I think this one's a little lengthier than the last two but still worth the
trouble
I decided to do this as a two part just to be annoying ^.^
Anyway don't want to spoil anything so here's chapter three
Inuyasha Beyond the Skin Chapter III part one 'Meet my doll'
His eyes studied her face, while he carried her into her bed. The arm he had grabbed earlier shown from under her sleeve. Her arm was heavily bruised all around and had deep gashes where he had pierced her skin. "I knew your health was frail, but your body is just as bad." Her neck had already begun to bruise. "I guess the human side of me regrets my actions, but overall I'd say my curiosity is what saved your life." Marina passed out and had horrible dreams of demons devouring the souls of humans. While she sat and watched powerless to stop them.
Darkness fell and Koyasha heard a rattle at the front door. He darted in the closet and heard a bustle of noise come in. He watched intently while Marina still lay on the bed unconscious. The Yamaki's entered her room in a panic only to find her asleep. "She must have grown tired and left." "I wish she'd have told us. That really wasn't like her." Marina stirred a moment and they backed out of her room and closed the door. Koyasha slipped out of the closet and continued listening to their conversation. "Those silly friends of hers must have been pulling our legs about a man kidnapping her." "That's funny why did she leave such a large amount of pans to dry?" "Maybe all the girls came here for lunch; it is the closest of their homes after all." "I guess we'll ask her in the morning." ("That makes us even girl. I hate cleaning dishes!")
A little while passes and the house became silent. Koyasha leaned over Marina and examined her neck. His vision was exceptionally good no matter what the time of day or lighting. The girls eyes opened and she jerked away from the strange figure that loomed over her. She didn't fully recognize him at first. She squinted her eyes in the pail moon light. She squeaked out as her nerves reminded her of the pain. Her head fell back onto the pillows; tears rolling from her eyes. Her whole body aced, she couldn't even find the energy to get undressed. Koyasha perched on the end of her bed. "Are you convinced I'm not a demon yet?" she final spoke out into the darkness as the moon was covered over by clouds, making the room completely black. "So you are a human I guess, but you're not normal, girl." "You can call me by my name." She shifted onto her side and winced in pain. "I don't care what your name is girl. I have no intention of staying here that long."
She covered her face with a sheet. "I'll take you to the demon well at the shrine tomorrow." Koyasha's eyes slanted, ("At least I can use her for that if nothing else. She'll show me where the passageway is, and then I'll put her out of her misery.") He examined his claws menacingly. ("I want to help you Koyasha. I just wish you could trust me. I'll take whatever you must do to me, to realize I'm on your side. Even if killing me is the only answer.") She thought to herself. Koyasha's eyes wouldn't close. He had slept for so long he didn't wish to remember that; not those memories any way. He slipped out of her room to wander the house. He peered in another room down the hallway, it was empty except for a family shrine with the picture of a young boy and a few stuffed animals scattered around the picture. "Must be some kind of disease or plague this family suffers." He slipped out into another room, where the Yamaki's slept. Their room was dull and had little to keep his interest. He left them and went back into marina's room. He looked over at the desk in her room next to her dresser and decided to go through the drawers. He pulled out a small, thick red velvet covered book with her name monogrammed on the cover.
He opened it up to find it was written in Japanese.... "I'm fifteen today, my friends bought me this diary, I don't really like writing but I figure it will give me some practice with my Japanese characters. Besides all that it was gift, so I should use it. I've been waiting for the package with my correspondence diploma in it." ("Boring") He began to close the book till a line caught his eye.. "It was strange this morning my heart started beating differently. It feels strange like there is a new energy flowing in my body. Normal healthy people would never have noticed I suppose. But there is desperation to get to Japan, far worse than before." ("I can't believe she wrights things like this in a book where everyone can read it.") Koyasha took the book and hid it within the folds of his garment.
He couldn't read any of the other papers in her desk they all seemed to be written in a strange language. He found interest in several pictures from a museum. One was of a familiar bow and a useless sword. He took the two pictures and left. Koyasha walked along the street for a few hours. His ear twitched as he heard a sound from a dark alley. "Looky' what we got here boys, a little boy comin' home late from the festival." "Boy!?" "You heard me Jr. Now hand over your money if you know what's good for ya'." Several of the men surrounded Koyasha holding knives and chains. "What if I don't have any money?" Koyasha grinned. He held is hands concealed within his sleeves crossed together. "Bad answer; show him what happens when ya don't cooperate." The men lunged at him chains whirling and knives thrashing, Koyasha jumped high in the air and landed on a small rain cover on one of the buildings. "You poor fools you think you can take me on?" Several other men came out from another alley way. "You can't get away grasshopper boy!" The ring leader flung a chain up to catch Koyasha who jumped back down into the crowd. "I had no intention of getting away.. Now that you're all here lets play." He pulled his arms out from their concealment and held is claws ready as the group of thugs and thieves charged at him.
