Okies, so I spent a long vacation off of this story... SORRY!!!! I had many things to deal with recently and work is killing me so I'm very sorry!!! I'm gonna try to finish this story before summer so cross your fingers and pray to god (or whatever gods you worship, I'm not Christian so god don't count for me)
that I get his story done!!! Anyways... read on!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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"Look! The stars are soooooooooo pretty!" I exclaimed, taking in the breath-taking sight of the stars twinkling in the dark sky.
The person next to me said nothing. Slightly disappointed, I turned to him. His face was expressionless, but his eyes told all. He turned to face me.
I smiled at him.
"Did you know that if you see a shooting star and make a wish, it'd come true?" I asked him in my all-knowing-yet-childish voice.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, he shook his head.
"Well, my Auntie Himiko told me about that and whatever she says is always right!" I smiled at him once more.
He nodded at me, a slight, barely visible smile gracing his features. Suddenly, something bright but small in the sky caught my eye. My hand rushed forward and my finger pointed to the spot where I caught sight of it.
"There! A falling star!" exclaimed I.
"Make a wish Kagome. I've already made mine," he told me.
"Right!" I spoke loudly.
My eyes squeezed shut and hands went together. I frantically searched for the wish that I had been waiting to wish for in my mind. Once done, I opened my eyes to see him looking up to the skies once again.
"So, what happens after you make a wish?" he asked me.
"You keep it to yourself, don't tell anyone or it won't come true!" I told him.
He looked at me again, the small smile from before came back, but was wider than before.
"I'll make sure not to," he smirked, telling me that I just missed out on something spectacular and great.
"Aw! Tell me! Tellmetellmetellmetellmetellme!!!!!" I begged him.
"Nuh-uh! Whatever your aunt told you has to be true so you'll have to wait till it happens!" he laughed.
I pouted at him and began to knock him into submission, but unfortunately, he was too fast.
"No fair!!!" I yelled at him from across the distance.
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Chapter Nineteen
"His majesty was a good man," I spoke to the other person.
I was outside in the night air on the balcony of my room. The new King of Shatura stood next to me and I leaned on the railing more to look at him. Although he was a pale person, he glowed radiantly with royalness (AN: Is that even a word? Oh well, who cares, continue on! (^_^)) and power in the dark of the night.
"Yes...I know he was..." he said, looking up into the starry sky.
I had finally awoken yesterday and today was the day of his majesty's funeral. The services were long and grueling, but we held up to show our respects to the king. The people of Shatura had crowded the streets while we, the Lost Souls clan and the other two Crimson Lotus hid in the shadows so as to not bring attentions to ourselves, but we stuck by the shadows just in case somebody had other motives to dethrone the new king.
It was also the crowning of the new king. Although the new king was not of the Shaturan blood, he was eligible to be the leader because he was of royal blood to the previous king.
I continued on, "Sesshoumaru... Your father... He was kind to us... Although the people of Shatura would not accept us, he allowed us to stay. He... He was trying to help us back into our home country and for that, we are eternally grateful to him... Sesshoumaru-"
"I will allow you to stay and fight for Shatura, but I do not intend to stay king for long," he finished.
I felt as if I had been torn to pieces the moment he ended.
I looked down from him with sadness engulfing my entire being, "Oh... Okay..."
'So... we would be casted out again... What would I tell uncle? My people?'
"Kagome," he said, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Y-yes?"
One of his hands went on the railings and he looked down from the sky with a sigh.
He then looked at me, "Why do you continue to fight for a country that you never even lived in?"
I looked at him for a few seconds, then spoke, "Because, your highness, that is what my people desire, to become one with Shatura again. We have been driven out, but we still love our home country and long to settle on her earth once again. I fight for them, my lord, they want a home to come return..."
His eyes twitched as if unsatisfied with my answer, "That is not what I meant..."
"Huh?"
His gaze went back among the stars, "You say that you are Shaturan, or at least in a sense, you are Shaturan, but you are not from Shatura nor are you descended from one of its children... Where are you from?"
