"What are you trying to pull, you crazy woman!!"
His vionce boomed and echoed off the walls and the stunned priestess, to whkom he was addressing, could have swore she felt the building shake. As more curses followed, all she could do was sit there and stare at him. What had just happened? Whatever it was he seemed to think that it was her fault. Not surprising, nothing is his fault. But how was she going to apologize when she didnt even know what she had done?
Speaking of doing, she still had not found out what he was doing here in the central temple where every law abiding priest and priestess could hear everything that was coming out of his foul mouth. And he chastized her for not displaying proper manners, hmph!
Regaining her composure, she fixed him with a death glare, which he ignored, and rose to her feet to come 'face to face' with him, or attempt to.
Her head only reached to top of his shoulder, but she wasnt afraid of the height difference it only fueled her want to challenge him more. She raised her eyes defiantly and he lowered his eyed just as defiantly to meet hers, again locking thier gazes.
The look in her eyes made him shut his mouth and forget what he was going to yell next at her. He then tried another tactic that would force her to succumb to him so he could remember what he was going to say, so he stared at her. But it never came instead his mind drew a blank as he stared into.... uhoh.
"Oh no you dont!"
"Dont you even think about it!"
"Not just no but HLL NO!!"
His vioce got even louder than before, it that was possible. Her face turned from angry to the most horrified look, she could be looking at a three inch, four eyed purple people eater and it still would not match the look she was now giving him.
'Whats going on? whats he talking about? I think i will just die if this baby is anything like him?' She opened her mouth to say something along the lines, but then...
The conversation was stopped short by an object being thrust between them. To be more precise, a staff that didnt resemble any priests staff the she hed ever seen. And though she didnt recognize the staff, the taiyoukia in her face most certainly did, for he jumped back a few feet and turned towards the direction of the staff and demanded to know how 'he' had found him.
It was then that she discovered that the ancient and exquisite staff with a round globe in the top of it, indeed had an owner. The room was barely lit and it was night so she couldnt make out the details, only that he was as tall as sugimi and that his clothing was adorned in robes similair to that of ancient high level priests or mages.
....but there was more to him, something else. What was it, the feeling was familiar.
"Now, now, dont be that way, I have only come here to give you a juicy bit of imformation. If you want it that is."
The minute his calm and playful voice reached her ears she relized....'oh boy, this is one powerful youkia'
'What does he want with Sugimi?'
Her eyes never left the stranger whose staff was still protectively placed in between her and the scowling inuyoukia and few ways from her. Neither of them was moving but the air was tense and she readied herself in her fighting stance, preparing for the worst. She didnt have any weapons but she was still trained to fight just as well without weapons and she still had her spiritual powers.
Sugimi only snarled and narrowed his eyes, he knew better than to speak freely in front of her, but it didnt change the fact that he was still angry.'This stupid crazy nut! Whats he doing here? surely he must know who's.....huh?'
"You must be joking! juicy bit of what? well why dont we make a' date' to have' tea' tomorrow and we can discuss this problem then not now!!" Raising his voice to imitate a prissy girl then crossing his arms and looking away hoping he would take a hint.But the stranger only chuckled at those words, but didnt back down.
Unless she was mistaken, Sugimis threat only provoked him. Of course this youkia felt to be more powerful, surely Sugimi didn't expect him to back down, which worried her more, did he really want to battle here?
Her anxiety betinning to rise , the stranger shifted his gaze to her and looked straight at her. She still couldn't see his face but she felt his stare all the same, not only did she feel his stare but she felt her spirit become over powered and subdued.
'What's going on?' She froze. 'It's like he is warning me.' She'd never experienced anything like it. She really felt her purity slip away from her. Not goog! But then she realized it. He wasn't doing anything just using her own weakness against her, and she felt her gaze slip to the mound beginning to surface on her belly.
There weren't many things that she was afraid of in life, but no matter how afraid of them she was, they were now insignifigant in comparison to fear that she now felt.
vulnerable
defenseless
Most people wouldn't find those two things a problem, But she was different. And now, her situation was different.
How could she have not thought about t he fact that becoming pregnant would take away most of her powers! How could she be stupid! She was so caught up in handling the village when they found out and Sugimi that this situation didn't even cross her mind. And now, she was officially afraid. Looking back at the strange visitor , she saw that he was still staring at her and although she still coudn't see him, she felt him play a triumphant smirk across his face.
'What now? I'm in no condidtion to fight a spider demon, much less, someone like him?'
Upon hearing a growl she glanced back over to Sugimi whom she temparily forgot about and upgraded her situation from very very bad to worse.
'Does he protect this demon? How am I going to fight off two major demons? He must realize how weak I am right now , surely he doesn't see me as a threat to them.'
'What's he doing staring at her that way?' Moments had passed and his visitor still had not answered his questions and now he was being rude by not looking at him! Glancing over to Midoriko, he noticed her scent change from the normal 'mess with me, I'll kick your butt' to fear. No, wait, fear? Was he mistaken? He was postive she was now afraid, afraid for her life, no , not just hers. If that's the case why doesn't she just run? He had enought to worry about and one of those problems was in front of him still staring at his other problem. He was beginning to get impatient, a trait he'd always prided himself on, he let a growl escape him to give off as a hint, but he only got acknowledged by the priestess. He was still staring at her!
'Why? Did he see her as a threat? No she was weak now something he had tried to explain to her earlier. 'Keh, stupid woman' Did he hind her attractive? Oh wait.....oh no, if he thinks he's going to touch my woman he's crazy!'
