Chapter 14 revised (2.7.04) ^-^
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To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Five :: Human
Chapter Fourteen :: Reunion
"Jeeeez, where the HELL did she go?!" Inuyasha wondered aggravatedly, and Kagome laughed. "It IS a big palace for such a small mountain."
"Yeah well, why the hell does that Hana chick have a shard of the jewel, she seemed like any normal human to me." Inuyasha snarled, his hands on his hips, and Kagome shook her head. "I dunno... but if Koyama-jiisama is possessed by a youkai or something... Hana-himesama is in danger... She said herself the only one he will see is her."
"Kyaa~!!"
Inuyasha snapped to it and raced forward, Kagome on his heels, and they spun the corner of the hall. Large clumps of vines bearing violet flowers were darting across the floor, and several were already attached to the walls, spreading over them. The vines already had wrapped around some of the servant women.
"Plants with wills...?!" Kagome wondered in horror, and Inuyasha charged, unsheathing his sword, "Kagome, help those girls, I'll handle this~" Tessaiga slashed through the vines, but they regrouped, and Inuyasha cursed. *Dammit, it's because of this fucking useless human body of mine...*
The vines swarmed together into one large vine, and smashed into the hanyou. He yelped, crashing through the railing and landing in the garden, Tessaiga clattering to the floor. One of the vines detached and dove underground.
When it surfaced again, it had created yet more vines from the ground below it, coming up from underneath Inuyasha's body. They wrapped around his ankles and wrists, leaving the hanyou hanging suspended in air, spread eagle.
"Dammit~" Inuyasha cursed, tugging at the vines. They tightened and he winced as the small thorns cut into his wrists. Kagome gasped, looking up from helping the terrified servants. "I-Inuyasha!"
The vines regrouped again, rearing back as if preparing to strike. The ends intertwined, forming a large thorn and Inuyasha grit his teeth together, trying to free himself from the vines, which were growing tighter, holding him immobile.
Kagome fired an arrow, but it bounced off the sharp shell of the large thorn harmlessly. She gasped, slipping down off the walkway towards the vine. "Inuyasha~!!"
The first vine, the original, shot out and wrapped around Kagome. She squealed as the vine constricted, "Kya~ Stupid vine, lemme go~!!" Inuyasha cursed. "Kagome!" He struggled harder. *Dammit... fucking weak human body....*
The thorn shone at the end, and Inuyasha swallowed as it reared back. The thorned vine launched itself at the suspended hanyou and Kagome gasped. "INUYASHA~!!!"
~*~
"Where're Kagome-chan and my idiot brother?" was Tama's first question when she returned, and Sango looked up from combing Kirara. "They left to go speak to the princess. Kagome-chan said Hana-himesama had a jewel shard."
"Hn. Hana-hime left with an escort a little while ago. It was weird. Her grandfather, I suppose it was who he was, was ushering her out with a young boy with a sickle-blade on a chain."
Sango leapt up. "A sickle-blade on a chain?!!" Tama looked shocked. "Y-yeah..." Sango caught her breath. "Tama-chan, could you feel the kehai of a shard near him??"
"Yeah, but that was probably just Hana-hime, I mean Kagome-chan said there were two, and if Hana's got one, maybe she's got them both..." Tama was suddenly aware than the taiji-ya wasn't listening. In fact, she wasn't there. She'd snatched up her boomerang, and rushed from the room. Tama looked in confusion at Miroku. "Why is that a big deal??"
"I'll explain it on the way," the houshi responded, and looked at Tanpopo and Shippou, who were eating the dinner the servants had provided. "C'mon you two--"
"Kya~!" Miroku raced outside the room, and gawped. Sango was being held in the air by a large clumping of vines that had form an even larger one. "Sango~!!"
"Miroku-sama~!!" The vines tightened and Sango grit her teeth, the thorns pricking her skin through her clothes.
"Dokka Tessou~!!" Tama slashed through the vines effortlessly and Miroku caught Sango as she fell. "Are you alright," he asked, looking her in the eye, and she blushed. "I..." She bonked him on the head when she felt a familiar caress on her ass. "I'M FINE!"
