Disclaimer: I don't own the story...*shrugs* no interesting comments today.. and I'm hoping this
one will stand for the next few chapters cus I don't feel like typing them in...
Note: *heavy sigh* yes.. I am alive (barely). Unfortunately, along with more of this story that has
been delayed for so long, you will also find another story to along with one that was briefly
explained before... As you all knew, I was put on restriction, not supposed to have contact with
any of you outside of reviews.. no IMs no e-mail (sound familiar)... well to make a long story
short, in my last conversation with one of you (you should be able to figure out who you are) my
dad walked in and inevitably caught me in the act of that one thing that I was not supposed to be
doing (talking with you)... anyway, he was GOING to take my account away entirely, and that
would have been the last any of you would have heard from Bunny... but somehow, my mom
managed to get me restricted from ff.net with no account or posting for a while... a LONG while.
BUT, my point is, that I am back, and able to post (hoping that you all are not so completely mad
at me for not being able to warn any of you about this harsh act I was placed under, along with a
heavy dose of depression and writers block) So I give you *drumrole* the next chapter of 'Over
the Edge' which I'm not so sure has been eagerly awaited... *gets on knees* please send flames! I
know you all are mad... but I have to refrain from EVERYTHING... NO-ONE can IM or E-
MAIL at all anymore.... that's it.. I have no-more chances..... so if the story is ever to be ended,
with all it's drama and the drama of my life... try to understand...
I have nothing else to say other than that I will be working my ass off to catch up, work on this a
lot more (I need some reviews of encouragement too), and also to read your fics out there that
I've missed so much...
Warning: Drama-rama may be surfaced in my writing, and my style might seem different as well
(I can't exactly tell, but I've had a lot of projects I've worked on and it might have gotten to me)
~*Over the Edge - Chapter 33: Drifting Together*~
The group walked away from the hut, headed for the small, main, town for somewhere to stay.
After a while of preying over Oki's still form that held his child never to be born, Miroku did not
want to stay there any longer. The scent of blood had been thick, and it was intoxicating with the
evil ora that surrounded the whole hut from the yokai that must have done the deed. He felt so
much pain...and yet... he felt relieved, thoughts interrupting his concentration '...why?...'
Glancing to the others in the group, Mirou's eyes locked with Sango's. Her eyes were so
sorrowful but full of life, the deep brown shining despite the gloomy weather as the rain slowed
down. He still loved her...
***
Seiko watched from the shadows of the forest as the group left. Her eyes were glossy, and her
rage still flared. She wanted to set out right away, to find the yokai that had done that to her sister
and to the midwives in the hut, and slaughter it too... to put IT on display for all the town to see,
with noting but it's head intact... But she could not do that. She was bound by that stupid moon
to her human form as if she were any hanyou... as if she were like InuYasha.
Seiko's faces darkened as she watched them get further away. But it was not the yokai at fault...
it was her. She had been the one to protect her all those years, to ward off the yokai from her
father's hut... And yet, while she had barely been keeping her promise to protect Miroku, she had
not been there to protect her. Seiko could have killed herself right then, but she knew what had to
be done, and she would not be the one to die because of this... she would find Naraku.
It was that bastard's scent that clung to the hut in every way, and she would do worse than
slaughter him... but she had to take care of something first.
***
When they reached the inn, the owner gladly gave them a room to stay in, and it was less trouble
than usual since InuYasha's raven locks under the new moon made him appear completely
human, along with the fact that his ears weren't atop his head, or had fangs at the moment. So the
group got settled like they used to, though there was a strange absence as they had become
accustomed to having Seiko around somewhere...
They all knew that she had been with them as a promise to Oki, and now that she was gone, it
should not be a surprise that she would disappear somewhere, not really having to go with them
any longer. But they still somehow wanted her around... if not as protection or as a huntress...as a
friend.
Kagome turned to look up at InuYash. She was sitting in his lap, leaned back against his strong
chest and raped in his muscular arms... but while she felt safe there, she knew he'd have to go off
again... he seemed to be the only one able to get through to the gypsy huntress, and so he'd be the
one to get her back, or at least see how she was doing...
She shifted position and felt him as he woke up, gently looking down at her with vibrant eyes
like water, glistening of blue and violet. "What is it koi?"
She whispered in he ear, leaning her head against his shoulder. "...Can you find her InuYasha?...
bring her back?...she must be worse off than Mirkou, and I don't want anything to happen to
her..."
