Author's Note-Hi guys. It's good to post again, but we may not again for a
while, so be sure to read the note at the bottom. We've gotten quite a few
Shikon shards since our last update, but still don't own Inuyasha or. .
.anything, really. Except for Tangerine. We own this plot and all original
characters. By the way, we have beliefs that Kouga is in Kisike's attic. .
. *shrugs * But she's seen it and it's white/gray, 6 ½ feet tall, has a
humanoid form, and is nocturnal. So if you have any ideas, we'll give you a
cookie. Enjoy the chapter. ^_^
Bridget closed her eyes and leaned against a tree. "Inuyasha was right. . ." she whispered. "I was a danger to the group. I really should have left earlier, even. . ." She opened her eyes as she looked up at the branches and the gray sky. She smiled sadly. "What am I thinking? What was I thinking? I shouldn't have made friends in the first place. I of all people should know what would happen if I befriend. . .anyone. . ."
She sank down to the ground, wrapping her arms around her knees. "It's cold out. . ." she noted quietly. She stared down at the snow-covered ground.
"Hey, Bridget." A voice said. Bridget's head snapped up to see Kisike standing in front of her. Her eyes widened in shock.
"A ghost. . .?" she muttered.
"I was gonna be one, no thanks to you and the others." Kisike said, glaring down at her.
"I'm sorry. . ." Bridget whispered as she stood up slowly.
"So what happened? The group abandoned you, too?" Kisike asked with a smirk.
"No. . ." Bridget said. "I left them."
"Hn. It's a good think you did. It's nothing but a group of betraying, backstabbing traitors, and you're not that, are you? So come with me."
"To where?"
"To Lord Naraku's castle, the headquarters of Across. Come with me and we can both get revenge on those traitors that call themselves friends." Kisike replied.
Bridget looked away. "I'm sorry," she said, "but I can't. Like I said, I left them."
"But there was a reason, right?"
"Well. . ."
"You need to come anyway. Lord Naraku's orders."
Bridget stared down at the snow. "I'm going to stay alone from now on." she replied.
Kisike sighed. "C'mon!" she said.
"Besides. . .Naraku is an evil demon. And I don't want to work for Naraku."
"Who says you're gonna work or something? It may be nothing. Come on."
"I told you, I can't! I won't!" Bridget argued.
"Fine. Let's have a duel. . .I win, you come to Naraku's with me. If you win. . .well, who knows. . ." Kisike said.
'She knows that I probably can't win against her. She has three Shikon shards, after all. . . Besides. . .' Bridget thought. "I refuse to fight you!"
"What?!"
"I can't fight a friend." Bridget replied.
"You did back at Gabri's!"
"It was only to help you and my other friends."
Kisike blinked, then suddenly smirked. "I know what this is about. I see how it is. You don't think you can beat me, do you?"
"You do have three Shikon shards. I know I couldn't beat you, even if I tried. But. . .I refuse to even do that."
"Then you'll be an easy opponent." Kisike said, slashing at her. Bridget jumped back.
'It's not like I really have any natural weapons anyway except my fists. . .unless I use magic or ki, my only weapon is speed. . .and a sword. . .but I can't fight Kisike with that without the probability that I could seriously hurt her, and I know this isn't her, or at least the real her. Someone's probably messed with her head or something. . .' Bridget thought, dodging Kisike's slashes. 'Why does she want me to go to Naraku anyways. . .? The others DID say he was evil. . .right?' "So you're working for Naraku? You're evil?" She asked in disbelief.
"Eviler. My evilness has increased. So has my power, and with it, I will kill the group." Kisike corrected. (K/N: Especially since you only dedicated two paragraphs to me when you thought I was dead. . .) (J/N: Oh, shut up. . .) "And with it, I can still kill you. I could always tell Naraku that there was a little accident."
Bridget looked around. 'Think. What can I use that won't end up hurting Kisike?' Bridget wondered. Her eyes rested on a tree. 'That's it. . .' she thought. She grimaced as one of Kisike's swipes met her shoulder, creating three long, deep cuts down it. 'Damn. . . I should really try to pay more attention. . .'
"You should just give up or start fighting. You can't dodge forever, you know." Kisike said.
Bridget jumped back and landed in front of a tree. "You know what?" she said as she rested a hand on the tree.
Kisike stopped temporarily and blinked. "What?"
"You're right." Bridget said. With that she closed her now greenish- yellow eyes flecked with purple, concentrating. She gathered up the magic around her and sent a surge of it into the tree. A faint green glow floated around the tops of the trees, and just like last time, the branches began to grow.
