Chapter 11
Kakashi and Shiroibara ate silently at dinner. It was a tense moment, Shiroibara could tell that Kakashi wanted to ask about earlier. Even if this was her new home, until she can find a better place to hide, she couldn't let these humans know her secret. If they found out, there's no doubt that she'll be discovered, killed and her old village full of creatures like herself will be killed off. Even if she did despise them, she didn't want to be the cause of her species' own extinction.
She didn't believe humans were capable of killing those creatures but, it has happened before and she has seen it with her own eyes. She has even been caught in a crossfire between humans and demons once.
"Yuki! Where are you going?" Shiroibara was 5 years-old at the time. It was a dark night, Shiroibara and Yuki were in the backyard playing. Yuki sensed something far away and jumped out of Shiroibara's arms. Curiosity over came the miniature fox and she ran towards the scene. Shiroibara worried for her pet, it was a present from her grandmother. Her grandmother was something you would call a witch, she gave Shiroibara the fox so she wouldn't be lonely. She was now dead, murdered by a human. Shiroibara followed her companion. "Yuki! Stop!"
Yuki continued running until she reached the commotion. Shiroibara quickly caught up. "Now I got you! You shouldn't run away Yuki, you could get hurt." She snuggled Yuki against her chest and looked around the area she was lead to.
Shiroibara gasped and clutched Yuki closely to her chest. Hundreds of bodies lay on the ground, a village laid in ruins and people ran around with weapons and fire. Creatures came out of the darkness and attacked some of humans. It was a species of demon, the incubus and succubus. One of Incubus were caught violating the daughter of a lord from a village not too far away.
He was followed back to his village and a battle broke out. Shiroibara was too close for comfort to the battle. Suddenly a scream was heard behind her. She turned to look, but one of the demons was behind her and slashed at her with his claws. She flew back in pain and still held onto Yuki as she hit a tree a few yards away. She was hit on the side of her back and bleeding a lot. Shiroibara was losing a lot of blood and her vision blurred. She looked out to see the battle continue, more and more humans came in and killed more demons off.
No one paid any attention to her as she cried, Yuki struggled to get out of her grip and finally released her self. Yuki disappeared into the night and Shiroibara whimpered, she was all alone now. At any time, a human or demon can turn on her and attack. Flames engulfed the buildings in the village and panic rose. She was terrified, she didn't want to die. Shiroibara slowly faded into unconsciousness.
"Shiroibara?" Kakashi asked, a bit worried by the look on her face. His voice startled her and she came back into reality. She shook her head to get fid of the remaining memories.
"Huh? Sorry, I just spaced out. I'm done." Shiroibara got up to clear he plate but, was stopped by Kakashi.
"Shiroibara, I need to ask you some questions." Shiroibara glanced at Kakashi. She faked a yawn. "Oh, I'm so tired. You can ask them tomorrow." She tried to get up again.
"Shiroibara." Kakashi glared at her. She sighed.
"Fine. But make it quick." Kakashi nodded and Shiroibara sat back down.
"Alright I'll go straight to the point, what's with the ears from before?" Shiroibara sighed. 'Figured he would ask…'
She smiled at Kakashi. "Well if you must know… I'm a neko." Kakashi just stared at her. He then cocked an eyebrow at her.
"How dumb do you think I am?" Shiroibara tapped her fingers on her chin, pretending to be thinking hard about it.
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Kakashi glared at her.
"Look, as long as you live in my house you shall give me respect and answer my questions." Shiroibara shrugged.
"So, what did you say about living by myself?" Kakashi crossed his arms against his chest and leaned back in his chair.
"Well, as long as your broke you'll live in a cardboard box. Don't worry, we start out duties as Shinobi tomorrow and you'll be able to get paid. As for now, since your so tenacious and Sassy, you can use it to wash the dishes tonight." Kakashi grinned and left the room.
Shiroibara huffed. "Well, I plan on making money so I can live on my own honey. It's not like I'm not used to living outside and on my own. Been like that for a while now…" Shiroibara mumbled as she gathered the dishes and brought them over to the sink.
Meanwhile, Kakashi was just outside of the kitchen and he heard what she said. Kakashi sighed walked over to his bedroom. He took his shower and got ready for bed. He thought about Shiroibara and what she had said. 'Why would she be walking in the forest in the first place? Where are her parents? Are they dead? What was that thing and why did it attack her? Could I have put the Leaf Village in danger by letting this girl stay here? Maybe I should talk to the Hokage about this…?' Kakashi sighed as he flopped onto his bed and quickly fell asleep.
Meanwhile Shiroibara finished washing the dishes and began getting ready for bed. She looked at the scar left on her back, it was obvious that it wasn't going away any time soon. She sighed and got dressed. She jumped into bed and the memories came back to her, unwillingly.
"Shiroibara? Sweetie, wake up. You okay?" She slowly woke up to see her beautiful mother sitting beside her.
"M-mother? What happened? Where am I?" Her mother smiled.
"Your home, don't worry. Everything is all right. Are you alright? Does it hurt?" Shiroibara shook her head.
"I'm ok. Did Yuki get you?" She shook her head.
"Actually, she got your uncle. He found you and quickly brought you back here. I was so worried, Shiroibara."
"Mommy I was so scared…" She began whimpering as she remembered what happened. Her mother comforted her by hugging her and rubbing her back.
"It's ok sweetie, your safe now. No one will hurt you my love." Shiroibara cried onto her mother's shoulder.
Shiroibara wiped the single tear that rolled down her cheek. "Mother…" She slowly fell asleep, pictures of her mother clouding her mind as she lost consciousness.
Shiroibara lost it when she found her mother dead, she was everything to Shiroibara. She was her best friend and now she was gone. Her father was always gone so, she barely saw him. She still loved him very much but, she was a lot closer to her mother. Shiroibara used to be so happy, bubbly and outgoing but, her heart broke into a million peaces when she found her mother dead. Shiroibara changed drastically, she was less happy and nice. She was more distant and didn't trust anyone anymore. She only relied on herself and enjoyed Yuki's companionship. She refused to get close to anyone, whether it's human, demonic, an animal or something else. Shiroibara plunged into the darkness and it's going to take a miracle for her to come out.
Hmm, not my best but, I want to get some more info out. DX A little harder than I thought. Oh well, I tried. I want to know what you people think! Oh, and be nice to little girls! YEESH! If you don't want to talk just say so, NICELY! :P You know who you are! Anyway, RATE & REVIEW & RECOMMEND!
