Chapter 15: Kiara's story (Kiara's P.O.V)
It was three years ago, I was sixteen at that time. My life was normal. I only lived with my father in a small town next to the village hidden in the grass. My town didn't really have a name; all I knew was that there weren't as many people that lived there. It was near the spring time in the beginning of April. It was my father's favorite month, because tons of new items from all over the other villages come into our little town and become on sale. He was so intrigued with them because he was an inventor, always trying to create things that would help him with his research. I always told my father that they were just items (junk to be exact) that no one wanted to buy in the other villages. Usually, after my comment my father then recites one of his favorite quotes 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'. It was a tradition for us to shop together every Sunday of April, but the first Sunday of April had already taken its turn towards the un-expecting. It was in the afternoon when my father and I decided to go shopping. I went to go buy groceries while he explored a section of the new items to see if any of them would aid him with his inventions.
I was in the market slowly and calmly strolling looking at all the foods. Soon I entered into the fruit aisle where there was a vast variety of fruits that got me so fascinated. Each and every one of the fruits looked delectable and mouth watering. I then came across where the apples were. Apples were my favorite fruit at the time. I grabbed one then held the shinny ruby red apple in my hands feeling its smooth texture. It was perfect, so immediately I bought it and right away I took a deep bite into it. The juice of the apple just burst into my mouth, the sweet nectar was delicious. While I was eating my apple I heard someone snickering behind me. I turned around and found these deep blue-green eyes staring at me in amusement.
"You look like you really love that apple," he explained as he continued to laugh. Heat rose to my cheeks furiously causing myself to blush in embarrassment. It irritated me that he could have actually made me feel embarrassed. He began to snicker again which caused me to throw the apple at him out of fury. To my surprise he had caught the apple swiftly with his left hand and started to observe the bitten apple. His beautiful eyes then met mine once again and he stated, "Your bite marks are quite interesting. They are pretty big and sharp, with one bite you nearly got half of it done." His voice was hauntingly rich and velvet, it entranced me. He then smiled brilliantly at me and took a bite out of the apple stating, "Nice taste in apples though." He was agitating me in both a good and a bad way. He knew just the right words to tick me off, but his handsome face just gave off a gravity that was pulling me close to him. Wanting, desiring to kiss his rough looking lips.
"Who are you?" I asked as I began to take a step closer towards him. He brushed his jet black hair back and replied with a smirk on his face, "My name is Ryu. I was just traveling, but once I saw you looking at the apple it got me curious." I began to notice every physical trait on his body. His shaggy ebony black hair was long, but it wasn't long enough to make him get a haircut. It actually framed his face pretty well. His body structure was unbelievably perfect, he was tall with a dark brown tan and perfectly sculpted muscles. I had never seen anyone like him, there was no guy who has ever got me to look twice at him. I held out my hand towards him and introduced myself, "My name is Kiara Netto." He smirked at me with a crooked smile, which got my knees to wobble. He then placed his hand into mine and a spark flew through me as we shook. He then let my hand drop to my side and turned around to leave. I wanted to know more about him; it felt like my heart craved it. He was about to leave until I grabbed his arm like it was a matter of life or death. My heart and body just couldn't let him leave, I then asked him, "Would you mind helping me shop for some groceries? I promise I'll make you the best dinner ever, if you do." I mentally kicked myself knowing that my voice sounded more of plead then of a casual offer.
Ryu turned towards me and our eyes locked and I froze still. He was searching for something in my eyes, but what would he be searching for? He then grinned at my with his mouth close and asked, "The best dinner?" My entire body just relaxed in relief and all I did was link my arm with his, and then led him towards the vegetables. We had a great time together the entire day; I tried to ask questions that had to deal about him, but just continued to dodge each question. I just decided to give up and enjoy being in his company. We then entered into my house where my father was tinkering with brand new gadgets he had bought. He heard the door close and he turned towards us. He smiled and said, "I see you finally brought me a demon Kiara." Ryu stiffened by his comment and I automatically barked at my father, "That's not funny dad! Can we please not bring up demons?" Ryu's body then began to relax again once my father laughed and surrendered.
Dinner was now awkward, none of us spoke and Ryu well the only thing he focused on was his food. A twinge in my heart crawled up when his eyes soon locked on to mine. He just caught me staring at him, but he gave me a half smile and focused back on the food. Once we were done with dinner Ryu and I began to stroll along the road, silently. I looked up at his turquoise eyes glimmering perfectly with the moon's light.
"Thank you for coming Ryu. I apologize for my father though. He has this obsession on demons and I just could never get him to stop," I began to say as he stopped suddenly listening to every word I said. He then turned to me and his eyes were mad, he knew exactly where I was going, but I had to continue. "Ryu there is something about you that…"
"No, don't say anything else!" he snapped at me "I don't want to hear this anymore you don't even know me!"
