Author's Note: We own nothing.'Cept.Uhm.a few flying monkeys responsible
for a few cow mutilations. . . you'll hear about them soon..
'Ew. . .ewewew. . .' Kisike thought as she swam underneath the ice. She blinked. 'Huh. So it's true. Cats do hate water.' she thought. She looked around. 'Now, where is Gabri...?' she thought. She looked behind her and saw Gabriel unconscious.
'There he is!' she thought. She swam over to the unconscious snow demon. She grabbed his wrist and swam up to the hole. Their heads broke the water's surface when a something suddenly grabbed her ankle, trying to pull her in. "Help!" she yelled. She dug her claws into the ice, making it crack even more.
"Dammit!" Inuyasha yelled. He set Amanda down in the snow and started to the hole. He was stopped halfway there by Kouten.
"Hold on. You'll fall through the ice. Here. Ride on my cloud. You'll be able to ride it for a short period of time. Just hurry up and save my friend and brother." Kouten said, jumping off her cloud.
"Thanks, kid." Inuyasha said, jumping on the rain cloud without hesitation. He flew over to Kisike. "Grab my hand." he ordered.
"Get Gabri first." Kisike said, teeth chattering from the freezing water. Inuyasha nodded, grabbed Gabriel's collar, and pulled him onto the cloud.
"Okay, now you." Inuyasha said, reaching for Kisike's hand.
"Something's got my ankle." Kisike informed him.
Inuyasha looked into the hole to see that a shadow was wrapped around Kisike's ankle. "It's a shadow. Kisike, hurry up and grab my hand. I'll pull you out and cut the shadow with my claws." Inuyasha said, reaching down.
Kisike began to reach up, but at that moment was pulled down. "Kisike!" Inuyasha yelled. At that moment, he saw a blur-faster than him, slower than Sesshoumaru-streak past him and dive into the hole. He made that blur out to be Bridget.
* * *
"You betrayed me. . .I offered to awaken your true powers and free you from the restraints of your human morals, if you gave me your loyalty. You accepted, but you didn't keep your end of the bargain. Now you will pay. . .you will pay with your life." a voice said around the drowning Kisike.
Kisike struggled. 'Can't...breath...For my last words, I want a moose.' she thought. 'WAIT! Those were my last THOUGHTS! I didn't actually SAY that I wanted a moose! Now everyone's gonna think my last words were. . .were. . .Gabri? No-YES! No. . .YES! I CAN'T REMEMBER!!' Her head spun and her vision began to blur. Her muscles slackened and her eyes shut as she fell unconscious. Bridget swam up to her and grabbed the shadow, charging up some ki in her hand. The light made the shadow release and wither away, and Bridget grabbed Kisike and swam up to the surface.
There heads broke the water and this time, Inuyasha was waiting with a hand outstretched. He grabbed Kisike's shirt and pulled her onto the cloud, then grabbed Bridget's hand and pulled her up onto the cloud as well. "Thank you, Inuyasha." Bridget said quietly.
"Yeah, well next time you go trying to commit suicide, warn us, okay?" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
Bridget smiled weakly. "Yeah, sure. I will." she said.
"Another thing I want to know is how you were barely able to keep up with me about half an hour ago and now you're suddenly twice as fast." Inuyasha said.
Bridget shrugged. "I don't know." she said.
They got to the shore. As soon as they jumped off the rain cloud, the others raced up to greet them. "You guys okay?" Raylin asked.
Kisike opened her eyes slightly. She coughed, then muttered, "Did I. . .Did I get my moose. . .?"
Everyone stared at her. Finally, Shippou said, "Why would you want something that eats people?"
"To eat yoooou!" Kisike said, jumping up and pointing at Shippou. Shippou blinked, then bit her finger. "Ow! Leggo, ya little rabid fox! If you bite somebody, at least go into balloon form! Geez, let go!" she yelled, flailing her arm around and trying to get the little fox demon to let go. Everybody sweatdropped.
"Well, we know SHE'S okay. . ." Raylin commented.
Shippou let go and went flying through the air. Kouten jumped up on her rain cloud and caught him. "Shippou!" She squealed, hugging him until he turned blue.
"Hey, Kouten, get the Shikon shards. They're still on the ice, okay?" Inuyasha said. Kouten looked over at the arm lying on the ice.
"Eep! Gross, I ain't going near that thing!" Kouten squeaked.
At that moment, the arm turned to shadow and withered away. The Shikon shards in the arm clattered to the ice. "Well isn't that convenient. The arm's disappeared." Inuyasha said. "You can get them now." he said.
