Rain, Again?
In the morning, no one talked of the incident the night before. They were all curious, but knew by now to keep away from that subject. Ankha clammed up and walked away when it was talked about. If some one questioned her, she gave them the cold shoulder, even if the someone was Shippo. They packed up camp and walked to the next town.
When they came within sight of the town, Ankha held back.
"What's wrong?" Asked Kagome.
"If you all are going in there, you don't want to be seen with me. I'll go in a little later, and meet you at sunset on the other side." The rest agreed. At first, Shippo wanted to go with her, but was persuaded otherwise.
The trip was to be a simple one, to get food and any information that they could on shards. Ankha's shard still resided about her neck, in a little bottle.
She waited about twenty minutes after they had gone in, then went in herself. She garnered a few stares, for having her hood pulled so far over her face, but not nearly as many as she would have gotten in the red marks had been visible. But Sessho was right. Trouble followed in her footsteps. Or, in this case, walked in front of her.
Ooof! The lady in front of Ankha stopped abruptly. Her elbow connected with assassin's stomach, hard. The cat demon automatically moved into a fighting crouch, whipping the sight impairing hood off her head. And everyone saw her marks.
The lady turned to apologize, and screamed instead. "Assassin!" She yelled.
All of a sudden, the men sprouted pitchforks and torches, the women magick-ed up frying pans. 'What the hell!' Ankha thought. 'Do they carry these in their pockets?' As she stood there, stupefied, one man poked her with his pitchfork and said,
"Excuse me, miss, but you're supposed to run now." Ankha took off. She ran fast enough that all she appeared to be was a black blur. Right past Inuyasha and the group she ran, and the mob after her.
"Um. Did anyone else see what I saw?" Inuyasha asked.
"What do you suppose that was about?" Kagome muttered to Songo. Inuyasha, who was fast himself, had just barely gotten a glimpse of Ankha's face. She had been laughing. He relayed this message to them. Looking at each other, they yelped then took off themselves.
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A cloud of dust came at him from down the road. Well, not at him, he was sitting under a tree near the side, off to the left, really, and
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Rain - "Does it matter? I was lounging under a tree near the road. That's it. Ok?"
B.B.- "Fine, fine..."
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The cloud of dust came closer, a black figure in the middle of it. As it passed him, he heard laughter. After it, came a mob. Among the shouting, he heard (besides expletives) the word "Assassin!" 'Could it be?' He wondered. He watched them disappear down the road. The dust made him sneeze.
Sesshomiru and Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo came down the road. Songo had tripped and twisted her ankle, and Miroku had 'generously' volunteered to stay behind with her in the village until she could walk again. They had no doubt that when they saw the pair again, his face would be swollen and puffy.
Hearing the sneeze, Sessho stopped and looked at the shadowy shape beneath the trees. As Inuyasha ran by, the demon grabbed the half breed.
"Urk!" Inuyasha tried to struggle out of Sessho's death grip. When the others caught up, he dropped his brother and pointed at the shadow. "That person is familiar. Who is it?"
The shadow stood.
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B.B.- "There's a lot of shadows here."
W.W.- "Shush!"
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'It' turned out to be Rain. Kagome greeted the handsome young man warmly. They had gotten along well when they had first met. Needless to say, he and Inuyasha didn't. It wasn't any different this time. Rain greeted them all, then turned to Sesshomiru.
"A week or so after I left you, I met a person that nearly matched the description of your mate." Sessho's ears pricked up. "Tell me, tell me! Where is she?" The dog demon said. Rain leaned casually against a tree.
"Now, hold on there, I don't know if it was her." Sesshomiru wanted to shake the man, for being so slow, but unconscious men don't speak too well. "The name was right, Loeyla, but the description was wrong. This woman was half fox, half wolf."
Sessho shook his head. "No, no, Loeyla's all fox, no wolf."
"Well, this woman had silver hair near the top of her head, and brown at the bottom. Half wolf, half fox. I asked her where she was headed and she said 'Mykoto.'"
Sessho ran, calling over his shoulder, "I have to see for myself!" And the trip to Mykoto was a long trip indeed. And yet, um, back to the story. So, he'll be gone for a while. But, we have to get back to the story, because if we don't, it won't get finished, and if it doesn't get finished, then
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Everybody - "Get on with it already!"
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They watched him go. "Well." Rain turned to the three that were left. "Is he always like that?"
"Only when it comes to Loeyla." Sango sighed. "I wish I had a man like that."Sango felt someone touching her butt. "Miroku..."
"Yes, Sango?" Sango then force fed him her elbow. He lay sprawled on the ground, twitching. Rain laughed. Then he turned to Kagome.
"Hey, can I travel with you all? I'm looking for somebody and people tend to talk more when you have a group behind you."
"Sure! Who are you looking for?"
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W.W.- "Never object when a hot guy says he wants to spend more time with you."
B.B.- "What if he's a asswhole?"
W.W.- "Where ear plugs and just stare at his face. Or imagine him in boxers..."
Kagome - "Oh, please, he's just a friend."
W.W.- "Sure, Kagome, sure..."
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"I'm not telling. They have a $3,000,000 bounty on their head, the person I'm looking for."
"Wow." That was a lot of money. "Whoever it is must have done something really bad."
"Yep." Kagome knew it would be a while till Ankha came back, so she decided it was time to set up camp. With one of their people wanted by the town, they weren't going to spend the night there. She was envious of Sango and Miroku, who got to sleep in real beds.
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Ankha sat in the tree, watching the towns people beat half heartedly on the bushes, looking for her. She recalled how they had ran after her. As if they ever could have caught her.
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Rain - "If you knew they would never catch you, why'd you run?"
Ankha - "'Never underestimate stupid people in large groups.' I also needed the exercise. And while it was highly unlikely that they would catch me, I don't take chances."
Rain - (looks knowingly at her) "Yes, you do."
Ankha - (scowls) "Shut up, Ligerrain."
Rain - (grins and winks) "Oh yes, your Majesty."
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She watched them leave, stumbling tiredly back home. She shifted her heavy cloak and climbed out of the tree. Ankha looked up at the mighty pine and smiled. Trees really were wonderful things. She walked in the woods, enjoying the solitude. Coming up on camp, she decided she wasn't quite ready to go back yet. Swerving, she delved farther into the woods. Meeting Shippo, who had been gathering firewood, she asked him where a stream was. He pointed, and she said that's where he could find her, and each went their separate ways.
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Disclaimer - We don't own Inuyasha and them. WritingWoman owns Ankha and Rain, and BlondBitch owns Loeyla. Wow, writing these things are boring. The disclaimers, not the story. R+R.
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