Without the well
I don't own Inuyasha or any other characters from Rumiko Takashi's work.
Rated: PG-13 I know that nobody respects these rules but please if you're under 13 don't read
Signs, symbols
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
Scene change/Flashback
SOUNDS/YELLING
Chapter 7: Mischief/On Road
Evening
Moonlight,
Caresses her countenance,
Ever so gently.
Written by: Debbirooni
It was in the evening when the small group assembled to talk this time outside of Kaede's hut thanks to some unexpected problem or to put it simple because the old miko's hut resembled more to the interior of a beehive than to a house thanks to Shippo's latest gag against Sakura. We also have to note that there are two absences one Shippo and one Sakura were still "playing tag" in the forests around.
"The villagers probably had the show of their lives." thought the Kagome remembering the entire thing.
Flashback
Kagome got closer to the village after another relaxing bath in one of the nearby springs, to her dismay she once again found a quite a few villagers praying. To her. "I can't believe it when will they learn it?" "How many times do I have to say this? Don't pray to me! I'm not a god and neither a saint!" yelled the girl but she already knew that it's no use.
"But we are only trying to help you Lady Kagome!" explained one of the group.
"Help in what? I only went to take a bath what's so bad in that?"
"Don't try to fool us when a priestess takes baths so regularly she must have a good reason..."
"Yeah like the reason to keep herself clean? Now do me a favour and stop with this nonsense. You're only making me mad!"
"But Lady Kagome we're only trying to help, the new powers you're trying to acquire must be really strong if it takes so much work to learn them." then another one of the villagers opened his mouth "It must because of Inuyasha. You're trying to keep your holy powers from being tainted by that half-breed." after hearing this remark Kagome blew it. She gave out a very Inuyasha like growl and stormed passed the people who gathered on the edge of the settlement.
"It's always the same thing! When the hell will they get that I'm only taking a bath so I won't smell." she thought angrily. "Ahh who cares those fools will never get it. But at least there are only ten of them." then Kagome stopped for a moment. "Ohh! Great! Now I'm talking to myself!"
She moved across the village towards Kaede's hut, and saw that Inuyasha and Éclair were sitting in front of it. Well ok Inuyasha was sleeping and Éclair was doing her best not to drool over the guy she was talking to. Then she saw Shippo. The little fox was sneaking into the hut with a jar of honey. "I thought kitsunes are masters of tricks. I can't believe Shippo couldn't come up with anything better than a jar of honey." Kagome thought. Seconds later there was a huge explosion and the sweet and tasty, and usually VERY sticky material was flowing out on every window of Kaede's hut in huge amounts. "I take that back!"
Éclair jumped into the boy's arms who she was just talking to making a very good act on looking scared and several villagers gathered around the hut within seconds to see the spectacle. "Crap! She moved too early!" screamed Shippo from inside.
This was followed by a roar that resembled somewhat to the roar of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Some of the wiser people moved away from the door of the already damaged hut knowing quite well what will happen next. Somehow during the week Shippo got bored and he placed some REALLY REALLY hot spice in Inuyasha's food to have some fun. Unfortunately for him Sakura ate out of that bowl instead of the hanyou. Ever since she became the kitsune's main target.
Seconds passed in eerie silence then several crashes could be heard before Shippo charged out of the hut leaving a sticky trail not much later Sakura followed. "COME BACK HERE FURBALL I WANT TO BORROW YOUR HIDE!" she hollered.
End of flashback
"I don't care what you people are going to say, but starting from tomorrow on we'll be on the road again the jewel shards won't come to us on their free will." declared Inuyasha earning a nasty look from the younger miko.
"I have to agree with ye this time. The jewel shard won't come to ye, and if they do then it will be in the form of a most powerful demon." remarked Kaede for once agreeing with him while wondering if it is worth it to clean her old house.
"Do you have any idea where to look Kaede?" asked Kagome "Myoga couldn't find a thing."
"Leave it to the blood sucker to find nothing." remarked Inuyasha scratching his ear just like a dog.
"Now come on Inuyasha the little thing is doing his best. He's just..." defended Kagome. She wanted to continue but felt a strange itching feeling. When she looked down she saw a small red dot that was growing fast on one of her legs barely under the length of her skirt. She grabbed it immediately knowing what or rather who it was. "If you want food Myoga turn to your boss." she said in a warning tone.
"But Lady Kagome I was just sampling your blood. I have to say it's rare to find someone with such sweet blood like you. Really tasty..." while the flea was saying this the human girl's expression became darker and darker.
"Why you little..." she murmured then she simply crushed him and let the flattened flea fall to the ground. "The nerve of you crawling on my thigh." she muttered under her breath.
"You'll never learn flea." remarked Inuyasha. "Anything new?" at this Myoga suddenly went back to his normal form.
"Just passing through Lord Inuyasha!" he said backing away.
