Fire's Heart
Ahknee/Kitteen
(Disclaimer: Short and simple: I only own the plot. Ha.)
Aww, thanks to all my loverly (yes, loverly, shaddup) reviews for being so patient with me trying to put my life back onto track. *grin* Aw, you all are much too kind to this little authoress who doesn't deserve so much attention.
Anywho, since my break in the fanfiction world, I've tried to improve my writings skills by reading other, much better fanfiction (I worship those who have many a fan in this world). Taa daa, this new chapter is the result!
Review Responses:
Woodelf193 - Aww, thankies. ^^
Pyro*Chic - Aww, really? Shame. Teee, another fan I've gotten. Yahoo! Glad to see how. . .enthusiastic about it you are. ^^
SailorStar121 - Thanks!
Piccolo'sVampirePrincess - Tsk tsk, if you had paid attention in earlier chapters, you would've found out the pairing was already decided as Rei/Sesshoumaru. *wags index finger accusingly* XD Okay, okay, whatever, ignore my extreme weirdness. It's a part of the recovery thingy I'm still going through. *shrug*
Angel-eyes56 - Hmm, well, you'll probably find out. And good question, I'll ponder that while typing this thing up.
Tenshi-Hotaru - Yes, exams week is a total pain in the arse, neck, and every other area that can be pained in that phrase. I don't have them yet, I'm in middle school. . .still. *blink* What, okay, I'm young, big deal?! Well, thanks! Tee hee. Yes, a shame it was cut so short. An hey, I updated in. . .what? Three or so weeks' time? Whatever. *blink* That's a pretty quick recovery on my part, if you ask me (it usually takes a me a good month or so to fix my life up during these times. . .)
angelwings6117 - Naw, throwing 'Harry Potter land' into the mix would make things overly confusing and then I'd have to configure that series' characters in, make the plot fit so that they also can do stuff that effects everyone in the story (or at least a few major charaters), transport them to Japan (or the Japan characters to England or wherever they're located at the time), make sure that at least one character in either's series knows the other's native language (Minako's an easy one to use, though, since her Sailor V experience in England. . .), and yadda yadda yadda. XD Long list. Anywho, thanks for the recommendation, though I couldn't really see it seeing as I had no way to access it (in my town, anime is a rare thing to run across besides dubbed Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon stuff *shudder*).
Skittles the Sugar Fairy - Thanks!! Ah, yes, Usagi and her evil grins combined tend to end up in situations that either embarrass others, gets people in trouble, or ends up making her have a huge screw-up in some way, shape, or form. Pocky and plushies?! Mmm, nice combo. Ah, trying to figure out how to fix my life? XD Aw, thanks. This one will hopefully be as great, if not better.
fanfiction fanatic - *glomps onto you, ignoring the strange looks from passerbys* Aw, thanks! Nice to have someone who understands the problem on hand to talk to. ^^ Well, I hope your friend gets better soon, too. She/he deserves to bounce back into the world of happiness! Yes, I've always remembered that, and always will. Gee, thanks for being so generous and stuff! I'll always keep a note in my book that you're the person to talk to when I need to let something out! *grins and hands you an overly large bag of spiffy things* Tee hee, you deserve it!!
I nearly lost my ear floppy that holds all of my recent story stuff. *huggles floppy* Oh, I nearly had a heart attack, my poor, precious floppy disk! . . . .Don't ask, after effects of my little life-gathering stage. -_-; Now, onwards, to the fic!
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Rei gentley shut the door that had led her to whatever time she was currently in shut with a soft click, and with that, the fancy door seemed to almost evaporate into little flecks of its former sel, floating upwards and into the sky before disappearingf. Rei had never reallly noticed that before, and just decided it was for show. After all, no one said you couldn't have flashy effects equipped to your powers.
Rei finally decided to take notice of her surroundings and looked around, hoping to spot a tall skyscraper or two, or maybe even another person dressed like herself and not the old garb that she had seen those people wear in the past.
Spotting nothing around that could give her a clear idea on what time period she was in, she patted her pockets to make sure that her henshin pen was still tucked safely in her pocket in case she was to need it. Satisfied it was there, she decided to start walking to find out where she was, because, in all truths, standing in the middle of what was apparently a forest wasn't going to get her anywhere.
