WARNING! WARNING! I should tell you I have edited chapter two and chapter one. Instead of having some invisible tower in the junkyard, the angels instead just have suites in a hotel. The tower idea was just a bit too far out for me. Now read and review please!
Randall Flagg2
(1)
Life looked out the window of his hotel suite with Judgment. Already the sky had turned red, a sign that they were going to strike again. Only humans with spirit awareness would see the change of color. Thankfully the only ones with spirit awareness in this area of Japan were the spirit detectives, and even they would not be much to worry about. It wasn't like they would even recognize them. They had gotten very good at maintaining human forms.
Still, Life couldn't help but wonder: if the spirit detectives did discover their plan, would they really be able to defeat them? Life and the other angels had been watching over the world for all of their lives, and they knew that Yusuke Urameshi was not one to be taken lightly. He had defeated many powerful creatures in his job as a spirit detective, including the infamous Toguro. And then the spirit detective had even gone so far as to defeat the human known as Shinobu Sensui, a human who had tried to end the human race by opening a tunnel to demon world.
Life had to admit, he did sort of admire Sensui. The man had almost done what he and his comrades were trying to do. Furthermore, he had turned seven humans to his side by use of the chapter black tape and his own lies. He had even escaped being judged by Koenma when that demon, Life couldn't remember the name, had taken him to a different dimension. Sensui was almost the way Judgment himself was, except he was human and not an angel.
But Sensui's plan had had one major flaw and that was that the hole to demon world was capable of being repaired. The spirit world special defense force had seen to that. Judgment's plan to end the human race was much different, and unlike a simple hole to the demon world, one could only stop this in a special way once it was set into motion. And even if Yusuke did have the power to match them, he did not have nearly as much fighting experience as he did, let alone the other angels. Yusuke had been fighting only for fourteen years of his life, and the angles had been fighting since the dawn of man. Yusuke didn't even know martial arts. He was a street fighter for crying out loud, and a street fighter had no chance against one who had such combat wisdom.
Life shook his head gently. He was letting his thoughts get ahead of him. He had a mission to accomplish. His mission? Track down and destroy the first elemental point. Death and Ferryman would handle the other three. Judgment would supervise them. He would only step up to fight if the other three failed. In all his years as a guardian of spirit world, Life could only recall Judgment being forced to fight only six times. The wise angel was both powerful and cunning, and his name was known throughout spirit world. Every demon, even the three kings of spirit world, hated and feared them. They were truly a force to be reckoned with.
Life turned to his master. "I shall be going now my lord. You are certain the spirit detective and his accomplices shall not locate me or anyone else?"
"I am positive Life. You just focus on destroying the elemental point."
"I will my lord. I will." Without another word, Life left the room.
(2)
"Urameshi come on! I'm hungry!"
"Shut up Kuwabara!" Yusuke snarled. "We are not stopping for something to eat! We are looking for four angels who are going to destroy the world!"
"Oh come on! It's not like the world is gonna end instantly! There's no way they could destroy every human in one day! We have time to stop and grab a bite!" Kuwabara whined. He had been going on like this for an hour now.
Yusuke threw up his hands in surrender. "Alright, fine! How's McDonalds sound?"
"Sounds great!"
Yusuke smirked. "Hope your not gonna get a happy meal like last time!"
"Shut up Urameshi! I needed the toy for a science project!" Kuwabara roared.
"Whatever." Yusuke said, walking further down the road. Kuwabara followed quickly, muttering about how he was going to bash Yusuke's face in once this was all over.
(3)
"They're stopping to get food? What fools." Hiei thought to himself. He had seen the whole thing from atop a nearby building. He was supposed to be with Kurama, but he had decided the check around this side of town anyway, partly to see if any of the mentioned four were here, but mostly to make sure the detective and the oaf did not muck things up. He was not surprised at this turn of events. You couldn't trust humans to do anything right. Well, make that a human and a half blood demon.
