Domo Arigato for all the support! Remember to R&R! PLEASE!
REVIEW or Inu Yasha shall do the puppy dog face! Ha ha I will pay him to do it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha so blah blah blah. Go away. I want to mourn in peace.
(Hikari)
Hikari scowled at the man in front of the wall facing her. The man was dressed in a white ugly baboon suit was facing her. He had long wavy black hair and red eyes.
"Welcome," Naraku said, "to my castle." His lips curved upward but his eyes stayed as cold and ruthless as ever. Kagura and her sister, Kanna, stood in the doorway. "Wait outside the door after you close it behind you," Naraku said to the sisters. His voice was flat and cold.
"Yes, master Naraku," Kanna replied.
Kagura nodded slightly with a small scowl on her evil face. As she left she shot an ugly face at Naraku.
"Remember, I hold your heart in my hands," Naraku said disdainfully to Kagura. He held a hideous beating heart in his hands. Kagura shot one last look at him before leaving the room.
Hikari watched with great distaste. Naraku was a disgusting, evil man. Her blood boiled just at the thought of him. She watched his every move, just in case he tried to do anything sneaky. He reached over to a stout table beside him. There was a wooden figure placed in small rocks and a teapot.
'A teapot?' Hikari thought absently. 'Surely he must have a better weapon than a teapot!' Hikari knelt onto a cushion.
"Well then. Let's get into business. I want you to work for me. I will give you a Shikon shard, and you will be more powerful than before. What do you say? If you don't work for me, your friends will be hurt, and I don't think you will like that," he said with a smirk. "So that basically leaves you with no choice. Work for me or pay the consequences."
Hikari clenched her fists under the table. 'That bastard...huh, he's not giving me a choice at all! AND he's the one who turned everyone against me and killed my family! The nerve of him, the bastard hanyou!' Hikari looked up into Naraku's dark face. "I won't work for you. Hurt me all you want, there is nothing you can do to make me regret my words." Hikari said fiercely.
"Fine," Naraku smiled. The smile sent shivers down Hikari's spine. "Kagura, come in. Teach the insolent wolf what she needs to learn." Naraku's eyes flashed a dangerous color and he chanted some strange spells.
Hikari felt her body become rigid. She was frozen upright. Kagura smiled evilly.
"Pleasure to, master Naraku," Kagura replied sweetly. "Wind Blades Dance!" (Heh heh correct me if I'm wrong. I can't remember the attacks! . !!!) Blades of wind cut open Hikari's flesh and blood splattered all over the ground.
Hikari didn't even wince. She pursed her lips together tightly to keep from screaming. She also held her body as stiff as she could get it.
"Want to try that again?" Naraku asked.
"You are a despicable half demon!" Hikari retorted.
"Well please forgive me, wolf puppy," Naraku said.
" I....am....a....WEREWOLF! Her sudden burst of anger and energy undid the spell Naraku had Hikari under. Hikari sprang into action. She tried to transform again. The transformation worked. She lunged at the delicate paper walls and rolled outside. Kagura released another attack at her. Hikari managed to dodge all of them except for one. The stray attack cut into her shoulder. Hikari gasped and yelled, "Yami no Hikari!" A black and purple beam shot out of the gauntlet with the moon and a gold and white beam shot out of the one with the sun. She scrambled up and started running again.
"DANCE OF THE DEAD!" Kagura's voice shot through the air like lightning. Hikari looked over her shoulder. About eight corpses were trailing behind her, and they were closing in fast. They looked like they were former soldiers. The soldiers each held a weapon in his hand. Hikari scowled and put on a burst of speed.
(Hakisuma)
Inu Yasha sighed contently and put down his share of ramen. "Ah, ramen."
Shippo and Kagome had come back a little while ago. Shippo's eyes were a little red from crying but otherwise he looked fine. The group had all eaten lunch and were now resting.
Miroku eyed Inu Yasha. "Inu Yasha, I think that we should get a move on now. Hikari probably needs our help. We need to go look for her."
"Feh. That little pimp can very much well take care of herself, if she's as tough as she says she is." Inu Yasha said lightly. After he ate the ramen, he had become considerably happier and it seemed that he did not have a care in the world about what was going on.
"And besides, what about my sword?" As if answering his question, a figure appeared in the distance. It was lopsided and akward-looking. It grew larger and larger until they could all see it clearly. It was a strange old man with bulging eyes riding on a three-eyed cow. "Totosai! Inu Yasha exclaimed. "Just the old codger I was looking for!"
