. . . And They Lived Happily Ever After
By: Obsidian Sphinx
Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or it's characters...and that sucks. However, that is
fairly ok because no one can stop me from writing about it, right? Right.

Authors Note: This is a Kurama/Hiei fic. They are my favorite Yu Yu couple, so naturally, I had
to write about them. I'm sort of a romantic, but I'm a huge fan of angst and dark fics too! If you
can mix 'em all together...well, I'd say you have one hell of story. However, this isn't angst-y or
dark...just kind of romantic... ^_^ Ah well. Anyway, I hope you enjoy reading this, because I'd
appreciate some reviews...of coarse, if you didn't enjoy reading it and you think it sucks, then I'd
appreciate some flames. So there you have it...please read and please enjoy. P.S. There is sort of
a problem with the numbers (ages, and amount of years Hiei was gone) in this fic, and I didn't
really feel like changing them because, well, I didn't know I was going to post this when I wrote
it and so I ignored the problem. Now I really don't want to go back and figure it all out...so just
kind of bare with me, ok? Thanks again!
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"Hiei, where are you going?" Mukuro asked casually as she sipped her tea. Hiei bowed.
"Actually, I was hoping to go to the Ningenkai for a while," answered the koorime. Hiei
had changed over the years. He was taller, and his hair now reached his shoulders. He kept his
black strands tied back in a ponytail and the white star-burst he used to have in his short hair had
also grown out and hung down on either side of his face. He was a bit more sociable now and,
although he still had a bit of a temper, he had gained a fairly good sense of humor. It had been a
good twelve years since he had been to the human world, twelve years since he had seen the
people
he now dared to call his friends.
Mukuro smiled. "Okay," she said simply. Hiei's eyes widened in surprise.
"Seriously?" he asked. She nodded and clapped her hands.
"Of course! You deserve a break. . . .You've been working for what. . . twelve years straight
now?" Hiei nodded. Something about Mukuro was off. She was too giddy. Granted, she, too, had
become more laid back over the years, but still. He cocked an eyebrow at her.
"What are you in such a good mood about?" he asked. Mukuro grinned.
"Just before you came in I was talking telepathically to Yomi, and we decided
to remodel each other's castles! Isn't that wonderful?"Hiei sweat dropped.
"Uh. . . . Yeah, sure," he said and shook his head. "I'm just going to go now. . . you,
um. . . have fun."
"You too!"She hollered after him. "Now, let's see, would Yomi's castle look good in a nice
baby blue or maybe even a nice lavender. . ." Hiei could hear her voice trail off as he left for his
room. He shook his head. He wasn't sure about that woman when she got into that kind of a
mood. She reminded him of those teenage ningen girls who used to swarm over Kurama. Hiei
stopped. Kurama, now there's someone he hadn't thought about in awhile. He smiled, all the
more reason to go back.
Hiei, clad only in his usual black pants and white headband covering his jagan looked
through the few clothing items he had. To go to the Ningenkai, he thought he should at least wear
a shirt. He had a few things that Kurama had made him get during his time spent there in the
past. Most of it was too small, except for one black T-shirt that had been to large back then. He
slipped it on and made sure that his katana was secured at his side. He couldn't help a smile as he
jumped from the balcony to the ground below. He tore a hole, or a portal between the two worlds
and stepped through. For a moment, he was blinded by a bright, white light. He shielded his eyes
with his hand and suddenly he felt a soft breeze and heard the sound of birds. He withdrew his
hand and was greeted by the sight of a vast green forest. Quickly, he flitted from tree to tree,
nothing more than a black blur against the blue sky.
Mere minutes later, he found himself in the middle of a secluded alley way. It was filthy
and smelled putrid, but hey, welcome to the human world. He shrugged and walked out of the
alley, concentrating on his friend's youki.
"Let's see, Yusuke in that direction, hmm. . . . That idiot Kuwabara over there and. . .
Kurama is there," he said aloud, but no one could hear him. He was extremely tempted to go in
the direction that would lead him toward Kurama. However, his thoughts progressed back to
Kuwabara. Yukina was with him. They had been married sometime ago, but Hiei hadn't been
permitted to attend, as a group of demons had decided to attempt a takeover of Mukuro's
territory. He had been needed, much to his regret. However, he would go see her now and he
hated to admit it, but he was sort of happy that he would see his idiotic brother-in-law, too.
If he really wanted to, he could be at his sister's house in seconds, however, he felt like
walking. He felt like looking around. Years ago he would scoff at these "stupid ningen ways" as
he's called them, but now, he found it interesting to observe the people and their way of life.
