Author's Note-You're gonna kill us, aren't you? We haven't been updating, I
know, but the updater (me) hasn't had much time to write or update due to
starting highschool. And the others. . .I think they've just hit a writers
block. . .we all have. . . But never fear! We have not stopped writing. We
intend to finish this fanfic, even if it takes us all somehow ending up in
one place and suddenly ending the fic.or someone named Cordelia waking up
and thinking that the spaghetti she had before going to bed must have went
bad. (J/N: J/k.) But.just to let you guys know.we haven't had much time to
gather Shikon shards either.so we own nothing.including Family Guy. Oh, and
another thing. Some of you have been wondering where a certain character
is, and in this chapter, she makes her appearance. So, read and review, and
we'll get to writing (and hopefully updating more often.)
Kisike stood up, seeing some of the snow melted in the field and Inuyasha lay on the ground, not moving. She walked over to him. "Geez. If one explosion was enough to kill you then I may have done that a long time ago. . ." she said.
'I can't give up. . .' Inuyasha thought, barely managing to maintain consciousness. He twitched slightly.
"Dammit. You're still alive?" Kisike sighed. She suddenly heard something coming towards her. She ducked the boomerang that breezed over her head, then watched as it came back and dodged it then, too. She turned and watched a young woman with long black hair in a ponytail wearing black and pink armor catch it. She blinked. "Hey. . .nice outfit. . ." she said. "It's got pink. . ."
The woman ignored her. "Are you all right?" she called over to Inuyasha.
'That voice. . .I recognize it. . .' Inuyasha thought, opening his eyes slightly.
"Whoever you are, I suggest you stay out of this fight." Kisike said, cracking her knuckles. "Unless you have a death wish."
"I can't do that. You're a cat demon attacking a defenseless human." The woman said.
"He had a sword!" Kisike protested. "Well. . .s'not like he could do anything with it. . .but still! He nearly got me killed and I need to finish the mission given to me by Lord Ilpallazo!"
"Who is this Lord Ilpallazo you work for? Another demon?"
"Darn it. . .Got the name wrong again. . ." Kisike muttered. She then looked back at the woman and formed her ki sword in her hand, waving it around insanely just for the heck of it. "Sorry about that. . .I said Lord Ilpallazo. I meant Lord NARAKU."
"Naraku!" The woman exclaimed. 'Is she waving her sword around like that as a threat? Or is she just an idiot?' she wondered.
"No, I'm not Naraku. . .I'm Kisike! Also known as Excel. . .Now. . ." Kisike grinned and pointed her sword at the woman. "Whoooo arrre yooou?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened as his head began to clear. 'I remember! That's-'
"Sango: Demon slayer." The woman said.
"Sango!" Inuyasha yelled, sitting up slightly.
Sango blinked. "Who. . .Do I know you?" she asked.
"Sango, it's me! Inuyasha! I'm in human form until the sun rises, but whatever you do, don't kill that girl!" Inuyasha called over to her.
"Inuyasha!" Sango exclaimed.
"Yeah." Inuyasha said. He began to stand up, but looking very weak. "On second thought. . .just stay out of this battle. Period." He said.
"But Inuyasha, she's trying to kill you AND she's one of Naraku's henchmen." Sango protested.
"HenchWOMAN." Kisike interrupted.
"Fine. Henchwoman. Why-"
"She's one of my friends being controlled by Naraku." Inuyasha said.
Kisike glared at him. "I am not one of your friends. Friends don't leave other friends to die!" she yelled.
"I. . .I. . ." Inuyasha couldn't come up with a comeback or argument for that one immediately. He blinked, then said, "Oh yeah? Well you. . .uh. . .stole our Shikon shards!"
Kisike -.-'d. "That was after you left me to die, dummy. Get your timeline straight."
"Hey! Who are you calling a dummy?!" Inuyasha demanded.
"Well. . .I guess I was wrong. . ." Kisike said. Inuyasha smirked at this, until Kisike continued. "What I should have said was 'weak dummy'. Sorry. . ." she said.
Inuyasha growled. Sango sweatdropped. 'She's not even taking this fight seriously. . .' she thought.
Kisike looked over at her and glared. "Why are you staring at me?! Stare at Christopher! You'd make a great couple! I mean. . .you just stand there. . .and Christopher just stands there. . .of course, hopefully he would, since he's a wall. . .but then, something could happen like the fire that happened to Inuyasha's house and Christopher could fall down. . ." she said, her voice trailing off. She suddenly glared. "Oh my god! Why did I just dedicate an entire paragraph to Christopher and a person I don't know?!" She began to go into a rant as Sango's mouth seemed to hang slightly open in disbelief and blink, not being able to decide if this girl was an idiot or just slightly (J/N: Yeah right) insane.
