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Author's Note: Here it is! The first chapter of my new Hiei story! I won't say anything here, so that you can get straight to reading. Happy reading, and I'll see you at the Ending Note!

Post Date: 25 June 2016

Word Count: 5890

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I own my original characters and some parts of the plot. If you want to know who owns what, just ask. It's safer to assume that I own nothing.

Title Credit: Love, Where Is Your Fire? by Brooke Fraser

Chapter One
More Than Mere Mortals

Present: March 1996

Sealed away.

When she first heard her fate, centuries and centuries ago, she assumed it would be peaceful. She thought that being sealed away meant that she would be able to rest. That she would be at peace during her confinement. She couldn't have been more wrong. Then again, she should have known that there would be a catch. There's always a catch, right? Locked away, deep inside a stone prison, and wide awake. It's been twenty years, and she hasn't had a second of rest.

Wide awake. Aware. Alert. Silent. Alone.

At times, she screamed until her throat was raw. Despite that, no one could hear her. No one could ever hear her. She laughed, she cried, she begged…none of it made any difference. The world was deaf to her pleas, but she could hear the world. Hear it, see it, feel it. Rules are rules though, so she's been locked inside of her prison. Forced to watch as life moves on around her. Without her. She was told that she would be tested, but this? She never imagined this.

Voices. Telling her story, in bits and pieces. They don't know her story…not the way that she knows it. Since being locked away, all of the little pieces have come together. She knows it all now. Knows how all the pieces fit together.

"Once upon a time, in a land right-freakin'-here…"

5113 BC

"Reigan!" Dark blue eyes slowly lifted up from the carnage scattered across the forest floor, and she met her brother's wide brown eyes with a grin.

"Sorry. I could not help myself, Raizen." Reigan tightened her grip around her spear as she leaned more of her weight on it, and the forest was quiet as Raizen walked closer to her. His eyes were focused on the demon dead at her feet, but she kept her eyes on him.

They have always been together. Reigan cannot remember the color of her mother's eyes or the sound of her father's voice, but she knows Raizen better than she knows herself. They came into this world together, and they have not parted since. Though, looking at them, it is hard to tell that they came from the same woman. Raizen is much taller than her, his hair is black instead of pale, and his eyes are the color of the dirt they sleep on whereas hers are the color of the dark sky. Different in appearance though they may be, they are alike in every other way. Together, they have fought against the beasts that plague this world. Made weapons with their own hands, made from the bones of the demons they slayed, and protected as many as they could.

"I told you not to run away like that. It could have been a trap." Another thing they have in common is a sense of recklessness. In the heat of battle, they both seem to lose their wits. They fight with wild abandon against their foes, and they always win.

"Am I not standing here in front of you?" His eyes finally moved to meet hers, and she tipped her head back to smile at him. Her brother, the other half of her soul, worries far too much.

"This time." His deep voice was nearly a growl, and she locked her knees as she forced her legs to hold her entire weight. Her energy, the energy that comes from deep inside of her, was depleted during the fight. It will take time for her to heal, but she is not weak.

"How can we lose? Even the gods are on our side!" She looked to the sky as she yelled, and she hopes that Koenma heard her. The god came to them what felt like an eternity ago and thanked them for their great service. For their sacrifice. He is the one that broke down the last barrier between their body and spirit, so now they can truly keep up with the beasts that seek to kill them.

"You should be more careful, Reigan. We are not gods." Now would be the time for him to talk sense, when she has just defeated a very powerful demon.

"Bring me the fool that dares to call you a mere mortal, brother, and I will show them the error of their ways." Her words caused a smile to spread across his face, and she leaned her head against his arm.

"We should go, before more come. You need rest." They fight together, always together, but she grows weaker before her brother does. Not in body but in spirit. His power is ever growing, and there are times when she fears that she will be left behind.

"As do you." It does not matter if he is stronger, all men need their rest. Even the ones destined to be gods.

.xXx.

"We cannot pass them by, Raizen. Can you hear them screaming?" They have a temple of their own, in a village that they have chosen to protect, but they are very far from home. Sometimes they travel to far off villages that have been plagued by demons, but it is not something they do often. They are returning home, but the screams are deafening. She cannot leave them there to suffer.

"Even the beasts in the lowest pits of the underworld can hear their screams." Raizen has already turned towards the sound, and she raised her spear as she followed after him. She feels some pride for her spear. She crafted it with her own hands, and the blade is made from the bones of the first demon that she slew.

