Curse Of The Flame
All she could do is wonder. Not knowing where the next path would take her. She hardly stoped to sleep. She was so miserable. Every village she stoped at she was run out of because she was hanyou. Finally one day, she stopped at a tree to rest, and couldn't help but cry. She soon fell into a semi-peaceful sleep. Her dreams often of her dying. She had many scars, and open wounds but they didn't bother her as much as losing control of her power.
One day she silently walked down a path, hoping it led to a village. She came to a village, where she was soon ran out of and chased by villagers.
She came to a river and hoped behind some weeds in the river while the villagers when down the river. They came apon a woman sitting on the bank and went up to her.
"Excuse me, have you seen a black-haired hanyou come by here?"
"No I haven't." Kariudo felt her power becoming uncontrolable, trying to hold it back, but she lost control. It burned her and the villagers, but not the woman on the bank. Kariudo slowly got up and walked over to the woman.
"A-Are you okay?"She said, hanging on to her side with her movable arm.
"Yes, I'm fine, but you aren't. maybe you should sit down." Kariudo nodded and sat down against the closest tree.
"I'll be back. And by the way, My names Sango."
"T-Thank you. My name is K-Kariudo."
"Your welcome. I'll return with someone who came help." Kariudo nodded and closed her eyes. Sango ran as fast as she could to Kaede's village where her friends stayed. Sango reached the village, then burst through the bamboo door curtain.
"What's the matter, Sango?" Miroku asked.
"No time to explain. Just come!" She said, rushing back out the door. InuYasha, Miroku and Kagome followed.
They soon reached to where Kariudo was.
"I found her hiding in the weeds in the river, when something caught fire, I think. Some villagers were looking for her when the flame burned them all." Sango quickly said, all in one breath.
"Sango, What was her name, if you know?" Miroku asked, looking at Kariudo.
"I believe she said it was Kariudo." Miroku's eyes saddened some.
"That was the girl with the uncontrolable flame ability. The one I saved from Naraku's demons about two years ago."
"Her own power must have been to much to handle and it unleashed on her." Kagome said, looking at Kariudo's wounds.
"I don't see many burn marks, just small open wounds." Kagome started bandaging the burn marks and open wounds.
"Hmm, Maybe I can find this one herb that could help the open wounds, I'm going to go look for it."
"I'll come with you, Kagome. Who knows what demons are around." InuYasha replyed.
"I'll come too." Sango added. They started down the path, Sango was a bit worried about leaving Kariudo with Miroku alone.
Kariudo soon woke up and InuYasha, Kagome, and Sango were still out looking for herbs.
"Uhhn, M-Miroku?" Kariudo's eyes fluttered open more, then she swiftly leaned over hugging Miroku. Miroku was a tad bit shocked, then he returned her hug.
"I...Thought I'd never see you again..." She started to lean back, then held her side in pain. Miroku helped her sit up against the tree, then sat down next to her.
"Try not to move much, it'll only worsen your wounds." Kariudo's head tilted in sadness.
"I...Lost control didn't I...."
"Unfortunally yes, I didn't realized how bad it was when you lost control."
"Yeah...nearly everyday..." Miroku's eyes whent even more sad than they were before.
InuYasha, Kagome, and Sango soon returned with a few herbs to help.
"Oh good! You're awake!" Kagome said, cheerfully. "Are you feeling any better?"
"Yeah. Don't worry about me. This happens everyday..." Kariudo said, standing up and walking over to the river.
"What's her arm encased in, Miroku?" InuYasha asked, noticing her arm wasn't bendable.
"Rock-solid armor. Appearently she can't take it off."
Kariudo soon walked back to where everyone was sitting, and sat down.
"I think I may have figured out who...cursed me." Miroku's head perked up.
"who would that be?" Kariudo's head tilted down.
"N-Naraku..."
"Wouldn't surprize me." InuYasha said. "Everyone of us has something against him.
"Perhaps this 'curse' isn't such a curse after all. It could be Naraku's downfall."
"Never know." Added Miroku.
"All I know is if he isn't destroyed soon, I'll be. If ya catch my drift..."
"How soon is soon?" InuYasha asked. Kariudo examed the armor on her arm.
"Sooner than I thought...Two or three years. When the armor is gone, I'll be engulfed in my own flame."
"Still, thats plenty of time to finish collecting the Shikon no Tama and destroy him." Sango stated.
It was now dark outside, and Kariudo was perched on a rock, looking at the stars. Miroku walked up to the rock, and sat down on it beside her.
"Go to bed, you need some rest."
"I'm fine." She said flatly.
"No, you're not. You can barely stay awake."
"Fine." She said, walking over to a tree, and siting against it, almost immedatly closing her eyes. Miroku stayed on the rock, then gazing over at Kariudo. '...Why can't I get her out of my head?' He thought, then shook his head. He stood up, and leaned against the same tree as Kariudo was siting by. He drifted to sleep soon after.