Kisike looked over at her expression, then began to laugh insanely. "Your humany little mind is no match for my psychic powers! Fear me. . .Fear me!" She then began to go into Excel mode and run around the field, swinging her sword around randomly.
"What. . .on earth. . ." Sango started, continuing to blink. She edged over to Inuyasha. "Your friend, you say. . .?" she asked him in a low voice when she was right next to him.
Inuyasha sweatdropped, his eyes dots. "Sadly. . .yes. . ." he admitted, sighing and hanging his head slightly.
"I think there's something wrong with her head. . ." Sango said.
Kisike came to a stop right in front of them. "Or maybe there's something wrong with YOUR head. It's too humany. I can tell. Damn you!" She said, saying the last part in a Stewie-like voice (J/N: If you've ever seen Family Guy, you'll know what I mean. . .).
Inuyasha was looking up at the sky. Kisike blinked and looked up at the dim sky also. "Oooh. . .whatcha lookin at?" she asked.
Inuyasha smirked. Kisike looked down at him, then up at the sky again, then back and forth until she finally yelled, "The aliens are comiiing!"
"I don't know what you're talking about, but it's not that. . ." Inuyasha said. Kisike looked back up at the sky and saw a lining of gold across the mountaintops.
". . .Damn you!" She said again in a Stewie-like voice. She then smirked. "I suppose I've taunted you enough for one lifetime. . .I'll have to hurry up and kill you now, even if I still have the power to defeat you once you're half demon. . .but I have another mission to complete once this is over with." She said, turning back to him. She ran at him, sword ready to cut off his head. "Prepare to be the headless dancing chicken!" she yelled.
Time suddenly seemed to slow for a flickering moment as Inuyasha's black hair shone silver and his human ears disappeared only to reappear as dog ears. His violet eyes changed to amber and his fingernails grew back to being claws. Inuyasha only registered this for a second though, for he dodged the sword and hit her over the head. . .really hard.
Kisike skidded to a stop, rubbing the bump on her head. "Ow. . .that hurt. . ." she whined. Inuyasha blinked in disbelief.
"What does it take to knock out this girl. . .?" he muttered.
Kisike sighed. "Well. . .looks like it's two against one. . .not that that really matters. . ." Kisike said, glancing over at Sango, then looking back over at Inuyasha. "But I can always kill you another time. I'm sure Lord Naraku won't care that much if I complete two out of three missions." She said. She hopped into a tree. "I would go help out those friends of yours if I were you. Now, Adios! And by the way," she called back, beginning to tree-hop away, "If you see Bridget again, don't be too happy about it because she'll probably try to kill you! Lord Naraku's orders!" She disappeared off into the woods, and Inuyasha could almost swear her heard her mutter as she left, "Adios? Since when did I start speaking Spanish. . .?"
It took a minute for what Kisike had said to click in Inuyasha's brain. "Dammit!" he suddenly exclaimed. "She's going to turn Bridget over to Naraku's side! I've got to go after her!" he said. He took a step forward, then paused and looked back to the other side of the field-the way back to the camp. "But. . .Amanda and the others need help. . ." he said. He seemed torn on which way to go.
"Inuyasha," Sango said. Inuyasha looked at her. "Go follow Kisike. You're faster than I am, so you'll be able to catch up with her. I'll go your friends."
"Yeah, but. . .You don't know where the camp is. Besides, I think a bunch of spiderheads are attacking there, not to mention one of Naraku's puppets." Inuyasha said.
"Oh, I'll be fine." Sango said. "A bunch of spiderheads will be nothing. And Kirara's already scouting out the area." Sango said. She looked up and waved. "Kirara!" she called. The fiery cat demon flew down and landed. Sango hopped on her back. "Kirara, you saw a camp with a bunch of humans, right?" she asked.
"Actually. . .most of them are demons." Inuyasha said. He ticked them off on his fingers. "There's Kouten, a rain demon; Amanda, half human, half cat demon; and then there's Raylin, who's an elf; and of course Miroku and Shippou."
Sango smiled. "I'm glad Miroku and Shippou are alright. . ." she said. "But. . .you forgot Kagome. . ." she said.
Inuyasha looked away. "I didn't forget her. She's gone."
Sango didn't know which he meant- back to the future or dead. . .but both of those options seemed bad enough to put such a sad and depressed look on his face. All she could do right then was nod. "By the way. . ." she said, "It's good to see you again."
