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A Moonlight Dance with A Demon
Chapter Nineteen: Kyoji's Acceptance
"I understand your frustration. But I still believe that our men were killed while trying to activate the mechanism to protect the rest." Cloy said as she sat in a circle with other demons that looked to be older. "Elders, please here my plea, we must have another to help by my side."
"We understand your thinking, Young Wolf, but we still don't know if we should let a human into that position." One of the elders said.
"Yes, we've never been put in a position like this." Another said.
"Yes, I know. And all the more reason to try it." Cloy countered.
"We don't know if he is trust worthy." A younger elder said, one who couldn't be but 60 winters old, whereas the rest were vastly approaching their 7000th or 8000th winter.
"I know he is trust worthy, after all. I married him." Cloy countered easily.
This forced the others to reconsider everything. It was true for one to be very trust worthy for the Alfa-Wolf to consider marriage with. "We shall consider your request, Young Wolf, but first and foremost, we must find out who is killing our kin." The Eldest said with a scratch of his gruffly chin.
"Yes, I don't know if we should have anyone guarding it for a while. Or have someone hiding well just in case." Cloy replied. All the elders nodded to her request and one stood.
"Yes, we shall hid one or two of our kin to catch this murder. But if it turns out that something bigger is happening, we shall activate the mechanism."
Cloy smiled and nodded at the response. But she was yet to hear from one elder in particular. This elder happen to be the great great grandfather of Koga. It was then that he spoke. "I believe that we should give the young man a chance." After his great grandson died from a slayer so long ago, he seemed a lot more in tune with someone's feelings, dreams, emotions, and can also tell a good person from a bad one.
That is why they made him Medicine Man around there. "Why should we trust a human?" Another asked
"Well, I don't say we trust him. I say we make him one of us. Then trust him." The old man of 7566 winters said. "Just as Cloy inherited my great grandson's soul, we should take the soul of one of the many worriers here that have fallen and insert it into his body just as Koga's was into Cloy." That caused everyone to become silent.
"Are you crazy? Could we really trust a human with such power?" One asked.
They heard someone clearing their throat and looked over to see Cloy looking at them. "You were an acceptation. You were saiyen and gave that up for the Demonality."
"So, I'm still half human. I think that we should give him a chance, if he messes up I shall be held responsible for his actions and both he and I will be striped of our powers." Cloy said, her response made a hush come over all of them.
"Are you sure you want to risk that?" Koga's grandfather asked.
"Yes, I trust my husband that much." Cloy replied.
"Yes, if the trusted Alfa-Wolf of our tribe of Fire Wolves trusts this man that much. Then surly we can trust him." One of the younger ones replied.
"Then it is decided, we shall make him Alfa-Male. But if he messes up, just once, we shall strip both of you of your demon inheritance and appoint a new Alfa-Wolf." The head of the Elders said. "We shall have the ceremony tonight." He said then turned to a woman who just entered the tent to hear the last remarks. "Make sure he has the formal clothing he requires."
Cloy smiled in triumph and stood saying "Thank you, Council of Elders, for your time." They all nodded and she left.
(Latter that day)
Cloy had sent Kiy on a little mission of finding special herbs and roots she would crush and use as a type of paint. "I take it you've done this ceremony many times." Kyoji asked as he sat there and the Clothing that hung loosely around his body was sewn to fit.
"Yes, I have." She said as she crushed what she had into a red-ish powder that oil would be added to and mixed into a fast drying, and washable body paint. After telling Kyoji the good news, they had little time to celebrate, because it would take the rest of the day to get Kyoji ready for the ceremony that night.
"Tell me more about what is to be done." He said as he adjusted the collar of the Japanese shirt around his neck. He really did feel at home in the clothing.
"Well, first they shall introduce you to the tribe, then each Elder will take their turn blessing you for a long life, and… much fertility." Kyoji raised his eyebrow at the last comment she made. She didn't pay any attention to it and continued "Then a soul of a fallen worrier shall be taken from mother earth, blessed, and then inserted into you turning you half demon."
"So I'll pretty much be like you." He asked.
"Yes, I will die one day, unlike the others here because I decided to live the life of a human in the human world. And the same will be for you." She replied. "Once the soul is in place we shall have a celebration for the newest member of our family and the addition of an Alfa-Male."
He smiled at her and she smiled back. Once the paint was done she set it to the side and asked "Your sure you want to do this? Because once the soul is in it isn't coming out."
He nodded at her and said, "I'm sure."
Schwarz came in, fully recovered and in his formal dress for the day, "I so wish I had some normal clothing, I keep tripping on these pants legs."
Kyoji laughed and said "You'll get use to them."
"Yes, besides, once the ceremony is over tonight I want you to take the children back home. I'm afraid it is too dangerous here for them. And we'll be coming home probably tomorrow." Cloy said as she moved the roast in the fire she had cooking for the night.
Schwarz nodded and left, tripping over the legs of his pants the whole time. "I still have a lot to learn about this culture don't I?" Kyoji asked.
"Yes, but there isn't too much about our culture that isn't like Japanese culture or Native American culture." Cloy replied as she covered the roast back up.
He came to her, sat by her, and they kissed gently. "I shall learn from you."
She smiled and said "and I shall enjoy teaching to you."
(That night)
"Tonight we celebrate the birth of a new Kin and the addition of a new Alfa-Male." An old man said, standing up in front of the circle of demons that sat before a fire. "Tonight we accept a Human into our presence as a Demon, and our Alfa-Male. He is the husband of our Alfa-Wolf who will now become our Alfa-Female." He continued.
Cloy smiled and stood bringing something large and mettle to the elder. Kyoji stayed sat down, until he was told, just as Cloy had told him. Cloy sat the mettle orb on the ground and light sprang from it. "It shall take a moment for the soul of the dead to join us once more. But in this time, we would like to bless our new brother and hope that his life is long lasting, and full of fertility."
Kyoji almost blushed at that, but he stood and came before the Elder that held the bowl of red-scarlet paint that Cloy had mixed just that day. "In the human would you are know as Kyoji." The elder said, "But in this world you shall be know as Kenyan." He then took the paint on two fingers and painted a sun in the middle of Kyoji's chest then said "The spirit guide shall enter here, but will stay with you for your whole life to come." The elder stepped away and another came in front of Kyoji.
"You shall get many wounds in your life," He said then painted red claw marks on each side of his face, and continued "But your endurance shall last."
It was yet another's turn, he came forward and painted a bright yellow crescent moon in the middle of his forehead and said, "You shall become the son of the moon, but you shall always be your own guide."
This time, he left and Koga's Great Great Grandfather stood before him. Kyoji could easily recognizes him because Cloy pointed him out saying that 'he shall be the one who will fuse the spirit into you and say the final blessings.' The old man painted slash marks at his sides saying, "You shall become wounded, but you shall always protect your wife, in life or death." With that final pray he picked up the orb held it up and it began to glow. "With your spirit guide, you shall be strong." The glowing orb entered his chest and for a moment he saw nothing but darkness.
But it lasted, longer then he thought it should. It was some time later that he felt his body being moved and he asked himself "Am I dead?"
Ok, I got this chapter done in a hurry so I could post it before my internet went bye-bye. This is defiantly my last chapter for a while. Please please please! Don't review this starting at midnight 5/26/04. Thank you. Unless I can produce a miracle and make another chapter this is my last until I get a new ISP. Please bear with me until I get all this cleared up. Thanks a lot!
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Chapter Twenty: The Awakening. (AN: Chapter twenty, WOW! I can't believe I made it to chapter twenty!)
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