Hi peoples. . . I feel woozy. . . I was practically on a hangover
yesterday. . . Believe it or not, from sugar. . . Usually I can chug down
like ten cans of soda, no prob, but yesterday I had sugar overload. . . I
had a cup of orange juice, 6 cans of soda, and I drank my last mug of apple
juice just a little too fast. . .
The result?
Me having a horrible headache and feeling like living shit. I blame it on the apple juice. . . cuz it was really cold too. . . so it you see, my mind can hold a lot of caffeine and sugar. There's a perfect balance to how much I can drink/eat before going insane, so let put it this way - stack up all the sugar I've eaten, into one big, swaying stack. Set the juice near the bottom and drain in quick, and the while stack explodes. I think you get an idea.
Okay, I added this part right the day after I wrote the first few paragraphs of this. Sugar can bless you with a wonderfully insane mood that gives way to lots of ideas!!! Yay!! I'm going to try to squeeze a bit more humor instead of sadness in this chapter!! Sugar. . . like the Shikon no Tama! IT can be as good or bad as you want it too! Okay now I'm going insane. . .
Disclaimer: ::Looks up from studying a chess board:: Must I say it. . .? Fine. I don't own Inuyasha. ::goes back to the chessboard, carefully moves a piece and promptly loses to self:: GOD DAMNIT!! I'LL NEVER GET THIS GAME! YOU!!! ::points at whoever's reading this right now:: THIS IS YOUR FAULT!! You broke my concentration!! ::starts chucking chess pieces everywhere::
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Demon Within
Chp. 5 Strength * Double Time
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"Here we go! HIRAIKOTSU!"
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku were exterminating a nest of mice demons that lived underneath the village headman's house. In exchange for exterminating the mice, they would get free lodgings for the night. Shippo was off keeping Rin busy in the village, while torturing Kouga.
Sango squished one of the mice that scampered out from underneath the floorboards. Miroku threw a few flaming ofudas, (think of his "Sebai" attack) which cleansed more mice into nothingness. Legions of mice started pooling out from underneath the floorboards.
"Houshi-sama! Back off, I'm going to use poison!"
Miroku quickly scampered away, while Sango smashed another mouse, tied her filter mask closer around her head, and threw little green pellets at the mice. The instant they hit the ground they exploded into billowing purple smoke, causing all the mice and the ones being smoked out to drop dead as soon as they got a whiff.
Kagome sat at the other side of the house, fanning the noxious smoke through a hold in the house's foundation. She idly kept fanning, staring at the billowing green smoke and subconsciously tugged the handkerchief tied around her mouth higher.
Kagome stared at the sky, looking for some sort of entertainment. She remembered quite well last time Sango had been smoking out rat demons Inuyasha collapsed in a red pile with swirly eyes. She giggled, remembering how cute he'd looked when he started running in circles before getting the sense to jump in a tree. However, fate did not agree with him that day, and a strong breeze wafted up the smelly smoke in his direction, promptly making him fall off and land headfirst on a rather bumpy rock. She chuckled again, remembering the pissed-off hanyou's face when she was bandaging his skull, and the look after when she started scratching his ears. . .
This, of course, led Kagome off on dreams about cute fuzzy ears that belonged to cute, arrogant half-dog demons. . .
"Kagome? You there? You can stop now, we killed all of them. . ." Sango's voice drifted to the back of the house, bringing Kagome sharply back to earth.
"Okay!" Kagome shouted back. She pulled a pail of water sitting next to her and doused the fire lighting the smelly green smoke, fanning the last of it away before standing up and removing the handkerchief around her face. Then she walked around the front.
"So, we get free lodgings?" She asked Sango. Sango nodded. "Where's Shippo? And Rin?"
"I told Kouga to watch him and Rin."
"Okay. Did you ask if any of the villagers saw Sesshomaru?"
"Yeah. Not one of them have."
"Where's Miroku?"
SLAP "HENTAI!" Both girls sighed, rolled their eyes, and turned in the direction of the sound in time to see a Miroku with red cheeks strolling over, carrying Shippo as a pretty village girl walked away in a huff.
Sango rolled her eyes. "Having fun, lecher?"
"Why yes, Lady Sango."
"Did you ask all of the villagers? Even the farmers and peasants?" Kagome asked.
Sango shook her head. "We already did. No one's seen or heard anything about Sesshomaru or where he could be."
