Disclamier: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, but i happen to own Serenity, Kanji, Kaze and thats about it.

I am so incredibly sorry that i have not updated in a while! i was grounded cause i'm not doing so hot in spanish, so i sorta made this chapter extra special ., well without further delay, on to the chapter!
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chapter 15: meetings on the roof
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Serenity woke up with a sharp gasp. Her eyes searched the room desperately to make sure that it was only a dream and that her attacker wasnt really there.

She blinked back tears as she sat up and looked down at her arms. The scars on her arms were faintly visible, but after a dream like that, they felt like they were on fire.

She glanced at the alarm clock that was by Shizuru's bed, it read '5:00 am'

She suppressed a groan, and she carefully got out of the sleeping bag that she had borrowed from Shizuru. The other girls had brought their own sleeping bags, Serenity, however didn't own one, so Shizuru let her borrow hers while she slept on the bed.

She glanced around the room, making sure she hadn't woken anyone up.

Deep inside Serenity was jealous. Of what? She longed to sleep in. She never got a pleasant night sleep, but she was grateful thou, this had been the longest night sleep she had had since... She couldn't even remember, it had to be at least 15 or so years. She had gotten use to it, gotten use to the horrible nightmares that haunt her every night, gotten use to the images of her torture and her torturer. She sighed, she had thought she loved him...maybe she once did, she didn't know anymore.

All she knew is that, since the night she watched her parents be killed by another kitsune, she could never sleep unless she was in the arms of the person she trusted most, which was her brother. She needed him there next to her, protecting her and keeping her safe, so when she woke up from the nightmares of her parents being killed in front of her, that she knew she was safe.

She was startled out of her thoughts by Keiko saying "stupid boy..." and making a slapping motion in the air, before turning over and not moving again.

' Gee...wonder who she's dreaming about?' Serenity thought.

She glanced at the clock, hoping that more time had passed, but it only read '5: 03'

Serenity sighed ' this is gonna be a long night'

Careful not to step on anyone she made her way thru the sea of bodies in the small room of Shizuru's, she went to the window, thankfully it wasnt over Shizuru so she didn't have to worry about waking her up.

She carefully unlocked the window and opened it, thanking Kami that it didn't make a single noise that the human ear could hear.

She slipped thru the opening she made for herself before closing the window. Jumping from tree to tree branch, she made her way to the roof.

She laid down in a spot she found comfortable and looked up at the stars, noticing that you couldn't see them as well as you could in the demon world, but that's ok, she could handy these stars, as long as she didn't have to go back to that hell hole she once called home.

She also noticed that the sun was going to come up in a few minuets, oh how she loved to watch the sun come up, to see the beautiful colors paint there way across the sky, changing the blackness into something wonderful, it gave her hope, that maybe one day, someone would paint her blackness and darkness away.

She relaxed as a breeze floated around her, closing her eyes, letting the wind play with her hair.

She once remembered her mom telling her that when the wind plays with your hair then that means that the person you love is watching over you, protecting you from harm.

She was a little surprised though when a voice broke her of her thoughts.

"what the hell are you doing fox?"

"good morning to you to Hiei." she replied opening her eyes to gaze into the crimson eyes of Hiei's.

"hn, you know it's not wise to lay out in the open with your eyes closed all alone while someone is after you."

she shrugged "bring it on, I wanna see them try and get me."

"hn" was the only response she got.

after several minuets Serenity finally spoke up "you know you can sit down"

"hn"

Hiei took a seat a little over 3 feet away, it was close enough to protect her, but far away enough so she couldn't hurt him.

he sat cross-legged, eyes open and alert, his trusty sword at his waist, ready to attack at any given moment.

" why are you awake so early? And why are so tense? Nothings gonna attack ya now."

"hn"

She rolled her eyes and asked " why are you up so earlier?"

He glanced at her and replied "I don't sleep, I heard the window open, and sensed you leave the house, so I followed."

" Yea I guess that would give me away huh? not that good of a thief I guess."

Hiei didn't reply.

"Well I don't sleep much myself, I haven't slept a full night without having any nightmares in about 15 years or so. gosh, I can't believe it's been 15 years since I've seen my brother. It seems just like yesterday I saw him. (' well you did see him yesterday' Hiei thought) I remember what he looks like so clearly. He has long silver hair, and white ears. and his tail is silver as well, and he has golden eyes-"

"why are you telling me all this?" Hiei interrupted.

"free information. I don't know, I just felt like I could open up to you, hey! the suns coming up!" Serenity yelled quietly, excided about the sun coming up.

She just stared in amazement as the colors painted their way across the sky.

