InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Vow ❯ The Hunters and The Wolves ( Chapter 17 )
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Broken Vow
chapter seventeen: The Hunters and the Wolves
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE MOVING TO KYOTO?!?" shrieked the two feminine voices in unison. Everyone in facility of WacDonalds stopped eating and looked at the spectacle. Yuta desperately tried to calm her friends down. She took two arms and shoved them back down to the booth. She looked around and waved a carefree hand at the diners and then glared back to her friends. This was defiantly not the type of goodbye she had planned on.
"I mean that my parents are getting re-married and we’re moving in with my father." she told them. Yes, it was a lie but it was better than having to explain why she suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth. It had been two weeks since her parents had reconciled and Yuta was getting used to her new way of life. She loved it so much! It was so exciting and you never knew what may hit you next, but moving there would mean she would have to leave behind her old life. Yes, it wasn't much but and she hadn't even known herself in it but...Yuta looked up to her two best friends. They would be the only thing she would miss from this era...well that and maybe television, but her friends the most. They were both young, her age. Tsuya was older than them both, though. Tsuya had shoulder length black hair that was cut sharply to create a textured look. Her hazel eyes were gleaming with dismay, which caused Yuta's stomach to turn in guilt. Tsuya's thin face turned to that of their other friend Mutsumi. Mutsumi sighed and her rounded face bowed in depression. Her soft chestnut eyes were heavy and her short brownish bangs fell into her face. Tsuya looked back to Yuta and held her gaze. "This isn't fair! You've been gone for the past 3 weeks without even a phone call and then you show up only to tell us your moving! Right before school is starting too! You expect us to become eighties without you!"
Yuta sighed. She looked down to her fingernails on the plastic table. "Yeah I guess I do. I'm sorry you guys but I know you guys can make it without me!"
Mutsumi looked up from her gloom and caught Yuta's eye. Her normally happy self was surrounded in gloom. "You didn't even explain how you ended up all the way in Kyoto in the first place!"
Yuta sweat dropped and then said after clearing her throat, "Well like I told you, We were seeing my grandmother off at the train station for her honeymoon and then I accidentally got stuck on a train heading for Kyoto, and then I got off, and I remembered Uncle Souta telling me about my father so I went out in search for him, and then I met a friend of his kid. and they took me in and called him up and then I stayed with him for a while until mom came and got me. Ok? Does that make sense?"
Tsuya and Mutsumi sweat dropped. The put on rather large smiles before clearly stating "No"
Yuta sighed again. She leaned her back against the foam backings and sank in slightly. "All you need to know is that I met my father and I love him and mom loves him so yeah."
Tsuya sighed and slouched against her own seat rest. "Well I guess that makes a little since but it all sounds like one F-d up soap opera to me" she said drumming her black fingernails on the table.
Yuta laughed. "You have no idea," she added in an after thought.
This seemed to get Mutsumi's attention. "Oh?" she asked while pulling out of her gloom. "How so?"
Yuta gave a feeble smile before shaking her head. "Trust me, you don't wanna know." She waved her hand in emphasis trying to make her point and in the process knocked over their bundle of napkins in the process. "Damn," she cursed. "Hold on" and Yuta reached down to pick them up. Her dark locks spilled over her shoulder and down the back of her cotton shirt. It had been two weeks since she had last wore any modern clothing. That would defiantly be something she would miss. 'Damn these napkins, just another thing to go wrong. Bad enough I have to say goodbye to my bestfriends.' Yuta shifted her body down and absently tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear, unaware of what she was revealing to her friends. Yuta picked the remaining napkin up and set them back on the tray. Yuta looked up to her friends' expressions that were wide-eyed and shocked. Yuta looked hurriedly about her hoping to glance at what it was that had caught their attention. "What? What is it?"
Both Mutsumi and Tsuya smirked evil grins before they lunged forward to grab her and pulled her forward. "Ow! What the hell do you think your doing?!" Yuta cried out angrily. Mutsumi, being the closer one, lifted Yuta's hair and studied her neck. Yuta froze when she realized what they were staring at. 'Uh oh' thought Yuta among with many other curses. She broke free of their grip and jerked backward sitting as far back in her seat as possible as if she had been burned. Her hand instinctively went to her neck before stating "It's nothing!"
Tsuya was shaking her head with an audacious grin on her face. Her hazel eyes were glittering with laughter when she spoke, "No Yuta, it's something."
Mutsumi nodded in agreement. She too had a large grin on her face. "Yeah who would have thought you would be the first to have a hickey! (A/N hehe I thought about it and said "Why not?") I always thought that would be Tsuya.." Mutsumi received a hit.
Yuta blushed and quickly began combing her hair over the mark. "It's nothing" she repeated.
Tsuya rolled her eyes after she had punched Mutsumi. She crossed her arms and stared at Yuta with a cocked brow. "Nothing my ass. Now don't be stingy! Tell us who he is!!"
Mutsumi nodded in a bubbly manner and stated. "Yes! Tell us!!"
Yuta looked to her friends' looks of pleading and sighed before giving a bashful smile. She bit her lip and looked down to the table and kept her concentration on her cuticles. She never thought she would have to tell her friends about Hiroaki, even if she had thought about describing him to someone else before. But she never planned on actually saying it. Too bad that mark he left on her neck from only two days ago seemed to be giving everything away. 'Damn him' she mused rubbing his mark with her hand. 'At least it was a good memory though.' Yuta smiled again before looking up to her friends' anxious eyes. "His name's Hiroaki."
Tsuya and Mutsumi looked to each other before squealing in joy and leaning closer to Yuta, grabbing hold of her hands in case she tried to make a get away.
"How old is he?"
"What's he look like?"
"Where'd you meet?"
"How long has this been going on?"
"No wonder you don't seem sad about the move."
"Is he cute?"
"No, Is he HOTT?!"
"Is he marriage material?"
All the questions came to an abrupt halt when Mutsumi's last question dawned upon them all. An outburst of hysterical giggles rang throughout the restaurant. Diners stared at the noisy table with dismay and disgust before turning back around to return to their food. Yuta clutched the stitch in her side as Tsuya lay down on the rest of the seat in tear jerking giggles. Mutsumi blushed at her own remark but was still giggling with the rest of them. Yuta rubbed her side and tried to cease her giggles. "MUTSUMI! It's not like I'm gonna marry the guy! I'm only 13!"
Tsuya smiled and pointed to her knowingly. "But you will be fourteen next week! And Technically if you were living in feudal times you could already be married by now."
