Konnichiwa minna-san! This story's not really AU, but it starts in Hong Kong. The whole shard-hunting gang, plus Sesshoumaru, Rin (who joined them), Fahleing, Koryu, and Shiori (OC's) had to leave Sengoku Jidai with 1/4 of the Shikon no Tama because Naraku suddenly got even more dangerous than he normally is and was hunting them down. Somehow, Naraku found a way to hunt them in Kagome's time too, so they had to leave Japan, and settled in Hong Kong. Rin, Shippou, and Shiori (she was a little kitsune like Shippou) somehow grew up fast so they caught up to the rest of the group in age. Years later, everyone's married (Inu/Kag, Sess/Rin, Mir/San, Shippou/Shiori, and Koryu/Fahleing) and each couple has a daughter. Their children grow to be around their age when they were shard-hunting, and things start to happen...........oh, and there are going to be a lot of Chinese (and some Japanese) words used, they'll be sounded out as close as I can get them. I'll also put a little glossary at the end of each chapter containing new words and I'll specify which dialect of Chinese the words are, Cantonese or Mandarin. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha doesn't belong to me.
Shikon no Kakera, the Second Search
ch. 1 The Yue-wuu
"I'm going to school, otou-san, okaa-san!" A girl in a green and blue school uniform bent down to put on her shoes. What set her apart from a normal high school girl was the fact that she was not all human. In fact, she was a hanyou, with long black hair like her mother's, and puffy bangs that parted in the middle, like her father's. Soft white dog ears could be seen on the top of her head, and claws could be seen on her hands.
"Don't forget the concealing spell!" A woman with black hair like her daughter's stuck her head out of the kitchen where her father, an inu-youkai, was getting ready to leave for work.
"I hate that spell.......chuen dou sei........" The girl muttered, making her claws and ears disappear and be replaced by normal human appendages. Her golden eyes narrowed in concentration and annoyance before changing to a deep shade of brown. She then left and let the door slam behind her.
Back inside, her parents looked at each other. Her mother shook her head. "I know she hates that spell, but this isn't Sengoku Jidai............sometimes I can't decide, Sesshoumaru..........if I think it's better here or back there........"
"I don't like that spell either, Rin. None of us with youkai blood like it." He bent down to give his wife a kiss, then used the spell to look human. "I'll try not to get caught up in traffic today, koishii." Then he too walked out the door.
In a different apartment complex, also in Admiralty, another girl also muttered grumpily about the concealing spell. Unlike the other, this one was only one-fourth inu-youkai, with wavy white-streaked black hair and pointed ears "Do I have to do it, otou-san? Mm seung jou aa.........."
Her father, a hanyou, glared at her. "I hate that spell too, but I still have to use it."
"But I look human enough already! Right, okaa-san?" She turned to her mother, who was about to leave for her job as an elementary school teacher.
"Your father's right. Use the spell." Her mother turned back to her father. "And that goes for you too, Inuyasha."
He scowled as his long silver hair turned black and his eyes changed from gold to violet. "There. Happy now, Kagome?"
The girl also scowled while the transformation took place. The white steaks in her hair turned black and the gold flecks in her smoky bluish-purple eyes disappeared. "There, can we go now?"
"All right, but if you're going somewhere after school, don't stay too long. We're eating dinner at your father's cousin's place today." All three of them left the building and went separate ways.
"Can I stay home today? Please?" This time, the girl was three-fourths inu-youkai, with long silver hair that curled at the bottom and white dog ears.
"No." Her father, an full-blooded inu-youkai who looked somewhat like Sesshoumaru, finished putting on his tie. "Fahleing, ready to go?"
"Coming." Her mother, an inu-hanyou, came out of the bathroom and grabbed her purse, then looked at her daughter. "And why don't you want to go to school? Because of the spell again?"
"I hate it! Ma fahn dou sei!" The girl glowered as she used the spell. Her silver hair turned black and her dog ears became human ones while her glaring golden eyes changed to deep violet. She grabbed her bag and stomped out to the elevator.
Her father frowned. "Mou, I hate that spell as much as she does!"
"All of us with youkai blood hate it, Koryu." She waited until her husband became human, then also used the spell. "Let's go."
"Aiyah! Die die die die die die die die die die die die die! Sei aa! Kitsune-bi!" A kitsune-youkai girl was ranting at the toaster.
"Not another one!" Her mother ran out of the bedroom in time to see the toaster engulfed in foxfire. "Oh no..........Shippou, you'll have to get another toaster when you get off work."
The girl's father groaned. "Again? Shiori, how many toasters have we gone through already?"
"It's the third one this month."
"I'm sorry, ok? But it burned me!" The girl glared at the smoking pile of scraps that was all that was left of the toaster.
