Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or it's characters. I do own Angela, Star, and the twins. I own the Darkness, the shadow creatures, the zombie queen, and the Crimson Force.

AN: This one is going to be shorter. I'm trying to build the suspence. Bear with me.

Legend:

-Thought-

-Telepathy-

/Flashbacks/

/Dream/Visions/

Noise

Empathy/feelings

Chapter Twelve

"Angela? How are you doing?" Kurama asked the petite blonde.

Angela looked at him as she concentrated on the shield bubble that she had created around her, her family and the seventy plus army consisting of demons and SDF officers. She shrugged, slight sweat rolling down her cheek. She looked to the crater far beneath them. "I'll do better when we're on the ground. It's hard to keep the shield up in the air." Star took her adopted sister's hand and lent her psychic strength to the shield. Angela smiled at the red haired woman and squeezed her hand. "That helps alot."

Mukuro examined the crater and the surrounding Forest of Fools. "There's no sign of the Crimson Force or any other demons," she said after a bit. She saw Angela stiffen, the woman's hand covering her growing tummy reflexively. "Angela? What is it?" Mukuro asked softly.

"It's..it's them...They're calling me..." Angela whispered, hearing a hissing growl in her mind, flashes of twin glowing red eyes flashing across her vision.

-Come her child. We forgive you Angela. Come here,- they said.

"It's the twins Urra and Uar. They know we're here," Angela continued, trying to drown out the horrible chant.

"Can you find where they are?" Mukuro asked.

Angela concentrated on the malice she was feeling from the twins. After ahwile she nodded. "Yes. There." She pointed a few miles to the west of the crater.

Mukuro nodded and looked around her. "People? Are we ready?" she shouted.

"AYE!" was the reply.

Kurama took his place beside Angela, intent on keeping her from harm once they entered the forest. Angela closed her eyes and the shield ball flew to the crater and then zipped towards the area she had pointed out, leaving a wide path in it's wake as it toppled the trees in front of it.

Suddenly the shield crashed into another shield. They had stopped several yards from where the twins were. Everyone stood and stared at the numerous zombies before them. "Now what do we do?" Jin asked, grim. "If me memory isn't failing me, these sorry blokes were near unbeatable. They just get right back up, no matter the damage."

Evil laughter rang out from beyond the zombies. The source of the laughter came into view as two bloody and burned figures lifted out of the crowd of zombies on bloody wings. "You weren't exagerrating when you described them," Yusuke said to Angela, trying to joke but failing miserably. Angela just kept staring at the twins Urra and Uar.

"Sso," one hissed as it glared at Angela. "The Queen seems to have fallen far from her high throne. Now she is a mere mortal Human. How very sad."

Angela's eyes hardened. "I may no longer be an Angel, but don't even think to say that I've fallen. You, Urra, are the one that has fallen, along with your brother and fellow Crimson Force," Angela said clearly, sounding more like the queen she once was than the mortal woman.

Urra laughed and her brother spoke up. "You sound as if you can take us child. You no longer have the power you once have and there seems to be an unbeatable army between you and us, each controled by four zombie queens."

Angela smiled. "I may not have the same amount of power, but I still have power and can remedy the situation." She then started to speak in another language, a sacred language of the Angels that only the enchanters and royal family knew of and was used to cast spells that did not require the chants to the Stars for power. Her eyes started to glow silver and her hair floated about her with silver tints. The fighters around her could see a faint silver dust behind her that looked to be the faint image of wings. Then they heard a shriek and turned back to the zombies. A silver dust was starting to fall on them, freezing them in place.

Urra sneered. "So it may seem you still have some power, but that spell only works on the zombies not us or the zombie queens and the spell won't last long. What shall you do?"

Mukuro smiled. "Well, we shall have to destroy the zombie queens before the spell wears off." She launched forward, yelling, "Strike!" Several demon fighters surged forth with her and started to battle the zombie queens, who were formidable foes. After several minutes of fighting, the zombie queens died. "Now! Fire Starters!" She yelled. Several demons with fire techniques came to the front to put ablaze the remains of the zombie queens. The spell wore off and the zombie slaves shrieked as they turned to dust.

Mukuro looked around for the twins, but couldn't find them. Suddenly Angela shrieked "Mukuro!" as the twins started to attack them.

Urra came up behind one of the demons and hissed "Blood Haze!" A fog enveloped the demon and everyone heard his screams of pain, the fog turning red as it sucked the blood from the demon through the pores of his skin.

Uar surprised an SDF officer and gurgled "Red Death!" Suddenly the woman was surrounded by a red orb and was electrified by red lightening in the ball of energy. Her screams of pain became silent after awhile.

In the mean time the twins had whispered "Crimson Scythe" and red energy scythes appeared in their hands and they proceeded to go on a killing melee, slashing through the demons and SDF officers and using their spells when they felt like enjoying the sounds of torture.

"Everyone! Get back in the shield!" Angela screamed.

Mukuro repeated her scream. "Retreat! Now!"

Once all of the survivors were in the shield bubble, Angela took off. The twins laughed as they watched their ex-queen run with her wings pressed agains her back, the Angel version of running away with their tail between their legs.

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"I didn't know they would be that powerful," Angela cried, not for herself but for the people that had died due to her lack of knowledge.

