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Chapter Ten: Mei Lhi Helps
Inuyasha sighed, then picked up his sister and carried her over his shoulder, then picked up Tetsusage, walking towards the hut with Kagome.
Miroku was lying on a futon, sleeping fitfully. Sango was leaning over him, putting a damp cloth on his forehead. Shippo was sitting close by watching. The kitsune saw Inuyasha and Kagome walk in, then leapt into Kagome's arms.
"Kagome! It's Miroku! He got too many of the Saimiyousho insects in his air void! He's getting worse! You have to help!" Shippo cried.
"Shippo-chan, don't worry. I will do all that I can." Kagome said reassuringly.
Shippo just noticed Inuyasha carrying Mei Lhi on his shoulder.
"What happened to Mei Lhi?" Shippo asked.
"She killed all of Naraku's bees with a single attack. She must've overdone it, because right after, she passed out." Inuyasha replied.
Inuyasha put Mei Lhi down on a spare futon, then placed Tetsusage beside the wall. Kagome was already talking with Kaede and they were already making an antidote. A strange scent was coming from the herbs, filling the room.
"I don't think this is doing any good, Kaede-bachan! Houshi-Sama only seems to be getting worse!" Sango called.
Mei Lhi suddenly sat up, then took the herbs and threw them outside.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" She yelled.
She ran outside into the small herb garden Kaede was growing, then with her claws uprooted a plant and started grinding it into a fine powder.
"Make some tea." She said finally.
Kagome made a quick pot, then handed it to Mei Lhi. The half demon girl poured a cup then put a pinch of the herb powder into the tea. She stirred it twice, then handed the cup to Kagome.
"Give that to him. It should help. It works way better than what you both were making. The scent that herb you were using emits a strong smell that causes the blood to thicken, and has been known to make you incredibly weak. But this one is highly effective. It cures practically any type of poisoning, and you build up a higher immunity to poison." Mei Lhi explained.
Kagome nodded and had Sango put Miroku into a sitting position. She poured the tea down his throat, making sure he swallowed it all. For a few minutes nothing happened. Then the monk stood up on his own, already back to his normal self.
"Child, who taught ye that antidote?" Kaede asked.
"Hana did." Mei Lhi answered.
"There's only one other miko I know who knows that antidote..."
"Who?"
"My older sister, Kikyo."
"Kikyo?"
"Kikyo was the one who protected the Shikon no Tama from everyone who wanted it for their own uses...including me..." Inuyasha said darkly.
"Oh Kikyo! That woman! The one I heard about in hentai-houshi's story!" Mei Lhi exclaimed, realization dawning on her face.
"Hentai-Houshi?" Miroku wondered aloud, sounding slightly offended.
"You know, Mei-chan, you shouldn't call Miroku such names...he's just a lecher...that's how he's always been..." Kagome said.
"Don't call me Mei-chan! Inu-chan can call me whatever he wants and I can call him whatever I want-" Mei Lhi began defensively.
"I never said you could call me 'Inu-chan'. " Inuyasha interrupted.
Mei Lhi rolled her eyes, then sighed.
"As I was saying, Inuyasha can call me whatever he wants and I can call him whatever I want as long as he's alright with it." Mei Lhi finished.
Inuyasha smirked with satisfaction. Mei Lhi saw this and gave him a death glare even more deadly than the one she had given Miroku that morning. Inuyasha glared back. Before Inuyasha had time to react, Mei Lhi had hit him in the head.
"What the hell was that for?!!!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome walked over and covered Inuyasha's ears.
"Mei Lhi, I'm really sorry, but that was pretty mean...Osuwari."
Mei Lhi fell face forward onto the tatami mat, then pushing herself to her feet once the spell wore off.
"See? What'd I tell you? You'd be needing it." Mei Lhi said, grinning, her white fangs glinting in the light coming through the window.
Inuyasha sighed with relief, thankful that it wasn't him that had been 'sat' this time. He had just realized that it was already late afternoon.
"Kagome! I'm hungry!" Shippo whined.
