FOREIGNER By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 14: What happened to me?!
She was in a room with blue walls. The bed she was sleeping on was comfortable as she opened her eyes to see a blue haired woman staring down at her. She shut her eyes again. "No way, I'm not home yet! Where's Sesshoumaru?" She whispered as she felt a hand on her forehead. "Are you OK? You had quite a spill there Miss.?" Hikari opened her eyes again & sat up. "Hikari.Hikari Oukami. Where am I?" The blue haired woman smiled. She was wearing a yellow shirt with brown pants & her hair up in a ponytail as she smiled at Hikari. "Why you're at the Dark Tournament. The biggest Demon fights in years. Don't you remember? You fell from the sky in the stadium while my team was fighting?" Hikari rubbed her head. "No.I." She noticed that her nails were awfully long as she rubbed her head. She pulled the arm down & looked at it. Her arm was covered in blue scales & her fingernails were as long as Sesshoumaru or Inuyasha's. "What?!" Hikari pulled down the covers to look at the rest of her body. Her legs were the same, along with her toenails. She looked at her arms again. There were two sets of rifts that were going up her arms. One started at her wrist & ended at her elbow, while the other one started a little ways from her elbow & ended at the top of her shoulder. Both arms were this way as she turned them this way & that. Her face was also covered in the blue scales. Sets of fangs were in her mouth as she rubbed her tongue over them. She noticed that the big dragon ones replaced her white feathery wings. She felt around her entire body looking for new things that had never been there before. A dragon tail poked out from her butt as she twitch it. Rifts like the ones on her arms replaced her ears & a large rift went down her back between her wings. She gave the woman a horrified look as she spotted all the changes. "W-what happened to me?" She asked as she hugged her arms to herself. The woman gave her a quizzical look. "What do you mean? This is how you looked when you fell from the sky. What's wrong?" Hikari could feel tears in her eyes. "Dammit! I'm stuck again. What the hell is going on? I just wanna go back.& who knows if they ended up here too?" Hikari could feel the tears streaming down her cheeks as she sobbed to herself. "Oh, my names Botan.but who are you talking about?" Hikari sniffed & looked at her. "I.my friends." Hikari couldn't talk anymore, she hung her head & let the tears flow freely down her cheeks. "Well, let's get you cleaned up & we'll go looking for them." Botan said grabbing Hikari's arms. Hikari sniffed but said nothing as they walked toward the bathroom.
Some time later they emerged with Hikari in her newly cleaned clothes. She thanked Botan as she sat down & thought over what she was going to do.
Upon further inspection in the shower she had found that her entire body was covered in the scales. She looked at herself in the mirror & felt she was going to cry again. Sure she still looked good but what if Sesshoumaru didn't think so? She sighed & dropped her head as Botan re- entered the room with three more girls. Two had brown hair, one short, one long. The other had blue hair like Botan only shorter & held back by red ties. They all stared & smiled at her as they entered. "Miss Hikari, this is Keiko, Yukina, & Shizuru." Botan introduced them with a fling of her arm. The short brown haired girl smiled at her. "How are you feeling Miss Hikari?" She asked. Hikari gave her a sad glance. "Not so good. And you don't have to call me Miss." Hikari had her head sitting in her cupped hand as she spotted the eyes of two boys peeking through the door at her. She stared back at them with a sour face. Shizuru noticed & closed the door with her foot. "What's the matter with you?" She asked. Hikari looked up at her. "I'm not supposed to look this way. I'm human." She thought they would laugh but they didn't. "Is that all? There's got to be more to it than that. I bet there's a boy." Shizuru said pointing at her. Hikari's eyes went big right before she hung her head. "SHIZURU!" Botan yelled as Hikari hung her head. "It's OK." Hikari said as she lifted her head again. "There is a boy. Several in fact. That's why I need to find them. We were supposed to go home but that stupid well." Hikari mumbled most of it thinking it aloud to herself. "You mean that there are several boys that you like?" Shizuru asked. Hikari shook her head. "Only one, but I travel with the others & some girls. I need to go. Thank you for helping me." Hikari stood as she prepared to go. Botan pushed her back down. "No way, you're our patient & we're going to help you." Hikari had to smile. "OK."
Thinking that no one was in the next room Hikari opened the door for herself as she strode out. She walked out only to find that she had knocked over the two boys from before. "Uhhh.Hi." She said still not noticing the rest of the people in the room. The two boys stood up. "Hi, are you feeling better?" The boy with red hair asked. Hikari smiled. "Yes, thank you." The other boy with black hair was staring at her. She glanced at him but didn't say anything. She then cast a glance at the rest of the people. A black haired man & a red haired man were sitting on a couch watching her too. She noticed that an old woman was also staring at her from the other side of the room. She felt like she couldn't move or speak under the eyes. Luckily Botan & the others came out behind her. "Everyone this is Hikari Oukami. Hikari this is Kuwabara, Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama, & Genki." Hikari felt better now, at least enough to speak. "Hi." Was all she managed to say as she tried to think of a way to get outside without looking suspicious. "We were just going out to look for her friends." Botan continued to explain as Hikari cast a sad look at the floor & started to remember things.
Rin always so happy & rambunctious. Sesshoumaru cold, hard, but nice. Jaken angry & loud but sweet & easy to get used to. Kagome a fellow 'future girl' & friend. Inuyasha loud, obnoxious, & rude but an OK guy. Sango, & Miroku, the couple that should be. Kohaku the strong but quiet boy. Ah-Un & Kirara the two demon animals that helped them so readily. & Myoga the old, cowardly flea. She was pulled quickly from her thoughts by an arm on hers. She flinched & stared at Genki who was looking at her with worried eyes. "They are very important to you aren't they?" The old woman asked. Hikari gave her a sad smile & nodded. "Thank you." She said even though she was not sure what she was thanking the woman for. Botan finished explaining what they were going out for & grabbed Hikari by the arm again. "Come on!" She said & pulled her to the door. Hikari followed, tail moving behind her. Before she could say 'goodbye' to the other people they were gone & out the door. She walked quietly down the hall by Yukina who was staring at her with soft eyes. "Hm?" Hikari asked as she turned her head toward the blue haired girl. Yukina put her head down. "Sorry, it's just that we're both trying to find someone." She trailed off. "Who are you looking for?" Hikari asked with a sad look. "I- I'm looking for my brother." Hikari thought for a moment that she was speaking to Sango but it quickly passed. "I'm sure you'll find him." Hikari said putting an understanding hand in her shoulder. Yukina smiled at her as they walked outside.
