Okay... Finally... you guys will see what is going to happen.. And for the
sake of drama and many posts, there is going to be a really shocking
cliffhanger, so I won't post a note at the end. Okay? So... Here ya go ma
reviewers... O.o I'm starting to sound like Chou... not a good thing. This
will have a cut down of hilariousness so be forewarned
Review Responses!:
Wind: I wouldn't let it go into mushy love stuff because many reviewers don't want that.... Besides! Soumei bashing is fun! ^ ^
Wisteria Fox: I was hoping I would update soon too. But the evil TAKS test came in and drained me of life!!! It shall die.....
anime-drawer: I made the next chapter.... Happy?
FuJi Fox: MUST NOT MAKE YOU SAD!!!!! *hands over dozens of chocolate goodies*
NeoStar: Yes... much bruising! MWUAHAHAHAHA!!!
shmo: You're going to hate me at the end of this chapter... u.u you just might say the same thing in your review except with more violence.
Meow the chibi neko: Don't worry! I will NOT make it mushy gushy! I promise!!!!!!! And if it seems like it, trust me.... it's only because something funny will happen after.
Tiny Tim: Demanding! Sheesh! I'm writing, I'm writing!!!
Laura:... DO NOT CORRECT ME OR YOU SHALL BE SENT TO THE WORST OF THE SEVEN HELLS!!!! Just kidding! But I really feel stupid when you talk all smart... MY SMALL BRAIN IS BEING CONFUSED!!!
Inu Higurashi: Soumei is meant to be like a more serious/funny version of Inu-Yasha. ^ ^ YEAH!! I'll get the blowtorch; you get the gasoline! BUUURRRRNNNN!!!!
Disclaimer:
Keri: I do not own Inu-Yasha... but I own many other things!
Neo: I own Megami!!! (AND SESSHOMARU!!!!)
Keri: Actually...Secretly I own Inu-Yasha, Rumiko Takahashi is just borrowing him!
*Neo and Keri are hit on the head*
~~~~~~Deaths and Despair (...the title is so happyful is it not?)
Megami, Sango, and Kagome had been walking for some time.
"Damn! Why can't I smell her?" Megami sniffed the air. She was in front of the other two by quite some distance and wasn't paying much attention to anything except finding Kaiho's scent. "Where the hell is-?" she was cut off as she rammed into something and fell on her butt. "Hey! Why don't you watch where you're..." she looked up and saw someone. That someone being very familiar. (Oh Neo! Guess who!)
Megami looked into gold eyes. "Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru looked at her with a blank expression.
"Oh my Kami! It IS you! Sesshy-chan! I haven't seen you in forever!" she stood and glomped him.
"Megami, please remove yourself off of me at once," he tried to pry her off.
"It has been so long since I last saw you! How are you? Do you still have that toad thing hanging around? Can I hurt him? How old ARE you? When did you get so tall? Your tall is much puffier then last time. Did you grow your hair? Did you lose your arm? Why won't you answer me?" she said in a rush causing Sesshomaru to have a dazed look. (this was not fun to write... nonsense... babbling!)
"It's only been a year or so Megami. Don't act like it's been 100 years."
Megami and Sesshomaru had known each other since they were little (being 13 or so in human years). It was quite interesting how they met; including something with rocks being thrown, a cliff above a hot spring, and much Sesshomaru bashing. (^ ^ I can see it now! Megami bathing and a curious young Sesshomaru looking in and being pummeled with rocks and being bashed on the head after falling off the cliff... ^.^)
"Sesshomaru-sama! Sesshomaru-sama, I..." the toad thing named Jaken (I vary between naming Jakken and Jaken) came through the brush and stared with a horrified look at Megami. "Lord Sesshomaru! Why is SHE here?!" the toad held his staff in a defensive way.
"Why hello there Jaken," Megami was in his face and was holding his staff. He didn't even see her move or grab the staff from his hands. Before Jaken could retrieve his staff, Megami started bashing him with it. "HAHAHA! THIS IS FUN!" she cried as she brought the staff down on Jaken's ugly head.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Help me!" Jaken tried to run but didn't get very far before he was hammered into the ground.
