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Spoiler Warning: This fanfiction will definitely include spoilers of events and characters that appear later on in these Anime Titles. Technically these characters have already appeared, they just haven't appeared in the English version of the series.
------It's Not What You Think------
After Inuyasha and Kagome went about the task of explaining their two new traveling companions, it was already starting to get dark as the sun started to drift towards the horizon. This being the case, the group hadn't gone far before deciding it was time to set up camp and get ready for the night ahead of them. This eventually resulted in Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Shippo attempting to talk around the campfire while pretending it was normal for Inuyasha and Crystal to be sitting up in trees while Tyriel was lurking in the shadows.
All of this was actually quite normal, considering many of the things that were about to happen. In fact, some very interesting things were going to start happening increasingly soon.
"So, what are you actually hoping to find?" asked Inuyasha.
Crystal shrugged, "Some answers about my past I guess. There has to be some kind of reason behind why I seem to attract so much trouble."
"And you expect to find that traveling around with us while we're looking for Shikon Fragments and Naraku?" Inuyasha couldn't figure out what inspired this method of solving problems, but he concluded that it wasn't something an ordinary person would have come up with.
Crystal shrugged again, "Anything is possible."
"Just don't get too comfortable," stated the voice of Xakis from the shadows bellow the tree Crystal was sitting in.
"I'm not about to put my guard down," replied Crystal folding her hands behind her head as she leaned back against the trunk of the tree.
"I have another question for you," said Inuyasha.
"What is it?" Crystal returned her attention to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha decided he would have to choose his words carefully, "Well, I've noticed that in lots of your more recent battles you've been working really hard to avoid transforming and using your special powers.. and you did get seriously hurt when you were up against the monster, Chaos Dukemon. I was just wondering why you don't just use your transformation to your advantage?"
"Hm.." Crystal sighed. "I guess I'm just afraid of what might happen if the transformation suddenly took control of me and I ended up going on a rampage." She looked in the direction the sun was setting in. "I don't really want to hurt anyone and I definately don't want to see anyone get hurt.. especially if it is because of me."
"Sometimes the past isn't a pleasant thing to remember," noted Inuyasha. "Are you sure you want to remember?"
Crystal sighed again and closed her eyes in thought. She opened them again before responding, "I don't want to go on living with this void in my memory. I want to know who I really am and why my life is the way it is. Maybe if I understand why, I'll be able to deal with it better."
*-*-*-*
"What do you suppose those two are talking about?" asked Miroku.
Kagome shrugged, "It could be just about anything."
"At least we seem to have a quiet night ahead of us," noted Sango.
"If you ignore the sulky half demons and the weirdo lurking in the shadows," Shippo looked positively bored.
Kagome said, "At least all three of them seem to be on our side."
*-*-*-*
Something occurred to Inuyasha and he decided to find out if his suspicions were correct, "You're afraid your demon powers are going to work the same way as when you became a dragon, aren't you? That's why you don't want to transform."
Crystal nodded, "I don't want to become a destructive monster again."
"It's your own power, so it shouldn't be anything to worry about," said Inuyasha.
"And what happens if I lose control?" asked Crystal.
"You won't," replied Inuyasha.
Crystal blinked, "How do you know that?"
"You don't strike me as the sort that will let herself be manipulated," replied Inuyasha.
"I guess so," Crystal still seemed unsure of herself. "If things get as bad as that thing with Chaos Dukemon I won't have a choice in the matter. Sooner or later I'll have to accept my powers as a part of who I am, but I don't think I'm ready for that yet."
*-*-*-*
The voice that belonged to Xakis sounded demanding, "Why is it that we've been with Crystal for almost two days now and she is still very much alive? I was supposed to kill her already."
"You aren't going to kill my friend," came the reply in Tyriel's voice.
A third voice that sounded thoroughly indifferent said, "Leave me out of this."
"Narcis, surely you must have some opinion on the matter," it was Xakis again.