Kagome heaved a sigh. "Well, at least Kouga can help us, even though we still have to find Sesshomaru. Speaking of Kouga, where is he?"
~*~* A few moments before, with Kouga, Shippo, and Rin *~*~
Kouga, whose leg was slowly healing after Inuyasha rammed his arm through it, was suffering death by questions, thanks to a certain young fox. . .
(A/N: I dun like Kouga! I think he's okay if he doesn't mess with Inu/Kag! Therefore, I, the mighty authoress shall spare him, but torture him mentally!! MUWAHAHA!!!)
"Why is the sky blue?"
"Because it is."
"How do birds fly?"
"Because they can."
"Why don't you remember Ayame?"
"I don't know."
"why~"
"GOD DAMNIT!! WHY CAN'T YOU BE LIKE THE HUMAN GIRL AND JUST. . . Just. . ." Kouga stopped for a second to look over his shoulder to see what Rin was doing. "JUST PICK FLOWERS?? HUH? OR," he continued, pointing at Miroku who was currently being smacked by a woman, "GO TALK TO THE MONK?"
"Cuz I wanna bother you!" Shippo answered happily. "Why do you wear that weird headband? Why do you have a ponytail? Where does cho-co-late come from? Why don't you like Ayame? Why does water reflect stuff? Where do clouds come from? Why didn't Inuyasha kill you? How come your leg isn't healed yet? Why~"
"GOOD GODS!! I DON'T WANT HIM ANYMORE!!" Kouga bellowed, seizing Shippo and chucking him at Miroku. "You take him!!!"
Now, poor Miroku, who just finished being smacked by girl, got up from the ground, in order to have his poor abused skull bashed in with a speeding ball of fluff, known as Shippo. Kouga's strong throw connected quite soundly with Miroku, nailing him instantly in the head.
"Had a good time with Shippo, eh Kouga?" Miroku called out cheerfully. He picked up Shippo and started walking back to the village.
Kouga snorted to himself. It had been two days since Inuyasha attacked his wolf clan. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo had all rounded on him with the death threats for kidnapping Kagome against her will, but stopped after a while to bury his dead clan. After they had finished, which took a whole day, Miroku ordered Kouga to come with them, and also told him if he touched Kagome again without her permission he'd "suck you up you sick bastard", accompanied by his patented evil look (for directions to get to see the evil look, go to chapter 4, line 97, paragraph 51, or, watch the first Inuyasha movie, starting at the first disc, at exactly 51 minutes and a5 seconds into the movie. Yes, Miroku actually does cuss, when he's reeeeeally pissed off).
Kouga sighed and stretched. His leg still hadn't healed yet, even though it should have by now. Kagome suspected it was because of the absence of the shard.
"Kouga!"
"WHAT?"
"Aren't we touchy today. Kagome said to come back to the village, and bring Rin with you." Sango stared at Kouga with a half-amused expression on her face. "I suppose you had a good time with Shippo? Why don't we have you as his official caretaker for the rest of this trip. . ."
"GOD DAMNIT!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!"
A snickering Sango left for the village. As soon as she was out of his earshot, she burst out laughing evilly. She didn't like nor trust Kouga after what he did to Kagome. Let the Kouga torturing commence. . .
~~Next Day!~~
"Thank you for letting us stay, sir," Kagome said politely to headman.
"C'mon Kagome!" Shippo chanted from over on Kouga's head. "Let's go!"
"Get off my head Runt!" Kouga reached up to grab Shippo off, but the young fox just clung more tightly to his ponytail. Sango had told him he would get a reward if he annoyed him, something Shippo was very glad to do. Kouga growled at him but left him on his head.
"Let's go!" Kagome said cheerfully. "First things first, Kouga, can you get Sesshomaru's scent?"
"Who's Sesshomaru?"
"Oh right. You don't know him." Kagome thought for a minute before she got an idea. "Can you smell anyone who has a scent similar to Inuyasha?"
Kouga sniffed the air around them. "All I can smell is fox right now. . . So GET OFF MY HEAD!!!" He picked up Shippo and tossed him to Sango while shooting an evil glare at her, who just smiled innocently. "I think there's a scent like his west of here. I'm not sure, cuz it's pretty far away. Ask the fox."
