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Enchained: You'll really like this one. Chappie 9. Joy!
-=-=-=-9. Roses Before Dawn -=-=-=-
Hreru had walked far. The smell of the humans would help him find his way back. Now that he was alone with his thoughts, Hreru stopped right where he was.
There was one thing that had been bothering him since they found that hut. That only hut standing there while fire died around it. It was definitely something odd and it made him feel uncomfortable. What if his father was still around?
"It must be bait." Hreru said to himself. "Whoever it is waiting for us, they must have left that one home knowing that we would take it." He leaned against a tree. "But who would want to kill us?"
Something snapped in the forest. Hreru's eyes shifted as he searched the darkness. "Who's there?"
A familiar scent sprung from the shadows. Sweet vanilla.
'The woman.' He grinned, arching an eyebrow. "Come out, Solice."
Solice emerged, clad in a dark blue kimono tightly fit to her smooth curves. Her beautiful dark hair was tied back in a ponytail. "Hreru. I've come back for you." She said calmly.
"Didn't have enough last time?" Hreru smirked, arching his fingers until they popped.
"I'll kill you this time." She brought from behind her back two small hand scythes, the blades curving around the side of her hand.
"What makes you so sure?" He slid Kassatsu slowly from it's sheath, moonlight dancing off the blade. "I beat you the first time with such little effort."
"I've trained." Solice positioned her scythes to her sides.
"Let's see." Hreru bolted forward, silently slicing the air with Kassatsu as it came down. The Assassin crossed her weapons, catching the sword between their blades. "A few new tricks." Hreru grinned, staring into her bright rosey eyes.
Hreru backed away quickly, waving his sword behind him and coming at her again. Instead of going directly at her, he faked and sweeped asside merely missing her swift blades. Solice spun around and caught Kassatsu once again.
Solice attacked this time, she leaped forward with her weapons almost slicing his cloak. Hreru gently smacked her in the back causing her to fall to her knees. He then grabbed her shoulder and the blade of Kassatsu was at her neck.
"Fun isn't it?" Hreru chuckled and kneed her in the back playfully. Solice swung after landing, nicking Hreru's hand. He had her wrist after that, dropping Kassatsu, Hreru clenched tightly to both of Solice's wrists before she dropped her scythes.
"You're not doing this again!" Solice grunted and pushed Hreru backwards to the ground. He rolled them both over and pinned her down.
"Listen to me! I didn't slaughter your village, you idiot!" He tried to talk some sense into her, but Solice shook her head madly. Hreru let her go and stood up, watching her struggle to her feet.
"Stop it!" She screamed at him.
"Stop what?"
"Just... just stop! Stop being like that! Why can't you fight back like other demons do!? You know that I'll block what you attack me with!"
"That's not true. I'm surprised." Hreru lied.
"No! Just stop!" She began to cry. "You- God! I can't kill you!" Solice grabbed onto his cloak. "Why can't I kill you!?"
Hreru was staring at her.
"Stop looking at me like that!" She punched his shoulder and buried her face in his chest. "Why can't I?..." Her talking turned to weeping murmurs.
"Solice." Hreru whispered.
She slid down his side, clenching to his pant leg as she sat. "Kill me. Just kill me. I can't even avenge my own village. There's no reason for me to live now..." Solice sniffled.
"I can't do that." He watched her, emotionless. There was this strange feeling growing inside him. He had never felt it before. A feeling so warm it made him sick to his stomach.
"Why can't you!?" She glared at him. "This is the least you could do. Kill me. Use your sword. Please!" Solice tugged at his pants.
Hreru stepped back from her grasp. "No." Never in his life had he seen someone act this way.
"You could do it before, demon." She cried, but then she stared at him, her eyes locked on his. "Wait... You couldn't have done it." She staggered to her feet and placed her soft hands on his cheeks. Her face so close to his.
Hreru's eyes grew wide. "Wha- what are you doing!?"
