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to thank Demon Ashika, Kois_Baka, and once again, Johanna Gen
and co. But. . .we still don't have all the Shikon shards
yet. In fact, we had to go back to the present time to take
tests. . .eeevil tests. . .oh well. So, to be blunt, we don't
own anything yet except for this fanfic and. . .other stuff.
. .unimportant stuff, but no money. So read the fanfic, and
please delete any thoughts of suing us, starting now. ^ ^;
"Jim Acrift, back from your trading already?" The woman-Morgan-asked.
"Yes. I found this bunch lost out in the snow. One of their companions is injured." Jim said.
Morgan looked over at Inuyasha and glared. "Inuyasha. . ." she said angrily. "I refuse to save the demon that killed my sister." She said, her eyes flashing red.
"Innocent until proven guilty, Lady Morgan." Jim said gently.
Morgan straightened, then sighed in defeat. "Alright. Bring him inside." She said, walking back inside. The others followed, Shippou shutting the door behind them. "He looks poisoned. What happened to him?"
"He got into a battle with Gabriel, the snow demon." Miroku said.
Morgan looked over at him. "Miroku, I haven't seen you in these parts for quite some time." To Jim she said, "Jim, look up in the cabinet. It's a cut from Yukitama, and he needs fireroot right away." She watched as Jim walked over to a large oak cabinet.
"You two know each other?" Raylin asked.
"Yes. Just about everyone comes to this village for trading. A few years ago, Miroku came here after getting into a fight with some demon. A few of the villagers brought him to me, since they think of me as the village doctor and he was at near death from loss of blood due to his injuries." Morgan said, taking the fireroot and dropping it into a boiling pot of water.
She looked out the window. "It's no wonder this blizzard sprang up so suddenly. We haven't had one like this for some time. What did you seven do to anger him so?"
"We melted his hand off. The left one." Amanda said as she looked around.
"Lay your friend down there, where my patients usually lie." Morgan said, nodding towards a bed. "Twas foolish to melt his hand off. It will gain you nothing but enemies."
Amanda laid Inuyasha down on the bed. "We didn't have much of a choice. . .Gabriel was trying to kill us for the Shikon shards." She said.
"Shikon shards? You have those?" Morgan asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah. We have a few, but not too many." Shippou said, sitting on the table.
Morgan dipped a cup in the boiling water, which was now a bright red. "Off my table." She ordered. Shippou sighed and jumped off. "Give this to your friend. He'll need to stay here overnight. I'll make some arrangements for a hotel in the village." Morgan said, handing the cup to Amanda. Amanda gave the drink to Inuyasha.
"Okay, but you'll have to be careful. Gabriel may come back to finish Inuyasha off." Raylin said.
Morgan closed her eyes. "And would that really be a bad thing. . .?" she muttered under her breath. To the others she said, "Of course. I will."
Miroku opened the door and cold air burst in. "Come. We must let Inuyasha have his rest." He said. The others filed out of the door; all but Amanda. "Lady Amanda?" He asked.
"I will stay here. . ."
Miroku nodded and closed the door back behind him; Amanda stared at Inuyasha who lied unconscious on the bed. She walked over to the corner and took a seat in a near by chair. She watched him breathing calmly. "Look what kind of mess you have gotten yourself in to. . ." She whispered to herself. Her ears twitched slightly. She watched Morgan working across the room. Morgan quietly disappeared behind a curtain.
***
Shippou walked around the room that they had acquired by the kindness of the fairies from the village, the room was furnished with well fashioned accessories from the trade system that the fairies used. "I'm worried about Inuyasha. . ." Shippou said, sniffing in a jar full of unfamiliar food, he wrinkled his nose and put the lid back on it. Kisike was amusing herself with Raylin's hair, who batted away the hyper one's hands.
"Will you stop that 'Sike ?!" Raylin hissed through her teeth, Kisike shrugged and went to go play/bother someone else.
Bridget suddenly stiffened. "Something's wrong." She said tensely, looking out the window. The others looked out the window and, with no questions asked, ran out of the hotel, Bridget following.
***
Amanda got up and walked across the room, all along the walls were assortments of jars containing a number of things. She carefully picked up a jar and stared at it before placing it back down on the shelf once more, Morgan slipped back in to the room. "What are you doing?" Morgan snapped, Amanda jumped in to the air by the sudden sharpness of the woman's voice.
"I was. . .just looking at the jars." Amanda said taking a few steps back, her elbow accidentally knocked off a jar on the counter. It fell off and hit the floor with a clatter, luckily it did not shatter. "I'm sorry. . ." Amanda said bending down to pick up the jar, Morgan bent down to do the same.
Their hands touched, Amanda yelped and snatched her hands back. "Your hands. . .they are so cold like ice. . ." Amanda mumbled. Morgan sneered. "You're not Morgan." Amanda hissed, the windows and doors burst open and snow flooded in.
The wind pulled back the curtain that Morgan had disappeared in earlier, inside was the real Morgan frozen in a block of ice with a face of pure horror etched on her features.
"Gabriel. . ." Amanda hissed. Morgan began to laugh hysterically.
"So you found out. . ." Snow and ice began to encircle her, the fake costume broke away to reveal Gabriel. Amanda growled in throat as her claws extended from her fingertips and her ears flattened against her head.
Inuyasha moaned on the bed. "Inuyasha!" Amanda whispered. Gabriel lunged at the bed. "No you don't!" Amanda yelled, kicking Gabriel in the face.
Gabriel dropped against the nearest wall with blood dribbling down his chin from his busted lip. Amanda grabbed Inuyasha from the bed as the room started to fill with snow.
"You will not escape!" Gabriel boomed. Amanda ran through the door with Inuyasha in her arms.
"Inuyasha, you have to wake up. . .I need you. . .please help me. . ." Amanda cried as the snow began to fall harder and the wind howled in fury. "I need to get to safety. . ." Amanda whispered. Her thoughts were interrupted by a shout.
"Blood stars!" Gabriel yelled. Pain racked across and down Amanda's back. She cried out and stumbled a few steps. A new wave of attacks bombarded Amanda as she struggled to stay up. She crumbled to the ground. "Do you surrender?" Gabriel's voice boomed from around her. Amanda growled in her throat and leaned Inuyasha against a tree.
Gabriel came out of the snow in front of her. He stared in to her eyes. "Give it up. . .you can never win. . ." Gabriel laughed menacingly. Amanda balled up one of her fists.
" I. . .will. . .never surrender to the likes of you. . ." Amanda screamed. She lunged at one of his shoulders. Her claws racked across his chest and his shoulder.
He growled and disappeared in a flurry of snow. "You can't find me can you?" His voice taunted from all around. Amanda smirked.
"If you had a scent then I could smell you miles away. . .you coward." She said sarcastically. Gabriel appeared in front of her and punched her in the face. She fell back a few feet. 'At least he has his mind on me and not Inuyasha.' she thought. Gabriel laughed.
"Are you scared?" Gabriel taunted.
"Sure I'm scared. . .of your ugly face. . ." Amanda replied. Gabriel roared in fury. He ran at Amanda. He punched her so hard in the chest that all the air rushed out of her, she sagged but did not collapse. Amanda looked at Inuyasha through the corner of her eye. 'Inuyasha.' She thought.
"You will pay!" Gabriel hissed, his sword Yukitama materializing in his hand. Amanda's face fell. "There is nothing to save you." He dipped his finger into the scores he had along his chest that she had made earlier. "Blood Stars." He yelled. Amanda crossed her arms in front of her and braced for the attack. Deep gashes showed brightly on her arms. A scratch oozed blood along her face.
"That attack is starting to get really old. . ." Amanda mumbled. A flaming arrow whizzed past her and struck Gabriel in his left arm. It melted up to almost his elbow.
"You went thinking that you were going to have all the fun, eh?" A voice said behind her. Amanda smirked.
"Be my guest. . ." Amanda said tiredly. Her friends rushed past her. Raylin already had another fire-arrow strung on her bow.
"Try aiming for his head, this time." Kisike muttered, nails extending as she stepped in front of Amanda, while Bridget stood in front of the injured Inuyasha. Raylin grinned and aimed the arrow, then let it fly. Gabriel smirked and stepped back. His hand shot out, palm to the arrow. A burst of new snowflakes and stinging winds to match, forced the arrow back. The arrow shattered into about twenty pieces while the flaming head dropped to the ground and sunk through the melting snow around it.
