Hello everyone! Sorry for my really long absence. I had school and the end of cross country and then I had to type up the chapter. I have like twenty chapters hand written and I have read them many times when I was bored in school so typing them up is boring. I cant focus but I promise to get another chapter up in two days, three at the most. AND when I finally had gotten this chapter up, fanfic wouldn't let me load it. Made me soooooo mad. Anyway enough of my rambling. I want to say thank you to everyone who read my story. I noticed that almost 60 people read the last chapter but less than 50 read the chapter before. How does that work? Special thanks to Rose of Death, arrowgirl23, Shorty Bay-B, MangasFan, and DeadlyDemon17 for reviewing. Here is chapter 7!

You stretched and slowly opened your eyes. At last a full night of undisturbed sleep. You turned over and looked at the clock. 11:13. What a good time to wake up. You went to the bathroom and took a shower to wake up more. You went into your room and looked through your closet for clothes to wear. You grabbed undergarments, black cloth shorts, and a dark blue shirt. You set them on your bed and started searching for your shoes. They seemed to have run away during the night. You got down on your hands and knees and felt under the bed. Your other hand was holding your towel around your body.

You had just found your shoe and were about to grab it when your door slammed open. You jumped and hit your head on the bottom of your bed. "OUCH!" you yelled at the same time that some voices yelled, "Emerald!"

You backed out from under the bed, one hand on your shoe, one hand on your head. "Ouch! That hurt… what?" you asked rubbing your head when you saw all the guys staring at you. (All: Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei.) You realized that you had dropped your towel. You face turned beet red and you grabbed the towel and held it tight around yourself.

"GET OUT!" you screeched at them. You shot huge fire balls at them and then threw random things at them. You forced them to run out of the room to avoid the barrage if random objects that just happened to be in your room. Yusuke got hit in the face with an encyclopedia and Kuwabara got hit on the head with a brick. Kurama barley got missed by a frying pan and Hiei just ducked out of the way of anything coming his way. You slammed the door in their face with "AND STAY OUT!" You leaned against the door breathing hard. You felt your burning face and went to go put water on it.

You went back to your closet, deciding that you didn't feel like wearing what you had first chosen. You pulled out black cargo capris and a long sleeved dark blue shirt. After you got dressed, you half dried your hair and walked down to the kitchen. On your way you saw that everyone seemed to be in the living room. Ginger was standing in the midst of all the guys looking confused as to why they were so quiet. You chuckled as you made a tri-tip sandwich. It is kinda funny that I had that much effect on them.

Neko you have a hot body and you know it.

Yea. I do. Although that was a little embarrassing…

A LITTLE?! Yea it was but it would have been fine if it was just us and Hiei and he was without clothes too. You had walked out of the kitchen and were standing outside of the living room.

"MICA! THAT IS JUST DISGUTSING! YOU PERV!" you screamed outloud. You could hear Mica laughing as you saw that everyone had fallen over form your scream. That is a disgusting picture. You need to stop creating it in my head.

You know you like it, Neko Mica purred.

No I don't! I will never fall in love with anyone!

You don't have to be in love with someone to like their body. she started recreating the picture you had worked so hard to erase.

Erase that now! I don't like anything about anyone here! Now SHUT UP! You sat down on a chair in the living room and started eating. Yusuke and Kuwabara were looking at you and slightly drooling. Kurama was looking away blushing and Hiei… was being Hiei. "Stop looking at me like that before I claw your eyes out!" you growled. Yusuke and Kuwabara immediately closed their mouths and looked away. "That's better. Now Kurama," he turned even redder. "Stop acting like that. Just a wild guess but I am guessing that you and Hiei weren't the ones who threw open the door without knocking. I'll forgive you two when I get the chance to fight you again. So stop acting so un-Kurama-ish."

"Excuse me, but would someone mind telling me what's going on?" Ginger asked.

"I can do better than that. I'll show it to you from my perspective." You closed your eyes and Ginger did the same. You flashed the memory by her. You see?

Yep. How embarrassing!

Very!

You better not be glad about Kurama seeing you like that. she threatened.

Ew! No! you can have him!

Yeah! We like Hiei! Mica put in.

Shut up! You and Ginger roared at her in unison. Mica shut up with a chuckle.

