lostmoonchild: Hehe, thanks for the reviews, everybody! Yeah, Hiei's in deep shit but he won't get bashed just yet. Instead there's going to be some yelling, and THEN Hiei get's some sense knocked into him before a girl to girl talk (again) then a mate to mate talk (which will be surprising). Anyway, if it's a cartoon or a song, chances are it's not mine so keep the lawyers away.

Chapter Twenty-five

She was pissed and Hiei didn't have to feel her energy to know it. Her eyes showed enough anger to kill him and if looks could kill, he'd be dead a thousand times over. "WHO IN THE HELL GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO MARK ME?!" Danielle screamed angrily.

"Hn, you did." Hiei said calmly. "You tilted your neck for me so I marked you."

"I DID NOT!"

"You invoked the ritual, I searched for you and when I found you I marked you." Hiei said calmly. "You were sick so I didn't bother with having sex with you even though your body clearly wanted it."

"DON'T MAKE ME SEEM LIKE A WHORE, HIEI!" Danielle screamed, her voice echoing off the cave walls.

Hiei winced when he saw fear and uncertainty in the fire hanyou's eyes. She was terrified of what people would think about her and she didn't know if she could stand being mated at such a young age. Hiei wrapped his arms around his mate's waist and held her close, letting her cry her fears out. "Its okay." Hiei said softly not really sure on how to comfort anybody.

"Hiei, what if we have a baby? I'm not ready to be a mother."

"We'll wait until you're ready." Hiei answered simply. "I'm not going to force you to be a mother."

"But you do want a baby from me. You want a son." Danielle sobbed. "that's all I'm good for to you. All you want me to do."

Hiei frowned and made Danielle look at him. "Damn it, onna, if I wanted only a son from you I would have raped you when I first told you that you'd give me children." Hiei said clearly frustrated. "I marked you, that means something! I chose you as my wife."

"YOU ALSO CHOSE ROXANNA TO BE YOUR WIFE!" Danielle screamed making an attempt to slap Hiei but found herself pinned against a wall.

"Damn it, onna, I loved her but she betrayed me before we were even mated by sleeping with somebody else before I marked her. You haven't, you fought against everybody who's tried to take you." Hiei shouted back causing the fire hanyou to whimper.

Danielle was scared since before every time a male fire demon had raised his voice to her, she always ended up hurt. She winced when Hiei gently touched her face and looked at him with slightly fearful eyes. "I'm just scared, Hiei." Danielle murmured hugging him a little. "I don't know how to please you or anything. I'm just a big fuck up."

"Shut up." Hiei said with a smirk putting his face close enough to Danielle's face so she could feel his warm breath. "You may consider yourself to be a fuck up but just so you know, you're MY fuck up."

Danielle felt her stomach starting to grow warm and want forming as she pushed her hips against Hiei. A moan escaped her lips as Hiei kissed her roughly but not rough enough to make her afraid of him again. "Not now…" Danielle moaned when they heard August and Kurama calling them.

Hiei smirked and kissed the mark on her neck, making it a point to lick the mark quickly. "Damn kitsunes." Hiei muttered looking at her with lustful eyes. "We should attempt to get back to the temple before they decide to look here."
"A little late for that, koi." Danielle whispered glances to the side.

Hiei looked away for a minute and frowned when he saw the two kitsunes watching with amused looks. "Did we interrupt something?" Kurama asked with an amused look.

"Unfortunately, yes." Hiei said frowning and pushing Danielle behind him. Whether Kurama was mated or not, he was still a threat.

"He's not going to attack or anything." August said trying to keep Hiei from killing Kurama.

"Koi, why would he want to harm me?" Danielle whispered looking at her mate. "I have done nothing wrong and they do not attack without reason…"

Hiei frowned slightly and told Danielle to be quiet. "Welcome to the world of having a mate." August said laughing half an hour later when Hiei finally got sense knocked into his head… literally.

"As long as he doesn't act this way with EVERY male that's near me I could care less." Danielle answered.

"So…" August started in English.

Danielle looked confused before looking back at their mates. "So what?" Danielle asked making sure the conversation was in English.

August moaned and said, "So did you and Hiei do anything special last night?"

"He marked me."

"Duh! I can see that!" August said looking unhappy. "Did you two do it?!"

"Fuck no. He wants to be sure that I'm ready to be a mother."
"He waits for you to be a mother but he didn't wait until you're ready to be a mate? God, he's fucked up."

