Ally walks over to Sartori and takes her crystal flame off of her necklace.
She holds it out in front of her, and it transforms into a sort of halberd
that has a sword blade at its end.
"Holy shit!"
"What is she doing?"
Sartori turns to Ally. "I knew it! Now, let's kill it, and get rid of the blue bird on his shoulder." "Sounds good to me." They both float into the air. Sartori swings her sword and begins to dismember the demon. She hacks off the remaining arm, then starts on the legs. The demon falls back, just as Ally flies forward and cuts it in half with her halberd. The parts that Sartori cut off are destroyed by plants, and the parts that Ally cut burst into flames and were completely destroyed.
"That was fun, Ally. We should do that more often." "Yeah, that was fun. That's the first demon I've ever seen, so I know we need to kill some more."
Sesshomaru has, in the meantime, jumped off the shoulder of the demon and started walking towards Inuyasha.
"Hello, brother. I see you have made some new friends." "Sesshomaru! What are you doing here?" "I was coming to finally defeat you." "Oh, yeah, Inuyasha!" says Sartori, "Your brother wants to kill you. You get the first turn to fight him, but if you get knocked down, it's me and Ally's turn to play with him. It'll be fun!"
The gang gets sweatdrops and falls over. Oo''' "Okay then..."
"Sesshomaru! Fight me, you coward!" "You don't have to worry about that." Sesshomaru suddenly appears right in front of Inuyasha, who had whipped out Tetsusaiga. "Here I am, little brother." He brings Tokijin down. Inuyasha gets blasted back into a tree. "Okay, now it's our turn!" Sartori disappears, for a moment, then appears right in Sesshomaru's face. "Missed me!" she says, and cuts him on the nose, then disappears again. A small plant grows out of the cut and produces a small white flower. Ally disappears too, and several cuts appear all over Sesshomaru, flaming and burning his skin and clothes. They reappear again, at the middle of the clearing. "So who's the weakling now?" says Ally. "Yeah, it's not us humans!" Sesshomaru turns and tries to walk away, but when he turns his back a vine sprouts and grabs him from behind. He get's waved around a bit, then Sartori has the vine grow straight up. "Can I go?" asks Ally. "Sure, be my guest!" Ally lowers her halberd until the tip touches the base of the vine. Suddenly, flames shoot from her halberd, and catch on the vine. A few seconds, and the whole vine is covered in flames, especially the part holding Sesshomaru. I can break free now he thinks. "But setting the plant on fire was a mistake. I can break the vines now." After a few painful tries, he realizes that the flames aren't burning the plant. They're climbing up it and burning him. After his clothes become blackened, Ally removes her halberd, and the flames dissipate. Inuyasha in the meantime has gotten up, and is watching the exchange. Sartori says to him "Your turn again!" and lets her vines release Sesshomaru. He falls to the ground, and gets up after a few tries. "Little brother, fighting me is mistake." He reaches for Tokijin, but finds his sheath empty. Ally is standing with Kagome. "Hey Kagome, is it possible to purify this thing? I think it's evil, kinda like wonderboy over there." Kagome gets a sweatdrop. oo''' "Um, I don't think so-" "Well, then I'll burn it! If it's gone then it won't be evil. It won't even be anything!" She takes her halberd and draws the tip down the sword, making the sword break into flames. Sesshomaru looks over and sees Tokijin burning on the ground. He disappears, then reappears holding the burnt Tokijin. This is not good. "Merely burning a sword made of an ogre's fang... will not cleanse it. Now, Inuyasha, get ready to fight!" Sesshomaru starts fencing with Inuyasha. After a long while, he manages to knock the Tetsusaiga out of Inuyasha's hands. "This is your end, Inuyasha!" Inuyasha, to tired to move, just lies in the ground. Suddenly Sartori points her sword at Sesshomaru. "Our turn again! What luck!" She sends a burst of energy at Sesshomaru's head. He simply stands there, because he thinks her "magic" can't harm him. "Is that the best you can do?" he asks. "But I wasn't done yet, baka!". She sends another burst of energy, and suddenly his whole body is covered with plants. His face contorts in pain, because the roots of the plant growing in the cut on his nose have grown into his face. "Why you!" "Well, what do ya think I was doing when I disappeared? Sitting back on my heels? Now what to do with you...? Ally, got any ideas?" "We could burn him." Ally says, "But I don't think we should kill him yet. Let's keep him somewhere so we can heal him. He's in no condition to go off anywhere." "We can't heal him until he promises not to try to kill Inuyasha for now. Hey, you, do you promise?!" Sartori asks Sesshomaru. "I'm not promising anything." "Good enough for me. Now STAY" Sartori forms a cage of plants around him, attached to the trees above. The plants thicken, and soon they are too thick to see through. "Okay. Now let's go back to the village. I'll talk to Kaede!" shouts Sartori. "I'll go too. Let me get some more firewood, though. I'm really hungry for lunch!!" "Let's untransform our crystals, first. I don't think we can carry that much stuff." "Cool with me. Now lets go!" They quickly gather some more firewood, and go off with the gang back to the village. Kaede makes a fire, while Sartori asks her if she has any medicine for a demon that has burned and cut up. "Why yes. It's made from herbs, so you may be able to make it much more effective. Only a small amount is needed, even for demons." Kaede hands her a small glass bottle with a gold liquid in it. "Now who is this for again?" "No one..." Sartori runs out and tells the gang what she is planning on doing. "What! Help heal /I brother? Are you kidding?" "It really isn't a good idea." "You do know he will probably try to kill you? He's very arrogant." "Why are you going to try to heal him anyways? He was the one who was trying to kill you, remember." "Yeah, I know, but I don't want any permanent harm to come to anyone. It's fun to fight, but if someone dies, then it's not fun anymore, ya know." "Okay then...." oo''' "Ally, you come with me, so I'll have some backup if he becomes violent. Ya'll happy now?!"