"There are many of them, but they are not very strong," she whispered as they got closer. Raizen may have greater strength, but her other senses are stronger.

"Be safe." She turned to meet his eyes, committed the dark brown color to memory, and nodded.

"Always." They split up once they reached the village, and she heard the tortured screams of Raizen's victims a few moments later. She is falling behind.

By the time the village was quiet, her arms felt nearly useless at her sides and her pants were soaked through with blood. Blood of varying colors streaked across her skin and clothes, and she carefully wiped blood off the bleached bone of her spear. She could hear Raizen farther off, talking quietly to some villagers that were lucky enough to be alive, and she stopped next to a charred set of bodies. So much useless death and destruction, and for what? She has learned that some demons require human flesh to survive; it is no different than the animals that she kills to stay alive. Those demons, maybe, she could understand. The ones that kill for sport? That slaughter humans in droves just to laugh and jeer at the ruination? Those she does not understand.

"A demon slayer. It must be my lucky day." She tried to call out for Raizen, but she did not have the time. Clawed hands gripped the side of her face, and a thick smoke clouded her senses. She thought she could hear a roar, and her last thought was that she hoped Raizen killed the beast before coming after her.

.xXx.

"My brother is going to kill you," Reigan whispered. Everything inside of her screamed and rebelled against the hands pushing her body into the floor, but the thought of her brother gave her comfort. The demon that grabbed her was fast, and they were very far away from Raizen when she first woke. Raizen has been steadily getting closer as the days go by, but her brother is not going to make it in time. She was already weak when the demon grabbed her, and her body will give up soon. She has accepted her fate.

"Your brother will never find me." That is where this demon is wrong. Her brother will find her, even if it is too late. She is not sure how she knows things before they come to pass, but she does not question the things that her spirit tell her are true. She is going to die. Raizen came with her into this world, but she is going to leave it without him. It seems almost wrong, this separation, but she wants her brother to live.

"Before the sun rises again, you will be dead." This demon is the cowardly sort. He grabbed her when he knew she was weak, and he did not want to test his strength against hers like most demons. No, he wants her to suffer for what she has done to his kind.

"As will you, demon slayer." Her scream filled the cave they were hidden in as the demon's energy ripped through her body, and everything in her locked up at the intrusion. Her back was arched away from the rough rocks, and her fingers bled as she clawed at the ground. Her eyes rolled upwards and rested on the prayer beads around her left wrist. She created each bead herself, poured her energy into each movement, and now it's all over.

"Lord Koenma, please, keep Raizen safe. I have earned a last request, have I not? That is it. Keep him safe." It was her last thought before her sight disappeared and everything stopped.

.xXx.

Koenma heard the prayer; the strength of Reigan's dying request echoed in his chambers. He was able to focus enough to see her, and he marveled at the strength of the small human. So many demons underestimated her because of her size, but she is fierce. He has watched her fight, and she impressed him with her resolve. Her brother is no different. Tall for a human, and his strength is even greater than his sister's. He did not know it was even possible for two humans to possess so much control over their spirit, but they have continued to prove him wrong. However, they are only human. Reigan is dying.

As he watched Reigan take her last shuddering breath, he heard her brother's roar of anguish. He knows the siblings are close. When they fight, it is like they are an extension of one another. As if they are the same person split between two bodies. Despite knowing that, the brother and sister have surprised him once again. When Reigan's heart stopped, Raizen's did as well. The sister fell against the rocky floor, and Raizen collapsed on the other side of the mountain. Both of their hearts stopped beating, but their spirits have yet to rise. Normally the spirit leaves the body immediately, so why have they not arrived in Spirit World?

"I will not leave her behind. We are one, and she will live!" Raizen's roar seemed to shake the entirety of Spirit World, and Koenma felt his eyes widen as power engulfed Raizen's body.

The Atavism of the Mazoku. That was what he first believed, because he has heard stories of human descendants inheriting power from their demon ancestors. This is not that. It has been over fifteen years, but he knows what this is. At last, he knows who they are. Once their hearts stopped beating, the thick scar tissue on their right wrists disappeared. A seal. A very powerful one apparently, if the seal was able to cloak their demonic energy. All this time they have lived as humans, felt like humans, but have been demons. Not just any demons. The missing children of the Demon King Raiden. The two children were presumed dead after Raiden's mate, Kaysha, was killed. Whoever killed Kaysha must have taken the children, sealed away their demonic energy, and left them to fend for themselves as humans.

