"So Yasha was it?" the eldest of the bunch asked.
"Yes." He timidly said.
"Well you are half demon right?"
"I guess so." Yasha shrugged his shoulders not knowing what else to say.
"Wow you are funny. You don't know what you are." the eldest laughed causing the rest to laugh behind him.
Yasha just laughed hesitantly as they walked further into the woods. "So what do you guys do out here?" he finally asked.
"We train!"
"How?"
"Well we learn different moves we can do, by practicing these moves that we learn, we can find out if they are worth doing. That way when demons come we can know how to exterminate them!"
"Like one time we ambushed our father! He didn't even expect it!" the third to eldest said laughing. "By the way my name is Kiona." The girl said moving close to Yasha.
Yasha backed away from the girl as he wondered why he even came out here with these people.
"I know lets have a race!" One of the guys yelled.
"We know who will win." The eldest said making his muscles protrude.
"Then how come Kiona beat you last time?" the youngest asked as the whole group save Yasha got into a big laughing fit.
"Luck was on her side." The eldest looked at Yasha, "Come on you and me…race." He said.
"Sure." Yasha whispered as one of the kids made a line in the sand.
"Run to that tree and then make it back to this line. Last one loses." The kid said.
Yasha nodded as they waited for the signal. The eldest walked up as he knelt down in a stance so that he could start running as soon as he got the signal while Yasha just stood at the line.
Kiona walked up in front of them, "One…two…two and a half….two and three quarters…"
"Just say go." One of them yelled.
Kiona rolled her eyes as he yelled, "Go!"
The eldest ran past Yasha as Yasha used the speed he was told to use. He realized he was quickly losing as he heard the kids behind him, "Run faster, come on."
Yasha smiled as he quickly took up speed and leapt through the trees. He quickly became a blur of color as he ran to the tree and back.
Yasha stopped at the finish line not even out of breath. No one was talking as they all stared at him. "Did I do something wrong?" he asked looking around.
The eldest just came to the finish line out of breath.
"That was amazing! You were just a blur of color and you aren't even out of breath!" the youngest yelled. "I don't think anyone can beat you!"
Kiona ran to him and gave him a hug while yelling, "My hero! The only other person that can beat him." Yasha quickly pulled her away
"I let him win." The eldest said as he was still catching his breath.
"I can run as fast as I want out here." Yasha said smiling as realization sunk in. "I can run as fast as I want!" he yelled.
"Uhm yeah, are you okay?" one of the kids asked.
Yasha smiled. "Time me going from that tree and back!"
"How?" one of the kids asked.
Yasha thought about how before he smiled and said, "Count how many seconds I run from here to the other tree!"
"Seconds?" the eldest asked, now knowing what a second was.
Yasha thought of how to explain it, "Count like, one…two…three. So on." He said ready to run.
Yasha braced himself in the ground as the kid yelled, "Go!"
The kids started to count, "One…two…"
Before they could say three Yasha was already back smiling and still not out of breath. "That's amazing; I'm not getting into trouble!" Yasha looked into the sky. "I have an idea." He whispered as he jumped into the air.
"Is he okay?" one of the kids whispered as Yasha fell back down to the ground. He landed on his feet while smiling and finally starting to show signs that he was out of breath.
"I think this running has decreased oxygen to his brain." Another whispered.
"We are going back Yasha, come on." The eldest said as Yasha stopped with them.
"I will race you there!" he yelled taking off.
He felt so much more alive here, he could run! He could play! He could be a kid! For the first time in his life that night he was worn out from running and plopped on the hut floor to sleep soundly.
That morning Kagome was up early, "I have to get Yasha home, we have a vet appointment for Shiho and I forgot about it until this morning." Kagome said quickly getting Yasha up.
"What mom?" Yasha asked yawning.
"Shiho's vet appointment is today." Kagome whispered as Yasha jumped up.
"Vet?" Sango asked.
"Yeah it is a place you bring your pets. If you see Shippo tell him I stopped by." Kagome yelled as she and Yasha got out of the hut.
"Alright we hope to see you later." Sango yelled
"See you later." Kagome said grabbing Yasha's hand and leading him out of the village and towards the well.
"I like it here more, it smells better and it is bigger. Can I not go to school and come here instead?"
