Hey everyone! I'm back! This chappie is a little longer than the other ones, but I think we'll live. I had a hard time trying to figure out how to write this part of the fic, mainly because I'm not that good with reunions. But the one with Sam and Kurama was really good…but this one was harder. I hope you all like it. If not, then go ahead and flame away. Otherwise R&R please.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or all its glory.
Two weeks had passed, and nothing happened. Sam almost gave up on finding her brother, until she got a visit from a certain chipper blue-haired demon. She was home alone, watching TV when the doorbell rang.
'Coming,' Sam answered, walking to the door.
'Hello Sam! I've got news for you,' Botan said.
'What is it?' Sam asked.
'You can meet your brother tomorrow!' Botan smiled.
'Are you serious!' Sam asked, shocked.
'Yes, Koenma-san has your brother at his office,' Botan said. 'He wants you to come to his office tomorrow morning.'
"I can't believe it! I get to finally meet my older brother!" Sam thought.
'Hiei will come get you tonight at 10:00. You'll stay with us, and then we'll take you to the Reikai first thing tomorrow morning.' Botan told her.
'What am I going to tell Gary and Justin?' Sam asked.
'Tell them that you're staying at a friend's house,' Botan suggested. 'I have to go. See you tonight!'
'Bye Botan.' Sam said, waving after the blue-haired demon.
That evening at dinner, Sam told the two boys that she was staying at a friend's house that night.
'Who's house?' Gary asked.
'A friend's,' Sam answered.
'Who?' Gary asked again.
'Why does it matter? I have my phone. If you need me, than you can call me,' Sam answered.
'Forget it Gary,' Justin said when Gary started to say something else. 'She isn't going to tell us anything.'
'Fine…When are you going to be home?" Gary asked her.
'I don't know. Whenever, I guess,' Sam answered. 'Thanks for dinner.'
'She's acted really strange ever since she found out that someone has been in her tree.' Justin said once Sam was out of the kitchen.
'Come on, it's Sam we're talking about. She always acts strange,' Gary said, laughing. 'Don't worry about it.'
That night, Sam got on her computer and chatted with friends while waiting for Hiei to come get her. All of a sudden, Sam heard knocking. She looked over to the window and saw Hiei standing there. Sam walked to the window and opened it, letting Hiei in.
'Let's go,' Hiei told her.
'Just a minute,' Sam said, grabbing her bag.
'Come on!' Hiei growled, grabbing Sam's hand and pulling her to the window.
Same felt her cheeks turn red. She looked at Hiei and saw that he was blushing. She smiled and squeezed his hand. Ten minutes later, the two arrived at the house. The two were still holding hands when Hiei opened the door. Sam noticed that the house was really quiet.
'Everyone's asleep.' Hiei said, noticing the look on Sam's face. 'Follow me.'
'Not like I can go anywhere else,' Sam said.
'Why not?'
'Because you're holding my hand.' Sam said, blushing.
'If you didn't want me to, you could've pulled your hand back.' Hiei growled at her.
'It's not that I don't want you to, it's just…' Sam started.
'What?'
'Nothing.'
'Women…' Hiei said quietly, rolling his eyes. 'Come on.'
Hiei led Sam upstairs to the room she staid in the last time she was there.
'You should go strait to bed,' Hiei told her. 'You're going to be really busy tomorrow.'
'Will do,' She opened the door and stopped, 'Hiei?'
'What do you want now?' he asked her, getting annoyed.
'Can I give you a hug?' she asked.
'Why?' he asked. He noticed something different about her eyes that he'd never seen before, 'Fine.'
'Thanks,' she said, hugging the fire demon. 'Good night.'
Hiei stood there, shocked that she was actually hugging him, and then wrapped his arms around her, hugging her back. 'Good night.'
Sam went to sleep right away. Surprisingly, she didn't have any dreams; just excitement for the coming morning.
'Sam! Come on!' Yusuke yelled up the stairs.
'Just a minute!' Sam yelled back.
Sam was downstairs two minutes later.
'Let's go,' Botan said.
Twenty minutes later, the group of eight was standing in Koenma's office.
'Hello Ayame,' Koenma said. He was in his teenage form at the moment. He walked over to her and shook her hand.
'It's nice to meet you,' Sam said.
'Let's get to the real reason why you're here,' Koenma said. 'Ogre!'
'Coming Koenma sir,' the blue ogre answered. He walked into the office, followed by another person.
Sam looked up and saw a guy. He was taller than Kurama. He had blood red fox ears, long, flowing, pale green hair. She caught sight of a tale out of the corner of her eye. The tale was white with red streaks running all the way down the tail. She noticed his golden eyes showed no emotion.
