Author's Note-Guess what! We've got good news and bad news. . .I'm sure
you'll want to hear the bad news first: One of the authors to Tangerine is
going on a two-week trip and she's taking the fic with her to write more. .
. The good news is: We've got a lot more written than just this chapter
now, so we can update until we get to the part that Kisike left, and we
should have at enough for at least three or four more chapters. . . We got
one Shikon shard from the video game Kisike got. . .yet we still don't own
anything. . .Kouga's chewing on the Playstation right now, so here's the
last good news: The next chapter is here. ^ ^
"Inuyasha." It hissed. Its long neck stretched to stare at him from one eye. "It's been a long time."
"I thought I killed you." Inuyasha shouted. The spiderhead seemed to smirk.
"Thanks to the work the mighty Naraku, I survived to take my revenge out on you and your friends," it laughed. Amanda saw something in the bushes behind Inuyasha. It flew out from the bushes, aimed at Inuyasha's back.
"Look out!" Amanda shouted and pushed him aside. A spiderhead sank its teeth deep into her arm. Amanda punched it in the face with her arm and rammed it into a nearby tree with a pointed stick she had some how gotten a hold of in two seconds time. She gripped her arm protectively and turned to the giant spiderhead. "That was a no-good trick that you pulled. . .trying to take Inuyasha from the back." She shouted. She turned to Inuyasha who just stared at her. "Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah. . .I'm alright." He mumbled. Amanda smiled weakly.
"That's good Inuyasha. . ." She whispered. Her eyes faded and she passed out. As she fell Bridget caught her and turned her friend over. She quickly glanced at Amanda's arm; the wound was starting to turn a light shade of purple around the puncture marks.
"She's been poisoned." Bridget moaned under her breath. The spiderhead laughed when Inuyasha turned to him with rage in his eyes.
"Sorry, Inuyasha. . .that blow was only meant for you. . .but oh well. . .might as well take the best of the little time that she has remaining to live. . .that dose contained more poison then I pumped you with in our last encounter." The spiderhead laughed. "Too bad you won't be there to see her in her last moments." He lunged at Inuyasha with his fangs dripping with poison. Inuyasha jerked to the side and avoided the blow. . .barely. He landed in front of Amanda and Bridget. As the spiderhead lunged again Inuyasha held out his sheathed Tetsusaiga. When the spiderhead almost hit, there was a blinding flash.
"Bridget, there's is a shack in that direction. We passed by it not long ago," Inuyasha said pointing. "I'll follow you." Bridget nodded, having to blink several times to get her bearings. Miroku picked up Amanda, he and the others following Bridget as they ran for the shack.
Amanda whimpered and gripped Miroku's robes tightly in her fist. "Inuyasha." she whispered. They heard shouts of Inuyasha dodging yet another blow. Quickly, they found the shack and went into it. The shack was about the size of a small room. Miroku set her down gently in the middle of it. A second later Inuyasha busted in and jammed the tip of the Tetsusaiga in to it so that it wedged the door firmly in the frame.
"That should stop the spiderheads for a few hours." Inuyasha said, dusting his hands off. He turned to Bridget. "How is she doing?" he asked with his voice barely over a whisper.
Amanda opened her eyes before Bridget could respond. " Inuyasha?" she asked. Inuyasha crept over to her and sat down beside her.
"What's the matter?" he asked. Amanda's eyes began to tear up.
"I'm so cold." she quietly replied. Inuyasha smiled weakly and gathered her up in his arms. "I don't want to die. . ." she whispered as Inuyasha took off his firerat-skin shirt and wrapped her up in it. Amanda then slipped to the verge of unconsciousness. Inuyasha turned to Bridget and frowned.
"There must be something we have to help neutralize the poison." Inuyasha begged. Bridget's shoulders sagged.
"Everything we have is back at the camp. I'm sorry. . ." Bridget replied. Raylin started to think franticly.
"Can't we suck out the poison?" she asked. Miroku shook his head.
"If we do that, we could endanger your life as well as hers." Miroku said resting his head in his hands. Raylin hit him over the head.
"You're a monk! Can't you do anything about it?!"
"I would if I could, Lady Raylin. We just have many options at hand. . .the only thing we can do is wait and hope." Miroku sighed. Raylin looked like she was on her wits end. She walked over to Amanda and Inuyasha and sat down in front of Amanda.
'Amanda, I was only joking about being another dead girlfriend if you ever died. . .I hope you didn't take that personally. . .I'm sorry Amanda. . .I don't want you to die. . .even though you always call Miroku a hentai.' Raylin hit Miroku over the head when he was just about to grab her. (A/N: When did he get untied from his staff. . .? *shrugs* Oh well.) 'Yes. . .well. I can see where you were going with that.'
Everyone was quiet and grim. Raylin looked around. The shack was littered with a few things. . .a bucket here, an old child's outfit there. Finally she stood up, raising a fist. "I don't care who's out there! We need to get to the camp and get some medicine for her!"
Bridget blinked. "Do you actually think we stand a chance out there?"