Do you like Hiei?

Umm. No. I can't like anyone remember?

Yeah. But what do you think of him?

He is a good fighter and seems to have gone through something close to what I have gone through. He might understand how I fell. Then again, he might not. You never know and I really don't feel like talking yet.

Okay.

Oh. Does Kurama know about you like him? You didn't get a response so you opened your eyes and saw that she had her eyes open and her face was bright red. "I'll take that as a no." She nodded slightly. "Can I?" you asked excitedly.

"NO!" she yelled.

You pouted. "Oh fine. I won't."

"Won't what?" Kuwabara asked.

"Oh nothing." you said with a smile. "Could you tell me now why you barged into my room?"

"Oh yeah. Koenma has a mission for us." Yusuke said.

"Mission? But I thought he had a training assignment for us. Oh well. Let's see what the toddler wants." you said.

In Koenma's Office.

"What do you want Binky Breath?" Yusuke asked.

"Will you ever show me respect?" Koenma asked wearily.

"Do you even need to ask?" you asked from where you were sitting in the corner.

He sighed and held up half of a sandy disk looking thing on a string. "I need you to bring back the other half of this."

"It has earth element powers, right?" you asked.

"Yes it does."

"Is that the Tsuchi amulet?" Kurama asked.

"Yes it is. The elemental demon clan has asked me to retrieve the other half. Someone stole it from them they said."

"Ha. Yeah right. I really doubt that." Everyone turned to face you and saw that you were glaring down at the ground.

"What do you mean by that?" Kurama asked.

You looked up and had a sadistic smile on. "Those bastards wouldn't let anything get stolen from them. They would destroy it before they did if someone really planned on stealing it." you curled your lip in disgust. "They would even kill a kid if it threatened their precious treasures, weapons, or stupid way of life. They don't even car if the kid was one of their own and protected themselves from a threat, not just attacking." you growled and quickly tied your bandana over your eyes.

"How do you-" Kuwabara was cut off by you.

"How I know is my business only!" you stood up and faced Koenma. "I have some things I'd like to ask you before we leave!"

"Go ahead. I'll answer them if I can."

"Ginger should come with us. If many elemental demons attack, I want you to get your team out of there immediately and don't let them watch on the screen. I don't even want you watching. It would be better if they didn't go at all but I don't think you are going to allow that."

"Um… sure Ginger can come but why don't you want the other team members there or even watching?"

You pressed your lips into a thin smile. "Personal reasons for the not watching and stop me afterwards. Can you call Ginger up here. Tell her to bring her sais."

Koenma contacted Ginger and a portal appeared through which she came out of. "What's it?" she asked you.

"Earth elemental demons." you growled.

"Did you?"

"Yes!"

She handed you a pair of black cloth shorts, a slightly loose black tank top, and some bandages." Thought you might want these."

"Do you have a closet or something where I can change Koenma?" He nodded and pointed to a door. You motioned for Ginger to follow you. You both stepped in to a small bathroom.

You took of your capris and put on the shorts. You changed form your bra to the bandages wrapped tightly around your chest. You put on the tank top and redid your hair into a ponytail.

You looked into the mirror at Ginger's reflection. Her hazel eyes looked straight ahead and were slightly hurt and remembering. Her shoulder length brown hair with yellow ends was in a ponytail and she was wearing and outfit identical to yours except in dark green. "You know, I've always wanted to be taller." you commented.

"Yeah, well, 5'6" is not exactly tall."

"Its taller than 5'2"."

"Yeah but can't change that very well can we?"

"No. You need to wrap the extra bandages like we used to. This might get messy."

"Yes. It probably will get very messy."

You both walked out of the bathroom with bandages around your forearms (yours underneath your armor.) and around your lower legs. Ginger had her two sais tucked into her belt.

"Ready?" Koenma asked.

You both nodded. Both of your faces had smoothed out and the only emotion showing was anger on your face. "Why do you guys look like you are going to die in two minutes? This mission will be over before you know it. It is so easy." Kuwabara joked.

"Do you kill humans Kuwabara?" you asked.

"No. It isn't allowed. And they are my people."

"Exactly. Koenma," you turned toward him. "just open the portal so we can get this over with." The portal opened and you turned to step through it. You paused and said to him. "If I have to kill, punish me later and spare me the lecture. I am expecting many "innocent" deaths." You all jumped through the portal and landed in a rainforest looking place.

