The girl who wouldn't give up
by Sarah/p
Chapter Name, Hot Springs and the Slap Chapter #15, enjoy!
/p
Sarama was the first to wake up the next day, and she immediately glanced over at Kirashu.
'He's so innocent looking when he's asleep, and kinda cute too.' Sarama quickly shook her head at
this thought and immediately told herself, 'I did not just think that.' She walked over to
the half-demon and looked down at his face and softly said, "Wake up Kirashu, time to
move out." The half-demon grunted softly and slowly opened up his eyes and said in his
usual gruff tone, "What do you want woman?" Sarama sighed and spoke in a tired tone,
"We have to start moving again, come on." Kirashu grunted again and rose to stand on his
own two feet again. He turned his back to Sarama, expecting her to hop on his back
like she did yesterday but when she didn't he turned his neck to look at her. "Well, are
you going to jump on my back, or what?" She blushed slightly and replied, "Oh, well, yes,
sorry." Kirashu felt her wrap her legs around him and place her arms lightly around his
neck. When Kirashu thought that she was secure enough he took off toward the scent of
the impostor.
/p
Kirashu moved quicker and quicker, he could smell the scent getting stronger, they were
getting closer. Sarama could feel the same thing, the wind stung at her face so she buried
it in Kirashu's long silver hair. She felt strangely protected with him, but just as quickly
as she was getting comfortable, Sarama saw her double in the clearing. The impostor had
her back turned to them, she stood at the base of a cliff, her hair blowing in the wind.
Both Kirashu and her could feel the double's evil presence, it seemed to make the hair
stand on their necks. Sarama just tried to shake the feeling off. "Turn around and face us,
you impostor. And hand over what is rightfully mine." The double just smiled evilly and
spoke in that same cold voice, "Come and get it from me."
/p
But, instead of moving to grab her sword and unsheathe it, Sarama reached for her bow and
arrow pointed towards her evil double's heart. Unfortunately the impostor moved quickly
out of the way of the arrow, so the arrow missed it's mark, though it did collide with her
shoulder. The arrow dug threw the impostor's flesh, and she immediately pulled out the arrow,
which only caused her more harm as the arrow burst in her hands and she fell backwards.
Kirashu felt that same sensation of being almost rooted into the ground, as the impostor
stood again much quicker than the half-demon thought possible after such an attack. "My turn
now," she said with what sounded like a growl. The impostor ran and landed right next to
Sarama, her once blue eyes turning a blood red as she closed her fingers around Sarama's
delicate neck. Sarama felt it becoming harder to breath as she said barely above a whisper,
"You aren't going to do this again." She felt herself looking everywhere for her necklace,
and then saw it glittering inside the impostor's sleeve. Grabbing it she pushed the impostor
away from her as hard as she could and quickly got to her feet again.
/p
Sarama grabbed for another arrow and tried again to shoot it at the impostor's heart again
but this time she blocked the arrow. Even though the arrow didn't penetrate threw her skin,
just having contact with the arrow made the arrow burst and caused even more harm to the
impostor. 'How could she have blocked my arrow? Something tells me this thing, isn't all
me,' Sarama thought to herself. She felt the impostor attack her again and she didn't know
if it was just her but she could have sworn she grew claws. What she saw must have been correct
as she felt the impostor slashing threw her kimono and her claws digging into her arm.
"Sarama!" Kirashu yelled loudly, he saw that Sarama was hurt, and he tried everything to
fight whatever it was holding himself to the ground, but he just couldn't move from where
he was standing. He just watched hopelessly, willing the demon slayer to put an end to this
impostor. Sarama pushed the impostor as hard as she could and stood again. This time the
demon slayer grabbed her sword and it glowed a light blue color, and Sarama jumped towards the
impostor and slashed the sword at her. As the sword's power collided with the impostor
Sarama watched as the impostor flew backwards, seeming that fate would have her life end
with the impact of falling to the bottom of cliff.
