InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Taming of the Wolf ❯ Achika no Inochi ( Chapter 6 )

Hello once more. Here is chapter 6! ^_^ Enjoy!

Chapter 6: Achika no Inochi

Translation-Achika's Life

Kouga rushed to his friend's aid as fast as his feet would carry him. He was fueled by both the power of the Shikkon no Tama and the worry that seeped in his heart. The Gokurakuchou were dangerous, harpy like creatures who had long since been rivals of the Yorozoku, Kouga's clan

He knew the lethality of the Gokurakuchou and a single youkai like Achika could not take them on alone. The very thought of his friend's death at the hands of something like the Gokurakuchou racked the nerves. Achika was the only one who remembered him. She never let go of the friendship they had, and she devoted a large portion of her life to searching for him. She had come a long way, facing many hardships and battles for him. For him....She did it all. He had to save her at all costs.

Achika held her sword out to the Gokurakuchou who flew overhead and seemed to dominate the sky around her. She had already slain a few of them. They lay emaciated at her feet, their red essence dripping from their wounds. The blade of her sword, covered in their blood. She did not come out of the fight undamaged, however. She had several large lesions and wounds from the sharp talons of the Gokurakuchou.

She held her sword vertically with the sharp edge pointed their way, warning them not to come close or they would end up like their fallen comrades; dead and sprawled on the ground, bathing in their own blood.

Achika held her side tight, and breathed heavily. The sweat beads trickled down her face. Achika had been fighting valiantly, never stopping for what seemed to be hours at a time.

"I will not give up." She heaved in-between breaths. "I will fight to the death. You will not have me, Gokurakuchou ."

Kouga stopped, he looked around as he saw several side paths from the one he had been traveling down.

"Damn it." He said to himself, barely above a whisper. He stood there for a while as he pondered what to do. He closed his eyes and began to look a little stressed out over his current situation. The longer he held out, the longer Achika was alone with the Gokurakuchou. Kouga could faintly smell the scent of blood from afar, he opened his eyes.

"Achika."

Kouga took of once more, in the direction of the blood smell. He feared the worst of Achika. Kouga had ran for a while until he came onto something laying on the ground. A dead Gokurakuchou, that laid sprawled on the ground with several incisions. Kouga stared at it for a while.

"Achika's blade has done this," He said. "But that doesn't mean she's out of danger. The Gokurakuchou often come in numbers, and there is only one of her. I doubt she took someone from the tribe with her."

Kouga turned to head off again. He ran even farther, passing more of the dead Gokurakuchou. As he made his way around a large rock formation, he finally found what he had been searching for. Achika was there, still standing her ground against seven of the remaining Gokurakuchou.

Achika was exhausted. She was in an immense amount of pain from all of the damage she has sustained. A bloodthirsty Gokurakuchou dived down to close in on its prey. Kouga had sensed something was wrong and rushed in.

"Achika!"

He grabbed her and sped off, just as the Gokurakuchou dove into the ground. Kouga headed into the mouth of a nearby cave. He held her close for a while, not wanting her body temperature to fall too fast. He could smell the blood on her and feel her tired body slowly expand and contract with every breath.

"Achika, are you all right?" He asked. "What have they done to you?"

Achika opened her eyes and the first thing she laid glance upon was Kouga's face.

"K....k....k...Kouga-kun?" Her weak voice whispered. "Wh...wh...what are...are you doing...here?"

"I noticed that you had wandered off, so I came to find you. You shouldn't roam out of our territory. There is no protection beyond those limits." Kouga advised.

"I know..." She said in a small voice. "I don't know what I was thinking...."

"Your wounded pretty badly." Kouga spoke.

"W...w...what about the...Gokura-" Achika was cut off by violent coughs as she held her hand over her mouth to contain the germs. Kouga gave her back a few gentle pats.

"Take it easy, my friend." Kouga smiled.

"The Gokurakuchou have left. It is safe to leave now." Kouga finally said after they had waited a while. They exited to cave, returning back to the Yorozoku. Kouga walked up to his fellow pack members, who had faces of shock at the sight of Kouga holding the bloody Achika in his arms. Kouga slowly walked past them holding Achika gently, not wanting to cause any more muscle rippage then she already had. He entered the cave and laid her down gently in the dirt beside a small amount of light that shown through the ceiling.

Kouga sat beside of Achika, watching her sleep. (A/N: That line could be taken SO out of context...But then again, I think I may be the only one who is the hentai around here, LOL. My friend nicknamed me Miroku's Long Lost Sister for a reason...) The other Yorozoku were looking for things that could aid Achika's recovery in any way possible. He stared at her still.

She looked so weak and frail, the few bandages the she has were seeped in her blood. There were few chances, with the type of damage she had received that she would be recovering quickly. She gasped a few times periodically; it made Kouga a bit nervous.

A fellow pack member brought in some water in a small bowl. Kouga had made due with what he received from his fellow pack members. He cleaned Achika's wounds and placed bandages on them to keep infection out. He did not bandage the lesions on her stomach, for fear of invading her privacy by taking her shirt off. He simply placed medicine on them. He let her head rest gently on a wolf pelt that lay on the floor.

Night came and the wolf den became cold and dry. The night air sent a chill up one's spine. Achika lay there and shivered a bit. The night air had even taken a toll on her. Kouga looked over his shoulder at a few of the wolves that were laying around the den.

"You, over here." He signaled as they looked at him from their current positions "Come and lay by Achika. Keep her warm. There is no need for her to be cold and weak."

The wolves circled around Achika, covering her with their warm pelts and bodies. Kouga continued to watch her through the night, making sure nothing happens to his beloved friend.

Well, that's all for now! Please R&R!