Kat swung a powerful punch at the beasts face, but it was caught by a huge hand. The beast grinned, but didn't say a word, and threw her face first into a tree. As she was about to hit the tree, she braced herself, by crossing her arms in front of her face, and crashed through the tree. Hiei knew better than to look back and see if Kat was okay, no matter how much he cared about her, he knew better, and unshiethed his sword, stained with the blood of the beasts' from their previous encounter. It was unfair that the beasts took advantage of their opponents' feelings. After all, Hiei, Kat, and Amb didn't do that to them, but they were entirely different.
"Bastard!" Hiei yelled, and black flames surrounded his sword as he charged at the beast that had so easily flung Kat away and through a tree like she was a mere shit," the beast snickered, and flicked the Sword of the Darkness Flame out of Hiei's grip, nearly spraining Hiei's wrist.
"Damn it!" Hiei grabbed his right wrist tightly for a short moment, only to be sent through the same tree Kat had; which left Amb standing alone, with no one there beside her to help. Amb was only a kitsune, one who'd just lost the man she loved. Her anger lay deep inside her, untapped, but her sadness clearly showed, and knowing the enemies, it would be abused.
"No....." she shook her head denyingly. No...'They couldn't have been taken down that easily.....There's no way....' She thought, trying to fight away her doubt as she watched helplessly as the two beasts charged at her with wide smiles, smiles of pure evil. Their eyes were another story, eyes of the devil. Ones that could petrify her if she didn't stand strong.
"Say bye-bye to your short life," the black one grinned evilly.
"Because it's over now," the maroon one snickered.
As the two beasts were about easily take the heart-broken kitsune Amb, Hiei and Kat came from both sides of the beastly duo. The two fire demons seemed to be flying, and they were holding their once tourniqueted right arms out in front of them with intense black and dark purple flames burning furiously around their arms. Amb knew exactly what the two were about to do, but found she couldn't move from her fear of the beasts.
"Try to send this away!" the two demons yelled confidently, and thrust their arms forward at the beasts, "Dragon of the Darkness Flame!" Two black dragons made of flames screamed as they flew angrily at the beasts. Kat and Hiei grabbed Amb by each of her shoulders, moving her out of the dragons' ways. They landed in a bush feet away. The dragons collided and the beasts were in the middle of it. Black flames exploded at the collision point and smoke filled the area. It'd been fifteen minutes before the three demons could see anything clearly, and when they were able to, the beasts were gone.
"I can't believe I didn't think to use the dragon.....If I had...Kurama wouldn't be dead right now...." Hiei said, his voice filled with regret.
"No one ..... doesn't carry a burden.....Everyone does carry at least one, but life isn't about clinging to the bad times...It's about cherishing the good times....." Kat said, she clearly agreed, but she couldn't blame Hiei for Kurama's death. It was clear he'd been unable to think straight. After all, he and Kurama had gone into a life-or-death battle, whether they knew it or not. "You sounded so sweet there Kat..." Amb commented with a smile, but it was quickly chased away with a cold glare from Kat.
"So...dammit," Kat had went to get up by pushing up with her right arm, but she'd burnt it when she used the dragon; it had been her first time ever using it, which Hiei had forgotten.
"You'll be fine. It'll always hurt in some way, but you can't allow that to get to you. You'll have to train yourself to master the Dragon of the Darkness Flame, and how to control it," Hiei informed Kat, while helping her up, "Let's go, Amber"
"Where we going? We can't use my house...They'd know where we are if we did return there," Amb reminded the two fire demons.
"Then where the hell else is there, baka kitsune!?" Hiei snapped; his temper had been narrowed down to pinch.
" I don't know, but why not go get something to eat. I'm sure eating out's safe," Amb answered, trying to change Hiei's mood.
"And how will we explain Kathrynn's burns?" he questioned, using Kat's full name, which was not common for him to do; he hadn't called Kat by her full first name since the moment he had admitted his feelings to her, which was a little less than two years ago.
