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In the Ningenki…
Hiei tried for the hundredth time to get a connection with her. Since the screen had cut to black he had been attacking the place where the portal should have been, looking for an opening to the Makai. He had destroyed some trees nearby much to the dislike of Genkai. He had pretended to be fine when Kas spoke to him. And now he sat in the temple and didn't move, trying to form a connection with his mate. He also thought of creative ways to kill the baby King.
"Daddy…" Kasei whispered unsure.
Hiei opened his eyes slowly and looked at her. She was supposed to be in bed sleeping, but she wasn't tired.
"Is mommy coming home soon?" she asked quietly.
Hiei sighed. He didn't know what to tell her.
"I-I don't know," he answered truthfully.
Kasei sat by him.
"Don't be so sad daddy. Mommy is really strong like you. She'll be okay," she said brightly.
Hiei smiled slightly at his optimistic daughter.
She gets that from her mother.
And then both their eyes widened at the same time. They looked at each other unsurely.
"I feel mommy's connection!" Kasei yelled happily.
Hiei scooped her up into his arms and flitted to the door. He threw it opened and his eyes widened.
"Mommy!" Kasei screamed happily.
Hatorra flashed a huge smile on the other side of the door. Seeing them was even better than she thought. She was happy Yusuke let her down to stand on her own to greet them. She was a little unsteady, but she could stand and that was a plus.
"I missed you—" she started.
Hiei's body connected with hers quickly. His arm wrapped around her tightly, the other holding Kasei, who also threw her arms around her mother. Hatorra gasped lightly and wrapped her bandaged arms around him as tightly as she could. Hiei buried his face into the crook of her neck and she tried to contain her emotions. Kasei rested her head on her mother's chest comfortably.
"We knew you'd come back to us mommy," Kasei whispered.
Hatorra kept her eyes closed and clung to the two tightly. Hiei finally managed to pull back and look at her. He pushed some hair from her face and leaned his forehead against hers.
"You're okay?" he asked softly.
Hatorra smiled slightly and gave a small nod. She had never seen him like this. She could feel the fear emitting from his ki and he made no move to hide it. She wondered if he even realized it. She felt his body relax with her nod.
"Yusuke!" Keiko yelled slamming into the half breed.
Yusuke hugged her close with Hideki.
"You're so lucky you came back you jerk," she said and he grinned.
Kuwabara grinned at him.
"Looks like you found your matches out there huh?" he said referring to Isome and Hiroku.
Yusuke nodded. Before he could speak Kat answered while holding Daisuke close.
"My mother is a powerful demon. She is up there with Hatorra's dad, Haddler," she said weakly.
"Haddler wasn't as strong as we had once thought though," Hiei said carefully.
Yusuke shook his head to this.
"Apparently, he was sick at the time you two fought. He was dying," he said and Hiei's eyes widened.
A dying man that strong? At full strength it is almost impossible to think of the outcome…
"And that other demon…Hiroku…he was unfamiliar to me," Hatorra murmured unsurely.
"Yeah, but just as dangerous. He was suppressing his youki which never means anything good," Yusuke said quietly.
"But they ran when they saw Kat and Kurama," Hatorra reminded.
Kurama shook his head.
"Not because they were afraid. They took us down like someone would take down new information and they will apply themselves accordingly. Where they thought there were two…they now know more of us exist. They will focus in on our weaknesses no doubt," he concluded.
Yusuke then filled everyone in on what was going on with Shura taking over and Mukuro uniting with him. As he finished explaining, Hatorra leaned against Hiei tiredly and he looked down at her. Her eyes were lowered some. He gently squeezed her hand and she looked at him and smiled.
"I'm alright, just tired," she whispered, but that was enough for him.
"We should all get some rest. We can talk more in the morning. When are we to return to the Makai?" he asked Yusuke.
Yusuke shrugged.
"Mukuro said she'd reach out to us," he said and Hiei nodded.
Yukina walked up to Hatorra.
"Let me see if there is anything I can do to speed up your recovery," she said kindly and Hatorra smiled warmly at her sister-in-law.
"That's okay Yukina, I just need—" but Hiei nudged her softly.
"—let her look you over onna. Do not choose to be stubborn now," he whispered and Hatorra smiled and nodded.
"Alright, thanks Yukina," she said and sat down.
Yukina let her hands scan over Hatorra's body, pausing on spots that could have used more healing.
"You must have been so frightened Hatorra…though the wounds are healed for the most part, I can sense what they must have felt like," she whispered.
Hatorra offered her sister-in-law a sad smile.
"I am healed now Yukina. Try not to think about it," she said grinning.
After Yukina was done everyone retreated to their rooms. Kasei lay sleeping in between Hiei and Hatorra. She refused to leave their sides tonight. Hiei let his hand rest on his mate's neck.
"I don't want to feel what I felt today again," he whispered as if someone might hear him.
Hatorra listened to him carefully.
"This sense of…hopelessness…it was new to me," he said truthfully.
Hatorra held his hand.
"You were afraid for me," she teased him, smiling.
Hiei stared at her for a moment before speaking. Then he nodded slowly.
"I-I was afraid," he admitted and her eyes widened some.
He just didn't admit to things like that.
"I could do nothing for you and I felt…useless," he seethed angrily at himself.
Hatorra moved closer to him, mindful of her daughter in between them. She touched his cheek lovingly.
"You will never be useless. Being out there, you and Kas were the only things that kept me going. If not for you, I would have surely given up," she confessed.
Hiei's eyes were wide.
"You and Kas are incredibly important to me. You are my hope," she whispered and he kissed her gently.
She smiled returning the kiss and snuggled into his arms with their daughter comfortably buried between them.
Kuwabara and Yukina went home with Yuki as did Yusuke and Keiko with Hideki. Kurama and Kat rested in another room of the temple. Daisuke rested in a small bed near them. They too spoke.
"Kurama, I have doubts about this war," she admitted nervously.
Kurama rested his forehead against hers.
"I understand that. But things will go our way. Shura is experienced and not to underestimated, but he will have no chance against Mukuro and Yusuke's combined forces," he said firmly.
Kat shook her head.
"I have a bad feeling about all of this. Not just Shura and this war. But of my mother returning at this time with that other demon. Hatorra's father dying is suspicious to me as well. Things go wrong and it's like we fix them too easily. I don't know. I just have a terrible feeling that something huge is going to happen and it will change everything," she said slightly panicked.
Kurama furrowed his eyebrows.
"Just relax and try to be calm. We will handle everything as it comes," he tried to calm her nerves.
Kat buried her head in his chest.
"I don't know Kurama. I don't remember much from my childhood before Hatorra. But what I do remember is my mother telling me over and over again that as long as she lived, my future would be bleak," she whispered.
"She frightens me," she said and closed her eyes falling into a deep sleep.
Kurama held her close. He would not tell her that her mother and that other demon's youki were unlike any youki he's ever sensed. He would not tell her that if they were to fight they would most likely lose. He would not tell her, because he didn't know how much she could handle before she cracked.
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