War or Love
Chapter 9
Karana Returns & Enter Hiei
By: Miroke
December 12, 2003
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Karana walked into the forest and sniffed the air lightly. Karana thought as she sniffed the air and looked around and then she found a strange scent that she sort of recognized. "Could it be?" Karana asked herself as she ran toward where the scent was coming from.
She ran until she came to a clearing and stopped when she saw Youko, Kuronue, and Toushi. "Toushi?" Karana asked as she walked out of the forest and into the clearing. "Is it really you?" She asked and looked at Toushi with teary eyes.
"Karana?" Toushi asked as he got up from where he was sitting and walked a little toward her. "You found your true power." Toushi said and smiled at her.
"Oh that's what happened to me then. I was wondering why I kind of looked like a kitsune." Karana said and laughed a little as her ear twitched.
"Karana?" Youko asked as he walked up next to Toushi and looked at her closely.
Karana looked over at Youko and smiled lovingly at him and then she walked over to him. "Hello my love." She said and leaned up and kissed Youko lightly on the lips. "I missed you." She said and smiled.
"Oh Karana I missed you too." Youko said and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. "I was so worried that Rimu had hurt you." Youko said and closed his eyes as he hugged her.
"Youko I'm fine," Karana said and smiled as she hugged him back. She pulled away and looked around a little confused. "Where is Fitaria?" Karana asked confused.
"She went to find Hiei an old friend of ours so we could rescue you from Rimu, but it doesn't look like we'll need his help after all." Kuronue said and smiled at Karana.
"Oh.who's Hiei?" Karana asked.
"We saved him from a bunch of demons when he was younger. So he owed us a favor." Kuronue said and looked over at a bunch of bushes. "Something is coming!" Kuronue yelled and got into a fighting stance.
"Karana get behind us." Toushi said and got up next to Kuronue.
"But I can fight now." Karana said and looked over at Toushi a little confused.
"Yes you do have your true powers but you don't know how to use them. I'll teach you when we are away from danger." Toushi said and turned and looked at Karana and smiled and then he turned back to the direction of the coming danger.
"Alright," Karana said and stayed behind Kuronue, Youko, and Toushi.
A flash of black jumped out from behind the bushes and everyone jumped back. Rimu looked around at the four in front of him and then he laughed. "So you made it back to your friends."
Back with Yumia & Fitaria.
Yumia and Fitaria ran up the mountain where Hiei was suppose to be. They made it to a clearing and stopped and looked around.
"Yumia which way is it to the top?" Fitaria asked as she turned and looked at Yumia.
"Hold on I'll see." Yumia said and flew up past the trees and then she came back down. "We're there."
"What do you mean we're there? Is this the top?" Fitaria asked confused as she looked around. "If we're here where is Hiei then?" She asked as she looked around the clearing.
"Who wants to know about me?" A short black haired man asked as he looked down at the girls from a limb on a tree. He had spiky black hair, sapphire red eyes and he wore all black with a katana by his said. "Who are you two?"
"I'm Yumia and this is Fitaria." Yumia said as she walked forward and pointed at Fitaria when she said her name. "We need your help."
"Sorry but I don't help anyone but myself." Hiei said and turned and started to jump to another tree away from the women but stopped when the limb he was on was blown away by a fire blast. "What the hell!" Hiei yelled as he landed on the ground.
"Damn you your going to help us, Youko and Kuronue saved your sorry ass when you were younger so you owe them a favor." Fitaria said and held a fire ball in her hand.
"Youko and Kuronue?" Hiei asked and looked at Fitaria and then over at Yumia. "It's you.aren't you Youko's mate?" Hiei asked and looked at Yumia confused.
"Uhm.no I'm not." Yumia said and started to blush.
"Oh.so what do Youko and Kuronue need my help with?" Hiei asked and looked back at Fitaria who was giving him an evil glare.
"Well.first off one of Youko's friends has had his mate stolen from him and he can't get her back alone. The demon who stole her was Rimu the Black Kitsune." Fitaria said and looked over at Yumia to see what her face reaction would look like.
