Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha.. Though I do technically own Inuronin and Kaiya..
AN - Chapter 9 is here for your enjoyment… Though this chapter is a bit darker than most previous… I'm really not sure how defines ratings, so I'm not sure if FGT's rating should be upped to 'R'.. If anyone reads this chapter, and thinks it should, please let me know (or after reading any chapter for that matter)…
Hm.. Also changed this chapter's title at the last minute - the previous one wouldn't have made sense for what I fitted into Chapter 9, so it will have to come later… possibly… o.O;
Fate Gave Three
By Areine
Chapter 9: The Hopeless Deaths
Inuronin lifted a hand, hovering it near his cheek in the silence that followed Kaiya's choice of action. She had just slapped him. This girl had slapped him. He stared into the space above her head while the girl just choked on a sob and brought her hand to her face before turning to run away.
That brought him back to his senses.
His golden eyes focused in on her while a snarl left his lips, his hand snatching out to latch onto her wrist.
"Hold on a second!" He barked out.
Kaiya jerked on her arm, "Let go of me!" Like that ever got you anywhere.
"What the hell? You just slapped me!"
She glared up at him, no longer trying to pull from his grip, "So what? You've done a lot of mean stuff to me too!"
"Well don't fucking run from me! You don't just do that!" His molten eyes bore into hers, his grip on her wrist still not lessening its power.
"You ignore me all the time! Don't talk this is all my fault!" The girl argued back with him, cheeks tinting red in her anger.
"Well who was that boy anyway? Was he the reason you didn't come back?" He growled, fangs bared back.
"Who- what?" She blinked up at him, "You mean Taro?"
"Oh, is that the bastard's name? So what, is little 'Taro' your beloved or something?" The hanyou sneered.
A blush crept up on Kaiya's cheeks, "Be- beloved? Taro is my brother!" She paused, raising her fingers to brush the skin around her right eye gently, "Plus… It's Yukio who's my boyfriend…"
"And what the hell does that mean?"
Kaiya looked up into Inuronin's face, lips set in a thin line with how frustrated she was with him. "It means we both like each other, and we spend time together… It means we're… more than friends, but not going too far…"
"What, so you wear something that short for your 'boyfriend'?" Inuronin snorted in disgust, motioning to her skirt.
"Gah! YOU ARE IMPOSSIBLE!" She raged, jerking her arm out of his grip after he seemed to forget about his hold on it.
"And what the hell are you so bitchy about?!" He retorted angrily, eyes flashing.
"YOU, idiot! Don't you realize I have a life besides being stuck back here with you in some fairy tale world?!" She cried out.
The hanyou's eyes calmed and all emotion left his face. The two ears perched aboard his cranium slackened their stiff posture as her words sank in.
For a moment, in Kaiya's eyes, the boy looked hurt.
Well, that ended quickly enough as he sneered again, but she was too mad to care at the moment anyway. She turned sharply on her heel and walked out of the clearing where just some time before she had killed a giant youkai. How interesting that she could blow up a giant spider but not Inuronin… Not that she actually wanted to blow Inuronin up or anything…
She paused in her walk and slumped down to the ground on a small hill. The girl brought her hand to her forehead as she took deep breathes, regaining her calm from her argument with Inuronin just moments before. Kaiya felt like she didn't understand anything anymore, and everything was happening way too fast for her.
Why did it feel so hopelessly impossible to ever become friends with Inuronin? Every time she was with him it seemed like they argued, or she ended up crying- or just something along those lines. As she sat still, pitying herself for getting into this mess, she questioned how her relationship with Inuronin was any different than hers and Yukio's, and he was supposed to be her boyfriend. When she was with Yukio she worried about covering up bruises, getting involved with gangs, and who would want to think of what else… 'Oh come on! Yukio is your boyfriend… It's not like you would rather spend time with Inuronin than with Yukio.'
She paused, touching the bruises along her right eye tenderly. 'At least Inuronin doesn't hurt me so much… physically at least.' She sighed, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear slowly, 'But what's to say he won't with the way you keep arguing with him? And- and you slapped him!' She let out a groan. How could she face him again? She shook her head to herself, better not think about that.