"Another good question...." Amb sighed; Hiei had beaten her with his questions, he was ahead of her in this case.
"Why not go to Yen's?" Kat suggested, sounding tired; it was clear using the Dragon of the Darkness Flame was not a smart move for her. She'd weakened herself by doing so, leaving herself wide open to the enemy, but she did it to make sure she got revenge on the two beasts by killing them-sending them to hell like they deserved. "We have to go back to Kat's...They won't expect us to be there now," Hiei whispered, bending over, "Kat...Need a ride"
"I'll be fine. Don't sympathize with me," Kat answered coldly; like Hiei, her temper wasn't the best.
"Then let's go," Amb said.
"Alright," the two fire demons began to run, which led Amb to running as well. When they reached Kat's house, it looked the same as it had before they had run to Amb's for new shelter. It still had the three tall trees on the right of the driveway, nearly blocking view of the front door, and the one pine tree on the left, next to the driveway. Kat pulled out her house key, and unlocked the front door, then walked in. Amb and Hiei followed her. There was only one thing different inside, her dog. It wasn't like Kat's dog not to come running to the front door to greet the guests, Kat herself. "No..." Kat shook her head, trying to shake out the worst thought she could think of-the demons killing her dog, the one thing she loved more than anything, "Wishy-Washee!" She called him by his nickname, but he didn't come, "Wishy! Wishybone! Where are you?" "They better not have...." Hiei tightened his fists until his knuckles turned white as soon as he heard Kat burst out into tears; he immediatly rushed down the hallway to see how bad it was.
"Kat," Amb ran down the hall as well, and closed her eyes in disgust and turned around.
"Those no good pieces of shit..." Kat said between her tears, "Why'd they bring him into this....Why'd they make him die like this"
Hiei looked at the floor, finding blood staining the floor, telling where the dog had been before his final resting place. They'd torn the dog's stomach open, and removed the organs that had been in plain sight. The dog hadn't lasted long, the trail he'd left wasn't long; so at least he didn't suffer. It disgusted Hiei, knowing how cruel and heartless demons could really be.
"They give us demons a bad name..." Hiei said, his eyes and jagan glowing with anger, his spirit energy glowing, "I'm going to tear them limb from limb." It was clear that Hiei felt sick just thinking about what these demons had done; he didn't have to know, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to. He hated how they were tearing Kat apart without even laying a finger on her.
"We'll make them pay, Kat. Don't worry," Amb said, not sure if she could promise, which was why she didn't say the word. She nearly threw up when she took another look at what the demons had done.
"They had no right killing my dog!" Kat yelled, her eyes glowing red as she punched the back room's door off its hinges, "I'll make sure they suffer a long, slow, painful, bloody death, and burn in hell for this...." She sounded possessed, and it gave Amb chills down her spine to hear how cold her friend's tone was when said it. Hiei wasn't one to care for the way others felt, but he hated how low demons these days would go to make someone want to kill themselves. "Kat, we have to wait until---Kat?" Amb looked down and saw Kat laying there, motionless, "KAT!? Answer me"
"Shit! Kat!" Hiei picked the girl up, and put his ear to her chest, and sighed of relief, "Jesus...Don't scare me like that...She's still alive...The dragon must have taken a lot out of her....She's out cold"
"I'm gonna die at an early age because of her..." Amb commented, "Anyway...Her room is upstairs. It'll be the door with the loose molding"
"Someone must come here a lot to notice something like that..." Hiei said as he began walking up the stairs with Kat being held bridal style in his arms, her hair hanging freely, moving loosely with each step Hiei took going up the stairs.