"But be careful. It could be a trap." Raylin said.
"Why meee. . ." Kouten whined.
"Don't worry, I'm here with you. We can both get them." Shippou said.
Kouten looked over at him, then grinned. "Whatever you say, Shippou-Chan!" she squealed.
Shippou sweatdropped. ". . .Shippou-Chan. . .?" he muttered.
"Zoom!" Kouten yelled, flying over to the shards.
". . .Well someone's all enthusiastic all of a sudden. . ." Inuyasha commented. Kouten picked up the shards and flew back, then over Inuyasha's head and dropped them. "OW!" Inuyasha yelled, rubbing the bumps on his head. "Hey, what's the big idea?!"
"You were being sarcastic! Sarcasm isn't nice." Kouten explained.
". . .Get used to it, kid." Inuyasha said.
"We'd better get back, get the wounded treated." Raylin said.
Inuyasha nodded and picked up Amanda. Raylin picked up Gabriel, much to Kisike's protests, but Kouten had told them that it would have frozen the water on Kisike if she touched Gabriel. They started back to the temple, Kisike complaining about the moose she didn't get.
***
"You are back, human. You may get your revenge, finally. I have given you flesh, and the powers of a demon . . .Now, you will kill Inuyasha and his friends, as your revenge." A voice said around the person floating in a dark void.
"Kill. . .Inuyasha. . ." the person repeated. "Yes. . .he deserves to die. . ." The person's eyes opened slowly. "He will die. . .they all will. . ."
***
"Akio! Akio, we beat him! We really beat him!" Kouten said as she ran into the room.
"You. . .beat him?" Akio repeated weakly. He looked over at Gabriel. "Gabriel. What is wrong with Gabriel?"
"He nearly drowned. So did Kisike. And we need to get Amanda some medical help." Bridget replied. "She was stabbed."
"I'll go get mother. She knows a bit about medicines and stuff." Kouten said, running out of the room.
"Well, I think he missed the organs, at least." Raylin commented, studying Amanda's wound.
"I hope you're right." Bridget said grimly.
"We'll have to go soon. I mean, we still need to get Kouten's flute back from Sekkai."
"Sekkai?! You're not really fighting her, are you?!" Akio cried.
". . .If she doesn't give the flute up when we say 'please'."
"But. . .she's Sekkai. My older sister. She's physically a year younger than Gabriel. She's hard and cold, and I rarely see her. Nobody in our family does, actually. She lives up on Mt. Fuji-"
"She sounds like my brother." Inuyasha commented.
Akio stared hard at him. "Not like Sesshoumaru. Your brother is emotionless, but Sekkai gets angered easily. She can turn you into stone, trap you in stone, and if her wrath is great, make volcanoes explode."
"Vol-what?"
"Volcanoes. Mountains that form when molten rock, called magma, is forced to the earth's surface." Raylin explained. There was a gasp. Kisike jumped up and pointed at Raylin, her finger about half an inch away from her face. Raylin sweatdropped. ". . .What?"
"So it's TRUE! You DID memorize the science text book! That came straight from the glossary! I know because I just had to do a worksheet on it in science class! Must you memorize EVERYTHING?!" Kisike said accusingly.
Raylin shrugged. "Hey. I study. That's why I make A's and you make...should I embarrass you in front of all these people?"
Kisike licked her palm, then wiped it on Raylin's shirt. "Saliva. . ."
"Ugh! That's disgusting!"
"That's saliva." Kisike said, grinning.
"All of you are disgusting. . ." Came a voice. Everyone turned to where it came from. Amanda was sitting up, gripping her side.
"How do you feel?" Raylin asked.
"Like I've been stabbed. . ." Amanda said sourly.
"Yeah...that's umm. . .kind of what happened. . ." Kisike said, licking her palm again and chasing Raylin a few feet. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Humans are disgusting. . ." Inuyasha sighed
"The problem is that we aren't human. . .at least, only half. . ." Bridget stated.
"I think Inuyasha's seen Ice Age! From now on, I'm calling you Sid!" Kisike said. She grinned, took a U-turn from Raylin, and ran over to Inuyasha, wiping her palm on his outfit. "Saliva. . ."
"Oh, gross! Get away from me!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping back.
"And it looks like Lady Kisike has gone saliva crazy." Miroku sighed.
"And you are. . .um. . .I don't know who you are! You're Mr. Nobody!" Kisike said, licking her palm and wiping it on Miroku's robe.
