(I'm not going to say it again after Chapter 5. No characters in Inuyasha
belong to me, ya hear?)
The Cloud of Darkness
Chapter 5- Battle Atop The Fuji Mountains
After Inuyasha and Kagome had fought until their voices ran dry, Shippo and Miyouga hopped out from their hiding places and landed next to the pair. Shippo asked Inuyasha very politely as not to tick him off, "Inuyasha, can we continue the search for the sacred jewel shards?" Kagome snapped her fingers, remembering the point of their search in the first place!
"Yeah, and I'd like to find out what's going on with that shadow, and the black cloud. Maybe they have a connection?" Inuyasha nodded. He inserted the Tetsusaiga into it's sheath again and impatiently waited for the rest of the group to get ready. When Inuyasha yelled at them to hurry up, Kagome stomped her foot and replied, "I'd like to see you carry a colossal backpack on a bicycle, as a human that is."
The snow that had fallen earlier was melting now, and the evening was beginning to settle on the travellers. Several yawns of sleepiness escaped the lips of each member of the group, even Miyouga, who hadn't done any fighting all day! Suddenly the mountain where Inuyasha was presumed dead loomed up in front of them. "Jeez, what's this mountain doing here again?!?" Inuyasha complained. Miyouga cleared his throat, ready to make a speech.
"My Lord, this is one of the 14 mountains of the Fuji Mountain. It's all bunched up into one, and several years ago demons carved holes inside these mountains. They're like a safehouse for full demons ... but any half demon or human who enters will be eaten alive by the Soul Reaper." Kagome cocked her head to the side. Soul Reaper? Maybe it was that slug beast who tried to eat me, she thought.
"Newsflash, Miyouga. I killed that pitiful beast when Kagome was kidnapped." Inuyasha explained, and then his eyes went wide. He grabbed Kagome and shook her wildly. "Kagome, there were jewel shards in the Soul Reaper. I forgot the jewel shards!" Kagome gasped and felt a drop of annoyance roll down her face.
"How could you forget the jewel shards, Inuyasha? I mean I understand what happened with the Thunder Brothers, but when we left you should've taken them!" Kagome said.
"Hey, why didn't you take them? I was too busy trying to escape from several pounds of excess blubber, and you really expect me to get the jewel shards after I escape?" Inuyasha said.
"What, you were the one who said I wasn't smart enough to have jewel shards!" Kagome huffed, then stomped off to get onto her bicycle. Shippo walked over to Inuyasha and blew a raspberry in his face. Inuyasha picked Shippo up by the tail and punched him in the head several times again.
"My Lord," Miyouga went up to Inuyasha,"Perhaps the jewel shards have been taken somewhere else. Can you smell anything?" Inuyasha sniffed around. He could smell something, like swamp goo or grass.
"Yup, and something tells me our little frog pal has the jewel shards." Kagome, overhearing the conversation gasped. Monten was ... ALIVE?!? But Inuyasha killed him with the Tetsusaiga, she thought. Kagome ran over to Inuyasha, hopeful to get an explanation.
"Inuyasha, how can Monten be alive? You killed him!" Inuyasha smiled. Sometimes she couldn't understand anything, and it was always up to him and Miyouga to get things going straight.
"I know, his spirit's still floating around somewhere, though." And with that, Inuyasha began to head towards the Fuji Mountains highest peaks. Hopping from stone to stone, until he could clearly (just enough not to bump into anything) see the spirit of Monten floating about. When he landed on the mountain, the spirit leaped. "So froggy boy, what's going on?"
"Ah, Inuyasha. How lovely to see you. How is your beautiful fair, Kagome?" Inuyasha blushed. Why did everyone think that Kagome was his girlfriend, or wife or something?
"She ain't my fair, or my wife for that matter!" Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga from it's sheath. You may be a spirit, but in the end I can manage, he thought.
"Inuyasha, what is this sudden act of violence?" Monten asked, feeling his bald head.
"You know, slimeball. Hand over the sacred jewel shards." When Inuyasha spoke those words, the three shards collected from the Soul Reaper shone on Monten's forehead.
"What, these? I'm sorry, but you'll have to die for these." Monten replied, a laugh burbling in his gut. Inuyasha was clearly ticked off. What's wrong with this guy?, Inuyasha thought, and then it hit him. He was obviously laughing because he thought a mere half-breed couldn't do much.
