-Munches on chocolate eggs, humming faintly.- Oh! Right. I guess I should get on with this chapter, huh? Man, some of you are soooo impatient! Ah well. Least I gots lots of yummy reviews! o.O; Gotta love me. Anywayyyssss. Let's get on with this chapter!
Chihiro grumbled to herself as she glanced around the woman's dorm room. She was still at the bathhouse, getting ready to go with Zaniiba. Who did this Deruku Moonu character think he was, anyways? He pissed Chihiro off and she hadn't even met the man yet!
With a sigh, Chihiro took one last glance around the room before walking out, closing the door behind her. Maybe it was for the best. But, still. She couldn't help but feel outraged that she had to leave, and Carissa could stay! Of course, she had asked and begged Yubaba to let Alyssa come, but she wouldn't let her. So, now she was left all alone with no one to go with her to the small cottage that her grandmother figure stayed at. It didn't really bug her that much, but she knew that she would be bored the next three days. Man, was this going to be 'fun'.
Claw-like nails tapped on a table that was made from the finest oak that you could ever see around. The claws were attached to long fingers, that went up to the pale ivory hands which were almost completely covered in a long sleeved black dress-shirt. Buttons were done up the front of the shirt, stopping to leave two buttons undone, uncovering the muscular chest underneath the shirt. A sigh escaped pale lips as the form of a man shifted in his seat, almost impatiently. The tapping seemed to quicken as he peered around the darkness with his silver, almost cat-like eyes. Raven black hair framed his pale face, making his eyes stand out even more in the darkness. The hand stopped as footsteps reached his ears, which seemed to be more pointed at the tips then you would usually see on a human. But this was no human...
"Come in." A deep, masculine voice spoke as he heard a soft knock on the door. The door opened to reveal long blood red hair at first, before piercing silver eyes met his own. He smirked to himself, before his head seemed to tilt to the side, staring at the girl with a bored look, "And what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you, my dear sister?"
The girl snorted and flicked a stray strand of her hair from her face, uncovering the same pale features as her eyes bore into her brother's own, "Cut the crap. When are you to be arriving at the bathhouse to make your 'grand entrance'?" The girl's voice was laced with sarcasm as she spoke, still staring into her brothers eyes.
The man's lips twisted into a slight smirk once again before he spoke in a cold, yet semi-quiet voice, "Soon enough. Why so curious, sister?"
The girl sighed in annoyance as she walked over to the man, her right hand coming down to slap him upside the head, quite gently as his head didn't seem to move all that much from the impact, "You damn well know why. The goddess' heir..-" She was cut off by a sharp smack across the face.
"Don't you EVER smack me again, Alexia. You know damn well that I won't hesitate to punish you for it." The man spoke in a cold voice, glaring toward Alexia who rubbed her cheek gently, glaring back just as visciously.
Alexia stood there, and contemplated about arguing back, but found it pointless and decided to just go on with what she was going to say before, "Like I was saying, The goddess' heir still hasn't been found. We have to find her soon, Deruku.. Or do you not remember the consequences? You might be powerful now, but we need that girl."
Deruku sighed and moved a hand up to run his fingers through his long black hair, that cascaded down his back and stopped at his waist, "I'm already aware of this, Alexia. You need not remind me. Now, is that all you came here for? If so, get out of my sight." He said this, ending with a slight hiss in his voice as he stared off out the window that seemed to not help the already darkened room.
Alexia rubbed her forehead gently, before turning her back toward Deruku, stalking off angrilly, "No, you pompous asshole, I was going to tell you that I had my suspicians of who the goddess' heir was. But, apparently you don't..-" She was cut off once again as she landed painfully on the ground, a groan escaping her lips as she felt someone on top of her, pinning her to the ground. She had no doubt in her mind that it was Deruku again, he tended to have his perverted ways of making her shut up, or keeping her from moving. He only managed to prove her point as he turned her around so that she was laying on her back and straddled her hips, making it hard for the girl to move.
Cold silver eyes glared down at her as a hand moved for her throat, clutching it within it's grasp and holding her down, "Tell me who it is, and I won't be forced to kill you."
Alexia shifted underneath the grasp, silently wishing that she hadn't of said anything. But sighed, and stared up at Deruku with her own glare, that was almost enough to match his own, "This girl at the bathhouse.."
Chihiro sighed as she was dragged from her thoughts once reaching the small cottage that Zaniiba personally called home. She tilted her head to the side, staring toward it with a blank sort of look, before opening the door and moving inside after Zaniiba said to come in. She glanced around it slowly. The cottage hadn't seemed to change much. A table was set in the middle of the room, a door off to the far side that opened up to a room, a stove was set over in the corner that seemed to almost be attached to the counter that went across it. Small cupboards were hung up at the top, black door handles marring the fresh oak wood that the small cupboard doors were made from.
"Well, don't just stand there. Take a seat, and I'll get you something to eat." Zaniiba said as she offered Chihiro one of her smiles, which Chihiro returned back, before she wandered over to a chair that was set at one of the ends of the table, and took a seat. She still, though, glanced around, almost as if she were looking for something, or someone. She was about to voice her thoughts, before she was cut off as the door was opened, to reveal a black shadowy creature. A white mask that seemed to make up it's face. Two holes in the mask for it's eyes, along with purple colored stripes above and below the eyes. A basket was held in one of it's shadowy hands, filled with herbs and other spices that she could use for dinner. As well as a few vegetables and berries that were picked from the small garden outside of the house.
