Disclaimer: I do not own anything and the idea was inspired by another fanfic I read it like forever ago and still can't recall which one it was… I've even tired looking for it! If you know which one it is please let me know! Btw this edited version is mostly being put for the lack of punctuation once again really, really late, but I am putting more into the story this time as well maybe?

A bunch of girls were gathered around the bulletin board in the hallway before school whispering, squealing, and giggling to each other. The bulletin board was usually used to post test results and occasional events. Curious as to why the girls would be flocked around it like that, the most sought after boy in the school decided to take a look. Reaching the fringe of girls around the bulletin board the girls moved aside upon seeing him. He was in his school uniform of magenta that clashed badly with his flaming red hair that went so perfectly with his charming green eyes. Most of the girls giggled more upon seeing Shuichi (Kurama) before them, a lot of the girls were fans of his. Looking at the bulletin board he easily spotted what the commotion was about. There was a poster with Hiei's picture on it and underneath the picture it read:

Heir to the throne searching for bride. There will be a dance/banquet held for the choice of seven lucky girls to compete to be his bride. The ball will start at five and end at ten on Friday night. Escorts welcomed.

Kurama had to keep himself from laughing aloud as he read the description they gave of Hiei. It read:

Charming, handsome gentleman who cares a lot for those around him.

Scoughing inside he turned away. 'I'd love to meet that Hiei!' He joked mentally before heading to his classroom quietly pondering why Muruko would advertise in the human realm and if anyone would actually attend. He thought about asking Hiei after school, but he was no where to be found. But found himself reasoning that there were some powerful demons here or else they wouldn't bother with it.

The next day at school as he sat in his desk he found the girl who sat in front of him looking back at him as if she had something to say. "May I help you?" He asked her politely.

"Um I was wondering if you would be escort to the heiress ball? That's what everyone is calling the party for the Bride hunt for the heir this Friday."

"I'm sorry." Kurama said apologetically. "I'm not interested in going." The rest of the week consisted of turning down escorting girls to the 'heiress ball'. It wasn't that he was not curious about the 'heiress ball' but it was not exactly a pleasant thought to be watching Hiei choose a bride. By the end of the week he just wanted to relax and get away from school so that he wouldn't have to hear about it anymore. So after school on Friday he slipped out of his school uniform and slipped on an emerald shirt that was a tradition style, those types of shirts always did seem to suit him, and a pair of thin black pants. It was actually quite stunning on him even if it was everyday attire.

Sighing into the wind as he reached the park he allowed his thoughts to wander and was not that surprised when they came to rest on his short friend who he was quite sure was bored to death about now. Looking at his watch he saw that it was five thirty and knew the 'heiress ball' had started. He let his feet carry him as he thought about Hiei's discomfort and how many girls he knew would be there. He wasn't sure where he was going but just kept walking almost on auto pilot.

Meanwhile Hiei sat on a throne like chair above a crowd of girls thinking of ways of escape. 'I really can't stand sitting… I need to get away…' Standing up as if to strech he slowly inched away from the chair slowly so as not to get caught. After making it about six inches away from the throne like chair he felt a hand on his shoulder and sighed. 'Almost free.' Looking up at Muruko, the owner of the hand he sighed again. "This is torture." He whispered as she pulled him back towards the chair as he looked around. There were girls of every kind on the floor below him. There were girls in frilly dresses, or just plain creepy dresses as Hiei thought, others were in more of a simple formal wear, while yet others were in more simple attire of just a plain dress. Some stood in groups chatting and giggling as they looked up at him where he sat scowling. Others were around the banquet table eating as they watched the few that tried to catch his attention with their dancing skills, as they danced elegantly with their escorts.

'As if I would really choose a bride from these?' Hiei thought as he looked out over the girls. He knew it was his fault this was happening because he had refused to take a mate yet. But Muruko had told him she would do this if he didn't…'I wish she would butt out.' Scowling out at the girls again he passed the time with trying to recall their names, mostly because he had nothing else to do and he should know at least few since they had already been presented to him, as well as their escorts.

