Disclaimer: Blah, I'm sick of writing these. You all know it by now.
Warnings: Ice cream (well, frozen yogurt) abuse and man-animals wearing high heels.
This is just me getting everyone together and FINALLY getting to use the scene that I wrote months ago. This took forever to pound out. Damned fickle inspiration. .
Chapter 11
Sesshoumaru watched the miserable failure of his first two cannon fodder soldiers. After laughing evilly, he turned his attention from Heero's group to another. This one was also headed up by a glaring, gun carrying, 'omae o korosu'-ing hottie. He was watching the same Saiyuki DVD for the fifth time in a row.
Dorothy sauntered into Fluffy's TV room, oblivious to the fact that he was glaring at her and calling security.
"You know, that was really funny." The Mistress of Oversized Eyebrows didn't look amused, though. "I know Relena is a moron, but even she will realize what you're doing."
Fluffy and Forky looked at each other a moment before breaking out in uncontrollable giggles. "I can't believe that you said that with a straight face!!" More laughter. "Ok, now get the hell out of here before I sic Rin on you."
Dorothy looked hurt. "Aawwww, don't be that way...Fluffy!" Sess threw his snack bowl at the girl only to have it knocked out of the air by an eyebrow.
"But anyways, how long are you going to keep up this little pretense of yours? Everyone knows you're planning to take over after Heero offs Relena. We'd all rather it was sooner than later."
"True, but why not get rid of some of the annoyances along the way? You have to admit, watching that little blonde plug Ash was great entertainment!" Fluffy replayed the tape of said incident.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. You know he'll just come back later; they never stay dead for long. Just let the boys get to the relocated 'Hell for Mad Scientists and Other Useful Characters' so they can prepare to get rid of that royal pain in the ass."
---
Duo-tachi had given up the skipping and singing after about five minutes. Raven was currently grumbling threats of what would happen to anyone who dared say a thing about her participation in such antics.
"Right, right. We won't tell anyone that you were skipping along like a little school girl singing mangled old songs." The Braided Baka sighed. Ever since the whole flaming cheeze whiz thing, things had been pretty quiet. Almost too quiet...
"It appears I have stepped in a reddish liquid. It is seeping out of that little boy on the ground." Good old Starfire, stater of obvious things. The alien girl was currently examining her left boot, which was splashed with a deep red from the ball cap wearing body on the dirt.
"Whoa! It's a dead body! Cool!" BB stared at the corpse. In his line of work, no matter how bad the bad guy was, killing was not an option. The Green One looked around for a stick to poke the Pokemon trainer with.
Duo was busy looking at the bullet hole in the middle of the boy's forehead and the exit wound that had splashed what brains he had possessed all over the landscape.
"Gross..." Raven sidestepped the gore and waited semi-patiently for the others to finish their examination.
What training that Duo buried in the backlogs of his mind came forward at the familiarity of the gunpowder scent that lingered. He shrugged it off. "Eh, no one we know, right? Let's get going."
"But should we not do something? I am sure it is not right to leave him like that."
"Yeah, 'cause this is MY show!" A voice sounded from the vicinity of everyone's feet. They looked down to see what they could have sworn was a dead kid getting up and looking very cranky. Ash took off his bloodied cap and threw it on the ground so that he could do a second jumping up and down like a drug-crazed monkey. Simply because the author thinks it's funny. "If anyone has a problem with it, do feel free to leave an opinion in the comments box." The camera pans over to a trash can while some canned laughter plays.
"Quit ignoring me!!!" Duo shook his head and looked up at the author, "Don't you have a giant meat grinder or something we could put him through?"
"What about that gun the angel guy gave you?"
"Ooohhh, right!" A big evil grin spread across the face of Deathscythe's pilot as he drew said firearm.
"Do I really have to get shot again?"
"Hell yes. I don't like you." The author stuck her tongue out at the spiky haired trainer. "Fire away Duo!"
He didn't need to be told twice and pulled the trigger, splattering the contents of Ash's head across the landscape for a second time.
"Well that was fun, let's move on."
---
Wufei was jumping at every little noise in the distance. He was going to need some serious therapy after this. Why did the author have to threaten him?
"Because you're so cute when you're all nervous and jumpy!"
"I'll say!" Alternate Quatre glomped the Chinese pilot the way only a leather clad, longhaired, alternate universe version of Quatre could.
