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She looked into the darkness, feeling a little better now that Irvine was awake. She glanced around and her blue eyes grew very very wide as they saw the cold golden eyes from across the small meadow.

"Impossible. . .it's impossible, I killed him, I killed him!"She was speaking in terrified whispers. "I saw him die!" Her knuckles were turning white at the grip of Irvine's shirt.

She started to shake, but it was no longer in fear, but in rage. I deep growl began in the pit of her stomach, then rose in volume, her wolf side's instincts.

"He's the one, the one that killed Obake." Red started to seep into her gaze, her demon side threatening to take over.

The cold eyes seemed amused at the prospect of a fight, then they centered on Kuro whom had gotten to her feet.

She had grabbed a sheathed sword, the demon was slightly surprized to see the black ribbon still tied to the hilt. The demon was confident that she would not use the sword, at least not so close to this new friend of hers.

"So Kuro. . ."The voice was deep and seductive, but there was an underlying sense of evil, a sick and twisted kind of evil. The cold golden gaze looked her over, she shivered with disgust. "Your looking quite well, but why do you hide from me? Surely you are not so weak that you have to hide behind someone else."

Kuro yanked the sword from the sheath, a soft white glow came from the blade, her fingers clasped over the runes on the hilt tightly. She glared at him, not showing her surprize that he knew her demonless night.

OOC: Thats okay, I went to eat. mmm. . .tacos

The demon emerged from the thickly wooded forest. His hair was long, reaching to his knees, it looked soft to the touch, silver in color. His complexion extremely pale, the dark hakama he wore contrasted sharply. He was a good 6 and half foot tall and at his side was a kataana.

Something was off though. He was there, but wasn't. Kuro could not feel a warm aura from him, his aura was cold with death. Her eyes widened, in realization.

"You shall not interfere, I have come to claim whats mine." With a wave of his hand a powerful gust of wind shot directly towards Irvine. Kuro's eyes narrowed with realization and she moved to shove Irvine out of the way.

The demon snarled angrily, but stood firm. His taunting voice filled the air.

"Kuro have you forgotten my brother so easily? He is gone now, by law that makes you mine." Tears threatened Kuro's eyes but she held her own.

"I am also half-elven and I will never be yours, you filthy muderous. . ." Kuro started to tap into her elven power, her anger grew steadily. "Slayer, you will not touch me with the hands that killed my mate, or have you forgotten?" She growled "Killing kin is the worst offense."

The demon turned to Irvine and smiled eerily.

"It seems that she has chosen death. Know this, I shall return for my brother's wench." Slowly he disappeared, taking the scent of rotting bones with him. Kuro still held her sword, her knuckles white and her breathing heavy.

Kuro seemed to snap out of what ever she was feeling at the time. Shaking, much unlike herself, she placed her sword back in its sheath, kissing the ribbon gently, before setting it down.

She ran a hand through her hair, blinking her eyes furiously.

"He's undead, by the Gods he's undead." She looked at Irvine with a face filled with worry and aprehension. "It is law that when you are mated to one sibling of a family and then that sibling dies, you must go to the next unmated or an older brother of that same family. In my case it's Slayer." She crumpled to the ground on her knees. "He'll never stop." She whispered. "Gods, he'll never stop." She slammed her fist into the dirt. "He killed Obake, then I killed him. . .I don't know how, but he has come back."

"It is not him, I fear." Kuro said quietly. "It's the pain that he will cause, but I will not let him. If it takes my life for him to cease to exist, then so be it."

"I have to do this on my own, Irvine." Kuro whispered softly. "My honor will allow no less."Kuro looked around sadly at the meadow, where she had made her temporary home. "I'll have to move on, maybe Xol has a place for me to stay if I contribute to the fight with Mastema."

She looked up to Irvine and smiled. "I would be happy if you would stay with me."

She took his hand and let him help her up, she then smiled.

"I made my alliance with Xol ages ago, when he was shackling women to his dungeon walls." Kuro laughed lightly. "I promise to let you come to me when your transformation is over." She let go of his hand and started to pack up what little belongings she had.

She quickly finished and turned back to him.

"Well, lead the way."

Crystal made her way into the forest. She wasn't to sure where Focht would be in such a large place. Slowly she tracked him as she looked for his foot steps and and signs of his movenets.