FOREINGER By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 18: Story of the Lost 'Flower'
Hikari woke on her side feeling fine as day when a disturbing feeling crossed her butt. Someone was feeling her! "Letch!" She cried as she rolled over onto the hand to pin the person down as she pulled her hand into position on his face. Miroku stood stunned in front of her with his hand pinned down on the bed & her hand trying to force him away. What was she trying to do rip his arm off? She stood up right on the bed & looked down at him. "What are you doing Miroku?" She asked as she started to calm down, the monk was only playing around with her emotions right? He rubbed his cheek then checked to see if his wrist was broken. "I was coming to wake you up. You sleep really late you Hikari-chan." Hikari huffed. "Nice Wake- up call." She grumbled as she stood up & started for the door. "Well come on, I'm up now." Hikari said as she walked out the door. He followed a little ways behind her.
In the kitchen everyone was standing around watching as she came out. Hikari tried to brush the wrinkles out of her clothes as she picked up a breakfast bar. Sesshoumaru had a glass of coffee & the paper with him at the table. Rin was trying to rub the sleep out of her eyes along with Jaken. Hikari yawned before biting into the bar. "So, when are we going?" She asked a little bluntly. Kagome shrugged. "We were waiting for you but now." She dragged off as someone knocked on the door. Kurama stood & crossed the room. He opened the door to see Koenma, Suzuka, Rinku, Chuu, Jin, & Touya standing in the frame smiling at them. "We came to see you blokes off." Chuu said as he came in. Hikari smiled at him & he winked at her. She was getting tired of people trying to pass secret things through their winks at her. She gave him a puzzled look. You would think that by now she would know what a person was trying to say to her when they winked but she stayed as clueless as ever. "Well, we were just about to leave." Hikari said before they all got in the room. Chuu nodded & headed back for the door, pushing Rinku forward in the process. Kurama exited after them followed by Hiei, Botan, & the others. "So, where are we taking you?" Botan asked finally as they started to exit the hotel. Hikari pulled the picture of the well from her bag. "We need to go here." She said pointing to the well. Botan gave her a quizzical look. "I'll explain later." Hikari said as she tried to see if she could feel the magic well close by. She could. "It's over in that forest." She said pointing to it. Hefting up the sword that she had no sheath for she dragged herself in the direction of the well. Sesshoumaru came over & picked up the sword. "I'll carry this for you." He said as he held it. Hikari smiled at him. *Chomp* Sesshoumaru turned a raised eyebrow at the tiny black dragon that had bitten him. "And who is this?" He asked as he watched the red- yellow eyes glare up at him. "Oh that's right! I haven't introduced you to each other yet. Sesshoumaru this is Saisei. Saisei this is Sesshoumaru." Hikari said as she tried to get the tiny dragon to release Sesshoumaru's hand. "Why did you call him 'reincarnation'?" Sesshoumaru asked as his hand was released. Hikari thought for a minute. "It seemed reasonable at the time to call him that because he looked like Kuroi in his dragon form. But after what Magagoto said it really does seem to fit him." She scratched her chin in thought. Sesshoumaru looked down at the tiny dragon that was still glaring at him. "What did Magagoto say?" He asked finally. Hikari looked up at him. "She said that this dragon is Kuroi. That this is his complete copy but it has some flaws. Like it doesn't have some things or something. Then she said that 'Shiro' the little white dragon that hangs around Rin is a copy of me. Like he protects Rin because that's what I do, or he reflects my mood." Hikari pointed out the tiny dragon with blue-gold eyes to Sesshoumaru as they walked. He nodded at her as the red eyes pierced up at him. As they neared the well Hikari felt that she would soon have to do some fighting again. 'That's silly.' She thought to herself, as she could sense no trouble for miles. Yusuke looked at her when she turned her head to & fro as if she were lost. "What are you looking for?" He asked, but Hikari just shook her head. "Nothing, I just.felt something." She said as she rubbed her forehead with exhaustion. The well was near by she could feel it. She pushed aside a low-hanging branch to see the well sitting in the open, looking old & dusty as usual. She walked over & ran a hand over it, looking down into it she could see the bones that always seemed to line the bottom. "This is it." She proclaimed as she sat on the lip. She snapped her fingers suddenly & rummaged in her pack. "Here these are for you guys." She said holding out another small satchel to Yusuke. He stared at her perplexed as he took the small bag. "You'll know what they are when you see them." Hikari smiled as Rin climbed on her back. Kirara & Saisei occupied her head as her shoulders were covered by Rin's arms. "Well, here we go." She said as she slid down the well side, making sure not to hit Rin on the well lip as she fell through time & space again. Again she felt the air blow through her entire body as if she were nothing but wind herself. The breath was taken from her as she felt herself hit something hard. The sensation of falling had not hit, so she must not have been thrust through the sky again. She tried to wriggle a