Inuyasha still couldn't seem to look at her but nodded. "You too. Welcome back to the group, Sango." He said. He took off into the forest and Kirara and Sango flew off to help for the motley group in the forest.
***
". . .Um. . ." Amanda said, looking around. "So. . .anyone want to take any guesses at what the red eyes belong to?" she asked.
"Pink eye. Lots of people with pink eye." Raylin joked.
Amanda sweatdropped. "Hopefully not." She said. Raylin nodded.
"Yeah. . .pink eye is contagious, after all. . ." she said.
"But these eyes look more like a glowing bright red color." Shippou pointed out.
"Pink eye is a type of eye disease. It only lasts for a few days. . .maybe a week if you're unlucky. . .but it makes your eye all red or pink or whatever." Raylin said, shrugging.
"Ah."
Amanda turned to Miroku. "Hey, can't you just use that little suck- things-into-your-hand thingy?" she asked.
". . .It's called my air void. And I don't think so. I can tell you already that a good fraction of those eyes belong to the poisonous insects Naraku has that infects my air void and nearly kills me. Lady Kagome isn't around so I don't have the antidote from her time for the poison." Miroku said.
". . .Dammit. Well, this ain't good. . ." Raylin said. Then she said, "Um, guys. . ."
"Yeah?"
"That. . .baboon. . .monkey. . .dude. . .keeps staring over here at us. . .and it's beginning to get a just slightly freaky and annoying. . ." she said.
Everyone sweatdropped. ". . .Ya got a point. . ." Raylin admitted, looking back at the Naraku pinecone, who hadn't said a word since Kisike and Inuyasha left but just kept staring at them. ". . .He's getting on my nerves. . ."
"Maybe that's why he isn't saying anything. . .?" Miroku suggested.
Kouten clung to Shippou tightly. "Shippou-chan. . .that thing is getting kinda spooky. . ." Shippou sweatdropped and sighed, but he had to agree with everybody as he nodded.
"Maybe someone should kill it first. . .I mean, it is just a pinecone, right?" Amanda asked.
Raylin nodded, frowning. "You're right. Why the hell are we all freaking out over a pinecone?!" She looked back at the Naraku pinecone. It didn't blink back. . .or move. . .or do anything. Raylin gulped. "Um. . .that's why. . ." She then shrugged, picked up a stone, and tossed it at the Naraku pinecone.
The stone hit the Naraku pinecone in the head. The others sweatdropped as the stone bounced off. "What does that do. . .?" Amanda asked.
Kouten squeaked as she looked up to see the poisonous insects-hell wasps-and poisonous arachnids-spiderheads-advance towards them. "That's what. . ." she said in a tiny voice.
Raylin quickly glanced at her bow and arrows on the ground about five feet away. "I'm going to get my bow and arrow. . ." she whispered to them.
"Don't, Lady Raylin! It's too risky." Miroku said. "Besides, look." He pointed at the spiderheads, which didn't even seem to notice them, but instead, the hell wasps. They shot their webs at the wasps and began wrapping them in cocoons. Everybody-even the Naraku pinecone-sweatdropped.
"Um. . .I don't think that worked out the way Naraku intended it to. . ." Miroku said.
"Yeah. But hey, who wants humans when you can have a tasty bug?" Raylin said, shrugging.
"Uh. . .yeah. . ." Miroku looked up at the sky. "It'll be sunrise soon. . ." he said.
"Good. . ." Amanda said. She and the others looked at the Naraku pinecone.
"Time to kill him." Raylin said, grabbing her bow and an arrow.
"You cannot hit me. Not to mention that a mere arrow is not going to subdue me." The Naraku pinecone said, tentacles sprouting out the bottom of the baboon skin.
Miroku glanced over at Raylin. "You have to hit him in the heart, Lady Raylin." He said.
Raylin nodded as she pulled the bowstring taunt. "Can do!" She said. Then she muttered under her breath, "Heart? What heart. . .?" She let the arrow fly. It would have hit the Naraku pinecone, too. . .if it hadn't flown over his head.
Amanda sweatdropped. "What happened to 'can do'?" she asked.
"Hey, I don't see you helping!"
"That's because I can't!"
"Well then, shut up!"
"Okay!"
"Kouten, look out!" Shippou said, pulling Kouten out of the way of an aimed tentacle. Kouten blinked at him, then began squeezing him to death. . .I mean, hugging him.
"Thank you, Shippou!" She squealed.
". . .No. . .problem. . ." Shippou choked out, beginning to turn slightly blue.
