botan looked to where she was looking and
watched as Rose began
to change to someone they knew...."Kurama?!?!?"

Kurama blushed furiously as Hiei looked at him with
wide, confused
eyes....not only did everyone know he was Rose....but
now he was stuck....in
a dress..../DAMN IT LANA!!!!/

Hiei suddenly smirked before continuing the dance,
holding Kurama closer
than before.

Lana straightened up, "I know he'll get me back for
that one....oh well,
come on Koenma, let's dance."

Blushing Koenma led her out onto the dance floor
stepping lightly as he
began the slow dance, Botan snickered as she noticed a
very surprised King
Yama watching his son and his 'date.'

Kurama sent a meaningful glare at her before Hiei
dipped him, "You look good
in a dress even in your true form." Hiei smirked
widely before spinning him
up into his arms.

Kurama blushed brightly while trying not to loose his
footing, "I...I
...I..."

"Shhhhh, now I know what she meant about you not
knocking anything else
over.....you always manage to get into trouble when
you visit
her....besides....I heard most of your conversation
with her....it just
didn't click right away."

"I didn't mean..."

"I know, so is it safe to say if I told you how I
feel....you wouldn't turn
me away?"

"I'm curious....what did you mean....in the bar...when
you said "I
wouldn't understand?"

"Well I know as a human you have a nice sized fan club
at your school....."

Kurama laughed, "Hiei, I'm not interested in any of
those girls, I'm only
polite. Personally I thought...you'd be the one not
interested."

Hiei leaned forward and gently brushed his lips
against Kurama's, "I'm more
than a little interested, silly fox."

Kurama smiled happily as Hiei pulled away and
continued their dance.
Lana smiled happily before almost cuddling into
Koenma, she was glad to see
her two boys finally together. Koenma smiled with his
head resting on top of
hers, she fit so perfectly against him, the song ended
and another began,
Lana smiled before looking up at Koenma, "I love this
song...."

Koenma nodded making a mental note of that as 'The
Last Unicorn' began
playing, he held her a little closer as he began
dancing them in slow
circles on the floor. Kurama smiled over at Lana, he
knew this was one of
her favorite songs; she had it on CD, cassette, and
record in her cave.
Although he wasn't sure how she got them...or if she
had players hidden
somewhere to play them in...

As the song reached its end King Yama tapped his son
on the shoulder before
addressing Lana, "May I have the next dance?"

Koenma stepped back as Yama placed his hands in the
proper places, already
he found himself missing her warmth and oddly Lana
missed the way they fit
together more than she thought she should, as the
dance started Kurama
looked over at her and frowned, she didn't look all
too happy to be dancing
with Yama, and at the side lines of the dance floor
Koenma looked at a loss
as he watched his father dance with her. "Hiei why
don't you ask Lana for
her dance...."

Hiei looked over and realized the same thing as Kurama
had, he stole a quick
kiss before going and stealing Lana from King Yama.
Lana rested her head on
top of the shorter fire demons before sighing and
whispering, "Thank you."

Hiei smirked, "I noticed you didn't look that happy
dancing with
him....although you looked content to dance with
Koenma...."

Lana's cheeks flushed before she smirked, "I noticed
you and Kurama seem to
be getting over some obstacles...."

"Thanks to you."

She smiled serenely, "Well I like seeing my two
favorite boys happy."

Hiei smiled happily, which had the effect of Yusuke
stepping on Keiko's foot
before turning away to concentrate, "I've realized
something about you
today....you treat Kurama and I like your
children....."

Lana smiled, "Well someone needs to, other than his
human mother of course,
I like her."

The song ended as the band tried to think of what to
play next, Hiei led her
over to Koenma, "I believe this is your partner
originally."

Koenma tried not to blush as he took Lana's hand and
Hiei went back to
Kurama. More modern music began playing as Koenma and
Lana made their way to
a small table, Koenma pulled out her chair for her to
sit, "Would you like
something to drink?"

"Sure anything but the green punch."

"What's the green?"

Lana smirked, "It happens to be Leo's favorite....and
is currently spiked
with a small potion that makes one act like a
monkey....quite literally....I
don't recommend it for any of us.....except maybe your
father..."

