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I am so sorry I have not updated in a long time, I have been very busy with school and family matters, but I am still here, and I haven't forgotten about my duty as a writer! Thank YOu for all the wonderful reveiws that all you great people gave me! I am truly happy.
As for a question from one of my readers, I have no particular reason for calling Shadow CiCi.It seemed better than calling her Shadow, Shadow all the time, its just for short basically.You know who you are!
Now on with the Story!!!!
Chapter 6: Looks are Deceiving
"Speaking"
"thoughts"
They had been running for days now, of which they would occasionally stop for a fast
rest or to let Cheza get some water, but they kept on running and running and running.
Shadow had just about had it. She was tired as hell, hungry, and would kill for a bath.
Not only was she tired, but all the other wolves as well, even her brother Kiba. With as
much strength as she could muster, she ran up to Kiba and started talking to him.
"Hey Bro, can we take a break, please?" she asked, almost out of breath. Kiba
looked at his little sister, seeing the weariness in her eyes. He then looked back to the
other wolves, also seeing the same in their eyes, then looked back at his sister.
Truthfully speaking, he was tired as hell himself, but didn't know if to stop or not for
fear of losing time. He sighed, then with much thought told her that they would be
stopping soon. Shadow gave him a sweet smile and ran back to the others to tell them
of the good news.
The wolves were now resting, thankfully, they found a beautiful resting place with
soothing flowers and a hot spring close by, which both Shadow and Cheza were
planning to take advantage of! Kiba and Hige had went off to look for food, and that
left Tsume and Toboe alone with the girls. Tsume once again muttered that he wanted
to go take a walk and be alone(probably to think about Shadow! ). About five minutes
after Tsume left, Shadow said that she was going to take a bath in the hot springs, and
asked Cheza if she wanted to join her. Cheza gave a her sweet smile and said a soft
no, all the while blushing. Shadow noticed this and decided not to press matters, after
all she still had to speak to her brother about Cheza. She just shook her head and
headed off. It was about a fifteen minute walk to the hot springs, but it was worth it.
When she saw the water and all the beautiful flowers, she honestly thought that she
was in heaven or paradise(whichever one!). Shadow carefully took her clothes off, and
proceeded to wash them first, as they were the only clothes she had, and they were
dirty. After she was done with the clothes, she put them from a tree nearby so that they
could dry. Now, clad in only her birthday suit, she carefully made her way over to the
hot springs, and eased her way in, taking her time trying not to rush.
Tsume was wandering around aimlessly like he always was, thinking. But for the past
days all that he has been thinking about was Shadow. She is always on his mind, from
morning to night. She was even in his dreams haunting him constantly! He needed to
have a talk with that girl, and ask her what it is that she is doing to him! With that set in
his mind, he proceeded to walk back to where everyone else was but stopped his
movements quickly. He smelt something, no someone.........Shadow! Her scent was
coming from nearby, but her scent was mixed with flowers, sweet smelling ones too!
"Cheza is not there, her scent isn't there. This maybe my chance to talk to her" Tsume
thought to himself. He quickly walked to where Shadow's scent was strongest and was
about to call out her name when, all of a sudden amber eyes met black pools.
Shadow had spent enough time in the hot springs and her clothes seemed to be dry, so
she was about ready to come out of the water. She gracefully stood up from the water
and turned around, but was shocked that she was not alone. There, just three feet in
front of her was Tsume, watching her like a hawk. When she saw him, her body froze,
she couldn't move at all."Tsume, what is he doing here. Wait, I am completely naked,
in front of him!! He is going to laugh at me!"was all that was going through Shadow's
head. Tsume, on the other hand was having a hard time controlling himself with the
goddess in front of him. He couldn't help himself but just stare. She didn't make any
sudden moves to cover herself so he took advantage of this time to check her
out."She's beautiful!Wait, did I just think that! She is beautiful, her beautiful face,
black pools for eyes, crimson lips," he then went further," her snow white skin,
voluptuous figure, well-rounded but perfect breasts, pink nipples,enticing hips,"
Tsume didn't dare go any lower, for fear of losing himself completely. "Oh God, she is
perfect. Not a beauty mark out of place!" Of course Shadow's soaking wet hair was
making it even harder for Tsume because it stuck to her body like glue, and gave him
the urge to just plant fiery kisses all over her body. He suddenly felt a heat rising
within his pants and took off running, but not without muttering a quickly but sincere
sorry to Shadow. Tsume ran a little way and stopped, his face beat red from the
encounter he just had with Shadow. He looked down at his pants and groaned to
himself."This will take a while to subdue" he thought to himself. He looked for
something to sit on and settled on a rock. Tsume didn't notice till now, that where he
was sitting had a perfect view of the sun, and it was almost sunset too!"If only Shadow
were here. What!!!! Where the hell did that come from? Yet, I need her to be here"
Tsume thought to himself.
