And They Never Knew...
Me: Konnichiwa! Welcome to Chapter 13, minna-sama! Please enjoy!
"Ugh..." Hiei fell to his knees, overwhelmed by a sudden sense of weakness. Damn... He hadn't expected the backlash from using ice to be so severe. At least they're both out of the way...He shook his head, raising a hand to hold his forehead when he was hit by a wave of dizziness. This is worse than the Dragon...
"Oniisan!!" Yukina knelt next to him, "Hiei-oniisan, are you alright!?"
"Yukina...?" he asked, shocked. "I guess you saw that..." He laughed a little.
"Hai," she scanned him over with a healer's eye before quickly healing the wounds he had acquired in the fight, relieved when his youki started to rise to safer levels. "Gomen, I didn't mean to..."
"No, imouto-chan," Hiei said tenderly, getting up himself before helping Yukina to her feet. "I've been trying to tell you for awhile." He pointed at the hastily-grabbed rapier-daggers hanging from her obi, "There was a note telling you in the packaging, but you didn't see it."
"Oh," she smiled happily, "I'm so happy you are my brother." She grabbed him in a tight embrace.
"Me too, imouto-chan," he pulled away, turning towards Miyeko's frozen corpse. "Now then, let's deal with these two..." He trailed off, turning quickly as he heard a sound from the direction where Kuwabara lay trapped under tons of rubble.
"Hiei-san?" Yukina asked, "What's wrong?"
Hiei shook his head, "I must be imagining things..." He moved to melt away the ice from the snake demon's body, keeping a sharp eye on the unconscious ningen.
"Hiei," Yukina asked, quietly as she traced his gaze towards Kuwabara's form, "Why did Kazuma betray us?"
"I don't know, Yuki," he said, covering the dead demoness with his cloak. "I suppose we'll find out when he's interrogated..."
Kuwabara watched the scene between the two siblings trough narrowed eyes. After awakening just in time to watch Miyeko's last moments, he had situated himself so he could lift the rubble covering his body. He couldn't believe his love was dead. That firebrat would pay... Now if only he'll take his eyes off me for three seconds...
Almost on cue, Hiei turned away to speak to his sister, and Kuwabara quickly moved the rock off himself and summoned his Rei-ken. "Prepare to die, Hiei!!!"
Yukina watched through horrified eyes as Hiei turned, just a second too late to get out of the way, but just in time to watch as Kuwabara extended his reiken. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as the orange ki-blade slowly pierced Hiei's stomach.
A slow smile stretched across Kuwabara's face as the look of shock on Hiei's face transformed to one of pain. The look on Yukina's face was priceless as she watched Hiei cough, a thin trail of blood snaking down his chin. The ningen let go of the sword, letting the ki absorb back into his body. Hiei glared at him, breathing hard, then swayed and fell to his knees; his hand moving to cover the hole in his abdomen.
"Oniisan..." Yukina whispered, tears falling from her eyes, tinkling gently as they hit the ground as tear gems. She fell to her knees beside him, pulling him back to rest in her lap. "Hiei-san, hold on!" She moved her gaze to look at the wound in Hiei's stomach, then gasped. He needed medical attention right away. She moved to try and heal him, but Hiei spoke through gritted teeth.
"No...Yukina..." he opened his pain-darkened eyes, "You have to...deal with Kuwabara first..."
"But Hiei-san..." she shook her head, "I'm not strong enough..."
"No buts..." a small smile lit his face. "You...can do it...I believe...in you...Imouto-chan..." his voice trailed off and his eyes shut. She felt the warm brush of his ki fade away, hot tears spilling down her cheeks.
Hiei- her beloved protector, her long-lost brother- was dead.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Hee hee... I'm evil. I freely admit it. Please review anyway. Maybe then you'll find out poor Hi-chan's fate.