A/N: Whoa, my deal actually worked. I thought that reviewers would be offended and not review so that meant that I didn't have to update early. --;;; Oh, darn... Then again, I have better reviews now! Thank you to everybody who reviewed! I sincerely mean it. I have to tell you that the deal counts for future chapters. The bold parts are dreams/memories.

Chapter 7: Grandpa's Home

"Mizuki," her grandpa said, kneeling down to her height. He looked into her eyes, holding onto her shoulders. His lip trembled as he tried to think of a way to tell her. Mizuki just looked curiously at him, Why is Grandpa so sad?

Tears fell down his wrinkled face; he couldn't stand to be the bearer of bad news. How could he tell his little granddaughter that her parents had just been in a car accident? The little girl reached out to wipe the old man's tears away. She looked sadly at him,"Please don't cry, grandpa."

He breathed in and out heavily. With his voice cracking between every word, he said,"Mizuki-chan, I'm so sorry to tell you. Your...mommy and daddy. They won't be coming home anymore."

"Are they going on a trip?" she asked innocently.

"Hai. They are going on a very long trip. They won't be able to come home, but they wanted me to tell you that they loved you and your brother very much. No, I should say that they will always love you and your brother very much," he said, trying to smile.

"Why are they leaving us?" Mizu asked, tears streaking down her cheeks.

"Wake up..." Hiiro crooned, poking Mizuki's shoulder.

Mizuki just waved away what she thought was a fly and rolled over on the sofa. She buried her head deeper into the pillow, snoring lightly as she continued to slumber. She didn't want to be bothered. She had just come back from Kurama's house and didn't want to deal with the drama, so she went straight to sleep.

Hiiro crossed his arms and muttered how lazy she was being. After all, she was supposed to cook dinner tonight. He looked at the kitty clock on the nearby wall. It was six o'clock right now. So that means that his grandpa would be coming home in one hour. Then he looked over to his little sister's direction. He saw that drops of salty water escaped from her eyes, then heard her mumble sleepily, "Mom...dad..."

"Mizuki... I guess you still haven't gotten over it..." he whispered. He smiled gently at his sister's sleeping form. He remembered when she used to ask why her parents went away on a 'trip'. She was so naive back then. She always thought that if she were good, they would come back. She was always trying to think of ways to get them back. Back then, she didn't understand the concept of death.

He remembered when he felt like tricking Mizuki. It was on her sixth birthday. Hiiro thought that it would be funny to ask her what she wished for her birthday. At that time, he was still young and naive. He really believed that if you tell someone else your birthday wish, then your wish wouldn't come true. Mizuki never heard of that saying so she told him her wish.

"I'm going to wish for mommy and daddy to come back, onni-chan," she said, excitedly. She hugged her stuffed tiger close to her as if she could feel her parents' warmth. That was enough to make him feel guilty for the next ten years or so.

Hiiro ran a hair through his blond hair, sighing and putting a blanket over Mizu. "Damn it, imouto-chan. Why do you have to be such a good little sister?" Then he went into the kitchen to start making dinner.

An Hour Later

Mizu smacked her lips together, sighed and rolled over on her stomach. She was enjoying the warmth of the blanket and the comfortable pillow. She opened her eyes a little bit to see a pair of warm eyes smiling down at her. Her green eyes widened in fright. What the hell?! She fell off of the couch, trying to escape from the watching pair of eyes.

"Oh! Mizu-chan, are you okay?" a crackly voice asked her.

That voice sounded familiar...It sounded like "Grandpa!" Hiiro came into the room, holding a spatula in one hand and wearing a white apron around his waist. His face was blackened with soot. Mizu and grandpa just looked at him with wide eyes as Hiiro muttered something about 'stupid turkeys'.

"Did you just try to cook, onni-chan?" Mizu asked, trying to stifle her giggles.

"...Shut up..." Hiiro just muttered, wiping his face with the apron.

Mizu and grandpa just laughed at the annoyed college student, then Mizu turned to her grandpa.

