Title: Forbidden Love Author: Sapphire-Amethyst

S.A.: Second chapter! And I'm hurrying myself because of all the problems that came my way.

Hiei: Like what?

S.A.: Ask Sanzo or the others. I don't want to repeat it all over again.

Hiei: Hn. Fine. You'll just lie if you tell it to me anyway.

S.A.: Yeah, I will.

Kurama: S.A. doesn't own YYH.

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Chapter 2: The Girl Meets the Rekai Tantei

"Are you sure you want to let her stay here?" Kurama asked.

"I'm sure, Kurama," Hiei answered.

"But she might give us trouble," Yusuke said.

"I'll take care of her, so don't you go worrying or thinking about her, especially one baka over there who's thinking about her now, even if you still haven't seen her," Hiei glared at Kuwabara, who smiled innocently.

"But why do you want to let her stay?" Kurama asked. "It's unusual for you to get attached to a girl, especially one who lost her memory."

"Hn. That's none of your business, kitsune," Hiei replied.

Kurama began thinking and after a moment, said, "Come to think of it, she is injured. And that poison that was inside her could have killed her if we didn't remove it earlier. The poison was spreading too fast inside her. She's still recovering from her injuries and that poison. And in that condition, if she's a youkai, she's still weak to be left in the Makai and defend for herself. I think we could let her stay."

"Really?" Kuwabara asked, obvious that he didn't want the girl to leave. Kurama nodded and Kuwabara whooped in the air, only to be glared by Hiei.

"Umm..." the group turned sharply to the one who spoke: It was the girl. Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at the girl, while Hiei only sighed.

"She's beautiful," Kurama whispered.

Hiei, though secretly, admitted that Kurama was right. The girl, with her long, blue hair and sapphire-like eyes, reminded them of the ocean, a calm one, which calmed their minds one by one. The part where there were no bandages showed white, smooth skin. She was still wearing her clothes, which also added to her look. The guys were surprised that her height was only of Hiei's but they ignored it.

Hiei sighed, "Why are you out of bed?"

The girl smiled weakly, "Well, I was getting tired of lying, so I decided to look for you." Her smile disappeared as she closed her eyes and dropped. Hiei caught her before she touched the ground.

The girl opened her eyes and smiled again, "Thank you for helping me."

"Hn," Hiei looked away, "That's fine." He helped the girl up and said, "Looks like you still need to rest."

"No," the girl answered, "I don't want to lie down. I want to meet your friends." She stared at Hiei and Hiei stared back. Why does it have to be this girl? Hiei thought, I have just met her but she's already getting the best of me. "Fine," he said, "If that's what you want."

"I'm Minamino Shuichi," Kurama began, "You can call me Kurama."

"I'm Urameshi Yusuke," Yusuke said, "Nice to meet ya!"

"And I'm Kazuma Kuwabara," Kuwabara pointed to himself with his thumb confidently. "I'm here to help, so don't be shy to call my name," he held the girl's hands. The girl was shocked to move while Hiei first glared and in a matter of seconds, had Kuwabara beaten up and slammed to the wall.

Just then, a girl with blue hair and red eyes and also Hiei's height entered the room and said, "It's time for dinner, minna-san. Oh you're awake!" she added when she saw the girl. "I'm Yukina, and who are you?" she asked. All eyes turned to the girl.

"Well, that's the thing I would tell all of you," she said, holding up her necklace and examining the gem. "I saw a carving here that reads 'Airin'. I think it's my name, but I'm not sure."

"It really might be your name," an old woman with curly, pink hair appeared at the door.

"Genkai?" Yukina turned to the old woman, "I thought you wanted to stay in the dinner room?"

"You were taking so long I decided to look," Genkai answered. She turned to the sapphire-eyed girl, "We took a look at that gem and also saw that carving. You know, parents usually give their children accessories with their children's names on it. Now I think that that carving is your name. Don't you agree?"

The sapphire-eyed girl nodded and looked down at the gem again, "So Airin's my name..." She smiled.

"Well, everybody, it's dinner time," Kurama shouted around, "So, shall we eat?"

Everybody went out to the dinner room and Hiei and Airin were left alone. Before Airin could say anything, Hiei lifted her up and walked after the others. "What are you doing?" Airin asked.

"Hn. I said I'll take care of you. But I don't want to take a long time to walk. You're still slow," Hiei answered. He put Airin down before they entered the dining room and Hiei let Airin go first, then he followed.

Airin saw a long but low table with pads surrounding it in the dining room. Everybody was already around the table and only four more pads were vacant. Hiei sat next to Airin and they began eating with the others.

"Where's Botan and Keiko?" Yusuke asked.

"Keiko's staying in her friend's house for tonight," Kurama replied, "While Botan's doing some job for Koenma."

"Who're Keiko and Botan?" Airin whispered.

"You'll see them tomorrow," Hiei answered.

After they ate, everybody was sleepy and yawning. Hiei led Airin to her room. "This is your room," Hiei said, "I'm across. Kurama's on the left of your room while Yukina's on the right. Yusuke's on the left of my room while that baka Kuwabara's on the other side." He looked straight at Airin, "It better be important if you want to call me or else..."

"I know, I know," Airin smiled, "You don't have to threaten me. Goodnight, Hiei."

"Hn," Hiei turned around, "Goodnight to you, too." He went inside his room and Airin closed the door. She laid on her bed and whispered, "Thank you, Hiei..."

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S.A.: Thank God I finished this chapter.

Kurama: You must have gotten ideas from your bicycling.

S.A.: Yep!

Hiei: And I saw you almost went for that ditch.

S.A.: Good thing I was able to turn away.

Sanzo: Good for you.

Hakkai: I agree.

S.A.: ~grinning~ I have such kind friends! Please R&R!