"I was just checking for wounds," he insisted, and she gawped. "On my butt?" He shrugged and Tama sighed. "If you two are ready to return to reality, I'm happy to announce that the vines ARE STILL HERE!" She dodged one of the vines' strikes, and Sango threw Hiraikotsu.
The boomerang cut easily through the vine, but it reattached, and Tama stared. "It did that before when I slashed through it with my claws...!"
"Are they being controlled from elsewhere??" Sango wondered and Miroku shook is head. "There is no magic attached to them; these are working on their own."
"Vines fighting of their own volition??" Tanpopo demanded and Miroku nodded. "There must be a way to destroy it, we just have to think!"
Tama dodged another attack and glared at the houshi. "Sorry, but, we don't have any time to sit and THINK!" Suddenly she thought of something. *If these vines are attacking us... maybe there are others attacking Kagome-chan and Inuyasha..?!* She looked worriedly towards the family rooms of the palace. *Inuyasha, Kagome-chan! Please be safe!*
~*~
"I wonder why Sofu-ue wanted us to leave so quickly!" Hana wondered aloud. Kohaku sighed. Having to walk all the way to the village with Hana-himesama was asking alot of him. He hated to ignore people, but the princess was a jabbermouth beyond belief. She was too excitable, even for someone her age.
Suddenly he stopped. His stomach tightened with the distinct feeling of dread and he turned a moment, looking back at the palace, and the other guard who had been sent with him to escort Hana to the village looked at him. "Kohaku?"
Kohaku stared. *This feeling... it's... Ane-ue Sango?? Then... is she at the palace?! And I didn't know?!* He turned. "Hana-himesama, Shingo-san, forgive me, but I must return!" And he turned and ran for the palace. Hana gasped. "Kohaku-kun?!"
Kohaku ran, forgetting the princess in an instant. *Koyama-jiisama sent us away for a reason; he must have wanted to protect Hana-hime from something. Is Ane-ue in danger?*
As he reached the palace gate, he stopped and stared. *The gates are covered with vines...?! What is this?!* He approached slowly, peering at them warily. The vines suddenly came to life and began to attack him and Kohaku threw his sickle-blade with amazing accuracy, and sprang through.
*So the plant youkai has attacked! Ane-ue is in danger!!*
~*~
"INUYASHA!" Kagome surged forward, feeling the vines tug back on her, and she turned to the vines. "Damn!" Suddenly she heard a noise, the sound of a vine crashing into something and she looking up expecting to see the thorn tearing into Inuyasha. "Inuyasha?~!!"
Instead she saw Tessaiga floating between Inuyasha and the thorn. The thorn seemed to be melting, and Tessaiga was glowing. Kagome stared. "T-Tessaiga?" Inuyasha was also staring. *Tessaiga protected me... All this time, it WAS protecting me...!*
The sword clattered to the ground, its duty complete, and Inuyasha continued to struggle against the vines. They seemed looser now, and it was easier to fight them off. At that moment though, there was a jolt and slick ripping sound and Inuyasha hovered for a moment before realizing he was falling. He landed first, as a second ripping nose was heard and Kagome also succumbed to gravity.
Inuyasha dove, and Kagome landed hard on him as he had expected. She gasped, twisting to look at the dazed hanyou. "Inuyasha?!!"
He looked up at her, his eyes ever-spinning spirals. "Are you okay?!" she wailed worriedly, shaking him and he blinked. "I'm fine. You're not hurt, are you?" She shook her head and then looked around. "The vines stopped...? I wonder if the youkai has stopped... And who saved us?"
"That would be me."
Both of them looked up as a sickle-blade attached to a chain was caught gracefully by a young boy about 11 or 12. He was wearing a black and slate colored kimono, and his young face was sprinkled with freckles. His dark ponytail bobbed as he walked towards them, carefully sticking the chain-blade in his sash, "The youkai uses the purple flowers to draw energy, and it's also it's weak point. Having stayed nearby since Koyama-jiisama returned yesterday, I noticed that."
Kohaku lifted his head and smiled at them, a bit sadly. "You're Ane-ue's friends, aren't you? I remember you from... before."
