Disclaimer: Don't own YYH or characters, Katrina is a fictional character only. I do claim onto the storyline, however.

Chapter 40: ListenTo The Sound Of My Screaming

Katrina's And Jin's POV's:

Jabberjabber. Jabberjabberjabber. Jabberjabberjabberjabberjabberjabber….

"JIN, SHUT UP!"

He stares at me concernedly. "Why?"

The nerve! "Why? WHY?You have done nothing but yap about nothing!"

"Really?"

"Yes."

"I never noticed."

I refuse to talk to him for while. I've always had little patience for fools, and he qualifies as a fool. I start to feel guilty because of the look in his face. "Look, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything. It's just that I am getting kind of tired of you just talking so much, okay? No offense, it's nothing personal."

"Okay, I'll try to be quieter. For you."

Oh god. What is that supposed to mean? And why is he looking at me like that?

"Um, thanks, I think."

"Are we friends then?"

"Sure." Was that me?

"GOOD!" He hugs me in midair. If any of my friends are somehow seeing this, I'm gonna die. It wasn't that smart to hug me, though. We suddenly majorly drop in altitude. This is uncomfortable, as he's still hugging me for some reason.

"JIN! DAMMIT, WE'RE GONNA CRASH!"

He comes to, and pulls himself and me up again. That was close. "What are you thinking?"

He looks at me. "Nothing." He's staring at me, all of me.

I withdraw without realizing it. "Are we almost there?" I whisper. If I live to get on the ground again, I'm never talking to this weirdo again. He's looking at me strangely! I hate it when teens – or demons that look like teens – do that!

"Yes. We should be there in the better part of 15-20 minutes."

For a while, no one speaks. Then he asks, "Are you going out with Hiei?"

"That's kind of a personal question, right?" I answer coldly.

"I just asked."

"No. He gave me one lesson on how to use a katana sword, but that for the most part was really it. Nothing like a date or whatever." If he thinks that I'll tell him about our last encounter, he's crazy.

"Okay, good."

"You-know-what," I begin with his perky attitude. "I'd like to walk now, you know. Stretch my little legs!"

"No, I'd like to fly. Flying will get us there faster!"

"NO. I'd like to walk."

"Fly."

"Walk."

"Fly."

"Walk."

"Can we please fly?"

I sigh, defeated. My soft spot will kill me one day. "All right."

"Good."

(Later)

"Well, we're here, Katrina."

"Finally," I mutter, so that he can't hear me. "Thanks for the ride, Jin. I'll find my way up from here."

"I'll be coming with you, though! You're a human! I will fit in better. Here are some clothes of mine."

"No, I brought my own. Thanks anyway, Jin." I reach into my pack to prove it, and pull out a filthy, bloodstained robe. "See?"

"Okay. Go into the fog and put it on. I'll put mine on over there."

"Okay. Meet right here."

"Got it."

I pull up the robe over my old school uniform, and meet right back where I said I would. Jin takes a surprisingly long time to change, for a guy demon anyway. Before he comes back, I check my reflection in my Commir. I look demon-like, with my hood casting my identity into shadow.

He comes up eventually, and beckons me over. We go into the demonic city, and slouch our way up to Sensu's office.

"Kat, Kurama told me what they would be wearing. We should look for people in…" He pulls out a piece of paper. "In bluish gray tunics, all with ax symbols on the front. Like our uniforms."

I check my tunic. It does have a bloody ax dripping on the front on the bluish fabric. Also, so does Jin's.

I search for them, as does Jin, (is he mimicking me or something?). After about 20 minutes, I still see no ax design. Where could they be?

As I'm searching, a small demon runs up to us. It bears the sign of Sensu, the great white beast,a violent slaughter scene of Sensu standing over many dead demons. Only Sensu would think of that. Despite all of the blood and gore, you really do get the point as soon as you lay eyes upon it. I notice that Sensu also has triangular glasses that really don't suit him at all.

"Demons, hooded demons! Your presence is required at the Square!"

"The what?" I hiss, but Jin covers my mouth rudely.

He grunts, "Yeah. Got it." Wow, he can mask that accent very well.

He doesn't seem to realize that even in demon clothes, I need to breathe. His first tip-off is the way I'm starting to twitch funny, and am turning blue. He mutters, "Sorry," and lets me go.

"Huff huff huff huff, What are you thinking, Jin?"