Koenma coughed to cover a laugh as he went to get them
some of the orange
punch. Lana sat watching everyone else that was
around, Yusuke and Keiko
were standing off to one side of the dance floor
talking, Kurama and Hiei
were still slow dancing to the faster music whispering
to each other as they
stared into their eyes, and Yama was sitting at his
head table talking to
one demon or another with an all together unhappy look
on his face. Koenma
on the other hand was putting punch into two cups for
them, /I can't believe
how comfortable I feel with the little
twerp.....hmmmmm/

Koenma sat down beside her and they managed to stay
unnoticed for almost
half an hour before King Yama brought over a group of
demons, and others who
had been waiting to meet the infamous Lana. Question
after question began
coming forth and patiently Lana answered them, getting
a little more
agitated after the first fifty, "I hate to steal Lana
from everyone, but I
like this song." He took her hand and led her to the
dance floor where she
hid her face in his neck as they danced to Nightwish's
version of 'The
Phantom of the Opera.'

"Thank you, Koenma."

"For what?"

"Whisking me away from those morons, I can handle up
to three questions from
people I've just met before I become weary of them,
the only exception ever
being Kurama and that's just because he is cutely
curious like a kit."

Koenma smiled, "It's no problem, ...I like dancing with
you."

"If Yama insists on pestering me though.....I may just
give Ora a shout...."

Koenma smiled, "Is she really as bad as everyone
says?"

"She's not really bad......but she can be.....everyone
thinks she starts the
fights just because she can....but in truth usually
it's to end the party
and let me go home....we have our differences.....but
we do love each
other.....she's always looked out for me in the past."

Koenma smiled softly down at her before lightly
kissing her forehead, "I
have the distinct feeling my father likes you."

"I couldn't care less.....he's a friend, and that's
all I'll ever see him
as."

There was a light blush to her cheeks as she nuzzled
her head against his
shoulder, "You could summon Ora, then we could sneak
away....I think a lot
of people would appreciate it."

"Except whomever she decides to pick the fight
with..."

"Well....no plan is perfect," he looked at her warmly
before asking
uncertainly, "Lana...?"

"Hmm?"

"May I kiss you?"

Lana's eyes widened before she smiled softly, "Yes."

Koenma leaned forward uncertainly before brushing his
lips against hers and
kissing them softly. He pulled back and watched her
eyes open before she
pulled him down to her again and kissed him back,
running her tongue gently
along his lower lip until he opened his mouth for her
to deepen the kiss.

Kurama stopped mid-step, stunned at what he was
seeing, Hiei turned and
literally fell onto his ass, neither of them had ever
seen her kiss someone
and mean it.....

The demon that King Yama was talking to stopped as he
saw the look on his
face and turned to see the cause....

Botan walked up behind her and whispered, "Lana don't
look now...but I think
King Yama is coming this way...."

Lana closed her eyes and concentrated, /Ora....I need
you....now..../

Her eyes were still closed when Yama was still four
feet away.....and the
door burst open to reveal a female gold kitsune with
bronze skin, in a black
mini skirt, gold tube top and gold thigh high boots
with a red dragon
embroidered on them, "Mai, mai, what have we here? A
party....I'm guessing
my invitation must have gotten lost...." She glared
around the room, her
silver eyes softening just a touch as they landed on
her sister, /which one
is getting ready to start trouble?/

Lana sighed in relief, Yama.

/The big red guy with the hots for you.....oh who's
the cutey you're with
now?/

Lana's face flushed as she looked into her sister's
eyes, Yama's son....

Ora laughed out loud before moving through the crowd,
King Yama cringed as
she began making scathing remarks to everyone
present.....thus the fighting
began.....but something quite unexpected happened as
the gang was trying to
leave....King Yama lost his patience.....and grabbed
Ora by the
throat.....Lana's temper snapped, "YAMA!!!" he froze
and turned to her as
everyone else backed away, her aura was flaring red,
and her voice came out
deathly calm, "Release MY sister...now."

Yama hesitated as her gold eyes began glowing with a
dark fire and Hiei
pulled everyone nearby behind her....a glowing Jagon
eye could just barely
be made out under her dress at the small of her back.
. Lana...? Ora tried
to reach her sister mentally..../Lana...../ her mental
voice was becoming
choked as well as Yama's hand tightened subconsciously
in fear.