Kisike frowned and looked around. "Not this lame trick again. . .can't you come up with anything else?" she asked boredly, her ki sword forming in her hands.
"Yeah." Bridget said, sending another burst of energy into the tree. Roots sprang up from the ground and wrapped around Kisike's ankles as the trees continued to grow. Kisike slashed at the roots and the branches. "By the time you get out of that mess, I'll be gone. But thank you. . .for letting me know that you were still alive." With that, Bridget took off.
She ran for about twenty minutes, then began to stumble. She had found earlier on that using magic was already weakening enough; but the blood loss and the running added to that was just too tiring. She tripped and fell into blackness.
***
Inuyasha allowed his feet to slip out from underneath him. As he fell, the katana missed him but still cut a few stands of hair in its wake. As Shido sailed over him, Inuyasha slashed at him with the Tetsusaiga, the demon barely missed being cut in two by the giant fang. "Well, well, you appear to have a bit of luck on your side. . ." Shido said casually and smirking as he twirled his katana idly in his hand.
"No, that's called skill." Inuyasha shot back.
Shido stopped twirling the katana and shrugged, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Luck and skill. . .they appear to go hand in hand, don't they?"
"I guess. . ." Inuyasha said. He then narrowed his eyes. "So, who are you exactly? You've given me your name, but I have the strangest belief that you don't work for Naraku. . . Though I have the feeling that you're not a kitsune, yet you're a shapeshifter." He said.
"You are correct. I don't work for Naraku." Shido said. "I work for the All-Knowing. Of course, I suppose you could say that he and Naraku are on the same side. . ."
"Why are you trying to keep me from following Kisike?" Inuyasha asked.
"Simple. Kisike needs a little bit of time to bring Bridget over to our side. Bridget may not be as strong as some of you in the group are, but if we're right, she's very stubborn. It could take a little while for Kisike to convince her to come over to our side." Shido said.
"You're right about that, I suppose. . ." Inuyasha agreed.
"So good that we could agree on something."
"But what I want to know is this: what makes you think that Bridget would have any desire to become evil?"
"Revenge, perhaps. . . Or maybe she would like to see one of her friends again, seeing as how the others made her leave your group. . .or should I say, saying as how YOU made her leave your group."
Inuyasha glared. "That wasn't me!" he said. He frowned at Shido's small chuckle, then his eyes widened. "It was you, wasn't it. . .? You pretended-"
"Yes. I pretended to be you."
"And she fell for it?!"
"Yes. . .a bit of magic and a shapeshifter such as I can become anything and anybody." Said Shido. Inuyasha watched with horror as Shido's hand began to suddenly melt, then solidifying to become metal. The hand hardened into a shape he had never seen before. It was a small thing. . .and it looked a bit harmless. . .so why was this feel of foreboding beginning to creep into his senses? Shido pulled out a hair and the hair became a metal pellet, which he stuck into the object that was formerly his hand. (K/N: I thought he was gonna turn into a toaster.. )
Shido pointed the hand at him, holding it steady with the other. "It's over, hanyou. This is called a gun. It's faster than you and it will blow the brains literally out of your skull." He said.
"Keh. I have a hard head." Inuyasha said, readying the Tetsusaiga for another attack. Shido was about to pull the trigger to the gun with his left hand when suddenly-
The trees all fell to the ground into a path due to the boomerang swinging through the forest, being easily sliced through, and nearly caught Shido in the back. "What?!" Shido yelled, looking up at the sky. Amanda and Kirara flew down.
"Inuyasha!" Amanda cried.
"Amanda. . ." Inuyasha whispered as Amanda jumped down the last six feet and landed gracefully on her feet. Amanda ran over to him. "Amanda, you should have stayed back. . .you should have stayed with the others. . ." he said.
"Well, I see that you have your little girlfriend to worry about now." Said Shido. A gunshot suddenly rang out through the night and a yell of pain.
Author's Note- *answering machine *
Bridget: Hi, everybody. Sorry we haven't been updating. Fanfiction.net hasn't been letting us, so we may not get the next chapter out soon, so here's the deal: If we don't update in two weeks, if you want us to e-mail the rest of it to you, we will.
Kisike: . . .In the meantime. . .Kouga!
Raylin: . . .What about Kouga?
Kisike: He's mine! ^_^
Raylin: *sweatdrops and sighs*
Amanda: So anyways, consider this as a Halloween gift.
