Chapter 12:
Hallo. I'm back! Now I can finally finish this chapter. BTW, I screwed up on chapter 12 about Steph's eye color, their blue not brown…so don't worry about it when anything mentions her eye color different in this chapter…
Disclaimer: I only own my OC's, and plot line. I don't own InuYasha eithor. If I did, I would have not have brought Kikyo back to life. The end.
Screaming music pounding through her ears, Brie turned the volume up on her Disc man tuning out the voices of the other's around her. In turn, causing Nacht-flieger to twitch as his sensitive ears hit the painfully high notes of the girl's CD.
"Your going to ruin your hearing if you keep that up." Steph said, as she could hear the lyrics of a song four feet away. Brie didn't move, nor showed signs of hearing Steph's comment. Who could with music that high?
Glaring, Steph went over to her and pulled the headphone's left piece from Brie's ear.
"Dude! Wha'?" Brie asked groggily, as she paused her CD. Turning a tired glare to Steph she huffed.
"Don't listen to your music so high. It damages your hearing."
"My hearing's already ruined. I lost some of it awhile ago." Brie said, as she rolled her eyes, acting like a typical teen.
"You'll lose the rest if you continue," Steph replied, turning her gaze to the boys, who were currently packing up their camp, getting ready to venture forth. "Besides, your bothering Nacht-flieger."
This catching her attention, Brie turned a guilt-ridden expression down at Nachty who had taken residency on her lap was promptly trying to burrow his head deeper in Brie's leg, trying to block out the noise.
"Sorry Nachty…" Turning her eyes to Steph she gave her a look that clearly stated 'happy now?'
Steph gave her a smug full grin, and went to go help the others with packing.
What seemed like forever, the group finally finished and headed out in the forest.
Brie, unable to keep quiet for long spoke up, "Hey. Kurama. Where are we going to exactly?"
"To a near by village. We got news of there being a cybernetic portal that could possibly bring us closer to the virus."
Brie looked at the back of Kurama's head, eyebrow raised.
"When did we become the InuYasha crew, huh? 'News from a near by village'. Are we gunna fight off centipede monsters next?" Kurama just rolled his eyes at her sarcasm.
"No, but we'll have to speak with the people there."
"Fun." Steph said putting her two cents in.
Through the duration of the walk, the adolescent group kept quiet as they made their way to the village Kurama had mentioned. Things never seemed to change, no matter how far they went. All the trees were too perfect, Brie had thought. In fact, everything had the appearance of perfection. The Cyber-birds' chirping wasn't too loud; the trees didn't sway too much, the wind wasn't too cold, the path was just the right size of line, and the padding of their feet on the dirt pathway wasn't too obnoxious. This caused a bit of annoyance to the group; mostly on Hiei's part, who kept glaring at the pathway and shrubbery.
It seemed like forever when they steadily hiked up the dirt path to see a few buildings glinting like glass in the sand. They finally found the village.
Being a tad confused, Brie turned her head to look at Kurama who was next to Yusuke talking about splitting up to gather information quicker.
"Hey dude? I thought you said village; not a town."
Kurama paused his conversation with a quick 'Hold on', and turned his attention to Brie.
"Yes, apparently they're up to date villagers." Brie looked hopeful at this.
"So if their up to date, does that mean they've got Coffee shops?" She asked.
Kurama, surprised at the randomness of asking about Coffee shops, blinked. "Well, I suppose so."
A grin cracked over Brie's lips, as she had visions of an iced Mocha with extra whip cream.
Steph glanced at Brie, rolling her eyes. "Only you would think of coffee at a time like this." Her response was a crooked grin.
The conversation from before continued and eventually was ended after an agreement of splitting up in groups of two. When the two girls heard this, they quickly asked if they would be paired up together.
"No, the others know what's going on; it's better to be paired up with one of them. Besides, two teen girls walking around by themselves in a place they don't know, will be an easy target for an attack."
The girls sighed and glared at the dirt for the outright comment of them being weak.
The two cooled off some when they started walking again, heading down and towards the Town-looking village below.
Sorry about the abrupt ending. It's time for me to head off and join the family. At least it's a chapter? Happy Easter, and night everyone!
-Katz Karma