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Chapter 19

The pain was sharp and demanded attention. It dragged Kat from her depths of her dreamless sleep into the sun filled room. She blinked a few times then groaned and shifted. Her chest was numb from Dark leaning against it all night and the palms on her hands stung like hell from the sword wound. She also had a bruise on her back from where Krad had slammed her into the wall and a few glass shards were still clinging to her, embedded deep into her first layer of skin. As she moved around, the glass shards shifted and reopened the wounds they had created, the new blood running over the dried caked on her arms. Kat also had black and white feathers stuck to her from Krad and With.

Kat took in a deep breath and began coughing violently. "Damn…" She muttered as her small fit stopped. Her eyes examined Dark, who was still leaning against her, dead weight pressing against her chest. The bandages she had tied on him were soaked with blood and Kat wondered if a good majority of it was Krad's. Remembering the angel looking demon, Kat turned her attention to the bed she had tossed the boy on. Her golden eyes caught his leg hanging off one of the sides of Vash's bed, confirming that he was still unconscious.

She sighed and Dark rose and fell in tune her breathing. She could just barely feel his short and shallow breaths and she knew that if it weren't for her heightened senses, she could have mistaken him for dead. Her hand moved to stroke his hair and sharp dagger-like pain shot up her arm. Kat winced but after the first few strokes, the pain lessened and she relaxed.

Her mind wandered to the others in the room and she wondered why none of them had woken up yet. From where she was sitting, she could see Kurama's tails hanging off the couch, and part of Rei's head. Kat guessed that Kenshin was still sleeping soundly too.

'I wonder if Krad cast a spell on them? If he did, it should be wearing off soon…'   

Her thoughts trailed off as she felt Dark draw in a sharp breath. Just as Kat had done when she woke up, Dark began coughing violently. Only unlike Kat, his injuries were more severe, and his couching caused some internal wounds to reopen. A thin line of blood trailed from Dark's mouth and Kat wiped it away. Her clothes smeared blood across his face and she grimaced in disgust. Gently, Kat tucked his bangs out of his face. Her hand paused by his ear and she was shocked to feel his hand close around hers. Her fingers curled the slightest bit to tuck an unruly strand of hair back in its place.

Dark tightened his grip on her hand and Kat stopped to whisper, "You shouldn't be wasting your strength." 

Dark shifted the slightest bit against her, "Krad…?"

"Sitting on the bead over there-" Kat felt Dark tense and she immediately apologized. "He's unconscious and back as Satoshi…"

"You?" he choked out.

"My hands are cut pretty badly but my demon blood will heal it faster than it would normally take. I have a few bruises from when Krad attacked me as well as the usual cuts and scrapes, but other than that, I'm much better off than you," Kat teased as she laced her fingers in his limp hand.

Dark seemed to have taken all he could for the moment and fell unconscious again. Kat felt his breathing even out and she feared that he might not wake up again. Carefully, Kat unwound the bandage on one of her hands. She looked at the partially healed wound before grabbing a nearby glass shard and slitting it open. Blood instantly began to pour from her new cut and Kat tilted Dark's head and opened his mouth.

'You need my blood more than I do…'

She forced him to swallow, by stroking his throat and pressing down on parts of his tongue.  Kat hoped that her demon blood would be accepted by his for if it wasn't, it could kill him. Kat also knew that by giving him her blood, it had partly bound him to her for it was an old demon ritual to exchange blood between mates. 'Inuyasha and Kurama won't be happy to smell me as a part of him…'

Kurama was the first to fight off Krad's sleeping spell. Kat could see his tails move as they fought the stiffness that was a side effect of most spells. He stood and shifted forms as he leapt off the couch. Kat watched as his foot slipped on a dried pool of blood. His ears swiveled and his eyes blazed from confusion. As he preformed a humanly impossible stunt (of twisting his spine) to avoid hitting the ground, he became fully awake and aware of his surroundings.

Golden eyes surveyed the damage of his surroundings from the shattered window, to the unconscious boy on the bed, to the blood and feathers littering the ground, and finally to Kat. She was watching him from where she sat, crimson smeared down the wall where she had slid, blood coating her face, clothes and arms, and Dark, who was just barely clinging to life, lying in her arms pale as a sheet.

He raced over and reached out to pull Kat off the ground. She snarled fiercely, golden eyes sending off warning.

"If you move me, his wounds will tear again and he'll die for sure!"

