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Kawabashi: IT'S ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME!!!!! ahem Anyway, now to reply to all your reviews....(for chap 5 review) Yes you did read my story! (for chap 6 review) gasp You are??? (chap 7 review) Actually....It was before Anna got into Kouga. And yeah, she does print out WAY too many pics of him! (chap 8 review) No, you don't annoy me! You just....no, you do annoy me. j/k, and thanx! (chap 9 review) If you like Mir/San moments, just read the first part of this chapter...hehehe....Anyway, yeah, that's a pretty long review! (chap 10 review) .....You should know by now....I don't think..... (chap 11 review) Go ahead and tell her!! Oh, and he's coming in when the final battle gets here, which should be a good ways away. And yeah, he is cute!!(no more reviews) Thank you for FINALLY reading!!! Now, you just need to get your own story up! And hopefully you won't wait for another 6 chapters before reading again.....
Thank you everyone who has ever reviewed!! you make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! lol
On with the story!
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Kagome was sitting outside against the wall of the hut, watching Shippou and Kilala play together. Inuyasha was laying on the roof, and Hikaru was leaning against a tree, still holding his traveling stick. Miroku and Sango were sitting side-by-side( a recipe for disaster...) on a log that was next to the hut. Everyone was waiting for Naomi to get back. Since nothing really was going on, Miroku thought they needed a little exitement.....
Miroku stretched. Then he brought his arm down slowly towards its destination. Down....down...d- No, that's far enough.
Sango's eyes went wide in surprise. His arm was....around her shoulder!!(you thought he was gonna grope her again, didn't ya?) She blushed, completely surprised and speechless. She was too stunned to even push his hand away or anything. 'Actually, this seems nice....Maybe I'll stay like this for a while.....Wait a minute! What am I thinking?!' She looked at him and finally found her voice. "W-What are you doing?"
Miroku smiled at her. "Nothing," he said innocently.
Sango looked down, blushing even more. 'I can't slap him, he didn't do anything wrong....Maybe we can stay like this...' She suddenly stopped blushing as she felt a familiar hand in a familiar place.
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Sango stood up walked away angrily, leaving Miroku with a bright red hand print on his cheek.
'Why'd he have to go and grope me like that?! It was the perfect time to say something romantic!'
'Why'd I have to go and grope her like that?! It was the perfect time to say something romantic!'
Hikaru suddenly stood up straight looked towards the trees, alarmed. Naomi had only been gone about ten minutes, but he was worried about her for some reason. "I think...I think Naomi's in trouble!" he exclaimed.
"Hm?" Myouga asked, looking at him. He had assumed a position on the boy's shoulder.
Hikaru shuddered, feeling a chill go down his spine. "Yes, I'm positive! She's in danger!"
"How do you know?" Kagome asked.
"I just...have this feeling..." Hikaru said. "It's hard to explain. All I know is that she's in trouble and we have to go save her!" Without another word, he ran off into the trees.
"Hey!" Myouga called as he fell off Hikaru's shoulder. Hikaru didn't even stop to wait.
"Let's go," Inuyasha said. He ran off, and the others got on Kilala as she transformed. Myouga, however, was being left behind. He quickly hopped after them.
"Wait for me!!"
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Naomi's eyes shot open as she quickly jumped to her feet and whirled around. She didn't see anything, but she could smell a demon. 'Good, it's not him,' she thought. 'He'd hide his scent. I should be able to kill any other demon without the use of my sword.' She cracked her knuckles, ready to face the demon. All was quiet for a few minutes, then the bushes rustled once more.
Naomi was getting impatient. "Come out already!" she snapped. "I don't have all day, ya know!"
Suddenly, a fox demon jumped out of the bushes and ran at her(looks likes a person, just so ya know). He had black hair with silver streaks that reached to his waist. His blue eyes danced with the same mischief that was in all foxes. He was wearing a black outfit similar to a ninja's. He held up three throwing stars in one hand as he ran, then suddenly stopped and threw them at Naomi. She dodged them all easily.
"You are Naomi, correct?" he asked.
"Who are you?!" Naomi demanded, ignoring his question. "What do you want?!"
"I am Toshiro, the fox ninja," he replied. "And Lord Keitaru has sent me."
"So he really is alive, then," Naomi concluded. She held up her hand, flexing her claws. "Come and kill me, if you can."
"Very well," Toshiro said. He jumped high into the air and threw a few more of his throwing stars. Naomi ran straight for him, cutting through the throwing stars with her claws. Toshiro moved away just before she got him and landed in a tree.
"You're a coward!" Naomi yelled.
"No, I'm just smart enough not to get hit."
The fight went on for several minutes in much the same way. When it seemed that both were getting bored and annoyed, something different happened. When Toshiro landed on a tree this time, the tree turned dark. From the tree, darkness spread out in every direction. Soon, Naomi couldn't see a thing.
"What's going on?!" she asked. "What did you do?!"
"Just a little present from Lord Keitaru," Toshiro said. Naomi couldn't see him through the darkness, but she was certain that he was smirking.
'Dammit! If I can't see him, how can I fight him?!' She drew her sword and kept looking around in vain.
"I'm here," whispered a voice behind her. She whirled around, swinging her sword. It connected with something, and soon Naomi could make out a grinning Toshiro not ten inches away. He, too, had drawn his sword, and now they were locked.
"You can't fight without resorting to trickery, huh?" Naomi asked, her teeth clenched as she tried to push him backwards.
"I can," Toshiro replied. "I just do not wish to." He pulled away and faded into the darkness, laughing. She tried to locate the source of laughter, but it was hard. Suddenly it stopped.
"You're more of a coward than Keitaru is!" Naomi shouted, trying desperapetly to get him to talk so she'd know where he was.
