KK: Ok, here it is. The battle scene. (Finally). Hope ya like it. And ya'll still haven't reviewed my Alice Riddle! Come on, plz do!

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Chapter 18: The Battle Begins

The twenty-two Reikai Tantei stood in a single line on a hill over-looking the valley where the demon army was camped. The youkai forces were in formation according to the lords they served. Lord Aiten and Bito came out. Bito stood at the head of his soldiers. Lord Aiten walked to the head of all the youkai.

Kaita, who was standing in between Kurama and Hiei, narrowed her eyes. Her wings ruffled in annoyance.

"Ah, my dear Reikai Tantei friends," Lord Aiten boomed, "Thank you for accepting my invitation on such short notice."

Kaita gritted her teeth. Then she stepped out of the line. Her wings flared and her sword was drawn.

Lord Aiten continued, "I'm very pleased to see all of yo-"

"Shut the fuck up, Aiten!" Kaita shouted, her sword pointed down at him, "I didn't come here to listen to your idiot speeches. I'm here to kick your sorry ass. So spare us the pleasantries and start the battle!"

Lord Aiten glared at her. "You really shouldn't be so anxious to meet death. It's unhealthy."

"I'll tell you what's unhealthy!" Kaita yelled, "Messing with the Reikai Tantei. Archers, ready!"

There was a shuffling behind her.

"Aim!" Kaita lifted her sword. "Fire!" she pointed her blade forward. Fifteen arrows whizzed past her head and into the demon army. Once they hit, the arrows caused devastation. They were made of spirit energy, so they wouldn't just take out one demon, they would kill three or five. Some were strong enough to take down ten. Three managed to take out fifty.

'Perfect,' Kaita thought. Then she shouted, "Ok. Create your weapons!"

Spirit swords, spears, and other hand-to-hand combat weapons came to life behind her. And she knew that Yuusuke was getting ready to use his shotgun punch.

The demon soldiers in the first line lowered their spears so that anyone charging forward would get speared.

"Ready," Kaita yelled, "Charge!"

Kaita herself didn't charge. Instead, she flew up into the air over the demon horde. She planned to draw the fire away from the Reikai army. It worked, for the most part, but then there came the problem of dodging all the arrows. She dodged left and right, barrel rolled, ducked, swerved, and dived. Until, suddenly, an arrow buried itself in her right wing. Kaita let out a bird-like screech and tumbled out of the air and to the ground. But she still managed to draw her sword and cut down the demons that gathered to kill her. Two spirit detectives that Kaita didn't know ran up and stood over her, guarding her from attack.

"I know you can heal your wings," one of them said, "Quickly, pull out the arrow and heal your self."

Kaita nodded. She grasped the arrow in both hands and ripped it out. The blood that dripped out of the wound was purple. And Kaita didn't need to recall her wings to heal.

"Oh no," Kaita said as she felt her anger course through her veins. "Look out!" She yelled to the two Reikai detectives. They dove out of the way just in time to avoid getting hit but Kaita's wings, which suddenly tripled in length. The wings changed from their regular brown color to a blue-purple. She let out another screech, which carried over the whole battlefield. Then she lifted off from the ground. As she rose, her body grew and changed to the same color as her wings.

A chill went through Hiei's bones when he heard the bird shriek.

"Shit!" he said and dodged an attack

"What is it, Hiei?" asked Kurama, who was fighting nearby.

"Kaita's anger has taken over her," Hiei explained, "She's turned into a harpy."

"A what?" Kurama asked, wrapping his rose whip around the neck of a demon soldier.

"A harpy," Hiei called, "The real form of a female bird demon. Full bird demons can change to that form at will. But, because Kaita's only half demon, she can only reach it when her anger greatly dominates her other feelings."

"Is there anything we can do?" Kurama yelled, taking out two demons at once.

"No," replied Hiei, "Not unless we want our heads ripped off."

Kurama sighed. Then he leapt up above ten demons. "Rose Whip Lash!"

Yuusuke and Kuwabara battled back to back. Yuusuke had used his Shotgun punch, followed by his Spirit Wave, and was now completely out of spirit energy. He was fighting now by only punching and kicking. Kuwabara was creating serious damage with his Spirit Sword by extending it and then cutting through five demons at a time.

"Hey, check out Kaita!" Yuusuke yelled.

Kuwabara turned to look.

Kaita was soaring over a large pack of demons. She would swoop down every now and then and pluck a demon out of the crowd. The unlucky youkai was then torn limb from limb mercilessly and his body parts were flung back onto the battlefield.

"Wow!" said Kuwabara, "I've never seen Kaita like that."

Lord Aiten watched fighting from atop the hill where he had fled at the beginning of the battle. He was scowling. The battle wasn't going as he had hoped. A few Reikai Tantei had been killed, but not as many as he had expected. 'They're stronger than I had first thought,' he mused.

Suddenly, the large demonic form of Kaita came swooping down over him. She reached out, hoping to scoop up Lord Aiten into her large, claw-like hands. Lord Aiten's eyes went wide as her talons neared his face.

"No!" ...

TBC

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KK: Hehehe. I'm evil. Well, I'm gonna let my readers decide what happens next. If you want Lord Aiten to die, say so in your review. If you don't want him to die yet, say so also. And if you're impartial, you can go ahead and say so as well. Teehee. Anyway, I'm giving you a week to tell me what you think. You have from Tuesday, December 6th until the next Tuesday to say. Thnx ya'll.