"Um, miss? How long does he have to travel with us?" Regular Quatre was losing patience with his other self. And with Trowa sneaking glances at his tightly trousered backside.
"Oh, don't worry about it. He's just here to be here. If you want, I can get you an outfit like his to wear for Trowa."
The Unibanged Wonder looked like he liked that idea. His little Quatre all decked out in leather and mesh...
"Erm, yeah." A bucket of cold water was splashed over Pilot 03. And just for good measure, the rest of the boys were soaked. Why? Why not?
"Omae o korosu!" Heero shivered in his tank top as he pointed his gun at the author yet again.
"Oooh, let's get you out of those wet clothes!" Leather Lad left off his Wu Wu glomping to try and undress the Wing pilot.
During the course of these events, our boys had reached the outer walls of a large and imposing castle. It was blessedly pink free.
"Isn't that Maze Castle?" Wufei eyed the skull shaped entrance.
"No, it's Labyrinth Castle." Heero crossed his arms and glared into the darkness beyond the outer walls.
"Oh yeah! The Gate of Betrayal and all that!" An unfamiliar voice shouted excitedly.
Coming up over a small hill were three figures and a blur. The blur resolved itself into a black clad, braided boy who tackled Heero to the ground.
"Awwww, I wanted to do that!" A.Q. pouted at the couple on the ground.
The remaining G-Boys (plus one) walked past the 1x2 that was going on to meet Duo's companions. After a round of introductions Raven asked, "Are we going to wait for them to get done?" Wufei was busily stuffing tissues up his nose to staunch the blood that was flowing freely.
"Are you all going to stand out there all day?" A voice sounded from the darkness of the entryway. Suzaku walked out to glare at the people loitering on his lawn.
"Hey!" Beast Boy eyed the speaker, "You're not the right guy!"
The crimson bird god bishi put his hands on his hips, "The Saint Beast Suzaku is too busy playing with his ant farm or some such thing. And anyway, I'm much prettier than he is!"
"So, does that mean we get to go through to 'Hell for Mad Scientists and Other Useful Characters'?"
Suzaku shook his head, "Not quite, you all have to get fixed up! You can't go looking like that!"
The thought of another Wizard of Oz scene made everyone cringe. "For the love of god! Not more Wizard of Oz!" Raven was still thinking of the whole skipping thing.
"Why not?" Suzaku looked disappointed, "Everyone loves the Wizard of Oz!" The Southern God jumped, one hand going to his backside. Alternate Quatre had big hearts in his eyes as he looked the god over.
"Marry me!!" Un-Quatre glomped Suzaku with all of his author granted glomping power.
The G-boys who had been stuck traveling with the over sexed blond decided to make the most of the distraction offered by the bishi bird god and finally lose Leather Lad.
"Do you think he will be okay?" Starfire looked over her shoulder at the struggle.
"He'll be fine! I mean, he is a god after all!" Duo bounced cheerfully along beside Heero, happy to be in the presence of his taciturn lover again.
Awaiting the group where the Gate of Betrayal should have been was a set of tracks and several little mining car style...thingies. "Welcome to Labyrinth Castle! Please be seated, four to a car. Keep all limbs inside while the ride is in motion or we will forcibly remove them." An evil cackle punctuated the little speech as a pair of schoolgirl demons shoved everyone by fours into the cars.
"What the hell is this?" The cars were rolling along at a leisurely pace, currently suspended over the lava pit where Kuwabara fought with Byakko. Cheap colored water flowed between the pillars.
"The lava in the show was animated using the exact same CGI as the Cave of Wonders scene in Aladdin." A little floating eyeball squeaked.
Trowa was actually looking interested in what the eyeball had to say. "So that's how they did it? Hey look, Quatre! That's the pillar that Byakko stood on!"
"Yes dear..." The little Arabian had slipped into the depths of his mind like he always did when it came to Trowa and Yu Yu Hakusho.
Beast Boy was twitching in his seat. "Can't this thing go any faster?" Raven was vainly trying to stay away whilst Starfire was showing the same kind of interest Trowa had for their surroundings.
"Why yes, yes it can." The eyeball gave the impression that it was grinning like a maniac before it pushed a button on the little remote it held in one tentacle. Everyone was slammed back into their seats as the cars sped off through the rest of the castle, past little mock-ups of scenes from the Four Saint Beast episodes and badly made wax dummies. The cars screeched to a halt outside, dumping the Titans and pilots unceremoniously on the ground.
