Hey everyone! I'm back! And with another chapter! I want to thank you all for being really patient with me I just found my muse and it was Final Fantasy : Advent Children (Finally saw it!) and so I've been typing like crazy since yesterday. I hope you like this chapter I for one am proud on how this chapter turned out. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Nope I don't own it probably in my dreams but not real life.

Kurama and Hiei sat in silence, both secretly enjoying each other's company. Kurama glanced at Hiei on the corner of his eye, smiling lightly, "Hiei…" He muttered and watched as wide crimson eyes turned towards him. He didn't know why his heartbeat sped up from that simple stare, but couldn't help but smile, his eyes softening.

Kurama leaned forward slightly the smile never fading and saw the faintest twitch on the corner of the others lips. Just when he thought Hiei would return his smile he clammed up tight as water hit both them, soaking them thoroughly. Kurama backed up surprised and looked over his shoulder towards a laughing Yusuke and Kuwabara, who was holding a pail.

Hiei glared at the laughing idiot's, and huffed in annoyance before looking back out to sea. "Yusuke!" Yelled a familiar voice followed by a slap. A lot of heads turned towards a submerged teen and a glaring brunette, wearing a blue bikini.

"Really Yusuke when will you grow up?" questioned Botan wearing a pink and white bikini. Yusuke pulled himself up from the water, "Botan? When did you get here?" He asked his chocolate brown eyes puzzled. "Oh come now Yusuke, you think you could come to the beach without me! You're sadly mistaken!" She said smiling.

Kurama smiled at the scene and shook his head to get rid of the excess water, a growl beside him alerted him that some drops of water hit Hiei, 'Poor Hiei, he hates getting wet.' He thought trying to hide his smile.

Hiei glared at the redhead before letting out a soft snort and raised his body temperature to get rid of the water but not high enough that stream was visible. "Hiei-san?" Said a familiar voice. Hiei turned his head and looked at his twin. Yukina was wearing a one piece bathing suit (That he thanked to Kami-sama for, he never wanted his sister to be caught in on of those 'bikini's'), it was a light blue, almost the same color as her hair, it looked nice on her, but in his opinion showed way too much skin.

Yukina smiled at him happily, and then ran out to the ocean to join Keiko and the others. He felt his Crimson eyes soften at the sight of his sister playing and laughing, that innocence around her really showing through. The barest hints of a smile graced his lips when Yukina turn her head in his direction her face so delightfully happy.

His gaze slipped from Yukina to Kurama who was in the water also. He must've gotten up while Hiei was distracted and was now swimming and playing with Yusuke and the oaf. For some reason seeing Kurama happy gave him the same affect as his sister, and he couldn't help but wonder; what did it mean?

But he knew one thing, he was always a witness to happiness, he never experienced it for himself. He sometimes wondered what it would be like to smile freely, to actually laugh without bitterness behind it, but at the same time knew it wasn't possible. The Forbidden Child was never to experience something so great. Happiness, friendship, love, all positive emotions were forbidden to him. Only hate, despair, rage, vengeance, bloodlust, and all the negative emotions were the only things he would ever have in this cursed lifetime.

Hiei sighed and tore his eyes away from the scene to stare at the sand. The only real calm he had was from his staring at his mother's tear. His hand rose from the ground and absently touched his collarbone where his stone should be, but it was gone, torn away from him in his own carelessness.

"Hiei!" Said a smooth voice. Hiei snapped out of his thought and looked up at a drenched Kurama who was smiling down at him; he didn't know why, "Come on Hiei you can't sit on the beach all day!" He let Kurama pull him up and lead him to the sea; but Kurama brought the same calmness but a different level. Emerald green eyes turned towards him shinning with amusement and mischief, making Hiei smirk at his partner. And he was fine with that.

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"Its okay Amelia." Said a girl with pink hair and green eyes.

