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Makai

5:00pm - 5:30

Hiei had a secret; he's been keeping it for awhile. He walked along the corridors wandering if the secret had awakened yet. He found his secret a little before Kuwabara's constant dream about the raven haired beauty. Hair messy, eyes droopy and a bit worried, he wandered into the room that the secret was kept in.

This secret of his explained so much about him that had happened in the last couple of months. It explained why he was able to sow humane emotions in front of Rei without embarrassment and why he had used the attack that was similar to Kuwabara's though he was ashamed to have such an attack.

His crimson eyes scanned the horizon of the room, finding no more than the usual stuff but something was missing. It was missing. For a moment, he was startled that he couldn't find it; he hid 'the secret' so well. It was kept away from King Ko in such a great way and now, he couldn't find it. He turned and there she was….

"Hi Hiei," a young girl's voice filled the room as he turned to see where the voice was coming from. He blushed because that was his secret's voice that he heard though she needn't to be up because of her weak state.

He turned to her trying to suppress any true emotion that he felt for her at that moment. He tried to speak but was caught gawking at the lovely woman in front of him though his conscience told him to not allow such emotions to go through his heart. The very sight of her dirty blonde hair, crystalline blue eyes, and beautiful face would make any man melt at the sight of her. He wanted to hate her but found only love was the simplest emotion, he could have for her. "You should be sleeping!" Hiei moaned as he stared her in the eyes which was much easier now that he was taller though she wasn't too tall herself. He tried to look at her in a cold way but her smile made his eyes soften and pity her. "Why are you out of the chamber?"

The girl turned so that he could see the girl's strange ponytails and replied:" I tried staying… but… not only wasn't my body accepting most of the spirit energy… but I was worried about you!" He was unsure to believe her stories but her eyes said that she truly meant everything she said. Her statement about her body not accepting the tenma energy of the spirit world worried him because he knew the girl couldn't survive without it. He hated himself for worrying so much about this one girl's safety though he was in love with Mukuro.

He felt guilty every time he looked at the girl; he felt like he was cheating on her every time he looked into her eyes. Mukuro was long gone though and would never come back… that was why he came back to the living human world. She had risked her life to save that girl though in the end, it cost her life.

Hiei so wanted to killed the blonde girl but the very thought of being without her, now, would kill himself. He had a friendship with her that would last forever… though he wasn't sure if he only wanted a friendship with her. Even if he wanted more, he knew she wouldn't return the favor… she was in love with someone else, a man named Endyimon. Not only was the man she called Endyimon someone special to her but was a prince; Hiei wasn't sure but he thought he was the earth prince.

He thought about telling Kurama, or rather Shuichi, about his predicament but thought that maybe his youko side could still have an effect on his humane emotions and he would find him to be weak. "Are you feeling alright?" Hiei questioned as he put his hand in her hand and then to her forehead to check if she had a fever.

She smiled complacently as she slowly found herself feeling weak and falling into his arms needing care for her frail body.

Higurashi Residence

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Kagome stared at her younger brother as he seemed to be in deep though more so than usual. He looked like a sculpture by the way he sat there in such a still like motion. He was quiet… too quiet and seemed a bit worried. "Hey, what's with your brother?" Inuyasha snarled as he seemed a bit bothered by Sota acting this way. "If you don't do something, I'm going to think a youma got into his body!"

Upon hearing youma, Rei came running down the stairs with her wonderful henshin stick and her ofudas so attack. Rini walked down along the side of her, not looking so ready for any type of battle but rather a bit tired and her mind was racing about what ad happened earlier that day with the new handsome by whom she didn't know anything about but he knew her name was Rini.

Sota finally moved when he heard the soft footsteps of Rini coming down the stairs and nearly fell over as he tried to get over to where she was," Rini… can we talk?" Sota asked while blushing shyly and grabbing onto her hand.

Nobody had ever saw him take such an action before and the surprise was evident on everyone's face. "Sota?" Rini questioned, her voice barely above a whisper. "Sorry, I'm going to go Hotaru's house to go studying… maybe we can talk later." She didn't look him in the eyes while speaking while her bangs created a shadow over her face.

Rei and Kagome couldn't help but wonder what happened to the two for this moment to have happened.

Outside

6:30pm - 8:00

Rini walked into the outside feeling a chill go up her spine as she noticed the gray clouds in the sky covering over the moon… it had been doing that a lot lately. She wanted to walk alone to get stuff off her mind and to stay away from Sota at this moment in time. She looked into a mirror that was outside and noticed hat young pre-teen that she had become; she was the splendid image of her mother.

Sometimes, she wished that she didn't look so much like her mom… that way she wouldn't miss her so much every time she looked into a mirror. She loved being with Rei and all but… with Serena missing, a huge hole of her life was missing. She missed her so much and couldn't return to Crystal Tokyo because of some strange time paths.

Being with the young Higurashi didn't make things any better… he wouldn't understand what she was going through and most likely, in her mind, wouldn't care.

Flashback

Rini and Sota's School

9:00am – 2:15pm

"My name is Eli," the young attractive boy had told her while staring into her eyes purity with his gentle eyes. With his hand extended, he helped pull her up from the spot she was crying at.

