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UnBREAKable

Chapter 23

"Mmmm… Dark, what are you doing to by shirt?" Kat asked still half asleep.

"Too tired…" he mumbled.

Kat continued to feel something picking at the buttons on her shirt and she swung a groggy hand at it. Her hand connected with something and made a soft thud then a bewildered squawk. Kat opened an eye to see a colorful bird sitting on her chest. "Wha…? AAAHHH!" she screeched and stood up. The bird took off.

Kat swayed on her feet and realized that she was on an air filled mattress in the middle of the river. Her scream had woken Dark and he stood up, just as confused as she was. Only when he stood, the mattress began to tip. Kat managed to get out a small scream again but it was muffled as soon as she hit the icy water.

She surfaced and gasped, refilling her lungs with air and coughing to rid them of water. She kicked at the sheets that she was tangled in and managed to free herself. Then Kat looked around for Dark. Her eyes narrowed to see that he was already sitting on the bank of the river watching her with sleepy eyes.

Kat growled and paddled her way over to Dark who helped her out. Little droplets of water beaded and fell from the ends of his lavender hair. Small streams ran down his shirtless back and goose-bumps had begun to appear. 

Kat sighed and wrung out her hair, "How the HELL did we end up here?!"

Dark shrugged and attempted to brush the sand off his pants which only resulted in it sticking to his hands. He was still groggy and the rude awakening hadn't helped much.

"I'm going to murder them!" Kat screeched. She took off barefooted down the sandy beach, kicking up a storm as she nearly flew across the fine grains.

Dark stood and followed, noticing that his speed had increased tremendously. After a few more strides, he managed to catch up with Kat. 'How?'

Kat noticed that he had caught up and she smirked. That's when Dark noticed that it was taking almost all of his strength to keep and almost none of hers. He wondered how far she could go on this speed alone.

When Kat noticed that Dark had begun to slow down, she matched her pace with his and together they raced back to the hut. Hair flying and clothes drying in the sun's rays, they took their time getting back to the hut.

Kat's eyes shone with happiness and her features were lit up brighter than Dark had ever seen them. He was proud and delighted that he was the cause of her happiness. 'Was it a gift that she let me share some of her powers? I've acquired so much more speed and yet it's only a fraction of what she has.'  

"I did copy some of my powers intentionally," Kat said as she picked up his stray thought. "I thought you'd enjoy them but you're correct, no matter how hard I tried, I doubt you're body demon or not, would be able to contain a whole lot more."

'Then how is hers able to?' Dark wondered.

"Stop worrying," Kat smiled. "Not even I know these things…"

The hut came into view and they spotted Kenshin sitting on the porch leaning on one of the support beams. He cracked an eye open, "How was the wake up?"

Kat eyed him warily. 'How much did Kurama teach him about modern times?' "Cold and callous," Kat responded.

"Glad you liked it," Kenshin said as he let out a deranged laugh.

Sweatdrop'I hope that's not his normal laugh…'

Kat sneered, "This was your idea?" She picked up a wad of dirt and proceeded to grind it into Kenshin's scalp. "You suck!"

Dark raised an eyebrow and tried hard to ignore the two's antics. A wad of dirt managed to smack him directly in the face and his eyes widened with surprise. vein pop

SMACK! A huge clump of dirt pounded into Kenshin and threw him off balance. That's when all chaos erupted into a massive dirt war.

Kurama stepped out of the hut, in human form and went unnoticed by the fighting trio. Rei stepped out behind him and dove right into the middle of the fight, shifting to human form in order to lob dirt balls.

Only after the entire yard had been destroyed and all the dirt been pretty much used up did the war stop. The dust died down and the air cleared of dirt bombs. The four of them lay on their backs, now just mounds of dirt, laughing hard and clenching their sides.

Kat sent out a small ripple of magic to restore the yard and sat up with laughter still shining in her eyes. Kurama smiled at her, "Having fun?"

"You should have joined us!" Kat said as she tried to shake off the excess dirt. Her hands began to become visible from the mound of dirt she seemed to be incased in and she squirmed some more to break free. Proving pretty much impossible, Kat just sent out another shock wave to clear herself and the others of as much dirt as she could.

"So what's up with you?" Kat asked as she brushed some dirt from her hair.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"You're in human form," Kat stated.

He nodded, "I need to regain some of my strength every once in a while."

Kat could tell he was lying but she didn't ask more about it. "I'm off to take a bath."

Two forms blew past her in the same direction she had been headed. "Hey!" she called after them and made a dash for the bathroom.

Kurama sighed. 'Of all the times, why did it have to be now?!'

Kenshin came up next to Kurama, "You didn't tell her did you?"

He shook his head and Kenshin snorted, "One way or another she's going to find out…"

Kurama growled irritatedly and brushed the sweat off his forehead.

