In the middle of no where, in a large room made of stone, there was mere silence. But that silence was soon broken when a loud moan echoed the room followed by muffled groans. There was twists and turns, and a discomfort feeling throughtout. A sudden 'THUMP' sounded through the room then, 'OUCH!" The one to have awakened was unmistakably Jynx, herself. She rubbed her head.
"Well, that was graceful." She said with heavy sarcasm in her voice. Jynx blinked, making her vision clearer.
"Man, what a dream… For a second there I thought I was in Feudal Japan." She snickered. "My mind is playing tricks on me."
Jynx paused, glanced at her surroundings and noticed that they were unfamiliar to her. The room was enormous with an elegance of profound beauty. The walls were of that of black stone and craved symbols and designs cut into the lavish stone. Surrounding the room, were hundreds of candles providing light. The glow was gentle and the flames flickered as if they were softly dancing, swaying side to side. Jynx looked to her side and noticed to her surprise that there was a leviathan sized bed. The sheets were made of silk and of the finest. Its colour was ruby red.
"Hmm… I'm certainly not in Kansas anymore." She joked.
Jynx brushed back her strands of black hair with a single stroke of her hand. She released a sigh, pulling herself up to stand. She took a seat on the edge of the bed. She grimaced, when she realised what she wasn't wearing.
"Where the hell are my clothes!?" She yelled in fury.
The dark dame was completely nude, from head to toe.
"What kinda joke is this?" She said out loud. "Ha-ha-ha! Very funny, Liyana! Now where are my clothes! I want them back!"
Jynx waited for an answer. But all that answered her was the silence of the room. She rose an eyebrow. She was a little curious to what was going on as well as where she was. This was not like Liyana not to answer her. She was quick with a comeback or at least, had something to say. Jynx involuntarily shook as two knocks suddenly were performed at the black wooden door. Her eyes wided. She had no idea who would be on the other side of it. She quickly slipped underneath the silk blankets, hoping that whoever it was would simply go away. Yet, two more knocks hit the door and finally the door opened. Entering, was a woman of only a couple of years older than Jynx. The unknown woman stepped forward, closing the door behind her. The odd woman simply walked over and stood at the foot of the bed. Jynx slowly peered out from the blankets, only raising her head high enough for only her eyes to look out to see who it was. Jynx's piercing blue eyes laid upon the female stranger.
"Who are you and what the fuck do you want?" Jynx said bluntly, getting straight to the point of the questions she wanted answered. She wasn't here, wherever here was, to make happy and go with the flow of whatever was laid out for her. She was waiting for whatever crap the woman had to say.
The woman proudly bowed her head as she raised it again to glance towards Jynx, she clasped her hands together.
"Oh dear, how foolish of me to not introduce myself. My name is Lo-lan. I have come to check on you and prepare you for our humble ceremony, Goddess Tempest."
Jynx's eyes sparked with an inner fire that burned within her. "Goddess?" she echoed, her interest starting to rise.
Lo-lan bowed her head once more. "Yes, yes. Come, come. I must dress you up, m'lady."
Jynx was baffled by all of this but she shrugged it off and took what came. The thought of being mistakened for a goddess sounded sweet to the ear. So she decided to play along. She did not hesitate to do as the woman had told her to do. Plus, she was intrigued to find out more of where she was and what the ceremony consisted of. So she wasted no time and wrapped her scarlet blanket around her and walked behind the dressing curtain. The maiden handed her soft and lavish coloured materials from the other side of the curtain.
"Put these on…" Lo-lan said gently.
Time had passed. Twelve minutes. Jynx stepped out from the curtain, standing in front of Lo-han who smiled proudly at the attire. Jynx appeared in a black silk dress. The fabric criss-crossed at her chest than travelled behind her back, leaving her well-built stomach in view. Then the cloth elegantly flowed down her legs with a slit down the side of her right leg. It wasn't long, but rather short, slightly above her knees. In addition, there were little tears on the skirt, giving it a rugged look. Jynx despised dresses. However, this one seemed to suit her well.
