Chapter Eleven: Fight between two not so good friends. And the Truth about Lilly
Lilly glared over at Hope, Hope looked up at her and rolled her eyes looking back down at Shippo as Ivan and Ashten joined them. Lilly pushed Hope away from Shippo a mad look on her face.
"This is all your fault, You should have moved!" Lilly yelled.
"What did you want me to do magically vanish!?" Hope argued.
Shippo stood up holding his hand over his side and looked at Hope smiling. His vision was a bit blurrier than normal when he was wounded. This had been his first actual wound and he was a bit surprised his body didn't do a better job and taking care of him. Lilly grabbed his arm.
"Shippo are you alright?" Lilly asked.
"We can find a spot here if you need to rest." Ivan added.
Shippo turned to Ivan and nodded his vision getting a bit worse as he stood straight up. Lilly started to pull him along with her his back in pain so he couldn't walk as fast but did a good job at it. Ashten walked behind Shippo and Lilly in case he was needed Ivan and Hope walked together searching the ground for a place to sleep for the night. It was just past mid day so everyone wasn't yet at their limit but Shippo needed the time to heal up. His body was not use to the pressure.
Ivan and Hope both spotted an open patch not to close to the road a big bolder was sitting there in the way of the road so anyone or anything walking on the road would not see the light of a fire. Lilly helped Shippo over to the other side of the bolder and helped him sit down. Ivan and Ashten started gathering wood. Hope had put a small pouch around her waist for medication, matches, a lighter, herbs, and bandaids and gaze in case it was needed. She toke it off and laid it near Shippo as she sat next to him Lilly sat on the other side.
"Shippo I need to see your back, I need to see how bad it is." Hope told him helping him to lean forwarded.
"No I'll do it!" Lilly announced reaching behind Shippo to grab the pouch.
"No, maybe he don't need them, let me do it Lilly, I am more experienced in it." Hope calmly muttered.
Lilly groaned and moved back looking at Shippo's back. It was bruised and burnt but other then that fine. Hope new it could only heal with time, she didn't have anything for him. But being a demon his body would heal faster. Hope smiled and laid back agents the bolder again then stood going to help the others with the wood.
The night sky came fast the twinkle of the start in the sky was calming the full moon gave a nice lighting to the earth. And the fire in the middle of the group was also a nice setting to a nice romantic night. Hope looked over at Ashten who sat next to her he stared into the fire the light flickering across his face and the fire flickered in his eyes. He was in deep thought Hope knew that look and that was the look. She turned to look at Ivan who was already asleep. She smiled and looked over at Shippo who was asleep Lilly lay in his arms. She had moved his arm around her once he had fallen asleep. She was still awake she was glaring at Hope.
"Ashten. What are you thinking about?" Hope asked looked back to her Brother.
"Our fight, we did a lot better then I thought we would." Ashten said still staring off into space like a zombie.
"Yea, we did good." Hope smiled.
Ashten yawned and laid down his head down on the jacket of the kimonio rolled up under his head. Hope smiled stood up and quietly walked past Ivan and into the woods. She was standing in another patch of the woods a better way to see the stars. Lilly came up behind Hope a pissed off look on her face yet again.
"Keep hands off Shippo!" Lilly announced.
"If you have not noticed I have no interest in your Shippo." Hope said turning to look at her.
Lilly was holding her boomerang. Hope sighed and shook her head.
"Shippo is not property. Didn't you learn anything from your parents?" Hope asked.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Lilly yelled.
Lilly throw her boomerang it swung around almost hitting Hope as she ducked down, then stuck into a tree. Hope stood and ran at her throwing her first up and hit Lilly in the bottom jaw. Lilly moved back after the punch spitting out blood from bitting her lip.
"Your so useless all you can do it shoot stupid arrows!" Lilly yelled.
"At least my arrows don't get stuck in trees so I can no longer fight!" Hope argued.
Shippo opened his eyes a bit hearing the girls fighting he pulled himself up and walked over to the area hiding behind a bush watching the two. His body was healing, very fast it didn't hurt to much now. Lilly throw a fist hitting Hope's arm then another but it Hope moved back.
"I don't want your stupid Shippo Lilly, I don't want a stupid Demon, so please just calm down!" Hope yelled.
"I don't like you Hope, didn't the first time I saw you, you hurt anyone in this family, and this fight well be continued, And you wont like the outcome!" Lilly growled.
"What is your problem Lilly, I never did anything to you or any one else!" Hope yelled.
"For the moment." Lilly growled walking back to the camp.
Shippo hide behind the bush as Lilly walked by. He felt Hope's words of stupid Demon in his heart, he didn't like the fact that the two girls couldn't get along together. But he knew Lilly was betray by her best friend when she went behind her back and dated Lilly's boyfriend. Lilly never trusted anyone after that, no one but him and her family. That was when Lilly began to like him because he was there for her when it happened. But he didn't want to hurt her by telling her to leave him alone.
The next morning Ashten was the last one to awake, he opened his eyes and sat up yawning and starching out his arms. He looked at Hope who seemed to be a bit upset. Ashten sighed and stood, everyone had already gotten most their stuff together, his back hurt a bit he forgot to ask mom to go buy some sleeping bags, but it was to late to go back now. Ashten tied his sword back onto his belt loop and turned to the others who now was ready to go. They started back out on their trip. Hope was playing with her necklace as they walked the jewel had deemed off and on a few times but nothing to indicate that they was close to the Jewel.
"Sis, you ok?" Ashten asked walking next to her.
"Yea, I was just thinking." She smiled looking at her brother.
"About?" He asked.
"I wounder how long this well take." She turned and looked at him.
"Mom and father did this for years, don't worry I'll make sure you have plenty of fun!" He smiled.
Hope giggled at her little brother. She was never unhappy around him, he was the best brother she could ever ask for. Lilly looked back at Hope who was yet still playing with her necklace just not looking at it. Hope looked over at Ivan who was walking beside Shippo Lilly next to Shippo.
"HEY, HEY!" Someone yelled at the group.
Everyone looked forward to see a guy running at them waving his arms around and yelling, nothing was after him but he seemed distressed.
"Help ME!!!" The man yelled.
The man ran up to the group, we wore a duel gray shirt and bellowing pants, the man waved his arms around yelling till he got to them then turned and pointed at the direction he came from.
"The village is being attacked by demon's help my village please!" The man yelled still out of breath.
Everyone looked at each other then nodded and turned back to the man motioning him to show them the way.