Chapter 3: Introductions
~ REWIND, a few minutes before the Sesshomaru's battle~
Something caught Kagome's eye. That woman's shadow... was... moving. Part of it broke off following the new path through the tree's Inuyasha made. Kagome didn't even think about what she was doing and ran after it, the gang not far behind her, trying to get to Inuyasha before it did.
The shadow was picking up speed, increasing the distance between it and Kagome's group. "C'mon guys we have to hurry! Inuyasha's in danger!" everyone nodded in agreement. Kirara transformed, grabbing Sango and Kagome, Shippo with Miroku running along side.
"Kagome-sama" Miroku started "Do you have any idea what that was? Or who that woman was? I have the feeling it's hiding something..."
"I felt the same too Miroku, but I felt a faint demon aura within it."
"I have a bad feeling about this." Sango muttered.
"Don't worry Sango I'll protect you." Shippo chirped.
She smiled and patting his hair affection-ally "Hhn, I know u will." She replied.
They reached the end of the trail some time later to find a conscious Inuyasha pinned to a tree, a black serpent dragon wrapped around him.
"Release me! And I promise I won't kill you, just break your face!"
"For someone who's not in control of his current situation, you sure make a lot of demands, now shut up pup and sit still for a while." the deep rich voice drawled, prodding Inuyasha's head with his snout.
"Ow! That hurt! What'd do that for?! And I ain't no pup!"
"Oh do shut up."
"Let Inuyasha go!" Kagome demanded taking aim.
The dragon snaked to regard her with one turquoise eye taking in what he saw tightening his hold on the hanyou during the process.
"No." the dragon simply stated. His form blurred, changing, taking on a more human outline. The air smelt strongly of spices as his outline became bolder. The finished result. A man with long silver hair reaching just past his bottom and piercing turquoise eyes that glowed as if lit from within stood dressed in a long black coat of dragon scales. His lower legs and feet were clad in sliver heavy armoured boots, a pair of what seemed to be black denim pants held with a sliver belt of dragon scales at his waist. His lower abdomen was strapped with several black belts leaving his chest exposed. His hands were sheathed in black leather gloves, clinched with sliver clasps at the joints of his fingers and wrist. And hanging at his waist was a thin long sword that had seen many a battle. His face of lightly tanned skin, held no markings only two horns that started from above his temples and continued to curve around his elf like ears was the only indication that he wasn't human, also the fact that a black dragon wing was now wrapped around Inuyasha holding him to the tree.
"Release him, or I'll be forced to harm you." Kagome breathed through clenched teeth. Miroku and Sango stood poised and ready for battle, Shippo ready to make their escape if the worse came to the worst.
"No." the dragon calmly replied, tightening his hold on Inuyasha, crushing him into and through the tree. Inuyasha let out a small lived scream as he blacked out; the air was squeezed from his lungs. With nothing to hold him against the tree anymore the hanyou greeted the ground with a thud.
Kagome let loose an arrow knowing full well with the measly distance between her and the dragon, that he would not be able to dodge the purifying arrow. But the dragon caught, and snapped it as though the holy power was nothing.
'What the hell is up with people catching my damn arrows?' she let loose another arrow. The dragon dodged the arrow even turning around, following its light trail.
"Hir..."
"Hold it!" the dragon held up his hands "We don't need to fight"
"You're leaving us very little choice in the matter" Kagome growled
The dragon sighed, "There's little point in us fighting, because you can't defeat me like that", he started watching Kagome's face flicker from anger to surprise then back to anger, "Your arrows can't hurt me, I'm a high dragon of the Holy Order of Zeth... I'm a good guy..." the high dragon finished.
"How are you a good guy if you're holding someone against their will?" the priest inquired.
"And your aura screams demon" stated Sango.
"Those are pretty good points, but, I'm not going to hold him indefinitely, only until the empress has disabled the other inuyokai will I release this one."
The tension in the bow string decreased as Kagome relaxed her hold. With this action the group followed suit, drawing closer together.
"Kagome-sama, how should we approach this?" whispered Miroku.
