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Temple Grounds
Chapter 15: Peace and Mates
:: Telepathy:: "speech" //thoughts// /lyrics/
"MARU! Dammit wake up!"
The heat filled her and she felt like she was about to explode.. But she opened her eyes, taking in the sunlight and the worried faces.. Crimson orbs even looked concerned. But the pain wasn't gone.. It pulsed through her with every thought and heart beat. Yet she felt a wieght in her chest.. Breathe.. Breath.. She opened her mouth and inhaled deeply.. The air rushed in and out for a few moments as she tried to take in her surroundings. She was covered in sweat and in her 'human' form. Hiei was the one that must have had enough of her screaming and shaken her and yelled.. Kurama looked concerned while Yusuke and Kuwabara looked confused and shocked.
"What happened?" Yusuke found his voice and put a hand on her shoulder.. The red happi coat was thin enough where everyone present could see her panting and her heat beat. The Guardian however seemed out of breath and her body shook. Yet some how she focused enough to grasp her voice.. "It.. Was.. Only a dream.. Just scared.. The hell outta me.." Maru said trying to get up, but she failed mosstly because she had barely gained her feet before Yusuke pushed her right back down on her butt. "What happened?" This time it was bit more serious.. And demanding..
"He wanted something.. He wanted me to give him something.. He kept saying 'in the stories' or 'like the legends'.. He wouldn't talk sense.. Then something was holding me.. It exploded into spikes and that's when I woke up.." Maru said finishing with a tone nearly as forceful as Yusuke's had been.. Though her voice was shaking.
"What legends could he have been talking about?" The raven haired teen asked, brown eyes now looking at Kurama, and his hand not moving an inch from Maru's shoulder. Of course the Guardian didn't even bother to move much less try to stand.
But the red head only shook his head. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
Maru padded along silently, listening to the random conversation. Though nothing she really heard was interesting. Just stuff about school, odd and end people, Kieko was a hot topic when it came to teazing Yusuke, and Yukina for Kuwabara and secretly Hiei as well. This interested Maru we enough where she went over the fact that she'd scented something similiar between them before.. Were they siblings? She rolled the idea around and twitched her white-black rimmed ears as she settled on the idea. //Sounds about right.. Though they're different. But she didn't treat him like a brother. And he well was a stick in the mud as usual.// Then she calmly began argueing with herself. //He's not a stick in the mud. He just, likes his peace.// //Uh huh, LOTS of peace..// The wolf smiled, her fangs glinting about as well as her eyes in the morning light. She trotted over the smooth paths easily enough but a wolf's lope was constantly faster then a normal walk and could last nearly 3 times as long.. So she stopped and tried to scent their position A LOT.
"So that old wolf, where'd she want us to stop?" Yusuke asked. He was in all truths wanting to take a break but disguised it well enough. Maru smirked. She wouldn't bother telling him it was still about 2 miles away.. "Oh at Kly' and that bratty sister of his." "Why there?" Kuwabara was as usual-clueless.
"Because personally I have a bit of unfinished business with that high and mighty male and she wants him to get as much info out of is as possible."
"How do you know that?" Hiei asked, arching an eyebrow. "Because, her mind works the same as Suna's. Let a young one do the work for you." ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
It was nearly the same senerio again.. Laughing then the smallest wolf ran into view.. Gray green fur flying. But this time she was coming from sraight in front of them.. And heading to them on a dead set collision course. Maru saw her and sank out of view.. No golden sparks this time to attract attention.
The little one slid to a stop in front of them and tumbled onto her back from the sudden stop and the fact she'd slid straight into Kurama's legs.. She blinked and got up, nose twitching and tail wagging and hitting her flanks with dull thumps.. Her bright green eyes were even laughing as was her voice. "Hello! Hermano should be here in a minute!"
"That's his name?" Yusuke laughed and chuckled until Kurama cut in, "No, that's Spanish for 'brother'." The cub giggled and nodded, then she stopped and her eyes went over each in turn. "Hey.. Where's that one bruja?" Kuwabara looked at Kurama for a translation. "Witch."
The named 'person' had been noticed by one person, Hiei. He could see her faint outlive in a high branch up the path. Her shadow wouldn't even give her away since it was broken up by leaves and the brack along the ground. Plus even if you looked striaght up underneath her you'd probably only see the occasional white hair.. Not much to look for unless you'd followed her decreasing energy signiture. She was masking it wonderfully. //Not bad.// He thought narrowing his eyes as the male slid into view..
