Disclaimer: Do I need to say it again? *I think not*
I'm writing chapter 3 on a school computer- why? Because I just had a
crappy Spanish test and thought I'd entertain myself with a continuation of
my story ^^ - Siempre no me gusta espanol
How's about some more reviews people? Arigatou *_*
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Chapter 3: The Startling New Discovery
"I am the one they want"
The group blinked in surprise, unable to digest what they have just been told.
"What the hell? What do you mean by that? You had better explain yourself, YinYin" Inuyasha declared threateningly, with a dangerous glare at the now silent girl.
"There is nothing to explain" YinYin replied, plastering an emotionless façade over her face. "I do not want to talk about it, okay? Just leave me alone."
"But-" Kagome started to object when Miroku interrupted, "Kagome-sama, don't" Turning to YinYin, Miroku asked in the most gentle and caring voice (surprising everyone, including Sango, who never thought the pervert can be so nice) "What happened to the villagers in this village, YinYin chan?"
"Why don't you ask the soldiers outside?" YinYin replied sarcastically, still hiding behind that emotionless façade, "I'm sure they'll be glad to tell you of what I did or didn't do"
YinYin stared off into a nonexistent space, her mind going back to so many years ago.
~~~Flashback~~~~ A five year old YinYin ran along the forest, her hair loose and messy from the wind, her breath rushed. She was tired after all that running, but she kept on running, the flowers she had gathered earlier fell to the ground one by one as she loosened her clutches. YinYin's mind was going over a thousand different possibilities for the panic she felt in her heart. Her *more than normal* instinct kept telling her that something was wrong with the village. Oh no.she thought to herself, as from not too far away she could see smoke rising from where the village was. She ran faster. The sight that greeted her young and innocent eyes was too terrible to describe. Bodies. Bloody bodies scattered everywhere, ruining the serene peace her village had always been surrounded with. She searched through the streets, unable to stop her tears from flowing. These were people she knew, people who just a few hours before had patted her head as she went out to play in the forest and told her to be careful. These people were now dead, dismembered from limb to limb. She searched frantikly through the streets, looking for her parents. At last she found them- her father had become rags of blood mixed in with cloth. Lifeless. Cold. Her mother was hanging on by a thread of breath- while life seeped through her fingers as she held her mother close~ blood, her mother's blood, stained the white based pink flower kimono YinYin wore. "Mother" she cried in a hushed voice, hoping to call her mother's soul back from the path to heaven "Don't leave me.please, don't leave me alone.I am scared, Mother" As if God had heard the tragic call and allowed her mother to live a few more minutes, her mother's eyelids fluttered a bit and opened slightly. "Mother?" "YinYin.(coughs up blood) A youkai attacked us.we were defenseless.listen to me.now listen carefully.there's something I need to tell you.I found you, YinYin, you were adopted.I loved you as my own flesh and blood.be brave, child, live on.for me, for your father, for all the villagers.Live" her mother coughed up spasms of maroon blood, and YinYin's kimono had turned completely red. Her mother used up all of her energy raising one hand to feel YinYin's cheek. YinYin grabbed her hand and held ferverously on. "Please don't die, Mother, I'll take care of you." Her whisper was drowned by her mother's coughing, followed by more spasms of blood. She felt her mother's hand let go, and her mother passed away to the underworld. YinYin was numb, impenetrable to the outside, while she sat next to her mother's corpse, holding that cold hand, surrounded by an evil stench of blood and decay, from the village. Sun rose again.and the world continued on, oblivious to the blood that had been lost. YinYin finally felt her blood boil.rage and anger overcame her.she swore by her mother's dead body-I will find that youkai that did this, Mother, I promise. She felt a surge of energy cackle around her- and watched in amazement as it gathered around her fingertips- light. ~~~~End Flashback~~~~
YinYin pulled her mind to the present. Soldiers were clamoring outside the house because of her. There is really no reason for Inuyasha and his group to get involved in her own mess. As silly as it had sound, YinYin found herself quite comfortable around Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou. With them, she had found a little bit of her family. She didn't want any of them to get hurt. Especially not Inuyasha.she had felt a certain bond with him in the little time she had known him. From the moment she laid eyes on him.she knew he was a hanyou, nothing could hide the special aura surrounding him, especially not from YinYin's super acute and perceptive senses. A hanyou, just like herself.
