The Battle

Hiei saw a figure fall from the building that looked a lot like Yoko so he ran toward it. When he got there he saw Yoko with one hand leaning against the wall with a hand pressed to his stomach because it was still sore from the torture he went through. He looked up when he caught ahiei's scent and saw him. Hiei instantly ran over to him and when he was beside him Yoko began to speak, "Caralama's still in there she pushed me out before I could say anything."

Hiei looked at Yoko and went into his mind. He saw that he was right about Caralama pushing him through the wall and he saw some other things of what had happened in the building but Yoko had the turtore he went through blocked up and Hiei didn't push it, "She can be so stubborn at times cant she? I bet even if her pendant wasn't blessed she still would have pushed you." Hiei had to smile he couldn't help it but Shigure would soon notice that Yoko was gone and change things. Hiei led Yoko over to a tree and all of a sudden they were both pulled up.

Hiei had entered the laboratory and the Signs were hidden behind him. He ran toward the place were his Jagan eye had been placed into his head and saw Samantha there. All the Dark Signs had long balck waist length hair and ice black eyes so I'll leave that out. Her clothes were tight black leather pants and a tight black vest like leather shirt with a long coat that was indeed made out of lather. (All the Dark Signs except for Seifer wore nothing but black,) "The agreement was you come alone but I wont tell anyone if you go up against me in a sword fight my name is Samantha," she said with an evil grin, "I can since them quite well so they don't have to hide any more. I wont tell anyone you're here if you fight me with out any help from the Signs what so ever and they cannot even give you any hints. There are three Dark Signs in this building the rest are at home. But hey who cares huh?" the Signs became visible and looked hard at Samantha.

"I except!" Hiei said after the Signs had turned visible.

Samantha smiled wickedly and said to them, "Follow me and I will lead you to the place we are supposed to fight it isn't that far from where we are holding Caralama and that fox traitor! You Signs can come to but don't go any farther then the battle field or I'll tell everyone."

They all followed Samantha to the battlefield silently. It was a huge reincarnated fighting stadium. Samantha took off her coat and threw it away, "This is where we are going to fight. Remember no help and no running ahead or everyone will know that you are here!"

Hiei unsheathed his katana and said, "We already heard you! Now are you hear to chat or fight?"

"That mouth going to get you in trouble you know!" Samantha said as she unsheathed her sword, "Lets see how good you really are!" Samantha was the first to attack and with blinding speed she went at Hiei. He jumped out of the way just in time. "Alfred I can't believe I'm asking this but can you see where she is I can't see her at all!"

"She's behind you! Block with your katana over your head slanted," Hiei did this and blocked an attack that could have ended his life. Horror stricken Samantha ran to about twenty feet in front of him and the surprised Signs just stared at Hiei.

"You cheated! How could you have possibly known I was behind you!"

"I could hear your feet pounding on the ground!" Hiei said, as he got ready for another attack. This time Hiei saw her coming and tried to jab her with his katana.

"WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?" yelled Alfred as Samantha took the katana turned it around and jabbed it into Hiei's stomach. She looked at Hiei with evil in her eyes and drove the katana deeper and then twisted it. It went right through him as blood came from his mouth. She let go of the katana and went back to were she was before. He knelt down and took hold the handle of his katana and pulled it out. He put one hand to his wound and leaned on the katana and looked at Samantha.

"Is that the best you got? Little thing getting my Jagan eye, what happened in Caralama's dream and getting my heart back hurt a lot more than that," Hiei said as he got back into an attack position and wiped away the blood on his mouth and he gave a small smirk.

Samantha was frozen in place with fear and then she smiled, "I have been waiting to see the ruthless fighter Hiei for along time. I thought all of that had been wiped away when you had meet Caralama. I guess I was wrong. So many of our allies are going good and you had to one of them. I suppose if I ask you to join us again you would probably say no. That is what happens, well traitors need to pay," she then disappeared and her laughter was heard through out the stadium.

"On your side Hiei!" he stepped back a bit and swung down hard. The sword Samantha had been carrying shattered into thousands a pieces. Samantha looked up at Hiei with fear in her eyes.

Hiei smiled and said in a whisper but the Signs still heard it, "You better believe that I wouldn't come back to you!" With that he punched her to the ground and then kneed her in the stomach and she went flying to the ceiling. She landed far from Hiei unconscious. He looked back at the Signs and saw their faces. They had never seen anyone go up against Samantha and live to tell about it. Even Nakada's face was surprised.

She went up to Hiei and then she smiled, "You have a lot of potential you know. But we have to find Caralama and heal that wound!" Nakada knelt down to Hiei but he stepped back.

"It's nothing we have to find her first!" With that he ran toward the door that led out of the stadium. The Signs came up behind Nakada.

"He can be as stubborn as she can at times," Yoko said as he walked up beside Nakada, "But he is right we have to go," with that all the Signs and Yoko ran after Hiei.

The Signs saw Hiei in front of them holding his hand against the wound in his stomach. There was some blood coming from his back but not that much. Then they all heard a shriek.

Caralama heard a shriek as she woke up. She saw Kelsey standing there wide eyed with her brother and the devil beside her. The devil looked like a normal human. Tall the same height as Seifer only his hair went down to his shoulders and was raven black. The devil had leather black pants and a black sweater and a leather black long coat. His face was pale and his eyes were black. To a normal person he would have been the most handsome person in the world. But Caralama saw right through him. She saw him for what he really was and it was far scarier then what they told in books, legends and in the Bible. Then she heard Kelsey speak, "He escaped that wrench helped the fox escape!"

