Author's note-Well, it's happened. We wrote like, 105 pages before we
posted this. . .we just reached the end. That's why this chapter is so
short. So there may be slight delay posting the next chapter, but it'll
only be a day or so. My friends and I are on it. ^ ^ Oh, but I need to
mention something. On Wednesday, I'll be going on a school trip and won't
be back until Friday, so you'll have to wait a couple of days. . . Sorry.
But I'll try to write as much as I can on paper when I get to the camp.
Believe me, I've been there and at night time it gets as boring as hell, so
I'll have plenty of time to write and stuff. Besides, there's a Shikon
shard at the camp (so we hear.) Kouga wants to come with us, but he didn't
pay for it. But he's just going to follow us anyway and sleep outside. -.-;
*sigh* Oh well. Still don't own anything yet. Hopefully we'll get all the
shards and be able to own Inuyasha before we die of the camp's food. Oh
well. I'm rambling. Read the fic. Enjoy.
"Well, well. It appears that Inuyasha has another enemy." Kagome said, turning to Sigaru.
"Yep. I'm going to kill Inuyasha, so you can just go away now." Sigaru said.
"Like you could." Inuyasha said sardonically.
"Yes, I could." He said. "I can and I will.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and sighed in exasperation. "Hey!" he called to Sigaru. Sigaru looked over at him.
"Yeah?"
"Did you happen to see anybody as you came here?"
"Yeah. In the ponds."
"In the WHAT?!"
"Ponds. In the ponds."
Inuyasha glared and feeling slowly returned to his body. He slowly stood up. Kagome glared.
"Hey! Get back on the ground!" she yelled.
Inuyasha turned to Kagome. "And as for you, I didn't want you dead! If I did, I would have killed you myself!"
Kagome closed her eyes, smirked, and put her hands on her hips. "Sit boy."
"Ack!" Inuyasha yelled, slamming into the ground.
Sigaru snickered, then burst out laughing. "The mighty Inuyasha is defeated by a necklace!"
Inuyasha turned and glared at him as soon as the spell wore off.
"Damn it! It's not my fault. . ."
"It is too!"
"Is not. . ."
"Let me guess: You went flying off the handle again." Sigaru said knowingly.
"Did not. . .this wouldn't have happened if that old hag didn't happen to have these stupid prayer beads. . ."
Kagome nodded. "That's. . .pretty much right. . .and she wouldn't have to put them on if you would have just behaved." She said. She turned to Sigaru. "Now, are you going to try to keep me from killing Inuyasha?" she asked him.
Inuyasha struggled to get up. "Shut up. I never wanted you to die, Kagome. . .I told you to run. . .but you came back. . ." he said.
Sigaru looked over at Inuyasha. "I didn't know you hung out with evil people. . .that was your brother. . .oh well. . ." he said.
"Enough of this! Whoever you are, whose side are you one?!" Kagome demanded impatiently.
"Well, I don't want you killing Inuyasha because that's my job. So I guess that means I'll have to stop you." Sigaru replied.
"Please, don't hurt her. . ." Inuyasha begged. He grunted in pain and collapsed.
"Alright then!" Kagome said, taking out her dagger. She threw it at Sigaru.
Sigaru dodged and looked over at Inuyasha. "How about I just seriously injure her?"
"As if you could!" Kagome said with a smirk.
Inuyasha ignored Sigaru and decided to continue to try to get Kagome back to being good. "Kagome, you have to believe me. . .I never wanted you to die. . ."
"Shut up! Sit boy!" Kagome ordered.
Inuyasha crashed to the ground.
". . .Can I kill her now?" Sigaru asked. Inuyasha had swirly eyes. Sigaru blinked, not getting an answer. ". . .Ello? You dead yet?" he asked.
"It takes more than a couple of sits to kill me. . ." Inuyasha said.
"Good."
*back in the house*
Shippou woke up and sat up. "K-K-K-K-" he stammered, about to faint again.
Kouten moaned and stirred. "Shippou. . ." She muttered. She sat up and blinked. "WAKE UP!" she yelled.
"K-K-K-" Shippou continued. He looked over at Kouten. "Kouten!" he said.
"Hello. . ." Kouten said, smiling.
