Underneath The Illusion
Chapter 1 The Separation
It was a dark and stormy night at sea. Most ships would have been heading for land as quickly as possible. The reason that this one wasn't was because they had gone off course and could not figure out if they were still in friendly waters. The nation that this boat was from was at war with another and they didn't want to land in hostile territory even if they were only a small transport ship.
The passengers had noticed that something was not right. The storm had been getting worse over the past hours and they were beginning to wonder when the ship was going to dock so that they could wait out the storm in safety. They didn't know that the crew was having troubles finding a place where they could harbor for the night.
Aboard the ship there were a brother and sister who where on their way across the ocean in order to go and start a new life in another land. Their parents had just recently passed on and since they didn't want to be separated, they decided that leaving the country would be there best option. They were taking this ship to a harbor in the south of their land and from there they would be able to get on a larger vessel that would cross the Atlantic to the new land that had been found there.
They were a little over a year apart in age. The eldest of the two was the brother. He was 17 and about 5'10 in height. He had long black hair that came down to the middle of his back. He also had violet eyes that gave him an intense look. His name was Inuyasha and he had an attitude that could fit his name.
His sister, Sango, could have passed for his twin if not for the fact that she was a girl. She was the same height as her brother, but she had a slight chest that marked her as a girl. Her hair was black as well and came to about the same length as his. There was one other difference between the two of them. Where Inuyasha had expressive violet eyes, Sango had a dark chocolate colored set.
When they were younger they would dress like the other in order to fool others into thinking it wasn't them but their sibling. Eventually people that they knew would catch on because of the eye color difference, but they were still able to fool strangers. Their parents had run a circus in a way. They didn't have any tightrope walkers, but they had a variety of different performers.
When Inu and Sango were older they had put on a show where they would dress like the other and then on top of that they dresses like themselves. They would slowly go through a sort of act until they would pull away all of the layers and you could tell which one was which. The people would come from all over to see this because they were never sure which one they would end up being. There were always different amounts of layers and things of that nature. They were always shocked at how closely the two resembled each other even when were out of costume.
They had brought all of their costumes and props with them so that when they got where they were going they could put the act on in order to have money to start their new life. Little did they know that they were not going to make it to their desired destination and the life would have one more bump in store for the two of them.
"So Inu, what do you think it is going to be like when we get there? Do you think that we will have enough money to find a place right away? I really don't like the idea of having to live in the streets you know." Sango said to her brother as she got ready to try and get some sleep even though the ship was rocking like hell.
"Not to worry Sango, I have a friend that I have been writing to and we are going to stay with him until we get settled and have the money to get a place of our own. You know that I wouldn't take you somewhere that I wouldn't be able to take care of you. You're my little sis and I have to take care of you." Inu responded to her.
"I may by only 16 but that doesn't mean that I need someone to take care of me. I am perfectly capable of handling myself you know." She sent a glare his way when she heard him snort at her comment.
"I am still older then you and I am the one that has to take care of this family. There is only the two of us now and I don't want anything to separate us. I know that you can take care of yourself, but you can't do everything alone and you know that as well."
"Yes I know. I just think that sometimes you don't realize that I am not a baby." She replied to him.
"I know that your aren't a baby, but you are still by baby sister and that will never change. I will always take care of you and don't you forget that." He smiled at her as he finished that statement. He knew that she hated being called a baby, even if it was just him playing around with her.
"Whatever, one day you will notice that I am not a baby, no matter how much older then me you are."
Inuyasha was about to respond to that when there was a loud bang that had taken place above them on the deck of the ship. They could hear people running around the ship. Inuyasha got up and went and opened the door to see what was going on. He grabbed one of the crew, as he was about to run past the door. "He what is all the commotion. What is going on up on deck?" he asked him.
"Lightning struck a spot on the deck and they are trying to put the fire out. Since your cabin is here on deck, I would suggest that get out of your cabin in case things get worse." And with that he took off down the ship to help the rest of the crew to deal with the fire.
Inuyasha turned to face Sango, "With the way this storm is, I don't think that they are going to be able to get that fire under control and will probably have to abandon the ship. I think that we should grab some of our stuff and head towards the life rafts."
"For once I won't argue with you on that. You get the trunk and I'll get our two bags and then we can head out, I guess that we are lucky that we don't have much stuff to worry about getting huh?" she said with a slight laugh trying to hide the anxiety that she was feeling about the boat being on fire.
