Seeing is Believing
By Kiara Jaganshi
Chapter 8
A/N: Okay, are you guys liking the story? Now Inuyasha is thrown into the bargain as well, and who knows who else will be coming in! Well, actually, several more people will be thrown into the story in this chapter... Oh, and if some people were by any chance wondering, earlier in this story, I think in the second chapter, Kiara mentioned that she wanted to stay with her uncle, aunt, cousin, father, Shippo, and Miroku and Sango. I'm not going to say anything that gives it all away since it is relevant to this story, but I will say that it was not a mistake. And the fact that Sango and Miroku are not 100's and 100's of years old. They are about the same age as Kagome. And Kagome at the time is about 38 years old. How you ask? All will be revealed in time...
Oh, and I'm so sorry I haven't posted the other new stories yet... It's just that my computer crashed, but luckily I had copies of everything. Then, I realized that it was my birthday, hurried up to reboot, then I found out that I lost all of my new story' disks... Then I was like, not to worry! I've got it saved to a computer at my Japanese school! So today, I hurried during break to the computer, and guess what? I forgot my password... I feel so horrible today as well... My tummy hurts and I have a major migraine cause the new bell at Westidge is too loud, I mean way, way, way too loud, and the people who were supposed to fix it never came to fix it... Oh my poor head, but not to worry. I've got chapter 9 coming up probably on Sunday or Monday, so be prepared! I might even update again today! Oh, and this chapter is dedicated to my dear friend and mentor, Lisa Tanaka. My best friend who currently, and has always, resided in Japan.
Disclaimer: You already know the drill. I don't own any anime characters. I just own Kiara, and I do not own any of the other made up characters. The people who made them up, as I will mention below, or the people I based them on, are the owners, I guess... But I guess I will keep Mitsukake for myself cause I don't think the guy who I based him on will appreciate it...
Yawn Kiara rose sleepily to a sitting position on a bed covered by a down, lavender comforter. 'Wait a minute... How'd I end up back in my own room in Osaka?'
"Good to see you're awake!" She turned around sharply over to her desk where Shippo sat on her comfortable and fluffy armchair. "I thought you were in a coma!" The little ball of fur literally threw himself at her midsection, making her go oof in pain.
"Okay, I think you've expressed your love for me enough now..." Kiara told the little kit, wincing from the pressure applied to her still fragile frame. "I'm a sick person, you know."
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Shippo shouted, jumping onto the bed next to her, wrapping her arms around his own slender shoulders. "Seshomaru wants to see you in his 'office'."
"Why didn't you tell me that earlier?!?" Kiara yelled in exasperation, throwing back the covers. "Now Daddy's probably got himself all worked up and is going to yell at me or something about how I'm a stinkin' weakling and that I sleep in late for the pleasure of my family!" she raved as she walked into her closet. She mumbled incoherent things for about 2 minutes before stepping back out of the closet wearing a shirt that was rigidly cut at the bottom and the sleeves so it had absolutely no sleeves, and the bottom of the tight shirt came just above her belly button. She wore plain, black and silver baggy pants for easy movement. Kiara stomped over to her full-length mirror, took a silver hair scrunchy from a nearby dresser top, and tied her hair up in a high ponytail.
"C'mon," she growled as she grabbed the back of Shippo's brown vest. Kiara ran as fast as she could through all of the halls of the huge mansion, across the acreage of the grounds, and into another, much bigger, building.
"About time!" Kiara grinned at seeing Inuyasha standing by another doorway to another room. "Fluffy's waiting for you."
"That's what I thought," she grumbled to herself, walking into a hidden elevator, Inuyasha close at her heals.
"You know, since there aren't any strangers and enemies around, you can stop pretending to be human," Shippo reminded.
Kiara blinked several time in confusion, but then smiled at the kitsune. "Oh, right..." she said apologetically. She concentrated on the space before her for a couple of seconds, and her body began to change.
Her hair first changed in length by about 3 inches. The silver streaks of her hair glistened like new snow, even as matching silver dog ears appeared on the top of her head, in a similar fashion as Inuyasha's were, except less cocky. She became taller about 2 inches, and her body became fuller. A silver tail also appeared, looking as if it were giving off an incandesant light in the darker interior of the elevator.
"There, all done," Kiara said in conclusion even as the elevator came to a stop. "I guess it's time to face the wrath of my dear father..."
It was all getting too confusing. Kurama and the others had arrived the estate about 15 minutes ago, and were instantly admitted in. They were all escorted down by elevator into a dark, cavern like room, the size of a football field. His youkai eyes helped him to see what was going on inside the large, dimly lit room.
It really wasn't his fault that he was confused. So were the rest of them. Hiei was more furious then confused, but yes, it was something along those terms. A taiyoukai with flowing silver hair had smirked at them, pushed them with a very strong energy blast into the darkest corner of the room, and put up a barrier around the 6 by 6 foot area, so not even the great Youko Kurama could not get out of this.
