A/N: Okay, chapter 4 of Crossing Over is here! Thanks to whoever gave me reviews sometime this past week. Three of them were requesting a girl Crona (I thought he/she was a boy? It's so hard to tell) and one of them was in French. I don't speak French. Thank God for Google Translate. Anyways, thanks for reviewing! It's always welcome.
Enjoy!
Scar.
"Wow!" Shippō said, awed. A second later, he was on Soul's arm, poking and pulling at his skin with tiny hands. "How'd ya do that?! Do it again! Are you even human?"
"Hey, get off!" Soul shouted, now thoroughly exasperated. He shook his arm in a fruitless attempt to get the kid to let go.
"Shippō, don't do that!" Kagome scolded, hands on her hips. Chastened, Shippō dropped off Soul's arm and instead hopped up onto his surrogate mother's shoulder.
"Does he have a tail?" Maka asked in surprise, peering at him.
"Of course I do!" Shippō snorted, folding his arms over his chest. Kagome rushed to fill in the blanks for the obviously curious meister. "Shippō is a fox demon," she said. "And Inuyasha is a dog half-demon, and Kirara," she pointed to the fire-cat, "is a tiger demon. Me and Miroku and Sango," she continued, gesturing to each in turn, "are normal humans."
Maka blinked. "Um, no, you're not."
"What?" Kagome asked, taken aback.
"I said, no, you're not a normal human." Breathing in deeply, Maka closed her eyes, then snapped them open. "Maybe they are," she waved to Miroku and Sango, who, like the others, were taken aback by the young woman's suddenly darkened pupils. "But you are not. There's definitely something different about you."
"Lady Kagome is a priestess with great spiritual power," Miroku said. "But, Lady Maka, how did you know this?"
The meister turned to him. "Huh? Oh, I can see souls. Hers is different. Actually, the only people here with completely normal human souls are you and Sango," she answered dryly.
"Oh? You can see the souls of others?" Miroku got a twinkle in his eye that was very familiar to his friends. Suddenly, he was on one knee, Maka's gloved hands grasped in his own.
"Fair lady," he began theatrically. Maka stared down at him, dumbfounded. "Your talent and beauty are incredible. Would you do me the honor of bearing my children?"
"WHAT?" Maka sputtered, blushing. "Hey, listen you–" Soul started.
Soul didn't get a chance to finish, as one of Miroku's hands had chosen that moment to reach around and grope Maka's backside.
Maka's face went scarlet. "PERVERT!" she shrieked, pulling a book out of nowhere. "MAKA-CHOP!" Miroku slammed into the ground, the imprint of the book's spine bashed into his skull.
Inuyasha snickered. "Idiot." Kagome rolled her eyes. She could practically feel the waves of fury rolling off Sango and Soul. If Maka hadn't hit the monk, one of them certainly would've.
Stepping forward quickly before there was any further bloodshed, Kagome said, "Umm, well, that's Miroku. He's a monk."
"Strange monk," Maka said under her breath, still red. Soul glared daggers at the religious man.
"Aaaaand Sango is a demon slayer!" Kagome finished quickly.
Recovering slightly, Maka turned to Inuyasha and asked, "I guess the half-demon thing explains the ears, huh?" Dropping her gaze to his hands, she added, "And the claws."
Inuyasha's golden eyes darted to the curious meister and away just as quickly. "Yeah, what of it?" he said. Maka raised one slender eyebrow at his confrontational tone as Kagome sweat-dropped. Did he always have to be so rude?
"Not cool, dude," Soul muttered under his breath, his hands buried deep in his pockets. Inuyasha harrumphed and looked away.
Maka ignored her partner's characteristic remark. "Hey, Sango? If you're a demon slayer, why are you traveling with three demons?"
Sango composed herself. "We only slay demons that harm people."
"Oh."
"Hey," Inuyasha said, catching Maka and Soul's attention. "Wanna tell us who that green snake-woman from earlier is?"
"What?" Miroku questioned, standing.
"Medusa," Maka hissed, eyes narrowing in hatred.
"Who?" Sango asked, just as lost as Miroku.
"Oh! Sorry, it was before you came," Kagome apologized and proceeded to explain what had transpired before the rest of the group had arrived.
"So who is this Medusa?" Miroku inquired, turning his attention back to Maka, who eyed him warily.
Sango rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, he won't try that again. Usually it only takes one good hit to get through to him...Unless you're me," she added under her breath.
Wisely, Maka chose to ignore this. "Medusa is a witch. A snake witch. I suppose she's kind of like a bad priestess, if you want to try and put it in your terms..." As she trailed off, Soul took up the story. "Medusa's the witch, really. She once released the Kishin–a really powerful thing basically made of madness, she tried to kill everyone in Death City, and she's been experimenting on people without them knowing."
"She experimented on people?!" Kagome asked, horrified. "What did she do?"
Soul's mouth thinned out slightly, and Maka swallowed before answering. "Bad things," she said, a dark look in her green eyes. "Bad things."
Kagome didn't press them.
"So... You know how to get us out of here, Maka?" Soul asked, scratching the back of his head.
Maka was silent for a moment, her brows furrowed in thought. Then she sighed. "I'm sorry, my only ideas are either to force one of the witches to open up another portal–" ("Yeah, 'cuz that'll happen," Soul snorted) "–or just to wait until someone on the other side can manage to reach us."
"Do you think someone will be able to contact you?" Sango inquired curiously.
Maka laughed. "Well, there are lots of people with magic who will be looking for us," she said, ticking off names on her fingers as she continued, "There's a bunch of weapons and meisters, a magical cat–"
"Did you say a magical cat?" Kagome asked in disbelief.
Not answering, Maka kept counting, "–a perverted father–"
"Sounds like someone we know," Sango muttered, glaring at Miroku, who raised his hands innocently.
"–and Lord Death," Maka finally finished.
"Didja say Lord Death?" Shippō asked with wide eyes from his perch on Kagome's shoulder.
"Yep!" Maka answered brightly. "He runs the academy we attend where we learn to fight. He's the Grim Reaper." At the blank looks from the people from the Fuedal Era, she tried again. "The God of Death? Shinigami?"
Inuyasha looked floored. "You know the Shinigami?"
Soul smirked. "Yeah."
"Actually, one of our best friends is his son," Maka added offhandedly. At this, Inuyasha and his group looked about ready to fall to the ground in a dead faint. Maka ignored them. "Speaking of Kid," Maka said, beginning to look worried, "We need to find him. And Liz, Patti, Black Star and Tsubaki."
"You think they're here too, then?" Soul questioned under his breath, sliding his gaze over to his partner.
"Yes," Maka said firmly, her eyes closing then snapping open. "I can see their souls way, way off in the distance."
"Let's go get them, then," Soul said in his low voice. Maka nodded enthusiastically.
"Inuyasha..." The half-demon tensed immediately. He knew that tone of voice. "Let's go with them!"
Inuyasha turned to glare at the future girl. "No way!"
"Come on, Inuyasha! We can't just leave them here alone! They aren't even from this time!" Kagome pleaded, giving him Bambi eyes.
Inuyasha groaned internally. She was never gonna let this go. "Just until they find their friends, okay, wench?"
Kagome grinned.
A/N: Okay, I'm finally done with chapter 4! I know this one was kinda boring, but I had to get explanations in there somewhere. Sorry to say, the next one'll probably be a bit boring too. But it should pick up after that. I've got some really awesome scenes already written... Now the only problem is getting from where I'm at to those scenes. *sigh* Oh well. I'll find a way.
Hope you enjoyed this, keep reading! I do love reviews, by the way. :)
Scarlet Shayde
