Chapter 12. (I don't own the yuyu gang...but again I wish I did. Oh well.)

(My pov)

I trained till noon then went in. I walked in to see Hiei at the window staring out it, Kurama was sitting in the living room reading, and the idiots were playing a video game. "Did you train well?" Kurama asked kindly. "Yes very well...Where's Johnny?" I asked Kurama. "He's packing to leave tomorrow." I nodded, and went to his room.

His door was open. "Knock, knock, May I come in?" I asked playfully. Johnny turned with a smile on his face. "Come on in sis." I smiled, walked in, and took a seat on his bed. "So you guys are goin' after Ryan tomorrow...just be careful, okay?" I nodded as a knot formed in my throat. I hated slow good byes.

"We never did anything for my birthday...and we still haven't played the game you wanted to play." I stated. He stopped what he was doing and looked up at me, "You're right we didn't! Ah fuck this shit...we're goin' to go ahead, and do something for your birthday right now." I gave a nervous laugh at how Johnny took the info I gave him.

He grabbed my hand, and took me into the living room. "He guys help me out here!" He said getting everyone's attention. "What Johnny?" Yusuke asked. "Dawn's birthday...I promised we would do something...could ya'll help out?" They nodded. I was blushing madly now. "God is she blushing?" I looked away so no one else would see.

"Kurama would ya bake a cake?" I looked up at Johnny. "Man, you don't have to go all out for my birthday!" I said embarrassed. "Aw, come on sis you deserve it...anyways I'm not goin' to be here after tomorrow why not go out with a bang?" I let my head hang low. "Is she okay?" I looked through my hair to see Yusuke coming towards me. When he was right there in front of me I kicked him in the stomach.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, detective...you should know by now not to get too close. In any way." I mumbled the last part. "I'm goin' to go get her something...I want one of you to stay and look after her while Kurama bakes the cake.

You see she has a tendency to want to peek." I rolled my eyes, and shook my head, "No I have a tendency on following you to see what I get." I smiled at the good old days. "Yeah, peek...so who's comin' who's gonna watch her?" Yusuke and Kuwabara said they would go, and Hiei just gave a hn. "Okay Hiei I guess you'll be watching her. Um, do you want us to get you anything for her?"

"Hn." Johnny shrugged, and left with the idiots. I sat down on the couch as Kurama got up, and went to make a cake. "Johnny has a tendency to make me feel like I'm... five again." I stated. "I can see...he could make anyone feel that way." I looked at Hiei in disbelief. "You actually said something without saying hn, or saying it coldly." I said.

Hiei rolled his eyes. It then started to grow quiet. But then Hiei asked me something that was so unlike him. "You don't like me do you?" My eyes went wide at the question. "Like as in what? As a friend, or is there another meaning to that?" I asked him. He began to blush, "Oh that meaning...why do you like me?" I asked him softly. He began to go red in the face, and that made me start to blush.

"I'm guessing that's a yes on both our parts." I said calmly. He didn't say anything. "Hiei, if you think I hate you because of what I said out there...I'm just upset." He looked at me I could tell because I felt his eyes on me as I looked down at my hands. "You see I've killed for so long, but all the while I had been killing myself as while..." He interrupted me.

"I've heard. I was still in the room." I shook my head, "I know that! It's just when I went to the library I went to tell Kara about a memory I had...One that told me what happened to me. She started talking about a prophecy saying I would kill all of the brethren, and make a new one. I told her I wouldn't...even if I wanted to kill them...I wouldn't do it with out a reason." I sighed shaking feeling cold all of a sudden.

"You see when I saw you guys join the chase after me I decided to change, and only kill if needed like you guys...but even still I feel a part of me dying. My hunting side...I feel like I've been put in a cage." I stated thinking, why am I pouring my heart out again? "I know how that feels." I looked up at Hiei.

"You're full of havoc and chaos, and you been forced to not be able to let it out." I stated. "Dawn what kind of cake do you like?" I looked up to see Kurama standing there smiling slyly. "Red velvet...with vanilla icing. DO we have any ice cream!" I hadn't had any in a while. "Yeah...but Hiei usually doesn't share." I sighed at the thought. "I'll share with her." That shocked me. I turned, and looked at Hiei, "You will?" He nodded smirking.

