Charms
Eiri-san twitches, bleeding on the floor. I don't think Hiei liked the end of that last chapter. *gargle* *cough* "Eiri-san!" Yukina appears. "What happened?" She put her hands around the author's wounded neck and performed a healing spell. I'll be fine, thanks. By the way you're in this chapter. "Me?" She touched her face in embarrassment. She's so cute.
Chapter 10
Yesterday a day at the park promised mild weather and acceptible tempurature. Today it was cool enough to require a light jacket. This out of all the fall months had the most unpredictable weather. A common theme, however, was the progressively colder tempurature.
"How fun I get to make two lunches from now on!" Shuichi's mother smiled to herself.
"Thank you. I don't want to be any trouble so..." Daiki said shyly.
"Oh no trouble." she assured him.
"Come on we're gonna be late." Kurama slipped his jacket on.
"Right, I've got the lunches." Hazama brought to carefully wrapped boxes.
"Have a good day." She waved to them.
"Good morning!" Michiba-san smiled when they got to the classroom. School was normal, Michiba was apologizing and Kurama was just trying to get things done. Daiki was catching up quickly in his studies but an extra tutoring session couldn't hurt.
"Stay after?" Daiki asked.
"Just for a few days. I'm not bad when it comes to studying but have some buisness I must attend to, studen't meetings and such." Kurama explained. "I'll meet you at home alright." //Funny// the red head thought //It's so comfortable saying that.// He shugged it off.
"I've got our best student already for you. So you'll be competing with the rest of the class in no time. Oh, and the teacher said to give you a few quizes to check on your aptitude." Michiba set down some papers.
"Oh, man. Quizes already?" Hazama pouted.
"Well, I'll see you later." Kurama left, his first step out the door of the school and a cold breeze chilled his breath.
His instincts told him something was amiss. Green eyes closed, concentrating on his inhuman senses. He opened them again to see a pale kimono and long white hair drifting though the sea of students. This slender figure stopped and looked with stormy blue eyes directly at the green eyes that had only now saw the resemblance.
"Yukina?" Kurama took a step and a small flurry of snow flakes in a chilled wind surpried him, blinding him from her for a second. He looked again but she was gone. //Was that Yukina? No.// That person was different somehow. Yukina is like the gentle snow. That person, those eyes were like ice itself.
//Why now? Is it because of Hazama-san? I'm think...He's running out of time.// Kurama ran to the one person he thought might have an answer to his question. If he knew, maybe he could help.
"So you've come to visit this old woman?" Genkai asked.
"It's so nice to have company." Yukina prepared tea.
"How kind of you to stay with Genkai, Yukina-san." Kurama told her.
"I've already told her and I'll tell you too. I don't need any company. I've lived alone most my life. I'm used to it." the old master grunted.
"Please don't start that again." Yukina begged. Genkai sighed.
"What do you want Kurama?" she was as straight forward as ever.
"I'm sorry to bother you." Kurama told her sincerely. "I do have a favor to ask."
"Out with it." She sipped her tea.
"I have several questions and I hope you'll be patient with me." Kurama prepared her. "I suppose I'll start with this one: Do you know anything about a scar shaped like a cresent moon slashed by an arrow like shape."
"A scar, eh?" Genkai said thoughtfully. "The moon scare sounds like a wolf demon's mark."
"You think so too." Kurama confirmed.
"You mean the one with the mark is a wolf demon." Yukina tried to understand.
"No. The one with the mark is the property or, at the most, under the protection of the one who put it there." she explained. "The arrow...I don't know that one. It could be a mistake or..."
"Or what?" the ice demon was curious.
"The scar is not only identifying. It is infused with a ward spell when it is carved. If the ward is defaced delibirately, it could mean a warning to the protector that their protectorate is now vulnerable." Genkai considered.
"I understand. Thank you." The red head bowed, "I have another question, if that's alright."
"Why not?" the old woman shugged.
"Have you heard of a demonness named Korina?" Kurama asked, less confident she would be able to answer this question.
"Korina?" she thought about it. "I guess...I recall from my childhood if you can believe my memory." she laughed. "My mother told me about a wicked demon that only appeared in the winter when the snow was piled high. She would murder innocent people and leave their bodies for the wolves. But some how she came to fall in love with a humble wood cutter. For the sake of love she changed her form to appear as a human."
