Chapter 3
A fire? How in the world did a fire break out all of a sudden? Not long ago Nyx and Allie was in the village and now it's been set ablaze? Who or what caused the village to be burning to ash. The air was heavy with the smell of smoke and charred wood. The two girls looked at one another for what to do in this situation.
'Don't just stand there child...you must help them.' Touga whispered deeply from the sword. 'Go and do not worry I shall aid you if there's a threat.'
"I think we should help.." Nyx mutters and stared at the smoke in the sky.
"You're right come on!" Allie took Nyx's hand as she ran quickly. She already saw Inuyasha blowing the flames away with his wind scar. 'Wow..' she had a small blush.
'Child now is not the time for you to be swooned by my son..' Izayoi chimed in and Allie felt her blush deepen but she hurried people away quickly from the flames. "Go! Go!"
Nyx looked around and didn't really know what to do. She did her best to evacuate the village and made sure everyone was out of the huts.
'The fire is too strong...using the dragon twister will only make the fire stronger.' Touga whispered.
Sesshomaru made sure Rin was safe. "You need to stay behind me.." he warned her.
"Yes Lord Sesshomaru Sama...p-please make it stop.." she ran to hide behind Ah-Un in fear. Sesshomaru not liking seeing his ward frightened used his whip to break open the huts to help people out.
"Help! Mommy!" A little girl screamed as a board from the hut fell blocking the exit.
"Oh no!" Allie didn't think and just ran to the hut. She ripped off the board and ran into the fire filled hut and grabbed the little girl. "I got you.." she saw another board fall and she held the little girl close to her. 'W-we are trapped...'
Inuyasha sniffed and searched for others and then saw everyone was accounted for. 'Where's Allie?'
"My baby! I can't find my baby!" A distraught mother yelled. She was covered in sweet and ash. Inuyasha looked towards the village and went back in. He searched the huts as quickly as he could.
'Look child..' the voice from within her necklace spoke and Allies eyes widened as the fire wouldn't touch her. 'How..' she wondered but decided to not question it and she picked up the little girl in her arms and carefully crawled with her under the debri to get out from the fire covered hut. She slowly stood up with the girl and they soon found they weren't injured from the fire.
'Hmm...interesting..' Touga hummed. 'You may want to help your friend..'
Nyx walked over to Allie and checked her over. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" There was no signs of injury on her friend but she didn't care and asked anyway out of worry.
Inuyasha sniffed and didn't smell any blood coming from Allie. 'She's uninjured...but why do I care?'
Allie didn't want to mention how the fire didn't touch her and she watched the little girl run to her mother and she looked to her friend. "N-no I'm okay.."
"Ok." Nyx nodded but kept her eyes on Allie for a long moment for extra measure. She looked at her hands curiously and was still in shock that she wasn't burned.
Sesshomaru noticed this and hummed. 'These two are strange ningens indeed...no not ningens...' he watched as the fires slowly were completely put out.
"L-looks like everyone is okay.." Allie sighed in relief.
"Yeah I guess so." Nyx shrugged not really bothered. She actually liked fire and would often times set things on fire just to watch it burn. It was a way for her to cope. She looked and noticed Sesshomaru's person was the same. 'It's like dirt just repels off him. Wonder if he's gay.'
Touga chuckled deeply in her head. 'I assure you my eldest son isn't gay. He's most definitely into women, he just prefers cleanliness.'
Her eye twitched at the voice in her head. She can officially diagnose herself as crazy with a hint of bipolar and anger issues. She knew she was fucked up and openly admits it.
Allie slowly stood up and she looked to Inuyasha. 'He's got a good heart...even with a tough exterior...' she breathed in and felt the jewel shards between her breasts become warm and she pulled them out and looked at them. She looked up and looked out to the distance. 'It's like...something is coming..'
'You're sensing the jewel shard child...it's coming close..' Izayoi chimed in.
Sesshomaru Rose a brow as he sniffed the air and brandished his sword. "Seems a dragon is approaching...Rin stay behind."