"GHASTLY!" Miroku yelled, jumping back.
Raylin grabbed Miroku's staff and held it up in front of the door. "Hey, Kisike, I think I see your moose out there." she said.
"Do you really?!" Kisike asked. She ran to the door, not seeing the staff. Her head hit the staff and she fell to the ground with swirly eyes, unconscious.
"Thank you." Inuyasha said.
"Welcome." Raylin said.
Akio sweatdropped. "Anyways, just to let you know, the area around there is pretty dangerous. You go north from here. When you leave here, you'll go through a couple of fields and villages, which are pretty peaceful, but then you get the woods. The woods on the way to Mt. Fuji are full of bandits and demons. Like I said, dangerous."
"Well that's never stopped us before," Inuyasha said, "It won't stop us now."
At that moment, Kouten and Ametsuchi walked in. "Mommy's here! You're going to be all better pretty soon, Amanda." Kouten said cheerfully.
"Thanks Kouten. . .you too, Ametsuchi-san." Amanda said gratefully.
"She's gonna make Gabriel all better too!" Kouten said.
Ametsuchi smiled, then got some herbs out of a packet and began to make some kind of medicine.
*one week later*
"Are you coming with us, Gabri?" Kisike asked as she, Amanda, Raylin, Bridget, Shippou, Kouten, and Miroku prepared to leave.
"No. I'd probably melt." Gabriel said in regret.
". . .Now there's something you don't hear everyday." Bridget commented.
"Frosty the snowman!" Amanda began to sing. Raylin threw a rock at her head.
"Stick to the flute, you sound better on that." Raylin said.
Amanda dodged the rock and stuck her tongue out at her. "Better than your singing." she said.
Bridget sighed at her two friends' constant bickering, but didn't say anything.
"How far is it from Mt. Fuji?" Miroku asked.
"It should be at least two to three weeks to get over there, then another to get back." Gabriel replied.
"I'll see you soon, Gabri!" Kisike said, hugging him. Gabriel sweatdropped, smiled, and hugged her back with his one arm.
"I hope so." Gabriel said quietly.
"Don't be pessimistic! We'll make it over there and get back my flute!" Kouten said optimistically.
"Yeah! Sekkai doesn't stand a chance." Shippou agreed
. "Just don't kill her, okay? She's our sister, and no matter how bad she may be, I don't want you to kill her." Akio said.
"Okay, okay." Kisike sighed. 'So much for being homicidal. . .' She thought.
"Here's some food for you all. Don't finish it all off too soon." Ametsuchi said, handing Bridget a bag of food.
They nodded. "We can't thank you enough, Ametsuchi-san." Bridget said. "You and your family."
"It's no trouble. Now, off you all go. Best to get a good start before noon." Ametsuchi said. Raylin nodded and started off down the path out of the temple. The group followed.
"So, what should we do? What do we talk about?" Amanda asked.
"Let's sing songs! I'm gonna sing the doom song now!" Kisike said, walking like Zim. She started singing the doom song. Everybody sweatdropped.
". . .Could you please stop now?" Miroku groaned after five minutes of singing.
"Almost done! Doom doom doom! Dee end! Oh! Wassat?!" Kisike said, finishing the song.
Everybody stared at her. "Um . . .okay. . ." Inuyasha said, his voice trailing off.
"It's a moose." Raylin said.
"Moose? Really?! Yay!" Kisike said.
"Anybody else got any songs?" Amanda asked.
"Please no more songs. That doom song of yours was torture enough on my ears." Inuyasha said.
"Salivaaaa!" Kisike said, licking her palm and chasing Inuyasha down the road.
"Get away from me!" Inuyasha yelled.
Everybody sweatdropped.
As everybody talked and laughed, they didn't notice that somebody was following them. . .
*leaving a village; three days later*
"Yet another village with no place to stay." Raylin sighed.
"Does this normally happen?" Kouten asked.
"Sometimes we sleep out in the woods. . ." Shippou said.
Inuyasha was silent as they walked into some woods. "Why so quiet all of a sudden?" Amanda asked.
"I know these woods. . ." Inuyasha said.
"With Hanzel and Gretel!" Kisike laughed.
" . . .Not Hanzel and Gretel." Amanda said.
"Awww. . .I was hoping to freak everybody out like I did to Gohan in that one fanfic Bridget wrote. . ."
". . ."
"You know these woods? Inuyasha, we've never been in this area before." Miroku pointed out, ignoring Kisike and Amanda.
