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This story is inspired by both InuYasha and Fushigi Yuugi. Much of the two plots are mixed into this story, except all the characters are my own. They are just based on the characters of the two anime. I'm sure you'll be able to figure out who portrays who if you know the two anime, but even if you don't this story explains it's self, you don't need any knowledge of InuYasha and Fushigi Yuugi to enyoy this story.

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-Ookamilover19

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"Why are you not riding with Ikaku?" Saiqua whispered.

"Ikaku is…in a tender situation already. I'm not going to make it worse," I chuckled. "How far is it to the next village?"

"Lyonk is a two days walk, why?"

"Just wondering," I whispered.

Now:

From morning to early afternoon Kauris talked on and on. We all listened quietly to her stories and songs, enjoying her company. When afternoon came, I got off Saiqua's horse and walked. I looked back after an hour of walking and saw Kauris asleep against Kalot.

When the sun disappeared, we went off the road to make camp. I pulled Kauris off the horse so Kalot could get down. His snakes appeared near the fire Saiqua had built and Kalot took Kauris from me and laid her on the snakes like a pillow. He covered her with a blanket then sat next to her and stared into the fire.

"Why are you so gentle to her?" I asked crouching next to him.

"Before I became a thief, I had a family of my own, an amazing and beautiful wife and a daughter that was 4 years old. During a feud between a couple demonic clans, they got caught in the crossfire and died so I left my clan so I wouldn't be reminded, but this girl…"

"Oh, I'm sorry Kalot," I whispered.

"I'm going to treat her like I did with my Angel." I nodded then I stood up and walked over to a tree and sat against it.

"What are you doing?" Ikaku sighed, coming over.

"It's my night on watch duty. You can't do it every night," I whispered. "It's your turn to get some sleep."

"Kina—"

"This is a battle you won't win, Ikaku. You may be half demon, but you are also half human. Stop being self-sacrificing," I snapped.

"Okay," he whispered defeated, and laid down next to me.

"How are you feeling since Kauris hit you?" I whispered, looking at the stars.

"I've been better," he muttered, yawning. "Night, Kina."

"Night…" I trailed off.

I looked around and studied the clearing. Saiqua made sure the horses were tied down then came over and lay near the fire. Kalot was already a sleep and was curled around Kauris. I smiled to myself as I watched them sleep.

In the middle of the night, I stood up and stretched. I fed the fire, mostly to make sure Kauris stayed warm then sat back down to the sleeping Ikaku. He rolled and his head shifted onto my thigh. I laughed inwardly as I watched the silvery-blue haired demon sleep.

When morning came, I moved Ikaku's head off my leg gently and stood up. The fire finally completely died and I smiled at how Kalot was curled around Kauris still. I hurried out of the clearing to answer my body's needs then came back to the clearing; everyone was still sleeping as birds started singing as the sun rose.

I walked over and knelt by Ikaku and brushed his hair out of his face and studied the peaceful expression that I never saw. My fingers brushed along his cheek and he rolled over away from me in his sleep. I smiled and walked over to the horses and pulled off my sword before brushing Arco. I heard someone wake up, but I didn't pay attention to what part of the clearing it came from because I was enjoying grooming Arco.

A breeze came into the clearing and washed over me, swirling my hair around me. I crouched down and put the brush back into the saddle back and stood up and backed up a couple feet then turned around but ran into Ikaku; this was the second time that this has happened when I wasn't paying attention.

I looked up at him, surprised and throat thick that I couldn't talk. He looked down at me and brushed my hair out of my face as the wind died down. As his fingers brushed my cheek I shivered and stepped back confused. The look in his eyes confused me because I had never seen that expression on him before.

"Ikaku…" I breathed, but then I heard the others waking up.

I gave Ikaku one last glance then turned around and sprinted into the forest. I stopped about after a mile and sat down against a tree stump that was three feet tall and five feet in diameter. I was breathing hard and was so confused.

Why was I running and what was I running from exactly? I felt tears roll down my cheeks as my emotions leaked. I was so up in my thoughts that I didn't know anyone was near me until I felt the dagger to my throat. I froze and pulled myself back to reality.

About 30 rugged men were surrounding me. Someone was on the stump behind me with the dagger to my throat. They all were human, but they probably could act as mean as demons with their appearance.