'Ayame,' Koenma started. 'I would like you to meet Kyouji Katsuragi, your older brother.'
'Kyouji?' Sam asked, walking towards him, tears filling her eyes.
'Is it really you, Ayame?' he asked her.
Sam walked up to him and hugged him around the waist. He was surprised at first, but put his arms around her and hugged her back.
'I know you don't remember me,' Kyouji started. 'I left two years before you were born.'
'But, why did you have to leave us?' Sam asked, looking into his eyes. She noticed that they showed emotion this time. Happiness, yet sadness at the same time.
'Because I was in danger. I didn't want mom to get hurt,' he told her.
'That's exactly what Takumi said when he left me and mom!' she exclaimed, stepping away from him.
'You actually remember that?' he asked in disbelief.
'No, I had a dream a while ago. It was of him leaving me and mom,' Sam explained. 'And it's his fault I don't have a family anymore!'
'What are you talking about Ayame?'
'Takumi was responsible for the car crash that killed my parents and little sister!'
'What? He never told me any of this.'
'You actually see him?' Sam asked, disgusted.
'I live with him. He is my-our father,' he corrected himself.
'He is not my father! He left me and mom when I was two! My father was Elijah McMurry!' Sam exclaimed.
'Look, Ayame, I didn't come here to argue with you. You didn't argue with Kurama when you found out that he was our cousin,' Kyouji said. 'So why are you arguing with me?'
'I didn't argue with Kurama because all he said was that he was my cousin, he didn't try and tell me who and who isn't my family,' Sam answered. 'I want to know exactly why you left mom!'
'Fine,' he started. 'I left because I was furious when they told me the truth about dad. I was so mad I couldn't look at him, so I left. I found my way to the Makai, and I've been there since.'
'How old were you when you left?'
'I was 13 years old.'
'You mean you're thirty!' Sam asked.
'Yeah, I am,' he answered her.
'You know what, forget it. I wish I never came here.' Sam said, walking away from him. 'Can we please leave?'
'Ayame!' Kyouji called after her. 'The reason I came here was to ask you to live with me and father in the Makai.'
'Live with you!' Sam repeated, disgusted. 'Just leave my friends and home and come live with you? Not in a million years!'
'Ouch, that had to hurt,' Kuwabara said.
'I think it would be best if we left,' Kurama said.
'Please, I can't stand looking at him anymore,' Sam said.
'Maybe another time,' Botan said to Kyouji.
'Hopefully…' he answered.
Time Gap
That night, Sam decided to stay with the gang. She didn't want to go strait home after meeting Kyouji. She wanted to talk to Kurama…
'Do you guys know where Kurama is?' Sam asked.
'He's in his room,' Hiei answered. 'The second door to the right."
'Thanks,' Sam said, smiling at him, making him blush.
Sam went up stairs and stood in front of Kurama's door.
'Kurama?' she asked, knocking on the door.
'Come in,' he answered.
Sam opened the door and walked in. She saw that he was sitting on his bed, reading.
'Can I talk to you?' she asked.
'What about?' he asked, setting his book down and looking up at his cousin.
'About my-our family,' she answered.
'Our family or just Kyouji?' he asked as she sat down on his bed next to him.
'Kyouji,' she answered. 'How often did you see him before you had to leave the Makai?'
'He lived with me until Uncle Takumi left the Ningenkai,' he answered. 'I still talked to him even after I came here.'
'Do you know how he reacted when he found out about me?'
'I do. I don't think I'd ever seen him that happy before. He kept on trying to contact your parents so he could meet you, but failed. Then two years later, uncle Takumi showed up at my place,' he answered, recalling everything that happened.
'So he forgot about me? Even after 15 years?' she asked, tears welling up in her eyes.
'So that's what's bothering you?' Kurama asked.
'Yeah,' she answered, wiping fallen tears from her cheeks.
'Why don't you forget about it for now, and get some sleep?' he suggested. The two stood up and walked into the hallway, and over to the room she was staying in.
'I'm glad you're my cousin,' Sam said, hugging him around the waist.
'I'm just glad you're safe,' he smiled, hugging her back. 'I love you.'
'I love you, too,' she said, walking into her room.
Yet again, she saw Hiei standing there, waiting for her. She was finally getting used to Hiei standing in her room whenever she went in there. It's not that it bothered her; she actually liked it when he was in there. She enjoyed being around him, especially tonight. She needed someone to be with to get her mind off Kyouji, and he was the perfect person …uh…demon.
'Hey Hiei,' she said, walking towards the fire demon. 'What's up?'
'I just wanted to make sure that you were okay,' he answered.
'I'm fine,' she told him, getting mad that he was bring up what happened earlier that day.
'You didn't seem fine back at Koenma's office.'
