Recap:
"Hiei, can you promise me something?" she asked
"What?"
"Can you promise not to leave me?"
"No one can promise that." He said. That seemed to upset her, so he added, "But I can try to, if that's what you want.
Part Three:
Yukina smiled. "Thank you, brother."
There was a knock on the door and Yusuke shouted, "Are you two done bonding?"
"Yes. You can come back in now." Yukina sounded genuinely happy.
They all returned in.
"Kei, what kind of demon are you?" Hiei asked suddenly.
Turning, Kei scanned him with her red eyes. "Why?"
"I've never heard of a demon that has secrets revealed to it before." That was a lie. He had heard things in recent years…
"I'm a mix." She said vaguely.
"Oh really? Of what degree?" Kurama asked, pretty curious himself.
"Half and half. Fire and wolf." She flashed a smile and Hiei noticed her small fangs.
"How old are you?" Kurama asked.
"That's a rude question!" Yusuke said. "So…how old are you?" He asked Kei anyway.
"About twenty-five human years." She said.
Kurama stifled a chuckle. "That's little more than an infant in demon years."
His words were kind, but they struck a nerve. "What is that supposed to mean?" She asked sharply.
Kurama was a bit startled by her tone. "Nothing. I was just commenting."
"Okay then."
Hiei was processing what he had just heard. Half wolf, half fire…and secrets are revealed…could it be? In the last three years he was in demon world he had heard rumors of a young demon rising in the ranks before she left for human world. What he heard hadn't seemed important at the time, and he had ignored it. But now the very demon was standing next to his sister, and he couldn't recall what had been said.
Yusuke pounded him on his shoulder, snapping him back to reality. "I'll be right back. I gotta call Keiko. You and Kurama be good while I'm gone."
Hiei glared at him. "We should be telling you that."
Yusuke just grinned. When he walked out the door, everyone sat down, somewhere. Kuwabara and Yukina sat together on the couch. Kurama sat in an armchair, and Hiei perched himself on a lamp. Seeing this, Kei grinned and imitated him on the lamp across the room.
Hiei didn't like that, so he moved to the floor. Kei did the same thing, a smile hinting at her lips.
By now the others were watching them with amusement. Hiei hopped to the top of the couch, and Kei did the same. He moved to a table, Kei did the same. Every time he moved she followed him. Finally he said something. "It's no surprise how young you are, playing childish games such as this."
Kei stood up so fast she knocked over a vase, which Kuwabara dived to save and missed. Luckily, Kei caught it with her foot, while glaring at Hiei. Yukina giggled.
"Oh, honey, by now you should know Kei can catch anything she knocks over."
What happened next was quite a display. Hiei whipped around to face his sister as Kurama stood up to prevent Hiei from doing anything drastic. Kei grinned evilly as she threw the vase upwards with her foot, hitting Kuwabara with her foot as she did so. Yukina caught the vase but bopped Kurama on the head while doing so, causing him to stumble backwards into one of the lamps Hiei had sat on. Hiei caught the lamp and whacked Kuwabara in the head with it. That was intentional.
"What do you mean 'honey?'" Hiei said as he lifted the lamp off Kuwbara's head. He was so tense he snapped it in half in his grasp. His knuckles were white.
"Yukina and I are together now." Kuwabara said stupidly. "Didn't you guess? She is in my house at midnight."
Hiei had neglected to look at a clock, but there's nothing wrong with that. Now harsh reality crashed upon him. "Yo-You two…together?"
"Yep. They're together!" Kei threw her arm around Hiei's shoulders and grinned at him mercilessly. "Don't worry big brother, I play chaperone."
It was a strange moment to realize this, but Kei was the same size as Hiei. Thrown off by this unexpected discovery, Hiei was almost distracted from his quest to beat the shit out of Kuwabara. Almost.
Pushing Kei's arm off of him, Hiei walked up to Kuwabara. Despite his size in comparison to Hiei, Kuwabara backed away like a small child. "Uh…is that going to be a problem?"
Hiei didn't answer. Instead, he pulled out his katana, and Kurama jumped into action.
"Hiei, stay calm now." He said, gently taking the dangerous weapon away from him. "Sit down. Think rationally."
"Yeah man. Be cool." Kei teased.
Hiei turned his attention to Kei, glaring at her. She just grinned and showed off her fangs. "Your little katana doesn't scare me."
"Hiei, why does this upset you so much?" Yukina asked innocently. "Kazuma and I are very happy."
Hiei sighed and fell backwards, defeated. He landed gently on his bottom and stared up at Kurama, holding his hand out expectantly.
"I'm not sure I should give this back to him…" Kurama said, referring to the sword he held in his hands.
"Let me see it," Kei said, snatching it away. She ran her finger down the blade. As she did so she cut her finger open. "That's pretty sharp." She commented, handing it back to Hiei. She licked the blood off her finger. "I need a band-aid." She muttered to herself, walking towards the bathroom.
Both Kurama and Hiei looked a bit confused as to what had just happened, but Yukina and Kuwabara shrugged it off.
"That's just how Kei acts sometimes." Yukina explained. "But she really pleasant company once you get to know her."
Hiei nodded to what his sister said, but he didn't believe her. How could something like that be pleasant company?
There was a knock on the door, and without thinking, Hiei stood up to answer it. It happened to be Botan.
"Hiei? Is that you?" She asked incredulously.
Already bored with talking to her, he glanced away.
"It is you!" She surprised him by hugging him tightly. "And Kurama too! Does that mean Yusuke is back as well?"
Kurama nodded, always being the polite one between himself and Hiei. "Yes, we're all back. I see there have been some changes while we were gone." He was referring to Botan's hair-she had cut it much shorter and gotten a perm-or so it seemed. But she launched into a list of all the things that happened.
"Well, yes. Kei showed up, and then Yukina and Kuwabara got together. Keiko dyed her hair, Genkei renovated the temple…let's see what else…"
Kurama nodded, very confused. "Well, why don't we learn of such changes as we go?"
"Hmm? Oh of course, I shouldn't overwhelm you. Where's Yusuke?"
"Off to find Keiko." Kurama replied.
"Ah, I should have known. I'll wait here then. Where's Kei?"
"I'm here." Kei returned with a small piece of cloth tied around her finger. Yukina giggled when she saw.
"Kei, I've told you before. There's a box of band-aids that stick to your skin in the medicine cabinet."
"Yeah, but I don't like those."
Yukina shook her head. "You have some odd habits Kei."