"Hieeeeii!" Yusuke shouted. "Kura-...!" He stopped mid-sentence and cast his eyes up to the sky. "Huh…? I'm a little disappointed. I would have thought my voice carried a lot better than this; they should have heard us by now."

"Yusuke, I'm really worried. It's three thirty and we haven't heard anything from the search and rescue team yet." Botan got down on her knees and began to swish her hands back and forth through the snow, searching for any traces of their friends that might be buried.

Kuwabara stood in the woods, a short distance away from Botan and Yusuke looking around through the snow as well. 'I know I felt something over here.' He kicked his feet up and back as he walked. 'It's faint... but I can just about-...? What's that?!' Bending down, he brushed aside a few clots of snow that covered a tiny red object buried. "It's a-... Botan! Yusuke! Come look at what I found!"

"Is it them?" Asked Yusuke rushing over to the other the swordsman.

Kuwabara stood up, still brushing snow off of the object. "Look." He said once the two got up to him.

Yusuke took one look at the thing and rolled his eyes in a huff. "I thought we were supposed to be a search party, not going out on a date."

"What are you talking about, look at what it is!" The red head said very matter-of-factly.

"A stupid flower so what."

"I get it, it's far too cold for flowers to be growing out in this weather." Botan says, with a snap of her fingers. "Roses especially."

"So?"

The pair look at him as though he'd just called a cloud hamburger. And Kuwabara veered his arm back brining it forward across the back of Yusuke's head.

"What's the big idea?!"

Rolls her eyes. "Yusuke, who do we know that can use a rose in the dead of cold?"

He looked up to the sky thinking. An image of a florist came first and somehow a headcase muscle man, in a dress with a chainsaw in one hand and a dozen roses in the other. Then lastly an image of Kurama, taking the rose out of his hair.

"Kurama!" He announced.

"Duh Urameshi, we've wasted enough time already." He dropped the rose. "They must be somewhere around here if we found that rose."

Botan placed a hand to her chest grabbing Kuwabara's coat sleeve with the other giving it a tug. "Can you feel their spirit energy?"

Kuwabara closed his eyes and waited a moment, before re-opening them shaking his head. "N-no, I don't feel anything at all."

Whipping out her flying oar, Botan climbed on close to the very top leaving enough for two other people to get on. "Climb on."

"Are you kidding?" Said Yusuke looking completely objected to the idea.

"Fine, then stay down here and look around. Kuwabara, come on, we can search at the bottom of the mountain."

"Right." He rushed over to the girl and climbed onto the flying piece of wood.

"Try not to fall," Said Botan elevating the two of them. "And Yusuke, I wouldn't recommend yelling this close to an avalanche zone, you might cause another one."

Without another word the two of them were gone from plain sight. Yusuke watched after them until then, then he squats down to begin a search through the snow. He heaved a sigh, thinking quietly out loud.

"I'm worried about them sure, but..." He heard the announcer starting another of the competitions events. "Why'd they have to pick today to get caught in an avalanche!?"

Avalanche! Avalanche! His voice echoed.

Yusuke snapped a hand over his mouth looking both back and forth with his eyes.

Botan looked over her shoulder sighing as her head dropped. "Oh that boy, he never listens."

...

Kurama opened his eyes once again to the sight of nothing but pure white, and he smiled feverishly feeling Hiei's warmth still pressed against him. Not meaning to, he gave the demon's body a light squeeze and he smoothed the shirt on his back over and over again.

'Snow can be such a beautiful thing... and it can mean so many different things in peoples lives...' He smiled. 'In mine... I think it will mean a new start. One with both me and Hiei...'

"You think so fox." Hiei stated more than asked.

Kurama's heart jumped slightly at the sound of the other's voice. "I'm sorry, I had no idea you were awake, nor was I aware that you were listening to me." He noted, with cheeks flushed remembering what he'd just said.

"I wasn't..." Hiei popped his head up, supporting his self up away from Kurama with extended arms. "I was listening to your dream when you interrupted it with your thoughts."

"And?"

"And, what?" He blinked. "We still need to find a way out of here." He began to get up, but Kurama held fast pressing him back down to a laying position over his body.

Hiei gasped inwardly, his eyes going wide. What does Kurama think he's doing?! "...Kurama.. What are you-..?"

A quiet laugh came from the half demon as he closed his eyes, whispering into the air. Just a breath at first before a cracked stream of words, seethed with both emotion and wonder. "I'm... I'm sorry for imposing on your feelings like this but... I would like to... No, I need to know, Hiei. I need to know how you feel about me?"