"You guys don't. But just trust me. I know a place we might can stay." Inuyasha said.
Everyone blinked and followed. They finally came to a rock covered with ivy. "-.- Oh, nice sense of direction." Raylin said sarcastically.
Amanda whacked her over the head. "Hush." she ordered, watching Inuyasha put his hand on the ivy.
Inuyasha gripped the ivy tightly and pulled it to the side to reveal an opening leading to a valley.
"Follow me." he said as he went through the hole. The others looked at each other and followed.
"Where are we?" Bridget asked, looking around at the forest.
"Home of the moose!" Kisike said.
"Actually, this was Inuyasha-sama's home as a child." a voice said.
Amanda looked around. "Who said that?!" she demanded. She saw something on Inuyasha's shoulder. ". . .Inuyasha, you've got fleas." she said. Inuyasha slapped the flea on his shoulder and held his hand out to look at the smooshed flea.
"Well, if it isn't Myoga the flea. Gee, haven't seen you around since the last battle with Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha said.
"My apologies, Inuyasha-sama, but I have heard a very strange rumor. I heard that four girls have been able to cross a line of the dimension star." Myoga said.
"-.- Yeah. We kinda heard the rumor ourselves." Inuyasha said sarcastically, jerking his head towards the four girls. Myoga jumped up, ready to dive into a fold in Inuyasha's sleeve.
"Oh no! Get away from them! They're really blood-sucking mutants in disguise!"
". . .Oh yeah. Look who's talking." Kisike commented. "Got Raid?"
Amanda smooshed Myoga, looking like she was giving Inuyasha a high five since Myoga was still on his hand. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!" she yelled.
"Forgive me, Miss, but I only know what the rumors tell me." Myoga said.
"Yeah, whatever."
"Besides, strange things happen here. M'lord's father lived here, despite the strange rumors of the valley. Something about ponds-"
"Yeah. I remember Sesshoumaru and I being told not to go near them." Inuyasha commented.
"Oooh. . .could it be a water demon? Maybe it's a cousin of mine!" Kouten said cheerfully.
"It's not anything IN the ponds. Nobody really knows what it is." Myoga said.
"Maybe if a guy falls in they'll turn into a girl. A curse. Like on Ranma 1/2." Kisike said cheerfully.
"It's not that..." Inuyasha said as the forest ended and they came to a clearing with ponds on both sides of the dirt road. Up ahead was a small temple.
"So it's these ponds. . ." Miroku said, staring down into the ponds.
Shippou looked down into one of the ponds from Kouten's cloud that he and Kouten were sitting on. "Hey, that's odd. There's no reflection." he said.
"You can only see a reflection at night." Myoga said.
"Yeah, but don't go near those ponds, especially at night." Inuyasha warned. He stopped in front of the small temple. "We're here." he announced. "This place is pretty old, but it's still livable."
Bridget looked around. "Well, I think this place is beautiful." she commented.
"It is. I remember when M'lord's father choose this place to live. Hidden, and away from most humans-" Myoga started.
"Yeah. The thing is, he was hardly ever home." Inuyasha interrupted. He opened the door and walked inside. He noted that everything looked like it did when he left, only covered with dust. 'So long ago. . .' he thought. He remembered him leaving as soon as his mother had died of illness when he was ten, and with his father dead and brother leaving, had no reason to stay.
Amanda, on the other hand, was looking out at forest. She watched a dark figure disappear behind the trees. "Inuyasha, Myoga, are you sure this place is secluded?" she asked.
"Of course. Only members of M'lord's family knew where the two entrances to this valley was." Myoga said.
"Didn't you have friends come over?" Kisike asked.
"I had no friends." Inuyasha snapped, going into another room. There was silence for a little while, until Miroku said, "Well, I think it is time we should fix supper."