"She married him?" Yukina asked excitedly.
"Yes and bore him many children." Genkai continued.
"I think I know this story." Kurama admitted. "The deaths didn't stop and one cold day the wood cutter was told his wife was surely the ice demon. At first he thought it was from jealousy but as time passed his suspicions grew. Till finally..."
"He confronted her." Genkai continued. "She had no desire to trick him, she loved him. She told him the truth and in that truth she was forced back to her demon form. With a final warning that she would take revenge if the wood cutter were to mistreat her children, in a blinding light she disappeared. No one had seen her since."
"Oh." Yukina looked sad.
"What's wrong, Yukina-san?" the red head asked her.
"It's so sad. She was seperated from her loved one because the truth about her was discovered. Now she can't be with her husband, she can't see her children." A pearl dropped on the floor as she sniffled. "She must be so lonely."
"It's just a story." Genkai told the girl.
"Yukina," Kurama placed the perfect pearl in her hands. "I'm sorry to distress you. Please don't cry." He squeezed the girl's pale hands.
"I am being silly aren't I?" she sniffed and dried her eyes.
"Not at all." Kurama assured her. He turned to Genkai and bowed. "Thank you again Genkai-sama. You've been a great help to me."
"..." Genkai just looked at him perhaps a little surprised.
"Really." he told her. "I really must be going. Thank you for the tea." He was walking out the door when Genkai stopped him.
"Kurama."
"Yes." the red head turned around.
"You're aura is different today." she looked him over.
"Huh?" Kurama was confused. //My aura. What does she mean?//
"You've got to focus on what's important. Don't lose control of you're emotions. The human body you're in has hormones demons can't control fully. They can make you feel things you won't understand. Becareful." she warned.
"Uh, yes." Kurama left, considering Genkai's words. //That was strange. Talking about me so suddenly.// The clouds were scattered across a darkening sky. Probably it would rain tomorrow. //What's important now is to find out if Hazama-san is targeted by wolf demons, or enemies of the wolf demons. But who? He said he got the scar since he was born. His father died unexpectedly. Could those events be connected somehow?//
Eiri-san twitches, bleeding on the floor. I don't think Hiei liked the end of that last chapter. *gargle* *cough* "Eiri-san!" Yukina appears. "What happened?" She put her hands around the author's wounded neck and performed a healing spell. I'll be fine, thanks. By the way you're in this chapter. "Me?" She touched her face in embarrassment. She's so cute.
Chapter 10
Yesterday a day at the park promised mild weather and acceptible tempurature. Today it was cool enough to require a light jacket. This out of all the fall months had the most unpredictable weather. A common theme, however, was the progressively colder tempurature.
"How fun I get to make two lunches from now on!" Shuichi's mother smiled to herself.
"Thank you. I don't want to be any trouble so..." Daiki said shyly.
"Oh no trouble." she assured him.
"Come on we're gonna be late." Kurama slipped his jacket on.
"Right, I've got the lunches." Hazama brought to carefully wrapped boxes.
"Have a good day." She waved to them.
"Good morning!" Michiba-san smiled when they got to the classroom. School was normal, Michiba was apologizing and Kurama was just trying to get things done. Daiki was catching up quickly in his studies but an extra tutoring session couldn't hurt.
"Stay after?" Daiki asked.
"Just for a few days. I'm not bad when it comes to studying but have some buisness I must attend to, studen't meetings and such." Kurama explained. "I'll meet you at home alright." //Funny// the red head thought //It's so comfortable saying that.// He shugged it off.
"I've got our best student already for you. So you'll be competing with the rest of the class in no time. Oh, and the teacher said to give you a few quizes to check on your aptitude." Michiba set down some papers.
"Oh, man. Quizes already?" Hazama pouted.
"Well, I'll see you later." Kurama left, his first step out the door of the school and a cold breeze chilled his breath.
His instincts told him something was amiss. Green eyes closed, concentrating on his inhuman senses. He opened them again to see a pale kimono and long white hair drifting though the sea of students. This slender figure stopped and looked with stormy blue eyes directly at the green eyes that had only now saw the resemblance.
