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applied in this fanfiction. This is strictly a work of fanfiction and is
by no means meant to be taken literally.
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.
------Escaping Naraku's Trap------
Naraku frowned as yet another explosion jolted his precious castle. There was a brief pause followed by another explosion. Naraku's frown deepened, "Kanna, what is that sound?"
Kanna appeared, holding her mirror in viewing position, "It seems the prisoners have escaped."
Naraku shook his head, "They couldn't have escaped from the dungeon..." Naraku paused as he saw the image of Crystal shattering a solid wall with one finger appeared in the frame of the mirror and heard the sound again. "I guess that explains it."
Kanna vanished back to where she had appeared from. Naraku stood up, "I guess now is a good time to retreat."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Inuyasha snarled, "Naraku..."
Miroku nodded, "His aura is indeed present, but he seems to be leaving this area..."
Xakis said, "There is a castle at the top of that mountain. That must be where the girls are being kept."
Inuyasha decided to speed up, "Let's go!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome winced as Crystal was knocked clear into a wall of solid stone. Crystal got to her feet again and lunged at the ogre that had struck her, slicing it neatly in half with the Dragon Blade. Fortunately, the guards had been dumb enough to leave herself, Sango and Crystal with their weapons.
"Crystal, are you alright?" asked Kagome.
Crystal answered quickly, "I'll be fine, but we really need to bust out of this place... I don't know if I can handle fighting every single one of these guards."
"Inuyasha and the others will come and save us," Kagome tried to sound convincing.
Sango took out some ogres with Hiraikotsu, "And we'll be right here waiting for them."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"... what is that thing?" gulped Shippo. He pointed at the economy-sized ogre that had jumped down from the roof of the castle.
Inuyasha glared at the ogre, "Nothing that can stop us."
Miroku nodded, "I would assume that Naraku used a Shikon Fragment to give this beast more power. He must be trying to buy himself some time to escape from us."
Xakis smirked as the sword in his hand became surrounded by flames, "This will be no problem at all."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal came to a halt as she, Kagome and Sango reached a chamber at the end of one of the passages they had been following. She glared at the one who had decided to become yet another obsticle in her path.
"Naraku has given me strict orders to slow down your escape," said Kagura.
Crystal growled, "You'll fry in hell like the rest of them."
"I think you'll find me a lot more intimidating than those nitwits," replied Kagura. She waved one of her fans and a horde of dead ogres smashed into the chamber.
Sango turned to Crystal, "Be careful... Kagura can manipulate dead bodies with her wind."
"Now ya tell me," Crystal remained calm. Her aura wavered as her ears became pointed and her fingernails extended into claws. "You're going to regret the day you challenge me!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Inuyasha swung the Tetsusaiga recklessly as always, "Kaze no Kizu!" unleashing a wave of power that was easily deflected by the ogre's massive battle axe. Inuyasha cursed as he hit the ground and turned around to go in for another attack.
[Cutting Wind, Windscar]
Xakis was one step ahead of him. Xakis was holding out both of his hands in a standard blast position as a shadowy orb materialized in front of them. A ring of flames erupted around the shadow, but the shadow remained completely visible. Xakis hurled the blast at the ogre's battle axe and shouted, "Shadow Fireball!" igniting the battle axe and causing it to disintegrate into a pile of smoldering ashes on the forest floor.
Inuyasha grinned as he rushed at the ogre again, "Kaze no Kizu!" and unleashed another wave of power from the Tetsusaiga that ripped the ogre apart. He landed lightly and caught the Shikon Fragment as it zipped out of the destroyed body.
Miroku nodded, "Now that we've dealt with that problem, we can go inside and rescue the girls."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagura was actually running out of dead bodies to manipulate. Crystal was doing a very thorough job of ripping the bodies to shreads with her claws and it didn't help that she was moving faster than Kagura could keep up with. Not only was this girl fast, but she seemed to know some very elaborate battle tactics.
"Come on, my training sessions with Ryoga aren't this slow," Crystal stared taunting Kagura.
Kagome just watched in awe, "Even Inuyasha and Kouga didn't make it look this easy."
Crystal suddenly popped up behind Kagura and sent her firmly to the ground with a fierce kick to the back. She landed lightly on her feet and sheathed the Dragon Blade. She returned to her original form and looked down at Kagura, "Have you had enough or do I need to kill you to get the hell out of here."
