Old Acquaintances
AN: Typical claiming of my characters and my item and the new guy Hakura. Don't use them without my consent.
It had been about two weeks after Juniper's attack. Things were pretty much normal between the two friends, or at least it was until.
"Katia, what's wrong?" Niroku asked when she suddenly stiffened.
"Oh shit, not him." Katia muttered to herself. Niroku knew it had to be bad because the only time she cursed was when something bad was about to happen.
Niroku was about to ask who when a young man appeared before them; no, more the like he materialized. He stood and he saw Katia doing the same. Then he noticed her eyes and saw that they had gone like they had when she had fought Juniper. Frincara was back.
"Who the hell is that?' Niroku asked her, still in his defensive position beside her.
"Hakura, why the hell are you here?! I told you I'm not going to marry you, ever. So stop trying to get me, my father arranged this not me." Katia (Frincara) shouted to the young man. With that she basically answered Niroku question. He was the goddess's fiancée.
"Why, my dear. My I've told you that simply won't do. Your father sent me after you again. Only this time he commands you come home. Though I hoped you would come of your own free will." Hakura stated simply. He took a step forward.
"Over my dead body. Why don't you take one of my other sisters instead, they'd certainly be happy about that." Katia (Frincara) said. She smirked. "You've failed over a dozen times already so just give up, it'll save us both time and energy."
Niroku shot a glance at her. He could tell that it wasn't Katia saying those words, but it was still unnerving for him to hear them coming out of her mouth. He knew Katia didn't talk like that. It was then that Hakura spoke again, drawing his attention from his thought and onto the god in front of him.
"Well, like I said every other time you said that, that simply will not do. Your father has already made the arrangement. All we need is for you to come with me. This time he said, by any means necessary."
"You can try but I'll guarantee you that you won't win. This time you can simply tell father that I refuse to return, period. So quit trying."
"Well, we can't have that. So I have a little reassurance." He pulled a girl out from behind him. She was a small child of about ten years and she was bound and gagged.
"You bastard. How dare you use a little kid as bait. That's a new low even for you."
"Well, it'll certainly work. After all you wouldn't sacrifice a small child's life just so you don't have to marry me, you love human too much. It was always a weakness of yours. Anyway, I'll comeback at dawn tomorrow to hear your answer." And with that he disappeared child and all.
"Shit! That bastard. I can't believe he did that." Katia said, she fell to her knees on the hard ground and pounded it with her fist. Niroku saw that she was back to herself again.
"What are you going to do?" Niroku asked, already knowing the answer.
"What else can I do? I have to go with him; just like he said, I love other human too much just to let them die when I could do something about it." Katia said.
"There may be another way out, without getting that girl killed." Niroku said. "Remember, you're not alone anymore."
Katia suddenly picked up on his train of thoughts. "Of course. But don't say it aloud anymore. I've learned that transporting takes some energy, but a few second after he is back in his realm he can listen into everything we say. I'd say he's started listening about now." Katia said. She pointed to her temple and he got the idea. ~This is how we'll communicate. To respond just form the thought in your mind and send it in my direction. This is the only way we can discuss the plan, Hakura can't read thoughts.~
~Really, that's odd.~ Niroku thought, having a bit of a difficult time. He wasn't accustomed to this.
~Very good. You're doing better than most people could on their first try.~
~If you'll remember, I'm not exactly human.~ Niroku thought, getting the hang of though it still felt odd.
~And if you'll remember, neither am I.~ Katia thought with a small smile, though not a happy one.
~Anyway, here's the plan.~
~*~*Dawn the next day*~*~
Hakura, not suspecting a thing, walked into the clearing that dawn and found Katia by herself. 'I sure as hell hope that this works' she thought to herself.
"So I see you came to your senses and finally decided to come with me." Hakura said, his normal cocky self.
"You bastard. You know very well that the only reason I'm doing this is because you have the little girl." Katia said between clenched teeth. Evidently Hakura either didn't realize or didn't care that he wasn't technically speaking to Frincara at the moment.
"Ah yes. Well anyway, let's get going shall we?" Hakura said, extending his hand to her. Katia shook her head.
"First you bring the girl here and prove to me that she is unharmed and don't try any tricks cause I can see straight through those." Katia said to him.
"Fine, fine." Hakura carelessly snapped his fingers and the little girl appeared before them, still bound and gagged and still unconscious.
