----The Power of Love----
--------Chapter 2--------
Kagome's "eep" of surprise would not stop ringing in Inuyasha's ears. He swore: They had landed in a ring of demonic pixies. (Yes - pixies). "Kagome's scared?' he thought sarcastically. 'She doesn't even know what they can do to you. Yet.' He shook that thought out of his head. 'She'll be fine,' he told himself. 'I'll protect her.'
"Inuyasha?" she whispered. "What are those things?"
The demon pixies were about two feet tall each, were all female, and all had a pair of huge gorgeous wings, that looked similar to those of a butterfly.
"They're demonic pixies. They're small and fast and impossible to catch. They like to pick random people, and play 'tricks' on them. Little do they realize that their tricks usually have life threatening consequences."
The demon pixies were meanwhile giggling madly in a circle about the two young travellers. Kagome couldn't tear her eyes away from them. Each was covered in a silvery-white shine, and their dresses matched the color of their wings exactly. One was in beautiful maroon, another in dark teal, another in pure white, and one was in the deep purple color of the sun as it sets. She couldn't believe that they were real.
Suddenly everything but the demon pixies froze. They darted around the two companions as only pixies can. They started playing with Inuyasha's ears, and Kagome's long black hair.
"Oh!" one squealed in delight. "A hanyou - how rare!"
Another remarked, "I can see why she likes to do this!" as it tweaked his doggie ears.
"Look at her funny clothes!"
"A broken jewel?"
"A human traveling with a demon? What fun!"
"Yes, I'm sure we can fix this for them!"
They formed the circle around Inuyasha and Kagome again, and 'unfroze' the scene. They started spinning and twirling, some right and some left, in a beautiful dance that held the two transfixed watching it.
Then Inuyasha realized what they were doing. He barred his claws and fangs, as a deep growl emerged from the bottom of his throat. "You'll touch her over my dead body!"
"My dear doggie demon," one pixie giggled, "it is not necessary to touch her!"
They spiraled higher and higher, until they were far above his reach. They circled faster and faster and faster, and there was nothing Inuyasha could do about it.
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No one had seen Shippou sneak away. In fact Inuyasha and Kagome had left the village without him. He had been trying to get a bit of supper, when he realized that he was all alone. Inuyasha and Kagome were nowhere to be found. He transformed into a pink balloon and drifted over the wall. Then he saw them: Inuyasha and Kagome in the middle of some fuss or another. But as he got closer he realized that they weren't the cause of the disturbance, and they certaintly weren't in control of it. Immediately he set off in search of Sango and Miroku.
'Oh dear,' thought the poor kitsune. 'Oh dear.'
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Sango and Miroku had been travelling south hoping to find some news of a piece of the Shikon Jewel. Inuyasha was to wait for Kagome to come back through the well, and take a shortcut to meet back up with them at the walled village. They hadn't heard squat about a jewel fragment, and were both disappointed.
'Well,' Sango thought, 'at least he hasn't tried anything yet today.' She looked back at him and laughed. 'He can't with his hands tied up like that!' It was true. She had tied the monk's hands together (with Kirara's help) that morning when she awoke to find them in an unmentionable place.
"What's that?" gasped the monk.
"What's what? A figment of your imagination used to distract me while you untie your hands? Nice try Miroku."
"No, I'm serious, look!"
She sighed, but looked up to see a weird pink floating thing coming their direction. She shook her head as if to clear it, looked back at Miroku, and then up at the thing again. Realization dawned on both their faces at the same time: "Shippou!"
The small kitsune floated closer to them, and popped back to his normal fox self. "Do you two have any idea how hard it is to hold a shape for that long?" the kitsune demanded of them. But the pout soon left his face and was replaced with a look of worry.
"What's wrong Shippou?" asked the demon exterminator.
"Yes Shippou, you seem horribly upset. What is it?" questioned the monk.
"Miroku..."
"Yes Shippou?"
His young face broke out in laughter. "Sango tied you up!"
Miroku frowned and his eye's got real big (as only an anime characters can!), as he said dryly, "I can see that Shippou."
"Miroku, stop making him laugh!" Sango turned to Shippou. "Why'd you come here Shippou? Is everything okay with Inuyasha and Kagome?"
"They left the village without me, and when I found them..."
"What?"
"They were surrounded by pixies!!!"
"Pixies?!?!" laughed the monk. "They hardly sound dangerous."
"Shippou," asked Sango, "are you sure they were in trouble?"
"Listen you guys," Shippou pouted and sniffed back tears. "I know they were real pretty, and only a little bigger than me, but...." More sniffing and pouting. "Inuyasha looked afraid! And I've never seen Inuyasha look scared before! Not even when he fought the Manten Brothers!"
"Who're the Manten Brothers?"
"They were the ones that," sniff sniff, "killed my parents!" sniff sniff.
"I'm sorry Shippou, I had no idea." They both offered their condolences to the young kitsune.
"Inuyasha helped me get my revenge on them, so now I have to help Inuyasha." His young face was determined.
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Suddenly the demonic pixies vanished as if they had never been there.
'Huh?' thought Inuyasha. 'Where's the trick?'
He heard a growl. As if in slow motion Inuyasha turned around, and swore for the second time that day.
