Kikyou loved the sound of birds chirping. But because
of the cold, all the birds had migrated to a warmer climate.
She sat in her bed and looked out her window. It had snowed
again last night. She took in a deep breath and listened to
the sounds of her friends playing outside.
Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu were having a snowball fight. They had divided into two teams: Bankotsu and Jakotsu on one team and Renkotsu and Mukotsu on the other. Bankotsu and Jakotsu had built a snow fort, and had an almost ever-lasting supply of snowballs. Renkotsu and Mukotsu, on the other hand, had a different method of attack.
Renkotsu would run towards his enemy's fort and hurl a snowball at point blank range, then retreat to avoid the retaliation. Mukotsu was a little sneakier. He went into Kikyou's shed and took her ladder. He then went to the top of her roof, with a handful of snowballs. From his vantage point, he could see the entire battlefield. When one of his enemies came into his view, he would launch a snowball at them and leave them dazed and confused.
Bankotsu was sneakier still; he had gathered up a supply of snowballs and was fusing them together to form the ultimate snowball: the Bankyuu! Just as Renkotsu was making one of his kamikaze runs, Bankotsu released the Bankyuu and hit Renkotsu right in the face.
Jakotsu burst out laughing, which made Renkotsu's temper rise a few hundred degrees. He decided to use this extra heat and created a giant fireball and shot it at the fort. It was incinerated right before everyone's eyes. Jakotsu looked at his burning base and burst out in tears.
Kikyou could feel her lips turn up into a smile as she watched this. Then she realized she had to be somewhere else. She hadn't seen her younger sister, Kaede, in a long time. She had made plans to go visit with her, just in case she needed any help with anything.
"Better get going," she muttered under her breath. She packed herself a little overnight kit, and headed out the door. She was only halfway outside when she was almost pelted with a snowball.
"Sorry, Kikyou!" Bankotsu called from out of nowhere.
She rolled her eyes and walked over to them. "Time out," she said. "I'm going to visit my little sister. I'll be gone for a few days."
She walked away, but was suspicious of the lack of snowball throwing afterwards. "Oh," she smiled. "Time in."
As she left sight, the four boys began to pelt each other with snowballs.
Kikyou arrived at her little sister's house. Kaede lived right next door to InuYasha. Kikyou remembered how she would spend time with him there. She sighed and knocked on the door. After a few seconds, Kaede answered it.
"Kikyou?" she said, surprised. "Why, I have not seen ye for a long time! Come in! Let's get ye out of this awful weather."
Kaede lead Kikyou into her living room. She was preparing a warm soup for their lunch. "What brings ye this way, sister?" she asked as she stirred the broth.
"I have a problem," Kikyou said in a low whisper.
Kaede ladled some soup into a bowl and handed it to her guest, then took some for herself. "Tell me all about it," she said as she sat down next to Kikyou.
Kikyou took in a deep breath and explained to Kaede the story of how she and Suikotsu had broken up. It had been a few days now, but it still really hurt her.
"Break ups always hurt," Kaede said, taking a sip of her soup. "But ye must give it time to heal." She smiled. Kikyou tried to do the same, but her lips remained lifeless.
(Now, Shimoka. A woman and three kids live in that house. I want you to destroy the lot of them. Then maybe InuYasha will get the idea. It is not very wise to come up against KooriKisaki. Not very wise at all.)
Dark Cloud was a fun game. Kohaku, Kanna and Hakudoushi all agreed. Kohaku had just recently bought it from the local games store. It was on sale for a reasonable price. The three of them took turns playing it.
Kagura walked in and saw them playing. "Can I play?" she asked.
Kohaku dropped the controller and joined Kanna and Hakudoushi in looking at Kagura in disbelief.
"What?" Hakudoushi said with his mouth hanging wide open. "You wanna play? B-but."
"But what?" Kagura said angrily. "Do you think that I don't have the capacity to play one of your games?"
Hakudoushi shook his head. Kanna gave him the controller and he passed it on to Kagura. "This oughta be good," he sneered.
The three kids watch as Kagura, a first time player, was doing pretty good. She seemed to know how to handle the controller well, probably because she watched them so much. Even Hakudoushi was impressed. The four of them concentrated so hard on the game that they didn't hear what was going on outside.
