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Temple Grounds
Chapter 3:Fire Wolf
: Telepathy: "speech" //thoughts//
"Where'd she go?!" Yusuke blinked in confusion at the now empty spot on the ground... Maru had vanished.. In her place were a few gold colored sparks and nothing else.. The 'sparks' floated then settled on the grass and vanished from sight. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``
Maru's heart thudded in her ears but she continued along the path. The trees swayed in the strong gusts of wind.. And one scent was in the air right now. It seemed to fill Maru with a faint fear.. She shuddered inwardly as smoke again found its way to her.. Her sandals slapped the hard earthen path and she pushed passed a few bushes.. But red-gold eyes didn't see the path. She knew every inch of the forest but flashes of memories were in her eyes..
'You are to protect this place.'
//STOP IT. // Maru mentally yelled at herself as she turned right... Everything was a jumble of words in her head and nothing fit.. Smoke meant fire, fire meant others, others meant a 'robbery', that meant she'd failed.
Failed what? What had she given in any form of contract to this place? Her loyalty? Her life for all these years? No.. Nothing..
:Keeper?! Suna?!::
Telepathy offered nothing but a heavy silence.. The wind blew harder.. Bringing ash and smoke to her lungs and that urged her foreword.. The temple was burning.. It rang in her head along with her fast heart beat and sharp breaths that drew in the smoke..
Then she emerged from the edge of the forest at the foot of a hill.. The temple was now a pillar of smoke and flames.. The wind pushed it toward her.. Then her eyes locked on the single thing that remained untouched.. The stone steps that lead to the temple.. Blazing eyes landed on a black form on those steps..
"GET AWAY FROM THERE!!" A familiar 'clang' came to her ears as her daggers clashed to steel claws.. Sparks flew and this time the wolf-like form was in full view..
"You're too late little half-breed." The jaws snarled at her Maru tried to sort out her thoughts.. The smoke flowed through and around her like a black snake and her eyes watered and stung.. But Kami only knew how hard she continued pushing the sneering form toward those flames..
The stone steps had turned into an oven.. The flames had heated the stone and it burned through her sandals.. Everything burned at her.. And raging red eyes met her own as the blades and claws pulsed against each other....
/And I wanna believe you when you say it will be okay. Ya I try to believe you.. But I don't /
"What do you want?!" Maru's voice choked with-in her but made itself known to the wolf ears on the gray colored head.. The eyes narrowed cruelly but the jaw opened and closed.. "You haven't any idea what had happened guardian. Not a blasted clue, Maru." The fangs glistened and Maru felt her insides freeze then turn into liquid fire.
"What did you do?!" Her right hand lost grip on the cold dagger as it spun downward.. Her left then lost feeling... Those claws flashed red as Maru seemed to loose her balance.. Pain shot through her whole being but the searing hot stone brought her back to reality with plently of fight left in her.. Fists swung toward the wolf as the fire increased suddenly around her.. But it didn't burn.. Nothing burned but the fact that those red eyes were still locked to hers.. "THIS IS FOR SUNA YOU JERK!!"
WHAM. CRACK. SLAM!! Maru felt a wave of weakness settle itself into her as the headless body was engulfed in the flames.. She fell to the heated stone and laid there.. Everything was red and black around her.. Hot and burning.. Her eyes burned and her throat felt as if she had swallowed sand..
/When you say that it's gonna be it always turns out to be a different way. /
//Is this what happened to the Keeper? I'm not burning.. Everything is just hot.. But nothing's hurting.. // Her thoughts slowed to a gentle silence as darkness and roaring filled her ears. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````
"Guardian.. Hey wake up!" Maru heard a far off voice.. No there was more.. Everything seemed to slur together as she slowly stopped floating.. She suddenly became aware of a bitter liquid being put to her mouth.. She swallowed and struggled harder to get up.. Her limbs didn't register the thought at all..
But her eyes opened into tiny slits.. Dim light landed on her red-gold orbs as she tried to grasp what she saw.. It was the four from earlier.. //They followed me? How? Why?... What happened..?// Then the picture of the flaming temple flashed in her head and she bolted up to a sitting position with wide, scared eyes.
"That got her up." Kuwabara nodded toward Maru.. Her mind didn't seem to grasp what was going on and her senses were dull and far from useful. "Where am I?" She choked out with a voice reminding her of gravel.. She winced from the sound and tried to run a hand over her face.. But her hands were bandaged again.. "You're in the Anago forest, right where you belong." Maru's hearing caught the voice and looked at her lap.. A small cat-like creature sat there. It was larger then a normal house cat and a purple color.. It's eyes a deep black color. Its underbelly and two fur covered wings were a light purple while her claws, the tip of her tail, and nose were a dark purple.
"What happened?" Maru mumbled rubbing her eyes to clear away the burning..
"You tell us." Yusuke answered looking at her from across the fire.. He looked like he had just been pulled behind a car for a few miles.. Though the hike he'd probably gone through had been enough for that..
"Yeah you were in the middle of a ash pile." Kuwabara put in expertly....
Maru coughed and took the taste in her mouth into account, but she answered. "The temple was destroyed... I remember a wolf like creature was there.. But nothing else.." Maru reflected with her red-gold eyes open and revealing tired eyes...
```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````` Thank you for the reviews so far. If you are wondering what the words in the /.../ signs are, they are lyrics to a song that'll come into play later on so review for more soon!!! PUWEEZEE!!!!!!!!!!