My head laid down on the railing on my hands, "To tell you the truth my lord, I don't know..."
"...And your uncle? Why have you not asked him?" he asked me.
I was silent.
"When he returns from his trip, you should ask him."
I looked at him, "Uncle... left? When? Where?"
"Just after the coronation and on an errand he had to oversee. He will return, but he told me to tell you that you are in charge, as you had been at the beginning..."
I placed my head back down on the railing.
"But... you should ask him... Why do you not ask him? He knows more about your ancestry than you do yourself," he continued.
"...Because... I am afraid to know where I am from..." I whispered.
Alas, even whispered words cannot escape the ears of a youkai...
"You must never fear where you are from Kagome. Take what you have and what you know and you must build yourself a legacy. Although you may not know where you are from, you must continue on from where you at currently..." he told me and began to walk inside.
I made no move as to follow after or continue on our conversation, but he finished it for us both.
His footsteps stopped, "...Only then will you gain the strength to search for your answers to your past..."
His footsteps then continued.
I suddenly turned around and called, "...Sesshoumaru!"
He was gone.
A streak of bright light in the dark sky caught my eye, but then, it was gone, just like Sesshoumaru had come and gone.
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I went to sleep, hoping to fall asleep the instant I laid down and closed my eyes, but sleep never claimed me.
"Take what you have and what you know and you must build yourself a legacy..." I heard Sesshoumaru's voice speak in my head.
'Legacy...'
"...Only then will you gain the strength to search for your answers to your past..." finished the Sesshoumaru voice in my mind.
"Answers to my past huh?..." I chuckled jokingly to myself, "that... WOMAN... was my past... I don't want to know her background..."
I turned over and listened to the sounds of the night. Crickets chirped. Owls hooted. Weird grunting noises were heard outside my open window... Female and male giggling from some other room nearby-wait... Grunting noises outside my window!?
I quickly got up and looked out my window to see Rune jump on the ground from her rope made of blankets tied together. She looked around for a bit then ran off.
'Where's she off to at this time of the night?'
I dressed up in my dark ninja outfit to sneak out into the night silently and hastily. I slung my sword over my shoulder as I went out my window and slid down Rune's well-thought-out-and-made rope.
I looked around for any people who could see me. All the patrols looked tired or busy, I could sneak out more easily.
I crouched down low and moved with efficient speed so as to catch up with Rune, but also to be as silent as possible so she wouldn't know that I was following her. I followed her as she sneaked out of the castle grounds, down the dark alleyways of the cities and into the forests just outside the town.
'What in the world would is she doing way out here?'
Each time she looked behind, I ducked and she would continue on a moment later. I don't know how long it took, but she finally stopped at a clearing by a small spring that was well covered by the trees above and around.
'Hey! This is the small spring that Souta and I used to come to when we were little, but we stopped after I went through puberty...'
I moved along deeper into the bushes making as little sound as possible. I then stopped at a place that gave me a good view of her and good cover for me for anyone who would enter the clearing.
She paced around impatiently, as if she were waiting for someone. Who was she waiting for?
"I am sorry for my tardiness, Miss," a voice suddenly caught our attentions.
A dark figure emerged from the shadows. It was the Dragon Man his normal human form! My hands almost went to my sword, but I stopped myself or both Rune and the person would sense my alertness and know that I was there spying on them.
"Did you wait long?" asked the man.
She looked at him for a moment then shook her head. She didn't seem surprised at all to see him. Did she come here just to meet with him?
"Raph had trouble evading the eyes of our lord to get here," he explained.
Rune suddenly went tense and her hands flew to her sword.
"Naraku!? Is this a trap!?" she questioned him.
He shook his head with his hands in the air, "No Miss, as I have stated in the letter, this is not a trap. I am here on neutral terms. I am here for ME, not for my master."
'Letter?...'
Her eyes narrowed in on him, but her alertness flew out the window as she relaxed and removed her hands from her weapon.
