Unperfect Fairytale by DemonMiko
~*~Chapter 7~*~
Shippo grinned wickedly. "Let's spy on him." Sango nodded in agreement.
"I'm going with you two." Mei turned to Kagome. "What about you?"
Before Kagome could answer they saw Kouga walk up to Inuyasha and start talking. They all stared at him in confusion. Those two couldn't get along for five minutes and there they were, just standing there talking like a couple of old pals! Seeing this they rushed over to listen-in. Kagome reluctantly followed behind them. Sango and Mei started to pretend shop with Shippo. Kagome ground her teeth together and followed behind them again.
"Nice to see you again Wimpy Wolf." Inuyasha said without looking at Kouga.
"Same to you Dog Turd. Now where's this sword smith you told me about?"
"You have to tell me who this is for first." Kouga muttered something under his breath.
"What? I didn't hear you."
Kouga growled softly and gritted his teeth. "I said 'It's for my sister'."
He looked confused. "I never thought you liked your sister."
"Believe me, I don't. So where's this sword smith?"
"Don't know."
Kouga glared at him. "What do you mean by 'don't know'?!"
"That's what I mean." Inuyasha hissed back.
Before Kouga could yell at Inuyasha for being an ass-hole a three-eyed cow walked by. An old man was chasing the cow.
"Oh look Kouga. You asked where the sword smith was and here he is." Inuyasha gestured toward the old man.
"What?! You've got to be kidding me! He's just an old man!"
The old man eyed Kouga then Inuyasha. "My name is Toutou-sai. Is this insolent whelp the one that I'm supposed to help?"
"Who are you calling an 'insolent whelp'?" Kouga seethed.
"So what do you want from me?"
"He wants two kodachis with the name Shira engraved into the sheath." Inuyasha turned and said, "I'll leave you guys to talk out the details."
Sango and Kagome turned to Shippo, "Who is Shira?"
Mei was nowhere to be seen. Knowing her she could be just about anywhere so there was no use in looking for her. Shippo looked up at the two and smiled innocently.
Again they asked, "Who is Shira?" And as an after thought, "Where'd Mei go?"
Shippo stalled for a few minutes but then sighed with defeat, "Shira is Kouga's half sister."
"That creep has a sister?" Sango asked.
Kagome retorted, "Kouga is not a creep. He's just different. That's all."
Sango eyed her friend closely, "Do you like him?"
"Well. um. I." She stammered.
"You don't have to say anymore." Sango sighed. "So where did Mei go Shippo?"
"Um. Somewhere?" He volunteered.
Kagome looked horrified, "You're telling me that she didn't even tell you where she went? Oh, that's not good. She usually tells at least one person where she goes." Sango nodded in agreement.
'So where could she have gone?' Shippo wondered.
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Mei whistled and twirled her black drawstring purse around her finger as she strolled down the busy street. She had purposely not told any of her friends where she was going. Her friends would worry about her but that wouldn't be a big problem.
Inuyasha had passed the group when he left Toutou-sai and Kouga but Sango and Kagome didn't notice. He quickly handed a note to Mei and took off.
The note told her to meet him by the lake in the middle of the Demon Forest. 'Now what does he want?' She pondered. "He just probably wants more info on Kagome." She mumbled.
Before long, Mei entered a thick forest. She stopped underneath a tall tree and jumped up into its dense branches. All around she felt demon auras and now she felt two human auras.
'Someone's coming.' Not long afterward she saw people walking below her tree. Quietly, she climbed up to the top and listened to the people below.
"I'm pretty sure I saw someone walking into here a little while ago." The voice sounded like a female's.
"Well why didn't you keep an eye on them then?" That voice sounded like a female's too: an angry one.
'Wait a minute; I know those voices. They belong to Yura and Kikyo. So what are they doing here? This place is filled with demons and Kikyo hates the wilderness.' Mei watched them for a few more minutes. Scarcely breathing.
After a few more tension filled minutes the two finally left. She let out her breath. Mei couldn't risk taking another chance like that. She rummaged through her black bag. When she felt what she was looking for she pulled it out.
It was an intricately designed silver ring. The designs spelled out an old Chinese spell. Mei slipped it on her finger and chanted the words. As soon as she finished her last words she vanished from sight along with her aura.
'Great it still works.' She smiled gleefully. Now all she had to do was reach the lake in the middle of the forest with no more stops.
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Shippo, Sango, and Kagome started searching for Mei as soon as they could. After searching together for an hour they spilt up. Sango went off alone and Shippo went with Kagome.
