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Demon Nature	By : Shardetector Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 25043 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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Chapter Four

Kagome jerked her stormy-blue’s back to InuYasha’s intense scarlet-amber eyes as his offer reached her ears. In her excitement she missed how deep his voice had fallen; the prospect of her body not being riddled with scars was the only thing she could focus on. It never crossed her mind just how exactly he would accomplish such a task.
“You can?!”
InuYasha’s heated stare only grew more intense with how excited she seemed by the idea. He gave a short nod of confirmation before he spoke once more with his deepened voice.
“If you’re alright with it.”
A large smile had taken over Kagome’s face at seeing his nod of confirmation and her knee jerk reaction was to quickly agree. However, as his heated gaze never left her eyes his words started to slowly sink in.
If she was alright with it? Why wouldn’t she be ok with getting rid of scars? Suddenly the light bulb went off in her head as she finally managed to put 2 plus 2 together. She remembered just how he had originally healed her wounds…
InuYasha was amused as the wench’s face quickly turned a crimson red as she finally realized what exactly his offer entailed. He couldn’t help but to wonder how far her blush went as his eyes followed her flushed skin down her neck, but unfortunately his red suikan hid the rest of her flesh from his greedy stare.
“Um…”
The small sound of her unsure voice pulled his gaze back up to her own. Immediately, he could tell she was having an inner struggle. He knew she didn’t want her body covered with ugly reminders of the pain she’d went through. Yet she was reluctant to grant a demon she had just met permission to lick her in what were some private locations.
At the thought of her turning him down, InuYasha could feel the desperate need of his demon rise. He needed to heal her. Although, he didn’t see it going very well if he forced the act on her. Searching for a way to put her mind at ease and for her to allow him to heal her in some way, he offered her a deal.
“How ‘bout we start small? And we can work our way up to the bigger areas if you feel comfortable.”
As he watched the tempting wench bite her bottom lip in consideration, he had to choke back a groan. He needed to heal her. InuYasha’s next words came out strained as he tried to rein back his demanding youkai nature.
“I promise not to touch you anywhere you don’t want.”
He was relieved to see Kagome’s eyes light up at those words. Her trust in him obvious and so complete in such a short amount of time. As she spoke her tone was hopeful, her voice almost childlike.
“Promise?”
Sensing her willingness to comply, he didn’t hesitate to seal the deal as he nodded in agreement. An odd mixture of dread and excitement filled him once he realized just how he had sealed his fate. Hadn’t he had just spent the early parts of the night fighting back his demon urges? Her blood having called forth the need to mark her. His youkai having tried to convince him that if he marked her she would be safe from anything like this happening again.
Lowly demons would smell him on her and would realize their impending death if they got too close. Higher function demons would either respect his claim or challenge it. And the only ones who would dare challenge it were the ones just looking for trouble to begin with.
The small amount of dread that had started to form at having to possibly face another inner struggle was promptly beat down by his excitement. The thought of both healing her and scent marking her further pleasing his youkai side. If he couldn’t mark her from the inside out, then this would have to do.
Eagar to get started, InuYasha brought his clawed hand up to cup the left side of Kagome’s face. She didn’t jerk, nor did he scent any fear from her as he brought his face closer to her own. Although, her eyes did squeeze shut as he ran his tongue lightly over the small cut high on her right cheek. A couple swipes of his wet appendage was all it took for the mistreated flesh to heal.
The small taste of her dried blood still called out to him, but he was relieved that its’ effects weren’t as strong. As his mouth formed over the wound of her split chin, almost as if he were kissing her, he thought hopefully that he could keep his promise.
After a few swipes of his tongue on her chin he could smell as her nervous scent started to grow. So before going any further he brought his head back to inspect her face and give her a small reprieve. He was content for a moment to see the cuts had disappeared, but his eyes grew dim as they took in the nasty bruise still taking residence.
