Black Rose's hands held black flames. (Shit!) Hiei thought. "Lexis? Can you hear me in there?" he was trying to be soothing. Black Rose threw a fireball at him. Hiei dodged it easily. She blinked, surprised. "Lexis, don't do this." She threw another fireball at him. It also missed. "Lexis! Damn it! You have to fight her!" Another fireball came his way, and again he dodged. "Lexis! I-" Hiei's words were cut short. The fireball had circled around and hit him in the back. The black flames engulfed him. Hiei yelled as the searing heat bit into his flesh. This was bad. Being a demon, he was more resistant to her powers. Meaning he would be in pain longer. "Lexis…" (Oh my God,) he thought. (I'm dieing. Wow.) Hiei had never thought he was indestructible; it just never crossed his mind that he could die.

Blood started to seep through Hiei's skin. (She's dragging it out.) He thought vaguely. Hiei had never been in so much pain. He could feel his soul starting to leave his body. He was really dieing. It hit him suddenly that he cared for Lexis far more than he could have imagined. He desperately wanted to see her sweet innocent face. (I think I lov-) Hiei slipped into a cold darkness.

Black Rose smirked. Her job was done. One less demon to deal with. She felt as if a piece of her had just died. A sharp pain ripped through her heart. (Why-) "Spirit gun!" Yusuke's shot hit home. It struck Black Rose through the heart. Surprise dulled the pain for a heartbeat. (What the hell?) Black Rose lifted a black flamed hand to attack when Kurama's Rose whip wrapped around her wrist, cutting into her flesh. Kuwabara stepped forward with his sward drawn. He put the tip of it to her throat. "Don't move." Yusuke said, his voice thick with unshed tears. Kurama's eyes where suspiciously bright, and Kurama was crying silently.

"I'm sorry Lexis." Kurama said softly.

"I am too." Koenma said. "Kill her."

"WHAT!" They all yelled in unison.

"I'm sorry boys but she- she killed Hiei. We can't have her out and about."

"So lock her up like you were gonna do!" Yusuke yelled.

"Yusuke, she KILLED Hiei. One of Spirit world's strongest detectives. We can't keep her."

"Oh God." Kurama whispered as he realized the depth of the situation. "Koenma, I- I can't." He said his voice broke. "I just can't."

"No," Kuwabara said softly. "Not me."

"Yusuke," Koenma said expectantly.

"No, Koenma. No." Yusuke had tears running down his cheeks now. "I can't."

"Get your hands off of me." She had had enough. She spread her wings and took off with Kurama still connected. "Let me go!" Black Rose burned through Kurama's whip and he fell through the trees to the ground.

(What the hell?) Lexis thought. She couldn't move. It was dark. She couldn't see either. (What's goin on here?) She was floating. Memories surfaced of Hiei. Of a girl with black hair and red eyes. (Who is she? Why does she look so much like me? Where is Hiei? Is he still mad at me? Where am I? Why can't I move? Why can't see? What happened to me?)

(Will you please shut up!)

(What the hell!) Lexis thought.

(You are not the only one in here you know. So stop asking so many questions. It's annoying.) Black Rose thought to her.

(Oh my God! I'm bipolar!) Lexis thought.

(God you're stupid.) Black Rose thought. (You're not bipolar.)

(Then I'm skitsofrinick!)

(NO…well yes. You have a split personality so yeah you are skitso.)

(Go away! I was here first. First come first serve! Get out!)

(Actually I've been in there where you are now. You just woke up first.)

(Well you snooze you lose! Get out!)

(Sorry, can't.)

(Why not?)

(This is my body too.)

(Like hell it is!)

(If I leave I die.)

(And that means what to me!)

(If I die you die too.)

(Aw that's fucked up.)

(I don't want to be connected to you anymore than you want to be connected to me. But what do you suppose we do about it?)

(You come back in here and I go back out there. Then we act like nothing ever happened. I go back to my life and back to Hiei, and you go back to sleep or whatever.)

(No deal. I want out.)

(What!)

(I will not take a back seat to my body.)

(I was here first! It's my body!)

(I will not be a back seat driver.)

(Then don't drive!)

At Lexis's request, Black Rose flew to Hiei. Black Rose made herself invisible and took Hiei's body away. (Now what,) she asked Lexis.

(Take him to the waterfall there's a cave behind it.)

(What do you want to do with him, for heaven sake? He's dead!)

(HE IS NOT!)

(Okay, okay! He's not dead. (She's flipped.) So what do you want to do with him?)

(I- wait why did you kill him?)

(I thought he wasn't dead?)

(Don't get smart. Why?)

(You were scared. It takes a lot to scare you like that. I thought he was a threat to you, so I got rid of him.)

(But Hiei would never hurt me!)

(He's just like your father. He's bigger than you so he thinks he has power over you.)

(He's not!)(Hiei's not bigger than me. We're the same height. He's stronger than me but he's not bigger.)

(How do you know?)

(I just do, okay? Why are you here anyway?)

(I'm supposed to destroy a demon lord, but I'd have to be a human or a demon to get in the castle.)

(I can help.)

(I'm also suppose to keep you safe. You'd be killed.)

(So like can't we fuse or something?)

(We are fused.)

(No. I mean spiritually.)

(We could but it would be hard to do. You would need to drink unicorn blood.)

(Why unicorn blood?)

(Uni-one-uni. We need to be joined as one. Uni.)

(Oh. Let's do it.)

(We'd be fused forever.)

(Oh.)

(Let's do it.)

Black Rose was breathing hard. Her powers where leaving her again. Black Rose turned back into Lexis. She put her hands on Hiei's chest. No heart beat. She started to cry Hiei was dead. He was really dead and it was her fault. (What am I going to do without you?)

(What am I going to do without you?) He heard it. It was Lexis. Her thoughts seemed far away. (Hiei…) She was crying for him. He didn't know why though. He pulled himself toward her warmth, her light. As he moved away from the cold darkness he was hit with a wall of pain. He fell back into the darkness. But she needed him. He needed her. He had an image of her in another man's arms. That was enough to get him moving. He pushed his way through the pain until he could hear her crying he was exhausted. It hurt to breath. He pushed on. It even hurt to think, but he made it. Hiei ran his fingers through her thick blond hair. "Hello beautiful."