CHAPTER THREE

...Yukina!

Why Yukina? My dears, if you are asking me this question then you have no right to be browsing in the Yu Yu Hakusho fandom, no right to be reading this story, no right to scratch you left ear.

But for all of you reading this who know why Yukina suddenly, and quite randomly, appeared, please keep reading.

A sweet looking girl with rose-red eyes and mint green hair appeared by Hiei's side. In her (oddly familiar) eyes, she held a pleading look, as if knowing what Hiei was about to do and she didn't want to witness it but she couldn't look away. Isn't she just great like that?

Seeing Yukina randomly standing there, Sue cried out, "Yukina! Stop him!" Sue knew that Yukina was Hiei's long lost twin sister (although Yukina herself didn't know it) and that Hiei would do whatever Yukina told him to, even if Sue didn't know why Yukina was here right now. But we mustn't question the ways of Fate, children, so let us move on with the story.

It just so happened that Hiei was not wearing his cloak this particular day. He was in a spiffy dark blue tank top, not unlike the one he was in at the Dark Tournament. Yukina, though, is an innocent and naive girl, and no dirty thoughts such as the ones roaming your mind were lingering in her mind.

The ice apparition placed a timid hand on her twin's arm. "Please, Hiei," she pleaded, looking up at him with those big, cute anime eyes that can get a girl anything she wants. But that was only for so long, because Hiei's muscles are so muscle-y and beautiful that they can almost cast a spell over a person, even more so if a person is making physical contact with them. And you wondered why Hiei always wins his fights...

Yukina was no different, because spells don't discriminate and don't care if you're a guy, a girl, a human, a demon, purple, yellow, or even a person's long lost twin sister. She suddenly got a dazed look in her eyes and looked down at Hiei's arms. "Wow," she breathed. "Do you work out?"

Sue, however, was beside herself with disgust. "I am beside myself with disgust! Yukina! Hey - Yukina! That's incest! Get your hands off him!"

"No, it's only incest if he's my father or brother...or sister or mother," corrected Yukina. Oh, if only she knew...well, she was about to!

"That's the thing - he's your twin brother!" Sue shouted out in exasperation. Not even a second later, a horrified look crossed her face. Looks like someone just realized they were about to die! Bwaha!

Just as randomly as she had appeared, Yukina disappeared - but not before everyone could see the surprised look etched into her features. Once she was gone, Hiei turned to Sue and Tsuki, looking eerily calm. Well, except for the fact that his fangs/teeth were clenched, he looked unusually calm.

"S-Sorry?" offered Sue, now slightly shaking with fear.

"'Sorry' will not save you this time. I am going to kill you," the fire demon said in a monotone.

"At least you have a reason now," quipped Tsuki, who was still hidden behind Sue. Tsuki was unaware of the fact that Hiei was like a samurai, and at one point in ancient Japan, a samurai was allowed to decapitate anyone who severely insulted him and/or deserved to die1. That is why they carried a sword, afterall.

"But she had to find out sooner or later!" defended Sue, desperately trying to think up a way to save herself and Tsuki, or at least herself. But there's thing thing about people in desperate situations, they can't think straight. This could be used as an excuse for the lame things Sue was saying.

"I would have preferred it be ME who tell her," Hiei growled. "But it's too late now. I must avenge Yukina."

No one dared point out to him that in order to 'avenge' someone/something, that person/thing must be dead, and we all know Yukina was alive and kicking.

"Aw! That's sweet!" Tsuki cooed from behind Sue.

"What's sweet, the fact that he's about to kill us!" asked Sue, turning her head to the side to hear her friend better.

"No! He obviously cares a lot about his sister, that's all."

"Oh. OH!" Sue had been hit with a Great Idea. "Tsuki, you are a genius!" That wasn't the Idea, though. Sue turned her head forward to face Hiei, who was still inching closer. "Yo, Hiei!"

"Hn."

"In the name of Yukina, can Tsuki and I each have a request before we die?"

The short demon pondered over the offer, then shooed a fly off his nose. "Make it quick."

