CYH: hey long time no see! .;laughs a little;. but yeah, so I think im almost done. woohoo! - anyway... yeah. i do not own Inu-Yasha, but I do own Kika. On to the story!

Chapter 5 Surprise, Surprise

It had been two weeks since Kika's first encounter with her enemies. They had rented a home that was by a mountain and they were getting ready to move in there. "What if they know we're leaving?" Kika asked her friends, while packing her kimono that some villagers had given her.

"Forget about them," Shippo said, handing out lollipops to everyone. "They're probably not going to return here in three more weeks, and by then, we'll be long gone."

"Since today is our last day I'm going to wear my favorite outfit - from my time. So nobody come into my room while I change." Everyone nodded as she walked out the door.

She entered her room. Nothing had really changed in there except for one thing - her baby canary, Tweetsil. As she changed, she remembered the odd day that she got him.

Kika had been walking one day when she had spotted a little bird. She was about to pick it up when she heard, "Don't touch it!" She looked around nobody was near by.

"Hello?" She said out loud. "Anybody out there?" A man with a white robe appeared in front of her, as if from no where. He was an elf, and seemed strangely familiar. "Do I know you?"

"Yes, I am your father, part of your father at least."

"What? No your not. My father is Malcolness, an oni. Your an elf."

"Yes, but what you didn't know was that he was actually two souls in the same body. But I won't be able to tell how, Naran will."

"Naran? He's dead."

"No he isn't. He is Naraku, the shape shifting demon. But that is not important Malcolness is dead, and I am dying. My body is too weak, my life is fading fast."

"But I don't even remember seeing you ever before."

"Do you remember the man who always come once month and your mother always called him 'Daddy Nanimo'?"

'You're him! Oh my god! I'm so sorry, I couldn't remember you!" She couldn't believe her eyes, this was the nicest part of her father, but that he was dying. "But how are you dying?"

"Naraku and Shesshomaru are killing me. I come to you in spirit. They are trying to make me tell them your only weakness. I'm loosing a lot of blood, Kika."

"So why do you come to me? I can't risk my life, or my friend's lives either." Nanimo picked up the canary.

"I don't want you to save me," he wrapped her hands around the bird and smiled sadly. "I'm giving you my last gift to you and saving you."

"What? I don't understand Daddy - "

"Don't worry about it. This is Tweetsil, if you want somebody by you, he'll be there. He knows what you're going through, and he'll show how he feels. If your lost, he'll find you and bring you home. If you need to run, he'll grow two times your height, width, and weight, and he'll bring you to your destination. If you need protection, he'll protect you. This list goes on and on, but I won't. I'm going to die in a minute or so."

"Don't go Daddy!" Kika cried, tears flowing freely, while embracing him. "I love you Daddy! Don't die! Please, don't go, you're all I have left of my family." Nanimo hugged her, then lifted her chin so that she could see him crying as well.

"I have something else to say, and that is I love you too. Please don't cry, baby. I'll always be with you, your mother is too. Tweetsil is your family. Your friends are your family. Nature is your family. You see, family is everywhere, so don't cry. Baby, you don't know how good it is too see you before I die. You don't know how good it feels to die. I've been stuck in Malcolness' body for far too long. It's time I go and be free of all the evil things he's done, like rape your mother and abuse you. I could never help you- unitl now." He kissed her forehead softly as his spirit had transformed into ash. "I love you, baby. Don't cry. Take care of Tweetsil. I love you so much." His ash blew in a swirl of wind, brushing her hair back as if it was Nanimo's hand brushing through it. She went down on her knees and cried.

Kika heard Tweetsil chirp and she looked at him, then smiled. He was on her lap with a small red Japanese azalea in his beak and with a tear in his eye.

Ever since the, Kika had been close to Tweetsil. She walked out of her room in dark blue flare jeans, long john shirt with a black sleeveless shirt with a flaming red butterfly over it, sneakers, and Tweetsil perched on her shoulder. She walked into the hallway and heard her friends talking.

"I don't think she should go."

"Why?"

"You know, Inu-Yasha, Miroku's right. It's much harder with her around."

"Shut up, Shippo, I wasn't asking you."

"But its true."

"Yeah, but she saved us."

"True, but she's too weak to fight them all the time."

"Fuck off, Shippo! I didn't ask you shit!"

"Fine I'm shutting up."

"But Inu-Yasha, it's true at one time we'll lose her if we come dependent on her."

"I'm not dependent on her. You guys are different. I don't know you anymore. You never treated Kagome or Sango like this."

"They were mortals."

"You know what? Fuck this shit. I'm going to pack and leave with her. You guys can decide if you want to come or not."

"No, Inu-Yasha don't!" But it was too late. He opened the door and saw Kika there, beginning to cry.

"Kika. I - I'm sorry you had to hear this - "

"No, Inu-Yasha, don't be sorry. After all you want me here. Maybe they're right. I should go."

"Kika..." But she didn't hear Inu-Yasha's voice. because she was already out the door.

She was beginning to walk on the cliff. Tweetsil had disappeared so she was alone wondering. What was that all about, ahe thought. Shippo and Miroku must hate me. No, that's not right, they were thinking of ways to protect me. They were going to sacifice not being with me so that out enemies wouldn't find me. But Inu-Yasha wanted me with them. Either way would risk their lives. Maybe... She didn't finish her thought.

