***Disclaimer: *snores*
***Author's Note: Now I know that last chapter was long enough! I mean come on! 17 pages! That's how long chapters are in real books! You guys have got to be satisfied by that! Sheesh!
I LOVE to be evil! Killing off the main characters is so much fun! I love making cliffhangers too. Man, I feel sorry for you people.
In case you peeps haven't noticed, I'm a MAJOR Inu/Kag fan. Miroku and Sango are good too but Inu and Kag are my best. ^^ I'll try and get some Sakura and Syaoran in there but I think I'm done with anyone from the Kenshin group and Darien isn't there so I can't do Sailor Moon so… ya. But I'll try and get some other poofiness in there other than just Inu and Kag.
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***Last Time…
"I… I thought you were gone… you looked… you looked so peaceful… I thought you had left me."
"I told you Kagome! I'll never… leave you!" But, breaking his promise, he closed his eyes and sighed softly. Kagome's own eyes snapped open and she looked at him.
"InuYasha? InuYasha? InuYasha!" she cried, shaking him softly. The smile didn't leave his face. Neither did the pale glow on his skin.
"INUYASHA!"
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Chapter 7
An Unforeseen Twist
Everyone heard Kagome's screams but no one understood what was going on. No one felt the pain in Kagome's heart. No one felt the tears splashing down her face. No one heard the whispered proclaim InuYasha had told her moments before. The only thing that anyone could hear was Kagome's screams, and Death's laughter.
Everyone had spun around to see InuYasha's body, Kagome throwing herself onto it. Everyone saw Kagome's tears and the blood. The red blood that was everywhere. But no one could grasp the fact that InuYasha was dead.
"No…" murmured Sango as she buried her face into Kelala's soft fur. Everyone else turned their faces away from the scene. It was all just too much.
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried, throwing her arms around the dead hanyou's neck. She placed her lips up against his ear, whispering softly, "InuYasha… you… you promised… you promised me you wouldn't leave…"
But InuYasha didn't reply. And it only tortured Kagome even more.
"Is… is there anything we can do?" came a voice from behind her. Kagome turned around to see most of the sailor scouts. A thought then occurred to Kagome.
"Sailor Moon!" she cried, "You can bring him back can't you? You have the powers to heal people! I saw you use them on one of the others! Please, help him!" But Super Sailor Moon only lowered her head and turned away.
"I wish I could Kagome," she said softly.
"Wha-what do you mean?" Kagome said, disbelieving.
"I… I can only heal people who are alive, Kagome. InuYasha is… gone."
"No! I won't believe it!" Kagome screamed, covering her ears and burying her face in his chest.
"I'm afraid, no one can help him now," came Sakura's voice. Kagome whipped her head around but Sakura shook her head.
"Not even I can bring people back from the dead."
"No one can bring back the dead. You would have to have magical powers," Yahiko said, frowning at InuYasha's body, "He was a good man. And he died protecting the one he loved. He loved you Kagome. And he loved to fight. When he died, he was happy. I guess, that was the best that it could be."
Kagome nodded, the screams finally fading from her. Suddenly, an explosion near them all brought them back to reality. They were in the middle of a fight with Death! Everyone, seeming to understand this, jumped from their positions and went off to back what they were doing.
Kagome found herself waiting for InuYasha to wrap his arms protectively around her. She turned to look at him, another wave of fresh tears coming. But something was bothering her.
'What is it?' Kagome thought as she watched everyone fighting off Death. Then, the wonderful thought appeared to her.
'I died once! And I was brought back! I… I just need to ask Sessho-Maru for help!' And she was right. Sessho-Maru, InuYasha's older brother, had the power to bring the dead back to life. He had brought Kagome and, a little girl that tagged after him named Rin, back to life. Why couldn't he bring his brother back.
Struggling, Kagome put InuYasha's arm over her shoulder and hoisted him up. Moving along slowly, she edged around the debris, making her way towards the large building Sango and the others stood upon.
"Yahiko look out!" Sano cried as he pushed Yahiko out of the way. The thin, red beam shot through the air, slicing Sano's already injured shoulder. He fell to the ground, and Yahiko went to his side.
"Sano! All you alright?" he asked, keeping his eye on Death as she battled it out with Super Sailor Moon. A distant cry of "Rainbow Moon Heartache!" told him she was holding her off.
"I'm fine… look, Yahiko," Sano said, cringing in pain, "We can't beat her. We're just in the way of the scouts. Their the only ones with real power here."
"But what are we supposed to do? Besides, Shisha said we ranked…"
"Dead last. We're no match for Death. Look at Sakura, she's got magic too. The only reason InuYasha's out of the game is because of Death going after Kagome. Every man's got a weak spot."
"I don't. And neither do you. I'm sure Kenshin doesn't either."
"Use your head boy!" Sano said, looking disgusted, "We've all got weaknesses. Yours is your family; Tsubame and Shinya. Mine is my family; Megumi, Chihiro, and Sento. Kenshin's the worst of them all. He'll do anything to protect his family; Kaoru, Koroko, and Kana."
"I see…"
"Look, get out of the way. Help Sango or go back with Uni and Kero to help Megumi. That's what I'm doing. We're no help here. Besides, we're both about to fall apart." Sano glanced at his bleeding shoulder and then at Yahiko's arm that had a large gash. Yahiko covered up the wound with his hand, and nodded, silent.
"Pluto," Sailor Saturn whispered as slid back next to her, panting, "We can't beat her. I've got a plan. Are you willing to go for it?"
"Sure… anything to defeat Death," Sailor Pluto replied as she side-stepped an energy ball. She leaned over as Sailor Saturn whispered her plan into her ears. Once she was finished, she nodded and pointed her staff at Death, the end of it spinning wildly.
"It's risky. You sure you want to go through with it?" Sailor Saturn said as she followed Sailor Pluto's suit.
"Anything… to defeat Death," was Sailor Pluto's only reply. She closed her eyes before muttering softly, "On three."
They pointed their staffs in the sky, the tips touching before crying, "In the name of Pluto, In the name of Saturn! We call upon our planet's, our father's, to give us the power! Deadly… Destruction… Time Silence!"
Suddenly, the sky grew dark (or darker than what it had been). Lita shivered as she felt electricity flow through the air. The clouds gathered and the earth began to crack. The earth shivered, sending buildings falling all around them. The two closed their eyes, and started floating upward. Bright light wrapped around their feet, pulling them towards each other until the light covered them completely. Then, as quickly as it had happened, it stopped. The light died and everyone turned to look at what had happened; including Death. And what they saw made all of their jaws drop.
Their, more floating than really standing, was Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn - combined. A new sailor scout stood their holding the combined form of the two staffs. Her long hair was Sailor Pluto's normal hair length, but jet black; Sailor Saturn's color. The suit was a mixture of purple and silver while the tiara was the only thing that had really changed. Instead of being the usual golden one with a colored gem in the middle, there was no tiara. Instead, was the symbol of the planet Pluto and Saturn, one overlapping the other - glowing a light lavender.
The staff had changed the most though. It had the same "body" and "head" as Sailor Saturn's staff but a small red globe was sitting in between the blades. At the bottom of the blade where it joined with the pole was a fanned out section - same with the bottom. Both parts from Sailor Pluto. It was a light silver except the red globe and the lavender blade.
The Sailor Scout, as he name was unknown, raised the staff, before pointing it at Death.
"What happened to them?" Super Sailor Moon asked. But no one could answer. Because no one knew what happened.
"You…" the Sailor Scout said, talking to Death, "I am here to take you. I am the sailor scout of time and death, I am Sailor Tieath (pronounced: tie-e-th). I have come to take you away from this place."
"Ha! Like you could!" Death mocked, throwing a red energy ball at Sailor Tieath. But the ball just bounced off her.
"Do not try and resist," Sailor Tieath said coolly, still pointing the staff at Death. Suddenly, the red globe sitting in the middle of the blade started glowing and the next thing everyone knew, there was a giant lavender energy ball floating in front of the blade.
"You think that little thing can hurt me?" Death said, smiling evilly, "Well, you can try it. But I don't think you'll get very far."
And for the first time, Sailor Tieath smiled, "Destruction Cage!" she said simply. The lavender ball was sent zooming at Death.
Death smiled, and tried to flick the energy ball back at sailor Tieath. But something Death hadn't expected happened. The ball, right before it was about to hit Death, expanded. Death was too shocked to move until it was too late. The energy ball wrapped around her; sealing her in a cage of energy. Her screams were heard from the inside but she did not escape. And then the ball disappeared, causing almost everyone to gasp.
"I am taking Death with me to the holding dimension," Sailor Tieath said, pointing her staff to the sky, "My shield can hold her for another two weeks. Find the remaining souls and then I shall come again. Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn are fine. You do not need to worry about them."
"But," Sailor Neptune said, confused, "You are Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn! You're their combined form!"
