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(Chapter 15: RK territory and a crush)
Kila grinned at her group of travelers. "Well then, let's go!" she said, dashing off in the right direction. Hiei sighed and caught up with her, then whacked her over the head with the flat of his katana.
The others sighed and/or sweatdropped when Hiei came back with Kila slung over one of his shoulders, pounding on his back. (It's a good thing she wore pants today!) The others followed Hiei, with Jess snickering in back of Hiei, watching as Kila's face went from red, to purple, to white with rage.
Finally, after about 10 minutes, Kila screamed, "I CAN WALK, YOU KNOW, YOU IDIOT!" in Hiei's ear, causing him to drop her out of surprise. Kila landed flat on her butt, then got up, glared at Hiei, and started to lead the group forward again. Hiei glared at her and growled, but Kila ignored him and kept going.
Yoko chuckled, watching Kila's actions. He had taken the liberty of nicknaming her: Kit. 'It fits her,' he thought as they walked around. Just then, Jess pounced on something, tapping it on the head with a ball. The bishie was sucked into the ball and stayed in there for a few moments, before Jess let him out. It was a Soujiro, or "Sou-chan," as Kila called him.
Yoko sighed. 'That...that kid.... is too... WAY too smiley!' Yoko thought, nursing secret thoughts of killing that kid in many ways. Kila noticed his sigh as she stopped for a few moments so that he was right beside her, then started walking with him, glancing up at him occasionally.
Kila wondered what was going on in that kitsune's head. Not that it really mattered, as long as no one was getting killed, maimed, or hurt in any way, shape, or form. THAT might be a problem.
Kila suddenly vanished, making everyone look at Hiei, who shrugged. Kila returned moments later, cursing slightly and nursing a small wound.
"What did you do this time?" Hiei asked with a sigh.
"I got one of the characters mad by looking at him. Dunno why, tho," Kila said, looking innocent and confused. Yoko chuckled at this.
"Rrriiiiiggghhhttt..... we're going to believe that!" Hiei said sarcastically.
"Yeah, right!" Jess said, grinning and winking. Kila blushed, turned away, and started muttering darkly under her breath.
Kila led the group a little way farther when they all heard yelling ahead. Hiei went to go take a look, and saw that there was a drunk swordsman pointing in the direction Kila had come from, making slashing motions with his hand.
"Hide me," Kila whimpered, hiding behind Hiei. He patted her head a little bit, then turned back to the men.
"I shwear, 'e 'ad the eyesh of a demon, 'e did," the drunken man slurred, tottering a little bit as one of his friends supported him.
"I think you've had too much to drink!" another of them exclaimed. They all nodded in agreement, walking to an inn and helping the man inside.
Kila sighed in relief. She peeked over Hiei's shoulder to look at him, and saw him glowering at her.
"WHAT?!" Kila asked, looking from Hiei to Yoko. Yoko growled a little bit, and Hiei death-glared the inn that the drunken man had gone into.
"'What?' you say. I say, 'Hiei and Yoko think that guy may have been trying to hit on you.'" Jess said, looking at Kila.
Kila yelped when Hiei picked up her arms from behind, while Yoko grabbed her legs: A hard task, since 7 years of soccer training and playing had made Kila's let muscles nice and strong!
"PUT ME THE HELL DOWN RIGHT THIS INSTANT, YOU BAKA HENTAI TEMEES!!!" Kila screamed at them. Yoko winced and Hiei glared at her, but the two carried her over to a tree, where Yoko summoned a vine and tied her to a tree branch. Hiei dusted his hands off, walked over to the village, and.... Well, let's just say that the drunk man had a LOT of bruises when he woke up—two days later!
Kila was fuming by the time the two had gotten back. She refused to talk to them, and when they tried to apologize, Kila merely held up a bishie-ball. Before long, the two were far away from Kila, looking at her oddly as she chatted with Rei, her only LOYAL bishie. (Alas, poor Yoko and Hiei. Particularly Yoko. ::Sniggers a bit:: )
Kila watched as everyone else ate lunch. Kila never touched anything on her plate. She just stared at the fire and watched the flames dance around, lulling her in, begging her to touch them....