"I guess so" says Kagome. "Bye then!" says Sartori. She and Ally fly off into the forest. When they get to the "cage", they notice some blood dripping from its bottom. "Hey, are you alright?" "..." Silence. "I said, are you okay?" "..." Silence. "Alright. Ally you stay here. I'll be up in a sec, Sesshomaru." She holds out the bottle of healing potion and uses her crystal to send her energy into the liquid. The stuff nearly glows in the dark, in an interesting bright gold color. "I'm coming, Sesh." Sartori flies up to the level of the cage. Her body starts to turn bright white, and she flies through the plants that make up the cage (with her eyes closed). When she enters, something knocks her down to the bottom of the cage. "What?" she asks, seeing Sesshomaru sitting on her chest. "You will release me, human. I shall kill you if you do otherwise." He sniffs at her face. "Do you mind!!!" she shouts. "You are not afraid of me, human. You are merely confused and angry with me. Is it not wise to be afraid of the great Lord of the Western Lands?" "Damn! What the hell is the "Western Lands, anyways." She shouts. "I just came here to heal you, and get rid of that!" She points at the plant growing on his nose. "How would your weak human efforts help me!" he asks. "Well, I could at least get rid of the plant" She takes a cup out of her kimono, along with a bottle of water. "Then do so quickly, human." "Then drink this first, youkai. Then I'll take care of the plant." She hands him a cup of water mixed with the healing potion. He drinks it, then drops the cup next to her. "Well, that's rude of you. You really should've handed that to me. It seems like ya have no manners at all, baka!" "You dare to call the great Sesshomaru and idiot!" "Yeah, I dare alright. Now get off my stomach, so I can take care of the plant." He lightly jumps, and lands on his feet a yard away. "Nice move, wonderboy. Now stay still for a sec." She takes hold of the bottom of the plants stem. She sends her energy through it, and she starts to glow white, just as the plant is doing. Then she draws out all her energy. After that she draws out all the plant's energy. It shrivels around her hand. The roots shrivel too, and she is able to pull it completely free. When she removes it, the holes made by its roots close up, and he is completely healed. Sartori stops glowing white. "/I you may leave as soon as I get rid of your little "cage", baka. And my name isn't "human", it's Sartori. If you do not remember that by the next time I see you, you will be extremely sorry you didn't learn when you still had the chance." "And now the human dares to threaten me, Lord Sesshomaru. Do you really think you will live long enough to meet me a second time?" "Yeah, I think so. I think I'll live a lot longer than you would think, baka." "And you insult me again! You are a fool," he says as he takes out Tokijin and attacks her, "to insult me when you should be praying for your life!" "Think again, baka. This is why you are a baka ningen!" Just before the sword hits her, a white light glows over her skin. When the sword hits it, it bounces off, and the force of the rebound sends Sesshomaru sprawling against the opposite wall of the cage. "Hey Sartori, takin' care of yourself? How's it going?" "I'm fine, Ally. Thanks for worrying, though!" Sartori walk over to him and asks him "Are you done with your little pride thing, wonderboy? You must mistake me for another human, one who is weak. I may be human, but I am stronger than you, baka youkai! Now, stop being a fool. Your wounds will reopen if you try to play around too much." "I am a demon. They will heal." "Then by all means, get yourself killed. One less person to worry about around here. I myself wouldn't worry about you anyways. You really don't scare me, with all of your huffing and puffing. Now you may go when I take down the cage, baka youkai!" she says. She starts to glow white, and flies out of the cage. Sesshomaru is surprised at her numerous outbursts, as no human had before ever dared to anger him so greatly. Nor had any human been able to repel the Tokijin. Wait. How is she able to repel the Tokijin? It's made of teeth strong enough to break the Tetsusaiga. She is human, and my sword wounds even demons. This is not possible. No one had ever been able to make plants grow through skin, form cages of vines, and fly through wall the wall of a cage made of vines who was a human. Nor had any demons any power to do so... This was bothering him as well, because he had been thinking about these humans for a while. Nothing had ever been able to burn the Tokijin. Nothing should have. So how could the blade of a human create fire that burnt the Tokijin, without using demonic energy? There was no answer to that, in his mind. He would continue to watch these new humans, and his mind was made up. A few more battles with my brother, though, will not harm me.
"Alright, I'm getting rid of the cage! Get ready to fall!" shouts Sartori. She grasps the base of the vines, which start to glow white. All of a sudden the vines start to shrink, growing in reverse towards the base. The cage is gone, and Sesshomaru leaps out onto a nearby branch.
