Yuamie walked ever so quietly down the hall of her cousin's rather small
castle. The little pads at the bottoms of her feet making little or no
sound on the wooden floor. She hushed her breathing to a point so quiet
that even she couldn't hear it, then slowly tiptoed up to Sesshoumaru's
room. She stopped at the door and listened. For a few minuets she just
stood there making completely sure that all present persons in the room
were sound asleep. Not that she was afraid of Satsuna, but Sesshoumaru
wasn't exactly known for his friendly or forgiving nature.
Once sure that everyone was sleeping, Yuamie silently slipped past her cousin's room. Finally positive that she was out of all danger she relaxed her breathing and quickly headed for the door that lead outside to the stable. She had pressing matters to speak with Natsue about and they couldn't just wait 'till morning.
She reached the door and slowly slid it open. A little rush of the cool night breeze streamed in and she welcomed it with a nice intake of fresh air. Closing the door behind her, she used her feline eyesight to find her way to the stable. Why Natsue preferred the stable to the house was completely beyond her, but it made for a secluded, although very difficult to get to without getting caught, nighttime meeting place, should she need to talk.
Yuamie reached the stable door and walked in. Once in the safety of the building with the door shut behind her, she abandoned all precautions of being quiet. She was a good five hundred feet away from the house and Sesshoumaru's room was somewhere in the middle.
The little cat-like girl sniffed at the air looking for that familiar scent that belonged to her antlered friend. But she couldn't really catch it. Not that the stable was that large, it was only about four to six hundred feet in length and there were only about fifty to sixty animals, (nothing compared to the stable at the palace where she lived), but all that really came to her nose were the smells of the other creatures in the barn. She could smell the horribly string scent of Sesshoumaru's favorite ridding beast, a large horse/lizard creature, with two heads and an enormous scaly tail, nearby, but no Natsue.
'He must be sleeping,' she thought. Both her and her guardians prided themselves in their ability to hide their scent while asleep, though Yuamie herself never used it much seeing as how she only slept about once a year.
"Natsue? Natsue?" she whispered to the darkness. She looked around the stable hoping to find something that tell her which stall was her companion's. All she saw were the creatures that Sesshoumaru held in each of the many stalls that lined the walls on either side of her.
Yuamie felt a sudden draft of air from above she immediately looked up and saw that there was large window at the top of the barn. It took up almost the whole expanse of the ceiling and around it on the sides of the building other slightly smaller windows stood open.
"At least he never has to worry about his animals getting hot," she thought out-loud to herself.
She brought her attentions back down to her task at hand and began to walk slowly through the stretch of stalls on either side of her.
"Natsue?" she called out again.
No answer.
She kept on walking, making sure that she got a thoroughly good look at each creature in each stall. Eventually she came to a stall with a creature that was lying down. She peeked inside and sure enough the creature had a large rack of antlers atop its head.
"There you are!" she said and just about unhooked the latch to the stall when the animal in it stood up.
Yuamie jumped back and almost screamed. The creature in the stall wasn't Natsue at all, but a large (about the size of a horse) spider, with dripping fangs, hoofed feet and razor sharp antlers on its head.
The creature let out a low growl that sounded like a hiss and a scream put together, then laid back down.
Yuamie, who was firmly pressed up against the stall on the other side, slowly slid down to the floor and waited for her breathing to slow. The one and only thing she was afraid of was spiders and her cousin just had to own a giant one. She knew that it would take a lot to get her back into these stables.
"My god! I have enough trouble dealing with the normal sized ones!"
Once her breathing became normal again, she crawled the rest of the way past the spider creature's stall. Despite the fact that it had only growled at her then had gone back to sleep, she couldn't help but feel that it was going to jump out at her when she least expected it.
"When I decided to go and have a talk with Natsue, I hadn't expected to get the bajeebers scared outta me! Whatever, Natsue? Natsue? Natsue, tell me where you are or I'm gonna find you and tear a nice bit of flesh out of your side. I can hear my stomach growling."
"Oh! My Lady! I mean Yuamie," he quickly corrected himself, "I didn't hear you, I was sleeping."
Yuamie stood up, and much to her dismay Natsue's stall was the one right next to the spider beast's.
"Is there anything that you need My - I mean Yuamie?"
Yuamie rolled her eyes. When would he ever learn to stop calling her that? "Yeah, I need to talk. It's about Satsuna and that odd scent that was coming from her. Do you know what it is?"
Yuamie hesitantly walked up to Natsue's stall, but then she caught a whiff of the spider creature's scent, and just couldn't make it.
"I'm not sure they would like you poking around in their business." But then he noticed the frightened look in her eyes, "What is it? Are you afraid of something?"
Yuamie nervously eyes the stall next to Natsue's, "there's a giant spider in there! Why don't you come out here?"
"Come now, that creature hasn't hurt anyone and the only thing it has ever done is sleep. Come on in."
A little reassured by Natsue's gentle words, Yuamie slowly walked up to Natsue's stall and unhooked the latch. She quickly closed the it behind her then on the straw next to Natsue.