"Have you ever fought him?" Toshiro asked. His voice seemed to be all around her, as if it was nowhere yet everywhere at the same time.
"No," Naomi answered truthfully. 'Where the hell is this guy?!'
"Then you cannot judge who is more cowardly," Toshiro said. "Only the ones who have ever fought him know of his tricks. He plays games with the mind, making you see things that aren't there, or making a barrier of darkness like this one."
"How are you any different?!" Naomi yelled.
"I do not make one kill a friend." His voice had changed, grown cold.
"Wha-" Naomi stopped as a sword pressed against her neck. Toshiro was right behind her.
"He will do anything it takes to kill someone," he said. "Anything at all."
Naomi was too stunned to do anything. No demon had ever gotten her to the point where they could kill her if they wished.
"Naomi!"
Naomi strained to see in the darkness who had called her name. A long way off, she could make out the very dim figure of someone running toward her.....
"You are lucky for two reasons," Toshiro said. "One, your pathetic friends are here. The other is that I am simply a messenger, and the message is this." He drew a dagger and stuck her in the arm. Then he dissapeared, taking the sword and the dagger with him.
Naomi clutched her arm in pain, falling to her knees. The darkness lifted, and she saw who it was that had called her name. "Hikaru..." she muttered as she collapsed completely.
Hikaru caught her before she hit the ground, throwing his traveling stick to the side.
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Toshiro stood at the mouth of a large cave. There was a purplish colored barrier around it. He walked through, the barrier parting to allow him in. Then it closed quickly behind him.
"So, Toshiro, has she been poisoned?"
Toshiro was speechless. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he was seeing right. "Are you...Are you...drinking....tea??"
A cloaked and hooded figure sat at a low table. Toshiro was right, he was drinking tea. "Do you have a problem with that?" he asked calmly. "We have a visitor, so I thought it would be appropriate."
Toshiro looked and saw that there was another sitting at the opposite side of the table. Her face was hidden by the shadows of the cave. "Good day, M'lady," he said, bowing politely.
"So, has she been poisoned by the dagger I gave you?" Keitaru asked impatiently.
"Yes, M'lord," Toshiro replied.
"Good. You are dismissed."
"Yes, M'lord." Toshiro walked back the way he came, glancing at the visitor. 'I can't see her face, but....she's kinda cute....' Then he exited.
"So, do we have a deal?" the visitor asked once Toshiro had left.
"Of course. While I fight Naomi, Toshiro will get rid of the others for Naraku."
"He'll be pleased to hear that," the visitor said. She leaned forward for her cup, drinking a little more.
"Lady Kagura(weren't expecting that, were ya?), won't you join us in fighting?"
"No thanks," she said absently. Her mind was on other things at the moment. 'Always the messenger!! Why doesn't NARAKU come out here and negotiate this himself?!?! He's probably still mad about losing that bet!! What a sore loser!!'
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"Hmph. Stupid Kagura. Always making stupid bets she knows she'll win. Hopefully she'll get killed by that Keitaru guy," Naraku muttered. In his high-pitch immitating voice, he said, "'I bet you can't even get the jewel shards from Kouga without me helping you!!'"
Kanna just sat there, saying nothing.
"You don't think I'm weak, do you, Kanna?"
Kanna didn't say a word.
"Well?"
".....Yes."
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"Naomi!"
Inuyasha came running up next. "What happened?!" he demanded.
"I'm not sure," Hikaru said, never looking away from Naomi. "She's really cold, almost like she's..." He couldn't quite bring himself to say it.
"She's alive," Inuyasha said firmly. "It's faint, but her heart's still beating."
Hikaru breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good," he said.
Kilala came next, the others riding on her back. She landed and they all got off.
"What's wrong with Naomi?!" Shippou asked, fearful.
"I don't know," Hikaru said. "But she's alive, and that's all that matters now."
"How did you know?" Kagome asked. "About her being in trouble, I mean."
Hikaru shrugged.
"And how did you get through the barrier?" Miroku asked.
"What barrier?"
"You mean, you didn't notice the dark barrier that surrounded this area?" Sango asked.
Hikaru shook his head.
"Let's talk about all this later," Inuyasha said. "Right now, we need to get Naomi out of here. Whoever did this to her might come back."
"Right," Hikaru agreed. He grabbed her sword and they were off.
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"How dare they leave me like that!" Myouga mumbled as he hopped along in the woods. "I'll give them a piece of my mind..."
He suddenly saw them coming toward him. Kagome was riding on Inuyasha's back, and the others were riding on Kilala. Naomi seemed to be unconscious.
Myouga immediately started hopping faster. "Lord Inuya-"
SQUISH
Inuyasha never even saw him.
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Naomi opened her eyes slowly. She was in the hut she had been in earlier. She sat up slowly and leaned against the nearest wall. She noticed that her arm had been bandaged, and was grateful. She looked around, surveying the area. It was night. Naomi could tell by looking out the window. Everyone was asleep in their normal positions, with the additioin of Hikaru. He was sleeping, Naomi saw, right beside her. 'He must have been watching over me...' she thought.
He stirred and opened his eyes. "Are you okay?!" he asked worriedly.
"Yeah," Naomi said. That was a lie, of course. Her arm was throbbing painfully, and she knew that Keitaru's poison had been injected into her.
"If you're sure," Hikaru said, unconvinced.
Naomi looked out the window at the stars and the full moon(she's been with them for 2 weeks, just to refresh your memory). 'In two weeks, the new moon will come again....but Keitaru might kill me before I turn full human again.....'
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That's all. Next chapter will be up in maybe a week, maybe less since there's no school on Monday. Review plz!!