InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Finding True Love ❯ Chapter Nine ( Chapter 9 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Sorry that you had to wait for this chapter and I deeply apologize for the shortness of it. It's only like half a chapter and once I am able to finish the other half I'll post it.


Finding True Love

By Miztikal_Dragon



Chapter Nine


The sweat slowly rolled down his face as the sun beat down upon his back. He had rose earlier than usual and needed something to occupy his racing mind. For the past month he had been sleeping poorly, constantly edgy and his sister Sango feared for his health. Pulling back his mini scythe, Kohaku glanced around at the scenery, there was nothing but forestry, surrounding him and the hidden demon exterminator’s village. He had been home for a year and a half now, and still he found himself empty. His father was ill and the nineteen-year-old boy had to find himself a strong and loyal wife.


Sure it was true that he was a nice boy, a gentle boy, and any girl would be happy to marry him, but he hadn’t been able to find the one that completed him. The perfect girl. Kohaku already knew what he wanted, but the only girl that he knew came close enough was dead. He was certain that she would have been a marvelous creature; with her onyx hair, her deep brown eyes and alabaster skin. Hell, he still could remember her laugh and the gentle sweet sound of her voice in his dreams, but that was four years ago.


Everything about her was something he loved, and this perfect girl had been the only girl he kissed beside family, she was the only girl that he felt could return the love that he felt for her. Sighing heavily, Kohaku picked up a rock and threw it into the brush, it was no use thinking about her, because he would never forget the sight he saw when he returned to her. He would never be able to forget the smell of death and the blood. The young boy fought against what the monk and his sister said, her body had never been found, but she was never found afterwards either.


Hearing a loud bird cry, Kohaku raised his deep brown eyes to the dusky sky and gasped. There flying through the air was an enormous hawk youkai and held tightly in it’s grasp was a girl with long onyx hair, well at least he hoped it was a girl. Darting off in a fast run, the nineteen-year-old boy whistled and chased after the hawk, he needed to stop that youkai. It was his duty to protect humans as a demon exterminator, but something inside him screamed for him to chase the demon, to capture it. The roar of a cat soon filled his ears and glancing to his side he say the neko Kirara “reporting for duty” and he quickly jumped on her back as she leapt into the air. They were going to show that hawk the chase of it’s life.


“Go Kirara faster!” He demanded as he tried to get a better view of the person, but he couldn’t find one by just looking at their backside.


To Kohaku it seemed as if the hawk youkai was looking for something as it swerved, and yet it still was able to keep itself ahead of the demon slayer. The nineteen year old boy was quickly getting frustrated at the cat and mouse chase approach and as his fingers held tightly onto the cream colored fur of the neko youkai under him he easily pulled his mini-scythe out and targeted the hawk youkai. There was no way that the beast was going to escape, Kohaku didn’t settle for second best and he wasn’t going to fail. He arches his shoulder back as he prepared to swing, he only had one chance and he wasn’t going to mess it up. Narrowing his eyes, Kohaku let the scythe fly from his hand as he threw it, the long chain clinking as it spun in the air like a boomerang. The sound was almost like music to his well-trained ears, almost.


Kohaku could hear the sickening ripping sound as he watched his mini scythe slice off the hawk youkai’s right wind, it wouldn’t live much longer. Digging his heels into Kirara’s soft stomach, Kohaku called out orders, he needed to get to the person incase they were injured, but mostly only for his selfish reasons. He was eager to get to the injured youkai but the sight that met him was something that he could have lived without. The youkai looked as if it was hemorrhaging as its massive body shook vigorously, its dark red blood pooling around its body. Its bright yellow eyes still held a bright fire in them, but its detached wing lay lifelessly only a few meters away, the figure of a girl laying helplessly surrounded by the dying youkai’s blood.


“Kirara we must hurry!” His voice held authority, but a concerned type that was picked up easily by the enemy.


The hawk youkai’s talloned claws crashed down on the unknown figure and was dragged behind the beast as the tearing of cloth and probably skin could be heard. The still attached wing flapped furiously as the hawk’s beak dove for Kohaku, but the nineteen year old was able to retaliate with the katana hanging from his hip. He grunted as he watched his surroundings, making sure to keep an eye on Kirara as she creped behind the youkai to the human in its clutches. Kohaku jumped back slacking the force between the youkai and himself and immediately dove at the hawk, bringing his katana down on it powerfully.


The fight was over as the blade delivered the final blow that sent the hawk youkai crashing to the ground at Kohaku’s feet, the blood seeping into the dirt like water being absorbed into a sponge. Kohaku sighed heavily as he glanced around before he dropped his weapon and ran to where Kirara was dragging the limp body off to a safe place. He was worried for the persons well being and the moment he saw the figure he blushed, it was a girl and a pretty exposed one at that. Kneeling next to the girl Kohaku gently took the girls arm and tried to feel for a pulse of some sort indicating life. After finding one, he mentally sighed before taking the girl into his arms and holding her close to his chest.


It was obvious that she needed medical attention so he had to hurry and get back to the village. Carefully he climbed onto Kirara’s back before the neko took off in a fast pace run towards the demon exterminator’s village, flying would have been better, but running seemed more safe to the woman’s health.


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