Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Hiei's Surprise ❯ chap 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Chap two

Both men were still standing in the doorway, ready for a quick escape.

They took two steps into the room and separated, Hiei going to the window, and Kuwabara going to his favourite couch.

Yukina sat across form him, Kurama sat on the only other couch in the room.

Yusuke was still standing… he looked around and the plopped himself down on the floor where he was standing.

“When did you return home brother?”

“Today” Hiei looked out the window as he spoke to his sister “I told that bitch she can go to hell. I am not going to keep being her errand boy. I gave her an ultimatum. Either she wants an heir or she wants an errand boy. She told me to be her heir I had to stay in Makai. I couldn't do that so I walked out”

“Wow! So you really aren't her heir any-more?” She queried

“Well, if I know that scheming bitch as well as I think I do, this is all part of a bigger plan” He informed her

“Oh. Any idea what her plan is?”

“I have a few ideas, but we will see” was all he said.

After that they caught up on things they had missed.

Hiei was the first to notice that Kazuma was a little quieter then normal.

`What is it?' he spoke to his mind.

`I can sense something is wrong… I just don't know what that something is'

`Do you have a general direction of where things are wrong?'

`That's what strange thing… I think it's me'

“What do you mean?” Hiei spoke out loud interrupting Kurama, who looked up as Kuwabara answered

“I mean that something has been off for a few days now and I still can't place my finger on it. But something is defiantly not right”

“What are you two talking about?” Yusuke asked.

“I have had the feeling something is off for a few days, and the thing is… I think it's me… I mean, it's like I know what's wrong but yet I don't” Kuwabara told him.

“Do you know what made you start thinking that there was something wrong?” Kurama asked

“Yeah. I was arguing with my sister and she said something to piss me off. So I told her I was going out, and she didn't say anything… she always says something. Wether it is for me to be careful or to take a jacket or whatever, but she said nothing at all. It was weird.”

“Have you noticed anything else?” The redhead probed him or more information.

“Not really” Kuwabara said after thinking for a moment.

“What do you mean by not really? Explain fully” Hiei said from the window sill, looking at his Kazuma.

“Well… People have been listening to me… doing what I ask… no questions asked…. That's not normal. You guys know that”

He stopped at Hiei's smile.

Cocking his head to the side he locked eyes with him “What?”

`Just admiring you'

“Don't lie, Hiei”

“Hn” said demon snorted “You don't see it do you?”

“See what?” Urameshi interrupted

“I am disappointed detective. I thought you would pick up on it when your best friend is changing” Hiei said looking back out the window.

“Changing how?” Kurama asked

“You can't see it either?” he sounded almost angry at the red head

“I know what you mean” Yukina spoke up “You mean that his spirit energy has been changing. It is not only stronger; it also has a distinct demon vibe to it, which also means that someone in his family at some point was a demon”

“Indeed. It was one of the first things I picked up on when I came back” he said still looking out the window “I can't pick up enough of the demon energy to pin point what kind of demon. I just know that it's there.” He turned his head and looked at his Kazuma “We can always see Koenma though. He would most likely be able to tell you more”

“I'd like that” Kazuma replied.

“Ok, this is weird… Is everyone I am friends with a demon?” Urameshi asked of no one in particular while staring at the ceiling.

No one answered but Yukina, Kurama and Kuwabara started laughing, even Hiei cracked a small smile at that one.

Later that night Hiei was walking Kuwabara home.

“So, If I really do have demon blood in my” Kuwa said looking to his partner “Which I don't doubt... Will I...?”

“Change like Yusuke did?” Hiei finished for him

“Yeah” The tall redhead nodded.

“I am honestly not sure” Hiei answered, his brows drawn down in deep thought. “If I had to take a guess I would say it is most likely. When the demon within you is released it will bring about the change of your ancestors.”

“I am not sure I even want to know...” The ginger haired man sighed.