Hikari had never seen so many demons in one place before. She watched as the youkai stared at her with hungry eyes. She was starting to feel uncomfortable again. She looked around herself to see that there was a forest not far away. "Where is the highest point?" She asked as she stared around herself still. Botan whirled around to face her. "The highest point is probably the hotel roof. Why?" Hikari stared back up at the roof. "They may be able to hear me from there." With one swoop of her wings she was in the air. She soared upward as she struggled to get to the top. When she finally reached it she could see the whole island that they were staying on. Cupping her hands over her mouth she yelled at the top of her lungs. "AH-UN!!!!! KIRARA!!!!! INUYASHAAAA!!!! SESSHOUMARUUUU!!!!!" She waited for sometime as the people & demons on the ground looked toward the noise. She looked at the sky forlornly. No, blue swirling dragon, no fiery cat, no red dot against the sky, no white haired demons jumping toward her. She sighed & sunk to the ground. She had no idea where they were now. She didn't even know if Inuyasha or the others could follow her scent now that she was a dragon-girl. She sighed as she rose & shot back down to the earth.
When she landed she found that a tall teenaged bot was talking to the girls. He had a binky in his mouth & 'Jr.' stamped on his forehead. His brown hair was short & his clothes looked expensive. He spotted her even before she saw him & was already asking her questions. "So you must be Hikari?" Hikari nodded as he braid slipped over her shoulder. "They say you're looking for someone. A whole group of people actually. How did you manage to lose so many people?" Hikari looked at the ground. "It doesn't matter. You wouldn't believe me anyway." He looked at her quizzically. His hands were in his pockets as he leaned over to get his face under hers. "Oh, but it does matter & try me. Look around you I'm prepared to hear it." Hikari remembered all the youkai around her. "I.I lost them when I fell through a well. A magic one. An asshole named Naraku pushed me down some days ago. We keep getting lost between times. We keep meeting by the well in that time again but.I don't know if they made it through this time. They may have gone back to the Sengoku Jidaii & I'm stuck here like this." Hikari raised her arms to display the claws & scales. "So you don't normally look like this?" The man asked. Hikari shook her head. "No.I'm human.this isn't what I should look like." The man nodded. "I didn't think so. Are you by chance a White Dragon Clan member?" He asked with a hand on his chin. Hikari nodded. "How did you know? Everyone else says that they are long dead." She let herself look up at him. "They supposedly all died years ago. They had the power to time travel & turn into dragon's if I'm not mistaken." He shot a look down at Hikari. "I haven't turned into a dragon yet.but I am time traveling.but I don't want to.I never wanted to." Hikari looked back at the forest, she thought that she had seen something. Before either had a chance to speak again Hikari was rammed in the stomach by someone. "HIKARIIII-SAMAAAAA!!!!" A small girl was weeping into her stomach as a small green toad demon walked over to the group. "Rin-chan?! Jaken?!" Hikari was so surprised that she could hardly breath. (Which Rin squeezing too hard might also have caused that problem.) She hugged the small girl back as they both started to cry. Jaken stared at the people that were staring at him. "Hikari, you haven't seen Sesshoumaru have you?" The toad youkai asked. Hikari pulled her head from Rin's hair. Tears glistened in her eyes. "No, I thought he would be with you." Jaken shook his head. "What happened to you girl?" He eyed the demon appearance that she had. "I woke up this way." Hikari explained as she dried her eyes & stood back up to face the people. "Everyone this is Rin, & Jaken. Two of my friends. Jaken, Rin this is Botan, Keiko, Shizuru, &.I don't know who you are." Hikari said pointing to the man. "My name is Koenma." He said. Hikari nodded. "Well are we going to go or stand here all day?" Botan asked as she prepared to leave again. Hikari nodded as Rin clasped her hand in Hikari's. Jaken walked beside her as they walked through the crowd searching for the IY gang.
An hour later Hikari remembered a question she had meant to ask Botan earlier but had forgotten. "Hey Botan. What is this 'Dark Tournament'?" Botan turned her head slightly to look at her. "The Dark Tournament is held once every 50 years. It is a tournament between all the demons that have won respect & names for themselves since the last tournament. We are the only group that has humans in it because we were forced to come here by the Toguro brothers. They threatened to kill all of Yusuke's & Kuwabara's friends & family if they declined." Hikari cast a glance at the ground. "So, Are they the people you're going up against next?" Botan nodded. "Can I be your fill-in if anything goes wrong?" Hikari asked. Botan looked stunned. Koenma was about to drop the binky in his mouth. "I want to help you guys.you helped me so.I wanna fight. I can, I'm really good, please?" Botan stared at her. The others were also staring too. "I'll have to talk to the others about that Hikari, but it doesn't bother me. Especially if you know what your doing & that these fights will be to the death." Hikari looked away from Rin's scared eyes. "Yes, I just want to help." They continued to walk in silence for some time before they noticed that the sun was setting.
Back at the hotel Hikari gathered her sword & shuriken. "I'll be on the roof." Was all she said as she headed out the door. Rin was eating cake on the couch. Ever since they had arrived back at the hotel room all the girls had pampered her. "She is so cute." Keiko said as she watched the door snap shut behind Hikari. "I can't believe she wants to be alone when Rin is so cute." Jaken was also seated by the girl, getting strange glances from the two demons that had once occupied it. He growled to himself about wanting to get away from this strange place but no one heard him. "Hey where's Yusuke?" Botan asked as she stared around the room. "He & Genki went some where a little while ago but they haven't returned yet." Kurama said, drawing Rin's attention. She gulped down a piece of cake. "You look like Shippo-chan." She said with a smile. Kurama smiled back. "Who is this Shippo-chan?" He asked as he walked toward her. Rin put the plate aside as she picked up a pen & paper & started drawing Shippo. When she was finished she held it up & showed everyone. "This Shippo-chan." Kurama took the paper & studied it with a smile. "Yes I suppose I do. Tell me, is this Shippo a kitsune?" He gave her back the picture. "Hai." She said. They continued to talk as the night wore on.