"Be careful, human. You have dared to anger, threaten, /I insult me. Next time, you will not escape unharmed." "I'm so scared! Not! You better watch out. My name is Sartori. Her name is Ally. Our names are not "human". If you do not use our names when we next meet, you will seriously regret not listening to us. I think I can plan out what I would like to do. What would you like to do to him, Ally?" "I think it involves fire, and pain. Lots and lots of fire. And pain."
"I will go now. Your company bores me. Remember, next time, you will not be so lucky, human." Sesshomaru jumps down and walks off. A strand of vine encircles his chest before he notices anything. He gets lifted off the ground, and is turned back to face them. "Remember our names, baka youkai. You really think you can hurt us? You're a joke. A slow, weak youkai like you can do nothing to us. No one can harm us. You really are a baka. If you don't remember our names, you'll wish you hadn't been so stupid. But that wont matter. Now go, and don't come back until you actually think something through, baka youkai. You are no harm to us." says Ally.
The vine around his chest turns him around, and drops him. He stops for a second, then continues to walk off. Sartori and Ally fly back to the gang.
"So, how did it go? We heard you shouting something." asks Miroku. "She healed him, but he was being a baka." says ally We gave him a nice warning." And with this, she cracks her knuckles. "He won't be so stupid again." "Heh heh. I think I would enjoy carrying out our threat." Sartori says. "I know I would!" "I don't know what you're talking about. Would you like to explain yourselves?" asks Inuyasha. "Nope. Not at all." retorts Ally. "Fine. Would anyone like to have lunch, now that there are no interruptions" Kagome asks. Everyone starts drooling. "Yes!". They all run inside Kaede's hut. They get there just in time to get fresh soup and rice. After eating, they all settle down to talk. Sartori returns the healing potion to Kaede, and they both change back into their normal forms. Kagome brings out a deck of cards from her time, and the three of them teach everyone how to play Go Fish. "Greetings, Lord Inu-Yasha!" Inuyasha looks around. "Old man Myoga, where are you?" Then he feels something on his nose. Myoga is sucking his blood. Inuyasha slaps at Myoga, and squishes him. "My lord, I have news." "Then tell us, old man." "I did some research on the origin of the humans with their own magic." "Do tell, old man Myoga." says Sango. "Apparently, the magic originated with a few nomadic humans. Their skills developed into a kind of magic. Some had plant magic. Others had fire magic. They all either had a life-giving magic or a destructive magic. Their children intermarried, and the children of those with human magic could be found in many villages, and in the tribe itself. It was rare, though, that a child of a normal human and a human with magic would have magic themselves though. Eventually, the tribe died out, and the remaining humans with magic were scattered everywhere. After that, it became even rarer that someone show signs of human magic. Eventually no magic was seen at all. Even now, there are no known humans with the magic." "So how did me and Ally end up as friends and living in the same area?" "That is a mystery that I don't know the answer too. Do any of your other friends have interests related to elements of nature?" "Umm... Kiley likes anime and when we though of our own religion she was the goddess of the surreal... What else was there, Ally?" "Uh, Juliana was the goddess of smiting. I think that's destruction..." "And Stefany was the goddess of order." "And Shayna was the goddess of water." "And Sasin was the goddess of intellect." "And who else did we leave out?" "Let's see...There were seven goddesses. Minus us two. That's five. Minus five is zero. That means..." "We didn't leave anyone out." "Wow, we are weird, aren't we? I mean, creating our own religion. I don't know anyone else who would do that." "I agree with that." "Okay. It looks like our closest friends have the magic. Juliana would be destruction..." "And chaos, knowing her. Kiley would be the surreal, or what doesn't exist in this world." "Shayna would definitely be water." "And that would be it, I think." "God, we are really, really weird." "One other thing, Lord Inuyasha." "Go on, Myoga." "These humans are travelers. They can travel anywhere. Apparently, one of the original descendants traveled past the gates of the next world and came back." "But that's not possible!" "But it happened, apparently. Also, these humans with magic are totally resistant to magic other than their own. They cannot be controlled. Shields do not work. Magic spells have no effect. Nothing can change their two states of being. They cannot be poisoned or stabbed. Even mikos cannot purify them. They are never evil. And they are totally loyal to each other. If one works for Naraku, lets say, and another is fighting Naraku, then the one working for him would help the other defeat him." "Well that's a relief!" "Yeah, and they can replicate their crystals, giving others those powers as well." "What? You mean they can make other people change forms. Even demons?" "Um, no. That's not what I said. They can give others replicas of their crystals. This means that they can use the swords like they do. And they are resistant to magic and attempts to hurt them, too. This works for demons, too. But they won't change forms. I think that in extreme circumstances that call for it, the person grows wings similar to theirs, and can fly. But that's it. And they can get rid of the wings when they want too." "So, if we use replicas of the crystal, Kagura cannot harm us. Shikon shards, even those that are tainted, would have no effect. Kanna's mirror might not work against the swords. I can list other stuff, but I'm not." says Miroku. "Well then, I guess we should do that." "Yeah, but we need your help for one thing-The last Shikon shard is behind the gates to the next world." "Oh." retorts Sartori. "Then we better get Juliana, Kiley, and Shayna