Unwanted Tears Shed
by Sarah
Chapter Name, Hatred Reawakened #29, enjoy!
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"How do you know where that damn demon is? How am I supposed to trust you? I saw what you did to Kokiyu, are you just after her?" Kirashu asked as his golden eyes narrowed.
"Kirashu, I can take you to Nasaou's castle. And you can trust me because I want vengeance against him too. I also give you my word that I will not harm Kokiyu in any way."
'I have no other way to find where Nasaou is, and I need to save Sarama from him. I just wonder how Kokiyu will take it. Will she let him travel with us?' Kirashu thought to himself as he looked at Nasaou again.
Just then Kokiyu awoke from her deep sleep, and she blinked her eyes and slowly raised her eyes to be greeted by Onisou's dark blue eyes.
"Onisou... what are you doing here?" The young woman asked as she stood up and stared at him.
"Kokiyu, I'm sorry to bother you again. But, I wanted to help you guys find that damn demon, Nasaou."
The young woman immediately walked away from the demon, hanging her head as she strode away from him. Kirashu glared at Onisou but he merely ignored the glare and chased after Kokiyu.
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"Kokiyu! Please, wait, stop!" Onisou called out as he grabbed her arm and turned her toward himself.
"Why are you here? WHY?!" Kokiyu said with hurt filled eyes, but he could also see a happiness in her eyes.
"Forgive me, for what happened in the past, and what happened before. You know, we know not that much about each other's past. I would like to tell you mine."
"Fine tell me of your past," the young woman said as she watched him sit of the grass and motioned for her to sit across from him.
"Strange that I would change so much in just sixteen years. I guess... it first started with Sarama where I first became soft. Me and my brother, and also our comrades, were always destroying villages with no one to stop us, until that demon slayer. She came and attacked me and my brother, nearly killing my brother, and we escaped with our lives. After I met her, I just couldn't kill another person, and was finding it harder and harder to even cause them harm. My brother didn't feel that way though, he was as ruthless as ever. And I envied him in some ways, to be able to keep on with what we had been doing all of our lives, to not be affected by anything. And when I met you, well, I could tell that you were also very special. But, you slayed my brother, and all which I felt was hatred towards for you, that you had escaped with your life and my brother hadn't. I thought that hatred would never subside, but it did, and now, I know that if it had happened today, I would have done anything to save you, even if I was protecting you from my brother."
Kokiyu just stared at the demon, her blue eyes wide as she tried to think of something to say but couldn't.
"I don't know what to say..." Kokiyu softly said.
"You don't have to say anything. I just don't want you to hate me, to feel uncomfortable or unsafe because I'm traveling with you guys again." Onisou said as he stood up and started walking off.
"Where are you going Onisou?" The young woman asked with concern in her voice.
"I'm going back to where Siasku and Kirashu are, you can't trust those two." Onisou said with a mischievous glimmer in his eye.
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Siasku and Kirashu stood together in an uncomfortable silence until Kirashu broke the silence by being the first to speak.
"Nasaou isn't that clever. He may be strong, but he forgot one thing."
"And what's that, Kirashu?" Siasku asked as she cocked her head to one side and looked at Kirashu.
"The crystal." Kirashu stated as he pointed at the necklace on her neck.
"Yes, what about the crystal?" Siasku asked as she fingered the crystal and watched as it turned a light blue and then became dominant again.
"Oh, yes, I guess Kokiyu didn't tell you about it? Well, the crystal has the ability to grant it's owner one wish. But, if the one who wishes is in any way corrupt the wish will not be completed as you had hoped."
Siasku's eyes widened in surprise as she heard this, she twirled the necklace in her small fingers, smiling slightly as it brought a calmness through her body.
"We must leave now though," Kirashu said urgently as he walked forward and towards where Onisou and Kokiyu had left, only to find the two were just returning.
"Onisou, take us to where Nasaou's castle is, we need to get there as quickly as possible." Kirashu said in a desperate tone.
"Okay, Kirashu, I don't know exactly where it is, but I do have a clue," Onisou said as he bent down for Kokiyu to ride on his back.