"Then, what am I here for? Are you trying to bait me out here so that I can be kidnapped by you or to duel you?" she asked with harshness in her voice.
He sighed and he looked down, "No, those are not my reasons Miss."
"Stop calling me Miss! I have a name and it isn't Miss!" she snapped at him.
His head went up, "I am sorry Miss- I mean... What is your name then if you do not wish me to call you Miss?"
She hesitated for a bit then answered, "Rune..."
"Rune... What an interesting name..."
"Just cut to the chase will you? I'm not here for pleasant talk!" she snarled at him.
"If you say so Miss Rune."
She rolled her eyes and turned away, crossing her arms from annoyance.
"I am here... because I want to know... about my people..." he said, his voice serious and unemotional.
Rune looked back at him, "You what? You are of the Dragon Clan. You should know about them."
He sighed, "Sadly Miss Rune... I cannot remember them. All I know is that I am of the Dragon Clan, I am the only surviving member of that clan and that I am the only one who does not know anything about who I am. I am like a small lost child who wants answers to the questions of life."
Her arms uncrossed the moment he finished his sentence. A look of pity washed over her face for a second, but he was able to catch that one second of the pity she felt for him.
"Please... don't give me any of that Miss Rune. I want answers... that's all I want. Can you just give me that and nothing more? I have no need for petty emotions such as pity..."
Her mouth went into a straight line. Her face was too confusing to tell what she was feeling at the moment.
"...What is your name?" she asked him, taking him by surprise.
"...Ser, Miss Rune..." answered he.
"...The Dragon Clan were powerful people... Witty and clever. They were headstrong and honorable. They were quiet and peaceful people, but even though they were one of the strongest people on the planet, they isolated themselves from the outside world so many people did not know of their existence. I, for one, still don't know much about them," she said.
"But, you were the last of whom had interacted with them, weren't you?"
"Yes, I guess you can say that. I did interact with them before... before they were wiped out..."
"..." he was silent.
"I admired them though, they were courageous people and willful to a fault. They were protective of their own people and dragons. It was the dragons, the children and the elderly that were to be protected more than their own lives. Men and women fought alongside one another and risked their own lives to save those more vulnerable than they... Even those not of the clan..." she said, smiling a little from the last things she said.
"So... That's how they were..."
"I was close to one of them... His name was...no, his name isn't important... He was a nice man, kind and gentle, a man of honor, morals and great virtues. It seemed like no one could hit him down. He was powerful... He would have gotten stronger if he... If he hadn't laid down the sword..." she spoke as if she were in a trance.
'Is she... Is she talking about Case?'
"...And... Is this man still alive?" asked Ser.
She broke out of her trance and replied, her voice barely keeping together, "No. He died trying to protect a small village from being pillaged by bandits, but... we failed..."
'She is speaking of Case!'
"An utter waste of time Miss Rune. The village was bound to be plundered and destroyed if they did not have strong warriors there," he scoffed.
A couple of tears ran down her face, "Not everyone is as strong as you Case! Not everyone has the strength and power that you possess! Not everyone is like you!"
She turned away as her hands went up to her face.
'Poor Rune...'
Ser tilted his head to the side a bit, and then went up to her. He turned her around and pulled her hands down from her face. She looked up at him, tears still running down, but pain and anger still apparent upon her facial features.
His hands went up to brush her tears away. He cupped her face in his hands and moved his head closer to hers, but stopped a few inches away. Her pain and anger dissipated.
"...I remind you of someone don't I?" he said.
Anger flashed back in and she pushed him back.
"Leave! Go away! I was never here! We never met tonight! Next time we meet, you're my enemy and mincemeat!" she screamed at him.
She turned around quickly and ran into the forest's darkness. He stood, looking after her retreating figure and stood even longer after she was no longer visible.
"Raph," he finally spoke.
Something large, almost lizard-like emerged from the shadows. Ser raised his arm and it snaked its head underneath his arm.
'It's a... DRAGON!!!??? Whoa! He sure is big!'
