Beautiful Curse Payback
Chapter 12
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Ryu sat up as the sun glared onto his face. He didn't want to move, didn't want to see the sun or all the shinning of the world. 'It should be raining,' he thought bitterly. He hadn't opened his eyes yet, just sat up. He could hear whispered voices of Miha and Kat.
"I feel so horrible," Miha told the youkai.
"We both do," Kat answered back. She shifted slightly, probably Camren while he slept in her arms. Ryu opened his eyes slightly, letting them adjust to the bright star. It had been Camren she shifted, he confirmed.
"Kat, I think I shouldn't be here," Miha said in a sad voice.
"Why would you say that? You've been with these children through more then anyone," Kat wanted to yell, the strain in her voice was there, but she held the whisper in fear of the said children waking.
"I have a feeling I shouldn't be here," Miha choked on a sob. "I can't explain it, but I shouldn't be here."
"You're being an idiot human," Kat told her sternly. "Stop being a child, and learn to be the adult you're suppose to be. Take responsibility for them, even with their father here."
"I..." Miha started, but she couldn't think of what to say. Ryu stood up and walked over to her.
"Don't leave me, please?" he asked. He collapsed to his knees, leaned forward, and hugged her. "I need someone."
Kat nodded at Miha, and the miko hugged back, "I won't leave." Ryu started to cry, and Miha hugged tighter. She was so involved in Ryu that she didn't see Shido until he too grabbed onto her and started to cry. She hugged both boys and looked over at Kisa. The hanyou just sat back from the group and didn't move forward.
Kat stood up from the group, gently layed Camren down comfortably, and walked to the little hanyou. "Hanyou, er, I mean, Kisa, what's wrong?"
"I don't need to be comforted. I'm fine," Kisa said without looking at the woman youkai.
"Kisa, even youkai need to be comforted when something like this happens. She was your cousin; your friend. If you feel like you shouldn't be weak, then you're not feeling the right emotions. You should be like all of us, and grieving out loud. Even I am grateful to have Camren to hold right now," Kat said. She knelt down to look into the little girl's eyes. "Now, come here." Her arms opened up and she looked deep into the little girl's gold eyes. Kisa looked at the youkai and ran into the arms to be held.
"I want her back," Kisa sobbed into Kat's shoulder.
"I know," Kat said as she rubbed the little girl's back. "We all do."
Kisa cried on the youkai as Ryu and the humans cried together just a few paces away. All of them wore themselfs out and decided that they shouldn't even bother with a fire that night as the sun setted, and they all gathered togather for the first time to sleep. Youkai, hanyou, and human alike were comforted together.
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Early the next morning InuYasha stepped out of the forest tree line to see everyone still sleeping. He sighed and went over to his son, "Ryu, wake up." The little boy opened his eyes and saw his father. Without any words he jumped at InuYasha and hugged him really hard. "It's okay now," InuYasha told his child.
"Is she coming back?" Ryu asked.
InuYasha's eyes softened and he shook his head. "Everything will be okay in the end," he said. "She's safer now."
Ryu nodded and a tear slid down his face. He didn't cry though as he saw another person come out of the trees. "Uncle Sesshomaru?" he asked the figure. The white haired youkai nodded.
InuYasha looked behind him and nodded to his older half brother, then turned and looked at the group of sleeping people. "Ryu, go wake Kisa up. She's going with her father."
"Why?" Ryu asked.
"We don't want her hurt," InuYasha said. He smiled at his son, and let the boy go wake the other child. He looked at his older brother, "Can't we have Ryu go with you too?"
"You know he has to stay here," Sesshomaru said in his always calm voice.
"I know, but if he could go with you then he'll be safer," InuYasha clenched his fists. "I don't want anyone to hurt him, like Dev did to..."
"Calm down, InuYasha. You'll be here to protect him this time. And you know you have to get the human child back anyway. Use common sense," Sesshomaru still didn't move any muscles to show emotions, but InuYasha knew that his brother must have felt something when he had seen Chiann's lifeless body.
"I know," InuYasha responded as the children, Kisa finally awake and aware to relize she was in trouble, came up to their fathers.