"It vanished." Kagome muttered.
"Huh?" Shippo looked up at Kagome.
"It vanished." She repeated.
"What?" Shippo asked thoroughly confused.
"Her aura."
"Whose?" He thought for a minute. "Oh, Mei's! Where did it disappear?"
Kagome started running to the edge of the forest. "In there."
"That's the Demon Forest."
She hesitated for a minute or so before taking a deep breath and walking into the forest.
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Sango traced Mei's aura to the edge of a thick, dense forest. Before she could set foot in the forest, a familiar voice stopped her.
"My beautiful Sango, are you venturing into the forest alone? It's dangerous."
She clenched her fists together and prepared to strike. "It's my business and not yours Miroku."
"At least let me guide you through." He pleaded. Sango turned her back to him and started walking again. As soon as she did a 'thing' was on her bottom.
"GOD DAMN LECHER!" She spun around and punched him. 'I hope Kagome and Shippo are having better luck than I am."
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When Mei walked into a clearing she took off her enchanted ring and became visible again. Inuyasha sat in a branch of a tall tree. Much like the one she was in earlier. He looked like he was asleep but Mei knew otherwise.
Since she just took off her ring it would take a few minutes before her aura could be sensed by anyone. Silently she walked over to Inuyasha's tree and jumped up onto the same branch.
She watched him for a couple of seconds before, "WAKE UP!"
Inuyasha jumped up in surprise but calmed down when he saw Mei.
"How, how, how."
"How did I get up here without you knowing?" She finished for him. He nodded. "I'm not telling."
He was about to answer when they spotted two people walking out of the forest across the lake. Mei slipped her ring back on and disappeared from sight. Inuyasha stayed silent.
He listened to the two voices. It was Kikyo and Yura.
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I am so sorry. *Hides from angry reviewers.
I took an unexpected vacation and I could bring my computer with me. ( This chapter took me forever to come up with but I hope you all like it anyway.
Don't you hate it when school starts again? Well on August 11 I have to go back to school ( I live in Georgia and I have to go back in less than ONE WEEK *starts to burst in tears
*Wipes tears away
Well anyway, thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing and shame on the ones that don't! Next chappie up soon!
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~*~Chapter 7~*~
Shippo grinned wickedly. "Let's spy on him." Sango nodded in agreement.
"I'm going with you two." Mei turned to Kagome. "What about you?"
Before Kagome could answer they saw Kouga walk up to Inuyasha and start talking. They all stared at him in confusion. Those two couldn't get along for five minutes and there they were, just standing there talking like a couple of old pals! Seeing this they rushed over to listen-in. Kagome reluctantly followed behind them. Sango and Mei started to pretend shop with Shippo. Kagome ground her teeth together and followed behind them again.
"Nice to see you again Wimpy Wolf." Inuyasha said without looking at Kouga.
"Same to you Dog Turd. Now where's this sword smith you told me about?"
"You have to tell me who this is for first." Kouga muttered something under his breath.
"What? I didn't hear you."
Kouga growled softly and gritted his teeth. "I said 'It's for my sister'."
He looked confused. "I never thought you liked your sister."
"Believe me, I don't. So where's this sword smith?"
"Don't know."
Kouga glared at him. "What do you mean by 'don't know'?!"
"That's what I mean." Inuyasha hissed back.
Before Kouga could yell at Inuyasha for being an ass-hole a three-eyed cow walked by. An old man was chasing the cow.
"Oh look Kouga. You asked where the sword smith was and here he is." Inuyasha gestured toward the old man.
"What?! You've got to be kidding me! He's just an old man!"
The old man eyed Kouga then Inuyasha. "My name is Toutou-sai. Is this insolent whelp the one that I'm supposed to help?"
"Who are you calling an 'insolent whelp'?" Kouga seethed.
"So what do you want from me?"
"He wants two kodachis with the name Shira engraved into the sheath." Inuyasha turned and said, "I'll leave you guys to talk out the details."
Sango and Kagome turned to Shippo, "Who is Shira?"
Mei was nowhere to be seen. Knowing her she could be just about anywhere so there was no use in looking for her. Shippo looked up at the two and smiled innocently.
Again they asked, "Who is Shira?" And as an after thought, "Where'd Mei go?"
Shippo stalled for a few minutes but then sighed with defeat, "Shira is Kouga's half sister."
"That creep has a sister?" Sango asked.