"Well I'm guessing his Empress is that strange woman, and according to him, she's still fighting with Sesshomaru, and he seems pretty sure she's going to win." She paused watching the high dragon nudge Inuyasha awake with his foot, steadily increasing the strengths of his nudges to light kicks. "If he really wanted to he could kill Inuyasha, but he genuinely seems to be just holding him." The discussion stopped everyone deep in thought, "hmm", Kagome started, "It's worth a try. If he what he claims to be is true it might just work..."
"What might work?" Sango intervened.
"If it doesn't work then we'll have to wait." She finished ignoring the question.
Kagome walked up towards the high dragon her head bowed. He turned at the sound of her clearing her throat. "Please," Kagome bagged tears forming in her eyes, "Please let him go, I beg you."
The high dragon grimaced and backing away from her, "Please don't look at me like that, a guardian spirit can not go against its charge unless it's a matter of life and death." he looked at her meekly.
"Well at least I tried" turning her back on the shocked high dragon and walking back to her shocked group.
"You actually expected that to work Kagome-chan?" Sango gaped.
Kagome shrugged and sat down on the floor, deciding to do as she told the group. Wait.
The shock slowly dissolved on the high dragon face, to be replaced with a small smile, 'I fell for that stupid puppy eyed routine again, man I'm a sucker' he thought shaking his head in disbelief.
The smile grew into a grin, "Seems as though she's finished," he began to walk past Kagome and the group and then stopped, "Oh, and because you 'tried' to trick me I'll be holding onto your boyfriend for a while longer." With that he resumed walking back towards the clearing.
"He he he is not my boyfriend!" Kagome stuttered.
"Ah" the high dragon replied with his back to her, "You fooled me once, I'm not going to fall for it again." Amusement, evident in his tone.
The Kagome and Co. took up the rear walking a few meters behind the high dragon. "Do you think we can trust him Kagome?" Shippo asked slightly concerned about Inuyasha.
Kagome sighed, "We don't really have a choice in the matter, from the way he acts he could kill us on a whim, if it were to take him." She sighed, rubbing her temples, "Don't worry Shippo I'll think of something before anything serious happens... hopefully."
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They walked back to the clearing to find a rather large white inuyokai curled up against a tree with its eyes closed. Kagome half thought it was Sesshomaru, but instead of the purple crescent on its forehead, it had three circles of solid red, in the formation of an up-side-down triangle. She soon found Sesshomaru leaning against the demon staring off into space, with Rin sitting in his sleeping gently. His armour sat beside him gleaming dully.
'There's something new about him' she scanned Sesshomaru and found what she was looking for, widening her eyes in surprise 'He's got himself a new arm, wonder if it's his?'
Her eyes resumed their wondering of the dog demon in front of her. Following the length of its body she soon found the unknown woman, who'd joined in the fight hoping to stop it, wrapped tightly within the nine tails the inuyokai possessed, sleeping peacefully.
"Jen." Kagome could hear the smile in the high dragon's voice, even though she was looking at his back. Sesshomaru turned as the dog demon opened its eyes and raised its head observing the party. Its eyes smiled as it took it what it saw and lowered its muzzle to the taiyokai's ear. He nodded and rose in one fluid motion holding Rin so as to not wake her.
He turned watching the dog demon veer into its human form.
Before him stood a relatively young woman that strongly resembled the one now wrapped in furs still asleep. There were only a few differences between the two, her dark blue hair reached her ankles instead of her mid-thighs. Her forehead held the same marks as her demon form. She wore a brilliant white kimono with silver flames reaching from her right shoulder curving to her stomach, with slits up to her hips, allowing her better movement, clasped close with a thin silver obi. Her feet clad in white Chinese slippers.
Her eyes a gentle grey held those of gold, as she gently patted Sesshomarus cheek giving him a small smile before she walked towards the high dragon.
Sesshomaru took his seat back at the base of the tree next to the sentient furs, watching the scene.
"Shin" She breathed meeting him with a short but passionate kiss. "Oh, where are my manners." She said blushing slightly, "My name is Jenova Reiogou; he is Shin Reiogou," indicating to the high dragon who bowed to both the Inuyasha group and Sesshomaru, "We both are the guardian spirits of the Empress Tsunami Reiogou," pointing to the woman in furs, who turned over at the mention of her name, throwing one arm over Sesshomarus leg, "the ruler of the Alastrial Plains." Jenova finally finished bowing to Kagome and Co.
