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Six hours, thirty-nine minutes, twenty-eight seconds, and still counting. That's how long Hiei had been gone. Being without her brother, not knowing if he would come for her... it was almost like being back with Tarukane all over again. The only difference was, she wasn't a prisoner. Tarukane had captured her when Hiei had gone to find Youko Kurama. She didn't know why it was so important to find the fox demon but he had left and Tarukane had had perfect timing, capturing her while Hiei was away. They hadn't been on the isles. Maybe if she had been on the Koorime isles, she would have been safe. Hina had begged the elders not to throw her son off the Koorime isles and they had obliged but he would have to leave when he was old enough to fend for himself. Yukina had gone with him. There was nothing holding her there since Hina had died two years before Hiei was old enough to leave.
Eight hours, forty-three minutes, sixteen seconds, and still counting. Yukina closed her eyes and put her head against her knees. She had been foolish but she hadn't thought she was going to live for much longer with the Toguro brothers… Actually, she knew that she'd be kept alive for as long as possible but in that mansion, there was always a sense of foreboding.
Ten hours, seventeen minutes, fourteen seconds, and still counting. She was beginning to worry and she wanted to cry. Her brother wasn't taking the news well. She knew it. He would reject her children and she would lose her best friend and brother. The thought terrified her and she put her face in her eyes, her vision becoming blurred by tears-
"Don't cry, Yukina,"
"Don't cry," Yukina looked up, expecting to see the father of her children but instead of seeing them, she saw her brother. He looked uncomfortable, shifting slightly to accommodate the weight in the basket he carried.
"Hiei!" she cried, scrambling to her feet to hug him.
"I didn't mean to make you cry," Hiei said, cautiously wrapping an arm around her. "I… I needed time to think."
"I thought you were going to leave," Yukina said.
"I'm not going to leave you alone, Yukina," Hiei said. "You need to eat." Yukina nodded, taking the basket from her brother to prepare a table for them.
"Hiei, I'm-"
"Who is the father?" Hiei asked. Yukina stopped taking out the food, looking at her brother.
"Huh?" Yukina blinked.
"The father?" Hiei repeated. "We're not one hundred."
"His name is Touya," Yukina said quietly. Hiei's eyes widened and it was one of the few times Yukina saw her brother looking surprised.
"The ice master?" he demanded. "Why was he with the Toguro brothers?" Yukina jumped slightly, surprised by her brother's harshness.
"He said that they were training… for the Dark Tournament,"
