Yeah!!!! I get a four day weekend! No school for four days!!! YAY!!!!! Oh wait, damn, I forgot that I had four projects due Wednesday. Darnit!!! Okay, I'd better go get started. I'll write when I'm able or bored (or whenever I feel like skipping homework). I have to tell you though, I think it's a little violent in this chapter.
Oh yeah, many thanks to the reviewers for reviewing! I didn't expect there to be anyone, except maybe a couple, to read this story. To those of you wondering if this is a Sess/Kag story... Well, you'll just have to read don't you? I'm not about to spill the beans just yet! Oh yeah, thanks for the advice Fallon (is that how the name's spelled?). I know the paragraphs are hard to read, but the thing is, I submitted this as text so maybe I should submit it as html or something else. Hmmm... Anyways, many thanks again!
Well, my cousin gave me the weirdest look when I was writing this. He looked over my shoulder, read a couple of lines and said this, "Damn Kiki (my nickname), so violent. You need to get out more." Okay, whatever that meant. (He's like, eleven by the way.) Anyway, enjoy! (^_^)
Inuyasha is property of Takahashi-sama and all others... yak yak yak. You guys know who I'm talking about so let's just leave it like that. Oh yeah, they don't belong to me at all, only the story and anything else that the big dudes don't own from this story.
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Chapter Three
Do you sometimes get that churning feeling in your stomach that tells you that something bad was going to happen, but when you try to ignore it, it keeps annoying you until that moment actually does happen? Well, I got it and even though I tried to shrug it off, that feeling came back like an itch that you couldn't scratch.
The cloaked men started to raise their hands all except one whom rose one hand but pointed a finger at me with the other. Their hands started to glow and a low noise, like chanting, started to overtake the screaming and yelling of the running people. They were deaf to me now, except for these men, my people and the two princes behind me.
"Foolish girl, how much did they pay you to have you end up paying with your pathetic life?" the speaker asked me mockingly.
Unfortunately for him, he was dead before I could even answer. An arrow had pierced through his dark cloak and he fell like a rock falling off a cliff. He crashed onto the ground with a final choke for air and a splash of his own blood. Who said that I would be the first to have my own blood spilled? The idiot was too busy casting magic and mocking me to notice that I had grabbed one of the princes' bow and arrow that he had (luckily) and shot after he had said his last word.
"Anyone else got a question for me before me and my pals kill you?" I asked with a smirk.
The others didn't even move much less even give a sign of surprise. What was up with these guys?
"No matter, he was only one, but we are many," one of them finally spoke up and his pals and he disappeared, so did the dead spellcaster.
Suddenly, we were swarmed with other assassins of...well, they were good! I coukld tell that they had a lot of training. It was only then that I noticed that the citizens of the town were gone. The bow and arrows were no good so I tossed them back at the prince (I think it was Sesshoumaru?...) and grabbed a fallen sword that was still burning from my act that I had dropped. I prayed and hoped to the mother queen of Shatura that I would kill as many as possible so that the princes could escape.
Escape!? They were still behind me!
"My lords! Flee! We will take care of them...here..." I started to drift off.
They jumped off their horses, unsheathed their own swords and started fighting the assassins.
'Damn... They're good...'
"Idiots! Can't you fight!? Let's see how well you do at follow the leader!" I heard Sango taunt them.
She and the other dancers ran down the streets leading about half of them away from us, but there were still a lot left. It was only me and several others protecting the two princes from the assassins.
Just then, an assassin jumped in front of me and brought his sword down on me... Well, my dummy anyway. To see me disappear and have his sword stab into hay surprised him; it gave me an advantage. I slid behind him and stabbed him. He fell before he could counter. I pulled my sword out, the flames had gone out, but the sword was still useful.
"Nobody would dare to attack the Assassin of a Thousand Faces like that!" I laughed and turned to another oncoming opponent.
