Author's note- I had a terrible time at camp. Next time I say I'm going,
talk me out of it. We had to deal with preps, perverted boys, and a demon
that we had to protect at least 300 kids from. We don't own Inuyasha or
anything else. I gotta go to school now, so just read.
Raylin was in the next pond in the same state as the Miroku and Amanda had been in. "It's probably like this for all the ponds. . ." Shippou remarked.
"Probably so. . .Lets get her out!" Kouten said, placing the spell on the water. The four pulled Raylin out of the pond and started picking off the seaweed.
***
Raylin was backed up against the truck of a tree as the manticore sneered in her face. Raylin glared as she slowly inched her hand to a stick. She reached it, planning to poke the monster in the eye with it, when suddenly, her hand went right through the stick.
". . .This is not good. . ." she said. "Could this possibly be. . .an illusion?" she wondered.
"Illusion it may be, but if you die here, your physical body dies as well." The manticore informed her. He took another step towards her. Raylin took another step back-and went right into the tree. She was surrounded by darkness when it was suddenly lit by a brilliant flash of light.
***
Raylin opened her eyes slowly. Miroku was crouching next to her and looking down. Suddenly Raylin's hand flew up and hit him in the nose. "Ow!" Miroku cried, falling back. Raylin opened her eyes all the way and sat up.
"Oh, sorry! I thought you were the manticore!" she apologized.
"The. . .what. . .?" Miroku muttered, clutching his nose. Shippou, Kouten, and Amanda were a few feet behind him, snickering.
"The manti. . .oh, forget it." Raylin said. She jumped up and looked around. ". . .Now where is that girl? She is going to pay." She said.
"Um. . .maybe we should save Kisike and Bridget first. . ." Amanda suggested, looking over at the other two ponds.
"Yes, perhaps we should." Miroku said, nodding. He looked over at Raylin, who was -.-'ing. He held his hands up and smiled, trying to look neutral. "Not that I'm saying that saying that your idea is a bad one, Lady Raylin, it's just that we should save our friends before they die." He said.
Raylin sighed. "Okay. Who do we save first?"
"Kisike's pond is the closest!" Kouten called, already putting a spell on the pond.
"Anybody BUT her." Raylin said.
"Well, Kouten already started the spell, so we should get Kisike out." Shippou said.
They started over to Kisike's pond. Kisike was wrapped too. "I wonder what this stuff is." Miroku said as he and the others dragged Kisike out and began taking the seaweed off.
"Radioactive junk, probably." Raylin said.
Amanda sweatdropped. ". . .Did they even have that back in the Feudal Era?" she asked.
"Well, of course! Radiation comes from the sun and other things. Though not as strong, it could still be harmful." Raylin replied.
"Believe me, from what I've seen of Kisike, we don't have to worry about her. She's weird enough." Shippou said.
***
Kisike grimaced as she heard a crack in the door. "Damn it. . .they don't make doors like they used to. . ." she muttered as she looked around the room for a place to hide. She saw some pieces of furniture-that wouldn't help-and. . .an open window. She ran over to the window and looked down to see a three-story jump the moment the door shattered and the lightning poured in.
"Well, no other way. . ." she said, climbing up on the windowsill, her back facing outside. She waited till the lightning was a couple inches from her face, then leaned backwards and fell. "So much for reacting The Matrix! Wow. . .this building is a lot taller than it looks." She said as she fell out the window and down the side of the building. A flash of light suddenly erupted from nowhere.
***
Kisike blinked, now out of the pond she'd fallen in. She blinked up to see Miroku, Shippou, Kouten, Amanda, and Raylin. ". . . Hi!"
A chorus of hellos came from the group. Kisike blinked and looked around. ". . . I'm hungry." She said.
". . .We ate only a few hours ago. . ." Raylin said.
"There wasn't enough for everybody!" Kisike whined.
"That's the whole point, Kisike. There's never enough in life; you'll always be miserable. There's no cake, there's no ice cream, happy birthday."
"Oh. . .Wait. It's not my birthday!"
". . .Merry Christmas."
"It's not Christmas."
"Happy Hanukah!"
"It's not Hanukah!"
"Hey! What are you guys pointlessly arguing about now? We've already begun getting this stuff off of Bridget!" Amanda called to them, everybody else now getting the seaweed off of Bridget.
Kisike and Raylin ran over to the others. Kisike turned to Amanda. "Tell me: Is it my birthday, Christmas, Hanukah, or any other holiday for that matter?" she demanded.
Amanda thought for a moment. "Hm. . .nope." She said. "Now help."
Kisike and Raylin sighed and helped the others.
***
Bridget walked around. She blinked. "Well, um. . .there's no way home that I know of and I'm sure that I haven't even been around half the valley yet." She said, sighing.
She suddenly saw a flash of silver through the trees. She blinked. "Wha. . .?" she asked, her voice trailing off. She could hear whatever it was running off. She decided to follow it. After about five minutes the sound of running stopped. Bridget came to a clearing to see Sesshoumaru sitting in a tree.
