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tend on abandoning this fanfic anytime soon. We don't own Inuyasha or
anything else mentioned in here. . .but anyways, here's the next chapter.
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"Inuyasha, you're going to be okay. . .don't worry. . ." Amanda said. She sighed, looking around and rubbing her arm a little nervously, not sure of how much truth her words held in them. She shook her head, then looked back to Inuyasha, smiling as she brought a hand up to brush his bangs away from his eyes, her fingertips tracing across his forehead. Her shoulders slumped slightly as her eyes lowered to the floor and she let out an exasperated sigh, scooting around to pull Inuyasha up to lean against her, his head on her shoulder as she wrapped her arms around him, hands still, resting on his steadily rising and falling chest. Her eyes filled with glassy tears as she buried her nose in Inuyasha's hair, breathing in deeply, yet a little shakily.
Her shoulders trembled slightly as she shut her eyes tightly. As her eyes closed, a thin stream of tears trailed over and down her cheek. She shook her head slightly, nose still buried in Inuyasha's hair as she tightened her grip on him, hands fisting in the front of his shirt.
"This is the second time. . ." She murmured, brushing her lips lightly over the back of his ear, causing it to twitch forward slightly, then back against her cheek.
"The second time I've been afraid of losing you." Her eyes opened slightly, shoulders shaking violently now as she choked back a sob, tilting her head to press her forehead to the back of Inuyasha's head.
" You can't keep doing this. . .It's not fair. . .you can't just keep threatening to leave me every few days. . ." She sighed again, bringing her head back up to prop her chin up on the top of the Inu-hanyou's head.
"Please don't leave me. . ." She whispered, closing her eyes tightly once more.
Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly, nose twitching as Amanda pulled back slightly, hearing his breathing change. Inuyasha blinked once, breath catching in his throat as he tilted his head back and looked at Amanda. Amanda opened her eyes and leaned back slightly, blinking tears from her eyes as she looked back at him. She gasped softly, seeing that his eyes were clouded.
"Inuyasha. . .?" She asked hesitantly. Inuyasha's eyes widened and he jumped to his feet, staggering slightly. Amanda jerked backwards, standing as well. Inuyasha spun around to face her, eyes narrowing slightly. Amanda gasped and stepped back, eyes widening as she saw the look in Inuyasha's eyes.
"I. . .Inuyasha. . .?" She asked again as the said demon took a step forward, holding his hand out, palm up, fingers rigid and nails sharpened. Amanda shivered slightly, then yelped as Inuyasha sped forward, arm out stretched as he charged her, claws barely nicking her right cheek as she dodged. Amanda put her hand on the small cut. She drew her hand away to see blood. "Inuyasha. . .I don't understand. . .what did I do? What's wrong?" she asked, her eyes filled with tears.
Inuyasha didn't seem to hear as he got into fighting stance. "Inuyasha, stop this! I don't want to hurt you! Besides, you're wounded already!" Amanda cried.
Inuyasha charged at her again. Amanda dodged. 'What is wrong with him?!' she wondered. She prepared to dodge again and thought, 'Whatever it is, I have a feeling that he doesn't even know that he's doing this. I can't hurt him. . .I'll just have to keep dodging him. He's hurt and that'll slow him down. But I don't know how long he's going to keep this up, and I can't dodge him forever. I'll just have to hope that the others get here soon to restrain him.' She said as she dodged another swipe.
***
Sigaru walked around the forest, looking for bindwood. "Alright, where the hell is the stuff. . .?" he muttered. He sighed and leaned against a tree. Suddenly it opened up halfway and trapped all but his head in the tree, squeezing him to death.
"Well, I think I've found it." He said, smirking. His smirk fell. "Now how to keep this tree from killing me. . ." he said thoughtfully. He came up with an idea. He cut his hand slightly and put the blood on one finger. He pointed it at the wood. "Blood daggers." He said. The blood glowed red as it shot through the wood and made a hole large enough for his fist to fit through. That was big enough.
He stuck his arm out and sliced the wood with his claws. "I would make this my supply of firewood for this year, but," he said as he stepped out and picked up some pieces of wood, "I need this for something else!" He ran back to the house.
***
Raylin looked around. "Okay, so where's the withertail grass?" she asked. They had already gotten the borate. Miroku sighed.
"It's wivertail grass." He said.
"Whatever. How much time does Inuyasha have to live?"
"A couple of hours at least. . ." Miroku said. He looked up at the sky. "It's almost dawn. Probably by morning. . ."
"Then lets hurry up and get this stuff." Raylin said. Miroku looked around and pointed to a patch of tall grass.
"I believe that's wivertail grass." He said. Raylin nodded and they went over to the grass. Miroku's hand began to near Raylin's butt when Raylin suddenly reached up threateningly, as if to grab an arrow from her quiver.
". . .Don't even try it." She said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Bullshit."
They were quiet for a moment as they picked some grass. Suddenly Miroku's eyes widened. "I just remembered something." He said.
"What? Did you leave some spell scrolls back at the house or something?" Raylin asked.
"No. . ." he started. He looked in the direction of the house, clearly worried. "C'mon!" he called as he ran to the house.
"What? What is it?" Raylin asked, following.
"We're so stupid! We shouldn't have let Lady Amanda stay with Inuyasha alone!" Miroku said. "We knew that Inuyasha wasn't just poisoned with skullcap; he was poisoned with Yage too!"
"And. . .?"