Now that, was a bad idea to do. Most of the assassins had gone to the two princes to kill them, but once they heard me, they ran towards me instead, well, most of them anyway. You see, I have a pretty big name as the Assassin of a Thousand Faces. To even use that name or say it to another assassin is a pretty big disgrace because I could be lying.
Assassins have a big honor thing going on. The best assassin known by many is like a god worshipped by his followers. The only way to make sure that I was that assassin is to fight me and see that I survive. If they find out that I am that assassin and if they do manage to kill me, they would get an even bigger name for defeating someone that good. I usually don't blurt out my nickname like that, but it was worth it to at least make sure the princes had less to deal with and less of a chance of getting killed.
One lunged towards me from the front while another came from the back. I brought the front one's sword down to the ground and flipped back as the one in the back drove his sword into the front one. He died instantly, as did the second one when I landed and ran my sword through him. Another jumped at me from above; I barely got away by rolling backwards as he came down with his sword stabbing into the earth.
How were the others doing? The thought came to my head as the assassin from the sky fell to the earth with a lifeless thud.
I turned my head to the side just as a sword barely slid passed my ear. It nicked me, but the owner of the sword had originally tended to cut my throat. Too bad for him, my sword found its way through his flesh and he was dead in a matter of seconds. At least I was merciful, they were dead before they could suffer, or only suffered a little before they were dead.
"Sesshoumaru!" I heard the Prince Inuyasha call out, "this is just like when we were practicing swords this morning!"
"You idiot," I finally heard Sesshoumaru say after slashing one of his opponents, "this is for real."
"My lords!" I ran towards them, swinging my swords every way where someone came to attack me, "You must escape!"
Sesshoumaru cut off a head of the last assassin fighting him by the time I reached them. The number of assassins had drastically dropped. They dared not to touch the princes (because of me) or me, except for some daring ones whom wished they didn't dare once I was through with them. The other dancers were finishing the rest off, but when they started to run off, I shouted at them not to follow, but to ding Sango and the others.
"My lords! Your lives are in danger! We have no time left and there might be others who are coming for you! I must take you safety!"
Sesshoumaru gave me a look of annoyance, "Who... are you?"
Inuyasha grabbed my left arm and a wave of pain hit, "Hey! You're bleeding!"
Sure enough, I was. I didn't even notice it until he grabbed me.
"It-it doesn't matter. Your lives are more important. We must go!" I urged them on, but that strange churning feeling in my stomach and the pain kept annoying me, constantly demanding my attention.
"Go where?" Sesshoumaru asked like he was bored and didn't give a rat's tail about what I said.
"To safety!" I answered, almost wanting to add, "you jackass!"
Inuyasha suddenly grabbed his brother's kimono and glared at him angrily.
"Now listen here FLUFFY!" Inuyasha said, almost shouting.
I noticed Sesshoumaru's bored face changed a bit with annoyance and slight anger. Then I noticed the fluffy thing that I thought was part of his armor, move off his shoulder and start to move around. I stared at it, surprised that he had a tail and almost wanting to touch it...
'Wait a minute... TAIL!!?? He has a TAIL!? He must be a... a demon?'
"This girl is risking her life for us so we might as well thank her and do what she asks!" said Inuyasha.
Sesshoumaru grabbed Inuyasha's hands and pushed his brother back. Inuyasha fell back, but got up as Sesshoumaru dusted his kimono off as if his brother had placed some unwanted things there with his hands.
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed and his voice was cold, "I, Sesshoumaru, did not ask her to risk her pathetic life for mine."
Inuyasha placed his hands on his hips, "Fine... Fluffy!"
Sesshoumaru stopped dusting himself and glared at Inuyasha with such hate.
I stared at the two brothers. They weren't going to cooperate with the other, that was for sure, but I didn't know how to get Sesshoumaru's cooperation either.
"Hey, so where are we going then?" Inuyasha asked me.
It startled me, I thought he was going to argue with his brother for the rest of the evening, "It's in the forest, not far from here. A small shrine..."