A/N: *answering machine comes on* *Jessica * QUICK! UPDATE BEFORE THEY THINK WE'RE SLACKERS! *Kisike* . . . Erm. . .we ARE slackers ; * Jessica* I don't like this answering machine! *Kisike *IT'S MINE! YOU have no say in the matter!* Jessica* We're putting it on MY account!*Kisike * . . . .So . . . .* Jessica * Why am I even letting you do the answering machine in the first place?*Kisike * .I got Kouga to stop chewing on it..* Jessica* . . . . . . .Oh. . .* Kisike* Yeah. . .AND HE'S MY PLUSHIE! MINE! * Pounces Kouga * ^-^ Murr*Jessica* . . .Anyways. . .we'll update soon. . .Yeh. Just. . .review. . .in the mean time.now I just gotta get the answering machine back from 'Sike..*Kisike * TRY IT! JUST TRY IT! * Jessica* Erm..*Glance glance* * Kisike* POLL THINGY! THIS is where you vote for your fave ORIGINAL character in your reviews! VOTE FOR ME!*Jessica * Oh, god help us..*Kisike * WHEE! *Jessica * Why do we need a poll? As long as they like the story..*Kisike * POLLS ARE FUN! *Miroku* Sure they are.* leer at random girl* *Kisike * WHA?! HOW'D HE GET HERE!? *Jessica * *falls *What the!?* Kisike* ..Freak. * Hits Miroku with a frying pan * *Jessica * YAGO?!*Kisike * WHA?! WHERE?! * Glance glance* *Jessica *..This is getting long..*Kisike * Wonder if we'll run outta room..*Jessica * I doubt I - *Beep sounds*
'Ew. . .ewewew. . .' Kisike thought as she swam underneath the ice. She blinked. 'Huh. So it's true. Cats do hate water.' she thought. She looked around. 'Now, where is Gabri...?' she thought. She looked behind her and saw Gabriel unconscious.
'There he is!' she thought. She swam over to the unconscious snow demon. She grabbed his wrist and swam up to the hole. Their heads broke the water's surface when a something suddenly grabbed her ankle, trying to pull her in. "Help!" she yelled. She dug her claws into the ice, making it crack even more.
"Dammit!" Inuyasha yelled. He set Amanda down in the snow and started to the hole. He was stopped halfway there by Kouten.
"Hold on. You'll fall through the ice. Here. Ride on my cloud. You'll be able to ride it for a short period of time. Just hurry up and save my friend and brother." Kouten said, jumping off her cloud.
"Thanks, kid." Inuyasha said, jumping on the rain cloud without hesitation. He flew over to Kisike. "Grab my hand." he ordered.
"Get Gabri first." Kisike said, teeth chattering from the freezing water. Inuyasha nodded, grabbed Gabriel's collar, and pulled him onto the cloud.
"Okay, now you." Inuyasha said, reaching for Kisike's hand.
"Something's got my ankle." Kisike informed him.
Inuyasha looked into the hole to see that a shadow was wrapped around Kisike's ankle. "It's a shadow. Kisike, hurry up and grab my hand. I'll pull you out and cut the shadow with my claws." Inuyasha said, reaching down.
Kisike began to reach up, but at that moment was pulled down. "Kisike!" Inuyasha yelled. At that moment, he saw a blur-faster than him, slower than Sesshoumaru-streak past him and dive into the hole. He made that blur out to be Bridget.
* * *
"You betrayed me. . .I offered to awaken your true powers and free you from the restraints of your human morals, if you gave me your loyalty. You accepted, but you didn't keep your end of the bargain. Now you will pay. . .you will pay with your life." a voice said around the drowning Kisike.
Kisike struggled. 'Can't...breath...For my last words, I want a moose.' she thought. 'WAIT! Those were my last THOUGHTS! I didn't actually SAY that I wanted a moose! Now everyone's gonna think my last words were. . .were. . .Gabri? No-YES! No. . .YES! I CAN'T REMEMBER!!' Her head spun and her vision began to blur. Her muscles slackened and her eyes shut as she fell unconscious. Bridget swam up to her and grabbed the shadow, charging up some ki in her hand. The light made the shadow release and wither away, and Bridget grabbed Kisike and swam up to the surface.
There heads broke the water and this time, Inuyasha was waiting with a hand outstretched. He grabbed Kisike's shirt and pulled her onto the cloud, then grabbed Bridget's hand and pulled her up onto the cloud as well. "Thank you, Inuyasha." Bridget said quietly.
"Yeah, well next time you go trying to commit suicide, warn us, okay?" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
Bridget smiled weakly. "Yeah, sure. I will." she said.
"Another thing I want to know is how you were barely able to keep up with me about half an hour ago and now you're suddenly twice as fast." Inuyasha said.
Bridget shrugged. "I don't know." she said.
They got to the shore. As soon as they jumped off the rain cloud, the others raced up to greet them. "You guys okay?" Raylin asked.
Kisike opened her eyes slightly. She coughed, then muttered, "Did I. . .Did I get my moose. . .?"
Everyone stared at her. Finally, Shippou said, "Why would you want something that eats people?"
