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Fate's Recompense	By : HiyoukaiMizuyoukai Category: Yuyu Hakusho > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2005 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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/AN:/ The authoresses would like to thank all those who reviewed or read our stories!! Thanks!

GoodLuckMotherFuckers �Why, yes. Yes he is! :3

yuki-chan �Well, we hope you continue to read! You are very right. Kurama is such a sly fox� pun intended� Ooh that was bad�

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Chapter 2

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HIEI POV

The woods of Makai were mostly empty in the sparse patches of midday sunlight that passed through the branches. Most creatures preferred to hunt under the cover of night, not that there was much difference between the two with the near-constant thunderstorms during the monsoon. This bit of warmth was a rare comfort to the stifling and oppressive atmosphere.

However, one black-clad figure dared to wander around in broad daylight. He walked the narrow trail between the dense underbrush, not his usual style in travelling, but there was no hurry today. After the mission that included the poisonous tentacles, Hiei had told Koenma that he was needed in Makai for a long period of time; he had then told Mukuro that Koenma needed him in Ningenkai for a long-term mission. This way he could disappear for however long he needed.

By the time anyone would figure it out, he�d be long gone�

Well, Kurama would be suspicious, but Hiei would just hope the fox would assume he wanted time alone.

He let out a small sigh. There was no way he would let the team know what had happened, not to mention what it had resulted in�and then there would be too many awkward questions. He shook his head. No, he definitely couldn�t let any of them know.

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ELSEWHERE, FROM ANOTHER�S PERSPECTIVE�

Ardat awoke with a groan. Here he was laying face-down in the mud, naked and in broad daylight with a headache strong enough to kill a small colony. The day after the full moon always felt like a hangover. He let out another groan as he picked up the smell of blood�He wondered who he had gotten this time�

He didn�t want to look, but at the same time, he couldn�t just lay there all day. Ardat heaved himself into a sitting position, wincing at some newly discovered�and nearly healed�wounds. Well, whoever he had encountered last night had put up a fight. He realized sadly that he was covered head to toe with all sorts of bruises, scrapes, cuts and other various injuries including one still large gash in his side, showing the victim had fought for her life. However, he also noticed that he could not see a body in sight. There were obvious signs of struggle in the dirt and broken branches above him, lots of blood, clothes, everything but a body.

He sighed as he put his own clothes back on. He liked to at least give them a burial� It seemed all he could do to take away some of the guilt he felt. Unfortunately she was nowhere to be found. He wouldn�t remove her from where ever she had ended up, he decided, not after all the trouble she�d taken to get away from him.

Usually he would begin to remember everything the moment he saw the face of the victim, but seeing as he didn�t have that, he assumed that he might not ever remember the event completely, something that he felt shamefully glad for�

How disappointing it was to learn that tying himself to a large tree trunk with wards, while at the same time strapping weights on his limbs, was not enough to stop him when the full moon decided to curse him with its presence.

�Once every month,� he thought to himself with a glum expression. �Well, now I sound like a werewolf� No, I sound like some female.�

Ardat wrinkled his nose at the picture of �Ardat with boobs� that made its way into his mind. He was also simultaneously shocked (and disturbed) to find that female-Ardat was very hot. Anyway�

The easily distracted demon began collecting the clothes that were strewn all about. He might as well bury them, to show some respect for the life that he had taken� amongst other things�

A lonely look crossed his face as he held the garments gently. How he wished so badly that he could experience the loving passion of a willing participant. He wanted someone that was very much alive, someone who he could hold; he brought the tattered clothing closer. He wanted someone that he could smell; he buried his nose in the soft fabric�

And recoiled in shock.

Such an unusual scent like nothing he had ever encountered hit his nose. It had the defining female scent that had made him track the wearer of the clothes in his crazed state, but it was undoubtedly accompanied by the scent of another, very much male , being. Perhaps she had a close brother or a mate. Ardat shivered. In either case, it would be wise for him to leave quickly before he was discovered. A whispering voice in the corner of his mind told Ardat that the description of the scent didn�t seem quite right, but he shooed the voice away.

With a shake of his head he neatly folded and buried the clothes and left.

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For the next month Ardat traveled again, trying to put as much distance as possible between himself and the buried clothes. He wandered farther north, eventually making it all the way past the territories of the three kings. By this time, a full moon came and went without incident. In fact, Ardat had not felt any change within himself during the cycle.

Though the sudden absence of the normal monthly �lunacy� was certainly strange, it was a welcome development in Ardat�s mind. He found that not seeing the body of the victim had helped immensely, for he did not remember anything of that night save for the face� those red eyes�

Ardat shivered at the thought. Strangely enough, a second full moon came and went in the same calm manner as the last.