Raylin grimaced and readied another arrow. Gabriel sneered.
"Don't think I'll let you pull that again." He said, as the snow level in the hut reached Bridget's knees. Gabriel let out a short yell and the walls of the hut collapsed outward, snow spilling over the already white-blanketed ground. Amanda and the others yelped as the roof fell down on them. Gabriel was already floating outside of the racket, a small smile gracing his features. Kisike's head popped out of the roof first. She blinked, shook the snow off her head and looked around.
". . .Uhm. . . .guys?" She asked. Amanda's head burst up next, then Inuyasha's, Bridget's, Miroku's, Shippou's and finally Raylin's. Raylin huffed and managed to squeeze her arms through her hole, and she pounded on the roof.
"I'm stuck!" She yelled. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Way-to-go, Spock." She muttered. Raylin glared at her, then blinked as Miroku was suddenly standing on the roof in front of her. Miroku said nothing, but smiled and offered a hand to help her up. Raylin smiled back and took it. Bridget sweatdropped.
"This is not the time to have a moment." She said. Then blinked back and forth from the standing Miroku, to the one whose head was poking out of the roof. She frowned as Raylin just got unstuck from the roof. Kisike shook her head.
"Raylin! Watch it!" She yelled, then sweatdropped as 'Miroku' twisted Raylin's arm behind her back and held Yukitama's blade to her throat. Raylin winced and growled.
"Dammit. . ." She muttered, then saw that Yukitama was attached to Gabriel's arm, where his arm had been cut off. She frowned, brain processing information. Bridget and the others were all standing on the roof now, glaring at the Snow Demon who held their friend captive. "Kisike. . ." Raylin mumbled, then she choked, as the blade was pressed closer to her skin. Her eyes darted to where the sword connected with Gabriel's arm, then back to Kisike. Kisike nodded.
"Get one of those fire arrows, Bridget." Kisike whispered. Bridget nodded and picked up one of the arrows that Raylin had dropped. She concentrated for a moment, then the head of it burst into a bright flame. "When I say so, shoot it at him." Kisike said, low so Gabriel couldn't hear. Bridget sweatdropped.
"I can't shoot a bow and arrow." She whispered harshly.
"Just aim for him, you don't have to hit him. I've got a plan." Kisike muttered. Inuyasha snorted from his place next to Amanda, letting everyone know that he had awakened..
"That's a first, I'm sure." He grumbled. Kisike shook her head, and as soon as Shippou jumped up onto Gabriel's back, pulling at his hair, she leapt up, nails fully extended and sharpened now. She sped towards the snow demon who was preoccupied with throwing a kitsune off his back and with one clean swipe, clipped Yukitama from Gabriel's arm. The sword de-materialized into snowflakes and shards of ice. Gabriel growled, dropped Raylin and already started materializing Yukitama again. Raylin slumped to the ground and coughed, then slid away to sit next to Bridget.
Kisike spun on her heel, an energy sword forming around her fist. She swung the sword and sliced a few strands of Gabriel's hair, who was spinning as well, bringing Yukitama up to try and hit her stomach. Kisike flipped backwards, away from the icy blade, and pointed at Raylin. "Now!" She yelled. Raylin, with the arrow Bridget had fired up and her bow, shot the arrow to Gabriel's midsection as he turned to look at her. He narrowly dodged, knocking the arrow down and in half with Yukitama.
Kisike grinned and brought her energy sword down on his left shoulder. Blood spurted from the wound, along with a good-sized shard of the Shikon Jewel. The blood pooled at his feet and the Shikon shard dropped into Kisike's palm.
"Thanks." She grinned, jumping back a few feet. Gabriel grimaced and clutched his slowly healing wound. Kisike grin widened and she held her energy sword ready at her side. Gabriel glared out her.
"I'll get you for this." He growled, slowly breaking down into snowflakes and ice. Kisike stuck her tongue out at the swirl of snowflakes, and then bounded over to Inuyasha and the others. Raylin sweatdropped.
"Always gotta be so dramatic?" She asked. Kisike sweatdropped and scratched the back of her head after her energy sword disappeared. Amanda sighed and leaned over Inuyasha. Bridget handed her a bowl with a bright red liquid in it.
"This is the fireroot stuff. It should heal his wound by morning." She said. Amanda nodded and helped Raylin carry Inuyasha to another hut. "Hopefully demon of snow, hail, or whatever will leave us alone for that long." Bridget muttered. Kisike huffed and jumped up into a tree with a blanket she'd 'borrowed' from Miroku who'd 'borrowed' it from one of the villagers. She settled against the trunks of the tree and started looking over the Shikon shard. Raylin looked up at her.
"Gonna keep watch?" She asked waiting for everyone else to enter the hut before she did. Most if not all of the villagers had left during the fight so most all of the huts were vacant and well stocked. Kisike raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah. Until I fall asleep." She grinned. Raylin sweatdropped and shook her head, walking into the hut after Shippou. The home was separated into three rooms. Amanda lay Inuyasha down on a futon in the biggest, while everyone else sat in the other rooms. She sighed and gave the fireroot mixture to Inuyasha. She gasped when she saw his blue fingertips.
"Inuyasha. . ." She whispered, then stared as the wound on the said demon's arm almost immediately closed up. She could see the now red fluid flowing through his pale veins, which stood out in contrast from the hanyou's pale skin. His finger's twitching with renewed feeling and flow of warm blood. Amanda smiled and lightly ran her fingertips over Inuyasha's forearm. Inuyasha's golden eyes slowly slid open and he cringed.
"Tickles. . ." He mumbled, turning to look at the neko-jin beside him. Amanda smiled warmly again and sniffed. She rubbed at her eyes with the back of her hand then leaned over to draw Inuyasha into a tight hug. Inuyasha blinked, eyes widening. "What. . .Don't cry over me. . .!" He whispered. Amanda sat up and shook her head.
"I was worried. . .so worried. . .I thought you were going to die. . ." She said, voice hitching. "I didn't want. . . I was scared you were going to leave me." She cried, burying her face in her hands. Inuyasha sighed and sat up, the feeling was almost completely back in his arm. He reached out and rested both hands on Amanda's shoulders.
"I'm not gonna leave you. I promise." He said, and then brought Amanda into a warm embrace. Amanda blinked, then smiled and leaned against Inuyasha.
"SAP!!!" a voice yelled from outside. Inuyasha and Amanda sweatdropped as they saw Kisike's face looking in through the window. "That is the ugliest thing I have ever saw. . ." she said, grinning.
"Yessss." Shippou said.
". . .You're supposed to say 'yeah'." Kisike said.
"Oh. . .okay!" Shippou said. "YEAHHHH. . ."
". . .Better."
Inuyasha and Amanda blushed, then Inuyasha shoved Amanda away.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" he yelled.
"About that incredibly SAPPY scene you two just put on."
"Say WHAT?!" Inuyasha growled with that I'm-gonna-kill-you-sharp- toothed-big-fanged grin.
"I said that you just put on a reeeeally SAPPY scene there."
Inuyasha's eye twitched. "Why you. . ."
"Ah just wish I had a camera with me!" Kisike said.
"Come here you little brat!" Inuyasha yelled, chasing Kisike away from the hut.
"Ahhh! Runaway!" Kisike yelled as Inuyasha put his hand on the door. Inuyasha opened the door, took a step out, and stumbled.
Amanda grabbed his arm before he could fall. "Don't go chasing after her! You're still weak from that wound." She said. She looked up at Kisike homicidally. "I'll kill her. . ."
"Ack! Nooo! My Precioussss. . ." Kisike said, jumping up on the roof.
Everybody sweatdropped. "She's seen the Two Towers movie, hasn't she?" Raylin asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yep." Bridget sighed.
"Um. . .Is anybody forgetting about Lady Morgan?" Miroku asked.
"You mean everybody." Raylin corrected.
". . .That's what I said."
"No, you said anybody."
"I did?"
"I think that whole getting-stuck-in-the-snow thing froze your brain or something. Of course, if it did, you'd be dead. So then I wouldn't be saying this right now, so that kinda defeats the entire purpose of this conversation." Raylin said.
