Disclaimer: If I owned anyone from YYH, I'd be taking over the world.

Karasu: Hey, I've never been an executioner

Underlying Tragedy: Shaddup, you are now.

Hiei: shakes head

Kurama: Please review .

"Was that ice?!" Melissa asked as the two neared the English building on their way to the parent pick up loop. "YES!" Kay exclaimed, "My hands were covered in it, I don't get it…" She trailed off with a pondering look on her face. "Well, we'll talk later, I'm supposed to go meet Youko, try not to fall asleep during a cold spell again!" She waved and walked off. Kay sighed and walked into the English building, where her locker was. She had just gotten her brand new economics book safe and sound in there, positive that she wouldn't see it again until the last day of school when she heard Mr. Karasu, "Oh, Kay, could you come in here a minute? I'd like to talk to you about…Your annotation." She turned around and saw his evil grin, thought 'Yeah, what the hell? He's evil, I'm not exactly a saint, but if he touches me he's going to lose a hand… And then some.' "Sure, Mr. Karasu, I'll be right there." She said, shutting her locker.

As soon as she walked in the room, she felt different. She couldn't explain it, it was as if she wanted to help something, yet destroy it at the same time. 'Oh, that's not me, is it?' She thought as she looked over at Mr. Karasu. "Kay, I'm going to cut to the chase," he said quietly, and she was immediately on her guard. "Oh?" She questioned, making sure she was still near the door. She didn't want to have to run, but if he seriously tried to attack her, which she had the feeling he was, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to walk away. Kay had had some martial arts training, but Mr. Karasu was giving off a different vibe entirely, and she didn't like it. "You're a demon." He said bluntly. Kay laughed slightly, "Oh, is that all?" "I'm quite serious. You're a demon, and you're going to help me."

That was it. No one tells her what to do. "Oh am I?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. "You don't believe me? Or do you simply not wish to help out a dear old teacher?" "Mostly the latter, but some of the first." She said, keeping her face emotionless. "Fine. I'll prove it to you." He snarled, and with that he leapt forward, his razor sharp claws extended – wait, claws? 'He didn't have claws before – oh my Goddess.' Kay barely got that thought out as she dodged, hearing a crunching sound, and realized that he'd taken a chunk of the marble flooring out.

"Oh my Goddess, what are you doing?!" She said with a raised voice, her anger rising. "Why are you attacking me? When did you get CLAWS? Wh-" Kay was cut short when she realized he had moved with incredible speed behind her and was now stroking her hair. She screamed and lashed out, elbowing him right in the face. She jumped back a few feet, alert to any change in posture he may have that would give away his next move, but all she saw was him grabbing his nose, now bloody and at an odd angle, holding back a scream in pain.

'Oh my God I hit a teacher!' She thought, then mentally slapped herself, now was not the time to be thinking that. He attacked her, she attacked him back, 'Stop thinking. Just stop.' She told herself. The next thing she knew there was an explosion behind her and she was on the ground, clutching her side in pain. 'Was there a bomb there? How could I have missed that?' "That was me, love." Mr. Karasu said, as if reading her mind, "I am a master of bombs. I use my spirit energy to shape and detonate them to my whim." 'This guy's crazy.' Kay thought.

Suddenly there was another explosion next to her, right on the wound she had gotten from the last one. She grimaced but refused to cry out. This idiot had gone far enough. Then she realized; what exactly could she do? Her left side was now bleeding quite a bit, and Mr. Karasu was walking toward her again. Kay's eyes filled with anger, how dare he do this to her? Vermin. That's all he was, and he was going to be exterminated. She just wasn't sure how yet.

"You have yet to unlock your abilities," He taunted, "Tsk, tsk." He was getting closer, brandishing his claws. Kay suddenly felt something in her hands; they were tingling – cold, yet hot at the same time. Mr. Karasu was right next to her staring down at her struggling to sit up, "I'm afraid this is a necessary evil if you want to reach your full potential." He said with an insane smile. He moved to strike her with his claws, but she moved her hand up as if to shield herself, waiting for impact.

