Okiedokie, things are about to start getting interesting……..
And sorry about the confusion of the quote at the top of the last chapter. ;;;; that was just something spur of the moment that I sometimes do………..
Chapter 13: Sashimi's Nightmare
Two pairs of chopsticks stretched out at the same time and grabbed the same slice of teriyaki. The owners of the chopsticks, Kikase and Shitai glared at each other. Energy crackled between them.
"I grabbed it first!" Shitai said.
"Nuh-uh, I did!" Kikase argued back.
"It's MY teriyaki!!" Shitai shouted.
"No, it's MINE!!!"
They started fighting over it.
Sashimi sat across from them with an expressionless look on her face. She appeared to be only an empty shell, but her soul was inside of her. Shitai had put it in her that morning and they were waiting for her to wake up. Sashimi watched them roll around, wrestling over the saucy meat. Then she raised a hand to her mouth, yawned and went to sleep.
"Give me, my teriyaki!!!" Shitai shouted as Kikase stole the meat and popped it into her mouth.
"You bitch!!"
"Neh-nah!!" Kikase made a face at her. Shitai jumped her and proceeded to hit the wind sprite over the head with her own flute.
"Uncle! UNCLE!!!"
"I ain't yur uncle, dumb-ass!!"
Meanwhile Sashimi started to dream:
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Sashimi ran up to her house. She was nine years old, and ran with a happy little smile on her face. Then she saw Shin'yo standing next to their house. She skidded to a stop in front of her and looked up at the mysterious grin on her stepmother's face.
"Mother?" Sashimi asked.
Shin'yo smiled at Sashimi and moved her hands over the rounded stomach of her healing robes. Sashimi looked at her mother's rounded stomach in confusion. Why was her mother suddenly so fat? Then Shin'yo said, "Sashimi, I have a special gift for you are your brother."
Sashimi looked up at her inquisitively. "Huh?"
Shin'yo smiled and then disappeared into thin air. The house was gone a few seconds after.
Sashimi grew into the nineteen year old demoness that she died as and walked over the mound where her house once was, as if trying to figure out how it disappeared. Then all of a sudden, she saw Shio standing a few feet away, smiling at her. Sashimi's face lit up when she saw him. "Shio-kun!" she exclaimed and ran over to him. When she did, he had suddenly grown up into the seventeen year-old player we have witnessed in the past chapters. She gaped in awe at his beauty and grown looks. "Shio." She said in amazement.
Then he was vaporized in front of her. Sashimi gasped in terror. "Shio!!!"
In Shio's place, Naraku appeared, and he laughed a low malicious cackle. Sashimi shouted at him. "Where's Shio!?! Where is my little brother?!!?"
Naraku grinned and said, "I know not of this little brother, all I have is a ragdoll."
Before Sashimi could question that sentence, Naraku stepped aside and Sumiko stood there with her eyes shadowed by her hair.
Sashimi looked at her warily and asked, "Who are you??"
Sashimi grinned with fangs protruding out from under her upper lip. She sprang at Sashimi, "Crimson Light Claw!!" she shouted and slashed Sashimi's stomach open. Sashimi fell over like a lifeless toy but could still see. She couldn't feel the pain, but she knew she was badly injured. Then Sumiko came and kneeled next to her. She snorted, grabbed a clump of Sashimi's hair and lifted her head up so she could face her. Sumiko smiled at her, with evil cat-like eyes. "Shio? You want to see Shio?" she cackled under her breath and said, "Shio is dead. His light belongs to the darkness now."
"No." Sashimi whispered.
"He is." Sumiko smirked like it was a big game. "I killed him myself. And Inu Yasha is next."
"No!" Sashimi said a little bit louder. "Leave him alone!"
"Inu Yasha is next!" Sumiko smiled and said again..
"No! Leave Inu Yasha alone!!" Sashimi shouted.
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Kikase and Shitai stopped fighting when they heard the silent mumbling coming from Sashimi's direction. They crawled over to see her having a bad dream.
"Is she about to wake up??" Kikase asked.
"I think so….." Shitai said. "Hey! I wonder what her first words will be!"
They leaned in close as Sashimi's mumbling got louder.
"……….Inu Yasha……………Inu Yasha…………." Then all of a sudden her eyes flew wide open and she screamed. "INU YASHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Kikase jumped back and screamed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Shitai jumped back and screamed.
Sashimi jumped up, shrieked, and filled the room with silver light. Kikase and Shitai covered their eyes from the bright flash, but when it cleared they found a huge hole in the wall, and Sashimi was gone. Shitai looked out the hole. "She's gone!"
"Oh crap!" Kikase said looking at the hole. "You know that's going to come out of our pay!"
