Jaken opened the cupboard door and took out a large
plate. On it, he placed the hors d'oeuvres that he had just
finished preparing. He picked up the plate and carried it
into the living room. He placed it on the table, not paying
attention to what his master and company were talking about.
"So," Kageroumaru hissed as Jaken left into the kitchen, "You figure that Juuroumaru is ready to start dating?"
"I do indeed," Sesshoumaru said with a nod. "I was thinking that I could bring him down to the Yacht Club on Saturday night and introduce him to a few of the ladies."
The little snake demon nearly chocked on his escargots. "Are you crazy?" he exclaimed. "Even though you've made him as cultured as you have, he still can't go with one of those women!" Kageroumaru sat back in his chair. "My brother is not a hoity-toity, brandy sipping, radio psychiatrist snob like you." He closed his eyes. "What he needs is someone more like him. Someone wild and absolutely carefree."
"I see," the dog demon said, taking a sip of his brandy. "We'll try it your way first then, shall we?"
"What do you mean, 'my way first'? You don't think he'll go for the girl I described?"
"How about we make it more interesting?"
Kageroumaru's eyes widened with shock. "You mean you want to bet on my brother's emotions?" he exclaimed. "That's sneaky, underhanded and downright distasteful!" He smiled. "How much we talkin' about here?"
As Sesshoumaru and Kageroumaru were making their wager, InuYasha, Kagome, Nobunaga, Tsuyu, Miroku and Sango were on their way to the movie theater to see the new James Bond movie that had just come out.
Sango let out a deep sigh.
"What's up?" Miroku asked.
Her cheeks reddened. "Oh," she said, "It's nothing."
"No, tell me."
She looked up at him. "Well," she began, "I was just thinking about the previous James Bond movies I've seen..." She trailed off.
"What do you mean?" Miroku asked, raising an eyebrow. "You're not thinking about..." He trailed off as well, because he saw Sango's face turn bright red. "I knew it!" he exclaimed. "You're hot for James Bond!"
"No," Sango protested, "I'm not! It's just that he's so charming. All British men are."
Miroku scoffed. "Yeah, right. That's what they said about Terry Wogan."
(Mr. Wogan sat at his desk, answering a letter that one of his fans had sent to him. He stopped writing, looked up and said, "You don't even know who I am," and continued writing his letter.)
"Well," Sango continued, "I'm sure Kagome and Tsuyu will agree with me."
"Leave us outta this," Tsuyu smiled as Nobunaga glanced over at her.
"So what's this 'James' bond' all about anyways?" he asked. He had not seen any of the movies.
"Well," Tsuyu explained, "He's this British spy who goes off to various places, saves the day, gets the girl and so forth."
"My favorite was Octopussy," InuYasha said. "Man, I musta saw that movie..."
"Twice," Kagome finished. She stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Kagome?" InuYasha asked. She turned her head to the north and started running that way. The others ran after her. "What's going on?" InuYasha exclaimed as he tried to catch up.
When they cleared the hill, they saw a flock of black winged angels circling something lying on the ground. The black angels glanced over to InuYasha and company and immediately rushed over to them to attack.
"Dammit," InuYasha muttered under his breath, "Didn't bring Tetsusaiga..." The angels dive-bombed him, forcing him to use his claws. He leapt at them and slashed, cutting them to pieces. "Huh," he said, stunned, "Didn't think they'd be that weak. You okay, Kagome?" He looked over at her, but didn't see her. He searched the area and saw her and the others crowed around the creature that the angels had been attacking.
It was a boy of maybe sixteen or seventeen years of age. He had long, shaggy black hair and deep blue eyes. He wore a red, tattered tank top and green, baggy pants. He also had a pair of white angel wings.
"We hafta help him," Kagome exclaimed.
"But what about the movie?" InuYasha whined. Kagome looked up at him with a hurt expression. He sighed. "Fine, let's get him home then."