"Yage causes hallucinations! Anyone poisoned by that stuff sees their worst enemy instead of their most loved one! He's going to attack Lady Amanda!" he explained.
"What?!" Raylin cried. As she caught up with him she whacked him over the head a couple of times with the grass. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" she yelled.
***
Kisike turned to Bridget as they walked through the forest, Kouten and Shippou trailing behind. "So you guys haven't gotten the coriander?" Kisike asked.
Bridget shook her head. "Nope. Any luck with you guys?"
Kisike held up some whortle roots. "We just need the basil." She said.
Bridget nodded. "Hey." She said.
"Hi." Kisike replied.
Bridget rolled her eyes. Then she said, "Do you think we're ever going to get back?" she said.
". . .I'm sure we'll make it back to the house alive."
"I don't mean the house. I mean our own homes. Our dimension." Bridget said, nostalgically.
"Well yeah. Eventually." Kisike said. She looked over at Bridget's depressed look. "Don't worry. We'll find a way back. But wishing isn't going to get us back."
Bridget smiled sadly. "I guess you're right." She said.
"But then again, if we could just find some ruby slippers. . ." Kisike started.
Bridget laughed. "Yeah. Or a hot air balloon. Here you'll probably find ruby sandals, but hey, that may work too." She said.
"Hey, guys!" Shippou piped up. "I smell basil!"
Kisike sniffed. She blinked. "Yeah. . .I think I smell it too." She said. Shippou ran ahead.
"Yep! I found it!" He said, standing in front of a basil bush. He picked a few leaves off, then turned. "Now we just have to find the coriander." He said.
The others nodded. Kouten looked up at the sky. "It'll be first light soon." She said. The others looked at her, then looked up at the sky.
". . .How can you tell? It looks dark, to me." Kisike said.
Kouten rolled her eyes. "You forget I grew up with Akio. Being a demon of the sun and fire, he always got up at first light."
"Yeah. . .so. . .?"
"So he would always wake me up with all the noise he made when he was training." Kouten said.
"Hey," Bridget spoke up, "Coriander looks like moss with purple flowers on it, right?" she asked.
Shippou nodded. "Yeah."
"Good." Bridget said. "Then I found some." She picked some off a tree. She looked over at Kisike. "Now I think we should be hurrying back. We've already been gone for quite a while and time is not on our side." She said.
". . .The brats aren't fast. Not to mention that they're about to fall asleep right now." Kisike said. True, Kouten and Shippou may have been carrying on conversation, but being the little kids they were, looked sleepy.
"Then we should carry them back." Bridget said.
Kisike sighed. "Fine." She said. She turned to the kids. "Okay. One of you brats get on my back." She said. Kouten jumped on her back. Shippou jumped on Bridget's head. Bridget sweatdropped. "Alright. Let's go." Kisike announced. She frowned.
"What is it?" Bridget asked.
"This isn't good. . .I smell blood. . .let's hurry."
"Right."
They began running back to the house.
***
Amanda winced. Inuyasha was still trying to kill her. Amanda had tried going into a different room, but he just followed her. She now sported a long gash on her left arm. She dodged another swipe. She had long ago noticed the blood from his reopened wound that had once again began to stain Inuyasha's shirt. "Inuyasha!" she yelled. "Inuyasha, please, stop! Sit!"
Inuyasha growled. "I. . .guess that doesn't work when I say it. Dammit." Amanda sighed. She sank to the floor. "Alright Inuyasha. I give up. Just kill me now." She said wearily. She saw him approach and shut her eyes tightly.
She waited a few seconds, expecting his claws to come down on her head. After those few seconds she thought, 'Wait a minute. . .Aren't I supposed to be dead right about now. . .?' She cracked an eye open to see that the claws had stopped within a hair of her head. She looked up to see Inuyasha staring ahead in disbelief.
Curiously, she turned around and gasped. There was a woman standing behind her. A translucent woman. She had to be a ghost.
The ghost wore a kimono and had long black hair. She was crying. "M- Mother. . ." Inuyasha stammered faintly.
Amanda looked back at Inuyasha, then at the woman again. 'That's his mother. . .?' she wondered. Suddenly Inuyasha collapsed unconscious. "Inuyasha!" Amanda cried. She put a hand on his forehead. 'He's got a fever. . .' she thought.
The woman glided around Amanda and knelt down next to Inuyasha's unconscious form, placing her own hand on his forehead. Amanda removed her hand and watched the ghost.
"Are. . .Are you really Inuyasha's mother?" she asked. The woman looked up, smiled gently, and nodded. She removed her hand and stood up. Amanda felt Inuyasha's forehead again. Inuyasha's fever had gone down dramatically.
"Th-thank you. . ." Amanda said. Inuyasha's mother nodded and glided out of the room. Amanda watched as she disappeared in the doorway. Sigaru ran into the room as Amanda wondered what she had seen was real.
"Hey. You guys alright? I smelled blood." He said.
Amanda sighed and closed her eyes. "Well, my arm's been cut open, but aside from that, I'm fine." She said.
"Oh. Okay." Sigaru said nonchalantly. He set down the wood, then leaned against the wall next to the door. Amanda glared at his indifference.
"Hello! I'm hurt here!" She yelled.
"Oh. . .right." Sigaru said. He looked around. "Um. . .where'd we put the bandages?"
Amanda sweatdropped and sighed.