/p
Sarama watched as her double fell, but fate wouldn't be easy for her, the impostor turned
into an orange sphere of light and disappeared. 'Okay, that is defiantly something which
I cannot do, so that thing isn't all me' the demon slayer thought to herself. With the
impostor gone Kirashu could move again, he ran over to Sarama and looked at the deep gash
in her right arm. "You better let me take care of that," he said in such a tone that he
wouldn't take "No" for an answer. Sarama was about to oppose him for doing such a thing
but she noticed the look in his eye and just nodded and grabbed the bandages which she
always carried with her and gave them to the half-demon. He touched her soft skin and then
wound the bandages around her arm, cutting it with his fangs when he got to the end. His ears
twitched, expecting a thanks from the demon slayer but she merely stood up, and tied the
necklace around her neck. She turned to him and smiled as she said, "Hmmm, I think I need
to find some hot springs to relax in." He nearly fell over backwards and felt himself
yelling a little too loudly, "You need WHAT to relax in?!" "Hot springs, really, they are
very relaxing." He just grunted at her nonchalant answer, "Humph, and I never thought you
pampered yourself like a real woman." "And what is THAT supposed to me?" Sarama turned from
nonchalant to dead right deadly as she drew out her bow and arrow before Kirashu could even
blink an eye. He smiled at how easily he could bother her and decided to push her even more.
"Well, you know, REAL woman pamper themselves, and I was about to think you weren't a REAL
woman." Sarama felt herself loose her temper, and decided to shoot four arrows at the
annoying half-demon and pin him straight to a tree. The arrows landed on their marks,
and only caught the half-demon's kimono, and not one arrow touched him, but he still felt
angry at her even trying such a stunt. "What was that for wench?!" "A REAL woman wouldn't
have been able to do that, and this REAL woman is going to find some hot springs to soak in.
Have fun trying to get out unpinned from the tree. I'll come after you after I'm done."
/p
Kirashu just stared at her walking away, her hips were swaying from side to side as if
taunting him. 'Grrr, stupid girl, stupid walk, stupid powers', Kirashu kept on naming off
all of the things which annoyed him so much about Sarama. What he didn't know was that the
demon slayer placed the arrows in spots where he could easily pull them out. She just
wanted to walk by herself for a bit and let the half-demon think for a few seconds too. It
took the half-demon a while to figure this out, mostly because he was still cursing under
his breath and his mind hadn't cleared, when he finally pulled the arrows from the tree,
releasing himself, he ran off toward where the demon slayer had walked off too. 'I'll make
her pay, oh, yes I will,' Kirashu thought to himself with a smile playing upon his lips.
Sarama had all ready arrived at the closest hot spring and was ready to undress when the
stubborn half-demon appeared. "I'm going to make you pay for pinning me to that tree,"
Kirashu growled slightly and flexed his claws. "Really, Kirashu, I did it so that you could
easily get yourself out of the tree, and you started it too." The half-demon growled again
and was ready to claim that fight they had started in the beginning but Sarama quickly
disrupted him. "Kirashu, I need to soak in a hot spring, okay? I'm going to undress right
now and if you dare peak or anything of that sort..." Kirashu just snorted as he said,
"Yeah, right, like I'd peek at you woman, ha." He walked and sat with his back to her as
he rested next to a tree away from her. Once Sarama was sure he wouldn't peek she undressed,
but she still wore a small amount on, her many years of slaying demons had taught her to be
ready for an attack anytime, and nothing was more embarrassing than getting attacked undressed.
The demon slayer placed her sword on the ground above her and slowly eased herself into the
hot spring, immediately feeling her tense and sore muscles relax at the feeling of the hot
water. Sarama felt her guard go down as she relaxed more and didn't even feel the presence
of a young man watching her.
/p
'My, my, I am quite lucky, coming across a beauty like this. But I heard her talking to
someone else, she must have another man with her, too bad,' the young man thought to himself.
