Ok readers it has come to my attention that I misspelled something in the
last chapter
Human error.anyway from now on 'tetsusaiga' will be spelled correctly
So please forgive me for my error.
I in no way am working on the project of Inuyasha, I don't own it. Well I guess that's
enough of a disclaimer.
If you've gotten this far I'm sure I don't need to tell you this story shouldn't contain any
Spoilers for the series so feel free to read on! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha Beyond the Skin Chapter Four 'Marina's shades of red'
Kagome and Inuyasha chased after them but, Koyasha was long gone with Marina. "He'll be back as long as he thinks we have the jewel." Inuyasha remarked staring off into the woods. Kagome's head lowered. "Actually I think he'll be back for the Tetsusaiga. That girl would tell him anything provided he asked the right question." They stared out across the morning sky in much dismay and earnest to the storm that was coming. "You spoke with them." "Yes" "What did they say about the jewel?" "The jewel was taken they don't have it any more." Her face was solemn. It hurt her deeply to not tell the whole truth. ("How can I expect him to trust me if I lie to him.") She laid her head against his soft hair. ("It feels nice to be close to him, but I want to be emotionally close not just physically close.") Koyasha felt a warm chill run up his spine as she leaned into him. His back straitened like a board and he searched for a resting area.
He set her down deep into the forest. ("Only option is to find out whoever has the jewel and take it back!") Marina sat down on a tree root poking up out of the ground. "There's something I haven't told you." His eyes darted over to her "And that is!" "I can see the jewel in your chest. I've always seen it." His face turned into an evil grin. ("I'm glad I've kept her around, she is proving to be quite more useful than I had first thought.") Marina petted a patch of moss growing on the tree next to her. The birds chirped merrily all around. Slowly the songs grew quiet. Koyasha's ears perked up he sniffed the air it was a fowl smell of death. A wicked wind blew through, "The girls mine, move on!" Koyasha glared into the forest. An evil hissing voice answered. "She is but a snack, I want you Koyasha!" A large demon emerged. It took the form of a snake but instead of scales it had rotting human heads that moaned for their sols freedom. "You think I'll die to the likes of you. You can't even control the soles of those humans!" The demon lunged at Koyasha, who easily dodged its attack. He countered the assault by slashing into the demons' neck. Marina watched as Koyasha seemed to strike a counter attack every time the demon struck at him. Koyasha jumped through the trees, until a branch broke under his weight. The demon whipped around with its tail striking Koyasha to the ground. The tail split into two one end flung out coiling around Marina. Koyasha's eyes glowed in hatred. He gouged into his arm "Blades of Blood!" The spell slashed through the creature's tail holding down Koyasha making the beast wail in pain. Several human soles ascended into the air praising Koyasha for their freedom. "Now look what you've done half demon!" The demon's eyes glowed furiously. Koyasha glared with equally menacing eyes. "I didn't mind you attacking me in fact I enjoy killing pathetic creatures like you, but you just had to drag her into this." He jumped high above the demons head diving strait down on it claws bared. "SOLES CRY!" his whole hand glowed and burned down into the demon's flesh cutting strait down the belly. It sounded like a hundreds of humans screaming out as the stolen soles escaped, turning the demon to dust. The tail went limp and disintegrated around Marina, who choked in pain. The spirits Sent praises to Koyasha as they went on in to the other world.
Koyasha walked over to Marina, "You better not even think about dieing on me girl. I still have need of you." Her face flushed pink ("He needs me?") she forgot her pain and looked up at Koyasha who had a few scratches on him. "I'm alright." She replied. Koyasha held out his hand to help her up. She grabbed it lifted herself up with a little help from Koyasha. As soon as she was standing he let go of her hand. She stared down at the hand that had held his. ("I won't forget that feeling. Even if it was only a moment. I can see that there is hope for your sol Koyasha.") "We're going on the next village. We may have more luck there." Marina nodded and they tool off out of the forest onto the main road.
