Leela draws away from Yusuke and tries to blink the tears out of her eye. She shakes her head and leans her back up against a wall. She tries desperately to control her emotions, but feels unable to stop crying.
'I don't understand. I don't know if I can. You still make it sound like death is no big deal, or you think you can just bring people back with some sort of magic power. There's no way you can just wish it all away.'
Just then Leela's wristband starts to flash violently. "Leela, alert, unidentified intruders are approaching Tokyo. I repeat, unidentified intruders are approaching Tokyo."
"Guys, we've got problems. My Jack-lo-mater has picked up a bunch of unknowns approaching the city. My GPS is indicating they are coming from this area."
"Shit, those damn rogues picked a fine time to cause trouble," snorts Hiei.
Leela pops her dress over her head and reveals a long-sleeved shirt, her black pants, and boots. She hands the dress to Botan. "Take this and put it in the cave. Everyone, may I have your attention? According to my wristband, there are at least 100 unknowns entering Tokyo now. I need strong fighters to help track down and kill these invaders before they cause trouble." Leela preps the gun on her belt and unfolds the jetpack.
"She's right," Yusuke agrees, "I'm sensing demons as well. From what I can tell there's a great deal of them from the wanted list."
"Anyone who isn't a fighter, please stay at the tower. I'm declaring the wake over. Fighters, we need to split into groups and sweep the city for these demons."
"I've come prepared," announces Kurama, "I've got a pocket full of blue-tooths. These will help us stay in contact."
"We've also got Helios to keep track of each other by Google Maps."
"You can talk to me on wristband. I'll be using that. Please program the blue chips and the Helios to 4753, so you can talk to me. I do need your numbers as well."
"What group should I be in?" asks Kuwabara.
"It doesn't matter, it's not like we're picking teams for soccer. We do need teams of five. I know there are demons here from the meeting, I recognize several faces."
"I'll help you blokes. I'm really anxious to teach these guys a lesson," replies Chuu.
"Kurama, how many of those blue-tooths do you have?"
"I've got six here and fourteen more in the car. I figured something like this would happen."
"Same here," replies Yusuke, "Right after the meeting, I went out and bought a bunch of Helios to keep track. I've been fighting these things on my own, but I've fought on a team mission like this."
"I'm coming too," announces Genkai, "I can't just sit by and let the town be ruined or have spiritually-challenged humans killed."
"I appreciate the help, but I don't want you to be killed," worries Leela.
"Dear, I'm just old. I'm not crippled."
"Leela, she's a pretty strong woman. I'd take her help," replies Kurama.
"Okay, but don't say I wasn't looking out for you. One rule, nobody die tonight. I don't want another wake and funeral. Mukuro's death is enough."
"I'll come too, Lassie. I don't want ya thinkin' I'm goin' to have ya fight alone," announces a tall red-hair man.
"Thanks, Jin," remarks Kurama.
"Yeah more help the merrier. You look pretty strong to me," comments Leela.
"I'll help you," announces Ashanti, "I want to send these wretches back where they came from."
"Just don't venture too close to a girly bar, Ashanti," laughs Kurama, "Same with you, Chuu. We don't want to lose you to floozies. Sorry, Leela, that's just how those two are."
"Don't sweat it. Bender's the same way around fembots. I can't tell you how many times we have to go on these missions; we end up finding him in a bar or at a strip club with girls wrapped around him."
"I'll fight, I can sniff out these vermin and attack," announces Arbu.
"I'll go too," replies O'Falla, "I've got the ability to direct my scent straight into the enemy's nose. It makes them retch and gives me time to strike."
"Just use it at the bad guy, O'Falla. I don't want to throw up tonight," sighs Yusuke.
"I'll help too, I can make it like winter for them."
"Even in May?" laughs Leela.
"Touya is good for that," comments Hiei.
"I'll go and use my yo-yos on them," announces a young man.
"Rinku, how good are you now? I haven't seen you since the first Demon Tournament," replies Yusuke.