"Okay then. SHUT UP!" Kisike yelled, hanging upside-down from the roof.
"You seem to hang upside-down a lot. Like Ed. Somebody's been watching way too much Cowboy Bebop." Bridget said.
Kisike blinked. "Ed ish cooool!" she said, falling from the roof and into a snow bank. ". . .Oops. Ouch. . ."
". . ."
". . .I'll go get Morgan out of that ice cube." Bridget said, walking out the door.
"Oh yeah, and what are you going to do? Melt her out?" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"Actually, yeah."
Inuyasha blinked.
"Ah wanna helllp!" Kisike said, following. She and Bridget got to the ruins of the hut and stopped at the site of the frozen Morgan. "So really. How do you plan on getting her out?" Kisike asked.
"Like I said. Melt her out." Bridget said, lying a hand against the ice. "I think I found out something."
"Eh?"
"I think I'm able to light those arrows and stuff with ki. Spirit energy."
"Like on DBZ?" Kisike asked skeptically.
"I can't really find any other explanation. Unless I'm a fire demon like Akio, and I don't think I am." Bridget said, watching as the ice slowly began to melt.
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!" Kisike yelled. "No fair. . .how come you can do it and I can't?"
"You can create an energy sword."
"But that's it! You can probably form ki blasts and stuff!"
Bridget looked over at her, then back up at the ice cube. "You know how back in our world, I meditate and stuff?"
"Yeah. . .?" Kisike said slowly.
"Well, forming ki takes finding your spirit energy and stuff, and meditating has helped." Bridget said. Kisike blinked.
"Huh. Okiedokie then."
They stood there for about ten minutes when finally the ice melted entirely. Morgan awoke when the ice had melted halfway but had kept silent.
"Thank you. Gabriel is a difficult demon to defeat." She said when she was free.
"He's not defeated, but he did leave." Bridget said.
"That's the best you could do and all I ask." Morgan said.
"Hey! Hey Bridget! Let's go check out the marketplace!" Kisike said, pulling Bridget back into the village.
"Okay. See ya Morgan!" Bridget called.
*in the marketplace*
"You know what we need?" Kisike asked.
"What?"
"New clothes. I mean, we've been wearing these things since we got here." Kisike said, tugging at one of her sleeves.
"And some other stuff. We need something that can defend itself.that won't die. . .something sturdy. . ."
"Like a lobster!"
"No, no, Lilo! We have a dog door! Not a lobster door! We are getting a dog!" Bridget said, playing along. They looked at each other.
"Lilo and Stitch." They said in unison.
Kisike went over to a booth selling clothes. "I want thiiis. . ." Kisike said, picking up a fighting kimono like Inuyasha's. The pants were blue and the shirt was white.
Bridget blinked. "Um. . .okay. . ." she said, walking over to her. She glanced over at the clerk. "How much is this?"
"One thousand yen." The clerk said.
"Uh. . ." Bridget glanced over at Kisike. ". . .How do you count yen into American dollars?"
"Well, I think that Japanese magazine manga thingy I gave you was like, four dollars and it was like, 230 yen. . .I think 50 yen equals a dollar." Kisike said.
"Kisike, that's twenty dollars! I've got. . ." Bridget trailed off as she searched her pockets. She pulled out a coin. ". . .A nickel."
"I've got my Christmas money!" Kisike said, pulling out twenty dollars in ones. She handed it to the clerk.
The clerk studied the money. Suddenly he pointed at the man on the dollar bill. "Who is this?"
"Um. . .George Washington. . .?"
The clerk studied the dollars for a moment, then handed them back to her. "Here. You want to give this to somebody for use, give it to the scribes in the booth a few booths down. Maybe they'll figure out what it is."
"It's moneeey!" Kisike whined. "Haven't you ever been to America?!"
"Kisike, this is the feudal era. America probably hasn't even been discovered yet." Bridget sighed.
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!" Kisike yelled, stomping off. Bridget ran after her to catch up.
". . .You've been saying that a lot lately."
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!"
"That's it. I'm deleting the anime movie trailer when I get back."
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!"
". . .Kisike, people are beginning to stare. . ."
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!"
". . .Broken record. . ." Bridget muttered.
Kisike's ears twitched and she suddenly grinned. "New York, New York. . .New York, New York. . .New York, New York. . ." She sang, mimicking the Delta commercial.
Bridget sighed. "Come on. There's another booth over there selling clothes. Try not to make us look like idiots." She said, walking into a booth.
"Okie! I will!" Kisike said cheerfully, Zim-walking into the booth.
". . ." Bridget picked up what looked like a carbon copy of the outfit Kisike was looking at earlier.
"Hey, Kisike, I found the outfit you wanted. For. . .um. . .nineteen dollars. . ." she said, looking at the price tag. ". . .That is, 50 yen really IS equal to a dollar. . ."
"Oh, is that all?" Kisike said in a sarcastic tone. She grinned and walked over to the outfit. "Okie, let's get this!"
"But. . .um. . .we don't have any yen." Bridget said.
Somebody tapped her on the shoulder. They turned around to see a guy wearing a gray cloak. Kisike raised an eyebrow. "This Gandalf the Gray?" she asked.
"No, I'm Saruman the White." The man said sarcastically. Bridget and Kisike glanced at each other. The man sighed impatiently and grabbed Bridget's hand, opened it, and placed a small bag of yen in it. "It's 119 yen that equals a dollar. This is one hundred dollars worth of yen. Now give me your twenty dollars." He said.
"How. . .how do you know about Lord of the Rings? And dollars?" Bridget asked as Kisike placed her twenty dollars in the guy's hand.
"How does he know about whole freakin' America?" Kisike demanded.
". . .Good point." Bridget said. She turned back to the guy. "How do you?"
The man released her hand and disappeared back into the crowd. "That tale is for another day. . ." he said in an ominous, foreshadowing voice.
"O.kay." Bridget said.
Kisike began doing the Twilight Zone theme. "Dude. . .where's my car?" she said after a minute.
"We don't have a car. We're not old enough to drive yet 'Sike."
"I dun care! I want one. . .maybe a pink jaguar GXT. . ." Kisike said. She began rambling on about what she wanted her car to look like.
Bridget sighed and picked up an outfit for herself. It looked like Inuyasha's, but it was dark green and the undershirt was black. She picked out two more outfits for Raylin and Amanda (both different colors), then bought them and walked out of the booth, Kisike following.
"I'm hungry. . ." Kisike whined.
"Do you really want me to have to repeat Raylin?"
"Uh. . .no. . ."
"Good. So don't make me."
"Okay!"
They walked back to the hut, where everyone was asleep. Kisike stretched and leapt up into her tree where the blanket still was. Bridget sighed and started back into the hut.
"Make sure you let us know if anything's coming." Bridget said, then sweatdropped when she saw that Kisike had burrowed into the blanket and was already asleep. She sighed again, then went into the hut to get some sleep, herself.
* in the other world *
Bridget jerked to attention as she received her CNN update: She was asleep in a cramped house, if you could call it that, after a battle with the Demon of Snow and Hail and Ice, Gabriel. Her mom looked at her from over a bag of potato chips. They were grocery shopping.
"Are you okay?" She asked, then started rambling on about how she was never 'OK'. Bridget sighed, rolled her eyes then walked to the magazine isle, where there was a book on Japanese currency. She didn't see much else that might help in The Warring States Era, which her other part was stuck in, so she settled down on an empty shelf and started reading.
***
Kisike was just logging on to MSN Messenger when- CNN Breaking News: You're sleeping in a tree after a fight with some snow demon named Gabriel. Name sound familiar?' She blinked, then shook her head and moved the arrow over the 'Sign in' button, and clicked. Her boyfriend, Gabri, was online.
You are now chatting with All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life."
Kisike: HIIIIIIIIII! ^ ^ * huggles *
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": Hey ^ ^ * huggs *
Kisike: Hey, Uhm. . .Have you been having any weird dreams, lately?
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.":. . .You could say that. . .
Kisike: ..Like what?
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": That I'm a snow demon. That some cat demon and her friends, one of which keeps telling me I'm the demon of hail, we're all in the Warring States Era of Japan.
Kisike: o.O; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sorry about your arm. . .
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life." : Huh?
Kisike: You're arm. . .you're left arm got burnt off, right?