Miroku knocked some of the tentacles out of the way with his staff while Raylin knocked them out of the way with her bow. Amanda looked around until she found a strong stick and did likewise. This went on for about five more minutes until Shippou suddenly exclaimed, "The sun is out!"
Amanda looked up at the sky and felt her demon powers returning. Her human ears disappeared and turned into cat ears and her fingernails grew back to claws. She threw down the stick and started slashing at the tentacles instead. She frowned when she saw that the tentacles could regenerate. "Hey, Miroku." She called over to Miroku.
Miroku looked over at Amanda. "Oh, I see you got your demon powers back." He said.
"Yeah. Hey, I was wondering: What if we knocked it's head off or something?"
Miroku shook his head. "Like I said, the only way to defeat the puppet in demon puppetry is to is to hit it in the heart."
"But it has no heart!" Amanda said.
"Where its heart would be." Miroku amended.
"Miroku!" A voice called from above. "Need some help?"
Miroku looked up with wide eyes. "Sango. . .!" he exclaimed.
"Hello, Miroku." Sango said as Kirara landed. She hopped off Kirara and dodged a tentacle from the Naraku pinecone.
"Miroku, who's this?" Raylin asked, blinking. Shippou looked up.
"Sango! Kirara!" he exclaimed.
"Hello, Shippou." Sango said.
"Um. . .this little reunion is great and all, but. . ." Amanda said, dodging another tentacle and slashing another one.
"Oh yes, the pinecone. . ." Miroku said, looking back over at Naraku.
"Pinecone?" Sango asked.
"Yes. . Naraku ran out of dolls and decided to use a pinecone. Or at least, that's what we've heard. . ." Miroku said.
Sango nodded slowly. "Alright. . ." she said.
Kouten studied Sango's armor and boomerang for a second, then turned to Shippou and asked, "Is she a demon slayer?"
Shippou nodded. "Yeah, but don't worry. She won't hurt us. She's one of my friends." He replied.
Kouten smiled and said, "Okay, Shippou-chan!"
Shippou sighed.
"Now, time to get rid of this Naraku puppet!" Sango said. She turned to Raylin. "You have a bow and arrow; can you shoot it?"
"Well, um. . .kinda. . ." Raylin admitted.
"It went over his head last time. Could you give me your katana? I'll get it." Amanda said.
Sango nodded and tossed her katana over to Amanda. Amanda lunged at the puppet and stabbed it in the chest. The puppet and its tentacles disappeared in a bunch of dust.
Amanda gave Sango back her sword. "You're Amanda, right?" Sango asked.
Amanda nodded. "Yeah. How did you know?"
"Inuyasha told me who and what everyone new in the group is." Sango replied.
"Inuyasha?! Please. . .you have to tell me if he's alright." Amanda begged.
"He ran after Kisike." Sango replied. Amanda turned away.
"And Bridget?" Amanda whispered. Raylin sighed.
"She left right before you almost died. . ." Miroku said sadly. He thought he saw tears for a second but they were gone before he could be really sure. Amanda pressed her lips together, her claws biting in to her hands as she clenched her fists.
"I'll be back." She whispered. She started slowly walking toward the hot springs. She no longer feared hell wasps and spiderheads because they had disappeared when the fake Naraku had been destroyed.
"Amanda." Shippou whispered and tried to follow her. Miroku laid a hand on his shoulder and shook his head.
She walked until she reached the edge of the hot springs and then walked in until about waist deep. She faced a large bolder in front of her and she growled in her throat with tears in her eyes. She angrily stared at the stone. 'Why did they leave. . .my friends are splitting up.' She thought. "And it's all Naraku's FAULT!" She shouted as she slammed her fist in to the rock. It shattered beneath the impact. Amanda stood there for a second with tears streaming down her face and her hand slightly pounding but Amanda didn't notice. 'All his fault.' She thought. She stood there for several long minutes.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on*
Amanda: Evil Naraku!
Bridget: *sweatdrops* Yeah. . .but there's more going on than just Naraku's plans. . .
Raylin: Yeah, and compared to what's REALLY going on, Naraku's plans are just a sideshow. . .
Kisike: CONSPIRACY!
Everyone: *sweatdrops*
Amanda: I know that. . .
Bridget: Well, don't give the readers any spoilers. By the way, did you know that you can see Mars in the sky on 27th?
Raylin: Yeah. . .I wonder if that will have any affect on Amanda and Inuyasha's hanyou blood. . .
Amanda: Hope not. . .I think. . .
Kisike: You guys can have Mars. . . I've got Kouga! *huggles Kouga *
Raylin: Big hair-flip man!