"I've mastered my skills."
"So have I. I've mastered the Banshee sword."
"That's great Shishiwakamaru. You'll be an asset."
"I'll go. I want to keep my kids safe," announces Shizuru, "I've mastered the Spirit Spear, plus I'm ready to kick their ass."
"I want to go. My father would do the same thing if he was alive, so would Mukuro."
"Have you gotten better since the recent tournament, Shura?" asks Kurama, "You fight just like Yomi used to back when he was young. He was strong."
"I almost won, until Ashanti defeated me in the Finals."
"I, the beautiful Suzuka, will join this party."
"It's not a party, we're going to stop these invaders," corrects Leela.
"I'll join you and be your eyes from the air," announces Botan, "I'm not a fighter, but I want to be some use to you."
"I'll go and show these guys what tigers do for fun."
"Nice to have you on board, Tigrus," comments Kuwabara, "I like your skills. You've mastered the Tiger Scream well. It's better than your brother's."
"That's because he only had trained 1/4th in the skill. Biakko refused to complete his training. Plus his claw technique was pathetic. I've mastered my skills."
"I thought he was lacking in skills. That's why he was so easy for you to beat," snorts Hiei.
"I think we have enough fighters."
"But that's only eighteen people. How are we going to fight 100 demons with just so few?" Kuwabara asks.
"That's enough people. It's good to have a small group. Makes us less visible to the enemy. It's a combat strategy," explains Leela, "If you guys are as powerful as you say you are, then you can defeat them. I've been told Mr. Urameshi is a very powerful individual. If he can handle this mission, then so can you. I believe if we work together, we can remove these intruders before they cause serious damage. I'm tracking their movements so far, and it appears they are hunting. Holy shit! There goes a group! We need to get there now."
Leela starts up her jetpack and maxes the speed. The entire group takes off with her from the tower and Mukuro City. "When we get into town, we'll need to split into groups. Each will take a different section in the city."
"Arbu and Ashanti, you've got strong noses. Could you sniff out demons in the suburbs?" asks Yusuke.
"I'll go with them," replies Kurama, "I know the suburbs well."
A short time later, the group heads to the city and lands on a street just on the outskirts. "I'll go with you, Kurama," announces Kuwabara. All four guys dash off in the direction of the suburbs.
"I'll head to the Red-Light district," announces Jin, "I'm taking Rinku, Tigrus, Sazuka, and Shura."
"Why not me?" replies Chuu in a disappointed tone.
"We're not here to sightsee. Do that on your own time," growls Tigrus.
"Right, you're coming to the business district with Shishi, O'Falla, and me, Chuu," announces Genkai. Her group flies off quickly to the business district.
"That leaves Shizuru, Hiei, Yusuke, Touya and me to check out the district with the school and hospital," replies Leela, "We'll need to meet back here on the street we were just on. Botan, what's the overview like?"
"There's activity in the business district now."
"I've spotted it. Two of the demons are in pursuit of a middle-aged man. Looks like they're chasing him into an ambush."
"Yeah I spot them now," replies Genkai. The woman creates a ball of static in her hands and blasts the two demons giving chase. "There are three more ahead of me."
"I've got them," shouts O'Falla. She drives her scent into the enemies' noses to make them puke. In the middle of the demons' incapacitation, she takes out an antler sword and shreds them to pieces.
"Great job, that's five dead so far," remarks Leela, "Kurama, how are things on you're end?"
"So far we're clear. Arbu is sniffing out their scent now."
"Leela, look straight ahead. There are three lurking in the shadows," warns Hiei.
"Yeah I see them." Leela walks through the alley and sees three dog-faced demons standing in front of her with their claws out and fangs showing. All three slash at her and she runs up and knocks them to the ground with a revolving kick. Before the demons could retaliate, she blasts them all to bits with her proton gun. She spots an old man urinating beside a wall of a building. He looks at her with a panicked look on his face. "Old man, shake it off and get inside now! It's not safe out here!"
