Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ the angel in my shadow ❯ The flu ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Yukina slept comfortably on her futon, she liked living with Genkai, it was peaceful and quiet, she got to see yusuke and everybody else, especially botan, quite often, she liked the fact that she was surrounded by friends, even though she was saddened that no matter how hard she tried, she could not find her brother, it got lonely sometimes for her, when nobody was watching…

Her room was simple, wood floor, basic futon, but it seemed she was an exceptional crafter, on her desk she had made her very own candle holder, out of her tear gems, she had made it to look like crashing waves of water, and it did, it was beautiful holding it's simple candle, next to that was a stained jar filled with some of her tear gems, preserved flowers she had saved, a couple of rare stones she'd pick up every now and then in the garden, and small twigs that held small dark blue, red, and sometimes purple berries on it, the items contrasted well with each other and the mahogany desk that held them. Other than that the room was empty, no pictures. But one, which really made her think, she had not one picture of her brother, nor her mother, but she did have a photograph of the entire group: herself, botan was behind her both hand on her shoulders chrouching, genkai, yusuke with his arm around keiko, kuwabara was next to her blushing; he was such a goof, Kurama stood in profile form sort of facing the camera with a warm smile while, koenma was there too, yusuke must have tugged on his cape b/c he had a scrunched look on his face, then…there was hiei, he looked away from the camera, he was standing next to kuwabara sot of, he seemed distant from the group , very quiet.

Hiei had just intended on a midnight check up on his sister, but he a little trouble.

-flash back-

Hiei sighed as he came back from spirit world with yusuke's new case -why do I have to get his missions? Well at least I don't have to participate in this one- hiei thought miserly to himself, he climbed through yusuke's window and dropped the papers on yusuke's sleeping face.

“What!...W-where? SPIRIT GUN!“ Yusuke had woken up from a bad dream just as hiei laid the papaers on his face, Hiei with out effort dodged the spirit detective's shot.

“Your new case….”Hiei said lamely

“Awwwww…No…”yusuke said rubbing his very red nose, it was obvious he was becoming sick with a late flu or cold.

Hiei raised an eye brow to him

Yusuke wobbled even though he was sitting up in bed, he paused and looked dead serious for a short time, hiei had become interested in this new expression and shifted so he could see the detective's face

“AH! AH! AHHHH! CHOOOOOOO!”Yusuke sneezed all over Hiei spreading his germs to him. Hiei shuddered and scowled as her wiped off his upper lip with the back of his hand

“Disgusting human…”Hiei left

-end flashback-

Hiei was starting to feel a little sick himself now and was much to fatigued, he had never been sick a day in his life and yet he was feeling extremely fatigued, he did not want to spread any of this to Yukina, so he just slept in a near by tree by the compound

Hiei slept uncomfortably, he sweated, and moaned, he was pale, though still asleep.

Yukina had woken up though, when she had, she felt overwhelmed to look at the framed group picture, she found herself gazing at it for hours, well only one particular person though, she was amazed at how many gentle features Hiei had, even though he always scowled, she was drawn in by his eyes, they were so deep and filled with pain.

Hiei jerked in his sleep and that made the tree branch wobble unsteadily, his shirt was dampened by his sweat which made him cold, he shuddered, and the branch gave out beneath him, he collapsed in a fetal heep beneath a branch, curled tightly in a ball to try and keep warm, his face held pain and tiredness on it clearly

Well it was morning, and yukina was snapped out of her trance by the sound of a branch breaking, to make sure nothing had happened to her garden she rushed outside to check it out, she had made it outside and gasped that hiei was curled into an excruciating painful ball, she rushed to his side brushing debris and twigs off him, she had felt his forhead, he was burning up! She rushed into the temple for genkai…

Hiei had never been sick before in his life, and had no idea what was happening to him, he was awake, but had wished he was asleep, his muscles ached unbearably, he felt on fire underneath a blanket, and felt like and ice cube when he even tired to get air from the heat, he had preferred to stay warm and stayed underneath the covers, He had a pounding headache, his vision was blurry, he sweat, his hair line was drenched and his head band turning cold from it. He wanted to leave, but he did feel somewhat better not scrunched in a tree, it felt nice to lay on a futon.

Yukina came in with a bowl of soup and a bucket of water. She gave Hiei a sympathetic look as she sat down next to him. She took off his head band and layed it next to his boots and cloak. She dipped a rag into the bucket of water and ringed it so it was lightly damp and placed it on his forhead, brushing a few stray strands of hair away from his face.

“Are you hungry Hiei?”Yukina asked

She seemed so willing to help him, it almost made him uncomfortable, he was supposed to be watching her from a distance, he wasn't supposed to be this close! His eye's were half opened, which made him look exhausted, there was no sneer his mouth was pounty from the flu, he had a tinge of red on his face that exaggerated his fever, he didn't need to speak because his stomach took care of that, it growled and moaned for food, Hiei blushed because he was about to deny he was hungry.

Yukina giggled“I'll take that as a yes? “She laid another pillow beneath his head, and spooned it to him like she were his mother

Hiei blinked at the spoon and wished he would just disappear

“ Come on I know your hungry, don't be embarrassed “ Yukina chirped

Hiei looked at her skeptically despite his being sick

Yukina though for a moment “ I won't tell anyone I did this”She promised honestly“ I won't tell a soul, I swear”

Hiei took her honesty in and opened his mouth into the perfect ` o ` it made him look like a little kid

“There we go” Yukina said cheerfully, she fed him lunch, and Hiei ate with out a fuss

Hiei had felt oddily better after he ate, and very tired, so he slept, Yukina stayed in the room watching him, she was entranced with his face like she was with the picture, she had opened a window so he could get fresh air, and lost count of how many times she had replaced the rag on his forehead and stroked his cheek as he slept.

Genkai was becoming increasingly worried at how Yukina started to look at hiei, first it was admiration and adoration which was fine, but after she had spent enough time looking at him the look had turned into calm, peace and love, genkai feared it might not be the love you receive from sibilings…..