Ochita: Don't own anyone from the Yu Yu Hakusho cast. But that doesn't mean I can't make them do whatever the hell I damn well please! BWAHAHAHAHAHA Cough, choke, wheeze. Okay let the story commence.

The Hellish Nightmare Begins

Somehow, in ways unknown even to the author of this, cruel, and unusual story Hiei, Yusuke, and Botan managed to heal Rein and change her into a pair of Hiei's cloths. She looked rather pissed and no one could really blame her seeing as the cloths were much too large for the small girl of who was scarcely taller then Genkai. The black did look nice on her though. She stood there staring at the three until she asked, "May I have my weapons back now?"

"No." Hiei grunted.

"So you're saying to save the universe we have to become cold blooded murderers?" Yusuke asked angrily.

"Think of it as a small price to pay for the safety of everyone else in this pathetic world." Rein snapped.

"We risk our lives just to kill people?" Yusuke spat.

"Pretty much, but don't worry, you won't have to kill many people seeing as you'll be dead after the first round." Rein smirked.

Yusuke grabbed her by the front of the shirt and brought her close to his face and yelled at her, "Listen jou-chan I really don't like your attitude a-"

"You speak to me as if I'm actually listening to you. Your stupidity is very amazing and above all else you actually think I value your opinion. How do you do it?" Rein asked with fake awe.

"Shut up! I don't care who you are but your going to listen to me! What the hell am I supposed to do to shut this whole thing down before it even gets started!?" Yusuke shouted shaking Rein with uncontrolled furry.

"You can't. The people hosting the tournament send you a key into an unoccupied realm where you go to compete. You don't know where the Death Tournament is until the week before it starts and because you usually use that time to get to the realm it gets kind of hard to make room in your busy schedule to cancel something that big." Rein then added irritated, "Put me down."

Yusuke threw her backwards. This girl was worse than any of his enemies and she wasn't even included in that category. He stared at her and asked, "Are you going to enter this tournament?"

"Are you really that stupid?"

"Coward." Hiei grunted.

"Never mind, I see now that there is a new intellictual low." She sighed.

That made Hiei, Yusuke, and Botan all spin around and look at the girl strangely. They were all thinking the same thing. Does she already have a team set up? No one voiced it and for a moment they couldn't believe someone as heartless as her would risk her life to save another living soul.

"I'll go in alone, I'll die alone, and I don't really care. I'm not going to live much longer anyway. I'm going to go out with a bang and drag every single one of those Diurnes down to hell with me, kicking and screaming." She seethed.

"If you're not a Nocturne then why are you fighting? What do you get out of it? I doubt your doing this out of compassion so, don't even try to pull that kind of shit with me. You're not sympathetic, there is no kindness in your heart, and pity is out of the question, so why?" Hiei asked truly curious.

"Let's just say Enma-sama didn't pick out six random twilights the last time I was sent into that tournament." Rein spoke in a soft tone but tried to dismiss it by staring off in the direction of the kitchen.

"Hold on a minute. You mean you-" Yusuke started.

"Shut up." She growled.

Botan had her hand over her mouth. No wonder the girl had been so mad at her. She worked for Enma and he'd...

"So you're doing this out of revenge for your friends' deaths?" Hiei asked bluntly.

"I finish what I start." Rein snapped at him.

Then a thought hit Botan in the head like a brass hammer. She paled and stared at Rein in disbelief and asked, "How old are you?"

"Twilight years or Human years?" Rein asked with a truly puzzled expression on her face.

"T-twilight years." Botan stuttered out the reply.

"17, does it make a difference or something?" Rein asked in confusion.

Images assaulted Botan's line of sight and...

"Bathroom's down the hall to the left." Hiei stated with out even turning around to look at Botan. He could smell how sickly nauseous she was.

Botan ran for the bathroom and, from the sound of it, she lost everything in her stomach within three hurls. Rein stared off down the hall way, and then scratched the back of her head. --;

"Am I truly that bad to think about?"

Yusuke and Hiei just stared at her for a second and then asked, "You don't know why she's throwing up do you?"

"Anou...iie." Rein shrugged.

Botan came teetering out for a second, and then ran back into the bathroom. She must have thrown up the remnants of what was in her stomach, and then turned the sink on and splashed her face a few times, and washed out her mouth. She looked like she was about to faint when she exited the small restroom. She sauntered over to Rein like a drunk and almost fell down but the red headed girl, to everyone's surprise, caught her and tried to steady her.