Leaning her head back she let the sun bathe her face as she relaxed her body. There were so many things that went on that didn't make sense. 'Like the time Inuronin's father showed up..' Her eyes shut as she remembered that time. What she didn't get was how, somehow, she had sensed that they were never actually in a forest when they had been traveling. That wouldn't have fit with the fact that it had been cold out there… It was like a mirage someone had made, just so they would think they were heading in the right direction… But why would anyone do that? Why would someone cover up the land with illusion, to send them into that Youkai Lord's territory?
Kaiya sighed, more puzzled than ever. Lifting her right hand she fingered the Shikon shard around her neck idly. That was another thing. If the Shikon no Tama was so powerful, why didn't anyone come after her shard? If what Inuronin had said was true, than Naraku had purposefully chipped this piece off of the jewel, but why hadn't he come back for it? Wouldn't having the full jewel be more powerful than a broken one?
Her thoughts were disrupted by a soft spot of pale yellow at the side of her range of vision. Turning quickly she looked down to find a small, kitten-like animal near her feet. The cat was so small it would easily fit in her hand, but there were some odd things about it. Well, really only one odd thing, and that was it had more than one tail and red eyes.
'But it's adorably cute..' Kaiya reasoned to herself, extending a hand quietly to let it sniff at her. 'And the way it looks at me… I think I'm going crazy, but I feel like it knows me somehow already. This land is pretty weird already…'
The kitten sniffed at her hand for a bit, studying her face the whole time. After some moments it seemed to come to a conclusion about something, and mewed gently to her. Padding forward it brushed its cheek against Kaiya's leg, a soft thrumming coming from its chest. Its fur was surprisingly soft, like alpaca wool, but with a silky tendency. She couldn't help it as a soft smile touched her lips. The kit's wheat-colored fur was tipped with black points, and while the animal's eyes were red she wasn't afraid.
'I wonder if this is another type of youkai… I should probably be more cautious- but still, I feel like inside I know it wouldn't do anything…'
Suddenly, the kit's eyes traveled somewhere past Kaiya's head, its fur standing on end as a growling vibration traveled through its body. The teenager turned her head around, but saw nothing. Nerves on end, she stood slowly, looking off in the direction the kit did.
"What is it?" She asked softly, looking back down to the kitten.
A chilling breeze blew through the area, sending shivers up Kaiya's spine. Shaking it off the girl turned in the direction she knew Ami's village was in.
"I shouldn't stay out here…" She murmured to herself. Looking down in hopes of taking the kit with her she was surprised to find it had disappeared. She sighed, slightly downhearted that it had run off. 'I suppose it can take care of itself… Maybe it has a family somewhere.'
After waiting a few more moments to see if it would come back, and then seeing it wasn't, Kaiya walked off.
"Ami?" Kaiya called, pushing the rice paper door to the miko's home the side some so she could peek her head in.
"Kaiya, child? What are you doing here?"
The girl jumped and turned around, finding the elderly woman to be standing right behind her.
"Oh… um… well, that's sort of what I wanted to talk to you about."
Ami arched an eyebrow, blue eyes focused on Kaiya as she nodded. "Go in, let us sit while we talk."
When they were both settled sitting across from one another Ami folded her hands into her lap, "What is it, child? I must say I am surprised to see you back so soon."
For some reason which Kaiya was not sure of, a blush rose up through her cheeks, "Uh… It turns out Inuronin can travel to my world through the well."
"Ah - I expected that to be the case." Ami nodded sagely.
Kaiya just blanched. "Eh? But… I mean," she poked the ends of her two pointer fingers together, nervousness wracking through her body, "I thought you said that someone would need the power of a Shikon shard to travel through the well?"
"The well is… complicated. It was also in the past, that the hanyou Inuyasha was able to travel through the well without using the power of a shard, but that Kagome needed it. I really cannot say exactly the boundaries of traveling through the well, so I don't know if I can help you understand it further. Perhaps the more we time we spend using it the more we can learn."
