Hello everyone! I worked on this chapter for four hours or more, so I hope
you enjoy it! Please keep reviewing! This a longer chapter, at least I hope
it appears that way. A few twist and turns in this one! Wait till you read
next chappie ;p
The song in this chapter is Evanescence's Going Under, no don't shake your heads, yet. I am definitely not a fan of the girl rock thing, but they aren't bad, and the song seemed like a good one. Don't worry, Metallica will be coming with some more Nirvana and others Please let me know if you like the music or not? Opine is the word for that. Thanks Mr. Bill O'Reilly for introducing me to that word ;p
DISCLAIMER: Greenleaf jumping up and down full of glee. That is fun word, isn't it? " Disclaimers are fun!" Inuyasha suddenly drops out of the sky next to Greenleaf.
Inuyasha: "What the.......FEH....... NOT YOU AGAIN!"
Greenleaf: Freaked out from the thing that just fell through the ceiling, grabbed one of those steel basball bats and smacked Inuyasha in the head.
Inuyasha:.............................
No one is telling me what they think of the little disclaimers!
Oh yeah, I do not own Inuyasha which would also include the characters that belong to the show "Inuyasha" which the majority of the people who are reading this know who and what Inuyasha is, so don't sue and don't steal my story or the "orginal characters" I do not own Evanescene or the lyrics to the perticuluar song that is included in this chapter, so don't sue me for that either.
Now, Here is the latest chapter. Please review!
Chapter 19- Going Under
Frealaf returned the refulgent grin as he dove into the water beside Etain.He saw the beautiful floor of the basin. There was smooth, sparkling, silver sand with shimmering pebbles thrown about on the bottom.Each stone reflecting different colors.There was also some kind plant and a few varieties of fish.The plants only grew near the shore, they were a kelly green with yellow blossoms that had sprouted at the very tip.The fish were a glistening as the sun reflected off their fins.The took one look at him and scooted off to hide in the mass of tangles caused by the plants.He kicked his legs towards the surface and thrust himself with his legs, so he literally jumped out of the water, and managed to soak Etain in the process.
" HEY!" Etain yelled playfully.She pounded her fist into the water and brought her arm in a sweeping motion (you know like a wave) and attacked Frealaf. "WO.." Frealaf gasped diving back under the water to avoid being drowned.He grinned to himself as he swam behind Etain planning on a sneak attack, but Etain sensed and could see what he was doing, so she decided to play dumb until the last second.
Frealaf crept soundlessly through the water, almost upon Etain, as he started to submerge, she threw herself backwards,overcoming him, and crashed into him in the water. He gasped under the water, releasing the breath he had been holding,as Etain crashed into him.
Etain smirked underneath the water at him in the manner like she was saying, "You think you can out-do me?" He kicked his legs as hard and as fast as he could towards the surface with Etain following him,but she swam like a mermaid.Her legs moving like that of a fish. She looked over at him before they broke the surface and grinned, allowing her saved breath to bubble to the surface.
As they both came up for air, they launched themselves with a powerful thrust into the air, and sucking in air, and landing back into the water. Etain and Frealaf looked over at one another, each sharing a secret grin. Etain was the first to speak. " You really think you could sneak up on me? I may appear as a helpless damsel, but looks can be deceiving." She said with a cocky grin.
All Frealaf said was, "Really?" That was the only warning Etain got as Frealaf lunged at her and dunked her head under the water. Etain's eyes widened a bit, he moved to fast with his agile speed that was a given with the demon blood.She managed to get a deep breath before the dunk. She smiled inside to herself. 'So he wants to play,huh? I'll play along.' She hatched an idea in her head as his quickly pushed himself back to allow her to come up air. She dove down deeper into the water,where the shadows would hide her as slithered across the sandy bottom like a rampant snake,creeping quietly towards it's prey.She was glad she had trained herself to hold her breath. She could hear the waterfall pounding the surface above her, grinning knowingly to herself as she neared her target.She submerged, gasping for air as she came up under the waterfall, hidden from view.Part of her was telling her it was cruel to do this,but the other part was urging her on.
Frealaf's brows net together in fear. Etain had not come up for air, he took a deep breath, as he dove back into the water looking for her.
