Okay, hello there! Wow, I've been so busy! It's so bad that I don't have time to update until weekends. So I'm sorry that I make you guys wait so long! But I really don't have time. :(
So, I have to write and proofread all my stuff at 12:30 at night, like I'm doing right now. It's very sad... I should be out at a party somewhere, but I did that last night. It was fun! But, since my friend that I was going to hang out with tonight is a dork and went somewhere else without me, I had time to update my fanfiction. I hope you guys like it, and it should answer your questions from last time! Thank you for reviewing, it means a lot to me!
*disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.... *grumble* So um, please don't sue me cause it's taking up all my money just to go to college!
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would you hold me if I cried on your shoulder
console me and make my world seem less colder
I never wanted much, just to be by your side
it's so difficult because of your wounded pride
your friends care about you and so do I
but for all this you've only made me cry
my soul may be hers but my hand is not
in the end she's gone so what have you got?
would you hold me if I cried on your shoulder
console me and make my world seem less colder
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"Inuyasha!! Inuyasha! Kagome and Sango are acting strange! Inuyasha wake up!" Shippo bounced onto Inuyasha's lap.
"Ahck! Shippo, what the hell! I'm trying to get some rest!" Inuyasha picked him up by the tail and was ready to launch the poor kid when he stopped.
"Ah! You dummy! Kagome and Sango are in trouble!" Shippo squiggled trying to get out of Inuyasha's grasp.
"What? What happened?" Inuyasha brought Shippo up to his face. By now Miroku had woken up from all the commotion. He sleepily rubbed his eyes.
"What's going on Inuyasha?" He yawned.
"Kagome and Sango were sleeping, but then they woke up and started walking out the door! I tried to stop them but they wouldn't listen to me! They didn't say anything either, just kept on walking. Inuyasha, put me down!"
Inuyasha tossed Shippo onto the floor and got up.
"Did you notice anything else that was strange, Shippo?" He said as he started for the door. Miroku also got up and followed Inuyasha.
"I heard someone playing a song, and it sounded like it was a pipe," Shippo answered.
"A pipe...." Miroku pondered this as they went to the girls room. Kagome and Sango were indeed gone.
"Inuyasha, can you detect their scent?" Miroku asked.
"I'm working on it... Over there. It's really faint though, they've gotten far," Inuyasha said as he started running towards the girls. Miroku picked up Shippo and caught up to Inuyasha.
"I was thinking, Inuyasha, that I've heard of demons that lure young women away from their villages and then devour their souls. They are called soul pipers. They use their music to hypnotize young women and after they have gathered quite a few they steal the souls," Miroku said as they ran.
"So you're saying a soul piper is responsible for the disappearance of all the village girls?" Inuyasha asked.
"That would be my guess," answered Miroku.
"Then we'd better hurry. Kagome and Sango are in danger."
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A young man with an angelic face and black hair in a long braid down his back sat upon a floating cloud playing a beautiful song on his pipe. He stopped after a few measures and looked down at the crowd of women sitting on the small hill under him. He laughed as he saw more coming. He began playing his song again.
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"Inuyasha! Do you hear that? It's a flute playing," Shippo said.
"Yeah, we're getting close, I can smell the demon now, too. And there are a whole bunch of women."
The boys came upon the hill and were amazed at the sight. Women were everywhere. In the middle of them all was a young man playing upon a pipe. He stopped and looked up to see Miroku and Inuyasha.
"Ah, I see I have some guests that were not invited," he said smoothly. All of the women turned their heads to stare at the two. Inuyasha and Miroku all of a sudden felt very self conscious. But Inuyasha wasn't going to waste time. He drew tetsusaiga.
"Alright pretty boy. What are you planning to do with all these women?" He snarled.
"Why, steal their souls of course. How else would I maintain my existence?"
"Why you-- Kagome!" Inuyasha stopped mid sentence as he saw the young girl stand up and stare at him.
The soul piper looked over at her in astonishment. 'How can that be? She should be still under my hypnosis. There is no way she could move without my command. She is no ordinary girl.' He played a short fast song on his pipe. Kagome winced and fell to her knees.
"Ha, you know this girl?" He sneered.
"Look, Sango is next to her," Miroku said. To their amazement Sango raised her head when heard her name spoken.
'What is going on here? These girls must have a very tight bond with these fools. Otherwise there is no way they could overcome my hypnosis.' He played a few notes and Sango also fell to her hands and knees.
"These girls are under my spell. They will obey me. Let's see how you fair." He played his pipe once again, and Kagome and Sango rose.