to help while we are gone." "Why would we need others?" asks Inuyasha. "We already have you two, and if you give us replica crystals, then we would have similar abilities to them." "Yeah, I know. But what you need them for is-" "Other powers other than plants and fire. Fire is good, but pure destruction is best. And-" "There will be many demons around the gates, won't there?" "Um, yeah," Kagome agrees, "I guess so. Naraku would probably bring his friends." "Yeah, and I would prefer to go /I someone, preferably Ally, into the world of dead people's souls. So-" "You would probably want the rest of our group to be helping you guys while we were gone. Plus, they would have fun. Juliana-" "Loves violence. And she's never killed someone. But she's beaten up a lot of idiots over the years. I'm not sure about the rest of our group, but Kiley likes Japan, and Shannon likes animals. Since-" "That is in abundance here, she would be very happy. Now-" "Do you understand now?" "Hm, yes. You do have a point." says Miroku. "However,-" "Yes?" "Are your friends as beautiful as you?" "None of us are pretty. And we don't like to wear dresses. Or feminine clothing for that matter. Except-" "For you and Shayna. Get the picture, perverted monk? Oh, and Juliana likes to kick people who annoy her. That's a lot of people." "I see..." Miroku manages to say. oo''''' "So, is everyone okay with us going back to our time in the 'States to round everyone up? While you guys get some supplies and get everything ready to go?" "Yes, it's okay with us." says Kagome. "What are you saying?!" shouts Inuyasha. "Well, we will need all the help we can get." Kagome shouts back to Inuyasha. "So why are we being helped by her friends?!!!" he yells. "Because they have magic that is very useful!" she yells. "Then why not just use their magic, and not bring them here?!". "Because it would be better if they can help us in person! And they can only use their magic after they come face to face with a demon that is attacking!" she shouts at him. "Oh, I see. They can't use their magic until they fight a demon. And there are no demons in their time." he says. "Yes, baka, that's what I was trying to tell you." she shouts at him. "Then why didn't you tell me that first!" he screams. "Because I wanted to see how long it took you to think that over." she says. "Then you guys should leave right now!" he shouts at Sartori and Ally. "WE WILL, BAKA YOUKAI!" 0o "Okay, then go already!" Sheesh, what did I say?. "Fine, baka. We'll be back anywhere between 1-6 hours. Have fun while we're gone!" "See ya later, Ally!" "Yeah, bye you guys!" "Have fun, too!" "Bring back only what you need! We can't carry a ton of stuff!" Oo Baka youkai! "I'll see ya soon!" says Ally. They open a new well, and go into it. Sesshomaru finally finds Rin and Jaken. Rin runs over to him. "Sesshomaru-sama, whats wrong? Are you hurt? Your clothes are all burnt and black!" "My lord, are you okay?!" "I'm fine, both of you. I fought with my brother, but two humans intervened. Jaken, do you know of humans who can use magic?" "No mi'lord, I do not. What type of magic do you mean?" "One human had a sword. Where it cut, a plant grew. She could control the growth of plants. The other had a halberd. Where it touched my sword," and he unsheathes the burnt Tokijin, "it burnt it. Where it touched the other human's plants, it did not burn them. It only burnt me and my sword." "But if they have magic, they cannot be humans, mi'lord!" "But they smelt of humans. They smelt of nothing else. Even their magic reeked like humans." "But it's impossible!" "And they could change shapes, too." "You mean, they could change into the form of an animal?!" "No. Their clothes and outward appearance changed. They grew wings. That's all they did." "But humans cannot do that! They have no magic, unless they are mikos. And mikos cannot change their appearance, much less do anything other than purify things and slay demons!" "I know, Jaken. I will return to fight them tomorrow. However..." "What, mi'lord?" "When one of the humans insulted me, when she was trying to heal me, I took my sword and attacked her. When I tried to cut her, a white light glowed over her skin, and Tokijin was repeled so strongly I was thrown into the opposite wall of my cage. Tokijin is stronger than even the Tetsusaiga. How can a mere human repel it?" "I do not know, mi'lord. You were caged?!" "Yes, Jaken. The human that controlled plants created a cage to hold me, so that she could heal me before I left. Apparently, the plant that was growing in one of my cuts would have eventually killed me." "But, mi'lord, no cage can hold you, the great Sesshomaru!" "This human made the cage of plants. My sword was repelled. She did not create a hole in the cage to enter. She flew through the plants to go in and out." "Mi'lord, those humans cannot truly be human!" "But they are Jaken, which is intriguing." "Mi'lord?" "I believe I shall pay them a visit tomorrow night. Rin, Jaken, let us leave now." "Yes, mi'lord." "Coming, Lord Sesshomaru." Ally and Sartori climb out of the well in Sartori's backyard. "Okay, here's what we're gonna do. Let's call them up and ask if they can stay with us for a week or two. Then we'll bring them over here. Then we'll bring them with us to the Sengoku time. Think It'll work?" "Sounds good to me!" "Let's do it!" My thoughts: In Japanese, "You are an idiot demon" would be "Anata wa baka (na) youkai desu." "You were a damn idiot" would be "Anata wa kuso (na) baka arimasen" "You are not an idiot"—"Anata wa baka deshita" "You were not an idiot"—"Anata wa baka arimasen deshita"
Sartori turns to Ally. "I knew it! Now, let's kill it, and get rid of the blue bird on his shoulder." "Sounds good to me." They both float into the air. Sartori swings her sword and begins to dismember the demon. She hacks off the remaining arm, then starts on the legs. The demon falls back, just as Ally flies forward and cuts it in half with her halberd. The parts that Sartori cut off are destroyed by plants, and the parts that Ally cut burst into flames and were completely destroyed.
