Chapter three
Purplepeopleeater: Yeah, in a bit he'll talk. Gotta heal him first. He's still just a shell for Kageroumaru. Gotta free him from Naraku first. Thanxs everyone for your reviews......give me more! :P lol
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Something was calling her. She couldn't hear it, but it was calling her. Pulling at her body to follow it's non-existent voice that she could hear but yet not. Tenshi pulled back the covers and glanced around the hut. It was still dark, Kaede still slept in the little room off to the side. Glancing out the door she could feel the pull growing stronger more demanding. Sliding on her army boots, Tenshi decided to go and see what 'It' wanted. Writing a quick note so that Kaede wouldn't worry she slipped out the door into the nite.
{Elsewhere}
The old witch watched, waited and called. Soon the young woman would find her way here. Here to her mate, to that which she had no knowledge of. His broken and bleeding body still lay where it had fallen, it's owner blissfully unconscious. "Soon..."
{Some where's in the deep dark wood}
'Ouch!' Tenshi glared at the offending bramble vine that had attacked her leg. "Man, I hate the fucking outdoors sometimes." She'd been following the damned phantom voice for a couple hours now, and she was a damn good sight lost now. "This freakin voice had better lead me somewheres soon." Tenshi grumbled. Soon a hut appeared in the distance. It had a creepy aura around it. Tenshi shivered as she walked past it. Thankfully the voice was leading away from the freaky hut. A mile or so from the hut Tenshi stepped into a clearing in the forest and the phantom voice disappeared. "Now what?" Tenshi asked herself. Looking around she spotted a bleeding and broken body partially hidden by an old willow tree. Tenshi's eyes widened as she approached the body, a large deep wound was embedded in his back and curved around his side towards his stomach. "Oh fuck. What the hell do I do with him?! I don't know how to deal with this kind of wound. Is the guy even still alive?" Tenshi tentatively reached out to feel the pulse in the man's neck. He was cool to the touch but warm enough to tell that he was alive. His pulse beat slowly under her fingers, so slow she had to wait quite a few minutes before she even felt it. Blood still seeped from his wound. Tenshi remembered the creepy hut had had smoke coming from the chimney. "Hopefully who ever lives there can help me." Tenshi thought steeling herself to approach the creepy place. 'You wait here ok?' Tenshi stared down at the body and rolled her eyes. 'Dumb ass. Where's he gonna go. I'll be right back.' She told the half dead Juuroumaru. 'Don't die on me kay?' Tenshi took off toward the hut hoping the occupants that lived there were friendly and could help. "After all don't they say that appearances can be deceiving?" The hut came into view. "Please be nice, please be nice." Tenshi chanted as she approached the door. Tenshi knocked on the wood fame beside the door. 'Hello? Anyone to home?' Cautiously she lifted away the reed mat that hung in the doorway. 'Helloooo?!' Tenshi stepped into the room, a fire was burning in the fire pit in the middle of the room. Herbs and furs hung on the wall drying, a kettle sat in the middle of the fire, some foul smelling brew bubbled inside. "Ewwww, who lives here? A witch?" Tenshi wondered turning from the brew to examine a fur that was hanging on the wall.
'If that's what you wish to call me, deary.' A raspy voice said from the other side of the room.
Tenshi whirled around to see an old woman standing in the doorway that led to the rest of the hut. 'Um.....hi.' Tenshi said a little unnerved by the woman. 'Humphf.' Came the old hag's reply. 'Are ye gonna stand there and gap or are ye gonna help me tend to the beasts wounds?' The woman asked gathering a variety of things from around the room.
'Huh?' Came Tenshi's not so intelligent reply.
The old hag huffed again. 'The wounded beast ye found in the wood.'
'Oh....beast?' Tenshi asked.
'Hai, beast. He's not a ningen like ye were thinking. Now come along.' The hag said heading out the door. Tenshi followed the 'witch' back towards the wounded 'beast'.
'Does this 'beast' have a name?' Tenshi asked. 'For that matter, do you?'
'I suppose so.' The witch replied.
