HI. Chappie 13 is here. Unlucky 13 for most. Hopefully not me.
I do not own Inu-Yasha or Yu Yu Hakusho
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It wasn't easy to find my Uncle. There were all these demonic creatures in my way, and they just would not go away! So I killed them all. It should have bothered me that I was killing without any remorse, but somehow, it just didn't. For the entire run there was only my own thoughts to keep me company. It was restful, but at the same time unsettling. My thoughts were dark. 'What if he's dead? What if Dad's dead? Will we even survive this fight? Can we get to the next level? Who is in control here? Why Dad?' All these thought, and more still ran through my head as if they had rocket blasters on them.
After nearly half an hour of running, it seemed like I wasn't any closer to finding Uncle Sesshomaru. It was annoying. Very annoying. I hoped that Yusuke and the others were having more luck with their own quests than I was having with mine. I was becoming tired. My legs were starting to feel the strain from the half-hour of straight out running. So, I paused for a few minutes to catch my breath. Sitting while I took a huge whiff of the surrounding air. The scent I was following seemed a little stronger than it was a moment ago. I stood again, and the scent faded slightly, so I bent down and put my nose to the ground and sniffed. His scent was definitely stronger. It was coming from underground. And Apparently, I over shot my query. It took some time to retrace my steps because I had to go with my nose to the ground. Thankfully, I was only three miles too far.
Now came the hard part. I had to dig into the sand and cracked dirt. But the only thing I could use for this would be my own hands. The sand would be a bitch to get rid of. And I was right. It kept sliding back into the hole I was digging. But I was right. Uncle Sesshomaru was down here. Somewhere. The hole I was digging was already 6 feet deep and it was getting harder to throw all the sand up and out. Somehow I managed though. At least until one of those blasted hounds jumped into my little hole. It clawed and bit at me. Fighting in such close proximity was more to my advantage since I was smaller, but even so, it was drawing a lot of blood. But once I got over my surprise and anger that I had not sensed it's presence, the odds turned to my favor really quick. Soon, all that was left was a mass of tainted meat pouring blood all over the sand at my feet. "Oh man." I moaned. Now I had to drag the carcass out. Hauling a two plus corpse out of a 7-foot deep hole was not my idea of fun. Especially when I was injured. But somehow, I manage to do just that. It had almost been an hour already. Soon, they would either find a way through the barrier and go through the portal or come and find me. I hoped for the former. There were other prisoners according to Boton, not just my Dad. And some of them might die if they came after me. I know it. And I hope they know it. Time was running out and I was only here for my family, not to be a hero. That's their job.
After I hauled the decaying remains out of my little hole in the ground, I started to slowly remove more of the sand. Thankfully, the blood from the demon had soaked in and made the sand clump together. The only good use for that blasted beast. It made my job a little easier. The sand practically threw itself out now. Two more feet, three, four, and I hit bottom. A tarnished metal rang heavily when I hit it. Now I just had to find out how to open it. Which meant more digging. Joy.
I knew my hour had past when I finally uncovered all of the door. It had long passed. And no sign of any of them. They must had either found a way through the portal, or were still searching for a way through. The door was simple in design. There were rings for handles, and if I stood on one side, I could haul one of them up, and hop through. Easy enough I guess. Maybe they thought that no one would be able to find this door since it was buried about 11 feet under sand. So, I tried to open the door. It was heavier than I had thought possible, but I could pull it open. But I think I pulled a muscle or something. Beyond the door was a typical vision of hell. Caves with more of the lava pools, torture devices placed around the entire cavern spaces. And a hell of a lot of lower class demons. And It was just my luck that they happened to see the sunlight flooding through the door I just opened. I wish I just had no luck instead of bad luck. I pulled my stilettos back out and braced myself for the attack that swarmed up towards me. Lower class demons were no problem for me, but a hoard of lower class demons was another matter entirely. I could handle 23 of them at once, but the 24th one was the one I was worried about. And there were about a hundred of them rushing towards me. Crap. But at least I found what I had come for. Uncle Sesshomaru was chained to a stalactite that hung just over a small lava pit. And his chains were slowly slipping down. He didn't have very much more time left.
The first of the demons I cut down easily enough using just my physical weapons. When the next wave hit, there was about 30 swarming around me and I had to use my priestess powers to get them all. But that left me weaker. That, with the injuries from the demon beast that haven't quite healed yet, the pulled muscle in my arm, and the new slight injuries I was receiving, was wearing me down at an advanced pace. I had to end this soon, or I wasn't going to make it. But gathering that much power while fighting at the same time was difficult. It was almost like trying to pat your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time. One slip and you lose it. And id I lost it here, I was a goner. And so was my uncle. For the first time in my life, another persons life was held in my hands, and my hands alone could save that person. Before, with the spider, Kurama could have pulled it off with out my help, and every time I helped someone out back home, it wasn't a life or death situation. There was always another option. But not this time. That, and nothing else, made me hang on to the two separate thoughts.
