The girl who wouldn't give upbr

by Sarah/p

Here's Chapter #3, enjoy!

/p

The next morning came and Kirashu didn't visit Sarama anymore during the night, and she

was very relieved about that. She walked off to go see Kokiyu again when she heard a

familiar voice calling her name. "Sosiu, it's nice to see you again" she said with a smile.

Sosiu was a young man which was about her age, he had short, black hair which was pulled

back into a ponytail, and his eyes were dark brown. "How about you and me go to our old

stomping grounds?" Sarama gave him a strange look. "We had old stomping grounds?"

He raised an eyebrow and gave her a mischievous smile. "Oh, um, old stomping grounds..."

she followed him as he walked over to their old stomping grounds. It was an open

meadow with flowers in bloom, and a running stream. Sosiu walked with her over to the stream,

and then playfully pushed her into the stream. She dragged him into the stream with her

and titled her head back in the water and looked up at the sky. I'm having lots of fun, so

what is bothering me? She asked herself.

/p

Kirashu woke up the next morning finding that he had slept in a lot longer than he usually

did, and that the stupid woman was gone. 'Does she ever stay in one spot? Humph.' He

ran off to catch her scent again and found her not too far away. But, he noticed that she

was with another man. The half-demon growled and jumped out of where he was hiding. "OK,

you wench, I'm tried of you, your scent, everything, fight me!" Sarama walked out of the water

and she just couldn't help it, she smiled at him. This just infuriated him more, "What is so

funny? Do you think that is funny to fight against a half-demon? Don't think I'm strong

enough for you?" he said in an annoyed tone. "No, I think you are a fine opponent, it's just,

I can't fight you." He shook his head and he just didn't believe her. Sosiu got out of the water

and drew his sword. "Would you like me to get rid of this pest?" he asked Sarama. "No, not

at all," Sarama turned to Kirashu and asked him what his name was. He was so taken back

he didn't know what to say for a few seconds and then answered, "What does that matter to

you?" He looked at her strangely, and just glared at Sosiu. "Because, I want to know, since

that I'm soaking wet I won't be able to fight with you today, that's if you want a fair

fight." After a few seconds of him trying to figure out if she was lying or not, he

decided that she was not so he finally told her, "My name is Kirashu." She smiled at him and spoke in

a teasing voice, "Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" "Feh!" That was the only thing she got

out of him. "Listen boys, I have to change into some dry clothes, and Kirashu, keep on

practice fighting," she teased him some more and walked off toward the village again.

As she walked off she heard him yelling "Hey you stupid girl! You're the one who needs

the practice!"

/p

Kirashu watched as she walked off toward the village. 'She sure is soaked, humph.' He

found himself cocking his head to one side to get a better view, then he just caught

himself. 'What I'm I doing?! Trying to get a better view of her? Snap out of it, Kirashu,

she's just a dumb girl.' Kirashu looked over at Sosiu, who looked like he was also trying

to get a better view. 'Humph! I'm not going to stand with this idiot and stare at that

annoying girl.' Kirashu started running and jumped from tree to tree until he was finally

on the tree which had the best view. Shortly after Kirashu jumped into the tree Sarama

appeared and she was quickly tackled by little Kokiyu. "Sarama, you're all wet!" she said

a little too loudly. Several people looked where Sarama was laying and raised an eyebrow

at her, she felt herself feel a bit awkward and glanced down at Kokiyu again. "Kokiyu, does your mother

have any clothes which I could borrow while I wait for my clothes to dry?" Sarama asked

hopefully. The little girl's eyes got very wide and she saw her smile happily, "Mommy

has lots of clothes and I know the prettiest one for you," the little girl bounced up

and down happily and dragged Sarama to where her mother was. Kokiyu's mother agreed to

letting Sarama use her clothes until her own clothes dried. After a few minutes Sarama

emerged from the hut and walked out in a beautiful royal blue Kimono which seemed to bring

out her bright blue eyes very nicely. Kirashu was purposely trying not to look at the demon

slayer but when he heard the young girl give a happy scream and yell a little too loudly

again how pretty she was he decided to look down at her. He almost gasped out loud as

he looked at her in the Kimono and her skin and her eyes seemed to glow. 'She doesn't

look that good, no, she doesn't...' Kirashu thought to himself, turning his head away.

But, he gave her a quick glance and then jumped down into tree so that he wouldn't be

able to see her anymore.

/p

Sarama was very happy with the royal blue kimono Kokiyu had picked out for her. Instead of

feeling just plain, she actionably felt, kind of ... beautiful. She felt herself wince a bit

when she heard Kokiyu's happy scream and yell a little too loudly how pretty she was. But,

she knew that the little girl was very happy since that it was her choice. Sarama spent

the rest of the day with Kokiyu, since that she knew that she couldn't spend too much

time at her village, because demons would be looking for her. When night finally came

she said goodnight to Kokiyu and got ready to sleep in the same spot she slept in yesterday.

When she closed her eyes she saw five demons coming towards the village at a very fast

pace. She quickly opened up her eyes and looked around. "Kirashu? I know you're there,

come down here, please."

/p

Kirashu jumped down from the tree and looked at her with an annoyed look on his face. "What

do you want woman?" 'I spend the whole day trying to ignore her and then she just calls

me down here to annoy me, humph.' "Kirashu, do you ... smell anything? Like any demons

near?" He looked at her rather skeptical and then sniffed the air, his face turned from

skeptical to surprise when the scent of several demons came to his delicate nose. "Yes, there

are demons, why do you want to know?" he said in the same annoyed tone of voice. Sarama didn't

answer him, she just quickly called Sosiyu and rode off toward where she felt the demon

presences were the strongest. 'I have to stop them from entering the villiage...'

/p

Mwa ha ha, now I'm feeling quite evil, a good ol' cliffhanger, hehe. I hope everyone liked

this chapter, it took me forever to write and I had to end it just right.