Notes: Oka~y, lets see what I can work up at 10:30 right after the Cowboy
Bebop Movie (By the way, it was awesome.)
I've decided that when I reach chapter 20, the chapter itself will be 2000 words.
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They had been travelling for some time already. Life seemed to almost be dragging by for Bushichirou. If he had known this was what his father's journies were like, he would never have asked to come along. He hadn't even seen any other youkai.
However, his wish was granted as soon as he looked up in the sky. A giant silver dragon flew in the sky, it's snake-like body twisting as if it were fighting something. It fell to the ground as if it had been knocked out of the air.
Bushichirou gave a small cry and ran off in the direction that it had fallen. He heard Kagome gasp and his father sigh. He felt the ground pound as they followed him.
The dragon lay in a heap, blood dripping from it muzzle. It appeared as if it was badly injured, and yet the attacker was nowhere to be seen.
"This is ridiculous," he heard Sesshomaru say.
Slowly Bushichirou walked over to the dragon and lean over it. All of a sudden it leapt up, hitting him in the stomach, causing him to flop onto it. He saw Sesshomaru walk towards it as if to get rid of it. However, the dragon was fast and pulled Bushichirou into the sky. Bushichirou grabbed at the first thing he could to hold him down, and unfortunately, that something happened to be Toukijin. The sword was pulled out of it's place on Sesshomaru's belt, and Bushichirou still had it in his hand as the dragon flew up. He saw both Sesshomaru and InuYasha trying to keep up with the dragon. Bushichirou knew he could let go and jump off, but he couldn't seem to make his fingers let go of the mane. He twisted around and saw his father and uncle (A/N: wow, never thought I would hear InuYasha called THAT!) fading away.
He turned forward again and saw a castle coming into site. The dragon flew down and dropped Bushichirou and Toukijin in the middle of the courtyard. On the porch, sat a figure in a baboon pelt.
"Great. I was hoping to get away from a castle and annoying people for a little while. Now I'm here and with the only hanyou crazy enough to dress in a furry outfit," he grumbled.
"Silence!" Naraku hissed.
"Awwww. Big bad Naraku has a soft spot? Now that you know what I'm like, you can send me home again," Bushichirou said.
"This is your home now. You belong to me," Naraku hissed. Then, "Kukukukuku...."
"This is your diabolical plan? 'Let's kidnap as many kids as possible'? Man, and here I thought you were some sort of a genius.
"Your rudeness astounds me!" Naraku said. "Didn't your father ever teach you manners? I wouldn't think so. Because if he really cared about you, he would have taught you better. And he would have come after you, and not follow Jiketsu."
"Yeah yeah yeah. I've heard that one a million times," Bushichirou said, looking around. In all truth, he couldn't wait to go through the maze of halls here.
"And yet you've never learned." Naraku stood up and walked towards Bushichirou. In return, Bushichirou raised Toukijin, ready to fight if he had to.
Naraku stopped. "Yes, that's right. Keep Daddy's sword. You're going to need it later."
Bushichirou was pushed back, and doors opened for him. He was dropped suddenly, as if somebody had been holding him up. He was in a well-lit room with a futon and cabinets.
*****Back with InuYasha and Sesshomaru*****
Sesshomaru sat off to the side of the camp. He appeared to be pouting, but they couldn't be sure. His expressions were hard to read.
Marinewas packing stuff together.
"Hey, where are you going?" Kagome asked.
"I've found my crew. They sent me a message when we were at the palace. I need to be at a certain lake by sunset tomorrow."
"A lake? How would a ship get there?" Sango asked.
A shadow was cast and as they looked up, you could really hear Kagome and Shippo gasp. "That's how," Marine said. Above them floated a giant ship, it's masts sailing in the breeze. They could see tiny people on the deck waving down at them.
"Well then, I suppose this is it," Kagome said. "Bye!"
"I may see you again sometime," Marine said, shrugging.
With that she walked off. In a few minutes, she had disappeared into the dark trees.
"Did you notice a pattern going on with Naraku?" Sesshomaru asked. It puzzled Kagome how abruptly he asked it, without warning.
"He seems to want to have his minions be young. Between the ages of five and fifteen," he said slowly.
"Wait a second!" InuYasha said. "What are you getting at?"
"And he seems to have a need to have other people do his work. Strong people...."
"Do you mean....?" Sango said. "But I thought Bushichirou wasn't strong. That he was incredibly weak for a youkai."
