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.

WARNING: It gets gruesome and bloody. Your warned.

Legend:

-Thought-

-Telepathy-

/Flashbacks/

/Dream/Visions/

Noise

Empathy/feelings

Chapter Thirteen

"Look Uar," Urra hissed a few days later, pointing to the army of demons and SDF officers, led by Angela, Kurama and Mukuro that stood several yards in front of them, surrounded by Angela's shield. "It seems that they have come back for more punishment."

Uar nodded. "Yes, but we have reinforcements," he gurgled. "RISE! My faithful servants!" he shouted. Suddenly an army of zombies surrounded the shield bubble, led by three zombie queens standing next to the twins.

Angela smiled. "Haven't we already gone through this?" she asked before she spoke the ancient spell of petrification. This time when the zombies froze, the zombie queens initiated the attack, but they were quickly dealt with as Angela and several other fire starters attacked with their fire balls.

Mukuro didn't wait for the zombie queens to burn to ashes before she gave the order to attack. "Now! Take your places!" she yelled as she and her shielder surged out of the shield bubble towards the twins, shocked at the new use of power that their ex-queen had just displayed and how efficiently they had taken out their army. Mukuro made a vertical slash of her hand and a cut in space appeared where the twins were.

Urra and Uar managed to dodge but Urra sliced the tip of her wing. She cried out, "You BITCH!" Then she rushed the orange haired woman, materializing her scythe.

Nani, her shielder, created a barrier just in time to save Mukuro's head. Mukuro smiled and punched the Crimson Force officer in the gut. Urra gasped and backed away. Mukuro grinned as her group of fighters surrounded the female twin.

Uar was quickly surrounded by pairs of shielders and attackers led by Touya. He smiled briefly before he blurred out of existence. One of the men screamed as he was split open from his throat to his groin, like some kind of disected animal, his guts spewing out as he felt extreme pain before he died.

Touya shouted to his group, "Shields UP!" The shields helped, but Touya's group was experiencing severe wounds.

Angela noticed. "Touya! I'll try to help!"

She turned to Kurama. "Look sharp, be ready to tell them where he is." She put her hand on his arm and then started to speak in that ancient language.

Suddenly Kurama's vision blurred, then cleared. He now had thermal vision. "Touya! To your left!" he shouted. Touya turned sharply and lashed out with his ice swords on both of his hands.

Uar shrieked as he felt pain lash through his leg. He slowed down enough for Rinku, standing behind Angela's shields, to wrap him in his yo-yos. Uar yelled, "Urra!"

Urra was in no position to reply. She was being attacked from all sides. "Arg! I'm busy here!" she screamed as she lashed out with her scythe, cleanly decapitating one of the SDF officers. His shielder stared as blood gushed out of his neck and covered her. Urra grinned at the blood.

Suzuka saw her grin and blasted her with an energy ball from behind. She screamed as her wings were heavily damaged. She turned around so fast that his shielder hardly had time to get the shield up. Urra slashed Suzuka across the chest.

Mukuro saw Suzuka start to bleed profusely. "Suzuka! Retreat and let someone else take over!" Suzuka nodded through his pain, the slash was deep, only a minimum of muscles kept his insides from pouring out like another unfortunate soul.

His shielder dragged him towards Angela. Angela saw him and stopped the chanting. Kurama's vision turned back to normal. Angela rushed to Suzuka. "Oh Suzi!" she cried.

Suzuka smiled through his grimace. "Didn't you promise not to call me that again?" he said through clenched teeth.

"Shut up," Star said, coming over. She turned to Angela. "You can't heal him, it will take too much energy and you need that to keep the shield up. Let me heal him, I might not be able to do much but it's a shot." Angela nodded and turned back to the battle reluctantly. Star looked at the blonde man's wound. She shook her head and put her hands over the gash, closing her eyes. Soon a soft glow emanated from her hands. Since she had met Yukina seven months ago she had been learning how to heal, a talent that she had discovered when she was trapped in the run down mansion on the plantation with Angela and all of the captured psychics. The wound started to close up slightly. After awhile she stopped. "That's all I can do," she panted. The wound was only half as deep as before, but it still bled heavily. She looked to Kurama. "Can you do anything?"

