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Chapter 2: The Kidnapping and the Thief
The rumbling sound grew louder and louder as they walked along the ledge. They all looked up. "DIE!!" shouted the rock that was coming towards them at a fast speed.
Raven ran at Kagome, and pulled her and her bike with her dodging the rock. The rock hit Inu-Yasha, and he pulled out his Tetsusaiga. "I'll kill you!" Inu-Yasha shouted.
Raven was stunned to see what was going on. Then she heard Kagome scream. Raven turned as fast as she could only to see someone grab Kagome, steal something that was around her neck, and throw Shippo out of the basket. The man let her go only to come after her. He grabbed her around the waist, pulled her on the bike, and sped off with her. "Kagome!! Inu— Ahhh!!" Raven screamed before she past out from the pain that was coming from the back of her head.
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Raven woke up later to the smell of incenses. She looked around the small room she was in.
"No." she whined. "Not again."
She sat up abruptly remembering Kagome and Inu-Yasha. 'Were they okay? Where they alive or dead?' she shivered at the thought. She was about to cry, but then she noticed something. Her shirt was hanging over a small fire. She felt her chest. Her bra was still on. She was about to get up and grab her shirt, but then a door slide open. She laid back on the ground and grabbed the blanket around her to cover herself up. A young man stood in the doorway.
"Oh, your awake." Said the young man. He set the tray he was carrying on the floor next to her. He took a dry cloth, put it in the bowl full of water, and placed it on her forehead.
"Who are you?" Raven asked. He started to wipe her forehead.
"My name is Miruko. And yours?" He put the cloth back in the bowl.
"Raven," she replied.
"Were you having a nightmare?" Miruko asked.
All Raven could remember was darkness. "No." she replied. "Why did you kidnap me?"
Miruko stopped wiping her head and put the cloth back in the bowl. "You were with demons. Humans shouldn't be--"
Raven sat up suddenly again. "So?! What if those 'demons' were my friends!! You had no right—"She noticed he was staring at her. She followed his eyes. "You jerk!!" she shouted and slap Miruko.
She ran for her shirt, pulled it off the clothes line, and threw it on. "Who did you think you are?! Why did you take off my shirt?" shouted Raven.
"Please calm down, my lady. Please let me explain! You had a large, deep cut into your stomach." Raven pulled her shirt up a little, but nothing was there. "Do you see anything, you pervert?!"
"My lady. There was a deep cut!" Miruko looked a little shocked to see nothing there. "Please my lady. I do not know what happen to your cut, but please let me explain!" He said getting more frustrated.
"I don't need you to explain your life story to me! Just let me leave!" Raven yelled.
"I need a favor to ask you my lady." Miruko said calmly. Raven dropped her arms, and her left eye started to twitch. 'Is he that dense?' she thought.
"Please my lady. Let me explain." Miruko started to beg.
"Fine! Fine, alright!" she said sitting on the floor.
"I took this from one of your 'demon' friends. A demon should not have this."
Raven saw it was some type of jewel, but it was cut in half. She realized that was the thing he took from around Kagome's neck. 'Kagome isn't demon,' she thought, and Miruko continued with his story. "I have been gathering shards like these, so I can destroy a demon named Naraku." Miruko drank some of his tea.
"What did this 'Naraco' do to you?" Raven asked.
"Naraku, pierced my Grandfather's hand, and escaped him. The hellhole in his hand would swallow him, and his children and so fourth. As long as Naraku is alive, this curse will be passed on until my line is gone from the earth."
Raven sighed at his sad story. "This hellhole in my hand widens every year. My only hope is to kill Naraku to get rid of this curse." Miruko took another sip of tea.
"In other words you, too, are going to die if you do not defeat Naraku?" Raven said in a sad voice.
"My lady does this mean you care about my welfare?" Miruko asked a bit suddenly.
"A little, I guess." Raven said.
"Then here's the favor I ask of you." He moved closer to Raven, and grabbed her hands. "If I do not defeat Naraku then I must have an heir to the family mission. Please, Lady Raven, bear my child."
There was silence, and then Raven slapped Miruko taking the jewel with her. "Gods! I hate men!" she mumbled under her breath. "I'm taking this back to Kagome and Inu-Yasha, Miruko!" She held up the jewel. "Good-bye."
