Chapter ten of TBTM

Finish the training, farewell to a friend

Mizu bent over as she coughed up blood from the impact to her stomach from Hiei. He stood back as he watched her stand up. So far from the first half hour she got the hang of dogging simple attacks and giving them. But he knew it wasn't much since she was still so weak. A few days weren't going to cut it he knew. She needed a good year before presenting herself to Koenma who was going to decide if she be on the Urameshi team or not. He also knew that he wouldn't be able to go his own way until all this was done.

"Hurry so we can continue," He ordered.

Mizu wiped her mouth and nodded. She held herself up and got into her fighting stance. She had to admit that Hiei was a great teacher though he could hold off the punches until she could build up some tolerance to it.

"Lets get going," she replied as she built up some spirit energy and ran as fast as she could towards Hiei throwing punches and dogging his. She wasn't good yet since he took her right arm as she swung and twisted it behind her back, pushing her on the ground with much force.

"How long as it been?" She asked referring to their training as she spit grass from her mouth.

"Close to an hour," Hiei replied pulling her up.

She didn't understand why she wasn't getting the hang of it. His demistrations looked so easy but she had to realize that he was doing this fighting longer then she was.

"This is too hard why am I doing this again?" She asked.

Hiei growled in annoyance.

"Because the demons who want your power are looking for you to turn you against us,"

"I was never told that reason,"

Hiei threw his hands up and unstrapped his sword that hung from his belt.

"Can't I marry one of you guys and the lucky one would protect me until I die?"

"If one of us married you, youll drive one of us crazy until WE killed you our self," he drawled out.

Mizu rubbed her stomach as a scowl ran across her face. He was so rude it was impossible to understand at times.

"It was just a joke...ya know about marring you guys. But lets continue and please lay off my stomach I want to be able to bare children someday,"

"Pathetic human and your reproductive organs,"

Mizu nodded until his statement fully cleared through her thinking time.

"Hey was that an-"

"And your joke wasn't funny," Hiei inturrupted as he charged towards her with his sword.

"Tuguro is Shin's father? But how?" Kurama asked shaking his head.

"Must you ask that question Kurama, and whats this feeling your having toward my granddaughter?"

Kuramas head snapped up. Thats right Mizu was the older sibling of Yusuke and granddaughter of Genkai. This family was indeed powerful. He had a lot of thoughts to sort out once he got back home.

"Kurama answer me now,"

He looked at Genkai and searched her face. He couldn't give a good response to why he felt the way he did towards Mizu. Not to mention he knew her friend Ami had a crush on him.

"Well uh-"

As Kurama began to sort out his explanation the doors to the temple burst open and Mizu ran in followed by Hiei who clearly wore a scowl on his face.

Mizu stopped short of Kurama and smiled.

"When did you get here?" She asked then looked at Genkai.

"No breaks," Hiei replied.

"Its too late at night I want to sleep,"

"Too bad,"

"It is getting late," Kurama agreed.

Hiei narrowed his eyes at the red head and looked at Mizu. He felt as though something big was going on and it would surface later on. He knew with out a doubt that the faster she learned the quicker he could leave without involving himself in anything.

To Mizu's luck she was allowed sleep until 5:30 am, which the process would start all over again. This routine kept going for three weeks. And of course her arguments with Yusuke kept going steadily. Her relationship with Hiei was going better then she had hoped. After the sessions they'd talk and went through what her weaknesss were.

She noticed when Hiei realized that he was opening up to her hed scowl and become silent and place up his walls. She didn't mind. She only smiled and walked away leaving him to curse under his breath. She grew to like the moments when hed come by with Kurama.

The following evening starting on the fourth week into training when Kuwabara left and shortly after Hiei came they were into the usual powering up of the spirit when Mizu felt a sensation in her gut. She looked up into the vastness of the trees and saw a light. Her spirit awareness was high enough to detect the danger that came through that light as it blasted towards her. Effortlessly she moved out of the way and landed perfectly next to Hiei.

"Who's there, Hiei called out just as Genkai came out of the temple.

Mizu just thanked that her father was away trying to find a store that was open at this late hour. She didnt want her only family get killed.

"It's a shame Mizu cant recognized who I am," Cam a familiar voice to all there besides Genkai.

"Is that-" Hiei began,

"Ami?" Mizu interrupted just as a shadow stepped from the darkness.

This girl wasn't all like her bubbly friend who helped her through tough times and helped when she thought she was given an unexplainable gift.

"I've been watching you old friend," Ami replied coming all the way to view.

"Old friend?" Mizu questioned. "Why do you look like that?" She asked referring to the leather outfit. Even her hair was black like her cloths.

Ami laughed in a high pitched tone, though there was nothing to laugh about. Then the laughter stopped abruptly sending chills down Mizu's spine. She watched as Ami walked slowly towards Hiei was off to the side.

