Here comes part two. Prepare to meet the villain.
-Randall Flagg2
It's a type of person, isn't it? To a certain type of person, a man like you is nothing but garbage. Because they are high up. They don't think a person like you has the right to live. -Randall Flagg to Lloyd Henreid. The Stand.
Come on now. I hear your feeling down. Well I can ease your pain. Get you on your feet again. -Pink Floyd
Shippo paused under a tree, out of breath. How long had he been running for? He did not know. All he knew was that he was far from the campsite where his friends were sleeping now. He sat down against the tree and sniffled. The words spoken too him earlier were ringing in his ears like a recorded message on an answering machine. "Why?" Shippo whispered. "Why Inuyasha? Why are you so mean?" Tears overcame him. He began to sob. Shippo wept into his knees, shaking with each sob that escaped his throat. He couldn't take this anymore. He had taken too much abuse, both mental and physical from Inuyasha and he couldn't stand it any longer. That was only one of his problems. Ever since his father had gained a shikon shard, everything had gone wrong. First the thunder brothers had killed his mother and father, then he had almost gotten Inuyasha and Kagome killed by them, and now a new demon with even more power had arisen and was hunting for them. If it had not been for that stupid shard none of this would have happened! He sobbed harder.
"Little boy, are you alright?" asked a voice. Shippo looked up to see a man looking down at him. He wanted to ask what the man wanted, but he could not. All his sadness disappeared into a bitter anger at being disturbed.
"Leave me alone." he whispered.
The man frowned slightly. "That really is no way to speak to your elders." he said in a slightly scolding tone.
It all seemed to happen slowly. Shippo jumped to his feet and felt his hand fly out. A blue ball of fire leapt out his open palm and struck the man square in the chest. He screamed and tore at his kimono shirt. As he did, Shippo flung another fireball at him. It seemed to work. The man shrieked and ran off down the road, screaming something about demons. Within a few minutes, he had disappeared from view entirely.
Shippo paused. Had he really done that? Oh Kami, what had he done? What had come over him? He did not know. Shippo did not understand at all why he had done that. He had never attacked a human before. But he did know one thing. During that short time period, he had felt happy for some reason? Why? Because he had finally done what he had so long dreamed of doing to Inuyasha? He did not know why. But now he felt even worse then before. The man, whoever he was, had not deserved that. Shippo's lips trembled. He sat back down, buried his face into his hands and began to sob uncontrollably.
Somewhere in the night, a tall figure walked. The body was that of a thin man who wore a tattered red kimono. He wore his long hair in a long braid. His face was handsome and narrow. But this man was not human. All you had to do was look at him and you would know he was a demon. He had a long brown tail and a pair of brown coyote ears jutting out of his forehead. His teeth were sharp fangs and his nails were as sharp as razors. This man went by the name of Senjeta and he was incredibly hungry. "Of all the rotten luck." he snarled to himself. "Why is there never any food around when you need it?" All night long he had scavenged for food and had found not even so much as a scrap. He would have hunted, but being a coyote he was more for scavenging. He had searched down in the woods where normally he could find a deer among other things, but to no avail. He had searched the prairie in hopes of finding the ever delicious prairie dog, but that search had ended in disappointment too. He had searched everywhere, and still he could find no food. Senjeta growled deeply. It seemed he would get no dinner that night.
"There must be something I can do. Maybe I should hunt instead. After all, it would be fun to see how much more these shikon shards can do for me." Yes, that had been quite a find. He had been lucky to have found so many shikon shards in one cave. Senjeta didn't know who they belonged to, but he didn't care. Coyotes took what they could get, and no demon would pass up the opportunity to gain a sacred jewel piece. He had found six. Someone must have been stashing them away. If they were, too bad for them. Nevertheless, it had been quite a find indeed. Then a cry rang out in his ears. It was followed by something or someone running away, followed by somebody sobbing. Senjeta whirled around and sniffed the air. It smelled of a mainly of a fox, and a human scent was leaving the scene. He smiled. Human meat was quite tasty and so was fox meat. It seemed dinner would be served after all. Senjeta dashed towards the sound at high speed, courtesy of the shards in his legs.