Kagome smiled, then nodded and started cooking. Mei Lhi went outside and decided to help. She caught some fish, then returned inside, setting the fish down.
"That's for you, Kagome. I thought you'd need it..." Mei Lhi said.
Then she went outside again, and sat on the top of the roof. Inuyasha was on his way out the door, as well.
"Inuyasha, where are you going?" Miroku asked.
"Feh. It's obvious. Mei Lhi is on the roof. That's my spot. So I'm going to rightfully reclaim it." Inuyasha replied, walking outside.
He jumped on the roof and sat next to his sister.
"Onii-san, tell me, what did happen...when you were little?" Mei Lhi asked quietly, her gold eyes focused on the sky.
Onii-san. That name still sounded strange to him. Inuyasha turned and looked at Mei Lhi, she gazed back, her eyes full of curiosity and wonder. He sighed, and finally decided to tell her.
"I guess, when I was around four or five...I was watching a circle of people play with a ball in the courtyard. I wanted to play too. But then the ball was knocked out of the circle, and a man sent me to get the ball. I was happy, hoping I'd get a chance to play...but when I picked up the ball to return it to them, the people were leaving, and muttering, 'Who wants to play with a hanyou?'. I realized then, that nobody cared about me...except mother. I had cried that day...I ran to mother, and I asked her, 'What's a hanyou?'. But my question only made my mother cry too. She never answered my question. No matter how many times I had asked, she never told me. But I did get an answer...from Sesshoumaru, my half brother. He told me what a hanyou was, and he explained lots of things to me. But he was only twelve or thirteen at the time...and he was less cold to me then than now...but as I got older, he started drifiting further away until finally he hated me so much. Once mother died, I had nowhere to go. But then I heard of the Shikon no Tama...I wanted to use it to become a full youkai. I heard it was being guarded by the miko Kikyo. I always tried to steal it from her, but she always knew I was there, and she'd pin me to a tree or something, saying that I wasn't worth her time. But I wondered why she never killed me...and I wondered why I never killed her. By then, I had grown, and things seemed much different now. Our feelings grew for each other over time...and we found that we loved each other...Kikyo wanted me to use the Shikon no Tama to become human, and I really thought about it. So we planned to meet so she could give me the Shikon Jewel and I could make my wish, then we could be together. But the next day, we both met Naraku. He convinced me to attack this village and steal the Shikon no Tama. And I did. I stole it and killed many villagers at the same time. But unknown to me, Naraku disguised himself as me and snuck up on Kikyo, then used my claws to hurt her badly. Kikyo had arrived at the village when I had attacked. Just as I was fleeing, she screamed my name in hate, then sealed me with one of her arrows. I dropped the Shikon no Tama, and I wondered, why she had done it...The last thing I saw before I was sealed, was her face, full of fury...and her eyes...burning with pure hatred. I was sealed, hating her too. I was released by Kagome, and I believed her to be Kikyo at the time, but I realized that Kagome had the Shikon no Tama, so I tried to kill her for it...that's how I got these." Inuyasha said, tugging at the rosary around his neck. "Lots of other stuff happened, I met Shippo, Miroku, then Sango, learned about Naraku, fought loads of youkai, got shards, found Kikyo again, met a bastard named Kouga...then loads of unimportant things in between, and I finally met you." Inuyasha finished.
Mei Lhi was staring at Inuyasha for a few seconds, then blinked a few times.
"Kikyo is...alive? But how can that be? And tell me what Kagome really is." She said.
"Kikyo isn't alive, but she is 'living' in a way. Urasue stole her bones and gave her a new body using bones and earth. Urasue stole a piece of Kagome's soul. Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation." Inuyasha answered.
"I see...well...it's starting to get late...one more question."
"What?"
"Who's Kouga?"
"You'll find out..."
The thought of that wolf made Inuyasha let out a growl.
"What's wrong? Is it a youkai?" Mei Lhi asked, sniffing the air.
"It's nothing...come on...let's go inside..." Inuyasha replied, jumping off the roof, landing on his feet, and stepping inside the hut.
Mei Lhi followed, then went inside.
'It must have something to do with Kagome...' Mei Lhi thought.