"Stop," Mizu ordered knowing that this encounter wasnt going to be just talk. Ami didnt stop at all.

Was this it? Her best friend who she departed on bad terms was going to fight Hiei or even her. But how did she end up like this in the first place. What or who got to her? And what was qeustioning her heart was, why would Ami give in to this evil that was pouring out of every pour of her body.

But Mizu knew she had to choose between good and personal feelings.

"There's going to be a time and place where you going to choose between something," Yusuke told her when he first started to doing her training.

"So I won't need to do that," she told him now regretting her words.

He just crossed his arms over his chest and closed his eyes.

"You will. We all did."

Mizu shook her head as she watched a black aura leap from Ami's body. There was something odd about Ami like she was someone else or someone was with her. Mizu looked around trying to find out who else was there but to her disappointment she didn't sense anyone.

Mizu ran and intercepted Ami going towards Hiei.

"What's wrong with you?" Mizu demanded looking into her eyes, but they weren't hers. They were hard and old looking. The depth of them could continue on forever. "Who are you?" She asked.

"Oh Mizu you have no idea what your getting yourself into," came Ami's cold reply as she lifted a hand up towards Mizu's face. Mizu stayed still not flinching as Ami scrapped her finger nail across her face. Quickly and swiftly Mizu smacked Ami's hand away.

"Please dont make me choose," Mizu pleased as she watched the display of anger cross her friends face.

"Choose? I think you did chose as you left me alone."

"I never left you alone, you ran out of the car. Now leave". Mizu ordered clenching her fists by her side.

Ami laughed as she held up her hand as energy began gathering in her hands.

"My mission is to kill the Urameshi team starting with Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara, Yusuke then finally you. But by all means I don't need to go in that order,"

"I'd like to see you try. Your not Ami. I think you killed her and took her body...parasite," Mizu said coldly.

Ami gasped as her smile broadened.

"Why do you think that?"

"I observed and I'm not physic for nothing. I can't cry at the moment I'm just concerned about her killer which is you and how she got into your hands. Who was it that brought her to you?" Mizu yelled.

"Calm down Mizu," Genkai began as she stepped forward just as the parasite demon who inhabited Ami's body turned around barring fangs and the energy ball.

Mizu saw Genkai vanish and reappear behind the demon as Mizu lifted up her index finger. Even though she didn't have as much training on the Spirit Gun as she wanted, she had to do something to save her friends soul. She immediately tapped into the body of Ami's highest thought.

"Can't you fight a little harder Ami?" Mizu asked in a desperate tone discovering another hidden talent.

"I''m so tired," Ami repeated several times before Mizu interrupted.

"Who did this to you?"

"I'm just so tired. My body hurts Mizu but yet I can't feel it,"

"Fight harder and tell me. I can't stall forever,"

"I can't remember,"

Mizu growled feeling Ami slip away.

"What is that?" Mizu heard the demon say as she looked up into the sky where an orb sat floating.

"Goodbye my friend," Mizu whispered as her eyes narrowed at the demon who suddenly had a change of heart. "Who helped you?"

"His name is Rekab,"

Mizu gasped. Didnt that stranger a while ago with the red eyes tell her that a man going by the name of Rekab kill her grandfather? Yes it was. This Rekab person killed two people dear to her. She knew she had to make him pay for his actions.

"Thank you," Mizu spat.

"You'll let me live?"

"No, everything must come to an end,"

"Damn it all," the demon parasite yelled backing away.

"So it was that easy in the end. Ami chose for me so I wouldn't have to. The only person who defended me when others wouldn't. You took her away." Mizu replied gathering energy to her index finger. "I only have two words for you,"

"Wh-what's that?"

"Spirit Gun!"

Brilliant blue light shot from her finger and into the heart of the demon. Ami's lifeless body fell to the ground in a horrible thud. Mizu fell to her knees feeling faint. Her dizzy spell didn't come from the proper miss use of energy it was reality setting in. The next member of the Urameshi team, Mizu Williams age 20 killed her best friend.

"Hey whats up everyone?" Mack replied holding a bag of goodies.

"DAD!" Mizu yelled as tears streamed down her face.

Mack ran to his daughter then noticed Ami lifeless on the ground.

"What the hell,"

"I had to do it dad. I had to kill her to save everyone." Mizu choked out before she leaned on her father as sobs racked her body.

Mack held his daughter tight as his heart squeezed in his chest. This was harder then he imaged it could be.

A/N: I'm sorry for the verylong wait everyone I kinda feel bad since this took so long but I had writers block. And I don't think this chapter is very good but I just HAD to get it out.But thank you to all my loyal readers. Chapter eleven should be out soon hopefully if my mind doesn't go blank. So what do you guys think should happen next?