"Sure. I don't really know how to ward off spiders but I do know how to keep the poison under control for a couple hours." Raylin said. She turned to the guys. "There's some old outfits in here. Take the cloth and use it as a bandage. Wrap the entire limb, not just the bite. Be sure to keep the bandage firm but not tight. If it's too tight, it'll cut off her circulation. It's called the pressure/immobilization method." She instructed. Miroku nodded and grabbed an outfit, beginning to rip it into a bandage.
Bridget raised an eyebrow. "Where'd you read this from?" she asked.
"Spider website. Very educational one, too." Raylin said, nodding.
Inuyasha looked up at the girls. "Wait a second! Don't tell me that you're planning on going out there yourselves to get the medicine!" he exclaimed.
"We got shoes. We could squash 'em!" Kisike said cheerfully.
". . .We're going to need a lot bigger shoes, 'Sike." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Awww. . .okiedokie then."
"It's too dangerous! They'll kill you!" Inuyasha said.
"I have to agree with Inuyasha. Going out there is suicide." Miroku said.
"Heh. We'll just see who's doing the killing. . ." Kisike said in her homicidal voice and grinning.
Bridget sweatdropped again. ". . .Oh god. She's gone into her Johnny the Homicidal Maniac mode again. . .But hey, she's got a point. Don't forget, Kisike and I are half demon, and Raylin's an elf." She said.
"Well I'll go with you. I've fought these spiderheads before." Inuyasha said, beginning to stand up.
Bridget put a hand on his shoulder. "No," she said. "Amanda needs you here."
"She's right. If we're not back in twenty minutes, we're probably dead or in really big trouble." Raylin said.
"How long is twenty minutes?" Shippou asked.
Raylin sweatdropped. "None of you know how to tell time?" she asked.
"No. . ." the guys and kids said.
Raylin sighed and tossed Miroku her watch. The watch read 12:45. "Now, see the big arrow on the nine? It's been twenty minutes when it points to the one, see?" she said, pointing to the one.
Miroku blinked and squinted at the watch. "I. . .can't really see the numbers. . ." he said.
"Oh yeah. . ." Raylin said, noticing that it was dark in the hut. She pushed a button on the watch, making it glow.
"I see now. . ." Miroku said.
"Yeah. But the glow won't stay on forever. It'll go off soon, so you'll have to press the button I did, okay?"
Miroku nodded. "I understand, Lady Raylin."
"Ooooh. . .it lights up. . .pretty!" Kouten said. The others sweatdropped.
"Um. . .yeah. . ." Raylin said. She opened the door. "Let's rock." She said, walking out.
"Wheee!" Kisike yelled, running out of the hut. There was the loud yell of "OW!" that cut through the night. . .because Kisike had accidentally run into a tree.
Everybody sweatdropped. "Oh boy. . ." Bridget muttered. "We're in trouble. . ."
"I'm okay!" Kisike yelled. "I'm okay. . ." They could hear her slice some branches off the tree in revenge, laughing a homicidal laugh.
". . .She keeps it up, they're going to find us. . ." Raylin muttered.
"Don't worry. If we're going into battle and she's switched into her homicidal personality, that's probably a good thing." Bridget replied.
She and Raylin shut the door and followed Kisike into the night.
"You think they'll be alright?" Miroku asked.
"They'd better be alright." Inuyasha muttered. 'If they're not, Amanda will never forgive me. . .'
***
"I really hope Amanda doesn't die while we're gone. . ." Bridget said worriedly as they marched through the forest.
"Don't worry! If she does, she'll just be brought back by the Will of the Universe." Kisike said.
". . .You've been watching Excel Saga again, haven't you?" Bridget said, rolling her eyes.
"Teehee. Dahggie!" She said, sounding much like Excel.
Raylin rolled her eyes. "I doubt the Will of the Universe will bring her back to life." She said. "Even if there was one, it would probably be in the Excel Saga dimension, but not here."
"Awww. . ." Kisike said. Bridget held her sword and Raylin held her bow.
"You know, it'd probably be a good idea if we kept quiet and listened for spiderheads that might try to creep up on us." Bridget said.
Raylin nodded silently. Kisike hummed. ". . .Kisike, that means shut up." Raylin said.
"Oh! Oh, I see how it is. . .You're all against me! Pi-ti-ful humans!" Kisike said loudly, pointing at her.
". . ."
"With this keeping up, I can tell we're all gonna die." Bridget muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Whee!" Kisike said.
". . ."
"Well you know. . .everyone dies. . .eventually, anyways. Unless the storyline can't survive without you. . .then you get brought back by the Will of the Universe. But to do that, you have to die anyways. Besides, look how many times Goku died! More than any other human I know. . . Of course, I don't know anybody that's died. . .yet. . .and Goku isn't a NORMAL human. In fact, he isn't human at all! He's a Saiya-jin. So-"
". . .Shut her up. . ." Bridget muttered to Raylin.