Temple Grounds
Chapter 3:Fire Wolf
: Telepathy: "speech" //thoughts//
"Where'd she go?!" Yusuke blinked in confusion at the now empty spot on the ground... Maru had vanished.. In her place were a few gold colored sparks and nothing else.. The 'sparks' floated then settled on the grass and vanished from sight. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``
Maru's heart thudded in her ears but she continued along the path. The trees swayed in the strong gusts of wind.. And one scent was in the air right now. It seemed to fill Maru with a faint fear.. She shuddered inwardly as smoke again found its way to her.. Her sandals slapped the hard earthen path and she pushed passed a few bushes.. But red-gold eyes didn't see the path. She knew every inch of the forest but flashes of memories were in her eyes..
'You are to protect this place.'
//STOP IT. // Maru mentally yelled at herself as she turned right... Everything was a jumble of words in her head and nothing fit.. Smoke meant fire, fire meant others, others meant a 'robbery', that meant she'd failed.
Failed what? What had she given in any form of contract to this place? Her loyalty? Her life for all these years? No.. Nothing..
:Keeper?! Suna?!::
Telepathy offered nothing but a heavy silence.. The wind blew harder.. Bringing ash and smoke to her lungs and that urged her foreword.. The temple was burning.. It rang in her head along with her fast heart beat and sharp breaths that drew in the smoke..
Then she emerged from the edge of the forest at the foot of a hill.. The temple was now a pillar of smoke and flames.. The wind pushed it toward her.. Then her eyes locked on the single thing that remained untouched.. The stone steps that lead to the temple.. Blazing eyes landed on a black form on those steps..
"GET AWAY FROM THERE!!" A familiar 'clang' came to her ears as her daggers clashed to steel claws.. Sparks flew and this time the wolf-like form was in full view..
"You're too late little half-breed." The jaws snarled at her Maru tried to sort out her thoughts.. The smoke flowed through and around her like a black snake and her eyes watered and stung.. But Kami only knew how hard she continued pushing the sneering form toward those flames..
The stone steps had turned into an oven.. The flames had heated the stone and it burned through her sandals.. Everything burned at her.. And raging red eyes met her own as the blades and claws pulsed against each other....
/And I wanna believe you when you say it will be okay. Ya I try to believe you.. But I don't /
"What do you want?!" Maru's voice choked with-in her but made itself known to the wolf ears on the gray colored head.. The eyes narrowed cruelly but the jaw opened and closed.. "You haven't any idea what had happened guardian. Not a blasted clue, Maru." The fangs glistened and Maru felt her insides freeze then turn into liquid fire.
"What did you do?!" Her right hand lost grip on the cold dagger as it spun downward.. Her left then lost feeling... Those claws flashed red as Maru seemed to loose her balance.. Pain shot through her whole being but the searing hot stone brought her back to reality with plently of fight left in her.. Fists swung toward the wolf as the fire increased suddenly around her.. But it didn't burn.. Nothing burned but the fact that those red eyes were still locked to hers.. "THIS IS FOR SUNA YOU JERK!!"
WHAM. CRACK. SLAM!! Maru felt a wave of weakness settle itself into her as the headless body was engulfed in the flames.. She fell to the heated stone and laid there.. Everything was red and black around her.. Hot and burning.. Her eyes burned and her throat felt as if she had swallowed sand..
/When you say that it's gonna be it always turns out to be a different way. /
//Is this what happened to the Keeper? I'm not burning.. Everything is just hot.. But nothing's hurting.. // Her thoughts slowed to a gentle silence as darkness and roaring filled her ears. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````
"Guardian.. Hey wake up!" Maru heard a far off voice.. No there was more.. Everything seemed to slur together as she slowly stopped floating.. She suddenly became aware of a bitter liquid being put to her mouth.. She swallowed and struggled harder to get up.. Her limbs didn't register the thought at all..
But her eyes opened into tiny slits.. Dim light landed on her red-gold orbs as she tried to grasp what she saw.. It was the four from earlier.. //They followed me? How? Why?... What happened..?// Then the picture of the flaming temple flashed in her head and she bolted up to a sitting position with wide, scared eyes.
"That got her up." Kuwabara nodded toward Maru.. Her mind didn't seem to grasp what was going on and her senses were dull and far from useful. "Where am I?" She choked out with a voice reminding her of gravel.. She winced from the sound and tried to run a hand over her face.. But her hands were bandaged again.. "You're in the Anago forest, right where you belong." Maru's hearing caught the voice and looked at her lap.. A small cat-like creature sat there. It was larger then a normal house cat and a purple color.. It's eyes a deep black color. Its underbelly and two fur covered wings were a light purple while her claws, the tip of her tail, and nose were a dark purple.
"What happened?" Maru mumbled rubbing her eyes to clear away the burning..
"You tell us." Yusuke answered looking at her from across the fire.. He looked like he had just been pulled behind a car for a few miles.. Though the hike he'd probably gone through had been enough for that..
"Yeah you were in the middle of a ash pile." Kuwabara put in expertly....
Maru coughed and took the taste in her mouth into account, but she answered. "The temple was destroyed... I remember a wolf like creature was there.. But nothing else.." Maru reflected with her red-gold eyes open and revealing tired eyes...
```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````` Thank you for the reviews so far. If you are wondering what the words in the /.../ signs are, they are lyrics to a song that'll come into play later on so review for more soon!!! PUWEEZEE!!!!!!!!!!