"Megami, what brings you here?" Sesshomaru tried to stop Megami from killing Jaken even though he found it quite amusing.
"Oh, I am looking for Kaiho. Have you seen her?" Megami asked.
Sesshomaru had a sudden memory:
__
"Fluffy-chan! Don't hurt Inu-chan!" Kaiho stood protectively in front of a young Inu-Yasha. "You shouldn't pick on him just because he's different!"
"Why should I listen to what you say?" a younger Sesshomaru glared down at the ookami-youkai.
"Because! Me and Soumei are supposed to guard him from potential danger," (note how she doesn't say Soumei and I...) Kaiho pulled at one of Sesshomaru's locks. "Now leave him alone and go on with flirting with Megami."
Sesshomaru was wide-eyed.
"Why the hell would I be flirting with HER?!" he yelled.
"No cussing!" Kaiho stuck a handful of weeds in his mouth. (*cracks up* HAHAHAHA!!)
Inu-Yasha stuck his tongue out at Sesshomaru who was spitting out dirt and weeds.
"Come on Inu-chan," Kaiho grabbed Inu-Yasha's small hand and walked off. (by the way, Kaiho is younger too... for those who haven't figured out)
__
Sesshomaru had a sudden taste of dirt in his mouth. "No, I haven't"
"She walked off and was acting... serious," Megami looked around with a worried look.
"Serious? *blink* Kaiho: serious... Must be because this was the day her family died and the day she was separated from Inu-Yasha AND today she has to leave Inu-Yasha AGAIN," Sesshomaru stated with a still emotionless face.
"Her family... died? HEY WAIT!!! How did you know that she was protecting Inu-Yasha again and has to leave him?" Megami looked at him suspiciously.
"Um... rumors," he thought up.
"So that means you aren't stalking me...since when did you listen to rumors?"
"Today. Okay bye now!" he turned to walk away when he realized a certain someone was not by his side. "Where's Rin, Jaken?"
"She must have disappeared! Let's just go on and forget about her - *WHAM!* "
"Hello, who are you?" Megami said and Sesshomaru turned around.
Rin was next to Megami and was examining her hair. "Rin thinks Megami has pretty hair.
"Good observation Rin so LET'S GO!!" Sesshomaru pulled her away and was gone in a blink. (...OOC in my opinion)
Before Megami could go, Kagome, Kirara, and Sango were in view.
"Did you get any hints as to where she is?" Sango slowed to a stop.
"No, not really. But I know why she's moody... for the most part."
"Okay, so tell us," Kagome was glad to finally get to know why Kaiho was acting... un-Kaiho-ish (don't you just love my word usage?).
"Well, I ran into Sesshomaru... DON'T YOU GUYS GIVE ME THAT LOOK! I know he is Inu-Yasha's enemy! So as I was saying, I ran into Sesshomaru, literally, and asked him if he knew where Kaiho was. He had no clue, but said that this very day Kaiho's family died and this was the day that she had been separated from Inu-Yasha and now this SAME day, she has to leave him again...forever... From what I know, Inu-Yasha and Sesshomaru were like little brothers to her and their father was like her own. Me, well, I'm like a sister to her. And Soumei... don't tell her I said this-if we find her that is-but I KNOW she loves Soumei," Megami began serious but ended in gossip.
"What about Soumei?!" Sango was more interested in gossip so Kagome nudged her in the ribs with her elbow.
"Honestly I think Soumei feels the same..." Megami was also caught up in her own words, until Kirara made her sneeze by using her tails (she has two people).
"That's so horrible... How did her parents die?" Kagome asked looking thoughtful but staring at the ground.
"I'm not sure... I could go find Sesshomaru and ask him. But then you guys would have to look for Kaiho by yourselves."
