I don't own anyone you recognize…duh

She sat on her bed her covers wrapped around her like a shroud it was cold again damnit did she hate the cold. She flipped mindlessly through the channels before turning the whole thing off sighing as she closed her eyes for a moment. "You know you could say hello" She yawned turning over to the demon in the window sill.

"Hn" He stepped down.

"Should I be concerned?' She grinned at him.

"about what" He sneered, hiei sat on the edge of the bed, he was tired, all this training was wearing him thin mostly because he was spending hours on end helping kuwabara's chances of not killing himself within his first battle.

"You've stayed here a week or so and everyday you leave early and come back late at night smelling like sweat, kurama and kuwabara." She snickered softly. Hiei's head snapped towards her.

'What are you insinuating? You childish fool"

"I'm just saying you and Kurama do make a cute couple. I can't possibly be the first person to tell you that" her smile widened and hiei's scowl deepened, she couldn't help poking fun. Hiei turned himself to face her; he pulled the collar of her t-shirt bringing her face to his. He kissed her hard like he had something to prove. Raven broke the kiss her face flushed and a smile still on her face. "Maybe I should tease you more often".

"Hn" Hiei pulled her in for another kiss placing his body on top of hers a new found energy coursing through him. "Did you miss me" The boy was cocky he pulled at her shirt harder giving him more skin to explore. Raven pulled on his hair as she felt his warm breath on her. He began to leave a mark on her neck but hiei stopped, sat up, and stared in the corner of the room.

"Ok there better be a damn good explanation for this" Raven placed a hand over her neck where Hiei's mouth had last been. Her breath still rapid her face still flushed she got a bit frustrated.

"Your boot" He stated calmly blinking softly like he hadn't been on top of her moments ago.

"Huh?' She turned to see what he was looking at. There in the corner was one of her boots. She never took them off except for in the shower; Hiei knew that, he stared at her waiting for a response. Raven glanced down at her feet, had she known hiei was coming she would've tried to pull the boot over her injured foot, she had one on she figured that made it ok, her foot hurt so bad and her shoe just made it worse she winced just thinking about it. She just hoped she could avoid any questions. "So? I got a right to have my shoes off if I want" She stated defiantly. Hiei just looked at her a puzzled frown on his face.

"You nearly gouged out my eyes out the last time I touched them. Why now are you just leaving them around the room?"



"They're old, maybe I need new boots." She looked away from him hoping he would let it go. "Why does it matter anyway?" She frowned almost sadly.

"Because if there's a reason they're not on and you're not telling me that means something's the matter" He frowned he did care about her well being even if he didn't show it. "Tell me what's the problem Ill kill whatever the cause is" He announced matter a fact, the closest things to romantic words.

"What if killing wouldn't help?" she smiled looking back at him.

"I haven't found a problem that killing something can't fix" He glanced at his katana across the room.

"Huh. Well that's one way to look at things. You know I really-"he cut her off knowing that she was slowly changing the subject.

"Are you going to tell me what's the problem or am I going to have to beat it out of you?" he gritted his teeth. Raven ran her fingers through her red hair considering what to say.

"Your threats never did work on me hiei you're all talk" She chose to continue to be evasive, she stuck her tongue out.

"Hn" he scowled he wouldn't play childish games he got up took his sword and flittered out the window.

"You could say goodbye" She shouted at the window. He watched her get out of bed and head over to her boot she limped her way over there. 'She's hurt. Why didn't she tell me' He leaned over the tree branch he was standing on to get a better look at her crudely wrapped ankle. She pulled the boot over her foot; he watched her wince, her eyes clenched tight. He watched her climb back into bed, watched her sleep, he would find out why she had hidden the simple injury from him.

He followed her on her way to school and once she was free of those pesky things she called friends he pounced pulling her wrist taking her behind a nearby building. "Hiei what the hell? You can't just grab people like that for one it's very rude, two it-"

"Fool would you just be quiet." He watched her face go from angry to timid. "What is it you're hiding?" he demanded an answer. 'It's one thing to deny help when you don't need it but she does, look she's gone and gotten herself hurt. Why doesn't she let me solve it? Is something following her, hurting her? Does she not think I can handle what's going on? Cause she surely can't' His mind went over numerous possibilities.

"I could ask you the same thing" She blurted, She wasn't the only one keeping secrets.

"Hn we're not talking about me-" he knew what she was getting at.

"You wouldn't spar with kuwabara just for the hell of it you'd rather eat glass' she scoffed. "So why are you doing it? What's going on? Is it another spirit detective kind of thing?" She pelted him with questions that she had been building up.



"It's none of your concern" He sighed, the last thing he needed was for her to be worried about him, he had enough on his mind without her whining and complaining about his safety.

"Likewise" she started to walk off She was steamed, it wasn't like his answer was unexpected but it irked her that he expected her to be an open book a damsel in distress and he barely told her anything about his life. "Hiei Janganshi you really are some kind of idiot" She shook her head as she walked.

"Hn I won't beg you to tell me what's wrong. If you want to crash and burn by all means" He scoffed. She turned around but he was already gone. When she got home she just stared up at her ceiling 'How could I tell him that my family has come looking for me again, that they almost caught me that I was stupid enough to trip and fall as I ran, he'd think of me as weak as a fool. More so then he already does' She turned to her side staring instead at her door, tears falling down her face.

"Hn that's not possible" He chuckled sitting on the window sill kicking his feet lightly his heels hitting the wall. Raven didn't turn around she didn't want to be the kind of girl who gets upset at everything but yet again Hiei was probing into her life and continuing to keep her in the dark about his.

"Hiei I'm not in the mood twice in one day fluttering in and out. Just go the fuck away, I don't need your help I don't need you to kill anything come back when you're done being nosey" She sighed. Hiei would be leaving soon that's why he was pushing the matter he'd be kicking himself for all eternity if Raven was hurt while he was away and her last thoughts of him were cross.

