Chapter 05: Wolf Demon
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Northern Lands
287 years ago
Young Lyra ran around the huge garden area between the Mage tower and the northern castle. She ran around, playing with butterflies that happened to fly around the young princess. Her long brown hair moved behind her as she ran around.
Sitting near by, watching the young princess play, was Lira, her aunt. Lira slipped on some rose tea as she watched the young girl play. A smile would cross her light rose colored lips as she remembered the past.
Sitting with Lira, was Rain, the northern mage. She too was slipping on tea and watching the princess play. Sadly, the mage had other things on her mind as she wandered about the future.
Near the group yet under a tree, sat Kai who happened to be the northern land's healer and the first one claimed by the princess. He sat under the tree benches, reading a spell book. He kept looking up once in a while to check on the princess but he kept going back to his book.
Ryan, Rain's son, walked out of the castle and over to her mother and Lady Lyra. “Why isn't the princess taking her classes today?” He asked, as he looked over at the princess.
“Because she needed a break. Even Kai said it would be good for her.” Rain said before Lira could open her mouth.
He sighed lightly. “I see. So she gets to play as I'm stuck training. So unfair..”
Lira giggled. “Ryan, dear, you will be her guard one day. So you need to train to protect her.”
He shook his head. “Don't even I get a say in it.” He eyed his mother for a bit, seeing her glaring lightly. “Never mind… I'll go back inside to train.” He said with a sigh as he turned and when back into the castle. Before he went back inside, he stopped and looked over at the giggling girl. He didn't understand why he even wanted to protect the one princess who hated him yet he never questioned it.
Out of blue, the princess stopped and looked forward to the forest that was linked to the demon realm. She knew it was a bad place to go, yet she felt something odd. So she walked away from the group to were she was getting the odd feeling from. Sadly, the others didn't notice their princess had wandered off.
Lyra walked a good part away from the garden before she saw two hurt animals laying just outside of the bad forest. She walked up to them and blinked, seeing a wolf and dog. A pure white wolf with big bloody areas in the far and a pure black dog with even bigger bloody areas. She knelt down as she reached out to touch the wolf's head, only for it's ears to finch. “Wolfie… you okay?” She asked softly.
The white wolf opened his golden eyes and slowly looked up at her. “I'm…. fine… But Sirius….”
She blinked a bit as she looked over at the dog. “Sirius… the dog demon from the west?” She asked as she slipped down to the grass.
The wolf blinked lightly then nodded. “Yes…”
She shook her head before muttered something.
Within two minutes, Kai showed up, sighing. “What is it, Princess?” Before she could answer, he noticed the two hurt animals and blinked. “What happened?”
The wolf slowly sat up, showing that his stomach had a deep cut. “There was… a battle between clans… I just happened to sided with… the dogs...”
Kai sighed as he knew of the problems that the Cat clan and Dog clan had in the demon realm. He knelt down by the wolf and became healing him. “Why did you even join that battle?”
The wolf flinched under his touch then sighed. “Sirius here, needed help. So I helped.”
The healer shook his head and sighed.
Sadly Lyra remain silent as she stared at the dog demon. She can't understand how her old friend would get so hurt from a battle. She was so deep in her mind that she didn't noticed that Kai had moved closed to her to start healing the dog.
Kai looked over at her and blinked as he saw how worried she looked. He reached over and gently pulled her into his chest with a gentle hug as his other hand kept the healing spell going. “Lyra, Don't worry. I'll have him healed up.”
She blinked a bit then looked up at him. She then smiled softly. “I'm sorry. Seeing a friend this hurt isn't something I like...”
The wolf moved close to her and licked her cheek once he was able to. “So you're the princess he would mutter about.”
She eyed the wolf then blinked. “Doggie muttered about me?”
He nodded. “Always. He never thought I would listen in but he would always mutter small things about you.”
She blushed and smiled softly. “I see. So wolfie, who are you?”
“I'm Kaorun. Last member of the southern wolf clan.”