"Myymymymy… my… my… name is…" Rini stuttered for the longest as she was entrapped by the boy's handsome face.

"Rini… is that not your name?" The boy answered for her as he kept his most gentle smile as he turned when he noticed a bunch of tension and unwanted attention on him. The first thing he noticed was the brown haired boy named Sota giving him the meanest glare that he had ever seen in his life, " Is there something wrong?"

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM HER!" Sota yelled out as he roughly pushed Rini behind him showing jealousy and envy in his eyes as he stared into the other boy's eyes. Sota didn't know what made him react in such a way to the actions of that dude and the way he saw her blush. Was he jealous?

"Hmm… is this your girlfriend?" The boy said with a kind voice as he turned his face to the princess of Crystal Tokyo. "If she's not then why do you act such a way?" the boy continued with his kindness as Sota glared at him and became enraged by the way the dude was making this a one way argument which would make the young Higurashi look bad. "The only think I want from her is to see her smile… I would prefer that I'd be a comfort to her," he stopped and everyone could tell that Sota was about to explode. He then went on to say, " seeing that you will not and can not be that to her!"

"What did you say!" Sota yelled out again fuming from those words. Of course, he would and could comfort her… right? Wait, that was what he was about to do when he came out though he wasn't sure how to be that shoulder to lean on. "I'm the only guy that's allowed to be that for her…. And you… you … need to leave her alone… you're probably a stalker…. How else would you know her name?" Sota maliciously said to Eli. He already hated this boy and he wasn't sure why. He knew why… it was because he was saying that he couldn't be the comfort Rini needs in her life as if him and her weren't that close.

"You mean it?" Rini asked, eye sparkly on the verge of crying of happiness because of his words.

"Huh? Yeah, sort of," Sota voiced in an unsure way," I mean, just don't be around that jerk. I mean what kind of guys goes around knowing people's names, especially yours. You're not even popular… just stay away from the freak." He turned to look at him to put emphasis on the word 'freak.' He turned to see Rini and once again, he said the wrong thing because of his now knowing how to express his feelings to her.

Eli walked away after those words were said though it was obvious, he hadn't given up; he was only tired of arguing. Rini watched him walk away, not looking away until he left the door, and she could've sworn that he reminded her of somebody she knew…. Before walking out the door, the boy looked at her with his eyes. "Helios!" Rini screamed out for some strange reason after looking at him and went to say," Don't leave!"

"Helios? Who's Helios?" Sota questioned under his breath as he ran in front of her telling him to stay away from the boy. 'Hmm… the way I'm acting… is this the same Inu acts in front of Kagome?' Sota couldn't help but find himself wondering.

End of Flashback

Outside

6:30pm - 8:00

Her thoughts bothered her about earlier today and she felt that Sota looked at her a lesser individual. She wondered if that was Helios, the boy named Eli… was he an incarnation or a disguise? The rain began to pat on her head and she was much too far from home to return to get a jacket so she continued on her path.

She was stopped though when a jacket was put over her… for a moment she thought it was Sota. She looked up and blushed, it was Eli. "You shouldn't be out in the rain nor should you be alone, you know!" His voice was so calm and gentle that she always felt comfortable. "I'd think you'd be with Sota; he's your boyfriend, right?"

Rini smiled as it slowly became a frown upon hearing his name," No… he wouldn't give a care what happens to me… I could get kidnapped for all he cares." She looked into his eyes as he seemed to pity her for her words.

"I'm sure he cares more than you know… but… I have been watching you for awhile," He stopped as he looked endearingly into her eyes with a passion and sort of a knowing a little too much. She looked into his eyes and had to hear what he had to say.

The Next Day

Higurashi Residence & Walk to School

4:00am -6:00 am

Rei looked at the clock in her room which read '5:00' which was great because everything was on schedule. It had been rather hard for he since the day that Kuwabara died for her to want to get up and face going to school especially since Yusuke and everyone had to go to Shuichi's school. She hadn't really spoken to him, she would always avoid walking where he was though she still desired to be his friend.

Even though, that was her desire, she still had a hard time with when they were younger and he had said that she was replaced in his heart and the death at the fair made it no easier. She felt guilty and sometimes, as if, she deserved to be replaced. 'He promised that I'll always be his fiery rose… the only rose he ever needed.' Rei thought to herself as she thought about the possible meaning of his words, blushing.

Rei walked down the stairs and out the door to see a familiar face. It was Kurama and he was in front of the door with bouquet of roses in his hand pointing it out possibly because of what happened before. "Shu-Shuichi?" Rei voiced out the only words that were available in her heart at that moment.

"Hey Rei," Kurama blushed shyly as he spoke in his naturally poetic voice tha had the beauty that people would never come to know. "I thought about you… we used to walk to school every morning together! I wanted to see if you want to redo that like the old days…" He handed her the roses while smiling the most handsome smile Rei had ever seen causing her to blush a deep red.

Author's Notes: Review please. I would've made this longer but I don't feel that it'll be necessary… AyE! Rei Minamino will most likely finish the rest of the story though if I do the next chapter, it'll be as long as this one. Expect to see more characters. More Inuyasha parts and YYH parts.

Now one of the many mysteries of this story has been solved…. But the story is no where near finished… well, maybe, half way or less. Whatever!