Beautiful Curse Payback
Chapter 9
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"Papa!" Chiann ran into InuYasha's arms. The white haired hanyou picked up the smaller white haired hanyou.
"Chiann, you're still alive. Oh, my dreams are real," he muttered. He hugged the little girl as tight as he could without hurting her. She hugged back just as hard. Ryu stood in shock, Shido right next to him. Then both came out of their stuper and ran forward.
"Dad!"
"Uncle Inu!"
InuYasha kneeled down and opened one of his arms to allow the boys into the hug. The four hugged for a long time, the children cried.
Kisa looked on with longing. 'My dad wouldn't be like that when he finds me gone,' she thought. She just looked at the happy reunion in distaste. Growling slightly she went away from everyone. Her thoughts were on finding a place to stay, they would definatly would want to stay now. 'They would want to stay safe with their father.'
Chiann watched as her cousin walked away. She was slightly confused, but didn't care much because she was with her dad. "Daddy, you're not leaving again are you?"
"No, never. I can't get back anyway," he said. He smiled at them, even though his heart ached to be back in the future with Kagome. "Your mom probably is just finding out I'm gone. We have to get back there."
"Kisa has a way!" Ryu said. He turned around to address the little girl, but saw that she wasn't there. "Kisa?"
"She left. She mumbled something about finding a clearing for us to stay in," Kat said. She looked wearily at InuYasha. Her gaurd was up, but not so much as to start a fight. Her memories ran through her head from the different things she had heard about the hanyou that was now beginning to stand in front of her.
"Dad, this is Kat and her son Camren. They've helped us a lot," Ryu said.
Shido stepped forward too, "And this is Miha. She's the miko in the village by the well we came through."
Miha bowed respectfully, but Kat stood upright. She knew her place to a hanyou's. Camren stood on the ground. He laughed at Miha when the woman had bowed. InuYasha nodded to both of the older women. "I'm InuYasha."
"We know," Kat said. "Who couldn't hear of the hanyou and young miko who gathered all the jewel shards before any youkai could have a chance for anything."
The kids looked startled at Kat's behavior and manner of speaking. InuYasha took it all in stride though, "Sorry. Did we make life too hard for you?"
"Like you care," Kat turned around and started to walk in the direction Kisa had taken. Camren ran a stumbling run to catch up with his mother. She didn't slow down much, but just enough that the little boy could get to her side.
Ryu looked up at his father, "Why did she act like that?"
"Things are different here then at home," was all he answered. "Let's find this Kisa and get our place to rest. I ran a long way to get here."
"You ran all the way here?" Shido asked wide-eyed. Chiann looked the same way at her father.
"Things are really different here," InuYasha mumbled. He started to follow Ryu as the boy picked up the other hanyou's scent. "It's kinda great to be back though."
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Dev became startled when he saw InuYasha come out from the bushes not far from him. He knelt down further and hoped to every god that anyone ever prayed to that the hanyou didn't catch his scent. Someone was smiling down on him though, because the white haired man just passed him and went to the others. Now he watched the whole interaction between everyone in the shard group and the oldest hanyou present. He gulped the urge down to run out there and hug his step-father. 'He lied to you. He killed your real dad. Don't forget the things he's done to you,' he chanted in his head. He followed the group as they went into the closest clearing and started to make camp. He settled down in a berry bush and started to eat what nature gave him. 'This is going to be a long day and night,' he thought. He checked his position, and made sure that no one in the whole group would ever be able to smell, see, or hear him. No matter what happened.
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Kagome cried on the paper that she held in her hands. "InuYasha...find them...please?" She read again the note that she had found on her husband's side of the bed.
Kagome,
Dear, I'm sorry. I have to find a way through that well. I will find them, and they will come back. Don't worry about me either. No matter what your children will return. No matter what I have to do. I promise you. Hold onto the jewel, and tell Miroku and Sango where I went. Better not forget your mother or Shippo either.
