Night of the Wolf
15 . Troublesome
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I had no clue of why I was scared. Why was I timorous of Ayame? It was only a measly bite on my back. It only throbbed because I was petrified. Obviously, she could sense my fear. I could sniff out my own fear fluttering around me as if notifying to Ayame that I had been defeated. It hadn't begun, yet Ayame thought she had triumphed. Ha.
I don't know how, nor do I care, but I regained my confidence. Perhaps it was the thought that Kouga was doing as I was. He was fighting. Fighting for our love. Sorrowfully, Kouga had to overpower Naraku, whom somehow turned back into his bitter self as he was being maneuvered by that witch Ayame.
I stood before Ayame. My eyes permanently attached to hers as I was prepared for her next attack. Gritted fangs glistened as I elapsed them with my tongue. My claws flicked on the ground marking the enriched soil beneath them. I firmly shook any seconds thoughts I had and muffled a growl. I was prepared to batter Ayame onto the ground to finally get even and make her pay for every tear she made me shed. However, there was something that didn't feel right and it stopped me from attacking her no matter how much I had desired to.
I was confused by her maniacal grin. She was calm and in a sitting position with her head cocked to the side. Then she began laughing. She twisted to her human form with the same malevolent smirk.
She had something in mind and had changed her demur on battling against me. Was she scared? Did she suddenly realize she had no possibility on overwhelming me?
"If you want to get to me, then you'll have to go through him first," she calmly said with a snap of her fingers.
I was set for the worst. With him said I was sure she meant Naraku. Who else could she manipulate? Better said, who else had she chosen to control? I don't think I could do it if it is Naraku.
And within a blink of an eye a woman with a blank stare appeared from the sky. She looked like she was praying and chanting some unpredicted words. When her feet reached the ground I stumbled back. This woman before me wasn't a him,but a her. Had Ayame totally lost it? I wanted to pretend like I cared who I was going against. This woman seemed no more stronger than a mere child.
Her eyes shut while she recited. Her long, blue-shaded outfit fit loosely around her body while her black hair rained on her back. When she ended her hymn a white light stroke above her and a body appeared before me.
I shielded my eyes from the intense, white light with a paw. Hesitating backwards blinded by the light I heard the anonymous body speak.
"Long time no see eh, Kagome?"
My ears perked up at the familiar tone while I blinked a few times to recover my sight. Surprisingly, it wasn't Naraku, but InuYasha. His eyes blazed with a crimson color while he amended to a wolf.
Ayame knew very well I couldn't attack the man I once cared about, yet he had no problem with it. I despised being in these situation where the only solution was sudden death.
It was a very depressing sight. Everything seemed to occur in a slow motion kind of way. I glanced around at my surroundings. It was pitch black save for the moonlight, which was safely behind some fluffed clouds. As I recalled, we were in some kind of forest and there were trees for as far as the I can see. InuYasha stood a few feet away from me, feet planted on the floor waiting upon Ayame's signal to attack. Kikyo was still in a trance, her eyes never tore themselves from InuYasha. She looked as if there were a barrier around her keeping her save from, what I noticed, the pouring rain.
It began drizzling.
I couldn't believe that Ayame had once again placed someone to fight me. Not once have I noticed that she fought me more than a stingy minute. First, she had Naraku start her dirty job by turning me into what I am today. Then, she had Kouga have her protect her when I wanted to launch at her. And now, in the end, she had InuYasha to hopefully finish what she had started.
I suddenly felt sorry for the poor girl. I was too foolish to see it myself. Ayame never was powerful enough to defeat me. She had created me thinking that that was all it took for her to conquer me, but consequently she produced a being much stronger than her. She knew that and saw her mistake thinking I wouldn't be able to figure it out myself, but she left clues and I figured it out just in time. Besides, she wouldn't be anything if it wasn't for that Kikyo person.
So, I was assuming that if I took down the main power source everything else goes might go downhill. If I took on Kikyo then InuYasha may possibly recover from the spell leaving Ayame with no one else to look over to for help. Once powerless I wouldn't have to set a hand on her to kill her. She would slowly disintegrate herself. Naraku was correct, she was nothing but a brat overcome by power.
