Akuma: Today's song is Dogs by Pink Floyd. I'm sorry for the late chapter, but I was currently at the cabin and there fore unable to write stories. Also, I met another guy, but I might be breaking up with him. It seems he only wants to cyber with me. Unlike Tim, who would make me feel better when I'm sad and other stuff. This guy thinks the only way to make me happy is to cyber with me. And he only told me he loved me once. Grr...I am going to break up with him. I want my Tim back (cries)! Sorry, excuse that.
I would like to thank Ferdinandstrat, InuKa Taisho, and Ayame for making this chapter possible and to help me through my sickness.
I would wish for you to look up the song, Dogs by Pink Floyd, and listen to it. and please don't imagine that it's Arashi's voice. that's coming up later.
I still need more songs for my chapters, please donate a few suggestions. (I lost my whole playlist with my storyline. So I have to start over again.)
Chapter 10: Murder Under the Moon
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The next day, Arashi woke up with a low heart. During breakfast, Kousen noticed his daughter making strange glances over to Yuuki. He wondered what was on his daughter's mind. What would make her feel so twitchy. "I talked with Kiri-sama earlier. She says that we should come later so she can restock her herbs." Kousen broke the silence between them.
Yuuki silently gulped down another peice of food, "Can I not come this time?" She closed her eyes as she set down her cup of tea.
"Why, you love going to Kiri-sama." Kousen looked towards Arashi with curious eyes, "You would never hesitate to ever miss a chance to meet her."
Arashi gently looked towards her father, "I know, I want to meet her again, but..." she looked at the table for her pause. She stayed up all night thinking when she knew she had to get rest for tonight. So she decided it would be best if she took a nap after she spoke with Mumei to gather her strength. "I'm just a little tired, that's all."
Kousen sighed, a normal youkai would not be tired, even if they stood up for 48 hours with out a wink of sleep. But, Arashi was a hanyou, she had more limits that he had, along with the fact that tonight was the full moon and her transformation, and his, was weakening them over the day. "It's not like you to give up a simple trip just because you are tried." Kousen smirked.
"Well, I am" Arashi frowned as she let her bangs cover her eyes. "It's the full moon tonight, and I don't want to have weakness problems."
Kousen sighed, it wasn't out of the ordinary that Arashi didn't care about weakness. "Well, I guess it's okay." Kousen scratched his head. He noticed then that he had ate all the food in front of him, along with Arashi and Yuuki. "I guess you are excused, Arashi."
Arashi quickly got up and walked out the door, not looking back.
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A male youkai bursted through another pair of bushes and tripped on a root to find himself face down in the dirt. "ow..." he whispered. He slowly got up and rubbed a bump on his temple, his black hair fell over his shoulder. He opened his amber eyes to the ground and noticed a rock implanted in front of him, "So, that's why my head hurts." He also noticed the claw that hung around his neck, a green and black tye die mix colour which made it a Wood Youkai Claw, was still hanging from his neck. "No matter how many times I try, you never seem to fall of my neck." he smirked as he held the claw in the palm of his hand. He placed the claw back in his haori and chuckled. He slowly got up, and looked ahead of him, and gasped and forgot his pain.
There in front of him, between a set a tress that held a border to a feild walked by a wolfdog hanyou female. Time seem to stopped once he saw her, the wind blew her silver hair that had black tips and her indigo eyes reflected beautifully the sun's rays. Her maroon haori was tight on her chest and her black obi was tight on her waist and showed her slenderness. The youkai also noticed that she had white dog ears that were flat against her head and her white wolf tail was wagging behind her gracefully. He wanted to know who this beauty was by calling out to her. Then time regain itself when she heard the cackeling of a raven behind him.
He turned to see his friend that was a raven look like he was laughing. "It's not funny, Mumei." he growled. He turned to see if the woman was there still, but she was gone. "Maybe it was a dream."
Mumei started cackeling to him, speaking his language to him. He turned back to him, "I know, Mumei, she was beautiful."
Mumei kept quiet as his beady black eyes looked at him, his beak claped.