Lo-lan smiled. "Perfection! My lady Tempest!" She praised. "If you would, please follow me…"
Jynx followed Lo-lan out of the room and into the black stone hallways, which also had mysterious symbols craved into it. Jynx walked on the pads of her feet, bared as they were, touching the cold stone stairs. Both women made there way up, step by step.
Kagome raced in front of the pack. She swiftly ran into the forest. Inu-yasha trailed behind her and sniffed the air. Soon enough, he leaped from tree to tree. Finally, he found one that once inhabited Jynx for a short while. Inu-yasha searched it and only found a trace of a half-finished cigarette, which had its warmth still lingering. It's fading smoking swirled in the air.
"This is fresh… She couldn't have gone far." Inu-yasha stated.
The half dog demon raised his head and sniffed the air to search for Jynx's scent.
"This way!" He shouted. He took a large leap from tree to tree, determined. The others followed, running on the path of the forest floor. They ran for a good ten minutes and quickly can to a complete haul when they saw what they saw. In a bush there was black ripped up clothes, Jynx's clothes. Kagome gasped.
Miroku simply smirked, "Lucky stars! She is around here, somewhere naked!"
Sango whacked him on the back of his head with her hand.
"Ouch! What was that for . . . What did I say?" Miroku completely unaware of his statement, being too comfortable and use to saying such nonsense.
"She's dead!" Shippo cried, coming to conclusions.
"We don't know that. Plus, I don't sense any spilled human blood here." Sango pointed out.
"Oh dear . . . " Kagome spoke. She grabbed the clothes and placed them in her bag. "We have to find her, return her clothes and quickly, we don't know what could have happened to her."
Two pair of furry cat ears appeared out from a berry bush. The being rose, revealing her twin ruby eyes. The cat demon formally known as Liyana, stood and picked some of the berries from the greenery. She placed a few into a small handkerchief and put it away in her pocket. She snacked on the rest of the berries that had lingered on the leaves. Once she was done, she strolled down the forest. She released a sigh.
"Which way is which?" She spoke to herself. "I can't tell whether north is this way or that… I am totally lost . . ."
Liyana walk further until she came upon a jagged mountain of stone. She look higher to laid her eyes upon a flickering light that came from an opening from high above in the stone. So Liyana thought it would be good to investigate, someone must be there. By luck, it would be someone to help her finally find her way. So she began to climb it carefully. One hand, then foot at a time. She reached up to a visible stone, grabbed it and pulled herself up. Unfortunately, the stone was loose and had slipped out. This caused Liyana to think fast, having her leap high enough to catch a wandering root that sneaked out from the solid rock-mountain. She took a firm hold and slowly swung from side to side. The teenage cat demon swung fast enough to swing high to land safely, and perched on top of it with all fours.
"That was close." She said relieved.
However, she spoke too soon, the branch cracked so she moved on and jumped to the mountain's opening which, clearly came into her view. She had successfully caught the edge of it and pulled herself up. This time she had made it.
"Finally . . ."
Liyana placed a hand on her knee and ascend up to stand. She noticed that the flicker was from a candle, which lit up the staircase that followed it. She was intrigued. So she began to walk down the stone steps, which lead deeper to whatever here was.
Jynx followed Lo-lan. She kept her distance, only a few steps behind her.
"Where are we going?" Jynx questioned.
Yet Lo-lan had no answer for her. She kept her lips sealed with nothing but an innocent smile pasted to her face.
"Hello? Why the hell you ignoring me!? You deaf or something?" Jynx yelled, having her voice carry out through the hall.
But Jynx was completely ignored again. "Bitch," the word slipped from her mouth.
Jynx crossed her arms, she hated it when people wouldn't give her a straight answer. Usually, this is why she would strike back or cause trouble, a true hellcat.