Frowning when she realized her attire wasn't exactly fit for walking through the underbrush and shrubbery of a forest-like place, she wondered how many scratches she would accumulate from all the low branches her legs were bound to scrape against. Brushing off the thought and figuring that nothing could really hurt her that bad, she continued on through the shrubs and such, hoping to run into modern civilization soon.
"I'm really starting to regret accepting the invitation to stay with my relatives. . ."Rei grumbled out loud, realizing that if she had indeed declined the letter, she could be at home, sweeping the shrine right now or doing a fire reading or homework or things like that. "I swear I expect the cameras, the cameramen, and the director to jump out anytime now, yelling 'Cut!' and saying that was a rap on this strange movie that is my life."
*******
Makoto sighed and stared at the disguise Usagi had decided to take on. The brunette vaguely wondered where her friend got these crazy ideas from, but figured that trying to figure out how her friend's brain worked would give her too big of a headache, which was the last thing she needed and wanted right now.
Usagi, being the total genuis she was (which would have any person who knew her well roll their eyes), had decided to look like a. . . .
"Police officer?!!! Usagi, looking like a qualified police officer?! What are you THINKING?!"Minako screeched.
Usagi shrugged, "Well, won't it be awsome, though? Y'know, to see her stunned face?"
Makoto slapped a hand to her forehead, not willing to comment on the small argument going on between her two blonde companions. Besides, it wasn't like SHE had the capabilities to disguise her own form. She had no knowledge on the subject, basically.
"Maybe you should just go with school attendent? Or doctor? Either of those would've, no doubt, worked better."Makoto said, finally deciding to pitch in her two cents (or yen*, depending how you looked at it).
"Well, I like to go in with a bang, y'know?"Usagi asked, striking a pose.
"We know, but a police officer asking for a certain, quiet, very innocent Ami who's never commited a real crime in her life, unless it was to save another or something would look slightly suspicious, even a bit weird."Makoto said, pointing out the faults.
"Um, well, you do have a point there. . . ."Usagi said, tapping her chin thoughtfully before fixing the cap upon her head, making sure to tuck some stray blonde curls behind her ears that escaped the bun her hair was in.
"Well, the outfit does have colors that compliment you!"Minako said, pointing out a factor that only she would notice during a time like this.
"Really? Spiffy!"Usagi grinned. {I doubt they say 'spiffy' in Japan, but hey, I can and will use it. *huff*}
Minako grinned at her companion while Makoto let out yet another long, suffering sigh of defeat. Now she REALLY knew how Luna and Ami felt. How did they put up with these two again?
*******
Rei growled as she kicked a random branch out of her path, quite ready to Fire Soul the next thing living, moving, and breathing thing that came into site. She was feeling quite tired, and wasn't up to walking through the bushes to get anymore scrapes other than the numerous ones already upon her formerly unscatched legs.
"I am going to Fire Soul Setsuna so hard she'll land on Pluto!"Rei yelled out, stomping her foot on the ground and folding her arms over her chest, acting quite like a five year old child would when declined of a toy, doll, or other item they had wanted desperately. Yes, it seems that Rei Hino had finally reached the last straw and her normal, more calm self had disappeared into the backround, whimpering in fear of her angry self.
Rei, who had just pictured this, sweatdropped at the mental image and resisted the urge to roast the nearest tree into a pile of ashes. She had to keep her temper in check or she'd turn this whole place into nothing more than a barren wasteland with bits of ashes that would probably be blown away in a matter of minutes.
Taking a few, deep breaths and counting to ten in her head, she finally regained control of her senses and decided a logical thing to do would be to walk in a straight line through this forest until she hit a path. And, even if she didn't happen upon a path, she'd eventually find her way out of her, thus most likely encountering a person and finding her location at that point before trudging home.
"There, perfect plan!"Rei announced proudly to herself, not caring she was speaking aloud. After all, it wasn't like there was anything or anyone around to hear her and point and mumble about her being crazy. Besides, everyone was crazy in their own ways, but no one had come to realize that point yet.**
Rei shook her head, realizing this was definately not the best of times to get caught up in her own thoughts and that she was straying from the goal at hand. She was definately going to give Setsuna a few good whacks on the head with her broom when she got home, that was for sure. She was acting too out of character, and that was weird for her.
