A long awaited update for this fic!! A big ARIGATOU to all my fateful
readers. I just want everyone to know that I am still working on this
fiction. I had writers block for a month or so and stopped writing on
this. I just kept writing on my other fiction (Anime Park). But now the
tables have turned and I have writers block on that one, so I'm trying to
finish up an important battle on this story. Anyways, enough chatter!
Enjoy this chapter everyone.
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Love Has No Boundaries
Chapter 12: Stop arguing
"Washu, do you think that they will help Kagome?" Sasami asked.
"Well, they will have to work together. Hey, I could transmit Ryo- Oki into the castle and have her search for Kagome. I'm such a genius. Ryo-Oki," Washu looked at the kabbit in Sasami's hands, "how would you like to do a job for me?"
Ryo-Oki shook her head no. "Meow."
Sasami pulled Ryo-Oki close to her face and smiled. "Ryo-Oki if you do this and find Kagome there will be a big basket of carrots waiting for you."
Ryo-Oki's face lit up. Sasami put her down. Ryo-Oki ran towards Washu and then jumped into her lap.
"Good. Do you know what Kagome looks like?" asked Washu.
Ryo-Oki shook her head no.
Washu punched a few button on her keypad. A picture of Kagome appeared on the screen behind Washu. "There, that's what she looks like. Do you think you can find her?"
Ryo-Oki shook her head yes. "Meow!"
"Good, I'll transmit you into the castle. I'm also going to put a tracer device on you so that I can monitor your movements. That way if anything happens to you, I'll know where to send the others."
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Enclosed behind four walls, sitting in silence, staring into the dark, Rain slouched on the back wall of the room. She picked her head up when her ears thought they picked up movement, but quickly shook her head and laid it back on her hands. It had been days, week's maybe, she couldn't say. Domon wouldn't leave her, would he? All her tools had been taken away, the only lifelines she had that would possibly have meant her freedom.
Again she lifted her head. Only silence greeted her. She was sick of silence and almost wished that something would happen. Anything, it didn't matter. One afternoon she had imagined that Domon had come for her in his Gundam. He had taken the roof off of her prison and found her. He used the Gundam to sweep her off her feet before taking to the sky. They touched down in some forgotten land, and he rushed out of the cockpit to her side. He helped her to her feet and pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her. She circled her arms around him and cried into his chest.
He told her that he would never leave her, that he couldn't leave his partner behind, that he couldn't win the Gundam Tournament without her by his side. She smiled as that last thought lingered in her head. That daydream had been a nice one. She really wanted it to become true. She sighed and placed her head back on her hands. Until then, she'd just have to wait and trust him.
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"I suggest we split up. There should be a team that goes into the castle, while the rest of us should surround the castle and act as backup and guards." Ayeka said.
"I'm not teaming up with any of you people." InuYasha stood away from the group, arms crossed.
Ignoring his comment Ayeka continued. "Now the only problem is to decide who goes into the castle."
"I think it should be the strongest people," Aisha spoke up feeling very proud of herself.
"But if all our strongest people are in the castle, that leaves our defenses in a bad state," Miroku reasoned.
"Well, I know I'm going inside that castle. I'm not trusting Kagome to you people," InuYasha spat out.
"Ok, look, we're not going to solve this by arguing." Everyone turned their heads in Huca's direction. "Ryoko, you can fly and go threw walls correct? Can you go through any type of wall?"
"Huh, yes I can fly, you've seen me. Sure I can go through anything." Ryoko looked puzzled.
"That's settled then; Ryoko will be going into the castle. Now, Aisha how strong are you?"
"She won the strongest woman in the universe contest," Susuka said.
"That's right!" Aisha said while flexing her muscles.
"Guess that means you're strong. They might need you in there also."
"Who died and left you in charge?" InuYasha flexed his hands. Light bounced off his claws.