And so it was that one and a half weeks before the next moon found Ardat lounging happily at the foot of a thick tree, conscience (mostly) clear as he munched on a piece of fruit� Stolen from the local market. Moving on�

It was as he and his stomach were celebrating his possibly being cured of his curse, that a rather strange and all-too-familiar scent reached his nose. Confusion descended upon him, and his heart began racing in his chest. Was it the male he had smelled on the clothes that day? If so, then why did the female scent linger? It should have worn off by now� Perhaps the victim had survived. His eyes widened at the possible solution that his mind had come up with so readily.

�Am I really that lonely?� he thought to himself with a sigh.

All of a sudden, something clicked in his brain, bringing him to his feet and giving him the strongest desire to track this scent to its source. At first he panicked a little as he thought that somehow the curse was activating ahead of time, but after a few seconds of battling his inner self, he realized that this feeling was slightly different. This time he had a choice of whether or not to follow this scent. If he wanted, he could simply ignore the urge to track it and head along his merry way.

After debating for some time, he decided that he should follow. Although he was truly afraid of the outcome that his decision could have when he caught up to the source, it was still his choice for once.

So, away he went as silently as possible until he came to a screeching halt; he then leaped up into the nearest tree branch to spy on a small dark figure strolling through the woods at a leisurely pace. He watched as the figure sat down on the bank of a nearby stream. Ardat craned his neck to see the face of the small youkai, and then stifled a gasp when his fears were confirmed. This wild-haired, black-cloaked youkai was his missing victim�his only-surviving victim. Ardat ducked back behind the tree trunk again trying in vain to slow his pounding heart.

What should he do ? He wanted nothing more in this moment except to run away. He could do just that and pretend that none of this ever happened, just like he did all the other times. Then again, it had been easier before because all of those that he ran away from had been dead. There seemed to be an unknown factor here� an alternate possibility�

Should he approach her? Would she recognize him in the daylight? What would he say ? What would she say? He took in a deep breath to steady himself enough to approach her, but it seemed that the intake of oxygen gave his position away.
What he wasn�t expecting was the definitely male voice that said, �Show yourself!� accompanied by the sound of a sword being drawn.

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HIEI POV

Hiei stopped at the river before him to take a short rest. The monsoon had ended only a few weeks earlier, giving way to a sort of summertime climate, which was scorching in the Makai even when in the shade of a dense forest. Normally temperature did not bother him, but he assumed that the pregnancy had something to do with his discomfort in the way of weather.

It was about a month since he had started out on his �disappearing act�, and so far no one was tracking him. Either his story had been bought by both Lord Koenma and Mukuro, or he was succeeding in hiding his presence, a difficult feat considering his fluctuating youki. The point was that he was not missed quite yet, which was very good considering that he was almost out of the territory of the three kings.

His plan would not last forever seeing as someone (probably Yusuke or Kurama) would go to Koenma asking of his whereabouts, but when Koenma told them the story he was fed, they would turn to Mukuro. Of course, Mukuro would then point them back to Koenma thereby exposing the lie that Hiei had told them both. Hiei�s goal was to be into the �safety� of the Wilds of Makai by that time.

�Safety is not something I should associate with that place,� the fire demon thought to himself.

Still, the territory was at least familiar, and he would be less likely to be found. Going home had sounded nice, but when he thought about it, he was not so sure that he would be readily welcomed back by the pack of thieves that had kicked him out for being too bloodthirsty. The idea of going there in the first place, Hiei had later decided, must have been brought on by the battling hormones raging inside of him. This river, in fact, was the relative border between the united Makai and the untamed side.

Just as he had taken a drink of water, he heard something like a sigh from somewhere above.

�Show yourself!� he said as he stood and drew his sword.

He truly did not wish to fight with the dangers that it posed to his child, but he would if he had to.

The figure landed before him, hands held up in surrender. He was fairly tall with tanned skin, auburn hair, and a slightly transparent cloak embroidered with hieroglyphs. Though different in the light (and far more handsome), Hiei immediately recognized the man as his attacker. After an awkward pause in which they just stared at each other, the taller spoke.

�You�I,� Ardat tried weakly.

�You just stay the hell away from me,� Hiei spat as he tightened his grip on his katana.

�No, you don�t understand!� Ardat began, taking a small step forward, halting when the smaller youkai twitched his sword threateningly.

�Oh, yes! You�re right! I must have misunderstood,� Hiei spat with a pointed glare. �I guess it could have been an accident . Tell me, where were you intending to put it? My pocket?�

Ardat reddened slightly, whether from embarrassment or annoyance, he was not completely sure.

