Chapter 2 - Fallen Starlight
::The First Inuyasha Chapter::
Garlyle stretched his fingers. They felt oddly tight and stiff. Like they were missing their magic.
And as far as Garlyle could tell, they were.
Garlyle looked around as far as his young eyes could see. Nothing but endless trees up and down the mountainside. Or hillside. He couldn't quite tell which it was.
Too many trees.
Garlyle sighed. So, here he was, without any of his magic or anything. Nothing he could do anymore, but try and find some semblance of a civilization. Or something similar to a civilization, anyway.
And as far as he knew, no such thing existed within several miles. He was in an endless sea of trees.
Garlyle sighed, as he hopped down from a small ridge, and found himself on a small dirt road. This made him smile somewhat; maybe there was something resembling civilization somewhere.
"I told you, you have to rest!"
Garlyle dived off to the side on reflex, hiding himself in the bushes. Who was that speaking?
Three. no, wait, four figures came into view. The first one was tall, with long white hair and pointed ears, a battle-scarred face and a heavy red kimono, a long sword in a sheath at his side. Blood stained the left side of his outfit, though it was hard to tell. "I'm just fine!" the man cried out.
"I do believe she's right on this." said the other man there, a tall figure wearing long navy-blue to grayish robes, it was hard to tell which. His short dark hair didn't cover much of his face, and the hand wielding the long staff was wrapped in cloth, though it didn't seem to be wounded.
"Listen, Moroku, I'll survive! I've had worse then this." the silver- haired man cried out.
The other two figures were riding a bicycle, a sight that made Garlyle smile slightly, realizing there may yet be civilization. One was riding it, a female in a green skirt and white shirt with a green ribbon, long flowing brown hair and a happy face. In the basket of the bicycle was a short kid with big shining eyes, a puff of brown hair, a dotted shirt and vest, and the same pointed, beast-like ears.
"Inuyasha, look at you! Your sword arm, you couldn't possibly wield Tetsaiga like this." the girl looked at him worriedly. "What will we do if a demon would attack?"
"We just single-handedly wiped out every demon in the forest" Inuyasha, the silver-haired man, cried out. "Geez, Kagome, what could possibly attack us now?"
"Well," the girl turned pouty, crossing her arms in mid-pedal. "I dunno. Maybe. more demons?"
"You're not being very helpful!" Inuyasha cried out. They reached level on the path with Garlyle.
Then the young boy in the basket turned his head towards the bushes, and shouted.
"What is it, Shippo?" Kagome asked.
"There's somebody in the bushes!" Shippo pointed.
Garlyle didn't move, but he did hold his breath for a few moments. His brown eyes looked somewhat like chestnuts hanging in the branches.
Moroku blinked. "Hey! Come on out!" Inuyasha extended his other hand, which was oddly clawed. A monster!? Garlyle froze stiffer.
Inuyasha moved towards the bushes. "Come out, whoever or whatever you are."
Garlyle, seeing the hand looming over him, turned in one movement, kicked hard off the ground, and burst out running. His short spiky brown hair trailed out behind him.
"Excuse me, where are you going?" Inuyasha was after him.
"Hey, kid, wait up!" there was the sound of the Bicycle being pedaled again.
A few moments later, Garlyle dived down another ridge, but this one was larger then expected. Dirt disappeared beneath him, and he lost what little footing he had had and tumbled down.
After hitting solid ground, he rolled a bit more and came to a stop, looking up.
There was that 'Inuyasha' monster staring back at him.
Garlyle tried to focus himself, and for a moment seemed blank. Then, he sprang up again with his legs, pushing himself right back up. But before he could take off, he was picked up by the back of his collar.
"Let me go!" Garlyle cried, reaching up to his neck and grabbing at the string that hung from it. With one strong tug, the chain was off his neck and wrapped around his knuckle in a technique he had long practiced. He held a single, long, white fang in his hand.
With expertise, he slashed it at Inuyasha's face. But the man was too tall and quick for something like that, he simply pulled backwards.
"It's just a kid" Inuyasha muttered, as Moroku and Shippo caught up. Kagome abandoned her bike at the top of the road and ran down the slope.
Garlyle struggled. "What do you want with me?"
