Demoness With a Human Heart
oOKuramaOo
The day after I had awoken, Kurama and I planned another raid. This time, we had emergency plans, incase something happened like last time.
My day was finished and the tents had been packed up for our move. We didn't stay in one place for very long, so our things were moveable.
We planned to move right after tonight's robbery. I had extra arrows and Kurama had made preparations of his own.
We went to the nearest town to carry out our plan. We were going to find the vault of the leader of the city and we knew where to look. Kurama and I followed the path that lead to a small outhouse looking building. This was the entrance to the vault.
How did we know this?
Well for one- we were professional thieves who knew where their target was before they went and two- we knew him. He was one of out best ties years ago. He would set us up on raids that would bring in lots of money. But a few years ago, he betrayed us. He had set Kurama up on a small raid to a merchant's area where there was supposedly a lot of loot hidden.
When Kurama went to check it out, he was nearly caught. The city leader had alerted the authorities and Kurama was almost killed. Now, we were going to get revenge. We had been talking about it for months, but had never actually done it.
We crept down into the tunnel that leads to the vault. I stayed at the mouth of the tunnel, hoping to spot any danger before it became a threat. Our escape route would be a small series of paths here that would lead to the surface. From there, we would run to the camp, which was set up only a few miles away from there.
Kurama began to unseal the door, carefully avoiding the security mechanisms. The door opened, revealing everything the city had.
We hit our first problem.
There was a bomb behind that door. It was set to go off 30 seconds after the door was opened unless it was the city leader himself.
The timer was counting the seconds until it would blow us to pieces. I made my way down to Kurama, taking the wire cutters. In addition to being on the restoration team, I was also part of the bomb squad. I could unarm bombs.
This one was very easy. I snipped a small black wire and Kurama continued on in the raid.
I returned to the entryway and watched. Someone was coming. How would they know?
I looked back at the bomb.
Damn, it was a security bomb. If the wires were cut, then the alarm would sound, calling the guards.
"Kurama, let's go. That bomb is rigged. Someone's coming. Go faster!"
We ran through the tunnels. Whoever was behind us had caught up quickly and we were on a race to save ourselves. We ran for several minutes before coming to the end of the tunnel.
Now, it was all forest. Three miles back to camp with at least 20 guards behind us.
We jumped over countless trees and bushes. We ran as fast as we could. I shot at the guards, but they never seemed to die. Whenever I shot one down, another 5 would take its place. We had three miles to run and not enough arrows.
They began firing back. Spears and arrows flew past us as we ran. As I shot more down, more kept coming. Soon, the arrows and spears were gone, but spirit blasts followed.
We ran into an open meadow, which turned out to be a bad idea.
We were surrounded.
We stopped running and began an assault. I fired arrows until I ran out. Kurama began sending his own weapons at the guards. Arrows began whizzing by as we fought. Several times, we were both grazed by arrows and bullets.
That's when it happened.
We had just about killed all of them when I heard a yell.
I turned and saw Kurama take a nasty hit from a spirit blast. I ran to him as he fell backwards. I caught him in my arms and cried to him, "No! Don't you leave me."
The remaining guards ran off as if they had been called away. Now, I was alone with Kurama and my injury was reopening.
The noise had attracted our camp, since we had only been a few yards away. People were running to help us as we lay there in the grass. Blood pooled all around us. I managed to talk to my younger brother.
"Kurama, come on. We have to get back to camp."
"No, just leave. I'll be back when I heal. I'll be fine," he added after seeing the look on my face. I saw his body go limp as he fell unconscious.
I stood up and greeted the camp members who had come to our rescue. Two of them helped me back while two others helped Kurama, who had not come to yet.
I sat outside the medical tent, hoping that Kurama would survive that hit. I had just lost Kuro the week before and I didn't want to lose Kurama now.
The camp doctor met me outside.
"I don't know if he'll make it. We'll keep him here tonight and we'll see what happens. As for you, if you don't get that rebandaged, you could suffer infection."
