Eh, Hei has no excuses this time. She merely, truly forgot.
D;

Face to Face
"H-He failed?" She fumed quietly, clutching her white dress.

Clarice nodded, his hands behind his back. The Mistress was angry. This wouldn't bode well for that Forbiddon Child and his friends.

Fuming, Xyana stood up from her stone throne, and threw her fist against it.

The throne literally seemed to blow up. Chunks of the stone flew up into the air. A violet sheild protected her from getting crushed. "How could he fail? He had everthing. I had given him everything he needed…" She muttered angirly, white eyes turning red, "EVERYTHING!"

"He wanted to play around first." Clarice said, stepping out of the way, as a huge stone hit the floor besides him, "And in those few moments, it seemed 'Hiei' had freed the girl."

Red eyes turned redder, as Xyana could not find any words to say. Taking a deep breath, she threw her head back and screamed loudly. In return, groans, growls, and howls of delight answered her, coming from below the ground.

"THAT… THAT… FUCKER!" She swore, punching the ground, and jumping up. A huge hole appeared, and pain-filled screams echoed from beneath as the stone floor collapsed.

Walking to the edge of the hole, Xyana looked down. Down below at her demon collection. So much demons. She usually threw people where faintly annoyed her down there, just because she was bored. Growling, she put her hands together, and summoned up her spirit energy. Letting out a battle cry, a violet beam shot out from the palms of her hand and immediately fried all those below her.

Breathing heavily, she started to laugh uncontrollably. Demons below her were making their last sounds, as they died. Burned to death. Holding her stomach, tears coming to her eyes, she still kept laughing.

Clarice lifted an eyebrow. Perhaps the Mistress had gone insane at last?

"CLARICE!"

Perhaps not.

"Come. We're going to pay Hiei and that bitch a little visist. Perhaps they will finally know whom they're dealing with now."

Flicking her mane of golden hair back, red eyes turned to a pale rose, as a morbid smile appeared on Xyana's face.

"I'm coming."

XOXOXO

"BOTAN! BOTAN!"

Blue hair had long tumbled out of her ponytail, and was coated in pesperation. Beads of sweat rolled down her face, as she flew back and forth, surveying the hundreds, maybe even thousands of demons crowding into Reikai.

It was a DAMN wonder that there were still youkai in Maikai.

"ALL RIGHT KOENMA-SAMA!" She yelled, obviously stressed out, "Fiola! You're next!"

Stepping up, was a girl. She was not beautiful. It was safe to say that. Her black hair seemed to have never been washed, and looked to be hacked at with a dull blade. Scars criss-crossed over her face, and on her neck.

Ushering the girl into Koenma's office, Botan took a deep breath. So much youkai. All at once. Their deaths, all unexpected. It was just… Too much.

"Could you please tell me what happened?" Koenma asked, a begging tone in his voice. He stood in front of his desk, in his teenage form.

The girl looked up, her green eyes glinting with fear.

"A… Child." She mumbled, wrapping her arms around her self.

Koenma and Botan listened itently. Maybe this was a break through.

"X…Xyona…"

Tears rose up and slid down the girl's cheek. She was shaking in fear, and her arms were turning green.

"Wants to torture… The Forbiddon Child… S-She thinks he's… F-Fun…"

For a second, no one realized what was happening. By this time, Fiola had gone completely green, and now… She burst on fire. Screaming, her pupils rolled back into her head, showing all whites of her eyes.

"SHE'LL KILL US!"

And then, all was silent.

Botan had pressed her back against the wall, purple-ish pink eyes wide with fear.

"Xyona… I've heard of her…" Koenma mumbled, trying to break the silence, "A powerful maiden. Almost as old as time… But to be able to cast something like that…"

"L-Like what, Koenma-sama?" Botan breathed, shivering as she stared down at the pile of ashes that was once a youkai.