Sailor Tieath shook her head, "No, I am Sailor Tieath. Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn did not form me. They summoned me with their last attack. They too are at the holding dimension and will be there with Death."
"You mean… they're going to have to keep fighting Death until we find the evil souls!" Super Sailor Moon said, mortified.
"Yes. This was their wish. When the summoned me, they promised to fight Death until either you collect the evil souls, or the until the two weeks are up. I must leave now." Sailor Tieath turned to fly into the sky but Super Sailor Moon stopped her.
"No! Please, Sailor Tieath, switch them! I'll fight Death! Just let them come back here!" Super Sailor Moon cried, tears streaming down her face, "They don't deserve that! No one does! Please! Their my friends… please…" but Sailor Tieath shook her head.
"Once they summon me with the spell, it is their choice. Only they can undo the spell. And I'm sure they wouldn't want their Moon Princess to be in their positions." And once again Sailor Tieath turned to leave but another voice made her turn back.
The voice was weak but the spirit was strong. Kagome screamed with all of the power she could, "Sailor Tieath! If you have the power to subdue Death, please! Please bring InuYasha back!"
Sailor Tieath looked sad for Kagome, she really did, "I'm sorry dear child. But even I do not have those kind of powers. I'm so, so sorry." and with that, Sailor Tieath disappeared into mist and left them all.
"There's nothing we can do about Pluto or Saturn," Sailor Venus said as she took her Super Sailor Moon's hand and got ready to teleport, "Please forget about it for now. We have to get back and see what we have to do next." Super Sailor Moon was at a lost for words, so all she could do was nod.
After the Sailor Scouts had teleported Kenshin, Sano, Yahiko, and Kaoru back to Sakura's house, Sango helped Kagome onto Kelala's back (as she had been taken to Megumi and got better). They placed InuYasha's body next to her, and she took his hand in her own, holding it up to her chest. Sango jumped on and they headed off towards Sakura's house followed by Sakura, Syaoran, Kero, Yue, Uni, and Luna.
On the way there, Uni flew over to Kagome as she stared down at InuYasha's face.
"Kagome…" she said softly. After a moment, Kagome looked up at her.
"I… I'm sorry for everything that Saleen caused," Uni muttered softly glancing from Kagome to InuYasha.
Kagome nodded, "It's okay. It wasn't her fault. I'm not mad at you or Saleen."
Uni gave her a quizzed look.
"I'm made a Death. She did this. No one else could have… could have… killed my InuYasha." Uni nodded then flew back over to Sakura as a fresh wave of tears began to flow down Kagome's cheeks.
"Shisha you're okay!" Sakura said as they walked into her house.
"Yep! And ever more powerful too! See?" she said, pointing to her staff. At the top this time, instead of a diamond or a green globe was a golden one.
"What's your new power?" asked Sailor Venus as she helped Kagome carry InuYasha's body inside.
"Well, now I can- oh my God! What happened to him!" Shisha cried, her hands flying up to her mouth.
"He… he saved me. That's what happened," Kagome said softly, not taking her gaze away from his smiling face.
"Kagome…" Shisha said softly. Suddenly a thought came to her, "Kagome! I… I think I can help him!"
"What?!" Kagome cried, her head snapping towards Shisha.
"At least, I think I can. I'll try. My new power is that I can heal any kind of injury and control souls. Maybe…" Shisha didn't finish. She quickly walked over to InuYasha and looked him over.
"Put over on the couch," she said, pointing at it. Kagome and Sailor Venus set him down lightly and Kagome said by his head, placing it in her lap.
Shisha pulled out her large staff and ran it over InuYasha's body. Suddenly, the globe at the top turned green.
"What does that mean?" Kagome asked and Shisha shrugged.
"I just got these powers," she explained, "I don't know what that means… yet." Placing the tip of her staff on InuYasha's forehead, she began chanting.
Suddenly, a great light washed over InuYasha's body and Kagome felt her heart go up into her throat. She tensed (everyone did. They were all watching) and waited for the light to die away.
And finally, it did. The room was quite as Shisha stepped back and they all waited for him to come back. That's when Kagome felt two things. One, InuYasha MOVED and two, InuYasha was warm again. Kagome's eyes got wide and her mouth opened in a wide smiled. Tears began to swim down her cheeks as tow golden eyes opened and met hers.
"Kagome… why are you crying?" InuYasha asked softly, raising one hand to wipe her tears away.
Everyone had left Kagome and InuYasha alone after he had completely come back and was able to run a marathon if he wanted.
"InuYasha… you're alive…" was all Kagome could say. After everyone had left and InuYasha stood for the first time, Kagome had jumped up too, and had thrown herself at him, almost making him fall over. She had wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in his hatori.
InuYasha wrapped his own arms around her waist, one holding her against him the other stroking her back. The tears had come, again, and the next thing he knew his shirt was soaking wet.
"Kagome… it's alright… everything's okay… I'm here now… please don't cry," her murmured, but he pulled her even closer. He stopped rubbing her back and put his arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to him, if that was possible.
Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck before sticking her nose into the **********CROCK********** on his neck. The tears were still flowing but lighter than before.
InuYasha couldn't get her close enough. He had seen the pain he had caused her. Just like Kagome had when she died, he watched her only as a ghost. He had watched her desperately try and get him back. And he had seen the true love in her heart for him.
Kagome just couldn't stop whimpering. Suddenly, she felt something soft running over her neck, making her freeze in InuYasha's arms.
InuYasha bent his head down, using his nose to push aside the hair that fell by her neck.
Kagome felt InuYasha's hot breath run across her skin and she shivered slightly.
InuYasha, not realizing what he was doing, nuzzled her neck with his nose, taking in her wonderful scent and drowning himself in it.
Kagome felt InuYasha's nose as it nuzzled her neck. She groaned in pleasure and exposed her neck to him even more. But suddenly, she realized that's not what she wanted. Pulling back, she heard InuYasha moan in protest and smiled as she turned and looked into his golden globes.
InuYasha stared down at the beautiful girl in his arms. A single tear was slipping down her pale cheek as she looked into his eyes. Using his hands and being mindful of his claws, he used his thumb to wipe it away, holding her face in his hands. He smiled softly before wrapping his arms protectively around her waist, pulling her once again, closer and closer.
Kagome's moved her hands, which had been around InuYasha's neck playing with the collar of his hatori, to his chest, clinging onto the material.
InuYasha gazed into her eyes, smiling tenderly (a/n: amazing for him, I know…).
"Kagome…" he whispered softly, "I meant what I said before I died."
"I do too," Kagome replied, setting her head next to her hands on his chest, the soft material of the hatori comforting her even more. She then lifted her head up and smiled at InuYasha.
InuYasha leaned forward, grazing the top of her lips with his own, "I really do love you," he whispered before pulling her into his embrace and kissing her deeply.
In her mind, Kagome was saying the words InuYasha had heard the night he died, "I love you too, InuYasha."
"So Sailor Moon, will you help me?" asked Shisha.
"Of course," Super Sailor Moon said instantly, "Anything if it will help rebuild the city or the lives that Death had managed to destroy."
"Shisha," Koroko interjected, "If you brought InuYasha back to life, do you think you could bring everyone Death has killed here back?"
Shisha thought her answer over carefully, "Not everyone… maybe not even a single person. It will take all of my power to restore the city. It was difficult to bring InuYasha back. I'm surprised he still had his memory when he came back. I wasn't sure what was going to happen. It might be too risky to try and do more than one person at a time and we don't have enough time to heal them all one by one."
"So we're going to try and fix all of the buildings?" asked Super Sailor Moon. After Shisha nodded, she continued, "Then we better get going. I'm sure you want to get it done by evening."
"Right," Shisha agreed. After thanking Megumi and Tsubame, the two headed off on Uni's back, back out to where they had fought so they could clean up the mess of buildings and blood.
Once Super Sailor Moon and Shisha had returned, they all got in their positions to head off to the next dimension. Syaoran had explained everything to Sakura on the way back from the fight so she understood their new mission and what her job was. As everyone was pairing into twos, Sango had realized that Sailor Mercury hadn't explained herself from before.
"Lady Mercury," she said, walking over to the chatting scouts. Sailor Mercury turned to her smiling.
"Yes?"
"What were you talking about an intruder during the fight? You refused to come back here to get treated because you said their was someone helping us that we didn't know?"
"Oh that's right! I completely forgot! Thank you so much Sango!" Sailor Mercury cried, throwing her hands up to her mouth. She quickly spun around and looked around before shouting, "Meeting!"
Everyone quickly got silent and got seated in the chairs and on the couch as they waited for Sailor Mercury's speech. They all watched as she pulled out her mini super computer and touched her earring, making her special goggles appear around her eyes. She quickly began typing something before a large light came shooting out of the side of her computer, putting an image on the wall near her.
The pictures showed Kenshin, Kagome, and Sailor Mercury herself being lifted by the black shields.
