A/N: I think I'm falling in love with this story! I mean, I like all my stories, but I do love this one.
New chapter! Yay!
Disclaimer: See chapter one!
BEGIN
"Hey! Watch the hair ass-hole!" Aaron cried, clawing at Yusuke's hand that grasped the back of her coat.
"I wouldn't have to drag you if you'd come willingly!" Tears welled up in her eyes.
"I don't want to leave!" He let go of her in surprise, and her sobs disappeared immediately.
Smirking, she gave them a wave before running down the street and off into the night yelling, "SUCKERS!"
"Shoot."
"Hiei! You're the fastest! Go after her while I go grab our bags!"
Hiei gave him a look, before disappearing in a cloud of dust.
Stupid teenagers! I hate humans. Megumi why?
Hiei growled to himself as he tried to find the human girl. Well, she couldn't be all human, but at this point she was. She had no training…
He growled again.
"Where the hell is she!" He hissed under his breath.
"Leave me alone! God damn you! Back off!" He turned his head to look down below. In an ally half created by the building he was perched on was Aaron. She was pinned against the wall by some thug.
The fire demon sighed.
"Hey, chill out girl. After I take your money, we can have a little fun!"
Hiei was about to make a move when a sudden crack stopped him. Suddenly the thug dropped to his bum, cursing and grasping his foot.
"Bitch! I'll show you!" He went at her feet. She jumped, slamming her foot into his back.
"Look-." A slam of the foot, "here ass-hole! I don't take that kind of crap. Heh. My wallet? If anything *slam*, I'll take yours! Now scat!"
She kicked him in the back, and the bruised moron scattered out of the ally.
After Aaron was sure he was gone, she sighed. Collapsing to the ground, she shuddered. Though she'd acted tough, that had scared the crap out of her.
"Aaron." She screamed, flailing her legs as she was hefted over Hiei's shoulder.
"Let me go! I am not going with you! I-?" She stopped, stricken with fear as she caught glance of his glare.
"Why do you care anyway?" She asked after awhile.
"You're very important to someone who was very important to me."
"Deep."
"Dang, you brought her back asleep and silent. Nice Hiei!" Yusuke patted the man on the back, offering his arms to carry the girl, which Hiei accepted, slinging her into his embrace.
"What a pain. Stupid ona's…" he grumbled to himself.
"Alright. Botan's got the portal open in the other room, so let's go."
"I don't believe you."
"You don't believe me? After that whole explanation?"
"It doesn't make any sense toddler! My whole life, nothing, NOTHING. No one has told me about demons, the three realms…" She paused, her eyes widening slightly.
"My mother… Before she disappeared… She told me of a woman named Megumi. She said she was a demon. I didn't believe her at the time."
Koenma was silent for a moment. "You're mother is dead, Aaron."
Aaron whipped around to face him so fast she nearly fell over. "She's dead?" The room was tense.
"She's dead." Aaron grasped her hair. "Dad said she left me… Left him."
"Look, Aaron, I think you need to lie down and rest. We'll talk about this more tomorrow."
Aaron nodded slowly. "Kurama, would your mother be alright with her staying with you?" Koenma asked the red head.
"I'm sure that'd be fine. Let's go, Aaron," Kurama replied. As the two walked out the door, Kurama briefed the teary girl about the situation with his name.
She nodded, "Okay, Suichi."
Hiei watched as Kurama's mother smiled happily, hugging the tired Aaron as she walked in the door. Aaron hugged her back, loving the embrace.
He watched through any windows that were open as she was led up the stairs and into a guest bedroom and left alone. As soon as she hit the pillow, she was out.
He watched until the moon was high in the sky. Just to make sure she was asleep. When he was, he leaped down from his tree and onto the window sill of her window.
Jiggling the flimsy piece of plastic loose, he slipped inside.
He stared at her for awhile, before he heard a voice.
"What is it, Kurama?" He asked, making sure to be quite.
"Is it her?"
"Yes. It has to be."
