When 2 hours had passed since we returned to the construction, I wondered if they were still coming. I really wanted to know more about this Narake. As soon as I even thought of him, a wave of unimaginable anger crashed over me. He had killed a pack member who was very loyal and also had a family. I looked up and saw the she-wolf lying down by the river. She asked me to take care of her 3 boys.
The little ones just 2 months old and already without a father. The grief over this severe blow threatened to overwhelm me. I got up abruptly and asked Luna if she could look after the boys for a moment. And already I hurried off towards the forest. As always, a small group accompanied me. Lucie, Rico and Koya. But I hardly paid any attention to her. After a while the grief gave way to anger. I hated that demon. Suddenly a noise tore me from my thoughts.
I stopped and looked through the trees. There was a figure there. As soon as I saw her she was gone again. Spurred on by the anger, I followed her across the border. She stopped in a meadow. It was a boy, not older than 15, he wore armor like the woman on the demon cat. I was confused. Was he one of Inuyasha's traveling companions?
But when he raised his gun, the answer was clear. I picked up the sickle that raced towards me and launched a counterattack. I hit him hard on the shoulder and catapulted him into the grass. I looked down at him, what was this boy thinking? He wasn't an opponent for me, I could easily defeat him. But I had underestimated him because before I knew it he had thrown the sickle at me. I reacted a little too slowly and got a cut on my arm. The injury wasn't bad, but my pride was badly scratched. Outwitted by a teenage boy. I had enough, I dodged his attack again and pounced on him.
This time I hit him in the stomach and catapulted him back to the ground. My arm hurt, but I ignored it and kicked the sickle away. Anger came up in me, I was really so discredited that I could easily be defeated. Nobody took the pack of mountain wolves seriously anymore.
The boy was breathing hard, but was already getting to his feet again. But he never gives up.
But I still got support from Rico, Lucie and Koya came into the clearing and built themselves up behind me. "It's okay, I'll take care of it." I reassured the three of them. I stepped up to the boy, who in the meantime had picked himself up again and grabbed the sickle. I let him, I was the winner with or without a weapon. When the boy tried to attack me again, something happened that I hadn't expected. First there was a very strong wind, then a large feather flew down. A woman was sitting on it. It floated about two meters above the ground."Kohaku" she called. “Get out of here.” The boy looked in her direction and turned his gaze back to me. What I saw now wasn't a boy who kills senselessly. But one who was infinitely sad. Then he ran up to the woman and jumped up. Before I could even react, they both flew away.
I was just speechless. After a while, Lucie nudged me. I looked at her and had to grin.
"I think I just made the acquaintance of Narake's people," I told her absently. This woman smelled very strongly of him. And this boy, Kohaku, seems to belong to him too. But those eyes so deep and sad, I couldn't get them out of my head as we made our way home again. But when we were near our building I was distracted. So that Luna came to meet me and brought me the message that visitors were there for me.