Not a single hair was out of place along the male wolf's body. He was smooth in his walk and calm looking.. Until her got right bellow Maru.. It was needless to say funny when a white blue collided head on with the unsepecting gray.. And all hell broke loose. They seperated for one split second, the male trying to get ready for another onslaught but Maru was all over him.
She was on top of the male in the blink of an eye. Her snarls were loud but nothing like the yelps the cub was giving.. She wasn't turning on anyone but just shocked at how the 'bruja' was acting. Maru looked as fierce as ever and dodged a well aimed paw but instead caught him in the head with her hind legs and kicked him into a tree.. The whole time going out of her way to appear every inch the murder.. And succeding it very well.
The male growled deeply, striking out at her and this time nearly making it. Alas once again Maru's quick feet saved her face from scratches and she toppled the male to the ground, calmly sitting on him.. Eyes flarring gold. "I win." She said it simply and neatly as if they had been playing a game.. Hiei noted that her claws and fangs were only half sheethed.. She hadn't been 'fighting' at all, just knocking him around for yesterday..
The cub was in awe.. "Kly... SHE Beat you?!" The little wolf's fur stuck out in all angles and she looked like a bottle brush.
Maru flashed a toothy smile and chuckled, then looked down at her 'prey' and noted his stunned and rather pissed looked.. "Thought you were walking up all smooth and perfect didn't you? Well I may be a half-breed but uneeded pride REALY gets under my skin." She said smoothly climbing off of him and shaking herself free of a few places of dust. The she calmly changed back with a flash of gold sparks and was once again beside Hiei, this time looking a bit puzzled. "You saw me, so why the secret? Thought you'd mention it for sure when that nino asked where the 'bruja' was." The guardian snorted at the pup and Tsuki promptly gave a nervouse smile.
Yusuke asn Kuwabara were still chuckling and daring each other to fight Maru.. One coming up with odder and odder ends to each fight.. It was rather odd. Then Yusuke blinked, "Oh yeah, what's a nino?"
"Child." Kurama, Hiei and Maru answered at the same time.. Yusuke blinked, then shugged it away.
Hiei didn't have to answer the question. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
Kly still hadn't calmed down.. He jumped slightly when ever Maru moved suddenly. And she was eating it up.. Hiei caught himself watching her movements a bit more then what his mental self deemed normal.. And went out of his way to ignore her.. Though it was begining to get difficult.
The Guardian trotted along just behind and to the of the male, making him all the more nevouse. She chuckled. "So.. How much further?" "Half mile." The wolf answered, and Maru nodded, ears twitching and nose taking in everything.
The cub was still wagging her tail about a hundred miles an hour and she walked to Maru's left. "So you're REALLY going to the dragon lands?!" Maru nodded. Being around Tsuki made just about anyone smile.. She even had to cut loose atleast a dozen of her first smiles. But the cub loved nothing better then to try to jump over the older canines and suceeded a few times. Though usualy she'd land in the middle of her brother's back.. Or once Maru's and once was all it took... The pup didn't land there again.
Suddenly a temple-like house came into view.. It was sitting in the crook of two branchs on a thick tree.. And by thick I mean hundreds of feet in diameter. The tree split barely five feet from the ground and the temple was in turn about 7 to 8 feet above the ground. Stairs had been carved into the tree and were large enough where the wolves could walk up them.. But Maru chose to change at the bottom and walk up them normally.
Kly and Tsuki were a bit quicker and waited for them upstairs.. Both in a half form.. Kly stood about 5ft '7' or so, and white gray hair.. It wasn't because of age either. Because Tsuki's was a gray green like her fur. Klay's eyes seemed more like a wolf's with the green-blue glint. He was wearing a loose white tunic, and grey-black pants of sorts and nothing on his feet. He was well toned, though not as much as some that were present.
Tsuki looked about seven-eight tops. Her hair came to her mid back in a loose braid. She wore a single piece green dress that came to her kness and a white sash around her waist. Both wore the same silver type of pendants as the older wolf had. Though each mtched their own eye color.. But what Yusuke and Kuwabara did a double take over were the wolf ears and tails each had.. Then both turned to Maru. "Can't you.."
Maru cut them off with a firey glare. "Not right now. Zip it!" She spoke harshly and recieved a questioning look from Tsuki but the small girl was ignorred.
"Look, I'm sure you have questions and I think it'd be best if you stay here for a few 'hours' then you can go." Kly seemed to enjoy the thought of them being here about as much as Maru tackling him again. Though he was STILL throwing glances her way as if getting ready to bolt if she moved. Maru however knew it was common law that usualy, should the rare case a female beat a male in the presense of another wolf.. They were often paired off for mates. And being how she had no intention to be this weakling's mate.. She moved slowly and constantly watched his sister.. Hoping she had a silent mouth about things of that sort.. NO SUCH LUCK.