Yuta sweat dropped at the very idea and for once thanked Kami that her father would never let that happen....even if she was living in the feudal era now. "Yeah that's why I'm glad I live here." she sighed.
Mutsumi shook her head and finally stopped blushing. She leaned forward again. "Well, don't keep us waiting! Answer the questions!!"
Yuta took one deep breath before she started. "He is fourteen; He's tall, dark brown hair, nice face, charming smile, muscular and the most gorgeous violet eyes you will ever see!; We met at the-er train station. He's the guy that was the son of the people who knew my father; We've been dating for over two weeks now; He is very cute and EXTREMELY HOT!; as for the marriage material...I'm not about to go and get married any time soon so why would I even think that?"
Mutsumi was all smiles as she chained all the pieces together. "He sounds like a dream guy, Yuta"
Yuta blushed and looked back down to her nails. "I suppose he is."
Tsuya huffed and leaned back in her seat. The other to gave her peculiar glances. Tsuya crossed her arms indignantly and said, "I can't believe it."
Yuta frowned. "Can't believe what?"
Tsuya looked back to her in an almost pondering way. "First you ran away," she listed. "then you met your dad, now your moving away to go live with your dad, your strangely more open than usual, and you have a boyfriend that you refused to tell us about until we found the hickey he left on your neck! Your just so-so different! What happened to the gloomy Yuta? The one who's sarcasm rivals my own! Your seem so much...I don't know...Yuta your whole personality is diff-" Tsuya's eyes went wide before shrieking out. "IT'S THE CHANGE!!"
Yuta raised an eyebrow. " 'The Change'?"
Tsuya nodded. "Yes the change! My older sister went through it and now you are too!! You're complete mood is different and now your gonna change on us and before we know it you'll be captain of the pep squad!" Tsuya got up and flung her arms around Yuta. "Come on Mutsumi! We can't let that happen!!" she cried out desperately while the girl in question erupted in giggles.
Yuta rolled her eyes and grabbed her friend by the wrists. "Tsuya! Get a grip! I am not going through the change and I will not become captain of the cheer squad! You know me! I hate cheerleading! It's as evil as the color pink! Besides my mood is different because I'm happy! I finally know my dad, and myself and I happen to have met a guy on the way who loves me. Life is just different."
Mutsumi sat up straight and her brown eyes were alert. "He said he loves you?"
Yuta blushed and Tsuya straightened out of her arms. Yuta swallowed at the lump in her throat. 'Now I know why Inuyasha hated me asking him all those questions.' "Um..well...I-yes Hiroaki told me that he is in love with me."
Mutsumi smiled widely before mumbling, "told ya he was marriage material"
Both Tsuya and Yuta rolled there eyes. Yuta was smiled as Tsuya looked to her questionly. Yuta didn't like that look. 'That can't mean anything good.' she told herself. Yuta's smile immediately left her face and she noticed her friend's gaze at the mark on her neck. "What?" she asked slowly.
Tsuya sighed. Her elbow slunched forward onto the table and she rested her hand on it. When she looked back to Yuta, Yuta noticed a familiar glint in her friend's eyes. A sly smile crossed Tsuya's face. "So...have you...you know..gone there?"
Yuta's jaw dropped as she smacked her friend in the arm. "TSUYA! Damnit you’re as bad as he is!"
Mutsumi was just about to comment when the cell phone in Yuta's pocket went off. Yuta reached down and flipped it open after checking the I.D. Yuta turned it on and placed it to her ear. "Mushi Mushi, Mom. What's up?"
"Yuta, your dad and I finished up packing. Were at the shrine right now."
"Oh that's cool, so um mom how are we getting everything there?"
Yuta could hear her mother giggle through the phone. "Your father is currently trying to throw boxes down the well but it doesn't seem to be working." As if on cue Yuta heard the distinct growl of her father and some choice word's that spilled from his mouth. Yuta giggled.
"I can only image what is going on right now. So does that mean that we'll be leaving soon?"
"Yeah, you know we can only bring certain things back so there isn't that much stuff to take. We'll be leaving probably in half an hour so you should start leaving now."
Yuta sighed and her stomach gave a somber turn. "But I wanted to say goodbye." she said quietly.
Kagome sighed through the phone. "Fine, Your dad and I will go first with the things but I want you down the well in an hour. Meet us at Miroku and Sango's."
Yuta's stomach leaped at the aspect of more time with her friends and the chance to see her boyfriend. She quickly thanked her mother and said goodbye and then explained the situation to her friends. It wasn't until the girls sat back to relax, that Mutsumi whispered out "Are you saying that this Hiroaki is a perv?"
Yuta smiled guiltily. "Well..he's really not as bad as the rest of his family." she mumbled out. Yuta watched the shocked expressions on her friend's faces. "No! Seriously they're good people, except the oldest guys just can't seem to keep their hands to themselves. But Hiroaki's actually pretty good. He's really sweet and honest and smart and brave and-" Yuta sighed and her mind wandered off into the dreamlike state of thought as she pictured Hiroaki in front of her. Both Tsuya and Mutsumi looked to each other before they both leaned and whispered in unison. "Yep, She's in love."
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"Damnit!" came Hiroaki's muffled curse as he dodged the great sweeping claw of the giant demon before them. The demon towered forty feet above their heads and it's blood red eyes eyed him and his siblings with hunger. Hiroaki skid sideways as he slowed himself to a halt. His violet eyes studied the demon carefully at it's response to the spear that he had just thrown. It had penetrated the skin and he could see the blood now spilling forth onto its fur coat, but the demon itself seemed untouched. It relentlessly clawed and attacked against him and his siblings, it's blood red eyes catching their every move.
Euiko charged the demon, her Hiraikotsu positioned and ready for the throw, was held like a streamer behind her until she let it go. The large bone swooped in a deadly motion but the demon merely deflected it with a paw. It growled in anger as did Euiko as she ran forward from her far off spot, to retrieve her weapon, that was all to close to the monster's feet. Amane ran forward with Kusarikama and tossed the sickle forward and onto the demon hoping to distract the beast away from his sister. The sickle caught and the boy yanked the chain down leaving a deep gash along the beast's front right arm. The demon burst out a cry of pain mixed with anger and it slashed its paw at Amane ready to slice him in half. "Amane! LOOK OUT!" cried Hiroaki as he ran forward and yanked his little brother out of the way in the nick of time. "Are you alright?" He asked the boy.