On the roof Hikari was busy trying to shoot her attacks. It was working but the attacks seemed horribly stronger then before. She fired an arrow into the forest. She had seen Kagome's 'sacred arrow' & wanted to try it out for herself. The arrow was engulfed in blue light as she shot it. As it swept over the trees leaves were dislodged & blown around. When the arrow finally collided with a hilltop she was stunned to see it explode & crumble. Thinking she was in trouble she put the arrows away & took out her sword instead. She concentrated the energy into the sword blade & pointed it toward the sky. "Kogasu Unmei!" She yelled as a blue light shot forth & raked the night air. She watched as the sword glowed even after the attack was down. "Not as good as Inuyasha's but then again Tetsusaiga is a magic sword." Hikari pulled out the shuriken & checked the points. Sharp. Then she went for the gun. There were enough rounds left for weeks! She stowed it away. She probably wouldn't be aloud to use it even if she did join the team. She had the strangest feeling that she wasn't going to be aloud on their team to fight. "Yeah, they probably won't." she said aloud to herself as she swung one of the shuriken around on her finger. "They won't what?" asked a strange voice from the dark. "That's none of your.oh Hiei. Hi." She had turned her head ever so slightly to see the demon staring at her from the shadows. "Sorry I thought you were some one else." She turned completely around to face him. "What were you talking about?" He asked in the same tone. Hikari decided to tell the truth. "I just wanted to fight on your team if I could to show that I'm grateful for your help." She had the funniest feeling that he was reading her mind. "I see. Tell me why are you here?" Hikari gave him a quizzical look. "I'm not sure." He stared at her. "No, why are you on the roof?" He asked, she got that feeling again. "I was just seeing what I could do in this form. Besides I wanted to see if Ah-Un or Kirara were here." She turned her head skyward. 'Pretty stars.too bad he's not here.' She thought to herself as she stared up. Her eyes must have looked sad because he was staring at her again. "What are you thinking about?" He asked. "Stars.they're so pretty tonight.I wonder where they are." She was talking mostly to herself as she continued to stare at the sky. "Well come on it's getting late & Rin's looking for you." He turned back toward the roof's door. Just then the ground was shaken by a large tremor. Hikari was knocked off her balance as she fell on her tail. Hiei grabbed the doorframe to steady himself. Hikari grabbed for her things & grabbed his arm as she flew down the stairs toward their room. Hiei not used to this sort of thing was stunned as she swooped past several floors of people screaming beneath her. "Hold on!" She called as she beat her wings harder & skidded to a stop near their door. She thrust it open as the tremor continued. She released Hiei before anyone saw & ran inside. Rin was screaming as the furniture started to jitter across the floor. "Hikari- sama!" She ran unsteadily toward her. The two girls held on tight to each other as the building continued to rock with the tremor. The building continued on it's rocking spree for several more minutes. When it was over Botan gasped. "Oh My God.!" She pointed to the hole that was smoking in the middle of the forest. Hikari had the brief picture of Sesshoumaru being blown away in the crater. "No." She whispered as she saw the crater. "What if Yusuke was out there?!" Keiko asked as she ran to the door. Hikari had an arm on her shoulder. "Wait Keiko, it might be dangerous." She said as she tried to pull Keiko back. "She's correct Keiko let the boys check." She motioned to Kurama & Hiei to go. Hikari released her shoulder as the boys ran out the door. "Don't worry I'm sure they'll be OK." She said as she went too. Keiko put her hand on her shoulder this time. "Where are you going?" Hikari looked back at the scared Rin. "I'm going to see if this has anything to do with Sesshoumaru or my other friends." Before anyone could say anything Hikari was out the door & flying toward the entrance that would lead her out of the building.
When she reached the outside she was stunned to see that Hiei & Kurama were standing right outside with Koenma. She skidded to a halt so she wouldn't hit them. "What's going on?" She asked as she stood beside them. "We are not to interrupt in this. What are you doing here?" Koenma asked as he noticed her. Hikari turned to stare at the smoke drifting up from the forest. "I was worried that this might have something to do with my friends so I came to see." Koenma nodded as he faced the smoking forest again. "No, this has nothing to do with them. This is between Toguro & Yusuke." Hikari nodded. She felt around through the mixture of energies to see who was winning. To her surprise she caught another energy right above her. She flinched & looked up as she gasped. The others noticed & looked over at her. "Kuroi?" Hikari was staring at a shape that looked like it was staring at her. "No.it's.Magagoto." Hikari stepped back as the woman tried to land a kick in her face. "Good you're getting better." She said as she landed. Her dog-ears, & tail were sticking out from her outfit that consisted, as usual, of mostly blacks, blues, or purples. Her fangs could also be seen in her mouth as she smiled. "I see that you're having trouble containing your true self girl. Don't feel bad Master Kuroi is going through the same thing right now. Must be the massed youkai around here." She took note of the presence of Hiei & Kurama. "You have friends everywhere I see." Hikari glared at her. "What do you want Magagoto?" The woman turned her head toward her. "I want to make sure that you never find that man & his friends." Hikari smirked at her. "If you mean Kuroi, thanks for keeping him away from me. He's creepy." Magagoto glared at her. "No, I mean that man, what was his name? Sesshoumaru & those people. Kuroi seems jealous of him. Oh, & I'll tell him that you think he's creepy." Hikari huffed. "Tch. I could care less about what Kuroi thinks & he should be jealous. So, where are they anyway?" Hikari cast a glance around her. "They aren't here. Actually, they can't even tell if you're here because of your little body change." Hikari glared again. "I'll find them sooner or later. Tell Kuroi to go find someone else to marry cuz I think he's an ass. Besides if he's so jealous why ain't he here instead of you?" Magagoto looked nervous for a split second. "He's not here because of what you are." "So he's afraid?" Hikari asked flexing her claws meaningfully. "No, he knows that you might change if he comes so he sends me instead." Hikari shrugged. "Whatever, sounds like he's scared to me." Magagoto jumped back into the air as she yelled. "Just watch out girl! He will come to you sooner or later." "I'm thinking later! Much Later!" Hikari yelled as the woman disappeared from view into the night sky. Kurama & Hiei stared at her as she turned back around with a wide grin. "Who was that?" Kurama asked finally after Hikari had calmed down. "That was Magagoto. A stupid woman who works for Kuroi, my fiancé that I wanna kill." Both demons stared at her as she stared at the still rising steam. "Why do you want to kill this Kuroi & is this woman a dog demon?" Koenma asked. Hikari nodded. "Yeah she is & because he thinks that he can get away with marrying me & ruling both the White & Black Dragon Clan's. Plus I don't like him." Koenma nodded.
Some time passed before anyone spoke again. "It's over." Koenma said as he turned & started inside. Hikari, Kurama, & Hiei followed. Hikari's eyes started to droop as she yawned. The door to the room was unlocked as she stepped through & left it open for the two demons. Rin & Jaken were asleep on the couch as she walked over to the window & the others. "Well?" Botan asked as she walked over & yawned again. Hikari shrugged. "Koenma told us not to interfere & it has nothing to do with my lost friends so.I don't know what's happening." Keiko looked sad as she stared at the crater outside. A small frizzy haired, blue penguin thing was in her arms. "Hey, he's cute. What's his name?" Keiko handed her the small creature. "His name is 'Puu'. He's Yusuke's spirit beast. That's Yusuke's inner self." Hikari smirked as she tried to hold down a laugh. "He sure is cute." She hugged the tiny penguin. Before long she noticed that the others looked tired. "Hey why don't we wait on the couch? It's much more comfortable than standing." The girl's agreed as they sat down on the huge couch. "Hey where's Kuwabara?" Hikari asked as she yawned again & rubbed her eyes. "He went to sleep the big lug!" Shizuru gripped as she sat down. Hikari yawned & nodded as she started to drift into sleep. Before anyone noticed they had started to sleep too. Keiko was the last to succumb to the weakness. "Yusuke.please be alright." She sighed as her head tilted to the right, & she started to sleep dreamlessly.
