Hey, hi, and hello. YamiEmmy has returned from her trip to Hell, also known as school. I'm not sure how many of you knew this, but up until June 11th, I was a senior in high school. I have now graduated, and can spend more time on writing.

SO YOU BETTER ENJOY IT OR ELSE!!

"Alchemist," the evil voice of Voldemort hissed to Lord Kharl. "When will you send the first wave of demons to attack the castle?"

"When ever you're ready," answered Kharl. "I've had them on standby for the last three days."

"Why didn't you tell me?!" Voldemort yelled at Kharl.

"Don't yell at Lord Kharl like that!" Garfakcy yelled back to the deformed wizard. "With a tone like that, Lord Kharl should kill you. But for some strange reason, he has let you live."

"Ha! That's because he doesn't have the power needed to kill me!" Voldemort said. "Now, send the demons after the castle!"

"Of course," Kharl said amicably. He turned to a frustrated Garfakcy and winked conspiratorially. "Now, help me to choose which demons to send, Garfakcy."

"Of course, Lord Kharl," Garfakcy deadpanned.

Once they were out of Voldemort's hearing, Garfakcy asked Kharl, "He has no respect at all for you, Lord Kharl. Just kill him and continue his plan for your own reasons."

"Garfakcy, Nadil will kill him the first time he is given an order. He takes orders worse than I do." Kharl turned to the cages of demons he had. "Now, which ones should I send?"

Garfakcy examined the demons and found two that he really liked. "How about these, Lord Kharl?"

Kharl smiled and silently agreed.

"Kurama, how do you say this word?" Yusuke asked.

"For the last time," Kurama said in exasperation, "you need to figure it out on your own!"

"But Kurama," Yusuke whined, "I can't read English!"

As the two bickered on, Hiei was in the windowsill watching the forest.

He had a very uneasy feeling that something was going to happen very soon. Yusuke knew to trust Hiei's instincts, and if that wasn't enough, Kurama was in a rotten mood that only came when he was expecting a battle.

"Hiei," Yusuke whined, deciding to change his tactics, "can you tell me how to say this word?"

"Hn."

"Dammit, why won't any of you help me out here?" Yusuke complained. "Here I am, for the first time ever interested in my homework, but no one wants to help me understand it. Why?!"

"Shut up Yusuke, something's coming," Hiei snapped.

"I know, and I want to get my homework done now so I can celebrate our victory later." Yusuke said in an excited voice.

"Don't be so excited, Yusuke," Kurama said. "The tension I smell in the air does not bode well."

"When's it going to be here?"

Kurama sniffed the air lightly. "Not for a few more hours."

"Okay, then while we're waiting, can you PLEASE tell me how to say this word?!"

"Yusuke told the headmaster about this little development, right?" Hiei asked Kurama.

"Yes, and he's going to stay behind to protect the castle just in case these two demons aren't the only ones that were sent."

Kurama and Hiei were walking through the Forbidden Forest, moving to intersect the approaching demons. Hiei could only sense two demons approaching them, and from the look of things, they were pretty strong.

So strong, in fact, that he wasn't sure if Kurama would be able to do very well against them. Their primary element was fire.

"Kurama, tell me again why you're here instead of Yusuke?"

"He wasn't done with his homework, and if a demon was to defeat him, what chance would I have against it?"

"Kurama, these are fire based demons," Hiei tried to reason.

"Exactly," Kurama pointed out. "If Yusuke can't defeat a couple of fire demons, then I really don't stand a chance."

"Hn," Hiei voiced. "They're here."

Yes, I know it's short. And yes, I know I left it on a cliffhanger-type thing. But this is where my dilemma comes in to play. I CAN'T WRITE FIGHT SCENES!!!

So, here is my proposal: a contest!

I know that there are many of you out there who can write very well and who also like my work. I am now begging you, anyone, to write my fight scene, e- mail it to me, and the one I like the most will be the one I post. I will not neglect the rest of you who send in his or her scenes, I will thank everyone.

If I don't get any scenes in at all, then this story will not continue. I cannot continue if I don't have this scene, but I equally can't write it.

My e-mail address is miamaria99aol.com

Thank you to all who participate.