Shippo lifted his little nose in the air and sniffed. "Yeah, I think that might be Sesshomaru's scent. . . but I can't really tell because I'm so small. And I'm a fox too. Dogs are best at catching scents."
"Okay then! Let's go!" Kagome hopped on her bike and placed Shippo in the basket. Kirara transformed and Sango and Miroku climbed on. And off they went~!
Kouga had a harder time keeping up. He could still run quite faster then a normal human, but everyone else had someway of transportation and his leg was damaged. He was going to ride with Kagome, but a freezing look sent by the monk who was fingering his rosary beads stopped him.
Kouga sighed and ran faster.
~~ With Inuyasha ~~
Inuyasha was happily jumping through the treetops.
Or as happy as you can get if you are a bloodthirsty murderer.
Inuyasha leaped off a springy branch and landed on another sturdy one. He launched himself off that branch. . .
And almost ran smack into the face of a very large moth demon.
The moth blew a huge gust of wind at him, forcing himself backward a bit.
"You!" The moth rumbled. "You are the one who slew my brother, the great Gatenmaru! I have come to avenge him, for your deed you must die!"
The moth was electric green, with large purple eyes and huge red, yellow, and navy blue wings and probably the most ugly thing you have ever seen. Judging by its size, it was probably a demon lord. He had three Shikon shards in his head, right between the eyes.
(A/N: For reference, tune into episode 52 of Inuyasha. See the big moth guy near the end? That's Gatenmaru. Just imagine him, instead with more greenish skin, dark purple eyes, and navy blue wings, and there you have the villain I'm describing right now. If you haven't seen episode 52, I suggest you do. It totally rocks! It also inspired me to write this whole story! Plus there is a Kag/Inu moment at the end!! YAY!! ::throws confetti:: ^_^)
"And you have a shard of the scared jewel! That will make a nice prize to add to my collection once I destroy you! Eat this, half-breed!" The moth eyed the shikon shard in Inuyasha's forehead and spit poisonous silk at Inuyasha, who jumped out of the way and landed easily on another tree branch.
The moth rose higher in the air and started flapping his wings, glittering purple powder fanning out from them. The moth smiled to himself. The sleep powder would make the hanyou start snoring, and then he'd eat him, shard and all. Simple as that.
He didn't put in the factor what would happen if Inuyasha was invulnerable to the dust.
Inuyasha pushed off the tree branch, flying in the air straight at the moth. He ripped through the moth's right wing and landed softly in another tree.
However, the moth didn't get off so luckily.
With only one wing supporting his immense weight, the moth lord crashed to the forest floor, trees snapping and breaking in his wake, clearing out a nice section of the forest.
Inuyasha leaped at him again, smashing his claws through the moth's skull. With a final cry of agony, the moth died, leaving Inuyasha standing on his head, holding the three extra shikon shards in hand.
What Inuyasha did not expect was for the moth to explode.
The great, dead mass of green flesh spontaneously combusted, sending bits of green flesh, dark blue blood, and Inuyasha flying through the air. Inuyasha managed to land on a tree branch. Surveying the steaming remains of moth, he inserted the shards in his forehead and leaped away.
~~~ With Kagome's Group, Later at Night ~~~
Kagome stretched out on her sleeping bag with Shippo, who instantly curled up into a ball. She observed everyone else going to sleep: Sango leaning against Kirara in her larger form, who sat as a barrier between her master and the lecherous monk. Kouga had settled himself near the dying embers of the fire, leaning against a tree trunk.
Today, they had traveled fairly far but still had not found Sesshomaru. The group found it extremely odd when they were suddenly pelted by bits of green smelly flesh, but no one questioned it and it was impossible to find where it had come from.
Kagome snuggled down in her sleeping bag, thoughts of finding Sesshomaru on her mind until she fell asleep.
~Kagome's Dream~
A image of the full moon appeared.
A complete Shikon jewel flew up and joined the moon in the sky. . .
It rolled over, perfectly lining up with the moon.
The jewel faded, but the image of a circle of ten shards appeared, outlining the full moon.
The moon turned paler white, until suddenly a pair of red eyes glared at her.
Then a white arrow flew out of nowhere, striking in the middle of the ring of shards.
The shards flew off in all directions, and the red eyes turned orange then yellow before fading all together.
Only the moon remained.
The images played over and over in her mind. . .
~ End of Dream! ~
Kagome woke up with a start.