Ningen life, he realized, was so much more complicated than the life of a demon. He nodded at a
group a female's who were whispering and giggling, whilst sneaking admiring glances at him.
His attention toward them made them practically collapse into delighted squeals. He shook his
head. 'Stupid ningen girls,' he thought with a smile. Some people starred at the sword by his
side. Their expressions filled with fear or curiosity, or both. He didn't care. If someone decided
to approach him, he'd just disappear.
Thoughts of that green eyed human-youko came to him again. He didn't necessarily
understand the flustered feeling he got in his stomach when he thought about Kurama, nor did he
understand the yarning feeling deep in his heart. The fox, so captivating and beautiful, the only
being who could throw his concentration so drastically off track. Maybe, just maybe, he felt
something more than friendship, maybe lo-
"Hiei?! Oh, my God, Hiei, is that you?" A voice cut into his thoughts. He stopped and
looked up to see Keiko waving at him on the other side of the street. He smiled and waved back,
much to her surprise. Keiko crossed the street to his side.
"My God, it is you!" She said excitedly. She found herself looking up at him. He had
certainly grown.
"Keiko, you are looking just as beautiful as I remember you," he said with a smile. Keiko
blushed furiously.
"At least, I think it's you," she added after his comment. Hiei chuckled.
"It's me, but I've just changed a little."
"Yeah, I can see that. So what brings you to the Ningenkai?" she asked, allowing the
conversation to progress.
"Oh, I just wanted to see all of you again," he answered. Suddenly he became aware of a
few packages she had in her arms.
"Here, let me take those for you," he offered, ignoring her protests, and taking the bags.
To his surprise, he found and decided it was painfully obvious that she was with a child.
"Keiko, you shouldn't have been carrying these in the first place," he exclaimed. She
blushed lightly.
"Thank you for your concern, but really, I can manage."
Hiei shook his head and smiled at her. "There is no doubt in my mind about that. The point
is that I'm not going to let you manage," he said. She laughed lightly and he noticed a certain
glow around her. A glow he had heard that all mothers had, something that made her look like a
Goddess. He couldn't help but wonder if that glow had been present when his mother was
pregnant with him. Quickly he rid his mind of these thoughts, deciding it better not to open old
wounds.
"Anyway, are you going home with these?" Keiko shook her head.
"No, I'm headed to Yukina's."
"Great, that's where I was going," he said.
The two walked on together, just talking. Keiko was pleasantly surprised at this new Hiei.
She always knew that, with time, he would change and open up.
They were now only a sidewalk and a turn from Yukina's house, and Hiei was surprised
they were there so soon.
"Hiei, did you know you're an uncle now?" Keiko suddenly asked. Hiei stopped and
looked over at her. She smiled.
"Yukina and Kuwabara have two children. Their eldest son is Christopher, but he likes to
be called Chris. He's, let me think here. . . . Oh yes! Chris is eleven." She stopped to let Hiei
ponder this. She was well aware of Hiei's former feelings toward Kuwabara and wasn't sure how
he'd take the news. None-the-less, to Keiko's surprise, Hiei threw her a thoughtful smile.
"I see, what's the other one?" he asked.
"Well, their youngest child is Makori, and she's seven years old. Both of them are great
kids, I'm sure you'll love them. . . . Uncle Hiei," she teased, letting a playful grin spread across
her lips. Hiei rolled his ruby eyes, which Keiko noticed were every bit as stunning a Kurama's
green ones. Come to think of it, Hiei had been attractive before, but now, well now he was
gorgeous. Keiko glared mentally at an annoying little voice in her mind that kept saying how
ashamed she should be for thinking such things. After all, she was a married woman. However,
Keiko merely shrugged. She wasn't ashamed. . . . She couldn't be ashamed for thinking the truth.
'But. . . !' the little voice protested. 'Quiet you!' Keiko snapped back mentally.
Suddenly, a loud yell pulled her from her thoughts.
"Hey, that was coming from Yukina's!" Keiko exclaimed. Hiei was immediately alert,
and ready to flit away, but his thought traveled back to Keiko and the burden she carried in her
stomach. He couldn't just leave her. So quickly, he came to a decision. A moment later found
Keiko being held by Hiei, whilst she held the bags in the arm that wasn't currently wrapped
around Hiei's neck. Hiei flitted off and the next time Keiko opened her eyes from blinking, she
found herself staring at Yukina and Kuwabara's lawn where she saw Yusuke and Kuwabara
running from a seemingly possessed riding lawn mower. Keiko blinked and started chuckling
which progressed into full-blown laughter. Hiei smirked and chuckled too as he put her down.
When he glanced over at her, tears were streaming down her face because she was laughing so
hard.
