Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or it's characters. I do own Angela, Star, and the twins. I own the Darkness, the shadow creatures, the zombie queen, and the Crimson Force. I also own Kaen. Though I'm not going to go into details about her.

AN: You didn't really think that was the end? I mean, I can be cruel, but I like my characters, I don't want them to be gone. Hahah! I figured out the month that they're in! Hehe! I'm totally easily amused...This one's gonna be longer. Some innuendos. Or is it fluff?

Legend:

-Thought-

-Telepathy-

/Flashbacks/

/Dream/Visions/

Noise

Empathy/feelings

Chapter Eighteen

She's surrounded by darkness. Voices. Distant voices. Familiar voices. They murmer words to her, but she can't understand them. She faintly feels. Feels something. What is it? Emotions. Sad, despairing. And physical feelings. Warm touches. Cool touches.

The voices are back. They're nearer. She can dimly make out what they say. "Angela... Back... Up... Please... Me..." She wants to answer. But she can't.

The darkness is fading, she can sense light. The touches are more firmer. And the voices are more clear. "Angela, please come back to me. Please," a male pleads. She wants to. She desperately wants to. Can she?

The darkness is nearly gone. She can feel her body now. She can fully feel and hear. She can come back now.

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Angela opened her eyes weakly. She was in a hospital room, connected to several machines. One of them being her dreaded technological and mechanical enemy, an IV. She ignored it though, something else was calling her immediate attention. She looked to her right to see a dark silhouette against the bright light coming in from a window.

The figure leaned forward from his chair beside her bed. "Angela?" a familiar voice asked her.

"I...can't...see," she said through a weak voice.

The figure nodded and turned to close the curtains. The figure materialized into a person she hadn't seen for what felt like forever. It was a short man with hair such a dark blue it was near black with a white starburst in his bangs, a white bandana around his forehead and dressed in a loose dark blue long sleeved shirt and dark pants. There were dark circles under his red eyes. She reached out tentatively, then pulled back her hand, afraid to find her hand go through him to prove that he was an illusion. He reached out and finished her gesture, taking her hand in both of his. "...Hiei...?" she asked, still unsure.

Hiei nodded and kissed her hand. "Yes, It's me." He kissed her hand again and kept it to his lips. Tears started to come from his clenched tight eyes. "I'm so sorry, I can't say anything to change the fact that I broke my promise, that I wasn't there to keep you from harm. I left you, not telling you the truth, and didn't come back."

Angela shook her head. "You did come back. You're here now."

He shook his head. "But I still wasn't there to keep you from harm."

Angela sighed, not knowing what to say. Her hand reflexivley came to rest on her stomach. She then gasped, crying out, "Hiei! The baby!"

He leaned over and caressed her face, calming her as he whispered soothingly, "Don't worry, the baby is fine. The bloody bastard didn't finish his spell. Everything is fine."

Angela sighed and laid back down. "What happened?" she asked. She only dimly remembered casting the Cleansing spell to purify the souls of the Fallen Twelve, one of the sacred spells she had learned from the Star Sanctuary. She didn't remember much before that except for the battle and the spell that Seir had started to cast.

Hiei sighed. "Let's focus on getting you better. We'll talk about it later, please rest," he said, concern for her health in his eyes. Angela nodded.

She gasped again and partially sat up. Hiei leaned forward, fearing that something had gone wrong. "Angela!" She took her hand away and grabbed one of his hands and pressed it against her stomach. After awhile Hiei smiled, joy and happiness in his eyes. "She kicked," he said simply. Angela looked at him, a question in her eyes. "The doctor did an ultrasound and identified her as a girl. I can also sense her through my Jagan," he explained.

Angela smiled, "What will we name her?" she asked through her tears of joy.

Hiei leaned over her and kissed her forehead. "I was thinking Hope or Joy or Angel or Star."

Angela smiled. "Which language? I'm sure they will sound just as pretty in japanese."