'That little dog thinks he's all that... Well, I'll just show him who's the best taiyoukai... First I'll do this... Yeah, and that. Nah, more like this... Oh, of course!' Youko was mumbling at the moment, along with other incoherent things. (sound familiar?)"Youko, please shut the hell up," Kurama stated in his usual calm tone, not even changing expressions. Yuseke and Kuwabara stared at him in shock even as he just stood there with his always-calm smile.
It was at that time that 3 figures entered the room. One was very small, ands from the distance, looked as if about a foot or 2 tall. The next figure right behind it was tall, and walked with an elegance only demon's of certain status could possess. Another figure behind it held it's neck up high, turning it's head every few seconds as if he picked up the hint that there were more people in the room then it seemed.
And there was that arrogant inu. The demon that had put this restricting barrier up. The people contained inside could talk and move all the wanted, but would not be sensed or heard by any other outside of the barrier. It still aloud them to see through the barrier and hear the conversation however, something Kurama was at the moment grateful for.
He watched silently as the three figures walked up to the taller frame of the great taiyoukai. This was going to be interesting.
Seshomaru waited patiently for the three to come closer, waiting in anticipation as he conjured up images of the upcoming conversation. This was going to be interesting.
Kiara almost stomped her way over to Seshomaru, still keeping her usual elegance and serenity around her.
"It is about time you have shown up in front of this Seshomaru," he greeted, nodding his head to his brother and the little kit.
"Ah, cut the crap!" Kiara retorted back. "I'm not gonna keep up my act of peacefulness, and you're going to quit your act of snobby ness! I want to know exactly what's going on!"
"My dear daughter, this is unacceptable," Seshomaru replied, clucking his tongue in disapproval. "Have I not taught you the manners required to become the proper inu-youkai?"
"You know what I'm talking about, Father!" she continued. "That was an A class demon that attacked me! And in front of civilians, nonetheless! I have always thought, and been told in return, that the enemy will not reveal itself, let alone let normal college students see them! Okay, well, Hiei's not really all that normal..." Her ears pricked to a corner as she heard something that sounded like an annoyed grunt and laughter. "I want to know why!"
"If you want to know so badly, why don't you come and try to defeat this Seshomaru?"
(I know, I'm switching a lot, but forgive me! It's hard to do it this way as well, but it's the only way!)
None of them could believe their eyes. Yuseke gaped open mouthed as the silver taiyoukai and another figure argued over something, the figure doing most of the arguing however.
Kuwabara had his hands over his mouth as he leaned onto the raged wall. This was all just too much. If it wasn't for that girl, Kira or something, he wouldn't be trapped in the barrier of a strong demon he didn't know, in a place he didn't know, and with Hiei f all people! He would have been okay if it was just Yuseke and Kurama, but Hiei?
Hiei of course was not doing anything at all but watching the antics of the other forms. He wasn't panicked. He was not in fear. Heck, he didn't even give a care as to if he were here or not! The only thing that was pissing him off at the moment was the taiyoukai's manner. Nobody, he means nobody, can be an arrogant jerk besides him!
Kurama was looking amusedly over at the 4. He didn't know either what was going on, but Youko had reassured him that it was all-okay, and that they would demand to know where Kiara was as soon as he found a weakness in the barrier.
They all snapped their necks up towards the ceiling as something snapped with a golden light there. They looked back at the figures to see that two of them, including the taiyoukai himself, were engaged in battle.
The silver youkai had a long, golden whip extended from his middle finger on his right hand. The other form was using brute strength and attacking wildly, almost as if planned. The two forms drew closer even as they battled it out fiercely. They both never made contact for each were just one step ahead of the other. Maybe it was just some coincidence, or a trick of the mind, but it seemed as if the second form had a furry, silver tail, swishing back and forth as the figure continued to spin, jump, punch, kick, and block the other.
It didn't take long for the two to make their way across the field to about 10 feet away from the barrier it's self. Now they could clearly make out the second figure. She was a female youkai, long silver and black hair in a high ponytail, silver dog ears on top of her head, and a silver tail as well.
Suddenly, the female kicked the taiyoukai soundly in the stomach all the way over to the barrier. The youkai hit the wall a couple of feet away from the edge of the barrier. As the female came in for the finishing blow, his whip came out again, knocking her the right, right into the barrier.
As suddenly as the female had attacked, the barrier flickered and disappeared all together. As the youkai got up off the ground, her silver ears twitched and pivoted back towards the direction of the stunned Spirit Detective. She slowly turned her head around, letting her nose take in the unusual scent that was at the same time familiar to her.
She gasped, taking a step back towards the already smirking taiyoukai. "S-Suichi?"
Kurama just stared at her, letting everything sink in. "Kiara?"
Okay, guess what? I've got some good news, and some bad news. I will put up a new chapter of Feudal Fire and True Wonders up cause I finally finished typing them anyway. Bad new is, I still can't find my other stories, so you'll have to wait a little bit more for them! If anything, I've got the written copies anyway, so I can always retype them... -sniff- See ya!