Kagome blushed slightly, surprised by such an introduction, bowed and introducing the group, each bowing in link to their names except Inuyasha, finding it somewhat difficult to bow when bound, 'Not that he would of, if given the choice' Kagome thought placidly.
"You can release him now dear." Jenova waved at her husband.
"Ah totally forgot." Shin replied somewhat embarrassed, unravelling Inuyasha from his wing.
"Inuyasha you okay?" inquired a worried Kagome. 'He took that beating bad. He should have something broken at the least.' She thought checking him over.
"I'm fine! Stop mothering me already." He gruffed trying to stop her wondering hands.
Kagomes anger peeked. "Well," she breathed, standing looking down on the rumpled hanyou, her anger now reaching a gentle boil, "that's the last time I ever Sit! down to worry about you!" she yelled watching Inuyasha eat dirt in mild satisfaction before she turned her back on him.
Miroku taking this distraction as an opportunity grabbed Jenovas hand causing her to take notice of him.
"My Lady I was wondering, could it be, at all possible if you would"
"Houshi-sama, you wouldn't stoop as low as to ask a married woman would you?" Sango asked in a flat tone, knowing what his next words would be.
The priest looked at her innocently. "Lady Sango I have no idea what you're on about," returning his attention back to the guardian, "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, my Lady, I was inquiring as to how you stopped Sesshomaru-sama and Tsunami-sama from fighting?"
Raising an elegant eyebrow she turned gazing at Sesshomaru and her bundle of furs. Sesshomaru looked back with an almost apologetic look in his eyes and she smiled in return.
"Well I don't know about them two fighting, but when I arrived here they were in the strangest of positions. Both unconscious, him on top of her. Well I almost thought... with her top all torn" she pulled back her hand clutching her now red face. Kagome and Sango both caught on, joining in the blushing. Miroku and Inuyasha both gave Sesshomaru sly looks.
Sesshomaru glared back, cutting off their line of thought, as he flicked Tsunamis arm off his leg.
"How long has she been out?" Shin asked walking past the group to where Tsunami slept.
"Since she finished with Sesshomaru." Jenova replied ending her joke.
"Good, she needs the rest." He said removing the furs from her face, moving her hair out of her eyes. "When she wakes she'll be hungry." He said offhandedly standing, "I'm going hunting, I'll return soon." With that he bound into the forest in search of prey.
Jenova sighed. "Would you girls mind helping me start camp?" she asked sweetly.
"Feh, we don't have time to stop, so no, they won't be helping you with anything." Inuyasha answered for them, crossing his hands over his chest, glaring at Jenova whilst ignoring the looks he was receiving from both of his female companions.
"I don't remember asking you boy." Jenova gritted. Her grey eyes taking on the look of cold steel, causing him the shrink back. Abruptly her eyes flickered back to their gentle glow.
"Come now, its late afternoon, you should be thinking about eating your mid- day meal. I'm sure Shin will bring back something for you to eat also." Jenova finished smiling at Inuyasha.
"I suppose your right about that." He replied in a small voice.
"Sah! Shall we get started then?" Jenova beamed at Sango and Kagome.
Everyone settled down waiting for Shin to return from his hunt. Kagome reading her textbook hoping the information she was reading would cling to the fine mesh of her sieve brain. Shippo drawing and eating his candy. Sango polishing her bone-boomerang and keeping an eye on the ever wondering hands of Miroku. Inuyasha glaring at his brother, whom was doing a good job of ignoring him, staring into middle space, whilst Jaken attempted to move Ah 'n' Un into the clearing.
Rins eyes snapped open. She sat upright, scanning the surroundings for something. When her eyes made contact with the furs she instantly relaxed back against Sesshomaru, watching and waiting for Tsunami to wake.
Her waiting paid off, as Tsunami began to stir more restlessly with each growing moment. Incoherent moans escaping from her lips, drawing the attention of everyone in the camp.
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Well there's chapter 3. Only have one review for this story lol hoping for more but it'll have to do. (
Anhimals: thank you for your kind words and your time spent reading this. I was going to update it when my friend watched enough Inuyasha to read this, but you reviewed so I won't disappoint you. (
Currently writing up chapter 4 taking a lot more time than I expected so ill be about 2 days I think. ANYWAYS! Enough of my blabbing. Kay signing off.
