Mizu: Okay, now, this is to make up for the looooong delay. ;; Which was completely my fault.

Yume: Yes. Yes it was.

Mizu: --; You're not helping

Yume: You done making all those faces?

Mizu: just about.

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

-Scene Change-

/POV Change/
All this time, things were serious, now Lora started to laugh her head off.

"What, may I ask, is so very funny?" Murdock asked angrily.

Cassy butted in, "If you 'respect' Rachelle so much, then why did you put her in water, when she's wearing white??" Lora laughed hysterically, and Sarah, Nakita and Cassy laughed along with her. This dude really had some problems...

Rachelle stopped faking unconsciousness and sat up immediately, "What?!?!" She yelled, taking to the sky, "Oh CRAP!! You God---- ------- !!!" She screamed at him, "What the hell were youi thinking, Mr. I'm the Ruler of Water, oh look at me???"

"..." Murdock stared at her, his gaze directed to her chest. "Ah!!" She wrapped her arms around herself and turned around. "Stupid hentai!" she exclaimed.

Miroku smiled to himself from his place on the beach. Cassy looked over to him, then smacked him. "Ow, what was that for?" Miroku held his head.

"Hentai! Now is not the time!!" Cassy accused. Kouga sweatdropped.

All this time, Lora was still laughing. Nakita tapped her on the shoulder, "Uhh, Lora? Why are you still laughing? It wasn't that funny."

"No..::laughs::.it's just that...his name..::hysterics::..Murdock!!!" Lora started to drown from laughing uncontrollably.

"Lora. Get out of the water." Sarah said slowly. Lora wiped her eyes, but couldn't stop laughing.

"Somebody swim her to shore." Rachelle sweatdropped. "Okie dokie then!" Nakita said, pushing said hysteric to shore.

"Eough talk!! If you want your angel back, then you'll have to fight me." Murdock declared.

Sarah looked behind her, "Hey that girl with the boomerang and the kid with the tail are gone!" Nakita looked around. "Oh yeah, they went to go get some berries!" Nakita laughed. "I forgot!"

Cassy sweatdropped. "Okay. There went a really good fighter. Miroku can't use the kazaana it'll suck in Rachelle, and he can't use a demon ward, it'll affect Rachelle. That rules him out. Kouga's attacks basically run on his speed, no pun intended, he can't run on water. He's out. That leaves Sarah, Nakita, Lora and me. Lora sucks cause she's a prep. She's gone. Nakita and Sarah have no experience, focus, or determination. Goddammit. That leaves me." Cassy was talking to herself the whole time, while everyone was staring at her strangely.

Miroku sighed, "She has a point. Even if she was talking to herself..."

Murdock rolled his eyes. "So you'll be fighting me, wench? It's about time, but you really should get your mate to fight me, I'm afraid I'll be a bit too much to handle." he said smugly, smirking at her.

Cassy glared at him, fire evident in her eyes. "You'll regret you said that, you bastard! Now I'm really gonna pound you into the dirt!"

Rachelle sighed, "Great. My rescuer is going to be Cassy. I'm doomed."

"Thanks for the support!!"

Cassy lunged toward him, punching him in the jaw. She dived into the water, pulled herself onto shore, and smirked. "Not so high and mighty now, are you?"

"You will not get lucky again! Allow me to show you your proper place." He swung his arm, flinging water darts at her, which hardened into deadly sharp points.

Backflipping just in time, she missed all but one. She cursed herself as it grazed her thigh. Murdock smiled. Cassy picked up a rock, aimed it at his head, and threw it. As soon as it touched him, it exploded, surrounding him in a cloud of dust. She leaped over to him, and sounds of a struggle could be heard. The group held their breath, hoping it was Cassy who would appear the victor. As the smoke cleared, they could see a struggling Cassy held in front of Murdock, who held his sword to her throat.

"Cassy!" Kouga let out a strangled cry, cursing himself for not helping her. He should have thought of something!

"Now wench, you feel my power. My dominance. You stood no chance against me, you were merely lucky." His arm around her throat grew tighter, cutting off her access to air. She struggled wildly.

"Oh my God!" Rachelle softly exclaimed. It had just fully struck her how much trouble they were in. It had seemed like a dream, a game. But it was real, deadly. Her friend could actually die!

Her struggling grew feebler and weaker as her head slumped forward. Kouga's heat plummeted straight to his stomach, fearing the worst.

Suddenly, her head shot up, her eyes gleaming red as her instincts took control, replacing rationality. With a roar, she ripped out of his grip, and threw him off his pillar of water. Lunging after him, she tackled him onto the shore. A slight grappling ensued and Cassy eventually pinned him underneath her. Her claws extended and she plunged in for the kill.

Unnoticed, Sango and Shippou returned, hearing the fight and fearing the worst. Their eyes widened as they took in the scene.

Cassy slashed and slashed, until his body was nothing more than a bloodied husk, mutilated beyond recognition.

Just as suddenly as it began, she froze. Slowly, she looked at the body below her, then to her claws, covered in the blood of the demon in front of her.

Rachelle, Nakita, Lora, and Sarah were celebrating Rachelle's freedom while the Fuedal people stared in shock. Finally the girls looked to see what was so interesting. Their strangled gasps almost came in unison.

"Oh my....w-what have I done?" Cassy's voice, normal, quiet, rang out in the stillness, shaking in shock. Her eyes filling up with tears and without another word she bounded off, fleeing into the safety of the forest.

"Cassy!" Kouga called out, chasing after her to soothe his troubled beloved.

"Po po Cassy..." Lora said.

"Mr. Popo! From DBZ!!" Rachelle yelled. Nakita and Sarah smacked her. "This is serious you reject!!"

"Okay, sorry." Rachelle said, completely serious.

"What should we do now?" Sango spoke up. "Wait for someone, I guess." Lora answered.

"We should head back to camp, they'll find us." Shippou suggested.

The group nodded, and, awkwardly made their way back to camp.

-With Cassy-

"Ow!" Cassy yelled as she ran into something, sniffing slightly.

"Ouch!" it yelled. "Cassy?"

"Huh? Inuyasha? What are you doing out here?" Cassy asked.

"I was coming back to find you guys. I smelled blood, so I hurried up. But it's not familiar..." Inuyasha, sniffing.

Cassy looked at her claws, eyes tearing up againas she lifted them in front of her. Inuyasha looked at them, silent. She dropped her hands limply to her sides. Tears that were held in before began to trickle down her face. She refused to release the hold on her emotions though.

"I-I killed him....he's d-dead!" she screamed.

"Who's dead? Who did you kill?"

Cassy explained everything to him. About Murdock, the fight, all to Inuyasha.

He sat there, and listened to her story. Biting her lip, she buried her hand in her hair, taking deep breaths to calm herself that didn't work. Inuyasha, not knowing what to do, rubbed her back, and tried to comfort her.

Kouga burst into the clearing, and grounded to a halt. Inuyasha stood up as he entered, an unspoken message passing between them.

You better take care of her, or it'll be your head.

Kouga nodded towards the hanyou, who sped off to hear the others' side of the story. Passing the corpse, he could only grimace in sympathy.

Kouga knelt down beside her, and gathered her in his arms. "Are you alright?" he nuzzled her neck.

"No. Would you be? ::sniff:: Wait, don't answer that...It was a dumb question." Cassy hiccuped, trying desperately to keep the tears in check.

"It's okay to cry." he told he gently. She shook her head, "I never cry." she insisted.

Kouga smiled. "This time you can. I won't tell, if you want." Cassy laughed, which opened the floodgates. Her tears flew down her face as she buried her face in Kouga's chest.
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