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Also, thanks to Sum 41 for the awesome song! Listen to the chorus! I'll even write it down for you, cause it's just that awesome.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any characters from said series. I own Mayonaka only. I wish I owned Hiei... that would be fun *wink wink*

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"Days have come to an end,

Today's the day that we meet again.

The self inflicted inebriation,

Guilt never lies alone.

I've been waiting for the chance,

To reunite this sick romance.

Poison never hurt so good!

So nice of you to speak of me,

Your closest friend and enemy!"

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Chapter 7: Speak of the Devil

The gray eyed demoness was once again lost in her thoughts as Kurama fought against Kuwabara – filling in for the absent fire apparition. She tilted her head back to gaze upon the sky that was lit up by reds and oranges. The demoness knew Kurama would call it a day soon, and decided to take her leave.

Mayonaka stood and jumped into the trees and jumped from branch to branch until she made her way to the last branch before the city. There she sat down and looked at the setting sun. She couldn't get those words out of her head.

She's just a selfish, lowly coward. Hiei did not know how deep those words had cut.

"That asshole! He has no idea what I feel!" the demoness yelled to no one.

Her gray eyes clamped shut as she forced the teardrops back; she wasn't going to cry, not anymore. She told him why she left, but she never had a chance to explain how much it hurt. Mayonaka knew she had to find Hiei to explain the whole story, but that would be hard. It seemed Hiei did not wish to be found at the moment.

Mayonaka calmed herself down and searched for a trace of the fire apparition's demonic energy. As she scanned the nearby area she felt other demonic energies, but she knew none were Hiei's. The demoness sighed and stood up from her seat while she opened her eyes.

"Where are you Hiei?" she asked herself.

She looked out to the last sliver of the sun before she jumped down and landed gracefully on her bare feet. Mayonaka kept her gray eyes on the ground as she traveled back into the heart of the forest. As she neared the center where the clearing laid, she sensed other demons – demons she did not know. The demoness grabbed her chain and lifted her eyes up to the group that now stood before her.

"Aw look guys. A little girl wants to play with us," one of the four demons stated with a wide smirk.

Mayonaka narrowed her gray eyes as she gripped the hilt of her chain tightly, "You better leave before I rip that smirk off your face!" she retorted to the ugly blue creature.

"Feisty little thing," another stated as he came close to her side with a hand out to touch her.

The demoness growled and snapped her whip out at the lowly D-level demon's arm. The wires at the end slashed through the skin, muscle, and bone; severing the arm off below the elbow.

The demon screamed as his other hand went to cradle the stub that was his arm, "You bitch!" he screamed at the demoness as he charged for her.

Mayonaka's eyes quickly scanned where all the demons were and back flipped away from the green colored creature that now only had one arm. She lashed out with her whip again and moved quickly. Only glints of silver showed where her chain was as she moved it. When she finally stopped moving the demons looked around, expecting something. When they saw nothing, they laughed at the demoness.

"That all you got?" the blue creature asked with another smirk.

The demoness crossed her arms – still holding her chain in her right hand – and wore a smirk of her own. The demon before her – the one with the stub of an arm – started to gargle on his own blood and it soon became visible he had slashes across his stomach. Many were deep and hit the organs. The green colored demon fell to his knees before completely falling to the ground.

Mayonaka smirked, he was obviously dead. Her gray eyes locked with the blue demon. At this time she looked him over. He held himself with some pride; he was clearly the leader of this group. His whole body was covered in scales and his eyes were golden. Two horns protruded from his skull and curled down. She sensed his energy and concluded he was a lowly D-level demon. Nothing to worry about. But first she had to deal with the other two.

Said two demons – one a dark purple with black eyes, but besides that no distinguishing features, and the second a dark blue with glowing green eyes and a second set of arms and legs – started to advance towards the demoness. Mayonaka's gray eyes narrowed at the two, and was unfazed by the numbers. She uncrossed her arms and her whip rested at her side. With a flick of her wrist, he chain had moved and sliced the dark purple demon into two. The second seemed not to notice his fallen comrade as he charged for Mayonaka. The gray eyed demoness easily side-stepped his attack and shot her whip to her side. Surprisingly, the demon was able to maneuver just enough so only two of his arms had been chopped off. The woman was not fazed by this thought. She lashed out her whip once more and struck the demon down. She spun around to face the last one; the leader. Mayonaka readied herself with her whip at her side. A second more and she would have lashed the chain out, but the demon was already brought down. Her eyes narrowed as she finally sensed his demonic energy. Mayonaka narrowed her eyes and snapped her wrist and her whip coiled up. She latched it back onto her hip. In the shadows of the night stood the fire apparition silhouetted in the moonlight.

