InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Raiden no Ai ❯ New Victims ( Chapter 13 )

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Tadaa! Chapter 13! * for all you superticious people who think the number is associated with bad happenings/ paranormal incidents*

Chapter 13: New Victims


Akina woke up, the Raijuu Brothers were nowhere to be found, and Aida was gone as well. Akina got up and began to tidy up the place. She hoped that Hiten and Manten came back that day.

There wasn't much to do at the building. She decided that she would go out and pick some flowers. She walked into the field, gathering many flowers. When she had a small amount gathered, she walked back up to the building and began her chores and tasks for the morning.

She gathered flowers, washed dishes, gathered herbs to treat the youkai's after battle wounds, if he had any. She went to the stream and got some water.

What seemed like hours later, Manten came in the door carrying a young girl. She didn't look like anyone who was from her time at all. She wore a green fuku and had beautiful, long black hair.

" I took your advice and captured a black haired maiden." Manten said happily.

"Oh..." Akina looked to the ground with a sad expression. She felt sorry for the young girl. She reminded her so very much of herself.

Manten began to brew his hair potion in the small room. He brought a large knife into the room.

Akina watched Manten lumber by with the knife. Manten stopped and glanced at Akina.

"Something wrong?" He asked.

"Sorry Manten, I'm just not accustomed to death no matter how much I am around it." Akina sighed.

"You shouldn't worry about dieing my dear." Manten told her. "Hiten rather likes you. I've never seen him act that way towards any human, let alone female."

"Well...Should I feel special, or saddened still?" Akina asked.

"You seem to care a lot about people who don't care for you." Manten said. "Why care about someone you don't even know?"

"Perhaps I am pitiful." Akina sighed. "When you dispose of her, or eat her. Could you please not show me?"

She could feel a thick arm go around her shoulder. Her eyes shot open and met those of Manten.

"Do not worry, sweet vixen." Manten purred. "If you are fine with An-chan, you are fine with me. I shall not show you, though you must realize that you will eventually have to get used to it."

"I know." Akina sighed. "I shall face it when I am ready."

Manten took his arm from around Akina and waddled in the room and shut the door. She could hear Manten's humming for a while. Akina took the flowers and arranged them in the vase. She heard a chopping noise and a scream. She flinched and she heard a crash. She had knocked off the vase on the table. She bent down to pick it up and she heard a girl's voice yelling at Manten. She was still alive?! How could that be? Perhaps Manten had missed, or she had moved.

Hiten and Aida walked in the door. Hiten smiled at Akina.

"Miss me?" He asked.

Akina smiled at the youthful youkai.

"What's that commotion in Manten's room?" Aida asked.

"Hm?" Hiten glanced over at the door with a frown. He could hear Manten say "Be quiet, An-chan will hear you."

"Oh will I?" Hiten asked.

"Will you what?" Akina looked confused.

She could feel Hiten push her aside lightly and walked over to the door, followed by Aida. He drew his fist back and punched in the door, driving his hand through its wooden surface. Akina flinched back at this. Manten and the girl inside stared at Hiten with very surprised expressions on their faces.

Hiten and Aida walked into the room. It was apparent that Hiten was angry again. Akina peered through the door. Hiten asked Manten why the girl was there. Manten told him that she belonged to him. She heard Hiten tell his brother not to worry, that he already had a girl. Aida let out a smile, assuming it was her that he was talking about. She had not known about he and Akina's relationship.

She heard Hiten ask his brother about something called "Shikon shards".

**Shikon shards? What are those? ** Akina asked herself. She had no idea what a Shikon was, but apparently Hiten and Manten were collecting it.

Manten began to make up excuses, telling his brother that he had forgotten about the shards. Hiten was not impressed by his brother's actions. He walked up to Manten and growled. Manten, out of fright told his brother that he had gained possession of one of the shards, but lost it. Manten was apologizing with all of his compassion and the young black haired girl just watched in horror.

She could see a small smile come across the elder brother's face. He asked Manten if this girl was more important then the jewel shards.

Manten seemed to shrink back at that joke. He knew Hiten was still angry. Akina clenched the side of the shojo door.

Hiten turned around and rammed his hand through Aida's face. The room seemed to light up in fear. The young girl in the fuku held her hands up to her face and gasped in horror. Akina's eyes were as big as paper plates, and she thought she would surely have a heart attack.

Hiten pulled his hand out of Aida's face and her lifeless body fell to the hard, cold floor and lay there, sprawled and limp upon the floor. Her pet snake was slithering around her dead, bleeding body, wondering what has happened to its beloved master.

Hiten stood over her body, his hand still in it's outstretched position and his back still facing Aida, never once did he look back at his mate. His hand was covered in blood.

Manten was shocked, he couldn't say anything.

"Aida..." Akina said sadly to herself. Aida, though she tried to kill her, had been the only person that Akina could really talk to besides the Raijuu Brothers. Aida was a female, so Akina had felt semi comfortable when talking to her.

Akina remembered a happy talk the two had had not too long ago.

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Aida had been sitting on the wooden bench watching Akina clean dishes.

"So, you like Hiten?" She asked.

"I don't know..." Akina said shyly.

"He is wonderful." Aida said as she ran her hands through her hair. "Such a youthful and strapping youkai."

"He's nice looking." Akina admitted. Surely, even she saw that Hiten was handsome.

Aida put her arm around Akina. "Between you and I, I was planning on asking Hiten to be my mate forever."

"That's nice." Akina smiled. "I wish you happiness."

"We have to stick together, right. Can't let the men have all of the fun. No doubt they see something in a scraggly girl like you, or else they would not keep you around for so long."

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Now Akina looked on at the dead youkai female who lay on the floor. Her beautiful face was nothing more then a pile of blood. Her long black hair, bathed in the life giving essence. Akina looked at her female companion. Her life had been ended due to the anger of Hiten.

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T_T Poor Aida... Anyway, what did you think? Sad, happy. Did Aida truly deserve that? How do you feel about Aida's character? And will Akina still love Hiten? And what of the girl in the fuku? Will she fall victim to Manten's hair potion?

R&R! Onegai!