Once they were inside he showed them a room with 'sitting' places as he called them then calmly shoved Tsuki in and drug Maru out into the hall. He was silent for a moment then making sure the door was closed turned to her. "What the hell are you playing at?!"
//Oh boy.. Must've over done it this morning. Bloody good time for a lecture though..// Maru only leaned more to her right, hips moving to shift her wieght then she crossed her arms. "Pray tell what you mean by playing at?" There was one thing this guy didn't know.. It was simply that Hiei and Kurama could probably hear EVERY word and she was going to milk this guy for info..
"Look, if anyone ever found out about.. What happened do you have any idea..." "Yes. I'm the Guardian from the Anago Temple. Every bit of information known was at the temple." "But you weren't supposed to be reading those!" "Well I did. And as I recall there was a wonderful stack of papers and tablets on wolfves. Mating habits, social works, laws, villiage locations, and samples of the gems you are all known to wear to show your status. I'm not stupid." Kly seemed to inflate in sheer anger. Though Maru was eating it up. One thing she had ALWAYS prided herslef in was the fact that any demon that usualy crossed her path on the grounds.. Spoke their secrets to her before being burned, sliced, diced, or simply slaughtered. And she could do this without resorting to pain or any drugs. Just simple well placed words.
"Then make sure it doesn't happen again. Tsuki already thinks I let you win on purpose!" He growled, eyes flashed in a Maru-like way and his fangs showed wonderfully in his human shaped mouth. But Maru wasn't done. "I need to ask you a few things. Were there any legends around here about a half- breed?"
"Yes..." "Mind telling me and the rest of the gang. Or do you have to call the as Yusuke would say 'pound puppies'?" Maru couldn't help but have a smug look as Kly faught the urge to attempt murder there and then.. "I don't have to call them. They're just a bunch of worthless old stories." "Good. I had to check." ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
TTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! No I'm not kidding it was.. That's like.. A whole lot of reading..
Okay personal fact. I have to keep the earlier chapters handy on my floppy disk because I forget facts about original characters.. Age, eye and hair color, ect.. I know that's bad..
Temple Grounds
Chapter 15: Peace and Mates
:: Telepathy:: "speech" //thoughts// /lyrics/
"MARU! Dammit wake up!"
The heat filled her and she felt like she was about to explode.. But she opened her eyes, taking in the sunlight and the worried faces.. Crimson orbs even looked concerned. But the pain wasn't gone.. It pulsed through her with every thought and heart beat. Yet she felt a wieght in her chest.. Breathe.. Breath.. She opened her mouth and inhaled deeply.. The air rushed in and out for a few moments as she tried to take in her surroundings. She was covered in sweat and in her 'human' form. Hiei was the one that must have had enough of her screaming and shaken her and yelled.. Kurama looked concerned while Yusuke and Kuwabara looked confused and shocked.
"What happened?" Yusuke found his voice and put a hand on her shoulder.. The red happi coat was thin enough where everyone present could see her panting and her heat beat. The Guardian however seemed out of breath and her body shook. Yet some how she focused enough to grasp her voice.. "It.. Was.. Only a dream.. Just scared.. The hell outta me.." Maru said trying to get up, but she failed mosstly because she had barely gained her feet before Yusuke pushed her right back down on her butt. "What happened?" This time it was bit more serious.. And demanding..
"He wanted something.. He wanted me to give him something.. He kept saying 'in the stories' or 'like the legends'.. He wouldn't talk sense.. Then something was holding me.. It exploded into spikes and that's when I woke up.." Maru said finishing with a tone nearly as forceful as Yusuke's had been.. Though her voice was shaking.
"What legends could he have been talking about?" The raven haired teen asked, brown eyes now looking at Kurama, and his hand not moving an inch from Maru's shoulder. Of course the Guardian didn't even bother to move much less try to stand.
But the red head only shook his head. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
Maru padded along silently, listening to the random conversation. Though nothing she really heard was interesting. Just stuff about school, odd and end people, Kieko was a hot topic when it came to teazing Yusuke, and Yukina for Kuwabara and secretly Hiei as well. This interested Maru we enough where she went over the fact that she'd scented something similiar between them before.. Were they siblings? She rolled the idea around and twitched her white-black rimmed ears as she settled on the idea. //Sounds about right.. Though they're different. But she didn't treat him like a brother. And he well was a stick in the mud as usual.// Then she calmly began argueing with herself. //He's not a stick in the mud. He just, likes his peace.// //Uh huh, LOTS of peace..// The wolf smiled, her fangs glinting about as well as her eyes in the morning light. She trotted over the smooth paths easily enough but a wolf's lope was constantly faster then a normal walk and could last nearly 3 times as long.. So she stopped and tried to scent their position A LOT.
