Unwanted Tears Shed
by Sarah
Chapter Name, The Hot Springs #14, enjoy!
Sarama looked at the water as she looked at a reflection of herself, slowly tracing the water with the tip of her finger. The days of fighting demons and healing villagers had taken it's toll on her short lived body, she was very pale and her body wasn't that strong either.
'You need to stop healing and take the souls of the unfortunate people who pass on.' An evil voice said in her head, the demon slayer immediately shook her head as she thought,
'No, NEVER! I will not take innocent souls for my own selfish needs!' Sarama knew her choices were limited, she was not going to die yet, since she still needed to avenge her death, but this body wouldn't be able to hold up much longer, and if she went into another fight it might fall apart.
'Take your reincarnation's soul then, it is yours in the first place, and it would be an easy kill.' Again Sarama shook her head wildly narrowing her eyes as she looked at the reflection of herself.
'Never! I will never kill another human! Especially an innocent girl such as her.' The demon slayer propped herself against a tree, thinking to herself more as she felt how fragile was becoming just by the movement of her walking.
'If you can't kill the girl, then take a small fraction more from the girl with your sword, it probably has such powers, so that you don't harm her and so that you may still live in this world.' Sarama opened her eyes at this, feeling guilty to do such a thing but she needed to live, and she wasn't going to live off of other innocent souls at taking only a little more of her soul would give her much more strength.
'I'll do it.'
The demon slayer told herself as she headed to find her reincarnation, knowing that she had no other choices.
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Siasku woke up the next day and found that everyone else had all ready woken up.
"Just let me sleep in guys..." The young girl said with a yawn, looking to see where Kirashu was. The half-demon was standing by himself, lightly sniffing the air as disappointment came across his face and he looked at the now awake Siasku.
"Took you long enough to wake up, come on, we're moving on." The half-demon didn't even look in her eyes, but instead looked off into the distance.
"Well, okay, sorry I slept in so late. And Kirashu, if you don't mind me asking, what were you smelling the air for?"
Kirashu merely grunted as he said, "Nothing, whatever it is, it's gone."
Onisou turned to the half-demon, smelling the air for himself as he detected the faintest scent of the demon, Nasaou, but he could tell that the evil demon had left yesterday. Onisou looked over at Kirashu, knowing what the half-demon was searching for now, but the half-demon immediately gave him a look which said, 'don't say anything,' and the demon nodded in understanding.
"Hey, do you guys know any hot springs nearby? It would be great to take a dip in one. And even though we are tough girls we do need to pamper ourselves." Kokiyu asked, looking at the two.
"Yes, I do, I'll show you girls where it is," Onisou replied.
The young woman called Sosiyu and luckily the stallion was nearby and came to them in a matter of seconds. Onisou eyed the stallion warily as he asked, "What's that?"
"He's a horse, haven't you seen one before?" Kokiyu asked as she fondly patted the stallion.
"Yeah, I have, but there's something strange about that one, and I don't think he'll keep up with me and Kirashu's speed. Well, maybe with Kirashu's but not mine."
The stallion and half-demon seemed to snort at his comment at the same time, and Onisou delicately raised his eyebrow at this.
"Well, come on, let's head out!" The demon began running ahead, noticing that Kirashu kept easily with him, and that the horse was also keeping up with him nicely.
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The four arrived at the spot, Kokiyu and Siasku went off to find the hot springs, leaving Kirashu and Onsiou alone. Kirashu eyed Onisou, growling a little as he sniffed the air again.
"So, what's between you and Siasku? That girl looks almost exactly like the demon slayer, except for small differences," Onisou asked looking at the half-demon.
"It's none of your business," Kirashu said with a grunt, folding his arms across his chest.
"Hey half-breed, just a simple question."
"Why don't you tell me what's between you and Kokiyu then and maybe I'll tell you what's between me and Siasku," the half-demon said defensively.
"Fine, fine, aren't you the touchy little half-breed? Well, I must say not much now, and probably not much ever. She is the new demon slayer, I doubt she would want to get to close to a demon such as me, especially since I used to terrorize towns too before my comrades were killed."
Kirashu looked at the demon, he strangely reminded the half-demon of himself, and how he had said the almost exact same thing when he was falling in love with Sarama.
"So, half-breed. You and Siasku?"
"I'm protecting Siasku, since she looks so much like Sarama she has many enemies which she has never met. And since she isn't a fighter more reason to watch over her." Onisou gave Kirashu his usual smirk at this but didn't say anything more.
"Talking about 'watching over' how about we check up on the girls?" Kirashu stood up at this and unsheathed his sword as he walked over to the demon, growling slightly as he said, "I'm not going to let you 'check up' on Siasku and Kokiyu!"
