A/n:: Hiya minna-sans! What's up? *Yawns* It's like 11:28pm, and I'm sitting here like an idiot, writing to ya. Go figure? Oh well. ANYWAY... ever want to kill your boyfriend? I mean...O_O THEY CAN BE SOOOOO ANNOYING! Oh well. It's just...I'm 13 ½. He's like almost 15. And you know what he asked me? Just if we could move to West Virginia and get married! NO OFFENCE to ANY West Virginians, it's this STUPID joke that's hanging around here in Florida. It actually ticked me off a lot, because I come from Virginia, which HAPPENS to be RIGHT NEXT DOOR. _ Besides, who said I wanted to get married?!?!?! But I made a long Chappie to make up for it! Aack! I need to shut up. I'm starting to think that my Fic isn't good. ; _ ;
Inu: Oh suck it up. We all know this Fic sucks, so just shut up and put me -n- Kag together again!
Kag: You get really annoying when you're not in the Fic.
**VaSr: *nods*
Inu: B-but... but...Kagome! I thought you loved me!
**VaSr: *rolls eyes* Duh...
Kag: Yea! What she said!
Inu: O_O you're siding with the AUTHOR?!?!?!
Kag: *blinks* what's wrong with that?
Inu: She's a stubborn, annoying, and ugly, PMS-ing girl who needs to get off the computer and get a life!
**VaSr: _ Grrr
Kag: *sweat drops* Uhm...Inu-chan? Maybe you shouldn't have said that...O_O
Inu: Eh...Heh...Heh...*runs*
Sess: RUN! She'll chop off your tail!
Kag: *whispers* he doesn't have a tail...
Sess: Oh. Never mind.
**VaSr: *Grabs Shot gun.* I aint hunt'n fo' da ducks t'day! It's pup-hunt'n!
(^_^): *Muse enters.*
Muse face faults, Anime style.
(O_O): Onwards?
Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue. The sugar bowl's sweet, and so is Sesshoumaru. But the roses are wilting; the violets are dead. The sugar bowl's empty, and if you think I own InuYasha, then so is your head.
*Also, I don't own the WOT series~ I'm not Robert Jordan, I just use his wisdom randomly in my *very original* Fan Fiction.
"Talking"
'Emphasizing'
*Thinking*
/Mind speech/
((Me rambling on incessantly))
------ Change of Scene
----POV--- Change of Point Of View
Ch.4 Meetings That Run Into Problems
Kagome sprawled out on her bed, textbooks scattered about her as she tried to study.
"I'm never going to get this!" she yelled, exasperated. Naomi looked up from the book she was reading over in the corner of the room, nearest to the door.
"Whatcha mean Kag? You're doing fine."
Kagome smirked and sat up, "That's it! I'm tired of studying! Hey! You remember that trip I asked you about? Still wanna go?"
Naomi smiled. "Sure! Where to?"
"Hm. It's a surprise. Come on, let's get our supplies." Kagome grabbed her bag and looked up, to see Naomi in front of her, her own black bag slung over her shoulder. The only thing showing that she'd moved being her hair swishing slightly about her shoulders.
-Blink- "How'd you do that?"
"I'm Youkai, chica. I'm faster than you, slow-poke."
"HEY! I resent that. Brat! Ok...let's see. You'll need at least two extra pairs of clothes, some first aid supplies, and if you wanna eat something besides Ramen all the time, I'd get that too. Aight?"
"YEP!" Naomi dashed out the room, to her own, and Kagome couldn't help but grin.
---------Later, In the Kitchen---------
Kagome stuffed some more ramen into her overly-stuffed bookbag as Naomi looked through the cabinets. She looked over and sighed.
"Kagome. Stop. Gimme that." She grabbed the food and Kag's book bag. She then jumped up to sit o the counter, dumping the contents out on the counter.
"HEY! Why'd you do that?"
"Uhm, because you can't pack worth a crap, nee-san." Kagome rolled her eyes and grabbed a glass, filling it with ice water, all the time grumbling about a certain 'stubborn, annoying, goober-ish youkai'. Meanwhile, Naomi folded all of Kagome's clothes correctly and placed them in her bag, hiding a couple kits of First aid in them as she did so. She placed the rest of the food and supplies back into Kag's bag neatly.