"Hmm." you looked around.

"Be on your guard." Ginger cautioned using the same emotionless voice that you had used a few minutes ago.

"Hey guys. Smile for the cameras." you said standing back to back with Ginger. You shot fire at them while Ginger shot lightning at them. "And that's the way its done." you continued to walk in an easterly direction.

"Why are you walking that way?" Yusuke asked.

"Earth elementals worship the sun because it brings life to the earth. Anything important would be held in a temple at the east edge of the forest." Ginger explained.

"Why would you be looking for it where the earth things would have it if it was stolen from them?" Kuwabara asked.

"Because those bakas pulled the wool over Koenma's eyes and made him believe it was stolen from them."

"What makes you say that?" Kurama asked.

"This." you answered as you appeared beside him and slashed the demon that was just about to stab him with a dagger in half.

"Thanks." he said as you knelt down to examine the pieces.

"No prob. Just as I thought. Earth element."

"How come we didn't sense him?" Kuwabara asked.

You stood up and looked at him. "Kurama did you sense him?"

"No."

"Yusuke?"

"Nope."

"Hiei?"

"Hn. No."

You sighed. "This is their turf. They hide their presence in special trees and plants. They can do that."

"Yeah. Gets annoying sometimes!" Ginger agreed as she stabbed at the one that had appeared behind Hiei.

"How come you can sense them but not us?" Yusuke asked.

"We just can." you and Ginger said in unison attacking two more that appeared out of nowhere. You stopped and focused on your surroundings. You stabbed a tree and then turned and continued to lead the way. Everyone watched a body fall from the tree. "Hurry up! I want to get this over with before they send more bakas to die."

Hiei walked up closer to you and Ginger. "Smart Hiei. You seem to want to stay alive."

"Hn."

"Catch up if you guys don't want to die." Ginger called back to Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama.

They ran up to you and kept really close. Ginger circled around and walked at the back. You pushed the guys together so that they were walking two by two. "Why-" Yusuke started to ask.
"Less space to watch if you walk closer together." you muttered. You continued watching for anything while you walked. You called back to Ginger. "Do you?"

"Yeah but,"

"I know. Why?"

"Why what?" Kuwabara asked.

"Shut up and stay quiet!" you hissed. Ginger?

Yeah. I sense them but they aren't near enough to attack at the moment.

I know. They don't want to attack us. Not while we are waiting for them. They'll attack when we try to get the artifact. Or they'll attack the guys. I am pretty sure that they have figured out that we don't want them hurt.

Yep. So you going to call Koenma?

No. I think I'll wait to see how they do. You stopped abruptly. "Great." you strung out the word. You were at the edge of the forest. There was a whole bunch of bubbly…

"What is that stuff?" Yusuke asked.

"I think…its…sap. Tree sap." Ginger said.

"Hot tree sap." you agreed. You looked out to the middle of the bubble lake and saw an island with a temple on it. You huffed in frustration.

"So… how are we supposed to get across now?" Kuwabara asked. "It is impossible to get across without wings." you continued to look across and Ginger didn't look at you.

Heh. Guess that is why you really didn't want them to come.

Yep.

I could use my element to get across.

No. It's too dangerous to with all of them around. There are too many dirt piles around.

"Well?" Yusuke questioned. "Did you think of away to get across?"

"Yes. There is away for all of us to get across. I was just wondering if you could do it." you motioned with your hand at the pit. "Take a look."

Everyone looked down and saw logs floating on the sap. "You just have to be able to hop from log to log to get across to the temple." Ginger said.

"Without falling into the sap." you added.

"Why can't we fall into the sap?" Kurama asked.

"All the dirt bags have to do once you have fallen in is stick their hand into it and you will be stuck in a sap block." you explained.

"But that isn't a problem if they aren't here right?" Kuwabara said.

"That wouldn't be a problem if that was true." you muttered.

"So you are saying that they are here?" Kurama asked.

"Yes."

"Where?" Hiei asked looking around.

"All over at the edge of the forest but a little to far back for us to attack without making ourselves vulnerable. They have been there for awhile. Wonder why they haven't attacked yet." you said.

