Shuiichi, A.K.A Kurama, sat down on a small couch, with Hitori, and watched as she wiped away the tears that had fell down her cheeks. She kept her fox close to her, sniffing slightly, and looked up at Kurama, mesmerized by his beautiful green orbs.

"What's your name?" Kurama asked trying to comfort the lost girl. When she had tugged on his pants for attention, he had been surprised to see a small girl standing there. She had looked lost, tired and hungry. He also wondered how a human had got this far up the temple. She was small, and to have climbed all those stairs must have taken her a long time.

He rubbed her back lightly, and brushed some of her hair out of her face, taking a good look at her.

"Hitori." She said innocently, sniffing slightly.

"Hey, Kurama," two set of feet came into the room, "tell Kuwabara that fish don't have…" the voice of a young man trailed off into silence when he saw the small girl crying on the couch."Um…who's this?" the boy asked.

"Yusuke, this is Hitori and she seems to be lost." Kurama told him logically, a bit confused on how the orange haired Kuwabara, could get in a conversation with the black haired Yusuke about…fish. Though, it was Kuwabara. The two must have come back from training, they seemed to be in a ruff state.

"Where are you from?" Kuwabara asked, sitting down on the other side of Hitori, looking at her sadly. Besides cats and/or kittens, he loved happy kids; at least those under the age of 10 and seeing Hitori broke his heart.

A look of intent crossed her face and after a couple of seconds she shrugged. "I not know." She told him shaking her head. She looked at her fox and started playing with it sadly.

"Do you know your parents' names?" Yusuke asked standing in front of the couch, his hands in his pocket. He was hoping she knew so it would be easier to find her home. They would have to do what they could to find her parents, or he would feel like a kidnapper.

Hitori continued to play with her fox as she shook her head. She looked up at him, "I saw dis ding." She made a circle with her finger, dropping her fox to her side, "and it was big!" she made her arms wide. "It was bue and had lightning." She told them, almost smiling as she made her hand movements.

The three men were in thought in till they heard a monotone voice from the corner of the room, bringing them out of their thoughts. "A portal." He told them walking from out of the shadows.

"Hey runt!" Kuwabara chimed grinning when he saw the look on the short boys face, obviously annoyed.

"Baka, keep to the subject at hand." The boy said. Hitori looked at him and saw that he had spiked high black hair that defied gravity (even if she didn't know what gravity was), and that there was a white starburst (that too…) in the middle. What got her attention the most were his crimson eyes, glaring at the orange-headed dolt.

Hitori got up from her seat, dragging her stuffed plush with her, and walked over to the boy. Everyone watched curiously, and Kurama seemed to smile at the young girl's boldness. "What's 'er name?" she asked pointing up at him.

The boy looked down at her for a minute, looking at her bright, light blue eyes, and he noticed that her sadness had disappeared for the moment. The child's emotions confused him, but he didn't show it. Because the girl was a child and he didn't want her bugging him anymore, he crossed his arms, "Hiei," he finally said.

"I Hitori!" she said pointing to herself and then she held up her stuffed fox, "This is Puka, he very nervous right now, he never 'een out of house before." She told him her smile bright and true.

Hiei looked at her, slightly annoyed about being introduced to a stuffed animal, an inanimate object. He closed his eyes and "hn"-ed, his eyebrow twitched slightly when she just stood there, staring at him. The chuckling and laughing from the others weren't helping his current state. "…Hi…" He finally said, opening his eyes slightly to see the girls smile widen. She finally skipped back to the couch and climbed onto Kurama's lap.

"Hitori, I can tell you're having fun messing with Hiei, but don't you think we should start thinking about getting you home?" Kurama asked supporting the girl in his lap with an arm. He was worried she had lost track of what had happened.

Hitori looked at Kurama with saddened eyes and shook her head. She had thought it over, she didn't want to go home with a man that beat her, and she felt comfortable around the red-head. There was nothing there for her, and the people around her were fun and happy.

Kurama sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. This would be slightly difficult, "Do you not want to go home?" he asked her watching her shake her head. "Why not?" he watched her touch one of her arms slightly.

"My daddy…" she mumbled to him looking at her fox again. She took her hand away from her arms, making Kurama raise an eyebrow at her. "I don't want to go home." Her hewp me talk went out the window at that point, and Kurama didn't see the point in arguing with a 4-year-old tonight., so what did the nice red-head do – he asked Genkai if it was ok for the little girl to stay the night, until they could get up the next day and find out more information about the girl and where she lived. Genkai had no problem with it, and with that Kurama left Hitori with Hiei. Yusuke and Kuwabara had already run off. It was late, so maybe they had headed home.

Hitori sat on the floor, watching as Hiei starred out the window. For minutes she just starred, watching, doing nothing but doing what she was doing. Hiei's right eye twitched slightly.

Finally after about a couple of more minutes Hitori stood up and hopped onto the window seal, keeping Puka 'safe' on the ground. She pressed her hands and face to the window. "What are you lookin' at?" She asked looking around; trying to see threw the darkness.

Hiei watched her with a raised eyebrow, amused by her efforts to see out in the dark. She finally looked up at him, pouting. "What you see that I don't?" She asked.

Hiei looked out again and couldn't help but smirk at the girl's behavior, but he never spoke. She sat down on his lap, with some reluctance from Hiei, and looked outside to try and see what he was looking at, but Hiei knew her efforts were in vain.

"Hitori," Kurama called as he walked into the living room. He chuckled slightly as he saw Hitori trying to get Hiei to tell her whatever it was she wanted, but Hiei would just 'ignore' her and continue to stare outside, "Hitori, I got your bed ready for you." He told her.

Hitori looked up and smiled. She jumped off of Hiei, picked up Puka, and ran over to Kurama, grabbing his hand. "Otay!" she giggled her grin bigger than ever.

"Night, night 'iei."Hitori called before Kurama walked her to her room, and put her to bed, tucking her in, and telling her a requested story. When she finally fell asleep he left her room quietly and closed the door. Walking back to the living room and he saw Hiei still there. "I didn't know you liked kids." Kurama teased, sitting down on a chair.

Hiei glared at the fox. "I don't, what made you think I did?" he growled towards Kurama, his eyes narrowed at him angrily.

Kurama chuckled at the boy's normal behavior, "don't worry about it, Hiei." And with that Kurama stood up and walked off into his own room, letting the fire demon glare out the window in peace.

Hiei is 'iei for Hitori

Hope you liked it. Please don't judge this chapter to mach, because I always thought that the second and third chapter was the hardest, so please be gentle.

Again, this is a rewrite, so if you have read it before, I've only made a couple of changes. Re-read though, it makes a difference. :3 Happy reading!