The girl who wouldn't give up
by Sarah
/P
Chapter Name, The Cursed Crescent Moon, Chapter #23, enjoy!
/P
It had been five days since the demon slayer's now famous attack and she was still out cold.
Kirashu was as worried as can be for the woman but he could feel that she was slowly getting
better and stronger again. During the five days he mostly watched over Kokiyu and he was
finally understanding why Sarama liked her so much, her good attitude and sweet smile was
contagious. The half-demon walked over to check up on the demon slayer again and about
fell over when he saw she was all ready awake and was standing talking to Kokiyu's mother,
like nothing had happened to her over the few days. Kirashu was about ready to run over and
embrace her and maybe scold her for taking so long to heal when he heard his name and decided
to listen in on their conversation. "You know, I think he would make a wonderful father,
he made my little Kokiyu feel better after you were unconscious." "Really? Wow, I never
really thought he liked children." Kirashu walked into their conversation at this moment
and immediately said, "No, I don't like children. They just annoy me when they cry like that."
Sarama looked surprised at the half-demon's sudden entrance into the conversation but just
smiled at him and the two stared into each others eyes and then turned their heads away in
embarrassment as they realized they were both staring at each other. 'Those two are so in
love,' Kokiyu's mother thought to herself as she excused herself and looked for her daughter.
"So, um, are you all right? What took you so long to heal?" The demon slayer only gave him
an annoyed look as she said, "Well, I'm sorry, I should have just taken on every single one of
them single handily." Her voice dripped with sarcasm and she didn't even give the half-demon
a chance to reply. 'Humph, I should be the one who's touchy today, tonight is the crescent
moon, the night of weakness for me, being turned into a pitiful human.' Kirashu felt
disgusted with being turned into a human tonight but it was only one night out of the year.
'I guess this will show me if she likes me for who I am, or would rather have me as a
weak human.'
/p
Sarama wanted to leave the village immediately just in case she caused another attack but
Kirashu insisted on staying, if there was anymore attacks on Kokiyu's life the demon slayer
would be the best to protect the village from harm. "Kirashu, what's wrong? You seem, almost
distant." "What about you, huh? You seem rather touchy too," the half-demon asked with an
annoyed grunt. "I'm sorry, it's just... I'm not used to killing that many demons with just
a mere stroke of my sword, it's rather scary if you've never done it before. And I was just
so weak afterwards, I thought I might never wake up." "Don't ever do such a thing again,"
Kirashu said in a rough tone looking at the demon slayer with stern eyes. Sarama only smiled
as she said, "If I can without using such a powerful attack I will, but if I have to, I have
to." With that said the two were left in silence, and Sarama decided to show the demon to
a special spot which she found absolutely beautiful. Kirashu wasn't exactly thrilled being
dragged to some place he didn't know and expressed himself by slightly complaining. "Okay,
why do you want me to go to this spot, you stupid girl?" "Listen Kirashu, I'm not stupid,
and this spot is rather special to me, okay?" With that said the half-demon promptly closed
his mouth his mouth as he thought to himself, 'Come on Kirashu, just be a BIT nice, even if
that is rather hard.' Sarama arrived at the spot, and the half-demon did have to admit to
himself, it was quite something else. It was a cliff which had the perfect view of the sky,
and today was great to be up there because the sky look like a picture with splashes of red,
yellow, and orange across the blue sky and the sun still shinning brightly. The demon
slayer smiled over at the half-demon, "Beautiful, huh?" Kirashu huffed and replied gruffly,
"It ain't bad."
/p
Just then the two heard rustling in the bushes behind them and both placed their hands on
their swords, ready to fight anything which came out to disturb the peacefulness of the day.
