Chapter 23: Revalations
It's me! DW! I'm back with another thrilling chapter!
There's a rainbow in the sky! Make a wish!
You know, I made a mistake in the early chapters.........I had Alex wearing a halter top, then I had her pull her stilettos out from her sleeves. Halter tops don't have sleeves. So, she has then stashed in her boots. They're tall enough to hold them! If I get the chance, I'll go back and fix that and all the spelling mistakes that spell check didn't catch!
Thanks to:
arata_priestess: You got to keep reading to find out the deal with the baka!
Disclaimer: I don't even own the computer I'm working on, so how can I own something as wonderful as Kurama, much less the whole show! Or even Inu- Yasha! Taka a hike Lawyers!
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Out of sheer curiosity, I asked what time it was. Everyone gave me a confused look. But thankfully, Yusuke had a watch. "Keiko(SP?) makes him wear it" Kurama murmured into my ear. I grinned. "It's 10:30pm" he told me. I frowned. Something was nagging at me about midnight. It was only an hour and a half away. Things just weren't adding up here. Pointless attacks by dozens of low powered demons, single attacks by powerful demons, then there was the whole problem with Kuwabaka and the disappearing blood, and now I had a bad feeling that we were running out of time. "Hey, Kurama," I whispered over. "Does midnight ring any bells to you?" He frowned in concentration. "It does, but I can't remember why it would." "Hmm" I replied, feeling a pit in my stomach. Dad was glancing around, as if everything was a dream. I sided over to him to see if I could get any answers. I doubted that I would, but where's the harm in trying? "Hey dad?" He glanced back at me as if first seeing me. "Dad, do you know anything about anything happening at midnight?" It looked as if he actually was going to answer, but then Kuwabaka started thrashing and screaming like there was no tomorrow. I grimaced. With all that noise, every demon in this place would know where we were. "Midnight........." I heard whispered. I cast a startled glance at my Dad. "There's going to be a ceremony at midnight" He whispered hoarsely. "Dad! What about the ceremony? Do you know anything about it?" I was whispering hurriedly. He glance at me with haunted eyes. "He wants all your powers." Everyone not dealing with the baka had noticed by now that Dad was talking and they were all listening in. "Dad? Why? What is he going to use them for? How do you know what he's planning?" He glanced around with his pain filled eyes. "He liked to talk during torture........." I felt horrible. I didn't really want to know, but I needed to, and I think I caused more pain for my Dad. But he continued anyway. "He needs all your powers to escape from here, to return to the living world. He's using that boy over there" he pointed over to the baka, "as the catalyst. He needed to corrupt an uncorrupted soul." I glanced around, not sure who really to look at. Most everyone had the same look on their face. Horror. I didn't think anyone would be capable of something this grandiose, but if the stories were true, then this demon would be able to. It was just mind boggling at the extent of his plans. He meant for all of us to be here at this time. He was just delaying us until it was time for the ceremony. It accounted for the hoards of low level demons, and the feeling that we were running out of time. But it still didn't explain why the more powerful demons attacked us. As I pondered that last thought, those fights seemed to take on an unusual quality. That little demon that bit him. He was powerful up until he bit the baka. I had taken it that he tasted awful, but that wouldn't account for the power drop. Unless he gave it to the baka. I glanced over to the baka. I tried sensing his power casually, but I couldn't even sense his spirit energy. So I did a deeper probe, and it made me sick. I felt a huge bundle of demonic energy. Three different types of demonic energy. One was the energy from the ugly little guy, one felt a little bit like the wind, which would account for the blood from Kagura disappearing. But the last one I couldn't puzzle out. It felt like the first two, but more. I glanced back up at the others. The ones with demon blood in them nodded at me. They could sense it now too. We were being played for fools.
We discussed our options for getting out of this trap. One: Kill the baka. No baka, no ceremony. But most of us were too kind hearted to do such a thing. I didn't vote. I didn't want his death; all I wanted was for him to go far away from me. Grandpa and Uncle Fluffy were all for killing him. Of course Grandpa got an ear full from Grandma for that. Yusuke was the one who said we couldn't kill him. "He's an idiot, but he shouldn't die because of that." The rest of us agreed. Hiei just told us to kill the source. Kill Naraku and the whole thing is done with. Easier said then done. And or time was quickly becoming less and less as we argued. So, what's the compromise? Can't kill who you can't find. Can't kill someone for being an idiot. Sad, but true. If we could, half the world would be dead. So now what do you do? Pray that you come up with something soon. But we decided to go hunt for Naraku in the mean time. I only hoped that time was on our side this time. It never seems like it ever is.