"Maybe we should just wait until we find Kaiho..." Sango suggested. "Unless we're too impatient to wait..." There was a long silence then, without anyone talking, Megami went off to find Sesshomaru and Sango, Kagome and Kirara went off to find Kaiho. (I'm a girl... we sometimes know each other's thoughts.... BE AFRAID MEN!!!!! Oohh eerie mystical doom -Kurt Cobain (Nirvana))
~~~~~~The Boys a-walking
"Are we there yet?" Shippo asked as he lazily lingered on Miroku's shoulder.
"No," Miroku, Inu-Yasha, and Soumei said in drone unison.
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"What about now?"
"No."
"Now?"
"No."
"...what about now?"
"...Okay Shippo, we're here. So that must be Kaiho," Soumei pointed to a tree stump.
"No, that's a tree stump. Is your vision getting bad?" Shippo asked in a concerned voice towards Soumei.
Soumei stared at Shippo with a blank face, turned around, and continued walking before running straight into a tree.
All he heard next was: "I knew his vision was bad..."
Soumei was roughly shaken awake. "Where am I?"
"You dim-wit... You passed out."
"Who..."
"Inu-Yasha," he said slowly as if talking to an idiot.
"How long was I out?"
"A few hours, it is night now," Miroku stoked the campfire.
"Did you get the hippo-pirahna-mous?" Shippo asked as he laughed.
"Hippo - piranha - mous?" Soumei repeated.
"Yeah, you were talking in your sleep."
"I have a tendency to do that. Kaiho had pointed that out one..." he stopped abruptly at the thought of her, and of her disappearance.
"You miss her..." Miroku stated bluntly.
For some reason, Soumei felt open, as if he was still asleep. "I guess I do. I mean, I've known her for my whole life. Her family died when she was around "five" (she looked five, I don't know how demon years work...) and I found her moping around in the woods as if waiting to die. Waiting for someone to try to kill her so she could be back with her family."
"That doesn't sound like Kaiho," Miroku furrowed his brow.
"She became extremely happy afterwards. We were assigned to train for two years to protect Inu-Yasha. She was always happy and playful... The day we were separated from Inu-Yasha, she was like when I first met her: depressed... When I told her we would look for you *he pointed at Inu- Yasha* she became happy again. Now... I'm not sure." (seriousness for a little while people)
"Maybe you should find her on your own. You seem closer with her. If she is depressed, she'd want to talk to you," Miroku yawned.
"Really?"
"Yeah, now would you go already?!" Inu-Yasha barked. (.... no pun intended)
~~~~~MEGAMI!!
"SESSHOMARU!!! GET YOUR FLUFFY ASS OUT HERE!!!" Megami screamed through the forest.
She heard a thud and soon Sesshomaru appeared from behind a tree.
"Are you sure you're not stalking me?" Megami raised an eyebrow.
"Rin was," he looked beyond Megami.
"...-_- riigghhhtt..."
"So what is it you want now, woman?"
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..." she forgot for a moment. (I really did... *checks* oh yeah)
"Well?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... OH YEAH!" she hit her forehead. "Do you know how Kaiho's parents died? We're too......what's the word....?"
"Fervent?"
"Huh?"
"*sigh* It means, impatient."
"No, no, no....ummmmm.."
"Ardent?"
"*blink* That means the same thing... ummm... IMPATIENT!! That's the word!"
Sesshomaru: -_-()
"So we're too IMPATIENT to wait until we find Kaiho. So would you please tell me?"
"Sure..."
"Good!"
"Well..."
~~~~~~~~~Time to check up on Sango, Kagome, and the neko demon Kirara! (*mewls*)
Sango, placed her boomerang on the ground, "Let's take a breather, no, let's just camp here for tonight. It's getting past sundown now."
"Okay," Kagome slid her humongous backpack off.
"I wonder if Kaiho's okay..." Sango and Kagome said at the same time.
"Mew," Kirara jumped into Sango's lap.
"I *yawn* hope we find her soon," Kagome unrolled her sleeping bag as Sango gathered some nearby logs and began building a fire.
"We should sleep. We'll need a lot of energy," Sango gratefully accepted the sleeping bag Kagome handed her.
