Kaida Okami – The Prophesy
Chapter Four
Toorima Goes Home
Hiei woke from his light sleep. Something in the next room had made a loud thump,
followed by quiet swearing.
Wait a minute.
He knew that voice.......
Hiei got up quietly and snuck out of the room. He slowly opened the door to Kaida's
room.
The window was open and a gentle breeze was tugging at the curtains, along with the hair
of the rooms other occupant.
Hiei leaned against the door frame.
Kaida sat on the floor clutching her foot, which she had stubbed on the corner of her bed.
She was cursing incoherently and hadn't noticed Hiei enter.
Said demon cleared his through.
Kaida looked up, mid curse.
She smiled weakly.
"Hi?" she said.
"What are you doing?" asked Hiei, stifling a yawn. "It's almost 2 in the morning."
Kaida pointed to a small bag filled with her daggers, poisons, herbs and other important
things.
"Im packing." She said innocently
Hiei shook his head.
Kaida stood up and grabbed her bag heading towards the window.
"Where are you going to go?" he asked her.
Kaida looked over her shoulder.
"If I don't tell you, you wont feel guilty when you have to lie when Enma asks
you." She told him.
"Hn."
Kaida was half out of the window before she turned around again.
"Hey Hiei?"
"Hn?"
"Take care of my wolves till I get back?"
"What if you don't come back?"
Kaida smirked.
"I'll be back."
And she was gone.
Hiei sighed and went back to his bed room, falling quickly asleep.
*
Kaida looked around at the Makai woods she had made her home so long ago. Back
when there where bounty hunters after her every day. Back when Toorima was feared,
and rumors abounded.
Ah, the good old days.
Kaida found a tree that had a semi- hollow trunk. She settled her bag into it and curled up,
preparing to sleep the day away.
After all, Carpe Nocturnome
All that was worth happening, happened at night......
*
Kaida spent the next week or so like that. Sleeping through the day, Hunting at night. It
was a boring existence but at least she was alive.
Toorima would not sleep long however.
Kaida knew she couldn't go back to Makai as Toorima, she might need that cover later.
She settled, instead, to dress herself in rags, smear dirt all over her face and hair, and go
into town as a beggar.
Hey, you take what you get.
Right now, Kaida had settled herself on a street corner, watching the other demons pass
her by without a second glance. No demon wanted to mess with a beggar. The night was
quiet for a while.
She should have known it wouldn't last long.
Out of the corner of her eye, Kaida could see several demon thugs, obviously bounty
hunters of some kind, walking her way. She pretended to be indifferent, hoping they
would just pass her by.
No such luck.
When the closest one reached down to pick her up by her shirt back, she expertly twisted
out of her captors grip.
They just grinned at her.
She prepared herself for an interesting fight.
These where no ordinary hunters, they where stronger than most.
She might actually have an interesting fight on her hands.
The first one moved again to grab her. She knocked him back and knocked him own,
spinning around to kick one of his buddies.
Now, several people might think that kicking a man below the belt is fighting dirty, or not
fare.
Kaida was not one of those people.
She kicked the next man in the groin and watched with amazing lack of sympathy as he
sunk to his knees, tears in his eyes.
Some one else tried to effectively rip her right arm out of socket in a complicated twist.
Kaida jerked free and gave him a sharp jab to the back of the neck.
She realized with a small amount of sadness that she would have to kill all of them. She
couldn't just let them live and walk around with stories of how they had met a white
haired wolf demon with and uncanny resemblance to Toorima on the streets.
She swallowed her guilt and started aiming to kill. The first man, who seemed to have
rather bad karma, fell with a crushed wind pipe. The next collapsed, his jugular pierced
by Kaida's claws. The final man, who was obviously the leader, pulled duel short swords
from his belt. He made a quick stab at Kaida's gut but she slid to the side gracefully.
So deep in her fight, Kaida failed to notice the man that appeared out of the back an ally.
He struck her violently on the back of the skull with a large metal pipe. Kaida fell to her
knees, her eyes wide with pain.
He vision swimming, she barely had time to see the content smirk on the thugs face as
everything quickly went black.....
