A/N: Konnichiwa minna-san! Ogenki desu ka? (How are you?) This is the
second true chapter of Tokyo Rose, and it's gonna be SUGOI! (Cool!) *Oh,
I'm changing 'Kirara' to 'Kilala' because my friend watched Inuyasha on
April 23 and he said that they call her Kilala. Crap, they finally put
Inuyasha back on the air, I miss it, and the tape he was using screwed up
so it didn't record. This is not my day.
Disclaimer: It's a little obvious, ain't it?
... She will experience the world. She will learn about friendship and devotion, and will survive by making full use of her brain. She sees herself through the crisis, avoids danger, and gets herself back to the ordinary world somehow. She manages not because she has destroyed the 'evil' but because she has acquired the ability to survive. -Hayao Miyazaki; Spirited Away
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Amaya awoke to the sound of two unfamiliar male voices. As she woke up more, she remembered that they belonged to Kotaro and Koichi.
She sniffed, confused. The place she was in smelled strange and it frightened her. She was in an unfamiliar place with two youkai that she didn't know, she was blind and mute and helpless.
She wanted Sasuke.
She reached out for the dog's warm fur to snuggle in. When she didn't find him, she flew into a bristling rage. Not because she was mad but because she was scared. Koichi and Kotaro stopped in their tracks to watch the hanyou.
"What does she want?" Koichi wondered. Amaya heard his voice and stormed over to him. She formed the word 'Sasuke' to him. He peered at her flying hands to depict them.
"She wants... Sasuke? Who's that?" He grabbed her hand and signed 'who's that' into them. She formed 'my dog' back.
"Oh!" Kotaro ran into another room and came back with the Border Collie puppy. He cautiously handed him to her. She clutched him tightly and stormed back to her bed. She sniffed the air in horror to realize that it was the night of the half moon.
The night that she became human.
She felt her normally long, light hair become unbearably heavy. She felt it change from black with silver streaks to pure black. Her claws became regular fingernails, her fangs regular teeth. She felt her strength leave her too, and the pup she was holding became heavier in her arms. Her dog- ears became those of normal humans.
There was one side effect to this that she looked forward to, though.
On the night of the half moon, she lost her demon powers but gained her vision and voice back.
She turned to face Koichi and Kotaro with her now midnight blue eyes and smiled.
"Konnichiwa." She spoke for the first time in a month. They stared at her as if she was dead.
"I thought that you... were blind and mute. What's up?" Koichi suddenly realized that she had become human, knowing about how hanyou's become human once a month.
"So when this happens, you regain your voice and sight? That's cool." Kotaro said. She nodded.
"Ano, why did you kidnap me?" She asked. Koichi and Kotaro looked at each other.
"Because you were in our territory. Youkai rules say that if you are royalty and on another taiyoukai's land, they have the right to capture you, unless you are delivering something." Koichi looked down at the ground as he said this.
"Ano, how did you know that I am royalty? I'm guessing that you don't know my name." She questioned.
"There is rumor of a hanyou with black-silver hair. She is the first daughter of Kagome, the human, and Inuyasha, the youkai. A curse was put on her when she was a kid, causing her to lose her vision and voice. Her name is Amaya. And you are her, hai?" Kotaro asked slyly.
"Hai, I am." She lowered her head, wondering why they cared.
"Hey, what's wrong? You aren't crying, are you?" Koichi asked. He walked over to see that she wasn't crying, but on the verge of it.
"I wanna go home. My friend is dying and she needs a Tokyo Rose. She's gonna die! I haven't found one and I've been away for a week. My family is gonna think I've died. My mother will nearly die hearing this and my father and brother will go on a rampage looking for me." Koichi grinned at his brother and walked into another room. He came back holding ten Tiger Lily- like flowers and handed them to Amaya
"Tokyo Rose, huh? You've come to the right place. We grow these in our garden behind the palace." Amaya sniffed them carefully and knew that it was what she had been searching for because it smelled like an ocean breeze.
"Can you take these to them?" She asked. They nodded.
"I'll stay behind to protect her." Koichi said. "And you'll take the flowers." Kotaro began walking out of the palace.
"Wait!" Amaya yelled. She grabbed a pen and paper and began writing a note. Handing it to Kotaro, she said, "Give this to the human Rin. My brother and sisters can't read, except for Midoriko. Try to get some of my stuff from them." Kotaro walked away, leaving Amaya and Koichi behind.