tail as her vision, hearing, & other senses started to come back. No tail seemed to be on her. So there was no great concentration of youkai here. She slowly opened her eyes to see a man & woman staring at her horrified. She felt the ground beneath her rumble & try to shake her. Grabbing hold of something that appeared at the time to be a piece of wood she held her ground. The floor bucked again as her hearing started to come back. Voices, she could hear someone screaming at her. It was the man. He was yelling at her but another sound was droning him out. Hissing or maybe it was supposed to be a roar was louder & seemed to come from the ground itself. She turned to see Rin staring around bewilderedly. Kirara's fur was standing on end as he glared his large red eyes at the tossing ground. Hikari looked down to see that Saisei was blowing fire at the mound that she was trying to stay on. "Saisei." She said as a shot was fired at the ground in front of her. She heard the ground hiss again as she was thrown from it. Looking back she saw that the ground she had been grabbing was actually a giant hissing bug. She flinched at the thought as she involuntarily sat hovering above the ground. The man & woman stared up at her bewilderedly for a short time before the bug charged & they turned back to shooting at it. The giant bug reared its head & stampeded toward them. Hikari dived out of the way just in time. Kirara changed into his giant cat form & ran after the bug. Rin poked Hikari on the head. "Rin will stay with Kirara while Hikari-sama fights the scary buggy." She said in an extremely calm voice considering the moment. Hikari nodded then called for Kirara to return. Putting Rin on his back Hikari ordered him to protect her while she fought. The giant eyes blinked at her. Hikari pulled the gun that she had almost forgotten about out of its holster & prepared to fire at the creature. A plume of feathers was left behind her as she flew forward. The man & woman had been firing bullets at the monster for some time before Hikari came in with hers. She fired several rounds at it before she dropped to the ground. "Gun no good." She said in a child-like voice as she put it back in the holster. Jumping back she grabbed her sword from Rin. "Thanks for holding this Rin, but Plan A didn't work." Rin nodded as Hikari flipped back toward the monster. She started to dance in circles. Tapping her feet around the monster till she was behind him. She pulled the sword back & felt it growing in power in her hands. "Dance of the Sword." She whispered. The words echoed through the blade & its attack as she thrust it forward & a glowing band was dispatched & hit the bug dead on. Hikari watched as the giant pest was swallowed up by the energy that had come from her sword. The man & woman stared awe struck at her, then the sword, and then the glowing ball that was swallowing up the bug. Hikari was suddenly standing in front of them. Thrusting the sword point into the dry ground below her she turned to make sure that Kirara was behind the man & woman. "Shield of the Dragon!" She screamed as a barrier suddenly leaped up in front of them. The man & woman stared up at her as the bug was swallowed & a tiny explosion followed. Hikari held her ground as she felt the ground beneath her pulse with the explosion. Hikari stood as the explosion ended. Pulling her sword from the ground she grumbled out. "Disengage." The barrier was dissipated as she walked over, dragging it behind her, toward the flaming Kirara. The man stood & walked after her. The girl said a word of warning but he brushed it off & kept going. "Excuse me, Miss?" He said reaching toward her. Hikari turned slightly to see him. He had short red hair & a strange outfit that she had never seen before on. She watched him for a minute before answering. "Yes?" She asked finally. He seemed to stop investigating her too for his eyes went wide for a moment before he spoke to her. "I just wanted to thank you for helping us with that Blue." Hikari gave him a quizzical look. "Blue?" She asked. He nodded. "Yeah, the big bug that you just destroyed with." He dropped off. Hikari guessed what he wanted to know. "Your welcome." She said as she tried to pick up the location of the well. It was pretty far, she could barely sense it at all. She climbed onto Kirara's back behind Rin. Saisei fluttered down onto her shoulder & chirped in her ear. The woman came forward with her gun & the mans' gun. "What is your name & rank? Are you a sleeper or are you an inhabitant of this planet?" Hikari raised an eyebrow at her. "What? No, but I like to sleep, & what planet is this anyway?" The woman gave her an indignant look. The man gave her a strange look too. Hikari stared back at them. Rin fidgeted slightly as she watched them all stare at each other. "Are you sure you're not a sleeper?" He asked looking at her outfit. Hikari shook her head. "What's a 'sleeper'?" She asked as she also fidgeted in her seat. Kirara shifted his weight. "Uh." The man started. Hikari shrugged. "Never mind, I gotta go. It was nice meeting you. Take care." Hikari directed Kirara around to face a long desert ahead. Hikari was just about to kick off when she felt an arm on her own. She turned her head slightly to see the man staring right at her. His eyes were level with hers as she sat mounted on the cat demon. "You weren't planning on walking all the way to wherever your going were you?" Hikari shook her head. The man sighed. "That's good." He said with a small smile toward her. Hikari gave