"I took these pictures during the fight," Sailor Mercury began, "And began studying them once I was atop the building. I realized that none of us sailor scouts have the power to do this and I'm sure no one else here can, other than Sakura. Sakura, is this your doing?" Sailor Mercury turned to Sakura.
"No… my shields are pink and I was using them around myself, Syaoran, and the guardians," she said simply, looking confused.
"I suspected as much. These shields are an unknown force, trying to help us. We need to find out who it is. My computer scanned the area many times but couldn't find the source of this power. It may be an enemy, it may be foe."
"But how can it be a foe?" interrupted Sailor Jupiter, "It was taking the injured up to a building where they were safe. Death never noticed us up there. We were also able to attack her and not be seen."
"No, if it wasn't for black shields, Kagome wouldn't have fallen and InuYasha wouldn't have died. And Death did see us up there or she wouldn't have known where to shoot Kagome. It may have given us the bonus of being able to transport the injured, but it also killed one of our fighters [InuYasha] and almost killed Kagome. If it hadn't been for Shisha, he would still be dead."
"Shisha, do you know about this strange force?" Kenshin asked, turning to Shisha.
"No… I didn't know about anything that had happened after we turned off the head sets. It wasn't Sailor Pluto or Saturn? It seems that it would be their power."
"They don't have that kind of power," Sailor Neptune stated simply, "Sailor Saturn is the scout of death and destruction. She wouldn't have a kind of shield like that. Sailor Pluto is strong enough to not need a shield and her staff can become one anyway."
"So we all know it's not someone we know. Anyone have any ideas on how to find out who it is?" Sailor Mercury asked, scanning over everyone. But no one had a suggestion. She sighed, "Well… I guess we can move on but we need to keep our eyes open for anything that looks suspicious. Especially if it's black."
After everyone was ready and paired up together in twos, Shisha raised her staff and began to call upon the time spirits. One by one, they started to disappear. Instead of InuYasha and Kagome being the last ones this time (they had left third so InuYasha could scout out the area) were Syaoran and Sakura.
"You sure you want to do this Sakura?" Syaoran asked as Shisha turned towards them.
Sakura nodded, "Yes… I want to save Saleen. I want her to come back so I guess I have no choice. Besides, they all need our help."
Syaoran smiled sweetly at her, "Right."
When they arrived at the new dimension, everyone, including InuYasha, gasped. The planet was totally trashed. Buildings all around them were destroyed. Bodies were everywhere and the site made Kaoru bury her face into Kenshin's chest.
Kagome, who had never seen so much blood and bodies at one time, grabbed InuYasha's sleeve to keep herself from fainting.
Shisha had closed her eyes and looked away (the same thing many of the sailor scouts had done) while Miroku had walked forward and began praying for all of the people's souls. Sango trembled as she covered Shippo's eyes. Even Kelala looked away.
But Super Sailor Moon stepped forward. Puling out a small staff (a/n: who knows where she got it), she raised it above her head before calling out, "Moon Healing… Escalation!"
A bright light shot out from the staff and everyone put their hands to their eyes to try and block some of the bright, white light. Once the light faded, everyone uncovered their eyes and gasped again (Yes, including InuYasha). The messy city was looking much better.
The buildings had all been fixed and even Kagome was surprised at how advanced they looked. The blood and bodies had all disappeared. However, the clean up had definitely taken it's toll of Super Sailor Moon. She fell to her knees, breathing deeply. Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus had rushed forward to make sure she was okay.
Shippo, had also bounced over to her and asked, "What happened to all of the bodies?"
Super Sailor Moon smiling sweetly at him before replying, "I buried them… there's a cemetery not far from here. They're all over there." Shippo, smiled back before hopping back onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Well… it seems this planet has taken it's toll. Death's definitely been here. I wonder how many other cities are like this… or worse?" Shisha said, dressed in a strange, skin tight suit.
Saleen usually changed to the common era's cloth style but Kagome doubted that this was what people here were wearing. Her long blue hair wasn't in a ponytail anymore and it fell nicely to her thighs. She wore a skin-tight jump suit that was navy blue with bright orange strips down the arms and legs. She wore boots that were similar to Sailor Uranus's; boots with straps that wrapped all around the boot. She had a strange symbol on her forehead that look just like a leaf. Another symbol was printed on the front of her shirt that was the letter 'H' in the middle of a circle with wings. It shined gold and Kaoru wondered what it meant. On top of her head sat what looked like a navy nurse's cap but Kagome was pretty sure that wasn't what Shisha's job was. To finish off her outfit, a bright orange bag was strapped to her back while a belt was slipped around her waist with many compartments.
"Come on," she said urgently, quickly walking towards a phone booth, "We need to get going."
When Shisha reached the phone booth, she quickly stepped inside and dialed a number. InuYasha (with his demonic hearing) heard the phone ring three times before someone with a gruff voice answered it.
Shisha didn't waist anytime, "This is Captain Shisha reporting from dimension number seven-two-eight-nine. I am here on mission A section twenty-two. I request a vehicle for transportation."
A voice boomed from the other end of the phone and Koroko stuffed her fingers into her ears to try and drown out the sound.
"Captain Shisha, request accepted. Correction: Booth seventy-five, city forty-seven B?" the voice boomed.
"Correct."
"Request type?"
"Hover-car type fifty-three. Awaiting transfer."
"Affirmative. Transferring vehicle. Reply from vehicle once arrived. Over and out." Shisha quickly hung up the phone and stepped out of the booth. Ignoring everyone she quickly walked down the block and turned onto a dark ally and stepped lively down to the end. She tapped a brick in the middle of the wall and then stepped back.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake and the wall came open, exposing a large… well no one could really describe it. The best thing anyone came up with was Kagome. It looked oddly familiar and she realized it was the exact same ship used in a movie she had. It was, indeed, a spaceship. Except smaller.
"Get on," Shisha instructed as a large boarding dock came down. Shisha stepped forward but then stopped in her tracks.
Standing there, were two other people, each in a strange blue uniform with strange hats. One, a young woman with long, dark green hair, was saluting while the other, another young woman with light brown skin and a blonde ponytail sticking out from underneath her hat, was holding some kind of notebook, a pen in the other hand.
"Detective first class Kiyone and Mihoshi responding for duty ma'am!" the girl with the green hair said once the landing dock had stopped.
Shisha looked them over before talking, once again, in code, "Captain Shisha. Galaxy Police? Dimension number!"
"Galaxy Police number thirty-six. Dimension forty-eight," the girl shouted once again.
"Impossible. Dimension forty-eight was destroyed."
"Negative ma'am! A young man named Tenchi Masaki saved it!"
"Where is this Tenchi Masaki? I wish to speak with him!"
"He is on board the ship ma'am! Along with Princess Ayeka and Sasami of Jurai"
"Who else is aboard?"
"Space pirate Ryoko and the genius Washu."
"Washu! Bring her out! That's an order!" Shisha looked outraged. No one had ever seen her so mad. The one girl with the ponytail spun around and ran up to the door of the ship.
"Washu! This lady wants to see you!" she said in a happy voice.
The girl with green hair, looking like someone was about to fire her, spun around to the other girl, "Mihoshi! This is Captain Shisha! Be respectful!"
"Aww Kiyone, don't worry about it," came a new voice. Out walked another young woman who had long pink hair pulled into a ponytail as well. Her clothes too her different but that didn't seem to matter to Shisha.
"Is it true that you are the great Washu?" Shisha commanded.
The woman smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am Washu. Captain Shisha do you not remember me? Or Officer Kiyone and Mihoshi?"
Shisha studied the two girls before smiling slightly, "The names bring back memories. Yes, I do remember them now. I was just making sure I wasn't walking onto one of Death's traps. I didn't expect you here though Washu. Since when did you go out fighting crime with the rest of the Galaxy Police?"
"Oh, I'm just doing my friend Tenchi a favor. I owe him quite a few."
"Tenchi? Now that is not a name a recognize. Who is Tenchi?"
"Prince of Jurai. He is Achika's son. Amazing power that boy. The only reason our dimension isn't gone is because of him."
"He stopped Death?!" Shisha said, disbelieving.
"No, he put a shield around the dimension. Light hawk wings. An amazing sight."
"No kidding… and you've got the princesses of Jurai and space pirate Ryoko in there too."
"Well, I've got a smaller crowd then you," Washu said, pointing to everyone behind her. And she was right, Shisha did have a lot of people tagging after her. Ten Sailor Scouts (even though two were in the "holding dimension"), four swordsmen, one martial artist, one miko, one monk, one demon exterminator, three demons (okay, two and a half demons), four guardians, a cardcaptor, and a boy who could use a magical sword.
"Well, let me introduce you to everyone," Shisha said happily, spinning around. Pointing to the InuYasha gang, then the Kenshin group, the Cardcaptors, and finally the scouts, she introduced them each, one by one.