Rin huddled under Ah-Un and the two-headed dragon used its tail to walk the little girl towards where the other villagers were.
Nyx eyes widen. "A dragon? That's so fucking cool." She liked mythical creatures and dragons was like one of her favorites
Her head was looking towards the sky to find the large reptile.
Inuyasha sniffed and held up Tessaiga getting ready for a fight. "Get ready for a fight."
The dragon as it appeared roaring through the sky was mythical indeed. It's wings were large as they carried its body through the sky. It was pale the soft shade of Lavender and other dark purples around its outer scales. Below its neck held a soft pink glow.
"I-it has a shard..." Allie muttered as she looked to the dragon. "It has one of these shards...Nyx we have to get it!"
"Well I'm not killing a beautiful beast." Nyx whispered in awe. "HEY! PURPLE DRAGON! DOWN HERE!" She yelled as loud as her voice let her.
The lavender dragon looked down and circled the area. It saw the girl that yelled for its attention. It slowly descended and touched down on the ground. The dragon lowered its head towards the woman that yelled. "How may I be of service?"
"Hey, I'm Nyx and you have a shard in your scales that we need.." she says and rubbed her throat.
"A shard, in my scales?" The dragon tilted its head unaware of an object being lodged in its precious scales.
"Yeah." Nyx climbed onto the dragon's snout and picked the shard out with her nails. "Got it."
"Hmm the Shikon Jewel? Amazing how I never noticed the shard...it would've have damaged my scales." The dragons whispered. "As thanks I shall give you my fangs." Opening its giant maw the dragon pulled two of its canine fangs and gave it to the girl. "Use them as you see fit." Gently placing the girl down the dragon slowly went to the sky.
"Wait! What's your name?" Nyx asked and tilted her head holding the fangs.
"My name is Issa." The dragons whispered softly and left.
"Issa..." Nyx whispered
Allie ran over and took the shard. "Yay! We have another one!" She giggled and combined it with the large one in her hand.
Sesshomaru hummed and returned his sword back in its sheath. 'Interesting..'
"Well I guess we don't have to fight then." Inuyasha muttered and sheathed Tenseiga. He looked at Allie and witnessed that she was easily excitable.
"Can I get a thank you at least." Nyx muttered and walked away towards a tree and stared at the fangs she was given and made a necklace out of them and put them on.
Allie giggled and kissed Nyx's cheek. "Thank you Nyxy." She hugged her tightly.
Sesshomaru Rose a brow. 'Hmm...both of them bisexuals as they call it.'
Nyx blushed and hugged Allie. "You're welcome." She kissed her cheek and nuzzled her. "What are we to do now?" She asked looking at everyone.
"We first have to rebuild the village...I'll take care of it.." Inuyasha muttered. "The village is in my territory...and my responsibility."
"That's so sweet of you..." Allie smiled sweetly up at the hanyou. "I'll help you." She walked up to him and stood in front of him and smiled.
Sesshomaru hummed. "Well brother at least you've matured and have taken on responsibilities." He said for the first time giving his brother a compliment.
"The help isn't necessary." Inuyasha took a step back from her becoming closed off. When it comes to his forest and the village he didn't want help. He turned away and began chopping down some trees and carrying them to the village.
Nyx looked and understood the unsaid implications that Inuyasha said. 'He's been alone...like me...he doesn't know how to receive help from others.' "Don't take it personally." She muttered to Allie.
She still couldn't help it and she sighed. "You know how I am.." she mumbled and rubbed her arm. Her insecurities getting the better of her inwardly.
Sesshomaru watched as this play out. "Seems the whelp as grown..."
"Allie...his eyes are like mine." Nyx whispered. "Before I met you." She mumbled. "Think about it, he doesn't know how to receive help from people. The best way to deal with it is to show him. So if you wish to help then do it. Actions speak louder than words."
Allie breathed in. "Like I did with you.." She mumbled and walked up to where he was and started holding up wood in place for the new huts. Inuyasha looked at Allie in surprise but didn't say anything as he began rebuilding the huts.