"HEY! I'm seeing you put all the heavy stuff in my bag, you evil little..." Kagome's sentence drifted off, as she lifted her bag onto her shoulder. It was surprisingly light.
O_O "What did you do?"
-Blinks- "Just took some of the stuff you shouldn't have to carry out, nee-chan. Now, are we ready?"
Kagome smiled. "Yep! Let's go!"
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"So...this is the well that started it all."
"Well, technically it was the ugly centipede woman."
"Meh. True enough." The two girls stood at the side of the well, looking down into its dark depths. Naomi's unemotional mask had slipped back on, and her eyes were flickering to their original color constantly. She mused over this 'well'. *The saidar flowing from this well is...amazing. It's also mixed with a large amount of saidin, but that's to be expected. All major works use mutualism in the True Force.* She frowned.*But, this is an almost dead practice over at its Origins. Even the Ajahs are loosing their wisdom, and have no way to get it back. They are becoming too selfish, and naïve to the world about them. Very few know the old ways.* She fingered her necklace thoughtfully. *Off that subject. Why would this be here, half a world away?* She struggled to keep from embracing the force, and held her pendant for support. She was jolted out of her thoughts by-
"Uhm. I think you need a Shikon shard to get through the well, but I'm afraid it'll overcome you." She frowned, worried.
Naomi grinned. "I wouldn't worry chica. Not all demons are possessed by those. InuYasha wasn't, was he? Or did you just believe it was his human blood holding back the temptation?" Kagome blushed and looked away, embarrassed.
Naomi's face had that older-sister, grinning look, and she nudged the younger girl lightly on the shoulder. "That might help, but the fact that if one doesn't want to become that way, it doesn't. It's quite simple, actually."
Kagome blinked. "Then how come so many do?"
Naomi rolled her eyes. "Because, sadly, very few of us use the matter consisting in our noggins...Back to the subject, I assure you that I won't use it." Kag grinned, and dropped a shard into her sister's palm. She blinked as it glowed brighter for a moment, before laying still, staying purified.
"Ready?"
"Let's go."
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"Oomph." Naomi landed in a crouch, and looked over at Kagome, who was a crumpled, disheveled mess.
"C'mon shorty."
"HEY! I'm as tall as you!"
Naomi chuckled. "You'd be surprised. Help up?" She extended a hand down to her sis', and lifted her up from the ground. Once her sister was ready, she floated them both up on a ki-formed cloud to the ground above. A growl could be heard coming from the left, and Naomi sensed a youkai fast approaching.
"Kagome, get behind me. Here's your shard back." She tossed the shard over, then stepped into battle stance, hands perpendicular to the ground. The red blur of a demon burst into the scene, stopping in front of Naomi.
"Get away from her, human." His eyes were bleeding red. Kagome looked around Naomi's ridged form, and her eyes bugged as she saw what was unfolding.
"You're the one who needs to step back, mutt. Leave before I'm forced to teach you some respect, and manners!" She spat, looking at him coldly; regally.
He scoffed. "I only see one person to respect, and you're hiding her from view."
Naomi's eyes flashed angrily. *HOW DARE HE!* "Why you-"
"STOP!" They both looked over at Kagome. "Nee-san, don't. This is InuYasha. Inu-chan, this is my sister, Naomi-sama." Naomi blinked in surprise from the respectful title, and stepped into a sort of parade rest. InuYasha did the same; his dog-like ears drooped back in repentance, though Naomi had a sneaky suspicion that it was aimed more towards Kagome than herself. She sighed slightly, and bowed to him, stopping at the waist.
"Gomen-nasai, InuYasha-san."
He growled low in the throat for having to do this, and let his mother's teachings take over. "No. Gomen-nasai Naomi-san for being hasty with conclusions." He too bowed, though not a hairsbreadth lower than she had. She nodded acceptance, and said,
"And thus we are forgiven." He blinked. *How does she know youkai customs...? Oh well, probably just being a stranger than usual human...* She smirked. "So, you're the InuYasha Kagome-chan tells me of, eh?"
