Disclaimer: I do not own any InuYasha characters or stuff like that.
The Unchosen Path
Chapter 1: Paths Collide
WindEmpress: Yea, so it begins; our epic dream that never ends . . .
Firestar: . . .
WindEmpress: Don't you have anything to say?
Firestar: Yea, but every time I say something, I get hit upside the head.
WindEmpress: Do not!
Firestar: Do to!
WindEmpress: . . .
Firestar: . . . . . . Why are we here?
WindEmpress: I don't know! You started it!
Firestar: I did not! You started it!
InuYasha: Would you two quit it and start the story!
Firestar WindEmpress: Where did you come from!
WindEmpress: points at Firestar Quit that!
Firestar: whiney voice what? It's in my nature . . .
InuYasha: Start the story or I'll hack you to pieces!
WindEmpress: What did I do?
Firestar: Okay! We're starting . . .
The story starts with two dark haired girls, both alike in dignity (WindEmpress: Enough with the Shakespeare! Firestar: Okay, okay . . .) alright, more alike in interests and appearance. One was slightly shorter than the other and had crystal blue eyes; this is Alexia. The other was a head taller than Alexia and had hazel eyes; this is Angel.
"How much longer do you think it will take to pack all of this crap?" Angel asked Alexia as she set down a box in the moving truck. Her long dark brown hair was back in a braid, which was rather rare for her, and two strands from her face fell down to her waist.
"Does it look like I would know something like that?" Alexia said with a bit of annoyance. Unlike Angel, Alexia had her dark brown hair tied back in a low pony tail to cool her off in the hot summer weather.
"Geeze, must you be so. . . Irritable?" Angel asked as she wiped sweat from her forehead. "I can't believe this will be the last time I'll see this view. I'm going to miss it." She was staring at the ocean in front of her as the sun set over it.
"It's not like you chose to move."
Angel turned back to Alexia. "Actually, I kind of wanted to move. Sure, I'm going to miss all of my friends, but I won't have to worry about being made fun of for everything."
"Not that lecture again!" Alexia hated it when Angel would talk about how she was made fun of for everything, but she knew Angel was just trying to help her.
"Hey, you two," said a from the ground, "you wanna go to the beach one last time?" It was Alexia's mother, who she mostly took after.
Angel and Alexia looked at each other. "Don't see why not . . ." Angel replied. As she walked towards the back of the truck to put another box down.
"Yea, let's go swimming in the ocean one last time!" Alexia said jumping up and down, causing the truck to bounce on its wheels. "Oops, I shouldn't do that."
"Are you trying to kill me?" Angel said with a bit of humor to her.
"Yea, that's the point!"
They both laughed together. This was one of the reasons they liked to be together so much, though they were cousins, people sometimes mistook them as sisters.
Angel smiled and leaped down to the ground. She waited for Alexia to come down, so very slowly down the ramp, then raced off to the beach with her closest ally at her side. The sky was painted with golds and pinks along the sky; the water was much the same as it reflected the sunset. Angel stripped off her denim capris and her black halter-top until she had her two piece left on. Alexia, on the other hand, just ran straight into the water without taking off her other clothes.
"You idiot!" Angel called. (WindEmpress: Wait, why is InuYasha so eager to hear the story? InuYasha the gang: Just keep going! WindEmpress: Sheesh . . .) She walked into the water; it was unusually warm for August weather. "How could you do that?"
"Easy, just run in without thinking."
"I figured that. . ."
Angel and Alexia swam towards the deep end together.
"Wanna race?" Angel asked.
Alexia knew who would win, "Sure,"
"Ready . . . Go!"
They swam as fast as they could, Angel started to pull ahead, leaving Alexia in the . . . Waves. Out of nowhere, their other cousin came in front and swam to the beach. "I win!" he said.
"Who invited you?" Alexia asked as they came to the beach.
It was typical of this family to do such things. Aris smiled as she swam out again with Alexia behind her.
"You know what I wish would happen?" Angel asked Alexia as they stopped at the sand bar.
"What? Wait, you wish your characters were real, right?" Alexia asked.
"Well, that and I wish we could have a real adventure, where our parents wouldn't have to tell us no for everything we'd do."
