Back Again! Thanks to everyone who reviewed! And here's the next chapter…
Oh, BTW…this'll be the last update for at least a week. You see, my lil' bro is in All-Stars Baseball, and they're having a tournament in Alexandria. The whole family's going, so…I have to come along too. I can't bring my computer, either. It'll last from this Thursday afternoon till next Friday morning. It's a damn long tournament! So, if you guys leave some reviews, I might just update another chapter as soon as I get back….otherwise, you'll have to wait until I feel like it! **grins**
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AnimeObsessionFantasy: Here it is! Hope you like it!
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Mel: Hey! On your insistence, I've decided to put Kouga in here and this chapter is dedicated to you….after all, YOU wanted to see the following (look Below) Ja-ne! And Review again!
This chapter is FULL of Jaken-bashing and Sango kicking ass, as usual! As well as Inu and Kag being their stubborn selves! ^_^
Disclaimer: **holds out bazooka** I OWN him! Bwhahahahahahahaha!
Inu: The gun isn't even loaded you baka. **turns to reviewers** Don't worry, I hid her stash of bullets, and YES I do belong to Rumiko Takahashi….
Moon: NOOOOOOO! I Wuv Rumiko, but I WANT INU!
Inu: That's too fuckin bad, don't you think?
Moon: **glares at Inu** …
Inu: **to himself** Another point Inu…that makes it Inu:12, Moon:0...
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Chapter Four: A Flattened Toad and a Human Healer Exterminator
--Lower Region of Kurayouka--
"Shut the fuck up…" Inuyasha growled beneath his breath at his friend. Miroku was currently on the point of collapsing and rolling in fits of laughter at the sight of his oh-so-macho friend being reduced to a mule as he carried the now-unconscious demoness who'd just rubbed his ears affectionately and asked him who he was.
"It's not that damn funny!" Inuyasha kicked out behind them and heard a satisfying yelp as his clawed foot made contact with Miroku's shin. Miroku just harrumphed in his chest, letting out a comical snort as he struggled to hold in his flamboyant laughter.
"I'm sorry, my friend, it's just…the look on your face…she touched your ears…you never let anyone touch your ears!…and then…'Who the hell are you?'" Miroku fell back into fits of repressed laughter, choking on his own words.
"And how, my I ask, is that FUNNY?!" Inuyasha snarled, continuing on the path to Sango's hut. Miroku just giggled to himself, and Inuyasha shook his head at his childish friend…he'd NEVER understand that demon, NEVER.
As they approached Sango's dilapidated hut, they heard singing from inside and the scent of freshly washed laundry wafted out of the fur-covered door to them.
"Sango?" Inuyasha called out uncertainly. He hadn't ever heard Sango singing before, but the noise didn't bother him. She must've been in a really good mood, because instead of yelling at them about not visiting her more often like she usually did, she just happily hollered back,
"In a second!"
"What's gotten in to her?" Miroku asked, immediately regretting it as Sango poked her head out of the hut, her good mood completely gone. She glared at him and put her hands on her hips.
"And WHAT, exactly, is THAT supposed to mean…?" She growled out. Then she seemed to notice that Inuyasha had a person in his arms. Startled, it took Sango a second before she said anything.
"Inuyasha? Who's that? What's wrong? Oh…come in," Sango queried, remembering her manners at the last second. Inuyasha mumbled something beneath his breath and brushed past her into the hut. Sango gave Miroku a glare before disappearing into the hut, him right behind her.
"No funny business, Miroku. This is your one and ONLY warning…" she growled lowly as the lecherous demon began to let his hands wander dangerously close to her posterior.
"So Inuyasha," Sango turned her attention to the youkai prince, "Where'd you find her?" She asked, thinking that 'What brings you here' was already answered and didn't need to be asked. She walked over to him and motioned at her futon for the place to put the unconscious woman.
"Alley…she shot past me and Miroku and we followed her. She wasn't afraid, but that arrow's causing her a lot of pain." He shifted the girl so that Sango could have better access to the injured leg. Sango immediately set to boiling water and sterilizing her medicinal utensils.