Etain saw with satisfaction as Frealaf dove looking for her. Her plan was hatching out as expected.She pushed herself up into her hidden cave, that was hidden in this waterfall.She had come across it as a child, and told no one of it.There was a long stairway that led up to the top of the waterfall, with an entrance that was also hidden by a vine. It took you right to the side of the waterfall, and since the waterfall was not that powerful, there were large,rocks that led a path directly at the break of the waterfall, and the water was deep enough to jump into. She walked quietly,but quickly and carefully across the rocks to one in the middle, she stopped and looked down at Frealaf, who had just emerged from the water. She saw the worry lined all over his face as he started calling her name out.
"Yoo who!" Etain said with a nonchalant attitude. Frealaf spun around in the water and looked up at where the source of noise had come from. A very large sigh escaped him as he beheld Etain,safe. His sigh turned into an angry frown. " Why did you do that? You scared me half to death."
Etain felt a little pang of guilt for what she had done, but it turned into amazement as she realized the fact that he had been concerned for her safety.Her face suddenly went blank,never in all the years of her immortality she cursed sometimes, had she had feelings for anyone like Frealaf, the numerous princes that had tried to court her, she felt nothing,but this Inu prince.... there was something different,something she couldn't fathom.This feeling made her feel naive to the world. The past rushed rapidly through her mind as her eyes lost all color and she began to descend from the top of the waterfall.
Now I will tell you what I've done for you
50 thousand tears I've cried
screaming deceiving and bleeding for you
and you still won't hear me
don't want your hand this time I'll save myself
maybe I'll wake up for once
not tormented daily defeated by you
just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
I'm dying again
I'm going under
drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm going under
blurring and stirring the truth and the lies
so I don't know what's real and what's not
always confusing the thoughts in my head
so I can't trust myself anymore
I'm dying again
I'm going under
drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
so go on and scream
scream at me I'm so far away
I won't be broken again
I've got to breathe I can't keep going under
Frealaf anger turned into a mixture of concern of puzzlement. " What are you doing up there?" His keen eye sight allowed him to see Etain suddenly pale,and he noticed a change in her eyes.He gasped as she suddenly started falling. "ETAIN!" He yelled swimming rapidly through the water trying to reach her to break her fall,but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't go fast enough.Celeblim and Naurlach appeared out of nowhere as they galloped towards the water, sensing their beloved friend's danger. Their high- pitched screams and Frealaf's continuous call out of her name seemed to break Etain out of her sudden spell.
Etain heard someone calling her faraway.She sighed. She didn't want to open her eyes, this place so peaceful.Nothing mattered here,no worries,just the vast feeling of nothingness.Etain felt her eyes flickering,trying to pry themselves open on their own accord.She felt herself descended into a deep nothingness,surrounded by black,and a feeling of suffocation.She gasped for air, nothing but water was drawn into her lungs.She closed her eyes. 'Not this time.I won't fight.' She was drawn out of her hypnosis by a tug on her mind. In her vision she saw Celeblim and Naurlach galloping across an indefinite field, with the lush green grass speckled with wild meadow flowers that had sprouted from the new spring rain.They galloped towards the waterfall and launched themselves into the water. Relaxing from the new heat that was arriving.
The vision suddenly became dark,the field that had once been green with flowers became a field whittled with ash,and dust, the grass was nothing but brittle yellow stalks. Celeblim stood before her, she called out to him but he didn't hear. He had an old,nasty bridle placed harshly on him, and a chain of hard bitter and cold steel was shoved into his mouth. As an nefarious man threw a large,horned saddle onto his.The man had spiked spurs strapped onto his boots as he roughly mounted Celeblim and sank the spurs into his delicate sides.Celeblim's eyes rolled into the back of his head, showing the white in fear. Etain screamed and ran forward drawing her weapon that wasn't there.