Hiei smiled and kissed her lightly on the lips. "We still have four months to decide." Angela smiled at him and pulled him down for a real kiss, deep and long.

When they came up for air Angela looked at the IV in her arm. "Lover, can you somehow convince the doctors to take these damned needles out. Hopefully before I have to give them a tongue lashing that'll make them run for the hills as if Hell was on their heels," she teased.

Hiei laughed, "Sure. But before I go..." He leaned back down for another passionate kiss.

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Angela laid with her head in Hiei's lap on the couch that they had placed for Angela in the training room of the shrine that Yusuke's old mentor, Genkai, had left to the Kuwabaras. Yukina and Star came in and sat two trays on the coffe table. Angela counted the cups. Sixteen. She looked up at Hiei, confused. "Sixteen? Who's all coming? I though it would be us," she said, pointing to herself, Hiei, Yukina, and Star. "Kuwabara, Shizuru, Kurama, Yusuke, and the DT gang." She thought for a few seconds. "There's two extra cups. Is Drake coming too? And who could be the other one?" she asked, refering to Shizuru's fiancee.

Hiei looked down at her, smiling slightly. "You'll see," he said enigmatically. He brushed the hair out of her face, enjoying the warmth her eyes held for him. He leaned down and kissed her. Angela kissed him back deeply, ignoring the two blushing women.

Star pushed Yukina out the door, whispering "I think we should leave the two alone for right now." Yukina nodded, blushing but happy for her brother and sister-in-law.

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Kurama walked up the steps. Every now and then he would look at his companion. A smile would light his eyes. "She'll be happy to see you," he said.

"I know. I've missed her so much," was the reply.

"Hey!" Yusuke yelled from behind them. He came running up and put an arm around the shoulders of the two that stood beside Kurama. "She'll be so surprised. This will be a great B-day present. Well, maybe a V-day present, since it's nine months until her birthday. If it was the right time, we could have made it an anniversary present. You know, in eight months it will be two years since we met her. Not to mention it will be her and Hiei's one year anniversary."

The man on his right nodded. "Yeah, it will. It's hard to believe it's been five months since her wedding. I wish I had been there for her when Hiei had disappeared."

The woman nodded. "I too," she said sadly.

Kurama hugged the woman, saying, "You're here now though."

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"We're here!" Yusuke said loudly as he came into the training room. He took one look at the couch and he blanched. "Woah! Have you guys heard of a room?" he teased the couple laying in each others arms, kissing each other. Hiei looked up and growled, unhappy at being disturbed at giving his wife the love she had missed for three months. Yusuke laughed, hands up. "Well, I guess it's okay, since you're both dressed." He laughed again. "I guess that present out does our Valentines present."

Angela looked up at Yusuke, a good latch on Hiei, not really wanting to let him go, and asked "What?"

She was answered by a bright and bubbly voice, "It's me!"

Angela stared in shock as Kurama walked in, hand in hand with a blue haired pink eyed woman dressed in a pink kimono. Hiei lightly got off of her, mindful of her tummy. He smiled at the shocked and happy face on his wife as he helped her up. She held onto Hiei as she walked towards the woman. "Botan?" she whispered, tears coming down her face.

Botan nodded, crying too. "Yes," she said. Then she ran to Angela and hugged her lightly. "Oh, Angela! I'm so sorry! I heard what happened. I wish I had been there for you!" she said through her tears. Angela hugged her back, thankful to the Stars that two of the people she loved and had thought were gone from her forever were back and with her now.

Botan let Angela go and walked back to her husband, who held her tightly, as if to make up for all of the time that they had missed, just like Hiei and Angela had been doing. Hiei put his arm around Angela's waist to steady her. She had only been out of the hospital, a hospital in Demon world of course, for a day and was still weak. Angela turned to him and kissed him.

Kurama, sparring a moment from his wife, walked to Angela and Hiei and hugged them both. "I'm so happy to have you two back," he said, proving once again that he wasn't very articulate in emotional moments.

