Bonus story one: Kuwabara's thought's when Yukina returned

_-_-_-_-_ Yukina had been gone for months, but Kuwabara still came to Genkai's. At first it was accidental, he'd burst in yelling and Yusuke had laughed at him, and then it was just habit. Now it was because he was waiting for her.

_-_-_-_He hoped she'd find her brother, but he was a bit nervous. Apparently the guy was some kind of demony big-shot. And he was just a human, stronger than most, but still not on par with a lot of he was flat broke. But he loved Yukina, and he wasn't gonna give her up, no matter what her brother said. (Somehow he'd gotten it into his head that her brother would definitely (not) approve of him.)

_-_-_-_Just then Yukina came around the corner.

_-_-_-_"Yukinaaa!" he bellowed, running over to her. Her kimono was a little dirty, and her hair was coming out of her tie, but she was still gorgeous. He babbled at her for a bit, then noticed she was alone. Kurama came out of the forest holding Hiei, who looked like he'd been hit by a truck. No, Yusuke had been hit by a car, Hiei looked a lot worse. The shrimp probably picked a fight with the wrong person.

_-_-_-_"Did you find your brother?"

_-_-_-_"Yes, Yukina beamed. Kuwabara grinned, glad she was happy, but where was the guy? Shouldn't he be able to see, or sense, him?

_-_-_-_ "What happened?!" everyone exclaimed. "I thought you said Yukina was too delicate to tell the truth," Yusuke said.

Kuwabara almost snorted. Yukina was beautiful, kind, and dainty, yes, but not delicate. A delicate person couldn't go through what she did and still be sane, let alone clever and (kind).

_-_-_-_Everyone started congratulating Yukina.

_-_-_-_ "Why don't you and Yukina go spend some sibling time in the garden," suggested Genkai.

Hey! How come the shrimp got to go, but he didn't? And where was Yukina's brother? _-_-_-_-_"Come with us!" Hiei suddenly said to Kuwabara.

_-_-_-_Kuwabara did a quick check. He thought he was awake, and if he was dead, he would've gotten a ride with Botan, right? And (where) was Yukina's...

_-_-_-_No. It couldn't be...But that time, and then... why would...Kuwawbara was a lot smarter than people gave him credit for. You had to point him in the right direction, but once you did, he got there pretty fast.

_-_-_-_Hiei is Yukina's brother?!" Well, it could be worse. The shrimp was mean, but a good person. He thought...

Bonus story two: Hiei and Fireworks

Hiei slowly made his way to the temple. Well, slowly for him, others would have trouble seeing more than a blur. He was tired. There'd been a minor rebellion in his boss' lands, and she'd sent him to take care of it. Alone. He did it, but it took a lot out of him. Now he was headed to see the one's at the old lady's house. Somehow, being around Yukina, the fox, the idiot, and the detective recharged him.

Suddenly, there was an explosion, and colored flames lit up the sky. Hiei froze, but his heart sped up. Then he sprinted ahead, flaring his Youki.

There was only one thing that made a display like that. A fire demon courting a demoness. And the only demoness worthy of being courted was Yukina. No way he was letting that happen.

He couldn't feel anyone but the detective and his friends. Surely they'd stop the demon, but their auras didn't seem like they were fighting. And how was the demon using that much magic while masking his presence? Hiei hadn't even know something like that was possible!

Hiei was only a few hundred feet away when Yukina shrieked. He burst into the clearing, sword in hand, and ready to rip away the bandage covering his Jagan.

Everyone but the detective and the idiot were seated on the porch, watching the sky. Those two were crouched on the lawn. All of a sudden they jumped up and ran back. The thing on the ground popped, and something flew into the sky. Hiei watched it whistle up and explode in a flower-like shape. Everyone clapped.

Hiei put his sword away and stepped forward, attempting to force his heart to slow down. He should've know something that loud and annoying had to be the detective.

"That's it, all out!" bellowed the detective, and everyone groaned. Except Yukina, who'd noticed Hiei.

"Hiei-san!" She ran forward to stand in front of him, smiling. Kurama, also smiling, followed.

"Did you see the fireworks?" he smirked. Stupid fox, he knew exactly what Hiei had thought they were. "Human's use them for celebrations."

"They're so pretty," Yukina sighed, "But there aren't any more."

"Hn, those were nothing," Hiei scoffed, walking to where the Detective and Idiot had crouched. Hiei raised his hands and let loose a burst of white-hot flames. He scattered them, and the effect was like a blizzard. Yukina clapped furiously. He put those embers out before they caught the old lady's plants on fire, and used all the colors he could make to entertain Yukina. He'd never let his flames dance for a female before, but Yukina was worth it.

Bonus story three: How Yukina learned to Hug

Yukina was surrounded by males. Since leaving the Island, she'd gotten to know several men, even be slightly friendly with them, but she'd never stood this close to this many of them. They were trying to figure out what to do with her. They didn't seem to be like Toguro, and she didn't think the small dark one would let them harm her, but she was still a little nervous.

