Zero ~ Part two
Chapter seven ~ New Moon Reunion
The horse demon ran threw the forest. The wind rushed through it's mane. He jumped over the fallen trees and rocks that lay in his path. It kept running. It had ever felt this good before, it had never ran this fast before. The Shikon Shard was working it's magic.
Suddenly a black blur flew in front of him. The black figure stood in front of him and didn't move. The horse demon had to skid to a stop. He stopped a few feet away from the figure.
He couldn't see well, it was night and there was no moon. From the outline of it's body he could tell that it was a demon. It wore a long shall that covered it to just below the waist. Connected to the shall must have been a hood that covered it's eyes.
"Heh, you have a shard of the Shikon, don't you?" The demon in front of him asked. He could tell by the voice that it was a woman.
"Why would you care?" He asked defensively.
"Because I am on a search for all of them."
"You're planning to use them all, are you?"
"No, I have no need or want for them. But my friend, on the other hand, would really like them." She looked up. The demon shivered as he looked at her eyes, they were glowing yellow. In all the darkness they were the only things that lit up the night. "Hand it over, or prepare to fight."
"I will never give them to you." The horse demon commented bravely. He had the shard, not her. What did he have to be afraid of? Even though, he still felt afraid of this strange demon.
"Heh, you are brave, but you don't have the power." She charged him, her hand was pulled out from underneath the shall. She had claws. They were fully outstretched and prepared to attack, "STEAL TIGER CLAWS!"
She had located the shard within him, aimed and struck it. She watched as he burst into flames and the shard dropped to the ground at her feet. She smiled. He might have won, if only he wasn't so scared. He had psyched him out. It was the best thing to do with a shard holder. Scare them to where they can't think straight. When that happens they lose their fight before it has started. She smiled strategy.
She bent down and picked up the shard. It was her third. Hopefully the others would come this easily. Most likely, they would not.
Zero looked up to the sky. The moonless night let the stars show off their beauty. 'Oh, Inu-Yasha. It has been three months since I last saw you. I hope you're doing okay with Kagome. You better not blow it with her.'
"Curse it!" Inu-Yasha cried. The demon had found out about his 'time of the month' and used it to his advantage. He was attacking them all head on. Inu-Yasha was helpless without his powers. He swung his trusty blade even though he knew that it would do no good since it would not transform. He still felt safer with it in his hands though.
'Great!' Inu-Yasha thought. It was only Inu-Yasha, Kagome and Shippo against the demon. Miroku went into town and Sango followed him to make sure he didn't try to pull anything with the village women.
The demon was a spider demon that seemed to like to throw its web at people and demons and eat them for dinner. It threw a web at Kagome who covered her face with her arms as the goo washed over her. Kagome couldn't see and started having trouble breathing through the web.
The spider crept toward her with a hungry look on its face.
"Kagome!" Shippo yelled, "FOX FIRE!" The attack did no damage to the web what so ever and then was pinned to a tree with web from the spider.
Inu-Yasha ran forward and tried to attack the demon, but his human body was too slow and the spider had time to turn it's head and spit a web at Inu-Yasha, who was pinned to a tree right next to Shippo.
"So glad you could join me." Shippo said sarcastically.
Inu-Yasha gave him an evil eye and then turned to see what was happening to Kagome. The spider was rubbing to of its legs together in the 'dinner looks great' way and started toward Kagome.
"KAGOME!" Inu-Yasha cried as he saw what was happening.
Zero grabbed her ears in pain. That was Inu-Yasha! Why was he yelling so loud, and why was he so close? She could have sworn that they had no way of following her! Then she remembered, Kagome could detect shards. Had they been following her all this time?
Never mind that! She had to go and help Inu-Yasha! She picked up her shall and lifted its hood over her head. May be they wouldn't recognize her. She leaped out of her tree and ran toward from where the yell had come from.
Inu-Yasha watched in horror as the spider closed in on Kagome, who had stopped moving under the web. The spider was about to take a bit out of her when. . .