Kisike: Aside from candy.
Bridget: Oh, that's right. Here. *hands all the reviewers a little bag of Halloween candy* Thanks for your support so far.
Raylin: Yeah. . .don't forget to review at the sound of the beep! Bye! *beep sounds*
Bridget closed her eyes and leaned against a tree. "Inuyasha was right. . ." she whispered. "I was a danger to the group. I really should have left earlier, even. . ." She opened her eyes as she looked up at the branches and the gray sky. She smiled sadly. "What am I thinking? What was I thinking? I shouldn't have made friends in the first place. I of all people should know what would happen if I befriend. . .anyone. . ."
She sank down to the ground, wrapping her arms around her knees. "It's cold out. . ." she noted quietly. She stared down at the snow-covered ground.
"Hey, Bridget." A voice said. Bridget's head snapped up to see Kisike standing in front of her. Her eyes widened in shock.
"A ghost. . .?" she muttered.
"I was gonna be one, no thanks to you and the others." Kisike said, glaring down at her.
"I'm sorry. . ." Bridget whispered as she stood up slowly.
"So what happened? The group abandoned you, too?" Kisike asked with a smirk.
"No. . ." Bridget said. "I left them."
"Hn. It's a good think you did. It's nothing but a group of betraying, backstabbing traitors, and you're not that, are you? So come with me."
"To where?"
"To Lord Naraku's castle, the headquarters of Across. Come with me and we can both get revenge on those traitors that call themselves friends." Kisike replied.
Bridget looked away. "I'm sorry," she said, "but I can't. Like I said, I left them."
"But there was a reason, right?"
"Well. . ."
"You need to come anyway. Lord Naraku's orders."
Bridget stared down at the snow. "I'm going to stay alone from now on." she replied.
Kisike sighed. "C'mon!" she said.
"Besides. . .Naraku is an evil demon. And I don't want to work for Naraku."
"Who says you're gonna work or something? It may be nothing. Come on."
"I told you, I can't! I won't!" Bridget argued.
"Fine. Let's have a duel. . .I win, you come to Naraku's with me. If you win. . .well, who knows. . ." Kisike said.
'She knows that I probably can't win against her. She has three Shikon shards, after all. . . Besides. . .' Bridget thought. "I refuse to fight you!"
"What?!"
"I can't fight a friend." Bridget replied.
"You did back at Gabri's!"
"It was only to help you and my other friends."
Kisike blinked, then suddenly smirked. "I know what this is about. I see how it is. You don't think you can beat me, do you?"
"You do have three Shikon shards. I know I couldn't beat you, even if I tried. But. . .I refuse to even do that."
"Then you'll be an easy opponent." Kisike said, slashing at her. Bridget jumped back.
'It's not like I really have any natural weapons anyway except my fists. . .unless I use magic or ki, my only weapon is speed. . .and a sword. . .but I can't fight Kisike with that without the probability that I could seriously hurt her, and I know this isn't her, or at least the real her. Someone's probably messed with her head or something. . .' Bridget thought, dodging Kisike's slashes. 'Why does she want me to go to Naraku anyways. . .? The others DID say he was evil. . .right?' "So you're working for Naraku? You're evil?" She asked in disbelief.
"Eviler. My evilness has increased. So has my power, and with it, I will kill the group." Kisike corrected. (K/N: Especially since you only dedicated two paragraphs to me when you thought I was dead. . .) (J/N: Oh, shut up. . .) "And with it, I can still kill you. I could always tell Naraku that there was a little accident."
Bridget looked around. 'Think. What can I use that won't end up hurting Kisike?' Bridget wondered. Her eyes rested on a tree. 'That's it. . .' she thought. She grimaced as one of Kisike's swipes met her shoulder, creating three long, deep cuts down it. 'Damn. . . I should really try to pay more attention. . .'
"You should just give up or start fighting. You can't dodge forever, you know." Kisike said.
Bridget jumped back and landed in front of a tree. "You know what?" she said as she rested a hand on the tree.
Kisike stopped temporarily and blinked. "What?"
"You're right." Bridget said. With that she closed her now greenish- yellow eyes flecked with purple, concentrating. She gathered up the magic around her and sent a surge of it into the tree. A faint green glow floated around the tops of the trees, and just like last time, the branches began to grow.
Kisike frowned and looked around. "Not this lame trick again. . .can't you come up with anything else?" she asked boredly, her ki sword forming in her hands.