"You really need to loosen up half-breed, and I'm not going to peak on the girls, just check on them." Kirashu was ready to argue with the demon even more but stopped when he heard a scream coming from where Kokiyu and Siasku were bathing.
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Siasku and Kokiyu walked to the clearing which had the hot spring, breathing in the hot air and both were smiling at the sight.
"Nothing beats a bath!" Siasku exclaimed, promptly taking off her clothes and easing herself slowly into the warm water with a satisfied sigh.
Kokiyu did the same, promptly taking off her shirt but after she did this the young woman stood there for a few seconds as a breeze picked up and blew her long hair to the side, revealing a rather large scar on the her right shoulder.
Siasku adverted her eyes away from the scar as Kokiyu caught her looking at the scar and sadly smiled as she said, "The price of being a demon slayer."
"Who did that to you?" Siasku asked, her eyes returning to the small scar as she frowned sadly.
"Oh, it is a reminder of my first battle as a demon slayer. I was careless, and barely escaped with my life, because of, well ... my feelings. I am surprised I have more than just a scar."
Siasku nodded at this and didn't want to press the young woman to much with her questions but she had to ask another. "What feelings?"
Kokiyu smiled at the young girl as she said, "Well, when I went into my first battle it was shortly after Sarama's death. I fought blindly and was too overcome with sadness and grief to fight well. I was up against two powerful demons, one was extremely ugly with a pig snout, two large horns on top of his head, and big, red eyes. The other was really handsome, his hair was black and long, he had these beautiful dark blue eyes, and a cross shaped scar on his chest. Now that I think about it maybe I didn't fight that well because I was also interested in looking at the handsome demon," Kokiyu said with a small chuckle.
"So, what happened? How did you get away?" Siasku asked eagerly, looking almost like a small child that would be engrossed in a story.
"Well, I barely could. I did kill the ugly demon, how, I don't know why. But, when I did the handsome one was so infuriated that he attacked me and left me with this scar, but I escaped with my life." Siasku looked at her wide-eyed and Kokiyu gave a small laugh at this, the young girl reminded the woman of herself when she listened to Sarama's tales.
When Kokiyu was finished telling her this she finally eased herself into the hot spring, sighing contentedly as her tense muscles relaxed under the hot water. The two enjoyed the warmth of the hot spring and kept their eyes closed until Siasku opened hers when she heard a rustle in the bushes. The young girl noticed that the bushes WERE moving and she let out a small scream, making Kokiyu jump quickly out of the water after Siasku.
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"What's wrong Siasku? Why did you scream?" Kokiyu asked as she looked at the girl with concern in her voice.
Siasku was looking at the same bushes but they were completely still, no movement whatsoever. 'Maybe I just imagined it... I must just be really jumpy today.'
The young girl had no more time to consider what was the source of the noise as Onisou and Kirashu jumped into where the girls were standing. Kirashu had his sword drawn and he looked ready to strike, while Onisou was flexing his claws and looking to see what had caused the sound. Kirashu and Onisou stopped as they saw the two girls standing there, naked. Kirashu had his eyes only on Siasku, and Onisou had his eyes on both of them at first but then he just stared at Kokiyu.
At first the girls just stared back at them, but as they noticed their eyes traveling from their eyes downwards and they immediately screamed out, "Perverts!"
Siasku slapped Kirashu with all of her might, and Kokiyu did the same thing, leaving the demon and the half-demon on the ground as they put on their clothes and walked away. 'She sure can slap as hard as Sarama,' Kirashu thought to himself as he sat up and rubbed his face.
The half-demon stood up and caught the two girls scent as he said, "Well, better go find them again."
"Ah, you must admit Kirashu, that was a beautiful site," Onisou said with a perverted smile on his face, no doubt reliving the moment before the slap. Kirashu immediately knocked the demon on his head for the comment and headed to find Siasku and Kokiyu.
'I hope Siasku isn't too mad at me...' Kirashu thought as his mind wandered to what caused the young girl to scream in the first place, and the familiar scent which came to his nose earlier in the day.
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Author's Corral:
Bah, peeking toms, and Kirashu should know better too! *sigh* Another long chapter, hope you liked it!
Next Chapter:
Chapter Fifteen, Battle of Love:
Siasku walked by herself, kicking a rock fiercly which was in her path. 'I'll never understand half-demon's. They are just too complicated.' The young girl didn't even notice she was being watched until it was too late, and finally heard someone jump in front of her. Siasku gasped as she saw that who had jumped in front of her was none other than Sarama.
by Sarah
Chapter Name, The Hot Springs #14, enjoy!