"Hush, this is the best plan that we've come up with in the last hour." Miroku grabbed InuYasha's shirt and tugged on it trying to get the demon to sit down. InuYasha refused, grabbed Miroku's hand, and squeezed until the monk let go.
"Ignore him and go on. This sounds good so far." Kiyone smiled and gestured for Huca to continue.
Huca stood up. She walked into the middle of the group, turning towards InuYasha. "You are a demon correct? She is your girlfriend, plus that sword of yours might come in handy. You'll be going as well."
"Ha, some funky kind of reasoning. Even if you told me to stay here I would have went. She's not my GIRLFRIEND! Quite saying that."
Huca ignored him and slowly turned around looking at all the other people. She stopped. "Miroku, your wind tunnel, air void, black hole thingy might come in handy. Would you mind being on guard outside the castle?"
"Uh, no not at all. I have more powers than that you know." Miroku unconsciously raised his right hand and rubbed his left hand over the prayer beads.
"I know you do." Huca continued to glance around. "Susuka, you also have a sword. Would you mind being a guard also?"
Susuka looked around. "Sure, no one will get by me."
Huca nodded. "I will also be on guard outside the castle. I have Kagome's bow and arrows and am quite confident of my new talents." She turned around and glanced at Tenchi. "It seems to me that you have hidden powers also. I want you to be a backup in case something goes wrong inside the castle."
Tenchi shook his head. Ryoko looked like she was going to argue when Huca shot her a look of death. Ayeka began to laugh, but stopped when Huca turned her attention to her.
"Ayeka, you also have powers. I'm not sure what those log things were that you used, but they could come in handy. You are also on guard detail." Huca turned before Ayeka had a chance to acknowledge her. "Who's left? Kiyone, I don't sense any powers from you. What can you do?"
"I'm good at fixing things, I guess."
"Good, you're on backup detail with Tenchi." Satisfied that all positions had been covered, Huca sat down and gave a deep sigh. "Ok, Ryoko, InuYasha, and Aisha you should get going, but hold on a minute." She closed her eyes and instantly saw the parameter of the castle. To her, it seemed as if she was flying along the outside of the castle. The image stopped at what appeared to be a door, swooped down, tried to open the door, and found that it was locked. Next, the image backed away and swam over the rest of the castle. It closed onto a hole and upon closer inspection found that it was big enough for a small person to fit into.
Everyone watched Huca in silence. She had her eyes closed and looked like she was in deep concentration. After a few minutes she opened her eyes. She glanced around. "Ok, there are two entrances. One is a door on the south side almost in the middle of the castle. I'm afraid that door is locked. The other is a small hole that looks like only one small person could fit threw it. Its on the east side."
Everyone's jaw hit the ground. They glared at Huca for a long moment before anyone spoke up. "Uh, how do you know that?" Miroku was the first one to voice his concern.
"I don't know; it just came to me."
"I can go through the door and unlock it for them." Ryoko said.
"You must beware. I feel an awful presence in that castle. A terrible feeling, oh my, it's a demon." She turned her attention to Ryoko then to InuYasha. They glared at her disbelievingly.
Again Miroku spoke up. "Excuse me, how on earth do you know that? I can't feel anything." He turned to InuYasha and then Ryoko. "How about you two? InuYasha I know you can smell demons. Ryoko how about you?"
"I can't smell anything from this distance. I certainly don't feel a demon's presence right now." InuYasha's head was swimming. Who was this girl? Why was she sporting some very powerful and unusual powers? He glanced at Miroku, then back to Huca. Back and forth, back and forth between the two until a thought occurred to him. "There's no way in hell. Oh god, not another one. No, this can't be. I'm wrong. Please let me be wrong." He thought as he shook his head and kept his attention on Huca.
"I don't sense a demon's presence either. Huca are you ok? You're acting weird." Ryoko noticed InuYasha looking between Huca and Miroku. She made a mental note to harass the demon about it later and returned her attention to Huca.
