Chapter three
A/N: Tenshi's name literally means Guardian Angel. And she's Juuroumaru's. After the witches spell rebuilds his body he'll be able to speak again, but first Tenshi must teach him. And he won't speak that much actually. In general he's not very talkative. Kinda shy actually and aggressive towards strangers. Tenshi is the only one who he will listen to. She's the only one who can control him.
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{Later that evening}
Tenshi sat across from Yamauba eating her soup and staring at the fire. 'Who and what was Kageroumaru?' She asked the old witch.
'Kageroumaru was small, only as tall as someone's ankle and not very long. He had the head of a human but the body of a demon. A smooth body ending in a tail and two pincers in the place of hands. He talked and was the master of Juuroumaru. Juuroumaru himself cannot speak. He is hollow, the spell and herbs placed on him will rebuild his internal body. When he awakens you must teach him to speak.' Yamauba replied.
'What kind of demon was Kageroumaru?' Asked Tenshi.
'Unknow as is Juuroumaru. But Kageroumaru enjoyed eating the insides of others body's. Juuroumaru merely killed.'
'Will he remember anything?' Tenshi asked glancing at the unconscious demon.
'I know not, child.' Yamauba responded.
'Oh.' *A lengthy pause* 'What the heck do I do with him after he's healed?' Tenshi asked still staring at the lavender haired demon.
'You are his caretaker.'
'Yeah, I got that already. What. Do. I. Do. With. Him?' *Points at him*
'You take care of him.' The witch replied before disappearing into her room.
Tenshi watched her go with a look of annoyance on her face. 'I'll take that to mean you don't know.' *sigh* 'Guess I'll just have to figure it out on my own then.'
`Over the course of the next two weeks Tenshi stayed with the 'Mountain Witch' and learn a lot about herbs, spells & demons. There was a small village near where the witch stayed and a few Taijiya in the village taught Tenshi to fight.`
{Two weeks later}
Tenshi walked into the hut of Yamauba, the old witch was still in the village seeing to some sick villagers. Outside the sun's setting colors filled the sky. Tenshi flopped down next to the fire pit and began throwing some twigs in to start the evenings fire when she heard a quiet growling come from the supposed-to-be-unconscious demon. Tenshi looked over at the lavender haired demon and was surprised to find twin emerald green eyes staring back at her.
Tenshi gulped. 'Uh.....hi.'
Juuroumaru's growls only rose in volume and he curled his lip up in a snarl.
'Ok, you are definitely not a happy camper when you wake up.' Tenshi said eyeing the angry demon. 'Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you.'
Juuroumaru's growls only rose higher. She could see that he was trying to move but Yamauba's holding spell was keeping him firmly in place.
'Oh hell, how the bloody hell do you calm down a demon? Ok, their kinda like animals right? So how do you calm down a wounded animal? I had a wounded dog once. Ok, he's more like a wounded wolf than a dog.....but still......' Tenshi looked around for something to bribe him with. Food usually worked with animals. "Food. Where's the food? What would he like?" Tenshi dug around in a sack in the corner and pulled out a few things and returned to the growling demon.
'Ok, think you'll like any of this stuff?' Tenshi asked cautiously holding out some meat towards him.
Juuroumaru only snarled, baring his fangs at her.
'Well gee.' Tenshi stared down at him. 'Will you stop that!' Tenshi leaned down towards his as far as she dared and glared right back at him. 'I'm not afraid of you, you know.' "Probably has something to do with the fact that you can't move but what ever works." Tenshi thought.
Juroumaru growled even louder if that was possible. Tenshi glared back at him and bared her own teeth, which needless to say pissed him off even more. Juuroumaru was struggling hard against his invisible bonds to get at the girl, her actions towards him where making him madder by the second. When he got lose he was going to rip her to shreds, drink her blood.......suddenly Juuroumaru's train of thought was cut short as the girl above him decided that the only way to shut him up was by giving his mouth something else to do.
Tenshi's lips pressed hard onto Juuroumaru's effectively silencing him. Beneath her Juuroumaru had stilled, unsure just what was going on and wondering why this female had her lips pressed against his. He was confused and some what shocked, no one had ever done that before. It didn't hurt, and felt kinda nice.
Tenshi pulled back from the bewildered demon under her. A look of bewilderment, confusion and shock was etched on his face. Apparently no one had ever kissed him before, if he even knew what one was. Tenshi grinned at Juuroumaru and leaned across his chest. 'Liked that did you?'