"But… how am I ever supposed to spend time at home if Inuronin can just travel through the well and pluck me off anytime he wants? I mean, what did Kagome do?" Kaiya paused, "Didn't you say before that you remember some of the arguments they had?"
Ami closed her eyes for a moment, "You must remember, child, that many of these conversations we had in the past I was still under control of a youkai."
"Oh, of course…" Kaiya sighed, "So, you really don't know?"
She shook her head, azure eyes opening once more. "I do not remember much of their talk between one another, but many ended because of a certain magical necklace the hanyou Inuyasha wore."
"A magical necklace?" Kaiya raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, I believe when they first met, and Kagome was in possession of the Shikon no Tama, Inuyasha attacked her to take it. However, the priestess of the village at that time, Kaede, was able to magically string a rosary around his neck. The next word of subduing Kagome spoke to the hanyou was able to throw him to the ground and stun him for a few moments."
"What was the subduing word she used?" She pondered.
"Osuwari." (an1)
Kaiya paused for a moment before giggling, "And she was able to get home just by saying that?"
"Yes, I believe she was." Ami confirmed.
Silence ensued for a few moments as Kaiya remained in thought before coming to a decision.
"Ami… Do you think… Would you be able to get one of those rosaries on Inuronin? And then my command could be something like… 'Let me go home'?" She questioned.
The elder chuckled, "I could, perhaps, if you feel you need it this badly. However, if I did, it would be a permanent thing. He would never be able to take it off except by an outside force using very strong magic..."
"Oh… I didn't know… I suppose I could see how it goes a bit longer…" She admitted.
Ami nodded, "I think that would be best.."
Kaiya lifted a hand to her mouth as she yawned and continued following after Inuronin, who was just some paces ahead of her. They were off to find this 'Myouga' person, while this time Kaiya had stubbornly insisted on not bringing a horse. 'Not after Ken died…' She reminded herself.
Conversation, as usual, had been limited between the two, but this time Kaiya was not trying to push it. Better silence than yelling, she had decided first thing. 'Especially not after you slapped him… You just had to slap a half-youkai..?' She groaned inwardly.
The Tetsusaiga was once again tied to her waist, and she couldn't help but feel like a luggage carrier to the boy in front of her. Ami had supplied her with bow and arrows, but she was quite nervous to wondering if she would ever actually need to use them, would she even be able to hit anything? She had never really used them before, and Ami's instruction in them had been very quick…
Lifting her hand again she yawned once more, only to bump straight into Inuronin. Accidentally bumping the bruises beneath her right eye she yelped in pain as he furrowed his brow. For some reason he had stopped walking and was now looking down at her.
"What's wrong with your eye?" He questioned, golden eyes framed with white hair really the only thing she could make out in the dark.
She shifted her gaze to meet his, eyes widening slightly to be reminded once more of the boy's father. 'In this light… he looks so much like him… except for those markings on his father's face…' Her gaze traveled up to his ears, 'And those, of course.'
She whipped her head away as she felt Inuronin press a finger underneath her sore eye.
"Don't do that!" She snapped, wincing her eye shut at the pain.
"What the hell? What's on your skin?" The hanyou barked straight back.
She looked over to him to see that he had wiped some of her make-up off her of bruises. "It's called concealer you jerk!"
He looked back at her with a retort on his tongue, but held it back, studying the now dark-patch under her eye. "What the fuck? You covered up bruises with this crap?"
"That's none of your business…" She hissed.
"Well when the hell did your eye get all busted up?!"
"I said that's none of your business!"
She turned to continue walking the way they had been going until that point, but Inuronin grabbed her arm, "Who hurt you, Kaiya?"
She looked back to him, ready to argue again, but stopped. He looked so regal, standing there, golden eyes looking down into her own, and his tone was serious for once. She almost told him, just because he looked so serious, but a great wind suddenly swept through the forest, and the serenity of the moment was lost as Inuronin pushed the girl behind him.
