Chapter 4

Uninvited Guest

          Yuki wriggles free and lands a hard kick in Shippo's gut, "Look out Shippo!" Wren yells.

          "Wren, we have to get him away from her!" Kirara growls, "I will not let any of my friends be hurt!" Kirara rushes Yuki, but Wren jumps in front of her and saves her from a possibly lethal slash that would have landed across her throat.

Wren grits his teeth in agony as he takes it on his back, "Don't do anything so foolish again! So help me! Someone needs to enter a fight on your behalf."

"Wren! You need to get up!!" Kirara yelps as Yuki stabs him in the back, causing him to fall onto the floor. Kirara lets out an animalistic howl of sorrow, hurt, and rage. She growls as she stands protectively over her boyfriend. Her gold eyes sparking red as her youkai begins to take over her mind.

Yuki thrusts the knife into Kirara's stomach. Kirara's eyes widen as she feels her blood raining on the floor. Yuki pulls the knife out quickly, causing Kirara to fall to a bloody heap next to Wren; only but a few feet from Shippo. Kirara reaches for Wren's hand, tears cascade down as if her face is a waterfall. The hand reaches it's destination, and her eyes close just as a figure crashes through her bedroom window.

The figure, shrouded in a cloak of midnight, casts it's eyes upon Yuki and the bloody blade. It takes assessment of the three beaten figures on the floor, "Two seriously wounded, and one that will live, but sport a black eye." It watches as Yuki crouches and springs. The figure catches the hand that holds the knife, "You are a fool, mortal." The figure twists Yuki's wrist until the knife falls to the floor, near Shippo's head.

Yuki attacks the figure again, "I will kill for my Lord!" Yuki's eyes glow eerily.

"You are foolish," the figure catches the girl and snaps her neck in strong hands.

"My Lord…" Yuki croaks out as her last breath.

"Miroku! Watch it!" Sango hollers at her husband as Tai, a.k.a. Yugi, was attacking them with a sharp old dagger. He would faint to the left, then the right, but Miroku grabs Sango's Hiraikotsu and uses it as a shield because he can hardly lift it. Sango grabs Miroku's staff and throws it at her husband, to give him some more protection. Miroku misses the projectile staff, and is forced to continue to use Hiraikotsu as a shield. Sango's temper blows it's top as she sees her husband keep up Hiraikotsu as a shield. Sango picks up a large stone they have by their bed end, and throws it right in the boy's stomach. The force of the rock sends him crumbling to the ground, but not before his head severs itself on an ancient mask hanging partially on a wall.

"Sango, are you alright?" Miroku gasps.

"We're a bit rusty, aren't we, monk," Sango sighs as she falls to the floor in relief.

"The kids!" Miroku's eyes are wide in horror. Sango and Miroku jump to their feet and rush towards Kirara's room.

          The figure turns to leave, but a gasp startles it. The figure turns in shock as Kirara gets back on her feet. Kirara takes a glance at the figure and smiles through her pain. "Thank you, we would have taken care of her, eventually. I just wasn't ready for the pain of the wounds. My friends and I owe you. Please stay, though you may wish to hide in the dark until my parents calm down. They will be here in but a few minutes."

          "Ugh! I'll kill that bitch!" Wren growls angrily as he leaps to his feet.

          "That girl is going to get some of my fire!" Shippo glares around until his gaze lands on the figure in the shadows. "Who the heck are you?"

          "Shippo, calm down," Kirara smiles softly at her friend. "I'm Kirara Taiji, the boy next to me is Wren Inu, and the guy with the foxtail is Shippo Kitsune. May we have the pleasure of knowing our guest's name?"

          "I am Riana Velázquez," the girl steps from the shadows. Her eyes a piercing blue, her hair a startling reddish-black, her height was impressive, showing off her slender vulpine form. "What are you three?"

          "Wren and I are both hanyous, and Shippo is a kitsune youkai," Kirara smiles at Riana.

          "I am what you mortals… pardon, living, would call a vampire." Miroku and Sango's eyes bug as they hear the last sentence and they freeze in shock.