Sorry, no Sango in here. But I promise to have her in another fic. I dun
really know enough about her to write her in. I've only read what's been
translated so far (10 books), and my fansubs only go up to her
introduction.-_-;;
Changing Wyrds
Part 5: Teamwork Excercises
"Look," said Inuyasha, "I know I agreed to come along, but could we possibly take a ROAD??" Kagome looked around. She had to agree that they weren't taking the best possible route. Still, it had a certain one-with- nature feel to it. If you liked swamps. And mosquitos.
"It's the only way!" Kureru snapped. He had been telling the truth when he said the gentleness was just tiredness. He was better now, and a match for even Inuyasha's bad temper.
"Now, now," interceded Miroku, "we must strive to be at peace with one another. After all, we hope to defeat Hashiaku, do we not? I do not believe he would take us very seriously if we were to knock at his front door killing one another."
"Feh," Inuyasha shot back. "I could kill him myself if I wanted to."
"Does that mean you don't want to? I mean, it's great you're learning to share, but couldn't you save it for something nice?" Shippou ducked, anticipating Inuyasha's reaction.
"Shut up, brat, or I'll share my fist with you!"
"Osuwari!" Inuyasha collided with the semiliquid ground.
"He went 'sploosh'," exclaimed Kureru brightly.
"Yes he did," agreed Kagome. The hanyou detatched himself from the suctioning mud.
"Why did I go 'sploosh', as you so kindly put it? Hm?" The fearsome effect of an angry Inuyasha was somewhat destroyed by the smelly mud that covered him ear to toe.
"Is something wrong with your nose, Inuyasha?" bagered Shippou. "It's twitching funny."
"I do believe Shippou is right," said Miroku, peering at the dog- boy's nose.
"Well of COURSE it's twitching! Miss I'm-so-clever Kagome here osuwari-ed me into a frickin' swamp!" He swatted the mud off his face with one hand. Kagome giggled, and Inuyasha glowered.
"Looks like your girlfriend likes the mud look," remarked Kureru. Kagome stopped laughing. Now, she loomed.
"I...DO...NOT...LIKE...INU...YASHA!!!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!?" Kureru gulped.
"Just kidding...Kagome-san." A serene smile returned to her face.
"I hope so," she replied.
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"So how long have we been walking?" asked Shippou several hours later.
"We aren't that far off. It's only a couple of days from here," answered Kureru grouchily. Inuyasha stopped dead.
"A couple of DAYS?! And you somehow neglected to mention this before because...?" Kureru spun around.
"Hey, don't you think you'd have heard of him if he only lived a few hours away, logic boy?" Inuyasha fumed.
"Well, at least I would have MENTIONED it if-" Kureru held up a hand to stop him.
"Listen," he said, patchy ears twitching forward. Inuyasha's own ears perked.
"Youkai," he whispered. Kagome set an arrow in her bow, and Miroku put one hand to the rosary on the other.
"You..possess shards of the jewel..." the voice of the youkai proclaimed. "I will...have them." Their enemy appeared suddenly, rushing over the roots of gangly tree and dead plants. It was horrible and snakelike, but it also had legs, hundreds of legs. It was the size of a school bus.
"Che!" cursed Inuyasha "Why now?" He pulled forth Tetsusaiga, prepared to meet the youkai head on.
"It has a shard already, Inuyasha! In its side!" She loosed her arrow towards the spot. "Great!" she cried. "Now aim about a foot to the right!" Inuyasha leapt forward to do just that. Suddenly, the snake youkai sprang forward, wrapping itself around him like a noose. Tetsusaiga fell to the ground.
"Inuyasha!" cried Shippou.
"Kuso! With him in there I can't open the void without sucking them both in!" Miroku swore. Kagome let another arrow fly. It struck the youkai's neck, but it simply shook the thing off. Inuyasha strained to free himself.
Then they remembered there was another in their party. Drawing his sword and baring his teeth, Kureru jumped the youkai. Its bulbous eyes swiveled upwards as the sword came down between them. He struck with all his might, and for a moment, the youkai's grip loosened. In that moment, Inuyasha freed himself. He swept up his sword, found Kagome's arrow, striking exactly one foot from where it had landed. A tiny, glittering sliver fell out.
The youkai screamed as it returned to its natural size of little more than a garter snake. Its legs shriveled away and its voice dissapated into a hiss. Inuyasha lifted his blade and skewered the reptile before it could escape.
Kagome stooped to pick up the shard.
"Well, that wasn't too bad. And we got a shard out of it too." She smiled. All but Inuyasha smiled back. "What's wrong, dog-breath?" she demanded.
"Nothing!" he snapped.
"Aa, you beat the thing. Just because you had a little help from Kureru doesn't-"
"A little?! He would have been screwed without me!" Inuyasha's ears went flat.
"Oh, really? You hardly even scraped the thing!" he shot back.
"That's 'cause I was using the blunt edge of the sword, moron!"
"EEEE! Would you stop arguing already?!" Kagome shrieked. "What's dead is dead. Yay team, okay? Enough of this 'I'm so much better' crap!" The two hanyou glared, but they were quiet. "Better," she remarked.
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Author's Notes: Well, that was short. I was going to do more, but it seemed like the next part would go better under the next chapter. It'll probably be damp and depressing, to forewarn you. (I'm depressed, so what I write most likely will be.)