"She has the duct tape." Raylin said. She hesitated, then shrugged and hit Kisike over the head, giving the neko-jin swirly eyes. Kisike wavered from side to side, then shook her head to clear it and glared at Raylin.
"Hey! Hey, hey! Hey!" she yelled. ". . .I'm going to have to kill you now. Goodbye." She said.
". . .No killing each other, please. We're almost there." Bridget said. She paused. "Hang on, I hear something. . ." she said.
Kisike blinked. "Oh yeah. . .I hear it too. . ." she said. She heard the sound in the trees. She waved at where she heard the sound. "Hi up there!" she greeted in a Gir-like voice.
". . .Idiot. . ." Raylin muttered.
"Welll, look who's here. Three of the hanyou's friends." Said a spiderhead. It wasn't the leader, but it looked like it was probably a VIS (Very Important Spiderhead). "I was told to leave the hanyou to our leader, but told I could kill some of his friends."
"Oooh. . .sounds fun. . .but. . ." Kisike said, jumping up to slash at him. "No thank you!" The spiderhead somehow managed to dodge and shot some web at her while she was still in the air. "Gah! What the?! GET THIS STUFF OFF OF ME!" she yelled, tied up in webbing. The spiderhead laughed evilly.
"Now you're caught in my web." He said.
"Oh, sure, state the obvious, why don't you?" Kisike grumbled. "I HATE SPIDERS! And bugs. . .and. . .yeah. . .I think you get the idea. . ." she yelled.
"Eat arrow!" Raylin shouted, firing an arrow at the spiderhead. It missed him by about three feet.
Bridget sweatdropped. "You missed. . ." she said.
"Hey, at least I'm getting better!" Raylin exclaimed.
Kisike sweatdropped as well. "Better doesn't cut it!" she yelled. "Hurry up and kill it before I kill you!"
"Well, actually you can't really do that if you're dead. . .that is, unless somebody brings you back to life. . ."
"RAYLIN!"
Bridget tried slicing the web. "Dammit. . .it won't cut. . ." she said angrily.
"Well yeah. Spider webs are supposed to be as strong as steel. If you're a bug, that is." Raylin said.
"I'M NOT A BUG!" Kisike yelled in frustration. "Stop telling us a bunch of useless facts and get a giant shoe!"
". . .We don't have a giant shoe."
Bridget shook her head. "Look," she said, "If you can't destroy the trap, at least destroy the owner." She said. With that, she ran at the spiderhead with her sword. The spiderhead shot webbing at her too. With faerie speed, she managed to dodge that attack, but ran right into a separate web. "Dammit!"
"Fools. This is child's play." The spider said.
". . .Oh great. Now only Raylin is left to save us. We're all gonna die. Right now, I mean." Kisike said.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!" Raylin demanded.
"That you need to stop giving us a lesson on spiders and get us outta this!" Kisike shot back.
Bridget sweatdropped as she watched the two argue. She noticed webbing wrapping around the trees and into a circle, then forming a web right above them, trapping them inside. "Um. . .guys?" she asked. The two didn't notice her. "Guys. . .?" she tried again. No noticing. "GUYS!" She yelled.
The two girls turned to her. "WHAT?!" they yelled back.
". . .Look." She said, clearly annoyed. She jerked her head at the webs since her arms were bound to her sides. Her sword was lying on the ground in front of her and she was bound against a tree. Kisike was wrapped up in webbing too, but she was hanging upside-down.
"Oh crap. . ." Raylin said, looking around.
"Stupid girls. While you three have been arguing, I have ensnarled you all in my web." The spiderhead said.
". . .Oh joy. You know, maybe life's trying to get back at me for accidentally not feeding the spiders I caught back in third grade and letting them die." Bridget commented, -.-'ing.
"You did that?" Raylin asked, raising an eyebrow.
Bridget nodded. "Yeah. I went around the neighborhood looking for spiders to keep as pets since we were learning about them in school, and when I found them, I put them in a coke bottle. I kinda forgot to feed them. . .I think they actually became cannibalistic. . ." Bridget replied casually.
Raylin and Kisike sweatdropped. "Yeah, I know. I was a weird kid, okay?" Bridget sighed.
"Um. . .okay, but. . .it might not be a good idea to start saying that in front of Spiderman here. . .it'll probably piss him off. . ." Raylin said.
"This ain't Spiderman! Spiderman is our FRIENDLY neighborhood spider! Spiderman doesn't eat people!" Kisike yelled.
". . .Good point. . .well, what do we call him, then? Mr. Spiderhead?"
".Does it really matter? I mean, we're about to get eaten here." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Well I would like to know the name of my killer before I die." Kisike said.
The spiderhead sweatdropped, not being able to believe that these girls could carry on casual conversation in the face of death. Besides, who the hell was Spiderman?! "Stupid girls! Stupid, stupid girls! I'm about to kill you and you're talking about this. . .this Spiderman?!" he yelled. The girls continued to ignore him.
"I will give you five bucks if his name is Mr. Spiderhead." Bridget said.
