Kaida Okami – The Prophesy
Chapter Fourteen
Off To Fight The Dragon
Kaida woke up feeling warm and sleepy, not something she had felt in the past
few days. She opened her eyes groggily and looked around her.
She was laying on someone else's bed, in someone else's room, and Kaida was willing to
bet that it was someone else's house.
She looked at the room in interest, it was spotlessly clean and had a work desk in one
corner and an extensive library in the other. Kaida looked at the books from her bed and
noticed that almost all of them where about plants.
She smiled to herself.
- Must be Kurama's room.- she reasoned -but where is his mom.....for that
matter, where is anyone?-
Just as she finished that thought, the door in front of her opened, revealing Yukina.
The ice apparition smiled gently at her.
"How are you feeling?" she asked softly.
"Ok, I guess." She said, looking herself over.
There wasn't a scrape or bruise on her.
Kaida smiled gratefully at her.
"Thank you." She said.
Yukina smiled back.
"The others are waiting for you downstairs."
Kaida looked down at her clothes and grimaced.
Her shirt was pretty much in tatters (though it still covered all of the important parts) and
her pants had tears in them everywhere.
"And they want me to wear...what?" she asked.
Yukina laughed.
"Hold on a moment." She said and walked back out the door, presumably down
stairs.
With her wolf ears, Kaida heard Yukina tell the problem to Kurama.
With a blush she heard him laugh and say something.
Yukina entered back into the room a moment later.
"Kurama says you may salvage what you can from his dresser, though he doubts
any of it will fit you."
"I'll take that as a reference to my height, not my weight." She said mildly.
"Thanks Yukina."
Yukina smiled and bowed, then left to join the others.
When she had gone, Kaida stood and walked over to the dresser. Opening one of
the drawers, she rummaged for the smallest shirt she could find.
She pulled out one of Kurama's older and less used sleeveless blue shirts. She then
moved on to the next drawer, looking for some pants. She pulled out a pair of old and
slightly shrunken white fighting pants.
She peeled off her old clothes and threw on the new ones, looking herself over in the
mirror.
The shirt came almost to her knees and she was walking on the pants.
With a sigh, and hoping Kurama wouldn't mind, she found a pair of scissors and
adjusted the pant leg length.
When she deemed that she looked presentable, Kaida grabbed her new treasure sword
and her necklace with the ring hooked on it and ambled out the door.
When she arrived in the living room, she looked around at the occupants.
Botan, Yukina, Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yusuke where all located around one or
another odd pieces of furniture.
Their wounds had all been healed, leaving Kaida to wonder just how long she was out.
Kaida sat down on the couch next to Yusuke.
"How long was I out?" she asked them.
"Not to long, a few hours." Kurama told her.
-Their wounds must have been healed by Yukina and Botan- she thought
"And what has Ryuko been doing in that time?" she asked.
"As far as we know, nothing." Hiei told her.
"Well then, shall we go?" Kaida said, looking from face to face.
"Go where?" asked Yusuke.
"To spirit world." Kaida answered. "Ryuko will eventually be headed there, we
can fend her off at the gates."
Hiei glanced at her.
"You do know that spirit world will be swarming with people that have been told
to deliver your head on a silver platter." He told her.
Kaida grimaced.
"Don't remind me."
"And how exactly do you plan to stop her?" Hiei continued. "You still don't
know what would happen to your body if you kill Ryuko. She is, after all, a part of you."
Kaida's face hardened.
"Hiei, I'm going to do everything I can to stop her. Even if I have to do it alone."
Hiei glared at her.
"Kaida, I think Hiei has a good point." Kurama told her quietly, breaking the
staring contest. "There is a very good chance that you will die if Ryuko does. I'd say a
99.9% probability."
Kaida turned her annoyed glare to Kurama.
"Then I'd better be hoping that I'm that .1% left over." She said standing.
Kurama sighed but stood as well.
Hiei, Yusuke and Kuwabara followed suit.
To their amazement, so did Yukina and Botan.
"Yukina, you stay here." Hiei and Kuwabara commanded at the same time.
Both looked appalled that they had the same thought as the other.
"You guys cant be serious!" Kaida said. "You have no experience in fighting,
you'll get killed."
Botan looked at her furiously.
"Spirit World is my home," she said firmly. "And I am not letting some stupid
demoness destroy it."
Yukina nodded in agreement.
Kaida closed her eyes in annoyance feeling a headache coming on.
"Promise," Kaida said tightly. "Promise that if you are in any immediate danger
and cannot defend or help in anyway, that you will seek shelter immediately."
Botan and Yukina nodded.
"We promise." They chorused.
Hiei glared at her.
- You cant be serious – he said telepathically.
- Hiei, I cant stop them from fighting and neither can you – Kaida answered.
- Watch me!!!- he challenged.
- Hiei! Get over it! We don't have a choice and we're running out of time!!-
Kaida said angrily. – If we get there soon enough we might be able to stop Ryuko so
neither your sister, nor Botan will have to fight!-
Hiei cut of the connection angrily and stormed out the door.
Kaida watched him go and sighed.
"come on, we're wasting time." She told the gathered group as they watched Hiei
leave with bewilderment.
Kaida walked out the door and the group fallowed her.
- I have to stop her....no matter what.-
A/N: don't you just love how long it takes for me to update? ::doges flying fruit and sporks:: He-he...guess not...anyway, read and review!!