.:.Disclaimer.:. I don't own the series, If I did I wouldn't be writing fanfiction.
Paksennarion- No, it's a slightly original character.
FiLiUs DaFfOdILuS- I promise, I will
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Alla Vita- Yeah, I'm not a fan of OC pairings and I never really thought of Hiei/Botan until I read a fic with them as the main coupling and now I love it.
LoneWolf and Hiei- Sorry about the missing words, I rely on spell check a lot and sometimes skip over some things.
Sophophobic- I'm glad you like it.
Pure Shikon- All will be explained.
Shadow of Yang- I will finish, only one more chapter to go!
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Important note: This chapter slightly mentions bad guys throughout the series, in case you cannot remember who they are I have put a number in parenthesis that can be compared to a list under this note to refresh your memories.
(1)Seiryu- The ice master of the four saint beasts
(2)Bui- A member of team Tuguro that Hiei fought in the dark tournament.
(3)Zeru- apparent leader of Team Rokoyukai, Hiei killed him with the Dragon of the darkness flame.
The impersonator glared. "Oh really, and why would you think that?" she asked. "So many people hate you already, is it really so surprising that I would as well?" she reasoned.
Hiei shook his head. "I know Yukina very well." He said softly. "I remember when a man kidnapped her and, even after he tortured her for profit, she refused to let me kill him." The fire demon paused for a moment. "After watching her for many years I have come to realize that she isn't capable of hate… she's too kind for that."
The impersonator stayed quiet for some time, not able to think up a comeback; at this Hiei just smirked. "I don't know who or what you are, but you can't hope to mimic Yukina with a personality like yours." He moved into a fighting pose, ready to charge at the imposter. "And you can't hope to defeat me, not when I have someone important as motivation."
The imposter smiled. "Very well Hiei." Her face distorted and quickly morphed into her real face, which the fire demon had not seen before. Her left eye was grey, the right one was blue, and her hair was black with some blue streaks in it. "Can you guess who I am now Hiei?"
The fire demon searched his memory. No… he couldn't remember ever seeing this woman before in his life. 'Then why is she doing all this?'
The woman didn't wait for a verbal answer, Hiei's silence was enough. "You do not actually know me…" she said. "My name is Kuremi; However, you may find something about me familiar…" she started. Kuremi ran her fingers through her hair. "My black hair is from Seiryu(1) these blue streaks were contributed from Bui(2)…" She placed her hand over her blue eye. "My right eye was previously Zeru's(3)" Kuremi paused for a moment. "Every piece of me is from demons that you have hurt in you're lifetime. My power, my physical attributes, and my hatred of you… it's all from them."
Hiei took a slight step foreword. "What are you?"
Kuremi gave a loathsome look to Hiei before answering. "The product of an experiment by powerful kin of the ones you destroyed." She answered. "My whole life revolves around you… my only goal in life is to hate you and kill you."
"But I'm tired of talking." Kuremi said. "Prepare yourself!" She threw off her cloak to reveal a sword in its sheath. As she drew it Hiei saw that there were small stripes on the blade that looked very unusual.
The fire demon made the first move, he ran at Kuremi and attacked with his sword. She skillfully blocked and countered with her own attack. Hiei figured that this fight would be easy and moved to block, but Kuremi's sword seemed to get longer after he blocked and the blade got dangerously close to his skin before the fire demon retreated from close range.
'What was that?' He wondered, thinking it impossible for metal to grow like that. However, he didn't have long to think before Kuremi advanced on him. Hiei continued to stay away, watching her sword the entire time.
Finally, Hiei got an idea, he stopped counted the stripes in her sword. "6...7…8…9" he said softly to himself and watched the first stripe on the sword as his opponent thrust it at him.
The fire demon saw the trick behind the mysterious sword, the stripes on the blade created an optical illusion that made the sword look shorted than it actually was. He blocked the attack and countered with one of his own, aiming the sword at Kuremi's heart. However, once his Katana was less than a centimeter away from her skin, a magical shield surrounding her body deflected him and sent Hiei flying in the opposing direction.
"So, you've figured out the secret behind my sword… impressive." Kuremi mused. "But even if you go through my physical defenses, my magical ones won't let you even cut my skin. Game over, you lose."
Hiei gave a look of distaste before standing back up. 'There is another option…' he thought to himself. He undid his bandana, revealing his jagan eye, and took a stance to summon his ultimate attack.
"Trying again are you?" Kuremi smirked. "I applaud your determination, this should be fun."
"Dragon of the darkness flame!" Hiei cried out. With his left hand, Hi released a great amount of energy and sent it toward Kuremi.
The vengeful woman took a defensive stance and summoned a magical shield to protect herself from Hiei's attack and, while she managed to stay alive, it took quite a bit of energy.
Hiei smirked before taking his stance again. "I know that you can't defend yourself against another one!." He called. "Dragon of…!"
Kuremi regained her composure and charged at Hiei before he had the time to finish a second attack. She grabbed his left arm and pulled him up off the ground, letting him dangle in the air. "True Hiei, but all that means is that I just need to prevent you from using that attack again." She lifted her sword. "For instance, why don't I just cut off your arm entirely…" Kuremi laughed. "Yes, that would make it so much…" She gasped when Hiei's sword was jammed through her heart. The woman dropped Hiei as she fell to the ground. "How?" she gasped, not fully comprehending what had happened.
"You let your guard down Kuremi," The fire demon remarked. "You used most of your power defeating my dragon and couldn't use your fancy shield against my sword." He watched her as she lay on the ground, dying. "You are a powerful opponent; your mistake was choosing to have me as an enemy."
Kuremi let out a crazed chuckle. "No, I see where I went wrong…" she drawled. And, with her dying words, she continued to say. "My only mistake… was kidnapping your sister." Her heart stopped, and the makeshift world around them began to melt away.
Yukina, who had been watching most of the battle through her fingers, looked confused. The room around her dissolved until she could see that she, Hiei, and Touya was in the park where she was kidnapped. 'Sister?' she questioned silently.
Hiei saw looked around then the scenery changed. He saw Yukina just a few paces ahead of him, seemingly in a daze. Wondering what the matter was, Hiei ran up to her and kneeled down. "Are you all right?" he asked her.
Yukina looked up and met Hiei's eyes. "Are you really my brother?"
Okay, only one more chapter to go! And, some exciting news… there has been 100 reviews on this story! I'm so happy, please keep on reviewing so I may get the last chapter up quicker.
Author's note: Okay, I edited this chapter after I put it up because of word usage in a certain paragraph. (moonlit-snow and Lonewolf and Hiei might know what I'm talking about) Also, I suck at writing fight scenes so sorry.