pure-thornless-rose: Hey there everyone! This is my first IY fic and I've been writting this for a while. Umm... I know I still have to work on my other fic, but this one was sitting around in my computer. So I decided to post it up! Enjoy!
I do not own Inuyasha, his story, his friends, and anything else related to him... I only own my original characters and my story... not much else.
Oh Brother
Chapter 1: Just Two More Days to Go
By pure-thornless-rose
The sun was only beginning to rise. A young girl of 14 was sitting under a tree, watching the day begin. Her black hair was tied up in a bun and she let her bangs hang free. She was wearing a pink and dark blue kimono with a purple sash wrapped around her waist. She watched the horizon, her dark blue eyes gazing. A little green, parrot-like bird was also perched on her shoulder.
"Midori?" the girl asked.
"What is it, Aeri?" The bird spoke up, rather clearly a well.
"Tell me... Do you think we'll ever find him soon?"
"Find who soon?"
"Midori!" she whined. "You know who I'm talking about!"
"I don't know, Aeri... Maybe..."
"Well do you think we should go and look for him again?" she asked, and then she looked to the bird. "We've stayed in this village for about four years already."
"Well you're still training to be a priestess... I don't know how Lady Sakita will react to that."
"You're right..." Then she began to look at her right hand. "I hope his void hasn't taken him yet... Mine is still small and I have it sealed with these beads..."
"He gave those to you didn't he?"
"Yeah... before he left... erm, got separated from me. But that was ages ago. He said that I might need this some day. He was right... and I thank him for that. He was the best big brother ever." Then she let out a big sigh and returned her gaze to the horizon.
"Well he wasn't that nice to me..."
"Why? What did he do?" She sounded surprised and looked back to the little green bird again.
"I should have told you this a long time ago. But when you two were little kids... he tried to place me in a cage for a week. Thank goodness I was able to escape from that horrid thing... I hate cages."
"He tried sticking you in a cage? No way... I remember clearly telling him to never put you in a cage. I like it when you're not in that thing and flying freely." Then she paused for a second. "But I was four and he was eight so he probably ignored me."
Then a woman in her mid-twenties appeared and began walking towards her. She was fairly attractive and she had brown eyes and long black hair.
"Good morning Lady Sakita."Aeri stood up and bowed to the woman when she reached her.
"Good morning Aeri. What are you doing here?"
"Well, I woke up early. So I did my morning chores and I ended up finishing early too."
"Ah... very good, Aeri. Now, I'm about to leave to go visit a friend of mine, a priestess, Lady Kaede. She's from another village and I want you to come with me so you can meet her."
"Yes, Lady Sakita. I'll come with you. How far is it anyway?"
"It's about three days away... I already put together the things we'll need. So we should leave now."
"Yes, Lady Sakita. But may I get my things first?"
"Yes, go ahead. Meet me here okay?"
"Yes, Lady Sakita." Then she bowed and hurried to get her things.
When she returned, they left and set out for their destination through the forest.
---Several Hours Later---
It's the middle of the day and the sun is high. The priestess and her young apprentice had been walking for several hours... of course, it says it right up there. Anyway, they decided to stop and eat. Aeri then let Midori fly around for a while. The two sat themselves aside from the dirt road under a tree.
"Lady Sakita, why are we going to go see Lady Kaede?" Aeri asked.
"Well... aside from the fact that I haven't seen her for a long time... She and I have some business to attend to together. I also wanted you to meet her for priestess training benefits."
"Oh... that. Yes, I see. Oh, here comes Midori." Then the little green bird glides in and lands on Aeri's outstretched arm, on the arm guard Aeri had on. "Well you came back early, Midori."
"Yes, I did. There wasn't much to look for... or at, just the dirt and trees. Oh and I saw someone coming up the road. A hanyou."
"Anyone else?"
"No... It was just the hanyou. I began to hover around him but he started yelling at me, telling me to buzz off." She was flapping her wings while continuing to perch on Aeri's arm.
"He sounds like a jerk." Lady Sakita said calmly.
"You have that right... Anyway, he was headed the same way we were... he must have been behind us by about mile or two."
"Oh?" Then Aeri stood up. "I've never met a hanyou before... I wonder if there's a chance that he knows by brother... I have this really weird feeling that he does..."
"There is a chance that he does." Lady Sakita said as she pulled out some food from her bag. "I'm also sure that there's a chance that we can get him to sit and talk to us."
"Good idea, Lady Sakita." Aeri then looked towards the way they came from. "He must have been traveling all day. He must be hungry by now... if he didn't eat anything yet."
---To Inuyasha---
"Humph... Stupid bird... what was the matter with that thing?" Obviously, Inuyasha was put into a bad mood because of Midori. "I've been walking and walking for almost two days now! I'm hungry and I still haven't found any one of my friends! How did Naraku manage to get us separated anyway? Humph..." Yep, you heard him. Naraku somehow managed to get them all separated from one another. But he had a couple people do it for him... or course.