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": ..Almost. . .Only up to my elbow. . .how'd you know. . .??
Kisike: . . .And. . .the cat demon. . .that's me. . .well, one of them is. . .the shorter one I guess, haven't paid much attention to height. . .
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life." : . . .Uhm. . .huh?
Kisike: . . .I was the one who cut that jewel shard out of your left shoulder and prolly trimmed your hair. . .
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": ..This's weird. . .
Kisike: Got that right. I g2g, mum's yelling at me, Love you! ^ ^ * hugglehuggle *
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life." : Love you too * huggs* See you soon ^ ^ * still has his real-world arm, at least *
Kisike: ^ ^; Hopefully there'll be nomore bloodshed
Kisike has signed off.
* * *
Amanda and Raylin met at the movies. They were both going to see Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.
"Hey." They greeted each other at the same time. They bought tickets, popcorn, drinks, and sat in the theater in silence until the trailers started rolling across the big screen. When the opening credits of the movie were about to start, Amanda broke the silence with.
" I can't believe you like a pervert."
"WILL YOU SHUTUP!?"
* In the Feudal Era *
"Hey lady! Lady! LADY! LADYYYYYY!!" Kisike was awoken by a little girl, about five years old. She had big green eyes and long blue hair. She had pointed ears, which meant she was either an elf, or a demon. With their luck, it'd be a blood thirsty demon. Kisike smiled as she remembered she'd probably see Gabriel again, soon. She blinked as the little girl somehow appeared on her shoulders.
"LADY!!" The girl screamed in her ear. Kisike twitched, and fell to the ground with swirly eyes.
"What do you want, brat?" Kisike grumbled.
"Don't call me that! My older brothers and sister calls me that! I'm Kouten and I'm five years old! Well, physically. . .but that's not the point! I'm demon of the Storms and the Rain, and I need some help." The girl said, hanging from the tree upside-down. Kisike stared at her as Inuyasha and the others ran out in case of trouble.
"Who is this brat?" Raylin asked.
"I'm not a brat!" Kouten whined. "Be stormy!" she ordered. A small storm cloud appeared over Raylin's head and began raining.
". . ." Raylin moved but the storm cloud followed.
"Hah! You've been punished! Now, be happy again!" The girl said cheerfully. The storm cloud disappeared.
". . .That was not funny." Raylin said, soaking wet.
"It was to me! I'm Kouten and I need your help!" Kouten said, flipping around the branch and making a perfect landing on the ground.
"Help? What kind of help?" Amanda questioned cautiously.
"Quest help!"
". . .Quest help?" Inuyasha asked.
"Quest help! Why not? Quests are fun if what you're looking for isn't something you're not going to get in trouble for if you don't have." Kouten said.
". . .Why should we help you with a quest?"
"Because if I don't have it, I'll get in big, big trouble for not having it! You see, to make it rain, like, reeeeally rain, I need the storm flute. But my older sister kinda took it. . .she's a rock demon. My brothers are the sun demon, Akio, and the snow demon, Gabriel. My cousins are the Thunder Brothers. . ." she began rambling on about the people in her family as Shippou began to edge away. Five minutes later, she said, "And my sister's name is Sekkai. She took my flute because she was tired of me wearing down her element.
"But if I don't get it back, I won't be able to call on the harvest rains, and if I don't, mommy and daddy will get mad. Especially mommy. She's the earth demon, Ametsuchi, and my father is the sky demon, Kyuuten. But anyways, if I don't, then the crops won't grow and the people will die, and mommy doesn't want that."
"Why don't you get it yourself?" Inuyasha snorted.
"BECAUSE MY BIG SISTER IS STRONGER THAN MEEE!" Kouten whined, flailing her arms around. Everybody sweatdropped. "Sekkai can pound me into the ground. But I don't think she can to you. I watched you fight my brother, Gabriel, and knew that you can help me!" she said, immediately cheerful again.
"You mean, you're not. . .mad. . .or anything?" Shippou asked.
"About what?"
"About us burning Gabriel's arm off."
"Oh that? That's okay! He was picking on me a few days ago anyway. He deserved it." Kouten said. She blinked and tilted her head. "You're kinda cute. What's your name?"
"Um. . .Shippou. . ."
"My name's Kouten!" Kouten said, smiling. "What kind of demon are you?"
"A fox demon. . ." Shippou said.
"You look kinda like a squirrel. . ." Kouten whispered. Shippou sweatdropped and sighed.
"Can we at least have breakfast before we leave?" Kisike asked yawning. Kouten blinked at her.
"Okiedokie! But you have to promise to help me!" Kouten said. Inuyasha snorted.
"We ain't making any promises yet." He said, crossing his arms over his chest. Kouten pouted, but nodded. Then grinned as she made a storm cloud form over Inuyasha's head. "Be stormy!"
Inuyasha sweatdropped "GET THIS THING OFF ME!" He yelled.
Kouten giggled and darted behind Kisike's legs, dragging Shippou with her. Kisike blinked and tried to turn and look at the little demons. But Kouten had attached herself to Kisike's pants leg and was giggling madly. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Okay. . .now I'm scared." She muttered, and then reached around to lift Shippou off the ground by the back of his shirt.
"I didn't know you had a daughter in this dimension too," Bridget said. Kisike blinked.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" She hollered. Bridget grinned.
"Well you have so many daughters in fanfics. . ." Raylin said. Kisike dropped Shippou and reached up to grab two handfuls of her hair.
"THIS IS NOT A FANFIC! ARGH!" Kisike yelled.
"Which makes it even weirder. . ." Raylin said, scratching her chin. Kisike growled, then leapt over everyone's heads and landed on the front step of the hut.
"Dibs on the rice!" She grinned. Inuyasha sweatdropped and ran after her.
"The ramen is mine!!" He yelled. Amanda and Raylin followed.
"Dumplings! I call the dumplings!!" Shippou called, helping Kouten up from where she fell away from Kisike. They both grinned then sped into the house. Miroku and Bridget followed.
*after breakfast*
"I hear you're leaving." Morgan said to the Inuyasha and the others. Raylin nodded.
"We're on a-"
"Quest! They are on a quest!" Kouten squeaked cheerfully.
"Just one thing before you go." Morgan said. She grabbed Inuyasha's sleeve. "Tell me. Did you really kill my sister? I remember we fought a powerful demon going by your name, and my sister died. But when I saw that you were defeated by Gabriel, I began to have doubts."
Inuyasha stared at her for a few moments. "I never killed your sister. I've never even been in this area of Japan before." he said truthfully.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it was Naraku." Miroku said.
"Naraku?"
"He put the curse on my grandfather that was passed on to me. Remember?" Miroku asked, grabbing his rosary.
"Yes, now I do." Morgan said. She grabbed a pack near the ruins of her hut.
"Where are you going?" Bridget asked.
Morgan smiled. "I'm going to go find that demon and have my revenge. Don't worry about me. I know that Naraku is powerful, and that he will be quite a match for me when I find him, but I have hope that I can win when I encounter him."
"Why not come with us?"
"Sorry, but I travel solo." Morgan said. She reached into her pocket, pulled out a locket, and tossed it to Bridget.
Bridget caught it. "What's this. . .?" "Open it when you are in need of aid. Yell Banshee Wail to unleash its power. Use it well. . .Sister." Morgan said. Bridget was looking down at the locket and blinked, but then looked up.
"Wait. . .what?!" she yelled, but when she looked up, Morgan was gone. Everyone blinked and looked around. There was an uneasy silence. Raylin shrugged and started out of the village. Amanda sweatdropped.
"Do you have any idea of where you're going??" She asked. Raylin looked over her shoulder and sweatdropped as Kouten started walking in the opposite direction.
"Guess not.." She muttered, then followed everyone else.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on* *gnawing sounds and yelling in the background is heard* *Bridget's voice in the background* Hey! Kouga! Give us back the answering machine and stop gnawing on it! *sounds of a struggle are heard; Bridget's voice comes on* Ew. . .wolf drool. . .Well. . .um. . .maybe Raylin should do the answering machine again. *tosses the slobbered-on phone to Raylin* *Raylin's voice comes on* Oh, thanks a lot! Well, we got another battle down. Did you expect us to actually know Gabriel in our dimension? But hey, we all just want to say 'thanks again for all the reviews'. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to find a stream or something to wash my hands off. Then I'm going to go kill some people in my group. Please leave your review at the sound of the- *beep sounds*
"Jim Acrift, back from your trading already?" The woman-Morgan-asked.
