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A Dose of Chaos Book II
Nightmare of the Baboon
Dreaming of a Goddess and a New Threat
"YOU STUPID GIRL! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WASN'T THERE!?"
"THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT INUYASHA! I DON'T NEED YOU TO STALK ME JUST SO YOU COULD "KEEP AN EYE ON ME"!
Miroku simply sighed as he heard the two continue their "lovers spat", as he liked to call it. He and Shippou were able to sneak some instant ramen away from Inuyasha while they were arguing, and were currently enjoying dinner and a show.
Shippou slurped some noodles up and rolled his eyes at the display. "I bet you the rest of the ramen cups that she'll sit him in the next few minutes."
Miroku merely chuckled in response at the young kit's comment. "Sorry Shippou, but I'm not going to make such a mistake as Inuyasha is about to."Inuyasha just snorted and turned away, an annoyed look on his face. "Feh, maybe I should have let that moron kill you, with the way you're acting so ungrateful."
Kagome's anger quickly turned to guilt as she contemplated on how she's been acting. Although she was angered at the fact that Inuyasha was watching her like a guard dog, (pardon the pun) she forgot the fact that she hadn't even thanked him for saving her. She also didn't mind the fact that she always felt safe when she was in those big, strong arms…
Kagome blushed and mentally smacked herself a few times. "Bad girl, Kagome! No fantasizing!"
She was about to swallow her pride and apologize until Inuyasha's ailment kicked in.
"Of course, since your brain's so jumbled up you probably wouldn't know if you were in danger or not. Especially with how your priorities are so out of order."
Guilt became anger again as Inuyasha's "Foot in Mouth Disease" bore fruit.
Inuyasha glanced back at her and began to look a little fearful at the burning red aura surrounding her. Of course, he would never admit that he was scared of her. Nope. Not at all. He definitely didn't have an urge to bolt and hide, nope, especially not that. Miroku and Shippou's survival instincts were much stronger on the other hand, so they hid.
Kagome's head bowed down as the angry aura disappeared, causing Inuyasha too look at her with trepidation. She then looked back at him and gave him a malicious smile. "Inuyasha…" She said sweetly, causing Inuyasha to swallow in fear. "…SIT!!!"
SPLAT!!!
Kagome stormed off towards the village as she left yet another Inuyasha shaped crater in the Sengoku Jidai. Miroku and Shippou, once seeing that the coast was clear, went up to the prone hanyou.
"How deep did he go this time Shippou?"
The young fox tike pulled out a ruler and measured the depth of the Inu-crater. Shippou gasped in amazement.
"Whoa! Six inches!"Miroku nodded his head as if it was confirming some hypothesis. "Hmm, Inuyasha must have really angered her that time."
Inuyasha spat out some dirt and glared at the two. "I'm still here, you bastards!"
Miroku looked over to the hanyou as if noticing him for the first time. "Ah, so you are."
The inu-hanyou got up and dusted himself off as he continued to glare at the duo. "Stupid bitch! She didn't have to use that damn rosary again!"
Miroku slapped his forehead at Inuyasha's stupidity concerning the heart. "Inuyasha, you really need to consider your words before you utter them."
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?"
"He means not to act like an ungrateful mongrel and call Kagome a ditz." Shippou remarked while sitting Indian style with his arms crossed.
"WHACK!"
"OWW! I'm telling Kagome!"
"WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!"
"I'll be quiet."
"There's another problem that you need to solve as well, Inuyasha." Miroku lazily commented.
"Feh! You need to teach these runts whose boss, is all."
Miroku sighed in frustration his friend missed the point yet again. "What I mean Inuyasha, is that you shouldn't insult Lady Kagome and be so quick to violence. You should think before you act, not let your anger get the control of you."
Inuyasha snorted at the monk's lecture. "I don't need lessons from you, bouzu. It's that girl who has the problems!"
Miroku sighed and turned to his young companion. "It appears that until Inuyasha learns to control his mouth, we'll have more entertainment for our ramen dinners."
Shippou jumped into the air in excitement. "That means I can keep using the plastic stick Kagome gave me!"
"I believe it's called a ruler Shippou." Miroku helpfully corrected.
"I think it's called broken!" In one swift motion an annoyed hanyou grabbed the ruler that was in Shippou's hand and snapped it in two.
SNAP!
Shippou held the two pieces that Inuyasha threw onto the ground. "My…my…my plastic stick! NOOOOOOOOO!"
Miroku gave Shippou a consoling pat on the back while glaring at Inuyasha, while said hanyou was looking quite pleased with himself. "There, there Shippou. I'm sure you can get another one."
Shippou began to grow tears in his eyes. sniff sniff "That was a sniff present from hic Kagome!
Earlier…
Kagome stormed into the village, causing many of the villagers to look on in concern. A few of the village women were gossiping to each other as they watched the modern miko walk by.