"Naraku doesn't know that does he?" Sesshomaru said. "Logically, the first born sone of a TaiYoukai is going to be extremely powerful. Especailly if the mother is a goddess."
"She was a goddess," Kagome said. For some strange reason, InuYasha noticed stars pop into her eyes, and she sighed somewhat dreamily.
"Well...." Sesshomaru said.
"Well? Was she or wasn't she. You have a way of twisting the truth," InuYasha snapped.
"Everybody thought she was. She was an extremely powerful healer. And she had fealing, unlike many youkai. Even when people knew she wasn't, they still called her one. So Naraku is bound to think she's a goddess," Sesshomaru explained.
Kagome sighed again.
"What are you sighing at? It's getting on my nerves," InuYasha snapped at her.
Sango sighed.
"Well?"
"Well," Sango said. "It's just so -romantic-!"
"Huh?" Sesshomaru said, looking dumbfounded.
"I mean," Kagome said. "The warrior falls in love with a kind, beautiful maiden!"
"And she changes his heart forever!" Sango added.
"And then they run away and get married! But she dies, bearing his first son!" Kagome finished.
"It's just so romantic and so -tragic-," Sango sighed.
"What's so romantic about that?" Sesshomaru asked.
"It's just depressing if you ask me," InuYasha grumbled.
"The same thing is going to happen again," Sango said. "Isn't it Kagome, only without the lady dying."
"Huh?" It was Kagome's turn to be confused.
"I mean with you and InuYasha!"
"WHAT?!" The two of them exclaimed in unison.
"Kagome? Lovely and kind?"
"Me? Fall in love with InuYasha? Or him fall in love with me?"
"You know what they say," Miroku put in. "There's a find line between love and hate."
"Yes," Sesshomaru said. "But they also say that all is fair in love and war. And I'll tell you, -nothing- is fair in love -or- war."
"They've both got good points," Shippo said. "But I thought we were talking about Bushichirou?"
"Well, we're not now," InuYasha said.
"Yes we are!" Sesshomaru said.
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-Uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-uh!" .........
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Author's notes: Ah, the joys of sibling rivalry. I'm putting my fanart for this story on my webpage. So far I have one pic. Look under Fanart, and Saiyo.
I've decided that when I reach chapter 20, the chapter itself will be 2000 words.
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They had been travelling for some time already. Life seemed to almost be dragging by for Bushichirou. If he had known this was what his father's journies were like, he would never have asked to come along. He hadn't even seen any other youkai.
However, his wish was granted as soon as he looked up in the sky. A giant silver dragon flew in the sky, it's snake-like body twisting as if it were fighting something. It fell to the ground as if it had been knocked out of the air.
Bushichirou gave a small cry and ran off in the direction that it had fallen. He heard Kagome gasp and his father sigh. He felt the ground pound as they followed him.
The dragon lay in a heap, blood dripping from it muzzle. It appeared as if it was badly injured, and yet the attacker was nowhere to be seen.
"This is ridiculous," he heard Sesshomaru say.
Slowly Bushichirou walked over to the dragon and lean over it. All of a sudden it leapt up, hitting him in the stomach, causing him to flop onto it. He saw Sesshomaru walk towards it as if to get rid of it. However, the dragon was fast and pulled Bushichirou into the sky. Bushichirou grabbed at the first thing he could to hold him down, and unfortunately, that something happened to be Toukijin. The sword was pulled out of it's place on Sesshomaru's belt, and Bushichirou still had it in his hand as the dragon flew up. He saw both Sesshomaru and InuYasha trying to keep up with the dragon. Bushichirou knew he could let go and jump off, but he couldn't seem to make his fingers let go of the mane. He twisted around and saw his father and uncle (A/N: wow, never thought I would hear InuYasha called THAT!) fading away.
He turned forward again and saw a castle coming into site. The dragon flew down and dropped Bushichirou and Toukijin in the middle of the courtyard. On the porch, sat a figure in a baboon pelt.
"Great. I was hoping to get away from a castle and annoying people for a little while. Now I'm here and with the only hanyou crazy enough to dress in a furry outfit," he grumbled.
"Silence!" Naraku hissed.
"Awwww. Big bad Naraku has a soft spot? Now that you know what I'm like, you can send me home again," Bushichirou said.
"This is your home now. You belong to me," Naraku hissed. Then, "Kukukukuku...."