"What's wrong, Kagome?" Sango asked worriedly. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. . . I just had this really weird dream. . ." Kagome frowned, rubbing her forehead. "It was. . . weird."
"What was it about? Inuyasha?" Miroku, being the stupid pervert he is, couldn't help but add in the last comment.
After Sango had calmly whacked him with her boomerang, she turned back to a blushing Kagome. "So what was it about?"
Kagome frowned. She told everyone what she had seen, but she couldn't figure out what here dream meant.
"What do you think, Sango?" She finally asked. The raven-haired girl shook her head.
"I've got no idea."
"Well, it could mean something in the future," Miroku said wisely. "Just make sure you will remember it Kagome. It might make sense to you later."
"Okay." Kagome got up and stretched, gazing at the sky. Another day to search for Inuyasha instead of the shards. . .
How ironic.
~*~* TO BE CONTINUED!!! *~*~
So how was that? No cliffy this time! It's not as long as chapter four, but hey, c'est la vie. Nine pages, not bad. . . So far this is the second longest chapter I have ever written! The ideas I have are for later chapters. You get to find out what Kagome's weird dream is about near the end. I won't spoil it, but I will tell you it has a twist ending!!
YAY!! Reviews!! I love you guys!! ::Tosses ten bucks & some Inu manga to every reviewer :: starts chanting:: REVIEWS REVIEWS REVIEWS!!!! ::Leaves to do the I-got-reveiws-I-feel-so-loved dance::
Thanks To:
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I've also decided, if anyone is interested, to let four reviewers in this story. ::Shrugs:: I can weave it into the plot, and hey, I've always loved stories that let the reviewers in too. Don't expect a big part of the story though. If you're interested, tell me in your review your name, gender, appearance, personality, and weapon of choice. Whether you are good or evil, have a large part or small, is my decision.
So how's my stab at humor? Personally, the thought of a large insect exploding is really rather funny to me. If you allow me to be conceited for a few moments, I like to think I'm funny. That's all for now!! Thanks! Please review!
Au revoir. . .
~Falcon
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Why did I use some French???
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::walks off to mull over the meaning of why the she decided to add French in this fic::
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The result?
Me having a horrible headache and feeling like living shit. I blame it on the apple juice. . . cuz it was really cold too. . . so it you see, my mind can hold a lot of caffeine and sugar. There's a perfect balance to how much I can drink/eat before going insane, so let put it this way - stack up all the sugar I've eaten, into one big, swaying stack. Set the juice near the bottom and drain in quick, and the while stack explodes. I think you get an idea.
Okay, I added this part right the day after I wrote the first few paragraphs of this. Sugar can bless you with a wonderfully insane mood that gives way to lots of ideas!!! Yay!! I'm going to try to squeeze a bit more humor instead of sadness in this chapter!! Sugar. . . like the Shikon no Tama! IT can be as good or bad as you want it too! Okay now I'm going insane. . .
Disclaimer: ::Looks up from studying a chess board:: Must I say it. . .? Fine. I don't own Inuyasha. ::goes back to the chessboard, carefully moves a piece and promptly loses to self:: GOD DAMNIT!! I'LL NEVER GET THIS GAME! YOU!!! ::points at whoever's reading this right now:: THIS IS YOUR FAULT!! You broke my concentration!! ::starts chucking chess pieces everywhere::
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Demon Within
Chp. 5 Strength * Double Time
*~*~*~*~*
"Here we go! HIRAIKOTSU!"
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku were exterminating a nest of mice demons that lived underneath the village headman's house. In exchange for exterminating the mice, they would get free lodgings for the night. Shippo was off keeping Rin busy in the village, while torturing Kouga.
Sango squished one of the mice that scampered out from underneath the floorboards. Miroku threw a few flaming ofudas, (think of his "Sebai" attack) which cleansed more mice into nothingness. Legions of mice started pooling out from underneath the floorboards.
"Houshi-sama! Back off, I'm going to use poison!"
Miroku quickly scampered away, while Sango smashed another mouse, tied her filter mask closer around her head, and threw little green pellets at the mice. The instant they hit the ground they exploded into billowing purple smoke, causing all the mice and the ones being smoked out to drop dead as soon as they got a whiff.
Kagome sat at the other side of the house, fanning the noxious smoke through a hold in the house's foundation. She idly kept fanning, staring at the billowing green smoke and subconsciously tugged the handkerchief tied around her mouth higher.