Near dusk they entered the village. Koyasha set down marina and they entered the village together. A young boy stopped and stared at Koyasha a moment then his gaze fell on the strange girl next to him that seemed more interested in the sun set then where she was going. The boy ran on ahead into the largest house of the village. A young man emerged with very light brown hair, pointed ears, fox feet and a fox tail bobbing to and fro excitedly. Koyasha's eyes narrowed when he was the young man emerge. "Shippo" he said under his breath in disgust. "Inuyasha...Wait you're not Inuyasha..." The young man 'gasped' "Koyasha!" "That's right fox boy; you want to make an issue of it?" Koyasha cracked his knuckles menacingly. Shippo inched backwards and then caught the fading glints of sun in Marina's hair. Her hair seemed to come alive like a flame in the light of the setting sun the wind blew through it enhancing the look of fire. Her hair was a blaze of gold and red. Her eyes glowed with such curiosity and love for the setting sun. Shippo was so fascinated by this strange girl he completely forgot all about the threatening Koyasha.
"Who are you?" Marina turned away from the sun surprised that she was being addressed. "Me, I'm sorry. My name is Marina, Marina McElrea." She bowed to the young man as a sign of respect. Koyasha seemed annoyed at the attention Shippo was paying to her. Shippo shook himself out of the daze back to reality. "How rude of me won't you two join me for dinner?" He chirped merrily. Koyasha followed him quite cross. "Welcome to my home!" Marina removed her sandals and stepped inside. They sat down at a small table. "Won't you two have a seat?" A young boy brought several dishes out and set them in front of the three. "Thank you.Oh I almost forgot your mother was looking for you. You should probably head home." Thank you Master Shippo." The boy bowed and left the three. Shippo hardly took his eyes off Marina.
Her face had not been a normal color since she met Shippo. He continually watched her with admiration. Koyasha's face remained agitated over Shippo all the while. "I've never met anyone like you Lady Marina. Where do you come from?" She stared into her cup of tea. "From half way across the world in the future." "So you come from Kagome's time." She nodded as Koyasha left the room and went outside. She watched him leave in despair of being left alone with the strange man. "Hmm.just like Inuyasha." "You know his parents?" "Know them!? They've been my best friends since long before Koyasha was born." Marina thought back on what he had said while she was partially distracted by Koyasha's exit. "Did you say Kagome comes from my time?" "Yes, I thought you knew that. She decided to stay in this time with Inuyasha instead of going home. I'm glad she did, I'd have missed her." ("Is that why the well is still working between these different times. Is it because Kagome did not leave as was intended in the master design? Or is it this jewel everyone is worrying about. I know very little about it there are few records still in existence in my time. This man must know something about the jewel if he has spent that much time with Kagome and Inuyasha.") Shippo waved his hand in front of her face. Her thoughts came back to reality. "Are you ok, you seemed like your sole left for a moment there?" "It's nothing." She lifted her hand to her chest and clutched it. Shippo finally took his gaze away from her eyes and noticed her battered body. Her kimono was lightly cuffed with dirt and her wrist and neck heavily bruised. "What happened to you? Was this Koyasha's doing?" The young mans face became stern, from its usual pleasant smile. She avoided his questioning eyes. It was obvious she didn't wish to answer him. Shippo's eyes slanted looking at the door.
("Why didn't I just make something up? But I'm sick of lying I don't want to lie to him. He has treated me with nothing but respect not like Koyasha, how could I think of comparing them I'm so ashamed. For that matter I'm ashamed that I lowered myself to lying so much.") Her eyes filled up with tears. "Please excuse me Master Shippo." She stood up and tried to leave. He followed after her, noticing her tears hit the ground. He gently took her hand in his own. "I didn't mean to upset you please forgive me." Koyasha opened the door and saw Shippo standing next to Marina holding her hand tenderly while she fought back the tears rolling down her cheeks. Marina turned several shades of pink and then her whole body seemed to blaze in bright red, when she caught sight of Koyasha walking in, in the middle of the precarious predicament. "There is a hot spring in the woods behind here, I'm sure it would do some good on those wounds of yours." She snatched her hand away from his grasp and hurried outside turning around to retrieve her sandals and leaving again.
