Chapter 7
There Is Still More To Come
I must have fallen asleep in Edward's arms as he carried me, because the next time I opened my eyes I was lying down on a mat, in some sort of camp. With my top off? But instead bandages were wrapped around every part of me, from my stomach up to my chest.
The moment I sat up, I was pushed back down by some sort of force. It was only a few seconds later that my mind comprehended that it was a hand.
"Lie down." a gentle voice whispered to me.
As my vision became more clear, I saw that it was Gennimaru.
"Gennimaru?" I questioned, "What are you doing here?"
My grandfather chuckled lightly, the sound of it warming my heart. "You're friend sent for me." he turned around, and gestured towards Edward, who was leaning up against a tree with his eyes closed. He looked as if he was sleeping, but I knew he couldn't be. Edward had told me that vampires couldn't sleep.
"And also," he continued, "I could see it in your eyes when you left my temple. You had anger in your eyes, and I knew that you would go and do something stupid. But I never thought that you would go and fight Yakunan again. Alone."
I looked to the ground, ashamed, and Gennimaru only laughed even more. "You are so much like your father Arashi, full of spirit and determination."
A light smile touched my lips. "Am I like my father? Many people say that I look like my mother though, but AM I like my father?"
"Very much so Arashi," Gennimaru whispered, which made me smile even more. But then that smile quickly turned down into a frown.
"How wounded am I?" I asked, looking at the various bandages wrapped around me.
Gennimaru sighed, but then spoke after a few seconds of silence. "You have several broken ribs, but they will heal in a few days. You also have a torn muscle in you left side, along with large bite marks around your chest area-but there is no telling if you will have scars from those or not."
"Is that all?" I asked.
"No," Gennimaru said sadly. "Scratches and bruises cover every inch of your body, and your left shoulder is slightly out of its socket."
My eyebrows lifted in utter surprise. "I was hurt that badly?" I whispered, my clawed hand trailing over the various bandages around my stomach and arms.
"You were LUCKY that that was all, you could have easily been killed by Yakunan."
"But I wasn't," I protested, "That MUST mean something."
"Did Yakunan say anything to you before you killed him?" Gennimaru asked me, completely ignoring my previous statement.
"What?"
"Did. Yakunan. Say. Anything. To. You. Before. You. Killed. Him?" he said each word carefully, and slowly.
I closed my eyes, trying to remember.
"You may have won the battle Arashi, but you have not won the war. I WILL be avenged!"
My eyes snapped open at remembering his words.
"He said, 'You may have won the battle Arashi, but you have not won the war. I WILL be avenged!'"
Gennimaru shook his head in disproval. "That's what I thought." he mumbled under his breath. Then he stood up, and began to pace back and forth.
"Gennimaru? What's wrong?"
"Everything just got worse." he mumbled, as he ran his talons through his long silver hair.
"Excuse me? HOW did everything just get worse?" I asked puzzled, "I killed Yakunan. End of story."
"He said that he would be avenged, correct?" Gennimaru turned towards me with serious eyes.
I forced myself to sit up, ignoring the pain in my ribs and chest. "Yes." I spit out in the process.
"Yakunan's people and his mate will avenge him Arashi. THAT is how everything just got worse." Gennimaru's eyes were stressed and were filled with a fear that I could not explain.
"His people meaning the snake people?"
"Correct."
"But-since when did Yakunan have a mate?" I questioned, suddenly intrigued into my evil twin.
Gennimaru sighed, and then sat down next to me again.
"Even someone like Yakunan can find love, though I found that hard to believe myself. You see, Yakunan was raised by the Snake Demon Tribe, over in the Eastern Lands. In the time that he lived there, he did indeed fall in love, with a Snake Demoness, named Chikako."
"So...she is coming to avenge her dead mate, Yakunan?" I asked, quirking up an eyebrow, "That's it?"
"Yes and no. She IS coming to avenge Yakunan, but I have a feeling that she won't be coming alone." Gennimaru's comment made me shiver.
"W-Who do you think she's bringing along with her?"
Gennimaru heaved a great sigh. "If my theory is correct, she is bringing the whole Snake Demon tribe with her, and will wage war on the Dog Demon tribe."
My eyes grew wide with fear, and my heart began to hammer against my already throbbing ribs.
"So she's going to wage war on us? Destroy our kind? Wipe them from the face of THE EARTH?" my voice grew high with stress, and I began to hyperventilate.
"Arashi calm down!" Gennimaru rested his hand on my back, trying to get my breathing back to normal.
"I can't calm down! She's going to destroy us Gennimaru! SHE'S GOING TO DESTROY US!"
"Well what do you suggest I do?" Gennimaru said slightly stressed as well.
I fell silent, and tried to calm my heart rate and my abnormal breathing.
"Gather all of the Dog Demons around this area. We are going to fight back." I ordered in a low voice.
"But there aren't many Dog Demons in the area!" Gennimaru scolded in a whisper.
"Yes there are!" I whispered back. "There's you, me, Sesshomaru, InuYasha-"
"InuYasha is not a full demon though!"
I put up a finger, "Let me finish. There also is InuMaru, Sohi, and Osamu. Plus, we have the help of the Cullens and the others."
"But this is not going to work," Gennimaru protested, "Osamu is even older than I am, Sohi will NEVER help us, InuMaru is the general of Sohi-she will not let him go, YOU are injured, I AM old as well, and Sesshomaru can't work with ANYBODY."
"Trust me Gennimaru," I whispered, "Everything will be fine."
"For your sake I dearly hope so. Now, get some rest." He ordered
Gennimaru stood up, and casually walked away with his medicine and herb materials, leaving me alone by the warm crackling fire.
I pulled the thin blanked over me, closed my eyes, and drifted off to sleep.
Though that night, I was haunted by nightmares.