Hello! Darkdemon here!

Just like I promised, here is the second chapter just in case I don't update soon. I apologize again.

So here is Chapter Eleven: Acceptance; Sisterly Love

With love,

Darkdemon

Hiei's Last Sentence from Chapter Ten:

"She's still very proficient." He mentioned.

I felt the pull of consciousness bringing me back from the abyss as I slowly became aware of my surroundings again. Bright fluorescent lights filtered into my eyelids and I winced at the pain they brought to my eyes. My arms felt like lead and itched from the hospital sheets. My legs were wrapped up tightly as was the rest of my body. I felt an IV in each of my arms. A breathing tube was hooked into my nostrils and I wanted to rip it all away. I hated the hospital with a passion. But as I went to move my arm, I let out a whimper of pain and left it be. The sound of the door opening and closing caused my attention to divert from my battered body to him. He smiled softly when he saw I was awake and he walked over to my bed quickly. He replaced the roses I hadn't seen with new ones and continued to smile at me. I frowned. Shouldn't he be angry with me? I left him! I left him worrying about where I was!

"Shuichi…" My voice cracked from not being used and he turned to me, his smile fading.

"You were very reckless." He said as he turned away from me again. His words seemed cold. Was this his anger?

"You'll have to stay here until your wounds heal." He began to walk out of the room as tears filled my eyes.

Why was I crying?

Why did his distance from me hurt?

Did he see what I was? I thought he had accepted that in me. I thought we were the same. The door closed behind his form and it caused a realization to hit me square in the chest. We were never going to be the same. He was never going to accept what I was. We were just too different. The only one who would ever love and accept me for me was my sister. I needed to see her. Against the pain, I ripped out the IVs and tore away the breathing tube from my nose. I stood and my body screamed out in agony but I didn't listen. I needed my sister. The heart monitor went dead as I ripped away the sensors and walked toward the door. I could hear the sounds on the other side and knew a whole team of nurses and doctors were headed toward my room. I needed to disappear.

"What happened? She was fine a minute ago!" Shuichi's voice cut all the others out.

"We don't know! Her monitor just flat-lined!" A nurse answered him.

"Find out! If anything happens to her…" I didn't hear the rest before I was out into the hallway, heading toward my sister's room as fast as I could. Yukiko was awake and sitting up when I slammed into her room and she cried out in surprise.

"Aniko!" Her voice calmed me as tears poured down my face.

"Yuki…."She smiled and motioned me forward as I hugged her.

"It's alright, baby sister. I'm here."

"I'm sorry, Yuki!" I cried as she giggled.

"This wasn't your fault, Ani. I promise."

"No! It is! I thought he was different! I thought he'd accept me…" I sobbed and Yukiko tilted her head to the side.

"He? He who?" She asked in confusion.

"Aniko." She looked up in surprise as Shuichi's voice entered the room. My body locked up in response to his presence.

"Shuichi? What are…."

"Aniko, you're injured!" He interjected cutting Yuki off.

"So?! Just leave me alone, human!" I screamed as I pulled myself closer to my sister. Yukiko looked between us in confusion.

"Human? Ani, what are…"

"Leave you alone? I left you alone for 5 minutes and you ended up in intensive care!" He argued, yet again cutting my sister off.

"Oh so now you care? I was being reckless remember? It's what I'm good at!" He pulled me up and turned me to face him with ease.

"You were! Why didn't you tell me where you were going?"

"So you could find me faster?! No!" He gently shook me until he pulled me into a tight embrace.

"I was worried about you. I was out of my mind in fright when I realized you were gone. Do you have any idea how worried sick I was?" He asked as I cried into his chest.

"I just wanted to gain some control…" I muttered. He chuckled.

"I know. I know. I'm sorry. It's just the thought of you…being injured…I couldn't…" He pulled me tighter.

"I need you." He muttered into my ear as I sobbed.

"Why?" I asked. He chuckled again.

"Why?" He reflected.

The moment I heard her heart monitor go flat my body worked in fear. What if she wouldn't wake up? Why wouldn't she wake up? What was the last thing I said to her?

You'll have to stay here until your wounds heal. You idiot. Why didn't you tell how worried you were? How her batter body had caused fear to course through your entire being?

Youko's words echoed in my ear.

Why hadn't I?

Why was I so angry with her?

Was it because she had left without telling me where she went?

Was it she had gone to the Demon World without any protection at all?

Was it because she had left period?

Why was I so angry with her?

"She's gone!" I froze. She had left without telling me. Again. Where would she go? Then the answer came to me all too quickly.

Yukiko.

I pushed past the doctors and the nurses who were baffled at her disappearance and raced toward the elevator. Yukiko's room was 6 floors up. How soon could I get there? Would I get there before her?

Don't count on it, Shuichi. She is fast.

I growled at Youko and he quieted, fearing my wrath. I had never been one for impatience yet when it came to her I lost all of my composure. I was quick-tempered, impatient, and merciful.

What was going to happen when she was on the team and I was always going to be distracted by her?

Who would get hurt because of my carelessness?

Who would die? So many questions and yet I had no answers. I found her clinging to her sister's form, tears pouring down her face and my anger swelled up again.

"Aniko." My voice was hard and unlike me. Why was I being hard on her?

"Shuichi, what are…"

"Aniko, you're injured!" I chastised, cutting her sister off.

"So?! Just leave me alone, human!"

Human? Who was she to call us human?!

"Leave you alone?! I left you alone for five minutes and you ended up in intensive care!" I yelled, my patience gone. Did she not realize how worried I was?

"Oh so now you care?! I was being reckless remember?! It's what I'm good at!" My words cut me. I hadn't meant to tell her that. Yet when I had seen her lying in that bed I felt…helpless and angry and I took it out on her. I hadn't meant to. It just slipped. I grabbed her arm and turned her to face me.

"You were! Why didn't you tell me where you were going?" I asked, needing to know the answer.

"Why? So you could find me faster?! No!" Her tears burned my soul and I pulled her into an embrace. Painful stabs of guilt riddled my heart as I heard and felt her sobs.

"I was worried about you. I was out of my mind in fright when I realized you were gone. Do you have any idea how worried sick I was?" I asked and she looked up at me.

"I just wanted to gain some control…" Her answer caused the guilt to build up until it burst forward in my speech, lining every word with apology.

"I know. I know. I'm sorry. It's just the thought of you…being injured…I couldn't…" I couldn't bear to see it. I couldn't bear to see one scratch on her heavenly body. It was too much for me. I had gotten too close to her to lose her now.

"I need you." I admitted softly and her question caused me to chuckle at the absurdity.

"Why?" Why did I need her?

Why did I need air to breathe?

Why did I need food and water?

To survive. I needed her to survive. A life without her would've been painful, empty, unfulfilling.

"Why?" I mused quietly, as if she already knew the answer.

I watched them with interest. It was unusual for my sister to cry. She wasn't an emotional person at all. It was even more unusual for my sister to get so emotional over a boy. She had never been one of those types of girls. Yes she had friends but they, to her, were superficial. Not worth keeping. She was afraid of their acceptance of her and her 'demon'. But this one boy, he had caused my sister to cry and pour her heart out about this 'demon' she possessed. His acceptance must be deeper than a crush. She must need him.

Why?

What made Shuichi Minamino so important to my sister?

Why was he so different from all the other boys I had tried to hook her up with?