"Enough!" shouted Yusuke. He stopped and positioned himself in front of the oncoming
mower. "Die!" he yelled. "Shotgun!" A blue light enveloped the 'evil' mower and it exploded.
Hiei stepped in front of a now frightened Keiko in order to protect her from any debris.
"Yusuke!" she screamed, her voice muffled by the explosion. She wanted to run to him,
but Hiei restrained her gently, telling her to wait until the smoke cleared. And when it did, Keiko
began laughing again. Yusuke was standing in the same attack position, arm still outstretched,
but his face was completely black, to the point where all you could see were the whites of his
eyes. His clothes were black as well and his hair was blown back out of its slicked-back style.
Kuwabara was lying on his back, looking about the same as Yusuke. He pushed himself up into a
sitting position and coughed. Keiko laughed harder. Yusuke slowly glanced over at her and
glared. Then he did a double take.
"What the. . . Hiei?!" he exclaimed, dropping his arm. Kuwabara jumped up and looked
too. They both ran up to the couple.
"Whoa! Hiei, what the hell happened?! You're not short anymore. . . . and your hair!"
Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Y. . . . You. . . .Guys look like. . . ." Keiko interrupted, still laughing so hard that she
couldn't finish her sentence.
"Hey, that wasn't funny, Keiko! We could have been hurt!" Yusuke said, facing her
indignantly.
"I know, but you weren't, so it's funny and. . ." she stopped laughing and smacked
Yusuke.
"What the hell was that for?!"
"Yusuke Urameshi! Look at your outfit! I'm gunna have to wash this! I told you not to
play around with that mower!" she yelled.
"Well, I'm sorry!" Yusuke yelled back. Suddenly Keiko started crying.
"Um. . . . I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell, Keiko, don't cry." He wrapped his arm
around her and sweat dropped. Suddenly, she smacked him again.
"Don't tell me what to do!" she yelled and jerked out of his arms. Then she smiled.
"Honey, I'm going inside to help Yukina with lunch. See you in a few." And with that, she
walked off.
"I. . . uh. . . huh." Yusuke stuttered. Kuwabara was much the same. Hiei chuckled,
bringing both their attention back to him. Yusuke smiled.
"Sorry, Keiko's hormones are kinda crazy," he said, "but, anyway, it's great to see you
again!" Yusuke hugged his friend and was shocked to be hugged back. "You bastard, what have
you been up too? Hiei smiled and shrugged.
"Stuff. Mukuro was getting a little. . . . weird."
"Man, he acts human, Urameshi!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"I'll admit, I've changed, but you're still an idiot," Hiei replied with a smile The orange-
haired man clapped him on the back.
"Good to see you again, man."
"Likewise."
The three friends caught up on things over lunch and Hiei got to meet his niece and
nephew. Not to mention getting to see his dear sister again. He found out both Chris and Makori
were developing their healing abilities and they were both being trained by Kuwabara and
Yusuke, who Hiei found out already had a twelve-year-old girl. Luckily, both of Yukina and
Kuwabara's kids resembled Yukina. There were a few exceptions such as Chris's hair color was
like Kuwabara's, but his eyes were like Yukina's. Makori's were also red, like her mother's, but
her hair was black. That was obviously a gene that had been passed from Hiei.
"Uncle Hiei, Uncle Hiei, pick me up!" cried little Makori, her short arms reaching up as
she stood on her tiptoes. Hiei smiled down at her sweet face and bent down to pick her up. He
tossed her in the air and she fell giggling into his arms. Then she wrapped her arms around his
neck in a hug.
"Uncle Hiei, Mama says that I can be anything I wanna be when I'm all growed up. Is that
true?
"Well, sweetheart, I'd like to think so. Why, what do you want to be?" She suddenly
flung her arms out and looked up towards the ceiling.
"A birdie! I wanna be a birdie!!" Hiei laughed and threw her in the air again. She fell into
his arms laughing happily
"Stupid, you can't be a bird, 'Kori, you're a . . . a. . . . well, you're a . . . um . . . demon-
human thingy," Chris interrupted. Makori stuck out her tongue at her brother.
"Be quiet, Chris! Uncle Hiei says I can be anything I want when I'm growed up. And
anyway, we're human-koorimes stupid-face!" she replied.
"Oh yeah? Well, isn't it true that she can't be a bird Uncle Hiei?" Chris asked, his red
eyes on his uncle. Hiei put Makori down and the little girl looked at him, too.
"You can be anything, kids," he said, but winked at Chris, indicating that the boy was
correct.
"I told ya!" the little girl said and stuck her tongue out. Chris rolled his eyes and sighed
indignantly.
"Uncle Hiei, will you teach me how to use your sword?" the young boy asked.