"What's wrong with you?" Yusuke asked concerned.

Botan completely ignored the question and stared dizzily at Rein. Rein stared back looking slightly uncomfortable with the fact that she was supporting the girl who threw up because of her for no apparent reason. But with Botan's next words it became very apparent.

"You...were...eight...years...old."

"Anou...I was seven."

Botan slid off Rein and collapsed on the ground. Rein looked down at her with a frown and before turning around she said, "I think there's something wrong with her."

"Iie. There's something wrong with you." Yusuke croaked.

Hiei was rooted in position and his face had gained an unhealthy pallor. He had had a very tough life but was not forced to kill until the age of 11 and even now that he thought about it, he remembered having nightmares after that. He remembered his blade sticking out from the neck of a wolf demon and seeing the life flee from the man's amber eyes. After that he'd been forced to kill again and again and again. Then he decided if he were to go through that type of hell to survive he might as well make a living out of it, and became an assassin. Life had been cruel to him sense the beginning but he had to wonder just exactly what type of hell one would have to live in to have to kill at the age of seven. And then he wondered why Enma would send specifically her and her friends into battle. He snapped out of his daze. He had to know why.

"You said Enma-sama didn't pick six random Twilights to send to battle. Why did he pick you?"

"Because I had a reputation, why would one seek out someone if they hadn't heard of him, or her."

"A reputation for what?"

"Hello!!!! Have you listen to a word I've been saying. The Twilights tried to revolt! Enma-sama shoved us into a nothing dimension. Everything was mist and fog. We couldn't really live off that for long so we broke through the barrier and fought. If you could walk, you were given a weapon and you killed someone with it. Apparently I was the best at it." She scoffed.

Yusuke choked, "How old were you when you first killed a person?"

"Three. I sat up on top of a roof and chucked shurikin throwing stars at everyone's head. Then when I was four they let me join the skirmishes on the ground and in the air. And you don't kill angels, we're spirits to begin with. You don't die you cease to exist in entirety."

Hiei's eyes narrowed, "You mean you're soul is pulverized after death?" The thought sickened him.

"Something like that." Rein shrugged.

"After the revolt failed you became a mercenary?" Hiei asked flatly. He was trying to change the subject and get the image of a certain little red head, as a four year old, running a man through with a katana.

"Noooo. I didn't have a choice and I didn't get paid. War lasted for four years and in the end, only the fittest survived. And after one of the greatest battles my soldiers squad came out on top despite the odds. That's how Enma-sama knew who to pick." Rein scratched the back of her head and looked down at Botan. "You should help your friend, she looks kind of...sick."

"Just out of morbid curiosity, how old were the people in your squad, and how many were there?" Yusuke asked rubbing his temples with his fingers.

"The oldest was actually a nocturne, my 'half brother', he was 14 at the time. The rest of us were some where between there and 4,well, I was 5 but some of my friends were 4. There had been 35 of us. In the end there were only 12."

"Was your brother one of them?" Hiei asked softly.

"Of course! He was our leader! Koku-san was the strongest and the smartest and the most wonderful person in the world, in any world!" Rein shouted angrily at Hiei.

Hiei didn't push the topic any further. Rein didn't know it but she'd given away the fact that, even though her brother hadn't died in that battle, he'd died, she said 'was' instead of 'is'. This also didn't go unnoticed by Yusuke, but he also knew when to draw the line. Interrogation on this topic got worse as it went on and both knew it would only get worse. Everyone was silent until Yusuke opened his big mouth.

"Looks like we don't have to look real hard for a sixth person."

Hiei acted on impulse for the first time in his life. He smacked Yusuke upside the back of his head. He turned back to Rein who had her head tilted to the side in a strangely adorable way. She looked at him and said, "You only have three eligible persons."

"What do you mean? We have Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Genkai." Yusuke said counting them off on his fingers and continued, "Plus you and me and that makes six."

"Even though the name Genkai rings a bell I'm still not sure I know who that is. Unless the big tall man is an extremely strong psychic he can't come." Rein stated.

"Why not? Do you have something against humans?" Yusuke asked angrily.

