Author's Note-Hey, look! New chapter. ^ ^ Anyways, like we
said in the last chapter: If you want another battle, you got
one. But STILL! We STILL don't own. . .like, anything yet.
Including Inuyasha. Yep. But hey, we think we've found
another Shikon shard. We are on our way to find it. About
that question of the Lilo and Stitch quotes. . .I'll
summarize the answer. We had a sleepover. Kisike made us
watch Lilo and Stitch at least THREE times in one night. Then
we wrote this chapter and the last. Yeah. . .doom on us. . .
Oh, and don't worry. Everybody is still alive and we haven't
killed each other. . .Yet. ^ ^;
Kisike watched Inuyasha step on a flower accidentally. "You destroy everything you touch. Why don't you try making something. For once." Kisike said.
Inuyasha sighed and stopped. The others stopped too, not really understanding what was going on. Inuyasha gathered some sticks, leaves, rocks, pinecones, and grass. Then after about five minutes, he had created a primitive big city. "Wow. San Francisco." Kisike said bluntly.
Shippou stomped through the little city. "Rahhh!" he yelled. He chewed on a model horse. "Save meee!" he made the little person on the horse cry. He chewed on the person too.
Everyone stared at Shippou. Shippou looked up innocently. "What?"
". . .That was hard to make!" Inuyasha said.
"Well sorry. You shouldn't make it so. . .um. . .unsturdy." He said.
Inuyasha stared at him. "What?! All I had to use to make it was stuff lying around!" he yelled.
"Oops. . ." Shippou said.
"Uh. . .yeah. . .let's keep going." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
They walked through the forest for about three hours. Afterwards, they decided to take a break by a stream. Bridget sat up in a tree, messing with a piece of ribbon that was in her pocket. Part of it was hanging down and Kisike was batting at it. Amanda was making a snow angel and Raylin was having a snowball fight with Shippou.
Inuyasha sat off to the side, thinking, and Miroku was watching Raylin and Shippou.
"Snooow!" Kisike cheered. She shivered. "Wait. . .snow is made of water. . .me not like water. . .Ahhhh!" she yelled high-pitched.
Inuyasha winced at the high-pitched noise. "Can you keep quiet, brat?!" he yelled.
"Stupid mutt. Shut up. Don't make me kill you like I did to the wall. . ." Kisike said.
Inuyasha sweatdropped. "I am not a stupid mutt. Dogs are a lot better than cats, and you know it!"
"Denial is not good for your health. . ." Kisike said.
"Really. Though you really should stop muttering to yourself." Inuyasha said.
"I'm having an intelligent conversation with the voices in my head. GO ANNOY YOUR OWN VOICES!" Kisike yelled.
Inuyasha sighed and turned around, his back facing towards her. "I wiiin!" Kisike yelled, falling backwards. The wind picked up suddenly, but no one really noticed, since it was snowing and windy already. Amanda sat up suddenly, rubbing her cheek.
"Ow.." She muttered. Kisike tilted her head and looked at her.
"What?" She asked. Then pulled her ears down so the tips touched her cheeks, the snow was suddenly stinging.
"I think a rock hit me in the face." Amanda said, standing up. Kisike leapt to her feet as Inuyasha ran over to them.
"It's a demon." He growled.
"And they've got some Shikon shards." Bridget said, walking over. Miroku, Shippou, and Raylin joined the group.
"Is it just me, or has it gotten about 10 degrees colder in the last few seconds?" Raylin asked. Shippou jumped up on Inuyasha's back and burrowed into his hair, since it was warm and stuff. Inuyasha sweatdropped.
"I can't fight with a fox in my hair." Inuyasha sighed, prying Shippou away and handing him to Kisike. Shippou shivered and buried his face in Kisike's hair. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Oh sure! Give him to me!" She yelled. Inuyasha snorted and turned away, drawing Tetsiagga. Kisike sweatdropped. They stood in the snow for about ten minutes. Inuyasha's feet were close to turning blue, since he doesn't wear shoes. "..Are we there yet?" Kisike asked, ready to fall asleep. Shippou was snoring loudly, and probably drooling. Kisike sighed.
". . .You've got drool in your hair, Kisike." Amanda said, pointing. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Thank you. . ." She ground out through clenched teeth. Shippou snorted and fell off Kisike's shoulder. ". . ." Kisike shrugged and brushed her hair back, then froze as sticky slobber covered her fingers. "That fox is going to die, come morning. . ." She hissed, shaking her hand frantically.
"You just gonna leave him there?" Raylin asked, stepping back so no spit would reach her. Kisike sweatdropped as the wind picked up again, nearly knocking Raylin over. The drool froze on her pinky.
"..EEEEEW! GETTIT OFF!" She yelled, waving her arm around even more. Amanda sweatdropped as she was whacked upside the head with Kisike's hand.
"Watch it!" Amanda hollered. Kisike stopped and blinked as Amanda was lifted off the ground. "Um. . . . . . . . . . . . .Um?" Amanda cried. Kisike watched Amanda float about thirty feet into the air.
"What. . .You better not spit on me!" Kisike yelled. Amanda sweatdropped. "GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!!!" She shouted.
Shippou blinked and sat up, awake now. "What. . ." He squeaked.
Kisike blinked and yipped as her feet left the ground as well. Shippou jumped up and caught her thumb, and was pulled up beside Amanda with her. Bridget blinked up at them. "It must be the demon." She said, turning to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha growled and jumped up to try to get to Amanda, but was knocked back into the snow, head first, by another gust of burning cold wind. Amanda winced and gasped. "Inuyasha!" She shouted.