Kagome's eyes were blood red.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
--------Chapter 2--------
Kagome's "eep" of surprise would not stop ringing in Inuyasha's ears. He swore: They had landed in a ring of demonic pixies. (Yes - pixies). "Kagome's scared?' he thought sarcastically. 'She doesn't even know what they can do to you. Yet.' He shook that thought out of his head. 'She'll be fine,' he told himself. 'I'll protect her.'
"Inuyasha?" she whispered. "What are those things?"
The demon pixies were about two feet tall each, were all female, and all had a pair of huge gorgeous wings, that looked similar to those of a butterfly.
"They're demonic pixies. They're small and fast and impossible to catch. They like to pick random people, and play 'tricks' on them. Little do they realize that their tricks usually have life threatening consequences."
The demon pixies were meanwhile giggling madly in a circle about the two young travellers. Kagome couldn't tear her eyes away from them. Each was covered in a silvery-white shine, and their dresses matched the color of their wings exactly. One was in beautiful maroon, another in dark teal, another in pure white, and one was in the deep purple color of the sun as it sets. She couldn't believe that they were real.
Suddenly everything but the demon pixies froze. They darted around the two companions as only pixies can. They started playing with Inuyasha's ears, and Kagome's long black hair.
"Oh!" one squealed in delight. "A hanyou - how rare!"
Another remarked, "I can see why she likes to do this!" as it tweaked his doggie ears.
"Look at her funny clothes!"
"A broken jewel?"
"A human traveling with a demon? What fun!"
"Yes, I'm sure we can fix this for them!"
They formed the circle around Inuyasha and Kagome again, and 'unfroze' the scene. They started spinning and twirling, some right and some left, in a beautiful dance that held the two transfixed watching it.
Then Inuyasha realized what they were doing. He barred his claws and fangs, as a deep growl emerged from the bottom of his throat. "You'll touch her over my dead body!"
"My dear doggie demon," one pixie giggled, "it is not necessary to touch her!"
They spiraled higher and higher, until they were far above his reach. They circled faster and faster and faster, and there was nothing Inuyasha could do about it.
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No one had seen Shippou sneak away. In fact Inuyasha and Kagome had left the village without him. He had been trying to get a bit of supper, when he realized that he was all alone. Inuyasha and Kagome were nowhere to be found. He transformed into a pink balloon and drifted over the wall. Then he saw them: Inuyasha and Kagome in the middle of some fuss or another. But as he got closer he realized that they weren't the cause of the disturbance, and they certaintly weren't in control of it. Immediately he set off in search of Sango and Miroku.
'Oh dear,' thought the poor kitsune. 'Oh dear.'
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Sango and Miroku had been travelling south hoping to find some news of a piece of the Shikon Jewel. Inuyasha was to wait for Kagome to come back through the well, and take a shortcut to meet back up with them at the walled village. They hadn't heard squat about a jewel fragment, and were both disappointed.
'Well,' Sango thought, 'at least he hasn't tried anything yet today.' She looked back at him and laughed. 'He can't with his hands tied up like that!' It was true. She had tied the monk's hands together (with Kirara's help) that morning when she awoke to find them in an unmentionable place.
"What's that?" gasped the monk.
"What's what? A figment of your imagination used to distract me while you untie your hands? Nice try Miroku."
"No, I'm serious, look!"
She sighed, but looked up to see a weird pink floating thing coming their direction. She shook her head as if to clear it, looked back at Miroku, and then up at the thing again. Realization dawned on both their faces at the same time: "Shippou!"
The small kitsune floated closer to them, and popped back to his normal fox self. "Do you two have any idea how hard it is to hold a shape for that long?" the kitsune demanded of them. But the pout soon left his face and was replaced with a look of worry.
"What's wrong Shippou?" asked the demon exterminator.
"Yes Shippou, you seem horribly upset. What is it?" questioned the monk.
"Miroku..."
"Yes Shippou?"
His young face broke out in laughter. "Sango tied you up!"
Miroku frowned and his eye's got real big (as only an anime characters can!), as he said dryly, "I can see that Shippou."
"Miroku, stop making him laugh!" Sango turned to Shippou. "Why'd you come here Shippou? Is everything okay with Inuyasha and Kagome?"
"They left the village without me, and when I found them..."
"What?"
"They were surrounded by pixies!!!"
"Pixies?!?!" laughed the monk. "They hardly sound dangerous."
"Shippou," asked Sango, "are you sure they were in trouble?"
"Listen you guys," Shippou pouted and sniffed back tears. "I know they were real pretty, and only a little bigger than me, but...." More sniffing and pouting. "Inuyasha looked afraid! And I've never seen Inuyasha look scared before! Not even when he fought the Manten Brothers!"
"Who're the Manten Brothers?"
"They were the ones that," sniff sniff, "killed my parents!" sniff sniff.
"I'm sorry Shippou, I had no idea." They both offered their condolences to the young kitsune.
"Inuyasha helped me get my revenge on them, so now I have to help Inuyasha." His young face was determined.
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Suddenly the demonic pixies vanished as if they had never been there.
'Huh?' thought Inuyasha. 'Where's the trick?'
He heard a growl. As if in slow motion Inuyasha turned around, and swore for the second time that day.
Kagome's eyes were blood red.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