Without hesitation, Tsuki blurted out, "Can I see you without a shirt?"

Hiei blinked.

Sue blinked.

The crow in a nearby tree - who was actually the reincarnation of Kuronue - blinked.

"As you wish," Hiei said, proceeding to take his shirt off and stand bored.

Tsuki, however, was anything but bored. She could only manage a contented sigh before dropping into a clump on the forest floor in a dead faint.

"Tsuki? Are you okay?" Sue soon asked her inanimate friend, prodding her with her toe. "Oh Tsuki, you're hopeless! He's not that built..." She turned to glance at Hiei. "...much... Anywho, can I get my request now?"

But before anyone could say anything, that annoying black warp hole roared into existence again. Sue sighed. "And I was just about to make my request, too!"

Tsuki's limp form was swept into the black abyss and in seconds another girl was pushed out. This new girl had curly hair of brown and was taller than Hiei. But, then again, who isn't?

"Hey, Hiei? You might want to start running," warned Sue. You see, Sue knew full well who this new arrival was. And Sue didn't need anything messing up her blossoming relationship with Hiei.

Hiei, however, knew nothing. And Hiei hated knowing nothing. "What are you talking about?" he sneered, turning to face the girl that had just arrived.

The girl stood shakily, surveying her surroundings. She appeared confused, up until she set eyes of Hiei and Sue. A brief, evil glint lit her eyes, making them appear red for a split second (you know, like when Kurama fails to restrain Youko for a second and his eyes get golden? I love when that happens!). Only Sue saw this brief flash of evil, however, because though Hiei was staring straight at the girl, he missed it. Or maybe Sue was just hallucinating.

But anywho, the girl soon regained her bearings, then...squealed. And then ran straight for Hiei. Once there, she pounced, wrapping him in a life-threateningly tight glomp.

If it hadn't been for Hiei's life-long and extensive training for expecting the unexpected, he might have been knocked right over, handing this girl the advantage by being on top of him. Yeah, like she would've minded.

So Hiei just stumbled back a step, regaining the breath the girl had just knocked out of him.

"HIEIHIEIHIEIHIEIHIEI! HiI'mRose!" came the muffled exclamations of the girl, who's face was buried in the fire demon's bare chest.

Sue crossed her arms, metaphoric sparks flying from her narrowed eyes. "That's what I'm talking about," she said in a monotone.

Hiei glanced down to Rose, eyes narrowing as well as he tried get her off him, or to at least lessen her grip. Believe it or not, Rose's grip was tighter and possibly more lethal than Liz Phair's. "Onna, get off me!" he ordered, but to no avail. She was stuck.

"Hey Rose!" Sue said, making Rose aware of her existence.

Rose released Hiei from her glomp and waved to Sue. "Hi Sue!"

No one said anything. Don't you just hate those awkward silences? The longer they drag on, the more inappropriate it becomes to just jump start a question. Luckily for Sue and Hiei, Rose never actually studied good manners, and 'broke the ice', so to say.

"Hey, Sue, what are you doing in a ripped kimono?"

"Long story. Hey, wait a minute! Why do you get to be in pants? Tsuki was in a kimono, too!"

"Tsuki was here? Where'd she go?"

"She kind of...fainted and then got sucked into the black hole that took you here."

"Oh. How long have you and Hiei been here?"

Before Sue could answer, Hiei spoke. "I don't know, nor do I care." Someone doesn't seem too happy with his current situation! But you know what the fun thing about being an author is? You get to do this:

"Oh, my GOD! I am so happy to be here! Even if I had the chance to move to America and be worshipped there by hundreds of lovely, jibbering fanatics like yourselves, I would stay here with the two of you!" exclaimed Hiei, changing his demeaner completely.

Alas, but that would be Out Of Character-ness, something that is simply not good for the wholesome story! And this must remain as a wholesome story, at least for a couple more chapters.

But be informed: While I've been rambling, our characters have been involved in another awkward silence. Rose was eyeing Hiei lustfully, Sue was glaring daggers at Rose, and Hiei...well, Hiei had his eyes closed and a blank expression on his face. Perhaps it's better not to know what he's thinking about just now.