"I see. Take care of her Hiei. But be careful." With that, Kurama silently left the room.
"Right," Hiei whispered, leaping out of the window again.
Aaron woke with a start the next morning. She flew out of the bed, wondering where she was.
"Oh. I'm in Ku-Suichi's house," she said with a sigh.
"Good morning," Kurama said softly, knocking on the door way to her room.
The thirteen year old turned to him. "Good morning. What's the plan for today?"
"Well, Yusuke and Kuwabara are going back to get your things. I'm not sure what excuse they'll use, but we'll see. You, Hiei and I are going shopping to get you new stuff. Koenma is providing money, so all we have to do is track down Hiei and convince him to come with us."
"I don't think he likes me."
Kurama smiled. "I wouldn't worry too much about that. Now, get yourself cleaned up. There's a shower next to the closet. I'll have mother lend you some clothes."
Before he could leave, Aaron said, "Thank you, Kurama."
He smiled, nodding, and leaving.
"So, where can we find him?" Aaron asked Kurama as the two walked down the streets looking for Hiei. She now sported a light green summer dress, her hair was up, and her feet in platform shoes.
"Well, he usually sticks to the trees, or at least up high."
"I se- AH!" She screamed as Hiei dropped down in front of her.
"You're definitely good at making an entrance," Kurama said chuckling.
"What do you want, Kurama?" He muttered.
"Koenma wants you to go shopping with us."
"Shopping. No."
"You don't have a choice jerk face!" Aaron said.
"Of course I do."
"No you don't."
"Yes. I do."
"No!"
"Both of you stop!"
"Fine. I'll go, but just to protect her." She blushed. For some reason, she was flattered.
"Well, let's go then," she said in a stutter, before running ahead of them slightly.
Kurama chuckled slightly. "Looks like she has a small crush on you Hiei," he said, nudging the fire demon with his elbow.
"She's a thirteen year old. She'll get over it."
"Hey guys! Hurry it up!" She called, turning her nose up to revel in the sun.
"Um, so how much money is on that card?" Aaron asked as she gawked in front of a sundress store.
"I thought you were a tomboy," Hiei remarked.
"I am. But I love dresses. They make me feel pretty." She frowned for a second, before running into the room.
"It makes her feel pretty? Teenagers are strange."
Kurama smiled, following her in. Hiei hesitated, before following also.
"Look at this one! It's so pretty!" Aaron squealed. Kurama agreed, following along. Hiei had no idea what to do.
The three ended up leaving the store with 13 dresses.
"Next! The shoe store!"
"Why's she excited?" Hiei grumbled.
"I think this is helping her get her mind off of leaving her home. Of course, she's probably also trying to forget the fact that her mother is dead."
Hiei turned forward.
"Kurama."
"What?"
"She's gone."
Kurama whipped forward. "Not again! I'll go to the shoe store. Hiei, go look around. Koenma won't be happy if he finds out she's gone."
"Wow. Japan's malls are awesome!" Aaron said happily. She turned over her shoulder. "Hey guys, where's a good place- Guys? Where'd they go?" She stopped.
"Kurama? Hiei? Where are you? Oh no," she whined, realizing she was alone.
"Oh no… Dangit!"
It had been hours since she'd gotten lost, and she was starting to get panicky.
"Hiei! Kurama? Guys!"
"Hey guys! Look! It's a cute little middle schooler!" Uh oh. She turned right before she was grabbed. A small group of high-schoolers surrounded her. She could smell liquor on the one holding her's breath.
"Nin, stop. You're drunk, it's not necessary…" He was stopped.
"I'm not drunk, I'm just a lil' tipsy!"
"I'm sorry miss, please excuse him-?" The littlest one who had spoken out earlier was thrown to the ground.
"Look, Takametsu, this is why me and the boys took you out tonight. You need to chill man! Now go home!" Takametsu scattered away, probably to get help.
"Please let go of me!" She cried, looking desperately around for help, realizing that the mall was almost empty, and those around didn't care.