Hiei put his arm out to stop the taller man, standing in front of him he searched his eyes for a moment before asking “What is it that you are afraid of? You know that we will all be here for you”

“I know, it's just that...” Shaking his head and sighing he continued “it's just that I am worried about Shizuru, she is my sister, which means she will be affected too. I may be able to handle the change, but Shizuru's not as strong as she seems. What you see is just the front she puts up to hide how she really feels inside.”

“She will be fine. It might even be an idea for you and her to stay at the temple with Yukina for awhile.” Hiei looked at his partner and saw the doubt written on his features “Kazuma, look, things will work out for the best. Even I have noticed that our group always seems to come out on top no matter what gets thrown us”

Kuwabara didn't reply for a few minutes, and when he did, he stopped and pulled Hiei to him.

“You may be right about that, but look at how many people have been hurt both mentally and physically in the processes. I don't know how much more of this I can take”

Looking up, the shorter of the two tightened his hold “You don't have to face anything alone, you never did, Yusuke will always be there for you, so will the fox, I may not have been here in body, but in mind I was”

“That's just the problem though Hiei. Yusuke is busy still trying to fully smooth things over with Keiko, and Kurama is always studying or of doing some kind of experiments. They have their own troubles and I don't want to burden them with more”

Hiei snorted watching him through slightly narrowed eyes before speaking “Fine, so they have their own lives... You could have contacted me”

“How? To do that I would need to go to Yusuke or Kurama and then they would ask why I wanted to talk to you, and if it was really a good idea, and then they would make me tell them why, so in the end I would wind up burdening them either way”

“You have thought about this before” Hiei stated

“Yeah, I have. I almost asked Botan, but it would wind up the same in the end... Besides, I wasn't sure if you would have even cared enough to listen back then” the taller yet younger of the two admitted.

They walked the rest of the way to the Kuwabara siblings household in a comfortable silence, well that is until they got there and found Shizuru sitting on the steps in tears.

Kuwabara ran down the path and picked her up without a word, he carried her up the stairs and dug in his pocket for the key, he fumbled in his haste and trying to unlock the door and dropped they keys.

Hiei stepped in and did it for him, following as he almost ran down the hall to her room.

Kuwabara set his sister down on her bed, the tears still flowing, he slowly untangled her arms which had wrapped around him so he could stand.

Moving into the bathroom he got a glass of water and a bottle of pills.

He sat behind her and pulled her to his chest, he took two pills from the container and grabbed the glass from the side table.

“Come on Shiz, Take these for me” He said softly.

After a moment she did as he had asked, she didn't speak nor did the tears stop although she was quite, you could feel her pain and sorrow.

Hiei stood in the doorway watching as Kazuma took care of his older sister, looking up the younger male spotted him “Anti depressants, she also has tablets to help with panic attacks and sleeping tablets” He looked back at his sister and sighed “She hasn't been the same since the whole dark tournament fiasco. She was fine at first, but slowly, she got worse and worse. Which is why I am worried about how all this will effect her, with her panic attacks and her worrying about me all the time, I'm really frightened about how this new information will effect her.”

He watched as slowly Shizuru fell asleep, he had always thought of her as a strong woman, to see her like this made him feel angry at the gods for allowing this to happen to her.

Kuwabara laid her under the blankets and placed the glass and pills back away, he turned the light off and closed the door behind him, pulling Hiei into a hug.

“Can we go see Koenma now? I want to find out how this will effect her and if there is anything that can be done for her. I can't lose my only family”

Although shocked by his words Hiei simply agreed to take him now, he knew that they would have time to discuss his family later, he had honestly no idea that he had no-one other then Shizuru, he just assumed that she was the only one that cared enough to support him, but now he could see that it was because they were all each other had left is the reason they went out of their way to be there for the other, why they pushed each other so much and yet no matter what words were said, they were always there.

Indeed it all made sense now... Now if only the trip to Koenma would be as revealing....