Chapter Ten: Mei Lhi Helps
Inuyasha sighed, then picked up his sister and carried her over his shoulder, then picked up Tetsusage, walking towards the hut with Kagome.
Miroku was lying on a futon, sleeping fitfully. Sango was leaning over him, putting a damp cloth on his forehead. Shippo was sitting close by watching. The kitsune saw Inuyasha and Kagome walk in, then leapt into Kagome's arms.
"Kagome! It's Miroku! He got too many of the Saimiyousho insects in his air void! He's getting worse! You have to help!" Shippo cried.
"Shippo-chan, don't worry. I will do all that I can." Kagome said reassuringly.
Shippo just noticed Inuyasha carrying Mei Lhi on his shoulder.
"What happened to Mei Lhi?" Shippo asked.
"She killed all of Naraku's bees with a single attack. She must've overdone it, because right after, she passed out." Inuyasha replied.
Inuyasha put Mei Lhi down on a spare futon, then placed Tetsusage beside the wall. Kagome was already talking with Kaede and they were already making an antidote. A strange scent was coming from the herbs, filling the room.
"I don't think this is doing any good, Kaede-bachan! Houshi-Sama only seems to be getting worse!" Sango called.
Mei Lhi suddenly sat up, then took the herbs and threw them outside.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" She yelled.
She ran outside into the small herb garden Kaede was growing, then with her claws uprooted a plant and started grinding it into a fine powder.
"Make some tea." She said finally.
Kagome made a quick pot, then handed it to Mei Lhi. The half demon girl poured a cup then put a pinch of the herb powder into the tea. She stirred it twice, then handed the cup to Kagome.
"Give that to him. It should help. It works way better than what you both were making. The scent that herb you were using emits a strong smell that causes the blood to thicken, and has been known to make you incredibly weak. But this one is highly effective. It cures practically any type of poisoning, and you build up a higher immunity to poison." Mei Lhi explained.
Kagome nodded and had Sango put Miroku into a sitting position. She poured the tea down his throat, making sure he swallowed it all. For a few minutes nothing happened. Then the monk stood up on his own, already back to his normal self.
"Child, who taught ye that antidote?" Kaede asked.
"Hana did." Mei Lhi answered.
"There's only one other miko I know who knows that antidote..."
"Who?"
"My older sister, Kikyo."
"Kikyo?"
"Kikyo was the one who protected the Shikon no Tama from everyone who wanted it for their own uses...including me..." Inuyasha said darkly.
"Oh Kikyo! That woman! The one I heard about in hentai-houshi's story!" Mei Lhi exclaimed, realization dawning on her face.
"Hentai-Houshi?" Miroku wondered aloud, sounding slightly offended.
"You know, Mei-chan, you shouldn't call Miroku such names...he's just a lecher...that's how he's always been..." Kagome said.
"Don't call me Mei-chan! Inu-chan can call me whatever he wants and I can call him whatever I want-" Mei Lhi began defensively.
"I never said you could call me 'Inu-chan'. " Inuyasha interrupted.
Mei Lhi rolled her eyes, then sighed.
"As I was saying, Inuyasha can call me whatever he wants and I can call him whatever I want as long as he's alright with it." Mei Lhi finished.
Inuyasha smirked with satisfaction. Mei Lhi saw this and gave him a death glare even more deadly than the one she had given Miroku that morning. Inuyasha glared back. Before Inuyasha had time to react, Mei Lhi had hit him in the head.
"What the hell was that for?!!!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome walked over and covered Inuyasha's ears.
"Mei Lhi, I'm really sorry, but that was pretty mean...Osuwari."
Mei Lhi fell face forward onto the tatami mat, then pushing herself to her feet once the spell wore off.
"See? What'd I tell you? You'd be needing it." Mei Lhi said, grinning, her white fangs glinting in the light coming through the window.
Inuyasha sighed with relief, thankful that it wasn't him that had been 'sat' this time. He had just realized that it was already late afternoon.
"Kagome! I'm hungry!" Shippo whined.
