Yaten: Sorry peoples, someone hacked my computer and locked me out of the Internet. This is supposed to be a confusing chapter, so if it doesn't confuse you, then good for you! Nobody told me whether I should post Cannons Fire… *wahh...*

Dilanda: Yay! A new chapter! Has everyone been waiting for this as much as i have been???

Moonlit Curse Chapter 6: Fire!

A pair of eyes stared towards a pair of human parents and their kids as they walked in the mid-noon sunshine. He sighed as the kids happily played tag, the mother set up a lunch in the small wood enclosed meadow and the father fishing in some odd manner.

The kids, 3 boys and a girl, had stopped playing tag, the boys running off leaving the girl alone. She began to pick flowers to ease her boredom.

He took in the surroundings with slight awe. The meadow itself was filled to the brim with flowers. Yamayuri [1] sparsely dotted the field. Kakitsubata [2], Rengesô[3], Hamanasu [4], and lots of Nojigiku[5] fill the rest of the field. Bushes of Bara [6] surrounded the edges, except for a gap were a narrow path led back to their village, or so he guessed.

The woman sat food upon a dirty cloth she had laid over a unseen basket. The man called out to his children, who ran excitedly toward their father. The children waited patiently for her to hand out the meager meal of rice and fish. His unfed stomach ached for the food and his unloved heart begged for the love.

He took one last look at the happy laughing family, then started trailing the road, masked and hidden. Toward old Keade's village, where he was often shunned and hit by village children and villagers as well. But Keade, the nice ancient miko that she was, allowed him a bit of food and put a roof over his head at night.

The village sat on the horizon, in an almost dull way. The village women were beginning to force the children inside, these days only youkai were safe at night. Much of the boys protested saying things like, "I'm a man! I'm going to protect my village," or, "I'm not afraid of any youkai!"

He shook his head at them; they didn't know how lucky they were. His attention switched to a particular family; it was the family from before. The man's children gazed at him steadily. Their eye's pleading, "Let me stay out, I will be good," the father shook his head at them and as if knowing exactly what they wanted, firmly said, "No."

Directing his attention towards the column of smoke coming from the woods, that no one else had apparently noticed, he ran towards it. Finally arriving, he noticed a huge but old fire, successfully dieing by itself.

He looked around some how forgetting which way Keade's village was. Thinking to himself, 'Great! Lost at least 3 miles away from the person who feeds me, god! First, Inuyasha, then, the witch… what is that noise?' a faint sound could be heard.

He followed the voice through the woods. Coming upon a large black temple. He heard the words clearer now…

"You used to captivate me by your resonating mind
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me"

He thought, 'That voice… where have I heard it? This song too… it's sad.'

"These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time can not erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me"

'Wow if she was still here then… then… this would describe her feelings'

He drew closer to the source of the beautiful music. Over the castle walls, guards entranced as if a spell lay upon the floor. Down the corridors he went, wow! Who owned this palace, what he could do with the money put in this? Stopping before a door… with a doggy door in it? He shrugged and continued to find this familiar siren.

"I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me"

Kagome!?!

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Notes: [1] Soft white bell shaped flowers with somewhat orange dots on them
[2]a small purple flower
[3]a purplish-pinkish tipped flower that's petals are skinny and poof out
[4]a pink flower
[5]white flower that is much like a daisy weed
[6]A rose bush… almost

Yaten: What did you think? I'm dying to know if I should post Cannons Fire, YOU NEED TO TELL ME! Can you guess the main character in this?

Dilanda: ooo! ooo! ooo! I wanna guess! I would have said Inuyasha, but not him...maybe...Miroku? What do you reviewers think?

No reviewer responses…*sob*