Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I only own the storyline and the few original characters. Now... Hiei is alright, I promise... remember he is immortal. He was just shot and now is recovering. This charming little story comes to an end here after this chapter. So please read and review. I give you Chapter Eleven: The End.
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Hiei groaned as he opened his eyes, looking around the room and seeing nothing but white. Was he dead? He asked himself. No... immortals couldn't die. He frowned as he heard voices coming from somewhere nearby. He recognized one of them as Kurama's voice. He was talking to someone, and it sounded like he was getting frustrated.
"He saved your life!" Kurama said to one of the other people. "Please... just..."
"I understand that you want your mate to come home, but until we review what happened and discuss things with one another, there is nothing we can do," a woman said to him. "There are rules here."
Kurama sighed heavily. "If Hiei hadn't stepped in and taken off on the guard, who knows how many of those prisoners would have actually escaped... He did you all a favor."
"Because of you," another woman said. "He only did it for you. If there were other reasons behind his actions, then things might go differently."
"But ma'am, you don't understand... Hiei did do it for me, yes! But if it was only for me, then he would have gotten me out of there and not looked back. He did it for all of those involved. He has been a hostage before! He knows how terrifying it can be! And again, he wouldn't have stepped in the way of the bullet meant for you, Mr. Takanashi." Kurama took a breath and didn't let things go. "You were the only one there, you saw how he acted. Hiei wasn't only protecting me, he was protecting everyone, by using himself as a shield! He did get away from his guard, yes... but he had a perfectly reasonable explanation for it!"
The other people took several steps out of the room and began to discuss, afraid what Kurama would do to them if he heard what they had to say to one another.
Mr. Takanashi sighed heavily as he walked into the room. "I wish that things could have been different, here today Kurama, I really do. But I have twenty three inmates with serious burns," the superintendent said to him. "I'm sorry... my hands are tied."
"Figures," Hiei said from the bed, finally having enough of them treating his mate like a cheeky ingrate. "I do something good for this retched place and the only thing I get in return is the five of you harassing my mate!"
Mr. Takanashi turned to the fire demon. The others had returned to the room upon hearing him awaken and stood around the end of his bed. "Would you like to tell your story?"
Hiei sighed heavily and nodded as he watched Kurama come to stand beside him, glaring at the five opposing parties. "Kurama is right. If I only did it for him, then I would have protected only him. But I wasn't in fear for his life, because I know that there is nothing in this world that can take him from me. The other hostages, however, were another story. Mr. Takanashi, I knew that you had a wife and three kids at home... I would hate to see a fucking funeral on the television where your wife was only given a flag and the utmost respect because of you. And the others, yeah, maybe I didn't know their story, but I am sure that they had loved ones at home that would have been devastated if someone hadn't stepped in when I did.
Do I regret what I did, yes, I knew that I had a chance to see you all on my approved Parole Hearing date, but that was pushed to the side. I could try to convince you that I am not a threat to others any other day of the week. But the fact that innocent lives were at stake from a man that I put in here myself, I couldn't help it. Ever since I started to work for Koenma, my job was to protect... and no amount of years in here is going to stop that natural instinct that Koenma drilled into me.
But the burning question that is probably running through each of your minds, is this... Would I do it again? HELL YES! I can't just drop everything and stand there like a pussy in my cell. I am not that type of person. I would have hung myself before I just sat back and watched. And no, I am not suicidal. If I was, I would have done so a long time ago. But I have been here for three and a half years, I have followed EVERY single rule that you have put into place. And I will be DAMNED if I am going to sit back here and let you criticize my actions."
Hiei crossed his arms and watched the five people at the end of his bed turn and leave the room. Kurama smiled brightly at him and placed a hand on his shoulder. Hiei looked up and seen tears in his eyes. Hiei frowned and reached up, his gentle hand wiping the tears from his beloved's face. Kurama smiled at the action and held his hand there.
Only two of the men returned to the room. Hiei looked up at them, Kurama still holding his hand although it was now resting on the bed beside him. One man smiled lightly. "I only have one question... IF we let you out... would you have any regrets as to why you were here in the first place?"