Kagome smiled, then nodded and started cooking. Mei Lhi went outside and decided to help. She caught some fish, then returned inside, setting the fish down.
"That's for you, Kagome. I thought you'd need it..." Mei Lhi said.
Then she went outside again, and sat on the top of the roof. Inuyasha was on his way out the door, as well.
"Inuyasha, where are you going?" Miroku asked.
"Feh. It's obvious. Mei Lhi is on the roof. That's my spot. So I'm going to rightfully reclaim it." Inuyasha replied, walking outside.
He jumped on the roof and sat next to his sister.
"Onii-san, tell me, what did happen...when you were little?" Mei Lhi asked quietly, her gold eyes focused on the sky.
Onii-san. That name still sounded strange to him. Inuyasha turned and looked at Mei Lhi, she gazed back, her eyes full of curiosity and wonder. He sighed, and finally decided to tell her.
"I guess, when I was around four or five...I was watching a circle of people play with a ball in the courtyard. I wanted to play too. But then the ball was knocked out of the circle, and a man sent me to get the ball. I was happy, hoping I'd get a chance to play...but when I picked up the ball to return it to them, the people were leaving, and muttering, 'Who wants to play with a hanyou?'. I realized then, that nobody cared about me...except mother. I had cried that day...I ran to mother, and I asked her, 'What's a hanyou?'. But my question only made my mother cry too. She never answered my question. No matter how many times I had asked, she never told me. But I did get an answer...from Sesshoumaru, my half brother. He told me what a hanyou was, and he explained lots of things to me. But he was only twelve or thirteen at the time...and he was less cold to me then than now...but as I got older, he started drifiting further away until finally he hated me so much. Once mother died, I had nowhere to go. But then I heard of the Shikon no Tama...I wanted to use it to become a full youkai. I heard it was being guarded by the miko Kikyo. I always tried to steal it from her, but she always knew I was there, and she'd pin me to a tree or something, saying that I wasn't worth her time. But I wondered why she never killed me...and I wondered why I never killed her. By then, I had grown, and things seemed much different now. Our feelings grew for each other over time...and we found that we loved each other...Kikyo wanted me to use the Shikon no Tama to become human, and I really thought about it. So we planned to meet so she could give me the Shikon Jewel and I could make my wish, then we could be together. But the next day, we both met Naraku. He convinced me to attack this village and steal the Shikon no Tama. And I did. I stole it and killed many villagers at the same time. But unknown to me, Naraku disguised himself as me and snuck up on Kikyo, then used my claws to hurt her badly. Kikyo had arrived at the village when I had attacked. Just as I was fleeing, she screamed my name in hate, then sealed me with one of her arrows. I dropped the Shikon no Tama, and I wondered, why she had done it...The last thing I saw before I was sealed, was her face, full of fury...and her eyes...burning with pure hatred. I was sealed, hating her too. I was released by Kagome, and I believed her to be Kikyo at the time, but I realized that Kagome had the Shikon no Tama, so I tried to kill her for it...that's how I got these." Inuyasha said, tugging at the rosary around his neck. "Lots of other stuff happened, I met Shippo, Miroku, then Sango, learned about Naraku, fought loads of youkai, got shards, found Kikyo again, met a bastard named Kouga...then loads of unimportant things in between, and I finally met you." Inuyasha finished.
Mei Lhi was staring at Inuyasha for a few seconds, then blinked a few times.
"Kikyo is...alive? But how can that be? And tell me what Kagome really is." She said.
"Kikyo isn't alive, but she is 'living' in a way. Urasue stole her bones and gave her a new body using bones and earth. Urasue stole a piece of Kagome's soul. Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation." Inuyasha answered.
"I see...well...it's starting to get late...one more question."
"What?"
"Who's Kouga?"
"You'll find out..."
The thought of that wolf made Inuyasha let out a growl.
"What's wrong? Is it a youkai?" Mei Lhi asked, sniffing the air.
"It's nothing...come on...let's go inside..." Inuyasha replied, jumping off the roof, landing on his feet, and stepping inside the hut.
Mei Lhi followed, then went inside.
'It must have something to do with Kagome...' Mei Lhi thought.