The day before the fight with the Toguro brothers was taxing. The news that Genki had died the night before was sad for everyone. Hikari cried when she heard the news. Genki had been the one to say something sweet to her when she was feeling down that first day. It had only been a brief meeting but it was nice to have gotten to talk to her. Rin & Jaken had no idea who Genki was so the news of her death wasn't that stunning to them. Hikari had no idea why but that day she felt terribly like being alone. She guessed later that it had something to do with realizing that she may never see Sesshoumaru again, that Genki had died, & that she may be stuck in this horrible form forever. Rin was now taking naps almost daily, so when she did Hikari put her down on her bed & left, telling Jaken that she would be back soon. She decided to head for the forest, thinking that that was the safest place to think in peace.
As she got outside she noticed that the demons were staring at her again. She ignored them as she headed slowly toward the forest. She stared mostly at the ground as she thought. She bumped into something as she walked & quickly stepped back. "Sorry, I didn't see you." She tried to walk around the youkai but he stepped in front of her. She stopped & stared at him. "I would like to get through. Please move." The green faced youkai stared down at her with a smirk. He had two horns on his head & many fangs. His breath was foul & his eyes were no definite color. "I wouldn't let a pretty thing like you go in those woods without an escort." He said. Hikari eyed him for a moment. "I'm fine, thank you." The youkai stared down at her. "Aw that's too bad because we were all ready to help you miss." Hikari raised an eyebrow as several more youkai surrounded her. She counted them, only 3 youkai were standing in her way. "Please move. I don't want to use force." The youkai laughed loudly. "She doesn't want to use force!" They howled & jeered at her as they clutched their ribs & stomachs. She half hoped that at least one of them would laugh himself into a coma. She noticed that they weren't watching her & took the chance to step around them. "Hey girly, we ain't through with you." The 3 youkai were in front of her again. She sighed wearily & rubbed her head. "Please leave me alone. You're getting on my nerves." The glared at her, she gave them an empty look back. "We came to show you a good time missy so come on." The big green youkai put a burly hand on her arm. Hikari looked at it for a moment before glaring at him. "I warned you." She threw a clawed hand at him. The claws pierced him straight through his middle as she withdrew her hand. He fell to the ground dead. The other two ran screaming. Hikari wiped her hand on the youkai's shirt before continuing.
As she walked through the forest she noticed several felled trees. They would make nice places to sit but she didn't feel like stopping yet. She walked on until she came to the ocean. "Oh, I guess this is OK." She sat down on a huge rock & thought things out. She could sense that Sesshoumaru was near her but she couldn't find him. She sighed as she laid back on the rock, noticing the man staring at her from the bushes was another thing that was getting her ticked off. These youkai are about as lecherous as three Miroku's. Hikari thought as she rolled over to face him. "Hey, what do you want?" The youkai stepped out from the bushes looking quite ashamed. He was tall & had a blue Mohawk. Two tiny ponytails came off of it at the end. He was tall & well built, but no Sesshoumaru. She watched as he walked over. "Sorry Sheila I just saw how you fought back at the hotel gate & wondered why you wanted to come into the forest so bad." Hikari eyed him. "My names Hikari, not Sheila. I think you have me confused with someone else." Hikari turned away to look back at the sea. She heard the man behind her laughing. "That's a good one Sheila!" Hikari was getting annoyed with this man. "Hey my name is Chuu, nice to meet you Miss Hikari." He put out his hand in greeting. Hikari eyed it for a moment before grasping the hand. "So what are you doing out here anyway?" He asked taking a seat by her on the rock. "I came here to think some things over." Hikari said simply as she stared a out at the curling waves. Chuu looked over at her. "Your eyes look sad Sheila. What happened?" Hikari closed her eyes as she remembered everything that happened. "Too much to tell." She shook her head as she stared around her self. "He's coming." Chuu looked at her with puzzled eyes. "Who's coming?" "Kuroi.Quickly Mr. Chuu you must get out of here. Thank you for being kind but the person that is coming could kill you." Chuu watched as the sadness & hatred built in her eyes. "Alright Sheila. Just don't let him kill you too." Chuu ran back into the forest as Hikari pulled out her sword. "Which way.which way?" She let her eyes rove over the forest as she waited for him to come. "There. Kogasu Unmei!" She swung the sword downward as the beam shot toward the trees. The forestation was destroyed as she waited. The smoke cleared over a mile stretch of destroyed life. Hikari's eyes shot skyward. "Damn, missed 'im." She jumped back as Kuroi landed a punch in the ground. She glared at him. "Leave me alone Kuroi. The betrothal was destroyed a long time ago. Almost immediately as it was started. Why do you persist in this?" Kuroi smirked at her. "I am only carrying out my parents' wishes. But if you don't wish to come easily then I will have to fight you." Hikari glared at him. "Don't fool yourself. You can't beat me." Hikari said as she saw the triumphant look on his face. "That's what you think. I may not be a 'True Dragon', but I have got a fragment of the Shikon Jewel." He held the jewel shard aloft. Hikari noticed in horror that the jewel shard was hers, she had left it in the room with the others. "Kuroi! How did you get that shard?!" He smirked down at her. "There it was just sitting on the table by that sleeping girl. She was so desperate to get it away when she thought that I was going to take it too. That little imp & the other girls caused quite a struggle too. Too bad I had to kill them all." Hikari's eyes went big. "No." She felt anger & pure hatred cover her as she glared at him. He noticed nothing as he went on. "Ah, yes, then those two demons came in but they were no use. The human boy with the red hair was no good either but that black haired one took some time to die." Hikari's eyes had no pupils as the bodies of the dead comrades entered her mind. "No!" He stared at her as she started to grow & change. Her voice was getting deeper, her neck longer. Her claws, wings, & tail grew larger as she growled at him in the many, echoing voices. "Kuroi! I will not let you live." He watched in horror as a great white dragon took shape & was soon staring down at him with glowing eyes.