The man had stopped running down the pathway. He had finally managed to put the flames out, but he was still quite frightened. He had heard many times of demons and how they dwelled in the forests, but he had never actually seen one until now. "Who was he?" he whispered to the darkness. "Major bad kid, that's what. I'll never go in these woods again!"
"You won't go anywhere now human." crooned a voice from behind. The man turned around just in time to see Senjeta descending on him. The night was soon filled with horrible ripping sounds and horrible, loud shrieks.
Shippo's sobs were interrupted by the sound of screaming. His head jerked up towards the sound, but he saw nothing. Nothing at all. But he could still here the screams which slowly turned into loud gurgles. Then there was a horrible ripping sound followed by loud chewing. Shippo's stomach grew sick. An animal had gotten whoever he had burned. Out of shame, he began to cry yet again. As he sobbed, he was not aware of a figure approaching him. Senjeta looked down at the crying kitsune and for some strange reason felt sympathetic for him. Why would he be feeling sympathy towards his prey? He should be eating him at this very moment, even if fox meat wasn't his favorite. Instead he knelt down and lifted the fox child's face to his.
"Hi." he said. Shippo's eyes widened and he shrank away.
"Please don't hurt me." he whimpered.
"Why would I hurt you? I'm not going to eat you. I just want to help." he consoled. Shippo lowered his head and wept. Senjeta wiped the kit's tears away.
"Shh. Don't cry. Is something troubling you?" Senjeta asked. That caught Shippo's attention. The kit looked up at him with swimming eyes.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"You can tell me. I told you I wouldn't hurt you."
Shippo sniffled and finally gave in. "Alright. I'll tell you." Shippo told Senjeta everything he could about what had happened. Senjeta's eyes grew wider and wider with each word.
"Inuyasha, eh?" he thought to himself. "The half breed who has gathered so many shikon shards and slain so many demons? Who would have known it would be him?" By the time Shippo was finished, he was in tears again.
"So he said that to you? I didn't know half breeds could be so heartless!" he sneered. Shippo nodded, weeping.
"Well that's alright. It's perfectly alright. I mean, you never needed him."
"W-what do you m-mean?" Shippo stammered.
"Oh nothing much. Only that I'm surprised you decided to stay with him for so long. I'm impressed by how patient you are."
"Thank you." Shippo said.
"Oh no problem. I like you kid. And do you know why? Because you can endure. You've endured countless beatings and so many insults and you've still remained innocent to this very day. I like that in a person. And you know what else? I know what you've been through too. I too was insulted and abused by my parents and I know what it's like to have to live the hard life. But I repaid them alright. Their under the ground now and I promise you they are sorry for what they did to me. You're kind of like that. Your being mistreated and beaten by Inuyasha, but you've put up with it so far. Now you've finally got the courage to run away and you have. You're free. And you too probably want to get back at him right?"
Shippo did not know what to say. He was astonished by how much this man, whoever he was, had pointed out. But this man was right. He was mad and he was mistreated and he had had enough. Everything this man had said was true. And he realized something else. He hated Inuyasha. He hated him from the deepest part of his heart and soul. Gods above, he had taken so much from him. And now this man had shown up and pointed out everything he did not know. His sadness became anger again.
"Yes, I do." he replied. Senjeta held out his hand.
"Come with me. You can live with me for awhile and I will help you forget about him. He'll never hurt you again. I promise." Shippo smiled and took his hand. "What is your name by the way?"
"Shippo."
"Ah, a fine name. My name is Senjeta." he replied. As he walked off with Shippo he thought to himself "I can use him for my plan. Oh yes indeed, I can."