Luckily the culprit was only young Kokiyu, who stared wide-eyed at the two adults who were
poised with their swords. They both relaxed at the sight of the little girl and Sarama
smiled happily at her and placed the girl on her lap as she sat with her legs dangling over
the cliff's edge. The breeze picked up and blew the woman's long black hair everyone, the
half-demon wanted to just hold her right then, nuzzling his head in her neck and take in
her scent and beauty, but when this thought came to him he immediately looked down at the
little girl in the demon slayer's lap. 'Control yourself, not here, not now.' Kirashu
sat right next to the demon slayer and the little girl started rubbing the half-demon's dog
ears, and Kirashu started purring again. Sarama felt herself chuckling softly at this and like
the time before the half-demon immediately told her to stop. "Humph, I thought you liked me
Kirashu, how come you never let me rub your ears?" The demon slayer asked in a teasing voice.
"Well, she did it to me once to feel better, but now I'm thinking that it was just a trick."
Kirashu shot the little girl a glare and she just gave him an innocent smile, and the
half-demon felt his glare melting away. The demon slayer just gave a little chuckle at the
two and slowly entwined her fingers with Kirashu's, smiling at him and blushing lightly
as she watched the sun set. The little girl had worn herself out today, and fell asleep in
Sarama's lap and the demon slayer wanted to plant a kiss on the half-demon's lips but she
was afraid she might wake Kokiyu up. The half-demon removed his fingers from hers as he
stood up and the nighttime overtook the sunlight, and the crescent moon shone brightly.
The demon slayer was ready to ask what was wrong when she saw the half-demon turn his back
to her and then face her again. Sarama saw his white hair turning black, the dog ears on
top of his ears turning into human ears, his claws disappeared and were replaced with
short nails, his pointy canine teeth changed into blunt human teeth and last his golden eyes
turning into deep brown eyes. The demon slayer gasped out loud and Kokiyu woke at the demon
slayer's gasp and looked up at the now human Kirashu. "Sarama, who is this? And what happened
to Kirashu?" "Kokiyu, this man IS Kirashu," the demon slayer replied, trying her best to cover
the shock in her voice.
The little girl's eyes grew wide as she recognized the half-demon as the man
which was standing before them. "Um, Kokiyu, can you go see your mother? I think me and
Kirashu need a moment alone." The little girl nodded and ran off to see her mother, still
staring at Kirashu. The man looked at Sarama and the two just stared at each other, the
demon slayer couldn't believe this was the same half-demon, he looked so different, and
really ... handsome. Kirashu was the first to break the silence, "Let me guess, you like me
better this way than as a half-demon." Sarama noticed the disgust in his face and how cold
he seemed to be, he really hated being human. "No, of course not, I like whichever is nicer
to me, and right now your half-demon side is looking a lot better." "So, you really don't
care what I am? You don't care if I'm half-demon or human?" She gave him a teasing smile,
"Well, I don't know, this side is nice, but I do miss those dog ears..." Kirashu felt his
face becoming bright red and quickly muffled out, "Um, let's go back down to the village."
The demon slayer walked off toward the village leading but felt Kirashu's hand on her arm
as he brought the demon slayer's body close to his and their faces were just mere inches
apart. Sarama stared into his deep brown eyes and the man abruptly broke the closeness as
he said in a rough tone, "Don't ever die on me..." His eyes softened the roughness in his
voice as he reluctantly let go of her and headed down to the village by himself, leaving the
stunned demon slayer by herself. 'Don't ever die on me... What does he mean? Did he think I
was going to die before? I never led such a confusing life until he walked into mine, gosh,
now I'm confused by the simplest statements he gives me.' She shook her head and headed after
him, she heard several of the people who were still up were giving stunned gasps at the
handsome man who looked quite like that half-demon they saw with her. Kirashu just grunted
at their gasps and climbed up the nearest tree which he used to first spy on the demon slayer,
he smiled at the memories and quickly fell asleep under the light of the cursed crescent
moon.
/p
Bah, sorry if this story seems like it's dragging, I just want you to know the character's
pretty well, since they are made up by me, you know? Anywho, I have a ending in mind, and
I'm (VERY) slowly heading towards it, lol.
by Sarah
/P
Chapter Name, The Cursed Crescent Moon, Chapter #23, enjoy!
