CHAPTER 6

NODA

Minoly felt Hiei's head slam into her stomach. As the air was knocked out of her she felt her body fall backwards. Her head banged the pavement as her body hit the ground.

As Minoly lay dazed on the sidewalk Hiei jumped back up and pulled out his sword. His scarlet eyes scanned the area for the attacker. "I know you're out there!" he called into the oncoming darkness. "Show yourself, you coward! Or I'll be forced come after you!"

"So like you to talk that way," a voice seemed to call from everywhere.

"Who are you?" Hiei demanded.

"That's not the question you should be asking," the voice called back. "The question you should be asking is why I'm here."

"How should I know," the fire/ice demon growled.

"Well you should... after all." The wind kicked up. "You fought me before."

Now the voice was behind him. "I did?" Hiei said turning around. (He refused to have a disadvantage) "When?"

"A long time ago," that voice was closer now. "In the Demon World."

"Demon World?"

"Yes... You fought me and won but..."
"But what?"

"You underestimated me. You played dirty too. You knew I was injured when you fought me but you didn't care."

Hiei racked his brain. He could not remember fighting anyone who was injured. He might not be a very nice person but he never fought someone who was already hurt (Not that I know of anyway).

"You're lying," he said.

"Oh am I?" the voice held a hint of mockery. "Maybe if you saw the one you fought you'd remember.."

Hiei felt the presense moving to his right. It was even closer now. There was no way he was going to let that guy come at him from a blind side (Yeah I know Hiei's not blind on his right side but you know what I mean). He turned toward it.

The sun hung low over the horizan as a demon came out of the shadows and stood before Hiei. Actually it seemed as if he materialized out of the shadows, as if he'd been a part of them. Even though the sun was still out, darkness covered the demon's face.

Hiei pointed his sword at the demon. "A shadow demon?" he said. "I don't remember fighting you."

The demon smiled revieling razer sharp, snow white teeth. "That's because you cannot see me," he sneered.

Hieie stared at the teeth a moment. He could sort of remember those. But where had he seen them before...? Instantly his eyes caught something else. A glint of something silver.

"What's that?" he demanded.

More teeth appeared. "You should know," the other demon said.

The sun sank even lower now. Only half of it could be seen. Suddenly a streetlight came on. It seemed to be the only thing that could illuminate the demon's face. The skin was deathly pale, even paler than Hiei's and Minoly's or Botan's. It looked disgusting! The wind picked up again and blew some of the demon's long raven black hair around his face.

Hiei's big eyes got even bigger. With the light and the wind the demon seemed to suddenly take on an image of a woman. He took a step back. He knew that face now. And it didn't belong to a woman.

"NODA!" he gasped.

The demon's smile grew larger. "Correct," he said. "You win a gold star."

"What do you want?" Hiei demanded.

Noda shrugged. "What all people want eventually," he said. "Revenge."

The fire/ice demon threw off his shirt (so he'd have better movement I guess. I don't know why he does it in the anime) and went into a battle stance. "Well it's not going to happen," he growled. "I kicked your ass before and I can do it again!"

The shadow demon gave him a careless look. "But remember; I was injured at the time," he pointed out. "This time I am far from it. I have all my strength now."

"I don't care what you've got!" Hiei shouted. "You're not going to get what you want!"

Noda smirked. "We'll see about that," he said.

Hiei attacked.

Minoly had finally regained her senses. As her eyes cleared they took in a strange sight. Hiei fighting...a woman!

What the? the girl thought confused. What's he doing? Why's he fighting her? Then she noticed something. That's no woman! It's a guy who looks like a woman! But... who is he and why are Hiei and him fighting?

She watched them fight a minute totally clueless about what was happening. She noticed Hiei had taken off his shirt and held a sword. I didn't know he had a sword! she thought in surprise. Wow, I got on his nerves and he didn't even think of using it on me. Aww, how nice.

She sighed. "I'm glad for that."

She looked back at Hiei. He's kinda skinny, she observed. He's got a nice chest though... She slapped herself. Don't think like that! Now isn't the time to be admiring chests. Hiei's in the middle of a fight with a man who looks like a woman and that's all you can think about? What kind of sex crazed teen are you!

It was a good thing neither of them knew what she was thinking. They were too into their fight.

Hiei's eyes never left Noda's. He couldn't let that happen. He knew shadow demons were quick. If he even let his eyes lose focus for one minute Noda would have the advantage. He couldn't have that. He had to keep the shadow demon where he could see him.

If he didn't... it would be all over...

Hiei blinked.

Noda saw it and made his move. The shadow demon moved as quick as his demon type.

Minly gasped as the man who looked like a woman seemed to teleport from in front of Hiei to behind him. "HIEI!" she screamed.

He reacted instantly. He turned around but it was a little too late.

Noda raised one of his razer edged brass knuckles and threw it into the fire/ice demon's face. Blood exploded from the demon's face at the force sent him flying backwards. He slammed into the iron fence of a house and slumpt to the ground unconcious.

"HIEI!" Minoly screamed as she watched this whole thing happen. "HIEI!"

Noda's yellow red eyes turned sharply on her. She gasped and crawled backwards. She squeaked when her back bumped into a cage surounding one of the sidewalk trees.

The shadow demon grinned and walked toward her. What a cute little mortal.. "Hello," he said showing off all his shiny pearly whites.

"Stay away!" she screamed "Just stay away from me!"

Noda put of his hand. "Now now," he said. "I'm not going to hurt you. I won't bite."

Minoly didn't believe that for a second. She saw his shark teeth as clear as ever. She screamed again. "GET AWAY FROM ME! HELP!"

Noda stood over her and knelt down. He tried to grab her hand but she started freaking out. She started to kick him. His grin got bigger. None it of hurt. Frisky aren't we..

"Leave her alone, Noda!"

The shadow demon paused. Minoly watched as his grin slowly turned into a leathel scowl. "What!" he growled angrily. He turned around.

Hiei stood behind the shadow demon. The fire/ice demon's face was covered in blood that was oozing out of the cuts he'd recieved.

"What?" Noda growled. "How? I killed you!"

Hiei spit blood out of his mouth. "Like that would kill me," he said looking back at the shadow demon. "I've been hurt by worse."

Noda faced him again. "Fine!" he roared. "I'll kill you another away." Suddenly his whole body was covered in purple and black fire. "YAAAAH!" he screamed rushing forward.

Hiei dodged. He didn't bother retaliating. He had other things to worry about than this stupid fight right now. He ran past the berserk Noda and headed toward Minoly.

As he ran he picked her up in his arms and dashed into the forest on the other side of the street.

A/N

Hey. I just have to tell you. I'm a fangirl. The reason I had Hiei run away is because if I kept on making him fight here I wouldn't have anything for later. (I'm planning on making the two fight again) Besides it would be kinda dumb to end it here. As soon as Noda's gone the story is over. I still have a lot to do. (shrug) Anyway now you know the bad guy's name, and who he is, what he is, and what he looks like. I know I only gave him that weird Ganondorf fire magic and the brass knuckles but later on he'll have something else. Oops! I'm spoiling it aren't I? Anyway just keep reading. You'll see what I mean.

One last thing:

Sorry for any grammer, spelling, or character personallity errors. Thanks for the reviews, guys. I like the feedback. Let me know what you think of this chapter okay?