I nodded and went inside. He helped unwrap the lower bandage before he called over the nurse to do the upper part. She did so with utmost care to avoid hurting me further. She changed the bandage and I managed to walk to the den to go to sleep for the night.
The next morning, I went straight to the medical tent without eating breakfast. I sat next to Kurama as the doctor changed his bandages. He was in bad condition, but the doctor said that he'd pull out of it. I held his hand for hours, not bothering to do anything else until my baby brother had opened his eyes.
It was around noon when the doctor finally noticed how long I had been there.
"Kara-sama, you must leave. You will not wake him up any faster by starving yourself." That was the wrong thing to say. I gave him a death glare, "If your brother was lying unconscious on a hospital cot, what would you do?"
"I'm sorry, mistress. I didn't mean to insult you. I just-"
"Just leave us be. I will stay here until he wakes up! That's final." The doctor walked away, knowing that he had made me angry, which was not a good thing. Just get this straight; my temper is worse than Kurama's at times.
I remained at Kurama's bed side until late that night. I was about to make my way back to the den when I heard a noise behind me.
"K-Kara?" I turned around. I smiled and ran back to Kurama's bed.
"You're finally awake. I was so scared. You were in such bad shape!" He looked at me.
"It will take more than that to kill me." I laughed, "Well, it almost did kill you."
He sat up and stared at me, "How are you doing?"
"Better, but my injury reopened while I was trying to help you. I should be fine in a few days. You stay here tonight and I'll come get you in the morning."
"Okay." I left the tent, hoping to get back before the fire burned out. I climbed into bed and fell asleep.
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I shot awake. I could hear screaming outside. Oh, no! Someone was attacking the camp. I ran outside to the medical tent to find Kurama. I passed many other tents, noticing how many of them were on fire. I reached the tent, finding it empty.
"Kurama," I yelled, "Where are you?"
"Mistress, we are over here," replied one of the nurses.
I ran past the tent and to a small area under a tree. The doctor and nurse who called me over were holding Kurama. I went over and they handed him over to me. I sat him down on the grass.
"Kara, what's going on?"
"I don't know, Kurama. Just hold on." We sat there for a while, watching the tents burn and listening to children scream. Yes, there were children in our camp.
The fires began to die down, but we weren't in the clear yet. Whoever had burned our camp was coming back.
They were the guards from the city leader's vaults. They had found out where we were. They began to attack several people who were still in the camp area. They were obviously looking for us. I left the protection of our tree when the guards started attacking the children.
"Leave the children alone! They haven't done anything wrong. If you want us, come and get us." I knew it was a bad idea, but I couldn't let them hurt innocent children. I ran back to Kurama, but it was too late. I was followed and we were ambushed by the guards. Kurama and I stayed where we were while everyone else ran. One sentry grabbed my arms and started to pull on me, trying to get me away from Kurama. Pain ripped through my body as my wounds reopened again and the guard slashed a sword across my chest.
I began to feel light-headed from blood loss. I fought hard, trying to get back to Kurama, who was also in the grip of a guard. I kept fighting, trying to ignore the pain. The guards had found out the reason for my actions and they gave the order, "Kill him!"
I screamed at them, "No! Don't do it!"
I broke out of the grasp of the guard. I was too late. I watched as a sword ripped through my brother's body. He fell to the ground. I lifted him to his feet and we ran as fast as I could. We had botched yesterday's raid and now we were paying for it. We were being chased and they were catching up fast.
We didn't get very far. Pain came once again. This time, we were hit by spirit blasts. We hit the ground hard. I became even more light-headed.
"Kara, keep going."
"No, I'll stay here with you."
"GO!"
I stood up and attempted to lift him up. He was reluctant, but realized that I was determined. He stood up. We kept going. The guards finally caught up. We fell to the ground. I noticed that Kurama was unconscious again and I wasn't too far off.
I could hear the yells of the sentry, "Kill him!"
One guard lifted Kurama off of the ground. Taking his sword, he shoved it through his body. I finally passed out from the pain and blood loss.