"She's a strange one, isn't she?" Ser said to his dragon.
It closed its eyes and seemed to nod its head.
"She called me Case... But why..." he started but stopped.
He combed his hair back with his other hand and leaned back into his dragon's long neck with a deep sigh. Raph opened its eyes and looked at him. Ser looked at him as if they were communicating.
'Of course! They're partners! Only someone of the Dragon Clan's gotta know how to speak with his dragon!'
"...What Raph? You... like her?" an amazed expression plastered itself on his face.
The dragon seemed to smile at that.
He sighed, "Whatever Raph. I don't care what you say, that cannot be true-no, it's not true at all so don't start getting ideas about us."
A deep and low noise came from the dragon, as if it was chuckling.
"Stop teasing me Raph. Let's go before master finds out," he told it and jumped on the dragon. They then disappeared into the forest.
'I gotta get going to...'
A moment later, a big breeze swept past me as I made my own getaway. I looked up to the sky and saw Ser and his dragon take off into the distance.
'Who are you Ser? Who does Rune see in you?..'
I made my way back to the castle and sneaked in the way I came in, only more cautious because the guard from before had switched to another. The rope from Rune's room was no longer there.
'Damn... I gotta take the kitchen then... Oh well, I'll say I couldn't sleep and had to take a midnight stroll in the gardens... in my ninja outfit...so I wouldn't attract too much attention!.. Well, it's a little weird, but it is kinda true...'
I walked around a corner that would lead to the kitchen door, but was stopped at the sight of a person who looked battered and beaten by the look of his torn and bloody clothes. He looked to be near unconsciousness. I rushed immediately to his side.
"Inuyasha! Wha-what happened to you!? Wait! Questions later! Let me help you-"
He suddenly pulled me down into an embrace, a I'll-never-let-you-go kind of embrace.
"What? Inuyasha..."
My shoulder soon felt wet because that was where his head had buried itself. Was he...crying?
A whisper that was barely audible, but found its way to my ears put me into confusion.
"Kikyo..."
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Ah screw the this-is-a-really-long-page thing! I must get this done before summer's over cause I got a whole load of other stories to do!!!! Okies, R&R!
that I get his story done!!! Anyways... read on!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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"Look! The stars are soooooooooo pretty!" I exclaimed, taking in the breath-taking sight of the stars twinkling in the dark sky.
The person next to me said nothing. Slightly disappointed, I turned to him. His face was expressionless, but his eyes told all. He turned to face me.
I smiled at him.
"Did you know that if you see a shooting star and make a wish, it'd come true?" I asked him in my all-knowing-yet-childish voice.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, he shook his head.
"Well, my Auntie Himiko told me about that and whatever she says is always right!" I smiled at him once more.
He nodded at me, a slight, barely visible smile gracing his features. Suddenly, something bright but small in the sky caught my eye. My hand rushed forward and my finger pointed to the spot where I caught sight of it.
"There! A falling star!" exclaimed I.
"Make a wish Kagome. I've already made mine," he told me.
"Right!" I spoke loudly.
My eyes squeezed shut and hands went together. I frantically searched for the wish that I had been waiting to wish for in my mind. Once done, I opened my eyes to see him looking up to the skies once again.
"So, what happens after you make a wish?" he asked me.
"You keep it to yourself, don't tell anyone or it won't come true!" I told him.
He looked at me again, the small smile from before came back, but was wider than before.
"I'll make sure not to," he smirked, telling me that I just missed out on something spectacular and great.
"Aw! Tell me! Tellmetellmetellmetellmetellme!!!!!" I begged him.
"Nuh-uh! Whatever your aunt told you has to be true so you'll have to wait till it happens!" he laughed.
I pouted at him and began to knock him into submission, but unfortunately, he was too fast.
"No fair!!!" I yelled at him from across the distance.
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Chapter Nineteen
"His majesty was a good man," I spoke to the other person.
