Demons. N. Angels

Koway: Hey there. My turn again, eh? Thanks for all the reviews and this chapter may be a bit short because I'm working on another story as well. Leon'll take the next two chapters if I can't. Thanks again! Soo…it left off with Dark being tortured, Kurama and Hiei looking for him, Botan showing up, and Yusuke, Krad, Kuwabara, and Botan all getting inside. What's going to happen now? Onto chapter 7!

Disclaimer: I do not own dnangel or yuyu hakusho…

"…." Speaking

'…..' thinking

((….)) Krad's thoughts

(…) Satoshi's thoughts

/…. / Daisuke's thoughts

/ …. / Dark's thoughts

Chapter 7: Kuraku Shinobe

Yusuke jumped onto the ground and was followed by Kuwabara and Botan. Krad was already there. They had done it, infiltrated the castle and were a step closer to going back home. However, they had no clue where they were…

"It's this way!" Both Krad and Kuwabara pointed to two different paths and Yusuke sweat dropped with Botan.

"I say it's this way!" Kuwabara yelled.

"And I say that if we pick your way, we'll be found out or be lost even more than we are now." Krad talked in a calm voice but Botan saw him clench his fist as he spoke.

"No! Mine's the right way, Angel dude!"

"Are you calling me a liar?" Krad asked giving him a glare. Kuwabara paled.

"I-I didn't say that…" He backed up as Krad stepped closer.

"But you were thinking it." Krad smirked.

Kuwabara looked over to Yusuke. "I don't like this guy, he reads minds!" He whispered loud enough for the four of them to hear. Krad gave another smirk and walked down the path he chose. Yusuke and Botan followed with a grumbling Kuwabara.

"Why do you always agree with him! I bet Angel dude don't even know where he's going…" The carrot-top grumbled in frustration he was forced to follow the golden haired man.

"Quiet down, human." Krad said in an evil tone. "We don't want to let them know we're here."

"But if they're so strong then they would've know that we was already here now wouldn't they?" Kuwabara snapped at Krad's statement.

The angel smirked and turned to face him. "Bravo! I do think that's the smartest sentence you've said since we got in this mess." With that, Krad clapped his hands at the now fuming human and began walking again.

'That's it!' "I've had it with Angel dude's attitude! He's worst than the Shrimp!" Kuwabara yelled and caused Botan to wince with Yusuke. Kuwabara continued. "You know what I think?"

"Do you even think?" Krad was enjoying this every second. Kuwabara's fist went white as he clenched it into a fist. He was really angry and Krad wanted to see how long he would last before he blew his top.

"Yeah! And you know what I think!" Krad imitated an unknowing look as his golden feline eyes met with Kuwabara's. That was it…Kuwabara couldn't take it anymore. "Ahhh! I hate you!"

"You're not the first and if they didn't know we were here, they sure do now." Krad dodged the human's spirit sword with ease and flew upward. 'Well, at least the ceilings are high.' He thought.

"Oh! So now ya think that you're safe just because I'm not tall enough to reach ya!" Kuwabara growled as the angel rolled his eyes and continued to fly down the hall. "I bet you're just a coward!"

"Kuwabara, that's enough…" Yusuke whispered as he felt energy rising. Kuwabara wasn't listening though…

"No way Urameshi, this guy's a jerk and I need ta teach'em a lesson in honor!" the human took a breath and yelled. "Come an get me ya sorry excuse for a demon! I bet you're a push over who doesn't care about a thing! Things like you make me mad Angel dude and I need ta beat'em ta feel better so come go on and run because I bet an ant can beat'cha! And I—"

Yusuke watched as Krad appeared behind Kuwabara, slowly placing a feather on his neck. "Ha! I ain't afraid of a feather!" Krad smirked and the human was washed with fear as the feather cut his arm.

Krad went right to his ear and whispered. "If you say that I never care about anything, you are wrong…I just do not care for the works and sayings of a fool who thinks he can defeat anyone…you've been warned, next time, I will kill you."

The angel released his prey and walked past the awestruck faces of his allies. Kuwabara sank to his knees. "Hey, you alright?" Yusuke asked as Botan sat beside him.

"I-He could've killed me…I couldn't even move…I felt so weak." Kuwabara was out of it. "I wish that he would just go away…I wish something, the worst thing in the galaxy would happen to him."

"You never should say that, Kuwabara because it might just come back to haunt you." Botan said in a reasoning way.

