Okay, I know this is kinda *late* and *short* but I have a lot of things to do… and you just can't believe the workload I have… 1 essay for S.S 3 pages for English, Math test, Health test, French Test, French Project, please don't make me list them all.
W/E oh, and I have another story going... not to mention a weirdo emailing things to people without return addresses…
AND SO... READ MY NEW STORY Death, Emotion and Everything in Between and I'll be reeli happi! R/R
Disclaimer: I don't care anymore. Take this penny and be gone! I don't own it!
Chapter Sixteen: The Only Solution And Another Problem
Before: Sesshoumaru paid no mind to the sphere and slashed through the youkai. The youkai disintegrated, but a big clump of purple stuff remained in the air. The purple stuff vanished into the sphere of color. Sesshoumaru looked around. "Kagome? KAGOME?" he yelled. He ran into every single room of the little cottage, but no sign or her. He used his ears to try to detect any movement. There was no trace of her. "Oh No." He said, finally eyeing the sphere.
Now: "It…. It can't be… can it?" He picked up the little sphere. It fit perfectly into the palm of his hand, much smaller than the rabbit-sized one he first saw fall. "But, I never, ever, heard of anyone transforming into an inanimate object! Kagome? Is that you? You can turn back now!" He tapped the little sphere, but nothing happened. Color flashed inside the sphere. "I said, you can turn back!" Still nothing happened. "Is it her? Or is it someone else?" he said turning toward the exit of the cottage. "No, it must be her." He eyed the bow and quiver he had given her, as well as the ribbon that previously held her hair together.
"But, if it is her, then, what happened? Why isn't she changing back? Kanshisha, would she know? Can she jijouwohanasu?" Sesshoumaru closed his eyes and tried to concentrate. He looked into the depths of his mind for her. 'Kanshisha, I need you right now, where are you? I'm right here, you know. I'm not going to help you in this phantom cottage, now go to the clearing and bother me there, I still need to research this problem.' He turned around toward the exit and gracefully picked up the bow and arrows as he turned toward the direction of the clearing. When he stepped a little into the forest, he looked back, and there was no sign of a cottage. 'It's a phantom, I told you that.' Heeding Kanshisha's words, he ran to the clearing.
'Go to sleep. Suriipu.' Kanshisha said in his mind before Sesshoumaru fell slowly to the ground, into a sitting position, his back resting on a gnarled tree root that held him up.
~Sesshoumaru's Dream~
"Good, this is much easier and less energy consuming than talking through thoughts."
"Now, can you explain?"
"The youkai you have killed was one of an ancient race. They are weak, but can easily create illusions, just like the cottage you just saw. They could also alter your mind, making you believe things; you don't normally, or simply look into your thoughts. This is the dokushinjutsu-youkai. The mind readers. You should have heard of them. It is its soul that Kagome devoured, under the curse of the youkai."
Sesshoumaru's eye's widened from recognition. "But, these youkai, they were wiped out long ago, because of their threat to royalty. How? How is it possible that this one was alive?"
"That is the problem. I shall
explain the problem to you later on. This is the very reason Tamishinoeien was
woken up. It is not some coincidence, that, she was made to wake up a few weeks
ago. The truth is, she is destined, as are you, to resolve this problem that we
have."
"What is it?"
"I said, I'll explain it later. Right now, we have enough to deal with! Kagome misused her powers! She did not organize her power and therefore called forth all of it and in result, transformed herself into a miniature version of her own soul. Not only did she violate the inanimate law that states an animate object shall not 'come animate and animate object, shall not 'come inanimate of their own free will, but she also erased her own soul."
"BUT! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?"
"Don't loose you're temper with me! It is possible. By transforming herself into something that resembles her soul, it confuses her soul by making it think there is no need for it. Resulting in the trapping of soul or even the deletion of it, if the whole thing is not reversed in a day's time.
"Well then, how do I reverse it?"
"This is something you will not like."
"I don't care if I like it or not! How do I save her!"?
"Have you developed feeling for her then?"
"You said that she was destined to do something, I simply do not believe she was destined to die at this time, since she had not carried out her mission."
"Denial is so stupid you know."
"It is not denial, it is fact, now tell me how I am supposed to help her?"