He rolled his eyes. *Women.* "Feh." He took Kagome's bag off her shoulder, and they linked hands. Naomi walked next to Kag, and they chatted happily all the way to Kaede's village, with InuYasha putting his own two cents in from time to time. All in all, it was fun.
"Kaede-sama! We're back!" Kagome walked in smiling, InuYasha next to her.
"Kagome-sama!"
"Kagome-chan!"
"Okaa-san!"
Naomi blinked as she stopped in the doorway, taking in all about her. Two humans and a small bundle of reddish-orange fur greeted her sister, the little puffball-like kitsune pup ecstatic to see his mother again. She thought it was funny, seeing as the little guy looked as if he were attached to the front of Kagome's shirt. At last, her eyes set on an old, wise looking woman who was sewing quietly in a rocking chair, nearest to the fire. She looked up from her work and smiled, putting her things down.
"Hello dear. How does life treat ye?"
Kagome laughed, and walked over, giving the old woman a hug. "Great; Just wonderful, Kaede. And you?"
"It couldn't be better. I'm glad you're back. But who is this?"
All of their eyes shifted over to Naomi, who moved under their unwavering gaze. *Right now I wish I was smaller than that kitsune...*
The strange looking houshi was the first to come from the staring daze, and came over, kneeling in front of the unsuspecting girl. He took her hands in his, and looked sincerely into her eyes.
"Lovely Lady, your very presence warms me to the soul. Would you bear my child?"
Her eyes bugged. O_O Everyone held their breath, wondering what she'd do. Suddenly, she pulled her hands away, and turned away. He blinked, and watched her seemingly walk away. A heel connected with his head, and he went sprawling across the floor, about five feet from where he'd been. She touched down from her spin-kick, smirking at his unconscious form. *That was fun...* She looked over at the others in the room, and she could tell they were trying not to laugh. Sango walked over to Naomi, and bowed slightly.
"Konnichiwa!" She came back up to regular standing view. "That was a good round-house kick! ^_^"
O_O "You don't mind that I..."
"Nope! I do it all the time. See my boomerang over there? It's hit his head more than a demon, and that's saying something."
Naomi laughed, and shook her head. Things were so different! Oh well. She walked over to the elderly lady, and bowed low, one knee bent, and her hand rested where her naming-day sword would be in her other form.
"Ohayo, miko-sama. I'm sorry for disrupting your household. How are you fairing?"
Kaede smiled, and touched Naomi with two fingertips on the forehead. The others were watching her like 'WTF?!?!?!'
"No need to be so respectful, Naomi-san. I'm just a lower miko past my prime. Now tell me, how are you related to my Kagome-chan?"
Naomi grinned, the sat down at the elderly lady's feet. "Well, you see, I was dropped off at this old hag's house, no offence intended, when I was a little tike, and..." and so her story unraveled, though she kept certain details out. Those were for only her and Kagome to know.
------After Telling--------
Everyone was sitting on the ground around Naomi and Kaede by now, nearest to the fire. Miroku was furthest from Naomi, getting hit occasionally by Sango as she made dinner. Kagome was sitting in InuYasha's lap, playing with his hair. Kaede and Naomi were in a deep discussion of different types of healing techniques, in which Kaede was glad that Naomi still knew all the old names for the different plants.
"Hey, we need some fire wood, or else this is never going to get done." Sango said, exasperated. Naomi looked over curiously into the pot, as a screamed 'HENTAI!' and a huge *thunk* resounded from the room. It was surprising that she was already used to it. Well, surprising...or sad.
"I'll get it. What 'ya cooking?"
"Hm. Just split pea soup with collard greens."
Naomi grimaced. "Sorry I asked. I'll get your wood."
"Ok! ^_^ Arigato!"
Naomi stood, brushed her clothes off, and then trotted out the door.