Sarama looked at the water as she looked at a reflection of herself, slowly tracing the water with the tip of her finger. The days of fighting demons and healing villagers had taken it's toll on her short lived body, she was very pale and her body wasn't that strong either.
'You need to stop healing and take the souls of the unfortunate people who pass on.' An evil voice said in her head, the demon slayer immediately shook her head as she thought,
'No, NEVER! I will not take innocent souls for my own selfish needs!' Sarama knew her choices were limited, she was not going to die yet, since she still needed to avenge her death, but this body wouldn't be able to hold up much longer, and if she went into another fight it might fall apart.
'Take your reincarnation's soul then, it is yours in the first place, and it would be an easy kill.' Again Sarama shook her head wildly narrowing her eyes as she looked at the reflection of herself.
'Never! I will never kill another human! Especially an innocent girl such as her.' The demon slayer propped herself against a tree, thinking to herself more as she felt how fragile was becoming just by the movement of her walking.
'If you can't kill the girl, then take a small fraction more from the girl with your sword, it probably has such powers, so that you don't harm her and so that you may still live in this world.' Sarama opened her eyes at this, feeling guilty to do such a thing but she needed to live, and she wasn't going to live off of other innocent souls at taking only a little more of her soul would give her much more strength.
'I'll do it.'
The demon slayer told herself as she headed to find her reincarnation, knowing that she had no other choices.
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Siasku woke up the next day and found that everyone else had all ready woken up.
"Just let me sleep in guys..." The young girl said with a yawn, looking to see where Kirashu was. The half-demon was standing by himself, lightly sniffing the air as disappointment came across his face and he looked at the now awake Siasku.
"Took you long enough to wake up, come on, we're moving on." The half-demon didn't even look in her eyes, but instead looked off into the distance.
"Well, okay, sorry I slept in so late. And Kirashu, if you don't mind me asking, what were you smelling the air for?"
Kirashu merely grunted as he said, "Nothing, whatever it is, it's gone."
Onisou turned to the half-demon, smelling the air for himself as he detected the faintest scent of the demon, Nasaou, but he could tell that the evil demon had left yesterday. Onisou looked over at Kirashu, knowing what the half-demon was searching for now, but the half-demon immediately gave him a look which said, 'don't say anything,' and the demon nodded in understanding.
"Hey, do you guys know any hot springs nearby? It would be great to take a dip in one. And even though we are tough girls we do need to pamper ourselves." Kokiyu asked, looking at the two.
"Yes, I do, I'll show you girls where it is," Onisou replied.
The young woman called Sosiyu and luckily the stallion was nearby and came to them in a matter of seconds. Onisou eyed the stallion warily as he asked, "What's that?"
"He's a horse, haven't you seen one before?" Kokiyu asked as she fondly patted the stallion.
"Yeah, I have, but there's something strange about that one, and I don't think he'll keep up with me and Kirashu's speed. Well, maybe with Kirashu's but not mine."
The stallion and half-demon seemed to snort at his comment at the same time, and Onisou delicately raised his eyebrow at this.
"Well, come on, let's head out!" The demon began running ahead, noticing that Kirashu kept easily with him, and that the horse was also keeping up with him nicely.
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The four arrived at the spot, Kokiyu and Siasku went off to find the hot springs, leaving Kirashu and Onsiou alone. Kirashu eyed Onisou, growling a little as he sniffed the air again.
"So, what's between you and Siasku? That girl looks almost exactly like the demon slayer, except for small differences," Onisou asked looking at the half-demon.
"It's none of your business," Kirashu said with a grunt, folding his arms across his chest.
"Hey half-breed, just a simple question."
"Why don't you tell me what's between you and Kokiyu then and maybe I'll tell you what's between me and Siasku," the half-demon said defensively.
"Fine, fine, aren't you the touchy little half-breed? Well, I must say not much now, and probably not much ever. She is the new demon slayer, I doubt she would want to get to close to a demon such as me, especially since I used to terrorize towns too before my comrades were killed."
Kirashu looked at the demon, he strangely reminded the half-demon of himself, and how he had said the almost exact same thing when he was falling in love with Sarama.
"So, half-breed. You and Siasku?"
"I'm protecting Siasku, since she looks so much like Sarama she has many enemies which she has never met. And since she isn't a fighter more reason to watch over her." Onisou gave Kirashu his usual smirk at this but didn't say anything more.
"Talking about 'watching over' how about we check up on the girls?" Kirashu stood up at this and unsheathed his sword as he walked over to the demon, growling slightly as he said, "I'm not going to let you 'check up' on Siasku and Kokiyu!"
