[The good guys: ]
(OmegaNihon)
InuYasha never expected that his surprise romantic dinner would go so far for him. He lay there on his bed and opened his eyes to see Kagome cuddling up beside him. He smiled, kissed her forehead and closed his eyes again.
Miroku and Sango also had an interesting evening. An insect demon had heard that they were friends with the caretaker of the Shikon Jewel, so it decided to give them a visit. They were caught off guard by its attack, but made short work of it easily enough.
Shippou went to Kanna's weekly slumber party. He noticed that Kanna and Kohaku had gotten a lot closer. He also noticed the way that Hakudoushi was looking at Rin. "I'm glad I'm too young for this stuff," he thought.
Nobunaga had taken care of Tsuyu to the best of his abilities. She told him how the frog creature murdered her husband and destroyed her castle. Nobunaga promised that he would take care of her for as long as she needed. She accepted.
Kouga was busy thinking about Fuyuka and how he could have survived their last encounter. Kagura caught up with him and he explained the whole thing to her. It seemed that the last time they fought, Fuyuka suffered a rather nasty fall down a chasm. Kouga assumed that he died in the fall, but was wrong. Dead wrong.
And as for Sesshoumaru's little project to teach Juuroumaru how to be more civilized... that wasn't going by very well at all. He just wouldn't calm down. And lately, he had been acting more odd than usual...
(ChikaraEki)
For the first time ever, Kanna had begun to show some emotion. No one knew what was happening to her, but they liked this change. Especially Kohaku. He and Kanna were becoming somewhat of an item.
Hakudoushi had fallen for Rin. He didn't quite understand why he was feeling this way, but he tried his hardest not to mess it up. So far, so good... She didn't find him to be an obnoxious brat... yet.
Kagura was trying her hardest to tell Kouga how she felt about him, but was worried that he would reject her, due to their rather ghastly past. One day, she thought, I'll tell him. But when though?
(Yogore no Yurikago)
It seemed that Kikyou had caught a rather nasty flu. She was throwing up almost every morning, and looked like a mess. Jakotsu tried his best to comfort her, but she kept pushing him away. She really didn't like him at the present time.
And all Bankotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu could do was watch. They tried their hardest not to interfere, or else face Kikyou's wrath. They saw the way she was treating Jakotsu and felt really bad for him. The poor kid was messed up enough as it was...
The creek babbled quietly, and the wind whistled through the tall grass and the trees. Suikotsu was sitting on a rock, watching nature unfold before him. Not much happened, until he heard the rumbling of heavy machinery coming from behind him.
He stood up and searched for what could have been making that sound. Then he saw it: a silhouette of a tank against the horizon, heading right for him. He would have tried to run and hide from it, had he not known what it was. He was amazed to see it. It drove right up next to him and proved that it was who he thought it was.
"Suikotsu?" the tank, Ginkotsu, asked. "What are you doing all the way out here?"
The giant man who was sitting on top of the tank dismounted. "We thought you were with Kikyou," the giant, Kyoukotsu, said in a husky voice.
Suikotsu looked at the ground. "I was," he muttered.
"What happened?" Kyoukotsu asked.
"It's a long story." Suikotsu answered.
"Good," Ginkotsu chuckled. "We have lots of time."
Suikotsu proceeded to tell his old friends of what happened all those weeks ago.
A group of mantis demons were busy eating their prey when they smelled a putrid scent approach them. It was a fowl smell, one that made the flora and fauna all around them choke, wither and die.
Riding a cloud of miasma were Naraku and his three reborn spawn: Goshinki, Musou and Kageroumaru. They were heading towards the frozen wasteland that was KooriKisaki's home.
"Tell me again why we're going there," Musou inquired.
Naraku smiled. "We are going there to join up with the ice army."
Kageroumaru scoffed. "And what good will that do us?"
Naraku's smile faded. "It will provide us with a bigger fleet to search for and obtain the rest of the Shikon Jewel, and to kill all who stand in our way."
Kageroumaru rolled is eyes. "What ever gets you through the day," he said sarcastically. The miasma cloud rose and disappeared into the sky.
[The bad guys: ]
Shimoka and Frostbyte were forced to live in KooriKisaki's tower, since that woman and her friends destroyed their shrine. But they didn't really mind all that much. Sure, it was dark, gloomy and cold, but so where they.
Fuyuka and the Kooriookami were busy training to become stronger so that what happened last time in the cave would not happen again. His arm had begun to heal as well, but the damage was ultimately irreversible.
