Kaida Okami – The Beginning
Chapter One
Rise Again
Kaida drifted in a sea of black, content and painless. No time. No memories. No dreams.
But, slowly, her mind began to awaken, recognizing voices all though they seemed far
away.
"You think she's gonna be ok?" She heard someone ask.
-Probably Keiko-
her drifting mind told her.
"I don't know." Someone else answered.
-Kurama-
"Her bodily wounds are not that great but the strain she put into healing Hiei was
immense. Channeling that much energy from so many different people, then bending it to
her will, then using it to heal wounds such as his. It would have killed most people."
Kaida heard a door open and the voices continued.
"Looks like my relief shift has come." Said Keiko as someone else entered the
room.
"Hn."
-Hiei-
Kaida thought, awakening a little more. Something was nagging at her brain, something
important that she was supposed to remember.
She continued to drift in semi-consciousness as Hiei replaced Keiko and Kurama in the
room.
- I remember the woods.......-
she thought vaguely
- and Ryu......something about a murder.....Daddy....Hiei...knife..poison, HIEI!-
Kaida's eyes snapped open silently as the memories flooded her. Unfortunately, the pain
came with it.
Kaida bit her lip and grimaced, then tried to sit up. Hiei was sitting in a window sill, eyes
half closed. When he heard movement, his eyes opened as violently as Kaida's had. They
looked across the room at each other and blinked simultaneously.
"Your alive?" they both said at the same time.
"Don't do that!" again, at the same time.
Kaida clamped a hand firmly over her mouth to keep her from saying the same thing as
Hiei. Her eyes narrowed at him. He stared back, unaffected.
"What happened?" she asked, removing her hand.
Hiei shrugged.
"I'm not quite sure, I was unconscious most of the time. After I woke up in the
clearing, Koenma sent guards to arrest Ryu, then arranged for our transportation home."
After a moment of silence, Hiei spoke again.
"everyone thought you where dead." He told her quietly.
Kaida managed a week smile.
"I'm to stubborn to die." She told him, but she could feel herself slipping into
unconsciousness again.
"You're an idiot, you know that." He told her, but not unkindly.
"I know." She answered, voice almost a whisper.
"Hiei," she said, eyes half closed with exhaustion.
"Hn?"
"....your welcome." She said. And drifted off to sleep.
**
When she awoke, Kaida's head was much clearer than when she had first
regained consciousness. She sat up slowly to an empty room and stood. She reached for
her cloths in the corner, briefly wondering who had changed her into a night shirt and
hoping to god it wasn't one of the boys, though she doubted they'd be that perverted.
After a small struggle of trying to get her stiff muscles to obey she walked clumsily down
the stairs to the couch. She blinked and looked at the floor, which was covered in furry
bodies.
She chuckled softly to herself and walked through her pack of wolves, stopping often to
reassure them that she was fine. The young pup that had tried to get Kaida to stay at the
cave was particularly worried.
Kaida laid down on the couch, allowing several wolves to sit next to her and fell asleep
once again.
**
"How did you get out of bed?" Botan demanded.
Kaida's eyes jerked open and she stared at the menacing looking Ferry Girl in front of
her.
She's a lot scarier when she's acting like your mother.
Kaida thought briefly.
"I woke up, sat up, got dressed, and walked down the stairs." Kaida informed her
dryly.
"You should be resting, now walking around the house!" Botan all but yelled.
Kaida winced.
"That was a major healing you did, now you need to REST!!!"
"Ok, ok! Geez, mother." Said Kaida, rolling her eyes at the exasperated deity.
Yusuke walked in, trying not to step on any sleeping animals. Several opened one eye to
stare at him as he went past. One or two tried to trip him with their large, bushy tails.
"They set the date." Yusuke told Botan, not seeing Kaida, who had laid back
down at Botans command.
"What date?" she asked Yusuke, making her presences known.
"Uhh...nothing Kaida." Botan stammered, trying hard to come up with a
believable lie. She was remarkably bad at it.
Kaida's eyes narrowed.
"There's something your not telling me, isn't there?" she asked, menacingly.
Botan and Yusuke gulped, but where saved from having to answer by a timely entrance
made by Hiei.
Hiei looked around at the wolves (who, by the way, didn't hassle him like they did
Yusuke) then to the group of people standing by the couch, then to Kaida herself.
"What are you doing up?" he asked her. "Go back to bed."
Kaida rolled her eyes at him and turned back to Botan.
