Author: Konichiwa!

Hilu: Here it is the much awaited chapter… well maybe not since this is not the end yet.

Author: Now who is giving stuff away? Shush Hilu. Enjoy the chapter all.

Singing

"Kirana's telepathy"

"Hiei's telepathy"

Hiei's thoughts

"Hiei's Jagan"

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Chapter 22

"What the HELL do you think you are doing?" a voice came from the doorway.

The two demons pulled apart slightly and looked to the doorway where a very angry Youko stood. Kirana wasn't sure why he was upset, but she was happy just standing there in Hiei's arms. She decided that maybe that was why he was upset.

"Well do you plan on answering me or will I have to find out some other way?" he asked angrily.

"Well… we think Yusuke and Kieko –" Kirana began.

"I don't care about Yusuke and Kieko. What is going on in this room?" Youko said cutting Kirana off.

"I love her Youko."

"No. No, that is not possible. Kirana come with me now," Youko said.

"It is too possible because I love him too."

"Kirana don't argue with me come here now,"

"No. No I am going to stay right here with Hiei."

Suddenly Genkai came into view. She had not expected Youko to react the way he had, but she was certain that if she could just separate the three demons maybe they could work something out.

"Kirana I could use your help in the kitchen. Hiei I believe Yukina needs to speak with you. And Youko, I believe you need to cool down before you finish this conversation," Genkai said hoping to disperse the demons before irreparable damage could be done.

"Of course Genkai," Kirana said following the older woman out the door.

Hiei followed the women hoping to get away from Youko and to find out what his sister wanted. He hoped he would never be like Youko when it came to his sister finding love. When he walked into the temple he saw Yukina and Kuwabara sitting on the couch holding hands.

Yukina saw Hiei come in the room and jumped up running to hug him. She knew her plan had at least partially worked, and she hoped her brother would be happy for her now that she was in love too.

"Hiei?" Yukina said quietly.

"Yes Onee-chan?"

"What would you say if I was mated?"

Hiei smiled. He had somehow known this was going to happen. There was something in the air. He hoped that she would make a good choice.

"I would ask who you were mated to."

"What would you say if I said it was Kuwabara?"

Hiei closed his eyes. He was about to flip out when he remembered Youko and how much he wished Youko would accept him. He wanted Yukina to be happy more than anything else.

"I would ask if you are happy. Are you happy Onee-chan?"

"Yes, Onii-sama I am happy," Yukina said smiling at her brother.

"Then congratulations Onee-chan. I am happy for you."

"Kuwabara, outside I need a word."

"Ye- yes, Hiei, whatever you say," Kuwabara said truly frightened.

They went outside. Hiei was tempted to smack him in the head and threaten him away from Yukina. Then he remembered how happy she had looked and remembered again how much he truly hoped Youko would come around.

"If she gets hurt because of demons after you, I will kill you. If you so much as look at another Onna thinking she is even as pretty as her I will tear your eyes out. And lastly if you so much as lay one finger on her in a violet manner I will do things to you that you have never even dreamed could be done to a person. Am I understood?"

"I would never hurt Yukina. I understand," Kuwabara said being very serious.

"Good. Now I have other things to worry with I will however be checking up on Yukina regularly."

Kuwabara nodded and walked off. Hiei seemed distracted. Maybe he was thinking about Kurama and Botan. Maybe he was trying not to kill him to make Yukina upset. Yukina had told him about Hiei being her brother, and Kuwabara had been worried about Hiei getting mad because Yukina and him had become mates. He planned to marry her in the ningen way, but for now what they had was good enough for both of them.

Hiei couldn't think of a way to make Youko see sense. He loved Kirana and she loved him. Surely he would care about her happiness as much as he himself cared about Yukina's. He was expecting a threat similar to the one he had just delivered, but that would go unsaid. He would never in his wildest dreams make Kirana unhappy in any way imaginable.

Kirana knew what was going on in the other room. She knew that Kuwabara and Yukina were mated, and she hoped Hiei would do the right thing and be happy for the koorime. She knew Yukina was as happy with Kuwabara as she herself would be with Hiei. She couldn't understand, however, why Youko threw such a fit about her and Hiei. Maybe he thought Hiei was too good for her. She quickly discarded that thought. Somehow she knew he was mad at her, but she wasn't sure why.

"Kirana, the water is boiling," Genkai told the girl.

"Oh, I'm sorry I guess I got distracted," Kirana said blushing.

Genkai just smiled, "I know you did. I would too if I were you. Hiei is very good looking."

Kirana blushed, "No, it's not that… it's Youko… I don't know why he was so mad."

Genkai just raised her brows, "Perhaps you should ask him."

Just then Yukina came in. She could tell that Kirana was distracted and told her to go that she would help Genkai with dinner and Kirana should take care of whatever was bothering her. So Kirana went out in search of her brother.

She found him by the pond. It was still Youko not Kurama. She walked up to him and hoped he would be more understanding now than he was before.

"Youko?"

"Yes, Kirana?"

"Why were you so upset earlier? Did I do something wrong? Do you not—"

"You are too young to make a decision like that. You could not possibly be in love. You are too young to know what that means. I hope that you will use better judgment in the future," Youko said.

"What?"

"You heard me," Youko said looking at her.

"I love Hiei. And he loves me. Why can't you understand that? Why can't you be happy for me?"

"You are not in love. You are too young to know what love is," Youko repeated.

