Author's note-So. . .tired. . . *falls over, asleep, then opens one eye*
Thanks for the shards, Cat Silver. Now, as for ownership. . .we own
nothing. So put away your lawsuits and read. *goes back to sleep*
*that night*
Amanda walked outside to sit beside Bridget, who was sitting on the porch looking up at the stars. "Hi." she said. "Hi."
"Why do you look up at the stars every night?" Amanda asked.
Bridget looked back up at the stars. "The stars are ancient and filled with mystery. . .astrologers believed they could tell the future with the moon and the stars. Stories were built around them and everything. I believe in magic, and that is the eye-catching quality that the moon and stars radiate with." she said.
Amanda looked up at the stars. "It's getting close to a new moon." she commented.
"Yes. If I'm right, it should be tomorrow night." Bridget said. She and Amanda sweatdropped as they heard Kisike yell 'saliva' from inside and a few yells following it. "Eh. . .I'd better go stop 'Sike from getting everyone wanting to kill her." she said, standing up.
"As if they don't already?" Amanda asked.
". . .Good point." Bridget sighed as she walked inside.
Amanda stood up and walked down the steps, off the porch. She walked down the road and stopped ten feet away from the forest. "Hello? Is somebody out there?" she called.
A shadowy figure stepped out of the forest. It was a girl that was wearing black priestess robes. She carried a quiver full of arrows and a bow. At her side was a katana. "Hey. . .who are you? How did you get here?" Amanda asked.
The girl was silent. Then she said quietly, "I know that you are with Inuyasha's group. Where is he?"
Amanda glared. "Who wants to know?" she demanded.
"Are you refusing to answer, little hanyou?"
Amanda glared and got into fighting stance. "Smart, ain't ya?"
"Then you shall die," she said simply. She unsheathed her katana and ran at Amanda. Amanda dodged but fell off the road, into a pond. As she fell, she managed to get a glimpse of the reflection. 'What is that? That's not a reflection.' she thought as she hit the water and sank.
The girl looked at the pond as the ripples quickly disappeared. She stared at the picture on the water. A boy pinned to a tree, a girl with a bow and arrow, and Amanda, staring at it all. Then she started to the temple.
***
Amanda swam up to the surface of a river and to the shore. She looked around. "This place. . .it looks like the forest we went through when we met Kaede," she muttered. Her eyes widened. "Wait! Where am I?!" she cried. She jumped out of the river.
She shook herself off, squeegied the water out of her hair, and walked a little bit. She suddenly saw Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" she yelled, running over to him. Inuyasha didn't seem to hear. He stood in front of a tree, staring at someone.
Suddenly an arrow pierced his chest and pinned him to the tree. "Ki- Kikyo. . .But why. . .I. . .I thought. . ." he whispered, reaching out. Suddenly he went limp, either unconscious or dead.
"Inuyasha!" Amanda yelled. She looked behind her and saw the archer. It was a girl that had long black hair and looked a lot like the girl that tried to attack her. "Who are you?!" Amanda demanded.
The girl didn't see. "Hey! I'm talking to you! Answer me! Why did you kill Inuyasha?!" Amanda yelled, marching over to her. The girl still didn't notice.
Amanda growled and brought her fist down on the girl's head, only to go right through it. Amanda gasped. "What is this? My fist went right through her! Did I drown and become a ghost?!"
The girl suddenly fell to the ground. Amanda thought that it may have been a late reaction to her hit, but then she saw the wound on the girl's shoulder. She heard the footsteps and yells of villagers.
"Can they see me?! What will they think if they see me at the scene of the crime?!" Amanda wondered. "I have to get Inuyasha out of here." she said, running over to Inuyasha.
"Wait. . ." the girl said, reaching out to her.
"You can see me?!" Amanda asked in disbelief.
"My parting hour draws near. . .do not free Inuyasha. . .for what he did to my village. . .and for his betrayal to me. . .he will stay there for eternity. . ." the girl said weakly.
"What?! Inuyasha!" Amanda cried. "What did you do to him?!"
"I only did what needed to be done. . .he destroyed my village. . .betrayed me. . .stole the Shikon No Tama. . ."
"Who are you?" Amanda asked, confused.
"My name is Kikyo. . ." the woman said.
"Kikyo. . .?" Amanda muttered.
"Please leave. . .please leave now. . .The villagers are not kind to demons. . .especially now. . ." Kikyo said. Amanda stood there, rooted to her spot. "Go!" Kikyo yelled.
Amanda hesitated, glanced over at Inuyasha, then back at Kikyo, then turned and ran, tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry Inuyasha. . ." she whispered. 'Is this some kind of nightmare or something? Inuyasha would never destroy a village or do all those things that Kikyo girl said he did. What is going on? Where am I?" she wondered.
She didn't notice where she was going until she fell into the river again.
***
Bridget ran back outside. Kisike and Raylin followed. "I thought I heard a yell. . ." Bridget said.
"I KNOW I heard a yell. Or at least a cry." Kisike said.
"I think it was Amanda. . .oh no, where she?"
Raylin got a bow and arrow. "Let's go see what it is!" she said confidently.
