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The Choice

Chapter One: Dangers of a Neko's bite.

He had noticed her a while back, the demon. She had concealed herself in a thick dark cloak, which shrouded her completely. But that was not what was bothering him, what was bothering him, was the way she had been following them.

The team had been sent on another mission by Koenma, this time just t scope out a few demons who were said to have staked out a human amusement park as their turf. He had also said that according to the energy readings he was getting from his scanners, these demons more than likely did not feed from humans; therefore they had to have an ulterior motive.

This demon had been haunting them for the last two hours, while they explored the park. He had a feeling that Kurama and Kuwabara noticed her too, and as for Hiei, well the three-eyed demon never missed anything. Calling them to a halt he spoke to his team. "Alright, we're gonna have to split up ad go in four directions, moving in a crowd like this isn't getting us anywhere. We can hope these demon guys do eat humans cause then we'll make a nice tasty target."

"Urameshi are you crazy?" Kuwabara demanded, "That is one of the stupidest thing I have ever heard come from your mouth! Why do we want to be demon lunch?"

Yusuke sighed, "Man you're stupid today. These are all low level demons, a baby armed with a chewtoy could take these guys out."

"Yusuke is right." Kurama added, "and as he said earlier, if we keep moving in a crowd as we are now then we will never find those demons."

"Alright, I guess I'm outvoted." The thug sighed.

"Hn, idiot. We weren't voting. Now go!"

They split, using the intersection and the four separate paths to do it. It was cliché but hell; if something works don't fix it.

Hiei was wandering around the park at a normal human pace; he had raised his ki level to a point where you had to be a human or one very stupid demon to not notice it. He had been wary to do this at first, but then he realized that with how well he could shield it, not even a cockroach would be able to tell he was there until he stepped on it.

He turned a corner and looked up and down the way, sensing for any trace of unfamiliar demonic ki. His ears twitched as he caught 'sight' of a faint glow coming from one of the haunted houses these humans were so fond of.

Widening his stride, he lowered his ki and entered. It was pitch black inside, but that in and of itself didn't bother him. He actually preferred the darkness. It meant that he could se everyone else but they couldn't see him. Not to mention the fact that in all his years of experience, the dark meant safety.

As he followed the ki, he saw that it wasn't moving away, but instead was moving towards him. He grinned. That was fine it only meant he didn't have to hunt the bastard down.

Suddenly, he found himself on his back on the ground, a heavy weight pressing down on him from above.

His eyes narrowed and he saw that it was a large neko demoness. And she was looking at him with something akin to pity.

"I am sorry." She said in a gravelly voice, "But I must do this, I only pray that you, and Lord Enma will be able to forgive me." She grabbed his wrists and stretched them out over his head, and pinned his legs with her other hand. Bending over him, she tore the cloak off him with her teeth, revealing the pale skin underneath. She had him helpless. "I am truly sorry." She whispered, be fore burying her fangs in his abdomen. He twisted to get out from under her, but she had overpowered him, and was not about to let go.

He felt her body shudder, and then something hot burned through him where she was biting. He screamed, there was no helping it, it hurt too much.

Finally after she had him like that for a few minutes, and she stopped trembling, he felt something, force it's way through, what he guessed was a hole, and into him. She pulled away, her face covered in blood, his blood. "Again, I am truly sorry, and hope that one day you might find it in your heart to forgive me." Then she stood, and ran off.

Shaking, Hiei slowly sat up. His stomach was bleeding profusely from the bite. He pressed a hand over it to stop the flow of blood. His whole body was shaking; it was very cold for some reason. He found what was left of his cloak in a corner and pulled it on, tearing off a strip from the bottom to work as a makeshift bandage.

Trembling, he got to his feet and stumbled away, cursing everything in sight, and longing to draw his sword and kill something.

Kurama stopped, he had felt Hiei's ki dropped drastically. This puzzled him, the demon wouldn't do that unless there was a reason. Meaning that he was in battle, or he was badly injured. Either way, it was bad.

Turning, he sped up into a dead run, heading toward where he knew Hiei had headed in, not quite sure what to expect, but ready for the worst.

As he turned the corner he saw the apparition leaning against the wall of a small trailer. His eyes were closed and he looked very pale. The puddle at his feet attested as to why.

"Hiei?" Kurama reached out to touch his friend's shoulder. The fire demon did not respond. He only sagged and fell over. Kurama caught him, and held him close to his chest cradling his tiny frame as if he were a child. "Hiei," he breathed, "What happened to you?"

A/N: okay, this is not my first YYH fic, it is however the first one that I have sucessfully uploaded. Remember, Read and Reveiw, I have the next chappie up and waiting, but it won't go up for three days, or if I get five Reveiws. That's not too much to ask is it? Only five, that's all I want. Please?