Kagura glared up at her, "We'll meet again and next time you won't have it so easy."
"Yeah, I know. I get that a lot," Crystal shrugged lightly.
Kagura removed a feather from her hair, it increased in size and she jumped onto it. She floated out of a hole in the ceiling that had been practically invisible before. Of course it would appear invisible in the dark of night.
Sango said, "Crystal.. how did you do that?"
"Do what?" asked Crystal.
"Inuyasha and Kouga couldn't get that far in dealing with Kagura," answered Sango.
Crystal shrugged, "All I did was jump around in the shadows and strike when I wasn't expected. It wasn't anything special."
"Let's get out of here," suggested Kagome.
"Not so fast," came the all-too-familiar voice of Kikyo.
Crystal sighed boredly and cast a glare in Kikyo's direction, "What now?"
Kikyo materialized from the shadows and returned Crystal's glare, "I had a feeling you weren't just an ordinary human. Why are you getting involved?"
"I came to this era to look into my own past," Crystal frowned. "I didn't come here to play the damsel in distress by being kidnapped by some giant ogres."
Kikyo seemed surprised, "Then you have no involvement in the conflict between Inuyasha and Naraku?"
"I have my own enemies," Crystal returned indifferently.
Kikyo vanished back into the shadows in her usual way. Kagome and Sango just watched in a combination of surprise and confusion. Crystal looked up through the hole in the roof, "It would be easier to find the guys from outside, but we have no idea what's out there."
"What's our plan?" asked Sango.
Crystal smirked, "If we continue strait through the castle, we will eventually get outside and I can bust some more walls in the process."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Inuyasha's group finally reached the main entrance to the castle. They all stopped abruptly as the wall beside the main doorway exploded outward.
"We're here to rescue you!" exclaimed Shippo enthusiastically.
Miroku blinked, "It doesn't look like anyone actually needed to be rescued."
Crystal grinned, "Those morons didn't know what hit 'em."
The blade of the sword in Xakis's hand glinted in the light of the rising sun, "You're about to suffer the same fate as those ogres."
Crystal ducked, dodged and managed avoid every swipe that Xakis made with the sword. The others watched for a few minutes before Sango finally whacked Xakis over the head with Hiraikotsu. Xakis collapsed to the ground and turned back into Tyriel.
"And that guy is your friend?" Shippo shook his head.
Crystal shrugged, "It isn't his fault he has a demon in him that wants me dead."
Tyriel stood up, "Sorry about that.. I guess Xakis got a little carried away with being in control."
Kagome asked, "Exactly how many attacks did Crystal manage to avoid?"
"At least eight hundred," answered Inuyasha.
Miroku blinked, "That many?"
Crystal sweatdropped, "Well I did get a little sloppy with the last one." She indicated a small tear in the fabric of the left shoulder of her tank- top.
Sango asked, "What are we going to do now?"
"Well, we have been up all night," said Kagome.
Crystal suggested, "We could all go back to the Modern Era and rest at the Tendo Dojo."
"All of us?" asked Shippo.
Crystal nodded, "I have a feeling this will work perfectly."
*-*-*-*
**Stench**
"Gah! What's that smell, it smells like Miroku's old socks!" Inuyasha woke up in one of the trees outside of the Tendo Dojo with a thoroughly disgusted look on his face.
"Pardon?" Miroku gave Inuyasha a questioning look from over by the Koi pond.
Crystal looked down from her spot on the roof, "Akane must be cooking again."
"I hope that isn't breakfast," Tyriel poked his head out of the doorway to the Dojo.
Inuyasha looked over to Tyriel, "The socks or what's in the kitchen?"
"Er.. both, but at the moment I'm more concerned about what is in the kitchen," replied Tyriel carefully.
A crimson and black aura materialized behind Tyriel and he was sent flying across the yard by Akane's mallet. Akane returned to the kitchen.
Crystal leaned back and sprawled out on the roof, "It's good to be back in Nerima."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Meanwhile...
"Airen!" Shampoo continued to chase Lip around Nerima.
"Prepare to die!" Mousse also continued to chase Lip around Nerima, waving a variety of chained weapons and other random objects.
