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Hiei and Yusuke searched the grounds for a few hours before Hiei found Daisuke laying in scorched patch of earth. "Tch, fool." Hiei looked down at his son. True, he himself had lost his temper many times, but was never stupid enough to leave himself open for an attack. Daisuke felt them coming miles away but was to exhausted to move. After the incident at the water park, he had to let his frustrations out. Moving deep into the forest, he let loose. Blasting away anything in his path and beating the trees until his knuckles bleed.
"Whatever." Daisuke waved off his father. "Like you'd understand." Hiei folded his arms and leaned against one of the undamaged trees and chuckled. "You're just like your mother." Daisuke fully sat up and stared at his father. "She has this intense need to protect all those around her. Whether they want her to or not." His ruby eyes stared into the same amber that enticed him so long ago, only this time, it was different. Quite possibly for the first time in almost eighteen years, Hiei felt like a father.
The two sat in silence for a few moments. Feeling the soft breeze and enjoying the night air. Hiei could feel Daisuke's energy radiating with nerves. He could feel the earth and air shifting every time he moved. "Sora was right you know. I'm no good for her." Daisuke rubbed the back of his neck before returning his attention to his father. "How….when did you know it was time to let mom go?" Opening his eyes, Daisuke reared back a little. "I mean, that for her safety, she would be better off without you?"
Hiei knew exactly what his son was getting at. "Don't believe everything you hear. Wolves do not accept the opinion of sheep."
"You don't get it." Daisuke laid back down, crossing his arms behind his head. "You think that you could hurt her without even trying. That because of what you are, you're never going to be worthy and she'll be disgusted at the sight of you." Opening his eyes, Daisuke let his fathers words fill his head. "Despite the fact that you would tear apart the worlds for her, you're terrified that she'll see the real you and run away."
"Eventually, she shows you that no matter what she's always there for you. She'll stand by your side when things go wrong and support whatever decision needs to be made. That even though, you want to wring her neck every so often because of some inane thing, she's everything to you." Pushing off the tree, Hiei headed back towards the temple. "You should know, together, your mother and I could have taken care of anything that came our way. I never left for her safety, I left for yours." Daisuke blinked and shot straight up to stare at his father only to see that he was gone. Hunching over, he leaned his arms against his knees. He had always heard the tales of Dragon of the Darkness Flame master, heard the stories of his father. Most of the time, it was from others and never his mother. He had to admit that it was of the reasons he grew to hate him. How could his mother love someone so cruel and heartless.
He could remember watching his battles during the Demon Tournament and rather than being amazed that his father was such a powerful warrior, he only became disgusted at the sight of him dismembering his opponents. One time, he even asked his mother why she loved him. Why he was everything to her. Her only response was that despite his shortcomings(that got a little giggle out of her, why he'll never know), he was a good man who cherished everything he had.
Back then he didn't understand, but now he was starting to.
Standing, he brushed the dirt of his swim trunks and wiped away the dried blood from his knuckles. It was time to head back before his mother came looking for him.
Inside the temple, Yusuke sat at the table with the others. The girls had all gone to bed so now it was just the men. "Do you think they know?" Kuwabara looked between the others.
"I doubt it. Genkai might have her suspicions, but I highly doubt she would say anything." Kurama told them as he finished tinkering with the tracking device. "That should about do it."
"So, how does this thing work again?" This is what they were doing all day. Koenma had given them a lead on who might be trying to hurt Hiei and after a couple rounds of interrogation they managed to get a name. Thankfully they knew just what kind of being the demon was. So after Hiei erased all memory of them, he replanted a few new memories so if anyone where to look, there would be no blank spaces. While unconscious, Kurama planted a seedling under his skin. "No one should would be able to detect the energy coming from the seedling but myself, I hope. With the tracking device that Koenma gave us, it should be able to read the energy signature and we can keep a closer watch on his movements."
"Let's just hope it works." Yusuke ran his hand down his face, scratching the small bit of stubble growing on his chin. "I don't think Keiko could handle her leaving again. Not to mention I'd rather not deal with a crying teenager." He smirked over at Hiei. "You know, if he ever hurts her I'm gonna kill him right?"
Hiei snorted at the image. "I'll hold him down." Kuwabara shot a glare over at his brother-in-law. While he would probably give his nephew a good whacking for hurting his pseudo niece, he knew just how protective his best friend was of his daughter. He probably would murder Daisuke.
A soft ping, brought all their attentions to the tracking device. "Whaddya know. It works."
Kurama pulled out a larger version of Yusuke's old compact and dialed Koenma's number. "What is it Kurama?" The much older looking King of the Spirit World answered after a few rings.
"We managed to get the tracking device to work."
"Perfect. I will let you know if anything of importance pops up. When Botan wakes up, have her bring the device back. I don't want anyone else getting involved." Of course, they all knew who he was talking about. "Alright lover boy. See ya later." Yusuke pushed the lid down as Koenma was in the middle of a sentence.
Packing everything up, Kurama put everything in his work bag and made sure that the noise from the tracking device couldn't be heard. "I'm hittin the hay." Kuwabara stretched and stood up from his seat. Everyone nodded in agreement. As they all went to move the back door slid open. Daisuke slowly stepped into the temple, kicking his shoes off outside. As he closed the door behind him, he stared at the older men. "I figured everyone would be in bed already."
"On our way." Kuwabara yawned as he waved goodnight to everyone and made his way down the hall towards his room. Kurama said his goodnights and followed after the taller redhead.
Daisuke rubbed the back of his neck as he looked between his father and Yusuke, "Look, about today…"
Yusuke put his hands up. "No need kid. Ryuu gave us the gist early. I actually want to thank you." Daisuke looked a bit surprised. "While Rina can definitely handle her own, it's nice to know that someone has her back. Don't tell him I said anything, but Sora is pretty much useless in that department." He grinned as he made fun of his own son.
"Much like you." Hiei grinned at the Detective.
"Yeah yeah Shrimp." Clapping his hands together, Yusuke made his way down the hall. "Now, if there is no crying girls in my room I'm going to finish what I started." With a little skip in his step, he disappeared from view. Hiei just laughed and went to go to bed himself.
"Hey…Hiei. Thanks." Daisuke gave his father a small smile. The two had a unspoken agreement. Daisuke still refused to call Hiei anything other than his name and Hiei promised to treat Daisuke like he was his own man and not his son. More than once, Sayuri would lecture Hiei about his attitude towards their son, and each time Hiei would give her the same answer.
With a shrug, Hiei began walking to his room. Today was a long day and he was exhausted. He hadn't had to use the Jagan that much in one sitting and he could feel a headache coming on. Opening his door he could feel Daisuke's energy not far from Rina's room. 'Apologize.'
He knew he wasn't going to get anything in return, so he just shut the door and tore off his clothes and climbed into bed. "Mmm, well hello." Sayuri rolled over and put her head on his bare chest. "Everything okay?"
"Well enough." Wrapping his arm around her, Hiei pulled her close and began drifting off to sleep. He was not one for prayers or any sort of sentiment, but tonight he prayed that Koenma would find something soon. He did not want to give this up again.