Aloha! It beith me! Hyperchica! I am single and bitter again. . . Kai-kai
left! His stupid bodyguards found the undisclosed location (which was,
btw, cold stone creamery! The best ice cream place in the world: "if you
can dream it, we can ice cream it!" ok, not so undisclosed, but I bet you
didn't guess we'd hide there!
VOICE FROM THE SKY: HYPERCHICA DOES NOT OWN COLD STONE CREAMERY.
Thank you, voice in the sky. Oh, btw, if any of you know where I'm talking about here's the best ice cream combo ever!
Ice cream- Sweet Cream Ice cream
Mix Ins: rainbow sprinkles and blackberries!!!
Ok back to the sentence I interrupted) and took him away! And Jo-jo got taken away too! Wah! I'm so sad! And bitter again! Actually, I enjoy being single!!! It's fun!!! (That's in real life tho. Online, I want to be a bitter dump-ee)
Oh, btw, I have a few reviewer responses
Nightswift- ok, fear not, there will be some Shippo/Rin in this chappy. Also, I was directing the "all by the same person" comment to son_of_gilgamesh, but I know he didn't now, so I am happy!!!! I'm sorry for insulting you.
darkpride- I got ur name right! No capitals! Yeah! ALSO- I didn't realize that the witch that made Kikyo come back to life was named Urrisa . . . I got the name Urissa from urisidae, which is the genus for bears (I think. . . .) ALSO as for the fanart for this, I have it all, and it's scanned into my comp, so if anyone can give me a place to put it, then everyone can see it! I have fan art for Rin, Urissa, and a face for Shippo. My style is not exactly the same as the animators of IY, but I tried my best! ALSO- did you mean Naraku as the new one-and-only- blahblahblah . . . that would be fun . . . heehee . . . oh the possibilities!
Anyways, I don't have a one-and-only-love-of-my-life-for-ever-and-ever-at- least-for-a-week. Again. So, my dearest reviewers! You know what that means! VOTING!!! FUNFUNFUN!!! Ok, so, yeah. Thou mayest brainstorm whilst thou readith the fic!
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Chapter 10
Hablaron Entre Dientes (They Spoke in Mumbles)
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Just then, a piece of wood fell from the top of the cave, which had widened considerably from where they originally were.
"There's some!" said Rin.
Shippo groaned, but went to knock on it, just to humor Rin.
The second he touched it, the wood seemed to spring to life. It transformed into something great, something powerful, something in a white baboon cloak, and then all went dark for Shippo and Rin as roots shot out from under the cloak and covered the entrance they were so close to.
"All is lost," whispered Rin as she clung to Shippo. 3~~~~~3~~~~~3~~~~~3~~~~~3~~~~~3~~~~~3
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Rin and Shippo stood there for a while, looking at the solid wall that had just sprung up in front of them. Rin was still clinging to Shippo. Shippo, although very anxious because of this *slight* complication in his plan to escape, couldn't help but notice Rin's very un-Rin-like actions.
'Why is she clinging to me? She was so strong back at the clearing. Is this the same person?' Shippo wondered, as he looked down to Rin, who was huddled against him, her face hidden in his chest. He could smell waves of fear coming off of her, although she remained silent.
Shippo turned his thoughts away from Rin, and racked his memory trying to remember the events leading up to the wall springing up in front of them, blocking their escape.
'There was a piece of wood . . . it kind of looked like a shuttle . . . now where do I remember seeing that shape of wood from?' Shippo wondered again.
Slowly, he sifted through his memories, trying to recall exactly why the shuttle-shaped object looked familiar. His mind went back to the time when Kagome and Inuyasha ran into Koga for the second time. It was when Kagura, the evil witchy lady, had murdered Koga's entire tribe in cold blood. He remembered that Sango, Miroku, and himself went into the house where Kagura was located and she threw--That was it!
'It's a Naraku Puppet!' he thought excitedly.
"Yes, yes it is."
He turned around to see whom the voice had originated from, but in his mind, he already knew.
There was a slight light coming from the direction from which they had been running, and against this light, Shippo saw a silhouette. It was the shape of a woman, and it had a tail.
Rin surprised Shippo by muttering, without looking up, "Urissa."
"My, aren't you the intuitive one, wimpy girl," sneered Urissa, stepping to where they could see the self-satisfied smile on her face.
"I AM NOT WIMPY! I . . .have my reasons," Rin finished lamely, as she stood up back again, no longer leaning on Shippo for support.
