Chapter Seven

Lana blinked a little bit, looking at the pink shards at the table. "So … you're telling me that these pink glass things are from a jewel called the Shikon no Tama or Jewel of Four Souls?" The town priestess nodded a little.

"Aye, child. Do not be fooled by its appearance, though. A single shard from Scared Jewel has enough power to give its benefactor the strength of ten men." The priestess took the shards, handing the ones that they found to each girl.

After a minute, Lana sighed and stood, holding her two jewel shards, she sighed. "Well … I don't know about you guys but I'm going to go for a walk." The other two girls nodded and rose, following her.

"They will be fine." The priestess said with a slight nod. Everyone was silent and after what seemed like decades, it was Sango who finally broke the uneasy silence.
"Lady Natsume," Sango started slowly. The middle-aged priestess looked to Sango curiously.

"Hai?"
"Forgive me if I am incorrect but, the last I heard, the Shikon Jewel was whole. Not in pieces as it is now." The priestess nodded a little.

"You are correct. I am unsure of why the jewel is in shards now as it was, indeed, whole. Legend has it though, that shortly after the fall of Naraku, a great and powerful demon had tried creating a sister jewel from the Shikon Jewel. Unfortunately, as legend says, the demon didn't intend for his plans to backfire, much less for the Jewel to shatter like it did."

Miroku nodded a little bit. "That would explain a great deal."

Outside, the girls were silent, just looking at the pouches that were keeping their jewel shards. Sitting down on a hill that over looked most of the village they were staying at, Lana sighed and laid back, her hands behind her head. "So from what we've been told, if these things get into the wrong hands then a lot could go wrong." Minkania looked to her friends and nodded a little bit.
"I've only heard rumors about the Shikon Jewel but from what I understand that once the jewel is whole, it has the power to turn a half demon full demon or full human. I've also heard that only a truly strong priestess can manage the burden of having the Shikon no Tama entrusted into her care."

Lana was just about to say something when she heard a noise. Jumping to her feet, she drew her sword and charged at where the sound was. Soon, she was standing over three very frightened boys. Blinking a little, she put her sword back into its sheath, growling a little and slightly sweat dropping.

"Who the devil are you!" She demanded hotly.

One boy put his hands up in defense, grinning sheepishly. Minkania and Karmila came over and sighed as well. "Might as well get up." Karmila told them flatly, her eyes narrowing a little. The boys nodded and quickly scrambled to their feet.
"Well, who are you?" Lana demanded again. The middle one grinned sheepishly again.

"I am Tenshi Kokotamo, this is Addacus Tammaue, and he's Roukan Takaharu." Two of the boys had brown hair though Tenshi's hair was much longer than his friend Addacus. Roukan, on the other hand, looked nearly nothing like the other two boys. He was taller, more muscular and wore a kimono and armor similar to Sesshomaru's except that everything he wore was much more on the dark side. Most of his kimono was a dark blue and the rest a sort of deep red. His armor was the same type of gray as Sesshomaru's but there was slightly less of it. It was also apparent that he was set aside from his two friends, as he was a demon while the two others were human. Roukan looked over to Lana and looked her over slowly, watching her blush more and more with each passing second.

"What the hell is so bloody interesting that you just HAVE to stare at me for!" Lana demanded, a little embarrassed, thoughts of if she had something on her face running through her head. Roukan just rose a brow and walked towards her.

The teenage hanyou blushed madly, not being able to do anything but stand where she was. Gently, Roukan took her chin in his hand and rested a hand on her waist, leaning in and gently kissed her cheek. No one could do anything but gasp and stare in total, complete shock.

Slowly, Roukan moved his lips from her cheek and gently covered hers with his. Lana couldn't do anything but stand there and slowly, she kissed him back.

What are you doing! Push him away!

No … don't. Let him stay … make him stay …

No way! I don't even know this guy and yet I'm letting him kiss me!

But he's such a good kisser and a total hottie to boot.

Yeah but he's KISSING me! And …

You're kissing him back and liking it.

After a minute, Roukan pulled away a little and the hand that was on her waist gently took the one that was at his chest. His eyes were a dark golden yellow and they were absolutely memorizing. Slowly, Lana's mind cleared and she blinked a little bit, pushing him away.

"STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" She shouted, running back to the house they were staying at. Roukan only smiled a little bit, the small smile making his features even more handsome. She is defiantly worth chasing …