Because I'm bored, I decided to write the next chapter. Yes, I have no life, but that's the point. I'm trying to organize my school life and I feel like crap right now. I'm stressed and I need to write. Writing always makes me feel better, so I'm going for it.
And to answer my reviews, I would be happy.
Um…the episode where you see their fears? It's episode 100, right? I've read about it and heard about it, I own it, but I haven't actually watched it yet. I'm lazy. I had all spring break and didn't do anything constructive. That's me^.^
Um…the whole purging thing…I'll explain in this chapter…or maybe later on…
And I'll try to write longer chapters, since supposedly these aren't long enough^.^ I'm always willing to listen to my reviewers^.^
Disclaimer: Do I have to keep going through this? I'm broke! BROKE! As in I have no money. If I owned Inuyasha, I'd have money, right? So in other words, don't look at me!
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*It's not easy to think about fate. It can confuse many people, even sending some into depression. Fate is a depressing matter, because if it does exist, then you have no control. Everything you do is futile, because it'll all end up one way in the end, even if you don't want it too. But it doesn't matter, because you have no say in it. You can't change it. Some people might just sit back and do nothing, thinking that things will just happen because they are suppose to, but there's something wrong with that theory. The thing is, we know nothing about fate. We don't know what it has in store for us. Even though life may be fated, we don't know what will happen. Therefore, we can't think about it. We have to simply keep living, because we never know. We don't know anything about fate, so we can't just let it control our lives. We have to try and build our futures by ourselves, with fate looking over our shoulders.*
"A…dream weaver?" asked Sango. The girl in front of her closed her eyes and bowed her head.
"Hai. I can travel through dreams, revealing the secrets held in one's mind, heart, and soul."
"Mind, heart, and soul?"
"Hai. Each piece of a person holds a secret, each working together to make a person whole. I can look into them, finding out things that even the holder doesn't know of."
"But why?"
"Because, Sango-sama, I wish to help you."
"Help me how?"
"You're so full of questions, Sango-sama." Just then, Yume disappeared. Sango seemed surprised and began looking around, trying to find the strange girl. Suddenly, the scene changed, revealing the night sky, full of stars. The full moon was shining brilliantly in the sky. Sango found herself standing on a cliff, a few yards from the edge. The path sloped upwards, but it wasn't your normal mountain path. It was lined with shining stones, as if it was made from stars. It was beautiful on this mountain. Her eyes followed the trail, tracing the path. At the edge of the cliff stood Yume, staring at the sky.
"Ano…Yume-hime…" started Sango. Yume turned to her, a look of shock on her face, which soon turned to a smile.
"Onegai, Sango-sama. Just call me Yume. There is no need to be so formal, not with me."
"Demo, you called me Sango-sama."
"I know, demo…you deserve that kind of respect. You have a very strong will, Sango-sama. Even after everything you've been through, you did not break. If I were in your predicament, I wouldn't have been so strong."
"Yume…what about you? Your home and your parents, where are they?"
"My…home?" She just smiled and shook her head. Her smile seemed sad, but her eyes were still very soft and warm. "I do not have a home, or an otousan, or an okaasan. I am alone." Her smile became bigger. "I envy you, somewhat, Sango-sama. You have a family."
"Iie. You're wrong."
"Am I? What is a family, exactly? Is it not a group of people, whether blood or not, who care about each other and comfort each other. People who argue, who fight, who protect, who care, who love…is that not what a family is?"
"H-hai."
"Then you do have a family. Your group is your family. All of you would give up your own lives in an instant in order to save the others. That is truly what a family is. I do not have that."
"Gomen."
"There is no need to be sorry for me." It was silent for a while. The only sound was the slight breeze, which made a quiet whistling sound. "Would you like to know, Sango-sama?"
"Know what?"
"What your greatest desire is? I will not show you, I will tell you if you wish to know."
"I guess."