Nyx watched. "She's so sensitive...but still learning." She turned her head and grabbed a rag from between her breasts and cleaned the sword that Touga inhabits. She giggled softly as she grabbed some rope to tie up the boards up to hold them upright before moving on to the next one.
'Ahhh the scent of a woman's breasts...how I've missed that..' Touga hummed.
Sesshomaru watched the women curiously and decided on something. He walked over with Rin to Kaede. "I wish for her to stay with you...for some time."
Nyx growled and used a rock to bang against the sword. "Do not perv out in me." She dropped the rock and continued polishing the sword.
Kaede hummed and nodded. "Why yes.."
Sesshomaru knelt down and looked to Rin. "You shall stay here...I will return for you."
Rin nodded. "Yes Lord Sesshomaru." She went to Kaede and held her hand.
Sesshomaru nodded and goes making his 'leave' but he was really staying by and keeping an eye on his father's swords new protector.
Nyx polished the sword and buffed out the small dent she made. She place it on her lap and turned her head sharply and threw a rock at Sesshomaru. "Don't stare at me..." she growled. "I hate staring..."
Sesshomaru caught it between his claws and threw it to the side. "I'm just curious...this isn't a sword that can be handled by a ningen...and yet it chose you.." he hummed as he continued to watch her.
"Then ask questions you twit." She muttered and turned away. "How am I supposed to know? I'm a nobody, I come from nothing, I am nothing, I have nothing. Allie is the only thing keeping me going in life." She looked down. "I have no family...no name...only the name Allie gave me."
"Ahh I see now.." he hummed and jumped down and walks around her. "It has chosen you because you have much to learn...the sword can really only be controlled by someone who has known darkness but has potential for the light in their life.." he explained as he watched her.
She snorted at that but didn't refute his statement. "I've killed people in order to protect her from the harshness of the world...I see Allie as what I would have been which is why I shelter her and try to keep her pure." She turned to him. "The same way you keep that little girl with you. She's your purity...and you don't want her to purity to diminish."
Sesshomaru hummed. "Not one person is entirely pure..." he watched her and walked around her. "Rin has seen things many ningen children have not...many people have seen things to destroy their innocence...some just choose to continue to have it."
"Perhaps you're right." She turned away and became silent. She closed her eyes and rubbed her temples and sighed inaudibly.
"I understand...but you can't shield her from everything.." he breathed in and out. "My offer still stands about training you with that sword." He hummed and went to sit under a tree to meditate.
Nyx pursed her lips in thought. 'Struggle or have a Lord train me.' She sighed and weighed the pros and cons. She stood up and went over to him. "I'll accept but answer this one question."
"I'll listen.." he hummed and watched her.
"Are you a masochist?" Her grin became large like a maniac and her eyes gleamed with a slight madness.
He rose a brow. "And why do you ask?" He crossed his arms as he looked at her. 'Quite the opposite actually..' he thought to himself.
"Because I'm not easy to teach...and can't promise you'll finish teaching me unscathed." She poked his forehead and walked away back to where she was.
"I can handle it.." he hummed. "I wouldn't touch there again...unless you plan on becoming a mate to a demon lord."
"Your ass wouldn't be able to handle me in sex...I haven't fucked in 4 years...well with men that is." She hummed and glided her hand over the blunt end of her sword. She felt it tingle letting her know that Touga feels her hands.
"Keep believing what you wish ningen.." he went behind her and showed her the correct way to hold the sword. "Always at an angle.." She looked at him impassively and corrected the way she held the sword and imitated Sesshomaru's stances.
"Good.." he hummed and kicked at her ankles. "Spread them more...but not too much..have some modesty...this is a powerful sword...it demands your full attention always never half assed."
"I have no modesty." She quipped and continued imitating and perfecting his movement and 'accidentally' nicking him.
'You did that on purpose...this will be fun to witness you trying my son's patience.' Touga chuckled. 'Also I will teach you in your sleep about swordsmanship but I believe you already got a good grasp on the subject from your past.'
Nyx stopped in mid-step and glared at the sword. 'You went through my memories! You went through my head!'
