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Japanese to Know:

Oyasumi nasai - Good night
Baka na onna no hito - Stupid woman
Baka na youkai - Stupid demon
Ganko na baka - Stubborn idiot
Baka na yarou - Stupid bastard
Ganko na yarou - Stubborn bastard
Shiseiji - Bastard (illegitimate child)
Anata wa tsumetai desu ka - Are you without emotion
Tokidoki - Sometimes

Chapter 29

Destiny

"Nanashi, Takashi, see you in three weeks?" Sugisaki said, shaking each of their hands.

"Yes," Hokage nodded. "We'll have a portal waiting for you."

"I'll be right back," Hiei whispered to Hokage, parting.

She looked after him, but said nothing. The other demon warlords left as well, leaving her and Sugisaki alone.

"Do you know the meaning of trust?"

Hokage stared at the demon strangely. "Eh?"

"Trust: putting complete faith in someone." He turned his back on the winged demon. "Can I trust you? Can I have complete faith in you?"

She stared at his back. "Sugisaki, if you trust me, you're a damned fool."

He looked back at her.

"To trust someone you know nothing about, someone with no name is the dumbest thing you could do. I never claimed to be a truthful person. I never said I was a liar. So you don't know what is true and what is false. Can you trust me not to betray you? I wouldn't."

Sugisaki laughed. "You make it too complicated. I merely asked if you were trustworthy."

"And I merely answered that I wouldn't trust me if I was you." She smirked and turned to look at the painting of the Snake and Eve. "I am the Snake…in this instance."

The fire demon followed her gaze. "The Snake."

"No," she thought, frowning. "No, Angel is the Snake. A two-faced snake." She heaved a mental sigh. "But I can't hate him."

"Nanashi."

Hokage turned and stared at the man in the door. "Takashi. Yes, I'm coming." She looked back to Sugisaki. "Thank you for having us in your home." And she bowed.

Sugisaki watched her retreat. "I think…I think I can trust that little demon."

"Darkfire, do I not make you happy?" Lucifer questioned, stroking the angel's neck.

"You make me very happy, Lucifer," Darkfire said, leaning into him. "You make me so very happy."

"Then why do you not love me?"

"I do love you, dearest Lucifer."

"Yet…you turn from my bed."

She rubbed her head against his chest, sighing. "That, Lucifer, I cannot return. You know I would kill you."

"But you've been able to suppress the urge so well. Let us try. I'm not afraid…so why are you?" He massaged her ears gently.

"I would rather love you like this than risk having the wolf tear you apart." She let out a soft growl, melting under his touch. "Let me love you as I do now, Lucifer."

"I just wish you to be happy," Satan whispered, kissing her neck. "So if this makes you happy, then I'll just have to love you differently." He nibbled on her ear, holding her close. "I'll never let you go. I'll love you as no other can. But I swear to never do something you don't like."

Darkfire sighed peacefully in his grasp, enjoying his sweet, tender affections. She fought the urge to mutilate him. She suppressed the vengeful spirit that was part of her. "Love me," she whispered. "Love me forever."

Hokage tiptoed silently into Tokiya's room. He laid sprawled on his futon, blanket lying across his leg. Smiling, she covered him and kissed his forehead softly.

"Oyasumi nasai, Tokiya-kun," she whispered from the door.

"What is it with you and that kid?" Hiei questioned as Hokage shut the door.

"Eh?"

"I mean, it's not like he's the same as you."

"What're you talking about?"

Hiei frowned. "What makes him so special anyway?"

She raised an eyebrow, and then she smirked. "You're jealous, aren't you?"

The fire demon huffed, "What a foolish notion."

Hokage chuckled and walked away from the door and the demon. "You don't like me paying so much attention to Tokiya-kun, do you? How cute."

Hiei growled and stalked after her. "It was just a damn question. There was nothing to it."

"Then why're you so uptight about it?" She looked back. "And why the blush?"

He stopped and clenched his fists. The hair on his neck bristled and he growled. "Because you're making me mad! Baka na onna no hito!"

Hokage put her hands behind her head and continued walking. "Baka na youkai."

"Ganko na baka!"

"Baka na yarou."

"Ganko na yarou!"

"Shiseiji."

