"Shall you be first, Hiei?" Seiryuu asked mockingly. Hiei took of his cloak, flinging it over the dismembered, frozen head of Byakko. "What was that? Tell me you're not feeling sympathy for this amateur? I was hoping you had more of a warrior's spirit."
"He's truly confusing, isn't he?" Hisaki asked.
"I've seen him act in similar cruelty before," Kurama said. "But something about Byakko's execution has caused great anger in him. I've never seen him start a fight with that amount of energy."
Seiryuu sent ice at Hiei who, using his amazingly fast agility dodged. However his leg did manage to get hit.
"With your leg frozen, you can't move. I suggest you start groveling," Seiryuu said. Using his katana, Hiei propelled himself forward. It looked like Hiei swung once and missed, Seiryuu froze Hiei's other leg and right arm. "You have escaped but you are wounded." Hiei started chuckling.
"So what if your ice tricks can kill your wounded friend? It can't kill me," Hiei said, flexing his frozen arm. The ice shattered around his arm and legs.
"That's impossible! I shall give one final blow!" Seiryuu yelled, blood dripped down from his forehead.
"I don't think so," Hiei said. Slashes appeared on Seiryuu's body and he disappeared in a swirl of mist. The others ran over to Hiei. The ice incasing the room vanished, signaling the death of Seiryuu.
"You made French fries out of that guy!" Yusuke said.
"Hiei, how many times did you cut him?" Kurama asked.
"16, right?" Hisaki asked. Hiei nodded.
"16!? Damn it. And here I could only keep track of 7 or 8," Yusuke admitted.
"That's nothing meager. After the first hit, I only saw flashes of light," Kurama said.
"I couldn't even see the flashes," Kuwabara said.
"Man, this isn't good. If you use those moves the next time we fight, I'm screwed," Yusuke said.
"Maybe…" Hiei said, retrieving his cape. Hisaki grinned, following the short fire demon.
"You're starting to like humans," she said lowly.
"Hn, baka Kitsune," Hiei said, putting his cloak on.
"You're going soft on me, Hiei," Hisaki said, still grinning. She got a mental picture of a chibi Hiei hugging everyone and giving free stuff. Hiei's eye twitched.
"I'll show you soft," Hiei muttered, no doubt plotting the vixen's death. They continued up more stairs when suddenly Hisaki missed a step, falling to her face. She stayed lying on the ground, ears twitching anxiously.
"Hisaki?" Kurama asked.
"He started played the whistle again," she said. "It's a different melody. He's giving new orders to the insects. I can't tell what they are. They do sound bad though."
A few minutes later Kuwabara stopped.
"What now?" Yusuke asked. "Got cramps?"
"My whole brain just felt like an ice cube," Kuwabara said. "Something bad's happening, I think back on Earth."
"No telling how long we've been here," Kurama said. "The Beasts must have started a counterassault."
"Only one more remains, let's not waste time," Hiei said. They continued up.
After running up the stairs, They finally came to an open area.
"Hurry it up!" Yusuke yelled.
"Shut up!" Kuwabara replied. Lightning flashed lighting up the whole area, making them pause for a moment.
"What the hell is that thing?" Yusuke asked.
"The watchtower," she answered. "I'm sure that's where he is."
"Fine! Then let's drag him out," Yusuke said. They resumed running when Yusuke's communicator rang. "What is it now?"
"Small problem," Botan said.
"Keiko?!" Yusuke said loudly.
"I had to pick her up from school, Yusuke. It seems as though ever infected person in the areas looking for her," Botan said. Yusuke stopped and the others followed suit. "And I don't think they want to talk. I'm almost certain they mean to kill her."
"Did you say kill?" Yusuke asked.
"That was the change in orders," Hisaki said. "He's doing something similar to what Hiei did."
"The Beasts must be using the Makai whistle to order the-" Botan was cut off and the communicator went blank.
"Botan?! Are you there?!" Yusuke yelled. He pocketed the communicator. "We've got to smash that whistle as fast as we can." They paused as they came to the foot of the watchtower.
"Okay, guys, that is a spooky watchtower," Kuwabara said.
"The last beasts should be on the top floor," Kurama said.
"Then let's climb some stairs," Yusuke said.
"Ugh!" Hisaki yelled, covering her mouth and nose. Hisaki's tail was tucked between her legs. "Ew! Gross!" The boys shot her a look, not even Hiei and Kurama could smell this stench. "Cultivated Humans."
Countless Green cultivated humans walked out from the doors next to the watch tower. The surrounded the tower door.
"What ever those guys are, there sure are a lot of them," Kuwabara said. "It'll take us a year to get through them."
"Considering our time restraints, this could be a real problem," Kurama said.
"I've had dealings with Cultivated Humans before. They do not feel pain or fear," Hiei said.
"How twisted do you have to be to turn humans into monsters?!" Kuwabara yelled. Hisaki shot a glance at Hiei, grinning. "I think Keiko's in some serious trouble."
"Like Hell she is!" Yusuke yelled. "Stupid monster humans trying to slow us down! I'm blowing them all away with my shot gun."
Kurama put a hand on Yusuke's shoulder. "Let's use our heads," he said.
"What? You want me to head butt them?" Yusuke asked.
"It's not wise to waste your spirit power," Kurama said. "The more impatient we are, the more mistakes we'll make."
"Well how is heat butting gonna help? My Shot gun's the only way we're going to get passed them," Yusuke said.
"No," Hiei said. "Set your eyes on the first tower window. That is your door."
"Well I'm sorry, Mr. Mysterious, but as it turns out I forgot to bring my pogo stick," Yusuke said.
"I'll need you to listen closely," Hiei said. He explained his plan quickly.
"You better not blow this, Hisaki!" Yusuke said.
"Who do you take me for?" She asked, grinning. "Just be sure you're in the correct order."
Hisaki ran at the cultivated humans, the boys following her. She cleared a path and kept the cultivated humans away while Hiei and Kurama stood on Kuwabara. Yusuke ran up all their backs, launching himself at the window. Hiei jumped off Kurama, who jumped off Kuwabara who fell to the ground.
"It'll be close," Kurama said as they watched Yusuke sail through the air. He managed to grip the windowsill.
"We did it," Kuwabara exclaimed as Yusuke pulled himself up.
"Remind me to try out for the cheerleading squad. You guys have fun with the veggie heads!" Yusuke called.
"You come back alive!" Hisaki yelled. "Koenma will have my head if you don't!"
He gave her a thumbs up before running away from the window. Hisaki sighed as the Cultivated Humans surrounded them.
"It's no fair," she said, her aura flaring around her body.
"What isn't?" Hiei asked.
"I wanted to fight a Saint Beast!" Hisaki yelled, slamming her elbow into a cultivated human's face. He ignited.
"Consider yourself lucky in some ways," Kurama said. Hisaki pouted.