Rei continued her treck, but paused when the wind seemed to kick up a little and brush her face, cooling off the heat that had slowly begun to build within her from doing all the walking. Rei found it a bit suspicious when the wind kicked up a notch too high for a normal breeze.
"Wind definately does not act like this. . . ."she mummured, glancing around the forested area she was still in. "A normal breeze only kicks up a little, not to the feel of being this strong. . ."
Rei's hand automatically reached for her henshin pen. It was her unconcious comfort to reach for it and grasp it when she felt uneasy. It seemed to replace her old ofudas, since she always ran out of those, yet could never run out of this one item. It was hers, her comfort item, in ways. And she kept a firm grasp on it, keeping a wary eye on her surroundings as she continued to move onwards.
If she was back in the time of those demons, she was definately NOT going to let one ruin her way home. She would kick some butt, roast some serious arse, and continue on her way, plain and simple. She could handle it, this was supposed to be easy. She was capable of it. What kind of priestess would she be if she couldn't handle a demon?
Just to be safe, she paused, letting her other senses other than her eyes take control. Her ears picked up the faint, but quickly moving, sound of the wind in the distance, but the current wind in her ears made it hard to define if it was natural or not. She was definately not going to smell anything; she didn't have a trained nose like a dog or whatever. Her sense of feel wasn't getting her anywhere besides giving her the fact that this wind hurt when it made her hair whip and whack her face. But, her sixth sense, as some would put it, her techincal extrasensory perseption***, was giving her the hint that there was something out of the ordinary coming her way, and quite fast at that.
"Gee, Haruka'd be proud and jealous of whoever could move that fast. . ."Rei muttered out of the blue, shaking her head to rid herself of those random thoughts that seemed to be popping into her head more and more often these days. "Mustn't get distracted, dang it!"
The wind seemed to intensify even more than before, and Rei gritter her teeth as she stooped low to the ground, pulling out her henshin wand. Demon or not, she was going to get blown away if she didn't do something to stay grounded. Ironically, she never thought she'd hear herself say she wanted to stay grounded.
She was about to utter the words that would help her become her other self, the part of her that was ancient and old as the dirt itself, that was always asleep when she was like this, but her wand was suddenly knocked from her hands from the intense wind and she yelped.
"Good grievances****!"she yelled as she chased after it. "Shimatta!! Why does everything have to happen to me?!"
The pen merely rolled further from her grasp as if to spite the raven- haired teen. Rei then safely assumed some deity up in the heavens hated her with a passion and this was a plot to ruin her life.
Rei was nearly to the pen when she yelped suddenly as she was pulled away from it, screaming random obscenities and such to whatever had dragged her away form her one piece linking her to the past she once had.
Rei looked down at where she was being held captive and noticed arms wrapped tightly around her waist, enough to hold her still in there, yet not enough to let her suffocate. She promptly glared at the arms.
"Let me down or I swear to the high heavens I'll make a roast out of you!!"Rei screeched, now very angry that she had lost her one and only henshin pen and that she was being dragged farther and farther away from it by the second, which, as you should all have figured out, was not a good thing.
Rei attempted to pry the arms off of her waste when they didn't budge before she folded her arsm across her chest, furtively digging a hand into her shirt to pull an ofuda scroll that she concealed in her bra. Upon pulling it out, she grinned devillishly.
"Aku ryou tai san!"She yelled fiercely over the sweeping winds around her, letting the parchment glow a bit with some of the energy she fused into it before slapping it backwards onto whatever it was that had a firm hold on her.
The wind promptly died down and Rei was dropped, ending up falling onto the ground with an 'oof!' before looking up at what she had just stuck an ofuda onto.
*******
A loud yell could be heard from quite a distance away, the original sound coming from the Higurashi shrine, sitting atop the long line up steps and leading to the seemingly calm area.
Birds flocked away as another loud, resonating yell came from the living area of the shrine grounds.
"Rei's MISSING?!"
Kagome winced, taking a small step away from her enraged mother and grandfather.
