Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or the characters.

Well, here it is…the last chapter. It's been a fun ride, but it had to end sometime (preferably before I completely ran out of ideas. Besides, what better way that to start off the new year with a finished fanfic?


"What went wrong?" Yusuke asked.

"I don't know. This doesn't make sense," Kurama replied. He had also thought that it was the changing point.

"I have a question," Yukina stated causing everyone to look at her. "What if Hiei wasn't the one who made a mistake?"

"What do you mean?" Kuwabara asked.

"I mean, what if it was one of our mistakes that led to his?"

"Who made a mistake?" Kuwabara asked.

"You did," Yukina said pointing to a page in the script. "You said that my brother wasn't here, which alerted Hiei to leave."

"Yeah, but how do you know he would have stayed if Kuwabara hadn't said that?" Botan asked.

"Because I would have realized it and stopped him myself," Yukina replied.

"So we have to do this all again?" Yusuke whined.

"No," Kurama stated. "Just from where Yukina is pointing. Let's try it out her way. Hiei?"

Hiei nodded his agreement. He was willing to try anything. Plus, Yukina was probably right. His leaving seemed to be what caused the problem.

Hiei started reading from his line. "If Yukina's brother decided to tell her the truth, she wouldn't be happy."

"Why do you say that, Hiei?" Keiko asked.

"Seriously, Keiko, stop with the bad questions," Yusuke said quickly. He wanted to hurry this alone. Both Hiei and Kurama rolled their eyes at him.

"It was actually a very good question," Botan said. "Why do you think that, Hiei?"

"I can answer that," Shizuru stated. "Maybe he's saying that her brother hates himself and expects her to hate him too."

"Hey, Shizuru, you can't add to the details. You asked the question," Kuwabara whined, although he didn't really feel like whining.

"I was just making an observation."

Kurama shot Kuwabara a glare to make sure he didn't say anything. Yukina looked over to Hiei who was glaring at Shizuru like he was the night of the slumber party and then over to Shizuru who just shrugged and lit a cigarette.

"Wait, does that mean that Hiei is my brother?"

Hiei looked over to her and was about to answer when a flash of light appeared in front of him. When the light cleared, he realized that he was back next to the beach near Genkai's temple.

"That couldn't have been it?" Hiei stated in a mixture of shock, confusion, and anger. Yes, he had made the mistake of leaving, but he couldn't help but feel pissed that the fool drove him to it.

"I don't control the way the dream world works, Hiei."

Hiei turned to find the source of the voice. It was the captain of the Boat of Dreams.

"I hate you," Hiei growled.

The man grinned at him. "I get that a lot," he replied. "Anyway, you have some business to take care of here, I assume."

Hiei's face softened when he thought of his sister and how much she had suffered because of him. "Yes," Hiei responded.

"Then I shall take my leave," the captain told him. "Good luck."

After the captain and boat disappeared over the horizon, the world around Hiei became alive and he could already feel the wind and hear the waves. Yukina, he thought before flitting off to the temple through the trees.


Yukina was sitting outside the temple, looking up to the sky. Kurama was working on the garden he planted there. He used it as an excuse to come over without Kuwabara giving the poor girl grief. Kurama was getting irritated with his long-time friend, but he knew Yukina would be upset if he did anything to the guy.

Kurama was surprised when Hiei appeared in the middle of the clearing and smiled. He knew his best friend would come back sooner or later.

"Yukina, I'm going inside," Kurama stated. Hiei looked over to him in confusion.

Yukina started to take her eyes off the sky and look at her boyfriend. "Okay, that's f-" Yukina stopped speaking when she saw Hiei standing in front of her. "H-Hiei?" she asked, tears starting to form in her eyes.

Hiei knelt down in front of her and ran his fingers through her hair comfortingly. "I'm sorry, Yukina. So incredibly sorry." Yukina moved to the ground and hugged him.

"I'm so glad you're back," she whispered in his ear.

"I should have never left," he told her.

"Where did you go?" Yukina asked. "Kurama and I searched everywhere."

"I know; I saw," he admitted. Both Kurama and Yukina looked at him in confusion.

"How?" Yukina asked.

Kurama gasped in realization. "The Boat of Dreams."

Hiei nodded, not letting go of his sister.

"Boat of Dreams?" Yukina asked. Apparently in this world, she had never heard of it.

"Yes. I made a mistake that night by leaving before you realized who I was. It should have happened, so I was transported to a world where it hadn't yet happened. The world was twisted. Nothing like our life in this one, but just as terrible and full of heartache. I had to figure out where the mistake was made and correct it, then relive it somehow. Then, any time I went to sleep, I would see what was happening here."

"Everything?" Kurama asked nervously.

Hiei looked at him and smirked. "Yes, fox, everything including how you helped my sister through everything and kept her safe." Kurama could hear the underlying message in his words.

"Thank you."

"Hn. Just stay on my good side and we'll be fine," Hiei joked.

Yukina giggled at the joke. Now she would probably have to worry about having an overprotective brother, but she realized that he had always been trying to protect her. He had always been there to protect her.

"Yukina!" they heard a voice shout out.

Yukina looked between her brother and boyfriend with worry. Kurama glared over to the direction the voice came from and Hiei growled. He hadn't been expecting to deal with Kuwabara so soon.

"There you are, Yukina," Kuwabara said but he stopped walking over to her when he saw Hiei holding her. Kuwabara glared at Hiei who just shot him back a dirty look. "Well, look who decided to come crawling back and beg his sister for forgiveness. How could you lie to her like that? You don't deserve her forgiveness."

"Not that it's any of your business after you treated my sister so poorly," Hiei snapped, "but I agree that I don't deserve her forgiveness."

"Well, at least we can agree on something," Kuwabara grumbled. "How can you just leave her?"

"It…wasn't done on purpose," Hiei stated looking towards the ground. He still couldn't get over what he put his sister through.

"Look, I didn't come here to listen to your crap and lies, Hiei," Kuwabara retorted. "I'm here to talk to Yukina."

Yukina shot him a glare and he backed away. "Don't talk to my brother like that. He already explained everything to Kurama and to me. You don't have the right to talk to him like that."

Kuwabara was taken aback by Yukina's reaction. He had come to try and work things out with her. He had actually been hoping that she was alone so that he wouldn't have to deal with Kurama. Kuwabara was still angry at Kurama for dating Yukina. To him, it just wasn't right.

"You need to leave," Yukina said calmly.

"But-"

"Leave!" she shouted, grasping harder onto Hiei.

Hiei glared at Kuwabara and Kuwabara knew he was holding himself back. He didn't really feel like losing his life or seeing Yukina this upset.

"Alright, I'll go," Kuwabara said defeated as he left the compound.

Kurama walked over to the twins and sat on the ground next to Yukina. While she continued to hug her brother, he rubbed her back comfortingly.

Hiei looked up to the sky and saw the captain's face light up the sky winking at him before disappearing. Hiei smiled and hugged his sister tighter. He would be spending the rest of his life making up for lying to her and he didn't mind that one bit.


A/N: Aw, yay, happy ending :) I hope everyone enjoyed this story. I was starting to run out of ideas, so part of me is happy it's done. Let me know if you guys have any requests for stories you'd like to see. Try to keep it T rated and non-yoai/yuri. But I am always open for new ideas :3