Tenshi glared at the back of the old woman's head. 'So what am I supposed to call you? 'Hey you' gets real old after a while.'
The witch didn't reply. Tenshi growled. Soon the lavender haired being came into view. 'Can you heal him?' Tenshi asked.
'I can close the wound, but you must heal him.' Came the witch's response.
'Meaning?'
'Yer not real bright are ya, child?'
Tenshi glared. 'Well excuse me for not having a clue as to what your going on about!' She shot back.
The witch ignored her and proceeded to smear some of the foul smelling paste on the injures back. His torn kimono lay on the ground beside him.
'Gah! What the hell is that stuff?!' Tenshi asked holding her nose.
'Healing salve.'
'Why do medicines smell and taste disgusting?' Tenshi asked.
'So that they may heal ye better. Hand me those wrappings.'
Tenshi did as asked. 'How are we gonna get him back to the hut?'
'Oh, so now ye expect me to house and possible feed the creature, do ye?'
'You mean your not gonna help me?! I don't know what to do with him! I don't even know him! Some weird voice told me to come here.'
'Do ye always follow weird voices into the deep forest in the middle of the night? That's very dangerous.' The witch said while bandaging the wound.
Tenshi was fast getting close to strangling the old woman. 'It was a persistent voice!' She argued.
'Was it now.' The witch replied. 'I'm done here.' She announced rising.
'Wonderful. Now what do I do?' Tenshi asked still sitting on the ground.
'Bring the beast.' The witch order walking back to her hut.
'And just how the hell am I supposed to do that?!' Tenshi yelled at the retreating figure.
'Ye are his keeper not myself.' Which to Tenshi sounded a lot like 'Your problem, not mine.'
Tenshi growled as the witch disappeared into the dark. "Damn witch." Tenshi thought darkly. She looked back down at her 'charge'.
"If I drag him I'll reopen his wounds. What the hell do I do with him?"
{End}
[A/N: Pain in the arse ain't she? *the witch* :P ]
Japanese:
Hai: Yes
Ningen: Human
Purplepeopleeater: Yeah, in a bit he'll talk. Gotta heal him first. He's still just a shell for Kageroumaru. Gotta free him from Naraku first. Thanxs everyone for your reviews......give me more! :P lol
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Something was calling her. She couldn't hear it, but it was calling her. Pulling at her body to follow it's non-existent voice that she could hear but yet not. Tenshi pulled back the covers and glanced around the hut. It was still dark, Kaede still slept in the little room off to the side. Glancing out the door she could feel the pull growing stronger more demanding. Sliding on her army boots, Tenshi decided to go and see what 'It' wanted. Writing a quick note so that Kaede wouldn't worry she slipped out the door into the nite.
{Elsewhere}
The old witch watched, waited and called. Soon the young woman would find her way here. Here to her mate, to that which she had no knowledge of. His broken and bleeding body still lay where it had fallen, it's owner blissfully unconscious. "Soon..."