"Darn it. . .I can't believe your ears weren't cut off. Oh well. I guess that means I get to." Sigaru muttered, looking around the room for some bandages.
"My WHAT?!" Amanda demanded.
"Your ears." Sigaru repeated casually.
Amanda fell over and rolled her eyes. She sat back up. "Look, first of all, the bandages are in the other room, you idiot. And second, why do you want to cut off my EARS?"
Sigaru shrugged. "Because. Don't worry, you won't be alone; I'm going to cut off Inuyasha's ears too." He said.
Amanda growled. "Touch us and you die." She said.
"Yeah right. Inuyasha will be the one to die." He said, going into the other room. Raylin and Miroku ran in at that moment.
"Lady Amanda, are you alright?!" Miroku asked.
Amanda was twitching. "The idiot. . .wants to cut off everybody's ears. . ." she said.
"Say what?" Raylin asked.
"Our ears. The baka-Sigaru-said he was going to cut off Inuyasha's and my ears off." Amanda said. Raylin rolled her eyes.
"What an idiot." She commented.
"I'll say." Amanda agreed. She let go of her arm, the gash still bleeding profusely. "Geez. . ." she muttered.
"Lady Amanda, you're bleeding!" Miroku said.
"No shit, Sherlock." Amanda said irritably. She was in a bad mood- after all, Inuyasha had just tried to kill her. That would probably be just about enough to put anybody into a bad mood.
"Sher-who?"
". . .I'll explain later." Miroku asked.
"When?"
"On weekends, and holidays, and all throughout May!" said someone at the door.
Everybody looked over at the door to see Kisike, Bridget, Shippou, and Kouten. Raylin, Miroku, and Amanda sweatdropped. "I'll bet." Raylin said.
"When's May?" Miroku asked.
"Oxen. The farmer used his oxen." Kisike said.
"Oh god. . .she's reciting the Brian Regan comedy show again. . ." Bridget sighed.
"Very good. Now, what's the plural form for box?" Raylin asked.
"Boxen. I bought two boxen of doughnuts." Kisike replied.
"No. What's the plural form for goose?"
"Geese. I saw a flock of geese."
"Good. Now, Kisike-"
"What?"
"What's the plural form for moose?"
"MOOSEN!" Kisike yelled. "I saw a flock of moosen! There were many of them! Manymuchmoosen! Out in the woods! In the woodess. . .In the woodsen! The meese wanted the food, and the food is to eatenessen! The meese want the fooden in the woodensen! And the food's in the woodensen!"
"Kisike, Kisike. . .You're an imbecile."
"Inbesilen!"
"What, are you speaking German?"
"German! Germain! Germain. . .Jackson! Jackson five! Tito!"
"Kisike, what the hell are you talking about?"
". . .I dunno. . ."
Amanda rolled her eyes as the four walked in and shut the door behind them. "Where the hell did Sigaru go? He was supposed to be back with the bandages." She demanded.
"He was looking when we came in." Kisike said.
Bridget snorted. "The idiot. He'll probably come in with it in his hand and say he couldn't find it. Then when we tell him it's in his hand, he'll say that he knew it was there all along and when we try to get it, he won't give it to us."
"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Miroku asked.
"No. I sit across the table from him at lunch period. I know this guy. Do not underestimate his stupidity."
"Uh. . ."
"Hey, at lunch does he go on about cutting off people's ears?" Amanda asked. Bridget rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Oh god, he didn't start going on about that again, did he? I swear, he's related to Bosch or something. . ." she said.
"You mean the guy that painted the twelve-foot homicidal ears?" Raylin asked.
"Yeah."
"I dunno. . .he seemed too stupid to be related to Bosch. . ."
Kiske set down Kouten, who had fallen asleep on the way up there. Shippou jumped off Bridget's head and yawned. "I'm tired. . ." Shippou said wearily. There was a big thump in the other room. " What was that?" Shippou mumbled. Bridget shrugged and sighed.
"Sigaru must have either tripped over a stool or ran in to the wall head first. . ." Amanda said, the door to the next room sliding open. Kagome stood behind Sigaru with her katana to his throat. He was laughing nervously.
"Sorry guys, my bad. . ." He mumbled. Amanda growled in her throat and quickly stood up.
"LET ME AT HER!!!!" She growled, her claws sliding out of her fingers. Bridget sweatdropped while Shippou hid behind her.
"Help me. . .Amanda has turned into her psycho personality. . ." he whispered. Miroku grabbed Amanda's shirt.
"Lady Amanda, you're hurt. . .you can't go fighting in your condition." He stated with his one-handed prayer thingy. Amanda ripped from his grasp.
"Don't you think that I know that?! I still have to kick her ass for last time. . ." Amanda said as she took a step toward Sigaru and Kagome. Miroku sighed.
"I sure hope that I wouldn't have to do this. . .Sorry Lady Amanda." He lunged forward and grabbed her shoulder. Amanda yelled in anger but before she could rip free and launch herself at Kagome, Miroku struck a nerve in her neck. Amanda blacked out and collapsed. Bridget caught her before she hit the floor.
She blinked. "Was that. . .really necessary?" she asked.
"Well, it sort of shut her up!" Miroku suggested.
Bridget sweatdropped. "She wasn't that bad. . .Kisike could be worse. . ."
Raylin nodded. "She's got a point there. . ."
"Hmph. YOU'RE ALL AGAINST ME! But anyways, it helped with dramatics if this were a movie!" Kisike piped up.