"This is your diabolical plan? 'Let's kidnap as many kids as possible'? Man, and here I thought you were some sort of a genius.
"Your rudeness astounds me!" Naraku said. "Didn't your father ever teach you manners? I wouldn't think so. Because if he really cared about you, he would have taught you better. And he would have come after you, and not follow Jiketsu."
"Yeah yeah yeah. I've heard that one a million times," Bushichirou said, looking around. In all truth, he couldn't wait to go through the maze of halls here.
"And yet you've never learned." Naraku stood up and walked towards Bushichirou. In return, Bushichirou raised Toukijin, ready to fight if he had to.
Naraku stopped. "Yes, that's right. Keep Daddy's sword. You're going to need it later."
Bushichirou was pushed back, and doors opened for him. He was dropped suddenly, as if somebody had been holding him up. He was in a well-lit room with a futon and cabinets.
*****Back with InuYasha and Sesshomaru*****
Sesshomaru sat off to the side of the camp. He appeared to be pouting, but they couldn't be sure. His expressions were hard to read.
Marinewas packing stuff together.
"Hey, where are you going?" Kagome asked.
"I've found my crew. They sent me a message when we were at the palace. I need to be at a certain lake by sunset tomorrow."
"A lake? How would a ship get there?" Sango asked.
A shadow was cast and as they looked up, you could really hear Kagome and Shippo gasp. "That's how," Marine said. Above them floated a giant ship, it's masts sailing in the breeze. They could see tiny people on the deck waving down at them.
"Well then, I suppose this is it," Kagome said. "Bye!"
"I may see you again sometime," Marine said, shrugging.
With that she walked off. In a few minutes, she had disappeared into the dark trees.
"Did you notice a pattern going on with Naraku?" Sesshomaru asked. It puzzled Kagome how abruptly he asked it, without warning.
"He seems to want to have his minions be young. Between the ages of five and fifteen," he said slowly.
"Wait a second!" InuYasha said. "What are you getting at?"
"And he seems to have a need to have other people do his work. Strong people...."
"Do you mean....?" Sango said. "But I thought Bushichirou wasn't strong. That he was incredibly weak for a youkai."
"Naraku doesn't know that does he?" Sesshomaru said. "Logically, the first born sone of a TaiYoukai is going to be extremely powerful. Especailly if the mother is a goddess."
"She was a goddess," Kagome said. For some strange reason, InuYasha noticed stars pop into her eyes, and she sighed somewhat dreamily.
"Well...." Sesshomaru said.
"Well? Was she or wasn't she. You have a way of twisting the truth," InuYasha snapped.
"Everybody thought she was. She was an extremely powerful healer. And she had fealing, unlike many youkai. Even when people knew she wasn't, they still called her one. So Naraku is bound to think she's a goddess," Sesshomaru explained.
Kagome sighed again.
"What are you sighing at? It's getting on my nerves," InuYasha snapped at her.
Sango sighed.
"Well?"
"Well," Sango said. "It's just so -romantic-!"
"Huh?" Sesshomaru said, looking dumbfounded.
"I mean," Kagome said. "The warrior falls in love with a kind, beautiful maiden!"
"And she changes his heart forever!" Sango added.
"And then they run away and get married! But she dies, bearing his first son!" Kagome finished.
"It's just so romantic and so -tragic-," Sango sighed.
"What's so romantic about that?" Sesshomaru asked.
"It's just depressing if you ask me," InuYasha grumbled.
"The same thing is going to happen again," Sango said. "Isn't it Kagome, only without the lady dying."
"Huh?" It was Kagome's turn to be confused.
"I mean with you and InuYasha!"
"WHAT?!" The two of them exclaimed in unison.
"Kagome? Lovely and kind?"
"Me? Fall in love with InuYasha? Or him fall in love with me?"
"You know what they say," Miroku put in. "There's a find line between love and hate."
"Yes," Sesshomaru said. "But they also say that all is fair in love and war. And I'll tell you, -nothing- is fair in love -or- war."
"They've both got good points," Shippo said. "But I thought we were talking about Bushichirou?"
"Well, we're not now," InuYasha said.
"Yes we are!" Sesshomaru said.
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-Uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-uh!" .........
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Author's notes: Ah, the joys of sibling rivalry. I'm putting my fanart for this story on my webpage. So far I have one pic. Look under Fanart, and Saiyo.