Washio: Hello readers. The name's Washio. If you are new to this story, welcome. If you read the old one, welcome back and I hope you will not be disappointed. For the newbies, I originally wrote this fic (it was my first one) in 7th grade (aahhhh, the days of youth). Unfortunately, I realized that it really wasn't that good. So, I have decided to fix that. I do hope to stray from the Mary-sue cliché and overdone OOC-ness (especially of Hiei). Please bear in mind that all forms of reviews are welcomed (if you're going to flame, put something constructive in there). I do believe that's everything. Oh yes please enjoy the fic and Hiei, do the disclaimer for me please.

Hiei: *sigh* Washio owns nothing in or related to Yu Yu Hakusho

TV series. She does own some pictures and AMV's, but that's as close as it gets.

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Inner thoughts

" talking"

*actions*

(random author notes and thoughts)

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Prologue

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Flash back (about 100 years ago)

It was raining. Raining so heavily that he though that the world itself would overflow with all the excess water. Wiping the water from his face, he continued to run as fast as his tiny legs could carry him. He clenched his callous hand tighter around the soft one belonging to the girl. Yes, her, this girl. You could probably say that it was her fault that he was in this predicament. However, you could argue back that he could have left her a long, LONG, time ago. Yet, here he was. Running, in the rain, like a damn idiot, all in order to protect this girl. Congratulations Hiei, you have won the award for stupidest demon of the century. Hooray.

The fire-ice child was able to notice a small cave under the thickness of some plants. He ran even faster, gripped the tiny soft hand even tighter, and dove like a mad man into the cave. A haven for the moment, only a moment. The two children waited in silence, listening to the passing footsteps of the demons that were chasing them. Chasing them to kill them, or more accurately, her.

Eventually, the footsteps ceased, the smell of the murderers was gone, and the rain came down harder. Apparently they gave up, or decided to look elsewhere. Whatever it was, Hiei was just glad that they were gone.

Achoo!

The young youkai turned around to his female companion. She was dripping wet and chilled to the bone. She had such a tiny, fragile frame; it was no wonder that she caught a cold. They were also running for at least half an hour. Hiei sighed and rolled his eyes at her weakness. How the hell she survived in the Makai this long was beyond him. Against his usual self, he pulled the girl closer to his body. She eventually felt his body heat radiating onto her. She smiled a meek smile and snuggled closer to him. The girl soon feel asleep against his chest. After a few minutes, Hiei moved her body off of him and onto the floor beside him. He then leaned against the cave wall and looked out and up to the moon. He began to recall how he got tangled up with the girl.

He had met her 3 or so months ago. He had been beaten to a bloody pulp by this demon. He killed him of course, but that did help the fact that he couldn't move. He was breathing heavily, and attempted to move his left leg. Bad idea. An excruciating pain shot through him and he cried out as a result. He was bleeding profusely and had broken some bones. To top off his lovely day, he could hear footsteps. Great, someone was going to come and eat him or something like that. However, on the contrary, a timid girl around his age stepped out. She had long black hair and large icy-blue eyes. Her skin was a bit pale, and in height she stood slightly shorter than Hiei.

Hiei wasn't about to let his guard down, no matter what she looked like. As a defense, he began to growl and raise the little demon energy he had left. She gasped and almost ran away, but she seemed to force herself to stay and went even closer. He stared her straight in the eye, but she walked even closer. What the hell was her aim?

Soon, she set herself beside him and began to heal him with her healing powers. The fire-ice youkai knew that there had to be an ulterior motive behind her actions. Demons don't just go around heal injured ones. They rob whatever they have on them, eat them or just leave them to die. She seemed like the type to do the first of the three. But here she was, healing and healing away. It was obvious she was going to pass out if she kept at it. Hiei knew it and was darn sure she knew it too. Eventually, Hiei was as good as new. As soon as he sat up and twisted and stretched in order to check himself out, she just lay there and fell asleep.

Hiei ended up taking the girl back to his little house, an abandon cottage. He put her on his futon and slept beside her on the floor, at a good distance of course. Somehow, someway, she ended up staying. She made food and cleaned the house. She would watch in awe, as Hiei would practice with his katana. She did her best in watching the house in case a thief came to try and steal anything that Hiei already rightfully stole himself. She spoke a few times and told him of how she ran away from home. But besides that she rarely spoke, and Hiei liked it like that. However, she failed to mention of how there was a great, like 95%, chance that people would come to look for her. This girl was in some form of mix up that caused an assassin to drop by every now and then to try and kill her. The assassins never attacked at the house, but rather when she was on the road and in the streets.

As it was said earlier, Hiei could have left her long ago. However, he had grown to, dare I say, like this girl's company. Thus he continued to protect her while grumbling about her weakness and of how she brought extra trouble into his life.

Therefore bringing us to the present predicament. The demons following them were a group of assassins. Lucky thing Hiei was so fast or else they'd both be dead.

Another sigh escaped him, as he turned back to the girl. She was all curled up into a ball, with her black hair draped all over her. What was her story? Well, he was going to bother poke around at this point. If that happened then she might ask questions about him. That was the last thing he wanted her to do. Abandon him, like everyone else, because of the kind of blood running through his veins. Forbidden blood. He shut his eyes to rid himself of the unnecessary thoughts in his head. He reached out and began to shake the girl.

"Oi baka! Wake up. It has stopped raining. Let's get going before they decided to come back and search here again," he said impatiently.

" Hai, Hiei-kun," she replied quietly and began to get up.

The two started back for home. After about an hour, one of the assassins from earlier jumped out catching them off guard. Hiei slipped and both children went flying in opposite directions. The assassin went up to the girl and began to choke her.

" Nothing personal kid. Just doing my job," he said as he tightened his hand around her neck.

She made choking sounds and tears began to stream down her face. She turned to find Hiei trying to get up, looked him dead in the eye and managed to squeak out " Hiei-kun…he…lp me."

With those three words, Hiei got up with lightning speed and kicked away the bastard. He began attacking him with his sword, but he was at a disadvantage, the demon was almost an A class while he was still barely a B. After some struggle, the demon knocked Hiei to one side and took his sword from him. Yes folks the bastard was going to use Hiei's own sword and kill him.

"Say goodnight kid," he whispered as he thrusted the sword towards Hiei's body. As Hiei looked up, however, blood splattered on his face. Both the assassin and Hiei were shocked. The girl had stood in the way of blade and allowed it to pierce her. "Well that was unexpected. Oh well my work here is done. Sayonara kid," and with that the assassin disappeared.

Hiei just stared at the girls body sink to the ground. His sword so obviously protruding from her chest. Her sticky blood cascading down the blade and onto the hilt. The blood she began to cough up as a result of her injury. Hiei just stared. This…this girl, that he had come to accept, the one he was trying to protect, had just risked her life to save him…him of all people. He scoped her in to his arms and ran as fast as he could to the nearest healer. Surely, someone could help her right. Right? He was not about to let this girl, this stupid, stupid girl named Hajime die on him. Even if it was the last thing he'd do.

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Washio: wow. That was totally nowhere near what I wrote in the last fic. I actually feel proud of myself. I don't demand many reviews, but at least 2 or 3 would be nice. Even if its just "great fic, keep writing" I greatly appreciate it. Oh, by the way, Hajime means begin. Ironic huh? She's about to die and her name means begin…well I thought it was funny.

Hiei: keep reading the baka's poor excuse for a story