Muruko was watching the whole thing from beside Hiei also making sure he didn't make a run for it. After all this was the last time she was going to allow him to choose, if he didn't choose this time she would choose for him.

Kurama had just realized he had ended up in front of the estate that the 'heiress ball' was being held when his feet stopped walking. Looking around he saw that it was rather deserted. 'Hiei's probably trying to escape about now.' He thought as he looked at his watch. Then turned to leave seeing it was now five past six. That's when he heard the guards behind him.

"Look a straggler." One of the guards pointed to Kurama. "We better take her in or Muruko will skin us." He said to the guard beside him.

The second guard nodded and began to open the gate. "You're late. The party started quite a bit ago." He said as the first guard grabbed Kurama's arm, who had no idea that he was lucky Kurama didn't take his arm off for touching him in such a rough manner.

"I'll escort you to the ball miss." The guard that had his arm told him.

Growling at being called a miss he tried to explain he was not a girl but was ignored so he went along quietly knowing that he should be able to get out just fine when Hiei saw him. 'I can't believe they think I'm a girl!'

The guard led the 'straggler' down a large hall full of doors, all of which were ornate and beautiful. Reaching a set of large double doors where a low hum of music could be heard through he stopped. Removing his hand from Kurama's arm he rapped on the door in a simple pattern that Kurama instantly memorized before the door opened and a loud orchestra was heard. Pushing the 'straggler' inside the guard left and the door clicked closed behind him.

Looking around Kurama saw an orchestra pit along the left wall followed by a dance floor. 'Must be a ballroom…Suiting I suppose since it is a ball…' Along the right wall was a row of tables piled with food, but behind them you could easily see a line of glass windows and a door leading into what looked to be a garden. At the far end of the room there was a raised area where he presumed Hiei was. After making a map of the layout in his head he turned back to the door.

Suddenly two guards appeared out of no where blocking the door. "You are not allowed to leave yet." The first guard to appear said.

"You should greet the Master." The second suggested his hand a little too close to his weapon.

Sighing Kurama turned towards the front and headed towards 'The Master', which he assumed was Hiei, and probably Muruko too. So instead of going to greet them he subtlety slipped into the garden.

As he was watching the girls Hiei saw someone slip into the garden as he was about to descend at Muruko's request to dance with some of the girls. Internally gratefully for the stupid girl he reasoned he had better go retrieve with the logic Muruko would scold him if he let one of the girls get hurt. But he still took his time getting there passing slowly past groups of chattering girls spotting a few he could actually stand to look at. Most of the groups grew quiet as he passed, but the ones he could stand never stopped their sentence to look at him, but once he passed he found their eyes following him as the rest of the girls squealed or giggled. 'Morons!' He thought after this happened a few times. 'I don't think I'll ever understand why Muruko thinks this I will work.' He thought reaching the garden and going inside.

The garden consisted of different levels of plants some were harmless, most were mildly threatening, and quite a few where demonic and dangerous. Though the first plants you would stumble on were just exotic earth plants for about two feet, most of the plants were in bloom at the moment making the air very fragrant. Looking up at the sky Hiei noted that the weather was also quite pleasant as he looked for the girl. After a few minutes of not finding her he decided it would be easier to sense her.

Hiei was very surprised not sense any girls but to feel Kurama's energy instead. 'What's he doing here?' He wondered to himself as he followed the spirit energy to the back where most of the dangerous demonic plants were. 'I haven't been back here in awhile.' He thought as he turned a corner to see Kurama climbing the six foot fence. "What are you doing here?" He asked casually leaning against one of the few harmless trees back there.

Surprised by Hiei's presence Kurama accidentally fell but a bud of a man eating plant caught him and lowered him to the ground. "H-Hiei!" Kurama blushed looking away from the small fire demon.

