Chapter 26: "I HATE fan girls…"
I sat up, noticing Matt wasn't among the dragons bellow. /Hey, Kip/
/Yeah/ Kip's reply was sleepy.
/Where's Matt/
/Um…/ He sounded awake now. /Dunno. I'll look bellow you look from above, mmkay/
/Alright./ I took flight and started looking for Matt. Okay, I'm guessing by now you know that she's not the normal 'mother' type.
…even for an adopted mother.
I always had to keep an eye on her. Remember how I mentioned in the beginning that she was immature? Told you. One thing I noticed was how I saw every detail from up here. I could see every rock, flake of snow and shard of ice from here. My eyesight was terrific but I couldn't find Matt.
After flying all over and outside of the ice dragon's territory we didn't find any sign of her. /Where the hell is she/ I growled.
/Calm down, Hiei. Maybe one of the dragons have seen her./ Kip said, looking around nervously. I recognized the twitchy movements from somewhere else but where…? My tail flicked as I thought.
……Naoko glancing over her shoulder whenever she knew something bad was about to happen. Kurama's twitchy nervous movements whenever there was an enemy on the loose. Youko Kurama's twitchy silver fox-ears catching sound from everywhere.
/Kip? What do you sense/ I asked.
/H-huh? Who says-- Damn. Hiei, something bad is about to happen… I don't know what though./ His tail flicked back and forth nervously. /Nothing escapes you, does it/
/I'm paranoid therefore notice every little detail about someone or something./ I glanced around, wishing for the millionth time that I was a demon again.
/Noticed. You're 'beyond help paranoid'./ I stopped and looked at Kip, making sure he saw my annoyance.
A strange voice spoke up. /I thought it was a 'cute paranoid'/
This time Kip cowered when he saw the annoyance that flashed across my face. /Don't hurt her. She's Hyoshin's daughter./
/Hn./ I turned and glared at her. /What/
/Huh. No hello? Where's your manners/
/I never learned them. What do you want/ I knew she heard the coldness in my voice.
/Maybe you should learn them. I can teach you./
It was after the Dark Tournament all over again. I knew that second how this was going to end. /No./
/That was some nice flying back there. You fought pretty well. Clever turning on us like that./
/Hn./
/You're different from most of us. I've never seen a dragon use that move before. You know… it was pretty cool. I think if you were to enter some of the flying competitions you would have a lot of fans… I'd be your biggest one of course./ She said.
I was right. Dark Tournament all over again. I hated fan girls… /Go away and leave me alone./
/Aww… don't be like that./
/Like what? I want you to leave. Now before I hurt you./
/You hurt me? Hah. Come on… Darkness and ice go together…/
/I'm warning you…/ I was really annoyed now.
/Tch. Make me go away./ I glared at her.
/Fine./ I said simply.
Her tail flicked and she walked away. I blinked. /I thought you had to make her./ Kip said.
I looked around. /Hey… Hyoshin's missing too./ I was silent for a moment. /Damn it! Hyoshin's taken Matt off somewhere./
/So/
/You don't get it. It's not only my enemies I worry about. I know she has almost as many enemies as I do. He could kill her easily while she's in that form./
/I'll start looking around-- Hyokinshi's back./
I turned around, ready to kill someone now. As soon as I turned her tail whipped around and I felt something click around my neck. /What the hell--/ I heard Hyokinshi start reciting a spell. /Kip! Stop her from--/ I knew magic when I heard it. Naoko knew how to use it and I've fought more then my share of demons who could use magic. Kip growled and went to attack Hyokinshi but it was too late.
/Hiei! Kill him./
It's hard to recall but I knew what was going on at the moment. My body moved swiftly to intercept Kip's attack. We both went rolling across the ground. Kip struggled to get me off of him but he didn't have the powerful front legs I did. He snarled in pain as I bit into his neck and the shoulders of his wings.
/Kill him, Hiei-pet/ The part of me that still knew what was going on swore to kill Hyokinshi. I didn't care if it was painful or quick I just wanted her dead. The last time I heard someone call me that I was two years old.
/Hiei! Snap out of it/ he used his back legs to kick me off. /I mean it! If you bite me one more time--uuf/ I leapt at Kip again, tackling him to the ground. He scrambled away and took flight. My wings flapped twice and I went up after him.
Kip could out fly me and out fight me. He chose to out fly me. /Hiei! Snap out of it. I don't want to hurt you! Matt told me about how you have a family and-- WHOA/ I rolled as an ice dragon spat ice at Kip. Flaring my wings, I stopped my roll and looked around to see where Kip went. He was hovering in mid-air, watching the other dragon.
I roared and flew at Kip. He spun around and snarled but he moved too slow. I flew right into him and we both started falling to the ground.
As Kip hit the ground I threw my weight down, making the impact hurt even worse. Kip didn't get back up.
/Bravo, Hiei-pet. Bravo./ Hyokinshi said, walking over.
I couldn't talk. It pissed me off more that I couldn't insult her. A familiar scent caught on the wind.
"Hiei! What happened here!" Matt cried.
Hyokinshi stared at Matt. /Where's my father/
"He's gone."
Hyokinshi growled. /Kill her, Hiei-pet/
I couldn't break whatever spell she had on me. I growled and leapt over to Matt. She obviously wasn't expecting it. "What the hell--! Hiei! Stop!"
I snapped Matt up into my jaws and swallowed. I walked over to a small pool of water and swallowed a few mouthfuls. "Hiei! Stop!" Matt coughed.
/Good job, Hiei-pet. Now…/ she purred and started walking over to me. I felt disgusted. I couldn't break control over this stupid spell. If only I could break the collar. There was a gem on the back that was probably holding the power of the spell.
I'm sorry, everyone… I thought silently. I failed. My tail twitched, then whipped around, shattering the gem on the collar.
/What! No/ Hyokinshi cried.
The collar fell off and I spit Matt out. Matt recovered quickly enough to see me turn on Hyokinshi. I caught sight of Matt covering her eyes as Hyokinshi took flight and I followed. Hyokinshi was fast but while her body was built more for camouflage mine was built for speed. I easily caught up with her. I flew up about ten feet above her and folded my wing tightly against my body. I cut through the air quickly and grabbed her wings with my claws. Digging my claws into scales and flesh Hyokinshi roared in pain. We both fell to the ground but as with Kip I made sure I controlled the fall. When we hit the ground I threw my weight down and heard a satisfying crack that told me I broke her wings.
/No! Wait--/
/Nobody controls me./ I said, then delivered the killing blow.
After a moment of silence I looked at Matt, who still had her paws covering her eyes. /It's okay now…/
"Is she…?"
I remained silent for a moment. /Yeah. I told you I HATE fan girls…/