Kurama nodded. "Maybe." He brought out several seeds and grew them into small white blossoms. "You will have to crush them and mix them with warm water. Here," he then brought out another seed and grew it into a large plant that resembled a four leaf clover. He manipulated the plant to become a makeshift bowl. He turned to Angela. "Can you make some warm water?" he asked as Star crushed the flowers, which Kurama had manipulated into a state akin to having sun dried them.

Angela nodded, came over and put her hands over the bowl. "How much?" she asked.

"Barely a fourth way full," he replied.

Angela nodded again and used her water power to gather the condensation from the air and filled the bowl a fourth of the way full with water, then she used her fire power to warm the water. "There."

Star quickly put the crushed flowers in the bowl and used another leaf that Kurama had manipulated into a make shift pestle to make a paste. When she was done she lathered the paste onto Suzuka's wounds. She then retried the healing. This time the wound almost healed completely and the bleeding lessened. Star, Angela and Kurama sighed. Star turned to the medical supplies to get the bandages to wrap Suzuka's wounds. There had been nothing in the supplies to deal with so severe a wound. Angela and Kurama turned back to the battle.

Uar, having escaped Rinku's yo-yos, was now exchanging blows with Kuwabara and Touya, their shielders gone. "Face it mortals! You cannot win against us! We are far superior to you," he hissed as he slashed Kuwabara's arm.

Kuwabara grimaced, he was lucky to have dodged that blow, it had been meant to take his arm. "So you say! But why don't you look around. We seem to have the upper hand!" he retorted as he parried Uar's next blow with his dimension sword.

Urra exchanged blows with Shishi while she tried to dodged Mukuro's space slices. "You're weak and too slow!" she sneered as she turned to Mukuro, having forced Shishi back as a brutal blow from the scythe knocked against the shield from his shielder.

It was Mukuro's turn to sneer. "I wouldn't take another step if I were you," she said calmly.

Urra growled. "What is that supposed to mean demon?"

Mukuro continued to sneer as she gestured around the bloody Crimson Force officer. "Look around you. You might have managed to avoid my attacks, but you have caged yourself."

Urra looked around frantically as she noticed that what Mukuro said was true, there was no space wide enough for her to flee that would not slice a limb off. Mukuro laughed evilly as she made quick criss-cross slashes at the fallen Angel. Urra let out a blood curdling scream as she fell apart.

Uar turned sharply as he heard his twin scream. "Urra!" Touya and Kuwabara smirked as Rinku again captured the bloody Angel while his attention was turned to the peices of his sister. Without having to tell each other the plan, Touya and Kuwabara rushed and skewered Uar through the chest and back. Uar let out his own death scream as everyone cheered.

Almost as soon as the two Crimson Force officers died Angela felt life start to return to the land, as if it had been ridden of a curse. Angela sighed and turned to Kurama, "It's over, for now at least, this forest is safe. Their taint is disappearing now that they're dead."

Kurama smiled and turned to the fighters. "This battle is over. Let's go home and prepare. We have the rest of the Crimson Force coming, and they number in nine."

Mukuro took up his order. "Men! Let's go home!"

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Angela sat by Suzuka's bed as the blonde man slept. -Poor Suzuka. I didn't want anyone to get hurt, though I knew that it was inevitable. Despite our great strategy, people still died, now we're down to two thirds of our original army, and the next battle will be against nine Crimson Force officers, and Seir is an Enchanter,- she despaired.

Kurama stepped into the room, sighing when he saw Angela. "Angela, he'll be alright, he just needs to rest, he lost alot of blood," he said as he came and put a hand on her shoulder. "You should be resting too, you used a lot of energy."

Angela looked at him, then nodded, reading the ernest in his eyes and feeling his concern for her. She got up then took a sharp breath, her hand going to her obvious big tummy. Kurama reached out to her. "Angela! What's wrong?" he asked, worried that something might have happened to the baby due to her using so much energy.

