A/N: Wow, it's been a while haha, with school and all it was hard to keep up with my writing, but now that summer is here I can start writing again ;; and… I had Rhet and Comp during school so lets see if it paid off… probably not haha XD BTW, just so you know, this is Romance story about a Taru and a Mithra, so if the whole cross-breading thing bothers you.. You might wanna leave now XD
Chapter 3
Kuro awoke the next morning, stretching tall, to see Invier standing in the same spot as when she had fallen asleep that night. She quietly crawled over to him on her hands and knees to see him. She crept closer and closer, and to his surprise he didn't move… didn't even flinch. She frowned and scoffed at the taru in front of her that she supposed was asleep.
"Wow, what a good guardian, asleep on the job, geez." No sooner had she ended closed her mouth from speaking that Invier turned around to look at her.
"Who's sleeping?" She turned bright red, feeling pretty bad she had said that, and sat back looking down to her fidgeting hands which rested in her lap. When she dared to peak up at him, Invier had nothing but a bright smile on, and he almost looked like he was ready to let out a chuckle. She crossed her arms across her chest, until she heard a mans voice yelling her name.
"Kuronue!" Her ears twitched, and as soon as she figured out who the voice belonged to, her ears fell back and her eyes grew wide. Invier watched her, then turned to where the voice had come from. Only to feel himself somewhat roughly pulled in front of her. Not that he was covering much, but she obviously thought it would hide her. As Invier watched ahead of him, he saw a male Mithra coming up rather quickly, and from what he could tell, very angrily. He looked somewhat similar to Kuronue, only more masculine. From what he had heard, male Mithra were always kept locked up tight in Windurst, it was odd to see him out in the wilderness.
As he came close, he stood right in front of Invier, and Invier had to strain to look up at him. He looked from Kuronue, to Invier, and back, his ears falling back angrily as he looked at Kuronue. Without even looking at Invier, he began speaking to him.
"I'm sorry she has bothered you adventurer, I will take her, and you can rest assured she will be severely punished." Kuronue began to shake, Invier could feel it, as she was still holding onto his arms so he wouldn't move and she would still be hidden.
"She was no trouble at all though, there is no need for a punishment." He smiled up warmly at the large male Mithra, only to see a very confused glance come his way.
"Please, in honor of protecting my sister, we invite you to dinner at our families house." Invier was about to protest, but before he could say a word, the Mithra continued. "I insist." Not wanting to insult the family he agreed full heartedly. It had been a while since he had had a home cooked meal anyway.
The walk back was very quiet, as neither of the two Mithra spoke. Invier could tell that Kuronue was upset, for her tail was nearly dragging on the ground as she walked, and her ears lay back against her head. The other male Mithra, Kuronue's brother obviously, was different though. His tail twitched back and forth in a most agitated way, but his hears were also back against his head. Invier thought it best to just keep quiet.
As they made it back into Windurst, he noticed there were a few Mithra watching. He heard many mumbling quietly, and others snickering, obviously at Kuronue's expense. They made it to a quaint little part of Windurst woods, where it appeared there were a few residences. At on particular house, their home, the silence was broken and a very angry motherly voice was the voice that was creating most of the commotion.
"you could have been killed!" "What were you thinking!" "Do you want to die!" Invier watched Kuronue out of the corner of his eye, as everytime she would yell something her tail would droop just a little more. She didn't get too awfully far in her screaming as the brother let out a subtle cough and nodded in Invier's direction. The mother looked down to see the small taru, and wiped her hands on her apron, coming over to thank him with a handshake… or so he had thought. This woman wasn't shy, as she picked Invier up and hugged him in the biggest bear hug Invier had felt in his small taru life, which was about to be cut short if the woman didn't let him go.
"MOM! You want to choke him or something?" Kuronue's voice sounded, and Invier was gently put back on the ground.
"I'm sorry, thank you so much though for bringing my baby home safely." She smiled down to Invier, who smiled right back.
"It's no problem at all ma'am. She's quite a good monk I must say, she barely needed my help." He decided to leave out the part where she just about died. Kuronue's mother got a worried look on her face, as she looked from Invier to Kuronue. Obviously she didn't want Kuronue to hear this, because dread was evident on her face. It was quickly masked, by a friendly smile though.
"I'm sorry, my name is Kanno, this is my son Shinji, and I believe you've already met my daughter Kuronue." She pointed to each person as she said them, as if he couldn't figure it out. "Now come, supper is almost finished, and I will have no one eating a cold dinner. Kuronue please show Invier to the bathroom to wash his hands before dinner, and then you can draw him a bath after dinner." Kuronue blushed bright red, and her tail even furled just a bit.
"Mom! I think he can draw his one ba-" Her mother cut in sternly before she could finish her sentence.
"Young lady! You heard me! I don't want to hear another word out of you for the rest of the night, or so help me." She decided to leave it at that, figuring that Kuronue knew already. Kuronue growled then turned sharply on her heel and started walking into another room.
"This way Invier." Invier tried not to laugh, and managed to contain it all but a small chuckle as he followed the angry Mithra girl to the bathroom. When they reached the bathroom though, she looked from Invier to the sink, realizing he wouldn't be able to reach. Something clicked and she reached under the sink to grab an old crate that she must have used as a young girl. "Tada!" She smiled, pretty proud of herself.
"Don't be late for dinner Invi," and with that she left the room.
A/N: Well I didn't get to the lemon this time T.T But I will have one haha ;; I'll put it in a separate chapter though, so for those who don't want to read it, dun have to . Yay! R&R PLZ btw even if you flame it I'll continue so HA! XP