�Now see here! If you�d just let me explain,� he said, halting his progress forward once again as the dark demon before him tensed as if ready to attack. �And if you were going to kill me, you would have done so already, so put that thing away!�

It was at that moment that Ardat realized his mistake. Apparently this small demon didn�t like to be doubted in his intentions. Red eyes narrowed, and Hiei sprang into action, strokes flying so swiftly that Ardat had quite a task dodging them. Finally, he pulled out his own sword, the two clashing together, and they left a ringing echo in the air as they leaped apart once again.

The two demons kept lunging at each other over and over again at blinding speeds, leaving sparks each time their swords met. The energy in the air began to audibly crackle and snap as their opposing youki collided, waging an almost separate war between them. Neither demon had landed a hit on the other quite yet. Every strike was skillfully parried, and every slash blocked with a steady blade. Any slip-up now would surely be fatal. Sadly enough, all things must come to an end eventually.

Ardat swung his sword downward upon Hiei, who brought his own sword up just in time to block. Their swords locked as did their eyes and remained that way as they became stuck in a sort of �push-of-war� contest in which the loser would likely lose his head. Their warring youki hummed around them, the sound rising until�

Crack!

Their swords gave way under the pressure and fell in useless pieces to the ground. In this instance, Ardat decided to take the upper hand. He formed a fist, aiming for the smaller youkai�s stomach, and although the youkai at which he was swinging had a similar plan in mind, Ardat was just slightly ahead of him. Right before Ardat�s fist made contact, that scent, tinged with something special, hit his nose. Almost in slow motion, he felt an odd energy emanating from his fist�s target, and the puzzle pieces fell together with an echoing � clunk � in his mind. He barely stopped his fist from making contact, and (due to his solving a mystery) was taken by surprise when a hard punch landed in his jaw, sending him flying against a tree.
There was another long pause in which neither youkai moved. Nothing but panting filled the silence while they tried to catch their breath until�

�Dame! But you�re a man !� Ardat exclaimed incredulously, his arms flailing about wildly before coming to point accusingly at the small youkai.

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BACK WITH CIVILI� ERR� YUSUKE AND THE GROUP� >,>

Yusuke sighed as he strolled down the sidewalk in the late afternoon, a gift basket on one arm and his wife on the other. He and Keiko had finally married after she finished college, and Yusuke�s demon-slaying business, that he ran secretly out of his ramen stand, was no longer considered an appropriate job. So, Koenma recently hired him back as Spirit Detective, only this time with a hefty salary that not even Keiko could object to. With King Enma overthrown and Lord Koenma now ruling, there was no law against hiring demons to do Spirit World�s dirty work.

In fact, the entire team had gotten back together, though Kuwabara and Kurama only went on necessary missions because they actually had lives that lay outside the supernatural. At the moment, they were having a party at Kurama�s house in which the women would all talk about their� well, whatever women talk about, while the men discussed the possibilities behind the growing activity of violent demons appearing in Ningenkai. It was obvious that Kurama had suspicions about what was really going on, but the fox usually did not share hunches. This get-together would be a great chance for the other team members to get a better picture of what was really going on.

Before Yusuke knew it, he was at the door of the fox�s house with Keiko happily ringing the bell. Botan was the one to answer the door, and many squeals (from the girls), hugs and smiles later, all were gathered in the living room. The females, Shizuru, Keiko, Botan, and Yukina, had already claimed the couch and most of the chairs leaving the men to fend for themselves. Kurama nodded to the kitchen, and Yusuke and Kuwabara followed him gratefully.

�So, what�s up, fox-boy?� Yusuke asked as Kurama cringed at the nickname.

�I have no idea what you mean,� Kurama replied slyly from his watchful position near the cooking lobsters. �I just invited you all for dinner.�

�Great, Urameshi!� exclaimed Kuwabara angrily. �Call him names! That�ll get him to tell us what�s up!�

�Alright, alright. I�m sorry!� Yusuke said in mock-defeat. �So, really. What�s up?�

�Wait, where�s the shrimp?� Kuwabara asked. �I thought for sure he�d be squeezing for information even before we got here.�

�I assure you, he hasn�t,� Kurama replied politely as he gently prodded and stirred the lobsters with a pair of metal tongs.

�Yeah, come to think of it, I haven�t seen short-stuff in a while,� Yusuke said thoughtfully. �I�m actually kind of glad about dinner now!�

Kurama gave Yusuke�s wide grin a questioning look as he asked, �Why is that, Yusuke?�

�I�ve been looking for a good fight! Maybe after dinner, he�ll agree to it!� Yusuke answered excitedly.

Kurama shook his head and smiled a little. It was obvious Yusuke was in need of an outlet for his pent-up energy. He could only survive so long with the boring battles against low-class troublemakers without going completely insane.

�I�m sorry to disappoint you, Yusuke, but I don�t believe that Hiei will be joining us,� Kurama said.

There was silence, save for the slight hissing noises, as Kurama started lifting the lobsters out of the pot one by one.