"Well, I'm gonna prove you wrong!" Inuyasha yelled, and with a battle cry he sliced Monten in half. But unfortunately for him, Monten was simply a spirit, and he regenerated easily.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried. Inuyasha looked up to see Kagome, Miyouga, and Shippo who was shape-shifted into a giant eagle. "Don't worry, we've come to help!" Kagome took out an arrow she had made, and aimed it at Monten's heart. "Here goes NOTHING!" and with a flick the arrow was off. Monten was gaining on Inuyasha now, and if he wasn't careful, the half-breed might fall over the edge.
The arrow seemed to streak slowly through the air. This shot depends on Inuyasha's winning of a battle, Kagome thought. It had to hit, it just had to. But it simply streaked past, and Monten laughed. "So, your little friends can't save you? What a shame!" Inuyasha looked up at Kagome. She seemed to be rummaging for something. Heh, can't trust her to do anything, he thought to himself. But what she was about to do would prove him wrong.
Kagome suddenly leaped off of Shippo, screaming out to Inuyasha, "Look out!!!" Monten laughed, but not when Kagome fell onto him. "Hah, bet you couldn't miss that! You, you frog-monster you!" Inuyasha blinked, clearly amazed at what Kagome had just done. All I had to do was jump on him?!?, Inuyasha thought. Miyouga came out from behind a rock.
"So, back already I see?" Inuyasha said, glaring at Miyouga with disgust. "Miyouga, I just don't get it. Everytime we fight something, you've always gotta run off and do something. Aren't you supposed to be HELPING me?!?" Inuyasha crushed Miyouga in his fingers, and walked over to Kagome, who was dusting off her school uniform.
"Inuyasha, I think I need to go home for awhile, do you mind?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha was tempted to say no, but since Kagome had nearly saved him from being beaten, he thought he could cut her some slack. "Please? I wanna see my family."
"Sure, go ahead. But come back!" Inuyasha replied, a grin spreading on his face. And when the sun set, and the stars blanketed the sky, Kagome, Inuyasha, Shippo and even Miyouga knew that it was going to be alright.
Unfortunately for them, "alright" wouldn't last very long.
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The Cloud of Darkness
Chapter 5- Battle Atop The Fuji Mountains
After Inuyasha and Kagome had fought until their voices ran dry, Shippo and Miyouga hopped out from their hiding places and landed next to the pair. Shippo asked Inuyasha very politely as not to tick him off, "Inuyasha, can we continue the search for the sacred jewel shards?" Kagome snapped her fingers, remembering the point of their search in the first place!
"Yeah, and I'd like to find out what's going on with that shadow, and the black cloud. Maybe they have a connection?" Inuyasha nodded. He inserted the Tetsusaiga into it's sheath again and impatiently waited for the rest of the group to get ready. When Inuyasha yelled at them to hurry up, Kagome stomped her foot and replied, "I'd like to see you carry a colossal backpack on a bicycle, as a human that is."
The snow that had fallen earlier was melting now, and the evening was beginning to settle on the travellers. Several yawns of sleepiness escaped the lips of each member of the group, even Miyouga, who hadn't done any fighting all day! Suddenly the mountain where Inuyasha was presumed dead loomed up in front of them. "Jeez, what's this mountain doing here again?!?" Inuyasha complained. Miyouga cleared his throat, ready to make a speech.
"My Lord, this is one of the 14 mountains of the Fuji Mountain. It's all bunched up into one, and several years ago demons carved holes inside these mountains. They're like a safehouse for full demons ... but any half demon or human who enters will be eaten alive by the Soul Reaper." Kagome cocked her head to the side. Soul Reaper? Maybe it was that slug beast who tried to eat me, she thought.
"Newsflash, Miyouga. I killed that pitiful beast when Kagome was kidnapped." Inuyasha explained, and then his eyes went wide. He grabbed Kagome and shook her wildly. "Kagome, there were jewel shards in the Soul Reaper. I forgot the jewel shards!" Kagome gasped and felt a drop of annoyance roll down her face.
"How could you forget the jewel shards, Inuyasha? I mean I understand what happened with the Thunder Brothers, but when we left you should've taken them!" Kagome said.
