Caroline: once again another chaptr w/ Kiyoshi in it... if anyone here is a KiyoshiCaroline fan... enjoy the moments they hav 2gethr!

Chapter 36: Kiyoshi Returns

She walked through the forest, limping a bit from a battle wound. She sighed & rubbed her shoulder, the strap of her weapon rubbing on it just a bit.

"Geez," she muttered. "Never thought she'd get so worried."

She coughed suddenly, a drip of blood rolling down her chin. Her eyes widened as she tasted it & realized what it was. She felt the burn on the side of her stomach through the fabric of her outfit. The fabric was wet & sticky.

"It's bleeding," she whispered. She put her fingers to her tongue, biting on the tips a bit, & licking some of the blood away. She edged onward, & found a large tree to rest under.

She sat down, content, & placed her weapon a few feet off. She sighed & looked up at the tree, & the moon shining through the leaves. She didn't intend to fall asleep, but her eyes fluttered as they closed peacefully.

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"Sesshomaru-sama! Look!"

Those were the first words Caroline heard when she came to. Her eyes looked upon 3 figures in front of her. One, a young girl, maybe seven or eight, smiling down at her. Another, a hideous frog... toad... thing demon. & when she saw the next, Oh God- it was like Heaven!

"Oh my freakin God!" Caroline yelled, jumping up to her reaction of the handsome demon. She suddenly winced, grabbing the place her wound was.

"Are you hurt?" the girl asked.

"Be quiet, you stupid child!" the toad thing yelled. "She's obviously not h-"

Foot met head.

"Shut up, you... you... you thing!" Caroline yelled, her teeth bared.

Mood swing.

"Of course not, little girl," Caroline said, her voice happy & perky. "I'm perfectly fine."

"But..."

"But what?" Caroline asked, rubbing the back of her neck.

"You're bleeding."

Caroline looked down. The girl wasn't lying.

"So I am," Caroline muttered, blinking. Her eyes narrowed as she looked back up. "Damn, that's one hell of a burn." There was a small silence. "So," Caroline said. "What's your name?"

"Well," the girl said. "My name is Rin. What you just kicked was Master Jaken, & over there is Sesshomaru-sama."

"So," Caroline asked, swaying back & forth with a grin inherited from her brother. "What's Sesshomaru-sama's number?" she whispered into the girl's ear.

"Number?" Rin asked, confused of what the girl could possibly mean by a 'number'.

Caroline ran up to Sesshomaru.

"Hey Sesshomaru-sama!" she yelled. "Boxers or briefs?"

The man just gave her an indifferent stare, his gold eyes half-lidded. Oh God, Caroline hoped he didn't know how sultry he looked right then.

"Nothing!" Caroline yelled. "That's good too! Single or taken?"

The same thing happened again.

"How old are you?"

"Rin," the man said in a monotone voice. "Jaken, let's go."

"Can I come?" Caroline begged. "Oh please, oh please, oh pretty please?" She was ashamed to fall on her knees in front of him, but hey, he was dead sexy. When she opened her eyes, the three were far ahead of her.

"Hey, wait up!" she yelled, running after them.

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Caroline actually remained quiet most of the time she was with them, & at some point, stopped letting her affection for this strange demon show, both very, very hard for the poor Elric.

"Sesshomaru-sama?" Caroline asked, when Rin had fallen asleep next to the fire the girl had accomplished to make. Growing up with pyros could come in handy sometimes. Caroline stood up & ran to the spot Sesshomaru was standing at.

"Sesshomaru-sama?" she repeated. "Hey are you listenin to me?" she yelled impatiently, putting her hands on her hips.

He just continued staring forward.

"I'm goin in the forest, kay?" she asked.

He nodded slightly, acknowledging the fact.

The girl grabbed her weapon, & wandered into the woods. She turned once more, as she put the shuriken on her back.

"I'll be back before dawn, okay?" she asked.

His only answer would be staring forward.

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Caroline walked through the forest. Somehow she was starting to get bad influences about this Naraku guy, like she remembered hearing bad things about him before, but she couldn't remember what. Anyways, she had decided to just get this work for him over with. She was sick of being his servant.

She had come to the decision of stealing the shards. They would all be asleep, right? Of course. The plan was perfect, she thought. But then, a flaw hit her.

They would all be asleep... except for Inuyasha.

Okay, so she would take him down. Easy. But wouldn't a battle wake everyone up?

"Damn!" the girl yelled, slamming her back against a tree, & sliding down to sitting position. "Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!" she yelled. "Why must plotting be so hard?" She growled. "& who the hell is stalking me?"

It was true. Caroline thought someone had been following her the whole time, but waited till the right moment to yell that out. There was a rustle & she thought she heard a small "Eep!" Caroline stood up as quietly as she could, & aimed in the direction she thought it came from.

The shuriken sliced through a tree easily, which fell & showed her stalker. His eyes were wide & blinked, a scared look on his face.

"I'm... uhh..." he started nervously.

She grabbed the top part of his armor, pulling him down & catching the weapon with one hand.

She looked back down at him a few minutes later, him smiling nervously as she looked at him indifferently, the weapon raised.

"Please don't hurt me!" he yelled, talking very fast. "I didn't mean to make you mad, honest! You just reminded me of someone & I was-"

She put a hand over his mouth.

"Shut up, will ya!" she yelled. "Sheesh," she said. "I'm more mad at ya for talkin then stalking me!"

The boy sat there, blinking as she turned away. She suddenly stopped, & looked back at him.

"Who... did I remind you of?" she asked.

"Well," he said. "You see, it sounds kinda lame, but there was this girl I knew. She came from the future, or so she said. She was smart, cute, & she was a good friend. Stubborn-willed, insanely determined, & well... crazy, but a good-friend. A couple of days ago we were fighting a strange lady... She called herself 'Lust' or something. She was killed."

Caroline blinked, & turned, very, very confused.

"What did... this girl look like?" she asked.

"Well, she..." he blushed slightly. "She looked a lot like you, but she had much lighter hair."

Caroline almost spit it out, but decided not to.

"Well," she said. "Come on. Let's go."

She offered him a hand, helping him up, & the two wandered off into the forest.

To be continued...

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