"Don't be slow Onisou, go as fast as you can." Kirashu told the demon as he held onto Siasku. Onisou nodded to the half-demon and sped forward, his demon blood showing as he ran like the wind.
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Sarama finally awoke within her prison, her arms and legs were chained to a wall. The room which she was in was consumed in darkness, there wasn't a speck of light anywhere, and if the demon slayer didn't know better she would have sworn her eyes were still closed. The room also smelled awful, it held a musky smell of decay, dirt, and mold. Her blue eyes scanned the black room, she hoped that her eyes would be able to get used to the light and she would be able to something, anything, but she had no such luck.
'Where am I? Why does my head hurt so much? I remember ... my reincarnation, Kirashu, and ... that demon!' Sarama's body immediately tensed and she tried her best to tell if the horrible demon was in the room with her, but it seemed that he wasn't.
'Kirashu had a choice to make, that was the last thing I remember. So, he chose my reincarnation. I shouldn't be surprised, she is made of flesh and blood, and I am made of the ground and ashes', Sarama thought as she held her head down.
"Why, hello Sarama." Nasaou said as he stood there with a torch in his hand and used it to light the room.
"What do you want from me?" Sarama asked as she watched the demon stalk towards her.
"I want everything from you..." Nasaou said as he stood in front of the woman and trailed his finger across her collarbone and then her shoulder with lust filled eyes.
"Get your hands away from me, demon!" The demon slayer exclaimed as she fought the chains which held her and tried her best to break from them.
"There's no use, if you were alive you may have been able to break threw these chains, but your at my mercy now." The demon said as he brought his lips to her neck.
Sarama immediately gasped and the demon was finally close enough where she could push him away and she immediately brought her foot up and kicked him backwards. Nasaou growled at her and brought his clawed hand across her face, smiling evilly as he watched her head hang limply from the force of the slap.
Nasaou cupped her chin in his hands, he roughly caressed her face with his thumb and then threw her head against the wall. The demon could sense the anger, hatred, pain, and anguish within her, and inwardly smiled as well. 'She will be perfect, I can finally turn her into what I always wanted.' Nasaou thought as he watched her slowly bring her head upwards and he watched as her blue eyes flashed dangereously and he could see the chains melting slightly in the dim light because of her intense anger.
"Yikiana, come here." The demon commanded and Sarama watched as a second demon walked into the room with a cup held inside of his hands. Yikiana walked to where Sarama was chained and stood in front of her with his head held downwards.
'What is he planning? What is he going to do to me? This demon is not going to just torture me, I know that. If he angers me anymore I will be able to break free from these chains, though this body will be too weak to escape.' The demon slayer thought as she looked at the new demon who had entered the room.
"Don't worry my dear Sarama, you're confusing emotions will be soon removed." Nasaou said as he took the cup from Yikiana and brought it up to her lips, forcing her to drink the strange liquid. Almost immediately the demon slayer felt herself being drained of every happy memory that she had, she fought whatever was happening to herself as best as she could as she felt herself only being left of images of betrayal, anger, and hatred.
"No... NO!" Sarama's scream echoed throughout the castle as she used whatever strength in her to stop what was happening, and she fell unconscious after her anguished cry.
'Not again, please, no...' The demon slayer fell limp after this thought and a black aura swirled around her body. She no longer held any pure emotions within her, all which she needed to do was kill an innocent life and she would be tainted forever.
"Unchain her from the wall, she is of no danger now. Alert me when she is awake, we must pay a little visit to the half-demon again." Nasaou commanded to Yikiana as he left the room and took one last glance and smirked at the broken spirit of the demon slayer.
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Kirashu and Onisou had been traveling several hours and there was still nothing but open land and forest to cover.
'When will we ever get to that damn castle?' Kirashu thought with a soft sigh as he felt a small hand tighten around his long, white hair. Siasku had fallen asleep an hour ago and the young girl now had her head on his shoulder, her one hand held onto his hair, and her other lightly gripped his shoulder.
'Strange girl, she gets exhausted by the easiest things.' The half-demon thought as he scanned the area for Sarama's scent, and held back a smile as the young girl breathed a content sigh.