Gyouka had gone around and revived several demons that had been destroyed by InuYasha in the past. He didn't find as many as he had hoped, but he did form a nice little group. He returned with the latest member.
Sekka waited patiently in the main chamber for Gyouka's arrival. She looked around and wondered why was it that no one was allowed to speak with KooriKisaki. Ever since she had returned, she would not let herself be seen, unless it was Gyouka, her trusted advisor.
Gyouka entered the room, breaking Sekka out of her thoughts. An old hag was standing with him. "Sekka," he said, "I would like you to meet Urasue."
"Charmed," Sekka said without any enthusiasm.
Gyouka frowned. "Please show our guests a little more politesse."
Sekka began to pout. "Why do you have to keep reviving ugly old demons? Why can't you bring back a cute young one?"
Gyouka clenched his teeth. "We don't need cute young demons, we need experienced, powerful, vicious demons!"
Sekka glowered. "What are you implying? You don't need me!?"
"I'll take this one," Urasue spoke. "My dear girl, that is not what Lord Gyouka is trying to say. He is saying that a truly powerful army cannot consist of cute little puppies and kittens. It needs to be filled with powerful monsters."
"But I like kitties," Sekka said, pouting again. "And puppies." She stopped dead in her tracks after saying this. Then she said, "Gyouka... that enemy that we are in the middle of fighting..."
"InuYasha?"
"Yeah!" she exclaimed excitedly. "Umm, what does he look like?"
Urasue brandished a crystal ball. "Let me take this one too." She showed Sekka an image of InuYasha in the ball.
Her eyes lit up. "Aww!" she exclaimed, "Those ears are so cute!"
Gyouka rolled his eyes. "We really don't have time for this." Sekka didn't hear him. She was too busy ogling the image of InuYasha. Gyouka sighed. "Urasue," he said, and the two of them left Sekka and the ball alone.
"This one's a keeper," she smiled wickedly. "For sure..."
Naraku and his offspring easily discovered what OmegaNihon could not find. The ice fortress was standing right there below them. Hyoukoumori could be seen flying around the area, scouting for intruders. In the courtyard, the Toukaibutsu had matured to their adult forms. Icykal, their 'mother,' was teaching them how to engage in battle, and come out on top.
"Security's pretty tight," Kageroumaru chuckled. "Even Goshinki could get past these." He looked at Goshinki, who's purple face had gone red. "Oh, you're here aren't you... Oh well, I stand by my original comment."
"How do you propose we get down there?" Musou asked.
Naraku smiled. "Easy. First we need a little bait." He looked down at Kageroumaru and his grin grew larger.
"Think harder, Naraku," Kageroumaru muttered. "Send Goshinki. He's bigger, more of a distraction, and he can read the minds of the demons, so he won't get as hurt as me."
"I can do a lot more damage to you than those demons can," Naraku snapped. "Now go down there!" Kageroumaru looked down at the fortress, gulped and jumped off the cloud.
(This is crazy, what good could I do? I bet those bats can't even see me...)
Suddenly, all the Hyoukoumori in the area dashed to Kageroumaru's location. He slashed wildly at them, slicing many of them into pieces. He then looked over at Naraku, who had already begun to descend to the fortress. He set his cloud right outside Gyouka's window.
"Look out, Musou," Goshinki said. And as if on queue, Kageroumaru landed right on Musou's head. "Told ya," he smirked.
Gyouka stepped to his window. "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded.
"I have come to speak with Lady KooriKisaki." Naraku said.
"KooriKisaki?" Gyouka exclaimed. "No body sees KooriKisaki, not no way, not no how."
"Cut the crap!" Kageroumaru said, leaping at Gyouka, extending his scythe hand. Naraku grabbed his tail, and flung him back onto the cloud.
"Don't be so rude," he said. "I'm terribly sorry about that. Now, in regards to this meeting... It has to do with InuYasha and the Shikon Jewel."
"I don't care," Gyouka said, "No one may see-"
"Let them in, Gyouka," a female voice called from inside. "I am back to normal now."
The woman stepped up to the window. She was wearing an old fashioned blue gown with aqua sleeves. Around her neck, she wore a necklace made of rare and expensive blue jewels. She had long, dark purple hair. Her crown was an even darker purple, and it resembled a sort of shell shape. She also wore expensive looking purple earrings. Her eyes were purple, and her skin was a pale color, which was to be expected, as she was the queen of the ice: KooriKisaki.