"Grandpa, when did you get home?" she asked, smiling. She was always happy to see her grandpa, even if he is too strict at times. How could she not love the man, who's been taking care of her and her brother since they were little kids.

"Well, I entered the house just now and saw that my cute little granddaughter sleeping. So I just had to watch her and try to pinch her (face) cheeks," her grandpa said in a baby voice. Even though, Mizuki was 16 years old, her grandpa still considered her his 'cute little granddaughter.' He always likes to pinch her cheeks, even though all her baby fat disappeared twelve years ago.

Mizu blushed out of embarrassment, running away from his reach so he couldn't pinch her face. Hiiro caught Mizuki from running upstairs and gave her the spatula. He pointed to the kitchen, untying the apron and handing it to her. Mizu frowned, as much as she liked to cook, she still wanted to nap some more. Hiiro's eyes widened, realizing that he and Mizuki forgot about something. Something very important.

He followed Mizuki to the kitchen, slowly closed the door and turned to face his sister. His face was red so Mizu could tell that he was nervous about something. She cocked an eyebrow and asked him,"What's the matter with you, onni-chan?"

"Imouto-chan, I think you forgot about something very important. Something that grandpa can't discover about..." he said, peering out of the kitchen door to see if his grandpa was going upstairs.

"Something important? Like wha-" Then it dawned on her. The man! How could I so easily forget about the man? If grandpa went upstairs and saw the man, he would think that the man was with me!

She frantically grabbed a hold of Hiiro's shirt, clutching it with all her might. He could see that his sister was troubled with more than just the strange man problem. He could tell that something else was wrong by her troubled green eyes.

"What am I supposed to do?! If grandpa finds out, he would take me out of the school! I wouldn't be able to go outside anymore!" she panicked, tears threatening to spill.

"Whoa! Calm down, Mizuki. I know that you hate being stuck at home all day, but that's not going to happen. We'll just have to move the guy. Besides, it's not like he'll check up on you in your room. Then again, he would be suspicious since you are sleeping on the couch instead of in your bed," he said.

"Hiiro! That's not helping!" she yelled.

"Is everything all right?" their grandpa asked from the living room.

"We're just arguing on what we should be having for dinner!" Hiiro lied.

"Well, anything would be fine but nothing too spicy. I've had a long flight!" Grandpa said.

Upstairs in Mizu's room, Hiei was growing bored of the ningen surroundings. He longed to be out in Makai, training and begrudgingly, do Koenma's biddings. He missed some of his allys, even the "baka" also known as Kuwabara. His fever had gone down while Mizuki was out. He couldn't help that he could recover fast from a little fever. He was, after all, a fire demon.

While Mizuki panicked, her brother tried to calm her down. The grandpa was resting on the sofa because of jet lag. The whole Aoi family was 'busy' while Hiei was changing into his regular black clothes. He had found them in the bathroom, hanging over the shower so it could be dried. It was already dried when he grabbed them.

­In the Kitchen

"All right, Mizu. Are you calm?" Hiiro asked while Mizu nodded. "All right. As I said earlier, all we have to do now is to carry the guy into my room. Grandpa will never suspect anything as long as I go back to my dorm tonight. He'll just think that I have to finish whatever project I have and that guy can just sleep in my room until his fever goes down. Then you have to kick him out of the house."

Mizuki nodded slowly. "Wait," she said. "Why do I have to kick him out of the house?"

Hiiro just smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand. "He can't possibly stay in the house for the entire year!"

"I know, but it's not polite just kicking him out of the house," she said, looking disapprovingly at her brother.

"He could be an ex-con and you would still let him stay!? Mizu, you are really way too nice for your own good," Hiiro said, exasperated.

"What's wrong with being nice?" she said, offended.

The silly Aoi siblings argued while a fire demon was climbing out one of their windows. Hiei jumped onto the nearest tree branch, which was right outside Mizuki's window. An uninvited guest looked up in disbelief as she watched Hiei disappear into a dark portal. A smirk ran across her lips, her eyes gleamed with mischief. Here's an interesting way to blackmail that Shuuichi stealer.

