Knight of the Round Table

By Sci-Fi Raptor

Chapter Four: The Silver Wolf

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            "You are amazing my friend. No horseman could have made it to the Saxon border in two days from the south of Ireland. And you were carrying me."

            "Well, its really important to me that I get to the Azure Mountains as soon as I can." Said Inuyasha, still running. He had been running nonstop at day, and resting only when he slept at night. Nothing stood in his way.

            "The Azure Mountains eh?"

            "Yeah."

            "Let me guess, you're looking for that treasure that's hidden in that castle up there, aren't you."

            "Yeah, how'd you know?"

            "Well, why else would someone come from so far away to get to the Azure Mountains?"

            "I dunno."

            "Well, I'm sorry to say this, but it doesn't exist."

            "The treasure or the castle?"

            "The treasure of course!" he said. Inuyasha gave a sigh of relief. "Shouldn't that make you want to run back home?"

            "Not really. As long as the castle exists, I know that I'm going the right way."

            "Well, I still think you're wasting your time."

            "You wanna get off then?" Inuyasha said defensively.

            "Nay. I'm having a rippin' good time!"

            "I thought you said you were Irish…"

            "When in Rome…"

            "What's Rome?"

            "Never mind…"

*Late afternoon*

            "Looks like there's a Saxon troop in front of us." Said Aurelius.

            "Should that be a threat?"

            "That can only mean that someone pulled out the sword…" Aurelius said in amazment.

            "Well, as long as they don't bother me, I wont kill them all."

            "You're one crazy bastard. How do you plan on taking out a whole troop by yourself?"

            "If they bother me, you'll see…" Inuyasha said coldly. 'Kagome wouldn't like that' "But I'll give them a chance to live if they do first." Inuyasha slowed down as he reached the troop. When he could see the men squirming to get ready to defend themselves, he slowed down to a quick walk and Aurelius got off and walked himself.

            "Halt! In the name of the King!" the officer of the group commanded them. Actually, he sounded scared, and the rest of the troops were obviously agitated.

            "Get out of my way." Inuyasha said coldly.

            "Please sir," he begged Inuyasha. "We cannot let you pass here without the King's consent.

            "Let them pass." A strong voice boomed.

            "But sire…" the officer said.

            "That was a smart move on your part." Inuyasha said unattached.

            "Wait, may I have a word with you?" the man who let them pass asked.

            "Make it quick."

            "I am about to start a campaign, and it would be very advantageous to have a person like you on my side."

            "No" Inuyasha said bluntly. The men around them gasped at the disrespect.

            "Well, will you take some of our supplies with you? You must be going somewhere far." This got his attention and Inuyasha stopped.

            "All right."

            "You" he pointed "go give him some scout provisions"

            "My Lord" he said, and went to their storage.

            "Where are you going stranger?"

            "The Azure Mountains." Inuyasha said, obviously anxious to get moving again.

            "For the Jewel, perchance?"

            "Yeah." Inuyasha said. The soldier came back with the supplies and gave the supplies to Inuyasha.

            "Come on Aurelius" Inuyasha motioned to the Irishman and carried him.

            "Well, if you don't find the Jewel, you're always welcome to join me." Said the man with a certain glitter in his eye. "May I have your name before you go?"

            "Its Inuyasha." He said, and got himself ready to run.

            "Well Inuyasha, my name is Arthur. Consider my kingdom as your home now." He said, and gave him a note. "This will let you travel freely and without deley."

            "Thanks" he said.

            "Godspeed." He said, and Inuyasha was a distant blur. "Till we meet again."

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            I'm going to die. Kagome thought. "Inuyasha, help me!" she screamed. She lay there, waiting for the wolf to kill her, her eyes shut tight. She heard the wolf land in front of her, and put its nose up to her face. Sensing that it wasn't eating her, she slowly opened one eye. She saw that it was a large, silver haired wolf, its eyes no longer red. The wolf stood in front of her and stared at her in the eye. I know those eyes…

            The wolf was no longer hostile and started licking her in the face like a puppy.

