~Chapter 11~
~To the Third Level~

"You should not have come back here Corana." A voice hissed in the darkness.

"Ah...the snake that destroyed Eden. You couldn't kill me then. What makes you think you can now Usugoori?" Corana smirked.

"I do not have to kill you. Only delay and weaken you." The voice materialized a body from the gloom. The creature was covered head to toe in shimmering silver scales. His eyes were red. They glowed briefly for a moment and Corana's and Hiei's feet were covered in ice and frozen to the floor.

Corana chuckled, trying not to show her fear. "I don't need to move to kill you snake." She drew two daggers and let them fly, the snake dodged, but Corana used her wind energy to make the knives follow the snake.

While Corana was distracting the snake demon, Hiei melted his own feet and struck from behind with his katana, decapitating the creature. Corana called her knives back and resheathed them.

"That was too easy." Hiei smirked and turned to walk away.

"Um..Hiei?" Corana giggled. "A little help?" Her feet were still frozen in ice.

He blinked and then smirked and walked over and released her feet. "Thanks." Corana nodded.

"Hn." Was Hiei's characteristic response.

They continued on in silence.

They had ascended to the third level before they met the next creature sent to bar their way. She did not greet them the way the snake had. She merely sang. Hiei gradually felt himself drawn to the sound. Corana had heard one note and plugged her ears. It was Keisei

"HIEI! Don't listen! She's a siren!!! HIEI!!!" Corana was losing the little fire demon to the voice of the monster.

It was difficult for Corana to try to attack the demon and still keep her ears covered and not be drawn to the demoness' voice. She took the best route. She ran with her ears plugged at the woman. The demoness had the head and torso of a beautiful woman, but her lower body was just a giant mouth meant to swallow its victims. At the last possible moment, Corana drew her short swords and sliced the demon into three pieces. She cut off its head and then severed the mouth like lower body.

Hiei blinked as he came back to himself and cringed as he saw the monster that had lured him so far. Corana just shrugged and continued walking. "It's not like you knew."

A/N: Wow I'm just pouring out the updates! LoL. Thanks to everyone who's reading this. In case you haven't been able to tell, I'm enjoying writing these fight scenes immensely. And for the curious reader, Usugoori means thin ice or danger and Keisei means siren. Wow a siren named siren aren't I creative? Lol. Anyways, keep those reviews comin! Still looking for a few more good demons. Have to go up a few more levels.