". . .But this ain't a movie." Bridget said.
"It could be one day!"
Bridget rolled her eyes and sighed, knowing that she was the only sane one there now.
Kagome sweatdropped. She cleared her throat. "Um. . .hello? I'm kinda holding your friend hostage here. . ." She spoke up.
"Yeah! Don't forget about me! She's planning on killing me, ya know." Sigaru said nervously.
Raylin blinked. "Friend? What friend? Go ahead and kill him. . .we don't care. . ."
"No, wait!" Bridget said. "We can't let him get killed because in our dimension, Dwayne will probably die. Then the police will know that I knew him and then they'll be coming over to my house at all hours bugging me if I killed him or knew anything about his death. I don't really think they would believe me if I told them that I was really in another dimension where a zombie killed his other half."
Kisike raised an eyebrow. "But then you'll get a bunch of attention."
Bridget hit her over the head, giving the neko-jin swirly eyes. "I don't want attention!" she yelled.
Kagome sweatdropped again. "You guys. . .YOU guys. . .YOU GUYS!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, yet she was blocked out by all the shouting that Bridget's group was dishing out in the small room.
"Um guys. . .but what about after we kill Kagome. . .even though she is already dead. . .we could just throw Sigaru off of Mt. Fuji and don't have to worry about him any more." Kisike piped up, now rid of her swirly eyes.
"Besides we are still going to win this fight because Kagome ran last time she was out numbered by all of us." Raylin spoke up, quickly grabbing her bow and arrows from next to the door.
"You have to be joking. . .it took me forever to master the bow and arrows. . .do you think that you can hit me with your friend held as hostage?! You have to be joking. . ." Kagome laughed evilly. Raylin fitted an arrow in to the bow and pulled it taunt.
" You want to test that theory?" Raylin said arrogantly.
"Don't mind if I do. . .but I hope you know, you're going up against someone with miko powers." Kagome said, throwing away Sigaru, whose head got stuck in the wall. Kagome fit her own arrow into her bow.
"Hellllp!" Sigaru yelled. "My head is stuck! Wait a second. . .ow! Mosquitoes! And fleas!"
Kisike and the others sweatdropped. "Fleas. . .?" Bridget muttered.
"Stop whining! Tell Myoga to keep the fleas away!" Kisike yelled.
"Oh, yeah, that's just one more flea on my head!" Sigaru shot back.
"Do you mind?! I'm trying to concentrate here!" Raylin yelled over the commotion.
"Doesn't matter if it's quiet or not. You'll miss anyway." Kagome said.
"Give me a break!" Raylin yelled, shooting her arrow. Well. . .it missed. And it ended up landing about seven feet away from Kagome.
"You missed." Kagome said bluntly, sweatdropping.
"Yeah. . .well. . ." Raylin started.
"Now I get in my shot." Kagome said. She shot her arrow. Raylin blinked and looked startled as it grazed her arm. Then she blinked and tried to regain her confidence.
"Hah! You merely grazed me! You cannot win!"
Miroku, Kisike, and Bridget exchanged glances. Kagome sweatdropped. "Idiot. . .that had a numbing poison tip. It's not fatal, but. . .I figured you would have been able to guess by now." She said.
At that moment Raylin collapsed. Kisike sweatdropped. "Oi. . .late reaction. . ." she said. Her claws extended as she stepped forward. "Alright. Let's finish this." She said. Miroku and Bridget nodded as they walked up beside her, Bridget unsheathing her sword and Miroku grasping his prayer beads.
"Hey, Miroku." Kagome said. Miroku blinked. "Guess what I've got?" she asked. She held up a hive.
"Hell wasps. . ." Miroku said, glaring. He turned to Bridget and Kisike. "Sorry. I can't help you two." He said.
"-.-. . .Oh great. Thanks a lot." Bridget said.
"Don't worry! We don't need his help. We can win this fight easy!" Kisike said.
". . .So we hope." Bridget said.
Kagome smirked. "So, are you just going to stand here chatting all night or are you going to attack me?" she asked.
"Hm. . .I dunno. . .but I say, attack!" Kisike said, swiping at her. Kagome jumped back and unsheathed her katana. She dodged another swipe from Kisike and hit her over the head with the hilt of the katana. Kisike collapsed.
Bridget gripped the hilt of her sword tighter as Kagome turned to her. "Now to deal with you. . ." Kagome said.
Bridget glared. "I refuse to be defeated by you. . ." she said. "And I refuse to let you kill my friends." She said, her knuckles turning white.
Kagome smirked again. "Do you honestly think you can defeat me?"
"No, but I can certainly try!" Bridget yelled, running at her and swinging the sword. Kagome dodged and was about to slash Bridget's back when she turned, blocking it. Bridget jumped back in fighter's stance.
"This is just a waste of my time." Kagome said. Bridget blinked.
"Say what?!"
"You're not bad for an amateur, I'll give you that, but you're just an amateur. You see, your attacks are very obvious. I can tell that you've never had any lessons. I've been able to read your moves the whole time." Said Kagome.
Bridget continued to glare at Kagome and didn't reply. "Well, I suppose we finish our little duel now. Your move." Kagome said.
Bridget ran at Kagome again and slashed. Kagome dodged, then during a second slash, knocked Bridget's sword away. She pointed her katana at Bridget's throat. "Now you die." She said. She suddenly straightened. Bridget blinked.
"I sense somebody. . .outside. . ." Kagome said.