"Were you spying on us?" Inuyasha asked.
Shippo, though, seemed to have a face of awe. "No. No! Inuyasha, you'd better drop him right now!"
Inuyasha inspected Garlyle. "Why? This kid's not even a demon!"
Then Inuyasha pulled back the bangs of hair in front of Garlyle's ears, and saw they were slightly pointed as well. "Oh, so he is."
"That kid." Shippo gaped. "That kid is Garlyle!"
"You know me?" Garlyle blinked.
"Yeah, you know him?" Kagome asked.
"Everybody does." Shippo was practically gasping. "That's. the son of the Demon Warlord, Aruve!"
"Well, maybe he's got a jewel fragment" Inuyasha smiled, grabbing at the pocket in Garlyle's black trousers.
"Hey!" Garlyle struggled. All that fell out was a bit of gold. "Watch it!"
"." Inuyasha looked at it. "Seems like a bunch of junk to me."
Then a small, round object fell out of Garlyle's pocket. Inuyasha dropped Garlyle for a moment to bend down and inspect it, picking it up.
"Hey! Gimme that!" Garlyle jumped up to snatch it, but Inuyasha raised it over his head.
"Ey, Shippo." Inuyasha flipped it over his shoulder and the child caught it. "Does this mean anything to you?"
Shippo inspected the small object. "That's. That's him! That's Aruve! The lot of them!"
"How cute, a family!" Kagome snatched it up. Then she seemed sad. Garlyle didn't inquire, at the moment, he didn't care.
"Gimme it back!" Garlyle ran over and jumped up, snatching back the picture. Then he himself looked down at it.
He stared back at himself from within the small painted portrait, although a couple years younger. There, beside him, was his smaller brother. And behind those two, their tall father and stunning mother.
Garlyle tucked it back into his pocket, and moved to take off running. The monk's staff came down in front of him.
"Now hold it, where do you think you're going?" Moroku asked.
"If he's the son of a demon warlord, maybe we should find this guy" Inuyasha smirked.
"A warlord? In your state?" Kagome gasped. "Inuyasha, what is wrong with you?"
"I assure you, Kagome, I'm fine" Inuyasha responded. "So just shut up about it!"
Kagome stuck out her tongue. "Well, fine then!" she knelt down beside Garlyle. "So. where's your dad?"
Garlyle considered the facts. "My dad's no demon warlord. You must have the wrong."
"You see, there are several 'Garlyle Wilds' throughout the many many dimensions"
Garlyle's mind remembered the one phrase. "Then. in this world, I must be a." Garlyle's eyes swirled. "Woah, so then I am a demon here."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Inuyasha demanded.
"You. have me confused with a different. Garlyle." Garlyle sighed. "It's a long story, but basically, I'm the Garlyle from another world. I'm not really the son of a demon warlord, at least, in my world, I'm not, and."
"In your world?" Kagome picked up Garlyle like he was some cuddly toy. "Oh, you poor thing, I know just how you feel."
"What.?" Garlyle blinked, blushing lightly. What would Kiana do to him if she saw him like this?
"Set him down, he's probably still very dangerous" Moroku rested his hands on Kagome's arm.
"Hey! Hands off!" Inuyasha snapped at Moroku.
Gently, Kagome put Garlyle back on the ground. She had asked him something, but Garlyle's mind was still reeling with possibility.
If in this dimension, he was the son of a demon warlord. what if his family was alive in this dimension? And his friends, too?
"Well, what should we do with him?" Kagome asked.
"This is a puzzler" Inuyasha plopped himself down on the ground, cross-legged. "What do you suppose, Moroku?"
"I suppose that we take him back home. Besides, you wanna meet this Demon Warlord, right?"
"Yeah, this Aruve guy."
Garlyle hid his smile at this. Aruve was his father's name.
"Where do you live? Do you know where your father rules?" Moroku asked.
Garlyle shrugged. "I don't exactly know where anything is around here."
"Well, then, travel with us for a while" Kagome smiled. "Maybe. maybe we'll be able to find some help for you."
"Maybe." Garlyle smiled. He wouldn't mind finding his family somewhere around here.
And so Garlyle joined up, temporarily, with Inuyasha and his friends.
