"Kaleb," I call looking over my shoulder towards where Kaleb stood after just killing the last of this group of bandits. For a month now our strategy has been to come across a group of demons and have me use my ability to search a persons mind to find any information on Duana. It hasn't been the most effective, but we have made some progress from siting of her.

"Yeah," he calls dropping the dead body and looking at me with a bit of blood splashed on him.

"He's seen her. About a week ago they tried to rob her."

"And they're still alive? Why?"

"She said she didn't have time to waste on them and that she had someone else bigger to kill then put up a wall of black flames. Do you know what that means?" I watch as a look of surprise comes over his face. It definitely meant something to Kaleb and by the worry in his eyes that followed it was huge and not good. I've seen quite a few emotions cross his face over our time traveling together, but surprise and worry has never been one of them.

"She's going after the guy that killed her sister." he spoke slowly still a little shocked, but if someone killed Karen I'd be out doing the same so i don't understand why it's such a big shocked. What i don't understand personally why has it taken her eighteen years for her to do this and ten of it she was out on her own. I'd leave immediately at kill the guy.

"Who is he?"

"We don't know. He left as we showed up." He spoke normally again which means he's back to his normal straight to business self again. That's good since that's what we need right now if we want to get anywhere. Since I'm guessing he's a place guard person Duana could be in major trouble and could our help as soon as possible. So we need to act on this quick.

"Close your eyes and remember that day, surly there is something you can remember of that day that could be useful." I watch Kaleb as he does as I instructed. I would have gone into his mind and search for it, but it would be quicker for him to do this since when I enter his mind I could end up anywhere and it would take longer. Time was something we didn't have so I figured this would be quickest.

"He was a palace guard," As I figured.

"Did he have any markings? Tattoos or scares maybe, or maybe he was a different color?" It was a bit on a limb and out there, but anything that made him stand out could help.

"He had a scare on his face."

"What side? Did it go across his whole face?'

"It's on his left side and it went from his eyebrow down to his jaw."

"Good. Why don't we camp here tonight, the palace guards should come sometime tonight." We sit down next to each other. Kaleb's back was to the canyon wall while I lay my head down on his lap. As we do every night Kaleb begins to pet my dark blue nearly wolf ear that i keep out all the time now. As he does this a few tears slide down my cheeks against my will. I don't ball my eyes out like i used to, but every night as i head to bed a few tears escape before I fall asleep.

.::Hiei's POV::.

Hiei's finally found a trail that resembles Desera's killing patterns, but with her killings another seems to follow. It was the same one that he stumbled upon when he was first looking for Desera. No weapons used, but countless demons dead. He doesn't know what it means yet, but he knows that when he finds her he'll find out.

"I'm going to find you Desera."

Hiei!

Desera!

Hiei! The voice shouts again, calling out to him telepathically. But before Hiei can do anything he's pulled into Desera's dream.

It was the scene of when Hiei and she fought and she couldn't understand why Hiei hadn't just killed her. He told her that it was because it wasn't a fair fight and that was part of it, but he didn't tell her that he also wanted to figure her out. She was a puzzle and reminded him much of how he used to be.

Hiei! The voice cries out again then changes scenes.

It was Hiei and her walking through the woods in the rain together when Hiei told her of the information he found on her and family. He was so determined to have her tell him whatever he could get out of her. He had to figure her out and he wouldn't stop until he did. With another cry for Hiei the scenes change again. This time it was it was when she woke up next to Hiei after spending the night in bed with him. It was short, but an over whelming longing filled the surrounding air as it played. During movie night. Desera was laughing at the movies and was telling Hiei to watch what would happen next as she predicted it. A smile crossed her lips and though to this day she would strongly deny it was clearly there, clear as day. Skipping time it showed Hiei petting Desera's wolf ears as she lies her head on his lower diaphragm. It played up to where she growls in pleasure and ends as she falls asleep there. Another cry out for him and it changes to the two of them kissing. Since everything was through Desera's eyes and emotion Hiei finally feels just what it was that made Desera not kiss him back at first. Desera had been overcome with such joy that she got lost in it, but Deserea having too much pride to admit she just kissed him back instead of having to admit it to him.

Hiei smirks at Desra's foolishness. But as he watches all of this his heart begins to hurt more than it usually does. A sinking feeling fills him. He missed her so very much and all he wanted right now in the world was told her, to bury his nose in her neck where her scent was the strongest and to never let her go out of his arms. He wanted her by his side for all of his demon life time. He just needed to find her first.

The next scene played was when Desra sneaked down stairs to find something to eat. It was the day Hiei introduced her to chocolate ice cream. Next was the day they first ran into Stephen and Hiei led Desera into the woods to calm her down. It worked and not to long after he wrapped his arms around her she was completely relaxed.

"I have found someone else. I'm not your mate any more. I'm sorry Hiei." The words followed another cry before changing scenes as all of them had, but they stung just as much as they had the first time and every time after that as he replayed it in his head.