"I have absolutely nothing against humans. It's just that the tournaments arena is always in the 5th dimension because it's easier for angels to live in. If he stepped in without the ability to rearrange his cells he'd age and die before we stepped into it." Rein said as if she couldn't understand why Yusuke would even ask such a thing.

"Well, Genkai is an incredibly strong psychic and can do just that but as for Kuwabara...we have to find someone else." Botan trailed off. It was bad of her but secretly she was happy that one of her friends didn't have to fight. That was until Rein said something that just confused them all.

"If he's got a strong energy force, and high stability, as well as willing, I could turn him into a Dawn. It might actually prolong my death too," Then she snorted, "Not that that's really a good thing."

"What's a Dawn?" Yusuke asked.

"A lower class Tenshi. It'll increase his power, don't worry, I wouldn't turn him into a zombie, but with his permission it would be relatively simple." Then as a second thought she added, "It is extremely painful though. The initial jolt of energy could kill him if he isn't strong enough."

"Then no, absolutely not!" Botan shouted at her.

"Actually I'd go through with it. In fact I think I'll enforce it." Hiei was grinning.

"Think of Yukina! Your sister would be crushed if he died." Botan snapped at him.

Hiei grumbled a, "that's why I haven't done it myself." Under his breath.

"If I could see him then I could tell you whether he would die or not. If he is physically strong enough then he shouldn't die unless he gives into the force of death in my blood. He'd be given a choice, he could choose to die if the pain became that unbearable, and I assure you it is, or he could hold onto his life. It all depends on his mental state." Rein said as if she were stating a fact she had memorized.

"Well, now all we have to do is go to Genkai's and find out. Any buses you know of that run at 2 am?" Yusuke asked Hiei.

"Iie."

"If you have a picture of the place I could get you their within moments." Rein sighed. She seemed rather tired.

"I've got a small wallet sized picture of us standing in front of grammas. You think that'd work?" Yusuke smiled.

"Good enough." She then turned to Hiei and said, "I hope you don't value this shirt."

"Why?" Hiei asked irritated. Going to Genkai's at 2 in the morning was not something he wanted to do.

"Because I'm going to cut it. There is no way I'm going to take it off." She snapped then added, "Gimme your tanto."

"I'll cut the shirt, you tell me where." He growled after he took out his dagger.

"Let he-" Rein started until Hiei cut her off.

"I'm not stupid. You could disarm her easily." He jerked his head in Botan's direction.

Rein glared pitchforks at him. Hiei was, put simply, extremely uncomfortable with that. He shifted slightly and watched her eyes move with him. She turned around and said, "Beneath my shoulder blades there are two ridges. Cut the shirt there but if you cut my skin I will turn around and lodge that blade in your throat."

Hiei just nodded and walked up behind her. He felt along her back pressing gently, he didn't know if he'd hurt her if he pressed hard...

Wait a minute. Why do I even care if that hurts her. In fact I should be happy if it does. Hn-. It's just because she is now an allay. But I don't trust her as far as I can throw her...no wait I mean...crap.

He found the spot on the right side, lifted the shirt and cut in. He had held the knife so that his forefinger was over the edge of the blade to avoid any chance of cutting her but that meant he had to draw his finger down her back. As he touched the first ridge she jumped slightly and the muscle there contracted. Hiei, out of his own curiosity as to what the ridges felt like, put two fingers over the blade and felt down them. The muscles in the ridges contracted at his touch but they seemed to look more like miniature spines than muscles. After he'd finished she turned around and her aura began to flare. It was a mixture of colors that were usually seen in the twilight sky. Black silver wings shaped like bats wings but with beautiful ebony-silver feathers burst from her back. Hiei, Yusuke, and Botan all cringed at the sound of the ripping skin.

"Does that hurt?" Yusuke asked.

"Yes." Rein replied and continued, "Now all of you gather in front of me and give me the picture."

They all did and Yusuke handed Rein the picture. Her wingspan was enormous so she was able to wrap the feathered appendages around all of them at once. She took out the picture and began to chant. Hiei looked up and saw his ceiling fading black. He felt a rush of wind and all of a sudden he could see the night sky. Rein opened her wings and there they stood in front of Genkai's shrine. She looked about interestedly as if she'd never seen a shrine. Hiei saw one of her feathers on the ground and picked it up. He liked the color of it so he stuffed it in his pocket. He had her weapons with him, a fact of which Rein hadn't noticed.