Ginger clapped her hands together. "Let's start shall we?"

"Let's go!" you yelled as you jumped down. You landed on a log and your feet slipped out from under you. "Whoa!" you yelped as you flipped onto another log. You used your powers to make the log stay still and looked at the people still up on the ground. "Come on! They don't stay still but it isn't too hard!" you called up.

Hiei and Ginger jumped down and immediately had to jump to another log. "Come on chickens!" you yelled up at Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara. They hesitated and then jumped down.

"Ack!" Yusuke yelled. He slipped and almost fell.

You darted over to him and grabbed his hand. "Clumsy baka." you scolded.

"Help!" Kuwabara yelped.

"Damn!" you grabbed Kuwabara with your mind and straightened him. "You guys have to hold yourselves up! I can't do it by myself!" you snapped at them.

"Well sorry! We aren't as talented as you at balancing!" Yusuke retorted.

You shook your head. "You guys continue jumping. I'll follow behind and make sure you don't fall." you jumped slowly behind them and kept them from falling in.

You sensed something coming at you and jumped to another log. Just in time. A deluge of wood needles landed on the log you had been on. You looked up at the edge and saw many demons standing there. A rain of needles cam down at Kuwabara and Yusuke. "SHIT!" you yelled as you shot fire at all of the needles. The ashes dropped into the sap. "Ginger! Look sharp!" you yelled as you pulled Yusuke and Kuwabara on the log behind you. You pulled out you katana and looked up at the earth things. They weren't there any more. "Damn!" you muttered as you swung around and barely got the one that was about to stab Yusuke.

A yell pierced the air. "Ginger!" you called.

"I'm okay! It was the dirt bag."

"Good. Get over here! Keep these two from getting attacked."

"Kay!"

You turned to Yusuke. "Give me the compact!"

"No! We aren't leaving!"

"Give me the fing compact!" you growled as you slashed at the demon behind you.

Yusuke's face went pale. "Okay." he handed it to you.

Ginger landed next to you. "Go clear a path."

"Already on it." you responded as you jumped away. You flipped open the compact as you cut through the demons between you and Kurama and Hiei. "Koenma!"

"What's wrong Emerald?"

"Oh nothing! We are just surrounded by a whole bunch of demons that they guys can't sense but Ginger and I can so we have to kill them all before they kill us."

"Oh. So why did you call me?"

You got a huge anime vein on your head. "You baka! Make a portal in the air above Ginger and now! And don't watch or I will kill you if I survive." you shut the compact and stuck it in a pocket.

You finally cleared a path to Kurama. "Hey! You need to get over to ginger and go through the portal."

"Why?" he asked as he slashed a demon in half.

"Since I trust you ,more than the others, I'll give you a brief explanation." you said jumping onto his log. You stood back to back with him. "If-" you slashed at a demon "you go back, I can get the artifact quickly and without as many fatalities. Trust me." you stabbed another demon in the heart.

Kurama nodded and took off in Ginger's direction. 3 down, 1 to go. you thought as you searched around for Hiei's presence. Gotcha. you hopped on top of the nearest demon and used his head as a spring board. You made your way slowly over to the black blur. You made sure to kill any demons that got in your way. Damn these dirt clods are dumb! That is the 313th- wait no 314th - one I have killed!

Yes. Sorry to say it Neko but they are dumb. You are going to be extremely bored.

Oh well. After I get Hiei out of here, I think I will make quick work of these earth things in the fastest way possible.

Neko, you surprise me. That is a good idea! You have one for once!

Gee thanks Mica. Love you too.

Oh you know I love you.

Yeah. Yeah. I got to go and get Hiei out of here now. You stopped on a log near where Hiei was quickly slaying the demons around him. You watched quietly for a minute or two. "Enjoying yourself Hiei?" you called out.

"Hn." Was all he answered.

"Well that is going to have to stop. I need you to get out of here."

"Why?" he asked appearing beside you.

"Whoa!" you yelled. You slipped on the log and started to gall into the sap. Hiei's hand shot out and grabbed your wrist. He pulled you up to a standing position beside him. "Thanks Hiei." you said looking towards where Ginger was. "You need to go through the portal and wait in Koenma's office. Ginger and I know how to deal with these dirt wards but it could hurt every body in you are still here."

