"I don't know," Kurama said, "Hiei's blood doesn't smell right."

Kuwabara asked, "What are you talking about?"

"He's been poisoned," he explained, "and in my current state inside of this magnetic forest dampening my demon energy I can't tell you what kind of poision. If he doesn't get an antidote soon he'll die no matter what we do."

Yusuke asked as he stumbled over, "Can't you heal him right here?"

"I don't have access to my energy," Kurama explained, "otherwise it would be a simple matter. We have to get him out of here as soon as possible, but it took us over a day to get here in the first place. He might not have that long." He looked at Hiei nervously.

Yusuke said, "Then we'll get him out of here faster." He took out his communication mirror and called Botan.

Kuwabara asked, "Do you think Yukina's been poisioned too?"

"No," he answered, "her blood doesn't smell tainted."

At Genkai's temple hours later, Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara showed up. Botan explained, "I barely got him here in time. It was exactly the poision you suspected, Kurama." She looked at him and then back at the temple that was still falling down.

Kuwabara asked, "Is Yukina alright?"

"She's still asleep," she answered.

"Let her have her rest, Kuwabara," Kurama said.

Stiff from not moving, Yukina opened her eyes and struggled to sit up. An overwhelming sense of calm overcame her. She looked down and saw that she was wearing her mother's necklace. "Hiei," she said and looked beside her to see him fast alseep.

She remembered what Ryu said before, "No one would risk death over the name of someone they hardly know."

She whispered, "It true, you really are my brother." She looked at his chest and saw him wearing his own tearstone necklace.

The door opened and Genkai appeared. "Do you need anything?" she asked as she brought tea in and set the tray down on the ground.

"No," she answered, "I wonder how long he's known about me."

"You'll have to ask him when he wakes up," she replied as she stepped back outside and closed the door behind her.

Yukina started healing Hiei's injuries with her energy. "All of these slash marks and bruises," she said slowly, "it must have been terrible trying to get to me. I'm sorry for being such a pain." Hiei stirred awake and opened his eyes. "Hiei!"

"Where are we?" he asked as he sat up and looked around.

"Genkai's temple," she explained, "you saved me, thank you so much! I do have a question for you. Do you know who I am to you?"

He scoffed and asked, "What is that supposed to mean?"

"You're my brother," she said bluntly, "and I've known it for a few years now. I knew you were familiar to me as soon as we met and it's felt like someone's been watching me ever since. I know it's been you and your gifted eye."

He asked, "You've known this whole time?"

"I think so," she confessed, "Your energy was so familiar when we first met, that I had to go to spirit world in order to find out who you were. They keep track of every demon in this world-at least, they did before the barrier went down. I found your file."

Hiei tried to stand up but pain shot through his side. He stayed still and said, "So you've been playing the fool this whole time."

Yukina said, "Stay still, you're still injured. I didn't know if you knew about me. I didn't want to explain everything to you since it was so horrible. Rui told me some things, how she threw you to your death and knew you could understand everything, but I didn't think you'd remember. How did you figure out I was your sister?" She started healing his side. "That's the only thing I can't figure out."

"I went back," he confessed, "to ice world. You had already left years before and I met Rui again. She told me your name and I set out to find you."

"Why?" she asked.

"What do you mean why?" he asked harshly, "We're related, aren't we?"

"But you're supposed to be some kind of ruthless killer, right?" she asked, "No remorse for his actions whatsoever. I read that about you, you know. You killed so many for no reason. Then you pretended not to know who I was once we did meet. How could you be so cruel?"

Hiei tried to stand up again as he said, "You read my file. You've known what I've done. You don't need someone like that in your life." He sat back down unwillingly, feeling the ache in cuts and bruises.

Yukina watched him and said, "You're afraid."

"Don't be absurd," he said coldly, "I've never been afraid of anything in my life."

"You're scared I'll reject you as a brother, just like the ice maidens rejected you from their society when you were born," she said as she realized what was happening all this time, "Hiei I'd never-"

He said, "You can save your breath." He tried standing up again but still had a hard time. "Why can't I move?"

"Ryu told me he poisioned you," she said, "it must still be working it's way out of your system. You were attacked badly by his guards. Let me help you."

"I thought you were dead," he confessed, "when I first woke up in that dark building, he dangled your limp body in front of me as if I failed and it was too late to save you."

"I'm sorry," she said sadly, "I didn't know."

"It's not your fault," Hiei said as he looked away from her, "don't blame yourself, you had no idea what he was doing." He didn't bother trying to stand up again, knowing he would only fail.

Yukina smiled and said, "All this time it's been a simple misunderstanding. We knew who we were all along to each other. We're more than just a name."

"What?" he asked.

"Ryu demanded to know who you were so I told him you were just a name to me," she replied, "but I've always known you've been so much more than that."

Hiei realized in that moment that he actually knew her personally. Yukina was more than just a name to him as well.

The End