"Yes. I found this bunch lost out in the snow. One of their companions is injured." Jim said.
Morgan looked over at Inuyasha and glared. "Inuyasha. . ." she said angrily. "I refuse to save the demon that killed my sister." She said, her eyes flashing red.
"Innocent until proven guilty, Lady Morgan." Jim said gently.
Morgan straightened, then sighed in defeat. "Alright. Bring him inside." She said, walking back inside. The others followed, Shippou shutting the door behind them. "He looks poisoned. What happened to him?"
"He got into a battle with Gabriel, the snow demon." Miroku said.
Morgan looked over at him. "Miroku, I haven't seen you in these parts for quite some time." To Jim she said, "Jim, look up in the cabinet. It's a cut from Yukitama, and he needs fireroot right away." She watched as Jim walked over to a large oak cabinet.
"You two know each other?" Raylin asked.
"Yes. Just about everyone comes to this village for trading. A few years ago, Miroku came here after getting into a fight with some demon. A few of the villagers brought him to me, since they think of me as the village doctor and he was at near death from loss of blood due to his injuries." Morgan said, taking the fireroot and dropping it into a boiling pot of water.
She looked out the window. "It's no wonder this blizzard sprang up so suddenly. We haven't had one like this for some time. What did you seven do to anger him so?"
"We melted his hand off. The left one." Amanda said as she looked around.
"Lay your friend down there, where my patients usually lie." Morgan said, nodding towards a bed. "Twas foolish to melt his hand off. It will gain you nothing but enemies."
Amanda laid Inuyasha down on the bed. "We didn't have much of a choice. . .Gabriel was trying to kill us for the Shikon shards." She said.
"Shikon shards? You have those?" Morgan asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah. We have a few, but not too many." Shippou said, sitting on the table.
Morgan dipped a cup in the boiling water, which was now a bright red. "Off my table." She ordered. Shippou sighed and jumped off. "Give this to your friend. He'll need to stay here overnight. I'll make some arrangements for a hotel in the village." Morgan said, handing the cup to Amanda. Amanda gave the drink to Inuyasha.
"Okay, but you'll have to be careful. Gabriel may come back to finish Inuyasha off." Raylin said.
Morgan closed her eyes. "And would that really be a bad thing. . .?" she muttered under her breath. To the others she said, "Of course. I will."
Miroku opened the door and cold air burst in. "Come. We must let Inuyasha have his rest." He said. The others filed out of the door; all but Amanda. "Lady Amanda?" He asked.
"I will stay here. . ."
Miroku nodded and closed the door back behind him; Amanda stared at Inuyasha who lied unconscious on the bed. She walked over to the corner and took a seat in a near by chair. She watched him breathing calmly. "Look what kind of mess you have gotten yourself in to. . ." She whispered to herself. Her ears twitched slightly. She watched Morgan working across the room. Morgan quietly disappeared behind a curtain.
***
Shippou walked around the room that they had acquired by the kindness of the fairies from the village, the room was furnished with well fashioned accessories from the trade system that the fairies used. "I'm worried about Inuyasha. . ." Shippou said, sniffing in a jar full of unfamiliar food, he wrinkled his nose and put the lid back on it. Kisike was amusing herself with Raylin's hair, who batted away the hyper one's hands.
"Will you stop that 'Sike ?!" Raylin hissed through her teeth, Kisike shrugged and went to go play/bother someone else.
Bridget suddenly stiffened. "Something's wrong." She said tensely, looking out the window. The others looked out the window and, with no questions asked, ran out of the hotel, Bridget following.
***
Amanda got up and walked across the room, all along the walls were assortments of jars containing a number of things. She carefully picked up a jar and stared at it before placing it back down on the shelf once more, Morgan slipped back in to the room. "What are you doing?" Morgan snapped, Amanda jumped in to the air by the sudden sharpness of the woman's voice.
"I was. . .just looking at the jars." Amanda said taking a few steps back, her elbow accidentally knocked off a jar on the counter. It fell off and hit the floor with a clatter, luckily it did not shatter. "I'm sorry. . ." Amanda said bending down to pick up the jar, Morgan bent down to do the same.
Their hands touched, Amanda yelped and snatched her hands back. "Your hands. . .they are so cold like ice. . ." Amanda mumbled. Morgan sneered. "You're not Morgan." Amanda hissed, the windows and doors burst open and snow flooded in.
The wind pulled back the curtain that Morgan had disappeared in earlier, inside was the real Morgan frozen in a block of ice with a face of pure horror etched on her features.
"Gabriel. . ." Amanda hissed. Morgan began to laugh hysterically.
"So you found out. . ." Snow and ice began to encircle her, the fake costume broke away to reveal Gabriel. Amanda growled in throat as her claws extended from her fingertips and her ears flattened against her head.
Inuyasha moaned on the bed. "Inuyasha!" Amanda whispered. Gabriel lunged at the bed. "No you don't!" Amanda yelled, kicking Gabriel in the face.
Gabriel dropped against the nearest wall with blood dribbling down his chin from his busted lip. Amanda grabbed Inuyasha from the bed as the room started to fill with snow.
"You will not escape!" Gabriel boomed. Amanda ran through the door with Inuyasha in her arms.
"Inuyasha, you have to wake up. . .I need you. . .please help me. . ." Amanda cried as the snow began to fall harder and the wind howled in fury. "I need to get to safety. . ." Amanda whispered. Her thoughts were interrupted by a shout.
"Blood stars!" Gabriel yelled. Pain racked across and down Amanda's back. She cried out and stumbled a few steps. A new wave of attacks bombarded Amanda as she struggled to stay up. She crumbled to the ground. "Do you surrender?" Gabriel's voice boomed from around her. Amanda growled in her throat and leaned Inuyasha against a tree.
Gabriel came out of the snow in front of her. He stared in to her eyes. "Give it up. . .you can never win. . ." Gabriel laughed menacingly. Amanda balled up one of her fists.
" I. . .will. . .never surrender to the likes of you. . ." Amanda screamed. She lunged at one of his shoulders. Her claws racked across his chest and his shoulder.
He growled and disappeared in a flurry of snow. "You can't find me can you?" His voice taunted from all around. Amanda smirked.
"If you had a scent then I could smell you miles away. . .you coward." She said sarcastically. Gabriel appeared in front of her and punched her in the face. She fell back a few feet. 'At least he has his mind on me and not Inuyasha.' she thought. Gabriel laughed.
"Are you scared?" Gabriel taunted.
"Sure I'm scared. . .of your ugly face. . ." Amanda replied. Gabriel roared in fury. He ran at Amanda. He punched her so hard in the chest that all the air rushed out of her, she sagged but did not collapse. Amanda looked at Inuyasha through the corner of her eye. 'Inuyasha.' She thought.
"You will pay!" Gabriel hissed, his sword Yukitama materializing in his hand. Amanda's face fell. "There is nothing to save you." He dipped his finger into the scores he had along his chest that she had made earlier. "Blood Stars." He yelled. Amanda crossed her arms in front of her and braced for the attack. Deep gashes showed brightly on her arms. A scratch oozed blood along her face.
"That attack is starting to get really old. . ." Amanda mumbled. A flaming arrow whizzed past her and struck Gabriel in his left arm. It melted up to almost his elbow.
"You went thinking that you were going to have all the fun, eh?" A voice said behind her. Amanda smirked.
"Be my guest. . ." Amanda said tiredly. Her friends rushed past her. Raylin already had another fire-arrow strung on her bow.
"Try aiming for his head, this time." Kisike muttered, nails extending as she stepped in front of Amanda, while Bridget stood in front of the injured Inuyasha. Raylin grinned and aimed the arrow, then let it fly. Gabriel smirked and stepped back. His hand shot out, palm to the arrow. A burst of new snowflakes and stinging winds to match, forced the arrow back. The arrow shattered into about twenty pieces while the flaming head dropped to the ground and sunk through the melting snow around it.
Raylin grimaced and readied another arrow. Gabriel sneered.