"Forget about Shuiichi for now, enjoy yourself." Said another girl with brown hair and blue eyes. Amelia sighed and nodded her head lying back on the beach towel, "I'm sorry, it's just…how could he do that? In front of the whole school! I saw he was happy on the dates we went on and he just dumps me! Just like that!" She snapped her fingers for an effect.

"Come on Amelia, he'll notice his mistake and come back begging to you." Said the pink-haired girl. Amelia smiled, "Yeah You're probably right." She agreed and let out a pleasured sigh.

She furrowed her brows together annoyed as a loud 'smack' was heard as well as some laughter. She sat up to yell at whoever it was to shut up but her throat closed on her, and her eyes widened.

She saw Shuiichi in the water playing with the thug Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara, she also spotted several girls laughing and playing, but what really caught her attention was how Shuiichi was whispering something to the guy with those odd crimson-eyes. She watched jealousy rising in her as Shuiichi laughed as the dark one went under water and pulled both Yusuke and Kuwabara under.

The blonde stood up jealousy raging through her and she stalked towards her ex-boyfriend as he and the red-eyed boy walked onto the sand, Shuiichi was chuckling now and wiping away the tears in his eyes. She hated it; she should be the only one to make him smile like that. Only her!

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Kurama released another chuckle and wiped away his tears and looked at the one beside him, "I didn't think they wouldn't have noticed." He commented and Hiei grunted, "They're both fools, they should've known better then to prank a fox." He said crossing his arms over his chest.

Kurama lightly poke Hiei's side, "And what about you?" He said in a teasing tone, and Hiei huffed. The red-haired human released another chuckle before looking to his side and was surprised to meet a pair of furious baby-blue orbs. "Amelia." He greeted as he would anyone else. He noticed that her jaw tightened and her hand were curled into fists, "Shuiichi…" She managed to she without any venom, surprisingly.

"Oh, it's only her." Said Hiei bored causing her furious blue eyes to land on him though he didn't seem to care, "Let's go before the idiots decide to get revenge." He said to the red-haired teen. Amelia balled her fist and her lips pulled back into a snarl, "You bastard!" She screamed and lashed out at him.

Hiei's instincts kicked in and he caught the swinging arm in an iron grip and his other went and punched her in the stomach, hard, and all of it happened in a fraction of a second. Amelia collapse to her knees holding her stomach, gasping and coughing for breath, and her blonde hair shielded her face.

Kurama was torn, one part of him said that Amelia got what she deserved, no one should lash out at Hiei without getting the consequences, but another but of him said that Hiei shouldn't have done that since one punch from a demon of Hiei's status could easily kill a normal human if they wanted too. The redhead let a ghost of a smile glide across his lips, Hiei held back, so all he did was knock the air out of her.

"Bastard…" She hissed once she regained some of her breathing, "Hitting a girl? That's low…" Hiei looked down his nose at her, "You were going to strike me, I reacted in defense. You didn't think there would be retaliation, a fool's mistake. If you're going to strike someone you should know the consequences that follow your actions." Amelia gaped at him, 'Doesn't he have any respect for women! You're not suppose to hit a girl!' She screamed mentally.

"Let's go eat Hiei." Kurama intervened, guiding Hiei away from her; "It was nice seeing you again Amelia." He said glancing back at her before continuing to lead Hiei away. Kurama steered Hiei to the blanket where their basket was. "There you are Kurama!" Shouted Keiko running over to them soaking wet.

Kurama smiled as he and Hiei sat down on the blanket. "Hey Keiko, we were about to eat, would you like to join us?" He asked politely. The bossy brunette nodded grabbing her towel and sitting beside them, "What do you have?" She asked looking in the basket. Kurama chuckled, "Mother packed some Onigiri." He said handing her one.

Hiei watched as one by one the group came and sat down and started to eat having light conversations and sharing a few laughs, and he couldn't help but feel so out of place. He didn't belong with them. They were…light while he was a shadow. He once had a light, but that was token away from him, and for a while he thought his sister could be his light, but…she was fading away. He wanted her to be happy, and while he doesn't approve of the oaf, he brings her that happiness.

