Yes, I know, it's been a couple days since my last update, but I haven't even been able to get on the computer at all with work and school as crazy as they are. Still, I had a chance today so I figured I'd update. Now, pay attention because there is quite a lot of information in this chapter. And please make sure to review after you read! Thank you and enjoy!

Chapter 13: The Whole Story

At the sound of the click Minami turned her head back to the door and glared at it as if it would turn into the fox spirit that gave her so much trouble.

"He is not the only one that would like that question answered."

Minami, caught unawares, jumped at the voice and whipped her head to the window it had emanated from.

"You ask me and I will give you the same answer," Minami scowled darkly, "And that would be if you were nice and I was in a good mood. Both of which are highly doubtful considering the situation."

Hiei did not reply as he jumped off of the window sill and walked over to the bed his former partner lay in. He still remained silent as he stopped at her side and looked her over, mentally checking off each sign of health that he found: consciousness, no high fever, healthy scent, weight, color, new nail growth, soft hair. The cuffs on her wrists glowed softly and he smirked as he realized how scared Koenma was of the rate at which she healed.

Minami eyed the small koorime warily the entire time he was looking her over. She did not trust the male at all and the close vicinity he kept with her put her on edge. The fact that she was truly exhausted from Kurama's round of questions and the effects of the repression of her youki and the fact that she was very weak yet did not help her nerves.

"You were pregnant," Hiei began, "When you told me last week I recognized the look you had. You were going to tell me when I returned, weren't you?"

Minami refused to answer, refused to look the man in the eye.

"Where is it? You weren't so cold as to leave a child alone when I knew you," Hiei questioned.

"When you knew me," Minami spat, "A long time ago."

"Not so long," Hiei replied.

"People change all the time. Maybe I changed."

"Hn," Hiei chuckled, "I doubt that."

"Why? Look at the power I have gained," Minami argued, "I drained anyone, everyone. That is quite the difference from when you knew me."

"But you told them," Hiei rebutted calmly, "You told Yusuke about the little girl; you told him that he would be killing others-"

"You yourself taught me the importance of the mental aspects of a battle."

"You were warning him of the danger, not just attacking his psyche." Hiei still remained calm despite his aggravation at the woman's lack of cooperation, "You still care."

"You would not leave a child alone," Hiei continued, "therefore, there must not be a child. Did you kill it because it was another man's? Or did you kill it because it was mine?"

"Iie!" she shouted without thinking, her face contorting into one of complete shock and denial, "There was no one else since we first coupled. I would never kill a child, my child, anyway."

The two sat in silence while Minami's words sank in.

"Then tell me what," Hiei ordered quietly.

"No."

The refusal left a gut wrenching pain in his chest and Hiei finally gave up for the time being. Before he turned back to the window, however, he placed something in Minami's frail left hand.

"Hiruseki?"

The question was shocked and breathy and caught Hiei as he was about to jump out the window. He stopped momentarily and turned to look back at Minami only to see her staring in awe at the gem in her hand.

"My first tear," Hiei told her bitterly, "It's all your fault."

Minami looked up to Hiei in surprise, "Your hiruseki?"

Hiei chuckled wryly, "I always wondered if there was any koorime blood in me, now I know."

"Why?" Minami asked cautiously as the gem rolled around in her cupped palm until settling in the very center of the scar that bound her to Hiei. The self-inflicted electrical burn had been healed by the doctors, as had many old scars; but this one had remained, a representation of their bond and a sign of how unbreakable it truly was.

"When I talked with you last week, you told me you loved me-"

The stunned gasp Minami emitted was deafening, but Hiei continued, "I did not know what to think for quite a while."

"That," he finished, gesturing to the black gem sparkling in Minami's hands, "was my answer."

Minami's gaze settled back on the translucent gem, "I lost it."

The silence became so acute that ogres passing by outside of the building could be heard in the room.

"I have only cried three times, Hiei, and all because of you," Minami began, "The first time…the first time was out of joy, pure ecstasy at finally deducing that I was pregnant. I did love you, Hiei, and knowing that I was carrying a child, our child, our legacy, left me overjoyed. The second time I cried, you were gone. I had searched for you so hard but everyone said the thieves who broke into the Reikai vault had been caught and killed. I finally gave up and broke down."

She paused and blinked several times, trying to compose herself.

"The third time?" Hiei had to ask.

"When I lost it," Minami murmured, "I was careless and lost the child, my only connection with you."

"Makai is dangerous-"

"It wasn't Makai!" she screamed, "Don't you get it? I lost it! I didn't take care of myself I was too depressed over losing you. I lost it! I was four months, only four months. I try so hard to forget, to not think about it, but I can't."

And, for the fourth time in her entire life, Minami cried.

Outside the door Kurama could not help but feel guilty for overhearing such a delicate conversation. He went to open the door but pulled his hand away from the knob as if it had burnt him, then he turned away.

He sighed as he walked down the hallway; now he knew the whole story.