The vision changed again, as Etain felt the tears streaming down her face. The beautiful waterfall was nothing more than a dried up lake, the sand blew harshly into her face as she walked forward. All the lovely trees that had been of an endless age were all dead, and green no longer coated these lovely trees,they were like skeletons, their branched like bony hands clawing to the sky, looking for something to clutch. She walked into the center of what had once been the waterfall's basin, fish skeletons littered the dried sand,and the water plants were nothing but petrified piles. There was no sun here anymore,just dark,gray depressing clouds hung in the air. She fell down on the ground and sat,rocking back and forth. All she had known, and loved was gone, destroyed. She felt the sobs escaping her helpless form and she screamed, to all who would listen,and even to those who wouldn't. " NOOOOOOOOOO!!" She pounded her fist into the ground. She gasped as the sand began forming molds of great structures. She instantly recognized them. For they were of the castle, her home.
The sand turned into a miniature version of the castle, as men appeared before her. There was a gruesome battle going between.... 'No, I can't be.' She thought to herself in disbelief. There were mortal men fighting against the elves. They had an alliance, and the scene before her showed her what something totally opposite. The men, they were destroying the elves,no murdering the elves. She saw her people fall, the castle being raided, every treasure of her people, stolen. Every single silver stone from their beloved shores, stolen. The image began to change again, the castle being destroyed, for they were burning it,and knocking it into the vast ocean. She couldn't feel anything, her limbs had gone numb, nothing would process. Her mind kept repeating 'No,No,No' Someone tugged at her thoughts . " Etain"
She recognized the voice as Celeblim's. 'Celeblim? What is going on?'
"Etain, for this is what will come to pass. You cannot forsake your land for love.You must protect your kin. Be gone no more than five years.You must return, it all hangs in your hands, the only heir that has the power to wield the stone."
' Celeblim, what are you talking about?'
" Remember the mark you have of a star?"
'Yes, I have had it since I was born.'
" You are the balance, that mark is your birthright, which in time you will come to know. I cannot tell you anymore. Our paths were destined to cross, I have waited for you for centuries. Walking this earth in search of you. I do not wish to give you up,but I must for reasons, temporally. I promise one day we shall be together. No matter how much you love, you cannot let this blind you. Do you understand?"
' You have waited for me for centuries? What are you? You aren't an Elvish horse,are you?'
"No, I am not, but I can't tell you what I am,yet. You must promise me now, that you belong to me and will return to save your people and be with me as it was meant to be. I cannot tell you the details, but centuries ago we were together,but you summoned and I lost you, and now I have found you again. I will come for you, but you must make the decision on your own."
'Yes, I will come back. Why haven't you told me before?'
"That I cannot answer, but right now you must fight, fight for life,for your people, and the one who your lingering mortal feelings love."
Etain felt time moving backward, herself being pulled out of the water and back to the waterfall, and she felt herself falling and Frealaf calling her. Her gray, purple eyes snapped open, to be shut tightly again from the wind blowing, and stinging them. 'Etain,you must fight.' Those words echoed in her head, as she opened her eyes again and gasped for air. Relieve filled her frazzled body as the oxygen entered her lungs. She remembered she was still in mid-air falling towards the water. She positioned her arms in a diving position, praying her neck wouldn't snap. She hit the cool water hard, as it pulled her down, down into the black depths of shadows. She kicked her legs and arms forward, trying to launch herself to the surface. 'No,No..... I........have...........to........' She felt herself slipping away again,but a strong arm wrapped tightly around her frail body, a wonderful swimming kicking towards the surface.
Frealaf had starting diving into the water as soon as the Etain hit the surface. He found her easily, grabbing her tightly around the arm and then grasping her body with his strong arms, as if it would help keep her safe. He knew she needed air, before they would break the surface, so he pulled her closer to him, while swimming frantically, and pushed is mouth down on hers, giving her his own breath to breathe off of.
They reached the surface shortly after that. Frealaf kept Etain's head above the water, with her back laying limping against his strong chest. He reached the shore quickly as he dragged her onto the warm sand. Her face was pale,he placed his hand on her neck to check for a pulse, it was there,but very faint. He knew what he had to do. He kneeled down beside her motionless form,barely alive, and opened her mouth as he kneeled down and blew his own breathe into her, and then pushed on her chest three times, repeating the process three times. "Etain, come on." Etain suddenly started coughing water up.
Frealaf's sighed with relieve. He quickly placed his hands behind her for support so she could breath and remove all the water she had inhaled. She collapsed onto his chest and broke out into sobs. The sun shone warmly upon them,keeping the sand warm, for the drenched couple.
