Chapter 27: Attacked

Amaterasu stopped crying a while, but she still sniffed and shook from the hiccuping sobs she had left in her. I cradled her in my arms, like i was protecting her, shielding her from her sorrows. She wiped the tears off and looked at me, "Ishimaru...thank you," she said softly.

I smiled softly and patted her head, "It's okay, as long as you're feeling better," I told her, still holding her in my arms.

The truth was, i didn't want to let go of her, her body felt warm in my arms, and I was sure she didn't want to let go either. She nestled her head on my chest, her wolf ears flattening and her hand on my stomach.

"Thank you..." she said kindly.

I smiled softly, then I saw that the moon was coming out and realized we where out all night.

"We should head back," I said to her.

She nodded and we let go of each other, slightly blushing a bit. "Um...how are we going to get past the guards?" i asked her.

"Easy, just go into wolf form and follow my lead," she said with a little grin.

We both transformed and Ammy rubbed her head on my lower jaw, her tail went up and drew two lines, then I saw time itself slow down but we where still going at normal speed and there was a heavy mist everywhere.

"Come on!" Amaterasu said and took off past the guards, i followed quickly and passed the guards as time became normal again.

"When could you do that?" I asked her once we made it to a save location to hide form the guards.

It's a brush techinque I have that can slow time down," Amaterasu said.

When we heard the guards leave we made our escape back to the Commoner's Quarters. While we passed some people who stayed up at night i noticed that there was something, or someone, close to us. But when I turned to look there was no one, we reached the gates and soon were in Ryoshima coast.

"Hey Ammy..." I began.

"Mm?" she looked at me.

"Listen...i-if it's not to much trouble...do you think...you could stay with me tonight?" I asked. 'What am i thinking?! She'll probably say no I just know it!' I thought.

"Sure," I heard her say and I looked at her.

"You will?/You will?" Both me and Issun asked with surprise.

"Well, i just thought I'd thank you for back there, and I'll stay in wolf form, since human form would be awkward," Amaterasu said.

I looked at her, then at Issun, "Well, if my boss says its okay, then i'll go with her, just no horseplay you two!" he said, causing Ammy to tilt her head and into her mouth again before spitting him out.

"Not funny furball!" he yelled, causing us to laugh.

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The two of us walked back to the Temple and found the others talking to each other.

"Man where were you Ishimaru? I was just telling these guys about Fukumaru," Shinji said.

"Ugh, don't even mention him!" I groaned in human form.

"Who's Fukumaru?" Amaterasu asked.

"He's the school's 'girl guru' and above all, pervert," I told her.

"He has the BWH (Body, Waist, Hip) measurements of every girl in the school," Shinji said.

"And he's partially responsible for why we never get girls...or something like that," Kodak said.

"Except you," Shinji muttered.

"That's because I stay quiet, unlike you, who tries to flirt with them," Kodak replied.

"Wow, this Fukumaru guy sounds like trouble," Ohoyama said sternly, trying to change the subject.

"Yeah, if he saw Ammy right now, he'd be poking around for her measurements, amoung other things," I muttered.

"Then he'd have to deal with us," Waka said motioning his head to Ohoyama and himself.

"Be thankful Ammy you never meet him...but if he did see you now, I'd say he'd put you in the B class," Shinji said and glanced at Ammy's chest (Yeah, I forgot to mention Ammy's a B cup, but I didn't want to sound like a pervert).

Her reply was a scratch on the face from both her and Ohoyama. I just looked at Shinji, who was rolling over the floor with six scratches from wolf's paws on his face, then started laughing, "You deserved that!" I told him. Amaterasu glared at me and I shut up since I didn't want to upset her.

"So, I guess I'll turn in, night guys," I said to them.

"Good Night monsieur," Waka said, I swear, i think he enjoys pissing me off.

"Night," Ohoyama said.

"Night~" Shinji moaned.

"See ya tomorrow," Kodak said.

I nodded and went to my room and closed the door, one thing kept appearing in my head: Amaterasu crying like that at Himiko's grave. That image was litterally burned into my skull, I hated seeing her like that and I hope that I never see her face like that. I heard a scratching sound and opened it to find Ammy there outside and she walked in.

"Sorry, I forgot I let you stay with me," I said and scratched my head. Amaterasu didn't reply to my comment.

"Listen, if this is about what Shinji said earlier he was just joking...wait, that's not a good way to say it, let me start again," I said.

"It's fine, I know he didn't mean it what he said..." Amaterasu said to me.

"Then how come you're all quiet?" I asked.

"To be honest...I'm afraid, I can sense Deathscythe's power growing and just now I sensed someone following us from the city, I don't want to lose you or the others...not like how I lost Saruta..." Amaterasu muttered.

Saruta...that was a name that kept ringing up in my head. "Wait...then...Saruta...and you were..." I began.

"Yes, we where dating before he had been killed 100 years ago...the reason why I chose to stay with you was because I wanted to tell you this, you're one of the few i can trust Ishimaru...plus...I don't want you to die like he did," Ammy said to me.

I was stunned by this as Amaterasu came towards me and nestled her head on my shoulder, "Ishimaru..." she said to me softly and rubbed her snout against my cheek. I was surprised by this but i put my hand on her head and petted her slowly. Then we heard a loud crash and our little moment was interrupted by it, "What was that?" I said and got up. I grabbed my wolf mask and put it on and ran as I was transforming to the outside of the Temple. I stopped when I saw the others in front of me and saw someone come out of the cloud of dust. I froze when i suddenly saw a man wearing black armor and a pheasant feathered helmet and had the halberd in his hand.

Kodak, Shinji and I all froze when we realized who this man was.

"Oh shit..." we said.

"Who here thinks they can face the mighty Lu Bu?" the man said as he twirled his halberd and pointed it at us.

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Uh oh, looks like Lu Bu has made his appearence! How can Ishimaru and the gang be able to fight a man that was the strongest in China? Stay tuned! Lu Bu is not mine, he belongs to Koei and i don't own him!