Lo-lan came to a stop and accidentally Jynx had bumped into her not having to look where she was going. Jynx noticed what she had done and took a step back with a distasteful look on her face that spelled out, 'if nothing happens soon I'll take the pleasure into kicking your ass.' Unfortunately for Jynx, there would be no ass kicking, for Lo-lan had stopped in front of an extremely large black iron door. She pulled the door back with little effort, which was surprising since the door seemed so heavy but in some cases looks may be deceiving. Lo-lan lead Jynx into the room. There, Jynx saw many people lined up in a row on both sides of the spacious room. Two gentlemen at the door, who seemed to be guards, brought forth a long laying board with cushions and scooped Jynx up onto it.
"Hey! Put me down!" Jynx yelled. But her request was declined.
Lo-lan smiled and bowed her head. "Relax, dear Goddess. No worries. There is not a thing to be worried about. You are in good hands."
The room started to fill with more people. It was like a sea of life surrounding Jynx in every direction. They all smiled graciously and watched her in a beam of delight. Many of them called out to her.
"Goddess, bless me!"
"Dear Tempest, you have come to safe us!"
"Oh Tempest!"
"You are the most beautiful goddess, Lady Tempest!"
Jynx was lost in the appraisal of all the loyal people. The anger she once had that filled her up had disappeared like mist, melting slowly like ice and quickly forgotten. She laid on the carrying table and showed off. The guardsmen who carried the laying table brought her down to place her on a large area of cushions of scarlet silk. She laid there comfortably as her servants fed her a variety of nuts and fruits. All the people had a grin on their faces. They did anything she had asked them. Once she was satisfied with food, a group of musicians stood before her. One of them stepped forward, bowing his head.
"Lady Tempest, we have come to you to play our music."
Jynx waved her hand, appreciating their precious gift. She smiled twistedly. A dark aurora seemed to be present, circling around her. Overall, she seemed her usual self but something seemed out of place. Jynx seemed to have a crueller gaze. Her icy blue eyes watched the entertainment. Her eyes were emphasised by black paint. As well, there were small, detailed black symbols and designs painted onto her face and revealed skin. She watched quietly, the musicians who played there lovely and haunting sound of music. It flowed gently in the air. Jynx took the opportunity to rise and made way to the dance floor to start dancing gracefully on the coloured stone floor for everyone to see, watching in awe. Everyone's eyes twinkled which, filled with admiration and enjoyment in the soul of their eyes.
Jynx called out, "Dance, Dance!"
The dark beauty urged the people to dance with her. They were confused and baffled by her request but some took the chance and danced. Once they were sure that it wasn't some trick from their goddess everyone had joined to dance slowly among Jynx. In near minutes all became chaotic such as a rave. Jynx took in the excitement of it all and danced faster, faster and faster. Everything seemed to be spinning all becoming a blur. Each face seemed to match the next. She continued to synchronise her feet to the beat of the song as her heart beat in fury, racing and pumping more quickly with each step she had taken.
"OOF!"
Someone had stumbled into the room with a thug, interrupting the celebration. Everyone stopped and took their places to the sides of the room to keep the exits blocked, unreachable to the unknown guest. Jynx stayed in the middle of the room, knelt upon the floor. She laid eyes upon the unfamiliar image that stood before her. She breathed heavily, her chest ascending and descending as she did so. She tried to regain more air into her lungs. Jynx finally rose and stood. Slowly, step by step, she drew closer to the interrupter of the party. At a waved of Jynx's hand, the guards raced to grip the being. Successfully, they had caught the clumsy, unwelcomed guest. Jynx narrowed her eyes and stared straight into the eyes of none other than Liyana herself. Jynx eyes slightly grew wide but her facial features did not change dramatically.
"Hmm . . ." Jynx breathed as she thought. Ideas racing and surfacing throughout her mind.
The guardsmen didn't loosen or soften their grip one bit.
"Earth to Jynx! Tell these bloats to lay off." Liyana exclaimed.
"Oh shut-up you filthy thief, liar, betrayer . . . whore! Why should I reason with you? For all I know, everything you stand for is a lie. No longer am I wasting words on you." She spat angrily.
"Boys, give our little kitten here a visit to her cage." Jynx ordered darkly.