"That was fun, Ally. We should do that more often." "Yeah, that was fun. That's the first demon I've ever seen, so I know we need to kill some more."
Sesshomaru has, in the meantime, jumped off the shoulder of the demon and started walking towards Inuyasha.
"Hello, brother. I see you have made some new friends." "Sesshomaru! What are you doing here?" "I was coming to finally defeat you." "Oh, yeah, Inuyasha!" says Sartori, "Your brother wants to kill you. You get the first turn to fight him, but if you get knocked down, it's me and Ally's turn to play with him. It'll be fun!"
The gang gets sweatdrops and falls over. Oo''' "Okay then..."
"Sesshomaru! Fight me, you coward!" "You don't have to worry about that." Sesshomaru suddenly appears right in front of Inuyasha, who had whipped out Tetsusaiga. "Here I am, little brother." He brings Tokijin down. Inuyasha gets blasted back into a tree. "Okay, now it's our turn!" Sartori disappears, for a moment, then appears right in Sesshomaru's face. "Missed me!" she says, and cuts him on the nose, then disappears again. A small plant grows out of the cut and produces a small white flower. Ally disappears too, and several cuts appear all over Sesshomaru, flaming and burning his skin and clothes. They reappear again, at the middle of the clearing. "So who's the weakling now?" says Ally. "Yeah, it's not us humans!" Sesshomaru turns and tries to walk away, but when he turns his back a vine sprouts and grabs him from behind. He get's waved around a bit, then Sartori has the vine grow straight up. "Can I go?" asks Ally. "Sure, be my guest!" Ally lowers her halberd until the tip touches the base of the vine. Suddenly, flames shoot from her halberd, and catch on the vine. A few seconds, and the whole vine is covered in flames, especially the part holding Sesshomaru. I can break free now he thinks. "But setting the plant on fire was a mistake. I can break the vines now." After a few painful tries, he realizes that the flames aren't burning the plant. They're climbing up it and burning him. After his clothes become blackened, Ally removes her halberd, and the flames dissipate. Inuyasha in the meantime has gotten up, and is watching the exchange. Sartori says to him "Your turn again!" and lets her vines release Sesshomaru. He falls to the ground, and gets up after a few tries. "Little brother, fighting me is mistake." He reaches for Tokijin, but finds his sheath empty. Ally is standing with Kagome. "Hey Kagome, is it possible to purify this thing? I think it's evil, kinda like wonderboy over there." Kagome gets a sweatdrop. oo''' "Um, I don't think so-" "Well, then I'll burn it! If it's gone then it won't be evil. It won't even be anything!" She takes her halberd and draws the tip down the sword, making the sword break into flames. Sesshomaru looks over and sees Tokijin burning on the ground. He disappears, then reappears holding the burnt Tokijin. This is not good. "Merely burning a sword made of an ogre's fang... will not cleanse it. Now, Inuyasha, get ready to fight!" Sesshomaru starts fencing with Inuyasha. After a long while, he manages to knock the Tetsusaiga out of Inuyasha's hands. "This is your end, Inuyasha!" Inuyasha, to tired to move, just lies in the ground. Suddenly Sartori points her sword at Sesshomaru. "Our turn again! What luck!" She sends a burst of energy at Sesshomaru's head. He simply stands there, because he thinks her "magic" can't harm him. "Is that the best you can do?" he asks. "But I wasn't done yet, baka!". She sends another burst of energy, and suddenly his whole body is covered with plants. His face contorts in pain, because the roots of the plant growing in the cut on his nose have grown into his face. "Why you!" "Well, what do ya think I was doing when I disappeared? Sitting back on my heels? Now what to do with you...? Ally, got any ideas?" "We could burn him." Ally says, "But I don't think we should kill him yet. Let's keep him somewhere so we can heal him. He's in no condition to go off anywhere." "We can't heal him until he promises not to try to kill Inuyasha for now. Hey, you, do you promise?!" Sartori asks Sesshomaru. "I'm not promising anything." "Good enough for me. Now STAY" Sartori forms a cage of plants around him, attached to the trees above. The plants thicken, and soon they are too thick to see through. "Okay. Now let's go back to the village. I'll talk to Kaede!" shouts Sartori. "I'll go too. Let me get some more firewood, though. I'm really hungry for lunch!!" "Let's untransform our crystals, first. I don't think we can carry that much stuff." "Cool with me. Now lets go!" They quickly gather some more firewood, and go off with the gang back to the village. Kaede makes a fire, while Sartori asks her if she has any medicine for a demon that has burned and cut up. "Why yes. It's made from herbs, so you may be able to make it much more effective. Only a small amount is needed, even for demons." Kaede hands her a small glass bottle with a gold liquid in it. "Now who is this for again?" "No one..." Sartori runs out and tells the gang what she is planning on doing. "What! Help heal /I brother? Are you kidding?" "It really isn't a good idea." "You do know he will probably try to kill you? He's very arrogant." "Why are you going to try to heal him anyways? He was the one who was trying to kill you, remember." "Yeah, I know, but I don't want any permanent harm to come to anyone. It's fun to fight, but if someone dies, then it's not fun anymore, ya know." "Okay then...." oo''' "Ally, you come with me, so I'll have some backup if he becomes violent. Ya'll happy now?!"