~ REWIND, a few minutes before the Sesshomaru's battle~
Something caught Kagome's eye. That woman's shadow... was... moving. Part of it broke off following the new path through the tree's Inuyasha made. Kagome didn't even think about what she was doing and ran after it, the gang not far behind her, trying to get to Inuyasha before it did.
The shadow was picking up speed, increasing the distance between it and Kagome's group. "C'mon guys we have to hurry! Inuyasha's in danger!" everyone nodded in agreement. Kirara transformed, grabbing Sango and Kagome, Shippo with Miroku running along side.
"Kagome-sama" Miroku started "Do you have any idea what that was? Or who that woman was? I have the feeling it's hiding something..."
"I felt the same too Miroku, but I felt a faint demon aura within it."
"I have a bad feeling about this." Sango muttered.
"Don't worry Sango I'll protect you." Shippo chirped.
She smiled and patting his hair affection-ally "Hhn, I know u will." She replied.
They reached the end of the trail some time later to find a conscious Inuyasha pinned to a tree, a black serpent dragon wrapped around him.
"Release me! And I promise I won't kill you, just break your face!"
"For someone who's not in control of his current situation, you sure make a lot of demands, now shut up pup and sit still for a while." the deep rich voice drawled, prodding Inuyasha's head with his snout.
"Ow! That hurt! What'd do that for?! And I ain't no pup!"
"Oh do shut up."
"Let Inuyasha go!" Kagome demanded taking aim.
The dragon snaked to regard her with one turquoise eye taking in what he saw tightening his hold on the hanyou during the process.
"No." the dragon simply stated. His form blurred, changing, taking on a more human outline. The air smelt strongly of spices as his outline became bolder. The finished result. A man with long silver hair reaching just past his bottom and piercing turquoise eyes that glowed as if lit from within stood dressed in a long black coat of dragon scales. His lower legs and feet were clad in sliver heavy armoured boots, a pair of what seemed to be black denim pants held with a sliver belt of dragon scales at his waist. His lower abdomen was strapped with several black belts leaving his chest exposed. His hands were sheathed in black leather gloves, clinched with sliver clasps at the joints of his fingers and wrist. And hanging at his waist was a thin long sword that had seen many a battle. His face of lightly tanned skin, held no markings only two horns that started from above his temples and continued to curve around his elf like ears was the only indication that he wasn't human, also the fact that a black dragon wing was now wrapped around Inuyasha holding him to the tree.
"Release him, or I'll be forced to harm you." Kagome breathed through clenched teeth. Miroku and Sango stood poised and ready for battle, Shippo ready to make their escape if the worse came to the worst.
"No." the dragon calmly replied, tightening his hold on Inuyasha, crushing him into and through the tree. Inuyasha let out a small lived scream as he blacked out; the air was squeezed from his lungs. With nothing to hold him against the tree anymore the hanyou greeted the ground with a thud.
Kagome let loose an arrow knowing full well with the measly distance between her and the dragon, that he would not be able to dodge the purifying arrow. But the dragon caught, and snapped it as though the holy power was nothing.
'What the hell is up with people catching my damn arrows?' she let loose another arrow. The dragon dodged the arrow even turning around, following its light trail.
"Hir..."
"Hold it!" the dragon held up his hands "We don't need to fight"
"You're leaving us very little choice in the matter" Kagome growled
The dragon sighed, "There's little point in us fighting, because you can't defeat me like that", he started watching Kagome's face flicker from anger to surprise then back to anger, "Your arrows can't hurt me, I'm a high dragon of the Holy Order of Zeth... I'm a good guy..." the high dragon finished.
"How are you a good guy if you're holding someone against their will?" the priest inquired.
"And your aura screams demon" stated Sango.
"Those are pretty good points, but, I'm not going to hold him indefinitely, only until the empress has disabled the other inuyokai will I release this one."
The tension in the bow string decreased as Kagome relaxed her hold. With this action the group followed suit, drawing closer together.
"Kagome-sama, how should we approach this?" whispered Miroku.