"You really need to loosen up half-breed, and I'm not going to peak on the girls, just check on them." Kirashu was ready to argue with the demon even more but stopped when he heard a scream coming from where Kokiyu and Siasku were bathing.
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Siasku and Kokiyu walked to the clearing which had the hot spring, breathing in the hot air and both were smiling at the sight.
"Nothing beats a bath!" Siasku exclaimed, promptly taking off her clothes and easing herself slowly into the warm water with a satisfied sigh.
Kokiyu did the same, promptly taking off her shirt but after she did this the young woman stood there for a few seconds as a breeze picked up and blew her long hair to the side, revealing a rather large scar on the her right shoulder.
Siasku adverted her eyes away from the scar as Kokiyu caught her looking at the scar and sadly smiled as she said, "The price of being a demon slayer."
"Who did that to you?" Siasku asked, her eyes returning to the small scar as she frowned sadly.
"Oh, it is a reminder of my first battle as a demon slayer. I was careless, and barely escaped with my life, because of, well ... my feelings. I am surprised I have more than just a scar."
Siasku nodded at this and didn't want to press the young woman to much with her questions but she had to ask another. "What feelings?"
Kokiyu smiled at the young girl as she said, "Well, when I went into my first battle it was shortly after Sarama's death. I fought blindly and was too overcome with sadness and grief to fight well. I was up against two powerful demons, one was extremely ugly with a pig snout, two large horns on top of his head, and big, red eyes. The other was really handsome, his hair was black and long, he had these beautiful dark blue eyes, and a cross shaped scar on his chest. Now that I think about it maybe I didn't fight that well because I was also interested in looking at the handsome demon," Kokiyu said with a small chuckle.
"So, what happened? How did you get away?" Siasku asked eagerly, looking almost like a small child that would be engrossed in a story.
"Well, I barely could. I did kill the ugly demon, how, I don't know why. But, when I did the handsome one was so infuriated that he attacked me and left me with this scar, but I escaped with my life." Siasku looked at her wide-eyed and Kokiyu gave a small laugh at this, the young girl reminded the woman of herself when she listened to Sarama's tales.
When Kokiyu was finished telling her this she finally eased herself into the hot spring, sighing contentedly as her tense muscles relaxed under the hot water. The two enjoyed the warmth of the hot spring and kept their eyes closed until Siasku opened hers when she heard a rustle in the bushes. The young girl noticed that the bushes WERE moving and she let out a small scream, making Kokiyu jump quickly out of the water after Siasku.
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"What's wrong Siasku? Why did you scream?" Kokiyu asked as she looked at the girl with concern in her voice.
Siasku was looking at the same bushes but they were completely still, no movement whatsoever. 'Maybe I just imagined it... I must just be really jumpy today.'
The young girl had no more time to consider what was the source of the noise as Onisou and Kirashu jumped into where the girls were standing. Kirashu had his sword drawn and he looked ready to strike, while Onisou was flexing his claws and looking to see what had caused the sound. Kirashu and Onisou stopped as they saw the two girls standing there, naked. Kirashu had his eyes only on Siasku, and Onisou had his eyes on both of them at first but then he just stared at Kokiyu.
At first the girls just stared back at them, but as they noticed their eyes traveling from their eyes downwards and they immediately screamed out, "Perverts!"
Siasku slapped Kirashu with all of her might, and Kokiyu did the same thing, leaving the demon and the half-demon on the ground as they put on their clothes and walked away. 'She sure can slap as hard as Sarama,' Kirashu thought to himself as he sat up and rubbed his face.
The half-demon stood up and caught the two girls scent as he said, "Well, better go find them again."
"Ah, you must admit Kirashu, that was a beautiful site," Onisou said with a perverted smile on his face, no doubt reliving the moment before the slap. Kirashu immediately knocked the demon on his head for the comment and headed to find Siasku and Kokiyu.
'I hope Siasku isn't too mad at me...' Kirashu thought as his mind wandered to what caused the young girl to scream in the first place, and the familiar scent which came to his nose earlier in the day.
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Author's Corral:
Bah, peeking toms, and Kirashu should know better too! *sigh* Another long chapter, hope you liked it!
Next Chapter:
Chapter Fifteen, Battle of Love:
Siasku walked by herself, kicking a rock fiercly which was in her path. 'I'll never understand half-demon's. They are just too complicated.' The young girl didn't even notice she was being watched until it was too late, and finally heard someone jump in front of her. Siasku gasped as she saw that who had jumped in front of her was none other than Sarama.