Now that the seal is gone, their demonic energy is taking over. Rising to the surface. If they continue to pour out their energy like this, they will disrupt the balance between the worlds. If Koenma does nothing, his father will handle the situation. It does not matter that they were demon slayers, they are now demons. Koenma should let them be slain by his father, before they can harness their power, but he cannot. It does not matter that they are Mazoku demons; the two of them have saved countless lives, at the threat of losing their own, and he owes them. They do not deserve to be killed. Not when there is still a chance that they can do some good in the world.

"Raizen! You have to control yourself! Now!" The brown color of his eyes has turned a dark violet, and his long black hair is now a stark white. His demon appearance.

"Reigan is—"

"Reigan is alive, but I have to get you both out of here before Father comes for you. We have to get Reigan." Raizen's eyes closed as he concentrated, and the great well of power slowly emptied. Koenma knows that it is just locked inside of Raizen, but he does not have time to think about it. He needs to get them to Demon World. He grabbed Raizen's shoulder and took them straight to the cave, where Reigan was on her feet.

"Sister!" She looked over her shoulder, and the same dark blue eyes as always looked over at them.

"He killed me, so I returned the favor. Am I alive? I should not be." The tips of her ears twitched from where they stuck out from between her pale hair, but it is a darker shade than her brother's now.

"You are just as alive as I am." Reigan turned fully at that, and her eyes widened as she took in her brother's new appearance.

"We do not have time for this! You have to leave, now!" Koenma reached next to him to grab Raizen's wrist and pulled him over to Reigan, and the young woman looked confused as he grabbed her wrist as well. There are not many places that are considered safe in Demon World, so Koenma only tried to find a place that was uninhabited. Once such a place was located, Koenma focused all of his energy and took the twins out of the Human World.

.xXx.

The first thing that Reigan noticed was the sky. The soft blue sky was replaced with a bright crimson, like the color of freshly spilled blood, and a large red sun cast light and heat around them. Streaks of lightning cut across the sky, and she thought for a moment that she could just watch the way that the sky moved for hours. Unfortunately, she did not have the time. This is not the sky of the Human World. She does not even need Koenma to explain; they are in Demon World, because they are demons. Her heart has yet to beat, but she is very much alive.

"Explain, Koenma." Her fingers shook as she lifted her hand and touched it to Raizen's cheek, but she could not feel any difference between his warm skin and the dark blue marks across his left cheek.

"Yes, I would like to know why I am a demon," she added. The young ruler was barely tall enough to reach her knee, but his gaze was still old. On a whim, she dropped to the ground and crossed her legs in front of her. After a moment, Raizen did the same. Their knees knocked together, and Reigan felt a sense of comfort. No matter what has changed, Raizen is still her brother. Still her other half.

"To explain that, you need to understand Demon World. Your new world." Reigan and Raizen exchanged a glance and then turned to nod at the Spirit Prince. "It is ultimately divided into three territories. Alaric, Gandara, and Tourin. The territories are protected by the three Demon Kings. The bat demon, Vanko, rules over Alaric. Taiyo, a lion demon, rules over Gandara. The ruler of Tourin is a Mazoku demon by the name of Raiden."

"Our father." She was not sure how she knew that he was their father, but she did. Koenma met her eyes, but he did not question her.

"Yes. Around fifteen years ago, his mate was killed. Kaysha's body was found, but he could not find his two children. Twins. They could not be found or sensed, and he believed them to be dead. It drove him to insanity."

"Then we have to go to him!" She should feel more shock, more fear, at knowing that she is not a human. That she has never been a human.

"I am afraid that it is too late for Raiden. He lost his family in a day, his mate and two children. Most demons would have died instantly, but he continues to mourn. He kills all who crosses his path. If you were to go to him, he would kill you."

"How were we hidden?" They have family, they have a father, but he is lost to them. Just as they were lost to him. Leave it to Raizen to ask something practical while she mourns for the parents that she never knew. That she will never get to know.

"The marks on your wrists, they were seals. I was not sure until they disappeared, but I am sure of it now. Your demon energy was sealed away so that you presented as human, but you have always been demons. Mazoku demons are the fiercest of demons, which is why Raiden is so dangerous in his deteriorating mental state."

"Then we will free him." She reached out to grab Raizen's wrist as the words left his mouth, and she felt nothing but smooth skin. The thick scar that was once on his right wrist is gone, just like the scar on her right wrist is gone.

