my dad forgot! yay me! well he forgot today at least... i dunno bout tomorrow...

anyway this ones longer not much longer but still longer. and more exciting! omg im like getting myself pumped up. lol

Facing Your Inner Demons

Ch 39: Getting Started

-We're here. I have to go now.- Hiei told Kelly.

She still sat in her cell, her head still against the wall, her eyes closed. She opened them when she heard Hiei tell her the one thing she didn't want to hear. She knew it meant that he would get her soon, but she didn't want to be alone.

-Okay…okay, yeah. I know.-

-You will see me soon.-

-I know I will. Be careful.-

-Hn. Who do you think you're talking to? I will be fine.-

-Of course. How stupid of me. Oh! Hiei! About Lon!-

-What, onna?-

-He's a psychic demon. He can move things with his mind and he creates psychic waves.-

There was a pause. Kelly figured that he was telling the others her news on their enemy.

-Alright. We'll prepare.-

-Right… Hiei…- She paused. She had almost told him that she loved him. There was no way that she could do that. Not yet at least. Not until she found out…

-Onna?- Hiei interrupted her thoughts. He couldn't read her mind because she was too far away; only contact her, so he couldn't tell what she was thinking.

-Ah! Sorry… just please be careful. Don't take any risks.-

-I'm sure the others will agree with me when I say that you're worth the risks.- And then the contact was lost.

She could feel the heat flush her face. There was no way he said that to her. Hiei would never say that to her.

But then again, maybe he would. He was so different from when she had first met him, and yet he was still the same man she fell in love with.

She closed her eyes again and turned his words over and over in her head to give her strength. She would need it for what she was about to do.

She extinguished the fireball in her hand and then brought both up and placed them on the collar. She drew what little electricity she could and small sparks ran up her fingers and into the collar. It wasn't a lot of power, but it was enough to short out the power of the collar. The small fuse was blown and the collar dropped uselessly to the ledge she sat on.

The energy flowed back into Kelly as the warmth the fire element provided drove the cold away.

She walked to the door and peered into the lock. It was a simple one that she could make short work of. Bringing her right pointer finger up and placing it over the opening to the lock, she concentrated her demon energy. She shoved the energy into the lock and made it solid, much like she did with the weapons she created. She turned her finger and the door swung open. Why wouldn't it? She had an exact copy of the key, after all.

She walked out and down the hallway towards the stairwell. She had to meet up with Hiei, no matter what.

Hiei meanwhile stood about a hundred yards away from the entrance to the underground base. Using his Jagan, he surveyed the numerous floors. There was no surveillance. Lon wouldn't need it with his psychic powers. He would know when they entered the base. However, there were a lot of guards roaming around, to take care of intruders so that he wouldn't have to.

He relayed what he saw to Kurama, Kuwabara and Yusuke who stood behind him. All the others stood a little bit further behind, talking amongst themselves. Going back to the base, Hiei went to take one last look at Kelly, just to make sure she was okay. But she wasn't in her cell.

"Hn."

"What is it?" Kurama asked from Hiei's left.

"I don't know whether to be proud of the onna or mad at her for making this harder," he answered.

"Whatta ya mean?" Yusuke asked from Hiei's other side.

"She escaped. We're going to have to get her before a guard, or worse, does."

"Well, she's never been one to wait for someone else to get stuff done," Kuwabara said with a laugh.

"Yes, but now we have two targets," Kurama said with a sigh. "Before, all we had to do was to get to Lon and take care of him first. Then we would have gone and gotten Kelly. Her escape complicates things a bit."

"We're going to have to split up," Hiei said, "One group after Lon and one after the onna."

Kurama nodded. "Yes, that does seem like the only option. We should make the group that goes after Kelly smaller… we'll need all the power we can against Lon."

Hiei nodded in agreement. Kurama was right when he said her escape complicates things. But he had been right in more ways than one. Hiei now had to choose which group to go with. He wanted to rescue his charge, but he also wanted to inflict as much pain upon Lon as he could. He argued with himself over and over again in his mind and finally came to a decision.

"I'll go with the group to get the onna," Hiei said, "But you three will go after Lon. I know that you will do a sufficient job."

Yusuke and Kuwabara ginned while Kurama nodded. The three were just as angry as Hiei was. Lon would never make it out alive and his death would most likely be slow and painful.

They went back to the others to tell them of their plan. They all agreed, and the groups were easily chosen. Hiei, Jin, and Rinku would go after Kelly while the rest went for Lon and any guards along the way.

"Alright, Lon is on the east side of the third floor in," Hiei informed them all, "There are several guards positioned at random points. None too strong, but still worth our time. The onna is currently on the west side making her way to the fifth floor in. There are a total of six floors. The onna is not in any danger right now. She's being cautious and has managed to avoid several guards, but she won't be able to keep it up."

The others nodded in understanding. They would have to be quick and dirty. That, they could handle. Easily.

"Let's go," Hiei said. And they were off.

Kelly was lucky so far. The guards Lon had posted were slow and dumb. With her superior speed and stealth, she easily slipped past the ones on the floor her cell was on and she was almost to the stairwell that would lead her to another level higher. She wasn't sure how many floors there were, but it didn't matter. She just had to keep going up.

She smirked slightly as she hid behind a corner. Hiei must've figured out already that she had escaped. And he was probably mad. But it wasn't like her to just sit tight and wait to be rescued. Besides, her ass would've gone flat on that ledge.

A guard passed by as she hid in the shadows and she quickly ran in opposite direction, towards the stairs at the end of the hallway. She dashed up them and came to a stop at the top step. She hid behind the entranceway and peeked around the side to look for any oncoming guards. From what she could see, there were none.

The room was huge. There were what appeared to be computers (the demon kind) stationed on metal desks. They whirred and whizzed, but the screens were all blank.

Kelly cautiously stepped forward and looked around. Still no one. Maybe the guards were all too stupid to be around computers. Lon would probably have to replace them every week because of them being broken by some dumb-ass guard who couldn't keep his power in control.

Still looking around for any guards, Kelly ran towards the opposite wall where the exit was. She stopped halfway when she heard a huge explosion come from the floor above her. She really didn't like the sound of it. She needed to get out of there and the only way she could was by going up.

She didn't get to decide what she would do because she was suddenly grabbed from behind.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" a guard asked, his arms encircled just below her chest. "A pretty little half-breed lost her way? Why don't I help you back to your cell? Hell, I could even stay a little while, have some fun."

Why was she always stuck fighting the pervy and annoying demons?

alright! we are in full swing now! haha the end of this chapter makes me laugh only because i said ass and dumb-ass. i generally try not to curse in the actual story, only with what the characters say. but this was kelly who was thinking all this so of course shes gonna cuss cause thats just what she does. i felt so weird writing it but when i read it it made me laugh. dont ask me why i just found it funny. then again my OC makes me laugh in general because shes just so... i dont even know how to explain it. im just glad i created a character that i actually like because i have created characters before that ive hated (but go along with the story).

anyway... thanks to everyone whos reviewed! i forgot to mention that thanks to SilverFangCracker i have 100 reviews! never thought i would get anywhere close to that so thanks to everyone who ever reviewed!