Shezka: I'm bored out of my mind. Yet, I continue on typing. What have I come to?
Lexi began to nod off as Hiei went on watching tv. He really wasn't watching the screen actually, he was mostly just in deep thought. On the other side of Lexi was Kurama, who was reading a book. He had absent mindely taken off his shoes and curled up on the couch reading. Yomi had no heater in his huge castle, so it was fairly cold. He shivered, but stayed right next to Lexi. She yawned tiredly pulling her tail up around her. She snuggled down, but continued on shivering. Hiei took notice of her after she yawned for a third time and snuggled up next to him.
"It's about time you went to bed already. It's late and I don't want you sleeping all day." Hiei said pushing his daughter a bit. It had been three days since he had heard the argument. He had told Yukina everything and she had given father a piece of her mind. He had also signed the adoption papers that very same day. Kurama was over because Hiei claimed he hadn't seen him for a long time now.
"No, I don't want to go to bed Daddy." Lexi whined waving his hand away tiredly. Kurama smiled from his spot on the couch. It was hard to believe Hiei was actually a father now. It had shocked him when Hiei had asked him to be the godfather. Kurama was honored to accept such a responsibilty, but it also touched him. He had never known Hiei would have trusted him with something so precious and valuable.
"I said go to bed Lexi. That's a direct order, so go." Hiei ordered her sternly. His uncle still wasn't well, and he was refusing to leave until he did get better. Yomi could care less though, he seemed to enjoy having so many people over at his kingdom. Kurama chuckled, that wasn't going to work.
"Why don't you go to bed?" Lexi snapped back at him smartly. Hiei's brow furrowed in impatience, but he glared at Kurama was laughing softly. Thankfully, his friend decieded to offer his assitance at this point in time.
"If you don't listen to your father he'll have to punish you, Lexi. We wouldn't want that now would we?" Kurama asked her gently with a simple nudge. She flicked a long ear at him then raised her head. After a few more patient nudges and kind words, Lexi finally decided to comply. She wiggled out of her warm spot between the two demons and kissed her father on the cheek then went to bed. Hiei blushed in the dark, he still wasn't used to that.
The next morning...
"What's the diagnosis?" Hiei asked the doctor as the man walked out of his uncle's room. The man shook his head sadly and motioned for the family to come inside. They walked in and Hiei was relieved to see his uncle sleeping peacefully. Everyone sat down, wondering what could have possibly happened while they had slept.
"It hurts me badly to say this, but your uncle will never be the same again." The doctor told them sadly. Hiei felt his body heat sky rocket upward. Next to him Yukina's plummeted, she was worried.
"You see...how do I say this? Hiede...will never be as strong as he once was. He'll often need assitance in whatever he does and will need to take these pills for the rest of his life." The doctor answered holding up a small bottle. Everyone seemed to slowly let out their breath. They had all thought he was going to be dead.
"So you're saying my uncle won't be able to go outside ever again?" Hiei asked coldly, reading the doctor's mind. He shuffled his feet nervously a bit. Hiede cracked his good eye opened and sat up with some help from Huroda.
"Never be able to outside? Ha! I've survived this long to finally meet my niece and nephew. I dare say I'm pratically their grandfather now! Listen up, all of you, I'm not going anywhere for sometime. So don't go planning my funeral just yet." Hiede announced to them, his words sounding like an old man's who's path was growing shorter every day. Hina hugged him and burst out crying with Yukina who had joined him. Huroda and Hiei both looked at each other uncertainly.
"Do you, you know?" Huroda said motioning towards the girls. Kurama was outside the door with Lexi ready for them. Hiei just smirked evilly at him.
"No, as a matter of fact I don't. I have an anouncement to make." Hiei said, raising his voice on purpose. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to him. The door swung open and Lexi came in, trying to appear cute and cuddly. She smiled nervously at her new family as she went behind her father.
"Don't tell me you're getting married." Huroda moaned, recieving a hit over the head from his wife. Yukina giggled with Hiede who was amused at seeing his younger brother picked on.
"Actually, that's something quiet simliar. You see, I've adopted Lexi as my daughter. And-" Hiei said pausing so that Kurama could walk in. His best friend came in as well, with a rose in his hand which he handed to Lexi. He had developed a habit of spoiling her with gifts.
"Kurama is her godfather." Hiei finished. Lexi wrapped her arms around her father's arm for comfort. Hiei patted her on the head. Hina smiled along with everyone else in the room, even Huroda.
"I suppose that makes me an old woman now." Hina replied causing everyone to laugh.
As Hiei stood there, listening to them, he finally felt at peace with himself. Finally, he could let go of his past and focus on his daughter. A smile crossed his face as Lexi attempted to slide the rose into Kurama's hair. Now his main focus was to raise his daughter. Outside, the first snow of winter fell. Officially marking a new season, and an entire new chapter in a certain someone's life.
Shezka: sniff That was such a sweet ending! blows nose You can always tell when it's the very last paragraph in a story. It always holds that magic in it that makes it special. Oh, and I plan on making a sequel. It's going to be called Fires Grow.