Sorry for long waits between updates! I've been…busy. _ Anyway, BACK TO THE STORY! :D
For the next year, Arashi and Cucco lived a relatively peaceful life. It was on one such day, that Arashi discovered that Cucco, when she was born, had been injected with a tremendous dosage of "cucco" blood. Cuccos (the animal, not the person), are very closely related to chickens, however, they have two differences. One, their blood is blue. And two, if one of them is attacked, and caused to bleed, others of their species can smell the blood from up to a mile away, and will then come rushing to their companions aid. Now, because Cucco had been injected with it, she became half cucco. It is also because of this injection that her lifespan has been shortened to a mere 18 years. When Arashi heard this, he immediately went to work, concocting a scheme to prevent her shortly coming death.
After 30 years of work (in the Demon World), Arashi discovered a way to safely inject a human, or in this case, half-human, with demon blood. He took a sample from a friend who he had known for many years, and duplicated it, making enough blood, that when injected, it would make Cucco one-third raccoon demon, allowing her to increase her time on Gaia, if only for a short while.
The only problem with this method is it causes the taker of the blood enormous pain as their body gets used to the intruding demonic power. So, even though Arashi explained this to Cucco, she still accepted, albeit hesitantly. After two months of enduring excruciating pain, Cucco finally finished the transformation, and became a raccoon demon.
For another 6 months, Arashi and Cucco enjoyed their lives, living in each others company. And now, we slow down time to examine one specific event. The death of Arashi's father.
After revisiting his own realm, Arashi found that his father had become an even greater tyrant in his absence. As such, Arashi decided that it was time for him to take action. He called upon the help of Demyora and the people of the Wolf kingdom. Leading the charge into the Raccoon kingdom, Arashi eventually, after 3 years of war, squared off against his father in single combat. Needless to say, Arashi won the day (sorry for not going into detail, but there are other events that I need to get to, I might come back and update this, then again I might not _). After killing his father, who had reigned for more than 400,000 years, Arashi was given the throne. Leaving his world in the hands of his clone, Arashi returned to Gaia and rejoined Cucco.
After two peaceful months on Gaia, Arashi decided to do something drastic:
"Hey, Cucco, is there any place in the world where you would like to go?"
"Um…I guess I'd really like to visit a big garden…"
Taking Cucco's hand, Arashi responded, "Well, I just so happen to know the perfect place." With that, he led her back to the Demon World, where he took her to an enormous garden that his younger sister had started and maintained until her death.
Cucco and Arashi walked around the garden for a little while, talking about nothing in particular, until Arashi couldn't wait any longer.
"Hey, Cucco…Um…You know, there were a few reasons I brought you out here..."
Cucco, already on alert, because Arashi rarely hesitated with his words, responded, "L-like what?"
"Well…the first reason is that so we could be alone and away from unwanted intrusions…"
Arashi then turned so that he was facing Cucco and got down on one knee. "The other...is that I wanted to ask you a question."
Pausing, Arashi took Cucco's hand and said, "Cucco, will you marry me?"
Cucco, stuttering a little bit and blushing profusely, replied, "Y-yes."
So, yeah, that's the chapter, sorry it took so long to put up, and I know, it's short...But even still, please review.