Yes, yes I am posting this chap at the same time as #7... and you don't get
to any really good parts! (well not many anyways) two close encounters
ensuing how will everyhting turn out?!!
If you really want to know....
........ THEN READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ehehehee.... sorry I kinda just drank a whole buch of Mountain dew orange stuff, and am watching the Ranama 1/2 2nd movie.... anyways hope you enjoy the story!
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Guardians
Chapter 8 - Why me?
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Kagome sniffed the air and caught the scents of nearby wolves. Opening her mouth she let out a large long howl of greeting that her tribe quickly mimicked, even Shippou.
Things were silent for a moment except for the pounding of their feet and paws against the dirt. Then coming by a opening where a small rocky hill stood next to a river, they heard loud howls back.
She griined as they slowed down to a stop before the small mountain. She surveyed the area. The hill was in the cente while to seperate rivers flowed on either side of it, joined in to one behind the hill. The only way it could be attacked was from the front.. like a fortress.
A large grey wolf came out from a cave in the hill and stopped its walking before her.
She crouched on the ground in the meaning of not wanting any trouble. It snorted a 'rise.' and she complied.
"Leader Raiji." She said in her well worked wolf tounge.
He frowned.
"I've heard of you. The girl raised by my brother's tribe. A she-wolf in a frail human's body. Known as next Ookami meibou is you?" He said roughly.
She bowed her head.
"Hai. It is. Only my own knowledge is short, since most is kept from me.. and I prefer to be called Kagome.." She said looking at him once again.
He nodded.
"Alright, Kagome it is."
"So why have you called for help from our tribe?" She said getting back to the reason she came.
He sat back looking off in the direction sniffing his nose distastefully.
"Ningens have been travelling in our lands more and more often. Killing our brothers and sisters and taking it back to their dens. Their stench is beginning to be unbarible, but we refuse to leave our lands."
Kagome nodded.
"And they don't know the wolf rules or tounge to which you can speak of terms am I right?"
"You are wise beyond your years Kagome. But yes that is our other problem."
" 'other'?"
"Yes. From the West lately we have been getting attacked by some bear youkai. Taking our game and killing our people. We have wounds but we can do no magic to heal them and no herbs to use as well.."
Kagome watched the sadness flick across his eyes, and began to realize why they had asked for her.
"You wish our tribe to help fight the youkai and for I to gather herbs and negotiate with the ningens am I right?"
He nodded.
"Do you accept?"
She looked back at her own tribe and the gather one as well. They looked beraggled and signs of growing weakness. She couldn't leave them like this.
"I will help. Only with past encounters i have learn ningens have codes of clothes to which they must wear. If I am to plead for reason with them, it would be wiser to show our own respects to their customs."
Again he nodded.
"We have came in possesion of such 'clothing' as you call it when we came across a chest of them from a broken carriage of some human which ran from us and though a time might arise such as this."
"Where to do you keep these clothes?"
"In our cave. I will show you."
He turned and started walking. Kagome turned giving orders to help find game and scout out and give more details about this ningen town, before following him with Shippou on her shoulder in to the cave.
It was dimly lit but she spread out her senses and let them guide her without hitting anything. Once she bumped against the wall feeling how sleek they were.
'this must be an old cave. The walls were caused by a once flowing river before it dried.' She thoughts.
After a while they entered a wider opening and she blinked to adjust her eyes. They had scratched out openings with their claws for light to shine in but crafted so rain wouldn't get through. This area was large with several hides on the floors, and adjoining paths leading in and out if it. On the walls wre stacks of Human things. Clothes, utensils, rugs, blankets.. everything.. She even felt a few magical things prickling at her senses.
"Leader Raiji.... where did you get all this?"
She could have imagined the smirk playing on his lips but she doubted it.
"Similar ways we got the clothing you may wear. Or just what curious young wolves stole."
She nodded dumbly.
"Curious indeed..."
"Lady Kagome?"
"Yes?" She said turning her gaze from the objects and at his curious look.
"Is that a kitsune on your shoulder?"
She heard Shippou gulped as he liked his lips. To Shippou it meant he was dinner, to Kagome who knew the wolf world better grinned at his teasing.
Holding Shippou up in her arms to him, she said,
"Yes. This is my pup Shippou-chan..."
He nodded, but had one more question to ask.
"An adopted pup I presume?"
She glared at him as if saying 'Are you crazy? I'm too young to have pups you idiot!'
He just chuckled.
"O-Okaa-san?" Shippou squeaked.
She smiled again pulling him away from Raiji and in to her folded arms across her chest.
"Raiji-kun?" She said.
"Yes?"
"How far is the village from here?"
"About ten minutes on wolf legs."