"Ah, there you are, Kaonashi." Zeniiba said as she smiled toward the almost man like figure of Kaonashi. Chihiro then allowed a small grin to pass by her lips as she stood up from the chair, giving a small bow toward him, causing him to give out a slight grunt of disapproval at her actions.
Chihiro merely pouted toward Kaonashi, "Oh come on. Let me at least have some fun!" She interjected, her arms crossed over her chest in a stubborn manor. A small smile seemed to twitch at Kaonashi's lips, before it soon disappeared and he was left with his normal expression.
Zeniiba though, chuckled at their actions and waved Kaonashi over, before relieving him of the basket that was filled to the brim with a bunch of asorted goods, "Thank you, Kaonashi." A light grunt was all she got in response, as he didn't seem to like speaking all that much.
Chihiro smiled to herself, and shook her head slightly, glancing around silently before moving toward the door, peering back toward Zeniiba before she left, "Granny, I'm going for a walk in the forest for a bit. I won't be long!" She said this, before running out of the bathhouse, wandering down the path that was lined with dark trees, and seemed to make the air even more so eerie then before. Shrugging it off, she turned to the side, and entered the forest, humming to herself as she trailed her nails across the barks of trees that she went by, her eyes glazed over as she thought to herself silently. She still didn't have a clue what was going on in the spirit world, who Deruku Moonu was, and she didn't know how she was supposed to find the goddess' daughter! She hadn't even met the goddess' when she was alive!
A sigh escaped Chihiro's lips, parting them only slightly before she paused in her steps, frowning a bit as she glanced around the area slowly, brown eyes taking in her surroundings. She'd wandered into the forest quite a bit, and now had a feeling that she was lost. Turning back, she began to try and re-trace her steps, staring at the ground the entire way as her feet kicked up small stones, and stepped over branches. Sometimes stepping on them, causing them to give out an audible popping sound as they broke in half. It didn't seem like the forest had any wild life in it, so, she really didn't need to worry that much, right?
Chihiro paused for a moment, a small frown moving to grace her lips as she turned her head to the side, just in time to catch sight of a large wolf jumping at her, fangs bared, and a soft snarling noise being heard. She yelped as the wolf seemed to collide into her, having not been able to move from the spot where she was once standing, and was now flat on her back with a wolf growling down at her, paws pinning her shoulders there. It was enough that Chihiro couldn't move even if she wanted too.
A slight fear seemed to spark in her deep brown eyes as she continued to stare into the wolf's own dark brown eyes. They seemed to almost reflect the same color as her own, but, in a way they seemed almost colder. No emotion present. A voice brought her out of her own fear, and she stared up at the wolf as it spoke, "What are you doing in my forest, human?" The voice seemed to be softer then she thought it would be, and it seemed to calm Chihiro some, knowing that she wasn't about to get eaten.
"I.. Um.. Went for a walk, and I kind of.. Got lost.." Chihiro seemed to blush at how stupid that must've sounded. The wolf though, didn't seem to trust her at first, but then slowly and surely, removed itself from on top of her, causing Chihiro to let out a light sigh of relief, before she sat up. She turned her eyes to glance toward the wolf for a moment, before she tilted her head to the side, her curiousity getting the better of her, "Um.. If you don't mind me asking.. Do you have a name?"
The wolf seemed to snort softly, before it glanced up at Chihiro, almost as if seeming to figure out whether or not to tell the girl. The wolf shook it's head back and forth slowly, reddish-brown fur on it's neck ruffling some, "My name is Mori Kanshisha." The wolf seemed to mutter this out toward Chihiro, before she turned her back toward the girl and began walking away, going deeper into the darkening forest.
"W-wait! Where are you going?" Chihiro said, jumping to her feet and was almost ready to go after Mori, before a small growl made her think twice about doing so.
"The way out of the forest is just behind you. Keep going straight and you'll be out of it in no time at all." Mori responded, before disappearing into the darkness completely, leaving Chihiro alone once more.
Chihiro sighed and shook her head slightly, her arms folding around her body as she felt a chilling breeze move past her form, her eyes peering into the darkness as she turned around and went the way in which Mori had told her to go, "I'll have to come back sometime.. Granny's probably getting worried." Chihiro said in a small mumble, as if it would make it so that the reason she was going back was because of Zeniiba, which, she knew deep down was because the wolf had actually scared her. She didn't even think that there were any creatures within the forest, especially since everything else in this world seemed to have been flipped upside down, and just completely messed up in her opinion.
Sorry guys, ending it there. Lol. Oh yes, and the character Mori Kanshisha is not mine, and it happens to belong to NitenGale. Ah, yes. NitenGale, if there's anything about what I'm doing with your character, and you don't want me to use her, then just tell me. And I'll switch her with one of my own. I don't want to end up using her, and not making her exactly how she's supposed to be acting. I wasn't sure of the color of the wolf, so, I put it as her hair color. Any problems, e-mail me or review and tell me the complaints or what not else. Lol. Anyyywayyyyssss..! Ciao for now!