"I...SAID...LET...HER...GO!."

Yama's hand freed her immediately and the magic wind
around Lana died down
as she went to check on her sister, /I should have
known better Ora....his
temper was already thin from seeing me kiss his
son.../

Whoa you kissed the twirp? How was it?

Lana smiled, none of your business...

Awww you're no fun....

"I believe this party is over, Yama...." she turned
and began to leave
before turning back to him, "Just remember Yama....I
am the only one allowed
to physically fight with my sister.....understood?"

He nodded sedately, /Sis have I told you lately that
you are one scary bitch
when you're pissed?/

I believe you just did.

You're my favorite sibling.

Lana shook her head as they all walked outside before
saying out loud, "I'm
your only sibling."

"All the more reason for you to be my favorite."

Lana laughed before turning to everyone else, "Well
looks like you'll all be
staying with me for the rest of the night."

"Do you have that many rooms?"

Lana and Ora looked at each other smirking, "Yes."
They said in unison
before breaking out in a fit of giggles.

Kurama snickered, "Well I guess you two have some
things in common after
all."

Ora stuck her tongue out at him as Lana mock glared,
"We don't know what
you're talking about."

Hiei smirked, "You two shouldn't do that...people will
get the impression
you actually like each other."

Ora looked appalled as she looked at everyone, "If
anyone asks....this never
happened..."

Lana smirked, "So Ora will you be staying too?"

She looked knowingly at Koenma, "I think I'll go ahead
to a bar or
something, then head home.....do have fun
though...sis..." /Bout time you
got over that last ass whole...the twerp may help/

Lana blushed reading loud and clear what Ora's
thoughts were at the moment,
"All right then, are we going out for our birthday
again this year?"

"Sure, Kurama can plan the party again..."

"It's Hiei's turn."
"That works too....after all he is 'your' adorable
little fire
demon....maybe this year they'll plan it
together...that'll be fun."

Ora turned and seemed to vanish before everyone;
Yusuke looked around,
"How'd she do that?"

Lana smirked, "She teleports, one of the few things
she's better at than I
am."

"Wait you can teleport?"

"Not very well...." she looked down embarrassedly,
"That's why I make the
potion that makes it easier....too bad it doesn't last
nearly as long. I'm
still trying to perfect it so it works permanently."

Yusuke looked up suddenly, "Hey why wasn't Kuwabara at
the ball?"

Hiei smirked, "Easy....he would have tried to take
Yukina."

"What does that..." realization struck before he
finished that question,
"oh."?

"Koenma, can you take us back to my cave?"

Koenma nodded before putting his arm around her and
with a pop they were
suddenly outside of her cave again, she showed
everyone inside before
leading them to where the guest rooms apparently were.
Keiko looked around
curiously, "How many rooms are there?!?"

Lana smirked, "A lot, now I suggest you all wait in
your rooms in the
morning until I come to lead you to the dining room
for breakfast. We don't
need anyone getting lost. By the way there's a hope
chest at the foot of
each bed with sleeping clothes in them....there should
be something that
fits each of you in it and there's a bathroom over to
the left in each one."
After everyone else was in their designated rooms,
Lana led Koenma to her
room, "You can either sleep in here....with me....or I
can take you to
another room....?"

Koenma blushed brightly with the implications,
"Um....I guess I can sleep in
here...."

Lana smiled before beginning to strip out of her new
dress and digging for
something to wear to bed, Koenma tried as hard as he
could not to stare
while she tossed him a pair of sleeping pants and
changed into a black silk
nightgown.../if I'm really expected to sleep....it's
gonna be a helluva long
night. /

(Warning: following part is yaoi!!!)

*Kurama and Hiei's room*

Hiei watched Kurama closely as he changed into a pair
of silk sleeping pants
and turned to him, holding up a smaller pair of black
cotton sleeping pants,
"I think these are your size..." Kurama hoped that the
darkness of the room
was enough to hide his blush as Hiei began to strip
out of his own suit.

Hiei stepped up to Kurama after sliding the pants on
and cupped his cheek
before standing on his tip toe to kiss him, running
his tongue gently along
his lips until he opened his mouth to the kiss. Hiei
had avoided this deep
of a kiss in public, finding himself a little self
conscious and unsure of
his own abilities in kissing. Kurama on the other hand
was in seventh
heaven, he was finally getting to taste 'his' fire
demon and sweet was his
reward for waiting so patiently for him.