His cursed fate, to walk around with the light, but never to have one of his own. Maybe that was the true motive when he wanted to take over the Ningenkai, he wanted to get rid of all the light here, he envied them, saying he hated humans just covered up the real reason.

Hiei adverted his eyes from them to the sea. The ocean, the calm blue, brought back memories. Water…was something he grew to hate, and it wasn't because of his heritage.

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Hiei gasp for breath as his head broke the surface. He panted filling his air with precious oxygen and shivered from the cold water. He gripped the bars of his cage and tried to melt the metal, but he was shivering too much to focus on his ki, and the cold water distracted him.

He shivered again and pulled himself closer to the freezing metal bars, "Come now forbidden one," Purred a sultry voice ridden with amusement and lust, "If you want out, you just have to cry."

Hiei turned his head and glared at the red-furred female neko, and shivered again. The neko pouted, "Hmmm, this is going to be hard. I never thought you'd be this stubborn…" she mused tapping a finger to her chin. Her amber eyes lit up and she snapped her fingers, "I got it!"

She jumped up to the top of his cage and reached inside through the top. Hiei snarled at her and slapped her hands away with one hand the other still holding the bars. But it was all in vain. The red neko grabbed a good handful of his soaking cloak and pulled it off.

The red neko held the wet cloak in a triumphant grip, "There that should do it." She chirped and Hiei shot her a glare as his shivering increased. With out the little warmth that the cloak held the water felt about freezing temperature now. She jumped back to the riverbank and went over to the rope that was holding the cage in the water. She untied it holding the rope, "Hope you have a nice swim!" She said happily and let go of the rope.

Hiei took a deep breath and braced himself as the top of his cage pushed him under water. He opened his eyes just a sliver and looked up. Sunlight shone through the water touching his face, Hiei felt himself relaxing and closing his eyes again, ignoring how his chest burned for air. The Makai sun warmed his face, and the gentle current of the river was easing him into peaceful slumber, one that he would not awaken from.

But the peaceful moment was shattered as his cage was pulled out of the water, all the way out. The dark-haired demon immediantly gasped for air and lye on his side to curl into a ball. Its been a long time since his prison was pulled all the way out, he dimly heard a rough voice yelling at the red neko for dunking him in for too long.

He shivered violently and looked over his shoulder as the hinges of the door screeched. This was his only chance to escape, he still shivered again, no need to pretend too, and waited till he got closer, once the demon kneeled next to him, he tensed his muscles and punched the demon across the face. The body connected with the bars but Hiei didn't stop to see. He ran out of the cage and ran into the forest.

Once he was sure he had gotten far enough and was safe, he collapsed onto a bed of flowers, making loose petals fly up. His shivering came back more violently then before and he hugged himself, curling into a ball hoping to save some heat. Hiei opened his eyes and squinted when his vision became blurry. His breaths came out in small soft pants and his eyelids felt heavy.

After weeks of being tortured, he finally fell into a dreamless sleep, a shiver running through his body once in awhile making him look younger then he really was.

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Hiei didn't know what happened the next couple of days, he was drifting in and out of consciousness, but he knew no demons bothered him. Once he was better and at full power, he tracked down the ones that imprisoned him and tortured him for weeks on end, and killed them, slowly and painfully.

The red neko was the first to go, her sobs and pleas for mercy still ran through his ears. The next was a snake demon, and a bear demon followed. Their leader who was an inu went last. He was the hardest to kill out of them all, but was well worth it.

He was brought out of his thoughts when the group erupting into laughter. Hiei glanced at the happy group and turned his head away. He didn't belong with them he was…dirty. The crimson-eyed demon slipped away from them un-noticed, and walked down the beach till there were no humans in sight.

