A/N Sry that it took so long to update. I (Tigress berry) kinda took a while in writing this, anyways, here ya go!
Chapter Four
All Washed Up
Liyana stared straight ahead and saw only trees. There was no sign of a building and if you looked at the ground, it was as if the shrine had never existed. She helped Jynx to her feet before saying, "Well this is a pickle."
Jynx looked at Liyana shocked. The girl was smiling and didn't look worried at all, not that Jynx was worried. She just thought it was odd that they would fall down a well and land softly. Not to mention that when they climbed out of the well there was no trace of the shrine anywhere. "Did you fall on your head?" Jynx asked the oddly cheerful Liyana.
Liyana's eyes lit up with the promise of a fight. "I didn't fall on my head but I am certain that someone beside me wanted to give a certain black haired male a blowjob last night!" She taunted in a mild manner.
Jynx was not going to stand for that. She whipped around to punch Liyana squarely on the jaw and was surprised that she actually hit the girl. Liyana was quick and Jynx stared at her not understanding why Liyana hadn't dodged the punch like she normally would have. Jynx looked at Liyana's face and saw that the girl was worried about something. 'Chicken, she's always afraid that she'll get into trouble.' Jynx thought as she turned to see what the younger girl was staring at.
There were three people standing at the edge of the woods looking at Liyana and Jynx curiously. Jynx glared at them in response. One of them, the smallest, stepped forward, sniffing the air as he came. "One of you ain't human but I can't seem to tell which of you it is." He said in a confused voice.
Jynx looked at him like he was crazy but that was when she noticed a few things about him. For starters he had a tail, his feet were just wrong and his ears were pointed. Besides all that, he had little fangs in his mouth. "You can't be human!" Jynx accused him.
The kid looked up at Jynx. "Of course I'm not human, I'm a Kitsune." He stated proudly.
Jynx looked a bit confused. "You're a fox demon, but that's impossible. Demons are just a myth."
Liyana smiled behind Jynx and knelt in front of the little Kitsune. "Hello. My name is Liyana and this is Jynx," Liyana gestured to Jynx, "I am the demon you smell little one. I am an elemental."
"I'm Shippo and the humans back there are Sango and Miroku." Shippo answered.
Jynx was looking at Liyana with a sense of betrayal running through her. "You're a demon?" She asked. "How come you didn't tell me?" She asked angrily.
Liyana sighed and stood to face Jynx. "Would you really have believed me had I told you the truth. I think you would have thought I was crazy Jynx, besides I swore I would tell no one not even those I trust."
Jynx smirked. "You told the kid." She said simply.
Liyana shrugged. "Shippo could smell that I was a demon. It would only have been a matter of time before he would have been able to differentiate my demon scent from your human one."
Jynx still looked cross as she looked away from Liyana. She reached into her front pocket and pulled out a cigarette. Just as she was lighting it a shriek came from the well and everyone whipped about to see what had caused it. There sat Kagome on the rim of the well, her eyes wide with surprise. Inuyasha stood beside her his long hair now the silver it usually was. "Don't tell me you're a demon too?" Jynx whined seeing Inuyasha's ears.
Kagome jumped off the rim of the well and walked over to where her friend stood. "How did you and Liyana get here?" Kagome asked Jynx as she eyed the cigarette with distaste.
Jynx smirked seeing Kagome disapprove of the cigarette. She lit it and took a long draught before replying, "Well seeing as I have no idea where here is I can't really tell you anything other than we ended up falling into that well."
Kagome looked puzzled by this explanation. She saw Inuyasha glaring at Liyana from the corner of her eye. "What is it Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha growled in response. At Kagome's sigh he finally said. "Liyana is no human. She is a demon, I can smell it." Inuyasha never took his eyes off of Liyana. He held her gaze steady and wondered why he hadn't suspected her before. Simple, he hadn't expected a demon to act so human like. "Who the hell are you?" Inuyasha demanded of Liyana.
Liyana's eyes narrowed as she heard the threat in his voice. "Don't try to slide threats at me dog-boy," She warned, "I may be young and not the strongest demon to ever live but I think I can give you a worthy fight should I use my full power."
Inuyasha smirked. "Care to test that theory?" He taunted.
Liyana laughed at Inuyasha, "To be overconfident is to be dead. Don't underestimate your opponent doggie-boy."
Inuyasha growled and leapt at Liyana only to find that he couldn't get to her. He landed right about where he had jumped. Inuyasha blinked in confusion. "What the hell?" He muttered. "What did you do?" He demanded of Liyana.