"Set the date for what?!" she demanded.
Hiei's eyes narrowed.
"You told her?" he questioned.
Botan pointed an accusatory finger at Yusuke who was trying (and failing) to look
innocent.
"What?! It was a accident." He cried.
"WHAT ARE YOU NOT TELLING ME?!?!?!" Kaida roared, quickly getting
their attention once more. Several wolves covered their ears with their paws.
Yusuke and Botan beat a hasty retreat, saying something along the lines of,
'Maybe you should tell her, Hiei.'
Kaida glared at Hiei expectantly.
Hiei, always the blunt one, decided to tell her.
"Koenma's committee has decided on the date of your brothers execution." He
told her.
Kaida leaned back on the arm rest of the couch, processing this information.
"So it's over?" she asked quietly, almost sad.
"Yes." He said voice quiet as well. "It's all over now."
**
Kaida stood in the back of the small white room, awaiting her brothers entrance.
After a long fight with the others about weather or not attending Ryu's execution was a
good thing, she had finally convinced them to allow her to go.
She was to have ten minutes to talk to her brother, and settle any pressing matters before
his execution.
A door on the opposite wall from Kaida opened, and Ryu walked in, hands and feet
chained.
His eyes where hollow, his body bruised and not yet healed from his encounter with
Kaida. He met her eyes squarely and Kaida met his. Neither looked away.
"For all that its worth," said Kaida "I'm sorry this happened. I never wanted for
you to die."
The Ryu Kaida knew would have sneered and had a sharp comeback, pre- prepared. This
new Ryu simply stood and stared at her, he nodded slowly.
"I just wanted to know one thing." Kaida continued "Why? What was their to
profit in destroying someone else life."
Ryu looked at her.
"You will see in time." He told her. "It has been foretold, and so it shall be. The
Queen will rise again, more powerful than even your mind can comprehend. The people
you know trust will turn your own sword upon you. Emma's kingdom shall fall."
Kaida masked her confusion and processed the words.
"Your wrong." She said slowly. "Maybe not the Emma's kingdom shall fall, but
in that you think my friends will turn on me. They're my pack now. I trust them with my
life."
Try as she might, she could get Ryu to speak no more.
Her ten minutes was up and a guard came to lead Ryu out of that particular room.
Hiei came in and lead her to her seat.
**
Kaida watched in silence as the chosen executioner swabbed Ryu's arm with
alcohol after preparing the needle.
At Kaida's request, Koenma had made the execution as humane as possible.
Kaida watched as the needle entered Ryu's skin, watched as the liquid drained from the
needle to Ryu's body, and watched as Ryu's eyes began to close.
His hypnotic blue eyes met hers, and she could feel unwanted tears begin to well up
behind her eyes.
This was her brother! Her mind screamed. How could she let them do this?
Kaida held herself in check.
Ryu mouthed two small words, no sound forming, but she heard them plain as day.
Rise Again.
With that, Ryu's eyes closed for the last time.
Kaida let out a breath she had not known she was holding.
She walked out of the building, and back to Ningenkai, not allowing her brain to think
about what had happened.
With a heart incased in ice, Kaida sat down in what was temporarily her room. Only
when the door was closed did she allow herself to comprehend what had just taken place.
The tears started flowing unchecked down her cheeks.
She had not wanted Ryu to die, for all that she didn't like him. He was the only family
she had had left. Now she had no one.
She buried her head in her hands, crying silently.
She was alone.
"No your not." Said a soft but gruff voice from behind her.
She turned to see Hiei at her shoulder.
"Your not alone." He told her.
She smiled gratefully at him and wiped away the tears that stained her face.
She breathed deeply and stood up, preparing to go back down stairs to the others.
She knew now, that it was finally over.
******
Spirit World, Emma's Office
An oni rushed into Emma's office, startling the large king out of his paperwork.
"Sir, this fax just came in. From one of our contacts. It's a prophesy." The oni
said, handing the Paper to his boss.
Emma scanned the paper quickly. Then reread it.
"Get someone on this immediately!" Emma roared. "This will not be allowed to
happen.......
TO BE CONTINUED......
A/N :YAY! Kaida Okami – The Beginning is officially over. Now, you can go read the sequel called, you guessed it, Kaida Okami – The Prophesy. Thanks to all my reviewers on this story! I highly doubt the next one will be this long but don't worry. There will be another story out soon after that one is after. That one will cover more of my past, yadda yadda yadda.