Kisike: *sweatdrops* Yeah. . .whatever. . .
Kouga: *sweatdrops as well*
Bridget: Oh, and new Inuyasha episodes starting on the 25th at midnight! Sixteen of them!
Everybody: Yaaay!
Bridget: Well, we gotta go, so please leave your reviews at the sound of the beep.
Kisike: Heheh. . .
*tortured screams sound.then a beep.*
Kisike stood up, seeing some of the snow melted in the field and Inuyasha lay on the ground, not moving. She walked over to him. "Geez. If one explosion was enough to kill you then I may have done that a long time ago. . ." she said.
'I can't give up. . .' Inuyasha thought, barely managing to maintain consciousness. He twitched slightly.
"Dammit. You're still alive?" Kisike sighed. She suddenly heard something coming towards her. She ducked the boomerang that breezed over her head, then watched as it came back and dodged it then, too. She turned and watched a young woman with long black hair in a ponytail wearing black and pink armor catch it. She blinked. "Hey. . .nice outfit. . ." she said. "It's got pink. . ."
The woman ignored her. "Are you all right?" she called over to Inuyasha.
'That voice. . .I recognize it. . .' Inuyasha thought, opening his eyes slightly.
"Whoever you are, I suggest you stay out of this fight." Kisike said, cracking her knuckles. "Unless you have a death wish."
"I can't do that. You're a cat demon attacking a defenseless human." The woman said.
"He had a sword!" Kisike protested. "Well. . .s'not like he could do anything with it. . .but still! He nearly got me killed and I need to finish the mission given to me by Lord Ilpallazo!"
"Who is this Lord Ilpallazo you work for? Another demon?"
"Darn it. . .Got the name wrong again. . ." Kisike muttered. She then looked back at the woman and formed her ki sword in her hand, waving it around insanely just for the heck of it. "Sorry about that. . .I said Lord Ilpallazo. I meant Lord NARAKU."
"Naraku!" The woman exclaimed. 'Is she waving her sword around like that as a threat? Or is she just an idiot?' she wondered.
"No, I'm not Naraku. . .I'm Kisike! Also known as Excel. . .Now. . ." Kisike grinned and pointed her sword at the woman. "Whoooo arrre yooou?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened as his head began to clear. 'I remember! That's-'
"Sango: Demon slayer." The woman said.
"Sango!" Inuyasha yelled, sitting up slightly.
Sango blinked. "Who. . .Do I know you?" she asked.
"Sango, it's me! Inuyasha! I'm in human form until the sun rises, but whatever you do, don't kill that girl!" Inuyasha called over to her.
"Inuyasha!" Sango exclaimed.
"Yeah." Inuyasha said. He began to stand up, but looking very weak. "On second thought. . .just stay out of this battle. Period." He said.
"But Inuyasha, she's trying to kill you AND she's one of Naraku's henchmen." Sango protested.
"HenchWOMAN." Kisike interrupted.
"Fine. Henchwoman. Why-"
"She's one of my friends being controlled by Naraku." Inuyasha said.
Kisike glared at him. "I am not one of your friends. Friends don't leave other friends to die!" she yelled.
"I. . .I. . ." Inuyasha couldn't come up with a comeback or argument for that one immediately. He blinked, then said, "Oh yeah? Well you. . .uh. . .stole our Shikon shards!"
Kisike -.-'d. "That was after you left me to die, dummy. Get your timeline straight."
"Hey! Who are you calling a dummy?!" Inuyasha demanded.
"Well. . .I guess I was wrong. . ." Kisike said. Inuyasha smirked at this, until Kisike continued. "What I should have said was 'weak dummy'. Sorry. . ." she said.
Inuyasha growled. Sango sweatdropped. 'She's not even taking this fight seriously. . .' she thought.
Kisike looked over at her and glared. "Why are you staring at me?! Stare at Christopher! You'd make a great couple! I mean. . .you just stand there. . .and Christopher just stands there. . .of course, hopefully he would, since he's a wall. . .but then, something could happen like the fire that happened to Inuyasha's house and Christopher could fall down. . ." she said, her voice trailing off. She suddenly glared. "Oh my god! Why did I just dedicate an entire paragraph to Christopher and a person I don't know?!" She began to go into a rant as Sango's mouth seemed to hang slightly open in disbelief and blink, not being able to decide if this girl was an idiot or just slightly (J/N: Yeah right) insane.
Kisike looked over at her expression, then began to laugh insanely. "Your humany little mind is no match for my psychic powers! Fear me. . .Fear me!" She then began to go into Excel mode and run around the field, swinging her sword around randomly.
