Kurama and Hiei are sitting on a sofa. Kurama is
wearing an army uniform.
HIEI: Kurama, you
are looking at me like that all the time. What are you doing that for?!
KURAMA. (laughs)
HIEI. I really
don’t think it’s funny. What has gotten into you?
KURAMA. I like
you.
HIEI. Rest
assured, I don’t need anyone to like me.
KURAMA. Sou sa
ka?
HIEI. Yes, that
is so. And you don’t need to speak Japanese to me.
KURAMA. (laugh) I like that language. It has
something … personal.
HIEI. You are
acting weird today.
KURAMA. Am I? …
Maybe there’s a reason for me to change. As there is a reason for you to back
away any time I come close to you in daylight, anytime our hands are about to
touch, as if you were frightened.
HIEI. I am not
frightened. But you have to admit, that you’ve been acting weird lately.
Where’s the old Kurama?
KURAMA.
Pretensions fly away, Hiei. The real me comes to the surface when the moon’s
up.
HIEI. Have you
turned into a poetrist now, too?
KURAMA. (yawn) Am I pathetic?
HIEI. (sarcastically) Am I boring?
KURAMA. I’m a
fox, Hiei. Cats, foxes, lynxs, lions, gepards, they all yawn to calm themselves
down in uncertain situations…
HIEI. What does
this have to do with us? This is no such situation.
KURAMA. Are you
sure? He stares at him.
HIEI. (Backs away). Kurama, stop that! I am
serious!
KURAMA. Kono de
hikiyosetai…
HIEI. Draw me
closer? What the fuck, fox?! Are you horny?!
KURAMA. Maybe…
HIEI. (Now scrambling away even quicker, towards
the wall) Fine. Then please go out and search for some prey to fuck with…
KURAMA. I already
have my prey…
HIEI. Kisama!!!
That’s not how this is going to end!
KURAMA. Oikakete
itai no wa, itsu ka tsukande miseru…
HIEI. Oh no,
don’t get false ideas, you are not getting and showing me what you like to go
after! Oh no! Get away from me.
KURAMA. I
remember you told me all the things you went through in your young life…
HIEI: Kurama! Get
your hands off my pants!!
KURAMA. (Kneeling in front of Hiei) …what things
you suffered on, and how life treated you. You didn’t seem to mind much, born
to be rough and fight for your survival… Never anything good, as it seemed,
never any peace in your life, never any pleasure.
HIEI. I don’t want any pleasure!
KURAMA. You don’t
know what you are missing.
HIEI. (Pressed against the wall) I’ll slice
you in two if you go on!!!
KURAMA. (sexily) How?
HIEI. Bastard! Is
that all you can think of?
KURAMA. That… and
lots of other things… You learn a lot of things when you are fighting. You
learn to desire a lot. Once you taste blood, you naturally want more. It’s like
life. You hold on to it, no matter how painful, no matter whether you get
things you didn’t even ask for. And then, when you find what you want, you
intent to take it, as people took from you what they wanted. It’s all a matter
of fairness.
HIEI. But you
aren’t fair, you are --- (Kurama has
pulls down Hiei’s wide pants) Stop it!
KURAMA. I can’t.
Ai koso kiseki wo umidasu chikara…
HIEI: (sarcastically) Love certainly is a
power that brings forth miracles – is that your philosophy?
KURAMA. Yes… and
no… and yes…
HIEI. Stop being
so weird! Let me go! The game is over.
KURAMA. It didn’t
even … begin! (He kisses Hiei in between
his legs, Hiei gasps and grabs for Kurama’s hair, yanking his head away)
HIEI. Do that
again and I’ll kill you!
KURAMA. (Stands
up and faces him) Sou sa ka?
HIEI. Yes, I mean
it!
KURAMA: (Calmly unbuttons Hiei’s shirt) You
think you can refuse me?
HIEI. Stares (unsurely) Y-yes.