Kagome retorted, "Kouga is not a creep. He's just different. That's all."
Sango eyed her friend closely, "Do you like him?"
"Well. um. I." She stammered.
"You don't have to say anymore." Sango sighed. "So where did Mei go Shippo?"
"Um. Somewhere?" He volunteered.
Kagome looked horrified, "You're telling me that she didn't even tell you where she went? Oh, that's not good. She usually tells at least one person where she goes." Sango nodded in agreement.
'So where could she have gone?' Shippo wondered.
_ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _
Mei whistled and twirled her black drawstring purse around her finger as she strolled down the busy street. She had purposely not told any of her friends where she was going. Her friends would worry about her but that wouldn't be a big problem.
Inuyasha had passed the group when he left Toutou-sai and Kouga but Sango and Kagome didn't notice. He quickly handed a note to Mei and took off.
The note told her to meet him by the lake in the middle of the Demon Forest. 'Now what does he want?' She pondered. "He just probably wants more info on Kagome." She mumbled.
Before long, Mei entered a thick forest. She stopped underneath a tall tree and jumped up into its dense branches. All around she felt demon auras and now she felt two human auras.
'Someone's coming.' Not long afterward she saw people walking below her tree. Quietly, she climbed up to the top and listened to the people below.
"I'm pretty sure I saw someone walking into here a little while ago." The voice sounded like a female's.
"Well why didn't you keep an eye on them then?" That voice sounded like a female's too: an angry one.
'Wait a minute; I know those voices. They belong to Yura and Kikyo. So what are they doing here? This place is filled with demons and Kikyo hates the wilderness.' Mei watched them for a few more minutes. Scarcely breathing.
After a few more tension filled minutes the two finally left. She let out her breath. Mei couldn't risk taking another chance like that. She rummaged through her black bag. When she felt what she was looking for she pulled it out.
It was an intricately designed silver ring. The designs spelled out an old Chinese spell. Mei slipped it on her finger and chanted the words. As soon as she finished her last words she vanished from sight along with her aura.
'Great it still works.' She smiled gleefully. Now all she had to do was reach the lake in the middle of the forest with no more stops.
_ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _
Shippo, Sango, and Kagome started searching for Mei as soon as they could. After searching together for an hour they spilt up. Sango went off alone and Shippo went with Kagome.
"It vanished." Kagome muttered.
"Huh?" Shippo looked up at Kagome.
"It vanished." She repeated.
"What?" Shippo asked thoroughly confused.
"Her aura."
"Whose?" He thought for a minute. "Oh, Mei's! Where did it disappear?"
Kagome started running to the edge of the forest. "In there."
"That's the Demon Forest."
She hesitated for a minute or so before taking a deep breath and walking into the forest.
_ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _
Sango traced Mei's aura to the edge of a thick, dense forest. Before she could set foot in the forest, a familiar voice stopped her.
"My beautiful Sango, are you venturing into the forest alone? It's dangerous."
She clenched her fists together and prepared to strike. "It's my business and not yours Miroku."
"At least let me guide you through." He pleaded. Sango turned her back to him and started walking again. As soon as she did a 'thing' was on her bottom.
"GOD DAMN LECHER!" She spun around and punched him. 'I hope Kagome and Shippo are having better luck than I am."
_ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _
When Mei walked into a clearing she took off her enchanted ring and became visible again. Inuyasha sat in a branch of a tall tree. Much like the one she was in earlier. He looked like he was asleep but Mei knew otherwise.
Since she just took off her ring it would take a few minutes before her aura could be sensed by anyone. Silently she walked over to Inuyasha's tree and jumped up onto the same branch.
She watched him for a couple of seconds before, "WAKE UP!"
Inuyasha jumped up in surprise but calmed down when he saw Mei.
"How, how, how."
"How did I get up here without you knowing?" She finished for him. He nodded. "I'm not telling."
He was about to answer when they spotted two people walking out of the forest across the lake. Mei slipped her ring back on and disappeared from sight. Inuyasha stayed silent.
He listened to the two voices. It was Kikyo and Yura.
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I am so sorry. *Hides from angry reviewers.
I took an unexpected vacation and I could bring my computer with me. ( This chapter took me forever to come up with but I hope you all like it anyway.
Don't you hate it when school starts again? Well on August 11 I have to go back to school ( I live in Georgia and I have to go back in less than ONE WEEK *starts to burst in tears
*Wipes tears away
Well anyway, thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing and shame on the ones that don't! Next chappie up soon!
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