Two people, a man and a woman, were walking into the village. The man had really long brown hair. It looked as it he had never had a hair cut in his life. His skin was almost pure white, and his eyes were a dark blue. He was wearing a uniform that was similar to InuYasha's, except it was an icy aqua color. He carried a sword at his left side.
The woman had light blue hair, worn in a ponytail. Her skin wasn't as pale as her partners, but it was pretty light in color, and her eyes were a deep purple. She wore expensive, sapphire encrusted earrings. She also wore an outfit similar to Kikyou's, except her shirt was green instead of white.
They arrived at Kagura's doorstep and politely knocked on the door, causing Kagura to break concentration on the game. "Who could that be?" she grumbled. She got up and answered the door. "Yes," she said, "May I help you?"
"Oh," the woman said, "I think you can. Let me introduce myself. I am Frostbyte, and this is my master, Shimoka. We'll be killing you know."
And with that, Shimoka unsheathed his sword and slashed at Kagura. He missed, but he sent her sprawling backwards.
"Should we help her?" Hakudoushi asked.
Kohaku looked at him in disgust. "Of course we should help her!" he yelled. The three kids dashed to Kagura's aid.
"What cute little children," Frostbyte smiled. Then she turned her gaze to Kagura. "It's such a shame that we have to kill such a beautiful looking woman." Her smile turned into a sneer, and bared her fangs.
"Why are you attacking us?" Hakudoushi asked. "What did we do? We don't even know you!"
Frostbyte ruffled Hakudoushi's hair. "We're doing this because we were told to."
Shimoka dashed towards Hakudoushi and took another slash. He missed the slash, but only by mere millimeters. Kagura got to her feet and motioned for the kids to stay back. They began to protest, but Kagura ordered that they leave. So they dashed down the hall to get away from their attackers. Shimoka burst past Kagura to follow them. She tried to stop him, but was stopped herself by Frostbyte.
"And where do you think you're going?" she sneered. "A pretty lady like you could get seriously hurt fighting a master swordsman like Shimoka."
Kagura brandished her fan and opened it. "And you might get seriously hurt fighting a master wind witch like myself." She created a gust of wind that sent Frostbyte flying out onto the street. Kagura dashed outside to meet her enemy, and found her already on her feet.
"That was pretty good," Frostbyte snickered. "But now that we're in the snow, we're in my domain."
Meanwhile, the kids had managed to get outside, away from their pursuer. But it didn't take long for Shimoka to find them.
"Great," Hakudoushi muttered, "What are we gonna do now?"
Shimoka made another lunge forwards, but Kanna was quicker than him. His sword struck her mirror and sent it ricocheting back towards him. The kids took this time to flee. The got around to the front of the house to find Kagura and Frostbyte still fighting.
Frostbyte conjured up a blizzard so that it would be impossible for anyone to see, except herself and her master of course. She dashed towards Kagura, clasped her hands together and hit her on the back of her head, knocking her out. Frostbyte then turned her attention to the three little kids.
"Hello there," she smiled. She raised and opened her hand. It became encased in blue flame, and she blasted it at her enemies. Kanna once again held up her mirror and deflected it away, but she lost control of it and sent it into the wall of the house of their next-door neighbor.
"Oops," she muttered. But something startled her. Her mirror had become frozen. Frostbyte took this opportunity to attack, but it was cut short thanks to a little outside help.
From out of nowhere, Kirara came storming in, in her powerful fire form. She blasted a great fireball at Frostbyte, sending her flying backwards into melting snow. She then turned her gaze to Shimoka. She blasted one more ball at him before dashing to check on the kids.
"We've been defeated. But I am not leaving empty handed," Frostbyte muttered to herself. She got up and dashed towards the kids. She blasted an ice ball at Kirara, which stunned her just in time for Kanna to be swept up.
Frostbyte and Shimoka flew away on a cloud of snow, with Kanna in their grasp. Kirara powered up a blast, but Kohaku stopped her.
"No," he said, "You'll hit Kanna!"
Hakudoushi dashed over to the fallen Kagura. She was still unconscious. "We need help," he said. "Kirara, take us to Kikyou's!"
Kirara nodded and the two boys helped Kagura up on her back.
"What about Kanna?" Kohaku asked.