Kisike -.-'d. "Yeah. You think that if it's a demon then you're going to kill it with one arrow."
"Well, duh! Nothing can stand against the power of my arrows! More like fall. Yeah!" Raylin said.
This time Bridget -.-'d. "Yep. She's lost it."
Raylin whacked her over the head. "Shut up!"
"She lost it a long time ago. . ." Kisike said.
Raylin whacked her over the head too. "You shut up too! Now, let's go find the thing so I can kill it!"
"Why should all of us go if you're going to kill the thing?" Bridget asked.
"For backup, of course. C'mon." Raylin said, running down the steps.
"Doooom. . .Doom on her. . ." Kisike said as she followed. Miroku, Shippou, and Kouten stood outside the door as Bridget joined Raylin and Kisike.
"Where are you three off to?" Miroku asked.
"We heard a scream. Wanna come? You can die with us! It'll be fun!" Kisike said with sudden enthusiasm.
Miroku sweatdropped. "Uh. . ."
"Um. . .Maybe I'll stay behind. . .without my flute, I can't really fight if something mean is out there. . ." Kouten said, backing into the temple.
"Yeah. You stay here, Kouten. I'll stay here and protect you." Shippou said.
"Yay!" Kouten said. She grabbed Shippou's hand and pulled him into the temple.
Miroku followed Bridget, Kisike, and Raylin. They saw a shadowed figure standing on the road in front of them. "Who are you?! And what did you do with Amanda?!" Bridget demanded.
"She turned her into a tangerine. . ." Kisike said.
Everybody sweatdropped. "Uh, no. . ."
"Miroku." the figure said. The person stepped forward. They could see that it was a girl. Miroku gasped.
"But you're-"
"That's right. It is I. And I am looking for Inuyasha. Just where might he be?"
"What?"
"Inuyasha. . .you see, he wanted me dead. So I intend on paying him back."
"You're wrong! Inuyasha never wanted you dead!"
"He did, actually. Now, tell me where he is or I shall have to kill you all."
"We won't tell!"
"Then you all will just have to die." the girl said, running forward, katana in hand.
Miroku, Kisike, Bridget, and Raylin scattered, each falling into a separate pool. Each seeing a different reflection. Each going to a different place. . .
***
Miroku climbed out of the river by a waterfall. It was the same river near his uncle's shrine. "How did I get here. . .?" he wondered. He suddenly heard screaming. "What the?!" He got up and ran to where the screaming was coming from, near his father's grave.
He saw Raylin, Kisike, Bridget, Amanda, Inuyasha, Shippou, Sango, Kirara, and his uncle standing at the edge of a crater. He looked down into the crater and saw. . .himself (J/N: We'll just call him Miroku 2). It was himself being consumed by the air void. Miroku gasped and stared at his hand that was holding the air void. Nothing was happening to him, but to the other him. . .
'Wait. When did Sango and Kirara rejoin our group?' he wondered, looking over at the group. 'This isn't a memory. . .not the past. . .it is not the present either. . .then. . .could I possibly be in the future?!'
"Miroku!" the group yelled.
"Miroku. . .please, don't die. . ." Miroku heard Raylin say tearfully.
Miroku 2 looked over at Raylin, then suddenly at Miroku. His eyes widened, surprised at the vision of himself standing at the edge of the crater. Miroku looked over at the group to see if they could see him too. Nobody seemed to. "They can't see me. . ." Miroku said.
***
Bridget climbed out of the pond and looked around. Nobody was there. "Kisike? Raylin? Miroku?" she called.
"Give that back!" she heard a child yell. She saw a child chasing another one holding a ball and running down the road. The child with the ball was around ten and had long, silver hair and a fluffy white tail over his shoulder. The child chasing him was around five and also had long, silver hair but also dog ears.
"Could that be. . .Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. . .?" Bridget wondered, standing up.
Sesshoumaru stopped and turned around. "Why should I? Maybe I should just toss it into one of the ponds." he said.
"C'mon! Stop picking on me!" Inuyasha whined. "You know I can't get it if you throw it into one of the ponds."
"Exactly."
"Inuyasha! Sesshoumaru! Lunch time!" they heard Inuyasha's mother call from the front door.
They both looked over at the woman. Sesshoumaru tossed the ball away. "I don't have any time to waste on you anyway, hanyou." he said.
"Hey!" Inuyasha cried, running for the ball. He stopped as the ball rolled into one of the ponds. "Oh no. . ." he said tearfully. He turned to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru! You're mean!" he accused.
"Whatever." Sesshoumaru said, walking into the temple. Inuyasha's mother-who saw the whole thing-walked over.
"Inuyasha, don't cry." she said, kneeling down behind Inuyasha.
Inuyasha wiped a tear from his eye. "I hate him! I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!" He said.
"Now, now. . .remember, he's still your brother." his mother said, hugging him.
"But. . .but he's always so mean! Is it really because I'm half human? I can't help it!"
"He just has trouble accepting the fact that his brother has to be half human...he doesn't like humans that much. Not too many demons do."
