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Chapter Nine
Yoko stopped cold in his tracks, his silver ears alert and tail swishing. /Laylen's power just dropped dramatically./
Kurama nodded. /We have to find her before something bad happens./
"Fox." Hiei called from a tree. "I found the hunters' building." He moved north-west. Yoko follow fast on his heels.
Both ladies eyes were wide with surprise. "You, but I thought you had disappeared like Baedden did." Zara couldn't believe her eyes.
Laylen shakly stood. "Why?"
He laughed. "Yes well I assume this all needs explaining. You see Keegan and Baedden were in my way."
"Fang." Laylen said with hatred. "I should have known you'd be around to ruin something."
"I'm happy that you remember me, my dear." He opened his wings to stretch them.
"How can one forget." She narrowed her eyes.
"Let me introduce my accompliss."
Another demon walked in. She dragged Makoto behind her. "He fell a sleep. I could leave him alone." A smirk on her face.
Fang smile. "This is..."
"Alesia, I know. I thought you were on our side."
She shrugged. "I'm on the side that wins and has more money."
While this encouter was going on, Zara left quickly.
"I'll give you one last time to make up your mind. Makoto and you on the market, or you bring us the silver kitsune and both of you walk free."
Laylen pulled out her sword. "I've already told you, I'm not interested."
Fang blocked her attack with his own. "Your weaker now. I'd give up."
"You wish." In a fast moment, she pulled out a small dagger from her outfit digging it deep in the flesh of the bat demon. Using an attack that Kurama taught her, she had plants attack Alesia. "Thanks." She said to the Insider as she took her brother.
Fang stood, throwing darts down the hall. Laylen yelp as three of them embedded themselves into her back. She tripped, fell, and lost her grip on Makoto. Fang slowly walked over to her. Much like a preditor to it's prey. "You've choosen this life. Remember that."
"You dirty..."
Fang threw her against the wall and choked her. "Some how I remember an event like this."
Laylen's dark maroon ears were flatten against her head in fledged anger, while her tail beat hard on the wall. Her hands were on Fang's trying to pull them away from her neck. She kicked and scratched, but he just stood with an evil grin.
Makoto's eyes fluttered open to see the sense happening before him. In one quick shot, he slammed into Fang. This knock all three on the floor.
Laylen heaved for air. "Are you alright sister?" Makoto asked crawling over to her. She nodded.
"You are going to pay for that." Fang became engulfed in his ki.
"Come on." Laylen grabbed her brother's hand and they ran down the hall. "This way."
"But that's a window!" Makoto yelled. She pushed them through the breaking glass.
"I know." Laylen wrapped her arms around him to protect him from the hard fall to the ground. She gritted her teeth from the pain. The mud and rocks rubbed against her torn back, mixing with her blood.
Hiei and Yoko came in view of the building. They saw Fang on the third floor looking down with an evil grin.
"Come on. Something's up." Yoko sped through the last part of the forest.