It was a good thing Atma showed up when he did. Another twenty seconds and Hatsu would have bailed on him. Unfortunately, he brought a mess of demons with him. Hatsu picked up his board and did a crash jump out the window, breaking the glass and making an epic entrance. While he was in mid-fall, he jumped onto his board and went into hover mode, pulling into line beside Atma.<br/><br/>"What the hell? Did you barge in and shout 'follow me'?" Hatsu complained. "I've never been in battle before, but I guess this is as good a time as any to start."<br/><br/>He stood sideways on his board. After checking to be sure there were no objects immediately in front of him, he turned to look behind them. There were a bunch of typical lower level demons, and one freaky demon with horns.<span style="font-style: italic">That one's a lower level silencer; about the equivalent of an upper mid-level demon. Be careful: they have powers, just like hunters.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Thanks for the warning,</span>Hatsu said, grateful. He surveyed the demons and chose the two that were closest. He held up his arm, aiming the fingers of his open hand toward them. He didn't have the best accuracy with this yet, so he prayed for the best.<br/><br/>Then, in a blinding flash of light, streams of electricity shot from his hand. He'd put way more power into it than he'd intended, and actually wiped out the four closest demons at once. They were fried to a crisp. It wasn't what he was aiming for, but he wasn't complaining. Suddenly, he felt a writhing pain in his skull. He had to bend over and clutch his head, and he temporarily lost control of his board, the front end raking across the ground for a moment before he got his control back.<br/><br/>The great thing about his powers was he could use them as much as he wanted. But on the other hand, since they were all mental powers, they gave him awful headaches, especially when he put forth that much power.<br/><br/>Hatsu stole another glance behind him. "It doesn't look like any more are coming," he called. "We might as well face them here."<br/><br/>------------------<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Damn,</span>Hiei thought after wiping out his seventh group of demons.<span style="font-style: italic">Something big is going on over there.</span>He turned back to the large group of demons still standing.<span style="font-style: italic">But I can't just leave these guys. They'll just catch up later and make things more difficult.</span>He clenched his teeth.<span style="font-style: italic">Damn. It's not supposed to be used on this many, but... fine.</span><br/><br/>Hiei stood directly in front of the remaining demons, making sure they could all see him. He pulled up his headband. As expected, curiosity compelled them to look directly into his third eye. Suddenly, the lot of them became dazed. "Now," Hiei said, loud enough for all of them to hear, "Kill each other."<br/><br/>It was chaos, all the demons that had been able to see Hiei's third eye turned on each other and started attacking. The few that hadn't tried to run away, but were chased down by the others. Hiei collapsed to his knees. He held his hand over his third eye, but it burned and he couldn't touch it without causing more pain. His mind control was<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>something to be used on so many at once, even if they were all just lower level demons.<br/><br/>After a moment, the pain had subsided, and he pulled the bandana back down. Immediately he rushed to where the real action was. When he got there, he saw Ayl about to face off with a higher level silencer.<span style="font-style: italic">Damn it,</span>he thought.<span style="font-style: italic">He's already claimed the fight.</span>Hiei tisked and flicked the blood off his sword. He'd jump in if Ayl asked for or needed his help, but this wasn't his fight.<br/><br/>"Take your time," he called to the fellow senior Hunter. "All the others that were on their way have been... dealt with."