With Sango and Hiei

Sango and Hiei lost Kurama and Kagome. Neither one cared. They walked together, but didn't hold hands or anything. Sango was preoccupied with an aura she felt. So was Hiei.

" It's a demon masquerading around as a human," she muttered angrily. " Damn. Those ones are so hard to catch."

" Hn."

Sango ignored the 'comment' from Hiei. She looked around for anything, or anyone, suspicious. Odd. There was no one who looked at all suspicious. Although, it would be harder to tell since everyone was dressed up in fancy clothes.

" Can you sense anything?" she hissed at Hiei.

" Hn…not really. There's too many people around," the said bitterly,

" That stupid demon is hiding his aura in the many small, insignificant aura's of all these people."

" We'll have to root him out then," Sango said, grinning evilly. " You might want to cover your nose." In her hair, Sango had stuck a white flower. She took it out. It had four petals. Hiei backed away as Sango laid them out--one to the North, one to the East, one to the South, and one to the West. When that was done, she bent down and stuck the petal-less flower into the centre. She backed away, covering her mouth and nose. Hiei followed her example.

After a minute, a whitish aura appeared. To normal people, it was some type of dry ice. But this aura was to root out demons. It always did. They had to get away from it. It didn't hurt humans, only demons. It was a trick that she had learned from her father.

She and Hiei watched everywhere. The demon was so fast, that Hiei was the one to see it with his wonderful seeing. He sped after it, Sango on his heels.

They caught up with the demon. It looked like any other human, except for his unusual black and red eyes. He had brown hair and wore a black suit. But, strapped to his side was a katana.

Hiei lost no time. He unsheathed his own katana, which had been hidden under his own costume, and lunged at the demon. The demon was fast. He blocked Hiei's attack, although in the process was forced into the forest, away from the eyes of normal humans.

Hiei attacked mercilessly. He was not about to let some worthless and weak demon such as this one to defeat him. He slashed and lunged, but none of his deadly attacks managed to hit their target.

' I have to do something' Sango though, ' But my weapon is at Kagome's house! Wait a second! I'm a Demon Slayer! My boomerang and katana are not my only weapons!' Slowly and sneakily, Sango snuck behind the demon and kneed him in his back.

The thing roared in pain, though it was luckily drowned out by the music from the Festival. Hiei stabbed the thing in its back and grinned at Sango, as if to thank her.

" I'm not a Demon Slayer for nothing," she said modestly.

Hiei looked down. The dead demon was fading away. In its place, lay a small piece of folded paper.

Hiei picked it up and opened it. Sango read over his shoulder.

Watch out. Soon, you'll be caught in a trap none of you will be able to escape.

Kanzuka

Hiei and Sango scowled. Underneath 'Kanzuka', were two roses. One was black, the other was red entwined with each other. Sango didn't quite understand that significance because since Kagome didn't know, she would not have been able to inform Sango. Hiei knew though. He knew that it was Kazuka's black rose entwined with the red rose of his younger brother's, Kurama.

" We'd better show that to the others," Hiei said angrily.

Sango nodded in agreement. " All we need to do is find them."

" Hn. We'll find them. The sooner the better."

They searched around all night, but never caught sight of the pair. Several times, they met up with Keiko and Yusuke, and once with Yukina and Kuwabara. At that point, Hiei had almost started a fight with Kuwabara. Yukina had to keep Kuwabara back and Sango held Hiei back. He was surprised at her strength for a human.

So the night passed without them ever finding Kagome or Kurama until the end. They finally met up on the way home. Hiei showed them the note. Kurama's face went into an evil scowl and Kagome felt her blood boil. How dare he! How could he dare to try and do this evil? She vowed he would not succeed.

' Now fox,' Hiei mind said to Kurama. ' Tell them now!'

' I can't Hiei,' Kurama answered, still scowling, ' I'm too ashamed.'

' They won't care!' Hiei argued, ' If anything, they'll want to help you even more!'

Kurama shook his head. ' Its too painful.'

' Kanzuka will use this against you somehow!' Hiei mind shouted,

' You have to tell them! Now!'

Kurama's eyes blazed. ' I can't!'

Hiei shrugged. ' Fine! Make it harder than it needs to be! Just tell them soon at least! Before its too late!'

Kurama didn't answer him. Kagome had already stormed away. She wasn't mad at them, just too mad to stay in one spot.

" Thanks for the lovely night," Sango said quickly to them, " I'm sure that's what Kagome would say," she added. " Maybe we'll see you tomorrow or something."

" Yes…" Kurama said in a distracted way.

" Ja ne!" Sango called, running to catch up with Kagome.

