Days went by without incident. When Yusuke dropped by the house to check up on Kurama and I, he often complained about how bored he was getting. I would just roll my eyes. I'd like to see him get pregnant and be confined to the house. See how much he had to complain about then…

I felt sorry for Yukina, though. Hiei had forbid her from coming anywhere near me until this demonic threat was taken care of. Yukina's innocence made me laugh. How could she not know Hiei was her brother, especially when he was so protective of her?

Speaking of protection…

"Got any threes?" Kurama asked Hiei. Hiei looked at his cards for a moment before shaking his head. Although Hiei may seem like the type to cheat at cards, I don't think he knew enough about the game to do so. My thought was proved right when his turn came up.

"Got any fives?" He asked me. I reluctantly handed my only five over to him. Since we were playing for doubles, I expected him to immediately lay down a pair of fives. When he didn't, I cleared my throat.

"Um…Didn't that five I gave you give you a pair of fives?" I asked.

Hiei looked up at me innocently. "No. I just didn't have a five yet, and I wanted one."

I smacked my palm against my forehead as the phone started to ring. Kurama, chuckling, got up to answer it. Hiei attempted to look the hand of cards Kurama had set down, but I stopped him. Kurama came back a second later.

"Yusuke's found some stuff, and he wants my help." He hesitated. "Hiei…Could you please protect Aya until I get back?"

Hiei nodded. Kurama bent down to me and gave me a kiss. "Stay safe," he whispered.

"Naturally," I replied, without opening my eyes. Then, before I was ready, Kurama had swept out the door.

I turned back to Hiei, not wanting him to get bored. "So…Want to play a video game?"

Hiei blinked. "Video game?"

(*o*)( =^_^=)(*o*)

It took a while, but I taught Hiei how to play one of my favorite video games. Before long, he was fighting his way through the battlefields, mercilessly slaughtering any pixilated enemy his character came across. Although he didn't get the point of the finishing conditions, he seemed to be having fun, and that was all that mattered.

"Hiei, Hiei, you can't kill him! He's one of our commanding officers!" I said, trying to calm Hiei down.

"Why not? I want to!" He retorted.

"Unfortunately, that's not how the game works, sir." I still didn't think that Hiei understood, as he spent the rest of that stage trying desperately to defeat one of our own allies.

"Whoa!" Hiei exclaimed once we reached the next level. "It's a castle."

"Yes. These stages are a lot more fun, I think." Besides, he'd have to follow me very closely unless he wanted to get lost.

We had just started the stage when Hiei froze. He dropped his controller, and stood straight up. I immediately paused the game, grabbed my laptop, and got up to follow him. I stayed as close as possible as he wandered outside the house. He unsheathed his sword. I kept my laptop close to me. Trickles of fear trailed down my spine. Not this again.

It was a demon. I think it was the one that had attacked Yukina and I a while ago. Terror seized me, and froze me to the spot.

Hiei turned back to me. "Aya, get back! Run!" His moment of distraction made him easy prey for the demon. With a smack of the demon's enormous hand, Hiei went flying. I screamed, terrified for the life of my best friend. But what could I do? One pregnant woman, even if I was a demon, could do nothing against this monster. Except scream.

Hiei valiantly got to his feet again. He held up his sword, his glare so fierce that most demons would tremble in fear. But not this one. Either he was too dumb…Or too strong.

I watched in horror as Hiei was repeated batted around. I could smell his blood as it dripped out of his wounds. He was staggering now, but still fighting. Or trying to. I was scared out of my wits.

"Kurama!" I shrieked. "Yusuke! Kuwabara! Somebody help, please!"

But no answer came to my cries for help. The demon threw Hiei to the ground. Hiei didn't get up. He didn't even move.

I saw red. I screamed again, my voice filled with fury this time, instead of fear. I heard electricity crackling up and down my arms.

As my power level rose, the demon's eyes widened in shock. He retreated a step or two. Good. Because I was bluffing.

I stopped screaming, but continued to let my power level rise. Electricity crept through the ground, shorting any electric wires or poles it hit. I must admit, amass the sparks and demonic aura, I must've looked a fright. The demon took off running, tearing down our neighbors' fence along the way.

I fell to my knees, gasping from the exhaustion of exerting energy I didn't have. I only stayed there a moment before scrambling to my feet and rushing to the fallen Hiei.

"Come on, come on…" I rolled him onto his back, trying my hardest not to injure him further. My hands were already covered in his blood…

He still had a pulse. Granted it was slow and weak, but it was there.

I could hear sirens in the distance, but approaching rapidly. It seems like one of our neighbors had called the police. I clutched Hiei as tightly against me as I could, and waited.

(*o*)( =^_^=)(*o*)

The ambulance ride to the hospital was pure hell. I held Hiei's unresponsive hand while the paramedics shoved oxygen tubes up his nose and checked his pulse. Worried that they would think him dead, I gave him small jolts of electricity to make his heart beat like a normal human's. I prayed this wouldn't have any negative consequences.

When we got to the hospital, nurses and doctors bustled around, trying to save Hiei's life. They shoved me out of the door, but while they weren't looking, I snuck in and screwed with the machines enough so that they would (incorrectly) read normal human vitals.

In the waiting room, I prayed silently to myself, begging Hiei to pull through. The nurses finally allowed me back into the room.

My heart ached to see Hiei covered in bandages, and hooked to the machines. The doctors had removed his headband, but his jagan eye luckily remained closed. I brushed a stray piece of hair from his forehead, and sat in a chair beside him, holding his hand once again.

I had left a note for Kurama at the house saying we were at the hospital.

"Please, Kurama," I pleaded quietly, "Get here soon. I can't handle this by myself!"

Meow.

Okay, so yay. Chapter five. And I will give anyone who can guess the video game Hiei and Aya are playing a virtual cookie.

Hint: PS2 game...