Freedom’s Cry

Disclaimer- Belongs to Joss, just borrowing them for entertainment purposes. Rae, Beth, etc belong to us.

Note- The wait was completely my fault, I started a new degree at a new university and I’ve kind of been distracted. Be nice to your teachers, people! They work way too hard!

Translations:

yu ben de- stupid

Hwoon dahn!- Son of a bitch!

Swai- handsome

xxx

Chapter 4

Inara peered into the shadowed interior of the huge barn that dominated the yard. “Mal?”

Kaylee leaned around Inara, poking her head over Inara’s shoulder. “Cap’n? Are ya here?” Kaylee turned to her friend. “Didn’t his step-pa say he’d be in here?”

Inara gracefully lifted a shoulder. “He said that he saw Mal come in here a short while ago. How did he move so fast? And he called me fast like a freak.”

Kaylee shrugged. “Guess he just has a habit of gettin’ lost. Or losin’ people… Oh I didn’t mean-“ Kaylee blushed furiously.

Inara smiled gently. “I know what you mean, Kaylee. And I’m guessing that he’s trying to worm out of his promise to show us around his home.”

“Don’t seem real comfortable, does he?” Without waiting for an answer, Kaylee looked around the spacious barn, her eyes lighting up. She stepped away from Inara and moved cautiously into the barn. “Look at the kitties!”

Several tiny kittens, so small that one could have nestled comfortably in the palm of Kaylee’s hand, meowed at the sounds of humans. Big black eyes were blinked lazily.

Carefully, Kaylee scooped up a ginger striped kitten with white feet. “It looks like he’s wearing little socks,” Kaylee cooed.

Inara scratched the kitten’s head with one nail. “He is pretty cute,” she admitted.

“There’s whole heap of them.”

Inara knelt down, her luxurious robes brushing against the hay-strewn ground. One kitten, completely black but for a white spot on it’s nose, walked straight into Inara’s hand. Smiling gently, she picked it up and held it close to her chest. The kitten purred and nuzzled at her fingers.

“Hello, little one.”

“Hey