Her father shook his head. "Just go to school........and don't forget the spell!" He used it just as he said that, his tail disappeared, and his pointed ears shrank to the size of a normal human's. He kissed his wife on the cheek and left.
The girl made a face as the spell started to work. Her reddish hair that was cut at her chin in the font with two long tails in the back and braids in front of her ears stayed the same, but her fluffy reddish tail disappeared along with her pointed ears and her fox-feet turned into human ones. She went to get her stuff then put on her shoes. "Ja, okaa-san!" She walked out the door.
A human girl with brown eyes tied her black hair back with a bow, leaving two strands in front of her ears. She came out of the bathroom to find her mother and father kissing passionately in the kitchen. "Ahem! You know, you can do that in the bedroom? Jun hei aa........I'm surprised I'm your only child!"
Her parents jumped apart. Her mother slapped her father lightly. "You started it!"
"But Sango, I thought you liked it!"
"Miroku!"
Their daughter shook her head and went out to take the elevator. "My parents are so weird..........." She muttered.
She walked towards the school and met the disguised kitsune-youkai. "Nihao, Kitsune-yue!"
"Mori-yue! Nihao!"
They walked on a little further and met the rest of their group, the three part-inu-youkai girls. The one with perfectly straight black hair and brown eyes was Sesshou-Yue, the one with wavy hair was Inu-Yue, and the one with the hair that was straight except fo the waves at the bottom was Youkai-Yue.
Youkai-Yue sniffed. "Kitsune-Yue, you smell burnt again." They all looked at her. "What? I can't completely get rid of my sense of smell, you know!"
"I killed another toaster........." Kitsune-Yue muttered. "Otou-san has to go get a new one later."
Everyone except Kitsune-yue fell over, anime-style. She glared at them. "What? It keeps burning me!"
Mori-yue snickered. "Poor Shippou oji-san and Shiori oba-san, how much money do they have to spend on replacing toasters?"
"Bite me!"
Sesshou-yue smirked. "That wouldn't be a good idea. We have fangs, remember?" She let the spell slip enough so that her fangs and claws showed.
"Aiyah! Chuen yun, not here!" Mori-yue slapped her hand over Sesshou-yue's mouth. "Idiot! Change b — Ewww!"
Sesshou-yue had licked her hand. "Nei hei chuen yun aa! Who the hell would be able to see my fangs? Yech! What the hell are you doing?! Wipe it somewhere else!" She bounded up on top of a wall.
Inu-yue pulled her back down. "We're not supposed to display any youkai abilities in public, remember?" She hissed. "Hurry up and put the spell back in place!"
"Aiyah! Don't wipe it on me, shithead!" Youkai-yue dashed behind Kitsune-yue. They heard the school bell start to ring. "Oh shit! Run!"
The three inu-youkai bounded off towards the school, forgetting that kitsunes and humans didn't run as fast.
"Wei! Don't leave us behind!"
"Dhun mai aa!"
Youkai-yue, who was the farthest ahead, stuck her tongue out over her shoulder. "Slowpokes!"
"Watch out for the car!"
"Tche!" Youkai-yue jumped out of the way into more traffic. "Get out of my way!" She jumped over and onto cars causing a huge jam. A couple drivers stuck their heads out and yelled at her, but she just flipped them all off and landed back where the others stood wide-eyed. "What?"
"Koryu oji-san and Fahleing oba-san aren't going to be happy when they hear about this......." Kitsune-yue was saying when she noticed they were going to be late if they weren't inside in four minutes. "Kyaaah! Let's go!"
Kitsune-yue and Mori-yue were dragged along by their friends and made it just before the gates closed. Inu-yue smirked as she bent over, panting. "Another narrow escape by the Yue-wuu! Until later, ja!" They ran off to their separate classes.
Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru was waiting changing platforms at Cental MTR station. He was going to go on the Airport Express for his job at the Chek Lap Kok Airport. The next train was due in ten minutes. He growled slightly at the long wait and sat down on the hard silver seats on the platform. Minutes later, Fahleing showed up.
"Ohayo, Sesshoumaru. Did Sesshou-yue give you and Rin a hard time about the spell again?" Seeing there was still about six minutes until the train was due, she sat down and spotted a familiar red-headed figure. "Shippou, over here!"
"Ohayo! Remind me too go pick up a new toaster later." Shippou also sat down, and noticing the questioning looks he got, he explained. "Kitsune-yue broke another one." Fahleing snickered and he glared at her.