“I’m sorry I can’t fix that…”
Kagome had opened her eyes when she felt InuYasha pulling away from her chin and she watched him curiously as he inspected her face for a brief moment. During which some of her nervousness started to dissipate from the warmth and gentleness of his hand still cupping her face. As his soft apologetic words reached her ears, her blue-grays caught with his crimson-gold. The honesty of his words was driven home as she saw in his gaze how genuinely sorry he was that he couldn’t fix a bruise.
All her remaining uncertainties melted away right then. This man, this demon she had barely known for a day, had her complete trust. He had protected and cared for her vigorously, and Kagome doubted she could ever repay him.
She smiled shyly at him then, wanting to comfort and assure him in some way.
“It’s all alright. It’ll be gone in no time! You’ll see.”
Her small hands came up to cover his larger one still cupping her cheek as she pushed her face more into his palm. And her smile grew as the act caused the faintest of smiles to appear on his handsome face.
Chewing on her bottom lip, Kagome cleared her throat as she bravely spoke her next words.
“You ugh… you can continue. I’m comfortable with you.”
InuYasha was lost in the moment they were sharing, the softness of her calming his demon. Her voice, her hands, just her. She seemed so fragile with her soft skin and petite frame, yet he knew there was a fire deep inside of her. Not many human girls, hell even some human men, would have survived what she had went through otherwise.
As her confirmation to continue reached him, the moment shattered. His demons’ excitement started to build again. She was allowing him to heal her, fix his mistake, and in the process put more of his scent all over her.
Deciding that if she were truly going to allow him to do this that he would need better access, InuYasha cradled her as he stood. He walked back over to the old pile of furs to set her on his white kosode and crouching down in front of her he brought her right arm up towards him. Starting small as he had said he would, he started at her wrist and worked his way up her arm. His tongue darted out coating even the tiniest of scratches with his healing saliva.
As he reached her bicep, he paused at hearing small giggles reach his canine ears. Cocking a brow at her, InuYasha smirked and shook his head as she blushed prettily and mumbled ‘tickles’.
Finished with her right arm he leaned over to her left, this time starting at her shoulder and working his way down to her wrist. He didn’t pause this time as she once again let loose unintentional giggles, but a silly grin still made its way to his lips.
Fully focused to his task, he didn’t hesitate in reaching to remove his suikan from her body once he had finished with her left arm. He was anxious to tend to what was left of her major wounds and wanted to get the process started so he could be finished with this self-inflicted torture relatively quickly. Two delicate hands clutching the shirt stopped him.
Glancing back up to her face, he could tell it wasn’t her lack of trust in him causing her to stop his progress. No, as InuYasha watched her light blush spread across her cheeks and her eyes fill with uncertainty while refusing to make contact with his own, he was reminded of what his nose had already told him.
She was untouched. Pure.
His demonic energy sang at that little reminder. The beast inside him whispering dirty delicious deeds he could do to her. Not to mention his greedy demon loved the idea of her being truly his.
Mentally shaking away such thoughts, InuYasha tried to get a handle on his wilder self. He had made a promise. Even his darker-self had some honor.
Tilting his head just enough to lock eyes with his wench, his stare was all business. Once he had her attention he gently started to pull his suikan away again. Her slight resistance vanished almost immediately as he spoke low to reconfirm his deal.
“I promise.”
After reiterating his promise, her delicate brows scrunched together for a second in thought before her hands released their hold on his suikan and fell to her sides. Just like that her body was revealed to his eyes. And it was much more stunning now that she wasn’t bleeding everywhere.
Even dry her white sheer coverings were practically see-through and her pink nipples beckoned his attention; peaking up at him as the cool air found them. Clearing his throat, InuYasha had to force himself to stay on task and pry his eyes to travel to her marred left side.
Needing her to lay flat so he could more comfortably tend to her side, he gently pushed her back by her shoulders. He couldn’t stop the smirk that appeared at seeing her blush grow more. Amused by that and the fact that her eyes refused to meet his again.
Once she was lying flat on her back, her arms instantly came to cover her chest. InuYasha actually thought it was cute how she hid her face from him behind her clenched fist. His amusement continuing to grow at her innocence.