"I thought you were broke!" Raylin said.
"Okay, okay, I did spend my allowance on that new manga. . .but I'll pay you next time I get my allowance. If you're right, that is."
"Alright, then how will we know if I'm right?" Raylin asked.
". . .Why don't you ask him?"
"Me?! I hate spiders! Get Kisike to ask him!"
"What?! And you think I like spiders?!" Kisike demanded. "Bridget, you ask him! You were the one that collected them when you were a kid!"
". . .Oh gee, thanks." Bridget said sarcastically. She turned to the spiderhead. "Oi, what's your name?"
". . .Idiots. . ." the spiderhead said.
"Your name is Idiots? That is a very stupid name. . ." Kisike said, nodding.
". . ." The spiderhead said. A web shot out and slammed into Raylin, sticking her to the wall of webbing behind her.
"Oh, I love this. . ." Raylin said sarcastically.
"Now, which of you three should I eat first?" the spider said.
"Um. . .'Sike?" Raylin asked.
"Yeah?" Kisike asked.
"You have your Raid with you, right?"
"Yeah! Hey, I could spray him in the eye! Then he'd be blind! Wait. . .he has two eyes. . .Besides, I can't get my hands free. . .Dang it. . ." Kisike said.
"I know! I'll eat the short one first!" the spiderhead said, lunging at Bridget.
". . .Alright, now you're going down. Nobody calls me short and gets away with it." Bridget said, twisting her wrist slightly and resting her hand on the tree she was tied to. She closed her eyes and concentrated. A faint green glow floated around the treetops, and suddenly the branches grew until they crowded the enclosed circle, trapping the spiderhead. She then twisted her wrist the other way and stuck her hand to the web, then let out a burst of ki. The energy was enough to melt the web where her palm was. She did the same with her other hand.
"Alright, you got your hands free. . .so what now?" Raylin asked.
"This." Bridget said, putting her hands on her arms and melting the web there too. She then reached out, grabbed a tree branch, and pulled herself out. She collapsed to her knees, the tree branches scratching her face slightly and catching her long hair.
". . .You okay?" Kisike asked.
"Yeah. . ." Bridget said wearily as she grabbed her sword. She stood up and cut the web wall that Raylin was stuck to and cut the web around Raylin. She then went over to Kisike and cut her down. Kisike toppled to the ground.
". . .Ouch. . ."
Bridget cut the web off Kisike. Kisike jumped up and grinned, pulling the tiny and portable bottle of Raid that she kept in her pocket. "Hah! Haha! Hah!" She said. She ran over to the spiderhead and sprayed the Raid in one of his eyes. The spiderhead screamed in pain.
Kisike smirked and shook the can. "Alright, let's go. Especially now that I'm equipped with my Raid."
Bridget rolled her eyes.
"I hardly think a can of Raid is enough to kill a spiderhead." Raylin said. "Especially one of that size."
"Mwahahahaha! Just watch!" Kisike said. "I shall annoy them to death!"
". . .Oh god. Well, we know she could do that easily." Bridget said, smiling weakly. She sliced the web wall. "Let's go. . ." she said. The three ran to the camp.
"Where's the stuff. . .?" Raylin demanded, searching the camp.
"It was supposed to be right here!" Bridget replied from one side of the camp. "I think the spiderheads took it."
"Damn. . .After all that trouble too. . ." Raylin growled.
"The others are not going to be too happy to hear this. . ." Bridget said.
Kisike and Raylin nodded. Kisike blinked. "Hey. . .I think I hear something. . ." she said.
"Yeah, same here. . ." Bridget said. The three stood back-to-back-to- back and looked around.
"Right there!" Raylin suddenly shouted as she jumped up and out of the way of an oncoming web. The other two jumped out of the way as well.
"Dammit. . .we're surrounded. . ." Bridget muttered as she looked around at all the glowing eyes peering out from the darkness of the trees.
"They must have heard their comrade's scream. . ." Raylin stated.
"What now?" Bridget asked.
"Well we can't go back without the medicine. . ." Raylin said.
Kisike got into fighting stance, claws ready. "I say we kill them all. . ." she said.
"But there's too many of them. . ." Bridget said.
"If we don't fight them, then we're going to die anyway. Now. . .attack!" Kisike yelled, charging at one of the spiderheads.
Author's Note-*answering machine comes on*
Bridget: Kouga! Give that back!
Amanda: I don't think he knows that Playstation isn't a chew toy. . .
Raylin: Well he's going to have to learn! *sounds of tugging in the background, then a crash*
Bridget: We got it back. . .oro. . .
Raylin: Yeah. . .um. . .shouldn't we do the answering machine while it's still on? Before Kouga chews on it. . .
Kisike: I'll do it! Now, evil that we left you at a cliffy, ne? But don't worry! The next chapter should be up soon! *to Bridget * Right?
Bridget: Yeah.
Kisike: Yeah. And I'll be sure to write more.
Amanda: You sure?
Kisike: *yells* Of course!
Bridget: Oro. . .