"Good night Kagome, Kirara," Sango snuggled in.
"'Night..." Kagome drifted to sleep.
~~~~~~Soumei travels
'I'm going to find you Kaiho, I swear it...'
**~~**~~Flashback
"I'm going to find Kaiho. I'll be back, with her."
Soumei walked off determined. Not noticing the looks everyone gave him
**~~**~~
"I promise Kaiho, I WILL find you," Soumei was VERY determined to find Kaiho. (I might act a little sad, depressed, or serious a lot because I finished watching Trigun and it was very sad. Wolfwood... Legato, Meryle, Millie, Rem... *breaks down and cries* WOLFWOOD!!!! REM!!!! POOR MILLIE!!!! *sniffle* POOR VASH!!!!By the way, *coughMeowthechibinekocough* I am not going to get mushy gushy on you guys so don't think it. Even thought it may seem like it, I'm not)
Soumei walked for what seemed like hours when he decided he should rest. He laid his back against a tree and listened to the soothing sounds of the river that was close by.
He closed his eyes and had relaxed for a few seconds when he smelt blood and a whimper. Soumei shoot up and looked around for the source of the smell. He walked around cautiously towards the river.
In the river clearing, he saw something that he had never wanted to imagine. Kaiho.... She was badly injured and soaked in her own blood.
"Kaiho!" Soumei ran to her.
"Soumei..." she said but her voice was muffled by the blood that bubbled in her throat.
"Kaiho, what the hell happened?" Soumei wiped her blood-drenched hair from her face.
"I was attacked..." her eyes closed for a second but Soumei forced her to keep them open.
"God Kaiho, you're hurt badly. I need to get you back to the camp," he began to lift her but couldn't.
She smiled sadly, "Soumei, there's no hope for me. I'm going to die just like my family. I'm going to die miserable just like when you met me. I'm sorry Soumei, I guess it's just my time to-" her body tightened in pain.
"No! Kaiho you're NOT going to die! I won't let you. I need you to be alive. I never told you- Kaiho! Don't die! KAIHO!"
Her eyes rolled back... Kaiho was dead.
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~Keri (hope that will satisfy you... or maybe it won't...)
Review Responses!:
Wind: I wouldn't let it go into mushy love stuff because many reviewers don't want that.... Besides! Soumei bashing is fun! ^ ^
Wisteria Fox: I was hoping I would update soon too. But the evil TAKS test came in and drained me of life!!! It shall die.....
anime-drawer: I made the next chapter.... Happy?
FuJi Fox: MUST NOT MAKE YOU SAD!!!!! *hands over dozens of chocolate goodies*
NeoStar: Yes... much bruising! MWUAHAHAHAHA!!!
shmo: You're going to hate me at the end of this chapter... u.u you just might say the same thing in your review except with more violence.
Meow the chibi neko: Don't worry! I will NOT make it mushy gushy! I promise!!!!!!! And if it seems like it, trust me.... it's only because something funny will happen after.
Tiny Tim: Demanding! Sheesh! I'm writing, I'm writing!!!
Laura:... DO NOT CORRECT ME OR YOU SHALL BE SENT TO THE WORST OF THE SEVEN HELLS!!!! Just kidding! But I really feel stupid when you talk all smart... MY SMALL BRAIN IS BEING CONFUSED!!!
Inu Higurashi: Soumei is meant to be like a more serious/funny version of Inu-Yasha. ^ ^ YEAH!! I'll get the blowtorch; you get the gasoline! BUUURRRRNNNN!!!!
Disclaimer:
Keri: I do not own Inu-Yasha... but I own many other things!
Neo: I own Megami!!! (AND SESSHOMARU!!!!)
Keri: Actually...Secretly I own Inu-Yasha, Rumiko Takahashi is just borrowing him!
*Neo and Keri are hit on the head*
~~~~~~Deaths and Despair (...the title is so happyful is it not?)
Megami, Sango, and Kagome had been walking for some time.