"I might as well stick around. Knowing Yusuke, trouble will most likely find him before he finds it." Hiei leapt off the roof and onto another building, and just as he landed he grew tense. He could sense something coming, something with tremendous energy. Hiei crouched and clutched the hilt of his katana. With his other hand he took off the bandana on his forehead, opening his jagan eye. Immediately his vision became through one eye instead of two. Using the eye, he scanned the horizon.
When Hiei saw the figure approaching by way of the sky, he thought he was looking at a Nazi. The figure wore a long black trench coat, black leather gloves, and tall black boots. His hair was long and blonde, tied in a braid. Hiei must've been radiating energy by using the eye, because the figure stopped in mid flight and hovered down onto the building to face him.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" the figure began. "I've found a rekai tantei, of all things. Which one of them are you?"
Hiei's eyes narrowed slightly. "My name is of no importance. I can tell by your spirit energy that your one of the four though. Did you come here to die?"
The figure laughed. "I can tell by your attitude that you're the one known as Hiei. Only you could be so cocky when faced by someone like me." Then he smiled. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Life, the angel of life, servant to Judgment the supreme angel." Life bowed, as if giving Hiei a proper greeting.
Hiei unsheathed his katana. "Quiet fool, I don't need the introduction. I knew you were one of them. It's pretty easy to tell by how much energy you're radiating."
Life chuckled. "Cocky as ever." he laughed. His turned one eye to Hiei's sword. "Do you really think you can cut me? I've heard of how fast you are, but can you keep up with me?" Life hunkered down slightly and assumed a karate stance. Hiei smiled coldly.
"If it's a fight you want, then so be it. I've been wanting to see if the rumors are true about your power." Hiei said smugly.
Without another word, Hiei vanished in a blur. Only for a second though.
(4)
Life followed Hiei's movements as best as he could. The fire demon was much quicker then he thought he would have been. Life knew he had to be on guard. Hiei was not an opponent most people, human or demon, wanted to go up against.
Hiei was moving so fast that Life could only catch flickers of movements here and there. And even then, he did not see him completely. Hiei was clearly a skilled opponent. Even so, Life wasn't worried. Hiei had much combat experience, but not as much as Life did. There was no need to worry.
As he expected, Hiei finally attacked. There was a flicker of movement and suddenly a silver white slash arced across the air. Life jumped back just in time to avoid being sliced in half. But Hiei was not done yet. Life dodged to the side as Hiei thrust forward, stabbing at him. Life had to almost immediately duck as Hiei gracefully swung at his head. Life ducked, and then immediately jumped as Hiei slashed at his heels. Then he had to lean back as Hiei made another stab at him, this time at his face. Life acrobatically back flipped away and assumed another fighting stance.
"Hn. Not bad. I can see that you're no amateur. Perhaps I did underestimate you a little." Hiei sneered.
"You're not so bad yourself." Life mused. "You're much faster then I thought you would be. You will be an interesting opponent."
Life held out his hand and a ball of energy appeared in his hand. The light began to assume shape and then turned into a katana. He wrapped both arms around the hilt and held the sword in front of him like a samurai.
"Come and get me." Life taunted.
Hiei charged and swung his katana from the side. Life brought his sword up and parried the blow. Hiei's swing was much harder this time as Life recoiled from the force of it. Hiei thrust at him, but Life twirled his sword like a staff and blocked it. He jumped away and his sword vanished. He did not assume a fighting stance this time. He simply stood there.
"You're holding back with me Hiei. You can't beat me with a sword." Life smiled. "Show me the power of fire."
Hiei smirked and re-sheathed his sword. "Very well then." he growled. Hiei's eye began to glow bright blue. He clenched his fists and they began to spark with electricity. Then suddenly, Hiei's fist was covered in bright orange flame.
"Prepare to taste the fist of the mortal flame!" Hiei yelled. In a blur, he darted at Life. Life punched at him, but Hiei ducked beneath him. Life had only enough time to widen his eyes before Hiei jumped up and began punching him in a blur. Hiei's fist moved like lightning, creating large bursts of fire with each punch. Hiei could only imagine how Life's face would look after this.
