Kyla: Well, hello again, people! What's up? Not much with me... Just sitting here bored... ; I hate being bored...
Kura: You could do your chores...
Hiei: Are you kidding? She's too lazy for that...
Kyla: Unfortunately, Hiei's right... for once, I might add...
Hiei: -growls- What was that, Onna?
Kyla: What was what?
Hiei: What you just said.
Kyla: What? What?
Hiei: What?
Kyla: What!
Hiei: What the... .
Kura: Oookay then... Let's just forget about all that...
Kyla: Yea, sounds like a plan to me.
Hiei: Hn, whatever...
Kyla: Yay! Chapter 12! I feel so accomplished!
Kura and Hiei: -sweatdrops-
Hiei: There go her rollercoaster emotions again...
Kyla: -glares- What's your problem?
Hiei: You! You and your stupid human emotions!
Kyla: What about me!
Hiei: You're annoying and change emotions faster than a rollercoaster!
Kyla: -pouts- Kura! I feel bad now! Hiei hurt my feelings!
Hiei: See? SEE! This is exactly what I mean! She can never stay happy, or sad, or mad!
Kura: Alright, calm down... The both of you.
Kyla and Hiei: -grumbles- Fine...
Kura: That's better. Now, for the disclaimer... Kyla only wishes she could own the Yu Yu Hakusho characters and all the kawaii bishounen from anime...
Kyla: -dreamy sigh- Yeah... Anime guys are so much cuter than guys in real life... well, cuter than any of the guys at my school.
Hiei: Hn.
Kyla: Anyway, sit back and enjoy Chapter 12!

A New Dimension, A New Adventure
:Chapter Twelve:
Wake up, Onna...
by
Kyla

"I- I can't believe it... She..." Kuwabara muttered shortly after he, Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei entered the room. The other three nodded in undetstanding. "I mean.. she had been fine not even two and a half hours ago," the carrottop muttered.

"We get it," Yusuke snapped, signaling for the orange-haired boy to fall silent. Danielle unconsiously sighed and shifted in her slumber, and the boys held their breaths, wishing the brunette would wake up, but she never woke, merely moved around slightly. The guys sighed in disappointment and looked away, unsure of what to do or how to act.

Each pulled up a chair, except for Hiei, and sat down, gathered still around the bed. Silence reigned throughout the room for at least another hour until a nurse walked in. Her eyes softened at the sight of the boys all grouped worriedly around the patient's bed.

"Excuse me," she whispered from the doorway, not wanting to startle them. That didn't work as all four jumped and spun around. All were glaring at the nurse except for the redhead. "I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over... You have to leave," she said quietly, holding a clipboard in her hands.

"No," Hiei answered stubbornly and turned back to the bed. He didn't want to leave Danielle alone, especially not when she was injured like that.
"Hiei... We have to," the yoko sighed and gave Yusuke and Kuwabara the you'd-better-agree-with-me-or-else look. They gulped and nodded, standing to put their chairs back up.
"No," Hiei repeated. What part of NO did they not understand? How could they so willingly leave her here, all alone and hurt so badly? He was infuriated, clenching his fists tightly to relieve some of his anger.
"We'll come back tomorrow," Kurama persisted and laid a hand on the small demon's shoulder, only to have it shrugged off. "I promise you, Hiei. She'll be fine. But, we have to leave right now," he said more sternly.

Hiei gritted his teeth but silently nodded, clenching his fists so tight, his claws starting to sink into his flesh. Kurama gave the fire demon a reassuring smile and walked over to the door, where Yusuke and Kuwabara had previously exited. The nurse bid them fairwell as Hiei exited the room and followed his three companions out of the hospital and back to the car.

Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama all climbed into the car as the fourth member turned to look back, locating which window led to Danielle's room. The lights were out in that and many other rooms, and his crimson eyes softened some. When Kurama looked back out his window to see why Hiei wasn't getting into the car yet, he saw no one there.

