Sorry people, would have updated this yesterday, but Soul Caliber II. . .
you know how it is (mmm. . . sweet, sweet Taki. All hail jiggle physics!).
on with the story!
Chapter 14: Crap Happens (and then. . . MORE CRAP HAPPENS! HAHAHAHAHA!)
Our "heroes" (for want of a better term) had finally defeated Naraku's and creepy-robed-guy's Giant monkey with the help of the near omnipotent ARRBEP (Archdragon of Really, Really Big Explosions and Pain) and had finally received their long awaited chance for some payback. It would be too much to expect that they would not happily take it.
"ALL RIGHT MISTER TALKING ROBE! TELL US WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED HERE!"
"InuYasha! Sit boy!"
CRASH
"ow."
"InuYasha, you can't go about just threatening people like that, even if they are creepy demons with the fashion sense of a fanfiction author!"
"WELL THEN HOW DO YOU SUGGEST WE GET SOME ANSWERS, KAGOME!? ASK HIM POLITELY AND BRIBE HIM WITH CHEESE?!"
"Yesyesyesyesthatsoundsgoodtomethemanistalkingsenseletsdowhathesays! please?" begged the mystery demon.
"YOU DON'T GET ANY SAY IN THE MATTER!" yelled InuYasha, Kagome, and Joey at the same time.
The demon whimpered miserably (and rather comically) in response.
"Hmmm. This reminds me of something."
"Yeah, Yuge? What?" asked Joey.
"I remember. . . back when there was a particularly strong willed prisoner of war, or a criminal whose hatred and insanity could not be contained. We had a. . . special task force for dealing with them."
"That helps us. . . how, exactly?"
"It helps us Kaiba, because two of our number have every qualification the members of that task force had. They were young women, few were much older than seventeen. I don't recall them ever leaving without information, or of them getting wrong information."
"What are you suggesting, Yugi Mutou?" asked Kagome, vein popping comically.
"I was just about to ask that same question." Sango said.
"Merely that you take all of your frustration out on this fellow. I'm sure you'll find a way soon enough."
"Well if you know so much about torturing people, WHY DON'T YOU DO IT!?" the two girls screamed simultaneously.
"I assure you, if I could, I would. But sadly, every time I asked someone who might have known. . . the men just shivered uncomfortably, and all that the women said was that I would not like to find out."
"I am not liking where this is going, Yugi." Joey whispered to his friend, nearly poking an eye out in the process.
"Weeeeeelllll, now that I think about it. . ." Kagome trailed off. She then started whispering to Sango, and when Joey and Shippo tried to listen in, they were summarily clobbered on the head. After a few minutes, suddenly, the boys could hear some giggling, and, without saying a word, they picked up the demon and dragged him off behind a corner in the tunnels. When Joey tried following them, he was kicked so hard that he actually made a small impact crater on the opposite wall, which was some fifty yards away. No one tried anything else after that. Especially not after the screaming started.
Now make no mistake, this was not the kind of screaming that you hear when someone stubs their toe on a bed leg in the middle of the night, nor was this the kind of screaming one gets in a really good thrill ride at an amusement park. This was the kind of screaming that just scars all who listen to it for the rest of their life. The sort of screams you hear when your best friend is dragged through the door by some Gestapo-like secret police and you never hear from him again. The only thing worse was the barely audible whimpering that could be heard afterwards. The only thing that was keeping the guys from busting in there and start saving people was because none of the screams or whimpers sounded like they came from either of the girls, though they could hear the occasional grunt of effort just before they heard a wet snapping sound, immediately followed by said screams and whimpers. Then there was silence, and the two girls came back out with a satisfied look on their faces, plus a few oddly colored stains on their clothes, but most importantly, minus one demon. Seeing the looks on the girls faces, the boys knew it would be much safer if they did not ask what had happened OR check and see what was left of the demon.
"It's alright fellas, nobody's hurt."
"Didn't sound that way to me." Said the ever-dense headed Shippo.
Kagome's glare was quite sufficient to silence any further comments of his.
"Okay people, we know how to get out of this place now, and how to avoid any traps, so if you will just follow us. . ." said Sango, with a mischievous glint in her eye that had Miroku disgusted and enamored at the same time. At least until Yugi collapsed onto the ground, panting and wheezing and having already drenched the stone beneath him in sweat.
"Yugi! What's the matter bud? Come on! Talk to me here! Please? Are you alright?"
"Something. . . *wheeze*. . . is coming. Not here. . . *wheeze* . . . but. . . *groan* somewhere. *wheeze* Something. . . big. . . powerful *big wheeze then groan*.
**********************
Somewhere, the Three waited. Mortals were weakening the seals in one of the many temples created to contain them. It would take more than that for them to finally gain their true freedom, but with that one temple's destruction, they could easily influence the destruction of more. And then, they would be free. And they would have vengeance. That thought alone was enough to give the Three patience. Until then, they were content to think about how easy it was to manipulate fate, and what they would do with their freedom.