"You couldn't have killed my village, Hreru. It was there the entire time. I can't believe I didn't see it before." She was peering deep into his eyes. "Someone with eyes like that could never have done such a horrible thing." Solice smiled warmly, her eyes sparkling. "They're so pure and gentle. So blue like the moon. Heavenly."
There were thousands of emotions rushing through him right now, panic being the strongest. He had no idea what to do. A part of him wanted to be there, the other wanted to hide in the shadows until this went away, but Hreru remained exactly where he was, torn between the two choices.
Her smell filled his nose as she drew nearer, staring into his eyes with the roses that were hers. She was absolutely beautiful this close. Hreru had never seen it.
"Solice. Um..." He felt his cheeks flush in embarrassment. A violent Wolf Demon reduced to a pup and she was practically petting him! How degrading... "You mind?"
"Oh!" Her expression was broken. She hadn't realized it, but she was blushing as well. Quickly taking her hands from his face and hiding them behind her back, Solice looked like she had just woken up from a wonderful dream.
She looked at him smiling. "Sorry. I don't know what came over me."
The Wolf Demon contined to stare at her, not knowing what to say after being that close.
"I better go." Solice picked up her scythes and glanced back at Hreru. "Let's just keep this between us, ok?"
Hreru nodded.
"Good!" She giggled and vanished into the night.
Hreru was still shocked by what had happened. The he realized that it was almost day-break. He sheathed Kassatsu and hurried back.
"Where in the hell have you been!?" Inuyasha yelled at him grumpily as Hreru appeared from the forest.
"I've been where I went." Hreru smirked and went inside.
"Fine! Go to sleep! Don't let the bedbugs bite, asshole. I don't wanna have to save you from 'em."
"Piss off, Inuyasha." Hreru replied.
"Feh!" Inuyasha stayed quiet after that, with the exception of a few mumbles, and Hreru was back in his spot with Shippou curled up on his lap, willing to catch a few winks before the sun came up.
He dreamed again. Of someone with rose-tinted eyes.
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Enchained: I bet you thought Solice was going to kiss him didn't you? Well, there's gotta be at least a little romance in this story. Review please!
Enchained: You'll really like this one. Chappie 9. Joy!
-=-=-=-9. Roses Before Dawn -=-=-=-
Hreru had walked far. The smell of the humans would help him find his way back. Now that he was alone with his thoughts, Hreru stopped right where he was.
There was one thing that had been bothering him since they found that hut. That only hut standing there while fire died around it. It was definitely something odd and it made him feel uncomfortable. What if his father was still around?
"It must be bait." Hreru said to himself. "Whoever it is waiting for us, they must have left that one home knowing that we would take it." He leaned against a tree. "But who would want to kill us?"
Something snapped in the forest. Hreru's eyes shifted as he searched the darkness. "Who's there?"
A familiar scent sprung from the shadows. Sweet vanilla.
'The woman.' He grinned, arching an eyebrow. "Come out, Solice."
Solice emerged, clad in a dark blue kimono tightly fit to her smooth curves. Her beautiful dark hair was tied back in a ponytail. "Hreru. I've come back for you." She said calmly.
"Didn't have enough last time?" Hreru smirked, arching his fingers until they popped.
"I'll kill you this time." She brought from behind her back two small hand scythes, the blades curving around the side of her hand.
"What makes you so sure?" He slid Kassatsu slowly from it's sheath, moonlight dancing off the blade. "I beat you the first time with such little effort."
"I've trained." Solice positioned her scythes to her sides.
"Let's see." Hreru bolted forward, silently slicing the air with Kassatsu as it came down. The Assassin crossed her weapons, catching the sword between their blades. "A few new tricks." Hreru grinned, staring into her bright rosey eyes.
Hreru backed away quickly, waving his sword behind him and coming at her again. Instead of going directly at her, he faked and sweeped asside merely missing her swift blades. Solice spun around and caught Kassatsu once again.
Solice attacked this time, she leaped forward with her weapons almost slicing his cloak. Hreru gently smacked her in the back causing her to fall to her knees. He then grabbed her shoulder and the blade of Kassatsu was at her neck.