"You are not strong enough. Even combined, your energy is not even half of his." Raizen's dark violet eyes met hers, and she felt the cool glide of his claws as their fingers laced. It seems as if they have both undergone the same changes. Pointed ears, fangs, claws. She knows that the rest of her appearance has not changed, but they truly do look like twins now.

"Yes. We will grow stronger, as strong as it takes, and we will free him," she whispered.

"I cannot stay any longer. I have already done too much." Koenma's hands were hidden inside of his sleeves, but Reigan reached out and lightly touched his arm anyway.

"Thank you for saving us, Koenma." He nodded at her, just once, and then completely disappeared. Reigan turned back to look at her brother, who was looking down at her chest. She tipped her chin down to see what he was looking at, and she noticed that her shirt had parted enough to show the top of her chest. Between the dip of her collarbones and above the bindings that covered her breasts was the same symbol on Raizen's cheek.

"You were right, sister." She tilted her head at his words, and fangs gleamed in the harsh light as Raizen smiled at her. "We are more than mere mortals."

4008 BC

"You must be the two Mazoku demons I have heard of." Reigan looked away from the demon at her feet and propped the length of her naginata across her shoulders. Next to her, Raizen flicked entrails off his claws and bared his teeth at the newest demon to approach them.

"If we are?" For the past thousand years, they have moved between Alaric and Gandara without ever venturing into Tourin. They have stayed in areas of Demon World that most demons are too afraid to even go near, and they have been slowly growing their power. Stronger and stronger, until they are ready to face Raiden. Stories of the Mad Mazoku have reached them even in the darkest corners of Demon World, and Reigan knows that they will face him one day. They are the only ones that can.

"Then I am here to join you!" Reigan raised a brow at the large red demon, goat from the smell, and glanced over at Raizen. They have been alone for the past thousand years. Demons at first fought them to eat them, but that changed quickly. The challenges now are a test of strength, but they have never had a demon request to join them.

"Do you think it is a plot to kill us once we let our guards down?" Raizen asked the question loud enough for the other demon to hear, and Reigan focused on the energy humming under her skin. Raizen is physically stronger than her; every time her power grows, his grows tenfold. She is stronger in other ways. The more time that goes by, the stronger her sense of sight becomes. Sometimes it whispers to her in riddles, but she can control it to an extent. On occasion.

"He has proved himself against many enemies, but it is a lonely life. An empty life. Killing does not make you stronger. Numbers do. His offer is genuine." The large demon laughed once she was done speaking, but he was not mocking her. Some demons mocked her when she spoke, and they usually died for the offense. This demon…he is laughing because that is what he feels, nothing more.

"You're not wrong, little one. My name is Enki." He bowed his head to both of them, closed his eyes and everything, and Reigan saw it as the offer it was. He left himself open and vulnerable so that they could attack if they wanted to, but she does not want to.

"I am Reigan. This is my brother, Raizen."

"I am the one that will kill you if you try to cross us." Enki laughed at Raizen's words as well, and Reigan decided that she liked the sound. It was so loud and carefree.

"So, my new friends, what are we preparing for?" The two of them were surrounded by slaughtered demons, covered in blood and other things, but Enki seemed unbothered by the destruction. Reigan looked up at Raizen, who smiled at her before turning back to the new demon.

"We're going to kill Raiden."

3017 BC

"Come out of the shadows, Mazoku. You know better than to try and hide from me." The voice was soft but had an edge of steel to it, and Reigan smiled as she stepped out from behind the small gathering of trees. The other demon was sitting on a small boulder, and a single pale blue eye watched her approach. Her left eye was covered by a simple black patch. Silver hair waved around her pale face in the breeze and stopped before reaching her shoulders, and she was carefully polishing the large blade sitting across her thighs.

"You knew I was coming." The raven demon hummed low in her throat, and an actual raven flew out of the trees to perch on her shoulder. The raven's feathers were a glossy black, and the two eyes that looked out at her were the same pale blue color of its master.

"I have been waiting for you. He has been waiting for you." The woman did not have to name the male in question. Reigan already knows. They have been in Demon World for over two thousand years, but Raiden is still alive. His insanity is known by all, and it will not be long before his madness destroys the world. Even now, Vanko and Taiyo are struggling to keep the beast at bay.

"Raizen is strong enough, but I am not. I fear I will never be his equal." Her head dipped forward at the admission, and her braid fell over her left shoulder. Raizen has grown steadily stronger over the years, and she's not sure if anyone will ever be her brother's equal. Enki, the demon who has not left their side since that first meeting, is strong as well. They are both stronger than her.