Kagome stared at the sky, looking for some sort of entertainment. She remembered quite well last time Sango had been smoking out rat demons Inuyasha collapsed in a red pile with swirly eyes. She giggled, remembering how cute he'd looked when he started running in circles before getting the sense to jump in a tree. However, fate did not agree with him that day, and a strong breeze wafted up the smelly smoke in his direction, promptly making him fall off and land headfirst on a rather bumpy rock. She chuckled again, remembering the pissed-off hanyou's face when she was bandaging his skull, and the look after when she started scratching his ears. . .
This, of course, led Kagome off on dreams about cute fuzzy ears that belonged to cute, arrogant half-dog demons. . .
"Kagome? You there? You can stop now, we killed all of them. . ." Sango's voice drifted to the back of the house, bringing Kagome sharply back to earth.
"Okay!" Kagome shouted back. She pulled a pail of water sitting next to her and doused the fire lighting the smelly green smoke, fanning the last of it away before standing up and removing the handkerchief around her face. Then she walked around the front.
"So, we get free lodgings?" She asked Sango. Sango nodded. "Where's Shippo? And Rin?"
"I told Kouga to watch him and Rin."
"Okay. Did you ask if any of the villagers saw Sesshomaru?"
"Yeah. Not one of them have."
"Where's Miroku?"
SLAP "HENTAI!" Both girls sighed, rolled their eyes, and turned in the direction of the sound in time to see a Miroku with red cheeks strolling over, carrying Shippo as a pretty village girl walked away in a huff.
Sango rolled her eyes. "Having fun, lecher?"
"Why yes, Lady Sango."
"Did you ask all of the villagers? Even the farmers and peasants?" Kagome asked.
Sango shook her head. "We already did. No one's seen or heard anything about Sesshomaru or where he could be."
Kagome heaved a sigh. "Well, at least Kouga can help us, even though we still have to find Sesshomaru. Speaking of Kouga, where is he?"
~*~* A few moments before, with Kouga, Shippo, and Rin *~*~
Kouga, whose leg was slowly healing after Inuyasha rammed his arm through it, was suffering death by questions, thanks to a certain young fox. . .
(A/N: I dun like Kouga! I think he's okay if he doesn't mess with Inu/Kag! Therefore, I, the mighty authoress shall spare him, but torture him mentally!! MUWAHAHA!!!)
"Why is the sky blue?"
"Because it is."
"How do birds fly?"
"Because they can."
"Why don't you remember Ayame?"
"I don't know."
"why~"
"GOD DAMNIT!! WHY CAN'T YOU BE LIKE THE HUMAN GIRL AND JUST. . . Just. . ." Kouga stopped for a second to look over his shoulder to see what Rin was doing. "JUST PICK FLOWERS?? HUH? OR," he continued, pointing at Miroku who was currently being smacked by a woman, "GO TALK TO THE MONK?"
"Cuz I wanna bother you!" Shippo answered happily. "Why do you wear that weird headband? Why do you have a ponytail? Where does cho-co-late come from? Why don't you like Ayame? Why does water reflect stuff? Where do clouds come from? Why didn't Inuyasha kill you? How come your leg isn't healed yet? Why~"
"GOOD GODS!! I DON'T WANT HIM ANYMORE!!" Kouga bellowed, seizing Shippo and chucking him at Miroku. "You take him!!!"
Now, poor Miroku, who just finished being smacked by girl, got up from the ground, in order to have his poor abused skull bashed in with a speeding ball of fluff, known as Shippo. Kouga's strong throw connected quite soundly with Miroku, nailing him instantly in the head.
"Had a good time with Shippo, eh Kouga?" Miroku called out cheerfully. He picked up Shippo and started walking back to the village.
Kouga snorted to himself. It had been two days since Inuyasha attacked his wolf clan. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo had all rounded on him with the death threats for kidnapping Kagome against her will, but stopped after a while to bury his dead clan. After they had finished, which took a whole day, Miroku ordered Kouga to come with them, and also told him if he touched Kagome again without her permission he'd "suck you up you sick bastard", accompanied by his patented evil look (for directions to get to see the evil look, go to chapter 4, line 97, paragraph 51, or, watch the first Inuyasha movie, starting at the first disc, at exactly 51 minutes and a5 seconds into the movie. Yes, Miroku actually does cuss, when he's reeeeeally pissed off).