Kagome was petrified with embarrassment. She told herself what InuYasha was doing for her wasn’t anything sexual, he was just healing her. And she tried to reason with herself that he had already seen it all before from when he had healed her the first time. That thought helped a little, but she still couldn’t bring herself to look at him. She felt kind of pathetic trying to hide her face from him, but this was just all so new to her. For in all of her 17 years she had only kissed one boy.
It hadn’t even been a good kiss either! At the end of her date with her classmate Houjou he had rushed in mouth wide, tongue leading the charge. It had been sloppy, at times almost making her gag, and completely unenjoyable.
And she now suddenly found herself in a strange world, half naked, with a gorgeous demon man getting ready to lick her all over in order to heal her.
It was definitely a big jump for her. No man had ever seen her like this, let alone touched her in such a way. Although, InuYasha wasn’t just simply a man, was he?
Feeling as he moved over her body bringing his face closer down to her side, Kagome peeked down at him through her hands. Her breath caught as her eyes were captured by his intense stare. And as if he had been waiting on her to look, once he held her gaze he slowly started to inch closer to her skin. Mesmerized, she couldn’t take her eyes off of him even if she had wanted to.
When his hot pink tongue finally made contact and gave a long leisurely stroke over her side, Kagome’s entire being was set on fire. It was a strange combination dancing over her nerve endings. Some of her skin was still tender, causing her to let out little whimpers of discomfort. Yet as he kept up his healing strokes, a tingling sensation took over and her discomfort was quickly replaced with something else entirely.
Kagome’s eyes stared to widen as she felt the fluttering of butterflies start up again, his heated gaze only intensifying the effects. She was barely able to hold back a moan as his attentions caused liquid heat to pool in her nether regions. But her complete mortification came when she felt InuYasha halt his languid swipes. Pausing only long enough for her witness the twitch of his nose and the sight of a sharp pointed fang as he smirked. No… InuYasha was not a mere man.
InuYasha wasn’t sure why he felt the need to tease the poor girl more. Already fully aware of how uncomfortable she felt, his demon wanted to push his luck and push her further. Perhaps it was the fact the she was innocent that caused his demon to push, wanting to see how far he could get before she drew the line.
A very primal side of him wanted to see what he could tease out of her. What dirty secrets could he uncover. How many unholy desires could he cause one so pure?
His demon got a sick thrill out of that thought. For she was truly a priestess, wasn’t she? Even if it was obvious that she’d had no training as such, priestesses were looked upon as pure and holy.
As the dark lustful thoughts of his demon began to take control, InuYasha tried to reel them in and reminded himself again of his promise.
But he didn’t have to break that promise to tease her now did he?
His gaze heated at his found loophole. As he slowly lowered his head to her, his amber-red eyes never left his wench’s face and he waited patiently for her to finally take a peek.
As soon as her eyes had locked with his own he put his plan into action. With every stroke of his tongue he rejoiced in the growing excitement in her steel-blue stare. Slowly coaxing out her inner wanting’s.
When the faint scent of her arousal rose; he purposely let her know he knew with a fanged grin, his demon smug with victory.
And so, began round 2 of his inner struggle.
As the musky scent of her filled his lungs, his demon became crazed with lust. It was no longer content with marking her with his scent by merely healing her. His demon demanded more. And InuYasha found himself once again in a hurry to heal her wounds. However, this time he couldn’t stick it with a fork and call it done. The whole point of this was to completely heal her wounds.
Now fighting with his own arousal, he breathed a sigh of relief when he pulled back to see the wench’s side was flawless once more. Needing to distance himself from her intoxicating aroma he quickly scooted his body lower. Taking himself down to her ankles, he planned on slowly working his way up. Her legs were covered in various scratches and scrapes so it was the perfect way to allow himself some time to calm down.
He felt a short growl escape him as his eyes landed on her bruised and swollen left ankle. InuYasha knew she had caused this injury herself from jumping down into a dry well for some gods forsaken reason. But he still couldn’t stop the anger he felt at seeing yet another part of her hurt.
For a moment, his protective instincts came racing forward tampering down his lust. He supposed he should feel uneased at how quickly and strongly his demon had claimed her as his, yet somehow it felt so natural.
