Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or the characters
Within minutes, Hiei found himself in a small boat in the middle of the ocean with an old stranger, and he was not happy about it. He stood carefully so that he wouldn't fall out of the boat, but he grabbed the stranger by his shirt and said, "You better take me back to that beach now or suffer the consequences."
The man smiled. "I thought you said there was nowhere in the world that you wanted to be, so I'm taking you away from it."
Hiei's eyes narrowed at the man. "Oh don't take it that way, Hiei. I'm not here to kill you or anything. That would be a waste of this boat's magic."
"Magic?" Hiei asked. "What magic?"
"Hiei, have you ever thought about what your life would be like if you did something differently?"
"Hn."
"I'll take that as a 'yes,'" the man said smiling, and then his age changed and he was now looking like someone in their twenties. "Many people ask this one question all the time: 'What if I had gone today instead of yesterday?' 'What if I had accepted his invitation?' 'What if I had finished school?' Humans ask that question at least once a day."
"Hn," Hiei responded, crossing his arms. "I'm not human and I don't do 'what ifs.'"
"But have you ever thought about a 'what if' becoming reality?"
"You sound just like the fox," Hiei answered. He sat down and laid back. "If you're not planning to take me back, then I am going to sleep now."
After Hiei was sound asleep the man said, "Sleep well, Hiei. For when you wake up, you will be in another world entirely."
"Son, son, it's time to wake up," Hiei heard a voice say. He told himself that he must have fallen asleep at Kurama's house and Shiori was busy waking up her son. "Come on, now. You can't sleep in all day."
Then Hiei felt a hand on his shoulder. He sat up quickly and nearly choked when he saw his mother sitting at the side of the bed. She was exactly how he had remembered her before she was forced to give him up.
"M-mother?" he gasped out.
"Yes, Hiei. Are you alright? You look pale."
"I-" he was cut off when Yukina ran into the room.
"Are you still in bed, big brother?" she asked cheerfully. "You need to get up so we can go on our trip."
"Our trip?" he asked.
Yukina danced out of the room before he could get anything else out of her.
He looked to his mother who now looked sad.
"I really wish we didn't have to leave, but it's not fair to you to keep you hidden here," his mother explained. "Your sister doesn't realize that we won't be coming back yet. Thank you for not telling her."
Hiei looked at her in confusion for a few minutes trying to make sense of what was happening. He had to be dreaming. There was no way any of this was possible.
Hina walked out of the room to go finish gathering a few things when Yukina entered the room.
"I still can't believe she hasn't realized that I figured this all out a long time ago," she whispered.
Hiei looked at her in shock. "You know?"
"Of course I know and I'm really excited. We can go out in public and be a real family. Isn't it great, big brother?"
"Um, yeah…it is," Hiei said nervously while looking away. What the hell is going on?
Hiei looked outside of the window to try to figure out where he was and was met with the sight of a place he never thought he'd see again, the Glacial Village.