Disclaimer: I don't own YuYuHakusho, or any of their characters. I'm only barrowing them for my amusement. I do, however, own Unmei, Akira, and Heiki. Oh, and Kyoko and Iku if they make it into this fic. If not oh well. Any one else that isn't a YYH character, belongs to my friend who (to my knowledge) is between screen names on this site… --; (oh yeah, this is the only disclaimer for the entire fic. I've already done it once, no use in doing it again.)

Out of the corner of her eye, Unmei saw a figure standing in a tree a few hundred meters from the bedroom she'd be staying in for a while. She'd seen it the past few nights as well but wasn't sure if it was just her imagination. This time she looked directly out the window at it.

Hiei stood in a tree close to Genkai's temple and looked into one of the bedroom's windows. The past few nights he'd seen a girl in the room, and was curious as to who she was. He watched her from a small distance, but tonight she didn't just glance at him like the nights before. Tonight she turned around, and stared out the open window at him.

In a flash, he was gone. "Damn it," she said. She pulled her sweater off, followed by her pants. She fell back on the bed in the small tank and boxers she'd had on under her clothes, not bothering to take off the bandages covering her right arm.

…: flashback :…

"Stop that," Unmei laughed as she swatted the young male's hands away. He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"What, embarrassed?" he mocked her, in front of his good friends and one of her's.

"C'mon," she said as she ran off from the rest of the small group, dragging him with her. He laughed, keeping up easily with the little half-breed.

"Where're we going?" he demanded as she ran through a field towards the woods, dragging him all the way.

"You'll see, Heiki," she said. She was starting to loose her breath a little.

"Slow down, babe."

She turned around once she reached the edge of one of Makai's forests, leaned her back against a tree, and pulled him closer to her.

"What's gotten into you? This place isn't exactly the most private."

She smirked in response. He grinned.

"I want to show you something," he said. He leaned over to her level and pressed his lips against hers briefly.

"What?" she asked, a slight blush starting across her cheeks.

"You'll see," he said mischievously.

…: end flashback :…

She shuddered at what seemed a happy moment and pulled the blankets up over herself and switched off the light.

"Gone to bed so early?" a familiar voice said, quietly.

Her eyes shot open again. "He-Heiki?"

"Good girl, got it on the first guess."

"It was you in the forest out there… watching me…"

"I don't know what you're talking about," he said, climbing into her bed, slowly.

She quickly slid off the side of the bed and scrambled across the floor, grabbing the base of her scythe and holding it defensively, still on her knees.

"You're shaking, babe."

She got up on her feet. "Don't call me that!"

"What, babe?" he laughed as he stood up from the bed and slowly advanced towards where she'd cornered herself.

The window was suddenly open. A small man stood between her and the man she was attempting to defend herself from. He didn't look at her; he looked at his target and drew his sword.

Heiki laughed. "What's this, babe? New boyfriend? Or did your father hire you a guard? He's almost as small as you," He mused, leaning in a little and laughing.

The new man in the room growled quietly at the remark.

"Put down that scythe, girl, I'll get rid of him," he said coldly. She leaned it against the wall, but still held onto it, glaring at this stranger's back.

Heiki drew out a sword. When no one budged, he took it upon himself to make the first move and lunged at the man. He looked around when the man disappeared; he hadn't been expecting someone with skill. The blade of his sword fell to the ground in nine pieces, leaving just the hilt in Heiki's hand now. The man stood behind him.

"If you'd leave before I lost my patience with you, there are quite a few people who'd appreciate not having to clean up the mess."

Heiki leapt out the window and broke into a fast run to the forest, not scared of this new threat as much, but knowing he wasn't prepared for it today.

"Who are you?" Unmei asked simply, bringing her scythe back in front of her again.

"I told you to put that away. Why would someone save you just to kill you?"

Reluctantly she laid it back in the corner. "Tell me. Now."

"I'm no threat to you, right now. My name is Hiei," he said, still a cold monotone.

She nodded. "And you'll be leaving now?"

He was the slightest bit taken back by her rudeness, after all, he'd just saved her. "I'll be leaving your room, and I'll go speak with Genkai," he said and saw a little look of surprise she was trying to hide on her face.

He walked out of the room and down a long corridor before finding a room where Genkai was reading. "Who's the girl?"

Genkai looked up at him. "You've met her?"

He nodded. Of course, he could've told her about how he'd just saved the girl, he could've bragged of it, but he found no need to.

"She's my granddaughter."

"She's not human," he said bluntly.

"She's not a demon either."