"Kurama?" Hiei's voice sounds much less confident as
his crimson eyes looked up to gaze into Kurama's gold.

Kurama's voice comes out gentle and encouraging, "Yes,
Koi?"

Hiei smiled at the new nickname, but he still looked a
little embarrassed,
his voice was small as he looked to everywhere but
Kurama, "I've....never
been....um....with another male...."

/So that's it....well technically neither have
I.....but I've at least read
about it....maybe that'll help if I guide him. /
"Neither have I....but I've
read about it.....I could instruct....if you like?"

Hiei sighed, glad that at least one of them seemed to
know something on what
they were doing, and almost giddy with the thought
that'd he'd be Kurama's
first, "That should work...."

Kurama looked around...what was one to use for lube,
especially considering
they were in a potion master's home...../what the...?/
A small gift box was
on the night stand on Kurama's side, he sat on the bed
and pulled Hiei down
next to him as he opened the box to find a note from
Lana, 'To my two
favorite boys, it's about time you got together and
since you're both a
little new at this, winking at you now I made a
little something for you,
it's a lubricant and it also....well helps with any
pain that may be
accidentally inflicted. Be happy you two...and Have
Fun, Lana.' Beside her
name she'd drawn a grinning, winking happy face.

Kurama shook his head and laughed, "I guess this makes
up for the whole
'giving me the antidote at the ball' thing." He stood
and stripped out of
his sleeping pants before having Hiei do the same
thing, next he laid
himself down on the bed and had Hiei kneel between his
legs; both flushed
brightly getting a whole new view of each other.
/Inari...I'm a kitsune...I
should not be this self-conscious!/

Hiei found himself blushing and feeling just as
self-conscious, /Killing a few
humans or demons, no problem....make love to the
kitsune of my
dreams.....blush like an idiot.....baka baka baka!/

"O.k.....um you need to prepare me first...."

Hiei looked at him uncertainly, "Prepare?"

/Inari....if I didn't love him so much...I'd probably
chicken out and
run..../ He handed Hiei the lube before laying back
and praying his face
wasn't as gold as his human form's hair, "you'll need
to put some of the
lubricant onto your fingers....and...Um..." he
indicated 'down there.'

Hiei nodded before dipping a finger into the lubricant
before running it
around the edges of the ring of muscle he'd later be
trying to get inside
of, before slipping it inside, /times like this I wish
I had paid more
attention when the thieves were talking about this
shit.......how the Hell
am I going to fit in there.....it's too tight./

He experimented with moving his finger around and
brushed over something
oddly textured that made Kurama buck off the bed and
release a whimpering moan,
he stopped and looked up at him with concern, "Don't
stop...."

Hiei nodded, letting a small smile play on his lips as
he brushed over it
again on purpose glad he now knew something that could
bring Kurama
apparently a lot of pleasure. He slipped his finger
almost all of the way
out before pouring some of the lube on his other
finger and adding it as
well, Kurama bit back a hiss at the sensation, until
Hiei hit that one spot
again and he pushed himself down further on both of
them, /mental
note....aim for that spot..../ Hiei almost chuckled as
he began wiggling his
fingers inside him making sure to hit that spot as
often as possible and
memorizing its location.

Kurama moaned as his body began moving against Hiei's
fingers of its own
accord, Hiei pulled his fingers back and added a third
lubed digit, this
time Kurama did hiss and began willing his body to
relax, "Did I hurt you?"

"No, it's alright."

Hiei looked at him doubtfully before wiggling his
fingers and brushing
'that' spot again, reserve lost, Kurama pushed back
onto the fingers moaning
loudly. Hiei smirked; he was really enjoying making
the infamous Youko
Kurama make such wanton sounds.

I can't wait any longer, pain or no pain... "Hiei,
now," Hiei looked at
him curiously, "Pour the rest of the lube on yourself
and get in, NOW!"

Hiei blushed as he poured the rest of the lube in his
hand and began rubbing
it onto his neglected sex; it was odd feeling Kurama's
eyes burning along
his skin as he did something no one had ever watched
him do.