"Um. . . .something to that effect. . . ."
It seems Setsuna had failed to tell Kagome where Rei had been.
"Well, what are you waiting for?! Go back there and GET HER!"
Kagome whined a little, "But, can't I at least take a bath or something? And restock on supplies??"
"Supply restock, yes, bath, no. Now GO!"
Kagome winced once again before making a beeline for the kitchen to gather up some food items.
Maybe she should've stayed with her friends in the past a bit longer. . . .
*******
*The Japanese currency
**It's true. Seriously! Everyone is crazy, but in our own minds we have created our own definitions of sane, and, thusly, those we consider sane are ourselves and maybe a few others, yet, in reality, all of us are 'wrong in the heads'. If you didn't get that, then. . . I can't explain it any better.
***That's ESP for you less-knowledgeable people.
****Okay, so I twisted Charlie Brown's little phrase around just a tad bit, so sue me (no, don't I'm poor)! But I liked it. I came up with it, kind of. So whatever.
I'm seriously tired. I laughed way too much over at my friend's house. Bleah. *is wiped out* Must not laugh too hard whenever I'm over there from now on. (See, there is total proof I have a social life. . . .That cheesecake in my hair should be enough, though. Don't ask.)
Well, anyway, hope y'all enjoyed that chapter. I spent all night typing it (taking breaks for an hour or so at a time to do other things and crap). And then I went to bed. And now, 'tis the next day and I'm quickly typing up this author's note for all of you to read. Yay!
This chapter was a bit longer than usual, so I hope it turned out pretty good. ^^ I'll try to get the next chapter up in the next three weeks. And if I don't, then feel free to call the police. *nodnod*
Hmm, I really must get to completing that Orlando Bloom picture for my friend. . . .Apparently, if you stare at the picture long enough, it talks to you. *blink, shrug* I don't know about the rest of the female population around my age group up to their thirties, but I, personally, am totally immune to the looks of Orlando Bloom. *gets pelted by rotten fruit from fans*
*brushes off fruit* Well, best to let all of you off for now. I'll see you next chapter!!
Ahknee/Kitteen
(Disclaimer: Short and simple: I only own the plot. Ha.)
Aww, thanks to all my loverly (yes, loverly, shaddup) reviews for being so patient with me trying to put my life back onto track. *grin* Aw, you all are much too kind to this little authoress who doesn't deserve so much attention.
Anywho, since my break in the fanfiction world, I've tried to improve my writings skills by reading other, much better fanfiction (I worship those who have many a fan in this world). Taa daa, this new chapter is the result!
Review Responses:
Woodelf193 - Aww, thankies. ^^
Pyro*Chic - Aww, really? Shame. Teee, another fan I've gotten. Yahoo! Glad to see how. . .enthusiastic about it you are. ^^
SailorStar121 - Thanks!
Piccolo'sVampirePrincess - Tsk tsk, if you had paid attention in earlier chapters, you would've found out the pairing was already decided as Rei/Sesshoumaru. *wags index finger accusingly* XD Okay, okay, whatever, ignore my extreme weirdness. It's a part of the recovery thingy I'm still going through. *shrug*
Angel-eyes56 - Hmm, well, you'll probably find out. And good question, I'll ponder that while typing this thing up.
Tenshi-Hotaru - Yes, exams week is a total pain in the arse, neck, and every other area that can be pained in that phrase. I don't have them yet, I'm in middle school. . .still. *blink* What, okay, I'm young, big deal?! Well, thanks! Tee hee. Yes, a shame it was cut so short. An hey, I updated in. . .what? Three or so weeks' time? Whatever. *blink* That's a pretty quick recovery on my part, if you ask me (it usually takes a me a good month or so to fix my life up during these times. . .)
angelwings6117 - Naw, throwing 'Harry Potter land' into the mix would make things overly confusing and then I'd have to configure that series' characters in, make the plot fit so that they also can do stuff that effects everyone in the story (or at least a few major charaters), transport them to Japan (or the Japan characters to England or wherever they're located at the time), make sure that at least one character in either's series knows the other's native language (Minako's an easy one to use, though, since her Sailor V experience in England. . .), and yadda yadda yadda. XD Long list. Anywho, thanks for the recommendation, though I couldn't really see it seeing as I had no way to access it (in my town, anime is a rare thing to run across besides dubbed Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon stuff *shudder*).