Kisike: Stop talking like Kenshin! Anyways, review at the tortured screams and come back soon! Ja ne!
Raylin: *sighs* Kisike, that's the beep, not the tortured screams. . .
Kisike: Heheh. . .
*tortured screams are heard. . .then a beep*
"Inuyasha." It hissed. Its long neck stretched to stare at him from one eye. "It's been a long time."
"I thought I killed you." Inuyasha shouted. The spiderhead seemed to smirk.
"Thanks to the work the mighty Naraku, I survived to take my revenge out on you and your friends," it laughed. Amanda saw something in the bushes behind Inuyasha. It flew out from the bushes, aimed at Inuyasha's back.
"Look out!" Amanda shouted and pushed him aside. A spiderhead sank its teeth deep into her arm. Amanda punched it in the face with her arm and rammed it into a nearby tree with a pointed stick she had some how gotten a hold of in two seconds time. She gripped her arm protectively and turned to the giant spiderhead. "That was a no-good trick that you pulled. . .trying to take Inuyasha from the back." She shouted. She turned to Inuyasha who just stared at her. "Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah. . .I'm alright." He mumbled. Amanda smiled weakly.
"That's good Inuyasha. . ." She whispered. Her eyes faded and she passed out. As she fell Bridget caught her and turned her friend over. She quickly glanced at Amanda's arm; the wound was starting to turn a light shade of purple around the puncture marks.
"She's been poisoned." Bridget moaned under her breath. The spiderhead laughed when Inuyasha turned to him with rage in his eyes.
"Sorry, Inuyasha. . .that blow was only meant for you. . .but oh well. . .might as well take the best of the little time that she has remaining to live. . .that dose contained more poison then I pumped you with in our last encounter." The spiderhead laughed. "Too bad you won't be there to see her in her last moments." He lunged at Inuyasha with his fangs dripping with poison. Inuyasha jerked to the side and avoided the blow. . .barely. He landed in front of Amanda and Bridget. As the spiderhead lunged again Inuyasha held out his sheathed Tetsusaiga. When the spiderhead almost hit, there was a blinding flash.
"Bridget, there's is a shack in that direction. We passed by it not long ago," Inuyasha said pointing. "I'll follow you." Bridget nodded, having to blink several times to get her bearings. Miroku picked up Amanda, he and the others following Bridget as they ran for the shack.
Amanda whimpered and gripped Miroku's robes tightly in her fist. "Inuyasha." she whispered. They heard shouts of Inuyasha dodging yet another blow. Quickly, they found the shack and went into it. The shack was about the size of a small room. Miroku set her down gently in the middle of it. A second later Inuyasha busted in and jammed the tip of the Tetsusaiga in to it so that it wedged the door firmly in the frame.
"That should stop the spiderheads for a few hours." Inuyasha said, dusting his hands off. He turned to Bridget. "How is she doing?" he asked with his voice barely over a whisper.
Amanda opened her eyes before Bridget could respond. " Inuyasha?" she asked. Inuyasha crept over to her and sat down beside her.
"What's the matter?" he asked. Amanda's eyes began to tear up.
"I'm so cold." she quietly replied. Inuyasha smiled weakly and gathered her up in his arms. "I don't want to die. . ." she whispered as Inuyasha took off his firerat-skin shirt and wrapped her up in it. Amanda then slipped to the verge of unconsciousness. Inuyasha turned to Bridget and frowned.
"There must be something we have to help neutralize the poison." Inuyasha begged. Bridget's shoulders sagged.
"Everything we have is back at the camp. I'm sorry. . ." Bridget replied. Raylin started to think franticly.
"Can't we suck out the poison?" she asked. Miroku shook his head.
"If we do that, we could endanger your life as well as hers." Miroku said resting his head in his hands. Raylin hit him over the head.
"You're a monk! Can't you do anything about it?!"
"I would if I could, Lady Raylin. We just have many options at hand. . .the only thing we can do is wait and hope." Miroku sighed. Raylin looked like she was on her wits end. She walked over to Amanda and Inuyasha and sat down in front of Amanda.
'Amanda, I was only joking about being another dead girlfriend if you ever died. . .I hope you didn't take that personally. . .I'm sorry Amanda. . .I don't want you to die. . .even though you always call Miroku a hentai.' Raylin hit Miroku over the head when he was just about to grab her. (A/N: When did he get untied from his staff. . .? *shrugs* Oh well.) 'Yes. . .well. I can see where you were going with that.'
Everyone was quiet and grim. Raylin looked around. The shack was littered with a few things. . .a bucket here, an old child's outfit there. Finally she stood up, raising a fist. "I don't care who's out there! We need to get to the camp and get some medicine for her!"
Bridget blinked. "Do you actually think we stand a chance out there?"
"Sure. I don't really know how to ward off spiders but I do know how to keep the poison under control for a couple hours." Raylin said. She turned to the guys. "There's some old outfits in here. Take the cloth and use it as a bandage. Wrap the entire limb, not just the bite. Be sure to keep the bandage firm but not tight. If it's too tight, it'll cut off her circulation. It's called the pressure/immobilization method." She instructed. Miroku nodded and grabbed an outfit, beginning to rip it into a bandage.