"I'm just fine. Actually I feel better than I have in years." She stood up and stretched. A pink light surrounded her for a split second.
Miroku was the only one that noticed the light, but decided not to say anything. He thought about all the things that she had done in the past couple of days. He decided that he would pull her aside later and have a talk with her.
"Ok, InuYasha, Aisha, Ryoko you guys should get going." She turned around and pointed to the west. "The castle is in that direction. The rest of us will split up and surround the castle."
Beep, beep, beep. Ryoko pressed a button on her watch. Washu appeared before them again.
"Good plan! I have taken the liberty of sending Ryo-Oki inside the castle to look for Kagome. Don't worry I have a tracer on her." She punched a few buttons on her keypad. A box materialized on the ground. "In there you will find communication devices. You place them in one of your ears and you'll be able to hear the rest of the group. Just talk like you normally would. You'll be able to talk to me also." She pointed to her ear. "Am I a genius, or what?" She vanished.
"Where did this come from? You guys are weird!" InuYasha walked over to the box and started sniffing it. He ran his hands over the surface of the box and then lifted the lid. He glared inside. He picked up one of the devices and sniffed it. "What the hell are these?"
"InuYasha put that down." Kiyone walked over to him and placed her hand on his. He stared at her for a moment then jerked his hand away from her.
"Don't touch me bitch." He threw the device at her, and she managed to catch it.
"InuYasha calm down or I'll tell Kagome to sit you one hundred times." Miroku said while walking over.
InuYasha glared at him. "Shut up Miroku. She wouldn't do that to me and you know it."
"Ha ha, yeah because she's in love with you." Ryoko laughed. She was puzzled by what Miroku had said. She didn't know why it was a big deal if Kagome told him to sit. She figured it must be something between the three of them.
"Arg, stop it. We don't have time for this. Kagome is already changing and he's going to hurt her more if we don't get her out of there." Huca yelled. She turned around facing the box. Her eyes were glossed over and her face wore a dreary expression. "Stop fighting, put those devices in your ears, and get your asses out of here. We can't afford to waste another minute."
All eyes were on Huca. InuYasha spoke up. "He's hurting her? What do you mean by Kagome is already changing? Who the hell are you?"
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Love Has No Boundaries
Chapter 12: Stop arguing
"Washu, do you think that they will help Kagome?" Sasami asked.
"Well, they will have to work together. Hey, I could transmit Ryo- Oki into the castle and have her search for Kagome. I'm such a genius. Ryo-Oki," Washu looked at the kabbit in Sasami's hands, "how would you like to do a job for me?"
Ryo-Oki shook her head no. "Meow."
Sasami pulled Ryo-Oki close to her face and smiled. "Ryo-Oki if you do this and find Kagome there will be a big basket of carrots waiting for you."
Ryo-Oki's face lit up. Sasami put her down. Ryo-Oki ran towards Washu and then jumped into her lap.
"Good. Do you know what Kagome looks like?" asked Washu.
Ryo-Oki shook her head no.
Washu punched a few button on her keypad. A picture of Kagome appeared on the screen behind Washu. "There, that's what she looks like. Do you think you can find her?"
Ryo-Oki shook her head yes. "Meow!"
"Good, I'll transmit you into the castle. I'm also going to put a tracer device on you so that I can monitor your movements. That way if anything happens to you, I'll know where to send the others."
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Enclosed behind four walls, sitting in silence, staring into the dark, Rain slouched on the back wall of the room. She picked her head up when her ears thought they picked up movement, but quickly shook her head and laid it back on her hands. It had been days, week's maybe, she couldn't say. Domon wouldn't leave her, would he? All her tools had been taken away, the only lifelines she had that would possibly have meant her freedom.
Again she lifted her head. Only silence greeted her. She was sick of silence and almost wished that something would happen. Anything, it didn't matter. One afternoon she had imagined that Domon had come for her in his Gundam. He had taken the roof off of her prison and found her. He used the Gundam to sweep her off her feet before taking to the sky. They touched down in some forgotten land, and he rushed out of the cockpit to her side. He helped her to her feet and pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her. She circled her arms around him and cried into his chest.