Shippou was the first to wake up that morning. He looked up at Sumiko, who was sleeping while hugging him like a teddy bear and sucking her thumb. He squeezed out of her kung fu grip and went to go look for everyone else. Shippou knew he fell asleep early, but there were signs everywhere of what happened later. People were passed out all over the place with sake bottles lying around them. It was like a battle field – a battle field that smelled like rice wine……….
He stepped over a people when he caught sight of Miroku's feet sticking out from behind a pile of wood. Shippou ran behind the pile to find Miroku fast asleep lying on the ground next to Sango. They had an arm around each other, and a little red flush across their cheeks. (AN: Anime signature of alcohol use…..)
"Wow! I missed the fun stuff!" Shippou said a loud then looked around for Inu Yasha and Kagome. He heard a familiar sound coming from behind him and heard Kagome yawn. After some more searching, he found Inu Yasha sitting with his legs spread like an idiot, leaning against a wall. Kagome was sitting between his legs, leaning against him with her arms around his waist. He had a hand on her back, but again, they didn't look like they had gone much farther then Miroku and Sango. Now Shippou any other time would have just woken them up right away and asked what happened, but his warped little mind got an idea. After all, he had learned a lot more then just kitsune magic from Shio if you know what I mean……..
Shio sat next to them smiling. He cleared his throat and said in Kagome's voice, "He looks so natural! Inu Yasha! Wake up and get your morning lovn'!"
Inu Yasha smiled in his sleep and Shippou grinned, trying hard not to laugh his head off. In his sleep, Inu Yasha moaned, "Kagome," he wrapped his arms around her and one hand went up the back of her shirt.
Kagome woke up right away and blushed at what he was doing.
"OSUWARI!!!"
WHAM!!!!
She stood up, trembling and looked down at him bewildered. "You pervert!"
He pulled his face out of the dirt and shouted. "Wha' did I do??"
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
The three of them looked in the direction of a small house. There was a crashing sound and another scream. Shio came sprinting out of the doorway, with his hair down and messed up, his shirt over his arm, tying his pants as he ran.
An old lady stood in the doorway cussing him out. "DON'T YOU EVER DARKEN OUR DOORWAY AGAIN, DEMON!!!" she shouted at him.
The girl he was dancing with at the party came to the door. Her hair was messy and she held a blanket around herself. "Shio!" she shouted.
He waved at her. "Seeya later, Hiroko!" he shouted and began running again.
She held out a hand to him. "Farewell, my love!"
Shio plopped down next to the awake members of the group, trying to catch his breath. He smiled and pulled a little scroll out of his kimono shirt. He opened it and wrote something down. "Hiroko……….six stars……….." he said and pocketed the scroll. He started putting on his shirt and smiled at his shocked and confused friends, "So, has anyone had breakfast yet?"
Sashimi ran through the woods as fast as she could. She didn't know how fast Naraku's minions were, but before she died, she was the fastest dog demon around. She caught onto Inu Yasha and Shio's scent after a few moments. They were both very alive, to her relief, and staying at a nearby village.
"I'm coming guys!" she said taking fast strides.
Kikase, who was running after her, though clearly with less speed, whipped out her flute and raised the mouthpiece to her lips. She started playing sweet notes that traveled through the wooded tube and through the open keyholes. The notes rippled through the air, their sound waves filled with magic. Sashimi heard the music, and shivered as each silvery hair on her skin pricked. Her legs started to stiffen, until she looked like she was going in slow motion. She saw the village up ahead of her, she groaned in despair right as her whole body froze.
The sound of the slow flute music got louder, as Kikase caught up with Sashimi, she skipped around Sashimi still playing her flute. Shitai walked in front of the frozen dog demoness. She shook her head and said, "Sashimi, what are you trying to do? We're trying to get paid over here! How are we going to buy food and male prostitutes if you put southern exposure in Naraku's house and run off before we get our paychecks? At least wait till after we get the cash, you know?"
Shitai drew a pearl out of her kimono and held it up. Sashimi's face was drenched in sweat and her eyes were wide in horror.
"I'm afraid you can't keep your free will, Sashimi. I'm going to have to hold onto your soul for a while." Shitai said. She put the pearl between Sashimi's lips. Sashimi's eyelids drooped and the color in her skin lightened. Shitai stuck her thumb and index finger into the dog demoness's mouth and withdrew the pearl, that now glowed with a light similar to the Shikon Jewel's.
Kikase stopped playing her flute and Sashimi's body fell to the ground like a stuffed animal. Shitai and Kikase began their walk back to the castle, carrying the soulless Sashimi with them.
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Hm. Well, a lot of my finals are done. But school isn't over, oh no……review and tell me what you think and don't be too hard on me, okay? Cause I SERIOUSLY need compliments right now…………….