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~Dear people that live in my palace whether you are family or not.
I am fine, you don't have to worry about me. I can't bring the Tokyo Roses, gomen. Kotaro has taken care of that. I'm writing this at night because it was a half moon.
Kaorinu, you tell dad, you die.
Akemi, Akane, don't annoy him or Rin while I'm gone.
Midoriko, practice your aim with those arrows. I've still got a scar.
Emiko, take care of Keiko.
Keiko, you need to eat more. I give you my food.
Rin, take care of everyone for me. Sorry for the trouble I caused.
I'm gonna come back you guys! Please don't worry about me. You know me better than that. The youkai that I'm with is nice. His name is Koichi and his brother, the one who's bringing the Tokyo Roses, is Kotaro. Pack some of my stuff for me, I don't want to be bored while I'm with them. Arigato! Wo ai ni!
Sayonara,
Amaya-chan
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Kagome cried as she read the letter. She and Inuyasha had just gotten back only to find Amaya missing. Leaning against his shoulder, she felt his hand rest on her head.
"What does it say? It obviously can't be good, if you're crying, Kagome- chan." Inuyasha said softly. Kagome sighed. She wished Inuyasha had listened to her when she tried to teach him how to read.
"Amaya's been kidnapped. The names of the youkai's that took her look like someone took their claw and ripped through them so we wouldn't know. Though I don't know what this 'Tokyo Rose' is. I'll have to ask Kaori-kun 'bout it. But I'm worried about Amaya, Inu-kun. We hafta get her back." She sniffled. Inuyasha nodded.
"I'll get Kaorinu and we'll go look for her, 'kay, Kag-chan?" He asked. Kagome looked as if she wanted to object, but she nodded. Inuyasha let go of her and walked off to find his headstrong son.
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"KAORINU!" Akemi yelled. He continued to run, ignoring her yelling. He was three meters ahead of her, and whenever she caught up, he'd put on another burst of speed. Her dad, Inuyasha, ran beside her. He, too, was trying to catch Kaorinu. The boy had split the moment he had heard about Amaya. The rest of the demons were behind them.
Sesshoumaru, Kajiime, Kalaia, Rena, Reiko, Satoru, Inutaisho, Akane, Midoriko, Emiko, Keiko, Shippo, *Kilala, Juuki, Kazumi, Hana, and two friends of theirs, Kouga and Ayame, followed close behind. Kagome and Sota had stayed at the palace.
They were going to get Amaya back.
They surrounded the castle, hiding in the tall grass. Kaorinu ran towards the castle and slammed into the door. It splintered a bit. He kept ramming into it, not noticing what was going on inside.
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"Amaya, someone's trying to raid the palace! Let's go!" Koichi yelled. She struggled to get free from his grip. She smelled Kaorinu, so she wanted to get to him. Koichi snarled at her stubbornness. Throwing her into the air, he grabbed her dog. He leapt up after her, caught her, and seemingly flew towards the door. Kotaro and his wolf pack had gone before them to create a diversion.
Amaya fought to get free. She wanted her father. She could smell him, now, and all of her friends excluding her mom and her Uncle Sota. She tried to stop herself from crying, but couldn't. Koichi looked down at the hanyou.
"What's wrong?" He asked. She looked towards him.
'Kaorinu... My brother, he's come for me.' She thought desperately. She tried to use the 'mind-weirdo-message-thingy' as Kaorinu called it to speak to Kotaro through her mind. It was one of the up sides to being quarter miko. Koichi's ears perked and he looked at her.
"Amaya, are you... psychic?" He asked.
'No, I have miko blood. But since it's mixed with demon blood, that's all I can use it for. But, that's my brother Kaorinu. Show him that I'm fine and maybe he'll calm down. Okay?' She asked. Koichi nodded, then mentally slapped himself after remembering that she was blind.
"I will." He said bravely. She then calmed down remarkably and allowed him to carry her. Koichi lifted his hand and the door automatically opened. He walked through them and they closed behind him.
Amaya could hear the sounds of battle all around her. She snuggled closer into Koichi's arms in fear, causing the ookami to blush a hot shade of pink. But he stood up in front of all of the youkai that were fighting.
"Hey, Kaorinu!" He yelled. One of the youkai lifted up his head and ended his battle immediately. He stood up and, wiping the blood off of his hands, walked over to them.