Kila snapped back to reality and saw that Hiei was staring at her. She hissed and bared her fangs at him, then turned back to talking with Rei about blading. (Beyblading people.)
Hiei had seen the strange look in his sister's eyes and knew then that something was wrong. Yeah, he and Yoko had gone a bit overboard, but still..... that was no reason for her to ignore them except for the hiss. That was the only sign of recognition that Hiei had gotten so far. He sighed. 'Girls are impossible.'
Kila was STILL angry after lunch was finished and walked in the middle with Jess, Legolas, and Rei. Learan was up in front, leading the way. Jess, Legolas, and Rei were talking about things that Kila wasn't paying attention to. Jade and Maria were walking right behind Jess and Legolas, Hiei and Yoko were in the very back, and Kila was in middle of it all. Kila sighed.
"I'm gonna be right back, okay?" was the only warning Kila gave before she disappeared. Kila ran through the forest, stopping everyone once in a while to make sure she wasn't getting too far away, then stopped in front of a small clearing.
Kila sat down for a few minutes, then searched for Hiei's and Yoko's Reiki (spirit energy) and ran towards that. Kila saw the group and headed back to where Jess and Legolas were.
"Hey. What'd you do?" Jess asked.
"Oh, nothing much," Kila said. "Just ran a bit, stopped at a clearing, then ran back here. Nothing very interesting, even if you like to hike."
Jess nodded and returned to her conversation with Legolas. Kila was lost in thought, moving forward on auto-pilot. 'I hope I'm not being too hard on the boys,' Kila thought, glancing back at them. 'Well, is serves them right for tying me to a tree!' Kila thought angrily.
Finally, with a sigh, Kila stepped to the side and waited until Hiei and Yoko were past her, then started walking, her head down, not looking at anything. Hiei glanced over his shoulder at her, then waited for her to catch up to him.
"Hey," Kila said gloomily. "What's up?"
"Nothing," Hiei said, looking at his sister's face. "What's wrong, Imoto?" Hiei asked, holding onto her hand, which was slightly cold.
"Nothing," Kila lied. 'I hate this. I just want to go somewhere calming for a while,' Kila thought.
"Something is up and we are not going anywhere until you tell me," Hiei threatened, stopping and forcing Kila to stop as well. Kila looked up at him.
"I'm sorry, Hiei," Kila apologized, hugging him. "I over-reacted then. I'm sorry!"
"It's alright," Hiei said, putting his arms around his sister. "It's alright, calm down.... come on, let's go." Hiei picked his sister up and flitted back to the others.
"What was up with her?" Yoko asked, looking at Kila.
Hiei shook his head, smiling a little bit. Kila walked in between Yoko and Hiei, looking at her brother every now and then.
Something had been nagging at the back of her mind for a while now, and Kila was getting a short temper from it. Just then, she stopped, her eyes glossed over, staring straight ahead. She had been momentarily pulled into her own mind.
Kila looked around and saw that she was hovering in mid-air. Then she looked down and saw Kuroi below her, trying to aim with a fireball for a target: A tree. He had, so far, hit everything but the tree. As Kila watched, even then, Kuroi fired, but it turned a little bit and started to head for Kitiara, who yelped and ducked.
Kila watched, trying hard not to laugh, until, finally, the fireball flew straight at Karasu. It hit him in the chest and Karasu fell over. His face looked like this: XD. Kila fell over in mid-air, laughing her head off. She came back to the real world to find that she was still laughing, getting odd looks from everyone.
Kila calmed herself down, then told everyone what she had seen. Soon, everyone else was laughing with her. Hiei was chuckling and Danny was outright laughing, nearly rolling on the floor, had he not been leaning against a tree.
After a little while, Kila started to head out again, everyone following her, except Danny, who walked off to her side about 2 yards away.
After a while, they stopped to take a break when Kila heard something. She told Jade, who she had been talking to, that she would be right back and flitted off to the source of the noise.
When Kila got there, she found a Battosai Kenshin and a Saito fighting. Kila sat and watched, memorizing every move they made. Eventually, Battosai won. Kila stepped forward, her hair brushing against her back and swaying in the wind.
Soundlessly, she reached for her katana. Battosai already had his out, so he flicked a bit of the blood off of it. Kila smiled thinly; this would be a test off her skills.
