Author's Note-We don't own Inuyasha. We're still trying to get the Shikon
shards. And we definitely don't own Mars. If we did, we wouldn't have had
to stand in line for three hours to see it through a telescope and never
get to because it got cloudy. -.-; I'm tired. Read and enjoy. I'll gonna
get some sleep. . .
Back at camp every one heard someone shout in the direction that Amanda had gone and everyone quickly dashed in that direction. "Amanda are you okay?" Raylin asked. She saw Amanda starting to climb out of the hot springs. She had tears drying on her face but her face was set. Raylin stopped at the water's edge. "Amanda?" She whispered. Amanda walked past her, not glancing left or right.
"I'm going after them." Amanda said. She walked back to camp. Miroku grabbed her shoulders and made her turn around.
"You are still to weak from the spiderheads." Miroku argued. Amanda looked him dead in the eyes.
"I will not lose my friends. . .Kisike said that we abandoned her. . .well I won't do that.not to Inuyasha, Bridget, or any of you." Amanda stated. Her stare seemed to un-nerve Miroku. He gently released her. Sango walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I'll come with you. . .we can ride Kirara." Sango said. Amanda looked at her and nodded.
"Thank you." Amanda whispered. Kirara quickly transformed and the two girls climbed on to its back.
Shippou looked up at them. "How far do you think Inuyasha's gone?" he asked them.
Sango shrugged. "I'm not sure. Both cat and dog demons are known for their speed; they could be miles away by now. But if Bridget's a human, then she couldn't have gone far. That's where they'll be. Where Bridget is."
Amanda's eyes widened. "What?!" she demanded. "Dammit! Is Kisike planning to kill her?!"
Sango looked back at her. "No. Your friend Kisike works for Naraku. Naraku wants Bridget on his side." She replied. "Kisike went to get her and Inuyasha followed."
"If Bridget ran, then she'd be far away too. You see, she's only half human. Her other half is faerie demon." Miroku said.
Sango blinked. "Faerie demons? Those are rare." she said. "They're as fast as dog demons and cat demons, and when in an when in a desperate situation, much faster. They don't really have many natural weapons, but they're able to use nature magic, miko powers, and ki."
"We noticed." Raylin said.
"By the way, what happened to Kagome? I asked Inuyasha and he just said 'she's gone'. Back to her own time or dead?"
"She's. . .kind of dead." Miroku said.
Sango blinked. "Kind of dead? What do you mean 'kind of dead'?"
"She was killed by Sesshoumaru, but now she's somewhat like Kikyo. She's back from the dead, and yet, she has her entire soul and a demon body. Now she wants Inuyasha dead, but it's more than that. She apparently seems to be working for someone, and somehow I have doubts it's Naraku."
"Apparently." Raylin seconded, sighing.
"We had to fight her a little while ago. . ." Amanda said.
Sango looked down guiltily. "I shouldn't have left. . ." she said quietly.
"Sango," Miroku asked, "Why did you leave?"
Sango didn't reply to that one but just kept staring down into Kirara's fur. Shippou, who was sitting on a rain cloud with Kouten, looked up suddenly.
"Oh, by the way," he said, "I've got something to tell you guys."
Everybody looked over at him curiously. "Bridget. . .didn't exactly leave on her own." Shippou said.
Raylin blinked. ". . .Say what?"
"Okay, you guys didn't hear this from me, but. . ." Shippou did a dramatic pause. "It's Inuyasha's fault!"
"Are you talking about that fight between them earlier?" Raylin sighed.
"No, no! Not at all! This was a different fight that went on a while later!" Shippou retorted.
"Impossible. Inuyasha never left Amanda's side." Miroku said. Amanda blushed slightly at this.
"Well he was at least five minutes away with Bridget when I saw him." Shippou said. "Remember when you told me that we needed some more chin- ch'iao-mai (also known as yellow dock) leaves? Well. . .I was picking some and suddenly heard voices. I was behind the bushes and saw Inuyasha yelling at Bridget. He told her that she was too weak and therefore a danger in the group. He also said that she was causing too much tension among us. Then he threatened to kill her if she came back to the group, so she ran off. He saw me and threatened to kill me. Or at least make sure that I could never speak again."
"If only he had done the latter. . ." Raylin sighed.