"Don't think I'll let you pull that again." He said, as the snow level in the hut reached Bridget's knees. Gabriel let out a short yell and the walls of the hut collapsed outward, snow spilling over the already white-blanketed ground. Amanda and the others yelped as the roof fell down on them. Gabriel was already floating outside of the racket, a small smile gracing his features. Kisike's head popped out of the roof first. She blinked, shook the snow off her head and looked around.
". . .Uhm. . . .guys?" She asked. Amanda's head burst up next, then Inuyasha's, Bridget's, Miroku's, Shippou's and finally Raylin's. Raylin huffed and managed to squeeze her arms through her hole, and she pounded on the roof.
"I'm stuck!" She yelled. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Way-to-go, Spock." She muttered. Raylin glared at her, then blinked as Miroku was suddenly standing on the roof in front of her. Miroku said nothing, but smiled and offered a hand to help her up. Raylin smiled back and took it. Bridget sweatdropped.
"This is not the time to have a moment." She said. Then blinked back and forth from the standing Miroku, to the one whose head was poking out of the roof. She frowned as Raylin just got unstuck from the roof. Kisike shook her head.
"Raylin! Watch it!" She yelled, then sweatdropped as 'Miroku' twisted Raylin's arm behind her back and held Yukitama's blade to her throat. Raylin winced and growled.
"Dammit. . ." She muttered, then saw that Yukitama was attached to Gabriel's arm, where his arm had been cut off. She frowned, brain processing information. Bridget and the others were all standing on the roof now, glaring at the Snow Demon who held their friend captive. "Kisike. . ." Raylin mumbled, then she choked, as the blade was pressed closer to her skin. Her eyes darted to where the sword connected with Gabriel's arm, then back to Kisike. Kisike nodded.
"Get one of those fire arrows, Bridget." Kisike whispered. Bridget nodded and picked up one of the arrows that Raylin had dropped. She concentrated for a moment, then the head of it burst into a bright flame. "When I say so, shoot it at him." Kisike said, low so Gabriel couldn't hear. Bridget sweatdropped.
"I can't shoot a bow and arrow." She whispered harshly.
"Just aim for him, you don't have to hit him. I've got a plan." Kisike muttered. Inuyasha snorted from his place next to Amanda, letting everyone know that he had awakened..
"That's a first, I'm sure." He grumbled. Kisike shook her head, and as soon as Shippou jumped up onto Gabriel's back, pulling at his hair, she leapt up, nails fully extended and sharpened now. She sped towards the snow demon who was preoccupied with throwing a kitsune off his back and with one clean swipe, clipped Yukitama from Gabriel's arm. The sword de-materialized into snowflakes and shards of ice. Gabriel growled, dropped Raylin and already started materializing Yukitama again. Raylin slumped to the ground and coughed, then slid away to sit next to Bridget.
Kisike spun on her heel, an energy sword forming around her fist. She swung the sword and sliced a few strands of Gabriel's hair, who was spinning as well, bringing Yukitama up to try and hit her stomach. Kisike flipped backwards, away from the icy blade, and pointed at Raylin. "Now!" She yelled. Raylin, with the arrow Bridget had fired up and her bow, shot the arrow to Gabriel's midsection as he turned to look at her. He narrowly dodged, knocking the arrow down and in half with Yukitama.
Kisike grinned and brought her energy sword down on his left shoulder. Blood spurted from the wound, along with a good-sized shard of the Shikon Jewel. The blood pooled at his feet and the Shikon shard dropped into Kisike's palm.
"Thanks." She grinned, jumping back a few feet. Gabriel grimaced and clutched his slowly healing wound. Kisike grin widened and she held her energy sword ready at her side. Gabriel glared out her.
"I'll get you for this." He growled, slowly breaking down into snowflakes and ice. Kisike stuck her tongue out at the swirl of snowflakes, and then bounded over to Inuyasha and the others. Raylin sweatdropped.
"Always gotta be so dramatic?" She asked. Kisike sweatdropped and scratched the back of her head after her energy sword disappeared. Amanda sighed and leaned over Inuyasha. Bridget handed her a bowl with a bright red liquid in it.
"This is the fireroot stuff. It should heal his wound by morning." She said. Amanda nodded and helped Raylin carry Inuyasha to another hut. "Hopefully demon of snow, hail, or whatever will leave us alone for that long." Bridget muttered. Kisike huffed and jumped up into a tree with a blanket she'd 'borrowed' from Miroku who'd 'borrowed' it from one of the villagers. She settled against the trunks of the tree and started looking over the Shikon shard. Raylin looked up at her.
"Gonna keep watch?" She asked waiting for everyone else to enter the hut before she did. Most if not all of the villagers had left during the fight so most all of the huts were vacant and well stocked. Kisike raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah. Until I fall asleep." She grinned. Raylin sweatdropped and shook her head, walking into the hut after Shippou. The home was separated into three rooms. Amanda lay Inuyasha down on a futon in the biggest, while everyone else sat in the other rooms. She sighed and gave the fireroot mixture to Inuyasha. She gasped when she saw his blue fingertips.
"Inuyasha. . ." She whispered, then stared as the wound on the said demon's arm almost immediately closed up. She could see the now red fluid flowing through his pale veins, which stood out in contrast from the hanyou's pale skin. His finger's twitching with renewed feeling and flow of warm blood. Amanda smiled and lightly ran her fingertips over Inuyasha's forearm. Inuyasha's golden eyes slowly slid open and he cringed.
"Tickles. . ." He mumbled, turning to look at the neko-jin beside him. Amanda smiled warmly again and sniffed. She rubbed at her eyes with the back of her hand then leaned over to draw Inuyasha into a tight hug. Inuyasha blinked, eyes widening. "What. . .Don't cry over me. . .!" He whispered. Amanda sat up and shook her head.
"I was worried. . .so worried. . .I thought you were going to die. . ." She said, voice hitching. "I didn't want. . . I was scared you were going to leave me." She cried, burying her face in her hands. Inuyasha sighed and sat up, the feeling was almost completely back in his arm. He reached out and rested both hands on Amanda's shoulders.
"I'm not gonna leave you. I promise." He said, and then brought Amanda into a warm embrace. Amanda blinked, then smiled and leaned against Inuyasha.
"SAP!!!" a voice yelled from outside. Inuyasha and Amanda sweatdropped as they saw Kisike's face looking in through the window. "That is the ugliest thing I have ever saw. . ." she said, grinning.
"Yessss." Shippou said.
". . .You're supposed to say 'yeah'." Kisike said.
"Oh. . .okay!" Shippou said. "YEAHHHH. . ."
". . .Better."
Inuyasha and Amanda blushed, then Inuyasha shoved Amanda away.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" he yelled.
"About that incredibly SAPPY scene you two just put on."
"Say WHAT?!" Inuyasha growled with that I'm-gonna-kill-you-sharp- toothed-big-fanged grin.
"I said that you just put on a reeeeally SAPPY scene there."
Inuyasha's eye twitched. "Why you. . ."
"Ah just wish I had a camera with me!" Kisike said.
"Come here you little brat!" Inuyasha yelled, chasing Kisike away from the hut.
"Ahhh! Runaway!" Kisike yelled as Inuyasha put his hand on the door. Inuyasha opened the door, took a step out, and stumbled.
Amanda grabbed his arm before he could fall. "Don't go chasing after her! You're still weak from that wound." She said. She looked up at Kisike homicidally. "I'll kill her. . ."
"Ack! Nooo! My Precioussss. . ." Kisike said, jumping up on the roof.
Everybody sweatdropped. "She's seen the Two Towers movie, hasn't she?" Raylin asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yep." Bridget sighed.
"Um. . .Is anybody forgetting about Lady Morgan?" Miroku asked.
"You mean everybody." Raylin corrected.
". . .That's what I said."
"No, you said anybody."
"I did?"
"I think that whole getting-stuck-in-the-snow thing froze your brain or something. Of course, if it did, you'd be dead. So then I wouldn't be saying this right now, so that kinda defeats the entire purpose of this conversation." Raylin said.
"Okay then. SHUT UP!" Kisike yelled, hanging upside-down from the roof.
"You seem to hang upside-down a lot. Like Ed. Somebody's been watching way too much Cowboy Bebop." Bridget said.