"It appears Lady Kagome is angered over something today."
"Probably Lord Inuyasha's unruly mouth again."
"I wonder what he said to anger her this time?"
"With those two? It could be anything."
Kagome stopped in front of Kaede's hut and calmed herself, making sure that her friends won't be able to see anything wrong. She walked through the doorway and saw the old miko mixing a few herbs for remedies.
"Hello Kaede. I hope everything is okay while I was gone?"
The old woman looked up from her task and smiled as she saw her young friend and fellow miko. "Ah, 'tis good to see ye again, Kagome. As in an answer to thy query, everything is well here."
Kagome smiled at the older woman and glanced around the hut. "Is Sango around here?"
Kaede looked thoughtful for a moment, and responded in kind. "Hmm, she said she was going to get some water from the stream." The time traveling girl thanked the aged miko and walked out the hut. The eye-patched woman merely shook her head and sighed. "It appears that Inuyasha's mouth has struck yet again." With that said, she went back to her task.
Kagome continued on the path towards the stream, until she ran into the Taiji-ya. Sango was carrying a pale of water and had a look of concern on her face. Kirara was on her shoulder mirroring the same look that her companion was giving. "Is something the matter Kagome?"
Kagome smiled at her friend to reassure her. "Of course not. What gave you that idea?"
Sango merely raised an eyebrow. "The fact that smile your wearing is completely fake?"
Kagome's smile dropped and she gave a loud sigh. "Is it that obvious?"
Sango gave a light chuckle at the miko's question. "I've had enough experience with your arguments."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" The embarrassed girl nearly shouted.
"What did he do this time?"
Kagome sighed again and gave in to the exterminator's query. Sango set the wooden bucket down on the ground and sat on a conveniently placed rock, stroking Kirara while she held the feline youkai in her arms. Kagome paced back and forth in agitation as she related the events of the attack in her time, and of how Inuyasha was watching, no, was spying on her every moment. She also explained their subsequent argument, and of how she was about to apologize and thank him, until he insulted her. Sango could guess what happened after that.
"Well Kagome, from what I could see, Inuyasha, while overly protective, was just worried about you. You are in danger due to the fact that you carry the whole Shikon no Tama. Youkai from all over will be after it, in this era and your time."
Kagome was silent as her cheeks were still red.
"An attack did happen in your time, and if not for Inuyasha, you might have been killed. He's just a little miffed at the fact that you yelled at him for saving you rather than at least thanking him."
Kagome now felt pretty lousy since her friend spoke the truth, and her shame and guilt began to show on her face."You must also remember what Inuyasha's personality is like. He's crude, insensitive, and very hot headed; basically he's socially inept. You just have to have patience with him, and try to talk things out, instead of subduing him because of his stupidity."
Kagome nodded her head as if she was being scolded. "You're right Sango, I think I need to find him." Kagome began to run back towards the old bone-eater well and waved to her friend. "Thanks a lot Sango! You should be a consultant rather than a youkai exterminator!"
Sango blinked a few times at her friend's career suggestion. "What's a consultant?" She shook off the strange word and thought towards her friend's "relationship". Of course if suggested, they would deny it right away. Her thoughts began to wander over to a certain monk, and of his flirtatious actions towards other women.
Kirara felt content in Sango's arms until she felt a small pressure from her benefactor's hands. Kirara knew what the Taiji-ya was thinking about and tried to break free from the slowly forming vise-like grip. Sango continued to fume in jealous anger over the bouzou's actions, not aware of her companion's pitiful mews for air.
Kagome was walking down the path until she saw the male trio discussing something or other. She then saw Shippou jump into the air and cheer about using his "plastic stick" again.
The modern miko inwardly chuckled at Shippou's reference to the math instrument. He one time asked about why Kagome did such things as studying math, so she tried to teach him some basic problems for a child his level. She sighed at the fact that although the young kit is extremely intelligent, he would rather have fun than do "boring study". He eventually found the ruler, and after finding out what it was for, he used it to measure all types of things. It took her a while to explain to the fox child just what plastic was, but he eventually got it, and so named it his "plastic stick".
Miroku then corrected him on calling it by its proper name, which surprised her that he remembered, since he wasn't the one taking the "classes".
It was the next thing that shocked her to the core as Inuyasha snapped the ruler in two and then promptly threw it on the ground. It was obvious to her that he was still angry from their previous argument, but that didn't mean he had to take it out on poor Shippou! What drove the girl over the edge in anger though was the fact that he looked smug with himself over the fact that he broke one of Shippou's toys.
"INUYASHA!!"
The hanyou looked towards the young girl in absolute fear, as he knew he was busted.
"SIT!"
SMACK!
Inuyasha looked up from his indention to find the miko comforting the young kitsune. It pissed him off to no end to see said kit sticking his tongue out at him while Kagome cooed at him, offering him reassurances while promising to bring him a new plastic stick and some candy.