"Hiei!" he hissed in aggrivation and tried to locate the demon's energy signal. He was hopping from each windowsill until he got to one on the third floor. Kurama scowled but let Hiei do what he wanted. He wouldn't have been able to make the stubborn demon come with him, even if he really wanted to.

The window to Room 312 opened, and a silent shadow slid into the room, quickly reshutting the window so the cool air couldn't sneak in as well. Then, the dark figure made his way over to the bed, where Hiei perched himself at the end of the bed. "Come on, Onna," he whispered frowning, "You still have to do what I say for three more days, and I'm commanding you to wake up... Now!"

Danielle didn't even twitch though. It was like she couldn't hear a thing, but that wasn't really true... She was aware of what everyone was saying, but she was shrouded in darkness, feeling too cold and dettached to do anything. So, she merely remained in her coma while Hiei sat by her side all night and into the early morning.

Hiei'd accidently fell asleep at about midnight though and woke to find himself slumped across Danielle's legs. He blinked away his sleep and slowly sat up, eyes darting immediately over to the brunette, hoping she would yawn and wake up then bonk him on the head for being in her room or something, but.. no such luck...
Experimently, he gently grabbed her hand, cradling it in his own. What could this hurt? There was no one around to see him, and Danielle wasn't even awake, so why not? He gave her hand a soft squeeze as a hope of comfort, maybe not for her, but for Hiei himself.

That afternoon, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara returned to find Hiei sitting beside Danielle's still figure. The fire demon was holding one of her hands in his, and his other hand gently wiped some stray brown hairs from her face. His crimson eyes stared absently at the comatose figure's face. "Come on. Wake UP, Onna," he mumbled sternly, trying to wake her up for the hundredth time that day.

"Hiei?" Kurama inquired and knocked softly on the already open door. The sudden intrusion startled Hiei slightly, not expecting the others to walk in and see his weakness, his soft side... He glared at them and bolted over to sit on the windowsill, and his fast dash away caused Danielle's hair to blow some from the momentary current of wind.

"Hey, so this is where the Shrimp's been!" Kuwabara squaked and glared at the short demon, who scowled back in return as the three entered the room and gathered around the bed.
"Shut up, baka," Hiei snarled from Kuwabara's raised tone. He wasn't in the mood to be annoyed right now, and he definitely wasn't in the mood for loud voices. He'd grown so accustomed to the quiet since the night before, too...

"Can we please not fight?" Kurama asked pleadingly when Kuwabara was about to retort with his own insult.

"Yeah, this isn't the time or place to be fighting... If you have to fight, take it somewhere else, like outside the building," Yusuke agreed with a glare to each boy. The two that were arguing fell silent, waiting until another time to insult each other.

"How's she been, Hiei?" Kurama asked glancing at the small demon for an answer. The yoko was worried about Danielle and hoped she had woken up at one point in time last night.

"She still hasn't woken up," Hiei responded monotone and glared out the window, silently watching everyone's reflection in the window. Kurama sighed and shook his head.
"Is anyone hungry? I'll go get us something," Kurama offered after a few minutes' silence. He couldn't just stand there. He needed to be doing something...!
"Yeah, I'm kinda hungry," Kuwabara said along with an agreement from Yusuke. "What about you, Hiei?" the carrottop asked and looked over to the small demon on the windowsill.
"No thanks," Hiei grumbled, eyes intently trained on Danielle's reflection in the window. Kurama asked him if he was sure, and the fire demon nodded and fell silent, not saying another word.

"Alright then. I'll be back in a few minutes," Kurama stated and made his way out of the room and out of the hospital to the car, and he drove off to get some food from a nearby fast food restaurant or something.
"I can't believe this happened," Kurama muttered under his breath, a frown forming over his lips, and as he was driving, he silently prayed for Danielle to be alright.
"Man, if I ever find the guywho was driving that mustang, I'll kill him," Yusuke growled and glared at the white sheets that covered the unconsious brunette, who slept on, only moving a little in her sleep.

