Message from Goth Lolita!

This is the sequel to 'If Only For the Mating Mark', and 'Unauthorized Time Portal'.

Much thankies to Restless-Soul1 for the idea of immense evil-tude.

Hope you enjoy! READ and REVIEW!

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-Red, hey Red.-

Kurama ignored the kitsune spirit. But, unfortunately, all good things must come to an end…

-RED!-

The avatar jumped, drawing curious looks from nearby bystanders.

'What, Youko?' he asked irritably, while aloud saying, "So sorry, I don't know what came over me…"

-Have you noticed a distinct lack of Hiei lately?-

'That's your question?'

-Do I criticize you?-

'Yes, actually, you do.'

-Oh. Well…HIEI! We were talking about Hiei!-

Oh, were you now?

'Hello, Hiei.'

-Short stuff! I demand to know where you've been sneaking off to!-

I don't see how that's any of your business, fox. Hiei cut the link, and left.

-Well, if he isn't going to tell me, there's only one thing left to do…-

'Oh, Youko, please, no.'

-We shall follow him! And ferret out all his little secrets!-

Kurama sighed, trying to tune out the maniacal 'mwahahaha'-ing of the fox in his head, reminding himself to pick up more Advil on the way home.

Kami knows, he was going to need it…

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Much against his better judgment, Kurama followed Hiei. Now, let me tell you, he wan not that happy with his decision to do so, but…

Youko had insisted.

And, to tell the truth, Kurama was a tad curious, as well.

Just imagine their surprise, when Hiei led them to a shrine.

Not just any shrine, either.

The shrine where the most current of Youko's…interests…lived.

Kagome Higurashi.

-What is that pipsqueak doing near my onna?!?- Youko demanded.

'She's not yours, Youko.' Kurama resisted the urge to rub the bridge of his nose in exasperation. Barely. 'She's mated, and Hiei is free to visit anyone he wants to.'

-She doesn't have the mark yet.- Youko said smugly. -She absolutely reeks of inu, but she's still fair game.-

Luckily- for Kurama, at least, as he was about to slam his head against the giant tree. The Goshinboku, the helpful plaque informed him.- at that moment, Youko caught sight of Hiei conversing with the object of Youko's affections…for today, at least.

They couldn't hear anything, but they saw her hand him a wrapped package. Hiei smirked, bowed to the miko, and disappeared in a black blur. Leaving the fox(s) even more confused than ever.

-What the hell? What was that? It was absolutely drenched in mikoki, but I wonder what it does…-

Kurama, knowing from experience that this kind of musing from the silver kitsune was never good, tried to cut trouble off at the pass.

'Youko, drop it.'

Unfortunately for Kurama, due to a series of previously unknown events, Youko's middle name happened to be trouble, and so it was almost impossible to separate the two.

-Maybe it's valuable!-

But Kurama persevered.

'Youko…'

-Oh! I bet it's worth stealing! Come on, Red, let's get the little bugger!-

Hello, Kurama's head. Meet Kurama's hand. Oh, you two already know each other?

I wonder why…

***~~~*** Later, at Genkai's Shrine, with all the Reikai Tentai ***~~~***

"Yukina, my love!" Kuwabara exclaimed, rushing forward to grasp the ice maiden's hands.

But, before he could get anywhere near her…

"Sit."

Poor Kuwabara crashed to the floor, much to the immense amusement of everyone present.

Except Genkai.

"Oi! Stop breaking my shrine, you stupid youkai!"

Kuwabara struggled to his feet, ignoring the elderly woman's ranting about 'disrespectful youkai, with no sense of decency, destroying my home, how am I going to pay for this…'

"Hiei, what the hell?!?"

"Hn. Sit, oaf."