"Hey baby, how's it going? Uh, Yukina," Kuwabara said as he stopped in the front door of the temple, "why are you covered in talasman cards?" He looked at her dress and saw she was covered in them from head to toe.

She replied, "So Hiei can't see me with his jagan eye. If we wants to see me he'll have to come in person."

Kuwabara looked at her like she was crazy and asked, "Why is Hiei watching you?"

"He's my brother," she said, "and if he has been watching me he'll get a headache if he tries now."

"He's your brother!" Kuwabara shouted, "Are you sure about that? How do you know?"

Yukina replied, "I've known for a while now. He's so strange, maybe you can tell me more about him."

"Uh," Kuwabara said awkwardly, "I don't know much about him. Urameshi knew him before I did and Hiei's always with Kurama whenever he's not with us or Mukuro. Either one of them would know more."

"Thanks Kazuma!" Yukina smiled.

"Dammit," Hiei complained, holding his head from the pain.

Mukuro asked, "What's wrong with you now?"

"I can't see Yukina," he explained as he leaned back in his chair. He covered his jagan back up so his headache would go away.

"Your third eye has faults?" she asked slyly.

"She must be wearing talasman cards," he replied, "I had no idea she could be so petty. As long as she's not in danger, which there isn't any in human world, she'll be fine. I have no need to to watch over her anymore."

Mukuro said, "If you're going to lie to yourself try being better at it."

"Hn."

"Yukina?" Yusuke asked as he opened his front door, "What are you doing here, and what are you wearing?" He examined her carefully.

"Can you tell me about Hiei?" she asked, "I know he's my brother but he won't accept it for some reason. I was hoping you could tell me more about him."

"You know he's your brother?" Yusuke asked nervously, "How did that happen?"

"You mean you knew?" Yukina asked.

Yusuke said, "No, no, I'm surprised you finally found your long lost brother, and that it's him. It's really him? Why don't you come inside?" He pulled her inside and shut the door.

Yukina asked, "What can you tell me about Hiei? Kazuma said you've known him longer than him."

"Yeah," he replied, "the most I know about him is that he's mysterious. He was part of my first case of being a spirit detective."

"What did he do?" Yukina asked. Yusuke walked her to the living room and they sat on the couch next to each other.

He explained, "He stole one of the artifacts of darkness and tried to take over human world with Kurama and some other guy."

"What?!" she asked, horrified.

Oh no, Yusuke thought, Hiei's not going to like that I told her that. Quick, think of something! "He's good now," he replied, "don't worry about him. What I do know is that under that tough exterior he's really a little softie and will come through if we need it."

Yukina looked defeated and asked, "You don't know anything about him?"

"You should try Kurama," he replied, "he's known him a lot longer than I have and they seem to respect each other more than anyone else."

"Yukina?" Kurama asked, puzzled by her appearance, "I take it going to Mukuro didn't go well. Come in." He let her in and they sat in the living room.

She explained, "Hiei doesn't seem to want a sister. I think I sort of understand, I am the same race that left him for dead. What can you tell me about Hiei? Urameshi and Kazuma told me you're the one that's known him the longest."

He paused, then answered, "That is true. Yukina, I believe you deserve to know the full truth. I've known Hiei was your brother for years."

Startled, she asked, "What?"

"When we first met he was desperately looking for you," Kurama explained, "we fought a demon that eats others to gain strength and he was worried you were eaten by him."

"He's known who I was for years?" Yukina asked, "He was trying to find me? I don't understand." All this time he knew, but he said nothing? She thought sadly. Maybe he really didn't want a sister after all.

Kurama explained, "I tried to ask about his motivations for not telling you the truth. He said he wanted you to be happy. I tried to tell him you would be happier knowing who your brother is but he insisted it was how he wanted things. Hiei's quite a complex puzzle."

"He wants me to be happy?" she asked, "How would I be happier not knowing who he is?"

"I'm not sure," he confessed, "what I do know is that he got the jagan for multiple reasons. I don't know all of them, but one of them was to watch over you once he found you."

"Good," she replied, "then he'll get a headache now when he wants to see me."

Kurama looked at her and smiled awkwardly as she looked away from him. Not the reaction I was expecting, he thought, things must have been worse than I thought. "Well," he started, "something I've always noticed about Hiei is that he hardly builds alliances with anyone and tries not to show that he cares about anyone or anything. Perhaps he sees you as a weakness he doesn't want exposed."

"He built an alliance with you, and Kazuma and the others," she pointed out.

"He confessed to me that he only made an alliance with me to begin with was so I wouldn't try to fight him," he replied, "truthfully fighting someone for no reason never sat well with me but at the time he didn't know that."

Yukina thought for a moment and asked, "What about before you? Did he have any friends before you?"

"I don't know," Kurama answered, "I believe he didn't. I had heard of his murderous ways when I was Yoko Kurama before. He was quite brutal, even while being such a young age. Like I said, he most likely views having someone like a sister as a weakness. I know at first he believed having friends were a weakness."

"Thank you Kurama," she said as she stood up.