Scroll 10: The Heart of Fire

(a/n: Sorry for the long update! I didn't know what the write...)

Hiei's Jagan eye opened slowly and begun to glow when it stared at the demon.

"Dance, making a fool of yourself," demanded Hiei, the Jagan glowing brighter. Unintentionally, the giant demon's arms and legs started moving by itself... doing exactly what Hiei commanded. Before Hiei could command another humiliating task, the demon spoke.

"Let me speak first!" the demon shouted, swinging his massive arms on the ground in effort to attack Hiei, who dodged his simple attack without a problem.

"Who are you?" Hiei questioned.

"My name," the demon responded. "is Li. And I have come to kill that girl!" Li pointed to Sango.

"M-me??" said Sango in surprise. "Why me?"

"I can't stand demon exterminators! You killed more than a dozen of my family members!" Li roared.

"Hey, if they look like you, I remember them!" Sango answered, daring to step closer. "They were trying to steal villager's inner organs and souls for food!"

"Silence!" Li roared again, swinging his arms low on the ground again in attempt to hit Sango. She dodged easily, jumping back. Kirara transformed into a fierce-looking cat demon and jumped to Sango's side.

"Hiraikotsu!" yelled Sango, throwing her large boomerang at Li. He didn't move a bit and got hit directly. Sango caught her boomerang again. "Why didn't you bother to dodge?"

"Dodge? I didn't learn that yet!" Li shook his head and thought for a moment. "How do I use that attack...? Hmm..."

Sango sweat dropped, sighing. "You're not much of a fighting demon, are you?" Inuyasha yelled from behind her,

"C'mon! I'll finish the wimp off!"

"Inuyasha..." Kurama said. "Not all demons like to fight. It seems like his family made this demon learn how to fight, but Li never learned correctly."

"SHUT UP!" Li hurled a dart at Kurama, who caught it with his hand. He examined it carefully.

"I see nothing special about this... it's not poisonous, and look... the point is dull," Kurama said.

"Arrgghhh!!" Li bellowed. "I give up!" He leaned against a large boulder, pouting slightly. "I can never get this right!"

"It looks like he's not going to bother us," said Kagome. Something flashed in the corner of her eye. "Inuyasha! Li's going to eat the Shikon shard!"

"What?!" Inuyasha yelled, looking at Li who found a sacred jewel shard and was about to eat it for lunch.

"Well," Hiei said. "There is somebody more foolish than Kuwabara."

"Shut it, shrimp!" Kuwabara growled.

Inuyasha snatched the shard before Li ate it. "Hey!" Li whined. "What was that for??"

"Your own good," Inuyasha glared at Li. Miroku suddenly yelled, "I finally found you guys!"

"How did you get here?" Shippo asked, sitting on Kagome's shoulder.

"It wasn't easy, but I fought off a demon and retrieved the Shikon shard from it and I went to Lady Kagome's time and I found you!" Miroku said, out of breath.

"Slow down, Miroku," said Shippo.

"So, where's the Shikon shard?" Inuyasha asked Miroku.

"Er... I... lost it..." Miroku stammered.

"How can you loose something so precious?!" Inuyasha shouted, his doggie ears standing up. ((Doggie ears... It sounds so funny. Doggie, woggie, poggie... ::anvil falls on head:: x_x Ok, I'll shut up now...))

"The demon came back with his friends," Miroku explained. "And well, I tried to fight bravely as I could, but..."

"You ran away, dropping the Shikon shard," Shippo finished for Miroku.

"Well, if you put it that way..." Miroku replied, nervously laughing.

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