The door slid open. Kagome looked over her shoulder to see. . .Sesshoumaru.
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"Inuyasha, you're going to be okay. . .don't worry. . ." Amanda said. She sighed, looking around and rubbing her arm a little nervously, not sure of how much truth her words held in them. She shook her head, then looked back to Inuyasha, smiling as she brought a hand up to brush his bangs away from his eyes, her fingertips tracing across his forehead. Her shoulders slumped slightly as her eyes lowered to the floor and she let out an exasperated sigh, scooting around to pull Inuyasha up to lean against her, his head on her shoulder as she wrapped her arms around him, hands still, resting on his steadily rising and falling chest. Her eyes filled with glassy tears as she buried her nose in Inuyasha's hair, breathing in deeply, yet a little shakily.
Her shoulders trembled slightly as she shut her eyes tightly. As her eyes closed, a thin stream of tears trailed over and down her cheek. She shook her head slightly, nose still buried in Inuyasha's hair as she tightened her grip on him, hands fisting in the front of his shirt.
"This is the second time. . ." She murmured, brushing her lips lightly over the back of his ear, causing it to twitch forward slightly, then back against her cheek.
"The second time I've been afraid of losing you." Her eyes opened slightly, shoulders shaking violently now as she choked back a sob, tilting her head to press her forehead to the back of Inuyasha's head.
" You can't keep doing this. . .It's not fair. . .you can't just keep threatening to leave me every few days. . ." She sighed again, bringing her head back up to prop her chin up on the top of the Inu-hanyou's head.
"Please don't leave me. . ." She whispered, closing her eyes tightly once more.
Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly, nose twitching as Amanda pulled back slightly, hearing his breathing change. Inuyasha blinked once, breath catching in his throat as he tilted his head back and looked at Amanda. Amanda opened her eyes and leaned back slightly, blinking tears from her eyes as she looked back at him. She gasped softly, seeing that his eyes were clouded.
"Inuyasha. . .?" She asked hesitantly. Inuyasha's eyes widened and he jumped to his feet, staggering slightly. Amanda jerked backwards, standing as well. Inuyasha spun around to face her, eyes narrowing slightly. Amanda gasped and stepped back, eyes widening as she saw the look in Inuyasha's eyes.
"I. . .Inuyasha. . .?" She asked again as the said demon took a step forward, holding his hand out, palm up, fingers rigid and nails sharpened. Amanda shivered slightly, then yelped as Inuyasha sped forward, arm out stretched as he charged her, claws barely nicking her right cheek as she dodged. Amanda put her hand on the small cut. She drew her hand away to see blood. "Inuyasha. . .I don't understand. . .what did I do? What's wrong?" she asked, her eyes filled with tears.
Inuyasha didn't seem to hear as he got into fighting stance. "Inuyasha, stop this! I don't want to hurt you! Besides, you're wounded already!" Amanda cried.
Inuyasha charged at her again. Amanda dodged. 'What is wrong with him?!' she wondered. She prepared to dodge again and thought, 'Whatever it is, I have a feeling that he doesn't even know that he's doing this. I can't hurt him. . .I'll just have to keep dodging him. He's hurt and that'll slow him down. But I don't know how long he's going to keep this up, and I can't dodge him forever. I'll just have to hope that the others get here soon to restrain him.' She said as she dodged another swipe.
***
Sigaru walked around the forest, looking for bindwood. "Alright, where the hell is the stuff. . .?" he muttered. He sighed and leaned against a tree. Suddenly it opened up halfway and trapped all but his head in the tree, squeezing him to death.
"Well, I think I've found it." He said, smirking. His smirk fell. "Now how to keep this tree from killing me. . ." he said thoughtfully. He came up with an idea. He cut his hand slightly and put the blood on one finger. He pointed it at the wood. "Blood daggers." He said. The blood glowed red as it shot through the wood and made a hole large enough for his fist to fit through. That was big enough.
He stuck his arm out and sliced the wood with his claws. "I would make this my supply of firewood for this year, but," he said as he stepped out and picked up some pieces of wood, "I need this for something else!" He ran back to the house.
***
Raylin looked around. "Okay, so where's the withertail grass?" she asked. They had already gotten the borate. Miroku sighed.
"It's wivertail grass." He said.
"Whatever. How much time does Inuyasha have to live?"
"A couple of hours at least. . ." Miroku said. He looked up at the sky. "It's almost dawn. Probably by morning. . ."
"Then lets hurry up and get this stuff." Raylin said. Miroku looked around and pointed to a patch of tall grass.
"I believe that's wivertail grass." He said. Raylin nodded and they went over to the grass. Miroku's hand began to near Raylin's butt when Raylin suddenly reached up threateningly, as if to grab an arrow from her quiver.
". . .Don't even try it." She said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Bullshit."
They were quiet for a moment as they picked some grass. Suddenly Miroku's eyes widened. "I just remembered something." He said.
"What? Did you leave some spell scrolls back at the house or something?" Raylin asked.
"No. . ." he started. He looked in the direction of the house, clearly worried. "C'mon!" he called as he ran to the house.
"What? What is it?" Raylin asked, following.
"We're so stupid! We shouldn't have let Lady Amanda stay with Inuyasha alone!" Miroku said. "We knew that Inuyasha wasn't just poisoned with skullcap; he was poisoned with Yage too!"
"And. . .?"
"Yage causes hallucinations! Anyone poisoned by that stuff sees their worst enemy instead of their most loved one! He's going to attack Lady Amanda!" he explained.
