Lunesca: Okay, so I noticed that I actually cut into the next chapter on the original story but where I left of this time game me a better stopping point. As you can see (if you've read the old version) I've not only changed my writing style but I did alter the story in certain parts to make it flow better…basically, the main story is still the same but It's getting written totally different. Oh and I forgot the disclaimer so here it goes (and I'm only saying this once because obviously I would not be writing a Fanfic if I owned the rights to anything.)

I, Lunesca Solsbane, do not own any aspect including characters, environments, base storyline or anything having to do with Yu Yu Hakusho in it's original form. I do however own Raven, Hawk, other OCs that will appear throughout the story and the actual plotline itself…okay that's everything I think…

Legend:

"Talking"

'Telepathic Speak'

Thinking to oneself

Dream/Memories

YYH Pagebreak/Scene Change/Etc

Chapter 2: Decisions, decisions….

Raven woke in a dark room that smelled strongly of burning pine trees, though she didn't find the smell to be unpleasant. It strongly reminded her of a campfire and left her feeling relaxed. She attempted to sit up so she could look around but a firm hand was placed on her uninjured shoulder and pushed her back down. Trying to remember what had happened, not able to see who was in the room with her, she tested her voice before speaking. "What happened? Where am I? What have you done with Hawk?"

Her eyes were starting to get used to the dimly lit interior and she could see a blurred figure sitting next to her on the bed. Crimson eyes seemed to glow in the dark but she wasn't afraid of them. "Baka onna!" A male voice growled at her. He seemed to be very upset over something. "Don't you know that a single bullet has the power to kill even high ranking demons if left untreated? What were you thinking?"

The demand in his voice angered Raven and as her vision continued to adjust she recognized the figure to be Hiei. She was highly irritated at him so she growled back, "And what makes you think that I could be killed by one measly bullet? Do you think me to be that weak? I've been shot before and I'm still here aren't I? What are you so worried for anyways? It's not like you really care or anything."

"You're just like your parents." He said and continued before she could say anything. He knew he had confused her but he was pissed at her lack of self-preservation. "You've got your mothers fiery temper and your father's stubbornness."

Raven looked at him in shock. He had described her parent's personalities perfectly. Hiei stood up to put some space between them, and went to lean against the wall across from her. "You knew my mother? But that's not possible…unless" She jumped up and grabbed her sword from the wall without thinking, leaving Hiei unable to react right away.

Raven's first thought was that Hiei had been the demon to kill her mother. She had kept herself isolated after Raven's birth so that she could best protect her daughter. Very few people even knew that she had had a mate, much less a daughter. For Hiei to know that left Raven on edge. Hiei easily read her thoughts and, despite being a little offended by her thinking so little of him, he understood her reasoning.

'Hn, relax girl. I have no intentions of harming you. Nor did I do any harm to you or yours so put that sword away before that annoying girl you call a sister gets here.' He ordered, hoping he calmed her fears. He couldn't do his job if his charge feared him.

Raven lowered the sword and sheathed it just as a knock was heard at the door. Hiei called for them to enter and Raven berated herself for not being more alert. Instead she decided to direct her irritation at Hiei. 'So instead of "woman", I've been demoted to "girl"? How very kind of you.' She scoffed at him and rolled her eyes.

Hiei took the chance to rush behind her, barely avoiding the wall, and lift her up. He placed her on the bed, just as the door opened, and stepped away so that he was back against the wall and no one would see him hovering. Surprised, Raven sent him a dark glare. Before she could pull herself back out of bed, Hawk and the red-head appeared through the door.

"Raven!" Hawk cried out and launched herself at her sister. Raven ignored the small pain ask Hawk pulled her into a tight hug. "I was so worried about you! I'm glad you're okay…oh and this is Kurama." She said indicating the guy who escorted her in. "It's so big here that I kept getting lost so Kurama has been escorting me all over the place. Isn't he nice?"

Raven rolled her eyes and listened to her sister talk about what had happened since the incident behind the mall. Kurama caught Hiei's attention and the two of them went outside, allowing the girls to talk in privacy. With a final glance behind him he closed the door and the two male demons stood in the hallway talking.

YYH *Hiei's POV*

"How long has she been awake?" The fox asked me. I shrugged, still keeping tabs on the girls in the room. The fox and I had been dubbed their guardians for the time being until that stupid toddler could speak to them about their situation.

