A hard hand connected with her face before she even had the time to blink. Her head whipped back and all she could do was stare in shock, the only coherent thought in her mind was 'He...slapped...me...'. She let the bangs fall down to cover her eyes and she became aware of an almost unbearable sting across her cheek, warmth seeped from the spot and the only reason that she could think behind it was that she was bleeding.

Yogashu stared down at his hand, mortified. He couldn't belive what he had just done and his mind tried to reason the situtauon telling him that it didn't happen and yet he was staring at the same hand that had just hit the face of the girl he had come to care about. Instant regret and fear gripped his heart, piercing it sending chills along the length of his body. His mind was frantically searching but for what? Yogashu hoped beyond hope that this was some sick twisted dream, but the pain in his chest told him otherwidse.With terrified eyes he hesitantly looked up at the girl and without his permission the defiled hand started to shake violently. Katt's head was twisted away from him and her hair hung loosley down to hide her face from the man who had struck her. Another shot of pain jolted through his heart and his ears flattened back tight against his head. The wind picked up tugging at the girls hair so her face was completley gone from his view. As mere seconds dragged on he began to panic. Why wasn't she doing anything?The overwhelming desire to have her in his arms and have her forgive him for his cruel and wretched actions made his chest ache.

"K-Katt I'm so sorry please--" but he barley stuttered his words out as her face whipped around so fast he could hear the air swish through her hair as it lashed to the side.

Her eyes burned with such intensity and her teeth were clacked together in a tight snarl. The ususally livley and happy brown of her eyes were twisting and smoldering in rage. Her soft brown hair glided away from her face and thats when he saw it... saw the four long gouges the lay along her cheek. They dripped her blood and his body went ridgid at the scent . He quickly glanced at his claws and was horridied when he saw the blood twisted around them. 'I...made her..bleed' was his last thought before a hard fist connected with his gut.

Though he was part Moujuu the intesity of her punch pained both his stomache and his heart, he almost missed the sound of her knuckle cracking at the impact. He hunched forward and grunted in pain but he didn't have time to decipher the hurt when a well aimed kick smashed into the side of his face. His hand instinctivley went up to cup his stinging cheek and he stared in horror at th enraged girl standing infront of him. Yogashu's moth gaped open so he could speek but no words came out.

"I HATE you!!!" she screeched with as much venom as she could put into her dominant voice. The moujuu could have sworn that his heart stopped at the words as his mind tried to process what she was saying.

"Go On become a jigoku-moujuu see if I FUCKING care!!!! I don't give a shit what you do anymore you can just leave I don't need you anymore!!" and with those final words she ran in that unatural speed only a human like her could posses.

She was gone, only a small trail of swirling wind left in her place. His mind couldn't even think nothing that happened in the past few seconds made sense to him. Yogasha fell heavily to his knees, his blue eyes were blank and full of hurt. His clawed hand that had struck and slashed the girl he cared for still cupped his stinging cheek. But the pain in his heart was worse.

"She...She hates me...?" he mumbled in a voice filled with pained questions.

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