"There we go," said the deer, who shifted his laying body so that Yuamie would be comfortable next to him. He watched as her eyes, which had been red with fright, changed back to their normal shade of emerald green.
"Well!" Exclaimed Yuamie, "anyway, about Satsuna?"
"Like I said, I don't think your cousin or his mate would appreciate you poking around in their business."
"Aww! Come on Natsue, Sesshoumaru's family which means that whatever is his business in mine. Now I order you to tell me!"
Natsue shook his great head, obviously beaten, he had no choice but to abide by the orders of his mistress. "Fine, but you must keep your constantly running mouth shut."
"Ok, ok! I'll keep my mouth shut, just tell me what's going on."
Natsue bent his head to Yuamie's ear and began to whisper, "Satsuna-" but the rest could not be heard because the massive deer had lowered his voice to a pitch that only he and Yuamie could hear.
Yuamie's eyes lit up as Natsue finished his explanation and she smiled a large toothy smile. "And Satsuna doesn't know this yet, right?"
"Well I really doubt that she does why?"
Yuamie licked her wide smiling lips, then looked at Natsue with a hint of mischief in her eyes.
"Oh no! I know that look, and whenever you look that way I always get pulled into some prank of other disastrous method of ruining other people's lives. Don't you even think about it, Yuamie it would be in everyone's best interest if you stayed out of it."
But Yuamie wasn't listening. Instead she was in her own little reverie of horribly devastating ways to "liven" the castle up a bit and to make the place a little more "fun."
She slyly put her arm around Natsue's neck, in a way that made the deer realize that no matter what he did or said he would once again be pulled into one of Yuamie's schemes, and said, "Natsue, my faithful companion, we're gonna have a little fun with this one."
Hey everyone! Long time no post, huh? Well sorry about that. As I said, my computer is broken and the teachers are all loading me up with homework and projects and the only way I can post is through other people's computers. It really stinks and I can't find my outline to find many people who will let me sit at their computer and ignore them while I write. (But my dad's cool, so he's letting me use his.) Anyway, I hope that you all liked this chapter. I couldn't find the outline to this story so forgive me if I went a little off course. Well I hope everyone had merry Christmas or a happy Hanukkah or is having a wonderful vacation, whatever it is that you celebrate. Oh and a happy Kwanza (sorry if I spelled that wrong.) All in all I hope you all have a safe one and do keep up your stories. I'll post again someday.
~Chickittychick
Foureyedbookworm - Thanks about the name, and for being such a faithful reviewer. And about the cliffhangers I don't mean to have them there (most of the time) they just happen. But thank you so much for all your praise. Have a happy holiday!
Aryuter - Thank you so much for putting me on your favorite authors list. It makes me fell so special.
Once sure that everyone was sleeping, Yuamie silently slipped past her cousin's room. Finally positive that she was out of all danger she relaxed her breathing and quickly headed for the door that lead outside to the stable. She had pressing matters to speak with Natsue about and they couldn't just wait 'till morning.
She reached the door and slowly slid it open. A little rush of the cool night breeze streamed in and she welcomed it with a nice intake of fresh air. Closing the door behind her, she used her feline eyesight to find her way to the stable. Why Natsue preferred the stable to the house was completely beyond her, but it made for a secluded, although very difficult to get to without getting caught, nighttime meeting place, should she need to talk.
Yuamie reached the stable door and walked in. Once in the safety of the building with the door shut behind her, she abandoned all precautions of being quiet. She was a good five hundred feet away from the house and Sesshoumaru's room was somewhere in the middle.
The little cat-like girl sniffed at the air looking for that familiar scent that belonged to her antlered friend. But she couldn't really catch it. Not that the stable was that large, it was only about four to six hundred feet in length and there were only about fifty to sixty animals, (nothing compared to the stable at the palace where she lived), but all that really came to her nose were the smells of the other creatures in the barn. She could smell the horribly string scent of Sesshoumaru's favorite ridding beast, a large horse/lizard creature, with two heads and an enormous scaly tail, nearby, but no Natsue.
'He must be sleeping,' she thought. Both her and her guardians prided themselves in their ability to hide their scent while asleep, though Yuamie herself never used it much seeing as how she only slept about once a year.
"Natsue? Natsue?" she whispered to the darkness. She looked around the stable hoping to find something that tell her which stall was her companion's. All she saw were the creatures that Sesshoumaru held in each of the many stalls that lined the walls on either side of her.
Yuamie felt a sudden draft of air from above she immediately looked up and saw that there was large window at the top of the barn. It took up almost the whole expanse of the ceiling and around it on the sides of the building other slightly smaller windows stood open.
"At least he never has to worry about his animals getting hot," she thought out-loud to herself.
She brought her attentions back down to her task at hand and began to walk slowly through the stretch of stalls on either side of her.
"Natsue?" she called out again.
No answer.
She kept on walking, making sure that she got a thoroughly good look at each creature in each stall. Eventually she came to a stall with a creature that was lying down. She peeked inside and sure enough the creature had a large rack of antlers atop its head.