"I see. I will prepare today and study their habits, and I'll leave for town next sunrise.."
He nodded.
"Alright. I leave you to figure out the weird customs of theirs for now then. I will take care of other arrangements."
He strooled out of the cave the way he came his tail swaying behind him. Kagome gulped looking down at just as nervous Shippou. She put an encouraguing smile on her face as she walked over to a particular large chest.
Fiddling with the latch some she soon heard a click and pulled the top wood off. Both gasped in shock looking down at the fine silk garments inside.
"wow..." Shippou said.
All Kagome was capable of was nodding her head as she slipped her fingers through the material. Pulling it out gently she stood back ro admire it.
It was a creamy pink and white color with light aqua blue flowers stitched in to the sleeves and flowing dress. Glancing in the chest she recognized the white layer that must go underneath this one. Their was also a obi of transulent pink that tied around the waist. To top it all off, their was jewelry of pink bracelets and necklaces inside.
"I can't wear this.." She whispered.
"Why not?" Shippou said still in the midst of admiration.
"It's too pretty. From what little I remember of humans in the past nothing was as elegant as this..."
Shippou after much debate in his head nodded his head in agreement.
Carefully putting it away they moved to other chests and rolls, and pouches. Kagome growled as she plopped down on the floor.
"This is pointless.."
"Yes... we have to find something that is both proud AND plain...." Shippou said throwing up his hands and falling to the ground with a 'plop'.
She laughed and he soon joined in.
:Your... right... this is... hopeless..." She said in between gasps of air. She wiped the tears from her eyes as she started heading for the exit.
"Okaa-san where are you going?" He said leaping on to her shoulder.
"Taking a break. I want to see what the human's 'den' looks like."
"This sounds fun!' He said.
She nodded reaching the opening.
Looking out across the small glade she said to a few passing wolves.
"Tell Raiji I'm going to look at the human 'den' and will not be back till later."
The yipped a yes, as she took off in to the forest.
She heard the leaves around her and the almost soundles patering of her feet on the dirt. This place wasn't so different from her own home in that manner. Only with the closeness of the humans that made something with in her anxious.
She shook it off.
After a while she did see exactly what Raiji meant. Our rather smell. The human village was almost unbariable to her mountain nose. She took a few deep breaths to get used to it for a moment as she snuck behind some shrubs almost to the clearing which the den started.
Hiding behind a tree she gazed out and her eyes went wide.
"This is not a den..!" She whispered. There were large feilds and tall buildings made out of trees and mud. Humans milled in and out of certain ones caring crying children around, or men grumbling in groups while they leaned against farm tools.
Unfortunately all this brought her back to her own distant memories of the time she lived in a village such as this.
She couldn't move. Her eyes remained transfixed as if in shock.
This den --village--... it's like my human home..
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Youko grimaced as he milled about the town. He had used a concealing spell to hide anything unusual about him. He was still taller then most of these men but his apperances were not far off. He had changed his hair so it was shorter and a dark rich black. His eyes a cinnimon color. Only for some reason he had human women whispering and gigling saying his made-up name over and over again. Even wore the rough clothes most of the men sported.
"Look there is Touki-sama..!"
"..He's handsome.."
".. oh did he just look at me?.."
He frowned but kept walking towards the feilds.
He needed to give his nose a break from all the filthy smells.
Suddenly he felt a strong magic power coming form the forest. He stopped and scanned the forest until his eyes came apon a small face and bright blue eyes. His nose picked up the faint smell of flowers again.
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Kagome froze when the stranger locked eyes with her. Her miko powers could see through his disguise and what she saw was a youkai.. a very handsome one at that. She shook her head in disgust and turned away darting in the forest.
Only she felt a strange rise of anticipation for tomorrow.
Why am I being so stupid?!!
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Youko blinked when suddenly the girl dissapeared from veiw with a flick of her long black hair she was gone. Spreading out his sense he felt her fadign aurora of blue and a small green one..
She travels with a kitsune?
He shook his head although he was oddly disturbed.
That scent...
it was that of the same the night he heard the song... only how did it belong to a woman? When he a demon had the rare scent of roses, it was even rarer for a woman ningen no less to ahve one of different flowers.
He shook his head trying to get back on track.
'.. I have to find rumours of ths jewel so I can leave this miserable place...'
Only with a certain girl in his thoghts rare, flowers, and blue eyes were all melding together in to one...
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next chapter - the dreaded meeting of Youko and Kagome!!! or at least it's dreaded because I'm writing a very *ahem* interesting chapter.. anyways R&R ! Oh and before I forget Ookami meibou means (bright) wolf eyes... you'll get what it means later...