The shrine was our meeting place, it was stupid of me to take them there because anyone could follow us, but I had to... The castle wouldn't be safe, nor would the city. I had to take them somewhere where no one would expect them to be except my people.
Yuriko, one of the dancers returned and reported to me that Sango and the others were dealing with some demons that were attracted to the dead bodies at the moment. I told her of where I would take the two princes and told her to report it to my grandfather. She nodded and said she and the others with her would clear off the path we would take so that no one would follow our trail.
She ran off with the others, but just as I turned back to the two princes, an assassin jumped out from the shadows to kill one of the two young lords.
"...If any danger is to arrive to them, you must be protect their lives with yours, is that understood?..." spoke the words of uncle.
Without thinking, I got in the way, but forgot that I had a sword. Only then did I realize that that strange feeling I had been having was now gone, this was that bad thing that was coming.
'"If any danger is to arrive to them, you must be protect their lives with yours, is that understood?..." Right... my worthless life for theirs... They must survive if I must die...'
A sword plunged into my chest. Have you ever seen a pool with a calm, unmoving surface until a drop of water falls into it. Ripples are created once the still surface has been interrupted. That was how it was for me. I was unprepared for the attack and now, the drop, which was the sword, had plunged in and now ripples, or rather, waves of immense pain washed over me and all I could do grind my teeth together to try to hold it back.
The pain increased as the sword dug further into my flesh. I screamed when my attacker immediately pulled out their sword and readied to strike me again, this time to kill, but he was stopped. He was cut in half and blood poured out everywhere, but maybe it was just me because my vision started to become obscure.
I stepped back a couple of feet grasping onto my wound as the blood came gushing out and I fell to my knees. I looked at the pool of blood flowing from the attacker who was now dead, to my savior. I held my breath from surprise and finally fell forward whispering my his name, "Sesshoumaru...."
The world became black as I waited to meet the earth. It never came...
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La-De-Da! This chapter seems longer. Well, I pissed off my dad and bro when I was writing this so please be nice when reviewing! This story will only live as long as there are reviews. Again, many thanks to the reviewers!
Oh yeah, many thanks to the reviewers for reviewing! I didn't expect there to be anyone, except maybe a couple, to read this story. To those of you wondering if this is a Sess/Kag story... Well, you'll just have to read don't you? I'm not about to spill the beans just yet! Oh yeah, thanks for the advice Fallon (is that how the name's spelled?). I know the paragraphs are hard to read, but the thing is, I submitted this as text so maybe I should submit it as html or something else. Hmmm... Anyways, many thanks again!
Well, my cousin gave me the weirdest look when I was writing this. He looked over my shoulder, read a couple of lines and said this, "Damn Kiki (my nickname), so violent. You need to get out more." Okay, whatever that meant. (He's like, eleven by the way.) Anyway, enjoy! (^_^)
Inuyasha is property of Takahashi-sama and all others... yak yak yak. You guys know who I'm talking about so let's just leave it like that. Oh yeah, they don't belong to me at all, only the story and anything else that the big dudes don't own from this story.
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Chapter Three
Do you sometimes get that churning feeling in your stomach that tells you that something bad was going to happen, but when you try to ignore it, it keeps annoying you until that moment actually does happen? Well, I got it and even though I tried to shrug it off, that feeling came back like an itch that you couldn't scratch.
The cloaked men started to raise their hands all except one whom rose one hand but pointed a finger at me with the other. Their hands started to glow and a low noise, like chanting, started to overtake the screaming and yelling of the running people. They were deaf to me now, except for these men, my people and the two princes behind me.
"Foolish girl, how much did they pay you to have you end up paying with your pathetic life?" the speaker asked me mockingly.