She smiled and closed her eyes as the sunlight fell on her face, the wind playing with her hair.

Hiei couldn't help but stare at her.

He couldn't place the feeling he got whenever he was around her, or looked at her, it was like she made him feel...free. Free from all the pain, suffering, and secrets that his life had. He began to fear what she thought about him, he never cared before, but with her, it was different. and this new emotion was bothering him. When he was in her company everything just seemed to stop.

'I'll ask the other fox what the hell is wrong with me later.' he thought

Serenity noticed that he was staring at her. "What?"

He blinked.

"Is there something wrong with my face or something?" her hand flew instantly to her face, as if checking to see if there was anything on it.

"No"

' it's perfect..' he found himself thinking.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!" Serenity said but Hiei didn't seem to hear her.

She moved closer to him, and still he didn't notice.

she placed her hand on his knee.

Instantly Hiei snapped back to reality, and the reality was that someone was touching him.

Serenity was shocked when Hiei jerked away, he stood up and drew his sword in one swift motion. Now Serenity was looking at the tip of a sword inches away from her face.

As soon as Hiei realized what he had done, he quickly put away his sword and sat down again, a little further away then before.

"why do you keep doing that?" she asked as soon as she got over the fact that he almost killed her.

"why do you keep trying to touch me?"

"why are you so afraid of me?"

"i'm not afraid of anything."

"really?" Serenity reached out to touch him again, and instantly he jerked away from her hand.

"I beg to differ."

Hiei scolded.

"I'm not gonna hurt you know.. just trust me.."

' I know she won't hurt me, I do trust her..'

This time when Serenity's hand came toward him, he didn't jerk away.

She gently placed a hand on his face.

When he didn't do anything, she got a little bolder and began to trace the outline of his face, as thought she was memorizing he's features.

"what are you doing, fox?"

"playing.."

"will you cut it out?"

"I don't feel like it.."

Hiei rolled his eyes, but didn't make a effort to stop her. in truth, it felt kinda nice..

"Is that your Jagan?"

he snapped his attention back to what she was asking.

"yes."

"Did it hurt? when they put it in I mean?"

"I don't feel pain."

"Cocky aren't we?"

By this time the sun was completely up and everyone was getting up about this time.

"lets go inside now, and get breakfast ready, I think everyone should be getting up soon, plus I'm getting hungry, I think you might be to." Serenity said reluctantly removing her hand from Hiei's face. She couldn't help but stare into his crimson eyes as she seemed to fall for him even more and faster. She felt unable to move from her spot.

Hiei couldn't help but stare into her eyes as well, he felt that he could get lost in them, it wasnt just the fact that her eyes were beautiful, she was beautiful, the feeling that he was fighting seemed to grow more and more. He didn't even want to leave this spot in front of her. He found himself slowly leaning forward, having no clue what he was doing, he trusted his instincts, but she was also leaning forward as well, just when there faces were inches apart, a stone flew out of no where and hit Serenity's foot, causing her to jump back as well as Hiei. the both blinked and stood up, Serenity was blushing like mad, and Hiei had a slight pink tent to his face.

" um...I think that we should.. um.. go in now...yea" stuttered Serenity as she jumped down off of the roof. Hiei followed behind, wondering what the hell he was thinking and doing.

Serenity was still blushing when she walked into the house, followed by Hiei, where she walked into the kitchen and had to suppress a scream of shock when she saw Kurama sitting in the chair, facing the door, drinking coffee while staring at the two.

"what are you going up Kurama?" Serenity asked nervously.

"I'm just a morning person. why may I ask, were you two doing so early in the morning." he seemed to direct this question more to Hiei than Serenity.

Hiei shrugged "nothing of your concern."

'oh but I think it IS my concern' Yoko spoke into Hiei's mind.

"I couldn't help but notice your face is red Serenity, were you out for a run...in your pj's"

"oh yea you know it, I was running." she said slightly sarcastically, walking towards the stove, which had the kettle on it, the water was still hot, to make her some hot chocolate.

"you ask about as many questions as my brother would ask..."

Kurama's head snapped up.

'that's because I am..'

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oooo what is going on between Hiei and Serenity, i mean they almost kissed, if that rock hadent flew out of that tree that i think someone was sitting on while watching Serenity sleep... and will Yoko tell Serenity? find out soon!

SugarHigh01: yes Yusuke is a cocky dork, Yoko is overprotectve, and Kanji is evil so of course hes a dork

Princess Kandra: yep!

MiserysSin: thank you for the wonderful review, i felt a little bad when i read it cause i couldnt update, but i'm glad you found it, lol thats funny, the storys called found at last and you found it at last! haha yea i know i'm weird..