"Of course you're not in the mood you're busy being in a pissy one." He sneered as much as he wanted to help her with her new problem she was starting to get on his nerves.

"Opposed to you little miss sunshine" She gave a chuckle hiei gave a slight smile this was the Raven he knew and loved. He decided if she thought she could handle her family, he would leave it alone.

"I'm going to get some food, if there is any in this dump" Hiei watched as she sat up wiping her eyes.

"Not a whole hell of a lot." Raven walked up next to Hiei as they went downstairs. "Would you mind staying out of my head you nosey idiot" She gave Hiei a shove as they entered the kitchen he quickly shoved her back, her arm hitting the door frame. "Ouch" she said in mock pain.

"Hn" 'I only mind what I think and I think there's nothing wrong with being in your head' He watched as she scoured the cabinets and the fridge for something to eat. She rolled her eyes.

'Fine then, but you won't like what I think' she gave a devilish grin. "Well we've got hot dogs pop tarts and orange soda" She shrugged laying them out on the table. Hiei took a hotdog and put it in between two pop tarts and bit in.

"That is one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen" She stared at him nearly gagging.

"Hn" he shrugged. "you've seen kuwabara's face this can't be so bad' he took another bite.



"True and I've also seen you naked so-" She watched as Hiei looked up from his food waiting for her next words. "Aw don't worry I love every bit of you" She said in her best cutesy tone, she wrapped her arms around him from behind his chair.

"Sometimes I wonder if your ability to be annoying has no bounds" he frowned.

"Come on Hiei don't be like that I wuv you" She laughed planting a kiss on his cheek watching him move away from her. Hiei was definitely not amused. Raven grinned it wasn't her fault hiei was so easy to bother. "Baby I-" hiei pulled her arms from around him and sat up out of his chair.

"One more sappy word out of your mouth and I will slap you" He gritted his teeth. Raven frowned for a moment.

"Somebody needs another hug" She walked towards him and like he promised he did slap her. Raven laughed before tackling him to the floor they both hit linoleum hard. She gave him a punch in the face then a kiss on the lips. "This is terribly fucked up you know" She grinned at their rough and tumble fight slash makeup. Hiei pulled her hair hard as he turned them over allowing him to be on top.

"This is a reward for me dealing with all your crap these last few days" He bit her lip hard as they kissed.

"You brought all that on yourself should've left me alone" she pulled of his cloak and reached under his shirt raking her fingernails down his back, he let out a sort of growl as he did so. On the kitchen floor there was biting and scratching insults and pain there was a fighter's way of love making. Once they had reconciled and redressed they sat at the table again. "What would you've done if my friends came in" Raven questioned nibbling on a pop tart.

"They're your friends not mind I'd tell them to leave or face the consequences on or two of them are demons I could kill them if I needed to" He shrugged.

"Um wow ok" She snickered.

"So" He was hesitant to bring the serious conversation back into play. "You swear you can deal with them. They won't take you away again?" Hiei didn't really care about the answer now that he knew what happened if Raven wasn't waiting for him when he returned he'd kill every fire demon he could find till he got to her.

"Pinky promise" She smiled. "They say they just want to talk-"

"Hn"

"Exactly I don't exactly trust that, but it was from someone who used to be my friend back when we were young-"

"They locked you up like a chained animal I might not understand the meaning of friendship, a stupid concept that I have no desire to learn. But something tells me that's not it" Hiei sneered the girl's heart was too big for her head and body to over power, her one biggest flaw.



"Alright alright it's not important what people are and what friendship is ok this argument never gets us anywhere" Raven rolled her eyes she was too tired for this

"Why wouldn't you tell me I can just as easily go and-"He was cut off.

"It's my problem not yours. Sure you could go on a killing rampage in attempt for revenge but I don't want that I want to deal with this myself" She sighed Hiei could respect that he always disliked when people meddled in his affairs he just didn't want people meddling with his Raven he cared for her the foolish girl it was stupid and careless of him to feel that way about anyone but he couldn't help it he wanted needed and had her. "Like how would you have reacted if I said I was going to kill off your opponents in the dark tournament so you wouldn't get hurt" She tried to get him to understand her reasoning. He nearly spat out the food in his mouth.

"Dark tournament? Who told you a-"

"Your bestest friend in the whole wide world" She gave a playful smile.

"When this tournament is over with I'll kill him myself" Hiei grumbled. "I don't have a choice in the matter you can't-"

"I won't try and stop you. Fighting is something you love to do and if your hands weren't being forced to do so I think you'd enjoy this dark tournament quite a lot. You're very stubborn Hiei and there are few things that I can keep you from doing, fighting is not one of them, it's part of you and I have no desire to change you. Maybe you're eating habits but not you." She smiled running her hand through his spiky hair. "Just promise you'll come back alive?" She looked at him a bit worried she did not want to lose him.

'This is why I didn't tell you. I'm going to be realistic the cards are stacked against us, but I'm not going down without a fight" He stated hoping every one of his advisories heard him.

"Good enough for me' Raven nodded. "Well seeing as you're leaving soon a week or so is it?"

"What didn't that oaf tell you?" Hiei made a mental note to punch Kuwabara the next time he saw him.

"Kuwabara's pretty much an open book. You could learn something f-"

"hn I can learn nothing from that fool" Hiei crossed his arms.

"Back to my original question will you stay the night, hard to believe it I am going to miss you idiot" She gave him a soft kiss and headed up to her room. Hiei followed he'd miss her too and he'd never say it but he did enjoy holding her while she slept waking up next to someone was something Hiei never expected he would have. Hiei did have a soft spot for two people and no one else his sister and his lover.