"Rimu? Isn't he the old partner of Youko and Yumia?" Hiei asked and looked from Fitaria and Yumia confused.
"Yes unfortunately he was." Yumia said and lowered her head to look at the ground.
"Ok that's enough talk for now we need to get back to my friend's camp sight so we can come up with a plan to rescue Youko's friends mate." Fitaria said and looked over at Hiei.
"Alright," Hiei said and looked up at the sky and noticed that the scent of blood was in the air. "There's a battle going on not to far from here." Hiei said and looked back at Yumia and Fitaria.
"Well we can't help that we need to g and help Youko's friend." Fitaria said and started at a dead run toward where she knew Youko's camp was.
"Fitaria wait!" Yumia yelled and ran after her. "Come on Hiei!" Yumia yelled back at him as she tried to catch up to Fitaria.
Back at camp.
"I think I'll take my mate back." Rimu said and grabbed Karana by the neck and smirked over at Youko who was pulling himself from a tree.
"Get your damn hands off me!" Karana yelled and Rimu jerked his arm back in pain when it was engulfed by a huge flame.
"Damn you bitch!" Rimu yelled as he held his arm that she had burnt in his other hand.
"I warned you before to leave me and my friends alone." Karana said and glared at Rimu.
"But I do have the right to see the mother of my soon to be child." Rimu said and smirked when Youko looked at Karana shocked. "Yes my dear old friend she's carrying my child." Rimu said and laughed a little.
"Karana is that true?" Youko asked and looked at her with a look of disbelief on his face.
Karana looked at the ground and a single tear ran down her cheek.
"Karana?" Youko asked again.
She looked up at Youko and he could see that she was crying. "Yes my love it is," She said and fell to her knees crying. "But it is not my fault." Karana said through crying.
"Well I have done what I came to do," Rimu said and laughed as he disappeared into the dense forest.
Author's Note: Here ya go chapter 9 I hope you like it. Please leave a review if you read this story. And thanks for reading.
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Karana walked into the forest and sniffed the air lightly. Karana thought as she sniffed the air and looked around and then she found a strange scent that she sort of recognized. "Could it be?" Karana asked herself as she ran toward where the scent was coming from.
She ran until she came to a clearing and stopped when she saw Youko, Kuronue, and Toushi. "Toushi?" Karana asked as she walked out of the forest and into the clearing. "Is it really you?" She asked and looked at Toushi with teary eyes.
"Karana?" Toushi asked as he got up from where he was sitting and walked a little toward her. "You found your true power." Toushi said and smiled at her.
"Oh that's what happened to me then. I was wondering why I kind of looked like a kitsune." Karana said and laughed a little as her ear twitched.
"Karana?" Youko asked as he walked up next to Toushi and looked at her closely.
Karana looked over at Youko and smiled lovingly at him and then she walked over to him. "Hello my love." She said and leaned up and kissed Youko lightly on the lips. "I missed you." She said and smiled.
"Oh Karana I missed you too." Youko said and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. "I was so worried that Rimu had hurt you." Youko said and closed his eyes as he hugged her.
"Youko I'm fine," Karana said and smiled as she hugged him back. She pulled away and looked around a little confused. "Where is Fitaria?" Karana asked confused.
"She went to find Hiei an old friend of ours so we could rescue you from Rimu, but it doesn't look like we'll need his help after all." Kuronue said and smiled at Karana.
"Oh.who's Hiei?" Karana asked.
"We saved him from a bunch of demons when he was younger. So he owed us a favor." Kuronue said and looked over at a bunch of bushes. "Something is coming!" Kuronue yelled and got into a fighting stance.
"Karana get behind us." Toushi said and got up next to Kuronue.
"But I can fight now." Karana said and looked over at Toushi a little confused.
"Yes you do have your true powers but you don't know how to use them. I'll teach you when we are away from danger." Toushi said and turned and looked at Karana and smiled and then he turned back to the direction of the coming danger.