Katia took a step toward and sent a message out to Niroku as she did so. ~Get ready to grab the girl. 3.2.1.NOW!~
Suddenly Niroku jumped out from the tree behind Hakura and grabbed the girl. He jumped to Katia side, to where Hakura couldn't lay a hand on her. Katia attacked him with an arrow from the quiver attached to her side, she had no bow but her arm alone was enough. Hakura managed to avoid a fatal blow, but he did get hit in the right arm rendering it completely useless.
"Very good, I see now. You used your power to disguise his presence so he could grab the girl. Very smart, I commend you. But it still isn't enough." With that he attacked them with his left arm, his target was Katia.
Frincara took over and quickly dodged, shoving Niroku and the girl out of the way as she did so. She stood quickly and tackled Hakura from behind. She had generated her power when she had landed and now it blasted out in an explosive flash of light. When Niroku could see again all he saw was Katia lying on the ground unconscious, and he realized that she had used something similar to what she had used against Juniper. Only this one was stronger. He rushed over to her along with the still unconscious little girl. As he reached her she groaned.
"Damn that hurt. I really gotta pull that power. Turn out I didn't need that much after all." Niroku just grinned down at her. That was certainly the Katia he knew.
"Hey, that was quite a flash of energy." He said grinning down at her.
Katia quickly stood and brushed any dust off her short-skirted dress, leather boot, and short brown hair. "Yeah, but that was nothing." She smiled at him then asked, "How's the girl?"
"Still unconscious. Let's get back to camp."
Back at camp Katia did basically the same thing she had done for Alexia. When the little girl was back safely at home he asked, "So what happened to Hakura?"
"Well, he won't be bothering us for a while. I can guarantee you that. Right now he's probably back in his realm healing his wounds and his pride." Suddenly she sat down. "I'm sorry."
Niroku looked in surprise at the apology and didn't understand what it was for and he told her just that.
"I couldn't kill him, so he'll be bothering us again. I couldn't kill him because while he was a self-loving bastard he was still alive and I don't like to kill anything living unless I have to."
"It's okay. You stopped him for a while and we got the girl safely to her family. You shouldn't worry about him pulling that again, I don't think he's stupid enough to try that on you again." He said, wrapping a comforting arm around her shoulder.
"That's what I'm afraid of." She said, too softly for even him to hear. 'I'm afraid that next time it'll be you.' she thought to herself.
AN: Typical claiming of my characters and my item and the new guy Hakura. Don't use them without my consent.
It had been about two weeks after Juniper's attack. Things were pretty much normal between the two friends, or at least it was until.
"Katia, what's wrong?" Niroku asked when she suddenly stiffened.
"Oh shit, not him." Katia muttered to herself. Niroku knew it had to be bad because the only time she cursed was when something bad was about to happen.
Niroku was about to ask who when a young man appeared before them; no, more the like he materialized. He stood and he saw Katia doing the same. Then he noticed her eyes and saw that they had gone like they had when she had fought Juniper. Frincara was back.
"Who the hell is that?' Niroku asked her, still in his defensive position beside her.
"Hakura, why the hell are you here?! I told you I'm not going to marry you, ever. So stop trying to get me, my father arranged this not me." Katia (Frincara) shouted to the young man. With that she basically answered Niroku question. He was the goddess's fiancée.
"Why, my dear. My I've told you that simply won't do. Your father sent me after you again. Only this time he commands you come home. Though I hoped you would come of your own free will." Hakura stated simply. He took a step forward.
"Over my dead body. Why don't you take one of my other sisters instead, they'd certainly be happy about that." Katia (Frincara) said. She smirked. "You've failed over a dozen times already so just give up, it'll save us both time and energy."
Niroku shot a glance at her. He could tell that it wasn't Katia saying those words, but it was still unnerving for him to hear them coming out of her mouth. He knew Katia didn't talk like that. It was then that Hakura spoke again, drawing his attention from his thought and onto the god in front of him.
"Well, like I said every other time you said that, that simply will not do. Your father has already made the arrangement. All we need is for you to come with me. This time he said, by any means necessary."
"You can try but I'll guarantee you that you won't win. This time you can simply tell father that I refuse to return, period. So quit trying."
"Well, we can't have that. So I have a little reassurance." He pulled a girl out from behind him. She was a small child of about ten years and she was bound and gagged.
"You bastard. How dare you use a little kid as bait. That's a new low even for you."
"Well, it'll certainly work. After all you wouldn't sacrifice a small child's life just so you don't have to marry me, you love human too much. It was always a weakness of yours. Anyway, I'll comeback at dawn tomorrow to hear your answer." And with that he disappeared child and all.
