Well, here is the next chapter! Think of it as a belated Thanksgiving present!

Key:

"Talking in common language" ((Japanese or English, depending on where it is))

'Thinking'

"-Talking in uncommon language-" ((Japanese or English around people that don't know the language spoken))

"Makai"

Telekinesis ((Jean and Professor))

-Hiei's Telekinesis-

Kurama arguing with himself:

'Suuichi'

'Youko'

Chapter 9: Fight with the Demons

With Logan's group:

They walked through the forest, Logan sniffing out for Magneto. The others followed, sensing out in every way that they could for the magnetic mutant.

They reached the other side of the forest before they could do anything about the planned attacks. Sabertooth leaped out of a group of bushes, and Logan countered the attack with his adamantium claws while Jean prepared to unleash her own power to prevent Sabertooth from movement.

The plan worked, and Logan dealt the "finishing" blow—which consisted of knocking Sabertooth out. Scott, Kurt, Storm, Evan, and Kitty continued on their way, while Jean and Logan tied Sabertooth up and left him unconscious.

Storm started taking down the next line of fighters—an army of demons. Of course, they thought that they were mutants, and she did not fight them to her potential—a big mistake. The army grew larger and larger, and soon all members of the X-men were fighting to their fullest without fatally injuring the demons.

They were outnumbered when Logan and Jean showed up, attackin the demons with their own attacks, but they did not want to kill the demons, either. Little did they know that the worst was yet to come, and at that rate, they were nowhere near prepared for the final battle against this menace…

With Rogue's group:

They stayed in strategic positions right outside the wall around the Institute. They each had a side that they had to guard, and Rogue kept on a constant patrol around the entire school, keeping an eye on the different mutants. All the walls were under surveillance, which Beast was looking at on a little screen he had with him, but they needed to be out in the field to stop the attacks.

Tabitha walked at a slow speed, when she heard rustling in the bushes she had just passed. She turned around and prepared to attack the "mutant" with her bombs, but a small rabbit jumped out of the bushes. She lowered her attack and let out a breath, only to breathe in again as an arrow implanted itself in the tree next to the bush.

Tabitha slowly turned around towards the wall, where the arrow had been shot, and gasped. Kagome and Inuyasha were on the wall, their hair shining in the moonlight. Kagome got onto Inuyasha's back, and they jumped down from the wall. Kagome let off another arrow, this one hitting its target, and a pink light flashed, then dissipated, where the bush was. The bush blew back for a second, showing the disappearing image of a creature that resembled a spider and a person at the same time.

Kagome jumped back onto Inuyasha's back, and he jumped back into the safety of the inside of the mansion.

Tabitha did not know what to think, so she contacted the other mutants and reported what she had seen. She, however, left out the details of the normal-like faces of Kagome and Inuyasha as they killed the demon. Their eyes had shown no fear, and they seemed to look at the death as if it was nothing.

With the Newbies:

They stayed within the walls, tuning their senses to the demon activity happening outside of the fortress-like Institute. Kagome and Inuyasha fought the weaklings at the edge of the walls constantly, while Gohan and Yusuke kept the bigger ones at bay. Hiei was off as a lookout, patrolling a few miles around the Institute. Kurama prepared to attack any who may prove a threat. He was patrolling a little closer to the Institute.

While Kagome, Inuyasha, Hiei, Kurama, and Yusuke were out fighting their respective demons, a stealthy "demon"—who just happened to be at C+ power level had he been a demon—made its way through a faulty section in the team's defense. Gohan, who was the only one left who could fight, didn't sense him until he made a mental round around the perimeter of the school. The ki he sensed was different from that of mutants, humans, and demons, but the difference seemed almost familiar, but he knew he had never sensed it before.

He flew over to the site, and he made eye-to-eye contact with the intruder. His green eyes flickered with anger at Gohan, as his disheveled forest green hair just added to the inevitable wild look of him. His skin was a sickly pale green, and his clothes were a sickly yellow that leaned towards orange. His fashion sense was one to make people want to puke in his presence, and it accentuated the sickly aura around him.

"What are you?" asked Gohan as he assumed fighting position.

"What am I?" he mocked, "What are you?" the green man asked, spitting out the words as if they were poison.

"I asked you first!" yelled Gohan, his rage taking over, instincts telling him to kill the being in front of him, but sense told him to hold his ground.

"I," began the sickly colored green… thing, "I am but a lowly Swartzinian, from the planet of Swartz. Of course, you pathetic humans think that space travel is impossible. How narrow minded you are!"

"I am only half human!" exclaimed Gohan, keeping the level of his voice in check, "I am a half Saiyan, as well."

At the word "Saiyan", the green alien's eyes went from smug to scared, and he tried to run away with little use. Gohan had him in a headlock before the Swartzinian could have said "Swartzinian".

"Who are you working for?" demanded Gohan to the wiggling creature.

"Promise me this, if you kill me, do it quickly and with honor!"

"The quickly part can be arranged, and I may do it with honor if you give me the right information. Now, answer the question!"