Alexia blinked. "You mean like on Inuyasha?"
"Almost . . . I don't know, it's just a crazy thought."
What neither of them thought would ever happen would soon change, along with their fate and family . . .
It was nearly one in the morning when Angel and Alexia returned home. Angel's mother told them to grab their sleeping bags and get to bed, but they protested and said they wanted to stay up longer. Unfortunately, Angel's mother said that they needed their energy for tomorrow's big move. So they clambered into their sleeping bags.
Alexia dreamed (FS: Sadly she didn't remember . . .) and woke up with her eyes wide open. She sat straight up and looked around Angel's room. Whoa . . . That was scary . . . She went to lie back down, but felt something breathing on her foot. She sat back up and slapped it saying; "Quit it, Angel!" but she didn't feel anything touch her hand. She fell back down onto her sleeping bag.
"Alexia? Was that you?" Angel said as she woke up.
Alexia turned to Angel. "Yea . . . That was me."
"Okay . . . Just checking," she said as she went back to sleep.
Alexia lay back down and tried to sleep, when she realized it wasn't working, she faked it. Her eyes darted around as she saw shadows move about the room. When she feels something pawing at her foot, she gets up and starts looking around the sleeping bag; just to be certain that nothing is there. When she was certain that nothing was there, she lay back down, but didn't cover herself with the blanket.
Alexia laid there and turned her head to Angel. Suddenly, Angel jumped and sat up.
"What's wrong?" Alexia asked.
"Something just touched my leg," Angel said in a terrified voice.
"Whoa, the same thing just happened to me a minute ago," Alexia said sarcastically.
Suddenly, a deep low growl sounded behind. Alexia and Angel both looked at each other, then they slowly turned to the window. Right in front of the window was a black wolf growling fiercely. Angel and Alexia both looked at each other and screamed bloody murder. They get up to run out the door, but Angel opened the door and hit Alexia in the face (Firestar: Funny . . .).
"Oops, sorry," Angel said as she grabbed Alexia and ran out the door. They ran down the hall screaming their heads off to stop in the living room. Angel squeezed Alexia's arm tightly.
"I can't feel my hand anymore," Alexia said as Angel squeezed her arm.
"Stop complaining," Angel snapped as she looked around the room. Something wasn't right about it.
"But it really hurts," she said in a whiney voice.
Angel looked at her left hand and throws it down, hitting Alexia's side.
Alexia looked at Angel as she rubs her hand. "What's your problem."
"Look," Angel said pointing farther into the living room. She'd found the cause of her distress.
Alexia looks at the direction that held Angel's attention; all of their family members are gone. "Uh, oh. Where did they go?"
"I have no clue. But there's something behind me . . ." Angel said in a terrified voice. Angel slowly turned her head to find a hand on her shoulder.
There was a head with a rope around its neck hanging from the ceiling. Angel and Alexia shrank back in terror. They rush down the stairs to the basement and look around to find the hot-tub room's door. Angel flung the sliding door open, letting Alexia in, and slamming it shut and locking it. They walk over to the hot-tub and sit down next to it.
The room was eerily silent. In the stair case, they heard someone walking down the stairs.
Thump . . .thump . . .thump. . .
Angel and Alexia hugged each other and hoped for the best. A hand touches Alexia's hair and looks up to find a body. It had a slit throat, tied with ropes, and looked to be a thousand years old. Blood dripped onto Alexia's nose.
"Eww . . .Eww. . . Eww. . ." she said as she wiped it off. Angel looked over at Alexia and looks up to find the body. Angel, who's grossed out, gets up and races to the door.
They unlock the door and race out. Two hands reach and try to grab them. These hands were living, unlike the last one, and they had talons, causing Angel and Alexia to fight against them. It grabbed at their shoulders, shirt, and arms.
When they stopped thrashing, Angel's eyes widened. She realized who this person was. "I . . . Inuyasha?"
Once their eyes adjusted to the darkness, Alexia realized that Angel was right. There stood Inuyasha holding them by their arms.
WindEmpress: Whoa . . . That's just weird.
Firestar: Tell me about it.
WindEmpress: raises fist into air onto the next chapter!
(Be warned, the first part isn't pretty . . .)
