Tanichi paced the room anxiously. The shard was probably sewn into
her clothes by someone. And soon he would have it! He grinned.
Then all he'd have to do is dispose of the girl and avenge his
parents. He looked up as the girl walked out again. The kimono
fell all the way down to cover her feet and tied at the waist.
Symmi scowled irritably and thrust her shorts and shirt into his arms. "Here, take em!" She walked over and sat down on the cushions again Indian style and crossed her arms trying to keep her temper in check.
Tanichi blinked at her for a moment. She looked so strange in those clothes. He stared for a few more seconds then shook his head and started tearing through her clothes. He couldn't sense the jewel in any of them. He looked up at her sharply.
"Is this all of it?"
Her eye twitched again. "Except my bra and panties. But there is no way in hell I'm giving you my underwear!"
Tanichi blanched and blushed. "I never said-"
"Whatever."
He composed himself and frowned. 'Where is it!? Wha-.....huh?' He noticed a gold flash around her neck and among the collar of the kimono. "What's that?"
Symmi looked down and tugged the locket out of her shirt. "What? This. A locket. It was my grandmothers. It's jammed so I don't really pay much attention to it."
His voice become heightened and excited. "Jammed!? What do you mean jammed!?"
She gave him a 'what's your problem look'. "Jammed. As in I can't open it."
'That's it! That's where the shard is!' "Give it to me."
"No way! It's the only good thing of my rotten family I have."
He growled. "Very well. If you won't give it to me." He braced his feet. "I'll just take it!" He shot forward and attempted to grab the gold oval locket but a dark violet light shot up from it throwing Tanichi backwards into the walls.
Symmi stared open mouthed as he sat up shaking then looked at her shocked. "What the..." He growled and was suddenly infront of her hand curled around the locket. Again the violet light rocketed him backwards.
Symmi shut her mouth and scowled. "You think you'd get the point. It's not coming of." She lifted the locket in her fingers and looked at it curiously. It flashed innocently in the sun. "What's going on?"
"The jewel shard."
Symmi looked at him as he set up again and turned his head away with wounded pride. "What?"
"The jewel shard is keeping me from taking it from you."
"Alright. Explanation. What the hell is this jewel you keep rambling about?"
He sighed. "You might as well know. Who knows what kind of trouble you'll get into if you don't." he smirked. "And maybe you'll get scared and hand over the damn thing."
"Oh shut up and tell me."
He frowned. "It's called the jewel of four souls. Long ago it was guarded by a power priestess named Kikyou. When she died the jewel was burned with her body in order to hide it." His voice got softer. "50 years later she returned from another era, another time in the future in the form of a woman named Kagome. When a demon crow stole the jewel and almost made of with it Kagome shot an arrow but it pierced through the demon and hit the jewel shattering it into a thousand pieces. There was a half demon, Inuyasha, who wanted the jewel to become a full demon. When she broke the jewel Kagome and Inuyasha were charged to find the shards and rejoin them."
Symmi frowned. "Alright. I'm going to pretend I buy all of this. If that's all the case and they repaired the jewel then why do you say I have a shard of it?"
Tanichi clenched his fists and growled. "There was a demon, by the name of Naraku who wanted the jewel so that he could make it tainted and evil. My-....um, Kagome and Inuyasha defeated him but didn't kill him. He retained enough power to escape and in secret, trained an heir. 16 years later Naraku's heir murdered Kagome and Inuyasha and stole the jewel. But there was one piece missing from it. One shard not joined and for some reason the jewel would not work without that shard."
"So...why do you want the shard?"
He sat silent for a moment. "The shard will be drawn to the rest of the jewel. With it I can find Naraku's heir. And avenge my parents."
"Your parents?"
"Yes. Kagome and Inuyasha were my mother and father."
Symmi looked at him then sighed and pat his shoulder "If I really believed all that I'd feel very sorry for you. I'm sure you believe all that nonsense though. Crazy people usually do, but we can get you some help."
Tanichi jumped up. "What!? You think I'm crazy!?"
Symmi set her hands on her hips. "With a crazy story like that!? Cha!"
He growled. "STORY!? IT'S TRUE!"
She rolled her eyes. "Oh right. Prove it." The floor rumbled lightly suddenly and they looked down curiously.
Something crashed through the wood wall then and ripped it from the house. Dust and rubble clouded the gap not in the cottage for a moment then cleared. When it did Symmi shrieked so loud she thought a glass broke somewhere and darted behind Tanichi. Standing in the clearing was what looked like a mass scorpion with a human woman's torso and head. Long red brown hairs that seemed to snake and move was the only thing covering the thing's bare chest. The grinned at them showing fangs.
