Sorry that this took so long to update. Really I am. I actually forgot about it for a while. But now I'm back. Before you go and read the story I would like to thank some people. One would be my friend from school. He helped me come up with Oni. My sister for coming up with Oni's weapon and all the reviewers for reading and sticking with this story. Enjoy.

Hiei's Journey In The Past

Chapter 15

Hiei's POV

I awoke to the sound of voices. My entire body felt tired and worn out. I opened my eyes and looked towards the voices.

'Them?'

The mutt and girl were on the other side of the room, talking about something.

I tried to sit up. Pain spread out over my chest and stomach. The pain caused me to let out a small grunt. The mutt and girl looked over towards me.

"Hiei! You're awake!"

"About time."

Kagome ran over to me while the dog walked. When she reached me she started to ask me how I was feeling.

"Hn. Go away baka onna."

After I said that I looked around the rest of the hut. It seemed like we were the only ones in here.

We're back at Keada's. You were beginning to make us worry Hiei. You've been out for three days," Kagome said.

"Three days?!"

'I must have lost a lot more blood than I thought.'

"You know it wouldn't kill you to thank us for saving you back there! It's not like we had to," Inuyasha said.

"Like you said mutt. You didn't have to. So I see no need to thank any of you."

Once I said that the mutt got angry and tried to attack me but the girl got in his way, trying to calm him. While they were busy I stood up and almost stumbled. Kagome saw me and tried to stop me from leaving, saying that I still needed rest. I pushed her aside and made my way towards the door.

"Wait Hiei! You need to rest still. Your injuries still haven't fully healed yet," Kagome exclaimed.

"Just for get about him Kagome. If the ungrateful bastard wants to go than let him. It's not our felt if something happens to him," Inuyasha said with his back turned to them.

After I left the hut I began to wander around the village, trying to find a secluded.

'I can't allow myself to be so careless again. I almost wish that that damn demon had killed me instead of being saved by those fools.'

As I was walking I saw the slayer and monk. When we reached each other the two stopped in front of me. The monk looked like he was serious about something and the slayer appeared tired, as well as like there was something on her mind.

"Hiei. You're finally awake. You seem well."

"Hn. What do you want monk?"

"It's sooner than we thought it would be but we need to discuss an important matter with you. Will you please join us?"

After Sango heard Miroku say 'we' she looked at him with her mouth open, ready to ask him what he was doing. Miroku simply looked at Sango and smiled. Sango gave a small smile back and nodded her head then turned to look back at Hiei.

"Why the hell should I have to talk to you about anything monk?"

"Think of it as a way to repay me for saving your life," Sango said.

At the mention of that I looked at her with a look of disgust on my face. As much as I didn't want to admit it she did save my life.

I narrowed my eyes and looked away and said, "Hn. Make it quick. I don't have time to waste speaking to you two."

"Than follow us."

The two turned around and led me towards the outskirts of the village. When we were far enough from the villagers the two stopped and turned around.

"What the hell is it that you want to talk to me about?"

Sango looked like she was a little hesitant to say whatever it was that she wanted to but she lightly shook her head and looked towards me with a determined look on her face.

"Hiei. Do you remember when we first met and told you about the jewel?"

I nodded my head to show her that I remembered.

"Do you remember what I told you about my brother?"

"What does that have to do with this?"

The monk then decided to join in.

"Some time before we ran into you again Kagome met some people from your time and they actually saved her and her family from a demon."

'Nani?!'

"They seem to know you and even told Kagome some things in exchange for information from her."

"What the hell does any of that have to do with this!?" I yelled.

Sango spoke up again.

"We heard how your friend Yusuke died but came back to life. How did that happen!? I need to know!" Sango exclaimed.

"Hn what makes you think that I will tell you anything?"

Sango then reached into her slayers outfit and pulled out MY tear gem.

"NANI?!"

I began to search my pockets to only find that what she held in her hand was really my sisters tear gem.

"You bitch! Give that back to me now and I might kill you quickly!" I yelled.

The monk took a step forward to get in between the slayer and me.

"It's ok Miroku. I was expecting something like this. Now Hiei if you tell me what I want to know I will give this back, but, if you don't I think I might keep it for myself."

"Wench! If you were smart you would give that back to me right now!"

"Hiei why is that gem this important to you? It seems like nothing special," Miroku said.

I looked over to the monk with bloodlust burning in my eyes. This caused him to ready his staff.

"Just tell me this Hiei. How did your friend Yusuke come back to life? I just want to know so that I can bring my brother back to life. Don't you have any idea what it's like to lose someone important?"