The walls kept changing from pale grey stone to polished wood paneling. Sometimes it would look nice, but when they sections were too close together, it would turn my stomach. I would have asked Yusuke what the time was, but I knew that if I did, we all would become stress about that. We really didn't need that when going against a particular clever enemy like the one we were about to face. So, keeping a straight face, I marched onward with everyone else.
Time seemed to stretch on for eternity. I was getting really nervous. It was to the point that I was almost thinking that I wish that I hadn't left home to come here. 'But,' I thought amused, 'I wouldn't have had so much fun! And I wouldn't have gotten the chance to stare at Kurama's butt for so long....I am so glad I didn't say that outloud! But he does have a nice butt.........among other things!' I grinned, amused at myself. I could at least keep my mind off the whole 'The world is DOOMED' thing. We spent most of the time opening doors and peering into rooms, trying to find Naraku, but to no avail. We did however find more prisoners locked up in more dungeon type rooms. 'These must be the prisoners that that lady, Boton, mentioned (A/N: Go back to the early chapters) There weren't very many of them.........maybe half a dozen. But there could be more in other areas of the castle. "There'll be time to look for them later" Uncle Sesshomaru told us coldly. I frowned, but I knew he was right. Take out the big bad then pick up the pieces that were left over.
I knew we were running out of time. And if I knew it, so did the others. Yusuke did certainly, after all, he's the one with the watch! But while the rest of us were patient, well, not so much patient, but we didn't have Grandpa's temper, he just started hollering. "NARAKU YOU BASTARD! WHERE THE FU*K ARE YOU!?!?!?" He hollered that for a good five minutes, before we got an answer.
"Well, well.........anxious aren't we Inu-Yasha? Well, patience my nemesis. You only have a few more minutes to wait and then we can all play together once again!" His sinister voice sent shivers up my spine. "GOD DAMN YOU!" Grandpa was shouting. But Naraku didn't reply to that.
We just continued onward. Our group was getting larger, the prisoners that we had found were trailing behind us. None of us wanted them to follow us, but no matter how fast we went, they kept following. Maybe they believed that because we 'saved' them, that by staying with us, we'll get then out of here. Yeah, that is part of the mission, but to do that, we have to first find a way to get them out safely. And to do THAT, we needed to send their kidnapper to oblivion. Oy, it was getting to be a long day.
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That's it for today! Hope you enjoy pe-pole-les!
Bounce bounce nothings gonna keep me down!
Signing out ~ DevilWench~
It's me! DW! I'm back with another thrilling chapter!
There's a rainbow in the sky! Make a wish!
You know, I made a mistake in the early chapters.........I had Alex wearing a halter top, then I had her pull her stilettos out from her sleeves. Halter tops don't have sleeves. So, she has then stashed in her boots. They're tall enough to hold them! If I get the chance, I'll go back and fix that and all the spelling mistakes that spell check didn't catch!
Thanks to:
arata_priestess: You got to keep reading to find out the deal with the baka!
Disclaimer: I don't even own the computer I'm working on, so how can I own something as wonderful as Kurama, much less the whole show! Or even Inu- Yasha! Taka a hike Lawyers!
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Out of sheer curiosity, I asked what time it was. Everyone gave me a confused look. But thankfully, Yusuke had a watch. "Keiko(SP?) makes him wear it" Kurama murmured into my ear. I grinned. "It's 10:30pm" he told me. I frowned. Something was nagging at me about midnight. It was only an hour and a half away. Things just weren't adding up here. Pointless attacks by dozens of low powered demons, single attacks by powerful demons, then there was the whole problem with Kuwabaka and the disappearing blood, and now I had a bad feeling that we were running out of time. "Hey, Kurama," I whispered over. "Does midnight ring any bells to you?" He frowned in concentration. "It does, but I can't remember why it would." "Hmm" I replied, feeling a pit in my stomach. Dad was glancing around, as if everything was a dream. I sided over to him to see if I could get any answers. I doubted that I would, but where's the harm in trying? "Hey dad?" He glanced back at me as if first seeing me. "Dad, do you know anything about anything happening at midnight?" It looked as if he actually was going to answer, but then Kuwabaka started thrashing and screaming like there was no tomorrow. I grimaced. With all that noise, every demon in this place would know where we were. "Midnight........." I heard whispered. I cast a startled glance at my Dad. "There's going to be a ceremony at midnight" He whispered hoarsely. "Dad! What about the ceremony? Do you know anything about it?" I was whispering hurriedly. He glance at me with haunted eyes. "He wants all your powers." Everyone not dealing with the baka had noticed by now that Dad was talking and they were all listening in. "Dad? Why? What is he going to use them for? How do you know what he's planning?" He glanced around with his pain filled eyes. "He liked to talk during torture........." I felt horrible. I didn't really want to know, but I needed to, and I think I caused more pain for my Dad. But he continued anyway. "He needs all your powers to escape from here, to return to the living world. He's using that boy over there" he pointed over to the baka, "as the catalyst. He needed to corrupt an uncorrupted soul." I glanced around, not sure who really to look at. Most everyone had the same look on their face. Horror. I didn't think anyone would be capable of something this grandiose, but if the stories were true, then this demon would be able to. It was just mind boggling at the extent of his plans. He meant for all of us to be here at this time. He was just delaying us until it was time for the ceremony. It accounted for the hoards of low level demons, and the feeling that we were running out of time. But it still didn't explain why the more powerful demons attacked us. As I pondered that last thought, those fights seemed to take on an unusual quality. That little demon that bit him. He was powerful up until he bit the baka. I had taken it that he tasted awful, but that wouldn't account for the power drop. Unless he gave it to the baka. I glanced over to the baka. I tried sensing his power casually, but I couldn't even sense his spirit energy. So I did a deeper probe, and it made me sick. I felt a huge bundle of demonic energy. Three different types of demonic energy. One was the energy from the ugly little guy, one felt a little bit like the wind, which would account for the blood from Kagura disappearing. But the last one I couldn't puzzle out. It felt like the first two, but more. I glanced back up at the others. The ones with demon blood in them nodded at me. They could sense it now too. We were being played for fools.