It wasn't hard for Koichi to see that the dog hanyou was bristling with rage. The wolf demon shivered a bit and Amaya realized that her brother was coming. She wanted to jump out, wanted to get free of Koichi's grip and run to him. But she realized that Kaorinu would probably think that they had treated her bad, and then he would kill Koichi.
And, despite everything, she liked Koichi a little bit.
To her, Kotaro was a fighter. He would drop whatever he was doing just to fight. She didn't like that. She only fought when it was absolutely necessary. But Koichi was different. Koichi wasn't scared to show his true feelings. Not like her father, who had told her that the more he fell in love with Kagome, the harsher he got with her. That was the way most demons were.
But not Koichi.
Amaya could hear Kaorinu's footsteps stop. His scent indicated that he was standing right in front of them. Koichi set Amaya and Sasuke down and Amaya ran to her brother. He put a protective arm around her and lifted the other one up, cracking his claws threateningly.
"So, what'd ya do ta her, huh?" He snarled. Koichi raised his arms protectively in front of his face when he felt Amaya stand up next to him. She 'stared' straight at Kaorinu and shook her head defiantly. Kaorinu looked confused at this.
"Amaya? Hey, 'Maya, why are you protecting the enemy?"
'Because... I like, no, I LOVE him. I don't care if he doesn't love me, but I love him. He never hurt me once, he or his brother. He even gave the Tokyo Rose to you guys! That should say something right there. Let him and Kotaro come to dinner with us tonight. After all, Kaorinu, you're always complaining about how our allies are 'a weak bunch of fools.' We could gain a very strong ally through this. Come on, will ya, just for me?' She begged. Kaorinu gave in when he saw that she really did admire this ookami.
"Okay. But if anything bad happens, Amaya, you're taking full blame, got it?" She nodded. Kaorinu looked at Koichi.
"Come on. You and your brother are gonna have dinner with us tonight, as our guests of honor." He said. He called off all of the demons that were fighting and told them the same thing. Koichi looked at the girl who had just saved his life.
'Whoa, she could have told her brother to kill me, right then, right there. But she chose to save me. Why?' He wondered. A sudden new feeling came over the wolf demon. 'Am I in love with her?'
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A/N: That was longer, wasn't it? Five pages on Word. I'm getting better, cause I actually reached my goal. YAY! Next chapter: Koichi, Kotaro and their pack meet Amaya's family for dinner. Will disaster ensue? Or will everything go as planned? Read and find out!
Disclaimer: It's a little obvious, ain't it?
... She will experience the world. She will learn about friendship and devotion, and will survive by making full use of her brain. She sees herself through the crisis, avoids danger, and gets herself back to the ordinary world somehow. She manages not because she has destroyed the 'evil' but because she has acquired the ability to survive. -Hayao Miyazaki; Spirited Away
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Amaya awoke to the sound of two unfamiliar male voices. As she woke up more, she remembered that they belonged to Kotaro and Koichi.
She sniffed, confused. The place she was in smelled strange and it frightened her. She was in an unfamiliar place with two youkai that she didn't know, she was blind and mute and helpless.
She wanted Sasuke.
She reached out for the dog's warm fur to snuggle in. When she didn't find him, she flew into a bristling rage. Not because she was mad but because she was scared. Koichi and Kotaro stopped in their tracks to watch the hanyou.
"What does she want?" Koichi wondered. Amaya heard his voice and stormed over to him. She formed the word 'Sasuke' to him. He peered at her flying hands to depict them.
"She wants... Sasuke? Who's that?" He grabbed her hand and signed 'who's that' into them. She formed 'my dog' back.
"Oh!" Kotaro ran into another room and came back with the Border Collie puppy. He cautiously handed him to her. She clutched him tightly and stormed back to her bed. She sniffed the air in horror to realize that it was the night of the half moon.
The night that she became human.
She felt her normally long, light hair become unbearably heavy. She felt it change from black with silver streaks to pure black. Her claws became regular fingernails, her fangs regular teeth. She felt her strength leave her too, and the pup she was holding became heavier in her arms. Her dog- ears became those of normal humans.
There was one side effect to this that she looked forward to, though.
On the night of the half moon, she lost her demon powers but gained her vision and voice back.
She turned to face Koichi and Kotaro with her now midnight blue eyes and smiled.
"Konnichiwa." She spoke for the first time in a month. They stared at her as if she was dead.