"She cast a spell. No one that was once under her comand can say her name, or what her intentions are. If they do, their soul, their body, everything about them will be doomed to somewhere worse than hell, for eternity…" Koenma mumbled, his eyes glazing over, "We've had this case before… But… This was the first time for us to figure out that she was entwined in these deaths…"

Worse than hell?

Botan shivered.

She had once seen the horrors of hell. And sometimes, it would still haunt her. But for something to be worse than that…

She couldn't, and didn't want to even begin to imagine.

"And for Xyona's intention with Hiei…"

Koenma shook his head, gravly. "We should warn them… Especially that 'Jo' girl."

He had heard from the daily reporting back from Botan, that Jo was the only one that could see Hiei, for some reason. Of course, he, Koenma, knew the reason, but he was forbiddon to speak it to anyone.

"I'll go right now, Koenma-sama!" Botan said, materalizing her oar.

Wincing, as more youkai behind his doors growled and howled, Koenma nodded. "Hurry back…" He said hopefully, but didn't want to sound desperate.

Hesitating, the head ferry girl de-materalized her oar. And gave Koenma a smile.

"Iie. I'll help you out first." She stated, and walked out the doors.

A smile lit up Koenma's face.

Perhaps this was the reason why he loved her so.

XOXOXO

Bang.

"Coming!" I screamed, couldn't these people wait?

I had just finished talking to Yukina, explaining everything, when I heard banging from the main temple door. Of course, at the exact same moment, the phone just had to go ring, so Yukina went after it.

I personally didn't think Genkai had a phone.

She was so old-fashioned. Ha!

Anyway, as I tramped down the stairs, two by two, I shivered. A dark foreboding feeling swept over my skin, and as I looked down upon my arm, I saw goosebumps.

Okay, officialy freaked out.

As I reached the door, and started to slide it open, I felt as if an icy dagger had been stabbed into my heart. If I was facing a mirror, I bet my lips were blue. I was that cold.

I found myself facing a boy. Dark purple hair. Golden eyes. Very freaky. Maybe he was part of a circus…? Besides him was a girl. She looked to be around twelve, but judging by the way she dressed, she thought she was older.

Golden hair was put up in a tight bun, a couple strands of hair framing her face. Her eyes were hidden behind a large pair of sunglasses, while she wore an all black ensamble.

Very strange.

Probably were selling something.

"May I… Help you?" I asked hesitantly, not really wanting to smile.

A deathly sweet smile appeared on her face. I felt as if that icy dagger plunged deeper into my heart once more. "Jo-kun… Neh?" She purred, sounding like she was trying to… Seduce me?

"H-Hai." I replied, wincing as my voice cracked. This girl really, really freaked me out.

I felt a golden eyed stare piercing through my invisible defensives. If I didn't know better, I would've thought he was a pervurt and was trying to see through my clothes. Just to make sure, I crossed my arms, and nervously stepped behind the door.

"Clarice here-" The girl began, pointing at the boy, wasn't Clarice a french girl's name…? Anyway, "Tells me Hiei's been… With you."

My eyes widened. How did she know…?

Oh crap.

I knew trouble when I saw it.

And these two, oh my gawd, they were trouble

"Oh em… H-Hiei? I don't know any Hiei. Wrong number! Er, house! Er… Temple!" I stuttered, and quickly slid the door shut.

Oh jeez. A sliding door made of thing paper and wood wasn't going to keep anyone out. After randomly propping a table against the door, and faintly wondering why they weren't coming after me, I ran up the stairs.

"YUKINA!" I screamed, and quickly found the ice maiden talking on the phone. My scream startled her, obviously, as she dropped the phone onto the ground, startled crimson eyes meeting mine.

"J-Jo-chan?" She gasped, I think she thought that I was crazy.

Eyeing the phone on the floor, and wondering if I should call the police, I shook my head. They'd put me in a mental instutitute. And I don't think my father could bail me out this time. "No time to explain Yukina! Is there a back door… Or.. .Er… Window we could jump out of and not die?" I said, wincing as I heard an explosion come from downstairs.

"W-What was that?" She said in a hushed tone.