"We can't do anything about that now," Hakudoushi said. With the three of them on her back, Kirara flew them to Kikyou's house.
Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu were having a snowball fight. They had divided into two teams: Bankotsu and Jakotsu on one team and Renkotsu and Mukotsu on the other. Bankotsu and Jakotsu had built a snow fort, and had an almost ever-lasting supply of snowballs. Renkotsu and Mukotsu, on the other hand, had a different method of attack.
Renkotsu would run towards his enemy's fort and hurl a snowball at point blank range, then retreat to avoid the retaliation. Mukotsu was a little sneakier. He went into Kikyou's shed and took her ladder. He then went to the top of her roof, with a handful of snowballs. From his vantage point, he could see the entire battlefield. When one of his enemies came into his view, he would launch a snowball at them and leave them dazed and confused.
Bankotsu was sneakier still; he had gathered up a supply of snowballs and was fusing them together to form the ultimate snowball: the Bankyuu! Just as Renkotsu was making one of his kamikaze runs, Bankotsu released the Bankyuu and hit Renkotsu right in the face.
Jakotsu burst out laughing, which made Renkotsu's temper rise a few hundred degrees. He decided to use this extra heat and created a giant fireball and shot it at the fort. It was incinerated right before everyone's eyes. Jakotsu looked at his burning base and burst out in tears.
Kikyou could feel her lips turn up into a smile as she watched this. Then she realized she had to be somewhere else. She hadn't seen her younger sister, Kaede, in a long time. She had made plans to go visit with her, just in case she needed any help with anything.
"Better get going," she muttered under her breath. She packed herself a little overnight kit, and headed out the door. She was only halfway outside when she was almost pelted with a snowball.
"Sorry, Kikyou!" Bankotsu called from out of nowhere.
She rolled her eyes and walked over to them. "Time out," she said. "I'm going to visit my little sister. I'll be gone for a few days."
She walked away, but was suspicious of the lack of snowball throwing afterwards. "Oh," she smiled. "Time in."
As she left sight, the four boys began to pelt each other with snowballs.
Kikyou arrived at her little sister's house. Kaede lived right next door to InuYasha. Kikyou remembered how she would spend time with him there. She sighed and knocked on the door. After a few seconds, Kaede answered it.
"Kikyou?" she said, surprised. "Why, I have not seen ye for a long time! Come in! Let's get ye out of this awful weather."
Kaede lead Kikyou into her living room. She was preparing a warm soup for their lunch. "What brings ye this way, sister?" she asked as she stirred the broth.
"I have a problem," Kikyou said in a low whisper.
Kaede ladled some soup into a bowl and handed it to her guest, then took some for herself. "Tell me all about it," she said as she sat down next to Kikyou.
Kikyou took in a deep breath and explained to Kaede the story of how she and Suikotsu had broken up. It had been a few days now, but it still really hurt her.
"Break ups always hurt," Kaede said, taking a sip of her soup. "But ye must give it time to heal." She smiled. Kikyou tried to do the same, but her lips remained lifeless.
(Now, Shimoka. A woman and three kids live in that house. I want you to destroy the lot of them. Then maybe InuYasha will get the idea. It is not very wise to come up against KooriKisaki. Not very wise at all.)
Dark Cloud was a fun game. Kohaku, Kanna and Hakudoushi all agreed. Kohaku had just recently bought it from the local games store. It was on sale for a reasonable price. The three of them took turns playing it.
Kagura walked in and saw them playing. "Can I play?" she asked.
Kohaku dropped the controller and joined Kanna and Hakudoushi in looking at Kagura in disbelief.
"What?" Hakudoushi said with his mouth hanging wide open. "You wanna play? B-but."
"But what?" Kagura said angrily. "Do you think that I don't have the capacity to play one of your games?"
Hakudoushi shook his head. Kanna gave him the controller and he passed it on to Kagura. "This oughta be good," he sneered.
The three kids watch as Kagura, a first time player, was doing pretty good. She seemed to know how to handle the controller well, probably because she watched them so much. Even Hakudoushi was impressed. The four of them concentrated so hard on the game that they didn't hear what was going on outside.