Angela hugged him back. "Thank you for being there," she whispered.

Kurama nodded, "Thank you Angela. Thank you for being there too." He turned to Hiei. "Take care of her. And take better care of yourself."

Hiei 'hn'ed, smiling at his wife. "I will, don't worry."

Yusuke, Star at his side, she and Yukina had come in when they had heard voices, walked over to the small couple. Star hugged Angela gently, though she really wanted to squeeze her adopted sister tightly, afraid that if she let go, she might really lose her. Angela smiled as she hugged the taller woman back.

Yusuke turned to Hiei. "You better not get yourself captured again or disappear. 'Cuz if you do, I'm gonna hunt your ass down and shoot it. You really had Angela upset," he said, joking, unsure how to act in this situation. Hiei let the terrible joke slide, saying again that they didn't have to worry.

The Kuwabaras, Kuwabara and Shizuru had just come in, were the next to embrace the young couple. As Yukina and Shizuru hugged Angela Kuwabara patted Hiei's shoulder. "Shrimp, you sure did have us worried. Not to mention pissed when the Death Puppet tried to kill Angela. Don't worry though. We thought it was you and you were possessed. We gave you/it a funeral." He smiled grimly. "Once we realized it was an imposter, we dug the bastard up and burned him. Something about it had rung wrong to me. Though you might annoy the shit out of me, I know you're a good guy. And when it comes to Angela, you're the truest and most noble guy I know." He smiled goofily. "Except for me. I'm Kazuma Kuwabara! The warrior of love!"

Hiei actually laughed at the man he was slowly coming to respect. He looked at Angela, his eyes dark. Angela saw him and came to him, hugging him tightly, not wanting to let go of the man she had come to love so deeply that she was more than willing to die for.

He held her as tightly as he dared, rubbing his hand through her hair. "I don't want you to die though. I would rather you live, even if it meant to live without me," he whispered to her, knowing what she was thinking, even without his telepathic ability. Angela nodded and leaned into him, kissing him.

As she turned back to the others Koenma came in. Angela gasped, she hadn't expected to ever see Koenma again, not after what he had written in the letter. He walked over to her and hugged her gently. "Oh Angela, It's good to see you alive. I was afraid that the next time I would see would be to send you to your relatives in the Stars. I'm glad that I haven't." He let her go and stepped back, brushing the tears off of his face. "I want you to know that the Cleansing spell is working."

Angela nodded as she hugged back. "Oh Koenma, I didn't think I'd ever get to see you again!" She backed up and eyed him, "Are you ok? I thought you had drained all of your powers."

Koenma shrugged. "I still don't have all of my power, but when the Bleeding Angels were Cleansed some of my father's and my powers returned as the power you endowed everyone with left them to go back to the Star Sanctuary. I'm still terribly weak and vulnerable, but I don't think it matters." He grinned, Angela finally noticing that his pacifier was gone, and joked lightly, pointing to the spirit detectives, "With these guys as my friends, I don't think anyone will be messing with me."

Angela smiled as she went back into Hiei's arms. "Of course not. And these four aren't the only ones behind you. I think you won over the demon army."

"Aye! And don't you be forgettin' Ol' Jin here and the rest o' us!" a cheery voice said as a red head flew in.

"Yes, the beautiful Suzuka is behind you, along with Shishi," a tall blonde man said coming in and pointing to a small blue imp that Angela had always thought looked like a cross between a cat, a bat and a rat. Suzuka and Shishi came over to Angela, Shishi forgetting his fear of Angela, a fear dating back to the time she had punched him across this very room, darted to her and hugged her neck. Suzuka managed to disentangle her from her husband long enough to hug her. "Shishi and I have decided that you, and only you, may call us Aunt Suzi and Kitty Sissi."

Angela grinned. "What about our children, I'm sure when our baby and the twins can talk they'll call you that too."

Suzuka paused, then grinned. "Well, only you and your children," he said, gesturing to the couples in the room.