When the festivities were over, Hiei jumped away and looked at his opponent closely. Smoke surrounded the angel's face. Hiei had a none too pleasant image of what it would look like when the smoke cleared.
And when the smoke cleared, Hiei had a very nasty surprise. Life's face was smoking, but there were no burn marks. There were not even any bruises. Life was smiling.
"I'm disappointed Hiei. I expected so much more from you." Life snapped his fingers and his katana reappeared. He crouched down and held his sword out behind him.
"Let me show you a real attack." he whispered.
Hiei started to unsheathe his sword, but just as he did the angel vanished. Hiei had the skill to keep up with almost anybody, but for the first time he could not detect where his opponent was going to move. He heard the sound of a blade slicing through the air and suddenly Life was standing behind him, his sword held out as if he had swung it.
Hiei turned around. "You missed, fool. Was that supposed to hurt me?" he taunted. Life only smiled.
Suddenly Hiei felt pain rush through his shoulders and his sides. He knelt down on his knees. Blood began to run thickly from his shoulders and his knee caps. It was then he saw there was blood on Life's sword.
"How could he hit me in four places at once? He only moved forward!" Hiei thought.
As if the angel had read his mind, Life spoke. "You don't know how that worked? Allow me to explain. It's a technique I like to call the cutter quartet."
Hiei looked puzzled. "Cutter quartet?" he asked.
"Whenever I move fast enough, my body creates invisible illusions which go in different directions. However they are still capable of hurting my opponent. Originally they only moved out in a specific direction, but after I practiced with it for awhile, I could get them to move where I wanted. Using a special form of telekinesis, I can make the illusions move wherever I want them to. I call it the cutter quartet because while I move in to hit my opponent, I can make the illusions converge on them as well. So if I miss, the illusions hit instead. And since you weren't prepared, I and the three illusions slashed you four times. Unless you can see the illusions, which you cannot, this attack is almost impossible to dodge."
Life's katana vanished. An energy ball appeared in his hands. "Allow me to show you one more technique before I leave. I call this the spread buster." Life tossed the ball into the air and before Hiei could blink, the ball broke apart into four different energy balls. Hiei had only enough time to realize what was going to happen before all four blasts converged on him. Electricity began to surge up and down his body. Hiei clenched his teeth to resist screaming. He was not going to yield to the angel, even if he couldn't win.
Life turned away. "Perhaps the spirit detective Urameshi will provide better entertainment. That however, is just the beginning. Soon we will target the four elemental points. Then we will end this pitiful race." Without another word, Life rose into the sky and flew away, leaving Hiei behind.
(5)
Hiei rose slowly. The wounds on his shoulders and knees had stopped bleeding, but his body still ached from the electric attack. So this was the power of an angel. Hiei had to admit he was impressed. Being able to hit from multiple angles like that… Not many demons could do that. Life must have been truly powerful.
A deep, dark anger began to wash over Hiei. He could not believe, let alone accept that fact, that he had been defeated. He had not counted on someone having abilities like this. But that was not what made him so angry. What made him sick with fury was that he had made the mistake of underestimating his opponent, something which he had only done once. He hated making mistakes like this. Mistakes were for that idiot ningen Kuwabara, or for the ever brash Yusuke, not for him.
Hiei was not only angered, but worried. The angel had mentioned the four elemental points, which were vital to maintaining control of the earth's elements. Hiei did not know what the angel and the rest of them had to do with the elemental points, but he had a feeling it wasn't anything good.
Hiei considered going after the angel, but then decided differently. He was in no condition to fight at the moment. Muttering a curse word, Hiei stood up and jumped off the building to the ground.
"You had better fight well, detective. These aren't ordinary opponents." Hiei thought.
To be continued…
It's good to be back. And remember, the first and second chapters have been revised. Okay bye for now!
Randall Flagg2