::The First Inuyasha Chapter::
Garlyle stretched his fingers. They felt oddly tight and stiff. Like they were missing their magic.
And as far as Garlyle could tell, they were.
Garlyle looked around as far as his young eyes could see. Nothing but endless trees up and down the mountainside. Or hillside. He couldn't quite tell which it was.
Too many trees.
Garlyle sighed. So, here he was, without any of his magic or anything. Nothing he could do anymore, but try and find some semblance of a civilization. Or something similar to a civilization, anyway.
And as far as he knew, no such thing existed within several miles. He was in an endless sea of trees.
Garlyle sighed, as he hopped down from a small ridge, and found himself on a small dirt road. This made him smile somewhat; maybe there was something resembling civilization somewhere.
"I told you, you have to rest!"
Garlyle dived off to the side on reflex, hiding himself in the bushes. Who was that speaking?
Three. no, wait, four figures came into view. The first one was tall, with long white hair and pointed ears, a battle-scarred face and a heavy red kimono, a long sword in a sheath at his side. Blood stained the left side of his outfit, though it was hard to tell. "I'm just fine!" the man cried out.
"I do believe she's right on this." said the other man there, a tall figure wearing long navy-blue to grayish robes, it was hard to tell which. His short dark hair didn't cover much of his face, and the hand wielding the long staff was wrapped in cloth, though it didn't seem to be wounded.
"Listen, Moroku, I'll survive! I've had worse then this." the silver- haired man cried out.
The other two figures were riding a bicycle, a sight that made Garlyle smile slightly, realizing there may yet be civilization. One was riding it, a female in a green skirt and white shirt with a green ribbon, long flowing brown hair and a happy face. In the basket of the bicycle was a short kid with big shining eyes, a puff of brown hair, a dotted shirt and vest, and the same pointed, beast-like ears.
"Inuyasha, look at you! Your sword arm, you couldn't possibly wield Tetsaiga like this." the girl looked at him worriedly. "What will we do if a demon would attack?"
"We just single-handedly wiped out every demon in the forest" Inuyasha, the silver-haired man, cried out. "Geez, Kagome, what could possibly attack us now?"
"Well," the girl turned pouty, crossing her arms in mid-pedal. "I dunno. Maybe. more demons?"
"You're not being very helpful!" Inuyasha cried out. They reached level on the path with Garlyle.
Then the young boy in the basket turned his head towards the bushes, and shouted.
"What is it, Shippo?" Kagome asked.
"There's somebody in the bushes!" Shippo pointed.
Garlyle didn't move, but he did hold his breath for a few moments. His brown eyes looked somewhat like chestnuts hanging in the branches.
Moroku blinked. "Hey! Come on out!" Inuyasha extended his other hand, which was oddly clawed. A monster!? Garlyle froze stiffer.
Inuyasha moved towards the bushes. "Come out, whoever or whatever you are."
Garlyle, seeing the hand looming over him, turned in one movement, kicked hard off the ground, and burst out running. His short spiky brown hair trailed out behind him.
"Excuse me, where are you going?" Inuyasha was after him.
"Hey, kid, wait up!" there was the sound of the Bicycle being pedaled again.
A few moments later, Garlyle dived down another ridge, but this one was larger then expected. Dirt disappeared beneath him, and he lost what little footing he had had and tumbled down.
After hitting solid ground, he rolled a bit more and came to a stop, looking up.
There was that 'Inuyasha' monster staring back at him.
Garlyle tried to focus himself, and for a moment seemed blank. Then, he sprang up again with his legs, pushing himself right back up. But before he could take off, he was picked up by the back of his collar.
"Let me go!" Garlyle cried, reaching up to his neck and grabbing at the string that hung from it. With one strong tug, the chain was off his neck and wrapped around his knuckle in a technique he had long practiced. He held a single, long, white fang in his hand.
With expertise, he slashed it at Inuyasha's face. But the man was too tall and quick for something like that, he simply pulled backwards.
"It's just a kid" Inuyasha muttered, as Moroku and Shippo caught up. Kagome abandoned her bike at the top of the road and ran down the slope.
Garlyle struggled. "What do you want with me?"