He then remembered Sarama as the woman who had saved his village a few years ago. 'So, this
is what she looks like undressed, mmmm, amazing,' the young man smiled a perverted smile as
he moved in closer. He accidentally stepped on a twig and snapped it, and with
Kirashu's heightened sense of hearing he quickly ran over to see who or what made it. Kirashu
saw the young man staring at the near naked Sarama and quickly grabbed him by his throat
and turned him around to see his face. The young man looked like Sosiu, he seemed to be
about the age of Sarama, with short black hair which was just long enough to put up into
a ponytail, the only difference was that this guy seemed to have green eyes. Kirashu was
just glad that he didn't look like that annoying Prince, but still, this guy was trying to
sneak a look at Sarama. 'Maybe I should let her deal with him herself,' Kirashu smiled at
the thought of him being pinned to a tree or stuck to the ground. He quickly gave his
head a little shake as he tightened his grip around the young man's throat and said in a low
growl, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
/p
Sarama was just starting to fall asleep when she heard Kirashu's low growl and noticed that
he was way closer than he should be and maybe something was wrong. She jumped out of the hot
spring and without even thinking about getting clothed, walked over to where Kirashu was and
called out his name. With the half-demon distracted by Sarama's voice the young man elbowed
Kirashu in his gut and was prepared to fight him when he saw Sarama walking toward them so he
decided to leave the half-demon with her rage, he had seen what this woman could do and he
didn't want her to see he was spying on her. Kirashu saw him run off and was about ready to
chase after him when he heard Sarama come up behind him and turned to see her, and quickly
noticed that the demon slayer was barely clothed. Sarama saw Kirashu's eyes wander from her
face and she quickly remembered that she wasn't really clothed. "Pervert!" Sarama swiftly
walked over to the half-demon and slapped him so hard that it seemed to knock him off of his
feet. With that she grabbed her clothes and walked off again, leaving a completely stunned
and bewildered half-demon behind.
/p
Ah, poor Kirashu, a swift slap, but, eh, he'll just have to steer clear next time, hehe.
by Sarah/p
Chapter Name, Hot Springs and the Slap Chapter #15, enjoy!
/p
Sarama was the first to wake up the next day, and she immediately glanced over at Kirashu.
'He's so innocent looking when he's asleep, and kinda cute too.' Sarama quickly shook her head at
this thought and immediately told herself, 'I did not just think that.' She walked over to
the half-demon and looked down at his face and softly said, "Wake up Kirashu, time to
move out." The half-demon grunted softly and slowly opened up his eyes and said in his
usual gruff tone, "What do you want woman?" Sarama sighed and spoke in a tired tone,
"We have to start moving again, come on." Kirashu grunted again and rose to stand on his
own two feet again. He turned his back to Sarama, expecting her to hop on his back
like she did yesterday but when she didn't he turned his neck to look at her. "Well, are
you going to jump on my back, or what?" She blushed slightly and replied, "Oh, well, yes,
sorry." Kirashu felt her wrap her legs around him and place her arms lightly around his
neck. When Kirashu thought that she was secure enough he took off toward the scent of
the impostor.
/p
Kirashu moved quicker and quicker, he could smell the scent getting stronger, they were
getting closer. Sarama could feel the same thing, the wind stung at her face so she buried
it in Kirashu's long silver hair. She felt strangely protected with him, but just as quickly
as she was getting comfortable, Sarama saw her double in the clearing. The impostor had
her back turned to them, she stood at the base of a cliff, her hair blowing in the wind.
Both Kirashu and her could feel the double's evil presence, it seemed to make the hair
stand on their necks. Sarama just tried to shake the feeling off. "Turn around and face us,
you impostor. And hand over what is rightfully mine." The double just smiled evilly and
spoke in that same cold voice, "Come and get it from me."
/p
But, instead of moving to grab her sword and unsheathe it, Sarama reached for her bow and
arrow pointed towards her evil double's heart. Unfortunately the impostor moved quickly
out of the way of the arrow, so the arrow missed it's mark, though it did collide with her
shoulder. The arrow dug threw the impostor's flesh, and she immediately pulled out the arrow,
which only caused her more harm as the arrow burst in her hands and she fell backwards.