/P
It had been five days since the demon slayer's now famous attack and she was still out cold.
Kirashu was as worried as can be for the woman but he could feel that she was slowly getting
better and stronger again. During the five days he mostly watched over Kokiyu and he was
finally understanding why Sarama liked her so much, her good attitude and sweet smile was
contagious. The half-demon walked over to check up on the demon slayer again and about
fell over when he saw she was all ready awake and was standing talking to Kokiyu's mother,
like nothing had happened to her over the few days. Kirashu was about ready to run over and
embrace her and maybe scold her for taking so long to heal when he heard his name and decided
to listen in on their conversation. "You know, I think he would make a wonderful father,
he made my little Kokiyu feel better after you were unconscious." "Really? Wow, I never
really thought he liked children." Kirashu walked into their conversation at this moment
and immediately said, "No, I don't like children. They just annoy me when they cry like that."
Sarama looked surprised at the half-demon's sudden entrance into the conversation but just
smiled at him and the two stared into each others eyes and then turned their heads away in
embarrassment as they realized they were both staring at each other. 'Those two are so in
love,' Kokiyu's mother thought to herself as she excused herself and looked for her daughter.
"So, um, are you all right? What took you so long to heal?" The demon slayer only gave him
an annoyed look as she said, "Well, I'm sorry, I should have just taken on every single one of
them single handily." Her voice dripped with sarcasm and she didn't even give the half-demon
a chance to reply. 'Humph, I should be the one who's touchy today, tonight is the crescent
moon, the night of weakness for me, being turned into a pitiful human.' Kirashu felt
disgusted with being turned into a human tonight but it was only one night out of the year.
'I guess this will show me if she likes me for who I am, or would rather have me as a
weak human.'
/p
Sarama wanted to leave the village immediately just in case she caused another attack but
Kirashu insisted on staying, if there was anymore attacks on Kokiyu's life the demon slayer
would be the best to protect the village from harm. "Kirashu, what's wrong? You seem, almost
distant." "What about you, huh? You seem rather touchy too," the half-demon asked with an
annoyed grunt. "I'm sorry, it's just... I'm not used to killing that many demons with just
a mere stroke of my sword, it's rather scary if you've never done it before. And I was just
so weak afterwards, I thought I might never wake up." "Don't ever do such a thing again,"
Kirashu said in a rough tone looking at the demon slayer with stern eyes. Sarama only smiled
as she said, "If I can without using such a powerful attack I will, but if I have to, I have
to." With that said the two were left in silence, and Sarama decided to show the demon to
a special spot which she found absolutely beautiful. Kirashu wasn't exactly thrilled being
dragged to some place he didn't know and expressed himself by slightly complaining. "Okay,
why do you want me to go to this spot, you stupid girl?" "Listen Kirashu, I'm not stupid,
and this spot is rather special to me, okay?" With that said the half-demon promptly closed
his mouth his mouth as he thought to himself, 'Come on Kirashu, just be a BIT nice, even if
that is rather hard.' Sarama arrived at the spot, and the half-demon did have to admit to
himself, it was quite something else. It was a cliff which had the perfect view of the sky,
and today was great to be up there because the sky look like a picture with splashes of red,
yellow, and orange across the blue sky and the sun still shinning brightly. The demon
slayer smiled over at the half-demon, "Beautiful, huh?" Kirashu huffed and replied gruffly,
"It ain't bad."
/p
Just then the two heard rustling in the bushes behind them and both placed their hands on
their swords, ready to fight anything which came out to disturb the peacefulness of the day.
