Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. I ~do~ however own two kitty cats
named Romeo and Leopold! One of which (Romeo) is sitting atop of my monitor
as I type this!
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Sesshoumaru walked along the path silently, her gaze cast towards the dirt ground. Jaken stumbled along besides him, rushing to keep up, and Rin skipped along at his other side, humming some small tune to herself.
It wasn't until Sesshoumaru was half way to his destination that he stopped, and turned, looking to Jaken and Rin.
"Jaken." He said, his voice holding it's usual smooth and confident quality.
"Yes Lord Sesshoumaru?" Jaken said, his voice annoyingly squeaky.
"Take Rin--" He glanced at the said girl, "-and bring her back home. I do not wish for either of you to accompany me on this trip." His calm gaze turned back to Jaken.
"But, Lord Sesshoumaru-" Jaken began, but was cut off as Sesshoumaru narrowed his gaze upon Jaken sharply.
"Do not question me Jaken. Take Rin and go. Now."
Jaken said not another word as he turned back the way they way they had come. Rin looked back at Sesshoumaru, seeming a bit sad, but followed along after Jaken.
Sesshoumaru turned back to the path, continuing his trek in silence, wondering what this was all about.
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Kikyou turned her back to the village she had been resting at, and began walking towards the forest. 'Whatever he has called me about, better be important.' She thought lightly as she turned into the woods and started her journey through.
She took one last glance back at the village she had come from. The priestess there had been plagued with a strange illness, which no one could seem to find a cure for. Kikyou had come in, and with an offer to help; they had allowed her to stay, providing her with any hospitality they would need.
Now she made her way through the deep forest, the darkened area cut off from sunlight by the canopy of trees that hung over head. With her gaze set forward she wandered idly, only able to wonder what this was all about.
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Naraku's lips edged into a grin, just barely visible under his baboon skin cloak. He knew they would be here soon, and the proposition he held in store for them was something that he doubted either of them could quietly refuse. In the end, if they accepted, they would all get exactly what they wanted.
He could sense they were to be here soon. Kikyou's presence wasn't one that could easily be ignored. And Sesshoumaru's aura wasn't an easy feeling to shake off. It wouldn't be long now. . .
Soon his plan would be put to action.
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Inuyasha sat with his back against the trunk of a tree, sitting in one of its high branches. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou had poisoned themselves below the tree, and were eating, while discussing Kagome. It had been a day now since she had returned to her time.
"Do you think Kagome will be alright?" Shippou asked, just a little too cheerfully.
"Let us hope, Shippou." Miroku responded, a bit gravely. He glanced up behind him into the branches of the tree they had sat at. Inuyasha was staring fixedly out at something that Miroku knew he wouldn't be able to see even if he looked. "Inuyasha?" He asked lightly. Inuyasha glanced down finally, with narrowed amber orbs.
"Yea? What?" He asked, his voice gruff.
"Aren't you going to join us? There is plenty ramen left over."
Inuyasha's gaze shifted to the said food, and for a moment he just starred - or gather glared at the bowl of noodles. But finally he descended from the tree, leaping down and muttering something under his breath while taking the bowl of ramen and beginning to slurp it up.
Miroku frowned. Inuyasha was taking this all surprisingly well. He was eating just as usual, and his demeanor hadn't changed much. He was still rude and tough and determined. 'And stubborn.' Miroku reminded himself.
Still. The fact that Inuyasha was taking it so well, was in fact, what worried Miroku the most. In the end, it would only wind up hurting someone. He could tell.
After all, that's the way things always seemed to work when it came to them.
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Sesshoumaru stopped in a small clearing, facing a man in a baboon skin outfit. Naraku. But to Sesshoumaru's surprise, there was someone else in the clearing as well. 'I thought I sensed another presence.'
Sesshoumaru was awoken from his thoughts quite suddenly as Naraku began to speak, and he turned lightly to look at him. Curious as to his intentions.
"Sesshoumaru. I'm glad you could join me. And Kikyou, thank you for coming on such. . . short notice." He grinned, and then Kikyou spoke.
"Why did you call us here, Naraku?" She fixed her determined eyes upon him, narrowing them lightly in silent challenge.
"Because Kikyou, Sesshoumaru. I have a proposition for you both. That I think you may be interested in."
"What is this. . . proposition you speak of, Naraku?" Sesshoumaru asked coolly.
"I have a plan. One that would result in Sesshoumaru obtaining the Tetsuiga - And Kikyou bringing Inuyasha with her to Hell."
Neither of them seemed remotely amused. Naraku persisted though.
"Is that not what you both wish to obtain?"
"And what do you get from it?" Kikyou asked suspiciously.
Naraku grinned, a soft chuckle escaping his lips.
"Me?" He asked. "Well, I get a few Jewel Shards of course. But more importantly. . . " He trailed off, grinning.
"More importantly?" Sesshoumaru repeated.
"More importantly-" Naraku continued. "-I get Inuyasha out of my way, for good."
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A/N: I'm sorry! I know this chapter is really short! But it was late and I still had homework to do so I had to end it quickly. Please don't hurt me.
Anyway. At least we're starting to get a little farther into the plot!
You know. . . the plot. The thing that makes the story what it is? The thing I make up as I go along? Yea! That thing!