" You must tell them soon fox," Hiei warned. With that, he too left the fox to his thoughts.

' Hiei is right,' Yoko said in Kurama's mind.

Kurama started walking. ' I know. I just can't bear to say anything to them.'

' I know its painful,' Yoko said, ' But we'll need their help!'

' I know!' Kurama assured his other form.

Yoko said no more.

' That fox is getting himself into a terrible trap,' Hiei thought bitterly, ' All because he's too ashamed and stubborn to talk about this to those girls!' Hiei continued to saunter down the sidewalk, going to his own apartment, which he shared with Yukina.

Sango ran trying to catch up with Kagome.

" Are you okay?" she asked her friend.

" No!" Kagome seethed, " I'm mad as hell! How dare he? That baka thinks he'll win? He thinks that threatening us will work? He's sadly mistaken!"

Kagome threw the front door of her house open, causing it to hit the wall. Sango winced at the sound, but Kagome didn't seem to care. She stormed up to her own room, slamming the door so loudly, that not only could Sango hear it, but she was sure half the block could. Quietly and gently, she shut the front door and went up to her own room.

She switched on the bedroom light and slipped into her nightdress. Then, she sat on her bed, with her knees drawn up to herself and her arms around them. And she thought.

' Kagome's really angry. I wish I could help her,' Sango wished, ' I think there's something those boys aren't telling us. But what?'

She gazed out her open window. The warm breeze from outside flowing gently into her room, ruffling her hair slightly. It reminded her of her home in the Sengoku Jidai, though she had to admit she preferred living here in the Modern Era.

' And those roses,' she wondered, ' Who could they represent? Well, surely one represents Kanzuka, probably the black one. Hm…maybe Kagura? No. She's not only dead, she had also preferred feathers. Kanna? Nope. She's dead too, and she liked that stupid soul sucking mirror anyway. Kouga? No, he liked Kagome too much, and he didn't care about flowers anyway, being a wolf and all. Hiei? No, he didn't seem like the type to like flowers.'

Sango blushed at that thought.

' Inuyasha? No, not him. He likes that stupid sword more than anything, save for Kikyo. Sesshomaru is the same way. Obsessed with a sword. Myoga is a flea, so he prefers blood.'

Sango sighed. She was so confused. Surely they knew someone who liked roses. There just had to be! Out of pure exhaustion, she soon fell asleep, trying to think about who loved roses.

The Next Morning

Hiei had been awake since five that morning, and it was now almost nine thirty. The whole time, he had been training. Yukina had been up since seven thirty, but he didn't know why, since she had locked herself up in her room.

Now he could hear her footsteps coming toward him. She saw him relaxing on the couch.

" Hiya brother," she said. " What's up?"

" Hn."

" Nothing huh?" she smiled brightly, " I won't be around today okay? I probably won't be back until oh…about eight tonight."

" Why?"

" I'm going out."

" With who?" Hiei's eyes narrowed distrustfully.

Yukina grinned. " Kuwabara."

" No you're not."

" Why?"

" Cause I'm not letting you go out with that baka!"

" Oh Hiei," she sighed, " You need to give him to some respect. He can be so sweet!"

Hiei bit his lip. He didn't know if it was wise to add on 'And he can be so stupid too'. Yukina wouldn't like that.

" I'll see you tonight!" she said happily, then running out of the apartment.

Hiei shook his head. Even he had better taste in girls. Take Sango for example. Big, honest brown eyes. Kind, pretty, a really good fighter--wait! Why was he thinking like this? That didn't make sense. It wasn't like he liked her right? Right?

He sighed. This was going to be a long day.

Kanzuka's Palace

The woman bowed in front of his throne. She couldn't be seen very well, for the shadows covered most of her. A little black dragon (which looked like a lizard with wings), sat on her right shoulder. It had crimson red eyes.

" Go," Kanzuka said, " And do not fail me. Bring me the Priestess, her Jewel, and my brother, all alive. Kill her best friend, and his friends. They shall not interfere."

" Of course, my lord," the woman said, bowing and backing out of the room.

She had her mission. She would not fail to complete it.

So how was that? I was having some idea trouble again, so I hoped this worked out. I think so.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or YuYu Hakusho.

Reviewer Responses

Amara: Yeah, the only reason I had eleven chapters was because I had all that written already. I wasn't sure if I should post it or not, but then I decided to. So I had to make chapters and it turned out that I needed eleven Thanks!

BakaKitsuneBri: No, I don't think Sango would either, but it will help her get with Hiei. Otherwise, I would never have made her do that.

InuyashaJunky: Wow, thanks. I'm glad you like it!