The bloody moon
The Shiseiten and Kyo were walking through the barren, brown land surrounding a little town. It appeared the red-eyed demon had decided to spend the night in comfort, instead of in the wasteland. The three Shiseiten were lagging along behind Kyo talking amongst themselves.
"Looks like Kyo's finally decided to allow us some luxuries." Hotaru commented.
"At last, my supply of sake's run dry." Bontenmaru whined.
"I'll be able to sleep in a nice soft comfy bed tonight." Hotaru added.
"You two call yourselves men?" Akari questioned
"Hey Akari, you can have a bath. But only if Kyo goes into town." Bontenmaru slyly mentioned.
" Hurry up then, you big oafs." Akari said picking up her pace.
In the distance a small tired figure stumbled along, pushing his body to go faster. Even through he was exhausted, his body on the verge of collapse. Still on he plodded, focusing on putting one foot in front of another. Blocking out everything but the need to catch up with the re eyed man who had saved him.
" Kyo, that kid's still there." Bontenmaru commented
"Good." The red-eyed demon said.
"He must be either very stubborn or very stupid." Hotaru said.
"Kyo he's going to kill himself if we don't do anything." Bontenmaru said
"Anyone who interferes dies."
By this time they had reached the town. There was a festival on in this particular town, so it was decorated in bright colours of every shade that could be imagined. People were dancing between stalls and dodging around other people, it was crowded. They could barely move down the street, however the festivalgoers took one look at Kyo and parted before him, so the other three just followed in his wake before the gaps he caused closed up.
"I'm going to the blacksmith's, meet here in one hour." With that Kyo vanished into the crowd.
"I'm going to fetch some sake, see you later." Bontenmaru added, before following Kyo's lead and vanishing.
"I guess that leaves you to come shopping with me" Akari commented dragging Hotaru, who had a look of suffering on his face, to the many stalls lining the street.
An hour past and the three Shiseiten regrouped were Kyo had said. Bontenmaru had a few bottles of sake under his arms, Hotaru was buried under all the packages that Akari had brought and blackmailed him into carrying, Akari herself was just lounging against the wall waiting for her beloved Kyo to return. After a few minutes Kyo returned a long thin package wrapped in cloth under his arm.
All this time Akira had been chasing them, he'd pushed his body past its limits and now he was paying the price. As the sun was sinking beneath the horizon his body broke down, and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get up. He looked around and saw he was just outside the town he'd seen Him disappear into. On his right he saw a tree and with a supreme act of mind over matter pulled his tired body to the base of the tree. Akira's last thought before darkness claimed him was that even they would have to rest and that in the morning he would finally catch him.
Kyo and his followers had found an inn to spend the night in and were sitting in front of the fire drinking sake and chatting. When Kyo suddenly stood up picking up the long, thin package as he went and without a word to anyone walked out.
"Why is he always doing that?" Bontenmaru moaned.
"That 's just the way he is. Isn't he great?" Akari said. Hotaru just rolled his eyes as Bontenmaru and Akari continued to argue.
Kyo walked through the town, which was silent and deserted as the festival was over and it was very late. They was just the occasional person wandering around. When any of them looked in his direction they got a glare for their efforts, which caused them to quickly look away. He continued to walk through the town until he reached the gates. Where the lookouts on duty tried to stop him. He killed them easily when they refused to let him out.
"Idiots"
Kyo walked to the tree where Akira was deep in slumber, looking down at the blond haired boy who looked so peaceful and innocent. He placed the long, thin package by the boy's side before walking back the way he came.
A/N Thanks for reading. I tried to make it longer. Please review.