Skittles the Sugar Fairy - Thanks!! Ah, yes, Usagi and her evil grins combined tend to end up in situations that either embarrass others, gets people in trouble, or ends up making her have a huge screw-up in some way, shape, or form. Pocky and plushies?! Mmm, nice combo. Ah, trying to figure out how to fix my life? XD Aw, thanks. This one will hopefully be as great, if not better.
fanfiction fanatic - *glomps onto you, ignoring the strange looks from passerbys* Aw, thanks! Nice to have someone who understands the problem on hand to talk to. ^^ Well, I hope your friend gets better soon, too. She/he deserves to bounce back into the world of happiness! Yes, I've always remembered that, and always will. Gee, thanks for being so generous and stuff! I'll always keep a note in my book that you're the person to talk to when I need to let something out! *grins and hands you an overly large bag of spiffy things* Tee hee, you deserve it!!
I nearly lost my ear floppy that holds all of my recent story stuff. *huggles floppy* Oh, I nearly had a heart attack, my poor, precious floppy disk! . . . .Don't ask, after effects of my little life-gathering stage. -_-; Now, onwards, to the fic!
*******
Rei gentley shut the door that had led her to whatever time she was currently in shut with a soft click, and with that, the fancy door seemed to almost evaporate into little flecks of its former sel, floating upwards and into the sky before disappearingf. Rei had never reallly noticed that before, and just decided it was for show. After all, no one said you couldn't have flashy effects equipped to your powers.
Rei finally decided to take notice of her surroundings and looked around, hoping to spot a tall skyscraper or two, or maybe even another person dressed like herself and not the old garb that she had seen those people wear in the past.
Spotting nothing around that could give her a clear idea on what time period she was in, she patted her pockets to make sure that her henshin pen was still tucked safely in her pocket in case she was to need it. Satisfied it was there, she decided to start walking to find out where she was, because, in all truths, standing in the middle of what was apparently a forest wasn't going to get her anywhere.
Frowning when she realized her attire wasn't exactly fit for walking through the underbrush and shrubbery of a forest-like place, she wondered how many scratches she would accumulate from all the low branches her legs were bound to scrape against. Brushing off the thought and figuring that nothing could really hurt her that bad, she continued on through the shrubs and such, hoping to run into modern civilization soon.
"I'm really starting to regret accepting the invitation to stay with my relatives. . ."Rei grumbled out loud, realizing that if she had indeed declined the letter, she could be at home, sweeping the shrine right now or doing a fire reading or homework or things like that. "I swear I expect the cameras, the cameramen, and the director to jump out anytime now, yelling 'Cut!' and saying that was a rap on this strange movie that is my life."
*******
Makoto sighed and stared at the disguise Usagi had decided to take on. The brunette vaguely wondered where her friend got these crazy ideas from, but figured that trying to figure out how her friend's brain worked would give her too big of a headache, which was the last thing she needed and wanted right now.
Usagi, being the total genuis she was (which would have any person who knew her well roll their eyes), had decided to look like a. . . .
"Police officer?!!! Usagi, looking like a qualified police officer?! What are you THINKING?!"Minako screeched.
Usagi shrugged, "Well, won't it be awsome, though? Y'know, to see her stunned face?"
Makoto slapped a hand to her forehead, not willing to comment on the small argument going on between her two blonde companions. Besides, it wasn't like SHE had the capabilities to disguise her own form. She had no knowledge on the subject, basically.
"Maybe you should just go with school attendent? Or doctor? Either of those would've, no doubt, worked better."Makoto said, finally deciding to pitch in her two cents (or yen*, depending how you looked at it).
"Well, I like to go in with a bang, y'know?"Usagi asked, striking a pose.
"We know, but a police officer asking for a certain, quiet, very innocent Ami who's never commited a real crime in her life, unless it was to save another or something would look slightly suspicious, even a bit weird."Makoto said, pointing out the faults.