Kurama settled his legs around Hiei's slim hips,
offering himself to 'his'
fire demon.

Hiei moved carefully as he began to slide into
Kurama's all too welcoming
body with one thought echoing loudly in his mind,
tight! He stopped when
Kurama made a pained noise and managed to stay
perfectly still until Kurama
nodded at him to continue, he moved forward carefully
until he brushed 'it'
again and Kurama slammed himself down onto him. Hiei
froze, his body telling
him to fuck the ever living shit out of the body
beneath him, but his mind
and heart reminding him that this was Kurama's first
time as well and to be
delicate.

Experimentally Hiei moved and Kurama's legs moved to
wrap around him as his
own body moved to meet their first thrust. Hiei began
slowly, until it
wasn't enough for Kurama, "Faster....Hiei."

Hiei raised an eyebrow at 'his' kitsune before
complying, still managing to
be careful until Kurama moved his body and threw his
arms around him,
letting his claws scratch down his back; Hiei gave an
unintentionally hard
thrust and stopped waiting for Kurama to yell at
him.....but was surprised
when Kurama looked up at him with clouded eyes,
"Again...."

Hiei gladly complied.

Hiei continued to thrust hard into Kurama's tightness
with Kurama meeting every thrust. They continued the
new found pace until Hiei felt himself getting
close....and wanted to make sure Kurama came with
him....but what to did he have to do...../well....why
the hell not?/ He wrapped his hand around Kurama's
straining erection and was surprised when he came in
his hand, his muscles clinching and pulling Hiei with
him.

Carefully Hiei pulled out and moved to the side before
collapsing onto the bed and raining light kisses on
Kurama's face, "Was that good?"

Kurama chuckled tiredly, "That was fan-fucking-tastic,
'My little Koorime'
more so than I thought possible."

Hiei smiled before pulling a cover up over them and
cuddling until sleep
laid its claim on them.

(YAOI PART IS OVER FOR NOW)

*Yusuke and Keiko's room*

Yusuke looked at Keiko appraisingly before speaking,
"so Keiko....we have a
room to our selves...." he slowly let a hand run over
her ass.....

"HENTAI!!!!" a resounded SMACK rang through out
their room and Keiko went
to the separate bed. She glared back at Yusuke, who
was still lying on the
floor with little swirls where his eyes should be. "If
you so much as walk
too close to my bed...I'll turn you into a woman the
HARD way quicker than
you can say, help."

Yusuke stuck his thumb up in the air to show that he
understood before
trying to pry himself off the floor and sluggishly
made his way to 'HIS'
bed.

*Lana's bedroom*

For the first thirty minutes after they'd laid down,
Koenma had been almost
too afraid to move, the room was exceedingly dark
since he guessed the cave
went underground, but what really worried him was he
couldn't be sure as to
what Lana was doing...

He felt a light touch ghost across his chest, light
enough he thought he'd
imagined it until a warm hand settled over his left
nipple and he felt her
nose nuzzle him. It was at times like this he wished
that he had the dark
vision of a kitsune. He felt her move before hot
breath ghosted over the
nipple her hand had just been covering and she sucked
it into her mouth,
letting her hand roam up and down his chest gently.
His breath caught at the
sensation and she pulled back to look at him, the only
thing he could see
was her glowing eyes in the darkness, "Should I stop?"

Koenma rose an eyebrow as he brought his hand up to
cup her cheek, "Do you
want to?"

She nuzzled her cheek into his hand, "That's not what
I meant; I wanted to
know if you wanted ME to stop?"

Koenma blushed; "Oh...." he looked towards her
uncertainty written across his face, wishing he could
see her face."I've...um....well..."

Lana smiled to herself in the dark, "You've never been
with anyone....have
you?"

Koenma shook his head, knowing she could see it, with
a quiet whisper a
candle across the room lit so there was just enough
light for him to be able
to see. She was laying beside him with her head
pillowed on his arm, looking
up at him and smiling brightly, "What?"

Lana's smile turned to a much softer one, "I'll tell
you what, if I do
something you don't like....or that scares you, tell
me and we can stop.
Deal?"