Bridget raised an eyebrow. "Where'd you read this from?" she asked.
"Spider website. Very educational one, too." Raylin said, nodding.
Inuyasha looked up at the girls. "Wait a second! Don't tell me that you're planning on going out there yourselves to get the medicine!" he exclaimed.
"We got shoes. We could squash 'em!" Kisike said cheerfully.
". . .We're going to need a lot bigger shoes, 'Sike." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Awww. . .okiedokie then."
"It's too dangerous! They'll kill you!" Inuyasha said.
"I have to agree with Inuyasha. Going out there is suicide." Miroku said.
"Heh. We'll just see who's doing the killing. . ." Kisike said in her homicidal voice and grinning.
Bridget sweatdropped again. ". . .Oh god. She's gone into her Johnny the Homicidal Maniac mode again. . .But hey, she's got a point. Don't forget, Kisike and I are half demon, and Raylin's an elf." She said.
"Well I'll go with you. I've fought these spiderheads before." Inuyasha said, beginning to stand up.
Bridget put a hand on his shoulder. "No," she said. "Amanda needs you here."
"She's right. If we're not back in twenty minutes, we're probably dead or in really big trouble." Raylin said.
"How long is twenty minutes?" Shippou asked.
Raylin sweatdropped. "None of you know how to tell time?" she asked.
"No. . ." the guys and kids said.
Raylin sighed and tossed Miroku her watch. The watch read 12:45. "Now, see the big arrow on the nine? It's been twenty minutes when it points to the one, see?" she said, pointing to the one.
Miroku blinked and squinted at the watch. "I. . .can't really see the numbers. . ." he said.
"Oh yeah. . ." Raylin said, noticing that it was dark in the hut. She pushed a button on the watch, making it glow.
"I see now. . ." Miroku said.
"Yeah. But the glow won't stay on forever. It'll go off soon, so you'll have to press the button I did, okay?"
Miroku nodded. "I understand, Lady Raylin."
"Ooooh. . .it lights up. . .pretty!" Kouten said. The others sweatdropped.
"Um. . .yeah. . ." Raylin said. She opened the door. "Let's rock." She said, walking out.
"Wheee!" Kisike yelled, running out of the hut. There was the loud yell of "OW!" that cut through the night. . .because Kisike had accidentally run into a tree.
Everybody sweatdropped. "Oh boy. . ." Bridget muttered. "We're in trouble. . ."
"I'm okay!" Kisike yelled. "I'm okay. . ." They could hear her slice some branches off the tree in revenge, laughing a homicidal laugh.
". . .She keeps it up, they're going to find us. . ." Raylin muttered.
"Don't worry. If we're going into battle and she's switched into her homicidal personality, that's probably a good thing." Bridget replied.
She and Raylin shut the door and followed Kisike into the night.
"You think they'll be alright?" Miroku asked.
"They'd better be alright." Inuyasha muttered. 'If they're not, Amanda will never forgive me. . .'
***
"I really hope Amanda doesn't die while we're gone. . ." Bridget said worriedly as they marched through the forest.
"Don't worry! If she does, she'll just be brought back by the Will of the Universe." Kisike said.
". . .You've been watching Excel Saga again, haven't you?" Bridget said, rolling her eyes.
"Teehee. Dahggie!" She said, sounding much like Excel.
Raylin rolled her eyes. "I doubt the Will of the Universe will bring her back to life." She said. "Even if there was one, it would probably be in the Excel Saga dimension, but not here."
"Awww. . ." Kisike said. Bridget held her sword and Raylin held her bow.
"You know, it'd probably be a good idea if we kept quiet and listened for spiderheads that might try to creep up on us." Bridget said.
Raylin nodded silently. Kisike hummed. ". . .Kisike, that means shut up." Raylin said.
"Oh! Oh, I see how it is. . .You're all against me! Pi-ti-ful humans!" Kisike said loudly, pointing at her.
". . ."
"With this keeping up, I can tell we're all gonna die." Bridget muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Whee!" Kisike said.
". . ."
"Well you know. . .everyone dies. . .eventually, anyways. Unless the storyline can't survive without you. . .then you get brought back by the Will of the Universe. But to do that, you have to die anyways. Besides, look how many times Goku died! More than any other human I know. . . Of course, I don't know anybody that's died. . .yet. . .and Goku isn't a NORMAL human. In fact, he isn't human at all! He's a Saiya-jin. So-"
". . .Shut her up. . ." Bridget muttered to Raylin.
"She has the duct tape." Raylin said. She hesitated, then shrugged and hit Kisike over the head, giving the neko-jin swirly eyes. Kisike wavered from side to side, then shook her head to clear it and glared at Raylin.
"Hey! Hey, hey! Hey!" she yelled. ". . .I'm going to have to kill you now. Goodbye." She said.