KURAMA. And all
those nights mean nothing? Crawling into my bed, cuddling me? You might not
know it, but you… seduced… me…. (He
kisses him)
HIEI. (Gasps, after a while, shovels Kurama away,
pants) You are nuts!
KURAMA. (Drags him over to the sofa) Yes, I am.
Kitto.
HIEI. (weakly) I really don’t want this.
KURAMA. I didn’t
want it the first time, either. Just be glad it’s me.
HIEI. No…
KURAMA. (Lays on top of him. The lights go out)
Yes….
HIEI. Kurama!
What are you doing?! Kurama… no! Please!!! Please!!! (Moans once in a mixture of shock, pleasure and surprise, the curtain
closes)
Hiei is sitting on the sofa, knees hugged to his
chest. He looks angry. Kurama is working in the background.
KURAMA. Are you
still pouting?
HIEI. You bastard
raped me.
KURAMA. Isn’t
that a little exaggarated? You enjoyed it, after all. And besides, if I had
really raped you, you wouldn’t just be angry with me.
HIEI. So? What
else?
KURAMA. You’d be
crying.
HIEI. And how
would you know?
KURAMA. (Shrugs) Experience.
HIEI. You were …?
And you…?
KURAMA. Yeah, say
it out loud: I was raped and I cried. Like a baby, my ass hurt like hell and I
had nowhere to run to. That, my dear, is rape.
HIEI. Then how
could you have done this now?!
KURAMA. Because I
can draw lines. Or because I can’t. Because there is a difference between the
pain-causing version and desire.
HIEI. (Angrily) Don’t you think they desired you, too, as much as you
desired to fuck me? You are selfish.
KURAMA. (Joins Hiei on the sofa who backs away as
much as possible) Maybe I am. But there still is a difference between them
and me. I never raped you, your definition of it is wrong.
HIEI. Pah! And
you, of course, know how to define it?
KURAMA. No. But I
know that desire on both sides of the participants isn’t part of it.
HIEI. Are you telling me, I desired you?!
KURAMA. Yes. I
daresay, you even love me.
HIEI. (Looks away) You are insane. I don’t
want anything from you.
KURAMA. (Touches Hiei’s neck with his fingertips,
Hiei shrugs them off) I don’t blame you, you’ve never cared or loved
before. I hoped doing something would help.
HIEI. What kind
of help is it to rape me?
KURAMA. I don’t
know. It’s a way of expressing oneself, but I guess I didn’t calculate on my
own desires in it. (Lays his hands on
Hiei’s shoulders) It’s not easy to find the right times when to cross the
line of giving in to one’s emotions. It’s a thin, feeble border and not easy to
see. Crossing it is … so easy, and sometimes really difficult.
HIEI. Is that an
excuse, or an advise, fox?
KURAMA. Both.
Consider it.
HIEI. I – I just
can’t. It doesn’t work like that!
KURAMA. (Pulls him close) Maybe I forgot
something last time… (Slides out of his
shirt.)
HIEI. K-Kurama…!
KURAMA. Do you
know what you want?
HIEI.(struggling) Yesterday. I want
yesterday.
KURAMA. It’s just
what you’ll get… don’t worry. (Once
again, Hiei’s pants drop to the floor. Kurama pushes him of the sofa so he
stands before him. Hiei’s back is to the audience)
HIEI. What are
you up to, now?
KURAMA. Some
tricks I learned… (He kneesls down in
front of him and starts working between his legs.)
HIEI. This is not
like… yesterday…
KURAMA. No… this
is better.
HIEI. (Moan) Don’t. Don’t… (moan) It will only lead to… trouble.
KURAMA. (laugh) I don’t think you’ll get
pregnant from it. (Pushes Hiei onto the
sofa, Kurama’s back now to the audience, shielding Hiei from sight. Hiei looks
down, watching, looking quite embarrassed.)
HIEI. You always
get what you want…
KURAMA. I’m a …
fox.
HIEI. (MOAN)