"Then what the heck are you doing here?" asked Inuyasha. The flea gulped a few times and started to hop away at high speed. He wasn't fast enough for Inuyasha though because he easily reached him and kicked the poor insect away into the sky.
"Why meee!" sounded Myoga's high pitched scream in the distance as he flew away.
"Stupid blood sucker!" cursed Inuyasha and moved back to his original position. At the same time the sound of a sonic boom could be heard from the forest followed by a loud "Found ya." what was followed by an "Eeek!"
"First of all I think ye should find Sakura and Shippo it doesn't sound like she calmed down." remarked Kaede.
"And I won't carry her on my back all day because she didn't sleep at night!" added Inuyasha.
A few days later
Our favourite group finally found something the rumour has spread that around one of the local villages people were disappearing. Some said that they were simply eaten by the earth. This was definitely shard suspicious since there are really few demons who move and live under the earth all the time and even fewer who do it the way it was described by the priestess they heard it from.
The suspicion in Kagome that they stumbled across something was further more proved by the fact that by entering the village every human disappeared in their huts when seeing Inuyasha. "What's wrong with them?" she asked.
It was only then that she noticed that not only the villagers but even Inuyasha seemed more nervous than normal. "Get lost stupid half breed!" yelled someone triggering a low growl from the hanyou.
"Do you want this place levelled?" he asked in a dark tone. To this there was no answer.
"What's going on here? Why is everyone acting so strange?" asked Sakura.
"This is the village me and my mother lived in. Now fuck off!" explained Inuyasha. Sakura was about to continue arguing but Éclair's hand on her shoulder signalled her not to press it.
Nothing more was said till they reached the elder's house who almost fainted when Inuyasha not so nicely broke down the heavily barricaded door. "Don't tell me you asshole are still alive?" he remarked growling when he recognised who the old man was.
"Get out of the house you filthy hanyou!" yelled the old man. Next thing he knew he was against the wall with Inuyasha holding him they by the hem of his clothes.
"Who's filthy here? Huh! If I remember correctly you were one of the leaders of the people who killed my mother!"
"Your mother was a filthy whore..." the not so wise villager didn't have time to continue because Inuyasha punched him in the stomach.
"Another word like that and you'll be breathing across brand new hole! GET IT!"
"Do you think I'll listen to the word of a filthy half breed!" Inuyasha growled long and deep and let go of the old man letting him fall to the ground.
"Let's move out!" he called.
"But what about the demon?" asked Kagome.
"We'll come back for the jewel shard after it killed everyone around here!" declared the hanyou. The three girls went stiff when hearing this, but strangely Shippo nodded.
"They refused to accept our help and defiled Inuyasha's mother. I'd do the same thing if I were him." he said.
"But we can't just leave them here to die." pleaded Kagome.
"The senile old fool chose that so he gets it! Now get moving!" declared Inuyasha and turned to leave.
"Y...y...you're here to destroy the earth shark?" asked the village leader with shock.
"You mean we were." answered the hanyou.
"But Inuyasha you can't just leave them!" snapped Kagome.
"Yes I can! They were the ones who killed my mother! They deserve nothing better. Now move it woman!"
"But Inuyasha!"
"No buts Kagome! We'll come back in a moth or two after everyone is killed off!"
"SIT!" Inuyasha once more kissed earth.
"What was that for bitch!" he mumbled into the ground.
"For being a jerk!" responded Kagome. "I you just walk away then you wouldn't be any better than them!"
"Nice try but it won't work bitch!" snapped the hanyou.
"SI..." Kagome came to a dead stop when she felt Éclair's hand on her shoulder when she turned around to look in the other girl's eyes she immediately knew what she meant, but she didn't agree with that at all. "I won't stop we can't let these people get killed. Many of them weren't even born when Inuyasha and his mother lived here."
Meanwhile Inuyasha marched out on the door but when he heard this he came to a stop. However after a few seconds of thinking he walked on. "Inuyasha come back here we're not finished!" screamed Kagome.
"Yes we are!" responded Inuyasha turning around and giving the miko an angry stare.
"Come on little sis let's look around a bit. It'll be a while before those to work things out." stated Éclair. Sakura only nodded to this and the twins moved out soon Shippo followed them agreeing with their decision.
"We're not!" yelled Kagome. Meanwhile the headman used his chance and slipped out of the hut. "There are people in this village who have nothing to do with what happened more than fifty. I repeat more than FIFTY years ago. Heck many of them weren't even born when you... well... you know the thing happened to you.
"They killed my mother that's what happened. It would have been enough if they chase us away! To put it in another way now it's payback time!" yelled Inuyasha.
"But this is wrong Inuyasha! What about those people who came to this village later they didn't do anything to you nor did their parents." this caught Inuyasha's attention. "What would your mother say to this? What if I would be one of the newcomers?" asked Kagome playing out her best card. It worked and she was rewarded with Inuyasha's guilty look.
"Ok Kagome. Let's go after that demon and get the shard." Inuyasha said with a downcast face.
