Wow, another full page of reviews added to my story (plus one more; making for a total of 16)…sugoi ne! (Amazing, isn't it!) Lol, before my daily average was about ten; now it's fifteen reviews a day (and climbing!), and I can't thank you guys enough…
Well, good news and bad news. The bad news is that tonight's chapter may be a little late because I'm going to go see Anger Management (Adam Sandler's my favorite actor; I've seen every one of his movies), the good news is I'm still going to update with review responses, and I'll try to put out an extra-long chapter tomorrow to make up for it; part of the reason I didn't tonight is I'm starting to get strapped for ideas, but I'll think up something…
Diablo: Dang it, why couldn't you have mentioned that earlier…lol, I'm just kidding around; though, if I'd thought about it, it would have been an excellent excuse for Inuyasha to follow Kagome through the well to her own time…crap.
(Blank): Hahaha, actually you did spell 'hilarious' right; and yes, I'm pleased with the way I've been able to portray Inuyasha; basically, the way I write my story is this: I think of what I want to happen in the anime, what would be good to happen, weigh the two together, then sit down and write something that invariably goes a different direction from what I've thought…and yes, I will try to get Shippou in later: I like him to, although I think Inuyasha shouldn't get sat for smacking him sometimes because he does deserve it sometimes…keh.
Inuyasha: Heh, thanks for the praise…personally, I've become kind of addicted to writing every night, just like you've become addicted to reading it: this is the first story I've ever been able to concentrate on; but in response to your question, "Arigatou" is a simple version of "Thank You" (translating as 'Thanks', only a little more polite); if you want to be more polite, you can say "Arigatou gozaimasu" or "Doumo Arigatou"; if you want to be super duper uberifically polite, it would be "Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu".
Kagome: Oh, that's cool; you're taking Japanese too? Heh…I still remember how excited I was when I got into Japanese class, I couldn't even wait for my teacher to give us the first five hiragana characters; I just printed some offline…well, I believe I posted translations around chapter 8 or 9; and I post translations in every part now (except for last time; excuse my bakaness: Kanashimizu=tears of sadness)
Inu-fan 500: Thanks for the praise; it's not really my first fan-fiction, it's just my first posted one (and, like I said, the only one I've ever been able to stick with); as for story ideas, I'd just have to say go with anything creative/original; if you want specific ideas, the only one I can think up off the top of my head would be something like Inuyasha dies, and Shippou grows up and starts having feelings for her…kinda weird, yes, but both original and creative. For my next fan-fiction, I'm probably going to write a Kouga/girl he was betrothed to (if anybody knows her name, please post it in their review; I'm a huge baka and forgot her name…lol) fiction; if you want to, go ahead and use that: I'll think up something else ^_^. And, since I'm on a creative warpath, you could have Inuyasha lapse back into his murderous relationship with his brother; have him kill Sesshoumaru, then he and Kagome adopt Rin/Inuyasha gets Tenseiga (I've always wondered what would happen if they got the two swords together; would they like fuse or something? Probably not, but it's interesting to think about…)
Anonymous: Yeah, it's a bit too sappy, but I try to toss in fight scenes, and so far I'm succeeding (although they'll probably be more gory; if I was Inuyasha, I'd want Naraku/his detachments to suffer for what Naraku had done to me, look at what he did to Onigumo in chapter five it was, I believe); but if you want a quick fight scene, here you go:
Rage pulsed through Inuyasha's body as he raised the Tetsuaiga, sunlight flaring off the cold steel as whirlwind gales began to swirl around both he and the sword; power surged through his arms as he felt the sword's true power begin to shine, apparent to both he, the bearer, and Seikoro, the target.
Fear bloomed large in Seikoro's eyes as he tried to grab the Tetsuaiga, but his hand was repelled by its barrier—blistered, smoldering, he tried to keep his cold reason, his cool character, but he knew it was to no avail as he saw the might of the sword he had scorned laying so plainly in front of him.
A grin—suffused with the rush of victory soon to be made; the cold joy of the hunt; the ecstatic tingling of a kill about to be made—brightened Inuyasha's face as he raised the sword, screaming the name of the attack as it blazed forth, spilling from the sword in torrents of energy,
"BAKURYUUHA!!!!!!!!!!!"
A Kaze no Kizu—no, not a Kaze no Kizu, a force that possessed hundredfold power above the Kaze no Kizu—ripped forth from Inuyasha's swing; fear suffused Seikoro's black eyes even as joy brightened Inuyasha's, cyclones of untold power biting into Seikoro's flesh; flaying him alive; grinding through his bones, even as he let out one last, painful scream before he vanished in a final explosion that rocked the mountain to its very foundation.
Foe vanquished, Inuyasha fell to wounded knee; blood streamed from hundreds of miniscule cuts on his body, oozed forth in wide streams from lacerations across his body. He spat defiantly on the ground, ripping off the shirt and undershirt of his Yukata as he growled defiantly,
"Damn weak demon…"
Hope you enjoyed that!
Finally, to Mim: thanks for the praise, but what you mentioned isn't all that big of a deal: characterization comes from loving the series and just common sense as to what they'd do (I mean, not to put down other writers, but if you thought about it, how likely is it that they'd become touchy-feely so quickly ((if at all?)): we all know what Inuyasha's like!); writing ability is from the fact that, since I can't draw, I can only put down "pictures" on paper so I chose to hone that; and speed is kinda to make up for the fact I leave cliffhangers because I have about a two-hour window in which I can write, as I said before, so I try not to disappoint people (and myself; it's one thing to have ideas running around in your head, it's another to put them in black-and-white on the computer), but thanks for your comments!
Well, here's the ending of my first review-response update that was three hours in the making (I started at 9 PM, but my friend called and asked me if I wanted to go see Anger Management, I went and saw it, and now I'm just finishing this up ^_^); I hope you enjoyed it, and although it's not as good/entertaining as a regular story, I'll try and make up for it tomorrow (promise!) ^_^.