Oh I know. i left you guys with a cliffhanger, I'm cruel, so cruel. I'm sorry for the delay. I just started classes again so as of late my enegry has been depelted. I have quite a few papers to write but I will be sure to update whenever I have the time. But with no more delay, I give you another chapter. Please enjoy, my darlings.

Chapter 12: Calling All Monsters

The entire world was covered in a blanket of darkness, a heavy mass weighing down. Nora's eyes fluttered opened, overhead a single light bulb shined down on her. Attempting to get up, she suddenly realized chains bond her wrist and ankles to a table. Nothing ever good came out of being tied with chains in a dark secluded room. Well maybe in a very, very kinky porn. But chances were, this wasn't no porn. Lying back down, she surveyed the area, hoping for some means of escape. The room was empty except for another table that was adjacent to her, red candles, an intricately carved dagger, and a red leather bound journal rested there. Dear god, don't tell her that she had been abducted by fanatic cult.

Her wrist jiggled around the cuff as she tried to slip her hand out but to no avail. "Come on." She growled silently. Tugging even harder, she felt the metal bite into her skin.

The whisper of footfalls echoed in the tiny space and she froze, eye darting around in the darkness. "I'm so glad you're awake. I was worried you sleep through the whole night." The voice that filled the space sound vaguely familiar.

"Who's there?!"

His body emerged from the darkness first before the light shine harshly on his feature; Nora sucked in a startled gasp. "J-Josh?!" She thrashed violently in her restraints. "What the fuck are you doing? Don't know if you remember but we ain't a thing anymore and I was never for the kinky shit."

Josh chuckled. "Sorry I forgot. Josh isn't exactly here."

Her eyes narrowed. "What the hell are you talking about? You're right here. Oh god, don't tell me.."

"Yes," He smiled wickedly.

"Don't tell me you're going to refer to yourself in the third person. " She whined. "It's so lame and not to mention fucking weird. I'm not one for role playing, so cut the shit out."

"What!" He shook his head. "No, you idiot! I'm the demon."

Nora stared in disbelief. "But you're Josh.."

Josh sighed and shook his head like she was the world biggest moron. "Correction, I am possessing his body. Thanks to your little detective friends, I had no choice but to hide and take control of a human host just to finish my search."

"What?" she said in shock. Suddenly the pieces fell in place; Josh was the one name that recurred in every story. He was always around; he worked as a photographer for the school, giving him access to walk the halls freely. Josh was the social butterfly, not a single person would have guessed him as a suspect. This entire time, they all thought the demon was a new student when the he used Josh.

"You!" She growled. "The whole time it was you. You hurt Jess and Sonya, you asshole!"

"And it was you. The one I have been searching for." Nora sunk back.

"No, no , no." She protested. "I'm not the one."

Josh strode over to her and raked her up and down with his cold eyes. He pick a lock of her hair and sniffed it. "Yes. It is you."

Nora cringed. "Starting to really freak me out here." She squealed.

He pulled away and walked around the table to the one standing against the wall. His fingers lightly trace over the dagger. He spoke with his back to her. "It took me some time to figure it out. But when I did well I had to get you away from the detectives, especially Hiei." Nora glared at him and he laughed feeling the heat of her stare. "I can smell him all over you. So I thought up a little ruse to get you all right where I wanted."

"The party? It was all just a trap?"

He turned around and faced Nora with the dagger in hand. "Yes. I'm quite proud of myself actually. I had to devise a concoction of demons herbs that even a plant expert like Kurama wouldn't recognize. "Josh chuckled to himself. "I'm still not fully aware of all the side of effects of the plants. Just that it dull the senses, slow the body, and causes hallucinations."

Cold sharp eyes landed on her, a grin distorting the once friendly face, he looked dark like a predator and she was his prey. "You just made it even easier by running off. It must be my lucky night."

Her eyes widened. She had fallen into this demon trap so easily. She was ensnared now in his webs but her absence would be notice, right? They had to have realized by now that she wasn't at the party. It was just a matter of time, Hiei would come.

She just had to stall. "So.." she started with a dull look, pointing a finger at him. "Is this a hallucination? Cause then I like a refund cause this suck ass. I thought I was supposed to see trippy colors and talk to Batman or something, not my ex who is supposedly 'possessed' by a demon. What is this the Exorcism…really.."

"You got a big mouth there." He snarled, sounding nothing at all like Josh. "If you're not careful it might get you killed."

Nora scoffed. "Like you got the balls! In any minute, my friends will be here and kick your ass into next year."

Josh doubled over in laughter and Nora watched him with an un-amuse glare, he straighten himself up, his laugh dying down. "You are so clueless." He giggled.

"Well, why don't you fill me in, buddy?" She hissed.

"You think I leave them falling from their drug high out to chance? Oh no, I got someone there watching them, making sure to fill their bellies with it. No, no one will be coming for you. It is just you and me."

"Who?"

"I think you may know her…Lizabeth."

"Oh. My. God." She shouted. "You have got to be fucking kidding me!" Thrashing and tugging in her restraints, she raised her head to glare coldly at her ex-demon-possessed-boyfriend, who regarded her with icy eyes.

Hiei couldn't put the pieces together. Why had she run off? He tired to chase after but his limbs wouldn't cooperate with his mind. Recalling the events, he rubbed his temples, after the first couple of drinks Nora had pulled him to the dance room, practically begging on her knees for him to dance. He refused of course, Hiei, Master of the Darkness Flame, dancing. Not going to happen anytime soon, that for sure. Nora pouted and whined but was soon pulled on the floor by Summer. He sat himself down and watched on, smirking slightly as he clearly enjoyed her dance. Red was definitely her color, her eyes popped, that tight fabric clinging to her hips and waist. She dipped and swayed with the drowning beats. After that, everything blended into a blur of faces and movements and he awoken in the same chair he had been seated in. But Nora and Summer were gone.

Hiei bolted up and swayed to the side as his head throbbed and vision dimmed slightly. He stumbled out of the room, eyes falling on the raven haired girl. Her eyes watered and small paled arm clasped around her waist. He immediately recognized the man beside her, Josh or whatever that ass name was. He couldn't remember much at the moment. Ruby eyes watched the short exchange between the two when her hurt filled irises landed on him and she dashed off. What had he told her? And did it seem all that pain was directed at him?

He rubbed his temples. God, what the hell was wrong with him?

"You look like you could use a drink." A feminie voice said, arm extended with another plastic cup.

"I'm fine." He grumbled, waving the girl off. She seemed familiar, where had he seen her?

"It'll help." She insisted, shoving the cup in front of his face. He regarded her suspiciously with narrow eyes; it was that girl- the one following the human like a puppy.

"Leave." He warned.

"Come on." Lizabeth smiled innocently. "I'll stop bugging you if you take it." She teased.

Hiei growled. "Fine," he snatched the feeble cup, Lizabeth studied him with urgent eyes. He rasied the cup, head tilt backwards, rim of the cup on the brinks of his lips.

"Hiei!" Summer shrieked, darting from the crowd, grabbing a hold of his free arm, stopping him short of consuming the purple drink. Large hazel eyes poured into him, a glint of fear in them. Though he didn't know her that well, Hiei had never seen her in such a state of terror. A pair of black shiny heels clasped in her other hand.

Oh boy. What going to happen now? What's that demon's plan and how is Nora apart of it? Please Review. They give me life -not really- but you know what I mean.