A light wind wound its way through the forest as an extremely fast being ran to her friend. 'Ayane! What have you gotten yourself into now?' she cursed as she felt the kitsune's presence grow stronger.
Then she saw her. Stopping before the other female, she picked up several of the weapons that Ayane seemed to be having trouble carrying, "I trust you got the item," she stated simply in a voice as cold as ice.
"Of course I did. Do you really think a bunch of humans would stop me?"
The other remained silent as she began to walk away. Ayane fumed, "What about the information you were supposed to get, Suzuka!? Did you do your part?"
Suzuka turned back to the kitsune, the sunlight that came through the trees illuminating the crimson highlights in her raven colored hair. She narrowed her reddish-black eyes at eyes at the kitsune, just barely before her pointed ears perked up at a small sound.
"Wee need to get out of this forest," she said simply. "More of them are coming."
Ayane's face dropped for a moment, her chance to intimidate Suzuka now lost because of some stupid centipede. "So, where are we headed, Zuka? I could use some food."
"There are many human villages near, why don't you quit bothering me and go eat them?"
"Because," Ayane complained, "humans don't taste nearly as good as fish. And since you can walk on water with your wings and all, you should be the one to get them. I did, after all, get the jewel we need to get the Shikon."
The kitsune's voice dripped with sarcasm as she set her hands on her hips and her ears flattened against her head. "Hey," she yelled to Suzuka's retreating form, "I'm talking to you!"
"But you're not really saying anything." Came the same unemotional reply as always.
Ayane's eye began to twitch, and then she bounded to catch up to Suzuka. "Lighten up a little, will ya'? Jeez. The humans in this area are half starved so they'd be stringy and bony. So, where're we heading?"
For once Suzuka looked at the she-kitsune. "I'll get you fish if you'll shut the hell up. Deal?"
"Fine by me. You still need to answer my question though. Gosh, you're so uptight, just relax once and a while."
"East."
"Huh?"
"We're going east."
"Oh! What's there because I'm-"
"Ayane!"
"Yes?"
"Shut up or you'll be fishing and I don't mean on dry land either."
Ayane mentally cursed Suzuka; the other demoness was such a drone sometimes. The kitsune swore up and down that one day she would teach the pale yet muscular female how to lighten up and have fun once and a while. But, she was hungry and fish sounded so much better than a bunch of starving humans. She didn't know how Suzuka could go for weeks without food, but she never bothered with asking. Suzuka would never tell her or anyone for that matter.
The two strode down the dirt road until dusk, never stopping until they finally reached a canyon with a stream running through it. Suzuka jumped over the edge of the canyon wall and glided down. Ayane bounded down on ledges so small not even a mouse could get a grip.
They landed without disturbing a single stone or leaf. Suzuka set down the weapons she carried with her, then walked from the dry dirt to the flowing stream.
"You're in luck, there are may fish today; the water is clean as well," She called over to the kitsune.
"Yeah, well humans think they own everything. They throw out their nets and catch hundreds of fish, leaving so few for the rest of us. They all deserve to die," Ayane growled starting a fire.
Suzuka slipped off her boots and rolled up her pants legs. When she stepped back onto the water, the instant her skin touched it, the current grew and an invisible net caught several fish. She stayed that way for a moment then walked back onto dry land. As she did so, the current subsided, but on the ground where she stood, grass grew lush and beautiful.
The demoness pulled the fish out of the water and stepped toward the fire Ayane had going. As her skin left where she had once stood, the grass died, and turned into dust once more. Handing the fish to Ayane, she slipped her boots back on and rolled down her pants.
"That should feed us both," she sat and helped to spear the fish. "When we're finished there is a hot spring nearby."
Suddenly, the huge angel wings on Suzuka's back shrank. The black that that faded into red became completely black and then both of them melted into her back, returning to their regular tattoo looking state.
"Show off," Ayane commented, "but tomorrow we'll get to have fun, won't we?"
"I dislike waiting this long. We should eat then simply move on when we finish at the hot springs."
"Yes, that sounds like such fun. Lalala," Ayane sang, holding up the jewel, "it seems like our companion has grown impatient."
Suzuka glared over at Ayane as she sang merrily at her own amusement. "Well, I am a demon breed for a single purpose," she almost growled in a feral voice. The ones that had controlled her life so long ago flashed before her crimson eyes. The past horrors resurfacing for a single moment until she had control of them once more.
"Chaos and destruction."
