An Assassin
A shadow moved silently in the trees, watching the people pass below. The eyes settled on a face. Listening, the shadow heard the face's name.
"Lets have some fun, Inuyasha." The shadow waited.
"NO, Kagome. We've got to get to camp and make some raman." Inuyasha pointed to the two bags full of instant raman.
A man came running down the road, lugging a heavy load that included his wife, children, horse, and all his belongings, all on his back. He was obviously so terrified the weight meant nothing to him.
BANG! He ran straight into Kagome. Getting up, he tried to run again. Shifting everything to one arm, Inuyasha caught the man by the scruff of his neck.
"What's wrong with you?" asked an angry Kagome, as she got up and grabbed the now crushed raman.
"They've seen her! She's near the town!" He was now frantically trying to escape from the half breeds grip. "Run for your very lives!"
"Who the hell are you running from?" Asked Kagome (angrier than any time she had ever 'sit'ed Inuyasha).
The woman atop the horse (that the man was still carrying) answered her, sweating and speaking fast. "Black Lullaby! She's been seen... How can you laugh!" She yelled at Inuyasha. "Do you not know who she is!"
"No." Said the ever arrogant Inuyasha. "Why should I be afraid of a woman with 'Lullaby' in her name?" He laughed again.
"Not a woman but a demon! She's an assassin!" The man was yelling, half crazy with fear. "Her song is poison! The last thing you will ever hear!"
"Hence the name 'Black' Lullaby." Said a teen cooly, from her perch on the horse.
"Please, please, let me go!" The man was weeping. "She'll be after me." Inuyasha released him and the man disappeared.
"Shame."a voice came from the trees. "If there's a price on his head, moving won't stop him from being killed. Merely prolong his life expectancy a few days."
"Inuyasha, there is a shard nearby." A shadow dropped from a tree. Slowly, confidently, the shadow walked into a beam of light and could now be clearly seen as a woman.
Inuyasha growled at her. She had slit-pupil eyes the color of molten amber with emerald flakes scattered over them, a long, slender tail wrapped around her arm three times, claws on her hands, and long, delicate ears. She was a cat demon. When her red tipped black hair moved, Kagome saw six slender red marks on her face. A demon assassin, one with a jewel shard!
"I am the Black Lullaby." She hissed at Inuyasha, than sang an eerily compelling melody that only he could hear. Inuyasha's eyes glazed over, as he dropped his two bags of instant raman. He began to do what looked like a robo can-can. Inuyasha was sweating as he fought Black Lullaby's control, all the while crushing his favorite food to tiny pieces.
Black Lullaby turned to Kagome. Another simple little song, and Kagome was singing the can-can for Inuyasha, who had vainly tried to grabbed Miroku, in his attempt to stop. "Sing faster, Kagome." said the cat demon. Kagome sang faster. Faster and faster she sang, faster and faster Inuyasha danced, dragging the poor monk after him. Shippo broke down in giggles. For the first time, she noticed him.
"Do you think this is funny?" Totally unafraid, he nodded"Good. While they're busy, would you mind helping me with something?"
"Sure." Tears of laughter rolled down his face. "I like you."
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Inuyasha- "What is that? I'M CRUSHING THE RAMAN!"
W.W. + B.B.- "Oops! (Sarcastically) We didn't mean to write it like that."
Inuyasha - "Yes you did!" (Glare, Glare)
Shippo - "That was funny!" (Starts to laugh.)
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"What do you need?" Asked Shippo.
"I need to find some one." Black Lullaby told Shippo.
"Who?" Shippo wiped his face.
"A man by the name of..." she was cut off as he shifted. In fact, she was so shocked that Kagome stopped singing and Inuyasha stopped dancing. Inuyasha fell to the ground, crying.
"My precious raman." he moaned. He glared at Black Lullaby. "Look what you made me do!"
"Don't yell at her Inuyasha." Kagome told him. "Shippo likes her." Inuyasha thumped Shippo on the head twice. Black Lullaby charged at him, clearly intending to kill him, when Kagome yelled "Sit, Inuyasha!" Shippo side stepped as Inuyasha made a whole in the ground with his face.
Black Lullaby smirked. 'That's a neat trick.' she thought. 'I'll have to figure out how that works.' Everyone else laughed openly.
"What'd you do that for, Kagome." Inuyasha yelled after spitting all the dirt out of his mouth.
"You were being a jerk, Inuyasha, and needed to be punished." She started to walk away. Looking over her shoulder, she yelled "Pick up the raman, Inuyasha, or I'm won't buy anymore."