'I may not know what these guys want you for, but I'm sure as hell not going to let them touch you....' He thought as he walked into Kat's room and placed her on the bed, pulling the blankets over her. He observed her room, the dresser her radio was on had blank CDs containing downloaded music. He knew they must have AFI, Eminem, Linkin Park, Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan, H.I.M., and other punk and rock performers on them. Hiei felt tired as well while he examined Kat's room. It was rarely clean, but it never mattered to him. He didn't care if there were some clothes on the floor, he knew that one time his clothes were beside Kat's on the side of her bed not too long ago. He looked outside her window, and found it to be dark, which silently explained why he found himself tired, aside from the simple fact that he too had used the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. However, Hiei felt like he had to stay awake and protect both Kat and Amber from whoever their enemy was. Just because the rest of the world would be sleeping, didn't mean that their enemy would be catching some shut eye. As soon as Hiei opened the bedroom door to check on Amber, Kat moved in the bed, and opened her eyes.
"Hiei? Is that you?" she asked, sleep in her voice as she helped herself up, only using the strength of her left arm.
"Yeah, are you alright?" he asked, shutting the door again, and walked back over to her.
"I'm fine...But my arm still hurts bad, and my shoulder...Is Amber still here too?" Kat answered.
"Yea, she's still here," Hiei sat down on the edge of Kat's bed, and held her hand up, kissing it twice, and didn't let go.
'I don't remember my shoulder hurting after using the dragon...Why does she?' He thought, remembering the pain and training he'd put himself through after he used the dragon. Hiei then released Kat's hand, and looked at her arm. It was burnt badly, just like his after using the dragon, but unlike his, her arm had bruised badly as well.Without Yukina or Genkai around, there was no one to heal any of the remaining three. Remembering not being able to save Yukina made Hiei's heart drop, and he put his hand on his chest, feeling his heart beat as he looked down at the floor.
"Hiei, is something wrong?" Kat asked, resting her head on Hiei's shoulder.
"I....don't....reall'y know anymore..." Hiei answered, holding out his right hand, seeing the bandaging that now covered an incredible power beyond Hiei's strength, a power he no longer felt he deserved. ' I'm not worthy to even walk this earth...I shouldn't even be alive, but why am I? Why do I defy the koorime's wishes? ' He thought, feeling his eyes burn. ' Maybe I stayed alive knowing that some day Kat would need me, before realizing it until now.... '
"Well, I'm here to help you if you need me...Just like you're here for me," Kat promised, "They've got some hella fight if they want me, 'cause I'm here to kick ass too"
"Guys, no sign of the enemy. You two had one heavy fight today...Get some sleep. I'll keep watch," Amb said, coming in and leaving after saying what she'd do. 'How come I'm trusting those two alone in room to get sleep...Only God knows what they're gonna do....'
"Damn it!" Hiei grabbed his right wrist tightly for a short moment, only to be sent through the same tree Kat had; which left Amb standing alone, with no one there beside her to help. Amb was only a kitsune, one who'd just lost the man she loved. Her anger lay deep inside her, untapped, but her sadness clearly showed, and knowing the enemies, it would be abused.
"No....." she shook her head denyingly. No...'They couldn't have been taken down that easily.....There's no way....' She thought, trying to fight away her doubt as she watched helplessly as the two beasts charged at her with wide smiles, smiles of pure evil. Their eyes were another story, eyes of the devil. Ones that could petrify her if she didn't stand strong.
"Say bye-bye to your short life," the black one grinned evilly.
"Because it's over now," the maroon one snickered.
As the two beasts were about easily take the heart-broken kitsune Amb, Hiei and Kat came from both sides of the beastly duo. The two fire demons seemed to be flying, and they were holding their once tourniqueted right arms out in front of them with intense black and dark purple flames burning furiously around their arms. Amb knew exactly what the two were about to do, but found she couldn't move from her fear of the beasts.
"Try to send this away!" the two demons yelled confidently, and thrust their arms forward at the beasts, "Dragon of the Darkness Flame!" Two black dragons made of flames screamed as they flew angrily at the beasts. Kat and Hiei grabbed Amb by each of her shoulders, moving her out of the dragons' ways. They landed in a bush feet away. The dragons collided and the beasts were in the middle of it. Black flames exploded at the collision point and smoke filled the area. It'd been fifteen minutes before the three demons could see anything clearly, and when they were able to, the beasts were gone.
