Chapter 2: Rogue Demon
Hiei managed to cut off one of the demon's arms, but he got clawed on his back by the demon's other arm. Quickly, he flashed a small distance away.
Akamery, however, had gone for the head. When she saw Hiei get hit, she forgot one of her own rules and took her eyes off of her opponent. That cost her, for she got clawed across her chest and stomach by the demon. She flew into a tree with a thud and slid down to the ground, 'Damn it,' she thought and stood.
She flashed up to the demon's neck, but before Akamery had a chance to slice the demon's throat, the demon sunk it's fangs into her arm and flung her into the trees tearing off some of the flesh on her arm. After it did that, it retreated into the forest.
Akamery painfully pushed herself off the ground; her wounded arm had healed just a little, but not all the way because of the poison. Some of her reddish dark-brown hair fell in her face from her ponytail. "Hiei," she whispered to herself. Not caring about her own wounds and her shallow breathing, she teleported to Hiei, who was barely breathing himself and lying face-down on the ground. She sat next to him and hovered her hands over his wounds.
After a few moments, since the fire apparition almost died, he slowly got up himself with a hand on his head. "Ug, what happened?" he asked, and then his eyes widened in shock, "Aka!"
Akamery smiled weakly, her mouth opened and closed a few times like she was trying to say something to him, but her eyes rolled back and she fell to her left unconscious.
Hiei caught Aka and felt his stomach clench in fear, "Aka! Aka, wake up!" he called to the Wind Demoness, but she wouldn't respond. He saw that her wounds wouldn't heal and her breathing was slow and weak. He reached into his left pocket and took out his communicator that Koenma had given him and contacted the young Reikai ruler.
"Yes Hiei, what…" Koenma started, but saw Hiei's frantic face, "What happened?" he asked.
"Aka," Hiei said simply and showed Koenma Aka's torn up body through the compact.
Koenma nodded once Hiei looked back at him, "Alright, I'll send a portal that will send you to Genkai's temple and then I'll contact Kurama."
With that, Hiei turned off the compact and returned it to his pocket. A portal appeared a few feet away so Hiei picked up Akamery bridal-style and went through the portal, which lead to where Yukina and Genkai had been sitting and having tea.
Yukina, who was in the kitchen, felt the presence of Hiei and a fading one of Akamery. It was almost a very strange concept since they both should be in Mukuro's lair. She stopped what she was doing and went to see what the matter was.
Hiei had landed near the porch when he saw Yukina standing there, "Yukina," he motioned to Aka with his head, "Can you help her?"
Yukina could feel that he was once wounded and could tell immediately that Aka must have used up her energy healing him. 'A great burden coated by a great regret.' Biting her lip she nodded, "I can see what I can do. Please," she quickly gestured him inside.
After Yukina had shown Hiei the room, he placed her down on the bed, and then was shooed out by his own sister. Yukina looked at Akamery before trying to cool down a fever that had taken over. She recognized the poison's aura, so that meant she knew where it had came from, but what the plant was, it was strange to see. Only Kurama knew the poisonous plant, and she could only slow it down!
'Hold on Aka, Yukina thought, 'slowing down poison isn't anything compared to actually having time slipping by.'