Disclaimer: I hope I'm saying this enough. Don't own YYH characters or plotline, nor do I own the real person Katrina Kon. This Katrina Kon is fictional. I claim onto my storyline.

Chapter 9: Beauty Makes Her Move

"I-I did it," I moan, still sobbing. (Don't know why, at this point) I fought the panther and won.

"Are you okay?" Kurama seems to be more relieved than I am.

"Other than a severe mental breakdown, yes."

He just wipes sweat away from his eyes and says nothing.

"Kurama?"

"Yeah?"

"You told me something, about 3 weeks ago. In the hospital wing. Something about 'you can help me fight my inner demon,' "

"I remember that," he says slowly.

"Well, I need that help. I took the panther by suprise by fighting back and it surely won't be surprised again. It's much stronger than me now. I need some training. I get mad at everything now, because it's an excuse to transform into that demon. Seriously, it's like I have two personalities. One is me, and the other is just plain crazy."

"Katrina, it's really going to be hard and painful to undergo that training...As a brother, I don't know if you're ready yet..."

"Kurama, did I not just harness the panther, even for a few seconds? You have to help me. If that thing ever comes out again..." I shudder. "I just need to be able to control it is all."

"I'll think about it, Katrina, how's that?"

"Good enough, I guess. I gotta go now. Make sure someone else doesn't notice how ripped my uniform is. Bye."

"See ya."

I run back in, all tiredness extinguished. I run into my dorm at record speed and throw open the door. Lucky for me no teacher has checked to see that I am present yet. I throw on a new uniform, and go down to the main hall where dinner lives on. I would have died otherwise.

As I run in, panting, Mie stares at me. "Cool eyes," she says interestedly.

"What?"

"You mean you don't know?" She pulled out a small mirror from her purse and hands it to me.

I look at my eyes. The world stops spinning. My heart stops. There, staring back at me are amber green cat eyes.

Was this why Kurama is so worried about my transformations?

I huddle in my bed, wishing I had Kurama to talk to. I forgot to ask him for my mirror back. I don't know the cause of my cat eyes, but it must have something to do with transformations. Maybe the panther and I mold together every time I become it.

I can't stand thinking anymore. At one o'clock, it always, always drives me up the wall. I go to the water fountain just down the hall. I hear a few creaks down the hall, but I pay no attention to them. I should have.

For there standing next to the water fountain, is the Featherbrain herself. She smiles smugly.

"Hello, dear."

Crap, I'm all alone.

"Nice night tonight, huh?"

She's got me right where she wants me.

"Nice enough...for some payback."

Oh, god. No.

Using the speed like that of a viper, she grabs me and holds me in a headlock.

"Tell me where Kurama is, girl. TELL ME WHERE!" Her voice is nothing more than a whisper but I can feel power surging through it.

"NEVER, YOU SICK, DISGUSTING OLD HAG!"

"You wanna try that again, dear?"

"NEVER!!!"

"Go ahead, scream. No one but demons can hear you, and I made sure there were none here."

She pulls out a long, thin knife from a wrist sheath. "Tell me."

"You think...I'm so weak...as to betray a friend?!" I call on my demonic power. It soars to meet my need. Much as I hate it, I need it. It's my only chance.

"There are no demons to hear you!" she taunts. She actually doesn't know I plan to eat her.

"Did you check the roof?" A cold voice says.

The movement that follows is too quick for me to see. Just a lot of sword slashing. Beauty lets out a loud shriek and releases me. I turn around, the desire to become a demon is completely squashed by shock. It turn and study both my savior and enemy. Beauty seemingly explodes, and then in her place is a 3-eyed crow. It has a red slash mark on her chest. Her true form.

My hero is a dwarf. My Prince Charming Hero is a dwarf. NO I WILL NOT MARRY HIM!

From what I can see in the dark, he is dressed in black to match his hair, which sticks up really weird. Like, anti-gravitational. He takes another slash at Beauty with his katana, but she flies out a nearby open window.

As usual, I say the first thing that comes to my head. "Who the hell are you and why the hell did you butt in? I was doing fine by myself."

When he speaks, he sounds amused. "Sorry, princess. Didn't realize being strangled and stabbed was all part of your plan."

Princess?! This is not some stupid fairy tale!

Oh now he's done it. "Who the hell do you think you are, jerk? I like to fight too! I was becoming that panther and she wouldn't have noticed, but you had to yell a hotshot battle cry."

He snickers. "Guess who I am, little girl."

"A midget jerk who needs an attitude adjustment."

"Watch it, human. I just saved your ass."

"I told you, I didn't need your help."

"Right," he says with a sneer.

"JUST WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"

"One of Kurama's friends. My name is Hiei and I'm a full fire demon. I was supposed to keep watch over you because your Communication Mirror is broken. Beauty broke it by touching it, in fact...."

So that's why. When she touched my pocket, she destroyed it.

"Anyway, just go back to bed. You're the reason I haven't gotten any sleep for the past two days. He yawned, and seemingly teleported away using that incredible speed.

I feel chill at the fact that this stuck-up midget been watching me for two days.

I trudge back to bed. Almost getting murdered takes a lot out of you.

Ding! Dingdingdingdingdingding! My alarm is the most annoying thing ever. I want to kill it.

As I get dressed, I review last night's incident. Hiei's a jerk, but he's amazingly powerful. Maybe Kurama can teach me howto unlock and control that kind of power. Speaking of which, what kind out powers does a fox demon have? I know the panther is brute strength, but maybe more powers exist that I haven't uncovered yet. Fire demons are kind of obvious plus that supernatural speed, so what could the fox be?

I sit and ponder this until Mie knocks on my door, and in doing so brings me back to Earth. I usually walk with her to the breakfast hall just because of the fact that we are friends. I'd always fall back asleep if she weren't there to knock on my door. Every. Morning.

I am not looking foward to Period 7. Who knows what the Featherbrain will try next?

A/N I know I ended it kind of abruptly, but this chapter was annoying me for some reason when I wrote it. Don't ask me why...I'm kinda particular about this sort of thing.