He came in near dawn and slid back into Marina's room. Not but a moment later the Yamaki's were up and about. Koyasha smiled pleasantly at his nightly activities. ("I haven't enjoyed myself that much in a long time.") Marina heard the activities throughout the house and forced her eyes open as her alarm went off. The alarm startled Koyasha, and he jumped up hitting his head on the closet shelf. Marina struggled to raise battling back the pain. "Marina dear are you up?" Mrs. Yamaki opened the door and 'gasped'. "What happened to your neck!" she hurried over and saw the definite marks of someone's' hands. 'It's actually a pretty horrific story. I got too close to the edge of a god fish ponds edge and started to fall in but a man who was standing by me caught me by the neck and pulled me back. Sounds crazy I know but it's true." She covered her neck and smiled. Mrs. Yamaki looked suspicious. "Well I guess you'll tell me the truth when you're ready. But you won't be going to school in that condition. Do you need any help taking off your kimono?" "No I'm fine, I can handle it. Thank you." "Are you up to coming to breakfast?" She looked at Marina struggling to stand. "Don't worry dear I'll bring it in to you."
Mrs. Yamaki came back a few minutes later with a big tray of food. "And I expect most of that to be gone when I come back." She scolded closing the door behind her. Marina looked over the mounds of food in despair. She picked up a piece of toast as Koyasha emerged from the closet. "Would you like this Koyasha?" she pointed down to the tray of food. Koyasha snatched the tray from her lap and began hungrily eating. She nibbled on her slice of toast watching him ever so carefully. He looked up at her "What?" She smiled at him. Her smile agitated him and he turned so that his back faced her. She finished her toast and tried to stand up. She wobbled in place and fell back to her bed unsuccessfully. The second attempt proved more fruitful, and she staggered over to her dresser to look in the mirror. She glanced at her neck then pulled the neckline of her Kimono aside to see a glimpse of her back. Her back was lightly bruised all over as far a she could tell, and her arm looked no better than the day before.
Koyasha had already finished her food and stared at her. ("I can't believe it. My magical attack did no damage to her, but every physical blow she took maximum damage.") Marina noticed him looking at her in the reflection and stopped studding her wounds. "Did you enjoy seeing the city last night?" ("So she was awake. Does that mean she heard what I said earlier? ..flash back 'I promise no harm will come to you not until I know your secrets.' His face looked a little nervous thinking back on what he had said the day before. ("Guess he's not in the mood to talk, as usual.") She turned on a small TV to the news and stumbled back into bed. "And that's the weather back to you Yoko." "Thank you Shinji. In recent news gang wars are getting out of hand. Late last night police reported 29 Black Dragon members were brutally murdered. A single survivor had this to say." "HE.he wasn't human he wore blue kendo type suit, had dark gray hair that went down to his knees and dog ears man! Those yellow eyes they just glowed when he slashed through everyone with his claws.HE WASN'T HUMAN I TELL YOU HE WAS A MONSTER A .A DEMON!!! I ran I had to run or he'd have killed me!!!" "Police suspect he was using drugs at the time. The man has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for further interrogation and help. In lighter news.." Marina stood up and turned off the TV. ("Oh, Koyasha you've done something terrible.")
"Hey he sounds like the same guy I saw yesterday?" Mr. Mushiro commented. Riico looked up in horror and ran to her phone to call Hikari. "Did you see the news?" "Yeah, I just got off the phone with Yuka. You haven't seen or talked to Marina since yesterday, have you." "I paged her, but she didn't call me back. Listen Hikari you try and call her and I'll stop over at her house on my way." "Sounds good Riico" "I'll leave right away ok, bye." "Bye" Riico hung up the phone grabbed her book bag and ran out the door. "Hey, Riico what's the rush." Her father called after her. Both her parents stared at the door puzzled.