InuYasha didn't quite understand what Kagome was asking him, but he remembered the look in
the huntress's eyes as she came out of the hut before bounding into the woods. And while
Kagome's intentions may be different from his own, he knew he'd have to do it... she'd be a
danger to herself in that state... "Alright koi... I'll find her... but I don't know if I can bring her
back... it's up to her now."
Kagome's eyes fell, knowing it was true... but she only hoped that Seiko hadn't done anything
drastic yet. She could protect herself, but the yokai that had killed all those people at the hut was
powerful, she could sense it... and it almost seemed familiar to her, which was not a good thing
since most of the yokai she came across wound up dead.
***
After a few minutes of heading back toward the hut, and then around it searching for the
huntress, InuYasha heard the sound of panting, and knew it was probably her. Hesitantly looking
through the trees to the small clearing, he saw the gypsy girl crouched in a ditch of earth, freshly
dug. Even with his eyesight at the level of a human's, he could see that her knuckles were
bloody, and covered with the muddy earth that was also smeared over her legs and face. There
were a few other mounds of earth on the site, each with a small arrangement of flowers on top,
and InuYasha figured out what it was she was doing... she was performing the burial that they
had left without doing.
The huntress sniffed as she gingerly lowered Oki's body into the pit, and while still panting for
breath, roughly pushed the mud back over her after she climbed out. She looked down at the
mound before her and glared in disgust, but placed the flowers anyway, along with a talisman of
Oki's father.
Then after, Seiko turned sharply from the new grave and began heading toward the hut once
more, brushing past InuYasha as she did so, then paused for a moment. "There's nothing left for
me here now... you can go back and tell Miroku I'll be returning soon. No need for you to follow
me."
He caught the tone in her voice that was serious, the one that he knew from when he had first met
her... but this time he did not question it.
***
Sesshomarou sighed with frustration as he turned away from Fera-baba's hut. She was not there
as he would have thought, and he was getting impatient with thinking logically, and was instead
willing to surrender to his instincts to go after his mate. He knew that she was with his hanyou
brother, and that he was safe with them somehow... but he was drawn to her, and something
wasn't quite right either... he just couldn't figure out what 'it' was at the moment...
So the lord of the western lands took off in the slowing rain, following the faint scent of her that
remained in the damp air. He knew she couldn't have gone too far. After all, she had three
humans with her to slow her down...
***
The metal clanked together as Seiko bunched and bound all of her weaponry together in sets. She
had a lot from hunting over the years as her skills had expanded, but she would not need all of it
any longer nor be able to haul it all around. So for this, the huntress decided she would leave
some of it in town to sell... she didn't really need the money, but one of the merchants would
most likely gladly buy the equipment from her, as it was all still in fine shape, and well used to
be tested.
But as she subconsciously continued to bind the various swords and glaives, her mind wandered
without her knowing... and she got a strange sense that something was nearing her... and it was
nothing good. She motioned to grip one of her daggers, but her fingers slid against one of the
swords, making a shallow cut on her fingertips, and abruptly awakening her from a moment of
spacing out.
The presence was gone as she glanced around, alert with all of her humane senses. But after a
few minutes, she bandaged her fingers, knowing she would have to wait to heal them until after
the moon had moved on, and she continued with her work.
***
Miroku couldn't sleep, and his mind was active and wandering. He sat outside off the inn on the
porch, watching the rain come down more gently still. He knew why it was that he still loved
Sango, and why he was not completely overwhelmed by Oki's death. She had only been kind,
wanting to please... she took them in to her home and her heart, including him. And for this,
when he asked her to bare his child, she accepted in her good nature. But the love was false. The
only woman he had truly wanted was Sango, and every time she had pushed him away... he could
never have her...
Sango watched the monk from the doorway of the inn, and slowly moved up beside him, sitting
down to look out at the rain as he was. She turned to look at him, but he turned to her as well.
"What is it?"
Miroku studied her gentle features as she looked at him. He wanted to know if what he thought
was true or not... but could he bring himself to ask her... to ask again. His voice was soft as he
answered her. "Nothing..."
She tuned her face away from him, looking back out at the rain. But Miroku took his hand gently,
and turned her chin to face him, and leaned in to place a gentle kiss on her lips. And while he
expected the sweet reward to end in a smack or a brutal beating like the ones he'd gotten so many
times before, she surprised him, bringing him into a deeper kiss than the one before...
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Did my style change too much? Does the story seem to fake and predictable now? Is it too fluffy,
and need more Sesshy? Should I delete this fucking chapter and replace it with something of
better quality once I actually get my 'groove' back from reading and catching up on all of your
fics? BUNNY IS CONFUSED! please review... Ja (I'll try to update soon.. promise)
one will stand for the next few chapters cus I don't feel like typing them in...
