~Chapter 19~
~Family Reunions~
A/N: I'm on like a serious adventure high right now. It feels odd not to be writing fight scenes. Probably a sign that I wrote too many lol. Anyways, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
Corana had been secretly pumping energy into Jin when the others weren't around. They had specifically ordered her not to, because she wasn't much better off than he was. Later that day during one such energy session, Jin's eyes finally fluttered open. His cheeks had been gaining color all day and he no longer looked like he was on the brink of death.
"Bloody fuck there's not a part of my body that doesn't hurt right now." He grumbled as he tried to sit up. Corana giggled and went to help him. "So what happened? How the hell did I get here? And were exactly is here?"
Corana filled him in on the events of the night he'd been rescued. Some was her own account and some others had to fill in for her.
"What happened to the demons with the collars?" Jin asked.
"Hiei read Odei's mind and figured out how to work the collars and he took them off the other demons." Corana brightened. "Oh and speaking of Hiei." She giggled wickedly. "you know Yukina?" She asked. When Jin nodded, she continued. "Well, he's her brother. But he hasn't told her yet. He came in her not too long ago asking my advice."
Jin laughed. "That'll be an amusing exchange to watch. I should give him some advice. HIEI!!!!" he started shouting. He kept shouting Hiei's name until people realized that Jin was awake and came running into the room.
"How do you feel Jin?" Yusuke asked.
"Like crap in a bag." He replied amiably. "Now where's that blasted fire demon. I need to give him some advice."
"I'll go get him." Kurama offered.
"I'll come with you." Arctic said and followed the fox out. Everyone raised an eyebrow or two at that, but thought it best not to say anything.
"Now everyone out!" Corana commanded. "Jin needs his rest and this is to be a private conversation." There was some grumbling, but for the most part people left.
Hiei jumped in through the window. "What do you want?"
"I want to help you." Jin grinned. "I know what it's like having a sister you're afraid to disclose your relationship to."
"You told him." Hiei accused Corana.
"Well I thought he'd give you better advice then I could. I'm on Yukina's end, not yours." Corana shrugged.
"You're advice was fine." Hiei grunted.
"When are you going to tell her then?" Jin asked.
"I'll tell her." Hiei replied vaguely.
"No time like the present." Jin sung happily.
Corana was nodding her agreement. Hiei was trapped. "Crap."
Corana helped Jin stand and then took Hiei's arm in her free hand and they headed outside.
"It's not necessary for you two to come with me." Hiei protested.
"Oh of course not. We'll be hiding in the bushes listening." Corana grinned impishly at Hiei.
"Y'know. I was just thinking there's no real reason for me to tell her at all." Hiei shrugged.
"Fuckin pansy." Corana mumbled under her breath.
Hiei turned to her. "What was that?"
"Nothing." She replied quickly.
Hiei pounced on her, leaving Jin to find a tree to support himself on.
"What did you call me?" Hiei demanded.
Corana was laughing to hard to respond. Hiei growled and let her up, Corana just lay on the ground laughing.
"No one calls me a pansy." Hiei growled and stalked in the direction where Yukina was sitting in the garden.
Corana was trying very hard to control her laughter. ~He can be so easily manipulated sometimes.~ she laughed to herself.
Kurama had come up behind her. "That was mean." He chuckled. "Good. But mean."
"Wanna come watch with us?" Corana offered.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." Kurama accepted. "I've been trying to get him to tell her for years."
They crept as silently as possible with an injured Jin to some bushes not far from where Hiei and Yukina were.
"Um...Yukina..." Hiei started, his face had already turned red.
"Hiei? What's wrong?" Yukina blinked innocently.
"Well...I just wanted to tell you something." Hiei began. Yukina just waited. "I...I...Well, I'm your brother." He said in a rush.
Yukina just blinked at him in shock. "I understand if you want nothing to do with me. I know I haven't led the greatest life, but I know you've been looking for me, and I just thought you had a right to know that you'd found me." Hiei muttered.
Yukina had tears in her eyes. She jumped up and threw her arms around her brother. "Hiei! Thank you so much!" hiruseki stones were falling freely to the pavement and there were a few suspicious black ones joining Yukina's as Hiei actually returned her hug.
