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YAY! Double digits!!
SUMIMASEN!!
OMFG! I am SOOO sorry that I haven't updated in ages!!
PLEASE FORGIVE ME!! cries
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sniff Okay, I'm off to go commit 'ritual suicide' now, bye!
(You're not a samurai, get a grip)
Sorry…
(Just get on with it!!)
Okay!
Find the jewel/soul/curse thingy shove it back inside everyone's favorite corpse (Kikyo stay out of this!) simple right?
WRONG! Standing firmly in the way are; Naraku, Kagura, Gravity, Luck, Murphy's Law, several bored shinigami etc… plus the fact that it might not work AT ALL!
Ahh I'm such an optimist!
WRITERS BLOCK!
It has hit me like the proverbial express train that it is!
The blank pages are all judgmental of my writing ability!
And is driving me to the point of insanity where cutting off an ear is considered normal behavior!
So please! If you have ANY ideas on what could happen in the rest of the story I would LOVE to hear it!!
Also! I had this chapter PERFECT! But then my computer died and I lost then next FOUR CHAPTERS! Oh the horror!
And of course that has done WONDERS for my mental state!! collapses in a manically convulsing heap
So it may take me a while to write them again…sniff
I can't think of anything else to say so…
BRING ON THE FLAMES! (even I've never gotten any…You guys are great by the way!)
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha
I only own Hikaru and a rather distressed Domeki…
Last Time;
"Ok" said Sango, getting up "we better get back to the others before Miroku wakes up, C'mon Domeki, we lied so were not going to let you spend the rest of your days sulking in a tree"
"B-But!"
"Come ON! Do you want to get Hikaru's soul back or not?"
Chapter 10:
Hikaru's Soul
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When Kagome, Sango, Domeki and Kirara got back to the hut,
Miroku had just regained consciousness, Sango, strangely couldn't look Inuyasha in the face with out suppressing a laugh
"So Fox boy's back" said Inuyasha, throwing an apprehensive glance at Sango
Domeki glared at him
Kagome went over to Hikaru with a puzzled look on her face,
"Uh, Domeki."
"Yeah?"
"Why is Hikaru's hair a different colour? and has she... shrunk?!"
everyone came over to see,
Hikaru's hair had changed to a very dark red/black, her height had lost a few inches and looked about 15 instead of 17-18
"what's up with that?!" said Inuyasha
Domeki rubbed the back of his neck,
"Err, Hikaru hates being short so she always makes herself taller at any opportunity, about the hair?
She's in the middle of a 'Blonde' faze, and her natural hair colour,
I think,
Is blood red but don't ask me about the black cause I have no idea."
"But she looks younger! How old is she?!" asked Miroku
"well, if she's about the human equivalent of about 15, but she hated people treating her like a 10 year old so she added a few years to her 'Mask'."
...silence...
They all went and sat back down, then Kagome and Sango told Hikaru's story to the others.
"Well that explains a lot," said Miroku when they were done.
"Feh," said Inuyasha in Domeki's direction,
He looked like he was going to elaborate on that comment before he caught a glare from Kagome and thought better of it.
(A/N; aww dog boy's learning!)
"So," said Sango regaining her composure, "we have to go after Naraku and get it back before he realizes that it's useless to him."
"Feh" said Inuyasha again, "so what if he does figure it out! What's he going do about it?!"
Everyone thought about it for a second, and by the looks on their faces, the possibilities were not good.
"If he breaks it, she'll never wake up!"
Domeki flinched but patted Shippo on the head, "that things pretty much indestructible I doubt he'll be able to."
Miroku stood up, "well we better get going if we want to catch him."
The others picked up their weapons,
Domeki pulled a cloth bag from his belt,
He held his hand over Hikaru's face, copper light glowed,
a green-blue spark snapped over his hand and he recoiled, frowning and rubbing his palm
"Stubborn as always…" he closed her eyes and tried again,
His copper light flared, and when the spots had cleared out of everyone's eyes, Hikaru was in her fox form
Domeki lifted her into the bag and they set off towards the ruins of Naraku's castle.
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Naraku was in a bad mood,
Kanna had been working on the Kitsune's jewel for hours with no progress.
It was very uncharacteristic for him to sulk,
But he was seriously considering it.
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Some hours later the group arrived at the ruins for the fifth time that day.
"C'mon!" complained Inuyasha, "there's nothing here! He wouldn't stay in the same place for long any way!"
Domeki ignored him and walked through the rubble of the castle.
"Feh!" said Inuyasha
Kagome and Sango went after him, leaving the boys behind.
Domeki sat down on what was left of a garden wall with a confused expression on his face.
"Are you ok?" asked Kagome,
"Yeah I'm fine." He said absentmindedly
"Is there a reason why we keep coming back here?" said Sango gently
He thought about his question for a minute,
"I don't know… I guess it's a kind of… instinct?" he pulled Hikaru out of his bag and began playing with the end of her tail,
Kagome didn't blame him, ever since she'd met Hikaru she had to suppress the urge to grab it.
"I just feel as if I've missed something important or something is about to happen, I just can't figure it out."
A condescending laugh reached them from the shadows and Kagura walked out of the ruined castle.
"You guys just can't stay away can you?"
Inuyasha and Miroku came running,
Domeki confronted the Naraku incarnate, "Where is he!" he demanded "What has he done with it, if he's damaged it!!"