His vionce boomed and echoed off the walls and the stunned priestess, to whkom he was addressing, could have swore she felt the building shake. As more curses followed, all she could do was sit there and stare at him. What had just happened? Whatever it was he seemed to think that it was her fault. Not surprising, nothing is his fault. But how was she going to apologize when she didnt even know what she had done?
Speaking of doing, she still had not found out what he was doing here in the central temple where every law abiding priest and priestess could hear everything that was coming out of his foul mouth. And he chastized her for not displaying proper manners, hmph!
Regaining her composure, she fixed him with a death glare, which he ignored, and rose to her feet to come 'face to face' with him, or attempt to.
Her head only reached to top of his shoulder, but she wasnt afraid of the height difference it only fueled her want to challenge him more. She raised her eyes defiantly and he lowered his eyed just as defiantly to meet hers, again locking thier gazes.
The look in her eyes made him shut his mouth and forget what he was going to yell next at her. He then tried another tactic that would force her to succumb to him so he could remember what he was going to say, so he stared at her. But it never came instead his mind drew a blank as he stared into.... uhoh.
"Oh no you dont!"
"Dont you even think about it!"
"Not just no but HLL NO!!"
His vioce got even louder than before, it that was possible. Her face turned from angry to the most horrified look, she could be looking at a three inch, four eyed purple people eater and it still would not match the look she was now giving him.
'Whats going on? whats he talking about? I think i will just die if this baby is anything like him?' She opened her mouth to say something along the lines, but then...
The conversation was stopped short by an object being thrust between them. To be more precise, a staff that didnt resemble any priests staff the she hed ever seen. And though she didnt recognize the staff, the taiyoukia in her face most certainly did, for he jumped back a few feet and turned towards the direction of the staff and demanded to know how 'he' had found him.
It was then that she discovered that the ancient and exquisite staff with a round globe in the top of it, indeed had an owner. The room was barely lit and it was night so she couldnt make out the details, only that he was as tall as sugimi and that his clothing was adorned in robes similair to that of ancient high level priests or mages.
....but there was more to him, something else. What was it, the feeling was familiar.
"Now, now, dont be that way, I have only come here to give you a juicy bit of imformation. If you want it that is."
The minute his calm and playful voice reached her ears she relized....'oh boy, this is one powerful youkia'
'What does he want with Sugimi?'
Her eyes never left the stranger whose staff was still protectively placed in between her and the scowling inuyoukia and few ways from her. Neither of them was moving but the air was tense and she readied herself in her fighting stance, preparing for the worst. She didnt have any weapons but she was still trained to fight just as well without weapons and she still had her spiritual powers.
Sugimi only snarled and narrowed his eyes, he knew better than to speak freely in front of her, but it didnt change the fact that he was still angry.'This stupid crazy nut! Whats he doing here? surely he must know who's.....huh?'
"You must be joking! juicy bit of what? well why dont we make a' date' to have' tea' tomorrow and we can discuss this problem then not now!!" Raising his voice to imitate a prissy girl then crossing his arms and looking away hoping he would take a hint.But the stranger only chuckled at those words, but didnt back down.
Unless she was mistaken, Sugimis threat only provoked him. Of course this youkia felt to be more powerful, surely Sugimi didn't expect him to back down, which worried her more, did he really want to battle here?
Her anxiety betinning to rise , the stranger shifted his gaze to her and looked straight at her. She still couldn't see his face but she felt his stare all the same, not only did she feel his stare but she felt her spirit become over powered and subdued.
'What's going on?' She froze. 'It's like he is warning me.' She'd never experienced anything like it. She really felt her purity slip away from her. Not goog! But then she realized it. He wasn't doing anything just using her own weakness against her, and she felt her gaze slip to the mound beginning to surface on her belly.
There weren't many things that she was afraid of in life, but no matter how afraid of them she was, they were now insignifigant in comparison to fear that she now felt.
vulnerable
defenseless
Most people wouldn't find those two things a problem, But she was different. And now, her situation was different.
How could she have not thought about t he fact that becoming pregnant would take away most of her powers! How could she be stupid! She was so caught up in handling the village when they found out and Sugimi that this situation didn't even cross her mind. And now, she was officially afraid. Looking back at the strange visitor , she saw that he was still staring at her and although she still coudn't see him, she felt him play a triumphant smirk across his face.
'What now? I'm in no condidtion to fight a spider demon, much less, someone like him?'
Upon hearing a growl she glanced back over to Sugimi whom she temparily forgot about and upgraded her situation from very very bad to worse.
'Does he protect this demon? How am I going to fight off two major demons? He must realize how weak I am right now , surely he doesn't see me as a threat to them.'
'What's he doing staring at her that way?' Moments had passed and his visitor still had not answered his questions and now he was being rude by not looking at him! Glancing over to Midoriko, he noticed her scent change from the normal 'mess with me, I'll kick your butt' to fear. No, wait, fear? Was he mistaken? He was postive she was now afraid, afraid for her life, no , not just hers. If that's the case why doesn't she just run? He had enought to worry about and one of those problems was in front of him still staring at his other problem. He was beginning to get impatient, a trait he'd always prided himself on, he let a growl escape him to give off as a hint, but he only got acknowledged by the priestess. He was still staring at her!
'Why? Did he see her as a threat? No she was weak now something he had tried to explain to her earlier. 'Keh, stupid woman' Did he hind her attractive? Oh wait.....oh no, if he thinks he's going to touch my woman he's crazy!'