Answers to my three wonderful reviewers

All Reviewers: Well…thank you all for reviewing and I the ending part of the last chapter was a bit…dramatic. Hiei's gonna die! Che, yeah, right. I wouldn't kill him, well may be I would, and pretend you did not see that. Anyway, go on and read the next chapter, go on, go on, and then review.

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, and I got this idea from Rurouni Kenshin and The Last Samurai.

Warriors; The Paths to Perfection

Although, I knew he was going to die, I couldn't help but watch.

"Hiei." I muttered again fearfully.

And today I didn't even check the Death List! What if he's on it! No! No! He's gonna die! …Or I could be wrong and he'd get seriously injured…but…He's gonna die!!!

Wah!!!!!

The scythe was just about to pierce Hiei's skin when…

…Hiei turned on his heel and spun around, blocking the scythe, and then aiming for the elder's side within the same movement.

"H-How." I stuttered.

That's impossible! I mean impossible. Spinning around with Zanbatou in hand like that is not possible. Other times, the blade had been resting on the ground, so most of the weight was gone, but now, he had kept the Zanbatou straight, unwavering, parallel to the ground, as he spun around! That rhymed!

Oh yeah, and note to self: In future, do not become overly dramatic.

He was great! He must have practiced long hours with the Zanbatou to master it completely. I always knew he was strong, but this strong! Strength and speed are always a good combination. Just like, to me, my Spirit Energy and my speed make the perfect combination.

Anyway, back to the battle at hand.

The Zanbatou, just as it neared the elder's side, was blocked. But what, that I could not see.

"Oh…what is it?" I asked myself.

There it was. The scythe, the scythe, which I had thought had been knocked away was in his hands once more.

The elder smirked as Hiei jumped back, dragging the blade along with him.

"Fast Hiei. You're getting better. But…not fast enough!" The elder shouted as he held the end of the chain like a whip.

He snapped it toward Hiei and before the hit connected, Hiei jumped to the side, and dragging the blade every which way, he went.

It went on for a while, each time, the chain getting quicker, with more force, and Hiei dodging narrowly.

This is a contest of speed and dodging. The elder must be Hiei's master! There is no other reason for this to happen. If this were a regular battle then the elder wouldn't waste even a second with this.

I would have never thought that Hiei would have a master. Kinda weird actually.

It seemed Hiei passed the little test because then the elder snapped his chain back into his hands, giving Hiei time to rest.

"Much better, Hiei. You're getting faster and better at reading other's moves. You could be stronger then him one day." The elder chuckled.

"Really." Hiei asked in a tone, which I thought, was impossible for Hiei to pull off.

It was an innocent and curious tone, mixed in with happiness.

I would have expected Hiei to say something like; 'Of course I'll be stronger.' But, no, that isn't what he said, and it was kinda freaking me out.

This is Hiei, right? The emotionless, arrogant, egotistical person that almost had an insult laced within his words.

My thoughts were cut off when the scythe and chain were whizzing toward Hiei again. Hiei smirked as it came and blocked with his Zanbatou.

With that, they disappeared and became blurs to my eyes again.

This was getting old; I can't even see them for Pete's sake.

I sighed as I lay back against the tree, hoping to get some sleep. If they were going to go that fast, then why even watch. Besides, the sound of metal against metal was surprisingly soothing.

A sweet smell filled the air, light but as it filled my nostrils, I felt my eyelids getting heavier and heavier. And the rustle of the grass and leaves was soothing as well.

My eyelids were about to fully close when I tensed up, and widened my eyes.

A sweet scent? This place is supposed to be full of blood!

I wearily looked around, not turning my head, but looking through the corners of my eyes. A white figure appeared for a quarter of a second before it disappeared.

Was it my imagination? The smell was gone, and everything was quiet.

I lay back down against the trunk, checking the area once again.

I'm being paranoid.

But, before I fell asleep, I crossed my arms, hands going into the opposite sleeve, grabbing my weapons, holding the hilts of them between my fingers.

If anything did come, I would be ready.

I closed my eyes, but kept my senses open.

And then it happened.

The rustling was heard, louder this time, and a soft hiss, laced with malice. I jumped backwards, flipping it the air, and coming to rest on another tree's branches, expecting to see the attacker.

But…nothing was seen. Not a trace of the attacker, there were no claw marks, no aura, no smell. There was nothing.

So, I finally get to meet one of the evil beings I've heard so much about?

I smirked to myself.

Bring it on.

Right on cue, another soft hiss was heard, and as I rolled over another branch to another one, I saw a claw, nails dripping with blood.

But, like the first time, when I got up, there was nothing.

So, this one likes to hide, and strike? Well, let it come.

But, I decided to get away from the clearing before I started battling.

Don't think Hiei would like it if I were here. The loud, annoying, stupid…I'm insulting myself, aren't I? God.

Anyway, without checking to see if the creature would attack again, I sped of in the opposite direction of the clearing.

As I ran, I heard hissing and the sound of rustling leaves following me. I wasn't making much sound, the occasional rustle or twig snapping, but nothing else. I was raised to be silent, swift, and secret.

