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A Youkai Named Koaru

Chapter 2

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Koaru sighed, both inwardly and outwardly. "Where am I going to go now?" she asked herself quietly. She sat up and put some more wood in the fire. She stared into it for a long while. An unfamiliar voice came from the shadows and broke the silence.

"If you are in need of a place to stay, you could come with me. You may even be able to assist me." Koaru shot her face towards the shadows to face a baboon and growled ferociously. He reeked of evil.

"Who are you?" she hissed through gritted teeth.

"My name is Naraku, and you are?" he responded.

"Koaru. Why are you here?"

"To seek your assistance."

"In what?"

"Defeating two demons and retrieving their shikon shards for me. I know you can sense them as well."

"How do you know that?"

"I have my ways."

She growled, "Which demons?"

"Koga the wolf demon and Inu-Yasha."

Her heart skipped a beat when he mentioned Koga. A look of both terror and hatred spread across her face. A low growl rose in her throat.

"Get! Get now!!" she yelled, standing up in a rage that woke Luna up. Luna stood beside Koaru and growled as the fur on her neck stood up.

"You only have this on opportunity. I can grant you everything you desire."

"You can take this opportunity and shove it!!!" she screeched at him.

As if on cue, the baboon just disappeared. Tears brimmed Koaru's eyes as she sat down. She couldn't stand the thought of hurting Koga. Luna sat by her side and nuzzled her. Luna whimpered softly, obviously worried about Koaru. Koaru just let the hot tears fall, as Luna let Koaru lean into her and cry.

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Every now and then, Koga would catch Koaru's scent, but he would lose it rather soon. "Damn, where'd she go?!" he yelled in his mind. He was thoroughly frustrated with his incompetence at finding her. "Where the hell is she?!"

He continued walking in the forest trying to find Koaru, with no apparent luck. "How are we going to find the jewel shards without her?! Only her and Kagome can sense them, and Kagome's with that insolent puppy." he thought to himself as he walked.

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Koaru had just let the fire burn out as she cried. She had fallen asleep leaning into Luna's side. Luna had laid down and fallen asleep as well. "…K-Koga…don't.. go…" Koaru mumbled in her sleep. Silent tears rolled down her cheeks.

In her dream, they had just been in a battle and she was mortally injured. They, "they" meaning her and Koga's pack, had taken down a large demon with three jewel shards in its forehead. Koga had picked up the jewel shards and walked off, leaving her to die.

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Koga was having trouble staying awake. He kept walking into trees and tripping over roots. Unable to keep his eyes open any longer, he collapsed at a nearby tree.

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Koaru woke up and a familiar scent tickled her nose. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. Sniffing the air, she froze. She got up and looked at the other side of a near by tree to find Koga. Luna woke up and started whining, hungry for breakfast.

Koga moved slightly, hearing Luna's whines. Koaru froze as he stretched.

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