Urissa ignored Rin's comment, and addressed the fox demon. "And you as well, Shippo. You were correct in your assumption. It is a Naraku puppet, but no, Naraku is not behind this. I will not be controlled by some pitiful half-demon."
"Then how--" Rin started, but was interrupted.
"Let me finish talking!" yelled Urissa. "Now, if you'd just shut up, I stole the puppet from Naraku. I have it trained so that, even if I am knocked out and my prey should decide to try and escape, it will drop down and extend roots to cover up the entrance to my cave."
Shippo decided to try something.
'Would my fox fire burn through it?' he wondered, directing his thought towards Urissa.
Urissa did not answer. Shippo was elated. Since she hadn't responded with, "No, it won't," that most likely meant he could burn through it!
'I feel like laughing in her face!' Shippo thought, trying to provoke her.
"You do, and I kill you right here and now," stated Urissa very crossly.
Shippo laughed, against his better judgment.
"If you try that now, I will kill you. Have no doubt about it," threatened Urissa.
If an outside party had walked in on the three at that second, they would have probably felt very amused at the mix of emotions displayed by them. Urissa was so mad that she practically had steam coming out of her ears. Rin was just standing there, looking very, very, very confused. And to top off the entire thing, Shippo was rolling the floor laughing for some reason that no one but he really understood. Well, Urissa got it, but she didn't find it very funny.
"STOP IT!" Urissa yelled, sounding like a 3 year old throwing a temper tantrum.
In her fit of blind rage, she took her tail and stung both of them again, almost instantaneously. She stung Shippo on his side, and Rin on her stomach, since those two areas were the easiest to get to. They both collapsed, and the last sound they heard was a smug, "Heh!" from their favorite hybrid.
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Shippo drifted in and out of consciousness several times during the hours that followed, unbeknownst to everyone else.
A particular time when he opened his eyes for a brief second, he wasn't sure if he was dreaming or not. For there in front of him was Urissa, crying, bent over the bunny rabbit she had killed earlier.
A strange sense of déjà vu swept over him as he heard Urissa mutter something.
"Mother . . . father . . ."
Shippo was very surprised, but before he could ponder what she said anymore, he fell back in to the oblivion of unconsciousness.
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Rin was the first to fully come to her senses. She looked around, and seeing that Urissa was no longer in the area, she shook Shippo.
"Wake up! Wake up! Oh, you stupid boy! Why don't you wake up!" she said loudly in his ear, loud enough to wake him up, but quiet enough that Urissa wouldn't hear her.
Scooting away from him a bit, she searched around the floor with her hands for something. Her hands finally came across what she was looking for: a rock.
As well as she could with her hands tied behind her back, she threw a rock at Shippo.
The rock hit Shippo's head, and he awoke with a start.
"Wha-wha-huh?" he stuttered, then looked at Rin, who had a gigantic grin on her face.
"You're awake," she said.
"Yeah," said Shippo, rubbing the spot on his head where the rock had hit. "Wha'd you do that for?"
"You wouldn't wake up. Now you're awake."
Rin scooted closer to him and lowered her head until it almost touched his. He wasn't quite sure what she was doing, but then he heard her whisper.
"How are we gonna get out of here?" she asked.
Shippo began to think. 'Hmm . . . she's right, how are we gonna get out of here? We could--'
A screeching voice came from the far back of the cave: "I CAN HEAR YOU! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ESCAPING!" Shippo sat back, remembering that his thoughts were now not just his own.
"Shoot! I forgot," Shippo muttered.
"THAT'S IT!" Rin yelled suddenly, causing Shippo to jump with surprise.
"Ai . . . my ears, Rin! Don't scream that loud . . ." Shippo said. Now he had to deal not only with a bump on his head from the rock Rin threw, but also with ringing ears.
"Sorry," Rin whispered, " but I have an idea! If we mutter things and think out loud instead of thinking inside our heads, and we don't think out loud too loudly, and she can't hear us, then we'll be safe!"
"Rin, you're a genius!" said Shippo. He felt like hugging the clever girl. He probably would have hugged her, except for the eensy weensy fact that his hands were bound behind his back.
"Ok, so what can we do . . ." he muttered.
The two were quiet for a moment, except for the low mumble of voiced thoughts that came from their barely moving mouths. They remained that way for quite a few minutes, but eventually Rin voiced a thought that had been plaugueing her mind all day.
" Shippo, exactly what were you thinking to shock her so much that she stumbled?" Rin inquired.
Shippo looked uncomfortable, but finally said, "Um . . . maybe I'll tell you later . . ."