"I can't believe I didn't think to use the dragon.....If I had...Kurama wouldn't be dead right now...." Hiei said, his voice filled with regret.
"No one ..... doesn't carry a burden.....Everyone does carry at least one, but life isn't about clinging to the bad times...It's about cherishing the good times....." Kat said, she clearly agreed, but she couldn't blame Hiei for Kurama's death. It was clear he'd been unable to think straight. After all, he and Kurama had gone into a life-or-death battle, whether they knew it or not. "You sounded so sweet there Kat..." Amb commented with a smile, but it was quickly chased away with a cold glare from Kat.
"So...dammit," Kat had went to get up by pushing up with her right arm, but she'd burnt it when she used the dragon; it had been her first time ever using it, which Hiei had forgotten.
"You'll be fine. It'll always hurt in some way, but you can't allow that to get to you. You'll have to train yourself to master the Dragon of the Darkness Flame, and how to control it," Hiei informed Kat, while helping her up, "Let's go, Amber"
"Where we going? We can't use my house...They'd know where we are if we did return there," Amb reminded the two fire demons.
"Then where the hell else is there, baka kitsune!?" Hiei snapped; his temper had been narrowed down to pinch.
" I don't know, but why not go get something to eat. I'm sure eating out's safe," Amb answered, trying to change Hiei's mood.
"And how will we explain Kathrynn's burns?" he questioned, using Kat's full name, which was not common for him to do; he hadn't called Kat by her full first name since the moment he had admitted his feelings to her, which was a little less than two years ago.
"Another good question...." Amb sighed; Hiei had beaten her with his questions, he was ahead of her in this case.
"Why not go to Yen's?" Kat suggested, sounding tired; it was clear using the Dragon of the Darkness Flame was not a smart move for her. She'd weakened herself by doing so, leaving herself wide open to the enemy, but she did it to make sure she got revenge on the two beasts by killing them-sending them to hell like they deserved. "We have to go back to Kat's...They won't expect us to be there now," Hiei whispered, bending over, "Kat...Need a ride"
"I'll be fine. Don't sympathize with me," Kat answered coldly; like Hiei, her temper wasn't the best.
"Then let's go," Amb said.
"Alright," the two fire demons began to run, which led Amb to running as well. When they reached Kat's house, it looked the same as it had before they had run to Amb's for new shelter. It still had the three tall trees on the right of the driveway, nearly blocking view of the front door, and the one pine tree on the left, next to the driveway. Kat pulled out her house key, and unlocked the front door, then walked in. Amb and Hiei followed her. There was only one thing different inside, her dog. It wasn't like Kat's dog not to come running to the front door to greet the guests, Kat herself. "No..." Kat shook her head, trying to shake out the worst thought she could think of-the demons killing her dog, the one thing she loved more than anything, "Wishy-Washee!" She called him by his nickname, but he didn't come, "Wishy! Wishybone! Where are you?" "They better not have...." Hiei tightened his fists until his knuckles turned white as soon as he heard Kat burst out into tears; he immediatly rushed down the hallway to see how bad it was.
"Kat," Amb ran down the hall as well, and closed her eyes in disgust and turned around.
"Those no good pieces of shit..." Kat said between her tears, "Why'd they bring him into this....Why'd they make him die like this"
Hiei looked at the floor, finding blood staining the floor, telling where the dog had been before his final resting place. They'd torn the dog's stomach open, and removed the organs that had been in plain sight. The dog hadn't lasted long, the trail he'd left wasn't long; so at least he didn't suffer. It disgusted Hiei, knowing how cruel and heartless demons could really be.
"They give us demons a bad name..." Hiei said, his eyes and jagan glowing with anger, his spirit energy glowing, "I'm going to tear them limb from limb." It was clear that Hiei felt sick just thinking about what these demons had done; he didn't have to know, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to. He hated how they were tearing Kat apart without even laying a finger on her.
