Thanks for the reviews, sorry it took so long!
Black Wolf Jaganshi Lover: Katina isn't really based on one single person, but yes i know someone who talks that much and it IS annoying. .
Lee Totema: I tried to put in a little more action, thanks for the suggestion!
HieiFan666: Hey, I spend my time doing the same. I wish I could walk out of Speech...
slancaster113: Well, I'm glad you liked them fighting. I wasn't orginally going to put that in there.
They were walking down the path leading towards the bus stop once more. They being a jubilant Katina and three reluctant companions. Hiei was the worst of them all, sulking and keeping a few feet behind the rest of them. Katina was, once again, talking. Not that anyone was listening of course.
They managed to reach the bus stop just as the bus was pulling away.
"Wait come back!" Katina yelled. No one else made an effort. The bus didn't stop, in fact it was going so fast Hiei was sure that is was way above the speed limit.
"Hn." What did it matter if they didn't catch the bus. Now they would be late for school or not go at all, both of which appealed to him.
"Well," Katina said thoughtfully, "I guess we better start walking." Hiei snorted and Amaya groaned out loud. Angel didn't say anything, but she didn't look very amused. Katina led her lagging troops up the road and around the bend. After a few minutes, Angel was carrying Amaya and Katina had stopped talking.
Why had she stopped talking? Suddenly, walking didn't seem like so much fun. They lived twenty miles from town, school, anywhere for that matter! Now they all were walking slowly.
Katina stopped, right in front of all of them, Amaya and Hiei knocking into her at the sudden lack of movement. She was trembling. Angel had stopped when she did and was sniffing the air.
"What is that?" she asked, looking at Katina. Katina was still shaking, more noticeably now.
"I don't know, but the earth is screaming," she whispered. Katina broke out into a run, Angel jogging beside her, carrying Amaya still on her back and dragging Hiei by one hand. Soon they came to the source of Katina's pain.
The fire was enormous, even compared to the fires Hiei himself had created. The source of it was two houses, side by side, both enclosed in the flames. The ningen firefighters shot water uselessly at the blaze. Two of them held back a screaming woman. As they came closer, her screams could be more clearly heard.
"Let me go! My baby's in there! Just get her out!" the woman yelled. She tried breaking away from the men many times, trying to get back to the house. The firefighters were having a hard time keeping her from it.
Hiei took in the scene. "Stupid."
Angel glanced at him. "What's stupid?"
Hiei sneered. "That ningen. She wants to risk her life for some other stupid ningen."
Angel looked at him for a second, then turned her gaze back to the flame. "She cares for it. Is that so wrong? Do you know of a demon who would do that?"
Hiei didn't answer her. Angel took in his silence. Then, reaching into her bag, she pulled out a black cloak.
"Amaya, soak this for me will ya?" The water demon complied. Katina looked at Angel. "That buildings going to fall down any moment."
"Then I'll be quick."
Holding the cloak, Angel flitted to the other side of the house and out of view. Hiei gaped.
"Why is she going to risk her life for some ningen? Is she that dumb?"
Katina glared at him openly. "She values life. Especially children." Hiei glared back. His thoughts ran through his mind endlessly. Why go in there? Surely she doesn't think humans are actually worth something? She is half-demon after all. Why should she care?
His thoughts were interrupted by one of the house front doors bursting open. Angel still held the cloak in her arms, and fire surrounded her. Katina, Hiei, and Amaya followed her as she walked to the distraught mother, who had sunk to the ground sobbing. Angel kneeled down and handed the bundle to her. The mother froze a moment before opening the bundle. Inside was a baby girl, whose blue eyes looked out into the world. The mother started crying once more, this time in joy.
She stopped for a moment to look for the young girl that had handed her the baby, but she was gone. As were the three other people who had been standing with her.
"Bless you, whoever you are."
Angel sat up in a tree, Hiei pulled up next to her on the branch. Katina and Amaya sat on another branch.
