Hello again!

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


Last Time:

"My head hurts," I winced, sitting up.

"You're bleeding," he growled, putting a hand on the back of my head and I cried out as the main door opened and everyone filed into the living room.

"What happened?" Kalot stood in the door way and looked at me.

"We fell," I muttered, calling on my power and healed my head.


Now:

Ikaku stood up and pulled me to my feet. He leaned me backwards and put my hair into the tub water to wash out the blood and Kalot held the towel and made sure my wet hair didn't make contact with my clothes. It was actually a lot harder than I thought with how long my hair was now; it was now a couple inches above my knees.

We walked back into the living room after I towel-dried my hair and we all sat down, except for Kauris who was asleep already. I braided my hair and felt the huge lump from where my head had slit open minutes earlier.

"So what now?" Saiqua spoke.

"We go to that village and look for the next warrior," I replied. "We should leave in the morning."

"Okay," Kalot smiled, lying down next to Kauris.

Ikaku and I laid in the corner, while Saiqua sprawled out in the center of the room. As I closed my eyes, images of Nanaki's world flashed across my mind.

"You need to get out of this village, NOW! Humans are looking for you downstairs, they are armed!" Nanaki's voice echoed through my mind.

I bolted upright which startled Ikaku. I was breathing hard and felt some perspiration roll down the small of my back. I scrambled to my feet and strapped my swords to my waist as everyone woke up to my movements.

"We need to get out of this village," I whispered, putting on my black cloak and grabbing my bag.

They hurried to their feet and grabbed their things and I picked up Kauris and hurried out of the room and down the stairs. We stopped in a hallway away from the main desk and heard voices. Someone got hit and was breathing hard.

"Where is she?" a gruff voice growled.

"I'm not sure," someone gasped, probably the one who got hit. "Her companions are upstairs. I only saw her twice a week ago. She came in with her companions and then left during the storm. I haven't seen her since."

"We won't be able to get to the horses. Sounds like there are quite a few men in there," I whispered.

"I can get—"

"There is no time Saiqua," I hissed. "We need to get out now."

I peered down the hall and saw a couple dozen soldiers with swords drawn. The owner of the hotel was on his knees with a cut across his face. I handed Kauris to Kalot then pulled up my hood and drew my black sword as Ikaku drew his. I walked around the corner and walked towards the soldiers.

"Halt? Who are you?" one man snapped seeing me and all the men turned towards me.

"Who are you to be addressing me like that?" I growled, releasing some of my demonic power. "Why are you here hurting humans?"

"Some girl who calls herself a priestess," the man replied, trying to see my face in the shadow of my hood.

"Soldier, who are you talking to?" a man demanded coming into my view.

He was tall; medium built and was a dark tan. His blonde hair framed his face and his eyes were a sky blue. He was good-looking but at that moment he was only blocking my way of escaping.

"Commander Kijo, these two Hanyous just appeared with their weapons drawn."

"Hanyous?" he studied me and looked at me as if he could see my face. "You're the prieste-"

I attacked, releasing more power. I rendered every one of the soldiers unconscious, even the owner then we ran for it. Once out of the village I called for Dracolt as we kept running. Kauris just barely opened her eyes and looked around confused.

"Not this time, Satikina."Dracolt's voice whispered in my head. "You can deal with this yourself."

"Damn it!" I growled, picking up my pace. "We need to get somewhere safe as quick as possible."

"What about Dracolt?" Saiqua gasped.

"He's not coming," I snapped.

"If we head north, into that forest, there's a village we could go to. It's a hidden village," Kalot spoke, "known to only members of the snake clan."

"How far away is it?" Ikaku growled from his place behind me.

"Maybe a week…a few days… It depends on how fast we go."

I growled as we reached the forest. "We can't just run all night. We're exhausted!" I snapped when we were about a couple miles into the forest and sheathed my sword as we stopped running.

"I'll take the first watch. You two need the most rest because of what happened with that Youkai," Saiqua spoke, watching me.

"Very well," Ikaku whispered, handing me my earrings then sat down against a tree. I nodded and sat down against a tree across from Ikaku, putting in my earrings.

"Saiqua, wake me in a couple hours and I'll take over," Kalot spoke, lying down next to the already sleeping Kauris.

As I fell asleep, I felt Ikaku's gaze linger on me. I didn't wake up until Ikaku was shaking me before sunrise. We all traveled the next four days in silence and took guard shifts at night. The only one who was always energetic was Kauris because she was always in Kalot's arms; she kept us all going.

On the fourth day, we entered into a valley and Kalot said that it was only two days away. We all were past exhaustion and I hid it the best only because I had been trained this rough, if not rougher. I kept my hand on my sword as we got deeper into the forest because I felt many demonic auras.

That night I took watch, knowing I wouldn't be able to sleep anyways. I heard movement behind me and then suddenly I was tied to a tree by many snakes. Since I couldn't really do anything with my earrings in, I screamed before someone gagged me with a piece of fabric. Ikaku was the first one to wake up and was in shock as he saw me. Kalot woke up next then Saiqua and Kauris.

