Chapter 24: "Why the hell does stuff like this happen to me!"

After resting up and getting a decent meal we left again. Kippichin was able to negotiate with most of the dragons. As we landed to rest again after a few more hours of flying I caught myself wonder why the hell I was doing this again? I was a demon. Not a dragon. I wanted to become my demon self and go home to the Ningenkai.

/What's wrong, Hiei/ Kip asked. He had told me to call him Kip.

/Nothing./ I said. I didn't feel like talking. Kip shrugged his wings and took to the air again. He said he knew where the MeAni lived and he would take us there and in return we would give him a place to stay. I kinda liked Kip. He reminded me of Kurama in a way. Friendly until you got on his bad side. Then he was cut-throat. I followed him and after fifteen minute realized that the air was ice cold.

/How long has it been this cold/ I asked.

/Just now. We're entering ice dragon territory…/

/Great…/ I hated the cold… and I didn't think we would get along with these dragons. I flexed my claws, trying to get some feeling back in them. Kip looked back at me.

/Stay close./

/Hn./ I felt watched and Kip warning me just confirmed my fears. I looked at the giant ice volcanoes and mountains and saw something move. /What the hell…/ I stared at the icy wall and didn't blink.

Kip noticed I had stopped following him. /Hiei! Come--/ Kip snarled in pain and as I turned to see why I saw the same movement I had earlier.

I turned just in time to face my own attacker. It was a dragon that looked as if it was made of ice. The dragon tilted her wings so the sun reflected off of them and into my eyes. I growled and blinked quickly only to feel fangs bite into my neck.

/Damn it/ I folded my wings and dropped to the ground. /Why the hell does stuff like this happen to me/ I flared my wings and pulled up from the ground. I heard the sound of the ice dragon hitting the ground and smirked.

/Are you nuts! You could of crashed too/ Kip flew along side me now.

/Nobody's willing to take risk like me./

/It would of hurt. You do realize that, right/

/Pain's nothing to me./

"Well, Hiei, I seemed to have heard you whine enough when you get shot or something." Matt said.

/I can spit you out now and leave you behind, how's that sound/

"No!" I tilted my wings, sensing the two dragon coming up behind us and turned sharply.

/Hiei, what the hell are you--/

The only thing the ice dragon realized was she was about to fly right into me. As she went to dive under me I dropped down right on top of her, slamming her into the ground. I took flight again and went to take care of the second dragon that was chasing Kip.

Kip was talented with his wings, I'll give him that. He was outdoing the ice dragon at everything. I flew up next to the dragon and then he folded his wings and rolled right into me. /What the--/ We went down in a tumble and as we fell the dragon bit and clawed me.

/Pull up! Pull up/ Kip shouted. I couldn't get loose. The dragon pulled away and up and I started flapping my wings to slow my fall. Then the dragon spit ice at me.

/WHAT THE HELL/ I tried to react quickly but this wasn't my old body. The one where I could move so quickly I could practically disappear. I folded my wings but as I did my right wing was hit and frozen. /DAMN IT/ I tried to warm my body up but I couldn't summon the fire. As I fell I tried to land like I normally would. I threw my back leg out and flared out my left wing but that just threw me off. And there was no more time to react.

I braced myself and then suddenly felt something grab me around my chest and stomach. I looked up, expecting to see Kip but there was a huge ice dragon there, holding me in his back talons.

/Enough./ he said and the dragons stopped. /I have an old friend among these dragons./

"Hiei! Spit me out!"

/We're about fifty feet in the air. You have to wait./

/Hiei, what the hell's going on/ Kip asked.

/I don't know./ I replied.

/Don't worry, kits. Hold still, Dark One. I'll take care of your wing./

'Dark One'? I liked Master of the Dark Flame more… /Er… Alright…/

The ice on my wing melted and I flared it then folded it. I looked up at the dragon and blinked. It was probably the biggest dragon I've seen yet. /It is alright, young ones. You need not worry now. You are safe./

The dragon set me down on the ground and I shook off like a cat. I flapped my wings a few times and studied the dragon.

"Hiei! Let me out now!" Matt shouted. Everyone looked at me. I didn't want to be the center of attention so I quickly spit Matt out. "About time!"

/shut up…/ I mumbled.

The dragon that saved me looked at Matt. /Hello, Azure…/

"Hyoshin…" Matt said then grinned.