However, InuYasha mimicked every movement of mine. It was like looking straight into a mirror. I blinked, so did he. As I stepped back, subsequently did he. When I looked over at Kikyo he didn't hesitate to imitate. I wasn't sure if my plan was such a great one. If I assaulted Kikyo would InuYasha do the same? That was the confusing part of my 'suppose plan.'
It was worth a shot and I knew that that strategy was plainly dumbfounded.
When I headed towards Kikyo she did nothing but stare in horror and her barrier was what kept me from reaching her. Once I hit the barricade I was, somewhat, electrocuted and hauled across the forest. That was a bad plan. A very bad plan.
As I looked around to see if InuYasha had done the same I saw that he was charging at me from behind. Sneaky, sneaky but not fast enough. Just as he was inches from me I leaped out of the way bumping into Ayame. I couldn't look two ways at once, so when I glimpsed over at InuYasha Ayame took the chance to knee me in the side of me head.
The blow wasn't a hard one, except it turned all sound from my left ear off, yet I could hear her snickering at my unfair odds. My left ear twitched a few time before laying flat on my head as if it was dead.
Another plan came to me and I thought maybe outrunning them would be good until I came up with something abit more clever than rushing at them and having an opposite outcome. After all, this was two against one, or three if you counted Kikyo.
Nothing happened for quite a while, so I thought that that was good timing to run away. Surprisingly, neither InuYasha or Ayame followed, but they did stare as if waiting upon something to happen.
I wasn't sure if it was a mistake to look back, but something was nudging me in the back of my head assuring me that it was okay to have a quick look. I guess it was allright. I kept running, but Ayame wasn't behind me. She had disappeared save for InuYasha, who was sitting next to Kikyo whimpering to her to stroke him. The barrier was around them both now, protecting them.
I halted when I head a twig snap in half. Clearly it was Ayame. Dim-witted fool thought she could creep up behind me. I glanced over my shoulder when I heard the bushes rustle. I caught a quick peek of a shadow scampering around me, surrounding me. There was no scent in the air so I assumed it was nothing I should worry about. That is, until Ayame popped out of nowhere and launched herself at me.
She had this crazy look in her eyes which definitely spooked me. She had me pinned on the ground just as before on out first encounter, except this time Naraku wasn't here to stop her when I would begin feeling vulnerable. I knew for a fact she would play dirty and do just about anything to prevent me from having Kouga.
"You're nothing but filth. No, wait, you're lower than filth, you're a half-breed," Ayame said with a twisted look and continued, " you disgust me dreadfully. Kouga is way out of your standard, human."
Perhaps, all Ayame had to do was insult me to push me over the edge. I shoved her off me with my hind legs and instantaneously restrained her as she had done me. My partially opened mouth revealing my sharpened fangs was inches from her face. She cringed when I sank my claws into her shoulders straight away drawing blood.
The sight of her slightly wounded shoulders enlightened me with the idea that Ayame was just as me. She bleeds just as I do, so there was nothing that made her in any way better than me.
I gave out a small growl and Ayame plainly stared at me. I knew she was scared. Why wouldn't she?
Just as I opened my mouth ready to eat her alive I felt a sharp sting at the back of my right shoulder. I yelped trying to reach for my shoulder to expectantly sooth the pain away.
Ayame with no worries pushed me aside like a dead pest. She began her foul laugh, something which annoyed the hell out of me. She was like those annoying villains that were simply hard-headed.
When I altered back I noticed I had a four inch blade inside my right shoulder. I reached over pulling it out in one swift. Blood gradually swam down my back since it had been blocked by the blade. It was too painful to move my right arm, but that didn't mean I was down. No, not yet.
I was sitting down taking fast, but steady breaths. I was trying to leave all my focus away from my disabled arm and directly at my target.
"What exactly are you scared of, Ayame?" I stated as I licked my blood-coated hand clean.
