Darkness Of The Flaming Ice

Chapter: 2

The rising sun shone on the soft dew drops on the long leaves of the fluttering trees as the chirping of the small birds filled the calm air. Closing her eyes, she stood at the window letting the breeze mess up her long hair brushing over her face. Hearing a click on the door she opened her eyes.

"What do you want now?" she spoke coldly.

"You." Spoke Sasuke's bold masculine voice.

She closed her eyes n brushed off the hair off her face and tucked it beside her ear as Sasuke walked up close behind her.

"It's been a week you're in my care and you still talk to me in that tone." Spoke Sasuke in a softer voice.

Her eyes narrowed.

"I never asked for your care to begin with. It was your choice." She spoke strongly.

Sasuke grabbed her arm and turned her around. She frowned without moving and looked into his eyes as his onyx orbs bore into hers as he pulled her closer.

"That's because I'm human." He whispered.

She chuckled. Sasuke frowned.

"A cold blooded human." She whispered with a mocking grin.

Sasuke grabbed her hair and pulled her close to him, his other arm wrapped around her waist, so their faces were just inches apart, their eyes still boring into each other's. She did not fidget.

"You've gotten used to me I see." Sasuke whispered and grinned.

"Yes I have. I know your limits." She chuckled.

"Don't be so sure." Sasuke whispered hotly. "And you still didn't tell me your name."

She smiled and closed her eyes. "Don't see the need for that."

"You know why I saved you?" Sasuke spoke in a warm gentle voice.

She startled at that unfamiliar tone and looked at him. "Why?"

Sasuke's hands found their way on her cheeks as he gently felt over them, his eyes softening. She shivered at that unfamiliar affection from the cold blooded man.

"You remind me of someone…" he whispered.

She stared at him. "Who?"

There was a rustling sound as both their eyes shot to the lower branch of the tree next to the window.

"Sorry to interrupt your sweet time Sasuke. But you're needed uptown. It's under attack." Said a blonde young man calmly, amazingly balancing himself at the edge of a branch. He was dressed as a ninja warrior wearing a bandana over his head.

Sasuke frowned and nodded. "You go ahead. I'll be right there."

The blonde nodded and leapt from branch to branch of each tree in the backyard and disappeared. Sasuke looked at her, once again with the sharp cold look.

"Don't move from here. I'll be right back." He ordered and jumped off from the window and leapt and disappeared into the trees.

She frowned. "Under attack?" She whispered to herself thoughtfully. "So he really is a professional ninja?"

She turned and ran out of her room to Sasuke's room downstairs. She started looking over his shelves and drawers searching for something curiously. All were filled with ninja weapons and practice boards.

"The bed…" she whispered to herself and pulled down the bed sheet.

She shuffled through the covers and finally pulled up the huge mattress.

"Gosh! That's heavy!" she gasped.

There she noticed a few papers lying. They looked yellow, old and tattered but weren't torn. She took up one in hand.

"He kept them in good care." She whispered.

She carefully and curiously opened the one in her hand. She whispered as her eyes trailed over the written lines. 'I promise you my dear beloved Sasuke. I will not be gone forever. I will return.'

Her eyes widened as she saw the photograph attached to the letter just below the writing.

Just then there was a loud thud outside and a rough rustle of leaves. She ran out of Sasuke's room to the living room and found that the main door was open. She slowly walked out and gasped as suddenly a long thick whip like thing twirled around her neck. Her eyes widened and were shut tight in a moment and her hands flew up to catch the whip like thing around her neck. She was breathless.

On hearing a howl she opened her eyes and shivered helplessly. It was a huge crocodile like creature with a thick snake like tail that resembles a thick scaly whip. It pulled her up in the air, her legs dangling, struggling to be free.

"De….mon….." She managed to utter as the creature opened its huge jaws in a loud howl that revealed his sharp lion like teeth and its trickling green saliva.

It was bringing her closer and closer to its mouth as she gave up struggling. She knew it was useless. She closed her eyes ready to be devoured into an endless darkness…

"Are you alright?" Spoke a warm soft voice from over her head. Her eyes shot open and she looked up to see a handsome man with while long hair. He was holding her in his warm arms. She doesn't have the least idea when he rescued her from the gnaws of death. He gently put her down. She was too much into his beauty stared at him. The angry growl of the creature broke her out of her trance. The handsome man frowned and looked at the creature.

"Go and take shelter" He ordered her. "Just do as I say." He ordered strongly.

"Ye…Yes." She said and rushed inside the room and shut the door leaving a little space as she peeped out. The man turned and her eyes widened to see a thick while fox like tail at his back.

"What on earth!..." She gasped and slammed the door close as slamming sounds filled the air outside and repeated thuds hit the door. She stood inside tensed and shivering.

"What is these place?... What's going on?... Nothing seems normal here.." She whispered to herself.

She heard repeated wilder howls of the creature and slashing as slamming sounds filled the air. She shook her head and leaned back against the door with a sigh.

Then there was a loud thud and a loud howl of the creature. Then everything was silent.

The place was filled with smoke that was slowly drifting off in the wind. The handsome white haired man was standing in the midst of it. He turned to look at her with a warm welcoming smile. She was staring, standing in surprise, hesitating a little.

"Don't worry I won't hurt you." He spoke assuringly and turned to her. She slowly walked upto him.

"Thank you… for saving me…" she spoke softly as she stared at the open scratches over his body.

"Yoko Kurama." The man replied as he took her hand in his. "It's my pleasure miss…"

Before he could finish his eyes widened as he fell to his knees and dropped unconscious. She gasped as he fell only to see Sasuke jump down from a tree behind him with a stern face. Her eyes raged in anger and she screamed at him.

"What did you do to him!" she dropped to her knees and pulled the unconscious man in her arms. "He saved my life and this is how you pay him!"

Sasuke stood there looking at her frowning and dumbfounded.