Hiei woke up feeling something that was out of place. Slipping himself out of bed he grabbed some pants and put them on then went to check on everyone else. When he got to Shippo and Sota's room, he saw Shippo sleeping but Sota wasn't there. Hiei followed the feeling he was having towards the Kitchen. He opened the door and saw Sota there coming in from the back door. "What are you doing?" he asked looking around.
"I was thirsty," answered Sota grabbing a cup and walking out.
After checking the house Hiei went back to bed. "Hiei, what was wrong?" asked the sleepy voice of Kagome.
"Nothing," he answered snuggling his head into her neck, "go back to bed."
That morning Kagome woke up and went to help Yunkina with breakfast. Hiei woke a few minutes after Kagome and walked to the kitchen. Hiei looked around, "Where's Sota?" he asked.
"I think he went outside," said Kagome, "he said he wanted to look around. Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, fine" he answered going outside. He found Sota next to the demon forest. "What are you doing near there?" asked Hiei.
"Just watching" he answered with a blank face then started walking back to the shrine. Hiei watched him go and frowned something wasn't right about all of this. So Hiei went back to Sunset Shrine alone.
Kagome got a wonderful idea to play in a safe part of the forest. Yunkina thought it would be good to invite everyone and have a picnic. They all walked out to a clearing and sat down a blanket. Yunkina sat down with Toya on the blanket. Yusuke and Genkai were meditation. Everyone one else was playing tag except for Sota who sat there and watched everyone.
"Sota come on and play" called Kagome. She was worried about him. Going over to Kurama she sat down while Shippo and Kuwabara played chase. "Do you know where Hiei is?" she asked.
"No, I haven't seen him all day" said Kurama.
Kagome began to worry a little, 'Where could he be?' she asked to herself. Kagome looked towards her brother and then looked away only to do a double take of seeing Hiei, sword drawn going for her brother. Kagome woke up to see Yunkina standing over her and Hiei was tied up. "What happened?" she asked running over to Hiei, who looked pretty beat up, "Why is he tied up?"
"You don't remember do you?" asked Yusuke.
"Hiei almost cut your little brother in half. You passed out screaming," said Kurama.
"But, I don't understand. Hiei loves me and you've known him for a long time why would he do this?" she asked breaking down and slowly going to her knees to Hiei.
Kagome was having trouble believing that Hiei would do such a thing. 'He loves my family and me, I know this I do but…it was him I saw with my own eyes. But I know he's innocent but what is going on?' she thought. Tears started to slip down her face as she hugged his head.
"Kagome," said Yusuke, "Don't get to close to him."
Kagome cried even harder and was asking Hiei; "Why, why would you do this?"
Kurama and Yusuke getting worried for her tried to get her to let go so when Hiei woke she wouldn't get hurt. "Kagome, please we don't want you to get hurt."
"He wont hurt me", she said through sobs pushing them away form her. She started to stroke his face and kiss his cheek.
Hiei started to stir and noticed Kagome crying. He tried to reach out and hug her but couldn't because of Kurama's plant. He struggled for a little bit. "Hiei, you should know you can't get out," said Kurama.
Hiei was mad, "Fox let me go now. I have to protect her."
"What are you talking about? You are insane you almost killed her brother," yelled Yusuke, " that's not what I call protecting someone."
"He's not what he seems," said Hiei, "Kagome?"
Kagome backed away from him a little and was trying to understand what he was saying but couldn't. "Hiei, why?"
"Kagome that is not Sota," he said, "Why don't you believe me?"
"Hiei, I want to believe you but that is Sota," she cried turning away form him.
"I have proof", said Hiei looking up at the others, "go back to the shrine and looking in Sota's closet."
Everyone just stayed there looking at him, "Just do it" he yelled at them.
"Fine, but if we don't find proof we'll have to kill you", said Kurama.
Kagome looked at him shocked and looked back at Hiei, "No you can't kill him. I love him."
"Kagome we have to it's our job to protect humans," said Yusuke. With that said they left.
"Hiei," she said hugging him.
"Kagome," he said, "look at me." She didn't look at him, "Kagome, please look at me."