"I guess so" says Kagome. "Bye then!" says Sartori. She and Ally fly off into the forest. When they get to the "cage", they notice some blood dripping from its bottom. "Hey, are you alright?" "..." Silence. "I said, are you okay?" "..." Silence. "Alright. Ally you stay here. I'll be up in a sec, Sesshomaru." She holds out the bottle of healing potion and uses her crystal to send her energy into the liquid. The stuff nearly glows in the dark, in an interesting bright gold color. "I'm coming, Sesh." Sartori flies up to the level of the cage. Her body starts to turn bright white, and she flies through the plants that make up the cage (with her eyes closed). When she enters, something knocks her down to the bottom of the cage. "What?" she asks, seeing Sesshomaru sitting on her chest. "You will release me, human. I shall kill you if you do otherwise." He sniffs at her face. "Do you mind!!!" she shouts. "You are not afraid of me, human. You are merely confused and angry with me. Is it not wise to be afraid of the great Lord of the Western Lands?" "Damn! What the hell is the "Western Lands, anyways." She shouts. "I just came here to heal you, and get rid of that!" She points at the plant growing on his nose. "How would your weak human efforts help me!" he asks. "Well, I could at least get rid of the plant" She takes a cup out of her kimono, along with a bottle of water. "Then do so quickly, human." "Then drink this first, youkai. Then I'll take care of the plant." She hands him a cup of water mixed with the healing potion. He drinks it, then drops the cup next to her. "Well, that's rude of you. You really should've handed that to me. It seems like ya have no manners at all, baka!" "You dare to call the great Sesshomaru and idiot!" "Yeah, I dare alright. Now get off my stomach, so I can take care of the plant." He lightly jumps, and lands on his feet a yard away. "Nice move, wonderboy. Now stay still for a sec." She takes hold of the bottom of the plants stem. She sends her energy through it, and she starts to glow white, just as the plant is doing. Then she draws out all her energy. After that she draws out all the plant's energy. It shrivels around her hand. The roots shrivel too, and she is able to pull it completely free. When she removes it, the holes made by its roots close up, and he is completely healed. Sartori stops glowing white. "/I you may leave as soon as I get rid of your little "cage", baka. And my name isn't "human", it's Sartori. If you do not remember that by the next time I see you, you will be extremely sorry you didn't learn when you still had the chance." "And now the human dares to threaten me, Lord Sesshomaru. Do you really think you will live long enough to meet me a second time?" "Yeah, I think so. I think I'll live a lot longer than you would think, baka." "And you insult me again! You are a fool," he says as he takes out Tokijin and attacks her, "to insult me when you should be praying for your life!" "Think again, baka. This is why you are a baka ningen!" Just before the sword hits her, a white light glows over her skin. When the sword hits it, it bounces off, and the force of the rebound sends Sesshomaru sprawling against the opposite wall of the cage. "Hey Sartori, takin' care of yourself? How's it going?" "I'm fine, Ally. Thanks for worrying, though!" Sartori walk over to him and asks him "Are you done with your little pride thing, wonderboy? You must mistake me for another human, one who is weak. I may be human, but I am stronger than you, baka youkai! Now, stop being a fool. Your wounds will reopen if you try to play around too much." "I am a demon. They will heal." "Then by all means, get yourself killed. One less person to worry about around here. I myself wouldn't worry about you anyways. You really don't scare me, with all of your huffing and puffing. Now you may go when I take down the cage, baka youkai!" she says. She starts to glow white, and flies out of the cage. Sesshomaru is surprised at her numerous outbursts, as no human had before ever dared to anger him so greatly. Nor had any human been able to repel the Tokijin. Wait. How is she able to repel the Tokijin? It's made of teeth strong enough to break the Tetsusaiga. She is human, and my sword wounds even demons. This is not possible. No one had ever been able to make plants grow through skin, form cages of vines, and fly through wall the wall of a cage made of vines who was a human. Nor had any demons any power to do so... This was bothering him as well, because he had been thinking about these humans for a while. Nothing had ever been able to burn the Tokijin. Nothing should have. So how could the blade of a human create fire that burnt the Tokijin, without using demonic energy? There was no answer to that, in his mind. He would continue to watch these new humans, and his mind was made up. A few more battles with my brother, though, will not harm me.
"Alright, I'm getting rid of the cage! Get ready to fall!" shouts Sartori. She grasps the base of the vines, which start to glow white. All of a sudden the vines start to shrink, growing in reverse towards the base. The cage is gone, and Sesshomaru leaps out onto a nearby branch.