Koenma nodded apprehensively as she dipped her head
back down to nibble on his
chest stopping at each nipple before continuing down
to nibble the sensitive
skin around his belly button. A noise somewhere
between a laugh and a moan
escaped his lips as he tilted his head back and closed
his eyes. Lana's
voice was part seductive and part amused as she looked
up at him, "Is
someone a little ticklish around their belly button?"

Koenma's voice wavered as he answered,
"N....nnn...no."

"Hasn't anyone ever taught you not to lie to a
kitsune...we can smell
lies..."

She flicked her tongue around the skin again before
nuzzling her nose
against the very top of his sleeping pants, the Reikai
prince gasped as he
felt his body respond. What is she doing to me....?

Lana moved her hands to grab the waist band of his
pants and whispered,
"Lift your hips..."

Koenma obeyed, wondering what she was doing until he
felt her pull his pants
down and off of him, "EEP!"

Lana stopped and looked down at her 'handy work'
pleased to find that he
seemed very excited, and she found it adorable that he
was embarrassed. She
ran her hands gently up and down his thighs, feeling
them tremble before she
brought her face forward and nibbled on his inner
thigh. Koenma moaned and
threw his head back against her pillows; no longer
really caring what the
hell she decided to do to him. Lana smirked before
flicking her tongue out
against the side of him and chuckling darkly as he
involuntarily thrust up,
she moved swiftly between his legs and looked up,
waiting for him to open
his eyes.

Koenma opened his eyes to see hers sparkling in the
darkness, her face
covered in shadows before she grinned and went down
swiftly, swallowing him
whole....throughout the cave the others jerked as they
heard a rather
pleased scream that they recognized as Koenma. Kurama
laughed lightly before
snuggling closer to Hiei, "I can't help but wonder
what all she's doing to
him...."

"Hn."

Yusuke looked balefully at Keiko, "Am I the only one
here that isn't getting
any action?"

Keiko smirked, "You could always go join Kurama and
Hiei...."

Yusuke shuddered before wisely shutting up and blowing
out the candle.

Lana smirked around her work, wrapping and swirling
her tongue around him as
she pulled her head up before going down again, this
time Koenma managed to
keep to lower noises....but he could make out through
his haze that her ears
were pointed towards him, taking in every sound he
made.

Lana pulled back with a groan of disappointment from
him, she smiled,
"patience pet." She moved two of her tails to tickle
his thighs, while one
moved the very tip up and down him; she kissed him as
she moved to where she
was straddling him before moving them back, "Just do
what your instincts
tell you to now."

Koenma looked at her curiously before she moved down
the rest of the way and
he suddenly lost all thought and thrust up into her,
he opened his eyes at
the sound of her moan. Her head was thrown back and
her hair was rubbing
against his thighs as he thrust up experimentally,
another moan escaped her
throat as she moved with him.

"Like that...."

Koenma moved his hands up to cup her breasts as they
bounced with his every
thrust, his mind clouded as his body seemed to know
what it was doing, his
fingers tweaked her nipples and her hips jerked
harshly against him another
moan escaping parted lips...and Koenma was suddenly
looking down into
startled gold eyes.

*In a bedroom at an Inn*

Ora smirked up at the ceiling, "Who knew the twerp had
it in him?" She
closed her eyes again seeing what all was happening to
her
sister....physically her hand slid under the top of
her mini skirt and Ora
began playing with herself.

*Back in Lana's room*

Lana arched her back against him as Koenma lowered his
mouth down to a pert
nipple sucking it into his mouth and suckling lightly
until he felt her hand
on the back of his head urging him on. He sucked
harder and was rewarded
with a moan and a twitch of her inner muscles along
him.

His thrusting became a little harsher as her hips
started lifting against
him, he brought his lips to her and began kissing her
with bruising force
the change of the angle enough for her as her muscles
started clinching him
and he pulled back to let her scream echo along the
cave before his own
voice joined hers as he came with her....

Throughout the cave everyone sat up as their combined
energies surged
through it.

Yusuke looked at Keiko with wide eyes, "What the Hell
just happened?!?!?"

Keiko looked back at him her face flushed before she
pounced on him and
proceeded to rip his pants off....

Kurama looked at Hiei curiously before he was pulled
on top of the smaller
demon, "I don't know what just happened for sure
fox....but get me prepared
and get inside me...NOW!"

