Disclaimer: I really don't see why we have to write this thing at the beginning of every chapter…
I'm running out of funny disclaimers so… I don't own anything…
Chapter 6: STUPID TURTLE! WHERE IS INU-YASHA!!???
"Mizu! I didn't say kill them, I said to send them the message!" The furious Naraku shouted.
Rin's eyes widened and swelled with tears. "NO!" she sobbed "You killed Lord Sesshomaru?!"
"SHUT UP, MAGGOT" Naraku shouted as he kicked Rin. She sank to her knees and cried quietly. Mizu's eyes floated eerily in a pool of water in front of Naraku. She stuck her head from the water, then the rest of her slowly emerged. The green oozing poison was still running thickly through her body.
"I didn't kill them… Just gave that human a bit of his own medicine…or poison, rather" rippled Mizu's voice.
"Yes, but don't you think that with that jewel shard embedded in your forehead, and the fact that Sesshomaru was already poisoned, you could have sped up the process? I still need to milk every thing out of him that I can get before I kill him"
Rin had stopped crying. "Lord Sesshomaru's alive…?" she asked hopefully. Naraku turned his cold gaze on her.
"You needn't worry. No one is going to come for you"
***
Sesshomaru carried Jaken as he crashed through the brush. "I'm going to kill him…Naraku, you're going to die…" he muttered furiously. Despite his pain, he knew he had to do anything he could to find Inu-Yasha. If he didn't then Rin…
Then, he wondered if that bastard even had Rin in the first place. Jaken had said it was Naraku who had attacked him and kidnapped Rin, but what if he had already killed her?
No. He couldn't have killed her. Rin can't die…not now.
His thoughts were interrupted when Jaken finally stirred.
"Ooooowwww…" he groaned. Sesshomaru ignored him. At least he was alive. For a while, he had thought neither of them would wake up. Ever. He sat near a small pond, but then thought better and moved farther back. He didn't want to be anywhere near that creature if it came back. He placed Jaken on the ground, who opened his eyes slightly.
"Can you stand?" Sesshomaru asked him. Jaken immediately began groveling.
"I'm so sorry m'lord! I tried to help you, I promise I did!"
"Yes. And your bravery was unmatched. Except perhaps by your stupidity. Now get up"
Jaken stopped groveling and sat up. "You know, it was actually kind of an honor. Usually our enemies don't even bother to insult me, mush less try to kill me" he sighed. "I think she likes me…"
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. "I take it back. Your stupidity defiantly won"
"Heh"
"Speaking of stupidity, maybe you can find us something to eat"
"What does that have to do with stupidity?"
"Nothing. I'm just so hungry that my stomach hurts"
"Me too" He turned his eyes on an abnormally large grasshopper on the ground. He looked hungrily at it and snatched it up. "Want some?" he asked Sesshomaru, holding it out to him.
"I meant food that normal demons eat. Hence the normal"
"Suit yourself" Jaken said as he bit off the grasshopper's head. Sesshomaru gagged. He never was able to get used to his vassal's odd eating habits.
"Doesn't that hurt?" he asked Jaken, pointing to the spot where the demon had been slashed. Jaken held up his finger.
"I can only do one thing at a time." He finished the grasshopper and clutched his stomach where the gash was and fell on the ground. He groaned as Sesshomaru gave him a look of, you-idiotic-creature. He was too tired to insult him verbally or hit him or anything, and the poison was stinging him like hell, so he let Jaken moan in pain for a while. As he stood, he found his limbs numb, undoubtedly from the poison. He wondered how long it would take the poison to kill them. Maybe before it did, he'd be able to save Rin. He walked over to a tree with particularly large leaves. He broke one off, and with great difficulty from his numb hands, folded it into a cup. He bent down over the pond, his eyes darting over the water, making sure that he wouldn't find the eyes of that water demon staring back at him, and scooped some of the cold water into his makeshift cup. He brought it up to his lips, and nearly spit it out. The leaf had given the water a horrible taste, like rotting eggs mixed with a human colon. Not that he knew what that tasted like, it just sounded pretty disgusting. He was more thirsty then disgusted, so, gagging, he swallowed the water. After several minutes, he noticed that the feeling was coming back to his fingers. Soon, the pain from the stings was less also. He scooped some more water into the leaf and swallowed it. If he was an optimist, he would say that it was an antidote to the poison. If he was a pessimist, he would have called it coincidence. Right now, he chose the optimistic view. He walked over to Jaken, who was still moaning pitifully of the ground, and handed him the leaf full of water. Jaken opened an eye.