"Shit! That bastard. I can't believe he did that." Katia said, she fell to her knees on the hard ground and pounded it with her fist. Niroku saw that she was back to herself again.
"What are you going to do?" Niroku asked, already knowing the answer.
"What else can I do? I have to go with him; just like he said, I love other human too much just to let them die when I could do something about it." Katia said.
"There may be another way out, without getting that girl killed." Niroku said. "Remember, you're not alone anymore."
Katia suddenly picked up on his train of thoughts. "Of course. But don't say it aloud anymore. I've learned that transporting takes some energy, but a few second after he is back in his realm he can listen into everything we say. I'd say he's started listening about now." Katia said. She pointed to her temple and he got the idea. ~This is how we'll communicate. To respond just form the thought in your mind and send it in my direction. This is the only way we can discuss the plan, Hakura can't read thoughts.~
~Really, that's odd.~ Niroku thought, having a bit of a difficult time. He wasn't accustomed to this.
~Very good. You're doing better than most people could on their first try.~
~If you'll remember, I'm not exactly human.~ Niroku thought, getting the hang of though it still felt odd.
~And if you'll remember, neither am I.~ Katia thought with a small smile, though not a happy one.
~Anyway, here's the plan.~
~*~*Dawn the next day*~*~
Hakura, not suspecting a thing, walked into the clearing that dawn and found Katia by herself. 'I sure as hell hope that this works' she thought to herself.
"So I see you came to your senses and finally decided to come with me." Hakura said, his normal cocky self.
"You bastard. You know very well that the only reason I'm doing this is because you have the little girl." Katia said between clenched teeth. Evidently Hakura either didn't realize or didn't care that he wasn't technically speaking to Frincara at the moment.
"Ah yes. Well anyway, let's get going shall we?" Hakura said, extending his hand to her. Katia shook her head.
"First you bring the girl here and prove to me that she is unharmed and don't try any tricks cause I can see straight through those." Katia said to him.
"Fine, fine." Hakura carelessly snapped his fingers and the little girl appeared before them, still bound and gagged and still unconscious.
Katia took a step toward and sent a message out to Niroku as she did so. ~Get ready to grab the girl. 3.2.1.NOW!~
Suddenly Niroku jumped out from the tree behind Hakura and grabbed the girl. He jumped to Katia side, to where Hakura couldn't lay a hand on her. Katia attacked him with an arrow from the quiver attached to her side, she had no bow but her arm alone was enough. Hakura managed to avoid a fatal blow, but he did get hit in the right arm rendering it completely useless.
"Very good, I see now. You used your power to disguise his presence so he could grab the girl. Very smart, I commend you. But it still isn't enough." With that he attacked them with his left arm, his target was Katia.
Frincara took over and quickly dodged, shoving Niroku and the girl out of the way as she did so. She stood quickly and tackled Hakura from behind. She had generated her power when she had landed and now it blasted out in an explosive flash of light. When Niroku could see again all he saw was Katia lying on the ground unconscious, and he realized that she had used something similar to what she had used against Juniper. Only this one was stronger. He rushed over to her along with the still unconscious little girl. As he reached her she groaned.
"Damn that hurt. I really gotta pull that power. Turn out I didn't need that much after all." Niroku just grinned down at her. That was certainly the Katia he knew.
"Hey, that was quite a flash of energy." He said grinning down at her.
Katia quickly stood and brushed any dust off her short-skirted dress, leather boot, and short brown hair. "Yeah, but that was nothing." She smiled at him then asked, "How's the girl?"
"Still unconscious. Let's get back to camp."
Back at camp Katia did basically the same thing she had done for Alexia. When the little girl was back safely at home he asked, "So what happened to Hakura?"
"Well, he won't be bothering us for a while. I can guarantee you that. Right now he's probably back in his realm healing his wounds and his pride." Suddenly she sat down. "I'm sorry."
Niroku looked in surprise at the apology and didn't understand what it was for and he told her just that.
"I couldn't kill him, so he'll be bothering us again. I couldn't kill him because while he was a self-loving bastard he was still alive and I don't like to kill anything living unless I have to."
"It's okay. You stopped him for a while and we got the girl safely to her family. You shouldn't worry about him pulling that again, I don't think he's stupid enough to try that on you again." He said, wrapping a comforting arm around her shoulder.
"That's what I'm afraid of." She said, too softly for even him to hear. 'I'm afraid that next time it'll be you.' she thought to herself.