I was outside in the night air on the balcony of my room. The new King of Shatura stood next to me and I leaned on the railing more to look at him. Although he was a pale person, he glowed radiantly with royalness (AN: Is that even a word? Oh well, who cares, continue on! (^_^)) and power in the dark of the night.
"Yes...I know he was..." he said, looking up into the starry sky.
I had finally awoken yesterday and today was the day of his majesty's funeral. The services were long and grueling, but we held up to show our respects to the king. The people of Shatura had crowded the streets while we, the Lost Souls clan and the other two Crimson Lotus hid in the shadows so as to not bring attentions to ourselves, but we stuck by the shadows just in case somebody had other motives to dethrone the new king.
It was also the crowning of the new king. Although the new king was not of the Shaturan blood, he was eligible to be the leader because he was of royal blood to the previous king.
I continued on, "Sesshoumaru... Your father... He was kind to us... Although the people of Shatura would not accept us, he allowed us to stay. He... He was trying to help us back into our home country and for that, we are eternally grateful to him... Sesshoumaru-"
"I will allow you to stay and fight for Shatura, but I do not intend to stay king for long," he finished.
I felt as if I had been torn to pieces the moment he ended.
I looked down from him with sadness engulfing my entire being, "Oh... Okay..."
'So... we would be casted out again... What would I tell uncle? My people?'
"Kagome," he said, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Y-yes?"
One of his hands went on the railings and he looked down from the sky with a sigh.
He then looked at me, "Why do you continue to fight for a country that you never even lived in?"
I looked at him for a few seconds, then spoke, "Because, your highness, that is what my people desire, to become one with Shatura again. We have been driven out, but we still love our home country and long to settle on her earth once again. I fight for them, my lord, they want a home to come return..."
His eyes twitched as if unsatisfied with my answer, "That is not what I meant..."
"Huh?"
His gaze went back among the stars, "You say that you are Shaturan, or at least in a sense, you are Shaturan, but you are not from Shatura nor are you descended from one of its children... Where are you from?"
My head laid down on the railing on my hands, "To tell you the truth my lord, I don't know..."
"...And your uncle? Why have you not asked him?" he asked me.
I was silent.
"When he returns from his trip, you should ask him."
I looked at him, "Uncle... left? When? Where?"
"Just after the coronation and on an errand he had to oversee. He will return, but he told me to tell you that you are in charge, as you had been at the beginning..."
I placed my head back down on the railing.
"But... you should ask him... Why do you not ask him? He knows more about your ancestry than you do yourself," he continued.
"...Because... I am afraid to know where I am from..." I whispered.
Alas, even whispered words cannot escape the ears of a youkai...
"You must never fear where you are from Kagome. Take what you have and what you know and you must build yourself a legacy. Although you may not know where you are from, you must continue on from where you at currently..." he told me and began to walk inside.
I made no move as to follow after or continue on our conversation, but he finished it for us both.
His footsteps stopped, "...Only then will you gain the strength to search for your answers to your past..."
His footsteps then continued.
I suddenly turned around and called, "...Sesshoumaru!"
He was gone.
A streak of bright light in the dark sky caught my eye, but then, it was gone, just like Sesshoumaru had come and gone.
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I went to sleep, hoping to fall asleep the instant I laid down and closed my eyes, but sleep never claimed me.
"Take what you have and what you know and you must build yourself a legacy..." I heard Sesshoumaru's voice speak in my head.
'Legacy...'
"...Only then will you gain the strength to search for your answers to your past..." finished the Sesshoumaru voice in my mind.
"Answers to my past huh?..." I chuckled jokingly to myself, "that... WOMAN... was my past... I don't want to know her background..."
I turned over and listened to the sounds of the night. Crickets chirped. Owls hooted. Weird grunting noises were heard outside my open window... Female and male giggling from some other room nearby-wait... Grunting noises outside my window!?
I quickly got up and looked out my window to see Rune jump on the ground from her rope made of blankets tied together. She looked around for a bit then ran off.
'Where's she off to at this time of the night?'