Liyana raised an eyebrow. "I'm an elemental. I used the wind to push you away from me now leave me be doggie-boy, I have no wish to fight you."
Inuyasha wouldn't hear it. He unsheathed his sword the tetsusiaga and it transformed in his hands. He slashed at the air sending his own powerful stroke of wind at Liyana. Liyana leapt out of the way easily and landed. As she landed her appearance changed. Her human ears lengthened and grew fur to resemble ears of a cat. Her pupils shifted and her finger and toe nails disappeared as the tips lengthened into claws. There was a long sleek black tail waving about slowly behind her. She looked like a cat human and when she hissed at Inuyasha two small fangs revealed themselves.
Inuyasha yelled and leapt at her once more, the tetsusiaga before him to fend of her wind strike. Liyana leapt backwards, easily dodging the attack. She moved with ease and grace as if born to fight. Myoga appeared on Inuyasha's shoulder as he studied the demon before him. "Be careful master Inuyasha. Elementals are born warriors, it does not matter if they are strong or weak, they are born knowing how to best use their enemies weaknesses against them. She will try to get past your defenses using you. It would be wise to avoid this confrontation."
Inuyasha snarled and flicked the flea off his shoulder. He didn't need to hear that this fight was not a wise one. 'So she'll use my weakness' against me. Then I should use them to my advantage.' Inuyasha thought slyly. He didn't think that Liyana would expect anything like that by him.
Liyana studied Inuyasha and tried to discern his weakness. 'Kagome, a weakness he would never admit to. But I can't attack Kagome, she is my friend.' Liyana thought. She leapt back once again when Inuyasha attacked.
"Stop it Inuyasha! Leave her alone!" Kagome called out.
Inuyasha ignored her and brought tetsusaiga down in an attempt to knock the demon back and give him an opening for attack. The wind swept forward and Liyana stepped forward slashing at the air. Five thin blades of air swept forward at the blast caused by Tetsusaiga. Most of the blast was neutralized but a thin section came forward yet and as Liyana leapt to the side it knocked her back harmlessly. The shikon shard that she had carried was knocked free and it soared into the sky to land in between Liyana and Inuyasha. Inuyasha, already on his feet, launched forward and grabbed the jewel shard. With the power surge granted to him by the shard he brought the Tetsusaiga around once again and this time as Liyana tried to counter the blast her effort proved to be in vain. She took the full force of the strike and was knocked up and back. A second strike right after propelled the young demon towards and over a cliff. When Jynx and Kagome reached the cliff there was no sign on Liyana anywhere. The river below must have carried her off.
"Sit!" Screamed Kagome.
Inuyasha was face down in the ground instantly. The shard he had been holding onto flew up in the air and Kagome caught it. "What the hell?" Inuyasha swore as he looked up at Kagome annoyed.
"I said to stop Inuyasha. Stop means stop. Now Liyana is stranded out there somewhere and she may be hurt, worse she might be dead." Kagome yelled right into the sensitive ear of the half demon.
Inuyasha winced at the volume of her voice. "She was a demon. She would have tried to take the jewel from us, I had to get rid of her." He argued.
Kagome glared at Inuyasha. "She didn't try anything last night and that would have been the best opportunity to take them, when you're in human form!"
Jynx had been watching all this wide-eyed. "What the hell is going on?!?" She screamed.
Everyone turned to look at her. Miroku stepped forward. "Perhaps we should all head back to the village and we can discuss things there."
Kagome sighed and nodded. "Come with us Jynx, to the village. You can meet Kaede and there we will explain everything to you and discuss the best plan of action concerning Liyana.
They walked silently back down to the village. Jynx finished her cigarette without a word. When they reached the village Jynx stared at it. "What the fuck?"
Kagome looked at Jynx. "This is feudal Japan. You're in a different time period so everything is going to be different."
Jynx looked at Kagome and then pulled out yet another cigarette. "Whatever." She mumbled as she lit up the smoke.
Kagome lead them all towards Kaede's hut.
Else where
A low moan was heard from the girl who lay on the bank of the small lake. She was directly between two different rivers and there was a third river that was directly across from her. Two led to the lake from a waterfall. Liyana raised her head and stared at the three possible ways that she got there and flopped back down on the bank. She laid there soaked and freezing. She studied the sky above her. It was coming on sunset and Liyana thought that she should start looking for the well that she had came through.
A soft cry behind her distracted her. Liyana sniffed at the air and the only scent present was that of a human child. A demon was close to the girl, what type of demon Liyana could not identify therefore she decided to check it out. She moved silently through the woods towards where the girl should be. She heard the girl whimper and smelt a panther demon just before her.