Shippou and Kouten glared at her. Amanda looked stared at Shippou in disbelief. "Inuyasha. . .? No. . .he wouldn't. . ." she stammered.
"I have to agree with Lady Amanda. Inuyasha would never say a thing like that. After all, Shippou and Lady Kagome were in our group." Miroku replied.
Shippou's eyebrow twitched. "I'm still here, you know. . ." he reminded them.
Miroku ignored him. "Of course, I'm not saying that I'm the strongest in the group. I'll admit that Inuyasha probably is. But he wouldn't send somebody off on their own into a dangerous world that they know nothing about. Lady Bridget was fooled, but the tension between them probably helped fuel the belief that the Inuyasha that spoke to her was not a fraud and the threat was real."
"Inuyasha and Bridget had a fight? The real Inuyasha?" Amanda asked.
"Yes. Lady Bridget believed there was a way that both you and Kisike could have been saved, but Inuyasha did not see it. She was very angry about that and they got into a big fight." Miroku said.
"Hm. . .I'm think I'm going to have to have a talk with Inuyasha. . ." Amanda said thoughtfully.
"Anyways," Sango said, "Miroku and Amanda are right. When Inuyasha found out that Kisike was going after Bridget, he took off right away after I told him that I'd go to help you guys."
"They say that one of the best strategies is divide and conquer. . ." Raylin said. Everybody contemplated this silently for a few minutes.
After a long silence, Miroku said, "If that's what's going on, then somebody's after us. I think that it's specifically Lady Kisike, Lady Bridget, Lady Amanda, and Lady Raylin that they're after. But. . .Lady Kisike's working for Naraku. . .and I somehow doubt that somebody hired Naraku. After all, it's he who does the hiring. But all and all, we're all going to have to be careful from now on and stick together." He put a hand on the small of Raylin's back.
Raylin's eye twitched as his hand slid down to her butt. "That's great and all. . .but. . .GET YOUR HAND OFF MY ASS!" she yelled, whacking Miroku on the head.
"He hasn't changed, has he?" Sango sighed, sweatdropping.
"Miroku never gives up. Besides, ever since we met the others, he's had some new victims." Shippou replied.
"Sango. . .if we're ever going to have a chance to catch up to Bridget, Inuyasha, and Kisike. . .then we need to leave now." Amanda said laying a hand on her shoulder to get her attention. Sango nodded.
***
The dark figure stared into the pool of water. "The dog hanyou. . .he's persistent." He hissed as he watched him run after Kisike. "At this rate, he'll catch up to the girl. I must not let him interfere. Shido."
Shido bowed behind him. "Yes, Master?"
"Divert Inuyasha. Keep him from catching up to the girl."
"Should I kill him, Sir?"
"I don't care. From what I can see, he's useless."
Shido nodded. "Yes Sir." He disappeared.
"Of course. . .I still have yet to unlock the entire prophecy. . .who knows. . ." the figure continued idly, never taking his eyes off the pool.
***
Inuyasha ran. 'Dammit. At this rate, I'll never catch up to Kisike. . .' he thought. 'This is all my fault. . .Kisike turning evil. . .Bridget leaving. . .'
"Four of us came to this dimension together. Four of us should have left this dimension together." Bridget had said. The words seemed to echo in Inuyasha's mind.
'But why would she just leave like that? She wasn't really that mad, was she?' Inuyasha wondered. 'I mean, I should think that she'd want to stay with the friends she had left! It would be kind of contradicting herself, wouldn't it?'
The shadows suddenly seemed to grow taller as dark clouds passed overhead. A ball of black light floated down from the sky in front of him. Inuyasha skidded to a stop. "What the hell. . .?" he started.
The ball of light materialized into a man with black hair and a black kimono top with a golden design on the sleeves and baggy pants.
"Who are you?!" Inuyasha demanded.
"I should ask you the same question. Such a hanyou shouldn't mess with the plans of the all-knowing." Said the man with his eyes closed and a smirk on his face.
"The all-knowing?! Is he the one responsible for all this?!"
"Such information is not needed for the dead. I am Shido, and you will go no further." The man said calmly.
"I don't have the time for you!" Inuyasha yelled, swiping at Shido.
Shido jumped back. "I can play the same game, hanyou!" he said as a black aura surrounded him.
Inuyasha stared as soon as Shido's hair grew long and silver. "What on earth. . ." he said.