At that very moment a dark, black, gloomy cloud went over her. A white, whirling beam shot from it and at her. She was paralized, her throat was blocked from making one noise, and she was losing her powers. They had come for her.

Inu-Yasha walked out of the house and saw it happen. "Kika!" He broke into a run for her. He tossed his body on her and they began tumbling - towards the end of the cliff. Soon they began to fall off it when Shippo grabbed Inu-Yasha's free hand as his other was tightly clasped about Kika's waist.

"Sorry for saying that shit, Inu-Yasha and Kika. Miroku, we're going to pull on the count of three, 'Kay?"

"Yep."

"One, two, three, pull!"

After they got Kika and Inu-Yasha up, everyone apologized. Shippo and Miroku for acting like fools. Inu-Yasha for blowing his top. And Kika for storming off.

"What a sweet touch, isn't it, guys? Doesn't it just want you to vomit?" In a brief second, Kika felt arms wrap around her, clenching her tightly, and she saw her friends getting grabbed from behind as well. She began kicking and moving around, but she couldn't get out of the man's grip. She looked around her as she struggled. Manten was struggling with Inu-Yasha beside the cliff. Next to him, was Hiten choking Shippo. Lastly, and the closest was Naraku and in his grasp was Miroku. Shesshomaru was holding on to her.

"Let me go!" she gasped. He laughed and squeezed her tighter, taking all the breath out of Kika.

"Hey you fucking shit heads, you better stop struggling, or else Kika will get hurt," Shesshomaru said calmly over the racquet. She saw her friends freeze, Miroku with is leg in the air, Shippo staring at Shesshomaru, and Inu-Yasha with his hand clenched about his sword. Inu-Yasha's eyes dart to Shesshomaru.

"You wouldn't dare, brother."

"Oh, but I would Inu-Yasha." His hand caressed Kika's cheek. "I would." His claw sliced a small wound from her cheekbone to her chin. She yelped in pain, tears forming. "Just not as much as I'd hurt you. And you, Kika, are not allowed to use your powers or else they will get hurt."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"If you make a move against us," Naraku began, "we'll throw one of your friends off this cliff." He nodded towards Inu-Yasha. "Beginning with Inu-Yasha. That is, if you don't come with us."

"You can't-" she began.

"What do you need to behind us? Proof?" He smiled as her face contorted in fear. "Manten, show her our 'proof' by throwing Inu-Yasha off this cliff. If the twenty foot drop doesn't kill him, then the eleven foot spikes will." Manten towards the edge.

"No!" she screamed. She broke free of Shesshomaru's grasp, which had been much looser then before, and slammed herself so hard into Naraku the she was pushed into Hiten and Manten. Manten let go of Inu-Yasha as both him and Kika fell off the cliff.

"Kika!" Her friends hollered. She didn't respond.

"You fucking killed her you asshole!" Inu-Yasha said pissed off at Shesshomaru. Shesshomaru was calm and smiling.

"I'm not an ass. Can't you hear it? Or have you been around your friends for far too long?" Inu-Yasha listened then turned around- Kika was climbing up the cliff.

"Kika, are you alright?" he said as she lifted herself up and onto the edge.

"I'm f-fine," she said standing up and looking down, "but Manten isn't." She could barely see his corpse hanging off one of the spikes, flooding the ground with blood. She couldn't see his eyeballs swimming in his brain guts or that all his bones had been crushed on impact. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill him. He fell out of my grasp. I couldn't save him. I'm so sorry." She began to cry. Even though she didn't know him, she believed that he had some good in him, and that he'd be helpful to her. "I'm so very sorry." She didn't know that Naraku had been in front of her, standing on his cloud with Hiten and Shesshomaru right behind her.

"Don't worry, little Kika, there has to be sacrifices for your beauty." Shesshomaru murmured his hand gliding softly through her hair.

"Kika! Watch out!" Inu-Yasha yelled, but it was too late. Shesshomaru's hand hit a pressure point on Kika's neck, causing her to collapse forward. Her eyes closed into a deep sleep, falling into Naraku's arms. Shesshomaru jumped onto the cloud. He stared at his brother.

"We'll meet again brother. Then I'll kill you." And with that, they flew off.

Inu-Yasha stood in her room, a tear glimmered down his cheek. 'I failed you, Kika' he thought. 'I was suppose to protect you. You made me feel important. You made me feel- human.'

Tweetsil flew in the window. Inu-Yasha stared at him unsure if to tell this bird how he felt about its owner. Then an idea popped into his head. "Listen, Tweetsil," he began. "Kika's been kidnapped, by my brother and his friends. If we don't fond them soon, she may kill herself. We have to find her." Tweetsil wrote something on the dirt floor with his beak. "You like her, don't you?" he read aloud. "No, I don't! She's a friend of mine!" Tweetsil shook his head and wrote something else down. Inu-Yasha read it and left the room. It said 'Whatever. It may take more than a month to find her. Get the others and we will leave as soon as possible. We are going to rescue her.'

TBC

CYH: yay! oh the suspense is killing me!... .;looks around;. well not really, but yeah.
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