"Hn. Fine. I'll go back but you are going to have to spar me later to make up for the fighting I am missing." Hiei stepped on a demon's head and continued to head hop all the way to the portal. When he got through you contacted Ginger. Are they all in?

Yep. You ready?

Always.

You formed a ring of fire around you as Ginger started building up her lightning. Both of your power levels soared sky high. Ginger let out a yell and burst into hundreds of lightning bolts. Screams erupted as the earth demons got hit with the lightning bolts. You didn't get hit by any because of your fire. You started sweating as you took some of your energy and started shaping it.

Ginger materialized next to you. "You ready?"

"Almost." You continued to shape your energy until it was in the form you wanted. "Kay!" you said through clenched teeth. Ginger nodded her head and gripped her sias tighter. '3...2...1!" you shouted. A light surrounded you two as you gave the energy you had shaped to Ginger and pushed your fire circle to the edge of the pit. The earth elementals who hadn't died or gotten out of the pit let out ear piercing shrieks. "Stupid dirt bags." you muttered from your now overhead view. You had changed into your hawk demon for,. (let me describe your hawk demon form quickly. You have brown hawk wings and golden hawk eyes. Even though you cant see them at the moment. Remember the bandana Your hair now has 3 inch brown tips and when you are in your hawk demon form without your wings out you have 3 feathers in your hair on the left side.)

Ginger did a few loop on her newly acquired wings. "Hey Emerald! Your energy shaping has improved a lot. These wings are great!"

You smiled at her. "Thanks. Remember that they are only temporary so don't make them go away until we are going through the portal."

"Alright!"

"Lets go get the stupid thing before the reinforcements come. I am plain tired of killing at the moment." you both flew over to the island and landed at the temple steps.

You both folded your wings against your back. "Come on. Lets go." you said pushing the doors open. Your footsteps echoed down the silent hall.

"Kinda reminds you of-"

"Yeah it does." you cut Ginger off. You didn't talk anymore as you checked the rooms for the Tsuchi amulet. "Here it is." you called to Ginger as you opened a door. She walked over to you and went inside. She came back out in a couple of seconds with the other half of the disk. "We got it. Now lets get out of here!"

You were the first out of the temple. "Oh great." you said when you saw how many reinforcements had been sent.

"Do you think these ones are stronger?" Ginger asked form behind you.

"Yep. Their power level is higher than the others." you both stood and surveyed the sea of demons.

"So what's the plan? You going to fight them?"

"Well, I am going to have to fight some of them. Probably just to clear them off the island. Hmm… okay I have a plan. You go up to the top of the temple. You still have the communicator?"

"Yeah. You gave it to me so we could contact them, remember?"

"Oh yeah. Good. Okay. When you are on the roof contact Koenma and tell him to send a portal. When it is here call me and I'll jump up there and we will go through. Sound good?"

Ginger nodded. "Yeah. Sounds good. But promise me that if you need help, you will ask for it."

"Fine. I will. Now, lets kick some butt!" you dashed down the steps into the demons with your katana ready.

Ginger turned around and looked for the stairs. When she found them she ran up them and cleared the roof of any demons there. "Koenma! We have the Tsuchi amulet half! We need a portal! Now!" Ginger said to the mini screen

"Coming up!"

"Ginger watched you slaying demons and getting cut anxiously while waiting for Koenma to get the portal. "Hurry up Koenma." she whispered. She flinched as you got a serious cut on your left arm. She even has cuts on her wings! That isn't good! she thought.

The portal opened next to her. "EMERALD!" Ginger yelled down at you.

You looked up and jumped straight into the air. You flapped your wings a couple of times to get over to the roof. When you landed you put your wings away and returned to your normal form. Ginger ran over to you and put her arm around your shoulders to help support you. "Thanks Cuz. That was kinda hard to fight. I haven't got this hurt in a while."

"Yes you have."

"That was self inflicted so it doesn't count."

"Does too!"

"Whatever. I am loosing to much blood to argue. Lets just go back." Ginger nodded and you both walked to the portal. "Oh yeah. Put your wings away." Ginger's wings vanished and the energy returned to you. You both stepped through the portal.

That is the chapter. Hope you like it. Sorry to leave you on a cliff hanger. Please review! -Rai