"Yeah." Bridget said, sending another burst of energy into the tree. Roots sprang up from the ground and wrapped around Kisike's ankles as the trees continued to grow. Kisike slashed at the roots and the branches. "By the time you get out of that mess, I'll be gone. But thank you. . .for letting me know that you were still alive." With that, Bridget took off.
She ran for about twenty minutes, then began to stumble. She had found earlier on that using magic was already weakening enough; but the blood loss and the running added to that was just too tiring. She tripped and fell into blackness.
***
Inuyasha allowed his feet to slip out from underneath him. As he fell, the katana missed him but still cut a few stands of hair in its wake. As Shido sailed over him, Inuyasha slashed at him with the Tetsusaiga, the demon barely missed being cut in two by the giant fang. "Well, well, you appear to have a bit of luck on your side. . ." Shido said casually and smirking as he twirled his katana idly in his hand.
"No, that's called skill." Inuyasha shot back.
Shido stopped twirling the katana and shrugged, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Luck and skill. . .they appear to go hand in hand, don't they?"
"I guess. . ." Inuyasha said. He then narrowed his eyes. "So, who are you exactly? You've given me your name, but I have the strangest belief that you don't work for Naraku. . . Though I have the feeling that you're not a kitsune, yet you're a shapeshifter." He said.
"You are correct. I don't work for Naraku." Shido said. "I work for the All-Knowing. Of course, I suppose you could say that he and Naraku are on the same side. . ."
"Why are you trying to keep me from following Kisike?" Inuyasha asked.
"Simple. Kisike needs a little bit of time to bring Bridget over to our side. Bridget may not be as strong as some of you in the group are, but if we're right, she's very stubborn. It could take a little while for Kisike to convince her to come over to our side." Shido said.
"You're right about that, I suppose. . ." Inuyasha agreed.
"So good that we could agree on something."
"But what I want to know is this: what makes you think that Bridget would have any desire to become evil?"
"Revenge, perhaps. . . Or maybe she would like to see one of her friends again, seeing as how the others made her leave your group. . .or should I say, saying as how YOU made her leave your group."
Inuyasha glared. "That wasn't me!" he said. He frowned at Shido's small chuckle, then his eyes widened. "It was you, wasn't it. . .? You pretended-"
"Yes. I pretended to be you."
"And she fell for it?!"
"Yes. . .a bit of magic and a shapeshifter such as I can become anything and anybody." Said Shido. Inuyasha watched with horror as Shido's hand began to suddenly melt, then solidifying to become metal. The hand hardened into a shape he had never seen before. It was a small thing. . .and it looked a bit harmless. . .so why was this feel of foreboding beginning to creep into his senses? Shido pulled out a hair and the hair became a metal pellet, which he stuck into the object that was formerly his hand. (K/N: I thought he was gonna turn into a toaster.. )
Shido pointed the hand at him, holding it steady with the other. "It's over, hanyou. This is called a gun. It's faster than you and it will blow the brains literally out of your skull." He said.
"Keh. I have a hard head." Inuyasha said, readying the Tetsusaiga for another attack. Shido was about to pull the trigger to the gun with his left hand when suddenly-
The trees all fell to the ground into a path due to the boomerang swinging through the forest, being easily sliced through, and nearly caught Shido in the back. "What?!" Shido yelled, looking up at the sky. Amanda and Kirara flew down.
"Inuyasha!" Amanda cried.
"Amanda. . ." Inuyasha whispered as Amanda jumped down the last six feet and landed gracefully on her feet. Amanda ran over to him. "Amanda, you should have stayed back. . .you should have stayed with the others. . ." he said.
"Well, I see that you have your little girlfriend to worry about now." Said Shido. A gunshot suddenly rang out through the night and a yell of pain.
Author's Note- *answering machine *
Bridget: Hi, everybody. Sorry we haven't been updating. Fanfiction.net hasn't been letting us, so we may not get the next chapter out soon, so here's the deal: If we don't update in two weeks, if you want us to e-mail the rest of it to you, we will.
Kisike: . . .In the meantime. . .Kouga!
Raylin: . . .What about Kouga?
Kisike: He's mine! ^_^
Raylin: *sweatdrops and sighs*
Amanda: So anyways, consider this as a Halloween gift.
Kisike: Aside from candy.
Bridget: Oh, that's right. Here. *hands all the reviewers a little bag of Halloween candy* Thanks for your support so far.
Raylin: Yeah. . .don't forget to review at the sound of the beep! Bye! *beep sounds*