Hiei stopped storming after her. He stared at the floor, shaking with anger. "Anata wa tsumetai desu ka."

Hokage stopped and turned to him. Without emotion, she answered, "Tokidoki."

He looked up and met her eyes. His muscles relaxed and he straightened.

"But that doesn't matter."

"Eh?"

She smiled. "The only thing that matters is that I'll protect my friends until the last drop. Like you, ne."

"I don't know what you're talking about"

"Whatever you say, Hiei-kun." Laughing, she left him.

"'Hiei…kun'?"

Osadyro turned to her fox companion.

"What is it?" he questioned, seeing the worried look on her face.

"Something…is coming."

"Like what? Is it a demon?"

She shook her head. "No, nothing like that. Something in the near future. Something terrible."

"You mean like a war?"

"Sort of."

Kurama raised a brow. She wasn't making any sense. "I don't understand."

Staring at the floor, she thought. "I'm…I'm not sure myself. But something is definitely going to happen." She looked back at him. "And when it does, it's going to be huge."

"Hokage, aren't you going to tell Yuusuke what you know?" the angel questioned hastily.

Hokage stopped on the balcony. "After I make sure I've got that army." She crouched on the rail and let her wings sprout.

"And if you don't?"

"I won't come back without it."

The door opened to her room and Yuusuke stepped in. Seeing her on the edge, he called, "Hokage, stop!"

"I can't, Yuusuke!" she smiled. "I can't stop until I've found my destiny!" She pushed out into the air and soared towards the river, Yuusuke coming just short of catching her foot.

"Hokage-kun!" he yelled, but she kept going.

"I'm sorry, Yuusuke," she whispered, "but I won't let you die."

"You understand that you won't just disappear from their thoughts and memories, right? You understand that your loss will be a painful burden? That they might feel guilt for not protecting you?"

Hokage turned left and flew beside the river. "I know," she sighed. "But they'll be alive. They'll be able to carry on. Besides, Darkfire, my end is nearing anyway."

The angel remained silent.

Soon, the waterfall came into view. Hokage slowly lowered herself into Hell and looked around.

"Satan!" she called. "I wish to speak with you!"

"Satan isn't here right now," a man smirked, voice velvety. "What is it you need?

Hokage turned and met a redheaded angel. She stumbled back from the close proximity and gasped, "Michael."

"Yes, that is I. And what might a living human woman be doing down here?"

"Don't you dare, Michael," Darkfire hissed, face becoming hard.

"Hm? I know this voice. Ah, yes, Darkfire. How delightful I should meet you here." His black eyes gleamed with malice and delight.

"Not as delightful as you might think." She stepped back and kept on guard, staring him down with commanding eyes.

Michael laughed. "You can't scare me with those eyes, wolf!" He formed a flame in his palm. "I'll send you into oblivion!" Lunging, he threw a large fireball at her head.

Dodging easily, Darkfire leapt into the air and slammed her fists down on his spine. Michael buckled and crashed into the steaming ground. Letting out a fierce battle cry, he turned and sent a massive amount of flames out. Darkfire, still hovering in an awkward position, took the flames head on. Though normal flames had no affect, Michael's were angelic flames; and worse still, they had more affect because he controlled fire.

"Die, Darkfire!" he shouted.

Still, the angel held strong in the flames. She gritted her teeth to keep from calling out in pain. "No," thought the angel. "No, I won't die like this…again. I won't be burned alive. I won't let this man kill me. I won't!" Letting out a fierce howl, black fire surged from her body and pushed the flames away.

Michael covered his face from the hot flames. "What is this magic?"

"This is no magic, Michael. This is the power Heaven bestowed upon me!" Darkfire growled, emerging from the smoke.

"Damn you! Why won't you die?"

"I am dead, you ass!" She rammed him into the ground and held his throat. "And I won't let you kill this girl before she finds her destiny."

The Archangel struggled beneath her. "This girl is already dead," he gasped. "She is the living dead. She's nothing…but a shell…that you control."

"Shut up, you stupid bastard!" She laughed sadistically. "I wonder how God will feel when he finds a dead angel on His doorstep!"

"Darkfire, let him go," another said, resting a hand on her arm. "Let him go."

Dun dun dun!

I wonder who Michael's savior is! Well...I don't...but I know you do!