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Chapter Two
Wolf in Shiny Armor with a Panda Steed
Rain continued to fall gently through the hushed woods, almost every living creature silent and resting, a white wolf sprinted through the forest with a wounded woman on its back and a petite little fox-creature in its jaws. His golden eyes fierce and hard stared straight ahead as he growled, feeling the woman's life aura slowing wilting away. Blood continued to trickle from her wounds staining the wolf's fur into a bright red color. Wiggling a little, Kai jumped from the wolf's mouth and landed on his head, immediately she walked over to Kuroki's body and licked her on her cheek trying to help in some way. Lifting her head back up Kai looked at Kuroki and sniffled fat tears flowing down her cheeks," Please, Kuroki…please be okay…please don't die on me……Kuroki…" the young fox cried one of her tears landing on Kuroki's cheek.
Beginning of Kuroki's Dream
"Kuroki…you must avenge them…only then you will find the answer…" a voice whispered through her head as she started to fall into darkness of her soul. Gently she continued to descend her eyes remained closed peacefully, as her long silver hair swirled with the aura around it. "Avenge them?" she asked her lips gently opened taking in a breath of air," Whom do I have to avenge?" Gently she came to a stop as a ripple of neon yellow spread through the dark water. Her clawed fingers rested in the cool dark water ,the yellow ripples flowing right through her," Don't you remember the bloody battle you fought, Kuroki?" the voice asked as a crimson drop of thick liquid fell into the water and changed its color from black to crimson. Immediately images of her battle flashed before her eyes, demon risking there lives to save there people, loads of humans slaughtered as well as demons there bodies torn into pieces.
"Do you remember the bodies that laid around your feet, the blood that stained your hands?" the voice continued as Kuroki shook her head, tears flowing down her cheeks seeing the bodies before her, some of there eyeballs missing others only having some pieces of flesh left from there bodies. Boar demons charged into battle blindly knowing death was approaching, sending there tusks through the bodies of the human warriors. "Do you remember…your brother's betrayal?" the voice whispered, Kuroki's eyes snapped open staring into the face of her brother as she remembered how he slaughtered his own people and sending his sword right through her chest, his eyes glowing crimson as the fires itself. "You must avenge them Kuroki only then will the answer come." the voice whispered a hawk's cry echoed through her mind," Follow the scent of the white dragon and you shall find your revenge and your peace."
The water rippled as she looked at her brother that lied before her, immediately she head butted the image, crushing it into pieces like a mirror itself. Blood dripped from her head as the voice chuckled a little and spread its silverfish white, scaly, wings before her," Do not forget what I have told you, Kurokiba. Do not forget the creatures that died for you," the voice growled spreading its wing higher, leering, showing off is long ivory fangs and dark gray claws. Swishing its long furry tail growling louder the bluish gray scaly fur around its head moving gently, its nostrils opened up some smoke rising from its snout and mouth. "And most importantly do not forget…" it growled opening its bluish sliver eyes extra wide staring at her with blind eyes," The honor of the Golden Fangs'!" it roared flapping its silver wings and taking flight the huge gushes of wind blowing through Kuroki's hair. Kuroki looked at the silver dragon that kept her alive and smirked, determination ablaze in her eyes.
Opening her mouth she yelled up to the silver dragon with pride and honor," I will find you silver dragon and I will never forget my honor! Never!" she yelled transforming into her full demon form howling a beautiful yet deadly song, letting anyone who heard know she was coming. She was coming from her brother to settle this battle once and fore all.
Ending of Kuroki's Dream
Slowly Kuroki started to awake, the sound of chirping birds could be heard around her, she took in a breath quietly, trying to figure out where she was. She could smell a brook, herbs of all sorts, and something else that was starting to overwhelm her, it had a raw scent to it very earthy and relaxing at the same time. Slowly she opened her eyes revealing where she was. Thick branches of a tree surrounded her some of the branches gleaming with raindrops, some of the thick branches had vines circling around them while others had moss. She blinked a couple of time and looked up to reveal a huge, thin, blackish blue, goatskin rug with different holes in it looking like the stars from the heavens above.
Gently she turned her head looking at the small plants that grew against the trees one of the green leaves holding a drop of water, gently it landed and made Kuroki eyes widen. Everything that happened came crashing back to her, from the battle, to being rescued by the wolf demon. Immediately Kuroki sat up causing a rush of pain to surge through her body, immediately she gasped painfully and grab her head to stop the spinning. After the pain stopped, Kuroki slowly opened her eyes again and noticed the clothes she was once wearing were gone; instead, she wore a soft cotton robe around herself that smelled of herbs and incense. Kuroki continued to look around and saw her clothes folded up next to her, clean and fresh smelling; her weapons lay against one of the thick tree branches.