Kirashu felt his breath catch as he heard a blood curdling scream resound throughout the forest and he sped forward as he knew who had screamed, it was Sarama. Just as the half-demon had heard the scream Siasku tightened her grip on Kirashu's hair and shoulder and let out a small whimper as her face twisted in pain. After she had done this her body relaxed again and her grip loosened again. The half-demon ran with such speed that he didn't even know he had, and passed Onisou as he tried his best to track down the scream. Nighttime was coming and darkness began to blanket the land as the last bit of the sun disappeared.
"Kirashu." Onisou said but there was no response.
"Hey! Kirashu!" The demon said louder as he tried to grab the half-demon's attention, but he was just ignored.
"Now that's it..." Onisou said with a low growl as he sped forward and jumped in front of Kirashu, only to have the half-demon not notice and run right into him. The half-demon was running at such a pace that their passengers which they were carrying immediately got thrown forward and they both fell on the ground as the two girls fell on top of them and they let out a soft, "Oomph".
Kokiyu was still wide awake and blushed deeply when she saw Onisou smiling up at her and gave her his own little wink. The young woman blushed even more and tried to stand up but a strong hand held her down.
"You don't have to hurry and stand up, I like you in this position." The handsome demon knew that was definitely the wrong thing to say and was immediately smacked by the woman as she screamed out, "Pervert!" and stood up.
"Okay, I deserved that I admit." Onisou said as he rubbed the side of his cheek where she had hit him and watched the grumbling woman stomp off.
The sleeping Siasku woke up to find that she was on top of Kirashu and she blushed as well. The half-demon had a strange look in his eyes as he looked into her blue eyes and slowly brought one of her stray raven hair behind her ear with gentleness she never had seen before. He brought his hand to her cheek and softly caressed it with his thumb and she could just see the pain in his golden eyes, and strangely something else.
The moment was broken by Onisou though as he in a taunting tone, "Doing nothing Kirashu?"
The half-demon brought his hand away from her face as if he had been burned, and immediately said in a gruff tone, "She had something on her face."
"Sure Kirashu, whatever you say." Onisou said with a large smirk on his face as he watched the young girl stand up quickly and walk off towards where Kokiyu had gone.
The two walked after the women and Onisou delicately sniffed the air, making sure that there weren't any demons in the area that might attack them.
"What's wrong with you, Kirashu? It looks like you've seen a ghost or something like that." The demon asked as he looked over at the half-demon.
"Did you hear that scream Onisou?" Kirashu asked as his eyes looked off into the distance and one could see the deep longing in his golden eyes.
"What scream? I heard nothing, except I saw you run in front of me like the devil himself was after you."
"It was Sarama's scream, it was so loud, I could just feel the pain from her. She's in pain right now, and I can't save her. I must find her, I have to, before anything more happens to her." The half-demon said desperately as he turned his head to look at the demon.
"Hey, I understand half-breed. That Sarama, she was an amazing woman, but, we have Kokiyu and Siasku with us. We can't just leave them behind, so we have to rest so that their human bodies can rest and they can be ready to fight if they have to." Onisou said as he kept pace with the half-demon.
"Okay, where did they go? They aren't here, but I can smell that they're nearby." The demon said as he looked around for the women but couldn't find them.
"Probably inside of a hot spring, so we better leave them alone. Unless if you want to get smacked again." Kirashu said as he propped himself against a tree.
"Yes, I guess your right. That Kokiyu sure can slap hard when she's mad." Onisou said as he rubbed the side of his face and sat cross-legged across from Kirashu.
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"Men! Or shall I say, demons! They are all the same! ugh!" Kokiyu spoke in an annoyed tone as they arrived at the hot spring.
"Except Kirashu, he is really hard to understand, he's really read, I almost always never know what he's going to do." Siasku said as she brought her hand to the cheek which Kirashu had softly caressed, blushing as the memory came back to her.
"Yes, Kirashu is kind of hard to understand. But, he's very protective of the ones he loves."