Love,
InuYasha
She looked at the letter again. He had written it in pencil, and something had been erased. She pushed the tears from her eyes and held the letter into the sunlight that came through kitchen window.
P.S. If I don't come back through the well never forget me. But be happy.
She felt the tears come to her eyes again as she sobbed on the table now. She would go tell the others when she finished crying her heart out.
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Dev watched the fire burning in his old families eyes. It danced and called for him to come out of the slightly chilly air and sit with them. 'Like when we go camping...No! That was a lie. He lied then too!' Dev kept his thoughts focused. He cuddled into himself as he watched his brother and sister hold tightly onto their father. He listened slightly to what they were saying.
"Dad, do you remember that song mom sang to me when I was sick?" Chiann asked. Her voice was sweet and caring to Dev's ears. He had never really heard her talk much. She had always stayed away from him most of the time, like he had a plague or something. His mother had said that when she wanted to Chiann could talk a storm away. He had only heard slight sentences from her though, and so never took any of what his mom said as truth.
InuYasha shook his head. "I only know the melody. And you know I'm not that good at singing."
Ryu laughed slightly, "Dad, you sing great! But I remember it." The boy looked at his sister. "Want me to sing it?" Chiann nodded and smiled. Ryu breathed in and started to sing.
"You are my angel,
You are my everything,
You mean more then anything,
When I see your smile so lovely and bright,
Makes the world seem right.
At times you can act,
Like such a little girl,
But in my eyes you are the world,
I wish you health and happiness for all times,
And may the world be kind.
When ever you are feeling down,
When ever you are feeling blue,
All you have to do is sing this song,
Remember I'll be watching over you.
Please go on with hope in your heart,
I will always be with you,
Please go on with the dream in your heart,
I will always be with you."
Dev hadn't relized till the end of the song that tears were flowing down his face. Silent tears. 'That song...I wish I was with mom right now.' He watched as Chiann also had tears coming down her face. He quickly wiped away the offensive salt water on his face. 'I won't cry,' he told himself.
"Thanks, Ryu," Chiann choked out. Ryu held her close as InuYasha held both of them. Dev knew that they wanted him too, not only his mother. They had already told InuYasha all about his disapearance. Dev had to hand it to Miha, she played off the bit where she had met him as saying she was helping someone in the village with a bad back. 'Miha is clever,' he thought again.
He looked at the miko. She was laying down facing away from the hanyou group. Shido asleep right beside her. Her eyes were open though, and she looked as though she was crying silently too. 'Right, crying why?' Dev thought. 'She's no reason to cry.'
Camren lay sleeping in Kat's arms as the youkai sat against a tree trunk. She too looked forlorn. She watched her son sleeping with a sadness not commonly found in the eyes of youkai. Even youkai mothers.
Kisa sat furthest from the fire though. Her little legs swung from the branch she was perched upon. She whispered something to herself and turned in the tree to lay down on the long branch. Her breathing became regular and Dev knew she had fallen asleep.
Soon everyone but InuYasha fell into a deep slumber. The older hanyou looked around the clearing, his eyes finally resting on Dev's hiding spot. 'Oh no, he found me!' Dev panicked.
But InuYasha said nothing, did nothing, and so Dev's panick went down and he relized the hanyou must have just noticed the berries. Dev sat back silently and fell into a half sleep. 'Tomorrow dad, I'll do what you ordered,' was his last rational thought.
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They started off early the next day. The children were eager to get the first shard, so they had woken all the other people in the came. InuYasha was the most cranky though. When he accidently made Chiann cry, he lightened up more. He stopped her crying by saying he would carry her for a while that morning. She sniffled her tears back and nodded her thanks and hugged him tightly. Ryu admitted to Shido that he was slightly jealous, but the most jealous out of all of them was Kisa. Her dad never offered to carry her, saying that she had to be strong or wouldn't survive. Sesshomaru was tough on her, but Rin was even tougher. Rin would tell her stories about when she was younger and had to live without any parents. Yes, her mother was strong. Even stronger then the stupid toad Jakken. Kisa followed the group from the back, the whole time wondering if her mom and dad would just show up too. 'Probably not. They probably have thought me dead by now, or not wanting to get found. Maybe I shouldn't have run away on the first information I could.'