"So, thought you'd bring her to me? I'm actually quite surprised you came here at all. But, considering your state of dress…you two must be gift hunting for Lord Sesshomaru." Sango stated calmly, ignoring the glare Inuyasha shot her way as she cleaned a sharp knife-like utensil.
"Oh don't worry…I won't tell anyone you two have been parading around in peasants' clothes. Got no one to tell, anyway…" Sango knelt down next to Inuyasha, who was at the demoness's head.
"She may wake up…I don't have anymore numbing herbs either…so, you'll have to help me hold her down. Miroku!" she yelled at him, "Get over here! I need you to help me and Inuyasha hold her. I don't know how strong she is…so I don't want to be killed for trying to help her." Sango said smartly as Inuyasha gave her a withering look.
"I can handle her on my own…" he grumbled, but Miroku came over anyway.
Sango nodded at both of them, and began to lightly trace around the arrow with the scalpel, cutting enough room to pull the arrow out without the barbs catching and tearing on anymore skin. 'I don't want to push it through…it may hit bone, and that wouldn't be good…' Sango thought to herself. The she-demon squirmed and cried out, waking upon feeling the scalpel at her skin. Sango gritted her teeth, using the muscles developed from her years of fighting youkai to hold the impaled leg down. Miroku adjusted the towel they'd put under the leg to keep blood from getting on Sango's futon, then retuned to holding the other leg so that the youkai wouldn't kick him or Sango.
Kagome writhed in pain…her leg hurt so much! She emitted another half-swallowed scream and pushed against the hands that held her shoulders firmly to the bed, digging her claws into his hands. The demon above her grunted in annoyance at the discomfort she was causing him, but didn't release the pressure. Kagome attempted to sling her leg around, but found it held firmly by two more gentle, but firm hands. Another pair of hands was quickly working on her right leg, and that was where the pain was coming from. Kagome opened her eyes to see if she knew these people, and her vision was blurred so badly with pain that she could barely make out the figure of the man with the pale hair who carried her here at her head. She shut her eyes again and opened them wide as the person at her right leg gave a powerful yank to the arrow, but it refused to come. The pain was so intense, Kagome began to slip in and out of consciousness.
"Let go of me!" She screamed, but her words were garbled by the howl of pain that tore through her throat. She saw edges of red at the corners of her vision at the indignity of it all! How DARE they refuse to release her and cause her so much pain!
Inuyasha audibly gulped as he watched the demoness's eyes take on a red tinge, her claws gripping his wrists, puncturing through until he bled.
"Uh, Miroku…Sango…we're about to be in some serious trouble!" Inuyasha gulped out. He wasn't sure how deadly this demon was, and he wasn't fancying taking her on in her true form. She screamed an unearthly shout again, and Miroku and Sango looked up at her.
"Shit…"Miroku said under his breath. Sango, however, quickly dropped back down to her work, giving another tug and pulling the arrow free.
"Quick, Miroku! That bottle over there has a healing poultice in it! It'll soothe the pain almost instantly, and it may calm her!" Sango ordered him, holding her hand out for the bottle.
Miroku jumped quickly to retrieve the bottle for Sango, stumbling in his haste. The she-demon screeched again, her aura bursting up angry and causing a slight wind around her. Miroku threw the desired bottle at Sango, who deftly caught it, popped the cork, and smeared a large quantity onto the bleeding puncture wound. She held her breath as the she-demon stayed tense, but didn't scream anymore. Then she let out a long sigh of relief as the wide, staring, red eyes of the black-haired girl slowly changed back to their enticing sapphire blue, and her fiery aura simpered down back to normal. 'Such power…' Inuyasha thought, startled at the intense level of her aura.
"That was close," Miroku muttered. Sango only nodded before going up to the now-gasping girl's head.