Caralama was to weak to stand up so she brought her hand to her pendant and began to rub it as she sat there and muttered something it sounded like a prayer. The devil didn't look at all pleased at her but her still rubbed the pendant until it was bursting with colours and light. Kelsey, Seifer and the devil flew backwards at the blast of energy.

"I have never seen or felt such power," said the devil to Kelsey and her brother, "The pedant must be blessed I can't do anything to her," and in a burst of black smoke the devil was gone.

Then there was a big bang and Kelsey and her brother who were still out side in the hallway were blown away. Caralama felt like she was slipping into a deep sleep. She had closed her eyes then she heard a familiar voice, "Caralama are you okay please say something!" she opened her eyes and saw Hiei looking beside her with his one arm around her her back and the other around her front with all three of his eyes showing. There was worry on his face and in two of his eyes.

Caralama smiled, "I wondered when you were going to get here," then she saw the wound in his stomach, "Hiei what happened?" her smile was instantly gone as she looked at Hiei.

Hiei covered his wound with his hand still holding Caralama up with the arm that was around her back and said, "Its nothing Caralama you don't have to worry," before she could argue she fell asleep.

He took her into his arms in a bridal way and carried her out of the cell. The wound in his stomach didn't help but he still carried her out of the cell. Hiei looked at the end of the hallway and saw that the Dark Signs were going through a huge mirror in retreat. The last one out was Seifer as he looked back and glared at him and the Signs in front him, "I'll get my revenge and don't think of looking for Shigure he is with us. And Hiei you are still forbidden to tell your sister that you are her brother. We can make the Jagan eye give you a slow agonizing death." With that he gave an evil smirk to Hiei and jumped into the mirror and it disappeared.

"Hiei, over here," he turned around and saw the Signs jump into a mirror as well. Yoko and Nakada were the only ones left. He went over to the mirror with Caralama in his arms and looked at Nakada. She smiled and said, "Meet the world mirror. It will take us to any kind of world. But right now we have to go to one of the Signs home. Come on and jump in then you go Yoko after him and I'll make sure you both get through."

Hiei took one last look at Nakada and Yoko and jumped through. He couldn't believe what he saw. There were tons of mirrors and each one didn't give off his reflection but they looked like windows to other places. His wound was hurting him and he had to kneel down with Caralama in his arms. He gently laid laid down on the ground and pressed both hands over the wound to try and stop the wound from bleeding. He clenched his teeth together and closed his eyes tightly and now he was lying on the ground. Then he saw Yoko jump through the mirror and then came Nakada. The mirror they had jumped through faded into the background. Nakada was instantly at Hiei's side. Yoko went beside Caralama and looked over her. He saw the look on Hiei's face and said, "She is just tired and weak," Hiei looked at Caralama and his eyes began to close as he brgan to get weaker. Nakada looked at the wound in his stomach and started to sing the familiar healing song. Her voice was stronger then Caralama's and with just one touch of her hand against the wound it was completely healed. Hiei felt his strength return and opened his eyes looked at the place where the wound had been and touched it. Then he turned and looked back at Nakada and saw she was smiling. He then turned to Caralama and picked her back up. Nakada looked at her for a second and she touched her forehead and her hand glowed an icy blue. When Nakada brought her hand back Caralama began to stir in Hiei's arms but she didn't wake up. "She will be all right Hiei," Nakada said as she began to close her eyes with a smile on her face.

All of a sudden there was another mirror in front of them. This one showed all the Signs in a huge room. Hiei was the first one through it and then went Yoko and Nakada.

When they were all out of the mirror Hiei felt almost like he was going to be sick and so did Yoko. Squall went over to them with a smile on his face, "Mirror travel can take quite a toll on new people, but don't worry the sickness feeling will soon pass and you'll get used to it."

"It always does," came a voice from behind the demons. They turned around and saw Nakada jump out of the mirror and then it closed. She went beside Yoko and looked at him. "Are you sure your okay Yoko?"

He looked like he was tired of the question, "For the millionth time Nakada I'm fine. But you are going to drive me insane with that same question. The fall wasn't to far down! A little higher then what Caralama had said but it still wasn't that high! I would do anything if you would stop asking me that question!"

Nakada just couldn't suppress her smile, "Anything?" Yoko nodded but felt like he regret it, "Then you wouldn't mind if you helped me clean out and rearrange the infirmary I've been meaning to that for months now. But first we have to take these two to there room."

Yoko looked like he had just been slapped in the face. He hadn't seen that coming and all the other Signs couldn't help but laugh. Caralama stirred in Hiei's arms and woke up.

"What is going on here?" Hiei put her down and she saw the look on Yoko's face, "Oh Nakada tricked you into helping her rearrange the infirmary that she has been wanting to do for months didn't she?" Caralama, Hiei and Yoko started to laugh along with the other Signs.

"Hiei your taller now!" Caralama said looking at Hiei. Yoko looked at Hiei as well and saw that Hiei was only a few inch's taller than him if you don't count the fox ears.

"How did that happen?" asked Hiei looking at Yoko straight in the eye with out having to look up.

"I guess that is another thing that sometimes happens with traveling by magic mirrors." Caralama said as she looked up at Hiei, "I guess it is kind of good since when I'm eighteen I'm going to be about my mothers height," they all laughed again and Caralama held Hiei close to her, and whispered in his mind, "I want to know what happened to your wound and how you healed it but I can take a guess. Or I'll just look at it through your mind."

"I'll tell you but not know. Right now," Hiei lifted Caralama's chin leaned over closing his eyes and kissed her.

And You should know what happens right?

Of course you do!

SEQUEL! Look for A Demon Fox and A Cursed Sign. Since I had to redue this story for it to be easier to read and I didn't get to change the sequeled story yet Yoko is going to be called Kurama until futher notice and his dead partner comes back and a new sign appears. Untill then R&R!