Disclaimer: I do not own YYH in any way, shape or form. Oi, that one's gettin' old…I need some new material! ((opens door to reveal many writers chained to desks)) Hey!!! What's with the repeats??? Make up somethin' new!!!! I need to entertain, here!!!!!

SIDE NOTE: Erm… ((looks up at disclaimer)) Yyyyyyeeeeeaaaahhh….don't mind the disclaimer…I'm a weirdo…I think I'll get a disclaimer slave!! Um, anyway, wow, I'm updating uber-soon. I never expected to update this quickly…yes I did, I'm a liar. I'm starting to repeat myself in everything! I really need some new material…urk. Well, thank you all very, very much for reviewing, and read on!!

Hiei tried to tiptoe out the door, quiet as a mouse. Unfortunately, the cat-girl he had grown so used to living with seemed to know his every move. She caught him.

"Lord Hiei, what are you doing up at this hour? It's very late," she said with concern.

"Just going out for a walk…" Hiei tried.

"Can I join you?"

"Uuuummmm…no."

"Why? It's just a walk, isn't it?"

"I…want some time alone…to think…"

"About what?"

"Things," Hiei replied bluntly. Again, he tried to head out the door.

"Hiei…" Hebidoshi said quietly. "I know you're lying to me. Where are you going?"

Hiei sighed. Damn her…what is she, my parent? "Hebi-chan…I honestly can't tell you. Please don't pry." There was an awkward pause.

"Forgive me, Hiei." There was a smile in her voice. "It's none of my business." Hiei sighed in relief as her footsteps moved away. And he walked out the door.

Now…to get some answers from the sister of hers…

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Knock. Knock. Knock. KNOCK. KNOCK. "Hello! Queenie, open up!"

The gates to palace opened, and before Hiei stood one of the guards who he bitterly recognized as an officer of his arrest the first day he came. She glared at him with those narrow yellow eyes and gave him a look of distaste.

"Queen Kanne is sleeping. You'd be wise to not disturb her."

Hiei stood firm, returning the woman's glare. "I have an issue I need to take up with her. It can't wait." He added as the woman began to open her mouth. "This is extremely vital. I insist I speak with her now."

The guard didn't look very pleased with this whole thing. She gave Hiei another dirty look and then began to retreat inside the palace, saying: "I will wake her and see if she wishes to take business with you. If not, then you leave immediately."

Hiei rolled his eyes at her turned back. "Oh yes, your almighty supreme police officer of the realm," he muttered.

After a few minutes of waiting, the guard's displeasing face came back and announced that the queen would see him. Hiei brushed past her without a word.

The queen, no doubt about it, was sleepy and bitter about being woken up. She wore a scowl equal to the one of the guard. Her pink robe was sliding off her shoulders, but she was too tired to pull them back up. Her tiny dragon lay on her lap, sound asleep.

Her demeanor amused Hiei greatly. "Well, glad to see you looking so refreshed, milady."

"This isn't funny," the queen replied, letting out a huge yawn. "I trust this is important. I shall be very irritated with you if it is something trivial."

"Well, regardless of whether you think it important, I believe this to be very important." Hiei stared half-bored and half-irritated at the queen before him. "Were you ever planning to tell me that you knew your sister was in love with me??"

This made Kanne brighten very reasonably. She seemed quite awake now. "Ohhh, so she told you, then?"

"No, she did not tell me," Hiei spat. Her happiness of the subject irked him. "I figured it out myself. After she cut her hair just so I would think she looked cute."

"Ah, a young girl in love will do almost anything to impress the one she loves." The blonde woman smirked. "Now why, do you think, she would get the impression that you wanted her to cut her hair?"

Hiei clenched his fists tightly at his sides as he turned bright red. "She…asked me what I thought of you. I said I liked your hair," he replied rather lamely.

"Oh, do you really?" the woman said teasingly, fluffing up her hair. "What else did you say about me?"

Hiei gulped, forcing himself not to look at the queen's bulbous breasts. "N-nothing you should know about."

Kanne smirked. "I see. I should expect some plastic surgery from her soon, hmm?"

Don't count on it, Hiei thought.