Shishi nodded and flew to Suzuka's shoulder. His shoulders slumped as something occured to him. "Damn. That means he'll just be asking me to call him pretty even more now."

Angela laughed at him as Jin came and hugged her. "Oy! It be good to see ya alive and well, my Angel," he said, his long ears wiggling.

"'Ey now, She's not just your Angel, she's our Angel too," the tall mohawked Chu said as he came in, the child-like Rinku on his shoulder. The two wasted no time in hugging Angela.

Next in was the ice haired demon Touya. "I heard that you created a new ice trick," he said as he hugged her.

Angela smiled, replying "And it worked too."

Jin turned to Touya. "D'ya think we could try that?" he asked. Touya shrugged.

Hiei came and stole his wife away, leading her to the couch where she laid back down, her head in Hiei's lap. "Well, if greetings are over. It's time we got down to business," he said. Everyone nodded and took a seat around the couple. Hiei sighed. "I don't know where to start..."

Angela reached up and caressed his distressed face. "How about when you entered the Forest of Fools," she said gently.

He nodded and took in a breath. "When I entered the forest, a dark force overswept me, paralyzing me and blocking all of my senses. I couldn't see, hear or feel. My Jagan was even blocked. When I could see...I was in some cave that was covered in blood and chained to a wall. Two beings came to me and examined me, as if I was some specimen in a lab. They talked to each other and I was able to gather that they were officers in the Crimson Force, that they were here to create an army, cause destruction and prepare for the coming of the rest of the Crimson Force." He sighed, idly pushing a strand of hair out of Angela's face. After afew seconds he continued grimly, his face pained as he relived the memories. "...They then did some type of experiment on me. I had watched them do it to other demons. To make it short, they made copies of the demons then killed them. For some reason, they didn't kill me. I learned why later. They knew I was Angela's husband and they wanted to keep me to lure you into the forest, in case you were able to uncover the fact that the 'me' you had found was actually an imposter." He leaned down and kissed her. "I'm sorry. Once again I put you in danger. I was again used to hurt you."

Angela shook her head. "I don't blame you. It was the Crimson Force," she said soothingly.

Hiei sighed, not wanting to so lightly drop the fact that she had been in danger because he had been careless. "When you had killed 'me' they were pissed, because they couldn't use me agian since you hadn't discovered that it was a fake. Knowing that it was my only chance, I used all of my power to break free. I also rescued Botan, who they had captured a short while after they captured me. They were going to do the same with her as they were doing with me, knowing that she was also connected to you. We ran through the forest, but we were unable to find a way out. Finally I found another cave. I don't know how long we stayed there. I only remember that we were gravely injured. We had run into a few of the tainted demons when we escaped." He looked at Kurama. "I tried everything I could to keep her safe."

Kurama nodded. "You did well. She's here now isn't she?"

Botan agreed and hugged her husband tight. "Yes, and all of my wounds are healed too. Don't worry. You got me out, that's what counts."

Hiei looked down at Angela. "I knew when you destroyed the twins. I felt you, though I had forgotten almost everything by that time. I was low on energy, and severely wounded. But when you defeated the twins, I felt a calling. You were calling to me. I knew I had to leave, so I made sure Botan had enough to eat, then I sealed the cave so that air could still get in but no demons. Then I left. I ended up running into more demons, but I managed to fight them off." He stroked her face. "I don't know how I knew where you were going to be, only that you were calling for me. I walked for three weeks until I made it to the ruins of the stadium. As I got closer and as you fought Seir, I began to feel what you felt, feel your pain, panic, despair, and your fear. I started to run, even though I shouldn't have been able to." He looked down at his left leg. The pain was no longer there and he had full use of it, but he could still remember what it looked like. Angela patted it. While in the hospital she had managed to threaten one of the nurses, one that had been trying to put the IV back in and had recieved the tongue lashing of his life, 'You come near me with that and I'll take it out and shove it and everything attached to it so far up your ass no doctor in the three worlds will be able to get it out!', to tell her about her husband's injuries. Hiei took her hand and held it to his chest. "When I arrived, Seir was casting that spell and you were bleeding everywhere. Somehow I had managed to start thinking beyond the fact that I had to go somewhere, and was able to summon up all of my energy, which I had been recovering and hadn't noticed, and used my Dragon technique on him. Then you cleansed the souls and passed out. I held you until the others arrived, then I too passed out."