The guards wasted no time. They marched towards a little rusted old silver cage in the corner of the room. It looked so out of place from its colour to its size. The men threw her in, slamming the door behind her and sealing it with a rusted lock. Liyana picked herself off from the floor and stood at the bars of the cage, gripping them.
"What the hell is going on!?" Liyana yelled, her voice projected through the room loud and clear for all to here. She was so in shock and now to finally be able to react to simply have known it was clearly too late. "Bitch . . ." She whispered and slouched down the bars and sat on the cold floor with her knees to her chest.
Jynx snickered, "Hope the fleas don't get to ya." A large, dark smile curled upon her lips on her pale porcelain face. She made her way to her throne to take a seat on a lavish, cushioned chair. She sat with her legs crossed.
Fog slowly rolled in, covering the bottom of the forest floor. The atmosphere's temperature dropped drastically. The wind blew a little stronger and sent an icy shiver down Kagome's spine.
"Something doesn't feel right." Kagome shuddered.
Inu-yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kilala walked further, deeper into the forest until they stumbled upon a giant stone mountain. The clouds rolled in, there were shades of grey and black, mingling with each other. Miroku went over and tapped the side of the stone with his golden rod.
"Hmm…odd. There is a strange evil presence among this here mountain." He tapped the stone again as if he was looking for something.
"What are you looking for?" Kagome asked.
Inu-yasha grumbled and leaned again a small boulder that was part of the mountain.
"This is a waste of my time." Inu-yasha said out loud.
"Who asked you?" Kagome replied.
"I just can't find it . . ." Miroku said. He rubbed the back of his head. "I'm searching for . . ."
Just then Inu-yasha leaned back on the boulder creating it to roll to the side. Inu-yasha fell over leading into a dark doorway. He yelled as she fell to the cold stone floor.
" . . . a hidden door." Miroku finished his sentence. "Well, that's one way to find a hidden passage, Inu-yasha."
"Oh shut-up, Miroku." Inu-yasha stood up and brushed himself up as he looked up to witness a staircase followed by the entrance. There were candles on the wall, which lit the steps, flooding the stone with light. Inu-yasha started to walk up the steps and the others followed along. He sniffed the air.
"Jynx . . ." The half dog demon whispered. He began to walk faster and faster up the stairs.
"Inu-yasha, wait up! You're going too fast." Kagome said out loud.
Yet Inu-yasha didn't listen. He raced up the steps until he reached a black wooden door. He pushed it open. It squeaked as it did so. He took out his sword and entered the room but no one was there. Soon after the rest of the gang showed up and entered the room too. They witnessed the glowing room that was filled with candles and the scarlet silk sheets that cover a rather large bed. Inu-yasha leaned down to take a sniff of the sheets.
"She was most definitely here. No doubt about that. But where she gotten to, now that is the question. It's like a large maze in here.
Sango stepped in, "Can't you sniff her out, Inu-yasha?"
Inu-yasha sniffed the air again. "Yes, I could. The scent is still fresh. She is probably closer than we all think."
Miroku was searching the room but found nothing to his liking. He spoke, "But we must stay together. As Inu-yasha has said this place is large and can become a true maze for us. If we get lost, it would be nearly impossible to find our way back."
Kilala released a short meow and Shippo nodded. "We have to find her, Kagome." Shippo said, looking up to Kagome.
"C'mon let's go!" Kagome urged and left the room to the staircase, running up the steps. The others followed right after, close behind.
"Mistress! We love you"
"Lady of all that is dark, Goddess Tempest!"
"Bless me! What a sight!"
The praises continued on but Jynx grew bored of them. She leaned her head to the side, placing the side of it cupped in her hand. As for her other hand, she tapped it against the arm of the chair as if the fingers were doing the wave repeated. Meanwhile, Liyana laid in her cage. A loud growl escaped, the wild beast in her stomach was growing restless signifying she was hungry, having not eaten in hours.
"Er . . . food. I need food." She mumbled. Her stomach howled once more.
"Hmm…" She reached into her pocket to retrieve her handkerchief with the berries she had collected earlier.
"Well, this sure came in handy." She took a hand full of red berries and ate them.