Angela smiled, grabbed his hand and pressed it against her stomach. After a few seconds Kurama smiled too as he felt a thump against his palm. "The baby is a kicker, that's for sure," she said through her tears. Kurama immediately held her, as she started to sob. "I wish Hiei were here, I wish it so much," she cried. "I wished on a shooting star three months ago that we would never be apart! But it wasn't a shooting star, it was the pod carrying the twins, and they took him away!" Kurama held her for a long time, letting her cry against his chest as she let the pain that she had been bearing silently come out.

After awhile she fell asleep against him, exhausted from the fight and crying. Kurama gently picked her up and took her to her room. When he tucked her into bed she automaticaly reached for the pillow that she had brought with her from Yukina's and Kuwabara's house, the pillow that Hiei would normally use when they stayed there. As she cuddled the pillow, Kurama smiled sadly at her, rubbing the hair from her tear streaked face; he had done the same thing, bringing the pillow that Botan had slept on from their apartment. He walked to the window and looked at the night sky. -Botan, where are you? Are you safe, are you even alive?- he asked the night sky, tears coming to his eyes.

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/Angela rocked on the swing in the Star Sanctuary. Since she opened the Star Sanctuary, her dream of it had returned to it's peaceful state, the state it had been in before the Fallen Twelve had invaded it. She looked ahead of her, where the path of lush grass ended in space, the spot Hiei would enter in, expecting him to show up and come to her side to tell her that he was alive and safe, that he was coming back to her.

After awhile she shook her head and wiped the tears off of her face that had leaked from her eyes unnoticed as she had waited. -I came here for a reason. I should do it,- she thought as she stood up and let her mind roam into the depth of space, searching for that taint that was the Crimson Force. After a long time she found it. She then marked where it was and let her mind reach farther. After a longer time she found Earth, the basis of the three worlds. She calculated how far between the Crimson Force and Earth. Her eyes flew open. -That's not enough time! Can we summon a force strong enough to combat the last of the Fallen Twelve? And we don't even know how strong Seir is. He has had so long to train his magic. Can I counter any spell he throws at us?- she asked dispairingly. She thought about how soon they would be to Earth, then, as she thought about Earth, something niggled at her mind, saying that she should inspect Earth again. She did so and her eyes widened. -Oh no! I must warn them!- She hurridly sat on the swing and woke herself./

Angela awoke abruptly. Kurama, snoozing in a nearby chair, sat up, alert to Angela's distress. "What is it?"

Angela looked at him, worry and horror in her eyes. "Summon a meeting immediately!" she ordered. Kurama nodded. Angela quickly got out of bed and they headed out the door.

Kurama knocked loudly on Mukuro's and Yomi's door. Yomi answered. "Yes Kurama?" he asked, not drowsy in the least, a sign that he hadn't been sleeping. Mukuro came to stand behind him.

"We need to call a meeting now," Kurama said firmly.

"What's the matter?" Mukuro asked as she went back to the little table in their room that had a list of names that she and Yomi had been working on, trying to find strong demons to recruit.

Angela walked in. "I have important info on the rest of the Crimson Force and something else. It's important."

Mukuro nodded, trusting the girl in anything dealing with the Crimson Force. She gathered up her lists and they headed out of the room and towards the meeting room. After about a minute Mukuro said, "All right, everyone is coming."

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"Alright people, remember the prophecy? The one I told you about before the first time we faced the twins Urra and Uar?" Angela asked the higher officers of the border patrol and SDF. Everyone nodded. "There was a part about how I would gain entrance into the stars. That is a place called the Star Sanctuary, it's where I found 'what was lost'. I am also able to enter the Star Sanctuary in my dreams, though it is partially open, meaning it isn't fully there. I can't explain. It was there in my dreams that I first dreamed about the nine left of the Crimson Force heading to Earth. Last night I went to the Sanctuary in my dreams to gauge how much time we had until they came." She took a breath. "We have about three weeks." Everyone gasped.