"Okay, right now, it isn't too serious, so the basic form of recovery is needed. You know, there is a reason for your early betrothal. It was also a precaution taken for something of this very nature. Another law of the Children, as well as a law most Taiyoukai take advantage of is the Reversal Spell. This states that the mate, or destined mate can remove a curse placed on the object in question. It's a simple spell that removes almost any kind of curse, intentional or unintentional. This is the real reason for the betrothal. It says, you are her destined mate and therefore have the right to remove the curse or spell."
"I see. What do I have to do."?
"Well, of course, there are the lines. You really say a few random words, in the correct order, and everything will return to normal, but…"
"But?"
"Well... How can I say this?" The voice echoed in the dreamscape. "While you are saying the words, well. You have to, um."
"Get on with it, what makes you so nervous?"
"Okay." A sigh was heard. "While you are saying the words, OH, THE WORDS. Okay, remember these five words. Iyoku, kibou, kahou, ai, un. Okay. Repeat them."
"Iyoku, kibou, kahou, ai, un."
"Good, do you remember them?"
"Of course, now what am I supposed to do once I say them?"
"Well, while you say them, you have to pee on her."
"NANI????" echoed throughout the dream. If it weren't for the sleeping spell, he would have woken up.
"You're urine will serve as a bond between you two. Yes, well, say those five words, while peeing on her, and she will wake up. And then I'll tell you the problem."
~Reality~
Sesshoumaru awoke with a jolt and glanced annoyingly at the sphere he held in his hand. She was beginning to become a pain in his side. 'Sometimes literally', he thought at he rubbed a spot where the tree root had hit him hard. He glanced at the moon. 'Well, in the privacy of the night I guess, it wouldn't be too bad. Besides, I need to find out the problem, he said, standing up, sure of himself.
He placed the little sphere near the base of the tree, where two tree roots could hold it in place. ::trickle:: "That should be enough. Okay, why isn't she changing back?" he eyed the sphere and a purplish color dashed across its surface. "Oh, the words! Okay, let me try again." (A/n don't ask me how he has so much urine in him, that's what the stream was for in the last chapter) :trickle: "Iyoku, kibou, kahou, ai, un" he said and stopped, putting his *thing* back in his pants.
Suddenly a light enveloped the sphere and it grew to the size of a young woman. The light faded just as a tail wrapped around Kagome, in inu-youkai form. She opened her eyes and screamed as loud as she could "SESSHOUMARU HELP ME!!! HELP ME PLEASe…? Hi Sesshoumaru, where is, where am I? Where…? Why am I wet?" She smelled her tail. "EWWW. What is that smell? Smells like pee." She turned her gaze to Sesshoumaru. Out of the blue, her eyes glittered with unshed tears. "Oh Sesshou-chan! I was so scared, the guy was so creepy and acted all weird and then when I tried to do something, everything went dark, and I felt as if I was nothing and everything, and OH IT WAS HORRIBLE! And now I'm all naked and wet and smell like your pee!" He embraced him and shared a wet hug. Then she cut the embrace and stared into his eyes. "Sesshoumaru, why do I smell like you're pee?", was the last thing both of them heard as they fainted away into darkness.
~Their Dream~ "..." Kanshisha, K"…" Kagome S"…" Sesshoumaru.
"Good, Children, now that you are in your normal forms, I may now tell you the problem."
Kagome (In a full set of clothes, similar to the kimono she wore earlier) glared at Sesshoumaru. K"What does she mean by natural forms?"
S "You, foolishly turned yourself into a copy of your soul, so I had to pee on you to set you free."
K"AHA! So, you did pee on me! I knew it! How dare you!"
"Silence Kagome, or rather Eien, it was your own fault since you misused the powers of the Guardian of Life. You have bigger problems now, especially since the Reversal Spell works only once every two years! As you could see, this ancient youkai is the beginning of The Rift. Many evil and tormented souls have been locked away by Heart. These souls, also called, imperfect souls, are not reincarnated, and therefore they are all 'extinct' in a forever-deep sleep. But, since the First Rift has occurred, this may only mean one thing, Heart is missing. If this happens, humanity, and even some youkai are lost forever. That is why, you Kagome, have been equipped with the Curse, so that you may feed off these imperfect souls and stop this madness. Our hope lies within you and Sesshoumaru. You must defeat all of the imperfect souls that are in this world once again, as well as, find the missing Heart. Without Heart, the universe will cease to exist, and we will all be sucked into the Rift."