Chapter 14: Crap Happens (and then. . . MORE CRAP HAPPENS! HAHAHAHAHA!)
Our "heroes" (for want of a better term) had finally defeated Naraku's and creepy-robed-guy's Giant monkey with the help of the near omnipotent ARRBEP (Archdragon of Really, Really Big Explosions and Pain) and had finally received their long awaited chance for some payback. It would be too much to expect that they would not happily take it.
"ALL RIGHT MISTER TALKING ROBE! TELL US WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED HERE!"
"InuYasha! Sit boy!"
CRASH
"ow."
"InuYasha, you can't go about just threatening people like that, even if they are creepy demons with the fashion sense of a fanfiction author!"
"WELL THEN HOW DO YOU SUGGEST WE GET SOME ANSWERS, KAGOME!? ASK HIM POLITELY AND BRIBE HIM WITH CHEESE?!"
"Yesyesyesyesthatsoundsgoodtomethemanistalkingsenseletsdowhathesays! please?" begged the mystery demon.
"YOU DON'T GET ANY SAY IN THE MATTER!" yelled InuYasha, Kagome, and Joey at the same time.
The demon whimpered miserably (and rather comically) in response.
"Hmmm. This reminds me of something."
"Yeah, Yuge? What?" asked Joey.
"I remember. . . back when there was a particularly strong willed prisoner of war, or a criminal whose hatred and insanity could not be contained. We had a. . . special task force for dealing with them."
"That helps us. . . how, exactly?"
"It helps us Kaiba, because two of our number have every qualification the members of that task force had. They were young women, few were much older than seventeen. I don't recall them ever leaving without information, or of them getting wrong information."
"What are you suggesting, Yugi Mutou?" asked Kagome, vein popping comically.
"I was just about to ask that same question." Sango said.
"Merely that you take all of your frustration out on this fellow. I'm sure you'll find a way soon enough."
"Well if you know so much about torturing people, WHY DON'T YOU DO IT!?" the two girls screamed simultaneously.
"I assure you, if I could, I would. But sadly, every time I asked someone who might have known. . . the men just shivered uncomfortably, and all that the women said was that I would not like to find out."
"I am not liking where this is going, Yugi." Joey whispered to his friend, nearly poking an eye out in the process.
"Weeeeeelllll, now that I think about it. . ." Kagome trailed off. She then started whispering to Sango, and when Joey and Shippo tried to listen in, they were summarily clobbered on the head. After a few minutes, suddenly, the boys could hear some giggling, and, without saying a word, they picked up the demon and dragged him off behind a corner in the tunnels. When Joey tried following them, he was kicked so hard that he actually made a small impact crater on the opposite wall, which was some fifty yards away. No one tried anything else after that. Especially not after the screaming started.
Now make no mistake, this was not the kind of screaming that you hear when someone stubs their toe on a bed leg in the middle of the night, nor was this the kind of screaming one gets in a really good thrill ride at an amusement park. This was the kind of screaming that just scars all who listen to it for the rest of their life. The sort of screams you hear when your best friend is dragged through the door by some Gestapo-like secret police and you never hear from him again. The only thing worse was the barely audible whimpering that could be heard afterwards. The only thing that was keeping the guys from busting in there and start saving people was because none of the screams or whimpers sounded like they came from either of the girls, though they could hear the occasional grunt of effort just before they heard a wet snapping sound, immediately followed by said screams and whimpers. Then there was silence, and the two girls came back out with a satisfied look on their faces, plus a few oddly colored stains on their clothes, but most importantly, minus one demon. Seeing the looks on the girls faces, the boys knew it would be much safer if they did not ask what had happened OR check and see what was left of the demon.
"It's alright fellas, nobody's hurt."
"Didn't sound that way to me." Said the ever-dense headed Shippo.
Kagome's glare was quite sufficient to silence any further comments of his.
"Okay people, we know how to get out of this place now, and how to avoid any traps, so if you will just follow us. . ." said Sango, with a mischievous glint in her eye that had Miroku disgusted and enamored at the same time. At least until Yugi collapsed onto the ground, panting and wheezing and having already drenched the stone beneath him in sweat.
"Yugi! What's the matter bud? Come on! Talk to me here! Please? Are you alright?"
"Something. . . *wheeze*. . . is coming. Not here. . . *wheeze* . . . but. . . *groan* somewhere. *wheeze* Something. . . big. . . powerful *big wheeze then groan*.
**********************
Somewhere, the Three waited. Mortals were weakening the seals in one of the many temples created to contain them. It would take more than that for them to finally gain their true freedom, but with that one temple's destruction, they could easily influence the destruction of more. And then, they would be free. And they would have vengeance. That thought alone was enough to give the Three patience. Until then, they were content to think about how easy it was to manipulate fate, and what they would do with their freedom.