"They don't understand. . .nobody does. . ." Sesshoumaru said. He frowned. "Why'd you have to die, Mother?!" he demanded. All he got for reply was the wind. "I can still remember. . .she fell prey to the same illness attacking the human mother. . .demons could fight off most diseases, but not this one. . ." he said.
There was a flash of light, lighting up the shadows of the forest.
***
Bridget opened her eyes and sat up. "Um. . .where are we?" she asked, looking around.
Kisike jumped up and started running in circles around the group. "Wheee!"
Everyone sweatdropped. Bridget raised an eyebrow. "Landshark. . ." she said.
Raylin peeled a leftover piece of vine out of her hair. "Nasty stuff. . ." she said.
Kisike threw a vine at Raylin. "I smite thee!"
Raylin growled and chased Kisike. "Eeee!" Kisike cried, running away.
Everyone suddenly heard a shout toward the house. Amanda's ears perked up. "That sounded like the girl that chased me into the ponds. . ." she said.
Kisike then ran back. "Oooh. . .I think I hear a party. . .WHY DIDN'T WE GET INVITED?! Blast that host. . .I smite. . .them too!" she ranted.
Miroku sighed. "Kagome. . .she's returned from the afterworld. . ."
"You mean the afterLIFE?"
"You mean that woman is a zombie form of the after life and she's trying to come and kill Inuyasha?" Amanda asked, shocked.
Bridget took a few steps forward. "But. . .how did she come back from the dead. . .?" she asked.
"She must die. . .again." Amanda said, running towards the house and leaving a cloud of dust.
Kisike glared at everyone. "Alright! Who's been having a séance-hey!" she cried, getting lost in the dust cloud. She coughed, then ran after Amanda. "I smite you too Amanda!"
Everyone sweatdropped. Raylin grabbed her fallen bow and arrows. "Wait for me. . .you guys aren't getting all the glory. . ." she said, following.
"And yet again, all the grown-ups run off to save the world without so much as a 'thank you'." Shippou sighed.
Miroku coughed. "I guess we follow them. . ." he said.
"Shippou. . ." Kouten said, hugging Shippou again.
"Ack!" Shippou cried. He struggled and finally managed to get out of Kouten's grip.
Bridget turned to Shippou and Kouten. "You two stay here. It may be too dangerous for you." She said.
"Hey! We saved your butts from that nasty seaweed and braved those ponds to save you guys and you can't even say thank you much less accompany you in battle?" Kouten demanded.
"Um. . .thanks?" Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Thank you, but can we still come?" Kouten asked, smiling.
".No." Bridget said.
"Please?" Kouten begged.
Bridget sighed. ". . .We're wasting time. Come on, Miroku." She said, following Amanda, Kisike, and Raylin.
Kouten pouted and Shippou sighed.
*At the battle*
Amanda, Kisike, and Raylin arrived at the battle. Kisike immediately pointed at Kagome. "Whooo arrre yoooou?" she demanded.
"And what have you done to Inuyasha?!" Amanda demanded.
Kisike sweatdropped. ". . .He's right over there. . ." she said, pointing at Inuyasha, who was lying on the ground and barely conscious.
Kagome turned to Kisike. ". . .Aren't you supposed to be drowning right now?" she asked. She turned to Amanda. "And the same goes to you. . ."
"Well, us cats have nine lives. . ." Amanda pointed out.
Kagome smirked. "Yeah, so they say." She said, walking over to her dagger. She picked it up. "But there's also the saying: There's more than one way to skin a cat."
Amanda moved into fighting stance, her claws sliding forward and her ears pinned back. "Just try it and I'll slit your throat. . ." she said.
Sigaru sweatdropped. "Oh great. . .cat fight. . ." he said. He turned to Inuyasha. Okay, you've gotten soft. Not only are you hanging out with people, you're hanging out with. . .cats?"
"Um. . .he kinda can't hear you. . .from the looks of it. . .yeah." Raylin said.
"Amanda, stay away.Kagome, don't hurt her. . ." Inuyasha moaned lightly.
"Oh look! He thinks I can actually hurt you. . ." Kagome said. She turned to Amanda. "You hear that? He thinks I can beat you up. And I can, considering that I have human wit and intelligence, not to mention my miko powers."
Amanda growled. "You just try to lay a finger on my friends and I will rip out your still beating heart and hold it in front of your face. . ."
"Don't you wish. . ." Kagome said. She then put away her dagger and took out her bow and an arrow instead. "I believe this is more useful. . .not only against dog demons, but cat demons too. . ." she said.
Amanda growled and tensed up.
Raylin took out her own bow and arrow and aimed it Kagome. "Oh yeah? I bet this works against you, too." She said. Kagome didn't know that Raylin could barely aim, but.
"You see. . .you are outnumbered five to one. . ." Amanda pointed out.
