Elements

By: SanguineFox

Warnings: Yaoi... sort of, at least, not really at the moment, unfortunately.

Rating: PG, nothing too good in this story, unfortunately

Note: I am so sorry that this took so long to post, but I'm rewriting this thing in the dumbest way. I just wrote over the original story, and everything has been confused and twisted, so I have completely twisted the story, and have no idea if this thing makes sense to anyone else in the world.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed this story, and I hope that you enjoy this next chapter, though the whole story is all over the place.

Oh, and for some reason, the asteriscs aren't working as spacers like I usually use them as so instead you will have to deal with me putting 'Spacing' where it is necessary.

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Chapter 4: Element 3: Pissed

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After three days, the four of them had finally managed to make a sort of peace; meaning Hiei wasn't allowed anywhere near Keiko on Yusuke's request, and Yusuke wasn't allowed anywhere near Hiei on Hiei's request.

Kurama shook his head clear of the oncoming pain that would soon be clouding his thoughts as Yusuke began teasing Hiei again about something or other.

A large creature that looked like something from a cheesy horror movie stepped out from the surrounding forest.

"I was wondering why nothing had attacked us for a while now," Hiei snarled, his hand going for his sword.

"He's been following us since we went through the mountain pass, past that rock that Yusuke claimed to look like the world's largest dildo," Kurama noted.

"Heh-heh, dildo," the raven haired teen laughed, but had instantly hidden the brunette directly behind him.

"What does this demon want?" the redhead pondered, "to eat us or our souls? Sell us as slaves? Just use us as toys?"

"Something like that," the large, one-eyed demon gave a yellow toothy grin, which seemed to go well with his rough, gray skin.

"I'm really not in the mood to deal with this right now," Hiei growled, "It's bad enough that I am stuck with these humans, now I have to protect them?"

"Hiei, if you would rather not protect us, then step back and I will do what has to be done," Kurama growled, he had had just about enough with Hiei's attitude toward him just because he was born of a human.

"You wouldn't be able to handle this demon," Hiei accused, stepping before Kurama with his sword drawn.

"I think you're forgetting who won our battle," Kurama scowled.

"You cheated."

"You two talk too much," the larger demon growled, what Kurama thought had been his skin seemed to move as he stepped forward, and his form appeared to jiggle as he raised an arm above his head, ready to strike.

"Get out of the way," Kurama shouted, running past Hiei and straight into the other demon, wrapping his whip about the middle before pulling tight. Normally that should have been the end all, but his rose whip went straight through the creature, and the green vine lay helplessly covered in a gray muck, "What?"

"Idiot!" Hiei snarled before going in to attack the demon, his sword clashed with rough skin.

The large creature laughed, he was playing with them

"Aim for his eye!" Kurama suddenly shouted. Where did that come from?

"Got it," Yusuke nodded, and aimed for the large yellow eye glaring at all of them with his finger.

The large demon just laughed as he easily melted with the eye falling with the liquid form.

"Shit! What the hell was that?" Yusuke shouted.

"What is he?" Keiko gasped from her hiding space.

"Soon enough," Hiei flitted to the liquid form, "it won't matter."

"Wait, Hiei!" Kurama managed to push the fire demon out of the way before the strangle tentacle struck, but he was too slow to protect himself.

"Kurama!" Yusuke cried out at the horrendous sight of his friend being skewered on the sharp tail looking part of the demon.

"You idiot!"

"Kurama!" Keiko gasped.

"Argh!" the redhead pulled himself off the sharp, almost metal like appendage. It hurt to breathe… blood stained the front of his shirt. He coughed up a little blood that dripped down his cheek.

"Stupid human," Hiei was there to catch Kurama before he fell, and flitted him to Keiko, "Watch the foolish boy."

"Hey…" he tried to swallow and breathe, "I'm… older than you…"

"Don't talk, you idiot," Hiei demanded before flitting off to help Yusuke fight off the demon.

"How the hell do we take this damn thing down? I don't have that many more bullets in me."

"Keep a lock on his eye, when I say so, shoot, okay?"

"Yeah, got it," he ran to the where he had a good shot.

Hiei ripped the ward from his third eye, which slowly opened, and began to glow a dark purple.

"I've got it!"