"Um, well, you do have a point there. . . ."Usagi said, tapping her chin thoughtfully before fixing the cap upon her head, making sure to tuck some stray blonde curls behind her ears that escaped the bun her hair was in.
"Well, the outfit does have colors that compliment you!"Minako said, pointing out a factor that only she would notice during a time like this.
"Really? Spiffy!"Usagi grinned. {I doubt they say 'spiffy' in Japan, but hey, I can and will use it. *huff*}
Minako grinned at her companion while Makoto let out yet another long, suffering sigh of defeat. Now she REALLY knew how Luna and Ami felt. How did they put up with these two again?
*******
Rei growled as she kicked a random branch out of her path, quite ready to Fire Soul the next thing living, moving, and breathing thing that came into site. She was feeling quite tired, and wasn't up to walking through the bushes to get anymore scrapes other than the numerous ones already upon her formerly unscatched legs.
"I am going to Fire Soul Setsuna so hard she'll land on Pluto!"Rei yelled out, stomping her foot on the ground and folding her arms over her chest, acting quite like a five year old child would when declined of a toy, doll, or other item they had wanted desperately. Yes, it seems that Rei Hino had finally reached the last straw and her normal, more calm self had disappeared into the backround, whimpering in fear of her angry self.
Rei, who had just pictured this, sweatdropped at the mental image and resisted the urge to roast the nearest tree into a pile of ashes. She had to keep her temper in check or she'd turn this whole place into nothing more than a barren wasteland with bits of ashes that would probably be blown away in a matter of minutes.
Taking a few, deep breaths and counting to ten in her head, she finally regained control of her senses and decided a logical thing to do would be to walk in a straight line through this forest until she hit a path. And, even if she didn't happen upon a path, she'd eventually find her way out of her, thus most likely encountering a person and finding her location at that point before trudging home.
"There, perfect plan!"Rei announced proudly to herself, not caring she was speaking aloud. After all, it wasn't like there was anything or anyone around to hear her and point and mumble about her being crazy. Besides, everyone was crazy in their own ways, but no one had come to realize that point yet.**
Rei shook her head, realizing this was definately not the best of times to get caught up in her own thoughts and that she was straying from the goal at hand. She was definately going to give Setsuna a few good whacks on the head with her broom when she got home, that was for sure. She was acting too out of character, and that was weird for her.
Rei continued her treck, but paused when the wind seemed to kick up a little and brush her face, cooling off the heat that had slowly begun to build within her from doing all the walking. Rei found it a bit suspicious when the wind kicked up a notch too high for a normal breeze.
"Wind definately does not act like this. . . ."she mummured, glancing around the forested area she was still in. "A normal breeze only kicks up a little, not to the feel of being this strong. . ."
Rei's hand automatically reached for her henshin pen. It was her unconcious comfort to reach for it and grasp it when she felt uneasy. It seemed to replace her old ofudas, since she always ran out of those, yet could never run out of this one item. It was hers, her comfort item, in ways. And she kept a firm grasp on it, keeping a wary eye on her surroundings as she continued to move onwards.
If she was back in the time of those demons, she was definately NOT going to let one ruin her way home. She would kick some butt, roast some serious arse, and continue on her way, plain and simple. She could handle it, this was supposed to be easy. She was capable of it. What kind of priestess would she be if she couldn't handle a demon?
Just to be safe, she paused, letting her other senses other than her eyes take control. Her ears picked up the faint, but quickly moving, sound of the wind in the distance, but the current wind in her ears made it hard to define if it was natural or not. She was definately not going to smell anything; she didn't have a trained nose like a dog or whatever. Her sense of feel wasn't getting her anywhere besides giving her the fact that this wind hurt when it made her hair whip and whack her face. But, her sixth sense, as some would put it, her techincal extrasensory perseption***, was giving her the hint that there was something out of the ordinary coming her way, and quite fast at that.
"Gee, Haruka'd be proud and jealous of whoever could move that fast. . ."Rei muttered out of the blue, shaking her head to rid herself of those random thoughts that seemed to be popping into her head more and more often these days. "Mustn't get distracted, dang it!"