Kagome gave him the biggest smile she could manage. "Come on Inuyasha. I'm sure after the people here see how a nice guy you are then they'll say sorry..." "Shit! I'm such a moron!" yelled Kagome's brain among all the things she could have said she had to pick the most foolish one. The look that Kagome received from Inuyasha confirmed this. She received a face that emitted pain, sorrow and most of all anger.
"That won't bring my mother back!" he growled.
Kagome gulped a few times and bowed deeply. "Sorry I didn't mean it that way!" she said. This was followed by a row of quick bows.
"Feh! Get moving before one of these pests decide that you are to be killed because you're talking to me."
Kagome shuddered at the way Inuyasha said those words and followed him as they went searching for the twins, but at the same time it also gave her an idea. She quickly shook it off almost laughing at it. "It's one thing that we're both alone in this world but he won't appreciate it if I become his girlfriend to appease him. It was foolish to even think about it. Hmmm... but those eyes of his they are so beautiful and he has such a good heart even if he can be an ass a times and those cute ears of his..." Kagome suddenly found herself blushing.
Inuyasha could smell the sudden change of her scent and turned to her. "What's wrong wench!" Kagome didn't answer she quickly turned away trying to hide her blush covering her cheeks with her hands but Inuyasha already saw it. "Don't tell me that you're getting sick woman!" he yelled.
"No it's nothing!" responded Kagome. "Why am I behaving like this? No there's no way I can think of him like that he's just a friend... a very good friend who looks after me protects me from danger, and tries to comfort me as best he can... even if he usually fails at that. HOLD IT RIGHT THERE KAGOME OLD GIRL. Let's calm down it's not like I don't have time and it would be a bit fast... Yeah I'm just grateful to him for what he did for me. So cool down Kagome! But he's just soooo cute!"
Inuyasha eyed Kagome for a few seconds trying to decide what to do but he wasn't able to come to any conclusion her scent was normal except for the aroma of nervousness. "Are you sure you're not getting sick bitch?"
"No I'm all right! Don't worry!" Kagome blurted out. Seemingly Inuyasha accepted the answer and turned around to follow the scent of the twins but kept his nose on her. Then he felt the scent of immense relief and calmed back down. But he still couldn't imagine what triggered the reaction from her.
On the other side of the village a young girl was on the run with the little piece of food she got from one of the nicer inhabitants of the corrupted village. Usually she had to work hours for some scrap food and to have permission to live in a small shed under the bridge that ran over the stream that was cutting the village in two halves.
Her eyes are sparkling with joy she's just about to bite into the delicious looking apple when the fruit is ripped out of her hand. Stealing once again?" yelled one of the teen aged kids. The group circled around the poor orphan who curled up into a ball already preparing for the beating she'll receive.
However this time instead of the feeling of pain she heard screams. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that the leader of the attackers or what's left of her is lying on the ground. The girl immediately panicked. She backed away from the corpse on all four while scanning the area for the attacker who did this, but there wasn't anyone in site who could have done it.
"It's the earth shark!" screamed everyone while running away. However the little girl just stood there completely paralyzed. Then she noticed that a rumbling sound is coming closer. The next thing she saw was a blur of brown and red that grabbed her and moved her out of whatever's way she was. Right where she stood a huge demon surfaced for shorter time than a second. It look jut like a hammer-headed shark. But it was clearly visible that its skin was incredibly thick almost like an armour.
The little girl look up to see Sakura's smiling face. "Are you ok?" the older girl asked. The little girl nodded and embraced her saviour.
"What's your name little one?"
"I'm called Rin ma'am!"
"Hey I'm not that old yet! Please call me Sakura."
"Ok Sakura-sama!" answered Rin with a huge smile.
Sakura heard the demon coming closer to them and jumped out of the way she ran towards the nearby houses and landed on top of one of them. "Stay here!" she instructed and jumped back down. She could clearly hear from which direction the demon was closing and waited.
"Get out of the way the demon is coming right at you!" yelled Rin Sakura simply smiled at this.
"That's just what I want!" she responded.
The demon surfaced ready to attack Sakura easily avoided that the blade on the demon's head and placed a punch on the shark's belly. The creature survived, but it decided to retreat. "Damn it!" mumbled Sakura. "Stay up there and don't even thing of getting down?" Commanded Sakura.
Rin nodded and Sakura raced off. Meanwhile Inuyasha and Kagome just found Éclair.
"And what do you know? She was once again after a guy. "Come over here bitch! We have a demon to kill!" yelled Inuyasha ending Éclair's advance. The boy took off within seconds.
"Thanks a lot! Inuyasha!"
"Curse later bitch!" snapped Inuyasha.
Éclairs answer was stopped by a rumbling sound that was followed by Sakura's yelling. "That's the demon!" she screamed with full force. "AFTER IT!"
No more words where needed to be said as everyone charged after the demon.