"How do you know who he loves? How can you ever get him to talk to you?" Siasku asked, she had never really talked with the half-demon before, not a deep conversation and he had never told her of his relationship with Sarama.
"I've known Kirashu for many years, I say around 20 years. He always seemed to have a soft spot for me when I was little." Kokiyu smiled at the memory of the many times where she got away with rubbing his ears when she was younger.
"Kokiyu, do you think that I can ... um, feel Sarama's pain? Today, when I was riding on Kirashu's back, I felt this terrible pain throughout my body, it just felt so terrible, I think it might of been from the demon slayer. Do you think that's possible?"
"It is possible, I think so. You both share the same soul right now, if something terrible happened to the soul I would believe the other could feel it." The young woman said as she looked at the young girl and tried her best to cover up her thoughts.
'Siasku is right, Sarama was in pain, much of it. I don't know how I felt it, but I did too. Probably not as much as Siasku. Please, be all right Sarama.' Kokiyu was awoken from her thoughts when she heard the young girl speak again.
"What happened to you and Onisou? I could see the slap mark on the side of his face, what did he do?" Siasku said with a faint smile on her face.
"It's not what he DID to me, more what he SAID to me." Kokiyu said as she narrowed her eyes.
"Well, we might as well relax for now, these hot springs are always great. We'll probably be traveling at a grueling pace to find that demon, Nasaou." The young girl said as she lowered herself into the hot springs and immediately relaxed as her body came in contact with the hot water.
"Very true, I doubt we will rest after nightfall until we come upon the castle." The young said as she eased herself into the hot springs and breathed a content sigh.
Siasku trailed the water with the tip of her finger as she felt herself lost in her own thoughts as she watched the ripples of the water.
'This is going to be one deadly battle, I wonder what the outcome will be? What will that demon, Nasaou, do with the crystal if he gets it?' The young girl thought as she sighed and closed her eyes, letting the hot water relax her into a light sleep.
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A new chapter! Hmmm, many questions, like what did Nasaou do to Sarama? What is going to be the outcome of the battle of Nasaou and the gang? Yes, many questions, hehe.
by Sarah
Chapter Name, Hatred Reawakened #29, enjoy!
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"How do you know where that damn demon is? How am I supposed to trust you? I saw what you did to Kokiyu, are you just after her?" Kirashu asked as his golden eyes narrowed.
"Kirashu, I can take you to Nasaou's castle. And you can trust me because I want vengeance against him too. I also give you my word that I will not harm Kokiyu in any way."
'I have no other way to find where Nasaou is, and I need to save Sarama from him. I just wonder how Kokiyu will take it. Will she let him travel with us?' Kirashu thought to himself as he looked at Nasaou again.
Just then Kokiyu awoke from her deep sleep, and she blinked her eyes and slowly raised her eyes to be greeted by Onisou's dark blue eyes.
"Onisou... what are you doing here?" The young woman asked as she stood up and stared at him.
"Kokiyu, I'm sorry to bother you again. But, I wanted to help you guys find that damn demon, Nasaou."
The young woman immediately walked away from the demon, hanging her head as she strode away from him. Kirashu glared at Onisou but he merely ignored the glare and chased after Kokiyu.
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"Kokiyu! Please, wait, stop!" Onisou called out as he grabbed her arm and turned her toward himself.
"Why are you here? WHY?!" Kokiyu said with hurt filled eyes, but he could also see a happiness in her eyes.
"Forgive me, for what happened in the past, and what happened before. You know, we know not that much about each other's past. I would like to tell you mine."
"Fine tell me of your past," the young woman said as she watched him sit of the grass and motioned for her to sit across from him.
"Strange that I would change so much in just sixteen years. I guess... it first started with Sarama where I first became soft. Me and my brother, and also our comrades, were always destroying villages with no one to stop us, until that demon slayer. She came and attacked me and my brother, nearly killing my brother, and we escaped with our lives. After I met her, I just couldn't kill another person, and was finding it harder and harder to even cause them harm. My brother didn't feel that way though, he was as ruthless as ever. And I envied him in some ways, to be able to keep on with what we had been doing all of our lives, to not be affected by anything. And when I met you, well, I could tell that you were also very special. But, you slayed my brother, and all which I felt was hatred towards for you, that you had escaped with your life and my brother hadn't. I thought that hatred would never subside, but it did, and now, I know that if it had happened today, I would have done anything to save you, even if I was protecting you from my brother."