"Don't worry I promise you that everything will be fine" he smiled at her and grabbed the trunk and they headed out the door to go to where they were told that the life rafts were. They knew that there would be others heading that way as well so they kept as close to each other as possible so that they wouldn't be separated.
When they were approaching the area that they saw other passengers getting onto one of the life rafts, a large wave hit the ship rather hard. Since the deck was already soaked from the rain and the other waves that had hit the ship already, keeping your footing was not something that many people could do.
Inuyasha dropped the chest that he had been carrying and fell to the deck. Sango, who had been lugging the other 2 bags, lost her balance and started to fall backwards. This was not a good thing because she happens to right at the edge of the deck. And since luck didn't seem to be with her, as she caught her balance the boat swayed the other way making her lean back again. She was able to catch herself, but unfortunately the chest that Inu had been carrying slid in her direction and gave her the final push over the edge of the ship, also going with her.
Inuyasha watched as his sister went over the edge of the ship. He quickly jumped up and headed to the edge of the ship. He leaned over and could see her struggling in the water. The waves were very high and the water current strong and it seemed to be pulling her under. Without further hesitation, Inuyasha jumped over the edge and into the ocean to help his sister. He had already lost his parents and he was not about to loose the last member that he had in his family. He had promised that he would always protect her and was not about to go back on that now, no matter how hopeless the situation seemed.
He was a strong swimmer and was able to make his way over to Sango just as she was about to be pulled completely under. Inuyasha grabbed her hand and tried to pull her towards him. "Inuyasha, I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. The water current is so strong and it is tiring me out quickly."
"Don't talk just try to stay above water." he would have said more to her but at that moment a large wave came and dragged them under the water. Inu kept as strong a hold on Sango's hand as he could, but unfortunately it wasn't strong enough. The last thing that Sango saw before darkness took her was the look on her brother's face as the water pulled their hands away from each other.
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Sango awoke to the feeling of the sun beating down on her back. She could also feel water lapping against her feet. Slowly she opened her eyes and realized how horrible she felt. Everything hurt. As carefully as she could so as not to hurt herself, she sat up and looked around to see where she was. It took her a moment for everything to register. Slowly everything that had happened the night before came back to her and she started to panic. 'Where was Inuyasha?'
She looked up and down the beach and saw other people from the ship along with parts of the ship and people's belongings. It seemed that everything was washing up on shore. Standing up she decided to find her brother. 'He has to be here, he just has to. If I made it he must have since he is a lot stronger then I am.' And with that she started down the beach calling out her brother's name and looking at the things that had washed up for their stuff.
She finally came across one of their bags and the chest, but she still hadn't found any sign of Inuyasha. Then she looked at the shoreline and saw something else that she recognized. It was a necklace that their mother had give Inu. The clasp was broken, so it must have been pulled off of him. 'But if it has washed up then, he must not have made it.' And with that thought, she fell to the ground and started to cry. What was she going to do now that she was totally alone in the world? Inu was right in some ways, she couldn't live on her own but it wasn't because she wasn't physically strong enough but because mentally she didn't think that she could do it.
And so she continued to cry until she was too tired to cry anymore. She made her way back to her things and decided that she needed to rest for awhile before she decided where she was going to head from there. 'Maybe I can find out who Inuyasha's friend was and see if I can stay with him still. I can't believe that he is gone.' And with that thought she let herself drift into a light sleep. Her body still hurt and she knew that she needed a short rest.
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So there is chapter one of my new story. In case you were wondering, Sango and Miroku won, but I also think that it works out better with them as the main characters. Don't worry though, Kagome and Inu are in this as well, Inu having the smallest part in the story though sorry I love him as well. Plus, he is in human form because the brother sister team has to look alike and I wasn't changing Sango's looks that much.
If they hadn't of won, then Miroku and Kagome would have been brother and sister and Miroku would have had the smallest part. The story will remain mostly the same as I had originally thought it to be except for certain aspect that are familiar to specific characters i.e. Miroku being a pervert and Inuyasha being arrogant.
Anyway enough with the writing here. PLEASE review so I should know if this story has nay fan base and I need to go so that I can write the next chappy to Dream To Reality. Thank you all. Review review review. Just press that little button please. Okay I am done now. Bye.