"Dammit…" He snarled.
"Hello there." A voice drifted across the darkness.
Kaiya stepped forward to see who spoke, but Inuronin only pushed her back more. Disgruntled, she peered around his arm to see a thin, hooded figure hovering in the air some yards away from them.
"What the hell do you want?" Inuronin snarled in response.
"Only the Shikon shard around that girl's neck," the being chuckled, eyes glowing from underneath its hood.
"And you're a dumb ass if you think I'm just going to give it to you." The hanyou threatened.
"Oh, of course I knew you wouldn't be smart about this," the reply came from the dark form.
"So, what? Did Naraku send you?" Inuronin spat bitterly.
"Lord Naraku?" The voice hissed, "Even that youkai does not have power over the dead!"
Kaiya let out a soft gasp, eyes wide, "Is he already dead..?" She questioned softly.
Inuronin bared his fangs, clenching his clawed fingers together as he prepared to spring for an attack.
"Strike me, I never have been one to like making the first move." The form beckoned.
"My pleasure!" Inuronin cried, leaping forward as he outstretched his claws, eyes narrowed as with one great sweep of his arm his claws went through his enemy. Landing he turned around, "What the hell? Why can't I touch you?!" He yelled angrily, knowing full well he had just gone through his enemy as if he was nothing but air.
Cold laughter erupted from underneath the hood as the being let out its amusement, "You cannot even touch one using the powers of necromancy…" He retorted "It is their 'pet' you must kill first," the man responded fondly.
Inuronin cursed under his breath, "Yeah, well, where the hell is this 'pet' of yours?"
A deep chuckle came from the figure, "With that human of yours."
The hanyou whirled around to find Kaiya wasn't where she had stood just moments before. Instead, a large figure reeking of death and clad in dark crimson armor was crushing her against a tree with one of its hands around her neck. The girl's eyes were flinching with pain as she grimaced and struggled in its grasp, prying at its fingers around her neck, her feet not even touching the ground as she was held against a truck of the tree.
Inuronin began to rush to her, but soon found he could not move. "What the - Bastard! Get your hands off of her!" He ground his teeth together angrily, "And why the hell can't I move?!"
"Tsk tsk, so impatient, boy." The necromancer slid through the air to stand beside the paralyzed hanyou.
"While my servant here takes care of that girl and her Shikon shard, I'll hold off on killing you for just a bit. I really am a bit of a sadist you know, and I'd like you to watch her death with me."
Inuronin bid his whole soul to move his body, but the necromancer's spell held strong. His breathing grew ragged as he exerted all the strength in his body to break through the magic, but the spell still held.
"Damn fuck it all.." He barked savagely, a feral aura building around him.
Kaiya's breathing was lessening as the range of her vision began to shrink. Rasping for air when she could was the only thing she could do. Lifting her hands in one final attempt to save herself she pushed her hands through the opening of the beast's helm and scratched at whatever she felt in there. A heat pulsed through her, but this time she recognized the flow of power as pink light flashed from inside the demonic soldier's helm and its scream of rage broke through the forest. It released its hold on her and dropped her instantly to the ground as it punched the tree straight through in rage and pain.
The necromancer snarled from where he watched, "How in hell is this girl a miko?! Every woman of miko blood was… is supposed to be killed by Naraku the moment they're born!" Words from a different language began to pour from the hooded creature's mouth as he faced Kaiya on the ground. Streams of glowing blue light slowly began to whirl around the girl as she soon found the world was becoming invisible to her.
Standing shakily to her feet she cautiously touched the blue light, only to have nothing happen. She looked beyond the light and into the forest once more, but everyone was gone. Kaiya felt fear rising in her as she circled around. 'What happened to Inuronin and the shaded man? Why... why am I alone?'
The feeling she was being punched suddenly took hold as a force hit her stomach with tremendous strength. Losing what breath she had Kaiya crumpled to the ground, arms clutching her stomach painfully as a sob choked through her lungs. 'What's going on?' She cried out in her mind.