Fumi continued to walk up to the brightly-lit house, an evil smile still evident on her lips. She was going to have a great time, blackmailing her enemy. The same new girl, who has been trying to chase Shuuichi ever since she stepped foot into the school. She keeps claiming that she doesn't want Shuuichi. Yeah, right, bitch. I know you want him as much as I do. Although, our love is stronger than that. You won't be able to break us up. She thought all that even though, Shuuichi didn't have one ounce of romantic thought towards the crazy fan.

She reached out to ring the doorbell; she stepped back and waited for someone to answer the door. Mr. Aoi (the grandpa) was going to get off the sofa to answer the door, but Hiiro ran out of the kitchen to get it. As the kitchen door opened, anybody could see that Mizu was miffed about something. She had her hands to her hips and glared at her brother's back.

She dropped her arms, Oooh, I guess he won't change his mind. What a baka! He's in college! How can he not know that you don't just throw an ill person out in the street? Even if someone's fever were reduced, they still have to stay in bed for a few days.

She stomped off into the living room, stopped when she realized that her grandpa was in there. She just giggled nervously and walked lighter so he wouldn't think she was upset about something. When she was out of his sight, she scolded herself for being so obvious. Her grandpa looked at the spot where she was standing. He wondered if she was upset about a particular anniversary coming up.

Mizuki walked up the stairs as lightly and quickly as she could, she prayed that her grandpa wasn't worried enough to follow her. Once she reached her room, she opened the closed door. The room was dark due to the night sky outside. She ran into the room, clicked on the lamplight. The bed was lumpy. Mizu didn't want to disturb the ill man, but she didn't have a choice. Maybe she could move him without him waking.

"I'm sorry to do this, but if grandpa finds out you're here..." she said, taking the covers off of him.

A loud gasp came from her mouth; it was just a pillow! It was one of her long pastel pink pillows. She covered her mouth with her hands, still staring at the spot where the man should be. Where is he? What if he's wandering in the house!? Grandpa would surely see him then! I have to tell onni-chan! I shouldn't panic so fast. Maybe he's under the bed.

Mizuki bent over to look under the bed; she squinted into the dark space. Her hand was groping furiously under the bed until she was positive that he wasn't under there. She was so desperate that she poked her head under the bed.

"MIZUKI!!!!" Hiiro yelled from downstairs.

The yell surprised Mizuki so much that she raised her head, which bumped right into the bed. "OW!" she yelped, rubbing her sore head. If she thought that a bump was one of her worries right now, then she was wrong.

"MIZUKI! GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE!" her brother yelled louder.

"Hai! I'm coming down!" Mizu said loudly. Her brother sounded angry for some reason. This wasn't right; she was supposed to be mad at him right now. She looked worriedly at the empty bed before running downstairs. She had to admit that she was a bit scared now. Her brother had never taken that tone of voice with her before.

"Onni-chan, why do you sound so...Hasakawa-san?" she said surprised, staring at the battered girl in front of her.

The president of the Minamino Shuuichi fan club stood in front of her, Hiiro was right behind her. He had an angry look on his face. Mizuki was confused, worried and shocked all at the same time. She had a good reason to be all of those things. She was confused at who would attack Fumi. She was shocked and worried at how severe some of the wounds were.

All her negative feelings towards the irritating fangirl disappeared as she stepped forward. She was going to lead Fumi into the bathroom so she could fix her wounds. Before she even touched her, Fumi let out a frightened cry. She hid behind Hiiro as if she was scared of something.

"It's okay, Hasakawa-san. I'll help you fix your wounds," Mizu said with a gentle smile.

"NO! GET AWAY!" Fumi screamed.

Hiiro dared not to believe at what this Hasakawa girl just informed him and his grandpa. Fumi started to cry hysterically, gripping tightly onto Hiiro. Hiiro already had a disliking for the girl, but she was attacked.

"Granddaughter," her grandpa started, a sad look upon his visage.

"Grandpa, what happened to Hasakawa-san?" Mizuki asked.

