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Chapter Twelve: Why?

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Darkdemon

Aka: Nick

"It's called tears and they fall when you throw up." I explained and he smirked.

"You still look pathetic." He answered as I growled softly, the movement painful. I winced and he sighed in exasperation.

"Stop moving so much." He warned as I looked up at him in frustration. My eyes widened when I actually looked at his face. He smirked at my shock and I groped around the back of my head until I felt the fabric holding my hair back.

"You..." I couldn't finish my sentence as tears welled in my eyes and fell down my face. He rolled his eyes, all three of them, and I sniffed.

"You ass." I mumbled as his body shook with a dark laughter.

"I hate you."

"The feeling is mutual." He growled back and he smirked. He grabbed the back of my head, taking a hold of the bandana and pulled me forward, until I was crying into his shoulder. I tensed at this action but gripped his shirt tightly.

"Why?" I asked through my sobs.

"You are human." He said it as if it explained everything. That was how Ren found us upon his return.

A human, who hated demons, crying into a human-hating demon's shoulder because against all we knew, he understood.

He understood me.

Saiyomi was asleep as I smirked at Hiei who was also asleep in the windowsill. I heard the door open and turned to look at Kurama whose eyes widened when he saw Hiei exposed forehead.

"What happened?" He asked as he came into the room fully, quietly shutting the door behind himself. I shrugged as Hiei's eyes opened at the sound of his partner's voice.

"Fox..." He growled as Kurama smiled. Their relationship confused me. How they were friends, I'll never know.

"Ren..." My sister's voice mumbled as she turned over in her sleep and patted her head softly, letting her know I was still here. She quieted after that and went back to sleeping silently. Kurama came up behind me and hsi eyes widened as he saw what was holding my sister's hair away from her face. The bandana seemed to spark a laugh from the fox demon and a growl from the fire demon.

"REN!" I cringed when I heard Koenma's voice and growled as my sister bolted awake at the loud noise. Her eyes were wide and panicked as I climbed to my feet to go kick the Spirit World Ruler's ass. Dark circles sunk beneath my sister's eyes and she yawned when she saw there was no immediate danger. She needed rest.

"Watch her." I muttered as I walked toward the door.

"Ren!" Her voice stopped me and I turned to her with a smile.

"I'll be back, baby sister. I'm just going to go kick Koenma's ass, that's all. It'll only take a minute." Uncertainty crossed her face before she nodded, allowing me to leave without anymore distractions. Something about the way I was walking or the way my face was scrunched up in a furious scowl must have warned all of the ogres not to cross paths with me. When I reached Koenma's doors, I did not knock and merely pushed them open.

"Koenma!" My shout echoed eerily on the walls around the room. Yusuke and Koenma looked up and I frowned.

"My sister is trying to get some sleep! So she can get better! She can't do that when you abuse your power over the damn intercom system! You woke her up out a sound sleep! It's bad enough I have to keep leaving her in the care of that demon but I draw the line at this way of calling me! What ever the hell you want, you can wait!" Koenma frowned at me as Yusuke chuckled and I scowled.

"Ren...this is about your sister." Koenma said in a matter of fact tone.

"What about my sister?" I asked as I sat beside Yusuke in one of the chairs in front of Koenma's desk.

"She's a healer, remember?" Koenma asked and I nodded, confused why he was asking.

"How long has she been in the infirmary?" He asked and I shrugged.

"About 2 weeks, why?"

"She's a healer, Ren." Yusuke said in a tone that said I was missing something.

"A healer." Koenma emphasized the word and I tilted my head, still confused.

"A HEALER IN THE INFIRMARY FOR TWO WEEKS! DOES THIS NOT SEEM STRANGE TO YOU?" Koenma yelled/asked me as I scratched the back of head in a innocent manner.

"Yeah, it does. But it's not unusual. Mom used to get sick and stay sick for weeks. And Sai's never actually used her healing powers except that one time when they were in captivity, remember? So she probably doesn't know about it." I explained and Yusuke seemed to buy it but Koenma didn't.