"Who are you yellin' at, Lassie?"
"Nobody Jin, never mind that. How are things on your end?"
"They're targetin' the clubs. So far I've killed four. Rinku's killin' one now."
"That's thirteen demons killed," remarks Leela, "Hiei, what's going on?" She watches him leap onto a bridge above them.
"I see three bastards." Leela watches him slice through the demons like lightning.
"There's a pair of lizard demons climbing the walls of the bank. These are two on the wanted list," informs Yusuke. He flies up and kicks them off the wall.
"How dare you get in our way?" hisses one of the demons.
"Yeah, how dare you injure my brother! Die you pest!" hisses the other.
"Oh spare me," rebukes Yusuke, as he creates a ball of static in his hands and disintegrates the two demons.
"Leela, I'm tracking two right now," reports Kurama, "They're chasing a little girl from her house and down the street her. Arbu, do you see her?"
"Yeah," Arbu replies, as he transforms himself into a giant dark brown dog and races on all fours. He catches up to the frightened girl and stands between her and the demons. "Young lady, go home now. It's not safe out here."
"S…sorry," the girl shivers and races back to her house.
Kurama tries to catch up to Arbu when he spots five more hiding behind a fence in someone's yard. Instantly, Kurama slashes his thorny whip and sends a rain of thorns upon the demons, slicing them to pieces. Meanwhile, Arbu catches the two demons in front of him and slashes them with his claws and chews them to shreds with his teeth.
"So far there's twenty-five demons killed," counts Leela.
"Leela, I've got five in my sight," informs Tigrus. He sneaks through a bar and sees three of the demons enter the men's room. He darts into an empty stall and peeks through the door. He watches the bear-faced demons posing in front of a urinal. He waits for them to drop they're guard and then pounces on them and slashes they're heads off at the neck with his claws. Quickly he flashes balls of Tiger Scream at the demons at disintegrates their bodies upon impact.
"Leela, I've spotted three, no four. There are four demons at the train station," reports Botan, "Oh this is bad, they've gotten on a train."
"The train is five miles from my group. Hiei, you seem to be the fastest member in our group. Will you be able to get to the train?"
"I'm already there." He slices open one of the windows and makes his way onto the train. He sees two demons in a seat together, trying to pose as a married couple. They appear human, but he could smell their foul odor and slices them to pieces. He zips into another car and spots a demon sitting on a frightened man lying on his back on the floor of the train. The man panics as the crow-like demon secures its claws on his belly and opens its beak to engulf his face. In its final seconds, the giant bird raises its head and gets diced by Hiei's katana. Hiei dashes to the door and senses the last demon waiting in ambush. He catches the demon on the ceiling and slices it to pieces. "Done, I think that was all on this train."
"Hiei, there's one more on the train. It's at the switchboard."
"That's just the conductor. Wait I sense it here. Sir, pardon me for doing this." Hiei swiftly punches the man in the stomach and makes him vomit. Quickly, Hiei spots a poisonous worm-like demon squirming around the floor. He smashes it and slices it, while holding his nose shut in the process. Quickly he juts out of the train to breath fresh air again.
"Are you all right, Hiei? You sound sick."
"I'll be fine, Leela. That last one was poisonous."
"Leela, I've killed the last two in this bar," reports Tigrus, "I'm sensing more in the strip club across the way.
"Hey guys, there's a huge number at Saranaski Junior High," reports Botan.
"What! That's where the play is. The place is packed with people," snorts Yusuke.
"I'll meet you there," promises Kurama, "What's the number?"
"Damn, there's at least twenty demons lurking about," reports Leela, "Shizuru and I are about a mile from the school. Touya is fighting with three demons right now."
"Hn, I'm heading to the school myself. I've got three in my way first." Hiei spots the three giant bat-like demons flying through the air, searching for a meal. One demon senses him coming and swerves around in mid-flight. It dodges at him swiftly and tries to eat him whole. It closes its jaws around him, but barely garbs his coat instead, as he slices the creature in half from mouth to tail. The other two follow it and try to snatch him up in their jaws. He incinerates the demons and burns them to ashes.
