Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I do own the storyline and the few original characters. Now... time has passed a little bit and Kurama and Hiei have finally been mated, each sporting a matching mark on their left side of their necks. What will happen when Kurama and several other visitors get caught up in a massive jailbreak attempt?

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"I love you," Kurama said as he walked out of the room. It had almost been a full year since Hiei was attacked in the showers and it was as if he almost didn't remember it. For the smile had returned to his face, and Granger was glad about that. Hiei was the only prisoner that he was really protective of, considering it was Hiei and his teammates that had put nearly sixty percent of the prisoners there.

Granger told Hiei that he was going to have to wait a bit before he was taken back to his cell, that the other prisoners were still out and about a bit. Hiei didn't mind. He had just had the best afternoon with his mate and was looking forward to the rest of his week. For that coming Thursday, he had a hearing with the Parole Board. He was actually excited about it, for it meant a chance that he could go home.

Hiei looked at the guard who came to escort him to his cell. "Hey Brian."

"Sup, half-pint," the guard said with a smile as he placed the handcuffs on Hiei's wrists. "Have a nice day?"

Hiei smirked, he wasn't stupid. Granger apparently had a big mouth, and Kurama and Hiei were the talk of the guard houses. Hiei kept his mouth shut as the two began the walk to his cell. But as they came to a corner, a loud buzzer went off, the sound echoing off the walls. "Prisoner escape. Prisoner escape. Lock-down initiated."

Hiei looked at Brian who had a mortified look on his face. He was somewhat new and quite inexperienced. Suddenly, Granger's voice was heard over Brian's walkie-talkie. "All guards return to your posts. I repeat, all guards return to your posts immediately. We have hostages in C-Wing. I repeat, We had hostages in C-Wing."

Brian looked at Hiei and frowned. The look on his face said it all... Kurama was one of them. Hiei frowned as the guard tried to quicken his steps. They came to one of the halls that housed several rows of cells. Everyone of the doors were opened, and not a prisoner was in sight. Brian swallowed hard as he began down the hall. Granger came over the walkie-talkie again, this time informing all those listening that several guard stations have been overrun. Hiei looked at Brian, the poor kid was scared half to death. Several gunshots rang out, echoing off the hall. Hiei looked up and seen that he was in D-Wing. He felt his blood boil... Kurama. He acted without thought. He turned and pulled Brian into one of the cells and tripped him with his leg. Brian hit the floor and sat up shaking his head. Hiei reached down to his belt and took his walkie-talkie and the ring of keys there.

"Hiei! No... don't do this man!" the young guard said as he quickly stood up.

Hiei backed out of the cell and slammed it shut, locking it with a key on the ring. "Sorry kid, but this is for your own good."

"Hiei, don't do this!" Brian shouted as he watched Hiei turn and start running to the north, the cuffs dropping to the floor a few feet later.

When Hiei turned the corner, he stopped. The sight before him stole his breath, or maybe that was the stench of blood and death that was filling his nose that took his breath away. Hiei swallowed hard, covering his nose with his arm. He then turned and took off the other way, he had to find a corner, fast. Once he passed through an opened door, there was the sound of prisoners yelling farther ahead, so he stopped. He leaned against the wall and swallowed hard. He raised the walkie-talkie to his mouth and pressed the button. "Granger, talk to me."

After a moment of white noise, the voice appeared on the other side. "Hiei? Who gave you their walkie?"

Hiei shook his head. "Where are the hostages? Please tell me that Kurama isn't one of them."

Granger shook his head, damn that hot headed little punk. He was on the loose. He turned to all of the cameras and spotted him leaning against the wall in the upper levels of D-Wing. Granger shook his head. "Hiei, to your left there is a stairwell. Get your ass up that stairwell and go to the guard station! That is an order."

"Fuck that, Granger," Hiei snapped into the walkie. "Did Kurama make it out? If he did, I will go."

Granger looked down as he studied the monitor of the hostages. He sighed heavily. If he lied, Hiei would flip if anything happened to him.

"Dammit Granger, tell me!" Hiei snapped.

"No he didn't," Granger said. "They were all taken before they could get out of the building. Hiei, listen to me..."

"No! You tell me where he is," Hiei said into the walkie-talkie. His voice growled with fury through the earpiece.

Granger sighed. "C-Wing. It's two floors down, but Hiei listen to me... almost every prisoner that you put in here is down in that hall. If you go down there, they are going to kill you."

"Granger, I put them here, because they couldn't beat me," Hiei said. "What makes you think that I can't do it again?"

"You had your energy back then, Hiei," Granger snapped into the walkie-talkie. "You are half the strength of demon you were. And if they find out that they have your mate, they will kill him. Hiei, just get to that guard station... I have a swat team coming in right now."

