CHAPTER 11

Genkai wound up finding her way to the spot where Hiei and Noda had fought the night before. I wonder where Hiei and that girl are? she thought, looking around as the wind blew her pale pink hair. Suddenly she noticed something on the ground. What is that? she wondered, walking up to it.

When she reached it she knelt down and picked it up. It's Hiei's sword, she concluded looking it over. What's this doing here? Hiei never goes anywhere without it!

She looked around again. She noticed some dried blood on the sidewalk. She also spotted more spatters heading away from her. She looked up. The blood trail seemed to be leading into the forest.

What in the world? Maybe that's where they went. She turned. I'd better tell the others.

She then ran back the way she had come.

Hiei came around a few hours later.

As he became aware of his suroundings he felt an awful pain in his arms. They felt like someone was stomping on them...

I'm alive...

The fire/ice demon opened his eyes slowly. They focused on the forest. I am alive.. He tried to move but found his arms were tied behind his back. Why do I get the feeling this isn't a joke..?

Noda, who had been standing a few feet away staring at nothing and smoking a cigarret, saw Hiei was awake and walked over to him. "I see you have awakened," the shadow demon said showing all his teeth as he grinned. "Good."

"Noda!" Hiei growled. "What are you planning on doing with me?"

Noda leaned over and put a finger over Hiei's mouth to stop him from talking. "You'll find out soon," he said getting back up and turning away. He looked over his shoulder as he flicked his cigarrete away. "Just be glad I'm letting you live, for now..."

"Just kill me!" the fire/ice demon commanded. "That's what you've been waiting to do!"

"I will," Noda promised pushing his black bangs away from his eyes. "Don't worry. But first; I think I'll let you suffer for awhile."

Hiei scoffed. "I doubt you have the ability."

The shadow demon glared at him. "Oh really?" he challenged. "I sure got the upper hand with you a few hours ago."

"You were just lucky," Hiei told him. "I let my guard down."

SLAM!

A huge foot slammed Hiei in the side of the head and sent him sprawling on the ground. (Note here: He'd been sitting up.)

"Yeah, you do that a lot," Noda observed. "That was easier than I thought it would be."

Hiei glared at him.

Noda's long hair blew in the breeze, shadowing part of his face. "But there are other ways to do things," he said folding his arms inside the broad sleeves of his shirt.

"What do you mean?" Hiei demanded.

The shadow demon's yellow red eyes locked on Hiei's scarlet ones. "I could be merciful and let you think you actually have a chance."

"I do have a chance," the fire/ice demon snapped.

Noda kicked him again. "No, you do that," he said in a monotone.

Hiei dodged the kick then rested his back against a tree as he tried to stand. "You're slow," he said.

SLAM!

The shadow demon's right hand slammed into Hiei's neck and pinned him against a tree trunk. "Think I'm slow now?" he hissed.

Farther away, but still in the forest, Minoly sat high up in a tree hugging something to her chest and crying. She felt horrible.

"Why did I have to act that way toward him?" she asked, burrying her face in the object she held. "Why did I tell him those things? He doesn't care about me! He doesn't care about anyone. Why would he care about me?"

Something inside her tried to get her attention. Something she didn't know about. A voice. She ignored it.

Hiei's feet dangled six inches off the ground. Noda's choke hold loosened and dropped Hiei. When Hiei was back on the ground again Noda kicked his hard in the face. The younger demon grunted as his head banged painfully against the tree trunk behind him.

"Poor little Hiei," the shadow demon taunted as he lay a number on Hiei's face with his booted foot. "Nothing but a bastard child. Has no mother has no father. You are pathetic. You don't deserve to live."

Noda stopped kicking Hiei long enough to let the fire/ice demon get a chance to speak. Hiei's face was bleeding in multiple places including the nose and mouth. He glared up Noda. "You don't know anything!" he shouted.

"I don't do I?" Noda challenged. "I know you have a sister, Yukina, who you can't tell that you're her brother."

Hiei was surprised. "How do you know about Yukina?" he demanded.

The shaow demon's razer teeth came back. "There's a lot I know about you."

Hiei doubted that. "You are lying."

"I am?" Noda shook his head. "Poor fool. So naive. I know that when you were born your mother was forced to get rid of you. After she did she killed herself. I know you had to rescue your sister from someone who wanted to sell Yukina's tears which turn into jewels." He pointed at Hiei's forehead which was covered in a white cloth. "I also know about the Jagan eye."

Hiei glared hatefully at the shadow demon. So to learn my weaknesses he did some research. But he missed a few things. "If that's all you know you don't know much," he scoffed. "There's more to me than that."

Noda's hand clenched around Hiei's neck once more. "The tell me the rest, Hiei-san," he mocked beginning to squeeze. "Tell me the rest before I choke the life out of you!"

A/N

I think I'm offending people. If I am I'm sorry. I'm trying my best to get things right, honest! I don't remember everything I learned about Hiei, like who was it that kidnapped his sister for her tear gems? I can't remember his name. I don't think I spelled the name of his third eye right. How do you spell it? Anyway, Noda might know a few things about our little black haired gothic friend but there's something he missed, The Dragon of The Darkness Flame (anime name) I think it might have another name but I'm not sure. If it does please tell me. I couldn't help it. In the anime the bad guys seem to take forever to kill the good person or be killed by the good guy (That's how it was when Yusuke fought that seven personallity man what-his-name? What was his name? He wanted Kuwabara to open the gate to demon world. Man, I just saw those episodes last week!) I'm just trying to make it seem more animeish. I hope it's okay... Umm that's about it. If I'm just being a worrywart let me know. If you liked the chapter let me know. If I don't know what people think I won't be able to finsh this story. :(

Sorry for any spelling, grammer, OOC characters errors.