Chapter One
Rise Again
Kaida drifted in a sea of black, content and painless. No time. No memories. No dreams.
But, slowly, her mind began to awaken, recognizing voices all though they seemed far
away.
"You think she's gonna be ok?" She heard someone ask.
-Probably Keiko-
her drifting mind told her.
"I don't know." Someone else answered.
-Kurama-
"Her bodily wounds are not that great but the strain she put into healing Hiei was
immense. Channeling that much energy from so many different people, then bending it to
her will, then using it to heal wounds such as his. It would have killed most people."
Kaida heard a door open and the voices continued.
"Looks like my relief shift has come." Said Keiko as someone else entered the
room.
"Hn."
-Hiei-
Kaida thought, awakening a little more. Something was nagging at her brain, something
important that she was supposed to remember.
She continued to drift in semi-consciousness as Hiei replaced Keiko and Kurama in the
room.
- I remember the woods.......-
she thought vaguely
- and Ryu......something about a murder.....Daddy....Hiei...knife..poison, HIEI!-
Kaida's eyes snapped open silently as the memories flooded her. Unfortunately, the pain
came with it.
Kaida bit her lip and grimaced, then tried to sit up. Hiei was sitting in a window sill, eyes
half closed. When he heard movement, his eyes opened as violently as Kaida's had. They
looked across the room at each other and blinked simultaneously.
"Your alive?" they both said at the same time.
"Don't do that!" again, at the same time.
Kaida clamped a hand firmly over her mouth to keep her from saying the same thing as
Hiei. Her eyes narrowed at him. He stared back, unaffected.
"What happened?" she asked, removing her hand.
Hiei shrugged.
"I'm not quite sure, I was unconscious most of the time. After I woke up in the
clearing, Koenma sent guards to arrest Ryu, then arranged for our transportation home."
After a moment of silence, Hiei spoke again.
"everyone thought you where dead." He told her quietly.
Kaida managed a week smile.
"I'm to stubborn to die." She told him, but she could feel herself slipping into
unconsciousness again.
"You're an idiot, you know that." He told her, but not unkindly.
"I know." She answered, voice almost a whisper.
"Hiei," she said, eyes half closed with exhaustion.
"Hn?"
"....your welcome." She said. And drifted off to sleep.
**
When she awoke, Kaida's head was much clearer than when she had first
regained consciousness. She sat up slowly to an empty room and stood. She reached for
her cloths in the corner, briefly wondering who had changed her into a night shirt and
hoping to god it wasn't one of the boys, though she doubted they'd be that perverted.
After a small struggle of trying to get her stiff muscles to obey she walked clumsily down
the stairs to the couch. She blinked and looked at the floor, which was covered in furry
bodies.
She chuckled softly to herself and walked through her pack of wolves, stopping often to
reassure them that she was fine. The young pup that had tried to get Kaida to stay at the
cave was particularly worried.
Kaida laid down on the couch, allowing several wolves to sit next to her and fell asleep
once again.
**
"How did you get out of bed?" Botan demanded.
Kaida's eyes jerked open and she stared at the menacing looking Ferry Girl in front of
her.
She's a lot scarier when she's acting like your mother.
Kaida thought briefly.
"I woke up, sat up, got dressed, and walked down the stairs." Kaida informed her
dryly.
"You should be resting, now walking around the house!" Botan all but yelled.
Kaida winced.
"That was a major healing you did, now you need to REST!!!"
"Ok, ok! Geez, mother." Said Kaida, rolling her eyes at the exasperated deity.
Yusuke walked in, trying not to step on any sleeping animals. Several opened one eye to
stare at him as he went past. One or two tried to trip him with their large, bushy tails.
"They set the date." Yusuke told Botan, not seeing Kaida, who had laid back
down at Botans command.
"What date?" she asked Yusuke, making her presences known.
"Uhh...nothing Kaida." Botan stammered, trying hard to come up with a
believable lie. She was remarkably bad at it.
Kaida's eyes narrowed.
"There's something your not telling me, isn't there?" she asked, menacingly.
Botan and Yusuke gulped, but where saved from having to answer by a timely entrance
made by Hiei.
Hiei looked around at the wolves (who, by the way, didn't hassle him like they did
Yusuke) then to the group of people standing by the couch, then to Kaida herself.
"What are you doing up?" he asked her. "Go back to bed."
Kaida rolled her eyes at him and turned back to Botan.
