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Mika: Isn't it late for you to be typing a whole chapter for this?
Firestorm1991: I've been dying to all day, so I'm going to. I just want to get through the disclaimer quickly.
Mika: Jin, get over here!
Jin: Yes?
Mika: Do the disclaimer, quickly!
Jin: Firestorm1991 doesn' own us characters or the anime and just the OCs and such. *flies away*
Mika: -_- Was that fast enough for you?
Firestorm1991: *smirks* Quite.
Nariko was terrified. It felt like hours had gone by and Kaiya still wasn't back in the cell with her. Just then, the guard from earlier was dragging Kaiya back to the cell and threw her in.
"I don't get why you wouldn't just give up the information on your friends," he said to a panting, writhing Kaiya. "It would be a lot easier on you."
"You can forget it. I will never, EVER turn against my friends."
"Hmph, suit yourself." He then walked away from the cell.
"Kaiya, what did he do to you?" Nariko shouted.
"Sh, just listen, Nari," Kaiya whispered. "Jake is going to question you. He's going to ask you if I told you anything about my powers after you started suspecting I was a demon. You are to say 'no.' Then he's going to ask if being a demon changes our relationship and how you view me. You're going to tell him that you wish it were different, but you can't let a demon run loose in the family." Nariko paled at the thought of betraying her cousin. "Then he will want you to swear your loyalty to him and the demon hunters. When he releases you, go to Hiei and tell him my location."
"I am not leaving you here to get tortured," Nariko replied.
"It's better than both of us staying here with no hope of being found," Kaiya somewhat snapped. "Look, I know you're scared, but you can't be. You have to lie your way out of here if you want us to both make it out alive."
"Okay, Kaiya," Nariko reluctantly agreed, "whatever you say."
"How did you get here so fast?" Hiei asked.
"Private jet," Kuronue replied. Mayonaka, Marissa, and Alexia were staying silent over by Kurama.
"And how did you get a private jet?" Kagami asked.
"My step-father's friend," Kurama responded. "He said we could borrow it when we told him."
"How fast did you drive?" Kagami nearly shouted.
"Fast enough," Kuronue muttered.
"Hey!" Everyone turned to see Nariko running over to them. She looked like hell, but she was dressed in a demon hunter's cloak. Hiei was about to pull his sword when Alexia stopped him.
"Nariko, why are you wearing that?" Alexia asked.
"Oh, hey Lexi. Good to see you." Nariko was breathing heavily and took off her cloak. "That thing is annoying." She turned to Hiei. "Kaiya's still back there. We were being starved and I think they tortured her, but she wouldn't tell me what happened. She told me to swear my allegiance to Jake and the demon hunters and then come here. Jake is mad about what happened to her father. He was his teacher."
"Oh great," Mayonaka muttered. "Not another one. I thought that Orochi jerk was bad enough."
Hiei, Kurama, and Kuronue looked over to Nariko who had just started crying. "It's not fair. Why did he have to hurt her?"
Kagami walked over to her niece and hugged her shaking form. "Tell them where to go and then let's go get you cleaned up inside."
"She shouldn't be here with you without protection," Kurama mentioned. "Jake may send someone after her."
"We'll stay," Marissa said motioning to herself, Alexia, and Mayonaka.
"Sounds good," Kuronue agreed. "It's better if we go alone anyway. We were thieves who could get past anything."
"Be careful," Alexia said looking up at his smirking face.
"Of course."
"Let's go," Hiei demanded. "I won't lose her. Not again."
"I won't lose her. Not again." The guard had been ordered to follow the girl and kill her if she betrayed the order, but after seeing the look of desperation and hearing the words of the short demon, he just couldn't do it. Never had demons seemed so human to him. It reminded him of why he became a demon hunter in the first place. Some demon had killed his girlfriend. Well, wasn't he doing the same to a demon who had never harmed him? Talk about being a hypocrite.
He watched them run off and then listened to the women talk.
"Mom, I'm afraid for Kaiya," Mayonaka admitted.
Kagami held her other arm out for Mayonaka to join them. "It'll be okay, sweetie. Your sister will be fine."
"You didn't see her the day she…the day she died and came back a demon. I thought I would never be able to make everything up to her. And I had never seen Hiei so empty before and he usually doesn't show any emotion whatsoever."
"He loves here," Alexia pointed out. "He made that clear a while ago. I just hope they aren't too late. I'd hate to think of what he'd do to avenge her death."
"Didn't he kill Jiro?" Marissa asked. She had heard stories, but she didn't know what had actually happened.
Kagami spoke up. Kaiya had told her everything. "Jiro was trying to kill all of them, so they had no choice but to fight for their lives. He tried to take her life…again…and then when her strength wasn't enough to finish him off, Hiei took action."
"After finding someone to care about him that he cares about," Marissa started, "I think it would kill him to lose her."
"Yeah," everyone agreed.
The guard nearly cried. Had he really been ready to help take Kaiya from her family? He needed to get back and help those demons. Then he would finally let this vendetta go.
Mika managed to get everyone into the fortress undetected using her shadow abilities. It was a new ability of hers to take multiple people into the shadows and travel. Well, at least Kaiya won't have to buy plane tickets anymore, she mentally joked.
The four of them were able to find uniforms to blend in with the other guards.
"Okay, so which one of these cells has Genosuke?" Mika asked.
"I sense his energy coming from that direction," Drysi said, "but I can't pinpoint it."
"Well," Mika started, "then let's start searchin'."
After about an hour of searching cells, Kuma grabbed Mika's shoulder and stopped her. "Here," he said.
Mika looked into the cell and saw a man lying on the ground. "Okay, cover me," she whispered before disappearing into the floor and entering the cell.
The man coughed when she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Who…who's t-there?" he asked weakly.
"Genosuke?" He nodded. "Hi, I'm Mikazuki Midorikawa, and I guess I'm your new leader. I'm busting you out of here."
Genosuke finally managed to open his eyes and smiled when he saw her. "Thank you."
"Anytime, wolfy, anytime."
"Hey, wait!" Hiei, Kurama, and Kuronue turned to see the guard who had held Kaiya and Nariko captive. Upon seeing the cloak, Hiei drew his sword.
"If you try anything, I will kill you. If you value your life, you will tell me where my girlfriend is."
"I don't value my life," the guard said, "but I will help you get your girlfriend back. She's not like the others…demons I mean…and neither are you. I've been where you are. That's why I'm this." He motioned to his cloak and the demons went off offense. They knew he was telling the truth.
"Is she okay?" Hiei asked.
The guard shook his head. "Not really, but she's hanging in there. I've never seen anyone with as strong a will as her."
"Yup, that's Kaiya," Kurama said.
"How do we get her out?" Kuronue growled.
The guard smirked. "Leave it to me."
Moments later, everyone was wearing these demon hunter cloaks and no one was aware of who they really were. The guard had brought them to Kaiya's cell and they found her lying on the ground. She looked almost lifeless except for her weak breathing.
The guard could feel the worry emanating from Hiei and opened the cell door for him. He ran in and got down next to Kaiya.
"Kaiya, wake up," he ordered in a whisper. When she didn't respond he said it a little louder. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"H-Hiei?" she called out. Her voice was weak from being electrocuted. "Y-you-re here."
"Let's get you out of here," he suggested. He helped her up to her feet and got her out of the cell.
"No one is going anywhere."
The five turned to see Jake standing in front of them with a cruel smirk. He wasn't about to let his prisoner go without a fight.