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Chap 6-enjoy

Rihan stood on the hill, staring at the house. He felt some kind of compulsion to help the people in there; after all it was a curse that took his greatest happiness away. If he couldn't help himself he would help them.

Wakana sat, the clock struck twelve and the wait was making her some what nervous; she just wanted it over with. As she was thinking something moved in the corner of her eye. "Who's there?" she whispered and a great white wolf appeared in front of her. His razor sharp fangs bared "Hello there girly." it growled. "Are you the one who killed my parents."
"Oh, yes. And I enjoyed every minute of it, how your poor mother screamed." He said in a taunting tone, extended one long claw and caressed her face. Her mouth twisted in disgust. "Ha-ha." He breathed coarsely. "How about I make your death nice and slow?"

"Why are you doing this?"

"That is the same question poor daddy asked me. Do wanna know the answer? Well your great great granddaddy killed my mother, this is revenge!"

The yokai knocked down the candle and the door caught fire. The yokai laughed wickedly. Soon the fire surrounded her and the yokai. "Nee-chan!" a voice shouted. Wakana turned in absolute horror to see that the outer corridor had also caught fire and from the translucent door she could see a figure that was trapped between the fires. "Ishara!"

Ishara could not see her sister but could still hear the worry in her sister's voice. But before she could do anything a strong hand grabbed her pulled her out of the fire. It was Kangin. "NEE-CHAN!" Ishara screamed. "It's too late." He murmured.

From inside Wakana saw someone pull Ishara out, she did not care who. Only Ishara's safety mattered. The yokai then growled but didn't seem to notice that Ishara was no longer there, he said "Ooh! Looks like little sissy is going to die too." and disappeared. The room was now filled with smoke and Wakana could not breathe anymore. Then everything went blank and with a light 'thud' she fell to ground. She was only vaguely aware of what was happening.

-00-00-

Rihan waited for quite a while and after a couple of hours began to doubt Kubi-nashi. But then, around midnight, the room on the far edge of the mansion caught fire. "Let's move!" he ordered his night parade. As they neared the mansion they saw a giant wolf-like ayakashi move away from the inferno. "After him Kubi-nashi, Ao and Kuro!"

The three replied "At once master." They cried in unison and began tailing the yokai.

Rihan went in to the burning room to see if anyone was in. He could not see anyone and wondered if it was too late… then he heard a scream that was filled with agony. He followed the sound to the middle of the smoke infested room, now even he was finding it difficult to breathe. He saw a figure lying on the ground; it was trapped by a large piece of burning wood. He lifted the wood off the person and picked the body up. In the process he badly scorched his hands and arms but he would.

-Ooo-

Wakana was in a daze, she could hardly breathe and her head was throbbing badly. Just as she thought that it could not get any worse a large weight fell on her making her scream in agony but soon the weight was lifted and then she felt some one pick her up and drag her out, soon she found that she could breathe properly again. Her head still ached but not as much. The person who was carrying her had the cent of cherry blossoms, and was very strong. When she was convinced that she could stand without fainting she started to squirm in the man's arms.

-SJMHT-

Rihan carried the body out of the burning room and took it to the top of the hill. He could hear that the person's breathing had eased up a bit and that the person had stopped coughing. Now that he was outside he could see the person properly. It was a girl about 18 or 17 years old. She had light brown hair that fell softly on her shoulders. She was tall and was rather beautiful with a slender, graceful built. As he was thinking this she started to move in his arms. He set her down. She held his arms for a while to regain her balance then opened her eyes and looked at him with a quizzical expression but then the throbbing in her head started again. The pain was almost overwhelming and she knew that she would faint any second. She looked down and saw his burnt his hands. "I-I am sorry." She managed, then the pain was too much and she fainted.

Rihan watched the girl apologize for no reason then close her eyes and fall backward. She almost fell off the steep hill but he caught her. Then he healed her.

-000-000-

Wakana woke up some where near one o'clock in the afternoon. She found herself lying on soft grass and heather. It took a while for her to gather her thought and remember what had happened the night before. She looked around to see trees everywhere

'Great, I am in the middle of a forest'. She thought. 'I don't know how to get out of here, I have no food, water or money.' Just as she thought that she felt something dig into her leg. She reached into her pocket and took out an envelope. "Oh, I still have this? How convenient." She stood up and brushed off the dirt on her skirt and started to walk. Luckily for her she soon found the trail that led back to town.

-Ukieyo (Nura Mansion) -

Rihan sat on the oh-so-famous tree branch of the tall cherry tree. For some reason he couldn't get that girl out of his mind. He had seen the worry in her eyes when she had looked at his burnt hands. It was almost strange how one person could care so much about an absolute stranger. For some reason he started to regret leaving her in the forest clearing, though the trail was near by. "Maybe I should go check on her, just in case."

He could not take the flying ships (sorry, I forgot the name), Kubi-nashi would notice…..

He would just have to go on foot…. "It's going to be a long run." He thought to himself.

Even though there is a great distance between Hanshin and Tokyo, Rihan reached his destination in a couple of hours. He went back to the large mansion and entered it, undetected. He searched the whole house but found no one. For some reason his stomach began to churn with worry. As he neared the end of the estate he saw a light on the farthest corner of the garden. He went towards it and saw two huts which he assumed to be the servants quarters. From inside he heard a continuous sobbing. "I just can't believe that both of them are….." the voice whined. "It's going to be alright, Sakaura. Now what did Wakana-sama always say?" another voice comforted.

"Happiness comes only to those who to smile." The other voice replied meekly.

Even though Rihan did not exactly know what they were talking about he felt his heart start to race. What had happened to that girl?

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So, whatcha think? To all my silent readers and one follower my school has started so I will not be able to update very often, so :

"Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry." *Doing suju 'sorry sorry' dance*. Peace! And do you guys have suggestions about what should happen next and should I change the title, any suggestions or opinions? Love to all the readers!