It brought no small surprise when Atma vanished before his eyes.<span style="font-style: italic">He can turn invisible,</span>Hatsu realized. His powers really were stealth based then. Someone else might have been upset at being told to stay behind and watch, but he didn't mind. He couldn't turn invisible. If he went with Atma it would just be redundant. He made up his mind with relative ease that if Atma didn't come back in fifteen minutes like he said, he would leave without him. If he'd been killed, there was nothing he could do anyway. And if he'd been captured alive it'd be smarter to go and get help. One rookie doesn't make a good rescue team.<br/><br/>He turned and looked out the window where he'd been told to, but still tried to stay relatively hidden. He contemplated practicing his electric powers while he waited, but realized that would be<span style="font-style: italic">very</span>stupid. He simply waited there and watched like a good little rookie, wondering what Atma might find.<br/><br/>--------------------------<br/><br/>Hiei raised an eyebrow when the red head turned down his offer.<span style="font-style: italic">Blissfully ignorant. She doesn't realize that even Ayl can't keep this up forever. They'd be overwhelmed soon alone.</span>He just shrugged it off though, turning to face the next wave of demons on its way. He figured they could at least handle the ones that were left from the first couple waves; they'd gotten rid of most of them already.<br/><br/>Before someone might even realize Hiei was no longer standing there the front two rows of demons collapsed, seemingly simultaneously. Immediately after, Hiei reappeared just a little in front of the demons. They seemed to hesitate for a moment and he smirked, then did it again.<br/><br/>Compared to most other hunters, Hiei's stamina was almost as impressive as his speed, but he couldn't keep it up forever. It was actually a very tricky skill. Turning without losing speed was dangerous. He had to be careful not to go tumbling over and the strength lent to him by his demon was the only reason he didn't break his legs when doing it. Running in a straight line wasn't easy either. He had to keep up the movement. If he let the momentum take control he'd go on a tumble fest. And stopping was certainly no walk in the park.<br/><br/>But on the other hand, he couldn't just maintain the speed forever. He'd eventually collapse from exhaustion, and collapsing or tripping when you're going that speed... he'd be nothing more than a smear on the pavement. People didn't really understand how difficult a power it was to control.<br/><br/>After taking a brief break, because he needed to pause for a moment between each burst of speed for rest and safety, he attacked the next two rows of demons. He had to have taken out at least thirty demons in these three trips, but there was no end to them. Oh, well. He'd been doing such a nice job slicing the lot of them in half. There was no point in stopping now. He'd just get a little work out.<br/><br/>Boom, vanished. Another ten down.