"So you're not ashamed of me?" He asked, disbelievingly.
"Hiei what are families for? Well the right kind of family anyway." Yukina chuckled.
"That's what Corana said." Hiei nodded.
"You mean she knew about this before I did!" Yukina said in mock anger.
Hiei didn't catch the humor and thought he was really in trouble. "I just went to her for advice. You know because her and Jin kinda had a similar situation." Hiei defended himself.
Yukina laughed at her brother. "I was joking Hiei."
"Oh."
"I have to go tell everyone!" Yukina giggled delightedly and, grabbing Hiei's hand, ran out of the garden, only to trip over Corana.
She waved sheepishly up at them. Kurama and Jin followed suit. "Congratulations?"
"I take it you three know at least." They all nodded, trying to smother smug grins. Corana jumped up and hugged Yukina.
"I'm so happy for you." She whispered. "Trust me. I know how it feels." She grinned. Then she turned to Hiei.
"Dammit Onna. Why are you always trying to hug me?!" Hiei protested, but eventually gave in and hugged her briefly.
"Because that's what I do when I'm happy Hiei. I hug people." She grinned guilelessly. "I'm glad I made you do this."
Hiei pushed her and growled. "You're really irritating sometimes."
"Only when I want to be." She grinned and the three of them followed Yukina and Hiei inside.
Almost everyone else had known Hiei was Yukina's sister, but they all feigned surprise and well they were all sincerely happy for the siblings. When Kuwabara saw Yukina and Hiei running up to the temple, hand in hand, with Yukina grinning from ear to ear, and Hiei with a small bemused smile on his face, he thought the worst.
He ran into the temple almost in tears. "Yukina left me! For shorty!" he wailed disconsolately.
Yukina burst in at that moment. "Guess what everyone! Hiei's my brother!" She grinned happily.
Kuwabara immediately cheered. "Yay! Yukina! You can still be mine forever and ever!" He took her hand and then visibly paled as Hiei growled at him.
Hiei punched the oaf in the face and sent him sprawling. "Hands off my sister you dolt." He grinned back at Corana. "I've been wanting to do that for YEARS." He smirked and followed Yukina further inside.
~Family Reunions~
A/N: I'm on like a serious adventure high right now. It feels odd not to be writing fight scenes. Probably a sign that I wrote too many lol. Anyways, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
Corana had been secretly pumping energy into Jin when the others weren't around. They had specifically ordered her not to, because she wasn't much better off than he was. Later that day during one such energy session, Jin's eyes finally fluttered open. His cheeks had been gaining color all day and he no longer looked like he was on the brink of death.
"Bloody fuck there's not a part of my body that doesn't hurt right now." He grumbled as he tried to sit up. Corana giggled and went to help him. "So what happened? How the hell did I get here? And were exactly is here?"
Corana filled him in on the events of the night he'd been rescued. Some was her own account and some others had to fill in for her.
"What happened to the demons with the collars?" Jin asked.
"Hiei read Odei's mind and figured out how to work the collars and he took them off the other demons." Corana brightened. "Oh and speaking of Hiei." She giggled wickedly. "you know Yukina?" She asked. When Jin nodded, she continued. "Well, he's her brother. But he hasn't told her yet. He came in her not too long ago asking my advice."
Jin laughed. "That'll be an amusing exchange to watch. I should give him some advice. HIEI!!!!" he started shouting. He kept shouting Hiei's name until people realized that Jin was awake and came running into the room.
"How do you feel Jin?" Yusuke asked.
"Like crap in a bag." He replied amiably. "Now where's that blasted fire demon. I need to give him some advice."
"I'll go get him." Kurama offered.
"I'll come with you." Arctic said and followed the fox out. Everyone raised an eyebrow or two at that, but thought it best not to say anything.
"Now everyone out!" Corana commanded. "Jin needs his rest and this is to be a private conversation." There was some grumbling, but for the most part people left.
Hiei jumped in through the window. "What do you want?"
"I want to help you." Jin grinned. "I know what it's like having a sister you're afraid to disclose your relationship to."
"You told him." Hiei accused Corana.
"Well I thought he'd give you better advice then I could. I'm on Yukina's end, not yours." Corana shrugged.
"You're advice was fine." Hiei grunted.