Rin was puzzled, but she continued.
"Well, if you think that again, then hopefully she'll still be shocked by it, and we can escape again! Except . . . what about the Naraku puppet?" she wondered aloud.
"My fox fire!" Shippo muttered to himself excitedly. "You leave that part to me, Rin."
"I feel kinda stupid, I mean," Rin stopped, trying to figure out the right words to voice what she was trying to say, " I feel so useless. You are gonna shock her, and then you are gonna get us out--"
"Rin, it's ok," reassured Shippo. "You were the one that came up with this plan, that's enough. You don't always have to be the hero . . . errr . . . heroine."
Rin still had an unsure look on her face, and was muttering what Shippo asumed to be her thoughts.
Shippo waited for her to stop feeling sorry for herself. He waited, and waited, and waited, and waited. Five minutes had passed, and Shippo got impatient.
"Come on, Rin. It's now or never! Don't be so stubborn!" said Shippo finally, exasperated.
"I'm not stubborn!" Rin retorted.
"Whatever," said Shippo as Urissa walked back into earshot.
"I do not know what you two are doing," droned Urissa, "but whatever it is. . ."
Ignoring Urissa, Rin leaned over to Shippo. When she got close enough to his ear, she whispered, "When I say the word, go."
Shippo whispered back, "What is the word?"
"Now!" Rin hissed, meaning that that was the word. Shippo, however, took it differently, and initiated the plan
His face scrunched up in concentration, and he began muttering with a similar rhythm as he had before. This time, however, Urissa was prepared.
As hard as Shippo concentrated, she did not waver. Urissa was as cold and unmoving as the stone in the cave surrounding her. For a moment, Shippo was nervous: How would they every get out if the first part of their plan didn't even work?
However, from where Rin was sitting, she could tell that it was taking all of Urissa's power to keep herself from being overpowered by Shippo's thoughts. Rin had another idea.
She tugged at the ropes that bound her wrists and ankles, and they became slack. She tugged even more, and the ropes completely fell off.
"Ah, I see," muttered Rin almost inaudibly. "She was concentrating so hard on resisting Shippo that she forgot to keep the spell that she put on the bindings sufficiently strong."
Shippo and Urissa were stuck in a staring contest and neither dared to break eye contact. Rin decided this was to her advantage. She snuck up behind Urissa.
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Shippo was trying very hard not to blink. Urissa's unfeeling green eyes bored into his mind, causing it to hurt in the same way as a horribly intense brain freeze. She kept staring at him, as he stared back at her. He sent his little thought her way many, many times, and he could have been kidding himself, but he thought he saw the beginnings of a tear coming to her eyes.
Despite this flaw in her stone-cold appearance, Shippo felt like he would keel over and faint any second, but he saw a figure clothed mostly in orange sneak up behind Urissa.
"KYA!" he heard Rin yell as two black sticks came crashing on top of Urissa's head, knocking her out.
"Yeah Rin!" Shippo yelled, as he rubbed his eyes trying to get rid of the horrible brain-freeze-type-thing that Urissa had bestowed upon him.
Rin was very happy with herself, and did not feel so useless anymore now that she had contributed to their escape. However, she did not allow her pride to get in the way of their plan.
"Come on, Shippo!" she yelled, this time, grabbing his hand and pulling him along after her in the general direction of the exit.
They had been running for no more than thirty seconds before the Naraku puppet stick dropped in front of them as it had last time when it thwarted their first attempt at escape.
This time, however, was different. Shippo was ready.
"FOX FIRE!" he yelled, bringing his hand back to his right side and then pushing them out in unison in front of him, blue fire erupting out of his palms.
The Naraku puppet was soon no more than a pile of ash.
"Let's go!" said Shippo, as he ran out towards the bright beams of natural light coming from outside the cave.
Rin and Shippo took their first steps out of the cave, and were awed by the colorfulness all around them. It was such a contrast from the dark, gray cave where they had been held prisoner.
Nevertheless, the two knew better than to be caught up in such trivial things and continued running for their freedom, and quite possibly, their lives.
While they were running, Rin turned to Shippo and asked again, "Are you sure you don't want to tell me what thought you were trying to send to her?"
Shippo quickly glanced over at Rin's face, which was riddled with curiosity, and replied, "Maybe some other time."
They continued running for what seemed like hours, until they reached a grassy field with a stream. They collapsed alongside the brook, breathing heavily from their flight from the menacing hybrid.
