Kaida Okami – Control
Chapter Two
Blood Lust
Kaida scrubbed furiously at her skin, trying desperately to wipe the blood off of her. Her skin was turning red and raw but still she scrubbed. Finally she threw the
washcloth down and let the bloody water trickle down the drain. She ran into her room and threw some clothes on hurriedly, checking her reflection out of habit and
tucking her freefalling wet hair behind her ears. She jumped quickly out the window, vaulting to the grass below and she took of down the street, intent on reaching Spirit
World.
"OGER!" Koenma screamed, his face turning red.
The unfortunate oni rushed in.
"Yes sir?" he asked, slightly panicky.
"WHERE is my LATTE!" he yelled
"Right away sir!" George yelled before rushing away again.
George ran down towards the kitchens at high speed, muttering to himself about needing a new job.
"Hi George, by George!" Kaida yelled, running past him, making his hair blow
and several stacks of papers fall off nearby desks. George blinked and sweat dropped.
"Umm...hi Kaida." He said, continuing on his way for the mini rulers latte.
"I really need a new job" he grumbled.
"Koenma?" Kaida called, knocking on the door before entering.
Koenma's head shot up.
"Kaida?" he asked confused. "What are you doing here."
"Koenma, we have a problem." She said shakily.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know…"
Koenma looked at her.
"What happened?" he asked, taking in her appearance.
Her eyes looked slightly red, like she had been trying not to cry. Her face, especially around her mouth was red and raw, as was the skin on her hands. Kaida opened her
mouth to tell him what had happened, but found she couldn't bring herself to say it. Instead, she projected her memories onto the screen behind Koenma. They both
watched as the scene played, and Kaida winced more than once when she saw how viciously the cobra had been killed. The memories ended, and Koenma turned back to
face her.
"Hmm…" he mused quietly.
"Koenma, what happened to me?" Kaida asked. "Its never happened before!"
"There is one distinct possibility that I can think of." He said. "When your blood was separated by the prophesy a few months ago, you managed to reunite it so to
speak. However, its possible that your ryu blood has become even more dormant, its gone tosleep. It used up a large amount of energy to separate itself, even with the
help of Eris. With your ryu blood asleep, your okami blood has a more free reign, however, your not used to the full intentions and emotions of an okami. Your used to
balancing your blood perfectly. Now that the balance has become lopsided, it makes it easier for you to lose control."
"Lose control?" Kaida asked "well, how do I keep control!"
"I'm getting there, be patient." Koenma said. "Okami's are emotional demons as you might know. They have been know to suffer Blood Lust often. That's when their
more animalistic natures surface when they are extremely angry or in great danger or something like that."
"So how do I stop it!" Kaida cried.
"you need to be trained in iron control by someone who knows what he's talking about."
"Who!"
"OGRE!" Koenma called.
"Yes sir?" said the oni, poking his head around the door.
"Bring me all the records you can find on Blood Lust."
"Yes sir." The oni said, before taking off.
George reappeared moments later with a large manila folder and a large latte.
"Thank you, ogre." Koenma said distractedly.
George beamed at him.
"Ahh, here it is!" He said triumphantly, pulling out a large piece of paper with several names on them. He scanned the list quickly.
"no, he died last year." He mused. " no…this ones retired….dead…..dead…oh dear."
"What?" said Kaida, her ears perking up.
"It seems there's only one trainer left that would have the experience to train you."
"So?"
"He never accepts students…" said Koenma.
Kaida snatched the paper from the prince and looked at the circled name.
"Hey!" he whined "that's confidential!"
Kaida looked up.
"I'll make him accept me as a student" she declared. "this is NOT going to happen again."
With that, she ran out the door, paper clutched in her hand.
-oh, yes, I almost forgot-
rang Kaida's voice in Koenma's head.
-Don't tell the others where I am. I'm gonna do this on my own.-
Kaida looked down at the name on the paper.
NekuraHinotama.
Gasp Look everyone, I actually updated! Its amazing! Its a miracle! Its-...i want a cookie...wanders away aimlessly under the influence of 3 1/2 Mt. Dews