((My charries are on different time lines now. Hiei does things fast, so a lot less time has passed. In my next post I'll do a time-skip thingie and bring them into the same time range.))<br/><br/>Hatsu stepped into the abandoned warehouse and gave the light switch a good shock. Immediately, the place was flooded with light as the bulbs on the ceiling came back to life. "So what now?" Hatsu asked as Yami materialized beside him.<br/><br/>"Now, we're going to work a bit on your speed and control. Then when I'm satisfied with that we'll practice more with firing your gun. Your shots are unusually acurate for this being your first gun, but having had so little practice it's still a strain for you to continue firing. We'll focus less on acuracy there and more on rapid shots and continual firing."<br/><br/>"But that's for later," Yami continued. "Right now, I want you to fire just one telekinesis bullet. Fix it with a stream of electricity and have that chase me. You're not allowed to scratch up anything but me."<br/><br/>Hatsu did as he told. He raised both his arms and fired one telekinesis bullet. Then he shot some electricity from his hand to the bullet. He did his best to chase Yami with it, but every time it seemed he was getting close enough to match his speed, the demon sped up in its movements.<br/><br/>-----four hours later-----<br/><br/>Finally, Hatsu could take it no longer and collapsed. His head hurt so bad it felt like it was going to tear itself in half, and his stomach was desperately calling for something to eat. The moment the boy fell over, the electricity that had been connecting to the arrow bullet disappeared and the bullet fell to the ground. It had never managed to touch the demon.<br/><br/>Yami gave a sigh. He had been improving a lot, but now here the boy was, laying in a ball on the floor, clutching his head with tears streaming down his face from the pain. "You can have five minutes to rest," the demon said. "That's more than you'll ever get in a battle though. Keep that in mind."<br/><br/>"I'm starving," Hatsu said. "Can I get something to eat soon?"<br/><br/>Yami thought for a moment. "Fine. Grab a board. We can practice on the way there."<br/><br/>------------<br/><br/>Finally (after about twenty minutes since he first arrived) Hiei took out the last demon that dared to come out.<span style="font-style: italic">Is that it?</span>he asked, incredulous.<span style="font-style: italic">They never even sent any mid-demons.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Maybe they're trying to keep too many of their forces from being slaughtered before they launch war on the humans.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">If they won't come out,</span>Hiei thought,<span style="font-style: italic">Then I'll go in. If I get too close to their territory, they'll have to send out someone to stop me.</span>The Hunter began walking toward the tower, taking it slow and keeping his eyes open.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">What if they don't send anyone out?</span>Alastor asked.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Then I'll go in,</span>Hiei replied.<span style="font-style: italic">I'm still in the mood to kill a few more demons.</span><br/><br/>Alastor laughed. That was exactly the response he'd been hoping for.