"Okay...I'll be right back." I said smiling at them. "Oh no you don't...you aren't leaving the room unless Hiei follows you." I folded my arms over my chest, "I was only goin' to go get something!" I said. Kurama giggled, and went back to the kitchen, and Hiei looked back out the window. While they weren't watching I ran down the hallway to my room to grab a gift for them. Two necklaces Killer had once loved.

One was silver like the stars, and the other golden like the sun in a way. I then ran back to find a piping hot pissed off fire demon. "I told you I was goin' to get something." I said smiling at him nervously. I walked to Kurama first, and gave him the gold one. "Thank you...but what for?" I smirked, "You guys are my friends, and I don't wear men's jewelry. They once belonged to Killer. Anyways he would want me to do this." I said going over to Hiei.

"One gold and one silver. One day, one night; one dark friend, and one light friend." I said putting Hiei's necklace on him. "I didn't think Hiei would like a golden day like necklace, when he likes black so much; so I gave him the silver one. And Kurama, please, you are like the day itself." I got a giggle from him.

I could feel Hiei's eyes on me as I put the necklace on him. Once done I took a step back, and looked into his eyes. "Thank you, Dawn." I smiled. He actually said my name this time...and here I thought he didn't know it.

I felt him enter my mind. Why would I not know your name? I mean a girl who can match me...I think I would know the name every well. I smiled at Hiei. I sat back down on the couch, and watched as music videos came on. We believe from Good Charlotte came on. I had just started singing out of nowhere...but I went on singing the whole song softly. I don't know why I did, but I sang that song in a happy yet sad sort of way.

I looked at Hiei who seemed to have enjoyed it. I blushed and looked away. I looked towards the kitchen to see Kurama peeking out. "God help me." I whispered to myself blushing. "That was you? You sounded great." I shook my head. "I swear Kurama you're starting to sound like Kuwabara soon you might start acting like him. Please we don't need another fool on the team." I tried to hold back a laugh at what Hiei just said to Kurama.

Hiei sat down beside me. That was odd enough because he always sat at the window. "You feelin' well?" I asked him. He gave me a hn, and went back to his window. I had only been joking with him, but I guess he wasn't the joking type of person. I went over, and sat there at the window with him. He had one side, and I had the other respecting each others personal space. "I'm sorry I was just joking." I said looking out the window. "Forget it, onna." I rolled my eyes. "Here we go again with calling me onna! Well at least you're not calling me a bitch." I stated getting his attention. "Who's called you that?" I got the message I had said to much. "Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said anything." I said looking out the window.

"Who called you that onna!" I looked at Hiei. "You seemed pissed at the person...why?" I asked him slyly. "Don't change the subject onna!" I growled at him for raising his voice at me. "Answer the question why should I tell you?" I asked him sternly. "Because onna I like you." I closed my eyes, and opened my mind.

"Do you love me or like me Hiei...there's a difference." I stated calmly in mind. "Hn onna..." I looked at him. "Dawn...I love..." Hiei was interrupted when Johnny and them came bursting in through the back door. "Honey I'm home!" Kuwabara said. I cringed at him saying that. "Can we kill him now or later?" I asked Hiei getting a smirk out of him. "I wish, but we can't." I growled at the thought of not being able to.

"The cake is ready." I groaned at the sound of Kurama saying that. "Come on Sis." I rolled my eyes, and went into the kitchen as Yusuke and Kuwabara snickered. I sat at the table, and looked at the stupid cake. "I only put three candles on it since I wouldn't be able to put the exact number." I shrugged, and blew out the candles bored with doing this year after year. "What did you wish for?" Kuwabara asked. I smiled wickedly, and looked at Hiei who knew exactly what I wished for.

"Are you sure you want to know?" I asked him slyly. "I wouldn't answer that." Johnny mumbled. "Yeah what did ya wish for?" I looked to the ceiling then to him. "I wished you would jump off the cliff, but I know you won't. So it was a waste." I said getting a glare from Kuwabara. "Hey, I have feelings to ya know? Anyway why would ya wish that?" I rolled my eyes, and looked at Hiei. "He's as stupid as he is ugly." Yusuke began to laugh, and soon there was a fight goin' on between them.