The color seemed to be coming back into Amane's face and he slapped a look of determination on his round face. "Sure," he replied through his mask even though his breathing was still heavy. Hiroaki let go of his brother to see that the demon may be too dangerous. "EVERYONE BACK OFF!" he commanded in warning. His siblings retreated back leaving a good space between them and the demon. Hiroaki was just about to call out his next order when he noticed Euiko hadn't turned back and now was in close proximity of the demon while trying to yank her weapon from where it was dislodged in the ground. The demon's all seeing eyes caught sight of her as well as she turned and at a sprint ran as fast as she could. The demon charged after her.
"Shit" cursed Hiroaki before he ran out with his staff in hand.
Euiko heard the loud BOOM of the footsteps behind her as the demon's stalked her. She pounded her legs wishing to the gods that she had just left the weapon behind when Hiroaki had ordered it. She could feel its steps now. If she could she would have thrown her weapon but the beast was far too close. There was no where she could run without it at her heel. Euiko turned around with her Hiraikotsu held out in front of her like a shield. The demon's attacks against her weapon shook her and moved her back with every swing. 'There's no way we can defeat it, it's too strong and it seems to always knows what we're up too' Euiko shifted the boomer-range and looked into her reflection that appeared in the blood red eyes. Then it clicked. She knew what to do. But in coming to her idea she must have waited to long for the demon swiped again and sent her flying to the left. Euiko hit the ground hard and dust flew around her. "Euiko! Are you alright?" she heard Hiroaki ask her.
Euiko ruffled the dirt out of her hair. She looked up frowning though he couldn't see it because of her mask. "Just answer me one question," she grumbled, "Why is it that no one ever saves me?!"
It was Arisa's far off voice that answered her question. "That's easy! Your the second oldest! We expect you to take care of yourself!" Euiko only grumbled at the comment. The dust settled around her and she saw Hiroaki standing in front of her with his staff held out in front of him. It was just as strong as her Hiraikotsu and may be more some for their father had blessed it. The demon hissed at the two and then pounced forward, it's eyes insane with revenge. Hiroaki twisted his weapon in a fast circular motion making it into one large fast spinning saw like object. The demon's nuzzle barely touched the rotating staff before it leaped back howling in pain. "Get Back Euiko" Hiroaki cried to her.
Euiko hurriedly got to her feet and ran backwards. When she was in a good enough position she stood and watched. Hiroaki's staff smacked against the demon's hide only to leave large bloody welts were it hit. When the demon reared back on it's hind legs and howled in furry, Hiroaki did a back flip and landed on his hand fifteen feet away and bounced off till he stood next to Euiko. "That was very foolish of you, you know that?" he commented as if they were at home sitting around a fire and not trying to kill a demon.
Euiko nodded. "Yes it was but now I know how to bring it down."
Hiroaki's head turned to her so fast he almost got whiplash. "Do tell."
Hiroaki could see the grin in her eyes. "It's the eyes." she confined. "We need to blind it."
Hiroaki nodded and then called out to Eizan. "EIZAN! Give this monster a taste of your stars, won't you?"
Hiroaki could have sworn he saw his brother grin. Eizan dropped his weapon and reached into his left pocket and pulled out three gleaming ninja stars. He held them all in their stance, aimed, and then let them fly hitting the demon in each eye. The Blood poured and the demon howled in pain, now visionless. Hiroaki smirked. He turned to Euiko. "Ready to get this over with?"
Euiko grinned and winked. "CHARGE!" cried Hiroaki and all five of the siblings attacked the blind animal at once. It wasn't long till the demon was brought down. -BOOM- the earth shook as the beast hit the ground. It's fur was matted and covered in blood as it lay on it side dead. The children puffed as their breaths were all shallow from the effort. Their outfits now stained in the blood of the creature. They each looked to one another waiting for someone to break the silence.
"Well," came Arisa's voice breaking the silence. She reached up and undid her mask. "That was invigorating." The rest of them snorted and laughed while each taking off their masks for the battle was now finished.
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Koshiro sat against the cliff wall, in a huffy manner. He stared down to his short rather dirty nails searching for nothing inparticular. It was obvious that he was completely and utterly bored. There seemed to be nothing to do anymore. All the fun and passion that he had once seen in his life with was now empty. He no longer saw the fun of chasing the cubs around and attacking helpless demons. His friends thought him sick, especially after he turned down Kea one of the most sought after girls in the clan. Could they not see that he no longer thought about girls anymore? That he only had one woman on his mind and she had been the first to refuse him, ever. "Damnit" he cursed and he brought his hands to his head. He couldn't get her face out of his head. She would have to be his. He would force himself on her until she finally vocalized her true feelings for him. It was a foolproof plan. She would become his and he would inherited the thrown and they would be happy. Yes that was how it was gonna be. No matter what anyone had to say about it.
"KOSHIRO!" came the voice of his bumbling friends Buko and Haku. Koshiro let out an aggravated sigh. 'Won't those bastards leave me alone?' His friend's were annoying him constantly now. They had sought him out and wanted to get the full details of what had happened between him and 'that Hanyou' as they called her. HUMPH! like he would really tell them of Yuta's tricks of deception? Ha, those idiots wouldn't even be able to concept it. They were too moronic and thick headed.(A/N this line coming from the heir of thick headedness)
"Oh Koshiro here ya are." said Haku once they reached him. "Whatca up too?"
"Nothing just thinking, a dangerous concept that you two should never try." he snapped at them. His friends looked to each other and slunched their shoulders.
"It's about her isn't Koshiro?" asked Buko a lock of grayish hair fell into his face.
Koshiro eyed the lower wolf and then turned his back to him and folded his arms. "So what if I am. I have the right to pick any girl I chose and it just so happens that, that girl is the heir to the western lands."
"Gods Koshiro, we know but do really have to mope around so much? Can't you at least act as if nothings wrong? I mean go on a hunt with us again or something. Anything just get your mind off the wench for a second!" Koshiro eyed the wolf up and down before grabbing his fur tightly and yanked him closer. He held the demon by the collar and lifted him a foot off the ground. His teeth were bared and he held a dangerous look in his eyes.
"Don't ever call my woman a wench again or I will have no choice but to slay you, even if we are clan brothers. Got that?" Buko nodded hurriedly. Koshiro let him drop to the ground and he gasped for air. Koshiro looked down to the two wolves with a rather bitter stare before his nose caught the smell of blood. He breathed in the scent of fresh demon and a large grin painted his face.
"Boys there is one thing that can get my mind off her"
"And what's that Koshiro?" asked Haku sitting up straight.
Koshiro's face broke out into a wide menacing grin. "Fresh meat"
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"Thank you very much for your hospitality, village leader," Hiroaki said giving the man a bow as they were each given a bowl of steamed rice and fish. The older man smiled and waved a hand absently.