"Aw, what a lovely story you told. So you're Inuyasha's runt." Symmi saw Tanichi's fists clench tightly. "I can see why you told no one." She smirked. "Wouldn't want to disgrace your father by having others know."
"You'll pay for that bitch. Just who the hell are you and what do you want!?"
She snickered. "I am Sorchiko. And I want...the shard of course. I heard that this girl had it. She will give it to me." Sorchiko's tail lashed out intent on curling around Symmi but Tanichi darted forward.
"I think not! STEEL RAGE!!" He lashed out with his claws almost severing Sorchiko's tail before she could jerk it back.
She hissed angrily. "You little brat." She lunged for them. "I'll kill you both then!"
Tanichi grabbed Symmi and launched to the side sharply dodging Sorchiko's attack and ended up on the cottage roof smirking. "Is that all you got. You'd think a full demon might do a bit better, but excuse me for assuming."
Symmi looked up at him. "Excuse me. Could you brandish your balls at another time when my life is not also at peril."
Sorchiko hissed. "GIVE ME THE GIRL!"
Tanichi smirked again. "You want her. You got her." He lowered his voice so only Symmi could hear. "Let her try to take the locket." Then dropped her.
Symmi screamed as she fell then Sorchiko's tail curled around her pulling Symmi close. "Now child. Give it to me."
Symmi thought furiously then shrugged and bit down on the tail. Sorchiko screeched and dropped Symmi and she tumbled then rolled up to her feet. Sorchiko rounded. "I'll kill you and take the jewel." Symmi thrust her hand out as Sorchiko lunged and a blast of light threw her backwards.
At that second Tanichi swooped down. "IORN REVER SOUL STEALER!!" He extended his claws slicing the demon into halves and her body dropped to the ground motionless. Tanichi landed on the ground beside Symmi.
He looked at her. "Are you alright?"
She scowled then shot to her feet. "Am I all right? AM I ALRIGHT!? You throw me of a roof! Let me be caught by a demon. Almost killed. Then have the ordasity to ask me if I'm alright!?"
"I warned you!"
"Why, I oughta- What's that?" Her attention was drawn astray by three butterflies that had fluttered over to land on the demon's corpse. They sat there stilly for a moment then suddenly indigo light flared around them and the demon's body disappeared and in its place stood 3 women.
Symmi scowled irritably and thrust her shorts and shirt into his arms. "Here, take em!" She walked over and sat down on the cushions again Indian style and crossed her arms trying to keep her temper in check.
Tanichi blinked at her for a moment. She looked so strange in those clothes. He stared for a few more seconds then shook his head and started tearing through her clothes. He couldn't sense the jewel in any of them. He looked up at her sharply.
"Is this all of it?"
Her eye twitched again. "Except my bra and panties. But there is no way in hell I'm giving you my underwear!"
Tanichi blanched and blushed. "I never said-"
"Whatever."
He composed himself and frowned. 'Where is it!? Wha-.....huh?' He noticed a gold flash around her neck and among the collar of the kimono. "What's that?"
Symmi looked down and tugged the locket out of her shirt. "What? This. A locket. It was my grandmothers. It's jammed so I don't really pay much attention to it."
His voice become heightened and excited. "Jammed!? What do you mean jammed!?"
She gave him a 'what's your problem look'. "Jammed. As in I can't open it."
'That's it! That's where the shard is!' "Give it to me."
"No way! It's the only good thing of my rotten family I have."
He growled. "Very well. If you won't give it to me." He braced his feet. "I'll just take it!" He shot forward and attempted to grab the gold oval locket but a dark violet light shot up from it throwing Tanichi backwards into the walls.
Symmi stared open mouthed as he sat up shaking then looked at her shocked. "What the..." He growled and was suddenly infront of her hand curled around the locket. Again the violet light rocketed him backwards.
Symmi shut her mouth and scowled. "You think you'd get the point. It's not coming of." She lifted the locket in her fingers and looked at it curiously. It flashed innocently in the sun. "What's going on?"
"The jewel shard."
Symmi looked at him as he set up again and turned his head away with wounded pride. "What?"
"The jewel shard is keeping me from taking it from you."
"Alright. Explanation. What the hell is this jewel you keep rambling about?"
He sighed. "You might as well know. Who knows what kind of trouble you'll get into if you don't." he smirked. "And maybe you'll get scared and hand over the damn thing."
"Oh shut up and tell me."
