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We hurried across the barren wasteland. 'Gods!' I thought. 'That damned Spider was the toughest fight we've actually had the entire time we've been here! Shouldn't the monsters of each level get stronger as we go deeper?' The thought almost made me pause. 'Why have the fights been so easy?' I slowed slightly, not much, but enough so that I let Hiei and Kurama pass me. More howling came from my left. It wasn't close, but it WAS closer! "We're almost there!" I heard Yusuke shout from up ahead. 'This is way too easy!' I was getting jumpy. 'Nothing is supposed to be THIS easy! It doesn't make any sense! Or maybe it makes perfect sense?' The darker part of my brain reasoned. 'Maybe something else is clearing the way for you knowing that you are coming for it? Something DID pull you through the gate in Uncle Sesshomaru's basement!' I was confused. Then again, I'm confused so much now a days that it wasn't anything new!
I stopped worrying about it when we saw four people running towards us. The closer we got the more familiar they felt. When we were only about 50 or so feet away, I realized who they were. They were us. Like reflections. I raised my arm and so did the other me. We walked closer and so did our reflections. They mirrored us in every way. The only difference was that the colors on the reflections were slightly darker. We were so close that I could reach out and easily touch the mirror me. "The portal is on the other side!" Yusuke hissed angerily. "Well, then we just have to go around the mirror won't we?" I answered him before going back to looking at the reflection. Something just didn't feel right. And the feeling doubled when it grinned at me and reached out and grabbed my hand.
I was pulled inside the mirror by my double before I could react. She grinned at me, an evil glint in her dark green eyes. I pulled my hand out of her grasp and grabbed my stilettos. The long, thin blades gleamed slightly as I took a step back. She waved at me and stepped out of the mirror, a few yards away from Kurama. I ran after her only to slam into the mirror. "If they shatter the mirror, then you shatter too!" She hissed for my ears alone. She waved Good bye to me again before catching up to the others. She latched onto Kurama's arm as I glared at her from my side of the mirror. Kurama looked down at my double and blushed. My mirror image just tightened her grip on his arm. I smashed my fists on the barrier that was keeping me from bashing her brains in, as a tear trailed down my cheek. 'I've got to find a way out of here!' I thought to myself scathingly as I followed them from my side of the mirror. 'Don't they notice that that isn't me?!? Kurama should have noticed at least! He notices a hell of a lot more than those other two combined!'
No one noticed that it wasn't me who was following them, much to my deep regret and sadness. 'Maybe they couldn't help me at all if they're THAT stupid!' I squared up my shoulders. 'Well, then, I guess I'll just have to find my own way around. Yusuke did say that the portal IS on this side! I just have to go find it!' I looked around at my new surroundings. The same as before. 'Crap! This place is huge!' I shuddered to think on how long it would take to search. "No time like the present." I looked back at Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke and wondered if I was making the right choice. Another tear fell onto the dry ground. I p[laced my hand on the wall. "Good bye" I whispered, more tears trailing down my cheeks. "Good Bye." I turned and walked off. I knew the general direction that Yusuke had last pointed out. I started walking. I didn't look back. I knew that if I did, I wouldn't be able to keep going.
There were a few stray Demon Dogs who tried to stop me, but I destroyed them easily. Most kept away, feeling my powers. 'They're stupid, but not suicidal.' I grinned cynically. I felt empty. Like I had lost some part of myself. I glanced up towards the ceiling. "Kurama." I muttered softly. I almost didn't realize that I had found the next portal until I nearly stumbled into it. I stared at the shifting colors. 'Should I go on ahead? Or should I wait and see if they show up on their own? Or should I go look for them even if they couldn't see or hear me?' I paced around the edge, not knowing what to do. A familiar sounding dream made the choice for me. I couldn't just leave them. They helped me when I was trapped in the dream world. Even if I didn't really want to help them, I would feel honor bound to help them this time. I hurried my footsteps as I heard more screams.
