Another late update... very late... Sorry! I wasn't bothered...

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Chapter 4

Syaoran watched as the human continued to eat the fish in silence. He really was struggling to refrain himself from killing her but he wished to respect and follow the morals of those who had passed away.

When she had finished half of the fish, she held the stick out to Syaoran who took it and blinked at her strangely.

"What?" she asked, stretching before holding her head is masked pain.

All Syaoran did was shake his head and took a bite out of the other side of the fish. The girl, despite being human, was acting almost exactly the same as the Hissori did. When returning back from a hunt, all of what the Hissori had killed or found would be laid out and divided into equal parts.

"Are you cold?" Syaoran asked uncertainly. He was fairly warm because he sat beside the fire and his tolerance of the cold would've been more stronger than a human's.

"A bit."

Syaoran indicated with his head towards the opposite side of the fire. Hesitantly, the girl stood up and sat where he told her to. Finishing off the rest of the fish, Syaoran dug a hole and buried the bones as the girl watched, unsurprised. Then, he stood up and headed outside the cave.

"What are you doing?" the girl called.

"Urinating." She disappeared from his sight as he found a nearby tree to urinate by.

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Sakura's POV

Who the hell says "urinating" nowadays?

I couldn't help but twitch when he went outside. What made things worse, I knew that I had a good sense of smell. I was born in a hunting clan.

It wasn't long until the smell of urine drifted into the cave. I held my nose in disgust, uncomfortableness completely forgotten. It was then that I suddenly remembered something. My scythe.

The fire in front of my crackled slowly, giving a very dark red glow. This much light was enough.

I closed my eyes and made sure of my bearings. The cave was very far down from the cliff the demon and I fell from. There were a couple of trees outside as well as a few shrubs. I knew my brother and the rest of the group would be coming down here sometime soon so I didn't need to worry about killing the demon quite yet.

I stood up, ignoring the pain that rocked through my body.

"I told you that I put it somewhere where you wouldn't be able to find it," a quite, rough voice spoke from the entrance of the cave.

I spun around, alarmed, defensive stance ready. It was a habit from sensing a demon's wild aura and the fact that I had no weapon alarmed me greatly.

The demon looked at me with his amber eyes, calculating something before his head pricked upwards and he started smelling the air.

I understood why he did so straight away. My brother was coming to my rescue.

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No POV

"Sakura! Kaijuu! Call if you're alright!" Touya called from the top of the cliff.

"Silly Touya. If Sakura-chan was being held hostage, she wouldn't be able to call," Yukito pointed out.

"Well that damn demon would be stupid if he thought that he'd be able to fight against all of us."

All Yukito did was smile in response.

"Perhaps we should go down," Tomoyo suggested, "they did fall there and just in case, two of us can stay on the top."

"Well I'm going. I'm bashing that brat to pieces if he did anything to her," Touya said hopping off the cliff, "Oi! Kaijuu! We're going down."

"Tomoyo-chan?"

"Yes, Yukito-san?"

"Why don't you go down too? I'm sure Sakura would be glad."

"Are you sure you don't mind?"

"Of course."

"Then..." Tomoyo sprang gracefully and disappeared into the darkness below.

Both Tomoyo and Touya stretched out their arms, like they had been taught, just before landing to keep their balance.

Landing, heel first, the two of them stopped outside a cave. The cave was drowning in the wild sent of the demon, the strongest coming from a nearby tree.

The dying embers of the fire inside the cave signified that the demon was close.

It was then, that Sakura ran outside.

"Nii-san! Tomoyo-chan!"

"Sakura-chan!"

"Kaijuu!"

Tomoyo took out an arrow from her quiver and shot it straight into the air.

Not long after, Yukito and Eriol jumped down from the cliff and Sakura held them all in a tight hug.

The four newcomers stiffened when they suddenly sensed a hostile aura.

The demon bristled at the sight of the five hunters. He knew very well that he was trapped and although he was able to run back up the cliff face, it'd take a lot of time.

Judging by the fully armed clan, he knew it was insolent to have trusted a human, even if it was in the slightest.

One of them took a step forward holding a whip and lashed it out as Syaoran snarled in pain before taking a small step back, holding his grazed shoulder.

"Stop!" Sakura's voice rang out clearly as she ran in front to place herself in between the demon and her brother.

"What is it Kaijuu? You want to kill him yourself?" Touya asked irritatedly.

"This demon saved my life and didn't kill me while I was unconscious. He should des-" Sakura coughed out some blood, eyes wide open and staring at the bloodied blade which had forced its way through her stomach. She turned her head to look behind her and saw cold, emotionless amber eyes.

Syaoran withdrew Sakura's scythe and shook off the blood with a single swing, "That was for Terada-san." With another swing, the blade embedded itself into her shoulder and blood gushed out. Sakura coughed out some more blood and collapsed to the floor, "That was for the rest of the Hissori and this is for Takeshi." Just as Syaoran was about to give a finishing blow, three arrows slashed through the air and drove their way through Syaoran's arm.

Syaoran gritted his teeth as he snapped the arrows off. He knew that if he removed them completely, he would die of blood loss sooner or later.

"You should take care of that human," Syaoran hissed readying his getaway and throwing down her scythe, "She doesn't have long left. And I still owe her the punishment for killing Takeshi. Goodbye." With one last look at the blank emerald eyes of the female hunter, Syaroan jumped and clung onto the cliff face before springing again and gradually moving out of sight.

"Yukito, get the first aid kit! Tomoyo, rip a cloth and get her shoulder to stop bleeding. Eriol, you get her stomach to stop bleeding. I'll set up the tent."

The group nodded and immediately did as they were told. It wasn't long after until Sakura was trembling on a makeshift bed with Tomoyo beside her, whispering encouragingly.

"Shit, the gaki got away."

"Mind your language, Touya," Yukito said, "we can trace him tomorrow. For now, we're tired. Go to sleep."

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Syaoran's POV

I nearly howled in pain when I ripped the arrows from my arm. The wound had started to turn a strange purple colour. Poison, perhaps?

I mercilessly bit at my arm and attempted to get the poison out. It wasn't long after until the scent of the toxin disappeared from my body.

That night, those emerald green eyes haunted my dreams. The fact that a human was willing to protect someone from an enemy species astounded me. I had to do something before my resolve had wavered. Despite being part of the Hissori, I was still originally human, no matter how much I denied it, and I still had human emotions.

I drifted into an uneasy sleep and could only think of those blank, green, lifeless orbs.

That was a lot longer than one of my average chapters. And I realised I write a lot about eyes in here...

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Peace.

Sky~