Raven headed towards the door. She slide the door open, only to bump into Inu-Yasha. "Ahh!" Raven yelled as she fell to the ground. "Huh? Oh! Inu-Yasha! Kagome!" Raven's heart skipped a beat.
"Give us back the Shikon Jewel shard, you thief!" Inu-Yasha pointed at Raven.
"Huh?"
"The Jewel in your hand, give it back, wench!"
Raven raised it to her eyes. 'This is the Shikon Jewel shard?' she thought. She looked up into Inu-Yasha's face. He was mad, but not as mad as he was when she talked about Kikyo. She saw Kagome peek around from behind Inu-Yasha's shoulder.
"Kagome!" She said happily. She sped pass Inu-Yasha and put the jewel back around Kagome's neck, where it belonged. "Here you go Kagome." Raven said smiling when she was done putting it around her neck.
"What the hell are you doing?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"Sorry, Inu-Yasha. Miruko says it's too dangerous for it to be in demon possession. So, I gave it back to Kagome." She said pretending like nothing just happened.
"Who's Miruko?" Inu-Yasha asked. Raven pointed at Miruko who was sitting on the floor with a huge, red hand shape mark on the side of his face, and sipped more tea.
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Later that afternoon and early evening, Miruko give his life story to Inu-Yasha and Kagome, and 'his little favor' only to be rejected by Kagome. From what Raven learn from listening is this Naraku was an enemy of Inu- Yasha's, too, and could disguise himself as anyone or anything. 'This one named Naraku, is one bad ass.' thought Raven. Then it hit her. 'Maybe this Naraku was the one who took me from my home!!' she thought, and her heartbeat sped up.
"What do you think Raven?" ask Kagome.
"Huh? What?" Raven asked, breaking away from her thoughts.
"Do you think Miruko should join us?"
Raven looked around at Inu-Yasha who looked like he didn't like the idea. "Um. Sure. Why not?" she smiled.
"I am sorry, but I work better when I am alone." Miruko said.
"Oh, alright." said Kagome, sighing.
After things had settled down, Raven pulled Kagome outside to speck to her in private. "What is it Raven?" Kagome asked, looking concerned.
"Do you think that this Naraku could be the one who took me from my home, and brought me here?" Raven asked, hoping that she was right.
"He might have been. Why don't you come with us? You can even help us find more jewel shards!" Kagome suggested getting happier at the thought.
"Does this mean you forgive me from what I said back at camp this morning?" Raven asked.
"We were never mad you, Raven." Kagome smiled. Raven sighed with relief knowing that another burden was taking off her shoulders.
"Oh, thank you, Kagome. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have a understanding person like you around." Raven said hugging Kagome.
"No problem." Kagome laughed nervously.
"How do you put up with Inu-Yasha being the way he is?" Raven asked.
"I don't know how I do it, but if he gets on my nerves I can always sit him so he can get a mouth full of dirt." Kagome smiled, and Raven giggled.
"What are you two doing out here?" Inu-Yasha asked poking his head around the door.
"Oh, nothing." Raven said smiling her biggest smile yet.
It was starting to get late. Miruko let them stay in the room he had rented. Kagome lend Raven her pajama's and a blanket again.
"Raven, can I sleep with you tonight?" Shippo asked.
She remembered what Kagome had said at the hot spring last night. 'He's just a little boy.' She thought. Now that she looked closely at Shippo, he reminded of her younger brother when there was a thunderstorm, and he would get scared. She remembered finding him in her room once when she came back from the bathroom, because he was afraid of a movie one of her friends had brought over. Raven nodded and lifted the blanket so little Shippo could crawl in. She put her hand on Shippo's side like she would for her little brother. She listened to Shippo's breathing until he fell asleep, and then listened to Kagome's and Inu-Yasha's conversation about finding more Shikon Jewel shard rumors tomorrow.
Raven started to feel drowsy by their calm, quiet voices and started to fall asleep. She could hear nothing now, and the darkness around her started to seem more and more unnatural. She started to get scared. She heard high pitch laughter from the darkness around her, and she felt like she was now falling into a void of endless darkness.
