Well, here I am again with another chappie to go. I'm almost done with the next one. Also, very sorry that I am very late with this chapter, been VERY busy with my schoolwork and after school activities, didn't know it'd take up so much of my time. Well, after the Diversity Show my club's doing on Wednesday and my French project on Thursday, hopefully I can probably have some time to upload the next one and continue with the rest of the chapters.
Oh yeah, I got Spirited Away last weekend. VERY good movie! You should go rent it or buy it.
Okies, on with the reading! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and friends are the sole property of Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and others involved.
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Chapter Twelve
"Shit!"
Nighttime veils covered everything in darkness. The demon, a lesser one, but nevertheless, a demon, screamed at me as I barely made it out of its clawed hold. I quickly turned around to confront my enemy, but he had taken to the air and was planning to take me by surprise. As he came down, not expecting my speed, my sword found its way into the flesh of my demonic enemy.
A strangely, foul-smelling ooze (probably his blood) flowed from his fresh wound and he fell to the ground like a rag. The demon no longer stirred or moved and I pulled my sword out rather hastily. My breaths came out in large gulps and pants of air. My gloved hand, that was free, went to wipe my forehead of sweat. It did so only to return to my gaze with blood on it.
"Aw...shit!" I swore.
The demon, though a lesser one, had managed to whack me on the head with its surprisingly strong-clawed fists earlier on. Blood that belonged to the both of us flowed down my head.
'Bastard...'
The castle had been attacked by many lesser demons, none were noble or very cunning either, but they came in swarms. Why? I don't know, but one thing was for sure, my group and I had to protect the castle and the lords. We were all prepared and beat most of the shit out of all of them, but a few got away. I managed to catch up with them and finally took care of this last guy, who made it such a pain to chase and take out.
I felt dizzy and walked several yards away from the dead body of the demon. I had been getting sudden attacks of nausea lately, though I couldn't understand why. I settled down on the cobblestone floor. Which was pretty old looking. I took out a handkerchief from inside a small tight pocket that I always kept to stay clean to clean my sword. I stroked it across my sword several times then the light of the moon decided to play with me its light reflected off my sword into my eyes. I turned away quickly with my eyes shut in a heartbeat. A moment later, I opened them and then I suddenly took notice of my surroundings. Where was I?
Trees surrounded the cobblestone path and small ponds were scattered throughout the place, but only a few looked to be beautiful and working. I sat down on a cobblestone pathway to some garden nearby with well-trimmed bushes in elaborate shapes like animals that greeted the viewer and visitor.
'Why is a place like this not affected by the war?'
I didn't know why, and at that moment, I didn't care. What I did care was that I had to drag that stupid carcass all the way back to the battle sight where it began in the town square.
I finished cleaning my blade and sheathed it into its sheath. With a few more deep breaths of air I got up to my feet and dusted off my clothes though it was unneeded because they were seriously stained with blood from the ones I had slain and myself as well. I bent down and took one of its arms and pulled.
"Damn... you're so goddamn heavy you piece of..." I swore at it.
It was lifeless and still, its head bobbing with every tug or pull I made, but it was heavy. I dragged it back to where I had started to chase it, back in town. I was tired, feeling kind of weak, smelly and dirty.
'I need a bath...'
As I made it down an ally, a very dark one I might add, I felt something tug. No, it wasn't at my clothes or my hair. It was more like a pull as if to get away. I looked down and found two glowing green eyes staring back at me with snarling fangs to boot. The arm I had was quickly discarded as I jumped back and pulled out my sword to attack position.
"Damn! You're not dead yet!?" I cursed.
"Ningen!" he screamed angrily and lunged at me.
I swung my sword back and prepared to meet his flesh, but nothing hit, it was gone.
'What the... Where'd he go-'
A cold and pointy claw wrapped itself skillfully around my neck from the back. My sword clanked to the floor as my hands drew up to its hand to release my neck. He raised me up from the ground and my feet rapidly swung back and forth to feel for the ground. It was getting harder to breath.
"Foolish ningen... I knew you would put down your guard once you thought I was dead!" it laughed.
'Dammit! I forgot to check...'
My sight started to get blurry and fade to black because I couldn't get nay air in.
'Shit! Is this it?..'
My struggles began to lessen, I was weak and tired and trying to get some air in my lungs, which wasn't happening.
'Help! Someone help me!... Help...'
"Hahahahaha- gah!"
