The girl who wouldn't give up
by Sarah
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Chapter Name, The Evil Plan Stopped, Chapter #22, enjoy!
/P
Sarama didn't fall asleep in Kirashu's arms like she did yesterday, since that she was warm
enough tonight so she didn't have a good excuse to do such a thing. Kirashu and her
traveled closer to Kokiyu's village, the demon slayer didn't know why but she felt like she
should be watching over the village and be close to it. Sarama looked over at the half-demon
at the thought of him and couldn't help herself, she stared at him and took in his features.
'He's so cute with his dog ears... I mean, who wouldn't? He looks great in that new shirt
too, it's tighter fitting than his other one and shows off his ... wait, why I'm I thinking
this?!' Sarama quickly turned her gaze away from him and blushed lightly as she leaned
against the tree closest to her and fell into an uneasy sleep.
/P
The demon slayer tossed and turned in her sleep, she was having a terrible nightmare where
hundreds of demons were attacking Kokiyu's village, slaying everyone in sight. She saw
a particularly ugly and evil looking demon come after Kokiyu's mother and attack her.
Sarama would have woken up then when she was the little girl right to her fallen mother,
and the demon raised his clawed hand to make the final blow. "Kokiyu!" Sarama woke up
and sat straight up, her eyes wide with fear, her breathing was fast and she was covered in
sweat. Kirashu had his hands on her shoulders and was ready to shake her awake when she
finally awoke again and he looked into her eyes, she looked so scared, what could she
have been dreaming? She said the little girl's name again, slowly this time, "Kokiyu. We
have to go to the village." 'That couldn't have been just a nightmare, it just couldn't.'
Sarama called Sosiyu and luckily the stallion was nearby and came quickly over to the demon
slayer. She mounted the stallion and he gave a half rear and Sarama quickly told Kirashu,
"I'm going to go to Kokiyu's village. I should be back soon." "Oh no, you stupid girl, I'm
coming with you." "Fine, then follow me." Sarama didn't wait for the half-demon to reply
to her statement and squeezed the stallion into a full gallop. The stallion ran even
faster than the half-demon, and they were down in the village in no time. The demon slayer
looked around and everything was peaceful. She was about to leave, feeling stupid for being
fooled by her own nightmares when she saw the demons coming over the horizon, hundreds of
them, and all of them coming toward the village. Sarama gracefully dismounted the stallion
and sent him away as she stared at the demons which were coming.
/P
"Everyone, wake up!" Sarama yelled loudly, she had to wake everyone up so they could out
of here. The demon slayer just saw the half-demon come into the village and quickly told
him to get everyone awake. 'How am I going to do that?' Kirashu thought to himself. "Demons!"
Lots of demons! Everyone wake up!" The half-demon knocked on all of the doors and paused
for a second to see what she was doing, he could smell all of the demons which were coming,
there were tons of them, and when he looked over at the demon slayer he saw all of them,
and Sarama who was standing in front of the village, sword in hand, poised to do whatever
she could to save it. 'That stupid girl, she's going to get herself killed!' With this
thought Kirashu ran over to Sarama but the demon slayer felt him coming and quickly told
him, "Stay away Kirashu. Protect everyone as best as you can if I don't make it. Get them
out of here if I don't succeed." "But..." The half-demon began to speak but promptly shut
his mouth as he looked at all of the villagers coming out of their homes, praying that the
woman who had saved their villages countless times before would do the same this time.
/P
The demon slayer stood there, sword in hand, having no clue how to stop so many demons. Her
sword and herself glowed a bright blue color and she held it tightly. 'I will not let this
village die, I will not let Kokiyu's mother die, I will not let Kokiyu die.' With that last
thought the demon slayer brought her sword down, putting everything which she had in herself
into it. The sword's power burned across the ground but left no marks, all of it's energy
headed straight toward the unwary demons. As it made contact with all of the demons they
all became enveloped in the sword's blue power, their screams were so loud that many of the
children covered their ears, but the loud screaming immediately ceased as the demons just
seemed to burn up and were completely obliterated. Sarama felt herself completely drained,
she drove her sword into the ground so that she could have something to support herself.
