Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I do own the story line and the original characters that will be introduced in this story. Kurama and Hiei have never met, what will happen when they do, and what will go down, when Kurama finds out Hiei's little secret? And what will Hiei do, when he discovers Kurama's dirty little secret? I give you... Chapter One.

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Kurama sighed heavily as he looked down at the computer screen that sat on his lap. He shook his head as he clicked the mouse pad several times, scrolling down the pages that were there. "Why the hell did I let my mother talk me into this?" he shook his head again and grimaced at the images that were attached to each profile. Online dating was so over rated. These people were hideous. He frowned as he kept scrolling, I mean there were a few that were actually kinda okayish looking... but not many.

I am so vain! He thought sadly. He had extremely high standards when it came to the people that he dated. He didn't want to go out on a public date with someone that contrasted his good looks too much. He sighed heavily as he exited his inbox and hit the browse button on the web page. He sighed again as he began to scroll through the pages that were there. He ran across a few that seemed okay enough and pushed the wink button, silently hoping that they wouldn't respond. This was only for his mother, he wasn't looking for a date at the moment.

It had been three months since he had come out of the closet to his mother and admitted that he had never been interested in women. She had smiled at him and said that she was glad that he was finally ready to admit it to her. This was actually surprising to him. He thought that he was slick enough to keep his sexuality a secret, but apparently not.

"This is so stupid. Why am I subjecting myself to this?" he asked himself. He shook his head and logged off the site. He needed a break and some fresh air. He called out to his mother that he was going for a walk. He walked out of the house and pulled the jacket closer around him. It was November an the chill in the air was clearly evident. He shook his head, more to get his long hair out of his face. He reached up and pushed his luscious red locks behind his ear and turned down the street. This was better than sitting at that stupid computer looking at pictures of other gay teens out there. It was stupid.

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Hiei growled lightly to his sister. "How could you do this to me, Yukina! Why?"

Yukina giggled as she held out the computer to him. "It'll be fun. Come on, for me?"

She smiled lightly as he took the computer, he was grumbling to her as he walked to the couch of their little two bedroom apartment. She went back to making their lunch, smiling as she heard his fingertips tapping on the key board.

"I never should have told her that I was gay. I really stepped in it this time." He growled as he looked through the pictures and profiles there. He shook his head as he continued to scroll. There wasn't anyone that suited his likes. He was a conservative, he didn't want someone with a flashy sports car, he didn't want someone that owned their own building... he just wanted someone like him. He wanted a conservative. Someone who didn't care only about money or fame or the fact that he had the latest gadgets. He wanted someone simple. Not seeing anything he wanted, he sighed heavily as he closed the lid of the laptop.

"I'm going for a walk," he said and walked out of the apartment before she could protest.

He growled as he snuggled into his coat. It was colder than normal and it was only November. That sucks. That meant it was going to be an extreme winter. He sighed as he came to the park. He looked around, seeing kids everywhere running around in their long coats and mittens. He shook his head and continued through the park. He shut his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose, hoping that Yukina would drop the subject of the website.

WHAM! He grunted as he lost his balance.

"I am so sorry," a voice said as strong fingers wrapped around his arms, steadying him on his feet. "I didn't see you..."

Hiei growled lightly as he opened his eyes and blinked. "Holy shit... she... no.. he is gorgeous!" he thought as he seen the man standing before him. The man had long flowing red hair, dazzling emerald eyes, and alabaster skin that seemed to glow in the sunlight. He looked at him and shook his head lightly. "No.. my bad..."

The man chuckled. "Guess we both have our heads in the clouds."

Hiei nodded. "Stressful day..."

The man nodded as he placed his hands in his long overcoat. He shrugged his shoulders. "Well.. see you around."

Hiei watched the man walk past him, turning to see him go. The man was drop dead gorgeous. What the hell... he had thought he was a she... that long hair and feminine features would fool anyone. Hiei shook his head and seen that the man had glanced over his shoulder and stopped walking. Hiei gasped lightly, turning away quickly. He stuck his hands deep in his pockets and walked away, not daring to look back. The man had turned however, and was now watching the shorter man walk away. He smiled as he seen that the boy had disappeared around one of the curves in the path.

"Damn, he was freaking cute!" the red head thought to himself, smiling as he turned and continued his walk.

