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Chapter 13

(A.N.) Here's chapter 13! I wrote it in between homework assignments, so it is a bit rushed. Please try to ignore it if you notice. Also, I'm not all that...happy...about the way I end up writing "the morning after" stories, so I avoided dealing with it this time around.

It was a bloody scene.

The brave souls that had ventured to stop the destruction, the murdering of young mages, had been stopped. Stopped with a brutality they had never encountered. They lay unconscious, slowly bleeding away their life energy. Only one, their leader, still tried to fight. He was the only one would still had the strength.

But he couldn't do anything against the water demon, Mizuru. Mizuru was so powerful, especially now that he had an omnipotent master to protect him. A master that had the power of the Void. Anexis, the Lord of Nothingness. Anexis, Erus Infrequentia, Emptiness Lord. Anexis, Garandou-sama, Lord of the Void.

No one had ever beaten him in battle alone, or even in a small group such as the one that had come. The Spirit Detective and his friends could have never destroyed him, for his power simply takes theirs, takes their energy into his being and devours it. It is necessary for his survival now that he is so near freedom. The seal was almost broken, and Mizuru knew he was going to be well rewarded.

The Detective had nothing left, but he charged anyway. With a contemptuous flick of his hand, Mizuru began the slow process of drowning him into unconsciousness. His master did not want him dead quite yet. Mizuru did not know why this was, but his master was wiser than he and he never questioned Anexis' whims, so the Detective could keep his life.

For now.

Humans did not know when to quit, the water demon thought to himself as the Detective tried yet again to claw his way from the sphere of liquid that was slowly constricting his body. Just as that fire mage didn't know when to give up. He was furious at his failure with the mage, Kira. She had escaped in the end, but he would have her yet. Shivers ran down his spin when he imagined punishing her, making thatpaleflesh run thick with her ownblood. His master had promised him the mage. And he trusted his master.

Come out; come out, wherever you are, kitten. Mizuru wants to play.

Hiei's P.O.V…

What in hell's name is wrong with me?

I couldn't help but watch her as she paced. My eyes had followed her every movement since we'd had sex. It was ridiculous. I was acting like some lovesick imbecile. This was not the first time I'd fucked a woman, but it was the first time I'd found myself so mesmerized by another being.

We hadn't spoken since dressing again, except to ask where said garments had been thrown. Kira looked like she was dealing with her own issues about what had happened, but would not speak her thoughts.

Goddamn the Detective! If he hadn't left us here, this wouldn't have happened.

A small voice that I'd come to hate in the last hour whispered in the back of my mind, You would have done it anyway. You have been attracted to her since the moment you grabbed her by that river.

I didn't bother arguing. The damned thing had a point. Kira was captivating, exotic, and yet familiar to me. It wasn't her outward appearance that attracted me, as it would for a human, but her scent and her aura had triggered something in my body. It was an unwanted desire, but a desire all the same.

And like everything else, there would be consequences. Kira knew that before, but had nevertheless let me into her body. It made me wonder what she was thinking now. Was there regret, fear? All I could see now was a fierce thought process.

A few more minutes passed. Eventually, Kira spoke, "What's taking them so long?"

So she didn't want to discuss it. Fine by me. I doubt it would be that pleasant anyway.

"I don't know," I answered.

Her fingers tapped her arm rhythmically. "They should have been back by now though. It's been too long. Something's wrong, I can feel it."

"You're dramatizing."

"I am not!" she yelled. "I told you, I can feel it. I can feel that something bad has happened." She pushed off the wall she was leaning against. Kira knelt down in front of me, gaze intense and full of worry. They were the same eyes that had widened in ecstasy just and hour ago.

"They can take care of themselves," I told her firmly. Women. They always convinced that tragedy has struck.

"That is the most sexist thing I have ever heard in my life. I am not convinced that tragedy has struck, just that something is holding them up, and it's probably bad." Her voice was indignant.

"What are you talking about?" There is no possible way she could have heard that. It was just a coincidence.

"What do you mean I couldn't have heard that? I am not deaf!"

"I didn't say that." Fuck. She was… Holy hell…

"What?"

"You're picking up my thoughts," I murmured. This was not good.

He's kidding me. That is not possible.

"Of course it's possible. It's happening, isn't it? I'd say that makes it very possible," I said, sarcasm dripping from every word.

…Hiei? You can hear this?

Oh fuck.

No shit.

"I'm assuming you know how to shield your thoughts, so do it now."

She glared at me. "Fine, as long as you do it too."

I threw up flawless barriers inside my mind. The background noise that was Kira's mind faded away, and I was left with blissful silence.

Kira closed her eyes and a look of concentration passed across her features. "Done. Now, we will definitely be talking about that little incident later, but right now, I'm still worried. I don't care what you say, or think, but they are in trouble." She sat down next to me. "Hold out your hands."

"Why?"

"Just do it, Hiei. I want to try something."

I held out a hand, palm turned up towards the ceiling. Her fingers trailed lightly across my palm, and a small spark was left in their wake. That spark grew into a tiny fire that crackled gleefully in my hand. "You know the rules, not that you follow them or anything," she whispered, eyes gradually glazing over as she tranced.

The minutes ticked by in silence as she sought a vision. A nameless anxiety welled up inside me. The last time she'd done this, she'd almost gotten sucked in by Anexis.

A human might mistake my concern with the human conception of love, but the truth is that demons rarely feel such an emotion. It happens, but what is more common is a feeling of possessiveness. Kira was mine. For another to harm her, or touch her was to challenge that ownership. Demons are territorial when it comes to their women, or, in some cases, men. Most fights in Demon World were started over a mate. Most of those battles ended with a death.

As I watched, Kira's breathing accelerated, her pupils dilating. That feeling of protectiveness I felt for her ran hot in my blood. I sent her power, trying to draw her out of whatever she was seeing. She pulled against her vision, attempting to escape, but she had nothing to ground her. I could feel her panic, smell it.

"Kira!" I shook her with my free hand. She didn't respond and her body was turning icy. I grabbed her arm and pulled her against me, strengthening the amount of power I was feeding her. I didn't dare put out the fire. It would leave her trapped wherever she was for a very long time.

She remained motionless and was one the verge of feeling icy. I pressed my lips against her neck, tasting her pulse. She was mine, and that son of a bitch could not have her. MINE! Teeth sinking into her flesh as instinct took over, I marked her neck. I didn't draw blood, but the reddened impressions of my teeth were clearly visible.

A hand wrapped around my shoulder, a small moan breaking the silence. Pulling back just enough to see her eyes, I was surprised to see such a deep fear in her gold eyes. The words she said next chilled me.

"He has them."

(A.N.) Thanks for being patient with me, and for all the reviews you guys and gals have left! (Although, I think the great majority of you are of the female gender...) Please continue to review! It makes me happy, like eating cookies! Speaking of which...I think I just might take a study break and bake some...

Erus Infrequentia--Latin, lt. "Lord Emptiness"

Garandou-sama--Japanese, lt. "Void Lord" (or "Lord Void")