Woah, uhh.nothing new or that I feel I have to explain.except that I think Hikari's gotta calm down. Not really, I was mad with someone when I originally wrote this chap so it's just a reflection of my feelings I guess. Reviews please! ^_~
~ OtakuSailorV
She was in a room with blue walls. The bed she was sleeping on was comfortable as she opened her eyes to see a blue haired woman staring down at her. She shut her eyes again. "No way, I'm not home yet! Where's Sesshoumaru?" She whispered as she felt a hand on her forehead. "Are you OK? You had quite a spill there Miss.?" Hikari opened her eyes again & sat up. "Hikari.Hikari Oukami. Where am I?" The blue haired woman smiled. She was wearing a yellow shirt with brown pants & her hair up in a ponytail as she smiled at Hikari. "Why you're at the Dark Tournament. The biggest Demon fights in years. Don't you remember? You fell from the sky in the stadium while my team was fighting?" Hikari rubbed her head. "No.I." She noticed that her nails were awfully long as she rubbed her head. She pulled the arm down & looked at it. Her arm was covered in blue scales & her fingernails were as long as Sesshoumaru or Inuyasha's. "What?!" Hikari pulled down the covers to look at the rest of her body. Her legs were the same, along with her toenails. She looked at her arms again. There were two sets of rifts that were going up her arms. One started at her wrist & ended at her elbow, while the other one started a little ways from her elbow & ended at the top of her shoulder. Both arms were this way as she turned them this way & that. Her face was also covered in the blue scales. Sets of fangs were in her mouth as she rubbed her tongue over them. She noticed that the big dragon ones replaced her white feathery wings. She felt around her entire body looking for new things that had never been there before. A dragon tail poked out from her butt as she twitch it. Rifts like the ones on her arms replaced her ears & a large rift went down her back between her wings. She gave the woman a horrified look as she spotted all the changes. "W-what happened to me?" She asked as she hugged her arms to herself. The woman gave her a quizzical look. "What do you mean? This is how you looked when you fell from the sky. What's wrong?" Hikari could feel tears in her eyes. "Dammit! I'm stuck again. What the hell is going on? I just wanna go back.& who knows if they ended up here too?" Hikari could feel the tears streaming down her cheeks as she sobbed to herself. "Oh, my names Botan.but who are you talking about?" Hikari sniffed & looked at her. "I.my friends." Hikari couldn't talk anymore, she hung her head & let the tears flow freely down her cheeks. "Well, let's get you cleaned up & we'll go looking for them." Botan said grabbing Hikari's arms. Hikari sniffed but said nothing as they walked toward the bathroom.
Some time later they emerged with Hikari in her newly cleaned clothes. She thanked Botan as she sat down & thought over what she was going to do.
Upon further inspection in the shower she had found that her entire body was covered in the scales. She looked at herself in the mirror & felt she was going to cry again. Sure she still looked good but what if Sesshoumaru didn't think so? She sighed & dropped her head as Botan re- entered the room with three more girls. Two had brown hair, one short, one long. The other had blue hair like Botan only shorter & held back by red ties. They all stared & smiled at her as they entered. "Miss Hikari, this is Keiko, Yukina, & Shizuru." Botan introduced them with a fling of her arm. The short brown haired girl smiled at her. "How are you feeling Miss Hikari?" She asked. Hikari gave her a sad glance. "Not so good. And you don't have to call me Miss." Hikari had her head sitting in her cupped hand as she spotted the eyes of two boys peeking through the door at her. She stared back at them with a sour face. Shizuru noticed & closed the door with her foot. "What's the matter with you?" She asked. Hikari looked up at her. "I'm not supposed to look this way. I'm human." She thought they would laugh but they didn't. "Is that all? There's got to be more to it than that. I bet there's a boy." Shizuru said pointing at her. Hikari's eyes went big right before she hung her head. "SHIZURU!" Botan yelled as Hikari hung her head. "It's OK." Hikari said as she lifted her head again. "There is a boy. Several in fact. That's why I need to find them. We were supposed to go home but that stupid well." Hikari mumbled most of it thinking it aloud to herself. "You mean that there are several boys that you like?" Shizuru asked. Hikari shook her head. "Only one, but I travel with the others & some girls. I need to go. Thank you for helping me." Hikari stood as she prepared to go. Botan pushed her back down. "No way, you're our patient & we're going to help you." Hikari had to smile. "OK."
Thinking that no one was in the next room Hikari opened the door for herself as she strode out. She walked out only to find that she had knocked over the two boys from before. "Uhhh.Hi." She said still not noticing the rest of the people in the room. The two boys stood up. "Hi, are you feeling better?" The boy with red hair asked. Hikari smiled. "Yes, thank you." The other boy with black hair was staring at her. She glanced at him but didn't say anything. She then cast a glance at the rest of the people. A black haired man & a red haired man were sitting on a couch watching her too. She noticed that an old woman was also staring at her from the other side of the room. She felt like she couldn't move or speak under the eyes. Luckily Botan & the others came out behind her. "Everyone this is Hikari Oukami. Hikari this is Kuwabara, Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama, & Genki." Hikari felt better now, at least enough to speak. "Hi." Was all she managed to say as she tried to think of a way to get outside without looking suspicious. "We were just going out to look for her friends." Botan continued to explain as Hikari cast a sad look at the floor & started to remember things.
Rin always so happy & rambunctious. Sesshoumaru cold, hard, but nice. Jaken angry & loud but sweet & easy to get used to. Kagome a fellow 'future girl' & friend. Inuyasha loud, obnoxious, & rude but an OK guy. Sango, & Miroku, the couple that should be. Kohaku the strong but quiet boy. Ah-Un & Kirara the two demon animals that helped them so readily. & Myoga the old, cowardly flea. She was pulled quickly from her thoughts by an arm on hers. She flinched & stared at Genki who was looking at her with worried eyes. "They are very important to you aren't they?" The old woman asked. Hikari gave her a sad smile & nodded. "Thank you." She said even though she was not sure what she was thanking the woman for. Botan finished explaining what they were going out for & grabbed Hikari by the arm again. "Come on!" She said & pulled her to the door. Hikari followed, tail moving behind her. Before she could say 'goodbye' to the other people they were gone & out the door. She walked quietly down the hall by Yukina who was staring at her with soft eyes. "Hm?" Hikari asked as she turned her head toward the blue haired girl. Yukina put her head down. "Sorry, it's just that we're both trying to find someone." She trailed off. "Who are you looking for?" Hikari asked with a sad look. "I- I'm looking for my brother." Hikari thought for a moment that she was speaking to Sango but it quickly passed. "I'm sure you'll find him." Hikari said putting an understanding hand in her shoulder. Yukina smiled at her as they walked outside.