Kagome blinked, thought for a moment, then laughed. "Just try it. You probably don't even know how to use it. I know it took me a while just to learn how." She said to Raylin.
Amanda lunged at Kagome. "Just shut up. . ." she yelled.
Kagome disappeared and reappeared in the air. "Oh, did I mention that I was fast?" she asked, landing on Amanda's head and jumping into a tree branch. "Anyways, I've done what I came here to do, which was to kill Inuyasha. So I suppose that my work here is done." She said. She then ran off.
Amanda growled angrily. "Get back here, coward!" she yelled, running after her. She came back seconds later angrily. "She got away. . ." she said. She turned to Sigaru. "And who are you and what are you doing here?!"
"Well, I came here to kill Inuyasha, but. . ." Sigaru said, his voice trailing off. He looked around, estimating his odds against the group. Two cat demons armed with sharp claws and an elf armed with a bow and arrow.
"I told you it was this way." A voice said as the door to the temple opened. Miroku, Shippou, Kouten, and Bridget walked out.
Sigaru frowned as he saw his odds of winning lessen. Also, the redheaded girl looked somewhat familiar. . .
Obviously, the girl thought the same of him. She frowned, then circled him twice. "No. . .it couldn't be. . .could it?" she muttered. Suddenly she pointed at him. "I know you! You're Dwayne."
Sigaru grinned. "How did you ever guess? And who are you?" he asked. Instead of replying, the girl kicked him in the shin. "Ow!" he cried.
"That's for picking on Heather, Sarah, and I in the cafeteria. I didn't have time to kick you then. And it's Bridget." The girl said.
"Your kicks are a lot harder when you're a demon. . ." Sigaru whined, clutching his shin.
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Kisike yelled as she ran around in circles. Sigaru blinked.
"Uh. Huh?" He blinked again. " Hmph. Stand still so you'll have a painless death, baka! I'm going to kill all of you! Starting with that stupid half-breed right there!" He pointed at Inuyasha. Kisike and Amanda and Bridget looked around. "Right there!" He yelled, a little less forcedly. They looked around again. " Right there." He sweatdropped, still pointing at Inuyasha. Bridget nodded.
"Oh." She muttered.
"But..YOU are a STUPID halfbreed as well! YOU HIPPO.CRIT!" Kisike yelled. Everyone sweatdropped.
"YOU'RE the stupid one. Besides, what does hypocrite mean?!" Sigaru demanded.
"I'M the stupid one?! YOU'RE the one who don't know what HYPOCRITE means! Mew. . ." Kisike said.
"It means that you aren't going to lay a finger on Inuyasha, you jerk. . ." Amanda said to Sigaru.
"What is a hippo crat?" Kouten asked, puzzled.
"I dunno, but it sounds like some kind of bird or something. . ." Shippou said.
"I'm not a bird, I'm a dog demon. So there." Sigaru said.
"Baka Inu." Kisike said. She picked up a stick and threw it. "FETCH BOY!" she yelled. Sigaru caught the stick and walked over to Kisike, then started bashing her over the head with it.
"I'm already pissed off by Kagome stabbing Inuyasha and running off. . .but you could make a nice punching bag, Dwayne. . ." Amanda growled.
"Ow!" Kisike yelled. She slashed her claws upwards, slicing the stick into pieces. She licked his hand.
Sigaru wiped his hand on Kisike's outfit. "I would like to see you try. I'm a lot tougher than all of you. Oh, and It's Sigaru." He said to Amanda, smirking.
Amanda was mad. She shouted, "Kisike! How can I threaten this guy with you licking his hand?!"
"Uhm. . .I dunno. . .but. . ." Kisike started. She punched Sigaru in the nose. "YOU SHOULDN'T TOUCH PEOPLE THERE! FREAK!"
"Ow.Geez, I only wiped it on your arm." Sigaru said, clutching his nose.
"Yeah, but you shouldn't touch people at all. . .GET AWAY FROM ME!" Kisike said.
Amanda moved into fighting stance. "I don't think you can handle all of us, baka." She said.
Sigaru glared at Amanda. "Yeah right. I can. Besides, you're all just a bunch of girls. . ." he said.
Miroku stomped up to him. "I take that into offense! GHASTLY DEMON!" he yelled, whacking him in the head with his staff. (J/N: Don't ask. . .we were on sugar high. . .)
"Hey, Miroku, let me see that. . ." Amanda said, grabbing Miroku's staff. Miroku blinked.
"But-"
"You see, you have to do it harder. . ." Amanda said, hitting Sigaru on the head as hard as she could. "Take that!"
Sigaru knocked the staff out of the way and jumped to the side but didn't land. "Well it was meant as an offense, Priestman!" he said to Miroku. To Amanda he said, "And you're just a stupid cat. . ."
"I am but a simple monk." Miroku said.
"Bullshit." Raylin said.
"GHASTLY."