Its hand loosened from around my neck and I pried it open with the last once of my strength. I fell to the ground and damn did it hurt! I gasped for air as if it there was no tomorrow. Well, there wouldn't be one for me if I didn't. The blackness stared to fade away, but nausea and dizziness stayed. My sense of coordination and balance was off, all my senses were off, the pain was overriding them all.
"Baka..." a deep, smooth, but serious (and obviously masculine) voice spoke.
My gaze shifted quickly to my rescuer, well, hopefully he was my rescuer, and I grabbed for my sword nearby in case he wasn't.
"Woman, I saved your life. It would discredit me greatly if you were to take mine, which you wouldn't be able to do in your condition," the voice spoke again.
My vision cleared and I looked up to someone clad in mostly white and armor. Situated on his shoulder was something fluffy and unmoving (AN: Is it his tail? I read somewhere that it wasn't but I keep seeing these readings that say it is his tail). Finally I found the face of my rescuer. Two marks signified his demon inheritance and his solemn, expressionless face told nothing.
"Sesshoumaru..." I murmured and fainted as blackness hit me at full blast.
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"Hey! You're not supposed to be here!" a white-haired boy shouted at me.
I jumped down the last step onto the grassy ground. The boy ran up to me very angrily with his fist in the air shaking to scare me off.
"I can be here if I want to! Besides, you don't own this place!" I stuck my tongue out to enforce my counter.
"My dad owns this place so that makes me owner too!" he replied back harshly.
My arms crossed across my chest and my eyes narrowed on him with a deadly stare that looked like it could kill anyone within seconds. It worked with the other kids at home who always picked on me. Unfortunately, he wasn't a bit scared by that. Instead, he countered with his own glare of a thousand deaths and with a raspberry to boot.
That pissed me off. Nobody does that to Kagome Higurashi and gets away with it, NOBODY!!!
"Dog-turd! Nobody does that to me and gets away with it!" I practically screamed out of flaming anger.
"Dog-turd!? Why you-you baby! Noone calls me dog-turd you-you baby!!" he screamed at me.
"I'm not a baby! I'm six!"
Tears threatened to spill from my eyes, but I held them back. I was so much stronger than that and his next words infuriated me even more.
"Baby! Baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-BABY!!!!" he chanted mockingly.
Boy was he asking for it! My hand curled into a fist and I swung and hit a homer, right in his face and he went flying all the way past left field, and landed with a loud thump. He quickly got to sit on his behind and his hand went to his left cheek, which was swollen like a large purple plum.
"OwowowowowowowowOW!!!!" he pouted in mad rage.
"Hah! Serves you right dog-turd!" I laughed at him.
Suddenly, he lunged at me and tackled me to the ground and we started to duke it out on the grassy ground. Just then, two strong hands grabbed the both of us and pulled us apart roughly. Still swinging blindly everywhere with my eyes still closed, the strong armed one dropped the dog-turd and grabbed my fist as it came close to his face. My eyes opened and my surprise in what I saw could not stop the sudden feeling of awe and lowliness that swept through me... It was-
"WAKE UP KAGOME!!!"
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I woke up.
'Damn...'
A huddle of faces peered down into mine. I couldn't tell who they were; my eyes were still quite blurry.
"Kagome! Are you alright!" the near-scream almost made me deaf.
Whack!
Someone smacked the speaker on the back of the head.
"She's alive dimwit, so don't make her deaf!" came the smacker's reply.
I began to move to a sitting position, but hard waves of pain struck me, reclaiming the memories of what had occurred. Despite the pain, my body went stiff as I made it to a sitting position. I noticed that my whole group was there. Several were by me while the others were standing around, surveying the dead and destroyed or talking with another of the group or with a Shaturan soldier. We were in the town square.
"Shit! The demon! Is it dead?" I asked.
Sango's face became the first clear face I saw.
She sighed in relief at my behavior and smiled at me, "Yes, thank goodness its gone and you're alive!"
"Hopefully I'm still able too," I groaned as a flicker of pain hit when I moved.
"Here, let me help you mistress Kagome," an all too familiar voice with different intentions asked as a hand grabbed my derrière.
With poison and venom in my voice and eyes, I voice every word directly to him, "Remove your hands monk, before I cut them off."
His hand flew off, "Well, why would you do that Kagome? I was merely offering my assistance."
His sweetness in his voice almost made me want to laugh out loud, but Sango's boomerang made the first move before I could laugh at all. He went flying to a nearby wall.
"That oughta make him think twice before hitting on you again. I swear Kagome, why did we have to bring him along with us? I mean, I know the master wanted us to, but why'd you let him in?" she asked.