They remained there, saying nothing and doing nothing for a while, still in shock from their close encounter with the fourth kind. (the first kind being humans, the second kind being demons, the third kind being hanyous [aka half-demons], and the fourth kind being hybrids!!! I put them in order of which you are introduced to in the series. Goodness gracious I have no life)
As Rin relaxed, she took an opportunity to glance over at Shippo. She could help but notice how cute he looked right then. His chin was tilted back, to open his airway better, Rin assumed. She was amazed at how fast he could run. 'Normally very few demons could keep up with my running pace, yet Shippo practically dragged me the entire way here. He has to be pretty fit to be able to do that . . . oh course he is! Just look at him! He's . . . unlike any other guy I've ever met. It's not just that he's good-looking, but he's got a heart to match his exterior appearance. All the other attractive guys I have ever met have been egotistical, self- absorbed brutes. He's . . .' Rin paused, searching for a word to describe Shippo. She closed her eyes in thought
Shippo gazed over at Rin, whose closed eyes made her look especially serene and peaceful. 'Wow she's gorgeous,' Shippo thought. 'She's changed so much since we were little . . . let me see . . . if she is sixteen now like she told me, and it's been eight years, then she must have been . . . eight years old when we met. Which means, since I'm seventeen and so I'd be one year older than her, I would have been nine at the time. Wow, that seems like such a long time ago. Is there anything the same about me still? I don't know. I can't tell. But I remember her face back then. So trusting, so happy. Her eyes still hold the same sparkle they did then. Rin is . . . beautiful. Not only in body, but in mind and spirit.'
The two sat there for a while, lost in their interior monlouges.
Rin was the first to break out of her thoughts, and wanted to bring Shippo out of his. So she did was any self-respecting, demon-raised, stick whacking, gymnastically inclined, warrior human girl would do.
She leaned forward and got her mouth as close to Shippo's ear as she could without having them touch. By this time, he had noticed her, and was wondering what she was going to do.
Shippo listened in carefully, his senses attuned to the fine whisper he was expecting.
"Ya wanna know what, Shippo?" she asked in a hushed voice.
"Mmm-hmm?" he hummed his response.
"I never . . ." she started to say quietly, then surprised him by tackling him and screaming, "GOT YOU BACK FOR TICKLING ME!"
She started to tickle him, and Shippo, catching on, yelled in response, "TICKLE ATTACK!!!"
They both were tickling each other, each one getting in as much tickling as they could, and laughing like the moment would never end. They fought for the upper hand in the situation, rolling around in the grass in an effort to become less vulnerable to the other's barrage of tickles.
After a while, they both gave up on trying to tickle one another, and relaxed. It was only then that they realized how intertwined their arms were, and just how close they were together.
Rin's hair was dirty, and she was covered in mud and leaves from the river's bank near them. Shippo was equally grubby. Together, they were one very messy pair. Their faces were so close together that their noses were only three finger-widths apart. They stared deep into each other's eyes.
For the second time that day, Shippo got a odd sense of déjà vu. This situation really reminded him of the first tickle fight that they had initiated. It was almost the exact same, except, he hoped, for one thing.
"Rin?" he said quietly.
"Yes?" she breathlessly answered.
"Promise me you won't get stuck by a poison dart this time," he told her.
Rin chuckled softly, and slightly nodded her head.
Rin and Shippo closed their eyes and leaned in. Both of their hearts were beating rapidly. Rin was nervous: this would be her first kiss ever. Shippo was in the same situation.
Their lips met briefly, and both of the teenagers drew back.
Rin wasn't sure what she felt right then. When Shippo's lips had touched her own, she felt a wave of warmth course throughout her body. She rather liked it . . . it felt . . . comforting.
Shippo was worried by the contemplative look on Rin's face. He feared that he maybe did not do it right. What if Rin didn't like him after this? What if she left? Shippo felt that, if she left, he would be heartbroken.
As it turned out, Shippo did not have to worry. Just then, Rin leaned in and kissed Shippo once more, this time, with more than a simple peck. Her lips were slightly parted, and she kissed him deeply. Shippo was surprised at first, but then relaxed and started to kiss her back.
As the sun set behind them, the two innocent teenagers were in their own world, where nothing bad could ever happen to them.
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Ah! How cute! Ok, I'm not quite sure how the love scene was, cuz I'm not very experienced in those matters . . . ok, so I have NO experience at all. But oh well! I hope it was suitable. Also, I realize that at one point in this chapter I kinda altered an actual event that happened in the series, but oh well! It's my ficcy! I get to do what I want to!