"When are you going to tell her then?" Jin asked.
"I'll tell her." Hiei replied vaguely.
"No time like the present." Jin sung happily.
Corana was nodding her agreement. Hiei was trapped. "Crap."
Corana helped Jin stand and then took Hiei's arm in her free hand and they headed outside.
"It's not necessary for you two to come with me." Hiei protested.
"Oh of course not. We'll be hiding in the bushes listening." Corana grinned impishly at Hiei.
"Y'know. I was just thinking there's no real reason for me to tell her at all." Hiei shrugged.
"Fuckin pansy." Corana mumbled under her breath.
Hiei turned to her. "What was that?"
"Nothing." She replied quickly.
Hiei pounced on her, leaving Jin to find a tree to support himself on.
"What did you call me?" Hiei demanded.
Corana was laughing to hard to respond. Hiei growled and let her up, Corana just lay on the ground laughing.
"No one calls me a pansy." Hiei growled and stalked in the direction where Yukina was sitting in the garden.
Corana was trying very hard to control her laughter. ~He can be so easily manipulated sometimes.~ she laughed to herself.
Kurama had come up behind her. "That was mean." He chuckled. "Good. But mean."
"Wanna come watch with us?" Corana offered.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." Kurama accepted. "I've been trying to get him to tell her for years."
They crept as silently as possible with an injured Jin to some bushes not far from where Hiei and Yukina were.
"Um...Yukina..." Hiei started, his face had already turned red.
"Hiei? What's wrong?" Yukina blinked innocently.
"Well...I just wanted to tell you something." Hiei began. Yukina just waited. "I...I...Well, I'm your brother." He said in a rush.
Yukina just blinked at him in shock. "I understand if you want nothing to do with me. I know I haven't led the greatest life, but I know you've been looking for me, and I just thought you had a right to know that you'd found me." Hiei muttered.
Yukina had tears in her eyes. She jumped up and threw her arms around her brother. "Hiei! Thank you so much!" hiruseki stones were falling freely to the pavement and there were a few suspicious black ones joining Yukina's as Hiei actually returned her hug.
"So you're not ashamed of me?" He asked, disbelievingly.
"Hiei what are families for? Well the right kind of family anyway." Yukina chuckled.
"That's what Corana said." Hiei nodded.
"You mean she knew about this before I did!" Yukina said in mock anger.
Hiei didn't catch the humor and thought he was really in trouble. "I just went to her for advice. You know because her and Jin kinda had a similar situation." Hiei defended himself.
Yukina laughed at her brother. "I was joking Hiei."
"Oh."
"I have to go tell everyone!" Yukina giggled delightedly and, grabbing Hiei's hand, ran out of the garden, only to trip over Corana.
She waved sheepishly up at them. Kurama and Jin followed suit. "Congratulations?"
"I take it you three know at least." They all nodded, trying to smother smug grins. Corana jumped up and hugged Yukina.
"I'm so happy for you." She whispered. "Trust me. I know how it feels." She grinned. Then she turned to Hiei.
"Dammit Onna. Why are you always trying to hug me?!" Hiei protested, but eventually gave in and hugged her briefly.
"Because that's what I do when I'm happy Hiei. I hug people." She grinned guilelessly. "I'm glad I made you do this."
Hiei pushed her and growled. "You're really irritating sometimes."
"Only when I want to be." She grinned and the three of them followed Yukina and Hiei inside.
Almost everyone else had known Hiei was Yukina's sister, but they all feigned surprise and well they were all sincerely happy for the siblings. When Kuwabara saw Yukina and Hiei running up to the temple, hand in hand, with Yukina grinning from ear to ear, and Hiei with a small bemused smile on his face, he thought the worst.
He ran into the temple almost in tears. "Yukina left me! For shorty!" he wailed disconsolately.
Yukina burst in at that moment. "Guess what everyone! Hiei's my brother!" She grinned happily.
Kuwabara immediately cheered. "Yay! Yukina! You can still be mine forever and ever!" He took her hand and then visibly paled as Hiei growled at him.
Hiei punched the oaf in the face and sent him sprawling. "Hands off my sister you dolt." He grinned back at Corana. "I've been wanting to do that for YEARS." He smirked and followed Yukina further inside.