"Well I'm guessing his Empress is that strange woman, and according to him, she's still fighting with Sesshomaru, and he seems pretty sure she's going to win." She paused watching the high dragon nudge Inuyasha awake with his foot, steadily increasing the strengths of his nudges to light kicks. "If he really wanted to he could kill Inuyasha, but he genuinely seems to be just holding him." The discussion stopped everyone deep in thought, "hmm", Kagome started, "It's worth a try. If he what he claims to be is true it might just work..."
"What might work?" Sango intervened.
"If it doesn't work then we'll have to wait." She finished ignoring the question.
Kagome walked up towards the high dragon her head bowed. He turned at the sound of her clearing her throat. "Please," Kagome bagged tears forming in her eyes, "Please let him go, I beg you."
The high dragon grimaced and backing away from her, "Please don't look at me like that, a guardian spirit can not go against its charge unless it's a matter of life and death." he looked at her meekly.
"Well at least I tried" turning her back on the shocked high dragon and walking back to her shocked group.
"You actually expected that to work Kagome-chan?" Sango gaped.
Kagome shrugged and sat down on the floor, deciding to do as she told the group. Wait.
The shock slowly dissolved on the high dragon face, to be replaced with a small smile, 'I fell for that stupid puppy eyed routine again, man I'm a sucker' he thought shaking his head in disbelief.
The smile grew into a grin, "Seems as though she's finished," he began to walk past Kagome and the group and then stopped, "Oh, and because you 'tried' to trick me I'll be holding onto your boyfriend for a while longer." With that he resumed walking back towards the clearing.
"He he he is not my boyfriend!" Kagome stuttered.
"Ah" the high dragon replied with his back to her, "You fooled me once, I'm not going to fall for it again." Amusement, evident in his tone.
The Kagome and Co. took up the rear walking a few meters behind the high dragon. "Do you think we can trust him Kagome?" Shippo asked slightly concerned about Inuyasha.
Kagome sighed, "We don't really have a choice in the matter, from the way he acts he could kill us on a whim, if it were to take him." She sighed, rubbing her temples, "Don't worry Shippo I'll think of something before anything serious happens... hopefully."
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They walked back to the clearing to find a rather large white inuyokai curled up against a tree with its eyes closed. Kagome half thought it was Sesshomaru, but instead of the purple crescent on its forehead, it had three circles of solid red, in the formation of an up-side-down triangle. She soon found Sesshomaru leaning against the demon staring off into space, with Rin sitting in his sleeping gently. His armour sat beside him gleaming dully.
'There's something new about him' she scanned Sesshomaru and found what she was looking for, widening her eyes in surprise 'He's got himself a new arm, wonder if it's his?'
Her eyes resumed their wondering of the dog demon in front of her. Following the length of its body she soon found the unknown woman, who'd joined in the fight hoping to stop it, wrapped tightly within the nine tails the inuyokai possessed, sleeping peacefully.
"Jen." Kagome could hear the smile in the high dragon's voice, even though she was looking at his back. Sesshomaru turned as the dog demon opened its eyes and raised its head observing the party. Its eyes smiled as it took it what it saw and lowered its muzzle to the taiyokai's ear. He nodded and rose in one fluid motion holding Rin so as to not wake her.
He turned watching the dog demon veer into its human form.
Before him stood a relatively young woman that strongly resembled the one now wrapped in furs still asleep. There were only a few differences between the two, her dark blue hair reached her ankles instead of her mid-thighs. Her forehead held the same marks as her demon form. She wore a brilliant white kimono with silver flames reaching from her right shoulder curving to her stomach, with slits up to her hips, allowing her better movement, clasped close with a thin silver obi. Her feet clad in white Chinese slippers.
Her eyes a gentle grey held those of gold, as she gently patted Sesshomarus cheek giving him a small smile before she walked towards the high dragon.
Sesshomaru took his seat back at the base of the tree next to the sentient furs, watching the scene.
"Shin" She breathed meeting him with a short but passionate kiss. "Oh, where are my manners." She said blushing slightly, "My name is Jenova Reiogou; he is Shin Reiogou," indicating to the high dragon who bowed to both the Inuyasha group and Sesshomaru, "We both are the guardian spirits of the Empress Tsunami Reiogou," pointing to the woman in furs, who turned over at the mention of her name, throwing one arm over Sesshomarus leg, "the ruler of the Alastrial Plains." Jenova finally finished bowing to Kagome and Co.