It had been three days since the boy was rescued from the black angels. He lay unconscious on a hospital bed, seeming to be in a coma. Finally, during about midday on the fourth day, he opened his eyes for the first time. He sat up, fully aware that his upper body was wrapped in bandages. His wings ached from being laid on for so long, so he stretched them out and accidentally knocked over the vase that was on the table next to his bed. When it hit the ground, it shattered into a dozen pieces. He smirked.
"Oh," Kagome's voice said with shock as she entered the room, "You're finally awake!" She ran over to him. "Are you okay? You've been unconscious for a while now..."
The boy looked directly into Kagome's eyes. "Are you the one who saved me?" he asked.
She smiled. "Well, I helped a little. My name's Kagome." She extended her hand to his, and he took it.
"I am Shirakiyo," he answered, a sweet smile spreading across his face. "Please do not think it bold of me, but you are the prettiest creature that I have ever laid my eyes upon." He started stroking her face gently, making her feel very uncomfortable. She pulled away.
At that moment, InuYasha walked into the room. "Ah," he said, "He's awake." He joined Kagome's side and put his arm around her. "So what's his name?"
"Shirakiyo," Kagome said with a flat tone. She flashed him a cold glance. He just smiled.
"What were those black things that were attacking you?" InuYasha asked.
"Are you the half-ling, InuYasha?" the angel boy asked, totally ignoring the first question.
"Ya," the dog boy answered. "You've heard of me, eh?" He beamed.
"Oh, of course," Shirakiyo smiled. "You are quite famous back where I come from."
Kagome's eyebrow rose. "And where would that be, exactly?"
"I am so happy that I was finally able to find you," the angel said, lying back in his bed. "Now we finally have a chance..."
"A chance?" InuYasha asked. "A chance for what?"
Shirakiyo closed his eyes. "Those black angels that were attacking me," he began, "where underlings of the demon Kuronigori. She and her army of black angels are plotting to steal the Shikon Jewel. They went to the Exterminator's village and exhumed Midoriko's remains from the cave, and they will use their powers to bring her back to life to help obtain the jewel." He sat up. "You have to help me stop them! If they get it, then there is no telling what darkness will be blanketed upon the Earth!"
"Interesting," InuYasha pondered. "So we've got another royal pain in the ass to deal with, huh? And you say she has a whole army of those black angels?"
Shirakiyo nodded. "I have an army as well. But it consists not of black angels."
"White angels?"
The boy nodded. "Will you help us?" he pleaded. "Will you help us stop her?"
InuYasha glanced over at Kagome. "What's your opinion?"
"Well," she began, "We should help him, obviously. If these angel things get the jewel, they'll take over the world." She sighed. "Of course, we still have the ice demons to deal with..."
InuYasha smiled. "Those angels that I killed back there were nothing. A whole army of them won't be much of a difference..."
"So," Shirakiyo said, "You will help us then?"
"Of course," InuYasha smiled.
Meanwhile, in her room, KooriKisaki was busy tying up the final loose ends of her plan when she was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Come," she said. Sekka entered the room. "Ah, just the person I wanted to see. Please, sit."
Sekka sat down on the queen's bed beside her. "So have you figured out my part in all this yet?"
KooriKisaki nodded. "I have indeed. That group that you fought way back when, with that man who turned out to be Naraku, and those two women-"
"One woman," Sekka corrected. "The other was a guy."
"Okay," the ice queen said, trying to stifle a chuckle. "Anyways, I want you to go and divert them away from Fuyuka and Gyouka."
"I see," the snow pixie said. "I will lure them to the icy mountains while Fuyuka and Gyouka have big fun burning their village to the ground..."
"There's a good girl," KooriKisaki smiled as Sekka left her room. "Good, once the villages are burned down and the... Shichinintai... has been disposed of, I will be able to cover the world in an ice sheet for the rest of existence." She cackled evilly.
"Who are you talking to?" Sekka asked, poking her head through the door.
"You're sill here?" the ice queen exclaimed. "Come on! You have a job to do! Now go do it!"
