Faith waded in the water for a few more minutes until the prune look she was starting to get gave her reason to finally get out. Heh, my fingers look like they are some old broad's. She crawled out of the water, gripping the sides of the rock and pulled her self out. She slipped a light grey spaghetti strap shirt over her head with a few holes in the hem. The shirt had an image of Nietzsche on the front with the words scribbled "God is Dead" on it. She pulled on her olive pants and gathered Kagome's things. The dull cast of sunlight that snuck through the trees gave her pale skin a velvet look. Her orange hair glowed from the rays.
She made her way towards the village, feeling refreshed and better than ever.
"Whatcha up to?" She heard Inuyasha say above her. Faith looked up and sure enough, she saw the Hanyou sitting comfortably in a nearby tree. His legs dangled lifelessly over the sides, and the same sunlight gave him an angelic visage. "What's it look like, use common sense, Mutt." She joked. He jumped down and landed in front of her. "Heh, heard you gave that Miroku a beating." Faith shrugged. "Eh, he had it coming." She saw him noticing her shirt. At first she thought he was just eyeing her chest, but then she realized what was on the front. "God is dead?" He questioned. "And we have killed him." She finished quietly. He just looked at her in confusion. Faith shook her head in dismissal. "Don't worry about it, you wouldn't get it." She started to walk past him when she fell to her knees. She cried out in pain as she fell to the ground. "Faith?" He rushed over to her. "What's happening?" Inuyasha asked worriedly. She clawed at the grass as she rolled onto her back, her breath heavy with struggle.
Chains, A katanna's blade made its way across her cheek, a sadistic laugh followed suit. "Figures that you would get off on something like this, bastard." She said through bruised lips. The blood trickled down her glaring face, she held her chin up in defiance. A woman in a red and white Kimono was standing in the doorway standing witness to the torture. A concerned expression on her face. Was it concern? Maybe it was disgust. Faith wriggled the chains and kicked her assailant. The laughter came again. She looked down as the moonlight's glint captured the silver surface of her knife. "Let's see if this is familiar." She looked into his eyes. Naraku. "You said this was the very same blade that you killed your lover with, no? Let us see what it feels like." He said darkly as he rammed the rusted blade into her gut. She cried out, "FUCK!" Familiar blood rushed over the blade, the sound of skin breaking made her cringe. Her breathing deepened as she struggled to stay conscious. Faith looked down. Naraku was bent over licking her wound. "Tell me this, Faith, does it hurt?" She rammed her wrists against the chains in another desperate attempt to get out. "Duh, dumbass, you just fucking stabbed me." She gritted. He chuckled. "So I did…"
She opened her eyes as Inuyasha was shaking her shoulders. "What is going on? Wake up, human." Her wide eyes looked around, gasping for air. His face was so close to hers. She sat up quickly and lifted her shirt to see where the wound would be. She felt the surface of her stomach. Nothing. "Talk." Inuyasha demanded. Faith looked into the Hanyou's eyes, She smirked. "What the hell …" He muttered. "Well, I'll be damned. He's actually going to do it." She said quietly. The confusion on Inuyasha's face deepened. "Who? Who's going to do what?" She sat back trying to steady her breath and focus on reality. "Naraku is actually going to kill me. Who'da thunk it?" She breathed. "And with the same knife, too. That's irony for you." She laughed. "Oh man, I'm going crazy." Inuyasha settled down in front of her, legs crossed and eyes narrowed. "What did you say?" He snarled through grinding teeth. "What? Oh, the Naraku thing? Congratulations, Inuyasha, you witnessed my first vision in the Feudal Era. Kudos for you." Faith replied in a mock talk show announcer's voice. He slammed his fist into the ground. "No way he's going to lay a finger on you!" He declared. She stood up, balancing herself and dusted off her pants. "I can take care of myself, mutt." Faith countered. "What did you see?" He ignored her comment. Inuyasha's expression was dead-serious. He looked her straight in the eyes as he waited her answer. "Why do you care?" Faith asked arrogantly. "Give me a break. You know I care. So quit stallin' and tell me what you saw." He demanded. She breathed and explained her vision. Inuyasha's eyes were wide as Faith laughed. "Told you, Ironic, no?" "You think this is funny? That filthy bastard is going to hurt you." Inuyasha stated impatiently. "I refer you to my answer above: I can take care of myself." "Not according to your vision." He replied bluntly. Faith stared at him and noticed that his claws were digging into his palms. She put her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about it, little dude. We'll handle it." She tried. He shook her off. "I'm going to kill Naraku if it's the last thing I do." He professed. Blood was dripping from his fists. Aw, he's a cutie. Who's a tough puppy, you are, yes you are. She thought as if he were a new born pup that just did some kind of trick. She giggled at the thought. "Like I said, mutt, we'll deal with it. I got you and people like Sango and Kagome. He'll have to put up a hell of a fight to mess with us." She offered jubilantly. Gods help me, I sound like Kagome.
Faith walked up to Inuyasha and stood on her tip-toes. She brushed the hair away from his eyes as he looked down at her, and she kissed him. A small kiss, but it should help. "You're so cute," Faith whispered, "Now let's go. And don't you dare tell anybody about my vision, or I'll kick your ass. The last thing I need is the rest of the group going all 'temporary psycho' on me." Faith walked in front of him. She looked behind her shoulder and laughed. "Loser …" She joked. He walked up alongside her, worry tangled in his stomach.
They made their way towards the others and were surprised by what they saw.
Ok, so did you notice the little star by the quote "God is Dead"? It's a reference to the Philosopher Neitzche. He was an existentialist that believed that people should live for people, not an invisible god. It's not "anti-religion", it's pro-humanism. Please don't bash me and call me a Christian hater, I'm not I swear: D
ArianaCat: I know, really! Almost every episode he's coming up with something. I thought it was appropriate he be doing the same here. : )
Killnarakusetmefree: Haha! Funny how that happens. I'm glad you like my story enough to keep checking. Yay! I'm so glad you liked it!
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