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Prologue"What do you mean?" A fairly attractive female demon asked a male demon who looked like a split image of herself.
"Sister, do you listen," He scowled a bit, "They killed everyone!"
"No, not father, not mother," Her face showed a bit of fear and sorrow.
"Everyone, Sister," He said again, "All of our brothers, all of our sisters, even Kai."
"Kai's gone?" She turned away. Her green-streaked shoulder-length white hair whipped around, "Surely Kai would have defeated them."
"They used the little ones as hostages," He was becoming annoyed, "You were there, too, or are you that forgetful"
"Brother," She started calmly looking him straight in the eye, "JUST SHUT UP WOULD YOU?!?!?" she glared coldly (A/N hence the title, assume they are fire demons), "It's hard enough already," she finished her voice barely a whisper.
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There was a faint rustling in the bushes near their cabin.
"Sister, get up," He commanded with authority, "We have unwelcome guests."
She was up in an instant and she cocked her ears slightly toward the door and heard breathing, loud breathing, probably panting would best describe it.
The knob turned and the door opened. A hustling little boy came in. Sword cuts ran up his arms and legs, there were even a few cuts on his face. Blood dripping all over his clothes and his dirty blonde hair streaked with dirt.
"They're coming," he managed to say as he fell over revealing an arrow shot into his back. More blood could be seen spilling from the wound.
"No, they got Ryutsu," she gasped. Suddenly two men came into cabin, one with a sword, the other a long bow.
The one with the sword held it up to Brother's face, "We've come to kill the rest of you, all three of you."
Brother stepped slightly into front of his twin sister and demanded, "Three?"
"Of course," said the one with the bow, "You two and that ridiculous Kai."
"Kai's alive?" Sister asked cautiously.
"Stop playing dumb," the one with the bow said raising his bow and pointing it directly at her face.
"AH, BROTHER HELP ME," She screamed out of sheer fright.
Her brother hit the bow out of the man's hand and screamed, "RUN!!!."
Sister obeyed running as fast as she could which was pretty damn fast for any demon. She ran and ran and kept running. She stopped turned slightly. She had never been this scared before. She stopped mid-turn and continued to run. She didn't want to see what happened. She was scared, what if her brother left her?
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She stepped gingerly into the clearing in front of the cabin. She detected a thick smell of blood. Her brother's body lied limp inside the cabin. Sister's nose twitched a bit. The smell made her gag a bit.
Her brother moaned.
Huh He's alive??"Brother?" she asked.
"Sorry, Sis…" he said struggling just inhale.
"Brother," she poked at him and a small trickle of blood spilled out his mouth. She gagged, "Brother?" A bit louder, "BROTHER??" she was shouting, "Please," she sobbed quietly, "Please don't leave me…."
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Dedicated to EMILY and OLIVER and GARRICK and GRACE and JENNY and JENNIFER, my buddies.
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