A Battle

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Six o'clock. Six o'clock. That is the most ungodly hour ever. I groaned as I slapped my alarm clock. It went out with a little hiss that said it was time for me to buy a new alarm clock.

'Must get up' my mind said slowly in my mind as I curled into a tiny ball on my bed. 'Mom gets home in an hour and a half and you have school.'

"Ugh..." I groaned again as rolled off of my bed. Wait I don't have school... Oh I have to take Kurama home. I sighed and scavenged my room for clean clothes and stumbled down stairs to get ready for... what, for work? I growled at myself and the world but I settled down as I got my caffine boost. Then I woke up Kurama. I figured it was the safest way to do that. He woke up with slits for eyes and didn't seem to be much more of a morning person than me. I slammed the rest of my soda into his hand.

"You'll need this." I muttered and headed for the kitchen to start digging around for cereal. I finally found some of mom's hidden cereal that she saves for herself and poured two bowls. "Food." I muttered and shoved the bowl in his hands. I found another one of my soda's and split te last of it between us.

"I usually drink coffe." Kurama muttered after he finished off the soda.

"Meh that'll stunt your growth." Kurama stopped eating and looked at me. Ok maybe I shouldn't have said that. "It's true!" He shook his head and continue eating. I muttered incoherently under my breath and finished my cereal. I washed Kurama's bowl by hand and threw mine in the dish washer. Meanwhile Kurama was talking to Koenma about my missing school again. I didn't care. I mean I don't skip... regularly... but still this constant strain was bound to add up.

"Koenma says he knows some one in the office of your school who'll set it all up with your teachers and your parents." Kurama said with a click of his compact. Why did he have a compact any way? Oh well... No not oh well that was really weird.

"Are you ok?" Kurama asked. I guess my face had been twisting with my thoughts again.

"No... Why do you have a compact? I don't even have one. I mean is there some weird Japanese thing where guys wear make up like girls?" Kurama gave a little laugh and shook his head.

"It's a communication thing, for talking to spirit world."

"No I got that part but why wasn't it a cell phone? I mean they're common enough and you wouldn't look half so insane and you could even have a modern one with streaming video." Kurama shrugged.

"Take it up with Koenma." He said.

"I will! There's no way I'm going to carry around one of those. I can't believe Hiei does either." Kurama smirked a little.

"What about Yusuke or Kuwabara?" He asked. I blinked.

"Well no I guess not Kuwabara but Yusuke has a girlfriend so it could be hers." I grumbled. Kurama's too observant for his own good.

"Right." I squinted my eyes at him.

"Well any way... you up for a jog? Archer can't cut class and neither can Kit." I said. "Come on then." I smiled at him and jogged out of the house. He was next to me as soon as I was out the door.

"There's a short cut to barn through the orchard but we'll have to risk getting scared to death."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see!" I smiled and jogged faster into the orchard. Rows of apples of all sizes surrounded me. Through the Quart-lands into Macs and then too some of the older kinds, half wild and untended. I slowed down some then and Kurama matched my pace precisely. "Quite now." I whispered and jogged into a great field of tall grasses and sharp thorned wild roses. Honestly they didn't even look like roses but I guess my opinion doesn't really hold up against Scientists. Finally the sun sky turned a red and there was more light than just the twilight-dawn. I scanned the field nervously, they always came out wh-

"EP!" I yelped as two large does and a small group of yearling deer darted across the field. I think I heard Kurama catch his breath next to me. I smiled. They were pretty to see leaping gracefully across the field, never seeming to catch on the thorns or in a gopher hole. As they disappeared into the trees that blocked the view of a creak I sighed.

"Now would that have been any where near as impressive if I told you that there was a buck's harem living here?" I didn't wait for a response but started off to the barn again. Let's see... past the tree stand... around the tree that looked like a giant, cross two roads, around the creak that was now exposed. That part was a little hard with the jumping rocks. It wasn't worth being seen to take the bridge because my principle had all of the people out looking for skippers. He's kind of obsessed.

Half an hour later we reached the barn. I never said it was a quick, it was just shorter than taking the roads. Still it was a nice walk.