Kagome turned to him with an angry glare. "That's what you get for being mean and picking on someone Inuyasha!"
"The little runt deserv-!"
"Sit!"
SMACK!
"Shippou's still just a small child you jerk!"
She then turned to Miroku who wisely kept quiet during the whole ordeal. "I'm going back home, so I'll see you all later." With that, she gently placed Shippou on the ground and walked towards the old well, jumping down it to return to her own time.
Miroku walked up to Inuyasha and poked him with his staff, who in turn twitched. "Well, that went well."
A muffled reply of "Oh, shut up" was all he received in answer.
It was breakfast as usual at the Masaki household, with the exception of an extra table guest. Nobiyuki Masaki was currently enjoying one of the rare moments of actually living at his own home. Ever since Ryoko moved the house with Ryo-Ohkie, the father of Tenchi has been forced to rent out an apartment in the city so that he may commute easier to work. This was one of the few weeks where he has R&R that he receives after completing one project before needing to move on to the next. He was currently reading the newspaper with a certain article in it.
Sasami was, as usual, making one of her masterpieces of cookery. While on the outside she was cheerful, she was dealing with inner turmoil. The Illusionary Spell of Death revealed to her many of her fears, fears she thought that she had dealt with long ago. She shook off her doubts for now, and went back to cooking.
Deep in another dimension, we come to a pondering Tsunami sitting under her tree. She is currently viewing various images in the water, the waves changing the images on occasion. During the struggle of powers back in the forest, the goddess was able to take a quick peek into the memories of that…thing.
The usual kind and forgiving goddess had never felt so much hatred in her life for any single living creature, yet she couldn't help herself for hating Naraku. She have seen some pretty bad things in her eons of existence, but the feelings she felt whenever Sasami was put through the ordeal were enough to invoke her rage.Perhaps it was because of the assimilation process that she feels so strongly on the subject; but regardless of the subject, all she knows is that she must punish the bastard for what he did.
Which brings us back to her current activity; which was her viewing of Naraku's memories. She saw a few things, and found others that she began to suspect from the beginning. It appears that there is some outside force causing these attacks, and Naraku appears to be a puppet in all this, albeit a puppet that is trying to pull its own strings.
It's not a very hard task to figure out what he was after, for Sasami is a very prime target for those who wish for the powers of the Goddess of Jurai. She has suspicions of who is behind the attacks, but she knows that she is powerless to do anything about it. She has faith in her champion's abilities, even if he does not, although it wouldn't hurt for him to have a little help.
What really catches her attention right now is the strange figure in red with white hair that is the most prominent in Naraku's mind. Apparently he is the focus of much of his anger and hatred, something that she might be able to capitalize on. If only there was a way to find out whom he is and how she can contact him…
Tsunami felt more of Sasami's worries through their link, and felt helpless in face of this. She sighed to herself and decided to take a break from her thinking session. Hey, even a goddess needs some R&R every now and then.
One of Tsunami's activities that she likes to indulge in is seeing the world through Sasami's eyes. She originally did this to prepare herself for the eventual assimilation, but found out that some of the things she watched were quite enjoyable. One such example would be the soap operas that Sasami and the other girls would watch, another one would be when Sasami reads Nobiyuki's romance manga; but the most enjoyable times would be when the young princess would be to watch Tenchi's reactions to the girls various antics along with spending time with him.
Currently it appears everyone was eating breakfast, with the exception of Nobiyuki, who was currently reading a newspaper. Tsunami was about to retreat back into her realm until she saw something that caught her eye. The picture was of poor quality, but she could see something familiar in it. Her eyes widened when she realized what it was a picture of.
Sasami suddenly felt the urge to glance up and look at the picture on the paper, staring at it intently. After a few minutes she shook her head and went back to her food, none the wiser of a certain goddess' curiosity.
After breakfast was done, Sasami began to clear and wash the table off. After she was done, Tenchi's father walked towards her and handed her the paper. Sasami looked at him quizzically as she took the rolled up paper.
Nobiyuki cheerily smiled at her as he explained his reasons. "I figured that you might one to read it since I saw you staring at that article so intensely." The young princess blushed at being caught as the man continued.
"Oh by the way Sasami, I'll make sure to buy you some more of those romance mangas you like so much next time."
Sasami bowed as she showed her gratitude. "Thank you Father, I'm sorry to inconvenience you."
Nobiyuki waved it off and chuckled. "Nonsense Sasami! With as much as you do around here, it's the least I can do for you." Nobiyuki looked back and forth, as if seeing if there was anybody around, and leaned close to her ear and whispered in a conspirator tone. "Between you and me, I'm looking forward to the next volume as well."
Sasami laughed at Nobiyuki's behavior as he walked off to his study. She went to find someplace private to read the article.
