Chapter 5 - Chapter Five

Gomen Nasai Minna!(sorry everyone!) I hope that this update is a bit quicker
then my last one, I just lost inspiration for awhile there, and now schools only
two weeks away...eep! So I'll try to get at least one other chapter besides this
one out before my school begins! I have the full outline written, so hopefully it
won't be too difficult. There will be a total of 15 chapters to this story, so 10 more
after this one, I hope you people are willing to read that much.

Disclaimer: I own none of the original spirited away characters or settings, but I
do own Larena, Kohaku(boy),Sen(girl) and any other characters I insert into this.

Chapter Five


"GIVE ME THE GIRL!" the demon roared again, swinging the tree it held in its
grotesque claws around wildly, swatting a few of the armed guards out of the way.
Larena stared at the demon. Why on earth would he want HER?! What was so
special about her?! Sure she was a kitsune Lords daughter, but what use would
she be to a demon spirit? "Forget it!" Larena gasped, her head whipping in the
direction of the voice. Kohaku stood slightly to her right, glaring up at the spirit
demon. "You can't have her!"

Larena's cheeks flushed bright red, smiling despite the bad situation at hand.
'He cares....he really cares enough about me to stick up for me to some demon!'
she thought, slightly elated. So caught up in her thoughts, Larena didn't notice the
demon spirits arm swinging around at her and it's long talons reaching for her. "Look
out!" Larena yelped when she was tackled away from the demon spirits claws by
Kohaku, the two landing a bit away.

He glanced down at the wide-eye'd fox girl in his grip, attempting a smile. "Are you
ok Lar.....GAH!" Kohaku hissed in pain, moving off of her. "Kohaku? What's wrong?!"
she asked, scrambling to her knees and searching him for wounds. Seeing none, she
looked at his back and gasped. Two long scratches ran the length of his back, his
shirt completely ruined and the wounds still seeping blood. Her eye's locked onto the
wounds, following a drop of it as it ran down his back and dropped off into the small
puddle that was forming, making a small splash. The sound rang in her ears, echoing
over and over again.

He hurt him.

He hurt Kohaku.

The demon hurt Kohaku.

The demon hurt Kohaku!

"You hurt him!" she screamed, getting up and facing the demon. Her eye's bled red,
her claws growing slightly in length. "You bastard! You'll pay for hurting my friend!" she
jumped, avoiding the monsters claws and landing on his back, slashing open the unprotected
flesh before jumping away. The demon spirit howled in rage, attempting to attack her again.
She was too quick, her anger fueling her adrenaline. She slashed again and again, opening
various wounds on it's body before landing a bit in front of it. She raised her hands up above
her head, her palms facing the sky. Fire energy swirled around them, growing a darker red
by the second.

She glared at the demon, her crimson eyes piercing straight threw it. "FIRE TORNADO!"she
cried, spinning and throwing the energy, which became a massive tornado, straight at the
demon. The crimson beast howled in pain, trying to fight off the attack and instead being
cut straight in half by the fast moving fire energy. The demon gurgled for a second, sounding
as though it was trying to say something, before it disintegrated, turning into dust which blew
away in the wind. Larena dropped to her knees, panting hard, her bangs covering her eyes.
After a few moments of silent, she looked up, her eye's amber again. "Did...did I kill it?" she
asked wide eyed, looking at Chihiro. The older woman, who had moved to stand behind her,
nodded, smiling slightly. She put her hand on the girls shoulder and nodded her head behind
them.

Larena looked over and gasped, scrambling to get up. "Kohaku!" she called, running over and
falling to her knees beside him, her hand moving his bangs from his eyes. His hand came up
to grasp hers, and his eye's slid open, his lips managing a weak smile. "You did...well..Larena.
I'm...glad your ok." he said, wincing slightly in pain before passing out. "Come Larena, he'll
be fine as long as we clean him up." Chihiro spoke softly, Larena nodding her head in reply.

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Larena sat beside Kohaku's sleeping form, her hand still clasped in his. They were in what she
guessed was his bedroom, the walls and bed covers matching both his outfit and hers. She had
noticed the similarity in color after having bandaged Kohaku(blushing madly at the whole time)
and putting him in bed with the help of his father. 'I'll have to ask him about that later.' she thought,
breaking from her thoughts when she heard a groan beside her. Looking over, she blushed, seeing
Kohaku was awake and gazing at her. "How are you feeling?" she asked, smiling a bit.

"I'm alright...my backs a bit sore, but I'll be fine." he said, sitting up slowly, his hand never letting
go of hers. "Kohaku...thankyou...for saving me." she mumbled quietly, looking down. His hand
on her chin made her look up again, and he smiled at her gently. "Hey, I have you to thank as
well, if you hadnt've finished off the demon, none of us would be alive." he said, his head unconsciously
moving a bit closer to hers. Larena was doing the same, their faces inching closer and closer..

"Ah! So your awake! Good!" the two teens jumped apart, blushing like mad. Larena's grandfather
stood in the doorway, grinning like a fool with a secret. "Um..hi..Grandpa." Larena stuttered,
trying to ignore the rapid beating of her heart. "Hello Kitsune-sama." Kohaku was no better,
glancing at the fox-girl from the corner of his eye. "Hullo Larena, hello Kohaku. I'm afraid Chihiro,
Haku and I have something serious to discuss with you two." he said, moving into the room and
taking a seat on the stool in the corner of the room. Chihiro and Haku moved in after him, closing
the door.

The teens glances at each other before looking back at the adults. "What is it? they asked in
sync, glancing at each other again. "We have determined that it is to dangerous for you two and
Sen here, with the recent appearances of the Spirit Demon and whatnot." Larena's Grandfather
started, looking at the two from his place on the stool. "There may be more on the way, and
we think that they might be somehow connected with the man who tried to take over the spirit
world before Kohaku and Sen were born." Chihiro explained. The teens nodded. "Alright, but
what does it have to do with me?" Larena asked. Chihiro and Haku looked at each other before
glancing at Larena's grandfather, who looked at the girl.

"We want you to go back to the human world, and to bring Kohaku and Sen with you."

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THERE! I updated again! and it didn't take me like, 5 months to do it this time!.....I don' think..
anyways....I hope you people like this chapter!

imisseduhaku:I'm glad you like my story and I hope you enjoyed this chapter! thanks for reviewing!

leeners:I'm very happy that you love my story! and I updated when I could, lol

Itasuko-chan:I'm glad you like it! :)

Sarah:yes I know I took long enough to get some action in here, lol. Glad you like it!

Victoria: o.o...eep, didn't know she was looking forward to updates so much. I'm glad you liked it and I hope I updated quickly enough! and here :hands you and your sister cookies: in apology for taking so long before!

angel61991:yes, I know, stupid me taking so long to update, I should update quicker..I shall try from now
on!(can't promise extremely quick updates, but I promise this story will be finished!)

anyways, hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Ja ne

Amaria

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