"NO you can't you will go to school." Kagome said. "Now hold onto me so that we can go back to our time."
"Alright." Yasha said hugging his mom as they jumped through the same well that brought them there.
Once on the other side Kagome reminded him. "Now remember what I said about the feudal era."
"Don't tell anyone." Yasha said.
"That's right. Don't tell anyone including your friends."
Yasha nodded while following his mom into the house to retrieve Shiho.
"Get Shiho while I get my purse and keys." Kagome said as she ran upstairs.
"Oh Kagome." Her mother stopped her. "I am so glad you are home! Shiho has been pacing around nonstop since you guys left."
"Well Yasha is going to find her while I get ready. We had a veterinary appointment today."
"What are you bringing her in for?"
"Well we are getting her fixed and there is one Saturday a month where they charge half, you just have to take your dog home right after."
"So no puppies then?" Kagome's mother asked almost upset.
"No, I don't think we can handle puppies right now and there were many male dogs coming around Shiho the other day. We want to be able to bring her to the dog park without getting male dogs to jump at her." Kagome said winking.
"I got her." Yasha said at the bottom of the stairs.
Kagome smiled at him, "let me go get my stuff and we will go."
Once at the veterinary office, Shiho hid under the bench where the two sat.
"Mom, do we have to do this today?" Yasha asked. "Shiho is scared."
"The sooner we do this, the better off she will be." Kagome said patting her son on the head.
Shiho started to come out from under the bench when a brown male dog came into the office. Kagome saw it to be a German shepherd. Shiho seemed to growl at it repeatedly as her fur bristled up on her back. The woman at the counter just signed in as the male dog looked over at them as it pulled the leash right out of its owner's hands to run towards the group as it snarled back.
"Shiho down." Kagome yelled as Shiho growled and started to snap at the brown dog.
Yasha jumped up and grabbed the brown dog before it could provoke his Shiho anymore.
Kagome was using all her muscle to keep Shiho back as Yasha was using his muscle to keep the brown dog back until the woman was able to come over and grab her dog.
The woman grabbed the leash from Yasha as she scolded her dog. "Bad dog, you know better than to pull out of my hands." The woman yelled pulling the dog back with her. The brown dog seemed to walk with the woman looking back at the group. If Kagome didn't know better, she would have said that the dog glared at her or more at Shiho.
Shiho sat there now proud of her actions. Shiho eyed the dog as it walked with the woman to find a seat. Shiho looked up at Kagome before jumping on the bench and licking Kagome's face and rubbing on her with her own face. "Shiho stop that and get on the ground." Kagome said as she pulled the dog down.
The brown dog seemed to have its fur bristled at Shiho as it jumped at Shiho again. This time neither owner had their grips on the dogs as the dogs met half way and started to bark repeatedly as they shared snaps and growls with each other. Both had the hairs up as they seemed to bark back and forth.
The brown dog seemed to not heed Shiho's warnings as it got closer to her. They kept their eye contact both waiting for the other to strike first. "Shiho stop this." Kagome yelled running to her dog.
The brown dog jumped first as both dogs started snapping and biting each other. They were in a big ball of brown and white fluff as Kagome saw blood hit the floor. She couldn't do anything now; going in between a dog fight was like asking yourself to be killed. Finally the person behind the counter came out with pepper spray and sprayed a small amount between the two dogs making them stop their fight.
Kagome quickly nabbed Shiho as the other woman grabbed her dog. They went back to their own spots as blood came from both. Shiho was proud of herself- she had the last bite as she carried a mouthful of brown fur back with her. Kagome noticed that only Shiho's paw had blood coming out of it.
The other dog however had a mangled leg and was hurt quite badly around the neck due to it not having the same amount of fur as Shiho did around her neck. "Yasha hold Shiho tightly, I need to check on the other dog." Kagome whispered as she got up to walk over to the lady.
Shiho stopped cleaning her paw to whine when Kagome went near the other dog.
Kagome knelt down to the hurt dog to pat it, "I am sorry about Shiho." Kagome said to the woman as she inspected the dog.
"Don't worry; my dog was in the wrong too." The woman said while smiling.
"Yeah but I couldn't keep a good enough grip on my dog."
