Again, this is a fanfiction of a fanfiction called "To Be Good" by Kizmet, and of course, I do not own any of the Blue Exorcist characters, just my wonderful OCs!

Flames erupted from her sword as she fought Eivan, pushing him back. He evaded and tried to get at the exwires but the shield held up under all his attacks.

"Not gonna get out that way again," the demoness said, cutting away the shadows.

"I have more than one trick up my sleeve," he bragged. Katiana blinked. Suddenly it was like she was enveloped in utter darkness.

'What's going on?' she thought, confused. Then a familiar figure appeared. Katiana dropped her sword. It clattered to the ground loudly as Katiana gasped.

"Amara?" Disbelief shot through her as the little girl skipped forward.

"Katiana!" She shouted joyously.

"Amara!" Katiana shouted, dropping down to hug the girl. I can't believe it… Amara… you're safe!

"I missed you Katiana…. How could you leave me?" the girl asked, an angry edge to her voice.

"A-amara, what do you mean? I-I tried…"

"You tried? You stood by and let me die! I hate you! I hate you Katiana!" the little girl suddenly shouted.

"You cause pain and suffering wherever you go! Everyone you touch gets hurt! Why don't you just die!" Katiana cringed back, holding her head in her hands, pain radiating from every part of her, tears threatening to spill over.

"Just die!"

"Just die already!"

"No one wants you!"

"You let me down!"

"How could you?"

Echoes and echoes of Amara's voice spun around in her head. I-I let you down… I let you die… I'm so sorry. So sorry Amara…. But… But I promised…

"What's she doing?" Izumo hissed as the demoness dropped the sword, the very air getting darker and darker around her.

"Amara?" The woman's voice sounded heartbroken, soft and disbelieving.

"Amara!" The demoness dropped to her knees as if to hug a child, then recoiled. The dark figure grinned wider and wider as the demoness shuddered.

"A-amara, what do you mean? I-I tried…" The exwires were shocked at how broken the powerful demoness sounded. Hell's Queen held her head in her hands, shaking, then, suddenly her arms dropped limply to her sides, and she stood wearily. The figure smiled triumphantly, reaching out for her. Suddenly a bright flash lit the air as a dagger embedded itself into the shadow's shoulder. He howled with pain.

"I promised I'd live my life for you!" Katiana shouted. "I promised I'd do anything to keep someone else from going through the same loss! I promised I'd protect your home!" She kept shouting as she slashed through the shadows.

"How? How could you see through my deception?" the demon demanded incredulously. A ghost of a smile touched Katiana's lips.

"I may be the most selfish creature on this planet. But Amara, she was the most giving person I've ever known. She would never say that. And today I will free her soul." Katiana marched determinedly towards the shadow demon.

"You-you can't beat me!" he stuttered, stumbling away from the flames. "You don't have a blade in your arsenal that can cut away my bond with these souls," he sneered more confidently, running back to the exwires in another attempt to reach them. He growled in frustration as the barrier held, then turned back to Katiana to see a fearsome smile on her face. He howled in frustration, releasing everything he had at her. She cut and parried, and took several hits as well, but finally made it to the demon. Holding her sword over her head, she cried out to the heavens as she brought the sword crashing down.

"God bless this strike!" The shadow demon screeched and disintegrated before their eyes, and bright lights filled the sky as all the souls he'd taken were finally released. A warm white light lingered on Katiana for just a moment, before it swirled away. She saluted it firmly, then made her sword disappear. The barrier shimmered, then disappeared as well. The exwires looked at Hell's Queen in disbelief. The demoness actually looked tired, something they'd never anticipated seeing. As if to seem as peaceful as possible, she approached slowly and crouched down beside Rin, who was barely conscious and healing far too slowly.

She put her hand on his head and a warm golden glow surrounded him.

"What're you…" Izumo started forward, then stopped. The cold slashes left by the shadows were sealing themselves closed. Color was returning to Rin's face, and the boy straightened up with a gasp, feeling better now than he had in months. Katiana on the other hand, looked rather worse for the wear. Her teal eyes were dull, the wound to her gut hadn't healed, and a scratch had opened along her cheek. Just like the one that was on Rin's face… Izumo thought incredulously.

The demoness slowly straightened up and turned to walk away.

"Stop," Angel commanded reluctantly. The woman stopped tiredly. A golden glow surrounded her for a moment, then went away. Unseen by the others, Katiana's eyes widened in panic. Shit, I'm not that tired! I can't believe I can't even teleport! I guess healing him really took it out of me… Still I should be stronger than this! She thought to herself angrily.

"Angel!" Lightening called out, reinforcements following behind him. Katiana felt the first stirrings of panic as the unit surrounded her. She was tired and severely injured and her head was still spinning from the effects of keeping up the barrier so long, plus healing Rin. She manifested a small sword to create a portal, but this time they were prepared for this. A chain lashed out to grab her wrist, which she dodged easily. Suddenly Angel was in front of her, sword drawn, eyes cold.

"Demon, you are under arrest," he said coldly. She shook her head wordlessly and he moved in to attack. She dodged and parried, all while dodging the chains whizzing around from the reinforcements, but it was obvious she was injured. At this rate… I'm not going to be able to hold the portal open for them much longer… Katiana thought to herself desperately. She quickly disarmed Angel, sending Caliburn flying, the paused for a split second, trying to push the intense pain that came with moving away.

In that split second a chain managed to lock itself on her wrist. The person on the other edge of the chain pulled hard, yanking her off her feet. A wild, frenzied look came into her eyes as she leapt to her feet and yanked as hard as she could on the chain, pulling three men along on the ground, freeing herself. It wasn't until a chain wrapped around her neck that she lost control. Ripping the chain away – along with quite a bit of skin – her panic-filled eyes met Angel's for the merest second. In that second he hesitated, and Katiana made her escape.

Katiana painfully tumbled through the portal, landing in a blood-sodden heap on the floor. Slowly she pushed herself up, trying to be as quiet as possible. She didn't want Mira to come and see her, didn't want to worry her. Her armor dissolved and she gasped for air. She sat on the floor, her back against the cold stone wall until she was healed enough to stand. I'd better clean up all this blood before Mira sees…

With that thought in mind she painfully walked out the door into the hall.

"Katiana!" Mira gasped. Katiana resisted the urge to let out a sigh.

"What happened? You just fought that huge demon! You were supposed to be resting!" Mira said accusingly.

"I just – "

"No excuses! You can't keep treating yourself this way Kat, fighting all the time with no rest, plus holding open the portal for the others…"

"What am I supposed to do? I couldn't make my own escape without leaving them a way out! I just wish they'd hurry up and find it, keeping a portal open is harder than I thought…"
"Which is exactly why you need more rest!"

"It was Eivan Mira," Katiana said flatly. "He had Rin and his friends cornered and was going to take his soul to absorb his powers." Mira gasped, her eyes wide.

"Are-are you okay? That would've been a tough fight, at least let me look at your injuries," she said, grabbing Katiana's arm. The Hell Queen shook her off.

"It's fine. Had I not been so distracted it would've been much easier, but I managed." I wasn't about to let Rin down again…

"You need to take better care of yourself Kat," Mira said softly.

"I've taken a lot worse than this, I'll be fine." I'm used to it by now anyway. Katiana walked off, leaving Mira staring sadly after her.

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