'Only to see if you're worthy to wield me...do not worry I shall not tell a soul about what I witnessed.' He quickly defended not wanting to experience the temper from this onna.
Sesshomarus eye twitched but he didn't react. "You need to practice your swing.." he brandished his sword to demonstrate the proper swing. Grumbling at Touga once more she continued to play the ignorant student and learn more about swordsmanship.
Sesshomaru hummed and brandished his whip next and whipped her rear. "Ignorance will get you killed in battle ningen."
Her back stiffened and her arousal began to show. 'Whips! My weakness.' She shivered and bit her lip hard to keep herself from moaning at the sensation of the whip. She quickly tried to calm herself. "Don't do that." She growled tenaciously.
He sniffed. 'Hmm...aroused..' he chuckled. "Easily excitable onna?" Sesshomaru wasn't sure why but teasing this peculiar onna was amusing to him.
"Shut up dog...I am not." She stood there and turned away hiding how flustered she was. 'Stupid stupid stupid!'
"You're a bad liar." He chuckled deeply. "Now swing at that tree."She grumbled and took a swing at the tree in front of her. She used the correct stance as well.
Sesshomaru watched as the tree slowly fell to the ground. "Very good.." he touched the blade and hummed. "It's due for a sharpening...Totosai can sharpen it."
"Don't know who the fuck is that." She turned around and walked on her knees searching for a smooth stone and a puddle of water. She found a large enough smooth stone and dip it in a puddle of water and made small smooth scrapes on the blade slowly making it sharp.
"Totosai is the blacksmith who created my father's swords from his fangs." Sesshomaru explained. "If anyone can sharpen that sword the best it is him."
"No thanks...I don't want a old man touching my stuff." She gently added pressure to get rid of any small cracks in the sword.
'This actually feels nice...almost like a massage.' Touga whispered and pulsed lightly.
"Why don't you just hush old doggy and let me concentrate." She muttered at the sword.
Sesshomaru Rose a brow and watched Nyx. "Suppose my father is speaking with you yes?"
"Yes...he is. Although he has a nice voice it's rather annoying in my head." Nyx sighs and stopped for a moment for a breather. She rubbed her head and wince slightly. She was prone to getting intense migraines out of the blue and would take medications for it as they was really severe. Her vision blurred and fiddled around her person looking for her medications. "Shit." she muttered. "Take...me to Allie." She became woozy and picked her up gently in his arms. He sniffed out for her friend and ran to her and found her with Inuyasha.
What Inuyasha and Allie were doing. Inuyasha had nodded at her and with her help he managed to rebuild some of the huts. Of course Miroku and then men and teenage boys helped in rebuilding the village.
"See no problem with help." Allie giggled and she went over to help the wounded.
Inuyasha nodded slightly. "I...guess...you're right." He muttered and sat down taking a break.
Allie finished helping the villagers and she walked to him. "Um excuse me...can I ask you something?"
"Depends..." Inuyasha looked up at her. "What do you wanna know?" He asked her.
"Well this.." she took the jewel out from between her breasts. "Can you tell me some about it? I need to complete it...and I don't know why."
Inuyasha sighed and turned away from the jewel. "I used to hate my blood...hated being a hanyou, hated myself. My answer was to use the jewel to become a full fledge demon. Kikyo was the first guardian of the jewel until she thought I betrayed her...she impaled me to a tree where I hibernated for centuries." He turned away and continued his story.
She slowly put it away and looked at him. "Well there's nothing wrong with you being a half demon. It makes you unique. And being like everyone else is...boring...you have the best of both worlds...it's a shame you don't see it puppy." She smiled softly and poked his cheek gently as she walked away humming to herself softly.
Inuyasha sighed. "Why does she call me that...just like mother." He grumbled and finished resting to rebuild the village.
Allie walked around and she yawned and breathed in. "It's going to be cold tonight..." she felt a breeze go by her and she looked back to where Inuyasha was and her eyes went from hazel to a deep emerald green. Inuyasha sighed and stopped. He went off to the forest to hunt deer for dinner. He caught a glimpse of Sesshomaru circling Nyx. 'Prick found someone to occupy his time with.'