"And, I'll help you, Urameshi," Kuwabara added and grabbed a chair, setting it backwards and sitting down with his arms crossed over the back, his chin propped on his folded arms.

Somewhere deep in Danielle's mind, though, Kiten was again trying to wake her friend up. "You have to wake up... Come on... Can't you hear the guys? They're so worried..." she said quietly to the girl, but it didn't do much good... "Dani, you know... It's almost time for our souls to fall in sync. Remember? Then we ban send the guys home. You have to wake up... not for me, but for them." Nothing was working though... And there was only a day until the two souls inside Danielle's body would fall into sync.

Soon, it was time for all visitors to leave, but once the four got to the car, Hiei bolted off to sneak into the brunette's room through the window. And, after closing the window, he again sat on the edge of the hospital bed, just staring at her. "Wake up... Come on, Baka Onna... Wake. Up." the fire demon ordered. "Why aren't you listening to me!" he hissed quietly, some kind of warm sting behind his eyes. Before he knew it a tear slipped out, falling to the floor as a tear gem. "You're supposed to do what I say," he mumbled, pushing his tears back, but dry sobs continued to unwillingly make their way out. He took her hand in his again and squeezed it. "Wake up," he sobbed, holding his tears in, but... one can sob without all the tears, and he decided if he had to cry, he'd rather it be with no tears. He'd already shed one too many tear gems that day.

He moved to sit on his knees on the floor and folded his free arm under his chin, the other hand still latched with the girl's, fingers entertwined, and slowly, Hiei drifted off to a dreamless and fitful slumber.

"Why does Hiei get to stay with Danielle all night for?" Kuwabara whined on the way back to Danielle's house.

Kurama sighed and replied, "Because I can't make him come home and rest and because he won't get caught. I honestly wish we could all stay by her side, but it's not healthy to just sit by that bed all day and night. Hiei really needs some rest but... as long as Danielle's in a coma, I'm afraid he won't allow himself any..."

"Jeez, you'd think by the way that Shrimp's acting that Danielle was his girl or something... But, they always argue and bicker," Kuwabara said, confusing himself a little.
"Yeah, it's kinda weird seeing Hiei act that way," Yusuke agreed as Kurama pulled into the driveway and parked the car. The three got out and walked inside, talking about Hiei's odd behavior.

"And, did you see him when we walked in this afternoon? He was holding her hand and stuff," Kuwabara reminded the other two.

Yusuke agreed, but Kurama snapped, "Could we just drop it? I'm going to bed. Good night," then, the redhead strode off and shut his door behind him. Yusuke and Kuwabara exchanged confused looks but shrugged them off, and they, too, went to bed.

((-to be continued...-))

Kyla: Well, what do you think?
Hiei: You made me cry in this chapter!
Kyla: -sweatdrops- Sorry... Jeez.
Hiei: That's it! I've had enough! I'm deleting this story!
Kyla: No! Don't you dare!
Kura: -mushroom sigh- There they go getting into another fight... Don't worry readers, Kyla's not deleting this story, at least... not any time soon.
Kyla: Only if I don't get reviews. -goes back to fighting Hiei-
Hiei: No, do NOT review!
Kyla: Yes!
Hiei: No!
Kyla: Yes!
Hiei:No!
Kyla: Yes!
Hiei: No!
Kyla: No!
Hiei: Yes!
Kyla: Aha! -smirks-
Hiei: What? -blinks- Gr, I mean NO!
Kyla: Too late! -grins-
Kura: -has to hold Hiei back to keep him from hurting Kyla-
Kyla: -sticks tongue out-
Hiei: Why you little...!
Kura: Would you two stop fighting? It's getting rather annoying...
Kyla and Hiei: Fine...
Kyla: Well, review all! I'll try to get chapter 13 up ASAP!
Hiei: Hn.
Kura: Sayonara, minna-san!