"He doesn't hate you, does he?" Inuyasha asked, wide-eyed.
"I think he hates me, but he tolerates me because your father likes me." His mother said, the last few words coming out as a cough. Bridget saw blood on the woman's hand.
"Mommy? Are you sick?" Inuyasha asked.
"I'm fine, Inuyasha. . .don't worry about me." the mother said. She looked squinted over at Bridget. "Who are you?" she asked.
Bridget blinked. "Me?" she asked.
"Who, Mommy? Who?" Inuyasha asked, looking around. "I don't see anyone. Only you." he said.
The woman frowned. "You don't. . .see her. . .?"
"No. . .Maybe you are sick." Inuyasha said.
"Maybe I am. Come on inside." Inuyasha's mother said, walking inside. Inuyasha ran after her.
Bridget blinked. "That. . .was weird. . ." she said. She frowned. "Wait. . .she was coughing up blood. . .that's tuberculosis, wasn't it?" She thought to herself. She looked back at the pond. 'I don't belong here. . .this is the past, I'm sure. . .but how do I get back. . .?'
***
Kisike climbed out of a pool of water and looked around. "Ooo. . .Where am I?" She seemed to be in a huge room made of obsidian. "Ello?" she called.
"How did you get here?!" A voice hissed angrily behind her. She whirled around to see a figure with a black robe and cloak. The only thing she could see of the creature's face was two, glowing, red eyes.
"Whooo arrre yooou?" Kisike asked, not at all intimidated and pointing at him.
"Why you little brat! Such disrespect!"
Kisike's eyes sarcastically widened. "Are you talking. . .to me? You mean you can see me?!"
"What?!"
Kisike grabbed his hand, smiled, and closed her eyes. "I can talk trash to people and even touch them. . ." She threw his hand away and opened her eyes. "To be alive. . .is a wonderful thing!" She said, marching off.
The creature glared. "Come back here!" he yelled, his voice raspy. Kisike looked at him over her shoulder to see him starting toward her.
"Uh oh. Gotta go!" she yelled, running down a hallway. "Yeah. . .I'm too stupid to talk to you. . ." she muttered, quoting Brian Regan. She looked over her shoulder to see two bolts of black lightning headed for her. ". . .Dang it. . ." she said, turning a corner. The lightning followed. She turned into a room to hide and shut the door.
"Dead end. . ." she said, looking around the room. There were no other doors and no windows, and the lightning began to pound against the door.
"You can never escape. . .your friends can't come to your aid now. . ." the person's voice echoed around her.
***
Raylin swam to the edge of the pond and climbed out. "That was not fun. . ." she muttered, wringing out her hair. She looked around. ". . .Alright. What's going on?" she demanded.
"Help!" she heard someone call. "Help me!"
Raylin blinked. "What in the. . ." She looked down the path to see herself (J/N: We're just calling her Raylin2) running towards her. Only, this Raylin was completely human and missing her bow and arrow. Behind her, chasing her, a. . .manticore? Its body was the cross between a lion and an ape, and it was blowing black fire at her. Black fire that seemed to leave some kind of glowing green acid. "Helllp!" she heard Raylin2 yell.
Raylin frowned. 'What the heck is going on here? Where are the others?' she wondered. At that moment, the manticore turned its glowing green eyes at her. "Uh oh. . .
***
"Shippou, I'm scared." Kouten whined.
"Don't worry! I'm sure the others can take care of whatever is going on outside, and if it comes in here, I could probably take care of it with my foxfire!" Shippou said, sounding confident (even if he really wasn't.)
"Where is that Inuyasha?! We haven't seen him since we got here!" Kouten said, pacing around the room. Shippou watched her.
"Well, he probably hasn't been home in a long time. He's probably just checking to see if anything's changed." He reasoned. He blinked. "Are you trying to make a hole in the floor?"
Kouten stopped and crossed her arms. "No! But Inuyasha should be helping us right now, not looking at some old dusty stu-" Her voice stopped dead when they heard footsteps outside. She glanced over at the door, then fearfully back at Shippou. "Shippou. . .?" she squeaked.
Shippou jumped up and stood protectively in front of Kouten, preparing himself for the worst. The door opened slowly, and whom Shippou saw was not at all what he was expecting. "K-K-K-K-" he stammered. Then he fainted. And since Shippou had fainted, Kouten seemed to think that that was a good reason to faint. So, she fainted too.
The person walked past them and began to start to the back door, ignoring them.
***
Inuyasha stood at his mother's grave, staring down at it. Finally he said softly, "Hey, Mom. It's me. . .Inuyasha. . ." A breeze rustled the leaves in the trees and his hair slightly, as if his mother was replying.
"I'm fine, I guess. . ." he said. He smiled sadly. "I guess you never expected me to come here again. . .I've met some new friends, but I've also lost a few. . ." he said. Suddenly the pain of loss began to well up inside him again. The pain he felt when he lost his mother.Kikyo.Kagome. He glared, shut his eyes, and turned away trying to block the pain.
"Too much pain. . .too much loss. . .when will it ever end?" he muttered.
"Inuyasha. . ." a voice said behind him.