Unlike ever time before this though Hiei could feel how bad she felt and could feel the over whelming pain that filled her. She wanted nothing more than to go back and be with him, but she hated herself and felt as if she didn't deserve him. With the loudest of all the cries for him the scene changed to Desera balling her eyes out. Hiei knelt down beside her and picked her up. He cradled her body against his as he brushed aside stray hairs to wipe away one of her tears just to have it replaced with another one.

"I'm here for you Desera and I will never stop loving you." At that moment everything stopped and Hiei was kicked out of Desera's mind.

.::Kaleb's POV::.

"Hiei," Desera shouts as she shoots straight up gasping. In a panic she looks around searching for him, but as she realizes that he wasn't here she settles back and is about to cry.

"He was in your dream wasn't he and more than the normal remembering?" He could already guess the answer by the way she woke up, but Kaleb asked for her sake knowing she'd need that little push. As his answer she nods her head.

"I'm going out for a walk." He don't argue or say anything because he knows that that is what she needs after the rougher moments on her like this so he just let her be.

After an hour a stilt house appears in the distance as it approaches it seems to be around Desera's hight.

"Desera," Kaleb calls, but she doesn't reply. As the stilt house gets closer he notices that it wasn't Desera, but before Kaleb can react he's pressed to the ground with a sword to his throat staring into crimson red eyes.

"Where is Desera and how do you know her?"

"You must be Hiei, her mate." Kaleb spoke calmly and not unsettled in the least, as odd as it seemed he was quiet used to having a sword to his throat and has learned to find it a bit calming. "As for where she is I don't know she went out for a walk about an hour ago and I know her because we're traveling together."

"What are you to her," Hiei demands with a growl.

"A friend that is slowly helping her pull out of being completely shattered. I have my own mate that I'm searching for so you have nothing to worry about, I'm not after Desera." A bit of Hiei's sword moves away from Kaleb's throat.

"I don't advise you show yourself to her yet." Intently Hiei's sword moves closer to and is pressed harder to Kaleb's throat then before. "I only say this because she is still battling with herself. She left to protect her sister and feels as if being with you only compromises that job, but she wants you more than anything in the world. Tonight, when you entered her dream that was her soul crying out to you as I'm sure it does every night. She's not ready for you yet and for now it'd be best if you watch her from a distance until she's ready for you to be in her life." Hiei looks at Kaleb with a hard stare. Kaleb felt horrible for having to tell Hiei this because he understood exactly how he felt and he hated having to tell him this after Hiei is so close to finding and being able to hold his mate again. Kaleb pretty much just told Hiei that he was bad for and only harmful to his own mate.

"Kaleb," Desera calls not too far off from where Hiei and Kaleb where. Hiei looks up at Desera then looks bad down at Kaleb. He hesitated a moment, but then disappears.

"Yes," Kaleb asks as he sits up.

"The palace guards aren't too far away from here. I'd say ten minutes and they'll be here. Are you ready?" Desera was excited for him and it caused Kaleb to smile a little. He could tell that over this past month she's grown close to him. She didn't love him, no her heart still belonged to Hiei as it should, but they've grown so very close to each other.

"Desera I want to tell you something." Full attention and alert is brought to Desera as Kaleb says this. "I've learned that when a shattered soul is healing that that persons true personality is brought out. You are dark and mean, but it's a shield to keep others out, a way to keep a distance, and a tool, but you are very short tempered as well. With you walls though, you are someone that has such a big heart and truly deserves to be loved. Before Duana left I always told her 'The Darkness Twin is the lightest of all creatures to walk this world. You give up everything and live for another expecting nothing in return and while you are quick to kill and torture without mercy you are the most selfless and caring person. You deserve the best and someone that is loyal beyond measure and truly love. You deserve love more than anyone.' I tell you this because you need to know this understand this. Desera you deserve to love and be loved." Desera looks at me for a bit before shaking her head no.

"I'm not meant to love or live for myself so long as Karen lives. In the exception of the very first case every Darkness Twin suddenly drops off the radar after they fail to protect their twin with their life, but the Light twin can continue on because the Darkness Goddess can continue to keep the dead dead and the light twin is never taught how to bring the dead back to life or how to keep a person to live forever, but the darkness twin will not have an anchor and is too dangerous so they strip them of their power."

"How do you know that?"

"I read all of the files on the Yin and Yang Twins I could get my hands on and I made that realization a long while ago."

"Surrender now or prepare for combat!" Kaleb and I both turn to see a small army of palace guards. We look at each other and go to irk fighting side by side killing everyone off except the leader.

"Now tell me everything you know about a palace guard with a scare on the left side of his face. He's the man that killed the light twin eighteen years ago." I was stern and demanding as my black tentacles wrapped around the man's body strangling him just enough to hurt him, but not enough to do any real damage.

"Never," he spats at me then spits in my face. A low menacing growl ripples through my throat as my wolf ears pull back against my head and I bare my razor sharp fangs at him.

"It's not like I need your consent anyway." I enter his mind and thankfully the guy I was after was still on his mind subconsciously and I was taken to the last moment he saw the guy.

This general was walking with our guy and dropping him off with the King of the Demon World. He didn't catch much of their conversation but he caught the only part that mattered to me.

"Kill the new light twin, go as an official."