Chapter 11: "Zollen!"

I tried several times not to get sick and finally managed to calm down. A few seconds later I heard Matt.

"It huge in here! And warm and comfy… I'm going to take a nap…"

I sighed. At least she was fine. I laid down and waited, ignoring the fact the room seemed smaller.

It was about ten minutes later when Knives opened the door (Which just appeared). I growled and it sounded really… evil. I bared the huge fangs that came with being a dragon as well. If I looked like a dragon I was going to look like a scary dragon.

He threw Sora at me and looked at me for a second. "I'll be back for you later." He closed the door and it disappeared. I wasn't worried about Vash. He could take care of himself… or at least that's what I told myself at the moment.

/Sora? Are you alright/ I lowered my head to her level and nudged her gently with my snout.

She looked at me "Wow… Hiei… I'm fine." I studied her arm and a hole in her stomach.

/No you're not. Hold still./ I didn't know how well I'd be able to use my chakra in this form but I was going to try. I realized that my chakra necklace and tear gem necklace had only an inch of room left on their chains but it fit almost like a collar. At least the chains didn't snap.

I put a claw over Sora's wounds and healed it. It was just like I could before I was a dragon so I was guessing everything was fine. /There. Better/

"Yeah. Thanks."

/It's no problem./

Sora sat up and looked at me. She laid her hands on my snout and looked at my eyes then touched the blood red scales on my stomach.

After a moment I realized that a purring sound was coming from me. Sora giggled and pet my head. I sighed mentally. I wasn't a pet. I'd let her go though… she was still a child after all. "Do all dragons purr?"

/I don't know./

It was at least fifteen more minutes before the door appeared. Sora stepped back against my chest and I growled fiercely.

A boy who looked to me about my human age of nineteen walked in. I recognized him as Zollen. "What're ya growling at me for?"

/Zollen/ I stopped growling.

"Yah. Heard ya needed help so I came."

/Thanks. Can you take Sora out of here. I'm going to find dad and help him out./

"What are ya gonna do about Matt?" Zollen was Matt's past self. He was her from the past but for some reason lived as an alter ego in Matt.

/Don't worry…. I'm going to be sick in a moment…/ I said then start gagging and choking. After getting sick and spitting Matt out Zollen started laughing.

"That one way to get her out of your stomach!"

I shook my head. /I feel like I threw a hairball up…/ I looked at Matt. /Wait a second… I did./

Zollen just laughed harder then became more serious. "Come on." He picked Matt up and him and Sora left with Matt (Who somehow managed to stay asleep).

I somehow managed to fit through the door and followed Knives's scent. I found him and dad fighting outside. Knives near death as dad aimed his gun for the killing blow.

I watched. Something told me not to interfere and to just watch. Dad, after a moment, just walked away. I walked over and looked at Knives. Knives dead? Oh yes, I wanted to kill him. A painful death, even more so but I wasn't going to kill him when he was already half dead. It would have been more of a mercy killing and I didn't like giving my enemies mercy killings.

"Hiei, come on."

I stared at Knives in disgust for a moment then walked off towards Vash. There was a moment of silence between us. /Why didn't you finish him/

Vash was quite for a moment. "Okay, let me ask you this: If Sora became evil right now and started trying to kill everyone would you be able to kill her?"

I kept quiet, seriously thinking it over in my head. If it meant to save the other I care for then I might… As soon as I knew I might have I felt… guilty. I wouldn't like killing her but if she didn't care and was trying to kill everyone then… yes, I might actually kill her. /No…/ I lied.

"Then you get my point. Knives is my brother. He wasn't always like that, you know. He was once my twin…"

I thought of Yukina and me… I changed the subject. /I'm hungry./

Vash smiled. "Go get something to eat. I'll meet you inside in a second."

/Okay./ I tried to run on my four new legs. It was hard but I got the hang of it and… was only stopped by the door. I was stuck about halfway through. I growled and tried to back out. No deal. I tried to go forward and managed to break the whole door. /oops…./

Vash sighed and did something weird he does (He always does weird stuff) and made the whole house bigger.

I glanced back and made a happy whistling sound then went back to making my way to the fridge. I discovered then that claws slide on wooden floors and ended up running into the fridge.

"Hiei! What are ya doing? It sounds like a war in there!"

/Sorry. I crashed…/ I said as instincts too over and I started devouring everything and anything in the fridge and kitchen.

After that I curled up against the knocked over fridge and fell asleep but I was in a light enough sleep to realize Vash walked in and covered me up with a blanket.