Kisike just blinked and tilted her head to the side, Shippou now curled up in her arms.
A boy was in front of them, all of a sudden. He seemed to have been formed by a small swirl of snow that still spun around him. Amanda didn't know how she could tell it was a guy, because she could only see his back, but she figured it might just be the guy's scent or something.
Kisike squeaked and Amanda glanced over at her. "What?"
". . .I just realized something. . ." Kisike whispered.
"What?" Amanda asked.
" I'M AFRAID AH HEEEEEEIGHTS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIYA!" Kisike yelled, squeezing Shippou till he squeaked. Inuyasha sweatdropped and stood up.
The demon that had appeared was physically about his age, maybe older, with short white hair, and jagged silver bangs that nearly covered ice blue eyes. He was wearing a white kimono with the usual too-baggy pants, and silver toed black boots. The kimono had random clusters of snowflakes on it, some dark blue, some light blue. There were pale blue arm warmers on both of his arms, similar to Miroku's but with out a rosary. The boy had spiked armor reaching from the dark blue sash at his waist, curling over his shoulder to end in a slight curve. There was a sword tied to the left side of his belt. "Inuyasha." The boy said.
Bridget stepped up to Inuyasha, Miroku and Raylin were behind him now. "He's got two jewel shards, one on each of his shoulders." Bridget whispered, a bit louder than she wanted to.
The boy floated down to hover about a quarter inch above the snow. "I am Gabriel. The Angel of Death." He said, eyes closing slowly.
Inuyasha and everyone else on the ground stared at him. Kisike exchanged glances with Amanda. She shook her head and leaned over. "Wasn't he in the bible or something? " She asked.
Amanda nodded. "Then shouldn't he be the demon of death of something? Instead of snow?" She asked. Gabriel's eyebrow twitched as he heard them talking. Amanda shrugged, not noticing the muscles in the snow demon's back tensing. "Maybe that job was taken and he's in denial from being second rate." She suggested.
Kisike sweatdropped. "Second rate?" She asked, skeptically. Amanda nodded.
"Yeah, I hear the demons are really sulky when they don't get what they want. Some of them anyways. Maybe you could get his autograph."
"Or maybe he's in denial!" Shippou piped up.
"I already said that. . ." Amanda muttered, then sweatdropped as she was ignored and Shippou kept rambling.
"Or maybe he didn't get his peanut butter sandwich." Shippou said. He grinned. Kisike giggled. "Or maybe-"
"DO YOU MIND?!" Gabriel yelled, whipping around to glare at them. Kisike and Amanda and Shippou froze, sweatdrops trailing down the sides of their heads. Gabriel's glare darkened before he turned back, his now clenched fists un-clenched and Kisike and Shippou blinked as they felt a familiar pull once again.
"Gravity works. . ." Kisike squeaked, before she and Shippou yelped and fell thirty feet into three foot deep snow.
"Ow!" Shippou cried, head popping out of the snow bank.
Kisike shook her head and glared at the Snow Demon. "You jerk! What was that for?!" She demanded, standing up and dusting the snow off her shirt and pants.
"You shouldn't be disrespectful to your elders." Gabriel said simply, blue eyes half open now. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Great. Once I FINALLY get away from nagging parents, THIS guy comes along. Aiya." she sighed.
"He's right, you know." Raylin said. Kisike glared at her.
"SHUT UP!" she yelled.
Amanda blinked down at everyone from her perch on. . .nothing. . . "Uhm. . .Am I special?" Her eyes got shiny all of a sudden. "I'm in distress! Save me, Inuyashaaaaa!" She cried, hugging herself. Inuyasha sweatdropped. Kisike sweatdropped too.
"Oh yeah, you're special alright. . ." She muttered.
Amanda blinked, then yelped as she fell to the ground. She landed head first, but all anyone could see were her legs waving around frantically in the air. Kisike fell over laughing.
"Help me! I'm stuck!" Shippou cried. Kisike sweatdropped, grabbed his ponytail, and yanked him out of the snow. "Owww. . ."
". . .Brat. . ." Kisike said.
"Kisike, Shippou, stop fooling around!" Inuyasha said.
"She hurt me!" Shippou whined.
"Alright, fine, I am the demon of snow and ice. But that only gives me an advantage." Gabriel said. He closed his eyes again. "Listen up. You can either give me the Shikon shards or you can put up a fight and lose."
"I think we'll put up a fight." Inuyasha said. He glanced at Kisike with a raised eyebrow. "Is this Pudge?"
"Who?" Gabriel asked, blinking.
"No! Pudge is a fish. He controls the weather." Kisike replied. Her eyes widened as realization hit her. "Wait! This guy is controlling the weather! Oh my god, he's not a fish! Lilo lied!"
"I am not a fish and my name is not Pudge!" Gabriel shouted. "My name is Gabriel!"
"The demon of death." Raylin said, just to annoy him.
"No! I told you, I am Gabriel! Demon of snow and ice!"
"And hail. Don't forget hail." Raylin added.
"And hail. Wait. . .shut up! Are we going to fight or not?!"
"I was merely politically correcting you. And yes, we are." Raylin said.
Inuyasha sweatdropped. "Might I remind you that you can't fight?" he said.
"Yeah. You don't exactly have your peashooter at the moment. Still." Kisike added.
"I have something close enough." Raylin said. She took out the quiver that she had taken from the village and pulled out a bow and arrow.