Kuroki's ears twitched from a soft little sigh next to her on the fur bed, looking to her side she saw her little friend Kai curled up in a ball sound asleep. Her front paw wrapped up in a bandage neatly with the smell of ointment on it, looking at herself Kuroki saw her wounds tended to as well, a tense feeling ran through her yet she felt relaxed at the same time. Gently she stroked her friend's fur making Kai roll onto her back, Kuroki laughed at her friend's reaction and rubbed her belly gently, feeling more relaxed and not so tense. Kai's hind leg started to move as Kuroki rubbed on one of her favorite spots, her foot continued to pat faster and faster until Kuroki stopped and stroked her friend on the head mother like. "I see your awake, you must have a close bond with the little kit huh?" a familiar voice said as Kuroki froze for a minute and then looked at the person who spoke.
There once again stood the wolf demon that saved Kai and herself in his normal form leaning against one of the branches his muscular arms crossed and his intense golden eyes soft yet demanding. His gray hair in a ponytail went all the way down to his back gently shifted in the breeze. The purple demon marks jagged and rough against his cheeks showed how wild his was, his bangs moved with the wind; battle armor worn over his cerulean white kimono. Kuroki's eyes stared at the designs of his kimono noticing the darker blue ripples of water, and what seemed like an outline of a Chinese water dragon. Kuroki eyes continued to wander and finally rested on the sword on the side of his hip, its sheath was a smooth black, gleaming in the sunlight as well as the hilt of its sword. A dark maroon gem rested on the silver hilt of the sword giving off a sinister aura as Kuroki looked away and shook her head.
"How are you feeling?" he asked as Kuroki turned her head to see the demon right in front of her looking a little bit worried. Before Kuroki could protest the wolf demon placed its huge, rough hand gently on her neck, checking her temperature. His scent smelled of maple wood and honey, his hand warm and relaxing against her skin. "Hmmm, your fever's finally gone and your heart is back to its normal beat, good." He smiled a little, moving his hand away from her neck. Kuroki looked at the wolf demon his eyes caring and soft, her hands started to tremble as she turned looked away upset.
"…Why…?" she whispered, the wolf demon's ears twitch to her response as her hands trembled more," Why did you save us, you could have left us there to die…" she growled her bangs covering her face her eyes staring at her lap. The wolf demon stared at her for a moment not believing what she said and then started to laugh. Surprised Kuroki looked up at him as he continued to laugh then sighed. " Your right, I could have left you there to be killed by those serpents…but," he said looking into her eyes," What good would that do for either one of us? Someone who wouldn't stop to help someone in need is what I would call a coward." He smiled as Kuroki's hands stopped shaking.
Kuroki's mind swirled with questions to ask the man but she did not know which one to ask, finally breaking the silence the wolf demon spoke up. "Tell me, are you hungry?" he asked getting up and leaning against one of the tree trunks for a moment. Kuroki's ears twitched to the sound of food, her stomach responded as well, letting out a low rumbling growl loud enough to scare away any small creature. Kai's ears shot up and then fell lopsided back into place the wolf demon chuckled at the response as Kuroki's face blushed a deep red color. "I guess I'll take that as a yes, you just relax I'll be back with some food and some more ointment." He smiled and turned back around walking out of the shelter.
Kuroki continued to watch him feeling somewhat different from before. The wolf demon's walk was smooth yet strong his sword clinking gently against his side and shining a little bit brighter in the sunlight. Kuroki smiled again as her stomach growled once more whining extra loud, a blush growing on her face. Kai whined a little in her sleep catching Kuroki's attention as she started to awaken. Opening her orange eyes Kai stood up and yawned stretching." Good morning Kai, did you have a nice sleep?" Kuroki asked petting her on the head gently.
Kai stopped stretching and slowly looked up her eyes widening, "Mommy?" Kai said tears welling up in her eyes; Kuroki gently picked up Kai and sat her in her lap. "It's okay Kai, I'm better now you don't have to cry, Mommy's right here…" Kuroki peacefully soothed Kai as the young fox cried quietly rubbing against Kuroki's body. After a while the little fox calmed down and licked Kuroki's hand gently," You were sleeping for such a long time, I didn't think you were going to wake up," she murmured looking at her mother," but then you did thanks to the wolf's demon friend." Kuroki stopped stroking Kai and raised her eyebrow curiously," His friend?" she asked Kai as she nodded sitting up and smiling. "Yep, it was a very nice lady! She tended to your wounds and fixed the cut on my paw. After that I helped her fix your clothes cause they were really dirty, and then we made some more arrows for your bow." Kai smiled her tails moving on there own. "She said that she would be back today to come and check on you. " Kai believed as she rubbed herself against Kuroki's hand again.
