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Chapter 5: A disturbing discovery

"Well who is he?"

"I don't know."

"Well where did he come from?"

" I... don't... know."

"Well does he have any money on him?"

"I DON'T KNOW! WILL YOU STOP ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS!"

Youko and Kuronue sat in front of the fire with the little demon still curled up in Youko's arms. He hadn't put the youkai down since he found him and Kuronue was starting to get jealous.

"Well then what are we keeping him for if we know nothing about him. I say we dump him in the woods, he's only holding us up. We should have been robbed like twenty houses already."

Youko growled he was really sick of all the complaining he was getting from Kuronue.

"Look I'm the boss here and I want to help this little guy out no matter what you say. Falling behind a few houses is not going to hurt us. I'm still one of the most feared thieves out there and I don't need you coaching me. Now I suggest you quit complaining before I REALLY lose my temper."

With that, Youko got up with the little demon still in his hands and walked off towards the river.

"Maybe I missed something back there that can help me find out where this little guy came from." he thought.

"Hey where are you going? Look Youko don't get mad, I was just thinking about your rep... come on your going to let that little baby runt come between us? Grr." Kuronue huffed and turned back towards the fire.

"Hmmm, let's see..." thought Youko as he searched around the river bank. Good thing his fox eyes were use to the darkness.

"Now I found you over here, let's see if...hey here's something." He walked over to the edge of the bank and there sat a little black book.

"Maybe this can tell me something about you."

Youko, picked up the book and walked over to a large flat boulder. He sat down, settled the little demon on his lap and opened the book.

"Hmmm, maybe I can find a name...HA!" Youko read the inside cover and scribbled across it was what seemed to read "Property of Hiei.".

"Well you have pretty neat hand writing for a demon, now don't you Hiei." spoke Youko as he looked down at the fire demon in his lap, happy that he finally had a name to call him.

"Well this must be your little journal. Let's see what I can find out."

Youko flipped through the book and stopped at a random page. He began to read out loud, only to find that he could not take his eyes off of the page.

"Father has once again raped me and then he beat me until I could no longer move. He was angry because today is the anniversary of mother's death. He misses her so much and he told me that it was all my fault she died. As if I didn't already know that. He tried to hurt Yukina, only because she looks just like mother.

I told him to stop and I put Yukina in her room where he would not hurt her. That's when he told me. He told me that it was my fault that mother was kicked off of her island. I didn't understand at first, but then he told me the whole story. He told me how my mother was a Koorime and she came from an island far away from Makai, somewhere in the skies. He told me how the Koorime women were suppose to bear only female children, but then I was born. They called me the Forbidden Child and they told my mother that I must be thrown off of the island or I would doom them all.

My mother forbade them to do such thing and so she took me and my sister and left the island. Father said that if I were never born, then she would have never had to leave her island and she would probably still be alive now. I have a really strange feeling that, that is not true, but no one is here to tell me other why's so, I guess he is right. I am a curse, I am the forbidden child, and it is my fault that mother is dead."

Youko stared down at the book in disbelief.

"Thi...this...oh...my...So I guess your not a full blooded fire demon huh...umm..Damn."

He was lost for words, here was a little demon who looked only to be a baby, but from what was written in the journal he seems to have gone through so much torture in his young life.

"Exactly how old are you, little one." thought Youko as he flipped through more pages.

He stopped at a page that seemed to be written in red ink. A fowl smell hit Youko's nose, almost making him drop the book.

"That's blood." Is this his blood?

Youko began to read and what he read, almost made the strong fox break down in tears.

"He's dead, this is what I've trained most of my life for. It was so easy, he knew what was coming and he knew he deserved it. I'm glad, at least I don't have to feel any guilt. But, now that he is gone Yukina doesn't have a father. No problem, cause now I am her brother and father. I will be taking her away from this house, too many bad memories. Where will we go, I don't know, but it will be far away from here. Don't worry Yukina everything will be just fine, I promise. He's gone and he's never coming back."

Youko dropped the journal and pulled Hiei into his arms. "You poor thing, I can't believe you have gone through all of this. But don't worry because I'm here for you now. I will protect you, no longer will you suffer, I promise."

Hiei shivered in his sleep, a small moan escaped his mouth and he growled.

"Hm, I guess your having a bad dream... I'm not surprised. I hope you wake up soon." thought Youko, as he rocked Hiei gently in his arms.

Hiei's mind:

Hiei ran through the woods frantically. He knew something wasn't right. Where was his sister? What was this sick feeling he was getting? He had no time to stop and think about, before a familiar sent hit his nose...It was blood, Yukina's blood.

"Oh No YUKINA... YUKINA WHERE ARE YOU!" shouted Hiei as he started to run towards the sent. He found himself in a clear opening in the woods and there on the ground sat Yukina in a pool of blood. She looked up at him, blood was dripping from the corner of her mouth and she was smiling. Just then images of Hina just before she died ran through Hiei's mind, that is what this scene reminded him of, that is who Yukina looked like.

"Hiei...Please" Yukina spoke with such pain as she held her right hand out to Hiei. The other hand clutched her stomach as more blood seem to drip from her open wound.