Changing Wyrds
Part 5: Teamwork Excercises
"Look," said Inuyasha, "I know I agreed to come along, but could we possibly take a ROAD??" Kagome looked around. She had to agree that they weren't taking the best possible route. Still, it had a certain one-with- nature feel to it. If you liked swamps. And mosquitos.
"It's the only way!" Kureru snapped. He had been telling the truth when he said the gentleness was just tiredness. He was better now, and a match for even Inuyasha's bad temper.
"Now, now," interceded Miroku, "we must strive to be at peace with one another. After all, we hope to defeat Hashiaku, do we not? I do not believe he would take us very seriously if we were to knock at his front door killing one another."
"Feh," Inuyasha shot back. "I could kill him myself if I wanted to."
"Does that mean you don't want to? I mean, it's great you're learning to share, but couldn't you save it for something nice?" Shippou ducked, anticipating Inuyasha's reaction.
"Shut up, brat, or I'll share my fist with you!"
"Osuwari!" Inuyasha collided with the semiliquid ground.
"He went 'sploosh'," exclaimed Kureru brightly.
"Yes he did," agreed Kagome. The hanyou detatched himself from the suctioning mud.
"Why did I go 'sploosh', as you so kindly put it? Hm?" The fearsome effect of an angry Inuyasha was somewhat destroyed by the smelly mud that covered him ear to toe.
"Is something wrong with your nose, Inuyasha?" bagered Shippou. "It's twitching funny."
"I do believe Shippou is right," said Miroku, peering at the dog- boy's nose.
"Well of COURSE it's twitching! Miss I'm-so-clever Kagome here osuwari-ed me into a frickin' swamp!" He swatted the mud off his face with one hand. Kagome giggled, and Inuyasha glowered.
"Looks like your girlfriend likes the mud look," remarked Kureru. Kagome stopped laughing. Now, she loomed.
"I...DO...NOT...LIKE...INU...YASHA!!!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!?" Kureru gulped.
"Just kidding...Kagome-san." A serene smile returned to her face.
"I hope so," she replied.
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"So how long have we been walking?" asked Shippou several hours later.
"We aren't that far off. It's only a couple of days from here," answered Kureru grouchily. Inuyasha stopped dead.
"A couple of DAYS?! And you somehow neglected to mention this before because...?" Kureru spun around.
"Hey, don't you think you'd have heard of him if he only lived a few hours away, logic boy?" Inuyasha fumed.
"Well, at least I would have MENTIONED it if-" Kureru held up a hand to stop him.
"Listen," he said, patchy ears twitching forward. Inuyasha's own ears perked.
"Youkai," he whispered. Kagome set an arrow in her bow, and Miroku put one hand to the rosary on the other.
"You..possess shards of the jewel..." the voice of the youkai proclaimed. "I will...have them." Their enemy appeared suddenly, rushing over the roots of gangly tree and dead plants. It was horrible and snakelike, but it also had legs, hundreds of legs. It was the size of a school bus.
"Che!" cursed Inuyasha "Why now?" He pulled forth Tetsusaiga, prepared to meet the youkai head on.
"It has a shard already, Inuyasha! In its side!" She loosed her arrow towards the spot. "Great!" she cried. "Now aim about a foot to the right!" Inuyasha leapt forward to do just that. Suddenly, the snake youkai sprang forward, wrapping itself around him like a noose. Tetsusaiga fell to the ground.
"Inuyasha!" cried Shippou.
"Kuso! With him in there I can't open the void without sucking them both in!" Miroku swore. Kagome let another arrow fly. It struck the youkai's neck, but it simply shook the thing off. Inuyasha strained to free himself.
Then they remembered there was another in their party. Drawing his sword and baring his teeth, Kureru jumped the youkai. Its bulbous eyes swiveled upwards as the sword came down between them. He struck with all his might, and for a moment, the youkai's grip loosened. In that moment, Inuyasha freed himself. He swept up his sword, found Kagome's arrow, striking exactly one foot from where it had landed. A tiny, glittering sliver fell out.
The youkai screamed as it returned to its natural size of little more than a garter snake. Its legs shriveled away and its voice dissapated into a hiss. Inuyasha lifted his blade and skewered the reptile before it could escape.
Kagome stooped to pick up the shard.
"Well, that wasn't too bad. And we got a shard out of it too." She smiled. All but Inuyasha smiled back. "What's wrong, dog-breath?" she demanded.
"Nothing!" he snapped.
"Aa, you beat the thing. Just because you had a little help from Kureru doesn't-"
"A little?! He would have been screwed without me!" Inuyasha's ears went flat.
"Oh, really? You hardly even scraped the thing!" he shot back.
"That's 'cause I was using the blunt edge of the sword, moron!"
"EEEE! Would you stop arguing already?!" Kagome shrieked. "What's dead is dead. Yay team, okay? Enough of this 'I'm so much better' crap!" The two hanyou glared, but they were quiet. "Better," she remarked.
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Author's Notes: Well, that was short. I was going to do more, but it seemed like the next part would go better under the next chapter. It'll probably be damp and depressing, to forewarn you. (I'm depressed, so what I write most likely will be.)