"Mmm . . ." She said.
Liyana looked to her hand and raised a brow. The berry juice had leaked onto her hand. It then slowly dripped to the floor.
"That looks almost as if it were blood." A smirked crossed the corners of her mouth. A light bulb flicked on its light within her mind. She snickered. The teenage demon cat ate a few more berries to satisfy herself. Afterwards, she smeared the berry juice on small locations on her body such as her arm, her side, leg and chest where her heart was located. She waited for the right moment and then she released an ear splitting scream. Everyone directed their attention to Liyana. Jynx's turned her head too and saw her. Her eyes widened. Jynx rose from her throne and started to head to the cage but her guards took a hold of her.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Jynx said in fury.
A gong sounded through the large room and everyone quickly ignored and forgot about Liyana. The guardsmen took Jynx to the laying board, the one they had carried her proudly on earlier. However, this time they strapped her down by tying up her hands and legs to it with rope. She swormed yelled curses and swore profusely. The gong rang once more and then again which drowned out Jynx's voice completely. In moments, a loud 'BOOM' filled the room, then another and another. In no time, a large gruesome beast entered the elegant room. He hardly had fit in it. The enormous demon appeared to be a blob of nothing, just like a fat sack of skin.
"Bring me, Goddess Tempest!" He bellowed deeply. His voice thundered throughout the room.
The demon lowered a thick-skinned hand and grabbed a hand full of people, about eight of them. He tossed all of them at once, into his mouth as if they were only but a bunch of peanuts. He swallowed them whole. He seemed to grow larger, not able to comfortably fit in the room any longer. He broke through. The walls came down and he pushed the ceiling away, throwing it in the distance. All that could be seen was the dark sky and what was below. The mountain was very high. If anyone were to fall off the edge, they would surely perish. The people bowed to demon. The guards stepped forward with Jynx tied tightly to the board and had gagged her.
One of the guards spoke, "We brought you your request successfully. The Goddess Tempest for our freedom from you." The guards lowered Jynx onto the floor in front of the large demon. The guards bowed and backed away.
The ugly demon looked down at her. His hand lowered and grabbed the board and carried it up to his view. He made a fist around her and cracked the board in his hand, breaking the board completely and freely her from it. Jynx spat out the cloth that was stuck in her mouth.
"Let me go. You piece of shit!" Jynx spat out angrily.
The demon squeezed her tighter.
"You will be a most delectable meal. The best I will have yet. I will be stronger once I obtain you." The demon revealed.
Jynx eyes widened when she realised the truth of this ceremony now. But what disappointment the demon will have when he will find out she isn't a goddess what so ever.
"But I'm not even a goddess. I lied, what can I say. I only came for the food." Jynx said.
"She lies! I know you don't want to be devoured by me," The demon said. "Enough talk! I will enjoy this." He raised his hand to his mouth.
Suddenly the large iron doors swung open. Inu-yasha entered with his sword raised and it was already transformed. The others followed close behind to witness the people, the demon and Jynx. Their eyes widen. They had not realised had bad it really was.
"Let the girl go!" Inu-yasha yelled.
The demon laughed. He looked down at how small Inu-yasha was compared to himself.
Kagome noticed Liyana in the cage and went over with Sango.
"Are you ok?" Kagome asked. "Oh my god! Liyana you're bleeding. We have to get you out of there."
Liyana rose from her place. "Relax Kagome I'm fine . . ."
"You're not fine. You call that fine! You're cut everywhere." Kagome said, worried.
"Breath Kagome. In and out! I'm fine. Look," Liyana showed Kagome the berries, "it's only the juice from the berries."
Sango sighed. "Thank goodness. But still, we must get you out." Sango grabbed her Hiraikotsu and hit the rusted lock with it. The lock openly quickly and freed Liyana.
"Thanks Sango." Liyana said, thankfully.
Kagome rushed over to Liyana and gave her a hug. "Thank god, you're alright. When Inu-yasha pushed you off the cliff, I thought you were gone. I'm so happy you're back." Kagome released her. Soon enough, they rejoined the others. They needed a plan and quick.