Inuronin watched as the necromancer's servant punched Kaiya straight in the stomach, snarling as she crumpled to the ground, "What the hell is that blue shit around her?! Fight me you bastard!"
"The spell, it blinds her to us. At this moment she thinks she is alone in this forest, she can't even see what's hitting her nor hear us - not very easy for her to use those miko powers of hers, is it?" The shade humored to himself.
"You fucking BASTARD! Leave her the hell alone and fight me!" He cried savagely.
Kaiya glanced down at her side as the Tetsusaiga pulsed. Still clutching her stomach with one arm she pushed herself up with the other. Panting for breath she wondered what was making the sword pulse all of a sudden, until suddenly a crushing force hit the small of her back, sending her crashing to the ground once more. Gasping in pain she pushed herself to stand, looking around once more. 'Why can't I see whatever is hitting me? And… and why did Inuronin leave me again? What's going on?!'
Backing away from the area she put her back to a tree, catching her breath as the blue lights continued to swirl around her, the Tetsusaiga still throbbing at her side, and a sudden heat seemed to actually be burning through the rope…
Ignoring the sword though, it reminded her of her own weapon. Taking the wooden bow from her back, and drawing an arrow as Ami had instructed she looked to the area where she had been hit. If she could just shoot in that general direction… Lifting the bow and arrow she began to draw the string back, when suddenly it seemed the same force kicked her legs out from underneath her, forcing her to accidentally release her arrow straight into the forest's canopy. Ignoring the pain her body was feeling she quickly drew another arrow and turned on the ground to face where the force had struck its most recent blow from. Quickly aiming she released the arrow straight ahead of her.
Suddenly, she found the blue, streaming lights around her to have disappeared. Inuronin was back in the same spot he had been earlier, apparently still paralyzed by whatever spell the necromancer had put on him. She looked to find the necromancer's pet standing right where she had shot her arrow, and while she was not completely surprised she had actually hit it, she was surprised to find her arrow was glowing brilliantly with the same pink light she had seen so many times omitted from her very hands.
The pet, with the light from Kaiya's arrow engulfing him, was soon dissolved with an ear-shattering howl.
The girl dropped her bow, a hand to her heart as she winced at the pain her body was in. She glanced over to Inuronin, where she saw an ethereal light glowing from him - he was still spellbound with the enemy's magic.
"You seem to be forgetting this is not over, miko."
Kaiya's eyes widened as she looked up to find the necromancer standing just beside her. Picking up her bow she drew another arrow as she aimed it to the cloaked man's heart. The necromancer reached out a frail-looking hand from inside his sleeve, touching the tip of the arrow lightly with a finger before she fired it. The girl cried out in pain as a freezing cold wracked through the bow and arrow and into her body as she succumbed to the pain in a fit of shivering. The hooded figure knelt beside her, reaching out his hand once more as he touched the girl's forehead, increasing her pain further. She never noticed that the heat the Tetsusaiga was producing burned through the rope which connected it to her side.
Inuronin watched in rage as the necromancer touched Kaiya, but slowly the spell over his body ebbed away, and he forced his limbs to take slow steps forward as the immobility on him dissipated. 'I'm going to slash his throat open then rip his lungs out through the opening…' He growled tersely to himself.
There was suddenly a crackling sound coming from Kaiya as a solid object hit Inuronin's hand soon after. Glancing down he found the Tetsusaiga, still knotted with now-burnt rope, in his hand. "What the hell..?" The rusted sword sat lightly in his hand, and even when he released his grip on it the sword remained in his palm. Another cry from Kaiya and he snarled savagely, not even thinking about what he was doing as he leapt forward. The Tetsusaiga thrummed against his hand with an odd metallic tune as suddenly a flash of light bounced off the sword, and suddenly it was not the sword it was before. The rusted piece of metal the hanyou had just been holding was now double its length, three times its width and sharp as his claws.
He gripped the sword tightly as he swung it down straight onto the necromancer's arm, cutting off the hand with which he kept spell-binding Kaiya neatly. The Tetsusaiga hit the ground with a sharp thud as Inuronin caught his breath and stared at it in wonder.