But finally, Hiei opened his eyes and looked directly at Rose. "Just who are you again?" he asked - kind of rudely, if you ask me.

Rose gave him a hurt look. "You mean...you don't remember me from last night?"

Sue just about fell over with a sudden fit of laughter that was badly disguised as a coughing fit.

Hiei quirked an eyebrow. "No."

Through her laughter, Sue choked out, "Rose, I believe that was your poster again!"

Rose looked wildly from Hiei to Sue. "No, he was really there!"

A look of dawning realization crept upon Hiei's face. But you see, the way I describe it makes it sound much nicer than it really is. When you see Hiei without his normal hard stare, he just looks weird, doesn't he? So, Hiei just looked weird, which actually meant he remembered something (in this case). "Actually," he said thoughtfully, "I was there."

That stopped Sue in her laughing tracks immediately. Had she heard right? She replayed the sentence in her head...then replayed it again...and still couldn't believe it. Rose, on the other hand, looked triumphant.

"I delivered the poster," Hiei added with a smirk, obviously taking joy in toying with the emotions of unstable teenagers. How cruel.

And Rose was indeed unstable. But she was still clinging on to that hope, that dream, of a rabid fangirl. "And - and then? After you delivered it?"

"I left."

Oh, we all need to learn at some point how to seperate our dreams from reality2. It is not, however, an easy process. It's actually emotionally damaging - quite severely, in some cases.

And Sue wasn't helping, either. "How could he have been with you last night, Rose," Sue said slowly, drawing closer to Hiei as she spoke, "when he was with me?" By the time she had finished, she was practically on top of Hiei. But don't worry, Hiei fangirls, she wasn't really on top of him. Well, she was resting her arm on his shoulder, but it couldn't really be considered more than an overly friendly gesture.

But remember, Rose is emotionally unstable. This blurred her lines of sanity and insanity, of what is real and imaginary, of what tastes like chicken and what really is chicken. What appeared as overly friendly, she saw as the start of a deep and lasting relationship. Tears welled up in her big, sad, anime eyes, and she just up and ran away, like in Napoleon Dynamite.

Hiei, up to this point, had done nothing but stand there. But still, he is guilty by association. And this...well, it's pretty irrelevant.

But when Rose was out of their sight and earshot, Hiei "Hn"-ed and turned his ruby red eyes up to Sue. She turned her hazel eyes down to meet his gaze. Their faces inched closer (well, only Sue's did - Hiei still just kind of stood there). Sue saw her golden opportunity to do something - anything! - to make Hiei realize that she was his One And Only!

So she kissed his nose. Just a little peck, that's all. You see, unlike her cousin Mary Sue, blank Sue was not a lustful wench. Actually, she was quite prude. "Thanks, Hiei!" she said sweetly, smiling down at him and flitting away to hug a tree. Hiei just rolled his eyes, muttering incoherent things under his breath, and continued to just stand there. You know, it makes me wonder. Hiei must be pretty patient to just sit/stand in one spot, in just one position, for such extended periods of time! It's truly amazing.

But yes. Once Sue was done hugging the tree of her choice (which turned out to be a very nice looking maple), she said casually, "You know, I need to get home."

"I still need to find Kurama," Hiei remembered.

"I need to get home," Sue repeated.

"You must help me find Kurama," Hiei commanded.

"But I want to go ho-o-ome!" Sue wailed, extending the 'o' into different octaves.

Hiei winced - Sue was very off key, even in her moaning. But something soon caught his eye. It was the metal of his nice, shiny katana that had glinted in the sun. He picked it up, examining its niceness. Actually, he was just fidgeting, in his own special way.

"Wasn't I supposed to kill you?" he asked nonchalantly, as if he was asking someone if they had gotten the mail.

Sue backed away nervously. "You know, I just got this strange urge to help you find Kurama. How unexpected."

Hiei smirked in satisfaction. "Hn. Let's go."

1 This is true, actually.

2 This isn't true. People spend their whole lives immersed in another world. I highly recommend it, actually.