"What if someone saw you?" Katina whispered. Angel kept her eyes alert on the ground.
"If they had they would have been here by now," she said, finally hopping down. The others soon followed. Hiei was staring strangely at Angel, but she ignored him. She sniffed the air, smelling something familiar. Her eyes turned gold as she scanned the forest. Then she growled, spotting a black aura with yellow twined through it. Evil and mischief. Always a bad combonation.
Her katana was quickly out in her hand, and her body tensed as they all waited. The bushes rattled, and out stepped a man around eighteen.
His blond hair flowed back in a way that would make any human girl swoon. His blue eyes were mysterious, with a hint of mischief. He was about 5'9 maybe six foot. Black diesel pants hung from his hips and a blue shirt fit tightly around his well-built body.
Angel froze, but kept her katana up. Her eyes narrowed.
"Keiji."
Keiji smiled, his teeth showing, fangs sharpened to a point. "Oh so you do remember me then? I sent a messenger with a present, but it seems he hasn't made it back yet."
Angel continued growling, her hand clenched on the hilt of the katana, knuckles white.
Keiji turned his attention to the group now behind Angel. He shook his head in disbelief.
"It seems you've picked up a brat. How long do you think you can keep her alive?"
Angel blurred, reappearing in front of Amaya. "If you touch her I'll make sure your death will last for centuries." Her eyes dangerously flashed, now back to their normal vibrant green.
Keiji chuckled. "But didn't you already promise me that? I seem to recall that I'm supposed to get the most bloody death. Painful too." His voice was mocking, trying to taunt Angel into attacking him. He glanced once more at the group. "The Forbidden Child too? Now what would you be doing here, with no more spirit energy than a human."
Now Hiei growled. Angel glanced at him, but swiftly returned her eyes to Keiji. His eyes brightened suddenly.
"Unless of course, the rumors are true. The Jaganashi was turned into a pathetic human." Keiji smirked.
Hiei tried to move past Angel, his anger overtaking everything, but Angel stopped him. Keiji seeing the movement, sent a shot of red light at them. Hiei's first thought was to run, but he didn't move, seeing Amaya and Katina sitting still. Angel raised one hand. Her eyes turned gold once more and a golden shield appeared around them. The light glanced off to the side and obliterated a tree.
"Dammit," Keiji said softly. But his smile did not leave. "How long do you think you can hold that up?" He threw another bolt experimentally, but it bounced again.
"As long as it it'll take for me to kill you." Angel sped towards him, but he disappeared in a puff of red smoke. He reappeared on the tree they had been sitting on earlier.
"Well, as delightful as that sounds, I have a previous engagement," Keiji said, taking one hand and moving it through the air in a slicing motion. A small portal materialized, and he stepped through it.
A katana sliced through the air and split the tree in half. Angel had thrown it in a fit of rage. Then she turned back to the group and took down the shield.
"I'll be in the Makai," she said, looking at Katina. Katina nodded, and Angel blurred.
"Why is she going to the Makai? Is everything ok?" Amaya asked. Her face was streaked with worry and fear. Katina ruffled her hair.
"She's just going to vent, she'll be all right."
Another demon fell, a victim of the angry katana held in Angel's hands. Bodies were all around, and more demons were coming. Hundreds more started flocking. Angel had a few cuts and bruises. She dropped the katana and clenched her fists.
"You bastard!"
Flames surrounded her body and then lashed out at all the demons. Screams were everywhere as every single body, alive or dead, disintegrated.
Hiei turned once more in his bed, tossing about. He couldn't get comfortable. There was something wrong with his bed.
"Sssssss..."
What the hell was that? Hiei thought. He jumped off the bed and reached for his katana. It wasn't there. Then he saw the yellow eyes move from under the bed. It was a snake demon. It's tail held his katana.
In a flash of silver, the demon fell down in two pieces, then burst into flames. Hiei heard once more thing before Angel walked out of his room.
"The Makai knows."