The wind seemed to intensify even more than before, and Rei gritter her teeth as she stooped low to the ground, pulling out her henshin wand. Demon or not, she was going to get blown away if she didn't do something to stay grounded. Ironically, she never thought she'd hear herself say she wanted to stay grounded.
She was about to utter the words that would help her become her other self, the part of her that was ancient and old as the dirt itself, that was always asleep when she was like this, but her wand was suddenly knocked from her hands from the intense wind and she yelped.
"Good grievances****!"she yelled as she chased after it. "Shimatta!! Why does everything have to happen to me?!"
The pen merely rolled further from her grasp as if to spite the raven- haired teen. Rei then safely assumed some deity up in the heavens hated her with a passion and this was a plot to ruin her life.
Rei was nearly to the pen when she yelped suddenly as she was pulled away from it, screaming random obscenities and such to whatever had dragged her away form her one piece linking her to the past she once had.
Rei looked down at where she was being held captive and noticed arms wrapped tightly around her waist, enough to hold her still in there, yet not enough to let her suffocate. She promptly glared at the arms.
"Let me down or I swear to the high heavens I'll make a roast out of you!!"Rei screeched, now very angry that she had lost her one and only henshin pen and that she was being dragged farther and farther away from it by the second, which, as you should all have figured out, was not a good thing.
Rei attempted to pry the arms off of her waste when they didn't budge before she folded her arsm across her chest, furtively digging a hand into her shirt to pull an ofuda scroll that she concealed in her bra. Upon pulling it out, she grinned devillishly.
"Aku ryou tai san!"She yelled fiercely over the sweeping winds around her, letting the parchment glow a bit with some of the energy she fused into it before slapping it backwards onto whatever it was that had a firm hold on her.
The wind promptly died down and Rei was dropped, ending up falling onto the ground with an 'oof!' before looking up at what she had just stuck an ofuda onto.
*******
A loud yell could be heard from quite a distance away, the original sound coming from the Higurashi shrine, sitting atop the long line up steps and leading to the seemingly calm area.
Birds flocked away as another loud, resonating yell came from the living area of the shrine grounds.
"Rei's MISSING?!"
Kagome winced, taking a small step away from her enraged mother and grandfather.
"Um. . . .something to that effect. . . ."
It seems Setsuna had failed to tell Kagome where Rei had been.
"Well, what are you waiting for?! Go back there and GET HER!"
Kagome whined a little, "But, can't I at least take a bath or something? And restock on supplies??"
"Supply restock, yes, bath, no. Now GO!"
Kagome winced once again before making a beeline for the kitchen to gather up some food items.
Maybe she should've stayed with her friends in the past a bit longer. . . .
*******
*The Japanese currency
**It's true. Seriously! Everyone is crazy, but in our own minds we have created our own definitions of sane, and, thusly, those we consider sane are ourselves and maybe a few others, yet, in reality, all of us are 'wrong in the heads'. If you didn't get that, then. . . I can't explain it any better.
***That's ESP for you less-knowledgeable people.
****Okay, so I twisted Charlie Brown's little phrase around just a tad bit, so sue me (no, don't I'm poor)! But I liked it. I came up with it, kind of. So whatever.
I'm seriously tired. I laughed way too much over at my friend's house. Bleah. *is wiped out* Must not laugh too hard whenever I'm over there from now on. (See, there is total proof I have a social life. . . .That cheesecake in my hair should be enough, though. Don't ask.)
Well, anyway, hope y'all enjoyed that chapter. I spent all night typing it (taking breaks for an hour or so at a time to do other things and crap). And then I went to bed. And now, 'tis the next day and I'm quickly typing up this author's note for all of you to read. Yay!
This chapter was a bit longer than usual, so I hope it turned out pretty good. ^^ I'll try to get the next chapter up in the next three weeks. And if I don't, then feel free to call the police. *nodnod*
Hmm, I really must get to completing that Orlando Bloom picture for my friend. . . .Apparently, if you stare at the picture long enough, it talks to you. *blink, shrug* I don't know about the rest of the female population around my age group up to their thirties, but I, personally, am totally immune to the looks of Orlando Bloom. *gets pelted by rotten fruit from fans*
*brushes off fruit* Well, best to let all of you off for now. I'll see you next chapter!!