From the side the hooded man clutched his decapitated wrist to his chest, "The… Tetsusaiga?!" He croaked angrily.
Kaiya sat up dizzily, her eyes fluttering open to find a gigantic sword now separating her from the necromancer. She gasped as she looked to find Inuronin the one wielding it. "Inuronin…" She whispered in amazement.
Silence went through the air as no one moved, though a growl was now rumbling from the hanyou's chest as his grip on the Tetsusaiga tightened. "What the fuck?! Why the hell is this thing so god damn heavy?!"
Kaiya's eyes widened as she looked up to his face, "Wha-? You just used it! How can it be that heavy?"
"Well I wasn't thinking about its weight earlier, I was too fuckin pissed off!" The hanyou snarled.
The girl's attention flipped back to the necromancer as she noticed he had backed off some, now muttering incantations under his breath. His form began to weaken again, and she realized he was calling for another pet. "Not this time…" She drew another arrow and stood quickly, aiming straight for his heart. Releasing it she watched hopelessly as he quickly soared out of its reach.
"Too late girl," he said smugly. "But, I am sad to say we cannot finish this now." He took a bow as he hovered in the air, "This really is most interesting…"
The man disappeared just like that. Kaiya lowered her bow, "What did he-" She stopped mid sentence as suddenly her mind flared with a horrible pain. Dropping to her knees she covered her ears with her hands as she winced, suddenly seeing images flashing behind her closed eyelids.
A young boy, looking around the age of eight or so, rubbed the back of his grimy hand against his eyes as he tried to wipe away his tears. A soft hiccup came from him as he let out a distressed whine. "I want Mama..!" He sobbed, now wiping his nose. Shoulders shaking, he slumped down beneath a tree as he buried his head in his arms and cried.
The vision blinked, and suddenly Kaiya realized she was looking down at the boy. Surprised, she whirled around to find she was in the same area she had been in with Inuronin just a moment ago… Was this a dream? Looking down to the boy she crouched, "Hey there… are you lost?" She asked him.
The boy continued to sob into his arms, apparently having not heard her. Reaching out a hand to touch his shoulder, she jerked it back when she saw her fingers go straight through his body…
"This… is a vision or something?" She whispered to herself, "It has to be…"
Standing back up she ran a hand through her hair as she circled around, wondering how to get out of this. She stopped moving as the sudden creaking of a branch brought her attention to the forest canopy. There was a dark aura she could sense, but without good lighting she couldn't see anything.
Something flashed through her mind though as she turned back to the boy, "Run!" Scrambling over to him she paused when he looked up at her - eyes wide with fear. He.. actually heard her? Why had she said that anyway? Was he in danger?
The boy's emotion choked voice suddenly ripped through the forest with a scream as a great, mutated bird suddenly swooped down, flying straight through Kaiya as it landed with a sickening thud on the child, being at least three times his size. Kaiya's eyes widened in fright and repulsion as she heard the ripping of cloth, and the boy's cries soon dying down to just the bird youkai feeding on its kill.
Turning away she covered her eyes with her hands, desperately trying to ignore the sounds of the great bird behind her.
The noises around her died by the time she next opened her eyes. This time it was daylight, sunlight streaming through the tree's leaves as it hit a path on the ground. Kaiya looked at in with wonder, 'Since when was there a path on the ground?' Looking behind her she shuddered as she saw the same tree the boy from earlier had been attacked under, and she quickly looked away before sadness flooded through her.
Her attention was now dragged down the path as she suddenly noticed a young woman traveling down the clearing, a basket of herbs in her hands. A thoughtful look was on her face as she kept her eyes on the ground, yet even though dirt was smudged across her face from a day's hard work, she still held youthful beauty.
Kaiya instantly felt a strange liking for the woman as a flicker of excitement crossed over the traveler's face and she crouched down, gently uprooting a small plant she had noticed with careful eyes growing at the roots of a tree.
"Hey hey! Aren't you a beautiful girl?"