"STEAL TIGER CLAWS!" A black blur flew from the forest and sliced the demon's leg off. Next she went for the web Kagome was in. Kagome fell out and caught her. Zero was sooo tempted to drop her, but that would make Inu- Yasha pretty mad, so she carefully set the unconscious girl on the ground.
"Who are you?" Inu-Yasha asked Kagome's savior. She then went over to Shippo and sliced him free. Then came Inu-Yasha, who captured a glimpse of the face under the hood. "Zero?"
Oh, well, he figured me out. Might as well answer him now. She pulled back her hood. "Stupid. I Thought that you'd be smart enough to stay out of fights when you are human."
"Hey! It attacked us! Not the other way around!" Inu-Yasha defended.
"Whatever." She turned around to face the demon. "You disgust me."
"Huh? Why would it disgust you?" Shippo asked.
"Because he is a giant spider! Bugs were never meant to get that big! That's just disgusting!" Zero told him.
"Hey! I never knew that you were afraid of bugs!" Inu-Yasha joked.
"I am not afraid of bugs!" Zero growled at him. She playfully hit him on the head.
"Hey! I was just joking!"
The spider, which was, at the moment, forgotten, stared toward Kagome. Inu-Yasha noticed this and started running toward her to try to get her out of the way of the legless spider worming its way to her, but Zero was faster. She grabbed Kagome and pulled her to safety. She then noticed that Inu-Yasha was down there facing the spider with the fang that wouldn't transform. She came back around to grab him and hit the shocked Inu-Yasha on the head again.
"Stupid! You stupid HUMAN!" Zero yelled at him. "You have none of your powers! All you are is a weakling human! Don't go running to fight when you can't defend yourself!"
"I could have taken it!" Inu-Yasha complained.
"Yeah, whatever makes you feel better. You can take the gigantic spider on when you have you demon powers, so wait till then."
"You are starting to sound like Kagome's mother!" Inu-Yasha yelled at her. Zero took a step back and turned bright red. Even in the moonless night you could see her blush.
"Well, then if you don't want to listen to me, may be you should take the spider on yourself."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, I'm waiting. You just defeat that spider over there, why don't cha?"
"Fine." He took a fighting stance and waited for the leggless spider to attack him. He held the Tetsusaiga tight. The spider inched toward him. He grabbed the Tetsusaiga and charged. Suddenly he felt power flood through his veins. The Fang transformed and he held it close. His senses grew. He could smell and hear everything perfectly. He raised the Steal Fang and brought it down on the spider. In an instant the demon was destroyed and Inu-Yasha stood feeling the first warm rays of day.
"No fair!" Zero cried.
"Feh!" He then remembered the unconscious Kagome. He walked over to her and she woke up. "Hey you okay, Kagome?"
"Uh, yeah, I think so." She sat up and rubbed her head. "Did you defeat it?"
"Yeah, Zero helped."
"Zero?" She sat up and looked around and saw the cat demon to her right. "Hey, Zero! How have you been?"
"Just fine." Zero turned around and threw her three jewel shards to Inu-Yasha; he caught them with a shocked look on his face. "There you go. I am leaving now."
"Wait you should stay!" Shippo cried.
"No. I'd only get in the way."
"Zero, you are welcome to stay with us for a while." Kagome told her.
"Thanks, but I'd better get going. I have more shards to collect."
"What? You're collecting the shards?" Shippo asked. "Then why are you giving them to us?"
"It is an excuse to travel. I also have no need or want to use them." She grabbed her shall and threw it over her shoulders.
"Zero. Stay for a while." Inu-Yasha told her quietly.
"Huh?"
"I said stay." Inu-Yasha told her.
"Alright."
End of chapter seven.
Liger003 ~ Sorry it took so long to write and put it up. I started another stories, Angel?, and 'Huntress' and sorta left this one be for a while. Sorry! I know that this is also not the best chapter, but I really needed them to meet up again some how. Please review.