They followed the path for a long time. At lunch time they stopped and InuYasha and Kat went hunting as everyone stayed behind to start a small cooking fire. Kisa sat on the edge of the small clearing thinking about her mistake when Chiann came over. "What?" Kisa asked gruffly.
"Kisa, what's wrong?" Chiann asked innocently as she sat down next to her cousin. They looked almost exacly the same, except for Kisa's slightly colder eyes and the moon.
"It's not fair. I want my dad too," Kisa didn't know why she had said it, but she blamed stupid human emotions anyway. She looked at Chiann for the reaction to her words.
"You can share my dad if you want," Chiann smiled.
"Share your dad? It's not that same Chiann," Kisa said angerly. She stood up and looked down at the girl. "Your dad is way different then mine!"
"No, he's a dad. All dad's are the same," Chiann said in her naive manner.
"Does your dad place you in danger?" Kisa growled.
Chiann shook her head, "And neither does your dad. I know that, because all dad's protect their kids. Your dad never placed you in any real danger. He probably would have jumped in to save you." Kisa stopped her argument, the girl was right. All the times Sesshomaru was training Kisa, Kisa was never in any real danger because he was always there.
She sat down, 'I'm defeated by a nitwit.'
After a while of silence Chiann spoke, "Kisa, can you keep a secret?" Kisa nodded. "Well, I think somethings going to happen, and it's not good."
"What do you mean?" Kisa asked.
"My dad's here, but he's not going to be able to protect me," Chiann felt a tear in her eyes. "But I'm brave. I'll take my fate."
"Chiann, you don't make any sense," Kisa said. She sighed. "What do you thinks going to happen?" Chiann shook her head and shrugged.
"Maybe I'm just being stupid," Chiann smiled at the other girl. "I can be like that sometimes."
Kisa shook her head, but dropped the conversation. They sat for a minute in silence. Chiann stood up, "I have to go to the bathroom."
Kisa nodded. "Better let me come with you though. You can't fight, remember?"
"I could if I wanted to," Chiann defended playfully. They walked to the other side of the clearing, but never left it. Right as they were about to go through the bushes a figure popped up and stabbed Chiann right in her stomach. She gagged one last word before she fell to the ground, "...Dev..."
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Thanks To: mattielover, Trinity-33, Ender6, chickt56, Yami Akira, Eartha, Airen2, InuYasha22, LC WOLF, CynicalSpiritValea, kasia matsubishi, foofoocrazy326, SilverStarWing, Yami ChaosGem, and Elendil Star-Lover
A/N: His mission: to kill! That's what Dev was doing, waiting for the right moment to kill one of his siblings. Please don't kill me though. It's all part of the story.
Sorry this came out on Saterday, and not on Friday like I promised, but I didn't relize that it was even Saterday. Lot's of things have been happening, and I'm hoping to finish this story soon. At least before I leave. But that's a long story! Hhee hhee. Anyway, next Friday will definately have the next chapter, and it's all ready written, so don't worry.
I forgot this even for the first chapter:
Disclaimer: Don't own InuYasha or any of it's cast. I do own however Miha, Kisa, Ryu, Chiann, Dev, and Ashi (unfortunatly). Keri owns herself. And Kat and Camren are my sister's characters. I also own anyone else I forgot to mention that don't show up in the InuYasha animé.
Well, review please!
Question: A question for everyone. If you could chose one song out there to be the theme song to Beautiful Curse AvDevjyp and Beautiful Curse Payback, what would it be? Please include artist and song title. I'm really going to listen to the songs, and the one I think the most fitting for the story will be placed on the last chapter. Along with the person who chose it. I will think of an award later. Thanks.