"Yusuke, where are you?" inquires Leela.
"I got held back. Ten demons decided to tackle me all at once. I had to use my shotgun blast on them. Touya and I are half a mile from you."
"Genkai, how are things where you are?" asks Leela.
"We've caught ten demons already. I've blasted two, Chuu's killed four, and Shishi's got four he's fighting now. Don't destroy the windows, Shishi."
"Sorry Master, I still need practice controlling the sword. So far I've killed three of them. I've got this one I'm fighting now. He's proving difficult…to…there. Now he's dead with the rest of his friends."
"Leela, I've just killed eight more in the Red-Light district. I followed Jin into a strip club and we saw them mixed in the crowd. They were hard to spot at first, but then they were each being led away by a woman. You could…"
"Rinku, she doesn't need to know all the details. She's just interested in the kills, not naked women," scolds Jin.
Leela and Shizuru meet up again with Yusuke and Touya at the front of the school. In just a few minutes Hiei rejoins the group along with Kurama.
"Guys, listen up. My wristband is telling me that there are five demons out front and fifteen inside."
"Oh good, so we've got a welcoming committee at my school," sneers Yusuke.
"I sense them already, Urameshi. They don't seem so tough to beat," snorts Hiei.
"We've got a problem though. One huge demon is in the gym."
"Damn, my guess is he's laying low until Intermission. I'll get to him before he hurts anyone. Right now the kids are singing. I think they're up to the part when Maria meets the VonTrapp family. Intermission is after the song "Do-Re-Mi"," informs Yusuke.
"Just be careful, okay."
"Don't worry, Leela, I'm used to dealing with giants. I'll probably have him dead before he knew what happened."
"I'll take the top floor with Touya," informs Shizuru.
"I'm going to sweep the third floor," informs Kurama.
"That leaves the main and second floors."
"I'll sweep the main floor," informs Hiei, "But I don't sense very many demons there."
"Let's meet back here on this sidewalk."
Hiei races past the front wall and into the schoolyard. He spots a dog-faced guard with four rottweilers. "Young man, you're trespassing on school grounds."
He looks at the guard with distrust and the dogs snarling at him. He snorts and slices them to pieces. "Like you can fool me old man."
"How did you know they were demons?" asks Leela.
"Well, why would there be no trespassing during a public event?"
"You've got a point."
The group races inside, each to his or her designated floor. Leela preps her gun and sneaks through the second floor, checking the classrooms. She locates two demons hiding in a chemistry lab. She slides the door open and peeks inside. She searches the ceiling and the room. Suddenly she feels something sneak up behind her. She immediately turns to see a giant black dog-demon with red eyes growling at her. She screams and shoots at it in the face. The face explodes but regenerates itself. It continues to walk towards her, snarling and making her walk backwards. She jumps to the ceiling and kicks it in the face. It falls to the ground, but quickly returns to its feet. Leela shoots her gun at it and the demon knocks it out of her hands with its nose. She pushes against it, trying to make it submit. It snaps at her, threatening to bite. She races up its throat and kicks it in the face. Leela lands next to one of the lab tables and sits against, watching the demon approach her. Her hand knocks over a beaker containing a pair of forceps. She grabs the forceps and quickly she jams it into the creature's eye. The demon becomes distracted by the obstruction and tries to pry it out, causing its eye to bleed profusely. Leela quickly leaps onto the table spots her gun on the floor next to the teacher's desk. She swoops onto the floor and crawls quickly to the desk and collects her weapon. She sees the demon turn and tear the forceps from its eye and immediately she blasts the demon several times and disintegrates its entire body. Before she has time to catch her breath, Leela tries to search for the other demon in the room. She sees another dog-demon pounce on her. Just as she raises her gun to it, she hears a familiar voice call out Rose-whip at the top of his voice and the demon is sliced to bits in front of her.