"What?!" Raylin cried. As she caught up with him she whacked him over the head a couple of times with the grass. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" she yelled.
***
Kisike turned to Bridget as they walked through the forest, Kouten and Shippou trailing behind. "So you guys haven't gotten the coriander?" Kisike asked.
Bridget shook her head. "Nope. Any luck with you guys?"
Kisike held up some whortle roots. "We just need the basil." She said.
Bridget nodded. "Hey." She said.
"Hi." Kisike replied.
Bridget rolled her eyes. Then she said, "Do you think we're ever going to get back?" she said.
". . .I'm sure we'll make it back to the house alive."
"I don't mean the house. I mean our own homes. Our dimension." Bridget said, nostalgically.
"Well yeah. Eventually." Kisike said. She looked over at Bridget's depressed look. "Don't worry. We'll find a way back. But wishing isn't going to get us back."
Bridget smiled sadly. "I guess you're right." She said.
"But then again, if we could just find some ruby slippers. . ." Kisike started.
Bridget laughed. "Yeah. Or a hot air balloon. Here you'll probably find ruby sandals, but hey, that may work too." She said.
"Hey, guys!" Shippou piped up. "I smell basil!"
Kisike sniffed. She blinked. "Yeah. . .I think I smell it too." She said. Shippou ran ahead.
"Yep! I found it!" He said, standing in front of a basil bush. He picked a few leaves off, then turned. "Now we just have to find the coriander." He said.
The others nodded. Kouten looked up at the sky. "It'll be first light soon." She said. The others looked at her, then looked up at the sky.
". . .How can you tell? It looks dark, to me." Kisike said.
Kouten rolled her eyes. "You forget I grew up with Akio. Being a demon of the sun and fire, he always got up at first light."
"Yeah. . .so. . .?"
"So he would always wake me up with all the noise he made when he was training." Kouten said.
"Hey," Bridget spoke up, "Coriander looks like moss with purple flowers on it, right?" she asked.
Shippou nodded. "Yeah."
"Good." Bridget said. "Then I found some." She picked some off a tree. She looked over at Kisike. "Now I think we should be hurrying back. We've already been gone for quite a while and time is not on our side." She said.
". . .The brats aren't fast. Not to mention that they're about to fall asleep right now." Kisike said. True, Kouten and Shippou may have been carrying on conversation, but being the little kids they were, looked sleepy.
"Then we should carry them back." Bridget said.
Kisike sighed. "Fine." She said. She turned to the kids. "Okay. One of you brats get on my back." She said. Kouten jumped on her back. Shippou jumped on Bridget's head. Bridget sweatdropped. "Alright. Let's go." Kisike announced. She frowned.
"What is it?" Bridget asked.
"This isn't good. . .I smell blood. . .let's hurry."
"Right."
They began running back to the house.
***
Amanda winced. Inuyasha was still trying to kill her. Amanda had tried going into a different room, but he just followed her. She now sported a long gash on her left arm. She dodged another swipe. She had long ago noticed the blood from his reopened wound that had once again began to stain Inuyasha's shirt. "Inuyasha!" she yelled. "Inuyasha, please, stop! Sit!"
Inuyasha growled. "I. . .guess that doesn't work when I say it. Dammit." Amanda sighed. She sank to the floor. "Alright Inuyasha. I give up. Just kill me now." She said wearily. She saw him approach and shut her eyes tightly.
She waited a few seconds, expecting his claws to come down on her head. After those few seconds she thought, 'Wait a minute. . .Aren't I supposed to be dead right about now. . .?' She cracked an eye open to see that the claws had stopped within a hair of her head. She looked up to see Inuyasha staring ahead in disbelief.
Curiously, she turned around and gasped. There was a woman standing behind her. A translucent woman. She had to be a ghost.
The ghost wore a kimono and had long black hair. She was crying. "M- Mother. . ." Inuyasha stammered faintly.
Amanda looked back at Inuyasha, then at the woman again. 'That's his mother. . .?' she wondered. Suddenly Inuyasha collapsed unconscious. "Inuyasha!" Amanda cried. She put a hand on his forehead. 'He's got a fever. . .' she thought.
The woman glided around Amanda and knelt down next to Inuyasha's unconscious form, placing her own hand on his forehead. Amanda removed her hand and watched the ghost.
"Are. . .Are you really Inuyasha's mother?" she asked. The woman looked up, smiled gently, and nodded. She removed her hand and stood up. Amanda felt Inuyasha's forehead again. Inuyasha's fever had gone down dramatically.
"Th-thank you. . ." Amanda said. Inuyasha's mother nodded and glided out of the room. Amanda watched as she disappeared in the doorway. Sigaru ran into the room as Amanda wondered what she had seen was real.
"Hey. You guys alright? I smelled blood." He said.
Amanda sighed and closed her eyes. "Well, my arm's been cut open, but aside from that, I'm fine." She said.
"Oh. Okay." Sigaru said nonchalantly. He set down the wood, then leaned against the wall next to the door. Amanda glared at his indifference.
"Hello! I'm hurt here!" She yelled.
"Oh. . .right." Sigaru said. He looked around. "Um. . .where'd we put the bandages?"
Amanda sweatdropped and sighed.
"Darn it. . .I can't believe your ears weren't cut off. Oh well. I guess that means I get to." Sigaru muttered, looking around the room for some bandages.
