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Sitting on the rooftop his intense eyes stared at the setting sun. They eyes held a faraway look as his mind began to wander. His thoughts went towards Ningenkai and the rest of the Tentai and gang that were there. That baka better not be messing with his sister or he'd kill him. As soon as he thought of his sister his mind wandered once again. This time to an azure haired deity who was too bubbly for her own good. Her rose eyes were imprinted into his mind and he couldn't understand why. Sighing he shook his head and focused on the sunset again only to find that it was over and the moon had begun to rise. Slowly he rose to his feet and flitted into the castle. He quickly arrived at his room trying to avoid the lord of the castle.
Unfortunately for him she was waiting for him in his room. "Ah, Hiei, I was wondering how long you'd be on the roof." Makuro commented at he closed the door. "Come what had you so captivated?" she questioned him trying to get a rise out of him. "Hn, nothing of importance." He answered in his normal aloof manner. "Oh, well it seemed as if you were dreaming. What or who were you dreaming of?" She persisted unwilling to settle his first comment. "Hn, just thinking of my sister. Not that it is your concern." He said gruffly letting her know that was the end of the conversation. Standing from her window seat she walked calmly to Hiei who still stood in the middle of the room. He had wanted to be alone to figure out his thoughts and was not pleased that she was there. He knew what she felt for him and he at first was appealed by the idea of mating with her. After all every strong demon needed a mate, they had even on occasion been lovers, but more and more his mind went to the ferry onna. He knew he had no feelings for Makuro. She was his lord and his lover, but not his mate. He couldn't bring himself to mark her, even though she had asked him more then once during their private interludes. "Hiei, you have been distant from me these past weeks. What is bothering you? Have I done something to anger you?" Makuro asked as she reached him in the middle of the room. Slowly she reached a hand out to stroke his cheek and he had to remind himself not to jerk away. "No Makuro, you have done nothing to anger me. Perhaps it is I whom am angry at myself." Hiei looked everywhere but at her. What he was going to tell her would hurt her and make her angry, perhaps angry enough to kill him, but he refused to back down. He had no fear of her, he knew they were evenly matched and that it would take a lot for her to kill him.
As she tried to reach up and kiss him, he pulled away. He saw the shock and hurt in her eyes before they narrowed in anger. "What? Are you too good to kiss me now?" She hissed between her teeth. "We need to have a talk. I know what you want from me. I know how you feel, but I am not ready to mark you and I don't think I ever will be. At first I thought I could, but now I know it will never be a possibility." He spoke quickly and didn't look at her. He heard her hiss between her teeth and the low growl that came from her throat. "So this was just a game for you! You just used me as a common whore for your own pleasures! Who is she that has your heart then? Is it the detective's woman or perhaps the other human? No maybe it is that ferry girl." As he looked at her, her eyes filled with realization. "It is her, that ferry of Koenma's! What does she have that I do not? Huh? Answer me you bastard!" she screamed at him. That was it. Hiei shoved her away from him, his eyes full of anger. "Don't ever call me that! Would you rather me stay here and pretend for you? Be your submissive lover? Use you, as you said, for my own pleasures? I know you found pleasure too! You know there can never be an "us" aside from lovers! I feel nothing for you!" he sneered at her and flitted from the room leaving her there heartbroken.
He needed to get away from there. He needed to go to Ningenkai to see Kurama and to check up on his sister, make sure that oaf hadn't hurt her. As he came to the temple he could feel the auras in the room and knew that Yukina had company. It seems the group had decided to have a get together. Sighing heavily he sat on a tree branch and waited. It wasn't long before Kurama stepped out and walked right under the tree. "Hello Hiei, nice to see you again." He greeted without looking up into the tree. "Hn, fox you're getting weak. It took you a while to come out here." He smirked down at the humanized fox spirit and jumped to the ground right in front of him. "Actually Hiei I was helping Yukina with the dishes and didn't want to leave her in the middle of them." Kurama's smooth voice answered. "Hn" Hiei said as he leaned up against the tree next to the fox. "Well I must admit I wasn't expecting you to come here tonight. Is something wrong Hiei?" Kurama questioned as he glanced at his short friend out of the corner of his eye. "No." Hiei answered shortly and harshly. "I had an argument with Makuro." He muttered quietly, but a kitsunes ears are very good and Kurama heard him. "Oh? What about?" and kitsunes are also nosy. " She wants us to be more then lovers. She wants us to be mates. She has asked me to mark her more then once, but I cannot. I don't feel for her enough to do that. It would make us both miserable and she knows it." "So who is the other demoness you care for?" Kurama asked watching Hiei's reaction. He saw a slight widening of the eyes before he gained his composure. "There is no other demoness." He growled out. "Oh really? I doubt that my friend. Come on if you have been lovers with Makuro this long and can't mark her then your heart must lay elsewhere." Kurama's calm voice was starting to annoy Hiei and he gave him a nasty glare. "There is no one!" he insisted as he pushed off of the tree trunk. "Okay Okay, but if you ever wish to tell I'll be here." Kurama stated as he moved back to the temple. "Are you coming Hiei?" "Hn". The two teammates walked back to the gathering not knowing that after their talk a lot would change.
Botan was bouncing off the walls. She'd had one to many pieces of chocolate and had a sugar high. "Wow this is a great party Yukina. Is there any more chocolate? Man I never thought I'd feel this hyper. Oh look Hiei is here." With that she bounded away to the detective and Kuwabara. "Hello Hiei! Nice to see again. Are you hungry? I could warm some left-over food for you?" Yukina said as she smiled up at her unknown brother. "No, Yukina, I am fine, do not trouble yourself for me." He said softly as he looked at her beaming face. 'How could a beautiful being be my sister?' he wondered to himself as she shook her head in protest a small frown on her face. "Really Hiei it is no bother. It will take not even five minutes." She responded smiling again as she walked into the kitchen to get his food. "Hiei, you need to tell her eventually. She has a right to know her only family member is still alive." Kurama said in a low voice to him in the corner where he stood. "Hn." He glared at the fox who once again butted into his business. "Fox, do you have a death wish tonight?" his eyes flashed dangerously, only to narrow in annoyance as Kurama started to chuckle at him. "Okay Hiei, no need to get angry. Just saying how we all feel about Yukina." He said as he moved away to talk with Genkai. 'He's right, She does deserve to know, but how could I taint a creature as pure as Yukina with the knowledge that I, a criminal and forbidden one, am her brother?' He watched as she brought him his plate and a cup of juice. "Thank you." He muttered as he accepted the food and began to eat. Suddenly he heard a hyper voice call to him. "Hello Hiei! Nice to see you back, though I must admit we didn't think to see you here. Well nice to have you come. How was Makai? Didn't get into to many fights now did you? Oh look there is Keiko!" Botan spoke really fast and was gone before he could respond to her. He watched her go off wide-eyed before he masked his features again. "What is wrong with the onna?" he asked as Yukina came to take his plate. "I think she has had to much sugar. She is really hyper." Yukina said with a giggle as she watched Botan talking a mile a minute to Keiko who was having a hard time keeping up with what she was saying. "Hn, baka onna" he muttered as he followed Yukina into the kitchen with his now empty cup. He had come to a decision. He would tell her and be done with it. It was true that Yukina did deserve to know and for some reason he felt a need to tell her. "Hn, now or never." He muttered to himself as he stood in the doorway of the kitchen.