"Kohaku-kun!!" Kagome hugged the boy, who looked startled. Kagome sighed, pushing him to arm's length. "Sango-chan will be so overjoyed to see you; she's missed you so much!!!!"
"Ane-ue... worried about me..?" Kohaku wondered and Kagome nodded. "Speaking of, I wonder if everyone else are fighting this youkai... We should go check."
~*~
"Hiraikotsu~!"
Sango flung her boomerang and grit her teeth when the youkai vines regrew. "Dammit," she growled, "There's not a damn thing we can do!!"
"No matter how many times we tear them apart, they always regrow...!" Tama snarled, cracking her knuckles, and Tanpopo grinned insanely. "I'm good for getting the hell outta here! How about that plan!?!"
"No, there are still people here in the palace, we have to protect them!" Miroku said, and Tanpopo snorted. "Stupid human sentiment..."
"Well, we have to do something, because I think they're gonna attack aga--" Tama was cut off when a sickle-blade appeared from nowhere and sliced off the vines' purple flowers. The vines flopped to the ground harmlessly, and Sango, Tama, Miroku and the fox kits all stared, glazed over. "Why didn't we do that in the first place...??" Shippou wondered. Ignoring everyone else, Sango looked up hopefully. *Is it possible...?!*
Kagome and Inuyasha jogged up to them, unharmed and Kagome smiled. "Minna! I'm glad you're okay~!!"
"You too, Kagome-chan, where..." Sango gasped. Kohaku appeared from behind one of the vines and looked right back at her, his eyes tearing up. "An.. Ane-ue???"
"Kohaku~?!
At the sound of her voice, Kohaku began to tremble, and then took off, running headlong into her arms. "ANE-UE!!" Sango caught him, hugging him tightly as she slipped to her knees. The little boy hugged her back, trying to hold back the tears that streamed freely down his cheeks. "Ane-ue!!"
Sango began to weep herself, and buried her face into Kohaku's small shoulder. "Kohaku~!!
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: ^-^
~*~ V^-^V ~*~
Tessen
Disclaimer: ::sits like Inuyasha, wearing his outfit, with a long white wig and fake dog ears. giggles insanely::
Tessen's mother:: Oh boy~
Tessen:: If you can't own them, join them!!
____________________________
To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Five :: Human
Chapter Fourteen :: Reunion
"Jeeeez, where the HELL did she go?!" Inuyasha wondered aggravatedly, and Kagome laughed. "It IS a big palace for such a small mountain."
"Yeah well, why the hell does that Hana chick have a shard of the jewel, she seemed like any normal human to me." Inuyasha snarled, his hands on his hips, and Kagome shook her head. "I dunno... but if Koyama-jiisama is possessed by a youkai or something... Hana-himesama is in danger... She said herself the only one he will see is her."
"Kyaa~!!"
Inuyasha snapped to it and raced forward, Kagome on his heels, and they spun the corner of the hall. Large clumps of vines bearing violet flowers were darting across the floor, and several were already attached to the walls, spreading over them. The vines already had wrapped around some of the servant women.
"Plants with wills...?!" Kagome wondered in horror, and Inuyasha charged, unsheathing his sword, "Kagome, help those girls, I'll handle this~" Tessaiga slashed through the vines, but they regrouped, and Inuyasha cursed. *Dammit, it's because of this fucking useless human body of mine...*
The vines swarmed together into one large vine, and smashed into the hanyou. He yelped, crashing through the railing and landing in the garden, Tessaiga clattering to the floor. One of the vines detached and dove underground.
When it surfaced again, it had created yet more vines from the ground below it, coming up from underneath Inuyasha's body. They wrapped around his ankles and wrists, leaving the hanyou hanging suspended in air, spread eagle.
"Dammit~" Inuyasha cursed, tugging at the vines. They tightened and he winced as the small thorns cut into his wrists. Kagome gasped, looking up from helping the terrified servants. "I-Inuyasha!"
The vines regrouped again, rearing back as if preparing to strike. The ends intertwined, forming a large thorn and Inuyasha grit his teeth together, trying to free himself from the vines, which were growing tighter, holding him immobile.