(OmegaNihon)
InuYasha never expected that his surprise romantic dinner would go so far for him. He lay there on his bed and opened his eyes to see Kagome cuddling up beside him. He smiled, kissed her forehead and closed his eyes again.
Miroku and Sango also had an interesting evening. An insect demon had heard that they were friends with the caretaker of the Shikon Jewel, so it decided to give them a visit. They were caught off guard by its attack, but made short work of it easily enough.
Shippou went to Kanna's weekly slumber party. He noticed that Kanna and Kohaku had gotten a lot closer. He also noticed the way that Hakudoushi was looking at Rin. "I'm glad I'm too young for this stuff," he thought.
Nobunaga had taken care of Tsuyu to the best of his abilities. She told him how the frog creature murdered her husband and destroyed her castle. Nobunaga promised that he would take care of her for as long as she needed. She accepted.
Kouga was busy thinking about Fuyuka and how he could have survived their last encounter. Kagura caught up with him and he explained the whole thing to her. It seemed that the last time they fought, Fuyuka suffered a rather nasty fall down a chasm. Kouga assumed that he died in the fall, but was wrong. Dead wrong.
And as for Sesshoumaru's little project to teach Juuroumaru how to be more civilized... that wasn't going by very well at all. He just wouldn't calm down. And lately, he had been acting more odd than usual...
(ChikaraEki)
For the first time ever, Kanna had begun to show some emotion. No one knew what was happening to her, but they liked this change. Especially Kohaku. He and Kanna were becoming somewhat of an item.
Hakudoushi had fallen for Rin. He didn't quite understand why he was feeling this way, but he tried his hardest not to mess it up. So far, so good... She didn't find him to be an obnoxious brat... yet.
Kagura was trying her hardest to tell Kouga how she felt about him, but was worried that he would reject her, due to their rather ghastly past. One day, she thought, I'll tell him. But when though?
(Yogore no Yurikago)
It seemed that Kikyou had caught a rather nasty flu. She was throwing up almost every morning, and looked like a mess. Jakotsu tried his best to comfort her, but she kept pushing him away. She really didn't like him at the present time.
And all Bankotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu could do was watch. They tried their hardest not to interfere, or else face Kikyou's wrath. They saw the way she was treating Jakotsu and felt really bad for him. The poor kid was messed up enough as it was...
The creek babbled quietly, and the wind whistled through the tall grass and the trees. Suikotsu was sitting on a rock, watching nature unfold before him. Not much happened, until he heard the rumbling of heavy machinery coming from behind him.
He stood up and searched for what could have been making that sound. Then he saw it: a silhouette of a tank against the horizon, heading right for him. He would have tried to run and hide from it, had he not known what it was. He was amazed to see it. It drove right up next to him and proved that it was who he thought it was.
"Suikotsu?" the tank, Ginkotsu, asked. "What are you doing all the way out here?"
The giant man who was sitting on top of the tank dismounted. "We thought you were with Kikyou," the giant, Kyoukotsu, said in a husky voice.
Suikotsu looked at the ground. "I was," he muttered.
"What happened?" Kyoukotsu asked.
"It's a long story." Suikotsu answered.
"Good," Ginkotsu chuckled. "We have lots of time."
Suikotsu proceeded to tell his old friends of what happened all those weeks ago.
A group of mantis demons were busy eating their prey when they smelled a putrid scent approach them. It was a fowl smell, one that made the flora and fauna all around them choke, wither and die.
Riding a cloud of miasma were Naraku and his three reborn spawn: Goshinki, Musou and Kageroumaru. They were heading towards the frozen wasteland that was KooriKisaki's home.
"Tell me again why we're going there," Musou inquired.
Naraku smiled. "We are going there to join up with the ice army."
Kageroumaru scoffed. "And what good will that do us?"
Naraku's smile faded. "It will provide us with a bigger fleet to search for and obtain the rest of the Shikon Jewel, and to kill all who stand in our way."
Kageroumaru rolled is eyes. "What ever gets you through the day," he said sarcastically. The miasma cloud rose and disappeared into the sky.
[The bad guys: ]
Shimoka and Frostbyte were forced to live in KooriKisaki's tower, since that woman and her friends destroyed their shrine. But they didn't really mind all that much. Sure, it was dark, gloomy and cold, but so where they.
Fuyuka and the Kooriookami were busy training to become stronger so that what happened last time in the cave would not happen again. His arm had begun to heal as well, but the damage was ultimately irreversible.