Shido's eyes turned amber and then his appearance turned completely into Inuyasha's. "Like I said, I can play the same game. Like this, I can do anything. You're friends won't know the difference as I use this appearance to deceive and kill them!" he said.
Bastard." Inuyasha growled.
Shido didn't move. "Your move." He said with Inuyasha's voice. Inuyasha swiped again at him.
"Iron reaver!" he yelled. Shido jumped back again. Inuyasha took a few more swipes; all which were dodged. Inuyasha stopped but stayed in fighting stance and continued growling. 'He's toying with me. . .' he thought.
"I suggest you draw your sword, hanyou. You're too slow with natural attacks. But then," Shido said grinning, "you can't unleash the Tetsusaiga's full power, can you? You haven't ever since that woman of yours died. Not to mention that you forgot to bring it." The sheath and sword Tetsusaiga appeared in his hand. He held it out to him. "But please, go right on ahead. Use your sword. But I'm telling you now that you cannot defeat me, even with that."
"Shut up!" Inuyasha yelled, snatching the Tetsusaiga away from him and unsheathing it. He swung it at Shido. Shido jumped up and disappeared. Inuyasha blinked. "Where'd he go. . .?"
"Over here!" said a voice beside him. Inuyasha looked over to his side to see Shido standing on the tip of the Tetsusaiga. Inuyasha stared in disbelief.
"No way! How. . ."
"Farewell." Shido said, changing back to his normal form, unsheathing his own katana and running down the sword, ready to slice Inuyasha's head.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on *
Bridget: *yawns*
Amanda: Sleepy?
Bridget: Yeah. High school is tiring. Too many projects and physical activities.
Raylin: Good thing we get the day off.
Kisike: Yep.
Bridget: Yeah. . . *nods off to sleep*
Kisike: . . .Class. . .class. . .WAKE UP!
Amanda: *sweatdrops*
Bridget: *continues sleeping*
Raylin: She sleeps like a rock, doesn't she?
Amanda: Yep. . .
Kouga: *blinks and pokes Bridget with a stick*
Bridget: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kouga: *sweatdrops*
Kisike: Anyways, review at the sound of the beep! . . .We'll try to wake Bridget up. . .
Bridget: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*Beep sounds with an evil laugh following*
Back at camp every one heard someone shout in the direction that Amanda had gone and everyone quickly dashed in that direction. "Amanda are you okay?" Raylin asked. She saw Amanda starting to climb out of the hot springs. She had tears drying on her face but her face was set. Raylin stopped at the water's edge. "Amanda?" She whispered. Amanda walked past her, not glancing left or right.
"I'm going after them." Amanda said. She walked back to camp. Miroku grabbed her shoulders and made her turn around.
"You are still to weak from the spiderheads." Miroku argued. Amanda looked him dead in the eyes.
"I will not lose my friends. . .Kisike said that we abandoned her. . .well I won't do that.not to Inuyasha, Bridget, or any of you." Amanda stated. Her stare seemed to un-nerve Miroku. He gently released her. Sango walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I'll come with you. . .we can ride Kirara." Sango said. Amanda looked at her and nodded.
"Thank you." Amanda whispered. Kirara quickly transformed and the two girls climbed on to its back.
Shippou looked up at them. "How far do you think Inuyasha's gone?" he asked them.
Sango shrugged. "I'm not sure. Both cat and dog demons are known for their speed; they could be miles away by now. But if Bridget's a human, then she couldn't have gone far. That's where they'll be. Where Bridget is."
Amanda's eyes widened. "What?!" she demanded. "Dammit! Is Kisike planning to kill her?!"
Sango looked back at her. "No. Your friend Kisike works for Naraku. Naraku wants Bridget on his side." She replied. "Kisike went to get her and Inuyasha followed."
"If Bridget ran, then she'd be far away too. You see, she's only half human. Her other half is faerie demon." Miroku said.
Sango blinked. "Faerie demons? Those are rare." she said. "They're as fast as dog demons and cat demons, and when in an when in a desperate situation, much faster. They don't really have many natural weapons, but they're able to use nature magic, miko powers, and ki."
"We noticed." Raylin said.
"By the way, what happened to Kagome? I asked Inuyasha and he just said 'she's gone'. Back to her own time or dead?"