"What, you know her?" his amber eyes grew, he then saw Mumei nod his head, "What is her name?" He listened carefully as Mumei spoke her name through the raven's native tounge which this youkai male knew for he is half raven, half wolf. "Arashi..." he whispered, repeating what the raven spoke to him. "Mumei, is there any way I can reach her..."
Mumei knew he spoke to much, and spoke in his raven tounge. The wolfraven youkai looked strangely at the raven, "But the-" Mumei flapped up into the air with powerful wings with loose black feathers falling off his wings. The youkai looked up to see the raven dissapear into the trees.
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Arashi looked around the river scenery, "Mumei!" she shouted. Her indigo eyes traced the skys again, looking for her raven friend. "Where are you you stupid raven?" Arashi joked.
Mumei flapped up behind her and clacked, an annoyed look in his eyes.
Arashi was surprised by the raven's squak and yelped. "Mumei, don't surprise me like that." she laughed.
Mumei landed on her shoulder, the annoyed look still hanging in his eyes. He claped his beak to give another comment to the wolfdog hanyou.
"Sorry about that." Arashi rolled her eyes, "You are not a dumb raven." Her giggle made her heart a little higher than it was that morning.
Mumei rolled his eyes and shook his head. The raven gave a sigh as he looked at his friend, "Caw?"
Arashi nodded, "Yep, I'm ready for your teachings." She watched Mumei flap off her shoulder and land on a rock in front of Arashi while the hanyou sat down. "What did you learn in Ireland, Mumei?"
The raven cawed his adventures with the Celts. Taught her their food and customs and taught her a few of the songs he heard them sing. Arashi listened with her dog ears pointed towads the raven, her mind added the new information. But, the back of her mind was still troubled by what was going to unfold tonight, a murder under the full moon.
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Chiyo layed in a feild, smiling as the warm rays of the sun washed her body. She had her eyes closed and a simple smile showed her pleasure. Her hand slid up and to her neck and pulled on a leather strap to pull out a claw from the chest of her yukata. The claw was blue and purple ty dye mix. A water youkai claw. She wrapped her fingers over the smoothness of the claw. Miyuki gave her the claw on her 17th birthday, passing on the family's item that her Grandfather Kouga gave to her Grandmother Ayame. Who passed it down to Miyuki who now gave it to the hands of Chiyo. Kousen gave Arashi the Fire Youkai claw too on Arashi's 17th birthday. Arashi wouldn't accept Yuuki's Earth Youkai Claw. Yuuki's claw wouldn't come off her neck for some reason anyway.
Chiyo also remembered, when the leather strap fell on the nape of her neck. It felt like a power had opened up in her blood. What also bothered her is that the Water Claw never wanted to come off. Arashi told her the same problem that happened with her when Kousen gave her the Fire Youkai Claw. Chiyo sighed and placed the claw back.
"Heh, passing away the time, huh little Chiyo."
Chiyo stood up instantly and saw a woman, obviously an angel by the looks of her wings, or at least as much of an angel a youkai can become. But her wolf tail gave Chiyo the imprestion that she was a wolf youkai in her past life. She had brown hair that barely brushed her shoulders and green eyes with a look of michief in them that went along with the smirk played across her face along with a blue yukata with a purple obi. "Well, are you going to stare at me all day catching bugs with your open mouth or are you going to talk?" the wolf youkai angel laughed.
"Who are you?" Chiyo slowly started to skid away, What angel/youkai would know my name and face?
The wolf smile, "I am Ayame. Your Grandmother." Ayame's face went suddenly pale when she just realized, she was a grandmother.
"Grandmother Ayame?" Chiyo whispered, then a smile spreaded across her face, "GRANDMOTHER AYAME!" Chiyo ran up to her and wrapped her arms around the youkai/angel.
Ayame petted Chiyo's hair, "Please, Chiyo, just call me Ayame" Ayame gave out a nervous laugh.
Chiyo looked up to the wolf's emerald eyes, and nodded and stepped away to look at her grandmother, "So, why did you come down here?"
"I just wanted to talk to you about the Elements..." Ayame smirked.
"The what?" Chiyo looked strangely up to her grandmother, "Elements? You mean you want to teach me about fire, water, earth, metal, and wood?"