"Teach me how to set things on fire!" Makori shouted.
"Children, children! Leave your uncle alone, he's just come in from a bit of a trip and I'm
sure he's tired. Now go outside and play for awhile," Yukina's sweet voice came up behind her
children.
"Yes, Mama," they said in unison and left the room arguing about something.
"I swear, those children would argue whether or not the sky was blue," she said with a
smile. Hiei was compelled to smile back at the pretty young girl before him. "Hiei, you can't
imagine how happy I am that you're back," she said in a whisper and bent her head.
"I'm guessing you're as happy about it as I am, sister" he replied. She looked up and her
eyes were brimming with tears that fell and cascaded over her smooth, pale cheeks. Hiei wrapped
his sister in an embrace, which Yukina returned gladly. The pair stood that way for quite some
time, simply enjoying each other's presence. Suddenly, the sound of clattering, crashing sounds
came from the kitchen. Yukina, startled, jumped and pulled away. They heard a yell that sounded
a lot like Kuwabara.
"Excuse me, Hiei!" and she rushed from the room.
Hiei, having nothing more important to do, followed suit and found an amusing sight.
Kuwabara, buried in a pile of pans and other various cooking utensils.
"Kuwa-chan, are you okay?" Yukina rushed to her husband's aid, as he looked a little
disoriented. Judging by the position of the pans, a few had hit him in the head.
"What in the three worlds happened?" she asked after helping him out of his cooking
utensil prison.
"Keiko got angry," he mumbled. Nothing more needed to be said.
"Sit down and I'll get you an ice pack," Yukina instructed. Kuwabara did and held his
throbbing head.
"I just can't wait until she delivers that baby so the old Keiko will come back," he said.
Hiei shook his head and walked past the sight. He decided he needed to go outside. Being born in
the Makai and raised in its wilderness, Hiei had always been slightly claustrophobic. He needed
to be surrounded by the open air, which was why he was constantly found sleeping in trees.
Quietly, as usual, he stepped out onto the porch and took a deep breath of air. He noticed
that the air in the Ningenkai, was in some way, different from that of the Makai. He couldn't put
his finger on it, maybe it was just polluted. He didn't know, but he didn't dwell on this for long,
as, once again, thoughts of emerald green eyes and waves of flowing crimson hair invaded his
mind. Why couldn't that fox's image leave his mind? Hiei remembered Kurama's presence,
remembered how alluring he looked, even his scent was alluring. . . exactly like roses, only ten
times better. He cursed to himself, closed his eyes and tried to cure his mind of the delightful
illness that plagued it. Alas, his attempts were in vain.
The only thing that saved him from further thoughts was an unfamiliar youki he sensed walking
up the sidewalk. He opened his eyes to find a young girl with long, dark brown hair braided
down her back. Her eyes were light brown and quite a contrast to her hair. She was slender and of
average height. She wore blue jeans and brown hiking boots with a gray tank top and a red
flannel over-shirt.
Hiei smiled to himself. Yes, that had to be Yusuke and Keiko's daughter. She resembled
both her parents as well as had Yusuke's care free walk and strong-willed, yet friendly
expression. The girl had Keiko's look of intelligence and determination. He could sense her
surprisingly strong youki, obviously growing at an alarming rate.
The girl walked up through the charred grass, which she casually glanced at, curiosity
briefly crossing her features.
"Afternoon," she greeted after taking the red sucker out of her mouth. Hiei smiled at her.
"Hello. You must be Yusuke and Keiko's daughter."
She nodded, "You must be a person I'm supposed to recognize."
Hiei chuckled, "No, my name is Hiei, I'm an old friend and partner of your parents."
She smiled, "All right then, nice to meet you Hiei. I'm Tori." She extended her slim hand
towards him. He shook it and took brief notice to a plain silver ring on her index finger. "Wait a
second, Hiei? I remember now. Daddy told me about you. You're the fire-koorime, right?
Yukina's brother?"
"Yes, that's right," he replied. She nodded and put the sucker back into her mouth.
"Everyone inside?" she asked around the candy.
"Yeah, but uh. . . .give my regards. I've got other people to see, so I'll be back later."
Tori shrugged and pulled the sucker out of her mouth once more. "Sure thing. Nice to
meet y-" but she didn't get to finish her sentence because Hiei darted away, nothing more than a
streaking black shadow that was standing on the porch only seconds before. Her eye's widened.
"Whoa, cool," she said to no one in particular.
"Tori!? Tori, is that you?" she heard her mother's voice.
"Yeah, I'm coming Mama!" She yelled back and walked into the quaint, little house.
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End Chapter 1
To Be Continued