She blinked. “And friends with Sirius?”
He nodded.
She thought a bit then grinned. “I wanna have a wolfie.”
Kai sighed as Kaorun blinked.
“You're going to claim the wolf you just met, ain't you?” Kai asked as he looked down at her.
She nodded as she grinned up at him. “Sis claimed a dragon, so why can't I have a wolf?”
“Soren is a half breed and she didn't claim him...”
“Yet.”
He sighed as he shook his head. “Do as you wish.”
“Yay.” She giggled lightly then looked over at Kaorun. “Would you like to protect me?”
“In other words, she's asking if she could claim you or not?”
Kaorun thought a bit then wagged his tail. “Sure, I don't mind being claimed by a cute princess.”
Lyra giggled lightly again. “Yay I got two.”
Kai sighed as Sirius sat up slowly.
The pure black dog looked around then sent a glare over at Kaorun who was licking Lyra's cheek softly. “Kau, what are you doing?” He asked with a low growl.
Kaorun looked over at Sirius and smirked. “Licking the princess who claimed me. It's not like I'm hurting her.”
Sirius opened his mouth then closed it as he stood up and walked away.
Lyra pouted softly. “Doggy is hurt now...”
“Seems like it and I can't heal that type of pain.” Kai said as he stood up and went back to the garden, leaving the wolf to deal with the poutly princess.
100 years in the past.
Lyra pouted around the castle, turning out her paladins. Even though a few tried to talk to her, she just wouldn't tell them what was wrong. Oddly, she didn't even know what she felt so poutly. To add to her problems, her wolfie was out on his run around the northern lands and he wouldn't be back for days to weeks.
Sadly Kaorun had returned an hour before but hadn't went to let her know. He was up in Kai's room, with a hurt dog. “Kai, do you think the cats did this?”
Kai looked over the passed out cold dog demon as he looked at all of the cuts. “It looks like it. But the question is, why would Sirius get into a fight with them after all of these years?”
“Not sure… I heard that some members of the clan still hate the dogs yet the elders of both clans had stopped the fighting after Lord Sesshoumaru entered the battle… 50 or so years ago.”
“Should we get our princess?”
The wolf sent the healer a glare. “Are you crazy? You know best just who much she wants her dog to be safe.”
Kai sighed. “I know… but she has been poutly all day and no one can get her out of it...”
Kaorun ran his hand through his red hair. “I guess I'll go do it.. as you start your magic.”
The healer nodded as the wolf left. He reached down and muttered softly the words to the strongest healing spell he knew. Sadly, the spell was only healing the deep cuts slowly and he knew that he can't make it go faster.
Once Kaorun found the princess, he pulled her into a gentle hug before she could do nor say anything. His white wolf ears lowed as he thought of how to say it.
Lyra looked up and blinked. “Wolfie, what's wrong? Did you lose to Sin-chan again?”
The wolf flinched lightly under that name. “Princess, I don't train with that witch anyway.”
“Then what's wrong?” She asked as she reached up and touched his soft red hair.
He sighed lightly. “I…. found Sirius and …. well… He's up in Kai's room...” He said.
She blinked lightly. “Sirius… is hurt again?”
He nodded.
Lyra pushed out of his arms and ran up to Kai's room. She didn't knock or anything before she went into the healer's room with small tears in her eyes. She went over to Kai and blinked, seeing her dog laying on Kai's bed.
Kai looked down at her and sighed. “Like I said last time, don't worry. I'll heal him until he's all good.” He said softly.
She looked up at him. “Kai… can I just watch you this time?” She asked quietly.
“Sure...” He couldn't say no, not when she still had small tears in her eyes. Yet he felt sorry for Ryan if he knew of this.
It took a few days to pass before the cuts finally healed up fully. Yet even more days passed before the dog woke up and Kai could have his room back. Sadly after Sirius woke up fully, Lyra claimed him without letting him get a word in. Making Sirius her 8th Paladin, not that the dog really minded. He didn't fight her since he secretly wanted to be by her side anyways.