Warnings: slight OOC, and character rape (for only this chapter)

Kurama sat at his desk and listened to the constant downpour of rain, its unbroken rhythm helped him meditate and try to calm himself. The way Hiei had acted today had truly bothered him, there was something about unusual about his mannerisms that he was sure Yusuke and Kuwabara would never have noticed. It had made him nervous when the demon had stood close enough for their fingertips to briefly brush against each other. Kurama was hoping that Hiei didn't have feelings for him; it only would make their friendship more complicated if something like that were to happen.

His mother gently tapped on his door and let herself in, "Shuichi your friend Yusuke is on the phone if you want to talk to him."

"Thank you mother..." Kurama took the cordless phone, but decided to go outside to talk instead of staying in his room. "Is there anything wrong Yusuke?"

"Nah, I was just wondering if you were busy tonight. There's something I need to talk to you about." Yusuke didn't really sound like himself, but Kurama knew Yusuke wouldn't call him out unless it was something really important.

"I'm not busy right now. Where do you want to meet?" Kurama waited for Yusuke's reply.

"How about by your school?"

"That's fine," Kurama hung up and then headed back inside to get his shoes. He told his mother he would be running to the corner store to get something for school, and headed towards his school.

The school was a pretty far distance from Yusuke's house, but it didn't surprise the redhead when he saw that his friend had already beat him there. Yusuke looked up when he heard Kurama approaching and smiled, "I promise I won't keep you long."

Yusuke led Kurama towards the park close to the school, and they remained silent as they walked. Kurama was getting anxious feeling that he had had with Hiei earlier. Kurama knew he was getting paranoid if he thought that Yusuke had feelings for him too, as much as Kurama knew the spirit detective was deeply in love with Keiko.

"So what do you want to talk about Yusuke?" Yusuke stopped when Kurama asked the question, and his dark eyes looked straight into the redhead's emerald ones.

Yusuke didn't really say anything, but he sat down on a nearby bench, and once again Shuichi followed suit. Then everything went too fast and before Kurama had even realized it, Yusuke had his mouth on his and was trying to pull Kurama closer.

Kurama had known that Yusuke's demon side occasionally made him do things he wouldn't normally have ever thought of doing, and this unnatural strength that even Kurama couldn't escape from came from that demon. Kurama was sure that these were probably the spirit detective's true feelings, but he also knew Yusuke would never have done this if he were himself. Demon hormones were known to be unpredictable and this was the sort of thing that you would have to expect.

"Yusuke... stop!" He hadn't really noticed that the rain had nearly stopped until it started to pour again. He couldn't get enough time to think about how to get his friend off without hurting him. And the demon already knew about his type of weapon, so he could just surprise him like most enemies.

Everything was just going so wrong, and it seemed the demon in Yusuke had planned this better than Kurama had ever thought was possible. He really was in trouble now.

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He was soaking wet and dripping all over the carpet, but Kurama didn't really care at that moment. His mother looked at him, and immediately she looked worried. He smiled and tried to head up the stairs, but his mother knew something was wrong.

"Did something happen Shuichi?" Shiori touched her son's arm gently, and he once again smiled softly.

"I'm just disappointed they didn't have what I was looking for at the store is all. And a little annoyed that it had to start pouring right as I started walking home." Kurama continued up the stairs, and only stopped by his room for a short while to grab a change of clothes.

He then walked into the bathroom, and started a shower turning the knob to make the water as hot as possible. Kurama had never been one for a cold bath or shower, but even this temperature was extreme for him. Yet it was the only way he would feel clean, or close enough to it.

He shed his clothes and threw them in a crumpled heap in the corner, then the redhead stepped into the shower and let the burning water rush over him. Kurama made sure to get all the mess out of his hair and then washed the rest of his body.

Kurama went to his room after drying off and putting on his sleeping clothes, but he felt Hiei's presence already in his room and prepared himself to put on a mask. Hiei was waiting next to his window, and immediately his red eyes looked at him suspiciously. The small demon could sense something was wrong with Kurama, but he couldn't seem to figure out exactly what it was.

"I always thought you loved the rain," Hiei watched his friend walk over to the bed and sit on it.

"I do, but tonight it just felt like I was tainting it." The redhead smiled a fake smile, and Hiei now knew that the fox demon was truly hiding something. "If you don't mind Hiei... I have school tomorrow and a big exam."

"Why do you bother living like a human? You're obviously more intelligent than all of the humans at that school, so why do you bother to go?" Hiei sounded irritated, but Kurama just didn't feel up to arguing anymore.

"Hiei... please just leave."

Hiei refused to take no as an answer, so as the light turned off and his closest friend got into his bed to feign sleep, Hiei waited. There weren't many times that Kurama wasn't eerily calm, but this was one of those few times that he could feel the fox demon getting depressed rather than angry. Yet Hiei knew if he left, there wouldn't be any hope of him getting the fox demon to speak about whatever was troubling him.