"My WHAT?!" Amanda demanded.
"Your ears." Sigaru repeated casually.
Amanda fell over and rolled her eyes. She sat back up. "Look, first of all, the bandages are in the other room, you idiot. And second, why do you want to cut off my EARS?"
Sigaru shrugged. "Because. Don't worry, you won't be alone; I'm going to cut off Inuyasha's ears too." He said.
Amanda growled. "Touch us and you die." She said.
"Yeah right. Inuyasha will be the one to die." He said, going into the other room. Raylin and Miroku ran in at that moment.
"Lady Amanda, are you alright?!" Miroku asked.
Amanda was twitching. "The idiot. . .wants to cut off everybody's ears. . ." she said.
"Say what?" Raylin asked.
"Our ears. The baka-Sigaru-said he was going to cut off Inuyasha's and my ears off." Amanda said. Raylin rolled her eyes.
"What an idiot." She commented.
"I'll say." Amanda agreed. She let go of her arm, the gash still bleeding profusely. "Geez. . ." she muttered.
"Lady Amanda, you're bleeding!" Miroku said.
"No shit, Sherlock." Amanda said irritably. She was in a bad mood- after all, Inuyasha had just tried to kill her. That would probably be just about enough to put anybody into a bad mood.
"Sher-who?"
". . .I'll explain later." Miroku asked.
"When?"
"On weekends, and holidays, and all throughout May!" said someone at the door.
Everybody looked over at the door to see Kisike, Bridget, Shippou, and Kouten. Raylin, Miroku, and Amanda sweatdropped. "I'll bet." Raylin said.
"When's May?" Miroku asked.
"Oxen. The farmer used his oxen." Kisike said.
"Oh god. . .she's reciting the Brian Regan comedy show again. . ." Bridget sighed.
"Very good. Now, what's the plural form for box?" Raylin asked.
"Boxen. I bought two boxen of doughnuts." Kisike replied.
"No. What's the plural form for goose?"
"Geese. I saw a flock of geese."
"Good. Now, Kisike-"
"What?"
"What's the plural form for moose?"
"MOOSEN!" Kisike yelled. "I saw a flock of moosen! There were many of them! Manymuchmoosen! Out in the woods! In the woodess. . .In the woodsen! The meese wanted the food, and the food is to eatenessen! The meese want the fooden in the woodensen! And the food's in the woodensen!"
"Kisike, Kisike. . .You're an imbecile."
"Inbesilen!"
"What, are you speaking German?"
"German! Germain! Germain. . .Jackson! Jackson five! Tito!"
"Kisike, what the hell are you talking about?"
". . .I dunno. . ."
Amanda rolled her eyes as the four walked in and shut the door behind them. "Where the hell did Sigaru go? He was supposed to be back with the bandages." She demanded.
"He was looking when we came in." Kisike said.
Bridget snorted. "The idiot. He'll probably come in with it in his hand and say he couldn't find it. Then when we tell him it's in his hand, he'll say that he knew it was there all along and when we try to get it, he won't give it to us."
"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Miroku asked.
"No. I sit across the table from him at lunch period. I know this guy. Do not underestimate his stupidity."
"Uh. . ."
"Hey, at lunch does he go on about cutting off people's ears?" Amanda asked. Bridget rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Oh god, he didn't start going on about that again, did he? I swear, he's related to Bosch or something. . ." she said.
"You mean the guy that painted the twelve-foot homicidal ears?" Raylin asked.
"Yeah."
"I dunno. . .he seemed too stupid to be related to Bosch. . ."
Kiske set down Kouten, who had fallen asleep on the way up there. Shippou jumped off Bridget's head and yawned. "I'm tired. . ." Shippou said wearily. There was a big thump in the other room. " What was that?" Shippou mumbled. Bridget shrugged and sighed.
"Sigaru must have either tripped over a stool or ran in to the wall head first. . ." Amanda said, the door to the next room sliding open. Kagome stood behind Sigaru with her katana to his throat. He was laughing nervously.
"Sorry guys, my bad. . ." He mumbled. Amanda growled in her throat and quickly stood up.
"LET ME AT HER!!!!" She growled, her claws sliding out of her fingers. Bridget sweatdropped while Shippou hid behind her.
"Help me. . .Amanda has turned into her psycho personality. . ." he whispered. Miroku grabbed Amanda's shirt.
"Lady Amanda, you're hurt. . .you can't go fighting in your condition." He stated with his one-handed prayer thingy. Amanda ripped from his grasp.
"Don't you think that I know that?! I still have to kick her ass for last time. . ." Amanda said as she took a step toward Sigaru and Kagome. Miroku sighed.
"I sure hope that I wouldn't have to do this. . .Sorry Lady Amanda." He lunged forward and grabbed her shoulder. Amanda yelled in anger but before she could rip free and launch herself at Kagome, Miroku struck a nerve in her neck. Amanda blacked out and collapsed. Bridget caught her before she hit the floor.
She blinked. "Was that. . .really necessary?" she asked.
"Well, it sort of shut her up!" Miroku suggested.
Bridget sweatdropped. "She wasn't that bad. . .Kisike could be worse. . ."
Raylin nodded. "She's got a point there. . ."
"Hmph. YOU'RE ALL AGAINST ME! But anyways, it helped with dramatics if this were a movie!" Kisike piped up.
". . .But this ain't a movie." Bridget said.
"It could be one day!"
