Chapter 8

"Get back here you bastard!" Aki yelled.

"Where'd they go!" Kouga growled.

"I have to no clue but I intend to find out." Aki growled.

"With that arm you're going no where." Sesshoumaru said. Aki looked at her arm, it had almost bleed through the bandages. She moved it, pain shot though her limb.

"Dammit." Aki said. "Kado, so you know where these stupid birds live?" Aki asked.

"Yes, they have some villages which aren't highly valued, nests on a mountain named Mt. Sukiyama, and at the top of the mountain is where the Lord of the tribe and his heirs would live, that's where Tenimaru would have Kit." Kado said. Everyone nodded. They formulated a plan to get Kit back. They'd have to split up. Aki and Sesshoumaru were going to go up one side of the mountain, through one of the main villages, there were 3 main villages with around 3-5 sub-villages, running off of the main paths from the main villages to the mountain, if people resisted they could kill them, but would most likely choose not to, Kouga would do the same to another one of the villages and Kado would go up through the last. It was going to take sometime to hide everything that showed they were from the earlier attack. It was going to be a bit difficult because of Aki's arm so they came up with the alabi that she was wounded from an attack on the road and it was still healing, it wasn't all a lie.

"Remember, we meet at the front gate." Sesshoumaru said. Kouga nodded. Kado had already set off because he had the farthest to walk to get to his village. Aki and Sesshoumaru only had half of what Kado had to walk and Kouga only had to walk a half of what Aki and Sesshoumaru were going to walk. Before they could go rescue Kit they had to find where the 'stupid birds' lived as Aki called them. Two days later they found where Kit was at.

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Front gate of Castle

Kouga was the last one to get to the top of the mountain, he had a little trouble with some people but he had gotten through alright.

"Alright, we don't have mush time now before rumors get here so let's go in." Kado said. They opened the doors as silently as they could and disappeared into the shadows. Kado 'accidently' punched Kouga.

"Hey!" Kouga growled.

"Sorry, my hand slipped." Kado said.

"Sure it did!" Kouga growled.
"You're right! My fists are attracked to stupidity! You must be the stupidest thing around here!"Kado said. Aki grabbed Kouga and Sesshoumaru grabbed Kado.

"Shut up both of you!" Aki hissed, she wasn't about to let two love struck dogs ruin her chances to get her friend back. Kouga and Kado were still glaring at each other but had refrained from talking.

"Shh. Here comes a guard." Sesshoumaru warned. They moved back inside the shadows more and waited for the guard to walk by, but he just stood there.

"Great! We're stuck!" Aki growled. "I'm going to let go of your mouth now and if I hear one more sound I'm gonna rip it off!"Aki growled. Kouga nodded. "I'm so going to regret doing this." Aki said to herself. She walked to the door and stepped out in front of it. Before anyone noticed her she opened her kimono a little to show off her clevage. After she had fixed it they noticed her.
"Who are you?" one asked.

"Lost, I got lost from my family while we were passing through and I came up here wondering if someone would help me find them, I'm sorry I came so late." Aki said. Seshoumaru and Kouga blinked, she sounded so convincing. "I'll just come back in the morning." Aki walked to the door and opened it. "Oh, my! I don't remember it being so cold!" Aki shivered. Aki dropped her kimono a little more. The guards rushed over.

"No, that's okay. We'll take you to the kitchen where you can get some food and warm up." They said. Aki knew it, but acted like she didn't, both of the guards were looking down her shirt hungrily. Kit you SO owe me! Aki growled to herself. Suddenly Aki punched one guard and kicked the other, both guards fell to the ground.

"Sorry, but I don't like it when men look down my shirt." Aki kicked both of them in the face and she fixed her shirt. Sesshoumaru, Kouga, and Kado walked out of the shadows.

"Dude, where'd you learn to do that?" Kouga asked.

"Nevermind, if I ever have to do it again all of you are going to owe me big time!" Aki growed. Sesshoumaru didn't show it but he really wished he could have killed the guards when he saw them looking down her shirt.

