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Temple Grounds

Chapter 14: What do I have?

:: Telepathy:: "speech" //thoughts// /lyrics/

/Why is today so dim? Why are we hating this way?
You'd think we'd learn after all we've been through.
But maybe it'll take one of those days./
Maru sighed. The game of question and answer had only started.. But already the few she'd answered prior to all this had taxed her strength both physically and emotionally. But no she wasn't done.. Nothing was wrong.
"Look maybe you should tell us what happened from the start." Yusuke suggensted.. Was there care or worry in his voice? No her ears must have been playing tricks on her.. But his idea was at least something to start on. //But it won't be that easy.. I'll have to tell them about the vision, the texts, Suna, everyting.. //
"Alright, now from the begining." That's easy.. "I'm a product of a mating.. Simple as that." "Mating?" Maru sighed, eyes narrowing as she pushed herself up off the ground and she stood there, shaking but barely.. Her temp. was rising again.. The wolf side was loosing control again.. "It's simple. My 'parents' had sex then fell away from each other.. My mother died and sent me to live with my father. He in turn wanted me to just vanish.. He said that if the wretch who gave birth to me were still alive it'd be different.. Atleast.. So he said. Sune tried to convince him to let me stay with someone in one of the clans. But he wouldn't listen. My mother had wanted for me to have a life. To live and simply be kept away from the hell that surrounded the clans."
/One of the days where we can see
The pain we cause and the things we do
But what if that's not ebough..
Not enough for them to get a clue?/ "Suna decided then and there she'd allow me to leave and pay for it with her life.. She didn't want me to have 'a life of death'... That's why she sent me after you that night.. So I could escape when the temple went down. She didn't count on Klai finding me, or on the barrier not falling. Everything fell into place.. Except for one thing.." Maru paused.. Her paws seemed unsteady-though surely strong enough to hold her for now.
"She, nor Togasha counted on me recalling the infant memories after Suna died. I think that the bloods in me somehow caused memories from that age to come out again and replay themselves.. That's when Klai knew she would have to go to Togasha and try to convince him to leave me alone.. Or else going through the fights and over these lands could trigger the wolf and dragon sides to try to eliminate the other.." Maru sighed and closed her eyes.. "But he won't listen.. If he can send my death once.. He'll do it again easily.. And as for the wolves.. There's only a small chance that they didn't notice the dragon's scent all over me.. That'll set them off for sure.."
"So the two clans, they're fighting?" Kurama asked. He'd heard of it before. Then again that was several years ago. But the Guardian guessed his train of thought. "Yes.. They're still as thristy for the other's blood as before.. I just hope it doesn't escalate while we're here for many reasons.."
"One being that your blood will react and try to take sides?" Hiei caught on quickly.. And a nodd answered him..
/So why are these days so hate filled?
Why do we have to see children killed?
Is it because of our histories? Or is it because we can't solve the mysteries?/
"We had better rest.. We'll have a long walk to cover." Maru said stiffly walking over to the tree trunk again and dropping down into a heap.. "So Klai... What is she?" Yusuke asked yawning.. "A little girl.." Maru paused.. "A little girl who keeps her word too well.." ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
/Oh but you gotta remember
That no matter what happens we can't surrender.
Because we've got the worl to show
How to make love and care grow./
That deep feeling like something was burning in her.. Almost as if she were being torn apart by a heated hand or blade.. Then that voice came. It was deep, booming, and hurt her wolf ears.. She instantly got on her paws as her breath increased suddenly.. But that bone cracking pain increased.. "Maru! You had better give it back to me!"
"What do you want?!" She yelled into the darkness. Her lips were drawn back and her fangs and claws flashing..
"You took it! Now give it back! You'll be just like the legend! Give it back!" Maru looked around, angery and bewildered in her eyes and on her wolf face.. Then she felt the ground fall away and she struggled against something that was coiling around her now human bady.. Was it vines? Ropes? She couldn't tell.. But it grew tighter and it burned at her skin as it wound its way tighter around her waist and over her arms.. Tighter and tighter.. Then the heat flared suddenly within her.. And she screamed.. Her right hand began to smoke and burn and she couldn't do anything. So she opened her mouth and let out a blood kirtling shriek.. But only laughter followed.. "You'll give it back to me! Or you'll kill me like in the stories! So you're going to die!!!"
"What.. Stories? What do I have?! Let me go what do I have?!" The thing around her tightened even more until she felt her bones begin the crack in protest as she screamed, this time more inwardly then outward.. But what ever it was seemed to take pleasure in her pain.. It suddenly exploded into spikes.. Long spikes suddenly pierce every inch of her and she let out one last scream...
/And it's all gonna end here and now. Unless we can show them how
To stop the killing
And to stop all this blood spilling./ ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````` Duh duh doonn.... Another dream... HMMMMMMMMMMMMM....... Anyway this story's gonna be goin' on longer now so review away!!!!