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"Did that Demon leave already?" Jinhaku asked. The two siblings were along the outskirt of the village, near the forest. Xiara let out a heavy sigh.
"Yes he did. He left a moment ago." She told him, sadness in her tone.
Jinhaku glanced at her in the corner of his eye. "I can't believe she actually fell in love with a Demon. There are plenty of good-looking human men and she wants to fall for a demon." He sighed mentally. "She'll get over him. I doubt her fate is to be with a Demon." His train of thought was interrupted when he spotted something in the forest that was coming their way, fast.
"Look out!" he exclaimed and grabbed Xiara by the waist, pulling her close to him and jumped out of the way. Not too gracefully, for when they landed, they fell and rolled on the floor. Where they stood before, a giant boulder came down with a loud thud making the ground tremble a bit.
Jinhaku groaned in pain and sat up. He turned to Xiara. "Hey are you okay?"
Xiara sat up as well and rubbed her head, which she hit. "Yeah I I'm okay, but what happened?" She said then looked at the boulder.
Jinhaku switched his attention to the large rock as well. "I don't know."
All of a sudden they heard laughter coming from the forest. "Who's out there?" Jinhaku asked, getting to his feet.
It took a few seconds, but someone finally emerged from the tall trees. It was a woman, and she was very beautiful. Her hair was the color black and her eyes, crimson. She gave a smug grin, showing her fangs. Jinhaku and Xiara knew immediately she was a demon.
"State your business here, Demon." Jinhaku said, his hand slowly moving towards the hilt of his sword.
"I sensed that two demons that I am on the pursuit of are in this village. I wish to see them."
"Is she talking about Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha?" Xiara thought to herself.
"What is it that you want with them and why is it that you attacked us?" Jinhaku questioned her. He didn't like the idea of Demons in the village. One was already gone and he didn't want another one in his place.
"For your first question, it is none of your business and your second answer, I wanted to draw your attention. Now can you please show me to the demons?" She said her last sentence with a bit of annoyance.
"I'm afraid I can't do that."
The demon smug grin so turned into a frightening glare. "Step aside humans or I will kill you." She growled.
"I would like to see you try." Jinhaku said and pulled out his sword.
"Jinhaku, don't do it!" Xiara told him, but as always he never listened. He was flying off towards Kuroinu before Xiara could even finish her sentence. With incredible speed for a human, he went charging towards Kuroinu. He raised his sword over his head, ready to slice her down the middle.
Although Jinhaku was fast, he was nowhere near as fast as Kuroinu was. It was as if she vanished into thin air, dodging the attack. "Argh! Where the hell is she?" He thought to himself. He suddenly became wide-eyed; he felt a presence behind him. It was Kuroinu.
"Good-bye." She whispered in his ear.
A sudden came across his face. They stood there in place for a few second. Suddenly, Jinhaku started to fall frontward. He hit the ground with a loud thump and stayed there, not making any movement or sound. Five holes were in his back and coming out of them was a stream of blood. Kuroinu was behind the fallen body; a bloodthirsty grin was on her face. She had her claws up, blood dripping from her hands.
"Now you see." She said in a low voice.
"Nonononononono" Xiara Thought to herself. "This can't be happening. This isn't real. It just isn't. I'm in a bad dream." She closed her eyes tightly. "Soon I'll wake up and Jinhaku will be alive and I would have never met Sesshoumaru. I will be back in the hut, helping the sick." She opened her eyes again. To her disliking, she still saw Jinhaku on the ground, motionless.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" She cried out and fell to her knees. Her cry echoed through the entire woods. The echo even reached to a familiar Dog demon.
"was that Xiara?" thought Sesshomaur, then his nose caught a familiar scent- blood, death, and a slight hint of lavender.
Kuroinu was here, and she was after him. Without a second thought, he turned and ran for the village.
The demon girl cracked her knuckles impatiently,. Laughing at the sound of the girl's cry.
"Now then, little girl... Will you take me to the demons before I have to kill others? Not that it wouldn't be fun, but I really must kill furball. Now" she said, the annoyance overlaying something deeper. Xiara recognized it.
Anxiousness.
"You killed him! I'm never going to lead you now, you monster!!" yelled Xiara. Tears clouded up her eyes, and her voice cracked with every word.
Kuroinu sighed. "well, If that's your final answer..." she began, taking a few steps forward, then licking one of her bloody fingers. "I suppose you'll die too"
She was about to rush forward when a clawed hand grabbed the back of her top.
"You have crossed a line, Sister. You shouldn't have touched her"
And then Sesshomau dug his claws into the back of her neck. She let out a low growl of pain, not willing to scream in battle.
"that would be a true waste of breath.." she thought. Her blood spurted through the air, landing all over her face.
She kicked Sesshomaru in a pressure point near the back of the knee. He dropped his grip on her, and stumbled back a bit. Kuroinu smiled as she rushed past her half brother, her claws aiming for his throat. He blocked just in time, but his arms sustained abundant damage. His face contorted into a grimace. His sister's was the opposite, a grin was on her face.
"your blood smells the best, Sesshoumaru... out of the hundred thousand I've slain, yours smells the best... I wonder why" she said, innocently. Her face drooped, however, when she looked at the blood on her hands. It was dry.
"stupid human's blood" she muttered.
Sesshoumaru chose this moment to lunge forward, trying to catch Kuroinu in a slash. He landed it right across her face, four gashes from one scarlet eye to the bottom of her chin. Her eyes widened as she turned towards Seshomaru.
"You little- You got my face!" she growled, her hands coming slowly to the wound. They came away with more blood than ever. She looked at it, and smiled. Then she looked at Sesshomaru.
"Do you know how long it's been since I've seen my own blood like this?" she asked, all traces of humor gone from her voice. The grin had faded, and was now a furious scowl. The extra blood on her eyes only made it worse.
Her hands danced on the hilt of the tokijin.
"Never, Sesshomaru. The last time I saw my own blood before this-"she began, raising the tokijin slowly.
"was when our father casted us out..." she said. She closed her eyes, and she started talking in a chant like language.
She had begun the incantation.