"So that old wolf, where'd she want us to stop?" Yusuke asked. He was in all truths wanting to take a break but disguised it well enough. Maru smirked. She wouldn't bother telling him it was still about 2 miles away.. "Oh at Kly' and that bratty sister of his." "Why there?" Kuwabara was as usual-clueless.
"Because personally I have a bit of unfinished business with that high and mighty male and she wants him to get as much info out of is as possible."
"How do you know that?" Hiei asked, arching an eyebrow. "Because, her mind works the same as Suna's. Let a young one do the work for you." ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
It was nearly the same senerio again.. Laughing then the smallest wolf ran into view.. Gray green fur flying. But this time she was coming from sraight in front of them.. And heading to them on a dead set collision course. Maru saw her and sank out of view.. No golden sparks this time to attract attention.
The little one slid to a stop in front of them and tumbled onto her back from the sudden stop and the fact she'd slid straight into Kurama's legs.. She blinked and got up, nose twitching and tail wagging and hitting her flanks with dull thumps.. Her bright green eyes were even laughing as was her voice. "Hello! Hermano should be here in a minute!"
"That's his name?" Yusuke laughed and chuckled until Kurama cut in, "No, that's Spanish for 'brother'." The cub giggled and nodded, then she stopped and her eyes went over each in turn. "Hey.. Where's that one bruja?" Kuwabara looked at Kurama for a translation. "Witch."
The named 'person' had been noticed by one person, Hiei. He could see her faint outlive in a high branch up the path. Her shadow wouldn't even give her away since it was broken up by leaves and the brack along the ground. Plus even if you looked striaght up underneath her you'd probably only see the occasional white hair.. Not much to look for unless you'd followed her decreasing energy signiture. She was masking it wonderfully. //Not bad.// He thought narrowing his eyes as the male slid into view..
Not a single hair was out of place along the male wolf's body. He was smooth in his walk and calm looking.. Until her got right bellow Maru.. It was needless to say funny when a white blue collided head on with the unsepecting gray.. And all hell broke loose. They seperated for one split second, the male trying to get ready for another onslaught but Maru was all over him.
She was on top of the male in the blink of an eye. Her snarls were loud but nothing like the yelps the cub was giving.. She wasn't turning on anyone but just shocked at how the 'bruja' was acting. Maru looked as fierce as ever and dodged a well aimed paw but instead caught him in the head with her hind legs and kicked him into a tree.. The whole time going out of her way to appear every inch the murder.. And succeding it very well.
The male growled deeply, striking out at her and this time nearly making it. Alas once again Maru's quick feet saved her face from scratches and she toppled the male to the ground, calmly sitting on him.. Eyes flarring gold. "I win." She said it simply and neatly as if they had been playing a game.. Hiei noted that her claws and fangs were only half sheethed.. She hadn't been 'fighting' at all, just knocking him around for yesterday..
The cub was in awe.. "Kly... SHE Beat you?!" The little wolf's fur stuck out in all angles and she looked like a bottle brush.
Maru flashed a toothy smile and chuckled, then looked down at her 'prey' and noted his stunned and rather pissed looked.. "Thought you were walking up all smooth and perfect didn't you? Well I may be a half-breed but uneeded pride REALY gets under my skin." She said smoothly climbing off of him and shaking herself free of a few places of dust. The she calmly changed back with a flash of gold sparks and was once again beside Hiei, this time looking a bit puzzled. "You saw me, so why the secret? Thought you'd mention it for sure when that nino asked where the 'bruja' was." The guardian snorted at the pup and Tsuki promptly gave a nervouse smile.
Yusuke asn Kuwabara were still chuckling and daring each other to fight Maru.. One coming up with odder and odder ends to each fight.. It was rather odd. Then Yusuke blinked, "Oh yeah, what's a nino?"
"Child." Kurama, Hiei and Maru answered at the same time.. Yusuke blinked, then shugged it away.
Hiei didn't have to answer the question. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
Kly still hadn't calmed down.. He jumped slightly when ever Maru moved suddenly. And she was eating it up.. Hiei caught himself watching her movements a bit more then what his mental self deemed normal.. And went out of his way to ignore her.. Though it was begining to get difficult.