When I almost had all the power I needed, that 24th demon snuck up on me. It left a trailing gash that started at my back and trailed up to the back of my skull. I fell, gasping to the ground, the demons piling on top of me. I couldn't breath, but then again, I was barely conscious from the last blow. But I had to hang on. If not for me then for my family. And I'll be damned if I let Hiei get the last word in on this! I just know that he'd make fun of me for losing to lower level demons. He wouldn't care if there were one, or a thousand. He'd still laugh. And Kurama. He'd worry. He's probably worrying right now. And he was just too damned cute to make worry like that! All these things kept me from blacking out and dying right now. I continued to gather power and once I reached what I needed, I let it flood the cavern, destroying all the demons bent on hurting others. Hopefully, Uncle Sesshomaru wasn't thinking about hurting anyone except the demons, or he might have a little problem that superceded his falling into the lava pool. I felt the weight lift from my back as the power rammed the demons that had piled on top of me. After what seemed like an eternity, I slowly raised my head. The demons were either gone or had retreated. Now was my chance to grab my uncle and run for it.
I think he was surprised to see me. He just kept staring at me and it got to be really annoying so I asked him flat out what his problem was. "Why did you save me girl?" My jaw dropped. Literally. "Well," I began. "For one, I want to know why you did what you did, why you got us all dragged into this horrid place, and two, you're family" I answered simply. Now it was his turn for the jaw drop. "Family? I have ignored you all you short life girl, I do not count myself as part of your family!" He had regained his composure and the ice mask I have always seen plastered onto his face. I stuck my tongue out at him. It was childish, but right now it was the only thing I had the energy for, besides retorting one last thing to him. "I don't care if you don't count yourself as part of the family, you are my blood kin, and there fore part of my family whether you like it or not. And I protect my family when I can and when I need too!" I fell asleep then.
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And here I stop for now. I guess my muse is working very very hard to make up for her untimely vacation! Oh, well. All's well that ends well. I think! Now, if you want another chapter, I want a review. You get what you want when I get what I want! Buh bye! REVIEW!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~
I do not own Inu-Yasha or Yu Yu Hakusho
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It wasn't easy to find my Uncle. There were all these demonic creatures in my way, and they just would not go away! So I killed them all. It should have bothered me that I was killing without any remorse, but somehow, it just didn't. For the entire run there was only my own thoughts to keep me company. It was restful, but at the same time unsettling. My thoughts were dark. 'What if he's dead? What if Dad's dead? Will we even survive this fight? Can we get to the next level? Who is in control here? Why Dad?' All these thought, and more still ran through my head as if they had rocket blasters on them.
After nearly half an hour of running, it seemed like I wasn't any closer to finding Uncle Sesshomaru. It was annoying. Very annoying. I hoped that Yusuke and the others were having more luck with their own quests than I was having with mine. I was becoming tired. My legs were starting to feel the strain from the half-hour of straight out running. So, I paused for a few minutes to catch my breath. Sitting while I took a huge whiff of the surrounding air. The scent I was following seemed a little stronger than it was a moment ago. I stood again, and the scent faded slightly, so I bent down and put my nose to the ground and sniffed. His scent was definitely stronger. It was coming from underground. And Apparently, I over shot my query. It took some time to retrace my steps because I had to go with my nose to the ground. Thankfully, I was only three miles too far.
Now came the hard part. I had to dig into the sand and cracked dirt. But the only thing I could use for this would be my own hands. The sand would be a bitch to get rid of. And I was right. It kept sliding back into the hole I was digging. But I was right. Uncle Sesshomaru was down here. Somewhere. The hole I was digging was already 6 feet deep and it was getting harder to throw all the sand up and out. Somehow I managed though. At least until one of those blasted hounds jumped into my little hole. It clawed and bit at me. Fighting in such close proximity was more to my advantage since I was smaller, but even so, it was drawing a lot of blood. But once I got over my surprise and anger that I had not sensed it's presence, the odds turned to my favor really quick. Soon, all that was left was a mass of tainted meat pouring blood all over the sand at my feet. "Oh man." I moaned. Now I had to drag the carcass out. Hauling a two plus corpse out of a 7-foot deep hole was not my idea of fun. Especially when I was injured. But somehow, I manage to do just that. It had almost been an hour already. Soon, they would either find a way through the barrier and go through the portal or come and find me. I hoped for the former. There were other prisoners according to Boton, not just my Dad. And some of them might die if they came after me. I know it. And I hope they know it. Time was running out and I was only here for my family, not to be a hero. That's their job.