Ayane tilted her head to one side. "Haha," she giggled merrily, "that's two!"
Then she saw her. Stopping before the other female, she picked up several of the weapons that Ayane seemed to be having trouble carrying, "I trust you got the item," she stated simply in a voice as cold as ice.
"Of course I did. Do you really think a bunch of humans would stop me?"
The other remained silent as she began to walk away. Ayane fumed, "What about the information you were supposed to get, Suzuka!? Did you do your part?"
Suzuka turned back to the kitsune, the sunlight that came through the trees illuminating the crimson highlights in her raven colored hair. She narrowed her reddish-black eyes at eyes at the kitsune, just barely before her pointed ears perked up at a small sound.
"Wee need to get out of this forest," she said simply. "More of them are coming."
Ayane's face dropped for a moment, her chance to intimidate Suzuka now lost because of some stupid centipede. "So, where are we headed, Zuka? I could use some food."
"There are many human villages near, why don't you quit bothering me and go eat them?"
"Because," Ayane complained, "humans don't taste nearly as good as fish. And since you can walk on water with your wings and all, you should be the one to get them. I did, after all, get the jewel we need to get the Shikon."
The kitsune's voice dripped with sarcasm as she set her hands on her hips and her ears flattened against her head. "Hey," she yelled to Suzuka's retreating form, "I'm talking to you!"
"But you're not really saying anything." Came the same unemotional reply as always.
Ayane's eye began to twitch, and then she bounded to catch up to Suzuka. "Lighten up a little, will ya'? Jeez. The humans in this area are half starved so they'd be stringy and bony. So, where're we heading?"
For once Suzuka looked at the she-kitsune. "I'll get you fish if you'll shut the hell up. Deal?"
"Fine by me. You still need to answer my question though. Gosh, you're so uptight, just relax once and a while."
"East."
"Huh?"
"We're going east."
"Oh! What's there because I'm-"
"Ayane!"
"Yes?"
"Shut up or you'll be fishing and I don't mean on dry land either."
Ayane mentally cursed Suzuka; the other demoness was such a drone sometimes. The kitsune swore up and down that one day she would teach the pale yet muscular female how to lighten up and have fun once and a while. But, she was hungry and fish sounded so much better than a bunch of starving humans. She didn't know how Suzuka could go for weeks without food, but she never bothered with asking. Suzuka would never tell her or anyone for that matter.
The two strode down the dirt road until dusk, never stopping until they finally reached a canyon with a stream running through it. Suzuka jumped over the edge of the canyon wall and glided down. Ayane bounded down on ledges so small not even a mouse could get a grip.
They landed without disturbing a single stone or leaf. Suzuka set down the weapons she carried with her, then walked from the dry dirt to the flowing stream.
"You're in luck, there are may fish today; the water is clean as well," She called over to the kitsune.
"Yeah, well humans think they own everything. They throw out their nets and catch hundreds of fish, leaving so few for the rest of us. They all deserve to die," Ayane growled starting a fire.
Suzuka slipped off her boots and rolled up her pants legs. When she stepped back onto the water, the instant her skin touched it, the current grew and an invisible net caught several fish. She stayed that way for a moment then walked back onto dry land. As she did so, the current subsided, but on the ground where she stood, grass grew lush and beautiful.
The demoness pulled the fish out of the water and stepped toward the fire Ayane had going. As her skin left where she had once stood, the grass died, and turned into dust once more. Handing the fish to Ayane, she slipped her boots back on and rolled down her pants.
"That should feed us both," she sat and helped to spear the fish. "When we're finished there is a hot spring nearby."
Suddenly, the huge angel wings on Suzuka's back shrank. The black that that faded into red became completely black and then both of them melted into her back, returning to their regular tattoo looking state.
"Show off," Ayane commented, "but tomorrow we'll get to have fun, won't we?"
"I dislike waiting this long. We should eat then simply move on when we finish at the hot springs."
"Yes, that sounds like such fun. Lalala," Ayane sang, holding up the jewel, "it seems like our companion has grown impatient."
Suzuka glared over at Ayane as she sang merrily at her own amusement. "Well, I am a demon breed for a single purpose," she almost growled in a feral voice. The ones that had controlled her life so long ago flashed before her crimson eyes. The past horrors resurfacing for a single moment until she had control of them once more.
"Chaos and destruction."
Ayane tilted her head to one side. "Haha," she giggled merrily, "that's two!"