Kenshin: *sigh* Of course this pathetic excuse for a Hanyou doesn't own Demon Diary or Inuyasha or Yu-Gi-Oh. But I do

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I reached out a caught one black feather floating in front of my face. It still had that dark glossy look to it. It was then that I noticed that my feet were no longer touching the ground.

Kenshin grunted as he landed back on earth and set me back down, not so gently. I looked up at him and noticed a wound and his left wing. It looked like a bad burn, and there were no feathers around it. So that's why his feathers are so shinny, I thought. They act as a shield against magical attacks.

I reached out for the sword blindly, and noticed that it was no longer there. Eclipse held it, and was inspecting it with interest.

"Katanna," he whispered. He looked up at Kenshin. "I believe you are from one of the tribes?"

"Yes," answered Kenshin. "But I cannot say I am from the same world. That sword, by the way, is not mine."

Kenshin walked up to Eclipse, picked the blade from his open hands, and dropped it next to me. Eclipse smirked.

"Ah, yes, Kenshin. You're nephew has been constantly visiting us."

"The little brat," Kenshin mumbled. "I hope he hasn't been too much trouble."

"I've done what I can. I take the mortal girl is yours."

Both Kenshin and I winced. We both knew I hated to be belonging to someone or a group of someones.

"Yes, the girl is mine. It is best you not call her a mortal. No ones is quite sure what she is. You did notice how long it took for your Death Drill to take place."

Eclipse ignored Kenshin's correction. I got up, took my sword, and started walking towards the nearest exit. Both turned to look at me.

"Where are you going?"

"Where do you think?"

Kenshin knew all about my constant wandering offs.

"Let her go. She's incapable of any harm."

"Hey!' I snapped. "I'm more capable than some people!" I started whirling around the blade in my fingers.

Kenshin turned away from me. "You and I have some important topics to discuss. She won't do anything foolish if it's stated that you can discipline her for me however you like if she steps out of line."

Eclipse turned away from me, and they walked of the balcony together. Then I was left on my own in the Demon Lords castle.

=^o.o^=

Despite Set's warning, Cassidy still got freaked out when she heard someone tapping at her window. She looked at her window and saw someone's shadow through the curtain. She ducked under her covers and tried to figure out something to do. She would be seen if she went to her parents.

"Cassidy? Open up!"

Cassidy peeped from under her covers. She could now see two shadows from outside her window.

"Jamie?" Cassidy jumped out of bed and pulled open the window. Standing on the roof above the kitchen were Jamie and Set. "What are you two doing here?"

"Baka," mumbled Set. "I told you to expect us. Get out here."

"What?"

"He wants you to get out here onto the roof."

"But, my parents-" Cassidy whimpered. "If they find us-"

Jamie pulled her out of her room. "Yeah, that right, we're just gonna sit here on the roof all night. Get out here."

"But, what are we-"

"You've been in Riyo's room before, right?" snapped Set.

"Yeah, but-"

"Calm down and picture it in your mind."

Cassidy found it best to listen to them at that moment. She closed her eyes and tried to picture Riyo's room as best as possible. She could hear Set mummer something, and suddenly, everything felt differently. She could feel the night breeze, and the temperature was warmer. Everything seemed silent, not like her noisy street. Cassidy opened her eyes. It was darker, but a little bit of light streamed through what seemed like a window. Someone turned on a light, and she heard Jamie moan.

"Sorry 'bout that," Said Set's voice. They were in Riyo's room, or what had once been Riyo's room. There was Yellow tape blocking off the room from the staircase, and everything had been exactly as the detectives had explained it. Black feathers, everywhere. Set picked one of them up.

"Kenshin, definitely." He let it float to the ground. "He sheds so easily."

"Aren't we contaminating the crime scene?"

Set turned to Cassidy. "As if those bakas could figure out anything from a case like this." His nose wrinkled. "I smell bloodshed."

Jamie shivered with excitement. "Blood?"

"I don't see any blood here," commented Cassidy.

"No blood stained anything. But someone, or something, bled here."

Cassidy shivered uncomfortably. "How much blood?"

"Not that much, in this word at least. We can't be sure about elsewhere."

Cassidy looked down and noticed something glittering on the ground. She bent down and picked it up. It was a silver ring, with a single sapphire.

"Hey, Jamie, look at this. Bet Riyo would have loved this. You know how she's crazy about the color blue."

Jamie walked over and looked at it. "Cool. Wait, is that blood?" A thick red substance was dripping down the gem. She began to reach out for the ring. Set glanced in their direction, and his eyes widened as he caught sight of the ring.

"Jamie, no!"

It was too late. Jamie's fingers wrapped around the ring, and chaos and confusion consumed them all.

=^o.o^=

I peered down the dark hallway. I had not idea where I was, or where I was going. Luckily, I had a full moon to like my path. Now I was praying that I didn't run into any Crusaders.

I twisted the sapphire in the sword, and it began to shrink and change shape back into a ring. I slipped the ring onto my left hand. I'd have it when I needed it. For now, I didn't feel like lugging it around.

I heard heavy fluttering nearby. Uh-oh. The Crusaders found me. I wondered if killing a Crusader would be considered stepping out of line. There was a little squeal, and what appeared to be a baby dragon stumbled out into my path. A baby Crusader. That's what it had to be. It looked a lot like that dragon Raenef had been holding on the back of the first manga. I slowly stepped forward and knelt down to its level. I held out my hand and let it sniff it, then started patting it on the head with my other. I smiled. It was actually pretty cute.

There was a rustle of feathers. I had learned to identify the sound accurately by hanging around with Kenshin. Could he have come looking for me?

"Kenshin?" I called out. I heard the sound again. "Kenshin, that you?"

There was a sudden explosion of movement as something black whizzed by me, snatching up the baby Crusader. It narrowly dodged the wall, and started zooming down the corridor. I started chasing after it. It looked like a person with black wings, wings like Kenshin. But it wasn't Kenshin.

I had trouble keeping up with it. There were times when I had to chase Kenshin, but Kenshin had never flown this fast. It only stopped when it crashes into and unexpected column. It let go of the baby Crusader, somersaulted over onto the floor, and landed upright. It was about to take of a again when I jumped the last few yard and grabbed onto it's foot. We both ended up face flat on the floor. I jumped up and pulled off my ring, transforming it into the sword.

"Great, another knight?"

I looked up. "It" was already standing. It was a boy about my age. He actually looked a lot like Kenshin. He was dressed exactly like him, had the same black wings, and the same black hair. His hair was longer, though, and was spiked. The very tips were dyed red.

"No I'm not a knight."

He looked me over. "I believe you. You're not dressed as one."

"Who are you?"

"Why should I tell you? You havn't told who you are."

"Yes I have. I told you I'm not a knight."

He grinned. "Takumi. Professional Thief."

"Riyo. Kenshin's Reincarnation."

Takumi's jaw dropped. "Kenshin's?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"He's my uncle."

I looked down at the baby Crusader. "You were going to steal it?"

"Correction. I was in the process of stealing it. You just got in the way."

"Why?"

"Huh?"

"Why were you going to steal it?"

Takumi crossed his arms. "'Cause they're cool. I could have raised it my self. Then, when it was big enough, I could have flown it-"

"Why ride it when you can fly yourself?"

He shrugged. "Dunno."

My sigh was covered up by a loud screech.

"Uh-oh. The mother's found her young."

"You idiot! You just stole it like that!"

"Well, yeah! What did you expect me to do?"

"You could have trapped her or something!"

"I tried, but it didn't work!"

We both stopped yelling as a huge shadow loomed over us. I looked up, and was frozen still.

TO BE CONTINUED