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Hiei growled at himself, pissed that he had been caught staring after that guy. He was even more upset that he hadn't asked his name. But hey... that was for the best. He had lived here for two years, and recognized most of the faces around him, but not that one. He frowned, maybe he was new to the area too. That was an interesting thought. He looked at the watch on his wrist, shit... he had a interview in an hour and was looking forward to it. He turned and headed home to get ready for it. He wasn't much of an assistant, but it seemed to be the only thing available in the industry around here.

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Kurama sighed lightly, taking the long overcoat off and hanging it up on the coat rack behind the desk. "Hello Maria," he said gently as he seen the young woman standing there beside the desk.

"Hello, Shuiichi," she said with a smile as she sat a few folders on the desk. "How was your morning?"

Kurama smiled and nodded. "It was alright. Tiring as usual, though."

"No luck in the online dating world?" she asked with a smile.

Kurama frowned, hating that she had a brother that was gay, telling her that his profile was up on the same site as his profile was. He shook his head, not wanting to talk about it. She smiled as she watched him sit at the front desk. He looked up at her and she smiled even brighter.

"You and junior look good, how you two doing?" he asked, indicating her well rounded belly.

She placed a hand on her stomach and smiled. "We are good, but there is something that I want to tell you. There is someone coming in today for an interview. If the boss chooses him as my replacement, then I will train him until my maternity leave."

Kurama smiled lightly. "I knew about the interview. Why do you sound so sad about it though? You have gone on maternity leave before and come back stronger than when you left."

Maria sighed lightly. "With three kids and one more about to come to be... I won't be able to come back this time. I have to concentrate my energy on my children, and that means that I will have to give up my career. It is sad, but I want to be a mother."

Kurama smiled lightly. "I understand, as long as you come to visit me."

Maria smiled and nodded. "Oh, no doubt about that."

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Hiei looked up at the large building. He sighed lightly as he looked at the resume in his hands, not very long, mostly odd jobs here and there. But the add in the paper said no experience needed. He shrugged his shoulders and pulled open the large glass doors. He swallowed lightly as he stepped into the large marble lobby of the hotel. He looked around and spotted the information desk. He walked forward where a young woman smiled at him.

"Welcome to the Escape Hotel... Can I help you?" she asked brightly.

Hiei smiled back at her and cleared his throat. "Hi, um.. my name is Hiei Jaganshi, I am here to see Mr. Grubler."

She smiled lightly and picked up the phone beside her. "I have Mr. Jaganshi to see Mr. Grubler..." and after a moment she smiled. "Yes, sir. I will send him up."

She hung up the phone and looked at him. "There is an elevator to the left over here. Mr. Grubler's office is on the Thirteenth floor. He is expecting you."

Hiei nodded and thanked her as he walked to the elevator. As the elevator went to the designated floor, Hiei suddenly felt nervous. He swallowed hard as he seen his reflection in the glass like doors. He straightened his coat, hoping that he looked alright. His hair might be the only thing that get him thrown out of the office. He ran his fingers through it... unable to get it to change. He sighed lightly as the doors opened with a ding. He stepped through the doors and seen another set of glass doors. However, before he could reach for them, a pregnant woman walked over to him.

"Hello there, Hiei," she said lightly and held out her hand to shake with him. "My name is Maria Sanchez... I will be the one that you will be replacing. Mr. Grubler has another client on the phone and would like me to give you a tour of the office until he is ready. Would you follow me, please."

Hiei nodded as she turned and walked around the glass, another hall to the side. It was a glass office? How odd, for the windows of the building were there, and yet... another set of glass windows was there, with a good five feet of walking room around the entire office.

"I know... the set up is kind of odd, huh," she said seeing him look at the double glass. "I thought it odd the first time I seen it too. But it is actually for your benefit. Out here, you can see which person inside that may need assistance. That will be your job. You will help any and all of the representatives here, getting them the files that they need, taking calls that they can't handle, and things like that. If you really look at it, you have the easiest job here."

Hiei frowned, the woman was talking as if he had already gotten the job. "I was picked amongst all the other applicants?"

She giggled lightly and smiled at him. "Because it is a massive hotel chain, the job may seem intimidating to most... in fact... you were the ONLY applicant. So... you have the job... Mr. Grubler is going to give you your contract to look over and sign. That is why he called you in."

