Kaori was still running when she tripped on one of the roots that is sticking out from the Goshinboku and she fall right in front of the dog-ear boy.
"Kei, just a mere human… and a very disgusting smell…" snarled the boy.
Kaori looked up and their eyes met. She realized that the boy is alive. And the boy seemed to realize something in her. She was angry about the words he said. Disgusting smell?? A mere human? She was about to speak when a few cats jumped out of the bushes again. Kaori was scared now… She did not know what to do next to safe her life. She could not shoot at everyone else. They have at least feed her and give her a home…
As the cats inched forward, Kaori moved closer to the dog-ear boy… What should she do? Explain it to them?
'Please don't attack me… please don't attack me…' Kaori thought hard in her mind… 'Please don't attack me… please don't attack me…'
Luckily, nothing happened. Hitomiyukiri came up all the way to the front and said in a calm voice.
"Did you know why we choose you?"
"Um… Because Niki explaining something about me makes you accept me?" Kaori answered nervously.
Hitimiyukiri laughed out loud. For a moment he paused. Then he said laughing.
" Oh no no no my child, it is because you looked like my very own daughter, who is a very beautiful. All the other cats proposed to her, everyone loves her. But she fall in love with this" he is pointing at the dog-ear boy, "han-you liar. He lied to my child that he is a full you-kai. In the end, when his secret was found out, we come to attack him, to kill him… But he is way too strong, he had a sword call Tetsusaiga, which his father, Inuyasha, had left him."
Inuyasha? Kaori was sure that she had heard of the name before… Some where… Oh yes!!! It is from Mr. Higurashi. He said that he had met Inuyasha before… So that is his son, on the tree.
"So, um… why is he on the tree then?" Kaori asked curiously. " And where is your daughter now?"
"He was sealed on the tree by my one of my very own claw. I managed to do that when my daughter was killed by him at that very moment…"
"SHUT UP!!! I DID NOT KILL HER!!! F*** U!!! YOU F***ING SEALED ME HERE FOR NO F***ING REASON!!!" interrupted the dog-ear boy rudely. Kaori was shocked by the speech he had just made… It contains lots of vulgarities!!!
Before Kaori could speak again, some cats jumped out of nowhere and attacking her. A ambush!!! Hitomiyukiri tried to stop them. But the next moment, there is a huge hole on his chest. One of the cats had actually killed him!!! Kaori screamed while Hitimiyukiri fell and landed face down on the ground in front of Kaori. Kaori stared at the cats. Who killed him? Then she spotted the bloody hand. He was the killer. She looked at him and stunned. He was the assistant that Hitomiyukiri had trusted him all along!!!
"Ha! Served him right, trusting a girl just like that. Who cares if you had her face, huh? She deserved to die and I killed her the same way when we are fighting with you!" the assistant of the troop pointed at the dog-ear boy. " Ha! Stupid old man… didn't even realized it was me… Hahahaha…"
"Why you… you scum… How dare you f***ing treated her like this? I am f***ing disgusted that you even loved her." Said the dog-ear boy through gritted teeth.
" Ha, well said, Katsuro! But being so weak pinned on the trees now so shut up." said the assistant, "Yes. I loved her. I love her too much. That's why when she is in love with you lowly han-you, I have decided to kill her… Ha! And now, being the new leader, I shall kill this human in the memorial day of me killing her again. Ha! How pity, you are like as weak as a fly, girl. Any last words?"
Kaori couldn't take it, so as the dog-ear boy. She stretched out an arrow and pointed straight at the assistant, who self-promoted himself as the leader since Hitomiyukiri's death.
"Oh ho! Look at that… What on earth is she doing? Pointing an arrow at me, you think I am scared? Hahaha" the new leader roared with laughter, so as the rest of the troop. Kaori couldn't take it anymore. She fired the arrow and it hit the chest of the new leader.
All of them stop laughing all of the sudden. Kaori, imagining that she had killed him, put down her bow. But that was not all; the new leader was still alive!!!
"Fe, do you think a mere human like you can defeat me? Ha, don't make me laugh…"
Kaori was now very frightened. She did not know what to do now. Suddenly a voice speaks to her. " Oi, can you pleasing pull out that f***ing claw on my chest? If you want to live…"
She looked up; the dog-ear was talking to her! She looked at the claw that is stuck on his chest. Should she trust him? But then the cats are closing in, wanted to kill her. She was scared and confused. What is all this about? She wanted to live… wanted to live… to live… to live… She inched forward and touched the claw, ready to pull out. But the familiar voice stopped her.
"Well, how stupid of you. If you pulled out the arrow, he will killed you too, because you are just a mere weak human. You will still be dead any longer… So give up hope, pal…" snarled the new leader as the rest of the cat moved closer, ready to jump and nailed her on to the floor.
Kaori was now confused. She just wanted to live. Just pulled out that claw and you will live… is it true? She is thinking… Just pulled out that claw and you will live… Just pulled it out… Just do it…
Then, without further a do, she pulled out the claw. Amazingly, while she was pulling, the claw seemed to disappear. "Stupid!" shouted the new leader.
Before the new leader could say anything, Kaori saw blood spurted out behind her. She looked back, she was just tagging on to the dog-ear's red clothes hard and now being pushed back when she pulled the claw out landed on the forest floor. She realized there are some sharp spears zooming past her and had wiped out most of the cats. She believed the spears are diamonds as she had seen at one before in the laboratory during her school days. She also realized that the new leader was killed and the rest of the living cats were all scrambling off for hideout.
But it was too late, the dog-ear boy jumped and landed in front of them all. He was showing off his claws with merciful, cunning smile. It was obvious that he was going to kill them. Kaori then went up to him and held up her hand so as to show not to harm them. The boy looked shocked. After all, they were going to kill her. Kaori knows what he thinks.
"Leave them alone, I understand that they had to obey the new leader's orders. Just leave them alone…" pleaded Kaori. The cats too was begging for spared life.
"I f***ing hate cats! Move your ass off, b*tch!"
"No, I won't!"
"Move! I am warning ya."
"NO!"
And even before Kaori could say the next word, she was being pushed back and then the next moment, the rest of the cats had their heads rowing on the ground. Kaori screamed. She now had tears in her eyes. She covered her face and ran in some random direction. She did not even cared what will happen to her next. She just ran.
The boy looked at her in dismay. He had actually made her cry!!! But he did not want to chase after her. Anyway she is not the one he loved previously.
But she looked like her… very alike except without the cat ears… a human. He did not wish to follow his father's footsteps of marrying a human and born some kind of a child like him. He wanted to be different from his father… But he seems he can't. He looked at the direction where Kaori had previously ran and walked away, deep in thoughts.