Hiei frowned. He thought back to what he had been practicing to say... but it wouldn't come. Well he had spoken from the heart so far, might as well continue that streak. "No, I would have done everything the same. I most likely would have killed that ingrate for hurting my fox, I would have accepted my sentence as I have done. I wouldn't change things, maybe I might have held back a little, but I wouldn't take it back. Kurama was the only thing on my mind when that asshole gave him that beating.
I told you before, I am not the type of person to sit back and let things happen. I will not let bad things happen to good and innocent people. Not even if I hated the victim would I be able to sit back while someone threatened to take their life. I would do it again, if it meant that I was doing my job. Protect and serve. That is what I was trained to do. Yes, I may be a little rough around the edges but that is just me... I can't change who I am. But when I signed my contract with Koenma... I knew that I was bound by law to protect those who could not protect themselves. I WILL NOT TAKE THAT BACK."
The two men looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. They turned back to the group outside. Hiei sighed heavily, hoping that he hadn't screwed his chances of getting out of here. Kurama leaned against the bed and kissed his cheek. "I love you so much, Hiei."
Hiei smiled as he turned to the fox beside him. "You wouldn't take anything back?" Kurama shook his head with a smile. "Never. I would have everything JUST the way it is. Never think that I would change the way things happened. I love you too much to change anything." Hiei smiled as Kurama leaned back down and kissed him gently. Hiei heard the five people walk back into the room, but the moment being shared with Kurama was too sweet to pass up, so he ignored them as he kissed his fox back. One of the women cleared her throat and the two broke apart.
"There will be plenty of time for that later," she said, her voice strict. She sighed heavily and looked at the folder in her hand. "It pains me to have to do this, but I seem to have no choice."
Hiei frowned and looked down, Kurama's heart sank, after all that, Hiei was denied. Until the woman spoke again. "It seems that the people are going to miss you around here, Hiei. As the head of the Parole Board, and wife of the Superintendent, I hereby... grant your parole. With the exceptions that follow. You must return to work for Koenma a minimal of one year, you must continue to strive to be better at things you do, and most of all... reflect on all that you have learned during your stay with us here."
Hiei blinked as he seen Kurama's hands cover his mouth from the explosion that was brewing there. The five people walked out of the room and Kurama let loose. He cried, he laughed, he cried some more and he leaned over the fire demon in the bed, kissing him all over his face. Hiei had never felt such a joy in his life... well there was the time when they mated but that was utter bliss, not simply joy. He hugged Kurama back who seemed to be unable to stop the tears from flowing down his face. Kurama pulled back for a moment and stared into those gleaming ruby eyes.
"Yes, my fox... I'm coming home," he said and the fox fell into another round of tears. Hiei held him as he smiled, home. He was going home. That word had never meant anything to him, but now it would, it meant everything to him now... HIS fox, HIS home, and HIS new life was starting to look brighter by the minute.
Suddenly, Granger escorted several visitors into the room. Every single one of them were holding flowers of some sort, and Granger himself was holding a sign with one of the visitors, the sign said Congratulations, You Got Parole. Hiei smiled lightly, it was Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan, Shizuru, Keiko, Genkai, and even Yukina. They all cheered and began to chant "For he's a jolly good fellow..."
Kurama smiled as he leaned back for a moment. The sights and sounds were too much, Hiei thought. They could have waited until he was actually out to celebrate, but with the sound of a bottle of champagne being opened, he knew that wasn't gonna happen. Oh, well. That was life. He smiled as the larger group surrounded them. They all took a glass of the bubbly liquid, clinking the glasses together, after Granger said to them all. "Here's to you Hiei."
Kurama smiled behind his glass, watching them all together, he could get used to this. Having Hiei at the center of it all, laughing with them, even smiling at them. Kurama took another sip of his bubbly. Home. That was all that he could think of... his new beginning with Hiei. Home sweet home.
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The End. I hope you all enjoyed. Please leave your comments and reviews to the story and I hope that you will continue to read the stories that are in my name. Well, ta ta for now and again, thanks for reading.
