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Chapter 18

"That usually happens when the user is inexperienced, sometimes..." He replies and crouches. "Come on, lets go get some ramen!" He says and you frown, but get on his back anyway...

After getting water and eating ramen with everyone, you go out with Adira to practice using your sword. You inhale deeply, trying to catch your breathe and stab the Kyojin into the ground. The Kyojin hasn't at all made an attempt to take over your body. Adira is a good fighter and wields her shiny, new katana, the one she just bought, well, but the Kyojin doesn't seem affected by her. From about a yard away from you, she wipes her brow and sheathes her sword.

"I'm done training for today, (Insert Name); I'm going back..." Adira says and turns around and starts to walk away.

"Ok!" You reply back and remove the Kyojin from the ground and practice an attack.

"You're not coming?" Adira asks turning around.

"No, I'm going to stay out for a little while longer and work on my moves..." You answer.

"Ok" Adira then walks off.

You continue to practice your moves, defenses and attacks. You pause and notice Inuyasha sitting in a tree not far from you. You smile and walk toward him.

"Hey Inuyasha!" You then reach up and attempt to climb the tree, but he grabs your hand and pulls you up into his arms and lap. You lay back and rest your head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat. "Hey Inuyasha?"

"What?"

"Can you help me train with the Kyojin? Please?" You ask looking up at him and he raises a brow. His face twitches slightly and he smacks his cheek. A tiny pancake floats down and onto his gi sleeve.

"Myouga!"

"Nice to see you again to, lord Inuyasha!" Myouga says and he slowly pops back into his round, regular body. You stare at the tiny flea demon confused a bit, but smile anyway. "And you're looking pretty as always, Lady (Insert Name)!"

"Uh, thanks..." You reply.

"What are you doing here, Myouga?" Inuyasha asks slightly annoyed at the flea demons' entrance.

"There was a rumor going on that the Kyojin has been released and I decided to come see if it was true. I see it is..." He says looking down at the Kyojin.

"But Mr. Myouga, what's so special about the Kyojin that there's a rumor going about it?" You ask.

"The Kyojin is a very powerful sword! It was wielded by Midoriko herself and her ancestors!" Myouga says.

"Eh? I didn't know that... I just found it in the basement of her cave... It was stabbed through a skeleton..." You say remembering the skeletons' parched fangs.

"A skeleton?" Myouga asks rubbing his small chin. "There's something I'm suppose to remember about that now... But, I just forgot, I gotta go see ya' later!" Myouga says and hops away.

After a while you and Inuyasha go back to the village. You guys then decide to stay there for the rest of the day, off doing separate things. Shippou was off pestering Inuyasha, Miroku was probably hanging somewhere with them and you, Sango and Adira were, after getting done putting flowers on the graves, drinking tea on the porch of Sangos' old house. You then spot a girl pass out right in front of the village gates, you run toward her, followed by Sango and Adira.

"Hey, um, are you ok?" You ask the girl kneeling down beside her. The girl looks up breathing heavily, her face slightly bruised on one side.

"We need help... The village... My village is being attacked!" She says, struggling to get up and Sango helps her.

"Where is your village? We can help."

"That way!" The girl points down from the direction she came in.

After gathering up everyone, you all headed off to the girls' village. You've learned that her name is Risa and her village is being attacked by some kind of... Fox-looking, golden-haired demon... Now that was kind of familiar... Then she described this other guy, who she described as kind of short and had teeth like a vampire... Not familiar... She was now riding ahead, piggyback-style on Inuyashas' back, guiding him to her village; you not being able to ride on Inuyashas' back rode on Kirara with Sango, then there wasn't anymore room on Kirara for a third person, so Miroku had to ride on Shippou, who has actually gotten stronger, but is still lagging behind....

Ahead Inuyasha lands, which looks like is in the village. Kirara and Shippou follows. Strange thing is, there aren't any demons attacking in the village, but there is proof that they've been here and on top of all the damage, many injured villagers. Hours later, you've healed some of the villagers and helped some with normal medicines, too. But, sooner or later you ran out of supplies and there were only a few people that needed help left. The girl, Risa then volunteered to guide a few of you to the next village, where you could restock up on supplies. You and Inuyasha decide to go with her, leaving Sango, Miroku, Adira and Shippou to look after the villagers. You three head toward the next village, on foot through the forest because Risa said it's not that far away.