They made eye contact, then, silently, lunged at each other. They ended up on opposite sides of the clearing, both with their swords out, motionless. Kila's shirt had a little tear in it, while Battosai had a cut across his cheek. They turned to face each other once more, then Kila smiled at Battosai, who gave a tiny smile, then they both went their separate directions.
Kila headed back to camp, looking up at the darkening sky. It reminded her of something she had left, back home..... Adventures in the woods at night, star-gazing with her older brother when they were younger, playing in the river near her house when she was younger. All of these memories and more flooded her head, making Kila sit down with a small 'plop'.
After everyone had gone to sleep, Kila was on watch. She looked up at the sky every now and then, and noticed a shadow lurking around the edge of camp under her tree. Kila narrowed her eyes, and saw that it was the same Battosai from earlier!
Kila jumped down, causing Battosai to turn and look at her. He smiled a little bit and motioned for Kila to follow him.
Kila did so warily and found that Battosai was leading her to the same clearing from earlier. He drew his sword, and Kila did as well.
They made eye contact again. Neither one moved, unaware of a pair of ruby eyes watching. Battosai made the first move, slashing at Kila, who jumped back, then slashed at Battosai. He blocked and shoved her back, catching her off guard and managing to get her across the arm.
They continued to fight until a shout of, "KILA MAHO!!!" echoed through the forest. Kila muttered, "Shit," turned to Battosai, smiled apologetically, then vanished.
When Kila got back to camp, she found that everyone was up, glaring at her, and sitting up. Kila grinned at them, then plopped down on her own sleeping bag.
"Yes?" Kila asked pleasantly, trying to lighten the mood.
"You weren't here on watch duty. Who was?" Jess asked, glaring at her.
"Yoko and Hiei and Rei," Kila said with a wave of her hand.
"How come I don't see any of them?"
"Because we were in the shadows," Yoko said, stepping out behind Kila while Hiei stepped out behind Jess and Jade.
"What about Rei?" Maria asked.
"In the tree," came Rei's voice from above them. The others looked up and saw Rei on one of the higher branches of the tree.
"There. I left plenty of guards," Kila said, smiling triumphantly.
"How did you get the cuts?" Jade asked.
"I got in a little fight with a Battosai. In fact, the Battosai that is standing right behind me and off to my right about 2 ½ - 3 meters away," Kila said calmly. Battosai stayed in the shadows for the most part, but came into the moonlight just enough so that the others could see him.
Kila smirked; she was getting better at this! She turned and winked at Hiei, who smiled back at her.
"Sooo.... have you caught him yet?" Jess asked, smirking.
"Uh.... no, I haven't," Kila said, embarrassed. Jess smiled while the others sighed. Kila looked over at Battosai, who nodded very faintly, and threw a ball at him. It hit him over the head lightly and he was sucked into the ball. It never once moved.
Kila walked over and opened the ball, letting Battosai out. She smiled at him and lay down on her sleeping bag, looking at everyone through half- lidded eyes.
Soon everyone else fell asleep. The bishies watched them, walking around occasionally, but mostly standing still.
At around midnight, Yoko walked over to Kila's sleeping bag and woke her up. Kila sat up, rubbing her eyes silently, and followed Yoko when he motioned to her. Curious, Kila tilted her head to the side and watched as Yoko led them into a small, moonlight-bathed clearing.
(This part until I say otherwise is written by gimeGohan) Kila looked up at Yoko as they sat down, nestled among the roots of a massive oak. "Why did you bring me here, Yoko?" she asks softly, as if she didn't want to break the silence around the clearing.
The fox grins as he gestures skyward. "Look up," he whispers. Taking his advice, Kila gazes at the stars, only to see the beginnings of a meteor shower.
She laughs and hugs Yoko around the waist as they watch the stars falling to Earth. Looking down at his trainer, Yoko holds his breath at the sight of the stars being reflected in Kila's eyes.
Without really thinking, he leans down, and captures her lips in a soul- sucker of a kiss. As Yoko kisses her, Kila's dazed mind thinks, 'It's true, you do see stars!' as she starts to kiss him back.