"So ladies, what is your weapon of choice?" He played a few more notes. Sango and Kagome began to glow. Then it seemed that the smoke-like auras that surrounded them lifted into the air formed into a solid boomerang and a bow and quiver of arrows.
"The hell?!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Shippo, you had better take cover in that tree over there. This will be too dangerous for you," Miroku told the little fox demon.
"OKay..." Shippo said as he bounced away to saftey.
Sango grabbed the boomerang and Kagome grabbed the bow and drew an arrow.
"Attack," said the piper with an evil smile. He then resumed playing. Kagome shot an arrow towards Inuyasha's heart. Sango ran in Miroku's direction with her boomerang held high.
Tetsusaiga transformed and Inuyasha was able to block Kagome's arrow just in time. He shoved it away. Miroku wasn't fairing as well as his companion. He was having a hard time ducking Sango's blows. He blocked with his staff, but Sango was a vicious opponent. She swung the boomerang around and this time Miroku wasn't quick enough. He flew back and landed on the ground hard.
"Miroku!" Inuyasha called as he saw the monk fall. But Inuyasha had no time to help his friend. Kagome was now raining arrows at him and he couldn't get close to her. The arrows were tearing at his robes and tetsusaiga wouldn't be able to stand the repeated blows for long. Kagome's arrows were full of her priestess magic and were very powerful. Inuyasha had never realized just how powerful they were, until now when their fury was turned on him. It seemed that every shot was more powerful than the last one.
"Kagome! You gotta-- stop this!" Inuyasha yelled between blocking arrows.
Kagome's eyes widened when she heard her name called. She hesitated with the bow for a split second, and it gave Inuyasha a chance to charge her. He ran up beside her and grabbed her arm. Kagome gasped and the bow disappeared into a puff of smoke.
The soul piper looked dismayed. He looked over to see Miroku back on his feet and blocking Sango's attacks.
'These girls are not at their full strength. It is because their souls are empty with hypnosis and they fight with no volition or anger in their hearts. They only do what I tell them to and feel nothing. They will never beat these two this way. These men are too strong for that. I will have to use a different strategy.' The soul piper considered his next plan.
He stood up and played another tune. Sango and Kagome both froze. Then they both fell and lay still.
"Kagome! What have you done to Kagome?!" Inuyasha yelled at the piper. He merely grinned and started playing another song.
"That pipe is getting really annoying..." threatened Inuyasha. He grabbed tetsusaiga and transformed it fully again. Miroku had tried waking Sango but stopped and looked on in amazement at the sight he saw before him. Girls everywhere had the same glowing aura that had enveloped Kagome and Sango. They then formed weapons of every kind, each woman possessing what she could fight with the best. Some had merely cooking pans, others swords and daggers, bows and arrows, spears, and even slingshots and rocks.
"Inuyasha, remember we mustn't hurt them. They are just village women under his control," Miroku warned Inuyasha.
"That's great, monk, I realize that. But how the hell are we gonna beat this guy?"
"I've heard that the soul piper's own soul is tied to his pipe. If you destroy his pipe, he will be destroyed as well. But you must break his pipe, not him. As long as his pipe remains intact, he will survive any attack you throw at him."
"Ha, so you know my secret. Well it's really no use to you. There is no way you will ever even get close enough to destroy my flute, so you are doomed to die with the rest of these young women."
Then, in a split second all of the girls rose and in a huge mass came toward Inuyasha and Miroku. "Feh, this'll be easy," Inuyasha snorted. "It's just a bunch of little girls."
Miroku was not so sure. "They may be just young girls, Inuyasha, but they are armed and are completely ruthless under this demon's control. We must be careful not to hurt them."
"Whatever. Let's just get this over with!"
Inuyasha was then busy dodging women and their various weapons. It was not so easy as he thought. There were just too many of them. He was trying not to throw them back too hard, but every time he somewhat cleared his way to the piper more women would come and block his path. Miroku was having his troubles as well, and his staff was taking its share of beatings. The situation looked hopeless. Inuyasha was trying to clear his way to no avail, and Miroku could not handle his share and try and cover for Inuyasha as well.
"What should we do now monk?! There's just--- too many-- of them!" Inuyasha called to Miroku.
"I-don't know! They will never tire, yet our bodies will eventually weaken. As of right now, I see no way out of this!"
"Ha ha ha! You see! All of your efforts are futile! You will die along with the rest of them!" The soul piper laughed again.
"You-- bastard!" Inuyasha tried to jump but was too weighted down. "Dammit!"
As he was struggling, he turned as saw Kagome standing, watching him fight. Her face was still blank, but he gasped as he saw a tear roll down her cheek.