Hope that part was better then part one. Bye. -Randall Flagg2
It's a type of person, isn't it? To a certain type of person, a man like you is nothing but garbage. Because they are high up. They don't think a person like you has the right to live. -Randall Flagg to Lloyd Henreid. The Stand.
Come on now. I hear your feeling down. Well I can ease your pain. Get you on your feet again. -Pink Floyd
Shippo paused under a tree, out of breath. How long had he been running for? He did not know. All he knew was that he was far from the campsite where his friends were sleeping now. He sat down against the tree and sniffled. The words spoken too him earlier were ringing in his ears like a recorded message on an answering machine. "Why?" Shippo whispered. "Why Inuyasha? Why are you so mean?" Tears overcame him. He began to sob. Shippo wept into his knees, shaking with each sob that escaped his throat. He couldn't take this anymore. He had taken too much abuse, both mental and physical from Inuyasha and he couldn't stand it any longer. That was only one of his problems. Ever since his father had gained a shikon shard, everything had gone wrong. First the thunder brothers had killed his mother and father, then he had almost gotten Inuyasha and Kagome killed by them, and now a new demon with even more power had arisen and was hunting for them. If it had not been for that stupid shard none of this would have happened! He sobbed harder.
"Little boy, are you alright?" asked a voice. Shippo looked up to see a man looking down at him. He wanted to ask what the man wanted, but he could not. All his sadness disappeared into a bitter anger at being disturbed.
"Leave me alone." he whispered.
The man frowned slightly. "That really is no way to speak to your elders." he said in a slightly scolding tone.
It all seemed to happen slowly. Shippo jumped to his feet and felt his hand fly out. A blue ball of fire leapt out his open palm and struck the man square in the chest. He screamed and tore at his kimono shirt. As he did, Shippo flung another fireball at him. It seemed to work. The man shrieked and ran off down the road, screaming something about demons. Within a few minutes, he had disappeared from view entirely.
Shippo paused. Had he really done that? Oh Kami, what had he done? What had come over him? He did not know. Shippo did not understand at all why he had done that. He had never attacked a human before. But he did know one thing. During that short time period, he had felt happy for some reason? Why? Because he had finally done what he had so long dreamed of doing to Inuyasha? He did not know why. But now he felt even worse then before. The man, whoever he was, had not deserved that. Shippo's lips trembled. He sat back down, buried his face into his hands and began to sob uncontrollably.
Somewhere in the night, a tall figure walked. The body was that of a thin man who wore a tattered red kimono. He wore his long hair in a long braid. His face was handsome and narrow. But this man was not human. All you had to do was look at him and you would know he was a demon. He had a long brown tail and a pair of brown coyote ears jutting out of his forehead. His teeth were sharp fangs and his nails were as sharp as razors. This man went by the name of Senjeta and he was incredibly hungry. "Of all the rotten luck." he snarled to himself. "Why is there never any food around when you need it?" All night long he had scavenged for food and had found not even so much as a scrap. He would have hunted, but being a coyote he was more for scavenging. He had searched down in the woods where normally he could find a deer among other things, but to no avail. He had searched the prairie in hopes of finding the ever delicious prairie dog, but that search had ended in disappointment too. He had searched everywhere, and still he could find no food. Senjeta growled deeply. It seemed he would get no dinner that night.
"There must be something I can do. Maybe I should hunt instead. After all, it would be fun to see how much more these shikon shards can do for me." Yes, that had been quite a find. He had been lucky to have found so many shikon shards in one cave. Senjeta didn't know who they belonged to, but he didn't care. Coyotes took what they could get, and no demon would pass up the opportunity to gain a sacred jewel piece. He had found six. Someone must have been stashing them away. If they were, too bad for them. Nevertheless, it had been quite a find indeed. Then a cry rang out in his ears. It was followed by something or someone running away, followed by somebody sobbing. Senjeta whirled around and sniffed the air. It smelled of a mainly of a fox, and a human scent was leaving the scene. He smiled. Human meat was quite tasty and so was fox meat. It seemed dinner would be served after all. Senjeta dashed towards the sound at high speed, courtesy of the shards in his legs.