"How I feel?" He seemed to emphasize that word the most.

Kurama prayed that Hiei wouldn't give him a hard time, and make this uncomfortable cloud between them diminish whether good or bad. It was time to clear the air, as easy as possible on the both of them. Either he wanted him, or he did not.

Hiei was quiet. Very quiet, even for him. If it weren't for the fact that he had turned his head slightly, Kurama would have thought the youkai had suddenly fallen asleep.

"How I feeeel doesn't matter..." He said out of nowhere.

"But you..."

"It's what I want..." He said silencing the kitsune. "and I want you."

Kurama gasped. He then felt Hiei's weight lifting from him. The youkai elevated his self with his arms again looking down at Kurama. "Read between the lines Kurama, I thought I had made myself clear on that human holiday you celebrated."

Kurama thought about what Hiei just told him and he smiled letting it widen into a breathy but heard laugh.

Hiei looked at him, confused by his action, he'd thought that's what Kurama wanted to hear and then he laughs at him? He laid his head back down so the red head wouldn't see his face.

"Hn. Did I say something funny?"

"No, Hiei. It's just funny to me how similar we can be."

"Funny how?"

"All this time I was waiting on you to make the first move to let me know how you felt, and in the same time, you were waiting for me." He laughed. "We would have been wondering forever how the other one felt, both having too much pride to just ask." He laughed a little harder.

Hiei cocked an eyebrow, clearly not amused. "And this to you is funny?"

Hugging him, he smiled saying. "I'm just happy."

Hiei downcast his eyes and let a shadow of a smile grace his face. Before he knew what was happening, Kurama held his chin between his fingers, lifting his face up to meet with his lips and they kissed.

It was quaint, both being first-timers in a sense, and it wasn't nearly as heated as the first one, but instead passionate and heartfelt. When they broke the kiss Hiei pulled his self free off Kurama and stood up.

"Save your barbaric customs for when we're out of here, fox."

Hiei walked away from him, looking up at the caves snowy ceiling. Kurama smiled to the world hearing those words and he sat himself up, with a struggle, and got himself to his feet.

"Kurama what are you doing?" Hiei asked. He walked over to the injured half demon, ready to slip his arm around his shoulders; but Kurama held him at arms length.

"I'm fine now..." The red head assured. "I just thought perhaps I can help you."

"How?" He began to lower Kurama back onto the snowy floor. "Better you just stay there, while I get us out. A mild flame should do the trick." He muttered ready to ignite his fist.

"I think I see something!" A voice called in the distance.

Kurama turned his head in the direction of the sound, unsure that he had actually heard someone. If he weren't delirious with cold he'd know for certain that he'd heard something or not but at the moment his senses were just as frost-bitten as his skin.

"I think I heard a voice?"

"It was probably mine." Hiei said not paying attention. He was busily trying to punch through the massive amount of snow before him; but Kurama stood up again hobbling over to him stilling his arm to silence the noise.

"Is it them?!" Another voice, that sounded familiar shouted.

"I'm not sure." The first voice replied.

"I think it's Kuwabara." Kurama mentioned, moving to the where the noise came from.

"Kuwabara?" Hiei turned on his heels following after Kurama.

"Spiriiiit swooord!" An electric sound cuts through the air seconds after the command was made. There was a single peek of light, then a longer gash was made in the wall in front of them. Cutting a long diagonal path downward.

Then the beam of light disappeared, reappearing at the opposite side of the first cut then it sliced downward in that direction. A battle cry from Kuwabara and the frozen wall broke away to the floor.

"Told ya I could get it opened." He bragged to Botan.

"Are they in there?" She asked, hopefully.

Hiei narrowed his eyes getting a grip around Kurama's waist helping him walk to the exit. "As if we needed your help." Hiei commented on their way past the red head.

"Wha-... You guys! We found you!" He reached out spreading his arms hugging the two of them. "We thought you guys were dead." He said in a weepy voice.

"Why would we be dead," Hiei was saying. "it's you who has the death wish coming if you don't let go."

Kuwabara let them go, fanning the air saying. "Yeeeeah right, shrimp. I know you were scared." Banging a fist to his chest he added. "Why if it weren't for me the two of you would probably be frozen demoncicles by now."

"Your may be right, Kuwabara. Thank you very much." Kurama said.