The phone rang at the Yamaki's hone. "Oh, yes she's her..no she won't be in school today..No I don't think she should talk on the phone she's not feeling well.. You're welcome Hikari.. Goodbye." Mrs. Yamaki hung up the phone and headed back to marina's room. She opened the door and shrieked out. "You. you ate all of it!" Marina smiled "I guess I was hungry." Mrs. Yamaki picked up the tray suspiciously looking around to see if she had stashed the food. "Is something wrong?" Marina asked innocently. "No, nothing" Mrs. Yamaki said as she left the room. "Are you a compulsive liar?" Marina looked down at Koyasha as he emerged from under her bed. "No actually I hate lying. I just didn't want her to be upset with you." Marina's face was solemn and full of remorse. "You think I care if she knows about me?!" "I imagine you do, otherwise you wouldn't keep hiding." His face turned horribly angry. "Let's go Girl!" The door bell rang. Mrs. Yamaki answered it. "Oh, hello Riico dear..." The two heard a crashing of glass. Mrs. Yamaki went running to Marina's room closely followed by Riico. "Marina! What happened?" She yelled only to the breeze entering through the now broken window. Riico ran passed Mrs. Yamaki to the window she saw a faint streak of blue and white and then nothing Marina was gone.
"As far as I know the shrine is on the other side of town." "I thought you said you knew where it was at!" "I do I've been there before passing by but I know it by address not graphical location, Koyasha." "Address?" "Just get me to the other side of the city and we'll go from there." A few people looked up as a shadow passed over their heads. Koyasha finally landed in the middle of a busy street and set Marina down. Cars screeched to a standstill, many of the drivers got out and pointed at the two. Some cursing, others mumbling about the morning news report. A police officer pointed his gun at Koyasha. Koyasha stared at the gun puzzled. "Stay where you are! Let the girl go and come quietly." "Not on your life, you think I'm scared of a puny thing like that!" Koyasha pointed down at the officers' gun. "Get out of the way Miss!" Marina stood still next to Koyasha. "Are you deaf, run girl!?" One of the men in the crowd grabbed a hold of her and dragged her away from Koyasha. "Stop, let me go!" Koyasha lunged at the man throwing him back into a building, while holding tightly on to Marina. A loud bang rang out over the commotion and Koyasha whirled back around to face the officer. His eyes darted back to the officers smoldering gun. "Don't you know that stings!?" Koyasha's eyes glowed so fiercely the officer began to cower. Koyasha lunged at the man who repeatedly kept firing on the young demon. "Koyasha, don't he's only doing his job!" Koyasha slashed the man's chest deeply cutting him, the wounds pored out blood. "Koyasha, please don't make me!" He reared back his hand with a blood thirsty grin. "Koyasha!" His hand lunged fro the man's throat. "KOYASHA STOP IT!!"
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So there's the end of part one which means I have to get to work on part two
Bummer. So keep reading and I'll keep posting! ^.^
I decided to do this as a two part just to be annoying ^.^
Anyway don't want to spoil anything so here's chapter three
Inuyasha Beyond the Skin Chapter III part one 'Meet my doll'
His eyes studied her face, while he carried her into her bed. The arm he had grabbed earlier shown from under her sleeve. Her arm was heavily bruised all around and had deep gashes where he had pierced her skin. "I knew your health was frail, but your body is just as bad." Her neck had already begun to bruise. "I guess the human side of me regrets my actions, but overall I'd say my curiosity is what saved your life." Marina passed out and had horrible dreams of demons devouring the souls of humans. While she sat and watched powerless to stop them.
Darkness fell and Koyasha heard a rattle at the front door. He darted in the closet and heard a bustle of noise come in. He watched intently while Marina still lay on the bed unconscious. The Yamaki's entered her room in a panic only to find her asleep. "She must have grown tired and left." "I wish she'd have told us. That really wasn't like her." Marina stirred a moment and they backed out of her room and closed the door. Koyasha slipped out of the closet and continued listening to their conversation. "Those silly friends of hers must have been pulling our legs about a man kidnapping her." "That's funny why did she leave such a large amount of pans to dry?" "Maybe all the girls came here for lunch; it is the closest of their homes after all." "I guess we'll ask her in the morning." ("That makes us even girl. I hate cleaning dishes!")
A little while passes and the house became silent. Koyasha leaned over Marina and examined her neck. His vision was exceptionally good no matter what the time of day or lighting. The girls eyes opened and she jerked away from the strange figure that loomed over her. She didn't fully recognize him at first. She squinted her eyes in the pail moon light. She squeaked out as her nerves reminded her of the pain. Her head fell back onto the pillows; tears rolling from her eyes. Her whole body aced, she couldn't even find the energy to get undressed. Koyasha perched on the end of her bed. "Are you convinced I'm not a demon yet?" she final spoke out into the darkness as the moon was covered over by clouds, making the room completely black. "So you are a human I guess, but you're not normal, girl." "You can call me by my name." She shifted onto her side and winced in pain. "I don't care what your name is girl. I have no intention of staying here that long."
