The girl who wouldn't give upbr

by Sarah/p

Here's Chapter #4, enjoy!

/p

Sarama galloped Sosiyu out of the village and met the demons which threatened to destroy

the village. She dismounted from the stallion with amazing grace and she quickly unsheathed

her sword and looked the lead demon straight in the eye. "What do you want from this village?",

she said with coldness in her voice as she asked the demon. He humored this women, smiling

an evil smile as he replied, "We want the people to die and the town to burn." Sarama told

herself to stay calm but she just couldn't, she attacked the demon blindly and felt herself

immediately pushed down to the ground. She picked up her sword again and calmed herself as

her sword began to glow a light blue color. She slashed the sword threw the thin air and

the energy blew the demons backward and they felt a terrible pain. The lead demon growled

in pain and jumped up into the air and landed right beside the demon slayer as he slashed

threw her kimono and pushed her hard into a tree. Sarama felt herself become unconscious

for a second and tell herself to get up again when she heard a painful yelp from one of

the demons. She opened up her eyes to see that the lead demon was distracted by Kirashu

attacking one of his companions. The half-demon looked over at her and said with a growl,

"Stupid girl! Don't you know how to fight?" 'Humph, of course I know how to fight, though

these clothes are almost impossible to fight in.' Kirashu jumped quickly out of

the way as three demons attacked him and tried to kill him.

/p

Sarama got up and drove the sword into the lead demon, taking advantage of him being

distracted by the appearance of Kirashu. When he felt the sword go threw his stomach

he grabbed the women's arm and dug his claws into her. She winced in pain but immediately

felt her powers being released from herself into the unfortunate demon. He became only

ashes and Sarama set off to help Kirashu with the rest of the demons. He had already slayed

two of the demons but the last one was the most cunning. The demon dodged all of Kirashu's

attacks and hit the half-demon with such force that Kirashu momentarily lost consciousness.

The demon slayer stopped the last demon from killing Kirashu by slicing threw his arm with her

sword but she soon felt herself pinned to a tree with her sword knocked out of her hand.

His grip tightened around her throat, smiling evilly as she began to feel weaker and weaker.

With her last strengths she gathered all of her power, and grabbed the demon's arms. At first

he looked surprise and he was about to give the finishing squeeze around her throat when

he felt a terrible power go threw his body. He screamed in pain, and then seemed to disappear.

Sarama grabbed her sword and placed it back, after she did this she finally let herself pass out.

/p

By that time Kirashu woke up and ran over to the demon slayer's body. He looked down at her

and touched her hand to see if she would awake. When she didn't he wondered what to do with

her. 'I did save her neck, but she saved mine. I can't just leave her here to die, besides

she still owes me a fair fight.' With that in mind he picked up her limp body and ran

back to the village. 'I have to find somebody to help her, maybe I should find that annoying

little girl she seems to like so much...' He wondered if he should call out "Annoying little girl"

and see if the girl answered but he doubted it. The little girl found him first as she walked

out of her hut and gasped out loud as she saw the half-demon with the unconscious Sarama

in his arms. He could see that the girl was going to scream but before she did he spoke

first. "Annoying brat, don't scream, find your mommy or someone to help this stupid girl."

That seemed to work because the little girl clamped her mouth shut and ran back into her hut

screaming "Mommy! Mommy!" Kirashu flattened his dog ears at the sound of the girl's screaming

and gently set Sarama down on the ground and jumped into the trees, he knew that if the

villagers found him with an unconscious demon slayer he would probably be stoned to death.

The little girl dragged her still sleepy mother outside chanting loudly, "Mommy, there was

this dog man, and he told me to get help, and I think Sarama is hurt badly." She jumbled

her sentences together and was talking so quickly even her mother was having a hard time

understanding. She looked away from her daughter as she looked down at the demon slayer

and kneeled down and felt the woman's forehead. 'Good, she isn't cold yet and she doesn't

seem to lost much blood. She must have been fighting off some demons to keep the village

safe, poor thing.' "Kokiyu, go get some bandages for Lady Sarama" she spoke urgently

to her daughter and then little girl quickly ran off and quickly came back with the bandages

in her little hands. Kokiyu's mother cleaned Sarama's wounds and bandaged the deep cuts, making the bandages

extra tight for the cuts which were still bleeding. When she finally finished taking care

of the demon slayer she looked over at her worried daughter and with a smile said, "She'll

be fine." Kokiyu hugged her mother tightly and then waited for Sarama to wake up again as

her mother walked back into the hut to go back to sleep. She knew that she should make her

daughter go back into the hut and sleep too but the little girl was so worried over

Sarama, she knew she wouldn't be able to go to sleep.

/p

Kirashu looked at the little brat who was looking at the demon slayer with sad eyes as she

said above a whisper, "Please Sarama, wake up soon." After the little girl said this she

feel asleep right on Sarama's lap. When morning came the little girl was still sleeping on

her lap when Sarama awoke. She looked down at the girl and smiled and gave her a little

hug. Kokiyu woke up and then returned Sarama's hug and spoke excitedly, "Kokiyu was so

scared! Kokiyu thought you were really hurt, and then the dog man left, and Kokiyu thought

he hurt you," iThe DOG MAN?!/i Sarama thought to herself and then it struck her, she

was talking about Kirashu. "No, Kokiyu, the dog man didn't hurt me, he actionably helped

me" she said softly to the girl. The little girl smiled up at her idol and she saw a

look of relief wash over her face. "Kokiyu is happy, because she thinks that the dog man

is funny" she said happily. Just then Kirashu jumped from his tree with a very annoyed

and ticked off look on his face. "OK, I'm tired of this dog man talk! Tell that annoying

brat to quit," Kirashu said as his ears twitched. The little girl just laughed and pointed

at his ears as she squealed "Your ears are funny!" Kirashu wanted to bop the annoying

little brat on the head and felt himself walking over to the girl but he stopped in his tracks

when he heard the angry screams of the villagers screaming "Demon!" As they readied themselves

to throw their weapons at him.

/p



Yes, Yes, yet another cliff hanger. What's going to happen to poor Kirashu, A.K.A. Dog Man? lol.