"Damn! Why can't I smell her?" Megami sniffed the air. She was in front of the other two by quite some distance and wasn't paying much attention to anything except finding Kaiho's scent. "Where the hell is-?" she was cut off as she rammed into something and fell on her butt. "Hey! Why don't you watch where you're..." she looked up and saw someone. That someone being very familiar. (Oh Neo! Guess who!)
Megami looked into gold eyes. "Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru looked at her with a blank expression.
"Oh my Kami! It IS you! Sesshy-chan! I haven't seen you in forever!" she stood and glomped him.
"Megami, please remove yourself off of me at once," he tried to pry her off.
"It has been so long since I last saw you! How are you? Do you still have that toad thing hanging around? Can I hurt him? How old ARE you? When did you get so tall? Your tall is much puffier then last time. Did you grow your hair? Did you lose your arm? Why won't you answer me?" she said in a rush causing Sesshomaru to have a dazed look. (this was not fun to write... nonsense... babbling!)
"It's only been a year or so Megami. Don't act like it's been 100 years."
Megami and Sesshomaru had known each other since they were little (being 13 or so in human years). It was quite interesting how they met; including something with rocks being thrown, a cliff above a hot spring, and much Sesshomaru bashing. (^ ^ I can see it now! Megami bathing and a curious young Sesshomaru looking in and being pummeled with rocks and being bashed on the head after falling off the cliff... ^.^)
"Sesshomaru-sama! Sesshomaru-sama, I..." the toad thing named Jaken (I vary between naming Jakken and Jaken) came through the brush and stared with a horrified look at Megami. "Lord Sesshomaru! Why is SHE here?!" the toad held his staff in a defensive way.
"Why hello there Jaken," Megami was in his face and was holding his staff. He didn't even see her move or grab the staff from his hands. Before Jaken could retrieve his staff, Megami started bashing him with it. "HAHAHA! THIS IS FUN!" she cried as she brought the staff down on Jaken's ugly head.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Help me!" Jaken tried to run but didn't get very far before he was hammered into the ground.
"Megami, what brings you here?" Sesshomaru tried to stop Megami from killing Jaken even though he found it quite amusing.
"Oh, I am looking for Kaiho. Have you seen her?" Megami asked.
Sesshomaru had a sudden memory:
__
"Fluffy-chan! Don't hurt Inu-chan!" Kaiho stood protectively in front of a young Inu-Yasha. "You shouldn't pick on him just because he's different!"
"Why should I listen to what you say?" a younger Sesshomaru glared down at the ookami-youkai.
"Because! Me and Soumei are supposed to guard him from potential danger," (note how she doesn't say Soumei and I...) Kaiho pulled at one of Sesshomaru's locks. "Now leave him alone and go on with flirting with Megami."
Sesshomaru was wide-eyed.
"Why the hell would I be flirting with HER?!" he yelled.
"No cussing!" Kaiho stuck a handful of weeds in his mouth. (*cracks up* HAHAHAHA!!)
Inu-Yasha stuck his tongue out at Sesshomaru who was spitting out dirt and weeds.
"Come on Inu-chan," Kaiho grabbed Inu-Yasha's small hand and walked off. (by the way, Kaiho is younger too... for those who haven't figured out)
__
Sesshomaru had a sudden taste of dirt in his mouth. "No, I haven't"
"She walked off and was acting... serious," Megami looked around with a worried look.
"Serious? *blink* Kaiho: serious... Must be because this was the day her family died and the day she was separated from Inu-Yasha AND today she has to leave Inu-Yasha AGAIN," Sesshomaru stated with a still emotionless face.
"Her family... died? HEY WAIT!!! How did you know that she was protecting Inu-Yasha again and has to leave him?" Megami looked at him suspiciously.
"Um... rumors," he thought up.
"So that means you aren't stalking me...since when did you listen to rumors?"
"Today. Okay bye now!" he turned to walk away when he realized a certain someone was not by his side. "Where's Rin, Jaken?"
"She must have disappeared! Let's just go on and forget about her - *WHAM!* "
"Hello, who are you?" Megami said and Sesshomaru turned around.