"Yes my queen." And with that, Sekka left to gather up the Toukaibutsu and Icykal.
"So," Kageroumaru hissed as Jaken left into the kitchen, "You figure that Juuroumaru is ready to start dating?"
"I do indeed," Sesshoumaru said with a nod. "I was thinking that I could bring him down to the Yacht Club on Saturday night and introduce him to a few of the ladies."
The little snake demon nearly chocked on his escargots. "Are you crazy?" he exclaimed. "Even though you've made him as cultured as you have, he still can't go with one of those women!" Kageroumaru sat back in his chair. "My brother is not a hoity-toity, brandy sipping, radio psychiatrist snob like you." He closed his eyes. "What he needs is someone more like him. Someone wild and absolutely carefree."
"I see," the dog demon said, taking a sip of his brandy. "We'll try it your way first then, shall we?"
"What do you mean, 'my way first'? You don't think he'll go for the girl I described?"
"How about we make it more interesting?"
Kageroumaru's eyes widened with shock. "You mean you want to bet on my brother's emotions?" he exclaimed. "That's sneaky, underhanded and downright distasteful!" He smiled. "How much we talkin' about here?"
As Sesshoumaru and Kageroumaru were making their wager, InuYasha, Kagome, Nobunaga, Tsuyu, Miroku and Sango were on their way to the movie theater to see the new James Bond movie that had just come out.
Sango let out a deep sigh.
"What's up?" Miroku asked.
Her cheeks reddened. "Oh," she said, "It's nothing."
"No, tell me."
She looked up at him. "Well," she began, "I was just thinking about the previous James Bond movies I've seen..." She trailed off.
"What do you mean?" Miroku asked, raising an eyebrow. "You're not thinking about..." He trailed off as well, because he saw Sango's face turn bright red. "I knew it!" he exclaimed. "You're hot for James Bond!"
"No," Sango protested, "I'm not! It's just that he's so charming. All British men are."
Miroku scoffed. "Yeah, right. That's what they said about Terry Wogan."
(Mr. Wogan sat at his desk, answering a letter that one of his fans had sent to him. He stopped writing, looked up and said, "You don't even know who I am," and continued writing his letter.)
"Well," Sango continued, "I'm sure Kagome and Tsuyu will agree with me."
"Leave us outta this," Tsuyu smiled as Nobunaga glanced over at her.
"So what's this 'James' bond' all about anyways?" he asked. He had not seen any of the movies.
"Well," Tsuyu explained, "He's this British spy who goes off to various places, saves the day, gets the girl and so forth."
"My favorite was Octopussy," InuYasha said. "Man, I musta saw that movie..."
"Twice," Kagome finished. She stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Kagome?" InuYasha asked. She turned her head to the north and started running that way. The others ran after her. "What's going on?" InuYasha exclaimed as he tried to catch up.
When they cleared the hill, they saw a flock of black winged angels circling something lying on the ground. The black angels glanced over to InuYasha and company and immediately rushed over to them to attack.
"Dammit," InuYasha muttered under his breath, "Didn't bring Tetsusaiga..." The angels dive-bombed him, forcing him to use his claws. He leapt at them and slashed, cutting them to pieces. "Huh," he said, stunned, "Didn't think they'd be that weak. You okay, Kagome?" He looked over at her, but didn't see her. He searched the area and saw her and the others crowed around the creature that the angels had been attacking.
It was a boy of maybe sixteen or seventeen years of age. He had long, shaggy black hair and deep blue eyes. He wore a red, tattered tank top and green, baggy pants. He also had a pair of white angel wings.
"We hafta help him," Kagome exclaimed.
"But what about the movie?" InuYasha whined. Kagome looked up at him with a hurt expression. He sighed. "Fine, let's get him home then."
