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Chapter 4

Figuring Herself Out

"So," Miroku reasoned while looking at Azurine. "You're a half witch, Yuto works for your mother but is now bound to Sarah, your mother is a witch, no pun intended, and both you and Sarah have jewel shards."

"That sums it up, just about," Azurine replied. "And I think I'm starting to get it. Every time I get a strong emotion, my hands change color and something happens in turn. Red from anger led to fire; yellow when I was full of hate led to an earthquake; purple when I was embarrassed…did anything happen when my sparks were purple?"

Miroku thought back. "Well, my arm went sort of numb…"

"Sarah, do you have paper and a pen." Azurine asked.

Sarah grabbed the pencil that was always behind her ear and handed it over. She then checked her pockets and found a scrap piece of paper the she had been doodling on. "Here."

Azurine drew up this chart:

Color Emotion Power

Red anger fire

Yellowhate earth

Purple embarrassment numbness

Silver unknown unknown

"Yay! I'm starting to figure myself out!" Azurine giggled.

"Well, we'll have to experiment with your emotions, but we'll figure it out soon…I hope." Miroku looked worried.

Sarah looked back and saw Yuto dawdling a short bit away. "Yuto! C-" she began.

"Don't say it! I'm coming." He quickened his pace.

Sarah grinned evilly. "Come."

Yuto had to stop his body from tripping over Sarah. "What the hell do you think you're doing? I was coming! You're going to get yourself stepped on or something! I really don't want to do that, but if you leave me no choice, I will! But I really don't want squished girl all over my feet."

"Sorry," Sarah apologized taking Yuto aback for a moment. "Anyway, I'm going back to the future tomorrow morning. I want you to listen to Azurine while I'm gone or else I'll 'come' you into a lake and make you stay there. Got it?" she stated. "Whoops, sorry." When she said 'come' it triggered the prayer beads and dragged Yuto forward.

He grunted as the command stopped. "I'm not too fond of the idea of drowning. Fine," he grumbled.

"Hey Sarah. How is Cain?" asked Azurine. Cain was Azurine's adopted guardian and a "good friend."

"He's…really upset." Sarah whispered. Oops. That's a sensitive subject. I shouldn't have said that. Stupid! "But, He'll be fine when I tell him you're okay!" she said before she made things worse.

Azurine looked down. "I feel horrible. He went through so much for me. He bought my freedom from all the endless foster families and I'm not doing a good job of repaying him, am I?"

"Oh, Azurine…Azurine…um…your hands" Sarah warned. "You've got black sparks."

She gasped. "Sorry. I'll turn them off." She began to concentrate on them when Miroku stopped her.

"No! I'm sorry to make you sad but we must find out what it is black sparks do."

Azurine concentrated on the image of Cain. Perhaps a little too hard. The room went black, all light sucked into her hands.

"Whaa! Turn the lights back on!" Azurine shouted in a panicky voice. "Ah! Miroku! Hands off!" THWAK! The sound of skin hitting skin rang through out the hut. A purple light appeared from Azurine's hands and light returned to the room. Azurine could be found hitting Miroku continuously over the head angrily.

"Hey, hey! I'm sorry! I couldn't help myself and turn your hands off. I can't feel my head!" Miroku pleaded throughout his beating.

"Never…try that again!" Azurine scolded, still teaming over her mother's words. "Idiot," she mumbled.

"Um…Azurine? Did he just…?" Sarah asked hesitantly. She was always a little shy about these things.

Azurine flushed and nodded.

Sarah nodded and turned to Yuto. "Yuto! Please hit him. Or else I'll make sure that your third command is a painful one." She giggled. "This is fun."

Yuto obeyed though he gave Sarah a glare. Sarah frowned slightly realizing that being mean to him wasn't actually all that fun after all. Once Yuto was done, Miroku had twenty bumps covering his head.

"Let me tell you, monk. If you do that again, I'll set a color on you and it won't be purple. Pray it's not red," Azurine warned.

"Ok, ok. No touchy. No touchy, Azure."

"Or Sarah!" Sarah added, cheerfully.

"Or Kagome!" both Kagome and InuYasha said together. The latter looked away, pretending to not know what just happened.

"You're all enjoying this aren't you?" Miroku asked.

Sarah and Azurine glanced at each other before yelling in unison, "YUP!" Azurine continued on. "In fact, if this could be anymore painful, it already would have been done so." She then sighed. "I wish I could go back, but Cain would kill me if I came back with these." She held up her silver, sparking hands. "Literally," she whispered.

"Oh come on. I know Cain tends to be a bit…violent, but there's no way he'd really ever seriously hurt you, would he?" Sarah asked.

"Sarah, violent is an understatement."

"But he cares about you! A lot!"

"Sometime, perhaps, a bit too much. I-I wish I could remember. Before I came to him, I had no memories. He told me about when I was a kid; why I was alone. Now, at least, I know part of it." She shook her head and smiled. "Well, guys. I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning."

Shippo curled up next to her. "Kagome said to protect you from the big bad boogie pervert."

Azurine and Sarah stifled giggles as they drifted off to sleep.

Around midnight, a lone snake-demon slithered into the clearing where Sarah, Azurine, Shippo and a reluctant Yuto slept.

He studied Azurine. Sssso, thissss iss the lassssst of the Deltan line. Pitiful little puppy. His tail silently slipped over Azurine's mouth as he bared his fangs. How fffitting that the lassssst of that foolssss line should be finisssshed by mine.

Yuto blinked awake. "Huh? Hey! Get your filthy…self off her!"

As Yuto cried out, the snake-demon plunged his fangs into Azurine's throat. Poison seeped into her blood stream.

Azurine gasped as her eyes shot wide open. She tried to scream but the snake's thick body muffled her cries.

Sarah started awake and screamed at the sight before her.

Azurine's body went limp and the demon slithered off of her. Her eyes stared blankly into nothing as they glazed over. Sarah shook her shoulder shouting out to her.

Nothing happened.

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