"Were you spying on us?" Inuyasha asked.
Shippo, though, seemed to have a face of awe. "No. No! Inuyasha, you'd better drop him right now!"
Inuyasha inspected Garlyle. "Why? This kid's not even a demon!"
Then Inuyasha pulled back the bangs of hair in front of Garlyle's ears, and saw they were slightly pointed as well. "Oh, so he is."
"That kid." Shippo gaped. "That kid is Garlyle!"
"You know me?" Garlyle blinked.
"Yeah, you know him?" Kagome asked.
"Everybody does." Shippo was practically gasping. "That's. the son of the Demon Warlord, Aruve!"
"Well, maybe he's got a jewel fragment" Inuyasha smiled, grabbing at the pocket in Garlyle's black trousers.
"Hey!" Garlyle struggled. All that fell out was a bit of gold. "Watch it!"
"." Inuyasha looked at it. "Seems like a bunch of junk to me."
Then a small, round object fell out of Garlyle's pocket. Inuyasha dropped Garlyle for a moment to bend down and inspect it, picking it up.
"Hey! Gimme that!" Garlyle jumped up to snatch it, but Inuyasha raised it over his head.
"Ey, Shippo." Inuyasha flipped it over his shoulder and the child caught it. "Does this mean anything to you?"
Shippo inspected the small object. "That's. That's him! That's Aruve! The lot of them!"
"How cute, a family!" Kagome snatched it up. Then she seemed sad. Garlyle didn't inquire, at the moment, he didn't care.
"Gimme it back!" Garlyle ran over and jumped up, snatching back the picture. Then he himself looked down at it.
He stared back at himself from within the small painted portrait, although a couple years younger. There, beside him, was his smaller brother. And behind those two, their tall father and stunning mother.
Garlyle tucked it back into his pocket, and moved to take off running. The monk's staff came down in front of him.
"Now hold it, where do you think you're going?" Moroku asked.
"If he's the son of a demon warlord, maybe we should find this guy" Inuyasha smirked.
"A warlord? In your state?" Kagome gasped. "Inuyasha, what is wrong with you?"
"I assure you, Kagome, I'm fine" Inuyasha responded. "So just shut up about it!"
Kagome stuck out her tongue. "Well, fine then!" she knelt down beside Garlyle. "So. where's your dad?"
Garlyle considered the facts. "My dad's no demon warlord. You must have the wrong."
"You see, there are several 'Garlyle Wilds' throughout the many many dimensions"
Garlyle's mind remembered the one phrase. "Then. in this world, I must be a." Garlyle's eyes swirled. "Woah, so then I am a demon here."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Inuyasha demanded.
"You. have me confused with a different. Garlyle." Garlyle sighed. "It's a long story, but basically, I'm the Garlyle from another world. I'm not really the son of a demon warlord, at least, in my world, I'm not, and."
"In your world?" Kagome picked up Garlyle like he was some cuddly toy. "Oh, you poor thing, I know just how you feel."
"What.?" Garlyle blinked, blushing lightly. What would Kiana do to him if she saw him like this?
"Set him down, he's probably still very dangerous" Moroku rested his hands on Kagome's arm.
"Hey! Hands off!" Inuyasha snapped at Moroku.
Gently, Kagome put Garlyle back on the ground. She had asked him something, but Garlyle's mind was still reeling with possibility.
If in this dimension, he was the son of a demon warlord. what if his family was alive in this dimension? And his friends, too?
"Well, what should we do with him?" Kagome asked.
"This is a puzzler" Inuyasha plopped himself down on the ground, cross-legged. "What do you suppose, Moroku?"
"I suppose that we take him back home. Besides, you wanna meet this Demon Warlord, right?"
"Yeah, this Aruve guy."
Garlyle hid his smile at this. Aruve was his father's name.
"Where do you live? Do you know where your father rules?" Moroku asked.
Garlyle shrugged. "I don't exactly know where anything is around here."
"Well, then, travel with us for a while" Kagome smiled. "Maybe. maybe we'll be able to find some help for you."
"Maybe." Garlyle smiled. He wouldn't mind finding his family somewhere around here.
And so Garlyle joined up, temporarily, with Inuyasha and his friends.