"Uh. . .hi?" Shippou replied.
"We need to find the rest of the gang. . .they haven't come back yet. . ." Kouten said. Shippou turned into a pink balloon.
"Okay!" he said as he floated out. Kouten ran after him.
"Now, where could they be?" Shippou asked.
Kouten peered into the darkness. "I see something down the road. . .near the ponds, I think. . ." she said. "Hurry!" she said, speeding up a bit.
Shippou turned back into himself. "Okay. . .wait. Didn't the others say not to go near them?"
"But they might be in trouble. . ." Kouten said.
"Figures that grown-ups would be stupid enough to go against their own word. . ." Shippou muttered.
Kouten smiled and sweatdropped. "Yeah. . ." she said.
"Then. . ." Shippou started. He pointed ahead. "Onward, men! Um. . .friend. . .person. . .thing. . .I'll shut up now. . ."
Kouten hugged Shippou. "Shippou-Chan." She said.
"Ack!" Shippou cried, struggling out of Kouten's grip and running ahead. "C'mon! Onward!" He said more persistently.
"Wait up!" Kouten called, running after him.
They came to the first pond. Shippou stopped in front of the first pond. "Um. . .I. . .think Miroku is drowning. . ." he said.
"EWWWWW!" Kouten shrieked.
"What?" Shippou asked.
"Wait. . .I think he's still breathing. . ." Kouten said.
Shippou sweatdropped. "He's covered in seaweed vine junk too. . ." he said. True, Miroku was about a foot underwater, not lying on the bottom, but not floating on the top either. His eyes were closed. Some sort of blue, glowing seaweed wrapped around his arms, ankles, waist, and throat. There was also a piece of seaweed wrapped around his head.
"Come on, let's get him out of it. . ." Kouten said as she reached in and pulled a long piece of the seaweed out of Miroku's hair.
Shippou poked the nearest piece of seaweed. The seaweed suddenly wrapped around Shippou's wrist and tried to pull him in. "Help!" He yelled, struggling against the seaweed. He turned into a balloon and floated back a couple of feet, free of the seaweed. "Watch out, Kouten! That stuff's dangerous. . ." he said.
Kouten nodded and put a hand on the water's surface. "I'm the demon of rain and storms, but I can also slightly control water. This is something that my sensei, Miss Vivian taught me." She said. The water rippled, then stopped. "I made the water thick. Now the vines are near- frozen and no longer a threat." She said.
Shippou nodded and reached into the water, grabbing a piece of seaweed.
***
Miroku watched in horror as the other him disappeared. Nothing was left but a small black hole, and that soon disappeared too.
"He's gone. . ." Inuyasha said quietly. Raylin and Sango broke out into sobs. The others looked away. Even Kisike was quiet.
"Naraku's going to pay for this! All of this!" Raylin said angrily after a few minutes.
Sango nodded in agreement. "Yes. . .first my brother, now Miroku. . .He's killing everyone I care about. . .He won't get away with this. He will pay." She said.
Miroku looked over at the group. He was pale and trembling slightly. Seeing himself die had been horrifying and shocking. Suddenly he felt a pull. He blinked. He was being pulled back, beginning to fly up into the sky. Suddenly he flew back like he had been shot out of a cannon, then disappeared.
***
Shippou and Kouten-with much effort-pulled Miroku out of the water and onto the path. Kouten peeled the last piece of seaweed off of Miroku, which was the one around his head. Miroku stirred, then coughed. His eyes slowly opened as he sat up. "Where. . ." he started. He looked over at Kouten and Shippou. "Shippou. Kouten." He said.
"Yeah. What were you doing down there?" Shippou demanded. Miroku blinked, then his expression turned serious.
"Lady Kagome is back." He said.
"I noticed."
"What's a Kagome?" Kouten asked.
"We'll explain later." Shippou promised.
"Yes. Have you two helped the others yet?" Miroku asked. Shippou shook his head.
"No. . ." he said.
"Then perhaps we should hurry and do so." Miroku said, thinking back to what he had experienced in his. . .dream? Illusion? There was no way to tell. At least, not for now. . .