I ran towards the screams as fast as I could until I ran smack into the mirror wall again. I got up and rubbed my nose slightly with the palm of my hand before pressing both of my hands to the wall, as well as my ear. I could hear the other me laughing like a maniac and more of the baying of the Demon Dogs. 'She must have led them to a trap!' I thought worriedly. I pounded my fists on the mirror, but nothing happened. Tears streamed down my face in rivers. There was nothing that I could do I really was the useless one. I collapsed to my knees and pounded the dirt with my fists. As I was pounding the inoffensive dirt beneath me, an arrow from my quiver fell to the ground beside my hand. I paused my semi-hysterical crying and stared at it for what seemed like an eternity. Tentatively, I reached out my hand and grabbed the arrow shaft and looked at it as the dim light made the polished wood shine. Carefully, I infused my power into it and touched it to the wall. It passed through easily enough, until I tried to pass my hand through. My hand did not go through at all. But the arrow did. Maybe I can use it to stop the other me. 'But if I kill her, will it kill me?' I wondered for a split second. It didn't really matter. If I could destroy her then the others could go save Dad and Uncle Fluffy! It would have to be good enough.
I pulled my bow back out and notched the arrow to it, praying that it would strike the false me and kill her. I put all the power that I dared to into the arrow and released it. A moment later I heard a shriek and the Demon Dogs yelping in fear. I could almost see the arrow sticking out of her chest. I sat down relieved that it had worked. But then I became worried. 'What if I was too late? What if I hit them? What if there wasn't enough power?' My mind was in chaos. All the 'what-ifs' ran rampant through my mind unendingly.
What cut through my haze was someone shouting my name. Yusuke was the first to come over the dune that had blocked my sight from everything. He was followed quickly be Kurama. Hiei was last and he had his hands in his pockets and looked like he was sulking. "Kurama!" I yelled out hoping that he would hear me now that the other me was dead. They paused just before the mirror wall and looked around. Good. "Alex! Where the hell are you?" Yusuke shouted angrily. "I'm here!" I shouted back at them. They looked around some more. Good. That meant that they could hear me, even if they couldn't see me. "Where?" Kurama shouted. "On the other side of the mirror wall!" And to prove it, I pounded on the wall again. "That damned woman pulled me over here!" Hiei smirked. "And Hiei! Stop smirking! I CAN see you! And it's not funny!" I shouted at him. "ANNNNDDD, I found the next portal!" I shut up after that, while they tried to figure away to get over here. I sat down against the mirror and fell asleep.
Only to be woken up by Yusuke firing his 'Spirit Gun' and shattering the mirror. I screamed. 'If the mirror should be shattered, I would be shattered too!' I could feel the shards slice into my back. I looked up a few seconds later, still alive. Yusuke and Kurama were smiling at me. They could see me. I blinked. I wasn't dead. 'Why the hell did I listen to her. She lied to me. Evil people lie all the time!' I raged inwardly at my own stupidity.
As I stood to brush off the mirror slivers, when Kurama wrapped me up in a hug. He wrapped his warm arms around me as I hugged back. 'Gods! How I missed him.' I didn't feel like a part of me was missing anymore! We separated only when Yusuke and Hiei cleared their throats and asked if we could go to the portal. We separated with cherry like blushes.
In no time flat, we were at the portal. And once again, I thought that it had been too easy. And once again, Yusuke jumped in first. Hiei followed shortly after that. Kurama grabbed my hand and we both jumped in at the same time.
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Signing Out ~ DevilWench ~
First of all, I'd like to thank to say thank you to the people who reviewed lately. I'm gonna try and thank each person as the review chapters from now on!
Cheyo-Vera: Thank you for reviewing so often! I feel special! YAY!
Zoned Out Day Dreamer(): I luve it when authors mention me in their thank yous so of course I would like to pass on the feeling! ::Smiles happily::
Kasia: Thank You very much!
Nykimstar: Thank you for the review!
Morlana: Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!