BY-YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(the more reveiws I get the more inspired I am to update...... *wink**wink*)
DARN YOU CAFFINE!!!!!
If you really want to know....
........ THEN READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ehehehee.... sorry I kinda just drank a whole buch of Mountain dew orange stuff, and am watching the Ranama 1/2 2nd movie.... anyways hope you enjoy the story!
~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~~^
Guardians
Chapter 8 - Why me?
******************************************************
Kagome sniffed the air and caught the scents of nearby wolves. Opening her mouth she let out a large long howl of greeting that her tribe quickly mimicked, even Shippou.
Things were silent for a moment except for the pounding of their feet and paws against the dirt. Then coming by a opening where a small rocky hill stood next to a river, they heard loud howls back.
She griined as they slowed down to a stop before the small mountain. She surveyed the area. The hill was in the cente while to seperate rivers flowed on either side of it, joined in to one behind the hill. The only way it could be attacked was from the front.. like a fortress.
A large grey wolf came out from a cave in the hill and stopped its walking before her.
She crouched on the ground in the meaning of not wanting any trouble. It snorted a 'rise.' and she complied.
"Leader Raiji." She said in her well worked wolf tounge.
He frowned.
"I've heard of you. The girl raised by my brother's tribe. A she-wolf in a frail human's body. Known as next Ookami meibou is you?" He said roughly.
She bowed her head.
"Hai. It is. Only my own knowledge is short, since most is kept from me.. and I prefer to be called Kagome.." She said looking at him once again.
He nodded.
"Alright, Kagome it is."
"So why have you called for help from our tribe?" She said getting back to the reason she came.
He sat back looking off in the direction sniffing his nose distastefully.
"Ningens have been travelling in our lands more and more often. Killing our brothers and sisters and taking it back to their dens. Their stench is beginning to be unbarible, but we refuse to leave our lands."
Kagome nodded.
"And they don't know the wolf rules or tounge to which you can speak of terms am I right?"
"You are wise beyond your years Kagome. But yes that is our other problem."
" 'other'?"
"Yes. From the West lately we have been getting attacked by some bear youkai. Taking our game and killing our people. We have wounds but we can do no magic to heal them and no herbs to use as well.."
Kagome watched the sadness flick across his eyes, and began to realize why they had asked for her.
"You wish our tribe to help fight the youkai and for I to gather herbs and negotiate with the ningens am I right?"
He nodded.
"Do you accept?"
She looked back at her own tribe and the gather one as well. They looked beraggled and signs of growing weakness. She couldn't leave them like this.
"I will help. Only with past encounters i have learn ningens have codes of clothes to which they must wear. If I am to plead for reason with them, it would be wiser to show our own respects to their customs."
Again he nodded.
"We have came in possesion of such 'clothing' as you call it when we came across a chest of them from a broken carriage of some human which ran from us and though a time might arise such as this."
"Where to do you keep these clothes?"
"In our cave. I will show you."
He turned and started walking. Kagome turned giving orders to help find game and scout out and give more details about this ningen town, before following him with Shippou on her shoulder in to the cave.
It was dimly lit but she spread out her senses and let them guide her without hitting anything. Once she bumped against the wall feeling how sleek they were.
'this must be an old cave. The walls were caused by a once flowing river before it dried.' She thoughts.
After a while they entered a wider opening and she blinked to adjust her eyes. They had scratched out openings with their claws for light to shine in but crafted so rain wouldn't get through. This area was large with several hides on the floors, and adjoining paths leading in and out if it. On the walls wre stacks of Human things. Clothes, utensils, rugs, blankets.. everything.. She even felt a few magical things prickling at her senses.
"Leader Raiji.... where did you get all this?"
She could have imagined the smirk playing on his lips but she doubted it.
"Similar ways we got the clothing you may wear. Or just what curious young wolves stole."
She nodded dumbly.
"Curious indeed..."
"Lady Kagome?"
"Yes?" She said turning her gaze from the objects and at his curious look.
"Is that a kitsune on your shoulder?"
She heard Shippou gulped as he liked his lips. To Shippou it meant he was dinner, to Kagome who knew the wolf world better grinned at his teasing.
Holding Shippou up in her arms to him, she said,
"Yes. This is my pup Shippou-chan..."
He nodded, but had one more question to ask.
"An adopted pup I presume?"
She glared at him as if saying 'Are you crazy? I'm too young to have pups you idiot!'
He just chuckled.
"O-Okaa-san?" Shippou squeaked.
She smiled again pulling him away from Raiji and in to her folded arms across her chest.
"Raiji-kun?" She said.
"Yes?"
"How far is the village from here?"
"About ten minutes on wolf legs."
"I see. I will prepare today and study their habits, and I'll leave for town next sunrise.."
