A/N: I'm soooooo sorry for the delay but I was away for two weeks for March Break and I didn't get a chance to update….Gomen!! I'm really sorry….but here's Chapter 18!!

~ Dark Takeover: Chapter 18 ~

"Get off you fiends!!" Miya shrieked at the soldiers who simultaneously attacked a very 'attempting to be heroic' Tamoro.

Tamoro struggled to get the offending soldiers off his back. But before he could reach for his sword, Miya had already pulled out her arrows, which she had attained, from a nearby soldier who was holding them hostage. Pulling back the thin arrow, she released it with ease and skill, hitting the soldier on Tamoro's back. He flew off and hit the ground with a loud thud, his armor clanking against the stone floor.

Finally free to stand straight, Tamoro unsheathed his weapon, blocking numerous attacks from the other soldiers, and thrusting his blade forward in a powerful attack. Miya attacked from further away hitting soldiers left right and center with her flawless aim and skill with the long bow.

Looking to the left, Miya noticed the six sacred stones aligned as if ready for some ritual. Without too much thought, the raven-haired girl dashed in the direction of the shining jewels. One of the soldiers predicting her actions ran after her and lunged towards her, grabbing her ankle in an effort to stop her. Unable to reach all six jewels, Miya managed to gracefully hit one of the stands knocking the Anima Jewel out of its resting spot. The precious stone seemed to roll towards the girl. Even though she was on the ground attempting to shake off a very irritating soldier. Finally grabbing the stone as it came to her, she turned her body and thrust the Anima Jewel forward in front of the soldier's face. Without warning, a mighty wind erupted front the stone, emitting powerful air waves throughout the tower, blowing away numerous soldiers. However, Zoran was nowhere to be found.

"Just great!," Miya mumbled to herself, "Not only did that creep fire demon take my sister but now I let Zoran get away too! I swear if that stupid little spiky haired shit-face hurt my little sister, I'll cut him up!!"

"WOW!! Hey, easy there, girlie! No need to get violent so soon! I'm sure your sister can handle herself for now. Hey, let's go look for her shall we?" Tamoro's smooth voice compromised.

"But this tower is so big! And I don't know which way to go, and I REALLY don't want to get lost. And if I get lost I'll just waste more time and it might be that one second I delay that Aki's life depends on!!" Miya screamed in panic. Her mind was a blur. She couldn't think straight with all these ridiculous events. What if Aklyis was hurt? What if she was dead?! No that was ridiculous. Aklyis couldn't be dead. She was strong! Wasn't she? Before long Miya found herself tearing up, not paying any attention to the man in front of her.

Tamoro was confused. He wasn't used to having girls in such a state of turmoil, breaking down right in front of him. So, he did the only thing he could think of doing. He kissed her. Initially, there was no response from the innocent looking archer. She was in too much of a state of shock. But before long she slowly began to move her lips, closing her eyes and responding to his warm touch. At first it was slow, and gentle. The kiss seemed innocent, and seemed to be shared by the innocent. However, as everything must lose its innocence eventually, so did this kiss. It became more heated, and passion filled. Miya entwined her fingers into Tamoro's blond locks, fisting them almost aggressively. Tamoro's hands traveled to the small of Miya's back, massaging slowly.

Now the whole world was a blur to Miya. Not just her mind. 'What am I doing? What am I doing? What the hell am I doing?! There is no way I should be doing this NOW! I need to be looking for Aki, NOW!! Oh God stop, please stop it! I need to break away! But how?! Just move your damn lips away! Tear away from him!!' The royal blue-eyed girl screamed in her head. Finally gathering up her strength and courage, she slid her hands down to the blond boy's shoulders and gently pushed him away. "We need to find Aki and Hiei," she said in a deadly serious tone. He simply nodded, understanding her completely.

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An invading light beamed through the window of Hiei's room, causing the comfortably snuggled up girl to stir. Aklyis groaned slightly, burying her face deep into Hiei's shoulder and worming her way even closer to his warm body if possible. She felt the fire demon exhale slowly, and his muscles retract as he stirred as well.

"Good morning Sunshine," Aklyis greeted, a smile painted on her delicate face.

Hiei simply grumbled in response, his blood red eyes only half way open. Aklyis leaned in, close to his face, bringing her lips to meet his. The moment she pressed them against his own, a thundering presence announced itself, as Miya and Tamoro came storming into the room, eyes wide and panting.

"AKI THERE YOU ARE WE FINALLY FOUND NOW….let's…….go……and…..what in Kami's name are you doing?!" the raven haired girl trailed off and inquired in a flat yet nearly humorous tone.

Aklyis immediately felt the hotness rise to her cheeks as her own sister and that player guy witnessed herself and the enemy, naked, on the floor, in a bundle of pillows and blankets. This wasn't going to get ugly….

"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU TWO!!! ESPECIALLY YOU!!" Miya pointed an accusing finger at Hiei. "I THOUGHT YOU BETRAYED US!!!!!!!!!!"

Hiei snorted, "I did," he stated flatly.

"AND YOU!! YOU YOU……YOU HAD SEX WITH HIM!!!!!!!"

"Uhh….." was the only intelligent thing Aklyis could muster up at that point.

"Forget that!" Tamoro stepped in, "We have no time for this now! All we have to do is get out of here before Zoran finds us!"

Akliys nodded, "Right, he's definitely right. We can talk about this later, Miya!"

Miya simply grumbled as she was rudely yanked away by Tamoro, Aklyis getting up with a blanket wrapped around her, searching for her scattered articles of clothing. Finally gathering and putting them all on, she turned to Hiei. "Well come on!"

The fire demon shook his head. "No, I'm staying. Zoran will blow a fuse if he finds out I betrayed him so quickly. Let me stay here for now, and cover for you a little while. When the time comes I'll join you."

Aklyis blinked, "That's the longest thing you've ever said…and the most you've ever talked as well…Not to mention you've never really been so strategic…"

"Just go!!" He suddenly snapped

"EEK! Ok, ok yeesh! I'm going!"

And with that the Aklyis, Miya and Tamoro fled the tower, with some help of the Anime Jewel which Miya had snatched away earlier.

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"You let her escape?" Zoran asked his nephew calmly.

"I didn't 'let' her escape. She seduced me….and then she blinded and deafened me with some spell of hers. That's how she got away!"

Zoran snorted in disbelief. "She seduced you? That's hard to believe. But then again I suppose it's possible since I noticed your obnoxious liking towards that girl. Don't let it happen again. We have taken a hard blow from them thanks to your carelessness and your dick's hallucinations."

Hiei scowled at this last comment and inwardly seethed. "Whatever," was his simple reply.

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"I don't believe this…You had SEX with Hiei?!" Miya shrieked once again, quite loud for Aklyis and for Tamoro to listen in as well.

"Yes Miya…..I did."

"I'M OLDER!!! How come you got to get laid first…" The shorter girl pouted.

Both Aklyis and Tamoro sweat dropped.

"I don't know!"

"So…Aki….what was it like?"

A/N: *sigh * ok….that concludes chapter 18!! I'll be updating Sympathy for the Devil and Sandstorm this weekend….so stay tuned!! I've been really busy lately with school work as well so I'm really sorry if I'm being a little slow now….oh well….hope you guys enjoyed that!! READ AND REVIEW!!!!!