Kurama looked her over and saw that she wasn't doing much better than the purple haired demon. "You've seemed to have lost more blood than you should have…"

Kat was impressed that his first priority was to find out if she was ok, not what had happened to make her like this. She also knew what he was about to ask and she smiled from the irony, "I just gave some of my blood to Dark."

"Inuyasha runs within you already doesn't he?" Kurama asked hurriedly.

"Yes-"

"My blood is stronger than his…"

"You're full demon. I know," Kat said as she clenched her hands. 

"Then you know that fox demons are more powerful than dog demons?" Kat didn't know this but she let him continue. Instead of saying anything else, Kurama grabbed the glass shard that she had used to cut her hand and in one swift movement, he slit his wrist and held it up to Kat. When she didn't move, Kurama snorted in impatience and opened her mouth, pressing his slit wrist against it.

"Swallow," he commanded when he saw blood began to trickle down her neck. She hesitated and Kurama's gaze softened, knowing that he was probably scaring her senseless. "I know that this will bond us together permanently and I'm also aware of the face that since you're already part demon, the bond will be stronger that it would if you were still human…"

'But my blood was already on the shard,' Kat thought. 'How ironic- I'm bonded to Dark by blood; he's bonded to me by curse. I'm bound to Inuyasha by power and Kenshin from love. Now, I'm also bound to Kurama by both blood and power.'

Kurama stiffened as he felt something tingling through the slight pain in his slit arm. He glanced at the shard he had cut himself with and his eyes widened in shock. "You're blood was already on the shard…"

Kat felt his wound healing against her tongue and she took one last metallic swallow.

Kurama pulled his arm back to him and closed his hand into a fist as he watched the last of the cut heal off completely. His eyes remained locked on her as they examined her expression. He decided to let the issue drop for now. 'Oh what twisted webs she unintentionally weaves.' "I'll go get some bandages and clean clothes. I'm guessing the others will wake soon. No need to worry about the boy," he said motioning to the bed, "I'll keep an eye on him."

Kat nodded, feeling her strength returning to her. She watched as her hand closed off. 'Both Kurama and Inuyasha's blood and power are working together to heal me.' Kat removed the bandage from her other hand to find it completely healed. She leaned her head against the wall and closed her eyes for a few seconds before hearing Kenshin shift on the couch. Her eyes opened and she saw Kenshin wake faster than Kurama had, his battousai side kicking in and flailing to make sense of his surroundings. His gaze locked on her and he smelt the familiar sent of blood before his eyes focused on how it was everywhere in the room. He sat up slowly and stepped off the couch and over to her, glass shards piercing his feet. Noting that she appeared fine, he asked the second question on his mind, "What happened?"

"Krad, one of Dark's enemies," Kat said in the shortest sentence needed.

Kenshin added up the rest of what happened and glared at the demon lying almost lifeless in her arms, "He's responsible for this? He could have killed you! Why wasn't I awake?!"

Kat caught the fury, shame and worry in his voice. She reached up and grabbed onto a lock of hair, yanking it down to get him to shut up. After the second tug, he let Kat drag him off balance so that he ended up sitting next to her. "It was a sleeping spell. It's not your fault. I was fine on my own," Kat said.

Kenshin gave her a quizzical look and Kat lifted a brow. She was still amazed that their bond was so strong that they could sill joke in the most unlikely places.

"So you're ok?" he asked, just to make sure.

Kat knew that he already knew the answer so she nodded then paused, "Actually…"

 Kenshin gave her a look that said 'what have you gotten yourself into this time?' She sighed and said, "Kurama had to give me some of his blood to keep me from falling unconscious."

Kenshin knew that her wounds must have been more serious than she lead on for the demon to give her blood. He sighed and smoothed out her blood matted hair. His eyes were as soft as could be, "I'm not happy about this. How many people do I have to share you with now? You're bound to Inuyasha and Kurama permanently since their laws command mating for life, you're bound to Vash and I through marriage customs, not only that but I now have to share you with Dark, whose bound to you by a curse." He paused as Kat smirked a bit insanely. "That's not all? My god Katsura, I leave you for one moment and I find that you're either married or half dead."

"I had to give some of my blood to Dark," Kat explained.

Kenshin pulled Kat into a hug as best as he could without jarring Dark. "You're breaking everyone's hearts, my little princess."  

Kat hugged back, "I really messed up didn't I?"