I dressed up in my dark ninja outfit to sneak out into the night silently and hastily. I slung my sword over my shoulder as I went out my window and slid down Rune's well-thought-out-and-made rope.
I looked around for any people who could see me. All the patrols looked tired or busy, I could sneak out more easily.
I crouched down low and moved with efficient speed so as to catch up with Rune, but also to be as silent as possible so she wouldn't know that I was following her. I followed her as she sneaked out of the castle grounds, down the dark alleyways of the cities and into the forests just outside the town.
'What in the world would is she doing way out here?'
Each time she looked behind, I ducked and she would continue on a moment later. I don't know how long it took, but she finally stopped at a clearing by a small spring that was well covered by the trees above and around.
'Hey! This is the small spring that Souta and I used to come to when we were little, but we stopped after I went through puberty...'
I moved along deeper into the bushes making as little sound as possible. I then stopped at a place that gave me a good view of her and good cover for me for anyone who would enter the clearing.
She paced around impatiently, as if she were waiting for someone. Who was she waiting for?
"I am sorry for my tardiness, Miss," a voice suddenly caught our attentions.
A dark figure emerged from the shadows. It was the Dragon Man his normal human form! My hands almost went to my sword, but I stopped myself or both Rune and the person would sense my alertness and know that I was there spying on them.
"Did you wait long?" asked the man.
She looked at him for a moment then shook her head. She didn't seem surprised at all to see him. Did she come here just to meet with him?
"Raph had trouble evading the eyes of our lord to get here," he explained.
Rune suddenly went tense and her hands flew to her sword.
"Naraku!? Is this a trap!?" she questioned him.
He shook his head with his hands in the air, "No Miss, as I have stated in the letter, this is not a trap. I am here on neutral terms. I am here for ME, not for my master."
'Letter?...'
Her eyes narrowed in on him, but her alertness flew out the window as she relaxed and removed her hands from her weapon.
"Then, what am I here for? Are you trying to bait me out here so that I can be kidnapped by you or to duel you?" she asked with harshness in her voice.
He sighed and he looked down, "No, those are not my reasons Miss."
"Stop calling me Miss! I have a name and it isn't Miss!" she snapped at him.
His head went up, "I am sorry Miss- I mean... What is your name then if you do not wish me to call you Miss?"
She hesitated for a bit then answered, "Rune..."
"Rune... What an interesting name..."
"Just cut to the chase will you? I'm not here for pleasant talk!" she snarled at him.
"If you say so Miss Rune."
She rolled her eyes and turned away, crossing her arms from annoyance.
"I am here... because I want to know... about my people..." he said, his voice serious and unemotional.
Rune looked back at him, "You what? You are of the Dragon Clan. You should know about them."
He sighed, "Sadly Miss Rune... I cannot remember them. All I know is that I am of the Dragon Clan, I am the only surviving member of that clan and that I am the only one who does not know anything about who I am. I am like a small lost child who wants answers to the questions of life."
Her arms uncrossed the moment he finished his sentence. A look of pity washed over her face for a second, but he was able to catch that one second of the pity she felt for him.
"Please... don't give me any of that Miss Rune. I want answers... that's all I want. Can you just give me that and nothing more? I have no need for petty emotions such as pity..."
Her mouth went into a straight line. Her face was too confusing to tell what she was feeling at the moment.
"...What is your name?" she asked him, taking him by surprise.
"...Ser, Miss Rune..." answered he.
"...The Dragon Clan were powerful people... Witty and clever. They were headstrong and honorable. They were quiet and peaceful people, but even though they were one of the strongest people on the planet, they isolated themselves from the outside world so many people did not know of their existence. I, for one, still don't know much about them," she said.
"But, you were the last of whom had interacted with them, weren't you?"
"Yes, I guess you can say that. I did interact with them before... before they were wiped out..."
"..." he was silent.
"I admired them though, they were courageous people and willful to a fault. They were protective of their own people and dragons. It was the dragons, the children and the elderly that were to be protected more than their own lives. Men and women fought alongside one another and risked their own lives to save those more vulnerable than they... Even those not of the clan..." she said, smiling a little from the last things she said.