"I do not know the names, but the man I work for is pulling the strings behind a mutant who can control metal. He told me to aid the magnetic mutant in the attack on this Institution! I say I do not know of the names because we hae codenames. We call me "Lizard", the magnetic mutant "Magneto", and the boss is just "Boss". Only the higher-ups know the true name of the boss. Please, kill me now, so that I do not have to live with the shame!"

Gohan thought for a second, then he snapped the Swartzinian's neck in such a fashion so that it would knock him out for a few hours, and he would think that he had died. The lizard-like man would awaken in a few hours, after all of the fighting had ended. Gohan took the Swartzinian to his own room and lay him down on his bed.

With Logan's group:

They fought their way through the hordes of demons, trying to kill as few as possible. Logan's claws were drenched in dark blood. Kitty was gagging, for the massive blood bath was more than she could take. Everyone had at least some blood on them, and most had injuries of some kind—save Logan who was healing the entire time.

Storm and Evan were keeping them at bay as Kitty and Kurt tried to maneuver their way through the army of demons in order to scout out the surrounding area. So far, they had made it to the dead center of the crowd. There were no signs of the army's end, so they continued running through and bamphing above the demons.

They ran for about ten more minutes before they saw an opening. They had to take a breather before they could start on their way again. No way were they going to take on the enemy while tired from the last one.

Back with the Newbies:

Inuyasha and Kagome were back from a quick patrol around the Institute. Gohan saw them and explained the situation with the Swartzinian. They agreed to ask their next victim for a little more information.

Inuyasha and Kagome took a quick break—during which they sensed out for any other demons—then they were off. The demon they found was about 5'11" and had large fangs that stuck out from his lips. His pale red skin—not to be confused with pink—made him appear angry; and his overall appearance made him frightening.

Kagome drew out an arrow, added some of her purification powers to it, and after Inuyasha detained him, held it up to his throat. The demon struggled, but Inuyasha held him down and prevented him from any form of movement.

"Who do you work for?" demanded Inuyasha.

The demon spat out, "Pfft, like I would tell you? But, if you MUST know SOMETHING, I wanted to attack this Institute, and did it on my own free will! Even if Boss hadn't told me to, I still would have done so at one point or another!"

"What does 'Boss' have against the Institute?" asked Inuyasha, tightening his grip on the demon.

"He despises humans, especially mutants who side with the humans. He has a few alliances with the mutants who hate humans, but those are the only humans that he can stand. He wants to control the humans and make them slaves! You cannot win!"

"We'll see about that," said Inuyasha as Kagome killed the demon with her arrow being plunged into his neck. Blood splattered everywhere, causing Kagome to be weirded out. They retreated to the Institute so that Kaogme could wash off all of the blood, and so that Inuyasha could plan out their next line of attack.

With Hiei:

He was slightly bored at the repetitiveness of the patrol, so he headed up to the ther mutants, to join them in their battle against the demons. Luckily, all of the Newbies had been issued licenses to kill whenever necessary by Koenma for this mission. This battle fell under the restrictions.

Before they knew what hit them, the demons lurking around the battlefield caught on fire and burned in a blaze of flames. The team of mutants looked on with mixed emothions of horror and shock at the display, but continued on their futile attempts at not killing the demons and aliens—still seen as mutants by them.

Hiei wanted to tell them to kill, but opted to give them an example. Within seconds, demons were scattering due to a burst of flames that seemingly came out of nowhere. The flames spread through a large portion of the demons. Meanwhile, Hiei was brandishing his sword, killing any demon what got in his way by successfully—and almost painlessly—removing their heads from their respective bodies.

Logan had enough with the losing battle, and began to use Hiei's barbaric plan for killing the demons to its potential. The claws were used to remove heads instead of limbs like he had previously used them for. The plan spread like wildfire through the group, and soon they had all killed at least a few demons. But, even with this new strategy, the odds were stacked up against them. They had the power, but the demons had the sheer manpower needed to put up a fight. In almost desperation, though he would never admit to it, Hiei opened a telepathic link to Kurama.

-Fox, we need you out here- stated Hiei through the telepathic link as he continued to fight off the hordes of demons.

-I'll be right there. What is the problem?-

-The problem is that the mutants were refusing to kill the demons until just a few minutes ago, and they are tired of fighting. There still is an army of demons out here, and I can't use the Dragon of the Darkness Flame. They have too many in their group, and we need another fighter.-

-Like I said, I'll be right there.-

Minutes passed before Kurama, whip in hand, made his appearance on the battlefield. He found a spot in the horde where the mutants had not been at yet. He unleashed his legendary "Rose Whip Thorn Wheel". Needless to say, the population of demons began to dwindle down lower and lower with the introduction of the new fighter.

Storm, tired of the bloodbath, began a rainstorm to wash it all away. Now, they were covered in mud, open cuts visible on everyone, except for Hiei, Kurama, and Logan.

END CHAPTER

Yeah, I know, a long time since last update! But, come on, I can only plan out storied so fast. I have two more pages ready in the notebook, but this was a good place to stop.

I need a name for a bad guy! You can submit any names you can think of, but it has to be a boss-like name. Thank you in advance! I will hold this for a little while (I'll tell you by next chapter if I have one yet or not!)

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