"Sipeca, stop it!" Kalot drew my red sword which I had lent to him.

"Kalot, where have you been?" A young girl, with hair as red as Kalot's, emerged from the shadows of the forest.

"Release Kina, now," he growled and she obeyed. I fell to the ground and pulled the cloth off my mouth. "I left because I felt like it. I needed time after Angel and Nikkel died."

"Oh, I guess that's understandable, but you just disappeared that everyone thought you were dead," Sipeca whispered.

"Kina, are you okay?" Ikaku came over and helped me stand up.

"Sure…" I glared at Sipeca.

"What are you glaring at, human?" Sipeca's eyes tightened as she looked at me.

"Who said I was human?" I growled. I made a lunge for her but Ikaku held me back.

"Kina, restrain yourself!" Kalot turned to me and slapped me.

I blinked at the impact and stopped struggling against Ikaku. "Sorry, Kalot, I'm exhausted and all these demonic auras of your clan are unnerving."

"You can sense our auras?" Sipeca growled coming closer. "How is that possible?"

"Kina isn't a human. She is the last descendant of Dracolt, Master of Fire and Wind," Saiqua growled.

"Really?" she gasped and I nodded. "Let's get to the village. Father will be able to smile again even though… He took it hard when you left," she changed the subject.

"His condition…?" Kalot turned to her.

"It's getting worse every day."

"Let's go," I whispered. "I may be able to help him, depending on how bad it is."

She nodded and let the way. It took a day with the way she took us and we entered the village as the sun rose the next day. I was astounded at the prosperity of this hidden village and how big it really was. Sipeca weaved through the houses until we reached the biggest house. Inside, we were led into a room off the entrance hall and saw an old man sitting in a huge chair. It seemed like the red hair was genetic.

Sipeca knelt in front of him and bowed. "Father, I have brought someone who can help and a surprise."

The old man's red snake-like eyes moved and studied our group. "Ka…lot?" he coughed and blood trailed down from his mouth. Kalot knelt next to Sipeca and kissed the old man's brow. "Where…have you…been…?" he coughed again.

"I needed time after that war," Kalot whispered.

"Under…standable…who are…they? Is…that…Angel?"

"No, it's not, these are my friends. The monk is Saiqua, Ikaku and Kina are Hanyous and the girl is Kauris."

The old man turned to look at Sipeca. "How…would they…be able…to…cure a…incurable…disease?" he coughed and blood spewed out into his hands.

"Not they, me." I stepped forward. "Kalot, lay him on the rug and then let me take a look."

I took off my cloak weapons, glad that my black tunic had been created like the Secret Ops and showed my tattoos. I knelt in front of the old man and placed my ear on his upper chest and listened. His heart rate was irregular and his lungs were barely moving.

"Your heart and lungs are failing," I whispered, sitting up.

"Are you going to use the Pen-Sai-Cea? You're too weak!" Ikaku snapped, trying to move closer but I put up my barrier.

"I'm not an idiot, Ikaku," I whispered, taking out my earrings.

"Oh, I see," he whispered.

I started the incantations and felt my back burn around the Sokel marks. The light threads exploded from my back and came around and went into the old man and he cried out at the impact. As I finished the incantations and the light threads turned red, I started the incantations over. I ended the Pen-Sai-Cea after I finished the second incantations and breathed in deeply as I put my earrings back in.

"Father?" I heard Sipeca whisper, uncertain.

The old man sat up slowly and looked around with yellow snake-like eyes as if he hadn't seen for the longest time. "You…" he focused on me. "You're a descendant of Dracolt, aren't you?"

"Yes, sir," I whispered, sitting on my butt.

"Where did you learn that technique? Only the Dragon Master could ever perfect it."

"I'm from a different world and my clan discovered how to control the overflow of power. The marks on my back were created through ink and my blood. I'm the only member of the Sokel clan that could ever perfect it."

"That's quite an achievement, Kina," he smiled. "I'm Kyketo." He stood up and offered me his hand and helped me stand up. I closed my eyes, lightheaded, and breathed slowly.

"Kina?" I heard Ikaku move closer.

"I'm just lightheaded," I whispered opening my eyes and went into Ikaku's open arms.

"Father, do you have room for my friends and me? We've been running the past week from Storkan-"

"What did you do?" Sipeca sighed.

"He didn't do anything," I answered, before Kalot could explain. "Soldiers are after me because of my position in this world."

"What does that mean?" Sipeca snapped.

"She's the Priestess of Nanaki," Kauris spoke quietly from her place behind Saiqua.

I closed my eyes and it became silent as Kyketo and Sipeca tried to process that in their minds. I felt my body shut down and my knees gave out. Ikaku cradled me in his arms, protectively.

"Father, please, Kina is exhausted if you can't already see that. Do you have room or not?" Kalot started to get irritated.

"Of course, your room is still empty," Kyketo replied, recovering from his shock.

Kauris said something but all noise became distorted. I heard my swords being picked up as Ikaku started walking. As I was being carried up some stairs, I felt my head fall back as I went unconscious.


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