"Pleased to meet you all. You can meet the others on board. Shisha, we really must be going," Washu said, turning around and heading up the runway. Mihoshi, happily skipped after her while the other detective, Kiyone, waited until they all had headed up and took up the rear.
Once on board, everyone was surprised to see how large the spaceship really was. Shisha followed Washu into a small room while Kiyone and Mihoshi led them into another large room. It seemed just like a large, round dome with glass all the way around.
"Where's Shisha?" Sailor Mercury asked as she pulled out her computer and goggles.
"She went with Washu to the control room. You can go if you want," Kiyone said as she walked over to a large house that had been sitting to the right.
The house was oddly shaped and had a bright red shingled roof. It showed how much bigger the spaceship actually was if a whole house could fit inside.
They all walked up to the house right as a young girl with bright, aqua blue hair in buns came rushing out.
"Hello!" the young girl called, waving them over, "Kiyone, dinner's ready! Come on in! Bring the others too!" And with that, the girl spun around and went back into the large house. Smiling softly, Kiyone led them up to the house.
"That's Princess Sasami of Jurai. She's our cook," she explained to everyone.
Once inside the massive house, they all made their way to the kitchen. Sitting around a small, low table was two other girls, glaring at each other with fire in their eyes.
"We've back!" Mihoshi said to the girls was she plopped down by one with spiky, almost white hair. The girl (with the white-like hair) turned to look at everyone and InuYasha frowned. She caught his eye and frowned back at him.
"Kiyone," she said in a crisp, clean voice, "Why did you bring a hanyou here?"
Kiyone glanced around and (finally) noticed InuYasha, "Oh! I don't realize your were a hanyou! Ryoko," she said, issuing to the white haired girl, "This is InuYasha and that's Kagome. InuYasha, this is the space pirate Ryoko."
"Who just happens to be a demon?" he asked, looking Ryoko up and down.
"Uh… yes… um. Okay, dinner time! Sasami said we're eating in the main hilt of the ship. There isn't enough room here," Kiyone said, leading to the back door.
"No kidding…" muttered Serena (all o the Sailor Scouts had become normal again) who was pushed up against a wall.
"Eat up!" Sasami cried as she placed a large pot in the middle of the long table. The wooden table was lined with all sorts of food. From duck to sushi. She even had ramen.
Everyone, many who had been drooling slightly, grabbed their plates and began to dig in. Even Sasami's older sister Ayeka, who also was a princess, was stuffing her face.
"Sasami," Ayeka said, pausing for a moment to flip back her long purple hair that was also in pig tails, "How did you know that Captain Shisha's group was coming today? We've been waiting for a whole week for them. And where have you been keeping all of this food?"
Sasami smiled as she filled up Sano's rice bowl, "Well, Washu said that she got a reading from Shisha that they were coming soon. I went ahead and cooked everything. Washu has a HUGE pantry on this ship so I've had everything from the beginning."
Everyone was having a great time except Kelala, Shippo, and InuYasha. They were all getting strange stares from Ryoko who, for once, had been quit throughout the whole meal.
"Will you stop staring at me woman!" InuYasha finally cried, glaring at Ryoko.
"Ya!" Shippo said, abandoning his plate to jump onto InuYasha's shoulder, "Why are you staring at us?"
Ryoko simply shrugged before taking a big bite out of a chicken leg. Once she finished chewing, she simply said, "I've never seen demons like you before. Actually, I can't remember the last time I saw a demon."
"Feh, well stop staring at me before I ram these chopsticks down your throat," InuYasha threatened, holding the chopsticks up.
"Is that a challenge!?" Ryoko roared, smiling in a strange way as she promptly stood, causing her chair to fall back.
"Yes it is!" InuYasha challenged back, also standing and knocking back his chair.
Suddenly, the whole table was quite and all eyes were on them.
"InuYasha," Kagome said, staring at him with a wicked grin on her face, "Don't make me say the 's-word.'"
InuYasha stared at her, looking confused, "You mean shit? Why would that hurt me wench?"
The grin disappeared from her face and InuYasha suddenly realized his mistake. He had forgotten the 's-word.'
Jumping from the table, he dashed away but hadn't gotten very far.
"INUYASHA, SIT BOY!" WHAM! The whole room was suddenly filled with laughter and Ryoko was rolling on the floor. InuYasha quickly got up and dashed from the room, his face a bright red and his ears flattened against his skull.
After the laughing had subsided and Kagome had found InuYasha (he had been in the house in the attic and it had taken Kagome FOREVER to find him) Shisha, Washu, and Sailor mercury returned.
"I see you all ate well," Shisha said in an unusual manner, "We have some things to go over. Sailor Mercury, please hit the lights." Sailor Mercury nodded and the room fell into darkness. The only light came from a large golden sphere, floating above the table.
Once the lights went out, Sakura snuggled up to Syaoran. After the experience of being in darkness with no light, she wanted to make sure he was there. He glanced down at her before wrapping her hand in his own.
The golden sphere began to spin, slowly.
Everyone's eyes were glued to the sphere which looked oddly familiar. Shisha explained, "This is the planet Earth in all of the dimensions. Each dimension has it's own Earth and they all look the same, even if the inhabitants are in the past, or future. Out of the hundreds of dimensions, each having there own "Earth", only twenty remain. Death is currently in a small, time room created by Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn. It's time I tell you all of the legend," Shisha took a deep breath and nodded at Sailor Mercury.
Sailor Mercury typed a few things into her computer and the large golden sphere turned into a person standing on a platform.
"This is head of the Galaxy Police of the dimension Haven: Commander Kohahayhownn (a/n: pronounced I think: ko-ha-hay-how-nun)."
The figure, who was wearing an odd uniform like Kiyone and Mihoshi, nodded before looking around the room.
"I am here to inform you all about the legend of Death and the five goddesses," the figure boomed, throwing it's arms above him, creating a picture of what looked like a crude drawing of Death. His voice suddenly lost the boom-e-ness and was quite, as he explained the legend.
"Long ago, a powerful priestess named Natura was fighting a soul splitting demon and was killed. The demon injected it's soul splitting poison into her body, making her soul spilt into two sides, one side good, one side evil. Each side of the soul was sent to another dimension and was reborn as a new person who was either good or evil. It kept traveling, dimension after dimension, until each side had grown amazingly powerful. The souls were to stay asleep, not awakening the dreadful powers inside. But something awoke the evil side and set it free to roam the dimensions. The evil side has named itself Death. As you all know, she began destroying everything. The legend speaks of someone letting her free and her rampage. The legends says that one day, a messenger from a respected dimension left home to find what is called "The Strongest Five." Those "Strongest Five," are not only the strongest creatures of the remaining dimensions, but also, a spy for Death is hidden in their worlds. Called a spy, they are the last parts of the evil soul. Their job is to awaken, and destroy the dimension. However, according to the legend, the five evil remaining souls are captured, and are converted to become a true soul: a good soul. ("It is at this point," he added, "That the legend is changed and only the highest officers of the government know the truth. Captain Shisha does not even know these parts.") According to legend, each good soul helps awaken the "Five Goddesses of Heaven." However, each goddess is said to fail in a fight with Death, and that their powers are handed over along with their life power. Death becomes the supreme ruler and creates a new dimension of her own that only contains violence and chaos. But there is hope. A goddess, uses the last bit of her power to see the last piece of the evil soul. She tells the "Five Strongest" where it is and as a last resort, they go out and try to find it. They succeed. They convert it to the good side and it becomes the strongest goddess: the Fire Goddess. But she is not strong enough and fails. According to legend, her soul does not go to Death who does not achieve the new powers. The final bit of the legend known as the "Lost Half," explains that the true goddess then comes. All of the converted souls did not go into Death, but into the Fire Goddesses' soul who becomes a cocoon for Life, the only one who can destroy Death. The legend ends with what is called, "The Flash of Destiny," a bright light which is cast off as Life and Death strike each other for the final time. The legend ends here, and no one knows who comes out victorious."
***To Be Continued…
***Sakura G: 22 pages should be enough for you people. I'm getting tired of typing long chapters. I don't try to! But I guess I try to fit a lot of stuff into one chapter. I stopped this one cuz I thought it was too long. I still had a lot of stuff to do. I'm guessing this story will only have around 15-20 chapters but end up with like, 20,000 words or something. I've almost typed that much anyway! ^^
I'm adding a new section to the end of every chapter. Here it is:
***Info: 22 Microsoft Works Word Processor pages; 7235 words long
***Glossary: Sakura: Cherry Blossoms
Saleen: Made up
Shisha: Messenger
Kohahayhownn: Russian for commander. I have no idea how to pronounce it though. ^^;;;;
Natura: Nature in Italian. I have no idea how to pronounce is though. ^^;;;;
***If you have any questions, comments, or flames (but none of you should give me any of those!), please feel free to email me at: sailor_ivy_girl@mail.com or post up a review. Tanks! And if you would like to get any existing chapter edited, just email me! ^^V***
***Author's Note: Now I know that last chapter was long enough! I mean come on! 17 pages! That's how long chapters are in real books! You guys have got to be satisfied by that! Sheesh!