"Kagome!" he yelled. "Dammit, she's in pain! That bastard! She's crying! KAGOME!"
Kagome looked like she had been shocked when she heard Inuyasha call her name. The soul piper felt the charge of energy go through the girl and stopped playing his pipe. He stared at Kagome as she turned and faced him.
'She still looks hypnotized. Why is she moving on her own?! I... I don't have all of her soul under control. This woman has an incredibly large soul. She is a priestess no doubt.' He grinned evilly.
"So young lady, you wish to fight me? You will not win, you know. My pipe will devour your soul."
Kagome said nothing and her face held a determined look. She stood before the piper. He raised his flute and began to play once again.
"Kagome!!! No!" Inuyasha cried through a wall of women. But there was nothing he could do.
Kagome began glowing as the piper began sucking up the soul from her. She stood tall as he played on.
'Why isn't she weakening?! This cannot be...' the piper continued trying to steal away the depths of Kagome's soul.
After a minute he still had not gotten all of her soul and his pipe was getting full.
"What is this girl? Why does she have such a large soul? It almost seems as though she is holding it back." He played a little longer, hoping to take enough from her to cause her to fall. But Kagome remained standing and she began to shine with a brilliant radiance. The piper had to shield his eyes. Inuyasha and Miroku were stunned, and little Shippo cried out from his safe place in the nearby tree.
"What is she doing?! No! She's.-- my flute is too full! Her soul is just too large! The connection from her soul and the pipe cannot be severed... she will--!" but his last words were cut off. Kagome raised her hands toward the piper, and with one huge flash of light sent her soul energy into the pipe. The pipe was too full and it shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces. Kagome collapsed as the rest of her soul left her body.
"Nooo!" the soul piper cried as his flute was destroyed. After his instrument was gone, he started to disintegrate and fade away. All of the women began to wake up, shaking their heads as if they had just woken from a deep slumber.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha jumped up and ran to the girl lying on the ground. She looked like she was just passed out. But something was wrong. He looked up and saw the glowing white orbs of her soul floating above her. "What's going on?! Why aren't they returning to her?!"
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Aw, wow I'm evil. I just love those cliffhangers.... But I don't have enough of the next chapter written to post it! I'll try and work on it and get it up soon. Really though, guys, suspense is a good thing! I think... Anyway, please review and give me your opinion! Thank you! ^_^
So, I have to write and proofread all my stuff at 12:30 at night, like I'm doing right now. It's very sad... I should be out at a party somewhere, but I did that last night. It was fun! But, since my friend that I was going to hang out with tonight is a dork and went somewhere else without me, I had time to update my fanfiction. I hope you guys like it, and it should answer your questions from last time! Thank you for reviewing, it means a lot to me!
*disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.... *grumble* So um, please don't sue me cause it's taking up all my money just to go to college!
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would you hold me if I cried on your shoulder
console me and make my world seem less colder
I never wanted much, just to be by your side
it's so difficult because of your wounded pride
your friends care about you and so do I
but for all this you've only made me cry
my soul may be hers but my hand is not
in the end she's gone so what have you got?
would you hold me if I cried on your shoulder
console me and make my world seem less colder
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"Inuyasha!! Inuyasha! Kagome and Sango are acting strange! Inuyasha wake up!" Shippo bounced onto Inuyasha's lap.
"Ahck! Shippo, what the hell! I'm trying to get some rest!" Inuyasha picked him up by the tail and was ready to launch the poor kid when he stopped.
"Ah! You dummy! Kagome and Sango are in trouble!" Shippo squiggled trying to get out of Inuyasha's grasp.
"What? What happened?" Inuyasha brought Shippo up to his face. By now Miroku had woken up from all the commotion. He sleepily rubbed his eyes.
"What's going on Inuyasha?" He yawned.
"Kagome and Sango were sleeping, but then they woke up and started walking out the door! I tried to stop them but they wouldn't listen to me! They didn't say anything either, just kept on walking. Inuyasha, put me down!"
Inuyasha tossed Shippo onto the floor and got up.
"Did you notice anything else that was strange, Shippo?" He said as he started for the door. Miroku also got up and followed Inuyasha.
"I heard someone playing a song, and it sounded like it was a pipe," Shippo answered.
"A pipe...." Miroku pondered this as they went to the girls room. Kagome and Sango were indeed gone.
"Inuyasha, can you detect their scent?" Miroku asked.
"I'm working on it... Over there. It's really faint though, they've gotten far," Inuyasha said as he started running towards the girls. Miroku picked up Shippo and caught up to Inuyasha.