Inuyasha ran threw the forest in the heat of night, the various trees blurred due to his intense speed. He leapt off a steep hill and flew through the air, gliding through it until he felt a pain in his chest. He was pinned to the Go-Shin-Boku, and felt great betrayal from the woman he saw in the distance. Kikyou stood in the clearing, still holding her bow in firing position.
Inuyasha gave in to the coldness that would usually appear in this situation, at least he would have until he felt something different. He began to feel warmth throughout his body, and the pain of the arrow disappeared. He felt a warm light shine upon his face, and slowly opened his eyes.
What he saw confused him. Where normally Kikyou would stand, instead stood a woman of great power. He could feel that she had powers that went beyond anything that he had ever experienced or heard. He doubted that even an army of tai-youkais could compare to her. Yet what confused him the most was the fact that he could feel a gentleness that reminded him of his mother.
He cautiously approached her, and stopped ten feet away from her. He had his hand on his Tetsusaiga, ready for action at a moments notice. He regarded her with caution and spoke. "Who the hell are you, and what the hell do you want from me?!"
All right, so tact wasn't his strongest suit.
The woman gave him a warm smile and replied to his question. "To answer your first question, I am Tsunami, the Goddess of Jurai. The answer to your second question is that I am in need or your assistance."
Inuyasha looked a bit skeptical at her. The fact that she said she was a goddess wasn't any big deal to him, but the fact that even though she has all that power at her disposal, she still needed his help.
Tsunami, as if sensing his skepticism, began to explain her self. "There is a great disturbance being caused where my champion is living; Disturbances which I, unfortunately, cannot stop. For my interference would cause others to act as well, which could cause disasters of catastrophic proportions."
Inuyasha took in some of the goddess's explanation, but still didn't relax his guard. "What is this "disturbance" you need me to fight?"
"I cannot explain for my time is short, but he is an old enemy whom you've fought and defeated before."
Inuyasha's golden eyes narrowed at this. "Who is it? Tell me now!"The world around them began to flicker in and out of existence, and Tsunami looked at the hanyou with pleading eyes. "My time is almost up, please help my champion defeat this enemy. You will find them in the time of the girl you know as Kagome, in the town of Okayama." Tsunami began to fade along with the world surrounding them.
"Wait a damn minute!" Inuyasha's desperate protest fell on deaf ears as everything, including him, faded into darkness.
Inuyasha awoke lying in the Go-Shin-Boku's branches with sweat trickling down his forehead. "What the hell was that all about?"
The hanyou received nothing but the chirping of crickets and the shuffling of other nocturnal creatures as his answer.
An ominous aura has appeared at Naraku's castle, signifying that something dark is being developed. Deep in the bowels of the castle we see Naraku sitting upon the ground, smirking at the glowing jar in front of him.
He raises his hand and glows a feint violet-blue light; the aura gently flows over to the jar. The jar reacts violently and falls over, breaking upon contact with the wooden floor. A mesh of flesh begins to slowly take form of a man-like creature, its deformity slowly taking on a more normal shape.
The creature suddenly raises its arm and lobs of Naraku's head, causing it to roll on the ground. Naraku's head frowns at the creature and his body begins to squeeze something in its hand. The creature promptly falls into the ground in absolute pain as it desperately clutches its chest. Naraku's head smirks evilly at the display.
"Kukuku. That's what you get for assaulting your master. You are much like your "brothers", Juuroumaru and Kageroumaru. Yet at the same time I can sense much difference between you and they. You will do quite nicely."
The creature looks at the head, and one could see a maniacal smirk through the mounds
of white hair in front of its face. "We are more different than you'll ever know."
Sorry for the very long update, but I've just ran into writer's block again. And well, I've pretty much just forgot about the story. Sorry about that. Don't worry though, I've said before that I always finish what I start, even if it takes me a long while. Anyway, on to our new words and meanings of the day.
Miko- It essentially means priestess
Go-Shin-Boku- It stands for Sacred God Tree, which is the tree in which Inuyasha was sealed
Tai-Youkai- A youkai lord, essentially what Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's father was. Ryuukossei was one as well.
Goddesses- The reason why Inuyasha isn't so impressed with Tsunami being a goddess is because in the series many powerful spirits claim to be gods/goddesses. The water goddess episode is such an example.
For those of you confused, Sasami calls Nobiyuki Father out of respect, not the actual fact that he is her father or something. She calls Katsuhito/Yosho Grandfather as well. Also, if you're wondering on how Tsunami could contact Inuyasha whenever he is in the past, while she in the future, don't worry. It'll be explained in the next chapter.Well, on to the next chapter! Naraku's newest and possibly deadliest creation is on the loose, while Inuyasha and Kagome are on their way to Okayama by train (that will end well). I'll try to have the next chapter out soon!