"I thought that you... were blind and mute. What's up?" Koichi suddenly realized that she had become human, knowing about how hanyou's become human once a month.
"So when this happens, you regain your voice and sight? That's cool." Kotaro said. She nodded.
"Ano, why did you kidnap me?" She asked. Koichi and Kotaro looked at each other.
"Because you were in our territory. Youkai rules say that if you are royalty and on another taiyoukai's land, they have the right to capture you, unless you are delivering something." Koichi looked down at the ground as he said this.
"Ano, how did you know that I am royalty? I'm guessing that you don't know my name." She questioned.
"There is rumor of a hanyou with black-silver hair. She is the first daughter of Kagome, the human, and Inuyasha, the youkai. A curse was put on her when she was a kid, causing her to lose her vision and voice. Her name is Amaya. And you are her, hai?" Kotaro asked slyly.
"Hai, I am." She lowered her head, wondering why they cared.
"Hey, what's wrong? You aren't crying, are you?" Koichi asked. He walked over to see that she wasn't crying, but on the verge of it.
"I wanna go home. My friend is dying and she needs a Tokyo Rose. She's gonna die! I haven't found one and I've been away for a week. My family is gonna think I've died. My mother will nearly die hearing this and my father and brother will go on a rampage looking for me." Koichi grinned at his brother and walked into another room. He came back holding ten Tiger Lily- like flowers and handed them to Amaya
"Tokyo Rose, huh? You've come to the right place. We grow these in our garden behind the palace." Amaya sniffed them carefully and knew that it was what she had been searching for because it smelled like an ocean breeze.
"Can you take these to them?" She asked. They nodded.
"I'll stay behind to protect her." Koichi said. "And you'll take the flowers." Kotaro began walking out of the palace.
"Wait!" Amaya yelled. She grabbed a pen and paper and began writing a note. Handing it to Kotaro, she said, "Give this to the human Rin. My brother and sisters can't read, except for Midoriko. Try to get some of my stuff from them." Kotaro walked away, leaving Amaya and Koichi behind.
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~Dear people that live in my palace whether you are family or not.
I am fine, you don't have to worry about me. I can't bring the Tokyo Roses, gomen. Kotaro has taken care of that. I'm writing this at night because it was a half moon.
Kaorinu, you tell dad, you die.
Akemi, Akane, don't annoy him or Rin while I'm gone.
Midoriko, practice your aim with those arrows. I've still got a scar.
Emiko, take care of Keiko.
Keiko, you need to eat more. I give you my food.
Rin, take care of everyone for me. Sorry for the trouble I caused.
I'm gonna come back you guys! Please don't worry about me. You know me better than that. The youkai that I'm with is nice. His name is Koichi and his brother, the one who's bringing the Tokyo Roses, is Kotaro. Pack some of my stuff for me, I don't want to be bored while I'm with them. Arigato! Wo ai ni!
Sayonara,
Amaya-chan
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Kagome cried as she read the letter. She and Inuyasha had just gotten back only to find Amaya missing. Leaning against his shoulder, she felt his hand rest on her head.
"What does it say? It obviously can't be good, if you're crying, Kagome- chan." Inuyasha said softly. Kagome sighed. She wished Inuyasha had listened to her when she tried to teach him how to read.
"Amaya's been kidnapped. The names of the youkai's that took her look like someone took their claw and ripped through them so we wouldn't know. Though I don't know what this 'Tokyo Rose' is. I'll have to ask Kaori-kun 'bout it. But I'm worried about Amaya, Inu-kun. We hafta get her back." She sniffled. Inuyasha nodded.
"I'll get Kaorinu and we'll go look for her, 'kay, Kag-chan?" He asked. Kagome looked as if she wanted to object, but she nodded. Inuyasha let go of her and walked off to find his headstrong son.
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"KAORINU!" Akemi yelled. He continued to run, ignoring her yelling. He was three meters ahead of her, and whenever she caught up, he'd put on another burst of speed. Her dad, Inuyasha, ran beside her. He, too, was trying to catch Kaorinu. The boy had split the moment he had heard about Amaya. The rest of the demons were behind them.
Sesshoumaru, Kajiime, Kalaia, Rena, Reiko, Satoru, Inutaisho, Akane, Midoriko, Emiko, Keiko, Shippo, *Kilala, Juuki, Kazumi, Hana, and two friends of theirs, Kouga and Ayame, followed close behind. Kagome and Sota had stayed at the palace.