"I was thinking, Inuyasha, that I've heard of demons that lure young women away from their villages and then devour their souls. They are called soul pipers. They use their music to hypnotize young women and after they have gathered quite a few they steal the souls," Miroku said as they ran.
"So you're saying a soul piper is responsible for the disappearance of all the village girls?" Inuyasha asked.
"That would be my guess," answered Miroku.
"Then we'd better hurry. Kagome and Sango are in danger."
~~~~*~*~*~~~~
A young man with an angelic face and black hair in a long braid down his back sat upon a floating cloud playing a beautiful song on his pipe. He stopped after a few measures and looked down at the crowd of women sitting on the small hill under him. He laughed as he saw more coming. He began playing his song again.
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"Inuyasha! Do you hear that? It's a flute playing," Shippo said.
"Yeah, we're getting close, I can smell the demon now, too. And there are a whole bunch of women."
The boys came upon the hill and were amazed at the sight. Women were everywhere. In the middle of them all was a young man playing upon a pipe. He stopped and looked up to see Miroku and Inuyasha.
"Ah, I see I have some guests that were not invited," he said smoothly. All of the women turned their heads to stare at the two. Inuyasha and Miroku all of a sudden felt very self conscious. But Inuyasha wasn't going to waste time. He drew tetsusaiga.
"Alright pretty boy. What are you planning to do with all these women?" He snarled.
"Why, steal their souls of course. How else would I maintain my existence?"
"Why you-- Kagome!" Inuyasha stopped mid sentence as he saw the young girl stand up and stare at him.
The soul piper looked over at her in astonishment. 'How can that be? She should be still under my hypnosis. There is no way she could move without my command. She is no ordinary girl.' He played a short fast song on his pipe. Kagome winced and fell to her knees.
"Ha, you know this girl?" He sneered.
"Look, Sango is next to her," Miroku said. To their amazement Sango raised her head when heard her name spoken.
'What is going on here? These girls must have a very tight bond with these fools. Otherwise there is no way they could overcome my hypnosis.' He played a few notes and Sango also fell to her hands and knees.
"These girls are under my spell. They will obey me. Let's see how you fair." He played his pipe once again, and Kagome and Sango rose.
"So ladies, what is your weapon of choice?" He played a few more notes. Sango and Kagome began to glow. Then it seemed that the smoke-like auras that surrounded them lifted into the air formed into a solid boomerang and a bow and quiver of arrows.
"The hell?!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Shippo, you had better take cover in that tree over there. This will be too dangerous for you," Miroku told the little fox demon.
"OKay..." Shippo said as he bounced away to saftey.
Sango grabbed the boomerang and Kagome grabbed the bow and drew an arrow.
"Attack," said the piper with an evil smile. He then resumed playing. Kagome shot an arrow towards Inuyasha's heart. Sango ran in Miroku's direction with her boomerang held high.
Tetsusaiga transformed and Inuyasha was able to block Kagome's arrow just in time. He shoved it away. Miroku wasn't fairing as well as his companion. He was having a hard time ducking Sango's blows. He blocked with his staff, but Sango was a vicious opponent. She swung the boomerang around and this time Miroku wasn't quick enough. He flew back and landed on the ground hard.
"Miroku!" Inuyasha called as he saw the monk fall. But Inuyasha had no time to help his friend. Kagome was now raining arrows at him and he couldn't get close to her. The arrows were tearing at his robes and tetsusaiga wouldn't be able to stand the repeated blows for long. Kagome's arrows were full of her priestess magic and were very powerful. Inuyasha had never realized just how powerful they were, until now when their fury was turned on him. It seemed that every shot was more powerful than the last one.
"Kagome! You gotta-- stop this!" Inuyasha yelled between blocking arrows.
Kagome's eyes widened when she heard her name called. She hesitated with the bow for a split second, and it gave Inuyasha a chance to charge her. He ran up beside her and grabbed her arm. Kagome gasped and the bow disappeared into a puff of smoke.
The soul piper looked dismayed. He looked over to see Miroku back on his feet and blocking Sango's attacks.
'These girls are not at their full strength. It is because their souls are empty with hypnosis and they fight with no volition or anger in their hearts. They only do what I tell them to and feel nothing. They will never beat these two this way. These men are too strong for that. I will have to use a different strategy.' The soul piper considered his next plan.
He stood up and played another tune. Sango and Kagome both froze. Then they both fell and lay still.
"Kagome! What have you done to Kagome?!" Inuyasha yelled at the piper. He merely grinned and started playing another song.