"So what are you doing here?" Hiei pressed a little more still leaning against the tree.

"Your guards brought me in and won't let me leave." Kurama pouted while looking away from Hiei's steady gaze.

"So they thought you were a girl?" Hiei smirked as he looked over his friend taking in everything about him from his long fiery hair, girly clothes, sexy if not somewhat flat chest, fine ass (very fine he must say), all the way to his shoes. "I can see why, with what you're wearing." He smirked a little more as he saw the blush starting to over take Kurama's cheeks.

Protesting loudly Kurama couldn't stop the blush from over taking his face. "NO! I DON'T!" He caught himself yelling and quieted it down. "And I always wear this style."

"So you always look like a girl?" Hiei asked slowly.

"I do not!" Kurama huffed finally glaring at the smaller demon. "Anyway shouldn't you be choosing your bride?" He felt a pang saying that but pushed it aside telling himself it wasn't his business which only caused another pang.

"I know." Hiei scowled toward the front. "I'd really rather not."

"Hiei? Are you in here?" Muruko's voice floated back to them, of course she knew he was in there she had watched him slip inside. "It's time to dance." She called.

"Ugh" Hiei groaned loudly. "I forgot about that."

Kurama chuckled as he went over to the fence again.

"What are you chuckling for?" Hiei smirked evilly. "Kzumi."

"Oh no!" Kurama put his hands in front of him as Hiei moved closer. "NO!" But for all his protests he couldn't refuse when the smaller demon gave him that pleading look the one Kurama could never resist.

As the dancing commenced Kurama found himself at last in line waiting to dance with Hiei. It didn't take long for him to get his chance though since half the girls refused to dance and Hiei out right refused to dance with over half of the line.

"I saved the best for last." Hiei said rather loudly as he took Kurama's hand. The music that played was slow but with a steady beat and no one could take their eyes off of their elegant dancing as they swept across the floor.

Kurama kept asking himself why he was doing this. 'Oh that's right he gave me the eyes…The ones he knows I can't resist even if I really want to. Because I just can't resist helping him.' Sighing mentally he pulled his partner a littler closer for the next step of the dance.

'This isn't so bad. Kurama's not a bad dancer.' Hiei blushed a little as Kurama pulled him a bit closer.

Feeling a bit more heat than he was used to coming from the fire demon in his arms Kurama looked down at the smaller demon. 'Is Hiei blushing?' He thought barely able to believe his eyes as the music stopped and he pulled away his face still retaining a little bit of the color.

The clock stroke nine and Muruko stood in front of the throne like chair. "It's time." She announced as Hiei joined her. "Have you chosen the lucky seven?" Muruko crooned.

Hiei nodded absently. 'I'll just choose the girls that stood out to me…'

"Alright if your name is called come up here and stand before us. Now tell us Hiei who have you selected?" She purred in delight as the tension grew to a level that you could almost cut it with a knife.

"Kzumi." Hiei blurted without thinking. 'Oh no… he's gonna kill me.' He realized once his brain connected to his body.

"Come now Kzumi." Muruko cooed after a minute of waiting. Kurama slowly made his way up to stand before them, his pose graceful but deadly. He flashed Hiei a glare of anger though his composure was calm. "Now go on." Muruko pushed.

Running through the names he had actually selected he smiled slightly at Kurama trying to convey he was sorry. "Rasha, Isuzu, Mirei, Seki, Ginka, and Yukiyo." A line of beautiful girls was formed. Kzumi the gorgeous elegant red head, Rasha a raven haired cutie, Isuzu was charming with her lavender hair, Mirei was an elegant silver haired beauty, Seki was adorable with pale blue hair, Ginka was charismatic brunette, and Yukiyo a caring blonde.

"Okay the rest of your may leave." Muruko announced and waited until the hall cleared before turning to the seven. "All right we will meet here tomorrow at six o'clock, I'll give details then for now you may go." And with that the girls and Muruko left.