Shippo's eyes met with Koyasha's agitated stare. "You didn't have to do that to her. She's not a violent person." "What would you know Fox boy?" "I can't imagine what she could have done to deserve abuse like that." Koyasha plopped down and stretched out on the floor. "That's right people like you have to have a purpose for violence. That's what make's you weak, and why I will always beat you at anything." His eyes challenged Shippo to try something. Shippo's gaze lightened "No there is something you could never do." "And what's that?" "You could never win Lady Marina's heart. Not with the evil that consumes yours." Koyasha rolled over to face the wall. "You think I care about obtaining the love of that pathetic human girl?" Shippo walked into the other room quite annoyed as he cleaned up. ("Who am I kidding nothing warms his cold heart.Not since that jewel consumed him. Why can't you be the friend I once cherished like a brother?") Shippo entered the room again clutching a blanket. "Here you go.Koyasha.Where are you?" Something cliqued in his head and he bolted out the door dropping the blanket.
Marina looked around after reaching the hot spring. "I guess it's safe." She pulled loose her obi and kimono and folded them up, and took down her hair. She looked around a final time 'gulped' and removed her inner kimono and under clothes, and laid the folded clothes on a rock within reach of the spring. She stepped in the water and dropped down. Her head poked back up out of the water. "He didn't mention it was deep" she looked down at her arm, "I suppose now is as good a time as any. Who know when I'll find another natural spring to use?" Shippo just had the spring in sight and tripped over Koyasha who was hidden behind a bush. Shippo opened his mouth to scold Koyasha but stopped. A faint glow cam from the water and began to intensify. Koyasha and Shippo stared in wonderment. The water raised Marina up into the air and circled around her. Her hair flowed with the water, while her bruises, cuts, and scratches glowed like the water and slowly disappeared. The waters light faded and returned to the pool. She hung a moment floating above the spring in a standing position and then submerged again in the water. The two men's eyes gaped open, and their mouths hung to the ground. Her eyes closed and her head sunk under the water. The two jumped up from their hiding place, and ran to the spring. Shippo reached in the water and grabbed her arm pulling her half out of the water. Koyasha spoke to himself gazing at her bare body. "Well her body isn't lacking anything, despite her poor health." Her eyes popped open and she 'screamed' like a banshee. The water boiled around her body "HENTI!!" Her body caught fire with embarrassment, a large tree next to the spring creaked a moment then cracked at the base slamming down on the unsuspecting peeping toms. She snatched up her clothes put on the inner kimono with a shoddy tying job and headed back the village. Her body trembled both from fright and embarrassment. "Now what were you saying about her not being violent?" "That was a little harsh I admit." Shippo groaned. ("Those two are horrible how could they?") She leaned against a tree to catch her breath. Her eyes wavered. ("I guess I outdid myself this time.") She slid down the tree and fell unconscious.
She woke in the middle of a conversation while someone was carrying her. She kept her eyes closed and listened. "You actually think I'd do that!?" "I wouldn't put it past you; after all you were spying on her." "I was making sure nothing happened to her." "So you admit you have feelings for her." "Are you crazy? She's going to help me get the jewel that's all." "You already have half of it and look how strong you are, you don't need the other half." "You think I'm going to settle for being a pathetic pet like my father, Shippo!" ("They must have been friends Koyasha's never called anyone by their first name since I met him. But then again I've only been with him a couple of days what do I know?") "So you want to be full demon that rapes, pillages, and murders." "I may steal and kill but even I have a line I won't cross." Koyasha sounded agitated by Shippo's comment. "Well at least Marina-chan's purity is safe around you." "She's mine for the time being Shippo so just back off." ("His? He said that once before but the way he said it was so different this time.") Her eyes shot open, she was too embarrassed to pretend to be asleep any longer. "Are you afraid I might drive away whatever feelings she could hold for you?" Shippo's eyes slanted. Her face lightly blushed. ("Are they fighting over me?") Shippo looked down at Marina, who stared open eyed back at him. His face turned pail. "You didn't hear what we were talking about, did you?" ("Should I say anything or pretend I don't know what they're talking about?") Koyasha seemed a little edgy himself waiting for her answer. Marina looked at the two puzzled. Shippo and Koyasha sighed in relief. "Was it something I wasn't supposed to hear?" "It doesn't concern you." Koyasha said in a dark tone. Shippo laughed nervously. ("So they didn't want me to hear any of that. But I can't help but wonder what all was said before I woke.")
