Authors Note: Just so people understand this is not a strictly Hiei/ Yukina sibling fluff fic, the reason he came to this decision in the first place is because of the last mission.(remember the flashback sequence?) This will be the catalyst for a larger story so I felt I had to add every character if only for a little bit. Don't worry, there will be more than enough H/Y fluff to go around. That being said, on with the fic.

Hopes and Fears: Part2

By: AShauni21

"YUUKIIIINA, where are you my sweet?" Kuwabara's loud voice reverberated off the walls of Genkai's temple. He frantically searched one corner of the room to the other in hopes of finding his true love.

"Kuwabara, shut up." Yusuke said as he halted the orange haired teen with a open-handed rap to the back of the head.

"What did you do that for Urimeshi?" Kuwabara asked rubbing the rapidly developing knot on his noggin.

"Yukina is taking care of some issues with Hiei." Kurama said, trying to diffuse the situation before the violence escalated.

"What, she followed the shrimp outside?" Kuwabara stalked over to the door, but Yusuke grabbed his collar and pulled him back.

"Let me go Urimeshi." Gone was the loud, obnoxious Kuwabara. In his place was a man, whose jealously was clearly clouding his better judgement.

"You have nothing to worry about Kuwabara." Yusuke said, his normal cockiness barely noticeable in the quiet serious tone of his voice.

"Yusuke's right Kuwabara. Yukina loves you." Kurama once again tried to smooth over the situation, and give Hiei the time he needed.

"Yeah I know Kurama. But there is...something between them. Hiei's eyes.. soften when she's around, and it scares the hell outta me, ok." Kuwabara replied, running a shaky hand through his rust colored hair.

"Let them deal with this, then she'll come back to you." Yusuke said trying to comfort his friend.

"I'm still going!" Kuwabara said, regaining his loud voice. Yusuke merely grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground.

"Stop being a jerk, or I'm gonna kick your ass, Kuwabara"

"You're the jerk Urimeshi. Not letting me go to my beloved, that's low." Kuwabara said, "Besides I would like to see you try, I'll kick your ass any day of the week."

"Remember, you asked for this." Yusuke said, cracking his knuckles. He threw his famous right hook and connected with Kuwabara's cheek.

"Here we go again, why do I have to be the only sane one?" Kurama asked quietly running his fingers through his crimson locks, and suppressing a smile at his friends antics.

"You'd think Kuwabara would learn by now." Botan chimed in, in her ever cheery voice.

"Thats my baby brother for you, always the stubborn one." Shizuru said as she lit another cigarette.

"Hiei...are you ...my...brother?" Yukina asked me in that ever gentle voice. I looked into those ever shining ruby pools and saw it when she finally made the connection.

I just stood their and gazed into her eyes. I was ridden with shame and guilt; but I would face her, she deserved at least that from me. I would not turn away. However I could not bring myself to tell her that all the tears she cried were in vain, that I had been here all along.

"Are you my brother Hiei?" she asked, no demanded, with more conviction in her voice than when she defended me only moments earlier. My only response to her was a hesitant nod.

"I need to hear the words Hiei."

"Yes, I'm ...your brother."Gods was that my voice, it sounded so ...pathetic.

For a moment an awkward silence hung in the air. How could she forgive me for lying to her and causing her so much pain, and suddenly the fear of rejection that I grabbed onto as my excuse seemed so trivial. This should have never been about me, and I made it so. She only wanted to find her brother, recover a piece of her family that was denied her. The only family she had left.

Thats when I realized it, she had suffered as much as I did, she was just as much of a victim. Even more so than myself. Even more guilt piled upon my shoulders as the imaginary weight weighed my head down, and suddenly the ground seemed so interesting.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked in a voice I never imagined could come from her. The fury coming from that usually kind voice, it was a living breathing entity surrounding us. Taunting me.

"How could you... lie to me ... so many times." Yukina asked, her voice still seething and she clenched her fists.

"I'm sorry.." I heard my self mutter. Could that really be my voice, it sounded so small and childlike. My how the tables had turned.

"You're ... sorry." She said like it was a dirty word, like she needed to take a shower from merely uttering the word.

I turned away from her, I couldn't take this. My worst fears were coming true right before my eyes; and it wasn't because of my past, it was because of my inability to deal with it. I had this overwhelming urge to run, because frankly I was just to terrified to face her any longer.

I started to flit off, what else could I do in that moment but run.

"Don't you run from me, Hiei.", she cried as she quickly grabbed my shoulders, I didn't even see her move. How did she do that...

"You can't run away, not from this and not from me." she cried again as angry tears clanked around our feet. "Why? Why were you afraid to let me love you?" she asked in a more Yukina like tone.

"Please, don't cry anymore. I don't deserve your tears." I finally met her gaze again. The sadness in those crimson depths was more than I could take, I gently pushed away a stray tear before it crystallized. You deserve so much more...

"How ...how can you say that?" she said as she placed her hands on each side of my face.

Shit, did I actually say that out loud.

"B..because it's the truth.' I said shakily.

"Don't say that, you're all I ever needed." she replied quietly.

"How can you forgive me?" I asked in that child-like voice again, only this time it held a small sliver of hope.

"Simple, you're my brother." She replied. I looked up into those eyes and saw the love shining in their depths. A warm sensation flowed through my chest as I realized not only had she forgiven me, she also called me brother.