Kisike blinked. "Ed ish cooool!" she said, falling from the roof and into a snow bank. ". . .Oops. Ouch. . ."
". . ."
". . .I'll go get Morgan out of that ice cube." Bridget said, walking out the door.
"Oh yeah, and what are you going to do? Melt her out?" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"Actually, yeah."
Inuyasha blinked.
"Ah wanna helllp!" Kisike said, following. She and Bridget got to the ruins of the hut and stopped at the site of the frozen Morgan. "So really. How do you plan on getting her out?" Kisike asked.
"Like I said. Melt her out." Bridget said, lying a hand against the ice. "I think I found out something."
"Eh?"
"I think I'm able to light those arrows and stuff with ki. Spirit energy."
"Like on DBZ?" Kisike asked skeptically.
"I can't really find any other explanation. Unless I'm a fire demon like Akio, and I don't think I am." Bridget said, watching as the ice slowly began to melt.
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!" Kisike yelled. "No fair. . .how come you can do it and I can't?"
"You can create an energy sword."
"But that's it! You can probably form ki blasts and stuff!"
Bridget looked over at her, then back up at the ice cube. "You know how back in our world, I meditate and stuff?"
"Yeah. . .?" Kisike said slowly.
"Well, forming ki takes finding your spirit energy and stuff, and meditating has helped." Bridget said. Kisike blinked.
"Huh. Okiedokie then."
They stood there for about ten minutes when finally the ice melted entirely. Morgan awoke when the ice had melted halfway but had kept silent.
"Thank you. Gabriel is a difficult demon to defeat." She said when she was free.
"He's not defeated, but he did leave." Bridget said.
"That's the best you could do and all I ask." Morgan said.
"Hey! Hey Bridget! Let's go check out the marketplace!" Kisike said, pulling Bridget back into the village.
"Okay. See ya Morgan!" Bridget called.
*in the marketplace*
"You know what we need?" Kisike asked.
"What?"
"New clothes. I mean, we've been wearing these things since we got here." Kisike said, tugging at one of her sleeves.
"And some other stuff. We need something that can defend itself.that won't die. . .something sturdy. . ."
"Like a lobster!"
"No, no, Lilo! We have a dog door! Not a lobster door! We are getting a dog!" Bridget said, playing along. They looked at each other.
"Lilo and Stitch." They said in unison.
Kisike went over to a booth selling clothes. "I want thiiis. . ." Kisike said, picking up a fighting kimono like Inuyasha's. The pants were blue and the shirt was white.
Bridget blinked. "Um. . .okay. . ." she said, walking over to her. She glanced over at the clerk. "How much is this?"
"One thousand yen." The clerk said.
"Uh. . ." Bridget glanced over at Kisike. ". . .How do you count yen into American dollars?"
"Well, I think that Japanese magazine manga thingy I gave you was like, four dollars and it was like, 230 yen. . .I think 50 yen equals a dollar." Kisike said.
"Kisike, that's twenty dollars! I've got. . ." Bridget trailed off as she searched her pockets. She pulled out a coin. ". . .A nickel."
"I've got my Christmas money!" Kisike said, pulling out twenty dollars in ones. She handed it to the clerk.
The clerk studied the money. Suddenly he pointed at the man on the dollar bill. "Who is this?"
"Um. . .George Washington. . .?"
The clerk studied the dollars for a moment, then handed them back to her. "Here. You want to give this to somebody for use, give it to the scribes in the booth a few booths down. Maybe they'll figure out what it is."
"It's moneeey!" Kisike whined. "Haven't you ever been to America?!"
"Kisike, this is the feudal era. America probably hasn't even been discovered yet." Bridget sighed.
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!" Kisike yelled, stomping off. Bridget ran after her to catch up.
". . .You've been saying that a lot lately."
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!"
"That's it. I'm deleting the anime movie trailer when I get back."
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!"
". . .Kisike, people are beginning to stare. . ."
"OH, THAT IS WHACK!"
". . .Broken record. . ." Bridget muttered.
Kisike's ears twitched and she suddenly grinned. "New York, New York. . .New York, New York. . .New York, New York. . ." She sang, mimicking the Delta commercial.
Bridget sighed. "Come on. There's another booth over there selling clothes. Try not to make us look like idiots." She said, walking into a booth.
"Okie! I will!" Kisike said cheerfully, Zim-walking into the booth.
". . ." Bridget picked up what looked like a carbon copy of the outfit Kisike was looking at earlier.
"Hey, Kisike, I found the outfit you wanted. For. . .um. . .nineteen dollars. . ." she said, looking at the price tag. ". . .That is, 50 yen really IS equal to a dollar. . ."
"Oh, is that all?" Kisike said in a sarcastic tone. She grinned and walked over to the outfit. "Okie, let's get this!"
"But. . .um. . .we don't have any yen." Bridget said.
Somebody tapped her on the shoulder. They turned around to see a guy wearing a gray cloak. Kisike raised an eyebrow. "This Gandalf the Gray?" she asked.
"No, I'm Saruman the White." The man said sarcastically. Bridget and Kisike glanced at each other. The man sighed impatiently and grabbed Bridget's hand, opened it, and placed a small bag of yen in it. "It's 119 yen that equals a dollar. This is one hundred dollars worth of yen. Now give me your twenty dollars." He said.
"How. . .how do you know about Lord of the Rings? And dollars?" Bridget asked as Kisike placed her twenty dollars in the guy's hand.
"How does he know about whole freakin' America?" Kisike demanded.
". . .Good point." Bridget said. She turned back to the guy. "How do you?"
The man released her hand and disappeared back into the crowd. "That tale is for another day. . ." he said in an ominous, foreshadowing voice.
"O.kay." Bridget said.
Kisike began doing the Twilight Zone theme. "Dude. . .where's my car?" she said after a minute.
"We don't have a car. We're not old enough to drive yet 'Sike."
"I dun care! I want one. . .maybe a pink jaguar GXT. . ." Kisike said. She began rambling on about what she wanted her car to look like.
Bridget sighed and picked up an outfit for herself. It looked like Inuyasha's, but it was dark green and the undershirt was black. She picked out two more outfits for Raylin and Amanda (both different colors), then bought them and walked out of the booth, Kisike following.
"I'm hungry. . ." Kisike whined.
"Do you really want me to have to repeat Raylin?"
"Uh. . .no. . ."
"Good. So don't make me."
"Okay!"
They walked back to the hut, where everyone was asleep. Kisike stretched and leapt up into her tree where the blanket still was. Bridget sighed and started back into the hut.
"Make sure you let us know if anything's coming." Bridget said, then sweatdropped when she saw that Kisike had burrowed into the blanket and was already asleep. She sighed again, then went into the hut to get some sleep, herself.
* in the other world *
Bridget jerked to attention as she received her CNN update: She was asleep in a cramped house, if you could call it that, after a battle with the Demon of Snow and Hail and Ice, Gabriel. Her mom looked at her from over a bag of potato chips. They were grocery shopping.
"Are you okay?" She asked, then started rambling on about how she was never 'OK'. Bridget sighed, rolled her eyes then walked to the magazine isle, where there was a book on Japanese currency. She didn't see much else that might help in The Warring States Era, which her other part was stuck in, so she settled down on an empty shelf and started reading.
***
Kisike was just logging on to MSN Messenger when- CNN Breaking News: You're sleeping in a tree after a fight with some snow demon named Gabriel. Name sound familiar?' She blinked, then shook her head and moved the arrow over the 'Sign in' button, and clicked. Her boyfriend, Gabri, was online.
You are now chatting with All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life."
Kisike: HIIIIIIIIII! ^ ^ * huggles *
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": Hey ^ ^ * huggs *
Kisike: Hey, Uhm. . .Have you been having any weird dreams, lately?
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.":. . .You could say that. . .
Kisike: ..Like what?
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": That I'm a snow demon. That some cat demon and her friends, one of which keeps telling me I'm the demon of hail, we're all in the Warring States Era of Japan.
Kisike: o.O; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sorry about your arm. . .
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life." : Huh?
Kisike: You're arm. . .you're left arm got burnt off, right?
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": ..Almost. . .Only up to my elbow. . .how'd you know. . .??
Kisike: . . .And. . .the cat demon. . .that's me. . .well, one of them is. . .the shorter one I guess, haven't paid much attention to height. . .
