Chapter three, oh please, I'm determined to finish this story so please support me until the end.

"Don't go out. No matter what happens, don't go outside."

Yukina nodded at Hiei's warning. She understood why he felt the need to say it twice, she had almost zero ability for attack and defense. Well, she could defense herself a little with ice, but usually it would be useless. If her brother's ranking was Upper-S Class, then she might be around D class.

Maybe she could ask him to teach her some defense, so she could at least protect herself.

That's a good idea, for later...

"When will you be back?" she asked him. He was getting ready to go out. He had his duty to guard the border between the human word and Makai after all. And to be Mukuro's servant, not that he wanted to admit that though.

He was silent for awhile. Well, he'd never had someone waiting for him to come back before, so it was a little strange.

Well, after he had chosen to live with Yukina, he should've expect all this strangeness.

"Around sunset." he didn't want to leave Yukina alone at night after all. It would be too dangerous. He just hoped that Mukuro won't have him doing something troublesome that takes up too much time.

"Okay...I will make dinner, what would you like for dinner?" she asked him again.

"Anything will be fine..." he answered. He wanted to eat something raw though, but maybe it wasn't appropiate for Yukina, so he didn't say it. Ah... he needed to remind himself not to eat before returning.

"Okay." she said, smiling warmly. Hiei's corner lips twitched a little, somehow, he wanted to return that smile but his smile was a bit scary. Well, it was more of a morbid grin rather than a smile.

He tried to think about anything he could be forgetting, but... maybe not. He turned to leave, checking to see that the sun had gone up pretty high. Mukuro will be pissed, Hiei thought a bit annoyed.

"Itterashai."

He turned to see Yukina waving, smile plastered on her lips.

Was that one of the humans' traditions that she had adopted? He had seen how Kurama's mother did that everytime Kurama went to school.

But, he didn't find any reason to return the gesture.

Yukina looked on silently as Hiei dissapeared from her sight. Well, she hadn't expected her brother to reply to it. Maybe he didn't know how to.

IoI

Yukina decided to clean the house while waiting for her brother to come back. She haden't had the chance to yesterday and to be honest, this house was full of dust. It hadn't been used for a long time after all. And most demons didn't care much about hygien.

She was a bit lost about the clothes matter though. She needed some spare changes and she had forgotten to bring any from Ningenkai. How careless she was... she needed to do something about that.

What about her brother's spare clothes? He must have some, since after fighting, his clothes were always torn up. He must have some stored up at some place...

Or maybe he didn't? Maybe he would get some new clothes when his current ones were destroyed.

She should ask him about it later.

She was still cleaning when there was knocking on the door.

"Knock... knock..."

She was startled and fear started creeping into her.

Who was it?

Her brother wouldn't knock the door, she was sure of it.

But, why would the youkai that targetted her knock on the door? Well, maybe they would if they fancied it...

But, at least, she should know who had come knocking.

She approached the door quietly. She prepared herself for an attack, cold wind starting to blown from nowhere as her youki rose.

"W...who is it?" she asked, her voice trembling a bit.

"Ah...sorry for disturbing you, but I need help."

'Help?' she thought. It was suspicious.

"My friend is hurt. I was searching for help him when I found your house." that youkai said.

She couldn't see his face, but from his story wasn't that unbelieveable. But still, it was suspicious.

"Can you help him? My friend is dying..." that youkai said again with a troubled voice.

She could heal him, of course. But, Hiei had warned her, twice, to not go outside of the house. She should obey or he would get mad...

"At the very least some bandages would help..." that youkai asked again.

'He must be desperate.' she thought.

But, she was confused. What should she do? She was afraid, yet she wanted to help. Her brother had warned her and she knew it was dangerous. Still, she wanted to help.

Oh... this was so confusing...

She knew that while she was home, she would be safe. This house was Mukuro's property after all. Outside, she would be defenseless.

'Nii-san... what should I do?' she asked him rather than herself deseperately.

IoI

"Ng? Yukina?"