She laughed. "Apparently not of you."
"And, why is that?" I mocked.
"Because, you are nothing but a helpless human. You don't come close to a real wolf, such as myself," she proudly said raising her nose in the air like a snotty child.
She was overcome by pride that she failed to see that I was slowly healing. Not sure why I was healing this fast seeing as it wasn't normal, wolf or not I was restoring back to health in a jiffy. I was content at my quick progress that I just wished Ayame didn't notice this, hence I kept conversing with her.
"Are you implying that I'm human? Where did you get a foolish idea like that?" I slyly whispered, but high enough for her to hear.
While I looked over at my wound I saw that my blood had stopped oozing, yet the opened flesh never closed itself. I noticed that Ayame hadn't answered my question so I looked over at her and saw nothing but a red-head fixing her locks with a stupid grin plastered on her lips.
"How can I be mistaken? I mean, you smell like one, you look like one, think like one, so guess what? You are one, or are you too stupid to realize that?"
I was hoping that her insults wouldn't get to me so easily. She was only talking because I was buying some time to heal.
"I see." I leisurely said through clenched teeth.
I amended wolf instantly and directed my attack on her leg. Too bad for me she noticed this a bit too soon, so the only thing I got my fangs on was her ankle. Obviously she yowled and tried to kick me off with her free leg.
A few blows to the head and I let go. She altered to a wolf knowing her chances were slim in her human appearance. I wasn't as fast as I was before given that my front leg was useless and I could only depend on three legs.
Ayame shook her back leg a few times before howling a despicable howl. I had ticked her off and I simply laughed inside.
I stared at her and she stared at me, then that smirk came and I knew her time was up. She howled once more and I looked around, scared. What was she doing? I saw that she stumbled back a few steps and everything was quiet except for my heavy breathing.
Just then InuYasha appeared before me, his mouth on my side. His bite was fierce and never separated itself from my furry side. I pulled myself away from him, as far as I could from his mouth, but it was no use. As I paced away he dragged along side me. I felt light headed when I saw my own skin being pulled away as it was enclave in InuYasha's teeth.
I slapped his face with my tail a small number of times until I managed to get him off of me.
I thought once off me I would be able to get a second to breath or be able to realize what just happened, but it seemed that InuYasha and Ayame immediately tackled me ripping me apart as if it was feeding time and I was the main course.
As I pushed Ayame away InuYasha took a quick bite out of my already chewed up side followed by a swift slash over my chest.
This was too much for me to handle that I thought it was probably best if I just laid peacefully and let them to do me what I wanted to do to Ayame.
"What's with you and quitting so easily, Kag?" A calm voice spoke.
My sight wasn't as clear but I saw a familiar figure taking InuYasha off me and ripping him apart just as he was doing to me.
I smiled and relaxed on the ground. I had been saved from my almost close death experience.
As I watched InuYasha tentatively I heard Ayame's footsteps coming near me from behind. When I turned to look at her she slapped me across the face with those razor sharp claws of hers while I tried to regain my sight. A small trail of blood formed as I stammered backwards avoiding every attack Ayame threw at me. I couldn't believe that I had been injured so easily yet my wounds were healing rapidly that I immediately gained back my strength.
InuYasha had somehow escaped my rescuing companion and was, once again, on my back.
I wanted to sob when I saw that nothing stopped him from wanting to attack me. My blood had stopped running, but my damaged sides didn't have enough time to heal.
"Kagome, watch out!"
Kikyo, from the sky, shot an arrow at m, which pierced through my previous injury that Ayame had done with her blade.
I'm guessing that's what it took to bring me down, for at least a moment. I fell to the floor unconscious. The last thing I heard was the 'thud' noise I did once I hit the floor as well as the scream of my helping companion as he rushed towards me.
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-Kianna Chan-
A/N: Yes. I am sorry. Things got a bit complicated in my life. -Sighs- Boy Problems. It annoys me. -.-Anyhow, here's another anticipating chapter. Enjoy and do leave a review.
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