Normally, I would be totally silent, but being chased by a creature that could kill an A-Class demon was making me a bit uneasy.

Actually, I was terribly frightened, but I kept a cool head.

I'm sure you're all thinking along the same lines as 'What the, Boton with a cool head!' But, that whole weakling thing is all a cover up.

Anyway, as I ran on, or more like flitted on, the trees became denser, and I as the sounds of the creature grew softer.

"Good." I sighed, "Hopefully I'm at least a mile away from Hiei, though, now I don't know which way I came from. Crap."

I sweatdropped, but then remembered where I was, and at that moment, the creature decided to attack.

The blood-covered claw flew, aimed to grab my face, but I knew it was coming and I quickly snapped a thick branch off a tree, and instead of the claw grabbing my face, it grabbed the branch.

I smirked and, once again, expected to see the whole creature, but was only greeted with a long, black skeletal arm. Skin hung some parts of the bone, and just like the claw, it was also covered with dried and fresh blood.

I cursed in my mind.

The claw quickly disposed of the branch, and before it could attack me, I back-flipped, only to land on another branch. I reached into my kimono sleeves, brought out my Kunai's, simple navy blue handles, and sharpened to perfection.

I held them between my fingers three to each hand.

The claw drew back a bit, before coming to attack me again. I jumped back, using my Kunai's to block. Jumping from tree to tree, I held off the claw before another one came from behind me.

I gasped, and grabbed a tree branch, hauling myself up, and missing the claws by an inch.

They slithered back, out of sight, and I heard that hissing again. A dark shape appeared behind the shadows the trees created.

"So…you're finally showing yourself." I muttered watching wearily as the creature finally appeared.

The arms were hanging limply at the creature's side, still dripping blood. Dressed in ripped crimson and black clothes, I could see through the holes the creature had the palest skin imaginable, and was only skin and bones. Black, bat-like wings jutted from his shoulder blades, the edges looking to be sharp as any sword. He would have looked almost human, if not for his claws, his wings…and his face.

His face was no human one. The closet thing it could be resembled to was a dinosaur's; a T-Rex's to be precise. Teeth stuck out a bit, instead of straight down, and a horn stuck straight up at the top of the creature's ivory skull, also dripping with blood as did the teeth.

I knew then and there that this was a true agent of evil, with its blood red eyes staring straight at me.

I froze in fear for one second before crouching down in defensive position, trying to contain my fear, though I'm sure I was failing miserably.

Come on, I'm not exactly fearless, although I am a ninja.

The creature jumped to another branch, stepping closer to me. I also jumped back, as the overpowering scent of blood consumed me, but this time it did not make me sick. No, it did something totally different.

Suddenly, my fear was lost as the creature jumped, claws outstretched. I jumped back, and while in the air, took aim, and threw my Kunai's toward the creature.

I growled in annoyance when he dodged to the side.

The creature looked up at me, and I think it grinned at me.

The scent of blood finally overpowered me, and I could feel myself growing stronger. Red tinted my vision.

I stared back fearlessly and with a flick of my wrists six new Kunai's appeared.

I had an endless supply of them in my kimono sleeve; well I'd have an endless supply until my spirit energy ran out, which could take a while.

It lunged at me, and instead of jumping out of the way, I made my Kunai's longer, and blocked him.

"Ugh." I groaned, as the creature jumped back, getting ready to attack again.

It sent it claws at me, and I jumped back wards, dodging easily.

This must be one of the weaker ones. This…thing could never have beaten an A-Class Demon, and if I was a Demon, I'd be a B-Class.

I continued dodging, using my Kunai's to block or hit when the creature's claws came to close for comfort. All the while, unbeknownst to me going back the way I came, back to where Hiei and his master were fighting.

I jumped back, into a clearing, flicking my wrists, to get rid of my Kunai's only to summon a spear. I blocked the next attack, and landed on the ground.

"Now…you're dead!" I murmured as I threw the spear right at the creature's heart.

It killed the creature instantly as it exploded in a burst of fire. Once the fire died down, a huge puddle of blood could be seen, already being soaked into the ground, where roots would feed on it.

The trees in this area, instead of using water, used blood to survive. Blood forests, duh!

My vision went back to normal as I breathed a sigh of relief.

"I take it back, Blood Forest are cool." I murmured to myself allowing a smirk to come up to face.

THUMP!

I tensed up.

What the hell was that?

"Boton!?"

Uh oh.

I turned around and gasped, "Hiei!" I gulped and started to laugh nervously, "Um…Beautiful day, isn't it."

Hiei was staring at me in disbelief with widen eyes, and his master, I think, was staring at me with curiosity.

I then saw Hiei's eyes travel down to the puddle of blood behind me.

And he saw me defeat the creature! Oh! That's great! Sarcasm intended!

"Um…"I muttered trying to hide the puddle from view.

Oh, yeah. I'm screwed, yup, I'm screwed.

To be continued

I think this chapter was a bit...uh…crazy, what do you guys…uh, or girls think? Well, anyway, since I have nothing of importance to say, I shall say this.

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Oh…

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