Juuroumaru just stared up at her as if unsure what to do now. Tenshi tapped him on the nose with her finger. 'I'll get you something to eat, you have to be hungry.' With that Tenshi got up to start the fire and fix dinner. Juuroumaru lay quietly on the futon and watched her go about fixing dinner and the fire.
Sometime by the time dinner was almost ready Yamauba came through the door. Juuroumaru immediately began growling at the intruder.
Yamauba looked a bit started when Juuroumaru started growling. 'So, the beast has awoken has he?'
'Yeah.' Tenshi replied before tapping the butt-end of her stirring spoon on his nose. Juuroumaru ceased growling and a look of surprise crossed his face, turning his head towards the younger female he stared at her in astonishment. Yamauba chuckled. 'I see ye have him trained already.'
'Nah, he just doesn't know about me is all.' Tenshi snickered. 'When I first came in here he was growling really viciously at me, I didn't know how to get him to shut up so I kissed him. You should have seen the look on his face.' Tenshi laughed.
Yamauba looked at the girl in surprise. 'Ye kissed him?'
Tenshi shrugged. 'Yeah, it was the only thing I could think of.'
Yamauba looked over at Juuroumaru who was glancing between the two females, probably trying to understand what they were going on about. 'Hmmm.' Was all she said before they settled in to eat. Juuroumaru eyed his suspiciously before allowing himself to be fed by the younger female. He felt different, not hollow as before. He felt as though he had..... 'stuff' in his body. The soup tasted good, he'd never before had food. He had always been treated cruelly, by whom he couldn't remember but it wasn't by these females. They were nice to him, the younger in particular.
Later that nite after the old witch had gone to bed Tenshi settled in between Juuroumaru and the fire. Saying her goodnight to him Tenshi fell asleep beside the lavender haired demon. And for the rest of the nite Juuroumaru stayed awake staring at the raven haired beauty that lay beside him.
{End}
A/N: Juuroumaru remembers little of what happened. He knows that his formal life was harsh, but can't remember who his cruel master was. However he does remember Naraku's scent.
Japanese:
Taijiya: Youkai (demon) exterminator
A/N: Tenshi's name literally means Guardian Angel. And she's Juuroumaru's. After the witches spell rebuilds his body he'll be able to speak again, but first Tenshi must teach him. And he won't speak that much actually. In general he's not very talkative. Kinda shy actually and aggressive towards strangers. Tenshi is the only one who he will listen to. She's the only one who can control him.
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{Later that evening}
Tenshi sat across from Yamauba eating her soup and staring at the fire. 'Who and what was Kageroumaru?' She asked the old witch.
'Kageroumaru was small, only as tall as someone's ankle and not very long. He had the head of a human but the body of a demon. A smooth body ending in a tail and two pincers in the place of hands. He talked and was the master of Juuroumaru. Juuroumaru himself cannot speak. He is hollow, the spell and herbs placed on him will rebuild his internal body. When he awakens you must teach him to speak.' Yamauba replied.
'What kind of demon was Kageroumaru?' Asked Tenshi.
'Unknow as is Juuroumaru. But Kageroumaru enjoyed eating the insides of others body's. Juuroumaru merely killed.'
'Will he remember anything?' Tenshi asked glancing at the unconscious demon.
'I know not, child.' Yamauba responded.
'Oh.' *A lengthy pause* 'What the heck do I do with him after he's healed?' Tenshi asked still staring at the lavender haired demon.
'You are his caretaker.'
'Yeah, I got that already. What. Do. I. Do. With. Him?' *Points at him*
'You take care of him.' The witch replied before disappearing into her room.
Tenshi watched her go with a look of annoyance on her face. 'I'll take that to mean you don't know.' *sigh* 'Guess I'll just have to figure it out on my own then.'
`Over the course of the next two weeks Tenshi stayed with the 'Mountain Witch' and learn a lot about herbs, spells & demons. There was a small village near where the witch stayed and a few Taijiya in the village taught Tenshi to fight.`
{Two weeks later}
Tenshi walked into the hut of Yamauba, the old witch was still in the village seeing to some sick villagers. Outside the sun's setting colors filled the sky. Tenshi flopped down next to the fire pit and began throwing some twigs in to start the evenings fire when she heard a quiet growling come from the supposed-to-be-unconscious demon. Tenshi looked over at the lavender haired demon and was surprised to find twin emerald green eyes staring back at her.
