Kitsune To Ai CHapter two

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After what seemed like hours of running, Kagome collapsed to the ground tired and short of breath. Her legs were ridden with small cuts, and a large gash parted the skin of her thigh from where she had tripped over a root in her frenzy. Her eyes still glistened with tears to come as the ones she was already shedding streamed down her face and hit the ground with soft pattering noises.

Feeling the cold round shape of the shikon-no-tama in her hand, she clutched it tightly to herself as she crawled under the roots of a rather large tree. She hoped the demons would not easily sense her presence as she rested for a short while.

While Kagome rested fitfully beneath the tree, the time slowly passed as the sky darkened more deeply and the clouds split with a harsh delude of rain that seemed to choke the earth.

Chapter 2

Near to kagome's presence, an unlucky kitsune caught in the downpour was desperatly seeking shelter from the water and cold. His fur and hair lay in a matted mess that pressed against his skin causing him great discomfort as he searched. It only seemed to get caught on everything that he passed. After wandering for a short while, he found a large hollow underneath a tree's roots that showed a promise for dryness if not for warmth. Hurridly he scrambled into the dry space and slumped to the ground to catch his breath and wring the excess water from his hair and fur.

Looking around him, he found that the hollow looked rather cozy and comfortable if you ignored the ocassional draft as the wind swept by. Focusing on the thought of sleep, he prepared to lie down and rest but a rather interesting odor wafted across his senses. Feeling his ears perk up in a curious manner, he looked around his hiding spot and located the source of the smell. on the other side of the hollow, a girl covered in bood and mud tries to huddle into a little ball by the roots to try and retain warmth.

Now because the kitsune was a rather kind person, he tore off a piece of his wet tunic and started to rid the girl of most of the dry blood and mud. As he gently cleaned her skin, he saw wounds appear from beneath the dirt and grimaced slightly as he tried the assess the damage she had taken to her body. It seemed that she had been in the hollow longer than he had thought, for most of her lifes blood had drained from her body by the means of a large wound she had sustained. Taking off what remained of his rather long tunic, he removed her shredded apparell and put the infinitely more comfortable garment on her. The girl still shivering unconsciencly, curled herself towards him trying to snuggle into his lap and cling to his body to warm herself. her small body wracked with shivering spasms made the kitsune frown softly for a moment.

Smiling, the kitsune curled his now drying tail around her for extra warmth as he made an internal decision on the girl's part. Looking down at her sweet face and caressing her cheek, he decided that he would transfuse his blood into her to save her life. of course, the result of this transaction would mean that he would have to follow her wherever she went until she understood the extent and meaning of this life-blood gift. But, something told him that he would feel anything but distaste by traveling with her.

Lifting her slight form to lean aganst the hollows wall, he settled her carefully onto his lap in a sleeping pose before lifting her pale wrist before his face and neating slicing a cut with his fangs. Her blood welled up in a coppery rush in his mouth before he quickly made a similar slash on his wrist and pressed the two wounds together. The two wounds would allow his blood to circulate his demon life-blood into her body so that she could heal...Kissing the girl's forehead he smiled gently as his eyes drifted shut in much needed slumber, his chin resting on the girl's head as his free arm circled her waist. This night would determine if the blood he freely offered to this human woman, would change her or leave her in the hands of the gods...

Sunatsuluv: well I hope that everyone has enjoyed this so far. but don't worry, there's still a bit to go. i'll try and get a chapter up everytime i'm able. somedays i might add two...well...enjoy. --