*Author Notes: Sorry about the week long wait. I had a lot of unimportant things on my mind (School project, history poster, test, big as hell verbal report.) *
Seproth: Im sorry, but no. Kuwabara and Genkai are not in dis fic. I don't take it all from what is seen on Cartoon network. I'll give ya a hint. Idiot swordmen is shown in an anime show on either fox or fox kids, if its in your area.And "man of the wildfire" is from a show shown on toonami a long time ago.
Chapter 18:
The Chill of Eternal Darkness
It was cold. No, it was freezing. They had opened a large metal door to see outside. It was dropping snow like crazy. It was too dark to see so the entire group had decided to stay in the building for the night. The entire group was sitting up against the long metal box in the center. The outer walls were rigidly cold, so they all tried to group together by the box for warmth. Kenshin had found an old blanket for them to sit on, in order to insulate themselves from the cold of the floor. But it didn't do much considering the air in the room was freezing. None of them could sleep because of the cold. Except for Inuyasha, perhaps, but he didn't sleep anyway. Miroku didn't seem to be too cold in his long robes, but even he had his limit. She shivered, and looked over at Inuyasha. He appeared to be sleeping. She tried to close her eyes and go to sleep. She fell into an uncomfortable sleep.
***
Cloud wasn't asleep. He hardly needed it. He got up and stretched. The cold was only an ich really. He folded the end of the blanket he was sitting on up and over the closest person, Kagome. She mumbled in her sleep, and started to grab the closest warm object she could find. It just so happened it was Inuyasha. She cuddled up to him. A few seconds later, she was sitting in his lap, sleeping quite peacefully. Cloud grinned, and then went back to what he was going to do. He opened the door, and went outside.
***
Kenshin woke up an hour later. His sleep had been interrupted by the cold. He yawned, and looked at his comrades. A light grin touched his face when he saw Inuyasha and Kagome. 'And they say I'm clueless!' He leaned back and went to sleep, after a brief yawn.
***
An hour after that, Miroku woke up. Of course, he also noticed our favorite pair. He went to work doing his stuff. I few minutes later, Inuyasha was now holding Kagome to his chest. He grinned at his handiwork, then noticed Cloud was missing. He shrugged it off and went back to sleep.
***
Cloud came in out of the snow. It was worse than Antartica out there. He shut the door, and untied the bundle of items he had discovered. It seems that this building was by a junk yard, giving Cloud access to a large number of miscellaneous items. He pulled the old butane stove out of the dirty green army bag. He reached in again and pulled out what he hoped was a can of fuel. He had found it on a big rack. He messed with the tubes for a little while, finally connecting the two mis-matched devices. He opened the valve on the stove, and then the one on the fuel. He raised his right arm.
"Fire."
There was a low popping noise and the burner lit with a steady flame. He sighed and grinned, then reached into the bag and pulled out all the other fuel cans he had found. He was lucky. He reached in and grabbed the old, stainless steel pot he had found. He opened the door slightly and scooped up a bunch of snow with it. The snow was okay. He had tried it earlier, fearing that it might have some bad chemical in it. But it was clean and fresh. He placed the pot on the stove and waited for the snow to melt. He unloaded everything else from the sack. A polar fleece blanket he had found in a watertight plastic bag, a couple of knives, another pot, a bunch of metal bowls from a box, some raingear, a large plastic tarp, and a big bag of the only food Inuyasha ever wanted from Kagome, Ramen. He grinned at the thought. 'Inuyasha, you are now in Ramen heaven.' He didn't get any eating utensils though, but hey, if thats all he was missing, they were doing pretty damn good. He hadn't stayed out any longer than that, or he wouldn't of ever came back. The snow had melted and the water was slowly coming to a boil. He grabbed the blanket and threw it over his friends. Thats when he noticed Inuyasha had shifted in his sleep, not only putting his arms around Kagome, but had his face hanging dangerously close to her own. If either of them moved...
"Cute, one would say."
He looked up to see Kenshin sit down next to him. He nodded.
"I guess so."
Kenshin nodded toward the stove and pot.
"You've been out haven't you?"
Cloud nodded.
"It makes no difference to me when I go out. There is no night or day here."