Ayame's face turend to a grimice, "Did anybody tell you about Tsumi yet?" She was replied with a shake of Chiyo's head to show that there was no knowledge of anybody telling her of Tsumi. Ayame sighed, "Well, if I told you, there would be more confusion going in your mind. Just run to Miyuki, and make sure Kiba isn't around. And tell her, that since she knows of the Element's True Forms, and to please not tell any other soul about the forms. I know she has for the past 17 years, but it still has to be kept quiet."
Chiyo stared at her grandmother in confusion, "If that's all you wanted to tell me, then this would have to be a very useless visit, wouldn't it?" And a very confusing one indeed..., Chiyo added in her mind.
Ayame sighed, "Also tell her that Elements are now aligned with the right bodies, and this year is the year to keep a keen eye for the people who will bring back Tsumi." The wolf stood straight, "These people will do anything to the bloodbearers to get their blood to bring their beloved one back."
The young Chiyo wondered why her grandmother was making all these violent remarks about blood and elements and, Who is this Tsumi, Chiyo asked herself. He sounds like someone that Ayame and the others are afraid of or hate. She then noticed her grandmother stepping away, the white aura that surrounded her was growing imense. "Wait, Grandmother Ayame!"
The wolf angel/youkai stopped in her tracks when she heard her labeled as a grandmother, "What is it?"
"What about my Grandfather? And is Arashi's grandmother, Akuma, real?"
"Oh, you mean Kouga. He's stubborn as usuall." Ayame smirked, "Akuma is real," she snickered, "What, did someone tell you that she was a myth? Well, it seems like Akuma is overflattering herself again." Ayame waved good-bye to Chiyo and walked off again, the white aura grew to a blinding light and quickly disapeared to reveal empty space.
Chiyo blinked a few times to get the spots away from her vision. She wondered on what she just saw, and shook it away. "It must have been all a dream." she sighed. Then decided it would be best to tell her Mother about it.
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Mumei sang the song again, finally seeing when Arashi repeated the song again, to have the lyrics perfect and the pitch in place. The raven nodded his head, "Caw! Ca-Caw."
Arashi smiled and nodded her head, "Thank you, Mumei. If it wasn't for your teachings, I wouldn't have known about this world beyond the sea." She matted down the raven's black feathers with her hand. She then yawned and streached her arms.
"Caw...Ca-caw. Ca-caw." Mumei blinked.
"I know, I'm tired." she said with a groggy voice, "I hardly slept last night...I de-"
Mumei replied instantly with the clack of his bead, "Ca?"
Arashi's indigo eyes narrowed on a blade of grass, "Yes..." she sighed out.
Mumei sighed and shook his head, "Caw..ca-caw caw. Caw Caw"
"I know, but...she has caused me so much pain. I just can't back down now. After how much I planned." Arashi's fist tightened.
"...ca" Mumei lowered his head, then he remembered a promise, "Caw-ca ca caw! Caw-ca!"
Mumei lowered his head, then he remembered a promise,Arashi instantly looked at the raven, "Misuteru-kun? I don't know him...why are you asking me to keep an eyeout for him?"
The raven snickered and winked his eye, "Caw ca"
"Tell me, Mumei, who is this Misuteru, and wh-"
The black bird flapped his powerful wings, and flew up into the blue sky, snickering away thoughts of his two friends meeting at love's first sight.
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At sunset, Arashi was still out. Kousen and Yuuki had just got home. Kousen layed down his mate on a bamboo futon. "I wonder where Arashi had gone..." Kousen brushed away some sweat of Yuuki's brow. Yuuki blankly stared at the celing, a current side effect had made her speachless in her words. Kousen could feel the transformation of the wolf quickly take over his body, which would make him in the shape of the wolf very soon. He looked out at the setting sun and the soon-to-be-rising full moon. "Arashi should come home soon..."
Arashi stood a distance away from her home, just near enough for her eyes to see it clearly but just far away for her father not to sent her. Her heart pounded as the coming moment was coming sooner, the time seemed to be slowing down, growing the tension. She thought it would be best to past the time by singing a song Mumei taught her awhile ago...