"Yusuke, let's split up. You should go with Kuwabara." Krad said in a less than happy tone.

"No, I want to go with Kuwabara." Botan said in a hurry. "I'll make sure that we stay on task."

"As you wish." Krad gave a nod and waited patiently for Yusuke. When the groups were all done, each went their separate ways.

"So, umm…why'd you go with me?" Kuwabara asked as he and Botan walked along.

"I wanted to tell you something about Krad that I think you should know. Also, I felt a lot of energy coming from where Krad and Yusuke were heading so I thought it would be best if we let them handle it."

"Oh, so what did you want to tell me?" He asked and Botan leaned over to whisper.

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"Damn it all!" The fire apparition yelled after watching Kurama walk around and examine the room for the hundredth time. "Why can't you just knock the wall down?"

"Hiei, this is a very serious situation and I think that it'd be best if we—" Kurama didn't get to finish as a blast of fire broke the wall behind him.

"As you were saying?" Hiei smirked at the newly found pathway. Kurama sweat dropped and the two walked inside the dimly lit hall.

No more than halfway down, they heard a loud muffled cry and then felt something wet dripping on them. "What in the world?"

"Blood…" Hiei said and received a nod from the fox as they looked up. "It's from above us…"

"Rose Whip!" Kurama cut through the ceiling and the liquid fell upon them. "Great, well…we know now that a vat of blood was above us. How fun…"

Hiei gave a grin. "Yeah, it's good when you're hunting humans."

"Hiei!"

"It's a joke, thought I'd lighten the mood…c'mon, we have to find Dark." Kurama followed the apparition until they reached a large iron gate.

Kurama peered though one of the bars. Hiei used his jagan. What they saw shocked them both, even Hiei…

"It can't be!" Kurama told himself.

"But it is…" Hiei said grimly. Then he glanced down himself.

There was a man with waist long red hair and deep purple-red eyes. He wore an outfit that almost matched Krad's, though it was white with silver instead of gold. Upon his back were two large leathery wings that were a light maroon color. He was a demon, they could sense his power.

"Look," Hiei said, "He's holding something!"

Kurama tried to see past the wings and noticed a tanned arm and a few black feathers. He looked to Hiei. "We should attack when he's off guard."

"When who's off guard, Kurama? Or should I say Shuichi?" Kurama turned to be face to face with the man they had just seen. They noticed that he had Dark in his arms and Hiei attacked.

"Now, now Hiei. Is that any way to greet someone?" the man laughed and jumped back as Hiei broke the gate and summoned a flame into his palm. Kurama followed up in sending his rose whip at him.

"Hahahahaha! Come now? Is that the best you've two got? You'll have to be faster if you want to save him." The man said with a wicked grin as he teleported from Kurama's whip.

"Shoot!"

The man appeared behind the fox. "Tell me, Kurama…do you think that it's wise to swing at an opponent that has a person's life in the balance? You could hurt someone, you know?"

"Be silent!" Kurama yelled as they all landed on the ground. The man just smiled as Hiei tried another assault with his fist.

"So, it really is you, Kuraku Shinobe." Kuraku smiled as Kurama spoke.

"Well done. I'm surprised it took you that long." Kuraku glanced over at Hiei. "Well, I might as well take you out so that your spirit is ready for the sacrifice."

"What are you saying?" Hiei asked in a cold tone.

Kuraku turned to his possession and smiled. "A sacrifice of four souls is needed to free the imprisoned souls from the Crown of the Kings, for as you see, we four were kings of power."

Kurama watched as Kuraku lightly touched Dark's pale cheek. "You know." He said. "I rather wanted to keep this one as a pet. I've never had an angel before…"

Kurama hadn't really looked at the situation and now that he did, he saw the brutal shape the thief was in. Where once beautiful black wings stood now a bloodied pair of stubs with a few feathers…and even though his eyes were shut, Kurama knew that he had given up. However, he also saw a small sign of wanting.

"What have you done?" Kurama was on the verge of his anger and wanted to get home. Not only did he feel Kuraku's energy, but a larger energy was on its way, fast. 'Don't come yet, my love, it's not safe...'

koway: that's it for chapter 7! I'll leave Leon to do the next two. I have to update dark wings of change. Who is Kurama talking about? What relation does he have to Kuraku? Find out in the next chappie! Again, sorry if this was short but thanks for the reviews! Thank you! Bye!