"What?"
Cloud tranferred hot water to bowl and added the noodles.
"The cloud cover lets barely any light through. It's a damned eternal night here."
"Not to mention the temperature. This aint my favorite time."
Cloud shook his head sadly.
"It isn't right. This isn't the right future."
"What do you mean?"
Cloud shook his head.
"What the hell could have done this? Not even the powers in my time could turn the earth into this...this blasted hell."
Kenshin smiled.
"Maybe its just this area."
Cloud shook his head.
"Sense cant show me any place that isn't like this. I'm almost sure it covers the entire world. Something happened here, and civilization was destroyed."
"How can you tell?"
Cloud shrugged.
"Just a gut feeling. I know it sounds stupid, but im sure of it."
Cloud handed Kenshin a bowl full of ramen, who picked a long noodle out with his fingers. Cloud reached for his own bowl, before dropping it at the sight that was in front of him. The blue portal had appeared again. A body flew out of it, and hit him. He caught the person, before he heard an equal grunt from beside him, and Kenshin caught another person. Then, another person flew out, but she rolled to her feet. She looked at Cloud, then at Kenshin. Cloud looked down at the person in his arms, the girl in his arms. She opened her eyes. They looked at each other for a second, before the other girl spoke to her.
"C'mon Brat. Get off the man's lap."
Brat climbed off of Cloud and brushed at her clothes. She huffed.
"Quiet D.g., your just mad you weren't caught by a hot guy."
D.g. ignored her and went over to were Kenshin was holding a sleeping girl.
"C'mon Erika, get up already."
Erika didn't move. Kenshin looked up at D.g.
"I think she's asleep."
D.g slapped her forhead.
"Finally! I was wondering when the sugar-high would wear off!"
While all this was going on, Inuyasha had woken up when the girls had come through the portal. His reaction was to jump up, but stared at the reason he wasn't. Kagome was in his arms. She had somehow appeared in his lap, and he had his arms around her. He had no idea what to do. He knew that if she woke up like this, he would get more sits than he could handle. Then he made the mistake of breathing in her scent. It made him never want to let go. And then, of course, Miroku had to make some loud perverted comment to wake her up.
Seproth: Im sorry, but no. Kuwabara and Genkai are not in dis fic. I don't take it all from what is seen on Cartoon network. I'll give ya a hint. Idiot swordmen is shown in an anime show on either fox or fox kids, if its in your area.And "man of the wildfire" is from a show shown on toonami a long time ago.
Chapter 18:
The Chill of Eternal Darkness
It was cold. No, it was freezing. They had opened a large metal door to see outside. It was dropping snow like crazy. It was too dark to see so the entire group had decided to stay in the building for the night. The entire group was sitting up against the long metal box in the center. The outer walls were rigidly cold, so they all tried to group together by the box for warmth. Kenshin had found an old blanket for them to sit on, in order to insulate themselves from the cold of the floor. But it didn't do much considering the air in the room was freezing. None of them could sleep because of the cold. Except for Inuyasha, perhaps, but he didn't sleep anyway. Miroku didn't seem to be too cold in his long robes, but even he had his limit. She shivered, and looked over at Inuyasha. He appeared to be sleeping. She tried to close her eyes and go to sleep. She fell into an uncomfortable sleep.
***
Cloud wasn't asleep. He hardly needed it. He got up and stretched. The cold was only an ich really. He folded the end of the blanket he was sitting on up and over the closest person, Kagome. She mumbled in her sleep, and started to grab the closest warm object she could find. It just so happened it was Inuyasha. She cuddled up to him. A few seconds later, she was sitting in his lap, sleeping quite peacefully. Cloud grinned, and then went back to what he was going to do. He opened the door, and went outside.
***
Kenshin woke up an hour later. His sleep had been interrupted by the cold. He yawned, and looked at his comrades. A light grin touched his face when he saw Inuyasha and Kagome. 'And they say I'm clueless!' He leaned back and went to sleep, after a brief yawn.
***
An hour after that, Miroku woke up. Of course, he also noticed our favorite pair. He went to work doing his stuff. I few minutes later, Inuyasha was now holding Kagome to his chest. He grinned at his handiwork, then noticed Cloud was missing. He shrugged it off and went back to sleep.