The man had stopped running down the pathway. He had finally managed to put the flames out, but he was still quite frightened. He had heard many times of demons and how they dwelled in the forests, but he had never actually seen one until now. "Who was he?" he whispered to the darkness. "Major bad kid, that's what. I'll never go in these woods again!"
"You won't go anywhere now human." crooned a voice from behind. The man turned around just in time to see Senjeta descending on him. The night was soon filled with horrible ripping sounds and horrible, loud shrieks.
Shippo's sobs were interrupted by the sound of screaming. His head jerked up towards the sound, but he saw nothing. Nothing at all. But he could still here the screams which slowly turned into loud gurgles. Then there was a horrible ripping sound followed by loud chewing. Shippo's stomach grew sick. An animal had gotten whoever he had burned. Out of shame, he began to cry yet again. As he sobbed, he was not aware of a figure approaching him. Senjeta looked down at the crying kitsune and for some strange reason felt sympathetic for him. Why would he be feeling sympathy towards his prey? He should be eating him at this very moment, even if fox meat wasn't his favorite. Instead he knelt down and lifted the fox child's face to his.
"Hi." he said. Shippo's eyes widened and he shrank away.
"Please don't hurt me." he whimpered.
"Why would I hurt you? I'm not going to eat you. I just want to help." he consoled. Shippo lowered his head and wept. Senjeta wiped the kit's tears away.
"Shh. Don't cry. Is something troubling you?" Senjeta asked. That caught Shippo's attention. The kit looked up at him with swimming eyes.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"You can tell me. I told you I wouldn't hurt you."
Shippo sniffled and finally gave in. "Alright. I'll tell you." Shippo told Senjeta everything he could about what had happened. Senjeta's eyes grew wider and wider with each word.
"Inuyasha, eh?" he thought to himself. "The half breed who has gathered so many shikon shards and slain so many demons? Who would have known it would be him?" By the time Shippo was finished, he was in tears again.
"So he said that to you? I didn't know half breeds could be so heartless!" he sneered. Shippo nodded, weeping.
"Well that's alright. It's perfectly alright. I mean, you never needed him."
"W-what do you m-mean?" Shippo stammered.
"Oh nothing much. Only that I'm surprised you decided to stay with him for so long. I'm impressed by how patient you are."
"Thank you." Shippo said.
"Oh no problem. I like you kid. And do you know why? Because you can endure. You've endured countless beatings and so many insults and you've still remained innocent to this very day. I like that in a person. And you know what else? I know what you've been through too. I too was insulted and abused by my parents and I know what it's like to have to live the hard life. But I repaid them alright. Their under the ground now and I promise you they are sorry for what they did to me. You're kind of like that. Your being mistreated and beaten by Inuyasha, but you've put up with it so far. Now you've finally got the courage to run away and you have. You're free. And you too probably want to get back at him right?"
Shippo did not know what to say. He was astonished by how much this man, whoever he was, had pointed out. But this man was right. He was mad and he was mistreated and he had had enough. Everything this man had said was true. And he realized something else. He hated Inuyasha. He hated him from the deepest part of his heart and soul. Gods above, he had taken so much from him. And now this man had shown up and pointed out everything he did not know. His sadness became anger again.
"Yes, I do." he replied. Senjeta held out his hand.
"Come with me. You can live with me for awhile and I will help you forget about him. He'll never hurt you again. I promise." Shippo smiled and took his hand. "What is your name by the way?"
"Shippo."
"Ah, a fine name. My name is Senjeta." he replied. As he walked off with Shippo he thought to himself "I can use him for my plan. Oh yes indeed, I can."
Hope that part was better then part one. Bye. -Randall Flagg2