Hiei turned his head, but of course, he didn't see Yukina. He was on border patrol after all. It would be impossible for Yukina to be here.

Even though he was sure that he'd heard her voice.

It made him worry.

'Don't tell me someone attacked her at the house already?'

No, it was impossible. No one had enough courage to touch Mukuro's property unless he was at least an S-Class youkai. But, the only S-Class demons in this area were Mukuro and Hiei. Yusuke and Kurama are the closest S-Classes and they were in an entirely different territory.

So... she had gone outside?

'Even though I warned her, twice!' he thought angrily.

He took off the bandage that covered his jagan eye.

He hoped she was okay.

Or he would kill anyone who touched her.

IoI

She was crazy, Hiei would be mad to her. He'd never been mad at her, but after this, he would be mad with her for sure.

She had stepped outside of the house.

She couldn't help it. She wanted to help so bad.

"Thank you miss, I appreciate your help." the youkai said rather politely.

She nodded, craddling some bandages in her arms. The youkai said that his friend had been injured severly and couldn't move from his spot.

She had the ability to heal, so she decided to tag along.

She was suicidical. She knew.

If this youkai was liying, this would be the end for her.

"Over here. Be careful miss." the youkai said to her, leading her into the woods.

She observased her 'companion' carefully from behind.

He looked like middle C-class youkai with the front, just like a lizard. His expression was kind of hard to read, but he seems nice.

She prayed that she would be okay, please...

As they walked deeper tino the woods, she got more and more frightened.

"Miss, you are very kind." the youkai stopped and turned to her.

She was asking herself why she was so naive and so kind. She was just digging a grave for herself.

'Nii-san... I'm sorry...'

And the youkai attacked her.

"NII-SAAAANNN!"

IoI

"YUKINAAAA!"

Hiei screamed. He was running so fast that he almost lost his sense of direction.

He didn't know if he was mad at his sister or the youkai who attack her.

Not caring enough to argue with himslef, he decided that he was mad with the lowlife youkai, but his sister would be getting a tongue lashing later.

If she was okay...

If she was hurt, then the youkai would burn to dust, he swore.

A sudden burst of youki stopped Hiei in his tracks.

A smirk stretched on his lips.

Well... Yukina was lucky this time, who knew that 'he' would be around here?

IoI

"Wait a minute gentleman, I think it would be in your best interests to stop or something unfortunate may happen to you."

Yukina, who had closed her eyes, was startled to hear the familiar voice interupt the youkai's attack.

It was familiar, but it wasn't Hiei. It was male, the tone was rather high pitched but held true threat in it.

Yukina opened her eyes and gasped to see who was standing not too far from there.

"U-Urameshi Yusuke." the youkai mumbled in fear.

Yes, Yukina was certain it was Yusuke. His face still looked young, his hair was rather messy, different with his usual pompadour style. He was wearing a simple short sleeved white shirt and a green jacket with black pants. That smile, that cocky stance, it was Yusuke alright.

"Yusuke-san..." Yukina was holding back her tears that were threatening to fall. How lucky she was this time...

"Yo! Yukina! Long time no see!" Yusuke said rather cheerfully. Then he turned to the youkai who was rooted to the spot from fear.

Well, Yusuke was an S-Class youkai after all. Even when he held back his power, Yukina could feel it radiating from him.

Yusuke's cheeful facede morphed into a serious one as he turned to look at the demon. "What do you want, a punch or a shot?" he asked.

Yukina felt a little sympathy for the youkai. He couldn't answer that.

"Yusuke-san..." she turned to Yusuke, she didn't want him to hurt the youkai. Even though she knew he had almost hurt her, she didn't want to add more nightmares into her life.

Without saying anything, Yusuke stopped looking so merderous. He smiled at Yukina, a kind and wise smile. Somehow, he seemed to look years older than his appareance.

"She is kind you know, so you are spared today. But I believe a certain fire youkai won't give you a second chance if you try to attack her again. Maybe, he will give you a choice as well, sword or fire?" he said, joking a little and laughed. Yukina smiled a little too, but it was hard to see Hiei giving that kind of choice, the youkai would have been dead by now.

