Me: "Heh, I'm actually supposed to be doing my English project right now, but oh well. Anyway, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, Inuyasha, Demon Dairy, or, um anything else. I have no idea why I keep writing these disclaimers when not all the characters have appeared yet. I guess I'm just being overly cautious."
Kenshin: "You? Cautious? Ha! Yeah, right! I'd have to say you're the one among your friends who thinks the least about consequences."
Me: "No, I just happen to be the most independent."
Kenshin: *snort*
Me: "Ok, maybe I do have some daring too."
Kenshin: "I call it stupid curiosity. Keep in mind, curiosity killed the cat. That's why cats have nine lives."
=^o.o^=
Jamie woke up to the scream and fell out of bed.
"What the-" she looked around. "Set, where the hell have you been? And what the hell are all of you doing in my room?-"
We all started talking at once.
"Really, Jamie, be reasonable, we didn't-"
"If I hadn't been here he would have-"
"How did you get here? Really, I have no idea what's going-"
"I mean, nothing against you, we can control who we-"
"-AND WHERE THE HELL IS CASSIDY?!"
I'm not sure what mad us all shut up, Jamie's question or the second, louder explosion and another scream.
"Um, is it just me, or did that scream sound familiar?" asked Set.
Then, everyone all together: "Uh-oh." All five of us ran out of the room and in to the corridor, stopped for a moment, then ran in the direction we thought it was coming from. We hear another explosion, this one defining, along with a scream almost just as loud.
"Damn it!" cried Jamie. "How could I have not heard her leave?"
"At least we know she's still alive!"
"Not necessarily," mumbled Set.
"Not comforting, but true," agreed Kenshin.
It was then that I noticed that Takumi had disappeared, but it was also at that moment that we turned the corner to find Cassidy crouched on the floor quivering and looking up at none other thanSesshou-maru? It appeared that he had gotten in by blowing up part of the wall.
"P-please, d-don't hurt me, I-I was on-nly l-looking for th-the b-b-bathroom-" Cassidy was stammering. Sesshou-maru was paying no attention to her. He was looking around at his surroundings, and caught sight of us. He nodded his head in acknowledgement. Suddenly, Cassidy stopped squealing. She had caught sight of us too. Both Set and Kenshin immediately knelt on the floor. Jamie and I glanced at each other, unsure of what to make of this. Kenshin and Set, humbling themselves? I mean, Sesshou-maru's cool and stuff, but still, Jamie and I weren't kneeling, and we pretty much worship him so much that that would be the type of thing we would do.
Suddenly, Set reached out and pulled Jamie down to the ground next to him. I too felt Kenshin pull my arm. I pulled out of his grasp.
Get down, he shot at me.
Why should I? I shot back.
I glanced at Sesshou-maru. Was he glaring at me? He seemed to be waiting for something.
Would you prefer to be blown up?
I reluctantly kneeled down to the floor, glaring at Sesshou-maru. Kenshin reached out and forced my head down, and I ended up glaring at the floor.
"Rise."
Kenshin let go of my neck, and I quickly jumped back up. Was it just me, or was Sesshou-maru still staring in my direction?
"They're half-breeds."
Kenshin opened his mouth to say something, but Set cut him off.
"You've got to understand, Lord, that being our reincarnations, it cannot be guaranteed that their blood will stay pure."
Sesshou-maru turned to Set. "Yours is part vampire-" he turned back to me-"but she is part elf."
"Could be worse," I mumbled. Kenshin whacked me in the head.
"What was that?" Sesshou-maru asked calmly.
"I said it could be worse. I could be part human." I couldn't believe this. I was mouthing off to one of the most powerful, not to mention coolest, demons ever. I had a feeling I was in for a big lecture from Kenshin later.
"True," Sesshou-maru said simply. He turned to Cassidy. "But what is she doing here? She is a full-bred human."
His time Kenshin answered. "Lord, she got sucked into this mess without actually understanding what's going on."
"Neither did I," mumbled Jamie. Her comment was answered by a whack upside the head.
"None of us know what's going on," I said much louder than Jamie had. And yet, I received the same response.
"You must excuse our reincarnations' rudeness."
Sesshou-maru glanced around at all of us, including Cassidy.
"It appears that you have been keeping almost everyone in the dark, except for a selective few."
Sesshou-maru raised his left hand, and suddenly he, Set, and Kenshin were gone.
=^o.o^=
"Daaaadddd! Susanna still hasn't gotten of the computer!"
Susanna sighed in exasperation. "Rebecca, I have to do something!"
"Is it homework?" Susanna's younger sister asked.
"No but it's important."