They went over to the pond Amanda was in. She was wrapped in the same seaweed as Miroku was. Her eyes were also closed. Kouten did the same thickening spell to the water and began to pull the seaweed off with Shippou and Miroku's help. They began to drag Amanda out of the pond when the seaweed around her head suddenly sparked, hurting Kouten's hand.
"Ow. . ." Kouten whined.
"Are you okay, Kouten?" Shippou asked.
"It hurts. . ." Kouten whined.
"It appears that we can not take it off with our bare hands." Miroku said. He took out a spell scroll and placed it on the seaweed. "Stand back." He said, taking a few steps back. Shippou and Kouten followed.
***
Amanda stood up and looked back at the villagers, who were now crowding around the woman named Kikyo. With her cat hearing, she could tell that Kikyo was bidding the villagers her final farewells. 'But. . .Inuyasha. . .he can't be responsible for all those things she said that she did. . .' Amanda thought.
'Why is he pinned to that tree? How did he get free? Is this truly the past? Or am I merely dreaming?' Amanda wondered. The world suddenly seemed to explode with light. She shut her eyes.
***
Shippou, Kouten, and Miroku watched as the seaweed seemed to explode. They walked over to Amanda as she opened her eyes. "Inuyasha. . .?" she murmured.
"No, but would be happy to assist you if you need any help with. . .whatever you need help with." Miroku said.
Amanda narrowed her eyes at him and began looking around for his staff. . .just in case. "Where are the others?" she asked as she searched.
". . .In the ponds." Miroku said.
". . .Well let's go help them! And where is Inuyasha?"
"I. . .don't know."
". . .Well I say we hurry up, help our friends, and find Inuyasha." Amanda said. "There was this weird girl out looking for him and I think he may be in trou-"
"That was Lady Kagome." Miroku said.
Amanda blinked at him, then shrugged. "I don't care if it's the queen of England. She ain't hurting Inuyasha and that's a fact. Or at least, it'd better be. . ." Amanda said. She stood up. "Now come on. Let's go save the others. We're wasting time." She said, standing up and walking over to the next pond.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on* *Bridget's voice* Hey, we're going to camp. Seeing as how we can't bring phones with us, I suggest you just leave a review at the sound of the beep. Don't worry, we'll get it-the answering machine is well hidden from Kouga. . .and Kisike too. . . ^ ^; But anyways, like I said, the chapters may be either shorter or take longer to post, but shouldn't be that long. I should have a lot of new material written to my part when I get back, so that's good. I may post one more chapter tomorrow, but that's if we can get some more written up. Well, got to go. See you all on Friday if not tomorrow, and please leave your review at the sound of the beep. *beep sounds*
"Well, well. It appears that Inuyasha has another enemy." Kagome said, turning to Sigaru.
"Yep. I'm going to kill Inuyasha, so you can just go away now." Sigaru said.
"Like you could." Inuyasha said sardonically.
"Yes, I could." He said. "I can and I will.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and sighed in exasperation. "Hey!" he called to Sigaru. Sigaru looked over at him.
"Yeah?"
"Did you happen to see anybody as you came here?"
"Yeah. In the ponds."
"In the WHAT?!"
"Ponds. In the ponds."
Inuyasha glared and feeling slowly returned to his body. He slowly stood up. Kagome glared.
"Hey! Get back on the ground!" she yelled.
Inuyasha turned to Kagome. "And as for you, I didn't want you dead! If I did, I would have killed you myself!"
Kagome closed her eyes, smirked, and put her hands on her hips. "Sit boy."
"Ack!" Inuyasha yelled, slamming into the ground.
Sigaru snickered, then burst out laughing. "The mighty Inuyasha is defeated by a necklace!"
Inuyasha turned and glared at him as soon as the spell wore off.
"Damn it! It's not my fault. . ."
"It is too!"
"Is not. . ."
"Let me guess: You went flying off the handle again." Sigaru said knowingly.
"Did not. . .this wouldn't have happened if that old hag didn't happen to have these stupid prayer beads. . ."
Kagome nodded. "That's. . .pretty much right. . .and she wouldn't have to put them on if you would have just behaved." She said. She turned to Sigaru. "Now, are you going to try to keep me from killing Inuyasha?" she asked him.
