Chapter 7
It had been three days since this had all happened. InuYasha had finally allowed Alyse to be part of their group- on the condition that if she tried to kill him again he could knock her out.
Sango had agreed to train Alyse to become a demon slayer. She really enjoyed this, especially when she got to practice techniques out on InuYasha…
Kaida, on the other hand, decided to spend her time hanging out with Miroku and Shippo. They were the fun ones usually. They got in all sorts of trouble, all of it usually caused by Shippo and Kaida.
As time went on, Alyse got closer and closer to the others, even InuYasha. She didn't go back to the future much. It helped that she had been going to a boarding school so her parents didn't wonder about her disappearing. In fact, she only went back for supplies like first aid, candy bars, etc.
Alyse smiled and popped a Cheeto into her mouth. "Hey, Kaida?"
"Yeah?" Kaida asked, staring into a deep river.
"What's it like being a demon?"
"Eh, its pretty cool. But hard to explain what it is like really..." Kaida shrugged. "I get to live a bit longer than humans, and I get sweet powers. But," She said, plunging her feet in the water. "I'm just a Kitsune." She looked over at Alyse. "What is it like being a human?"
Alyse laughed. "Honestly, it sucks sometimes. We're so fragile, so easy to kill." she took her hair in her hands and began to braid it. "I hate having to rely on InuYasha and you and Shippo to protect me. I feel so useless. But it's not all bad." She looked at Kaida. "I do admit, I wish I had your awesome fire powers."
Kaida grinned. "I'm special. Haha..." Kaida leapt into the water suddenly and emerged with a fish. "Look what I caught!"
Seeing Kaida holding onto a fish made Alyse laugh. "Looks like we're having fish for dinner."
Kaida threw it onto land and hit it on the head with a rock to kill it. "Yay! I'm gonna see what else I find!" She dove back in. Alyse watched as Kaida reappeared from the water time and time again with a fish.
Then Kaida came up with a small red box. "Hey, I found something!" She tried to open it. "It's locked. It looks like it's made of stone." "Huh. I wounder what that could be." Alyse helped Kaida back onto land and took the box from her. She took a bobby pin out of her hair and tried to use it to pick the lock.
Kaida pulled herself on land and started wringing her hair out. "Well? Any luck?"
Alyse finally gave up after she threw the fifth broken bobby pin into the river. "I can't open it. And we shoudln't take it back to the camp- InuYasha would just end up hurting himself trying to open this thing."
Kaida nodded, holding back laughter at the image of InuYasha trying to open it with the Tetsaiga. She picked it up and stuffed it in her pocket. "Maybe if we find Sesshy..." she teased. Alyse punched her arm playfully and took back the box. "Soooo not happening." Alyse looked up at the sky and thought. "Lets see, who do we know who could open this thing?"
Kaida tried hitting it with flames. After one hit it glowed and turned white. "Ooo!"
Alyse nearly dropped the box. "Kaida...what did you do to it?" "Iunno." She hit it again and it turned yellow. She watched as it turned a different color with each blast of fire. "Thats it! Maybe Totosai knows how to open it!" Kaida shrugged. "Maybe." She shot another flame. "Well, it's worth a try, isn't it? Question is. how do we find him?" "Ask InuYasha. He might know." Kaida shot another flame and it turned purple. "This is fun..." "Are you kidding? Kitten Ears would never..." her voice trailed off when the lid flew open. "Well...that was weird..." Kaida looked inside and found a small blue ball. "Its pretty..." "Are you kidding me? This super tightly locked box was holding a ball?" She picked it up and tossed it and caught it. "Can I keep it?" "Yeah, go ahead." Alyse said, putting the box in her bag. "Come on. we should get the fish ready for dinner." Kaida nodded and looked down at herself. "Huh. I dried fast." She slipped the ball in her pocket and grabbed the fish.* * * * * The sun had set long ago, but neither Alyse or Kaida could sleep.
Kaida was sitting under a tree throwing the ball in the air and watching how pretty it looked when it had moonlight streaming through it. Alyse, meanwhile, was sitting by the river she and Kaida had been at earlier that day. The box glowed under the light of her fashlight. "It doesn't make sense. Why would a ball be worth locking up and throwing in a river?" "Maybe its really expensive." Kaida said, studying it closely. "We could have Sesshy look at it..." Kaida grinned and started daydreaming. "No. I don't want Sesshomaru to know about this thing. "She noticed kaida had gone off on one of her fangirl daydreams. "Kaida? Snap out of it!" "Why don't you?" Kaida put it in her pocket. "Maybe he'll give it to you as a present." "Think about it. What if it has some...hidden power or something? If we can figure out what that thing is, maybe we can use it...besides, I don't want any presents from him."