---Meanwhile with Kagome and Shippo---
"I wonder how everyone else is doing?" Kagome wondered out loud to Shippo.
"Who knows? I bet they're all fine though..."
"Really? Do you think?"
"Yeah... But I think we're the only ones who found each other, aside from Sango and Kirara, they're always together no matter what. Before I lost sight of everyone else in that smoke cloud, I saw that Inuyasha and Miroku were the farthest from the group and each other, so I'm guessing they're on their own."
"Good point... I hope we're all together again real soon."
The two have been wandering in the forest together since they were separated from their group. Lost, tired, and hungry... like everyone else. Oh and just to let you know, Shippo is right about what he said. He and Kagome were the only ones who found each other, Sango and Kirara have been together since everyone was separated, Miroku's on his own, and Inuyasha was on his own.
---Back to Inuyasha---
"I'm lost, tired AND hungry... But I'm just going to have to keep going. Hopefully I'll run into one of my friends... I haven't picked up any one of their scents yet." Shortly, he began picking up a familiar scent, the little green bird's scent. "That stupid bird... I can smell him again. Huh? What's that up the road...?"
---Back with Aeri, Midori, and Lady Sakita---
"Hey is that him down the road now?" Aeri stood in the middle of the dirt road and shielded her eyes from the sun to see. Midori then flew to Aeri's shoulder.
"Uh... it should be. Maybe I should fly down to him..." Then she took off.
---Inuyasha's view---
"Grr... it's that dumb green ball of feathers again... what does he want with me?"
"Hey I heard that! Oh, and just to let ya know... I'm a SHE!"
"WHAT?! Since when can you speak?"
"Since ever..." She began hovering around Inuyasha.
"Hey... I can smell somethin' else on you..."
"Must be my friend's scent."
"She's human ain't she...?"
"Come on, I'll take ya to her..."
"And why should I trust you?"
"You're hungry aren't you?" Then she flew back to Aeri with Inuyasha running beside her after short hesitation.
---To Aeri and Lady Sakita---
"Here comes Midori." Then she began waving to her feathered friend. "Midori! Over here!"
"I'm comin' Aeri! Don't worry I see you!" Then she glided towards Aeri and perched on her outstretched arm.
"I wasn't worrying... Oh... Hi. I'm Aeri." She greeted with a smile. "What's your name?"
Inuyasha began to grumble. "... ... ... Inuyasha ..."
"Well... Inuyasha, my friend Midori here told me you were coming up the road." She said as she stroked Midori's head.
"So...?"
"Well... Lady Sakita and I had just started eating... and... well you look like you've been traveling all day... aren't you hungry? You can join us if you want."
"Me? Uh... Nah... I'm not hungry." Thinks 'How do I know if I can trust these two? They would have probably just ignored me in the first place--unless they had a good reason to stop and share some of their food with me... or maybe their up to no good... nah, that woman over there's dressed in priestess clothing... or is she just someone in disguise...? Giving out food...?'
Suddenly his stomach began to gurgle at the thought of food... loudly. Aeri began to giggle.
"You sure about that? I don't think you're letting your stomach have a say in your decision..." Then she walked back to Lady Sakita and took a tied up handkerchief with something in it. She handed it to Inuyasha. "Here, you can have this... open it up and eat whatever's inside."
She walked back to where she was sitting and sat down and ate whatever she had. Inuyasha just looked at the tied up handkerchief in his hand and walked closer to the two.
"So... why are you offering me some of your food? I'm a total stranger and I don't know you myself."
"I don't know." Aeri replied innocently. "It just seems like a nice thing to do... like a random act of kindness... why did you decide on trusting my bird and coming here...?"
"That's what I'm having trouble on... trusting you..."
Then he began staring at the bundle on his hands again.
"Why won't you sit down?" Lady Sakita suddenly spoke up. Inuyasha had a confused look to his face, but he sat down anyway and opened up the handkerchief and began eating whatever was inside.
"Inuyasha," Aeri spoke up to get his attention. He looked up. "How come you were traveling all by yourself?"
"Um, actually, I was traveling with my friends. But we got separated and I've been looking for them for about two days already..."
"What are your friends' names?"
"Kagome, Sango and her pet Kirara, Miroku, and Shippo..."
"Miroku? D' you mean, Miroku with a wind tunnel in his right hand, Miroku? You know him?" Aeri's eyes lit up with hope.
"Uh... yeah. Why? Do you know him too?"
"Know him? I'm his younger sister!"
"What?! He has a younger sister?! He never told me about him having a little sister!"
"You probably never asked him..."
"Oh... Hmmm... ...Well, where are you two headed?"
"We are going to see a friend of mine, Lady Kaede." Lady Sakita answered.
"Old Kaede? You know that old hag?"
