"You scared me half to death!" Hina said as she got on her knees and hugged Hiei tight, "Are you crazy? The dragon from the depths of spirit world can kill you! Then that crazy woman tore it in half!" She grabbed Hiei's shoulders and pushed him away from herself. "What were you thinking?"

Kunsei walked up from behind her and said, "That is a serious technique, it could kill you, you know. Here, I have a new shirt for you, in your favorite color of course. Do you wear anything else besides black?"

Yukina said, "I've seen him in blue before, and the underside of his jacket is red."

Hina let go of him and stood back up, "After all of that fire power you're hardly injured."

He put on the shirt and said, "I'm fine. The dragon can't harm me anymore, it's within me now."

"Inside of you?" Kunsei asked, completely surprised.

"What does that mean?" Hina asked.

"It's at his disposal now," he replied, "hey your friend Yusuke is about to fight Yomi." Hiei's eye twitched at the sound of "friend."

He thought to himself, I can't believe this. 3 years ago no one wanted anything to do with me. My mother was supposed to be dead, I didn't even know my father, and I wanted to find Yukina so I'd have some sort of identity. He looked at all of them as they walked back to the viewing platform.

Hiei watched Yusuke fight and saw him fall hard after punching Yomi in the face, and losing. Hina eventually lost gracefully as well, not being strong enough to take on Natsume. Kunsei kept winning, and easily defeated Yomi in his weakened and injured state. He made it all the way to the final battle with Enki, where they were the last two standing.

"Why do you want to rule demon world?" Kunsei asked him.

"I have plans," he explained, "Raizen was a friend of mine and I believe in what he said. We shouldn't be causing trouble in human world anymore and we certainly shouldn't be fighting. What about you? Why do you want to rule demon world"

Kunsei confessed, "I don't. I only did this for fun, I haven't had so many challenging fights in years. I didn't actually expect to make it this far believe it or not. It's been a while since I assessed my strength."

Enki said, "Are you saying what I think you're saying?"

"I don't really care about humans, or human world," he explained, "so I'm okay with not causing any problems there. I like your plans. I concede, you win, Enki."


As Enki was explaining how he was planning on ruling demon world, Kunsei met up with Hiei in private. "What are you going to do?" he asked.

"I'm staying in demon world," Hiei answered.

Kunsei replied, "It's a big place, where are you going to live?" Hiei stayed silent. "You could always come and live with your mother, your sister, and me. You're not Mukuro's 2nd in command anymore. You're free."

"Why should I live with you?" Hiei asked.

"To belong," he answered, "I saw your fight with Mukuro and understood every word, Hiei. You do have a place here, in this world. I also know a lot more about fire powers than you do. Using so much energy that you pass out after battle isn't exactly a good stradegy."

"I accept your offer," he said, "I have to take care of some things first."

Kunsei replied, "It's okay, you can say goodbye to your friends. I understand." Hiei narrowed his eyes at him.


"You're leaving?" Hiei asked Kurama as he walked up to him outside of the stadium.

He replied, "That's right, back to human world. It's where I belong now."

"Yusuke's heading back there too?" he asked.

Kurama explained, "That's what he says anyway, after he takes care of a few things. I have a feeling he really enjoys demon world, much more than he enjoys human world, so he'll probably come back eventually. What about you?"

"I'm staying here," Hiei answered, "I don't belong in human world."

"Kunsei's a powerful fire demon," Kurama said, "if he teaches you how to control your energy like his you might even make it to his level someday."

"How did you know about that?" Hiei demanded.

Kurama smiled and replied, "It's quite obvious he suggested that he teach you. Anyway, this isn't goodbye for good you know. I am still a demon. I'll come back from time to time, especially now that the borders will be open between worlds."

"I never said it was," he said hastily, "I still don't know how you do that, manage to know everything all the damn time. You sure are a pain that speaks the truth."

"It comes with age," Kurama replied as he walked away, "you'll get it eventually."


Hiei took the empty necklace chain he had and shed a single tear. He caught it as it turned to a hiruseki stone. It wasn't white like his mother's or his sister's, but lightly hued purple instead. He put it on the chain as a necklace as he walked, then hid it in his hand while he went to the recovery center.

He stopped in Mukuro's room and saw that she was just getting ready to leave. "I'm going to live with...my parents," Hiei said. Those words were so foriegn to him they sounded awkward as he said it.

"I expected that," she replied as she stood up, "you belong with them. I'm glad you can finally understand that."

He held out his hand and said, "Here." I came here to give this to you.

She took it from him and said, "Thank you." Did this come from you?

Yes, and you need it more than I do. Hiei started to turn and walk away. Thank you, for not letting me end my own life. He left the room.


"Ready?" Kunsei asked as he stood beside Yukina and Hina and looked at Hiei.

"You were all waiting for me?" Hiei asked as he walked up to them.

Hina replied, "Of course, that's what family does. Come on."