Shippo set Marina down on the path. She wobbled a few steps and began falling, Shippo caught her halfway down. "Lean on me if you need to." His green eyes were soft and caring. Koyasha's eyes were always cold and uncaring. Shippo felt a heated gaze on his back. ("Is Koyasha Jealous? His oar is giving me the chills.") ("Do I have feelings for these two? And if I do who do I like more? They're nothing alike, yet I sense they have the same feelings towards me. I'm so confused.") They arrived back at Shippo's home. Marina stumbling and Shippo close at her side while Koyasha remained cross. "I meant to ask you Lady Marina how did you do that?" "Do what Master Shippo?" "Fox boy means at the spring how did you make the water heal you?" Koyasha was clearly annoyed at her ignorance. "I wish I could tell you but I'm not really sure how I do it. But I do know I can only do it in natural springs.I took a trip to a hot spring for the first time early this year that was when I first discovered I had the power to heal my self." "So I'm guessing there is some kind of spiritual power that comes from them." "I'm very tired Master Shippo is there some where I can rest for the night?" "I'm sorry of coarse right this way." They walked into a bed room where a pallet already laid. "Isn't this your bed Master Shippo?" Shippo smiled "Not to night it's not." Koyasha followed the two in the room. Shippo turned around and left. Koyasha still stood in the room. "Here you might need these." She reached for her clothes. "One question though." She stopped and looked at him. "What are these for?" He dangles her braw and panties in the air. Her face flushed red. "That's none of your business!" and she snatched the articles of clothing away from him. Koyasha seemed startled to here her yell at him and left. ("Stupid Koyasha he probably watched me take them off.") She pouted as she got into bed. ("I guess in a sense we're even now. I did kind of see him but he doesn't have any decency. And I didn't want him to see me. But I guess in his own way he did complement me. 'Well her body isn't lacking anything, despite her poor health.' . But still they both saw me and I'm still upset with them.") She covered over her still red face and went to sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ahh done! Well done with this Chapter anyway.
I know it was a little racy but not gratuitously detailed so still falls under pg13
At least I hope. (Laughs nervously)
Anyway next chapter coming soon ... Haven't thought of a name yet so...
Chapter Five...um..um... 'What about the jewel of four souls?'
Thank you for staying with me there is still more to come.
Human error.anyway from now on 'tetsusaiga' will be spelled correctly
So please forgive me for my error.
I in no way am working on the project of Inuyasha, I don't own it. Well I guess that's
enough of a disclaimer.
If you've gotten this far I'm sure I don't need to tell you this story shouldn't contain any
Spoilers for the series so feel free to read on! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha Beyond the Skin Chapter Four 'Marina's shades of red'
Kagome and Inuyasha chased after them but, Koyasha was long gone with Marina. "He'll be back as long as he thinks we have the jewel." Inuyasha remarked staring off into the woods. Kagome's head lowered. "Actually I think he'll be back for the Tetsusaiga. That girl would tell him anything provided he asked the right question." They stared out across the morning sky in much dismay and earnest to the storm that was coming. "You spoke with them." "Yes" "What did they say about the jewel?" "The jewel was taken they don't have it any more." Her face was solemn. It hurt her deeply to not tell the whole truth. ("How can I expect him to trust me if I lie to him.") She laid her head against his soft hair. ("It feels nice to be close to him, but I want to be emotionally close not just physically close.") Koyasha felt a warm chill run up his spine as she leaned into him. His back straitened like a board and he searched for a resting area.