". . .No killing each other, please. We're almost there." Bridget said. She paused. "Hang on, I hear something. . ." she said.
Kisike blinked. "Oh yeah. . .I hear it too. . ." she said. She heard the sound in the trees. She waved at where she heard the sound. "Hi up there!" she greeted in a Gir-like voice.
". . .Idiot. . ." Raylin muttered.
"Welll, look who's here. Three of the hanyou's friends." Said a spiderhead. It wasn't the leader, but it looked like it was probably a VIS (Very Important Spiderhead). "I was told to leave the hanyou to our leader, but told I could kill some of his friends."
"Oooh. . .sounds fun. . .but. . ." Kisike said, jumping up to slash at him. "No thank you!" The spiderhead somehow managed to dodge and shot some web at her while she was still in the air. "Gah! What the?! GET THIS STUFF OFF OF ME!" she yelled, tied up in webbing. The spiderhead laughed evilly.
"Now you're caught in my web." He said.
"Oh, sure, state the obvious, why don't you?" Kisike grumbled. "I HATE SPIDERS! And bugs. . .and. . .yeah. . .I think you get the idea. . ." she yelled.
"Eat arrow!" Raylin shouted, firing an arrow at the spiderhead. It missed him by about three feet.
Bridget sweatdropped. "You missed. . ." she said.
"Hey, at least I'm getting better!" Raylin exclaimed.
Kisike sweatdropped as well. "Better doesn't cut it!" she yelled. "Hurry up and kill it before I kill you!"
"Well, actually you can't really do that if you're dead. . .that is, unless somebody brings you back to life. . ."
"RAYLIN!"
Bridget tried slicing the web. "Dammit. . .it won't cut. . ." she said angrily.
"Well yeah. Spider webs are supposed to be as strong as steel. If you're a bug, that is." Raylin said.
"I'M NOT A BUG!" Kisike yelled in frustration. "Stop telling us a bunch of useless facts and get a giant shoe!"
". . .We don't have a giant shoe."
Bridget shook her head. "Look," she said, "If you can't destroy the trap, at least destroy the owner." She said. With that, she ran at the spiderhead with her sword. The spiderhead shot webbing at her too. With faerie speed, she managed to dodge that attack, but ran right into a separate web. "Dammit!"
"Fools. This is child's play." The spider said.
". . .Oh great. Now only Raylin is left to save us. We're all gonna die. Right now, I mean." Kisike said.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!" Raylin demanded.
"That you need to stop giving us a lesson on spiders and get us outta this!" Kisike shot back.
Bridget sweatdropped as she watched the two argue. She noticed webbing wrapping around the trees and into a circle, then forming a web right above them, trapping them inside. "Um. . .guys?" she asked. The two didn't notice her. "Guys. . .?" she tried again. No noticing. "GUYS!" She yelled.
The two girls turned to her. "WHAT?!" they yelled back.
". . .Look." She said, clearly annoyed. She jerked her head at the webs since her arms were bound to her sides. Her sword was lying on the ground in front of her and she was bound against a tree. Kisike was wrapped up in webbing too, but she was hanging upside-down.
"Oh crap. . ." Raylin said, looking around.
"Stupid girls. While you three have been arguing, I have ensnarled you all in my web." The spiderhead said.
". . .Oh joy. You know, maybe life's trying to get back at me for accidentally not feeding the spiders I caught back in third grade and letting them die." Bridget commented, -.-'ing.
"You did that?" Raylin asked, raising an eyebrow.
Bridget nodded. "Yeah. I went around the neighborhood looking for spiders to keep as pets since we were learning about them in school, and when I found them, I put them in a coke bottle. I kinda forgot to feed them. . .I think they actually became cannibalistic. . ." Bridget replied casually.
Raylin and Kisike sweatdropped. "Yeah, I know. I was a weird kid, okay?" Bridget sighed.
"Um. . .okay, but. . .it might not be a good idea to start saying that in front of Spiderman here. . .it'll probably piss him off. . ." Raylin said.
"This ain't Spiderman! Spiderman is our FRIENDLY neighborhood spider! Spiderman doesn't eat people!" Kisike yelled.
". . .Good point. . .well, what do we call him, then? Mr. Spiderhead?"
".Does it really matter? I mean, we're about to get eaten here." Bridget said, sweatdropping.
"Well I would like to know the name of my killer before I die." Kisike said.
The spiderhead sweatdropped, not being able to believe that these girls could carry on casual conversation in the face of death. Besides, who the hell was Spiderman?! "Stupid girls! Stupid, stupid girls! I'm about to kill you and you're talking about this. . .this Spiderman?!" he yelled. The girls continued to ignore him.
"I will give you five bucks if his name is Mr. Spiderhead." Bridget said.
"I thought you were broke!" Raylin said.
"Okay, okay, I did spend my allowance on that new manga. . .but I'll pay you next time I get my allowance. If you're right, that is."
"Alright, then how will we know if I'm right?" Raylin asked.
". . .Why don't you ask him?"