The Guardian trotted along just behind and to the of the male, making him all the more nevouse. She chuckled. "So.. How much further?" "Half mile." The wolf answered, and Maru nodded, ears twitching and nose taking in everything.
The cub was still wagging her tail about a hundred miles an hour and she walked to Maru's left. "So you're REALLY going to the dragon lands?!" Maru nodded. Being around Tsuki made just about anyone smile.. She even had to cut loose atleast a dozen of her first smiles. But the cub loved nothing better then to try to jump over the older canines and suceeded a few times. Though usualy she'd land in the middle of her brother's back.. Or once Maru's and once was all it took... The pup didn't land there again.
Suddenly a temple-like house came into view.. It was sitting in the crook of two branchs on a thick tree.. And by thick I mean hundreds of feet in diameter. The tree split barely five feet from the ground and the temple was in turn about 7 to 8 feet above the ground. Stairs had been carved into the tree and were large enough where the wolves could walk up them.. But Maru chose to change at the bottom and walk up them normally.
Kly and Tsuki were a bit quicker and waited for them upstairs.. Both in a half form.. Kly stood about 5ft '7' or so, and white gray hair.. It wasn't because of age either. Because Tsuki's was a gray green like her fur. Klay's eyes seemed more like a wolf's with the green-blue glint. He was wearing a loose white tunic, and grey-black pants of sorts and nothing on his feet. He was well toned, though not as much as some that were present.
Tsuki looked about seven-eight tops. Her hair came to her mid back in a loose braid. She wore a single piece green dress that came to her kness and a white sash around her waist. Both wore the same silver type of pendants as the older wolf had. Though each mtched their own eye color.. But what Yusuke and Kuwabara did a double take over were the wolf ears and tails each had.. Then both turned to Maru. "Can't you.."
Maru cut them off with a firey glare. "Not right now. Zip it!" She spoke harshly and recieved a questioning look from Tsuki but the small girl was ignorred.
"Look, I'm sure you have questions and I think it'd be best if you stay here for a few 'hours' then you can go." Kly seemed to enjoy the thought of them being here about as much as Maru tackling him again. Though he was STILL throwing glances her way as if getting ready to bolt if she moved. Maru however knew it was common law that usualy, should the rare case a female beat a male in the presense of another wolf.. They were often paired off for mates. And being how she had no intention to be this weakling's mate.. She moved slowly and constantly watched his sister.. Hoping she had a silent mouth about things of that sort.. NO SUCH LUCK.
Once they were inside he showed them a room with 'sitting' places as he called them then calmly shoved Tsuki in and drug Maru out into the hall. He was silent for a moment then making sure the door was closed turned to her. "What the hell are you playing at?!"
//Oh boy.. Must've over done it this morning. Bloody good time for a lecture though..// Maru only leaned more to her right, hips moving to shift her wieght then she crossed her arms. "Pray tell what you mean by playing at?" There was one thing this guy didn't know.. It was simply that Hiei and Kurama could probably hear EVERY word and she was going to milk this guy for info..
"Look, if anyone ever found out about.. What happened do you have any idea..." "Yes. I'm the Guardian from the Anago Temple. Every bit of information known was at the temple." "But you weren't supposed to be reading those!" "Well I did. And as I recall there was a wonderful stack of papers and tablets on wolfves. Mating habits, social works, laws, villiage locations, and samples of the gems you are all known to wear to show your status. I'm not stupid." Kly seemed to inflate in sheer anger. Though Maru was eating it up. One thing she had ALWAYS prided herslef in was the fact that any demon that usualy crossed her path on the grounds.. Spoke their secrets to her before being burned, sliced, diced, or simply slaughtered. And she could do this without resorting to pain or any drugs. Just simple well placed words.
"Then make sure it doesn't happen again. Tsuki already thinks I let you win on purpose!" He growled, eyes flashed in a Maru-like way and his fangs showed wonderfully in his human shaped mouth. But Maru wasn't done. "I need to ask you a few things. Were there any legends around here about a half- breed?"
"Yes..." "Mind telling me and the rest of the gang. Or do you have to call the as Yusuke would say 'pound puppies'?" Maru couldn't help but have a smug look as Kly faught the urge to attempt murder there and then.. "I don't have to call them. They're just a bunch of worthless old stories." "Good. I had to check." ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````
TTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! No I'm not kidding it was.. That's like.. A whole lot of reading..
Okay personal fact. I have to keep the earlier chapters handy on my floppy disk because I forget facts about original characters.. Age, eye and hair color, ect.. I know that's bad..