Shippo scurried over to investigate the voices, but only saw the sleeping form of Tyriel a short distance away from the campfire, that had already died down quite a bit. Like Inuyasha and Crystal, Tyriel was located in a tree. The voices were definately coming from that direction though. Kagome, Sango and Miroku popped up behind him and he would have screamed in surprise except for the fact that Miroku covered his mouth before he could make a sound.
"It would appear that he is sleeping," noted Miroku.
Sango said, "But I know I heard two other voices."
"And all three of the voices are coming from the same place," said Miroku. "Indeed, there is something strange about this."
Shippo was waving his arms frantically, as though he had something urgent to say. Miroku let go of him and he started, "Why do I get the idea that we weren't informed of the whole story about this guy?"
"Inuyasha and Crystal wouldn't say anything about it and I certainly don't get it," replied Kagome sweatdropping.
The voice of Narcis came again, "The fate of the girl is not my concern."
"You aren't any help," said Tyriel and Xakis.
"He's talking in his sleep, in three different voices?" Shippo blinked. "He's definately a weirdo."
Miroku said, "He certainly has an unusual aura."
"We can ask Inuyasha and Crystal for an explanation in the morning," said Kagome.
"Yeah, we should be sleeping," agreed Sango.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Sesshoumaru-sama, where are you headed at this late hour?" Jaken asked nervously, not wanting to get pounded for it.
Sesshoumaru answered indifferently, "Just watch Rin."
Sesshoumaru vanished into the forest. Jaken sighed, "I wonder what this is about..."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sunlight shined over Crystal's face and she moved her arm to block the light. She was comfortable and just wanted to stay asleep, but she knew it was time to get up. From the sounds of things, most of the others were already awake. She opened her eyes and looked down from her spot in the tree.
From the looks of things, Inuyasha and Tyriel were still asleep and the others were going about the task of either making or eating breakfast. Crystal prepared to jump down from her spot in the tree, but paused when she saw Tyriel fall gracelessly down from his tree with a noticeable crashing sound when he hit the ground.
**Crash**
Tyriel rolled over and continued to sleep. Crystal shook her head and jumped down from her tree, landing lightly on her feet when she hit the ground.
"Is your friend thick or something?" asked Shippo noticing that she was up.
"He just has a high tolerance for pain," replied Crystal.
"And he speaks to himself in three voices while he sleeps," added Miroku.
Crystal sweatdropped, "You noticed?"
"It only happened last night," replied Miroku.
"You and Inuyasha slept right through it," noted Sango.
Crystal continued to sweatdrop, "I guess I'm a heavy sleeper when it comes to sleeping in trees."
Inuyasha suddenly dropped down from his tree and darted over to Kagome.
"What was that about?" asked Shippo.
"That," replied Miroku pointing to the cup of instant ramen that Kagome had in her hand.
"Alright, so he can sleep through voices at night, but add ramen to the picture and he wakes up instantly," Sango shook her head. "How do they do that?"
Shippo shrugged, "I don't think anyone knows."
Tyriel stretched, stood up and opened his eyes, "What did I miss?"
"You falling out of a tree," replied Crystal.
Sango said, "That reminds me, you or Inuyasha better start explaining what is up with your friend speaking in three different voices in the middle of the night."
"It's a long story," Crystal sighed.
Tyriel nodded, "A very long story."
Inuyasha came back over, slurping up his remaining ramen in one huge gulp. He then said, "Maybe I should explain this."
"Go ahead," said Kagome. "At least one of you should be able to get the message across."
Inuyasha cleared his throat. The others quieted down, aside from Shippo who said, "You're actually smart enough to understand this triple voices thing?"
Inuyasha clonked Shippo on the head and started speaking, "There are three separate beings living within Tyriel's body and they switch control at times. Apparently they are conscious of each other and can speak to each other at times, or fight each other, when the physical body is unconscious. In other words, when he is asleep the three separate beings tend to fight for control of the physical body."