Both Kaiya's and the woman's attention were drawn to the side of the path as a few men suddenly stepped into the light. The woman instantly stood straight, holding the basket of herbs with tight fingers, her knuckles visibly turning white.
"Good morning, Sirs." She said politely, bowing, with just a hint or irritation to her voice.
"Well that wasn't much of a greeting, girl. What, you too good to stop and have some nice conversation with some lonely men?" A few chuckles came from behind the obvious 'leader' of the group as they took some steps closer to the girl.
The woman's eyes widened a fraction as she realized where this could be heading, "I'm sorry, but I am quite busy at the moment, perhaps you would like to stop by my father's inn later for some rest?" Trying to end the conversation she bowed once more and turned, walking stiff-legged back in the direction she had come from.
The men would not be so easily put-off though, as one grabbed her arm roughly, swinging her back around to bump into his chest, her basket of plants falling to the ground and spilling its contents. She jerked against his grasp angrily, "Excuse me? Kindly remove your hands, Sir."
The man bent his mouth towards her neck as she tried to shrink away, "Your breath reeks of sake…"(an2) She exclaimed bitterly. Kaiya could not see what happened from where she stood, or what else had been said, but suddenly the woman's eyes widened and she clenched a fist tightly before bringing it up into the man's gut with all the strength she had. He let go of her immediately, clutching his stomach as he muttered curses under his breath.
Suddenly the rest of the men, four in total, were on her as they pulled her hair from its bun savagely and ripped her clothing. Kaiya rushed forward, anger filling her as she prepared to help the woman, only to realize once again that her body went straight through the people. Clutching her hand back to her chest her eyes widened as she realized she could not help. The woman was kicking, scratching, doing whatever she could but the men only laughed and continued. Burying her face in her hands Kaiya jogged off behind a tree, drowning out the sounds of the assault behind her with her tears.
The woman was being raped and she could do nothing to help.
She wasn't sure how long she had been crying, but when she forced herself to stop she heard nothing around her. Standing shakily, her eyes red from crying, she walked back to the path, only to have her stomach roll painfully at the sight in front of her. The woman, naked, her body covered in bruises, was not breathing as blood seeped into the ground around her from a deep stab-wound in her throat. Her long, black hair was undone and strewn around her, her skin paling with death as the minutes passed.
Fresh tears came to Kaiya's eyes, bile rising in her throat as she turned, eyes stinging as her stomach tried to empty itself. Being already empty though, nothing came up through her throat, and soon, she was just back on the ground weeping, rocking herself as she felt such an immense aching in her heart for the woman…
Her senses though, now open to everything around her, were suddenly jerked away from her…
"Human! Wake up!!"
Kaiya felt strong hands shaking her. Struggling against them tears continued to fall from her eyes as she swayed herself back and forth on the ground, trying to release some of the pain in her heart by way of her sobs. Gasping with the aching pain she opened her eyes to find golden ones staring right back into hers. 'Inuronin…'
"I'm so sorry… I couldn't help her or the boy…" Her voice was soon blanketed with silence as she slumped forward against his chest, her mind aching with dizziness as she continued to cry into his chest. What had she just seen? Why was she suddenly seeing visions about people's deaths… and why did it have to hurt so much?
Chapter End
an1 : osuwari - "sit" in Japanese. I didn't put it in English though, because in Japanese, you would only say "osuwari" to a dog, as there is a whole other word for commanding actual people to sit.
an2 : sake - popular drink in Japan, think of it just as an alcoholic beverage
AN - Thoughts, please? Should this story's rating be upped to 'R' or is it fine where it is for the moment? I do believe this is the worst it's going to get… But I can't say that 100% knowingly… Oh well… Hope it was alright… The next chapter should be a bit more light-hearted … ¬¬;
And… wow.. You guys really have no idea how much I edited this chapter XD It was supposed to have been out days earlier.. -- gomen.. There's probably still a whole mess load of typos though.. I'll have to go back through it again later =/
Edit-(( lol - was right, thanks Sharibet for pointing me in the direction of an error =) ))
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