Disclaimer: Why do I put myself through this torture? Oh, Yeah! I don't wanna get sued! I'm broke! Poor! Saving for Otakon! Don't sue me! I don't own Inu-Yasha or Yu Yu Hakusho! You have no reason to bother me now!
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We hurried across the barren wasteland. 'Gods!' I thought. 'That damned Spider was the toughest fight we've actually had the entire time we've been here! Shouldn't the monsters of each level get stronger as we go deeper?' The thought almost made me pause. 'Why have the fights been so easy?' I slowed slightly, not much, but enough so that I let Hiei and Kurama pass me. More howling came from my left. It wasn't close, but it WAS closer! "We're almost there!" I heard Yusuke shout from up ahead. 'This is way too easy!' I was getting jumpy. 'Nothing is supposed to be THIS easy! It doesn't make any sense! Or maybe it makes perfect sense?' The darker part of my brain reasoned. 'Maybe something else is clearing the way for you knowing that you are coming for it? Something DID pull you through the gate in Uncle Sesshomaru's basement!' I was confused. Then again, I'm confused so much now a days that it wasn't anything new!
I stopped worrying about it when we saw four people running towards us. The closer we got the more familiar they felt. When we were only about 50 or so feet away, I realized who they were. They were us. Like reflections. I raised my arm and so did the other me. We walked closer and so did our reflections. They mirrored us in every way. The only difference was that the colors on the reflections were slightly darker. We were so close that I could reach out and easily touch the mirror me. "The portal is on the other side!" Yusuke hissed angerily. "Well, then we just have to go around the mirror won't we?" I answered him before going back to looking at the reflection. Something just didn't feel right. And the feeling doubled when it grinned at me and reached out and grabbed my hand.
I was pulled inside the mirror by my double before I could react. She grinned at me, an evil glint in her dark green eyes. I pulled my hand out of her grasp and grabbed my stilettos. The long, thin blades gleamed slightly as I took a step back. She waved at me and stepped out of the mirror, a few yards away from Kurama. I ran after her only to slam into the mirror. "If they shatter the mirror, then you shatter too!" She hissed for my ears alone. She waved Good bye to me again before catching up to the others. She latched onto Kurama's arm as I glared at her from my side of the mirror. Kurama looked down at my double and blushed. My mirror image just tightened her grip on his arm. I smashed my fists on the barrier that was keeping me from bashing her brains in, as a tear trailed down my cheek. 'I've got to find a way out of here!' I thought to myself scathingly as I followed them from my side of the mirror. 'Don't they notice that that isn't me?!? Kurama should have noticed at least! He notices a hell of a lot more than those other two combined!'
No one noticed that it wasn't me who was following them, much to my deep regret and sadness. 'Maybe they couldn't help me at all if they're THAT stupid!' I squared up my shoulders. 'Well, then, I guess I'll just have to find my own way around. Yusuke did say that the portal IS on this side! I just have to go find it!' I looked around at my new surroundings. The same as before. 'Crap! This place is huge!' I shuddered to think on how long it would take to search. "No time like the present." I looked back at Kurama, Hiei, and Yusuke and wondered if I was making the right choice. Another tear fell onto the dry ground. I p[laced my hand on the wall. "Good bye" I whispered, more tears trailing down my cheeks. "Good Bye." I turned and walked off. I knew the general direction that Yusuke had last pointed out. I started walking. I didn't look back. I knew that if I did, I wouldn't be able to keep going.
There were a few stray Demon Dogs who tried to stop me, but I destroyed them easily. Most kept away, feeling my powers. 'They're stupid, but not suicidal.' I grinned cynically. I felt empty. Like I had lost some part of myself. I glanced up towards the ceiling. "Kurama." I muttered softly. I almost didn't realize that I had found the next portal until I nearly stumbled into it. I stared at the shifting colors. 'Should I go on ahead? Or should I wait and see if they show up on their own? Or should I go look for them even if they couldn't see or hear me?' I paced around the edge, not knowing what to do. A familiar sounding dream made the choice for me. I couldn't just leave them. They helped me when I was trapped in the dream world. Even if I didn't really want to help them, I would feel honor bound to help them this time. I hurried my footsteps as I heard more screams.