***
Cloud came in out of the snow. It was worse than Antartica out there. He shut the door, and untied the bundle of items he had discovered. It seems that this building was by a junk yard, giving Cloud access to a large number of miscellaneous items. He pulled the old butane stove out of the dirty green army bag. He reached in again and pulled out what he hoped was a can of fuel. He had found it on a big rack. He messed with the tubes for a little while, finally connecting the two mis-matched devices. He opened the valve on the stove, and then the one on the fuel. He raised his right arm.
"Fire."
There was a low popping noise and the burner lit with a steady flame. He sighed and grinned, then reached into the bag and pulled out all the other fuel cans he had found. He was lucky. He reached in and grabbed the old, stainless steel pot he had found. He opened the door slightly and scooped up a bunch of snow with it. The snow was okay. He had tried it earlier, fearing that it might have some bad chemical in it. But it was clean and fresh. He placed the pot on the stove and waited for the snow to melt. He unloaded everything else from the sack. A polar fleece blanket he had found in a watertight plastic bag, a couple of knives, another pot, a bunch of metal bowls from a box, some raingear, a large plastic tarp, and a big bag of the only food Inuyasha ever wanted from Kagome, Ramen. He grinned at the thought. 'Inuyasha, you are now in Ramen heaven.' He didn't get any eating utensils though, but hey, if thats all he was missing, they were doing pretty damn good. He hadn't stayed out any longer than that, or he wouldn't of ever came back. The snow had melted and the water was slowly coming to a boil. He grabbed the blanket and threw it over his friends. Thats when he noticed Inuyasha had shifted in his sleep, not only putting his arms around Kagome, but had his face hanging dangerously close to her own. If either of them moved...
"Cute, one would say."
He looked up to see Kenshin sit down next to him. He nodded.
"I guess so."
Kenshin nodded toward the stove and pot.
"You've been out haven't you?"
Cloud nodded.
"It makes no difference to me when I go out. There is no night or day here."
"What?"
Cloud tranferred hot water to bowl and added the noodles.
"The cloud cover lets barely any light through. It's a damned eternal night here."
"Not to mention the temperature. This aint my favorite time."
Cloud shook his head sadly.
"It isn't right. This isn't the right future."
"What do you mean?"
Cloud shook his head.
"What the hell could have done this? Not even the powers in my time could turn the earth into this...this blasted hell."
Kenshin smiled.
"Maybe its just this area."
Cloud shook his head.
"Sense cant show me any place that isn't like this. I'm almost sure it covers the entire world. Something happened here, and civilization was destroyed."
"How can you tell?"
Cloud shrugged.
"Just a gut feeling. I know it sounds stupid, but im sure of it."
Cloud handed Kenshin a bowl full of ramen, who picked a long noodle out with his fingers. Cloud reached for his own bowl, before dropping it at the sight that was in front of him. The blue portal had appeared again. A body flew out of it, and hit him. He caught the person, before he heard an equal grunt from beside him, and Kenshin caught another person. Then, another person flew out, but she rolled to her feet. She looked at Cloud, then at Kenshin. Cloud looked down at the person in his arms, the girl in his arms. She opened her eyes. They looked at each other for a second, before the other girl spoke to her.
"C'mon Brat. Get off the man's lap."
Brat climbed off of Cloud and brushed at her clothes. She huffed.
"Quiet D.g., your just mad you weren't caught by a hot guy."
D.g. ignored her and went over to were Kenshin was holding a sleeping girl.
"C'mon Erika, get up already."
Erika didn't move. Kenshin looked up at D.g.
"I think she's asleep."
D.g slapped her forhead.
"Finally! I was wondering when the sugar-high would wear off!"
While all this was going on, Inuyasha had woken up when the girls had come through the portal. His reaction was to jump up, but stared at the reason he wasn't. Kagome was in his arms. She had somehow appeared in his lap, and he had his arms around her. He had no idea what to do. He knew that if she woke up like this, he would get more sits than he could handle. Then he made the mistake of breathing in her scent. It made him never want to let go. And then, of course, Miroku had to make some loud perverted comment to wake her up.