"Yukina!" Hiei shouted as he ran over to his sister, but before he got there a tall dark figure appeared just behind her.

It grabbed Yukina's hair and pulled her head back with force making her scream out in pain.

"LET HER GO!" cried Hiei, as he watched the figure lift Yukina up by her hair and pulled her into a forceful kiss.

Yukina, thrashed violently only to have her body go limp with pain.

"Get off of her YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" yelled Hiei. The figure broke the kiss and then walked over towards Hiei laughing. "Is that anyway to talk to your father." It laughed as it stood above Hiei giving him a good look into his face...It was his father.

"Bu...but ho...how...I...I...don't understand...wer...weren't...you dead...I...I...ki...killed you."

Hiei was terrified. How could this be? What is going on?

"Your going to pay for what you did to me, you little fucker." Kage pulled Yukina's head back so that her neck was exposed. He reached into his cloak and pulled out his sword.

Hiei's mouth dropped. "But how...I...I have your sword."

He looked down at his waist where the sheath and sword use to be, but they weren't there anymore.

"You little idiot. Don't you know, it's all over. Your dead, and so is Yukina." Kage took the blade of the sword and slashed it across Yukina's throat.

Yukina's body began to violently shake, as blood bubbled from her neck.

"Well here ya go." Kage tossed Yukina's now lifeless body at Hiei..

He grabbed her and pulled her to his chest. "Yukina. NO...wake up, WAKE UP...DON'T YOU DARE DIE! YUKINA YUKINA PLEASE. WAKE UP WAKE UP!

Hiei:

"NOOOO!" Hiei sat up and began searching around.

"YUKINA, YUKINA!" he tried to get up, but something was holding him down. Was it Kage?

"NO, LET GO. LET GO!" Hiei began to struggle against the strong grip that held him.

"Whoa...calm down, calm down."

Youko struggled to keep him still but Hiei was pretty strong for his size. Hiei continued to fight until both he and Youko were on the ground.

Youko pinned Hiei under him in attempt to keep him still. "Look, I'm not going to hurt you. Just relax." Hiei thrashed wildly.

"No I have to find her. I have to find her. WHAT IF SHE GETS HURT!" Youko didn't understand what Hiei was talking about, but he knew it must of had something to do with the dream he had.

Meanwhile, Kuronue had heard the screaming and quickly got up. He ran towards the river thinking that something was happening to Youko.

"What's going on here?" he asked as he saw Youko wrestling the small demon beneath him. Hiei swung his fist and hit Youko right in the jaw making him yelp in pain.

"Hey, you can't hit him like that!"

Hiei somehow managed to flip Youko onto his back and so he wrapped his little hands around Youko's throat in an attempt to choke him. Kuronue ran over to his friend's aid and grabbed the little demon.

He lifted Hiei by his shirt collar and began to shake him violently.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU WERE DOING?"

Hiei looked up into Kuronue's face and began to panic as images of Kage flashed through his mind.

"No stop. LET GO!...please." He kicked at the bat demon, trying to get away.

Youko got up off the ground rubbing his neck.

"Damn that kid is strong." he coughed.

Youko looked at Kuronue, who was still shaking Hiei and he saw the little demon panicking.

"Kuronue! Stop shaking him like that!"

Youko snatched Hiei away from Kuronue and began to rock him in his arms trying to sooth him.

"Shhhh...calm down, it's alright."

Kuronue stood there in disbelief. "Are you crazy, what are you mad at me for? That little bastard was trying to kill you."

The fox frowned.

"He was not, he was just scared. I think he had a bad dream."

Hiei had now settled down and was looking up at Youko confused.

"Who is this? Why is she holding me?" thought Hiei. He studied Youko's face closely. "Wow she's pretty."

The fox looked down at the now calm fire demon. He noticed Hiei staring at him and smiled.

"Are you ok? I'm glad to see you calmed down. Are you hungry?"

Hiei became a little uncomfortable. He had never been around a female this pretty, only Yukina and his mother, but they never made him feel like this.

"Who are you?"

"Oh I'm sorry, how rude of me. My name is Youko Kurama. But, just call me Youko." he again smiled down at Hiei who started blushing and looked away.

"Oh well, umm...I'm" "Oh yes...I know, your Hiei...right?"

Hiei looked up confused. "Ho...How did you know?"

Youko looked around nervously. He didn't want Hiei to know that he had read his journal. They both sat there in silence as Hiei waited for an answer, but the silence was broken once Kuronue interrupted.

"Look we don't have time to get all acquainted. Come on Youko, we helped him, now let's go."

Hiei could sense jealousy coming from this one called Kuronue. He smiled for the first time, in he didn't know how long. Hiei had always loved being the center of attention and he loved it even more when someone was actually jealous of him. So, he decided to go with it and he planned on using this lady to do so.

Youko rolled his eyes at Kuronue and looked down at Hiei.

"So, are you hungry?" Hiei looked back at Kuronue, who had folded his arms in anger. He turned back to Youko with a devilish grin on his face and nodded. Youko laughed and proceeded to get up, but Hiei grabbed onto his arm before he could.