Hiei blinked. "I was the ONLY person that applied for this job? That doesn't bode well. The boss must be a jerk or something..." He thought as he followed Maria around the entire office.

"Oh, here, look," she stopped and seen one of the lights above the desks come on. "You are one of a two man team. Botan will be here to assist you with whatever you may need help with. Watch."

Botan was a tall woman, she walked over to the desk and leaned towards the computer. She picked up the phone beside the man that needed her assistance. She spoke into the phone and after a few minutes the girl smiled and nodded into the phone, hanging it up after a minute. She turned back to the computer screen and leaning over the other person's shoulder typed something into the computer. The man nodded and smiled back at her. She smiled and patted him on the shoulder and walked away, slowly looking around the office.

"You see how easy it is," Maria told him. "It's simple. I will teach you the ropes with a computer in the back room. It has the same system as the ones out here, and I will give you a rundown of the types of problems that you might get asked about."

"What if I am unable to keep up?" he asked, worried that he might have bitten off more than he could chew.

"I thought the same thing when I first started," she said and shook her head. "After a few glitches here and there, I was able to catch on. The others won't mind. They all know that you will be new and if anything, you can shadow Botan for a few days if you need further explanations."

Hiei nodded, still uneasy about the situation. Until he seen the man come out of the office. He seen the man and swallowed hard. He smiled through the glass and started to head towards them.

"Mr. Grubler," Maria said lightly as the man approached. "I would like to introduce, Mr. Hiei Jaganshi, your new assistant."

The man smiled and nodded. "I take it Maria has informed you that you were the only applicant."

Hiei nodded lightly. "Yes, sir..."

Grubler smiled and chuckled lightly. "I took time to overlook the resume that you sent me, and I am actually impressed. You are well versed in several different areas. I also contacted the few places that you provided the numbers to. They all said that you are a quick learner, and that you can get a little frustrated pretty quickly, but then again... who doesn't."

Hiei swallowed and nodded. "I try to keep an open mind about things. I can get bored with things easily... but if something new happens often... I can keep focused."

Grubler smirked. Maria giggled as they seen him blush. "You sound just like me. I'm not a mean person, but I have my good days and bad days just like anyone else."

Hiei sighed lightly as the man wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "You will fit in here, Hiei. Trust me. Everyone here is nice, I pay them well enough to be."

Hiei nodded and watched as he held out the folder to him. "What's this?"

Hiei opened the file and looked it over. "Your contract. When you decide if the job is right, just sign it and return one of the copies to me."

"And if I was ready to sign?" he asked lightly, hoping that he didn't sound too desperate.

Grubler, surprised at the young man before him, smiled and pulled out a pen. "Then sign and you start today."

Hiei looked at the contract and seen the rules and guidelines... until he came to one... no tattoos. He winced and looked up to Grubler. "I do have a tattoo."

Grubler blinked and frowned. "You do? How old are you again?"

"Nineteen," he replied. "I... it can be covered."

Maria smiled lightly. "Come on Greg, you have a tattoo. Let the boy have his."

Grubler sighed lightly, his little secret out already. "What is your tattoo of?"

Hiei pulled his sleeve up and revealed the Chinese dragon wrapping around the Knight's sword. Grubler blinked and looked at it. He actually leaned in to get a closer look. "That... wow... that is impressive. Your artist is amazing."

Hiei blushed as he let his sleeve fall back into place. "He had better be... I paid a lot of money for that."

"Family crest?" Grubler asked.

Hiei blinked and felt his mouth fall open... "How did you know?"

"Your name, all together means Dragon's Knight..." he replied. "Sorry... family history is a bit of a hobby to me. I have my family crest as well. Though... I didn't think it through too well."

Hiei chuckled. Greg Grubler... roughly translated in his language simply meant Pussy-willow. Grubler smirked, "I take it you know what it means."

Hiei nodded. "Sorry..."

Grubler laughed and shook his head. "Like I said... didn't think it through too well."

Hiei looked back to the contract in his hands. On call at any time... can be done. Casual dress code, check. He shrugged his shoulders. Pretty basic contract. Grubler held out the pen, Hiei took it and signed the contract. Grubler smiled and took the contract that he held out to him. Hiei signed the second contract and then held out the pen. Grubler took it and put it back in his pocket. He held out his hand, and they shook.