"This place is beautiful." she whispered beneath her breath.

"Get away from my shrine!" Genkai shouted and began to attack Rein.

A series of kicks and punches followed of which Rein blocked or dodged. Genkai slid backwards and shouted, "HAAA" as a rain of spirit energy flew at the twilight. Rein dodged all of them and reflected one with the iron manacle she had around her right wrist.

Genkai flew at her while she was preoccupied and kicked her. Rein went flying backwards but flipped back and pushed of the tree that she was about to crash into. She then gave one large flap of both wings, accelerating herself to the point where she no longer became visible. She tackled Genkai, turned around while letting her wings quickly slide into her back, and shielded Genkai from the ground as they both went crashing into it.

"Let go of me demon!" Genkai growled as she struggled from within Rein's tight grasp.

"First off I'm not a demon. Secondly I have no intention of desecrating your shrine. And thirdly I'd say it safe to guess that you are Genkai." Rein hissed.

"I'm not stupid. That energy surge came from a high A class demon!" Genkai snapped.

"I'm a twilight you dolt." Rein snorted.

"A what?" the old woman snapped.

"She's Tenshi. A very powerful one." Botan stated.

Genkai blinked twice then turned around , "Anou...gomen nasai. I thought you were a demon." --;

"I could tell." Rein said flatly.

"Well, in that case you may come in to tell me why you are here."

They all walked up the enigwa and into the sliding door where they were met with a vacant room. Kurama and Kuwabara rushed in and shouted, "What the hell was that?"

"It was me." Rein snapped.

"Just tell me why you've come to my shrine." Genkai urged.

"These yarou's are going to rush to there death with me and decided to drag you with them. I'm here to turn the tall man into a dawn so he can come along and die with us too." Rein grinned at Kuwabara.

"NANI?" Kuwabara shouted.

"Sumimasen?" Genkai asked, looking at Rein skeptically.

"We need your help with another tournament." Yusuke said to Genkai.

"You do? Alright, let's sit down and you can explain the rules." Genkai said as she walked to the center of the room and sat down. They all did the same.

Yusuke did a general summery of what happened and everything. They all listened attentively and when he finished, all had grave looks on there face.

"Killing's against my code." Kuwabara said solemnly.

"You'll have to do it if you wish to save everything that's precious to you." Rein growled.

"You seem to have no small qualms about killing living beings." Genkai snapped at her.

"You're right...then again I don't really care if I die either." She shrugged then said softly, "After the age of seven I've had nothing left to live for, I'll die soon anyway, I have no friends and never had any blood related family so the world won't miss me much...in fact I think my disappearance from existence will make it a better place." She smiled jokingly, "It doesn't really matter. If you think about it I've killed more people than there are hairs on my head. My killing streak will only last a bit longer, so will I." Rein got up and began to walk away. When she got to the door she said, "Tall man, give me your answer later if you wish, when you have it, come outside and tell me. I'll be waiting. But for what it's worth, I'm sorry for putting you in a position where the entire universe rests on your decision."

"Wait..." Yusuke called out.

"Hai?" Rein asked turning around.

"If you never had any blood relatives then who was your half brother?"

"He was the boy who found my half dead and lying in the street. I only pretended we were brother and sister because I loved him so much," She smiled bitterly, "Now that I think of it I was really a pathetic excuse for a living thing. Love is supposed to be an all conquering emotion, but I couldn't conquer death with it in the end. There's no such thing as that emotion...but even still...for the seven years I was with him..." She shook her head and laughed, "When someone treats you like a living thing, to me at least, it feels like love. It's a stupid emotion. The more you love someone the more it hurts when their gone so what's the point of getting attached to anyone?"

"Because when you find it you feel the greatest sense of achievement. They say it's all conquering because it gives you strength and the will to live." Everyone was surprised when they heard Kuwabara's replie.

"For me it's not finding it, it's finding someone willing to do so." With that said, Rein opened the door and walked out, sliding it behind her.

Yes to answer a question there will be r ratedness because of gore and some other things. crude humor and mushy gushy stuff. Domo! i appriciate the reviews very muchly so. please keep doing so even if you already have. I enjoy anything even critisism (on OOCness or as one person has already mentioned to me, my horrible spelling and grammar.)