TWINS AND JEWELS
By CrystalBlueSeraph
Disclaimer: I don't own characters and settings from sailormoon and inuyasha.
Chapter 4
Inuyasha waited eyes closed not moving a single muscle. He even stilled his ears, straining to suppress the urge to twitch them in the direction of the little girls when they finally arrived at the small clearing where he was.
A while ago, when the girls were still far away, he decided to just stay. Curiosity got the better of him. 'Not that I really cared. I just want to know their reaction when they see a youkai, or half that is.' He smirked inwardly. 'I bet they would run off screaming their heads off.'
But he was also curious to meet these kids, who seemed not to fear being in the forest so far away from the village. 'Don't parents usually scare their kids away from the forests and tell stories of its horrors?' He frowned at the thought.
He listened as the kids progress closer to his location. They were running, and at a fast pace too. He frowned, I've never heard of a human run that fast. He contemplated, 'maybe they're not human? But they're kids, which I know for sure.'
Then one of them suddenly stopped, and from what he heard, the other bumped and fell with the one that stopped. 'I wonder if the first one sensed me?' He sniffed the air once again to try and figure out what was it that sparked his curiosity.
'Damn. Still can't smell them.' Inuyasha though with slight irritation. He didn't like the fact that he was left in the dark on the identities of the ones who intruded his rest. 'Guess I really have to wait.'
When the kids finally arrived at the small clearing, he sniffed the air once again. 'Hah! Humans! I knew it...But what's this, they smell different. There's something missing.' He scanned his mind on all the knowledge he knew of humans, pondering the newfound anomaly.
'Just what is missing?' He sniffed the air once again, he could smell vanilla and lavender and something sweet like strawberry and cream. And then if struck him.
'I don't smell any scent of decay on them.' He thought in wonder, curiosity rising a bit more.
'How very unusual.' He thought in wonder.
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'Wow.' They thought again in unison.
Have you ever seen a most fascinating sight in your life? Well, to these little girls who had just lived for six years, the sight before them was the most fascinating thing they had ever seen.
They were awed. Sure they had seen other demons before, but they had never seen a demon so beautiful in their six years of life. They had seen demons of different shapes and sizes, some as big as a house, some as small as they're tiny little hands. They had seen demons of different colors; black, green, brown, white, blue, gray, etc. But most of them were ugly, some so grotesque like some mad artist made it up from his/her jumbled thoughts. Some of the regular physical features couldn't even be pinpointed like the location of the mouth or the nose. And then, there was the smell. Some were so foul, even in a great distance; breathing in air was a hard labor.
He's so pretty.
Yeah.
In their young minds, they were seeing a most beautiful creature, almost God like in appearance. He had the most beautiful long silver hair that looked so soft. His facial structure, so beautifully crafted, set in a most serene expression.
I wonder what's the color of his eyes? Usagi conveyed to her sister, not wanting to utter a single sound that might wake up the sleeping beauty in front of their eyes. Bet he'll take offence if we call him beautiful. She added with humor as an afterthought.
Kagome giggled inwardly. I know. But he is beautiful. She replied in thought.
Can you see it? Usagi asked, curiosity and fascination could be clearly seen in the debts of her crystal blue eyes.
See what? Kagome thought with a frown, closely scanning the youkai to figure out what her sister wanted her to see.
On top of his head. Usagi pointed at the direction she wanted her sister to look.
'Oh.' Kagome covered her mouth, which was set in an "O". There, on top of the boy's head, was a set of white dog ears.
"Kawaii." Kagome exclaimed softly. The words passing through her mouth without her even realizing it.
One foot moved in front with the other following in tow.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU CRAZY? Usagi shouted telepathically at her sister as she saw Kagome come closer to the sleeping youkai.
Kagome flinched a little from her sister's outburst. Owww, that hurts you know. I just want to feel what its like. She continued her advancement to the demon, ignoring her sister's protests.
ARE YOU NUTS? Usagi still shouted at her sister, a bit frantic now because of the idiocy her sister was displaying at the moment.
Usa-channnn, don't shout. I can hear you clearly. And what are you so afraid for anyway. You said so yourself that you don't feel any evil or malicious intent from him. And I, for one, don't feel any danger coming. Kagome reasoned. She was now two feet from the said youkai.
I said that because I want to see him. . . . Just to SEE him. And yeh, he doesn't have an evil intent right now, but that might change when he wakes up. Usagi reasoned. Her empathic ability was only limited into feelings of negative emotion and intent she guessed was given to her for survival. She was still young, after all. She still had a couple of years more to develop and expand her ability.
'Stupid, stupid Usagi.' Usagi berated herself. If not for her curiosity, she and her sister wouldn't be in this situation right now. She was blaming herself because if anything happed to them, it would be her fault.
Calm down, it will be alright. As I said before, I don't sense any forthcoming danger approaching. Kagome soothed her sister. She didn't have an empathic ability like her sister, but she could sense any approaching danger, like a premonition, clairvoyance.
She was now on the right side of the sleeping boy, her hand slowly ascending to touch the white, fluffy looking ear on top of his head. It was just on her reach.
'There, there, almost there.' Kagome chanted to herself, her right hand an inch away from the right ear.
And then......................the said ear twitched.