Johnny looked at Kurama and Hiei, and noticed the necklaces. "Those were Killer's." He whispered. I nodded, "He would want them to have them as a gift. For them beginning kind to us." I said softly. "Why so soft spoken sis?" I shook my head. "No reason...so can we get the gifts over with, or are we goin' to wait for the grass to grow?" Johnny smirked, and grabbed a red box. He gave it to me, and said it would be from Kurama. Kurama said thanks to him for getting it for me. I opened it dreading what would be in it. It was a kimono.

"Thanks...I actually thought it might be worse, but thanks." I pulled it out to get a better look at it. It was a black with red seams. It had a silver dragon on the right shoulder. "Now how did ya know this was so me?" I said looking at Kurama smiling. "I had seen it once, and then when we started to finally get to know you well it clicked." I nodded, and gently placed it back in its box.

"Mine next!" Yusuke said thrusting a purple box into my hands. "Okay...should I be scared, or disgusted?" I asked looking at Johnny. "Open it and find out." I hesitantly opened the box to find a silver dress with daggers. "I didn't know if the legend about silver was true, so I went with my gut." I smiled. I actually liked it which seemed weird. "Thanks...I have to say this is very nice." I said softly looking at the gift.

"So you like it...good." I shook my head, and looked at Yusuke. "Well it's better then what it could have been." He nodded as Johnny handed me my next gift. The gift was in a small black box. "From me sis...hope you like it." I smiled, and opened it with out a word. "Ah...You didn't!" He smiled, and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah, well ya know...You deserve it." I rolled my eyes as I smiled at him. "What is it?" Yusuke asked. "It's a necklace that I've wanted for a while. A cat's eye." I said pulling it out, and showing them. "Ah, dude! That's one good necklace." I smirked. "A necklace is my favorite. You see I've always had a thing for cat's eye jewels." I stated putting it on, and jumping up hugging Johnny for my gift.

"Now for mine!" I grimaced at the way Kuwabara handed me the box. "Thanks." I said trying to hide that I wanted to rip his head off. I opened this box to find a stuffed cat. "Thank you...I guess." I said looking at this stupid cat. "Told you she would like it." I felt like barfing then, but I took a deep breathe. I put the box down on the table as Johnny held one last gift in his hand.

"Hiei's gift though I didn't know what he wanted to buy for you. I did my best at guessing with this guy." I giggled at how Johnny was acting. "I think you have a little secrete that you aren't telling me." I said taking it from him. I opened it to find cloak, some sort of head dress, and a flexible suit. "Oh my...you must really want to see me fight Ryan in fashion." I said laughing.

"You could put it like that...Or like you could put it like you can move better in this material then the clothes that you have. The cloak can hide you better in the shadows, and I thought you would like the head dress." I smiled at Johnny. "I don't know if Hiei would've picked this stuff, but hey who's to say he wouldn't." I said kindly. "Okay, time for cake!" I moved out of the way with my gifts while Yusuke and Kuwabara started attacking the cake.

I went into the living room with my gifts. "Hey Hiei would you like to burn something for me?" I asked him smirking. "Sure." I gave him the stuffed cat. "I'm not five so would you burn that?" He nodded, and the cat went into flames. "You actually got shorty to talk." Yusuke said coming over to us. "What's burning?" I looked back as Kuwabara came. "I think I'll try on my clothes." I said smiling at them all, and running to my room.

(Hiei's pov)

"What's up with that? What's burning?" Kuwabara asked. I let the dust of the stuffed animal fall to the floor. "Don't worry about it." I stated coldly. I walked towards Dawn's room when Yusuke and Kuwabara started owing me. "Can't wait to see her in those suits can you?" Yusuke said making me blush slightly. Thank goodness I wasn't facing them at the moment. "Hn, idiots...why would I care?" I asked them as I walked on.

(My pov)

I had just changed into my new kimono about to walk out the door. When I did open it Hiei was standing there. "Hiei...What's up?" I asked him blushing. I had nearly bumped into him. My heart began to race again. I could feel his start to do the same. Hiei was just standing there. "Hiei I have to show the others." I said shyly. "You had wanted to know..." His voice began to drift off as my blood began to boil.

