AN: Here is the next chapter! Fluff lies within! Thank you FortySeventhLight and Animefouryou for sticking by me as I continue the story! -huggles-

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The Hospital

It had been eight hours. The longest, cruelest hours of his life. Hiei paced the hospital lobby trying to remember what exactly happened in the last few hours because they were nothing more than a blur for him. He released his dragon, which immediately devoured the hooded man and his helper within seconds then ordered that no one touch Mukuro save for himself.

He had walked over to Mukuro and found that she was unconscious and was losing blood fast. Since then, she had dropped into a coma and was fighting for her life. The doctors on staff were currently performing surgery on her and had forced him to wait in the lobby much to his discontentment.

A few minutes later a doctor came out into the lobby.

"Hiei-sama?" he said nervously.

Hiei swung around his impatience showing in the way he moved and spoke. "How's Mukuro? Will she be all right?"

The doctor smiled. "Mukuro-sama's surgery went perfectly. She is still in a coma but is expected to come out of it soon."

Hiei walked cautiously into Mukuro's room not wanting to see her in the pain she was in. He tiptoed in and saw that they performed surgery on the back of her head resulting in a white bandage wrapped around her head. Her right arm was also in a cast. Tubes and wires connected her to various pieces of machinery monitoring all of her vital signs.

Why does she have to be like this? Why couldn't it have been me? She doesn't deserve this, Hiei thought to himself. His gaze swept over her body from her bronze colored hair that shimmered in the sunlight, down her face and all the way down to her feet. She was perfect in every way to him. So many people turned away from her when they saw the half of her that was machine and they never realized what an awesome person she really was. They never saw the flawless side of her that Hiei was attracted to.

As Hiei looked at Mukuro's sleeping form, he realized that it didn't matter to him what she looked like. He loved both sides of her physical body but even more than that he realized that he loved her as an individual and he couldn't live with himself if she died. This was the woman that he wanted to spend his life with. Hard as it was to admit to himself, he loved her with every fiber of his being.

Hiei walked over to Mukuro and ever so carefully embraced her. Gently, he released her and held her hand and whispered to her, "Please recover soon, Mukuro. Even though you can't hear me, I love you." As soon as Hiei spoke those words, he kissed her on the cheek. A few minutes later, the doctor came to the door and told him that it was time for him to leave. Casting one more glance at Mukuro, he followed the doctor out of the room.

Mukuro was barely aware of someone standing next to her, but she had no strength to open her eyes or even to talk so she decided to listen. Someone's arm snaked around her and embraced her. Even though she couldn't hear very well, she could make out Hiei's voice saying, "I love you."

After she heard him leave the room, Mukuro smiled.

AN:What did you think? Well, only two more chapters now! Please be ever so kind to me and leave a review. I do, however, realize that many of you may not because after how well Diary of the Damned did, this story... well... isn't as good. Well, I don't care because as long as I breathe, this story will live on! Bye bye!