The sentence wasn't very lenient for demons that travel through the portals without permission. All because of everything since I had joined the detective's team the use of portals has been very strict. I've spent most of my time helping Mukuro patrolling the borders, but we had recently had a falling out. Something about her feelings towards me and how we weren't truly compatible. Whatever, it was her loss. I never said I had any real feelings for her other than a large respect for her strength and the demon she had become. She just assumed that I did.

"The girl just woke up a few minutes ago." I said, pulling myself out of my thoughts. "I hadn't had a chance to tell her anything yet. The two of you showed up just as I got her calmed down." I paused for a moment before muttering in a voice only the fox was able to hear because he was so close. "I still can't believe she's Shade's daughter."

I had told him my story before. It was late and I'd been drinking after failing once again to find the girl I had promised to protect. I made the promise years ago and wished that I had known sooner that her father had been killed. As is I was wondering if it had taken so long to find her that the promise in itself was pointless. She seemed capable of defending herself well enough. As long as she stopped making stupid mistakes, that is. 'Maybe I have some room to keep my promise after all.' I thought to myself.

"So what do you plan to do Hiei?" Kurama asked me, once again bringing me back to the present. "She seems like she's grown up into a strong and self-reliant woman. She seems to be able to handle just about anything."

I scoffed at the fox. Little did he know I had a plan and it didn't involve letting the girl out of my sight or protection. My promise to Shade will be fulfilled…besides those violet eyes still appear in my mind every so often. Maybe now I can rest without carrying the weight of my promise. "I will keep my promise that I made. Until I can be certain she is as powerful as she should be I will put her through every ounce of training I can think of. Including putting her in a fight against the detective if need be."

Kurama gave me a very unnerving and analytical look. "And what of her sister, Hawk? Does she not matter to you? I understand if you choose not to add her into the bargain but the girl needs protection too."

I took a moment to think of it. The fox was thinking something he wasn't saying and I'd be damned if I could actually read his mind. He's one of the few people, demon or otherwise, whose mind I cannot access when I choose. "If I had to choose it would be the girl. Her sister was not part of the bargain and I would not risk the life of my charge trying to train and protect two of them. That's asking for failure in the long run." I said after a moment.

He nodded and took a moment before responding. "I see. That is very wise of you Hiei. I suppose I could take it on as my duty to protect and train Hawk in the same manner as you with Raven. I just wanted to see how you felt about it before I made my decision."

I nodded and before we could continue our conversation we were interrupted by a loud squeal coming from my room. With a glance to each other we opened the door and hurried into the room only to have to dodge a flying pillow. It missed up by mere inches and hit against the wall. I let out an angry growl. What right did they have to throw my things around?

YYH *Normal P.O.V.*

Hiei and Kurama dodge the flying pillow and looked to see Raven standing on the bed holding a second one in her hand, ready to aim it at Hawk. "Now Raven, you know it's not nice to throw things…" Hawk said and let out a squeal as she ducked to avoid the flying pillow.

"This is your fault." Raven growled and gave Hawk a look that would make the devil himself shake in his fiery boots. "Now come here and taking your beating like a good little Hawk. I promise I won't do too much damage."

Hawk cowered against the wall until she saw Kurama and Hiei enter through the door. She ducked behind Kurama before Raven could find something harder than a pillow to throw at her. "Ahhh, save me Kurama! She's gone crazy!" Hawk cried trying to hold in a laugh.

Kurama gave a small smirk and let out a small cough. "I think everyone just needs to calm down and…ooof" Kurama was interrupted by Raven throwing something else at Hawk and hitting Kurama's chest with it. The fox demon never even saw it coming.

"ENOUGH!" Hiei yelled and everyone stopped their rough housing to look at him. He turned to Kurama and Hawk. "Leave now." He ordered.

Kurama took the hint, okay the obvious order, and ushered Hawk out the door. He closed the door behind him and left Raven in the room with a very irritated Hiei. I hope the two of them don't kill each other. He thought to himself before leading Hawk to the common room.

After they left Hiei threw both pillows back at the bed, gently hitting Raven in the head both times. Then he went and sat on the seat hanging out of the windowsill. "Care to explain what that was all about? And was it really worth re-opening your wound?" He demanded, not looking directly at her but her reflection was visible in the window, so it appeared that he was looking outside instead of examining her.