"Where did you get that?" Amanda asked, sweatdropping.
"I borrowed it from the village." Raylin replied.
"Borrowed. . .or stole?" Miroku questioned accusingly.
"Enough of this chatter! I'm getting impatient!" Gabriel yelled, snow swirling around him.
"Fine. I was beginning to feel the same way." Inuyasha said, unsheathing Tetsiagga.
The snow around Gabriel gathered into his hand, forming into the shape of a sword and crystallizing to ice. "My sword, Yukitama, will freeze the blood into ice once it cuts the skin." He said.
"I'll be sure not to get cut then." Inuyasha said.
Gabriel smirked and twirled Yukitama in his hand, then charged and swiped at Inuyasha. Inuyasha jumped back and countered with Tetsiagga.
Tetsiagga nicked Gabriel's cheek, drawing a thin line of blood. Gabriel touched it and stared at the blood on his fingertips. You managed to draw blood. That's a first for a hanyou." He said.
He threw the blood at Inuyasha. "Blood stars!" he yelled. The blood froze into sharp, spiked stars like Chinese stars. Inuyasha jumped out of the way, but the stars kept going towards Amanda. Amanda shut her eyes tightly and crossed her arms in front of her face.
Miroku jumped in front of her, pulling his rosary off of his arm. "Purge!" he yelled. The stars were sucked into his air void. "You are safe now, Lady Amanda." He said. He lowered his hand and put the rosary back on.
Amanda opened her eyes and uncrossed her arms. "Thanks," she said, "But what was that?"
"I'll explain later." Miroku said.
Gabriel suddenly disappeared, turned into snowflakes and scattered in the wind.
"Yeah, and stay gone!" Shippou yelled.
"Hold on Shippou. He's not gone yet." Inuyasha said. The snow suddenly reformed into Gabriel, a foot in front of Inuyasha. Gabriel punched him in the face. Inuyasha fell back slightly and dodged Yukitama. "That was a dirty trick." He muttered.
"In case you didn't know," said Gabriel, "I am one with the snow. I can become snow and I can control it."
"And hail!" Raylin said.
"And hai-will you shut up?!"
"No. She never shuts up." Kisike said, now playing with the ribbon Bridget had finally surrendered.
Gabriel walked up to her and bent down to study her. Kisike finally blinked and looked up. "What? What is it?" she asked.
"Are you that hanyou's sister? You both have the same ears." Gabriel said.
Kisike twitched. Then she yelled, "I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION TO THAT MUTT! He's a dog. I'm a cat. So we. Are not. Related!" she yelled. Then, calming down immediately, she asked suspiciously, "Why?"
"No reason. Just wondering." Gabriel said casually. He turned back to Inuyasha. "Ready to give up yet?" he asked.
"Not a chance." Inuyasha said.
Raylin kneeled down in the snow, off to the side, aiming an arrow toward Gabriel. She let the arrow fly. It was meant to hit his heart, but it missed and hit his leg instead. Gabriel grimaced and yanked the arrow out of his leg.
He glared at Raylin. "Stupid girl. . ." he muttered. Raylin stayed rooted to her spot for a moment, then screamed. The wound in Gabriel's leg immediately filled with snow and healed, the blood freezing.
"Man, you should have just stayed out of it." Inuyasha said.
"Run, Lady Raylin!" Miroku shouted.
"She isn't going to get very far." Shippou said knowingly.
"No, wait!" Bridget suddenly yelled. She ran over to Raylin and grabbed an arrow. She held it for a second. Suddenly the point of the arrow burst into flames.
". . .Bridget? What is that?" Raylin asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm still trying to figure that out, but hurry up and shoot it at him!" Bridget yelled.
Raylin nodded and quickly strung it. She took aim as Gabriel marched over to smite her. She fired. . .and hit his hand.
The hand (which was his left hand) immediately melted. Gabriel clenched his teeth and growled. "You brat!" he yelled. His wrist flamed. "Now I'll have to wait until next winter for this hand to grow back!" he turned to Inuyasha. ". . .I'll be back." He separated into hundreds of snowflakes and scattered in the wind.
A cut suddenly appeared on Inuyasha's arm. The snow slackened to a light fall. Inuyasha grimaced and grabbed his arm. "Inuyasha?! Are you okay?" Amanda asked, running over to him.
Inuyasha slowly withdrew his hand to see it covered with frozen blood. He felt his arm begin to go numb.
"Your blood! It's-"
"I know. Frozen." Inuyasha said. "I think I was cut by Yukitama."
"Frozen blood will kill you, you know that, right?" Raylin asked.
"We need to get him to a doctor or something. . ." Bridget said.
"Blooood. . ." Kisike said.
". . .No blood."
"Awww. . ."
"I know a village nearby. It's a fairy village. I can't say that they're experts at medicine, but they trade with people around the world. They're bound to have some kind of cure for it." Miroku said.
The wind immediately picked up, the snow beginning to fall harder. ". . .I think Gabriel heard you." Kisike said.
"A blizzard. . ." Raylin commented.
"It's cold. . ." Shippou whined.
Inuyasha's knees suddenly gave way. He collapsed in the snow. "Inuyasha!" Amanda, cried, kneeling in the snow.
"Amanda?" Inuyasha whispered.
"Yes Inuyasha, it's me. You have to hang on until we get to the village." Amanda pleaded.
"Just. . .get out of here. . .you all will freeze to death out here and I'll only slow you down. . ."
"Inuyasha," Miroku said firmly, "Dying will not bring Lady Kagome back to life."