"Stupid fox... always has to be stubborn and never tell anyone about his own problems."

As the night went on, there were small whimpering noises that Hiei could have never associated with Kurama. But sure enough as the demon took a few inaudible steps closer to the bed, he heard small murmurs and somebody's name was mentioned once or twice. Yet he said it so softly, Hiei couldn't be sure who he was speaking about.

Yet the demon never left Kurama's room until the next morning, the redhead still seemed exhausted even after going to bed an hour earlier than he usually did. It was strange to see the former demon thief so disoriented and lost looking.

"Kurama, what happened to you? You're not at all your usual self." Hiei commented with an unconcerned voice, yet there was something that gave Hiei the feeling he needed to protect Kurama even more when he acted like this.

"I told you I'm fine. I just feel ill, but it's nothing to worry about." Kurama went downstairs, he was greeted by his younger step-brother as he rushed off to school but his mother seemed to notice her son wasn't his usual self.

"Shuichi, do you want to stay home today? Would you like me to stay with you?" Shiori Minamino gently caressed her son's face in a motherly gesture, but Kurama softly pushed her hand away.

"I feel fine, I just had a hard time sleeping last night because of the storm."

Kurama hated lying to his mother, but he had not choice in this situation because the truth was something he couldn't even admit to himself yet. The redhead only got a glass of water for his breakfast before heading back upstairs to get ready for school.

Shiori couldn't help but feel worried about the abnormal behavior of her son, but she knew that had to leave now for her own work. "If you don't feel well in school, go home right away Shuichi!"

"Yes mother," Kurama called down as he listened to his mother leave. "Hiei, I already asked you to leave. I have to get ready for school."

"Why can't I stay then?"

"Because I have to get undressed."

"You were never so modest before, so why now?" Hiei knew that making the fox demon angry was never a good idea, but he wasn't getting many options. "I can remember many times you undressed around me, and never once did you worry about me being there."

"Well now I do, so please leave me alone." Kurama knew it wasn't going to be possible to make the demon leave without an explanation, so the redhead used the bathroom to change.

After the redhead had finished, he didn't even glance in Hiei's direction.

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Kurama's experience at school wasn't any easier, he couldn't focus on what the teachers were saying and the other students there just wouldn't seem to leave him alone. Even when he was taking his big exam, he couldn't remember the answer to one of the questions so he carelessly marked something.

Instead of going to eat lunch, he went outside to the roof where most of the kids skipping a class stared at him as if he was insane. Most of those kids left soon after his arrival except one girl named Hiromi, she happened to be in his class but she was also the girlfriend of one of the worst thugs in Kurama's school. He had never even spoken to her, but he had always know she was attracted to him.

"What's up Minamino?" She took a small drag of her cigarette and then offered it to him, Kurama wasn't sure whether she actually believed he smoked or thought that it was something sexy to do, but he knocked the cigarette from her hand.

"You ass hole! That was a perfectly good cigarette!" She was about to slap him, when the sight of Hiei suddenly appearing scared her off. "You freak! It's no wonder you don't have any real friends!"

"Why do you always have to come to my rescue?" Kurama turned to look at his companion, and found crimson eyes staring him down as well. "I already told you I'm fine... so why do you insist on constantly checking up on me?"

"Because you won't tell me what happened last night, whatever it was has shaken you up and you're more vulnerable in that state." Hiei stepped closer to the fox demon and stared at Kurama's hands.

Kurama began to walk away, but Hiei blocked his path to the stairs. Kurama could feel himself being trapped, and he suddenly felt the desperate need to get away. He looked towards the railing of the roof, and caught Hiei by surprise as he made such a desperate move.

"Kurama!"

Yet Kurama didn't stop as he managed to land hard right in front of his classmates. Jumping from the roof to the solid ground was no ordinary feat, and most kids were staring in shock and awe at the stunt the best student in the whole school had just pulled.

Then most eyes watched as Hiei was quick to follow, but the sight of Hiei also caused some girls to scream. Which started the chaos of everyone running in all directions when Hiei pulled out his sword, but he sheathed it as he found Kurama had used the confusion to his advantage to flee.

"Kurama! You're not going to be able to hide forever you know!"

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Hey there readers! I'm Shari Maxwell and I have to say this is my first real Yu Yu Hakusho fic. I hope everyone enjoyed it, and if you have any criticism or comments please feel free to review!

And I want to say I know Yusuke isn't really that type of character, but I was only using his primitive demon side so in a way Yusuke wasn't really in control of his actions either. But I promise I'm not gonna make him a rapist or anything like that!

Please R & R !

Shari Maxwell