The song in this chapter is Evanescence's Going Under, no don't shake your heads, yet. I am definitely not a fan of the girl rock thing, but they aren't bad, and the song seemed like a good one. Don't worry, Metallica will be coming with some more Nirvana and others Please let me know if you like the music or not? Opine is the word for that. Thanks Mr. Bill O'Reilly for introducing me to that word ;p
DISCLAIMER: Greenleaf jumping up and down full of glee. That is fun word, isn't it? " Disclaimers are fun!" Inuyasha suddenly drops out of the sky next to Greenleaf.
Inuyasha: "What the.......FEH....... NOT YOU AGAIN!"
Greenleaf: Freaked out from the thing that just fell through the ceiling, grabbed one of those steel basball bats and smacked Inuyasha in the head.
Inuyasha:.............................
No one is telling me what they think of the little disclaimers!
Oh yeah, I do not own Inuyasha which would also include the characters that belong to the show "Inuyasha" which the majority of the people who are reading this know who and what Inuyasha is, so don't sue and don't steal my story or the "orginal characters" I do not own Evanescene or the lyrics to the perticuluar song that is included in this chapter, so don't sue me for that either.
Now, Here is the latest chapter. Please review!
Chapter 19- Going Under
Frealaf returned the refulgent grin as he dove into the water beside Etain.He saw the beautiful floor of the basin. There was smooth, sparkling, silver sand with shimmering pebbles thrown about on the bottom.Each stone reflecting different colors.There was also some kind plant and a few varieties of fish.The plants only grew near the shore, they were a kelly green with yellow blossoms that had sprouted at the very tip.The fish were a glistening as the sun reflected off their fins.The took one look at him and scooted off to hide in the mass of tangles caused by the plants.He kicked his legs towards the surface and thrust himself with his legs, so he literally jumped out of the water, and managed to soak Etain in the process.
" HEY!" Etain yelled playfully.She pounded her fist into the water and brought her arm in a sweeping motion (you know like a wave) and attacked Frealaf. "WO.." Frealaf gasped diving back under the water to avoid being drowned.He grinned to himself as he swam behind Etain planning on a sneak attack, but Etain sensed and could see what he was doing, so she decided to play dumb until the last second.
Frealaf crept soundlessly through the water, almost upon Etain, as he started to submerge, she threw herself backwards,overcoming him, and crashed into him in the water. He gasped under the water, releasing the breath he had been holding,as Etain crashed into him.
Etain smirked underneath the water at him in the manner like she was saying, "You think you can out-do me?" He kicked his legs as hard and as fast as he could towards the surface with Etain following him,but she swam like a mermaid.Her legs moving like that of a fish. She looked over at him before they broke the surface and grinned, allowing her saved breath to bubble to the surface.
As they both came up for air, they launched themselves with a powerful thrust into the air, and sucking in air, and landing back into the water. Etain and Frealaf looked over at one another, each sharing a secret grin. Etain was the first to speak. " You really think you could sneak up on me? I may appear as a helpless damsel, but looks can be deceiving." She said with a cocky grin.
All Frealaf said was, "Really?" That was the only warning Etain got as Frealaf lunged at her and dunked her head under the water. Etain's eyes widened a bit, he moved to fast with his agile speed that was a given with the demon blood.She managed to get a deep breath before the dunk. She smiled inside to herself. 'So he wants to play,huh? I'll play along.' She hatched an idea in her head as his quickly pushed himself back to allow her to come up air. She dove down deeper into the water,where the shadows would hide her as slithered across the sandy bottom like a rampant snake,creeping quietly towards it's prey.She was glad she had trained herself to hold her breath. She could hear the waterfall pounding the surface above her, grinning knowingly to herself as she neared her target.She submerged, gasping for air as she came up under the waterfall, hidden from view.Part of her was telling her it was cruel to do this,but the other part was urging her on.
Frealaf's brows net together in fear. Etain had not come up for air, he took a deep breath, as he dove back into the water looking for her.