Anyways, please R+R and tell me WHO MY NEW ONE-AND-ONLY-LOVE-OF-MY-LIFE-FOR- EVER-AND-EVER-AT-LEAST-FOR-A-WEEK SHOULD BE!!! I look forward to your ideas!
VOICE FROM THE SKY: HYPERCHICA DOES NOT OWN COLD STONE CREAMERY.
Thank you, voice in the sky. Oh, btw, if any of you know where I'm talking about here's the best ice cream combo ever!
Ice cream- Sweet Cream Ice cream
Mix Ins: rainbow sprinkles and blackberries!!!
Ok back to the sentence I interrupted) and took him away! And Jo-jo got taken away too! Wah! I'm so sad! And bitter again! Actually, I enjoy being single!!! It's fun!!! (That's in real life tho. Online, I want to be a bitter dump-ee)
Oh, btw, I have a few reviewer responses
Nightswift- ok, fear not, there will be some Shippo/Rin in this chappy. Also, I was directing the "all by the same person" comment to son_of_gilgamesh, but I know he didn't now, so I am happy!!!! I'm sorry for insulting you.
darkpride- I got ur name right! No capitals! Yeah! ALSO- I didn't realize that the witch that made Kikyo come back to life was named Urrisa . . . I got the name Urissa from urisidae, which is the genus for bears (I think. . . .) ALSO as for the fanart for this, I have it all, and it's scanned into my comp, so if anyone can give me a place to put it, then everyone can see it! I have fan art for Rin, Urissa, and a face for Shippo. My style is not exactly the same as the animators of IY, but I tried my best! ALSO- did you mean Naraku as the new one-and-only- blahblahblah . . . that would be fun . . . heehee . . . oh the possibilities!
Anyways, I don't have a one-and-only-love-of-my-life-for-ever-and-ever-at- least-for-a-week. Again. So, my dearest reviewers! You know what that means! VOTING!!! FUNFUNFUN!!! Ok, so, yeah. Thou mayest brainstorm whilst thou readith the fic!
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Chapter 10
Hablaron Entre Dientes (They Spoke in Mumbles)
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Just then, a piece of wood fell from the top of the cave, which had widened considerably from where they originally were.
"There's some!" said Rin.
Shippo groaned, but went to knock on it, just to humor Rin.
The second he touched it, the wood seemed to spring to life. It transformed into something great, something powerful, something in a white baboon cloak, and then all went dark for Shippo and Rin as roots shot out from under the cloak and covered the entrance they were so close to.
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Rin and Shippo stood there for a while, looking at the solid wall that had just sprung up in front of them. Rin was still clinging to Shippo. Shippo, although very anxious because of this *slight* complication in his plan to escape, couldn't help but notice Rin's very un-Rin-like actions.
'Why is she clinging to me? She was so strong back at the clearing. Is this the same person?' Shippo wondered, as he looked down to Rin, who was huddled against him, her face hidden in his chest. He could smell waves of fear coming off of her, although she remained silent.
Shippo turned his thoughts away from Rin, and racked his memory trying to remember the events leading up to the wall springing up in front of them, blocking their escape.
'There was a piece of wood . . . it kind of looked like a shuttle . . . now where do I remember seeing that shape of wood from?' Shippo wondered again.
Slowly, he sifted through his memories, trying to recall exactly why the shuttle-shaped object looked familiar. His mind went back to the time when Kagome and Inuyasha ran into Koga for the second time. It was when Kagura, the evil witchy lady, had murdered Koga's entire tribe in cold blood. He remembered that Sango, Miroku, and himself went into the house where Kagura was located and she threw--That was it!
'It's a Naraku Puppet!' he thought excitedly.
"Yes, yes it is."
He turned around to see whom the voice had originated from, but in his mind, he already knew.
There was a slight light coming from the direction from which they had been running, and against this light, Shippo saw a silhouette. It was the shape of a woman, and it had a tail.
Rin surprised Shippo by muttering, without looking up, "Urissa."
"My, aren't you the intuitive one, wimpy girl," sneered Urissa, stepping to where they could see the self-satisfied smile on her face.
"I AM NOT WIMPY! I . . .have my reasons," Rin finished lamely, as she stood up back again, no longer leaning on Shippo for support.
Urissa ignored Rin's comment, and addressed the fox demon. "And you as well, Shippo. You were correct in your assumption. It is a Naraku puppet, but no, Naraku is not behind this. I will not be controlled by some pitiful half-demon."
"Then how--" Rin started, but was interrupted.