As Yoko slowly pulls away, Kila looks into his eyes. A light blush paints across Yoko's cheeks as he blinks. "Ah, well, I-"That rather grand train of thought is cut off as Kila grins and kisses him again. ( ::Has gone scarlet while gimeGohan can be heard cackling evilly in the background:: Okay, now I'm writing the story again, not gimeGohan)
They sat there for a little while, looking up at the sky, but Kila soon went to bed, tired. Just as she was about to go to bed, she saw Hiei standing beside her. She smiled at him, but he merely glowered.
"Why do you smell like Yoko?" Hiei asked, growling slightly.
"Uh..." Kila couldn't come up with an excuse. "Well, um, we, uh, were, ah, star-gazing," Kila said, trembling a little bit.
Hiei snorted and turned to Yoko, fire in his eyes. Then, suddenly, Hiei whipped out his sword and started attacking Yoko. They fought their way back into the bushes, a worried Kila following.
They fought in the bushes, moving away from the camp, leaving the other bishies on guard. Kila ran after them, not wanting them to fight, but not understanding why they were at the same time. None the less, she followed them and tried to stop Hiei a few times, nearly getting herself hurt.
After about ten minutes of Yoko losing, Kila finally drew her own sword and blocked Hiei's attack. While he looked at her, stunned, Kila slapped him across the cheek, glaring at him.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Hiei?!" Kila asked, tears threatening to spill over her large, innocent hazel orbs. Hiei looked down, not able to look his sister in the face. "Well?!" Kila asked after a few moments of silence.
Hiei still didn't look up. He heard Kila take a shuddering breath, then she stepped towards him. Hiei expected to feel her hand across his cheek again, but instead felt her cool hand on his cheek.
Then, he looked up. He saw that Kila was still ready to cry, but she was fighting it. She had her head lowered.
"I-I'm sorry, Hiei. I didn't mean to hit you like that," Kila said, not looking up. Hiei tilted her chin up and smiled a little bit at her. Kila smiled back, letting a single tear fall. It was a black stone before it hit the ground.
Kila hugged Hiei and Hiei watched Yoko from over her shoulder. Yoko was sitting there, cuts and bruises scattered over his body, turning his normally-white skin black and blue spotted. Hiei suppressed a laugh.
Kila felt it, then looked over at Yoko, who blinked up at her, showing her the, 'I'm-innocent-don't-hurt-me!' look. Then, she looked at Hiei, then back at Yoko, then burst out laughing.
Hiei soon followed suit, and the two of them sat down on the grass, laughing their heads off. Yoko just sat there, a confused look on his face.
With a last chuckle, Kila got to her feet and motioned for her bishies to come with her. She led them back to camp, where she took out a potion for Yoko and gave Hiei a small, playful glare. Hiei returned it and the two of them sat down on Kila's sleeping bag, leaving Yoko standing beside them.
"Well, Hiei, I think that you have fulfilled the role of 'over-protective older brother' very well," Kila said, giving Hiei a small push. He grinned at her, showing his fangs.
"Yeah, well, Imoto, I have to protect you. I don't want you ending up like Kuroi, now, do I?" Hiei asked, playing. Kila grinned and then the two chuckled quietly. Kila then shoved Hiei and motioned for him to get off her sleeping bag, and then she got in herself.
Hiei jumped up to the tree above her, looking down at her every once in a while. Yoko leaned against a tree at the other end of the clearing, and Kila swore that she saw Jess's eyes open for a fraction of a second.
In the morning, Kila yawned and stretched. She saw that the only other person up was Jess. Danny was asleep in a tree, which was odd, considering he wasn't there last night. Brushing that thought off, Kila smiled at Jess, who grinned back at her.
Kila had all her things packed up by the time everyone else was up. Kila grinned at the lot of them, seeing that Danny got bad bed hair. She giggled as he tried to comb it down with his hands. She walked away a little, faintly noticing Battosai following her.
'Hiei probably told him to. Darn it. Now I'm never gonna get any privacy,' Kila thought with a small frown. She sighed heavily and her frown deepened. She stopped by a small creek near the clearing and drank a bit from it, then washed off her face and hands.
Just then, she heard a snapping twig ahead of her and her head snapped up to see.....
(end of chapter)
Okay, I left you guys on a cliffie! Yay! Well, ja ne for now!