Inuyasha's eyes snapped open and widened as he whirled around. No, no, it couldn't be her. He couldn't believe it. "Kagome. . ."
"Inuyasha. . ." Kagome said, walking over to him.
'No. . .God, not again. First Kikyo, now her. Will my past ever leave me alone?' Inuyasha thought. "Are. . .are you real?"
Kagome stopped in front of him. "Inuyasha, I really am back. More than Kikyo, in fact." She said.
"Why are you wearing those clothes. . .?"
Kagome tugged at her outfit a little. "Oh, these? Just. . .something I found lying around." She said. She hugged Inuyasha. "Inuyasha. . .you don't know how long I've been searching for you." She said.
Inuyasha put his arms around her. "I thought you were dead." He muttered. "How did you come back? When?"
"I'm not dead now. . .don't worry. . .you'll understand soon enough." She whispered to him. Inuyasha suddenly felt something pierce his back. His eyes widened and his muscles slackened. Kagome pulled away and let him collapse. She was holding an obsidian blade stained with blood. "Poison blade. . .any questions?"
Inuyasha felt his vision blur as his head spun. He could feel his body beginning to go numb. "Why. . .? Kagome. . ."
"You're such a fool. You'll never learn." Kagome said, placing the dagger in her sheath with her katana. "Haven't you figured out that you should never trust the dead? Especially the ones that want revenge."
"What are you talking about? What revenge. . .? What did I-"
"You wanted me dead! You let Sesshoumaru kill me!" Kagome argued.
"Wanted. . .I never wanted you dead. Who told you that?"
"Nobody did. I figured it out all on my own." Kagome said. She began to pace. "It's a good thing I was brought back to li-"
"Who brought you back? Was it Naraku? That witch that brought Kikyo back to life?"
"Now, now, Inuyasha. Naraku had no part of this. He's got enough mindless minions, such as Kohaku. And you're forgetting that that witch is dead. Thanks to the all-knowing, I'm back." Kagome said. "So, who was that girl that's been hanging around you lately? The one with the short, brown hair? Your new shard-locator?"
Inuyasha glared. "You leave Amanda outta this! And she's not my shard- locator!"
"Amanda, huh?" Kagome said. She stopped pacing and looked down at his glaring face. "What are you going to do? Kill me? You wouldn't kill Kikyo. . .even when she tried to kill you. . .and me. . ."
"But. . ."
"I've figured out why you wanted me dead. First of all, you loved Kikyo, but I was in the way. Second of all, you thought that if I died, you could get those prayer beads off your neck."
"For the last time! I never wanted you dead!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Don't lie about it; you wanted me dead from the time we first met!" Kagome yelled back. She unsheathed her katana. "Now I'm sick of hearing your lies, Inuyasha. You've never shown me any respect, not even when I was dead. Now it's time for you to die!" She yelled. She brought down the katana but Inuyasha-with much effort-caught it with both hands when it was an inch from his chest.
"Look, I don't know who brainwashed you-and frankly, at the moment, I don't really care-but what I do care about is how to undo it!" he said.
"I wasn't brainwashed; I figured it out all on my own! Just because I'm human, doesn't mean I'm as stupid as you think!" Kagome said. She thought for a moment. "Well, technically that's not true. . ." she started. That's when Inuyasha saw Kagome's demon ears. His eyes widened.
"You're-you're a demon. . ." he said.
Kagome smirked. "Yes, I am. I was given the powers of a demon when I was brought back to life. I was wondering how long it would take you to notice. I'm now stronger than you'll ever be. But I think I'll kill you with that word that you love so much."
Inuyasha shut his eyes tightly and prepared himself for Kagome to say 'sit'. "S-ack! Hey!" Kagome yelled, glaring as the katana fell into two pieces. Inuyasha looked around.
'Huh? What happened. . .?' he wondered. A shadowy figure jumped off a tree branch and walked towards them. It was a boy of about seventeen. He had his black, shoulder-length hair pulled back in a ponytail. He had golden eyes and dog ears, like Inuyasha's. But he was wearing an outfit a lot like Sesshoumaru's, only it was plain black and he was holding a katana. "Sigaru?!" Inuyasha said in disbelief.
Sigaru smirked. "Inuyasha." He said. He looked over at Kagome. "Who is this. . .?"
"Don't you hurt her!" Inuyasha yelled.
Sigaru blinked. "Why not? She just tried to kill you. That's my job."
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on* *Kisike's voice comes on* I win! *Raylin in the background* Yeah right! I'm tied with you! *Kisike* . . .Beepbeepbeepbeeeep. This is the dialtone. . . *Raylin* Hey, give me that! *sounds of a struggle are heard* *Raylin's voice comes on* We would like to thank everybody for the reviews. Oh, and Bunny, we'll add the name to our list of inanimate objects. You know, we have a chair over at Bridget's house that we call Loki and a cardboard cutout of an alien that we also call Christo- *Kisike* NO! No, do not remind me of that weird. . .weird thing. . .I'm gonna burn it. I will. . .somebody get me some gasoline. . . *Raylin* Anyways, I gotta go help Kisike find gasoline. . .so leave a review at the sound of the beep. Bye. *beep sounds*
*that night*
Amanda walked outside to sit beside Bridget, who was sitting on the porch looking up at the stars. "Hi." she said. "Hi."