She held her head up and looked at him. He could see she was hurt deep inside and the tears weren't helping. "Is Sota still here?"
"Y…Yes, he passed out he's in the other room," she answered, "Why?"
"I want you to get out of here," he answered watching the hall, "you have to leave now."
"Hiei, no I wont leave you," she said hugging him and crying harder, "I wont leave you."
"Kagome please," he pleaded, "You have to save yourself, I wont allow you to die because I couldn't protect you."
Kagome looked up at him and he kissed her, "Now leave."
Clapping could be heard down the hall. Kagome turned her head to see who it was and Hiei started growling. "How very sad." said a voice walking into the light. Kagome gasped when she saw who it was.
"Yes, I know," said Sota, "surprise!"
"Sota what's wrong with you?" she asked moving closer to him.
"Kagome, get away that's not Sota," said Hiei trying to get loose.
"You know little miko," he said, "You should listen to him." He started to laugh as Sota's body began to change into…
"Narku," gasped Kagome, "but your dead."
"So you thought," he answered laughing, "This is perfect I can kill you in front of the one you love and then I can make it so it looks like he did it. It'll be marvelous."
"Kagome run," yelled Hiei.
Kagome did as he said and ran down the hall and Narku chased after her. Hiei was still stuck trying to help her. He pulled and pulled then heard Kagome scream. He stopped then started to fell helpless struggling there. "Please" he yelled at the plant. His body started to freeze the plant and combined with his pulling the plant shattered. Hiei got his legs free and ran to Kagome's aid.
When he got there she was trapped at a dead end and Narku was about to give his final attack. Hiei ran to get in front of her. He lets out his own attack, the dragon of darkness flame. Hiei's attack hit Narku and killed him. "How?" he yelled before dieing. Hiei took Narku's blow, which was meant for Kagome. It hit him in the heart he fell to the ground chocking. Kagome screamed and ran to him. "No, Hiei please don't die," she cried.
Hiei reached his hand up and placed it on her cheek, "I'm glad you believed in me," he said wincing in pain, "I love you."
"No, Hiei you can't leave me too," she cried, "I'm pregnant. You can't leave me alone."
Hiei smiled and slowly lifted himself up and tried to hold her, he kissed her check before he fell to the ground, dead.
Kagome stared at him and tears started to flow. Her heart and just shattered for a third time. "Hiei," she cried, "Hiei, no." She hugged him refusing to let him go.
The others had just gotten back and were looking for Kagome. They found her and Hiei dead. Every one of them looked away blaming themselves for not believing their friend.
"Kagome," said Kurama, she didn't answer him, "Kagome we need to take you to Genkai's you have to let go."
"No," she yelled as they tried to pull her off. After a while of not being able to pull her off, they just opened a portal to Genkai's and carried both in and put them in their room. Shippo who had stayed at Genkai's with Yunkina was worried when they wouldn't let him in to see his mother who he knew was crying. "What happened?" he asked trying to push his way through them.
"Just go and sit down Shippo. This isn't something for little kids," said Yusuke.
Shippo puffed his chest out and slipped past him to see his mother over Hiei crying. He walked up slowly to them and looked down at Hiei and knew he was dead. He tried to get Kagome to let go of him, "Mother," he said trying not to cry. She needed him to be strong, "Mother lets get you into bed."
"No," she cried, "He's not dead. He promised he wouldn't leave."
Shippo didn't know what to do anymore and ran out the room and cried into Yunkina. She tried to calm Shippo down. Kurama went into the room next. "Kagome, we are going to have to bury him. It's the only proper thing to do," he said softly.
"He is not dead," she yelled at him, "why are you giving up on him?"
Kurama couldn't take it anymore, "Kagome he is dead, he has no heart beat. No matter how much you try and deny it he is dead. He was my best friend and he's dead. You shouldn't dishonor him buy killing yourself slowly. Let us put him to rest." Kurama was pleading with her.
She stopped sobbing but the tears still came. "I'm sorry," she said softly, "we'll bury him tomorrow. But for now let me say my goodbyes alone with out interruption."