"Shut up about Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted, eyes shut tightly. "Just shut up!"
"Well if you know that dying won't bring her back to life, maybe you should know that someone who cares about you just as much doesn't want you to die." Miroku said, glancing at Amanda.
"At least try to hold on." Amanda said. There was silence for a moment. All that could be heard was the whistling of the wind. "Inuyasha?! Inuyasha?!" Amanda cried, thinking Inuyasha was dead.
"I'll try. I'll try to hang on for. . ." Inuyasha started, falling silent and passing into unconsciousness.
"He's unconscious." Shippou stated.
Amanda picked up Inuyasha's limp body. ". . .I'll carry him," She said, "Just lead the way."
"Alright, but it's going to be hard to find the village in the middle of this blizzard. It could be twice as long getting there." Miroku said.
"Well, the sooner we get going, the sooner we'll get there." Raylin said.
They started off.
***
"Inuyasha?" a voice called out. "Inuyasha!"
"That voice. . .it's so familiar. . . ." Inuyasha thought. His eyes opened slowly and he saw that he was lying on a grassy hill. The sun was out, and there was a gentle breeze blowing. He closed his eyes again.
"Inuyasha, will you wake up?!" the voice snapped.
Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes and gasped. "K-Kagome?!" he cried, sitting up.
"Of course it's me. Who did you think I was? I told you not to doze off again." Kagome scolded.
Inuyasha stared, then grabbed her into a hug.
"Inu. . .ya. . .sha. . .?" Kagome started. "What's wrong.?"
"Kagome, I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry that I let Sesshoumaru-"
"Sesshoumaru? What about Sesshoumaru?"
Inuyasha held Kagome out at arm's length. "You. . .you don't. . .remember. . .? About how he killed you and-"
". . .No more caffeine for you. Some dream. We haven't seen Sesshoumaru in months." Kagome said.
"But. . ." Inuyasha started He frowned. "Wait." He stood up and ran up the hill. He came to a small field. The same field that battle with Sesshoumaru and Kagome's death had taken place. "Kagome, over here! See?! This is where you died." He called.
"Die, Inuyasha!" Kikyo's voice suddenly rang out.
Inuyasha turned, in shock, to see Kikyo and the arrow pierce his heart. He fell to the ground and felt a familiar weight fall on his back. Kagome.
The sky darkened and snow began to fall. "Kagome. . ." he whispered. "Kagome!" he yelled.
All that he got in reply was the whistling wind. . .and the mocking laughter of many demons.
***
"His body is as cold as ice. Are we almost there?" Amanda asked.
"I'm not sure. I can't really tell." Miroku said.
"Kagome. . ." Inuyasha muttered.
A strong wind blew and a small man with fairy ears like Bridget's (only longer and oddly tinged green) appeared in front of them. He was as tall as a twelve year old, but his age said that he must have been around his late thirties. He had tousled brown hair with long bangs that hid his eyes. "Quite a blizzard out here. I'm Jim. Who are you and where are you off to? People aren't often out here in this weather. I was just coming back from a trade." He asked.
"I'm Raylin, that's Shippou, Miroku, Amanda, Kisike, Bridget, and the hurt guy is Inuyasha. We need to get to a fairy village because he get cut by Yukitama, sword of Gabriel, the demon of snow, and we need an antidote."
"We are near my village, which is probably the one you are looking for. Follow me." Jim said.
Everybody glanced at each other and hesitated.
"Oh, come on! I won't bite. Do you want the cure or not?" Jim asked.
Everybody slowly followed, not entirely trusting the stranger. "You see, demons are treated equally in our village, if they wish to bring us no harm. Fairy villages are the only places you can seem to get peace between humans and other races such as demons. Demons especially, because our village is protected by a demon. She had a sister, but there is claim that she was killed by Inuyasha. But we'll be able to judge that rumor when he wakes, will we not?" Jim said.
"Uh. . .I suppose. . ." Miroku said slowly, blinking.
"WHYYY. . .are we carrying on pleasant conversation when we're in the middle of a snowstorm?" Kisike questioned.
"It's better than arguing." Shippou said.
". . .Arguing brings bloodshed."
"And you WANT that?"
Kisike closed her eyes and grinned. . .until she accidentally ran into a tree. "Ouch. . ." she whined.
They came to a brass gate leading to the village.
"Blooood. . ." Kisike said again. Everyone sighed.
Jim stared at the three, then walked over to a small hut next to the gate. He knocked on the door. "Lady Morgan! Lady Morgan, we are in need of assistance!" he called.
The door opened and a young woman of about sixteen with fairy ears, red chin-length hair, and bangs that nearly covered her eyes stepped out.
Author's Note-*answering machine comes on* Hi, guys. This is Raylin. Seeing how I am the only. . .sane. . .one here, I think it should be about my turn to mess around with the answering machine. *Kisike's voice in the background* You took it apart because you were bored a couple weeks ago! Give me that! Hey! *sounds of a struggle go on for about two minutes, then Raylin's voice comes back on* Yeah, well anyways, what do you think of the fanfic so far? Questions? Comments? *Amanda's voice in the background* This isn't a shampoo bottle, Raylin! *Raylin's voice yells at the others to shut up and let her talk, then comes back on* Anyways, my point is that you people need to start leaving reviews. I mean, come on! Gathering Shikon shards, trying to keep Kouga away from the electronics, and writing this story at the same time is hard work! The least you can do is leave a review! Please? By the way, we would like to thank Johanna Gen and co. for reviewing (they were our only reviewers for the past two chapters. . . *sniff* ). Well, I got to go now. We're starting to travel again and I got to keep the answering machine out of the hands of Kouga, for he will attempt to gnaw at it. Alright? Well, bye! And leave your message at the sound of the bee- *beep sounds*
Kisike watched Inuyasha step on a flower accidentally. "You destroy everything you touch. Why don't you try making something. For once." Kisike said.