"Are you alright? I'm terribly sorry about that, but I had to remove the arrow." Sango said weakly, holding up said arrow in her right hand. Kagome stared at her for a second, wondering if she should be thankful or angry….Choosing the thankful thought, she nodded and gave a slight smile. 'I have no reason to be angry with her. Those other two demon, however, I'm not sure.' Kagome thought to herself.
"Good, I'm glad. Why were you running?" Sango asked with a smile of relief that she wasn't angry, and beginning to wrap her leg with a bandage and an antiseptic poultice.
"I…" Kagome hesitated, "I was attacked by a gang of bandits on my way somewhere, and I had to get away…there were too many of them for me to handle alone." Kagome closed back up on herself. She wasn't sure if this was hostile or friendly territory for her to be in. Sango only nodded, and smiled at her. Kagome smiled back, thankful she wouldn't be pressed into answering their questions.
Inuyasha watched this exchange, massaging his red wrists that were quickly healing themselves. 'Gods she's pretty when she smiles,' he thought, then caught himself. 'Wait a second! Where in the HELL did that come from?!' He stopped his thoughts as the sapphire eyes turned to him.
"Who are you? I remember you never answered my question." Kagome looked at him, sitting up as she did so, Sango having finished with her wrap. Inuyasha looked at her for a second, and said, "Feh." When she glared indignantly at him, Miroku quickly cut in.
"I'm Miroku, this is Sango, and this is my friend, Inuyasha…" He bowed slightly to her, "Who might you be?" Kagome thought for a second, and decided she wouldn't tell them her whole story…after all, she didn't know them.
"My name is Kagome. It's nice to meet you," she inclined her head in a mimic of Miroku's bow to all three of them. Inuyasha crossed his arms over his chest and "Feh"ed again.
Kagome glared at him.
"Well, FINE!" she yelled, her temper flaring at his rudeness. Inuyasha did as she expected him to, and turned his head at her, again saying, "Feh." 'He is rather cute, though. Nice built muscles…not too bulky…nice a…WAIT A GOD DAMNED SECOND! WHAT am I thinking?!'
"Don't 'Feh' me!" Kagome screamed at him, attempting to cover her blush at her thoughts. Inuyasha back to look fully into her sparkling blue eyes. 'She's beautiful when she's angry.' he thought, admiring her graceful body; from the shiny black hair, down her curving figure, and back. Kagome noticed this appraisal of her personal space and huffed at him, crossing her arms over her chest as he had done. 'This guy is unbelievable!' She yelled in her mind. 'Unbelievably handsome…' her conscious dreamily muttered, taking in his roguish face and the visibly toned abs through the rips in his shirt. 'STOP THINKING THAT!' She yelled at herself mentally.
"Where did you come from?" He finally asked her. Kagome stiffened. 'I guess it's all right to tell them, vaguely though…'
"The Northern Lands." She turned away from him as a loud screech was heard and a **WHOMP** resounded through the little hut. Miroku lay sprawled on the floor, Sango standing over him, the bottle of ointment in her hand. Kagome decided to ask a few questions of this brave human woman.
"Umm, why are you here? I didn't think any humans lived around the Western Lands." Kagome looked at her expectantly, resolving that she liked this girl's spunky and determined aura.
"Oh…I used to slay demons. I was a demon exterminator, but the demons eventually made a pact with me. Now I just fight them for the fun of it. I also know some healing arts, so any human that lives around here comes to me for training in either fighting or healing…though I haven't had a student in years…" Sango stopped abruptly, unwilling to bring up the past. Kagome smiled in understanding at her and let the subject drop. Suddenly, Sango screeched and, whipping around, brought her hand across the recently recovered Miroku's face, leaving a perfect imprint of her hand.
'These people are odd.' Kagome couldn't help but think. Inuyasha glared at his buddy, shook his head, and finally spoke after a while.
"Well, I'd best be going. Come on Miroku…Sango? Do you think you could lodge her for a while? I don't think she should move around much, and she probably doesn't know her way around Kurayouka." Inuyasha assumed most of these things, and was turning to leave the hut when Kagome stopped him.
