A DEMON'S PRIDE
CHAPTER 3
CELTIC GUARDIAN PRINCESS
CGP: Ryoko and Naoko get free!
Ryoko: You just gave it away!
CGP: So?
Ryoko: *sweatdrop*
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"Naoko! Now!" Ryoko shouted. She was standing below the window to their chamber, having just jumped out.
Naoko followed, landing with a slight thud next to her. "Let's go!" she replied when she stood up.
The twins ran hard, wind making their ears lie back.
"Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!" a harpy screamed when it saw them. More harpies appeared and chased them.
The twins turned out of the woods to an open field. And ran as fast as they could. Suddenly Naoko's skirt got caught on a branched. She tripped and fell to the dirt.
"Ryoko! Help!" she cried, trying to untangle her skirt. It wouldn't budge.
A harpy swooped down, slashing with her claws. With the movement, it split open both of Naoko's ears and one of Ryoko's. Naoko let out the most pitiful howl ever heard. Full of pain, anger, fear, and most of all, sadness.
Ryoko seethed with rage. No one could do that to her little sister! With all her strength, she slashed back at the harpy, shredding it to pieces. The rest saw her destroy their leader and flew off.
Naoko's crying broke her trance. Ryoko went to her side to check her ruined ears.
"Their cut to pieces. Can you move them at all?" she asked.
With a small whimper, Naoko barely twitched her left ear. Her hair was turning crimson rapidly from all the blood.
"your ear's cut too. Let me see." Naoko said quietly. Ryoko lowered her head slightly. Naoko gently touched it, always being gentle with wounds. "Here." She finally said.
Ryoko watched as Naoko ripped a part of her skirt off, which she got uncaught, and wrapped it around her ear.
"Thank you. You had better do the same to yours." She replied.
After being taken care of, the twins continued, Naoko still whimpering occasionally.
"I heard Naoko. She howled, and she's hurt." Inu-Yasha informed Kagome.
"Me too." Sessho agreed. "She's close. Hopefully Ryoko's with her." Then the group left, continuing their search.
A while after dark, the twins stopped for the night. While Ryoko hunted down some rabbits or something, Naoko checked her ears again.
"Ow, my left ear is completely shredded. Stupid harpies…" She mumbled, ripping more cloth from her skirt. "Good thing I have another one. This one won't last much longer."
Ryoko appeared with two fat rabbits and an apple. "That's for sure. Here ya go." She said, tossing the apple to her. "You make the fire, I'll take care of these."
After they had something in their stomachs, they picked a tree, climbed up, and went to sleep.
"There's a light up ahead. Fire I think." Kagome said, then ran ahead. Around the fier were the remains of some rabbits, an apple core, and some pieces of cloth.
"Look! In the tree!" Sango cried. "It's my babies! Ryoko, Naoko!" she ran to the tree and looked up.
The twins were asleep. Ryoko was sitting on a branch up against the trunk and Naoko was stretched out along a branch, one foot hanging over the edge. Her skirt was ripped short.
"Mom?" Ryoko said, waking up. She jumped down, landing next to her.
"My Ryoko! Where were you taken? And what happened?" Sango asked.
Ryoko told the whole story. From being carried away, to Shippou, to being found. Sango held onto every word she said.
"Get your sister, and we'll go home." Sessho replied, walking up to her.
Ryoko nodded, then climbed back up the tree to Naoko's branch. "Wake up! Mom, dad, Aunt Kagome and Uncle Inu-Yasha are here!" She said, shaking her counter part.
"UNCLE INU!" Naoko screeched, jumping out. Ryoko fell out. Naoko ran to him and hugged him hard.
"Let's go home. I'm sure you miss your beds." Sango said, hugging Ryoko again.
"Yeah, we do." She stated, pulling Naoko from Inu-Yasha. "We need baths!"
Naoko giggled. "For sure! I'm covered in dirt, blood, and something off that branch up there…"As she said that, she looked up at the branch with a sour look on her face.
Everyone laughed at the younger twin, the headed home.
CGP: That was interesting…
Ryoko: Right. And you need a new muse. I quit.
CGP: Fine then! *pokes her* I DON'T NEED YOU OR ANOTHER MUSE!
Ryoko: Okay. *walks away*
CGP: *realizes what she said* HEY COME BACK! I NEED A MUSE! Oh, for get it. Hey, any body wanna be my muse? Whatever. Well, R&R, minna-san!