Kirashu couldn't believe his eyes, he knew that this woman he had grown to trust was
powerful, but not this powerful! With one sweep of her sword she had killed all of these
demons, and it wasn't the sword which had done it, but the own power within her, he could
feel it.
/P
He was about to call her over when he saw and felt how exhausted she was, he saw her drive
her sword into the ground and then faint, falling into the hard ground. "Sarama!" Kirashu ran
over to the woman and turned her body to face him, her face showed the exhaustion she felt,
she had put so much power into her attack that he was afraid she might... 'No, no, she can't,
she won't.' He looked down at her and felt his fear growing by the second as he felt her
becoming weaker and weaker by the second and her face looked deathly pale. "Someone help
her, please." Kirashu looked at the group of people who were watching him and the demon
slayer and Kokiyu's mother stepped out of the group and quickly said, "Follow me and I'll
take care of her." The half-demon let out a deep breath which he didn't even know he was
holding and followed after the woman and walked into her hut and placed the demon slayer
on the ground. He hovered over the woman and waited anxiously. "I need some space to work
with her, could you look after Kokiyu for me?" Kirashu looked taken aback, he had never
had a woman trust him with their own child. "Um, yeah, whatever, tell me when she wakes up."
With that said the half-demon walked outside and went in search for the annoying little girl
which the demon slayer seemed to care about so much. He heard crying and saw Kokiyu in a
corner, with her knees up in her chest and her little head on her crunched up legs. Kirashu
looked down on the distraught little girl, and he didn't know what to do. "Um, annoying
little girl, why are you crying?" Kokiyu looked up at the half-demon with her tear filled
eyes and he saw a small smile on the little girl's face. "Kirashu, it is all my fault that
Sarama got hurt today?" "No, of course not, you stupid little girl." The half-demon said
this a little too roughly and the little girl started crying again. "Come here, listen
Sarama cares for you a lot, okay? She'd always make sure you wouldn't get hurt, and if that
means endangering herself it wouldn't hurt matter to her. She'll be all right." The little
girl sat it Kirashu's lap and cried into his shirt a while longer until she finally looked
up and smiled at him. "Can I... Can I rub your ears? It'll make me feel better." Kirashu
was ready to say, "No way in hell," but immediately stopped himself when he saw the little
girl's tear soaked face and if he could make her stop crying just if she rubbed his ears
then why not? "Fine, just don't pull on them, that really hurts." Kokiyu began rubbing the
insides of the half-demon's dog ears and giggled when he started to pur. Kirashu noticed
he was purring and told the little girl to stop, even though it did feel good. "Do you feel
better now, you dumb little girl?" Kokiyu sniffled and nodded her head happily, giving the
half-demon a big hug and then burying her head in his shirt again and seeming to fall
asleep. "Hey, annoying little girl, did you fall asleep on me?" The only response the
half-demon got was her burying her head deeper in his shirt and letting out a little
content sigh. 'Well, I guess I'm stuck with the kid tonight, I get the hard job again. I
just hope she doesn't blow her nose on me.' Kirashu was about ready to fall asleep when he
found that he couldn't until he saw the demon slayer was doing better. So, the half-demon
picked up the little form of the sleeping girl and carried her over to her mother's hut
and knocked on the door. The woman smiled at the sight of the half-demon carrying her
sleeping daughter and immediately told him to come in and place the little girl in her
bed. Kirashu looked at Kokiyu for just a second and then went into the main room to look
at Sarama. He felt terrible that the demon slayer was still pale and her aura was extremely
weak, if a demon or half-demon didn't know her as well as he did they would have called thought
she was dead. Kirashu outwardly shuddered at this thought and Kokiyu's mother noticed this
and softly said, "I've tried all I can for her, it now remains in her hands with her survival,
I am sad to say." The half-demon stared at her wide-eyed and spoke in a panicked voice,
"You have to do more, anything. She can't die, she shouldn't, she won't." The older woman
placed her hand on the half-demons shoulder and smiled at him. "Don't worry, Lady Sarama is
very strong, she'll be able to pull through this." Kirashu only nodded numbly and left the
woman to work more with the demon slayer. 'Don't die Sarama, fight whatever this is.'