"To eat yoooou!" Kisike said, jumping up and pointing at Shippou. Shippou blinked, then bit her finger. "Ow! Leggo, ya little rabid fox! If you bite somebody, at least go into balloon form! Geez, let go!" she yelled, flailing her arm around and trying to get the little fox demon to let go. Everybody sweatdropped.
"Well, we know SHE'S okay. . ." Raylin commented.
Shippou let go and went flying through the air. Kouten jumped up on her rain cloud and caught him. "Shippou!" She squealed, hugging him until he turned blue.
"Hey, Kouten, get the Shikon shards. They're still on the ice, okay?" Inuyasha said. Kouten looked over at the arm lying on the ice.
"Eep! Gross, I ain't going near that thing!" Kouten squeaked.
At that moment, the arm turned to shadow and withered away. The Shikon shards in the arm clattered to the ice. "Well isn't that convenient. The arm's disappeared." Inuyasha said. "You can get them now." he said.
"But be careful. It could be a trap." Raylin said.
"Why meee. . ." Kouten whined.
"Don't worry, I'm here with you. We can both get them." Shippou said.
Kouten looked over at him, then grinned. "Whatever you say, Shippou-Chan!" she squealed.
Shippou sweatdropped. ". . .Shippou-Chan. . .?" he muttered.
"Zoom!" Kouten yelled, flying over to the shards.
". . .Well someone's all enthusiastic all of a sudden. . ." Inuyasha commented. Kouten picked up the shards and flew back, then over Inuyasha's head and dropped them. "OW!" Inuyasha yelled, rubbing the bumps on his head. "Hey, what's the big idea?!"
"You were being sarcastic! Sarcasm isn't nice." Kouten explained.
". . .Get used to it, kid." Inuyasha said.
"We'd better get back, get the wounded treated." Raylin said.
Inuyasha nodded and picked up Amanda. Raylin picked up Gabriel, much to Kisike's protests, but Kouten had told them that it would have frozen the water on Kisike if she touched Gabriel. They started back to the temple, Kisike complaining about the moose she didn't get.
***
"You are back, human. You may get your revenge, finally. I have given you flesh, and the powers of a demon . . .Now, you will kill Inuyasha and his friends, as your revenge." A voice said around the person floating in a dark void.
"Kill. . .Inuyasha. . ." the person repeated. "Yes. . .he deserves to die. . ." The person's eyes opened slowly. "He will die. . .they all will. . ."
***
"Akio! Akio, we beat him! We really beat him!" Kouten said as she ran into the room.
"You. . .beat him?" Akio repeated weakly. He looked over at Gabriel. "Gabriel. What is wrong with Gabriel?"
"He nearly drowned. So did Kisike. And we need to get Amanda some medical help." Bridget replied. "She was stabbed."
"I'll go get mother. She knows a bit about medicines and stuff." Kouten said, running out of the room.
"Well, I think he missed the organs, at least." Raylin commented, studying Amanda's wound.
"I hope you're right." Bridget said grimly.
"We'll have to go soon. I mean, we still need to get Kouten's flute back from Sekkai."
"Sekkai?! You're not really fighting her, are you?!" Akio cried.
". . .If she doesn't give the flute up when we say 'please'."
"But. . .she's Sekkai. My older sister. She's physically a year younger than Gabriel. She's hard and cold, and I rarely see her. Nobody in our family does, actually. She lives up on Mt. Fuji-"
"She sounds like my brother." Inuyasha commented.
Akio stared hard at him. "Not like Sesshoumaru. Your brother is emotionless, but Sekkai gets angered easily. She can turn you into stone, trap you in stone, and if her wrath is great, make volcanoes explode."
"Vol-what?"
"Volcanoes. Mountains that form when molten rock, called magma, is forced to the earth's surface." Raylin explained. There was a gasp. Kisike jumped up and pointed at Raylin, her finger about half an inch away from her face. Raylin sweatdropped. ". . .What?"
"So it's TRUE! You DID memorize the science text book! That came straight from the glossary! I know because I just had to do a worksheet on it in science class! Must you memorize EVERYTHING?!" Kisike said accusingly.
Raylin shrugged. "Hey. I study. That's why I make A's and you make...should I embarrass you in front of all these people?"
Kisike licked her palm, then wiped it on Raylin's shirt. "Saliva. . ."
"Ugh! That's disgusting!"
"That's saliva." Kisike said, grinning.
"All of you are disgusting. . ." Came a voice. Everyone turned to where it came from. Amanda was sitting up, gripping her side.
"How do you feel?" Raylin asked.
"Like I've been stabbed. . ." Amanda said sourly.
