lostmoonchild: It's one thirty Friday morning and I'm currently waiting to be asked why the house smells like spray paint. The answer to that: I spray painted my room. Well, my closet to be exact. I was bored. Nothing more and nothing less. Anyway, here's chapter ten!

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH so no sue.


Chapter Ten

Third day in a row she was sick. This was becoming ridiculous. "Onna." Hiei stated from the bathroom door.

"Fuck off, Hiei." Danielle growled as she forced herself to her feet and rinsed out her mouth in the sink.

"This is the third day."

"I haven't missed my period yet."

He raised an eyebrow before sighing as he retreated to the kitchen to fix him and Aaron some breakfast. He knew his mate wouldn't want to eat. "Egg roll, Dad?" Aaron asked as he held up a plate.

Didn't the boy know how to make anything else or were egg rolls his favorite breakfast dish? "You can't eat cereal like a normal kid?" Hiei asked with a sigh.

"I'm not exactly normal."

Hiei looked at his son, seeing the look of indignation on his face. "Of course not." Hiei responded. "You're perfect to your mother and me though."

Aaron shrugged slightly before returning to his breakfast. Hiei couldn't help but be grateful that the boy didn't know that he had been targeted. "Dad?" Aaron questioned suddenly.

"Yeah?"

"Mom's feeling sick again today, isn't she?"

"Yeah."

Aaron poked at his food before asking, "Is she pregnant?"

Hiei sat down at the table and looked at his son for a moment. Was the boy honestly worried about there being a new baby in the house if she was? "Your mother isn't ready to take a pregnancy test." Hiei told the boy.

"It'd make sense if she was. Yusuke told me that demon sperm is faster than human sperm."

Why did he suddenly have the feeling that his son had been given the sex talk by one of the most perverted men that he knew? Now he was wondering what Danielle had been thinking. "Do you think she's pregnant?" Hiei asked.

"I don't know."

"What's wrong?"

"It's stupid."

"There's nothing stupid about telling either your mother or me about anything that's bothering you."

Aaron poked at his egg rolls a little before answering, "What if Mom is pregnant and the baby dies like Memori?"

Somehow he knew that Memori's death had affected the boy immensely. "Nothing's going to happen to her or the baby." Hiei told the boy.

"I'm going over to Sean and Maya's. Is that okay?"

"Sure."

Aaron picked up his breakfast dishes and threw away the remaining bit of food before putting the dishes in the sink. "Going to Sean and Maya's!" Aaron called to his mother before taking off out the door.

Hiei shook his head slightly before finishing up his breakfast preparation. The boy would be fine. He was a tough kid. If that was the case then why was there this feeling of dread that was suddenly filling him? Abandoning his breakfast, Hiei followed.

Aaron hummed to himself as he walked down the sidewalk, ignoring the curious glances that came his way. What? Hadn't they seen a kid before?

The young boy stopped, suddenly realizing that he had forgotten to put in his contacts. "Damn it." Aaron swore before glancing back. He always could run home but then he'd have to put up with his mother's fussing. Nah, he'd just keep going and if anybody was rude enough to ask then he could say that he was wearing contacts.

A chill went down his spine as he suddenly felt as if someone were watching him. But who was it? Where were they hiding? "Are you lost, little boy?" A woman asked him, her voice low and full of hidden danger.

"Go away, you hag." Aaron replied as he pushed away from her.

The woman's painted nails dug into his arm, eliciting a cry from the boy. "You're going to come with me if your don't want your mommy and daddy to get hurt." The woman purred. "Am I understood?"

Aaron's eyes widened slightly as he was suddenly jerked and stared as his feet left the ground. He could see his father giving chase, his own crimson eyes flashing dangerously as his katana glinted in the sunlight. "Dad!" Aaron shouted.

"Let the boy go, Akira." Hiei growled.

A smile spread across Akira's lips as she pressed her sharp nails against the boy's throat. "Dad, help me!" Aaron shouted as he fought back the tears of fear that were gathering.

"Hold on, son. Just be brave for a little while longer." Hiei's eyes focused on the woman. "Attacking a child is beneath you, Akira."

Anger flashed in the woman's eyes as she glared at Hiei before answering, "You know nothing. Locking a woman in a bathroom is a low act and torturing another's true love is even lower. Do you even know, little boy, how your mother would kill her victims if the mood struck her?"

"Don't listen to her, Aaron!"

"Trying to keep him in the dark, Hiei-koi? Are you afraid that he won't love his mommy the way you do if he finds out how she'd kill her victims?" Her bright eyes flashed dangerously. "You see, little boy, your mommy is nothing more than a murderer for hire but you know that. I'm sure you've asked your mommy to take you along but she always say no. Do you know why she doesn't want you to go with her?"

"Leave Aaron out of this!" Hiei shouted.

"It's because she's always been looking for your daddy. She tortures her victims in any attempt to find where your daddy's been kept."

"You're lying!" Aaron shouted as he fought to get away.

"Am I? Do you want to know why your mommy and daddy were so tense around each other? Why they still are a little tense?"

A growl left Aaron's lips as he tried to figure out a way out of his current mess. His eyes widened slightly as he watched his father crouch down. "I wouldn't do anything, Hiei. What if my hand were to slip and your little boy's blood goes spilling all over the place?"

"Then I suggest you let the boy go, you bitch."

Akira's eyes flashed as she looked at Yusuke, seeing that he was pointing his Spirit Gun at her. "Oh, the half-breed's here. I'm assuming the traitor's here too." Akira said lightly.

"I don't know of any betrayal but I'm here." Kurama replied smoothly, rose whip prepared.

A whimper left Aaron's lips as the woman's nails dug into his skin and felt warm liquid on his throat before the scent of blood reached his nose. "There's nothing you three can do. He's mine." Akira sang.

The boy tried to focus on anything other than the scent of his blood and fought through the dizziness that made the world spin violently around him. "Dad… Help me." Aaron pleaded.

Suddenly Akira threw him to the ground and Aaron felt something warm and tingly slide past him before a pair of arms grabbed hold of him and jumped back with him. "It's okay, son." Hiei said softly as he watched Yusuke and the others take off after the woman. "You're okay. Everything's okay now."

The tears suddenly broke past the dam that Aaron had set up and he clung to his father as he cried. Hiei was silent as he soothed the boy and carefully cleaned the already healing claw marks. "Damn bitch got away." Yusuke growled twenty minutes later.

Hiei didn't say anything as he held onto his son, staring at the boy's soft features. "I don't know why she waited so long to get her revenge," said Hiei softly, "but she made a mistake by threatening my son."


lostmoonchild: Uh ohs... Hiei in a bad mood. I kinda had fun writing this chapter although I do admit to having a few "what's the word?" moments. My hands aren't working very well due to my finding a can of spray paint and decided that my closet needed to be painted but it's not stoping me from updating these fics. Anyway, read and review!