Allie breathed in and rubbed her eyes and walked around some more and she found a lake nearby and she decided to put her feet into the lake. She looked into the lake and her eyes widened as she saw that her eyes had changed color and she yelped loudly and backed away from the lake in shock. "W-what's happening to me.."
Coming back to the village with a plethora of meat for the village Inuyasha had given the meat to the women of the village and saw to the white deer foal Allie had and made sure it was nursing from the cows. 'It's growing quickly.' He turned his head and saw she was gone. "Allie?" He sniffed her out and she hit his chest as she was backing away from the lake. "Careful there." He whispered in her ear.
She blushed a deep shade of red before quickly standing away and looking up at him. "I-I'm okay...j-just seeing things..."
He tilted his head and looked at her. "It's okay." He looked into her eyes. "You are a miko and your body will experience some changes. Kikyo and Kagome didn't experience much change because of the level of reiki that had but you have more reiki than them so your changes will be prominent."
"I-I see...I've heard of reiki before.." she mumbled and looked up at him. "W-why'd you follow me?"
"I was just going to tell you that the villagers are preparing to cook...and that the white deer foal is doing well and seems to be growing quickly." He said gently.
"Oh thank Kami..." she sighed. "Poor thing...I still feel bad for killing its mom.." she looked down."
"Circle of Life, no point in crying over it. The carcass give life to the forest and the foal shall give new life when it's old enough to rut." Inuyasha sat down at the lake and place his feet in it. "You'll be seeing a lot of dead in this era it's best to get use to it."
"I can handle seeing dead...I've seen enough of that.." she mumbled and pushed back terrible memories to the deep corners of her mind so she wouldn't cry. "It's just not easy.." she looked out and saw the sunset. 'One more day gone...one more day Nyx and I are here...probably for the rest of our lives...'
"I...understand and I apologize. Mother told me it's always ok to cry but I'm not one for crying. Haven't shed a tear since she died leaving me alone." He looked over his shoulder.
"You're not alone..." she turned her head and looked back at him. "No one is alone...not fully they only just feel that way..." she looked back to the sunset. "My family died when I was young as well.."
Inuyasha hummed. "You should go eat Allie...before everything is gone."
Allie looked to him and shook her head. "I'm okay...don't have much of an appetite.." she watched the sun slowly start to go down as the day slowly came to an end.
"Even still...it would be smart to eat. It's getting close to the time when food is scarce." Inuyasha looked at her all of a sudden. She wasn't paying attention as she stared up at the full moon. She took the jewel out and stared at it in her hand. 'Maybe once it's full it'll look like the full moon..' Inuyasha left her be and moved his feet in the water. He stared at himself and was lost...mentally on what to do. His supposed friend left him and now he's stuck on this adventure by himself...or is he? He wasn't used to change and didn't like change
She breathed in and walked back to him. "Do you know anyone else who has these shards? I know that wolf guy did but I'm not exactly sure who else does and well...don't know the area at all.."
Inuyasha hummed and tilted his head. "No, they're all scattered across the land. You and your friend will be accompanied by me...and I guess the prick since your friend has his attention. We'll be looking for the shards together. I believe Sango and Miroku will stay in the village to protect it. "
Allie nodded slowly. "Well thank you puppy." She giggled softly.
"You're welcome." His ears flattened to his head. "Don't call me that." She sat next to him and held her legs to her chest. "Aww why though? It's cute." She giggled some more smiling happily. It was a very genuine smile since she had been here. She noticed she was at ease around the inu-hanyou next to her and she wasn't sure why but had decided not to question it.
"I'm not cute." He grumbled and looked at her. He hummed and splashed water on her.
She giggled. "Hey!" She splashed him back still giggling. He shook his face getting rid of the water. He splashed her again numerous times until he just jumped in the water. Allie giggled as splashed him more before jumping in herself and tackling him into the water. Inuyasha caught her and looked at her. He started laughing and blushed slightly and splashed her more to hide the fact he was blushing.