"She's. . .kind of dead." Miroku said.
Sango blinked. "Kind of dead? What do you mean 'kind of dead'?"
"She was killed by Sesshoumaru, but now she's somewhat like Kikyo. She's back from the dead, and yet, she has her entire soul and a demon body. Now she wants Inuyasha dead, but it's more than that. She apparently seems to be working for someone, and somehow I have doubts it's Naraku."
"Apparently." Raylin seconded, sighing.
"We had to fight her a little while ago. . ." Amanda said.
Sango looked down guiltily. "I shouldn't have left. . ." she said quietly.
"Sango," Miroku asked, "Why did you leave?"
Sango didn't reply to that one but just kept staring down into Kirara's fur. Shippou, who was sitting on a rain cloud with Kouten, looked up suddenly.
"Oh, by the way," he said, "I've got something to tell you guys."
Everybody looked over at him curiously. "Bridget. . .didn't exactly leave on her own." Shippou said.
Raylin blinked. ". . .Say what?"
"Okay, you guys didn't hear this from me, but. . ." Shippou did a dramatic pause. "It's Inuyasha's fault!"
"Are you talking about that fight between them earlier?" Raylin sighed.
"No, no! Not at all! This was a different fight that went on a while later!" Shippou retorted.
"Impossible. Inuyasha never left Amanda's side." Miroku said. Amanda blushed slightly at this.
"Well he was at least five minutes away with Bridget when I saw him." Shippou said. "Remember when you told me that we needed some more chin- ch'iao-mai (also known as yellow dock) leaves? Well. . .I was picking some and suddenly heard voices. I was behind the bushes and saw Inuyasha yelling at Bridget. He told her that she was too weak and therefore a danger in the group. He also said that she was causing too much tension among us. Then he threatened to kill her if she came back to the group, so she ran off. He saw me and threatened to kill me. Or at least make sure that I could never speak again."
"If only he had done the latter. . ." Raylin sighed.
Shippou and Kouten glared at her. Amanda looked stared at Shippou in disbelief. "Inuyasha. . .? No. . .he wouldn't. . ." she stammered.
"I have to agree with Lady Amanda. Inuyasha would never say a thing like that. After all, Shippou and Lady Kagome were in our group." Miroku replied.
Shippou's eyebrow twitched. "I'm still here, you know. . ." he reminded them.
Miroku ignored him. "Of course, I'm not saying that I'm the strongest in the group. I'll admit that Inuyasha probably is. But he wouldn't send somebody off on their own into a dangerous world that they know nothing about. Lady Bridget was fooled, but the tension between them probably helped fuel the belief that the Inuyasha that spoke to her was not a fraud and the threat was real."
"Inuyasha and Bridget had a fight? The real Inuyasha?" Amanda asked.
"Yes. Lady Bridget believed there was a way that both you and Kisike could have been saved, but Inuyasha did not see it. She was very angry about that and they got into a big fight." Miroku said.
"Hm. . .I'm think I'm going to have to have a talk with Inuyasha. . ." Amanda said thoughtfully.
"Anyways," Sango said, "Miroku and Amanda are right. When Inuyasha found out that Kisike was going after Bridget, he took off right away after I told him that I'd go to help you guys."
"They say that one of the best strategies is divide and conquer. . ." Raylin said. Everybody contemplated this silently for a few minutes.
After a long silence, Miroku said, "If that's what's going on, then somebody's after us. I think that it's specifically Lady Kisike, Lady Bridget, Lady Amanda, and Lady Raylin that they're after. But. . .Lady Kisike's working for Naraku. . .and I somehow doubt that somebody hired Naraku. After all, it's he who does the hiring. But all and all, we're all going to have to be careful from now on and stick together." He put a hand on the small of Raylin's back.
Raylin's eye twitched as his hand slid down to her butt. "That's great and all. . .but. . .GET YOUR HAND OFF MY ASS!" she yelled, whacking Miroku on the head.
"He hasn't changed, has he?" Sango sighed, sweatdropping.
"Miroku never gives up. Besides, ever since we met the others, he's had some new victims." Shippou replied.
"Sango. . .if we're ever going to have a chance to catch up to Bridget, Inuyasha, and Kisike. . .then we need to leave now." Amanda said laying a hand on her shoulder to get her attention. Sango nodded.