Hikari had never seen so many demons in one place before. She watched as the youkai stared at her with hungry eyes. She was starting to feel uncomfortable again. She looked around herself to see that there was a forest not far away. "Where is the highest point?" She asked as she stared around herself still. Botan whirled around to face her. "The highest point is probably the hotel roof. Why?" Hikari stared back up at the roof. "They may be able to hear me from there." With one swoop of her wings she was in the air. She soared upward as she struggled to get to the top. When she finally reached it she could see the whole island that they were staying on. Cupping her hands over her mouth she yelled at the top of her lungs. "AH-UN!!!!! KIRARA!!!!! INUYASHAAAA!!!! SESSHOUMARUUUU!!!!!" She waited for sometime as the people & demons on the ground looked toward the noise. She looked at the sky forlornly. No, blue swirling dragon, no fiery cat, no red dot against the sky, no white haired demons jumping toward her. She sighed & sunk to the ground. She had no idea where they were now. She didn't even know if Inuyasha or the others could follow her scent now that she was a dragon-girl. She sighed as she rose & shot back down to the earth.
When she landed she found that a tall teenaged bot was talking to the girls. He had a binky in his mouth & 'Jr.' stamped on his forehead. His brown hair was short & his clothes looked expensive. He spotted her even before she saw him & was already asking her questions. "So you must be Hikari?" Hikari nodded as he braid slipped over her shoulder. "They say you're looking for someone. A whole group of people actually. How did you manage to lose so many people?" Hikari looked at the ground. "It doesn't matter. You wouldn't believe me anyway." He looked at her quizzically. His hands were in his pockets as he leaned over to get his face under hers. "Oh, but it does matter & try me. Look around you I'm prepared to hear it." Hikari remembered all the youkai around her. "I.I lost them when I fell through a well. A magic one. An asshole named Naraku pushed me down some days ago. We keep getting lost between times. We keep meeting by the well in that time again but.I don't know if they made it through this time. They may have gone back to the Sengoku Jidaii & I'm stuck here like this." Hikari raised her arms to display the claws & scales. "So you don't normally look like this?" The man asked. Hikari shook her head. "No.I'm human.this isn't what I should look like." The man nodded. "I didn't think so. Are you by chance a White Dragon Clan member?" He asked with a hand on his chin. Hikari nodded. "How did you know? Everyone else says that they are long dead." She let herself look up at him. "They supposedly all died years ago. They had the power to time travel & turn into dragon's if I'm not mistaken." He shot a look down at Hikari. "I haven't turned into a dragon yet.but I am time traveling.but I don't want to.I never wanted to." Hikari looked back at the forest, she thought that she had seen something. Before either had a chance to speak again Hikari was rammed in the stomach by someone. "HIKARIIII-SAMAAAAA!!!!" A small girl was weeping into her stomach as a small green toad demon walked over to the group. "Rin-chan?! Jaken?!" Hikari was so surprised that she could hardly breath. (Which Rin squeezing too hard might also have caused that problem.) She hugged the small girl back as they both started to cry. Jaken stared at the people that were staring at him. "Hikari, you haven't seen Sesshoumaru have you?" The toad youkai asked. Hikari pulled her head from Rin's hair. Tears glistened in her eyes. "No, I thought he would be with you." Jaken shook his head. "What happened to you girl?" He eyed the demon appearance that she had. "I woke up this way." Hikari explained as she dried her eyes & stood back up to face the people. "Everyone this is Rin, & Jaken. Two of my friends. Jaken, Rin this is Botan, Keiko, Shizuru, &.I don't know who you are." Hikari said pointing to the man. "My name is Koenma." He said. Hikari nodded. "Well are we going to go or stand here all day?" Botan asked as she prepared to leave again. Hikari nodded as Rin clasped her hand in Hikari's. Jaken walked beside her as they walked through the crowd searching for the IY gang.
An hour later Hikari remembered a question she had meant to ask Botan earlier but had forgotten. "Hey Botan. What is this 'Dark Tournament'?" Botan turned her head slightly to look at her. "The Dark Tournament is held once every 50 years. It is a tournament between all the demons that have won respect & names for themselves since the last tournament. We are the only group that has humans in it because we were forced to come here by the Toguro brothers. They threatened to kill all of Yusuke's & Kuwabara's friends & family if they declined." Hikari cast a glance at the ground. "So, Are they the people you're going up against next?" Botan nodded. "Can I be your fill-in if anything goes wrong?" Hikari asked. Botan looked stunned. Koenma was about to drop the binky in his mouth. "I want to help you guys.you helped me so.I wanna fight. I can, I'm really good, please?" Botan stared at her. The others were also staring too. "I'll have to talk to the others about that Hikari, but it doesn't bother me. Especially if you know what your doing & that these fights will be to the death." Hikari looked away from Rin's scared eyes. "Yes, I just want to help." They continued to walk in silence for some time before they noticed that the sun was setting.
Back at the hotel Hikari gathered her sword & shuriken. "I'll be on the roof." Was all she said as she headed out the door. Rin was eating cake on the couch. Ever since they had arrived back at the hotel room all the girls had pampered her. "She is so cute." Keiko said as she watched the door snap shut behind Hikari. "I can't believe she wants to be alone when Rin is so cute." Jaken was also seated by the girl, getting strange glances from the two demons that had once occupied it. He growled to himself about wanting to get away from this strange place but no one heard him. "Hey where's Yusuke?" Botan asked as she stared around the room. "He & Genki went some where a little while ago but they haven't returned yet." Kurama said, drawing Rin's attention. She gulped down a piece of cake. "You look like Shippo-chan." She said with a smile. Kurama smiled back. "Who is this Shippo-chan?" He asked as he walked toward her. Rin put the plate aside as she picked up a pen & paper & started drawing Shippo. When she was finished she held it up & showed everyone. "This Shippo-chan." Kurama took the paper & studied it with a smile. "Yes I suppose I do. Tell me, is this Shippo a kitsune?" He gave her back the picture. "Hai." She said. They continued to talk as the night wore on.