-------Couple Minutes Later---------
"Grrr. This is so...*sighs* Alright. I'll just have to shift to get back. Stupid human senses. I don't see how they live with them." Naomi stood, grumbling, and lost in the woods. She had plenty of wood though! That's a plus. She hated the fact that when she was in her human form she had those senses that were dimmer, duller, and basically not helpful for survival. Oh well. She closed her eyes, and shifted. Her long brown hair fell from its restraint and became shimmering blue, eyes to glowing violet, and skin to iridescently tinted cerulean. Her claws and fangs became visible, as did her tail, as it wound around her waist once more. Her Guardian symbol, the glowing star upon her brow, gave off its own light, illuminating her features, her curling, smoky stripes, and lush, violet lips. She started walking forwards, martial pants swishing slightly. She was wearing the same as she had last shifted the dark cobalt pants and tight, stretchy top. Shifting the wood to one arm, she rested the other on her hilt, and walked onwards; tracking her own trail from coming to this clearing of dead trees she'd been at. She smelled water nearby, and a light, happy human scent about the same distance away, accompanied by a youkai's bloodlust. Naomi frowned, and set the wood down, going to investigate.
Picking up her pace, she followed her nose to a clearing, where huge lion-youkai was attacking the human. Naomi could smell the child's terror, and she seemed unable to even scream. Rolling her eyes, she decided to chew out who ever was supposed to be watching the little tike. Unsheathing her sword, it revealed a seemingly plain katana. She let her presence known with a loud-
"Fille Épée de Mort!" (Translation: Daughter's Sword of Death!)
The sword rang with power as long blue flames licked down the huge blade. Its size was about half the size of Tetsusaiga, and just as deadly. A long star mark like the one of her forehead was on the hilt, and it shown with its own pure white color. She charged at the lion-youkai angrily, her sword faced angle down as she sped by, cutting a deep wound in its right shoulder. Hissing, it turned to look at her. She was a shining beacon, with flowing eyes that promised a challenge. The youkai sprang at her, claws aimed at her throat. She brought her sword up, to parry his move with the slightest flick of her wrist. She looked up, and shifted her weapon slightly in her hands, getting acquainted with it once more. She looked to where the lion was recovering; then went into offence. She jumped up, and dove from the left at an angle, her hair streaming behind her as she rushed forwards, her sword now residing from the hilt down in the beast's ribcage. She yanked down, and embraced saidar. Weaving fire and Wind, she released them through her sword. As result, the youkai screamed in agony, writhing beneath her. She pulled her sword out- then stabbed it again, this time straight in the heart. It shuddered, gave a feral roar before crumbling to dust. She drifted to the ground, and wiped her katana on the grass. Sheathing it, she walked over to the little girl. She was pretty cute, in the little kid way. Her hair was pulled over to the left in a pony-tail, and she wore a checkered yellow-orange kimono. She had a cheery face, and big brown eyes that seemed to laugh and sparkle more than anything else. She rushed over, and hugged Naomi tightly on the leg.
"Arigato, pretty lady! You saved Rin's life! Arigato!"
Naomi looked down at the girl in humor, and knelt down, to return the hug. "Not a problem, buddy. My name's Naomi. What's yours?"
"Rin's name is Rin!"
-Blink- *Well, this is different. She speaks in...Third person? Oh well. Still a cute little tike, whose parents are going to be kicked in the royal-* her thoughts were interrupted by:
"Naomi-hime? Have you seen Sesshy-sama? Or ugly Jaken? Or Ah-Uhn?"
Naomi blinked. *-Hime?* She shrugged, and then sat down. "I don't think I know who you're talking about. Are you lost Rin-chan?"
Rin nodded. "I was playing with the stinky toady Jaken, and when I went to hide, no one came..." The little girl sniffled, and played with a blade of grass idly. Naomi smiled softly, and rubbed the girl's back reassuringly.
"It's ok, Rin-chan. I'm sure you were just so good at hiding that Jaken couldn't find you!"
Rin perked up. "Can we go find them?"
Naomi sighed. "First I need to go back to where I'm staying, and tell them that I need to bring you home. Then I will, yes. Come, we'll go now."