"I could have handled them Hiei… I'm not like Kuwabara, I'm not weak," she practically hissed out at him as she continued to remain in the same place.

He replied like he normally did, "Hn."

Mayonaka's gray eyes narrowed even more, causing her pupils to turn into slits, like a cat's.

"What the hell? Hn?!? Hn is not a fucking reply to anything!" she yelled at the demon, slowly stalking over to him looking fierce.

This time he didn't even reply, he just turned his back to the peeved demoness. His hands found the pockets of his black pants after he sheathed his katana and it once again rested on his left hip. The demoness' right hand grabbed Hiei's left shoulder and pushed against it, causing him to turn and face her. His glare matched hers.

Mayonaka glared for a few more moments before her anger completely dissipated. No matter how hard she tried, no matter how angry she was, she could never stay made at the fire apparition. Though she may never admit it to his face, Mayonaka considered Hiei her best and closest friend. Even though, they are no longer partners, Mayonaka still trusted Hiei with her life. She figured though, once she had left him, he would never see her in the same way. It pained her heart to think that, but she knew it to be true.

Hiei continued his glare for a time, until he saw Mayonaka's expression not only change from a glare to something caught between sadness and calmness, but then turned to a pained one. He held a blank one himself, though he was worried for the demoness. He didn't want to be – tried not to be with all his might – but was helpless against the urge to feel worried for his former comrade.

She left you, left you and the only reason she's even here is not because of you, a voice argued in the fire apparition's mind.

When you were partners, she was always there for you, protecting you, healing you, comforting you; she was more than a partner you could profit off of. She was your friend, another voice reasoned in Hiei's mind.

Both were blocked out; he did not want to worry about such things in said demoness' presence. Hiei would not concern himself with those feelings.

Mayonaka's head dropped, her gray eyes looking at the grassy floor beneath her, "I want you to know, I do not like what I did Hiei. It… it hurt me too. I am truly sorry for the pain I've caused you," she whispered softly, though the apparition clearly heard as if she had screamed the words in his sensitive demon ears.

Her eyes were slightly hazed over, obviously indicating she was in the realm of her mind. Small water drops clung to Mayonaka's long lashes, threatening to fall and show how weak she felt.

Hiei didn't have to see the water drops to know Mayonaka was slightly crying, he could smell their salty presence. It pained him to think the strong, fierce demoness, who could handle any physical pain, was crying because of how she knew he felt after she left. It felt as if a hand had pierced his chest and squeezed his heart. But something inside him – a very cautious part of him – told him he could not trust her.

"All you offer me is pretty words. You have no idea the pain I've felt," Hiei stated, trying to keep all emotion off his face and out of his words.

Gray eyes widened and the tears fell from her lashes as she heard his words. His words sliced at her heart. Slowly, Mayonaka raised her head to look at Hiei's emotionless face. Another slash at her heart.

"You honestly think… I'm that… cold… and heartless… to not care?" Mayonaka slowly managed.

Honestly? Hiei did not know what to think honestly. The way the tears fell from her eyes, or the pain in her voice, or just the words themselves. Something gnawed on Hiei's very being; made him doubt his earlier judgments. Something that made him want to believe her.

His crimson gaze watched as the demoness' body shook slightly as she tried to contain her sobs. Hiei knew her not to normally wear any emotion – other than anger – our on a sleeve like she was showing right now.

"If it hurt you this much… you should never have left," he spoke softly turning around.

The sobs stopped and the tears seized to flow. Only someone who's known the fire apparition as long as the demoness has and as well as her could understand what Hiei had said. In his own weird way, he understood the pain she felt and forgave her. Mayonaka wore a small smile as her eyes held a very familiar look to them; one of friendship and trust. Though she knew it would take much more time and work to get the friendship to anything like it used to be. But she was okay with that. She now had a chance.

Hiei didn't really know what to say now. He jumped onto the branch of one of the trees on the rim of the clearing. The fire apparition began to jump away.

"Thank you Hiei… for giving me another chance."

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Hey everyone. Sorry this took forever. I've been dealing with the beginning of school stuff, family problems, paranoia. Yeah… I decided that I needed to get this out before I personally kicked my own ass. This may be crappy compared to the other chapters, but I just felt it needed to be up more than anything. I would love reviews! I only had three reviews, so I kept pushing this off… if I get more reviews I may work faster *wink wink*