Chapter seven ~ New Moon Reunion
The horse demon ran threw the forest. The wind rushed through it's mane. He jumped over the fallen trees and rocks that lay in his path. It kept running. It had ever felt this good before, it had never ran this fast before. The Shikon Shard was working it's magic.
Suddenly a black blur flew in front of him. The black figure stood in front of him and didn't move. The horse demon had to skid to a stop. He stopped a few feet away from the figure.
He couldn't see well, it was night and there was no moon. From the outline of it's body he could tell that it was a demon. It wore a long shall that covered it to just below the waist. Connected to the shall must have been a hood that covered it's eyes.
"Heh, you have a shard of the Shikon, don't you?" The demon in front of him asked. He could tell by the voice that it was a woman.
"Why would you care?" He asked defensively.
"Because I am on a search for all of them."
"You're planning to use them all, are you?"
"No, I have no need or want for them. But my friend, on the other hand, would really like them." She looked up. The demon shivered as he looked at her eyes, they were glowing yellow. In all the darkness they were the only things that lit up the night. "Hand it over, or prepare to fight."
"I will never give them to you." The horse demon commented bravely. He had the shard, not her. What did he have to be afraid of? Even though, he still felt afraid of this strange demon.
"Heh, you are brave, but you don't have the power." She charged him, her hand was pulled out from underneath the shall. She had claws. They were fully outstretched and prepared to attack, "STEAL TIGER CLAWS!"
She had located the shard within him, aimed and struck it. She watched as he burst into flames and the shard dropped to the ground at her feet. She smiled. He might have won, if only he wasn't so scared. He had psyched him out. It was the best thing to do with a shard holder. Scare them to where they can't think straight. When that happens they lose their fight before it has started. She smiled strategy.
She bent down and picked up the shard. It was her third. Hopefully the others would come this easily. Most likely, they would not.
Zero looked up to the sky. The moonless night let the stars show off their beauty. 'Oh, Inu-Yasha. It has been three months since I last saw you. I hope you're doing okay with Kagome. You better not blow it with her.'
"Curse it!" Inu-Yasha cried. The demon had found out about his 'time of the month' and used it to his advantage. He was attacking them all head on. Inu-Yasha was helpless without his powers. He swung his trusty blade even though he knew that it would do no good since it would not transform. He still felt safer with it in his hands though.
'Great!' Inu-Yasha thought. It was only Inu-Yasha, Kagome and Shippo against the demon. Miroku went into town and Sango followed him to make sure he didn't try to pull anything with the village women.
The demon was a spider demon that seemed to like to throw its web at people and demons and eat them for dinner. It threw a web at Kagome who covered her face with her arms as the goo washed over her. Kagome couldn't see and started having trouble breathing through the web.
The spider crept toward her with a hungry look on its face.
"Kagome!" Shippo yelled, "FOX FIRE!" The attack did no damage to the web what so ever and then was pinned to a tree with web from the spider.
Inu-Yasha ran forward and tried to attack the demon, but his human body was too slow and the spider had time to turn it's head and spit a web at Inu-Yasha, who was pinned to a tree right next to Shippo.
"So glad you could join me." Shippo said sarcastically.
Inu-Yasha gave him an evil eye and then turned to see what was happening to Kagome. The spider was rubbing to of its legs together in the 'dinner looks great' way and started toward Kagome.
"KAGOME!" Inu-Yasha cried as he saw what was happening.
Zero grabbed her ears in pain. That was Inu-Yasha! Why was he yelling so loud, and why was he so close? She could have sworn that they had no way of following her! Then she remembered, Kagome could detect shards. Had they been following her all this time?
Never mind that! She had to go and help Inu-Yasha! She picked up her shall and lifted its hood over her head. May be they wouldn't recognize her. She leaped out of her tree and ran toward from where the yell had come from.
Inu-Yasha watched in horror as the spider closed in on Kagome, who had stopped moving under the web. The spider was about to take a bit out of her when. . .