"Why do you look up at the stars every night?" Amanda asked.
Bridget looked back up at the stars. "The stars are ancient and filled with mystery. . .astrologers believed they could tell the future with the moon and the stars. Stories were built around them and everything. I believe in magic, and that is the eye-catching quality that the moon and stars radiate with." she said.
Amanda looked up at the stars. "It's getting close to a new moon." she commented.
"Yes. If I'm right, it should be tomorrow night." Bridget said. She and Amanda sweatdropped as they heard Kisike yell 'saliva' from inside and a few yells following it. "Eh. . .I'd better go stop 'Sike from getting everyone wanting to kill her." she said, standing up.
"As if they don't already?" Amanda asked.
". . .Good point." Bridget sighed as she walked inside.
Amanda stood up and walked down the steps, off the porch. She walked down the road and stopped ten feet away from the forest. "Hello? Is somebody out there?" she called.
A shadowy figure stepped out of the forest. It was a girl that was wearing black priestess robes. She carried a quiver full of arrows and a bow. At her side was a katana. "Hey. . .who are you? How did you get here?" Amanda asked.
The girl was silent. Then she said quietly, "I know that you are with Inuyasha's group. Where is he?"
Amanda glared. "Who wants to know?" she demanded.
"Are you refusing to answer, little hanyou?"
Amanda glared and got into fighting stance. "Smart, ain't ya?"
"Then you shall die," she said simply. She unsheathed her katana and ran at Amanda. Amanda dodged but fell off the road, into a pond. As she fell, she managed to get a glimpse of the reflection. 'What is that? That's not a reflection.' she thought as she hit the water and sank.
The girl looked at the pond as the ripples quickly disappeared. She stared at the picture on the water. A boy pinned to a tree, a girl with a bow and arrow, and Amanda, staring at it all. Then she started to the temple.
***
Amanda swam up to the surface of a river and to the shore. She looked around. "This place. . .it looks like the forest we went through when we met Kaede," she muttered. Her eyes widened. "Wait! Where am I?!" she cried. She jumped out of the river.
She shook herself off, squeegied the water out of her hair, and walked a little bit. She suddenly saw Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" she yelled, running over to him. Inuyasha didn't seem to hear. He stood in front of a tree, staring at someone.
Suddenly an arrow pierced his chest and pinned him to the tree. "Ki- Kikyo. . .But why. . .I. . .I thought. . ." he whispered, reaching out. Suddenly he went limp, either unconscious or dead.
"Inuyasha!" Amanda yelled. She looked behind her and saw the archer. It was a girl that had long black hair and looked a lot like the girl that tried to attack her. "Who are you?!" Amanda demanded.
The girl didn't see. "Hey! I'm talking to you! Answer me! Why did you kill Inuyasha?!" Amanda yelled, marching over to her. The girl still didn't notice.
Amanda growled and brought her fist down on the girl's head, only to go right through it. Amanda gasped. "What is this? My fist went right through her! Did I drown and become a ghost?!"
The girl suddenly fell to the ground. Amanda thought that it may have been a late reaction to her hit, but then she saw the wound on the girl's shoulder. She heard the footsteps and yells of villagers.
"Can they see me?! What will they think if they see me at the scene of the crime?!" Amanda wondered. "I have to get Inuyasha out of here." she said, running over to Inuyasha.
"Wait. . ." the girl said, reaching out to her.
"You can see me?!" Amanda asked in disbelief.
"My parting hour draws near. . .do not free Inuyasha. . .for what he did to my village. . .and for his betrayal to me. . .he will stay there for eternity. . ." the girl said weakly.
"What?! Inuyasha!" Amanda cried. "What did you do to him?!"
"I only did what needed to be done. . .he destroyed my village. . .betrayed me. . .stole the Shikon No Tama. . ."
"Who are you?" Amanda asked, confused.
"My name is Kikyo. . ." the woman said.
"Kikyo. . .?" Amanda muttered.
"Please leave. . .please leave now. . .The villagers are not kind to demons. . .especially now. . ." Kikyo said. Amanda stood there, rooted to her spot. "Go!" Kikyo yelled.
Amanda hesitated, glanced over at Inuyasha, then back at Kikyo, then turned and ran, tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry Inuyasha. . ." she whispered. 'Is this some kind of nightmare or something? Inuyasha would never destroy a village or do all those things that Kikyo girl said he did. What is going on? Where am I?" she wondered.
She didn't notice where she was going until she fell into the river again.
***
Bridget ran back outside. Kisike and Raylin followed. "I thought I heard a yell. . ." Bridget said.
"I KNOW I heard a yell. Or at least a cry." Kisike said.
"I think it was Amanda. . .oh no, where she?"
Raylin got a bow and arrow. "Let's go see what it is!" she said confidently.
Kisike -.-'d. "Yeah. You think that if it's a demon then you're going to kill it with one arrow."