Kirashu felt that same sensation of being almost rooted into the ground, as the impostor
stood again much quicker than the half-demon thought possible after such an attack. "My turn
now," she said with what sounded like a growl. The impostor ran and landed right next to
Sarama, her once blue eyes turning a blood red as she closed her fingers around Sarama's
delicate neck. Sarama felt it becoming harder to breath as she said barely above a whisper,
"You aren't going to do this again." She felt herself looking everywhere for her necklace,
and then saw it glittering inside the impostor's sleeve. Grabbing it she pushed the impostor
away from her as hard as she could and quickly got to her feet again.
/p
Sarama grabbed for another arrow and tried again to shoot it at the impostor's heart again
but this time she blocked the arrow. Even though the arrow didn't penetrate threw her skin,
just having contact with the arrow made the arrow burst and caused even more harm to the
impostor. 'How could she have blocked my arrow? Something tells me this thing, isn't all
me,' Sarama thought to herself. She felt the impostor attack her again and she didn't know
if it was just her but she could have sworn she grew claws. What she saw must have been correct
as she felt the impostor slashing threw her kimono and her claws digging into her arm.
"Sarama!" Kirashu yelled loudly, he saw that Sarama was hurt, and he tried everything to
fight whatever it was holding himself to the ground, but he just couldn't move from where
he was standing. He just watched hopelessly, willing the demon slayer to put an end to this
impostor. Sarama pushed the impostor as hard as she could and stood again. This time the
demon slayer grabbed her sword and it glowed a light blue color, and Sarama jumped towards the
impostor and slashed the sword at her. As the sword's power collided with the impostor
Sarama watched as the impostor flew backwards, seeming that fate would have her life end
with the impact of falling to the bottom of cliff.
/p
Sarama watched as her double fell, but fate wouldn't be easy for her, the impostor turned
into an orange sphere of light and disappeared. 'Okay, that is defiantly something which
I cannot do, so that thing isn't all me' the demon slayer thought to herself. With the
impostor gone Kirashu could move again, he ran over to Sarama and looked at the deep gash
in her right arm. "You better let me take care of that," he said in such a tone that he
wouldn't take "No" for an answer. Sarama was about to oppose him for doing such a thing
but she noticed the look in his eye and just nodded and grabbed the bandages which she
always carried with her and gave them to the half-demon. He touched her soft skin and then
wound the bandages around her arm, cutting it with his fangs when he got to the end. His ears
twitched, expecting a thanks from the demon slayer but she merely stood up, and tied the
necklace around her neck. She turned to him and smiled as she said, "Hmmm, I think I need
to find some hot springs to relax in." He nearly fell over backwards and felt himself
yelling a little too loudly, "You need WHAT to relax in?!" "Hot springs, really, they are
very relaxing." He just grunted at her nonchalant answer, "Humph, and I never thought you
pampered yourself like a real woman." "And what is THAT supposed to me?" Sarama turned from
nonchalant to dead right deadly as she drew out her bow and arrow before Kirashu could even
blink an eye. He smiled at how easily he could bother her and decided to push her even more.
"Well, you know, REAL woman pamper themselves, and I was about to think you weren't a REAL
woman." Sarama felt herself loose her temper, and decided to shoot four arrows at the
annoying half-demon and pin him straight to a tree. The arrows landed on their marks,
and only caught the half-demon's kimono, and not one arrow touched him, but he still felt
angry at her even trying such a stunt. "What was that for wench?!" "A REAL woman wouldn't
have been able to do that, and this REAL woman is going to find some hot springs to soak in.
Have fun trying to get out unpinned from the tree. I'll come after you after I'm done."
