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Scroll Four (wow, long time, ne?)
Kem conjured a pair of headphones from her bag and clipped them onto her black doggy ears, and zoned out. "I have this irrepressible urge to karaoke in German." "That was random." "That it was." Hyrin suddenly grinned fangly and grabbed Goku's sleeve, tugging on it, her eyes sparkling the way they only to when...
"I'm hungry! Harrahetta!" The little wolf demon cried. "Let's go get something to eat!"
"Hai!" Goku agreed, getting the same look. They bounded off before anyone could say anything.
"Hn, bakas, they don’t realize they don’t have any money. Wait-" Sanzo began digging through his baggy sleeves, coming out Golden-Credit-Card-less, eye twitching.
"Heh, Okami's getting better." Goyjo smirked.
"We've taught her well." Shi and Kem clapped their hands twice, then bowed.
"Hey, don't feel bad dude. Happens to the best of us," said Kem, patting Sanzo on the back as she exited the room. Sanzo was confused. Oh so desperately confused. "What he doesn't know is that we taught her that," Shi whispered loudly to Kem, who nodded approvingly.
"YakiSobaaaaaaa!" Hyrin cried loudly, clicking her chopsticks together and the two cyclones some would call kids started devouring the first plate in front of them. They'd ordered almost everything on the menu and the waitresses watched in horrified awe as the demons downed their first plates in less then a second.
"Bet I can finish five meals quicker!" Goku challanged around an eggroll.
"Bring it on, smartass!" Hyrin snorted, swallowing the last of the dumplings.
"Ready...Se-"
"GO!" Hyrin grabbed three plates and piled them all onto another, then began shoveling them with her chopsticks. Goku cried in dismay and they began arguing, not noticing they were being watched by someone in the corner of the store, who was being watched by two other men. One was wearing a red jacket and had blonde spikey hair, while the other was smoking and had black hair and a large cloth covered cross like object next to him. They eyed the stranger who eyed the two kids (which were trying to eat and stuff the other's face in their meals unsuccessfully).
The one in the corner stood up, and pulled a few stray strands of blond hair out of his face. Kem walked over to Goyjo, holding a bottle of rootbeer in her left hand, and bent down and whispered something. He looked to the one in the corner, then back up at Kem.
The half demon passed it on to the other Half breed next to him, who also sent her crimson gaze to the man in the courner, even the two children there had noticed the tension and had slowed down, but not too much. Weather that was out of brilliace (bu not allowing the person to know they saw him) or simply not understanding the situation (mosy probally that), it's heped alot and the elders of the group were able to study the man a little. Ransa and Sanzo looked at one another, then back at the man eyeing Hyrin and Goku, their responcibility.
'I think he's only looking at them cause it's more obvious that they're demons then the others, he's been eyeing Kem alot as well...' Ransa thought to Sanzo, using the connection of the mind all Sanzo Priest and Priestesses had to one another. It was formed the moment they got the chakra on their brow. Kem sighed, and pushed her chair back, stood up and strode over to him as if it were the most natural thing in the world. From everyone else's perspective, all they saw was her talking, and him looking up.
"Oh my god ..." Shi whispered, Hyrin and Goku stopped in a chopstick sword fight and looked up, and even Hakkai seemed worried.
"Would you mind coming up to us and telling us what you're staring at?" Kem asked, right hand twiddling a few strands of black hair around. Hyrin tensed, swallowing a mouthfull of food without chewing in her nervousness.
"Kitsune Bakaaa!" SHe hissed under her breath, then rolled her eyes and stood up, her voice rising. "Maa? Nani!?" (Well? What?!) Kem snapped her hand out to the man's forehead and forced his face up to the light.
"I said what the hell are you staring at?! Answer me, kuso!!" Hyrin could see his face now, vaguely and distantly familiar.
Suddenly, the okami's green-gold eyes widened, and she backed away, almost in fear. Shi and Ransa looked at her with odd expressions on thier faces, as if saying 'What the hell's your problem?' While Saisu looked worried.
"Ahh..." Hyrin looked at the ground her eyes flying over the tiled wood. "I-I gotta run..." She flew out of the room and into the street, bells jingling as she left. Ransa looked up at the man who'd scared her charge, then recagnition spread over her features.
"Well...It's you. I thought you'd died." She snorted casually, but there was disgust in her eyes.