Kagome fired an arrow, but it bounced off the sharp shell of the large thorn harmlessly. She gasped, slipping down off the walkway towards the vine. "Inuyasha~!!"
The first vine, the original, shot out and wrapped around Kagome. She squealed as the vine constricted, "Kya~ Stupid vine, lemme go~!!" Inuyasha cursed. "Kagome!" He struggled harder. *Dammit... fucking weak human body....*
The thorn shone at the end, and Inuyasha swallowed as it reared back. The thorned vine launched itself at the suspended hanyou and Kagome gasped. "INUYASHA~!!!"
~*~
"Where're Kagome-chan and my idiot brother?" was Tama's first question when she returned, and Sango looked up from combing Kirara. "They left to go speak to the princess. Kagome-chan said Hana-himesama had a jewel shard."
"Hn. Hana-hime left with an escort a little while ago. It was weird. Her grandfather, I suppose it was who he was, was ushering her out with a young boy with a sickle-blade on a chain."
Sango leapt up. "A sickle-blade on a chain?!!" Tama looked shocked. "Y-yeah..." Sango caught her breath. "Tama-chan, could you feel the kehai of a shard near him??"
"Yeah, but that was probably just Hana-hime, I mean Kagome-chan said there were two, and if Hana's got one, maybe she's got them both..." Tama was suddenly aware than the taiji-ya wasn't listening. In fact, she wasn't there. She'd snatched up her boomerang, and rushed from the room. Tama looked in confusion at Miroku. "Why is that a big deal??"
"I'll explain it on the way," the houshi responded, and looked at Tanpopo and Shippou, who were eating the dinner the servants had provided. "C'mon you two--"
"Kya~!" Miroku raced outside the room, and gawped. Sango was being held in the air by a large clumping of vines that had form an even larger one. "Sango~!!"
"Miroku-sama~!!" The vines tightened and Sango grit her teeth, the thorns pricking her skin through her clothes.
"Dokka Tessou~!!" Tama slashed through the vines effortlessly and Miroku caught Sango as she fell. "Are you alright," he asked, looking her in the eye, and she blushed. "I..." She bonked him on the head when she felt a familiar caress on her ass. "I'M FINE!"
"I was just checking for wounds," he insisted, and she gawped. "On my butt?" He shrugged and Tama sighed. "If you two are ready to return to reality, I'm happy to announce that the vines ARE STILL HERE!" She dodged one of the vines' strikes, and Sango threw Hiraikotsu.
The boomerang cut easily through the vine, but it reattached, and Tama stared. "It did that before when I slashed through it with my claws...!"
"Are they being controlled from elsewhere??" Sango wondered and Miroku shook is head. "There is no magic attached to them; these are working on their own."
"Vines fighting of their own volition??" Tanpopo demanded and Miroku nodded. "There must be a way to destroy it, we just have to think!"
Tama dodged another attack and glared at the houshi. "Sorry, but, we don't have any time to sit and THINK!" Suddenly she thought of something. *If these vines are attacking us... maybe there are others attacking Kagome-chan and Inuyasha..?!* She looked worriedly towards the family rooms of the palace. *Inuyasha, Kagome-chan! Please be safe!*
~*~
"I wonder why Sofu-ue wanted us to leave so quickly!" Hana wondered aloud. Kohaku sighed. Having to walk all the way to the village with Hana-himesama was asking alot of him. He hated to ignore people, but the princess was a jabbermouth beyond belief. She was too excitable, even for someone her age.
Suddenly he stopped. His stomach tightened with the distinct feeling of dread and he turned a moment, looking back at the palace, and the other guard who had been sent with him to escort Hana to the village looked at him. "Kohaku?"
Kohaku stared. *This feeling... it's... Ane-ue Sango?? Then... is she at the palace?! And I didn't know?!* He turned. "Hana-himesama, Shingo-san, forgive me, but I must return!" And he turned and ran for the palace. Hana gasped. "Kohaku-kun?!"
Kohaku ran, forgetting the princess in an instant. *Koyama-jiisama sent us away for a reason; he must have wanted to protect Hana-hime from something. Is Ane-ue in danger?*
As he reached the palace gate, he stopped and stared. *The gates are covered with vines...?! What is this?!* He approached slowly, peering at them warily. The vines suddenly came to life and began to attack him and Kohaku threw his sickle-blade with amazing accuracy, and sprang through.