"Eh? What is it?"
"Poison. Drink it"
Jaken swallowed hard and guzzled down the water. "Mmmm… tastes good" he said.
Sesshomaru held back a gag. He ripped off another piece of his yellow ribbon and tied it around Jaken's damaged waist yet again.
"I'm running out of ribbon. Next time just stand there and look ugly." He picked up Jaken, deciding he'd rather just carry him then hear him whine about how much his side hurt. Besides, Jaken had been trying to protect him, that was why he had gotten slashed by that monster in the first place. "We're looking for Inu-Yasha, so look for any signs that he's been here. One in particular is that he smells like an old gym sock. He's never far away when you smell that…"
Sesshomaru started walking, frustrated that he couldn't sniff out if his vile half-breed brother had been there.
"Lord Sesshomaru… if you don't mind my asking-"
"I do, but continue any way"
"Well… er… if you couldn't kill Inu-Yasha when you were a demon…how do you plan to do it now…?"
Sesshomaru looked up at the full moon, hanging in the sky like a giant firefly. He liked fireflies, but right now there was no time to think about that. "We must find Inu-Yasha by tomorrow. That is our only chance at getting the Tetsusaiga… And saving Rin."
'Don't worry little brother, this time, I'll get that sword…'
***
The sun was rising over the mountains, and Sesshomaru found another thing about humans that he had never noticed much. They need to sleep! He was so tired… usually he'd take a nap some time in the middle of the week when he had been demon, but now he was finding he needed to sleep every night. So humans devour half the world's food in a month, and they sleep away more of their lives then they spend eating. Just thinking about eating made him hungry… He still hadn't eaten, and was beginning to wish he had taken Jaken's offer of the grasshopper. Jaken was walking beside him now, Sesshomaru had gotten tired of carrying him. They had wandered into a marshy bog again, and Jaken was stepping lightly, making sure he wouldn't get stuck in the mud again. They came to a murky, swampy lake. Large trees with muck hanging from their branches surrounded the lake, making it seem that much less inviting. Sesshomaru decided this wouls be a good place to look for Inu-Yasha, since he would be looking for jewel shards, and where there's demon's, there's jewel shards. And there were bound to be demons here. Sesshomaru heard a splash, and turned to see a group of what appeared to be some sort of demon turtle wading in the mucky water along with several other of them. They had shells and stood on two legs. They had mouths like Jaken's and big eyes.
He climbed up a tree with more success then last time, and walked out onto a limb hanging over the water where the turtles sat. He began interrogating them on Inu-Yasha's whereabouts.
Bad Idea.
*Two hours Later *
"YES! The Half Breed Inu-Yasha! Do you KNOW of him!?" Sesshomaru shouted for what must have been the 15th time.
"You mean the one who seeks the shards of the Shikon No Tama?" the first turtle asked.
"The one that increases your magical powers if you possess it?" the second turtle asked.
"Then you DO know him!" Sesshomaru asked hopefully.
"Know who?" the first Turtle asked.
"INU-YASHA!" Sesshomaru shouted angrily. He was going to be hoarse by the time this was over.
"You mean the one that seeks the shards of the jewel of four souls?" the first turtle asked.
"The one that increases your magical powers if you possess it?" the second turtle asked.
Jaken had been munching on some crickets, watching with amusement, but he decided that if he didn't step in now, Sesshomaru would definitely either kill the turtles, or kill every one in a five mile radius.
"Let me try m'lord…" Jaken said. "Do you know where we can find Inu-Yasha?" he said slowly, leaning close to the turtles.
