Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or the characters. Just my OCs

The week went by too quickly for Kuronue's liking. He wasn't looking forward to the trip home. The only thing that made him feel better was knowing that Kara would be standing by his side; however, he was also bothered by the fact that his father wanted her there.

He heard a knock at his opened door and turned to see Kara smiling. "Hey," she greeted.

"Hey," he greeted back in more of a dead tone.

"It's going to be okay," she said.

"You don't know that," Kuronue argued. "He has a hidden agenda."

"Well, obviously, but it's going to be fine. We go to the airport after class, figure out what he wants when we get there, and then get back here Sunday. If he was going to try anything, why would he be arranging for us to come back to class on Monday?"

"To throw someone off," Kuronue muttered so quietly that Kara didn't hear him.

He wished he could be like her where even when things looked bad, he could have a positive attitude. Right now he needed the positivity. He had to believe everything would be fine.

"Hey, look who's here," Yusuke said when Kuronue and Kara entered the bar where Hiei worked.

"You guys stalkin' us?" Kuwabara joked causing Kuronue and Hiei to roll their eyes.

Kuronue turned to Hiei. "Are they here yet?" he asked. Hiei shook his head. "Great."

"Is who here?" Kara asked.

"Those stupid thugs he sent to get us. This is my dad's favorite place to conduct 'business' and he sent a message saying he would send someone here to pick us up. I told Hiei to look out for them."

"Oh. So do we know how long we have to wait?" she asked.

"Not long," Hiei said while drying a glass while motioning his head over to the door.

Everyone looked over that way and saw the thugs.

"Great, right on time. How lucky for us," Kuronue muttered sarcastically. He felt Kara squeeze his hand reassuringly and relaxed slightly.

"Well, well, well, you two actually showed up," one of the guys said. "Good decision."

"Whatever," Kuronue grumbled. "Can we go now?"

"Oh, in a hurry for your father to meet your little girlfriend, huh?" the other guy asked as both men smirked at Kara.

She felt a little nervous under their intense gaze. Kuronue didn't like the way they were looking at her either, so he moved in front of her and glared at the men.

"She's off limits," Kuronue stated. Both thugs shrugged and motioned for the two to follow them.

The thugs drove them to a large house on a quiet street. When they entered the house, Kara felt like they were being watched even though there was no one there. Kuronue noticed her tenseness and whispered to her, "You get used to it. Don't worry; I'll keep you safe." Kara smiled at him and nodded.

They made it to the den and were told to wait until someone came to get them. Kara sat close to Kuronue on the couch and laid her head down on his shoulder. He put his arm around her and allowed her to fall asleep on his arm. After an hour, someone finally came into the room and asked for Kuronue to go with them to his father's room. He wanted to speak to Kuronue first before meeting the girl he dubbed as "his bitch."

"Welcome, son," his father said from his bed in the room. Kuronue was surprised to see him hooked up to hospital monitors and a nurse leaving the room to give them some privacy.

"What the hell?" Kuronue asked in disbelief. Nothing ever hurt this man so why was he surrounded by monitors.

"I take it you and the bitch had a nice flight," his father pressed ignoring his son's question.

"Don't call her that," Kuronue growled.

"Well, she must be something for you to be so smitten," the gangster teased.

"Oh, come on, old man, it's 2011, not 1985. No one talks like that."

"Maybe so, but I digress." He motioned over to the monitors. "This is why I've called you here, Kuronue. I have been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. I am going to die soon and I can no longer run the business, meaning I'm going to need you to come here on weekends. Don't worry; I'll pay for the flights, but I need things taken care of and I need you to take care of them."

Kuronue grimaced at the idea of doing anything illegal for the sake of his father's business, but he could use this to his advantage. The idea of being free was all he could think about now.

"Fine," Kuronue agreed.

"Good, now I'd like to meet the girl you're dating," he requested sidestepping his nickname for her.

Kuronue frowned and asked, "Why? What does it matter to you?"

"I wanted to see the face of the girl who you told our little secret to." Kuronue paled knowing his father would find out eventually father chuckled and continued. "I knew you wouldn't be able to keep it forever, but from what the men said she had an option to go to the cops and she didn't. I think she's trustworthy, wouldn't you agree?"

Kuronue nodded and was told to remain in the room as the servant went to go get Kara. When they returned, Kuronue noticed that Kara was pale and looking hesitantly towards the servant. He walked over to her and quietly asked her what had happened.

"He threatened to kill me if I bumped into him again. I got distracted."

Kuronue's expression soured. He kept Kara close to him from that moment on.

"Ah, so you are the girl my men have been talking about," his father said to her. "You are very beautiful." Kara blushed and the man snickered. "Let's cut to the chase. I know you know about what happened to my wife and I will allow you to live if you never take that information to higher authorities."

Kuronue's grip tightened on Kara. "I wouldn't let you kill her even if she did end up going to the cops. I would leave this business to rot if you ever did anything to hurt her."

"Watch your tongue, Kuronue," his father snapped at him. He turned his head slightly to look at Kara. "Now, my dear, I want to hear it from you. Do you tend to keep it a secret?" Kara nodded. She would, for now at least. He looked back to Kuronue. "That will be all. The two of you look exhausted after such a long fight. You should go take a nap or something. Your room is the way you left it, son."

Kuronue didn't say anything when he and Kara left the room. He led her to his room and they got into bed.

"What was with the monitors?" Kara asked.

"He has cancer and the doctors aren't very optimistic," Kuronue said masking the happiness in his voice. He knew it was wrong to want a parent dead, but he couldn't help it.

"So what did he want from you?" Kara asked again.

Kuronue put his arms around her and pulled her close. "It doesn't matter right now. We'll talk about this later when we're more awake."

Kara smiled and nodded in agreement before she felt Kuronue's fingers dancing around her stomach tickling her slightly. She giggled causing Kuronue to smile at her. He placed a gentle kiss on her temple before they both fell asleep.

A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to update. I actually had half this chapter written a week ago and hadn't been able to focus on it. So his father has cancer, but not to give anything away, that's not what he dies from *evil smirks* Just thought I'd let you know :)