Sorry it took so long. But now it's donw and here, Chapter 18!. I'm really glad this one has gone on this long and people are still reading it. Probably shouldn't have worked on it with a bad back but I just had to work on it. It called to me. Well enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha. I just own this story and Oni.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Change of POV, location, and time.

Hiei's Journey In The Past

Chapter 18

Normal POV

"So nice of you to join us Hiei," Naraku said from underneath his Baboon pelt that he wore.

Hiei smirked as he looked at Naraku.

"So the coward reveals himself. I'm I supposed to be honored?" Hiei mocked.

Naraku only chuckled as he walked towards Hiei. He stopped when he thought he was close enough, leaving enough room incase Hiei made any sudden attack. Naraku reached up and pulled the baboon face off so that he could see Hiei more clearly. Keeping the friendly manner in his voice Naraku asked, "Hiei. Have you reconsidered my offer?"

A low laugh almost escaped Hiei but he controlled himself. Instead he continued to smirk at Naraku.

"Why would I change my mind? I have no need for artificial power like weaklings like you need."

The smile that once graced Naraku's face was now gone. He did not like being called weak, especially by someone that was defeated by one of his own incarnations. But it was soon back.

"This is truly a shame. I can see great power from you and would like to help bring it out in exchange for you helping me. Why don't you…"

"Enough! I will not be your tool. Besides. Your life ends today, Naraku."

Hiei stepped back and got into a stance. His right hand hovered over the hilt of his sword as he thought of a plan. When he was ready he charged at Naraku.

Naraku stood where he was, completely calm. He waited until Hiei was close before he reacted. When Hiei slashed his sword at him he jumped up to one of the lower roofs of the castle.

Hiei quickly pursued.

Hiei continued to attack Naraku with a frenzy of slashes, but every time he was about to connect with his body Naraku would jump to a different part of the castle. When Hiei was about to strike his body he stopped midway and jumped when Naraku did.

"Now I've got you!" Hiei said.

But the smirk never left Naraku's face. He never made a move, as Hiei's sword got closer, only continued to smirk. When Hiei's sword was about to slash through him it was blocked by another sword.

Oni had jumped in-between the two and blocked Hiei's attack. The two remained in their deadlock as they stared at the other. Hiei glare deepened as he broke the deadlock and pushed her away. When they landed they were on different levels of the roof. Naraku landed on a much higher one. He looked down at the two with the same smirk still on his face.

"If you want to fight me, Hiei, then you have to beat Oni first. I look forward to see if you can win this time."

Hiei looked up at Naraku briefly before turning his attention back to Oni.

'Damn coward,' Hiei thought to himself.

Hiei wanted to go after Naraku but knew that he couldn't just push past Oni. She was one of the strongest opponents that he had faced in a long time, and because of that he was going to enjoy fighting her. Not only for payback but also for a real challenge.

Oni looked down at Hiei with a smile. She didn't want to stop his attack from earlier, but it was part of that bastards plan. For a second there she was hoping that Hiei was going to be the one to kill Naraku. It bothered her slightly that she had to fight him. She wasn't sure why but she pushed it and her smile away and let out a heavy sigh as she pulled out her other saber.

"Lets try and make this fight last longer than the last one, ok?"

"Don't underestimate me onna. Last time you caught me by surprise but I don't plan to have that happen again."

"Good. Than shall we begin?"

Inuyasha Group And Kurama

After seeing that Kagome was save Inuyasha brought his attention back to his fight. He had landed on the higher branches of a tree and looked back up to Kagura. The others looked back to the horde of demons that Kagura had brought with her. All of the demons were almost dead. Only a small fraction of what came was left.

Sango looked back to Kagura and saw that she was about ready to flee. Before she could she shouted to her, "Where do you think you're going Kagura!"

Kagura stopped where she was and looked back to Sango. She knew that she couldn't wait any longer when an idea popped into her head.

"Hey. How about we make a deal?"

Everyone looked at her suspiciously.

"What kind of deal?" Inuyasha asked.

"I can lead you to where Naraku is. That is if you don't attack me."

Miroku narrowed his eyes at her.

"And why would you do that? Isn't he your master?"

Kagura snorted in disgust at what Miroku said, causing everyone to look at her with surprise written all over their faces.

"If I had a choice I wouldn't be doing his dirty work. I would be living the way that I want to. Now do we have a deal?" she asked impatiently.

"How do we know that you're telling us the truth and that this isn't just some part of Naraku's tricks?!" Inuyasha questioned.

"Because he wants to take care of that demon, Hiei, first without your interference."

At hearing the mention of Hiei's name Sango yelled out, "Hurry up and show us the way Kagura. If you don't than this deal is off!"

Everyone looked at her shocked by her sudden change in character.

"Alright than. Follow me."