�Well, leave it to Hiei to rain on my parade,� Yusuke finally sighed, his good mood significantly hampered.

�Come to think of it, I haven�t sensed him around in a while,� Kuwabara added thoughtfully.

�And you probably won�t for a very long time, I think,� Kurama whispered to himself, unheard over the noises that their dinner was making.

�Huh? I didn�t catch that. What�d you say?� Kuwabara asked.

�Ah, I was saying that dinner will be ready in no time,� Kurama said in a calm tone.

�Right,� Yusuke said, eyeing the fox suspiciously. �Back to the subject that someone distracted us from, we were asking what information you�ve picked up on recently.�

�Yes, these missions have been troubling me,� Kurama nodded as he began to prepare the butter sauce. �And it is not because it interferes with my work schedule, either.�

�It doesn�t feel right to me,� Kuwabara agreed. �I don�t know what�s up, so we were kind of hoping you might clue us in on some stuff. You know, shed some light.�

�I�m sorry to say that I don�t have very much information at all,� Kurama said.

�Aw, c�mon K�rama!� Yusuke managed to whine around the stolen biscuit in his mouth.

�I know you have connections! Hiei does too,� Kuwabara urged. �Between the two of you, there has to be something that you know.�

�Actually, I have spoken to Hiei just as little as you have,� Kurama sighed. �If you have not sensed him, then it is very likely that he has not even returned to Ningenkai since we all saw him a month ago.�

When he saw Yusuke and Kuwabara exchange concerned glances, he continued.

�If he had heard information that would benefit the team, he would have returned to enlighten us by now,� Kurama assured them. �The only thing that I have heard may have no connection to the case at all.�

�Yeah, I�ll be the judge of that!� Yusuke said boldly. �I am a detective, after all!�

Kurama could not help but chuckle, and Kuwabara snickered at Yusuke�s habit of denying the responsibilities of his title at one moment and flaunting them the next.

�Very well, Yusuke,� Kurama smiled. �I have heard quite a few rumors of a powerful foreign demon lurking somewhere in the territories of the Three Kings. I do not have any reports on what he may look like, but the locals can sense his energy.�

�Hey, I�m one of the �Three Kings�!� the detective exclaimed.

�Heh, good job for noticing that, Urameshi,� Kuwabara laughed. �Shouldn�t you have been informed?�

�It�s not my fault that I won�t have full reign until I go to the Makai for good,� Yusuke snorted. �But you do have a good point. Why wasn�t I informed of some power-hungry demon wandering around in my territory?�

�Like I said,� Kurama replied, �the rumor may not be of any importance. For instance, I know that Bui has been wandering around in your territory for the past seven months without you being informed.�

Yusuke choked on the remainder of his stolen biscuit before he was able to speak again.

�Bui from the Dark Tournament?� he asked incredulously. �Bui, the guy who completely deflected Hiei�s Dragon of the Darkness Flame?�

�Yes, detective ,� Kurama said, though the sarcasm he used in the word �detective� was missed by Yusuke for the moment.

�I�m going to have a nice long chat with the guards about informing me of the goings-on in the nation that I�m eventually going to inherit,� Yusuke sighed. �At this rate, I could be inheriting a pile of rubble by the time I return!�

�Yusuke, you worry too much,� said the fox with amusement. �To stress an earlier point, if this demon were connected to the missions we�ve been receiving, Hiei surely would have informed us. Mukuro�s secret intelligence doesn�t miss many important things. Between her and Yomi, they would have known if anything connected to our missions was going on.�

�That does make me want to go, though,� Yusuke muttered.

�Look, Urameshi, your kingdom�s not going to collapse just because some weird guy�s roamin� around. There are probably lots of drifters in Demon World. Hell, I bet the shrimp was one of them,� Kuwabara said.

�Nah, I do want to check on my kingdom, but I was talking about asking Mukuro and Yomi if they�ve heard anything,� Yusuke said.

Kurama laughed as he said, �Yusuke, you just want a spar with Hiei.�

�Maybe,� Yusuke huffed, crossing his arms.

�In three weeks I have a long weekend off, so we can go together then,� Kurama suggested as he finished filling the plates and handing them to the two other men to carry to the table.

Yusuke sighed, and Kurama added, �Perhaps if you behave, I�ll spar with you this evening to tide you over until then.�

A grin spread across Yusuke�s face as the three of them set up the dinner. Soon, the girls had come to join them, and they began eating. Little did they know, Hiei was not where they assumed him to be, and �the detective� would have to wait much longer than three weeks to spar with the fire demon.

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/AN:/ We very much hope that you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry for the wait, but remember that this will NOT under any circumstances be discontinued!! (We hate it when that happens) Hang tight, the next chapter will be coming soon!

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