"-.- I know him from school. . .trust me, he's this stupid in our world too. . ." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Keep staring and I might do a trick, Sigaru. . .more like slit your stomach open. and rip out your still beating heart. . ." Amanda said to Sigaru.
Kisike glanced around. "..Hey. . .gore is MY area of expertise. Get out." she said.
"I'm trying to talk. . ." Amanda said, to Kisike, annoyed. To Sigaru she said, "Get out of here Sigaru. . .I'm warning you. . ."
Sigaru landed. "Yeah, like you could." He said.
"I warned him not to make my friends mad back in our world. . .but he didn't listen. . ." Bridget sighed.
Amanda looked over at Bridget. "Hey Brid. . .how good was this guy's fighting ability in our world?" she asked.
Kisike pulled on Sigaru's ears. "Know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna cut your throat with my nails here. Then I'm gonna slice your stomach open with your own weapon, and watch as your organs spill out of your body and onto the ground. Then I'm gonna take my claws again and crack your skull in half, then feed your brain juice to some gullible humans. Then I'm gonna take out your heart and mail it to your parents in the other world. How's that sound?" (J/N: Okay! I think you've read a little too much Johnny the Homicidal Maniac! *takes Kisike's JtHM comic book and away*) (K/N: ;_;)
". . .You need to stop reading Stephen King, 'Sike."
". . .Uh. . .I don't. . ."
"Well then, stop talking."
"Okay! MEW!"
". . .Stop it. . ."
Amanda sighed. "Bridget!" she said. Bridget looked over at her.
". . .Well, he says he's like, a green belt in Jujitsu, but I don't believe him. . ." she replied.
". . .Uh. . ." Miroku said.
"He sure does lie a lot, doesn't he. . .but there is one thing that you need to know about me, Sigaru. . .I never break my promises and I always keep my word. . ." Amanda said. She launched a punch at Sigaru. "This if for pissing me off!" She yelled.
Sigaru dodged and held up his hands. "Hey, hey, hey, I'm not gonna kill Inuyasha right now! He's wounded. Let me explain."
". . ." Kisike blinked, then pushed him over and stood on his back. "I WIN!" she said, grinning.
Sigaru's eyebrow twitched as he sat up.
"YAY!" Kisike yelled, clinging to his back. "PIGGY BACK RIDE!"
". . .I'm not explaining until she gets off of me. . ." Sigaru said.
"Kisike, you are starting to get on my last nerve. . .so GET OFF!" Amanda yelled.
"..Merf. . .Meow!" Kisike said. She grinned again. "He said he wouldn't kill him right now. . .what more do you need to know? FINE." She said, grumbling and hopping into a tree. From on the ground, they could hear her say, "Touchy. . .sheesh. . ."
Sigaru sweatdropped. "Anyways, you see, Inuyasha and I are rivals in strength. We have been since we were kids." He started.
"My spider senses are tingling! FLASHBACK?! GHASTLY!" Kisike yelled, mimicking the Spiderman video game.
"I thought Inuyasha didn't have any other family besides Sesshoumaru. . ." Amanda said.
"What?" Sigaru asked.
"Well, I remember Myoga saying that this place was hidden to everyone except family-" Amanda started.
Sigaru blinked. "That old flea is still alive? Geez, he should be long dead by now. But this place-Inuyasha's home-was hidden from most HUMANS. I'm half demon, and some demons knew how to get here. My father, who was a dog demon, was friends with Inu-Youkai, Inuyasha's father. That's how Inuyasha and I first met. We're not related." He said.
"ANYWAYS, back to the subject, I won't kill him right now since he's unable to fight." He assured them.
". . .Freak. . .I mean. . .MEW!" Kisike said. Amanda sweatdropped.
"Oh." She said.
"Like I said, I met him when we were kids. We were friends for a while. . .then we became rivals. . ." Sigaru continued.
"But if you and Inuyasha were friends, wouldn't that make you older than him? I mean, he was pinned to a tree for fifty years. . ." Miroku asked as he made a compress of Inuyasha's injury and stopped the blood loss. Amanda walked over.
"Well, when I was Inuyasha's age, I was a hired thief. I was well known for stealth." Sigaru said.
"Like kitsunes." Shippou said.
Sigaru nodded. "Well, I had one client who wanted me to steal some kind of statue from a temple. I did and got my payment, which was aging as slow as a full demon. Only, what I didn't know was that there was a consequence. When I used the object-which looked nothing more than a simple ball-to give me this, I got split into two people, and now I'm stuck in that other dimension and this one. I'm known as Sigaru here, and Dwayne there."
"Who was this client of yours?" Miroku asked.
"His name was. . ." Sigaru paused for a moment, trying to remember the name. "Oh yeah. Naraku. After I got him his statue, I never saw him again."
"Naraku!"
"Um, guys? Can we maybe get Inuyasha inside? He ain't looking too good and we can talk about it in there." Amanda said.
The others nodded. Amanda picked up Inuyasha and carried him inside as the others followed.
