Shezka: This story has gotten longer then I intended. I'm shocked were already on the sixteenth chapter. Doesn't it seem kind of unatural I can update so fast? It's almost disturbing...
"Wow, you're real popular with the ladies now." Huroda joked reading the letter over his son's shoulder. Hiei glared at him then quickly put the letter away. Great, his younger sister had a crush on him. Before he had realized though, his mother had snatched the letter from his hand and had read it. Hina's mouth dropped open at what she had read.
"Why is my life have so many twists? Hiei, you have to tell her today. Whether you like it or not." Hina said with a shake of her head.
"Mom, I love you a lot, but please stay out of this." Hiei replied beginning to blush a bit. This was the first time someone had a crush on him, even if it was his sister. Which was so sick and twisted he almost laughed about it.
"I know, take her out on a date then tell her." Hina mentioned with a devious smile. Hiede seemed sickened while Huroda walked away to throw up in a nearby trash can.
"Mooom!" Hiei shouted turning redder then ever. He blushed so mush that even his hair went up in flame a little bit. Hina just laughed at him and he somehow knew he had just been played. He attempted to glare at her, but failed terribly. Deep down Hiei was glad his mother was so full of life now. She had transformed so much from when they had first met.
"The best thing to do would to send her a letter. She meets you, you two get used to each other's presence for a week. Then, you slowly introduce Huroda and Hina. It should work out perfectly fine for all of us." Hiede suggested recieving approving nods from the his younger brother and sister-in-law.
Hiei sighed deeply to himself, but knew he was beat. Honestly, he had no choice in the matter. He still hadn't even told him he might adopt Lexi as his daughter. Still, that could wait until later. Borrowing a pen and paper from his father, Hiei wrote a reply to his younger sister. He rewrote the whole thing at least five times before he was convinced it sounded okay. Then handed it to his uncle muttering an apology. Hiede said it was okay and that he didn't really mind at all.
At Koenma's palace...
Yukina sat on the stump where her uncle had been the first time they had met. Also the place where she had opened the letter from her brother. She began to try and summon a picture of what he might look like. But failed terribly and was reduced to tears. Yukina began to cry out of frustration and sadness. Where was her brother?
"Yukina, don't cry like that." Said a kindly voice. She looked up and saw her uncle smiling down at her. She hugged him as he sat down beside her. He instantly slipped an envelope into her hands and even wiped away some dried up tears on her face.
"Your brother sent me straight away with this. I'm in a bit of a hurry and can't stay long. I'll wait for you to open and read though then leave. Okay?" Hiede said warmly to his niece. She nodded, managing to smile at him. Yukina opened the letter and read:
Dear Yukina,
There is so much I wish to tell you as well. Yes, I do cry tear gems just like you. As for where I am, I'm in a cavern with Hiede at the moment. And for who I am, I'm your big brother. As for your crush on Hiei, we will discuss that when I get there. Tonight is the night we will meet in the doorway of the shrine.
Hiei will accompany me and meet you first then introduce me. It took a lot of convincing for me to get him to do this. He has agreed to do this for the sake of us. I'm a bit shy in meeting you, so please don't blame me for doing this. I can hardly wait to meet you as well. I to, have fallen in love, but it is a fatherly love. She may even become my daughter.
Twice as much love,
Big Brother
P.S. I'm so close you can almost touch me.
Once again Yukina began to cry again. More out of joy then anything else. Hiede stayed a little bit then quickly left mumbling an apology. She went and sat at the place he had said they would meet that night. She was going to have to thank Hiei for all of this. He much have gone through so much trouble doing all of this. She reread the letter then giggled a bit. Was her brother really shy?
That night...
Hiei hesitated in the darkness at the sight of Yukina. Lexi hadn't minded that he had to leave her once again. Yukina seemed to be nearly shivering in excitement to meet him. He took a deep breath then stepped forward. Putting on the mask he always wore, Hiei walked forward into the light. Yukina gasped in shock at seeing him so silently towards her. She reminded herself that soon she was going to meet her brother. Soon.
"Hiei, thank you for all that you've done. According to my brother he thanks you as well." Yukina said nervously twisting a piece of her kimono in her hands. Hiei felt his muscles tense up as he walked up the stairs toward her. His stomach was doing back flips at this point.
"You're welcome Yukina, is there any last minute messages you might want to ask your brother before you two meet? He's really shy as he said in the letter." Hiei asked her calmly. Yukina thought for a moment then shook her head.
"No, I want to ask him in person." Yukina answered. Hiei's stomach plummeted at this. Now was the moment, one he had never dreamed of ever happening. He hestitated more, she looked up at him confused.
"Hiei, are you okay?" Yukina asked patiently and kindly.
"I'm fine, but there's something you have to know about your brother." Hiei answered, surprised he still had his calm tone of voice.
"What?" Yukina asked him. She was all ears for the one that had found her brother.
"I need to tell you where he is." Hiei answered still acting calm. Yukina nodded in reply.
"He's standing right in front of you." Hiei managed to say in the same calm voice. First, Yukina simply stared at him. Then the realiztion seemed to sink in at this news. She covered her mouth in shock and he saw that she was about to cry. Hiei felt himself pull out the black tear gem he had fashioned into a necklace for her. He handed it to her as a sort of present. She took it, but had began to cry as she put it around her neck.
"Hiei, how come you never told me before?" Yukina asked still crying. Was this person, the one that had always just dropped in to visit her, really her brother?
"I was...scared of what you would think. I felt you would be happier not knowing who I was. It would be better you not knowing that your brother was a murder." Hiei managed to answer still calmly. Damn it, why couldn't he express his emotion?
"Big brother..." Yukina replied wiping away her tears as her tear gems slowly fell down the steps.
"Yes?" Hiei replied sitting down next to her. She felt her scoot a bit closer to him.
"I don't care." Yukina answered simply. He actually gave her a dumbfounded look.
"I don't care that you were a murder in the past. All that counts is that you changed for the better. I honestly don't care, all I care is about you being happy as well, big brother." Yukina explained smiling at him. The two siblings stared at each other for moment. Then Hiei swept her into a hug. They stayed on the steps hugging each other. Deep down Hiei finally felt at peace with himself. He didn't have to hide behind a mask anymore, the past was finally behind him. He could finally just be an older brother.
Shezka: Most people would end a fic at a scene like this. But not me! I still have more to write. You guys have to know how these two will get along for that first week! Send me reviews and I promise to update.