"Me?! I hate spiders! Get Kisike to ask him!"
"What?! And you think I like spiders?!" Kisike demanded. "Bridget, you ask him! You were the one that collected them when you were a kid!"
". . .Oh gee, thanks." Bridget said sarcastically. She turned to the spiderhead. "Oi, what's your name?"
". . .Idiots. . ." the spiderhead said.
"Your name is Idiots? That is a very stupid name. . ." Kisike said, nodding.
". . ." The spiderhead said. A web shot out and slammed into Raylin, sticking her to the wall of webbing behind her.
"Oh, I love this. . ." Raylin said sarcastically.
"Now, which of you three should I eat first?" the spider said.
"Um. . .'Sike?" Raylin asked.
"Yeah?" Kisike asked.
"You have your Raid with you, right?"
"Yeah! Hey, I could spray him in the eye! Then he'd be blind! Wait. . .he has two eyes. . .Besides, I can't get my hands free. . .Dang it. . ." Kisike said.
"I know! I'll eat the short one first!" the spiderhead said, lunging at Bridget.
". . .Alright, now you're going down. Nobody calls me short and gets away with it." Bridget said, twisting her wrist slightly and resting her hand on the tree she was tied to. She closed her eyes and concentrated. A faint green glow floated around the treetops, and suddenly the branches grew until they crowded the enclosed circle, trapping the spiderhead. She then twisted her wrist the other way and stuck her hand to the web, then let out a burst of ki. The energy was enough to melt the web where her palm was. She did the same with her other hand.
"Alright, you got your hands free. . .so what now?" Raylin asked.
"This." Bridget said, putting her hands on her arms and melting the web there too. She then reached out, grabbed a tree branch, and pulled herself out. She collapsed to her knees, the tree branches scratching her face slightly and catching her long hair.
". . .You okay?" Kisike asked.
"Yeah. . ." Bridget said wearily as she grabbed her sword. She stood up and cut the web wall that Raylin was stuck to and cut the web around Raylin. She then went over to Kisike and cut her down. Kisike toppled to the ground.
". . .Ouch. . ."
Bridget cut the web off Kisike. Kisike jumped up and grinned, pulling the tiny and portable bottle of Raid that she kept in her pocket. "Hah! Haha! Hah!" She said. She ran over to the spiderhead and sprayed the Raid in one of his eyes. The spiderhead screamed in pain.
Kisike smirked and shook the can. "Alright, let's go. Especially now that I'm equipped with my Raid."
Bridget rolled her eyes.
"I hardly think a can of Raid is enough to kill a spiderhead." Raylin said. "Especially one of that size."
"Mwahahahaha! Just watch!" Kisike said. "I shall annoy them to death!"
". . .Oh god. Well, we know she could do that easily." Bridget said, smiling weakly. She sliced the web wall. "Let's go. . ." she said. The three ran to the camp.
"Where's the stuff. . .?" Raylin demanded, searching the camp.
"It was supposed to be right here!" Bridget replied from one side of the camp. "I think the spiderheads took it."
"Damn. . .After all that trouble too. . ." Raylin growled.
"The others are not going to be too happy to hear this. . ." Bridget said.
Kisike and Raylin nodded. Kisike blinked. "Hey. . .I think I hear something. . ." she said.
"Yeah, same here. . ." Bridget said. The three stood back-to-back-to- back and looked around.
"Right there!" Raylin suddenly shouted as she jumped up and out of the way of an oncoming web. The other two jumped out of the way as well.
"Dammit. . .we're surrounded. . ." Bridget muttered as she looked around at all the glowing eyes peering out from the darkness of the trees.
"They must have heard their comrade's scream. . ." Raylin stated.
"What now?" Bridget asked.
"Well we can't go back without the medicine. . ." Raylin said.
Kisike got into fighting stance, claws ready. "I say we kill them all. . ." she said.
"But there's too many of them. . ." Bridget said.
"If we don't fight them, then we're going to die anyway. Now. . .attack!" Kisike yelled, charging at one of the spiderheads.
Author's Note-*answering machine comes on*
Bridget: Kouga! Give that back!
Amanda: I don't think he knows that Playstation isn't a chew toy. . .
Raylin: Well he's going to have to learn! *sounds of tugging in the background, then a crash*
Bridget: We got it back. . .oro. . .
Raylin: Yeah. . .um. . .shouldn't we do the answering machine while it's still on? Before Kouga chews on it. . .
Kisike: I'll do it! Now, evil that we left you at a cliffy, ne? But don't worry! The next chapter should be up soon! *to Bridget * Right?
Bridget: Yeah.
Kisike: Yeah. And I'll be sure to write more.
Amanda: You sure?
Kisike: *yells* Of course!
Bridget: Oro. . .
Kisike: Stop talking like Kenshin! Anyways, review at the tortured screams and come back soon! Ja ne!
Raylin: *sighs* Kisike, that's the beep, not the tortured screams. . .
Kisike: Heheh. . .
*tortured screams are heard. . .then a beep*