Liger003 ~ Please don't hurt me! I am so sorry that it took this long to
put this chapter up, I am terrible! And terribly sorry! I had planed to get
this done the other day after I wrote the chapter for PPU, but PPU took
days! I am sooooo sorry! Oh! And while I was gone I didn't get much time to
write because I forgot the cord to my laptop to charge it, so it died
pretty quick. T_T I am sorry!
Disclaimer ~ I don't own Inu-Yasha and co.
Angel?
Chapter eleven ~ Reaper's Motto
A fat mouse quickly scurried through the dark, damp, halls of Naraku's castle. It went unseen by the Lord of the castle and the rest of the inhabitants (there were not many). Its nose twitched toward a little crumb. He sniffed and let the smell wash over him. He had forgotten how hungry he had been. He waddled over to it. He was about to pick it up when he remembered what Myoga had told him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shippo, you must remember not to be distracted. You must get in and get out. No dawdling. Remember, if you get caught, I will not come in after you." Myoga told the fox demon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Flashback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, a little crumb wouldn't take to long to eat, would it? It was just a little crumb. One little crumb. He could eat it and waste not time. Right. He would just eat the crumb and . . . with every thought he inched closer and closer to his prey (Yes, the crumb ^_^).
Just then a gigantic foot stomped down onto the crumb, shattering it into pieces to small to eat even for the mouse. Shippo the mouse's eyes became wide and teary. He sent a scowl up to the person who stepped on his food. His eyes landed on the Lord of the castle, Naraku. He immediately cringed back the only thought that he had was, 'I hope he didn't see me.'
/*\ ( '' ) ::( ):: | | ~mouse Shippo! ^_^ (sorry, I made this up and just had to add it! Isn't it kiwaii?)
He looked up to find that Naraku was gone. He was at first shocked that Naraku hadn't sensed his demon blood, but Shippo wasn't going to complain, he was just happy that Naraku was gone.
"Wait! I should follow him!" Shippo squeaked, literally. "He could lead me to Kagome and the others!" And with that the little mouse scurried off to find Naraku and get his friends freed! He could do this!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There." Grim wiped some sweat from her forehead. She leaned over an unconscious Inu-Yasha on a bed. He had turned back to his half demon form. "He's all healed. Sorry it took so long, he was wounded pretty badly. Silence, are you done with Kagome?"
Kagome sat in a chair while Silence healed her. She looked anxiously over at Inu-Yasha. She had offered to help heal him, but they all told her that they could handle it. They also told her about how Inu-Yasha was working to get his life back, the whole soul thing that her soul had been taken from her body for the test. They also told her how a soul bleeds when they asked her. (I added this for you, Bunny! Thanks for reminding me that a soul does not normally bleed!) The souls have a transparent fluid inside of them that keeps the souls to keep going without a body. It scientifically isn't called blood, but the name was so long and wasn't in a human language, and the abbreviation was B.L.O.O.D. so they just used that. They told her that normally it is impossible to get to a soul's blood, but
"Yeah." The silver and black light that flooded from her fingertips ended as she breathed a sigh of relief. "She's fine it will take time for her to spiritual powers heal, though. She used a lot up with fighting the dragon. I would restore her powers for her, but I can't since she's a white miko and I am half demon. You know this half angel and half demon thing, it sucks."
". Remember, not pure and holy, but not scum and satanic either. Stuck in the middle. No where to belong." Death told them.
"All alone. Not trusted. Not befriended. Not loved. No place to call a home." Grim joined in.
"Kept silent. Kept dead. Kept grim. Walking and living through this land of exile." Silence finished.
"Huh? What was that?" Kagome questioned.
"Oh, it is the Reaper's Motto." Grim told her. "We had to learn it before we took this job on because there is no quitting a job like this. You have it until you die. With our Grim Reaper powers and us being half dead already, that will be hundreds of thousands of years from now. So we had to know what we were taking on."
"It seemed to focus on being alone." Kagome stated.
"Yeah. Being alone is hard. Some people won't admit it, but being alone is the worst thing in the world. At least we had each other to help get through it." She looked at Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha . . .?" She said silently. Then she remembered the Reaper's Motto.
'Not pure and holy,
But not scum and satanic either.
Stuck in the middle no were to belong.
All alone.
Not trusted.
Not befriended.
No place to call home.
Kept silent.
Kept dead.
Kept grim.
Walking and living
Through this land of exile.'
"That must be how Inu-Yasha felt being half human and half demon. He must have felt so alone . . ." Kagome whispered. The Reapers heard but didn't say anything. Kagome snapped out of it and looked back up at the Reapers. "But didn't you have the souls that died to stay with you?"
"For a while. They all had to leave sometime, though. They had to go to either Heaven or Hell. They couldn't stay in between, like we can. So in the end they all came and went. None ever stayed. Inu-Yasha is the longest we have had stayed with us. We know that we must not get attached because he will leave soon." Grim saw tears start up in her eyes with what she said. Inu-Yasha was going to leave soon. She would never see him again. She really didn't want him to go, but he was needed down on earth, and no matter what he says, he loved Kagome.
'I want him to stay. He's the only friend that I have ever really had besides my sisters. He shouldn't stay, he doesn't belong here.' She reminded herself. 'He should leave with her. He wouldn't even want to think about staying with me.'