"What. . .on earth. . ." Sango started, continuing to blink. She edged over to Inuyasha. "Your friend, you say. . .?" she asked him in a low voice when she was right next to him.
Inuyasha sweatdropped, his eyes dots. "Sadly. . .yes. . ." he admitted, sighing and hanging his head slightly.
"I think there's something wrong with her head. . ." Sango said.
Kisike came to a stop right in front of them. "Or maybe there's something wrong with YOUR head. It's too humany. I can tell. Damn you!" She said, saying the last part in a Stewie-like voice (J/N: If you've ever seen Family Guy, you'll know what I mean. . .).
Inuyasha was looking up at the sky. Kisike blinked and looked up at the dim sky also. "Oooh. . .whatcha lookin at?" she asked.
Inuyasha smirked. Kisike looked down at him, then up at the sky again, then back and forth until she finally yelled, "The aliens are comiiing!"
"I don't know what you're talking about, but it's not that. . ." Inuyasha said. Kisike looked back up at the sky and saw a lining of gold across the mountaintops.
". . .Damn you!" She said again in a Stewie-like voice. She then smirked. "I suppose I've taunted you enough for one lifetime. . .I'll have to hurry up and kill you now, even if I still have the power to defeat you once you're half demon. . .but I have another mission to complete once this is over with." She said, turning back to him. She ran at him, sword ready to cut off his head. "Prepare to be the headless dancing chicken!" she yelled.
Time suddenly seemed to slow for a flickering moment as Inuyasha's black hair shone silver and his human ears disappeared only to reappear as dog ears. His violet eyes changed to amber and his fingernails grew back to being claws. Inuyasha only registered this for a second though, for he dodged the sword and hit her over the head. . .really hard.
Kisike skidded to a stop, rubbing the bump on her head. "Ow. . .that hurt. . ." she whined. Inuyasha blinked in disbelief.
"What does it take to knock out this girl. . .?" he muttered.
Kisike sighed. "Well. . .looks like it's two against one. . .not that that really matters. . ." Kisike said, glancing over at Sango, then looking back over at Inuyasha. "But I can always kill you another time. I'm sure Lord Naraku won't care that much if I complete two out of three missions." She said. She hopped into a tree. "I would go help out those friends of yours if I were you. Now, Adios! And by the way," she called back, beginning to tree-hop away, "If you see Bridget again, don't be too happy about it because she'll probably try to kill you! Lord Naraku's orders!" She disappeared off into the woods, and Inuyasha could almost swear her heard her mutter as she left, "Adios? Since when did I start speaking Spanish. . .?"
It took a minute for what Kisike had said to click in Inuyasha's brain. "Dammit!" he suddenly exclaimed. "She's going to turn Bridget over to Naraku's side! I've got to go after her!" he said. He took a step forward, then paused and looked back to the other side of the field-the way back to the camp. "But. . .Amanda and the others need help. . ." he said. He seemed torn on which way to go.
"Inuyasha," Sango said. Inuyasha looked at her. "Go follow Kisike. You're faster than I am, so you'll be able to catch up with her. I'll go your friends."
"Yeah, but. . .You don't know where the camp is. Besides, I think a bunch of spiderheads are attacking there, not to mention one of Naraku's puppets." Inuyasha said.
"Oh, I'll be fine." Sango said. "A bunch of spiderheads will be nothing. And Kirara's already scouting out the area." Sango said. She looked up and waved. "Kirara!" she called. The fiery cat demon flew down and landed. Sango hopped on her back. "Kirara, you saw a camp with a bunch of humans, right?" she asked.
"Actually. . .most of them are demons." Inuyasha said. He ticked them off on his fingers. "There's Kouten, a rain demon; Amanda, half human, half cat demon; and then there's Raylin, who's an elf; and of course Miroku and Shippou."
Sango smiled. "I'm glad Miroku and Shippou are alright. . ." she said. "But. . .you forgot Kagome. . ." she said.
Inuyasha looked away. "I didn't forget her. She's gone."
Sango didn't know which he meant- back to the future or dead. . .but both of those options seemed bad enough to put such a sad and depressed look on his face. All she could do right then was nod. "By the way. . ." she said, "It's good to see you again."
Inuyasha still couldn't seem to look at her but nodded. "You too. Welcome back to the group, Sango." He said. He took off into the forest and Kirara and Sango flew off to help for the motley group in the forest.
***
". . .Um. . ." Amanda said, looking around. "So. . .anyone want to take any guesses at what the red eyes belong to?" she asked.
"Pink eye. Lots of people with pink eye." Raylin joked.