Kurama spoke up, "That is where we came in. When we were released from the petrification spell, we couldn't find you anywhere," he said to Angela. "So we sent up our flyers to find you."

Jin nodded. "Aye, and find you quick we did, Ol' Jin here and Soketsu. The two of us carried you and Hiei back to the others. Mukuro sent us to the hospital real quick she did."

Koenma nodded, saying "With my help. The moment I felt my power come back, I knew that the battle was over, so I sent all of my pilots to the ruins. Ayame and Hinageshi flew with Jin and Soketsu to the best demon hospital."

Rinku came over and hugged Angela as best he could with her lying down. "We were so worried!" he said, tears coming down his cheeks. "You two were out for close to two weeks. Hiei woke up four days before you though." Hiei smiled at the child-like demon.

"Well," Botan said into the silence. "I guess it's my turn, but don't worry, it's short and simple." She paused, then began. "I was doing a normal pick up when the soul flew away. I followed it into Demon world where it was being sucked into the Forest of Fools. I followed it, not aware of what had been happening, and was captured. And that's it."

Angela smiled at the blue haired woman. "You sure know how to tell a story Botan," she joked.

Botan smiled and turned to her husband and said "Well, nothing matters now that we're together again. All of us."

Angela tried to hide a yawn but failed. Hiei smiled again as he got off of the couch and gently picked her up. "I think it's time we retired." The others nodded.

Botan came and gave Angela one final hug. "I'll see you tomorrow and we can hang out." She looked at how the couple were so cozy then added slyly. "Though it will have to be in the afternoon. You'll have to get some rest before we do anything." Angela smiled and snuggled closer to Hiei, a mischevious smile on her lips. Hiei shared her smile. Botan leaned forward and whispered to Angela. "I have the same thing in mind." She smiled and walked to her puzzled husband, putting her arm around his waist. He wasted no time in doing the same to her, a knowing smile coming across his face.

Star came and kissed Angela's cheek. "Don't stay up too long."

Yusuke laughed as he came to say his goodbyes and steal his fiancee away, kissing her on the lips. "Why don't you say we go home," he said smiling, Star nodded.

Yukina and Kuwabara walked out, hand in hand, Kuwabara saying over his shoulder, "Seeya guys tomorrow." Shizuru repeated him as she left.

The DT gang looked at each other then at the three couples who had immersed themselves in each other and were content on kissing each other, trying to make their ways out of the shrine or deeper into it. Jin wiggled his ears. "D'ya think it's time to go?" He turned hopefully to the others, uncomfortable with all of the heat. The others nodded emphatically.

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When Hiei and Angela finally reached their room, they parted only briefly to shed their clothes before they went to bed. As they laid in bed Hiei held Angela close, not wanting to even let her go as they slept, fearing that if he did, he would wake up and realize he was still in the cave.

Angela shifted in his arms so that she was turned to him. Emerald eyes met ruby eyes. "Hiei, do you want your hiruseki stone back?" she asked suddenly.

Hiei stared at her for awhile, then smiled and shook his head. "No, I want you to keep it as a permanent guarantee that I'll always be with you, even if we're apart physically," he said as he kissed her.

Angela smiled. "You always keep your guarantees. Everytime you said you would come back, you have. And you've always saved me." She leaned in and kissed him. "By the power of the Stars that runs in my blood, I guarantee that I'll always be with you." A silver light enveloped them briefly, filling each other with warmth and happiness, assurance that they would always be together. They smiled at each other as they drifted to sleep, sharing each other's company in their little part of the Star Sanctuary.