/p
Kirashu just stared at her walking away, her hips were swaying from side to side as if
taunting him. 'Grrr, stupid girl, stupid walk, stupid powers', Kirashu kept on naming off
all of the things which annoyed him so much about Sarama. What he didn't know was that the
demon slayer placed the arrows in spots where he could easily pull them out. She just
wanted to walk by herself for a bit and let the half-demon think for a few seconds too. It
took the half-demon a while to figure this out, mostly because he was still cursing under
his breath and his mind hadn't cleared, when he finally pulled the arrows from the tree,
releasing himself, he ran off toward where the demon slayer had walked off too. 'I'll make
her pay, oh, yes I will,' Kirashu thought to himself with a smile playing upon his lips.
Sarama had all ready arrived at the closest hot spring and was ready to undress when the
stubborn half-demon appeared. "I'm going to make you pay for pinning me to that tree,"
Kirashu growled slightly and flexed his claws. "Really, Kirashu, I did it so that you could
easily get yourself out of the tree, and you started it too." The half-demon growled again
and was ready to claim that fight they had started in the beginning but Sarama quickly
disrupted him. "Kirashu, I need to soak in a hot spring, okay? I'm going to undress right
now and if you dare peak or anything of that sort..." Kirashu just snorted as he said,
"Yeah, right, like I'd peek at you woman, ha." He walked and sat with his back to her as
he rested next to a tree away from her. Once Sarama was sure he wouldn't peek she undressed,
but she still wore a small amount on, her many years of slaying demons had taught her to be
ready for an attack anytime, and nothing was more embarrassing than getting attacked undressed.
The demon slayer placed her sword on the ground above her and slowly eased herself into the
hot spring, immediately feeling her tense and sore muscles relax at the feeling of the hot
water. Sarama felt her guard go down as she relaxed more and didn't even feel the presence
of a young man watching her.
/p
'My, my, I am quite lucky, coming across a beauty like this. But I heard her talking to
someone else, she must have another man with her, too bad,' the young man thought to himself.
He then remembered Sarama as the woman who had saved his village a few years ago. 'So, this
is what she looks like undressed, mmmm, amazing,' the young man smiled a perverted smile as
he moved in closer. He accidentally stepped on a twig and snapped it, and with
Kirashu's heightened sense of hearing he quickly ran over to see who or what made it. Kirashu
saw the young man staring at the near naked Sarama and quickly grabbed him by his throat
and turned him around to see his face. The young man looked like Sosiu, he seemed to be
about the age of Sarama, with short black hair which was just long enough to put up into
a ponytail, the only difference was that this guy seemed to have green eyes. Kirashu was
just glad that he didn't look like that annoying Prince, but still, this guy was trying to
sneak a look at Sarama. 'Maybe I should let her deal with him herself,' Kirashu smiled at
the thought of him being pinned to a tree or stuck to the ground. He quickly gave his
head a little shake as he tightened his grip around the young man's throat and said in a low
growl, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
/p
Sarama was just starting to fall asleep when she heard Kirashu's low growl and noticed that
he was way closer than he should be and maybe something was wrong. She jumped out of the hot
spring and without even thinking about getting clothed, walked over to where Kirashu was and
called out his name. With the half-demon distracted by Sarama's voice the young man elbowed
Kirashu in his gut and was prepared to fight him when he saw Sarama walking toward them so he
decided to leave the half-demon with her rage, he had seen what this woman could do and he
didn't want her to see he was spying on her. Kirashu saw him run off and was about ready to
chase after him when he heard Sarama come up behind him and turned to see her, and quickly
noticed that the demon slayer was barely clothed. Sarama saw Kirashu's eyes wander from her
face and she quickly remembered that she wasn't really clothed. "Pervert!" Sarama swiftly
walked over to the half-demon and slapped him so hard that it seemed to knock him off of his
feet. With that she grabbed her clothes and walked off again, leaving a completely stunned
and bewildered half-demon behind.
/p
Ah, poor Kirashu, a swift slap, but, eh, he'll just have to steer clear next time, hehe.