"Yeah...that's umm. . .kind of what happened. . ." Kisike said, licking her palm again and chasing Raylin a few feet. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Humans are disgusting. . ." Inuyasha sighed
"The problem is that we aren't human. . .at least, only half. . ." Bridget stated.
"I think Inuyasha's seen Ice Age! From now on, I'm calling you Sid!" Kisike said. She grinned, took a U-turn from Raylin, and ran over to Inuyasha, wiping her palm on his outfit. "Saliva. . ."
"Oh, gross! Get away from me!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping back.
"And it looks like Lady Kisike has gone saliva crazy." Miroku sighed.
"And you are. . .um. . .I don't know who you are! You're Mr. Nobody!" Kisike said, licking her palm and wiping it on Miroku's robe.
"GHASTLY!" Miroku yelled, jumping back.
Raylin grabbed Miroku's staff and held it up in front of the door. "Hey, Kisike, I think I see your moose out there." she said.
"Do you really?!" Kisike asked. She ran to the door, not seeing the staff. Her head hit the staff and she fell to the ground with swirly eyes, unconscious.
"Thank you." Inuyasha said.
"Welcome." Raylin said.
Akio sweatdropped. "Anyways, just to let you know, the area around there is pretty dangerous. You go north from here. When you leave here, you'll go through a couple of fields and villages, which are pretty peaceful, but then you get the woods. The woods on the way to Mt. Fuji are full of bandits and demons. Like I said, dangerous."
"Well that's never stopped us before," Inuyasha said, "It won't stop us now."
At that moment, Kouten and Ametsuchi walked in. "Mommy's here! You're going to be all better pretty soon, Amanda." Kouten said cheerfully.
"Thanks Kouten. . .you too, Ametsuchi-san." Amanda said gratefully.
"She's gonna make Gabriel all better too!" Kouten said.
Ametsuchi smiled, then got some herbs out of a packet and began to make some kind of medicine.
*one week later*
"Are you coming with us, Gabri?" Kisike asked as she, Amanda, Raylin, Bridget, Shippou, Kouten, and Miroku prepared to leave.
"No. I'd probably melt." Gabriel said in regret.
". . .Now there's something you don't hear everyday." Bridget commented.
"Frosty the snowman!" Amanda began to sing. Raylin threw a rock at her head.
"Stick to the flute, you sound better on that." Raylin said.
Amanda dodged the rock and stuck her tongue out at her. "Better than your singing." she said.
Bridget sighed at her two friends' constant bickering, but didn't say anything.
"How far is it from Mt. Fuji?" Miroku asked.
"It should be at least two to three weeks to get over there, then another to get back." Gabriel replied.
"I'll see you soon, Gabri!" Kisike said, hugging him. Gabriel sweatdropped, smiled, and hugged her back with his one arm.
"I hope so." Gabriel said quietly.
"Don't be pessimistic! We'll make it over there and get back my flute!" Kouten said optimistically.
"Yeah! Sekkai doesn't stand a chance." Shippou agreed
. "Just don't kill her, okay? She's our sister, and no matter how bad she may be, I don't want you to kill her." Akio said.
"Okay, okay." Kisike sighed. 'So much for being homicidal. . .' She thought.
"Here's some food for you all. Don't finish it all off too soon." Ametsuchi said, handing Bridget a bag of food.
They nodded. "We can't thank you enough, Ametsuchi-san." Bridget said. "You and your family."
"It's no trouble. Now, off you all go. Best to get a good start before noon." Ametsuchi said. Raylin nodded and started off down the path out of the temple. The group followed.
"So, what should we do? What do we talk about?" Amanda asked.
"Let's sing songs! I'm gonna sing the doom song now!" Kisike said, walking like Zim. She started singing the doom song. Everybody sweatdropped.
". . .Could you please stop now?" Miroku groaned after five minutes of singing.
"Almost done! Doom doom doom! Dee end! Oh! Wassat?!" Kisike said, finishing the song.
Everybody stared at her. "Um . . .okay. . ." Inuyasha said, his voice trailing off.
"It's a moose." Raylin said.
"Moose? Really?! Yay!" Kisike said.
"Anybody else got any songs?" Amanda asked.
"Please no more songs. That doom song of yours was torture enough on my ears." Inuyasha said.
"Salivaaaa!" Kisike said, licking her palm and chasing Inuyasha down the road.
"Get away from me!" Inuyasha yelled.
Everybody sweatdropped.
As everybody talked and laughed, they didn't notice that somebody was following them. . .