"Alright, we go left." Kouga said.
"We go right." Kado said at the same time as Kouga.

"Which is it!" Aki asked.

"Left!"

"Right:" Sesshoumaru looked around, he saw a sign that had arrows on it.

"We go straight." Sesshoumaru interrupted.

"And how do you know?" Kado asked.

"It says, 'Prince Chambers' then an arrow pointing that way." Sesshoumaru said, he was pointing down a hall that went staright.

"Oh..." Kado and Kouga said at the same time. They walked down the hall, carefully avioding make noise, they came to a split in the hall.
"Great..." Aki said. Aki heard a guard coming and ducked down to hide. Kouga and Kado started arguing over what way to go. "Shut up!" Aki growled. "I'm NOT going to flaunt myself again." Kouga and Kado weren't even listening. Aki grabbed Kado and slammed him into the wall. "I said shut up!" Kado shut up and watched the hall, the guard walked by and Aki let go. There was a dent where Kado's head hit the wall.

"We're going to have to split up." Sesshoumaru said. They nodded.

"I'll go with loud mouth over there." Aki said indicating Kouga, she was still mad at Sesshoumaru and she didn't want ot be close to him unless she absolutely HAD to. Aki and Kouga took the right wing, Sesshoumaru took the left, and Kado took the straight route. Aki and Kouga had to keep hiding because there were so many guards.

"We must be going the right way." Kouga said. "There's tons of guards." he added.

"Well, if we're going to find Kit then we might want to blend in." Aki said.

"But how?" Kouga asked. Aki grinned one of her famous evil grins.

"Leave that to me." she said. "Do you have something you can live without on you?" Aki asked. Kouga nodded, he handed her something from his pocket. It was a pebble. She looked at him funny. "Do you always have pebbles in your pockets?" Aki asked.

"No, it fell in and I didn't take it out." Kouga said. Aki shrugged and threw it. Four guards looked over to the general direction.

"You two," one said, "go see what that was, we have strict orders not to let anyone pass through." they nodded and walked over. Aki grabbed them and knocked them out. She tied them up and slipped their clothes on over hers, Kouga did the same with the other guards clothes. They walked out. "What was it?"

"Just a pebble, it fell from another guards pocket." Aki said, she had an excellent imitation of a boy's voice.
"Alright." he said.

"How is Kitrika?" Kouga asked the guard.

"Our Lord is having fun with her." the guard smiled slyly. "Maybe if you two go down and ask him he'll let you have the same kind of fun." Kouga growled. Aki held out her arm and turned to him.

"Act normal." she said.

"Easy for you to say!" Kouga growled at her.

"What's his problem?"

"A stomach ache." Aki quickly said. "He'll be better in no time, if he's not I'll make sure that he gets what he deserves." Aki added. The guard nodded, she and Kouga walked down the hall. Aki stopped. "What room is our Lord keeping her in?"
"The last one on the hall, it's on the left side." he said. Kouga and Aki nodded. They walked down the hall and saw the last door. They walked up to it but were blocked by a giant guard.

"Who are you and what are you here for?" He asked.

"We're here because we got direct orders from our Lord and it has something to do with the girl behind this door. He also said that if we have any trouble just take their name to him and he'll see that they're executed for treason." Aki growled. The guard gulped and stepped aside.

"Listen to what ever goes on inside here and we both will give you no mercy." Kouga added as he walked in the door. They saw Kit chained to a peg in the middle of the room, she had bruises on her and she looked like she hadn't eaten in days!

"I suppose you were sent to beat me?" Kit asked not even looking up from the floor. Kouga noticed she had a collar around her neck, her arms were above her head and her wrists were crossed over eachother, tied to a nail that was tilted upwards, like a hook, making it impossible for the weakened wolf demon to get the ropes off. Both of her cheeks had scabbing cuts on them and her shirt and skirt had been torn in several places to reveal her dark tan skin. Her hair was knotted and Kouga was slightly afraid to see her eyes, but she was still Kit, and always would be, and she was his friend. No matter what they would remain friends.