Kitsune-chan
(Chapter 15: RK territory and a crush)
Kila grinned at her group of travelers. "Well then, let's go!" she said, dashing off in the right direction. Hiei sighed and caught up with her, then whacked her over the head with the flat of his katana.
The others sighed and/or sweatdropped when Hiei came back with Kila slung over one of his shoulders, pounding on his back. (It's a good thing she wore pants today!) The others followed Hiei, with Jess snickering in back of Hiei, watching as Kila's face went from red, to purple, to white with rage.
Finally, after about 10 minutes, Kila screamed, "I CAN WALK, YOU KNOW, YOU IDIOT!" in Hiei's ear, causing him to drop her out of surprise. Kila landed flat on her butt, then got up, glared at Hiei, and started to lead the group forward again. Hiei glared at her and growled, but Kila ignored him and kept going.
Yoko chuckled, watching Kila's actions. He had taken the liberty of nicknaming her: Kit. 'It fits her,' he thought as they walked around. Just then, Jess pounced on something, tapping it on the head with a ball. The bishie was sucked into the ball and stayed in there for a few moments, before Jess let him out. It was a Soujiro, or "Sou-chan," as Kila called him.
Yoko sighed. 'That...that kid.... is too... WAY too smiley!' Yoko thought, nursing secret thoughts of killing that kid in many ways. Kila noticed his sigh as she stopped for a few moments so that he was right beside her, then started walking with him, glancing up at him occasionally.
Kila wondered what was going on in that kitsune's head. Not that it really mattered, as long as no one was getting killed, maimed, or hurt in any way, shape, or form. THAT might be a problem.
Kila suddenly vanished, making everyone look at Hiei, who shrugged. Kila returned moments later, cursing slightly and nursing a small wound.
"What did you do this time?" Hiei asked with a sigh.
"I got one of the characters mad by looking at him. Dunno why, tho," Kila said, looking innocent and confused. Yoko chuckled at this.
"Rrriiiiiggghhhttt..... we're going to believe that!" Hiei said sarcastically.
"Yeah, right!" Jess said, grinning and winking. Kila blushed, turned away, and started muttering darkly under her breath.
Kila led the group a little way farther when they all heard yelling ahead. Hiei went to go take a look, and saw that there was a drunk swordsman pointing in the direction Kila had come from, making slashing motions with his hand.
"Hide me," Kila whimpered, hiding behind Hiei. He patted her head a little bit, then turned back to the men.
"I shwear, 'e 'ad the eyesh of a demon, 'e did," the drunken man slurred, tottering a little bit as one of his friends supported him.
"I think you've had too much to drink!" another of them exclaimed. They all nodded in agreement, walking to an inn and helping the man inside.
Kila sighed in relief. She peeked over Hiei's shoulder to look at him, and saw him glowering at her.
"WHAT?!" Kila asked, looking from Hiei to Yoko. Yoko growled a little bit, and Hiei death-glared the inn that the drunken man had gone into.
"'What?' you say. I say, 'Hiei and Yoko think that guy may have been trying to hit on you.'" Jess said, looking at Kila.
Kila yelped when Hiei picked up her arms from behind, while Yoko grabbed her legs: A hard task, since 7 years of soccer training and playing had made Kila's let muscles nice and strong!
"PUT ME THE HELL DOWN RIGHT THIS INSTANT, YOU BAKA HENTAI TEMEES!!!" Kila screamed at them. Yoko winced and Hiei glared at her, but the two carried her over to a tree, where Yoko summoned a vine and tied her to a tree branch. Hiei dusted his hands off, walked over to the village, and.... Well, let's just say that the drunk man had a LOT of bruises when he woke up—two days later!
Kila was fuming by the time the two had gotten back. She refused to talk to them, and when they tried to apologize, Kila merely held up a bishie-ball. Before long, the two were far away from Kila, looking at her oddly as she chatted with Rei, her only LOYAL bishie. (Alas, poor Yoko and Hiei. Particularly Yoko. ::Sniggers a bit:: )
Kila watched as everyone else ate lunch. Kila never touched anything on her plate. She just stared at the fire and watched the flames dance around, lulling her in, begging her to touch them....