"Thank you, Kurama," she gasps; trying to catch her breath, "I owe you one." She closes her eye and wipes the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand.
"No problem, I heard you scream and I just came here as fast as I could. You're an excellent fighter. I like your quick reflexes and judgment. You're like me, in a sense."
"Are all demons that hard to kill?"
"They can be. Some harder than others."
"How's everything going? I heard you scream, Leela. Are you all right?"
"I'm fine, Shizuru, what's going on?"
"Touya and I have tracked three demons up here. Two have gone into the girls' restroom. I'll go in there incase someone is in there using it, Touya."
"Are you sure you'll be fine in there with two?" asks Touya.
Shizuru walks into the restroom and sneaks along the wall of stalls. She sees three stalls in use. She feels strong demonic energy from two of the stalls. The one to her left feels strong. She touches the door to feel her hand become filled with static. She rips open the door to find a girl sitting on the toilet.
"Do you mind?" the girl retaliates. Shizuru looks to see a huge shadow behind the girl. Then she looks into the eyes of the girl. Shizuru sees the girl's eyes with bright red. She immediately grabs the girl, yanks her out of the stall, and flings her to the floor, exposing an enormous green tail. Without hesitation, she raises her hand and flings her Spirit Spear through the demon's chest, killing it.
Immediately, Shizuru feels the other two filled stalls. Suddenly she spots another lizard girl slither along the back wall on her right. She yanks the door open and catches the demon by her tail. Shizuru flings her spear at its heart and kills it instantly. Just to be sure she knocks on the last occupied stall. "Are you okay in there?"
"Geez, what's going on out there?" the girl screams, "Can't I just shit in peace?"
"It's okay, Touya, both demons are killed," Shizuru reports. "Hang on, Leela, Baby Bro's in my ear. Speak up please."
"Yeah, I've just killed five demons on Urameshi's street, and Ashanti's got three he's fighting now. Where are you? I hear singing."
"We're at the junior high. Kurama's here as well."
"Should I come help you?"
"Please stay where you are. We've got six fighters here."
"Alright, damn I've spotted several more up ahead. Wow, there's ten."
"You be careful," warns Shizuru, "Did you get that, Leela?"
"Yes, and speaking of, I'm getting something from Yusuke. Please, what's going on?"
"Yeah, the "Do-Re-Mi" song is just starting and I've located the demon. Shit, he's disguising himself as a prop right on stage. I'm coming in towards the back now."
"Hn, I'll come help you, Urameshi. I've just cleared the main floor and killed five demons."
"Great job, Hiei. That's fifteen dead so far."
"Correction, sixteen. I caught the demon as it was slithering out of a classroom. Luckily it was a cobra-demon and I sent ice shards its way."
"Good job, Touya. That means there's four left."
Leela and Kurama leave the classroom and scan the halls. Suddenly she sees something slink into a boys' restroom and swing the door. She creeps along the wall with her gun in her hand. She finds the door and pushes it open. She sees the room empty, and finds all the stall doors open and nobody in any of them. She inches towards the urinals, searching with her gun pointing at them, but finds nobody using them. She comes to the sinks and starts to turn on one of the faucets. She looks up at the mirror with a start to see a young man with a Nazi uniform on and standing next to her.
"Hey, lady, this is the men's room. No girls are allowed in here," he rebukes her with an angry deep tone.
She looks to her side and sees nobody there. She looks at the mirror again and sees the boy again. Suddenly her eye widens. "You're the one that doesn't belong in here. Get out of the mirror."
"But that's just a mirror. Why would I be there? Silly girl," the boy growls at her, fangs showing from his mouth and claws growing from his fingers.
"Kurama, is there something out there to make something visible?" she yells, backing away from the sinks towards the urinals. Leela raises her gun as her wristband flashes wildly and shows her the image of something large in front of her.