He set her down deep into the forest. ("Only option is to find out whoever has the jewel and take it back!") Marina sat down on a tree root poking up out of the ground. "There's something I haven't told you." His eyes darted over to her "And that is!" "I can see the jewel in your chest. I've always seen it." His face turned into an evil grin. ("I'm glad I've kept her around, she is proving to be quite more useful than I had first thought.") Marina petted a patch of moss growing on the tree next to her. The birds chirped merrily all around. Slowly the songs grew quiet. Koyasha's ears perked up he sniffed the air it was a fowl smell of death. A wicked wind blew through, "The girls mine, move on!" Koyasha glared into the forest. An evil hissing voice answered. "She is but a snack, I want you Koyasha!" A large demon emerged. It took the form of a snake but instead of scales it had rotting human heads that moaned for their sols freedom. "You think I'll die to the likes of you. You can't even control the soles of those humans!" The demon lunged at Koyasha, who easily dodged its attack. He countered the assault by slashing into the demons' neck. Marina watched as Koyasha seemed to strike a counter attack every time the demon struck at him. Koyasha jumped through the trees, until a branch broke under his weight. The demon whipped around with its tail striking Koyasha to the ground. The tail split into two one end flung out coiling around Marina. Koyasha's eyes glowed in hatred. He gouged into his arm "Blades of Blood!" The spell slashed through the creature's tail holding down Koyasha making the beast wail in pain. Several human soles ascended into the air praising Koyasha for their freedom. "Now look what you've done half demon!" The demon's eyes glowed furiously. Koyasha glared with equally menacing eyes. "I didn't mind you attacking me in fact I enjoy killing pathetic creatures like you, but you just had to drag her into this." He jumped high above the demons head diving strait down on it claws bared. "SOLES CRY!" his whole hand glowed and burned down into the demon's flesh cutting strait down the belly. It sounded like a hundreds of humans screaming out as the stolen soles escaped, turning the demon to dust. The tail went limp and disintegrated around Marina, who choked in pain. The spirits Sent praises to Koyasha as they went on in to the other world.
Koyasha walked over to Marina, "You better not even think about dieing on me girl. I still have need of you." Her face flushed pink ("He needs me?") she forgot her pain and looked up at Koyasha who had a few scratches on him. "I'm alright." She replied. Koyasha held out his hand to help her up. She grabbed it lifted herself up with a little help from Koyasha. As soon as she was standing he let go of her hand. She stared down at the hand that had held his. ("I won't forget that feeling. Even if it was only a moment. I can see that there is hope for your sol Koyasha.") "We're going on the next village. We may have more luck there." Marina nodded and they tool off out of the forest onto the main road.
Near dusk they entered the village. Koyasha set down marina and they entered the village together. A young boy stopped and stared at Koyasha a moment then his gaze fell on the strange girl next to him that seemed more interested in the sun set then where she was going. The boy ran on ahead into the largest house of the village. A young man emerged with very light brown hair, pointed ears, fox feet and a fox tail bobbing to and fro excitedly. Koyasha's eyes narrowed when he was the young man emerge. "Shippo" he said under his breath in disgust. "Inuyasha...Wait you're not Inuyasha..." The young man 'gasped' "Koyasha!" "That's right fox boy; you want to make an issue of it?" Koyasha cracked his knuckles menacingly. Shippo inched backwards and then caught the fading glints of sun in Marina's hair. Her hair seemed to come alive like a flame in the light of the setting sun the wind blew through it enhancing the look of fire. Her hair was a blaze of gold and red. Her eyes glowed with such curiosity and love for the setting sun. Shippo was so fascinated by this strange girl he completely forgot all about the threatening Koyasha.
"Who are you?" Marina turned away from the sun surprised that she was being addressed. "Me, I'm sorry. My name is Marina, Marina McElrea." She bowed to the young man as a sign of respect. Koyasha seemed annoyed at the attention Shippo was paying to her. Shippo shook himself out of the daze back to reality. "How rude of me won't you two join me for dinner?" He chirped merrily. Koyasha followed him quite cross. "Welcome to my home!" Marina removed her sandals and stepped inside. They sat down at a small table. "Won't you two have a seat?" A young boy brought several dishes out and set them in front of the three. "Thank you.Oh I almost forgot your mother was looking for you. You should probably head home." Thank you Master Shippo." The boy bowed and left the three. Shippo hardly took his eyes off Marina.