On the roof Hikari was busy trying to shoot her attacks. It was working but the attacks seemed horribly stronger then before. She fired an arrow into the forest. She had seen Kagome's 'sacred arrow' & wanted to try it out for herself. The arrow was engulfed in blue light as she shot it. As it swept over the trees leaves were dislodged & blown around. When the arrow finally collided with a hilltop she was stunned to see it explode & crumble. Thinking she was in trouble she put the arrows away & took out her sword instead. She concentrated the energy into the sword blade & pointed it toward the sky. "Kogasu Unmei!" She yelled as a blue light shot forth & raked the night air. She watched as the sword glowed even after the attack was down. "Not as good as Inuyasha's but then again Tetsusaiga is a magic sword." Hikari pulled out the shuriken & checked the points. Sharp. Then she went for the gun. There were enough rounds left for weeks! She stowed it away. She probably wouldn't be aloud to use it even if she did join the team. She had the strangest feeling that she wasn't going to be aloud on their team to fight. "Yeah, they probably won't." she said aloud to herself as she swung one of the shuriken around on her finger. "They won't what?" asked a strange voice from the dark. "That's none of your.oh Hiei. Hi." She had turned her head ever so slightly to see the demon staring at her from the shadows. "Sorry I thought you were some one else." She turned completely around to face him. "What were you talking about?" He asked in the same tone. Hikari decided to tell the truth. "I just wanted to fight on your team if I could to show that I'm grateful for your help." She had the funniest feeling that he was reading her mind. "I see. Tell me why are you here?" Hikari gave him a quizzical look. "I'm not sure." He stared at her. "No, why are you on the roof?" He asked, she got that feeling again. "I was just seeing what I could do in this form. Besides I wanted to see if Ah-Un or Kirara were here." She turned her head skyward. 'Pretty stars.too bad he's not here.' She thought to herself as she stared up. Her eyes must have looked sad because he was staring at her again. "What are you thinking about?" He asked. "Stars.they're so pretty tonight.I wonder where they are." She was talking mostly to herself as she continued to stare at the sky. "Well come on it's getting late & Rin's looking for you." He turned back toward the roof's door. Just then the ground was shaken by a large tremor. Hikari was knocked off her balance as she fell on her tail. Hiei grabbed the doorframe to steady himself. Hikari grabbed for her things & grabbed his arm as she flew down the stairs toward their room. Hiei not used to this sort of thing was stunned as she swooped past several floors of people screaming beneath her. "Hold on!" She called as she beat her wings harder & skidded to a stop near their door. She thrust it open as the tremor continued. She released Hiei before anyone saw & ran inside. Rin was screaming as the furniture started to jitter across the floor. "Hikari- sama!" She ran unsteadily toward her. The two girls held on tight to each other as the building continued to rock with the tremor. The building continued on it's rocking spree for several more minutes. When it was over Botan gasped. "Oh My God.!" She pointed to the hole that was smoking in the middle of the forest. Hikari had the brief picture of Sesshoumaru being blown away in the crater. "No." She whispered as she saw the crater. "What if Yusuke was out there?!" Keiko asked as she ran to the door. Hikari had an arm on her shoulder. "Wait Keiko, it might be dangerous." She said as she tried to pull Keiko back. "She's correct Keiko let the boys check." She motioned to Kurama & Hiei to go. Hikari released her shoulder as the boys ran out the door. "Don't worry I'm sure they'll be OK." She said as she went too. Keiko put her hand on her shoulder this time. "Where are you going?" Hikari looked back at the scared Rin. "I'm going to see if this has anything to do with Sesshoumaru or my other friends." Before anyone could say anything Hikari was out the door & flying toward the entrance that would lead her out of the building.
When she reached the outside she was stunned to see that Hiei & Kurama were standing right outside with Koenma. She skidded to a halt so she wouldn't hit them. "What's going on?" She asked as she stood beside them. "We are not to interrupt in this. What are you doing here?" Koenma asked as he noticed her. Hikari turned to stare at the smoke drifting up from the forest. "I was worried that this might have something to do with my friends so I came to see." Koenma nodded as he faced the smoking forest again. "No, this has nothing to do with them. This is between Toguro & Yusuke." Hikari nodded. She felt around through the mixture of energies to see who was winning. To her surprise she caught another energy right above her. She flinched & looked up as she gasped. The others noticed & looked over at her. "Kuroi?" Hikari was staring at a shape that looked like it was staring at her. "No.it's.Magagoto." Hikari stepped back as the woman tried to land a kick in her face. "Good you're getting better." She said as she landed. Her dog-ears, & tail were sticking out from her outfit that consisted, as usual, of mostly blacks, blues, or purples. Her fangs could also be seen in her mouth as she smiled. "I see that you're having trouble containing your true self girl. Don't feel bad Master Kuroi is going through the same thing right now. Must be the massed youkai around here." She took note of the presence of Hiei & Kurama. "You have friends everywhere I see." Hikari glared at her. "What do you want Magagoto?" The woman turned her head toward her. "I want to make sure that you never find that man & his friends." Hikari smirked at her. "If you mean Kuroi, thanks for keeping him away from me. He's creepy." Magagoto glared at her. "No, I mean that man, what was his name? Sesshoumaru & those people. Kuroi seems jealous of him. Oh, & I'll tell him that you think he's creepy." Hikari huffed. "Tch. I could care less about what Kuroi thinks & he should be jealous. So, where are they anyway?" Hikari cast a glance around her. "They aren't here. Actually, they can't even tell if you're here because of your little body change." Hikari glared again. "I'll find them sooner or later. Tell Kuroi to go find someone else to marry cuz I think he's an ass. Besides if he's so jealous why ain't he here instead of you?" Magagoto looked nervous for a split second. "He's not here because of what you are." "So he's afraid?" Hikari asked flexing her claws meaningfully. "No, he knows that you might change if he comes so he sends me instead." Hikari shrugged. "Whatever, sounds like he's scared to me." Magagoto jumped back into the air as she yelled. "Just watch out girl! He will come to you sooner or later." "I'm thinking later! Much Later!" Hikari yelled as the woman disappeared from view into the night sky. Kurama & Hiei stared at her as she turned back around with a wide grin. "Who was that?" Kurama asked finally after Hikari had calmed down. "That was Magagoto. A stupid woman who works for Kuroi, my fiancé that I wanna kill." Both demons stared at her as she stared at the still rising steam. "Why do you want to kill this Kuroi & is this woman a dog demon?" Koenma asked. Hikari nodded. "Yeah she is & because he thinks that he can get away with marrying me & ruling both the White & Black Dragon Clan's. Plus I don't like him." Koenma nodded.
Some time passed before anyone spoke again. "It's over." Koenma said as he turned & started inside. Hikari, Kurama, & Hiei followed. Hikari's eyes started to droop as she yawned. The door to the room was unlocked as she stepped through & left it open for the two demons. Rin & Jaken were asleep on the couch as she walked over to the window & the others. "Well?" Botan asked as she walked over & yawned again. Hikari shrugged. "Koenma told us not to interfere & it has nothing to do with my lost friends so.I don't know what's happening." Keiko looked sad as she stared at the crater outside. A small frizzy haired, blue penguin thing was in her arms. "Hey, he's cute. What's his name?" Keiko handed her the small creature. "His name is 'Puu'. He's Yusuke's spirit beast. That's Yusuke's inner self." Hikari smirked as she tried to hold down a laugh. "He sure is cute." She hugged the tiny penguin. Before long she noticed that the others looked tired. "Hey why don't we wait on the couch? It's much more comfortable than standing." The girl's agreed as they sat down on the huge couch. "Hey where's Kuwabara?" Hikari asked as she yawned again & rubbed her eyes. "He went to sleep the big lug!" Shizuru gripped as she sat down. Hikari yawned & nodded as she started to drift into sleep. Before anyone noticed they had started to sleep too. Keiko was the last to succumb to the weakness. "Yusuke.please be alright." She sighed as her head tilted to the right, & she started to sleep dreamlessly.