Knowing that it would do no good, yet still wishing to show the abused flesh some tenderness, he lightly ran his tongue over the discolored skin of her ankle. His ears twitched at the small hiss she let out.
After closer inspection he was relieved to find that her ankle only appeared to be sprung and not broken. She should be able to walk on it normally in a few days and until then she could put some slight pressure on it. Or he could just carry her everywhere, he had no problem with that idea at all.
Satisfied that her ankle’s injury wasn’t serious, InuYasha turned his attention to her legs. He went back and forth between the two as he worked his way up. Not allowing a single tiny scratch to go untreated by his healing saliva. But the further he climbed up her body the more his desire started to rise. Getting so close to the source of her heavenly scent filled him with lustful excitement and his greedy demon took over slightly as he brought himself closer to her thigh.
As his clawed hand lifted her right leg up to him he felt the small startled jerk he caused her from the action. Forcing her legs apart in doing so, a demonic groan escaped him as her scent flooded his senses. He was having a hard time remembering his promise as he let his beast take the lead. Bringing his mouth down on the tender spot on the front of her leg, he began to sensually lick her.
With his face being so intimately close to her womanhood, his nose mere inches from the tantalizing scent, InuYasha lost himself.
His demon took charge as his hot pink tongue stroked her flesh more vigorously. The small gasps escaping her music to his ears. He continued to bath her thigh well after he knew it was healed. He wanted to hear her moan for him. He wanted her smell so strong it filled not only him but the whole damn cave. He wanted to taste more than her dried sweat and blood…
With his demon urging him on, InuYasha struggled to stop himself as he suddenly found his mouth working its’ way up. Thinking fast, he quickly flipped the wench to her stomach. Ignoring her surprised ‘umph’ from having turned her over so fast he forced himself back down to her ankles. Wishing desperately that his demon would recede some, he started to heal the back of her legs.
He was granted no reprieve, however, as he made quick work on her legs despite how hard he fought to go slow and he soon found himself back up her body. Healing the back part of her thigh was no better than the front, the position of the wound put his face in close proximity to her mouthwatering scent and he found himself spending a lot of time there almost mirroring his treatment of the front side of her thigh. Forcing himself away from the area before he got too carried away, he lifted his head up to inspect that the injury was completely healed. A low constant growl escaped him, though as his eyes glanced up to see the scrapes on the cheeks of her ass. Her white flimsy material covering little.
Kagome had lost herself as InuYasha’s treatment on her thigh was very different from the rest of her. She would have sworn he was purposely making the process a sinful act. A hint of nervousness had started to build as she felt his mouth travel higher, heading for more forbidden territory. Yet it disappeared to be replaced with surprise and confusion as she suddenly found herself on her stomach.
She was still trying to wrap her head around what had just happened when she felt his tongue at the back of her legs. For a brief moment Kagome considered maybe she was reading too much into his actions. Maybe he wasn’t purposely being sensual with his touch. Perhaps he was just simply healing her. And it was her inexperienced body behaving badly at being touched in such a way.
His treatment of the back of her thigh immediately followed by his tongue softly gliding over her ass cheek broke that line of thinking. As she felt him give the same type of attention to the back of her thigh as he did the front, she bit her lip to keep quiet. But when he began lavishing each butt cheek, she couldn’t stop the long moan his menstruations pulled from her.
Having tried so hard to contain herself and not let such noises out, she found she couldn’t stop herself now that the lid had been smashed open. As the long hot swipes of his talented tongue started traveling up her back, Kagome was surprised and slightly ashamed at how wanton she sounded.
Who would have thought ones’ back could be such a place of pleasure?
She lost her ability to care as she felt his lips dragging across her hyper sensitive skin; his healing licks seeming to turn into passionate kisses on her body. The heat of his bare chest reached her as his attentions now fell to her shoulder blades and the flesh of her back tingled each time his movements caused his chest to come into contact with her. Overwhelmed, Kagome’s fist clenched the fabric of his kosode that she laid on.