Kurama called up Botan on his compact. The portal burst into life, swirling hell hole that it was. I yipped and clutched onto Kurama's arm as we entered. I hate this part.

As we got to the other side I couldn't stand up right.

"Ugh... I think that gets worse every time." I muttered thinking I was going to be sick.

"No, but your right that was exceptionally bad." Kurama mused. I clutched his arm trying to stay upright. Ugh.. I think that puking was horribly likely. I sighed and looked up. Botan was smiling oddly across the room.

"I hate to interrupt."

"Ya ya in my dreams... when I was 8." I muttered and picked myself up from his arm, swayed violently and then fell back on his arm. I shifted and let my head stop swimming before I picked myself up again. This time I managed to stand up. Botan still had that stupid smile on her face. I rolled my eyes and stumbled down the hall. Koenma was at his desk only as a teenager. That was still creepy. But he looked serious.

"Listen there have been a rash of attacks and I can't seem to contact Yusuke or Kuwabara. That means it's just you, Seth and Hiei." Koenma addressed Kurama. Kurama nodded.

"What information do you have for us? Where is Hiei?"

"Hiei will meet you there. As for the information, it's nothing major just a gang of demons. I think some of them run back to Hiei's old gang. Any way they've been killing people and generally making a scene." Kurama nodded.

"Seth, Dee I haven't thought of a better bribe yet you will be paid in a treasure of your choosing from the treasury." The made me smile and Dee reached out with my hand and took over my voice.

"I am not happy, little prince. But it will do. I will make a deal for each level mission I get a level prize. An A level mission gets me an artifact, Level A."She purred through me. I coughed. "Wow that feels weird."

"It's a deal." Koenma gruffed.

"Let's go." Kurama said and left. I looked from Koenma to the leaving Kurama and back then jogged after Kurama. "Just as a warning, it might not be a smart thing to tell Hiei your getting paid for this." He said. His strides were twice as long as mine so I was jogging after him.

"Ya ok. Why is there anything good to be gotten?"

"You have no idea." Kurama said mellowly. He was kinda creepy serious too. But at least he was a cool creepy not a ... creep-ish creepy. Then we were at a set of portals. Botan was standing in front of a different one than the mine. In fact it wasn't even in the right part of this... this castle.

"Oh... Oh hells not again." I cried piteously clamping onto Kurama's arm. He sighed and clamped one arm around me and prying me off his other arm. With that arm he covered my eyes. I shivered with fear. "I don't like this. That last one..." Suddenly my body jerked and everything spun wildly out of control. I gave another piteous cry and slumped against Kurama. A few seconds later it was over.

"Are you ok?" Kurama asked. His arm was off my face but he still had me clutched to his body, which is smart because other wise I would have fallen over. I opened my eyes and glared up at him. He looked down and gave a shrug. "Force of habit."

"Stupid one." I said still leaning against him, glaring up into his eyes.

"Fox we don't have time for romance." Hiei grunted. I sighed and pushed my straight. I closed my eyes and held myself up against the wall. "Why did Koenma send the weak woman?" I growled deep and low.

"Neither of us is weak, however I can not say the same for you." Dee growled through me. I swallowed and pushed myself up. "Well Dee speak for yourself. I... ugh that one was worse." Kurama nodded. Hiei's head shot around. I finally had enough wits to see we were in an alley with two bared stores and that outside there were a couple of ugly guys with purple skin. One had spotted us. I closed my eyes and when I opened them the demon was dead with an arrow through it's heart.

"Hm." Kurama said approving. I smiled but then the other one turned in here.

He was fast. Almost as fast as Hiei. I tried to congure an arrow or mist or anything but I didn't have the time. Hiei darted in front of me and thrust a sword through the thing's gut.

"She needs a weapon, a staff or something." He told Kurama. Kurama, who suddenly had a vine whip (I feel like a Poke'mon announcer now) nodded and with it slashed out a window protector. It was too short for me, I noticed vaguely, but I didn't care.

I leaned forward just a little with my new staff in one hand and the other was feeling the air cautiously.

"Just to be clear these are demons right?" I asked.