Sesshoumaru watched as the blue Airport Express train pulled in then got in with the others and sat near the front, as usual. Fahleing sat in the row in front of him, and Shippou took the seat across the aisle. Sesshoumaru took out a book about some long-dead heroes who looked for a special scroll. He was up to the part where the three-eyed man found his family. Shippou watched the little screen in the back of the seat in front of him. Fahleing got really bored somewhere around Tsing Yi, and went to sleep in the comfortable seat. Shippou woke her up when they arrived. Sesshoumaru put away his book, and they got off.
Fahleing checked her watch. "Almost time........we meet for lunch at........Maxine's this time? Ja!"
They all went their separate ways, Sesshoumaru towards the Departures hall, Fahleing towards the Arrivals hall, and Shippou to the Cathay Pacific check-in counters.
"Hurry up! The bus is about to leave!" Sango and Miroku made it in just in time and paid the fare with their octopus cards. Once they caught their breath, they made their way up to the upper deck and sat in the back. Sango reached up to adjust the air conditioning vents. "Ah, much better! Even in the morning, it's really warm out there!"
Miroku leaned back into the seat. "It'll get hotter, it's not even fully summer yet." He saw his perfect opportunity............but his wife slapped his hand away.
"Not here, baka! This is a public bus!" Sango hissed at him. "Our stop's next, press the button." They got off the double-decker bus and entered the University library. Sango started to re-shelve some books, and Miroku got the library computer working. Students began coming in to work on various assignments and research things.
Inuyasha took the elevator to the offices in Pacific place, above the shopping mall. Koryu was already at his desk working on the computer. "Oi, ohayo Koryu." Inuyasha sat down and turned on his computer.
"Ohayo Inuyasha." Koryu didn't even look up. "You're still coming over to eat later, ne?" He turned around while his computer was loading something.
"Hai. Are you going to order out?"
Koryu grimaced slightly. "As always.........you know neither Fahleing nor me can cook. And instant food just wouldn't seem right for a gathering like this, ne?"
"Feh, suppose not." They both went back to work.
"Ehhhhhh............I hate gym class........." Kitsune-yue complained while she looped the two long tails of hair up. "It's so pointless!"
"Stop complaining, you're a youkai!" Youkai-yue twisted her hair up and fastened it with a monster clip so the ends flopped over somewhat like a ponytail.
"I'm a kitsune-youkai, we use magic! Not like you inu-youkai!"
"You better not be insulting inu-youkai." Sesshou-yue finished tying off her braid. "Gym class can't be that bad."
Mori-yue and Inu-yue, both with their hair up in ponytails, came back in. They had been outside finding out what they were going to do that class. "Tcheh-eh.........we're still doing gymnastics." Inu-yue scowled. "I like fighting much better."
"But hey, it keeps you flexible enough to dodge a lot of attacks." Mori-yue didn't sound to happy about it either. "Let's go, coach's about to start."
To the delight of the inu-youkai, they weren't going to be doing any more tumbling. Today was high jumps. Kitsune-yue and Mori-yue weren't pleased though, neither of them could do high jumps nearly as well as Sesshou-yue, Inu-yue, and Youkai-yue could.
The coach yelled to get their attention. "Who's up first?"
Youkai-yue smirked and cleared it perfectly.
"Excellent, Li! Next?"
Mori-yue was grumbling in the back of the line. "Damned youkai reflexes........."
"INU-youkai reflexes......." Kitsune-yue, right in front of her, muttered. "How much longer until we can leave?"
"Hikawa, Chan! If you have so much to say, then you two can go next!"
Inu-yue snickered. "Good luck!" Mori-yue and Kitsune-yue sent her glares that said 'go-to-hell' and walked up to the front sullenly. 'I want to kill that sei yun tao coach.......' They both thought.
Fahleing, sitting at one of the tables at Maxine's with Shippou and Sesshoumaru, growled softly. "If another stupid tourist asks me for my phone number, I'm going to fucking kill them!"
Sesshoumaru actually smirked. "Show them all your wedding ring then, since these stupid mortals obviously can't sense a mating mark."
"I've already tried that! I tell one group then the next........" She trailed off, staring at something down below.
Shippou looked at her, slightly worried. She usually didn't leave off on something to stare at another. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"I........I could have sworn I just saw Kouga.........but now he's gone." Fahleing narrowed her eyes, scanning the crowd.
"What, here? I thought we left him back in Sengoku Jidai!" Shippou exclaimed, careful not to shout it out so others could hear.
Sesshoumaru also narrowed his eyes. "If it is him, it could mean anything. He may even be stupid enough to challenge Inuyasha for Kagome."
Fahleing shook her head. "I could've seen someone else.........and if he really did come and challenge Inuyasha, he'd also have to face Inu-yue. Come on, it's time to get back to work. We can talk about this later at my place." Sesshoumaru left a tip on the table and the three of them returned to their jobs, going through the 'personnel only' doors.