Inuyasha struggled to get up. "Shut up. I never wanted you to die, Kagome. . .I told you to run. . .but you came back. . ." he said.
Sigaru looked over at Inuyasha. "I didn't know you hung out with evil people. . .that was your brother. . .oh well. . ." he said.
"Enough of this! Whoever you are, whose side are you one?!" Kagome demanded impatiently.
"Well, I don't want you killing Inuyasha because that's my job. So I guess that means I'll have to stop you." Sigaru replied.
"Please, don't hurt her. . ." Inuyasha begged. He grunted in pain and collapsed.
"Alright then!" Kagome said, taking out her dagger. She threw it at Sigaru.
Sigaru dodged and looked over at Inuyasha. "How about I just seriously injure her?"
"As if you could!" Kagome said with a smirk.
Inuyasha ignored Sigaru and decided to continue to try to get Kagome back to being good. "Kagome, you have to believe me. . .I never wanted you to die. . ."
"Shut up! Sit boy!" Kagome ordered.
Inuyasha crashed to the ground.
". . .Can I kill her now?" Sigaru asked. Inuyasha had swirly eyes. Sigaru blinked, not getting an answer. ". . .Ello? You dead yet?" he asked.
"It takes more than a couple of sits to kill me. . ." Inuyasha said.
"Good."
*back in the house*
Shippou woke up and sat up. "K-K-K-K-" he stammered, about to faint again.
Kouten moaned and stirred. "Shippou. . ." She muttered. She sat up and blinked. "WAKE UP!" she yelled.
"K-K-K-" Shippou continued. He looked over at Kouten. "Kouten!" he said.
"Hello. . ." Kouten said, smiling.
"Uh. . .hi?" Shippou replied.
"We need to find the rest of the gang. . .they haven't come back yet. . ." Kouten said. Shippou turned into a pink balloon.
"Okay!" he said as he floated out. Kouten ran after him.
"Now, where could they be?" Shippou asked.
Kouten peered into the darkness. "I see something down the road. . .near the ponds, I think. . ." she said. "Hurry!" she said, speeding up a bit.
Shippou turned back into himself. "Okay. . .wait. Didn't the others say not to go near them?"
"But they might be in trouble. . ." Kouten said.
"Figures that grown-ups would be stupid enough to go against their own word. . ." Shippou muttered.
Kouten smiled and sweatdropped. "Yeah. . ." she said.
"Then. . ." Shippou started. He pointed ahead. "Onward, men! Um. . .friend. . .person. . .thing. . .I'll shut up now. . ."
Kouten hugged Shippou. "Shippou-Chan." She said.
"Ack!" Shippou cried, struggling out of Kouten's grip and running ahead. "C'mon! Onward!" He said more persistently.
"Wait up!" Kouten called, running after him.
They came to the first pond. Shippou stopped in front of the first pond. "Um. . .I. . .think Miroku is drowning. . ." he said.
"EWWWWW!" Kouten shrieked.
"What?" Shippou asked.
"Wait. . .I think he's still breathing. . ." Kouten said.
Shippou sweatdropped. "He's covered in seaweed vine junk too. . ." he said. True, Miroku was about a foot underwater, not lying on the bottom, but not floating on the top either. His eyes were closed. Some sort of blue, glowing seaweed wrapped around his arms, ankles, waist, and throat. There was also a piece of seaweed wrapped around his head.
"Come on, let's get him out of it. . ." Kouten said as she reached in and pulled a long piece of the seaweed out of Miroku's hair.
Shippou poked the nearest piece of seaweed. The seaweed suddenly wrapped around Shippou's wrist and tried to pull him in. "Help!" He yelled, struggling against the seaweed. He turned into a balloon and floated back a couple of feet, free of the seaweed. "Watch out, Kouten! That stuff's dangerous. . ." he said.
Kouten nodded and put a hand on the water's surface. "I'm the demon of rain and storms, but I can also slightly control water. This is something that my sensei, Miss Vivian taught me." She said. The water rippled, then stopped. "I made the water thick. Now the vines are near- frozen and no longer a threat." She said.
Shippou nodded and reached into the water, grabbing a piece of seaweed.
***
Miroku watched in horror as the other him disappeared. Nothing was left but a small black hole, and that soon disappeared too.