Kenshin heard the tears in her voice, "Couldn't you have wished for something better?"

"There were a thousand things I could have wished for, but at the moment all I wanted was to be with you. I got my wish didn't I?" Kat's grip tightened as she buried her face in his clothes.

"It's my fault all this happened to you. If it weren't for me, none of this would have ever happened…" Kenshin's own voice was filled with pain and guilt.

Kat shivered as she felt tears trickling down her neck. She pulled back to see Kenshin had tears running down his face. "You're right, if it weren't for you, none of this would have ever happened," before there was time to hear Kenshin's heart shatter she continued, "But as bad as all of this has been, it has been just as good and I wouldn't have it any other way." Kat leaned in further and kissed him lightly. When she pulled away, she noticed something. "Kenshin, you're human again…"

"What?" he asked confused that the mood had been almost shattered.

Kat pulled him into a bone crushing hug, "You're alive again!"  

"How?" was all Kenshin could say.

Kat had not the slightest clue and it was written all over her face. Her attention shifted as she heard Rei stir. With Kurama's blood also flowing through her, Kat's senses had amplified even more. She could smell the blood covering her and could almost smell everyone's feelings. Her hearing had developed to where she could count how many cockroaches were in the house just by counting how many heartbeats she could hear.

I hate spells. Rei muttered as she sat up, shaking glass shards from her fur. No need to explain, unlike everyone else, I can still read your mind. Only there's one thing I don't understand, why do you smell like Kurama and why does Dark smell like you?  

"I thought you said you could read my thoughts," Kat was a bit confused.

Not all of them, when your mind is thinking that fast, it's hard to pick all of them up.

"Kurama had to give me some of his blood to save me," Kat told Rei as the wolf padded over to survey the damage. Kat watched as Rei sniffed Dark and nosed him gently.

Then why does he smell like you? the wolf asked as she looked over Kenshin. You're alive again. The wolf commented as more of a statement.

"You're the only one who doesn't sound surprised," Kenshin muttered.

I've seen more amazing things, it'll take a lot more to surprise me.

"Why does Rei say Dark smells like you?" Kenshin asked.

"I had to give my blood to him. He's still dying…" Kat said sadly.

"You can't give him more blood?" Kenshin asked.

"No, not right now anyways, my body needs to fully add Kurama's DNA to mine and if I did give Dark some, my unstable DNA and his could have a horrid reaction," Kat explained.

"This is too complicated for me…" Kenshin said as he leaned against the wall next to Kat. 'Circles and more circles.'

'I smell sadness, Rei what's wrong?' Kat asked privately.

Nothing. Rei said back to Kat privately.

'Could she be jealous? Maybe Rei liked Kurama…' Kat made sure to close off her thoughts from Rei.

Kurama entered the room to see everyone else awake and Kat looking much better. He was carrying bandages, clothes, and a broom for the glass. Kat could see he had also brought along a few wet cloths and she guessed it was to wipe away the blood.

First, Kurama lifted Dark as gently as he could onto the couch they had been sleeping on. Kat stood up and stretched out her stiff limbs. She brushed some of the dried blood off her arms and grumbled about needing a shower. She made sure that Kurama was doing a good job disinfecting Dark's wounds before disappearing to take a shower.

^_^

The hot water felt good pouring down on her bare skin. It had taken over two bars of soap and a lot of scrubbing but Kat felt she had finally managed to get all of the blood off her. She checked her hands and arms for scars but as usual, she found none. Once again, her body had managed to come out completely unharmed. She wondered just how many more times she could get lucky. Her hand turned off the water and Kat grabbed a towel to wrap around her. She stepped out of the shower and onto the tiled floor then walked over to the mirror.

After changing, Kat exited the bathroom and went back down the hall, brushing her hair as she went.

^_^

When she entered the room, everything had been repaired and cleaned and it almost made Kat think that nothing had happened at all. The window was repaired, the glass shards picked up, Dark was bandaged and lying on the couch, Satoshi was also newly bandaged and lying still unconscious on the bed next to Vash, and Kurama was sitting at the window staring out into the backyard. Rei had disappeared and Kat could hear her downstairs talking to Inuyasha, who had just arrived home from the photo shoot.

Kenshin was talking to Kurama (who obviously wasn't listening) and he looked up when Kat entered. Kat smiled back to him but sat down on the bed to check how Vash was doing. The first thing Kat noticed was that she couldn't feel any heat coming off of him. Kat wondered if he was getting better, she fingered his hair and noticed something else; the roots were blond instead of silver.

