A/N: School, school, and more school. stabby-rip-stab-stab. Oh well, here is the next chapter. R&R is accepted by the way.
Doesn't own YYH. More stabby-rip-stab-stab.
Sya couldn't help but glare at the human as he came into the room with more fresh bandages for her body, although she was covered in most areas, the blush on his cheeks made her uneasy. Hiei, on the other hand, had actually talked to her; a feat that she realized was something that was usually impossible for him to do, or at least that's what she gathered from the human's reactions when he saw them talking together. The way that Hiei talked to her soothed not only her mind, but also it seemed to help her wounds heal faster.
It had been three days since Kurama left, and they all were beginning to fear for the worst.
"You know that they will want me back…" her voice was a bit stronger and confident, but only around Hiei.
"And you know, from what I've told you, that Kurama would never let them take you back. He has much respect for all beings, epically the females." Hiei eyed her cautiously as he began to remove the soiled bandages from around her breasts. "Yuuskae, leave the bandages on the stool behind me."
"Okay then…" he muttered under his breath. He didn't like the fact that Hiei seemed to be opening up to Sya more, and much quicker than he had even begun to learn the basics about the star-haired demon.
"I don't think that he likes me…" Sya muttered under her breath as the human left the room.
"He's only human, there is only so much that you can expect from him." Hiei sighed and continued to work on her wounds. "I do give him credit, however, he isn't very used to being around women that didn't give off the sense of being completely desperate for sex…which is what most humans and demons alike seem to be now-a-days."
"You seem to be close to him." She tilted her head to the side and gave a faint smile, the first that anyone had seen from her since she had been captured.
"I am…Yuuskae, Kurama, and I have been through a lot together." He returned her smile. "I suppose that I could consider him to be the one that I am closest to."
"You haven't confessed your thoughts to him?" Sya gave him a confused look.
"Granted…he is a human, and I a demon…not to mention we are both male." Hiei muttered the last part of his statement under his breath and eyed her curiously. "But thoughts are only thoughts, I doubt that he would hold the same for me. Yuuskae is currently engaged with a human girl."
"I see…" Sya then looked up into the doorway to see a figure that she slightly remembered. "Kurama…is he?"
Kurama smiled at Sya and walked over to the bed and placed a hand on an area of her shoulder where there was no wound. "Your brother is safe, and healed…but he has asked that you remain here with us."
"Why?" Sya sat up further only to cringe and fall back as she felt a sticky liquid begin to flow out around her stomach. "Dammit."
"I suggest that you refrain from any quick motions." Hiei muttered before looking to Kurama. "Is there something that we should know about?"
"Kenai requested that, for your own safety, you remain here." He sighed and shook his head. "He told me about what the others do to you…and he also told me that if it was necessary, to lie to you and tell you that I was too late. He cares too much for your safety, Sya."
"He wanted me not to come back…" Sya eyed her hands as they flexed slightly into fists. "Did he agree to remain in contact with you?"
"Yes, and I'm sure that we could find a way for the two of you to communicate without putting you into danger of those…animals again." Kurama actually had to hold back his temper as he spoke this time, his eyes flashing to a honey yellow for a moment.
"I suppose that you three will fight me to keep me here?" She eyed the human as he entered the room again.
"It is your brother's wish Sya, couldn't you honor it without a fight?" Hiei was the one to speak up this time, his eyes meeting hers as he held one of her hands. That factor alone surprising Kurama and Yuuskae further.
"Yes…I suppose that I could…" she said nothing more, the brims of her eyes almost overflowing with tears.
A/N: So how did you like it???