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Chapter 2: The Kidnapping and the Thief
The rumbling sound grew louder and louder as they walked along the ledge. They all looked up. "DIE!!" shouted the rock that was coming towards them at a fast speed.
Raven ran at Kagome, and pulled her and her bike with her dodging the rock. The rock hit Inu-Yasha, and he pulled out his Tetsusaiga. "I'll kill you!" Inu-Yasha shouted.
Raven was stunned to see what was going on. Then she heard Kagome scream. Raven turned as fast as she could only to see someone grab Kagome, steal something that was around her neck, and throw Shippo out of the basket. The man let her go only to come after her. He grabbed her around the waist, pulled her on the bike, and sped off with her. "Kagome!! Inu— Ahhh!!" Raven screamed before she past out from the pain that was coming from the back of her head.
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Raven woke up later to the smell of incenses. She looked around the small room she was in.
"No." she whined. "Not again."
She sat up abruptly remembering Kagome and Inu-Yasha. 'Were they okay? Where they alive or dead?' she shivered at the thought. She was about to cry, but then she noticed something. Her shirt was hanging over a small fire. She felt her chest. Her bra was still on. She was about to get up and grab her shirt, but then a door slide open. She laid back on the ground and grabbed the blanket around her to cover herself up. A young man stood in the doorway.
"Oh, your awake." Said the young man. He set the tray he was carrying on the floor next to her. He took a dry cloth, put it in the bowl full of water, and placed it on her forehead.
"Who are you?" Raven asked. He started to wipe her forehead.
"My name is Miruko. And yours?" He put the cloth back in the bowl.
"Raven," she replied.
"Were you having a nightmare?" Miruko asked.
All Raven could remember was darkness. "No." she replied. "Why did you kidnap me?"
Miruko stopped wiping her head and put the cloth back in the bowl. "You were with demons. Humans shouldn't be--"
Raven sat up suddenly again. "So?! What if those 'demons' were my friends!! You had no right—"She noticed he was staring at her. She followed his eyes. "You jerk!!" she shouted and slap Miruko.
She ran for her shirt, pulled it off the clothes line, and threw it on. "Who did you think you are?! Why did you take off my shirt?" shouted Raven.
"Please calm down, my lady. Please let me explain! You had a large, deep cut into your stomach." Raven pulled her shirt up a little, but nothing was there. "Do you see anything, you pervert?!"
"My lady. There was a deep cut!" Miruko looked a little shocked to see nothing there. "Please my lady. I do not know what happen to your cut, but please let me explain!" He said getting more frustrated.
"I don't need you to explain your life story to me! Just let me leave!" Raven yelled.
"I need a favor to ask you my lady." Miruko said calmly. Raven dropped her arms, and her left eye started to twitch. 'Is he that dense?' she thought.
"Please my lady. Let me explain." Miruko started to beg.
"Fine! Fine, alright!" she said sitting on the floor.
"I took this from one of your 'demon' friends. A demon should not have this."
Raven saw it was some type of jewel, but it was cut in half. She realized that was the thing he took from around Kagome's neck. 'Kagome isn't demon,' she thought, and Miruko continued with his story. "I have been gathering shards like these, so I can destroy a demon named Naraku." Miruko drank some of his tea.
"What did this 'Naraco' do to you?" Raven asked.
"Naraku, pierced my Grandfather's hand, and escaped him. The hellhole in his hand would swallow him, and his children and so fourth. As long as Naraku is alive, this curse will be passed on until my line is gone from the earth."
Raven sighed at his sad story. "This hellhole in my hand widens every year. My only hope is to kill Naraku to get rid of this curse." Miruko took another sip of tea.
"In other words you, too, are going to die if you do not defeat Naraku?" Raven said in a sad voice.
"My lady does this mean you care about my welfare?" Miruko asked a bit suddenly.
"A little, I guess." Raven said.
"Then here's the favor I ask of you." He moved closer to Raven, and grabbed her hands. "If I do not defeat Naraku then I must have an heir to the family mission. Please, Lady Raven, bear my child."
There was silence, and then Raven slapped Miruko taking the jewel with her. "Gods! I hate men!" she mumbled under her breath. "I'm taking this back to Kagome and Inu-Yasha, Miruko!" She held up the jewel. "Good-bye."