*So the plant youkai has attacked! Ane-ue is in danger!!*
~*~
"INUYASHA!" Kagome surged forward, feeling the vines tug back on her, and she turned to the vines. "Damn!" Suddenly she heard a noise, the sound of a vine crashing into something and she looking up expecting to see the thorn tearing into Inuyasha. "Inuyasha?~!!"
Instead she saw Tessaiga floating between Inuyasha and the thorn. The thorn seemed to be melting, and Tessaiga was glowing. Kagome stared. "T-Tessaiga?" Inuyasha was also staring. *Tessaiga protected me... All this time, it WAS protecting me...!*
The sword clattered to the ground, its duty complete, and Inuyasha continued to struggle against the vines. They seemed looser now, and it was easier to fight them off. At that moment though, there was a jolt and slick ripping sound and Inuyasha hovered for a moment before realizing he was falling. He landed first, as a second ripping nose was heard and Kagome also succumbed to gravity.
Inuyasha dove, and Kagome landed hard on him as he had expected. She gasped, twisting to look at the dazed hanyou. "Inuyasha?!!"
He looked up at her, his eyes ever-spinning spirals. "Are you okay?!" she wailed worriedly, shaking him and he blinked. "I'm fine. You're not hurt, are you?" She shook her head and then looked around. "The vines stopped...? I wonder if the youkai has stopped... And who saved us?"
"That would be me."
Both of them looked up as a sickle-blade attached to a chain was caught gracefully by a young boy about 11 or 12. He was wearing a black and slate colored kimono, and his young face was sprinkled with freckles. His dark ponytail bobbed as he walked towards them, carefully sticking the chain-blade in his sash, "The youkai uses the purple flowers to draw energy, and it's also it's weak point. Having stayed nearby since Koyama-jiisama returned yesterday, I noticed that."
Kohaku lifted his head and smiled at them, a bit sadly. "You're Ane-ue's friends, aren't you? I remember you from... before."
"Kohaku-kun!!" Kagome hugged the boy, who looked startled. Kagome sighed, pushing him to arm's length. "Sango-chan will be so overjoyed to see you; she's missed you so much!!!!"
"Ane-ue... worried about me..?" Kohaku wondered and Kagome nodded. "Speaking of, I wonder if everyone else are fighting this youkai... We should go check."
~*~
"Hiraikotsu~!"
Sango flung her boomerang and grit her teeth when the youkai vines regrew. "Dammit," she growled, "There's not a damn thing we can do!!"
"No matter how many times we tear them apart, they always regrow...!" Tama snarled, cracking her knuckles, and Tanpopo grinned insanely. "I'm good for getting the hell outta here! How about that plan!?!"
"No, there are still people here in the palace, we have to protect them!" Miroku said, and Tanpopo snorted. "Stupid human sentiment..."
"Well, we have to do something, because I think they're gonna attack aga--" Tama was cut off when a sickle-blade appeared from nowhere and sliced off the vines' purple flowers. The vines flopped to the ground harmlessly, and Sango, Tama, Miroku and the fox kits all stared, glazed over. "Why didn't we do that in the first place...??" Shippou wondered. Ignoring everyone else, Sango looked up hopefully. *Is it possible...?!*
Kagome and Inuyasha jogged up to them, unharmed and Kagome smiled. "Minna! I'm glad you're okay~!!"
"You too, Kagome-chan, where..." Sango gasped. Kohaku appeared from behind one of the vines and looked right back at her, his eyes tearing up. "An.. Ane-ue???"
"Kohaku~?!
At the sound of her voice, Kohaku began to tremble, and then took off, running headlong into her arms. "ANE-UE!!" Sango caught him, hugging him tightly as she slipped to her knees. The little boy hugged her back, trying to hold back the tears that streamed freely down his cheeks. "Ane-ue!!"
Sango began to weep herself, and buried her face into Kohaku's small shoulder. "Kohaku~!!
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: ^-^
~*~ V^-^V ~*~
Tessen