Unwanted Tears Shed

by Sarah

Chapter Name, Their Fight and Onisou's disappearance #18, enjoy!

Onisou stared at Kokiyu in disbelief, surprised that he hadn't remembered her scent or looks, though she had changed in many ways since then. The demon also remembered the sorrow and sadness in her eyes when he had first seen her. She was traveling aimlessly, looking at nothing-in-particular but he could practically feel her grief. Even though he could feel this, all which he could think of was capturing her and keeping her as a slave, or something of that sort, and his brother had the same idea.

They both had attacked Kokiyu, thinking that it would be easy to have her submit to them and admit defeat, but she refused to, even though she was much younger and smaller than them. They fought a tough battle with the girl, and it looked as if they would win until the little vixen brought up the last of her strength to shoot an arrow at his brother's heart and kill him. This made Onisou go into a rage which he never thought he possessed, he attacked Kokiyu left and right, striking the girl with his claws, digging the deepest on her right shoulder, leaving the scar she now had.

Now that he thought back the demon was still surprised how she got away from him, at the last second when he was ready to give the finishing blow she shot an arrow at him, pinning him to a tree as she barely got away with her life.

'She will not get away this time, she will admit defeat and pay for killing my brother...'

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Kokiyu was backing away from the demon, and for the second time he saw unmistakable fear in her eyes, which only made his youkai blood take over more as he jumped forward at her. Onisou grabbed the young woman's wrist as he brought her close to his, and watched in satisfaction as she gasped at this and began struggling against his grip. Onisou ceased the young woman's by pressing his lips firmly against hers, smirking as her body at first stayed tense at the feel of his lips, and then finally melted into his touch. Kokiyu abruptly pushed the demon as hard as she could, only sending him several feet backwards.

"You didn't just come after me to kiss me did you? I refuse to believe you to do only that!"

Onisou licked his lips hungrily, his eyes turned blood red as he replied, "Of course not."

Onisou attacked Kokiyu, bringing his claws threw her soft flesh and as the young woman tried to jump out of the way she felt her wounds inflicting more pain as she felt herself being pinned to a tree. Onisou was very close to her again, his breath tickling her neck as he growled loudly and slashed at her right side, causing Kokiyu to skid across the ground, and breathed painfully as her breath was knocked out of her. Kokiyu's breath came quickly, but she rolled out of the way as Onisou was ready to bring his hand across and hit the young woman again. Kokiyu slowly stood up again, and darted as Onisou started attacking her again, barely missing her every time but finally sending her flying backwards as he made contact with her stomach and she fell down again, he could hear her breathing becoming heavier and heavier, and she had many wounds now.

'The stupid woman isn't fighting back, all which she did was push me backwards, what's wrong with her? I will kill her if she doesn't fight back.'

Onisou flexed his claws and readied himself to attack the young woman even more but stopped himself when he heard someone enter where the two were battling.

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Kirashu was shaken from his thoughts when the smell of blood came to his sensitive nose.

'Not any blood, Kokiyu's blood. It smells fresh too, I wonder if she reopened one of her wounds, I should go check up on her...'

Kirashu stood to leave, but then heard Siasku's soft voice as she asked, "Kirashu, where are you going?"

The half-demon turned around to meet her blue eyes, giving an annoyed sigh. "I'm going to check on Kokiyu, she took a hard fall..."

"And she's like a little sister to you?" Siasku asked in a teasing tone, her blue eyes sparkling, making Kirashu turn his golden eyes away from her as he said in a gruff tone, "Feh, yeah right."

"Can I come with you?" Siasku asked tentatively.

"Yeah, sure, hop on you annoying girl."

Siasku wrapped her arms and legs around Kirashu and they headed to find the young woman, Kirashu ran quicker and quicker as the smell of Kokiyu's blood became much stronger. The half-demon had finally found where the scent ended, looking at Onisou, who had blood dripping from his claws and blood red eyes, and then he looked to see what he was standing over. The bloodied heap of Kokiyu met his eyes, and Kirashu growled fiercely as he jumped at Onisou, bringing his hands around the demon's neck as he brought the grip tighter and tighter as he demanded, "What the hell did you do to Kokiyu?!"

Onisou's eyes suddenly became clear again, turning back to their dark blue state, as he looked over at the bloody heap which was Kokiyu, and listened to her quick breathing.

'I did it, I harmed her, almost killed her, and I couldn't stop myself, a part of me enjoyed it...'

"Kill me." The demon said above a whisper, but Kirashu heard his request, and felt his hands stop tightening at this demand.

"Kill me you damn half-breed!" Onisou screamed at Kirashu, and the half-demon seemed to be stuck but as he looked at Kokiyu who was still lying on the ground with Siasku kneeling down and looking at the older woman with concern, the half-demon continued squeezing the demon, growling deeply as he did so as his golden eyes flashed red.

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Kokiyu sat up, every part of her body hurt, and she could fell the blood which was flowing freely from her wounds. She heard Onisou screaming at someone to kill him, and that's why she say up.

'Please don't kill him Kirashu, please.' The young woman thought desperately to herself as she cradled her wounds and finally caught the golden eyes of Kirashu, which she could have sworn had flashed red. The half-demon looked into her pleading eyes, and could almost hear her voice pleading him not to, and Kirashu felt his grip loosen on the demon.

"If you won't..." The demon said as he jumped away from the half-demon's grip.

He abruptly ran away, turning to look into Kokiyu's eyes as he said in a sad tone, "I'm sorry Kokiyu."

"Wait! Onisou!" Kokiyu screamed out, abruptly falling to her knees as fresh pain surged threw her, and she bowed her head as she felt a gentle hand placed on her back, and looked to see Siasku looking at her with concern burning bright in her eyes. Kirashu knelt down to eye level, his golden eyes showing the same concern Siasku's had.

"You guys, I'm okay, can I... be left alone? By myself? Please?" There was a strain in her saying this, it took everything in her to keep the tears at bay, and she made sure that her bangs covered her eyes just in case.

"No, Kokiyu, you need your wounds fixed, and your cuts cleaned, and..." But, Kokiyu raised her hand, causing the girl to stop talking in mid-sentence.

"I'll be fine for now, I just ... want to be left alone for a while."

Siasku nodded and gave the young woman a light hug, and then walked off, taking a last look at the young woman. Kirashu just stared down at Kokiyu, remembering the times when she was sad before and would curl up next to Sarama, he was sure that was what she wanted to do now. Siasku elbowed the half-demon, giving him a look which said for him to leave her alone and he finally caved in, reluctantly leaving the young woman all alone with her thoughts.

'My first kiss, and then he attacks me again, why Onisou?' Kokiyu laid down on the ground, closing her eyes as she gripped her heart, unaware that she was being watched by someone.

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Who is this person, or demon, watching Kokiyu? Is he/she good or bad? And I know, I'm so mean with my own characters. Well, hope you liked the chapter.