(We have to go.) Black Rose said.

(Not yet.)

(We have to get there before the unicorn dance, and we can't do that if we're here.)

(Then you go.)

(Oh, ha ha. Let's go.)

(We can't just leave him here!)

(I sure can.)

(Okay fine. I can't leave him alone.)

(Who said he was going to be alone?)

(Who-)

"Are you having a conversation with yourself?" Hiei asked weakly.

"No! I'm not crazy-"

"That's questionable." Lexis ignored the comment.

"I'm talking to Bl- wait. How…"

"Psychic."

(Well, duh. Isn't that something you share with a lover?)

"We're not lovers!" Lexis yelled, flushing.

(Did he tell you he's a demon, or did he fail to mention that little detail too?)

"You're a demon?"

"Well I…"

(This is why you to can't be together. Demons and Angels just aren't supposed to be together. You come from totally, and I mean totally, different worlds. His world is all fire and brimstone, where as you world has streets of gold. You're going against nature.)

"My world is not fire and brimstone. The only difference between my world and yours is that we don't have streets of gold."

(There's a big difference, sweetheart.)

"Oh, really? Give me three ways they're different."

(God. Jesus. Angels. In your world there's Satan. Fire. Brimstone.)

"No! I refuse to be baby sat by these- these-sprites!"

"Sprites? We are not sprites, jack ass!" a blue fairy said.

"We're fairies." A purple one said.

"Same difference. I'm not stayin here wit two fairies, a nymph, and a pixie!"

"Get over it, Demon." The nymph said coolly. "We don't want to be here with YOU either."

"Take me with you." Hiei begged Lexis.

"You're still injured."

"Scratches."

"Blood was seeping through your skin."

"So?"

"You're in no condition to be traveling."

"Come on."

"NO! That's final. I don't want to hear another word."

(He played you.)

(Shut up.) Hiei chuckled. He had convinced her to let him come. She didn't like the idea of him coming on a dangerous mission like this in his present state. Black Rose landed in the Moon circle.

(The unicorns will be dancing here.)

"Why are looking for unicorns?" Hiei asked. No one had bothered to fill in the blanks about where they where going.

(To drink unicorn blood.) Black Rose said matter of factly.

"But if Lexis drinks unicorn blood you two will be fused forever."

(No shit?) Black Rose said sarcastically.

"But why!"

(So we can be fused in spirit.)

"Permanently? You can't want this, Lexis!"

"I don't have a choice."

"Why don't you drink griffin's blood?"

(What?)

"What?"

"Griffin's blood. It fuses the spirit temporarily so I won't have to put up with that wildebeest when we're together."

(Wildebeest!)

"You're right. You're more of a chimera."

(Chimera! I autta kick you're ass!)

"Well when someone's ugly enough to make a train take a dirt road, like you, what else are you suppose to call them?"

(Boy, you so ugly that you scare small children.)

"Chick, you so ugly that you don't scare small children, you scare grown folks."

"Could we get back to the subject at hand, please?"

"Throw it back. Like a shot. Don't taste." Hiei instructed.

"It smells like shit." Lexis said wrinkling her nose.

"Yeah, well, it tastes worst than it smells. Just drink it."

"Bottoms up," She said grimly. She threw back the griffin's blood and almost gagged. It actually did taste worst than it smelled. "Well now that that's over, now what?"

"We wait to see who wins."

"Who wins what?"

"The fight for dominance."

"What are you talking about?" Lexis felt a stab of pain and doubled over. "Oh, God!" She gasped as pain shot through her. She could hear Black Rose screaming in her head, or was that her? She couldn't tell. Everything just hurt so much. Hiei hugged her, rocking back and forth with her in his arms.

"It's okay," he whispered into her hair. (How's anything gonna be okay when something's rippin me apart from the inside!) she thought. Finally the pain did stop and Lexis hugged Hiei closer to her. "I'm sorry," he said stroking her back.