"Hiei!" She screamed.
"Let her go, before I bash your heads in."
The group scattered, and she fell to her butt. "You should stop getting yourself into trouble Ona."
"H-Hiei!" She latched onto him, feeling him stiffen before relaxing again.
"Are you alright?" He asked, sighing.
"Where were you guys! I was so scared and alone and…"
"Don't cry. It's a sign of weakness. You're fine now, so let's go."
"Wait! Wait for me!" She ran after him, thankful to be near someone she could understand.
"You were quite cruel to her," Kurama said, climbing the tree Hiei was in later that night.
"You were watching?"
"So were you. Why didn't you save her sooner?"
"I have my reasons."
"Are you trying to not get close to her?"
"Look. I got close to Megumi, and she died because of me. The least I can do is protect this girl. But I don't want to get close to her."
"But you know it'll happen any way. So you're going to be mean to her so that if you get close to her, she runs away."
"Whatever you say."
Kurama let a small smile grace his lips. "Be stubborn. That's alright, but we both know that I'm right. Though, Aaron is quite upset from your coldness."
"Not my issue."
"She's crying."
"…"
"She's really upset. She's not used to Japan, she misses her roommate, and then she thinks you 'hate her guts'. Just talk to her."
"I don't talk much."
Kurama sighed. "Fine. Be that way."
"He really hates me! What did I even do? Man. I wish Garret was here. He'd kick that stupid moron's ass."
"A stupid moron, huh?" She jumped up from her bed, running straight into Hiei's chest.
"H-Hiei! You scared the shit out of me!"
"Little girls shouldn't use language like that."
"Why do you care?" She asked, backing away from him.
"Kurama said you were upset. What's wrong with you, Ona?"
"Nothing. Really."
"Lying is easily detected when you're crying." He swept his thumb under her eye, pulling back to reveal a clear liquid substance on it.
"What? I-I don't know why I am crying. N-nothing is wrong."
"Why are you stuttering?"
"I'm not."
"Hn."
"Look! If you hate me so damn much!"
"I don't hate you."
"Then why do you act like it? You should get a better way of showing emotions, Hiei, 'cause all you're acting like is an ass! Jeeze!"
He pushed her down to sit on the bed. "Talk. Kurama said to talk to you, so talk."
"About?"
"Your roommate. Why you think I hate you. Why you hate Japan. About your mother. About your father."
"I would say that's the longest sentence you've ever said. Sort of. Okay. My roommate. His name is Garret. He has a boyfriend named Mike. Mike's nice, and funny, and more importantly, keeps Garret from harassing me about homework. You hate me because-I'm guessing-I'm human. I hate Japan? I don't. But I would've liked to come here willingly.
"My mother was a good person. But she was weird. She talked about demons a lot. I guess it makes sense now. But still.
"My dad used to be a really nice person! But then he got bitter. He's still my dad though, so I don't want to talk bad about him."
"I see. Are you better now?" He asked impatiently. He was not a kid person.
"I know what you're thinking. I am not a kid, jerk-face."
"Hn. Done?"
"Actually, can you stay here for a bit?" Aaron asked quietly.
"Why?"
"Why do people ask questions?" She whined, "Okay. I've been having these nightmares since that day I was attacked. They aren't bad, but I hate waking up. Don't laugh."
"I won't."
"I'm scared of the dark. Terrified."
His brow rose. "Hn."
"So, will you stay?"
"It's warmer in here. I'll stay for that."
Aaron smiled. "Okay, Jerk-Face."
She lay down, flipping the switch on the lamp, and was asleep in seconds.
"Scared of the dark. Pah," Hiei whispered, sitting himself on the window sill, glaring out at the full moon.
A/N: God. I think this is one of the longest chapters I've ever written.
I'm soooo sorry if Hiei is out of character. He's a bit hard to write. And he's not one to fall quickly, so he doesn't really like Aaron as more of the girl he has to protect for Megumi. You'll learn more about her later, as well.
I hope you liked this chapter!
R&R!