Kagome blushed slightly, surprised by such an introduction, bowed and introducing the group, each bowing in link to their names except Inuyasha, finding it somewhat difficult to bow when bound, 'Not that he would of, if given the choice' Kagome thought placidly.
"You can release him now dear." Jenova waved at her husband.
"Ah totally forgot." Shin replied somewhat embarrassed, unravelling Inuyasha from his wing.
"Inuyasha you okay?" inquired a worried Kagome. 'He took that beating bad. He should have something broken at the least.' She thought checking him over.
"I'm fine! Stop mothering me already." He gruffed trying to stop her wondering hands.
Kagomes anger peeked. "Well," she breathed, standing looking down on the rumpled hanyou, her anger now reaching a gentle boil, "that's the last time I ever Sit! down to worry about you!" she yelled watching Inuyasha eat dirt in mild satisfaction before she turned her back on him.
Miroku taking this distraction as an opportunity grabbed Jenovas hand causing her to take notice of him.
"My Lady I was wondering, could it be, at all possible if you would"
"Houshi-sama, you wouldn't stoop as low as to ask a married woman would you?" Sango asked in a flat tone, knowing what his next words would be.
The priest looked at her innocently. "Lady Sango I have no idea what you're on about," returning his attention back to the guardian, "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, my Lady, I was inquiring as to how you stopped Sesshomaru-sama and Tsunami-sama from fighting?"
Raising an elegant eyebrow she turned gazing at Sesshomaru and her bundle of furs. Sesshomaru looked back with an almost apologetic look in his eyes and she smiled in return.
"Well I don't know about them two fighting, but when I arrived here they were in the strangest of positions. Both unconscious, him on top of her. Well I almost thought... with her top all torn" she pulled back her hand clutching her now red face. Kagome and Sango both caught on, joining in the blushing. Miroku and Inuyasha both gave Sesshomaru sly looks.
Sesshomaru glared back, cutting off their line of thought, as he flicked Tsunamis arm off his leg.
"How long has she been out?" Shin asked walking past the group to where Tsunami slept.
"Since she finished with Sesshomaru." Jenova replied ending her joke.
"Good, she needs the rest." He said removing the furs from her face, moving her hair out of her eyes. "When she wakes she'll be hungry." He said offhandedly standing, "I'm going hunting, I'll return soon." With that he bound into the forest in search of prey.
Jenova sighed. "Would you girls mind helping me start camp?" she asked sweetly.
"Feh, we don't have time to stop, so no, they won't be helping you with anything." Inuyasha answered for them, crossing his hands over his chest, glaring at Jenova whilst ignoring the looks he was receiving from both of his female companions.
"I don't remember asking you boy." Jenova gritted. Her grey eyes taking on the look of cold steel, causing him the shrink back. Abruptly her eyes flickered back to their gentle glow.
"Come now, its late afternoon, you should be thinking about eating your mid- day meal. I'm sure Shin will bring back something for you to eat also." Jenova finished smiling at Inuyasha.
"I suppose your right about that." He replied in a small voice.
"Sah! Shall we get started then?" Jenova beamed at Sango and Kagome.
Everyone settled down waiting for Shin to return from his hunt. Kagome reading her textbook hoping the information she was reading would cling to the fine mesh of her sieve brain. Shippo drawing and eating his candy. Sango polishing her bone-boomerang and keeping an eye on the ever wondering hands of Miroku. Inuyasha glaring at his brother, whom was doing a good job of ignoring him, staring into middle space, whilst Jaken attempted to move Ah 'n' Un into the clearing.
Rins eyes snapped open. She sat upright, scanning the surroundings for something. When her eyes made contact with the furs she instantly relaxed back against Sesshomaru, watching and waiting for Tsunami to wake.
Her waiting paid off, as Tsunami began to stir more restlessly with each growing moment. Incoherent moans escaping from her lips, drawing the attention of everyone in the camp.
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Well there's chapter 3. Only have one review for this story lol hoping for more but it'll have to do. (
Anhimals: thank you for your kind words and your time spent reading this. I was going to update it when my friend watched enough Inuyasha to read this, but you reviewed so I won't disappoint you. (
Currently writing up chapter 4 taking a lot more time than I expected so ill be about 2 days I think. ANYWAYS! Enough of my blabbing. Kay signing off.
