Chapter 15!!! Yay!!! Oooh-ho-ho, getting intense eh? R&R and enjoy!

(Bit from previous chapter)

"Dah!" Ivil cringed at the enormous pain as Kurama and Ivy scramble to get Ivil up into a wheelchair and get her over to Haia's left side. Hiei used Ivil's crutches to get over to his wife who was in intense pain.

"Honey…." Hiei didn't know what to do in a situation like this. X'on had finished hooking up the thick emerald liquid to Haia. He noticed Ivil's legs were broken and quick as a flash put then both in heavy casts and gave her a heavy dose of a pain killer; then all sights were turned to Haia, the screen still rapidly increasing and decreasing. Ivil grabbed for Haia's left hand (since Talon was holding her right) and squeezed it tightly.

"Sweetie……hold on. You've got my strength and your father's courage. Please…..baby…."

"Haia, back to us." Hiei spoke as tenderly as he could. (Hiei being tender? Lol)

Everyone's eyes were focused intently on Haia's screens, more importantly, the ones recording her brains and her breathing stability; both were starting to waiver as they went up and down dramatically. One of the machines that recorded her pulse was flashing rapidly red and (which went together with her breathing) the tension grew immensely between every passing second. Ivil gripped Haia's hand tightly and brought it up to her lips while Hiei put his left hand (while stabilizing the other with the crutches) onto Ivil's right shoulder.

"X'on, what are the chances of her pulling through this time?" Tomoe asked with limited breath as she kept her eyes and breath on the machines that determined the life of Haia.

"Well, because she's slipped into this one too many times, research says that she has a 20 chance of living."

X'on's news cut though Ivil and Hiei like a knife through the heart; their faces, as well as their blood, ran cold as they listened to X'on.

"20 chance? No……" Ivil thought to herself breathlessly. Her eyes were full of tears and her lip quivered as if it was ready to scream hopelessly. "I'm gonna lose my other baby a—" she couldn't finish her thought as she started to silently crying immensely. Hiei noticed Ivil's emotional distress and rubbed her shoulder as a means to calm her, but it wasn't helping much. She was so distraught to the point where she found it hard to breath. Ivy noticed this and came along Ivil's left side and hugged her, trying to help in anyway that she could in this obviously stressful situation.

"Why is this not surprising to me?" Said Talon in a flat voice.

"Let's try to stay positive here, Talon. Ivil pulled through when the chips were down. I believe Haia'll do the same." Tomoe said, trying to shed light in this dim situation.

"Tomoe's right, Talon. We've got to be hopeful." Kurama chimed in.

"X'on, are you sure you've done all you've can to help Haia stay alive?" Hiei asked, trying to rationize some sort of way to bring stability back to Haia's soul.

"I'm positive Hiei. I've thought over every possible solution and there isn't one that wouldn't harm Haia more and risk us losing her." X'on said grimly.

-Far from the castle-

Up above everybody, Haia was on the ground that seemed to be moving her towards these large gates that indefinitely stretched. She sat up and rubbed her head, which was in a striking amount of pain. She looked around at the clouds and noticed a line of people…..who she seemed to recognize almost instantly. General Mist and Cadette Blaze were conversing with each other as Haia started to walk towards them.

"General Mist! Cadette Blaze! Hey-hey!" she said as she waved her hands.

"Haia?!" They both blurted out in surprise, then looked at each other shocked. "What happened to you? Why are you here now?"

"I don't know. After Talon came to my rescue, I just remember blacking out after seeing Rolan dead on the ground…………..Wait a minute!" Haia just realized that General Mist and Cadette Blaze had already died; was she truly dead? "Where's Rolan? If you guys are here, where's he?"

"Right here……….errah!!" Rolan appears in front if Haia and starts to punch at her. She dodges out of the way with the swiftness of her father as Rolan madly swipes at her with two daggers.

"I thought you had died you bastard!" Haia yelled furiously as she fell down, Rolan pressing hardly on her windpipe which made her choke heavily.

"I have…..and you will too once you and I pass through those gates." He said as he pointed behind him as the gates kept coming closer and closer.

"Nooo! I can't die! Not yet!" Haia struggled trying to free herself from Rolan's grip. She looked around for General Mist and Cadette Blaze but they were no where in sight and the gates weren't too far off. "Noooooooooooooo!"

Suddenly a figure from inside the gates attacks Rolan, sending him flying into the gates as they shut behind him.

"DAMN IT!!!!! DAMN IT!!" Rolan screamed as he rattled the gates furiously.

Haia, a bit out of it and catching her breath, she soon realized who had saved her and screamed with surprise. She jumped up, hugged the figure tightly, and felt no heartbeat as she hugged him. Nor any warmth.

"Sorin! I miss you already bro."

"I miss you too sis." He strained. "Um…can I breathe a bit?"

"Ooh, sorry." Haia apologized as she looked at her deceased brother. He was dressed in mostly slim black clothing except for his back. He had semi black wings emerging out of his young back which looked like dragon wings, a light black aura surrounded him. She noticed as she looked towards his waist she noticed a scroll hanging from his belt. "What's that for?" she asked as she pointed to it.

"Oh, this? It's a list of all the peoples expected to die today."

"Am I on the list?"

He pulled off the list and unrolled it so that Haia could see. She saw General Mist, Cadette Blaze and all of the members of her squad( too lazy to write 'em . ), Sorin, Rolan, and other peoples names she didn't know. But she didn't see her name.

"You weren't supposed to die. You supposed to live for another good couple centuries."

"But why do you have to die now? I'm going to have to live the rest of my life without my lil' bro and there's nothing I can do about it?"

"Sadly, that's the case. He chose me to die today because that's how it's carved in stone. There's nothing I can do to change that."

Haia seemed deeply saddened by this but Sorin picked up her chin and looked her straight in her eyes.

"I love you sis and even though I'm dead, I'll always be with you. I'll even come to visit when I can."

"How?"

"Simple. The dead spirits do this all the time. What they do is they inhibit a human's body for a certain amount of time before heading back up here. It's not completely illegal but staying too long or re-entering the same human too many times can lead them to discover us demons and that could lead to hell knows what."

Haia smiled as Sorin hugged her once more.

" You can't spend much more time up here. Your body's getting weaker and weaker to let you back in your body. Mum, dad, and everybody else are trying to keep your body working as long as they can. Here. Hold out your right hand."

Sorin pulls out a long katana, sheathed in jade green, that had a dragon engraved in the (jade green) handle. The eyes held two tiny rubies that glistened with beauty.

"This is the Sword of Life. It's been used many times and all I need to do is just make a mark on your palm . It'll only sting for a minute and it will be there forever. Whenever I'm coming for a visit, it will glow purple."

"Ok…" Haia said weakly. Her breathing started to waiver and Sorin knew there wasn't much time left. He unsheathes the sword and as he makes the mark he says...

"Live Haia!" echoes

Back at the castle--

As if some sort of plug had been pulled, the lightning beeping and flashing lights stopped.

"NOO!" Ivil screamed with horror.

"HAIA!!" everybody screamed with shock as they watched Ivil and Hiei break down in ceaseless sobs. Hiei couldn't take it anymore. He took Haia's right hand and kissed it. He quickly realized it was warming up and stopped sobbing. As he composed himself, Haia's face lit up with color and she sprung up with a shock.

"Miss me much?" Haia smirked.

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I apologize for the long long LONG wait. It's been hard to really write anything because I've been sucked into school work. Being a junior sux. That and plus I've now got a job I have to juggle with hw. Oh, well. The main thing is I know the rest of the story in my head and all I have to do is type it up. Again, I apologize.