~~~~Another Flashback~~~~ A sound came from the forest. Following the sound, a young girl, about the age of 6, was seen practicing archery on a target tree. The arrows hit the bull's eye every time, one on top of another. "You're trying too hard, YinYin" the girl kept on practicing, not even turning her head to look at the very old woman emerging out of the forest "Sensei, I'm perfecting my technique" "Your technique is perfect.it is your heart that needs calming, I can feel your anxiety from all the way over here.youkais can smell fear and anxiety, that is the one thing you must remember." "Hai" YinYin shot the last arrow, and as the arrow hit the center of the target, she brought up her bow and turned and bowed low to the old woman. "Sensei, I am much indebted to you" politely. The old woman was once the greatest miko in all of the northern lands. She had recognized YinYin's gift and took her in.taught her everything she knew about youkais and mikos. The old woman now smiled at her young disciple, noting with pleasure that YinYin had absorbed everything she knew in just a mere year. It usually took at least 15 years to properly train a miko, and YinYin had mastered it in only a year. "YinYin, come here, I wish to speak to you" "Hai, Sensei" "YinYin, I believe you are ready to make your way into the world. You've learned well from me, and I have nothing more to teach you. Trust in your own abilities, and let your instincts and reason guide your every action. You are the chosen one" the old woman told YinYin slowly "I can sense your greatness, come, YinYin, bear what I am about to tell you.You are special, you know that, right? You are special because you are a hanyou- half youkai. You've got demon blood inside you, that is your gift." The young girl fell silent, and digested this startling revelation.she knew that she was different from others, but.to have that hated youkai blood flowing within her.the thought half-disgusted her, and she doubted herself. As if sensing her doubt, the old woman continued on, in a calm voice "You are the Chosen One, of that I have no doubt at all, I have opened up a small tip of your power. The rest is for you to discover. Go on, Child, find your inner strength. I wish you luck on the rest of your journey" ~~~~End Flashback~~~~
It had been so many years ago. YinYin thought. I have been searching for myself for so many years. I want answers.who am I? Who are my real parents? Why had God chosen me to walk down this path full of sorrow and loneliness? I have found none, except to plunge deeper and deeper into despair, the nightmares Satan prepared for me night after night, seeing hell. I felt like screaming.
All of these went through YinYin's mind in a split second, her destiny, journey, the many unanswered questions, and her desire to keep Inuyasha and the gang out of her affair.
"Leave, now" she ordered a command to Inuyasha and the rest of the group, keeping a monotone voice. "I will distract the soldiers while you guys get out of here. This does not concern you. Leave and don't ever come back here again." She said, emotionless. In her several crosspath with humans since so long ago, she had noticed that hiding behind an icy wall was the best way of getting anything across.
"But we simply can't do that" Kagome offered, ever so affably, "I would never stand aside and simply watch while one of my friends needs my help. I want to be your friend, YinYin" She said extending her hand out. Inwardly YinYin was truly touched..and she wanted to cry. No, she mentally told herself, I cannot show any emotions. Emotions are for the weak. I've learned that much for so long.
YinYin did not take Kagome's hand. "Blah, leave the bitch alone, she's gotten us into quite enough trouble as it is. It's for the best" Inuyasha crossed his arms in front of his chest, and continued "besides we have got a bigger mission, wench, we need to look for shards of the Shikon no Tama, remember?"
*Why how dare that Inuyasha say such things! Can't he see that YinYin's hurt by his words.so inconsiderate. Baka dog demon * Kagome swore to herself, unaware that she's giving Inuyasha the deadly glare again.with black flame surrounding her. *What's she so mad about? * clueless Inuyasha.
"H'hem (clears her throat) I believe Inuyasha is right. The predominent thing here is to get rid of those soldiers without harming anyone. We can sort out this thing later." Sango offered a suggestion and since there's no other obvious course of action, the rest of the gang had to agree.
"Leave the soldiers to me.I know how to deal with the likes of them" a grin appeared on her face.
"Don't hurt them" Miroku reminded her
"I won't. Don't worry about it."
