Chapter 8

"Wakie wakie boys!" Lee cried jumping on Yusuke.

"How the hell are you in my house!" Yusuke growled at the tiny torturous tyrant.

"Botan dropped us off, duh." Ailias shrugged while gripping Botan by her kimono.

"Hi Yusuke." She waved meekly.

"So, WHY are you here?" Yusuke muttered while watching Lee hop around the apartment, only to look in his mother's room and come back screaming.

"MY EYES! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES!" Lee screamed while scratching the wall. "THE HORROR!"

"Kit, what happened?" Ailias said calmly, holding Lee up in her other hand.

"Sh-sh-she, his m-mom, therewasthisguyandhewasonthebedandhewasn'twearinganything!" Lee screamed, while rubbing her eyes.

"Oh, so that was what mom was doin' last night." Yusuke mumbled.

"I am so sorry that you had to see that kit." Ailias said dropping Lee back down to the floor, where the younger girl proceeded to rub her face against the floor in an odd resemblance to a break-dancer. "Anyway, we have a mission."

"A mission, and why aren't the others here?" Yusuke asked.

"We already got them." Lee mumbled, bringing her now red raw face from the floor.

"Luckily, Kurama's mother is decent. Unlike some people we know." Ailias shuddered then regained her fast slipping composure. "Mission, now, up."

"I'll be with Botan." Lee said, dragging the perky Grim Reaper behind her as she walked out the door.

"Oh, and Yusuke, I so love your rubber ducky boxers." Ailias smirked before jumping out of the window.

"I'm wearing rubber ducks?" Yusuke asked looking down.

Later! With the YYH gang.

"Hm… to battle huh?" Hiei smirked. "I like it!" He rushes out the door of Koenma's office.

"Uh… OK…" Yusuke commented. "How did he get, 'battle' out of 'robbery'?

"He must have caught a glimpse of my papers…" Koenma admitted. Sigh… Blood lust for Hiei… ANYWAY!

"So we are going to battle?" Lee asked. "Are we?"

"No. Not if it was a robbery." Ailias answered.

"Actually," Koenma starts. "Something was robbed from the Spirit Vault." The rest of the original Rekai Tantei gasp. "They stole… The Shadow Sword…"

"Sooo? WHAT!" Lee asked pissed off because she does not know what the fruitcakes is going on.

"Some one is making armies of demons from humans, and we have to slaughter them before we can get to the dude with the sword, right toddler?" Ailias explains.

"Uh… go join Hiei…"

"In other words, yes." Kurama translates.

"Sweet." Ailias smirked and strutted out the door. Lee, whooping, followed excitedly after her. They arrived at a plain valley filled with writhing demons that we being fended off by Hiei. Ailias jumped forward with Lee. "Want some help?"

"No, but I don't really have a choice do I?" Hiei huffed before slicing a demon's head clear off. It bounced over to Lee, who picked it up and shoved her hand into its jaw.

"I don't really have a choice do I?" Lee mocked, moving the head's mouth. Ailias chuckled before leaping high into the air before coming crashing down atop demon heads.

"BLOOODWRAIIIITH!" She cried while hitting the ground and cleanly slicing a demon's head off, the spray of blood splashing her clothes.

Ailias growled and charged forward, bringing her claws straight through one demon before ripping her arm out of its side to swipe off another's head. Spinning around she brought her claws through the crowd of demons surrounding her, a fresh wave of blood coming off each one. A putrid stench rose when one towering above the rest came towards her. She growled her challenge before knocking him over with a slice through his leg then a swipe into his eyes. He howled before falling and crashing into his fellow demons. She was soaked in demon blood and her eyes glowed red. She let out a fierce animalistic roar before charging straight through a line of demons with her claws.

Lee watched for a moment, watching her mentor go into a fit of bloodlust. Then charged after her, dangerously swinging her double swords through the hordes of demons. She brought one sword's hilt down on a nearing demon's head while her other sword impaled a charging demon. She snarled, her fangs growing slightly and her fur on end, while bringing both swords down through a towering demon in her path. One sword was knocked from her hand while dealing with a nearing snake demon and she quickly killed her offending demon with a swipe of her claws. Looking over she saw her bloody partner regressing to tiger form to chew through an unaware demon's neck. Lee grabbed her swords and charged towards her mentor, leaving a bloody path of bodies in her wake.