Her face had not been a normal color since she met Shippo. He continually watched her with admiration. Koyasha's face remained agitated over Shippo all the while. "I've never met anyone like you Lady Marina. Where do you come from?" She stared into her cup of tea. "From half way across the world in the future." "So you come from Kagome's time." She nodded as Koyasha left the room and went outside. She watched him leave in despair of being left alone with the strange man. "Hmm.just like Inuyasha." "You know his parents?" "Know them!? They've been my best friends since long before Koyasha was born." Marina thought back on what he had said while she was partially distracted by Koyasha's exit. "Did you say Kagome comes from my time?" "Yes, I thought you knew that. She decided to stay in this time with Inuyasha instead of going home. I'm glad she did, I'd have missed her." ("Is that why the well is still working between these different times. Is it because Kagome did not leave as was intended in the master design? Or is it this jewel everyone is worrying about. I know very little about it there are few records still in existence in my time. This man must know something about the jewel if he has spent that much time with Kagome and Inuyasha.") Shippo waved his hand in front of her face. Her thoughts came back to reality. "Are you ok, you seemed like your sole left for a moment there?" "It's nothing." She lifted her hand to her chest and clutched it. Shippo finally took his gaze away from her eyes and noticed her battered body. Her kimono was lightly cuffed with dirt and her wrist and neck heavily bruised. "What happened to you? Was this Koyasha's doing?" The young mans face became stern, from its usual pleasant smile. She avoided his questioning eyes. It was obvious she didn't wish to answer him. Shippo's eyes slanted looking at the door.
("Why didn't I just make something up? But I'm sick of lying I don't want to lie to him. He has treated me with nothing but respect not like Koyasha, how could I think of comparing them I'm so ashamed. For that matter I'm ashamed that I lowered myself to lying so much.") Her eyes filled up with tears. "Please excuse me Master Shippo." She stood up and tried to leave. He followed after her, noticing her tears hit the ground. He gently took her hand in his own. "I didn't mean to upset you please forgive me." Koyasha opened the door and saw Shippo standing next to Marina holding her hand tenderly while she fought back the tears rolling down her cheeks. Marina turned several shades of pink and then her whole body seemed to blaze in bright red, when she caught sight of Koyasha walking in, in the middle of the precarious predicament. "There is a hot spring in the woods behind here, I'm sure it would do some good on those wounds of yours." She snatched her hand away from his grasp and hurried outside turning around to retrieve her sandals and leaving again.
Shippo's eyes met with Koyasha's agitated stare. "You didn't have to do that to her. She's not a violent person." "What would you know Fox boy?" "I can't imagine what she could have done to deserve abuse like that." Koyasha plopped down and stretched out on the floor. "That's right people like you have to have a purpose for violence. That's what make's you weak, and why I will always beat you at anything." His eyes challenged Shippo to try something. Shippo's gaze lightened "No there is something you could never do." "And what's that?" "You could never win Lady Marina's heart. Not with the evil that consumes yours." Koyasha rolled over to face the wall. "You think I care about obtaining the love of that pathetic human girl?" Shippo walked into the other room quite annoyed as he cleaned up. ("Who am I kidding nothing warms his cold heart.Not since that jewel consumed him. Why can't you be the friend I once cherished like a brother?") Shippo entered the room again clutching a blanket. "Here you go.Koyasha.Where are you?" Something cliqued in his head and he bolted out the door dropping the blanket.
Marina looked around after reaching the hot spring. "I guess it's safe." She pulled loose her obi and kimono and folded them up, and took down her hair. She looked around a final time 'gulped' and removed her inner kimono and under clothes, and laid the folded clothes on a rock within reach of the spring. She stepped in the water and dropped down. Her head poked back up out of the water. "He didn't mention it was deep" she looked down at her arm, "I suppose now is as good a time as any. Who know when I'll find another natural spring to use?" Shippo just had the spring in sight and tripped over Koyasha who was hidden behind a bush. Shippo opened his mouth to scold Koyasha but stopped. A faint glow cam from the water and began to intensify. Koyasha and Shippo stared in wonderment. The water raised Marina up into the air and circled around her. Her hair flowed with the water, while her bruises, cuts, and scratches glowed like the water and slowly disappeared. The waters light faded and returned to the pool. She hung a moment floating above the spring in a standing position and then submerged again in the water. The two men's eyes gaped open, and their mouths hung to the ground. Her eyes closed and her head sunk under the water. The two jumped up from their hiding place, and ran to the spring. Shippo reached in the water and grabbed her arm pulling her half out of the water. Koyasha spoke to himself gazing at her bare body. "Well her body isn't lacking anything, despite her poor health." Her eyes popped open and she 'screamed' like a banshee. The water boiled around her body "HENTI!!" Her body caught fire with embarrassment, a large tree next to the spring creaked a moment then cracked at the base slamming down on the unsuspecting peeping toms. She snatched up her clothes put on the inner kimono with a shoddy tying job and headed back the village. Her body trembled both from fright and embarrassment. "Now what were you saying about her not being violent?" "That was a little harsh I admit." Shippo groaned. ("Those two are horrible how could they?") She leaned against a tree to catch her breath. Her eyes wavered. ("I guess I outdid myself this time.") She slid down the tree and fell unconscious.