"Who ever else thinks that sucked, raise your hands!" Duo already had his up in the air and was joined by about four others. Trowa had been happy with the ride, as was Starfire, and Wu Wu kitty was too busy puking his guts out to raise his hand.
"Guys, I think we've arrived."
---
"When are these people supposed to arrive?" Hiei asked, staring at the door as he had been for the last hour.
"Any minute, Vash had said." Kurama tiled his head in the direction of the bar where a heated argument over who had the best gravity defying hair was going on between the gunslinger and a pink haired man in a skirt. They were being watched by a martini drinking Michelin Man wannabe, though one must admit that Fisheye is a lot cuter than the Michelin Man could ever hope to be, and a long haired blond in tiger striped tights.
"My hair is sooo much better than yours! You look like a broom!" Hawkeye wobbled in his three-inch heels drunk completely off his ass.
The kitsune shook his head, having decided to tune out the conversation. Though it was the only form of entertainment at the moment, since they had to be in the main hall so they could meet the boys, and girls, and show them around.
"HEY! ANYONE HOME??"
The doors were thrown open to reveal our ever-growing groups of heroes. They piled into the hall, slamming the door behind them. "Ouch! What'd ya do that for?" The door swung open again to reveal Alternate Quatre, rubbing his nose where the door had slammed into it. Heero began grumbling under his breath, hand reaching for his gun.
"Excuse me..." Kurama attempted to get the attention of the group.
"..." Trowa fainted.
"Ah, Trowa!" Both Quatres rushed to the side of the Unibanged One to help him back up. Trowa regained consciousness quickly.
"Its Kurama!!!" He squealed like a schoolgirl before rushing the redhead and glomping him much in the fashion of Alternate Quatre. Bad, bad Trowa. You should know better than that.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" A sword point hovered in front of the otaku pilot's exposed eye as Hiei glared for all he was worth at the one who dared accost his koi.
"And Hiei too!" Trowa looked like he had died and gone to heaven as he disregarded the weapon facing him and glomped the shocked fire youkai. Regular Quatre was shaking his head.
"He's really obsessed, isn't he?" Asked the author.
"You should know you're worse than he is!" Quatre looked like he was ready to go into another Zero System fit. "You did this to my Trowa!!!"
"Maybe we should all go to the cafeteria and talk...?" Kurama tried to wrench Trowa's arms off of Hiei, who was beginning to turn an odd shade of blue.
---
Eventually, they got Trowa calmed down. This had involved some time alone with Quatre and the finding of a large Youko Kurama plushie for him to cling to.
At the sight of an enormous refrigerator, the travelers realized that they were pretty damned hungry.
Duo opened up the fridge. "Anyone want anything?" Hiei perked up instantly at the thought of something to soothe his damaged pride and throat, "Ice cream." Duo rummaged around a moment before getting a coat and crawling into the freezer. Several minutes later he emerged with a small container in hand. "No ice cream, just some frozen yogurt."
The diminutive fire demon's nose wrinkled, "Frozen yogurt is no substitute for ice cream."
The braided baka waved the container at him, "But it's Ben and Jerry's!" Hiei slapped the hand away, sending the evil yogurt flying across the room, "I don't care who made it, it tastes like dog snot!" The Cheery Braided One plunked down in a chair and leaned over to Kurama, "Is he always this charming?"
"Oh, he's behaving himself as well as he can after being shoved into this story." The redhead had a point. It was amazing any of them had maintained some modicum of sanity by this point in the story.
"I guess you're right." Duo shrugged, taking off the coat and trying to sit in Heero's lap.
"You know what," The author interrupted, "I'm gonna stop right here. Kurama- kun..."
The youko in human form cringed slightly, "Hai, Mizuki-san?"
"I'll let you get everyone ready for the big battle scene that's going to start in chapter twelve."
"Why me?"
"Because I love ya!"
"Oh, just go away already, you stupid ningen!" Hiei grumbled, still upset over the lack of proper ice cream.
"Fine, I will."
---
A/N: This is making less and less sense as it goes on. Even I'm starting to get confused! I don't think any of the remaining chapters will be this long. And, as you can tell, I once again got stuck not being able to cut off the chapter. The fireworks burned my brain. Happy 4th of July! ::just likes the fireworks:: I'm about as patriotic as a rock.