In an instant the youkai was running away. Poor thing, he wouldn't even dare to think about this stupid idea again.

Yusuke sighed with a little smile, he turned to look at Yukina. He frowned when he saw how Yukina's kimono torn up from when she'd struggled when the youkai had tried to attack her.

Yusuke took off his jacket then covered Yukina's shoulders with it. "You are really lucky, aren't you? I was just passing by this area to go to Mukuro's place before I noticed a familiar youki and heard a scream."

Yukina nodded, she was indeed lucky. Yes, very lucky. It was so scary and she is so glad that somehow she is still in one piece now.

"Thank you very much, Yusuke-san." she said, getting up with Yusuke's steadying hand helping her.

"Nah, don't worry about it. Hiei would kill me if I didn't save you when I could." he said with a cheerful smile.

Yukina just smiled at that. Yusuke was always fun and carefree, that one never changed. But, Yukina could see the deepness in his eyes, proof that he was not a little boy anymore.

"But I'm really surprised, I didn't know that you've returned to Makai." he said again, scratching his head, his short hair getting messier. But then he tidied up it again with his hands.

"Yes, I arrived only yesterday." she said, but why did it feel like it has already been a week? These two days have been stressful. It was so different than her dull days in Ningenkai.

She lead Yusuke to her new house, glad to see her friend. She has missed the times when they would all gather together and have fun. But time and death had separated them all.

Although some things hadn't changed.

One of them was Yusuke's cheerfulness. She smiled at that thought.

IoI

Hiei was glad that Yusuke had saved Yukina. That fool had for once proved to be useful in Makai. Sometimes he was convinced that Yusuke just messing around in this place.

But, the problem wasn't solved yet.

Even though for now Yukina was safe, she would only get attacked again if he didn't do something.

Maybe he should consult with Mukuro, he hoped that youkai could give some solution about this.

IoI

"That Hiei? That Hiei is now living with you, in this house?"

Yukina sweat dropped a bit seeing Yusuke's reaction.

"I mean, who we're talking about is Hiei. That wild youkai who was never able to stay in small places...it's kind of unbelievable..." Yusuke was mumbling to himself, but Yukina could hear him well enough.

That was all true and Yukina was happy that Hiei did it for her. She just hoped that she wasn't being selfish.

"Or has he changed in just a few months...not, that's not possible. Then I guess he gets all soft if it is about you, huh?" Yusuke finally reached his consclusion.

Yusuke's grin grew wider when he saw Yukina blushing madly.

"I...I hadn't noticed..." she mumbled, feeling shy at that thought. Really? Just a few days ago she was sure that Hiei hated her, but now someone was saying that Hiei always got soft when it came to matters concerning her. Was that true? She had merely thought that even though Hiei seemed so cold and rude, he was actually kind. Or, did he just being behave differently around her?

Did he consider her someone special?

"But now that I think about it again, a long time ago, he always got flustered whenever I teased him about you." he said again, remebering the past.

'A long time ago?' Yukina run the phrase again in her head.

"Oh well, the topic of you became taboo after you married Kuwabara. He always looked stressed and angry when we accidentally mentioned you." he explained, his smile becoming sadder.

"Taboo?" she asked Yusuke, not understanding the reason behind Hiei's behavior.

"Uh...yeah, even now I didn't understand why he chose to leave you, or why he didn't want to talk about you." he said.

Yukina turned her gaze to the floor. She couldn't understand why Hiei had chosen to stop visiting her. She could imagine why he didn't want to tell her that he was her brother, although she didn't have any idea why Hiei had refused to meet her after she got married.

She knew that Hiei and Kuwabara had bad a relationship. They couldn't have a normal conversation without mocking each other. She knew that they hadn't hated each other. So, why?

Yusuke just frowned. Many things have happened these years. Their little and happy group scattered and then everyone started dying one by one. Now the ones remaining were just him, Yukina, Hiei and Kurama.

But, well, no use crying over spoilt milk. Life wasn't that bad.