"Very well." Suddenly, the scene switched again, placing them in darkness. Yume walked over to Sango, stopping within a few feet. Suddenly, something appeared next to her, floating in mid air. It looked almost like water, spread out in a mirror like form. "Sango-sama, I know what you're thinking. There are two great desires within your being. One is to destroy Naraku. I'm sure you already knew this, though. The other is the well being of this man." In the water like mirror, an image appeared. It was a very familiar image to Sango's eyes. A man with dark hair and midnight blue eyes, dressed as a houshi.
"Houshi-sama," whispered Sango. Yume looked at Sango. Yume's face was quite calm, not a smile graced her face.
"Miroku-sama appears quite often in your mind. You think about him a lot. There is something else that you desire about him, other than his well being."
"T-there is?" asked Sango, her voice shaking. She was scared to hear the rest.
"Hai. It's…" But the rest never came as Yume's image suddenly blurred and then disappeared fully.
"Yume?" asked Sango, but there was no response. Yume was gone.
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"Danna," said a crimson haired girl, known as Siria. The room she was in was dark, pitch black, but it wasn't your normal darkness. Unlike darkness, Siria could see every feature of every object in the room. It wasn't dark, just empty. Yume sat on a throne like chair, her eyes only half open, since she was recently woken up. Her expression was slightly annoyed, but it was kind of hard to tell, the way her child like face looked.
"Nani, Siria?"
"What were you doing?" she asked, her arms crossed. There was a scowl on her face.
"I was mind purging."
"Nani? Did you succeed?"
"Hai."
"How?"
"I wasn't able to get into the minds of Inuyasha-sama or Kagome-sama, because he is a hanyou and she is a miko."
"That girl was a miko?"
"Hai. And there was no need to purge the minds of Kirara or Shippo. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get into Miroku-sama's mind this time. I did, however, get through to Sango-sama."
"Danna, if I may ask, what is your intent?"
"…"
"Why are you bothering with these people?"
"They are on an important quest, one that could affect the entire world."
"So? That doesn't tell me what your intentions are."
"You will find out eventually, Siria. Now, go call Cycil. I wish to speak to both of you about something."
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"Sango-chan," whispered Kagome. She began to shake the sleeping taijiya. "Sango-chan, hayaku."
"Nani…Kagome-chan?" asked Sango in a sleep filled voice. She slowly opened her eyes and looked into Kagome's worried face.
"Sango-chan, we need to leave."
"Why?" Sango yawned and sat up, her eyes only half open.
"I think there's youkai near by."
"Nani? Demo, Houshi-sama said he sealed off this area."
"Well, something broke through, cause it's coming closer. I heard something rustle the bushes over that way. We shouldn't fight it. Inuyasha and Miroku-sama are injured. We can't risk it."
"Hai. Let's go." Sango and Kagome stood up and quietly got everything together. 'How could something have broken through? Maybe Siria removed some of the ofudas.' Eventually, they had gathered up everything. Shippo had awoken to the sound of them packing up and was now rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Kagome?" he asked. Kagome bent down near him.
"Shh. Shippo-chan, we're leaving."
"Why?"
"There's something coming this way. We need to leave now. Go wake Kirara."
"Okay." Shippo ran off to wake the small cat. Once accomplishing this goal, Kirara transformed, ready to leave.
"Sango-chan, we need to wake up Inuyasha and Miroku-sama."
"Hai." Sango watched Kagome walk off to go awaken Inuyasha. That left Miroku to her. She walked over to the sleeping houshi and gently shook him by the shoulder.
"Houshi-sama," she whispered. His eyes slowly opened and took in her image.
"Sango?" he asked quietly. She just nodded. Inuyasha, however, was already standing and looking around. He sniffed the air, his face becoming stern.
"I smell youkai," he said.
"Nani?" asked Miroku, unbelievingly.
"Miroku," said Inuyasha, turning his attention to the houshi. "I thought you said you sealed this area."
"I did, I mean, I thought I did. Kuso. Siria must have done something to my wards."
"We should get going," said Kagome. "We can't risk fighting it right now."
"Feh. I say we fight it and get this over with."