Bridget rolled her eyes and sighed, knowing that she was the only sane one there now.
Kagome sweatdropped. She cleared her throat. "Um. . .hello? I'm kinda holding your friend hostage here. . ." She spoke up.
"Yeah! Don't forget about me! She's planning on killing me, ya know." Sigaru said nervously.
Raylin blinked. "Friend? What friend? Go ahead and kill him. . .we don't care. . ."
"No, wait!" Bridget said. "We can't let him get killed because in our dimension, Dwayne will probably die. Then the police will know that I knew him and then they'll be coming over to my house at all hours bugging me if I killed him or knew anything about his death. I don't really think they would believe me if I told them that I was really in another dimension where a zombie killed his other half."
Kisike raised an eyebrow. "But then you'll get a bunch of attention."
Bridget hit her over the head, giving the neko-jin swirly eyes. "I don't want attention!" she yelled.
Kagome sweatdropped again. "You guys. . .YOU guys. . .YOU GUYS!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, yet she was blocked out by all the shouting that Bridget's group was dishing out in the small room.
"Um guys. . .but what about after we kill Kagome. . .even though she is already dead. . .we could just throw Sigaru off of Mt. Fuji and don't have to worry about him any more." Kisike piped up, now rid of her swirly eyes.
"Besides we are still going to win this fight because Kagome ran last time she was out numbered by all of us." Raylin spoke up, quickly grabbing her bow and arrows from next to the door.
"You have to be joking. . .it took me forever to master the bow and arrows. . .do you think that you can hit me with your friend held as hostage?! You have to be joking. . ." Kagome laughed evilly. Raylin fitted an arrow in to the bow and pulled it taunt.
" You want to test that theory?" Raylin said arrogantly.
"Don't mind if I do. . .but I hope you know, you're going up against someone with miko powers." Kagome said, throwing away Sigaru, whose head got stuck in the wall. Kagome fit her own arrow into her bow.
"Hellllp!" Sigaru yelled. "My head is stuck! Wait a second. . .ow! Mosquitoes! And fleas!"
Kisike and the others sweatdropped. "Fleas. . .?" Bridget muttered.
"Stop whining! Tell Myoga to keep the fleas away!" Kisike yelled.
"Oh, yeah, that's just one more flea on my head!" Sigaru shot back.
"Do you mind?! I'm trying to concentrate here!" Raylin yelled over the commotion.
"Doesn't matter if it's quiet or not. You'll miss anyway." Kagome said.
"Give me a break!" Raylin yelled, shooting her arrow. Well. . .it missed. And it ended up landing about seven feet away from Kagome.
"You missed." Kagome said bluntly, sweatdropping.
"Yeah. . .well. . ." Raylin started.
"Now I get in my shot." Kagome said. She shot her arrow. Raylin blinked and looked startled as it grazed her arm. Then she blinked and tried to regain her confidence.
"Hah! You merely grazed me! You cannot win!"
Miroku, Kisike, and Bridget exchanged glances. Kagome sweatdropped. "Idiot. . .that had a numbing poison tip. It's not fatal, but. . .I figured you would have been able to guess by now." She said.
At that moment Raylin collapsed. Kisike sweatdropped. "Oi. . .late reaction. . ." she said. Her claws extended as she stepped forward. "Alright. Let's finish this." She said. Miroku and Bridget nodded as they walked up beside her, Bridget unsheathing her sword and Miroku grasping his prayer beads.
"Hey, Miroku." Kagome said. Miroku blinked. "Guess what I've got?" she asked. She held up a hive.
"Hell wasps. . ." Miroku said, glaring. He turned to Bridget and Kisike. "Sorry. I can't help you two." He said.
"-.-. . .Oh great. Thanks a lot." Bridget said.
"Don't worry! We don't need his help. We can win this fight easy!" Kisike said.
". . .So we hope." Bridget said.
Kagome smirked. "So, are you just going to stand here chatting all night or are you going to attack me?" she asked.
"Hm. . .I dunno. . .but I say, attack!" Kisike said, swiping at her. Kagome jumped back and unsheathed her katana. She dodged another swipe from Kisike and hit her over the head with the hilt of the katana. Kisike collapsed.
Bridget gripped the hilt of her sword tighter as Kagome turned to her. "Now to deal with you. . ." Kagome said.
Bridget glared. "I refuse to be defeated by you. . ." she said. "And I refuse to let you kill my friends." She said, her knuckles turning white.
Kagome smirked again. "Do you honestly think you can defeat me?"
"No, but I can certainly try!" Bridget yelled, running at her and swinging the sword. Kagome dodged and was about to slash Bridget's back when she turned, blocking it. Bridget jumped back in fighter's stance.
"This is just a waste of my time." Kagome said. Bridget blinked.
"Say what?!"
"You're not bad for an amateur, I'll give you that, but you're just an amateur. You see, your attacks are very obvious. I can tell that you've never had any lessons. I've been able to read your moves the whole time." Said Kagome.
Bridget continued to glare at Kagome and didn't reply. "Well, I suppose we finish our little duel now. Your move." Kagome said.
Bridget ran at Kagome again and slashed. Kagome dodged, then during a second slash, knocked Bridget's sword away. She pointed her katana at Bridget's throat. "Now you die." She said. She suddenly straightened. Bridget blinked.
"I sense somebody. . .outside. . ." Kagome said.
The door slid open. Kagome looked over her shoulder to see. . .Sesshoumaru.
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