Inuyasha yelped and jumped up. Scrambling all over, Inuyasha finally had it all. "May I come with you?" At the sound of Black Lullaby's voice, Inuyasha dropped everything.
"NO!" Inuyasha yelled, trying to gather it all up again. "Stupid cat!"
"Sit Inuyasha!" Crash! The raman broke his fall. "Yes, you may."
"NNNOOO!" Came a voice from the hole. "My raman! My precious raman!" He cried like a woman at her husbands funeral. "Noo...My...Raman..." He said between sobs. He looked at Kagome. "It's...all...your..fault! Yours...and...that...CATS!"
"Don't blame them, dogface!" Shippo yelled. "You're the one that made Kagome SIT you!"
"But...she...could...have...waited...till...I...was... away... from the raman!" Inuyasha cried. He broke down into tears, yelling and screaming.
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Inuyasha - "The poor, defenseless raman..." (Weeping)
Black - "Shut up, you stupid mutt. You'll get more. Or fish."
Shippo - "Who were you looking for?"
Black - "Never mind, Shippo. I'll find them."
Kagome - "Actually, fish sounds good. We have been eating a lot of raman lately..."
Inuyasha - "HOW DARE YOU BETRAY THE RAMAN!"
Kagome - "SIT!" ('sits' hard)
Black - "Man, that's a nice trick. Does it work if any one says it?"
Kagome - "No, only me."
Black - "Damn."
W.W. - "Ok, people, enough talk, its time to get back to the story."
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They had set up camp for the night, after Inuyasha had finally stopped bawling. Since she had ruined their dinner, Black went fishing. However, she only brought back four fish. She cooked them just right in the coals of the fire, and, once they were done, handed them out. One for her, one for Kagome, one for Shippo, and one for Miroku.
"Where's my fish?" Asked Inuyasha angrily. All that crying had given him an appetite.
"In the stream." He stood and yelled,
"You didn't get me any fish!"
"Nope." Black took a bite out of her fish.
"Why not?"
"Because." Inuyasha stomped over to the far end of the campsite, mumbling something about evil cats, while holding his muttering stomach.
Soon, they all settled around the fire to talk until they felt sleepy. Miroku sat on one side of Black, Shippo on the other, and Kagome straight across. Inuyasha was still in his corner.
"So, 'Black Lullaby'," said Kagome. "Do you have a real name?"
"Yes, I do. Everyone does. Black Lullaby is merely how I'm known."
"But what is it?" Asked Kagome, irritated by the demons round about answer.
"Yeah, what's your name?" Asked the foxling, Shippo. He had already figured out that
Black had a weakness for children. She smiled at him.
"It's Ankhale Suneye. I made it myself. Shortly, it's Ankha."
"Can I call you that?"
"Certainly."
"Kagome, too?"
"I suppose."
"Thanks!"
The talk went on for a while. All asked Ankha questions, and she got in a few of her own, including why Kagome had let her stay. It went smoothly, peacefully, until Miroku opened his big, lecherous mouth.
"Will you bear my child?"
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B.B.- "Oh Miroku, I wish I could!"
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He lay sprawled on the ground, a very red hand print on his face, with five small puncture wounds on the tip of each finger mark from the offended cat demons metal claws.
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Inuyasha - "You have metal claws?"
Ankha - "Yes, metal claws where everyone else has fingernails. They can extend to as many inches as I wish beyond my finger tips."
Miroku - (Gulp)
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Ankha stalked off, saying over her shoulder, "I'm done talking." She climbed into a tree and settled down to sleep in the thick branches. Shippo followed.
Kagome shook her head. "You just had to ruin it, Miroku." And went off to bed herself. As soon as his head stopped spinning, Miroku went to his bed roll and slept, gently nursing his wounded face.
"Ankha!" Shippo whispered up into the tree. He couldn't see her well, only her glowing eyes.
"Shippo, you should be asleep."
"Why are you in a tree?"
"I like it up here."
"Can I sleep under it?"
"Of course." Quickly, he fell asleep. So far from the warmth of the fire, though, it wasn't too long before he started shivering. Silently, Ankha climbed out of her tree and laid her traveling cloak upon him. His shivering stopped. She climbed back into the tree and watched the full moon until, finally, she slept.
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Disclaimer: We do not own the show Inuyasha. We're just borrowing the world and characters for a while. Don't worry. We'll give them back.
P.S. I am Writing Woman, and I own Ankhale Suneye. Blond Bitch owns characters later in the story.