Kurama patted her shoulder. "Don't put their deaths on your shoulders. You did not lead us into battle, we went of our own free will, knowing it would be dangerous." He looked to the assembled higher officers of the border patrol and SDF crowded into the meeting room of the border patrol. The others were tending to the wounded and resting. "But it's not that they are more powerful than us. In fact, they're more like S+ class demons. One of the reasons we lost so many is that we underestimated their power and were unfamiliar to their attacks and speed. They can attack from any angle and they don't have to be close to cast their spells on anyone." The others nodded. He went on, "However, they might have advantage over speed and are skillful in fighting, but they have flaws. Their spells were useless against those inside the shield, and their weapons can be blocked. Not to mention we out number them greatly."

Mukuro nodded and said, "One thing we got from this battle is information that we can use to form a strategy against them."

Angela only half listened, memories of her past life coming to her as she thought about what Kurama had said about them fighting willingly. -I might not have led them into battle as I did my people, but they died because of my mistakes again. I failed to realize what the Fallen Twelve had been planning, failed to stop the growth of the Darkness, and failed to make sure the Fallen Twelve could never come back. Now they're here and people are dying for my mistakes,- she thought miserably.

Kurama saw her fretting silently. "I believe it is time for us to retire, we'll come back tomorrow to discuss strategy," he said quietly.

Mukuro nodded, saying, "Meeting dismissed."

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Kurama sat by Angela's bedside. He wanted to talk, but he didn't know how to start. Angela laid in bed quietly for a few minutes then spoke. "Kurama, did you see the zombies?" she paused, "I mean, did you see who they were?"

Kurama nodded. "Yes, some of them were the ones that had disappeared into the forest."

They were quiet before Angela broached the subject again. "Hiei and Botan weren't there."

Kurama shook his head. "No, they weren't."

They were silent again, then Angela spoke, "What do you think that means?"

"I don't know."

Angela sighed. "I'm tired Kurama, I used up alot of energy during the battle," she said quietly. Kurama nodded, kissed her forehead and left the room Angela had been given at the demon palace.

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Angela knocked lightly on Star's and Yusuke's door to their room the next day. "Star?" she called.

Star opened the door, "Yes Angela?"

"I was wondering if you could help me with something?" Angela asked. Star nodded and led her into their room. "Where's Yusuke?" Angela asked.

"He's with the others talking strategy," Star replied.

"Good. I don't want anyone to know about what were about to do."

Star looked questioningly at her adopted sister as she closed the door and locked it. Angela explained. "I want you to help me try to 'see' Hiei and Botan."

Star nodded. She went to the closet and pulled out a suitcase. In it were her viewing crystals, meditation insense and candles. She set them up on the floor on a silk blanket with a pentacle embroidered in the middle of it. The crystals went into the center and five colored candles went on each point of the star, starting from the top and going right, green, yellow, red, blue, and purple. She lit the candles and sat down near the red candle, motioning Angela to sit opposite of her.

They joined hands and combined their psychic powers to 'see' Hiei and Botan. As they watched the crystals, a faint image started to flicker in them. Angela gasped. It was Hiei, heavily battered, bruised and injured. Hope flared in Angela. She was about to try to call out to him with her mind when the image became clouded by red fog, then the image disappeared from the crystals.

Angela looked to Star, who shook her head. "I don't know what it means," she said in answer to Angela's silent question. "It may mean he is alive or it might be a vision from the past. I don't know. I have tried before to 'see' him but only got the red fog."

Angela nodded and got up as Star blew out the candles and gathered up her things, carefully stowing them away. "I guess I should go to the meeting," she said.

Star nodded, "I'll go with you."

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Angela and Star walked in as Kurama summed up their strategy. "...So, everyone knows what we're supposed to do? Long range attackers will stay behind a large barrier, hopefully made by Angela, that is if you will," he turned to Angela, who nodded. He continued, "Then the long range attackers that can fly will attack from above, and teams consisting of one person that can cast a shield and an attacker will attack close range, this way you have protection against the enemies' spells and some protection against their weapons. We will overwhelm them and try to force them into a cage created by Mukuro's ability to cut through space, this way we can hopefully slice them into peices if we aren't able to kill them with any of our other attacks."

Chu spoke up. "What if they have created more of those damned zombies and their queens?"

Angela spoke up, "Then I'll cast the spell to freeze the other zombies and our fire starters can incinerate the zombie queens."

Kurama nodded, "Yes, that would do."

Mukuro stood up. "We train for a week. Get started. Dismissed." Everyone nodded and left to inform the rest of the army of their strategy.

Kurama looked at Angela, noting her silence. "Angela, what is it?"

Angela looked at Star and Yusuke, who had stayed. Star nodded and took Yusuke out of the room, closing the door behind her. Angela turned around, and immediately sat in the nearest chair, suddenly dizzy. Kurama rushed to her. She waved him off. "I and Star combined our powers to find Hiei and Botan. We didn't see Botan, but we got a glimps of Hiei. He's not a zombie, or wasn't when we saw him. We're not sure if it was the present time, the future, or the past." She started to cry. "Kurama, I didn't know it would hurt so much to see him again."

Kurama came and held her, letting her cry on his shoulder. "We'll find him, we'll find him and Botan. Don't worry." Angela nodded, though she didn't believe him much and could 'feel' that he didn't believe it much either.