him a curious look. "Actually I was." She dropped off. Did she really want to tell him that she was planning on flying all the way to the well? If they left soon, they would make it by nightfall but this man was holding her up. He was staring at her as she contemplated what to do. How was she going to shake them? He tapped her shoulder again. "Would you like to travel with us?" He asked indicating the woman. "Yuji, we can't." She started but dropped off when he nodded toward the giant cat that was giving off fierce vibes. Hikari thought it over. "Which way are you going?" The man nodded in the direction that she was feeling the well coming from. "I think we're going the same way." He said. Hikari nodded. "Ok, I guess we can give you a lift." She said in a casual tone. She hopped off Kirara. "What do you think? Can you take these two while I take Rin?" The shaggy head nodded. "Alright get on Hikari said after she had gotten Rin down & onto her back again. Both the man & the woman gave her a funny look. "Are you afraid? Don't worry Kirara won't attack you. He's a nice boy." She said as her wings re-appeared. They stared at her back for sometime before the man stepped toward Kirara. Saisei protested by squawking but Hikari put her hand on his mouth & shushed him. She walked over to the woman. "If you don't want to hold onto that I'll hold it for you." She offered. The woman stared at her with fixed eyes. She didn't trust her, but then again Hikari didn't blame her. "It's Ok, I won't use them. I was going to have Saisei here hold them as we went." Hikari indicated the dragon fluttering over her head that took the opportunity of her outstretched palm landed gingerly. The man handed her his large arsenal & clambered up onto Kirara. Both Hikari & the woman stared at each other. Hikari handed the gun to Saisei. "Is that too heavy for you?" The tiny black head shook as he fluttered back up into the air & waited for the next one. Reluctantly the woman handed over her gun & mounted the cat. Hikari handed over the other gun & stood ready to go. "Kirara, you wanna race?" The giant shaggy head nodded as he bent his knees. Hikari bent hers & felt all the power she had flowing through her wings & legs. "Ready.set.GO!!!" She called as she took off from the ground. A blaze of fire told her that Kirara was not far behind & closing in. She heard the man & woman yell in shock as their steed raced through the air. "You didn't tell us that this thing could fly!" The woman yelled angrily. Hikari snorted. "Sorry, & Kirara's not an 'it' or a 'thing' he's a cat youkai!" She yelled over her shoulder. She noticed both look at the beast with wide eyes. She giggled again as she flew forward.
At about midday Hikari slowed & let Kirara catch up. "Sorry boy. Let's have a race some other time. We're almost there anyway so just cool down." Kirara nodded as he panted & flew on. Rin seemed to be drowsy as she kept loosening her grip every now & then. Hikari dropped back by the man & woman to chat. "I almost forgot. My name is Hikari. Who are you?" The man & woman exchanged glances. "My name is Yuji Kaido. I'm a sleeper from planet Earth. This is Marlene Angel. She's a resident of Second Earth." Hikari raised an eyebrow. "Second.Earth? What's that?" Their eyes bulged. "You really aren't from around here are you?" Hikari thought about that. She was from earth but not this earth. "Sorta." She said after a short time. Yuji grinned at her. "Are you a sleeper too? Did you get separated from the one's that found you or were they killed? You must have been some find!" Hikari glared at him. What was that supposed to mean, she was 'some find' was she? He kept on smiling at her though. She cooled off & retracted her glare. "I told you before. I am no sleeper. But I was separated from the one's that found me." Hikari looked slightly sad. "Hey, don't worry, I'm sure you'll see them." He dropped off as a dragon came at him. He had gotten too close to Hikari & Saisei was not having it. Hikari grabbed his tail. "Saisei." She said in a warning voice as she pulled him backward through the air. He growled & showed his teeth at Yuji as he was forced away. "Sorry about." she dropped off as a sudden energy came into focus. It felt like Ah-Un. And.Sesshoumaru?! Jaken was present also!" Hikari turned to see the dragon flying straight toward them. "Rin! It's Ah-Un!" The tiny girl suddenly perked up at the name. "Ah & Un? Are Sesshoumaru-sama & Jaken-sama with them?" Hikari smiled & nodded. Rin stood up on her back & waved at the two- headed dragon. "Ah & Un, look it's Rin & Hikari-sama & Kirara!!" Rin called while waving & jumping up & down. Hikari felt like her back was about to go out. "Will all passengers please take their seats?" Hikari asked between jumps. Rin stopped & looked down. "Oh, sorry Hikari-sama." She said as she sat down. Hikari smiled up at her as they both giggled & glided over toward the two-headed dragon & his riders. Kirara shifted his course as well to follow Hikari. Yuji & Marlene straightened at the sight of the Taiyoukai that was riding a flaming dragon. Hikari swung up on the dragon & hugged Sesshoumaru around the waist. "Hey, long time no see." She joked as Rin slid down her back. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Were you attacked by the huge buggies too?" She asked as she investigated him. Somehow she always seemed to know when he had been fighting. He looked down at her & picked her up under the arms. "Yes, I was Rin. Were you too attacked also by the bugs when you regained your senses?" He asked as he put her back down. Hikari nodded. "We were sitting right on one but our friends helped us fight them." She indicated Yuji & Marlene to him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Yeah, they were going our way so I offered them a lift." He nodded & looked at them again. "Yuji this is Sesshoumaru, Ah-Un, &.Where's Jaken?" A tiny mumble from the tail region of Ah-Un followed her question. Hikari stepped back to see Jaken hanging on for dear life to the double tail. Hikari gasped & grabbed the back off his shirt. Yanking him upward hurriedly she pulled him to her a kind of embrace. "Jaken-sama are you alright?" She asked picking him out of the embrace & holding him up in front of her. He gurgled & his head went to one side. Hikari looked shocked & started to shake him. Sesshoumaru grabbed her arm. "He's alright, just passed out." Hikari nodded & sat him down by her feet, making sure that he was leaning toward the edge. "Anyway, Sesshoumaru this is Yuji Kaido & Marlene Angel." Both parties nodded at each other in greeting. Hikari flapped her wings a little before flying back to the sky. "The well is this way, follow me." She glided off toward the sun as she watched the ground below her change into paved roads & streets. Not much longer & they were in the heart of a city. Hikari could feel the well somewhere near by & told them to land. "Are you sure we should land here? Cities are usually major breeding grounds for 'Blue'." Marlene said in her emotionless voice. Hikari shrugged. "You guys said you needed to find a way to communicate right?" They both nodded. "Well there's a great system downstairs & there are no Blue around this area for now. They all seem to be at the other end of the city." Hikari pointed to the skyscrapers in the distance. Marlene gave her a curious glance as she opened the door in the top of the building. Saisei glided over to Hikari. "Hey, Marlene." The blonde haired girl turned around. Hikari held out her arm with Saisei on it. "Here, he'll warn you if there's trouble." Saisei gave her a startled look. "Go on." She told him. He dropped his head for a brief moment before retreating to the door to sit on Yuji's shoulder. Yuji petted his head as he walked down the stairs after Marlene. Hikari smiled after the black dragon who appeared to be sulking. "He acts so much like a human it's scary." She said. "I guess I never thought that dragon's were capable of that kind of emotion. When we were little the dragons always seemed to be the mindless beast that attacked people & plundered villages & stuff like that. There are very few stories were the dragon is the hero is works with the hero instead of being killed." She turned her smiling face at Sesshoumaru. He nodded. He understood the reputation that some beasts had for being brainless idiots that misused their powers & were seen as nothing but a menace. Hikari walked over & stood on the edge of the building. Rocking back & forth she watched the sun start to sink on the buildings. "Red sun, there's been blood spilled today." She said as she watched the area that the concentrated 'Blue' energy was coming from. She felt Inuyasha & Kagome not far away. "Kirara, I think I can feel Miroku & Sango over there. I think the other's are with them too. Do you want to go get them?" The giant shaggy head turned in the direction she was pointing & nodded. He growled as he leapt off the building. Ah-Un watched him go. Rin was sleeping by Jaken against the small building that covered the stairs. Hikari sighed, out of the corner of her eye she could see that Sesshoumaru was walking toward her. She sat still watching the sun as she felt him drawing closer. Slowly she sat down on the edge & waited for him to sit beside her. When he finally did Hikari turned her head & smiled at him. He smiled softly back & she felt the warmth of it shine on her like the sun was doing at that moment. Hikari looked at the sinking sun. "Can I ask you something that's been bugging me for a long time?" She asked in a timid way. He looked at her. "Yes." Hikari sighed. "I.I remember the time we first met & I still have this impression." She dropped off rubbing the back of her head, unsure on how to word what she wanted to say. "I had this feeling the first time I saw you that we had met before, but that's ridiculous. I had never been to the Sengoku Jidaii before & you had never been to my time. I also had this strange feeling that." She dropped off again. He stared at her. "So, you had the same thought as I did when we first met?" Hikari nodded. "Yes.I don't know how to explain it. It was like we had met before." Hikari thought her whole life over, she surly would have remembered seeing a face like his before. "Why did you save me back then? I didn't help you like Rin & I get the impression that you brought me back for a different reason than just to protect Rin." Hikari raised an eyebrow at him as she repeated the words that she had wanted to address for sometime. His eyes were sad as he listened to her. Hikari touched his shoulder. "If you don't want to tell me I'll understand. I just had to get that off my chest." He nodded. "No, it's better if I tell you." He said in a dreary voice. Hikari sat & waited for a long explanation. ............................................................................ .........................................
Sorry got to cut it off here. This chapter was longer originally but it is too large for this site so I'm going to have to split it up into different sections. Sorry.