"Keep on it," Hiei commanded, and his Jagan fully opened as he tried to focus on the large creature before him. He focused all of the power that was flowing through the Jagan, and pressed the energy out to completely engulf the mind of the larger creature. "Now!"

Yusuke felt the tip of his finger grow hot as he shot directly into the large yellow orb.

"Haha, you think…" the demon silenced when he realized that he couldn't move and could do nothing else as he saw the blast heading towards him, "Ah… Shi…"

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"Ah! Be careful."

"Stop complaining. Just be happy that I didn't let the other humans do this," Hiei snarled at the redhead he was bandaging up.

"They would probably be more gentle, and keep in mind that I'm bruised," Kurama shot back.

"It was your own damn fault."

"I was trying to save you."

"I knew what the demon was doing, I would have avoided it at the last moment. You didn't have to get in my way."

"Teaches me to try and help you, I suppose."

"It should."

"Ah!"

"Fine! I'll go get one of the humans," Hiei started to get up from next to the redhead's bed, but soft hands stopped him from going.

"No, it's fine. You're almost done, anyway. Just finish up… a bit more gently, please."

"Hn, pathetic humans," Hiei shook his head, but finished as requested with much more caring hands.

"Thank you," he gave a kind smile, "Um, could you please hand me the bottle from my bag?"

"You want to get drunk now?" Hiei rummaged through the backpack.

"No, it's the medication, it helps me to remember my past," he took the small glass.

"Hn," he flinched as Kurama gulped down the rather disgusting smelling liquid, "How can you drink that?"

"Not very happily, actually," he chuckled, trying to keep from coughing the 'medicine' up.

"Hn."

"I feel fine, thank you," he responded, noticing the quirked eyebrow, "I have no idea how I understood that."

Hiei just shrugged.

"You're hands are really warm," Kurama murmured as he felt his eyes grow heavy when the fruit of the past lives started taking affect.

"I'm a fire demon, what do you expect, ice?"

"I want… to melt… your heart of…"

The short demon managed to keep the surprise from showing on his face, not that there was anyone to see it with the other humans outside making their meal, he could hear the two yelling about how long to cook the meat.

After the two had battled over the food for another half hour, dinner was finished and Hiei had gathered his and Kurama's share of the meal, the fire demon hid in a small section of the cave with the unconscious human. He didn't like humans, but between Kurama and the other two…

"Kuro…" a soft voice mumbled, but it didn't sound exactly like the redhead usually sounded.

"Human? Wake up, dinner is ready."

The human's eyes fluttered open, and Hiei wasn't sure what was going on. Golden eyes looked about the cave lit with the soft glow of the fire, "Kuronue…"

Hiei backed away slowly as the redhead slid to all fours, completely ignoring the wound that took up a large section of his abdomen. "What are you doing?"

A seductive smirk slid on the full pink lips as he drew closer to Hiei, "It's been so long."

"You fell asleep less than an hour ago," Hiei tried to figure out what kind of game the human was playing.

"You're so beautiful, Kuronue."

"…" frozen with uncertainty, Hiei could do nothing but watch as the human slid over him on all fours so he was staring up into large golden eyes, which were now fading into dark green.

"You're… so warm…" Kurama's eyes slid shut and he passed out once against atop the shorter demon.

Hiei growled deep in his throat, "Get off of me you damn human!"

Kurama did nothing more than cuddle closer, mumbling something about being warmer and very comfortable.

"Damn it, you stupid, useless human," Hiei snarled, shoving Kurama off of him roughly, "Get off!"

"Ow!" he woke suddenly, holding his wound, "What happened?"

Hiei just growled a deadly glare on his face, he shoved Kurama's food into the other's hands, "Stay away from me."

Large emerald eyes blinked, "What?"

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It was the next morning when Keiko ran out of the cave to help the redhead stand from his suddenly crumpled position, "Are you sure that you should be moving around already? That thing went completely through you just yesterday."

"I'll be fine," he ground out as he held tightly to his stomach.

"Yes, you will, if you rest for a few days," she helped Kurama lean on her.

"We don't have a few days," he nearly snarled as he stumbled away from Keiko to lean against a tree, "We're running short on time. I can feel Chaos growing stronger."

"You won't be able to do anything if you're dead when you get there,' she scolded.

"I'll be fine."

"You're still bleeding," she nearly shrieked, pointing at the bright red seeping into the front of his shirt.

