It's been so long… I had writer's block… But, anyway, let's get the ball rolling!

Chapter 3: Stuff Happens

Yukina began to move the solid blocks of ice with her hands and searched for Touya's handsome form.

"Touya! Can you hear me? Touya!" Yukina called.

Yukina's hands soon became hard to move and she stopped for a moment.

"Oh, what do I do? It's been about half an hour. I wonder if he's still alive. Touya?" Yukina said.

"Ugh," Touya grunted.

"Oh! Hold on, Touya!"

Yukina started moving things with her hands again and within twenty minutes she uncovered Touya's head.

"Thank you," Touya grunted. "I'll finish up. I just needed air."

Touya created ice around his body and slid out through a hole.

"Wow, that was amazing," Yukina announced.

"Thank you. Are you all right?"

"Yes, just cold," Yukina stuttered.

"Come here. I'll teach you something that Kurama once taught me. Kurama had once told me that a really good fighter could control one than one element and so he taught me this."

"Touya, sometimes you will find yourself in what seems like a hopeless predicament. It may be very dark and you may need light. Here let me show you how to use your spirit energy to make a fire."

"But, Master won't that be bad for the part of me that uses ice powers?" Touya asked.

"No, it will not. Don't worry," he chuckled.

Touya showed Yukina how to make one small fire and then put it onto his shirt. He then left to find a dry place to spend the night while Yukina practiced this new technique.

"How are you doing?" Touya asked.

"This is really hard, but I'll do my best," Yukina replied as smoke came out of her hands.

"You really are a hard worker, Hiei must be proud of you," Touya remarked.

"Maybe," Yukina responded.

Yukina never had any idea about what Hiei thought of his little sister. In her mind he barely knew her but, she never knew that she was always under her brother's watchful eye, except now.

"You're so sweet and Hiei's so fiery. Are the two of you really related?" Touya asked.

Yukina chuckled. She knew that her brother and her were almost nothing alike. Sometimes even she would wonder if the two of them were truly related.

"Yukina," Hiei called.

There was no reply in the little house. He had come to check on his sister, leaving her alone with Touya was nothing to feel comfort in. Kurama came in behind him and watched Hiei look around. If it weren't him watching Hiei they would never have seen Hiei's franticness. Hiei and Kurama searched high and low for the twosome.

"Did you find anything?" Hiei asked within an hour.

"No, you?" Kurama retorted.

"Where the hell are they? I'll kill Touya if anything happens to Yukina!" Hiei vowed.

"Relax, Hiei. I'm sure that Touya is taking excellent care of your little sister," Kurama offered.

"That's what I'm afraid of," Hiei grunted.

"Are you cold?" Touya enquired.

"No, I'm just tired," Yukina reacted.

"Rest, you've had a long day. I'll watch the fire," Touya ordered soothingly.

"What about you?"

"I'm fine. I'm used to not getting much sleep."

"All right then, good night," Yukina supposed.

Yukina lay down next to Touya and the fire. Her eyes shut quickly and she drifted into a world of sleep.

The hours flew by and Touya looked at the cave's wall of ice.

"Perhaps," Touya thought.

Touya channeled his spirit energy to his hands and made fire. He began to work on the top of the wall by climbing on top of the other pieces of ice.

Yukina stirred and Touya looked down at her. Yukina rubbed her eyes and looked at him. Touya went on with his business.

"Good morning," Yukina chimed.

"Good morning," Touya answered back.

Yukina climbed on top of the ice, refreshed from a good night's sleep. She too began to take down the wall that blocked them from the outside world. By midday they had uncovered the top of the wall.

Kurama looked at the unnatural look of a wall of ice and climbed to the top. As he climbed a hand shot out and grabbed his hair.

"I think there's an animal out there," he heard Touya say.

Kurama looked at the hand in disapproval it was true that he was a fox demon but, not an animal.

"Oh no, what do we do?" Yukina panicked.

"We can kill it and eat it," Touya retorted.

"No, no don't do that!" Yukina exclaimed.

Hiei stepped up to the wall and began to reach for the hand.

"Let's wait for it to leave," Touya insisted.

"Okay," Yukina agreed.

Hiei peeked through the hole too. Touya let go of Kurama's hair and touched Yukina.

"Let's have some fun while we wait," Touya said.

"I guess."

Touya and Yukina came closer and closer to each other, Hiei's eyes widened.

"Don't you dare!" Hiei shouted.

Hiei broke more ice and yanked Touya out.

"Sensei, Hiei, we didn't know you were there," Touya chuckled.

Yukina giggled behind him and Hiei shot her an angry glare. Hiei pulled Touya closer and Touya stopped laughing.

"It's a very good thing that I'm in a good mood today. Otherwise you'd be dead. First you made Kurama worry and then you pull a stunt like that?" he snarled.

"It was just a joke, Hiei," Yukina tried.

"You think it's funny to lead people on like that, Yukina?"

"No."

Yukina bowed her head down.

"Sensei, what exactly is Hiei happy about?" Touya questioned.

"Oh, nothing. It's rather personal."

This was such a short chapter and I felt I accomplished very little. But, whatever. Your story has been continued and until next time, buh- bye!