Authors Note: I'm predicting two chapters. For those out there that have read my stories, they know… this could mean that this is the final chapter or that there will be many more… who knows. Enjoy my ducklings.

I'll admit that I'm a little scared. Just a little. And that's okay. For a situation like this, it's okay. Just breath. Kazuma is smiling at me. Encouraging me. I have no reason to be scared. Just relax. He half way holds my hand and follows me inside the large temple.

"You should talk to her alone, but I will be just outside talking to Genkai ifyou need me." His lips connect to my forehead and I calm for a moment. It's been two weeks since since I offered to try to find her brother. Time to tell her.

"Hello Mr. Hiei." She smiles with ease. "Did you find my brother." Just stay calm. She knows. I know that. I just have to admit it. She's not going to deny me. I'll be okay.

"Would you even be happy with a brother that has done the type of sins your brother has. He's done a lot of bad things. Things that I'm sure he's not proud of. And he will never be able to make up for those sins. He will likely never be able to make you proud enough to call him your brother."

"That doesn't matter. I don't know of all that he's done, but even if I did, I still would like to know him. I will always love my brother. He never has to tell me anything involving his past." She's very close to me. Her smile is soft and loving. Her hand cups my cheek. "But, I'm willing to wait as long as I need to for my brother to confess his identity to me."

"Are you really content on waiting. I know that you've been waiting a long time to find your brother."

"Yes, I have. But it can't really be helped. If he's not ready for me to know who he is."

"And, you'd really be okay with him. Even if he is an imiko." Her eyes look hurt for an instant.

"I know very little about my brother, but I know that he was hurt very badly. I love my brother, and would never be ashamed of him."

"You wouldn't deny him.. if you discovered his identity."

"Is that why he hasn't come to me."

"He has been discarded most of his life, and he cares deeply for you. If his sister were to not want him, I'm sure it would devastate him."

"I will love my brother no matter who he is." Her smile is so warm. It hurts. Her hand is loving. When did she wrap me into this embrace. I can't stop shaking.

"I'm so scared." Those words. At the end of those words my eyes leak tears that I've held in for so many years.

"I know you are brother." The tears come much freer now. Sliding down my face and turning to black tear gems. "I love you." Her hand strokes my hair. I feel like a child being coddled by his mother. I've never been cradled like this before.

"I'm sorry."

"I know you were only doing what you believe to be best." Her words are kind and yet they cause the pain in my chest to increase. She's rocking me. Calming me. I have never cried as I am now. Relief. Sadness. Happiness. Bitterness. Regret. Pain. Shame. All of these emotions I've held in. I don't know how long I stay in this position before I pull away sniffling.

Kazuma comes in followed by the rest of the gang. Kazuma is the only one who knew what the nature of my conversation with Yukina was.

"Hiei, what the hell did you say to her. The floor is covored in tear gems." Shit. Shit. Shit. I refuse to admit I was crying. Absolutely not. "Wait, those gems are black. I thought ice appriations cried white tear gems." Yukina smiles.

"The collors can change depending on the mood. I was really happy, that's why they are darker than normal." That's a complete lie. Ice apparitions always cry the same color. I am different. Everything about me is different than the norm. I look around at my companions, my sister, and my mate and somehow after all these years, it clicks. I may be different, but that doesn't mean that I'm not accepted. And that doesn't mean that I'm not loved.

The end….

But stay tuned for the bonus chapter.