Inuyasha sighed and stopped. The others stopped too, not really understanding what was going on. Inuyasha gathered some sticks, leaves, rocks, pinecones, and grass. Then after about five minutes, he had created a primitive big city. "Wow. San Francisco." Kisike said bluntly.
Shippou stomped through the little city. "Rahhh!" he yelled. He chewed on a model horse. "Save meee!" he made the little person on the horse cry. He chewed on the person too.
Everyone stared at Shippou. Shippou looked up innocently. "What?"
". . .That was hard to make!" Inuyasha said.
"Well sorry. You shouldn't make it so. . .um. . .unsturdy." He said.
Inuyasha stared at him. "What?! All I had to use to make it was stuff lying around!" he yelled.
"Oops. . ." Shippou said.
"Uh. . .yeah. . .let's keep going." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
They walked through the forest for about three hours. Afterwards, they decided to take a break by a stream. Bridget sat up in a tree, messing with a piece of ribbon that was in her pocket. Part of it was hanging down and Kisike was batting at it. Amanda was making a snow angel and Raylin was having a snowball fight with Shippou.
Inuyasha sat off to the side, thinking, and Miroku was watching Raylin and Shippou.
"Snooow!" Kisike cheered. She shivered. "Wait. . .snow is made of water. . .me not like water. . .Ahhhh!" she yelled high-pitched.
Inuyasha winced at the high-pitched noise. "Can you keep quiet, brat?!" he yelled.
"Stupid mutt. Shut up. Don't make me kill you like I did to the wall. . ." Kisike said.
Inuyasha sweatdropped. "I am not a stupid mutt. Dogs are a lot better than cats, and you know it!"
"Denial is not good for your health. . ." Kisike said.
"Really. Though you really should stop muttering to yourself." Inuyasha said.
"I'm having an intelligent conversation with the voices in my head. GO ANNOY YOUR OWN VOICES!" Kisike yelled.
Inuyasha sighed and turned around, his back facing towards her. "I wiiin!" Kisike yelled, falling backwards. The wind picked up suddenly, but no one really noticed, since it was snowing and windy already. Amanda sat up suddenly, rubbing her cheek.
"Ow.." She muttered. Kisike tilted her head and looked at her.
"What?" She asked. Then pulled her ears down so the tips touched her cheeks, the snow was suddenly stinging.
"I think a rock hit me in the face." Amanda said, standing up. Kisike leapt to her feet as Inuyasha ran over to them.
"It's a demon." He growled.
"And they've got some Shikon shards." Bridget said, walking over. Miroku, Shippou, and Raylin joined the group.
"Is it just me, or has it gotten about 10 degrees colder in the last few seconds?" Raylin asked. Shippou jumped up on Inuyasha's back and burrowed into his hair, since it was warm and stuff. Inuyasha sweatdropped.
"I can't fight with a fox in my hair." Inuyasha sighed, prying Shippou away and handing him to Kisike. Shippou shivered and buried his face in Kisike's hair. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Oh sure! Give him to me!" She yelled. Inuyasha snorted and turned away, drawing Tetsiagga. Kisike sweatdropped. They stood in the snow for about ten minutes. Inuyasha's feet were close to turning blue, since he doesn't wear shoes. "..Are we there yet?" Kisike asked, ready to fall asleep. Shippou was snoring loudly, and probably drooling. Kisike sighed.
". . .You've got drool in your hair, Kisike." Amanda said, pointing. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Thank you. . ." She ground out through clenched teeth. Shippou snorted and fell off Kisike's shoulder. ". . ." Kisike shrugged and brushed her hair back, then froze as sticky slobber covered her fingers. "That fox is going to die, come morning. . ." She hissed, shaking her hand frantically.
"You just gonna leave him there?" Raylin asked, stepping back so no spit would reach her. Kisike sweatdropped as the wind picked up again, nearly knocking Raylin over. The drool froze on her pinky.
"..EEEEEW! GETTIT OFF!" She yelled, waving her arm around even more. Amanda sweatdropped as she was whacked upside the head with Kisike's hand.
"Watch it!" Amanda hollered. Kisike stopped and blinked as Amanda was lifted off the ground. "Um. . . . . . . . . . . . .Um?" Amanda cried. Kisike watched Amanda float about thirty feet into the air.
"What. . .You better not spit on me!" Kisike yelled. Amanda sweatdropped. "GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!!!" She shouted.
Shippou blinked and sat up, awake now. "What. . ." He squeaked.
Kisike blinked and yipped as her feet left the ground as well. Shippou jumped up and caught her thumb, and was pulled up beside Amanda with her. Bridget blinked up at them. "It must be the demon." She said, turning to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha growled and jumped up to try to get to Amanda, but was knocked back into the snow, head first, by another gust of burning cold wind. Amanda winced and gasped. "Inuyasha!" She shouted.
Kisike just blinked and tilted her head to the side, Shippou now curled up in her arms.
A boy was in front of them, all of a sudden. He seemed to have been formed by a small swirl of snow that still spun around him. Amanda didn't know how she could tell it was a guy, because she could only see his back, but she figured it might just be the guy's scent or something.
