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Korimi glanced up at the darkening sky and watched as little white flakes began to fall. "We always seem to get caught in the snow, don't we?" She asked humorously.
Remus grinned. "Yeah."
"So…." Korimi looked at him, a small smirk forming on her lips. "Have you told Vickie about your "furry little problem" yet?"
Remus began to laugh. "Yeah. She laughed and told me she already knew."
Korimi's smirk grew, before she began to laugh lightly. "Of course she did, idiot!"
"If you knew she knew then why make me tell her?" He asked.
"Because I get some sick amusement from watching you squirm," Korimi replied with a grin, which he returned. "Anyway you would have—" She stopped her sentence short, and Remus could see her muscles tense up.
"Korimi what's wrong?"
Korimi let out a low growl. "What the hell do you want, Ivanov?" She asked, not even turning around.
Smith's voice spoke from behind them. "You shouldn't stand outside when it's dark. You never know what may lurk in the shadows."
Remus looked over his shoulder, and sure enough, Liz Smith was standing there, smirking like she had won some great prize.
"Don't you get tired of me kicking your ass?" Korimi asked coolly, her demeanor quickly changing from anger to bored.
"If I am not mistaken, last time we fought you were poisoned," Tasia replied.
"And I seem to remember throwing you out a seven story window. I'd label that a victory wouldn't you? I mean you did get thrown out of your own barrier." Korimi smirked back. "Now, leave me alone before I kill you this time."
Tasia continued to smirk. As a demon, she could see perfectly in the dark, and Korimi, only being half demon, could logically only see half as well. It was clear who had the upper hand; not like that was going to hold Korimi back.
"I'm surprised. Your power seems to have increased from last time we fought," Tasia said, putting on a cool demeanor. "I can't believe you actually had the guts to kill 8 innocent humans," her voice dripped with sarcasm.
Korimi growled. "I assume you are here for a reason, Ivanov? Or are you simply here to annoy me?"
Tasia smirked. "Always to the point aren't you?"
Korimi growled again, a ball of black fire forming around her fists.
Sensing that whatever was coming next was going to be anything but good, Remus decided to intervene. "Korimi I don't think-"
"Stay out of this," Korimi replied, cutting him off.
"Tasia smirked. "Protecting the human are we? I never understood why you were so sympathetic towards weaklings like them."
Korimi snorted. "Weaklings? Who are you to call anyone a weakling when you, a full demon gets your ass kicked by a mere halfling?"
"We'll see who you're calling weak after I kill you!" Tasia attacked Kormi, who smoothly dodged the punches and kicks coming from the other girl.
'Shit. She's gotten stronger than I thought,' Korimi thought, barely dodging a blow to the ribs.
"What's the matter, mutt?" Tasia sneered, trying to land another kick. "A but too fast for you?"
Korimi grabbed her leg and lipped her on her back. "Don't get cocky, Ivanov. You always did think too highly of yourself and all it ever go you was a good beating." She smirked. "Though it did make me feel better after a difficult mission." She stood straight and looked down at Tasia, who was slowly getting up. "Just give up. You'll never beat me."
"Shut up!" Tasia glared hatefully at Korimi and stood up. "You don't know what you're talking about!"
Korimi raised an eyebrow. "Oh I don't do I?" She challenged. "Then why don't you prove me wrong and actually hit me for once…and make sure it hurts."
Tasia growled and muttered something in Russian under her breath. She was summoning her spirit.
Korimi continued to smirk as she saw a giant black, smoky snake form in front of Tasia. It looked at Korimi and flicked out it's tongue, taking in her scent, clearly restless and wanting to attack.
"So you summoned your spirit to help you?" Her eyes lit up. She finally had the opportunity to use the technique she had been training to use. "Ok, then. I suppose Keizer wants to play anyway. That spirit world must be so boring."
She closed her eyes and black fire slowly covered her body. Slowly, her appearance began to change, making Remus's and Tasia's eyes both widen. Her normally brown hair had gone midnight black and on the right side of her face, a swirling design began to appear, going from her temple and disappearing beneath her scarf. When she opened her eyes, they were still blue, but like a wolf's. The most unusual thing, however, were the black wings made of fire that protruded from her back.