{Some where's in the deep dark wood}
'Ouch!' Tenshi glared at the offending bramble vine that had attacked her leg. "Man, I hate the fucking outdoors sometimes." She'd been following the damned phantom voice for a couple hours now, and she was a damn good sight lost now. "This freakin voice had better lead me somewheres soon." Tenshi grumbled. Soon a hut appeared in the distance. It had a creepy aura around it. Tenshi shivered as she walked past it. Thankfully the voice was leading away from the freaky hut. A mile or so from the hut Tenshi stepped into a clearing in the forest and the phantom voice disappeared. "Now what?" Tenshi asked herself. Looking around she spotted a bleeding and broken body partially hidden by an old willow tree. Tenshi's eyes widened as she approached the body, a large deep wound was embedded in his back and curved around his side towards his stomach. "Oh fuck. What the hell do I do with him?! I don't know how to deal with this kind of wound. Is the guy even still alive?" Tenshi tentatively reached out to feel the pulse in the man's neck. He was cool to the touch but warm enough to tell that he was alive. His pulse beat slowly under her fingers, so slow she had to wait quite a few minutes before she even felt it. Blood still seeped from his wound. Tenshi remembered the creepy hut had had smoke coming from the chimney. "Hopefully who ever lives there can help me." Tenshi thought steeling herself to approach the creepy place. 'You wait here ok?' Tenshi stared down at the body and rolled her eyes. 'Dumb ass. Where's he gonna go. I'll be right back.' She told the half dead Juuroumaru. 'Don't die on me kay?' Tenshi took off toward the hut hoping the occupants that lived there were friendly and could help. "After all don't they say that appearances can be deceiving?" The hut came into view. "Please be nice, please be nice." Tenshi chanted as she approached the door. Tenshi knocked on the wood fame beside the door. 'Hello? Anyone to home?' Cautiously she lifted away the reed mat that hung in the doorway. 'Helloooo?!' Tenshi stepped into the room, a fire was burning in the fire pit in the middle of the room. Herbs and furs hung on the wall drying, a kettle sat in the middle of the fire, some foul smelling brew bubbled inside. "Ewwww, who lives here? A witch?" Tenshi wondered turning from the brew to examine a fur that was hanging on the wall.
'If that's what you wish to call me, deary.' A raspy voice said from the other side of the room.
Tenshi whirled around to see an old woman standing in the doorway that led to the rest of the hut. 'Um.....hi.' Tenshi said a little unnerved by the woman. 'Humphf.' Came the old hag's reply. 'Are ye gonna stand there and gap or are ye gonna help me tend to the beasts wounds?' The woman asked gathering a variety of things from around the room.
'Huh?' Came Tenshi's not so intelligent reply.
The old hag huffed again. 'The wounded beast ye found in the wood.'
'Oh....beast?' Tenshi asked.
'Hai, beast. He's not a ningen like ye were thinking. Now come along.' The hag said heading out the door. Tenshi followed the 'witch' back towards the wounded 'beast'.
'Does this 'beast' have a name?' Tenshi asked. 'For that matter, do you?'
'I suppose so.' The witch replied.
Tenshi glared at the back of the old woman's head. 'So what am I supposed to call you? 'Hey you' gets real old after a while.'
The witch didn't reply. Tenshi growled. Soon the lavender haired being came into view. 'Can you heal him?' Tenshi asked.
'I can close the wound, but you must heal him.' Came the witch's response.
'Meaning?'
'Yer not real bright are ya, child?'
Tenshi glared. 'Well excuse me for not having a clue as to what your going on about!' She shot back.
The witch ignored her and proceeded to smear some of the foul smelling paste on the injures back. His torn kimono lay on the ground beside him.
'Gah! What the hell is that stuff?!' Tenshi asked holding her nose.
'Healing salve.'
'Why do medicines smell and taste disgusting?' Tenshi asked.
'So that they may heal ye better. Hand me those wrappings.'
Tenshi did as asked. 'How are we gonna get him back to the hut?'
'Oh, so now ye expect me to house and possible feed the creature, do ye?'
'You mean your not gonna help me?! I don't know what to do with him! I don't even know him! Some weird voice told me to come here.'
'Do ye always follow weird voices into the deep forest in the middle of the night? That's very dangerous.' The witch said while bandaging the wound.
Tenshi was fast getting close to strangling the old woman. 'It was a persistent voice!' She argued.
'Was it now.' The witch replied. 'I'm done here.' She announced rising.
'Wonderful. Now what do I do?' Tenshi asked still sitting on the ground.
'Bring the beast.' The witch order walking back to her hut.
'And just how the hell am I supposed to do that?!' Tenshi yelled at the retreating figure.
'Ye are his keeper not myself.' Which to Tenshi sounded a lot like 'Your problem, not mine.'
Tenshi growled as the witch disappeared into the dark. "Damn witch." Tenshi thought darkly. She looked back down at her 'charge'.
"If I drag him I'll reopen his wounds. What the hell do I do with him?"
{End}
[A/N: Pain in the arse ain't she? *the witch* :P ]
Japanese:
Hai: Yes
Ningen: Human