Shippou sat there staring at YinYin, he suddenly thought how cool would it be if YinYin's demonic half were a kitsune.
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Chapter 3: The Startling New Discovery
"I am the one they want"
The group blinked in surprise, unable to digest what they have just been told.
"What the hell? What do you mean by that? You had better explain yourself, YinYin" Inuyasha declared threateningly, with a dangerous glare at the now silent girl.
"There is nothing to explain" YinYin replied, plastering an emotionless façade over her face. "I do not want to talk about it, okay? Just leave me alone."
"But-" Kagome started to object when Miroku interrupted, "Kagome-sama, don't" Turning to YinYin, Miroku asked in the most gentle and caring voice (surprising everyone, including Sango, who never thought the pervert can be so nice) "What happened to the villagers in this village, YinYin chan?"
"Why don't you ask the soldiers outside?" YinYin replied sarcastically, still hiding behind that emotionless façade, "I'm sure they'll be glad to tell you of what I did or didn't do"
YinYin stared off into a nonexistent space, her mind going back to so many years ago.
~~~Flashback~~~~ A five year old YinYin ran along the forest, her hair loose and messy from the wind, her breath rushed. She was tired after all that running, but she kept on running, the flowers she had gathered earlier fell to the ground one by one as she loosened her clutches. YinYin's mind was going over a thousand different possibilities for the panic she felt in her heart. Her *more than normal* instinct kept telling her that something was wrong with the village. Oh no.she thought to herself, as from not too far away she could see smoke rising from where the village was. She ran faster. The sight that greeted her young and innocent eyes was too terrible to describe. Bodies. Bloody bodies scattered everywhere, ruining the serene peace her village had always been surrounded with. She searched through the streets, unable to stop her tears from flowing. These were people she knew, people who just a few hours before had patted her head as she went out to play in the forest and told her to be careful. These people were now dead, dismembered from limb to limb. She searched frantikly through the streets, looking for her parents. At last she found them- her father had become rags of blood mixed in with cloth. Lifeless. Cold. Her mother was hanging on by a thread of breath- while life seeped through her fingers as she held her mother close~ blood, her mother's blood, stained the white based pink flower kimono YinYin wore. "Mother" she cried in a hushed voice, hoping to call her mother's soul back from the path to heaven "Don't leave me.please, don't leave me alone.I am scared, Mother" As if God had heard the tragic call and allowed her mother to live a few more minutes, her mother's eyelids fluttered a bit and opened slightly. "Mother?" "YinYin.(coughs up blood) A youkai attacked us.we were defenseless.listen to me.now listen carefully.there's something I need to tell you.I found you, YinYin, you were adopted.I loved you as my own flesh and blood.be brave, child, live on.for me, for your father, for all the villagers.Live" her mother coughed up spasms of maroon blood, and YinYin's kimono had turned completely red. Her mother used up all of her energy raising one hand to feel YinYin's cheek. YinYin grabbed her hand and held ferverously on. "Please don't die, Mother, I'll take care of you." Her whisper was drowned by her mother's coughing, followed by more spasms of blood. She felt her mother's hand let go, and her mother passed away to the underworld. YinYin was numb, impenetrable to the outside, while she sat next to her mother's corpse, holding that cold hand, surrounded by an evil stench of blood and decay, from the village. Sun rose again.and the world continued on, oblivious to the blood that had been lost. YinYin finally felt her blood boil.rage and anger overcame her.she swore by her mother's dead body-I will find that youkai that did this, Mother, I promise. She felt a surge of energy cackle around her- and watched in amazement as it gathered around her fingertips- light. ~~~~End Flashback~~~~
YinYin pulled her mind to the present. Soldiers were clamoring outside the house because of her. There is really no reason for Inuyasha and his group to get involved in her own mess. As silly as it had sound, YinYin found herself quite comfortable around Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou. With them, she had found a little bit of her family. She didn't want any of them to get hurt. Especially not Inuyasha.she had felt a certain bond with him in the little time she had known him. From the moment she laid eyes on him.she knew he was a hanyou, nothing could hide the special aura surrounding him, especially not from YinYin's super acute and perceptive senses. A hanyou, just like herself.