Note: *heavy sigh* yes.. I am alive (barely). Unfortunately, along with more of this story that has
been delayed for so long, you will also find another story to along with one that was briefly
explained before... As you all knew, I was put on restriction, not supposed to have contact with
any of you outside of reviews.. no IMs no e-mail (sound familiar)... well to make a long story
short, in my last conversation with one of you (you should be able to figure out who you are) my
dad walked in and inevitably caught me in the act of that one thing that I was not supposed to be
doing (talking with you)... anyway, he was GOING to take my account away entirely, and that
would have been the last any of you would have heard from Bunny... but somehow, my mom
managed to get me restricted from ff.net with no account or posting for a while... a LONG while.
BUT, my point is, that I am back, and able to post (hoping that you all are not so completely mad
at me for not being able to warn any of you about this harsh act I was placed under, along with a
heavy dose of depression and writers block) So I give you *drumrole* the next chapter of 'Over
the Edge' which I'm not so sure has been eagerly awaited... *gets on knees* please send flames! I
know you all are mad... but I have to refrain from EVERYTHING... NO-ONE can IM or E-
MAIL at all anymore.... that's it.. I have no-more chances..... so if the story is ever to be ended,
with all it's drama and the drama of my life... try to understand...
I have nothing else to say other than that I will be working my ass off to catch up, work on this a
lot more (I need some reviews of encouragement too), and also to read your fics out there that
I've missed so much...
Warning: Drama-rama may be surfaced in my writing, and my style might seem different as well
(I can't exactly tell, but I've had a lot of projects I've worked on and it might have gotten to me)
~*Over the Edge - Chapter 33: Drifting Together*~
The group walked away from the hut, headed for the small, main, town for somewhere to stay.
After a while of preying over Oki's still form that held his child never to be born, Miroku did not
want to stay there any longer. The scent of blood had been thick, and it was intoxicating with the
evil ora that surrounded the whole hut from the yokai that must have done the deed. He felt so
much pain...and yet... he felt relieved, thoughts interrupting his concentration '...why?...'
Glancing to the others in the group, Mirou's eyes locked with Sango's. Her eyes were so
sorrowful but full of life, the deep brown shining despite the gloomy weather as the rain slowed
down. He still loved her...
***
Seiko watched from the shadows of the forest as the group left. Her eyes were glossy, and her
rage still flared. She wanted to set out right away, to find the yokai that had done that to her sister
and to the midwives in the hut, and slaughter it too... to put IT on display for all the town to see,
with noting but it's head intact... But she could not do that. She was bound by that stupid moon
to her human form as if she were any hanyou... as if she were like InuYasha.
Seiko's faces darkened as she watched them get further away. But it was not the yokai at fault...
it was her. She had been the one to protect her all those years, to ward off the yokai from her
father's hut... And yet, while she had barely been keeping her promise to protect Miroku, she had
not been there to protect her. Seiko could have killed herself right then, but she knew what had to
be done, and she would not be the one to die because of this... she would find Naraku.
It was that bastard's scent that clung to the hut in every way, and she would do worse than
slaughter him... but she had to take care of something first.
***
When they reached the inn, the owner gladly gave them a room to stay in, and it was less trouble
than usual since InuYasha's raven locks under the new moon made him appear completely
human, along with the fact that his ears weren't atop his head, or had fangs at the moment. So the
group got settled like they used to, though there was a strange absence as they had become
accustomed to having Seiko around somewhere...
They all knew that she had been with them as a promise to Oki, and now that she was gone, it
should not be a surprise that she would disappear somewhere, not really having to go with them
any longer. But they still somehow wanted her around... if not as protection or as a huntress...as a
friend.
Kagome turned to look up at InuYash. She was sitting in his lap, leaned back against his strong
chest and raped in his muscular arms... but while she felt safe there, she knew he'd have to go off
again... he seemed to be the only one able to get through to the gypsy huntress, and so he'd be the
one to get her back, or at least see how she was doing...
She shifted position and felt him as he woke up, gently looking down at her with vibrant eyes
like water, glistening of blue and violet. "What is it koi?"
She whispered in he ear, leaning her head against his shoulder. "...Can you find her InuYasha?...
bring her back?...she must be worse off than Mirkou, and I don't want anything to happen to
her..."
InuYasha didn't quite understand what Kagome was asking him, but he remembered the look in
the huntress's eyes as she came out of the hut before bounding into the woods. And while
Kagome's intentions may be different from his own, he knew he'd have to do it... she'd be a
danger to herself in that state... "Alright koi... I'll find her... but I don't know if I can bring her
back... it's up to her now."
