Thank you Sandi. She can join in on this fight anytime she wants to slut. Sandi has a right to be in on this fight. If you don't like it, tough. I say girlfriend because I'm from the south and that's they way we talk. You got a problem with it; I don't care. The girls and the guys might have similarities, but they do have differences too you know. And besides, if you haven't noticed already, there are people here who like my story. How are you going to deal with disappointed fans? You just going to bitch them out too? Anywho, no matter how many times you and your slutty friend flame me, I'll just keep deleting them. You call yourselves bitches when you can't even bitch me out without having to copy what I wrote to bitch you out. At least I come up with my own ways to bitch people out and I don't need to ask a friend to help bitch someone out. Anywho, thank you again Sandi even though your help was not needed, thank you. Now, on to the fic.

Chapter 13 Past Life



Hiei was walking through darkness. "What is this place?" A small child's laughter could be heard. Hiei stopped and looked ahead of him. A ball of light came bouncing towards him. He picked it up and looked at it. It was a harmless ball of energy. "Can I have my ball back, please?" Hiei looked down to see a young girl of at least 5 years old holding up her hands. Her eyes were red and her hair was mid-night black. It was a small version of Mayline. Hiei handed her the ball and watched as she bounced the ball and ran after it when it slipped away from her. He followed her until her could see a village ahead of him. The village was near a volcano. "I remember this place, but this city burned down years ago." "Mommy! Mommy!" Hiei saw Mayline run up to a woman that looked like a human. "Looks like she must have gotten her looks from her mother and her demon blood from her father."

Hiei watched as Mayline played with what seemed like Paprika. She looked as though her life was perfect. As he watched, the village people disappeared and screaming could be heard. Hiei watched as the city burst into flames. Demons ran through the village killing people. One of them took off into the woods with Paprika. The last thing that could be seen was Mayline as she cried over her mother's body. The scene disappeared, and Hiei was back in the darkness. Hiei blinked a couple of times before proceeding to walk farther into Mayline's mind.

Soon, a person could be heard yelling. Hiei stopped and waited for the new scene to appear. He was now in a room that looked like it was in a castle. The walls were red. There was a four-post bed in center of the room. There was also a man. He was yelling and hitting someone. Hiei walked over and saw that it was an older version of Mayline. She couldn't have been older than eleven years old. She had bruises all up and down her arms and legs. She had hardly anything on. "I'll teach you for talking to me like that, you worthless slave. I burned you village to the ground, and I kept you as my slave. If your father hadn't taken your sister, I'd have gotten her too. I fed you, clothed you, put a roof over your head, and this is how you repay me? By trying to kill me?" the man yelled as he prepared to hit her again. Hiei quickly tried to grab his hand and stop him, but his hand went right through the man. The man continued to bet him, but suddenly stopped.

The man was now spitting out blood. He pulled out a dagger that was driven deep into her stomach. Hiei saw Mayline get up and step back against the wall. She had blood all down her hand and splattered on her face. The man glared at her before falling to the ground and dying. The scene then disappeared again. Hiei was left confused. He should have been able to stop him, but his hand went right through the guy. Then Hiei could hear what sounded like swords clashing. A war scene suddenly appeared. Hiei walked through the battlefield and watched as demons slaughtered demons, there in the middle of it all stood Mayline and Machete. They killed one demon after another watching each other's back. If one demon got to close to one of them, the other would defend. "Keep at it, Mayline. We'll win this by sundown," Machete yelled. "Don't worry about me," Mayline replied.

Time seemed to speed up as Hiei watched the sun set quickly. When it returned to normal speed, Hiei saw that the only people still standing were Mayline, Machete, and some of their soldiers. The air smelled foul as the soldiers took each dead body one by one and burned them. Mayline and Machete stood in the middle of it all with a satisfied grin on their faces. The scene disappeared again. He now found himself in a hallway of a castle. It looked like the same one he had seen Mayline in. He could hear moans and giggles, and he knew what that meant, but it wasn't Mayline. Mayline was the one coming down the hall. She heard it was well and went to investigate. She looked through a crack in the door and had to cover her mouth. There was Machete making love to another girl. She didn't need to see anymore. She ran down the hall and into the gardens. Hiei followed her, but he ended up in a room where Mayline and Machete were fighting. "It must have changed again."

"Why won't you commit to me, Mayline." "Maybe because you've already committed yourself to some other slut." "What are you talking about?" "Oh, don't give me that shit. I saw you having sex with another woman. You just expect me to commit to you when you're cheating on me. Well I'll you something. Kiss my ass. We're through." With that, Mayline stormed out of the room and out of the castle. Machete stood at the window and watched as she left. "I'm not through with you yet. Spirits of time and old, lock emotions untold, lock her emotions to her heart as she takes depart." A dark red glow formed around Mayline as she screamed.

Hiei was now back in the darkness, only it wasn't so dark anymore. Stairs could be seen leading up to something. Hiei ran up them as fast as he could. "Not much time left." He reached the top of the stairs in no time. There was Mayline. Around her were dark cords the glowed an evil redish- black. Mayline looked weak and pale. Her hair was a mess and her clothes were torn. She slowly opened her ruby eyes and looked at Hiei with a weak smile. "Come to see the show?" "What do you mean?" "I mean that each minuet that goes by, these cords that surround me drain my energy until I am no more." A clock striking mid-night could be heard in the distance. "Not this time they wont." Mayline cocked an eyebrow as Hiei took out his katana. He sliced through the cords that held Mayline. Mayline's body fell to the floor. She was so weak that she could hardly stand. Hiei watched as the cords burned and fell to the ground in a pile of ashes as the last bell tone rang.

Hiei then found himself out of Mayline's mind. He sat up and looked at her. Mayline laid unresponsive. Soon though, her eyes opened, and she glared at Hiei. 'I didn't make it in time.'



Has Hiei failed? What will happen to Mayline? Will she ever be the same? Find out in chapter 14. P.S. Any one who wants to join in the fight is free to do so.