"Be careful, human. You have dared to anger, threaten, /I insult me. Next time, you will not escape unharmed." "I'm so scared! Not! You better watch out. My name is Sartori. Her name is Ally. Our names are not "human". If you do not use our names when we next meet, you will seriously regret not listening to us. I think I can plan out what I would like to do. What would you like to do to him, Ally?" "I think it involves fire, and pain. Lots and lots of fire. And pain."
"I will go now. Your company bores me. Remember, next time, you will not be so lucky, human." Sesshomaru jumps down and walks off. A strand of vine encircles his chest before he notices anything. He gets lifted off the ground, and is turned back to face them. "Remember our names, baka youkai. You really think you can hurt us? You're a joke. A slow, weak youkai like you can do nothing to us. No one can harm us. You really are a baka. If you don't remember our names, you'll wish you hadn't been so stupid. But that wont matter. Now go, and don't come back until you actually think something through, baka youkai. You are no harm to us." says Ally.
The vine around his chest turns him around, and drops him. He stops for a second, then continues to walk off. Sartori and Ally fly back to the gang.
"So, how did it go? We heard you shouting something." asks Miroku. "She healed him, but he was being a baka." says ally We gave him a nice warning." And with this, she cracks her knuckles. "He won't be so stupid again." "Heh heh. I think I would enjoy carrying out our threat." Sartori says. "I know I would!" "I don't know what you're talking about. Would you like to explain yourselves?" asks Inuyasha. "Nope. Not at all." retorts Ally. "Fine. Would anyone like to have lunch, now that there are no interruptions" Kagome asks. Everyone starts drooling. "Yes!". They all run inside Kaede's hut. They get there just in time to get fresh soup and rice. After eating, they all settle down to talk. Sartori returns the healing potion to Kaede, and they both change back into their normal forms. Kagome brings out a deck of cards from her time, and the three of them teach everyone how to play Go Fish. "Greetings, Lord Inu-Yasha!" Inuyasha looks around. "Old man Myoga, where are you?" Then he feels something on his nose. Myoga is sucking his blood. Inuyasha slaps at Myoga, and squishes him. "My lord, I have news." "Then tell us, old man." "I did some research on the origin of the humans with their own magic." "Do tell, old man Myoga." says Sango. "Apparently, the magic originated with a few nomadic humans. Their skills developed into a kind of magic. Some had plant magic. Others had fire magic. They all either had a life-giving magic or a destructive magic. Their children intermarried, and the children of those with human magic could be found in many villages, and in the tribe itself. It was rare, though, that a child of a normal human and a human with magic would have magic themselves though. Eventually, the tribe died out, and the remaining humans with magic were scattered everywhere. After that, it became even rarer that someone show signs of human magic. Eventually no magic was seen at all. Even now, there are no known humans with the magic." "So how did me and Ally end up as friends and living in the same area?" "That is a mystery that I don't know the answer too. Do any of your other friends have interests related to elements of nature?" "Umm... Kiley likes anime and when we though of our own religion she was the goddess of the surreal... What else was there, Ally?" "Uh, Juliana was the goddess of smiting. I think that's destruction..." "And Stefany was the goddess of order." "And Shayna was the goddess of water." "And Sasin was the goddess of intellect." "And who else did we leave out?" "Let's see...There were seven goddesses. Minus us two. That's five. Minus five is zero. That means..." "We didn't leave anyone out." "Wow, we are weird, aren't we? I mean, creating our own religion. I don't know anyone else who would do that." "I agree with that." "Okay. It looks like our closest friends have the magic. Juliana would be destruction..." "And chaos, knowing her. Kiley would be the surreal, or what doesn't exist in this world." "Shayna would definitely be water." "And that would be it, I think." "God, we are really, really weird." "One other thing, Lord Inuyasha." "Go on, Myoga." "These humans are travelers. They can travel anywhere. Apparently, one of the original descendants traveled past the gates of the next world and came back." "But that's not possible!" "But it happened, apparently. Also, these humans with magic are totally resistant to magic other than their own. They cannot be controlled. Shields do not work. Magic spells have no effect. Nothing can change their two states of being. They cannot be poisoned or stabbed. Even mikos cannot purify them. They are never evil. And they are totally loyal to each other. If one works for Naraku, lets say, and another is fighting Naraku, then the one working for him would help the other defeat him." "Well that's a relief!" "Yeah, and they can replicate their crystals, giving others those powers as well." "What? You mean they can make other people change forms. Even demons?" "Um, no. That's not what I said. They can give others replicas of their crystals. This means that they can use the swords like they do. And they are resistant to magic and attempts to hurt them, too. This works for demons, too. But they won't change forms. I think that in extreme circumstances that call for it, the person grows wings similar to theirs, and can fly. But that's it. And they can get rid of the wings when they want too." "So, if we use replicas of the crystal, Kagura cannot harm us. Shikon shards, even those that are tainted, would have no effect. Kanna's mirror might not work against the swords. I can list other