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'It's nice to be dirt free!' Kat smiled to herself as she wandered the empty halls. Dark had fallen asleep already exhausted from their run in the morning. Rei was just being her usual self and sleeping until she was needed. Kenshin was off somewhere but Kat could only guess. Kat wandered to Kurama's room and opened the door. He wasn't there and Kat began to worry. She hadn't seen him since the dirt war and he had been acting strangely then.

With out another thought, Kat trotted to the door of the hut and stepped outside. She drew in a breath of the night air and relied on his scent to guide her. With in seconds she was darting across the bank of the river, sniffing every so often to see if she could still smell him. His scent was dulled from the water and Kat cursed herself for not having a better sense of smell.

Of all her powers, her sense of smell was the most underdeveloped.  Her nose caught something else missed with his scent but she couldn't place it even though it was faintly familiar. She had noticed it in Inuyasha once but he had disappeared before Kat could ask him what it was.

Kat reached the waterfall and searched all around it for her fox demon. Her nose suddenly began to stop working as if it had been plugged completely. It just shut off, she could still breathe through it but she just couldn't smell. Kat felt the hair on her neck stand up every time she got near the edge of the water.

She glared at the waterfall before wondering if there was a cave behind it. Her feet dug into the sand and her leg muscles tensed for the lunge she was about to make.

CRACK Kat landed smack against stone. 'I guess I missed the entrance…' She dug claws into the side of the rock and strained to climb up the cliff face with the full force of the water pounding down on her. 'Kurama, I'm going to kill you!' Her claws slipped on the slippery rocks and she felt something grab her wrist. She was dragged upward onto a ledge and then into the cave she knew had been there.

Her hand was released and Kat felt someone moving swiftly away. Kat had just barely noticed how hot and clammy the arm had been and she looked at her wrist to see if there had been a mark left there.

"You can't hide. I can tell you're there even though the spell you erected temporarily damaged my sense of smell," she said to the other person in the cave.

"You shouldn't have come after me," Kurama's voice rattled as he panted heavily.

"I was worried! How dare you think that I wouldn't come?" Kat said. "What happened to you?" she asked in a softer voice. 

His breathing became more ragged as she tried to near him. Claws lashed out at her, "Stay away!"

Kat snatched the hand and pulled hard to bring him into her line of vision. She gasped and instantly dropped the hand, letting him squirm away. "What's…? I don't understand…"

"Every demon goes through this," Kurama gasped. "It's just harder for animal demons, and even harder for dog types."

"What are you talking about?"

Kurama suddenly began to wheeze and he fell over in pain. "Kurama!" Kat yelled, catching him in her arms. His skin was clammy and extremely hot, the spell broke and Kat's sense of smell returned. It was almost over powering and suddenly Kat was glad that her nose wasn't better than it already was.

Kurama stunk of something, no wreaked horrendously of something. Kat gagged and sucked in a large breath attempting to get a lung full of air. She managed to get another huge whiff of the scent but by then she was already getting used to it.

Her mind went back to Kurama and she dragged him to the mouth of the cave.  She squirmed helplessly and began to mumble things under his breath. Kat held him under the falls in a desperate attempt to get him to cool down.

'I'm not going to let you die!'

'I'm not dying…' his telepathy was even beginning to become infected and was slightly slurred.

Kat hoisted him back into the cave and brushed away his bangs. His golden eyes were no more than slits that stared at her longingly. She ignored their odd gaze and said. 'You need to tell me what's wrong. I have to heal you.'

'I can't ask that of you. Besides, I a few more days and it'll blow over.'

'What'll blow over?! I can't leave you here like this!'

 Kurama grabbed onto her kimono sleeve and gasped, "I-I'm in heat…"

Kat raised an eyebrow and would have burst out laughing had the situation been less stressful. "You what?"

He let out a groan and his head rolled to one side.

'And the only way to fix this is?'

'Taking you as my mate. That's the whole idea of the process…'  

'And this happens every…?'

'Every hundred years to assure that I have myself a mate. Usually, I just lock myself up somewhere until it ends.'

'You still could have told me…'

His golden eyes opened a little more and stared up at her questioningly. 'And what would you have done?'

Kat's eyes narrowed, "And the only way to get rid of this is to mate?"

'Yes.'

Kat sighed, defeated, and pulled at her obi. Kurama's clawed hand closed around hers and he shook his head slightly. 'Don't do this for me. I don't want it to be because you had to.' He managed to sit up and take both of her hands away from the sash.

Kat met his gaze and it was only then that she could see just how hard he was holding himself back. "Kurama…" her voice was sweet, kind, and soft. Kat took his hand and placed it against her face feeling its unnatural clamminess. 

'I can't, I won't!' Kurama willed his body with all his might but it was too late. Kat had willing given herself to him with that one small gesture.

His ears picked up the sound of her kimono slipping slowly to the floor, wet from the falls, but his mind had gone completely black.

(A/N: Sighs I happen to be a sap for fluff so I decided to just let go and have fun with this story. Let's see… whose the last boy left… grins This should be interesting… PLEASE REVIEW!!!)