Chapter 1 The Separation
It was a dark and stormy night at sea. Most ships would have been heading for land as quickly as possible. The reason that this one wasn't was because they had gone off course and could not figure out if they were still in friendly waters. The nation that this boat was from was at war with another and they didn't want to land in hostile territory even if they were only a small transport ship.
The passengers had noticed that something was not right. The storm had been getting worse over the past hours and they were beginning to wonder when the ship was going to dock so that they could wait out the storm in safety. They didn't know that the crew was having troubles finding a place where they could harbor for the night.
Aboard the ship there were a brother and sister who where on their way across the ocean in order to go and start a new life in another land. Their parents had just recently passed on and since they didn't want to be separated, they decided that leaving the country would be there best option. They were taking this ship to a harbor in the south of their land and from there they would be able to get on a larger vessel that would cross the Atlantic to the new land that had been found there.
They were a little over a year apart in age. The eldest of the two was the brother. He was 17 and about 5'10 in height. He had long black hair that came down to the middle of his back. He also had violet eyes that gave him an intense look. His name was Inuyasha and he had an attitude that could fit his name.
His sister, Sango, could have passed for his twin if not for the fact that she was a girl. She was the same height as her brother, but she had a slight chest that marked her as a girl. Her hair was black as well and came to about the same length as his. There was one other difference between the two of them. Where Inuyasha had expressive violet eyes, Sango had a dark chocolate colored set.
When they were younger they would dress like the other in order to fool others into thinking it wasn't them but their sibling. Eventually people that they knew would catch on because of the eye color difference, but they were still able to fool strangers. Their parents had run a circus in a way. They didn't have any tightrope walkers, but they had a variety of different performers.
When Inu and Sango were older they had put on a show where they would dress like the other and then on top of that they dresses like themselves. They would slowly go through a sort of act until they would pull away all of the layers and you could tell which one was which. The people would come from all over to see this because they were never sure which one they would end up being. There were always different amounts of layers and things of that nature. They were always shocked at how closely the two resembled each other even when were out of costume.
They had brought all of their costumes and props with them so that when they got where they were going they could put the act on in order to have money to start their new life. Little did they know that they were not going to make it to their desired destination and the life would have one more bump in store for the two of them.
"So Inu, what do you think it is going to be like when we get there? Do you think that we will have enough money to find a place right away? I really don't like the idea of having to live in the streets you know." Sango said to her brother as she got ready to try and get some sleep even though the ship was rocking like hell.
"Not to worry Sango, I have a friend that I have been writing to and we are going to stay with him until we get settled and have the money to get a place of our own. You know that I wouldn't take you somewhere that I wouldn't be able to take care of you. You're my little sis and I have to take care of you." Inu responded to her.
"I may by only 16 but that doesn't mean that I need someone to take care of me. I am perfectly capable of handling myself you know." She sent a glare his way when she heard him snort at her comment.
"I am still older then you and I am the one that has to take care of this family. There is only the two of us now and I don't want anything to separate us. I know that you can take care of yourself, but you can't do everything alone and you know that as well."
"Yes I know. I just think that sometimes you don't realize that I am not a baby." She replied to him.
"I know that your aren't a baby, but you are still by baby sister and that will never change. I will always take care of you and don't you forget that." He smiled at her as he finished that statement. He knew that she hated being called a baby, even if it was just him playing around with her.
"Whatever, one day you will notice that I am not a baby, no matter how much older then me you are."
Inuyasha was about to respond to that when there was a loud bang that had taken place above them on the deck of the ship. They could hear people running around the ship. Inuyasha got up and went and opened the door to see what was going on. He grabbed one of the crew, as he was about to run past the door. "He what is all the commotion. What is going on up on deck?" he asked him.
"Lightning struck a spot on the deck and they are trying to put the fire out. Since your cabin is here on deck, I would suggest that get out of your cabin in case things get worse." And with that he took off down the ship to help the rest of the crew to deal with the fire.
Inuyasha turned to face Sango, "With the way this storm is, I don't think that they are going to be able to get that fire under control and will probably have to abandon the ship. I think that we should grab some of our stuff and head towards the life rafts."
"For once I won't argue with you on that. You get the trunk and I'll get our two bags and then we can head out, I guess that we are lucky that we don't have much stuff to worry about getting huh?" she said with a slight laugh trying to hide the anxiety that she was feeling about the boat being on fire.