"Yeah, there's a fire extinguisher." He breaks the glass and grabs it. He flings open the door and sprays it in her direction. Immediately she sees a giant form in front of her. The demon flashes its teeth at her and slashes at her with its claws. She dodges out of its way and slides towards the doorway. She aims her gun and fires at the beast with proton rays and blasts it to pieces. She checks her wristband again to see it vanished.
"Imagine if someone had come in here to pee or wash his hands, that thing would have nabbed him for sure," Leela gasps, placing her hand upon her chest, feeling her heart beat in her throat.
"Yeah, good thing you figured it out in time. You think the same way I do. I like how you think through a problem quickly and solve it. Are you a strategist?"
"Maybe, but I have to deal with aliens on a daily basis. I just think of these things like aliens and apply the same principle."
Leela starts to collapse to the floor and Kurama catches her. "Are you all right?"
"I feel dizzy and I can't see."
"You need to rest, you've had three really bad scares. Those demons were B-class. That's a very tough class to beat."
"I thought they were all Zenith class. That's what Koenma said."
"Most of them are. Those three are almost as strong as Hiei and myself. These demons at the school must be in charge of the smaller classes."
"What's the strongest?"
"S-class. The second is A-class."
Leela shakes her head and tries to stand. She stumbles a bit, but regains sturdiness in her legs.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" asks Kurama in a concerned voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm ready to fight again." Leela looks at her wristband. "There are three above us."
"Yeah, I sense them too." The two fighters race to a nearby stair well and ascend. They approach the third floor and spot two shadows moving across the hallway. Leela sees lights coming from the nurse's station. She ushers him to slink along the wall beside the door. She peeks in and sees a nurse holding a boy's head over a bucket, letting him puke. She looks at the nurse's face and sees an old woman in her late 60s.
"What's going on in there?" whispers Kurama, trying to sneak a peek himself.
"There's a nurse with a sick boy. She's wearing all white, and the boy is in a blue shirt and blue pants."
"Nothing out of the ordinary for him so far. That's this school's uniform for boys."
"Something's bugging me though, why would there be a nurse here this late?"
"Sometimes there are classes at night. Maybe he got sick during the play." Kurama looks at the boy's face then looks at the nurse's. Suddenly he gets a puzzled look. "That nurse looks familiar."
"You mean you've seen her before? Do you work with her?"
"No, but I've seen her face somewhere. Now I remember, there was a dedication of the school a few weeks ago. It was celebrating its centennial. The school was name after the first principal, Seiichi Saranaski. His picture is in the office here. His wife was a nurse here. Her name was Ritsuko Saranaski. They had a son together and then he married and gave them a grandson 30 years later. This boy is their grandson." Kurama looks at the boy's face. Suddenly he begins to sweat and clenches his whip.
"What's the matter? You look as white as a ghost."
"It was during World War II, Mrs. Saranaski and her grandson, Ringo had moved from Tokyo to Hiroshima. Ringo was still attending school here, but the morning of August 6th, 1945, he was home sick with his grandma. Both didn't make the bombing. They died in their homes."
"So those two are ghosts?" asks Leela in a startled voice, "But my wristband is picking up vital signs from those two."
"Let's move in, now," commands Kurama. Leela nods and quickly opens the door. The lights flicker off and the old woman and the boy quickly vanish. Suddenly the door slams shut and locks by itself.
"My wristband still says they're in here."
"Are you feeling okay? Where does it hurt?" they hear a grumbling voice from the shadows.
"Show yourselves, demons. We know you're here," demands Leela.
"We'll show you right before you die."
Leela senses something swoop down to grab her, but she ducks and swerves out of its way. She sees the woman's face and kicks it in with her boot, only to have the woman disappear again. She sees the demon's body smashing the lights on the ceiling. Leela shields herself from the falling glass. She sees a shard scrape across something and sees a cut, bleeding. She touches the blood with her finger and rubs her finger across the air. She feels scales with her finger and punches the air as hard as she can. Immediately, she feels the rush of breeze and hears the demon fall against the table, knocking over a tray of instruments.