"Let me finish talking!" yelled Urissa. "Now, if you'd just shut up, I stole the puppet from Naraku. I have it trained so that, even if I am knocked out and my prey should decide to try and escape, it will drop down and extend roots to cover up the entrance to my cave."
Shippo decided to try something.
'Would my fox fire burn through it?' he wondered, directing his thought towards Urissa.
Urissa did not answer. Shippo was elated. Since she hadn't responded with, "No, it won't," that most likely meant he could burn through it!
'I feel like laughing in her face!' Shippo thought, trying to provoke her.
"You do, and I kill you right here and now," stated Urissa very crossly.
Shippo laughed, against his better judgment.
"If you try that now, I will kill you. Have no doubt about it," threatened Urissa.
If an outside party had walked in on the three at that second, they would have probably felt very amused at the mix of emotions displayed by them. Urissa was so mad that she practically had steam coming out of her ears. Rin was just standing there, looking very, very, very confused. And to top off the entire thing, Shippo was rolling the floor laughing for some reason that no one but he really understood. Well, Urissa got it, but she didn't find it very funny.
"STOP IT!" Urissa yelled, sounding like a 3 year old throwing a temper tantrum.
In her fit of blind rage, she took her tail and stung both of them again, almost instantaneously. She stung Shippo on his side, and Rin on her stomach, since those two areas were the easiest to get to. They both collapsed, and the last sound they heard was a smug, "Heh!" from their favorite hybrid.
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Shippo drifted in and out of consciousness several times during the hours that followed, unbeknownst to everyone else.
A particular time when he opened his eyes for a brief second, he wasn't sure if he was dreaming or not. For there in front of him was Urissa, crying, bent over the bunny rabbit she had killed earlier.
A strange sense of déjà vu swept over him as he heard Urissa mutter something.
"Mother . . . father . . ."
Shippo was very surprised, but before he could ponder what she said anymore, he fell back in to the oblivion of unconsciousness.
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Rin was the first to fully come to her senses. She looked around, and seeing that Urissa was no longer in the area, she shook Shippo.
"Wake up! Wake up! Oh, you stupid boy! Why don't you wake up!" she said loudly in his ear, loud enough to wake him up, but quiet enough that Urissa wouldn't hear her.
Scooting away from him a bit, she searched around the floor with her hands for something. Her hands finally came across what she was looking for: a rock.
As well as she could with her hands tied behind her back, she threw a rock at Shippo.
The rock hit Shippo's head, and he awoke with a start.
"Wha-wha-huh?" he stuttered, then looked at Rin, who had a gigantic grin on her face.
"You're awake," she said.
"Yeah," said Shippo, rubbing the spot on his head where the rock had hit. "Wha'd you do that for?"
"You wouldn't wake up. Now you're awake."
Rin scooted closer to him and lowered her head until it almost touched his. He wasn't quite sure what she was doing, but then he heard her whisper.
"How are we gonna get out of here?" she asked.
Shippo began to think. 'Hmm . . . she's right, how are we gonna get out of here? We could--'
A screeching voice came from the far back of the cave: "I CAN HEAR YOU! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ESCAPING!" Shippo sat back, remembering that his thoughts were now not just his own.
"Shoot! I forgot," Shippo muttered.
"THAT'S IT!" Rin yelled suddenly, causing Shippo to jump with surprise.
"Ai . . . my ears, Rin! Don't scream that loud . . ." Shippo said. Now he had to deal not only with a bump on his head from the rock Rin threw, but also with ringing ears.
"Sorry," Rin whispered, " but I have an idea! If we mutter things and think out loud instead of thinking inside our heads, and we don't think out loud too loudly, and she can't hear us, then we'll be safe!"
"Rin, you're a genius!" said Shippo. He felt like hugging the clever girl. He probably would have hugged her, except for the eensy weensy fact that his hands were bound behind his back.
"Ok, so what can we do . . ." he muttered.
The two were quiet for a moment, except for the low mumble of voiced thoughts that came from their barely moving mouths. They remained that way for quite a few minutes, but eventually Rin voiced a thought that had been plaugueing her mind all day.
" Shippo, exactly what were you thinking to shock her so much that she stumbled?" Rin inquired.
Shippo looked uncomfortable, but finally said, "Um . . . maybe I'll tell you later . . ."
Rin was puzzled, but she continued.
"Well, if you think that again, then hopefully she'll still be shocked by it, and we can escape again! Except . . . what about the Naraku puppet?" she wondered aloud.
