Under Light of Four Stars

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho never have * sigh * never will (again) V_V but back to the point ^_^ Though I do own a lot of the other characters I use in this story like in last chapter Aquaris, when more characters come into the plot I will add them up here. Ixi out. And if anyone was wondering why I had 2 chapter 2's I accidentally clicked my ch2 file instead of ch3. Bare with me people.

Chapter 3. Night on the Town

It had been 2 days; Hiei was able to walk freely thanks to some healing from both Yukina and Kurama. It was one week till Christmas. Yusuke and Kuwabara were often missing, Keiko, Botan, and Shizuru had kidnapped them to go shopping (poor them V_V . . . NOT ^.^) Kurama would go with them every now and then but he was mostly keeping to his room, why nobody knew just then. Yukina was almost always found outside enjoying the snowy weather, and playing with the forest animals. Hiei was mostly watching her from a nearby tree out of sight, half the time she would catch him and he would either disappear or come down to join her on her invitation.
Yusuke and Kurama had gotten together 6 days before Christmas and thought up a Secret Santa scheme. The plan was pretty simple, rig the drawing of names so that Hiei would get Yukina and like wise. They were still trying to explain the whole meaning of the Christmas season to him but he stubbornly refused to care (at all). It wasn't until he drew the name until he actually wished he had listened before.

The parings ended up like this:

Yusuke – Kuwabara
Kuwabara – Shizuru
Shizuru – Botan
Keiko – Yusuke
Kurama – Keiko
Hiei – Yukina (duh)
Yukina – Hiei (double duh!!)
Botan – Kurama

The next day, Hiei went to 'borrow' Yusuke's motorcycle (I know it's too cold for one but oh well deal with it people). Unknown to him Yukina had followed. He was just about to start it when she tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and faced her, his face hidden behind a tinted shield. "Can – Can I come?" Hiei froze for 2 seconds but Yukina didn't see this, his face was hidden after all, then he nodded yes. He handed her a helmet from a nearby shelve and helped her put it on. He helped her on to the bike and told her to hold on as they took off towards the nearby city. Yukina held on to Hiei tightly at first a little scared but trusted him enough to relax her grip.
They reached the city in no time at all; Hiei was idling at a stoplight when he asked, "Where do you want to go first?" Yukina pointed to a restaurant across the street and he turned into the parking lot. Hiei helped her get off and they went into the restaurant. The restaurant had a 50's theme to it, and they found a booth near the back. The waitress left them with menus so they could order, as she went to go get their drinks. The waitress returned shortly and they both ordered (I'm not telling you what they ordered because it's not all that important). They both sat in an awkward silence unsure of what to say. Yukina (brave soul) was the first to break the silence "So umm? Hiei how are you feeling?" Hiei's cheeks got a bit pink (man he needs social skills) "I'm fine, but only because of you and everybody else."
The waitress returned much to Hiei's relief and they ate in silence. Yukina was trying to figure out what to get Hiei for Secret Santa but he just wouldn't open up (to anybody). He was just like a brother to her, or brother enough to make up for the fact she didn't know her real brother, so she wanted to make his gift extra special.
When they were done they paid and left. The got on to the bike and took off for the nearby mall. Hiei made it (painfully) obvious he had no clue what he was doing when he was shopping. In the stores Hiei was glad Yukina had wanted to come along, he would have asked Kurama but Hiei had pretty much figured out the whole Secret Santa thing and he was pretty mad at Kurama at this point in time. Once all shopping was done (thank god) well except the Secret Santa it was about 7:00 PM. It had begun snowing awhile ago but it didn't bother either of them and neither of them really wanted to go home right then. So they ended up touring the city, looking at the lights and other festive holiday decorations set up everywhere. Neither of them were cold, Hiei being a fire apparition and Yukina an ice. They even stopped at an ice cream parlor and ordered out. (BRRRRR!!!!!!) They found an empty table outside (double BRRRRRR!!!!!) and sat down. The bike was parked in a nearby alleyway (It not like they could find another parking place it is after all Christmas). The snow was now falling faster and thicker and everything not moving every couple of seconds was covered in the fluffy stuff. They finished and went back to the bike only to find it being checked out by gang members (or wanna be's). "Sweet ride, lets steal it" (oh come on you honestly didn't see this one coming?) "Yeah and whoever tries stopping us will be dealt with." "Yeah!" (Macho wanna be's V_V * sigh *)
Hiei stepped forward making his presence known. The thug gang people (whatever you want to call them) turned to see who dares interrupt them, "Hey look guys, it's a pipsqueak!!" (Who wants them to have their faces permanently planted in the ground raise your hand and say AYE!! \(^o^)/ AYE!! ). Their apparent ring leader advanced towards them and saw Yukina (Who doesn't see this one coming?) he ran his hand through his hair and said, "Hey look a babe." Yukina stepped back (out of disgust I might add) "Hey look an idiot, how many of those do I see everyday?" Hiei brought the attention back on himself. "What'd you say shrimp boy?" "I've already said it once if you didn't understand me the first time it only proves my point. Why would you make me waste more of my time repeating it anyway?" Hiei smirked. "WRONG ANSWER LITTLE MAN!!" "Tisk, tisk you really should control that temper of yours." "BASH HIS STUPID LITTLE FACE INTO THE GROUND!!" ( \(^o^)/ AYE!! AYE!! CAN YOU PEOPLE NOT HEAR ME!?) "That sounds like fun boss", most of the group advanced forward some bringing out knives or daggers. Hiei turned so that he could just see the on coming challengers from his right side. "Tell me boys", he began, "You aren't cold out here in the snow are you?" "Why do you care midget?" "Because, things are about to heat up!" Hiei formed a fireball in his hand and threw just above their heads so it scorched the wall. "WHAT THE -?" "How'd he do that?" They all stepped back. "Now I suggest you little kiddies should run home to your mommies and leave the fighting to real fighters like me if you value your lives. I won't miss on purpose again." ( *\ (^o^) /* GO HIEI GO!!) All of them became suddenly speechless and nodded running out of the alley past them. "Hiei, you weren't really going to hurt them were you?" "Why waste my energy on weaklings like them, they're not worth it."
With that they got back on the bike and took off.

If you have any questions, comments, criticisms, and or witticisms please review and tell me. I'll be updating as soon as possible. Tell me if Hiei should tell Yukina he is her brother in the next chapter or later or never. Got to run, they're coming!

"AYE! AYE! AYE!AYE! AYE!AYE! AYE! AYE! AYE! AYE! AYE! AYE! AYE! AYE! AYE!
AYE!" \(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)/\(^o^)
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\(OoO)/ "RUN PEOPLE RUN!!!!!!!"

\(^o^)/ = this is an O.F.Y.Y.H. (obsessive fan of Yu Yu
Hakusho) and will be popping up at odd moments in the story and
other places. Please note they are extremely dangerous and you
should keep distance between you and them especially if you have
any Yu Yu Hakusho merchandise in your possession.