"Yukina?" Kurama took a step and a small flurry of snow flakes in a chilled wind surpried him, blinding him from her for a second. He looked again but she was gone. //Was that Yukina? No.// That person was different somehow. Yukina is like the gentle snow. That person, those eyes were like ice itself.
//Why now? Is it because of Hazama-san? I'm think...He's running out of time.// Kurama ran to the one person he thought might have an answer to his question. If he knew, maybe he could help.
"So you've come to visit this old woman?" Genkai asked.
"It's so nice to have company." Yukina prepared tea.
"How kind of you to stay with Genkai, Yukina-san." Kurama told her.
"I've already told her and I'll tell you too. I don't need any company. I've lived alone most my life. I'm used to it." the old master grunted.
"Please don't start that again." Yukina begged. Genkai sighed.
"What do you want Kurama?" she was as straight forward as ever.
"I'm sorry to bother you." Kurama told her sincerely. "I do have a favor to ask."
"Out with it." She sipped her tea.
"I have several questions and I hope you'll be patient with me." Kurama prepared her. "I suppose I'll start with this one: Do you know anything about a scar shaped like a cresent moon slashed by an arrow like shape."
"A scar, eh?" Genkai said thoughtfully. "The moon scare sounds like a wolf demon's mark."
"You think so too." Kurama confirmed.
"You mean the one with the mark is a wolf demon." Yukina tried to understand.
"No. The one with the mark is the property or, at the most, under the protection of the one who put it there." she explained. "The arrow...I don't know that one. It could be a mistake or..."
"Or what?" the ice demon was curious.
"The scar is not only identifying. It is infused with a ward spell when it is carved. If the ward is defaced delibirately, it could mean a warning to the protector that their protectorate is now vulnerable." Genkai considered.
"I understand. Thank you." The red head bowed, "I have another question, if that's alright."
"Why not?" the old woman shugged.
"Have you heard of a demonness named Korina?" Kurama asked, less confident she would be able to answer this question.
"Korina?" she thought about it. "I guess...I recall from my childhood if you can believe my memory." she laughed. "My mother told me about a wicked demon that only appeared in the winter when the snow was piled high. She would murder innocent people and leave their bodies for the wolves. But some how she came to fall in love with a humble wood cutter. For the sake of love she changed her form to appear as a human."
"She married him?" Yukina asked excitedly.
"Yes and bore him many children." Genkai continued.
"I think I know this story." Kurama admitted. "The deaths didn't stop and one cold day the wood cutter was told his wife was surely the ice demon. At first he thought it was from jealousy but as time passed his suspicions grew. Till finally..."
"He confronted her." Genkai continued. "She had no desire to trick him, she loved him. She told him the truth and in that truth she was forced back to her demon form. With a final warning that she would take revenge if the wood cutter were to mistreat her children, in a blinding light she disappeared. No one had seen her since."
"Oh." Yukina looked sad.
"What's wrong, Yukina-san?" the red head asked her.
"It's so sad. She was seperated from her loved one because the truth about her was discovered. Now she can't be with her husband, she can't see her children." A pearl dropped on the floor as she sniffled. "She must be so lonely."
"It's just a story." Genkai told the girl.
"Yukina," Kurama placed the perfect pearl in her hands. "I'm sorry to distress you. Please don't cry." He squeezed the girl's pale hands.
"I am being silly aren't I?" she sniffed and dried her eyes.
"Not at all." Kurama assured her. He turned to Genkai and bowed. "Thank you again Genkai-sama. You've been a great help to me."
"..." Genkai just looked at him perhaps a little surprised.
"Really." he told her. "I really must be going. Thank you for the tea." He was walking out the door when Genkai stopped him.
"Kurama."
"Yes." the red head turned around.
"You're aura is different today." she looked him over.
"Huh?" Kurama was confused. //My aura. What does she mean?//
"You've got to focus on what's important. Don't lose control of you're emotions. The human body you're in has hormones demons can't control fully. They can make you feel things you won't understand. Becareful." she warned.
"Uh, yes." Kurama left, considering Genkai's words. //That was strange. Talking about me so suddenly.// The clouds were scattered across a darkening sky. Probably it would rain tomorrow. //What's important now is to find out if Hazama-san is targeted by wolf demons, or enemies of the wolf demons. But who? He said he got the scar since he was born. His father died unexpectedly. Could those events be connected somehow?//