"My fox fire!" Shippo muttered to himself excitedly. "You leave that part to me, Rin."
"I feel kinda stupid, I mean," Rin stopped, trying to figure out the right words to voice what she was trying to say, " I feel so useless. You are gonna shock her, and then you are gonna get us out--"
"Rin, it's ok," reassured Shippo. "You were the one that came up with this plan, that's enough. You don't always have to be the hero . . . errr . . . heroine."
Rin still had an unsure look on her face, and was muttering what Shippo asumed to be her thoughts.
Shippo waited for her to stop feeling sorry for herself. He waited, and waited, and waited, and waited. Five minutes had passed, and Shippo got impatient.
"Come on, Rin. It's now or never! Don't be so stubborn!" said Shippo finally, exasperated.
"I'm not stubborn!" Rin retorted.
"Whatever," said Shippo as Urissa walked back into earshot.
"I do not know what you two are doing," droned Urissa, "but whatever it is. . ."
Ignoring Urissa, Rin leaned over to Shippo. When she got close enough to his ear, she whispered, "When I say the word, go."
Shippo whispered back, "What is the word?"
"Now!" Rin hissed, meaning that that was the word. Shippo, however, took it differently, and initiated the plan
His face scrunched up in concentration, and he began muttering with a similar rhythm as he had before. This time, however, Urissa was prepared.
As hard as Shippo concentrated, she did not waver. Urissa was as cold and unmoving as the stone in the cave surrounding her. For a moment, Shippo was nervous: How would they every get out if the first part of their plan didn't even work?
However, from where Rin was sitting, she could tell that it was taking all of Urissa's power to keep herself from being overpowered by Shippo's thoughts. Rin had another idea.
She tugged at the ropes that bound her wrists and ankles, and they became slack. She tugged even more, and the ropes completely fell off.
"Ah, I see," muttered Rin almost inaudibly. "She was concentrating so hard on resisting Shippo that she forgot to keep the spell that she put on the bindings sufficiently strong."
Shippo and Urissa were stuck in a staring contest and neither dared to break eye contact. Rin decided this was to her advantage. She snuck up behind Urissa.
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Shippo was trying very hard not to blink. Urissa's unfeeling green eyes bored into his mind, causing it to hurt in the same way as a horribly intense brain freeze. She kept staring at him, as he stared back at her. He sent his little thought her way many, many times, and he could have been kidding himself, but he thought he saw the beginnings of a tear coming to her eyes.
Despite this flaw in her stone-cold appearance, Shippo felt like he would keel over and faint any second, but he saw a figure clothed mostly in orange sneak up behind Urissa.
"KYA!" he heard Rin yell as two black sticks came crashing on top of Urissa's head, knocking her out.
"Yeah Rin!" Shippo yelled, as he rubbed his eyes trying to get rid of the horrible brain-freeze-type-thing that Urissa had bestowed upon him.
Rin was very happy with herself, and did not feel so useless anymore now that she had contributed to their escape. However, she did not allow her pride to get in the way of their plan.
"Come on, Shippo!" she yelled, this time, grabbing his hand and pulling him along after her in the general direction of the exit.
They had been running for no more than thirty seconds before the Naraku puppet stick dropped in front of them as it had last time when it thwarted their first attempt at escape.
This time, however, was different. Shippo was ready.
"FOX FIRE!" he yelled, bringing his hand back to his right side and then pushing them out in unison in front of him, blue fire erupting out of his palms.
The Naraku puppet was soon no more than a pile of ash.
"Let's go!" said Shippo, as he ran out towards the bright beams of natural light coming from outside the cave.
Rin and Shippo took their first steps out of the cave, and were awed by the colorfulness all around them. It was such a contrast from the dark, gray cave where they had been held prisoner.
Nevertheless, the two knew better than to be caught up in such trivial things and continued running for their freedom, and quite possibly, their lives.
While they were running, Rin turned to Shippo and asked again, "Are you sure you don't want to tell me what thought you were trying to send to her?"
Shippo quickly glanced over at Rin's face, which was riddled with curiosity, and replied, "Maybe some other time."
They continued running for what seemed like hours, until they reached a grassy field with a stream. They collapsed alongside the brook, breathing heavily from their flight from the menacing hybrid.
