AN: Well, I'd never thought I'd be able to do it, but I did! Here is the final installment of Father, My Father. I had long since lost my inspiration to write it but I still think it came out pretty good considering. Warning: There is some OOC-ness but please don't mind because the scenes are so CUTE!
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Chapter Three
Hiei paced back and forth through his room nervous about the decision he had to make. Was he going to risk letting Yukina be hurt by meeting her father or was she going to become attached to him? And what would Kisuke decide when Hiei released him? Would he go to Ningenkai, stay with him at the compound, or go back to where he was living? If Hiei had his own way, he would his father for what he had done.
Hiei paused and shook his head. If Yukina wanted to meet him, he would let her. If Kisuke did anything to hurt Yukina, Hiei would kill him.
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Hiei hesitantly raised his hand to knock on his sister Yukina's door but never got the chance to because her kids had spotted him coming. The door in front of him swung open and three children, two boys and a girl, tackled him to the ground letting out joyous exclamations of, "Uncle Hiei! Uncle Hiei! You came to see us! Mommy, come quick, Uncle Hiei's here to see us!"
Hiei laughed as the children tried to keep him pinned to the ground but he easily picked them up and stood them on their feet. Yukina came to door laughter reflecting out of her twinkling red eyes. Kuwabara stood behind her laughing and saying, "Looks like the shrimp has found himself in a little pickle."
Hiei stood up laughing. "They certainly act like you, Kuwabara."
Yukina ran out to Hiei and embraced in a sisterly hug. "This is quite a surprise, Hiei. What brings you here?"
Hiei returned his sister's hug and said, "Something urgent has come up in Makai and I was hoping I could talk it over with you."
Yukina smiled then called to her children, "Kids, go inside and play with your father. Your uncle and I have some things to talk about."
"But mom! I wanna play with Uncle Hiei!" the older one, Sano said. He had his mother's red eyes but had his father's curly red hair.
The other two followed suit. Hannru, the middle boy, had his father's black eyes but his father's black hair. "Why can't we play with him? You always have to talk to everyone who comes!"
The youngest one, Suzume, tugged at her mother's kimono and looked up at her with pleading red eyes, "Please kasaan? Please?" Yukina gently picked her daughter up surprised at how hard it was to say no to her. Softly, she whispered, "Listen, when your uncle and I are finished talking, you and your brothers can play with him as much as you want, ok?"
"Yay!" Suzume shouted as she and her brothers ran back into their house.
Yukina laughed at their actions then led Hiei onto their back porch. She went into her house and came out a minute later with a tray of lemonade and ice cream.
"You sure know where my weak spots are don't you sister?" Hiei said while eyeing the tray of treats.
Yukina smiled at him. "Well, we are twins after all. Now, what is so urgent that you surprised us by coming here?"
Hiei's face and attitude turned solemn in seconds. "Well, Yukina, you know how mother died and we were separated and everything? Well," -Hiei paused a moment before continuing-,"I found a man Kisuke. He happens to be our father. We fought for a while before I won. I decided I'd let you decide whether or not you wanted to meet him."
Yukina sat speechless. "You found... our father?"
Hiei nodded and replied, "Hn."
The petite girl looked off into the distance and her head bobbed up and down. "Then yes, I think I would like to meet him."
Hiei's head snapped toward Yukina. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. When do we leave?"
Hiei smiled at Yukina's reply. "We can leave in the morning if you'd like."
"Ok." Yukina looked inside her house, back at Hiei and with a devilish grin called, "Children! I'm done with Uncle Hiei so you can play with him!"
Within a minute, the children had swarmed onto Hiei and were wrestling with him in the Kuwabara's green lawn while Kuwabara stood next to his wife on their porch laughing at the playful scene.
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Hiei led Yukina to the door of Kisuke's room where he was staying. He began to raise his hand to knock but paused and asked Yukina again, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Yukina smiled. "You've asked me this many times. I'm sure I want to do this."
"Hn." Hiei knocked on the door and waited as Kisuke opened the door. Kisuke saw the young girl standing next to Hiei and asked, "Who's this girl?"
Yukina took a step back surprised at how blunt this man is and was about to tell him so when Hiei took charge by grabbing Kisuke's collar and throwing him up against the wall. "Baka!" he shouted. "This is your daughter Yukina. My twin. And if you do or say anything to hurt her, I will kill you myself."