'Look,' she said, staring him in the eyes. 'I don't want to talk about it anymore. I already told you that I'm going to talk to Kurama when it comes to my family.'
'Sorry,' he apologized, taken aback that she snapped at him.
'Can you please leave?' she asked him.
'Fine, good-night,' he growled, leaving her room.
'I'm sorry, Hiei,' Sam said quietly, starting to cry. 'I didn't mean to snap at you. I'm just really mad at Kyouji right now. I don't want you to think that I hate you, because I don't. I really like you, I…I love you.'
Hiei was standing outside her door, and heard everything she said. He walked back to his own room, thinking about what he heard.
The next morning, Hiei took Sam home. The two didn't say anything to each other the entire walk there.
'Thanks for walking me home, Hiei,' Sam said when they got to her house.
'Hn,' Hiei said, turning around and walking away.
'Fine, be that way,' Sam said, glaring at his back and walked into her house. 'I'm back!'
'Oh my God, Sam!' Gary said, running out of the kitchen and hugging her. 'Are you okay?'
'Yeah, I'm fine,' she answered, pushing Gary back. 'What's wrong with you?'
'We got a message from some guy,' Justin said, running down the stairs. 'He said he was going to take you, and no one was going to stop him.'
'Who?' Sam asked, confused.
'We don't know. He didn't say his name,' Gary said.
'He had a deep voice, too,' Justin said. 'Which made it scarier.'
'Kyouji,' Sam said quietly.
'Who?' Justin asked.
'Never mind,' Sam replied, shaking her head.
'What are you keeping from us, Sam?' Gary asked, staring at her.
'I can't tell you, I'm sorry,' she told them. 'I know who's after me and why. I can protect myself.'
'No you can't!' Gary yelled at her. 'There's a guy out that that wants to kidnap you, and you're only 15! You can't stop him!'
'Yes I can!' Sam yelled back. 'Why do you think I took Tae-Kwan-Do all my life! So I could protect myself!'
'Sam! Settle down,' Justin told his best friend. 'I don't know why Gary is saying what he is, but I believe you. I know you can protect yourself.'
'Thank you. At least SOMEONE believes in me,' she put an emphasis on 'someone' as she turned and glared at Gary.
'Don't you glare at me,' Gary told her. 'I just don't want you to get hot-headed and get yourself hurt.'
'Don't worry, I'll be fine,' she told her brother. 'Please believe me.'
'I believe you,' Gary said. 'Now you happy?'
'Yes I am,' she smiled and hugged him. 'What do you guys want to do?'
'I don't know about you, but I was planning on going to the football game tonight,' Gary said.
'Who are we playing!' Sam asked, wide-eyed.
'I think the Seahawks,' Justin answered.
'Awesome! Let's go!' Sam said, jumping up and down.
'Surprise, surprise. You haven't missed a single home school game yet, and now you want to go to the game tonight,' Gary joked. 'This is why I love you so much.'
'Whatever, you know that's not why you love me,' Sam laughed. 'You know you can't keep me from my football!'
'We should leave in fifteen minutes if we want to get there early,' Justin pointed out.
'Fifteen minute? That should be enough time to get ready,' Sam said, darting up the stairs.
Ten minutes later, Sam was downstairs and decked out in Green Bay Packers gear. The three friends got into Gary's truck and headed to the stadium.
That evening, the three got home at around 11:30. The three were so tired they wanted to fall asleep on the couches. Sam decided she had enough energy left to walk up the stairs and into her room. She walked into her room and stopped. She saw someone in her tree and looked like they were asleep. She walked to her window and saw that it was Hiei. She opened her window quietly and stuck her head out, smiling.
'Boo!' Sam said loudly.
'What the!' Hiei said, jumping three feet in the air and hitting his head on the branch above him. He looked up, rubbing his head, and saw Sam standing there.
'Heehee,' Sam smiled. 'That was funny.'
'No, it wasn't,' Hiei said, glaring at her. 'Where have you been?'
'I was at a football game,' she answered. 'Why are you here?'
'Because I wanted to tell you something.'
'You always need or want to tell me something, Hiei,' she smiled, sitting down next to the fire demon.
'I heard what you said last night, after I left your room,' he said. 'I just want to tell you that I care about you, too.'
'I sorta figured that one out on my own,' she smiled. 'I need to get some sleep. I have school tomorrow.'
'Okay,' Hiei said as the two stood up. 'Good-night, Sam.'
'Night Hiei,' Sam said, climbing through her window.
Me: Well? Whaddya think? Did ya'll like it?
Yuki: Ya'll? Where did that come from?
Me: I dunno. It just sort of came out.
Yuki: Okay…whatever.
Me: Please R&R! Your comments and criticism are greatly appreciated!