Author's Note-*answering machine comes on* Gotta go! Leave a review! Bye! *beep sounds*
Raylin was in the next pond in the same state as the Miroku and Amanda had been in. "It's probably like this for all the ponds. . ." Shippou remarked.
"Probably so. . .Lets get her out!" Kouten said, placing the spell on the water. The four pulled Raylin out of the pond and started picking off the seaweed.
***
Raylin was backed up against the truck of a tree as the manticore sneered in her face. Raylin glared as she slowly inched her hand to a stick. She reached it, planning to poke the monster in the eye with it, when suddenly, her hand went right through the stick.
". . .This is not good. . ." she said. "Could this possibly be. . .an illusion?" she wondered.
"Illusion it may be, but if you die here, your physical body dies as well." The manticore informed her. He took another step towards her. Raylin took another step back-and went right into the tree. She was surrounded by darkness when it was suddenly lit by a brilliant flash of light.
***
Raylin opened her eyes slowly. Miroku was crouching next to her and looking down. Suddenly Raylin's hand flew up and hit him in the nose. "Ow!" Miroku cried, falling back. Raylin opened her eyes all the way and sat up.
"Oh, sorry! I thought you were the manticore!" she apologized.
"The. . .what. . .?" Miroku muttered, clutching his nose. Shippou, Kouten, and Amanda were a few feet behind him, snickering.
"The manti. . .oh, forget it." Raylin said. She jumped up and looked around. ". . .Now where is that girl? She is going to pay." She said.
"Um. . .maybe we should save Kisike and Bridget first. . ." Amanda suggested, looking over at the other two ponds.
"Yes, perhaps we should." Miroku said, nodding. He looked over at Raylin, who was -.-'ing. He held his hands up and smiled, trying to look neutral. "Not that I'm saying that saying that your idea is a bad one, Lady Raylin, it's just that we should save our friends before they die." He said.
Raylin sighed. "Okay. Who do we save first?"
"Kisike's pond is the closest!" Kouten called, already putting a spell on the pond.
"Anybody BUT her." Raylin said.
"Well, Kouten already started the spell, so we should get Kisike out." Shippou said.
They started over to Kisike's pond. Kisike was wrapped too. "I wonder what this stuff is." Miroku said as he and the others dragged Kisike out and began taking the seaweed off.
"Radioactive junk, probably." Raylin said.
Amanda sweatdropped. ". . .Did they even have that back in the Feudal Era?" she asked.
"Well, of course! Radiation comes from the sun and other things. Though not as strong, it could still be harmful." Raylin replied.
"Believe me, from what I've seen of Kisike, we don't have to worry about her. She's weird enough." Shippou said.
***
Kisike grimaced as she heard a crack in the door. "Damn it. . .they don't make doors like they used to. . ." she muttered as she looked around the room for a place to hide. She saw some pieces of furniture-that wouldn't help-and. . .an open window. She ran over to the window and looked down to see a three-story jump the moment the door shattered and the lightning poured in.
"Well, no other way. . ." she said, climbing up on the windowsill, her back facing outside. She waited till the lightning was a couple inches from her face, then leaned backwards and fell. "So much for reacting The Matrix! Wow. . .this building is a lot taller than it looks." She said as she fell out the window and down the side of the building. A flash of light suddenly erupted from nowhere.
***
Kisike blinked, now out of the pond she'd fallen in. She blinked up to see Miroku, Shippou, Kouten, Amanda, and Raylin. ". . . Hi!"
A chorus of hellos came from the group. Kisike blinked and looked around. ". . . I'm hungry." She said.
". . .We ate only a few hours ago. . ." Raylin said.
"There wasn't enough for everybody!" Kisike whined.
"That's the whole point, Kisike. There's never enough in life; you'll always be miserable. There's no cake, there's no ice cream, happy birthday."
"Oh. . .Wait. It's not my birthday!"
". . .Merry Christmas."
"It's not Christmas."
"Happy Hanukah!"
"It's not Hanukah!"
"Hey! What are you guys pointlessly arguing about now? We've already begun getting this stuff off of Bridget!" Amanda called to them, everybody else now getting the seaweed off of Bridget.
Kisike and Raylin ran over to the others. Kisike turned to Amanda. "Tell me: Is it my birthday, Christmas, Hanukah, or any other holiday for that matter?" she demanded.
Amanda thought for a moment. "Hm. . .nope." She said. "Now help."
Kisike and Raylin sighed and helped the others.
***
Bridget walked around. She blinked. "Well, um. . .there's no way home that I know of and I'm sure that I haven't even been around half the valley yet." She said, sighing.
She suddenly saw a flash of silver through the trees. She blinked. "Wha. . .?" she asked, her voice trailing off. She could hear whatever it was running off. She decided to follow it. After about five minutes the sound of running stopped. Bridget came to a clearing to see Sesshoumaru sitting in a tree.