"You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need.
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street,
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed.
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight,
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder.
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you
get older.
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south,
Hide your head in the sand,
Just another sad old man,
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone.
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw
around.
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone,
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused.
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used.
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise.
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this
maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend.
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everything's done under the sun,
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
Who was born in a house full of pain.
Who was trained not to spit in the fan.
Who was told what to do by the man.
Who was broken by trained personnel.
Who was fitted with collar and chain.
Who was given a pat on the back.
Who was breaking away from the pack.
Who was only a stranger at home.
Who was ground down in the end.
Who was found dead on the phone.
Who was dragged down by the stone."
Kousen growled, "Damn Arashi," he could feel his tranformation take place on his body. Before long, he was a wolf standing in the hut, Yuuki still staring blankly into space. "I'll be back, Yuuki. I'm going to look for Arashi." And with his wolf tail flying behind him, he ran outside and started using his scent and instinct to look for his hanyou daughter.
Arashi saw her father run out of the hut and out into the wilderness and she smirked. She knew she was a wolf herself, and knew it would be easier anyway for her not to get caught. She slowly stalked back to her home, keeping her scent and vision high for any creatures or youkais she knew or would alert her presense. Luckily, she had made it all the way to her home. She looked carefully, her indigo wolf eyes spotted the lights out in both Chiyo and Houshou's homes. And smiled and hoped she could not disturb anyone.
Arashi slowly walked in the hut, her paw pads helped with the silence. She knew where all the creaky floorboards were by years of studying. The hanyou stepped over these as he walked to her mother and smirked as she saw the human sleep. Her tounge rubbed her fangs and she knew she had to get this done and now. She opened her mouth wide and snapped quickly on the windpipe of Yuuki.
Yuuki's eyes grew wide as she felt herself not breath anymore. She saw a white wolf with black tips and indigo eyes clossing it's fangs on her windpipe, choking her to death. Yuuki tried to scream, but her sickness made her lame. "Kousen..." she whisped out with as much breath as she could use.
The hanyou smiled as she saw Yuuki's pain. She let go of her windpipe, which now had teeth marks in it. (she didn't bite down completely, only enough to close it.) then snapped onto her heart, breaking the skin just a little, and twisted her head slightly. Yuuki's pain grew more, and knew she was about to die.
Kousen sent a mind transmission, ARASHI, WHERE ARE YOU?, he shouted with his mind to his daughter. He stepped once more, when he felt the scar on his paw pad give him pain. Kousen sat down and looked at it, It's not infected..., he looked at the scar turning white and it started to feel itchy and painful, It's..., his ice-blue eyes grew , Yuuki's in trouble. He set down his paw and ran in a bee-line towards his hut, starting to smell Yuuki's blood spill on the floor.
Arashi was having imense fun with giving her mother pain. This is for all the pain you have caused me, just for being a human. Arashi laughed. She knew she had Yuuki know, when she was about to give a fatal injury to her mother's heart. When she paused,
YUUKI!
Arashi knew too well that was her father's thoughts. She closed out all her thoughts so her father won't get any ideas that she was here. She quickly ran outside and ran to the river to wash off the blood and scent and quickly went back and hid behind a tree and waited until she saw her father.
Almost when Kousen was about to enter the hut, Arashi walked from behind a tree. Her fur in damp clots. Father...whats wrong? I could hear your thoughts all the way from the river.
Kousen growled, Something is wrong with Yuuki...he stepped in and almost backed out. There was his mate, blood coming from her throat and her heart. Arashi saw what happened, and put on an act as if she was surprised too by the scene. Kousin, knowing as a wolf there was no way to help him. Ordered Arashi to get Miyuki, Kiba, Satsuki, and Sesshoumaru to help.
Arashi agreed, and woke up her aunts and uncles. And while her family was fixing up and wondering what had happened to Yuuki. Arashi stood outside, greiving over how she failed in her mission to kill Yuuki.
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Akuma: I know, it got kinda short at the end because I was making this chapter WAY too long. And to tell Ayame, Arashi does not have problems. She is just a little mixed up in the world. Misuteru will come...well...(snicker)