"Do they look human to you idiot?" Hiei growled. I rolled my eyes.

"What kind?"

"Does it matter?" I rolled my eyes at Hiei.

"Ok I give up, kill senselessly with no care for what it is I'm killing."

"Now your getting it." Kurama said in a low voice and darted forward. I shot off after him and Hiei just kind of disappeared.

"So how many do we have to kill?"

"Well, Koenma said a gang so that's upwards of 40 but normally around 30."

"Great well pessimisticly that's 2 down 38 to go."

"Try again. Hiei's been here a while mark that down to 28 pessimistically." Kurama said is a soft and dangerous. I turned to look at him with new respect. He turned to look at me.

"Behind you." He said. I rolled my eyes back and swung my new weapon into an ugly green demon's head. He crumpled under the blow and I felt his skull had cracked inward through the pipe. I shivered violently but the feral blood that was coursing through my veins told me I couldn't stop to panic. Still that was the second demon I'd killed, this one I had felt him die on the end of a steal bar. I closed my eyes and a red mist fell from my feet and crawled all over the block.

"Two behind that building, and another one to the left of that porch." I said pointing. Kurama nodded not bothering to ask, I however was stumped. He shot out to get the two behind the building and I felt the one behind the porch dart out to intercept him. I felt him drop to the ground dead as my mist choked him.

I felt Hiei cut through my ankle high mist.

"What's your count?" I asked. My focus was so split that it was hard to concentrate on any thing, yet it was eerily simple.

"50 to start with, two are threats, one of those is dead, 18 dead by me not including the one that attacked you." I heard. I nodded. Then there were the three I killed and the one Kurama killed. Also the one Hiei killed for me. So five less...27 and one threat.

I opened my eyes and the mist shot forward in all directions. I felt my eyes glaze over and Dee, at the back of my mind, was giving constant instructions and tweaking my control to help me.

I felt all 27. Kurama felled 4 more while I was counting and I brought down 3 with the mist and 2 that attacked me with arrows. Hiei cut down 3 more but they were two spread out for this too be too quick. 15... then one disappeared. He must have figure out my trick. Slowly the rest disappeared as well.

"Damn they got smart." I hissed and let the glaze clear from my eyes. I still felt when they fell, I just couldn't find them when they were alive. 3 less now... Two got two close to me and I shot them down with my red arrows finding their hearts with perfect aim.

"What's the count?" Kurama called to me.

"10! You still have the major boss left. Even I can feel that power." Kurama nodded and jumped onto the roof tops. I had to stay grounded to keep my count. Suddenly I felt the power advancing on me. It was fast. I shot around and blocked it with my bar.

When my eyes realized what I was seeing I screamed. The thing was two legged with horns making a crown around it's head, it's mouth slit it's head in half and it only had one eye. It had purple skin that was rough, it cut open my knuckles as it brushed them, grabbing my weapon and throwing me backwards. I slammed into a wall hard.

"My, my... What have we got here? A pretty little half cat." It hissed. My eyes refocused and the mist started to crawl up it's legs so slowly that I thought I would never finish before it killed me. Keep his attention off the mist. My head swam.

"What have we got here? Why look its and ugly toad wana be." I growled, getting to my feet as if they were sturdy.

"Cleaver kitty." He smiled and rows of rust colored teeth appeared all the way across his face. I thought I was going to puke.

"OH demons could you be any uglier?" I said trying not to hurl. His eyes flashed concern.

"What's wrong with the way I look? No never mind. Your just trying to distract me from killing you."

"No I'm just trying not to puke. Honestly have you ever brushed your teeth?"

"Why would I?" He asked. I know I must have turned green. The mist had reached his knees now. When it was half way up his thighs I could strangle him.

"Boss look-!" I shot an arrow our and killed the minion.

"Wha-?" He turned around and dispelled my mist. I cried out and shot off as many arrows as I could at him. A couple grazed him and the poison should have sunk in. Instead he just turned around and looked mad.

"Now, now kitty if you do that again I'll have to kill you." I tried to creep around the wall and suddenly there was a hand on my throat. I gasped and his face got all together to close to mine.

