There is no amount of words that I can use to express how sorry I am for not updating this story in almost a whole year. All I can say is that I hope that all the people that have stuck by and read this story will continue to enjoy it to the very end. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Change of POV, location, and time

Hiei's Journey In The Past

Chapter 21

Normal POV

They all gritted their teeth as they waited for whatever it was to appear. Laughter began to fill the area.

"What the hell! Who's laughing!?" Inuyasha asked.

"It's been a while Hiei," the voice said.

'That voice!' Hiei thought.

A large black portal appeared above them not too far off. Hiei's and Kurama's eyes widened when they now knew what was coming. Just as they thought it an arm clawed out of the portal. It grabbed the side of the portal and started to pull its body out. Soon another arm came out and did the same. When it was fully emerged it fell out and hit the ground with a thud, shaking the ground briefly and cracking it slightly with its weight.

Hiei glared at the figure as it slowly stood up. He remembered clearly who it was.

"You! Hn, you're a bigger fool then I thought. You saved me the trouble of having to find you," Hiei said.

Kurama and the others looked to Hiei for an answer. After he explained to them that it was the demon that they, Hiei and the others, have been searching for, everyone tensed up. The demonic aura/energy that it was giving off was enough to give the ones that could sense it a headache.

'This does not look good. Its powers seem greater then before. If we don't come up with a plan then our chances of winning are slim,' Kurama thought to himself.

Inuyasha pushed Kagome back, drew his sword, and transformed it. He was ready for whatever this demon would throw at them. Kurama pulled a rose from his hair and transformed it into his Rose Whip. After seeing them draw their weapons the demon only laughed.

"I'm glad to see that you're going to all put up a fight. I'd hate to kill you while you're defenseless," the demon said with a smile.

"Enough of this!" Hiei shouted as he ran forward.

"Hiei! Wait!" Kurama yelled, but it fell on deaf ears.

Hiei leapt into the air and his right fist burst into flames. The flames flickered wildly as he descended. Punching as hard as he could he thrust his fist forward. The demon smiled and stepped back and into another portal that opened up behind it. Hiei's fist collided with the ground and an explosion of fire erupted. The heat was immense and the others had to shield themselves from the heat. When the fire died down there was a small crater where Hiei stood.

"Damn it! Where'd he go?!" Hiei exclaimed.

"I'm right here," said the demon.

Hiei quickly spun to his left, only to be struck with a pair of claws and sent flying back. He slid to a stop and wrapped his left arm around his chest. Struggling to his feet he looked to his chest and saw three large gashes. Kurama quickly ran to his friends side.

"Hiei! Are you alright?"

"… I'll live," was all Hiei said.

They looked back to where Hiei had been hit and saw the demon slowly stepping out of it's portal, smiling. There was little time for it to say anything as Inuyasha wasted no time in using his Wind Scar. The demon lazily looked at the gold energy wave as it rushed towards him. At the last minute it leaped into the air and avoided the attack. As it went higher into the air another portal opened above it and it disappeared into it. Inuyasha let out a curse as he looked around for where it would appear next.

"Where'd that bastard go no… ARGH!" Inuyasha let out a scream.

Kagome backed away in momentary fear. The demon had reappeared behind Inuyasha and bit into his shoulder and was now holding him up in the air by the same means. Inuyasha tried to lift his sword but the demon bit down harder, causing him to drop his weapon. When it stabbed into the ground it returned to its other form. After staring for a few seconds Kagome reached for her bow and pulled back an arrow. Once she shot her arrow the demon dropped Inuyasha and pulled back into the portal. Inuyasha landed on his feet, but fell to his knees holding onto his wounded shoulder.

"This isn't good," Inuyasha choked out.

"Inuyasha! Are alright?! Let me look at your shoulder," Kagome said.

But he pushed he away softly when she tried to get close and told her he would be fine. Miroku ran to his side as well and Shippo dropped from his shoulder and onto Kagome's.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha. I was able to slightly sense where he was but didn't react quickly enough."

"Don't worry about it," Inuyasha said as he stood and grabbed his sword.

A portal appeared in the field between the two groups. They all heard a laughter coming from it and the demon poked it's head out.

"This is a joke. I'm glad I decided to come after you two first. This will make killing those other two much easier."

