Azrael raised his eyebrows. "Well there's no need to get so irritable," he said innocently. "I've seen you fight; you and Anaka teamed up briefly-- if you remember. I don't doubt your capabilities. All the same,<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>following you would be disobeying a direct order. It's nothing personal."<br/><br/>Azrael looked around and wondered where the girl was leading them. They certainly didn't seem to be going to the hideout, but that was understandable for several reasons. So then, she must have had some personal hideout. Well it made sense. Humans seemed the type that needed a place to call "home". As far as he could tell, it was fairly common for them to find a place and settle down there. There were many demons that did the same, but ones such as himself tended to roam a bit more freely.<br/><br/>All of a sudden (and speak of the devil, no pun intended) Lord Death appeared right before them, issuing a new order. Without hesitation, Azrael took Hatsu from Sam's arms, offering a slight smile. "Like I said, it's nothing personal." With that, he sprouted his multicolored wings and took off, flying with almost unnatural speed. He chose his general direction as the place he'd been before.<br/><br/>-----------------------<br/><br/>Hiei watched as Hatsu got pummeled in a training session with Death. Well there was certainly no way he would have<span style="font-style: italic">won</span>that battle. The demon from before returned, as well as the red-headed girl, Sam. She'd stood out to him when he first saw her in the hideout: the bright red hair, the loud personality, not to mention she was the only other Hunter he'd seen who was about the same height he was. All the same, he'd never really talked to her.<br/><br/>The demon, Azrael, and Sam headed off with Hatsu and Death started going in the opposite direction. Hiei kept his eyes on Death, figuring he'd be going the place he wanted to see. Hiei still had a pretty good view from the building he'd settled on, but every time another building came between him and Death it was cut off.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">This is annoying,</span>he thought.<span style="font-style: italic">You couldn't have included X-Ray vision or something?</span><br/><br/>Alastor laughed.<span style="font-style: italic">"We'd have to be just a bit more compatible before I could even try giving you something like that. It's not exactly my area of expertise. Now if you killed some humans perhaps..."</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">No,</span>Hiei thought, ending their conversation. Death came out from behind the next building and looked up, stopping. An instant later he disappeared into the shadows. Hiei turned to see what he was looking at, and for a rare moment, emotion showed on his face: fear, horror, shock, and mortification. "<span style="font-style: italic">Shit!</span>" he swore, vanishing from sight and getting out of there as fast as he could.