The woman laughed, "How about this? We will both forget about this and neither has the other dog put down? I would die if I ever lost my Kuma." The woman said.
"Deal."
"Besides, my dog did draw first blood." The woman said as the dog seemed to stop cleaning its cuts. "We will have to clean out his bite wounds."
The dog went up to Kagome rubbing on her.
"That's odd, normally he hates everyone." The woman said.
"I have that way with dogs." Kagome said laughing as she pet the dog. She heard Shiho bark as she turned around to see Shiho have an almost demanding look on her face. "I think someone is getting jealous." Kagome whispered.
The woman laughed as Kagome got up to go back to her side. The vet came out with a clipboard as he said, "Shiho Higarashi. You are up first."
"Come on Shiho." Kagome said dragging the dog into the other room.
"Alright Shiho, seems you gave everyone a scare with your fight today." The doctor said as he put on gloves. "Why don't we get on the table?" he asked.
Kagome picked up the frozen dog as she placed her on the table.
"First we need to clean out that nasty cut." The doctor said as he grabbed some disinfectant spray then bandaged up the hurt paw. "There you go now we need to make sure she is healthy, she hasn't had a check up in a long time." The man said as he grabbed the thermometer.
Shiho whimpered as the man brought the thermometer towards her.
"Ma'am can you hold her down, I can tell she isn't going to like the thermometer." Kagome nodded as she held Shiho down as the doctor put the thermometer in her. Shiho let out a yelp as the doctor held it there. "Temperature is normal." The man said smiling.
Kagome let go of the dog.
"Now the eyes" he whispered grabbing a light and shining it into her eyes. "Looks good."
The man then opened her mouth to look at the teeth, "It appears someone in the family wasn't full Samoyed, someone had some chow in their family."
"How do you know?" Kagome asked getting interested.
"The gums are a lovely purple. A good sign to tell us that she is a mutt." Shiho let out a growl. "Not like it is a bad thing." The man laughed, "Alright, my friend are we ready to be fixed?" the man asked.
Shiho's ears went back as she jumped off the table and ran to the door to get out.
Kagome sighed.
The man looked bluntly at the dog, "Normally we don't get that response." The man said laughing.
Kagome let out a nervous laughter as she grabbed the dog by the collar and forced her back to the doctor.
"Let me just check her records and make sure she didn't need a vaccination first." The doctor said going to the folder. "Well Shiho you are in luck!" the vet said, "You are due for three vaccinations, which means no surgery for a month afterwards."
"A month?" Kagome asked.
"Yes, we like to give enough time so that we know that the vaccination wasn't able to take an extra chance at sickening the dog. It is something new we are starting."
"Alright." Kagome whispered.
The vet walked off to get the vaccination as Shiho calmed down and pranced around.
"You are becoming a thorn in my side." Kagome whispered as she sat back in a chair. Shiho sat next to Yasha while they waited for the vet to come back.
The vet came back with three needles. He quickly gave her all three shots, "There you go! You're such a good girl, now no getting pregnant within the next month." The vet said. "Just make another appointment with my secretary out there." The man said to Kagome.
"Thank you." Kagome said as she walked out of the small room. Shiho sat by Kagome's feet as she filled out some paperwork. Shiho let out a yelp as the brown dog from before stepped on her tail as it walked by. Shiho quickly started to growl. Kagome yanked the chain whispering "Stop it." Shiho calmed down right away. That dog would have to wait before it was killed.
Yasha didn't miss how the two were acting. It almost seemed like the two knew each other from somewhere and where fighting over something. He shook his head knowing he was over estimating these dogs. Although the dog seemed to deliberately step on Shiho's tail he walked out with his mother wishing there was a way he could talk to Shiho.
Whoooo! I am having so much fun not having classes! I have two more weeks off and I don't know what to do with myself =P Hehe, anyways here you all are! I have most of the chapters written but I just don't know what order to put them in so that is my main concern right now. That and whether I should play MarioKart or Pikmin 2 first!!! I love vacation!
Nothing new going on so all I ask is that you review! Please let me know what you thought of this chapter! Oh and how about you say what you think is going to happen, I know it isn't that far into it but I love to know what others think will happen in my story!