Chapter 18: Story of the Lost 'Flower'
Hikari woke on her side feeling fine as day when a disturbing feeling crossed her butt. Someone was feeling her! "Letch!" She cried as she rolled over onto the hand to pin the person down as she pulled her hand into position on his face. Miroku stood stunned in front of her with his hand pinned down on the bed & her hand trying to force him away. What was she trying to do rip his arm off? She stood up right on the bed & looked down at him. "What are you doing Miroku?" She asked as she started to calm down, the monk was only playing around with her emotions right? He rubbed his cheek then checked to see if his wrist was broken. "I was coming to wake you up. You sleep really late you Hikari-chan." Hikari huffed. "Nice Wake- up call." She grumbled as she stood up & started for the door. "Well come on, I'm up now." Hikari said as she walked out the door. He followed a little ways behind her.
In the kitchen everyone was standing around watching as she came out. Hikari tried to brush the wrinkles out of her clothes as she picked up a breakfast bar. Sesshoumaru had a glass of coffee & the paper with him at the table. Rin was trying to rub the sleep out of her eyes along with Jaken. Hikari yawned before biting into the bar. "So, when are we going?" She asked a little bluntly. Kagome shrugged. "We were waiting for you but now." She dragged off as someone knocked on the door. Kurama stood & crossed the room. He opened the door to see Koenma, Suzuka, Rinku, Chuu, Jin, & Touya standing in the frame smiling at them. "We came to see you blokes off." Chuu said as he came in. Hikari smiled at him & he winked at her. She was getting tired of people trying to pass secret things through their winks at her. She gave him a puzzled look. You would think that by now she would know what a person was trying to say to her when they winked but she stayed as clueless as ever. "Well, we were just about to leave." Hikari said before they all got in the room. Chuu nodded & headed back for the door, pushing Rinku forward in the process. Kurama exited after them followed by Hiei, Botan, & the others. "So, where are we taking you?" Botan asked finally as they started to exit the hotel. Hikari pulled the picture of the well from her bag. "We need to go here." She said pointing to the well. Botan gave her a quizzical look. "I'll explain later." Hikari said as she tried to see if she could feel the magic well close by. She could. "It's over in that forest." She said pointing to it. Hefting up the sword that she had no sheath for she dragged herself in the direction of the well. Sesshoumaru came over & picked up the sword. "I'll carry this for you." He said as he held it. Hikari smiled at him. *Chomp* Sesshoumaru turned a raised eyebrow at the tiny black dragon that had bitten him. "And who is this?" He asked as he watched the red- yellow eyes glare up at him. "Oh that's right! I haven't introduced you to each other yet. Sesshoumaru this is Saisei. Saisei this is Sesshoumaru." Hikari said as she tried to get the tiny dragon to release Sesshoumaru's hand. "Why did you call him 'reincarnation'?" Sesshoumaru asked as his hand was released. Hikari thought for a minute. "It seemed reasonable at the time to call him that because he looked like Kuroi in his dragon form. But after what Magagoto said it really does seem to fit him." She scratched her chin in thought. Sesshoumaru looked down at the tiny dragon that was still glaring at him. "What did Magagoto say?" He asked finally. Hikari looked up at him. "She said that this dragon is Kuroi. That this is his complete copy but it has some flaws. Like it doesn't have some things or something. Then she said that 'Shiro' the little white dragon that hangs around Rin is a copy of me. Like he protects Rin because that's what I do, or he reflects my mood." Hikari pointed out the tiny dragon with blue-gold eyes to Sesshoumaru as they walked. He nodded at her as the red eyes pierced up at him. As they neared the well Hikari felt that she would soon have to do some fighting again. 'That's silly.' She thought to herself, as she could sense no trouble for miles. Yusuke looked at her when she turned her head to & fro as if she were lost. "What are you looking for?" He asked, but Hikari just shook her head. "Nothing, I just.felt something." She said as she rubbed her forehead with exhaustion. The well was near by she could feel it. She pushed aside a low-hanging branch to see the well sitting in the open, looking old & dusty as usual. She walked over & ran a hand over it, looking down into it she could see the bones that always seemed to line the bottom. "This is it." She proclaimed as she sat on the lip. She snapped her fingers suddenly & rummaged in her pack. "Here these are for you guys." She said holding out another small satchel to Yusuke. He stared at her perplexed as he took the small bag. "You'll know what they are when you see them." Hikari smiled as Rin climbed on her back. Kirara & Saisei occupied her head as her shoulders were covered by Rin's arms. "Well, here we go." She said as she slid down the well side, making sure not to hit Rin on the well lip as she fell through time & space again. Again she felt the air blow through her entire body as if she were nothing but wind herself. The breath was taken from her as she felt herself hit something hard. The sensation of falling had not hit, so she must not have been thrust through the sky again. She tried to wriggle a tail as her vision, hearing, & other senses