"Bloody bastard." Jynx yelled. She twisted and turned but no matter what she could not escape out of this problem. So she did what came naturally.
"I'm in deep shit. If only I could reach my…" She tried to get into her pocket. Successfully, she got what she was looking for. She had her hands on her switchblade and flicked it open to pierce the demon's skin. The demon roared with anger. But to him it was more like getting pricked by a thorn. It wasn't much damage to him. Unfortunately, he had so much skin it regenerated quickly enough to heal its self.
"Fuck!" Jynx said to herself.
"That's it! I hate playing games." Inu-yasha raised his sword above his head. "Wind Sc- . . ."
"Sit boy!" Kagome yelled.
"Ka-go-me! What the heck was that for!?" He grumbled.
"If you use you're wind scar, you'll kill Jynx too!" Kagome answered.
The demon laughed devilishly.
"Oh! I'm just having a grand old time. Hey, you think one of you fuckers could . . . Hmm . . . let's see . . . GET-ME-OUT-OF-THIS!" Jynx said, starting to get annoyed.
But it was too late, in mere seconds. The demon had raised her to his lips and through her into his mouth. He swallowed her whole, in an instant. Everyone in the room, was silence. Inu-yasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Liyana jaws metaphorically had dropped in shock. Inner anger and sadness filled them. Reality had hit them like brick. Jynx was gone.
"She's dead! Gone forever!" Shippo cried.
"I don't think so!" Inu-yasha leaped into the air and jumped on the enormous demon's arm. He raced on to its shoulder.
"Not very nice, little half demon." The demon snickered.
"Eat me! You big idiot!" Inu-yasha said, with a twisted smirk on his face. "I said eat me!" Inu-yasha provoked.
The ugly demon wasted no time to take his offer and gripped Inu-yasha by the collar of his shirt. His friends below were in shock that he did nothing about it.
"What the heck are you doing, Inu-yasha!" Kagome said. "Inu-yasha!"
The demon placed Inu-yasha into his mouth and swallowed him whole with a large gulp to go along with it.
Everyone lowered their head in disbelief.
"Inu-yasha . . ." Kagome said sadly.
But oddly enough there was an odd sound coming from the demon's stomach. The demon was dumbfounded by it as well. Everyone in the room watched in amazement of the strange happenings of the demon. But in time, he was slashed to pieces from within and was finally dead. Out came Inu-yasha, carrying Jynx in his arms. She was unconscious. Inu-yasha walked to the others and placed her down on the ground.
Kagome eyes widened as she realised something. "She's not breathing. Someone has to perform CPR! Some needs to put air into her lungs."
The others didn't know what to do.
Miroku scratched the back of his head. "I have no idea."
"It's just like kissing someone but breathing air into them." Sango explained.
Miroku stepped forward. "Well, then I don't mind if I do."
Sango stopped him, pulling him back. "On second thought, you should do it Inu-yasha. Do it quickly too, she might die on us completely." Sango urged.
"Quick Inu-yasha" Kagome said, worried.
Jynx laid motionless on the floor. The half demon dog kneeled next to her, to lean over and slowly breath through her mouth and into her lungs.
"C'mon, breathe god dammit!" Inu-yasha cursed.
He tried once more and breathed into her. Suddenly, Jynx came around and sat up quickly, coughing. Finally, breathing once more. She raced to stand up quickly in panic.
"I . . . er . . .ah . . ." Jynx mumbled. Her eyes rolled back and she felt backwards. Miroku raced to catch her. He looked down at her, studying her face.
"She's alright. She only fainted." He announced to the others.
The mountain palace was deserted. So Inu-yasha and everyone else left quietly heading back to Kaede's village as it had began to rain.
The fire crackled and popped as it burned in Kaede's hut. The room was bathed in warmth. Jynx laid sleeping. The others sat quietly, either staring into nothing or thinking to themselves. A groan came from the slumbering dark girl. She opened her eyes hoping to see something to her liking but this was not so. Everyone's face lit up as they noticed her awakening. Jynx had a grumpy look painted on her face and rolled onto her side, facing away from the others.