Two people, a man and a woman, were walking into the village. The man had really long brown hair. It looked as it he had never had a hair cut in his life. His skin was almost pure white, and his eyes were a dark blue. He was wearing a uniform that was similar to InuYasha's, except it was an icy aqua color. He carried a sword at his left side.
The woman had light blue hair, worn in a ponytail. Her skin wasn't as pale as her partners, but it was pretty light in color, and her eyes were a deep purple. She wore expensive, sapphire encrusted earrings. She also wore an outfit similar to Kikyou's, except her shirt was green instead of white.
They arrived at Kagura's doorstep and politely knocked on the door, causing Kagura to break concentration on the game. "Who could that be?" she grumbled. She got up and answered the door. "Yes," she said, "May I help you?"
"Oh," the woman said, "I think you can. Let me introduce myself. I am Frostbyte, and this is my master, Shimoka. We'll be killing you know."
And with that, Shimoka unsheathed his sword and slashed at Kagura. He missed, but he sent her sprawling backwards.
"Should we help her?" Hakudoushi asked.
Kohaku looked at him in disgust. "Of course we should help her!" he yelled. The three kids dashed to Kagura's aid.
"What cute little children," Frostbyte smiled. Then she turned her gaze to Kagura. "It's such a shame that we have to kill such a beautiful looking woman." Her smile turned into a sneer, and bared her fangs.
"Why are you attacking us?" Hakudoushi asked. "What did we do? We don't even know you!"
Frostbyte ruffled Hakudoushi's hair. "We're doing this because we were told to."
Shimoka dashed towards Hakudoushi and took another slash. He missed the slash, but only by mere millimeters. Kagura got to her feet and motioned for the kids to stay back. They began to protest, but Kagura ordered that they leave. So they dashed down the hall to get away from their attackers. Shimoka burst past Kagura to follow them. She tried to stop him, but was stopped herself by Frostbyte.
"And where do you think you're going?" she sneered. "A pretty lady like you could get seriously hurt fighting a master swordsman like Shimoka."
Kagura brandished her fan and opened it. "And you might get seriously hurt fighting a master wind witch like myself." She created a gust of wind that sent Frostbyte flying out onto the street. Kagura dashed outside to meet her enemy, and found her already on her feet.
"That was pretty good," Frostbyte snickered. "But now that we're in the snow, we're in my domain."
Meanwhile, the kids had managed to get outside, away from their pursuer. But it didn't take long for Shimoka to find them.
"Great," Hakudoushi muttered, "What are we gonna do now?"
Shimoka made another lunge forwards, but Kanna was quicker than him. His sword struck her mirror and sent it ricocheting back towards him. The kids took this time to flee. The got around to the front of the house to find Kagura and Frostbyte still fighting.
Frostbyte conjured up a blizzard so that it would be impossible for anyone to see, except herself and her master of course. She dashed towards Kagura, clasped her hands together and hit her on the back of her head, knocking her out. Frostbyte then turned her attention to the three little kids.
"Hello there," she smiled. She raised and opened her hand. It became encased in blue flame, and she blasted it at her enemies. Kanna once again held up her mirror and deflected it away, but she lost control of it and sent it into the wall of the house of their next-door neighbor.
"Oops," she muttered. But something startled her. Her mirror had become frozen. Frostbyte took this opportunity to attack, but it was cut short thanks to a little outside help.
From out of nowhere, Kirara came storming in, in her powerful fire form. She blasted a great fireball at Frostbyte, sending her flying backwards into melting snow. She then turned her gaze to Shimoka. She blasted one more ball at him before dashing to check on the kids.
"We've been defeated. But I am not leaving empty handed," Frostbyte muttered to herself. She got up and dashed towards the kids. She blasted an ice ball at Kirara, which stunned her just in time for Kanna to be swept up.
Frostbyte and Shimoka flew away on a cloud of snow, with Kanna in their grasp. Kirara powered up a blast, but Kohaku stopped her.
"No," he said, "You'll hit Kanna!"
Hakudoushi dashed over to the fallen Kagura. She was still unconscious. "We need help," he said. "Kirara, take us to Kikyou's!"
Kirara nodded and the two boys helped Kagura up on her back.
"What about Kanna?" Kohaku asked.
"We can't do anything about that now," Hakudoushi said. With the three of them on her back, Kirara flew them to Kikyou's house.