She vaguely realized he was purring again, remembering the deep soothing sound from earlier in the night as it echoed in the cave. Fleetingly, she wondered how long he had been doing so and how she hadn’t noticed before now. However, as she felt the sharp sensation of his teeth as he nipped the area where her neck and shoulder met she lost all rational thought.
InuYasha was fueled by the noises he was able to pull from his wench. As he traveled up her back he noticed that it seemed to be the only place that somehow didn’t receive any injuries. The licks he placed on her flesh as he crept further up her body were purely for pleasure now. Brazenly, he purposely let his lips drag across her skin and started placing hot kisses to her back as well.
The sounds and smell of her had truly taken over him, allowing his demon to come to the fore front. His fangs elongated as he placed a loving nip on the spot he chose to mark. The act caused his demon energy to rise even more, and as he felt the change in himself he didn’t fight it.
He didn’t give a damn as his clawed hands found her hips. Jerking her up so that her ass was presented to him, InuYasha groaned deeply as his hardened throbbing member was pressed into her luscious backside. He flexed his claws, prepared to remove the obstacle of her white under garments.
Her startled cry and spark of fear that entered her scent stilled him. His eyes sought out her face only to find her own were squeezed shut. With her face buried in the material of his kosode he realized that somewhere along the way her excitement had changed.
The succulent scent of her arousal was still heavy in the air, though, making it difficult for him to halt his demonic train of thought. The wench wanted him, her body practically screamed at him to take her. His demon roared at him to finish what he had started. Yet a gentler part of him, the more human part, knew her body and mind could want different things. She was only human after all; she knew nothing of a demon’s nature. How they claimed their mates.
An inu bitch would have relished in the control he had over her body and given in freely to her body’s desires. Yet she would also have the ability to fight back against the claim. His wench was human. She didn’t have talons or fangs to ward him off with, she had nothing to defend herself against his superior strength. Which put her completely at his mercy.
Mercy wasn’t exactly something youkai gave, it was rare and usually seen as weakness. It was something he struggled with throughout his life, the conflicting feelings his demon and human halves both brought forth on the subject. He had eventually come to realize that though his blood was that of a youkai, a very powerful one that caused his demon side to be hard to control at times; he still had a human heart. His mother’s heart. So, he understood that while her body may have begged him to continue, that it would hurt her if he allowed himself to do so. He knew he could very well break her in the state of mind she was in currently.
InuYasha was physically shaking with the effort it took to push himself away from her body. Landing on his ass, his eyes wouldn’t leave the sight of her own plump round ass as it slowly dropped back down to the ground; no longer being held up by his demanding hands.
Sensing her confusion and smelling as her fear ebbed away, his stare was unintentionally hard as she lifted her head and turned slightly just enough to look back at him. The vision of her before him sent lustful shock waves through his body. Fearing he would lose control completely and angry with how little self-control he had, InuYasha knew he needed to put distance between himself and her. If he was going to keep her trust and his promise he needed to leave. Now.
With a harsh growl leaving his lips, his entire body tensed as his muscles sprang into action. He never would have thought he could retreat so swiftly…
Kagome had been lost, thoroughly enjoying InuYasha’s treatment of her body. She had been both nervous and thrilled as he brought out new feelings in her. However, as his actions became more demanding she came crashing back down to reality. A small wave of fear hit her as he jerked her hips up, her ass colliding with a very hard intimate part of him. And while she didn’t fear InuYasha himself, the seriousness of the situation and what he was now preparing to take from her she did.
After a small sudden cry escaped her lips, she abruptly found herself unable to speak. His growling purr working its strange magic in keeping her entire body lax. Yet her mind was racing in panic.
Her anxiety eased as she felt the heat of him leave her completely. Noticing as his purr ceased its rolling rumble, Kagome was left confused. Feeling his gaze still heavy on her body, she slowly raised her head to look back at him. The angry disgusted look in his eyes she saw staring back at her froze her in her spot. She was just noticing that the jagged purple markings on his cheeks had become more apparent when he let out a hard growl. Then suddenly he was gone.