Kouga sighed and stretched. His leg still hadn't healed yet, even though it should have by now. Kagome suspected it was because of the absence of the shard.
"Kouga!"
"WHAT?"
"Aren't we touchy today. Kagome said to come back to the village, and bring Rin with you." Sango stared at Kouga with a half-amused expression on her face. "I suppose you had a good time with Shippo? Why don't we have you as his official caretaker for the rest of this trip. . ."
"GOD DAMNIT!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!"
A snickering Sango left for the village. As soon as she was out of his earshot, she burst out laughing evilly. She didn't like nor trust Kouga after what he did to Kagome. Let the Kouga torturing commence. . .
~~Next Day!~~
"Thank you for letting us stay, sir," Kagome said politely to headman.
"C'mon Kagome!" Shippo chanted from over on Kouga's head. "Let's go!"
"Get off my head Runt!" Kouga reached up to grab Shippo off, but the young fox just clung more tightly to his ponytail. Sango had told him he would get a reward if he annoyed him, something Shippo was very glad to do. Kouga growled at him but left him on his head.
"Let's go!" Kagome said cheerfully. "First things first, Kouga, can you get Sesshomaru's scent?"
"Who's Sesshomaru?"
"Oh right. You don't know him." Kagome thought for a minute before she got an idea. "Can you smell anyone who has a scent similar to Inuyasha?"
Kouga sniffed the air around them. "All I can smell is fox right now. . . So GET OFF MY HEAD!!!" He picked up Shippo and tossed him to Sango while shooting an evil glare at her, who just smiled innocently. "I think there's a scent like his west of here. I'm not sure, cuz it's pretty far away. Ask the fox."
Shippo lifted his little nose in the air and sniffed. "Yeah, I think that might be Sesshomaru's scent. . . but I can't really tell because I'm so small. And I'm a fox too. Dogs are best at catching scents."
"Okay then! Let's go!" Kagome hopped on her bike and placed Shippo in the basket. Kirara transformed and Sango and Miroku climbed on. And off they went~!
Kouga had a harder time keeping up. He could still run quite faster then a normal human, but everyone else had someway of transportation and his leg was damaged. He was going to ride with Kagome, but a freezing look sent by the monk who was fingering his rosary beads stopped him.
Kouga sighed and ran faster.
~~ With Inuyasha ~~
Inuyasha was happily jumping through the treetops.
Or as happy as you can get if you are a bloodthirsty murderer.
Inuyasha leaped off a springy branch and landed on another sturdy one. He launched himself off that branch. . .
And almost ran smack into the face of a very large moth demon.
The moth blew a huge gust of wind at him, forcing himself backward a bit.
"You!" The moth rumbled. "You are the one who slew my brother, the great Gatenmaru! I have come to avenge him, for your deed you must die!"
The moth was electric green, with large purple eyes and huge red, yellow, and navy blue wings and probably the most ugly thing you have ever seen. Judging by its size, it was probably a demon lord. He had three Shikon shards in his head, right between the eyes.
(A/N: For reference, tune into episode 52 of Inuyasha. See the big moth guy near the end? That's Gatenmaru. Just imagine him, instead with more greenish skin, dark purple eyes, and navy blue wings, and there you have the villain I'm describing right now. If you haven't seen episode 52, I suggest you do. It totally rocks! It also inspired me to write this whole story! Plus there is a Kag/Inu moment at the end!! YAY!! ::throws confetti:: ^_^)
"And you have a shard of the scared jewel! That will make a nice prize to add to my collection once I destroy you! Eat this, half-breed!" The moth eyed the shikon shard in Inuyasha's forehead and spit poisonous silk at Inuyasha, who jumped out of the way and landed easily on another tree branch.
The moth rose higher in the air and started flapping his wings, glittering purple powder fanning out from them. The moth smiled to himself. The sleep powder would make the hanyou start snoring, and then he'd eat him, shard and all. Simple as that.
He didn't put in the factor what would happen if Inuyasha was invulnerable to the dust.
Inuyasha pushed off the tree branch, flying in the air straight at the moth. He ripped through the moth's right wing and landed softly in another tree.
However, the moth didn't get off so luckily.
With only one wing supporting his immense weight, the moth lord crashed to the forest floor, trees snapping and breaking in his wake, clearing out a nice section of the forest.