I shrugged, standing up with Sango's help, "Some things... you just don't ask, but just do."
Then realization hit me, I was over there and now I'm here so...who brought me here?
"Who brought me here?"
"You won't believe it, but it was..." one of my group members started to say and she hesitated.
"Sesshoumaru?" I finished, not quite remembering what had happened although the memories kept rewinding and playing through my head.
Everyone nodded with quiet yes's.
'Sesshoumaru...'
"KAGOME!!!!" Inuyasha's voice rang out in desperation and fear.
The group around me quickly moved far to one side as Inuyasha sped towards me at top speed and threw his arms around me, not noticing how much it hurt for me. His hug was very tight so guess how much it hurt?
"Kagome-are-you-alright-I-was-held-up-by-some-demons-and-" he continued on at top speed.
"owowowowowowOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!" I screamed finally from all the suffering I endured.
He finally loosened his hold of me in confusion as I slumped into his arms.
"Yeah, I'm happy to see you too, but first, ask me how I feel before grabbing me and killing me!"
"Oh! Sorry..."
Sango broke in with an angry expression on her face directed at Inuyasha, "Hey! Where were you Mr. I-love-Kagome-but-wasn't-there-to-protect-her-for-some-reason!?"
He hesitated, "I had other things-"
"Crimson Dream..." a vaguely familiar voice spoke.
I turned to the speaker who was a girl like me. She was dressed in black and red with shoulder pads and a breastplate. In her left hand was a sheathed sword wounded with a red cloth. She bowed to me and I to her
"You are...?" I asked her.
"My name will be presented to you later, but I am here to see how you are faring. Are you well?" she said.
"Yes. I would like to thank you for helping me earlier for dispatching that demon behind me."
She shook her head, "No, thanks to you, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't warned me of the trap that had laid before me. I wouldn't be here if not for you. Thank you."
She bowed to me again.
"Now that I see that you are well, I will take my leave. Later," said she and left.
"Whoa... Who's that? How do you know her Kagome?" asked one of the guys.
"Yes, how did you find a splendid woman like her?" asked the now-recovered Miroku.
Sango's boomerang rose to smack him again, but I stopped her.
"I don't know her, but earlier, I got in a little trouble and was trapped by a large group of demons who had ambushed me, I killed them all, but missed one and it almost got me if she hadn't appeared. Then we kind of teamed up and went after some more, but she wasn't really paying attention as she was fighting a demon and almost fell into a trap. Luckily, I bailed her out in time."
"She looks different from those in your group Kagome, but she resembles you very well. Maybe my father knows of her," said Inuyasha.
I nodded, "Maybe he does..."
'I may not know her, but one thing's for sure, she's no threat to us...'
As the group continued talking, I felt someone watching me. I took a few sneak peeks here and there and saw nothing. I saw a couple of vermin scattered into small holes as several of my group kicked them away. Nothing wrong with that, but why was that horrible feeling still lingering around?
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The next day, Inutaisho summoned us all to his throne room. Uncle was there too, strangely enough. Everyone was there, so was Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha who stood next to their father. I couldn't keep eye contact with Inutaisho because of Sesshoumaru's gaze. I still had to thank him for yesterday.
'Why does he affect me so? Why? Could it be that perhaps Inuyasha and I weren't meant... I love Inuyasha! Why is this happening to me!!!!?????'
"...and I would like you all to know that our two new allies are not our enemies. I noticed that in battle, you all hesitated when one of them entered the fight and knew not that she was our ally," said my uncle without a single stammer.
He continued, "I should have told you all earlier, but at the time, we were all busy and I could not present her to you ahead of time so please respect them as you would respect me because their help in the war would bring the war to our side."
A few seconds passed and I felt something very strong come from above and somewhere on our level in the room. My hands whipped to me weapon as did a couple of others who could sense them. Good or no, we could feel it that these ones had taken many lives and spilled much blood, even innocent.
Inutaisho, my uncle and the others on their side including the princes and their guards made no move as two crimson figures seem to materialize right next to my uncle. It was...the girl from yesterday and another I did not know.
"Hands off your weapons!" yelled my uncle, "these are your newest comrades!
Light brown eyes and violet eyes that seemed almost red, gazed out at all of us, particularly me. I suddenly knew who they were and my hands fell from my weapon. I bowed to them, forcing everyone else to do the same.
Returning from my bow, I greeted them, "Welcome to Shatura, Crimson Moon and Crimson Blade."