"We'll, Dad said that unless you're doing homework."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm not finished yet."
Rebecca lunged for Susanna, trying to knock over the chair she was sitting in. Susanna shoved back, knocking Rebecca to the floor. Rebecca sat there for a moment, then, jumped up and ran into the other room.
Susanna turned back to the computer screen. Who cared if her sister told on her? Susanna was sure she finally understood what Riyo and Jamie had meant about "the Hunter". Since the beginning of the year, Jamie and Riyo had been going on about she being the Hunter, and that she should be feared. Susanna had tried to reassure them that she was not a Hunter, but in fact, a Seeker of Light. But perhaps they hadn't been trying to say that she was eventually going to stick stakes through their hearts on a full moon. Riyo and Jamie must have known that she had caught on to what they really were, but they were being cautious, just in case they were wrong. But maybe Riyo knew something like this was going to happen, and had been trying to give her clues this whole time. The full moon, the disappearance, the victims. It all lined up. It had been one week since Riyo had disappeared. Susanna felt so stupid. Because of her blindness, she had allowed more victims to be taken. Jamie and Cassidy had hadn't been seen since for five days straight, and Laurie had been reported missing just two days ago.
Susanna closed the e-mail where she had tried to explain how she had nothing to do with Hunters, and opened the next on from Riyo.
Yes, I understand that is how you truly feel, but those emotions cannot prevent you from doing things you'd prefer not to under another's control. I am sorry that Jamie and I must be your enemy. A Hunter and a Light Seeker. Awkward, but not impossible.
Kenshin. That must have been Kenshin speaking there. It would have made more sense if Kenshin had called Jamie Set instead, but oh well.
Riyo, or was it Kenshin, had claimed She could start doing things that she would prefer not to do, but couldn't help it. Riyo and Jamie must know how it felt for that to happen. But from the sound of it, Kenshin and Set hadn't done anything too drastic yet. Perhaps that was what the warning was about. A Hunter and a Seeker of Light. Susanna refused to believe it.
Susanna sighed, closed the e-mail, and opened the next one. How could she not have noticed all the clues, all the hints? Riyo, Jamie, Cassidy, and Laurie. All in the past week. Who next? It was her fault. And she had to fix it.
=^o.o^=
Cassidy finally stood up, but she still seemed a little shaky.
"What was that?"
I took a deep breath, trying to keep in my excitement. "That there was-"
Jamie couldn't take it anymore. "That was Sesshou-maru, Lord Fluffy-
"-one of the coolest anime characters ever!" we Jamie and I yelled together.
Cassidy just blinked at us. "Did you notice his ears?"
Jamie and I fell. "Cassidy!"
We looked up and saw a large sweat drop on her face.
"What tha-"
"Did you just see what you did?"
Jamie and I looked at each other. It was then that we noticed we were on the floor.
"Did we just do-"
"-one of those anime fall thingies?"
All together: "Weird."
"Well, we are technically part of a manga now-"
"-so that means-"
"-we can be chibies and stuff!" Cassidy finished for us.
Anime fall. Cassidy glared at us.
"Well, we can. And how come I can't fall?"
"We're naturals," I answered.
"Well, I'd like to see you do a decent sweat drop."
There was a loud clearing of the throat.
"When you're finished doing whatever you're dong-"
We all turned around. Sesshou-maru was standing right behind us.
"Apparently I forgot that half-breeds and mortals need a separate transportation spell from full-breeds."
I could feel my face turning red. How long he had been there watching us, I didn't want to know. I heard Cassidy squeak.
"Well, um, you could have warned us or something," said Jamie, not really noticing what she was saying.
I heard Cassidy squeak again. I looked to see what was wrong and found her quivering and staring at Sesshou-maru in fear.
"Cassidy?"
"H-he's back."
"Yeah? So?"
"He doesn't like me. He wants to kill me, doesn't he?"
"Um well, maybe this isn't the best moment to tell you he isn't very fond of humans."
"Hanyous aren't my favorite either," Sesshou-maru growled. "But for the time being, harming any of you would be the most foolish thing to do."
Jamie, Cassidy, and I were all suddenly thrown to the ground, as the world around us seemed to shift. It quickly tilted on one direction, and all three of us started to slide down. Just as quickly as it had started, it jerked in the other direction. Cassidy gave a yelp of surprise.
"What the heck?"
The ground jerked a third time, and then became level once again. All three of us were sprawled out on the floor, but Sesshou-maru was still standing, as if nothing had happened at all.
I sat up and rubbed my head. "You could have warned us."
