Blushing Demons

Kyo felt helpless. He wanted so bad to get Juli out of there but he could not do anything. "Damn! I shouldn't have let her go alone," he swore underneath his breath.

"Kyo, run! Don't worry about me!" Juli managed to say before having her mouth covered again.

"Stay silent, girl!" Daliden uttered, trying to keep her quiet. Alex, who heard the noise, ran and saw a terrible sight. Juli was captured by Winlow, and he had a strange weapon to her throat.

"What's going on here?" he asked Kyo, who was getting tenser by the minute, and had his fur standing up on end. Then Alex saw that his eyes were flashing between his blue-grey color and red. Though the danger was clear, Daliden seemed amused about it.

"Kyo, it's been a while, hasn't it?" Daliden stated with a grin.

"SHUT UP, Daliden, and let her go!" Kyo yelled, tension radiating of him. Alex also noted it was getting hotter by the second, and when he turned back to look at Kyo his eyes were glowing completely red. "Let her go Daliden… or I will kill you," he threatened through clenched teeth.

"Fat chance, kid!" teased Daliden. He knew that Kyo got reckless when like this; he also knew that if he wasn't fast Kyo would shortly kill him. "Let's begin this battle, shall we!" he said, at last throwing Juli aside. She fell a few yards away, gasping for air. Alex ran up to her to see if she was alright. She was but was more worried about Kyo. Daliden had crossed boundaries that should not have been passed.

"Alex, get Rahul! I'll try and stop Kyo from making a choice that he will regret," she said running toward them, while Alex went back to the camp site to get Rahul. He soon found Rahul, slaking off and trying to take a nap

"Rahul, wake up! Winlow is here and Kyo has gone red eyed!" said Alex.

"He what?" Rahul exclaimed, jumping to his feet. "Red eyed? What did Daliden do? Kyo's eyes only go red when he can't control his magic and that's only when he gets really pissed off."

"Well, Winlow grabbed Juli. And then it got very hot standing beside Kyo," Alex said. Before he could explain anything else, the two teens heard an explosion.

KAABBOOM!

"What was that?" Alex asked startled.

"That might be Kyo… let's go!" Rahul said running toward the explosion. When they finally made it there they saw Kyo on his knees breathing hard. Daliden was in a bloody puddle, also breathing hard. Juli was standing in shock looking toward the scene where the two warriors laid.

"You win this one… Maximilian!" he said and teleported away.

"Damn, he'll pay for that!" he growled, slamming his fists on the ground. He then realized Juli was still near him. He turned to her and asked worriedly, "Juli, are you alright?"

"I'm fine… I just forgot how scary you are when you can't control your magic…" she said running up to him and giving him a big hug, "I'm just happy you're back to normal," she then kissed him on the cheek.

"Uh, um… uh-ha…. t-t-th-thank you J-Juli," he stuttered blushing heavily. Juli was also blushing a bright pink.

"He, he, um… sorry, Kyo I couldn't help myself... I guess I got caught up in the moment," she said looking toward the ground pulling away a little. But Kyo only smiled, and grabbed her into a tight hug.

"Thanks Juli, I needed that," he said not noticing that his embrace made her blush even more.

"What a cute couple, huh, Rahul?" Alex teased. He then had to dodge a fireball Kyo sent his way. "Hey, watch where you throw those!" he complained. Then a second one went by and he wasn't fast enough. Alex ended up nursing his singed tail and soon the smell of burnt fur permeated the air. He turned to Rahul for support, but the tiger only shrugged his shoulders.

"Don't look at me!" Rahul said, hoping that Kyo wouldn't attack him.

"Okay, guys, maybe we should get out of here…" Juli said once she stopped blushing and was out of Kyo's arms.

"Yeah, she's right guy's," Kyo agreed, getting to his feet, "Next stop, Paris!"

Unknown Time Unknown Location

A figure stepped out of a dark portal holding his chest. "Damn it… Next time I should learn not to underestimate him," he grumbled with intense pain developing. "

"We might not understand Maximilian but he is driven to stop Neyla. So, in a way… we are on the same side, aren't we, No. VIII?" another figure said stepping out of a similar portal.

"Shut up, ! I will not work with No. XIII. He betrayed us… left without an explanation, and he cares more for that girl then us," Daliden retorted.

"You mean Ms. Sanchez? Yes, they were always close… What is your plan, No. VIII?" Zeain said without emotion.

"We take the girl and he will follow us like a dog to some meat," Daliden said, grinning like crazy. "Then I can get my revenge!"

"Sorry, No. VIII, you can't beat even No. XIII with your true weapon while he still fights with his basic weapon," Zeain pointed out.

"SHUT UP, ZEAIN!" Daliden howled angered, " IS NOT BETTER THEN ME! HE JUST GOT LUCKY!" he said.

"Okay! No reason to get angry, No. VIII. I am just telling the truth," Zeain said coldly. "The master told your emotions get in the way of our duty. You did never seem to get that. You always hesitate to slay a demon while No. XIII had slain them left and right without remorse or second thought. He might look like a normal boy but he is anything but."

"I know this Zeain but you can't act like you, or the others. Don't you feel anything… demons were once people, too. So that is why I hesitate."

"But they aren't people. You know they've lost their soul, and that us slaying them only lets them be reborn!" Zeain replied with an icy voice but then they heard a beep. "What?" Zeain said taking out a cell phone, just like the one Kyo has. "A demon has appeared in Paris!" he said.

"So, what? Let No. XIII take care of it!" Daliden said with a smirk as he limped off to his room.

4:30 P.M. Paris Outskirts France

The gang was walking toward Paris, since Kyo had teleported them three miles from the city so not to alarm civilians. Then the gang heard a loud beep, "What is that noise?" Alex asked looking at the others, who were looking to Kyo.

"What is going on?" Kyo said taking out his cell phone.

"Why is your phone beeping? Did you forget to charge it or something?" Alex asked.

"Please, do you think I'm that—" his eyes then grew wide, "Guys, get back!" Kyo said getting in front of the other teens, his tone turning serious.

"Why?" Alex asked and was about to grab Kyo's shoulder until he saw a large seal appear in front of Kyo. "W-w-what is t-that?" he uttered, afraid of what may happen next.

"It's a demon portal. You said you don't believe in demons but this will change your view," he said summoning a weapon into his hands that was unlike his sword. It looked like a mix of a scythe and a mace with the blade on the end of a long chain where a spike ball would be. "It's a kusarigama, a chain sickle," he explained to Alex after seeing his confusion.

After a few minutes the seal was complete and Alex saw a dark figure it was slightly human shaped but had black rubber like skin with three horns on its head and red eyes similar to Kyo's, when he was angered.

"T-that's a d-demon?" Alex asked with terror spreading through his veins.

"Yes, that's a demon." Kyo answered.