"Kai, can you tell me what her name was? And what kind of creature was she?" Kuroki asked slowly sitting Kai down next to her getting ready to get up. "Well, from what I remember her name is Chikaru." Kai said her tails swishing around as she watched her mother lean against one of the tree trunks gently closing her eyes. "Chikaru's her name hmm? That is a nice name, what kind of demon is she, Kai?" she asked curiously wondering what Chikaru looked like. "Chikaru is a really nice, really big, furry pa-"all of a sudden a loud roar with a splash was heard outside that made both Kuroki and Kai jump. Swiftly Kuroki grabbed one of the tree vines and pulled herself up making sure her clothes were secure around her and grabbed her dagger pulling it out of the sheath.
Quietly and swiftly, she walked up towards the opening of the shelter and glimpse out in the opening. The forest around her was filled with trees, huge and ancient never been touched by man. Near the shelter was a thick stream sparkling in the sunlight clear and crisp. Some herbs and other kinds of grasses, smooth pebbles rested in the bottom of the stream as well as fishes of all sorts. Past the river and a while away, Kuroki could see a huge murky pond hidden by some of the willow tree branches.
Sniffing the air Kuroki could smell two different scents, one of them was the wolf's earthy scent, and the other scent had a sweet flowery smell with a whiff of honey. Kai smelled the same scent and smiled," She's back but, where is she?" Kai asked sniffing around worried. "Who's here?" Kuroki asked, all of a sudden a huge white and black bear struggled out of the water with a wolf on its back and a huge fish in its mouth. Immediately the bear spit out the fish and coughed up some water as the wolf demon looking extremely exhausted. Getting up the wolf jumped off the bear and shook, drying off his fur and getting Kai wet, "Sorry about that Kai." he smiled a little as Kai scowled at him and dried herself off.
Looking at the huge, fat, fish for a moment the bear snorted and shook making the wolf, Kai, and Kuroki wet. All three of them scowled at the panda bear as her ears drooped a little," Oh sorry." She said gently her voice quiet and soft. Sighing a little the wolf looked at the huge fish and grinned," Its okay Chikaru, besides if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have food for Kuroki." He smiled and transformed back to his normal self with a swirl of the wind. The panda bear smiled shyly and blushed as the wind picked up again this time swirling leaves around Chikaru turning her back to her normal state. The panda bear was indeed a panda, her azure eyes glistened in the sunset, and her long black hair rested on her shoulders, her panda ears round and furry. Her kimono was forest green with strokes of gold, designs of leaves and plants rested in her kimono, her golden yellow obi tied tightly around her waist.
On her back, she wore a sack that smelled of ointments and some sort of sweet stuff with some bamboo sticks poking out of the bag. Chikaru's azure eyes turned to Kuroki as Kai smiled and ran up to Chikaru jumping up her shoulder smiling," Chikaru you came back, now you can teach me how to make maki!" Kai smiled her tails brushing against Chikaru's cheeks as she petted Kai on her head. "Of course I was coming back Kai, I told you I would be staying with you for a while." She laughed and looked at Kuroki again. "You must be Kuroki, Kai has told me a lot about you," she smiled warmly," How do you feel, Kuroki? Do you wounds bother you at all?" she asked tilting her head to the side for a moment." Better then I was before, thanks to you Chikaru-sama, I am in your debt." Kuroki bowed making the panda bear blush sheepishly and bow back to Kuroki," No need to bow Kuroki, I was more then honored to fix your wounds." She smiled kindly.
Walking over to the fish the wolf picked it up swinging it on his back and looked at all three of them," Alright then, its time to go back to camp, its starting to get dark and we'll need to get dinner going soon." He notified looked at Chikaru," Chikaru you brought some fruit and vegetables with you right?" he asked as the panda girl nodded opening her sack to show him all sorts of fruits and vegetables from tomatoes to oranges. "The shopkeeper was even nice enough to show me where some bamboo grew at." She smiled happily to herself. "Good then I guess were off, let's go shall we?" he asked walking ahead of the group with Chikaru and Kai following right behind him, Kuroki not far behind. The sun's dark orange light started to fade, shining its last ray of light right on a dark willow tree where the same crow sat watching them all with leering eyes, a small mouse resting in its dagger like talons twitching quietly to itself.
Picking up the mouse and swallowing it with a loud crunch, the crow licked the blood off its talons with its long black forked tongue. The sun glowed onto its pitch-black feathers giving them a glowing look; shaking its feathers, the crow swished its long scaly tail and growled deep in its throat. A dark chuckle slinked out of its mouth as it licked its blood stained, razor sharp beak." Hmm, so she survived the clutches of Hebi's venom huh?" it cawed chuckling," Good, that's exactly what I wanted her to do; this should be an interesting play toy." It hissed. Spreading its huge glossy wings the crow looked up to the sky staring at the small quarter moon and taking flight screeching into the night sky.
evil music playing You know, I don't even know why there is something evil in this story...oh well and hat was chappie two hopefully I shall finish chapter three(if I don't die from lack of sleep) Anywho, don't forget to review I don't care what you say just let me know if you liked the story or not!! PLEASE!! Well until next time! Silver-san