Lee launched herself onto Ailias's furred back before slicing some shorter demons' heads off. Ailias growled at a nearing demon that would have towered above her human form. She leapt up and felt Lee dig her heels into her sides to keep from falling off. Ailias bit into the demon's neck and watched in satisfaction when blood spewed out and onto her trembling jaws when she applied more pressure. A pleased growl escaped her lips before she yanked her teeth out, causing a jet of blood to bather her neck and face. Lee gave a mirthless smirk and sliced a demon's head clean off when it tried to sneak up behind her. Hiei was a little off in the distance still impaling and decapitating demons. Lee looked up and saw that their half of the valley was merely bleeding bodies of demons that once were. Ailias looked up too, blood still dripping from her jaws. She saw a tall, lithe demon with long black hair and ice blue eyes carrying the shadow sword. Ailias looked back at Lee and gave a slow nod. Lee smirked again and slid off Ailias's back. Ailias, still in her white tiger form, slunk behind the demon and leaped at the unaware sword wielder. Ailias sank her canines into his throat and watched as his blood gushed out onto his clothes. When the blood soaked up to her face she leaped back and pawed at her muzzle frantically. Somehow, the demon's blood was acidic. It burned at her face and eyes. Growling in pain she ran back to Lee, knowing that she would be relatively defenseless otherwise. Lee let off a protective growl and pulled Ailias from the battle, letting the demon die in front to them, his blood slowly pouring from his wounds. Hiei ran over and pulled Lee off towards the portal, just as Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yusuke came out.

"What'd we miss?" Yusuke said when he saw them coming back.

"The whole fight." Lee said curtly, an arm hooked around tiger Ailias's neck.

"What happened to Ailias?" Kurama asked in alarm when he saw Ailias's burnt face.

"Stupid, baka, jerk demon had acid blood or something." Lee snorted and pulled Ailias through the portal. Then she dragged her back to their den.

"Imouto, I can't see outta my right eye." Ailias growled shortly.

"I know, nee-san. Don't worry; I'll take care of you. No worries. Hakuna Matata!" Lee smiled then sat Ailias on the coach. "Now, let's get you in human form."

Ailias obeyed for once and changed back, her clothes soaked in demon blood. Lee led her to her room and pulled out Ailias's second clothes. A loose vest and a tight black shirt and black pants with a long purple sash.

"I can do this kit, there's a communicator on that desk, can you grab it?" Ailias said walking to the bathroom.

"Course," Lee grabbed it then flicked it open, when it flashed to show Koenma she jumped back in surprise. "Koenma! Oh, hey! Wazzup?"

"Lee? How'd you get a compact?" Koenma said, leaning close to the screen.

"I didn't. Ailias did." Lee then pointed it to face Ailias.

"Hey, toddler. Just to let you know, I'm gonna be a bit slow on the next few missions. Kinda burned open my left eye. Hand it over to fox boi, kay?"

"Alright, but no threats!" Koenma said warily. Suddenly Kurama was on the screen.

"Ailias, are you okay?" Kurama asked concernedly.

"Hey. I'm fine, just irritated, if you will. Grab some burn cure herbs and meet Lee at the entrance to Spirit World." Ailias ordered and snapped the communicator shut. She turned to Lee. "Ya don't mind, do you?"

"Silly kitty, of course I don't mind!" Lee smiled and ran out the door.

"And no torturing!" Ailias yelled behind her and a faint 'Dang it!' followed. "That's my imouto."

At the entrance to spirit world…

"Hey, Kurama! Do you have the herbs?" Lee asked cheerfully, walking over to Kurama.

"Yes, but why does Ailias need them?" Kurama questioned, standing up.

"She got all burned during the mission. Baka demon's blood got all over her eye." Lee said pointing to her own right eye.

"I'll take care of it. But where do you guys stay?" They started walking….

"We stay here!" Lee said motioning to their den.

"That was fast." Kurama commented.

"Portal, duh." Lee stuck her tongue out at Kurama before bursting through the door. "Nee-san! I gots da baka!"

"I know. Pretty boy, this is our den. I hope that you didn't forget those herbs." Ailias said with a hint of a smirk ghosting across her face.

"Ah! Your eye! Sit, now!" Kurama said pointing to the bed.

"That an order, pretty boy?" Ailias raised one eyebrow before sitting.

"Helpful suggestion." He shrugged while wrapping a bandage around her head with the herbs put on a piece over her eye. Ailias gave a short growl.

"Watch it, fox."

"Is he hurting you? Should I kill him? " Lee asked, bouncing from side to side.

"No, and quit bouncing. It's hurting my head." Ailias snorted while standing up, towering over Kurama.

"I'm afraid that your eye will never completely heal." Kurama admitted, lowering his head, only to jerk back up when he saw Lee staring right up at him.

"Naw, it's okay!" She bubbled.

"No probs, no worries, no stress." Ailias said, giving a ghost of a smile. "Now outta my house."

"Later, fox boi!" Lee yelled as he left, waving behind him

"Guess he's okay." Ailias confessed to Lee.

"What are you thinking?" Lee asked suspiciously.

"He did it wrong. My bandage." Ailias said, looking up innocently at the wrap. Lee snorted with laughter. "Food time, stir-fry. C'mon."

"Yay!"

Niki and KJ signing off.