I LOVE to be evil! Killing off the main characters is so much fun! I love making cliffhangers too. Man, I feel sorry for you people.
In case you peeps haven't noticed, I'm a MAJOR Inu/Kag fan. Miroku and Sango are good too but Inu and Kag are my best. ^^ I'll try and get some Sakura and Syaoran in there but I think I'm done with anyone from the Kenshin group and Darien isn't there so I can't do Sailor Moon so… ya. But I'll try and get some other poofiness in there other than just Inu and Kag.
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***Last Time…
"I… I thought you were gone… you looked… you looked so peaceful… I thought you had left me."
"I told you Kagome! I'll never… leave you!" But, breaking his promise, he closed his eyes and sighed softly. Kagome's own eyes snapped open and she looked at him.
"InuYasha? InuYasha? InuYasha!" she cried, shaking him softly. The smile didn't leave his face. Neither did the pale glow on his skin.
"INUYASHA!"
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Chapter 7
An Unforeseen Twist
Everyone heard Kagome's screams but no one understood what was going on. No one felt the pain in Kagome's heart. No one felt the tears splashing down her face. No one heard the whispered proclaim InuYasha had told her moments before. The only thing that anyone could hear was Kagome's screams, and Death's laughter.
Everyone had spun around to see InuYasha's body, Kagome throwing herself onto it. Everyone saw Kagome's tears and the blood. The red blood that was everywhere. But no one could grasp the fact that InuYasha was dead.
"No…" murmured Sango as she buried her face into Kelala's soft fur. Everyone else turned their faces away from the scene. It was all just too much.
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried, throwing her arms around the dead hanyou's neck. She placed her lips up against his ear, whispering softly, "InuYasha… you… you promised… you promised me you wouldn't leave…"
But InuYasha didn't reply. And it only tortured Kagome even more.
"Is… is there anything we can do?" came a voice from behind her. Kagome turned around to see most of the sailor scouts. A thought then occurred to Kagome.
"Sailor Moon!" she cried, "You can bring him back can't you? You have the powers to heal people! I saw you use them on one of the others! Please, help him!" But Super Sailor Moon only lowered her head and turned away.
"I wish I could Kagome," she said softly.
"Wha-what do you mean?" Kagome said, disbelieving.
"I… I can only heal people who are alive, Kagome. InuYasha is… gone."
"No! I won't believe it!" Kagome screamed, covering her ears and burying her face in his chest.
"I'm afraid, no one can help him now," came Sakura's voice. Kagome whipped her head around but Sakura shook her head.
"Not even I can bring people back from the dead."
"No one can bring back the dead. You would have to have magical powers," Yahiko said, frowning at InuYasha's body, "He was a good man. And he died protecting the one he loved. He loved you Kagome. And he loved to fight. When he died, he was happy. I guess, that was the best that it could be."
Kagome nodded, the screams finally fading from her. Suddenly, an explosion near them all brought them back to reality. They were in the middle of a fight with Death! Everyone, seeming to understand this, jumped from their positions and went off to back what they were doing.
Kagome found herself waiting for InuYasha to wrap his arms protectively around her. She turned to look at him, another wave of fresh tears coming. But something was bothering her.
'What is it?' Kagome thought as she watched everyone fighting off Death. Then, the wonderful thought appeared to her.
'I died once! And I was brought back! I… I just need to ask Sessho-Maru for help!' And she was right. Sessho-Maru, InuYasha's older brother, had the power to bring the dead back to life. He had brought Kagome and, a little girl that tagged after him named Rin, back to life. Why couldn't he bring his brother back.
Struggling, Kagome put InuYasha's arm over her shoulder and hoisted him up. Moving along slowly, she edged around the debris, making her way towards the large building Sango and the others stood upon.
"Yahiko look out!" Sano cried as he pushed Yahiko out of the way. The thin, red beam shot through the air, slicing Sano's already injured shoulder. He fell to the ground, and Yahiko went to his side.
"Sano! All you alright?" he asked, keeping his eye on Death as she battled it out with Super Sailor Moon. A distant cry of "Rainbow Moon Heartache!" told him she was holding her off.
"I'm fine… look, Yahiko," Sano said, cringing in pain, "We can't beat her. We're just in the way of the scouts. Their the only ones with real power here."
"But what are we supposed to do? Besides, Shisha said we ranked…"
"Dead last. We're no match for Death. Look at Sakura, she's got magic too. The only reason InuYasha's out of the game is because of Death going after Kagome. Every man's got a weak spot."
"I don't. And neither do you. I'm sure Kenshin doesn't either."
"Use your head boy!" Sano said, looking disgusted, "We've all got weaknesses. Yours is your family; Tsubame and Shinya. Mine is my family; Megumi, Chihiro, and Sento. Kenshin's the worst of them all. He'll do anything to protect his family; Kaoru, Koroko, and Kana."
"I see…"
"Look, get out of the way. Help Sango or go back with Uni and Kero to help Megumi. That's what I'm doing. We're no help here. Besides, we're both about to fall apart." Sano glanced at his bleeding shoulder and then at Yahiko's arm that had a large gash. Yahiko covered up the wound with his hand, and nodded, silent.
"Pluto," Sailor Saturn whispered as slid back next to her, panting, "We can't beat her. I've got a plan. Are you willing to go for it?"
"Sure… anything to defeat Death," Sailor Pluto replied as she side-stepped an energy ball. She leaned over as Sailor Saturn whispered her plan into her ears. Once she was finished, she nodded and pointed her staff at Death, the end of it spinning wildly.
"It's risky. You sure you want to go through with it?" Sailor Saturn said as she followed Sailor Pluto's suit.
"Anything… to defeat Death," was Sailor Pluto's only reply. She closed her eyes before muttering softly, "On three."
They pointed their staffs in the sky, the tips touching before crying, "In the name of Pluto, In the name of Saturn! We call upon our planet's, our father's, to give us the power! Deadly… Destruction… Time Silence!"
Suddenly, the sky grew dark (or darker than what it had been). Lita shivered as she felt electricity flow through the air. The clouds gathered and the earth began to crack. The earth shivered, sending buildings falling all around them. The two closed their eyes, and started floating upward. Bright light wrapped around their feet, pulling them towards each other until the light covered them completely. Then, as quickly as it had happened, it stopped. The light died and everyone turned to look at what had happened; including Death. And what they saw made all of their jaws drop.
Their, more floating than really standing, was Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn - combined. A new sailor scout stood their holding the combined form of the two staffs. Her long hair was Sailor Pluto's normal hair length, but jet black; Sailor Saturn's color. The suit was a mixture of purple and silver while the tiara was the only thing that had really changed. Instead of being the usual golden one with a colored gem in the middle, there was no tiara. Instead, was the symbol of the planet Pluto and Saturn, one overlapping the other - glowing a light lavender.
The staff had changed the most though. It had the same "body" and "head" as Sailor Saturn's staff but a small red globe was sitting in between the blades. At the bottom of the blade where it joined with the pole was a fanned out section - same with the bottom. Both parts from Sailor Pluto. It was a light silver except the red globe and the lavender blade.
The Sailor Scout, as he name was unknown, raised the staff, before pointing it at Death.
"What happened to them?" Super Sailor Moon asked. But no one could answer. Because no one knew what happened.
"You…" the Sailor Scout said, talking to Death, "I am here to take you. I am the sailor scout of time and death, I am Sailor Tieath (pronounced: tie-e-th). I have come to take you away from this place."
"Ha! Like you could!" Death mocked, throwing a red energy ball at Sailor Tieath. But the ball just bounced off her.
"Do not try and resist," Sailor Tieath said coolly, still pointing the staff at Death. Suddenly, the red globe sitting in the middle of the blade started glowing and the next thing everyone knew, there was a giant lavender energy ball floating in front of the blade.
"You think that little thing can hurt me?" Death said, smiling evilly, "Well, you can try it. But I don't think you'll get very far."
And for the first time, Sailor Tieath smiled, "Destruction Cage!" she said simply. The lavender ball was sent zooming at Death.
Death smiled, and tried to flick the energy ball back at sailor Tieath. But something Death hadn't expected happened. The ball, right before it was about to hit Death, expanded. Death was too shocked to move until it was too late. The energy ball wrapped around her; sealing her in a cage of energy. Her screams were heard from the inside but she did not escape. And then the ball disappeared, causing almost everyone to gasp.
"I am taking Death with me to the holding dimension," Sailor Tieath said, pointing her staff to the sky, "My shield can hold her for another two weeks. Find the remaining souls and then I shall come again. Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn are fine. You do not need to worry about them."