"He's gone. . ." Inuyasha said quietly. Raylin and Sango broke out into sobs. The others looked away. Even Kisike was quiet.
"Naraku's going to pay for this! All of this!" Raylin said angrily after a few minutes.
Sango nodded in agreement. "Yes. . .first my brother, now Miroku. . .He's killing everyone I care about. . .He won't get away with this. He will pay." She said.
Miroku looked over at the group. He was pale and trembling slightly. Seeing himself die had been horrifying and shocking. Suddenly he felt a pull. He blinked. He was being pulled back, beginning to fly up into the sky. Suddenly he flew back like he had been shot out of a cannon, then disappeared.
***
Shippou and Kouten-with much effort-pulled Miroku out of the water and onto the path. Kouten peeled the last piece of seaweed off of Miroku, which was the one around his head. Miroku stirred, then coughed. His eyes slowly opened as he sat up. "Where. . ." he started. He looked over at Kouten and Shippou. "Shippou. Kouten." He said.
"Yeah. What were you doing down there?" Shippou demanded. Miroku blinked, then his expression turned serious.
"Lady Kagome is back." He said.
"I noticed."
"What's a Kagome?" Kouten asked.
"We'll explain later." Shippou promised.
"Yes. Have you two helped the others yet?" Miroku asked. Shippou shook his head.
"No. . ." he said.
"Then perhaps we should hurry and do so." Miroku said, thinking back to what he had experienced in his. . .dream? Illusion? There was no way to tell. At least, not for now. . .
They went over to the pond Amanda was in. She was wrapped in the same seaweed as Miroku was. Her eyes were also closed. Kouten did the same thickening spell to the water and began to pull the seaweed off with Shippou and Miroku's help. They began to drag Amanda out of the pond when the seaweed around her head suddenly sparked, hurting Kouten's hand.
"Ow. . ." Kouten whined.
"Are you okay, Kouten?" Shippou asked.
"It hurts. . ." Kouten whined.
"It appears that we can not take it off with our bare hands." Miroku said. He took out a spell scroll and placed it on the seaweed. "Stand back." He said, taking a few steps back. Shippou and Kouten followed.
***
Amanda stood up and looked back at the villagers, who were now crowding around the woman named Kikyo. With her cat hearing, she could tell that Kikyo was bidding the villagers her final farewells. 'But. . .Inuyasha. . .he can't be responsible for all those things she said that she did. . .' Amanda thought.
'Why is he pinned to that tree? How did he get free? Is this truly the past? Or am I merely dreaming?' Amanda wondered. The world suddenly seemed to explode with light. She shut her eyes.
***
Shippou, Kouten, and Miroku watched as the seaweed seemed to explode. They walked over to Amanda as she opened her eyes. "Inuyasha. . .?" she murmured.
"No, but would be happy to assist you if you need any help with. . .whatever you need help with." Miroku said.
Amanda narrowed her eyes at him and began looking around for his staff. . .just in case. "Where are the others?" she asked as she searched.
". . .In the ponds." Miroku said.
". . .Well let's go help them! And where is Inuyasha?"
"I. . .don't know."
". . .Well I say we hurry up, help our friends, and find Inuyasha." Amanda said. "There was this weird girl out looking for him and I think he may be in trou-"
"That was Lady Kagome." Miroku said.
Amanda blinked at him, then shrugged. "I don't care if it's the queen of England. She ain't hurting Inuyasha and that's a fact. Or at least, it'd better be. . ." Amanda said. She stood up. "Now come on. Let's go save the others. We're wasting time." She said, standing up and walking over to the next pond.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on* *Bridget's voice* Hey, we're going to camp. Seeing as how we can't bring phones with us, I suggest you just leave a review at the sound of the beep. Don't worry, we'll get it-the answering machine is well hidden from Kouga. . .and Kisike too. . . ^ ^; But anyways, like I said, the chapters may be either shorter or take longer to post, but shouldn't be that long. I should have a lot of new material written to my part when I get back, so that's good. I may post one more chapter tomorrow, but that's if we can get some more written up. Well, got to go. See you all on Friday if not tomorrow, and please leave your review at the sound of the beep. *beep sounds*