K "Why would that happen?"
"The place where all imperfect souls are put is called a Rift, just as the release of them is called The Rift. Once the Rift is empty, it shall automatically sense that it needs something to fill itself, therefore sucking in existence. Think of it as a child that is hungry once its stomach is empty. A hungry child would go to all means to fill its stomach, even eat filth."
S "But a healthy and full child can also eat filth"
"And that is why we need Heart! You must find Heart, all of the Children are counting on you!"
K "But how-
~Reality~
Kagome opened her eyes and found herself in the small camp they made themselves before the *incident* happened. 'Why? Why do these things always happen to me? Just when I get along with Inuyasha, some evil person has to ruin the mood. Things were a lot easier, well; they will be a lot easier in the future. If some evil dude wanted to rain on your parade, you had police that took care of them and shut them away. You didn't have to look for some Heart person, in the middle of nowhere! Kagome, stop this foolishness. Look at Sesshoumaru and listen to him. Go to his castle and have a good night's rest, whatever's left of it. By the morning of two days from now, I can find the approximate location of Heart. But you must be in top physical condition! Okay, Okay!'
"Are you ready Kagome?" Sesshoumaru raised a brow at her. He offered her a clawed hand.
"Yeah, yeah" she grumbled as she accepted his hand and stood up. She rubbed her matted tail, which also did its part in lowering her mood.
"Lets go home." Sesshoumaru shocked her with words of welcome. He made the cloud and Kagome stepped onto it, staring at Sesshoumaru. 'What did he just say?' And the pair flew off into the night, the stars gleaming in their eyes.
~Back at the Village~
Inuyasha looked at the moon, for the millionth time that night. 'Kagome, I await your arrival. Day shrinks away to the new night and the new night grows into the day. One night, two nights, and now three, (a/n I think I'm right in saying that, three nights passed…) and I am waiting. This is a suspicious night I can say that. The moon is creepier than usual. But I am sure, whether 5 nights pass or a year of nights, I will be here, sitting in this tree, the goshinbuku, waiting.' Inuyasha, was soon lost in his thoughts, like every night he had sat down to wait for Kagome's arrival.
He sighed and took a deep breath. As the smell of air slowly got analyzed in his sleepy brain, his ears perked up to the sound of crunching leaves, about a quarter mile away. This sped up the analyzing of the air and he identified a smell that was out of place.
His eyes widened out of shock. "Ki…Kikyou? That's impossible! You're dead!"
Vocab
Jijouwohanasu- Explain (well, really it's an expression, but the expression, means 'explain everything')
Suriipu- sleep
Dokushinjutsu- mind reading
Iyoku- Will (as in, the will to do so)
Kibou- Wish
Kahou-Happiness
Ai- Love
Un- Luck
That's it that's all of it
Aside from my workload, I have to do 2 stories (3 really, one for English) so, please be patient with me…
Okay
Review Responses
Blulily07- I hope I explained everything in this chapter. Basically, Kagome lost concentration in the middle of turning herself into a different species, causing herself to become a 'model' of her own soul. ^-^ I think that explains it.
Ashleyrainey- Thank you Thank you, Hope you're up to this chapter ^.~
Kittymui- Well, what happened happened…that's about it.. in this short, short chapter of mine T_T
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KickassKag7- Okay, Usually she's in inuyoukai form because, in life, she was greatly affected by such demons, turning that form into her 'favorite form' but she can be almost any form she wishes to be, I just write in that form, 'cuz its easier… anyway, I'm not really that experienced, I've been on fanfiction.net.. for not even half a year 0.0; but, people use citrusy fruits (lemon, orange) to signify an adult situation, such as 'that' or kissing… the more citric the fruit.. the more adult the situation… maybe a mango means a kissing scene or hints of them doing it, or something that states an adult situation, but doesn't go into any detail at all.. well that's my guess. Oh, you can call me anything you want, even horribly stupid spoken and baka spoken, I really don't mind ^.^
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~I'm tired
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REVIEWED EXACTLY 20, me soo happy, I wonder how many reviews this will bring.. not much.. its too late huh…
~Spoken
~Ja Ne
okay, I didn't proofread this one.. but I will eventually..