"I did." Kem's dark hand trembled, and she recoiled it as if burned. "Who are you?" she demanded quietly, and his half-lidded eyes rolled lazily up to her. "Depends who's asking."
Hyrin stumbled on her way to the door and, not looking where she was going, ran right into the table with the two men. The wolf girl yelped, leapt away, slipped and fell on her rear right behind Kem and the man, who looked down at her and smirked icily.
"What do you know, you've grown, demon." He hissed, amusement in his eyes. Hyrin stared at him, fear showing in her wide eyes, then they narrowed, and she tried to look brave.
"And you've gotten uglier." Hyrin snorted.
"Don’t try to hide it, I can smell your fear. You remember me, eh?"
Hyrin scowled, almost in shame, and stood, planting her feet. The Sacrificial markings never truly go away, they reappear with the right plant mixture. And the man could remember the child who destroyed his village and her markings well. Two lightning bolt like paintings in red (like in the intro to .hack//sign). Hyrin eyed him with a gaze that gave a new definition to 'If looks could kill.'
Kem put a hand down on Hyrin's head, glaring at the man who'd scared her. He smirked down at Hyrin, and for a moment Kem felt something strange rip through her veins. She snatched the silver gun from the guy at the table's holster thing. The man in the corner smirked at her as if to say "Go on and do it. I know you can't."
Hyrin blinked up at Kem with confusion, stepping away at the appearance of the gun. It was a quite pretty gun, which is an odd way to describe a weapon of destruction used to launch a small projectile to kill someone’s life without using any or no skill at all and putting the hard-trained ninjas and knights and elves into the past and this sentence makes no sense and is too long!
The man who's gun it was looked straight ahead, eyes hidden behind zigzaggy spiffy yellow glasses. Kem looked away from the man in the corner for a moment, eyes quickly flicking over to him. From his profile she could see one sad eye, which easily conveyed the message "Why do they do this. Kill each other." Kem whispered to Hyrin: "Run back to Ransa. I won't kill anyone." She handed the gun back to the dude, then shot a venomous look at the man in the corner.
Hyrin caught the flash out of the corner of her eye, then gasped and realized who he was aiming and and speed forward amazingly fast, like a blur.
"Kem! LOOK OUT!"
*click* *BAMM!*
The two girls fell to the ground, and costumers started screaming and running out of the store.
Kem was shot through the shoulder, Hyrin grazed on her face by the same bullet. They both fell to the ground, and to both of them sound ceased to exist. Hyrin felt the vague sensation of footsteps coming towards her, and saw a blurry Shi standing above her.
For some odd reason, Hyrin couldn't focus on the red haired demon above her, her mind drifted, and a white fog covered her vision. She thought she saw brown hair and a gold diadem before slipping away. Hyrin touched down, a breeze almost seeming to come from the ground gently, giving an underwater like floating feeling. She opened her eyes cooly, and saw a town. It was small, but cheery, and people walked too and fro, chatting and laughing. But Hyrin's gaze was focused immediately on a kind looking old woman, who was holding the hand of a child, a long brown haired, gold-green eyed, gold bracelet diadem little girl. Hyrin watched impassively as the child told the woman something that made her laugh. Then her eye softened and she sat on the hill, allowing the scene so shift in front of her, allowing her to watch her past like a movie.
Back in reality, the restaurant was dead silent as everyone stared in shocked disbelief at the two bodies lying on the ground. The taller one was starting to bleed freely from a shoulder wound, lying face-down, and the other lay with her head to one side, eyes misted over. Hakkai bent down to see Kem's shoulder wound, and then looked up to the corner, but whoever it had been was no longer there.
She watched as the child grew comfortable, ignoring the other kids and adults who threatened her. In fact, the girl smiled at them, almost apologizing. Hyrin flinched as the scene changed and the elder woman was placing over the girls head a pure white dress and a red sash. On her head was placed a crown of roses, and her hair hung loose to the child's waist. The girl chattered excitedly, until they walked to the center of the street. People were lined up, like an isle. The elderly woman led her down the row and set her in a kneeling position on the centerpiece of the village square. A man was there, and he forcefully grabbed the girl's face and painted on two identical markings over her eyes.