started to come back. No tail seemed to be on her. So there was no great concentration of youkai here. She slowly opened her eyes to see a man & woman staring at her horrified. She felt the ground beneath her rumble & try to shake her. Grabbing hold of something that appeared at the time to be a piece of wood she held her ground. The floor bucked again as her hearing started to come back. Voices, she could hear someone screaming at her. It was the man. He was yelling at her but another sound was droning him out. Hissing or maybe it was supposed to be a roar was louder & seemed to come from the ground itself. She turned to see Rin staring around bewilderedly. Kirara's fur was standing on end as he glared his large red eyes at the tossing ground. Hikari looked down to see that Saisei was blowing fire at the mound that she was trying to stay on. "Saisei." She said as a shot was fired at the ground in front of her. She heard the ground hiss again as she was thrown from it. Looking back she saw that the ground she had been grabbing was actually a giant hissing bug. She flinched at the thought as she involuntarily sat hovering above the ground. The man & woman stared up at her bewilderedly for a short time before the bug charged & they turned back to shooting at it. The giant bug reared its head & stampeded toward them. Hikari dived out of the way just in time. Kirara changed into his giant cat form & ran after the bug. Rin poked Hikari on the head. "Rin will stay with Kirara while Hikari-sama fights the scary buggy." She said in an extremely calm voice considering the moment. Hikari nodded then called for Kirara to return. Putting Rin on his back Hikari ordered him to protect her while she fought. The giant eyes blinked at her. Hikari pulled the gun that she had almost forgotten about out of its holster & prepared to fire at the creature. A plume of feathers was left behind her as she flew forward. The man & woman had been firing bullets at the monster for some time before Hikari came in with hers. She fired several rounds at it before she dropped to the ground. "Gun no good." She said in a child-like voice as she put it back in the holster. Jumping back she grabbed her sword from Rin. "Thanks for holding this Rin, but Plan A didn't work." Rin nodded as Hikari flipped back toward the monster. She started to dance in circles. Tapping her feet around the monster till she was behind him. She pulled the sword back & felt it growing in power in her hands. "Dance of the Sword." She whispered. The words echoed through the blade & its attack as she thrust it forward & a glowing band was dispatched & hit the bug dead on. Hikari watched as the giant pest was swallowed up by the energy that had come from her sword. The man & woman stared awe struck at her, then the sword, and then the glowing ball that was swallowing up the bug. Hikari was suddenly standing in front of them. Thrusting the sword point into the dry ground below her she turned to make sure that Kirara was behind the man & woman. "Shield of the Dragon!" She screamed as a barrier suddenly leaped up in front of them. The man & woman stared up at her as the bug was swallowed & a tiny explosion followed. Hikari held her ground as she felt the ground beneath her pulse with the explosion. Hikari stood as the explosion ended. Pulling her sword from the ground she grumbled out. "Disengage." The barrier was dissipated as she walked over, dragging it behind her, toward the flaming Kirara. The man stood & walked after her. The girl said a word of warning but he brushed it off & kept going. "Excuse me, Miss?" He said reaching toward her. Hikari turned slightly to see him. He had short red hair & a strange outfit that she had never seen before on. She watched him for a minute before answering. "Yes?" She asked finally. He seemed to stop investigating her too for his eyes went wide for a moment before he spoke to her. "I just wanted to thank you for helping us with that Blue." Hikari gave him a quizzical look. "Blue?" She asked. He nodded. "Yeah, the big bug that you just destroyed with." He dropped off. Hikari guessed what he wanted to know. "Your welcome." She said as she tried to pick up the location of the well. It was pretty far, she could barely sense it at all. She climbed onto Kirara's back behind Rin. Saisei fluttered down onto her shoulder & chirped in her ear. The woman came forward with her gun & the mans' gun. "What is your name & rank? Are you a sleeper or are you an inhabitant of this planet?" Hikari raised an eyebrow at her. "What? No, but I like to sleep, & what planet is this anyway?" The woman gave her an indignant look. The man gave her a strange look too. Hikari stared back at them. Rin fidgeted slightly as she watched them all stare at each other. "Are you sure you're not a sleeper?" He asked looking at her outfit. Hikari shook her head. "What's a 'sleeper'?" She asked as she also fidgeted in her seat. Kirara shifted his weight. "Uh." The man started. Hikari shrugged. "Never mind, I gotta go. It was nice meeting you. Take care." Hikari directed Kirara around to face a long desert ahead. Hikari was just about to kick off when she felt an arm on her own. She turned her head slightly to see the man staring right at her. His eyes were level with hers as she sat mounted on the cat demon. "You weren't planning on walking all the way to wherever your going were you?" Hikari shook her head. The man sighed. "That's good." He said with a small smile toward her. Hikari gave him a curious look. "Actually