Kokiyu just stared at the demon, her blue eyes wide as she tried to think of something to say but couldn't.
"I don't know what to say..." Kokiyu softly said.
"You don't have to say anything. I just don't want you to hate me, to feel uncomfortable or unsafe because I'm traveling with you guys again." Onisou said as he stood up and started walking off.
"Where are you going Onisou?" The young woman asked with concern in her voice.
"I'm going back to where Siasku and Kirashu are, you can't trust those two." Onisou said with a mischievous glimmer in his eye.
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Siasku and Kirashu stood together in an uncomfortable silence until Kirashu broke the silence by being the first to speak.
"Nasaou isn't that clever. He may be strong, but he forgot one thing."
"And what's that, Kirashu?" Siasku asked as she cocked her head to one side and looked at Kirashu.
"The crystal." Kirashu stated as he pointed at the necklace on her neck.
"Yes, what about the crystal?" Siasku asked as she fingered the crystal and watched as it turned a light blue and then became dominant again.
"Oh, yes, I guess Kokiyu didn't tell you about it? Well, the crystal has the ability to grant it's owner one wish. But, if the one who wishes is in any way corrupt the wish will not be completed as you had hoped."
Siasku's eyes widened in surprise as she heard this, she twirled the necklace in her small fingers, smiling slightly as it brought a calmness through her body.
"We must leave now though," Kirashu said urgently as he walked forward and towards where Onisou and Kokiyu had left, only to find the two were just returning.
"Onisou, take us to where Nasaou's castle is, we need to get there as quickly as possible." Kirashu said in a desperate tone.
"Okay, Kirashu, I don't know exactly where it is, but I do have a clue," Onisou said as he bent down for Kokiyu to ride on his back.
"Don't be slow Onisou, go as fast as you can." Kirashu told the demon as he held onto Siasku. Onisou nodded to the half-demon and sped forward, his demon blood showing as he ran like the wind.
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Sarama finally awoke within her prison, her arms and legs were chained to a wall. The room which she was in was consumed in darkness, there wasn't a speck of light anywhere, and if the demon slayer didn't know better she would have sworn her eyes were still closed. The room also smelled awful, it held a musky smell of decay, dirt, and mold. Her blue eyes scanned the black room, she hoped that her eyes would be able to get used to the light and she would be able to something, anything, but she had no such luck.
'Where am I? Why does my head hurt so much? I remember ... my reincarnation, Kirashu, and ... that demon!' Sarama's body immediately tensed and she tried her best to tell if the horrible demon was in the room with her, but it seemed that he wasn't.
'Kirashu had a choice to make, that was the last thing I remember. So, he chose my reincarnation. I shouldn't be surprised, she is made of flesh and blood, and I am made of the ground and ashes', Sarama thought as she held her head down.
"Why, hello Sarama." Nasaou said as he stood there with a torch in his hand and used it to light the room.
"What do you want from me?" Sarama asked as she watched the demon stalk towards her.
"I want everything from you..." Nasaou said as he stood in front of the woman and trailed his finger across her collarbone and then her shoulder with lust filled eyes.
"Get your hands away from me, demon!" The demon slayer exclaimed as she fought the chains which held her and tried her best to break from them.
"There's no use, if you were alive you may have been able to break threw these chains, but your at my mercy now." The demon said as he brought his lips to her neck.
Sarama immediately gasped and the demon was finally close enough where she could push him away and she immediately brought her foot up and kicked him backwards. Nasaou growled at her and brought his clawed hand across her face, smiling evilly as he watched her head hang limply from the force of the slap.