/p
Ahh, much better, and sorta on a cliffhanger again, they're addictive, lol.
by Sarah
/P
Chapter Name, The Evil Plan Stopped, Chapter #22, enjoy!
/P
Sarama didn't fall asleep in Kirashu's arms like she did yesterday, since that she was warm
enough tonight so she didn't have a good excuse to do such a thing. Kirashu and her
traveled closer to Kokiyu's village, the demon slayer didn't know why but she felt like she
should be watching over the village and be close to it. Sarama looked over at the half-demon
at the thought of him and couldn't help herself, she stared at him and took in his features.
'He's so cute with his dog ears... I mean, who wouldn't? He looks great in that new shirt
too, it's tighter fitting than his other one and shows off his ... wait, why I'm I thinking
this?!' Sarama quickly turned her gaze away from him and blushed lightly as she leaned
against the tree closest to her and fell into an uneasy sleep.
/P
The demon slayer tossed and turned in her sleep, she was having a terrible nightmare where
hundreds of demons were attacking Kokiyu's village, slaying everyone in sight. She saw
a particularly ugly and evil looking demon come after Kokiyu's mother and attack her.
Sarama would have woken up then when she was the little girl right to her fallen mother,
and the demon raised his clawed hand to make the final blow. "Kokiyu!" Sarama woke up
and sat straight up, her eyes wide with fear, her breathing was fast and she was covered in
sweat. Kirashu had his hands on her shoulders and was ready to shake her awake when she
finally awoke again and he looked into her eyes, she looked so scared, what could she
have been dreaming? She said the little girl's name again, slowly this time, "Kokiyu. We
have to go to the village." 'That couldn't have been just a nightmare, it just couldn't.'
Sarama called Sosiyu and luckily the stallion was nearby and came quickly over to the demon
slayer. She mounted the stallion and he gave a half rear and Sarama quickly told Kirashu,
"I'm going to go to Kokiyu's village. I should be back soon." "Oh no, you stupid girl, I'm
coming with you." "Fine, then follow me." Sarama didn't wait for the half-demon to reply
to her statement and squeezed the stallion into a full gallop. The stallion ran even
faster than the half-demon, and they were down in the village in no time. The demon slayer
looked around and everything was peaceful. She was about to leave, feeling stupid for being
fooled by her own nightmares when she saw the demons coming over the horizon, hundreds of
them, and all of them coming toward the village. Sarama gracefully dismounted the stallion
and sent him away as she stared at the demons which were coming.
/P
"Everyone, wake up!" Sarama yelled loudly, she had to wake everyone up so they could out
of here. The demon slayer just saw the half-demon come into the village and quickly told
him to get everyone awake. 'How am I going to do that?' Kirashu thought to himself. "Demons!"
Lots of demons! Everyone wake up!" The half-demon knocked on all of the doors and paused
for a second to see what she was doing, he could smell all of the demons which were coming,
there were tons of them, and when he looked over at the demon slayer he saw all of them,
and Sarama who was standing in front of the village, sword in hand, poised to do whatever
she could to save it. 'That stupid girl, she's going to get herself killed!' With this
thought Kirashu ran over to Sarama but the demon slayer felt him coming and quickly told
him, "Stay away Kirashu. Protect everyone as best as you can if I don't make it. Get them
out of here if I don't succeed." "But..." The half-demon began to speak but promptly shut
his mouth as he looked at all of the villagers coming out of their homes, praying that the
woman who had saved their villages countless times before would do the same this time.
/P
The demon slayer stood there, sword in hand, having no clue how to stop so many demons. Her
sword and herself glowed a bright blue color and she held it tightly. 'I will not let this
village die, I will not let Kokiyu's mother die, I will not let Kokiyu die.' With that last
thought the demon slayer brought her sword down, putting everything which she had in herself
into it. The sword's power burned across the ground but left no marks, all of it's energy
headed straight toward the unwary demons. As it made contact with all of the demons they
all became enveloped in the sword's blue power, their screams were so loud that many of the
children covered their ears, but the loud screaming immediately ceased as the demons just
seemed to burn up and were completely obliterated. Sarama felt herself completely drained,
she drove her sword into the ground so that she could have something to support herself.