"You stopped eating humans after only a few centuries. You are among the highest class of demons, and the strongest need to eat to survive. Despite that, you sustain yourself by eating other demons." The raven demon spoke without ever looking away from her blade, and Reigan clasped her hands together. She lightly touched against the beads that were still wrapped around her left wrist and sighed.

"I understand the need, and I do not scorn my brother for eating to survive. I just could not anymore." The village that they protected, the place that was once their sanctuary, still exists. The village below their temple has flourished, and she returns to it when she can. The people call her a goddess, an answer to their prayers, and they created a statue in her likeness. The taste of human flesh has turned to ash in her mouth ever since she first laid eyes upon it.

"Your physical power will never match your brother's. His strength will always be greater, but strength is not everything. You have more to give him than that." Reigan looked up to meet the woman's single blue eye with her own darker eyes, and she slowly shook her head.

"I need more. To defeat him, I need just a little bit more." She knows that she will never be as strong as Raizen. She will never even be as strong as Enki. Her strength lies elsewhere, but she needs a little more physical strength to defeat their father.

"I can give you more, but you must promise that you will end his suffering. I have listened to his madness for far too long." Reigan knows, without asking, who this woman is. Shikaku, a raven demon with the power of sight and Raiden's second in command. She is the only being that can help Reigan do what she must.

"We will set him free," Reigan promised.

"The pain will keep you immobile for days. You will beg for a death that will not come, but you will be stronger. Are you ready to begin?" A smart remark was on the tip of her tongue, but Reigan bit her tongue. Now was not the time to appear brave. Her own sense of sight told her that this was more likely to kill her than help her, but she needs to be a little bit stronger. For Raizen. For him.

"I am ready."

.xXx.

Days passed as her body changed, as her skin split open and her blood soaked the ground. Her energy was forced apart so that another could nest inside, and she did beg for death. Begged for the pain to stop, for everything to stop. Beat her fists against the ground and screamed up at the sky, but none of it made any difference. She was cut open, emptied, taken apart, and rebuilt. When it was finally over, after days of screaming agony, she laid against the ground naked from the waist up. Her loose black pants were tacky with blood and dirt, and she'd torn her shirt and bindings off only hours after the change started.

The light wind was cool against her naked skin, and she watched the way that the fingers of her right hand flexed against the dirt. Curling around her wrist, covering her entire arm, were large twisting vines. The vines were a vibrant green color, which caused them to stand out against the darker shade of the feathers intertwined between them. Her entire arm was completely covered so that no skin could be seen, from her wrist to the top of her shoulder. The vines curled down across her shoulders and dipped below her shoulder blades, before arcing up onto her left shoulder blade. It seemed as if the vines disappeared into the skin on top of her left shoulder, and she could feel the cool feeling of power on top of her left shoulder. Across the top of her back, spanning past the length of her shoulder blades, was a giant raven. The wings were outstretched, and the thick vine was clutched in its talons.

"In time, you will be able to control them. The vines will make a strong weapon, once you learn how to manifest them. As for the raven, it will be an extension of you. Use it to see, to attack, however you wish. Master them quickly. If you do not keep your word, I will come back and reclaim what I have given." The words were said above her, and Reigan twisted her head to watch the woman walk away. The sword belted at her hip looked as wide as the woman's body, and the point nearly touched the ground even though it was on diagonally.

"I will master them."

After another hour, Reigan was able to force herself to her feet. There was a stream nearby, just behind the boulder where she first saw Shikaku sitting, and she kept her pants on as she waded into the cool water. The pants were washed quickly enough, and Reigan took her time cleaning the blood and sweat from her body. Once she was satisfied, she moved up onto the vacated boulder. A roll of bindings had been left behind, and Reigan closed her eyes as she said a quiet thank-you for the parting gift. She began to slowly wrap the bindings around her breasts, and she was careful to keep the bindings below the vine that stretched across her back.

"Smells like…Mazoku. Now there's somethin' you don't see every day." She tied off the end of the binding and started working her fingers through the wet mess of her hair.

"If you are here to fight, I will have to kill you quickly. I just got clean." The voice behind her laughed, and she looked over her shoulder as she started sectioning off her hair to braid it.