He nodded.
"Alright. I leave you to figure out the weird customs of theirs for now then. I will take care of other arrangements."
He strooled out of the cave the way he came his tail swaying behind him. Kagome gulped looking down at just as nervous Shippou. She put an encouraguing smile on her face as she walked over to a particular large chest.
Fiddling with the latch some she soon heard a click and pulled the top wood off. Both gasped in shock looking down at the fine silk garments inside.
"wow..." Shippou said.
All Kagome was capable of was nodding her head as she slipped her fingers through the material. Pulling it out gently she stood back ro admire it.
It was a creamy pink and white color with light aqua blue flowers stitched in to the sleeves and flowing dress. Glancing in the chest she recognized the white layer that must go underneath this one. Their was also a obi of transulent pink that tied around the waist. To top it all off, their was jewelry of pink bracelets and necklaces inside.
"I can't wear this.." She whispered.
"Why not?" Shippou said still in the midst of admiration.
"It's too pretty. From what little I remember of humans in the past nothing was as elegant as this..."
Shippou after much debate in his head nodded his head in agreement.
Carefully putting it away they moved to other chests and rolls, and pouches. Kagome growled as she plopped down on the floor.
"This is pointless.."
"Yes... we have to find something that is both proud AND plain...." Shippou said throwing up his hands and falling to the ground with a 'plop'.
She laughed and he soon joined in.
:Your... right... this is... hopeless..." She said in between gasps of air. She wiped the tears from her eyes as she started heading for the exit.
"Okaa-san where are you going?" He said leaping on to her shoulder.
"Taking a break. I want to see what the human's 'den' looks like."
"This sounds fun!' He said.
She nodded reaching the opening.
Looking out across the small glade she said to a few passing wolves.
"Tell Raiji I'm going to look at the human 'den' and will not be back till later."
The yipped a yes, as she took off in to the forest.
She heard the leaves around her and the almost soundles patering of her feet on the dirt. This place wasn't so different from her own home in that manner. Only with the closeness of the humans that made something with in her anxious.
She shook it off.
After a while she did see exactly what Raiji meant. Our rather smell. The human village was almost unbariable to her mountain nose. She took a few deep breaths to get used to it for a moment as she snuck behind some shrubs almost to the clearing which the den started.
Hiding behind a tree she gazed out and her eyes went wide.
"This is not a den..!" She whispered. There were large feilds and tall buildings made out of trees and mud. Humans milled in and out of certain ones caring crying children around, or men grumbling in groups while they leaned against farm tools.
Unfortunately all this brought her back to her own distant memories of the time she lived in a village such as this.
She couldn't move. Her eyes remained transfixed as if in shock.
This den --village--... it's like my human home..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Youko grimaced as he milled about the town. He had used a concealing spell to hide anything unusual about him. He was still taller then most of these men but his apperances were not far off. He had changed his hair so it was shorter and a dark rich black. His eyes a cinnimon color. Only for some reason he had human women whispering and gigling saying his made-up name over and over again. Even wore the rough clothes most of the men sported.
"Look there is Touki-sama..!"
"..He's handsome.."
".. oh did he just look at me?.."
He frowned but kept walking towards the feilds.
He needed to give his nose a break from all the filthy smells.
Suddenly he felt a strong magic power coming form the forest. He stopped and scanned the forest until his eyes came apon a small face and bright blue eyes. His nose picked up the faint smell of flowers again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome froze when the stranger locked eyes with her. Her miko powers could see through his disguise and what she saw was a youkai.. a very handsome one at that. She shook her head in disgust and turned away darting in the forest.
Only she felt a strange rise of anticipation for tomorrow.
Why am I being so stupid?!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Youko blinked when suddenly the girl dissapeared from veiw with a flick of her long black hair she was gone. Spreading out his sense he felt her fadign aurora of blue and a small green one..
She travels with a kitsune?
He shook his head although he was oddly disturbed.
That scent...
it was that of the same the night he heard the song... only how did it belong to a woman? When he a demon had the rare scent of roses, it was even rarer for a woman ningen no less to ahve one of different flowers.
He shook his head trying to get back on track.
'.. I have to find rumours of ths jewel so I can leave this miserable place...'
Only with a certain girl in his thoghts rare, flowers, and blue eyes were all melding together in to one...
**************************************************************
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next chapter - the dreaded meeting of Youko and Kagome!!! or at least it's dreaded because I'm writing a very *ahem* interesting chapter.. anyways R&R ! Oh and before I forget Ookami meibou means (bright) wolf eyes... you'll get what it means later...
BY-YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(the more reveiws I get the more inspired I am to update...... *wink**wink*)
DARN YOU CAFFINE!!!!!