Kagome waited until lunch break, then took out her cell phone and went outside to talk.
"Moshi moshi, this is Inuyasha speaking."
"It's me, Inuyasha."
"Kagome? Is something wrong?"
Kagome smiled slightly. She should have known he would be able to tell something was wrong. Then the smile faded as quickly as it came. "I don't know how, but I sensed a Shikon shard earlier on one of the planes."
"What?! Naraku's found us?!" On the other end of the line, Inuyasha completely forgot his work. "Are you sure?"
"I don't think it was Naraku........but I'm very sure there is now at least one of the Shikon no Kakera in Hong Kong." Kagome looked at the clock. "I have to go, Inuyasha. We'll tell everyone later at Koryu and Fahleing's place. Ja."
"Ja, Kagome."
In different places, they both leaned back and looked up towards the sky. 'Why couldn't the peace last just a little longer?' They both thought.
So, how is it so far? Good, bad, boring, confusing, or what? I may not have some of the details right, not that I think anyone would really notice. (No offense to anyone! It's just that I don't think many of the people reading this have actually been to Hong Kong!) You see, I haven't been there in 2 years...........and I might not be able to go this summer because of SARS! Grrrrrr.......... . Now for the de-confusion section:
Chinese words: (note, these may not be written and/or pronounced correctly, a lot of sounds don't have direct matches in English, and not all words can be translated correctly. Do NOT use this to learn Chinese, not that I think anyone really would.)
Yue-wuu: means 'moon five' I'm pretty sure this is Mandarin
chuen dou sei: Cantonese, means 'so stupid, stupid to death,' something like that
mm seung jou aa: Cantonese, means 'don't want to do it'
ma fahn dou sei: Cantonese, means 'so troublesome, troublesome to death,' something like that
sei aa: Cantonese, means 'die'
jun hei aa: Cantonese, means 'really?' or 'jeez'
nihao: means 'hello,' this is the Mandarin pronunciation, but the Cantonese one is pretty close
aiyah: an all-purpose exclamation, Cantonese and Mandarin pronunciations are very similar
chuen yun: Cantonese, means 'stupid' or 'stupid person'
neu hei chuen yun aa: Cantonese, means 'you are stupid' or you are stupid person'
wei: Cantonese, means 'hey'
dhun mai aa: Cantonese, means 'wait up'
tche: can be of either dialect, just a sound people make sometimes, like 'bah' or 'feh'
tcheh-eh: dragged out version of 'tche'
sei yun tao: Cantonese, means 'dead person head,' is a pretty bad insult
Places and things: (these I have either all or mostly correct, there may be some mistakes since I haven't been to these places in 2 years)
Admiralty: one of the districts in Hong Kong, it faces Victoria Harbor and Kowloon peninsula
Central: another district, it's right next to Admiralty
MTR: stand for 'Mass Transit Railway,' it's one of the railway systems in Hong Kong, it's used more often than the other, KCR, which stands for 'Kowloon-Canton Railway'
Airport Express: one of the MTR lines, it's a blue train with blue cushioned seats inside that have little tv screens, it travels from Central to the airport
Chek Lap Kok Airport: Hong Kong's international airport, located on Lantau Island (for all you people who watch G-Gundam, it's where the final gundam-fight is held)
Tsing Yi: another district, this one is much closer to the airport than Central or Admiralty
Pacific Place: an office building complex in Admiralty, the offices are at the top, there is a big shopping mall (which happens to be one of my favorite places) at the bottom, there are 2 hotels right above the mall, and some of the entrances lead to Hong Kong Park.
Maxine's: a Chinese restaurant within the airport
octopus card: a card with an infinity sign (or a figure eight, it depends on which way you look at it) that's used to pay for things, like train, bus, and tram fare. People store money onto it with a machine, then run it over other machines that automatically take off the right amount of money. Children's ones are pink, adults have gold/yellow, and senior citizens have rainbow.
Other miscellaneous things:
Sesshou-yue means 'cruel (sesshou is Japanese) moon' (yue is Chinese), Inu-yue means 'dog moon', Youkai-yue loosely translated means 'demon moon' (youkai doesn't exactly mean demon), Kitsune-yue means 'fox moon,' and Mori-yue means 'forest moon.'
The reason why, in the first paragraph, I didn't say Sesshou-yue was wearing a sailor fuku is because students in Hong Kong don't have the same kinds of uniforms in Japan.
And about Miroku's curse, I just realized I totally forgot about it........eh heh heh..........well, let's just say they found a way to stop it from expanding for the time being, it's still there, but as soon as he begins to use it again, it will begin to expand again like it did before. And if it re-activates, Mori-yue would also have the curse.
Anything I've forgotten to mention or anything, tell me in a review, ok? That really helps. Ja!