"No. No I don't and besides what makes you think that I would know. My life has been nothing but hell from the start and as for reviving your dead brother. It would be best to just put him out of his misery. The boy has no hope left."

What I said appeared to have angered the slayer just as greatly as she had angered me.

"YOU BASTARD!"

Then she tried to run at me but the monk stopped her.

"No Sango! As much as I would like to do the same thing as you we can't do it."

"Let go of me Miroku!"

"Hn. Now return my gem wench."

Sango stopped struggling with Miroku and looked at me.

"I rather destroy this damn thing than give it back to you!" Sango yelled.

When she yelled that my anger reached a new point. I could feel my energy gathering into my right hand. Soon black flames erupted from my hand, forming into the shape of a sword.

The slayer and monk stepped back and watched in aw and worry as pointed my weapon towards them.

"Do that slayer and I'll kill you," I said in a low voice.

"Watch me."

At that I began to run at them. The slayer put my gem back into her outfit and she and the monk prepared their weapons.

I was stopped from my charge by a familiar weapon cracking the ground in front of me and a familiar voice.

"HIEI! That's enough!" Kurama yelled.

"Kurama!?"

Kurama landed in the spot where his Rose Whip had cracked the ground. He looked at me with a look of disappointment.

"Hiei what do you think you're doing? You know that you aren't permitted to kill humans."

"Do you think that I care what that baby says that I can and can't do? This onna has tested my limit and has gone too far. Now get out of my way!"

While Kurama was in my way I could see the wench and monk whispering something to each other but I'm unsure what it is. Kurama chose this time to ignore me and turned to look at the other two.

Normal POV

"I'm sorry about that. Hiei's not much of a social person."

Sango was the first to speak.

"…Who are you?"

"Just a friend. I know this is out of nowhere but do you by any chance know a girl by the name of Kagome?"

'Kagome! How does he know her? Unless…'

"Are you one of the people that saved Kagome and her family?"

"Yes I am. So I take it that you two are some of her companions."

Miroku stepped up and said, "If you are the one of the people that saved Lady Kagome and her family than I see no problem with being civil here. My name is Miroku and this is Sango."

In the back behind Kurama Hiei was becoming irritated. He became more annoyed when Kurama, Sango, and Miroku started talking. Finally Hiei had enough after a few minutes and stepped up to the three.

"Kurama! What are you doing here and how did you get here?"

Kurama stopped his conversation with Sango and Miroku and turned to look at his friend with a serious look.

"Hiei. It's time to return to the present. We have a serious problem."

Hiei looked back at Kurama with the same face expression.

"What problem would that be?"

Kurama took this time to look Hiei over. He then noticed that Hiei's entire chest was wrapped with bandages. A look of worry crossed his face.

"Hiei?! What happened?"

"Hn. It's not important. Now what is going on in the present?"

"It would probably be best if I told you in a place where we could rest. Let's enter the village and find a place to rest."

As much as Sango didn't want to because of her little conflict with Hiei she told Kurama to follow her and Miroku, knowing that it was pointless anyway to not take them to Kaede's hut.

When they got there Miroku and Kurama entered first. When Sango was about to enter the hut Hiei stopped her by grabbing onto her arm. Sango looked back to Hiei and saw that he was holding out his hand.

"My gem."

With a disappointed look Sango asked, "Do you really know of nothing that could revive my brother?"

"…No. If there was anyway to bring him back it's too late now unless you use that jewel."

Accepting his answer Sango returned Hiei's tear gem. She turned to head into the hut but stopped.

"I'm…sorry."

Hiei looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Sango noticed this.

"For taking your gem I mean. I figured that it would be my best chance to get you to tell me what I wanted to know, even though I also knew that the chances of you telling me anything were slim," Sango explained.

Hiei looked at her for a minute without saying anything. By then Sango began to feel uncomfortable. She saw Hiei put his gem into his pocket and decided to ask.

"If that gem is so important to you than why do you always carry it in your pocket instead of wearing it?"

"That's none of your business," Hiei said with a glare.

After that Hiei walked past her and into the hut. Sighing, Sango soon followed.

When they were both inside they saw that Kurama and the others were talking about something. But that stopped once the others noticed that they had entered.

"It's about time you guys came in. We've been waiting so that this guy can explain something to us," Inuyasha said in an aggravated voice.

"Sorry about that. We had something that we needed to talk about," Sango said.

Soon everyone had taken a place in the hut to wait for Kurama to explain why and how he was there.

"Before I tell you all why I'm here I would like to ask Hiei something. Hiei what happened to you?"

Hiei crossed his arms and looked away.

"That's none of your concern fox! Now how did you get here?"