"Would you look at this," Liyana heard the panther demon cackle. "Supper."
"Go away." Liyana said calmly stepping out from behind the girl. The girl looked even more afraid seeing Liyana. She tried to press herself even further into the tree.
The panther demon looked at the cat demon before him. "Why? So you can eat the girl child? I think not, she smells delicious." He began to advance slowly.
Liyana's eyes narrowed. "I won't say it again. Go away." Liyana warned and then crouched in anticipation for an attack.
The panther demon leapt at her but Liyana was far quicker. She slashed at the air sending five thin blades of air at the panther demon before him. The slashes caught him across the underbelly causing him to fall back as well as being wounded from the sharp blades. He hissed at Liyana and quickly rose to his feet. Like Liyana he crouched low to the ground like a predator stalking its prey.
Liyana leapt forward and earned the panthers paw across the face for it. She jumped back and hissed in pain. The slashes were deep, but nothing serious. She glared at the panther that smirked in response. The two stood there, neither one willing to make the next move. Liyana jumped backwards and the panther leapt forward thinking that she would use distance to build up momentum. Liyana used the panther's own momentum against him. She stood her ground and by the time the panther demon realized that she was waiting for just this, it was to late for him to get out of the reach of her claws. Liyana leapt forward and dug her slightly glowing claws into the back of the panther demon.
The panther demon yowled in pain and began to thrash upon the ground. A gray stone like substance began to spread from around the wounds. In another minute the panther was turned completely into stone. Liyana stomped on the stone head reducing it into dust. She then looked back over at the terrified girl. "You should go home before another demon decides to make you his dinner."
The girl nodded but made no move to leave. Liyana walked back through the woods and dunked her head into the lake in order to clean her scratches. She heard the snapping of twigs behind her and figured that the girl had followed her. She turned her head slightly and saw the girl looking at her curiously. "Yes?" Liyana asked, encouraging the child to speak. The child and black hair and was kinda cute in Liyana's opinion.
"My name's Rin. Does that hurt?" Rin pointed to the three long slashes running down Liyana's face.
Liyana blinked. "Yes, it hurts. My name is Liyana." With that Liyana stuck her face back in the water. After a minute she pulled her head out and looked at the scratches in the water. She placed her hand over them and drew it back, hissing in pain. Liyana moved away from the water and sat down with her back against a tree at the forests' edge.
The girl Rin sat down close beside her. "I'm waiting for Sesshie to come back. He told me not to move I hope he doesn't mind that I came here with you. I didn't want to be alone. It's scary."
Liyana closed her eyes and listened to the girl tell her stories about beautiful fields of flowers that she had seen and other places. Liyana began to doze when she felt another presence coming towards them from the direction that she had found the Rin girl. "Your guardian is coming." Liyana stated without opening her eyes.
Rin looked at her a little startled but in another minute she shrieked, "Sesshie!" Liyana opened her eyes to find a cold looking yukai looking down at her.
Liyana studied him for a moment before closing her eyes again. "Go away." She muttered.
Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed, hearing her tell him to go away. "What were you going to do with Rin?" He asked.
Liyana opened her eyes and looked up at him again. "Nothing." She stood up and began to walk away but Sesshomaru stepped in the way. That was when he noticed three long pink marks along the side of the girl's face.
"You're an elemental." He said it as a statement not a question. "Why did you protect Rin?"
Liyana raised an eyebrow and shrugged. She turned away and began to walk away from the two. "Should I have let the Panther demon have her?" She called back but did not wait for an answer that she already knew.
Back in the Village
Jynx sat in a tree smoking and thinking about everything that Kagome and her friends had told her. It made a very interesting story but if she hadn't of fallen through the well Jynx never would have believed her. Her eyes followed the moon as it slowly began to appear in the darkening sky. "Stupid Liyana." She muttered. Jynx figured that it was Liyana's fault that all of this was happening. She was the one that had been carrying the jewel shard that enabled them to pass through the barrier of the well.
Jynx exhaled a mouthful of smoke, savoring the feeling of it passing through her mouth. Jynx stood up and looked out over the forest that surrounded the small village. She shook her head and turned to jump down when movement to her right caught her eye. Turning she saw a blur shoot out of the forest and felt it grab her about the waist.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jynx's scream echoed throughout the forest causing all nesting animals to run in fear at the sudden noise. Silence was all that followed.
Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all turned at the sound of Jynx's scream. They had felt that it would be best to give her space in which to think about everything that had just happened. "Jynx!" Kagome exclaimed, "We have to find her Inuyasha!" With that Kagome raced out into the woods in pursuit of the kidnapped girl with her friends following closely behind.