Yukina screamed when Karasu stepped out from behind the tree. The Quest Class demon and his friends had haunted her dreams periodically ever since the Dark Tournament, and now they were coming true. Not a good thing.

She screamed even louder when the girl in front of her collapsed, a bloody mess. She caught the falling body, and her eyes started to glow as she cooled the ground and air a round her. Not that it would do much, but she still had to try.

She was right, it didn't do anything. Karasu stepped forward and grabbed the injured girl, throwing her into a portal, which seemingly came out of nowhere. It closed, and he chuckled. "Happy Birthday, Suuichi. Like your present?" he growled.

Yukina gasped, but she was glad they were sending the girl to Kurama's instead of keeping her for torture.

"Please! What do you want?"

Karasu held out some shining silver handcuffs. "Why don't you come with us, and then we won't hurt your dear, dear brother," he said tauntingly.

"What?" her eyes widened. "You know where my brother is?"

"Yes, we do. And if you don't come with us, we'll kill him, just like – that." He made a gesture that sickly reminded her of the "Bang" thread to Kurama at the Dark Tournament, and grossed her out just as much.

"No! Don't hurt him!" she screamed, taking a few steps toward him.

"Just come with us, and he won't be hurt at all. Who knows, maybe we'll even tell you who he is," he said, his sly voice deepening below his mask.

"I – alright…" she put her hands out for the 'cuffs, but was stopped when a deep voice growled, "She is not going anywhere with you."

"H-Hiei?"

"Hn."

"B-but Hiei, I have to go, or they'll hurt my brother!"

"She's right, Hiei," purred Karasu. How a slimy reptile like him could purr I do not know, but he managed it. "We will hurt her brother. You know that, don't you?"

"Are you sure? I might not stand for that." Hiei smirked evilly.

"Hiei, Please! They'll hurt him!" She looked completely distraught as Hiei stepped in front of her with one hand over his sword.

"No. They won't."

"But how would –"

"He would try, and believe he could stop us from hurting him, because he IS your brother!" That was Karasu, provoking Hiei to murder (as if he didn't already want to do that…)

Hiei growled and sped forward, bringing his sword toward Karasu's neck, but was thrown backward as he tried to slice through a bomb. Unfortunately, it was not as compliant as a simple demon neck; it exploded and sent him flying into a nearby tree, narrowly missing Yukina, wincing as pain arose in his shoulders and knees. Looking down he saw Elder Toguro's fingers pinning him to the tree. Yukina rushed toward him, and, her small hands wrapped around one of the fingers, she began to tug.

"Yukina," Hiei whispered, "run."

However, Elder Toguro had other plans, and wrapped another finger around Yukina, holding her to the side. "Ah, but she just can't do that!" he cackled, sounding like a two year old with a new toy.

"Fine." Hiei's right arm began to crackle with dark energy. The other demons looked unperturbed. Wondering about this for a moment, he pushed it to the back of his mind as the rest of the bandages crinkled, charred in a burst of black flame.

"Dragon of the Darkness Flame!" He released the dark energy toward Karasu, but Sensui (A.N.: QueenofAngstyFics, wasn't it you who wanted to know who "Dot" was? Well there you go! Mr. Dot has made an appearance…) stepped in front, and, lifting his leg, he used his patented kick (the one with the energy ball? I'm drawing a blank. Blockbuster, or something?) on the dragon. Hiei and Yukina watched in horror as the dragon crackled, surrounded by the yellow light of Sensui's aura, roared with pain, and disappeared.

Ever since Hiei's fight with Bui, where he had bonded with the Dragon, he had felt a close connection with the spirit beast. Now, as it was destroyed, he felt it sap his energy as well. By the time it was done, he was slumped, unconscious, on the tree. Elder Toguro recoiled his fingers, and Hiei crashed to the ground, head first. Elder Toguro tightened his grip around Yukina, who was held above them like a flag.

They stepped through the portal in silence, smirking as one.