Disclaimer: I still do not own YYH or its characters. I only own my OC's Kiyoshi, Ayame, and now Emiko has been added to the mix.

This is the last chapter of Raising a Family and a sequel will follow called Trial by Fire.

Years went by and the group had never been happier. Hiei had changed a lot thanks to the two children he was looking after and with help from his sister. He still couldn't get over the fact that she knew about him being her brother, but he was happy that she accepted him in spite of his dark past.

"Come on, Emiko," Kiyoshi called behind him and Hiei. "You are so slow." Hiei chuckled and shook his head.

"Be nice to your sister," he said to Kiyoshi.

"Yes, daddy," Kiyoshi replied returning Hiei's smile.

They made it to the top of Genkai's temple to be greeted by their family. Yes, not friends, but family. Hiei had finally accepted them all as part of his life long ago, sometime before his sister's wedding and after Kurama's. About a year after Julia had returned, Kurama married her so that Ayame could have a complete family. Then two more years passed before Kuwabara had proposed to Yukina. They got married a year later and Yukina moved into Kuwabara's home. By that time, Hiei had been able to move himself and Kiyoshi into an apartment, and Emiko was able to live with them. Another year passed and now they were at Genkai's temple celebrating Kiyoshi and Emiko's tenth birthday.

"Can we have cake now?" Emiko asked. She really liked cake and couldn't get enough of it after she had first tasted it.

"I wanna eat sweet snow," Kiyoshi said, talking about ice cream. Hiei normally called it "sweet snow" and Kiyoshi picked up on it.

Yukina smiled at the two children. "You have to eat lunch first, kids," she said sweetly earning a whine from both of the kids.

Kurama chuckled at them. "You can't always eat sweets, you know. And I'm sure your father has taught you no sweets before dinner."

"Yeah, yeah," Yusuke said. "Here you two," he said as he handed them each a piece of candy. Yusuke looked over at Hiei who was glaring at them, but since it was their birthday, Hiei let it go.

Hiei spent some time talking with Kurama and Julia about Ayame and he found out that Julia was pregnant with their second child. Hiei congratulated Kurama before he went over to talk to his sister who was watching Kiyoshi and Emiko playing tag with each other.

"It makes me happy to see those two together," Yukina said, looking up at Hiei with a smile on her face.

Hiei smiled at her and hugged her from the side. "Yes, it is good to see them this happy."

"Are you happy, Hiei?" Yukina asked, her voice a little hesitant.

Hiei took a few minutes to think about it. He had never been happy throughout his life because of the cards fate had dealt him, but he realized had he not been a "Forbidden Child," he would have never been able to raise Kiyoshi or Emiko and Yukina wouldn't be his sister. If he had never been found by those thieves, he would have never met Kurama or Yusuke and he wouldn't be standing where he was at the moment. This happiness he felt would have never existed.

"Yes, Yukina," he finally said. "I am happy."

A/N: So there you have it! A happy ending to make up for all that depressing stuff. Hope you enjoyed it :) Also, I never mentioned this, but the titles were meant to list all the things our parents do for us in our times of need, whether it's hard on them or not.