"You won't!" I spat at him and he with drew his face away. I drew out my claws and slashed at his arm leaving a deep gorge. I looked at my now paws and thanked Dee. He pulled that arm back and then brought it down on my throat.

"Such a shame, you would fetch a pretty price." My eyes got wide and the world turned black very quickly. Then just as I was about to give in to the darkness I could breath again

"Wha-!" The demon stumbled backwards. I raised a hand to my bleeding throat. Luckily it wasn't bleeding heavily enough to kill me. I took a deep breath and turned to see Hiei leaning against a building. His sword bloodied and shining as brightly as his eyes.

"Ah my old friend." The demon smiled, revealing yet again his gory teeth.

"Hello Sarsnack." Hiei smiled. And then there was another cut on the demon's shoulder. Sarsnack gasped and grabbed his shoulder. His eyes turned to Hiei and set on him with deadly intension. Hiei pushed himself off the wall lazily. For all the fighting he only had a couple of scratches on one cheek and a tear at the bottom of his shirt.

His eyes shown fiery red even though they were crimson, and ... where his bandana usually was lay a third eye. That was creepy but you know right now I could really care less. Though... it was a pretty shade of purple...

"Why not kill me friend?" Sarsnack asked.

"Because I am going to enjoy myself." Hiei smiled and the arm came right off from the shoulder. I flinched as it hit the ground and green blood poured out of his arm. I stared at Hiei for a long second. How cruel... But what was in his eyes.

His face was straight as always and his dead calm was perhaps more steadily set than ever. But it was hidden in the fire of his crimson eyes. Something I couldn't find. I raised my hand up to my throat and clenched it tightly. Pressure stops bleeding, still my head swam. Another slash appeared along the demon's ribs and more green blood poured out. Now I couldn't stand it any longer.

I was never known for mercy... I didn't like it. But this was wrong. Three consecutive arrows pierced the demon's heart. He gasped and green blood poured out through the rust colored teeth. I sighed as his power all faded, then glared at Hiei.

"Thank you for saving me." I growled. Hiei shrugged. I sat down on the ground and my mist exploded around us all the way out. Up walls and on roofs it flew fast. Finally it found Kurama and the last opponent. Three more arrows flew and killed the demon and the mist tugged at Kurama's legs.

Then I closed my eyes. It's would be better to go through that evil contraption unconscious any way.

I sighed and opened my eyes. Soft green eyes looked down on me and red hair surrounded my face. I yipped and scrambled back hitting a wall. A cement wall...

"You... You didn't bring me back first!" I yelled at him. He smiled down at me.

"She's fine now." Kurama said seemingly to air. The only people there were Hiei, him and me and I didn't need to know that.

"You... You stupid asinine idiotic Fox!" I growled. Then I stopped. My foot touched something... I screeched. Kurama and Hiei looked at me oddly.

"It's- I- A dead body! And... and I killed him." I said slowing down as I talked.

"Don't take all the credit. He would have bleed out from that wound." Hiei said stiffly. I froze and my anger welled back up at Hiei.

"Why did you do that? You- You tortured him, why?" Hiei gave a shrug.

"I don't need a reason."

"But that was cruel!"I yelled at him.

"He was going to kill you, he nearly did, why defend him?"

"He..." Another wave of shock came down on me. "I... I nearly died." Hiei rolled his eyes and walked away. I shivered and fully reclined myself. Kurama was still leaning over me. "I'll... I'll be fine in a second." I said slowly and closed my eyes.

One hand reached up to my neck and I fell into myself. I replayed the events all over again with the feelings and emotions. I reviewed what I was thinking and doing.

Dee had dulled my sense of being, so it was hard. Then I found what had disturbed me to my core. It wasn't that I killed or that I was almost killed. It was it thrilled me to through and through. From the start to the end I enjoyed myself. I was thrilled in the killing and was peaceful and ok with my own death. And I would do it again.

((So yes this is a diffrent side of Seth. This moves her into a rather depressed part of the story but don't worry it only lasts half a chapter. Although some veins might refer back to it the story will not take a turn for the angst. I mean worse. Any way if you're still there I MISS YOU! PLEASE REVIEW!))