Shadow was frightened out of her mind. "Why did he leave like that? He must really
hate me" she thought to herself. Fresh tears made their way to her eyes and down her
pink cheeks. "He must still see me as a little pup, and an unattractive one too!"
Shadow thought to herself, crying her heart out. She stayed like that for about five
minutes then decided to go put her clothes back on and hurry back to camp. She was
ready within minutes and started walking back. She walked for about two minutes then
stopped. There in front of her was Tsume, sitting on a big rock watching the sunset.
She proceeded to walk away when Tsume's voice stopped her. "Shadow, can we talk?"
he asked her without turning around. Shadow wanted to stay, but wanted to go as well.
In the end, she decided to stay. She carefully walked by him and took a seat just to his
right side. They sat next to each other in silence for what seemed like hours, but was
only about ten minutes. Shadow was getting irritated."First he calls me here, then he
doesn't say anything. What's this guy's deal!" she thought to herself. She was about to
say something but Tsume cut her off. "Look, I am sorry I barged in on you back
there," Tsume said, his face completely red, not looking at her. Shadow looked at him,
completely stunned. Tsume noticed that Shadow was staring at him and not saying
anything."I apologuise to her and all she does is look at me!" He was becoming
annoyed with her stare. "What!!" he turned to her saying. He expected to see her jump
and run off, but was startled when all she did was smile at him once more. "What are
you smiling at pup!" Tsume said again.(He really regretted calling her pup, cause he
saw her naked an all). "Nothing, its just you're not the type to say sorry is all" Shadow
calmly replied. At hearing this all of Tsume's anger flew away, replaced by a confused
look. "Why say something like that?" "Because it's true. You don't seem like the type
of person to say sorry or be sincere. No offense. I thought that you hated us all by the
way you act, especially me," she added, muttereing the last part so he couldn't hear.
But he did. "I don't hate anyone, it's just that I have a hard time getting used to them."
he told her, and then looked into her beautiful dark abbyss before saying,"I don't hate
you." With that he laid his left hand on her right cheek and started rubbing with his
thumb. " I don't hate you Shadow, I can't no matter if I tried" he added. This time
Shadow started blushing from his last confession. "I'm glad. You know that saying
Looks are deceiving? Well in your case its not true" she said to him, shocking him yet
again.(She seems to be doing alot of that lately ). With that said, Tsume started
bringing his face closer to hers. Their noses were touching and then Tsume closed the
space between them. The kiss was soft, but at the same time sweet and passionate.
Tsume took his time in tasting her. He wanted to savor the moment and show her how
much she affected him. Her lips were soft, and she tasted of cherry blossoms. He
found himself wanting to do more than just kissing, but didn't want to scare her.
Meanwhile Shadow's mind was spinning. This was her first kiss and she had no clue
what she was doing. It felt so right being with Tsume and she didn't want this moment
to end. Both teens were so engrossed in their feelings and emotions that they didn't
notice that the sun had set at the same time their lips met. When they broke apart for
air, they both looked away, blushing like mad. It was then that they noticed that the
moon was coming out. "We should get back to camp soon,Kiba and the others will be
worried," Tsume managed to say. "Yes, let's go" Shadow said. And with that they both
headed off, both flusttered like hell, but saying nothing to each other.
Hope you liked it!
I will try to update really soon
so keep reading wonderful people.