Kurama nodded before grabbing what was left of the
lubricant.

Koenma collapsed on top of her unable to move....Lana
brought two of her
tails up to lift him a little off of her before moving
him over to one side,
his eyes were already trying to close as she brushed
her lips against his,
"Sleep now, Koenma."

"Hmmmm," his eyes closed and faster than anyone could
say anything he was
asleep.

Lana smiled and closed her eyes, /enjoy the show Ora?
/

Ora jumped guiltily, um....

/Its o.k. I don't mind....just don't mention that you
know everything to
Koenma....he'd probably blush so hard he'd pass out./

Deal.

Lana yawned and felt her sister smile, /Good night
Ora./

She felt a yawn from the other party, Night sis.

*Morning*

Lana awoke earlier than all the others took her
shower, got dressed, and
began breakfast. She set the table and had juice and
coffee ready when she
finally went to collect everyone. Yususke and Keiko
were first....Lana almost
laughed herself to death....Yususke had a positively
confused look on his
face even asleep and Keiko was so sprawled on top of
him...her head was
dangling off part of the bed....

Lana coughed lightly and the two jerked awake and
apart from each other,
"Breakfast is done, you should get dressed and I'll
grab you on the way
back..."

She snickered as she rounded the corner that lead to
Kurama and Hiei's room,
she looked in to find them getting dressed, Kurama in
his regular clothes
that she'd put in the trunk so he didn't have to wear
another dress, "Ah I
see you two are up and ready...." she smirked
knowingly at them, "Come along
then, it's time for breakfast....and I'm sure you both
need something to
replenish your energy...."

Kurama blushed and Hiei smirked before following her
back down the hall.
Yusuke and Keiko were standing outside of their room,
refusing to look at
each other.

Lastly after sitting them in the kitchen she went to
her own room and woke
Koenma up, he sat up blurrily before smiling up at
her, "It's time to get up
for breakfast."

He nodded before climbing out of bed and turning his
back to her to
dress...where Lana could see her claw marks going down
his back.../Oops./

Ora awoke at the unintentional message sent to her,
What'd you do sis?

She sent the image of Koenma's back....

Oh...wow....nice work....

Lana could feel the smirk behind the words as she
tuned back into watching
Koenma dress, before leading him to the kitchen where
the others had already
begun to eat, she sat him down and fixed him a plate
before grabbing a cup
of coffee an a smaller plate of just eggs.

Kurama looked at her oddly, "What is this meat?"

She smirked, "Don't worry, it's actually bacon, I got
it on my last trip to
the ningen world."

Hiei looked at her and noticed she had the last of the
eggs and there didn't
seem to be much food left on the table. "You're out of
food aren't you?"

Lana sighed, leave it to Hiei to notice something like
that, "I haven't been
shopping in a while...and I don't usually have guests
over night."

Everyone managed to look ashamed as they realized the
eggs on her plate was
all that was left, Hiei look the last piece of his
bacon off his plate and
handed it to her, "Here at least have some meat."

She took it smiling, /When did they start looking out
for me...? /

Kurama passed her another piece so she had a decent
breakfast, "thank you."

Yusuke Keiko looked down; all they had was a few
pieces of eggs left.

After they finished eating they sat in the living room
quietly talking, when
Kurama and Hiei both looked at her, "So where do you
want the party to be
this year?"

"You boys choose again."

Koenma looked at them curiously, "When is your
birthday?"

Lana smirked, "A date that not even Yama
knows....you'll get an invitation,
but don't let him read it.....last thing I want is him
showing up...in
fact....give me a couple of drops of your blood."

They all looked at her oddly.

"What...I can make an ink that only he'll be able to
read then."

Resounding, 'ohs' echoed through the room.

Lana lead everyone where they needed to go to gather
everything, including
Yusuke's healing salve and as they were leaving the
cave, she grabbed
Kurama's hand as he went to grab a vile on another
shelf, "No Pup, you've
had enough of an accident to last at least until after
my birthday."

Kurama blushed as she ushered him quickly outside, and
Hiei laughed, "she
has a point....you're worse than a pup."

"Oh hush you."

"Kurama and Hiei I trust they are taking their usual
way back, and I am guessing
that Koenma will be taking you two back."