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Well, I added two more characters, but I'll try not to add too many in more later... okay, maybe a couple more, but I promise not many more! Besides, they and a couple of others will have a BIG part in the story. Okies. That's I for now. Come back again. R&R please... (^
Oh yeah, I got Spirited Away last weekend. VERY good movie! You should go rent it or buy it.
Okies, on with the reading! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and friends are the sole property of Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and others involved.
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Chapter Twelve
"Shit!"
Nighttime veils covered everything in darkness. The demon, a lesser one, but nevertheless, a demon, screamed at me as I barely made it out of its clawed hold. I quickly turned around to confront my enemy, but he had taken to the air and was planning to take me by surprise. As he came down, not expecting my speed, my sword found its way into the flesh of my demonic enemy.
A strangely, foul-smelling ooze (probably his blood) flowed from his fresh wound and he fell to the ground like a rag. The demon no longer stirred or moved and I pulled my sword out rather hastily. My breaths came out in large gulps and pants of air. My gloved hand, that was free, went to wipe my forehead of sweat. It did so only to return to my gaze with blood on it.
"Aw...shit!" I swore.
The demon, though a lesser one, had managed to whack me on the head with its surprisingly strong-clawed fists earlier on. Blood that belonged to the both of us flowed down my head.
'Bastard...'
The castle had been attacked by many lesser demons, none were noble or very cunning either, but they came in swarms. Why? I don't know, but one thing was for sure, my group and I had to protect the castle and the lords. We were all prepared and beat most of the shit out of all of them, but a few got away. I managed to catch up with them and finally took care of this last guy, who made it such a pain to chase and take out.
I felt dizzy and walked several yards away from the dead body of the demon. I had been getting sudden attacks of nausea lately, though I couldn't understand why. I settled down on the cobblestone floor. Which was pretty old looking. I took out a handkerchief from inside a small tight pocket that I always kept to stay clean to clean my sword. I stroked it across my sword several times then the light of the moon decided to play with me its light reflected off my sword into my eyes. I turned away quickly with my eyes shut in a heartbeat. A moment later, I opened them and then I suddenly took notice of my surroundings. Where was I?
Trees surrounded the cobblestone path and small ponds were scattered throughout the place, but only a few looked to be beautiful and working. I sat down on a cobblestone pathway to some garden nearby with well-trimmed bushes in elaborate shapes like animals that greeted the viewer and visitor.
'Why is a place like this not affected by the war?'
I didn't know why, and at that moment, I didn't care. What I did care was that I had to drag that stupid carcass all the way back to the battle sight where it began in the town square.
I finished cleaning my blade and sheathed it into its sheath. With a few more deep breaths of air I got up to my feet and dusted off my clothes though it was unneeded because they were seriously stained with blood from the ones I had slain and myself as well. I bent down and took one of its arms and pulled.
"Damn... you're so goddamn heavy you piece of..." I swore at it.
It was lifeless and still, its head bobbing with every tug or pull I made, but it was heavy. I dragged it back to where I had started to chase it, back in town. I was tired, feeling kind of weak, smelly and dirty.
'I need a bath...'
As I made it down an ally, a very dark one I might add, I felt something tug. No, it wasn't at my clothes or my hair. It was more like a pull as if to get away. I looked down and found two glowing green eyes staring back at me with snarling fangs to boot. The arm I had was quickly discarded as I jumped back and pulled out my sword to attack position.
"Damn! You're not dead yet!?" I cursed.
"Ningen!" he screamed angrily and lunged at me.
I swung my sword back and prepared to meet his flesh, but nothing hit, it was gone.
'What the... Where'd he go-'
A cold and pointy claw wrapped itself skillfully around my neck from the back. My sword clanked to the floor as my hands drew up to its hand to release my neck. He raised me up from the ground and my feet rapidly swung back and forth to feel for the ground. It was getting harder to breath.
"Foolish ningen... I knew you would put down your guard once you thought I was dead!" it laughed.
'Dammit! I forgot to check...'
My sight started to get blurry and fade to black because I couldn't get nay air in.
'Shit! Is this it?..'
My struggles began to lessen, I was weak and tired and trying to get some air in my lungs, which wasn't happening.
'Help! Someone help me!... Help...'
"Hahahahaha- gah!"
Its hand loosened from around my neck and I pried it open with the last once of my strength. I fell to the ground and damn did it hurt! I gasped for air as if it there was no tomorrow. Well, there wouldn't be one for me if I didn't. The blackness stared to fade away, but nausea and dizziness stayed. My sense of coordination and balance was off, all my senses were off, the pain was overriding them all.