I was." She dropped off. Did she really want to tell him that she was planning on flying all the way to the well? If they left soon, they would make it by nightfall but this man was holding her up. He was staring at her as she contemplated what to do. How was she going to shake them? He tapped her shoulder again. "Would you like to travel with us?" He asked indicating the woman. "Yuji, we can't." She started but dropped off when he nodded toward the giant cat that was giving off fierce vibes. Hikari thought it over. "Which way are you going?" The man nodded in the direction that she was feeling the well coming from. "I think we're going the same way." He said. Hikari nodded. "Ok, I guess we can give you a lift." She said in a casual tone. She hopped off Kirara. "What do you think? Can you take these two while I take Rin?" The shaggy head nodded. "Alright get on Hikari said after she had gotten Rin down & onto her back again. Both the man & the woman gave her a funny look. "Are you afraid? Don't worry Kirara won't attack you. He's a nice boy." She said as her wings re-appeared. They stared at her back for sometime before the man stepped toward Kirara. Saisei protested by squawking but Hikari put her hand on his mouth & shushed him. She walked over to the woman. "If you don't want to hold onto that I'll hold it for you." She offered. The woman stared at her with fixed eyes. She didn't trust her, but then again Hikari didn't blame her. "It's Ok, I won't use them. I was going to have Saisei here hold them as we went." Hikari indicated the dragon fluttering over her head that took the opportunity of her outstretched palm landed gingerly. The man handed her his large arsenal & clambered up onto Kirara. Both Hikari & the woman stared at each other. Hikari handed the gun to Saisei. "Is that too heavy for you?" The tiny black head shook as he fluttered back up into the air & waited for the next one. Reluctantly the woman handed over her gun & mounted the cat. Hikari handed over the other gun & stood ready to go. "Kirara, you wanna race?" The giant shaggy head nodded as he bent his knees. Hikari bent hers & felt all the power she had flowing through her wings & legs. "Ready.set.GO!!!" She called as she took off from the ground. A blaze of fire told her that Kirara was not far behind & closing in. She heard the man & woman yell in shock as their steed raced through the air. "You didn't tell us that this thing could fly!" The woman yelled angrily. Hikari snorted. "Sorry, & Kirara's not an 'it' or a 'thing' he's a cat youkai!" She yelled over her shoulder. She noticed both look at the beast with wide eyes. She giggled again as she flew forward.
At about midday Hikari slowed & let Kirara catch up. "Sorry boy. Let's have a race some other time. We're almost there anyway so just cool down." Kirara nodded as he panted & flew on. Rin seemed to be drowsy as she kept loosening her grip every now & then. Hikari dropped back by the man & woman to chat. "I almost forgot. My name is Hikari. Who are you?" The man & woman exchanged glances. "My name is Yuji Kaido. I'm a sleeper from planet Earth. This is Marlene Angel. She's a resident of Second Earth." Hikari raised an eyebrow. "Second.Earth? What's that?" Their eyes bulged. "You really aren't from around here are you?" Hikari thought about that. She was from earth but not this earth. "Sorta." She said after a short time. Yuji grinned at her. "Are you a sleeper too? Did you get separated from the one's that found you or were they killed? You must have been some find!" Hikari glared at him. What was that supposed to mean, she was 'some find' was she? He kept on smiling at her though. She cooled off & retracted her glare. "I told you before. I am no sleeper. But I was separated from the one's that found me." Hikari looked slightly sad. "Hey, don't worry, I'm sure you'll see them." He dropped off as a dragon came at him. He had gotten too close to Hikari & Saisei was not having it. Hikari grabbed his tail. "Saisei." She said in a warning voice as she pulled him backward through the air. He growled & showed his teeth at Yuji as he was forced away. "Sorry about." she dropped off as a sudden energy came into focus. It felt like Ah-Un. And.Sesshoumaru?! Jaken was present also!" Hikari turned to see the dragon flying straight toward them. "Rin! It's Ah-Un!" The tiny girl suddenly perked up at the name. "Ah & Un? Are Sesshoumaru-sama & Jaken-sama with them?" Hikari smiled & nodded. Rin stood up on her back & waved at the two- headed dragon. "Ah & Un, look it's Rin & Hikari-sama & Kirara!!" Rin called while waving & jumping up & down. Hikari felt like her back was about to go out. "Will all passengers please take their seats?" Hikari asked between jumps. Rin stopped & looked down. "Oh, sorry Hikari-sama." She said as she sat down. Hikari smiled up at her as they both giggled & glided over toward the two-headed dragon & his riders. Kirara shifted his course as well to follow Hikari. Yuji & Marlene straightened at the sight of the Taiyoukai that was riding a flaming dragon. Hikari swung up on the dragon & hugged Sesshoumaru around the waist. "Hey, long time no see." She joked as Rin slid down her back. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Were you attacked by the huge buggies too?" She asked as she investigated him. Somehow she always seemed to know when he had been fighting. He looked down at her & picked her up under the arms. "Yes, I was Rin. Were you too attacked also by the bugs when you regained your senses?" He asked as he put her back down. Hikari nodded. "We were sitting right on one but our friends helped us fight them." She indicated Yuji & Marlene to him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Yeah, they were going our way so I offered them a lift." He nodded & looked at them again. "Yuji this is Sesshoumaru, Ah-Un, &.Where's Jaken?" A tiny mumble from the tail region of Ah-Un followed her question. Hikari stepped back to see Jaken hanging on for dear life to the double tail. Hikari gasped & grabbed the back off his shirt. Yanking him upward hurriedly she pulled him to her a kind of embrace. "Jaken-sama are you alright?" She asked picking him out of the embrace & holding him up in front of her. He gurgled & his head went to one side. Hikari looked shocked & started to shake him. Sesshoumaru grabbed her arm. "He's alright, just passed out." Hikari nodded & sat him down by her feet, making sure that he was leaning toward the edge. "Anyway, Sesshoumaru this is Yuji Kaido & Marlene Angel." Both parties nodded at each other in greeting. Hikari flapped her wings a little before flying back to the sky. "The well is this way, follow me." She glided off toward the sun as she watched the ground below her change into paved roads & streets. Not much longer & they were in the heart of a city. Hikari could feel the well somewhere near by & told them to land. "Are you sure we should land here? Cities are usually major breeding grounds for 'Blue'." Marlene said in her emotionless voice. Hikari shrugged. "You guys said you needed to find a way to communicate right?" They both nodded. "Well there's a great system downstairs & there are no Blue around this area for now. They all seem to be at the other end of the city." Hikari pointed to the skyscrapers in the distance. Marlene gave her a curious glance as she opened the door in the top of the building. Saisei glided over to Hikari. "Hey, Marlene." The blonde haired girl turned around. Hikari held out her arm with Saisei on it. "Here, he'll warn you if there's trouble." Saisei gave her a startled look. "Go on." She told him. He dropped his head for a brief moment before retreating to the door to sit on Yuji's shoulder. Yuji petted his head as he walked down the stairs after Marlene. Hikari smiled after the black dragon who appeared to be sulking. "He acts so much like a human it's scary." She said. "I guess I never thought that dragon's were capable of that kind of emotion. When we were little the dragons always seemed to be the mindless beast that attacked people & plundered villages & stuff like that. There are very few stories were the dragon is the hero is works with the hero instead of being killed." She turned her smiling face at Sesshoumaru. He nodded. He understood the reputation that some beasts had for being brainless idiots that misused their powers & were seen as nothing but a menace. Hikari walked over & stood on the edge of the building. Rocking back & forth she watched the sun start to sink on the buildings. "Red sun, there's been blood spilled today." She said as she watched the area that the concentrated 'Blue' energy was coming from. She felt Inuyasha & Kagome not far away. "Kirara, I think I can feel Miroku & Sango over there. I think the other's are with them too. Do you want to go get them?" The giant shaggy head turned in the direction she was pointing & nodded. He growled as he leapt off the building. Ah-Un watched him go. Rin was sleeping by Jaken against the small building that covered the stairs. Hikari sighed, out of the corner of her eye she could see that Sesshoumaru was walking toward her. She sat still watching the sun as she felt him drawing closer. Slowly she sat down on the edge & waited for him to sit beside her. When he finally did Hikari turned her head & smiled at him. He smiled softly back & she felt the warmth of it shine on her like the sun was doing at that moment. Hikari looked at the sinking sun. "Can I ask you something that's been bugging me for a long time?" She asked in a timid way. He looked at her. "Yes." Hikari sighed. "I.I remember the time we first met & I still have this impression." She dropped off rubbing the back of her head, unsure on how to word what she wanted to say. "I had this feeling the first time I saw you that we had met before, but that's ridiculous. I had never been to the Sengoku Jidaii before & you had never been to my time. I also had this strange feeling that." She dropped off again. He stared at her. "So, you had the same thought as I did when we first met?" Hikari nodded. "Yes.I don't know how to explain it. It was like we had met before." Hikari thought her whole life over, she surly would have remembered seeing a face like his before. "Why did you save me back then? I didn't help you like Rin & I get the impression that you brought me back for a different reason than just to protect Rin." Hikari raised an eyebrow at him as she repeated the words that she had wanted to address for sometime. His eyes were sad as he listened to her. Hikari touched his shoulder. "If you don't want to tell me I'll understand. I just had to get that off my chest." He nodded. "No, it's better if I tell you." He said in a dreary voice. Hikari sat & waited for a long explanation. ............................................................................ .........................................
Sorry got to cut it off here. This chapter was longer originally but it is too large for this site so I'm going to have to split it up into different sections. Sorry.