I ran towards the screams as fast as I could until I ran smack into the mirror wall again. I got up and rubbed my nose slightly with the palm of my hand before pressing both of my hands to the wall, as well as my ear. I could hear the other me laughing like a maniac and more of the baying of the Demon Dogs. 'She must have led them to a trap!' I thought worriedly. I pounded my fists on the mirror, but nothing happened. Tears streamed down my face in rivers. There was nothing that I could do I really was the useless one. I collapsed to my knees and pounded the dirt with my fists. As I was pounding the inoffensive dirt beneath me, an arrow from my quiver fell to the ground beside my hand. I paused my semi-hysterical crying and stared at it for what seemed like an eternity. Tentatively, I reached out my hand and grabbed the arrow shaft and looked at it as the dim light made the polished wood shine. Carefully, I infused my power into it and touched it to the wall. It passed through easily enough, until I tried to pass my hand through. My hand did not go through at all. But the arrow did. Maybe I can use it to stop the other me. 'But if I kill her, will it kill me?' I wondered for a split second. It didn't really matter. If I could destroy her then the others could go save Dad and Uncle Fluffy! It would have to be good enough.
I pulled my bow back out and notched the arrow to it, praying that it would strike the false me and kill her. I put all the power that I dared to into the arrow and released it. A moment later I heard a shriek and the Demon Dogs yelping in fear. I could almost see the arrow sticking out of her chest. I sat down relieved that it had worked. But then I became worried. 'What if I was too late? What if I hit them? What if there wasn't enough power?' My mind was in chaos. All the 'what-ifs' ran rampant through my mind unendingly.
What cut through my haze was someone shouting my name. Yusuke was the first to come over the dune that had blocked my sight from everything. He was followed quickly be Kurama. Hiei was last and he had his hands in his pockets and looked like he was sulking. "Kurama!" I yelled out hoping that he would hear me now that the other me was dead. They paused just before the mirror wall and looked around. Good. "Alex! Where the hell are you?" Yusuke shouted angrily. "I'm here!" I shouted back at them. They looked around some more. Good. That meant that they could hear me, even if they couldn't see me. "Where?" Kurama shouted. "On the other side of the mirror wall!" And to prove it, I pounded on the wall again. "That damned woman pulled me over here!" Hiei smirked. "And Hiei! Stop smirking! I CAN see you! And it's not funny!" I shouted at him. "ANNNNDDD, I found the next portal!" I shut up after that, while they tried to figure away to get over here. I sat down against the mirror and fell asleep.
Only to be woken up by Yusuke firing his 'Spirit Gun' and shattering the mirror. I screamed. 'If the mirror should be shattered, I would be shattered too!' I could feel the shards slice into my back. I looked up a few seconds later, still alive. Yusuke and Kurama were smiling at me. They could see me. I blinked. I wasn't dead. 'Why the hell did I listen to her. She lied to me. Evil people lie all the time!' I raged inwardly at my own stupidity.
As I stood to brush off the mirror slivers, when Kurama wrapped me up in a hug. He wrapped his warm arms around me as I hugged back. 'Gods! How I missed him.' I didn't feel like a part of me was missing anymore! We separated only when Yusuke and Hiei cleared their throats and asked if we could go to the portal. We separated with cherry like blushes.
In no time flat, we were at the portal. And once again, I thought that it had been too easy. And once again, Yusuke jumped in first. Hiei followed shortly after that. Kurama grabbed my hand and we both jumped in at the same time.
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How was that? Any good? R&R Please! If I get no reviews, I won't continue! To those of you who do review, I will say thank you to you in the next chapter! Buh-Bye!
Signing Out ~ DevilWench ~