"No, no it is our pleasure Master demon hunter-" Hiroaki blushed slightly at the name "You fought bravely and it is the least we could do for such fine crafters like yourselves. How old be you again?"
Hiroaki swallowed his rice before answering. He looked into the man's rather old brown eyes while he spoke. "I myself, am fourteen, My lord. My brothers are twelve and thirteen and my sisters are eleven and thirteen."
The man's eyes widened in surprise. "Such talent you have! And you are barely a man! Truly remarkable!"
Hiroaki shifted uneasily. He didn't like to be the one to answer all the questions. The men would always make it seem like he was the soul reason they won each battle, when it relied on all of them. "Yes our mother started our training at the age of eight. She made sure that we would be able to defend ourselves and make a living."
"It seems that you are doing quite well for your self" the man declared. He seemed to be thinking of something. His hand reached up and rubbed his beard. He looked back down to Hiroaki and then to Eizan. The man smiled and then said, "Ahh I have children around your age two girls and a boy. Here you must meet them. Children!" after some incoherent shuffling and voices, three forms entered the room, the first two rather quick. The girls were the one's that had run in. They both had dark hair and were rather pretty. It was true they did look about their age. Their eyes were a dark brown like their fathers and they were each smiling somewhat bashfully while eyeing both Hiroaki and Eizan up and down. Hiroaki mentally groaned. 'Not another bunch of girls.' he thought bitterly. Why in the world did he have to be so good looking? Yes maybe it was his looks that had gotten him Yuta but now he was taken. He wasn't like his father. He would stick with one woman until he married her...'WAIT?! MARRIAGE? I'm already thinking about it? Oh Buddha please help me.' he thought as the older looking one sat down next to him.
"Greetings Master Demon Hunter," she said cheerfully. "Mine name is Miliko." She offered her hand but Hiroaki didn't take it. He eyed her before firmly sitting on his right hand to make sure it didn't go anywhere.
"Hello Miliko, my name is Hiroaki. Do tell me how old are you?"
Miliko smiled and finally let her hand drop. "I am thirteen Lord Hiroaki" She answered.
Hiroaki smiled and then unleashed his turndown. "Remarkable that is the same age as my love."
Miliko's face dropped in disappointment. "Your love you say?"
Hiroaki nodded grinning on the inside. "Yes she is the next heir to the Western Lands. Is there something wrong?"
Miliko quickly shook away her disappointment. "No nothing is wrong, please excuse me" and she got up and sat next to Eizan. Hiroaki shook his head. He wanted to get home now. Today would be the day Yuta would be back from her time. He needed to see her. He felt incomplete that she was missing. It didn’t seem right. she needed to be there with him. He looked to Euiko who was currently being hit on by the lord’s son. Her face was red and she didn’t look too comfortable with the situation. Hiroaki growled and his instincts to want to kill this guy kicked in. No one flirted with his sister, especially when she showed no interest in the guy. Hiroaki cleared his throat and looked to Euiko. "Sister, would you mind giving me a hand on checking the demon for parts? We are running low on armor and we could always use more weapons."
Euiko nodded quickly and got up.
"Where are you off to?" asked the young man.
Euiko looked down to him. "Oh just a patrol. Were going to check the demon you know, so you can just stay here." the young man was about to open his mouth and follow them when Hiroaki, staff in hand, cut him off. Hiroaki stared harshly into the guys eyes before saying through clenched teeth. "You can just stay here."
The boy nodded before grumbling and sitting down next to his father. Euiko and Hiroaki left the hut and walked in silence back to the clearing where the demon’s remains still lay. It was some time before either spoke. "Thank you, Hiroaki." Euiko said softly.
Hiroaki nodded and stared ahead. "No problem. Besides did you see the nerve of that guy? Hitting on you in front of three of you brothers." Euiko remained silent. She gripped onto the strap of her Hiraikotsu rubbing her hand along it’s leather. Hiroaki looked down questionly. ’What’s wrong with her?’ he asked himself.
"What? Don’t tell me you liked it?" he asked as they reached the clearing. Euiko opened her mouth to answer but found the words could not come out. No she hadn’t liked the guy that was flirting with her even if he was somewhat attractive, but....The truth was, Euiko liked the fact that she was getting hit on. Barely ever did a guy seem interested in her. It was her profession. Too many men seemed intimidated by her strong woman personalty that they steered clear of her. So in those few times it felt very good to have someone tell you, you were beautiful. But she could never tell her brother how she felt. It was too personal, and he wouldn’t understand. Euiko felt her brother’s eyes on her and was thinking about what she might tell him when she felt another presence. A youkai presence. Euiko stared over the corpse of the demon to see three figures standing around it, tearing through it‘s hide. She nudged Hiroaki and he looked up as well. It was hardly a second after eyeing the scene that Hiroaki froze. Euiko looked to him.
"Hiroaki? What is it?"
Hiroaki only stared ahead his hands were clenched into fists and his body shook in anger. One of the forms that was draped in fur and grayish hair looked up from the corpse and to the two humans. The member nudged the red headed one and Euiko was surprised when she saw the electric blue eyes stare at her intensely before turning to her brother to glare. The redheaded figure sprang up and stood on top of the massive corpse. "Hello mortal." he growled to Hiroaki.
Hiroaki’s hand clenched tightly onto his staff. "What are you doing here flea bag?" he spat at the wolf demon.
Koshiro bared his teeth and when he spoke Euiko caught site of his sharp pointed fangs. He was a demon. "I could ask you the same question." Koshiro sniffed the air around the mortal and his eyes erupted in flames. His hands clenched and his shoulders hunched. "Where is Yuta?" he seethed. "I know she’s around her somewhere because her scent surrounds you. Obviously you copped a feel on her or something perverted that got her in your arms."
Hiroaki grinned menacingly. "Now why would I have to do that?"
Koshiro scowled. "There would be no other reason for Yuta to be in your arms unless you did something to her. Now where is-" Koshiro’s face broke out in smile. "Never mind. I can smell her fragrance all the way from here." and Koshiro took off at a run, leaving behind his friends and the two humans. Hiroaki thought about what the wolf just said before his eyes bulged and ran after him, Euiko at his heels. Buko looked to Haku questionly. "Did any of this make sense to you?"
Haku shook his head and remained eating.
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phew, that took alot out of me! That’s the longest chappy so far and i did it in less time that i did the last one! YAY! lol. kk well the next chap is gonna have more of Yuta in it and then finally Koshiro discovers Yuta and Hiroaki’s true relationship. hehe kk g2g HAPPY EARLY HOLIDAYS! don’t forget to R&R! LOVES!