Up until now, you haven't had that much time to get a proper study on Risa, who was kind of getting suspicious of right now, or it was just that you're paranoid... Around the age of 15 or 14, Risa had shoulder-length, wavy, auburn hair, slightly paled skin, not-an-ordinary-eye-color tan and was wearing a purple and dark blue kimono which was now kind of dirty and ripped at the hems from running.

"The village is just a bit further..." She says, just then starting to breathe heavily, starting to have a coughing fit. She then falls to her knees coughing and holding her stomach which and now it looked like blood was soaking through her kimono in her stomach area.

"Miss Risa, are you ok?!" You ask, patting her on the back.

"...Yes, I'm fine... But, I think I was poisoned by one of the demons that attacked my village..." She says, coughing after every other word.

"But... If you thought you were poisoned why didn't you stay at the village!" Inuyasha says coming to help.

"It can not be helped now; I'm sorry Mr. Inuyasha...." She says looking up at Inuyasha and she glances over your shoulder. "Lets go there instead, the people there might be able to help..." She says pointing in back of you. You turn and just now see the large castle, surrounded by large gates in back of you. How strange... You just now noticed it...

You three decide to go to the castle and hopefully they'll give you some help... You soon approach the gates and talk to the guards about Risas' situation, they let you three in and you then proceed to the entrance. Upon entering through the gates you notice the huge garden, lurking around you in colors of black, blues and reds. You three finally get to the castle porch and the entrance to get in slides open, but not by itself of course, by a person on the inside of the castle. That person is around the age of 15 or 16, has light brown hair tied in a ponytail just below shoulder- length, wearing light blue gi/yukata and a dark green hakama. He looks at you and Inuyasha confusedly.

"Hello, I'm Gyki, what are you doing here at this time of-"He then notices Risa who's on Inuyashas' back. "Oh dear..." He then beckons for some people inside the house to come. Some comes, who look like maids mostly. "Get this poor woman to a doctor, hurry!" Gyki orders and the maids do what he say, taking Risa inside. "Please come in... To wait for your friend..." He says to you and Inuyasha. You shrug, but cautiously walk in, followed by Inuyasha.

Gyki then leads you two down a hall and into a small den looking area that already has tea there. You three sit and you give him your names, politely, while he pours you some tea and you learn that Gyki is not the owner of the castle just an assistant to whomever the owner is and that the name of the castle is Kouseki Kurimuson.

"Miss (Insert Name), would you like to take a dip in the castles' hot springs while waiting?" Gyki asks and takes a sip of tea.

"Thanks, but that won't be necessary, I'm fine..." You reply sitting your tea down on the small table.

"Nonsense! You look tired and every woman deserves a little time off her feet anyway, go to the springs and enjoy yourself, Miss (Insert Name)!" Gyki says.

"But-"

"Maids, take Miss (Insert Name) to the hot springs, please!" Gyki says clapping his hands. Two maids step into the room and drag you out. You glance back at Inuyasha helplessly and he seems to be snickering at the moment.

After a while of dragging you down a couple halls the two maids finally let you go and let you walk on your own. You finally reach what looks like the entrance to the spring and the maids stop there.

"Miss (Insert Name), this is the entrance to the spring." One of the maids says and points to the hallway to your right. "That's the female spring" She then points to the left. "And that's the male spring, here's a towel." She says and the other maid hands one to you. "There will be a maid waiting for you here until you come back and take you back to Lord Gyki take your time!" She says and pushes you lightly to the female spring entrance.

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Banzai! Chapter completed! Also, Gyki-kun is one of my original characters, so he's like a special guest star or something...

Gi- I don't really know if this term is actually used, because when I did research I never found it, anywhere, but in some fanfictions, Kenshin fanfictions, mostly. But, this term is suppose to represent the coat thing that Kenshin wears and Inuyasha wears. Well, anyways, earlier in the story when I put yukata, gi was supposed to be there.

Yukata- This is a long, kimono-like thing, which was worn in the era Kenshin was in as a sleeping garment and today more or less in Japan, it's worn for more than sleeping in, like a fashion trend, I suppose.

Anyways, ja!