"There you are!" she said and just about unhooked the latch to the stall when the animal in it stood up.
Yuamie jumped back and almost screamed. The creature in the stall wasn't Natsue at all, but a large (about the size of a horse) spider, with dripping fangs, hoofed feet and razor sharp antlers on its head.
The creature let out a low growl that sounded like a hiss and a scream put together, then laid back down.
Yuamie, who was firmly pressed up against the stall on the other side, slowly slid down to the floor and waited for her breathing to slow. The one and only thing she was afraid of was spiders and her cousin just had to own a giant one. She knew that it would take a lot to get her back into these stables.
"My god! I have enough trouble dealing with the normal sized ones!"
Once her breathing became normal again, she crawled the rest of the way past the spider creature's stall. Despite the fact that it had only growled at her then had gone back to sleep, she couldn't help but feel that it was going to jump out at her when she least expected it.
"When I decided to go and have a talk with Natsue, I hadn't expected to get the bajeebers scared outta me! Whatever, Natsue? Natsue? Natsue, tell me where you are or I'm gonna find you and tear a nice bit of flesh out of your side. I can hear my stomach growling."
"Oh! My Lady! I mean Yuamie," he quickly corrected himself, "I didn't hear you, I was sleeping."
Yuamie stood up, and much to her dismay Natsue's stall was the one right next to the spider beast's.
"Is there anything that you need My - I mean Yuamie?"
Yuamie rolled her eyes. When would he ever learn to stop calling her that? "Yeah, I need to talk. It's about Satsuna and that odd scent that was coming from her. Do you know what it is?"
Yuamie hesitantly walked up to Natsue's stall, but then she caught a whiff of the spider creature's scent, and just couldn't make it.
"I'm not sure they would like you poking around in their business." But then he noticed the frightened look in her eyes, "What is it? Are you afraid of something?"
Yuamie nervously eyes the stall next to Natsue's, "there's a giant spider in there! Why don't you come out here?"
"Come now, that creature hasn't hurt anyone and the only thing it has ever done is sleep. Come on in."
A little reassured by Natsue's gentle words, Yuamie slowly walked up to Natsue's stall and unhooked the latch. She quickly closed the it behind her then on the straw next to Natsue.
"There we go," said the deer, who shifted his laying body so that Yuamie would be comfortable next to him. He watched as her eyes, which had been red with fright, changed back to their normal shade of emerald green.
"Well!" Exclaimed Yuamie, "anyway, about Satsuna?"
"Like I said, I don't think your cousin or his mate would appreciate you poking around in their business."
"Aww! Come on Natsue, Sesshoumaru's family which means that whatever is his business in mine. Now I order you to tell me!"
Natsue shook his great head, obviously beaten, he had no choice but to abide by the orders of his mistress. "Fine, but you must keep your constantly running mouth shut."
"Ok, ok! I'll keep my mouth shut, just tell me what's going on."
Natsue bent his head to Yuamie's ear and began to whisper, "Satsuna-" but the rest could not be heard because the massive deer had lowered his voice to a pitch that only he and Yuamie could hear.
Yuamie's eyes lit up as Natsue finished his explanation and she smiled a large toothy smile. "And Satsuna doesn't know this yet, right?"
"Well I really doubt that she does why?"
Yuamie licked her wide smiling lips, then looked at Natsue with a hint of mischief in her eyes.
"Oh no! I know that look, and whenever you look that way I always get pulled into some prank of other disastrous method of ruining other people's lives. Don't you even think about it, Yuamie it would be in everyone's best interest if you stayed out of it."
But Yuamie wasn't listening. Instead she was in her own little reverie of horribly devastating ways to "liven" the castle up a bit and to make the place a little more "fun."
She slyly put her arm around Natsue's neck, in a way that made the deer realize that no matter what he did or said he would once again be pulled into one of Yuamie's schemes, and said, "Natsue, my faithful companion, we're gonna have a little fun with this one."
Hey everyone! Long time no post, huh? Well sorry about that. As I said, my computer is broken and the teachers are all loading me up with homework and projects and the only way I can post is through other people's computers. It really stinks and I can't find my outline to find many people who will let me sit at their computer and ignore them while I write. (But my dad's cool, so he's letting me use his.) Anyway, I hope that you all liked this chapter. I couldn't find the outline to this story so forgive me if I went a little off course. Well I hope everyone had merry Christmas or a happy Hanukkah or is having a wonderful vacation, whatever it is that you celebrate. Oh and a happy Kwanza (sorry if I spelled that wrong.) All in all I hope you all have a safe one and do keep up your stories. I'll post again someday.
~Chickittychick
Foureyedbookworm - Thanks about the name, and for being such a faithful reviewer. And about the cliffhangers I don't mean to have them there (most of the time) they just happen. But thank you so much for all your praise. Have a happy holiday!
Aryuter - Thank you so much for putting me on your favorite authors list. It makes me fell so special.