12 chapters . . . wow . . . this was only going to be like, 3 when I started. LOL Anyway it might go on a couple more chapters.

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I looked down at him, starting to feel a little frightened myself. Here, the great Yoko Kurama was crying and clinging to me in fear of his life, my life.

"Stupid youko . . ." I said to him softly as I stroked his head. "We're going to be fine."

"How can you be sure . . .? You know the power of the Conjuring Blade . . . you know what they are capable of doing with it!

"They're idiots . . . only an idiot would depend on that worthless thing for power." I answered him as he lifted his head to look at me in the eye.

His yellow eyes shined with his tears like a beautiful jewel. But it pained me to see it.

"Hiei . . . let's go, we have to." Yoko told me standing to his feet and purposely stepping on my head to lift himself over the bush.

"Damn fox . . ." I uttered as I stood after him and rubbed my head.

I ran to catch up with him and in no time at all we were half way there. Of course half way wasn't as easy as it sounded. As soon as we got within a close distance we were instantly attacked by tens of minor demons.

Single ones were easy. But when there was so many attacking from all sides it became a slight challenge.

Yoko and I moved back to back to cover each other at the same time pulling out our weapons, he a whip and I a sword.

It was happening so fast and everything was unexpected and uncoordinated, but somehow we fought in perfect unison. A demon attacked at my side and Yoko's whip turned to kill it, one at his and my sword made a brief cut through its neck.

It wasn't long before we had gone through them all. A small pile of their dead remains, remained, on either side of where we stood.

Yoko and I both let out a grunt at the same time as he transformed his whip back to it a small plant and I sheathed my sword, both done at the same time.

"You know Hiei sex can really make two people coordinated." He laughed as we walked until we reached the fortresses main entrance.

"Ha, ha . . ." I said rolling my eyes as I inspected the door and he kept watch for any demons that might attack.

After finding there was no proper way to open it, I took a few steps back and then very forcefully rammed myself into it, sending it to the ground in a few pieces.

As soon as we took two steps inside we were again attacked. But this time not by meaningless demons, by only two who looked as though they were decent fighters.

One looked as though it were female and the other I really wasn't sure. The both of them looked rather deformed. I grew curious because it didn't look natural. I wondered if maybe these demons were being tortured and forced to fight . . . whatever the case it was upon their last minutes.

An opponent is an opponent, and opponents must be defeated.

"No mercy Hiei." Yoko said over at me slyly, for sure he had thought the same thing as I had.

I gave a quick nod as we again drew our weapons and charged the two at the time in the same way.

I screamed out a loud HIIYA sort of noise as I quickly ran behind the female one, catching her off guard and vigorously thrusting my sword through her back and out her stomach.

She dropped to the floor and I swiftly turned to the other one who had wrapped his (I believed it to be a him) arm around Yoko's neck and threatened his life with sharp daggers moving quickly forward towards him.

Making a risky but necessary decision I lifted my sword and carefully threw it towards the demons hand, praying wouldn't miss by a 8th of an inch and decapitate Yoko.

By very close luck it stopped Yoko's near death by dagger before cutting through anything besides a thin layer of skin.

The male demon cried out in pain as his grabbed his hand and as he did so my blood covered sword dropped to the ground and I hurried to grab it.

At the moment I was tripped by the female demon who had spun herself around and used her legs to knock mine off balance sending me to the floor unable to reach my sword.

Yoko sprung into action, kicking the male demon into a wall and diving for it. He heaved a heavy and painful sigh as he hit the floor, grabbed its handle and slid it into my grasp.

The female demon jumped on my back lying herself on me and using her hands to pin my arms to the floor by the wrists. For a woman she was surprisingly strong and was able to stop me from lifting my hands. I thought about trying to get up but that was probably a bad idea because she could then force me down again, only causing more damage. My only hope was Yoko.

He knew it too and because he did he ran over to where the male demon lied and whipped him until no matter how strong he couldn't live.

It was no longer two on two. It was two on one and we had a huge advantage.

The female was already wounded in the stomach so while Yoko ran as fast as he could to get over to me I worked my back to aggravate it, distracting her from Yoko.

Yoko soon arrived and almost instantly he wrapped his whip around her neck and gave her a quick and seemingly painless death, except for her other wound which had to hurt like hell.

I quickly stood to my feet and felt a very uncomfortable sliminess on my back. I already knew what it was. That woman had bled all over my back when she lied on top of me. Unwanted of this displeasure I threw my shirt off and Yoko and I started for a staircase.

"So Hiei, how did she touch you?"

"Damn it Yoko . . ."

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Again, sort of short, but oh well. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. ^_^ Please review!