"They don't understand. . .nobody does. . ." Sesshoumaru said. He frowned. "Why'd you have to die, Mother?!" he demanded. All he got for reply was the wind. "I can still remember. . .she fell prey to the same illness attacking the human mother. . .demons could fight off most diseases, but not this one. . ." he said.
There was a flash of light, lighting up the shadows of the forest.
***
Bridget opened her eyes and sat up. "Um. . .where are we?" she asked, looking around.
Kisike jumped up and started running in circles around the group. "Wheee!"
Everyone sweatdropped. Bridget raised an eyebrow. "Landshark. . ." she said.
Raylin peeled a leftover piece of vine out of her hair. "Nasty stuff. . ." she said.
Kisike threw a vine at Raylin. "I smite thee!"
Raylin growled and chased Kisike. "Eeee!" Kisike cried, running away.
Everyone suddenly heard a shout toward the house. Amanda's ears perked up. "That sounded like the girl that chased me into the ponds. . ." she said.
Kisike then ran back. "Oooh. . .I think I hear a party. . .WHY DIDN'T WE GET INVITED?! Blast that host. . .I smite. . .them too!" she ranted.
Miroku sighed. "Kagome. . .she's returned from the afterworld. . ."
"You mean the afterLIFE?"
"You mean that woman is a zombie form of the after life and she's trying to come and kill Inuyasha?" Amanda asked, shocked.
Bridget took a few steps forward. "But. . .how did she come back from the dead. . .?" she asked.
"She must die. . .again." Amanda said, running towards the house and leaving a cloud of dust.
Kisike glared at everyone. "Alright! Who's been having a séance-hey!" she cried, getting lost in the dust cloud. She coughed, then ran after Amanda. "I smite you too Amanda!"
Everyone sweatdropped. Raylin grabbed her fallen bow and arrows. "Wait for me. . .you guys aren't getting all the glory. . ." she said, following.
"And yet again, all the grown-ups run off to save the world without so much as a 'thank you'." Shippou sighed.
Miroku coughed. "I guess we follow them. . ." he said.
"Shippou. . ." Kouten said, hugging Shippou again.
"Ack!" Shippou cried. He struggled and finally managed to get out of Kouten's grip.
Bridget turned to Shippou and Kouten. "You two stay here. It may be too dangerous for you." She said.
"Hey! We saved your butts from that nasty seaweed and braved those ponds to save you guys and you can't even say thank you much less accompany you in battle?" Kouten demanded.
"Um. . .thanks?" Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Thank you, but can we still come?" Kouten asked, smiling.
".No." Bridget said.
"Please?" Kouten begged.
Bridget sighed. ". . .We're wasting time. Come on, Miroku." She said, following Amanda, Kisike, and Raylin.
Kouten pouted and Shippou sighed.
*At the battle*
Amanda, Kisike, and Raylin arrived at the battle. Kisike immediately pointed at Kagome. "Whooo arrre yoooou?" she demanded.
"And what have you done to Inuyasha?!" Amanda demanded.
Kisike sweatdropped. ". . .He's right over there. . ." she said, pointing at Inuyasha, who was lying on the ground and barely conscious.
Kagome turned to Kisike. ". . .Aren't you supposed to be drowning right now?" she asked. She turned to Amanda. "And the same goes to you. . ."
"Well, us cats have nine lives. . ." Amanda pointed out.
Kagome smirked. "Yeah, so they say." She said, walking over to her dagger. She picked it up. "But there's also the saying: There's more than one way to skin a cat."
Amanda moved into fighting stance, her claws sliding forward and her ears pinned back. "Just try it and I'll slit your throat. . ." she said.
Sigaru sweatdropped. "Oh great. . .cat fight. . ." he said. He turned to Inuyasha. Okay, you've gotten soft. Not only are you hanging out with people, you're hanging out with. . .cats?"
"Um. . .he kinda can't hear you. . .from the looks of it. . .yeah." Raylin said.
"Amanda, stay away.Kagome, don't hurt her. . ." Inuyasha moaned lightly.
"Oh look! He thinks I can actually hurt you. . ." Kagome said. She turned to Amanda. "You hear that? He thinks I can beat you up. And I can, considering that I have human wit and intelligence, not to mention my miko powers."
Amanda growled. "You just try to lay a finger on my friends and I will rip out your still beating heart and hold it in front of your face. . ."
"Don't you wish. . ." Kagome said. She then put away her dagger and took out her bow and an arrow instead. "I believe this is more useful. . .not only against dog demons, but cat demons too. . ." she said.
Amanda growled and tensed up.
Raylin took out her own bow and arrow and aimed it Kagome. "Oh yeah? I bet this works against you, too." She said. Kagome didn't know that Raylin could barely aim, but.
"You see. . .you are outnumbered five to one. . ." Amanda pointed out.
Kagome blinked, thought for a moment, then laughed. "Just try it. You probably don't even know how to use it. I know it took me a while just to learn how." She said to Raylin.