He frowned. "It's called the jewel of four souls. Long ago it was guarded by a power priestess named Kikyou. When she died the jewel was burned with her body in order to hide it." His voice got softer. "50 years later she returned from another era, another time in the future in the form of a woman named Kagome. When a demon crow stole the jewel and almost made of with it Kagome shot an arrow but it pierced through the demon and hit the jewel shattering it into a thousand pieces. There was a half demon, Inuyasha, who wanted the jewel to become a full demon. When she broke the jewel Kagome and Inuyasha were charged to find the shards and rejoin them."
Symmi frowned. "Alright. I'm going to pretend I buy all of this. If that's all the case and they repaired the jewel then why do you say I have a shard of it?"
Tanichi clenched his fists and growled. "There was a demon, by the name of Naraku who wanted the jewel so that he could make it tainted and evil. My-....um, Kagome and Inuyasha defeated him but didn't kill him. He retained enough power to escape and in secret, trained an heir. 16 years later Naraku's heir murdered Kagome and Inuyasha and stole the jewel. But there was one piece missing from it. One shard not joined and for some reason the jewel would not work without that shard."
"So...why do you want the shard?"
He sat silent for a moment. "The shard will be drawn to the rest of the jewel. With it I can find Naraku's heir. And avenge my parents."
"Your parents?"
"Yes. Kagome and Inuyasha were my mother and father."
Symmi looked at him then sighed and pat his shoulder "If I really believed all that I'd feel very sorry for you. I'm sure you believe all that nonsense though. Crazy people usually do, but we can get you some help."
Tanichi jumped up. "What!? You think I'm crazy!?"
Symmi set her hands on her hips. "With a crazy story like that!? Cha!"
He growled. "STORY!? IT'S TRUE!"
She rolled her eyes. "Oh right. Prove it." The floor rumbled lightly suddenly and they looked down curiously.
Something crashed through the wood wall then and ripped it from the house. Dust and rubble clouded the gap not in the cottage for a moment then cleared. When it did Symmi shrieked so loud she thought a glass broke somewhere and darted behind Tanichi. Standing in the clearing was what looked like a mass scorpion with a human woman's torso and head. Long red brown hairs that seemed to snake and move was the only thing covering the thing's bare chest. The grinned at them showing fangs.
"Aw, what a lovely story you told. So you're Inuyasha's runt." Symmi saw Tanichi's fists clench tightly. "I can see why you told no one." She smirked. "Wouldn't want to disgrace your father by having others know."
"You'll pay for that bitch. Just who the hell are you and what do you want!?"
She snickered. "I am Sorchiko. And I want...the shard of course. I heard that this girl had it. She will give it to me." Sorchiko's tail lashed out intent on curling around Symmi but Tanichi darted forward.
"I think not! STEEL RAGE!!" He lashed out with his claws almost severing Sorchiko's tail before she could jerk it back.
She hissed angrily. "You little brat." She lunged for them. "I'll kill you both then!"
Tanichi grabbed Symmi and launched to the side sharply dodging Sorchiko's attack and ended up on the cottage roof smirking. "Is that all you got. You'd think a full demon might do a bit better, but excuse me for assuming."
Symmi looked up at him. "Excuse me. Could you brandish your balls at another time when my life is not also at peril."
Sorchiko hissed. "GIVE ME THE GIRL!"
Tanichi smirked again. "You want her. You got her." He lowered his voice so only Symmi could hear. "Let her try to take the locket." Then dropped her.
Symmi screamed as she fell then Sorchiko's tail curled around her pulling Symmi close. "Now child. Give it to me."
Symmi thought furiously then shrugged and bit down on the tail. Sorchiko screeched and dropped Symmi and she tumbled then rolled up to her feet. Sorchiko rounded. "I'll kill you and take the jewel." Symmi thrust her hand out as Sorchiko lunged and a blast of light threw her backwards.
At that second Tanichi swooped down. "IORN REVER SOUL STEALER!!" He extended his claws slicing the demon into halves and her body dropped to the ground motionless. Tanichi landed on the ground beside Symmi.
He looked at her. "Are you alright?"
She scowled then shot to her feet. "Am I all right? AM I ALRIGHT!? You throw me of a roof! Let me be caught by a demon. Almost killed. Then have the ordasity to ask me if I'm alright!?"
"I warned you!"
"Why, I oughta- What's that?" Her attention was drawn astray by three butterflies that had fluttered over to land on the demon's corpse. They sat there stilly for a moment then suddenly indigo light flared around them and the demon's body disappeared and in its place stood 3 women.