Chapter 22: The Fourth Morning
This was it, the final day, the day that was foretold by the demon herself. Morning seemed to come faster than usual. Amaranta stared at the rising sun out the window. Her time was coming, shortly, to die. But then why was she so upset? It couldn't be. She wouldn't accept the reason she thought it to be. A feeling like this could never come to a person such as herself.
She turned away from the window. It was just her imagination, just the day. Her thoughts drifted towards when she had first met Kurama and Hiei. The people here had shown her such kindness that she had never known. Braeden had never cared for her like they had. Amaranta had to do everything she could to make sure they would be safe.
She turned back to the window and stayed staring out it until she heard sounds of all the others waking up. Finally she looked away to see everyone standing in the kitchen, eating up before the big fight that was going to come. Kurama looked over at her. "Have you been up long?"
"Yes."
Before Kurama could say anything else Hiei came up to him. "Could I talk to you alone?"
"Of course, Hiei." They walked away from everyone. "Now, what is it?"
"I need you to do me a favor." Hiei looked over at Amaranta who had gone back to staring out the window. "I don't want her going today."
"I understand your feelings, but how do you suppose she will stay away? I believe she is very determined to go today."
Hiei looked slowly back to Kurama. "Well, that is where you come in. I want you to stay here and make sure she doesn't leave."
Kurama looked hesitant. "I can't help think that my assistance will be needed, though."
"Don't worry. I can handle this. Braeden will be dead before things even get started."
"Well if you are that confident that I won't be needed then I will stay and look after her." They both looked over at her. Sensing their eyes, Amaranta turned and saw them staring at her, knowing something was up.
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"Kurama, let me go." Kurama was holding tightly onto Amaranta's arm as everyone else left the house to go to the designated fighting area.
"I am sorry but I can't do that," he said simply. When the door was closed and everyone was out of sight he finally let her go.
"You can't keep me in here. This isn't how things are supposed to go," she said, rushed.
"Listen, Hiei doesn't want you hurt. Neither do I for that matter."
"So?"
Kurama sighed. "Hiei rarely ever experiences any type of 'good' emotions. Only to Yukina, his sister, and rarely towards me, but that is only because we have known each other for a while, and he trusts me in a way. Right now you are the other rarity. If someone he feels so strong about dies, well I don't know what he could do."
Amaranta crossed her arms over her chest. "Kurama, I could care less. I am a demon and he needs to know that I can't experience any feelings of that sort."
There was an awkward silence that seemed to last too long. Amaranta turned away and looked to the ground.
"Besides," she said, "if I don't go, all your friends will be killed."
"What?"
"It's either me, or your friends." She turned slowly around. "It is time for you to choose."
A/N: Sorry if that was kinda sappy.
This was it, the final day, the day that was foretold by the demon herself. Morning seemed to come faster than usual. Amaranta stared at the rising sun out the window. Her time was coming, shortly, to die. But then why was she so upset? It couldn't be. She wouldn't accept the reason she thought it to be. A feeling like this could never come to a person such as herself.
She turned away from the window. It was just her imagination, just the day. Her thoughts drifted towards when she had first met Kurama and Hiei. The people here had shown her such kindness that she had never known. Braeden had never cared for her like they had. Amaranta had to do everything she could to make sure they would be safe.
She turned back to the window and stayed staring out it until she heard sounds of all the others waking up. Finally she looked away to see everyone standing in the kitchen, eating up before the big fight that was going to come. Kurama looked over at her. "Have you been up long?"
"Yes."
Before Kurama could say anything else Hiei came up to him. "Could I talk to you alone?"
"Of course, Hiei." They walked away from everyone. "Now, what is it?"
"I need you to do me a favor." Hiei looked over at Amaranta who had gone back to staring out the window. "I don't want her going today."
"I understand your feelings, but how do you suppose she will stay away? I believe she is very determined to go today."
Hiei looked slowly back to Kurama. "Well, that is where you come in. I want you to stay here and make sure she doesn't leave."
Kurama looked hesitant. "I can't help think that my assistance will be needed, though."
"Don't worry. I can handle this. Braeden will be dead before things even get started."
"Well if you are that confident that I won't be needed then I will stay and look after her." They both looked over at her. Sensing their eyes, Amaranta turned and saw them staring at her, knowing something was up.
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"Kurama, let me go." Kurama was holding tightly onto Amaranta's arm as everyone else left the house to go to the designated fighting area.
"I am sorry but I can't do that," he said simply. When the door was closed and everyone was out of sight he finally let her go.
"You can't keep me in here. This isn't how things are supposed to go," she said, rushed.
"Listen, Hiei doesn't want you hurt. Neither do I for that matter."
"So?"
Kurama sighed. "Hiei rarely ever experiences any type of 'good' emotions. Only to Yukina, his sister, and rarely towards me, but that is only because we have known each other for a while, and he trusts me in a way. Right now you are the other rarity. If someone he feels so strong about dies, well I don't know what he could do."
Amaranta crossed her arms over her chest. "Kurama, I could care less. I am a demon and he needs to know that I can't experience any feelings of that sort."
There was an awkward silence that seemed to last too long. Amaranta turned away and looked to the ground.
"Besides," she said, "if I don't go, all your friends will be killed."
"What?"
"It's either me, or your friends." She turned slowly around. "It is time for you to choose."
A/N: Sorry if that was kinda sappy.
