"So what do we do?" Yuseke asked.
"Yeah why can't we tell Hiei?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama sighed. His head was hurting from all the information that had just been told. "We can not tell Hiei because he would go off on his own to find her." He whispered.
"Why?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama sighed irritably. "Because he loves her." He said.
What?! Kuwabara and Yuseke exclaimed in unison. Kurama smiled slightly at the reaction. "You heard me right." He said.
"No way I didn't think short stuff was capable of loving anyone." Kuwabara said in shock. Yuseke nodded in unison. "How come he never mentioned her?" He asked.
"We thought they were dead and feelings aren't exactly what Hiei likes to talk about." Kurama said.
Hiei walked threw the halls of spirit world headquarters and stopped outside of King Yama's office. He stared down at the piece of paper with his name on it asking him to report to King Yama's office. He knocked and the doors opened to reveal a very busy King Yama.
"Come in." said the deep commanding voice of the king of spirit world. Hiei walked in unfazed as ever.
"You needed to see me." He asked closing the door. King Yama nodded and stopped working on his paper work.
"It's been awhile since we last met Hiei." said King Yama.
"Twenty-one years if I recall correctly." Hiei said. King Yama nodded.
"Since Marina…Get to the point." Hiei snapped feeling a stabbing pain go through his heart.
"It still hurts doesn't it?" King Yama asked. Hiei glared at him. "If that's all you wanted then I'm wasting my time." He said turning and walking away. "What if I told you she was alive?" King Yama asked. Hiei stopped dead in his tracks. "What do you mean? He asked." "What if I told you she was alive and well?" King Yama asked. "What do you want?" Hiei asked. "You know what we want." King Yama said. Hiei was quiet for a minute.
"I can't help you." He said finally.
"Can't or won't?" King Yama asked.
"Can't." Hiei snapped.
"You know if we had it she'd be off the hook and you would both be free to start your lives together." King Yama said. Hiei turned and looked at him. "That's all you want from her, right?" He asked. King Yama nodded. "I want no harm to my godchild." He said. Hiei shook his head. "You're the reason this all started." He said angrily. "I need you to find her and talk her into giving it to spirit world." King Yama said. "That's all I want then she can go on her own way." He said. Hiei glared at him.
"I'm not promising my loyalty to you but I will find her." He said and walked out without another word.
Hiei walked into the apartment ten minutes later to find everyone there sitting around. They all looked uneasy when he walked in and he knew that they already knew. He walked over to the window sill and sat there staring out at the rain that was starting to come down.
"You know don't you?" Kurama asked.
Hiei didn't answer. He was too lost in his own thoughts to care.
"Hiei, I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to not…It's okay" Hiei said cutting Kurama off. They all stared at him in shock. Hiei was actually being nice.
"Hiei." Botan said walking over to him.
"I'm alright." He said. Botan stared at him then hugged him out of the blue and started to cry. They all watched in shock as Hiei hugged her back slowly.
"He's Alive." She whispered. Hiei said nothing and just hugged her as she cried. "It's a miricle." She sobbed. Hiei closed his eyes and sighed. "Maybe for the two of you but for me it's a curse." He said.
Everyone froze and Botan slowly drew back and looked at him.
"They want to find Marina for only one reason." He said. She froze. "They want her memory." She whispered. Hiei nodded. "Yeah and I'm the only one that can get it." He whispered. She slowly stood.
"That's all they want right?" She asked. He stared at her. "As far as I know." He said.
"So where would we start?" Yuseke asked. Hiei sighed. "Right here." "If they are alive then they aren't far." He said. Yuseke nodded.
"Should we start now?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama smiled. "If that is what you wish." He said.
"Then lets go the sooner we find them the more we get to know right." Yuseke asked.
"Marina isn't something I talk about." "Marina was a memory I wish I could forget." Hiei whispered. He closed his eyes as a vision of Marina flashed in his head. Her hair was messed up and she was staring at him with a confused look on her face and she was kneeling on the ground. Hiei. He could hear her whisper. He shook his head and the vision of her vanished. He sighed as he stood. "This can wait till tomorrow." "I'm not quite ready to start looking." "This is to much to digest." He said walking to his room and leaving them all there in shock.