Kisike squeaked and Amanda glanced over at her. "What?"
". . .I just realized something. . ." Kisike whispered.
"What?" Amanda asked.
" I'M AFRAID AH HEEEEEEIGHTS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIYA!" Kisike yelled, squeezing Shippou till he squeaked. Inuyasha sweatdropped and stood up.
The demon that had appeared was physically about his age, maybe older, with short white hair, and jagged silver bangs that nearly covered ice blue eyes. He was wearing a white kimono with the usual too-baggy pants, and silver toed black boots. The kimono had random clusters of snowflakes on it, some dark blue, some light blue. There were pale blue arm warmers on both of his arms, similar to Miroku's but with out a rosary. The boy had spiked armor reaching from the dark blue sash at his waist, curling over his shoulder to end in a slight curve. There was a sword tied to the left side of his belt. "Inuyasha." The boy said.
Bridget stepped up to Inuyasha, Miroku and Raylin were behind him now. "He's got two jewel shards, one on each of his shoulders." Bridget whispered, a bit louder than she wanted to.
The boy floated down to hover about a quarter inch above the snow. "I am Gabriel. The Angel of Death." He said, eyes closing slowly.
Inuyasha and everyone else on the ground stared at him. Kisike exchanged glances with Amanda. She shook her head and leaned over. "Wasn't he in the bible or something? " She asked.
Amanda nodded. "Then shouldn't he be the demon of death of something? Instead of snow?" She asked. Gabriel's eyebrow twitched as he heard them talking. Amanda shrugged, not noticing the muscles in the snow demon's back tensing. "Maybe that job was taken and he's in denial from being second rate." She suggested.
Kisike sweatdropped. "Second rate?" She asked, skeptically. Amanda nodded.
"Yeah, I hear the demons are really sulky when they don't get what they want. Some of them anyways. Maybe you could get his autograph."
"Or maybe he's in denial!" Shippou piped up.
"I already said that. . ." Amanda muttered, then sweatdropped as she was ignored and Shippou kept rambling.
"Or maybe he didn't get his peanut butter sandwich." Shippou said. He grinned. Kisike giggled. "Or maybe-"
"DO YOU MIND?!" Gabriel yelled, whipping around to glare at them. Kisike and Amanda and Shippou froze, sweatdrops trailing down the sides of their heads. Gabriel's glare darkened before he turned back, his now clenched fists un-clenched and Kisike and Shippou blinked as they felt a familiar pull once again.
"Gravity works. . ." Kisike squeaked, before she and Shippou yelped and fell thirty feet into three foot deep snow.
"Ow!" Shippou cried, head popping out of the snow bank.
Kisike shook her head and glared at the Snow Demon. "You jerk! What was that for?!" She demanded, standing up and dusting the snow off her shirt and pants.
"You shouldn't be disrespectful to your elders." Gabriel said simply, blue eyes half open now. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Great. Once I FINALLY get away from nagging parents, THIS guy comes along. Aiya." she sighed.
"He's right, you know." Raylin said. Kisike glared at her.
"SHUT UP!" she yelled.
Amanda blinked down at everyone from her perch on. . .nothing. . . "Uhm. . .Am I special?" Her eyes got shiny all of a sudden. "I'm in distress! Save me, Inuyashaaaaa!" She cried, hugging herself. Inuyasha sweatdropped. Kisike sweatdropped too.
"Oh yeah, you're special alright. . ." She muttered.
Amanda blinked, then yelped as she fell to the ground. She landed head first, but all anyone could see were her legs waving around frantically in the air. Kisike fell over laughing.
"Help me! I'm stuck!" Shippou cried. Kisike sweatdropped, grabbed his ponytail, and yanked him out of the snow. "Owww. . ."
". . .Brat. . ." Kisike said.
"Kisike, Shippou, stop fooling around!" Inuyasha said.
"She hurt me!" Shippou whined.
"Alright, fine, I am the demon of snow and ice. But that only gives me an advantage." Gabriel said. He closed his eyes again. "Listen up. You can either give me the Shikon shards or you can put up a fight and lose."
"I think we'll put up a fight." Inuyasha said. He glanced at Kisike with a raised eyebrow. "Is this Pudge?"
"Who?" Gabriel asked, blinking.
"No! Pudge is a fish. He controls the weather." Kisike replied. Her eyes widened as realization hit her. "Wait! This guy is controlling the weather! Oh my god, he's not a fish! Lilo lied!"
"I am not a fish and my name is not Pudge!" Gabriel shouted. "My name is Gabriel!"
"The demon of death." Raylin said, just to annoy him.
"No! I told you, I am Gabriel! Demon of snow and ice!"
"And hail. Don't forget hail." Raylin added.
"And hail. Wait. . .shut up! Are we going to fight or not?!"
"I was merely politically correcting you. And yes, we are." Raylin said.
Inuyasha sweatdropped. "Might I remind you that you can't fight?" he said.
"Yeah. You don't exactly have your peashooter at the moment. Still." Kisike added.
"I have something close enough." Raylin said. She took out the quiver that she had taken from the village and pulled out a bow and arrow.
"Where did you get that?" Amanda asked, sweatdropping.
"I borrowed it from the village." Raylin replied.
"Borrowed. . .or stole?" Miroku questioned accusingly.
"Enough of this chatter! I'm getting impatient!" Gabriel yelled, snow swirling around him.