Hiei jumped up onto the more rockery part of the beach, where a small pool was and sat down in front of it. He stared at his reflection, feeling a familiar emotion. Hate. He hated how he looked, he hated how he was, and there was nothing he could do to change who he was. He scowled at his reflection and reached to the top of his right boot and pulled out a dagger. Only the weak would depend on one weapon entirely.

The dagger was beautifully crafted; the hilt was a mixture of gold and silver with jewels embedded into it. The blade was long and sharp, and perfectly cleaned, unlike his katana that still had bloodstains. His katana was the first weapon he ever had, and of course he used it more than the dagger, but that didn't mean he didn't use it. He had used the dagger before, but only when he was separated from his main weapon would he draw this one.

There was also another reason. The small blade in his hand his the only one that has ever pierced his flesh by his own will. When Hiei goes through his heat cycle, or had to cut out poison, or just wanted to watch the blood flow out of his body, he would use the gold-silver dagger.

Hiei moved his tattered tops sleeve down his arm and un-tied the bandages. His breathing hitched as the dagger broke his skin, warm precious blood flowing down his back and chest. He dug the dagger deeper into his shoulder and nearly screamed as pain rocked his body. His warded arm twitched, but Hiei paid no mind to it, he just focused on wave after wave of delicious pain go through his body.

Sometimes this was all Hiei need. He loved the way his blood left his body in warm little crimson rivers, and he's become so accustom to pain that he can barely feel when he's hurt. This pain fetish of his came shortly after he mastered the Jagan eye, after he used the Jagan to its full extent, transforming into his Majin form, he went on a killing spree and it took two days before he returned to normal.

When Hiei turn into his Majin form the rational side of his mind was suppressed, so all he did was kill. Hiei literally became a mindless killing machine, killing all those who came across his path, he could faintly remember things that happened when he turned Majin, but he always felt that overwhelming bloodlust. He wasn't lying to Zeru when he said that the Jagan had a mind of its own.

So when Hiei felt that overwhelming bloodlust every once in a while he would go and fight any demon he could see and if he couldn't find any he resorted to what he was doing now to satisfy it's or his own bloodlust.

But right now Hiei wasn't injuring himself because of bloodlust he was doing this to get rid of some pain that has been building up. He let out a sigh as he pulled the blade out, the squishy sound of blade leaving flesh echoed in his ears.

Hiei cleaned off the blade in the pool in front of his crimson blood staining the once clear blue water. Once he was satisfied he re-sheathed it in his boot and re-wrapped his shoulder and fixed his top. He stood up and headed back towards the others, knowing that they didn't notice he was gone, and the bitter part about was he was right. He silently walked back over to the group and sat down where he was last time, as everyone let out another laugh.

He looked out at the ocean again and was surprised by a hand touching his un-injured shoulder. He snapped his head around and found he was staring into Kurama's questioning eyes, "Where did you go Hiei?" He asked in a soft voice.

"A walk." He answered bluntly, and turned his head around. He didn't like to stare into those eyes. Those emerald green eyes pierced his soul looking for answers that would never leave his mouth. He felt the hand's grip tightened, "Hiei…" He said lowly before sniffing the air, making Hiei's eyes widen. Dammit how could he forget about that one little detail that Kurama was a fox!

Kurama narrowed his eyes as he sniffed the air. It was coated in light scent of blood, but he couldn't tell where, the ocean's salty smell nearly overpowered the coppery scent of blood. The fox-spirit looked back to Hiei as he felt him tense under his hand and was puzzled, he seemed perfectly relaxed before…

"Hey Kurama," Said Yusuke distracting the redhead. Hiei let out a relieved inaudible sigh, the detective was good for something other than fighting, "Yes Yusuke?" Asked Kurama, "We're heading back now 'kay?"

