"What the hell was that for?!" he screamed at Kira, bending down in front of her. "Who are you? I don't even know you and you attack me?!" It was then Kira noticed all the other wolf demons around this one. Apparently he was there leader.
They looked at the pair, one screaming, and one crying, totally confused and lost. One was brave enough to ask what happened, for their backs were turned at the time of the offence, but the leader just snapped back for him to shut up. He kept rubbing his stinging cheek and then looked harder at the girl. Earlier he had just yelled, now he actually looked at the one he had been yelling at. She was a young girl, obviously demon with very long black hair and the ears and tail of a wolf. Her claws were very long and he marveled at how she kept from scratching her face. He kneeled down in front of her and gently lifted her face to stare at his. Her eyes were a dark deep blue that made him feel uncomfortable looking at. He barked out for his troops to leave them for a while and Kira watched them slowly leave without protest.
He turned to her, "you look familiar to me, but what gave you the right to hit me like that?" he was much calmer now and though his face still stung, he resisted the urge to rub it. How did she manage to sneak up on me without my noticing... he looked up from his thoughts when she answered in a barely audible whisper. "You ruined my life."
He jumped, "What? How could I have ruined your life? I don't even know you!"
Kira was ready with a response, "you said I looked familiar right? I am the one you pushed."
The wolf demon's face went into that of total shock. "W-what did you say?" he stammered.
"I said you're the one who pushed me! You ruined my life! You made me fall and I disappeared and you never tried to find someone to help me!" Kira burst into a fresh new wave of tears as the demon plopped down, astounded and ashamed.
He remembered that day very clearly. It was always on his conscious but he had never expected to have to answer for it! He decided she wasn't lying either. She did look familiar and the tears and sadness were definitely real. He ventured quietly, "I'm sorry. I was scared. I didn't understand what had happened. I pushed you teasing but then you fell and I grabbed your hand but you slipped. I planned to pull you out from the bottom but there was a flash of light and you were gone! I panicked and didn't know what to do!" he looked at his feet. "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
Kira looked up at him and he jumped away as her eyes flashed bright red. "Yeah! You can go back in time and keep me from falling! Then I wouldn't have had to live with a human family hundreds of years in the future! And I wouldn't have forgotten who my family was! And my brother would still have his left arm!" her tears were gone, but in their place came a fierce anger. She pulled her legs up to her chest and hid her face in her knees as the demon looked at her in shock. She had changed from a whimpering wreck into a hot-tempered demon in an instant!
He almost ran away but decided against it and came closer to her. He grabbed her arms and pulled her up so she was standing in front of him. Then he spoke, "I am so sorry. If I could go back in time I wouldn't hesitate but there's no way for me to do so. If you find a way I will gladly go back though." He paused. "My name is Kouga. What's yours?"
Kira stopped and looked up at him. Her eyes were and icy blue as she regard him standing before her. She looked into his eyes and sensed that he was truly sorry. "M-my name is Kira." She said finally. "But why would you come and shove me if you didn't even know my name?"
Embarrassed, Kouga answered. "Well, I liked you but I didn't know how to approach you and that's all I could come up with..."
Kira looked at him in wonder. She had expected a far better excuse than this, but at least he was being honest. "Well, you need to come with me anyway. My brother deserves to know who it was that lost me for so long."
Kouga agreed and they started off. "So," he asked hesitantly, "How'd did you get back?"
"My brother came through that well and found me. He explained to me who I was and transformed me back into a demon-"
"Back into a demon?" Kouga interrupted.
"Yes, somehow when I went through I became a human and was born into a human family. They raised me thinking I was truly theirs and made me think so too. When he came he brought with him some of my lost memories and I traveled back here with him to find the rest. As I remembered more things I transformed back into my true self."
"I see," replied Kouga and they walked on quietly again, Kouga growing ever nervous about Kira's brother. If she's that strong, I wonder how bad her brother will be! He thought. He seriously thought about running away several times but felt he owed it to her to go all the way. He was about to drive himself crazy with indecision when Kira told him to stay there while she went to get the others. Kouga seriously would've ran away but for the fact she added after, "you know that even if you do run I could easily track you down again." That got him to stay put and wait. Better to obey and lessen the anger... he thought.
Meanwhile, Kira had gone the remainder of the way and was telling Inuyasha. "I found the one who shoved me through the well. That's how I was lost. I was sitting on the edge of the well and he came and shoved me in my back causing me to fall." She continued quickly before he burst. "Don't attack him though because he tried to catch me! He grabbed my arm but couldn't hang on and he just told me the only reason he pushed me in the first place was because he liked me and didn't know of another way to get me to talk to him."
"Well, I think it's time I met this one." Said Inuyasha, cracking his knuckles. "Don't attack him!" said Kira, flinching at the popping joints. "I've already punched him full in the face."
Inuyasha stared at her and she faltered. "Well, he's the cause of it all and I knew it was him because it was his scent so I just kinda charged..." She looked at the ground but then recovered. "Well, let's go." She started off and noticed everyone following her but decided it didn't matter. They'd wait to see what Inuyasha did first anyway. When they were almost there Kira made them wait while she went to get Kouga.
When she came back with Kouga walking nervously behind her Inuyasha burst. "It's you! What is your problem! Why do you have to get involved with every girl I know?! And this is my sister! Keep away from her!" Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga and placed himself in between Kira and Kouga as Kouga stared in shock at who the brother was.
He recovered and said, "Wow! It's just you? When she hit me I was afraid that her brother would be twice as strong, but you're twice as weak!"
"Just me?! Why you!" Inuyasha began to charge but Kira grabbed the back of his shirt and tried to hold him back but in his effort to get to Kouga he began pulling her with him. "Let go! I'm gonna kill him!"