Unfortunately for him, he was dead before I could even answer. An arrow had pierced through his dark cloak and he fell like a rock falling off a cliff. He crashed onto the ground with a final choke for air and a splash of his own blood. Who said that I would be the first to have my own blood spilled? The idiot was too busy casting magic and mocking me to notice that I had grabbed one of the princes' bow and arrow that he had (luckily) and shot after he had said his last word.
"Anyone else got a question for me before me and my pals kill you?" I asked with a smirk.
The others didn't even move much less even give a sign of surprise. What was up with these guys?
"No matter, he was only one, but we are many," one of them finally spoke up and his pals and he disappeared, so did the dead spellcaster.
Suddenly, we were swarmed with other assassins of...well, they were good! I coukld tell that they had a lot of training. It was only then that I noticed that the citizens of the town were gone. The bow and arrows were no good so I tossed them back at the prince (I think it was Sesshoumaru?...) and grabbed a fallen sword that was still burning from my act that I had dropped. I prayed and hoped to the mother queen of Shatura that I would kill as many as possible so that the princes could escape.
Escape!? They were still behind me!
"My lords! Flee! We will take care of them...here..." I started to drift off.
They jumped off their horses, unsheathed their own swords and started fighting the assassins.
'Damn... They're good...'
"Idiots! Can't you fight!? Let's see how well you do at follow the leader!" I heard Sango taunt them.
She and the other dancers ran down the streets leading about half of them away from us, but there were still a lot left. It was only me and several others protecting the two princes from the assassins.
Just then, an assassin jumped in front of me and brought his sword down on me... Well, my dummy anyway. To see me disappear and have his sword stab into hay surprised him; it gave me an advantage. I slid behind him and stabbed him. He fell before he could counter. I pulled my sword out, the flames had gone out, but the sword was still useful.
"Nobody would dare to attack the Assassin of a Thousand Faces like that!" I laughed and turned to another oncoming opponent.
Now that, was a bad idea to do. Most of the assassins had gone to the two princes to kill them, but once they heard me, they ran towards me instead, well, most of them anyway. You see, I have a pretty big name as the Assassin of a Thousand Faces. To even use that name or say it to another assassin is a pretty big disgrace because I could be lying.
Assassins have a big honor thing going on. The best assassin known by many is like a god worshipped by his followers. The only way to make sure that I was that assassin is to fight me and see that I survive. If they find out that I am that assassin and if they do manage to kill me, they would get an even bigger name for defeating someone that good. I usually don't blurt out my nickname like that, but it was worth it to at least make sure the princes had less to deal with and less of a chance of getting killed.
One lunged towards me from the front while another came from the back. I brought the front one's sword down to the ground and flipped back as the one in the back drove his sword into the front one. He died instantly, as did the second one when I landed and ran my sword through him. Another jumped at me from above; I barely got away by rolling backwards as he came down with his sword stabbing into the earth.
How were the others doing? The thought came to my head as the assassin from the sky fell to the earth with a lifeless thud.
I turned my head to the side just as a sword barely slid passed my ear. It nicked me, but the owner of the sword had originally tended to cut my throat. Too bad for him, my sword found its way through his flesh and he was dead in a matter of seconds. At least I was merciful, they were dead before they could suffer, or only suffered a little before they were dead.
"Sesshoumaru!" I heard the Prince Inuyasha call out, "this is just like when we were practicing swords this morning!"
"You idiot," I finally heard Sesshoumaru say after slashing one of his opponents, "this is for real."
"My lords!" I ran towards them, swinging my swords every way where someone came to attack me, "You must escape!"
Sesshoumaru cut off a head of the last assassin fighting him by the time I reached them. The number of assassins had drastically dropped. They dared not to touch the princes (because of me) or me, except for some daring ones whom wished they didn't dare once I was through with them. The other dancers were finishing the rest off, but when they started to run off, I shouted at them not to follow, but to ding Sango and the others.
"My lords! Your lives are in danger! We have no time left and there might be others who are coming for you! I must take you safety!"
Sesshoumaru gave me a look of annoyance, "Who... are you?"