"Thank you Kagome," he said walking out of the room and closing the door.
Kagome got in the bed with him and position him to where he was holding her. "I wont forget you Hiei. I'll make sure your child knows you and that you loved him or her. But for now I just want you to hold me again."
Kurama stood in the hall debating on whether to tell Yunkina that Hiei was her brother or not. He finally decided that she deserved to know and walked up to her while she was sitting on the couch with Toya. "Yunkina" he said, "Hiei was the brother you were looking for. I'm so sorry that I had to tell you know but Hiei didn't want you to know."
Yunkina took this in for a moment and started to cry. Kurama walked away with his head down and Toya took Yunkina into his arms. "Why didn't he…Did he hate me?" she cried.
"No, Yunkina he was afraid that you wouldn't want to have a brother with a past like his," said Toya trying to comfort her.
Back in the room with Kagome she had fallen asleep for stress of the day. She had started having a dream that Hiei was alive but was walking away from her. "Hiei," she called out but he didn't stop he kept walking. "Don't go, stay with me please," she pleaded. He kept walking till he was almost out of her sight. "Hiei I love you and please let me die instead of you. You deserve to live," she yelled falling to her knees. A bright light flashed and there was a purple mist in front of her.
"You want the forbidden child to live and you can actually love him?" asked a majestic voice form the mist.
"Yes," she cried, "I love him. Please give him back."
"This is very touching but I don't know if I can give him back," it said.
Kagome almost lost hope then and there, "I wont lose him when I finally found him. Give him back now. Do you understand me? I love him and need him."
She heard the mist laugh and softly say, "He is yours", before waking up. She knew he was alive. That dream was not an ordinary dream she had gotten him back. She woke up smiling and went to check for a heartbeat, but it wasn't there. "But.." she trailed off and started to cry again. The tears fell on his face and his eyes began to flutter open. Finally he opened his eyes to see Kagome crying above him and he moved his arm to hold her.
She saw his hand moved and stared at him, "Are you alive or am I just dreaming again?" she asked out loud, "because if it's just a dream stop tormenting me, please stop making me hope."
"Kagome," he said but she wouldn't listen to him. Since she wouldn't listen he grabbed her and kissed her. She didn't know what had happened but then smiled and started to cry from joy. She kissed him back deeply and when they parted she screamed and hugged him.
Everyone hearing Kagome ran in to see Hiei alive. At first they thought it wasn't real then started to laugh and smile. Yunkina and Shippo ran and jumped in hugging Hiei too.
"Brother your alive," said Yunkina.
Hiei turned towards her, "Who told you?" he asked smiling at her and hugging her back.
"Kurama did," she answered.
A few months later Hiei and Kagome moved out to the countryside in a nice house that fit all of their friends and Yunkina and Toya had gotten married and were living with them. It was a normal day in the house when a window was shattered.
"Hiei, I hate you," she screamed at him grabbing his arm and twisting it.
"Now sweetheart it'll all be over in a few minutes," he said wincing at her grip.
She pushed one more time and then it was over. She sighed in relief and let go of Hiei and fell back onto the bed. "I'm sorry," she said through a scratchy voice.
"It's alright," he said kissing her, " I know you didn't mean it."
The nurse walked in and said, "I'm proud to announce that you have a boy." Hiei and Kagome smiled and were already thinking of names, "and a girl."
Both Hiei and Kagome looked at each other. "What?" they yelled looking up and seeing two babies instead of one. Kagome smiled and laughed, "I wanted a girl." Hiei looked down at her and smiled too.
"So what are there names?" asked the nurse.
Kagome answered with the names they had picked, "Salem and Tristin."
The nurse nodded and went to write the birth certificates and left the two with their new children. They smiled at the sleeping two and new it was going to be a good life together.
That's the end. Finally I finished this and it's the first one I've finished. Tell me what you think and sorry for not updating but my comp has been broken for a long time and I had a major writers block. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed coming up with it. If you really like this one I've started an idea for an Iynuyasha/YuYu Hakusho/ Dragon ball Z cross over. It's gonna be wildly fun. Well for now see ya when I see ya.