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Kanna entered the room carrying the Kitsune's jewel,
Naraku drew a dagger from his belt and ran it along his palm,
In his other hand he held the jewel under the slow drip of his blood/miasma,
Naraku sneered; the Kitsune could still be of use to him…
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Kagura smirked at Domeki,
"We have what we came for…" she threw a small cloth bag at Domeki
And disappeared on her usual hair ornament
He up-ended the bag into his hand and Hikaru's jewel fell out, his eyes widened and raced over to Hikaru who,
(For some unknown reason) was back in her demon form,
"Domeki wait!" called Miroku, "It's just another trap! Naraku would never just give it back!"
"I don't care!" said Domeki and shoved the Jewel into Hikaru's neck,
…
Nothing…
Then pulses of dark light (yes its dark light!) consumed Hikaru
When the spots cleared from everyone's eyes Hikaru's wounds were starting to heal and the jewel was gone
Domeki shook Hikaru's shoulder
"Hikaru?"
…
"Hikaru?!"
still nothing…
"HIKARU?!"
Domeki stood up, his face in shadow,
A fist met Domeki's face at high speed knocking him down,
"BAKA!"
Hikaru stood over the fallen Kitsune,
Inuyasha and Miroku dragged her away from him as she tried another swing at him.
"I TOLD YOU to RUN!" she fought to brake free of the Hanyou and Monk restraining her
"Lady Hikaru?"
"WHO ELSE DUMBASS!!" Hikaru then seemed to run out of energy
and stopped fighting to get at Domeki and half collapsed, the only thing keeping her off the floor was Miroku and Inuyasha
Domeki recovered from his surprise at being attacked by, what he thought not too long ago was a corpse, and stood up
"OK! Were going straight back to the West no arguments!"
Hikaru's face went all scary, but she didn't try to stand on her own
"You seriously think I'll go quietly back to that HARPY?!" disbelief in her voice
"You haven't got a choice!" said Domeki grabbing her wrist.
To everyone's surprise Hikaru broke free of Inuyasha and Miroku, took hold of Domeki's arm and threw him to the ground,
She then proceeded to throw him again and smash him into the dirt many times,
(Think Kyo+Kagura from Fruits Basket)
BAKA!
SMASH
BAKA!
SMASH
BAKA!
SMASH
BAKA!
SMASH
She eventually got tired and threw him into a tree,
"I thought that 250 years of running would have taught you that chasing me is a waste of time"
She was still fuming as she concealed the contents of the 'big sack o sharp objects' in her kimono and for some reason, in her hair.
(A/N; notices weird looks she's getting Hey! There's loads of cool stuff you can hide in there… stop looking at me like that…runs)
"It'll be a cold day in hell when I go back to the west while she still breathes!" she called over her shoulder as she ran off into the trees.
Inuyasha and the others just stood back, not wanting to get in the way of Hikaru's furious outburst.
Domeki pulled himself out of the tree,
"Dammit! Not again!"
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, "you mean she's done this before?"
"Well sort of not exactly the same, but it always ends like this…"
"What? You half way through a tree and her half way to the continent by now?" said Sango dryly
Domeki sighed, "I finally think I've convinced her to go back…" he looked at the others and corrected himself
"Ok, cornered her and BOOM! She's gone again! Its so frustrating! Once we'd got halfway to the border and she just turned around and ran off!"
"And you just let her go?" asked Miroku in disbelief
"NO! Of course I tried to stop her!"
"And she put you in another tree?" said Kagome
"No, actually it was a river that time, she even weighted me down with rocks first!"
Sweatdrops all 'round…
"Once she tied me to the tree rather than throw me through it, Oh! And once she was feeling creative so she gagged and tied me up…"
"and left you hanging from a tree?" said Shippo who was starting to see a pattern.
"No, she rolled me in a carpet and sold me at the next village."
Inuyasha sniggered, "you weakling! How can you let yourself get beaten by a girl!"
"Inuyasha, sit!"
Domeki leaned over the crater, "Phht! Like you can talk! At least your one doesn't have knifes!"
Miroku and Sango sniggered, Domeki straightened
"Well, I can't let her get too good a head start, it was nice meeting you all and I hope to see you again!"
He ran off in same direction Hikaru took about 15 minutes ago.
The others got there stuff ready to leave when a voice came from close behind Inuyasha,
"Hey! Inuyasha, when's lunch?"
Everyone spun around to see a familiar, manically grinning Black Kitsune,
"Hikaru!!" scolded Inuyasha "stop doing that!!"
"Aww did I scare da widdle doggy?" she taunted
SMACK!
"Ow! Hey that hurt!" she changed into her fox form and started pulling at Inuyasha's ears
"Get off baka!" Inuyasha tried to swat at Hikaru
She leapt off Inuyasha to the relative safety of Sango's shoulder,
"Baka Janai! Anata no baka!" (Translation; I'm not an idiot! You're the Idiot!)
Kagome lifted Hikaru off Sango's shoulder,
"Hikaru, we need to talk..."
-To be continued-
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So Hikaru's alive and most definitely kicking againWhatever the fuck Naraku did to her jewel was GROSS!! And more than a bit suss...
But that's our warped arachnophobia-inducing bad-guy for ya! So whatever it is I'm guessing its not good!
Sesshoumarulover, I'm trying to find a spot to fit you in for an appearance
but it could take a while and I need you to tell me what you want to do/say/whatever
so can you PM me plz!
Ta,
REVIEW MORE PLZ!! I NEED THOSE REVIEWS TO KEEP ME WRITEING!!
OR I HAVE NO PROOF TO GIVE MY MUM THAT I'M NO JUST FECKING AROUND ON RUNESCAPE!!
So I will post the next chapter (The Truth, well… part of it anyway) soon and please keep reviewing cause I won't post until I get at least ONE review!
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