"It is nice to see you finally are awake, child." Kaede was the first to speak.
"Who the shit cares, granny." Jynx said sourly.
"You must be hungry. Would you like some of the stew?" Kaede offered.
"No." Jynx replied plainly. "The faster I get out of this hell hole the better." Jynx sat up, yet she had done this so fast causing a rush to the head.
"Jynx, you should rest. You've been through a lot." Kagome stated. "You shouldn't work yourself up."
"Don't tell me what or not to do. You should of left me for death. I would have been better off!" Jynx started to grow angry.
Kagome was taken back. She was in shock. Her eyes grew wide. "That's a harsh thing to say, Jynx . . ."
The others merely looked down at the floor, unsure of what to say. Jynx pushed the blankets off from her. She was still wearing the black goddess dress. She stood up and walked out of the hut, outdoors. She crossed her arms. The rain was still falling and she walked into it. It was ice cold but she didn't care. She couldn't stand so much of the whole goody-too-shoes Kagome in there. From inside, Inu-yasha stood.
"Where are you going?" Kagome asked.
Inu-yasha didn't answer her. He merely left to go outside.
"What's up with him?" Kagome asked out loud. She looked to Liyana. She just shrugged.
Jynx stood in the cold pouring rain. Inu-yasha closely walked behind her. She spun around, with her trusty dagger in her hand and placed a small scratch on his red clothing.
"Arg! What was that for?" Inu-yasha yelled.
"A warning. I don't like it when people spy on me." Jynx answered.
"I wasn't spying . . ."
"Then what were you doing? Enlighten me."
"I was just checking on you. Are you alright?" Inu-yasha asked.
"Yes . . . and no. I guess. Anyway, I overheard that you were the one who saved me. You know you didn't have to do that."
"And what? Let you die and remain in that demon's stomach to rot? I think not."
Jynx clasped her hands together and flashed her eyelashes at him, playfully. "Oh my knight in shining armor. Spare the heroics. If you haven't noticed, I can take care of myself."
"Didn't look like much, back there to me."
"Whatever . . ." Jynx cast it aside. She started to turned her back and walk away.
"Look, be frustrated or angry at me. But don't take it out on everyone else. As surprising as it may sound to you, we were all worried about you."
Jynx twisted around to face him. "I don't need anyone's pity."
"This isn't pity. I think you're just scared that people might actually care."
Jynx grunted angrily and ran towards the half demon, raising her dagger high. She was ready to strike. But Inu-yasha was quick too and had grabbed her wrist before she could do anything.
He whispered, "But I think it may be deeper then that. I think something in your past had something to do with it. I can tell it must have been something really big because you seem really hurt by it. Yet you hide it with your tough outer layer."
Jynx just glared at him.
"Trust me, you're not the only one who tries to hide the truth from people." Inu-yasha said sincerely.
Jynx just rolled her eyes and took a step back, placing her dagger away.
"Truce?" Inu-yasha placed a hand out.
Jynx didn't react to it right away. She just looked at it but then finally took it.
"Truce." She said with a mischievous smile.
"Plus, we need you to stay with us. You make things interesting."
"You may regret it."
"I know." He said slyly.
"Come here you." Jynx said as she pulled him close and gave him a bear hug. Inu-yasha squealed uncomfortably. She let him go and patted him on the head. "Ok, enough happy-happy." She involuntarily shook. "It's starting to gross me out. I really need to insult someone just about now. See ya inside, doggy boy."
Inu-yasha scratched his head. Jynx walked in and he had followed behind. They both were silent as they came in and everyone else looked up at them.
"Have a nice time outside, you two?" Miroku said sheepishly.
Sango automatically whacked him on the side of the head.
"Ahh! What? What did I do?" Miroku said, confused.
Sango just rolled her eyes. Jynx took a seat in a dark corner and Inu-yasha at another.
Jynx coughed and spoke, "One of you fuckers owe me some smokes."
"No, we don't. Shut-up!" Liyana said, briefly.