"Ok, Naomi-oneesan!" Rin took Naomi's hand, and they walked back to the hut, wood in hand.
---------At the Hut/House---------
"WHERE WERE YOU?!?!??!?!?!" Kagome nearly barged Naomi over, hugging her fiercely.
"Uh...Kag-imoto? I. can't...breathe...!"
Kagome's eyes bugged and she let go. Looking her sister over, she said dryly, "I see what you mean about me being shorter...brought an extra pair of clothes, ne?"
Naomi rolled her eyes, dropping the wood at the fireplace. "Shut up. Anyways, I just came to say that I'll be back in a little while, because I have to bring the little tike home."
They all blinked. "Who?"
She smiled, and pointed at the little kid curled and sleeping in her tail behind her, resting half way on Naomi's back. "I sort of saved her from this Lion-Youkai that was looking for supper. He won't be worrying her any longer." Her tone gave it a ring of finality that gave no doubt of what became of the thing.
Kagome shrugged, and asked, "Sure you don't want company?"
Naomi shook her head. "Naw, she seems to be real shy. I think she'd freak out if a whole ton of people were around her when she woke up."
They all nodded. That made sense. "Alright, be careful, one-san. By the way, you look nice. Ja ne!"
Naomi smiled. "Ja ne, imoto."
--------Quite a long way away-----------
"JAKEN!" An ugly toad came into view, groveling on the floor with each step he took. The tall Taiyoukai standing before him was seething, and red was seeping into his eyes. ""WHERE IS RIN?!?!" Sesshoumaru, Taiyoukai of the Western Lands, flicked his wrists in annoyance, letting poison seep from his claws.
"Milord, this lowly Jaken knows not where she might be. We played this game, and she ran off. I know not where she is..." He was wringing his hands, looking pitiful with his big yellow eyes and pea-green skin, wrapped in a ragged kimono like outfit of at one time high quality. He looked up to see Sesshoumaru gone, already searching the grounds for her scent.
"WAIT! Sesshoumaru-sama! Wait for this lowly servant!"
And so they went, in search of the youngest being of their small group.
--------Back with the Two Girls-----------
-Yawns- "Hey Naomi-san? Where are you going?" Naomi smiled back at the little child, wondering why she kept changing suffixes. Oh well.
"I'm just hovering over the area, trying to discern where you were coming from at the time. Do you remember where your home is?"
The little girl blinked. "Uhm, but we weren't at home. We were moving, and were at camp for a few days as Sesshy-sama... 'pa-patro-lled the bour-ders'." The girl stumbled over the words, and seemed to be repeating as if that was what she was told. Naomi grinned. She probably asked so many times that t was a regular response. "Well...where did you set up camp?"
Rin concentrated. "Uhm. Well, we were in the Western Lands, Rin knows that. We were near a waterfall, and there was a big-big clearing that we were staying at with a HUUUUGGGEE tree! Very big."
Naomi smiled. "Thanks buddy. That helps. I think I might be able to find it." She let the scents around her drift past her as she hovered in the air, the smelled rushing water to the south-west. She headed towards it.
"Hey Naomi-oneesan? How come you don't float on a cloud? Sesshy-sama does! Is this flying? Do you have a pet dragon? I do! How old are you? Are you-?
"Hold up! One question at a time, young'n! Not all of us are as young as you any more! We need oxygen! Ok, now let's see. I don't float on a cloud because...oh! You mean a ki-cloud. Well, I could, it's just fast this way. And yea, this is flying. Now-
"REALLY? This is flying?"
"Yep. It's flying, just a different type. Uhm. Pet dragon? Nope. I do have a Companion though. Want to meet him?"
"RIN DOES!"
-Laughs- "Ok, one second." She put a hand to her heart, and there was a small flash of blue flame. As it cleared away, a mid-sized fire-neko flew next to them. He was a light blue, with three tails. His markings were a like Kirara's, and were black. His eyes were also black. Rin squealed when she saw him, and he meowed in response.
"Kagome-neechan! Can I ride him?"