Blinking slowly, she hesitantly turned her head as she looked around the now dimly lit cave. The fire had burned low, but the small illumination was coming from the mouth of the cave. It was the early dawn’s light making its way in.
Suddenly feeling exposed, Kagome reached for InuYasha’s discarded suikan. Sitting up and putting her arms through the slits at the top she paused before tying the sleeves around her. Looking down her body her eyes stared at the spot where her skin had once been tainted at her side. She should have felt over joyed to see the flesh smooth and blemish free. Yet she felt nothing as her heart thudded in her chest.
Forgetting about tying the sleeves, her mind began to race. What had she done to make InuYasha so angry? Why did he disappear like that? He had looked so disgusted.
A dirty ashamed feeling consumed her as she thought back to how wanton she had been. Had she disgusted him? Had his intent all along been to heal her and her imagination had just run wild?
As the silence of the cave clogged her ears, Kagome felt so small and alone. She found herself wishing for her mother’s comforting embrace and wise words. And as soon as that thought found her, she crumbled to ground as realization struck. She had lost her family. Her mom, her brother, her grandpa; all taken from her in a blink of an eye. She was left stranded in a world she knew nothing about, full of monsters and savage people.
And she just angered the only soul who was kind to her and who she felt she could trust.
Sobs racked her small frame as she cried into the kosode InuYasha had laid her on. She cried until her eyes hurt and grew heavy, exhaustion finally creeping up on her. And as sleep dragged her mind down into its beautiful blankness, Kagome thought she heard a roar in the distance. Yet her body never flinched. Her trust in her protector so strong even her unconscious mind believed he would allow no harm to come to her.

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InuYasha raced through the morning light to put more distance between him and the wench; his feet lightning fast as he leaped from tree to tree. His demon was livid and fully in control as he now had so much space separating him from the spiritual woman. Anger built inside of him, causing a growl to escape him and fill the air. He had almost broken his promise. If it hadn’t been for his human heart stepping in, he would have. Now he was left furious at himself and unsatisfied. And he was still having to fight himself to keep from going back to the female.
He found himself once again wondering just how long he was enchanted to that fucking tree. Surely the desire to mate and mark that woman wasn’t strictly caused by her?
It had to be coupled with years without sexual release. Had to. Otherwise that meant the wench truly had that strong of a hold over him already. And that thought both thrilled and scared him somehow.
Catching the scent of snake youkai, he smiled darkly. Finally, something to take his frustrations out on. The youkai was too close to his reclaimed territory anyway…
InuYasha was upon the large slimy serpent in no time. He didn’t even bother taunting it, as his claws immediately ripped its massive body to shreds. Staring down at his blood-soaked claws, he felt no better. His demon energy still coursed through his veins needing more before it would be content.
The distant sound of broken feminine cries entered his ears, and he instantly recognized them to be his wench’s. His demon grew even more livid. Letting out a deafening roar from the pent-up frustrations he held, InuYasha took off once more in search of something to sink his claws in to…

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Kaede listened tiredly as the village men all tried to frantically speak at once. She had spent the better part of the night aiding a young lady as she gave birth to her first born. So as soon as her tired bones entered her hut she was bombarded with terror filled voices.
She had heard earlier in the night as Jun’s voice filled the air after running into the village yelling for help. He screamed about a dark miko and a centipede monster and how Katashi needed more men.
Unable to leave the side of the young lass she tended, all she could do was hope that the village men would be able to take care of the threat. Hours had passed and soon all her focus was on delivering the babe safely.
Sighing as the men shouted over one another, Kaede calmly told them to settle down. As she started tending to the injuries of the wounded, dread started to fill her as one by one the men pieced together the nights’ events to her.
They all spoke of a strangely dressed girl. All believing her to be a dark priestess and blaming her for summoning the centipede monster. Yet that is not what worried Kaede. For as soon as the men told her that the dark miko resembled her deceased elder sister Kikyo, they had her full attention. When they recounted how the strange girl had awoken the demon InuYasha, dread had filled her completely.
And when the men revealed to her that the woman had processed the Sacred Jewel, fear consumed Kaede.