Youko looked back at Hiei who was now looking sheepishly down at the ground.

"Ca...can you carry me...I ... I'm still tired." '

Kuronue dropped his jaw in shock. He knew exactly what Hiei was trying to do and he wasn't about to let him get away with it.

"Aw, come on, you aren't actually going to fall for that now are you? Youko, he trying to play you as a fool." Youko growled at Kuronue and then looked down at Hiei.

Hiei had put on the most adorable cat eyes. His beautiful red eyes had become full and took up most of his eye socket. They were large and clear, as if he were about to cry and he poked his bottom lip out just enough to make it look like a little pout.

Normally, Hiei wouldn't be so out of character. But he had to admit, he was starting to develop a crush on this fox female and this was one of his first crushes. He didn't want that bat demon Kuronue to get in the way of it.

Youko smiled warmly at Hiei, lifted him into his arms and snuggled him close. He began to walk the little demon back towards the fire.

Hiei looked over Youko's shoulder at Kuronue and smiled. Kuronue glared at him and Hiei stuck his tongue out.

"Yo...Youko... come on."

The fire demon let out a small laugh and then thought up a plan.

He rubbed his face in the crook of Youko's neck, like a cat. Hiei got a strong sniff of roses...that's how his mother used to smell. Hiei sighed happily and began to purr.

The fox frowned playfully and pulled Hiei away from him.

"Wow, you're a little frisky one, now aren't you." He laughed softly and pulled Hiei back to him.

The fire demon immediately started purring again, yeah he was getting his first crush, he knew it for sure.

Back at the fire Youko made Kuronue cook some food for Hiei. Kuronue complied unhappily of course, and fixed the little runt something to eat.

Hiei attacked the food as if he hadn't eaten in weeks, which was true.

"Wow I guess you really were hungry." Youko stated, as he watched the little demon finally come up for air, only to dig right back in.

"I'm guessing he hasn't eaten in a while judging from how skinny the little runt is." spoke Kuronue, as he continued to eat his on food. Hiei glared at him over his bowl but continued to eat, he would get back at him later.

"Kuronue, don't call him a runt." frowned Youko.

Hiei looked at Kuronue over his bowl again and stuck his tongue out at him. Youko laughed and pulled Hiei towards him. "Isn't he adorable?"

Kuronue grunted and the little fire demon blushed.

"Miss...umm...exactly where did you find me?"

Youko frowned while Kuronue tried to hold in a laugh.

"Miss, no, no, no. You got me all wrong, I'm a male."

The food in Hiei's mouth never got fully chewed as he swallowed it and immediately started choking. He coughed hard until the food finally went down.

"A BOY...BUT I THOUGHT. I mean then why do you smell like roses."

Kuronue couldn't hold it any longer, he burst out laughing only to start choking on his own food.

Youko frowned. "I smell like that, because I use roses in my fighting technique."

Hiei coughed again. "So you're a boy ...and you smell like roses?" Hiei sighed. "Actually had a crush on a boy."

Kuronue started laughing so hard that he could barely breathe. Youko frowned at him, then looked at Hiei and smiled.

"Don't worry, to tell you the truth, I'm flattered."

Hiei blushed, he did not mean to say that out loud. But he shrugged his shoulders and continued to eat, he was to hungry to argue about it now. Kuronue had finally gotten himself together and was now trying to get his breathing straight.

"Nice try kid, but Youko here is way out of your league."

Hiei looked at Kuronue, then shrugged again. "Don't call me kid." he spoke, then started eating again.

Kuronue laughed "Why, I think it describes you well."

"You heard him Kuronue. But that reminds me, how old are you Hiei?"

Youko looked at Hiei and laughed as the little demon forced himself to stop eating in order to answer.

Hiei looked at Youko and answered. "I'm sixteen." Then he went right back to eating.

"Sixteen...yea right. Come on kid, really how old are ya? You don't have to lie." said Kuronue.

Youko, also surprised shook his head and said, "Ummm...I don't think he's lying."

Kuronue frowned. "No...No...No, this kid can not be sixteen. Look at how short he is, he look likes he's just learning to use the toilet."

Hiei dropped his bowl, let out a big burp and glared at Kuronue. "I am sixteen and I'm not short, I'm just height challenged. My sister is just as short as I am, maybe even shorter."

Kuronue blinked, "You have a sister? Where is she?"

Youko looked at the ground, he knew that Hiei's sister must have been that Yukina girl he read about in his journal, but he didn't want Hiei to know that he read it.

"I wish I could help him. The way he is acting now, you would have never pictured a troubled boy." Youko laughed to himself as he we watched Kuronue and Hiei continue to glare at each other.

"Maybe it is best if he does stay with us. We can be his family." Just as Youko thought that, Hiei jumped up frantically.

"OH NO! MY SISTER! WHERE IS SHE!" he yelled.

TBC...

I'm back lol. I had to re edit this chapter. But I'm not sure if I got everything so if you see Yomi's name instead of Kuronue's, tell me. But thanks to my reviewers... so until the next chapter R&R!