"Wow, this seems like too much of a coincidence..." Aeri laughed.
"I'd like to see Kaede myself... so... Can I come along with you?" he asked.
"Sure, you can come with us," Lady Sakita nodded and smiled.
Then Inuyasha frowned and his eye's narrowed on the two humans before him.
"You know... I find it awful strange that you welcomed me, a half demon, to eat with you before even knowing who I was."
"Why? What about you being a half demon...?" Aeri asked innocently.
"Because, Aeri," Lady Sakita turned to her, "Not very many people trust half demons."
"Ah, okay. But you shouldn't find it strange that we invited you. No body ever told me about distrusting hanyou just because they're there."
She turned back to Inuyasha and noticed the little, white ears. Subconsciously, she began staring.
"Y-you have dog ears..."
"So? You have a problem with that?"
"No... it's just that," she suddenly began to smile, "they're cute."
Inuyasha began to grumble at this. The human girl who claimed to be Miroku's sister, who is also human, never seemed phased by him being a half demon and continued on happily; even thinking that his ears were 'cute'.
"Well don't you dare come here and tug on 'em alright?"
"Alright..." she answered. Then she turned to Midori, "Midori, if you wish, you may go fly around and look for something to eat. I have no grain for you today."
"Okay. See you later."
Then she took off and flew into the trees. Inuyasha took note of the bird's speaking but didn't say anything. Even though he found it odd for a small bird to be able to speak rather clearly like she did.
"Girl, tell me. Are you really Miroku's younger sister?"
"Yeah, why? You don't believe me?"
"It's hard to."
"Here, let me give you some proof... Now, being a friend of my brother, I assumed he told you of the man responsible for his wind tunnel." She looked at him seriously.
"Naraku." Inuyasha growled.
"Yes. Now I also assume that he told you it's a generational curse. Am I right?" she continued.
"Yeah, it all began from his grandfather... blah, blah, blah... I know the story..." Inuyasha caught on to where she was going with this. "Oh, so you have the damned wind tunnel too don't ya?"
"Yep..."
Then she held out her right hand. It was covered and beads were wrapped around it. Inuyasha observed it and nodded.
"And plus... see the resemblance?"
".........A little..."
Inuyasha looked at her carefully and saw the bark blue eyes that were just like her brother's.
"So... YOU tell ME something. How was my brother doing before you and your friends were separated? Was he okay?"
"Yeah. He was still alive and breathing before Naraku caused some weird explosion to separate us. I have a feeling he's planning to get to all of us one by one..." He began grumbling again.
"Naraku was the one who separated you all?"
"You ask a lot of questions... you know that?" He was getting irritated.
She pouted.
"Well it's not my fault I haven't seen my brother in about ten years and I want to know if he's still alive or not. Do you know what it's like to not know how your older sibling is doing?"
"Don't get started on older siblings with me. I don't ever want to know how my older brother is doing. Hmph, I wish he was dead!" he declared.
This surprised Aeri a bit and Lady Sakita kept quiet.
"Dead? Is this a sibling rivalry thing?"
"Questions..."
"Sorry... But I take the sibling thing as a yes."
She quietly started on her meal again while Inuyasha began grumbling, again.
When they finished, they set off again for Lady Kaede's village. They were moving along cheerfully—well only Aeri and Midori were the cheerful ones. Inuyasha seemed annoyed from their upbeat positions and continued on irascibly, while Lady Sakita just enjoyed the day away silently. It was already past mid-day and it just seemed to get better along the way.
Soon, the sun was ready to set. Nothing out of the ordinary happened and somehow, Aeri and Midori were still shinning with happiness. The reason for why they were so cheerful, even I don't know, maybe because Aeri was only 14 and young and Midori was a parrot-like bird—they're so lively! But Inuyasha was somehow able to tolerate it throughout the whole day. He was following from behind, keeping a lookout for anything unusual since it did give him something to do. He had also been thinking about the rest of his friends, especially Kagome. She was practically defenseless on her own—but she did have a bow and a number of arrows, she just needed a bit more practice.
Anyhow, the trio and the bird had settled down for the night. When the next day came along, they were off again. Traveling still on the dirt road... under the rising sun.
"So how long 'til we get there?" Inuyasha asked.
"Just two more days to go..." Aeri said plainly and smirking happily.
pure-thornless-rose: Well... there ya go! Did you enjoy it? or was it a little long...? Anyhow, chapter two will come along soon. But don't hope it'll be here quickly... i have school to go through...(-.-;) Sorry, it's the same case with my other story anyway.
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PostScript(yes, that's what PS stands for... i think): The name Midori means something, I know--but do you? Also if there's something I missed or went wrong in typing this up, or you're just confused and want to know something... feel free to email me or ask me in a review. My mail box has been empty lately. Oh... and email me only for the purpose of my stories... My email can be found in my bio by-the-way.
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