"We'll make them pay, Kat. Don't worry," Amb said, not sure if she could promise, which was why she didn't say the word. She nearly threw up when she took another look at what the demons had done.
"They had no right killing my dog!" Kat yelled, her eyes glowing red as she punched the back room's door off its hinges, "I'll make sure they suffer a long, slow, painful, bloody death, and burn in hell for this...." She sounded possessed, and it gave Amb chills down her spine to hear how cold her friend's tone was when said it. Hiei wasn't one to care for the way others felt, but he hated how low demons these days would go to make someone want to kill themselves. "Kat, we have to wait until---Kat?" Amb looked down and saw Kat laying there, motionless, "KAT!? Answer me"
"Shit! Kat!" Hiei picked the girl up, and put his ear to her chest, and sighed of relief, "Jesus...Don't scare me like that...She's still alive...The dragon must have taken a lot out of her....She's out cold"
"I'm gonna die at an early age because of her..." Amb commented, "Anyway...Her room is upstairs. It'll be the door with the loose molding"
"Someone must come here a lot to notice something like that..." Hiei said as he began walking up the stairs with Kat being held bridal style in his arms, her hair hanging freely, moving loosely with each step Hiei took going up the stairs.
'I may not know what these guys want you for, but I'm sure as hell not going to let them touch you....' He thought as he walked into Kat's room and placed her on the bed, pulling the blankets over her. He observed her room, the dresser her radio was on had blank CDs containing downloaded music. He knew they must have AFI, Eminem, Linkin Park, Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan, H.I.M., and other punk and rock performers on them. Hiei felt tired as well while he examined Kat's room. It was rarely clean, but it never mattered to him. He didn't care if there were some clothes on the floor, he knew that one time his clothes were beside Kat's on the side of her bed not too long ago. He looked outside her window, and found it to be dark, which silently explained why he found himself tired, aside from the simple fact that he too had used the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. However, Hiei felt like he had to stay awake and protect both Kat and Amber from whoever their enemy was. Just because the rest of the world would be sleeping, didn't mean that their enemy would be catching some shut eye. As soon as Hiei opened the bedroom door to check on Amber, Kat moved in the bed, and opened her eyes.
"Hiei? Is that you?" she asked, sleep in her voice as she helped herself up, only using the strength of her left arm.
"Yeah, are you alright?" he asked, shutting the door again, and walked back over to her.
"I'm fine...But my arm still hurts bad, and my shoulder...Is Amber still here too?" Kat answered.
"Yea, she's still here," Hiei sat down on the edge of Kat's bed, and held her hand up, kissing it twice, and didn't let go.
'I don't remember my shoulder hurting after using the dragon...Why does she?' He thought, remembering the pain and training he'd put himself through after he used the dragon. Hiei then released Kat's hand, and looked at her arm. It was burnt badly, just like his after using the dragon, but unlike his, her arm had bruised badly as well.Without Yukina or Genkai around, there was no one to heal any of the remaining three. Remembering not being able to save Yukina made Hiei's heart drop, and he put his hand on his chest, feeling his heart beat as he looked down at the floor.
"Hiei, is something wrong?" Kat asked, resting her head on Hiei's shoulder.
"I....don't....reall'y know anymore..." Hiei answered, holding out his right hand, seeing the bandaging that now covered an incredible power beyond Hiei's strength, a power he no longer felt he deserved. ' I'm not worthy to even walk this earth...I shouldn't even be alive, but why am I? Why do I defy the koorime's wishes? ' He thought, feeling his eyes burn. ' Maybe I stayed alive knowing that some day Kat would need me, before realizing it until now.... '
"Well, I'm here to help you if you need me...Just like you're here for me," Kat promised, "They've got some hella fight if they want me, 'cause I'm here to kick ass too"
"Guys, no sign of the enemy. You two had one heavy fight today...Get some sleep. I'll keep watch," Amb said, coming in and leaving after saying what she'd do. 'How come I'm trusting those two alone in room to get sleep...Only God knows what they're gonna do....'