They looked at the pair, one screaming, and one crying, totally confused and lost. One was brave enough to ask what happened, for their backs were turned at the time of the offence, but the leader just snapped back for him to shut up. He kept rubbing his stinging cheek and then looked harder at the girl. Earlier he had just yelled, now he actually looked at the one he had been yelling at. She was a young girl, obviously demon with very long black hair and the ears and tail of a wolf. Her claws were very long and he marveled at how she kept from scratching her face. He kneeled down in front of her and gently lifted her face to stare at his. Her eyes were a dark deep blue that made him feel uncomfortable looking at. He barked out for his troops to leave them for a while and Kira watched them slowly leave without protest.
He turned to her, "you look familiar to me, but what gave you the right to hit me like that?" he was much calmer now and though his face still stung, he resisted the urge to rub it. How did she manage to sneak up on me without my noticing... he looked up from his thoughts when she answered in a barely audible whisper. "You ruined my life."
He jumped, "What? How could I have ruined your life? I don't even know you!"
Kira was ready with a response, "you said I looked familiar right? I am the one you pushed."
The wolf demon's face went into that of total shock. "W-what did you say?" he stammered.
"I said you're the one who pushed me! You ruined my life! You made me fall and I disappeared and you never tried to find someone to help me!" Kira burst into a fresh new wave of tears as the demon plopped down, astounded and ashamed.
He remembered that day very clearly. It was always on his conscious but he had never expected to have to answer for it! He decided she wasn't lying either. She did look familiar and the tears and sadness were definitely real. He ventured quietly, "I'm sorry. I was scared. I didn't understand what had happened. I pushed you teasing but then you fell and I grabbed your hand but you slipped. I planned to pull you out from the bottom but there was a flash of light and you were gone! I panicked and didn't know what to do!" he looked at his feet. "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
Kira looked up at him and he jumped away as her eyes flashed bright red. "Yeah! You can go back in time and keep me from falling! Then I wouldn't have had to live with a human family hundreds of years in the future! And I wouldn't have forgotten who my family was! And my brother would still have his left arm!" her tears were gone, but in their place came a fierce anger. She pulled her legs up to her chest and hid her face in her knees as the demon looked at her in shock. She had changed from a whimpering wreck into a hot-tempered demon in an instant!
He almost ran away but decided against it and came closer to her. He grabbed her arms and pulled her up so she was standing in front of him. Then he spoke, "I am so sorry. If I could go back in time I wouldn't hesitate but there's no way for me to do so. If you find a way I will gladly go back though." He paused. "My name is Kouga. What's yours?"
Kira stopped and looked up at him. Her eyes were and icy blue as she regard him standing before her. She looked into his eyes and sensed that he was truly sorry. "M-my name is Kira." She said finally. "But why would you come and shove me if you didn't even know my name?"
Embarrassed, Kouga answered. "Well, I liked you but I didn't know how to approach you and that's all I could come up with..."
Kira looked at him in wonder. She had expected a far better excuse than this, but at least he was being honest. "Well, you need to come with me anyway. My brother deserves to know who it was that lost me for so long."
Kouga agreed and they started off. "So," he asked hesitantly, "How'd did you get back?"
"My brother came through that well and found me. He explained to me who I was and transformed me back into a demon-"
"Back into a demon?" Kouga interrupted.
"Yes, somehow when I went through I became a human and was born into a human family. They raised me thinking I was truly theirs and made me think so too. When he came he brought with him some of my lost memories and I traveled back here with him to find the rest. As I remembered more things I transformed back into my true self."
"I see," replied Kouga and they walked on quietly again, Kouga growing ever nervous about Kira's brother. If she's that strong, I wonder how bad her brother will be! He thought. He seriously thought about running away several times but felt he owed it to her to go all the way. He was about to drive himself crazy with indecision when Kira told him to stay there while she went to get the others. Kouga seriously would've ran away but for the fact she added after, "you know that even if you do run I could easily track you down again." That got him to stay put and wait. Better to obey and lessen the anger... he thought.
Meanwhile, Kira had gone the remainder of the way and was telling Inuyasha. "I found the one who shoved me through the well. That's how I was lost. I was sitting on the edge of the well and he came and shoved me in my back causing me to fall." She continued quickly before he burst. "Don't attack him though because he tried to catch me! He grabbed my arm but couldn't hang on and he just told me the only reason he pushed me in the first place was because he liked me and didn't know of another way to get me to talk to him."
"Well, I think it's time I met this one." Said Inuyasha, cracking his knuckles. "Don't attack him!" said Kira, flinching at the popping joints. "I've already punched him full in the face."
Inuyasha stared at her and she faltered. "Well, he's the cause of it all and I knew it was him because it was his scent so I just kinda charged..." She looked at the ground but then recovered. "Well, let's go." She started off and noticed everyone following her but decided it didn't matter. They'd wait to see what Inuyasha did first anyway. When they were almost there Kira made them wait while she went to get Kouga.
When she came back with Kouga walking nervously behind her Inuyasha burst. "It's you! What is your problem! Why do you have to get involved with every girl I know?! And this is my sister! Keep away from her!" Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga and placed himself in between Kira and Kouga as Kouga stared in shock at who the brother was.
He recovered and said, "Wow! It's just you? When she hit me I was afraid that her brother would be twice as strong, but you're twice as weak!"
"Just me?! Why you!" Inuyasha began to charge but Kira grabbed the back of his shirt and tried to hold him back but in his effort to get to Kouga he began pulling her with him. "Let go! I'm gonna kill him!"