Kurama nodded his head the sooner he was alone with Hiei the sooner he could question him, "Yes that's fine." He said removing his hand and gathering his stuff. Once he had everything packed he walked over to Shizuru's jeep and placed it in the back. Kurama looked over his shoulder to the silent hi-youkai, 'A little too silent.' He thought narrowing his eyes, "Hiei."

Hiei looked at him with emotionless eyes that almost made Kurama shudder, there was something wrong with them, "I think its best if you rid with us till we got back to my place." A fine dark eyebrow rose, "You want me to ride in that ningen contraption? Thanks but no thanks I'll be waiting for you when you get home."

"Hiei wait--!" He said but was too late as Hiei flitted away. Kurama sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. Something was wrong with Hiei, he just wished he knew what.

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Kurama opened the door to his home, "Mother I'm back!" He called and toed off his shoes, "Oh Shuiichi! Welcome home," Greeted his mother walking towards him from the kitchen, "Did you have fun?" She asked and Kurama smiled, "Yes I did. Oh here," He held the basket out for her, "You'll be pleased to know that everyone loved your cooking."

Shiori took the basket from him and smiled, "No problem Shuiichi, I'm just glad you're having fun." She looked behind her son, "Where's Hiei?" Kurama placed a charming smile on his face, "He's upstairs, he said he felt tired." He lied smoothly, and Shiori blinked, "Oh he did, well I guess that's reasonable." She muttered to herself.

"Goodnight mother." Kurama said and headed towards the stairs, "Good night Shuiichi and tell Hiei I wished him good night as well!" She called after him.

Kurama nodded back down at her before continuing to his room and opening the door. He noticed that the lights were off and the setting sun shone through the leaves in the tree in front of his window but what caught his attention was the small hi-youkai curled up on his windowsill. Hiei was sleeping in his normal sitting position, one knee was up and his arm was draped over it his other leg was dangling and his other arm was loosely resting on his thigh.

He felt his emerald eyes soften and a smile grace his lips. The way the setting sun was hitting Hiei's figure made him look like a fallen angel. The redhead released a small chuckle and walked over to his closet and pulled out a thin blanket and walked over to the sleeping demon and draped it over him.

Hiei must've been very tired if he didn't even wake up from that small move. Kurama kneeled beside him and stared at Hiei's face. He slowly reached out and touched the others cheek, "Goodnight Hiei." He whispered and gently stroked the soft cheek. Hiei let out a soft grunt and nudged the hand seeking more contact.

Kurama recurrently withdrew his hand and went to his desk to focus on is homework. He worked on his schoolwork, once in a while glancing over his shoulder to look at the sleeping fallen angel on his windowsill.

Wow I'm very proud on how this turned out! Please review and tell me what you think!

Preview to Chapter 8!

"What is this Hiei?" Kurama asked his voice deadly cold. Hiei jerked out of Kurama's grip holding him now bleeding shoulder, "None of your business fox." He spat out equally as cold. "That wasn't there before." Kurama's voice now contained barely suppressed rage, "You did it right? You cut yourself."

Hiei snarled at him, "So what if I did, it's none of your concern." He said deadly calm and Kurama snapped. He grabbed Hiei by his shoulders roughly, "None of my concern, none of my concern! It is my concern Hiei! It is my concern when my closet friend is suicidal!" The redhead shouted.

"Suicidal!" Hiei shouted back, "I'm not doing something a ningen would do Kurama! You wouldn't understand! No one would understand! I've been living this hellhole I call a life, you think I'd come out of it perfectly fine! This isn't like one of your stupid ningen fairytales! There are no happy endings and in my life everyone that is close to me dies! Why can't you understand that what I do is my business!"

Kurama glared at him, "Hiei no baka! Cutting yourself isn't the answer, killing yourself isn't! I know you've had a rough life, but it can change Hiei, if you'd let me and the others help." His voice softened as well as his eyes making the other's eyes widen at the soft.

"W-why…?" Came the shaky reply.

And that's all! I know I'm evil but I love it!

Till next time!

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