"I need something to stem the bleeding ..." Hakkai said quietly, and conviently Sanzo had gauze in his sleeves. [Yes, Sanzo's sleeves are like your every-day StuffMart.] He quietly wrapped it around, flipping Kem up so they all could see her face. Her eyes looked strange, their blue-tinged gold being slowly invaded by a storm of crimson. Shi was looking at Hyrin, but clearly because of her eyes too, her mind wasn't with them. Off somewhere, in memories.
Hyrin ran forward, realizing what he was doing. "No! Don’t! Move kid!" She cried, trying to punch the man, but her hand slipped through. All she could do is watch as, while the priest was speaking, the child was tied to a stake and wood and hay lay around her feet. The girl watched with innocent, almost interested eyes as she watched the man talking to the other villagers. Only when a fiery stick was brought forward, did it suddenly click.
The little girl began screaming and struggling, tears began pouring down her cheeks and she cried for the lady, bu the woman just stared at her icily. That shut the girl up. Her lower lip quivered, but she hook her head in disbelief. But as the flames began to engulf the child, sadness turned to fury, unimaginable furry, and she threw back her head and screamed in rage, and with a soft ping, Saitai Taisen Rya Hyrin opened her eyes for the first time in 500 years. And she was out for vengeance.
She screamed. The sound was enough to freeze the villagers; they just stared, shaking, unable to move. After that ... the fire, and the pain, the death ... Saitai Taisen Rya Hyrin hadn't thought there to be any survivors. There was one who survived.
Hyrin stumbled through the slaughter of the villagers and finally came across the little girl-or STRH as she stood over the armless, dying woman. There was no pity on the child’s eyes, and she was smirking in amusement as the woman uttered a prayer then died. But then, she fell back and fainted, found a good day's later, unconscious by a traveling priestess and her assistant on their way back to the temple.
Ransa's face, Saisu's face, infinite events flashing by silently, all seemed to meld together into the face of Shi as Hyrin awakened. "Baka okami. You really scared me that time," Shi said quietly, attempting a smile.
Hyrin moaned and held her head. "Where?...Kem?" SHE hissed, then realized numbly someone was holding her up against their chest. SHE blushed as she recognized who it was instantly, but was too numb to really do anything about it.
"You're in the restaurant still, and Kem's fine, Hakkai was able to close her wound." Shi nodded.
"Oi, don’t scare us like that, okay Okami?" Goyjo called.
"Yes, Hyrin." Saisu agreed
"Hai, Hy-chan! You scared m-er us!" Came Goku's voice by her ear.
"Guys..." Hyrin hissed painfully. Everyone leaned in a little closer with worry.
"Yes, Hyrin?"
"..."
"I'm Hungry."
Everyone facefell.
“Hey, I'm the one who got shot here," rasped Kem, turning her head to Hyrin slowly and semi-smiling. She looked up at the ceiling, and closed her eyes. The events of the last half hour seemed like a hundred years ago: the stranger, the silver gun, the bullet. That man in the red coat. She sighed and let it all go. Holding it all in her mind was too much effort. "Hey, haven't you guys ever dealt with a bullet victim before? You're supposed to take us to the hospital."
"Well, if you travel with trigger happy monks for a while, you get used to bullet injuries." Goyjo cried.
"*click* I'm going to kill you."
"Besides, Hakkai already closed the wound, th bullet when through you and hit Hyrin slightly."
"Tis but a scratch!"
"Shut up Miss 'Black Okami Knight'"
"Okami tte una!"
"Hey." Hakkai turned around to Kem. "Thanks."
"No problem."
Kem promptly fell asleep, leaving the others to their bickering, worrying, and laughing. She didn't dream of anything, just a black void, and maybe that silver gun.
-later-
Back on the road. Kem sat in the back, next to Hakkai and Shi, Vespa in tow tied to the back. Her right elbow rested on the hot Jeep door, hand holding her head. She zoned out, a strange sadness in her eyes. The wound was already starting to heal, thanks to her youkai blood and Hakkai's help. She just couldn't help thinking about what happened, and especially about what the man in the red coat had said to her. But the noise in the Jeep simply wouldn't allow it.
Hyrin had traded with Hakkai so the man could tend Shi, so she now sat in a car with three other boys. She kept on looking out the window, sensing something approaching. Finally, after three hours, a motorcycle appeared in the distance behind them, catching up to the two jeeps fast.