Inuyasha leaped at him again, smashing his claws through the moth's skull. With a final cry of agony, the moth died, leaving Inuyasha standing on his head, holding the three extra shikon shards in hand.
What Inuyasha did not expect was for the moth to explode.
The great, dead mass of green flesh spontaneously combusted, sending bits of green flesh, dark blue blood, and Inuyasha flying through the air. Inuyasha managed to land on a tree branch. Surveying the steaming remains of moth, he inserted the shards in his forehead and leaped away.
~~~ With Kagome's Group, Later at Night ~~~
Kagome stretched out on her sleeping bag with Shippo, who instantly curled up into a ball. She observed everyone else going to sleep: Sango leaning against Kirara in her larger form, who sat as a barrier between her master and the lecherous monk. Kouga had settled himself near the dying embers of the fire, leaning against a tree trunk.
Today, they had traveled fairly far but still had not found Sesshomaru. The group found it extremely odd when they were suddenly pelted by bits of green smelly flesh, but no one questioned it and it was impossible to find where it had come from.
Kagome snuggled down in her sleeping bag, thoughts of finding Sesshomaru on her mind until she fell asleep.
~Kagome's Dream~
A image of the full moon appeared.
A complete Shikon jewel flew up and joined the moon in the sky. . .
It rolled over, perfectly lining up with the moon.
The jewel faded, but the image of a circle of ten shards appeared, outlining the full moon.
The moon turned paler white, until suddenly a pair of red eyes glared at her.
Then a white arrow flew out of nowhere, striking in the middle of the ring of shards.
The shards flew off in all directions, and the red eyes turned orange then yellow before fading all together.
Only the moon remained.
The images played over and over in her mind. . .
~ End of Dream! ~
Kagome woke up with a start.
"What's wrong, Kagome?" Sango asked worriedly. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. . . I just had this really weird dream. . ." Kagome frowned, rubbing her forehead. "It was. . . weird."
"What was it about? Inuyasha?" Miroku, being the stupid pervert he is, couldn't help but add in the last comment.
After Sango had calmly whacked him with her boomerang, she turned back to a blushing Kagome. "So what was it about?"
Kagome frowned. She told everyone what she had seen, but she couldn't figure out what here dream meant.
"What do you think, Sango?" She finally asked. The raven-haired girl shook her head.
"I've got no idea."
"Well, it could mean something in the future," Miroku said wisely. "Just make sure you will remember it Kagome. It might make sense to you later."
"Okay." Kagome got up and stretched, gazing at the sky. Another day to search for Inuyasha instead of the shards. . .
How ironic.
~*~* TO BE CONTINUED!!! *~*~
So how was that? No cliffy this time! It's not as long as chapter four, but hey, c'est la vie. Nine pages, not bad. . . So far this is the second longest chapter I have ever written! The ideas I have are for later chapters. You get to find out what Kagome's weird dream is about near the end. I won't spoil it, but I will tell you it has a twist ending!!
YAY!! Reviews!! I love you guys!! ::Tosses ten bucks & some Inu manga to every reviewer :: starts chanting:: REVIEWS REVIEWS REVIEWS!!!! ::Leaves to do the I-got-reveiws-I-feel-so-loved dance::
Thanks To:
Houseki: here's your next chapter! I don't like Kikyo either! Hope you liked it!
Cursed_jax: Thanks very much! I work hard on these fight scenes! ^_^ Luck to any stories you're writing!
Victoria: Why thank you!!
Sailor X: Thanks! Good luck to all your stories!
Three-Letter-Word: ^_^ Nope, this is not the end!! No no no! Nowhere near it! Thanks for reviewing!
Icecream0626: Thank you!
I've also decided, if anyone is interested, to let four reviewers in this story. ::Shrugs:: I can weave it into the plot, and hey, I've always loved stories that let the reviewers in too. Don't expect a big part of the story though. If you're interested, tell me in your review your name, gender, appearance, personality, and weapon of choice. Whether you are good or evil, have a large part or small, is my decision.
So how's my stab at humor? Personally, the thought of a large insect exploding is really rather funny to me. If you allow me to be conceited for a few moments, I like to think I'm funny. That's all for now!! Thanks! Please review!
Au revoir. . .
~Falcon
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::walks off to mull over the meaning of why the she decided to add French in this fic::
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