The day before the fight with the Toguro brothers was taxing. The news that Genki had died the night before was sad for everyone. Hikari cried when she heard the news. Genki had been the one to say something sweet to her when she was feeling down that first day. It had only been a brief meeting but it was nice to have gotten to talk to her. Rin & Jaken had no idea who Genki was so the news of her death wasn't that stunning to them. Hikari had no idea why but that day she felt terribly like being alone. She guessed later that it had something to do with realizing that she may never see Sesshoumaru again, that Genki had died, & that she may be stuck in this horrible form forever. Rin was now taking naps almost daily, so when she did Hikari put her down on her bed & left, telling Jaken that she would be back soon. She decided to head for the forest, thinking that that was the safest place to think in peace.
As she got outside she noticed that the demons were staring at her again. She ignored them as she headed slowly toward the forest. She stared mostly at the ground as she thought. She bumped into something as she walked & quickly stepped back. "Sorry, I didn't see you." She tried to walk around the youkai but he stepped in front of her. She stopped & stared at him. "I would like to get through. Please move." The green faced youkai stared down at her with a smirk. He had two horns on his head & many fangs. His breath was foul & his eyes were no definite color. "I wouldn't let a pretty thing like you go in those woods without an escort." He said. Hikari eyed him for a moment. "I'm fine, thank you." The youkai stared down at her. "Aw that's too bad because we were all ready to help you miss." Hikari raised an eyebrow as several more youkai surrounded her. She counted them, only 3 youkai were standing in her way. "Please move. I don't want to use force." The youkai laughed loudly. "She doesn't want to use force!" They howled & jeered at her as they clutched their ribs & stomachs. She half hoped that at least one of them would laugh himself into a coma. She noticed that they weren't watching her & took the chance to step around them. "Hey girly, we ain't through with you." The 3 youkai were in front of her again. She sighed wearily & rubbed her head. "Please leave me alone. You're getting on my nerves." The glared at her, she gave them an empty look back. "We came to show you a good time missy so come on." The big green youkai put a burly hand on her arm. Hikari looked at it for a moment before glaring at him. "I warned you." She threw a clawed hand at him. The claws pierced him straight through his middle as she withdrew her hand. He fell to the ground dead. The other two ran screaming. Hikari wiped her hand on the youkai's shirt before continuing.
As she walked through the forest she noticed several felled trees. They would make nice places to sit but she didn't feel like stopping yet. She walked on until she came to the ocean. "Oh, I guess this is OK." She sat down on a huge rock & thought things out. She could sense that Sesshoumaru was near her but she couldn't find him. She sighed as she laid back on the rock, noticing the man staring at her from the bushes was another thing that was getting her ticked off. These youkai are about as lecherous as three Miroku's. Hikari thought as she rolled over to face him. "Hey, what do you want?" The youkai stepped out from the bushes looking quite ashamed. He was tall & had a blue Mohawk. Two tiny ponytails came off of it at the end. He was tall & well built, but no Sesshoumaru. She watched as he walked over. "Sorry Sheila I just saw how you fought back at the hotel gate & wondered why you wanted to come into the forest so bad." Hikari eyed him. "My names Hikari, not Sheila. I think you have me confused with someone else." Hikari turned away to look back at the sea. She heard the man behind her laughing. "That's a good one Sheila!" Hikari was getting annoyed with this man. "Hey my name is Chuu, nice to meet you Miss Hikari." He put out his hand in greeting. Hikari eyed it for a moment before grasping the hand. "So what are you doing out here anyway?" He asked taking a seat by her on the rock. "I came here to think some things over." Hikari said simply as she stared a out at the curling waves. Chuu looked over at her. "Your eyes look sad Sheila. What happened?" Hikari closed her eyes as she remembered everything that happened. "Too much to tell." She shook her head as she stared around her self. "He's coming." Chuu looked at her with puzzled eyes. "Who's coming?" "Kuroi.Quickly Mr. Chuu you must get out of here. Thank you for being kind but the person that is coming could kill you." Chuu watched as the sadness & hatred built in her eyes. "Alright Sheila. Just don't let him kill you too." Chuu ran back into the forest as Hikari pulled out her sword. "Which way.which way?" She let her eyes rove over the forest as she waited for him to come. "There. Kogasu Unmei!" She swung the sword downward as the beam shot toward the trees. The forestation was destroyed as she waited. The smoke cleared over a mile stretch of destroyed life. Hikari's eyes shot skyward. "Damn, missed 'im." She jumped back as Kuroi landed a punch in the ground. She glared at him. "Leave me alone Kuroi. The betrothal was destroyed a long time ago. Almost immediately as it was started. Why do you persist in this?" Kuroi smirked at her. "I am only carrying out my parents' wishes. But if you don't wish to come easily then I will have to fight you." Hikari glared at him. "Don't fool yourself. You can't beat me." Hikari said as she saw the triumphant look on his face. "That's what you think. I may not be a 'True Dragon', but I have got a fragment of the Shikon Jewel." He held the jewel shard aloft. Hikari noticed in horror that the jewel shard was hers, she had left it in the room with the others. "Kuroi! How did you get that shard?!" He smirked down at her. "There it was just sitting on the table by that sleeping girl. She was so desperate to get it away when she thought that I was going to take it too. That little imp & the other girls caused quite a struggle too. Too bad I had to kill them all." Hikari's eyes went big. "No." She felt anger & pure hatred cover her as she glared at him. He noticed nothing as he went on. "Ah, yes, then those two demons came in but they were no use. The human boy with the red hair was no good either but that black haired one took some time to die." Hikari's eyes had no pupils as the bodies of the dead comrades entered her mind. "No!" He stared at her as she started to grow & change. Her voice was getting deeper, her neck longer. Her claws, wings, & tail grew larger as she growled at him in the many, echoing voices. "Kuroi! I will not let you live." He watched in horror as a great white dragon took shape & was soon staring down at him with glowing eyes.
Woah, uhh.nothing new or that I feel I have to explain.except that I think Hikari's gotta calm down. Not really, I was mad with someone when I originally wrote this chap so it's just a reflection of my feelings I guess. Reviews please! ^_~
~ OtakuSailorV