"He lives with you. That means that he cares about you, right?" Yusuke finally said.

Yukina perked up a little. She was still confused but knew what Yusuke just said was true. Hiei cares about her.

"I guess...you're right..." she said with a little sad smile.

"Oh yeah, you should do something about those youkai or you will get attacked sooner or later." Yusuke changed the subject.

"I know... but I don't know how to stop them, I don't even understand why they are targetting me." she said hanging her head down.

'Seriously?' Yusuke was speechless. Well, even he notices how stunning Yukina was. She was like a fairy. She had grown from the cute and pettit girl she'd been into beautiful and stunning woman.

"Well, you are really beautiful Yukina. And if I remember correctly, even in Makai the hirouseki stones are rare and really expensive." Yusuke said bluntly.

Yukina's face reddened hearing that.

Beautiful?

Really? She has never thought of herself like that.

"How about yourself, Yusuke-san? Are there youkai that are targetting you as well?" she asked.

"Me? Well...I can't say there aren't, but I'm really powerful, you know? So any youkai would think twice before targetting me." he explained. He didn't want to explain how and why the female youkai tried attacking him. It wasn't pleasant at all, though the attacks are a bit funny.

"Have you thought about getting another mate, Yusuke-san?" Yukina finally decided to ask.

Yusuke was stunned, he looked a bit surprised and stayed silent for awhile. Yukina regreted asking right away. She'd felt bad when Kuwabara died, it must have been same for Yusuke. He loved Keiko, even though all he ever did was fight with her.

"Uhm... you know about Raizen? My ancestor? When he said he didn't want to eat humans and he was waiting for his lover to reborn again, I thought it was ridiculous." Yusuke suddenly told her. She'd heard only a little of Raizen's story from Kurama back then, when they all still had adventures. But all she really knew was that Raizen was Yusuke's demon ancestor and that he had died.

"It's strange, but right now I understand why he did that. Of course, I'm kinda lonely...but if it isn't Keiko...it's not worth it. Having another mate..." he said, scratching his nose with eyes averted. But she could she they were hazy, like he was hiding all his sadness deep inside his heart.

"I know it's kinda impossible, but I want to wait for Keiko to be reborn too...even though it means I have to wait thousands of years, I don't mind." he said that as he turned to the windows, his eyes staring at the darkening sky.

Yukina was stunned.

Waiting for her to reborn?

She had never thought of that, she'd never thought to wait for Kuwabara. Even though he had loved her with all his might, why couldn't she even think to try waiting for him like Yusuke did for Keiko? What kind of wife was she?

Upon seeing Yukina mentally beating herself down, Yusuke wanted to slap himself. Damn his mouth, he had said too much.

"No...Yukina, I didn't mean you must wait for Kuwabara too! Just waiting isn't going to solve this problem." Yusuke tried persuading Yukina.

The koorime still looked heartbroken and like she was dissapointed with herself. If Kuwabara knew about this, he might hunt him down and kill him later in afterlife.

"I just feel like I need to wait for Keiko, but you can find a new love Yukina. It's alright, I'm sure Kuwabara wouldn't mind. I think he wouldn't want you to be alone." he tried to cheer her up.

Yukina looked at him with doubt in her eyes.

She noticed just now.

When compared too Yusuke's love to Keiko, hers was more like nothing.

Even though Kuwabara had loved her so much. Even though she couldn't repay what he had done for her. Why...why was her love for him so...

IoI

Yusuke had tried to cheer Yukina almost for hours before finally she said she was okay. She was like a broken maiden...it hurt to see her like that.

As Yusuke run through the woods, he remembered what Kuwabara had said to him back when he was still alive.

Flash Back

"Yo, Kuwabara, long time no see."

Yusuke greeted Kuwabara, who sat on the chair at the terrace. He looked so old. His hair was all white and his skin was wrinkled. Rather than brightness, Yusuke saw tiredness and sadness in his eyes. Compared to Yusuke who seemed to never age, Kuwabara looked worn out.