"Baka..." a deep, smooth, but serious (and obviously masculine) voice spoke.
My gaze shifted quickly to my rescuer, well, hopefully he was my rescuer, and I grabbed for my sword nearby in case he wasn't.
"Woman, I saved your life. It would discredit me greatly if you were to take mine, which you wouldn't be able to do in your condition," the voice spoke again.
My vision cleared and I looked up to someone clad in mostly white and armor. Situated on his shoulder was something fluffy and unmoving (AN: Is it his tail? I read somewhere that it wasn't but I keep seeing these readings that say it is his tail). Finally I found the face of my rescuer. Two marks signified his demon inheritance and his solemn, expressionless face told nothing.
"Sesshoumaru..." I murmured and fainted as blackness hit me at full blast.
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"Hey! You're not supposed to be here!" a white-haired boy shouted at me.
I jumped down the last step onto the grassy ground. The boy ran up to me very angrily with his fist in the air shaking to scare me off.
"I can be here if I want to! Besides, you don't own this place!" I stuck my tongue out to enforce my counter.
"My dad owns this place so that makes me owner too!" he replied back harshly.
My arms crossed across my chest and my eyes narrowed on him with a deadly stare that looked like it could kill anyone within seconds. It worked with the other kids at home who always picked on me. Unfortunately, he wasn't a bit scared by that. Instead, he countered with his own glare of a thousand deaths and with a raspberry to boot.
That pissed me off. Nobody does that to Kagome Higurashi and gets away with it, NOBODY!!!
"Dog-turd! Nobody does that to me and gets away with it!" I practically screamed out of flaming anger.
"Dog-turd!? Why you-you baby! Noone calls me dog-turd you-you baby!!" he screamed at me.
"I'm not a baby! I'm six!"
Tears threatened to spill from my eyes, but I held them back. I was so much stronger than that and his next words infuriated me even more.
"Baby! Baby-baby-baby-baby-baby-BABY!!!!" he chanted mockingly.
Boy was he asking for it! My hand curled into a fist and I swung and hit a homer, right in his face and he went flying all the way past left field, and landed with a loud thump. He quickly got to sit on his behind and his hand went to his left cheek, which was swollen like a large purple plum.
"OwowowowowowowowOW!!!!" he pouted in mad rage.
"Hah! Serves you right dog-turd!" I laughed at him.
Suddenly, he lunged at me and tackled me to the ground and we started to duke it out on the grassy ground. Just then, two strong hands grabbed the both of us and pulled us apart roughly. Still swinging blindly everywhere with my eyes still closed, the strong armed one dropped the dog-turd and grabbed my fist as it came close to his face. My eyes opened and my surprise in what I saw could not stop the sudden feeling of awe and lowliness that swept through me... It was-
"WAKE UP KAGOME!!!"
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I woke up.
'Damn...'
A huddle of faces peered down into mine. I couldn't tell who they were; my eyes were still quite blurry.
"Kagome! Are you alright!" the near-scream almost made me deaf.
Whack!
Someone smacked the speaker on the back of the head.
"She's alive dimwit, so don't make her deaf!" came the smacker's reply.
I began to move to a sitting position, but hard waves of pain struck me, reclaiming the memories of what had occurred. Despite the pain, my body went stiff as I made it to a sitting position. I noticed that my whole group was there. Several were by me while the others were standing around, surveying the dead and destroyed or talking with another of the group or with a Shaturan soldier. We were in the town square.
"Shit! The demon! Is it dead?" I asked.
Sango's face became the first clear face I saw.
She sighed in relief at my behavior and smiled at me, "Yes, thank goodness its gone and you're alive!"
"Hopefully I'm still able too," I groaned as a flicker of pain hit when I moved.
"Here, let me help you mistress Kagome," an all too familiar voice with different intentions asked as a hand grabbed my derrière.
With poison and venom in my voice and eyes, I voice every word directly to him, "Remove your hands monk, before I cut them off."
His hand flew off, "Well, why would you do that Kagome? I was merely offering my assistance."
His sweetness in his voice almost made me want to laugh out loud, but Sango's boomerang made the first move before I could laugh at all. He went flying to a nearby wall.
"That oughta make him think twice before hitting on you again. I swear Kagome, why did we have to bring him along with us? I mean, I know the master wanted us to, but why'd you let him in?" she asked.
I shrugged, standing up with Sango's help, "Some things... you just don't ask, but just do."
Then realization hit me, I was over there and now I'm here so...who brought me here?