"Well, duh! Nothing can stand against the power of my arrows! More like fall. Yeah!" Raylin said.
This time Bridget -.-'d. "Yep. She's lost it."
Raylin whacked her over the head. "Shut up!"
"She lost it a long time ago. . ." Kisike said.
Raylin whacked her over the head too. "You shut up too! Now, let's go find the thing so I can kill it!"
"Why should all of us go if you're going to kill the thing?" Bridget asked.
"For backup, of course. C'mon." Raylin said, running down the steps.
"Doooom. . .Doom on her. . ." Kisike said as she followed. Miroku, Shippou, and Kouten stood outside the door as Bridget joined Raylin and Kisike.
"Where are you three off to?" Miroku asked.
"We heard a scream. Wanna come? You can die with us! It'll be fun!" Kisike said with sudden enthusiasm.
Miroku sweatdropped. "Uh. . ."
"Um. . .Maybe I'll stay behind. . .without my flute, I can't really fight if something mean is out there. . ." Kouten said, backing into the temple.
"Yeah. You stay here, Kouten. I'll stay here and protect you." Shippou said.
"Yay!" Kouten said. She grabbed Shippou's hand and pulled him into the temple.
Miroku followed Bridget, Kisike, and Raylin. They saw a shadowed figure standing on the road in front of them. "Who are you?! And what did you do with Amanda?!" Bridget demanded.
"She turned her into a tangerine. . ." Kisike said.
Everybody sweatdropped. "Uh, no. . ."
"Miroku." the figure said. The person stepped forward. They could see that it was a girl. Miroku gasped.
"But you're-"
"That's right. It is I. And I am looking for Inuyasha. Just where might he be?"
"What?"
"Inuyasha. . .you see, he wanted me dead. So I intend on paying him back."
"You're wrong! Inuyasha never wanted you dead!"
"He did, actually. Now, tell me where he is or I shall have to kill you all."
"We won't tell!"
"Then you all will just have to die." the girl said, running forward, katana in hand.
Miroku, Kisike, Bridget, and Raylin scattered, each falling into a separate pool. Each seeing a different reflection. Each going to a different place. . .
***
Miroku climbed out of the river by a waterfall. It was the same river near his uncle's shrine. "How did I get here. . .?" he wondered. He suddenly heard screaming. "What the?!" He got up and ran to where the screaming was coming from, near his father's grave.
He saw Raylin, Kisike, Bridget, Amanda, Inuyasha, Shippou, Sango, Kirara, and his uncle standing at the edge of a crater. He looked down into the crater and saw. . .himself (J/N: We'll just call him Miroku 2). It was himself being consumed by the air void. Miroku gasped and stared at his hand that was holding the air void. Nothing was happening to him, but to the other him. . .
'Wait. When did Sango and Kirara rejoin our group?' he wondered, looking over at the group. 'This isn't a memory. . .not the past. . .it is not the present either. . .then. . .could I possibly be in the future?!'
"Miroku!" the group yelled.
"Miroku. . .please, don't die. . ." Miroku heard Raylin say tearfully.
Miroku 2 looked over at Raylin, then suddenly at Miroku. His eyes widened, surprised at the vision of himself standing at the edge of the crater. Miroku looked over at the group to see if they could see him too. Nobody seemed to. "They can't see me. . ." Miroku said.
***
Bridget climbed out of the pond and looked around. Nobody was there. "Kisike? Raylin? Miroku?" she called.
"Give that back!" she heard a child yell. She saw a child chasing another one holding a ball and running down the road. The child with the ball was around ten and had long, silver hair and a fluffy white tail over his shoulder. The child chasing him was around five and also had long, silver hair but also dog ears.
"Could that be. . .Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. . .?" Bridget wondered, standing up.
Sesshoumaru stopped and turned around. "Why should I? Maybe I should just toss it into one of the ponds." he said.
"C'mon! Stop picking on me!" Inuyasha whined. "You know I can't get it if you throw it into one of the ponds."
"Exactly."
"Inuyasha! Sesshoumaru! Lunch time!" they heard Inuyasha's mother call from the front door.
They both looked over at the woman. Sesshoumaru tossed the ball away. "I don't have any time to waste on you anyway, hanyou." he said.
"Hey!" Inuyasha cried, running for the ball. He stopped as the ball rolled into one of the ponds. "Oh no. . ." he said tearfully. He turned to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru! You're mean!" he accused.
"Whatever." Sesshoumaru said, walking into the temple. Inuyasha's mother-who saw the whole thing-walked over.
"Inuyasha, don't cry." she said, kneeling down behind Inuyasha.
Inuyasha wiped a tear from his eye. "I hate him! I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!" He said.
"Now, now. . .remember, he's still your brother." his mother said, hugging him.
"But. . .but he's always so mean! Is it really because I'm half human? I can't help it!"
"He just has trouble accepting the fact that his brother has to be half human...he doesn't like humans that much. Not too many demons do."
"He doesn't hate you, does he?" Inuyasha asked, wide-eyed.