"Alright," Karana said and stayed behind Kuronue, Youko, and Toushi.
A flash of black jumped out from behind the bushes and everyone jumped back. Rimu looked around at the four in front of him and then he laughed. "So you made it back to your friends."
Back with Yumia & Fitaria.
Yumia and Fitaria ran up the mountain where Hiei was suppose to be. They made it to a clearing and stopped and looked around.
"Yumia which way is it to the top?" Fitaria asked as she turned and looked at Yumia.
"Hold on I'll see." Yumia said and flew up past the trees and then she came back down. "We're there."
"What do you mean we're there? Is this the top?" Fitaria asked confused as she looked around. "If we're here where is Hiei then?" She asked as she looked around the clearing.
"Who wants to know about me?" A short black haired man asked as he looked down at the girls from a limb on a tree. He had spiky black hair, sapphire red eyes and he wore all black with a katana by his said. "Who are you two?"
"I'm Yumia and this is Fitaria." Yumia said as she walked forward and pointed at Fitaria when she said her name. "We need your help."
"Sorry but I don't help anyone but myself." Hiei said and turned and started to jump to another tree away from the women but stopped when the limb he was on was blown away by a fire blast. "What the hell!" Hiei yelled as he landed on the ground.
"Damn you your going to help us, Youko and Kuronue saved your sorry ass when you were younger so you owe them a favor." Fitaria said and held a fire ball in her hand.
"Youko and Kuronue?" Hiei asked and looked at Fitaria and then over at Yumia. "It's you.aren't you Youko's mate?" Hiei asked and looked at Yumia confused.
"Uhm.no I'm not." Yumia said and started to blush.
"Oh.so what do Youko and Kuronue need my help with?" Hiei asked and looked back at Fitaria who was giving him an evil glare.
"Well.first off one of Youko's friends has had his mate stolen from him and he can't get her back alone. The demon who stole her was Rimu the Black Kitsune." Fitaria said and looked over at Yumia to see what her face reaction would look like.
"Rimu? Isn't he the old partner of Youko and Yumia?" Hiei asked and looked from Fitaria and Yumia confused.
"Yes unfortunately he was." Yumia said and lowered her head to look at the ground.
"Ok that's enough talk for now we need to get back to my friend's camp sight so we can come up with a plan to rescue Youko's friends mate." Fitaria said and looked over at Hiei.
"Alright," Hiei said and looked up at the sky and noticed that the scent of blood was in the air. "There's a battle going on not to far from here." Hiei said and looked back at Yumia and Fitaria.
"Well we can't help that we need to g and help Youko's friend." Fitaria said and started at a dead run toward where she knew Youko's camp was.
"Fitaria wait!" Yumia yelled and ran after her. "Come on Hiei!" Yumia yelled back at him as she tried to catch up to Fitaria.
Back at camp.
"I think I'll take my mate back." Rimu said and grabbed Karana by the neck and smirked over at Youko who was pulling himself from a tree.
"Get your damn hands off me!" Karana yelled and Rimu jerked his arm back in pain when it was engulfed by a huge flame.
"Damn you bitch!" Rimu yelled as he held his arm that she had burnt in his other hand.
"I warned you before to leave me and my friends alone." Karana said and glared at Rimu.
"But I do have the right to see the mother of my soon to be child." Rimu said and smirked when Youko looked at Karana shocked. "Yes my dear old friend she's carrying my child." Rimu said and laughed a little.
"Karana is that true?" Youko asked and looked at her with a look of disbelief on his face.
Karana looked at the ground and a single tear ran down her cheek.
"Karana?" Youko asked again.
She looked up at Youko and he could see that she was crying. "Yes my love it is," She said and fell to her knees crying. "But it is not my fault." Karana said through crying.
"Well I have done what I came to do," Rimu said and laughed as he disappeared into the dense forest.
Author's Note: Here ya go chapter 9 I hope you like it. Please leave a review if you read this story. And thanks for reading.