Kaede's Village

Normal POV

Sango wandered aimlessly around the village. She had wanted to see them off, but felt it would be easier for her if she stayed behind. The only thing that she wished that she had done was say good-bye. Stopping by a fence she leaned onto it and let out a sigh. After a few minutes she realized that this was the same fence that "they" had last talked at. She felt a pain in her heart but was brought away from it when she felt something rub against her leg. Looking down she saw Kilala.

"Oh. Hello Kilala," Sango said as she bent down and picked her up.

Kilala climbed up onto Sango's shoulder and nudged her with her head. A sad smile crossed Sango's lips and she shook her head.

"Even if I did go it wouldn't matter. He... they're probably already gone. The others are most likely almost back too. So if I did go it wouldn't matter."

"Ah. Feeling some guilt for not going are you?" Kaede asked.

Sango slowly turned around to look at her and without saying a word just nodded her head. Kaede could see that she was depressed, it was written all over her face. It was obvious she didn't care that it was showing. Placing a hand on Sango's shoulder caused her to look at Kaede directly, whereas before she was staring at the ground. The old woman smiled at her but it did little to rise Sango's mood.

"Ye might have thought it be best not to go because it would be easier for you, but in truth it would have been best if ye had gone. There may still be some time left. Now hurry and go," Kaede said with a smile.

Sango stared at her, slightly confused. Kaede removed her hand and slowly walked away. As Sango watched her walk away Kilala nudged her again. A small smile crossed her lips and she silently thanked her and Kaede. Kilala jumped off her shoulder and transformed. After making sure that her boomerang was strapped tightly she climbed on top of Kilala.

"Let's hurry Kilala! We can't miss them."

At The Well

Normal POV

Everyone stood around exhausted. No matter how hard they tried the demon would always retreat into a portal when one of them got close. With this repeated pattern it was slowly tiring them out.

Hiei scanned the scorched land for where it would appear next. He had thrown fire everywhere he could when he spotted the demon, but had decided to stop. It both wore him out and endangered the others. When he was unable to figure out where it would turn up next he turned to look at Miroku.

"Do you sense where he is yet?" Hiei asked.

"Barely, but it's not good enough to tell where he will appear next. He could be leading me to think that he could appear over there but then really show up right behind us. The only time I know for sure is when he's about to come out."

Hiei gritted his teeth. He hated how this was turning out. Looking over to Inuyasha he saw that he was struggling to stay on his feet. He had received the most injuries out of them all by trying to protect Kagome and Kurama, aside from Shippo, seemed to be the least injured. All their attention was drawn to the center of the field where Miroku pointed. A portal opened and the demon dropped out of it, smirking at them all.

"Now that you're all so worn out I don't think I'll even have to use my portals any more to defeat you," it said with a sinister smile.

As it slowly walked towards them Kagome pulled out another arrow. She was going to have to start making her shoots really count now since she was down to only having a few left.

'Please hit him,' Kagome pleaded.

Shooting her arrow it was engulfed in pink energy. It seemed like it would hit but the demon side-stepped it at the last second. After the arrow missed the demon started to pick up it's pace. Before long it was moving at a full sprint towards them. Both Hiei and Kurama charged as well. It took Inuyasha a few tries but he managed to run after them.

Kurama jumped into the air and whipped his whip around to try and confuse the demon before he actually made a motion to strike at it. The demon caught the whip in it's hand and ignored the slight sting of the thorns digging into it's skin. It pulled down on it and slammed Kurama onto the ground. Once it had done that it pulled the whip out of it's hand and threw it away.

Enraged by this Hiei dashed forward at a faster pace and attempted to land a punch on him. Before his fist could connect with the demon it went to slam it's fist on him. He saw it coming and dashed out of the way. When the demon's fist collided with the ground chunks of dirt and clouds of dust flew everywhere. Slightly worried the demon searched for where Hiei went. But what caught it's attention was Inuyasha leaping into the dust cloud, sword raised high above his head. Inuyasha swung down a cut a long gash across it's body. This angered the demon and it lunged at him. Then Hiei appeared next to it, his fist engulfed in flames. The demon's eyes widened in fear, it had assumed that they had hardly any strength left. Wasting no time, Hiei punched the demon and it stumbled backwards out of the clouds of dust.

Kagome watched the clouds careful with her clenching her hands together. She saw a section of the dust start to bulge to the side and out popped the demon, still stumbling from Hiei's attack. Seeing this as an opportunity she grabbed another arrow and shot it. In the corner of it's eye it saw the glow of the arrows energy and made another portal, which it fell backwards into.