"I SAID sorry!" He replies indignantly.

"Let's just go to that tower already, Jin!"

"We can't! We have to be at the square, Katrina! Most likely Sensu will be there too."

I grumble. Where are Kurama and everyone else? If anything, I would have thought they'd be there before me, at the speed Jin was going. I hope they come soon, because I'm starting to get a little worried, unlike Jin.

Hiei's and Kurama's POV's:

"Hiei, there's too many of them!" Yells Kurama.

"You're not trying!" Hiei yelled back, intensely frusturated. The worms were everywhere, all around them.

"Why are we fighting them? Why not just running?" Kurama yells convincingly. He had a wounded arm."These are only meant as a diversion for something! We have to get past!"

Hiei hated the idea of running, but maybe Kurama had a point. So Hiei grabbed onto him and sped themselves ahead.

Genkai's and Botan's POV's:

"Help me, Genkai!"

Genkai sped forward, having just killed yet another Parasi. A Parasi she hadn't yet fought was about to sink its teeth into Botan. Genkai gave it a swift chop, and the beast faded from sight, dropping Botan from its pincers. She fell lightly.

"That was a real workout," said Botan cheerily. "You were excellent!"

"It's not over yet. Oh dammit, RUN!" Genkai shoved Botan, pushing her away with Spirit Energy. The last Parasi, the only one left, cuffed Genkai cruelly, wounding her enough to put her out of commission for a few minutes. Genkai would die there. She watched it release the stinger and bring it crashing down…

Yusuke's and Kuwabara's POV's:

"Got any ideas now, smart one?" Yelled Yusuke to Kuwabara.

"Lemme think, all right? Ten worms against two men, well, things look pretty grim."

"DAMMIT, I KNOW THAT! WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE OUR ODDS?"

"Hope for a miracle. I don't have any spirit energy left, we know that we can't beat them with our fists..."

Yusuke suddenly realized what was happening. "WE CAN DO THIS, DUDE! FIGHT THE ANGUISH THEY HAVE OVER YOU ALREADY! YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE SUPER SIXTH SENSE, YOU BAKA!"

"I'm trying! I keep tripping over this stupid robe thing!"

The worms lunged.

Katrina's and Jin's POV's:

"For the last time, Katrina, I'm sure they're fine!" (A/N Couldn't be more wrong..)

"Well, but I can't help thinking that they might be in real danger. I mean, suppose the worms got them and not us because we were airborne?"

"They're fine."

"I dunno."

"Cheer up. At least we got here safely."

I decide not to say any more because I can tell my worries annoy Jin greatly. I guess he's too happy to even think of unhappy things.

"Katrina, we're at this pep rally thing now."

"Oh. So this is it?"

"Yes. I wonder what it's about…"

At least 500 or more demons line the streets. Ironically, Sensu is not present. There is only a huge movie screen of him. However, from the way he is looking at everyone, I can feel sure that he sees this as clearly as any of us. The screen starts to speak.

"Welcome, demons of all types! This is the day that all have waited for, so I won't waste time explaining what it is this year. Just simple fights, weapons of any kind, are allowed. So, begin!"

"What the hell…" What the hell is he talking about? It doesn't make sense. Something about fighting between his own subjects? Is he crazy, or is he crazy?

A tough looking red demon and a smaller blue companion jump up on the platform. "Anyone wanna try me out?" Boasts the red one.

"Jin we have gotta get out of here! We have bigger things planned! Jin, where are you going?" For he has grabbed my hand and pulled me up with him onto that large platform. "We will."

"We will? JIN!" I disapprove of fighting for no reason. And this definitely qualifies as no reason. What if we come off worse in the fight? What if my hood is flipped off? If they find out that I'm a human, I know enough of the rules here that I won't be welcome.

The red demon smirks, and put it this way, I don't back down from cocky foes. From the way Jin is tensing himself, I guess he doesn't do so either. Jin flips off his entire robe, and I see him in full for the first time. (Remember, last time he didn't have it on, my eyes were bad?)Two small white horns poke out of that spiky tomato-red hair that frames a blue-eyed face. I notice a little fang at the edge of his wide mouth. As if to show off, he flies into the air like some kind of rocket. He smirks down at them, but ironically, they don't look at all scared.

Just who are these people?

JIN, YOU IMBECILE!

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A/N R and R!