Danielle growled a little in annoyance and said, "That's my mate you're talking about."
August laughed and looked back at her mate. "We'll get you taken care of, koi. Danny can take care of her beloved mate."
"Damn kitsune."

"You want me taking care of your mate?"

"Over my dead body."

"Well then, you take care of your mate."

Danielle laughed a little and held onto Hiei's arm gently. It seemed right, joking with their friends while holding onto her mate. All that was missing now was children running around laughing as they played tag.

A small smile spread across the fire hanyou's lips as she imagined sitting outside on a warm, sunny day while the kids played outside as the adults sat and joked about whatever. Hiei used his Jagan to see what his mate was imagining and smiled faintly when he saw what the baka onna was imagining. He knew that she did want a family to call her own, but some idiot had told her repeatedly she'd never be good enough for a family.

When they got back to the temple, Hiei and Kurama started sparring against each other while August and Danielle went to the kitchen to get some baby food ready for the twins. "You feed one, I'll fed the other." August said picking one of the twins up.

Danielle smiled and picked Maya up, making a face in an attempt to make Maya laugh. "You'd think they'd still be breast fed. My mother breastfed me until I was close to a year." Danielle said balancing Maya on one hip while she grabbed a baby spoon and some baby food.

"Yeah, well, they're demon kids so they can be weaned earlier. Besides, your mom figured that you'd want to remain breastfed. Must have nearly killed her when you started eating some soft foods."

Danielle laughed and smiled as she started scooping up small amounts of food and quietly fed Maya. "Makes you think about having kids, doesn't it?" August questioned noticing the distant look in her friend's eyes.

"Kind of. I wouldn't be a good mom."

"Wha?! Danny, you've taken care of my brat siblings and even Evan and me. It takes a lot to handle the lot of us and you're saying that you wouldn't be a good mother?"

"I wouldn't."

"Go talk to Hiei once the twins are down for nap. See what he says."

Danielle looked at the smiling mesunokitsune and nodded a little. "Alright. I'll talk to him." Danielle said with a sigh knowing she couldn't win that battle.

August smiled and flicked a bit of baby food at the hanyou, laughing when Danielle flicked the baby food back. It was a relief to know that they could mess with each other just like the old days when they were rivals determined to screw with the other's mind in attempts to make them insane.

Hiei sat in his room thinking quietly when he sensed Danielle's spirit energy outside his door. "come in, onna." Hiei said closing his eyes, pretending that he was trying to sleep.

He could hear Danielle come into his room and heard the door shut quietly before feeling her lay down on the bed and nestle against him. "We're mates, Hiei. I thought you'd use my name." Danielle whispered resting her head on his chest.

"Hn."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Hn. What?"

"Open your eyes, please?"

Hiei opened his eyes and saw a longing yet worried look in his mate's eyes. "What's wrong?" Hiei questioned beginning to get concerned.

"Hiei… remember when you said you'd wait for me to be ready to be a mother?"

"Yeah…"

"Hiei, I want to share something with you. Our jobs are dangerous, we both know that." Danielle said moving so she was sitting on Hiei's stomach.

Hiei put his hands on Danielle's hips and nodded a little. "I know. But we're both careful." Hiei said with a smile. "So at the end of each day, we can see each other."

"Hiei, listen to me. I know what happens when two demons mark each other. If one dies, the other dies. But what… what if that rule doesn't apply to full demons being marked to hanyous? What if I died and you lived?"

"I'd threaten to kill Koenma if he didn't bring you back."

Danielle sighed and looked at her mate. "Hiei, wouldn't you like living proof of our love?" Danielle asked quietly.

"I said I'm willing to wait for you to be ready to be a mother."
"I am ready, Hiei. I want a baby."

"You certain?"

Danielle nodded a little and looked at Hiei quietly. "Please, koi? I want to hold our baby in my arms, to see the product of our love," she paused a minute, "and be loved by you only."

Hiei thought for a minute and could see the look in his mate's eyes. He knew she wanted to hold their child in her arms, but to do that they'd have to mate. But she wanted to mate, she wanted to be loved by him. "Okay, but not right now. We'll have to wait until everybody's asleep so we don't raise any suspicions." Hiei said with a smile. "here's what we'll do…"

Grinning, Danielle leaned forward and listened quietly to Hiei's plan of action.

lostmoonchild: Okay, that chappie is over! Thanks for the reviews, guys, and I hope to recieve some more since next chapter is going to be a L-E-M-O-N with all capital letters -grins-. Read and review!