She woke in the middle of a conversation while someone was carrying her. She kept her eyes closed and listened. "You actually think I'd do that!?" "I wouldn't put it past you; after all you were spying on her." "I was making sure nothing happened to her." "So you admit you have feelings for her." "Are you crazy? She's going to help me get the jewel that's all." "You already have half of it and look how strong you are, you don't need the other half." "You think I'm going to settle for being a pathetic pet like my father, Shippo!" ("They must have been friends Koyasha's never called anyone by their first name since I met him. But then again I've only been with him a couple of days what do I know?") "So you want to be full demon that rapes, pillages, and murders." "I may steal and kill but even I have a line I won't cross." Koyasha sounded agitated by Shippo's comment. "Well at least Marina-chan's purity is safe around you." "She's mine for the time being Shippo so just back off." ("His? He said that once before but the way he said it was so different this time.") Her eyes shot open, she was too embarrassed to pretend to be asleep any longer. "Are you afraid I might drive away whatever feelings she could hold for you?" Shippo's eyes slanted. Her face lightly blushed. ("Are they fighting over me?") Shippo looked down at Marina, who stared open eyed back at him. His face turned pail. "You didn't hear what we were talking about, did you?" ("Should I say anything or pretend I don't know what they're talking about?") Koyasha seemed a little edgy himself waiting for her answer. Marina looked at the two puzzled. Shippo and Koyasha sighed in relief. "Was it something I wasn't supposed to hear?" "It doesn't concern you." Koyasha said in a dark tone. Shippo laughed nervously. ("So they didn't want me to hear any of that. But I can't help but wonder what all was said before I woke.")
Shippo set Marina down on the path. She wobbled a few steps and began falling, Shippo caught her halfway down. "Lean on me if you need to." His green eyes were soft and caring. Koyasha's eyes were always cold and uncaring. Shippo felt a heated gaze on his back. ("Is Koyasha Jealous? His oar is giving me the chills.") ("Do I have feelings for these two? And if I do who do I like more? They're nothing alike, yet I sense they have the same feelings towards me. I'm so confused.") They arrived back at Shippo's home. Marina stumbling and Shippo close at her side while Koyasha remained cross. "I meant to ask you Lady Marina how did you do that?" "Do what Master Shippo?" "Fox boy means at the spring how did you make the water heal you?" Koyasha was clearly annoyed at her ignorance. "I wish I could tell you but I'm not really sure how I do it. But I do know I can only do it in natural springs.I took a trip to a hot spring for the first time early this year that was when I first discovered I had the power to heal my self." "So I'm guessing there is some kind of spiritual power that comes from them." "I'm very tired Master Shippo is there some where I can rest for the night?" "I'm sorry of coarse right this way." They walked into a bed room where a pallet already laid. "Isn't this your bed Master Shippo?" Shippo smiled "Not to night it's not." Koyasha followed the two in the room. Shippo turned around and left. Koyasha still stood in the room. "Here you might need these." She reached for her clothes. "One question though." She stopped and looked at him. "What are these for?" He dangles her braw and panties in the air. Her face flushed red. "That's none of your business!" and she snatched the articles of clothing away from him. Koyasha seemed startled to here her yell at him and left. ("Stupid Koyasha he probably watched me take them off.") She pouted as she got into bed. ("I guess in a sense we're even now. I did kind of see him but he doesn't have any decency. And I didn't want him to see me. But I guess in his own way he did complement me. 'Well her body isn't lacking anything, despite her poor health.' . But still they both saw me and I'm still upset with them.") She covered over her still red face and went to sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ahh done! Well done with this Chapter anyway.
I know it was a little racy but not gratuitously detailed so still falls under pg13
At least I hope. (Laughs nervously)
Anyway next chapter coming soon ... Haven't thought of a name yet so...
Chapter Five...um..um... 'What about the jewel of four souls?'
Thank you for staying with me there is still more to come.