"What does it matter to you? Hawk and I got into a pillow fight, nothing more. Sorry if it's your room but otherwise it isn't really your business." Raven shot at him, irritated at him trying to act like he could control her. Hiei's eyes darkened a little as he turned towards her.

"This is my room and I do not appreciate you and that fool of a girl, you call sister, destroying it over some stupid squabble." He growled. Raven huffed and stood up. She began doing some light stretches, pulling on the partially closed wound. Raven ignored the ache and pushed past it. "If you keep that up you'll re-open the wound and it will take longer for you to recover."

Raven stopped and glared at him. "If I don't stretch then my muscle will just remain tense." She said and moved into another position. "And here I thought you were past all this caveman routine."

Irritated Hiei got up and left the room. Fully stretched but not relaxed, Raven took over his position at the windowsill. What's up with that guy anyways? She thought to herself. He sure isn't anything like the Hiei Jaganashi that I had heard about. From there she let her thoughts wander.

YYH *Hiei's P.O.V.*

Kurama looked up from his book as I came down the stairs. He could obviously see that I was agitated at the girl's antics but I thought that I had kept my appearance calm enough that the two idiots playing their video games wouldn't notice. Of course, that foolish detective never ceases to amaze.

"What's wrong Hiei? The girl giving you trouble?" He called as he battled with the big oaf next to him. "Or did she reject you flat out?" He laughed, which quickly turned to a look of concentration. He must have been losing.

"Come on Urameshi," The idiot said in that voice of his that makes me want to grind my teeth. "You know that no girl would be crazy enough to go out with the shrimp." He gave a triumphant yell and stood up dancing around, teasing the detective about losing the game.

"Yeah yeah sit your ass down and give me a re-match." Yusuke demanded and the two of them went back to playing, taunting each other the whole time.

I tried brushing off the dumbass's words but somehow they actually rubbed me the wrong way. Sure I wasn't one for any kind of relationship. My history was too dark to take on a mate. But that doesn't mean I couldn't find one if I wanted to.

Kurama followed me into the kitchen as I made me a bowl of sweet snow, what everyone else called ice cream. I leaned against the counter eating the cold treat while he leaned against the table watching me for a few minutes. Once I finished my snack I washed my bowl and spoon, and then placed them on the drying rack next to the sink.

"That girl is going to kill herself before I ever get the chance to." I told him, knowing that he was waiting for me to tell him how Raven was doing. "After you left she got up and started stretching her muscles as if she hadn't been hurt at all. That wound hasn't even been healing for an hour and she's threatened to reopen it twice now."

I knew I was growling about it and it was a bit out of character for me, but with the fox I didn't mind as much. Besides I needed to vent to someone who knew how to deal with an unruly patient without threatening them. Kurama pulled something out of the fridge and heated it up without saying a word. Once it was warm he handed it to me. "If she's insisting on staying awake and straining her body at least get her to eat something healthy. If she's as stubborn as you say she'll need the extra strength."

I nodded my thanks and returned to the room with the fox's soup. It actually smelled good so I was sure that the girl would eat it, especially if she knew I wasn't the one to make it.

YYH *Normal P.O.V.*

When Hiei entered the room, Raven was sitting in the windowsill, nearly asleep. She startled awake upon hearing the door open, hand on her sword hilt before even registering who was at the door. When she saw it was Hiei, she let go of the weapon and relaxed a little. She wasn't sure what was going on but she knew that if the fire demon was going to hurt her he would have done it already. He wasn't the kind to play games.

He placed a tray down on the empty desk next to the door and looked at her. "Kurama said you need to eat something. The fox usually knows what he's talking about." He told her and leaned against the far wall just watching her. When she didn't get up and eat right away he growled and went to the door.

"I for one don't care how long it takes you to recover or if you kill yourself in the process." He growled at her and opened the door. "Eat or don't eat. It's your choice. Just so you know the fox made that for you and his cooking is pretty decent." With that said he left.

About time he left. Raven thought to herself. She was pretty hungry but wasn't sure how far she could trust the detectives. After all, the two of them were still up for punishment for traveling through a portal unapproved.

Once she was sure he was gone she scarfed down the soup, which had by this time cooled enough to eat easily, and grabbed her sword. She silently opened the window and looked down. The room was only a couple stories up and she could easily make the landing. She double checked the sword hanging at her side, hand sliding across the jewel encrusted hilt, and dropped out the window.