Luckily the culprit was only young Kokiyu, who stared wide-eyed at the two adults who were
poised with their swords. They both relaxed at the sight of the little girl and Sarama
smiled happily at her and placed the girl on her lap as she sat with her legs dangling over
the cliff's edge. The breeze picked up and blew the woman's long black hair everyone, the
half-demon wanted to just hold her right then, nuzzling his head in her neck and take in
her scent and beauty, but when this thought came to him he immediately looked down at the
little girl in the demon slayer's lap. 'Control yourself, not here, not now.' Kirashu
sat right next to the demon slayer and the little girl started rubbing the half-demon's dog
ears, and Kirashu started purring again. Sarama felt herself chuckling softly at this and like
the time before the half-demon immediately told her to stop. "Humph, I thought you liked me
Kirashu, how come you never let me rub your ears?" The demon slayer asked in a teasing voice.
"Well, she did it to me once to feel better, but now I'm thinking that it was just a trick."
Kirashu shot the little girl a glare and she just gave him an innocent smile, and the
half-demon felt his glare melting away. The demon slayer just gave a little chuckle at the
two and slowly entwined her fingers with Kirashu's, smiling at him and blushing lightly
as she watched the sun set. The little girl had worn herself out today, and fell asleep in
Sarama's lap and the demon slayer wanted to plant a kiss on the half-demon's lips but she
was afraid she might wake Kokiyu up. The half-demon removed his fingers from hers as he
stood up and the nighttime overtook the sunlight, and the crescent moon shone brightly.
The demon slayer was ready to ask what was wrong when she saw the half-demon turn his back
to her and then face her again. Sarama saw his white hair turning black, the dog ears on
top of his ears turning into human ears, his claws disappeared and were replaced with
short nails, his pointy canine teeth changed into blunt human teeth and last his golden eyes
turning into deep brown eyes. The demon slayer gasped out loud and Kokiyu woke at the demon
slayer's gasp and looked up at the now human Kirashu. "Sarama, who is this? And what happened
to Kirashu?" "Kokiyu, this man IS Kirashu," the demon slayer replied, trying her best to cover
the shock in her voice.
The little girl's eyes grew wide as she recognized the half-demon as the man
which was standing before them. "Um, Kokiyu, can you go see your mother? I think me and
Kirashu need a moment alone." The little girl nodded and ran off to see her mother, still
staring at Kirashu. The man looked at Sarama and the two just stared at each other, the
demon slayer couldn't believe this was the same half-demon, he looked so different, and
really ... handsome. Kirashu was the first to break the silence, "Let me guess, you like me
better this way than as a half-demon." Sarama noticed the disgust in his face and how cold
he seemed to be, he really hated being human. "No, of course not, I like whichever is nicer
to me, and right now your half-demon side is looking a lot better." "So, you really don't
care what I am? You don't care if I'm half-demon or human?" She gave him a teasing smile,
"Well, I don't know, this side is nice, but I do miss those dog ears..." Kirashu felt his
face becoming bright red and quickly muffled out, "Um, let's go back down to the village."
The demon slayer walked off toward the village leading but felt Kirashu's hand on her arm
as he brought the demon slayer's body close to his and their faces were just mere inches
apart. Sarama stared into his deep brown eyes and the man abruptly broke the closeness as
he said in a rough tone, "Don't ever die on me..." His eyes softened the roughness in his
voice as he reluctantly let go of her and headed down to the village by himself, leaving the
stunned demon slayer by herself. 'Don't ever die on me... What does he mean? Did he think I
was going to die before? I never led such a confusing life until he walked into mine, gosh,
now I'm confused by the simplest statements he gives me.' She shook her head and headed after
him, she heard several of the people who were still up were giving stunned gasps at the
handsome man who looked quite like that half-demon they saw with her. Kirashu just grunted
at their gasps and climbed up the nearest tree which he used to first spy on the demon slayer,
he smiled at the memories and quickly fell asleep under the light of the cursed crescent
moon.
/p
Bah, sorry if this story seems like it's dragging, I just want you to know the character's
pretty well, since they are made up by me, you know? Anywho, I have a ending in mind, and
I'm (VERY) slowly heading towards it, lol.