"Whelp you'll have to wait to have a mate...she needs her friend." Sesshomaru said making his presence known. Allie was giggling until she noticed Nyx completely missing what Sesshomaru said having it completely go over her head. "Nyxy what's wrong?"
"M-migraine...starting again. Need meds." Nyx ground out and held her head. "Hurts..." she groaned in pain. "It won't stop!"
Touga was looking for the cause of the pain. 'It seems she's prone to getting these headaches...perhaps from an old injury to her head.'
Inuyasha blushed at being caught and got out the water and shook it off. "I can find some herbs...but I don't know if it'll work."
"I need tea...now!" Allie yelled and was rubbing the spot on Nyx's head where it usually hurt and she let her friend lay her head on her breasts. "Nyx...in and out.." she softly hummed like she always did to relax her friend. "I need mint and feverbrew now! It's the only thing that can help her in this time."
Inuyasha nods and quickly ran into the forest and sniffed out the ingredients Allie needed to help her friend.
Nyx breathed softly and shuddered. "Allie...hurt bad." She muttered
"Nyxy breathe it's okay..". She continued to hum softly while running her hand through her friends hair.
Sesshomaru hummed and touched Nyx's hand gently pulsing his youkai through her to relieve her pain.
Inuyasha quickly came back with the mint and feverbrew that Allie wanted. "Here, I got a lot of them also."
Her eye twitched and her breathing became labored.
"Good...nyx open you mouth." She put the mint on her tongue. "Suck on it nyxy." She blushed a little at the hidden sexual innuendo. She started to crush up the feverbrew into the tea and she held it up to her friend's lips. "Drink nyxy...make sure you swallow it."
Touga chuckled from inside the sheath. 'Both of you sexual..'
Nyx closed her mouth and sucked on the mint and swallowed the tea. She whines and held onto her friend for dear life. "Pain." Her veins started to show and her grip became tighter and her nails dug into her friend's side causing a bit of blood to seep out of her. Nyx tenses and slowly her grip lessens and her pain slowly receded.
Inuyasha watched. "Did she get hit on the head?" He asked
Allie bites her lip to not react to the pain or her blood seeping through and hugged her friend. "Yeah...when we were younger...a kid pushed me down and Nyx got angry and beat the crap out of them...as we were going to leave they pushed us both down the steps...Nyxy grabbed me and broke my fall and really hurt her head.." she tried not to think too much of the incident. "I almost lost her too.." she mumbled sadly.
'Hmm closer than I believed...perhaps a relationship between the two...they only have each other it seems.." Sesshomaru thought to himself.
Nyx slowly let Allie go and nuzzled her. "I sorry." She whispered and laid her head on Allie's lap. Her nails seemed to have changed to black claws but no one noticed that.
Inuyasha hummed and stared at Nyx for a moment. "She's gonna be in more pain later on."
"I know...but I know how to take care of her.." Allie smiled softly at her friend and ran her fingers through her hair gently to calm her. "Sleep nyxy.."
Sesshomaru Rose a brow. "The village would be more suitable.." he hummed and picked up Nyx with his one arm gently.
Allie stood up and turned around. "Here put her on my back.." Sesshomaru nodded and did as she asked and Allie held onto Nyx and was carrying her back to the village.
"Hmm...peculiar onnas...wouldn't you say so brother.." Sesshomaru looked to his half brother deciding not to insult him for once.
Nyx slept calmly on Allie's back and didn't say anything for the rest of the night.
Inuyasha stared at Sesshomaru in shock. 'He called me brother..' he inwardly felt the acceptance he always wanted from him. "Yeah...different."
Once back at the hut Allie carefully pulled Nyx don't to the futon and cuddled up with her hugging her to help her sleep. She saw the foal and watched as the baby walked in as well and laid down with the two girls. She smiled softly and soon closed her eyes to succumb to sleep.
Sesshomaru nodded and decided to stay where Rin was for the night and Inuyasha stayed near the hut with the two girls. Both dog demons curious as to what their future would hold with these two women.