Kila snapped back to reality and saw that Hiei was staring at her. She hissed and bared her fangs at him, then turned back to talking with Rei about blading. (Beyblading people.)
Hiei had seen the strange look in his sister's eyes and knew then that something was wrong. Yeah, he and Yoko had gone a bit overboard, but still..... that was no reason for her to ignore them except for the hiss. That was the only sign of recognition that Hiei had gotten so far. He sighed. 'Girls are impossible.'
Kila was STILL angry after lunch was finished and walked in the middle with Jess, Legolas, and Rei. Learan was up in front, leading the way. Jess, Legolas, and Rei were talking about things that Kila wasn't paying attention to. Jade and Maria were walking right behind Jess and Legolas, Hiei and Yoko were in the very back, and Kila was in middle of it all. Kila sighed.
"I'm gonna be right back, okay?" was the only warning Kila gave before she disappeared. Kila ran through the forest, stopping everyone once in a while to make sure she wasn't getting too far away, then stopped in front of a small clearing.
Kila sat down for a few minutes, then searched for Hiei's and Yoko's Reiki (spirit energy) and ran towards that. Kila saw the group and headed back to where Jess and Legolas were.
"Hey. What'd you do?" Jess asked.
"Oh, nothing much," Kila said. "Just ran a bit, stopped at a clearing, then ran back here. Nothing very interesting, even if you like to hike."
Jess nodded and returned to her conversation with Legolas. Kila was lost in thought, moving forward on auto-pilot. 'I hope I'm not being too hard on the boys,' Kila thought, glancing back at them. 'Well, is serves them right for tying me to a tree!' Kila thought angrily.
Finally, with a sigh, Kila stepped to the side and waited until Hiei and Yoko were past her, then started walking, her head down, not looking at anything. Hiei glanced over his shoulder at her, then waited for her to catch up to him.
"Hey," Kila said gloomily. "What's up?"
"Nothing," Hiei said, looking at his sister's face. "What's wrong, Imoto?" Hiei asked, holding onto her hand, which was slightly cold.
"Nothing," Kila lied. 'I hate this. I just want to go somewhere calming for a while,' Kila thought.
"Something is up and we are not going anywhere until you tell me," Hiei threatened, stopping and forcing Kila to stop as well. Kila looked up at him.
"I'm sorry, Hiei," Kila apologized, hugging him. "I over-reacted then. I'm sorry!"
"It's alright," Hiei said, putting his arms around his sister. "It's alright, calm down.... come on, let's go." Hiei picked his sister up and flitted back to the others.
"What was up with her?" Yoko asked, looking at Kila.
Hiei shook his head, smiling a little bit. Kila walked in between Yoko and Hiei, looking at her brother every now and then.
Something had been nagging at the back of her mind for a while now, and Kila was getting a short temper from it. Just then, she stopped, her eyes glossed over, staring straight ahead. She had been momentarily pulled into her own mind.
Kila looked around and saw that she was hovering in mid-air. Then she looked down and saw Kuroi below her, trying to aim with a fireball for a target: A tree. He had, so far, hit everything but the tree. As Kila watched, even then, Kuroi fired, but it turned a little bit and started to head for Kitiara, who yelped and ducked.
Kila watched, trying hard not to laugh, until, finally, the fireball flew straight at Karasu. It hit him in the chest and Karasu fell over. His face looked like this: XD. Kila fell over in mid-air, laughing her head off. She came back to the real world to find that she was still laughing, getting odd looks from everyone.
Kila calmed herself down, then told everyone what she had seen. Soon, everyone else was laughing with her. Hiei was chuckling and Danny was outright laughing, nearly rolling on the floor, had he not been leaning against a tree.
After a little while, Kila started to head out again, everyone following her, except Danny, who walked off to her side about 2 yards away.
After a while, they stopped to take a break when Kila heard something. She told Jade, who she had been talking to, that she would be right back and flitted off to the source of the noise.
When Kila got there, she found a Battosai Kenshin and a Saito fighting. Kila sat and watched, memorizing every move they made. Eventually, Battosai won. Kila stepped forward, her hair brushing against her back and swaying in the wind.
Soundlessly, she reached for her katana. Battosai already had his out, so he flicked a bit of the blood off of it. Kila smiled thinly; this would be a test off her skills.