Naomi chuckled, and asked in Mind speech-
/Hey. You don't mind if she rides ya, do ya Rash? /
/*rolls eyes* Let her on. /
/Tankie, buddy! /
S he closed off the link, and then set the child carefully on the huge cat. Rin giggled, and set to petting the large beast as they kept on, flowing on weaves of Air.
-----------Sess POV------------
*How far did the child run?* Sesshoumaru doubled back for a fourth time, angrily finding that her scent was tangling into the other scents as it flowed by. Scents, as all Youkai knew, didn't come off from being on the ground, truth be told, the ground held no scents at all. It hovered above, thus one didn't have to be walking to have their scent traced. One could be carried, or flying. He frowned. The sight where the scent was the strongest, a dusting of ash was all over on the ground, smelling strangely of you-ki. (Youkai powers). She'd been terrified, then reassured. *She'd left...content, maybe even happy...walking.* Sesshoumaru decided. *And her scent with another's is going...South. Towards...InuYasha.* Sesshoumaru growled. *Why would she be going to that baka?*
Jaken cringed as Sesshoumaru growled out an almost incomprehensible 'InuYasha', and took off towards the South.
----------Reg. POV--------
They flew off to the hut, where the Taiyoukai suddenly stopped, causing Jaken to crash into his master's legs most ungracefully. Mumbling incoherent apologies, he watched as his master looked to the west yet again and shook his head, floating to the ground angrily. His ki was a bloodthirsty black, with the spray of silver mingling within. The Taiyoukai of the West strode to the door of the quaint hut, entering with out anyone's consent. The occupants looked up at him, jaws slack in surprise. InuYasha was out at the moment, hunting for something to go along with their strange dinner; Kagome had never wished for him to be with them more than right now. Standing, she stopped at few feet from him, asking politely,
"How may we help you, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
His icy amber eyes burned into hers, and she felt his barely suppressed anger with a shudder. Coldly, he looked around the rest of the hut regally, before returning his gaze to her.
"Where is she?" It was more of a statement than a question, but none of them truly cared. On all of their minds was, *who is 'she'?* they all looked at one another, but for Kagome, who was looking over the Youkai's shoulder, lost in thought.
------------Kag. POV--------------
*Hm. He's not talking about...no, she just got here! How could he know of Naomi...wait...was THAT the 'little tike' that Naomi found?!?!?! Oh crap...*
"Sesshoumaru-sama? I believe I might know whom you are talking of..." She shifted slightly, trying to find all the reasons why it wouldn't be Rin. *I mean...Sesshoumaru wouldn't LOSE Rin...would he? O_O that's impossible! Think of who we're talking of here, Kagome...This is crazy.* She was brought out her thoughts by a clawed hand tightening around her neck rudely.
"Don't toy with my, girl. Where is my ward?!" He sounded so...ANGRY. She shivered, and decided it was true. Her eyes flashed dangerously. *He left that girl in danger! A LION-YOUKAI no less!*
"Why weren't you watching her? Why'd you leave her in DANGER of DYING! HM?! Or did you just decide that a SEVEN YEAR OLD COULD TAKE CARE OF HERSELF?!?!?! You have NO RIGHT to come in here demanding our help, especially since one of our own SAVED your ward! You should be APOLOGIZING, not INSISTING that we do as you say!" Her eyes were glowing a bright pink, and her ki was glowing an angry pink as well. It swirled around her dangerously, and her let go of her throat, his own aura pulsing with his own anger, though a small amount of green guilt and gray uncertainty.
"If you saved her," he hissed, "Then why didn't you return her IMMEDIATLY?" His voice was under iron control, but you could hear the anger under that reining. This for some reason didn't bother Kagome, but then, nothing would have at this point. He was insulting HER sister, dammit, and demanding something that was being carried out AS HE SPOKE.
Rolling her eyes, they dimmed somewhat as she said dryly, "We are." He raised a brow in question. Kagome sighed, and sat down heavily. "My sister is who found her. We didn't really see who the girl that she had with her was at the time, for the kid was sleeping in... a strange position. My sister brought her here to tell us that she was bringing her home, but I suspect that now they are looking for your camp site. I suggest you return as soon as possible." Sesshoumaru turned to go when Kagome placed a hand on his arm. He turned back.