Kagome's eyes fell, knowing it was true... but she only hoped that Seiko hadn't done anything
drastic yet. She could protect herself, but the yokai that had killed all those people at the hut was
powerful, she could sense it... and it almost seemed familiar to her, which was not a good thing
since most of the yokai she came across wound up dead.
***
After a few minutes of heading back toward the hut, and then around it searching for the
huntress, InuYasha heard the sound of panting, and knew it was probably her. Hesitantly looking
through the trees to the small clearing, he saw the gypsy girl crouched in a ditch of earth, freshly
dug. Even with his eyesight at the level of a human's, he could see that her knuckles were
bloody, and covered with the muddy earth that was also smeared over her legs and face. There
were a few other mounds of earth on the site, each with a small arrangement of flowers on top,
and InuYasha figured out what it was she was doing... she was performing the burial that they
had left without doing.
The huntress sniffed as she gingerly lowered Oki's body into the pit, and while still panting for
breath, roughly pushed the mud back over her after she climbed out. She looked down at the
mound before her and glared in disgust, but placed the flowers anyway, along with a talisman of
Oki's father.
Then after, Seiko turned sharply from the new grave and began heading toward the hut once
more, brushing past InuYasha as she did so, then paused for a moment. "There's nothing left for
me here now... you can go back and tell Miroku I'll be returning soon. No need for you to follow
me."
He caught the tone in her voice that was serious, the one that he knew from when he had first met
her... but this time he did not question it.
***
Sesshomarou sighed with frustration as he turned away from Fera-baba's hut. She was not there
as he would have thought, and he was getting impatient with thinking logically, and was instead
willing to surrender to his instincts to go after his mate. He knew that she was with his hanyou
brother, and that he was safe with them somehow... but he was drawn to her, and something
wasn't quite right either... he just couldn't figure out what 'it' was at the moment...
So the lord of the western lands took off in the slowing rain, following the faint scent of her that
remained in the damp air. He knew she couldn't have gone too far. After all, she had three
humans with her to slow her down...
***
The metal clanked together as Seiko bunched and bound all of her weaponry together in sets. She
had a lot from hunting over the years as her skills had expanded, but she would not need all of it
any longer nor be able to haul it all around. So for this, the huntress decided she would leave
some of it in town to sell... she didn't really need the money, but one of the merchants would
most likely gladly buy the equipment from her, as it was all still in fine shape, and well used to
be tested.
But as she subconsciously continued to bind the various swords and glaives, her mind wandered
without her knowing... and she got a strange sense that something was nearing her... and it was
nothing good. She motioned to grip one of her daggers, but her fingers slid against one of the
swords, making a shallow cut on her fingertips, and abruptly awakening her from a moment of
spacing out.
The presence was gone as she glanced around, alert with all of her humane senses. But after a
few minutes, she bandaged her fingers, knowing she would have to wait to heal them until after
the moon had moved on, and she continued with her work.
***
Miroku couldn't sleep, and his mind was active and wandering. He sat outside off the inn on the
porch, watching the rain come down more gently still. He knew why it was that he still loved
Sango, and why he was not completely overwhelmed by Oki's death. She had only been kind,
wanting to please... she took them in to her home and her heart, including him. And for this,
when he asked her to bare his child, she accepted in her good nature. But the love was false. The
only woman he had truly wanted was Sango, and every time she had pushed him away... he could
never have her...
Sango watched the monk from the doorway of the inn, and slowly moved up beside him, sitting
down to look out at the rain as he was. She turned to look at him, but he turned to her as well.
"What is it?"
Miroku studied her gentle features as she looked at him. He wanted to know if what he thought
was true or not... but could he bring himself to ask her... to ask again. His voice was soft as he
answered her. "Nothing..."
She tuned her face away from him, looking back out at the rain. But Miroku took his hand gently,
and turned her chin to face him, and leaned in to place a gentle kiss on her lips. And while he
expected the sweet reward to end in a smack or a brutal beating like the ones he'd gotten so many
times before, she surprised him, bringing him into a deeper kiss than the one before...
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*
*
Did my style change too much? Does the story seem to fake and predictable now? Is it too fluffy,
and need more Sesshy? Should I delete this fucking chapter and replace it with something of
better quality once I actually get my 'groove' back from reading and catching up on all of your
fics? BUNNY IS CONFUSED! please review... Ja (I'll try to update soon.. promise)