Kirashu couldn't believe his eyes, he knew that this woman he had grown to trust was
powerful, but not this powerful! With one sweep of her sword she had killed all of these
demons, and it wasn't the sword which had done it, but the own power within her, he could
feel it.
/P
He was about to call her over when he saw and felt how exhausted she was, he saw her drive
her sword into the ground and then faint, falling into the hard ground. "Sarama!" Kirashu ran
over to the woman and turned her body to face him, her face showed the exhaustion she felt,
she had put so much power into her attack that he was afraid she might... 'No, no, she can't,
she won't.' He looked down at her and felt his fear growing by the second as he felt her
becoming weaker and weaker by the second and her face looked deathly pale. "Someone help
her, please." Kirashu looked at the group of people who were watching him and the demon
slayer and Kokiyu's mother stepped out of the group and quickly said, "Follow me and I'll
take care of her." The half-demon let out a deep breath which he didn't even know he was
holding and followed after the woman and walked into her hut and placed the demon slayer
on the ground. He hovered over the woman and waited anxiously. "I need some space to work
with her, could you look after Kokiyu for me?" Kirashu looked taken aback, he had never
had a woman trust him with their own child. "Um, yeah, whatever, tell me when she wakes up."
With that said the half-demon walked outside and went in search for the annoying little girl
which the demon slayer seemed to care about so much. He heard crying and saw Kokiyu in a
corner, with her knees up in her chest and her little head on her crunched up legs. Kirashu
looked down on the distraught little girl, and he didn't know what to do. "Um, annoying
little girl, why are you crying?" Kokiyu looked up at the half-demon with her tear filled
eyes and he saw a small smile on the little girl's face. "Kirashu, it is all my fault that
Sarama got hurt today?" "No, of course not, you stupid little girl." The half-demon said
this a little too roughly and the little girl started crying again. "Come here, listen
Sarama cares for you a lot, okay? She'd always make sure you wouldn't get hurt, and if that
means endangering herself it wouldn't hurt matter to her. She'll be all right." The little
girl sat it Kirashu's lap and cried into his shirt a while longer until she finally looked
up and smiled at him. "Can I... Can I rub your ears? It'll make me feel better." Kirashu
was ready to say, "No way in hell," but immediately stopped himself when he saw the little
girl's tear soaked face and if he could make her stop crying just if she rubbed his ears
then why not? "Fine, just don't pull on them, that really hurts." Kokiyu began rubbing the
insides of the half-demon's dog ears and giggled when he started to pur. Kirashu noticed
he was purring and told the little girl to stop, even though it did feel good. "Do you feel
better now, you dumb little girl?" Kokiyu sniffled and nodded her head happily, giving the
half-demon a big hug and then burying her head in his shirt again and seeming to fall
asleep. "Hey, annoying little girl, did you fall asleep on me?" The only response the
half-demon got was her burying her head deeper in his shirt and letting out a little
content sigh. 'Well, I guess I'm stuck with the kid tonight, I get the hard job again. I
just hope she doesn't blow her nose on me.' Kirashu was about ready to fall asleep when he
found that he couldn't until he saw the demon slayer was doing better. So, the half-demon
picked up the little form of the sleeping girl and carried her over to her mother's hut
and knocked on the door. The woman smiled at the sight of the half-demon carrying her
sleeping daughter and immediately told him to come in and place the little girl in her
bed. Kirashu looked at Kokiyu for just a second and then went into the main room to look
at Sarama. He felt terrible that the demon slayer was still pale and her aura was extremely
weak, if a demon or half-demon didn't know her as well as he did they would have called thought
she was dead. Kirashu outwardly shuddered at this thought and Kokiyu's mother noticed this
and softly said, "I've tried all I can for her, it now remains in her hands with her survival,
I am sad to say." The half-demon stared at her wide-eyed and spoke in a panicked voice,
"You have to do more, anything. She can't die, she shouldn't, she won't." The older woman
placed her hand on the half-demons shoulder and smiled at him. "Don't worry, Lady Sarama is
very strong, she'll be able to pull through this." Kirashu only nodded numbly and left the
woman to work more with the demon slayer. 'Don't die Sarama, fight whatever this is.'
/p
Ahh, much better, and sorta on a cliffhanger again, they're addictive, lol.