They remained there, saying nothing and doing nothing for a while, still in shock from their close encounter with the fourth kind. (the first kind being humans, the second kind being demons, the third kind being hanyous [aka half-demons], and the fourth kind being hybrids!!! I put them in order of which you are introduced to in the series. Goodness gracious I have no life)
As Rin relaxed, she took an opportunity to glance over at Shippo. She could help but notice how cute he looked right then. His chin was tilted back, to open his airway better, Rin assumed. She was amazed at how fast he could run. 'Normally very few demons could keep up with my running pace, yet Shippo practically dragged me the entire way here. He has to be pretty fit to be able to do that . . . oh course he is! Just look at him! He's . . . unlike any other guy I've ever met. It's not just that he's good-looking, but he's got a heart to match his exterior appearance. All the other attractive guys I have ever met have been egotistical, self- absorbed brutes. He's . . .' Rin paused, searching for a word to describe Shippo. She closed her eyes in thought
Shippo gazed over at Rin, whose closed eyes made her look especially serene and peaceful. 'Wow she's gorgeous,' Shippo thought. 'She's changed so much since we were little . . . let me see . . . if she is sixteen now like she told me, and it's been eight years, then she must have been . . . eight years old when we met. Which means, since I'm seventeen and so I'd be one year older than her, I would have been nine at the time. Wow, that seems like such a long time ago. Is there anything the same about me still? I don't know. I can't tell. But I remember her face back then. So trusting, so happy. Her eyes still hold the same sparkle they did then. Rin is . . . beautiful. Not only in body, but in mind and spirit.'
The two sat there for a while, lost in their interior monlouges.
Rin was the first to break out of her thoughts, and wanted to bring Shippo out of his. So she did was any self-respecting, demon-raised, stick whacking, gymnastically inclined, warrior human girl would do.
She leaned forward and got her mouth as close to Shippo's ear as she could without having them touch. By this time, he had noticed her, and was wondering what she was going to do.
Shippo listened in carefully, his senses attuned to the fine whisper he was expecting.
"Ya wanna know what, Shippo?" she asked in a hushed voice.
"Mmm-hmm?" he hummed his response.
"I never . . ." she started to say quietly, then surprised him by tackling him and screaming, "GOT YOU BACK FOR TICKLING ME!"
She started to tickle him, and Shippo, catching on, yelled in response, "TICKLE ATTACK!!!"
They both were tickling each other, each one getting in as much tickling as they could, and laughing like the moment would never end. They fought for the upper hand in the situation, rolling around in the grass in an effort to become less vulnerable to the other's barrage of tickles.
After a while, they both gave up on trying to tickle one another, and relaxed. It was only then that they realized how intertwined their arms were, and just how close they were together.
Rin's hair was dirty, and she was covered in mud and leaves from the river's bank near them. Shippo was equally grubby. Together, they were one very messy pair. Their faces were so close together that their noses were only three finger-widths apart. They stared deep into each other's eyes.
For the second time that day, Shippo got a odd sense of déjà vu. This situation really reminded him of the first tickle fight that they had initiated. It was almost the exact same, except, he hoped, for one thing.
"Rin?" he said quietly.
"Yes?" she breathlessly answered.
"Promise me you won't get stuck by a poison dart this time," he told her.
Rin chuckled softly, and slightly nodded her head.
Rin and Shippo closed their eyes and leaned in. Both of their hearts were beating rapidly. Rin was nervous: this would be her first kiss ever. Shippo was in the same situation.
Their lips met briefly, and both of the teenagers drew back.
Rin wasn't sure what she felt right then. When Shippo's lips had touched her own, she felt a wave of warmth course throughout her body. She rather liked it . . . it felt . . . comforting.
Shippo was worried by the contemplative look on Rin's face. He feared that he maybe did not do it right. What if Rin didn't like him after this? What if she left? Shippo felt that, if she left, he would be heartbroken.
As it turned out, Shippo did not have to worry. Just then, Rin leaned in and kissed Shippo once more, this time, with more than a simple peck. Her lips were slightly parted, and she kissed him deeply. Shippo was surprised at first, but then relaxed and started to kiss her back.
As the sun set behind them, the two innocent teenagers were in their own world, where nothing bad could ever happen to them.
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Ah! How cute! Ok, I'm not quite sure how the love scene was, cuz I'm not very experienced in those matters . . . ok, so I have NO experience at all. But oh well! I hope it was suitable. Also, I realize that at one point in this chapter I kinda altered an actual event that happened in the series, but oh well! It's my ficcy! I get to do what I want to!
Anyways, please R+R and tell me WHO MY NEW ONE-AND-ONLY-LOVE-OF-MY-LIFE-FOR- EVER-AND-EVER-AT-LEAST-FOR-A-WEEK SHOULD BE!!! I look forward to your ideas!