"YOU THINK I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF MYSELF???!!!" she screamed at him, standing abruptly, and loosing her balance, falling straight into Inuyasha's arms as he moved to catch her. She looked up at him and wanted to tear him to pieces at the arrogant smirk on his face.
"Apparently, you can't." He grinned, sitting back down. 'She's almost as stubborn as me…maybe I should stick around for a while longer…' He thought, asking Sango what was for dinner.
"Soup," she answered happily; it'd been a while since she'd had guests. Inuyasha grinned at her, and thought, 'I think I'll help this girl find where she needs to be, and then I'll leave…' Kagome thought along the same lines. 'I won't go to the Western Lands…I didn't want to be married, anyway. I can just stay here with Sango…' She smiled to herself with that plan in mind, settling down to help Sango prepare their supper.
--The Caves of the Western Taiyoukai--
Sesshomaru sat regally in his chair, patiently waiting for the already two hours late demoness. Jaken, however, wasn't taking it so lightly.
"Where is she? Doesn't she realize the amazing pressures Master Sesshomaru has to deal with? Doesn't she have a bit of respect or courtesy? That insufferable wench! I.." Jaken's whining was cut short by the look on Seshomaru's face.
"Do not speak of my future wife like that, Jaken…" he ground out. His stoic features remained the same, though. A messenger came scurrying into the room. He laid a piece of parchment and a quill before his Lord, and waited humbly until Sesshomaru had finished writing. Then, the little creature scampered out of the room to deliver the message.
Jaken watched the proceedings with interest.
"What was all that about, Lord Sesshomaru?" He asked, scampering up to his master's feet. Sesshomaru ignored the little pest for a while, before replying, completely emotionless.
"I have given the Northern Lands a warning that if their daughter doesn't show up within three days, I will start a war with them." Sesshomaru didn't even bat an eye as he said this. Jaken gave a whoop of glee and started chanting.
"Serves them right, too! Those lying, conniving back-stabbers! You offer to end the conflict and let peace preside, but they have to go and be snooty about it! Ha! Serves them right!" Jaken continued to ramble on and on, never seeing Sesshomaru standing and bringing a heavy fist down upon the little toad's head. As Jaken slumped to the floor unconscious, Sesshomaru said,
"I thought I'd made it clear that you will not speak of the Northern Lands that way. Not until I have proof of their betrayal." Sesshomaru looked out his window towards the North.
"Then they'll be sorry." Sesshomaru stepped over the lump that was Jaken and swept out of his greeting hall, heading off to prepare for the possibility of war.
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AHHHHHH! Slight Cliffie! **dodges artillery shots** And I won't be back for another week! Oh, well…you guys will just have to leave me some reviews to look forward to when I get back1 ^_^
Sorry it was so short…I ain't feelin to great and I still gotta pack for tomorrow…
Next time Kagome and Inuyasha get into a little argument, and then they find out about the possibility of war between their two lands! Inuyasha wants to find the demoness that was supposed to marry his brother so that he won't be called off into the army; but Kagome wants to stay secretive and not get married. They both get their wishes (sorta) when Kagome angers an old hag who turns out to be a witch! What happens to Kagome? And what will she and the gang do about it? Well, I can't tell you…you'll just have to find out for yourself! ^_^
Well, that's it for now…I won't be here for the next week! **sobs and then smiles** EVERYBODY CHEER FOR THE BLUE TEAM FOR LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS! I'll be kickin back in the sun with ma family…however boring that sounds…it isn't really. And then not the week after this, but the NEXT…I'll be in Destin, Florida, catchin some rays while my dad does business…all in all…I deserve this vacation! We haven't done a damn thing all summer! **cries indignantly** Anyway…I'll see ya when I see ya!…and don't forget to REVIEW!!!!!! Please? I'll update faster if I'm motivated….heehawed!
And again, thanks to all of you who've reviewed before!
KiiKii….OMG!…we can now talk online! YAYA! **does happy dance with KiiKii and then the taco dance!** Can't wait to do that story together, chicka!
Later ppls!
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