Lip continued running for his life, "When I get out of this.. SHIVA, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
This is only the beginning of the chaos...
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.
------Escaping Naraku's Trap------
Naraku frowned as yet another explosion jolted his precious castle. There was a brief pause followed by another explosion. Naraku's frown deepened, "Kanna, what is that sound?"
Kanna appeared, holding her mirror in viewing position, "It seems the prisoners have escaped."
Naraku shook his head, "They couldn't have escaped from the dungeon..." Naraku paused as he saw the image of Crystal shattering a solid wall with one finger appeared in the frame of the mirror and heard the sound again. "I guess that explains it."
Kanna vanished back to where she had appeared from. Naraku stood up, "I guess now is a good time to retreat."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Inuyasha snarled, "Naraku..."
Miroku nodded, "His aura is indeed present, but he seems to be leaving this area..."
Xakis said, "There is a castle at the top of that mountain. That must be where the girls are being kept."
Inuyasha decided to speed up, "Let's go!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome winced as Crystal was knocked clear into a wall of solid stone. Crystal got to her feet again and lunged at the ogre that had struck her, slicing it neatly in half with the Dragon Blade. Fortunately, the guards had been dumb enough to leave herself, Sango and Crystal with their weapons.
"Crystal, are you alright?" asked Kagome.
Crystal answered quickly, "I'll be fine, but we really need to bust out of this place... I don't know if I can handle fighting every single one of these guards."
"Inuyasha and the others will come and save us," Kagome tried to sound convincing.
Sango took out some ogres with Hiraikotsu, "And we'll be right here waiting for them."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"... what is that thing?" gulped Shippo. He pointed at the economy-sized ogre that had jumped down from the roof of the castle.
Inuyasha glared at the ogre, "Nothing that can stop us."
Miroku nodded, "I would assume that Naraku used a Shikon Fragment to give this beast more power. He must be trying to buy himself some time to escape from us."
Xakis smirked as the sword in his hand became surrounded by flames, "This will be no problem at all."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal came to a halt as she, Kagome and Sango reached a chamber at the end of one of the passages they had been following. She glared at the one who had decided to become yet another obsticle in her path.
"Naraku has given me strict orders to slow down your escape," said Kagura.
Crystal growled, "You'll fry in hell like the rest of them."
"I think you'll find me a lot more intimidating than those nitwits," replied Kagura. She waved one of her fans and a horde of dead ogres smashed into the chamber.
Sango turned to Crystal, "Be careful... Kagura can manipulate dead bodies with her wind."
"Now ya tell me," Crystal remained calm. Her aura wavered as her ears became pointed and her fingernails extended into claws. "You're going to regret the day you challenge me!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Inuyasha swung the Tetsusaiga recklessly as always, "Kaze no Kizu!" unleashing a wave of power that was easily deflected by the ogre's massive battle axe. Inuyasha cursed as he hit the ground and turned around to go in for another attack.
[Cutting Wind, Windscar]
Xakis was one step ahead of him. Xakis was holding out both of his hands in a standard blast position as a shadowy orb materialized in front of them. A ring of flames erupted around the shadow, but the shadow remained completely visible. Xakis hurled the blast at the ogre's battle axe and shouted, "Shadow Fireball!" igniting the battle axe and causing it to disintegrate into a pile of smoldering ashes on the forest floor.
Inuyasha grinned as he rushed at the ogre again, "Kaze no Kizu!" and unleashed another wave of power from the Tetsusaiga that ripped the ogre apart. He landed lightly and caught the Shikon Fragment as it zipped out of the destroyed body.
Miroku nodded, "Now that we've dealt with that problem, we can go inside and rescue the girls."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagura was actually running out of dead bodies to manipulate. Crystal was doing a very thorough job of ripping the bodies to shreads with her claws and it didn't help that she was moving faster than Kagura could keep up with. Not only was this girl fast, but she seemed to know some very elaborate battle tactics.
"Come on, my training sessions with Ryoga aren't this slow," Crystal stared taunting Kagura.
Kagome just watched in awe, "Even Inuyasha and Kouga didn't make it look this easy."
Crystal suddenly popped up behind Kagura and sent her firmly to the ground with a fierce kick to the back. She landed lightly on her feet and sheathed the Dragon Blade. She returned to her original form and looked down at Kagura, "Have you had enough or do I need to kill you to get the hell out of here."
