It was about four in the morning when they got back. Tomorrow was Sunday anyway, so there was no school. Kurama took Hikaru to his room to bandage her wounds up but, it wasn`t going so smoothly.
"Ouch! Stop that, it hurts!" Hikaru tried to move away from her brother. He was putting some healing ointment on her deep cut in her arm.
"The more you struggle, the more it will hurt. Stay still, I`m almost done." He grabbed the back of her T-shirt collar.
"No. Your trying to finish that demon`s job and kill me!" Hikaru yelled while tears gathered in her eyes.
"If you do not sit still, I will make sure I finish the job." Kurama threatened her.
Hikaru struggled even more expect now she was crying. Kurama had about enough of this and he was sure that their mother was going to wake up at any moment. He pin her to his bed, which made Hikaru stop crying when he put his finger to his lips, telling her to be more quiet. Hikaru nodded and sniffled.
"Are you going to behave now?"
Hikaru nodded a yes. She sat up so he could work on her wound without a fuss. Still sniffled and cried a bit. Kurama finish putting the ointment and started to apply the bandages.
"Kurama? Am I strong enough to defend myself?" Asked Hikaru
"No. Not well at the least." Kurama answered with no hesitation.
"You could have thought about it first. Jerk. How can I get stronger then?"
"There`s no need for you to train. You're not involved with missions."
"But what if something like this happens again? I don`t want you to come save me all the time. I want to protect myself."
"Hikaru trust me. You don`t want to start a life of fighting."
"It`s not like I`m going to go pick fights. I just want to defend myself."
Kurama tied the bandage up. He got up and sighed. "Is that the only reason, or do you just want revenge on that demon for beating you?"
Hikaru gasped and thought for a moment "No. I don`t know. "She started to cry "What do I do? I don`t want him to get a way, but at the same time…. I just want to be stronger."
Hikaru cried harder and hugged against her knees letting the tears run down her face."Why don`t I know?"
Kurama sat back down on the bed and pulled Hikaru towards him to rest her head against him. Hikaru hugged her brother as she cried. "See? I can`t do anything without you cheering me up or saving me all the time. I can`t do anything myself." Hikaru said between hiccups
"You're only seven Hikaru. You should not have to depend on yourself yet." Kurama wiped some tears from her face. "Besides, I`m your older brother. It`s my responsibility to make sure your safe."
It was almost eight o'clock when Hikaru finally fell asleep. Kurama didn`t get any sleep however and when Shiori asked about why her children were up so late and why was Hikaru hurt so badly, Kurama told her that she cut herself with a knife when she going to get a midnight snack. It did sound like something Hikaru would do, so Shiori believed him and went off to work. She was coming home late today because her Finance was taking her out to dinner tonight. Hikaru slept until two Thirty. Kurama was stuck to do some housework that was left undone.
When Hikaru woke up she got dressed and went down stairs to see what Kurama was up to. Kurama was lying on the couch with his eyes closed and arms folded. He looked asleep as far as she could tell. Hikaru poked him on the cheek until he grabbed her hand.
"If you don`t stop, I am going to reopen your wounds." Said Kurama with his eyes still closed. "What do you need?"
"Um, why are you so tiered?" asked Hikaru before she got to her main question.
"A certain little girl kept me up all night chasing her in the middle of the night and making me bandages her wounds from a fight she was foolishly in." Explained Kurama sarcastically. "What do really want?"
"Well, I was wondering… maybe you could… train me?" Hikaru bowed her head showing that she was serious.
"No."
"Why not?"
"I will not be the one to encourage you to be a fighter. You should have known that already."Kurama turned onto his side.
"But it's for self defene." She tugged on Kurama's shirt.
"That's Self defense."He corrected her "And the answer is still no."
"Same thing. At least get up and take me serious." Hikaru pulled on his shirt harder resulting in her tumble on the floor. She then got an idea. Hikaru started to cry fake tears to put guilt on her brother. "Big Brother, I think I broke my arm." She said in a baby tone that no one could resist.
He turned over a bit to see her false tears "I'm not falling for that." He turned back on his side
Hikaru was not going to give up so easily. She climbed onto the couch and sat on Kurama like he was horse. It kind of showed how short she was compared to her brother.
"You said that as a big brother, you have to help me when I need you!"Hikaru yelled at him
"Don`t try to twist my words around. I said that it is my job to make sure your safe. In other words, to keep you out of fights, not teach you how to fight." Kurama quoted
"And what better way to make sure I`m safe then to teach me to defend myself." Hikaru reasoned
Kurama chuckled, making Hikaru bounce as he laughed." You really are serious about this." He looked at her to see a determined face." I`ll make you a deal. If you promise me that you will not use this for your own personal gain and use it when you absolutely need it, then I promise to train you no matter what."
Hikaru sat with a blank look on her face."Personal gain? What?"
Kurama mentally slapped himself. He forgot that he was talking to a seven year old. "If you promise to only use this power when you need it, I promise not to give up on you." Kurama said more simply
"Oh. It`s a deal! Thank you big brother." Hikaru squeezed him as hard as she could and ran off to her room. Kurama knew that she was excited. She only called him Big Brother when he did something special for her or when she was happy. Kurama went back to sleep. Training would start the next day.