Raven headed towards the door. She slide the door open, only to bump into Inu-Yasha. "Ahh!" Raven yelled as she fell to the ground. "Huh? Oh! Inu-Yasha! Kagome!" Raven's heart skipped a beat.
"Give us back the Shikon Jewel shard, you thief!" Inu-Yasha pointed at Raven.
"Huh?"
"The Jewel in your hand, give it back, wench!"
Raven raised it to her eyes. 'This is the Shikon Jewel shard?' she thought. She looked up into Inu-Yasha's face. He was mad, but not as mad as he was when she talked about Kikyo. She saw Kagome peek around from behind Inu-Yasha's shoulder.
"Kagome!" She said happily. She sped pass Inu-Yasha and put the jewel back around Kagome's neck, where it belonged. "Here you go Kagome." Raven said smiling when she was done putting it around her neck.
"What the hell are you doing?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"Sorry, Inu-Yasha. Miruko says it's too dangerous for it to be in demon possession. So, I gave it back to Kagome." She said pretending like nothing just happened.
"Who's Miruko?" Inu-Yasha asked. Raven pointed at Miruko who was sitting on the floor with a huge, red hand shape mark on the side of his face, and sipped more tea.
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Later that afternoon and early evening, Miruko give his life story to Inu-Yasha and Kagome, and 'his little favor' only to be rejected by Kagome. From what Raven learn from listening is this Naraku was an enemy of Inu- Yasha's, too, and could disguise himself as anyone or anything. 'This one named Naraku, is one bad ass.' thought Raven. Then it hit her. 'Maybe this Naraku was the one who took me from my home!!' she thought, and her heartbeat sped up.
"What do you think Raven?" ask Kagome.
"Huh? What?" Raven asked, breaking away from her thoughts.
"Do you think Miruko should join us?"
Raven looked around at Inu-Yasha who looked like he didn't like the idea. "Um. Sure. Why not?" she smiled.
"I am sorry, but I work better when I am alone." Miruko said.
"Oh, alright." said Kagome, sighing.
After things had settled down, Raven pulled Kagome outside to speck to her in private. "What is it Raven?" Kagome asked, looking concerned.
"Do you think that this Naraku could be the one who took me from my home, and brought me here?" Raven asked, hoping that she was right.
"He might have been. Why don't you come with us? You can even help us find more jewel shards!" Kagome suggested getting happier at the thought.
"Does this mean you forgive me from what I said back at camp this morning?" Raven asked.
"We were never mad you, Raven." Kagome smiled. Raven sighed with relief knowing that another burden was taking off her shoulders.
"Oh, thank you, Kagome. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have a understanding person like you around." Raven said hugging Kagome.
"No problem." Kagome laughed nervously.
"How do you put up with Inu-Yasha being the way he is?" Raven asked.
"I don't know how I do it, but if he gets on my nerves I can always sit him so he can get a mouth full of dirt." Kagome smiled, and Raven giggled.
"What are you two doing out here?" Inu-Yasha asked poking his head around the door.
"Oh, nothing." Raven said smiling her biggest smile yet.
It was starting to get late. Miruko let them stay in the room he had rented. Kagome lend Raven her pajama's and a blanket again.
"Raven, can I sleep with you tonight?" Shippo asked.
She remembered what Kagome had said at the hot spring last night. 'He's just a little boy.' She thought. Now that she looked closely at Shippo, he reminded of her younger brother when there was a thunderstorm, and he would get scared. She remembered finding him in her room once when she came back from the bathroom, because he was afraid of a movie one of her friends had brought over. Raven nodded and lifted the blanket so little Shippo could crawl in. She put her hand on Shippo's side like she would for her little brother. She listened to Shippo's breathing until he fell asleep, and then listened to Kagome's and Inu-Yasha's conversation about finding more Shikon Jewel shard rumors tomorrow.
Raven started to feel drowsy by their calm, quiet voices and started to fall asleep. She could hear nothing now, and the darkness around her started to seem more and more unnatural. She started to get scared. She heard high pitch laughter from the darkness around her, and she felt like she was now falling into a void of endless darkness.