Etain saw with satisfaction as Frealaf dove looking for her. Her plan was hatching out as expected.She pushed herself up into her hidden cave, that was hidden in this waterfall.She had come across it as a child, and told no one of it.There was a long stairway that led up to the top of the waterfall, with an entrance that was also hidden by a vine. It took you right to the side of the waterfall, and since the waterfall was not that powerful, there were large,rocks that led a path directly at the break of the waterfall, and the water was deep enough to jump into. She walked quietly,but quickly and carefully across the rocks to one in the middle, she stopped and looked down at Frealaf, who had just emerged from the water. She saw the worry lined all over his face as he started calling her name out.
"Yoo who!" Etain said with a nonchalant attitude. Frealaf spun around in the water and looked up at where the source of noise had come from. A very large sigh escaped him as he beheld Etain,safe. His sigh turned into an angry frown. " Why did you do that? You scared me half to death."
Etain felt a little pang of guilt for what she had done, but it turned into amazement as she realized the fact that he had been concerned for her safety.Her face suddenly went blank,never in all the years of her immortality she cursed sometimes, had she had feelings for anyone like Frealaf, the numerous princes that had tried to court her, she felt nothing,but this Inu prince.... there was something different,something she couldn't fathom.This feeling made her feel naive to the world. The past rushed rapidly through her mind as her eyes lost all color and she began to descend from the top of the waterfall.
Now I will tell you what I've done for you
50 thousand tears I've cried
screaming deceiving and bleeding for you
and you still won't hear me
don't want your hand this time I'll save myself
maybe I'll wake up for once
not tormented daily defeated by you
just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
I'm dying again
I'm going under
drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm going under
blurring and stirring the truth and the lies
so I don't know what's real and what's not
always confusing the thoughts in my head
so I can't trust myself anymore
I'm dying again
I'm going under
drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
so go on and scream
scream at me I'm so far away
I won't be broken again
I've got to breathe I can't keep going under
Frealaf anger turned into a mixture of concern of puzzlement. " What are you doing up there?" His keen eye sight allowed him to see Etain suddenly pale,and he noticed a change in her eyes.He gasped as she suddenly started falling. "ETAIN!" He yelled swimming rapidly through the water trying to reach her to break her fall,but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't go fast enough.Celeblim and Naurlach appeared out of nowhere as they galloped towards the water, sensing their beloved friend's danger. Their high- pitched screams and Frealaf's continuous call out of her name seemed to break Etain out of her sudden spell.
Etain heard someone calling her faraway.She sighed. She didn't want to open her eyes, this place so peaceful.Nothing mattered here,no worries,just the vast feeling of nothingness.Etain felt her eyes flickering,trying to pry themselves open on their own accord.She felt herself descended into a deep nothingness,surrounded by black,and a feeling of suffocation.She gasped for air, nothing but water was drawn into her lungs.She closed her eyes. 'Not this time.I won't fight.' She was drawn out of her hypnosis by a tug on her mind. In her vision she saw Celeblim and Naurlach galloping across an indefinite field, with the lush green grass speckled with wild meadow flowers that had sprouted from the new spring rain.They galloped towards the waterfall and launched themselves into the water. Relaxing from the new heat that was arriving.
The vision suddenly became dark,the field that had once been green with flowers became a field whittled with ash,and dust, the grass was nothing but brittle yellow stalks. Celeblim stood before her, she called out to him but he didn't hear. He had an old,nasty bridle placed harshly on him, and a chain of hard bitter and cold steel was shoved into his mouth. As an nefarious man threw a large,horned saddle onto his.The man had spiked spurs strapped onto his boots as he roughly mounted Celeblim and sank the spurs into his delicate sides.Celeblim's eyes rolled into the back of his head, showing the white in fear. Etain screamed and ran forward drawing her weapon that wasn't there.
The vision changed again, as Etain felt the tears streaming down her face. The beautiful waterfall was nothing more than a dried up lake, the sand blew harshly into her face as she walked forward. All the lovely trees that had been of an endless age were all dead, and green no longer coated these lovely trees,they were like skeletons, their branched like bony hands clawing to the sky, looking for something to clutch. She walked into the center of what had once been the waterfall's basin, fish skeletons littered the dried sand,and the water plants were nothing but petrified piles. There was no sun here anymore,just dark,gray depressing clouds hung in the air. She fell down on the ground and sat,rocking back and forth. All she had known, and loved was gone, destroyed. She felt the sobs escaping her helpless form and she screamed, to all who would listen,and even to those who wouldn't. " NOOOOOOOOOO!!" She pounded her fist into the ground. She gasped as the sand began forming molds of great structures. She instantly recognized them. For they were of the castle, her home.