The fangirl was bruised all over. Blood was could be seen on the white bandages. Her eyes had dark circles around them as if she had been punched.

"Mizuki, Ms. Hasakawa just told us that you attacked her," her grandpa continued.

"She said that you two were fighting over some guy at school. Then when she was walking from school, you dragged her off some alley and started to beat on her," Hiiro told her.

"NANI?! (WHAT?!)" Mizuki exclaimed.

A/N: Okay, that was chapter 6. A lot of crazy things happened when grandpa returned home, didn't it? I wonder what happens in the next chapter?

Lil KaWaIi AzN PrInCeSs: Mizuki is supposed to be polite since her parents and Grandpa have taught her to be polite. Although, I should've made her slap him. I will write more Mizu/Hiei but first, they have to get to know each other first. That's going to be interesting. You actually cared enough to complain about the Kurama fluff. I'm so happy... But there will be some Kurama/Mizu moments since there is a love rectange/triangle. (I'm not even sure now)

samuraiduck27: Thank you for reviewing.

slancaster113: Yep, I've finally updated. You actually thought it was sweet. That's weird. I had to squeeze in just some fluff. I usually don't like to write fluff but since this is a romance...I'm also so glad that you liked it even though it was with Kurama.

HieiFan666: You'll just have to read and see what happens between Kurama, Mizu and Hiei. I won't say anymore or that'll spoil the surprises.

Reborn-soul-09: Don't worry. The fangirls will get theirs, but for now, I'm going to concentrate on Fumi and Mizu's interesting relationship. You know, fangirl vs. nice girl. Yes, I agree some CRAZY fangirls are quite annoying. Hiei will realize that he kissed Mizuki, but that'll be either later or somewhere between upcoming chapters. Btw, since Mizu isn't a guy, it should be Mizuki-chan.

daisuke-hieiXXX: Sorry, I am going include a fourth person into this story. If you don't like the love rectangle, then stop reading. You'd like Kurama and Mizu together. That's interesting...You know, I would review your story, but I don't know if you're one of those easily offended types.

ReikkaShinen: I will put more Hiei/Mizu in the chapters. The changing POV request is interesting, but I will have to think about it. You also mentioned that I've done that, but those are actually their thoughts in the italic. It doesn't necessarily mean that it switches POV. There was never a chapter where any of the characters started to tell the story in their point of view. I will definitely think about it, though.

Rahenne: That'll be a laugh. That's what I've always to write about in this fic; Kurama finding out that Mizu's taking care of his friend. Thanks for noticing.

crazedcat: I 'flip-flop' everything around sometimes just to make each chapter longer. It's hard to type up long chapters when you're out of ideas or trying to think of what to write next. I'm glad that the plunger scene made you laugh though. Everybody loves the storyline, but I think it's just all right. Not that great.

dont have an account: Another one of those details that reviewers don't comment on... Hiei in girl's clothing! Thank you for noticing.

shadowtiger11: Thank you for your compliment on my writing skills. You're the one of very few reviewers who ever does. Almost all authors want their reviewers to tell them what they like or what they don't like about the fic. Most reviewers are just scared that the authors would be offended and stop updating. The living with her grandpa situation was to stop producing cliched characters. I wanted Mizu to be different from my other original characters, who all have parents or don't have parents and are living by themselves. I disliked the fact that I kept writing the YYH cast so out of character. Well, the who's going to be with who situation will be revealed much later.

Aheheh...Well, I would read your stuff, but it's just that I'm pretty picky about the fics I read. I'll try to read your fics when I'm in a good mood. I'm a very critical person especially when I'm not in a good mood. I don't know if you'll be offended by my comments or not. Some authors are so easily offended that they'll start yelling even if I suggest that they use spellcheck for their fics.

insaneningen14: I will reveal the fourth person of the love rectangle in chapter 9 probably. That's pretty funny. You're one of the last two reviewers of this story while I was uploading chapter 7.

Kamikaze-Watermellon: Yes, I know. I was thinking that he was being too out-of-character when he hugged Mizu, but people want romance...You're also one of the last two reviewers while I was uploading the new chapter.