"Kit!" Kouga rushed over and started undoing the ropes.

"Who are you?" Kit asked blinking blearily and with surprise. Aki pulled off the mask she was wearing and Kouga did the same. "Kouga! Aki!" Kit said s the ropes fell off and she tackled Kouga in a hug from relief. Kouga laughed in relief that she was okay, and patted her head, finally giving into his want to hug her, and nearly breaking her ribs from the force of the squeeze that he was hugging her with, finally he stopped hugging her but her arms remained wrapped around his neck as if he were her life boat.

"Yeah, now act like we're beating you so we can get out of here." Aki said. She pulled her sythe out from her clothes.

"How'd you keep that in your clothes?" Kouga asked.

"Simple, I made it smaller." Aki said. "I know some charms, though that subject was never my strong suit." Aki said. After reluctantly letting her comforting friend go, Kit made noises that sounded like she was getting beaten, shrill screams that would have made the otehr wolf demons hold their ear sin pain if not for the dulled sound from the filters in their helmet, they had put them on befor eKit began to scream.

"Now, how do we get out of here?" Kouga asked. Kit got an idea.

"Put the collar back on and drag me out of here. That way they'll think that I was severly beaten and not able to move." Kit said.

"Oh yeah, Tenimaru did this to you, didn't he?" Kouga asked.

"Yes." Kit said as her eyes half-closed sadly, tears about to brek free from their controlled boundaries.

"Don't worry, I'll kick his ass for you." Aki said as she smiled confidently for her friend to see, and join in on the cocky grin.

"How's your arm?" Kit asked, as an after thought. Aki pulled her sleeve up.

"Better, though I can't do everything with it." Aki said. She pulled her sleeve down. Kouga had finished everything and dragged Kit out of the room. No one questioned him. Aki saw a door and heard noises coming from it.

"Get me the club, I want to have some fun with Kit." Tenimaru said. He opened the door and came face-to-face with Aki. With rage pouring out of her eyes, distaste, scorn, hatred and anger ran through her veins as she growled in her throat. Tenimaru took a step back in fear.

"Think you're going to hurt my friend are you?" Aki asked, her voice was deeper, meaner, and powerful, she took her good arm and punched him in the face. "If you ever touch her again I swear I'll kill you." Aki growled. She beat him up to a pulp before putting her mask back on and fleeing the room. She knew it wouldn't be long before they knew she and Koga weren't really guards. She caught up with Kouga in no time. An alarm sounded.

"What the hell did you do?" Kouga asked. Kit was now running behind them.

"I kicked Tenimaru's ass! Did you think I was going to do anything less!" Aki growled.

"Enough fighting, let's get outta here!" Kit yelled, Aki sped up and burst into the main hall. Kit saw the guards were KO'd. "What happened here?" Kit asked.

"Well, since Kouga and Kado were fighting we almost got discovered and I had to seduce them, speaking of which, you owe me BIG time for that!" Aki said. Kit nodded. "Now, let's get out of here, I'm sure Sesshoumaru and Kado are coming." Aki said. She ran out the door and down the well beaten path to the village Kouga had come in. Sesshoumaru and Kado were already there.

"Look who we found!" Kouga yelled, Sesshoumaru nodded and Kado glared at him. "What's your problem?" Kouga asked. Aki didn't stop running.

"I wouldn't stay there for too long!" Aki yelled back. The guards were coming at them, Sesshoumaru, Kouga, Kit, and Kado ran away to catch up with her.

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Author's Notes:

Aki: There ya go! The 'great esacpe!'

Kit: Hoped you like it, it was all done my Aki. With some alterations by me.

Aki: Yeah problems...don't tell me, you wont like the answer!

Kit: Yeah, she's not good with problems.

Aki: Darn straight!

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