And They Never Knew.

Me: Yes.I always have to do this. (sigh) Oh well. Since I have writers block on my Relations series, I decided to start my next series now. Okay, enjoy.

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'Yusuke!' Yukina screams as a large S-class youkai knocks him out, leaving her defenseless in the temple. She looks up, her eyes filled with terror. She knows she has no way to defend herself; she was a healer, not a fighter. And even though she had trained all her life in healing, she had only a small amount of youki.

The demon approaches her, drawing a short dagger, bent on kidnapping her and profiting from her tear gems. She shivered at the thought of another imprisonment. She had never forgotten the feeling of being captured by Tarukenae, and knew she would never really get over it. She didn't think she could go through that again.

'Say goodbye to the Ningenkai,' the demon laughs, 'and to freedom.' He pulls back the dagger, brandishing it so the flat of the blade will hit the side of her head. She closes her eyes and screams, burying her head in her hands.

'Not so fast!' a deep, familiar voice rings out, causing both the demon and Yukina to look up.

'Hiei!' Yukina calls out, relieved at his presence. He would protect her, he always had. Hiei looks at her and his face softens a bit.

Yukina, don't worry. I'll take care of this minor annoyance, Hiei tells her telepathically, his voice soft and comforting.

Yukina nods, confident in his abilities. The youkai walks forward, unintimidated by Hiei. Yukina knew that he must have never heard of Hiei- either that or he was just stupid. The only fights Hiei lost were once to Yusuke and a couple times to Mukuro, and that was years ago. Not even she knew his class mark anymore. But still, she felt a nagging fear in her veins, just as she always had when Hiei fought.

But Hiei remained undisturbed by the youkai. He calmly removed his cloak and drew his katana. He smirked and asked, 'Are you sure you want to fight me?'

The youkai took offense at this and rushed Hiei. Hiei simply dodged it and sighed, bored. The demon growled and ran at him again, this time pulling a longer blade and managing to slash Hiei's waist. Hiei and the demon engage in a short sword fight, ending with Hiei slicing the demon in half.

'Baka,' Hiei simply stated, sheathing his sword. He walked over to Yukina and helped her up. 'You ok, Yuki?' he asked her, concern in his crimson eyes.

'Hai,' Yukina says, brushing off her kimono. She looks up at Hiei, 'Arigato, Hiei-chan!' She grabs him and hugs him tightly, 'Arigato.'

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A dark form watches from the shadows, a sneer of disgust staining his face as he watches his pure ice maiden embrace the dark fire demon.

But then he smiles, remembering his plans. All would be good. Yukina would be his and Hiei would be dead. All would play out exactly as planned.

And no one would suspect that it was him.

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Me: Ohhh! Can you guess who he is? You can send a guess in your review if you want. Please review. I will update soon.