He told her that he would never leave her, that he couldn't leave his partner behind, that he couldn't win the Gundam Tournament without her by his side. She smiled as that last thought lingered in her head. That daydream had been a nice one. She really wanted it to become true. She sighed and placed her head back on her hands. Until then, she'd just have to wait and trust him.
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"I suggest we split up. There should be a team that goes into the castle, while the rest of us should surround the castle and act as backup and guards." Ayeka said.
"I'm not teaming up with any of you people." InuYasha stood away from the group, arms crossed.
Ignoring his comment Ayeka continued. "Now the only problem is to decide who goes into the castle."
"I think it should be the strongest people," Aisha spoke up feeling very proud of herself.
"But if all our strongest people are in the castle, that leaves our defenses in a bad state," Miroku reasoned.
"Well, I know I'm going inside that castle. I'm not trusting Kagome to you people," InuYasha spat out.
"Ok, look, we're not going to solve this by arguing." Everyone turned their heads in Huca's direction. "Ryoko, you can fly and go threw walls correct? Can you go through any type of wall?"
"Huh, yes I can fly, you've seen me. Sure I can go through anything." Ryoko looked puzzled.
"That's settled then; Ryoko will be going into the castle. Now, Aisha how strong are you?"
"She won the strongest woman in the universe contest," Susuka said.
"That's right!" Aisha said while flexing her muscles.
"Guess that means you're strong. They might need you in there also."
"Who died and left you in charge?" InuYasha flexed his hands. Light bounced off his claws.
"Hush, this is the best plan that we've come up with in the last hour." Miroku grabbed InuYasha's shirt and tugged on it trying to get the demon to sit down. InuYasha refused, grabbed Miroku's hand, and squeezed until the monk let go.
"Ignore him and go on. This sounds good so far." Kiyone smiled and gestured for Huca to continue.
Huca stood up. She walked into the middle of the group, turning towards InuYasha. "You are a demon correct? She is your girlfriend, plus that sword of yours might come in handy. You'll be going as well."
"Ha, some funky kind of reasoning. Even if you told me to stay here I would have went. She's not my GIRLFRIEND! Quite saying that."
Huca ignored him and slowly turned around looking at all the other people. She stopped. "Miroku, your wind tunnel, air void, black hole thingy might come in handy. Would you mind being on guard outside the castle?"
"Uh, no not at all. I have more powers than that you know." Miroku unconsciously raised his right hand and rubbed his left hand over the prayer beads.
"I know you do." Huca continued to glance around. "Susuka, you also have a sword. Would you mind being a guard also?"
Susuka looked around. "Sure, no one will get by me."
Huca nodded. "I will also be on guard outside the castle. I have Kagome's bow and arrows and am quite confident of my new talents." She turned around and glanced at Tenchi. "It seems to me that you have hidden powers also. I want you to be a backup in case something goes wrong inside the castle."
Tenchi shook his head. Ryoko looked like she was going to argue when Huca shot her a look of death. Ayeka began to laugh, but stopped when Huca turned her attention to her.
"Ayeka, you also have powers. I'm not sure what those log things were that you used, but they could come in handy. You are also on guard detail." Huca turned before Ayeka had a chance to acknowledge her. "Who's left? Kiyone, I don't sense any powers from you. What can you do?"
"I'm good at fixing things, I guess."
"Good, you're on backup detail with Tenchi." Satisfied that all positions had been covered, Huca sat down and gave a deep sigh. "Ok, Ryoko, InuYasha, and Aisha you should get going, but hold on a minute." She closed her eyes and instantly saw the parameter of the castle. To her, it seemed as if she was flying along the outside of the castle. The image stopped at what appeared to be a door, swooped down, tried to open the door, and found that it was locked. Next, the image backed away and swam over the rest of the castle. It closed onto a hole and upon closer inspection found that it was big enough for a small person to fit into.
