Wind, Water, and Earth 4
Meet and greet Disclaimer: (I always forget this thing, I don't own Inu Yasha or it's characters but this story, the forest, the legend and the sisters are all mine.) It had been about two hours since breakfast and the Inu Yasha group could just see the edge of the forest now. What they could see took their breaths away. Fruit trees, pine trees, willows, any type of tree in existence were all there and all taller than they would have imagined trees could be. Not to mention the animals that were so frequently seen, and who would sometimes come right up to them totally unafraid. All with the exception of the white wolves who would attack upon sight as they figure out earlier on. But with Inu Yasha's sense of smell working to protect them they had managed to get to the forest without encountering a second group of wolves.
As they entered the woods a feeling of peace and tranquility seemed to enter them and they all couldn't help but smile. Even Inu Yasha was feeling the effects of the forest. Soon they were having a lively discussion on anything and everything totally unaware of the fact that the animals no longer came up to them but would stop and watch them before running away.
Meanwhile from a high cliff three figures were watching the progress of the travelers. One seemed to have fires coming off her and was ready to charge the group and destroy those who thought they could get past her wolves and live. Another had those pastel lights around her as she watched the group with joy. Finally someone new that they could talk to and spend time with, oh she was in heaven! Another was watching her sisters rather bored. So stifling a yawn she shuffled over to her pond to take a small nap until the travelers reached their cliff.
The Inu Yasha gang reached the foot of the cliff by noon and had all but forgotten the reason as to why they were in the forest. With the good feelings of the forest still in them they had all hinted at things, which they would never bring up. Sango and Miroku were walking side by side and whispering to each other without a care in the world while Inu Yasha and Kagome still walked apart but they would each sneak glances at each other every now and then when they thought no one was looking, only to be caught by each other as they both glanced at the same time. And Shippo and Kirara were in Kagome's basket napping. They soon reached a clearing at the base of the cliff and so decided to stop for a picnic lunch of sandwiches and water. They were all just sitting down to their respective lunches when a horrendous wind tore through the clearing. When the dust had settled there stood three imposing female figures. The one in the middle had long silver hair with cold grey eyes; she looked rather like a female version of Koga dressed all in wolf pelts. Except with her they could tell that she wasn't just wearing the pelts but that the pelts were her own fur. The one on the left had huge translucent angel wings framing her golden blonde hair, she had golden eyes like Inu Yasha but that was were her resemblance stopped. She wore a long white dress that was made out of feathers and like her wolf sister they knew that those were her feathers. The one on the right had long winding blue hair and deep twilight blue eyes. She had a sky blue crescent moon on her forhead with a turquoise nine-point star between the tips. She wore a traditional Kimono that was scaled and shimmered just like her sisters' fur and feathers. But what freaked out the Inu Yasha gang more was the looks the three were giving them, or more to the point Inu Yasha. All of them had their eyes fixed on his ears.
"Are..." The sister on the left slowly began inching towards Inu Yasha as she said this. "Those..." The sister on the right followed behind her younger sister. "EARS?" They all yelled this out as faster than lightning they tackled Inu Yasha and started petting, rubbing and poking his ears. The younger sisters were petting and rubbing his ears commenting on how soft they were and how adorable they were while the older sister would poke his ear and laugh at how it twitched. When the rest of the Inu Yasha gang saw this they either sweat dropped or face planted. Now Kirara and Shippo had woken up at the shouting and where looking around confused. This is when Kirara gave out one of her most adorable mews. Which caused the sisters to stop immediately and stare at her before rushing over to Kirara to pet her and hug her and tell her how impossibly adorable she was and how they wished they could have creatures as cute as her in the forest. Kirara just sucked the attention up and mewed again causing the three sisters to pause and let out an "AAAAWWWWWWW!" in unison before going back to petting Kirara.
Kagome had slipped around the sisters to see how Inu Yasha was doing to find him flat on his back with little swirly eyes. "Oh Inu Yasha did they hurt you?" Kagome asked as she fell to her knees beside him trying to help him up. Inu Yasha shook off the swirly eyes and looked around to see that the sisters had moved on to Shippo who was squirming trying to get out of their hold on him.
"Hey! Who do you think you are to just go around messing with peoples ears?" Inu Yasha shouted as he stood on his own his hand on Tetsusaiga. The three sisters turned around to look at him before the younger two giggled and the oldest smirked.
"We're the sisters of nature. We rule this forest, the rivers and lakes within and under it, and the skies and winds above and through it." They all said this in unison again naming off their piece in order of age. The oldest took a fighting stance after saying this, the middle gave a half bow and the youngest snapped her wings open before curtsying to them. Kagome had been watching them and noticed that they each had a shard of the Shikon no Tama. The eldest had it in her tail, the middle on her right hand and the youngest on her left hand.
"Inu Yasha they all have a shard of the sacred jewel." Kagome whispered to Inu Yasha. He nodded and gripped Tetsusaiga. The sisters heard too and looked at Kagome oddly.
"Sacred jewel shards?" They asked again in unison. They all blinked before their eyes lit up with understanding and the youngest two took off some beaded bracelets while the oldest took off one from her tail. There hanging on the bracelets were the three shards Kagome had felt. "We found them on the bodies of some youkai who thought to enter our forests. We thought they would look good on our bracelets." They said.
"Could we have them please?" Kagome asked stepping forward deciding to be the voice for her group. What she didn't see was the pack of white wolves gathering in the forest around them, the flock of hawks and eagles gathering above them, and the group of water dragons gathering beneath them.
Author's note Well there you go another chapter of the story. I'm sorry if this is too long for some people but I was on a bit of a roll with this one. Also sorry for the little cliffy there, but I have to make sure you all come back for next time don't I? Innocent whistling Anyway I'll have the next chapter up soon so don't worry.