"Bitch!"
"Whore!"
"Stop it you two!" Sango said, sleepily.
"Aww . . . aren't we one big happy family already . . ." Jynx said heavy sarcasm in her voice as she closed her eyes shut.
In the far corner, Inu-yasha smirked, lowered his head and went to sleep.
The sunlight slowly crept into the small hut. Kagome squinted, slowly waking up with a yawn. She rose from her spot and stretched her arms out, scanning the room. She noticed Jynx was gone. So she walked outside to search for her. But she didn't have to go far since Jynx was just leaning against the wall of the hut. Jynx had salvaged a cigarette and was smoking it. The smoke left from it, swirling and twisting in the air as it left the burnt end. Jynx blew out the smoke and then spoke.
"'Bout time someone got up." She said roughly. Jynx had found her regular clothes and had put them on earlier.
"Good morning!" Kagome said, cheerfully.
"Boy, are you bright as a cup full of orange juice. I bet you think," Jynx stood up straight and imitated a highly professional teacher's voice, "breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Kagome's mouth was open but nothing was coming out. She didn't aspect Jynx to insult her so quickly in the morning. Jynx simply patted her head and placed a finger under her chin, raising it closed.
"I see that I left you lost for words. Well, if you will excuse me, it's time for me to raise a little morning hell. They've slept long enough."
Jynx headed into the hut and clapped her hands loudly.
"Wakey-wakey all of you! Time to rise and shine!" Jynx screamed.
Sango opened her eyes in shock. Meanwhile, Miroku yawned, rubbed his eyes and opened them. As for Liyana, she just casually woke up, opening her eyes in a calm matter and sat up as if Jynx was her personal alarm clock. Yet Inu-yasha was still sleeping after all of that.
"C'mon sunshine. Wake-up!" Jynx yelled in one of his ears.
Inu-yasha grimaced as he woke up and covered his ears. He was most definitely awake now.
"Shut-up will ya? Have you ever heard of sleeping in?"
"Ya, I heard of it, doesn't mean I'll let you have the luxury of it."
Inu-yasha groaned.
Soon enough, everyone was clearly awakened and breakfast was being prepared. They ate away until they were all satisfied. Finally, once everyone was packed up, they headed to the well. Kaede waved them good-bye as they left. The group walked on the path but Jynx had been walking five paces behind. As for Inu-yasha, he led the way, ahead of the group. Kagome leaned towards Liyana.
"Reminds me of someone." Kagome motioned to Jynx.
"Ya, he reminds me of someone too." Liyana replied. Mentioning about Inu-yasha.
"Yah, they're kinda alike." Kagome agreed. "But at the same time scary. Like two Inu-yasha's around." She shivered in a fake way.
"Or two Jynx's. Trust me, one is enough." Liyana smirked.
Both, Kagome and Liyana laughed quietly.
In no time, the gang had reached the well. They were all silent as they stared at the hole covered in stone bricks. Jynx was the last one to regroup with them as they looked at the well. As usual, she spoke her mind freely.
"What you fuckers doing? A staring contest? I'm sorry to break the news but I think that well is going to win." She smiled twistedly.
Everyone turned to face Jynx with raised eyebrows. They weren't amused.
"If y'all going to miss each other, why don't you all go to the other side. You know go through the well, come to the dark side." Jynx made a fake evil laugh and then just rolled her eyes at her own odd little joke. "Plus, Sango, Miroku, that fox kid and his little kitten friend seem to be needing a little vacation."
"Ya! You guys deserve it! I think it's a great idea! That way we don't have to leave each other right away." Liyana added.
Everyone was baffled. They wondered why they hadn't thought of this before, going to Kagome's time. Just maybe, deep down in Jynx's mind she had a point. Probably they all needed a break from all their feudal fighting.
"Well, I agree. It's a good idea." Kagome said, with a big smile. "I'm sure it'll be ok with my mom."
So it was agreed everyone would go through the well and have their very own and first vacation. So they wasted no time and held hands or clothing, as they went through the well's stone walls.