Chapter 9
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"Papa!" Chiann ran into InuYasha's arms. The white haired hanyou picked up the smaller white haired hanyou.
"Chiann, you're still alive. Oh, my dreams are real," he muttered. He hugged the little girl as tight as he could without hurting her. She hugged back just as hard. Ryu stood in shock, Shido right next to him. Then both came out of their stuper and ran forward.
"Dad!"
"Uncle Inu!"
InuYasha kneeled down and opened one of his arms to allow the boys into the hug. The four hugged for a long time, the children cried.
Kisa looked on with longing. 'My dad wouldn't be like that when he finds me gone,' she thought. She just looked at the happy reunion in distaste. Growling slightly she went away from everyone. Her thoughts were on finding a place to stay, they would definatly would want to stay now. 'They would want to stay safe with their father.'
Chiann watched as her cousin walked away. She was slightly confused, but didn't care much because she was with her dad. "Daddy, you're not leaving again are you?"
"No, never. I can't get back anyway," he said. He smiled at them, even though his heart ached to be back in the future with Kagome. "Your mom probably is just finding out I'm gone. We have to get back there."
"Kisa has a way!" Ryu said. He turned around to address the little girl, but saw that she wasn't there. "Kisa?"
"She left. She mumbled something about finding a clearing for us to stay in," Kat said. She looked wearily at InuYasha. Her gaurd was up, but not so much as to start a fight. Her memories ran through her head from the different things she had heard about the hanyou that was now beginning to stand in front of her.
"Dad, this is Kat and her son Camren. They've helped us a lot," Ryu said.
Shido stepped forward too, "And this is Miha. She's the miko in the village by the well we came through."
Miha bowed respectfully, but Kat stood upright. She knew her place to a hanyou's. Camren stood on the ground. He laughed at Miha when the woman had bowed. InuYasha nodded to both of the older women. "I'm InuYasha."
"We know," Kat said. "Who couldn't hear of the hanyou and young miko who gathered all the jewel shards before any youkai could have a chance for anything."
The kids looked startled at Kat's behavior and manner of speaking. InuYasha took it all in stride though, "Sorry. Did we make life too hard for you?"
"Like you care," Kat turned around and started to walk in the direction Kisa had taken. Camren ran a stumbling run to catch up with his mother. She didn't slow down much, but just enough that the little boy could get to her side.
Ryu looked up at his father, "Why did she act like that?"
"Things are different here then at home," was all he answered. "Let's find this Kisa and get our place to rest. I ran a long way to get here."
"You ran all the way here?" Shido asked wide-eyed. Chiann looked the same way at her father.
"Things are really different here," InuYasha mumbled. He started to follow Ryu as the boy picked up the other hanyou's scent. "It's kinda great to be back though."
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Dev became startled when he saw InuYasha come out from the bushes not far from him. He knelt down further and hoped to every god that anyone ever prayed to that the hanyou didn't catch his scent. Someone was smiling down on him though, because the white haired man just passed him and went to the others. Now he watched the whole interaction between everyone in the shard group and the oldest hanyou present. He gulped the urge down to run out there and hug his step-father. 'He lied to you. He killed your real dad. Don't forget the things he's done to you,' he chanted in his head. He followed the group as they went into the closest clearing and started to make camp. He settled down in a berry bush and started to eat what nature gave him. 'This is going to be a long day and night,' he thought. He checked his position, and made sure that no one in the whole group would ever be able to smell, see, or hear him. No matter what happened.
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Kagome cried on the paper that she held in her hands. "InuYasha...find them...please?" She read again the note that she had found on her husband's side of the bed.
Kagome,
Dear, I'm sorry. I have to find a way through that well. I will find them, and they will come back. Don't worry about me either. No matter what your children will return. No matter what I have to do. I promise you. Hold onto the jewel, and tell Miroku and Sango where I went. Better not forget your mother or Shippo either.