Nasaou cupped her chin in his hands, he roughly caressed her face with his thumb and then threw her head against the wall. The demon could sense the anger, hatred, pain, and anguish within her, and inwardly smiled as well. 'She will be perfect, I can finally turn her into what I always wanted.' Nasaou thought as he watched her slowly bring her head upwards and he watched as her blue eyes flashed dangereously and he could see the chains melting slightly in the dim light because of her intense anger.
"Yikiana, come here." The demon commanded and Sarama watched as a second demon walked into the room with a cup held inside of his hands. Yikiana walked to where Sarama was chained and stood in front of her with his head held downwards.
'What is he planning? What is he going to do to me? This demon is not going to just torture me, I know that. If he angers me anymore I will be able to break free from these chains, though this body will be too weak to escape.' The demon slayer thought as she looked at the new demon who had entered the room.
"Don't worry my dear Sarama, you're confusing emotions will be soon removed." Nasaou said as he took the cup from Yikiana and brought it up to her lips, forcing her to drink the strange liquid. Almost immediately the demon slayer felt herself being drained of every happy memory that she had, she fought whatever was happening to herself as best as she could as she felt herself only being left of images of betrayal, anger, and hatred.
"No... NO!" Sarama's scream echoed throughout the castle as she used whatever strength in her to stop what was happening, and she fell unconscious after her anguished cry.
'Not again, please, no...' The demon slayer fell limp after this thought and a black aura swirled around her body. She no longer held any pure emotions within her, all which she needed to do was kill an innocent life and she would be tainted forever.
"Unchain her from the wall, she is of no danger now. Alert me when she is awake, we must pay a little visit to the half-demon again." Nasaou commanded to Yikiana as he left the room and took one last glance and smirked at the broken spirit of the demon slayer.
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Kirashu and Onisou had been traveling several hours and there was still nothing but open land and forest to cover.
'When will we ever get to that damn castle?' Kirashu thought with a soft sigh as he felt a small hand tighten around his long, white hair. Siasku had fallen asleep an hour ago and the young girl now had her head on his shoulder, her one hand held onto his hair, and her other lightly gripped his shoulder.
'Strange girl, she gets exhausted by the easiest things.' The half-demon thought as he scanned the area for Sarama's scent, and held back a smile as the young girl breathed a content sigh.
Kirashu felt his breath catch as he heard a blood curdling scream resound throughout the forest and he sped forward as he knew who had screamed, it was Sarama. Just as the half-demon had heard the scream Siasku tightened her grip on Kirashu's hair and shoulder and let out a small whimper as her face twisted in pain. After she had done this her body relaxed again and her grip loosened again. The half-demon ran with such speed that he didn't even know he had, and passed Onisou as he tried his best to track down the scream. Nighttime was coming and darkness began to blanket the land as the last bit of the sun disappeared.
"Kirashu." Onisou said but there was no response.
"Hey! Kirashu!" The demon said louder as he tried to grab the half-demon's attention, but he was just ignored.
"Now that's it..." Onisou said with a low growl as he sped forward and jumped in front of Kirashu, only to have the half-demon not notice and run right into him. The half-demon was running at such a pace that their passengers which they were carrying immediately got thrown forward and they both fell on the ground as the two girls fell on top of them and they let out a soft, "Oomph".
Kokiyu was still wide awake and blushed deeply when she saw Onisou smiling up at her and gave her his own little wink. The young woman blushed even more and tried to stand up but a strong hand held her down.
"You don't have to hurry and stand up, I like you in this position." The handsome demon knew that was definitely the wrong thing to say and was immediately smacked by the woman as she screamed out, "Pervert!" and stood up.
"Okay, I deserved that I admit." Onisou said as he rubbed the side of his cheek where she had hit him and watched the grumbling woman stomp off.
The sleeping Siasku woke up to find that she was on top of Kirashu and she blushed as well. The half-demon had a strange look in his eyes as he looked into her blue eyes and slowly brought one of her stray raven hair behind her ear with gentleness she never had seen before. He brought his hand to her cheek and softly caressed it with his thumb and she could just see the pain in his golden eyes, and strangely something else.
The moment was broken by Onisou though as he in a taunting tone, "Doing nothing Kirashu?"
The half-demon brought his hand away from her face as if he had been burned, and immediately said in a gruff tone, "She had something on her face."