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Broken Vow
chapter seventeen: The Hunters and the Wolves
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE MOVING TO KYOTO?!?" shrieked the two feminine voices in unison. Everyone in facility of WacDonalds stopped eating and looked at the spectacle. Yuta desperately tried to calm her friends down. She took two arms and shoved them back down to the booth. She looked around and waved a carefree hand at the diners and then glared back to her friends. This was defiantly not the type of goodbye she had planned on.
"I mean that my parents are getting re-married and we’re moving in with my father." she told them. Yes, it was a lie but it was better than having to explain why she suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth. It had been two weeks since her parents had reconciled and Yuta was getting used to her new way of life. She loved it so much! It was so exciting and you never knew what may hit you next, but moving there would mean she would have to leave behind her old life. Yes, it wasn't much but and she hadn't even known herself in it but...Yuta looked up to her two best friends. They would be the only thing she would miss from this era...well that and maybe television, but her friends the most. They were both young, her age. Tsuya was older than them both, though. Tsuya had shoulder length black hair that was cut sharply to create a textured look. Her hazel eyes were gleaming with dismay, which caused Yuta's stomach to turn in guilt. Tsuya's thin face turned to that of their other friend Mutsumi. Mutsumi sighed and her rounded face bowed in depression. Her soft chestnut eyes were heavy and her short brownish bangs fell into her face. Tsuya looked back to Yuta and held her gaze. "This isn't fair! You've been gone for the past 3 weeks without even a phone call and then you show up only to tell us your moving! Right before school is starting too! You expect us to become eighties without you!"
Yuta sighed. She looked down to her fingernails on the plastic table. "Yeah I guess I do. I'm sorry you guys but I know you guys can make it without me!"
Mutsumi looked up from her gloom and caught Yuta's eye. Her normally happy self was surrounded in gloom. "You didn't even explain how you ended up all the way in Kyoto in the first place!"
Yuta sweat dropped and then said after clearing her throat, "Well like I told you, We were seeing my grandmother off at the train station for her honeymoon and then I accidentally got stuck on a train heading for Kyoto, and then I got off, and I remembered Uncle Souta telling me about my father so I went out in search for him, and then I met a friend of his kid. and they took me in and called him up and then I stayed with him for a while until mom came and got me. Ok? Does that make sense?"
Tsuya and Mutsumi sweat dropped. The put on rather large smiles before clearly stating "No"
Yuta sighed again. She leaned her back against the foam backings and sank in slightly. "All you need to know is that I met my father and I love him and mom loves him so yeah."
Tsuya sighed and slouched against her own seat rest. "Well I guess that makes a little since but it all sounds like one F-d up soap opera to me" she said drumming her black fingernails on the table.
Yuta laughed. "You have no idea," she added in an after thought.
This seemed to get Mutsumi's attention. "Oh?" she asked while pulling out of her gloom. "How so?"
Yuta gave a feeble smile before shaking her head. "Trust me, you don't wanna know." She waved her hand in emphasis trying to make her point and in the process knocked over their bundle of napkins in the process. "Damn," she cursed. "Hold on" and Yuta reached down to pick them up. Her dark locks spilled over her shoulder and down the back of her cotton shirt. It had been two weeks since she had last wore any modern clothing. That would defiantly be something she would miss. 'Damn these napkins, just another thing to go wrong. Bad enough I have to say goodbye to my bestfriends.' Yuta shifted her body down and absently tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear, unaware of what she was revealing to her friends. Yuta picked the remaining napkin up and set them back on the tray. Yuta looked up to her friends' expressions that were wide-eyed and shocked. Yuta looked hurriedly about her hoping to glance at what it was that had caught their attention. "What? What is it?"
Both Mutsumi and Tsuya smirked evil grins before they lunged forward to grab her and pulled her forward. "Ow! What the hell do you think your doing?!" Yuta cried out angrily. Mutsumi, being the closer one, lifted Yuta's hair and studied her neck. Yuta froze when she realized what they were staring at. 'Uh oh' thought Yuta among with many other curses. She broke free of their grip and jerked backward sitting as far back in her seat as possible as if she had been burned. Her hand instinctively went to her neck before stating "It's nothing!"
Tsuya was shaking her head with an audacious grin on her face. Her hazel eyes were glittering with laughter when she spoke, "No Yuta, it's something."
Mutsumi nodded in agreement. She too had a large grin on her face. "Yeah who would have thought you would be the first to have a hickey! (A/N hehe I thought about it and said "Why not?") I always thought that would be Tsuya.." Mutsumi received a hit.
Yuta blushed and quickly began combing her hair over the mark. "It's nothing" she repeated.
Tsuya rolled her eyes after she had punched Mutsumi. She crossed her arms and stared at Yuta with a cocked brow. "Nothing my ass. Now don't be stingy! Tell us who he is!!"
Mutsumi nodded in a bubbly manner and stated. "Yes! Tell us!!"
Yuta looked to her friends' looks of pleading and sighed before giving a bashful smile. She bit her lip and looked down to the table and kept her concentration on her cuticles. She never thought she would have to tell her friends about Hiroaki, even if she had thought about describing him to someone else before. But she never planned on actually saying it. Too bad that mark he left on her neck from only two days ago seemed to be giving everything away. 'Damn him' she mused rubbing his mark with her hand. 'At least it was a good memory though.' Yuta smiled again before looking up to her friends' anxious eyes. "His name's Hiroaki."
Tsuya and Mutsumi looked to each other before squealing in joy and leaning closer to Yuta, grabbing hold of her hands in case she tried to make a get away.
"How old is he?"
"What's he look like?"
"Where'd you meet?"
"How long has this been going on?"
"No wonder you don't seem sad about the move."
"Is he cute?"
"No, Is he HOTT?!"
"Is he marriage material?"
All the questions came to an abrupt halt when Mutsumi's last question dawned upon them all. An outburst of hysterical giggles rang throughout the restaurant. Diners stared at the noisy table with dismay and disgust before turning back around to return to their food. Yuta clutched the stitch in her side as Tsuya lay down on the rest of the seat in tear jerking giggles. Mutsumi blushed at her own remark but was still giggling with the rest of them. Yuta rubbed her side and tried to cease her giggles. "MUTSUMI! It's not like I'm gonna marry the guy! I'm only 13!"
Tsuya smiled and pointed to her knowingly. "But you will be fourteen next week! And Technically if you were living in feudal times you could already be married by now."
Yuta sweat dropped at the very idea and for once thanked Kami that her father would never let that happen....even if she was living in the feudal era now. "Yeah that's why I'm glad I live here." she sighed.
