Hiei's Horrors

From the Pen of

The Fan-Girl From Hell

"This is just so perfect." The voice was very loud in the suddenly silent temple. "Yukina is getting married at the same time as her brother." There were a number of gasps in the crowd, not the smallest of which came from the aforementioned Ice Maiden.

Yukina turned from Koenma, standing in front of herself and her beloved Kazuma. Her pretty brow furrowed in confusion as she looked in the direction of Botan, standing next to Genkai with her hands over her mouth and staring at Hiei in horror. She then looked at the two other couples standing before the priest as well. Hiei was staring grimly ahead while Missy looked around in wonder. Kurama was looking in the other direction with the greatest of interest while Kiki whispered something and was replied to. She stared for an instant at Hiei and then her gaze flew to Yukinas.

Turning, Yukina found a number of people also taking a great interest in the ceiling. Even Kazuma's sister Shizuru was absorbed by the shadows in the ceiling. The only people looking confused were Kazuma, herself and Keiko. She looked again at Botan, who was only half visible, oar in hand, staring at Hiei as if she expected him to leap upon her and tear her to shreds. A terrible suspicion took root. Her gaze slowly slid back to Hiei. The temperature in the temple suddenly dipped a good twenty degrees. Celsius.

"Ah, Yukina," Koenma's voice drew her glare toward him. "Can we finish the wedding before we start turning people into ice cubes? Most of us who understood that comment would appreciate a chance to finalize this set of vows before having to explain ourselves."

"You ALL knew?" Yukina's outrage was obvious as she glared around again.

"No, not all of us." Koenma nodded toward her still puzzled looking bridegroom. "Actually, there were very few of us who knew anything and most of those who did learned it by accident. The explanation will take some time, and is better conducted in private than in this public a space."

Yukina looked around again, this time seeing the numerous strangers and mere acquaintances and then nodded to Koenma. "Fine. Wedding first, but I will expect a full explanation from ALL of you as soon as this is over." She glared again at Hiei, who shuddered visibly as the tips of his hair frosted over.

The rest of the ceremony proceeded smoothly, if a trifled rushed and several of the guests noticed the distinct chill emanating from the happy couples. The wedding dinner and reception went more smoothly and there were no strange outbursts. About halfway through the reception, however, Yukina, Kuwabara, Hiei, Missy, Kurama, Kiki, Genkai and Koenma all stepped into a small antechamber off the reception hall. The door was closed and the rest of the guests continued to party on without the guests of honor.

"Now." Yukina stalked over to the small table that was set in the corner with several bottles of wine and plates of snacks. She poured herself a glass of wine and turned to glare at the assembled party. The doors iced over. "Why, when you knew I was searching for my brother for all these years did you lie TO MY FACE?!?"

As Yukina's volume rose, the temperature dropped and by the time she finished all eyes were turned to Hiei. Hiei looked around him and found no escape.

"The price for receiving my Jagan so that I could find my old home and my sister was that I never admit the connection. I was freed from that vow when I defeated the one that extracted it from me just before Yusuke decreed his tournament for the crown of Makai." Hiei looked around again. "I wasn't going to tell a sweet innocent child such as you are that her brother was a disreputable thief and a bandit, even if he hadn't forced me to swear that, though. And the reason none of the others who knew didn't tell you is because I made them promise not to. Which reminds me, I owe Botan a slow and painful death."

Yukina actually growled. Missy and Kiki cowered behind Kurama as the temperature dropped a few more degrees. Kuwabara stepped forward and put his arm around Yukina's shoulder. He glared at Hiei as she turned and buried her face in his chest. From that shelter, her voice was a trifle muffled, but the words were still clear. "Don't you think I should have had a choice in whether or not I chose to acknowledge the disreputable thief and bandit as a brother? I left my home and all I knew and risked my life in an attempt to find you. Didn't that mean anything to you?"

Hiei's normally stony face stiffened even more. "Yes, it meant something to me. We are complete opposites and have been since we were born. Male and female. Ice and fire. Innocent and evil. I did not want to expose you to that when you could have no concept of what you were asking."

Yukina pushed herself away from Kuwabara and stood face to face with her brother. "What makes you think I have no concept? Why do you think Ice Apparitions live apart from the rest of the world? Where did you think you got your telepathy from? In order to find you, I subjected myself to more evil and torment than you have ever dreamed of! So don't tell me I have no concept of what I was dealing with!"

By the time she was done, Yukina was glaring at Hiei from mere inches away, her nose practically touching his. Her mental images of all she had seen, heard and felt were blows to his consciousness. The images of what those who had held her captive wanted to do to her were the worst. There was no way for her to escape the bombardment of twisted thoughts then and no way for Hiei to escape them now. He accepted them and could only reach out and hug his sister and whisper, "I'm sorry," into her hair as they both cried. Yukina's tears bounced across the floor as priceless gems. Hiei's floated away as puffs of flame. Everyone else in the room turned away from what had become an intensely private moment.

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