"You mean the one who seeks the shards of the shikon jewel?" Asked the first turtle yet again.
"You mean the one that increases your magical powers if you possess it?" asked the second turtle.
"Sure sounds like it'd come in handy…" said the first turtle.
"Sure does" said the second turtle.
The first turtle looked at Jaken "You know, your pretty ugly." He said to him
"WHAAAT!!??" Jaken shouted furiously. The turtle ignored him and turned to the other turtle.
"I had an ugly aunt once" the second turtle said.
"Really? What was her name?" the first turtle asked.
"Who's name?" asked the second turtle.
"Your aunt's" said the first turtle.
"I have an aunt?" the second turtle asked.
"You have an aunt?" the first turtle asked.
The second turtle turned to Jaken. "D'you hear that? I have an aunt!"
"M'lord…"Jaken said. "Perhaps we should go…"
Sesshomaru said nothing. While he tried to get out of the tree, he slipped on some of the slippery gunk clinging to the tree. He toppled from the tree and into the water. The turtles followed the motion with their heads and closed their eyes as Sesshomaru splashed into the water. They opened them again to see the infuriated human sitting in the water. He stood up and stormed away followed by Jaken.
"You have a real problem with tree's, don't you?" He asked.
Sesshomaru stepped on him.
The first turtle turned to the second one. "You would think that they would have wanted to know that that Inu-Yasha fellow's camp is just over that hill.
"yup…" the second turtle said.
"So, tell me about your aunt"
"I have an aunt?" he sighed. "I should have a family reunion…"
***
This story is really coming along a lot faster then I thought it would. Just sacrifice some home work here and there…
^-^;; heh.
And I'll answer some questions/comments from the reviews:
BS007: I don't know how any one can find Naraku "sexy" either. Actually, I find him rather disturbing… I'll have to kill him some how by the end of this ficcy…
Melissa: Why thank you. ^-^ actually, I think Jaken is reeeaaaaly annoying in the comic. I don't like the manga as much as the anime cuz in the anime he's just so darn cute! The first episode I ever saw was the one with Toto-Sai and Sesshy. First I'm like damn, Sesshomaru's hot, but then I saw lil Jaken! AWW! He's 2 cute.
And I do think that he'd stay with Sesshomaru even if he was human, because 1) I think he kinda sees him as a friend. Cold, uncaring friend sometimes, but still a friend, cuz he gets upset when fluffy leaves him behind to baby sit Rin, and he is kind of jealous of her.
…
Well, in my opinion…
Shippo-cool: NO! how can you hate Jaken…? ;.; ah, well, I've heard people say it before… doesn't startle me all that much…
Jaken: that turtle called my ugly! And you said I sucked!
aaaany waaay…
Neko: Thank you for the undying support! I think we should be actors, but I get stage fright, so… I write fanfics! ^_~ Bff, Bunny Foo-Foo
Sesshomaru13: Heh. I think I'm having turtle soup for dinner…
May Yugimori: Hey Hey May May! Wassap Shellyla? Lol. Sure, I already drew a human fluffy piccy. I'll show you some time. And I drew this kawaii lil jaken one…^-^ oro…
And don't forget:
I Am (very) Stupid.
Assasin Girl: No way! I like your story much better then mine! And if you other people are reading this… go read her story!
Becca: I try to describe things in my story… thanks for the review!
Shinimegami-Rin: Well, I kinda like Sesshy being human, but he is better as a demon. It was just a fan idea that I haven't seen any one post yet. ^-^
And yes, the sight is an awesome book. I finished it in about 4 weeks cuz I had a lot of skool work… I just really don't like the ending… its so… anti climatic… like the vision was actually just a look into the future… and what was Morgra going to do w/ it any way? Idk really, it just disappointed me…
Well, sionara. See you probably Monday! I have confirmation Saturday and cant use the computer Sunday, rehearsal on Monday during school, so I'll have no home work then. Thanks for reviewing. Bai Bai!
~Kora