Amanda lunged at Kagome. "Just shut up. . ." she yelled.
Kagome disappeared and reappeared in the air. "Oh, did I mention that I was fast?" she asked, landing on Amanda's head and jumping into a tree branch. "Anyways, I've done what I came here to do, which was to kill Inuyasha. So I suppose that my work here is done." She said. She then ran off.
Amanda growled angrily. "Get back here, coward!" she yelled, running after her. She came back seconds later angrily. "She got away. . ." she said. She turned to Sigaru. "And who are you and what are you doing here?!"
"Well, I came here to kill Inuyasha, but. . ." Sigaru said, his voice trailing off. He looked around, estimating his odds against the group. Two cat demons armed with sharp claws and an elf armed with a bow and arrow.
"I told you it was this way." A voice said as the door to the temple opened. Miroku, Shippou, Kouten, and Bridget walked out.
Sigaru frowned as he saw his odds of winning lessen. Also, the redheaded girl looked somewhat familiar. . .
Obviously, the girl thought the same of him. She frowned, then circled him twice. "No. . .it couldn't be. . .could it?" she muttered. Suddenly she pointed at him. "I know you! You're Dwayne."
Sigaru grinned. "How did you ever guess? And who are you?" he asked. Instead of replying, the girl kicked him in the shin. "Ow!" he cried.
"That's for picking on Heather, Sarah, and I in the cafeteria. I didn't have time to kick you then. And it's Bridget." The girl said.
"Your kicks are a lot harder when you're a demon. . ." Sigaru whined, clutching his shin.
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Kisike yelled as she ran around in circles. Sigaru blinked.
"Uh. Huh?" He blinked again. " Hmph. Stand still so you'll have a painless death, baka! I'm going to kill all of you! Starting with that stupid half-breed right there!" He pointed at Inuyasha. Kisike and Amanda and Bridget looked around. "Right there!" He yelled, a little less forcedly. They looked around again. " Right there." He sweatdropped, still pointing at Inuyasha. Bridget nodded.
"Oh." She muttered.
"But..YOU are a STUPID halfbreed as well! YOU HIPPO.CRIT!" Kisike yelled. Everyone sweatdropped.
"YOU'RE the stupid one. Besides, what does hypocrite mean?!" Sigaru demanded.
"I'M the stupid one?! YOU'RE the one who don't know what HYPOCRITE means! Mew. . ." Kisike said.
"It means that you aren't going to lay a finger on Inuyasha, you jerk. . ." Amanda said to Sigaru.
"What is a hippo crat?" Kouten asked, puzzled.
"I dunno, but it sounds like some kind of bird or something. . ." Shippou said.
"I'm not a bird, I'm a dog demon. So there." Sigaru said.
"Baka Inu." Kisike said. She picked up a stick and threw it. "FETCH BOY!" she yelled. Sigaru caught the stick and walked over to Kisike, then started bashing her over the head with it.
"I'm already pissed off by Kagome stabbing Inuyasha and running off. . .but you could make a nice punching bag, Dwayne. . ." Amanda growled.
"Ow!" Kisike yelled. She slashed her claws upwards, slicing the stick into pieces. She licked his hand.
Sigaru wiped his hand on Kisike's outfit. "I would like to see you try. I'm a lot tougher than all of you. Oh, and It's Sigaru." He said to Amanda, smirking.
Amanda was mad. She shouted, "Kisike! How can I threaten this guy with you licking his hand?!"
"Uhm. . .I dunno. . .but. . ." Kisike started. She punched Sigaru in the nose. "YOU SHOULDN'T TOUCH PEOPLE THERE! FREAK!"
"Ow.Geez, I only wiped it on your arm." Sigaru said, clutching his nose.
"Yeah, but you shouldn't touch people at all. . .GET AWAY FROM ME!" Kisike said.
Amanda moved into fighting stance. "I don't think you can handle all of us, baka." She said.
Sigaru glared at Amanda. "Yeah right. I can. Besides, you're all just a bunch of girls. . ." he said.
Miroku stomped up to him. "I take that into offense! GHASTLY DEMON!" he yelled, whacking him in the head with his staff. (J/N: Don't ask. . .we were on sugar high. . .)
"Hey, Miroku, let me see that. . ." Amanda said, grabbing Miroku's staff. Miroku blinked.
"But-"
"You see, you have to do it harder. . ." Amanda said, hitting Sigaru on the head as hard as she could. "Take that!"
Sigaru knocked the staff out of the way and jumped to the side but didn't land. "Well it was meant as an offense, Priestman!" he said to Miroku. To Amanda he said, "And you're just a stupid cat. . ."
"I am but a simple monk." Miroku said.
"Bullshit." Raylin said.
"GHASTLY."
"-.- I know him from school. . .trust me, he's this stupid in our world too. . ." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Keep staring and I might do a trick, Sigaru. . .more like slit your stomach open. and rip out your still beating heart. . ." Amanda said to Sigaru.
