Kitsunehime: Ok, so I've finally got around to setting up a web page. For those of you who want to see it, the URL is on my profile. It's an anime fox page, where various anime characters are drawn as foxes. Sadly, all I have up so far are the rough sketches since I haven't had time to color them all yet . . .

Shippou: Anime foxes? Does that include me?

Kitsunehime: I haven't done one of you yet, but I'll get around to it later probably . . .

Jaenelle: So who do you have up so far?

Kitsunehime: Um . . . Two Kurama foxes, Sesshoumaru, Kaoru, Megumi, Hatoko, Ichigo, and Mint. Oh, and one colored original that was kinda supposed to be me . . .

Sesshoumaru: . . . I do not look like that.

Inuyasha: Sure you do! See the stupid expression?

Sesshoumaru: . . . Do you wish to die?

Inuyasha: Maybe.

Youko: . . . You know, I look like this normally.

Kitsunehime: Fox paws included?

Youko: Well, everything but that.

Lucivar: *snickers* Oh, aren't you all just so cute!

Sesshoumaru: Shut up!

Rin: You have to admit, they are pretty cute . . . look at Sesshoumaru! ^_^

Sesshoumaru: *bright red*

Inuyasha: *dying of laughter*

Fahleing and Koryu: *still in closet* Let us out already! The chapter's over!

Kitsunehime: That was last chapter. The next one's about to start.

Koryu and Fahleing: NO!!!! And you 'forgot' to let us out earlier!?

Kitsunehime: Hai! ^_^ Ok, so me no own, you no sue, we all live happily ever after. ^_^







To Rule the Darkness

ch.23 More about That Closet ^_^



Sesshoumaru's POV ~


So I've finally found Kanoe. Finally, after long months of travel. With still many more to come. That's how far I am into the landen realms. I hate to admit it, but I actually miss everyone back in the Blood Realm. Even my mangy brother. And . . . especially Rin . . .


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Back Inside the Closet ~ heh heh heh ^__^ ~


It's been a little over an hour since the unfortunate pair have been stuck together. In a closet, too, of all places.

Koryu had taken to rhythmically banging on the door with his fist at odd intervals, falling asleep from boredom.

Fahleing was absentmindedly picking the very few split ends she could find out of her hair. And now it was her mind's turn to wander, since Koryu's was asleep.

'I'm glad I didn't actually say that out loud . . . I almost yelled out that I thought he was one of the most handsome youkai males around! What, it's true . . . Long silver hair, so soft looking . . . deep golden eyes, and his face . . . ACK! What in seven hells am I thinking!?' She shook her head long and hard until her brains felt scrambled. 'O~oh, dizzy . . . nice smell . . . where's it coming from? Koryu's scent . . . ' Deep breath. 'I like it . . . so hot, masculine . . . Kyaaah!' Seeing as the head shaking didn't seem to work, Fahleing started to whack her head against the back wall of the closet. Hard. 'Bad, bad, BAD! Stop thinking about him! I wonder if he has a nice chest? No, BAD GIRL!' Bam, bam, bam.

Koryu woke up to this rather amusing sight. And watched.

Until someone on the other side of the wall banged back.

Fahleing abruptly stopped. "What the fuck was that?!" she yelled.

"That was for whacking the wall!" Inuyasha hollered from the other side.

"Why the hell are you in a bathroom so long?!"Fahleing hollered back.

"Kagome locked me in! And why the hell are you in your closet?!"

"I got locked in with Koryu!"

No reply.

"Hey, Inuyasha!" Still no reply.

"I think Kagome just let him out," Koryu said dryly. "Well, there goes our chance of being let out. I don't think he heard what you said last."

Fahleing began to knock her head against the closet door.


Another hour later ~ (^_^)


Both had sore throats from yelling and trying to wake Shippou up. Unfortunately, they didn't know that the fox kit had just let himself out. In other words, all that's left in the room are two weirdos locked in a closet.

"I'm starving . . . It's got to be around lunchtime now," Fahleing rasped.

"My throat's killing me . . . " Koryu complained. "I need a drink . . . Someone has got to have noticed we're missing by now . . . "

Little did they know that, actually, no one had noticed. They were going to be in there for a long, long time.


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Meanwhile, Miroku had finally been let in by Kohaku. He was currently in the kitchen gulping down his lunch and gibbering about being chased around by a vicious chipmunk. Sango was looking at him like he had lost his mind, and Sakuya and Kohaku were laughing.

Kagome, Inuyasha, Souta, and Shippou had grabbed a picnic basket full of food from the kitchen and were sitting on the front lawn, enjoying the sunshine. Shippou and Inuyasha seemed to have forgotten all about the closet incidence.

Inutaishou was currently having a long discussion over a couple cups of tea and sandwiches about books with Rin, Youko, and Miyu in the library.

You see, everyone just assumed that Koryu and Fahleing had finally decided to get along and have a picnic together or something. Yeah, right.

And the whole day passes like this, pretty soon it's time for dinner. Everyone's dressed and ready to eat, but two people are missing . . .

Inutaishou looked at the empty seats inquisitively. "It's not like either of them to skip meals . . . Kagome, Miyu, Youko. Your rooms are right next to theirs. Have you heard anything?"

Miyu and Youko shook their heads. "He wasn't even in there last time we checked."

Kagome thought for a moment. "Well, I thought I heard Inuyasha yelling at somebody through the wall when I locked him in the bathroom . . . "

"You locked him in the bathroom?!" Rin was beginning to crack up.

"He was teaching Souta how to swear!"

"What's so bad about swearing?!" Inuyasha protested.

"It's . . . "

Sakuya interrupted their argument. "Inuyasha, who was on the other side of the wall?"

Inuyasha thought about it for a bit. "Fahleing. For some reason, she was inside her closet with Koryu."

"O~ooh, wonder what they're doing?" Miroku began to grin his usual perverted grin, earning a whack on the head from Sango.

"Well, that might be where they still are. Who's coming with me to check up on them?" Sakuya asked, rolling up her kimono sleeves. Miroku immediately stood up.

"Oh no you don't, not without me," Sango mumbled.

It turned out that everyone wanted to come along. So, the whole group went upstairs, opened the door to Fahleing's room, and flung open the closet doors to find . . .







Sorry, but I'm severely backed up on sleep, and it's getting pretty late . . .

Soli: You want to help? Um . . . I may be able to stick you in there . . . Do you mind being a crazy fortune teller or something? No guarantees, though.

Final Spirit: Actually, no. Demon-dead refers to a person who has died, but still had too much psychic power to completely fade away, so they basically become animated corpses. Ones that don't rot, that is. Why they're called demon-dead, I have no clue. I borrowed that term from the books.

Fujiwara no Sai: *shrugs* Well, it's your opinion. Thanks for reviewing though, even if this story doesn't feature your favorite pairings.

yooso: Well, not much is going to happen . . . yet. Later though. ^.^;;

kagomehigurashi: I'm sorry if you find the language offensive, but some of the characters just . . . well, come across as potty-mouthed. I can try though . . .

Mori no Kage: You are seriously beginning to scare me . . .

Ja!