"That makes sense," said Sango.
Shippo blinked, ignoring the throbbing lump on his head.
Miroku nodded, "Indeed."
"I couldn't have put it better myself," Crystal nodded approvingly.
"Is Tyriel human?" asked Kagome.
"He is at least part human, if that helps," replied Crystal.
"He's a weirdo," stated Shippo.
**Double Wham**
Inuyasha and Tyriel blinked at each other after their fists connected with Shippo's head. Shippo ran for cover, which basically meant he was now located on Miroku's shoulder.
*-*-*-*
The group consisting of Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Crystal and Tyriel had not been traveling long before they stopped abruptly. Inuyasha was the one that stopped, and everyone else had tried not to crash into the person in front of them. This had not gone particularly well and resulted in everyone landing in an odd heap on the ground.
**Smack**
"Sango, you misunderstood me," Miroku attempted to defend himself, but it was a little late.
The group untangled themselves and stood up.
"Why'd we stop?" asked Shippo.
Inuyasha was glaring in a seemingly random direction, "...Sesshoumaru..."
A few minutes passed and everyone was able to see who Inuyasha was talking about. Inuyasha had already drawn the transformed Tetsusaiga and was still glaring daggers as Sesshoumaru, "What do YOU want?!"
Sesshoumaru stopped a few feet away and would have ignored Inuyasha, if he hadn't been reacting so violently. He spoke indifferently, "You can put the Tetsusaiga away. I didn't come here to kill you today."
Inuyasha practically facevaulted and managed to say in a shocked voice, "What?"
"I'm not here to kill you," Sesshoumaru said it again. Inuyasha did facevault this time.
Inuyasha stood up and hesitantly put the Tetsusaiga away, "Why are you here then?"
"I came to see our sister," replied Sesshoumaru indifferently.
"He knows about Crystal?!" Shippo exclaimed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
So Ends Another Episode...
Spoiler Warning: This fanfiction will definitely include spoilers of events and characters that appear later on in these Anime Titles. Technically these characters have already appeared, they just haven't appeared in the English version of the series.
------It's Not What You Think------
After Inuyasha and Kagome went about the task of explaining their two new traveling companions, it was already starting to get dark as the sun started to drift towards the horizon. This being the case, the group hadn't gone far before deciding it was time to set up camp and get ready for the night ahead of them. This eventually resulted in Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Shippo attempting to talk around the campfire while pretending it was normal for Inuyasha and Crystal to be sitting up in trees while Tyriel was lurking in the shadows.
All of this was actually quite normal, considering many of the things that were about to happen. In fact, some very interesting things were going to start happening increasingly soon.
"So, what are you actually hoping to find?" asked Inuyasha.
Crystal shrugged, "Some answers about my past I guess. There has to be some kind of reason behind why I seem to attract so much trouble."
"And you expect to find that traveling around with us while we're looking for Shikon Fragments and Naraku?" Inuyasha couldn't figure out what inspired this method of solving problems, but he concluded that it wasn't something an ordinary person would have come up with.
Crystal shrugged again, "Anything is possible."
"Just don't get too comfortable," stated the voice of Xakis from the shadows bellow the tree Crystal was sitting in.
"I'm not about to put my guard down," replied Crystal folding her hands behind her head as she leaned back against the trunk of the tree.
"I have another question for you," said Inuyasha.
"What is it?" Crystal returned her attention to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha decided he would have to choose his words carefully, "Well, I've noticed that in lots of your more recent battles you've been working really hard to avoid transforming and using your special powers.. and you did get seriously hurt when you were up against the monster, Chaos Dukemon. I was just wondering why you don't just use your transformation to your advantage?"
"Hm.." Crystal sighed. "I guess I'm just afraid of what might happen if the transformation suddenly took control of me and I ended up going on a rampage." She looked in the direction the sun was setting in. "I don't really want to hurt anyone and I definately don't want to see anyone get hurt.. especially if it is because of me."
