All Fair in War

There was a moment's silence then a voice from the other end of the tent spoke softly, but firmly, "Inukiba, let her go." Her green eyes flicked dangerously at her, "You're only making it worse!"

Inukiba loosened her grip and dropped her claws from Yukina's throat and let her hand fall to her side. Hiei turned to face Seiko and smirked, "You just made it easier for me to kill her." Yukina ran behind Hiei and stood next to Seiko as Hiei took a step closer to Inukiba and grabbed his sword, pulling it quickly from her ear. Just as he was about to make a final blow and kill her, a solider ran inside, looking around stupidly before spotting Hiei, "General Jaganishi, sir! The war! It's bad, everyone's dying and we need you!"

"Damnit, can't it wait?" Hiei growled in anger a she stared at the franic looking soldier.

"No, sir! We're down to the final soldiers! Hurry, please, sir!" The soldier pointed even more anxiously and scared to the opening of the tent where the shadows of the two guards were standing, then, in a flash, one was slaughtered and blood splattered onto the tent, "See, sir?"

With a low and furious growl Hiei glanced at the two prisoners and his innocent sister and rushed out of the tent. Yukina stood, shaking next to Seiko before looking down at her and saying shakily, "T-Thank you." Seiko shook her head and listened to the men outside, screaming bloody murder.

"No thanks needed, it didn't do anything. We're still stuck here, right?" Seiko looked at her hands, chained and the metal beginning to cut deeper into her wrist. "And I deserve it, afterall, I'm the enemy."

Yukina stood quiet and soon enough, slid down to sit next to Seiko.

Outside, meanwhile, Hiei shouted as he killed three more men, blood all over his hands and his uper arm bleeding from a large gash across the skin. Still, he ignored the stinging pain and ripped off the banadages on his opposite arm, shouting, "Dragon of the Darkness Flame!" the rest of the men shrieked, trying desperately to run away, in the end, they died like the others.

He took a deep breathe and looked at the remains of dead bodies and blood. The smell filling his nostrils, making him cough. All over, his body was sore, the bruises on his legs turning a sickening purple and the gash tinged yellow. His head whirling with pain, blurring his senses. He ached to the very bone and becoming more and more exhausted.

"Brother!" Yukina burst from the prison tent now guarded by two dead bodies. "You look horrible, you have to lay down, please, go straight to your tent. I'll watch the two prisoners for you with Mr. Kurama's help!" Yukina gave him a look of pleading demand. Hiei nodded nad obeyed reluctantly and dragged himself to his tent, collasping onto the cot and breathing heavily, his eyelids suddenly becoming heavier and heavier to keep open until finally, he gave in and fell into a deep and dreamless sleep.

Once Yukina was sure Hiei was asleep, she crept back to the prisoner tent entrance, searching the guard for the shackles key until she found it in his pocket. With a smile she slipped into the tent and saw Inukiba and Seiko sitting quietly on opposite ends of the cramped make-shift prison.

"I have the key, to the shackles." She held it up to show them before working on Seiko's shackles until finally they both fell into the sand and she saw the infected skin. "Here, let me help." Yukina's soft voice said as she set a delicate hand on the wounds and they healed over almost instantlty.

In a matter of moments Inukiba, Seiko, and Yukina were stepping from the tent slowly, looking around, getting more and more nervous and anxious.

"What are we supposed to do now?"

Shut up, so what, its short, bite me. Review or die!

Disclaimer: still don't own Yu Yu Hakusho