Everyone watched Huca in silence. She had her eyes closed and looked like she was in deep concentration. After a few minutes she opened her eyes. She glanced around. "Ok, there are two entrances. One is a door on the south side almost in the middle of the castle. I'm afraid that door is locked. The other is a small hole that looks like only one small person could fit threw it. Its on the east side."
Everyone's jaw hit the ground. They glared at Huca for a long moment before anyone spoke up. "Uh, how do you know that?" Miroku was the first one to voice his concern.
"I don't know; it just came to me."
"I can go through the door and unlock it for them." Ryoko said.
"You must beware. I feel an awful presence in that castle. A terrible feeling, oh my, it's a demon." She turned her attention to Ryoko then to InuYasha. They glared at her disbelievingly.
Again Miroku spoke up. "Excuse me, how on earth do you know that? I can't feel anything." He turned to InuYasha and then Ryoko. "How about you two? InuYasha I know you can smell demons. Ryoko how about you?"
"I can't smell anything from this distance. I certainly don't feel a demon's presence right now." InuYasha's head was swimming. Who was this girl? Why was she sporting some very powerful and unusual powers? He glanced at Miroku, then back to Huca. Back and forth, back and forth between the two until a thought occurred to him. "There's no way in hell. Oh god, not another one. No, this can't be. I'm wrong. Please let me be wrong." He thought as he shook his head and kept his attention on Huca.
"I don't sense a demon's presence either. Huca are you ok? You're acting weird." Ryoko noticed InuYasha looking between Huca and Miroku. She made a mental note to harass the demon about it later and returned her attention to Huca.
"I'm just fine. Actually I feel better than I have in years." She stood up and stretched. A pink light surrounded her for a split second.
Miroku was the only one that noticed the light, but decided not to say anything. He thought about all the things that she had done in the past couple of days. He decided that he would pull her aside later and have a talk with her.
"Ok, InuYasha, Aisha, Ryoko you guys should get going." She turned around and pointed to the west. "The castle is in that direction. The rest of us will split up and surround the castle."
Beep, beep, beep. Ryoko pressed a button on her watch. Washu appeared before them again.
"Good plan! I have taken the liberty of sending Ryo-Oki inside the castle to look for Kagome. Don't worry I have a tracer on her." She punched a few buttons on her keypad. A box materialized on the ground. "In there you will find communication devices. You place them in one of your ears and you'll be able to hear the rest of the group. Just talk like you normally would. You'll be able to talk to me also." She pointed to her ear. "Am I a genius, or what?" She vanished.
"Where did this come from? You guys are weird!" InuYasha walked over to the box and started sniffing it. He ran his hands over the surface of the box and then lifted the lid. He glared inside. He picked up one of the devices and sniffed it. "What the hell are these?"
"InuYasha put that down." Kiyone walked over to him and placed her hand on his. He stared at her for a moment then jerked his hand away from her.
"Don't touch me bitch." He threw the device at her, and she managed to catch it.
"InuYasha calm down or I'll tell Kagome to sit you one hundred times." Miroku said while walking over.
InuYasha glared at him. "Shut up Miroku. She wouldn't do that to me and you know it."
"Ha ha, yeah because she's in love with you." Ryoko laughed. She was puzzled by what Miroku had said. She didn't know why it was a big deal if Kagome told him to sit. She figured it must be something between the three of them.
"Arg, stop it. We don't have time for this. Kagome is already changing and he's going to hurt her more if we don't get her out of there." Huca yelled. She turned around facing the box. Her eyes were glossed over and her face wore a dreary expression. "Stop fighting, put those devices in your ears, and get your asses out of here. We can't afford to waste another minute."
All eyes were on Huca. InuYasha spoke up. "He's hurting her? What do you mean by Kagome is already changing? Who the hell are you?"