Inuyasha grabbed my left arm and a wave of pain hit, "Hey! You're bleeding!"
Sure enough, I was. I didn't even notice it until he grabbed me.
"It-it doesn't matter. Your lives are more important. We must go!" I urged them on, but that strange churning feeling in my stomach and the pain kept annoying me, constantly demanding my attention.
"Go where?" Sesshoumaru asked like he was bored and didn't give a rat's tail about what I said.
"To safety!" I answered, almost wanting to add, "you jackass!"
Inuyasha suddenly grabbed his brother's kimono and glared at him angrily.
"Now listen here FLUFFY!" Inuyasha said, almost shouting.
I noticed Sesshoumaru's bored face changed a bit with annoyance and slight anger. Then I noticed the fluffy thing that I thought was part of his armor, move off his shoulder and start to move around. I stared at it, surprised that he had a tail and almost wanting to touch it...
'Wait a minute... TAIL!!?? He has a TAIL!? He must be a... a demon?'
"This girl is risking her life for us so we might as well thank her and do what she asks!" said Inuyasha.
Sesshoumaru grabbed Inuyasha's hands and pushed his brother back. Inuyasha fell back, but got up as Sesshoumaru dusted his kimono off as if his brother had placed some unwanted things there with his hands.
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed and his voice was cold, "I, Sesshoumaru, did not ask her to risk her pathetic life for mine."
Inuyasha placed his hands on his hips, "Fine... Fluffy!"
Sesshoumaru stopped dusting himself and glared at Inuyasha with such hate.
I stared at the two brothers. They weren't going to cooperate with the other, that was for sure, but I didn't know how to get Sesshoumaru's cooperation either.
"Hey, so where are we going then?" Inuyasha asked me.
It startled me, I thought he was going to argue with his brother for the rest of the evening, "It's in the forest, not far from here. A small shrine..."
The shrine was our meeting place, it was stupid of me to take them there because anyone could follow us, but I had to... The castle wouldn't be safe, nor would the city. I had to take them somewhere where no one would expect them to be except my people.
Yuriko, one of the dancers returned and reported to me that Sango and the others were dealing with some demons that were attracted to the dead bodies at the moment. I told her of where I would take the two princes and told her to report it to my grandfather. She nodded and said she and the others with her would clear off the path we would take so that no one would follow our trail.
She ran off with the others, but just as I turned back to the two princes, an assassin jumped out from the shadows to kill one of the two young lords.
"...If any danger is to arrive to them, you must be protect their lives with yours, is that understood?..." spoke the words of uncle.
Without thinking, I got in the way, but forgot that I had a sword. Only then did I realize that that strange feeling I had been having was now gone, this was that bad thing that was coming.
'"If any danger is to arrive to them, you must be protect their lives with yours, is that understood?..." Right... my worthless life for theirs... They must survive if I must die...'
A sword plunged into my chest. Have you ever seen a pool with a calm, unmoving surface until a drop of water falls into it. Ripples are created once the still surface has been interrupted. That was how it was for me. I was unprepared for the attack and now, the drop, which was the sword, had plunged in and now ripples, or rather, waves of immense pain washed over me and all I could do grind my teeth together to try to hold it back.
The pain increased as the sword dug further into my flesh. I screamed when my attacker immediately pulled out their sword and readied to strike me again, this time to kill, but he was stopped. He was cut in half and blood poured out everywhere, but maybe it was just me because my vision started to become obscure.
I stepped back a couple of feet grasping onto my wound as the blood came gushing out and I fell to my knees. I looked at the pool of blood flowing from the attacker who was now dead, to my savior. I held my breath from surprise and finally fell forward whispering my his name, "Sesshoumaru...."
The world became black as I waited to meet the earth. It never came...
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La-De-Da! This chapter seems longer. Well, I pissed off my dad and bro when I was writing this so please be nice when reviewing! This story will only live as long as there are reviews. Again, many thanks to the reviewers!