"Don't worry I promise you that everything will be fine" he smiled at her and grabbed the trunk and they headed out the door to go to where they were told that the life rafts were. They knew that there would be others heading that way as well so they kept as close to each other as possible so that they wouldn't be separated.
When they were approaching the area that they saw other passengers getting onto one of the life rafts, a large wave hit the ship rather hard. Since the deck was already soaked from the rain and the other waves that had hit the ship already, keeping your footing was not something that many people could do.
Inuyasha dropped the chest that he had been carrying and fell to the deck. Sango, who had been lugging the other 2 bags, lost her balance and started to fall backwards. This was not a good thing because she happens to right at the edge of the deck. And since luck didn't seem to be with her, as she caught her balance the boat swayed the other way making her lean back again. She was able to catch herself, but unfortunately the chest that Inu had been carrying slid in her direction and gave her the final push over the edge of the ship, also going with her.
Inuyasha watched as his sister went over the edge of the ship. He quickly jumped up and headed to the edge of the ship. He leaned over and could see her struggling in the water. The waves were very high and the water current strong and it seemed to be pulling her under. Without further hesitation, Inuyasha jumped over the edge and into the ocean to help his sister. He had already lost his parents and he was not about to loose the last member that he had in his family. He had promised that he would always protect her and was not about to go back on that now, no matter how hopeless the situation seemed.
He was a strong swimmer and was able to make his way over to Sango just as she was about to be pulled completely under. Inuyasha grabbed her hand and tried to pull her towards him. "Inuyasha, I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. The water current is so strong and it is tiring me out quickly."
"Don't talk just try to stay above water." he would have said more to her but at that moment a large wave came and dragged them under the water. Inu kept as strong a hold on Sango's hand as he could, but unfortunately it wasn't strong enough. The last thing that Sango saw before darkness took her was the look on her brother's face as the water pulled their hands away from each other.
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Sango awoke to the feeling of the sun beating down on her back. She could also feel water lapping against her feet. Slowly she opened her eyes and realized how horrible she felt. Everything hurt. As carefully as she could so as not to hurt herself, she sat up and looked around to see where she was. It took her a moment for everything to register. Slowly everything that had happened the night before came back to her and she started to panic. 'Where was Inuyasha?'
She looked up and down the beach and saw other people from the ship along with parts of the ship and people's belongings. It seemed that everything was washing up on shore. Standing up she decided to find her brother. 'He has to be here, he just has to. If I made it he must have since he is a lot stronger then I am.' And with that she started down the beach calling out her brother's name and looking at the things that had washed up for their stuff.
She finally came across one of their bags and the chest, but she still hadn't found any sign of Inuyasha. Then she looked at the shoreline and saw something else that she recognized. It was a necklace that their mother had give Inu. The clasp was broken, so it must have been pulled off of him. 'But if it has washed up then, he must not have made it.' And with that thought, she fell to the ground and started to cry. What was she going to do now that she was totally alone in the world? Inu was right in some ways, she couldn't live on her own but it wasn't because she wasn't physically strong enough but because mentally she didn't think that she could do it.
And so she continued to cry until she was too tired to cry anymore. She made her way back to her things and decided that she needed to rest for awhile before she decided where she was going to head from there. 'Maybe I can find out who Inuyasha's friend was and see if I can stay with him still. I can't believe that he is gone.' And with that thought she let herself drift into a light sleep. Her body still hurt and she knew that she needed a short rest.
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So there is chapter one of my new story. In case you were wondering, Sango and Miroku won, but I also think that it works out better with them as the main characters. Don't worry though, Kagome and Inu are in this as well, Inu having the smallest part in the story though sorry I love him as well. Plus, he is in human form because the brother sister team has to look alike and I wasn't changing Sango's looks that much.
If they hadn't of won, then Miroku and Kagome would have been brother and sister and Miroku would have had the smallest part. The story will remain mostly the same as I had originally thought it to be except for certain aspect that are familiar to specific characters i.e. Miroku being a pervert and Inuyasha being arrogant.
Anyway enough with the writing here. PLEASE review so I should know if this story has nay fan base and I need to go so that I can write the next chappy to Dream To Reality. Thank you all. Review review review. Just press that little button please. Okay I am done now. Bye.