"Fine. I was beginning to feel the same way." Inuyasha said, unsheathing Tetsiagga.
The snow around Gabriel gathered into his hand, forming into the shape of a sword and crystallizing to ice. "My sword, Yukitama, will freeze the blood into ice once it cuts the skin." He said.
"I'll be sure not to get cut then." Inuyasha said.
Gabriel smirked and twirled Yukitama in his hand, then charged and swiped at Inuyasha. Inuyasha jumped back and countered with Tetsiagga.
Tetsiagga nicked Gabriel's cheek, drawing a thin line of blood. Gabriel touched it and stared at the blood on his fingertips. You managed to draw blood. That's a first for a hanyou." He said.
He threw the blood at Inuyasha. "Blood stars!" he yelled. The blood froze into sharp, spiked stars like Chinese stars. Inuyasha jumped out of the way, but the stars kept going towards Amanda. Amanda shut her eyes tightly and crossed her arms in front of her face.
Miroku jumped in front of her, pulling his rosary off of his arm. "Purge!" he yelled. The stars were sucked into his air void. "You are safe now, Lady Amanda." He said. He lowered his hand and put the rosary back on.
Amanda opened her eyes and uncrossed her arms. "Thanks," she said, "But what was that?"
"I'll explain later." Miroku said.
Gabriel suddenly disappeared, turned into snowflakes and scattered in the wind.
"Yeah, and stay gone!" Shippou yelled.
"Hold on Shippou. He's not gone yet." Inuyasha said. The snow suddenly reformed into Gabriel, a foot in front of Inuyasha. Gabriel punched him in the face. Inuyasha fell back slightly and dodged Yukitama. "That was a dirty trick." He muttered.
"In case you didn't know," said Gabriel, "I am one with the snow. I can become snow and I can control it."
"And hail!" Raylin said.
"And hai-will you shut up?!"
"No. She never shuts up." Kisike said, now playing with the ribbon Bridget had finally surrendered.
Gabriel walked up to her and bent down to study her. Kisike finally blinked and looked up. "What? What is it?" she asked.
"Are you that hanyou's sister? You both have the same ears." Gabriel said.
Kisike twitched. Then she yelled, "I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION TO THAT MUTT! He's a dog. I'm a cat. So we. Are not. Related!" she yelled. Then, calming down immediately, she asked suspiciously, "Why?"
"No reason. Just wondering." Gabriel said casually. He turned back to Inuyasha. "Ready to give up yet?" he asked.
"Not a chance." Inuyasha said.
Raylin kneeled down in the snow, off to the side, aiming an arrow toward Gabriel. She let the arrow fly. It was meant to hit his heart, but it missed and hit his leg instead. Gabriel grimaced and yanked the arrow out of his leg.
He glared at Raylin. "Stupid girl. . ." he muttered. Raylin stayed rooted to her spot for a moment, then screamed. The wound in Gabriel's leg immediately filled with snow and healed, the blood freezing.
"Man, you should have just stayed out of it." Inuyasha said.
"Run, Lady Raylin!" Miroku shouted.
"She isn't going to get very far." Shippou said knowingly.
"No, wait!" Bridget suddenly yelled. She ran over to Raylin and grabbed an arrow. She held it for a second. Suddenly the point of the arrow burst into flames.
". . .Bridget? What is that?" Raylin asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm still trying to figure that out, but hurry up and shoot it at him!" Bridget yelled.
Raylin nodded and quickly strung it. She took aim as Gabriel marched over to smite her. She fired. . .and hit his hand.
The hand (which was his left hand) immediately melted. Gabriel clenched his teeth and growled. "You brat!" he yelled. His wrist flamed. "Now I'll have to wait until next winter for this hand to grow back!" he turned to Inuyasha. ". . .I'll be back." He separated into hundreds of snowflakes and scattered in the wind.
A cut suddenly appeared on Inuyasha's arm. The snow slackened to a light fall. Inuyasha grimaced and grabbed his arm. "Inuyasha?! Are you okay?" Amanda asked, running over to him.
Inuyasha slowly withdrew his hand to see it covered with frozen blood. He felt his arm begin to go numb.
"Your blood! It's-"
"I know. Frozen." Inuyasha said. "I think I was cut by Yukitama."
"Frozen blood will kill you, you know that, right?" Raylin asked.
"We need to get him to a doctor or something. . ." Bridget said.
"Blooood. . ." Kisike said.
". . .No blood."
"Awww. . ."
"I know a village nearby. It's a fairy village. I can't say that they're experts at medicine, but they trade with people around the world. They're bound to have some kind of cure for it." Miroku said.
The wind immediately picked up, the snow beginning to fall harder. ". . .I think Gabriel heard you." Kisike said.
"A blizzard. . ." Raylin commented.
"It's cold. . ." Shippou whined.
Inuyasha's knees suddenly gave way. He collapsed in the snow. "Inuyasha!" Amanda, cried, kneeling in the snow.
"Amanda?" Inuyasha whispered.
"Yes Inuyasha, it's me. You have to hang on until we get to the village." Amanda pleaded.
"Just. . .get out of here. . .you all will freeze to death out here and I'll only slow you down. . ."
"Inuyasha," Miroku said firmly, "Dying will not bring Lady Kagome back to life."
"Shut up about Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted, eyes shut tightly. "Just shut up!"
"Well if you know that dying won't bring her back to life, maybe you should know that someone who cares about you just as much doesn't want you to die." Miroku said, glancing at Amanda.