After I hauled the decaying remains out of my little hole in the ground, I started to slowly remove more of the sand. Thankfully, the blood from the demon had soaked in and made the sand clump together. The only good use for that blasted beast. It made my job a little easier. The sand practically threw itself out now. Two more feet, three, four, and I hit bottom. A tarnished metal rang heavily when I hit it. Now I just had to find out how to open it. Which meant more digging. Joy.
I knew my hour had past when I finally uncovered all of the door. It had long passed. And no sign of any of them. They must had either found a way through the portal, or were still searching for a way through. The door was simple in design. There were rings for handles, and if I stood on one side, I could haul one of them up, and hop through. Easy enough I guess. Maybe they thought that no one would be able to find this door since it was buried about 11 feet under sand. So, I tried to open the door. It was heavier than I had thought possible, but I could pull it open. But I think I pulled a muscle or something. Beyond the door was a typical vision of hell. Caves with more of the lava pools, torture devices placed around the entire cavern spaces. And a hell of a lot of lower class demons. And It was just my luck that they happened to see the sunlight flooding through the door I just opened. I wish I just had no luck instead of bad luck. I pulled my stilettos back out and braced myself for the attack that swarmed up towards me. Lower class demons were no problem for me, but a hoard of lower class demons was another matter entirely. I could handle 23 of them at once, but the 24th one was the one I was worried about. And there were about a hundred of them rushing towards me. Crap. But at least I found what I had come for. Uncle Sesshomaru was chained to a stalactite that hung just over a small lava pit. And his chains were slowly slipping down. He didn't have very much more time left.
The first of the demons I cut down easily enough using just my physical weapons. When the next wave hit, there was about 30 swarming around me and I had to use my priestess powers to get them all. But that left me weaker. That, with the injuries from the demon beast that haven't quite healed yet, the pulled muscle in my arm, and the new slight injuries I was receiving, was wearing me down at an advanced pace. I had to end this soon, or I wasn't going to make it. But gathering that much power while fighting at the same time was difficult. It was almost like trying to pat your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time. One slip and you lose it. And id I lost it here, I was a goner. And so was my uncle. For the first time in my life, another persons life was held in my hands, and my hands alone could save that person. Before, with the spider, Kurama could have pulled it off with out my help, and every time I helped someone out back home, it wasn't a life or death situation. There was always another option. But not this time. That, and nothing else, made me hang on to the two separate thoughts.
When I almost had all the power I needed, that 24th demon snuck up on me. It left a trailing gash that started at my back and trailed up to the back of my skull. I fell, gasping to the ground, the demons piling on top of me. I couldn't breath, but then again, I was barely conscious from the last blow. But I had to hang on. If not for me then for my family. And I'll be damned if I let Hiei get the last word in on this! I just know that he'd make fun of me for losing to lower level demons. He wouldn't care if there were one, or a thousand. He'd still laugh. And Kurama. He'd worry. He's probably worrying right now. And he was just too damned cute to make worry like that! All these things kept me from blacking out and dying right now. I continued to gather power and once I reached what I needed, I let it flood the cavern, destroying all the demons bent on hurting others. Hopefully, Uncle Sesshomaru wasn't thinking about hurting anyone except the demons, or he might have a little problem that superceded his falling into the lava pool. I felt the weight lift from my back as the power rammed the demons that had piled on top of me. After what seemed like an eternity, I slowly raised my head. The demons were either gone or had retreated. Now was my chance to grab my uncle and run for it.
I think he was surprised to see me. He just kept staring at me and it got to be really annoying so I asked him flat out what his problem was. "Why did you save me girl?" My jaw dropped. Literally. "Well," I began. "For one, I want to know why you did what you did, why you got us all dragged into this horrid place, and two, you're family" I answered simply. Now it was his turn for the jaw drop. "Family? I have ignored you all you short life girl, I do not count myself as part of your family!" He had regained his composure and the ice mask I have always seen plastered onto his face. I stuck my tongue out at him. It was childish, but right now it was the only thing I had the energy for, besides retorting one last thing to him. "I don't care if you don't count yourself as part of the family, you are my blood kin, and there fore part of my family whether you like it or not. And I protect my family when I can and when I need too!" I fell asleep then.
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And here I stop for now. I guess my muse is working very very hard to make up for her untimely vacation! Oh, well. All's well that ends well. I think! Now, if you want another chapter, I want a review. You get what you want when I get what I want! Buh bye! REVIEW!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~