"Fun isn't it?" Hreru chuckled and kneed her in the back playfully. Solice swung after landing, nicking Hreru's hand. He had her wrist after that, dropping Kassatsu, Hreru clenched tightly to both of Solice's wrists before she dropped her scythes.
"You're not doing this again!" Solice grunted and pushed Hreru backwards to the ground. He rolled them both over and pinned her down.
"Listen to me! I didn't slaughter your village, you idiot!" He tried to talk some sense into her, but Solice shook her head madly. Hreru let her go and stood up, watching her struggle to her feet.
"Stop it!" She screamed at him.
"Stop what?"
"Just... just stop! Stop being like that! Why can't you fight back like other demons do!? You know that I'll block what you attack me with!"
"That's not true. I'm surprised." Hreru lied.
"No! Just stop!" She began to cry. "You- God! I can't kill you!" Solice grabbed onto his cloak. "Why can't I kill you!?"
Hreru was staring at her.
"Stop looking at me like that!" She punched his shoulder and buried her face in his chest. "Why can't I?..." Her talking turned to weeping murmurs.
"Solice." Hreru whispered.
She slid down his side, clenching to his pant leg as she sat. "Kill me. Just kill me. I can't even avenge my own village. There's no reason for me to live now..." Solice sniffled.
"I can't do that." He watched her, emotionless. There was this strange feeling growing inside him. He had never felt it before. A feeling so warm it made him sick to his stomach.
"Why can't you!?" She glared at him. "This is the least you could do. Kill me. Use your sword. Please!" Solice tugged at his pants.
Hreru stepped back from her grasp. "No." Never in his life had he seen someone act this way.
"You could do it before, demon." She cried, but then she stared at him, her eyes locked on his. "Wait... You couldn't have done it." She staggered to her feet and placed her soft hands on his cheeks. Her face so close to his.
Hreru's eyes grew wide. "Wha- what are you doing!?"
"You couldn't have killed my village, Hreru. It was there the entire time. I can't believe I didn't see it before." She was peering deep into his eyes. "Someone with eyes like that could never have done such a horrible thing." Solice smiled warmly, her eyes sparkling. "They're so pure and gentle. So blue like the moon. Heavenly."
There were thousands of emotions rushing through him right now, panic being the strongest. He had no idea what to do. A part of him wanted to be there, the other wanted to hide in the shadows until this went away, but Hreru remained exactly where he was, torn between the two choices.
Her smell filled his nose as she drew nearer, staring into his eyes with the roses that were hers. She was absolutely beautiful this close. Hreru had never seen it.
"Solice. Um..." He felt his cheeks flush in embarrassment. A violent Wolf Demon reduced to a pup and she was practically petting him! How degrading... "You mind?"
"Oh!" Her expression was broken. She hadn't realized it, but she was blushing as well. Quickly taking her hands from his face and hiding them behind her back, Solice looked like she had just woken up from a wonderful dream.
She looked at him smiling. "Sorry. I don't know what came over me."
The Wolf Demon contined to stare at her, not knowing what to say after being that close.
"I better go." Solice picked up her scythes and glanced back at Hreru. "Let's just keep this between us, ok?"
Hreru nodded.
"Good!" She giggled and vanished into the night.
Hreru was still shocked by what had happened. The he realized that it was almost day-break. He sheathed Kassatsu and hurried back.
"Where in the hell have you been!?" Inuyasha yelled at him grumpily as Hreru appeared from the forest.
"I've been where I went." Hreru smirked and went inside.
"Fine! Go to sleep! Don't let the bedbugs bite, asshole. I don't wanna have to save you from 'em."
"Piss off, Inuyasha." Hreru replied.
"Feh!" Inuyasha stayed quiet after that, with the exception of a few mumbles, and Hreru was back in his spot with Shippou curled up on his lap, willing to catch a few winks before the sun came up.
He dreamed again. Of someone with rose-tinted eyes.
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Enchained: I bet you thought Solice was going to kiss him didn't you? Well, there's gotta be at least a little romance in this story. Review please!