*leaving a village; three days later*
"Yet another village with no place to stay." Raylin sighed.
"Does this normally happen?" Kouten asked.
"Sometimes we sleep out in the woods. . ." Shippou said.
Inuyasha was silent as they walked into some woods. "Why so quiet all of a sudden?" Amanda asked.
"I know these woods. . ." Inuyasha said.
"With Hanzel and Gretel!" Kisike laughed.
" . . .Not Hanzel and Gretel." Amanda said.
"Awww. . .I was hoping to freak everybody out like I did to Gohan in that one fanfic Bridget wrote. . ."
". . ."
"You know these woods? Inuyasha, we've never been in this area before." Miroku pointed out, ignoring Kisike and Amanda.
"You guys don't. But just trust me. I know a place we might can stay." Inuyasha said.
Everyone blinked and followed. They finally came to a rock covered with ivy. "-.- Oh, nice sense of direction." Raylin said sarcastically.
Amanda whacked her over the head. "Hush." she ordered, watching Inuyasha put his hand on the ivy.
Inuyasha gripped the ivy tightly and pulled it to the side to reveal an opening leading to a valley.
"Follow me." he said as he went through the hole. The others looked at each other and followed.
"Where are we?" Bridget asked, looking around at the forest.
"Home of the moose!" Kisike said.
"Actually, this was Inuyasha-sama's home as a child." a voice said.
Amanda looked around. "Who said that?!" she demanded. She saw something on Inuyasha's shoulder. ". . .Inuyasha, you've got fleas." she said. Inuyasha slapped the flea on his shoulder and held his hand out to look at the smooshed flea.
"Well, if it isn't Myoga the flea. Gee, haven't seen you around since the last battle with Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha said.
"My apologies, Inuyasha-sama, but I have heard a very strange rumor. I heard that four girls have been able to cross a line of the dimension star." Myoga said.
"-.- Yeah. We kinda heard the rumor ourselves." Inuyasha said sarcastically, jerking his head towards the four girls. Myoga jumped up, ready to dive into a fold in Inuyasha's sleeve.
"Oh no! Get away from them! They're really blood-sucking mutants in disguise!"
". . .Oh yeah. Look who's talking." Kisike commented. "Got Raid?"
Amanda smooshed Myoga, looking like she was giving Inuyasha a high five since Myoga was still on his hand. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!" she yelled.
"Forgive me, Miss, but I only know what the rumors tell me." Myoga said.
"Yeah, whatever."
"Besides, strange things happen here. M'lord's father lived here, despite the strange rumors of the valley. Something about ponds-"
"Yeah. I remember Sesshoumaru and I being told not to go near them." Inuyasha commented.
"Oooh. . .could it be a water demon? Maybe it's a cousin of mine!" Kouten said cheerfully.
"It's not anything IN the ponds. Nobody really knows what it is." Myoga said.
"Maybe if a guy falls in they'll turn into a girl. A curse. Like on Ranma 1/2." Kisike said cheerfully.
"It's not that..." Inuyasha said as the forest ended and they came to a clearing with ponds on both sides of the dirt road. Up ahead was a small temple.
"So it's these ponds. . ." Miroku said, staring down into the ponds.
Shippou looked down into one of the ponds from Kouten's cloud that he and Kouten were sitting on. "Hey, that's odd. There's no reflection." he said.
"You can only see a reflection at night." Myoga said.
"Yeah, but don't go near those ponds, especially at night." Inuyasha warned. He stopped in front of the small temple. "We're here." he announced. "This place is pretty old, but it's still livable."
Bridget looked around. "Well, I think this place is beautiful." she commented.
"It is. I remember when M'lord's father choose this place to live. Hidden, and away from most humans-" Myoga started.
"Yeah. The thing is, he was hardly ever home." Inuyasha interrupted. He opened the door and walked inside. He noted that everything looked like it did when he left, only covered with dust. 'So long ago. . .' he thought. He remembered him leaving as soon as his mother had died of illness when he was ten, and with his father dead and brother leaving, had no reason to stay.
Amanda, on the other hand, was looking out at forest. She watched a dark figure disappear behind the trees. "Inuyasha, Myoga, are you sure this place is secluded?" she asked.
"Of course. Only members of M'lord's family knew where the two entrances to this valley was." Myoga said.
"Didn't you have friends come over?" Kisike asked.
"I had no friends." Inuyasha snapped, going into another room. There was silence for a little while, until Miroku said, "Well, I think it is time we should fix supper."
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