stuff, but I'm not." says Miroku. "Well then, I guess we should do that." "Yeah, but we need your help for one thing-The last Shikon shard is behind the gates to the next world." "Oh." retorts Sartori. "Then we better get Juliana, Kiley, and Shayna to help while we are gone." "Why would we need others?" asks Inuyasha. "We already have you two, and if you give us replica crystals, then we would have similar abilities to them." "Yeah, I know. But what you need them for is-" "Other powers other than plants and fire. Fire is good, but pure destruction is best. And-" "There will be many demons around the gates, won't there?" "Um, yeah," Kagome agrees, "I guess so. Naraku would probably bring his friends." "Yeah, and I would prefer to go /I someone, preferably Ally, into the world of dead people's souls. So-" "You would probably want the rest of our group to be helping you guys while we were gone. Plus, they would have fun. Juliana-" "Loves violence. And she's never killed someone. But she's beaten up a lot of idiots over the years. I'm not sure about the rest of our group, but Kiley likes Japan, and Shannon likes animals. Since-" "That is in abundance here, she would be very happy. Now-" "Do you understand now?" "Hm, yes. You do have a point." says Miroku. "However,-" "Yes?" "Are your friends as beautiful as you?" "None of us are pretty. And we don't like to wear dresses. Or feminine clothing for that matter. Except-" "For you and Shayna. Get the picture, perverted monk? Oh, and Juliana likes to kick people who annoy her. That's a lot of people." "I see..." Miroku manages to say. oo''''' "So, is everyone okay with us going back to our time in the 'States to round everyone up? While you guys get some supplies and get everything ready to go?" "Yes, it's okay with us." says Kagome. "What are you saying?!" shouts Inuyasha. "Well, we will need all the help we can get." Kagome shouts back to Inuyasha. "So why are we being helped by her friends?!!!" he yells. "Because they have magic that is very useful!" she yells. "Then why not just use their magic, and not bring them here?!". "Because it would be better if they can help us in person! And they can only use their magic after they come face to face with a demon that is attacking!" she shouts at him. "Oh, I see. They can't use their magic until they fight a demon. And there are no demons in their time." he says. "Yes, baka, that's what I was trying to tell you." she shouts at him. "Then why didn't you tell me that first!" he screams. "Because I wanted to see how long it took you to think that over." she says. "Then you guys should leave right now!" he shouts at Sartori and Ally. "WE WILL, BAKA YOUKAI!" 0o "Okay, then go already!" Sheesh, what did I say?. "Fine, baka. We'll be back anywhere between 1-6 hours. Have fun while we're gone!" "See ya later, Ally!" "Yeah, bye you guys!" "Have fun, too!" "Bring back only what you need! We can't carry a ton of stuff!" Oo Baka youkai! "I'll see ya soon!" says Ally. They open a new well, and go into it. Sesshomaru finally finds Rin and Jaken. Rin runs over to him. "Sesshomaru-sama, whats wrong? Are you hurt? Your clothes are all burnt and black!" "My lord, are you okay?!" "I'm fine, both of you. I fought with my brother, but two humans intervened. Jaken, do you know of humans who can use magic?" "No mi'lord, I do not. What type of magic do you mean?" "One human had a sword. Where it cut, a plant grew. She could control the growth of plants. The other had a halberd. Where it touched my sword," and he unsheathes the burnt Tokijin, "it burnt it. Where it touched the other human's plants, it did not burn them. It only burnt me and my sword." "But if they have magic, they cannot be humans, mi'lord!" "But they smelt of humans. They smelt of nothing else. Even their magic reeked like humans." "But it's impossible!" "And they could change shapes, too." "You mean, they could change into the form of an animal?!" "No. Their clothes and outward appearance changed. They grew wings. That's all they did." "But humans cannot do that! They have no magic, unless they are mikos. And mikos cannot change their appearance, much less do anything other than purify things and slay demons!" "I know, Jaken. I will return to fight them tomorrow. However..." "What, mi'lord?" "When one of the humans insulted me, when she was trying to heal me, I took my sword and attacked her. When I tried to cut her, a white light glowed over her skin, and Tokijin was repeled so strongly I was thrown into the opposite wall of my cage. Tokijin is stronger than even the Tetsusaiga. How can a mere human repel it?" "I do not know, mi'lord. You were caged?!" "Yes, Jaken. The human that controlled plants created a cage to hold me, so that she could heal me before I left. Apparently, the plant that was growing in one of my cuts would have eventually killed me." "But, mi'lord, no cage can hold you, the great Sesshomaru!" "This human made the cage of plants. My sword was repelled. She did not create a hole in the cage to enter. She flew through the plants to go in and out." "Mi'lord, those humans cannot truly be human!" "But they are Jaken, which is intriguing." "Mi'lord?" "I believe I shall pay them a visit tomorrow night. Rin, Jaken, let us leave now." "Yes, mi'lord." "Coming, Lord Sesshomaru." Ally and Sartori climb out of the well in Sartori's backyard. "Okay, here's what we're gonna do. Let's call them up and ask if they can stay with us for a week or two. Then we'll bring them over here. Then we'll bring them with us to the Sengoku time. Think It'll work?" "Sounds good to me!" "Let's do it!" My thoughts: In Japanese, "You are an idiot demon" would be "Anata wa baka (na) youkai desu." "You were a damn idiot" would be "Anata wa kuso (na) baka arimasen" "You are not an idiot"—"Anata wa baka deshita" "You were not an idiot"—"Anata wa baka arimasen deshita"