As though he'd just noticed it, Kuwabara walked over to Kurama and held out an arm to him. "What happened to your leg, you hurt it in the fall?"

Kurama made a small sound of pain being handed over to Kuwabara's aid. "Yes, I think I may have broken it." Leaning in the whisper, he says. "Go along with it, I might garner some personal attention from Hiei."

"No problem, you can ride with me to the top of the mountain!" Botan gestured with her ore, by holding it up into the air.

"Hey but what about us?" Griped Kuwabara.

"You're big boys. You can make it, I'm sure." She was already on her way up. "See you at the top." Her hand waved them off.

Kuwabara sighed heavily and moped. "Rats, looks like we're climbing."

"Hn." Hiei placed his hand onto the mountain side looking the distance upward for places to step as he jumped. "Climb by yourself."

"Hiei, wait."

Not wanting to, the youkai paused to hear what the gorilla had to say before he dashed off.

"Are you all right?"

Hiei narrowed his eyes to the question. "Of course I'm all right, do I look hurt to you?"

"With a face like that it's hard to tell." The red head laughed, glad that Hiei fell so easily into his set up. "Oof!"

Hiei pulled his fist from Kuwabara's gut then started up the mountain.

Kuwabara doubled-over in pain groaning as he did so. "Uuugh, glad you're ok. Aheh heh."

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That night.

Everyone is sitting around in the living room drinking hot chocolate. Kurama was wrapped head-to-toe in a blanket, with the exception of one arm sticking out that held his mug.

Hiei sat directly beside Kurama, almost territorial of the half demon. Yusuke couldn't help but notice, and he smiled to himself knowing that they were probably found with their pants down in that cave.

"And you have to be my wrestling dummy for the rest of the month." Shizuru was saying while she held her brother in a headlock. "You know I'm taking those self defense classes."

"Ow! Ow! Be careful with my hair!" The red head shouted trying to twist free.

"Did I ask my slave to speak." The girl laughed.

"Poor thing." Botan said with a laugh watching the two of them.

Kuwabara howled in pain again as Shizuru brought him into a body slam. Yusuke watched in amusement, then turned his attention to Hiei, seeing that Kurama was getting up, probably to use the bathroom.

"So, you two finally together, or what?"

Hiei looked at the spirit detective then closed his eyes with a smirk. "Not that it's any of your business, but... we've come to an understanding."

Yusuke laughed to the thought of the two of them bargaining relationship terms. "Hey, I'm glad for you." His eyes dart to Kuwabara who was being jerked into a pretzel hold. "No Shizuru not that!" The spirit detective cried out running to his lover's rescue.

"It took you long enough." Kuwabara complained.

Hiei looked over his shoulder at them, then looked to where Kurama had gone and he smiled to his self thinking that he's glad too.

The night was filled with cries from both Kuwabara and Yusuke; and when they turned in for bed, Kurama could hear the gentle voice of Hiei's words to him. Still ringing through his thoughts.

"What I want is you."

The End.

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Kuwabara: "Aaah, peace and quiet at last."

Hiei: "Did you breathe over this?"

Kuwabara: "What?"

Hiei: "I'm not eating that."

Kuwabara: "Dammit Hiei, I spent all day on that stupid soup and you knocked it over in four seconds."

Hiei: "Hn. Can I help it if I don't like the taste of monkey hair in my food."

Kuwabara: "Rrr. You're lucky I'm doing this for Kurama, cause if it were up to me you'd be out on the streets."

Hiei: "Whatever." Hey everyone, Hiei here; and if there's one thing I can't stand more than this big ape, it's being forced to be around him. Kurama's out for the weekend and I have to watch over his idiot friends while he's away.

Kuwabara: Yeeeah riiight. Don't listen to him, I'm the one with the problem. Hiei got stuck out in the rain and ended up sick. Yeah, can you believe it? It'd almost be funny if it weren't for the fact that I have to be the one stuck with him until Kurama gets back.

One the next Yu Yu Hakusho you won't wanna miss this. Sick of the- Achoo!

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Commentary: Heisenbergofhermes I know what you mean. I'm not even sure there's lovin' in the next one. Proofing these makes it all new to me, I wrote them ages ago ahaha.

Poochi2poochie33 giiirl, I haven't seen fanart in ages, thanks. I'm not sure how I see them together. I don't go by shorter is always bottom, so that's not an issue. I think with them I see whatever position the mood calls for.