"Set the date for what?!" she demanded.
Hiei's eyes narrowed.
"You told her?" he questioned.
Botan pointed an accusatory finger at Yusuke who was trying (and failing) to look
innocent.
"What?! It was a accident." He cried.
"WHAT ARE YOU NOT TELLING ME?!?!?!" Kaida roared, quickly getting
their attention once more. Several wolves covered their ears with their paws.
Yusuke and Botan beat a hasty retreat, saying something along the lines of,
'Maybe you should tell her, Hiei.'
Kaida glared at Hiei expectantly.
Hiei, always the blunt one, decided to tell her.
"Koenma's committee has decided on the date of your brothers execution." He
told her.
Kaida leaned back on the arm rest of the couch, processing this information.
"So it's over?" she asked quietly, almost sad.
"Yes." He said voice quiet as well. "It's all over now."
**
Kaida stood in the back of the small white room, awaiting her brothers entrance.
After a long fight with the others about weather or not attending Ryu's execution was a
good thing, she had finally convinced them to allow her to go.
She was to have ten minutes to talk to her brother, and settle any pressing matters before
his execution.
A door on the opposite wall from Kaida opened, and Ryu walked in, hands and feet
chained.
His eyes where hollow, his body bruised and not yet healed from his encounter with
Kaida. He met her eyes squarely and Kaida met his. Neither looked away.
"For all that its worth," said Kaida "I'm sorry this happened. I never wanted for
you to die."
The Ryu Kaida knew would have sneered and had a sharp comeback, pre- prepared. This
new Ryu simply stood and stared at her, he nodded slowly.
"I just wanted to know one thing." Kaida continued "Why? What was their to
profit in destroying someone else life."
Ryu looked at her.
"You will see in time." He told her. "It has been foretold, and so it shall be. The
Queen will rise again, more powerful than even your mind can comprehend. The people
you know trust will turn your own sword upon you. Emma's kingdom shall fall."
Kaida masked her confusion and processed the words.
"Your wrong." She said slowly. "Maybe not the Emma's kingdom shall fall, but
in that you think my friends will turn on me. They're my pack now. I trust them with my
life."
Try as she might, she could get Ryu to speak no more.
Her ten minutes was up and a guard came to lead Ryu out of that particular room.
Hiei came in and lead her to her seat.
**
Kaida watched in silence as the chosen executioner swabbed Ryu's arm with
alcohol after preparing the needle.
At Kaida's request, Koenma had made the execution as humane as possible.
Kaida watched as the needle entered Ryu's skin, watched as the liquid drained from the
needle to Ryu's body, and watched as Ryu's eyes began to close.
His hypnotic blue eyes met hers, and she could feel unwanted tears begin to well up
behind her eyes.
This was her brother! Her mind screamed. How could she let them do this?
Kaida held herself in check.
Ryu mouthed two small words, no sound forming, but she heard them plain as day.
Rise Again.
With that, Ryu's eyes closed for the last time.
Kaida let out a breath she had not known she was holding.
She walked out of the building, and back to Ningenkai, not allowing her brain to think
about what had happened.
With a heart incased in ice, Kaida sat down in what was temporarily her room. Only
when the door was closed did she allow herself to comprehend what had just taken place.
The tears started flowing unchecked down her cheeks.
She had not wanted Ryu to die, for all that she didn't like him. He was the only family
she had had left. Now she had no one.
She buried her head in her hands, crying silently.
She was alone.
"No your not." Said a soft but gruff voice from behind her.
She turned to see Hiei at her shoulder.
"Your not alone." He told her.
She smiled gratefully at him and wiped away the tears that stained her face.
She breathed deeply and stood up, preparing to go back down stairs to the others.
She knew now, that it was finally over.
******
Spirit World, Emma's Office
An oni rushed into Emma's office, startling the large king out of his paperwork.
"Sir, this fax just came in. From one of our contacts. It's a prophesy." The oni
said, handing the Paper to his boss.
Emma scanned the paper quickly. Then reread it.
"Get someone on this immediately!" Emma roared. "This will not be allowed to
happen.......
TO BE CONTINUED......
A/N :YAY! Kaida Okami – The Beginning is officially over. Now, you can go read the sequel called, you guessed it, Kaida Okami – The Prophesy. Thanks to all my reviewers on this story! I highly doubt the next one will be this long but don't worry. There will be another story out soon after that one is after. That one will cover more of my past, yadda yadda yadda.