"SWAT? Are you kidding me?" Hiei snapped. He shook his head and looked at the camera that was swiveled his way. "I can run circles around those guys. I am doing this with or without your help, Chief."

Granger sighed, only Hiei and Kurama called him that. He looked at the monitor to his left and seen that Kurama was holding something to the shot victim's wounds. If he didn't help Hiei through this, Kurama and the rest of the hostages would be next. He shook his head and held the walkie-talkie to his mouth. "You must listen very carefully to what I am about to say to you Hiei. The cuff on your arm is pinching a toxin into you, it is meant to block you from gaining any energy. Punch in the cod and press enter."

He watched Hiei do as he was told on the monitor. Then he looked up at the camera again. Granger nodded and sighed. He was going to lose his job for this... "Now punch i and press enter. The cuff will come off. But you have to promise me that you will try to refrain from killing anyone."

Hiei took off the cuff and looked at the camera again. "I will, but if the situation calls for it... I will have no choice. I will defend myself to the bitter end."

Granger smirked. He figured that was going to be said. "Go to your left, down the hall and past the door, you will see a stairwell that goes down. Once you reach the bottom, go right."

Hiei took off, running past the dead guards, holding his sleeve to his nose to block the smell. He came to the door and looked to his right, and just as Granger had said, there was the stairwell. He took the stairs down, skipping the last three and landed with a thud at the bottom. He turned right and walked through the door there. "Go down the hall and take the next set of stairs. They will be on your left."

Hiei listened and took to the next set of stairs. He heard voices at the bottom and stopped. "Granger, I need you to be my eyes here. How many are at the bottom."

"Four... and you might recognize one of them," he said.

Shit... he was hoping that he didn't run into anyone just yet, he hadn't been able to pull enough of his energy back yet. He shook his head and took the stairs, when reaching the bottom, kicking one that was on his way up. The other three turned and looked at him. They lunged, Hiei dodged them and hit one of them in the back, sending his head straight into the metal bar of the staircase rail. He felt the sting of a punch from his right, he turned and wiped the blood from his lip, and stood, waiting to see which of the last two were going to attack first. The one on his right stepped forward, and Hiei simply decked him, sending the man to the ground holding his nose. The other attacked, making Hiei step back and put his arm up to parry, sending his free arm to punch the guy in the throat. He too feel to the ground, gasping for air. He turned and made sure that none of them were going to get up. He seen one of the guard batons sitting on the ground.

"Go to your left, Hiei. There will be a long hallway, with a locked door. If you still have those keys, the orange handle will open it," Granger told him. "But Hiei, take a breather... let your energy come, because I cannot count how many there are a little beyond the door. There are too many there to handle with just that baton."

Hiei sighed... He just told him to use his energy. But Granger had told him not to kill anyone... make up your mind, Granger. Hiei sat against the wall for a minute to concentrate his energy. He could feel it returning now, now that his blood was pumped from the simple fight moments before. He took a few deep breaths and stood up from the wall. He frowned as he began to walk down the hall. He came to the door cautiously and peered through the window. He shook his head and stepped back a bit...

"Didn't notice all the assault rifles that they had, did you, Granger?" Hiei snapped into the walkie-talkie. "That is why you wanted me to prepare my energies."

"And Bingo was his name-o," Granger said into the walkie talkie. "I don't want you to kill anyone, but the only way to the hostages is through all of them and then two guard stations. They are being held in the second guard station. But Hiei, they had somehow gotten hold of one of the superintendents... you must be cautious."

Hiei sighed. Just great, one of the people that would be there at his Parole hearing was being held prisoner in his own prison... just great... Hiei doubted that it would look too good for him that he was the one breaking in, not the SWAT team. Hiei shook his head... that's fine by him. He would spend the rest of his sentence in here if it meant that Kurama walked away safely. He took another calming breath and crouched on his knees next to the lock. He took the keys from his pocket and pulled out the orange handled key. He held it in his hand as he got ready. He had a plan that would disable them all at once, but only if he could pull it off. Granger was watching from his office, and frowned as he watched Hiei sit there, unmoving.

Hiei pulled the very heat from the air, gaining his strength. He felt the amount needed and smiled lightly. The negativity in the air was like a steroid for his energy. His energy could feed off negativity, where Kurama's fed off positivity... whoa... that was new... like Yin and Yang. He took the key in his hand and reached up, slowly inserting it into the lock. Granger held his breath as he seen several of the men turn at the sound. They shrugged their shoulders after seeing nothing on the other side of the glass and turned back to their conversing. Hiei slowly turned the key, holding it, trying to turn the lock slowly enough that it would go unnoticed until he wanted it to be known. And it worked. The lock was completely unlocked and no one noticed it. Hiei smirked as he pulled the key out of the lock. He sat on his heels, his energy began to swirl around him. He let the warmth from the heat of the day build the intensity of his mounting attack. He smiled lightly and tossed the baton behind him, letting it clatter on the floor behind him. He crossed his arms, the energy building still as several of the men came to look through the door. When the men notified the others of someone out there, they all gathered close and advanced on the door. As the large group of convicts stood at the door, Hiei released his energy, a sea of raw power that glowed red. The windows in the doors shattered, causing glass to fly everywhere, and the doors burst open pushing the inmates back several feet. A second blast of the burning energy shot through them all, knocking them off their feet, instantly causing them all to black out, groaning on the floor.