Rin was next to Megami and was examining her hair. "Rin thinks Megami has pretty hair.
"Good observation Rin so LET'S GO!!" Sesshomaru pulled her away and was gone in a blink. (...OOC in my opinion)
Before Megami could go, Kagome, Kirara, and Sango were in view.
"Did you get any hints as to where she is?" Sango slowed to a stop.
"No, not really. But I know why she's moody... for the most part."
"Okay, so tell us," Kagome was glad to finally get to know why Kaiho was acting... un-Kaiho-ish (don't you just love my word usage?).
"Well, I ran into Sesshomaru... DON'T YOU GUYS GIVE ME THAT LOOK! I know he is Inu-Yasha's enemy! So as I was saying, I ran into Sesshomaru, literally, and asked him if he knew where Kaiho was. He had no clue, but said that this very day Kaiho's family died and this was the day that she had been separated from Inu-Yasha and now this SAME day, she has to leave him again...forever... From what I know, Inu-Yasha and Sesshomaru were like little brothers to her and their father was like her own. Me, well, I'm like a sister to her. And Soumei... don't tell her I said this-if we find her that is-but I KNOW she loves Soumei," Megami began serious but ended in gossip.
"What about Soumei?!" Sango was more interested in gossip so Kagome nudged her in the ribs with her elbow.
"Honestly I think Soumei feels the same..." Megami was also caught up in her own words, until Kirara made her sneeze by using her tails (she has two people).
"That's so horrible... How did her parents die?" Kagome asked looking thoughtful but staring at the ground.
"I'm not sure... I could go find Sesshomaru and ask him. But then you guys would have to look for Kaiho by yourselves."
"Maybe we should just wait until we find Kaiho..." Sango suggested. "Unless we're too impatient to wait..." There was a long silence then, without anyone talking, Megami went off to find Sesshomaru and Sango, Kagome and Kirara went off to find Kaiho. (I'm a girl... we sometimes know each other's thoughts.... BE AFRAID MEN!!!!! Oohh eerie mystical doom -Kurt Cobain (Nirvana))
~~~~~~The Boys a-walking
"Are we there yet?" Shippo asked as he lazily lingered on Miroku's shoulder.
"No," Miroku, Inu-Yasha, and Soumei said in drone unison.
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"What about now?"
"No."
"Now?"
"No."
"...what about now?"
"...Okay Shippo, we're here. So that must be Kaiho," Soumei pointed to a tree stump.
"No, that's a tree stump. Is your vision getting bad?" Shippo asked in a concerned voice towards Soumei.
Soumei stared at Shippo with a blank face, turned around, and continued walking before running straight into a tree.
All he heard next was: "I knew his vision was bad..."
Soumei was roughly shaken awake. "Where am I?"
"You dim-wit... You passed out."
"Who..."
"Inu-Yasha," he said slowly as if talking to an idiot.
"How long was I out?"
"A few hours, it is night now," Miroku stoked the campfire.
"Did you get the hippo-pirahna-mous?" Shippo asked as he laughed.
"Hippo - piranha - mous?" Soumei repeated.
"Yeah, you were talking in your sleep."
"I have a tendency to do that. Kaiho had pointed that out one..." he stopped abruptly at the thought of her, and of her disappearance.
"You miss her..." Miroku stated bluntly.
For some reason, Soumei felt open, as if he was still asleep. "I guess I do. I mean, I've known her for my whole life. Her family died when she was around "five" (she looked five, I don't know how demon years work...) and I found her moping around in the woods as if waiting to die. Waiting for someone to try to kill her so she could be back with her family."
"That doesn't sound like Kaiho," Miroku furrowed his brow.
"She became extremely happy afterwards. We were assigned to train for two years to protect Inu-Yasha. She was always happy and playful... The day we were separated from Inu-Yasha, she was like when I first met her: depressed... When I told her we would look for you *he pointed at Inu- Yasha* she became happy again. Now... I'm not sure." (seriousness for a little while people)
"Maybe you should find her on your own. You seem closer with her. If she is depressed, she'd want to talk to you," Miroku yawned.