They made eye contact, then, silently, lunged at each other. They ended up on opposite sides of the clearing, both with their swords out, motionless. Kila's shirt had a little tear in it, while Battosai had a cut across his cheek. They turned to face each other once more, then Kila smiled at Battosai, who gave a tiny smile, then they both went their separate directions.
Kila headed back to camp, looking up at the darkening sky. It reminded her of something she had left, back home..... Adventures in the woods at night, star-gazing with her older brother when they were younger, playing in the river near her house when she was younger. All of these memories and more flooded her head, making Kila sit down with a small 'plop'.
After everyone had gone to sleep, Kila was on watch. She looked up at the sky every now and then, and noticed a shadow lurking around the edge of camp under her tree. Kila narrowed her eyes, and saw that it was the same Battosai from earlier!
Kila jumped down, causing Battosai to turn and look at her. He smiled a little bit and motioned for Kila to follow him.
Kila did so warily and found that Battosai was leading her to the same clearing from earlier. He drew his sword, and Kila did as well.
They made eye contact again. Neither one moved, unaware of a pair of ruby eyes watching. Battosai made the first move, slashing at Kila, who jumped back, then slashed at Battosai. He blocked and shoved her back, catching her off guard and managing to get her across the arm.
They continued to fight until a shout of, "KILA MAHO!!!" echoed through the forest. Kila muttered, "Shit," turned to Battosai, smiled apologetically, then vanished.
When Kila got back to camp, she found that everyone was up, glaring at her, and sitting up. Kila grinned at them, then plopped down on her own sleeping bag.
"Yes?" Kila asked pleasantly, trying to lighten the mood.
"You weren't here on watch duty. Who was?" Jess asked, glaring at her.
"Yoko and Hiei and Rei," Kila said with a wave of her hand.
"How come I don't see any of them?"
"Because we were in the shadows," Yoko said, stepping out behind Kila while Hiei stepped out behind Jess and Jade.
"What about Rei?" Maria asked.
"In the tree," came Rei's voice from above them. The others looked up and saw Rei on one of the higher branches of the tree.
"There. I left plenty of guards," Kila said, smiling triumphantly.
"How did you get the cuts?" Jade asked.
"I got in a little fight with a Battosai. In fact, the Battosai that is standing right behind me and off to my right about 2 ½ - 3 meters away," Kila said calmly. Battosai stayed in the shadows for the most part, but came into the moonlight just enough so that the others could see him.
Kila smirked; she was getting better at this! She turned and winked at Hiei, who smiled back at her.
"Sooo.... have you caught him yet?" Jess asked, smirking.
"Uh.... no, I haven't," Kila said, embarrassed. Jess smiled while the others sighed. Kila looked over at Battosai, who nodded very faintly, and threw a ball at him. It hit him over the head lightly and he was sucked into the ball. It never once moved.
Kila walked over and opened the ball, letting Battosai out. She smiled at him and lay down on her sleeping bag, looking at everyone through half- lidded eyes.
Soon everyone else fell asleep. The bishies watched them, walking around occasionally, but mostly standing still.
At around midnight, Yoko walked over to Kila's sleeping bag and woke her up. Kila sat up, rubbing her eyes silently, and followed Yoko when he motioned to her. Curious, Kila tilted her head to the side and watched as Yoko led them into a small, moonlight-bathed clearing.
(This part until I say otherwise is written by gimeGohan) Kila looked up at Yoko as they sat down, nestled among the roots of a massive oak. "Why did you bring me here, Yoko?" she asks softly, as if she didn't want to break the silence around the clearing.
The fox grins as he gestures skyward. "Look up," he whispers. Taking his advice, Kila gazes at the stars, only to see the beginnings of a meteor shower.
She laughs and hugs Yoko around the waist as they watch the stars falling to Earth. Looking down at his trainer, Yoko holds his breath at the sight of the stars being reflected in Kila's eyes.
Without really thinking, he leans down, and captures her lips in a soul- sucker of a kiss. As Yoko kisses her, Kila's dazed mind thinks, 'It's true, you do see stars!' as she starts to kiss him back.