"Have you ever heard of love at first sight?" I interjected as my blood began to boil at how he was reacting. He then grabbed my shoulders and hissed, "I have, but listen to me. You should never fall in love with me. It hurts to fall in love Kiara!" He then left me all by myself filled with pain. I didn't see Ryu after that until a week passed. I was at my work being the entertainment, singing songs that just came to my mind. I was in the middle of the song Heartbreaker by pink when I saw him walked through the door heading towards the bar. My heart began to clench at the sight of him it just brought me back to the memory replaying over and over him walking away from me. He then turned around to see who was singing and found me trying not to cry. Our eyes never left each other until the end of the song; it was also my last song of the night. I couldn't handle seeing him so I just ran out of the restaurant and continued to run until I heard a whistle.
"Hey babe, where are you going sugar lips?" a voice asked as I stopped to catch my breath. There was a group of guys with an atrocious stench of liquor. I growled at them for drinking so much and began to walk away from them. I then left a strong grip around my waist and my eyes were looking at blood shot eyes. The guy gave me a sinister look and snaked his arms around me. I began to push him away from me but I was too weak. The next thing I did was the obvious thing, I yelled out help, but that just earned me a slap across the face. My face was stinging in pain and the man then whispered, "Oh did I hurt you? Let me take care of that." As he began to lick my cheek with so much force I began to whimper.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" ordered a voice I could never forget. We both turned to see who it was and my stomach flipped when I saw Ryu furious. The man dropped me and he snickered at Ryu, "You really think that you scare me? I am a full fledge ninja!" With that he took out a kunai and threw it at Ryu's chest. Ryu dodged then began to snarl at him. Blue chakra began to surge all over his body like flames. My eyes widen at what I was seeing, I remembered so well for my father's lessons about demons. He was transforming into his demon form. Ryu was a demon! It only took Ryu a minute to shred the man's limbs off and kill him and there I stood frozen in fear. Ryu then looked at me with sorrowful eyes and began to run. At that moment I had forgotten that he had killed the man and I yelled out his name to stop. To my surprise he did and he also turned around. I began to run towards him and hug him. What bugged me was that I was also crying. I was crying because I was thankful that he was there, now with his head on my neck trying to sooth me.
"This is why you didn't want me to love you. Because how can a human fall in love with a demon?" I whispered softly into his demonic fur. All he did was nod and nuzzled in more. My hands were in his fur feeling how soft it was, holding him tight like he was going to leave me. I didn't want him to leave because, "I love you Ryu, even if you are a demon." His head automatically shot up from my neck with shocked eyes. He then morphed back into his human form and leaned towards my lips and froze. He was pondering if he should kiss me or not, if it was really the right thing to do. His warm breath was covering my lips taunting me. I was using all my energy not to pull his face into mine. His indescribably eyes gazed into mine and asked, "Do you mean it?" never moving an inch to where he was. My answer to him was my arms circling around his neck and gave lightly peck on his lips. That was all he needed for him wrap his arms tightly around my waist and pulling me into a deep and affectionate kiss. Sparks were surging through my entire body; this was what people meant when they say that a kiss with your ture love was like fireworks. It was like a new explosion every time his lips would move firmly against my own. We then pulled apart from each other and Ryu's eyes were filled with sorrow.
"We can't be together Kiara, no matter how much I love you too." He said as he pulled away from me so we could be an arm's length from each other. He then explained to me that demons must be with other demons even with they are half demons. If a demon falls in love with a human, it would be useless because they cannot mate and start a family. It broke my heart knowing that, but then an idea came to my mind. I grabbed his arm dragging him to my house. Behind my house was this machine my father had been working on for a while. It was a machine to fuse a demon's DNA with a human so the human can become half-demon. The only problem is my soul has to be for a fox's DNA, since Ryu is the only demon there, if my soul wasn't made for it then I could die. I looked at Ryu; his eyes were glued to me filled with love and compassion. I told him the results if it doesn't work and then he refused me to go into the machine. Tears were on the verge of rolling down his cheeks. I sat down to think about what decision I should make. If only I knew what my soul was fit for. Ryu then transformed back into his demon form so he could stretch out completely and when he did his tail had knocked over a book.
It caught my attention as I read the title. Everyone is a demon… I knew right away this was the invention my father was focusing one for a year now. This was the way I could figure it out. I began to take the test and the result of the test made my heart clench. I was meant to be a fox demon! With that I pulled off a strand of Ryu's fur and put it into the machine. In about an hour I turned into a half-demon. I jumped into Ryu's arms and began to shower him with butterfly kisses. It was the happiest moment of my life. We then left my home and ran away to Ryu's village. I was with Ryu for an about half a year living the perfect dream. Soon Naruto came into the picture and the ruler of our village proclaimed Naruto and I as fiancés. I had to leave Ryu with a broken heart, because I cannot say no to our ruler. He didn't speak to me, couldn't even look at me for two whole months. My heart was broken as well desiring for his sweet kisses again. It was then I knew Ryu was right all along. It hurts to fall in love.