Ignoring her question, I grabbed her hand and hurried to the door. Sliding it open, I spotted a window.

Escape route. Right there.

Kicking a chair out of the way, I was about to reach it before the floor beneath me just seemed to grow a hole in it. Without even time for me to scream, I fell down, onto a bunch of pillows. Breathing a sigh of relief, I gazed upwards. Oh crap.

Well, at least they didn't get Yukina as well.

"Oh look-ie here! Hiei's poor wittle sister!" Came that annoying girly voice.

Oh crap.

There goes my last lifeline.

Flinging Yukna besides me, I rushed over to her. She got up to a sitting position, rubbing herneck, which already held five finger shaped bruises.

"Erm… W-What do you want!" I said, trying to sound like I didn't give a damn what they were going to do to me. Stuttering didn't help my acting.

The girl laughed, sending shivers up my spine. "I don't understand why Hiei would hide with you. You, a lowly nigen. You, a pebble in the great deserts of the world. I just don't… Understand." Her last words were spat out, and venom filled.

So this girl obviously had a thing for Hiei.

It didn't necessarly mean he had a thing for her, right!

"I told you." I said, emphasizing 'told', "I don't know this Hiei of which you talk about!"

The girl seemed to bristle with anger, and the next thing I knew, she was holding me up by the neck. Choking me in other words. "Don't lie to me… You bitch." She snarled, angrily, slamming me against the temple walls, "I know what I see. The bowl does not lie."

The bowl does not lie?

Man, if this weren't a life or death situation, I would be laughing my head off. 'Cause seriously, that was the saddest line I had ever heard.

Struggling against her holier-than-thou grip, I started to feel dizzy. Oh come now. She wasn't going to kill me yet, was she?

"JO!"

Shai to the rescue!

I felt something thump against the attacker's back, and her hand atomatically released my throat. Falling to the floor, and coughing, I looked up. Claws had inserted themselves in from Shai's finger nails, through the girl's stomach.

Squeaking in surprise, I pushed myself up to my feet, and moved away.

"So you're the infamous Xyona… Neh?" Shai smirked, black wolf ears twitching in annoyance.

Turning her head 180 degrees around, like an owl, which freaked me out, she laughed in Shai's face. "Don't think you can get rid of me so easily, wolf girl."

Melting into a puddle, the girl seemed to disappear and reappear behind Shai. Chanting inaudible words underneath her breath, she winked at Shai, before thrusting her tiny hands at Shai's stomach.

Nimbly avoiding the blow, Shai's eyes widened. Was there something wrong…?

As the girl struck once more, and Shai dodged it, I could sense something was going to go wrong.

The girl seemed to split in half, and then that half split into another half, until there were six little girls, surrounding Shai.

And each of them, were facing her, with a creepy smile on their faces.

Green eyes widened. Obviously, Shai could see a power, that I could not.

And then I felt it. A sweltering heat. Emitting from the small girls' hands.

A power.

That I could not see.

A power.

That was too strong for the human eyes.

A power.

That would kill Shai.

XOXOXO

w00t! Shai died!
-dances-

Eh... I mean... Eh... Awww... -cries-

Yuki Amida- 'Sank You! fanfic- Mm, glad you liked the ending. That was the first scene which made this story alive in the first place. ;D Okay, one of the first.insanenigen- I actually wanted her to be killed, but then I was all like, "If she dies, there's no point in continuing the story!" So she's alive! For now. >w Wolf-black-flame- It's not a good thing, but it spikes up people's intrests. And plus, it's fun writing about death. It's so... Drama-y. Suntiger- I don't mind! The computors in my house don't allow pop-ups, no matter how hard I try, so I'm sorry I haven't reviewed your story yet. ;-;

Previews-

"Another one bites the dust. Leaving me alone. With unshed tears."

"I can give Hiei his body, and life back, on a few... Conditions."

"Sorry Jo... Really I am. C-Could you give them the tapes...?"

"MOUTH TO MOUTH!"

End of Previews. Whoo!

Hei Huo