"She can't stay with me," one with dark hair said loudly, "My Mom'd have a fit."

"That is true for me as well," another said smoothly. Yukina thought he was a demon, but she wasn't sure. He had dark red hair. She loved the color red, it reminded her of fire. It was forbidden to start a fire, but sometimes lightning storms would ignite a tree. She liked to play with the flames, although she never let anyone catch her. Koorime were really weak to fire, if they'd known it didn't burn her at all they might have been worse to her than they had. But there was one person whose hair was more fire-like than the mabe-demons'.

It was the human, the loud one who said he loved her. "She should stay with me," he declared. Yukina didn't think she'd like that. This man fascinated her, he was so tall, while most Koorime were short, he was loud where they were quiet, he spoke of his feelings, a taboo subject, and he had fiery hair that she was having a hard time not jumping up to see if it was hot, but she wasn't sure that she wanted to live with him. The only man she'd lived with was Toguro, and she hadn't liked that very much.

"She could stay with Hiei," the first man said.

"No way!" the fire-head said, "the shrimp'll kill her! And he doesn't even have a house!"

"For once the idiot is right. I have no place for her to stay," said the small dark man. Hiei. The shrimp What was a shrimp? Yukina wondered.

"Perhaps she should stay with Genkai," the other redhead suggested. Everyone brightened, and eventually the tall man, Kuwawbara, agreed too. They brought her to a large house in a forest. It was quiet, and looked Yukina thought it looked very pretty. A small elderly woman walked out, and Yukina's heart sank. She didn't want to live with men, but the elderly Koorime were not nice to her at all, and the other older female demons she'd met didn't seem to want her to stay either.

"Granny! Can this girl stay with you?" shouted one of the men. The woman disappeared, reappearing next to the man and punching him in the gut. Yukina's eyes widened.

"Yusuke, don't call me granny." The woman turned to regard Yukina, looking her up and down. "Why should I put up a demon in my house?" Yukina's heart sank. She wasn't wanted here.

"She could help you, you are getting a little old for housework," Yusuke said earning another punch. "Damnit!"

"Hmmm, what do you think girl?" the woman turned to me. I nodded furiously, not wanting to argue with such a formidable lady.

A few weeks later, after Yukina has settled in, and most of the team has gotten over her newness.

Kuwabara was here again. He came every day to proclaim his love for me, and to tell me things. I was learning a lot about humans. But there was one thing that puzzled me. On the TV, a small box that showed moving pictures to tell a story, everyone had assured me that they were just stories, I'd seen something strange. Two people were standing there, and one of them ran up to the other and tackled the other. Instead of falling, or pushing the attacker away, the human had wrapped their own arms around the other person. Then they separated and smiled at each other, as if nothing had happened.

Now that I was remembering, I recalled that Yusuke had done something similar with Kuwabara, and decided to ask him about it.

"You don't know what a hug is?" he asked, surprised.

"A hug?" I repeated.

"Yeah, that's what its called."

"What is it for?" I knew it probably wasn't an attack, since all the times I saw it on the TV, the people were happy.

"You hug someone when you like them." Kuwawabara said.

"When you like them?"

"Yeah, when you're, you know, happy to see them." I think I had it.

"To say you are glad they are not dead?" I asked, just to make sure. Kuwabara nodded. I stood up and walked over to where he was sitting and...hugged...him. I also snuck my hand into his hair. It was soft, but not hot, like fire was. He was warm though. He turned red and started spluttering, for some reason having a hard time speaking.

"Did I do it wrong?" I asked, concerned. I thought he was supposed to smile.

'N-No, no, you j-just surfrised me," he stuttered.

"What are you doing," came a cold voice from the doorway. Hiei-san!

"It is called a hug. Humans do it to show their affection," came Kurama's voice from behind him.

"Unhand her." Hiei glared at Kuwabara. I let go of Kuwabara and walked over to Hiei, hugging him as well. He was hotter than Kuwabara, he felt like fire. I guess that made sense, he was a fire demon.

"I am glad you are not dead Shrimp-san," i said, using his title. he froze, his glare doubling. I let go of him, shocked. He was not glaring at me, but I could feel his anger He drew his sword and advanced on a laughing Kuwabara. Kurama cleared his throat.

"Yukina, his name is not Shrimp."

"I thought it was a title, does he not like it?" I asked hesitantly.

"A shrimp is an animal that lives in water. Humans use it to refer to people of small stature. It is not always a nice term, and even when it is, the people do not always take it that way." I thought about it, and that made sense. I did not always like being called 'ice maiden', even though I was one.

"Should we stop them?" I asked, referring to Hiei and Kuwabara. I could tell that they were not serious, but they were bleeding.

"No, they'll calm down soon," Kurama said, after considering it for a moment.

"Would you like some time?" I asked him.

"That would be lovely." And we left.