Naraku's Castle

Hiei and Oni continued to clash blades. Nether one seemed to have an advantage over the other. They kept moving all over the different levels of the roof as they fought, not content with just staying in one area. When they leaped into the air they clashed their swords once more. Hiei broke their deadlock again and practically threw Oni with the force of his push. He was able to reach part of the roof first and leaped after her. Moving his sword to his left hand golden energy began to blaze around his right hand.

"Damn!" Oni yelled through grated teeth.

Quickly leaping out of harms way she barely avoided Hiei's attack. When Hiei narrowly missed his fist connected with the roof that Oni was once standing on and the energy around his fist exploded. Oni landed some yards away down on the ground and watched the smoke carefully while protecting her face from debris. Her eyes kept darting back and forth as she became impatient.

"Show yourself already!" Oni shouted.

Granting her wish Hiei burst through the clouds at her at full speed, sword raised over his right shoulder. Readying herself, Oni brought both of her swords up and crossed them. Energy began to flow through the blades and started to form in to lighting. She raised the left blade above her head and swung down, sending out an energy wave with lighting crackling around it. Seeing the wave coming towards him, Hiei fazed out and the attack missed, Oni's eyes widened in shock.

'Wh… where did he go?! Did he disappear? He wasn't like this last time. Was I really just lucky before?'

More questions continued to flow through her head as she stood there, still in shock. She was brought back out of her thoughts when she felt a presence from behind her. Looking over her shoulder, with eyes still wide and now mouth hanging open, she saw Hiei floating in the air with regular looking flames surrounding his sword, as if everything was in slow motion. As she saw him about to swing she wasn't sure what to do. Finally she ducked and rolled, but still received a long, deep, and burning slash down her back.

Oni refused to cry out in pain. When she stopped rolling she looked back Hiei with a fierce glare. Hiei smirked at how she now looked.

"What's so funny you bastard!" Oni spat.

Now walking towards her Hiei replied, "Where did all your confidence go? When we started you seemed excited, but in a single instant you've become… almost hesitant. As if you were afraid."

Oni's glare would have deepened if it could have. He was right. She was excited about fighting him again, but that was only because she thought that it would have been similar to last time. But now she was starting to see a difference in their strengths. She was no match for his overall speed and it was showing.

Struggling to stand she forced herself up. Her legs shook under the strain of her exhausted body, blood dripping from her back. Not wanting to show any more signs that she was weak from exhaustion, Oni crossed his blades again and started to repeat her previous attack. Hiei stopped where he was and just watched her. He looked at her carefully. His smirk left his face, leaving him with an emotionless face.

Swinging her head to the side to remove her hair from her vision she looked at Hiei more clearly. She noticed that he stopped walking but still had his sword surrounded by flames.

'I need to end this quickly or else he's going to kill me,' Oni thought to herself.

Bringing both of her swords up, while still crossed, she brought them down with great force, letting out a yell in the process. A massive X shaped blast of energy and lighting shot out towards Hiei. He stood there like nothing was wrong and waited until the blast was in front of him, then he fazed out again, only this time he reappeared up in the air, high above where he stood seconds before.

"I won't lose!" Oni yelled as she slashed her sword in the direction of Hiei, sending out another single wave.

Oni continued to repeat the same attack over and over in hopes that one would hit him. Hiei would just keep repeating what he had done before, getting closer every time. Getting frustrated with what Hiei was doing Oni prepared for one final attack. Blue energy began to swirl around her body at a slow current at first, but it shortly started to speed up, causing gusts of wind to blow from her body. She looked up at Hiei as she brought her swords up, all the while letting out deep breaths. All while this was happening Hiei's expression never changed. Letting out a cry Oni launched an X shaped blast larger than her first one.

Never seeing Hiei move or come out from anywhere after she launched her attack Oni let out a deep breath in relieve.

"Heh. I guess I was…ugh!"

Oni was cut off in the middle of her sentence by a burning pain. She started to gasp and choke for air as blood splattered out of her mouth. With her head shaking she looked down and saw a flaming blade sticking through her chest. Her legs gave in under her weight and she fell to her knees. Hiei extracted his sword from her and swung his sword, both getting rid of the blood and the flames.

Oni dropped both of her swords and brought a hand to her wound. She turned halfway around and looked up to Hiei with a disgruntled face.

"Finish me. I don't deserve to live."

Hiei just looked down at her. Without saying a word he turned his back to her and started to walk away. Oni gained a skeptical look as he walked away.

"What are you doing?! Aren't you going to finish me?!" Oni shouted.

Pausing in place Hiei looked over his shoulder slightly.

"Your not worth killing. If want to die so bad than kill yourself."

Oni continued to watch him walk with a disbelieving look on her face. She shortly looked away and shut her eyes. Opening them again partly she looked at the ground.

"I'm… so confused."

END CHAPTER 18

I hope everyone liked that. I enjoy doing those kind of scenes but I feel like I end them too quick. Please leave a review.