"You really suck at lying."
"Shut up." Alyse blushed a bit. "Anyway, he hasn't shown his face since I went all demon and tried to kill Inuyasha." "He might be embarrassed about liking a human..." Kaida grinned again. "And you know you would love a present from him." "Lets get back to the topic at hand. The ball, Kaida. Not mine and Sesshomaru's lack of a relationship, but the mysterious blue ball." "Yours and Sesshomaru's lack of relationship?" Kaida grinned. "Focus Kaida! The ball! We're talking about the ball!"
"The relationship!"
"THE BALL." Alyse sighed and flipped the box over in her hands. "The thing that makes me wonder is why did fire open it?" "Iunno. Maybe it was meant for me!" Kaida grinned. "Maybe." She sighed again and she lay down on a bed of leaves. "Well, I don't think we're gonna solve this mystery tonight." Kaida closed her eyes and laughed. "I bet InuYasha is asleep... I'm gonna bug him..." She got up and stalked away. Alyse stayed by the river and looked at the stars. * * * * * Kaida snuck up on InuYasha from behind, seeing him lounging in another tree. She snuck up behind him all quiet-like, and the only noise was when she accidenlty stepped on a twig. InuYasha's ears perked up when he heard the snap. Kaida saw the movement and hid behind the tree quickly, just as he was looking around. "Huh, I must be hearing things." He settled back against the trees and yawned. Kaida slowly and quietly climbed up the trunk, came around, and sat on InuYasha's stomach quickly. "Hi Kitten ears!" She said. "What the...Kaida! What do you think you're doing? I'm trying to sleep here!" "I'm not tired!" Kaida bounced up and down. "And I have a question!" "Well...what...is...it?" He growled, coughing every time she bounced. Kaida grinned. "Why can't you be as sexy as your brother?" Inuyasha growled and hit Kaida on her head. "Shut up will you?" "Haha! He is and You know it!" Kaida bounced again, harder this time, and was in the air before coming down. Alyse came into camp and saw Kaida jumping on Inuyasha. "Kaida...what are you doing?" "I'm taunting Kitten ears!" She stopped to grin. "More like crushing him." "Nuh uh!" Kaida leaned over and rubbed his ears. As she leaned over, the blue ball fell out of her pocket and hit the ground Alyse jumped forward and picked up the ball before InuYasha could see. It pulsed in her hand. Weird… She thought.
Kaida yawned and curled up on InuYasha's stomach and immediately fell asleep. Her Tail lay over her like a blanket.
"Oh great…" InuYasha groaned. Alyse frowned and looked at Inuyasha. "Leave her be. She'll be asleep for the rest of the night. I... I'm going for a walk." She turned and walked back into the forest, the ball still pulsing in her hand. InuYasha sighed and just looked at the sleeping Kitsune. He tried to sit up without spilling her off the tree, but he was stuck. "Great." he muttered. "Just great."* * * * *
Alyse waited till she was a few minutes away from the camp and opened her hand. The ball was glowing with a brilliant light in her palm. "What the..." The ball pulshed once more and suddenly everyone of Alyse' senses sharpened. She could even hear the thoughts of her friends back at camp. Kaida was dreaming about Sesshomaru and InuYasha... InuYasha was thinking about how to get back at her… Miroku was slowly moving his hand towards Sango… Sango was dreaming about her brother… Shippo was dreaming of cheese… Kilala was dreaming of Sango… "What the...what's going on?" Alyse fell to the ground and the ball fell from her hands. As soon as the ball left her hand, the voices vanished and her senses returned to normal. * * * * *
Kaida smiled and snuggled into InuYasah. InuYasha's face was classic. "Kaida!" Alyse grabbed the ball and ran back to camp. "Kaida! Wake up!" Kaida rolled over. She was out. "Oh please, yes wake up..." InuYasha agreed "Inuyasha, trying jumping on her this time. You wanted a way to get back at her, now's your chance." "HOW CAN I JOUMP ON HER IF A AM UNDER HER?" He yelled. Then he looked at her, confused. "And how did you know that?" InuYasha went quiet. Alyse swallowed nervously. "Oh silly me! I wasn't thinking! Of course you can't jump on her! She's has you pinned!" She laughed a little to loud. InuYasha glared at her. "Oh well..." He shifted to be comfortable. "I'm gonna sleep and kill her later." "Okay. Good night. And...have pleasant dreams." Alyse took a seat near the fire.