"Welcome to the Escape Hotel family," he said. "Now... I will leave you in Maria's capable hands to get you started. If you have any questions, either ask her, or else ask me. See you around."

With that, the man turned and walked back into the office, Maria smiling brightly as she resumed the tour as if nothing had interrupted them. As the tour came to the staff room in the back, Hiei stopped dead and again felt his mouth drop open again, for the man he had run into at the park was standing there, leaning against the counter, talking with one of the other employees.

"Oh, Shuiichi," Maria called out and the man turned to her. "I want you to meet someone."

Kurama smiled lightly as his companion walked away, leaving him open to walk over to Maria. But he stopped and looked down at the young man by her side. "Shuiichi Minamino, I would like to introduce you to our newest member of the team, Hiei Jaganshi."

Kurama felt his breath hitch in his throat at hearing the man's name... "Dragon's Knight... nice. Sexy, just like him." He shook his head and held out his hand to the smaller man. "Hello, there. Nice to meet you."

Hiei took his hand and felt the warmth in the grip, nodding as he looked up at the man. "Likewise."

Maria smiled and looked at the other coworker who was talking to Kurama moments before. She told Hiei that she would be right back, and walked away. He swallowed lightly and looked at Kurama. Kurama smiled down at him and then looked to the cup of tea in his hand.

"How does the head feel?" he asked, mindlessly dunking the teabag into the steaming water.

Hiei smirked. "I'll be alright," he said, silently grateful that Yukina had made sure that his nose wasn't going to bleed, or even bruise. "I take it you don't walk much."

Kurama chuckled. "Not with my head in the clouds. Just a distracting morning."

Hiei nodded and thought back to Yukina making that stupid profile for him online, glad that he had deleted it before his secret could get out. "Tell me about it. Living with a sister can be a bit like that."

"You have a sister?" Kurama asked. "That's nice. I haven't seen you around... I kind of thought that you were new in town."

Hiei frowned. "I have been here since I was seventeen," he said. "I kind of thought that YOU were new in town."

Kurama chucked lightly. "Working most days, and going to school at night doesn't leave me much time to wonder about."

"College?" Hiei asked.

Kurama nodded. "Plant Biology major."

Hiei nodded lightly, "Cool."

Maria joined them and resumed their tour, leaving Kurama behind to watch them go, looking at what seemed to be an interesting new coworker. He smirked as he walked back to his desk. He decided that it was going to delete that account when he got home, but his mother was going to protest... that sucked. She had made the profile for him. She was the one that wanted to see him in a relationship... but that isn't what he wanted just yet. Oh, well. He figured he could deal with that later, right now, he wanted to see what his new coworker was about. From his desk at the back of the office, he could see him clearly. He hadn't seen him a while ago, he was focused on work. But now... he wondered how he was going to be able to concentrate, not with that sexy as hell man standing there with Maria... "Lucky bitch, why does she get to show him around..." Kurama shook his head. Whoa, where did that come from. He shrugged and turned on his phone lines, getting back to work. He picked up the headpiece that fit around his ears and clicked the button on the side to turn it on.

Hiei glanced at him for a moment as he and Maria walked around to office, Maria simply introducing him as Hiei to the others. They were friendly, telling him that he was a lucky guy, for he had the easiest job in the world. They even offered to take him through the system, but Maria shook her head, having already shown him the ropes. She informed them that she was going to be training him herself, and that when she was gone, they would all be in good hands with Hiei.

But Hiei couldn't help but steal one more glance at the gorgeous red head as he walked out of the office, trying to keep pace with the woman. He wondered how the hell she was able to walk so fast. But she had long legs, that would explain a lot. She was pretty, but he wasn't into that. He smiled, hoping to get to know that red head a little bit more, wondering whether Shuiichi was single. He seemed gay... he was able to hide it pretty well, but to a gay guy like himself... the signs were clear. The pinkie finger always raised, the long flowing hair, the plant biology major, all the signs were there... he just had to get the man to admit it to him.

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The End of Chapter One. I hope you enjoyed. I like this storyline so far. It just came to me when I started to write it and wow... The ideas are now flowing freely. So, please leave me your comments, reviews and your requests so that I can continue. I look forward to hearing from them. Ta Ta For Now.