"Really?"
"Yeah, now would you go already?!" Inu-Yasha barked. (.... no pun intended)
~~~~~MEGAMI!!
"SESSHOMARU!!! GET YOUR FLUFFY ASS OUT HERE!!!" Megami screamed through the forest.
She heard a thud and soon Sesshomaru appeared from behind a tree.
"Are you sure you're not stalking me?" Megami raised an eyebrow.
"Rin was," he looked beyond Megami.
"...-_- riigghhhtt..."
"So what is it you want now, woman?"
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..." she forgot for a moment. (I really did... *checks* oh yeah)
"Well?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... OH YEAH!" she hit her forehead. "Do you know how Kaiho's parents died? We're too......what's the word....?"
"Fervent?"
"Huh?"
"*sigh* It means, impatient."
"No, no, no....ummmmm.."
"Ardent?"
"*blink* That means the same thing... ummm... IMPATIENT!! That's the word!"
Sesshomaru: -_-()
"So we're too IMPATIENT to wait until we find Kaiho. So would you please tell me?"
"Sure..."
"Good!"
"Well..."
~~~~~~~~~Time to check up on Sango, Kagome, and the neko demon Kirara! (*mewls*)
Sango, placed her boomerang on the ground, "Let's take a breather, no, let's just camp here for tonight. It's getting past sundown now."
"Okay," Kagome slid her humongous backpack off.
"I wonder if Kaiho's okay..." Sango and Kagome said at the same time.
"Mew," Kirara jumped into Sango's lap.
"I *yawn* hope we find her soon," Kagome unrolled her sleeping bag as Sango gathered some nearby logs and began building a fire.
"We should sleep. We'll need a lot of energy," Sango gratefully accepted the sleeping bag Kagome handed her.
"Good night Kagome, Kirara," Sango snuggled in.
"'Night..." Kagome drifted to sleep.
~~~~~~Soumei travels
'I'm going to find you Kaiho, I swear it...'
**~~**~~Flashback
"I'm going to find Kaiho. I'll be back, with her."
Soumei walked off determined. Not noticing the looks everyone gave him
**~~**~~
"I promise Kaiho, I WILL find you," Soumei was VERY determined to find Kaiho. (I might act a little sad, depressed, or serious a lot because I finished watching Trigun and it was very sad. Wolfwood... Legato, Meryle, Millie, Rem... *breaks down and cries* WOLFWOOD!!!! REM!!!! POOR MILLIE!!!! *sniffle* POOR VASH!!!!By the way, *coughMeowthechibinekocough* I am not going to get mushy gushy on you guys so don't think it. Even thought it may seem like it, I'm not)
Soumei walked for what seemed like hours when he decided he should rest. He laid his back against a tree and listened to the soothing sounds of the river that was close by.
He closed his eyes and had relaxed for a few seconds when he smelt blood and a whimper. Soumei shoot up and looked around for the source of the smell. He walked around cautiously towards the river.
In the river clearing, he saw something that he had never wanted to imagine. Kaiho.... She was badly injured and soaked in her own blood.
"Kaiho!" Soumei ran to her.
"Soumei..." she said but her voice was muffled by the blood that bubbled in her throat.
"Kaiho, what the hell happened?" Soumei wiped her blood-drenched hair from her face.
"I was attacked..." her eyes closed for a second but Soumei forced her to keep them open.
"God Kaiho, you're hurt badly. I need to get you back to the camp," he began to lift her but couldn't.
She smiled sadly, "Soumei, there's no hope for me. I'm going to die just like my family. I'm going to die miserable just like when you met me. I'm sorry Soumei, I guess it's just my time to-" her body tightened in pain.
"No! Kaiho you're NOT going to die! I won't let you. I need you to be alive. I never told you- Kaiho! Don't die! KAIHO!"
Her eyes rolled back... Kaiho was dead.
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~Keri (hope that will satisfy you... or maybe it won't...)