"But, we can't possibly train or gather enough fighters in that time." Natsume said.

Angela sighed. "I know, and there is more." She paused before going on. "The three Fallen Angels that landed made more than seven zombie queens." She plowed on over the gasps and mutters. "There are about fifteen with a hundred zombies each, and they await the call of Seir to awaken. They have been waiting for along time, gaining power just like the Darkness during their long wait, dating back to the first Fallen Angel that came to Earth, Lar. That was during the Civil War era in America." She fell silent.

Rinku was the first to speak. "Angela? Can your spell hold that many?"

Angela shook her head, "No, not if I am holding the shield up as well."

Mukuro spoke into the silence that followed Angela's words. "Well, then that means starting now everyone gathers all of the demons ranging from B class to S+ class. We will aslo need to enhance our strategy. Lets get started."

Angela interrupted Mukuro. "Wait. I also have one more thing to say. The leader of the Crimson Force is a powerful Enchanter and has had eight thousand years to train his magic. He will be too strong without my help, meaning I won't be able to keep up the petrification spell for longer than a few breaths to conserve my power to battle Seir. He is more powerful than me, was more powerful than me when I was queen. The only reason I was able to banish him was due to all of the Enchanters and the royal line working together to bind his and the rest of the Fallen Twelve's powers." She took a breath before continuing. "I fear that the injuries and deaths we recieved from the twins will pale in comparison to the death the nine will dish out. I want you all to understand that we all have a high chance of not living through this battle. I want to know if you all are still willing to fight. Don't answer me now. I want you to tell the others what we have talked about and give them the chance to back out. I don't want anyone here that doesn't want to fight and possibly die. I can't ask them, I won't ask them, to risk their lives unwillingly."

Chu smiled. "Sheila, the DT gang is behind ya all the way. We would follow you to Hell and back without question."

Jin nodded, "Aye, and willingly at that, no doubt."

Suzuka hobbled in, saying, "You're family, you're our Angel. I don't think we could even dream of leaving you."

Rinku stood on the table to be heard. "He's right, we heard the prophecy. You're our shining star of hope."

Star nodded in agreement. "Remember what my teacher said, if I was engulfed in Darkness I would find a ray of hope and I should defend it with everything I had. You're that hope. Your the star of hope."

Mukuro nodded, saying, "I speak for all of the border patrol. As you have been talking I relayed your wish to know what they thought. And it's unanimous. We're all behind you, as the once evil hearts and good hearts."

A blonde woman stood up, representing the SDF. "Koenma had given us the option to not come, but we had heard of how you were willing to sacrifice yourself again against the Darkness and of your great deeds when you were the queen of the Angels. We came of our own free will, happily, even though we knew our chance of coming back were slim to none. As Chu said, we all would follow you to Hell if that is what it takes to protect our worlds." She walked up to Angela and handed her a lumpy envelope. "It's from King Yama and Koenma. They put all of their power into this. They are behind you all the way."

Angela took the note out of the package.

Angela,

I and my father have endowed this necklace with all of our powers, as you read this we are probably on our death beds, but if that's what it takes to help you defend the worlds, we'll do it. I'm sure you heard of the Mafukan and how I had been endowing it with my power for most of my life in preparation for humanity's next dark day. I guess I also sensed the nine coming, but I had calculated wrong in when they were coming, and not only that but I used it against Sensui. I didn't have the power in the pacifier to help you, so we decided to give you our full powers from our own bodies. Now we no longer have the powers we once had. It will take centuries before we can restore our energies. I hope this power is enough. You will know what to do with it.

Koenma and King Yama

Angela wiped the tears from her eyes as she brought out a platinum chain with the largest emerald she had ever seen or even heard of. It was near the size of her palm. She held it to her chest, silently saying 'thank you' to the godling and his father. She looked up at the others, seeing love and determination in all of their eyes. "Thank you. All of you." Kurama came and held her shoulders. She took a breath. "Well, what are we waiting for, as Mukuro had said, let's get started."

Everyone stood and shouted, "AYE!"