And They Never Knew.

Me: Finally, after waiting forever, I have gotten reviews on this story!!!! And so. here is the next chapter. Also, since you guys who reviewed guessed right, the evil person will be revealed in this chapter. So enjoy and review!!!

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Yukina hugged the fire demon, thankful for his ever-calming presence. Once again, Hiei had saved her from a horrible fate, just as he always did. He was so brave and so strong. her mind could come up with only good things to describe the youkai who always acted as a lone wolf. She hugged him tighter, remembering how brave he was.

Hiei draws in a quick gasp of pain as Yukina jars his newly acquired wound. Yukina quickly draws back, 'Oh, Hiei-san! I'm so sorry!'

Hiei winces slightly and takes a step back, 'S'okay, Yuki.'

Yukina isn't convinced as she looks down at the quickly spreading bloodstain on his light blue sleeveless shirt. The gash is on the right side of his midriff, and looks fairly nasty. It is bleeding at a quick rate, which is quickly taking a toll on the fire demon. His eyes are slightly out-of-focus, and his face has already paled a few shades. He is swaying ever so slightly, but stubbornly refuses that the wound is serious.

Yukina quickly pulls the wounded fire demon into the temple, glancing over at the fallen spirit detective. Yusuke is already up, and is following after her, mumbling something about needing to train harder. He sits down on the chair he was occupying prior to the incident and crosses his arms over his chest, looking rather peeved at his failure.

Yukina sits Hiei down on the window seat and runs to get her healing supplies from her room. By the time she gets back, Hiei, leaning against the wall, has succumbed to his blood loss and fallen asleep. Yusuke is standing nearby, trying to shake him awake. Yukina quickly runs over and heals him, removing his shirt and wrapping his almost fully healed wound in bandages.

Hiei, being the quick healer that he is, wakes up a few minutes later and helps her tend to Yusuke, who suffered little more than a few scratches and bruises. Yusuke leaves about an hour later, leaving the two youkai alone.

'Hiei-san,' Yukina asks him as he pulls on his cloak, 'why don't you stay the night?' She is still worried about his wound. He might be the strongest demon she knew, but he wasn't immortal.

Hiei hesitated, and she quickly added, 'I'd feel safer if you stayed, please?' Hiei relented and she unrolled a futon in the room next to hers for him. It was the one he usually used. Yukina had given it to him for Christmas last year. It was black with a carefully embroidered black dragon entwined around it. But since it was still rather early, Yukina insisted that they sit outside for a while. Hiei went up into the old oak, and sat on a low hanging branch while Yukina sat on a bench underneath the tree. They were both looking up at the stars.

'They're beautiful, ne Yuki?' Hiei had taken to calling her Yuki when they were alone. Yukina knew that she was the only one he really opened up to, and valued his friendship above everything else. Being around him made her feel whole, because it seemed to fill the void not knowing her older brother created. Long ago, Hiei had promised to find her brother for her, and she was grateful for that, but deep inside, she wished that, by some miracle, Hiei was her brother and just didn't know it. A pipe dream, she knew, but she kept it all the same.

'Hai, they are,' she answered. She looked up at him. He was so strong, and she wished so much that she could be like him. An odd desire surfaced itself in her mind, one so strange, she was almost afraid to voice it. 'Um. Hiei-san?'

Hiei looked down at her, curious at why she seemed so hesitant all of a sudden. 'What is it Yuki?' She was one of the only people he had a pet name for. She was 'Yuki,' and his best friend, Kurama, was 'fox.'

'Would you teach me how to fight?'

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A knock sounded at the door of the youkai's office. 'Come in,' he knew that it was going to be his ningen co-conspirator. The boy had an annoyed look on his face, 'I guess I don't need to ask whether the plan worked or not.'

'No, my lord,' the ningen snorted, 'It failed miserably. Damn incompetent youkai!'

'Relax,' the demon casually says, obviously the calmer of the two, 'there's always Plan B.'

'Honto?' the ningen asked, grinning evilly, 'What is your plan, Miyeko?'

The demoness got up and walked towards her ningen lover, wrapping her arms around his neck, 'You'll see Kuwabara, you'll see.' She kissed him. 'We'll be rich beyond our wildest dreams, koi.'

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Me: Yes, that's right!! Kuwabara is evil!!!! Mwa ha ha!!! And what's up with Yukina wanting to fight all of a sudden? You'll just have to wait and see since I'm evil. But I'm better at being evil than Kuwabaka. Please review!!!! Ja Ne!!!