Each man continued on, yelling about how they had begged the woman not to release the beast InuYasha. Yet she had unleashed him on them anyway. That was when Jun’s hate filled voice rang out above everyone else’s.
“He slaughtered Katashi! That dark miko had that filthy monster kill him!”
Kaede could see the grief in Jun’s hard eyes and felt a small pang of pity for him. Jun had followed Katashi around since he was small, looking up to the older boy. As men, Jun had still thought highly of Katashi and never questioned him. He was truly obedient to him.
Having tended to all the men who needed her assistance, Kaede assured them she would get to the bottom of this. As she urged them out of her hut and to go into their own homes, her eyes landed on Hiroshi.
Hiroshi was the third man that had been out scouting today. He obviously had been there at the start of all the madness, yet he had said nothing this entire time.
As the last man left her hut except for him, Kaede looked at Hiroshi curiously. He had a far-off look to his eyes as he stared down at the ground. Obviously, something was troubling the man.
“Is there something ye wish to tell me Hiroshi?”
As Kaede’s soft old voice broke the silence that had fallen over them, Hiroshi furrowed his brow in concentration. Finally finding the nerve to speak, he sounded unsure of himself.
“Lady Kaede, while it is true that the young lass was dressed strangely… and she did indeed release the demon InuYasha… my lady… I cannot find it in myself to say she was evil.”
Intrigued, Kaede listened intently as Hiroshi spoke. He was always such a kind and true man and she knew whatever Hiroshi told her would be as accurate as he could remember.
“The lass reminded me of my own daughter at seeing demons the first time, Lady Kaede. She was young and terrified. Me thinks… she released the demon InuYasha out of desperation. He told her she would die otherwise.”
As Hiroshi paused, Kaede waited patiently for him to continue. She sensed he was about to tell her something he felt ashamed for and knew others would not agree with his line of thinking.
“My lady… I do not believe the young girl was a dark miko, although she did demonstrate the powers of a priestess… I believe she was lost and frightened and held no power over either the centipede monster or the demon InuYasha… and… InuYasha did not attack us outright as the others allude to. I believe he slaughtered Katashi the way that he did because… Katashi struck her with an arrow.”
Instantly Kaede’s old face hardened and her words were rougher than she meant for them to be.
“Did anyone not try to stop him?”
Hiroshi rushed on to explain what had happened, fumbling over his words even more.
“Ay… Aye my lady! I fought with him over his bow… but that was not the only time Katashi harmed her… He struck her face with the back of his hand earlier in the late evening and dragged her through the forest. He was insistent that she was a dark miko… I am truly sorry Lady Kaede that I did nothing to stop him…”
Kaede nodded, not surprised that Katashi had treated the girl in such a way. He had always been a firm man.   Truly worried for both her village and the girl now from Hiroshi’s tale, Kaede’s mind turned over what to do.
“Ye said the young lass disappeared into the Forest of InuYasha? And that he possessed the Sacred Jewel when you last saw him correct?”
At Hiroshi’s nod of confirmation, Kaede knew what she must do. Retrieving a piece of paper, a brush and ink, she hurriedly wrote down a message. She turned to Hiroshi and spoke as she allowed the ink time to dry.
“Hiroshi if ye are truly mournful in not doing more to aid that child then I am greatly in need of your assistance.”
Without hesitation, Hiroshi agreed to do whatever it was Kaede needed of him.
“I need ye to deliver a message and do so with haste. If ye leave now you should arrive to your destination in a fortnight, possibly half that if you are swift in your journey and don’t run into any delays…”
As she folded and handed the written message to him, Kaede watched as determination took over his features. He bowed low to her and ran out into the rising morning light; gripping the letter tightly.
Watching from her door as Hiroshi made quick goodbyes to his wife and daughter and gathered needed supplies, Kaede couldn’t shake the dread she felt burning inside of her. As Hiroshi rode out of the stables on horseback and took off, she prayed he made the journey safely and timely.
A fierce demonic roar echoed into the village from the surrounding forest, causing a shiver of fear to course through her old bones. She prayed it wasn’t too late by the time her message reached its destination…
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