"But," Sailor Neptune said, confused, "You are Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn! You're their combined form!"
Sailor Tieath shook her head, "No, I am Sailor Tieath. Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn did not form me. They summoned me with their last attack. They too are at the holding dimension and will be there with Death."
"You mean… they're going to have to keep fighting Death until we find the evil souls!" Super Sailor Moon said, mortified.
"Yes. This was their wish. When the summoned me, they promised to fight Death until either you collect the evil souls, or the until the two weeks are up. I must leave now." Sailor Tieath turned to fly into the sky but Super Sailor Moon stopped her.
"No! Please, Sailor Tieath, switch them! I'll fight Death! Just let them come back here!" Super Sailor Moon cried, tears streaming down her face, "They don't deserve that! No one does! Please! Their my friends… please…" but Sailor Tieath shook her head.
"Once they summon me with the spell, it is their choice. Only they can undo the spell. And I'm sure they wouldn't want their Moon Princess to be in their positions." And once again Sailor Tieath turned to leave but another voice made her turn back.
The voice was weak but the spirit was strong. Kagome screamed with all of the power she could, "Sailor Tieath! If you have the power to subdue Death, please! Please bring InuYasha back!"
Sailor Tieath looked sad for Kagome, she really did, "I'm sorry dear child. But even I do not have those kind of powers. I'm so, so sorry." and with that, Sailor Tieath disappeared into mist and left them all.
"There's nothing we can do about Pluto or Saturn," Sailor Venus said as she took her Super Sailor Moon's hand and got ready to teleport, "Please forget about it for now. We have to get back and see what we have to do next." Super Sailor Moon was at a lost for words, so all she could do was nod.
After the Sailor Scouts had teleported Kenshin, Sano, Yahiko, and Kaoru back to Sakura's house, Sango helped Kagome onto Kelala's back (as she had been taken to Megumi and got better). They placed InuYasha's body next to her, and she took his hand in her own, holding it up to her chest. Sango jumped on and they headed off towards Sakura's house followed by Sakura, Syaoran, Kero, Yue, Uni, and Luna.
On the way there, Uni flew over to Kagome as she stared down at InuYasha's face.
"Kagome…" she said softly. After a moment, Kagome looked up at her.
"I… I'm sorry for everything that Saleen caused," Uni muttered softly glancing from Kagome to InuYasha.
Kagome nodded, "It's okay. It wasn't her fault. I'm not mad at you or Saleen."
Uni gave her a quizzed look.
"I'm made a Death. She did this. No one else could have… could have… killed my InuYasha." Uni nodded then flew back over to Sakura as a fresh wave of tears began to flow down Kagome's cheeks.
"Shisha you're okay!" Sakura said as they walked into her house.
"Yep! And ever more powerful too! See?" she said, pointing to her staff. At the top this time, instead of a diamond or a green globe was a golden one.
"What's your new power?" asked Sailor Venus as she helped Kagome carry InuYasha's body inside.
"Well, now I can- oh my God! What happened to him!" Shisha cried, her hands flying up to her mouth.
"He… he saved me. That's what happened," Kagome said softly, not taking her gaze away from his smiling face.
"Kagome…" Shisha said softly. Suddenly a thought came to her, "Kagome! I… I think I can help him!"
"What?!" Kagome cried, her head snapping towards Shisha.
"At least, I think I can. I'll try. My new power is that I can heal any kind of injury and control souls. Maybe…" Shisha didn't finish. She quickly walked over to InuYasha and looked him over.
"Put over on the couch," she said, pointing at it. Kagome and Sailor Venus set him down lightly and Kagome said by his head, placing it in her lap.
Shisha pulled out her large staff and ran it over InuYasha's body. Suddenly, the globe at the top turned green.
"What does that mean?" Kagome asked and Shisha shrugged.
"I just got these powers," she explained, "I don't know what that means… yet." Placing the tip of her staff on InuYasha's forehead, she began chanting.
Suddenly, a great light washed over InuYasha's body and Kagome felt her heart go up into her throat. She tensed (everyone did. They were all watching) and waited for the light to die away.
And finally, it did. The room was quite as Shisha stepped back and they all waited for him to come back. That's when Kagome felt two things. One, InuYasha MOVED and two, InuYasha was warm again. Kagome's eyes got wide and her mouth opened in a wide smiled. Tears began to swim down her cheeks as tow golden eyes opened and met hers.
"Kagome… why are you crying?" InuYasha asked softly, raising one hand to wipe her tears away.
Everyone had left Kagome and InuYasha alone after he had completely come back and was able to run a marathon if he wanted.
"InuYasha… you're alive…" was all Kagome could say. After everyone had left and InuYasha stood for the first time, Kagome had jumped up too, and had thrown herself at him, almost making him fall over. She had wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in his hatori.
InuYasha wrapped his own arms around her waist, one holding her against him the other stroking her back. The tears had come, again, and the next thing he knew his shirt was soaking wet.
"Kagome… it's alright… everything's okay… I'm here now… please don't cry," her murmured, but he pulled her even closer. He stopped rubbing her back and put his arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to him, if that was possible.
Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck before sticking her nose into the **********CROCK********** on his neck. The tears were still flowing but lighter than before.
InuYasha couldn't get her close enough. He had seen the pain he had caused her. Just like Kagome had when she died, he watched her only as a ghost. He had watched her desperately try and get him back. And he had seen the true love in her heart for him.
Kagome just couldn't stop whimpering. Suddenly, she felt something soft running over her neck, making her freeze in InuYasha's arms.
InuYasha bent his head down, using his nose to push aside the hair that fell by her neck.
Kagome felt InuYasha's hot breath run across her skin and she shivered slightly.
InuYasha, not realizing what he was doing, nuzzled her neck with his nose, taking in her wonderful scent and drowning himself in it.
Kagome felt InuYasha's nose as it nuzzled her neck. She groaned in pleasure and exposed her neck to him even more. But suddenly, she realized that's not what she wanted. Pulling back, she heard InuYasha moan in protest and smiled as she turned and looked into his golden globes.
InuYasha stared down at the beautiful girl in his arms. A single tear was slipping down her pale cheek as she looked into his eyes. Using his hands and being mindful of his claws, he used his thumb to wipe it away, holding her face in his hands. He smiled softly before wrapping his arms protectively around her waist, pulling her once again, closer and closer.
Kagome's moved her hands, which had been around InuYasha's neck playing with the collar of his hatori, to his chest, clinging onto the material.
InuYasha gazed into her eyes, smiling tenderly (a/n: amazing for him, I know…).
"Kagome…" he whispered softly, "I meant what I said before I died."
"I do too," Kagome replied, setting her head next to her hands on his chest, the soft material of the hatori comforting her even more. She then lifted her head up and smiled at InuYasha.
InuYasha leaned forward, grazing the top of her lips with his own, "I really do love you," he whispered before pulling her into his embrace and kissing her deeply.
In her mind, Kagome was saying the words InuYasha had heard the night he died, "I love you too, InuYasha."
"So Sailor Moon, will you help me?" asked Shisha.
"Of course," Super Sailor Moon said instantly, "Anything if it will help rebuild the city or the lives that Death had managed to destroy."
"Shisha," Koroko interjected, "If you brought InuYasha back to life, do you think you could bring everyone Death has killed here back?"
Shisha thought her answer over carefully, "Not everyone… maybe not even a single person. It will take all of my power to restore the city. It was difficult to bring InuYasha back. I'm surprised he still had his memory when he came back. I wasn't sure what was going to happen. It might be too risky to try and do more than one person at a time and we don't have enough time to heal them all one by one."
"So we're going to try and fix all of the buildings?" asked Super Sailor Moon. After Shisha nodded, she continued, "Then we better get going. I'm sure you want to get it done by evening."
"Right," Shisha agreed. After thanking Megumi and Tsubame, the two headed off on Uni's back, back out to where they had fought so they could clean up the mess of buildings and blood.
Once Super Sailor Moon and Shisha had returned, they all got in their positions to head off to the next dimension. Syaoran had explained everything to Sakura on the way back from the fight so she understood their new mission and what her job was. As everyone was pairing into twos, Sango had realized that Sailor Mercury hadn't explained herself from before.
"Lady Mercury," she said, walking over to the chatting scouts. Sailor Mercury turned to her smiling.
"Yes?"
"What were you talking about an intruder during the fight? You refused to come back here to get treated because you said their was someone helping us that we didn't know?"
"Oh that's right! I completely forgot! Thank you so much Sango!" Sailor Mercury cried, throwing her hands up to her mouth. She quickly spun around and looked around before shouting, "Meeting!"
Everyone quickly got silent and got seated in the chairs and on the couch as they waited for Sailor Mercury's speech. They all watched as she pulled out her mini super computer and touched her earring, making her special goggles appear around her eyes. She quickly began typing something before a large light came shooting out of the side of her computer, putting an image on the wall near her.
