"Go away" Aaya answered the knock at her door with the same greeting she'd given every other time. "Go the fuck away damnit." This time was different though. This time she made the mistake of opening the door to yell at the person who was disturbing her. What she found was the four boys from Koenma's new spirit detective team. "Fuck." And with that, she was dragged away from the apartment by Yusuke and Kuwabara, followed by Red Hair and Bloody eyes, side by side. "Alright, I give, I'll come quietly, where are we going?" She asked when the two released her.

"There" Yusuke pointed in front of them to a large building that was obviously a club of some sort.

"Sweet…"

Spilled secrets to a stranger

Last night as the world slept

Told the stranger everything

Don't think I'll regret that

Aaya was formally introduced to Keiko and Kurama, and learned the name of her bloody-eyed guardian. Hiei. Aaya and Kurama were currently doing the hustle on the dance floor. The real one, that you actually have to learn. "You're pretty good at this Kurama, never met a guy who could match me on the dance floor." Kurama only nodded in response. "What's he like?" Aaya asked as she came in from spinning, jutting her chin towards the bloody-eyed boy.

"Who?"

"Bloody eyes"

"Hiei?"

"Yeah," she hesitated before saying his name, as if the consequences of her speaking it would cause something great to happen, be it good or bad "Hiei."

"You say it like you want to say it every day for the rest of your life."

"Maybe I do, my life won't be that long."

"What??"

"So, what's he like?"

"Who?"

"Hiei."

"Oh, yes. He's not a very social person, nor does he share much about himself."

"I could see that, woah!" Aaya suddenly latched onto Kurama instead of just putting her hands back in his.

"Are you alright?"

"Might be, depends on if I pass out next or not."

"We'd better get you back to the others."

"You'll have to lead me, I'm dizzy and I can't see that well. Not sure I can walk either."

"Alright" Kurama took Aaya's arm and led her towards the group, which now consisted of Hiei, and Kuwabara annoying the hell out of him.

"Poor thing" Aaya said weakly

"What?"

Aaya looked up at him with the same eyes of deep sadness he had seen her use in Koenma's office. "He never got to be a child, did he?"

She passed out after that, Kurama caught her and whispered "No, he didn't" before an alarmed Hiei appeared in front of him.

"What happened?"

"She passed out, we're going to have to take her back."

"You go get Koenma, I'll carry her." Hiei gently held Aaya's unconscious form as Kurama left. Yusuke would have to find out from Kuwabara, Hiei had no time to find him, Aaya mattered more.

Told my secrets to a stranger

On a lonely moonlit night

Lit a lonely fire

As I spilled secrets in its light

Aaya awoke in a bed that was not her own, but with a headache that was definitely hers. She could hear voices outside, familiar voices but she couldn't place them. It wasn't until she began looking around the room that she noticed the man with bloody eyes sleeping next to her. He looked so much like a child, curled into a ball and fast asleep holding her arm with a gentle strength. Aaya traced his jaw line with her hand and softly touched his mind with hers. He slowly opened those bloody eyes, so filled with hidden pain, buried pain. She smiled at him; he retuned it with a small smile and a gentle touch. With what time she had left, she would share her life with him, steal his pain. Perhaps, for a time, it would double her burden, but she would take it all with her. In the few months she had left, she would heal his heart. Erase the festering wounds and jagged scars. This was what she promised herself that day. It was a promise she refused to break.

Flames are lit and then go out

As quietly as can be

But flames lit in rain won't die

The flames of you and me