She landed a little heavier than she had anticipated and winced at the pain that shot through her shoulder. Shrugging it off, she looked towards the nearby forest. It had been four hours since they had found her and brought her to this place. It wasn't nearly enough time for her to have done any real healing, though her shoulder felt better than it should. It was at least mobile.

She made her way to the forest, shoulder throbbing in time with her steps but she ignored it. The edge of the forest was visible by a window in the common room, where everyone was at. She knew with her black tank and cargo pants that, if done right she could sneak off unnoticed. Her boots whispered against the grass as she stealthily made her way across the meadow.

Once she was in the forest she broke into a gentle run and kept going until she arrived at a small lake. The water was fed into it by a large waterfall coming off the cliffs across from her. Seeing the moon's reflection on the water she felt calm and peaceful. Finding a suitable tree she leapt into one of the higher branches and watched the moon's reflection dance upon the water. She quickly fell into a light sleep.

YYH *Back at the temple*

"How did it go?" Kurama asked politely as Hiei stormed through the room into the kitchen. Once again, he watched as the fire demon opened the freezer and scooped out some more ice cream for himself. "I take it she was still in a tiff?" He asked, raising his eyebrow at the amount of ice cream his friend was scooping out this time.

Hiei glared at him and downed the frozen treat in record time. The fox receive a confirmation grunt in between bites but the was the only response he was to receive until Hiei finished eating. Before Kurama could question further they were interrupted by Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan and Hawk rushing into the kitchen. They were excited about something.

Hiei observed Hawk's personality around the detective, his friend and the ferry girl. They both show much of their father's personality, but Raven has the stronger resemblance. This girl must be a half-sister because I don't see any of Raven's mother in her. Hiei thought to himself.

"Hawk just agreed to join Team Urameshi as a way to serve her sentence for that whole portal thing." Yusuke said to the two of them before Kurama could ask what was going on. Hawk gave Yusuke a playful shove.

"Now Yusuke, I said that I would join as long as Raven agreed to it as well. Personally, from what Lord Koenma said, this was the lesser of the two evils." Hawk corrected him and looked the team over. "Though I will have to refrain from killing any of you it seems." She let out a dramatic sigh to show she was playing. "Oh well, there are worse things."

"yeah to think that baby's idea of punishment for using an illegal portal illegally only brought us new allies to defend the three worlds." Kuwabara put in and got confused looks from everyone. "What?" He defended. "Even it if was a legal portal they still could have illegally used it."

Everyone gave him a surprised look and Kuwabara blushed. "The overgrown idiot actually made some sense for once." Hiei muttered just loud enough for the others to hear. Kuwabara started to look pleased with his self and Hiei smirked. "Except, that not only was that redundant, but it is irrelevant to their situation."

With that said Hiei and Kuwabara entered into another one of their famous battles of insults. Hawk was amused for a couple minutes until she felt something was wrong. Searching for Raven's energy signature she couldn't find it anywhere in the house, and when she mentally called out her sister didn't answer. Worried, she spoke up. "Has anyone seen Raven? I can't find her energy signature and she's not responding to my calls."

Kurama frowned. "Hiei just took her some soup; she was still there when he came back down so she couldn't have gone far. Still…" He trailed off for a moment, looking towards the forest. It was the only place she could have gone. "If she did go to the forest, it gets terribly dangerous at night. Not too many high level demons but the weaker ones can form into large enough groups to be dangerous. And Raven wasn't exactly up to par when she left."

Hiei used his Jagan eye to trace her path while the fox spoke. After a few seconds he found her energy signature. As spiritual trails fade quickly, Hiei didn't expect the others to sense it. Most trackers have trouble following a trail after a certain amount of time so they didn't have long to find the girl. "Got her." He muttered and flew out the door without another word to anyone, leaving behind a stunned group and one angry sister.

Kurama sighed and went about cooking dinner. Angry at her sister's recklessness, Hawk helped Kurama with the preparations. It only took a short time, once the boys had gotten scared out of the kitchen by a kitchen knife flying past their heads and into the door, for dinner to get done. They set the food out, barely managing to put aside plates for Hiei and Raven, should they return soon.

Chapter 2: End!

Lune: Phew! That was a lot of work to get done in one night, but here it is. Please tell me what you think. I'm trying as much as I can to keep all the characters as much themselves as possible. And as a little side note…it seems that (word wise) these chapters are coming out significantly longer than the original story. Please enjoy and review to tell me what you think!