"I had wanted to know how you felt..." Even I couldn't say it, and I was the bad ass acting girl. I could feel my blood rise to my face. "I...I love you." Hiei said blushing worse then I was. I then heard Johnny coming down the hallway. "So that's what you're doin'." I looked at the ground so my hair would fall in my face; so he wouldn't see me blushing.

"You look good in the kimono sis." I smiled still looking at the ground. "Thanks Johnny. Did you need something?" I asked finally looking him in the face. "Yeah...or did Hiei tell you him self?" Johnny asked smirking. "That's who you felt...Johnny! I'm goin' to rip your head off for not telling me sooner. I could have found away to handle this better." I shouted waving a fist at Johnny.

"Ah, come on sis I was goin' to tell you yesterday, but you were pretty bushed. So come on give a brother a break." I sighed, "You're so cruel at times." He smirked rubbing the back of his neck. "Yeah well...I have my reasons." I grunted then looked at Hiei. "Hiei I know it's been a short time since we first met, but I love you too. You were quiet and didn't ask me stupid questions. You acted normal around me when Killer was killed, and you never once acted like those idiots. I thank you for those things. There were some things about you that got on my nerves such as 'onna', but nothing really big." I stated kindly looking him in the eyes.

"Aw, I'm so glad I could see this." I looked behind Johnny to find Yusuke. I then looked back at Hiei, "You might not be quite the ladies man, but whoever needs to be? I see Yusuke who can be way too cocky, and then Kurama acting so for peace at almost all times. So tell me would you like to be like them because of girls hanging all over them...or would you like to be the way you are...the way I like you?" I asked him smirking.

Hiei smirked at me giving me his answer with his eyes. "That's what I thought." I whispered to him. I then waked around all three of them, and went to show Kurama. I got to the living room and started wishing I hadn't left the room. "Wow you look good Dawn!" Kuwabara said his eye about to pop out of his head. Kurama came out of the kitchen to see. He had his piece of cake in hand (On a plate if you're too stupid to think.). "You look very nice...We're all going to have to go out tonight with Johnny...somewhere nice." I nodded, and walked back to my room.

Johnny was walking down the hallway smirking when I passed him. "What's so funny?" I asked him. Even Yusuke was acting that way. I got to my room, and closed the door. I turned to find Hiei at the balcony door. "Okay...tell me why were they acting like that?" I asked Hiei. "Smirking not talking to you?" I nodded. "They found out I kissed you...and they were saying how cute...and just joking around about it." I was glade that's all it was. "Well if that's it that isn't the worst thing." I stated going over to my gifts on the bed.

"You are so calm about it...why are you so understanding?" Hiei asked me. "Because I've been in worse spots then this...do you really want to know who's called me a bitch?" I asked him. He nodded, "I knew a group of people before Killer and Johnny found me. Weren't the nicest of bunches let's just say that. I was about forty, and they took me in. They promised that nothing would happen to me, but when their promise was broken...my patients for them flew out the window." I stated before I went on. "You see the thing is I was about raped, but when I fought off the bastard who almost did the others started fighting me...let's just say their asses were mine." I gritted my teeth at the thought of what happened so long ago. The good thing was I fought him off before he could do anything to me.

"They what!" I looked at Hiei. He wasn't pleased with what they did. "As I said at least you're no calling me a bitch." I said walking over to him. "You and Killer are the nicest guys I've ever met. It was hard to lose Killer, but if I lose you tomorrow...I'll make sure we both die then. This is a war that we're goin' to fight tomorrow. This is to keep vampires from feeding any given time they want...This is to keep them of the streets during the day." I said looking into his eyes.

"I can't be weak while battling Ryan...and the bad thing is I found my other weakness." Hiei looked at me a little confused. "You Hiei if Ryan finds out...he'll use it against me. I can't watch you die." Hiei looked away from my eyes.