"Well, Hiei darling," the queen continued, stroking the sleeping dragon in her lap. "Now that you've figured it out, you must realize that knowing how you feel about me is only going to make her jealous. What she needs to know is how you feel about her." She smiled warmly. "So tell me…how do you feel about her?"

Hiei stared at her a moment; well, more like past her. As soon as that question had been asked, he realized that he had no idea how he felt about Hebidoshi. He'd never really thought about it. So he said the only thing he could say right then. "I don't know."

Kanne rolled her eyes. "Oh, how disgustingly cliché! Can't you come up with a less moronic answer?!"

"What do you want me to do?! Think about something off the top of my head?!" Hiei shouted angrily.

"Precisely!" the woman said in exasperation. There was a short, but very tense silence between them.

"And you said my answer was moronic? Things like that take time; I can't just tell you how I feel about someone just like that!"

"Oh, yes, yes, of course, that's why it must have taken several hours to come up with how you felt about me!" the woman replied. Hiei was silent. "Well? I'm sure you have a comeback to this one." Hiei looked at the ground. He had to admit it. She was right.

"What the hell am I supposed to say to that?" he spat bitterly.

"Hiei, the most from-the-heart things come at a whim. If you can't tell me right now how you feel about my sister, then you haven't cared even to think about it. You've lived with her for a while now. Surely you must have even the tiniest feelings about her?"

Hiei sighed. Then he tried to pull his answer straight from his heart. "I…I think…I like her. She's been my friend," he began slowly. "And…I care about her. I realize…it makes me happy when she's happy…and perhaps…just maybe…I might love her, too."

Kanne smiled. "I think you do, Hiei. And I know for a fact that this is something she needs to hear from you. Straight from your heart."

Hiei made a face. "Now who's the cliché?"

"Cliché, yes, but it's true," the woman pointed out. "I'd tell her if I were you. Believe me, she'd love to hear it."

Hiei smiled. "Alright, then. Just promise me one thing." The queen looked a bit surprised and a little expectant. "If I tell her how I truly feel, then you must tell her how you really feel about ruling this entire realm. I know you've tried before, but as you've said, she's changed. Perhaps she'll listen to you this time."

Kanne smiled and nodded. "You have my word."

And with that, Hiei left. He was wondering how he'd bring up the subject to Hebidoshi when a throbbing pain jolted his right arm. The black dragon arm.

"Damn…not now, please, just stay…agh!" His arm began to tremble uncontrollably as another wave of pain brought him to his knees. "Dammit…not this soon! Why now?!" He staggered to his feet and took off at a run towards Hebidoshi's property. He burst in through the door, clutching his pained arm. "Hebidoshi!"

At his call, the cat-girl came running into the room. She gasped as she saw Hiei collapsing to the floor, holding his arm. By this time his whole arm and all the wards were engulfed in black flame and slowly being burned.

"Hiei…what's happening to you?!"

"It's the black dragon…it's…it's taking control…"

"What do you mean 'it's taking control'?! You don't mean it's releasing itself!"

"What else would I mean, baka onna?!" Hiei snapped. "Damn…at this rate I'll be consumed…"

"What?!"

"Look, you need to get out of here. I'm going to try and return myself to my own realm. That way the black dragon will be under control. But if I fail at this, I won't have you in danger. I want you to leave now."

Hebidoshi rolled her eyes. "Don't be so cliché. That never works. I won't leave you."

Hiei gazed at her a moment. "Fine. Stay." He began to concentrate on the black dragon's aura. Through his focusing, he glanced at Hebidoshi. "Whether this works or not, I'll never see you again, so I'll cut to the chase. I know you love me, and I love you. Remember that."

The cat-girl just sat, shocked. She didn't even have a chance to say anything as black fire spread suddenly, and threw her back. It was all she could do to keep from going back to Hiei.

SIDE NOTE: Dun-dun-duuuuunnnnnn!!!!!! This world is full of clichés, man, but you gotta love 'em! What's the fun in life if you can't have a few in there? If you don't have some clichés once in a while, then all the original crap becomes cliché. Anyhow, aside from my speech of wisdom, I have updated, and it's seven pages long, and it ain't over yet!! But it is almost over…yeesh. This'll be the second longer story I've ever finished!! Well, love ta keep ya in suspense, so plz review!!