We discussed our options for getting out of this trap. One: Kill the baka. No baka, no ceremony. But most of us were too kind hearted to do such a thing. I didn't vote. I didn't want his death; all I wanted was for him to go far away from me. Grandpa and Uncle Fluffy were all for killing him. Of course Grandpa got an ear full from Grandma for that. Yusuke was the one who said we couldn't kill him. "He's an idiot, but he shouldn't die because of that." The rest of us agreed. Hiei just told us to kill the source. Kill Naraku and the whole thing is done with. Easier said then done. And or time was quickly becoming less and less as we argued. So, what's the compromise? Can't kill who you can't find. Can't kill someone for being an idiot. Sad, but true. If we could, half the world would be dead. So now what do you do? Pray that you come up with something soon. But we decided to go hunt for Naraku in the mean time. I only hoped that time was on our side this time. It never seems like it ever is.
The walls kept changing from pale grey stone to polished wood paneling. Sometimes it would look nice, but when they sections were too close together, it would turn my stomach. I would have asked Yusuke what the time was, but I knew that if I did, we all would become stress about that. We really didn't need that when going against a particular clever enemy like the one we were about to face. So, keeping a straight face, I marched onward with everyone else.
Time seemed to stretch on for eternity. I was getting really nervous. It was to the point that I was almost thinking that I wish that I hadn't left home to come here. 'But,' I thought amused, 'I wouldn't have had so much fun! And I wouldn't have gotten the chance to stare at Kurama's butt for so long....I am so glad I didn't say that outloud! But he does have a nice butt.........among other things!' I grinned, amused at myself. I could at least keep my mind off the whole 'The world is DOOMED' thing. We spent most of the time opening doors and peering into rooms, trying to find Naraku, but to no avail. We did however find more prisoners locked up in more dungeon type rooms. 'These must be the prisoners that that lady, Boton, mentioned (A/N: Go back to the early chapters) There weren't very many of them.........maybe half a dozen. But there could be more in other areas of the castle. "There'll be time to look for them later" Uncle Sesshomaru told us coldly. I frowned, but I knew he was right. Take out the big bad then pick up the pieces that were left over.
I knew we were running out of time. And if I knew it, so did the others. Yusuke did certainly, after all, he's the one with the watch! But while the rest of us were patient, well, not so much patient, but we didn't have Grandpa's temper, he just started hollering. "NARAKU YOU BASTARD! WHERE THE FU*K ARE YOU!?!?!?" He hollered that for a good five minutes, before we got an answer.
"Well, well.........anxious aren't we Inu-Yasha? Well, patience my nemesis. You only have a few more minutes to wait and then we can all play together once again!" His sinister voice sent shivers up my spine. "GOD DAMN YOU!" Grandpa was shouting. But Naraku didn't reply to that.
We just continued onward. Our group was getting larger, the prisoners that we had found were trailing behind us. None of us wanted them to follow us, but no matter how fast we went, they kept following. Maybe they believed that because we 'saved' them, that by staying with us, we'll get then out of here. Yeah, that is part of the mission, but to do that, we have to first find a way to get them out safely. And to do THAT, we needed to send their kidnapper to oblivion. Oy, it was getting to be a long day.
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That's it for today! Hope you enjoy pe-pole-les!
Bounce bounce nothings gonna keep me down!
Signing out ~ DevilWench~