Ch. 2: Are you blind?
A dim fire was burning in the center of wherever I was, and I braced myself against the wall, eyes darting around for sight of
my captor. A movement from my left caught me off guard and forced me to jump, but when I saw who it was.
"Now that I have you to myself-" he cut himself off, eyes bulging out of his head.
"You!" I jumped back and drew my katana in one, and might I add, smooth, motion.
I would've laughed, but it was a little innapropriate for the situation. He crossed his arms and frowned at me, dropping his face to stare at me through his bangs.
"Relax, hunter. You're not even worth the effort it would take to kill you," if possible, the frown deepened. That comment made me hesitate. He was right.. I was the hunter, wasn't I? Yet he was the one that caught me. My thought apparently faltered the level I held the blade at, and it drooped noticeably. He snorted, turned away. "Damn," he muttered, putting a hand up to wipe his mouth. "Sorry 'bout this"
"You're not really this dumb, are you?" I questioned, taking a few steps back. He whirled on me, his mouth twisting with irritation.
"I said I was sorry, woman!" The wolf's head shook as he stalked out, leaving me in the cave by myself. I looked around, trying to survey the situation. Atleast I was free to go...but all that way..it was quite a walk. Well, he did inconvenience me, I thought as I walked in his direction. The cool night air hit me as I reached the entrance and craned my neck towards the trees. Great. Nowhere in sight. Well, I can't very well walk all this way this late at night.
"I'll take you back in the morning." His voice had come from above somewhere. I looked up, caught him sitting atop the entrance to the cave, lounging back on the grass.
"What am I supposed to do tonight?" I growled, crossing my arms. Who did he think he was? First he drags me out here against my will, insults me, and now he wants me to WAIT for him to take me back to where I should've been? ARGH...Why did tonight have to be so goddamn horrible?
"You can sleep in the cave," his shoulders moved up in a shrugging motion. He hesitated, understanding the look on my face. He gulped, and rightly so. "It's not like I'm gonna be in there! Jeez, you sure are grumpy, Hunter"
"My name is Sango, demon. You kidnapped me, by mistake I might add, and I demand you take me back, NOW." The last part was growled. Hahahah..oh he was a little afraid of me now, wasn't he?
"Look, lady, you can walk now or you can wait until morning, got it?" I turned on my heel, began moving into the forest. Sonofabitch! This was going to take forever.
I'd walked about ten minutes of forest, and in the darkness I couldn't see a thing. I walked right into something, maybe a tree..or..maybe a Kouga.
"Ow! What are you doing?" I demanded, shoved him away from me? "Perverts are everywhere.." He scoffed at that, pushed past me.
"Catching dinner, whatdya' think?" he muttered, and walked through a patch of moonlight. Deer. He had a deer over his shoulders. Oh I hadn't had real food in weeks... I had been living on ramen and the occasional rabbit Inuyasha would catch, but not deer.
"Welcome to join me." He said quietly, turning back to me. He saw the hesitation (and probably hunger) on my face and added: "It's the least I can do. Sorry again," with that, he turned, and I followed. So, one night away.. make the monk worry a little. Oh..I probably sounded like Kagome. Though I doubt Miroku and I would ever have a fight like one of theirs... A fight between Miroku and myself usually ended up with a knot on houshi's head.
So I sat in the cave. He'd gutted the deer outside and then began cooking it on the spitfire. Funny. Him of all people being able to cook for himself..most of the men I was used to being around refused to even if they could. I sighed, leaned my head back against the cave wall. Deer smelled great. I couldn't wait to eat it.
"Are you blind?" I asked him, kept my eyes on my spot in the ceiling. He sputtered, fell on his ass from where he was crouching.
"Excuse me?"
"I said, Are you"
"I know what you said! And no, I'm not!" Hahha..ohhh he was so indignant. "I just wanted to talk to her for a while," he grumbled at me, returned his attention to turning the spitfire.
"Well, then why didn't you just show up and talk to her? Inuyasha would've been furious and stalked off after he saw that she didn't object to your companionship." He stared at me for a moment, then turned his eyes back to the task at hand.
"Doesn't work like that," He sniffed at the meat, contemplated something for a moment.
"Well"
"Look, Hunter-" I gave him a look. "Sango. Look, Sango, it doesn't work like that. Which is why I revert to kidnapping." I snickered, looked up at him.
"You're not very good at it."
"Yeah well..it's not the kind of thing I do all the time, y'know." I smirked at him, delighted that the food was finally done. He tossed me some leg meat, and I nodded in gratitude. Ohhhh real food, how I'd missed it.
"I love her," he said quietly, looking up at me. I almost choked on deer. Alright. This was getting a little too personal for me. When I was done coughing, I looked up at him.
"I'm not gonna take part in this," I stated, giving him a meaningful look.
"You did give me advice," he shot back, narrowing his eyes.
"Doesn't mean I volunteered to be your go-between. As much as Inuyasha irritates me on occasion, I still owe him my loyalty for saving Kohaku and sticking by me. I won't be acting against him by feeding her lines about you loving her." Hurt flashed on the boy's face for a moment, and then he got angry.
"Who said I NEEDED a go-between, Hunter?" He pretty much sneered the word, and I gave him a dark look. Alright, I was done with arguing. Kouga and I weren't even friends, in fact, he was sort of an enemy by my standards. He was demon and not Kilala, Shippo or Inuyasha. So, enemy he was. Enemy that I was going to ignore for the rest of the night and hitch a ride with in the morning. Situation sucked.
We ate in silence, and I'd catch him glowering at me every couple of minutes. I must've struck a chord. Oh well, I thought. Not my business. The he shocked me.
"I'm sorry," he murmured, his eyes glassy over the soft crackle of the fire. I blinked.
"For kidnapping me?" His face darkened a little.
"That too, I guess," he breathed, and with that he left. He sure was moody tonight. Wait, tonight? How would I know? I don't know the guy at all. Ok, this whole being in close quarters with him was getting to me. I was going to sleep and that was it. Handsome wolf demons are still demons, I reminded myself. And not Miroku. Not that he was mine at all, it's just that he was the closest thing I really considered to be a boyfriend at this moment in time. I mean, he does grope me all the time, and on the occasion will be thoughtful and kiss up when he feels bad for taking it a little too far.
Yes. Definitely going to sleep. Thinking way too much.
Really short, I know, but I need ideas, people. I'm blanking here.