As Yoko slowly pulls away, Kila looks into his eyes. A light blush paints across Yoko's cheeks as he blinks. "Ah, well, I-"That rather grand train of thought is cut off as Kila grins and kisses him again. ( ::Has gone scarlet while gimeGohan can be heard cackling evilly in the background:: Okay, now I'm writing the story again, not gimeGohan)
They sat there for a little while, looking up at the sky, but Kila soon went to bed, tired. Just as she was about to go to bed, she saw Hiei standing beside her. She smiled at him, but he merely glowered.
"Why do you smell like Yoko?" Hiei asked, growling slightly.
"Uh..." Kila couldn't come up with an excuse. "Well, um, we, uh, were, ah, star-gazing," Kila said, trembling a little bit.
Hiei snorted and turned to Yoko, fire in his eyes. Then, suddenly, Hiei whipped out his sword and started attacking Yoko. They fought their way back into the bushes, a worried Kila following.
They fought in the bushes, moving away from the camp, leaving the other bishies on guard. Kila ran after them, not wanting them to fight, but not understanding why they were at the same time. None the less, she followed them and tried to stop Hiei a few times, nearly getting herself hurt.
After about ten minutes of Yoko losing, Kila finally drew her own sword and blocked Hiei's attack. While he looked at her, stunned, Kila slapped him across the cheek, glaring at him.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Hiei?!" Kila asked, tears threatening to spill over her large, innocent hazel orbs. Hiei looked down, not able to look his sister in the face. "Well?!" Kila asked after a few moments of silence.
Hiei still didn't look up. He heard Kila take a shuddering breath, then she stepped towards him. Hiei expected to feel her hand across his cheek again, but instead felt her cool hand on his cheek.
Then, he looked up. He saw that Kila was still ready to cry, but she was fighting it. She had her head lowered.
"I-I'm sorry, Hiei. I didn't mean to hit you like that," Kila said, not looking up. Hiei tilted her chin up and smiled a little bit at her. Kila smiled back, letting a single tear fall. It was a black stone before it hit the ground.
Kila hugged Hiei and Hiei watched Yoko from over her shoulder. Yoko was sitting there, cuts and bruises scattered over his body, turning his normally-white skin black and blue spotted. Hiei suppressed a laugh.
Kila felt it, then looked over at Yoko, who blinked up at her, showing her the, 'I'm-innocent-don't-hurt-me!' look. Then, she looked at Hiei, then back at Yoko, then burst out laughing.
Hiei soon followed suit, and the two of them sat down on the grass, laughing their heads off. Yoko just sat there, a confused look on his face.
With a last chuckle, Kila got to her feet and motioned for her bishies to come with her. She led them back to camp, where she took out a potion for Yoko and gave Hiei a small, playful glare. Hiei returned it and the two of them sat down on Kila's sleeping bag, leaving Yoko standing beside them.
"Well, Hiei, I think that you have fulfilled the role of 'over-protective older brother' very well," Kila said, giving Hiei a small push. He grinned at her, showing his fangs.
"Yeah, well, Imoto, I have to protect you. I don't want you ending up like Kuroi, now, do I?" Hiei asked, playing. Kila grinned and then the two chuckled quietly. Kila then shoved Hiei and motioned for him to get off her sleeping bag, and then she got in herself.
Hiei jumped up to the tree above her, looking down at her every once in a while. Yoko leaned against a tree at the other end of the clearing, and Kila swore that she saw Jess's eyes open for a fraction of a second.
In the morning, Kila yawned and stretched. She saw that the only other person up was Jess. Danny was asleep in a tree, which was odd, considering he wasn't there last night. Brushing that thought off, Kila smiled at Jess, who grinned back at her.
Kila had all her things packed up by the time everyone else was up. Kila grinned at the lot of them, seeing that Danny got bad bed hair. She giggled as he tried to comb it down with his hands. She walked away a little, faintly noticing Battosai following her.
'Hiei probably told him to. Darn it. Now I'm never gonna get any privacy,' Kila thought with a small frown. She sighed heavily and her frown deepened. She stopped by a small creek near the clearing and drank a bit from it, then washed off her face and hands.
Just then, she heard a snapping twig ahead of her and her head snapped up to see.....
(end of chapter)
Okay, I left you guys on a cliffie! Yay! Well, ja ne for now!
Kitsune-chan