***
The dark figure stared into the pool of water. "The dog hanyou. . .he's persistent." He hissed as he watched him run after Kisike. "At this rate, he'll catch up to the girl. I must not let him interfere. Shido."
Shido bowed behind him. "Yes, Master?"
"Divert Inuyasha. Keep him from catching up to the girl."
"Should I kill him, Sir?"
"I don't care. From what I can see, he's useless."
Shido nodded. "Yes Sir." He disappeared.
"Of course. . .I still have yet to unlock the entire prophecy. . .who knows. . ." the figure continued idly, never taking his eyes off the pool.
***
Inuyasha ran. 'Dammit. At this rate, I'll never catch up to Kisike. . .' he thought. 'This is all my fault. . .Kisike turning evil. . .Bridget leaving. . .'
"Four of us came to this dimension together. Four of us should have left this dimension together." Bridget had said. The words seemed to echo in Inuyasha's mind.
'But why would she just leave like that? She wasn't really that mad, was she?' Inuyasha wondered. 'I mean, I should think that she'd want to stay with the friends she had left! It would be kind of contradicting herself, wouldn't it?'
The shadows suddenly seemed to grow taller as dark clouds passed overhead. A ball of black light floated down from the sky in front of him. Inuyasha skidded to a stop. "What the hell. . .?" he started.
The ball of light materialized into a man with black hair and a black kimono top with a golden design on the sleeves and baggy pants.
"Who are you?!" Inuyasha demanded.
"I should ask you the same question. Such a hanyou shouldn't mess with the plans of the all-knowing." Said the man with his eyes closed and a smirk on his face.
"The all-knowing?! Is he the one responsible for all this?!"
"Such information is not needed for the dead. I am Shido, and you will go no further." The man said calmly.
"I don't have the time for you!" Inuyasha yelled, swiping at Shido.
Shido jumped back. "I can play the same game, hanyou!" he said as a black aura surrounded him.
Inuyasha stared as soon as Shido's hair grew long and silver. "What on earth. . ." he said.
Shido's eyes turned amber and then his appearance turned completely into Inuyasha's. "Like I said, I can play the same game. Like this, I can do anything. You're friends won't know the difference as I use this appearance to deceive and kill them!" he said.
Bastard." Inuyasha growled.
Shido didn't move. "Your move." He said with Inuyasha's voice. Inuyasha swiped again at him.
"Iron reaver!" he yelled. Shido jumped back again. Inuyasha took a few more swipes; all which were dodged. Inuyasha stopped but stayed in fighting stance and continued growling. 'He's toying with me. . .' he thought.
"I suggest you draw your sword, hanyou. You're too slow with natural attacks. But then," Shido said grinning, "you can't unleash the Tetsusaiga's full power, can you? You haven't ever since that woman of yours died. Not to mention that you forgot to bring it." The sheath and sword Tetsusaiga appeared in his hand. He held it out to him. "But please, go right on ahead. Use your sword. But I'm telling you now that you cannot defeat me, even with that."
"Shut up!" Inuyasha yelled, snatching the Tetsusaiga away from him and unsheathing it. He swung it at Shido. Shido jumped up and disappeared. Inuyasha blinked. "Where'd he go. . .?"
"Over here!" said a voice beside him. Inuyasha looked over to his side to see Shido standing on the tip of the Tetsusaiga. Inuyasha stared in disbelief.
"No way! How. . ."
"Farewell." Shido said, changing back to his normal form, unsheathing his own katana and running down the sword, ready to slice Inuyasha's head.
Author's Note- *answering machine comes on *
Bridget: *yawns*
Amanda: Sleepy?
Bridget: Yeah. High school is tiring. Too many projects and physical activities.
Raylin: Good thing we get the day off.
Kisike: Yep.
Bridget: Yeah. . . *nods off to sleep*
Kisike: . . .Class. . .class. . .WAKE UP!
Amanda: *sweatdrops*
Bridget: *continues sleeping*
Raylin: She sleeps like a rock, doesn't she?
Amanda: Yep. . .
Kouga: *blinks and pokes Bridget with a stick*
Bridget: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kouga: *sweatdrops*
Kisike: Anyways, review at the sound of the beep! . . .We'll try to wake Bridget up. . .
Bridget: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*Beep sounds with an evil laugh following*