"STEAL TIGER CLAWS!" A black blur flew from the forest and sliced the demon's leg off. Next she went for the web Kagome was in. Kagome fell out and caught her. Zero was sooo tempted to drop her, but that would make Inu- Yasha pretty mad, so she carefully set the unconscious girl on the ground.
"Who are you?" Inu-Yasha asked Kagome's savior. She then went over to Shippo and sliced him free. Then came Inu-Yasha, who captured a glimpse of the face under the hood. "Zero?"
Oh, well, he figured me out. Might as well answer him now. She pulled back her hood. "Stupid. I Thought that you'd be smart enough to stay out of fights when you are human."
"Hey! It attacked us! Not the other way around!" Inu-Yasha defended.
"Whatever." She turned around to face the demon. "You disgust me."
"Huh? Why would it disgust you?" Shippo asked.
"Because he is a giant spider! Bugs were never meant to get that big! That's just disgusting!" Zero told him.
"Hey! I never knew that you were afraid of bugs!" Inu-Yasha joked.
"I am not afraid of bugs!" Zero growled at him. She playfully hit him on the head.
"Hey! I was just joking!"
The spider, which was, at the moment, forgotten, stared toward Kagome. Inu-Yasha noticed this and started running toward her to try to get her out of the way of the legless spider worming its way to her, but Zero was faster. She grabbed Kagome and pulled her to safety. She then noticed that Inu-Yasha was down there facing the spider with the fang that wouldn't transform. She came back around to grab him and hit the shocked Inu-Yasha on the head again.
"Stupid! You stupid HUMAN!" Zero yelled at him. "You have none of your powers! All you are is a weakling human! Don't go running to fight when you can't defend yourself!"
"I could have taken it!" Inu-Yasha complained.
"Yeah, whatever makes you feel better. You can take the gigantic spider on when you have you demon powers, so wait till then."
"You are starting to sound like Kagome's mother!" Inu-Yasha yelled at her. Zero took a step back and turned bright red. Even in the moonless night you could see her blush.
"Well, then if you don't want to listen to me, may be you should take the spider on yourself."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, I'm waiting. You just defeat that spider over there, why don't cha?"
"Fine." He took a fighting stance and waited for the leggless spider to attack him. He held the Tetsusaiga tight. The spider inched toward him. He grabbed the Tetsusaiga and charged. Suddenly he felt power flood through his veins. The Fang transformed and he held it close. His senses grew. He could smell and hear everything perfectly. He raised the Steal Fang and brought it down on the spider. In an instant the demon was destroyed and Inu-Yasha stood feeling the first warm rays of day.
"No fair!" Zero cried.
"Feh!" He then remembered the unconscious Kagome. He walked over to her and she woke up. "Hey you okay, Kagome?"
"Uh, yeah, I think so." She sat up and rubbed her head. "Did you defeat it?"
"Yeah, Zero helped."
"Zero?" She sat up and looked around and saw the cat demon to her right. "Hey, Zero! How have you been?"
"Just fine." Zero turned around and threw her three jewel shards to Inu-Yasha; he caught them with a shocked look on his face. "There you go. I am leaving now."
"Wait you should stay!" Shippo cried.
"No. I'd only get in the way."
"Zero, you are welcome to stay with us for a while." Kagome told her.
"Thanks, but I'd better get going. I have more shards to collect."
"What? You're collecting the shards?" Shippo asked. "Then why are you giving them to us?"
"It is an excuse to travel. I also have no need or want to use them." She grabbed her shall and threw it over her shoulders.
"Zero. Stay for a while." Inu-Yasha told her quietly.
"Huh?"
"I said stay." Inu-Yasha told her.
"Alright."
End of chapter seven.
Liger003 ~ Sorry it took so long to write and put it up. I started another stories, Angel?, and 'Huntress' and sorta left this one be for a while. Sorry! I know that this is also not the best chapter, but I really needed them to meet up again some how. Please review.