"Father, I know I ran away, but I did it because I thought it noble," Kisa said to her father. Sesshomaru didn't say anything back as he turned around and started walking back into the forest. Kisa bowed her head, then brought it up straight. She turned around to look at Ryu, "She'll see me soon."
Ryu looked at her utterly confused, "What?"
"That's what she said, right?" Ryu nodded. "I'm glad." With that said she turned to where her father had walked away, and ran after him.
InuYasha stood there for a minute then sighed, "We better get going. We have to find those stupid shards...again." He walked towards the rest of the group, but before he went near any of them he took in a deep breath and yelled at the top of his lungs, "GET UP NOW!"
Everyone was startled awake, and the older two grabbed their weapons or stood into a fighting stance. InuYasha nodded to himself, then walked to a tree and jumped to one of the high branches. Miha grumbled something about cranky hanyous when she relized she was right next to Ryu. "I didn't mean you," she said as she pointed to the tree the white haired hanyou had jumped in. "I wonder why he wants to move so fast."
"Let's just do as he says," Shido said as he yawned and wrapped his blanket around his shoulders like a cape. "I don't ever want to see the Uncle InuYasha that mom and dad talk about."
"He's not bad!" Ryu yelled at the human boy. "My father is the best!"
"Nah-uh! My father is! He's waaaaaaay better then yours!" Shido yelled back.
"Boys, some other time you can fight about who has the better parents, but now we really do need to get going," Kat said as she picked up the, amazingly, still sleeping Camren. "InuYasha! We're ready!" she called up the tree. A second later the hanyou was on the ground. He didn't say anything as he started the opposite way his brother had taken just ten minutes ago.
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They walked all day, not even stopping for lunch. Shido complained most of the way, until Ryu slapped him hard across the cheek, and Shido gained a ride, because of Ryu's behavior, in the arms of Miha. "That's not fair," Ryu muttered.
"Life's not fair, get over it," InuYasha said without turning around. Ryu's heart sank, and he held back the tears that threatened to fall.
'Does he blame me for what happened to Chiann? I didn't mean to not save her,' he thought. 'He's punishing me.' So after that no one spoke until the sun had gone down so far that they were forced to make camp.
Ryu once again couldn't sleep, but this time he didn't want to go near the fire where his father stood guard. He snuggled closer to the ground, and pulled himself into a ball for warmth. He had chosen to be away from the group, in his mind saying it was going to be part of his punishment. 'I don't deserve to be with them,' he thought. As he snuggled as much as he could he heard Kat singing to Camren, who had had trouble breathing half way through the day.
"It's common," was her only answer when Shido asked if the baby would be okay.
Kat's voice drifted to him, and the words felt like they were surrounding him. They danced in the flames, on the pebbles, and into the ground and trees themselfs.
"Fay-oh, soh day lahfing wah
Nami say wah yay oh
Fay-oh, soh day lahfing wah
Nami say wah yay oh
Fif tee wah man yah
Nah kuli kai gung gung
See-oh
Fif tee wah man yah
Nah Kuli kai gung gung
See-oh oh gung gung
Soh day lahfing wah
Nami say wah yay oh"
When her song was finished, everyone except her and InuYasha lay sleeping.
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Thanks To: Elendil Star-Lover, foofoocrazy326, RoseInuYasha, Trinity-33, chickt56, Airen2, mattielover, Elyndewen Startree, Yami Akira, Eartha, Inu22, LC WOLF, SilverStarWing, Serena63083, Sailor Black 666, Zeroenna88, and WildfireDreams
A/N: I'm sorry I didn't update last week, but I couldn't find my notes on this chapter. I will up-date next friday, not this one. Sorry everyone, just review and tell me how mad you are.
I am writing the inbetween story now. I'm not placing it on fanfiction yet. I will let everyone know when it's up, probably after this story is finished.