"Well I suppose that was to be expected. Anyway. I'm here Hiei because we have a serious problem in our time and as for how I got here Koenma altered the well that Kagome uses."

"What? But how can someone do that?" Kagome asked.

"We have our ways to getting things done."

Kurama now had a serious look on his face.

With concern obviously in her voice Kagome asked, " Ok, but now what kind of problem is there?!"

"Hiei. Do you remember the demon that sent you here? The one that we we're supposed to kill."

Hiei nodded his head.

"It seems that without you we're having a difficult time tracking him down. While at the same time he is continuing to become stronger. At first he could only transport demons from the lowest class and up to B-class. Now he's able to open portals big enough for A-classes."

"Nani!"

Kagome and the others looked to each other and back to Kurama, all thinking the same thing. 'What are these classes and why do they matter?'

"Excuse me, but, what are these classes? And what exactly do they have to do with demons?"

Kurama then explained to them what the classes were. Everyone minus Hiei and Kurama seemed surprised. They never would have thought that demons were put into classes based on their powers.

"So how strong exactly is this demon? Are you guys going to be able to handle him on your own?" Kagome asked worriedly.

Kurama sat in silence for a moment to think the question over. It was true that they didn't know for sure how strong he was but they also knew that he wasn't weak either. The only one of them that actually fought the demon was Hiei but that was from a while back. There was no telling exactly how strong it was but one thing was for sure. If it didn't want to confront them than that must mean that it wasn't strong enough to take them all and it knew it.

Kurama looked back to Kagome.

"We should be fine. It's just catching him is the problem."

"Sounds just like Naraku," Inuyasah said with a snarl.

"Yeah. It does. What does the demon look like?" Sango asked.

Kurama shook his head and said, "Unfurutently we don't know. Whenever we get close it opens a portal and runs away, leaving demons in its stead to fight."

"What a coward," Shippo said.

"Yes. But there is someone that does know what he looks like," Kurama said while turning to look at Hiei.

"Hn. The demon isn't anything special. He looks like your average apperation."

Kurama looked at Hiei with slight disapproval. He wanted a more detailed describsion of the demon but decided to wait until later to ask again.

Kurama decided that they wasted enough time and had to get going. As he rouse to his feet and said, "I'm sorry but we can't stay here any longer. We need to get back to our time as soon as possible. Ready Hiei?"

Hiei stayed where he was as Kurama walked towards the door. Realizing that he wasn't following him Kurama stopped and turned around.

"Something wrong Hiei?"

Hiei looked at him with a bored expression.

"I'm not going."

Everyone gasped. They were all surprised at what he said. The whole time since Hiei has been here he's been wanting to go home. Now that he has the chance to return home he refuses. It made no sense to them. Kurama was the first to say something, still in a shocked state.

"Wha... what? You can't be serious Hiei."

"I am. I have unfinished business in this time and I don't plan to leave until I'm done."

Kurama looked at him with disbelieve.

"Hiei! There is no time for this. We need your help now! We're running out of time!," Kurama exclaimed.

"Hn. What makes you think that I care. It's not my world to save. It's the detectives problem not mine. If he can't save it than maybe the humans deserve to die."

At this point Kurama didn't even bother to hide his anger. His movements remained calm but everyone could sense his anger pouring out of him.

After what Hiei said Kagome decided to jump in.

"What do you mean you don't care! Haven't you been trying to protect the humans for a long time? Don't you care what might happen to your friends if you don't help them?"

"Onna. I've only been assiting humans because I have to, not because I want to."

"So what does that mean? You don't care at all what happens."

"No."

In a controlled tone Kurama said, "That's not true."

Everyone looked at him.

"Hn. What are you talking about fox?"

"You know what I'm talking about Hiei."

Hiei continued to glare at Kurama. So Kurama continued with a single word.

"Yukina."

If Hiei's glare could become anymore intimadating it would have. Sango was the first to ask, "Who's Yukina?"

"Kurama!"

Kurama ignored Hiei and turned to look at Sango.

"She's somebody, that if no one else, Hiei cares for."

Now Hiei was pissed at Kurama. In his anger Hiei made his way towards the door, walking past Kurama and said, "Consider yourself lucky fox! If you were anyone else I'd kill you."

When he was outside he stopped and turned only his head slightly and said one more thing to Kurama.

"I'm not going back yet fox. Once I'm done with my business and feel like it I'll come back."

With that Hiei fazed out, moving too fast for the others to see.

End Chapter 15

I was going to continue it more but stopped, thinking it would be better that way. Well I hope you all enjoyed it and leave reviews.