Meet and greet Disclaimer: (I always forget this thing, I don't own Inu Yasha or it's characters but this story, the forest, the legend and the sisters are all mine.) It had been about two hours since breakfast and the Inu Yasha group could just see the edge of the forest now. What they could see took their breaths away. Fruit trees, pine trees, willows, any type of tree in existence were all there and all taller than they would have imagined trees could be. Not to mention the animals that were so frequently seen, and who would sometimes come right up to them totally unafraid. All with the exception of the white wolves who would attack upon sight as they figure out earlier on. But with Inu Yasha's sense of smell working to protect them they had managed to get to the forest without encountering a second group of wolves.
As they entered the woods a feeling of peace and tranquility seemed to enter them and they all couldn't help but smile. Even Inu Yasha was feeling the effects of the forest. Soon they were having a lively discussion on anything and everything totally unaware of the fact that the animals no longer came up to them but would stop and watch them before running away.
Meanwhile from a high cliff three figures were watching the progress of the travelers. One seemed to have fires coming off her and was ready to charge the group and destroy those who thought they could get past her wolves and live. Another had those pastel lights around her as she watched the group with joy. Finally someone new that they could talk to and spend time with, oh she was in heaven! Another was watching her sisters rather bored. So stifling a yawn she shuffled over to her pond to take a small nap until the travelers reached their cliff.
The Inu Yasha gang reached the foot of the cliff by noon and had all but forgotten the reason as to why they were in the forest. With the good feelings of the forest still in them they had all hinted at things, which they would never bring up. Sango and Miroku were walking side by side and whispering to each other without a care in the world while Inu Yasha and Kagome still walked apart but they would each sneak glances at each other every now and then when they thought no one was looking, only to be caught by each other as they both glanced at the same time. And Shippo and Kirara were in Kagome's basket napping. They soon reached a clearing at the base of the cliff and so decided to stop for a picnic lunch of sandwiches and water. They were all just sitting down to their respective lunches when a horrendous wind tore through the clearing. When the dust had settled there stood three imposing female figures. The one in the middle had long silver hair with cold grey eyes; she looked rather like a female version of Koga dressed all in wolf pelts. Except with her they could tell that she wasn't just wearing the pelts but that the pelts were her own fur. The one on the left had huge translucent angel wings framing her golden blonde hair, she had golden eyes like Inu Yasha but that was were her resemblance stopped. She wore a long white dress that was made out of feathers and like her wolf sister they knew that those were her feathers. The one on the right had long winding blue hair and deep twilight blue eyes. She had a sky blue crescent moon on her forhead with a turquoise nine-point star between the tips. She wore a traditional Kimono that was scaled and shimmered just like her sisters' fur and feathers. But what freaked out the Inu Yasha gang more was the looks the three were giving them, or more to the point Inu Yasha. All of them had their eyes fixed on his ears.
"Are..." The sister on the left slowly began inching towards Inu Yasha as she said this. "Those..." The sister on the right followed behind her younger sister. "EARS?" They all yelled this out as faster than lightning they tackled Inu Yasha and started petting, rubbing and poking his ears. The younger sisters were petting and rubbing his ears commenting on how soft they were and how adorable they were while the older sister would poke his ear and laugh at how it twitched. When the rest of the Inu Yasha gang saw this they either sweat dropped or face planted. Now Kirara and Shippo had woken up at the shouting and where looking around confused. This is when Kirara gave out one of her most adorable mews. Which caused the sisters to stop immediately and stare at her before rushing over to Kirara to pet her and hug her and tell her how impossibly adorable she was and how they wished they could have creatures as cute as her in the forest. Kirara just sucked the attention up and mewed again causing the three sisters to pause and let out an "AAAAWWWWWWW!" in unison before going back to petting Kirara.
Kagome had slipped around the sisters to see how Inu Yasha was doing to find him flat on his back with little swirly eyes. "Oh Inu Yasha did they hurt you?" Kagome asked as she fell to her knees beside him trying to help him up. Inu Yasha shook off the swirly eyes and looked around to see that the sisters had moved on to Shippo who was squirming trying to get out of their hold on him.
"Hey! Who do you think you are to just go around messing with peoples ears?" Inu Yasha shouted as he stood on his own his hand on Tetsusaiga. The three sisters turned around to look at him before the younger two giggled and the oldest smirked.
"We're the sisters of nature. We rule this forest, the rivers and lakes within and under it, and the skies and winds above and through it." They all said this in unison again naming off their piece in order of age. The oldest took a fighting stance after saying this, the middle gave a half bow and the youngest snapped her wings open before curtsying to them. Kagome had been watching them and noticed that they each had a shard of the Shikon no Tama. The eldest had it in her tail, the middle on her right hand and the youngest on her left hand.
"Inu Yasha they all have a shard of the sacred jewel." Kagome whispered to Inu Yasha. He nodded and gripped Tetsusaiga. The sisters heard too and looked at Kagome oddly.
"Sacred jewel shards?" They asked again in unison. They all blinked before their eyes lit up with understanding and the youngest two took off some beaded bracelets while the oldest took off one from her tail. There hanging on the bracelets were the three shards Kagome had felt. "We found them on the bodies of some youkai who thought to enter our forests. We thought they would look good on our bracelets." They said.
"Could we have them please?" Kagome asked stepping forward deciding to be the voice for her group. What she didn't see was the pack of white wolves gathering in the forest around them, the flock of hawks and eagles gathering above them, and the group of water dragons gathering beneath them.
Author's note Well there you go another chapter of the story. I'm sorry if this is too long for some people but I was on a bit of a roll with this one. Also sorry for the little cliffy there, but I have to make sure you all come back for next time don't I? Innocent whistling Anyway I'll have the next chapter up soon so don't worry.