~~~~Another Flashback~~~~ A sound came from the forest. Following the sound, a young girl, about the age of 6, was seen practicing archery on a target tree. The arrows hit the bull's eye every time, one on top of another. "You're trying too hard, YinYin" the girl kept on practicing, not even turning her head to look at the very old woman emerging out of the forest "Sensei, I'm perfecting my technique" "Your technique is perfect.it is your heart that needs calming, I can feel your anxiety from all the way over here.youkais can smell fear and anxiety, that is the one thing you must remember." "Hai" YinYin shot the last arrow, and as the arrow hit the center of the target, she brought up her bow and turned and bowed low to the old woman. "Sensei, I am much indebted to you" politely. The old woman was once the greatest miko in all of the northern lands. She had recognized YinYin's gift and took her in.taught her everything she knew about youkais and mikos. The old woman now smiled at her young disciple, noting with pleasure that YinYin had absorbed everything she knew in just a mere year. It usually took at least 15 years to properly train a miko, and YinYin had mastered it in only a year. "YinYin, come here, I wish to speak to you" "Hai, Sensei" "YinYin, I believe you are ready to make your way into the world. You've learned well from me, and I have nothing more to teach you. Trust in your own abilities, and let your instincts and reason guide your every action. You are the chosen one" the old woman told YinYin slowly "I can sense your greatness, come, YinYin, bear what I am about to tell you.You are special, you know that, right? You are special because you are a hanyou- half youkai. You've got demon blood inside you, that is your gift." The young girl fell silent, and digested this startling revelation.she knew that she was different from others, but.to have that hated youkai blood flowing within her.the thought half-disgusted her, and she doubted herself. As if sensing her doubt, the old woman continued on, in a calm voice "You are the Chosen One, of that I have no doubt at all, I have opened up a small tip of your power. The rest is for you to discover. Go on, Child, find your inner strength. I wish you luck on the rest of your journey" ~~~~End Flashback~~~~
It had been so many years ago. YinYin thought. I have been searching for myself for so many years. I want answers.who am I? Who are my real parents? Why had God chosen me to walk down this path full of sorrow and loneliness? I have found none, except to plunge deeper and deeper into despair, the nightmares Satan prepared for me night after night, seeing hell. I felt like screaming.
All of these went through YinYin's mind in a split second, her destiny, journey, the many unanswered questions, and her desire to keep Inuyasha and the gang out of her affair.
"Leave, now" she ordered a command to Inuyasha and the rest of the group, keeping a monotone voice. "I will distract the soldiers while you guys get out of here. This does not concern you. Leave and don't ever come back here again." She said, emotionless. In her several crosspath with humans since so long ago, she had noticed that hiding behind an icy wall was the best way of getting anything across.
"But we simply can't do that" Kagome offered, ever so affably, "I would never stand aside and simply watch while one of my friends needs my help. I want to be your friend, YinYin" She said extending her hand out. Inwardly YinYin was truly touched..and she wanted to cry. No, she mentally told herself, I cannot show any emotions. Emotions are for the weak. I've learned that much for so long.
YinYin did not take Kagome's hand. "Blah, leave the bitch alone, she's gotten us into quite enough trouble as it is. It's for the best" Inuyasha crossed his arms in front of his chest, and continued "besides we have got a bigger mission, wench, we need to look for shards of the Shikon no Tama, remember?"
*Why how dare that Inuyasha say such things! Can't he see that YinYin's hurt by his words.so inconsiderate. Baka dog demon * Kagome swore to herself, unaware that she's giving Inuyasha the deadly glare again.with black flame surrounding her. *What's she so mad about? * clueless Inuyasha.
"H'hem (clears her throat) I believe Inuyasha is right. The predominent thing here is to get rid of those soldiers without harming anyone. We can sort out this thing later." Sango offered a suggestion and since there's no other obvious course of action, the rest of the gang had to agree.
"Leave the soldiers to me.I know how to deal with the likes of them" a grin appeared on her face.
"Don't hurt them" Miroku reminded her
"I won't. Don't worry about it."
Shippou sat there staring at YinYin, he suddenly thought how cool would it be if YinYin's demonic half were a kitsune.
^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^ That's it for now! Gomenasai for the long flashbacks~ I was trying to explain YinYin's background Please REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Arigatou (