A soft hum filled the quiet air as the stars twinkled in the night sky, the hum came from a young woman, lost in her own thoughts as she walked home, a bag of groceries in hand. She began to plan her dinner for the night, unaware of the eyes that watched her with hunger.

Her eyes traveled down to the bag, working together a recipe in her head, sadly for her, she might've been able to dodge the hand that wrapped around her neck.

Choking, her eyes landed on the monstrous being that held her, a scream stuck in her throat as it cackled at her, its voice struck her eardrums harshly as its fangs glinted in the night.

"Well! Looks like we get to eat good tonight! A fine meal! And maybe a little play thing before we eat you!" Lust filled the monsters' eyes as it looked over her body with a different type of hunger, the act alone made the girl squirm in its grip, trying to get free with no avail.

Before the demon could even process, a shower of blood coated the two as the girl fell to the ground, followed by the demons' hand.

The demon eyed his hand for a moment, trying to process what was happening, moving from his hand he looked to his wrist to find that was the source of blood shower.

Once he realized, a roar escaped him as he gripped his arm, trying to stop the flow of blood, the girl merely watched from the ground, horrified and amazed as she held her neck.

A second later another being appeared, though he wasn't a monster like the one that held the girl, he stood before her, wielding a sword that held a small line of blood on the edge of the blade. Though she couldn't see his face since his back was to her, she felt very grateful and scared, unsure if her hero would turn that blade to her after killing the monster.

"I won't, your blood isn't worth staining my blade. Now leave."

Jumping at the sound of his voice, she wasn't expecting an answer but she didn't need to be told twice to run. Scrambling to her feet, she ran, leaving her hero behind to face the monster alone.

Her thoughts were everywhere, jumping from one line of thought to another, all of which were revolving around the events that took place.

A thumping sound is what broke her away from her thoughts, looking around she found the source, it was another monster!

Gasping, she watched as it stalked its way towards her hero, who was unaware of the impending threat. Before she could convince herself to continue running away, she bolted towards her hero.

Thankfully the other monster didn't see her, it raised its clawed hand to attack, but before it could connect, she dove in the way, shoving her hero away as a scream tore into the night.

Hiei watched as the demons' claws rip the girl in two, her screams of agony filling the air, her blood spraying out, some had landed on him. Her body landed heavily on the ground, he saw that the demon didn't rip her in two completely, her body was attached by a small strip of flesh, and it wouldn't be long before she died.

Unable to do more for her, he raised his sword and went back to fighting the demons, never noticing his dragon was absorbing the girls' blood.

Smiling softly, she was grateful that her hero wasn't hurt.

Using the last bit of her strength, she lifted her head, peering down at her mangled body. On any given day, she would be horrified by the damage the monster had done on her body, but it didn't really matter. She didn't feel any pain, which could be due to the fact her spine was severed or close to dying. Or both.

Either way, she didn't mind as she let her head fall back to the ground, what really mattered was that she had saved someone.

Turning her head, she focused as much as she could on her hero; black spots dotted her vision for a moment. She tried her best to watch him fight off the monsters as her vision began to blur, but soon everything turned black.

Hiei lazily dodged the attacks from the two demons, he relished the fight even though the two were weaklings compared to his abilities, but he wasn't going to complain. It'd been peaceful for far too long, so much so that it was irritating him, making him want the peace to be disrupted.

Thankfully, the two idiotic demons in front of him were dumb enough to attack a human, unfortunately killing one in the process. As he dodged another attack, he noticed the demons were getting cockier as they tried to corner him. Side stepping a punch, he darted from their attack range, slicing at their sides in the process. Yes, he has the power to end their pathetic lives immediately, but honestly, he missed the heat of battle, rush of being in a fight; though one to the death would've been more to his preference but he took what he could get.

Mostly, he was tired of the peace that claimed his life.

He was grateful that these idiotic demons were dumb enough to come to the Human World and threaten the life of a human, though they did succeed in the end. Something he would have to answer to Koenma about later, one lecture he didn't want to sit through. He knew there was another demon ready to attack him from behind like the coward it was, but the girl caught him off guard. She shoved him out of the path of the attack and took the attack in his place, with the cost of her life.

'Foolish girl.' Side stepping, he dodged another attack from the two. Gripping the hilt tightly, he was starting to get bored of the fight; he figured it was time to end it once and for all. He swung his blade, aiming for the demons' throat, but before the blade could even nick the demons' throat, his arm froze in place.

Cursing his arm, he tried to move it or at least put his arm down, but it refused to listen to him, instead his arm began to spasm, making him drop his sword.

As he tried to contemplate why his arm wouldn't move, the demons' laughter filled the air as they began to advance on him, flexing their clawed hands.

"Finally lost your nerve and got scared did you? You'll soon see it was foolish to stand in the way of our meal!" With their claws drawn back, they lunged at him, cackling as their eyes gleamed in delight.

A sharp and shrill screech filled the air making the already darken sky turn pitch black, his sleeve ripped to pieces as blacken flames sprouted from his arms, his dragon tearing itself from his arm. It gave another screech before shooting itself into the sky, growing to its full size it began to circle the area, the two demons and Hiei were stunned.

As the dark dragon roared, the demons ran, whimpering and pleading that they didn't want to lose their lives, the master of the dragon glared at their retreating figures.

"Cowards." He spat, regretting he ever wasted his time on them.

A loud roar brought his attention back to his dragon; he noticed that it was also watching the demons run for their pathetic lives. Growling, his dragon opened it mouth and shot blacken flames at them, the screams of the demons showed his dragon hit its mark, burning them alive with its hellish flames.

He noticed his dragon was shrinking in size as it began to hover over the girls' body, growling softly as it circled around her.

His dragon had greatly surprised him; it had been a long time since his dragon acted on its own accord, even more so that it didn't severely burn his arm as he noticed it free of any signs of injuries.

His dragon screech returned his attention to it and the girl, in time to watch the dragon plunge itself into her body. Her body writhed and jerked as a white glow surrounded her, her injuries disappearing as her body was being mended back together.

Hiei didn't know what to think, his dragon was acting of its own accord and now it's bringing this girl back to life and he didn't know why!

Soon her body was back in one piece, her chest rising and falling with each breath, showing him that his dragon had succeed in bring her back to life.

He walked over to the girl, kneeling next to her as he placed his hand on her cheek, looking her over, amazed that his dragon would even bring her back to life, let alone have to ability to do so. His dragon appeared on her chest, slithering its way up the girls' cheek and on to his hand, climbing back up his arm, feeling the warmth it was giving off.

Once it had settled back into place on his arm; the head resting atop his hand while the rest of the body was wrapped around his arm, he pulled his bandana off to allow his Jagan eye to open, making it easier to enter her mind. He made it so that all of the events that happened were merely a nightmare, as he was in her mind; he was able to find where she lived. Leaving her mind, he closed his Jagan eye and covered it with the bandana.

Gingerly, he picked the girl up in his arms, making his way to her home all the while never noticing faint glow on her back.