"That pipe is getting really annoying..." threatened Inuyasha. He grabbed tetsusaiga and transformed it fully again. Miroku had tried waking Sango but stopped and looked on in amazement at the sight he saw before him. Girls everywhere had the same glowing aura that had enveloped Kagome and Sango. They then formed weapons of every kind, each woman possessing what she could fight with the best. Some had merely cooking pans, others swords and daggers, bows and arrows, spears, and even slingshots and rocks.
"Inuyasha, remember we mustn't hurt them. They are just village women under his control," Miroku warned Inuyasha.
"That's great, monk, I realize that. But how the hell are we gonna beat this guy?"
"I've heard that the soul piper's own soul is tied to his pipe. If you destroy his pipe, he will be destroyed as well. But you must break his pipe, not him. As long as his pipe remains intact, he will survive any attack you throw at him."
"Ha, so you know my secret. Well it's really no use to you. There is no way you will ever even get close enough to destroy my flute, so you are doomed to die with the rest of these young women."
Then, in a split second all of the girls rose and in a huge mass came toward Inuyasha and Miroku. "Feh, this'll be easy," Inuyasha snorted. "It's just a bunch of little girls."
Miroku was not so sure. "They may be just young girls, Inuyasha, but they are armed and are completely ruthless under this demon's control. We must be careful not to hurt them."
"Whatever. Let's just get this over with!"
Inuyasha was then busy dodging women and their various weapons. It was not so easy as he thought. There were just too many of them. He was trying not to throw them back too hard, but every time he somewhat cleared his way to the piper more women would come and block his path. Miroku was having his troubles as well, and his staff was taking its share of beatings. The situation looked hopeless. Inuyasha was trying to clear his way to no avail, and Miroku could not handle his share and try and cover for Inuyasha as well.
"What should we do now monk?! There's just--- too many-- of them!" Inuyasha called to Miroku.
"I-don't know! They will never tire, yet our bodies will eventually weaken. As of right now, I see no way out of this!"
"Ha ha ha! You see! All of your efforts are futile! You will die along with the rest of them!" The soul piper laughed again.
"You-- bastard!" Inuyasha tried to jump but was too weighted down. "Dammit!"
As he was struggling, he turned as saw Kagome standing, watching him fight. Her face was still blank, but he gasped as he saw a tear roll down her cheek.
"Kagome!" he yelled. "Dammit, she's in pain! That bastard! She's crying! KAGOME!"
Kagome looked like she had been shocked when she heard Inuyasha call her name. The soul piper felt the charge of energy go through the girl and stopped playing his pipe. He stared at Kagome as she turned and faced him.
'She still looks hypnotized. Why is she moving on her own?! I... I don't have all of her soul under control. This woman has an incredibly large soul. She is a priestess no doubt.' He grinned evilly.
"So young lady, you wish to fight me? You will not win, you know. My pipe will devour your soul."
Kagome said nothing and her face held a determined look. She stood before the piper. He raised his flute and began to play once again.
"Kagome!!! No!" Inuyasha cried through a wall of women. But there was nothing he could do.
Kagome began glowing as the piper began sucking up the soul from her. She stood tall as he played on.
'Why isn't she weakening?! This cannot be...' the piper continued trying to steal away the depths of Kagome's soul.
After a minute he still had not gotten all of her soul and his pipe was getting full.
"What is this girl? Why does she have such a large soul? It almost seems as though she is holding it back." He played a little longer, hoping to take enough from her to cause her to fall. But Kagome remained standing and she began to shine with a brilliant radiance. The piper had to shield his eyes. Inuyasha and Miroku were stunned, and little Shippo cried out from his safe place in the nearby tree.
"What is she doing?! No! She's.-- my flute is too full! Her soul is just too large! The connection from her soul and the pipe cannot be severed... she will--!" but his last words were cut off. Kagome raised her hands toward the piper, and with one huge flash of light sent her soul energy into the pipe. The pipe was too full and it shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces. Kagome collapsed as the rest of her soul left her body.
"Nooo!" the soul piper cried as his flute was destroyed. After his instrument was gone, he started to disintegrate and fade away. All of the women began to wake up, shaking their heads as if they had just woken from a deep slumber.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha jumped up and ran to the girl lying on the ground. She looked like she was just passed out. But something was wrong. He looked up and saw the glowing white orbs of her soul floating above her. "What's going on?! Why aren't they returning to her?!"
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Aw, wow I'm evil. I just love those cliffhangers.... But I don't have enough of the next chapter written to post it! I'll try and work on it and get it up soon. Really though, guys, suspense is a good thing! I think... Anyway, please review and give me your opinion! Thank you! ^_^