"At least try to hold on." Amanda said. There was silence for a moment. All that could be heard was the whistling of the wind. "Inuyasha?! Inuyasha?!" Amanda cried, thinking Inuyasha was dead.
"I'll try. I'll try to hang on for. . ." Inuyasha started, falling silent and passing into unconsciousness.
"He's unconscious." Shippou stated.
Amanda picked up Inuyasha's limp body. ". . .I'll carry him," She said, "Just lead the way."
"Alright, but it's going to be hard to find the village in the middle of this blizzard. It could be twice as long getting there." Miroku said.
"Well, the sooner we get going, the sooner we'll get there." Raylin said.
They started off.
***
"Inuyasha?" a voice called out. "Inuyasha!"
"That voice. . .it's so familiar. . . ." Inuyasha thought. His eyes opened slowly and he saw that he was lying on a grassy hill. The sun was out, and there was a gentle breeze blowing. He closed his eyes again.
"Inuyasha, will you wake up?!" the voice snapped.
Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes and gasped. "K-Kagome?!" he cried, sitting up.
"Of course it's me. Who did you think I was? I told you not to doze off again." Kagome scolded.
Inuyasha stared, then grabbed her into a hug.
"Inu. . .ya. . .sha. . .?" Kagome started. "What's wrong.?"
"Kagome, I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry that I let Sesshoumaru-"
"Sesshoumaru? What about Sesshoumaru?"
Inuyasha held Kagome out at arm's length. "You. . .you don't. . .remember. . .? About how he killed you and-"
". . .No more caffeine for you. Some dream. We haven't seen Sesshoumaru in months." Kagome said.
"But. . ." Inuyasha started He frowned. "Wait." He stood up and ran up the hill. He came to a small field. The same field that battle with Sesshoumaru and Kagome's death had taken place. "Kagome, over here! See?! This is where you died." He called.
"Die, Inuyasha!" Kikyo's voice suddenly rang out.
Inuyasha turned, in shock, to see Kikyo and the arrow pierce his heart. He fell to the ground and felt a familiar weight fall on his back. Kagome.
The sky darkened and snow began to fall. "Kagome. . ." he whispered. "Kagome!" he yelled.
All that he got in reply was the whistling wind. . .and the mocking laughter of many demons.
***
"His body is as cold as ice. Are we almost there?" Amanda asked.
"I'm not sure. I can't really tell." Miroku said.
"Kagome. . ." Inuyasha muttered.
A strong wind blew and a small man with fairy ears like Bridget's (only longer and oddly tinged green) appeared in front of them. He was as tall as a twelve year old, but his age said that he must have been around his late thirties. He had tousled brown hair with long bangs that hid his eyes. "Quite a blizzard out here. I'm Jim. Who are you and where are you off to? People aren't often out here in this weather. I was just coming back from a trade." He asked.
"I'm Raylin, that's Shippou, Miroku, Amanda, Kisike, Bridget, and the hurt guy is Inuyasha. We need to get to a fairy village because he get cut by Yukitama, sword of Gabriel, the demon of snow, and we need an antidote."
"We are near my village, which is probably the one you are looking for. Follow me." Jim said.
Everybody glanced at each other and hesitated.
"Oh, come on! I won't bite. Do you want the cure or not?" Jim asked.
Everybody slowly followed, not entirely trusting the stranger. "You see, demons are treated equally in our village, if they wish to bring us no harm. Fairy villages are the only places you can seem to get peace between humans and other races such as demons. Demons especially, because our village is protected by a demon. She had a sister, but there is claim that she was killed by Inuyasha. But we'll be able to judge that rumor when he wakes, will we not?" Jim said.
"Uh. . .I suppose. . ." Miroku said slowly, blinking.
"WHYYY. . .are we carrying on pleasant conversation when we're in the middle of a snowstorm?" Kisike questioned.
"It's better than arguing." Shippou said.
". . .Arguing brings bloodshed."
"And you WANT that?"
Kisike closed her eyes and grinned. . .until she accidentally ran into a tree. "Ouch. . ." she whined.
They came to a brass gate leading to the village.
"Blooood. . ." Kisike said again. Everyone sighed.
Jim stared at the three, then walked over to a small hut next to the gate. He knocked on the door. "Lady Morgan! Lady Morgan, we are in need of assistance!" he called.
The door opened and a young woman of about sixteen with fairy ears, red chin-length hair, and bangs that nearly covered her eyes stepped out.
Author's Note-*answering machine comes on* Hi, guys. This is Raylin. Seeing how I am the only. . .sane. . .one here, I think it should be about my turn to mess around with the answering machine. *Kisike's voice in the background* You took it apart because you were bored a couple weeks ago! Give me that! Hey! *sounds of a struggle go on for about two minutes, then Raylin's voice comes back on* Yeah, well anyways, what do you think of the fanfic so far? Questions? Comments? *Amanda's voice in the background* This isn't a shampoo bottle, Raylin! *Raylin's voice yells at the others to shut up and let her talk, then comes back on* Anyways, my point is that you people need to start leaving reviews. I mean, come on! Gathering Shikon shards, trying to keep Kouga away from the electronics, and writing this story at the same time is hard work! The least you can do is leave a review! Please? By the way, we would like to thank Johanna Gen and co. for reviewing (they were our only reviewers for the past two chapters. . . *sniff* ). Well, I got to go now. We're starting to travel again and I got to keep the answering machine out of the hands of Kouga, for he will attempt to gnaw at it. Alright? Well, bye! And leave your message at the sound of the bee- *beep sounds*