"What, ningen."
"Don't let her run astray again, Sesshoumaru. It shows lack of self-worth." With that Kagome turned away, picking up Shippou as she did so, walking to the fire with her friends. They had...dismissed him from their presence, something he inwardly praised. Turning on his heel, he walked out of the hut, and then took off at a run towards where their campsite had been.
"WAIT SESSHOUMARU-SAMA! WAIT FOR THIS LOWLY SERVANT!"
---------Back with the Two Girls------------
"Naomi-san, are we there yet?" Rin watched her rescuer happily as the youkai smiled at her. The coronet-like stripes were like small spirals on Naomi's forehead, and Rin wanted to see what they felt like. They looked so...strange. As if they should be rope or some sort of thing like that. Rin was brought back to reality when Naomi smiled slightly and suggested,
"Why don't we go back down to ground level for a little while? Rash's getting a bit tired."
/Right. You can't find the way to their camp. /
/Shut up. /
/I'm right! ^_^ /
/*rolls eyes* /
The large fire neko touched down gracefully, letting his two front legs kneel inwards so that the little girl could get off with no trouble. Rin jumped of, and trotted over to Naomi happily. They walked together, Rash next to them as they did so.
"Why doesn't he turn to his smaller form?"
"Uhm...smaller form?" Naomi looked over at Rash expectantly, to get no answer.
"Yea! Like Sango's kitty Kirara changes! She gets REALLY big like Rash, but then she's also very, very small when not in battle."
"Oh. Well, I'll ask him then." /Mind filling me in, buddy? o_O /
/I'm a different sex than this 'Kirara'. I'm a mortel compagnon, not a protéger compagne. There's a difference. / ((Translation : He's Deadly 'male' Companion, she's a Protecting 'female' Companion.))
Naomi related this to Rin, adding a few explanations. As they walked, she caught up the scents she needed to follow again, and calmed. They went by cheerfully; never noticing the extreme quietness, for Rin seemed to make up for it with her loud, happy observances of everything about her. Almost suddenly, tens of hundreds of men were about them, and Naomi looked around franticly, looking for a way out. She shifted back and forth uneasily as the people continued to cage her in, closing in on her quickly. There was no way that she would be able to get out, but...
/RASH! Get her out of here! /
/AND LEAVE YOU HERE IN SUBJECT OF THEIR WRATH? NO! /
/So you subject an innocent kitten to certain DEATH! /
/...Fine. Wake fast, my litter mate. /
/Wake fast, little brother. /
Swooping down, Rash took Rin in his powerful jaws, and sprung to the sky, Naomi fighting off the people who tried to stop him. *God speed, brother...* She thought sadly, as she looked at the blood-crazy pack of humans about her. She struggled to get away from them, but she couldn't. Their screams of "Murderer!", "Child Killer!", "Blood Lover" and so forth fell over her like a wave, and her helplessness was covering her in despair. Somehow they'd gotten her sword, which was her only sa'angreal, which would be the only way she'd be able to wield enough power to get from them. She tried, and many of these mock executioners fell to everlasting sleep, though not enough. Some men came up, carrying something heavy between them. She tensed, and backed up, to collide into a tree trunk. They were smug. She tried climbing, to feel them holding her down. She looked in horror at what was in their hands; A collar. She was pale, sickly white as she looked at it. She knew what it'd do. She struggled terminally against them, trying to escape. A heavy
-SNAP-
Of metal connecting was echoed around the forest, and her knees trembled in fear. Her ki was a frightened bright orange, and her eyes were flitting back and forth like a caged animal. She saw the miko walking up. She knew it was a dark miko, but she was expecting...
"...Kagome?" She whispered.
Harsh laughing came from the look-a-like's mouth. Her eyes had a haunted, dead look, and hate seemed to live in the woman's gaze.
"No. That reincarnate doesn't have the privilege to be me. But, you, seeing as you're to be terminated, might as well have my name, seeing as you'll be screaming for my mercy soon enough."