"So... That's how they were..."
"I was close to one of them... His name was...no, his name isn't important... He was a nice man, kind and gentle, a man of honor, morals and great virtues. It seemed like no one could hit him down. He was powerful... He would have gotten stronger if he... If he hadn't laid down the sword..." she spoke as if she were in a trance.
'Is she... Is she talking about Case?'
"...And... Is this man still alive?" asked Ser.
She broke out of her trance and replied, her voice barely keeping together, "No. He died trying to protect a small village from being pillaged by bandits, but... we failed..."
'She is speaking of Case!'
"An utter waste of time Miss Rune. The village was bound to be plundered and destroyed if they did not have strong warriors there," he scoffed.
A couple of tears ran down her face, "Not everyone is as strong as you Case! Not everyone has the strength and power that you possess! Not everyone is like you!"
She turned away as her hands went up to her face.
'Poor Rune...'
Ser tilted his head to the side a bit, and then went up to her. He turned her around and pulled her hands down from her face. She looked up at him, tears still running down, but pain and anger still apparent upon her facial features.
His hands went up to brush her tears away. He cupped her face in his hands and moved his head closer to hers, but stopped a few inches away. Her pain and anger dissipated.
"...I remind you of someone don't I?" he said.
Anger flashed back in and she pushed him back.
"Leave! Go away! I was never here! We never met tonight! Next time we meet, you're my enemy and mincemeat!" she screamed at him.
She turned around quickly and ran into the forest's darkness. He stood, looking after her retreating figure and stood even longer after she was no longer visible.
"Raph," he finally spoke.
Something large, almost lizard-like emerged from the shadows. Ser raised his arm and it snaked its head underneath his arm.
'It's a... DRAGON!!!??? Whoa! He sure is big!'
"She's a strange one, isn't she?" Ser said to his dragon.
It closed its eyes and seemed to nod its head.
"She called me Case... But why..." he started but stopped.
He combed his hair back with his other hand and leaned back into his dragon's long neck with a deep sigh. Raph opened its eyes and looked at him. Ser looked at him as if they were communicating.
'Of course! They're partners! Only someone of the Dragon Clan's gotta know how to speak with his dragon!'
"...What Raph? You... like her?" an amazed expression plastered itself on his face.
The dragon seemed to smile at that.
He sighed, "Whatever Raph. I don't care what you say, that cannot be true-no, it's not true at all so don't start getting ideas about us."
A deep and low noise came from the dragon, as if it was chuckling.
"Stop teasing me Raph. Let's go before master finds out," he told it and jumped on the dragon. They then disappeared into the forest.
'I gotta get going to...'
A moment later, a big breeze swept past me as I made my own getaway. I looked up to the sky and saw Ser and his dragon take off into the distance.
'Who are you Ser? Who does Rune see in you?..'
I made my way back to the castle and sneaked in the way I came in, only more cautious because the guard from before had switched to another. The rope from Rune's room was no longer there.
'Damn... I gotta take the kitchen then... Oh well, I'll say I couldn't sleep and had to take a midnight stroll in the gardens... in my ninja outfit...so I wouldn't attract too much attention!.. Well, it's a little weird, but it is kinda true...'
I walked around a corner that would lead to the kitchen door, but was stopped at the sight of a person who looked battered and beaten by the look of his torn and bloody clothes. He looked to be near unconsciousness. I rushed immediately to his side.
"Inuyasha! Wha-what happened to you!? Wait! Questions later! Let me help you-"
He suddenly pulled me down into an embrace, a I'll-never-let-you-go kind of embrace.
"What? Inuyasha..."
My shoulder soon felt wet because that was where his head had buried itself. Was he...crying?
A whisper that was barely audible, but found its way to my ears put me into confusion.
"Kikyo..."
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Ah screw the this-is-a-really-long-page thing! I must get this done before summer's over cause I got a whole load of other stories to do!!!! Okies, R&R!