"I think he hates me, but he tolerates me because your father likes me." His mother said, the last few words coming out as a cough. Bridget saw blood on the woman's hand.
"Mommy? Are you sick?" Inuyasha asked.
"I'm fine, Inuyasha. . .don't worry about me." the mother said. She looked squinted over at Bridget. "Who are you?" she asked.
Bridget blinked. "Me?" she asked.
"Who, Mommy? Who?" Inuyasha asked, looking around. "I don't see anyone. Only you." he said.
The woman frowned. "You don't. . .see her. . .?"
"No. . .Maybe you are sick." Inuyasha said.
"Maybe I am. Come on inside." Inuyasha's mother said, walking inside. Inuyasha ran after her.
Bridget blinked. "That. . .was weird. . ." she said. She frowned. "Wait. . .she was coughing up blood. . .that's tuberculosis, wasn't it?" She thought to herself. She looked back at the pond. 'I don't belong here. . .this is the past, I'm sure. . .but how do I get back. . .?'
***
Kisike climbed out of a pool of water and looked around. "Ooo. . .Where am I?" She seemed to be in a huge room made of obsidian. "Ello?" she called.
"How did you get here?!" A voice hissed angrily behind her. She whirled around to see a figure with a black robe and cloak. The only thing she could see of the creature's face was two, glowing, red eyes.
"Whooo arrre yooou?" Kisike asked, not at all intimidated and pointing at him.
"Why you little brat! Such disrespect!"
Kisike's eyes sarcastically widened. "Are you talking. . .to me? You mean you can see me?!"
"What?!"
Kisike grabbed his hand, smiled, and closed her eyes. "I can talk trash to people and even touch them. . ." She threw his hand away and opened her eyes. "To be alive. . .is a wonderful thing!" She said, marching off.
The creature glared. "Come back here!" he yelled, his voice raspy. Kisike looked at him over her shoulder to see him starting toward her.
"Uh oh. Gotta go!" she yelled, running down a hallway. "Yeah. . .I'm too stupid to talk to you. . ." she muttered, quoting Brian Regan. She looked over her shoulder to see two bolts of black lightning headed for her. ". . .Dang it. . ." she said, turning a corner. The lightning followed. She turned into a room to hide and shut the door.
"Dead end. . ." she said, looking around the room. There were no other doors and no windows, and the lightning began to pound against the door.
"You can never escape. . .your friends can't come to your aid now. . ." the person's voice echoed around her.
***
Raylin swam to the edge of the pond and climbed out. "That was not fun. . ." she muttered, wringing out her hair. She looked around. ". . .Alright. What's going on?" she demanded.
"Help!" she heard someone call. "Help me!"
Raylin blinked. "What in the. . ." She looked down the path to see herself (J/N: We're just calling her Raylin2) running towards her. Only, this Raylin was completely human and missing her bow and arrow. Behind her, chasing her, a. . .manticore? Its body was the cross between a lion and an ape, and it was blowing black fire at her. Black fire that seemed to leave some kind of glowing green acid. "Helllp!" she heard Raylin2 yell.
Raylin frowned. 'What the heck is going on here? Where are the others?' she wondered. At that moment, the manticore turned its glowing green eyes at her. "Uh oh. . .
***
"Shippou, I'm scared." Kouten whined.
"Don't worry! I'm sure the others can take care of whatever is going on outside, and if it comes in here, I could probably take care of it with my foxfire!" Shippou said, sounding confident (even if he really wasn't.)
"Where is that Inuyasha?! We haven't seen him since we got here!" Kouten said, pacing around the room. Shippou watched her.
"Well, he probably hasn't been home in a long time. He's probably just checking to see if anything's changed." He reasoned. He blinked. "Are you trying to make a hole in the floor?"
Kouten stopped and crossed her arms. "No! But Inuyasha should be helping us right now, not looking at some old dusty stu-" Her voice stopped dead when they heard footsteps outside. She glanced over at the door, then fearfully back at Shippou. "Shippou. . .?" she squeaked.
Shippou jumped up and stood protectively in front of Kouten, preparing himself for the worst. The door opened slowly, and whom Shippou saw was not at all what he was expecting. "K-K-K-K-" he stammered. Then he fainted. And since Shippou had fainted, Kouten seemed to think that that was a good reason to faint. So, she fainted too.
The person walked past them and began to start to the back door, ignoring them.
***
Inuyasha stood at his mother's grave, staring down at it. Finally he said softly, "Hey, Mom. It's me. . .Inuyasha. . ." A breeze rustled the leaves in the trees and his hair slightly, as if his mother was replying.
"I'm fine, I guess. . ." he said. He smiled sadly. "I guess you never expected me to come here again. . .I've met some new friends, but I've also lost a few. . ." he said. Suddenly the pain of loss began to well up inside him again. The pain he felt when he lost his mother.Kikyo.Kagome. He glared, shut his eyes, and turned away trying to block the pain.
"Too much pain. . .too much loss. . .when will it ever end?" he muttered.
"Inuyasha. . ." a voice said behind him.
Inuyasha's eyes snapped open and widened as he whirled around. No, no, it couldn't be her. He couldn't believe it. "Kagome. . ."