"I'll never lower myself to ask the help of a dark, corrupt miko like you." Naomi sneered, angry that this woman could even remotely be connected to her sister and be so cruel.
The woman laughed again. "My name is Kikyo. Learn it, for the fun now begins."
A scream that's pitch was too high for any human to hear resounded over the land, stopping all youkai in their tracks.
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**VaSr: *wipes brow* Phew! Another Chappie completed! My longest one yet, too!
Inu: Uh...stop being so cocky and arrogant. That's my job.
Kag: ...Well, at least he admits it; First step to solving your mental issues.
Inu: You think I have mental ISSUES?!?!
Sesshoumaru: No. We *know* that you do.
**VaSr: Nicely put.
Shippou: *pouts* my kawaii-ness isn't elaborated in the story! I'm like a plushy!
**VaSr: o_O my bad! Don't worry; you'll be more active later.
Naomi: WHY DID YOU JUST LEAVE ME HANGING THERE SCREAMING?!?!?!
Sesshoumaru: At least you weren't dancing the tango in a electric pink kimono...
Naomi: That's NOT the point!
**VaSr: Well...it's not my fault! It's already 11 pages long, and if I went any further it'd be like 30 by the time I'd be ready to stop again...v_v it's not my fault!
Naomi: Fine. I forgive you...for now. But you get NO cheesecake.
**VaSr: O_O WHAT?!?!?! I'm the AUTHOR here!
Sesshoumaru: Why didn't I think of that when she tried to get my tail...*pets Tail*
**VaSr: *rolls eyes*
-Kikyo enters-
Kikyo: I hear that there's to be extra cheesecake...
**VaSr: _ THAT'S IT! DIE FOR THE LAST TIME! *Grabs annihilator, and prepares to blast Kikyo off this damn planet*
Kikyo: WAIT! You can't do that! I'm...I'm...VALUABLE! I'm being USED in your story!
**VaSr: I'll get a clone. Bye!
Kikyo: *gets one screamed* InuYasha *before turning into little dust molecules...*
InuYasha: Did someone call me?
*Everyone sweat drops*
Sesshoumaru: We're going now...Review for this gay Fiction....or else...o_O
Naomi: *rolls eyes* Whatcha gonna do, use your flower petal perfume- I mean poison...on them?
Sesshoumaru: _
**VaSr: Ja ne! Review PLZ! Arigato! ^_^
(^_^) : BYE !
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If you're wondering : When Kagome tells Sesshoumaru that letting Rin run astray is showing lack of self-worth, she means this-
All youkai whom take in a ward, they take them in as if they were their own child. That's just how it's done. You protect your kit/pup/babe/whatever more than you would your own life, and you loose respect when one is kidnapped, and grieved for as if you yourself died if a ward or actual blood-child is murdered. Youkai laws prevent the killing of any type of child, a reason why any youkai that preys on children is hated by all. Any youkai that looks down in disrespect to a child is showing low class, and many are extremely over-protective of their kit/pup/etc (!). Sesshoumaru is one who is over-protective, thus is why he leaves her with Jaken when fighting anything besides his brother. He doesn't want her hurt in any way, but in loosing her, his status goes down, as the opposite happens for the one who returns him/her, or dies trying. In battle, the youkai believe dying to protect a child is more honorable than anything else. Yes, this clashes with the types like Naraku, Hiten, etc, but if you can't tell, they were not the type that were respected and liked by their fellow demons, now were they? In addition, as our last little factoid for children~ they are kept by their main Protector, or the one who claims them as their Ward, but are at times given a Guardian- a person who through acts/deeds is given the privilege of watching over one so young for another when they are unable, or are in need of assistance. Naomi, as you might have caught, is/was a Guardian, which we'll get into later on in the Fiction. Each is given 'the' mark, which a glowing from their clan mark. Hers makes the star on her brow glow. ((Example: If Sesshoumaru was a Guardian, his Crescent Moon would glow a bright white like hers does in need.)) Alright, I believe my little lesson is over with. This is all from my own mind, btw, so this is what *I* go by here. If you don't think it's appropriate...tough. Lol. Ja ne.