She covered her face with a sheet. "I'll take you to the demon well at the shrine tomorrow." Koyasha's eyes slanted, ("At least I can use her for that if nothing else. She'll show me where the passageway is, and then I'll put her out of her misery.") He examined his claws menacingly. ("I want to help you Koyasha. I just wish you could trust me. I'll take whatever you must do to me, to realize I'm on your side. Even if killing me is the only answer.") She thought to herself. Koyasha's eyes wouldn't close. He had slept for so long he didn't wish to remember that; not those memories any way. He slipped out of her room to wander the house. He peered in another room down the hallway, it was empty except for a family shrine with the picture of a young boy and a few stuffed animals scattered around the picture. "Must be some kind of disease or plague this family suffers." He slipped out into another room, where the Yamaki's slept. Their room was dull and had little to keep his interest. He left them and went back into marina's room. He looked over at the desk in her room next to her dresser and decided to go through the drawers. He pulled out a small, thick red velvet covered book with her name monogrammed on the cover.
He opened it up to find it was written in Japanese.... "I'm fifteen today, my friends bought me this diary, I don't really like writing but I figure it will give me some practice with my Japanese characters. Besides all that it was gift, so I should use it. I've been waiting for the package with my correspondence diploma in it." ("Boring") He began to close the book till a line caught his eye.. "It was strange this morning my heart started beating differently. It feels strange like there is a new energy flowing in my body. Normal healthy people would never have noticed I suppose. But there is desperation to get to Japan, far worse than before." ("I can't believe she wrights things like this in a book where everyone can read it.") Koyasha took the book and hid it within the folds of his garment.
He couldn't read any of the other papers in her desk they all seemed to be written in a strange language. He found interest in several pictures from a museum. One was of a familiar bow and a useless sword. He took the two pictures and left. Koyasha walked along the street for a few hours. His ear twitched as he heard a sound from a dark alley. "Looky' what we got here boys, a little boy comin' home late from the festival." "Boy!?" "You heard me Jr. Now hand over your money if you know what's good for ya'." Several of the men surrounded Koyasha holding knives and chains. "What if I don't have any money?" Koyasha grinned. He held is hands concealed within his sleeves crossed together. "Bad answer; show him what happens when ya don't cooperate." The men lunged at him chains whirling and knives thrashing, Koyasha jumped high in the air and landed on a small rain cover on one of the buildings. "You poor fools you think you can take me on?" Several other men came out from another alley way. "You can't get away grasshopper boy!" The ring leader flung a chain up to catch Koyasha who jumped back down into the crowd. "I had no intention of getting away.. Now that you're all here lets play." He pulled his arms out from their concealment and held is claws ready as the group of thugs and thieves charged at him.
He came in near dawn and slid back into Marina's room. Not but a moment later the Yamaki's were up and about. Koyasha smiled pleasantly at his nightly activities. ("I haven't enjoyed myself that much in a long time.") Marina heard the activities throughout the house and forced her eyes open as her alarm went off. The alarm startled Koyasha, and he jumped up hitting his head on the closet shelf. Marina struggled to raise battling back the pain. "Marina dear are you up?" Mrs. Yamaki opened the door and 'gasped'. "What happened to your neck!" she hurried over and saw the definite marks of someone's' hands. 'It's actually a pretty horrific story. I got too close to the edge of a god fish ponds edge and started to fall in but a man who was standing by me caught me by the neck and pulled me back. Sounds crazy I know but it's true." She covered her neck and smiled. Mrs. Yamaki looked suspicious. "Well I guess you'll tell me the truth when you're ready. But you won't be going to school in that condition. Do you need any help taking off your kimono?" "No I'm fine, I can handle it. Thank you." "Are you up to coming to breakfast?" She looked at Marina struggling to stand. "Don't worry dear I'll bring it in to you."
Mrs. Yamaki came back a few minutes later with a big tray of food. "And I expect most of that to be gone when I come back." She scolded closing the door behind her. Marina looked over the mounds of food in despair. She picked up a piece of toast as Koyasha emerged from the closet. "Would you like this Koyasha?" she pointed down to the tray of food. Koyasha snatched the tray from her lap and began hungrily eating. She nibbled on her slice of toast watching him ever so carefully. He looked up at her "What?" She smiled at him. Her smile agitated him and he turned so that his back faced her. She finished her toast and tried to stand up. She wobbled in place and fell back to her bed unsuccessfully. The second attempt proved more fruitful, and she staggered over to her dresser to look in the mirror. She glanced at her neck then pulled the neckline of her Kimono aside to see a glimpse of her back. Her back was lightly bruised all over as far a she could tell, and her arm looked no better than the day before.