"Well, well, well, what did we catch today?" a man came through the men and the moment I saw him, I knew he was a demon.

He was about 6'2" and was built to perfection. He was wearing dark blue pants, but his purple shirt was open so I saw his sculpted chest. His eyes were maroon and his hair was black, wavy and went to his waist.

I looked up at him and frowned, he had purple eyeliner on.

"What are you frowning at, girlie?" the demon studied me. "Stand her up."

Two men came forward and grabbed my arms as the dagger left my throat. I was pulled to my feet and I actually laughed at that. One of the men near me growled, probably because I didn't take the group seriously.

"Don't hurt her," the demon laughed.

"Do you think we got a good catch?" someone laughed.

"Hard to tell with those clothes on," he smiled, pulling out his own dagger.

He moved closer and stopped less than a foot away. He put the dagger near the hollow of my throat and put it under the cloth and pulled down, ripping my whole tunic. The men holding my arms jerked it off. A sound escaped my throat and it excited the demon.

"Master Caiton, look at this." I was turned around so I faced away from the demon and my hair was pulled away from my back. "Look at this scar."

The demon's fingers traced my lower back and I jerked in the men's grip. Caiton wrapped his arms around my waist, still holding the dagger. He put the dagger inside the edge of my pants and jerked it. The men ripped my pants and I stood there against the demon in only my black bra and booty shorts. Oh, how I wished I had my sword with me at the moment.

"Oh, yeah, we caught a good one alright. She's still pure," the demon laughed, giving his dagger to someone.

His hands moved over my body and I shivered. One of his hands closed over my breast and the other one slid down and held me outside of the shorts. I froze as I realized what could happen to me in that very moment.

"What happened to your back?" the demon whispered in my ear.

I forced my voice to be full of anger, "It's what happened when I met my first demon, minutes later it was dead, just like you will be very soon. All demons that touch me die very quickly." Oh, Ikaku please come after me! I screamed inwardly.

"Well, I'm going to have some fun 'til that happens," he growled, squeezing outside of my shorts and I gasped. "That's it…makes this fun for me."

He moved his hand up then went inside my shorts and groped me under the cloth. I forced my body to shut down so I didn't relax or make a sound. Around me, I heard the constant laughing of the men as they groped themselves. My bra disappeared and I panicked.

"IKAKU!" I screamed, closing my eyes tightly.

"Who are you calling for, girlie?" the demon growled.

"Me, now get your filthy hands off of her," Ikaku growled and I searched for him.

"You're just a half-blood, what are you going to do, kill me?" Caiton mocked, throwing me to the side and I hit a tree and fell in a heap on the ground. I was on my side, arms and hair covering my torso.

"Kina!" Ikaku yelled, but I couldn't move or speak. All I could do was keep my eyes on him.

He had both of my swords strapped to his waist and he drew them both, growling. He jumped at Caiton, killing some of the men that got in his way. All the humans ran in front of Caiton to protect him, but met their death as Ikaku charged, infuriated.

Soon all the humans were dead and Caiton was the only one left. Ikaku charged and had both swords in his chest before he could even blink.

"Yeah, I am going to kill you," he growled then pulled out one sword and beheaded him. He cleaned the swords off on the demon's clothes, sheathed them then ran to me. "Kina, can you hear me?"

"I…ka…ku…" a tear ran down my cheek. "Ikaku!" I cried and threw myself into him, not caring that I mostly naked. I sobbed and clung onto him with what energy I had left.

"Are you hurt?" he whispered in my hair, wrapping his arms around my bare waist. I shook my head, crying harder. "Shh, I'm here, no one hurt you now."

It took a while but I finally stopped crying, but I held onto him still. His hands were rubbing up and down my back, soothingly. I finally let my hands let go of him and I pulled back slowly making sure my hair covered my torso and I held my torso. Ikaku took of his black tunic, which left him in a red shirt and handed me his tunic. I slid it on and it went to about mid-thigh.

"Thanks," I whispered, standing up. "I'm sorry I ran…"

"Why did you run?" Ikaku turned his back on me and started walking though the dead bodies.

"I'm not sure… I may have just over-reacted." I followed him, looking down.

"To what, me brushing your hair out of your face?" he stopped and turned to me.

"I…I don't know…" I refused to look at him. "Can we just go, please?"

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