Koenma sighed before stealing another kiss, and
whispering in her ear, "When
can I come see you again?"

"I have some orders for potions to finish first....so
a couple of
days...unless you want to sit and watch me make
them....I don't think Yama'd
be too happy about that though."

Koenma smiled, "Fuck what my dad thinks."

"Don't let him hear you say that."

"You know for some reason...I don't really care at the
moment."

Lana smiled, Hiei and Kurama had already taken
off...."You'd best get those
two home, and if you need me..." she pulled out a ring
of Inari, "think my
name while wearing this....." she kissed his cheek
while he slid it on his
finger.

Koenma reluctantly popped away to deliver Yusuke and
Keiko home.

Lana walked back into her cave and slowly began making
the potions she
needed to get done her mind continuing to wonder back
to last night's
events....

She didn't notice the gold kitsune walk into the
cave....but she felt the
familiar presence of her sister, "Hello Ora."

"Damn....why is it I can never surprise you...?"

Lana laughed, "Because I can sense you better than you
can me."

Ora sighed, "I still can't see how you, who always
smells of potions and
shit, can sneak up on me....."

"Ora give it a rest already, so what brings you here?"

She smirked widely, "Nothing really....just wanted to
say thanks for the new
masturbation material."

Lana 'tsked' "Really such vulgar language...what would
mother say?"

Ora rolled her eyes, "Nothing since she's dead."

"I know....can you pass me that red vial to your left,
third row down from
the top, it's the only red vial on that one."

Ora grabbed it carefully before tossing it to her.
"You know eventually
you're gonna die in here...and no one but me is gonna
know it for days."

Lana looked up sadly, "Yeah....I know."

Ora looked at her with wide silver eyes, she hadn't
expected her to agree on
that..."Um...." change of subject "Thanks for
sticking up for me in front
of Yama...."

"Ora..." her sister stopped, hearing the serious note
in Lana's voice, "If I
die and Yama brings me back and I seem different in
anyway....I want you to
give me this."

She handed her a small blue vial with a crest of Inari
on it, "What is it?"

"It's something that will revert me back to myself if
Yama's done something
to alter my way of thinking."

"You can count on me for this sis, I like you the way
you are...and I kinda
like the twerp too, he made you happy for a
change....OW!"

She rubbed the back of her head where a little fairy
carrying something four
times her size and weight had ran into it, a small
voice said, "Sorry Ora."
as she handed the object to Lana.

"Thank you Pique. Hopefully it wasn't too much trouble
to get."

"No....but it did try and chase me luckily it can't
fly...it got stuck in
some quick sand...I left a vine to help it out and
flew away."

Ora smiled, "Ah Pique...I can never recognize you when
you're that small."

The fairy poofed into a bigger form, folding her wings
to her, she stood at
five feet even and wearing only a pair of red boots,
"Hey Ora. Lana is my
room still where it was....I'm tired." (For a picture
of what Pique is
supposed to look like go here:
http://www.amybrownarchive.com/detail.asp?img=254 )

"Of course."

The fairy flew off down the hallway and Ora shook her
head, "Does she ever
wear anything besides just those red boots?"

"Sometimes."

Ora turned, "So I'll see you for our birthday?"

"Of course."

"See you then." she ran out of the cave quickly and
vanished into the
forest.

Lana sighed as she went back to her potion...

Hey sis?

Lana looked up at the ceiling, Yeah Ora?

I love you.

Lana smiled, /I love you too....now go have fun for
both of us./

You got it.

A.N. There we go, so what do you think? Lana and Ora
are my original
characters and so is Pique of course, but I used the
picture by Amy Brown to
best describe her. Hope you liked this story;
originally I wasn't planning
on putting Lana and Koenma together....but it somehow
ended that way.....I
may do another Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic, but until
then....

THE END

Song's translation:

Father once told me "The youkai are the hand that
protects"
Mother once told me "The humans are the hand that
nurtures"
When both hands are joined, the door will open
From inside the crimson flames, thou are returned.
We, the children, are the light that defends...
That defends


A.N. I'm sorry if the formatting really messes with anyone...something about my gmail account that my beta e-mailed it to me in....and everytime I try to fix it it fucks up the story....i'll keep trying though....