Tenshi gulped. 'Uh.....hi.'
Juuroumaru's growls only rose in volume and he curled his lip up in a snarl.
'Ok, you are definitely not a happy camper when you wake up.' Tenshi said eyeing the angry demon. 'Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you.'
Juuroumaru's growls only rose higher. She could see that he was trying to move but Yamauba's holding spell was keeping him firmly in place.
'Oh hell, how the bloody hell do you calm down a demon? Ok, their kinda like animals right? So how do you calm down a wounded animal? I had a wounded dog once. Ok, he's more like a wounded wolf than a dog.....but still......' Tenshi looked around for something to bribe him with. Food usually worked with animals. "Food. Where's the food? What would he like?" Tenshi dug around in a sack in the corner and pulled out a few things and returned to the growling demon.
'Ok, think you'll like any of this stuff?' Tenshi asked cautiously holding out some meat towards him.
Juuroumaru only snarled, baring his fangs at her.
'Well gee.' Tenshi stared down at him. 'Will you stop that!' Tenshi leaned down towards his as far as she dared and glared right back at him. 'I'm not afraid of you, you know.' "Probably has something to do with the fact that you can't move but what ever works." Tenshi thought.
Juroumaru growled even louder if that was possible. Tenshi glared back at him and bared her own teeth, which needless to say pissed him off even more. Juuroumaru was struggling hard against his invisible bonds to get at the girl, her actions towards him where making him madder by the second. When he got lose he was going to rip her to shreds, drink her blood.......suddenly Juuroumaru's train of thought was cut short as the girl above him decided that the only way to shut him up was by giving his mouth something else to do.
Tenshi's lips pressed hard onto Juuroumaru's effectively silencing him. Beneath her Juuroumaru had stilled, unsure just what was going on and wondering why this female had her lips pressed against his. He was confused and some what shocked, no one had ever done that before. It didn't hurt, and felt kinda nice.
Tenshi pulled back from the bewildered demon under her. A look of bewilderment, confusion and shock was etched on his face. Apparently no one had ever kissed him before, if he even knew what one was. Tenshi grinned at Juuroumaru and leaned across his chest. 'Liked that did you?'
Juuroumaru just stared up at her as if unsure what to do now. Tenshi tapped him on the nose with her finger. 'I'll get you something to eat, you have to be hungry.' With that Tenshi got up to start the fire and fix dinner. Juuroumaru lay quietly on the futon and watched her go about fixing dinner and the fire.
Sometime by the time dinner was almost ready Yamauba came through the door. Juuroumaru immediately began growling at the intruder.
Yamauba looked a bit started when Juuroumaru started growling. 'So, the beast has awoken has he?'
'Yeah.' Tenshi replied before tapping the butt-end of her stirring spoon on his nose. Juuroumaru ceased growling and a look of surprise crossed his face, turning his head towards the younger female he stared at her in astonishment. Yamauba chuckled. 'I see ye have him trained already.'
'Nah, he just doesn't know about me is all.' Tenshi snickered. 'When I first came in here he was growling really viciously at me, I didn't know how to get him to shut up so I kissed him. You should have seen the look on his face.' Tenshi laughed.
Yamauba looked at the girl in surprise. 'Ye kissed him?'
Tenshi shrugged. 'Yeah, it was the only thing I could think of.'
Yamauba looked over at Juuroumaru who was glancing between the two females, probably trying to understand what they were going on about. 'Hmmm.' Was all she said before they settled in to eat. Juuroumaru eyed his suspiciously before allowing himself to be fed by the younger female. He felt different, not hollow as before. He felt as though he had..... 'stuff' in his body. The soup tasted good, he'd never before had food. He had always been treated cruelly, by whom he couldn't remember but it wasn't by these females. They were nice to him, the younger in particular.
Later that nite after the old witch had gone to bed Tenshi settled in between Juuroumaru and the fire. Saying her goodnight to him Tenshi fell asleep beside the lavender haired demon. And for the rest of the nite Juuroumaru stayed awake staring at the raven haired beauty that lay beside him.
{End}
A/N: Juuroumaru remembers little of what happened. He knows that his formal life was harsh, but can't remember who his cruel master was. However he does remember Naraku's scent.
Japanese:
Taijiya: Youkai (demon) exterminator