"Kurama, Kenshin, Vash is getting better! Look, the roots of his hair are coming in blond!" Kat could hardly contain her excitement. Her attention shifted in a split second as the blue haired boy next to Vash stirred. The hair on the back of her neck rose as she watched his eyes open slowly.

Kat could tell he was wary of the strangers around him. He instantly recognized Kat and Kat could see his eyes glance over at Dark. For an instant, she thought she felt relief drift off the boy. She was a bit taken back by his blue hair and icy eyes but she said nothing as the boy sat up.

"You're wounded yet you can still sit up?" Kenshin asked from the window.

The boy glared at Kenshin and Kenshin, not liking the boy, glared right back with such intensity, it frightened even Kat. Kurama smelled her fear and, not knowing what was causing it, he walked over and stood next to her, "Want me to kill him now?"

Kat glanced at Kurama, "Let's hear his side of the story."

"Is Dark alright?" the boy asked.

"What right do you have asking that question? You should know, you're the one who did this to him," Kat snapped.

Satoshi glared at her and Kat leaned forward, golden eyes blazing, to bring her face inches from his.

"You have the same eyes as Krad," he commented.

"I have the same eye color as Kurama, Inuyasha, and Kenshin I do not have the same hue as your psychopath other half," Kat snapped. "Now tell me about your relationship with to Dark and Daisuke."

"I'm a member of the Hiwatari family and just like the Niwa's; each male member of my family has inherited Krad as part of their genes. Dark as you already know is the legendary phantom thief and it has been Krad's job for centuries to stop him. They are one and the same; they are two halves of a whole. As different as they are, they still seem to have some connection between each other. I myself hold no grudge against Dark or the Niwa's but it's Krad who wants everyone, including me, dead," Satoshi explained.

"What makes you turn into Krad?" Kat asked.

"His anger for Dark, I just loose control sometimes."

"Any way to stop this from happening?" Kat asked.

"Our family has tried to stop this for centuries; you really think there's any way to stop him?" the boy bit back.

"I could kill you," Kenshin offered, not liking the boy's attitude. "No more you, no more Krad."

"That's true, but I'm not exactly willing to be killed and if you try, Krad will just come out and stop you."

"Kurama, do you have any feathers left from Dark?" Kat asked.

"One, I was going to use it to see if it could make my flowers bloom faster," Kurama handed it to Kat without a second thought.

"First things first, do you want Krad to remain with you? I can seal him away permanently so he never comes out again or I can put a lighter seal on him so he remains part of your mind," Kat said as she twirled the black feather in her fingers. "Either way you put it, last night was the last time Krad will ever walk the earth. Even if you don't wish to seal him, I'll pick one of your two options."

"He's going to come out as soon as you attempt to seal him," Satoshi warned. "I'd like it if he were removed permanently."  

Kat could almost hear the screaming of the psychotic demon in Satoshi's head he yelled at Kat hurry. She stopped twirling the feather in her fingers and pointed it straight at Satoshi, waiting for him to release Krad. In a few seconds, a whirlwind of feathers picked up and Satoshi sprouted wings. Kat waited for the transformation to be completed before she started anything.

"You can't seal me," Krad said.

Kat just smirked, "I can do anything if I have the right material." A black cloud began to pour from the feather in her fingers and it incased the two in a whirlwind of smoke. Krad's eyes narrowed and he rushed forward to attack. A black bolt of energy shot from the cloud and circled around his arm, binding his wrists then feet to an invisible wall.      

"Nice meeting you Krad," Kat said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "It was fun while it lasted but you must pay for what you did to Dark and what you've been doing to him and his family for years. Your punishment, I will wipe you off the face of the earth," the feather in her hand transformed into a sword and Kat slammed it into Krad's chest before he could even blink. His image flickered and Kat fell forward, out of the cloud and on top of Satoshi, as the spell was completed.

She rolled off and spoke to him, "I'm sending you to live with Daisuke. As a favor for sealing Krad, you will never be permitted to see Dark again. Also, since your entire life has been devoted to killing the Niwa's, you and your future descendants must live to protect them."

The feather disappeared with Satoshi and Kat fell back onto the bed behind her, "Same shit different day…"

(A/N: Kinda long, kinda weird, I suspect you'll eventually get over it, ne? More to come later! PLEASE REIVEW!!!)