"Sometimes the past isn't a pleasant thing to remember," noted Inuyasha. "Are you sure you want to remember?"
Crystal sighed again and closed her eyes in thought. She opened them again before responding, "I don't want to go on living with this void in my memory. I want to know who I really am and why my life is the way it is. Maybe if I understand why, I'll be able to deal with it better."
*-*-*-*
"What do you suppose those two are talking about?" asked Miroku.
Kagome shrugged, "It could be just about anything."
"At least we seem to have a quiet night ahead of us," noted Sango.
"If you ignore the sulky half demons and the weirdo lurking in the shadows," Shippo looked positively bored.
Kagome said, "At least all three of them seem to be on our side."
*-*-*-*
Something occurred to Inuyasha and he decided to find out if his suspicions were correct, "You're afraid your demon powers are going to work the same way as when you became a dragon, aren't you? That's why you don't want to transform."
Crystal nodded, "I don't want to become a destructive monster again."
"It's your own power, so it shouldn't be anything to worry about," said Inuyasha.
"And what happens if I lose control?" asked Crystal.
"You won't," replied Inuyasha.
Crystal blinked, "How do you know that?"
"You don't strike me as the sort that will let herself be manipulated," replied Inuyasha.
"I guess so," Crystal still seemed unsure of herself. "If things get as bad as that thing with Chaos Dukemon I won't have a choice in the matter. Sooner or later I'll have to accept my powers as a part of who I am, but I don't think I'm ready for that yet."
*-*-*-*
The voice that belonged to Xakis sounded demanding, "Why is it that we've been with Crystal for almost two days now and she is still very much alive? I was supposed to kill her already."
"You aren't going to kill my friend," came the reply in Tyriel's voice.
A third voice that sounded thoroughly indifferent said, "Leave me out of this."
"Narcis, surely you must have some opinion on the matter," it was Xakis again.
Shippo scurried over to investigate the voices, but only saw the sleeping form of Tyriel a short distance away from the campfire, that had already died down quite a bit. Like Inuyasha and Crystal, Tyriel was located in a tree. The voices were definately coming from that direction though. Kagome, Sango and Miroku popped up behind him and he would have screamed in surprise except for the fact that Miroku covered his mouth before he could make a sound.
"It would appear that he is sleeping," noted Miroku.
Sango said, "But I know I heard two other voices."
"And all three of the voices are coming from the same place," said Miroku. "Indeed, there is something strange about this."
Shippo was waving his arms frantically, as though he had something urgent to say. Miroku let go of him and he started, "Why do I get the idea that we weren't informed of the whole story about this guy?"
"Inuyasha and Crystal wouldn't say anything about it and I certainly don't get it," replied Kagome sweatdropping.
The voice of Narcis came again, "The fate of the girl is not my concern."
"You aren't any help," said Tyriel and Xakis.
"He's talking in his sleep, in three different voices?" Shippo blinked. "He's definately a weirdo."
Miroku said, "He certainly has an unusual aura."
"We can ask Inuyasha and Crystal for an explanation in the morning," said Kagome.
"Yeah, we should be sleeping," agreed Sango.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Sesshoumaru-sama, where are you headed at this late hour?" Jaken asked nervously, not wanting to get pounded for it.
Sesshoumaru answered indifferently, "Just watch Rin."
Sesshoumaru vanished into the forest. Jaken sighed, "I wonder what this is about..."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sunlight shined over Crystal's face and she moved her arm to block the light. She was comfortable and just wanted to stay asleep, but she knew it was time to get up. From the sounds of things, most of the others were already awake. She opened her eyes and looked down from her spot in the tree.
From the looks of things, Inuyasha and Tyriel were still asleep and the others were going about the task of either making or eating breakfast. Crystal prepared to jump down from her spot in the tree, but paused when she saw Tyriel fall gracelessly down from his tree with a noticeable crashing sound when he hit the ground.