Ehem.
~Kimmy-kun
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Sesshoumaru walked along the path silently, her gaze cast towards the dirt ground. Jaken stumbled along besides him, rushing to keep up, and Rin skipped along at his other side, humming some small tune to herself.
It wasn't until Sesshoumaru was half way to his destination that he stopped, and turned, looking to Jaken and Rin.
"Jaken." He said, his voice holding it's usual smooth and confident quality.
"Yes Lord Sesshoumaru?" Jaken said, his voice annoyingly squeaky.
"Take Rin--" He glanced at the said girl, "-and bring her back home. I do not wish for either of you to accompany me on this trip." His calm gaze turned back to Jaken.
"But, Lord Sesshoumaru-" Jaken began, but was cut off as Sesshoumaru narrowed his gaze upon Jaken sharply.
"Do not question me Jaken. Take Rin and go. Now."
Jaken said not another word as he turned back the way they way they had come. Rin looked back at Sesshoumaru, seeming a bit sad, but followed along after Jaken.
Sesshoumaru turned back to the path, continuing his trek in silence, wondering what this was all about.
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Kikyou turned her back to the village she had been resting at, and began walking towards the forest. 'Whatever he has called me about, better be important.' She thought lightly as she turned into the woods and started her journey through.
She took one last glance back at the village she had come from. The priestess there had been plagued with a strange illness, which no one could seem to find a cure for. Kikyou had come in, and with an offer to help; they had allowed her to stay, providing her with any hospitality they would need.
Now she made her way through the deep forest, the darkened area cut off from sunlight by the canopy of trees that hung over head. With her gaze set forward she wandered idly, only able to wonder what this was all about.
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Naraku's lips edged into a grin, just barely visible under his baboon skin cloak. He knew they would be here soon, and the proposition he held in store for them was something that he doubted either of them could quietly refuse. In the end, if they accepted, they would all get exactly what they wanted.
He could sense they were to be here soon. Kikyou's presence wasn't one that could easily be ignored. And Sesshoumaru's aura wasn't an easy feeling to shake off. It wouldn't be long now. . .
Soon his plan would be put to action.
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Inuyasha sat with his back against the trunk of a tree, sitting in one of its high branches. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou had poisoned themselves below the tree, and were eating, while discussing Kagome. It had been a day now since she had returned to her time.
"Do you think Kagome will be alright?" Shippou asked, just a little too cheerfully.
"Let us hope, Shippou." Miroku responded, a bit gravely. He glanced up behind him into the branches of the tree they had sat at. Inuyasha was staring fixedly out at something that Miroku knew he wouldn't be able to see even if he looked. "Inuyasha?" He asked lightly. Inuyasha glanced down finally, with narrowed amber orbs.
"Yea? What?" He asked, his voice gruff.
"Aren't you going to join us? There is plenty ramen left over."
Inuyasha's gaze shifted to the said food, and for a moment he just starred - or gather glared at the bowl of noodles. But finally he descended from the tree, leaping down and muttering something under his breath while taking the bowl of ramen and beginning to slurp it up.
Miroku frowned. Inuyasha was taking this all surprisingly well. He was eating just as usual, and his demeanor hadn't changed much. He was still rude and tough and determined. 'And stubborn.' Miroku reminded himself.
Still. The fact that Inuyasha was taking it so well, was in fact, what worried Miroku the most. In the end, it would only wind up hurting someone. He could tell.
After all, that's the way things always seemed to work when it came to them.
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Sesshoumaru stopped in a small clearing, facing a man in a baboon skin outfit. Naraku. But to Sesshoumaru's surprise, there was someone else in the clearing as well. 'I thought I sensed another presence.'
Sesshoumaru was awoken from his thoughts quite suddenly as Naraku began to speak, and he turned lightly to look at him. Curious as to his intentions.
"Sesshoumaru. I'm glad you could join me. And Kikyou, thank you for coming on such. . . short notice." He grinned, and then Kikyou spoke.
"Why did you call us here, Naraku?" She fixed her determined eyes upon him, narrowing them lightly in silent challenge.
"Because Kikyou, Sesshoumaru. I have a proposition for you both. That I think you may be interested in."
"What is this. . . proposition you speak of, Naraku?" Sesshoumaru asked coolly.
"I have a plan. One that would result in Sesshoumaru obtaining the Tetsuiga - And Kikyou bringing Inuyasha with her to Hell."
Neither of them seemed remotely amused. Naraku persisted though.
"Is that not what you both wish to obtain?"
"And what do you get from it?" Kikyou asked suspiciously.
Naraku grinned, a soft chuckle escaping his lips.
"Me?" He asked. "Well, I get a few Jewel Shards of course. But more importantly. . . " He trailed off, grinning.
"More importantly?" Sesshoumaru repeated.
"More importantly-" Naraku continued. "-I get Inuyasha out of my way, for good."
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A/N: I'm sorry! I know this chapter is really short! But it was late and I still had homework to do so I had to end it quickly. Please don't hurt me.
Anyway. At least we're starting to get a little farther into the plot!
You know. . . the plot. The thing that makes the story what it is? The thing I make up as I go along? Yea! That thing!
Ehem.
~Kimmy-kun