"Darn! Missed again."

Kurama was now at this time getting up. He felt dizzy at first when he stood but it quickly passed. Looking around he saw the clouds of dust clearing. Both Hiei and Inuyasha were found with their backs to each other, but when the dust cleared they slowly parted. Kurama made his way over to them and they regrouped.

"This isn't looking too good. I'm not sure how long we can keep this up," Inuyasha struggled to say.

Inuyasha's wounds were finally taking their final toll on him. Hiei and Kurama scanned the area to see if the demon had reappeared yet. But when they had turned their backs they heard the others yell for them to turn around. As they turned around Inuyasha and Kurama were knocked away by giant claws and before Hiei knew it the demon had grabbed him. It had him face him as it crushed him between it's hands. The pain cursing through him made Hiei want to cry out in pain, but he refused to give the demon that satisfaction. Kagome grabbed her last arrow and started to aim but stopped when the demon moved him in what would be the path of her arrow. Not wanting to hit Hiei as well, she lowered her bow and arrow. Seeing her look so helpless the demon couldn't help but smirk.

"This is where it will finally end you troublesome pest. Once I kill you and Kurama all I'll need to do is rest before I kill the other detectives. Then nothing will be in my way."

Baring it's fangs the demon held Hiei in one of it's giant hands and raised the other. It lowered him slightly so that it could impale in with it's claws. When it had raised it's left arm it thought it heard a whooshing noise so it turned to see what was making it. However, it found out what it was at the last minute and it's left arm was hacked off. It screamed in pain and lost it's hold on Hiei, who now broke free. Sango caught her weapon as it made its trip back to her and hovered in the air. As blood poured from the demon's wound it glared up at her.

"I've… been taking it too easy… on all of you. I should have just killed you all from the start!"

A portal opened to his right and the demon started to walked through it when Hiei jumped onto it and fell into the portal with it. Sango cried out for him and rushed for the portal, but was too late and it closed. She looked everywhere for him but found no sign of him. Kagome and the others hurried over to her, Kurama having to lend Inuyasha a shoulder to lean on.

"What's going on here!? Who was that demon and where did it take Hiei!?" Sango exclaimed/asked.

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Normal POV

Hiei slowly opened his eyes and only saw darkness. It felt like he had been unconscious for awhile but there was no way to tell for sure. When he tried to look around himself he discovered that even though he couldn't see anything he was floating in an empty space. He had begun to wonder where the demon had gone to. That's when he heard a growl.

"Damn pest. I guess I'll just have to kill you here," the demon said.

"What is 'here'?" Hiei asked.

"This is the void that my portals carry me to. From here I can go anywhere. See for yourself…"

Suddenly the darkness began to fade away and more color filled the area. Hiei realized what this new area was. Even though everything looked hazy they were in the field with the others, only they didn't notice them. Hearing panting from behind himself, Hiei turned around and saw the demon. It was a little more hunched over than usual.

"This is how I know where I'm going. But before I go back and kill them… I'm going to kill you!!"

The demon lunged for Hiei with it's one arm outstretched. It was at this time that Hiei realized that he had some solid footing and jumped back to avoid being ripped apart. When the demon missed it spun around and swung it's tail next. It hit Hiei and he fell down. The demon saw it's chance ran over so that it would be standing over Hiei. Not wasting time it swung down with it's claws, but Hiei disappeared and it missed. Hiei reappeared, still in front of it, with black flames around his fist. With a slight twitch of his hand the black flames expanded and formed a sword and the demon's eyes widened in fear.

"This ends here!"

Hiei slashed the demon multiple times before dashing past it for one final slash. As the demon drew it's final breath it vowed that it would take Hiei with him. Turning back to look at him Hiei took a few steps back. The demons body where Hiei had cut through had red beams of light shooting through them. In one final act the demons body burst and the energy engulfed Hiei.

At The Well

Normal POV

Everyone stood around, waiting. Waiting to see what would happen next. Kagome, along with assistance from Kurama, had started to treat Inuyasha's wounds. Shippo kept watch with Miroku and Sango stood by the well with Kilala. Sango had told Kilala to stay transformed just in case the demon came back. As they stood there Sango scratched Kilala behind one of her ears. Fear had filled Sango as they waited. She couldn't shake the feeling that something bad had happened as a cold wind blew by.

"Hiei… where are you?"

End Chapter 21

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