Summary: Alicia suffers a mental breakdown after Hiei and Kurama nearly die while on a mission. All of a sudden, when Alicia tries to fix her problem, she discovers she has been possessed since childhood by the same demon that tried to kill Kurama and Hiei. How will she face down the demon inside?
I Got a Demon and an Angel by My Side- I Don't Like Which One Has Control
By: Alicia Maxwell
The actual mission was over. The work for Koenma was done but the fighting continued. The enemy was slain but there was still danger. Kurama and Hiei were thrown to the ground with an incredible force which pressed them to the ground and held them there so snuggly that even the motions required to breathe were too difficult to perform.
Hiei got back up as soon as the force started to fade out and began an attempt to summon the Kokuryuha. However, Hiei was interrupted by Kurama.
"Hiei! Don't do it! It's Alicia!" Kurama cried out.
"Alicia…," Hiei turned to Kurama calmly, still attempting to summon the dragon, "would never hurt us, Kurama. We've both fallen prey to some cheap illusion and, once again, you've given into it."
"This is different than the encounter with Kuronue! Hiei, it is her! She's possessed!"
"Possessed?" Hiei's eyes widened and he looked back toward Alicia. He noted her unusual calm cold-blooded appearance and, more importantly, the color of her eyes. The colors of her eyes all changed so that both eyes were solid glowing red. Kurama was right. She was Alicia and she was possessed. "What do we do with her?"
"Think, Hiei," Kurama insisted. "There must be some way to knock her out without killing her."
"What? Do you two just expect me to stand here and wait while you chat?" Alicia asked in a voice not her own, as she rushed forward and locked blades with Hiei. "You're both pitiful. Why can't you bring yourselves to kill the girl? She's severely injured you, has she not?"
"That's not her, you idiot," Hiei smirked, "that's you. Why would we kill her for something she hasn't done?"
"She wishes for death frequently, Hiei," Alicia laughed. "Don't you understand? She wants to die. It's the only reason I have gained the upper hand inside her mind after all these years. Put her out of her misery, Hiei; kill the girl."
"How long have you been eating away at her, you bitch?" Hiei demanded. "Weeks? Months? Years?"
"Since she was a little girl, of course. A demon as wise as you should know a girl like Alicia would be impossible to possess after the age of ten."
"You disgust me," Hiei sneered, "picking on an innocent child all her life. She doesn't deserve it."
"Kill her, Hiei," she insisted again. "She wants to die, anyway. Kill her and be rid of us both."
"I WILL NOT!" Hiei threw back Alicia's sword and attempted to knock her out by hitting her stomach with the hilt of his sword.
"I didn't even feel that, Hiei," she smirked. "You underestimate both Alicia and myself."
"I can't hurt Alicia," Hiei confessed. "There's only one way to stop you and avoid hurting her."
"What do you plan to do, Hiei?" Alicia asked.
"Heh," He looked up at her and smiled, a crimson river of blood running down his chin. "I'll just summon Kuroni-san." With that Hiei placed a hand on Alicia's back and prayed, summoning Alicia's silver-haired angel Kuroni. One flap of Kuroni's wings and the demon subsided into Alicia's subconscious again. Alicia fell unconscious to the ground and Kuroni hurried herself back into the body to tend to Alicia's wounds from the inside.
Hiei sighed in relief and finally succumbed to his many injuries. Hiei had fallen himself, just as quickly as Alicia had. Just before losing awareness, Hiei sent out a telepathic message to Koenma- "The enemy is finished but we're all down. Send aid."
An hour or so passed and the aid Koenma had sent had arrived. It was Yusuke Yukina and Kuwabara accompanied by a few ogres. Yukina immediately went to help Hiei, for he seemed to be the one most in need of her healing powers, and Yusuke sent Kuwabara to check on Kurama while he checked on Alicia.
Alicia didn't look too badly wounded to Yusuke but something caught his eye about her injuries- she had burns on her arm—all over her. The demon they had been sent to kill had no flame-producing powers. The only logical explanation was that Hiei had attacked her but why would he do that?
Yusuke left Alicia's side and headed over to Yukina and Hiei. Yukina was rapidly pouring her energy into Hiei's body and he was starting to regain consciousness. Yusuke knelt down beside Yukina and, as soon as Hiei's eyes opened, Yukina was quite horrified to see Yusuke's hand shoot out and grasp Hiei's throat.
"Why did you do it? Why did you turn on Alicia like that?" Yusuke demanded.
"I didn't turn on her," Hiei replied calmly.
"Don't lie, you bastard! She has burns from your flames all over her body! Why did you do it, Hiei?"
"I didn't turn on her; she turned on us," Hiei sighed. "Alicia's possessed."
Yusuke jumped at the alarming news, letting go of Hiei. Alicia was always impossible to control through any method. How could anyone even enter her mind, much less take control of it?
"The situation isn't severe yet," Hiei said. "I called her angel and the demon subsided but the demon may return."
"Don't worry about it, Hiei. What's important right now is getting you a medical treatment. By the way, I sorry about…. Yeah… I overreacted and I'm sorry."
"I understand," Hiei nodded. "If I was in your position, I would have done the same."
"I-I'm sorry, Hiei," Yukina looked down with a frown. "I've already spent up all my energy. I can't help you anymore. My apologies."
"Don't worry about me," Hiei struggled to his feet. "I can manage with what you gave me."
"We best get going," Yusuke interrupted the two. "Even if you can manage on that energy, Hiei, you still have injuries in need of fixing, as do Alicia and Kurama."
"We should get going," Hiei agreed. "Can you take care of Kurama? I'll take Alicia."
"You can't carry her all that way in your current state, Hiei," Yusuke insisted.
"I don't care. I want to try. I feel I owe her at least that much after what happened here today," he answered, walking over to Alicia. Hiei delicately picked her up and turned to the others. "Let's go."
"Right," Yusuke nodded. Then he turned to Kuwabara and called to him, "Yo! Kuwabara! Can you grab Kurama? We're leaving!"
"Alright, Yusuke!" Kuwabara shouted back as he picked Kurama up off the ground and headed back to the others.
Author's Note: Am I freaking you people out yet?