Amanda sweatdropped. "Hopefully not." She said. Raylin nodded.
"Yeah. . .pink eye is contagious, after all. . ." she said.
"But these eyes look more like a glowing bright red color." Shippou pointed out.
"Pink eye is a type of eye disease. It only lasts for a few days. . .maybe a week if you're unlucky. . .but it makes your eye all red or pink or whatever." Raylin said, shrugging.
"Ah."
Amanda turned to Miroku. "Hey, can't you just use that little suck- things-into-your-hand thingy?" she asked.
". . .It's called my air void. And I don't think so. I can tell you already that a good fraction of those eyes belong to the poisonous insects Naraku has that infects my air void and nearly kills me. Lady Kagome isn't around so I don't have the antidote from her time for the poison." Miroku said.
". . .Dammit. Well, this ain't good. . ." Raylin said. Then she said, "Um, guys. . ."
"Yeah?"
"That. . .baboon. . .monkey. . .dude. . .keeps staring over here at us. . .and it's beginning to get a just slightly freaky and annoying. . ." she said.
Everyone sweatdropped. ". . .Ya got a point. . ." Raylin admitted, looking back at the Naraku pinecone, who hadn't said a word since Kisike and Inuyasha left but just kept staring at them. ". . .He's getting on my nerves. . ."
"Maybe that's why he isn't saying anything. . .?" Miroku suggested.
Kouten clung to Shippou tightly. "Shippou-chan. . .that thing is getting kinda spooky. . ." Shippou sweatdropped and sighed, but he had to agree with everybody as he nodded.
"Maybe someone should kill it first. . .I mean, it is just a pinecone, right?" Amanda asked.
Raylin nodded, frowning. "You're right. Why the hell are we all freaking out over a pinecone?!" She looked back at the Naraku pinecone. It didn't blink back. . .or move. . .or do anything. Raylin gulped. "Um. . .that's why. . ." She then shrugged, picked up a stone, and tossed it at the Naraku pinecone.
The stone hit the Naraku pinecone in the head. The others sweatdropped as the stone bounced off. "What does that do. . .?" Amanda asked.
Kouten squeaked as she looked up to see the poisonous insects-hell wasps-and poisonous arachnids-spiderheads-advance towards them. "That's what. . ." she said in a tiny voice.
Raylin quickly glanced at her bow and arrows on the ground about five feet away. "I'm going to get my bow and arrow. . ." she whispered to them.
"Don't, Lady Raylin! It's too risky." Miroku said. "Besides, look." He pointed at the spiderheads, which didn't even seem to notice them, but instead, the hell wasps. They shot their webs at the wasps and began wrapping them in cocoons. Everybody-even the Naraku pinecone-sweatdropped.
"Um. . .I don't think that worked out the way Naraku intended it to. . ." Miroku said.
"Yeah. But hey, who wants humans when you can have a tasty bug?" Raylin said, shrugging.
"Uh. . .yeah. . ." Miroku looked up at the sky. "It'll be sunrise soon. . ." he said.
"Good. . ." Amanda said. She and the others looked at the Naraku pinecone.
"Time to kill him." Raylin said, grabbing her bow and an arrow.
"You cannot hit me. Not to mention that a mere arrow is not going to subdue me." The Naraku pinecone said, tentacles sprouting out the bottom of the baboon skin.
Miroku glanced over at Raylin. "You have to hit him in the heart, Lady Raylin." He said.
Raylin nodded as she pulled the bowstring taunt. "Can do!" She said. Then she muttered under her breath, "Heart? What heart. . .?" She let the arrow fly. It would have hit the Naraku pinecone, too. . .if it hadn't flown over his head.
Amanda sweatdropped. "What happened to 'can do'?" she asked.
"Hey, I don't see you helping!"
"That's because I can't!"
"Well then, shut up!"
"Okay!"
"Kouten, look out!" Shippou said, pulling Kouten out of the way of an aimed tentacle. Kouten blinked at him, then began squeezing him to death. . .I mean, hugging him.
"Thank you, Shippou!" She squealed.
". . .No. . .problem. . ." Shippou choked out, beginning to turn slightly blue.
Miroku knocked some of the tentacles out of the way with his staff while Raylin knocked them out of the way with her bow. Amanda looked around until she found a strong stick and did likewise. This went on for about five more minutes until Shippou suddenly exclaimed, "The sun is out!"
Amanda looked up at the sky and felt her demon powers returning. Her human ears disappeared and turned into cat ears and her fingernails grew back to claws. She threw down the stick and started slashing at the tentacles instead. She frowned when she saw that the tentacles could regenerate. "Hey, Miroku." She called over to Miroku.