Kisike glanced around. "..Hey. . .gore is MY area of expertise. Get out." she said.
"I'm trying to talk. . ." Amanda said, to Kisike, annoyed. To Sigaru she said, "Get out of here Sigaru. . .I'm warning you. . ."
Sigaru landed. "Yeah, like you could." He said.
"I warned him not to make my friends mad back in our world. . .but he didn't listen. . ." Bridget sighed.
Amanda looked over at Bridget. "Hey Brid. . .how good was this guy's fighting ability in our world?" she asked.
Kisike pulled on Sigaru's ears. "Know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna cut your throat with my nails here. Then I'm gonna slice your stomach open with your own weapon, and watch as your organs spill out of your body and onto the ground. Then I'm gonna take my claws again and crack your skull in half, then feed your brain juice to some gullible humans. Then I'm gonna take out your heart and mail it to your parents in the other world. How's that sound?" (J/N: Okay! I think you've read a little too much Johnny the Homicidal Maniac! *takes Kisike's JtHM comic book and away*) (K/N: ;_;)
". . .You need to stop reading Stephen King, 'Sike."
". . .Uh. . .I don't. . ."
"Well then, stop talking."
"Okay! MEW!"
". . .Stop it. . ."
Amanda sighed. "Bridget!" she said. Bridget looked over at her.
". . .Well, he says he's like, a green belt in Jujitsu, but I don't believe him. . ." she replied.
". . .Uh. . ." Miroku said.
"He sure does lie a lot, doesn't he. . .but there is one thing that you need to know about me, Sigaru. . .I never break my promises and I always keep my word. . ." Amanda said. She launched a punch at Sigaru. "This if for pissing me off!" She yelled.
Sigaru dodged and held up his hands. "Hey, hey, hey, I'm not gonna kill Inuyasha right now! He's wounded. Let me explain."
". . ." Kisike blinked, then pushed him over and stood on his back. "I WIN!" she said, grinning.
Sigaru's eyebrow twitched as he sat up.
"YAY!" Kisike yelled, clinging to his back. "PIGGY BACK RIDE!"
". . .I'm not explaining until she gets off of me. . ." Sigaru said.
"Kisike, you are starting to get on my last nerve. . .so GET OFF!" Amanda yelled.
"..Merf. . .Meow!" Kisike said. She grinned again. "He said he wouldn't kill him right now. . .what more do you need to know? FINE." She said, grumbling and hopping into a tree. From on the ground, they could hear her say, "Touchy. . .sheesh. . ."
Sigaru sweatdropped. "Anyways, you see, Inuyasha and I are rivals in strength. We have been since we were kids." He started.
"My spider senses are tingling! FLASHBACK?! GHASTLY!" Kisike yelled, mimicking the Spiderman video game.
"I thought Inuyasha didn't have any other family besides Sesshoumaru. . ." Amanda said.
"What?" Sigaru asked.
"Well, I remember Myoga saying that this place was hidden to everyone except family-" Amanda started.
Sigaru blinked. "That old flea is still alive? Geez, he should be long dead by now. But this place-Inuyasha's home-was hidden from most HUMANS. I'm half demon, and some demons knew how to get here. My father, who was a dog demon, was friends with Inu-Youkai, Inuyasha's father. That's how Inuyasha and I first met. We're not related." He said.
"ANYWAYS, back to the subject, I won't kill him right now since he's unable to fight." He assured them.
". . .Freak. . .I mean. . .MEW!" Kisike said. Amanda sweatdropped.
"Oh." She said.
"Like I said, I met him when we were kids. We were friends for a while. . .then we became rivals. . ." Sigaru continued.
"But if you and Inuyasha were friends, wouldn't that make you older than him? I mean, he was pinned to a tree for fifty years. . ." Miroku asked as he made a compress of Inuyasha's injury and stopped the blood loss. Amanda walked over.
"Well, when I was Inuyasha's age, I was a hired thief. I was well known for stealth." Sigaru said.
"Like kitsunes." Shippou said.
Sigaru nodded. "Well, I had one client who wanted me to steal some kind of statue from a temple. I did and got my payment, which was aging as slow as a full demon. Only, what I didn't know was that there was a consequence. When I used the object-which looked nothing more than a simple ball-to give me this, I got split into two people, and now I'm stuck in that other dimension and this one. I'm known as Sigaru here, and Dwayne there."
"Who was this client of yours?" Miroku asked.
"His name was. . ." Sigaru paused for a moment, trying to remember the name. "Oh yeah. Naraku. After I got him his statue, I never saw him again."
"Naraku!"
"Um, guys? Can we maybe get Inuyasha inside? He ain't looking too good and we can talk about it in there." Amanda said.
The others nodded. Amanda picked up Inuyasha and carried him inside as the others followed.
Author's Note-*answering machine comes on* Gotta go! Leave a review! Bye! *beep sounds*