They were going to get Amaya back.
They surrounded the castle, hiding in the tall grass. Kaorinu ran towards the castle and slammed into the door. It splintered a bit. He kept ramming into it, not noticing what was going on inside.
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"Amaya, someone's trying to raid the palace! Let's go!" Koichi yelled. She struggled to get free from his grip. She smelled Kaorinu, so she wanted to get to him. Koichi snarled at her stubbornness. Throwing her into the air, he grabbed her dog. He leapt up after her, caught her, and seemingly flew towards the door. Kotaro and his wolf pack had gone before them to create a diversion.
Amaya fought to get free. She wanted her father. She could smell him, now, and all of her friends excluding her mom and her Uncle Sota. She tried to stop herself from crying, but couldn't. Koichi looked down at the hanyou.
"What's wrong?" He asked. She looked towards him.
'Kaorinu... My brother, he's come for me.' She thought desperately. She tried to use the 'mind-weirdo-message-thingy' as Kaorinu called it to speak to Kotaro through her mind. It was one of the up sides to being quarter miko. Koichi's ears perked and he looked at her.
"Amaya, are you... psychic?" He asked.
'No, I have miko blood. But since it's mixed with demon blood, that's all I can use it for. But, that's my brother Kaorinu. Show him that I'm fine and maybe he'll calm down. Okay?' She asked. Koichi nodded, then mentally slapped himself after remembering that she was blind.
"I will." He said bravely. She then calmed down remarkably and allowed him to carry her. Koichi lifted his hand and the door automatically opened. He walked through them and they closed behind him.
Amaya could hear the sounds of battle all around her. She snuggled closer into Koichi's arms in fear, causing the ookami to blush a hot shade of pink. But he stood up in front of all of the youkai that were fighting.
"Hey, Kaorinu!" He yelled. One of the youkai lifted up his head and ended his battle immediately. He stood up and, wiping the blood off of his hands, walked over to them.
It wasn't hard for Koichi to see that the dog hanyou was bristling with rage. The wolf demon shivered a bit and Amaya realized that her brother was coming. She wanted to jump out, wanted to get free of Koichi's grip and run to him. But she realized that Kaorinu would probably think that they had treated her bad, and then he would kill Koichi.
And, despite everything, she liked Koichi a little bit.
To her, Kotaro was a fighter. He would drop whatever he was doing just to fight. She didn't like that. She only fought when it was absolutely necessary. But Koichi was different. Koichi wasn't scared to show his true feelings. Not like her father, who had told her that the more he fell in love with Kagome, the harsher he got with her. That was the way most demons were.
But not Koichi.
Amaya could hear Kaorinu's footsteps stop. His scent indicated that he was standing right in front of them. Koichi set Amaya and Sasuke down and Amaya ran to her brother. He put a protective arm around her and lifted the other one up, cracking his claws threateningly.
"So, what'd ya do ta her, huh?" He snarled. Koichi raised his arms protectively in front of his face when he felt Amaya stand up next to him. She 'stared' straight at Kaorinu and shook her head defiantly. Kaorinu looked confused at this.
"Amaya? Hey, 'Maya, why are you protecting the enemy?"
'Because... I like, no, I LOVE him. I don't care if he doesn't love me, but I love him. He never hurt me once, he or his brother. He even gave the Tokyo Rose to you guys! That should say something right there. Let him and Kotaro come to dinner with us tonight. After all, Kaorinu, you're always complaining about how our allies are 'a weak bunch of fools.' We could gain a very strong ally through this. Come on, will ya, just for me?' She begged. Kaorinu gave in when he saw that she really did admire this ookami.
"Okay. But if anything bad happens, Amaya, you're taking full blame, got it?" She nodded. Kaorinu looked at Koichi.
"Come on. You and your brother are gonna have dinner with us tonight, as our guests of honor." He said. He called off all of the demons that were fighting and told them the same thing. Koichi looked at the girl who had just saved his life.
'Whoa, she could have told her brother to kill me, right then, right there. But she chose to save me. Why?' He wondered. A sudden new feeling came over the wolf demon. 'Am I in love with her?'
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A/N: That was longer, wasn't it? Five pages on Word. I'm getting better, cause I actually reached my goal. YAY! Next chapter: Koichi, Kotaro and their pack meet Amaya's family for dinner. Will disaster ensue? Or will everything go as planned? Read and find out!