Love,
InuYasha
She looked at the letter again. He had written it in pencil, and something had been erased. She pushed the tears from her eyes and held the letter into the sunlight that came through kitchen window.
P.S. If I don't come back through the well never forget me. But be happy.
She felt the tears come to her eyes again as she sobbed on the table now. She would go tell the others when she finished crying her heart out.
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Dev watched the fire burning in his old families eyes. It danced and called for him to come out of the slightly chilly air and sit with them. 'Like when we go camping...No! That was a lie. He lied then too!' Dev kept his thoughts focused. He cuddled into himself as he watched his brother and sister hold tightly onto their father. He listened slightly to what they were saying.
"Dad, do you remember that song mom sang to me when I was sick?" Chiann asked. Her voice was sweet and caring to Dev's ears. He had never really heard her talk much. She had always stayed away from him most of the time, like he had a plague or something. His mother had said that when she wanted to Chiann could talk a storm away. He had only heard slight sentences from her though, and so never took any of what his mom said as truth.
InuYasha shook his head. "I only know the melody. And you know I'm not that good at singing."
Ryu laughed slightly, "Dad, you sing great! But I remember it." The boy looked at his sister. "Want me to sing it?" Chiann nodded and smiled. Ryu breathed in and started to sing.
"You are my angel,
You are my everything,
You mean more then anything,
When I see your smile so lovely and bright,
Makes the world seem right.
At times you can act,
Like such a little girl,
But in my eyes you are the world,
I wish you health and happiness for all times,
And may the world be kind.
When ever you are feeling down,
When ever you are feeling blue,
All you have to do is sing this song,
Remember I'll be watching over you.
Please go on with hope in your heart,
I will always be with you,
Please go on with the dream in your heart,
I will always be with you."
Dev hadn't relized till the end of the song that tears were flowing down his face. Silent tears. 'That song...I wish I was with mom right now.' He watched as Chiann also had tears coming down her face. He quickly wiped away the offensive salt water on his face. 'I won't cry,' he told himself.
"Thanks, Ryu," Chiann choked out. Ryu held her close as InuYasha held both of them. Dev knew that they wanted him too, not only his mother. They had already told InuYasha all about his disapearance. Dev had to hand it to Miha, she played off the bit where she had met him as saying she was helping someone in the village with a bad back. 'Miha is clever,' he thought again.
He looked at the miko. She was laying down facing away from the hanyou group. Shido asleep right beside her. Her eyes were open though, and she looked as though she was crying silently too. 'Right, crying why?' Dev thought. 'She's no reason to cry.'
Camren lay sleeping in Kat's arms as the youkai sat against a tree trunk. She too looked forlorn. She watched her son sleeping with a sadness not commonly found in the eyes of youkai. Even youkai mothers.
Kisa sat furthest from the fire though. Her little legs swung from the branch she was perched upon. She whispered something to herself and turned in the tree to lay down on the long branch. Her breathing became regular and Dev knew she had fallen asleep.
Soon everyone but InuYasha fell into a deep slumber. The older hanyou looked around the clearing, his eyes finally resting on Dev's hiding spot. 'Oh no, he found me!' Dev panicked.
But InuYasha said nothing, did nothing, and so Dev's panick went down and he relized the hanyou must have just noticed the berries. Dev sat back silently and fell into a half sleep. 'Tomorrow dad, I'll do what you ordered,' was his last rational thought.
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They started off early the next day. The children were eager to get the first shard, so they had woken all the other people in the came. InuYasha was the most cranky though. When he accidently made Chiann cry, he lightened up more. He stopped her crying by saying he would carry her for a while that morning. She sniffled her tears back and nodded her thanks and hugged him tightly. Ryu admitted to Shido that he was slightly jealous, but the most jealous out of all of them was Kisa. Her dad never offered to carry her, saying that she had to be strong or wouldn't survive. Sesshomaru was tough on her, but Rin was even tougher. Rin would tell her stories about when she was younger and had to live without any parents. Yes, her mother was strong. Even stronger then the stupid toad Jakken. Kisa followed the group from the back, the whole time wondering if her mom and dad would just show up too. 'Probably not. They probably have thought me dead by now, or not wanting to get found. Maybe I shouldn't have run away on the first information I could.'