Hiei dropped Kisuke to the floor and Kisuke stood up grasping his throat for air. "All right, you've made your point."
Yukina looked at Hiei. "Hiei," she asked sweetly, "can we talk alone for a little while?"
Hiei looked at Yukina shocked. He wanted to be there to make sure he didn't do anything to her but if Yukina wanted to be alone, he would oblige. Nodding his head in response, he left the room and shut the door behind him.
Kisuke was the first to speak. "I'm sorry I offended you. You just look a lot younger than Hiei."
Yukina smiled. "He's been through a lot more then I ever will."
Kisuke's head turned toward the floor making a point to stare at his feet for he was ashamed that his leaving the twins' mother had cause so much hurt.
Yukina sensed this and walked over to Kisuke and proceeded to put her arms around his neck in and embrace. Kisuke was surprised and he gently returned the embrace. "Why?" he asked. "Why do you accept me and you don't even know me?"
Yukina pulled back and stared at her father with love shining brightly in her crimson orbs. "Why? Because I know without you, I wouldn't have the brother that I have. I wouldn't have come to Ningenkai and met my husband, Kuwabara. And most of all, I wouldn't have the three kids that I do."
Kisuke continued to look at Yukina with awe amazed that a person who had been through so much pain and bitterness was able to accept him without even knowing him. "So you forgive me?"
Yukina nodded. "Yes I do and if you get the chance to come to Ningenkai, then I think you'll enjoy meeting your grandkids."
Kisuke laughed. "I'm sure I'll enjoy that. But tell me, why do you accept me and your brother doesn't?"
Yukina looked towards the door and back at Kisuke with sadness on her face. "He's been through so much pain and hurt in his life that it's very difficult for him to accept anyone. He's still very cold-hearted on the inside. Maybe one day he'll come to accept to you."
"Maybe I will, maybe I won't," a voice from the doorway spoke.
Kisuke and Yukina turned their heads around to see Hiei standing there. Hiei continued, "You don't understand. There's just too much that time itself cannot erase. Thieves raised me and they abandoned me. I wasn't a boy anymore but a man. I never had anyone to love me or show me how to love. I never knew the joy of love until I met Yukina. Then it changed. I accept you as my father but I don't accept you as a person yet. That's why I talked to Mukuro and we decided that you can stay on here as a guard."
Kisuke was confused. "How? I'll die in a few months from these parasites in me."
A familiar redhead appeared behind Hiei. "That's why I'm here. I have some remedies that will cure you if you take them faithfully. That way, the relationship between you and my friend here will heal the best that it can."
Yukina stood and clapped her hands. "So it's settled now. We are a family physically but I think I can help heal emotions quicker."
Kisuke and Hiei looked at each other then looked at Yukina and asked in unison, "How?"
One week later
"Spin me higher! Spin me higher!" Suzume shouted at her grandfather who was busy making the girl be an airplane. Kisuke laughed and threw her high into the air and gracefully caught her.
Meanwhile, Sano and Hannru were busy tackling their uncle and father and holding wrestling matches in the grass. Yukina and Mukuro stood on the porch laughing at the happy scene.
"Suzume!" Yukina called to her daughter.
Suzume came running to her mother and embraced her. Looking up at her with twinkling eyes, she asked, "Yes, mommy?"
Yukina leaned down and whispered something in Suzume's ear. She smiled and called out, "Sano! Hannru! Uncle Hiei! Grandpa! Daddy! You guys have to play football now!"
Kuwabara ran over and threw his little girl up and embraced her. "How are we going to do that sweet pea? We need one extra person!"
Suzume kissed her father's cheek and exclaimed, "Aunt Mukuro's going to play!"
Mukuro looked at her niece curiously. "I am?"
By that time Hiei had run up on the porch. "Yes you are," he said picking her up and promptly throwing her into the grass.
Mukuro quickly stood up shocked at what her husband had just done. "Get back here, Hiei!" she shouted angrily then chased him up and down the yard throwing everyone into a tizzy. Before long, Hiei, Mukuro, Kuwabara, Sano, Hannru and Kisuke were all involved in a multi-level pile on all the while laughing their heads off.
Yukina and Suzume stood on the porch laughing at the happy scene.
AN: Well, there you go. This is the end of the story. My second completed chapter story. WOOT! Whatever happens next is left to your imagination. Oh, and if you would be so kind as to leave a review, I would appreciate it. My goal was to get 15 so I'll see what happens. Thanks again for reading!