"Not here to kill ya. Heard there was a couple of Mazoku lookin' to take over Tourin. Thought I'd see what the fuss was about." The serpentine demon had hair the same color as hers, but it was a paler shade. Two horns hung down beside his dark blue eyes, and she could see a tail swinging lazily behind him.

"That is not our purpose." The demon grinned large enough to show off his fangs, and he shrugged.

"Don't care about your purpose. Just wanted to meet the two crazy demons that were plannin' on takin' down Raiden. Even Vanko and Taiyo fightin' together can't take him down." Even though the power is new, she can feel it. Can feel the way that the new additions to her body and energy are crying out to be used. She might never be as strong as Raizen, but she is strong enough to stand on her own. Soon, she'll be strong enough to stand against Raiden.

"My name is Reigan. Would you like to meet my brother?" She told Raizen that she would be gone for days, so she knows that Raizen and Enki will be waiting for her return. The demon crossed his arms as she slid off the rock, and she rolled her shoulders. She normally wore a shirt over her chest bindings, but she will have to stop that now. Her left arm and her upper back must be bare.

"My name is Souketsu, and it'd be my honor." He bowed at the waist as she got closer, and she smiled up at the taller demon once she'd reached his side. This one is funny. Raizen might like him, or kill him.

3010 BC

"I have never seen such power." Taiyo's soft voice was hoarse after decades of fighting, and Enki spared a glance for the lion demon. She was sitting on the ground, covered in blood but breathing normally once again, and Vanko was seated next to her. The two Demon Kings have been fighting Raiden for nearly a century in an effort to keep the third King from destroying everything, including the Demon World. The strain shows on their tired bodies.

"It is like they are one person." Vanko sounded just as awed, and Enki could understand why. He has watched Raizen and Reigan fight many times in the past thousand years, but he is still captivated by the way that they move. Raizen uses nothing more than his claws and his energy when he fights, and it is brutal. Reigan uses the naginata she created along with her new acquired powers. Vines leap out of her skin, wrap around her wrist, and she can use them just as well as she would a sword or whip. In front of them, Raiden is losing.

"Now!" At Raizen's roar, Reigan leapt into the air and landed behind the enraged ruler. Her vines wrapped around his throat while the staff of her naginata knocked his feet out from under him, and Raizen darted forward to plunge both sets of claws into Raiden's stomach as his knees hit the ground. The demon king roared so loud that the ground shook, despite the hold on his throat, and Raizen's answering growl matched his.

Enki stepped forward as Raiden stopped struggling, and the resemblance between the three demons was striking. Raiden's hair was as thick and long as Raizen's, but his eyes were the same dark blue as Reigan's. As the king's blood flowed to the ground and his life began to fade, his eyes cleared. The madness that once clouded his sight receded, and he looked up at the demon who had killed him. Looked up at Raizen. One bloody hand reached up to touch against Raizen's marked cheek, but he did not flinch back. He held still. Raiden then looked over his shoulder, and Reigan pulled her vines back as their eyes met. She moved to stand next to Raizen, who had removed his claws, and they both looked down at the dying king.

"You. Are. Alive." The demon king smiled as he said the words, and Enki looked down at Souketsu. The other demon has only been with them for a few years, and he looked just as confused as Enki felt.

"We had to free you, Father."

"You will be at peace now, Father." Enki was not sure why he did not put the pieces together sooner. The lost children of the Mazoku had returned to finally release their father from madness. Raiden smiled, with blood spilling over his lips and tracking down his chin, and then fell to the ground. His energy was completely gone, and Reigan leaned her head against Raizen's arm. "It is finished, brother."

"And now you will take his place." The twins stiffened at the sound of the new voice, and they turned as one to look over at Taiyo. The female was back on her feet, and her lips pulled into a frown as she looked down at Raiden's still body. "What happened to Raiden was unfortunate, and you did what was right. Now one of you will have to take his place, to keep the balance."

"King Raizen has a good ring to it, does it not?" Reigan asked with a grin.

"So it does," Raizen said with a grin of his own. Enki scooped the twins up and held them above his head, and Souketsu cheered along with him. Balance was finally going to be returned to the Demon World.

Ending Note: There's the first chapter! No Hiei, but this story is about Reigan. First and foremost. Don't worry though, he'll make an appearance in a few chapters. There were some familiar faces though! It was really fun writing about the past, and I'm going to have some more fun with the past before I get to the anime parts. The anime will probably only take a chapter or two to go through though and then it'll pick up after that.

Enough of my rambling for now. I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter, and I'll try to get the next one out soon!