"Hey, why didn't you take them? I was too busy trying to escape from several pounds of excess blubber, and you really expect me to get the jewel shards after I escape?" Inuyasha said.
"What, you were the one who said I wasn't smart enough to have jewel shards!" Kagome huffed, then stomped off to get onto her bicycle. Shippo walked over to Inuyasha and blew a raspberry in his face. Inuyasha picked Shippo up by the tail and punched him in the head several times again.
"My Lord," Miyouga went up to Inuyasha,"Perhaps the jewel shards have been taken somewhere else. Can you smell anything?" Inuyasha sniffed around. He could smell something, like swamp goo or grass.
"Yup, and something tells me our little frog pal has the jewel shards." Kagome, overhearing the conversation gasped. Monten was ... ALIVE?!? But Inuyasha killed him with the Tetsusaiga, she thought. Kagome ran over to Inuyasha, hopeful to get an explanation.
"Inuyasha, how can Monten be alive? You killed him!" Inuyasha smiled. Sometimes she couldn't understand anything, and it was always up to him and Miyouga to get things going straight.
"I know, his spirit's still floating around somewhere, though." And with that, Inuyasha began to head towards the Fuji Mountains highest peaks. Hopping from stone to stone, until he could clearly (just enough not to bump into anything) see the spirit of Monten floating about. When he landed on the mountain, the spirit leaped. "So froggy boy, what's going on?"
"Ah, Inuyasha. How lovely to see you. How is your beautiful fair, Kagome?" Inuyasha blushed. Why did everyone think that Kagome was his girlfriend, or wife or something?
"She ain't my fair, or my wife for that matter!" Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga from it's sheath. You may be a spirit, but in the end I can manage, he thought.
"Inuyasha, what is this sudden act of violence?" Monten asked, feeling his bald head.
"You know, slimeball. Hand over the sacred jewel shards." When Inuyasha spoke those words, the three shards collected from the Soul Reaper shone on Monten's forehead.
"What, these? I'm sorry, but you'll have to die for these." Monten replied, a laugh burbling in his gut. Inuyasha was clearly ticked off. What's wrong with this guy?, Inuyasha thought, and then it hit him. He was obviously laughing because he thought a mere half-breed couldn't do much.
"Well, I'm gonna prove you wrong!" Inuyasha yelled, and with a battle cry he sliced Monten in half. But unfortunately for him, Monten was simply a spirit, and he regenerated easily.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried. Inuyasha looked up to see Kagome, Miyouga, and Shippo who was shape-shifted into a giant eagle. "Don't worry, we've come to help!" Kagome took out an arrow she had made, and aimed it at Monten's heart. "Here goes NOTHING!" and with a flick the arrow was off. Monten was gaining on Inuyasha now, and if he wasn't careful, the half-breed might fall over the edge.
The arrow seemed to streak slowly through the air. This shot depends on Inuyasha's winning of a battle, Kagome thought. It had to hit, it just had to. But it simply streaked past, and Monten laughed. "So, your little friends can't save you? What a shame!" Inuyasha looked up at Kagome. She seemed to be rummaging for something. Heh, can't trust her to do anything, he thought to himself. But what she was about to do would prove him wrong.
Kagome suddenly leaped off of Shippo, screaming out to Inuyasha, "Look out!!!" Monten laughed, but not when Kagome fell onto him. "Hah, bet you couldn't miss that! You, you frog-monster you!" Inuyasha blinked, clearly amazed at what Kagome had just done. All I had to do was jump on him?!?, Inuyasha thought. Miyouga came out from behind a rock.
"So, back already I see?" Inuyasha said, glaring at Miyouga with disgust. "Miyouga, I just don't get it. Everytime we fight something, you've always gotta run off and do something. Aren't you supposed to be HELPING me?!?" Inuyasha crushed Miyouga in his fingers, and walked over to Kagome, who was dusting off her school uniform.
"Inuyasha, I think I need to go home for awhile, do you mind?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha was tempted to say no, but since Kagome had nearly saved him from being beaten, he thought he could cut her some slack. "Please? I wanna see my family."
"Sure, go ahead. But come back!" Inuyasha replied, a grin spreading on his face. And when the sun set, and the stars blanketed the sky, Kagome, Inuyasha, Shippo and even Miyouga knew that it was going to be alright.
Unfortunately for them, "alright" wouldn't last very long.
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