Miroku looked over at Amanda. "Oh, I see you got your demon powers back." He said.
"Yeah. Hey, I was wondering: What if we knocked it's head off or something?"
Miroku shook his head. "Like I said, the only way to defeat the puppet in demon puppetry is to is to hit it in the heart."
"But it has no heart!" Amanda said.
"Where its heart would be." Miroku amended.
"Miroku!" A voice called from above. "Need some help?"
Miroku looked up with wide eyes. "Sango. . .!" he exclaimed.
"Hello, Miroku." Sango said as Kirara landed. She hopped off Kirara and dodged a tentacle from the Naraku pinecone.
"Miroku, who's this?" Raylin asked, blinking. Shippou looked up.
"Sango! Kirara!" he exclaimed.
"Hello, Shippou." Sango said.
"Um. . .this little reunion is great and all, but. . ." Amanda said, dodging another tentacle and slashing another one.
"Oh yes, the pinecone. . ." Miroku said, looking back over at Naraku.
"Pinecone?" Sango asked.
"Yes. . Naraku ran out of dolls and decided to use a pinecone. Or at least, that's what we've heard. . ." Miroku said.
Sango nodded slowly. "Alright. . ." she said.
Kouten studied Sango's armor and boomerang for a second, then turned to Shippou and asked, "Is she a demon slayer?"
Shippou nodded. "Yeah, but don't worry. She won't hurt us. She's one of my friends." He replied.
Kouten smiled and said, "Okay, Shippou-chan!"
Shippou sighed.
"Now, time to get rid of this Naraku puppet!" Sango said. She turned to Raylin. "You have a bow and arrow; can you shoot it?"
"Well, um. . .kinda. . ." Raylin admitted.
"It went over his head last time. Could you give me your katana? I'll get it." Amanda said.
Sango nodded and tossed her katana over to Amanda. Amanda lunged at the puppet and stabbed it in the chest. The puppet and its tentacles disappeared in a bunch of dust.
Amanda gave Sango back her sword. "You're Amanda, right?" Sango asked.
Amanda nodded. "Yeah. How did you know?"
"Inuyasha told me who and what everyone new in the group is." Sango replied.
"Inuyasha?! Please. . .you have to tell me if he's alright." Amanda begged.
"He ran after Kisike." Sango replied. Amanda turned away.
"And Bridget?" Amanda whispered. Raylin sighed.
"She left right before you almost died. . ." Miroku said sadly. He thought he saw tears for a second but they were gone before he could be really sure. Amanda pressed her lips together, her claws biting in to her hands as she clenched her fists.
"I'll be back." She whispered. She started slowly walking toward the hot springs. She no longer feared hell wasps and spiderheads because they had disappeared when the fake Naraku had been destroyed.
"Amanda." Shippou whispered and tried to follow her. Miroku laid a hand on his shoulder and shook his head.
She walked until she reached the edge of the hot springs and then walked in until about waist deep. She faced a large bolder in front of her and she growled in her throat with tears in her eyes. She angrily stared at the stone. 'Why did they leave. . .my friends are splitting up.' She thought. "And it's all Naraku's FAULT!" She shouted as she slammed her fist in to the rock. It shattered beneath the impact. Amanda stood there for a second with tears streaming down her face and her hand slightly pounding but Amanda didn't notice. 'All his fault.' She thought. She stood there for several long minutes.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on*
Amanda: Evil Naraku!
Bridget: *sweatdrops* Yeah. . .but there's more going on than just Naraku's plans. . .
Raylin: Yeah, and compared to what's REALLY going on, Naraku's plans are just a sideshow. . .
Kisike: CONSPIRACY!
Everyone: *sweatdrops*
Amanda: I know that. . .
Bridget: Well, don't give the readers any spoilers. By the way, did you know that you can see Mars in the sky on 27th?
Raylin: Yeah. . .I wonder if that will have any affect on Amanda and Inuyasha's hanyou blood. . .
Amanda: Hope not. . .I think. . .
Kisike: You guys can have Mars. . . I've got Kouga! *huggles Kouga *
Raylin: Big hair-flip man!
Kisike: *sweatdrops* Yeah. . .whatever. . .
Kouga: *sweatdrops as well*
Bridget: Oh, and new Inuyasha episodes starting on the 25th at midnight! Sixteen of them!
Everybody: Yaaay!
Bridget: Well, we gotta go, so please leave your reviews at the sound of the beep.
Kisike: Heheh. . .
*tortured screams sound.then a beep.*