The sand turned into a miniature version of the castle, as men appeared before her. There was a gruesome battle going between.... 'No, I can't be.' She thought to herself in disbelief. There were mortal men fighting against the elves. They had an alliance, and the scene before her showed her what something totally opposite. The men, they were destroying the elves,no murdering the elves. She saw her people fall, the castle being raided, every treasure of her people, stolen. Every single silver stone from their beloved shores, stolen. The image began to change again, the castle being destroyed, for they were burning it,and knocking it into the vast ocean. She couldn't feel anything, her limbs had gone numb, nothing would process. Her mind kept repeating 'No,No,No' Someone tugged at her thoughts . " Etain"
She recognized the voice as Celeblim's. 'Celeblim? What is going on?'
"Etain, for this is what will come to pass. You cannot forsake your land for love.You must protect your kin. Be gone no more than five years.You must return, it all hangs in your hands, the only heir that has the power to wield the stone."
' Celeblim, what are you talking about?'
" Remember the mark you have of a star?"
'Yes, I have had it since I was born.'
" You are the balance, that mark is your birthright, which in time you will come to know. I cannot tell you anymore. Our paths were destined to cross, I have waited for you for centuries. Walking this earth in search of you. I do not wish to give you up,but I must for reasons, temporally. I promise one day we shall be together. No matter how much you love, you cannot let this blind you. Do you understand?"
' You have waited for me for centuries? What are you? You aren't an Elvish horse,are you?'
"No, I am not, but I can't tell you what I am,yet. You must promise me now, that you belong to me and will return to save your people and be with me as it was meant to be. I cannot tell you the details, but centuries ago we were together,but you summoned and I lost you, and now I have found you again. I will come for you, but you must make the decision on your own."
'Yes, I will come back. Why haven't you told me before?'
"That I cannot answer, but right now you must fight, fight for life,for your people, and the one who your lingering mortal feelings love."
Etain felt time moving backward, herself being pulled out of the water and back to the waterfall, and she felt herself falling and Frealaf calling her. Her gray, purple eyes snapped open, to be shut tightly again from the wind blowing, and stinging them. 'Etain,you must fight.' Those words echoed in her head, as she opened her eyes again and gasped for air. Relieve filled her frazzled body as the oxygen entered her lungs. She remembered she was still in mid-air falling towards the water. She positioned her arms in a diving position, praying her neck wouldn't snap. She hit the cool water hard, as it pulled her down, down into the black depths of shadows. She kicked her legs and arms forward, trying to launch herself to the surface. 'No,No..... I........have...........to........' She felt herself slipping away again,but a strong arm wrapped tightly around her frail body, a wonderful swimming kicking towards the surface.
Frealaf had starting diving into the water as soon as the Etain hit the surface. He found her easily, grabbing her tightly around the arm and then grasping her body with his strong arms, as if it would help keep her safe. He knew she needed air, before they would break the surface, so he pulled her closer to him, while swimming frantically, and pushed is mouth down on hers, giving her his own breath to breathe off of.
They reached the surface shortly after that. Frealaf kept Etain's head above the water, with her back laying limping against his strong chest. He reached the shore quickly as he dragged her onto the warm sand. Her face was pale,he placed his hand on her neck to check for a pulse, it was there,but very faint. He knew what he had to do. He kneeled down beside her motionless form,barely alive, and opened her mouth as he kneeled down and blew his own breathe into her, and then pushed on her chest three times, repeating the process three times. "Etain, come on." Etain suddenly started coughing water up.
Frealaf's sighed with relieve. He quickly placed his hands behind her for support so she could breath and remove all the water she had inhaled. She collapsed onto his chest and broke out into sobs. The sun shone warmly upon them,keeping the sand warm, for the drenched couple.