The pictures showed Kenshin, Kagome, and Sailor Mercury herself being lifted by the black shields.
"I took these pictures during the fight," Sailor Mercury began, "And began studying them once I was atop the building. I realized that none of us sailor scouts have the power to do this and I'm sure no one else here can, other than Sakura. Sakura, is this your doing?" Sailor Mercury turned to Sakura.
"No… my shields are pink and I was using them around myself, Syaoran, and the guardians," she said simply, looking confused.
"I suspected as much. These shields are an unknown force, trying to help us. We need to find out who it is. My computer scanned the area many times but couldn't find the source of this power. It may be an enemy, it may be foe."
"But how can it be a foe?" interrupted Sailor Jupiter, "It was taking the injured up to a building where they were safe. Death never noticed us up there. We were also able to attack her and not be seen."
"No, if it wasn't for black shields, Kagome wouldn't have fallen and InuYasha wouldn't have died. And Death did see us up there or she wouldn't have known where to shoot Kagome. It may have given us the bonus of being able to transport the injured, but it also killed one of our fighters [InuYasha] and almost killed Kagome. If it hadn't been for Shisha, he would still be dead."
"Shisha, do you know about this strange force?" Kenshin asked, turning to Shisha.
"No… I didn't know about anything that had happened after we turned off the head sets. It wasn't Sailor Pluto or Saturn? It seems that it would be their power."
"They don't have that kind of power," Sailor Neptune stated simply, "Sailor Saturn is the scout of death and destruction. She wouldn't have a kind of shield like that. Sailor Pluto is strong enough to not need a shield and her staff can become one anyway."
"So we all know it's not someone we know. Anyone have any ideas on how to find out who it is?" Sailor Mercury asked, scanning over everyone. But no one had a suggestion. She sighed, "Well… I guess we can move on but we need to keep our eyes open for anything that looks suspicious. Especially if it's black."
After everyone was ready and paired up together in twos, Shisha raised her staff and began to call upon the time spirits. One by one, they started to disappear. Instead of InuYasha and Kagome being the last ones this time (they had left third so InuYasha could scout out the area) were Syaoran and Sakura.
"You sure you want to do this Sakura?" Syaoran asked as Shisha turned towards them.
Sakura nodded, "Yes… I want to save Saleen. I want her to come back so I guess I have no choice. Besides, they all need our help."
Syaoran smiled sweetly at her, "Right."
When they arrived at the new dimension, everyone, including InuYasha, gasped. The planet was totally trashed. Buildings all around them were destroyed. Bodies were everywhere and the site made Kaoru bury her face into Kenshin's chest.
Kagome, who had never seen so much blood and bodies at one time, grabbed InuYasha's sleeve to keep herself from fainting.
Shisha had closed her eyes and looked away (the same thing many of the sailor scouts had done) while Miroku had walked forward and began praying for all of the people's souls. Sango trembled as she covered Shippo's eyes. Even Kelala looked away.
But Super Sailor Moon stepped forward. Puling out a small staff (a/n: who knows where she got it), she raised it above her head before calling out, "Moon Healing… Escalation!"
A bright light shot out from the staff and everyone put their hands to their eyes to try and block some of the bright, white light. Once the light faded, everyone uncovered their eyes and gasped again (Yes, including InuYasha). The messy city was looking much better.
The buildings had all been fixed and even Kagome was surprised at how advanced they looked. The blood and bodies had all disappeared. However, the clean up had definitely taken it's toll of Super Sailor Moon. She fell to her knees, breathing deeply. Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus had rushed forward to make sure she was okay.
Shippo, had also bounced over to her and asked, "What happened to all of the bodies?"
Super Sailor Moon smiling sweetly at him before replying, "I buried them… there's a cemetery not far from here. They're all over there." Shippo, smiled back before hopping back onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Well… it seems this planet has taken it's toll. Death's definitely been here. I wonder how many other cities are like this… or worse?" Shisha said, dressed in a strange, skin tight suit.
Saleen usually changed to the common era's cloth style but Kagome doubted that this was what people here were wearing. Her long blue hair wasn't in a ponytail anymore and it fell nicely to her thighs. She wore a skin-tight jump suit that was navy blue with bright orange strips down the arms and legs. She wore boots that were similar to Sailor Uranus's; boots with straps that wrapped all around the boot. She had a strange symbol on her forehead that look just like a leaf. Another symbol was printed on the front of her shirt that was the letter 'H' in the middle of a circle with wings. It shined gold and Kaoru wondered what it meant. On top of her head sat what looked like a navy nurse's cap but Kagome was pretty sure that wasn't what Shisha's job was. To finish off her outfit, a bright orange bag was strapped to her back while a belt was slipped around her waist with many compartments.
"Come on," she said urgently, quickly walking towards a phone booth, "We need to get going."
When Shisha reached the phone booth, she quickly stepped inside and dialed a number. InuYasha (with his demonic hearing) heard the phone ring three times before someone with a gruff voice answered it.
Shisha didn't waist anytime, "This is Captain Shisha reporting from dimension number seven-two-eight-nine. I am here on mission A section twenty-two. I request a vehicle for transportation."
A voice boomed from the other end of the phone and Koroko stuffed her fingers into her ears to try and drown out the sound.
"Captain Shisha, request accepted. Correction: Booth seventy-five, city forty-seven B?" the voice boomed.
"Correct."
"Request type?"
"Hover-car type fifty-three. Awaiting transfer."
"Affirmative. Transferring vehicle. Reply from vehicle once arrived. Over and out." Shisha quickly hung up the phone and stepped out of the booth. Ignoring everyone she quickly walked down the block and turned onto a dark ally and stepped lively down to the end. She tapped a brick in the middle of the wall and then stepped back.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake and the wall came open, exposing a large… well no one could really describe it. The best thing anyone came up with was Kagome. It looked oddly familiar and she realized it was the exact same ship used in a movie she had. It was, indeed, a spaceship. Except smaller.
"Get on," Shisha instructed as a large boarding dock came down. Shisha stepped forward but then stopped in her tracks.
Standing there, were two other people, each in a strange blue uniform with strange hats. One, a young woman with long, dark green hair, was saluting while the other, another young woman with light brown skin and a blonde ponytail sticking out from underneath her hat, was holding some kind of notebook, a pen in the other hand.
"Detective first class Kiyone and Mihoshi responding for duty ma'am!" the girl with the green hair said once the landing dock had stopped.
Shisha looked them over before talking, once again, in code, "Captain Shisha. Galaxy Police? Dimension number!"
"Galaxy Police number thirty-six. Dimension forty-eight," the girl shouted once again.
"Impossible. Dimension forty-eight was destroyed."
"Negative ma'am! A young man named Tenchi Masaki saved it!"
"Where is this Tenchi Masaki? I wish to speak with him!"
"He is on board the ship ma'am! Along with Princess Ayeka and Sasami of Jurai"
"Who else is aboard?"
"Space pirate Ryoko and the genius Washu."
"Washu! Bring her out! That's an order!" Shisha looked outraged. No one had ever seen her so mad. The one girl with the ponytail spun around and ran up to the door of the ship.
"Washu! This lady wants to see you!" she said in a happy voice.
The girl with green hair, looking like someone was about to fire her, spun around to the other girl, "Mihoshi! This is Captain Shisha! Be respectful!"
"Aww Kiyone, don't worry about it," came a new voice. Out walked another young woman who had long pink hair pulled into a ponytail as well. Her clothes too her different but that didn't seem to matter to Shisha.
"Is it true that you are the great Washu?" Shisha commanded.
The woman smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am Washu. Captain Shisha do you not remember me? Or Officer Kiyone and Mihoshi?"
Shisha studied the two girls before smiling slightly, "The names bring back memories. Yes, I do remember them now. I was just making sure I wasn't walking onto one of Death's traps. I didn't expect you here though Washu. Since when did you go out fighting crime with the rest of the Galaxy Police?"
"Oh, I'm just doing my friend Tenchi a favor. I owe him quite a few."
"Tenchi? Now that is not a name a recognize. Who is Tenchi?"
"Prince of Jurai. He is Achika's son. Amazing power that boy. The only reason our dimension isn't gone is because of him."
"He stopped Death?!" Shisha said, disbelieving.
"No, he put a shield around the dimension. Light hawk wings. An amazing sight."
"No kidding… and you've got the princesses of Jurai and space pirate Ryoko in there too."
"Well, I've got a smaller crowd then you," Washu said, pointing to everyone behind her. And she was right, Shisha did have a lot of people tagging after her. Ten Sailor Scouts (even though two were in the "holding dimension"), four swordsmen, one martial artist, one miko, one monk, one demon exterminator, three demons (okay, two and a half demons), four guardians, a cardcaptor, and a boy who could use a magical sword.