"Inuyasha. . ." Kagome said, walking over to him.
'No. . .God, not again. First Kikyo, now her. Will my past ever leave me alone?' Inuyasha thought. "Are. . .are you real?"
Kagome stopped in front of him. "Inuyasha, I really am back. More than Kikyo, in fact." She said.
"Why are you wearing those clothes. . .?"
Kagome tugged at her outfit a little. "Oh, these? Just. . .something I found lying around." She said. She hugged Inuyasha. "Inuyasha. . .you don't know how long I've been searching for you." She said.
Inuyasha put his arms around her. "I thought you were dead." He muttered. "How did you come back? When?"
"I'm not dead now. . .don't worry. . .you'll understand soon enough." She whispered to him. Inuyasha suddenly felt something pierce his back. His eyes widened and his muscles slackened. Kagome pulled away and let him collapse. She was holding an obsidian blade stained with blood. "Poison blade. . .any questions?"
Inuyasha felt his vision blur as his head spun. He could feel his body beginning to go numb. "Why. . .? Kagome. . ."
"You're such a fool. You'll never learn." Kagome said, placing the dagger in her sheath with her katana. "Haven't you figured out that you should never trust the dead? Especially the ones that want revenge."
"What are you talking about? What revenge. . .? What did I-"
"You wanted me dead! You let Sesshoumaru kill me!" Kagome argued.
"Wanted. . .I never wanted you dead. Who told you that?"
"Nobody did. I figured it out all on my own." Kagome said. She began to pace. "It's a good thing I was brought back to li-"
"Who brought you back? Was it Naraku? That witch that brought Kikyo back to life?"
"Now, now, Inuyasha. Naraku had no part of this. He's got enough mindless minions, such as Kohaku. And you're forgetting that that witch is dead. Thanks to the all-knowing, I'm back." Kagome said. "So, who was that girl that's been hanging around you lately? The one with the short, brown hair? Your new shard-locator?"
Inuyasha glared. "You leave Amanda outta this! And she's not my shard- locator!"
"Amanda, huh?" Kagome said. She stopped pacing and looked down at his glaring face. "What are you going to do? Kill me? You wouldn't kill Kikyo. . .even when she tried to kill you. . .and me. . ."
"But. . ."
"I've figured out why you wanted me dead. First of all, you loved Kikyo, but I was in the way. Second of all, you thought that if I died, you could get those prayer beads off your neck."
"For the last time! I never wanted you dead!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Don't lie about it; you wanted me dead from the time we first met!" Kagome yelled back. She unsheathed her katana. "Now I'm sick of hearing your lies, Inuyasha. You've never shown me any respect, not even when I was dead. Now it's time for you to die!" She yelled. She brought down the katana but Inuyasha-with much effort-caught it with both hands when it was an inch from his chest.
"Look, I don't know who brainwashed you-and frankly, at the moment, I don't really care-but what I do care about is how to undo it!" he said.
"I wasn't brainwashed; I figured it out all on my own! Just because I'm human, doesn't mean I'm as stupid as you think!" Kagome said. She thought for a moment. "Well, technically that's not true. . ." she started. That's when Inuyasha saw Kagome's demon ears. His eyes widened.
"You're-you're a demon. . ." he said.
Kagome smirked. "Yes, I am. I was given the powers of a demon when I was brought back to life. I was wondering how long it would take you to notice. I'm now stronger than you'll ever be. But I think I'll kill you with that word that you love so much."
Inuyasha shut his eyes tightly and prepared himself for Kagome to say 'sit'. "S-ack! Hey!" Kagome yelled, glaring as the katana fell into two pieces. Inuyasha looked around.
'Huh? What happened. . .?' he wondered. A shadowy figure jumped off a tree branch and walked towards them. It was a boy of about seventeen. He had his black, shoulder-length hair pulled back in a ponytail. He had golden eyes and dog ears, like Inuyasha's. But he was wearing an outfit a lot like Sesshoumaru's, only it was plain black and he was holding a katana. "Sigaru?!" Inuyasha said in disbelief.
Sigaru smirked. "Inuyasha." He said. He looked over at Kagome. "Who is this. . .?"
"Don't you hurt her!" Inuyasha yelled.
Sigaru blinked. "Why not? She just tried to kill you. That's my job."
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on* *Kisike's voice comes on* I win! *Raylin in the background* Yeah right! I'm tied with you! *Kisike* . . .Beepbeepbeepbeeeep. This is the dialtone. . . *Raylin* Hey, give me that! *sounds of a struggle are heard* *Raylin's voice comes on* We would like to thank everybody for the reviews. Oh, and Bunny, we'll add the name to our list of inanimate objects. You know, we have a chair over at Bridget's house that we call Loki and a cardboard cutout of an alien that we also call Christo- *Kisike* NO! No, do not remind me of that weird. . .weird thing. . .I'm gonna burn it. I will. . .somebody get me some gasoline. . . *Raylin* Anyways, I gotta go help Kisike find gasoline. . .so leave a review at the sound of the beep. Bye. *beep sounds*