Korimi smirked and looked at Tasia with her bright eyes, the black hair and markings making her look positively menacing. "What's the matter?" She asked, sensing the nervousness. "I thought you were going to kill me? Don't tell me a full demon cannot even merge with her own spirit. How pitiful."
Korimi was now feet from Tasia. Remus's eyes widened. When did she even move?
"What's wrong, Ivanov?" Korimi sneered, landing a punch to the girl's head, making her fly back a few feet and land on her back. An evil chuckled escaped from her lips. "I thought you were going to kill me," she repeated. "Though if you ask me, you and your little pet are far from coming close to my level."
The snake hissed menacingly, but didn't make a move to attack. It could sense the power from the wolf demon within Korimi and knew it stood no change against the wolf.
Tasia stood back up and wiped the blood from her lip. Remus could see the fear in her eyes; it seemed as if Korimi wasn't the only one who knew Tasia wouldn't stand a chance in the fight.
Backing up a few steps, Tasia called back her spirit as smoke began to surround her. "You wait. Malcev will come back. You are going to return to Russia. Whether you are dead or alive makes no difference." She disappeared and the smoke quickly dispersed.
Sighing, the murderous look Korimi had held the entire time against Tasia quickly disappeared. She turned and looked at Remus who was staring at her wide-eyed. "Sorry, old habits die hard. Ever since we were in the Cathedral we fought every time we crossed paths."
Remus was vaguely reminded of Sirius and James every time they saw Snape. "It's…ok," he said. "But you might want to…erm…change back before we go into the school. "I don't' know how the others would react to those wings of yours." He grinned. He turned into a full fledged monster once a month, every month, Korimi turning into a winged half demon wasn't that weird."
Korimi tilted her head back slightly and eyed the black wings. Taking a deep breath, she made the wings disappear into her back. The markings on the side of her face and lack hair however, remained present.
"Uh, Korimi."
"Hm?"
"What about your hair? And those markings?"
Korimi took a lock of hair and examined it curiously. "Eh…heh…"
Remus saw her first sheepish grin.
"If they didn't go away with the wings then…I have no idea how to get rid of them. This is the first time I combined my body with Keizer." She paused, as if listening to something. "Don't call me an idiot, stupid mutt," she muttered. She paused again before speaking. "I can call you whatever the hell I want it's my body."
Apparently Korimi didn't know how odd it looked to be arguing with herself, so Remus spoke up. "Uh…Korimi…what are you doing?"
Korimi looked at him and turned, shrugging. "Keizer. Apparently he can talk to me when our bodies are combined. Normally he can only speak to me when I am sleeping or meditating."
Remus stared at her as they began walking back up to the castle. "So, what exactly are you going to tell everyone when you walk into the common room with half your face tattooed and your hair black?"
Korimi stopped briefly before shrugging again and continuing on. "Good question. I suppose I'll wing it."
They walked into the common room a few minutes later, and met a deafening silence. Everyone was staring at Korimi like they were each slapped in the face.
"Can I help you?" Korimi raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms over her chest.
Quickly, everyone went back to doing whatever they were doing before, and Korimi walked over to Sirius and the others with Remus following close behind.
"Korimi…" Lily stared at her friend. "What happened to your hair? And your face!"
Korimi slipped off her cloak and took off her gloves. "Hm…Interesting, I didn't think it would spread that far," she commented lightly, examining her hand, which had the same swirl design on her face.
Her friend's eyes widened-even Sirius's. "Korimi, what o earth?"
"Forget the face, how the hell did you sprout wings?" James gaped.
Korimi suppressed the urge to bang her head on the table.
'Great, how do I explain this to them?'
'Tell them, idiot,' Keizer's voice entered her mind.
'Will you stop calling me that?' She visibly scowled, thinking that she liked it better when Keizer could only speak when she allowed him to.
"Korimi?"
Her friends looked at her strangely.
"Oh…uh…well…." She glanced at Sirius and Remus, who both gave her a small nod, encouraging her to continue.
This was going to be harder than defeating Malcev; personally at the moment she'd rather try her luck with him.
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K…well yea…REVIEW PLZ! Sorry for the lack of updates I've been uninspired lately to even touch this story…but not to worry I haven't given up on it! Lol
