Dancing With Lions and Leopards

By: Lady Danielle John

Yeah I'm back and I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS STORY. OMG! Like I don't want to make it too long or too short. I'm trying to stray away from the whole journey and make something else up my own. Brainstorming like crazy here. SORRY. Oh, I don't own Samurai Deeper Kyo or the characters.

I changed this because I realize the WHOLE journey is going to be long. I'm going to try something different.

Eyes of a Killer

Staying by the river always ended Yuya into trouble, but three days ago she found someone else in trouble. She found a really big lion down the river with a branch in its side, very close to its stomach. The lion stood at least ten feet tall and to be surprised he was like her, but a male. She was a hybrid, a leopard and lion mix, and she had no family. Four years ago her brother was assassinated by this black male lion with beautiful blue eyes, and a red scar across his back. Since he died she had never seen a hybrid before or any one like her, until now. A storm mostly broke down the forest for her to transform into her true form. She won't risk it, but living in a cave wasn't the best thing either. As she walked from the hot spring with a large bucket she headed to the cave. The man wasn't well for him to be standing, but he did heal fast. In two days his wound was almost healed. She admits she enjoyed the company, but she had to get back on her journey soon.

As she entered the cave she saw the man eating the bear she hunted for him. He was a beast, she didn't need to cook it and he was happy about it.

"You're out of bed, that's good." She smiled and sat the bucket down near him. "I brought the bath water just in case you couldn't get up."

He looked at her with his dark blonde hair with two side bangs, amber eyes, and very muscular body. He's been naked since she fished him out the river and not once she dared to look down. All the time she was near him she would blush because it was embarrassing.

"I told you not to cover the mark on your head." She growled at him, walking over to him, sitting down, and glared at him.

"Don't make that face at me." He was kind and gentle.

"You are not obligated to boss me around." She always had to put him in his place and he would just smile about it. "You just love to get me upset. Stay still and leave your hair up or your scar won't heal."

She knew why he did this to himself. His left eye wasn't much of an eye but a glowing red hole. She didn't care about that. She felt it was her place to heal his scar above it.

"You're not afraid." He sounded so sad.

"Why should I be? Everyone is different. I'm a half breed." She looked at him and felt him bring her closer to him. Her heart started to race out of fear and preparing to fight. "What are you doing? Get your hands off me!"

"You strange for a female." He let her go.

"I'm not your normal female." She got up and stepped back.

"So you are afraid of me. Your heart is pounding like drums."

"I am not afraid of you. I'm afraid of what you'll do and what I will do to you."

"Are you with a mate?"

"Mate?"

"A male, you were born alone, right?"

"To be truthful I've never met anyone or anything like me since the war four years ago. They were a few when I was younger, but they are all gone now." She leaned on the cave wall and looked outside. She lost everyone at the age of four.

"Was it the East or West Territory?"

"It doesn't matter to me. We are all people and we should at least try to live in peace. Men ruin this country."

"You sound like a lioness." He chuckled. "Do you know what really happened in the war? It wasn't only humans, creatures like us as well, but lions and leopards alike."

"I know the whole leopard and lion things. Lions travel in a group and have too much pride."

"So being a hybrid…what are you? What sides do you chose?"

"Why should I make that decision when I have no idea how things work? I came from a small town on the other side of Japan, I have no idea was going on behind the village until the males started talking about war. I was with them for a while, just a pack of rouges of any creature passing by that had very kind hearts."

"Say they didn't have kind hearts. Do I look like I'm a kind hearted man since I haven't raped your, yet?"

Yuya faced her back from the caves entrance and looked at him seriously.

"If you tried it won't be easy. I don't care if you were the strongest or powerfulness lion in the world, none of us won't be leaving this cave. It's either you die by me killing you or I die killing you and injured badly." He eyes shined a bright green.

"Come with me." He got up and walked over to her.

"What? Why should I? And since you can get up I will be taking my leave."

Yuya took a deep breath and sniffed out…twelve humans? No… they smelt like him. Lions were coming and her stepping back and hitting something soft. One was behind her and she fell against his very large paw. It was a black paw that was the size of a table. She looked up and found a ten foot lion with a red "God" tattoo on its cheek. She got up and Nobunaga grabbed her to hold her into a large embrace. Her back was pressed against his front and she saw the largest pairs of lions she ever saw before. She was too young to really realize how they looked and living on her own most of the time it's been a while. The sight of them was good, but once they transformed she made a squeak and covered her face.

"You are so cute." Nobunaga turned her around and leaned into her. He brushed his head against hers and took in her scent like catnip, deep and needy. "I won't forget you."

"Lord Nobunaga." A female growled at this.

"Nobunaga?" Yuya whispered as she moved back again.

"Are you afraid?"

"No, I don't want you touching me. Look, you owe me so it's time to repay. I want you to leave me alone and never go looking for me."

"I can't grant that."

Yuya growled in her throat.

"Your still so beautiful. I won't be able to not remember you. Tell me what you want and I'll give it to you."

"What I want is for you to leave me alone."

"You're a beast yourself and I saw how you shined your gun every night. You are out for revenge."

"So what if I am?"

"Tell me who you're looking for and I'll give him to you."

"I don't need your help, and I can't give you a name because I don't know him name. The only thing I know is…" she felt her business should be her own, but this was the first time she was in this part of this Japan. "When I find him I'm going to kill him." she feels the gun she carried around for three years now, since she was free and since her brother died of a horrible disease.

"Next time, Shiina Yuya." He walked past and time she turned around to ask him how she knew his name.

Yuya took a deep breath and decided to forget the whole thing and just go on her way. She saw a close by tea house near here.

Lady Danielle: I just changed the reason why she's out for revenge. Adding my own touch