When Yusuke had realized that he had become a youkai, he thought that he would never change.

But, he did change. Kuwabara and Keiko got older so much faster than him, even though he tried not to think about it that much. It must hurt them too. When their soul was eaten up by time, Yusuke was still as bright as ever.

"Long time no see Urameshi." Kuwabara replied with a wide smile.

"Where's Yukina?" Yusuke asked, trying to peek inside the house but saw no one.

"She is shopping for dinner." he answered. Yusuke just nodded. He sat beside Kuwabara, seeing the garden, full of flowers. It must be Yukina's work.

"How is Keiko doing?" Kuwabara asked to him.

Yusuke was silent for awhile, but he smiled to him. "Ah.. still noisy as ever," he answered. Kuwabara just laughed to hear that, Yusuke never changed. When would that boy grow up?

Though...Kuwabara could see the sadness in Yusuke's eyes. Keiko and him had aged so much faster than him, or more like he had aged so much slower than them. Maybe in a couple of years, they would leave this world and meet Koenma.

"Well, while you are here, I have a request for you, Urameshi." Kuwabara sad with serious look.

Yusuke wanted to blurt out how Kuwabara just sounded like Koenma who wanted to give him an annoying mission, but he bit his lip and didn't say anything. Kuwabara was serious and he would be serious too.

"I'm not immortal, someday...I will die...I will die and leave Yukina alone." he said with a frown.

"I don't want her to be alone, Urameshi. I want you to be there for her until she finds her new love." Yusuke's eyes widened upon hearing that.

"What? What do you mean? She loves you, Kuwabara! I don't think she would try to find another love, though I don't mind being there for her..." he tried to explain, but Kuwabara cut him off.

"You don't understand Urameshi, she doesn't love me." he said.

"Doesn't love you...?" Urameshi was stunned to hear looked so happy living together with Kuwabara. They're so perfect together.

"I just know it, Urameshi. Well, she loves me, but not in same way that I love her." he explained it.

"Are you sure...?" Yusuke asked him. Kuwabara nodded.

"She must have misunderstood. She has never fall in love before. She must think that she loves me the same way I do. But to be honest, it is different. She sees me as a family, she likes me, she is happy with me, but she doesn't love me." Kuwabara said that with watery eyes. It must be hard for him to accept that fact. He must have tried everything to make her return his love. But...

"Don't misunderstand Urameshi, I'm happy. I'm happy to be with her, I'm happy that she is my wife."

Yusuke nodded, but he still didn't believe it. Yukina didn't love Kuwabara? Had Kuwabara gone nuts? But...now he mentioned it... the way Yukina looked at Kuwabara was different than the way Keiko looked at him. It was gentle, caring, kind but...

There was no love...

He wanted to slap himself, no wonder Keiko calls him unsensitive. Despite his age, he still acts like a teenager.

"Though I feel bad, maybe it's because of me that she can't find her true love..." Kuwabara closed his eyes, Yusuke looked down.

"So, after I die, I want her to find her love, Urameshi. She is a good wife and mother but I want her to find her true love, she deserve that much!" Kuwabara started shouting at him, his eyes looking so desperate...

"I promise I will help her Kuwabara." he said that, assuring his best friend.

"Make sure she does, Urameshi! Or I'll have your head in the afterlife later!" he flinged the threat at him, but Yusuke just smiled. Even in the afterlife, Yusuke was sure Kuwabara won't be able to beat him, but...Kuwabara was just like that...

"I will do my best." he said and he meant it.

Flash Back over

Yusuke had almost forgotten about that promise. After Keiko died, everything just turned upside down. He needed time to adapt to his new life.

But now that he had remembered it, he would fulfill his promise to his best friend.

He would help Yukina find her love.

But who...?

IoI

"Oh...are you sick Hiei? That must be the first time I've ever heard you sneeze." came the mocking comment from Mukuro.

"No way." Hiei replied, but his nose felt funny. He waved off her teasing and turned to her with a serious face.

"Whatever, I want to ask you something."

Tbc

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