No I am not dead, we moved and it was a while be fore the internet was up.
Disclaimor I don't own yyh
Hiei remembered all the pain he had suffered form this very demon who had threatened Botan. The flame koorime had been Nimshaygo's whipping boy. And even after killing the rest of the bandits Hiei had known that this one was to powerful for him to defeat.
Worse, it was easy to tell that Nimshaygo had grown more powerful during the years since Hiei had left his gang.
"Ah yes, little one," Nimshaygo taunted, "I see you know that you can't defeat me."
The larger demon was heading towards Botan. "I can kill her right where I killed your other friend.
Hiei regained mobility and leapt at his enemy. The reference to Paulita's death and the sight of Nimshaygo moving towards Botan was enough to provoke him in to an attack.
Nimshaygo swiped and missed clawing Hiei. Hiei jumped again landing his sword at the other demons shoulder. The large demon took another swipe with his blades. This time it hit and Hiei's sword arm started to bleed.
Botan stopped watching the fight. She stood nearby and started to throw rocks at the purple demon. The stones did not hurt him, of course, but Nimshaygo was distracted just long enough for the ferry girl and flame koorime to get to the entrance opening in the garden and into the tunnel without being seen.
Botan quickly did a heal job on Hiei's arm. Of course he didn't thank her for the healing or distracting the other demon; he thought that being indifferent was safer for everyone. It was an understandable feeling; given that most of the rekai tantai's enemy's tried to use their emotions against them.