Chapter 12: The return of the Devil herself and the beginning of the battle!
Warnings: Ice cream (well, frozen yogurt) abuse and man-animals wearing high heels.
This is just me getting everyone together and FINALLY getting to use the scene that I wrote months ago. This took forever to pound out. Damned fickle inspiration. .
Chapter 11
Sesshoumaru watched the miserable failure of his first two cannon fodder soldiers. After laughing evilly, he turned his attention from Heero's group to another. This one was also headed up by a glaring, gun carrying, 'omae o korosu'-ing hottie. He was watching the same Saiyuki DVD for the fifth time in a row.
Dorothy sauntered into Fluffy's TV room, oblivious to the fact that he was glaring at her and calling security.
"You know, that was really funny." The Mistress of Oversized Eyebrows didn't look amused, though. "I know Relena is a moron, but even she will realize what you're doing."
Fluffy and Forky looked at each other a moment before breaking out in uncontrollable giggles. "I can't believe that you said that with a straight face!!" More laughter. "Ok, now get the hell out of here before I sic Rin on you."
Dorothy looked hurt. "Aawwww, don't be that way...Fluffy!" Sess threw his snack bowl at the girl only to have it knocked out of the air by an eyebrow.
"But anyways, how long are you going to keep up this little pretense of yours? Everyone knows you're planning to take over after Heero offs Relena. We'd all rather it was sooner than later."
"True, but why not get rid of some of the annoyances along the way? You have to admit, watching that little blonde plug Ash was great entertainment!" Fluffy replayed the tape of said incident.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. You know he'll just come back later; they never stay dead for long. Just let the boys get to the relocated 'Hell for Mad Scientists and Other Useful Characters' so they can prepare to get rid of that royal pain in the ass."
---
Duo-tachi had given up the skipping and singing after about five minutes. Raven was currently grumbling threats of what would happen to anyone who dared say a thing about her participation in such antics.
"Right, right. We won't tell anyone that you were skipping along like a little school girl singing mangled old songs." The Braided Baka sighed. Ever since the whole flaming cheeze whiz thing, things had been pretty quiet. Almost too quiet...
"It appears I have stepped in a reddish liquid. It is seeping out of that little boy on the ground." Good old Starfire, stater of obvious things. The alien girl was currently examining her left boot, which was splashed with a deep red from the ball cap wearing body on the dirt.
"Whoa! It's a dead body! Cool!" BB stared at the corpse. In his line of work, no matter how bad the bad guy was, killing was not an option. The Green One looked around for a stick to poke the Pokemon trainer with.
Duo was busy looking at the bullet hole in the middle of the boy's forehead and the exit wound that had splashed what brains he had possessed all over the landscape.
"Gross..." Raven sidestepped the gore and waited semi-patiently for the others to finish their examination.
What training that Duo buried in the backlogs of his mind came forward at the familiarity of the gunpowder scent that lingered. He shrugged it off. "Eh, no one we know, right? Let's get going."
"But should we not do something? I am sure it is not right to leave him like that."
"Yeah, 'cause this is MY show!" A voice sounded from the vicinity of everyone's feet. They looked down to see what they could have sworn was a dead kid getting up and looking very cranky. Ash took off his bloodied cap and threw it on the ground so that he could do a second jumping up and down like a drug-crazed monkey. Simply because the author thinks it's funny. "If anyone has a problem with it, do feel free to leave an opinion in the comments box." The camera pans over to a trash can while some canned laughter plays.
"Quit ignoring me!!!" Duo shook his head and looked up at the author, "Don't you have a giant meat grinder or something we could put him through?"
"What about that gun the angel guy gave you?"
"Ooohhh, right!" A big evil grin spread across the face of Deathscythe's pilot as he drew said firearm.
"Do I really have to get shot again?"
"Hell yes. I don't like you." The author stuck her tongue out at the spiky haired trainer. "Fire away Duo!"
He didn't need to be told twice and pulled the trigger, splattering the contents of Ash's head across the landscape for a second time.
"Well that was fun, let's move on."
---
Wufei was jumping at every little noise in the distance. He was going to need some serious therapy after this. Why did the author have to threaten him?
"Because you're so cute when you're all nervous and jumpy!"
"I'll say!" Alternate Quatre glomped the Chinese pilot the way only a leather clad, longhaired, alternate universe version of Quatre could.