"How would you know what I know or don't know? I know what love is. And I know I love Hiei. I also know that nothing will keep me from him or him from me. And I sincerely hope you will understand that. I would have thought that of all people you would understand. I mean you love Botan. You have loved her for a long time. Maybe I am just braver than you."

"I do not appreciate your demeaning the feelings I have for Botan," Youko said.

"You are not even listening to me! I know you love Botan. And I know Botan loves you, but I love Hiei, and he loves me. Why can't you see that?"

"Not even a demon can see what isn't there," Youko said firmly. "You will not be alone with him again. You will be chaperoned until I believe that you can control yourself. I will be having this talk with Hiei as well."

"I don't believe how close-minded you are being," she said before storming off not listening to the rest of his talk.

"Hiei?"

"What is it Kirana?"

"I need to speak to you."

"In a minute I need to talk to your brother."

"Hiei I know what my brother is going to say."

"Please, trust me Kirana. I will never leave you. I just want to talk to Youko. Maybe I will ask to talk to Kurama instead. I will be back and then we can talk."

"Okay. But promise that no matter what Youko says that you will still love me. And know that no matter what he says I love you and want to be with you."

"Kirana I love you and nothing will change that. I will come back to talk to you. I promise."

"Okay. Aishiteru, Hiei."

"Aishiteru, Kirana."

Kirana hoped that Hiei would make Youko see sense. She wanted so badly for Youko to be happy for her. She was so happy. She thought back and realized she had never been this happy ever.

"Youko? Where are you? I need to talk to you."

"I'm here by the pond Hiei, and I need to talk to you too. I believe I will start this however. I do not want you near my sister. She is an innocent. She deserves to be happy. And I will not have anything mess that chance up for her," Youko said.

"She will be happy. With me. She is mine and I will not give her up for any reason. Youko I love her. I love her more than I thought was possible for me," Hiei admitted.

"No, she will not be alone with you.Either myself or the detective and his fiancé will be there with you if you ever decide to speak to her. You will not screw up her future," Youko said firmly.

"Let me talk to Kurama," Hiei demanded.

"No," Youko said.

"Yes. I demand to talk to Kurama. He gets a say in this as well. She is his little sister too," Hiei pointed out.

"No. She is Youko's sister, my sister. We share the same father, Kurama does not. It is pointless to let him speak to you anyway for he will tell you the same thing. Stay away from my sister," Youko said. "That is all; I believe it is almost time for dinner. Heed my warning Hiei for you would not like the consequences."

Then Youko was gone. Hiei could not believe his friend. Youko was going to deny both his best friend and his own sister true happiness. How could he be so blind?

"Hiei?"

"Yes, Koi?"

"He told you to stay away from me didn't he?"

"Yes he did."

"I have a plan. Yusuke and Kieko were in on the whole plot to get us together to begin with. Maybe they will help us now. At dinner we will make plans fora walkthen it will be your's and Yusuke's job to protect Kieko and I."

"Okay."

At dinner that night Youko sat between Hiei and Kirana. He would not let them speak to each other and every time Hiei tried to say anything the fox demon would cut him off. Finally everyone got tired of it and no one was speaking. Kirana took this opportunity to begin her plan.

"Kieko, don't say anything. I don't want Youko to know that I am speaking to you. I am going to suggest a walk. Will you please offer to go with me as soon as the words are out of my mouth? I have a plan to be alone with Hiei, but I will need you and Yusuke to help me. If you will do this give me some kind of sign."

Right after Kirana had said this to her friend Kieko looked up and caught Kirana's eye. Kirana sighed inwardly. Kieko would help. She just hoped Hiei had taken her serious; they would need both sides of the couple to make it work.

Hiei took advantage of the silence. He knew he needed to talk to the detective, and he knew no one could know. He knew Kirana's plan and so they would have to go with the girls on their walk, but he had to make sure that Yusuke would go and not Youko.

"Don't say anything detective, just listen. Kirana has a plan, and we need your help. Kirana is going to go for a walk with Kieko and we are going to go to protect them. When Kirana says something about the walk Kieko will say that she is going and then you and I will jump in and say that we will go to make sure nothing happens. You will do this, because I know that you two had plans to get us together to begin with, and I would hate to see you dead."

Yusuke swallowed. Hiei knew he would do this. He knew that the detective was a good guy and would help them in anyway he could. He was still thinking about this when Kirana took a deep breath. It was time.

"I think I am going to go for a walk. Would anyone like to come with me?" Kirana said looking around the table.

"I will," Kieko said.

Kirana smiled. Things were going smoothly so far.

"You will need someone to go with you," Genkai said.

"I'll go, I could use the exercise," Hiei said.

"I will go too. Can't leave Kieko alone for too long," Yusuke said grinning.

"Perhaps I will go too," Youko said.

"Youko, please. You know you want to stay here with Botan," Kirana said. "Besides you said you would trust the detective and his fiancé."

"You are right. I would much rather be here with Botan," Youko said smiling at his mate.

"Well, shall we leave now?" Kirana asked.

"Sure," Kieko said.

"Yup," Yusuke said jumping out of his chair.

"Hn."

And so they left. Kirana hoped against hope that her plan would work. She also hoped that it would not make Youko angrier than he already was at her.

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Author: So does anyone think they know what Kirana is thinking? Just don't give it away in case someone doesn't know.

Hilu: You shouldn't be allowed to talk.

Author: Now Hilu be nice. It was just a question.

Hilu: You are asking them to figure out the plot.

Author: No, I'm not… besides I doubt anyone will know, but please review anyway! Ja ne!