Chapter 5
"Oh damn," Chiyo sighed. "I really hoped all of the Naraku gang could just leave me alone." Kemshi looked at her strangely as Kagura came into the cave. "What do you want this time Kagura?"
"This child has been avoiding Naraku and me," Kagura said annoyed. Then she looked around and saw all the people on the ground. "Though I didn't expect to see all my enemies on the ground." Kagura would have loved to kill them all right now, but she didn't want Naraku to yell at her.
"I'm not going without my Chi Chi!" Kemshi shouted. Chiyo just glared at Kemshi.
"Your Chi Chi?" she asked. Kagura smiled.
"I suppose I could bring you along for the ride. Though I doubt Naraku would keep you alive," Kagura said. Chiyo wanted so badly to go up to her and kill her, but that would just not do.
"I will not let my poor little Chi Chi die by the hands of Naraku!" Now Chiyo was getting really annoyed. My? Poor? Little? Chi Chi? Chiyo fears that she will never understand the strange mind of Kemshi.
"Then just come with me!" Kagura yelled. "You annoying little boy! Just come with me to the castle and stop whining!" Kemshi knew now that he had been defeated.
"Well my darling, till we meet again." Chiyo waved good-bye to him as he flew away on Kagura's feather.
"And good riddance," she said. Chiyo walked back by everyone and saw that Shippo, Kirara, and Inuyasha were all awake. "I'm guessing you're going to blame this on me huh?" she asked them. Miroku shook his head. "Really?"
"It's not your fault. If it was anyone's fault, it would be Inuyasha," Miroku replied.
"Hey!" Inuyasha protested. Chiyo once again burst out laughing.
"You guys seem to be full of surprises." Chiyo looked out of the cave and the sun setting. "Well, as I promised, I'll be going." Chiyo turned around to leave but someone grabbed her wrist.
"You're not going anywhere until you teach me how to control myself," Kagome said. Chiyo turned and looked at her.
"I have to eat too, ya know," Chiyo said, planning to rip her arm off if she didn't let go soon. Kagome looked at her confused for the moment and Chiyo's anger raised. "Look kid, I need to feed as much as you do. Trust me, when my bloodlust takes over, nothing you do can stop me." Kagome still refused to let go of Chiyo's wrist.
"You're not going anywhere," Kagome said firmly. Chiyo felt tears form in her eyes as she remembered.
((Flashback))
Chiyo's mother grabbed her daughter's wrist. "You're not going anywhere," she said. Chiyo still had the sword sticking out of her chest as the tears flowed down her face.
"Why not? You don't want me here anyway!" Chiyo shouted struggling to get free.
"That may be true, but we can't just let you out of the house. People might get the wrong idea," her father said. Chiyo looked at her sister Chiyoko, who was standing in the door horrified at the scene in front of her.
((End of Flashback))
Chiyo shook away the thought of her sister and then looked at Miroku. Her eyes were filled with disappointment and hurt. Miroku understood her completely and she didn't know why. Stop staring at him you filthy creature, a voice in her head hissed. She glared back at Kagome and before she could control herself, Chiyo's eyes turned red and she was pulling Kagome off her feet by her throat.
"You are one to talk! You are just as I am!" Chiyo shouted in pure rage. Inuyasha grabbed the Tetsuaiga and unsheathed it. Chiyo just looked at him. "Go ahead and attack me with that hunk of metal! It won't do you any good!" Everyone could feel the rage Chiyo was giving off swirl around the cave like a world-pool. Miroku got up and quietly crept around behind Chiyo and placed one of his sutras on her back. Immediately, it started to burn the skin on her back and Miroku peeled it off. After it was off, Chiyo let go of Kagome and fell into Miroku's arms unconscious.
"That bastard tried to kill me!" Kagome shouted. Miroku laid Chiyo gently on the ground and then looked at Kagome.
"What has gotten into you lately?" he demanded. "You've done nothing but be rude to her! She may be different, but she is still only human!" Everyone looked at him like he was crazy. Even Sango, who was now awake, looked at him with confusion. "She may be able to help us," he said, a little calmer now.
"How?" Inuyasha asked sheathing the Tetsusaiga. Before Miroku could answer, Chiyo stood up and looked at everyone around her with tears streaming down her face.
"You are no different from every other person I've met. I knew it was wrong to help even the likes of you!" Chiyo turned around and stormed out of the cave. Miroku ran out of the cave after her, but she was nowhere in sight. The only creature he could see was a lonely wolf. He just sighed and went back into the cave.
Chiyo sat down, now in her wolf form, relieved that he didn't figure out it was her. She looked around trying to find a good place to go for the night. She walked into the village and looked around to find a vacant hut somewhere. With no luck, she walked into a hut where a man was sleeping. She looked around to see if anyone else was there. When it was confirmed that he was alone, she walked over to him and bit into his neck. Not hard enough to tear it off, but hard enough to draw blood. As she licked it up, she heard a bow and felt the pain of an arrow in her back. She howled in pain as she darted off and transformed back into her human self. She knew if she lost enough blood, she could black out and then in the morning she would burn to a crisp, but she couldn't reach the arrow. She could feel the effects of the blood loss already taking place. She fell to her knees and tried the best she could to crawl away, but she had lost too much blood. She fell the rest of the way to the ground unconscious.
"Is it a demon?" A woman asked the priestess walking toward Chiyo.
"It's no demon I've ever seen if it is," Keade replied. She knelt down and examined the body. It wasn't breathing and it had no pulse, but it did have abnormally large canine teeth. "I've seen this type of creature before. My sister befriended one." Keade picked Chiyo up, careful not to break the arrow in her back, and took Chiyo into her hut.
A/N: Well, this is the last chapter I'm doing for this story until the rest of the stories are up to chapter 5. If you request me to do the next chapter, I may consider it, but only if you really want me to. R&R please!
-VDG
