There was an explosion over a cliff near Yoh's group, who was currently trying to stop a fight between the X Laws and Hao Asakura. Yoh knew that the X Laws could get killed if they continued to try to fight Hao. But the X Laws were determined to kill Hao this time, and Hao was laughing at their feeble attempts to hurt him. Trey looked in the direction of the explosion, seeing the rising smoke. "What in the hell was that?" he asked.
"I don't know," Yoh paused, looking in the same direction. "But it can't be anything good." A girl's scream confirmed is suspicions.
Hao smirked. Good, everything is going according to plan, soon she'll be mine. He laughed. "I am afraid I will have to cut this battle short, there is a more pressing matter that needs my attention." Hao disappeared in a flash of fire.
"He got away again!" Lyserg shouted angrily.
"That doesn't matter at the moment," Yoh said. "We need to go see what that explosion was all about, and I'm still bothered by that scream."
Holly struggled to stay standing as another demon attacked, scrapping its claws across her shoulder before she managed to kill it. Damn it! Where did these demons come from? Again and again the demons attacked her, each one dying after attacking her. Blood dripped from the many wounds on her body and her breathing was ragged. Holly vision was beginning to blur and she was having trouble standing because of all the blood she had lost. This is bad! I can feel my strength draining; I won't be able to keep this up for much longer.
She killed another demon with a wave of her hand, the shadows jumping up to slice it to peaces. Even though she'd probably killed close to three dozen demons they continued to attack. For every one she killed three more took its place, and it began to look like she would lose this battle, and her life. No! Her mind screamed. No! I can't let it end like this! I can't lose, not now, not when I've come so far! But her body had taken to much damage, already it was starting to shut down.
A demon saw an opening and sprang forward, shoving one clawed hand deep into her gut, effectively ripping her open. Holly killed the demon and dropped to the ground, blood dripping past her lips as she struggled to stay conscious. Her vision blurred and her breathing was coming in ragged pants. Blood pooled on the ground around her and soaked her cloths a deep red. She felt dizzy, light headed, and was having trouble focusing. She knew she was dying, and it scared her.
Before she passed out Holly saw a burst of fire in front of her, separating her from the demons, and a handsome young man stepped out. Then everything went black and she collapsed, being drawn into peaceful oblivion.
Yoh and the X Laws cleared the top of the cliff in time to see Hao appear in front of a young pink haired girl. Marcos and the other X Laws instantly recognized the girl for what she was, a rare and extremely valuable Unicorn. "Get away from her Hao!" Marcos yelled angrily. "Don't you dare touch her!"
Hao laughed and easily killed all the demons, fire sprouting up and engulfing them. "And what are you going to do if I don't listen to you?" he asked in a mocking tone, turning away from them and kneeling in front of the unconscious woman, gently gathering her into his arms.
"Put her down Hao!" Jean shouted. "How dare you put your filthy hands on her!"
"Don't worry so much, I'll take very good care of her." Hao turned back to them, cradling the girl's body gently. "Now, unfortunately, I must cut our time together short. This young lady needs to have her injuries treated." Hao smirked before fire engulfed him and the girl and they disappeared.
"Damn it!" Marcos shouted, angrily kicking the ground.
"Calm down Marcos! There's nothing we can do at the moment." Jean said calmly. "We will simply have to wait for an opportunity to take her back."