Mutsumi shook her head and finally stopped blushing. She leaned forward again. "Well, don't keep us waiting! Answer the questions!!"
Yuta took one deep breath before she started. "He is fourteen; He's tall, dark brown hair, nice face, charming smile, muscular and the most gorgeous violet eyes you will ever see!; We met at the-er train station. He's the guy that was the son of the people who knew my father; We've been dating for over two weeks now; He is very cute and EXTREMELY HOT!; as for the marriage material...I'm not about to go and get married any time soon so why would I even think that?"
Mutsumi was all smiles as she chained all the pieces together. "He sounds like a dream guy, Yuta"
Yuta blushed and looked back down to her nails. "I suppose he is."
Tsuya huffed and leaned back in her seat. The other to gave her peculiar glances. Tsuya crossed her arms indignantly and said, "I can't believe it."
Yuta frowned. "Can't believe what?"
Tsuya looked back to her in an almost pondering way. "First you ran away," she listed. "then you met your dad, now your moving away to go live with your dad, your strangely more open than usual, and you have a boyfriend that you refused to tell us about until we found the hickey he left on your neck! Your just so-so different! What happened to the gloomy Yuta? The one who's sarcasm rivals my own! Your seem so much...I don't know...Yuta your whole personality is diff-" Tsuya's eyes went wide before shrieking out. "IT'S THE CHANGE!!"
Yuta raised an eyebrow. " 'The Change'?"
Tsuya nodded. "Yes the change! My older sister went through it and now you are too!! You're complete mood is different and now your gonna change on us and before we know it you'll be captain of the pep squad!" Tsuya got up and flung her arms around Yuta. "Come on Mutsumi! We can't let that happen!!" she cried out desperately while the girl in question erupted in giggles.
Yuta rolled her eyes and grabbed her friend by the wrists. "Tsuya! Get a grip! I am not going through the change and I will not become captain of the cheer squad! You know me! I hate cheerleading! It's as evil as the color pink! Besides my mood is different because I'm happy! I finally know my dad, and myself and I happen to have met a guy on the way who loves me. Life is just different."
Mutsumi sat up straight and her brown eyes were alert. "He said he loves you?"
Yuta blushed and Tsuya straightened out of her arms. Yuta swallowed at the lump in her throat. 'Now I know why Inuyasha hated me asking him all those questions.' "Um..well...I-yes Hiroaki told me that he is in love with me."
Mutsumi smiled widely before mumbling, "told ya he was marriage material"
Both Tsuya and Yuta rolled there eyes. Yuta was smiled as Tsuya looked to her questionly. Yuta didn't like that look. 'That can't mean anything good.' she told herself. Yuta's smile immediately left her face and she noticed her friend's gaze at the mark on her neck. "What?" she asked slowly.
Tsuya sighed. Her elbow slunched forward onto the table and she rested her hand on it. When she looked back to Yuta, Yuta noticed a familiar glint in her friend's eyes. A sly smile crossed Tsuya's face. "So...have you...you know..gone there?"
Yuta's jaw dropped as she smacked her friend in the arm. "TSUYA! Damnit you’re as bad as he is!"
Mutsumi was just about to comment when the cell phone in Yuta's pocket went off. Yuta reached down and flipped it open after checking the I.D. Yuta turned it on and placed it to her ear. "Mushi Mushi, Mom. What's up?"
"Yuta, your dad and I finished up packing. Were at the shrine right now."
"Oh that's cool, so um mom how are we getting everything there?"
Yuta could hear her mother giggle through the phone. "Your father is currently trying to throw boxes down the well but it doesn't seem to be working." As if on cue Yuta heard the distinct growl of her father and some choice word's that spilled from his mouth. Yuta giggled.
"I can only image what is going on right now. So does that mean that we'll be leaving soon?"
"Yeah, you know we can only bring certain things back so there isn't that much stuff to take. We'll be leaving probably in half an hour so you should start leaving now."
Yuta sighed and her stomach gave a somber turn. "But I wanted to say goodbye." she said quietly.
Kagome sighed through the phone. "Fine, Your dad and I will go first with the things but I want you down the well in an hour. Meet us at Miroku and Sango's."
Yuta's stomach leaped at the aspect of more time with her friends and the chance to see her boyfriend. She quickly thanked her mother and said goodbye and then explained the situation to her friends. It wasn't until the girls sat back to relax, that Mutsumi whispered out "Are you saying that this Hiroaki is a perv?"
Yuta smiled guiltily. "Well..he's really not as bad as the rest of his family." she mumbled out. Yuta watched the shocked expressions on her friend's faces. "No! Seriously they're good people, except the oldest guys just can't seem to keep their hands to themselves. But Hiroaki's actually pretty good. He's really sweet and honest and smart and brave and-" Yuta sighed and her mind wandered off into the dreamlike state of thought as she pictured Hiroaki in front of her. Both Tsuya and Mutsumi looked to each other before they both leaned and whispered in unison. "Yep, She's in love."
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"Damnit!" came Hiroaki's muffled curse as he dodged the great sweeping claw of the giant demon before them. The demon towered forty feet above their heads and it's blood red eyes eyed him and his siblings with hunger. Hiroaki skid sideways as he slowed himself to a halt. His violet eyes studied the demon carefully at it's response to the spear that he had just thrown. It had penetrated the skin and he could see the blood now spilling forth onto its fur coat, but the demon itself seemed untouched. It relentlessly clawed and attacked against him and his siblings, it's blood red eyes catching their every move.
Euiko charged the demon, her Hiraikotsu positioned and ready for the throw, was held like a streamer behind her until she let it go. The large bone swooped in a deadly motion but the demon merely deflected it with a paw. It growled in anger as did Euiko as she ran forward from her far off spot, to retrieve her weapon, that was all to close to the monster's feet. Amane ran forward with Kusarikama and tossed the sickle forward and onto the demon hoping to distract the beast away from his sister. The sickle caught and the boy yanked the chain down leaving a deep gash along the beast's front right arm. The demon burst out a cry of pain mixed with anger and it slashed its paw at Amane ready to slice him in half. "Amane! LOOK OUT!" cried Hiroaki as he ran forward and yanked his little brother out of the way in the nick of time. "Are you alright?" He asked the boy.