"Urg, not again," he clutched at himself before moving toward the cave.

"Kurama, don't be stupid," the human girl demanded of her friend that was just about crawling away, "What are we supposed to do if you die?"

"She's gotta point," Yusuke stated from his place inside the entrance of the cave, "you may have the spirit of a demon, but you are still physically a human. You're easily killed."

"… I know…" Kurama mumbled as he went further into where he had left the supplies.

The slick haired teen was heading into the sunlight, "Hey, do you know where Hiei got to?"

"No," he stated firmly with complete annoyance before storming into the cave.

"Jeez, what got up his ass?" Yusuke scoffed.

"I think the problem is that nothing has," Keiko stated before realizing that she had said that out loud. She turned bright red as she clasped her hands over her mouth.

"Ha! I knew it, you're just as perverted as me!"

"I am not."

Meanwhile, Kurama stumbled into the dark part of the cave where he had cornered himself into for the night. He growled loudly as he tried to settle himself atop the piled furs as he unbuttoned the front of his shirt with shaky fingers, the pain was shooting through every fiber of his being.

"Ng… Ah! Schhhh…" he hissed through clenched teeth as he tried to regulate his breathing while stripping off the blood soaked bandages.

"You're doing that wrong."

"I can do it."

"You'll hurt yourself even more."

"Leave, Hiei. You have made it quite clear that you want nothing to do with me, and I'm sorry that you are one of the… AH!... elements, but you have no choice in this if you don't want the worlds to be destroyed."

"You talk too much, human," Hiei grumbled as he took the fresh bandages from the redhead's trembling hands.

"Yes, I know, you've told me that many times already."

"Then why won't you learn?"

"Argh!"

"Stop moving."

"Why are you doing this? You told me to stay away."

"Hn, keep that demon side of you away from me."

"Demon side? What are you talking about?" he asked, genuinely confused.

"You really are an idiot, aren't you? You don't even know what that potion does to you."

"What? It doesn't do anything to me other than give me strange glimpses into my past. I honestly have no idea as to what it is that you are talking about."

Hiei just shook his head as he finished tightening the wrap about Kurama's abs.

"Ow… um, thank you."

"Hn," Hiei shrugged and headed back outside.

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"Man that guy really needs a translator," Yusuke grumbled as the three humans gathered about the fire for dinner after traveling for the day.

"What do you mean?"

"I ask him a simple question and all he does is grunt at me."

"Still more intelligent than any response you could come up with," Keiko mumbled off.

"Hey!"

"What did you ask him?"

"Why he keeps…"

"What are you talking about?" a deep voice growled out from behind the dark haired human.

"Nothing!" Yusuke eeped.

"Hn."

"See? That's all he ever does," he complained.

Kurama took on a thoughtful look, "I believe he just called you a complete idiot."

Hiei nodded with a small smirk on his face.

"How the hell do you understand that?"

"I think that you have to understand how Hiei thinks. Normally, he believes anyone that is not himself to be a moron, so I pretty much assume that that is what he means whenever he is talking to you."

"That's just cruel, Hiei," Yusuke glared at the standing demon.

"Dinner's ready," Kurama pushed a stick with roasted meat on it into Yusuke's hand.

"Oh, thanks, man," he went straight into eating, while Keiko continued to pick at the food she was given.

Kurama smiled proudly, he had become more accustomed to Hiei's lack of words when the fire demon continued in helping with the redressing of his wound. He even went so far as to heat his wounds to soothe the pain. "Here, Hiei, eat up."

"Hn," he took the meat.

"You're welcome," he smiled sweetly, which didn't affect Hiei, but both Yusuke and Keiko felt something melt inside them.

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"Shut up, Hiei," Yusuke demanded.

"All I did was state the truth," the demon growled.

"It's not like that."

"She slows us down."

"He's right," Keiko sighed, "I'm not cut out for this type of thing. It's probably best if I go back home."

"No, the travel is too far. It's probably best if we get you a place in the next city of humans," Kurama reasoned.

"We are not leaving Keiko behind!"

"Yes you are," she stated, "I may not be able to fight off demons, but I can take care of myself in a city setting at least."

"I still don't like it," Yusuke grumbled, his arms crossed over his chest.

"It's probably for the best. I would really prefer not to be the reason that one of the elements couldn't help to save the world."

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TBC

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