The bad thing was I didn't need him to act like this. I need him to understand, and try to comfort me. "I'm sorry I'm such a weakness for you." He said coldly. "No...It's not like that. Okay...how to explain it? Okay...would you like to see me die right there in front of you?" He looked back at me in shock. The look alone told me what he was thinking.

"Exactly...It's the same way on my part. It's my weakness because Ryan will give me a choice to make. To let the brethren walk out in the day, and be able to live through it to save your life...or let you die and fight for the lives of the humans." I said sadly looking at the ground.

"And what would you choose?" I looked up at him, "I can't say because either way I lose." I said as tears formed in my eyes. "I would want you to choose to save the others...the humans." That didn't help me. I began crying silently and wishing there were other ways of saving the world. There was always a price to pay. I felt Hiei hug me to him, and was shocked. But I had to say I was happy to be in his arms.

"I want to make you happy at least for tonight if not for the rest of your life." I looked up at Hiei as tears stung my cheeks. The sun was setting behind us, it made a perfect setting for me to look out and see what I wanted. Peace...something I had never experienced. I looked back at Hiei to end up getting kissed again.

The kiss lasted about five minutes, but it ended because I heard a howl in the distance. "That's not good." I said softly. I pushed myself out of his arms, and grabbed my fighting suit that Johnny picked out for Hiei to give me. I ran into the bathroom, and quickly changed breaking a time record of four minutes making my new record two minutes and thirty seconds. I ran out of the bathroom, grabbed my Sun Dragon Blade. I then jumped off the balcony, and went to find whoever it was.

The howls came from the woods. I stopped where they were coming from, and looked around to find no one there from what I could see. I smelt someone around me, and good did they smell. They needed to take a bath soon they smelled of wet dog and death. I turned to find the person the smell was coming from. "Kiara?" I asked her.

Memories flooded my mind. How did I know this girl? "Dawn so nice to see you again. This is the last time you see a sunset. So tell me did you enjoy your last night on earth?" She asked me evilly. "Yes very much...let's get this over with." I said sharply. When I said this she lounged at me, but I moved out of the way just in time. "Tell me why you will even try to fight me Dawn, I'm stronger then you. I'm mixed like you now." I shrugged, "I will fight back till the day I die." She smiled, and came after me again. "And that day is to day!"

I pulled out my sword, and before she could move out of the way I cut her arm off. "You bitch!" She screamed looking down at her arm. "Never be too eager and rush into things you never know what your opponent will do." I stated. "Yes well understood, but it's my orders to kill you here and now." I shrugged, and just stood there.

"And once they do make it to where the others can walk in the day like you...they're goin' to lock you up in chains against the wall again, and make you watch as your precious friends are drained of their life." I growled and ran at her because of that comment. She didn't anticipate that I would do such a thing so she was hurt again, but this time she moved out of the way in time to keep her other arm.

"I won't allow it!" I screamed charging at her again. "I beat your record of taking out three s class demons in fifteen minutes. I'm stronger then you." She said. I shrugged, "Just because you beat a record of mine...it doesn't make you any stronger." I stated hitting her in her other arm again.

She again moved out of the way before her arm could come off. "Sorry I need this." I laughed at her, "Yes you would to fight back when they decide to feed off you as well." I said standing there. She shook her head and charged at me. I dropped my blade and got ready to call my dragon out again.

The dragon appeared on my arm before she got to close. "Devil's Dragon!" I screamed holding my arm out towards where she was. It flew right off my arm, and hit her directly. "No one anticipates that." I said cruelly as she was rammed into at the least five different trees. My dragon then came back to me, and reclaimed its place on my arm. It stayed there, and didn't disappear this time. I picked up my blade and walked over to Kiara.

"Some powerful person you are. You're almost crisp brown and burnt bitch." I said looking down at her. "I won't give up to you." She said coldly but in pain. "I didn't think you would bitch." I said sheathing my blade, and holding my hands out towards her. "What are you doin'?" She asked in fear. "I'm goin' to kill your ass for even come near my nick of the woods." I stated as a blue and purple light started forming in my hands. "Spirit Shock Wave!" I screamed. I watched as her body only became dust in the wind. As soon as she was surely dead I stopped the blast, and walked back to the palace. Well I know what's been on Ryan's mind...my death and the death of others.

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