"Motor on our tails!" Hyrin cried, standing in her seat. Her hair whipped out behind her and she watched wearily as the two riders came into view. The one driving was a man in black, while behind him was...The man in red! those were the guys in the store!
"Oi! Kem! Your boyfriend's come!" Hyrin called over to the other jeep, the one she was in slowing and stopping.
Kem looked over to Hyrin, blushing slightly out of embarrassment and pissed-off-ness, but nevertheless turned around to see the motorcycle pursuing them. Crap, okami, I think he heard that.
Hyrin leapt out of the car as soon as it stopped and ran over to the path of the motorcycle, waving her arms above her head. "HIIIIII!" The little okami called, grinning widely, eyes closed in a smile. The biked turned and stopped next to her, and she grinned at the two men and lifted up a hand.
"Konichiwa! I'm Hyrin! I saw you two at the bar! Kem grabbed your gun!" She pointed at the man in red.
Kem was what you'd call a social person. Extroverted, if you will. But this time she slunk down in the Jeep seat, trying to avoid being seen by him -- them -- and silently cursed Hyrin. She had to be doing this on purpose. From behind her she heard them talking.
"Yeah. I know." He said it quietly, but (thankfully) Kem heard no anger in his voice. Which was good, because someone who carried a gun that heavy was not a good person to have a grudge against you.
OkamiChan630: The man in black smiled down at the girl, laughing at her energy.
"What's your names?" Hyrin smiled fangly, if she was the okami people claimed her to be, her tail would have been wagging and her ears perked.
"Nicolas D. Wolfwood. My associate Vash the Stampede."
"Mr. Nicolas? Mr. Sampede?" Hyrin cocked her head in confusion.
"Actually, you can just call me Vash," he said, smiling. He took off the glasses and looked out to the Jeeps. "Who's your friend? The one who got shot?"
"Her? She's Kem."
"She okay?"
"Yeah."
"Just ... didn't want anyone to die. Who's everyone else?"
In the green Jeep, who's name is Hakyruu, by the way, Is Goku, the other kid, Goyjo, the male half breed, and Sanzo, the priest with a stick permentally shoved up his ass." Hyrin scowled at the said man while the two men on the bike laughed. "In the red Jeep is Kem, duh, Saisu, the white/blondie with pink eyes and glasses. Hakkai, the guy with the monical, and Shi is the female half breed."
Kem opened the Jeep door, and dragged Hakkai out with her, so she wouldn't feel like she was going up to them alone. Saisu followed quietly.
Wolfwood smiled as he got off the bike and couched to be eye to eye with Hyrin, and held out a candy.
"Here you go Hyrin."
"Wai! Arigato Mr.Wolfwood!"
Kem smiled to herself, knowing already that Hyrin would permanently attach herself to this Wolfwood guy. She hid behind Hakkai, poking him and whispering: "Say something!"
Hakkai chuckled, then stepped forward, extending a hand to Wolfwood, then Vash. "Hi there, I'm Cho Hakkai. May I ask whet your journey's business is? Maybe we can travel together?"
(Meanwhile, Kem looked over Hakkai's shoulder.)
"Our journey business ... I guess I'd have to say I don't really know that myself. Spread love and peace to the world, as Vash would say," said Wolfwood, hands in pockets.
Hyrin blinked in confusion, then stuck her tongue out at Goku who tried to steal her candy.
Finally Kem came out from behind Hakkai and said, eyes closed, "Thanks for letting me use your gun ... or not use it, I guess ... a lot of people would have made a big f*** about it, you didn't, so ... thanks."
Vash smiled and his blue eyes sparkled at the Kitsune. "It's alright, it's good to forgive! "Suddenly he leapt up and struck a dramatic pose. "Cause the world is made of love and PEA-AHHHH!" Wolfwood straightened form kicking the bike his companion was standing on.
"What the hell was that for?!" Vash cried, sitting up, with a face full of sand.
"I don’t want you denting my Angelina 3." Wolfwood snorted, closing his eyes to hide his amusement. Then the two began to argue like Goyjo and Goku.
Hyrin got right to the point. "So, you gonna come with us?"
Wolfwood looked at Vash, then back to Hyrin, and with his eyes closed casually said, "Why not."
"If you start singing that song I will kill you," came Sanzo's voice from the Jeep.
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