It had been three days since the boy was rescued from the black angels. He lay unconscious on a hospital bed, seeming to be in a coma. Finally, during about midday on the fourth day, he opened his eyes for the first time. He sat up, fully aware that his upper body was wrapped in bandages. His wings ached from being laid on for so long, so he stretched them out and accidentally knocked over the vase that was on the table next to his bed. When it hit the ground, it shattered into a dozen pieces. He smirked.
"Oh," Kagome's voice said with shock as she entered the room, "You're finally awake!" She ran over to him. "Are you okay? You've been unconscious for a while now..."
The boy looked directly into Kagome's eyes. "Are you the one who saved me?" he asked.
She smiled. "Well, I helped a little. My name's Kagome." She extended her hand to his, and he took it.
"I am Shirakiyo," he answered, a sweet smile spreading across his face. "Please do not think it bold of me, but you are the prettiest creature that I have ever laid my eyes upon." He started stroking her face gently, making her feel very uncomfortable. She pulled away.
At that moment, InuYasha walked into the room. "Ah," he said, "He's awake." He joined Kagome's side and put his arm around her. "So what's his name?"
"Shirakiyo," Kagome said with a flat tone. She flashed him a cold glance. He just smiled.
"What were those black things that were attacking you?" InuYasha asked.
"Are you the half-ling, InuYasha?" the angel boy asked, totally ignoring the first question.
"Ya," the dog boy answered. "You've heard of me, eh?" He beamed.
"Oh, of course," Shirakiyo smiled. "You are quite famous back where I come from."
Kagome's eyebrow rose. "And where would that be, exactly?"
"I am so happy that I was finally able to find you," the angel said, lying back in his bed. "Now we finally have a chance..."
"A chance?" InuYasha asked. "A chance for what?"
Shirakiyo closed his eyes. "Those black angels that were attacking me," he began, "where underlings of the demon Kuronigori. She and her army of black angels are plotting to steal the Shikon Jewel. They went to the Exterminator's village and exhumed Midoriko's remains from the cave, and they will use their powers to bring her back to life to help obtain the jewel." He sat up. "You have to help me stop them! If they get it, then there is no telling what darkness will be blanketed upon the Earth!"
"Interesting," InuYasha pondered. "So we've got another royal pain in the ass to deal with, huh? And you say she has a whole army of those black angels?"
Shirakiyo nodded. "I have an army as well. But it consists not of black angels."
"White angels?"
The boy nodded. "Will you help us?" he pleaded. "Will you help us stop her?"
InuYasha glanced over at Kagome. "What's your opinion?"
"Well," she began, "We should help him, obviously. If these angel things get the jewel, they'll take over the world." She sighed. "Of course, we still have the ice demons to deal with..."
InuYasha smiled. "Those angels that I killed back there were nothing. A whole army of them won't be much of a difference..."
"So," Shirakiyo said, "You will help us then?"
"Of course," InuYasha smiled.
Meanwhile, in her room, KooriKisaki was busy tying up the final loose ends of her plan when she was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Come," she said. Sekka entered the room. "Ah, just the person I wanted to see. Please, sit."
Sekka sat down on the queen's bed beside her. "So have you figured out my part in all this yet?"
KooriKisaki nodded. "I have indeed. That group that you fought way back when, with that man who turned out to be Naraku, and those two women-"
"One woman," Sekka corrected. "The other was a guy."
"Okay," the ice queen said, trying to stifle a chuckle. "Anyways, I want you to go and divert them away from Fuyuka and Gyouka."
"I see," the snow pixie said. "I will lure them to the icy mountains while Fuyuka and Gyouka have big fun burning their village to the ground..."
"There's a good girl," KooriKisaki smiled as Sekka left her room. "Good, once the villages are burned down and the... Shichinintai... has been disposed of, I will be able to cover the world in an ice sheet for the rest of existence." She cackled evilly.
"Who are you talking to?" Sekka asked, poking her head through the door.
"You're sill here?" the ice queen exclaimed. "Come on! You have a job to do! Now go do it!"
"Yes my queen." And with that, Sekka left to gather up the Toukaibutsu and Icykal.