**Crash**
Tyriel rolled over and continued to sleep. Crystal shook her head and jumped down from her tree, landing lightly on her feet when she hit the ground.
"Is your friend thick or something?" asked Shippo noticing that she was up.
"He just has a high tolerance for pain," replied Crystal.
"And he speaks to himself in three voices while he sleeps," added Miroku.
Crystal sweatdropped, "You noticed?"
"It only happened last night," replied Miroku.
"You and Inuyasha slept right through it," noted Sango.
Crystal continued to sweatdrop, "I guess I'm a heavy sleeper when it comes to sleeping in trees."
Inuyasha suddenly dropped down from his tree and darted over to Kagome.
"What was that about?" asked Shippo.
"That," replied Miroku pointing to the cup of instant ramen that Kagome had in her hand.
"Alright, so he can sleep through voices at night, but add ramen to the picture and he wakes up instantly," Sango shook her head. "How do they do that?"
Shippo shrugged, "I don't think anyone knows."
Tyriel stretched, stood up and opened his eyes, "What did I miss?"
"You falling out of a tree," replied Crystal.
Sango said, "That reminds me, you or Inuyasha better start explaining what is up with your friend speaking in three different voices in the middle of the night."
"It's a long story," Crystal sighed.
Tyriel nodded, "A very long story."
Inuyasha came back over, slurping up his remaining ramen in one huge gulp. He then said, "Maybe I should explain this."
"Go ahead," said Kagome. "At least one of you should be able to get the message across."
Inuyasha cleared his throat. The others quieted down, aside from Shippo who said, "You're actually smart enough to understand this triple voices thing?"
Inuyasha clonked Shippo on the head and started speaking, "There are three separate beings living within Tyriel's body and they switch control at times. Apparently they are conscious of each other and can speak to each other at times, or fight each other, when the physical body is unconscious. In other words, when he is asleep the three separate beings tend to fight for control of the physical body."
"That makes sense," said Sango.
Shippo blinked, ignoring the throbbing lump on his head.
Miroku nodded, "Indeed."
"I couldn't have put it better myself," Crystal nodded approvingly.
"Is Tyriel human?" asked Kagome.
"He is at least part human, if that helps," replied Crystal.
"He's a weirdo," stated Shippo.
**Double Wham**
Inuyasha and Tyriel blinked at each other after their fists connected with Shippo's head. Shippo ran for cover, which basically meant he was now located on Miroku's shoulder.
*-*-*-*
The group consisting of Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Crystal and Tyriel had not been traveling long before they stopped abruptly. Inuyasha was the one that stopped, and everyone else had tried not to crash into the person in front of them. This had not gone particularly well and resulted in everyone landing in an odd heap on the ground.
**Smack**
"Sango, you misunderstood me," Miroku attempted to defend himself, but it was a little late.
The group untangled themselves and stood up.
"Why'd we stop?" asked Shippo.
Inuyasha was glaring in a seemingly random direction, "...Sesshoumaru..."
A few minutes passed and everyone was able to see who Inuyasha was talking about. Inuyasha had already drawn the transformed Tetsusaiga and was still glaring daggers as Sesshoumaru, "What do YOU want?!"
Sesshoumaru stopped a few feet away and would have ignored Inuyasha, if he hadn't been reacting so violently. He spoke indifferently, "You can put the Tetsusaiga away. I didn't come here to kill you today."
Inuyasha practically facevaulted and managed to say in a shocked voice, "What?"
"I'm not here to kill you," Sesshoumaru said it again. Inuyasha did facevault this time.
Inuyasha stood up and hesitantly put the Tetsusaiga away, "Why are you here then?"
"I came to see our sister," replied Sesshoumaru indifferently.
"He knows about Crystal?!" Shippo exclaimed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
So Ends Another Episode...