"Inuyasha, you're injured. We're leaving and we're leaving now."
"I agree with Kagome-sama," said Miroku, using his staff to push himself up, wincing slightly from his injuries.
"Feh," said Inuyasha, turning his head away from all of them. He didn't say anything else. Kagome smiled, knowing she had won the argument. Kirara then made her way over. Miroku quickly got on her, followed by Sango. Inuyasha refused.
"I can walk. My legs aren't broken." Kagome would have protested, but there wasn't enough time for that. She gathered Shippo in her arms and then climbed onto Kirara. Then they were off. Inuyasha ran beside the transformed Kirara. They weren't sure as to where they were going, but they knew that they had to get away from whatever was coming for them. They continued running, but the scent didn't go away. Inuyasha knew it was following them. They weren't going to be able to run away this time. Inuyasha suddenly stopped and turned around.
"Inuyasha?" asked Kagome. Kirara had come to as stop as well and turned to look at Inuyasha. His back was to them and he began to crack his claws.
"Kagome, you guys should get out of here."
"We're not going to leave you here."
"That youkai is still following us. We won't be able to outrun it. There's no other choice but to fight."
"I agree," said Miroku. "I'll help."
"Houshi-sama!" scolded Sango.
"No thanks, Miroku. You're still injured. I want you all to leave." Sango got off of Kirara and motioned for all of them to do the same. They all dismounted.
"Kirara, you stay here and help Inuyasha," she said. Kirara roared in response and walked over to Inuyasha.
"Be careful," said Kagome. Inuyasha nodded to her and then turned back to face the forest. Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and Miroku began to head through the forest, getting as far away from the area as they could.
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"Siria," said Yume. The crimson haired girl walked out from the shadows and approached the dream weaver.
"Yes, danna?" she asked.
"Where's Cycil?"
"I couldn't find her. She hasn't been around for a while now." Yume thought this over. It was true; Cycil had been gone quite often lately.
"I wonder what she's doing."
"Your guess is as good as mine. She's always leaving. Why not just send me. I can finish them off easily." A sickening smirk crossed her face as she thought about the things she could do to the group.
"No."
"What? Why not?"
"If I had wanted you to kill them, I would have let you do that from the beginning. I want to find out more about them."
"Whatever. You and your purging. I don't understand dream weavers." Yume smiled at the stubborn girl. This was all very entertaining to her. 'I wonder what Sango-sama is doing.' Yume closed her eyes and focused. Images came into her mind as she focused her thoughts. She could see the Inuyasha group. Sango was with Kagome, Shippo, and Miroku. They were running through the forest. Yume frowned. Something was wrong. She could easily tell. There was another youkai following them.
"Siria," said Yume.
"Hai," said Siria, seeming bored.
"Go find them."
"Nani?"
"You heard me. Go and find them."
"What for? Why do I have to go?"
"Because Cycil isn't here. They will not die yet. Now go and make sure they survive." Siria glared at Yume and then turned around, stomping off into the shadows. Yume leaned back into her chair and closed her eyes, watching the scene unfold before her.
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Looky! I wrote another chapter! Aren't I special^.^ I sure feel it. Sorry if this chapter was bad in any way, cause I wasn't paying much attention when I wrote it and I was kinda running out of ideas. Things'll really pick up soon…I hope.
Ano –um
Otousan –father (I may have spelt it wrong. There are other ways to say father, but I like this one.)
Okaasan –mother (same as above.)
Hime –princess. It can be used alone or as a suffix like thing, such as sama or chan.
Hayaku –it means quickly or hurry. (I may have spelt it wrong)
Sama –it's a suffix (is it called a suffix?) that means lord or lady.
Chan –used among friends, mostly for girls, unless speaking to a child. (that's how I was told)
Kuso –correction. Kuso can mean a ton of different words, depending on how you interpret it. All in all, it's an expression of extreme anger, meaning either shit or damn. I've seen it both ways.
Well, that's it for now.
Remember to review^.^
Audi^.^
