Chapter 4

"Let's have a race!" said Sekai with a cheerful face. Kyoko turning to Sekai replies, "What? Oh, yea good idea." Sekai proud of herself, jumps out of the tree house to tell Kohaku. Yusuke stares at Cainara. Cainara perks up and turns to him. Cainara reading Yusuke's face says, "Yea I'm ok". Yusuke smiles and stands up. Turns his back to Cainara and says "Get on". Cainara smiling jumps on and they head down the tree house. Kurama turned to Hiei and said, "Shall we wait at finish line?" Hiei nods his head and jumps down to the others. Kurama turns to glare his green eyes at Kyoko with affection. He gives her a big bear hug and whispers into her ear, "Good luck." Kyoko a little startled hugs him back. The two release and both jump down hand and hand. Yusuke turns to the two and makes an, 'aw' sound. Cainara giving Yusuke an evil glare crosses her arms. Yusuke laughing turns to her. He stops in an instant and says ashamed, "Shutting up now". Cainara's frown turned into a smile while calling for Kamo. But Kamo does not respond.

Cainara calls one more time. Nothing. She dashes off into the woods dodging every tree in her path. Yusuke worried, follows. Cainara runs to a river and stops blankly. Yusuke catches up to her; he stares at the scene with his mouth open. There was Kamo, tied to a tree by his reins. Cuts and bruises all over his body with one of his antlers slightly broken. Three men dressed in rags were whipping at Kamo's sides. Yusuke turning to Cainara finds her hair midnight black. "No", he whispers as he watches Cainara run up to the first man. Yusuke watches as the blade of ice pierces him. He stagers and drops to the ground. Cainara turns to the others and whispers clearly, "Who's next?" The second man was lucky. Cainara only turned his legs and arms to ice. Then kicked the man's arms so they shattered. The third man ran like a chicken without its head right over a cliff to meet his watery grave that awaited him at the bottom. Yusuke shocked at the scene watches the second man wobble to get away. Yusuke stared at the first man as he moans and opens his eyes. Yusuke looks up and says, "You, didn't slice him through." Cainara turning to Yusuke replies, "I may be the demon side of Cainara but there is a certain line you have to cross to be killed. These men are just lucky I'm in a good mood ". Yusuke//That's her good mood?//. Cainara's eyes roll back and return to an ice blue. Her hair from root to tip turns back into moonlight silver. Cainara slowly turns her head to Yusuke. Stopping between her words says, "I, saw everything. I tried to stop her. But, I, was to weak." A single tear drops from Cainara's eye, which was now full of shame. She took the back of her hand and whipped the tear. Yusuke stunned stands and watches Cainara as she walks over to Kamo. Kamo looks up with his eyes staring into Cainara's. She puts a hand under his chin. She finds a spot on his ear that was not hurt and gently rubs in a circular motion. Cainara moves closer to Kamo so he could rest his head on her arm for a while. Kamo then lifts his head so Cainara could untie him. Walking beside Cainara, Kamo limps. Two of his legs were badly injured while the other two were not as bad but still badly beaten. Looking at his walk Cainara turns her head away. Yusuke walking beside her takes her hand and smiles at her. Cainara cheers up a little and smiles back pleasantly at him.