"Who brought me here?"
"You won't believe it, but it was..." one of my group members started to say and she hesitated.
"Sesshoumaru?" I finished, not quite remembering what had happened although the memories kept rewinding and playing through my head.
Everyone nodded with quiet yes's.
'Sesshoumaru...'
"KAGOME!!!!" Inuyasha's voice rang out in desperation and fear.
The group around me quickly moved far to one side as Inuyasha sped towards me at top speed and threw his arms around me, not noticing how much it hurt for me. His hug was very tight so guess how much it hurt?
"Kagome-are-you-alright-I-was-held-up-by-some-demons-and-" he continued on at top speed.
"owowowowowowOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!" I screamed finally from all the suffering I endured.
He finally loosened his hold of me in confusion as I slumped into his arms.
"Yeah, I'm happy to see you too, but first, ask me how I feel before grabbing me and killing me!"
"Oh! Sorry..."
Sango broke in with an angry expression on her face directed at Inuyasha, "Hey! Where were you Mr. I-love-Kagome-but-wasn't-there-to-protect-her-for-some-reason!?"
He hesitated, "I had other things-"
"Crimson Dream..." a vaguely familiar voice spoke.
I turned to the speaker who was a girl like me. She was dressed in black and red with shoulder pads and a breastplate. In her left hand was a sheathed sword wounded with a red cloth. She bowed to me and I to her
"You are...?" I asked her.
"My name will be presented to you later, but I am here to see how you are faring. Are you well?" she said.
"Yes. I would like to thank you for helping me earlier for dispatching that demon behind me."
She shook her head, "No, thanks to you, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't warned me of the trap that had laid before me. I wouldn't be here if not for you. Thank you."
She bowed to me again.
"Now that I see that you are well, I will take my leave. Later," said she and left.
"Whoa... Who's that? How do you know her Kagome?" asked one of the guys.
"Yes, how did you find a splendid woman like her?" asked the now-recovered Miroku.
Sango's boomerang rose to smack him again, but I stopped her.
"I don't know her, but earlier, I got in a little trouble and was trapped by a large group of demons who had ambushed me, I killed them all, but missed one and it almost got me if she hadn't appeared. Then we kind of teamed up and went after some more, but she wasn't really paying attention as she was fighting a demon and almost fell into a trap. Luckily, I bailed her out in time."
"She looks different from those in your group Kagome, but she resembles you very well. Maybe my father knows of her," said Inuyasha.
I nodded, "Maybe he does..."
'I may not know her, but one thing's for sure, she's no threat to us...'
As the group continued talking, I felt someone watching me. I took a few sneak peeks here and there and saw nothing. I saw a couple of vermin scattered into small holes as several of my group kicked them away. Nothing wrong with that, but why was that horrible feeling still lingering around?
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The next day, Inutaisho summoned us all to his throne room. Uncle was there too, strangely enough. Everyone was there, so was Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha who stood next to their father. I couldn't keep eye contact with Inutaisho because of Sesshoumaru's gaze. I still had to thank him for yesterday.
'Why does he affect me so? Why? Could it be that perhaps Inuyasha and I weren't meant... I love Inuyasha! Why is this happening to me!!!!?????'
"...and I would like you all to know that our two new allies are not our enemies. I noticed that in battle, you all hesitated when one of them entered the fight and knew not that she was our ally," said my uncle without a single stammer.
He continued, "I should have told you all earlier, but at the time, we were all busy and I could not present her to you ahead of time so please respect them as you would respect me because their help in the war would bring the war to our side."
A few seconds passed and I felt something very strong come from above and somewhere on our level in the room. My hands whipped to me weapon as did a couple of others who could sense them. Good or no, we could feel it that these ones had taken many lives and spilled much blood, even innocent.
Inutaisho, my uncle and the others on their side including the princes and their guards made no move as two crimson figures seem to materialize right next to my uncle. It was...the girl from yesterday and another I did not know.
"Hands off your weapons!" yelled my uncle, "these are your newest comrades!
Light brown eyes and violet eyes that seemed almost red, gazed out at all of us, particularly me. I suddenly knew who they were and my hands fell from my weapon. I bowed to them, forcing everyone else to do the same.
Returning from my bow, I greeted them, "Welcome to Shatura, Crimson Moon and Crimson Blade."
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Well, I added two more characters, but I'll try not to add too many in more later... okay, maybe a couple more, but I promise not many more! Besides, they and a couple of others will have a BIG part in the story. Okies. That's I for now. Come back again. R&R please... (^