"Sorry about the door, Granger," Hiei said lowly into the walkie talkie, but a smile was plastered on his face.

"Yeah, sure ya are," Granger replied. "Now... straight ahead is a guard station. It's empty, but it leads to a six foot hall that leads to the second guard station. That is where you need to be, Hiei. Hurry."

Hiei stood up and grabbed the baton, standing up and racing towards the first guard station. The inmates had disabled the locks on the doors, for Hiei simply had to push threw them. He stopped and cautiously walked through the next hallway.

"Rocko, What the hell is going on out here?" a man said as he opened the door to the second guard station. "Rocko?"

The man looked around, Hiei standing crouched behind the now opened door. For once in his life, Hiei was actually grateful for his short stature. The man took one step out the door and raised the assault rifle to look around. Hiei pushed the door closed just enough to grab the rifle from the man, swinging it in the man's hands, until a shot rang out, and the inmate fell to the ground clutching his stomach. Hiei took the rifle and took a deep breath.

"Vincent?" a familiar voice called out from the inside of the room. "What happened? What's going on out there?"

Hiei figured it was time to take a chance. He slowly blew out a steady breath and prayed that Kurama was no where near the man with the gun. He secured the rifle to his shoulder and took a step into the room. "Drop the gun, Shinto."

The man turned, as did all of the hostages, one in particular felt his heart go cold. Shinto, a man convicted of murder in seven cases, smiled lightly and snickered lightly. "What a pleasant surprise, Hiei. I didn't know that you were here."

"I said, drop the weapon!" Hiei snapped, the red laser pointer landing on his opponent's chest. "Drop the weapon, and no one gets hurt. You just might live to see another day."

Shinto smirked and raised the gun, pointing it at the superintendent. "I don't think so, Hiei. Not now. I will not give in this time. You tricked me the last time, making me think that same thing. Well guess what, I ain't falling for it this time."

Hiei pulled the trigger, Shinto looked behind him at the glass. He frowned and turned back to Hiei, who was now standing in front of all of the hostages. Shinto took several steps back and raised the gun to Hiei. "I told you, I ain't falling for it again!"

"This isn't a game anymore, Shinto," Hiei said, his stance firm, unwilling to move. "There is an entire SWAT team on their way here, right now. They know about this, they know that it is you. And it won't be me that they shoot."

Shinto took a second to glance at the door and frowned as he looked back to Hiei, his grip securing to the gun. "You are such a talented liar, Hiei. Always have been."

"I am warning you, Shinto," Hiei said, his finger returning to the trigger. "The first shot was a warning. The next one won't miss."

"All this to protect your mate? How charming," Shinto said looking at the fox behind him, still holding a bloody sweater to the wounded hostage's chest. "You will both die together."

Before Shinto could take a shot, and before Hiei could take a shot, the door burst open, and the SWAT team swarmed the room. Hiei seen them and instantly dropped the gun and held his hands up. Shinto, however, wasn't going down without a fight. He raised his gun, aimed at the superintendent behind the fire demon and took a shot. The sound of two shots was heard, followed by several screams from the hostages. Shinto hit the floor, a single shot through the skull had ended his attempt at freedom. The members of the SWAT team had come to gather the hostages, including Kurama. Kurama fought against them as he seen the superintendent stand up beside him. Hiei had stepped in front of the bullet intended for the man in charge of the prisoners here. Hiei swallowed hard as he felt the blood run down his side. His hand reached it and he pulled his hand back, small rivers of blood dripping from his fingers. Kurama struggled against the SWAT members, telling them that Hiei was his mate, but they refused to release him. Hiei fell to his knees as the SWAT got to his side.

Hiei blinked as he struggled to take a deep breath. The bullet had hit his lung, for he could feel the bubble in his breath, and swallowed hard again as the members of the team in black swarmed around him. The last thing he saw was bright lights, and the SWAT team talking amongst themselves. Then the lights seemed to blur together, the sounds drowned out, into nothing.

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End of Chapter Ten: Break out. I know, I am sorry that I am no good at action scenes. I am a romance kinda person, therefore action scenes are difficult for me. So... stay tuned to see what happens to our brave Hiei. Until then, please leave your comments and your reviews but please, no haters. You will be blocked. Until next time, ta ta for now.