The color seemed to be coming back into Amane's face and he slapped a look of determination on his round face. "Sure," he replied through his mask even though his breathing was still heavy. Hiroaki let go of his brother to see that the demon may be too dangerous. "EVERYONE BACK OFF!" he commanded in warning. His siblings retreated back leaving a good space between them and the demon. Hiroaki was just about to call out his next order when he noticed Euiko hadn't turned back and now was in close proximity of the demon while trying to yank her weapon from where it was dislodged in the ground. The demon's all seeing eyes caught sight of her as well as she turned and at a sprint ran as fast as she could. The demon charged after her.
"Shit" cursed Hiroaki before he ran out with his staff in hand.
Euiko heard the loud BOOM of the footsteps behind her as the demon's stalked her. She pounded her legs wishing to the gods that she had just left the weapon behind when Hiroaki had ordered it. She could feel its steps now. If she could she would have thrown her weapon but the beast was far too close. There was no where she could run without it at her heel. Euiko turned around with her Hiraikotsu held out in front of her like a shield. The demon's attacks against her weapon shook her and moved her back with every swing. 'There's no way we can defeat it, it's too strong and it seems to always knows what we're up too' Euiko shifted the boomer-range and looked into her reflection that appeared in the blood red eyes. Then it clicked. She knew what to do. But in coming to her idea she must have waited to long for the demon swiped again and sent her flying to the left. Euiko hit the ground hard and dust flew around her. "Euiko! Are you alright?" she heard Hiroaki ask her.
Euiko ruffled the dirt out of her hair. She looked up frowning though he couldn't see it because of her mask. "Just answer me one question," she grumbled, "Why is it that no one ever saves me?!"
It was Arisa's far off voice that answered her question. "That's easy! Your the second oldest! We expect you to take care of yourself!" Euiko only grumbled at the comment. The dust settled around her and she saw Hiroaki standing in front of her with his staff held out in front of him. It was just as strong as her Hiraikotsu and may be more some for their father had blessed it. The demon hissed at the two and then pounced forward, it's eyes insane with revenge. Hiroaki twisted his weapon in a fast circular motion making it into one large fast spinning saw like object. The demon's nuzzle barely touched the rotating staff before it leaped back howling in pain. "Get Back Euiko" Hiroaki cried to her.
Euiko hurriedly got to her feet and ran backwards. When she was in a good enough position she stood and watched. Hiroaki's staff smacked against the demon's hide only to leave large bloody welts were it hit. When the demon reared back on it's hind legs and howled in furry, Hiroaki did a back flip and landed on his hand fifteen feet away and bounced off till he stood next to Euiko. "That was very foolish of you, you know that?" he commented as if they were at home sitting around a fire and not trying to kill a demon.
Euiko nodded. "Yes it was but now I know how to bring it down."
Hiroaki's head turned to her so fast he almost got whiplash. "Do tell."
Hiroaki could see the grin in her eyes. "It's the eyes." she confined. "We need to blind it."
Hiroaki nodded and then called out to Eizan. "EIZAN! Give this monster a taste of your stars, won't you?"
Hiroaki could have sworn he saw his brother grin. Eizan dropped his weapon and reached into his left pocket and pulled out three gleaming ninja stars. He held them all in their stance, aimed, and then let them fly hitting the demon in each eye. The Blood poured and the demon howled in pain, now visionless. Hiroaki smirked. He turned to Euiko. "Ready to get this over with?"
Euiko grinned and winked. "CHARGE!" cried Hiroaki and all five of the siblings attacked the blind animal at once. It wasn't long till the demon was brought down. -BOOM- the earth shook as the beast hit the ground. It's fur was matted and covered in blood as it lay on it side dead. The children puffed as their breaths were all shallow from the effort. Their outfits now stained in the blood of the creature. They each looked to one another waiting for someone to break the silence.
"Well," came Arisa's voice breaking the silence. She reached up and undid her mask. "That was invigorating." The rest of them snorted and laughed while each taking off their masks for the battle was now finished.
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Koshiro sat against the cliff wall, in a huffy manner. He stared down to his short rather dirty nails searching for nothing inparticular. It was obvious that he was completely and utterly bored. There seemed to be nothing to do anymore. All the fun and passion that he had once seen in his life with was now empty. He no longer saw the fun of chasing the cubs around and attacking helpless demons. His friends thought him sick, especially after he turned down Kea one of the most sought after girls in the clan. Could they not see that he no longer thought about girls anymore? That he only had one woman on his mind and she had been the first to refuse him, ever. "Damnit" he cursed and he brought his hands to his head. He couldn't get her face out of his head. She would have to be his. He would force himself on her until she finally vocalized her true feelings for him. It was a foolproof plan. She would become his and he would inherited the thrown and they would be happy. Yes that was how it was gonna be. No matter what anyone had to say about it.
"KOSHIRO!" came the voice of his bumbling friends Buko and Haku. Koshiro let out an aggravated sigh. 'Won't those bastards leave me alone?' His friend's were annoying him constantly now. They had sought him out and wanted to get the full details of what had happened between him and 'that Hanyou' as they called her. HUMPH! like he would really tell them of Yuta's tricks of deception? Ha, those idiots wouldn't even be able to concept it. They were too moronic and thick headed.(A/N this line coming from the heir of thick headedness)
"Oh Koshiro here ya are." said Haku once they reached him. "Whatca up too?"
"Nothing just thinking, a dangerous concept that you two should never try." he snapped at them. His friends looked to each other and slunched their shoulders.
"It's about her isn't Koshiro?" asked Buko a lock of grayish hair fell into his face.
Koshiro eyed the lower wolf and then turned his back to him and folded his arms. "So what if I am. I have the right to pick any girl I chose and it just so happens that, that girl is the heir to the western lands."
"Gods Koshiro, we know but do really have to mope around so much? Can't you at least act as if nothings wrong? I mean go on a hunt with us again or something. Anything just get your mind off the wench for a second!" Koshiro eyed the wolf up and down before grabbing his fur tightly and yanked him closer. He held the demon by the collar and lifted him a foot off the ground. His teeth were bared and he held a dangerous look in his eyes.
"Don't ever call my woman a wench again or I will have no choice but to slay you, even if we are clan brothers. Got that?" Buko nodded hurriedly. Koshiro let him drop to the ground and he gasped for air. Koshiro looked down to the two wolves with a rather bitter stare before his nose caught the smell of blood. He breathed in the scent of fresh demon and a large grin painted his face.
"Boys there is one thing that can get my mind off her"
"And what's that Koshiro?" asked Haku sitting up straight.
Koshiro's face broke out into a wide menacing grin. "Fresh meat"
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"Thank you very much for your hospitality, village leader," Hiroaki said giving the man a bow as they were each given a bowl of steamed rice and fish. The older man smiled and waved a hand absently.