The female sighed once her brother was out of the room and yawned again. The dark circles underneath her eyes took away from the rarity of her amethyst color and made her seem more ugly. She turned to me with a frown before pulling my bandana out of her hair and handing it to me.

"Here..." She muttered angrily as the fox chuckled at us. I growled at him and she turned her attention onto him for the first time.

"Who are you?" She asked bluntly as the fox smiled at her.

"My name is Shuichi Minamino, but you may call me Kurama." The sickeningly sweet and cordial tone in his voice earned a frown from me.

"Kurama? As in Youko Kurama, murdering thief?" She questioned and both of our eyes widened with her knowledge. He nodded and she frowned.

"I was told you were dead." She spoke coldly and I chuckled. The fox's expression was priceless. Then he smiled, ending my laughter. I knew that look that shone in his eyes. It was the look of wanting a priceless gem or heirloom. It was the look of a thief who wanted to steal. My frown grew deeper and I walked toward her, snatching the bandana out of her hand. I grabbed the fox by his arm and dragged him out of the room, leaving behind a confused human female and pulling a very horny animal.

"She is human!" I growled when I had gotten the fox out of earshot of the female. He looked at me innocently as if I couldn't read his thoughts and he smiled.

"As am I, Hiei." He replied simply as I growled again.

"Why do you care?" He asked as I froze, my eyes widening at the question.

Why did I care?

When had I grown so weak as to care for this human female?

I despised humans. I could care less for the oaf or the detective's female companion or the hag but this female...

"I don't." I answered as he eyed me knowingly. It was almost as if he could read my thoughts. He chuckled before going back into the room and I clutched the bandana that was now wrapped in her scent. I growled as I stormed past the alarmed nurses before I quickly and quietly disappeared from the premises.

His presence disappeared upon the reentry of the fox demon who claimed to be the infamous Youko Kurama.

"Where is he?" I asked before the fox demon could open his mouth and he smiled.

"He's probably in the training room. It's where he disappears to when he gets angry or confused, the former is the more common one of the two. Although it seems you have done quite a number on him all by yourself." The fox informed me as I stared at him.

"Why would he be either of those two?" I questioned and his smile disappeared.

"You do not know?" He wondered and I shook my head, wincing at the movement.

"Saiyomi, Hiei has been with you since your readmittance into the infirmary over two weeks ago." My eyes widened and his smile came back.

"I believe this is the first time he's left your side in two weeks. Your brother hasn't even stayed by your side that long."

"But why?"

"Isn't it obvious?" He asked as I stared at him. Tears welled in my eyes again as his smile told me all I needed to know.

"I want out." I said suddenly as he nodded.

"Of course."

"She's left the infirmary." I turned to Kurama with wide eyes and jumped to my feet.

"What do you mean, she left?!" I yelled as he chuckled.

"She went to go see Hiei. She will be fine." He said it as if Hiei wasn't a murdering demon and my sister wasn't a demon murderer.

"She'll kill him!" I argued as Koenma shook his head before pulling up the security camera in the training room.

"She's too weak, Ren. Besides, I don't think she wants to hurt him." Kurama spoke calmly as he took an empty seat next to Yusuke and I stared at their unworried faces.

Did they know something I didn't?

What about their friend made them so calm to trust him with my wild sister?

They were insane. That was my answer. All of them were just insane.

I pounded the bag full of worthless sand in front me, picturing it to possess the face of the buffoon before her scent wafted into my senses. I froze when I felt her behind me.

"What do you want?" I growled as I turned to face her. No longer was she wearing that repulsive gown but what she had on was not much better. A large t-shirt and I prayed some shorts underneath it. I could see where she had ripped out the IVs and she had yet to brush her wild mane. Altogether she looked like trash but she seemed unperturbed by it.

"Why did you stay with me? I've threatened to kill you so many times!" Her voice was rough and I could tell she had not hydrated herself at all before coming here to face me.

"What?" I asked, confused as my eyes widened and she looked down.

"That fox told me you stayed with me this entire time...why?"