"Well, let me introduce you to everyone," Shisha said happily, spinning around. Pointing to the InuYasha gang, then the Kenshin group, the Cardcaptors, and finally the scouts, she introduced them each, one by one.
"Pleased to meet you all. You can meet the others on board. Shisha, we really must be going," Washu said, turning around and heading up the runway. Mihoshi, happily skipped after her while the other detective, Kiyone, waited until they all had headed up and took up the rear.
Once on board, everyone was surprised to see how large the spaceship really was. Shisha followed Washu into a small room while Kiyone and Mihoshi led them into another large room. It seemed just like a large, round dome with glass all the way around.
"Where's Shisha?" Sailor Mercury asked as she pulled out her computer and goggles.
"She went with Washu to the control room. You can go if you want," Kiyone said as she walked over to a large house that had been sitting to the right.
The house was oddly shaped and had a bright red shingled roof. It showed how much bigger the spaceship actually was if a whole house could fit inside.
They all walked up to the house right as a young girl with bright, aqua blue hair in buns came rushing out.
"Hello!" the young girl called, waving them over, "Kiyone, dinner's ready! Come on in! Bring the others too!" And with that, the girl spun around and went back into the large house. Smiling softly, Kiyone led them up to the house.
"That's Princess Sasami of Jurai. She's our cook," she explained to everyone.
Once inside the massive house, they all made their way to the kitchen. Sitting around a small, low table was two other girls, glaring at each other with fire in their eyes.
"We've back!" Mihoshi said to the girls was she plopped down by one with spiky, almost white hair. The girl (with the white-like hair) turned to look at everyone and InuYasha frowned. She caught his eye and frowned back at him.
"Kiyone," she said in a crisp, clean voice, "Why did you bring a hanyou here?"
Kiyone glanced around and (finally) noticed InuYasha, "Oh! I don't realize your were a hanyou! Ryoko," she said, issuing to the white haired girl, "This is InuYasha and that's Kagome. InuYasha, this is the space pirate Ryoko."
"Who just happens to be a demon?" he asked, looking Ryoko up and down.
"Uh… yes… um. Okay, dinner time! Sasami said we're eating in the main hilt of the ship. There isn't enough room here," Kiyone said, leading to the back door.
"No kidding…" muttered Serena (all o the Sailor Scouts had become normal again) who was pushed up against a wall.
"Eat up!" Sasami cried as she placed a large pot in the middle of the long table. The wooden table was lined with all sorts of food. From duck to sushi. She even had ramen.
Everyone, many who had been drooling slightly, grabbed their plates and began to dig in. Even Sasami's older sister Ayeka, who also was a princess, was stuffing her face.
"Sasami," Ayeka said, pausing for a moment to flip back her long purple hair that was also in pig tails, "How did you know that Captain Shisha's group was coming today? We've been waiting for a whole week for them. And where have you been keeping all of this food?"
Sasami smiled as she filled up Sano's rice bowl, "Well, Washu said that she got a reading from Shisha that they were coming soon. I went ahead and cooked everything. Washu has a HUGE pantry on this ship so I've had everything from the beginning."
Everyone was having a great time except Kelala, Shippo, and InuYasha. They were all getting strange stares from Ryoko who, for once, had been quit throughout the whole meal.
"Will you stop staring at me woman!" InuYasha finally cried, glaring at Ryoko.
"Ya!" Shippo said, abandoning his plate to jump onto InuYasha's shoulder, "Why are you staring at us?"
Ryoko simply shrugged before taking a big bite out of a chicken leg. Once she finished chewing, she simply said, "I've never seen demons like you before. Actually, I can't remember the last time I saw a demon."
"Feh, well stop staring at me before I ram these chopsticks down your throat," InuYasha threatened, holding the chopsticks up.
"Is that a challenge!?" Ryoko roared, smiling in a strange way as she promptly stood, causing her chair to fall back.
"Yes it is!" InuYasha challenged back, also standing and knocking back his chair.
Suddenly, the whole table was quite and all eyes were on them.
"InuYasha," Kagome said, staring at him with a wicked grin on her face, "Don't make me say the 's-word.'"
InuYasha stared at her, looking confused, "You mean shit? Why would that hurt me wench?"
The grin disappeared from her face and InuYasha suddenly realized his mistake. He had forgotten the 's-word.'
Jumping from the table, he dashed away but hadn't gotten very far.
"INUYASHA, SIT BOY!" WHAM! The whole room was suddenly filled with laughter and Ryoko was rolling on the floor. InuYasha quickly got up and dashed from the room, his face a bright red and his ears flattened against his skull.
After the laughing had subsided and Kagome had found InuYasha (he had been in the house in the attic and it had taken Kagome FOREVER to find him) Shisha, Washu, and Sailor mercury returned.
"I see you all ate well," Shisha said in an unusual manner, "We have some things to go over. Sailor Mercury, please hit the lights." Sailor Mercury nodded and the room fell into darkness. The only light came from a large golden sphere, floating above the table.
Once the lights went out, Sakura snuggled up to Syaoran. After the experience of being in darkness with no light, she wanted to make sure he was there. He glanced down at her before wrapping her hand in his own.
The golden sphere began to spin, slowly.
Everyone's eyes were glued to the sphere which looked oddly familiar. Shisha explained, "This is the planet Earth in all of the dimensions. Each dimension has it's own Earth and they all look the same, even if the inhabitants are in the past, or future. Out of the hundreds of dimensions, each having there own "Earth", only twenty remain. Death is currently in a small, time room created by Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn. It's time I tell you all of the legend," Shisha took a deep breath and nodded at Sailor Mercury.
Sailor Mercury typed a few things into her computer and the large golden sphere turned into a person standing on a platform.
"This is head of the Galaxy Police of the dimension Haven: Commander Kohahayhownn (a/n: pronounced I think: ko-ha-hay-how-nun)."
The figure, who was wearing an odd uniform like Kiyone and Mihoshi, nodded before looking around the room.
"I am here to inform you all about the legend of Death and the five goddesses," the figure boomed, throwing it's arms above him, creating a picture of what looked like a crude drawing of Death. His voice suddenly lost the boom-e-ness and was quite, as he explained the legend.
"Long ago, a powerful priestess named Natura was fighting a soul splitting demon and was killed. The demon injected it's soul splitting poison into her body, making her soul spilt into two sides, one side good, one side evil. Each side of the soul was sent to another dimension and was reborn as a new person who was either good or evil. It kept traveling, dimension after dimension, until each side had grown amazingly powerful. The souls were to stay asleep, not awakening the dreadful powers inside. But something awoke the evil side and set it free to roam the dimensions. The evil side has named itself Death. As you all know, she began destroying everything. The legend speaks of someone letting her free and her rampage. The legends says that one day, a messenger from a respected dimension left home to find what is called "The Strongest Five." Those "Strongest Five," are not only the strongest creatures of the remaining dimensions, but also, a spy for Death is hidden in their worlds. Called a spy, they are the last parts of the evil soul. Their job is to awaken, and destroy the dimension. However, according to the legend, the five evil remaining souls are captured, and are converted to become a true soul: a good soul. ("It is at this point," he added, "That the legend is changed and only the highest officers of the government know the truth. Captain Shisha does not even know these parts.") According to legend, each good soul helps awaken the "Five Goddesses of Heaven." However, each goddess is said to fail in a fight with Death, and that their powers are handed over along with their life power. Death becomes the supreme ruler and creates a new dimension of her own that only contains violence and chaos. But there is hope. A goddess, uses the last bit of her power to see the last piece of the evil soul. She tells the "Five Strongest" where it is and as a last resort, they go out and try to find it. They succeed. They convert it to the good side and it becomes the strongest goddess: the Fire Goddess. But she is not strong enough and fails. According to legend, her soul does not go to Death who does not achieve the new powers. The final bit of the legend known as the "Lost Half," explains that the true goddess then comes. All of the converted souls did not go into Death, but into the Fire Goddesses' soul who becomes a cocoon for Life, the only one who can destroy Death. The legend ends with what is called, "The Flash of Destiny," a bright light which is cast off as Life and Death strike each other for the final time. The legend ends here, and no one knows who comes out victorious."
***To Be Continued…
***Sakura G: 22 pages should be enough for you people. I'm getting tired of typing long chapters. I don't try to! But I guess I try to fit a lot of stuff into one chapter. I stopped this one cuz I thought it was too long. I still had a lot of stuff to do. I'm guessing this story will only have around 15-20 chapters but end up with like, 20,000 words or something. I've almost typed that much anyway! ^^
I'm adding a new section to the end of every chapter. Here it is:
***Info: 22 Microsoft Works Word Processor pages; 7235 words long
***Glossary: Sakura: Cherry Blossoms
Saleen: Made up
Shisha: Messenger
Kohahayhownn: Russian for commander. I have no idea how to pronounce it though. ^^;;;;
Natura: Nature in Italian. I have no idea how to pronounce is though. ^^;;;;
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