Koyasha had already finished her food and stared at her. ("I can't believe it. My magical attack did no damage to her, but every physical blow she took maximum damage.") Marina noticed him looking at her in the reflection and stopped studding her wounds. "Did you enjoy seeing the city last night?" ("So she was awake. Does that mean she heard what I said earlier? ..flash back 'I promise no harm will come to you not until I know your secrets.' His face looked a little nervous thinking back on what he had said the day before. ("Guess he's not in the mood to talk, as usual.") She turned on a small TV to the news and stumbled back into bed. "And that's the weather back to you Yoko." "Thank you Shinji. In recent news gang wars are getting out of hand. Late last night police reported 29 Black Dragon members were brutally murdered. A single survivor had this to say." "HE.he wasn't human he wore blue kendo type suit, had dark gray hair that went down to his knees and dog ears man! Those yellow eyes they just glowed when he slashed through everyone with his claws.HE WASN'T HUMAN I TELL YOU HE WAS A MONSTER A .A DEMON!!! I ran I had to run or he'd have killed me!!!" "Police suspect he was using drugs at the time. The man has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for further interrogation and help. In lighter news.." Marina stood up and turned off the TV. ("Oh, Koyasha you've done something terrible.")
"Hey he sounds like the same guy I saw yesterday?" Mr. Mushiro commented. Riico looked up in horror and ran to her phone to call Hikari. "Did you see the news?" "Yeah, I just got off the phone with Yuka. You haven't seen or talked to Marina since yesterday, have you." "I paged her, but she didn't call me back. Listen Hikari you try and call her and I'll stop over at her house on my way." "Sounds good Riico" "I'll leave right away ok, bye." "Bye" Riico hung up the phone grabbed her book bag and ran out the door. "Hey, Riico what's the rush." Her father called after her. Both her parents stared at the door puzzled.
The phone rang at the Yamaki's hone. "Oh, yes she's her..no she won't be in school today..No I don't think she should talk on the phone she's not feeling well.. You're welcome Hikari.. Goodbye." Mrs. Yamaki hung up the phone and headed back to marina's room. She opened the door and shrieked out. "You. you ate all of it!" Marina smiled "I guess I was hungry." Mrs. Yamaki picked up the tray suspiciously looking around to see if she had stashed the food. "Is something wrong?" Marina asked innocently. "No, nothing" Mrs. Yamaki said as she left the room. "Are you a compulsive liar?" Marina looked down at Koyasha as he emerged from under her bed. "No actually I hate lying. I just didn't want her to be upset with you." Marina's face was solemn and full of remorse. "You think I care if she knows about me?!" "I imagine you do, otherwise you wouldn't keep hiding." His face turned horribly angry. "Let's go Girl!" The door bell rang. Mrs. Yamaki answered it. "Oh, hello Riico dear..." The two heard a crashing of glass. Mrs. Yamaki went running to Marina's room closely followed by Riico. "Marina! What happened?" She yelled only to the breeze entering through the now broken window. Riico ran passed Mrs. Yamaki to the window she saw a faint streak of blue and white and then nothing Marina was gone.
"As far as I know the shrine is on the other side of town." "I thought you said you knew where it was at!" "I do I've been there before passing by but I know it by address not graphical location, Koyasha." "Address?" "Just get me to the other side of the city and we'll go from there." A few people looked up as a shadow passed over their heads. Koyasha finally landed in the middle of a busy street and set Marina down. Cars screeched to a standstill, many of the drivers got out and pointed at the two. Some cursing, others mumbling about the morning news report. A police officer pointed his gun at Koyasha. Koyasha stared at the gun puzzled. "Stay where you are! Let the girl go and come quietly." "Not on your life, you think I'm scared of a puny thing like that!" Koyasha pointed down at the officers' gun. "Get out of the way Miss!" Marina stood still next to Koyasha. "Are you deaf, run girl!?" One of the men in the crowd grabbed a hold of her and dragged her away from Koyasha. "Stop, let me go!" Koyasha lunged at the man throwing him back into a building, while holding tightly on to Marina. A loud bang rang out over the commotion and Koyasha whirled back around to face the officer. His eyes darted back to the officers smoldering gun. "Don't you know that stings!?" Koyasha's eyes glowed so fiercely the officer began to cower. Koyasha lunged at the man who repeatedly kept firing on the young demon. "Koyasha, don't he's only doing his job!" Koyasha slashed the man's chest deeply cutting him, the wounds pored out blood. "Koyasha, please don't make me!" He reared back his hand with a blood thirsty grin. "Koyasha!" His hand lunged fro the man's throat. "KOYASHA STOP IT!!"
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So there's the end of part one which means I have to get to work on part two
Bummer. So keep reading and I'll keep posting! ^.^