            "Hey, cut that out." She said, and the wolf magically complied. It sat next to her and was furiously wagging its tail. Kagome petted its fur and realized that it had silver, not gray, fur. Just like Inuyasha

            "Kagome, are you all right?" Hojo said, hiding behind a bush.

            Suddenly, the wolf growled and leaped at him, teeth flashing.

            "Ahh!" Hojo screamed as the wolf jumped on top of him. It started slashing at his shirt, and ripped it off of him. Kagome screamed, and tried to pull it off of him. "Get off!" she screamed at it. It was about to bite him in the neck, but Kagome screamed: "GET OFF!" to it and kicked it. The wolf turned to her, and jumped on her. It was about to attack, but hesitated and ran into the forest.

            Kagome got up and went to Hojo.

            "Hojo, are you hurt?"

            "Of course not." He said like a guy would. Kagome looked at him and saw that only his shirt was harmed. The only injuries that he had were scratch marks from where the wolf was stepping on him.

            "Let's go to a hospital just in case" Kagome insisted.

            "It's okay. I'll just get another shirt from home."

            "But you could've caught something from it."

            "Well, lets just get out of here before it comes back for more." Hojo said, the fear coming back into his voice. The two ran to his car.

            They stopped by at the doctors at Kagome's persistence, but he couldn't find anything wrong with Hojo. It seemed that the animal had miraculously left Hojo unscathed. They went to Hojo's house so he could change his clothes, and went to the mall. The wolf incident never crossed their minds afterwards.

            "So Kagome, where do you wanna go first?"

            "I think we should watch a movie. I haven't really gone out in a while."

            "All right." He said. They went to the theater and Kagome decided that they would watch some chick flick.

Sometime into the movie, Hojo finally incurred the courage to put his arm around Kagome. He expected her to shrug it off, but she actually let him. She put her head onto his shoulder and they watched silently for the rest of the time. Hojo was going to try to make out with Kagome, but decided not to when he saw her crying; in the movie, the boyfriend got in a fight with his girlfriend.

"That wasn't so bad for a chick flick" Hojo said when they left the theater.

"Yeah, but all that running around from earlier has got me starved." Kagome said. "Lets go to that restraunt on the east wing. I used to go there before I… got sick." Kagome said, catching herself. 'You can't give up on him already' the voice pleaded.

"All right" Hojo said.

As the two walked to the East wing, they spotted Mr. Gizzy with a dark haird young man.

"Hey look, its Mr. Gizzy." Hojo said.

"Hi Mr. Gizzy." Kagome called out. He looked around for them, and when he spotted them, he waved back.

"Probably with his gay lover." Hojo whispered into Kagome's ear, jokingly.

"Hey, that's not nice" Kagome said.

"Hey, if you lived with your mom and no one would date you, what other options would you have?" Hojo said innocently.

"Shh. He's coming over." Kagome said.

"Hey Mr. Gizzy." Hojo said when he came up to them.

"Hello Hojo, Kagome." Mr. Gizzy said.

"Who's that?" Kagome asked, pointing at the dark haired boy that waited patiently for him to return. He was wearing a white tee and jeans. He had short cut hair, and black eyes. He had a sharp face, a fierce expression and was using a black cane.

"Oh, that's our new foreign exchange student. He came from England, and I'm showing him around."

"Oh" Kagome said.

"You'll probably see him in class on Monday, so he'll introduce himself then. I'd like to talk a little longer, but he can be testy sometimes." Mr. Gizzy said. "Goodbye kids, and have a good weekend" he said, and walked away.

"Goodbye Mr. Gizzy" they said.

"Well, I guess I was wrong about the gay part" Hojo whispered to Kagome. Kagome giggled. "I must be doing great." He said.

"Why?"

"I got you to laugh." He said.

"Wench" someone said loudly.

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