Disclaimer: The song is Feuilles-O. It's a traditional African Lullaby. I wrote it how it is sounded, because no one would have been able to read it otherwise. This version sang by Simon & Garfunkel. (C): 8/11/69
Chapter 12
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Ryu sat up as the sun glared onto his face. He didn't want to move, didn't want to see the sun or all the shinning of the world. 'It should be raining,' he thought bitterly. He hadn't opened his eyes yet, just sat up. He could hear whispered voices of Miha and Kat.
"I feel so horrible," Miha told the youkai.
"We both do," Kat answered back. She shifted slightly, probably Camren while he slept in her arms. Ryu opened his eyes slightly, letting them adjust to the bright star. It had been Camren she shifted, he confirmed.
"Kat, I think I shouldn't be here," Miha said in a sad voice.
"Why would you say that? You've been with these children through more then anyone," Kat wanted to yell, the strain in her voice was there, but she held the whisper in fear of the said children waking.
"I have a feeling I shouldn't be here," Miha choked on a sob. "I can't explain it, but I shouldn't be here."
"You're being an idiot human," Kat told her sternly. "Stop being a child, and learn to be the adult you're suppose to be. Take responsibility for them, even with their father here."
"I..." Miha started, but she couldn't think of what to say. Ryu stood up and walked over to her.
"Don't leave me, please?" he asked. He collapsed to his knees, leaned forward, and hugged her. "I need someone."
Kat nodded at Miha, and the miko hugged back, "I won't leave." Ryu started to cry, and Miha hugged tighter. She was so involved in Ryu that she didn't see Shido until he too grabbed onto her and started to cry. She hugged both boys and looked over at Kisa. The hanyou just sat back from the group and didn't move forward.
Kat stood up from the group, gently layed Camren down comfortably, and walked to the little hanyou. "Hanyou, er, I mean, Kisa, what's wrong?"
"I don't need to be comforted. I'm fine," Kisa said without looking at the woman youkai.
"Kisa, even youkai need to be comforted when something like this happens. She was your cousin; your friend. If you feel like you shouldn't be weak, then you're not feeling the right emotions. You should be like all of us, and grieving out loud. Even I am grateful to have Camren to hold right now," Kat said. She knelt down to look into the little girl's eyes. "Now, come here." Her arms opened up and she looked deep into the little girl's gold eyes. Kisa looked at the youkai and ran into the arms to be held.
"I want her back," Kisa sobbed into Kat's shoulder.
"I know," Kat said as she rubbed the little girl's back. "We all do."
Kisa cried on the youkai as Ryu and the humans cried together just a few paces away. All of them wore themselfs out and decided that they shouldn't even bother with a fire that night as the sun setted, and they all gathered togather for the first time to sleep. Youkai, hanyou, and human alike were comforted together.
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Early the next morning InuYasha stepped out of the forest tree line to see everyone still sleeping. He sighed and went over to his son, "Ryu, wake up." The little boy opened his eyes and saw his father. Without any words he jumped at InuYasha and hugged him really hard. "It's okay now," InuYasha told his child.
"Is she coming back?" Ryu asked.
InuYasha's eyes softened and he shook his head. "Everything will be okay in the end," he said. "She's safer now."
Ryu nodded and a tear slid down his face. He didn't cry though as he saw another person come out of the trees. "Uncle Sesshomaru?" he asked the figure. The white haired youkai nodded.
InuYasha looked behind him and nodded to his older half brother, then turned and looked at the group of sleeping people. "Ryu, go wake Kisa up. She's going with her father."
"Why?" Ryu asked.
"We don't want her hurt," InuYasha said. He smiled at his son, and let the boy go wake the other child. He looked at his older brother, "Can't we have Ryu go with you too?"
"You know he has to stay here," Sesshomaru said in his always calm voice.
"I know, but if he could go with you then he'll be safer," InuYasha clenched his fists. "I don't want anyone to hurt him, like Dev did to..."
"Calm down, InuYasha. You'll be here to protect him this time. And you know you have to get the human child back anyway. Use common sense," Sesshomaru still didn't move any muscles to show emotions, but InuYasha knew that his brother must have felt something when he had seen Chiann's lifeless body.
"I know," InuYasha responded as the children, Kisa finally awake and aware to relize she was in trouble, came up to their fathers.