End of Chapter eleven
Liger003 ~ Another chapter's done! I hope you all liked it! Sorry it took so long to write. I was writing my chapter for Past, Present, and Uncertainty (PPU), it took me days and so did Huntress, and then I write this one and it only took me a few hours! Funny how this story comes so much easier than the others. I wonder why. Oh, well. I hope you liked it, and if you did, please review!
Disclaimer ~ I don't own Inu-Yasha and co.
Angel?
Chapter eleven ~ Reaper's Motto
A fat mouse quickly scurried through the dark, damp, halls of Naraku's castle. It went unseen by the Lord of the castle and the rest of the inhabitants (there were not many). Its nose twitched toward a little crumb. He sniffed and let the smell wash over him. He had forgotten how hungry he had been. He waddled over to it. He was about to pick it up when he remembered what Myoga had told him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flashback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shippo, you must remember not to be distracted. You must get in and get out. No dawdling. Remember, if you get caught, I will not come in after you." Myoga told the fox demon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Flashback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, a little crumb wouldn't take to long to eat, would it? It was just a little crumb. One little crumb. He could eat it and waste not time. Right. He would just eat the crumb and . . . with every thought he inched closer and closer to his prey (Yes, the crumb ^_^).
Just then a gigantic foot stomped down onto the crumb, shattering it into pieces to small to eat even for the mouse. Shippo the mouse's eyes became wide and teary. He sent a scowl up to the person who stepped on his food. His eyes landed on the Lord of the castle, Naraku. He immediately cringed back the only thought that he had was, 'I hope he didn't see me.'
/*\ ( '' ) ::( ):: | | ~mouse Shippo! ^_^ (sorry, I made this up and just had to add it! Isn't it kiwaii?)
He looked up to find that Naraku was gone. He was at first shocked that Naraku hadn't sensed his demon blood, but Shippo wasn't going to complain, he was just happy that Naraku was gone.
"Wait! I should follow him!" Shippo squeaked, literally. "He could lead me to Kagome and the others!" And with that the little mouse scurried off to find Naraku and get his friends freed! He could do this!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There." Grim wiped some sweat from her forehead. She leaned over an unconscious Inu-Yasha on a bed. He had turned back to his half demon form. "He's all healed. Sorry it took so long, he was wounded pretty badly. Silence, are you done with Kagome?"
Kagome sat in a chair while Silence healed her. She looked anxiously over at Inu-Yasha. She had offered to help heal him, but they all told her that they could handle it. They also told her about how Inu-Yasha was working to get his life back, the whole soul thing that her soul had been taken from her body for the test. They also told her how a soul bleeds when they asked her. (I added this for you, Bunny! Thanks for reminding me that a soul does not normally bleed!) The souls have a transparent fluid inside of them that keeps the souls to keep going without a body. It scientifically isn't called blood, but the name was so long and wasn't in a human language, and the abbreviation was B.L.O.O.D. so they just used that. They told her that normally it is impossible to get to a soul's blood, but
"Yeah." The silver and black light that flooded from her fingertips ended as she breathed a sigh of relief. "She's fine it will take time for her to spiritual powers heal, though. She used a lot up with fighting the dragon. I would restore her powers for her, but I can't since she's a white miko and I am half demon. You know this half angel and half demon thing, it sucks."
". Remember, not pure and holy, but not scum and satanic either. Stuck in the middle. No where to belong." Death told them.
"All alone. Not trusted. Not befriended. Not loved. No place to call a home." Grim joined in.
"Kept silent. Kept dead. Kept grim. Walking and living through this land of exile." Silence finished.
"Huh? What was that?" Kagome questioned.
"Oh, it is the Reaper's Motto." Grim told her. "We had to learn it before we took this job on because there is no quitting a job like this. You have it until you die. With our Grim Reaper powers and us being half dead already, that will be hundreds of thousands of years from now. So we had to know what we were taking on."
"It seemed to focus on being alone." Kagome stated.
"Yeah. Being alone is hard. Some people won't admit it, but being alone is the worst thing in the world. At least we had each other to help get through it." She looked at Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha . . .?" She said silently. Then she remembered the Reaper's Motto.
'Not pure and holy,
But not scum and satanic either.
Stuck in the middle no were to belong.
All alone.
Not trusted.
Not befriended.
No place to call home.
Kept silent.
Kept dead.
Kept grim.
Walking and living
Through this land of exile.'
"That must be how Inu-Yasha felt being half human and half demon. He must have felt so alone . . ." Kagome whispered. The Reapers heard but didn't say anything. Kagome snapped out of it and looked back up at the Reapers. "But didn't you have the souls that died to stay with you?"
"For a while. They all had to leave sometime, though. They had to go to either Heaven or Hell. They couldn't stay in between, like we can. So in the end they all came and went. None ever stayed. Inu-Yasha is the longest we have had stayed with us. We know that we must not get attached because he will leave soon." Grim saw tears start up in her eyes with what she said. Inu-Yasha was going to leave soon. She would never see him again. She really didn't want him to go, but he was needed down on earth, and no matter what he says, he loved Kagome.
'I want him to stay. He's the only friend that I have ever really had besides my sisters. He shouldn't stay, he doesn't belong here.' She reminded herself. 'He should leave with her. He wouldn't even want to think about staying with me.'
End of Chapter eleven
Liger003 ~ Another chapter's done! I hope you all liked it! Sorry it took so long to write. I was writing my chapter for Past, Present, and Uncertainty (PPU), it took me days and so did Huntress, and then I write this one and it only took me a few hours! Funny how this story comes so much easier than the others. I wonder why. Oh, well. I hope you liked it, and if you did, please review!