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life." : . . .Uhm. . .huh?
Kisike: . . .I was the one who cut that jewel shard out of your left shoulder and prolly trimmed your hair. . .
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life.": ..This's weird. . .
Kisike: Got that right. I g2g, mum's yelling at me, Love you! ^ ^ * hugglehuggle *
All Love Lost. . ."This is the end of a worthless life." : Love you too * huggs* See you soon ^ ^ * still has his real-world arm, at least *
Kisike: ^ ^; Hopefully there'll be nomore bloodshed
Kisike has signed off.
* * *
Amanda and Raylin met at the movies. They were both going to see Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.
"Hey." They greeted each other at the same time. They bought tickets, popcorn, drinks, and sat in the theater in silence until the trailers started rolling across the big screen. When the opening credits of the movie were about to start, Amanda broke the silence with.
" I can't believe you like a pervert."
"WILL YOU SHUTUP!?"
* In the Feudal Era *
"Hey lady! Lady! LADY! LADYYYYYY!!" Kisike was awoken by a little girl, about five years old. She had big green eyes and long blue hair. She had pointed ears, which meant she was either an elf, or a demon. With their luck, it'd be a blood thirsty demon. Kisike smiled as she remembered she'd probably see Gabriel again, soon. She blinked as the little girl somehow appeared on her shoulders.
"LADY!!" The girl screamed in her ear. Kisike twitched, and fell to the ground with swirly eyes.
"What do you want, brat?" Kisike grumbled.
"Don't call me that! My older brothers and sister calls me that! I'm Kouten and I'm five years old! Well, physically. . .but that's not the point! I'm demon of the Storms and the Rain, and I need some help." The girl said, hanging from the tree upside-down. Kisike stared at her as Inuyasha and the others ran out in case of trouble.
"Who is this brat?" Raylin asked.
"I'm not a brat!" Kouten whined. "Be stormy!" she ordered. A small storm cloud appeared over Raylin's head and began raining.
". . ." Raylin moved but the storm cloud followed.
"Hah! You've been punished! Now, be happy again!" The girl said cheerfully. The storm cloud disappeared.
". . .That was not funny." Raylin said, soaking wet.
"It was to me! I'm Kouten and I need your help!" Kouten said, flipping around the branch and making a perfect landing on the ground.
"Help? What kind of help?" Amanda questioned cautiously.
"Quest help!"
". . .Quest help?" Inuyasha asked.
"Quest help! Why not? Quests are fun if what you're looking for isn't something you're not going to get in trouble for if you don't have." Kouten said.
". . .Why should we help you with a quest?"
"Because if I don't have it, I'll get in big, big trouble for not having it! You see, to make it rain, like, reeeeally rain, I need the storm flute. But my older sister kinda took it. . .she's a rock demon. My brothers are the sun demon, Akio, and the snow demon, Gabriel. My cousins are the Thunder Brothers. . ." she began rambling on about the people in her family as Shippou began to edge away. Five minutes later, she said, "And my sister's name is Sekkai. She took my flute because she was tired of me wearing down her element.
"But if I don't get it back, I won't be able to call on the harvest rains, and if I don't, mommy and daddy will get mad. Especially mommy. She's the earth demon, Ametsuchi, and my father is the sky demon, Kyuuten. But anyways, if I don't, then the crops won't grow and the people will die, and mommy doesn't want that."
"Why don't you get it yourself?" Inuyasha snorted.
"BECAUSE MY BIG SISTER IS STRONGER THAN MEEE!" Kouten whined, flailing her arms around. Everybody sweatdropped. "Sekkai can pound me into the ground. But I don't think she can to you. I watched you fight my brother, Gabriel, and knew that you can help me!" she said, immediately cheerful again.
"You mean, you're not. . .mad. . .or anything?" Shippou asked.
"About what?"
"About us burning Gabriel's arm off."
"Oh that? That's okay! He was picking on me a few days ago anyway. He deserved it." Kouten said. She blinked and tilted her head. "You're kinda cute. What's your name?"
"Um. . .Shippou. . ."
"My name's Kouten!" Kouten said, smiling. "What kind of demon are you?"
"A fox demon. . ." Shippou said.
"You look kinda like a squirrel. . ." Kouten whispered. Shippou sweatdropped and sighed.
"Can we at least have breakfast before we leave?" Kisike asked yawning. Kouten blinked at her.
"Okiedokie! But you have to promise to help me!" Kouten said. Inuyasha snorted.
"We ain't making any promises yet." He said, crossing his arms over his chest. Kouten pouted, but nodded. Then grinned as she made a storm cloud form over Inuyasha's head. "Be stormy!"
Inuyasha sweatdropped "GET THIS THING OFF ME!" He yelled.
Kouten giggled and darted behind Kisike's legs, dragging Shippou with her. Kisike blinked and tried to turn and look at the little demons. But Kouten had attached herself to Kisike's pants leg and was giggling madly. Kisike sweatdropped.
"Okay. . .now I'm scared." She muttered, and then reached around to lift Shippou off the ground by the back of his shirt.
"I didn't know you had a daughter in this dimension too," Bridget said. Kisike blinked.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" She hollered. Bridget grinned.
"Well you have so many daughters in fanfics. . ." Raylin said. Kisike dropped Shippou and reached up to grab two handfuls of her hair.
"THIS IS NOT A FANFIC! ARGH!" Kisike yelled.
"Which makes it even weirder. . ." Raylin said, scratching her chin. Kisike growled, then leapt over everyone's heads and landed on the front step of the hut.
"Dibs on the rice!" She grinned. Inuyasha sweatdropped and ran after her.
"The ramen is mine!!" He yelled. Amanda and Raylin followed.
"Dumplings! I call the dumplings!!" Shippou called, helping Kouten up from where she fell away from Kisike. They both grinned then sped into the house. Miroku and Bridget followed.
*after breakfast*
"I hear you're leaving." Morgan said to the Inuyasha and the others. Raylin nodded.
"We're on a-"
"Quest! They are on a quest!" Kouten squeaked cheerfully.
"Just one thing before you go." Morgan said. She grabbed Inuyasha's sleeve. "Tell me. Did you really kill my sister? I remember we fought a powerful demon going by your name, and my sister died. But when I saw that you were defeated by Gabriel, I began to have doubts."
Inuyasha stared at her for a few moments. "I never killed your sister. I've never even been in this area of Japan before." he said truthfully.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it was Naraku." Miroku said.
"Naraku?"
"He put the curse on my grandfather that was passed on to me. Remember?" Miroku asked, grabbing his rosary.
"Yes, now I do." Morgan said. She grabbed a pack near the ruins of her hut.
"Where are you going?" Bridget asked.
Morgan smiled. "I'm going to go find that demon and have my revenge. Don't worry about me. I know that Naraku is powerful, and that he will be quite a match for me when I find him, but I have hope that I can win when I encounter him."
"Why not come with us?"
"Sorry, but I travel solo." Morgan said. She reached into her pocket, pulled out a locket, and tossed it to Bridget.
Bridget caught it. "What's this. . .?" "Open it when you are in need of aid. Yell Banshee Wail to unleash its power. Use it well. . .Sister." Morgan said. Bridget was looking down at the locket and blinked, but then looked up.
"Wait. . .what?!" she yelled, but when she looked up, Morgan was gone. Everyone blinked and looked around. There was an uneasy silence. Raylin shrugged and started out of the village. Amanda sweatdropped.
"Do you have any idea of where you're going??" She asked. Raylin looked over her shoulder and sweatdropped as Kouten started walking in the opposite direction.
"Guess not.." She muttered, then followed everyone else.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on* *gnawing sounds and yelling in the background is heard* *Bridget's voice in the background* Hey! Kouga! Give us back the answering machine and stop gnawing on it! *sounds of a struggle are heard; Bridget's voice comes on* Ew. . .wolf drool. . .Well. . .um. . .maybe Raylin should do the answering machine again. *tosses the slobbered-on phone to Raylin* *Raylin's voice comes on* Oh, thanks a lot! Well, we got another battle down. Did you expect us to actually know Gabriel in our dimension? But hey, we all just want to say 'thanks again for all the reviews'. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to find a stream or something to wash my hands off. Then I'm going to go kill some people in my group. Please leave your review at the sound of the- *beep sounds*