Chapter Four
Toorima Goes Home
Hiei woke from his light sleep. Something in the next room had made a loud thump,
followed by quiet swearing.
Wait a minute.
He knew that voice.......
Hiei got up quietly and snuck out of the room. He slowly opened the door to Kaida's
room.
The window was open and a gentle breeze was tugging at the curtains, along with the hair
of the rooms other occupant.
Hiei leaned against the door frame.
Kaida sat on the floor clutching her foot, which she had stubbed on the corner of her bed.
She was cursing incoherently and hadn't noticed Hiei enter.
Said demon cleared his through.
Kaida looked up, mid curse.
She smiled weakly.
"Hi?" she said.
"What are you doing?" asked Hiei, stifling a yawn. "It's almost 2 in the morning."
Kaida pointed to a small bag filled with her daggers, poisons, herbs and other important
things.
"Im packing." She said innocently
Hiei shook his head.
Kaida stood up and grabbed her bag heading towards the window.
"Where are you going to go?" he asked her.
Kaida looked over her shoulder.
"If I don't tell you, you wont feel guilty when you have to lie when Enma asks
you." She told him.
"Hn."
Kaida was half out of the window before she turned around again.
"Hey Hiei?"
"Hn?"
"Take care of my wolves till I get back?"
"What if you don't come back?"
Kaida smirked.
"I'll be back."
And she was gone.
Hiei sighed and went back to his bed room, falling quickly asleep.
*
Kaida looked around at the Makai woods she had made her home so long ago. Back
when there where bounty hunters after her every day. Back when Toorima was feared,
and rumors abounded.
Ah, the good old days.
Kaida found a tree that had a semi- hollow trunk. She settled her bag into it and curled up,
preparing to sleep the day away.
After all, Carpe Nocturnome
All that was worth happening, happened at night......
*
Kaida spent the next week or so like that. Sleeping through the day, Hunting at night. It
was a boring existence but at least she was alive.
Toorima would not sleep long however.
Kaida knew she couldn't go back to Makai as Toorima, she might need that cover later.
She settled, instead, to dress herself in rags, smear dirt all over her face and hair, and go
into town as a beggar.
Hey, you take what you get.
Right now, Kaida had settled herself on a street corner, watching the other demons pass
her by without a second glance. No demon wanted to mess with a beggar. The night was
quiet for a while.
She should have known it wouldn't last long.
Out of the corner of her eye, Kaida could see several demon thugs, obviously bounty
hunters of some kind, walking her way. She pretended to be indifferent, hoping they
would just pass her by.
No such luck.
When the closest one reached down to pick her up by her shirt back, she expertly twisted
out of her captors grip.
They just grinned at her.
She prepared herself for an interesting fight.
These where no ordinary hunters, they where stronger than most.
She might actually have an interesting fight on her hands.
The first one moved again to grab her. She knocked him back and knocked him own,
spinning around to kick one of his buddies.
Now, several people might think that kicking a man below the belt is fighting dirty, or not
fare.
Kaida was not one of those people.
She kicked the next man in the groin and watched with amazing lack of sympathy as he
sunk to his knees, tears in his eyes.
Some one else tried to effectively rip her right arm out of socket in a complicated twist.
Kaida jerked free and gave him a sharp jab to the back of the neck.
She realized with a small amount of sadness that she would have to kill all of them. She
couldn't just let them live and walk around with stories of how they had met a white
haired wolf demon with and uncanny resemblance to Toorima on the streets.
She swallowed her guilt and started aiming to kill. The first man, who seemed to have
rather bad karma, fell with a crushed wind pipe. The next collapsed, his jugular pierced
by Kaida's claws. The final man, who was obviously the leader, pulled duel short swords
from his belt. He made a quick stab at Kaida's gut but she slid to the side gracefully.
So deep in her fight, Kaida failed to notice the man that appeared out of the back an ally.
He struck her violently on the back of the skull with a large metal pipe. Kaida fell to her
knees, her eyes wide with pain.
He vision swimming, she barely had time to see the content smirk on the thugs face as
everything quickly went black.....