We were no longer in the corridor, but now in a great hall that looked slightly familiar. In the middle of the room there was a large table-like stone with two swords sitting upon it. One was the solid gold with the ruby; the other was iron with an amethyst. They were laying an uneven distance apart from each other, as if they were supposed to be joined by others.
"Now that we're all here"
Eclipse was standing behind the stone. Raenef, Erutis, and Chris were standing on either side him, with Set and Kenshin on the ends. I noticed that Takumi was there to; Kenshin was holding him by the ear.
"Riyo"
I started at them blankly. "Wuh?"
"Your ring."
"Oh."
I took off my ring and just held it for a second, watching it as it grew into the sword.
"What do you want with it?"
"Just put it there on the stone," said Eclipse.
I glanced at Kenshin.
"Riyo"
"Ok, ok."
I put it on the stone with the two other swords.
"Now what?"
VROOSH! Three bodies came crashing down in front of the stone, just nearly hitting me. There was a flurry of dust and action as they tried to get straightened out.
"Baka, why'd you let go of the hostage?"
"Baka? So it's my fault that we entered from the sky?"
"I'm telling you, it's these mortals that are affecting our travel. Quick, grab the rope before she gets away!"
The dust quickly began to settle, and we were surprised, and not to mention slightly amused at what we saw. Laurie, with here hands tied behind her back, was crawling out from the dust cloud.
"Hey! Laurie! Dude!"
Laurie looked up.
"Dude!"
"Dude!"
"Dude!"
"Dude!"
Marik and Bakura were lying on the floor, trying to untangle themselves.
"Get back here, you little brat!" Marik yelled.
"Dude!" I exclaimed. "Look, it's Marik and Bakura!"
Jamie must have felt as if she was dreaming. First Sesshou-maru, now Bakura and Marik.
"Dude!" we both yelled together.
Both Marik and Bakura looked up at us.
"Looks like we've got ourselves a few fan girls," Sesshou-maru scoffed. Everything went silent. Jamie and I turned and glared at Sesshou-maru.
"Uh-oh," both Set and Kenshin gasped. They knew what was coming.
"What did you just call us?" I hissed.
"Keep your temper, Riyo," Laurie reminded in vain.
Sesshou-maru chuckled. "Look at you, going crazy at every male character."
"When did we say that we thought that they were hot?"
"It's not our fault that manga is so sexist!"
"Yeah, why do all the cool characters have to be male?!"
Both Set and Kenshin jumped to stop us, but it was to late. I started pulling at a clump of Sesshou-maru's long hair as Jamie began kicking him wherever she could.
"Take what you called us back!"
Marik and Bakura jumped up. "Heh-heh, looks like we're not going to need the hostage after all!" They grabbed for the swords on the stone, but Takumi was standing on top the silver and iron, waving the gold above his head.
"Oh no you don't! These are mine!"
Sesshou-maru unsheathed his blade, which we hadn't noticed before. It was almost glass like, transparent. On the hilt there appeared to be a prism.
"Why, you little brats!"
Cassidy and Raenef screamed. "I told you! I told you! I told you he wanted to kill us all!"
Marik and Bakura pulled the blade from underneath Takumi. Takumi fell down, slicing the gold through the thin air between the two.
Set and Kenshin pulled us back. "Please excuse their rudeness, Lord! You must understand, they can get so uncontrollable at times! They are half breeds, after all."
"Didn't you see how they disgraced me? Prepare to die!"
"Hey, that no fair!" yelled Takumi.
"How is this unfair?" Bakura yelled back. "You were hogging all three!"
"But now it's two against one."
Erutis and Chris whipped out their swords. "We'll be willing to join in!"
"Please, Lord, Can't we work something out?" Kenshin pleaded as he made us duck.
"Yes, really, despite this our reincarnations actually admire you a lot!" Set added.
"SILENCE!"
Thunder sounded all around the room.
"LOOK AT YOU IDIOTS!" Eclipse yelled.
We all stood there frozen in our places. We all did look pretty foolish and, not to mention, pathetic. Cassidy and Raenef were both curled up in a ball rocking back and forth, probably thinking about pancakes. Laurie was trying to crawl away, her hands still tied together. Kenshin and Set were holding Jamie and I back by our shirt collars, and Sesshou-maru was standing there frozen with his blade up in the air. Takumi was still sitting on the stone with Marik and Bakura staring up at Erutis and Chris. We all had a look of nervousness on our faces.
"NOW WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND GET EVERYTHING EXPLAINED WITHOUT ANYONE'S HEAD GETTING CHOPPED OFF!"
There was something about the way Eclipse said that that made me feel like I didn't want to know what was going on.
TO BE CONTINUED