Kagura glared up at her, "We'll meet again and next time you won't have it so easy."
"Yeah, I know. I get that a lot," Crystal shrugged lightly.
Kagura removed a feather from her hair, it increased in size and she jumped onto it. She floated out of a hole in the ceiling that had been practically invisible before. Of course it would appear invisible in the dark of night.
Sango said, "Crystal.. how did you do that?"
"Do what?" asked Crystal.
"Inuyasha and Kouga couldn't get that far in dealing with Kagura," answered Sango.
Crystal shrugged, "All I did was jump around in the shadows and strike when I wasn't expected. It wasn't anything special."
"Let's get out of here," suggested Kagome.
"Not so fast," came the all-too-familiar voice of Kikyo.
Crystal sighed boredly and cast a glare in Kikyo's direction, "What now?"
Kikyo materialized from the shadows and returned Crystal's glare, "I had a feeling you weren't just an ordinary human. Why are you getting involved?"
"I came to this era to look into my own past," Crystal frowned. "I didn't come here to play the damsel in distress by being kidnapped by some giant ogres."
Kikyo seemed surprised, "Then you have no involvement in the conflict between Inuyasha and Naraku?"
"I have my own enemies," Crystal returned indifferently.
Kikyo vanished back into the shadows in her usual way. Kagome and Sango just watched in a combination of surprise and confusion. Crystal looked up through the hole in the roof, "It would be easier to find the guys from outside, but we have no idea what's out there."
"What's our plan?" asked Sango.
Crystal smirked, "If we continue strait through the castle, we will eventually get outside and I can bust some more walls in the process."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Inuyasha's group finally reached the main entrance to the castle. They all stopped abruptly as the wall beside the main doorway exploded outward.
"We're here to rescue you!" exclaimed Shippo enthusiastically.
Miroku blinked, "It doesn't look like anyone actually needed to be rescued."
Crystal grinned, "Those morons didn't know what hit 'em."
The blade of the sword in Xakis's hand glinted in the light of the rising sun, "You're about to suffer the same fate as those ogres."
Crystal ducked, dodged and managed avoid every swipe that Xakis made with the sword. The others watched for a few minutes before Sango finally whacked Xakis over the head with Hiraikotsu. Xakis collapsed to the ground and turned back into Tyriel.
"And that guy is your friend?" Shippo shook his head.
Crystal shrugged, "It isn't his fault he has a demon in him that wants me dead."
Tyriel stood up, "Sorry about that.. I guess Xakis got a little carried away with being in control."
Kagome asked, "Exactly how many attacks did Crystal manage to avoid?"
"At least eight hundred," answered Inuyasha.
Miroku blinked, "That many?"
Crystal sweatdropped, "Well I did get a little sloppy with the last one." She indicated a small tear in the fabric of the left shoulder of her tank- top.
Sango asked, "What are we going to do now?"
"Well, we have been up all night," said Kagome.
Crystal suggested, "We could all go back to the Modern Era and rest at the Tendo Dojo."
"All of us?" asked Shippo.
Crystal nodded, "I have a feeling this will work perfectly."
*-*-*-*
**Stench**
"Gah! What's that smell, it smells like Miroku's old socks!" Inuyasha woke up in one of the trees outside of the Tendo Dojo with a thoroughly disgusted look on his face.
"Pardon?" Miroku gave Inuyasha a questioning look from over by the Koi pond.
Crystal looked down from her spot on the roof, "Akane must be cooking again."
"I hope that isn't breakfast," Tyriel poked his head out of the doorway to the Dojo.
Inuyasha looked over to Tyriel, "The socks or what's in the kitchen?"
"Er.. both, but at the moment I'm more concerned about what is in the kitchen," replied Tyriel carefully.
A crimson and black aura materialized behind Tyriel and he was sent flying across the yard by Akane's mallet. Akane returned to the kitchen.
Crystal leaned back and sprawled out on the roof, "It's good to be back in Nerima."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Meanwhile...
"Airen!" Shampoo continued to chase Lip around Nerima.
"Prepare to die!" Mousse also continued to chase Lip around Nerima, waving a variety of chained weapons and other random objects.
Lip continued running for his life, "When I get out of this.. SHIVA, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
This is only the beginning of the chaos...