"Um, miss? How long does he have to travel with us?" Regular Quatre was losing patience with his other self. And with Trowa sneaking glances at his tightly trousered backside.
"Oh, don't worry about it. He's just here to be here. If you want, I can get you an outfit like his to wear for Trowa."
The Unibanged Wonder looked like he liked that idea. His little Quatre all decked out in leather and mesh...
"Erm, yeah." A bucket of cold water was splashed over Pilot 03. And just for good measure, the rest of the boys were soaked. Why? Why not?
"Omae o korosu!" Heero shivered in his tank top as he pointed his gun at the author yet again.
"Oooh, let's get you out of those wet clothes!" Leather Lad left off his Wu Wu glomping to try and undress the Wing pilot.
During the course of these events, our boys had reached the outer walls of a large and imposing castle. It was blessedly pink free.
"Isn't that Maze Castle?" Wufei eyed the skull shaped entrance.
"No, it's Labyrinth Castle." Heero crossed his arms and glared into the darkness beyond the outer walls.
"Oh yeah! The Gate of Betrayal and all that!" An unfamiliar voice shouted excitedly.
Coming up over a small hill were three figures and a blur. The blur resolved itself into a black clad, braided boy who tackled Heero to the ground.
"Awwww, I wanted to do that!" A.Q. pouted at the couple on the ground.
The remaining G-Boys (plus one) walked past the 1x2 that was going on to meet Duo's companions. After a round of introductions Raven asked, "Are we going to wait for them to get done?" Wufei was busily stuffing tissues up his nose to staunch the blood that was flowing freely.
"Are you all going to stand out there all day?" A voice sounded from the darkness of the entryway. Suzaku walked out to glare at the people loitering on his lawn.
"Hey!" Beast Boy eyed the speaker, "You're not the right guy!"
The crimson bird god bishi put his hands on his hips, "The Saint Beast Suzaku is too busy playing with his ant farm or some such thing. And anyway, I'm much prettier than he is!"
"So, does that mean we get to go through to 'Hell for Mad Scientists and Other Useful Characters'?"
Suzaku shook his head, "Not quite, you all have to get fixed up! You can't go looking like that!"
The thought of another Wizard of Oz scene made everyone cringe. "For the love of god! Not more Wizard of Oz!" Raven was still thinking of the whole skipping thing.
"Why not?" Suzaku looked disappointed, "Everyone loves the Wizard of Oz!" The Southern God jumped, one hand going to his backside. Alternate Quatre had big hearts in his eyes as he looked the god over.
"Marry me!!" Un-Quatre glomped Suzaku with all of his author granted glomping power.
The G-boys who had been stuck traveling with the over sexed blond decided to make the most of the distraction offered by the bishi bird god and finally lose Leather Lad.
"Do you think he will be okay?" Starfire looked over her shoulder at the struggle.
"He'll be fine! I mean, he is a god after all!" Duo bounced cheerfully along beside Heero, happy to be in the presence of his taciturn lover again.
Awaiting the group where the Gate of Betrayal should have been was a set of tracks and several little mining car style...thingies. "Welcome to Labyrinth Castle! Please be seated, four to a car. Keep all limbs inside while the ride is in motion or we will forcibly remove them." An evil cackle punctuated the little speech as a pair of schoolgirl demons shoved everyone by fours into the cars.
"What the hell is this?" The cars were rolling along at a leisurely pace, currently suspended over the lava pit where Kuwabara fought with Byakko. Cheap colored water flowed between the pillars.
"The lava in the show was animated using the exact same CGI as the Cave of Wonders scene in Aladdin." A little floating eyeball squeaked.
Trowa was actually looking interested in what the eyeball had to say. "So that's how they did it? Hey look, Quatre! That's the pillar that Byakko stood on!"
"Yes dear..." The little Arabian had slipped into the depths of his mind like he always did when it came to Trowa and Yu Yu Hakusho.
Beast Boy was twitching in his seat. "Can't this thing go any faster?" Raven was vainly trying to stay away whilst Starfire was showing the same kind of interest Trowa had for their surroundings.
"Why yes, yes it can." The eyeball gave the impression that it was grinning like a maniac before it pushed a button on the little remote it held in one tentacle. Everyone was slammed back into their seats as the cars sped off through the rest of the castle, past little mock-ups of scenes from the Four Saint Beast episodes and badly made wax dummies. The cars screeched to a halt outside, dumping the Titans and pilots unceremoniously on the ground.