"Father, I know I ran away, but I did it because I thought it noble," Kisa said to her father. Sesshomaru didn't say anything back as he turned around and started walking back into the forest. Kisa bowed her head, then brought it up straight. She turned around to look at Ryu, "She'll see me soon."
Ryu looked at her utterly confused, "What?"
"That's what she said, right?" Ryu nodded. "I'm glad." With that said she turned to where her father had walked away, and ran after him.
InuYasha stood there for a minute then sighed, "We better get going. We have to find those stupid shards...again." He walked towards the rest of the group, but before he went near any of them he took in a deep breath and yelled at the top of his lungs, "GET UP NOW!"
Everyone was startled awake, and the older two grabbed their weapons or stood into a fighting stance. InuYasha nodded to himself, then walked to a tree and jumped to one of the high branches. Miha grumbled something about cranky hanyous when she relized she was right next to Ryu. "I didn't mean you," she said as she pointed to the tree the white haired hanyou had jumped in. "I wonder why he wants to move so fast."
"Let's just do as he says," Shido said as he yawned and wrapped his blanket around his shoulders like a cape. "I don't ever want to see the Uncle InuYasha that mom and dad talk about."
"He's not bad!" Ryu yelled at the human boy. "My father is the best!"
"Nah-uh! My father is! He's waaaaaaay better then yours!" Shido yelled back.
"Boys, some other time you can fight about who has the better parents, but now we really do need to get going," Kat said as she picked up the, amazingly, still sleeping Camren. "InuYasha! We're ready!" she called up the tree. A second later the hanyou was on the ground. He didn't say anything as he started the opposite way his brother had taken just ten minutes ago.
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They walked all day, not even stopping for lunch. Shido complained most of the way, until Ryu slapped him hard across the cheek, and Shido gained a ride, because of Ryu's behavior, in the arms of Miha. "That's not fair," Ryu muttered.
"Life's not fair, get over it," InuYasha said without turning around. Ryu's heart sank, and he held back the tears that threatened to fall.
'Does he blame me for what happened to Chiann? I didn't mean to not save her,' he thought. 'He's punishing me.' So after that no one spoke until the sun had gone down so far that they were forced to make camp.
Ryu once again couldn't sleep, but this time he didn't want to go near the fire where his father stood guard. He snuggled closer to the ground, and pulled himself into a ball for warmth. He had chosen to be away from the group, in his mind saying it was going to be part of his punishment. 'I don't deserve to be with them,' he thought. As he snuggled as much as he could he heard Kat singing to Camren, who had had trouble breathing half way through the day.
"It's common," was her only answer when Shido asked if the baby would be okay.
Kat's voice drifted to him, and the words felt like they were surrounding him. They danced in the flames, on the pebbles, and into the ground and trees themselfs.
"Fay-oh, soh day lahfing wah
Nami say wah yay oh
Fay-oh, soh day lahfing wah
Nami say wah yay oh
Fif tee wah man yah
Nah kuli kai gung gung
See-oh
Fif tee wah man yah
Nah Kuli kai gung gung
See-oh oh gung gung
Soh day lahfing wah
Nami say wah yay oh"
When her song was finished, everyone except her and InuYasha lay sleeping.
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Thanks To: Elendil Star-Lover, foofoocrazy326, RoseInuYasha, Trinity-33, chickt56, Airen2, mattielover, Elyndewen Startree, Yami Akira, Eartha, Inu22, LC WOLF, SilverStarWing, Serena63083, Sailor Black 666, Zeroenna88, and WildfireDreams
A/N: I'm sorry I didn't update last week, but I couldn't find my notes on this chapter. I will up-date next friday, not this one. Sorry everyone, just review and tell me how mad you are.
I am writing the inbetween story now. I'm not placing it on fanfiction yet. I will let everyone know when it's up, probably after this story is finished.
Disclaimer: The song is Feuilles-O. It's a traditional African Lullaby. I wrote it how it is sounded, because no one would have been able to read it otherwise. This version sang by Simon & Garfunkel. (C): 8/11/69