Gyouka had gone around and revived several demons that had been destroyed by InuYasha in the past. He didn't find as many as he had hoped, but he did form a nice little group. He returned with the latest member.
Sekka waited patiently in the main chamber for Gyouka's arrival. She looked around and wondered why was it that no one was allowed to speak with KooriKisaki. Ever since she had returned, she would not let herself be seen, unless it was Gyouka, her trusted advisor.
Gyouka entered the room, breaking Sekka out of her thoughts. An old hag was standing with him. "Sekka," he said, "I would like you to meet Urasue."
"Charmed," Sekka said without any enthusiasm.
Gyouka frowned. "Please show our guests a little more politesse."
Sekka began to pout. "Why do you have to keep reviving ugly old demons? Why can't you bring back a cute young one?"
Gyouka clenched his teeth. "We don't need cute young demons, we need experienced, powerful, vicious demons!"
Sekka glowered. "What are you implying? You don't need me!?"
"I'll take this one," Urasue spoke. "My dear girl, that is not what Lord Gyouka is trying to say. He is saying that a truly powerful army cannot consist of cute little puppies and kittens. It needs to be filled with powerful monsters."
"But I like kitties," Sekka said, pouting again. "And puppies." She stopped dead in her tracks after saying this. Then she said, "Gyouka... that enemy that we are in the middle of fighting..."
"InuYasha?"
"Yeah!" she exclaimed excitedly. "Umm, what does he look like?"
Urasue brandished a crystal ball. "Let me take this one too." She showed Sekka an image of InuYasha in the ball.
Her eyes lit up. "Aww!" she exclaimed, "Those ears are so cute!"
Gyouka rolled his eyes. "We really don't have time for this." Sekka didn't hear him. She was too busy ogling the image of InuYasha. Gyouka sighed. "Urasue," he said, and the two of them left Sekka and the ball alone.
"This one's a keeper," she smiled wickedly. "For sure..."
Naraku and his offspring easily discovered what OmegaNihon could not find. The ice fortress was standing right there below them. Hyoukoumori could be seen flying around the area, scouting for intruders. In the courtyard, the Toukaibutsu had matured to their adult forms. Icykal, their 'mother,' was teaching them how to engage in battle, and come out on top.
"Security's pretty tight," Kageroumaru chuckled. "Even Goshinki could get past these." He looked at Goshinki, who's purple face had gone red. "Oh, you're here aren't you... Oh well, I stand by my original comment."
"How do you propose we get down there?" Musou asked.
Naraku smiled. "Easy. First we need a little bait." He looked down at Kageroumaru and his grin grew larger.
"Think harder, Naraku," Kageroumaru muttered. "Send Goshinki. He's bigger, more of a distraction, and he can read the minds of the demons, so he won't get as hurt as me."
"I can do a lot more damage to you than those demons can," Naraku snapped. "Now go down there!" Kageroumaru looked down at the fortress, gulped and jumped off the cloud.
(This is crazy, what good could I do? I bet those bats can't even see me...)
Suddenly, all the Hyoukoumori in the area dashed to Kageroumaru's location. He slashed wildly at them, slicing many of them into pieces. He then looked over at Naraku, who had already begun to descend to the fortress. He set his cloud right outside Gyouka's window.
"Look out, Musou," Goshinki said. And as if on queue, Kageroumaru landed right on Musou's head. "Told ya," he smirked.
Gyouka stepped to his window. "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded.
"I have come to speak with Lady KooriKisaki." Naraku said.
"KooriKisaki?" Gyouka exclaimed. "No body sees KooriKisaki, not no way, not no how."
"Cut the crap!" Kageroumaru said, leaping at Gyouka, extending his scythe hand. Naraku grabbed his tail, and flung him back onto the cloud.
"Don't be so rude," he said. "I'm terribly sorry about that. Now, in regards to this meeting... It has to do with InuYasha and the Shikon Jewel."
"I don't care," Gyouka said, "No one may see-"
"Let them in, Gyouka," a female voice called from inside. "I am back to normal now."
The woman stepped up to the window. She was wearing an old fashioned blue gown with aqua sleeves. Around her neck, she wore a necklace made of rare and expensive blue jewels. She had long, dark purple hair. Her crown was an even darker purple, and it resembled a sort of shell shape. She also wore expensive looking purple earrings. Her eyes were purple, and her skin was a pale color, which was to be expected, as she was the queen of the ice: KooriKisaki.