"No, no it is our pleasure Master demon hunter-" Hiroaki blushed slightly at the name "You fought bravely and it is the least we could do for such fine crafters like yourselves. How old be you again?"
Hiroaki swallowed his rice before answering. He looked into the man's rather old brown eyes while he spoke. "I myself, am fourteen, My lord. My brothers are twelve and thirteen and my sisters are eleven and thirteen."
The man's eyes widened in surprise. "Such talent you have! And you are barely a man! Truly remarkable!"
Hiroaki shifted uneasily. He didn't like to be the one to answer all the questions. The men would always make it seem like he was the soul reason they won each battle, when it relied on all of them. "Yes our mother started our training at the age of eight. She made sure that we would be able to defend ourselves and make a living."
"It seems that you are doing quite well for your self" the man declared. He seemed to be thinking of something. His hand reached up and rubbed his beard. He looked back down to Hiroaki and then to Eizan. The man smiled and then said, "Ahh I have children around your age two girls and a boy. Here you must meet them. Children!" after some incoherent shuffling and voices, three forms entered the room, the first two rather quick. The girls were the one's that had run in. They both had dark hair and were rather pretty. It was true they did look about their age. Their eyes were a dark brown like their fathers and they were each smiling somewhat bashfully while eyeing both Hiroaki and Eizan up and down. Hiroaki mentally groaned. 'Not another bunch of girls.' he thought bitterly. Why in the world did he have to be so good looking? Yes maybe it was his looks that had gotten him Yuta but now he was taken. He wasn't like his father. He would stick with one woman until he married her...'WAIT?! MARRIAGE? I'm already thinking about it? Oh Buddha please help me.' he thought as the older looking one sat down next to him.
"Greetings Master Demon Hunter," she said cheerfully. "Mine name is Miliko." She offered her hand but Hiroaki didn't take it. He eyed her before firmly sitting on his right hand to make sure it didn't go anywhere.
"Hello Miliko, my name is Hiroaki. Do tell me how old are you?"
Miliko smiled and finally let her hand drop. "I am thirteen Lord Hiroaki" She answered.
Hiroaki smiled and then unleashed his turndown. "Remarkable that is the same age as my love."
Miliko's face dropped in disappointment. "Your love you say?"
Hiroaki nodded grinning on the inside. "Yes she is the next heir to the Western Lands. Is there something wrong?"
Miliko quickly shook away her disappointment. "No nothing is wrong, please excuse me" and she got up and sat next to Eizan. Hiroaki shook his head. He wanted to get home now. Today would be the day Yuta would be back from her time. He needed to see her. He felt incomplete that she was missing. It didn’t seem right. she needed to be there with him. He looked to Euiko who was currently being hit on by the lord’s son. Her face was red and she didn’t look too comfortable with the situation. Hiroaki growled and his instincts to want to kill this guy kicked in. No one flirted with his sister, especially when she showed no interest in the guy. Hiroaki cleared his throat and looked to Euiko. "Sister, would you mind giving me a hand on checking the demon for parts? We are running low on armor and we could always use more weapons."
Euiko nodded quickly and got up.
"Where are you off to?" asked the young man.
Euiko looked down to him. "Oh just a patrol. Were going to check the demon you know, so you can just stay here." the young man was about to open his mouth and follow them when Hiroaki, staff in hand, cut him off. Hiroaki stared harshly into the guys eyes before saying through clenched teeth. "You can just stay here."
The boy nodded before grumbling and sitting down next to his father. Euiko and Hiroaki left the hut and walked in silence back to the clearing where the demon’s remains still lay. It was some time before either spoke. "Thank you, Hiroaki." Euiko said softly.
Hiroaki nodded and stared ahead. "No problem. Besides did you see the nerve of that guy? Hitting on you in front of three of you brothers." Euiko remained silent. She gripped onto the strap of her Hiraikotsu rubbing her hand along it’s leather. Hiroaki looked down questionly. ’What’s wrong with her?’ he asked himself.
"What? Don’t tell me you liked it?" he asked as they reached the clearing. Euiko opened her mouth to answer but found the words could not come out. No she hadn’t liked the guy that was flirting with her even if he was somewhat attractive, but....The truth was, Euiko liked the fact that she was getting hit on. Barely ever did a guy seem interested in her. It was her profession. Too many men seemed intimidated by her strong woman personalty that they steered clear of her. So in those few times it felt very good to have someone tell you, you were beautiful. But she could never tell her brother how she felt. It was too personal, and he wouldn’t understand. Euiko felt her brother’s eyes on her and was thinking about what she might tell him when she felt another presence. A youkai presence. Euiko stared over the corpse of the demon to see three figures standing around it, tearing through it‘s hide. She nudged Hiroaki and he looked up as well. It was hardly a second after eyeing the scene that Hiroaki froze. Euiko looked to him.
"Hiroaki? What is it?"
Hiroaki only stared ahead his hands were clenched into fists and his body shook in anger. One of the forms that was draped in fur and grayish hair looked up from the corpse and to the two humans. The member nudged the red headed one and Euiko was surprised when she saw the electric blue eyes stare at her intensely before turning to her brother to glare. The redheaded figure sprang up and stood on top of the massive corpse. "Hello mortal." he growled to Hiroaki.
Hiroaki’s hand clenched tightly onto his staff. "What are you doing here flea bag?" he spat at the wolf demon.
Koshiro bared his teeth and when he spoke Euiko caught site of his sharp pointed fangs. He was a demon. "I could ask you the same question." Koshiro sniffed the air around the mortal and his eyes erupted in flames. His hands clenched and his shoulders hunched. "Where is Yuta?" he seethed. "I know she’s around her somewhere because her scent surrounds you. Obviously you copped a feel on her or something perverted that got her in your arms."
Hiroaki grinned menacingly. "Now why would I have to do that?"
Koshiro scowled. "There would be no other reason for Yuta to be in your arms unless you did something to her. Now where is-" Koshiro’s face broke out in smile. "Never mind. I can smell her fragrance all the way from here." and Koshiro took off at a run, leaving behind his friends and the two humans. Hiroaki thought about what the wolf just said before his eyes bulged and ran after him, Euiko at his heels. Buko looked to Haku questionly. "Did any of this make sense to you?"
Haku shook his head and remained eating.
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phew, that took alot out of me! That’s the longest chappy so far and i did it in less time that i did the last one! YAY! lol. kk well the next chap is gonna have more of Yuta in it and then finally Koshiro discovers Yuta and Hiroaki’s true relationship. hehe kk g2g HAPPY EARLY HOLIDAYS! don’t forget to R&R! LOVES!
-HPangel589