"Who ever else thinks that sucked, raise your hands!" Duo already had his up in the air and was joined by about four others. Trowa had been happy with the ride, as was Starfire, and Wu Wu kitty was too busy puking his guts out to raise his hand.
"Guys, I think we've arrived."
---
"When are these people supposed to arrive?" Hiei asked, staring at the door as he had been for the last hour.
"Any minute, Vash had said." Kurama tiled his head in the direction of the bar where a heated argument over who had the best gravity defying hair was going on between the gunslinger and a pink haired man in a skirt. They were being watched by a martini drinking Michelin Man wannabe, though one must admit that Fisheye is a lot cuter than the Michelin Man could ever hope to be, and a long haired blond in tiger striped tights.
"My hair is sooo much better than yours! You look like a broom!" Hawkeye wobbled in his three-inch heels drunk completely off his ass.
The kitsune shook his head, having decided to tune out the conversation. Though it was the only form of entertainment at the moment, since they had to be in the main hall so they could meet the boys, and girls, and show them around.
"HEY! ANYONE HOME??"
The doors were thrown open to reveal our ever-growing groups of heroes. They piled into the hall, slamming the door behind them. "Ouch! What'd ya do that for?" The door swung open again to reveal Alternate Quatre, rubbing his nose where the door had slammed into it. Heero began grumbling under his breath, hand reaching for his gun.
"Excuse me..." Kurama attempted to get the attention of the group.
"..." Trowa fainted.
"Ah, Trowa!" Both Quatres rushed to the side of the Unibanged One to help him back up. Trowa regained consciousness quickly.
"Its Kurama!!!" He squealed like a schoolgirl before rushing the redhead and glomping him much in the fashion of Alternate Quatre. Bad, bad Trowa. You should know better than that.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" A sword point hovered in front of the otaku pilot's exposed eye as Hiei glared for all he was worth at the one who dared accost his koi.
"And Hiei too!" Trowa looked like he had died and gone to heaven as he disregarded the weapon facing him and glomped the shocked fire youkai. Regular Quatre was shaking his head.
"He's really obsessed, isn't he?" Asked the author.
"You should know you're worse than he is!" Quatre looked like he was ready to go into another Zero System fit. "You did this to my Trowa!!!"
"Maybe we should all go to the cafeteria and talk...?" Kurama tried to wrench Trowa's arms off of Hiei, who was beginning to turn an odd shade of blue.
---
Eventually, they got Trowa calmed down. This had involved some time alone with Quatre and the finding of a large Youko Kurama plushie for him to cling to.
At the sight of an enormous refrigerator, the travelers realized that they were pretty damned hungry.
Duo opened up the fridge. "Anyone want anything?" Hiei perked up instantly at the thought of something to soothe his damaged pride and throat, "Ice cream." Duo rummaged around a moment before getting a coat and crawling into the freezer. Several minutes later he emerged with a small container in hand. "No ice cream, just some frozen yogurt."
The diminutive fire demon's nose wrinkled, "Frozen yogurt is no substitute for ice cream."
The braided baka waved the container at him, "But it's Ben and Jerry's!" Hiei slapped the hand away, sending the evil yogurt flying across the room, "I don't care who made it, it tastes like dog snot!" The Cheery Braided One plunked down in a chair and leaned over to Kurama, "Is he always this charming?"
"Oh, he's behaving himself as well as he can after being shoved into this story." The redhead had a point. It was amazing any of them had maintained some modicum of sanity by this point in the story.
"I guess you're right." Duo shrugged, taking off the coat and trying to sit in Heero's lap.
"You know what," The author interrupted, "I'm gonna stop right here. Kurama- kun..."
The youko in human form cringed slightly, "Hai, Mizuki-san?"
"I'll let you get everyone ready for the big battle scene that's going to start in chapter twelve."
"Why me?"
"Because I love ya!"
"Oh, just go away already, you stupid ningen!" Hiei grumbled, still upset over the lack of proper ice cream.
"Fine, I will."
---
A/N: This is making less and less sense as it goes on. Even I'm starting to get confused! I don't think any of the remaining chapters will be this long. And, as you can tell, I once again got stuck not being able to cut off the chapter. The fireworks burned my brain. Happy 4th of July! ::just likes the fireworks:: I'm about as patriotic as a rock.
Chapter 12: The return of the Devil herself and the beginning of the battle!