They followed the path for a long time. At lunch time they stopped and InuYasha and Kat went hunting as everyone stayed behind to start a small cooking fire. Kisa sat on the edge of the small clearing thinking about her mistake when Chiann came over. "What?" Kisa asked gruffly.
"Kisa, what's wrong?" Chiann asked innocently as she sat down next to her cousin. They looked almost exacly the same, except for Kisa's slightly colder eyes and the moon.
"It's not fair. I want my dad too," Kisa didn't know why she had said it, but she blamed stupid human emotions anyway. She looked at Chiann for the reaction to her words.
"You can share my dad if you want," Chiann smiled.
"Share your dad? It's not that same Chiann," Kisa said angerly. She stood up and looked down at the girl. "Your dad is way different then mine!"
"No, he's a dad. All dad's are the same," Chiann said in her naive manner.
"Does your dad place you in danger?" Kisa growled.
Chiann shook her head, "And neither does your dad. I know that, because all dad's protect their kids. Your dad never placed you in any real danger. He probably would have jumped in to save you." Kisa stopped her argument, the girl was right. All the times Sesshomaru was training Kisa, Kisa was never in any real danger because he was always there.
She sat down, 'I'm defeated by a nitwit.'
After a while of silence Chiann spoke, "Kisa, can you keep a secret?" Kisa nodded. "Well, I think somethings going to happen, and it's not good."
"What do you mean?" Kisa asked.
"My dad's here, but he's not going to be able to protect me," Chiann felt a tear in her eyes. "But I'm brave. I'll take my fate."
"Chiann, you don't make any sense," Kisa said. She sighed. "What do you thinks going to happen?" Chiann shook her head and shrugged.
"Maybe I'm just being stupid," Chiann smiled at the other girl. "I can be like that sometimes."
Kisa shook her head, but dropped the conversation. They sat for a minute in silence. Chiann stood up, "I have to go to the bathroom."
Kisa nodded. "Better let me come with you though. You can't fight, remember?"
"I could if I wanted to," Chiann defended playfully. They walked to the other side of the clearing, but never left it. Right as they were about to go through the bushes a figure popped up and stabbed Chiann right in her stomach. She gagged one last word before she fell to the ground, "...Dev..."
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Thanks To: mattielover, Trinity-33, Ender6, chickt56, Yami Akira, Eartha, Airen2, InuYasha22, LC WOLF, CynicalSpiritValea, kasia matsubishi, foofoocrazy326, SilverStarWing, Yami ChaosGem, and Elendil Star-Lover
A/N: His mission: to kill! That's what Dev was doing, waiting for the right moment to kill one of his siblings. Please don't kill me though. It's all part of the story.
Sorry this came out on Saterday, and not on Friday like I promised, but I didn't relize that it was even Saterday. Lot's of things have been happening, and I'm hoping to finish this story soon. At least before I leave. But that's a long story! Hhee hhee. Anyway, next Friday will definately have the next chapter, and it's all ready written, so don't worry.
I forgot this even for the first chapter:
Disclaimer: Don't own InuYasha or any of it's cast. I do own however Miha, Kisa, Ryu, Chiann, Dev, and Ashi (unfortunatly). Keri owns herself. And Kat and Camren are my sister's characters. I also own anyone else I forgot to mention that don't show up in the InuYasha animé.
Well, review please!
Question: A question for everyone. If you could chose one song out there to be the theme song to Beautiful Curse AvDevjyp and Beautiful Curse Payback, what would it be? Please include artist and song title. I'm really going to listen to the songs, and the one I think the most fitting for the story will be placed on the last chapter. Along with the person who chose it. I will think of an award later. Thanks.