"That's it, Leela. Now it's visible."
"You can see it?"
"Yes, and now smell it. The demon was hiding itself and its odor. But now the blood is easy to track."
"That's the last mistake for you, human," she hears it growl.
"Quick, give me your whip."
Leela creates a loop. Quickly she feels the rush of thick air brush by. She reaches with the whip and watches the torso bend the whip, breaking its skin against the thorns. She hears it shriek in pain, as it flies back to the ceiling. Leela finds a tray of needles and hands some to Kurama. She sees the wound on its body and stabs a needle at the wound. She uses the whip with another needle and stabs it through as the creature zips by directly at her and she quickly stabs the needle with the whip at the assumed head and draws the whip to what she feels to be the neck. Quickly she grabs the neck and hurls the creature to the ground. She twists the whip around the neck, using the needle to hold the whip in place.
"Quick, before it escapes," she shouts.
Kurama combines the needles with a stick of bamboo and sprouts spears, hurling them into the beast. It swerves in pain trying to free itself. Finally, Leela takes out her gun and blasts it, disabling its invisibility. She sees the creature finally subdued, but she feels uneasy about the fight.
"I don't like this, that was too easy. There's still something here."
"That must have been their distraction for us," replies Kurama.
"Shit, that thing we fought was a decoy. I see them; they're running."
"Don't worry they won't get far, when they locked the door and sealed us in this room, they brushed by me and I planted death seed on them."
Leela glances down the hallway and sees the old woman and the boy faced down. "So we fought this creature even after you realized it was a trick? Why did we even waste time with it?"
"If we hadn't fought it and someone came in here sick tomorrow, he or she would have been killed. Most humans can't see the unknown, and by the time they figure out something wrong, it's too late for them."
"There's class on Saturdays?"
"There's a vocational group that teaches here on Saturdays. Some of the college students use this building for job training courses."
"I think that's all of them, except for one. Which way is the gym?"
"It's downstairs on the second floor." Leela and Kurama walk past the two demons with shoots and leaves growing out of their chests. She sees blood and pus oozing out with the plant. She covers her mouth and blasts the two with her gun to bits. Still the image clings to her mind and she races to a girls' restroom with Kurama following her.
"Are you all right?" he asks her, worriedly.
She tries to calm herself down, trying not to retch. She walks to a sink and cups water in her hand, drinking it. "I'm used to fighting like this and used to weird monsters, but I've never been this scared. I'm trying to help you guys out, but I don't know how much more I can take." She covers her face with her hands, "You're all counting on me but this place is still foreign to me."
He hugs her, letting her cry, "Leela, it's okay. I know you're trying to brave through things here. These demons are indeed scary. I was scared back in the Chem. Lab that you were going to die. You put on such a brave face and tried to get through these fights. I've had my share of scary fights when I thought I was going to die. It's okay to be scared, that's part of what makes you human. You're a tough woman. You act quickly in the face of danger and you try to work through a problem, even if it seems impossible. I believe that's the reason Hiei loves you the most. He likes strong, independent women. He likes a woman who is intelligent, witty, charming, and brave. I wish he'd seen you fight. Maybe he will still, if you're ready for one more fight. I've just heard over the blue-tooth that Yusuke's got it outside. He's having a real time with it."
"Where is it?"
"It's outside in the school yard." Leela peals out of the restroom and races into a nearby classroom. There she sees the monster outside and several fighters tackling it.
"It's huge, it sort of looks like a giant serpent. And it's breathing…"
"No way, it's a dragon."
"How was that mistaken for a prop?" Leela tries to pull away from the window but gets restrained by Kurama, "Let go, I need to get down there."
"We'll jump from here," he insists, "Don't worry, I've got you."
Leela slides the window open and the two fighters jump and land on their feet like cats. Leela regains her balance and the two split from the rear of the dragon.