It never came. Kay looked up and was shocked to see a wall of ice at least one foot thick separating Mr. Karasu and herself. She steadied herself as she stood up, ignoring the pain in her side. She could see the shadowy figure of Mr. Karasu as he paced back and forth, looking for a weak point in the ice. 'Ice? Did I do that?' She thought, 'How do I get out?' The ice looked quite solid, but then again, she wasn't sure if she wanted out either; her enemy was on the other side, waiting.

Kay narrowed her eyes, how dare he make her hide like this. This was unacceptable. 'Okay, I made it, I can take it down.' She thought as she concentrated on the wall melting or separating, or whatever, just trying to make it go away. She closed her eyes, and opened them just in time to see Karasu lunging at her again. Kay gasped and held out her hand again, feeling something collide with Karasu's claw, realizing she was now holding a sword made out of ice. "What the—" She didn't get to finish her sentence as he attempted to hit her again with the other claw. Realizing she was going to need more than one weapon, she focused a pair of sais, and after dodging a few more attacks, receiving only minor scratches compared to the wound on her side, she was now holding a pair of sais made entirely of ice. Not knowing how she was doing this, but not really caring either, Kay tried to focus on the fight. Thinking would only get her killed.

Karasu stopped his attacks briefly, "Do you understand now?" He asked in a maniacal manner. Caitlin glared in return, cringing as she shifted her weight onto her right leg. 'Damn side…' She thought bitterly. "Aw, did one of my bombs hurt you?" He drawled as he licked the blood coming from his obviously broken nose. "You wish." She spat at him and attacked again, managing to plunge one of her sais into Karasu's right shoulder, pinning him to the wall. 'Okay I'm pretty sure I've never been strong enough to embed ice into a wall before, much less after going through someone.' Kay thought, backing away from him.

Ignoring his cries of pain, she continued to glare at him, "Have anything else to say? Or should I kill you now?" Karasu sneered at her, making her realize pinning him to the wall did nothing for her. Another explosion behind her propelled her forward, making her collide with the wall next to Karasu. Kay fell to the ground in a daze, realized Karasu had gotten the sai out of his shoulder and was now standing above her, and also realized that he hadn't expected her to fight that much.

"Quite the little fighter, aren't we?" He grinned evilly, "Perfect. I need you to fight for me." Kay was shocked and outraged, "Go to hell." She snarled at him. "Oh, I've been there. It's quite nice in the summer, you'll see. And you will be fighting for me. If not willingly, I have other ways to ensure it. I'm a skilled executioner, trained for years, you'll do as I say." He dropped her ice sai behind him and stepped on her left side, hoping to hear a scream of pure agony, but got none. "You idiot." Kay spat at him, "I know pain is a method of brainwashing, but you'll never be able to put me through enough pain for that." She lashed out with a newly formed ice dagger and sliced his Achilles tendon, making him fall down and clutch his ankle in pain.

Kay stood up and glared at the pitiful life form at her feet, suddenly feeling very amused, "How long did you say you had been fighting?" She laughed insanely, "This is too pathetic." She walked to the bookshelf on the other side of the room, grabbed a dictionary, and walked back over the bleeding form. "If I can form things out of ice, can I freeze objects as well?" Caitlin focused on the dictionary she was holding, it slowly began to ice over. When it was completely frozen, she smirked and said "I wonder if this would feel like getting hit with an anvil?" and with that, dropped it on Karasu's head, knocking him unconscious.

It was only then did Kay realize that the blood from her side was trailing down her leg. She was in a lot of pain, but she was happy; she just beat up a teacher! There was another thing; she wasn't cold. Well, cool, but not cold – and certainly not freezing like in 4th period. "Hn, that's interesting…" She said to herself, clutching her side before sitting down at a desk. 'Probably not the smartest thing to do right now, sit down right where I mauled the teacher, but I can't really walk outside like this, either.' Kay stared at the unconscious Karasu, "Don't feel honored, the only reason I didn't kill you is because IB still needs an English teacher."