Totosai pursed his lips wryly and nodded to the blade. "Give it," he said, "so I can fix it." As he began working the rest started planing.
"I know Hikari can take care of herself," Sango said gently, contunuing on, "but I bet you that Naraku was the one behind this. If Naraku's behind this then there has got to be a ton of jewel fragments in his possession."
Inu Yasha's face lit up. "Jewel fragments? Let's go then!" he leapt up and grabbed all of their possessions. "Come on!" he called over his shoulder. "Naraku's as good as dead!"
Miroku put a hand on Inu Yasha's shoulder. "You're forgetting the Tetsusaiga. How are you going to defeat Naraku withougt the Tetsusaiga?" he asked.
Inu Yasha smacked his head. "Whoops!" he said. Clearly he was high on something. "Come on, you old geezer! Hurry it up!" he complained to Totosai, who was just putting the finishing touches onto the blade. Totosai the stood up and handed the blade back to Inu Yasha.
'How did you know his blade broke?" Sango asked Totosai.
"I always know when one of my swords are being mistreated…..and besides, a little birdie told me." He said absent-mindedly. He slung his mallet over his shoulder and hopped onto his cow. He hit the cow's behind with his hammer and they were off.
"Come on!" Inu Yasha repeated. Everyone started walking forward.
"I know Hikari can take care of herself," Sango said gently, "but I bet you that Naraku was the one behind this. If Naraku's behind this then there has got to be a ton of jewel fragments in his possession."
Inu Yasha's face lit up. "Jewel fragments? Let's go then!" he leapt up and grabbed all of their possessions. "Come on!" he called over his shoulder. "Naraku's as good as dead!"
Sango stayed a farther back behind Inu Yasha and whispered to Kagome, "Uh, Kagome? What's with Inu Yasha?! He seems a little too happy this time. All those times after he ate ramen, he was only a little bit happier. Look at him now!"
Kagome giggled and blushed. "I put a little Anti-Depression powder into his ramen when he wasn't looking. I figured he needs it."
Sango laughed. Miroku, who was walking up ahead with Inu Yasha, looked back and rolled his eyes.
"Hurry up, you slow pokes! Sango, Kagome! Get onto Kirara!" Inu Yasha yelled over his shoulder.
"Why?" Kagome replied sweetly. Despite her answer, she and Sango obediently climbed onto Kirara.
"Hakisuma! Climb onto Kii!" Hakisuma made a face at him but obliged.
"Ready? Set, GO!" Miroku laughed.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome and Hakisuma yelled. Sango laughed as their fire cat demons leapt up to race Inu Yasha and Miroku.
"INUU YAAAAASSSHAAAAAA, I'm going to KILL YOU!!!!!!!" Kagome yelled. She whispered into Sango's ear, "I think I gave him too much."
(Hikari)
Hikari ran panting. She had already fought off all of the dead soldiers. She had run into a forest. It was gloomy and dank. Blood was flowing freely onto the ground. 'Baka Naraku. He'll pay.' Hikari ripped off a piece of a cloth that she kept with her. Quickly she bandaged up her new wounds. "Dammit!" she murmured to herself. "The old wound's re-opened! It hasn't had enough time to heal yet!"
"Indeed" a cool female voice floated through the trees. A dark figure stepped out from behind a tree. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Akigoumo, a healer. Please allow me to tend to your wounds fully, Hikari."
"What?! How did you know my name?!" Hikari asked suspiciously.
"I have my ways." Was the simple reply. "Do you know why you haven't fully healed yet?" Akigoumo continued without waiting for Hikari's reply. "Today is the no moon day. You cannot transform fully, and that is why you had that wind blade cut your shoulder. Normally you would've easily dodged it. And as for the previous wound, it so happened the day before no moon day, when your power slowly diminished."
Hikari glared at the strange woman. She looked her up and down. Akigoumo was wearing a simple purple kimono. Who knows? She can easily be one of Naraku's allies. Hikari did not trust people easily these days. She winced. A sudden throbbing came from her shoulder wound, where the cut was the deepest.
Akigoumo watched silently as Hikari argued with herself on whether not she should let Akigoumo tend to her wounds. Hikari was bleeding badly. Already she was feeling woozy. "Al right. Tend to my wounds. But I warn you, if you do anything suspicious, I will not hesitate to cut you in half. As you know, my powers are coming back."
"Good." Akigoumo replied. She pulled out a medicine bag and began to work.
READ AND REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!