"Sure Kirashu, whatever you say." Onisou said with a large smirk on his face as he watched the young girl stand up quickly and walk off towards where Kokiyu had gone.
The two walked after the women and Onisou delicately sniffed the air, making sure that there weren't any demons in the area that might attack them.
"What's wrong with you, Kirashu? It looks like you've seen a ghost or something like that." The demon asked as he looked over at the half-demon.
"Did you hear that scream Onisou?" Kirashu asked as his eyes looked off into the distance and one could see the deep longing in his golden eyes.
"What scream? I heard nothing, except I saw you run in front of me like the devil himself was after you."
"It was Sarama's scream, it was so loud, I could just feel the pain from her. She's in pain right now, and I can't save her. I must find her, I have to, before anything more happens to her." The half-demon said desperately as he turned his head to look at the demon.
"Hey, I understand half-breed. That Sarama, she was an amazing woman, but, we have Kokiyu and Siasku with us. We can't just leave them behind, so we have to rest so that their human bodies can rest and they can be ready to fight if they have to." Onisou said as he kept pace with the half-demon.
"Okay, where did they go? They aren't here, but I can smell that they're nearby." The demon said as he looked around for the women but couldn't find them.
"Probably inside of a hot spring, so we better leave them alone. Unless if you want to get smacked again." Kirashu said as he propped himself against a tree.
"Yes, I guess your right. That Kokiyu sure can slap hard when she's mad." Onisou said as he rubbed the side of his face and sat cross-legged across from Kirashu.
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"Men! Or shall I say, demons! They are all the same! ugh!" Kokiyu spoke in an annoyed tone as they arrived at the hot spring.
"Except Kirashu, he is really hard to understand, he's really read, I almost always never know what he's going to do." Siasku said as she brought her hand to the cheek which Kirashu had softly caressed, blushing as the memory came back to her.
"Yes, Kirashu is kind of hard to understand. But, he's very protective of the ones he loves."
"How do you know who he loves? How can you ever get him to talk to you?" Siasku asked, she had never really talked with the half-demon before, not a deep conversation and he had never told her of his relationship with Sarama.
"I've known Kirashu for many years, I say around 20 years. He always seemed to have a soft spot for me when I was little." Kokiyu smiled at the memory of the many times where she got away with rubbing his ears when she was younger.
"Kokiyu, do you think that I can ... um, feel Sarama's pain? Today, when I was riding on Kirashu's back, I felt this terrible pain throughout my body, it just felt so terrible, I think it might of been from the demon slayer. Do you think that's possible?"
"It is possible, I think so. You both share the same soul right now, if something terrible happened to the soul I would believe the other could feel it." The young woman said as she looked at the young girl and tried her best to cover up her thoughts.
'Siasku is right, Sarama was in pain, much of it. I don't know how I felt it, but I did too. Probably not as much as Siasku. Please, be all right Sarama.' Kokiyu was awoken from her thoughts when she heard the young girl speak again.
"What happened to you and Onisou? I could see the slap mark on the side of his face, what did he do?" Siasku said with a faint smile on her face.
"It's not what he DID to me, more what he SAID to me." Kokiyu said as she narrowed her eyes.
"Well, we might as well relax for now, these hot springs are always great. We'll probably be traveling at a grueling pace to find that demon, Nasaou." The young girl said as she lowered herself into the hot springs and immediately relaxed as her body came in contact with the hot water.
"Very true, I doubt we will rest after nightfall until we come upon the castle." The young said as she eased herself into the hot springs and breathed a content sigh.
Siasku trailed the water with the tip of her finger as she felt herself lost in her own thoughts as she watched the ripples of the water.
'This is going to be one deadly battle, I wonder what the outcome will be? What will that demon, Nasaou, do with the crystal if he gets it?' The young girl thought as she sighed and closed her eyes, letting the hot water relax her into a light sleep.
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A new chapter! Hmmm, many questions, like what did Nasaou do to Sarama? What is going to be the outcome of the battle of Nasaou and the gang? Yes, many questions, hehe.