Disclaimer: I'm sorry did you say something?
Lawyers: Where is your disclaimer!?!
Leiko: I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to talk to strangers.
Miroku: And you can't get much stranger than them.
*Kin and Inuyasha start laughing at the lawyers while pointing*
Kin: AHAHAHA!!!
Kagome: Uh, guys? I really don't think that it was that funny...
Inuyasha: No, but *laughs* that is!!!!
*Points at the lawyers... female lawyers*
Sango: YOU PERVERT!!! I CAN'T LEAVE YOU ALONE CAN I!?!?!
Miroku: My dearest Sango, does that mean that you want to be by me for all eternity?
Mizuna: I'm going to start the fic. After all this story is only rated PG- 13... I don't think that the graphic violence that's about to ensue will fit there.
Leiko: But before it starts, let me just say, Ka-chan, this is ME were talking about here, of course I can't get the name right. DUH!!!
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Artificial Destiny Chapter 2: Kidnapped... Oh Kami, not again!
After about an hour of running with demonic speed, Kin caught wind of Kagome's scent. "Guys, this way, and hurry!!!"
"What is it Kin-chan, is Kagome in trouble?" Kashaku asked, letting her happy-go-lucky façade fall. No one hurt her friends and lived. EVER!
"I hope not..." Kin replied, biting her lip. "It's just that Kagome's scent is mixed with some... less than friendly ones..."
"It doesn't matter if she's really in trouble. There's the possibility that she is, and we have to go make sure she's safe." Said Mizuna, always the voice of reason, even if it killed her.
Nodding to each other, they set of at their fast pace. Mizuna could easily surpass this speed, but then she would leave her adopted sisters in the dust.
When they arrived, the scene they saw had them all boiling in anger. Kagome, their adopted sister, was sitting up on a cloud, being held in place by a... fat toad thingy. To add to that, they saw a sad little Kitsune cub, cowering behind the ridge, obviously frozen in terror, also Inuyasha, the boy to whom they all owed Kagome's life, was locked in a grueling battle with a handsome stranger.
Realizing that sitting there stewing in their anger wasn't going to help Kagome, they dealt with their anger in their own separate ways. Mizuna analyzed the situation, going over all possible outcomes. Kashaku formed fireballs, and used the handsome demon for a bit of target practice. Kin however, chose to vent, by saving her sister.
Kin jumped gracefully into the air, and snatched Kagome out of the fat toad thingy's grasp. Turning in mid-air, she stuck her tongue out at it, in a very juvenile manner. Landing, she set Kagome down before giving her a big hug. "We can't leave you alone for five minutes without you getting into some kind of trouble can we?"
Kagome stared at them for a few minutes in a state of shock. When she regained her senses, she ran to each of her friends in turn and hugging them which effectively disrupting their whole "venting" session. Kashaku and Kagome began jumping around in circles holding hands and squealing, while Kin watched them, laughing at their little dance. And Mizuna even gave one of her rare real smiles.
There happy little reunion was cut short by the fat toad thingy's shrieks of anger. "Brother!!! They have stolen the girl from me!!!"
The handsome Youkai stopped fooling around, and with one swift movement, sent Inuyasha sprawling across the ground. "So, I see that our little friend brought herself some reinforcements. Not that it matters, I can take whatever you weaklings throw at me and more!"
"W-w-weaklings!?!" Kin finally managed to ground out. "I'll show you just how much of a 'weakling' I can be!!!" Kin hadn't been in a very agreeable mood all day, and being called a weakling by some chauvinistic Youkai was the last straw. Running at the demon, she launched herself into the air when she was about a yard away from him. When she reached the point where she was directly over the offensive Youkai, she let loose one of her most powerful lightning attacks before flipping lightly in the air and landing on her feet, facing away from where his scorch mark should be.
"I see that you have control over lightning as well. Impressive." Kin twirled around so fast that she was in danger of losing her balance.
Kin let out a feral growl when she saw an arrogant smirk on his face. "I don't need lightning to take you down!!!" Running at him at her top speed, the only people who could see her were Mizuna, and possibly her opponent, though this was doubtful.
Reappearing directly in front of the Youkai, her had shot out in a quick undercut followed by a perfectly executed roundhouse kick to his chest. Over all her attack was swift and brutal. The after math of her combined attacks sent the demon flying back several feet only to land roughly with a bit of skidding.
Grinning proudly at her success, the blonde lightning Kitsune struck a dramatic, "Haha! You suck and I just kicked your ass" pose.
When he didn't make a move to get up, Kin turned back to her friends a little bit bewildered. 'I know I'm good... But he must REALLY be bad if he was down after only one attack... It's too bad though... He was hot... AGH!!!!!! I DID NOT JUST THINK THAT!!! Nope, he's just some pathetic weakling... yup, he's pathetic, stupid, weak, hot, sexy... Ok, where was I going with this again? No, bad thoughts, bad thoughts, bad thoughts!!!' Unknown to her, Kin's "Defeated" foe, was thinking the same thing, without her obvious restraint.
Kin's head snapped up when she realized that she was being talked to... er... screamed at anyway. Frowning, she watched in confused amusement as Kashaku, Kagome, and the little Kitsune cub started waving their hands around frantically. She then rolled her eyes. 'How do they expect me to understand that?' Her gaze then skimmed over the now sulking Hanyou before it settled on Mizuna for an explanation.
'Uh oh...' Kin's cold friend was currently flicking her gaze between Kin, and something behind Kin, and every time her gaze was on the Kitsune, she had this irritated, "I can't believe you did something that stupid" look on her face. Bracing herself, she awaited the attack.
Just as Kin had expected, she felt someone's foot connect solidly with her back. What she didn't expect was the force behind the kick. The Youkai's kick was well placed, and it sent her flying much farther than her attack had sent him. But also unlike him, Kin didn't skid; instead she flipped neatly and landed on her feet. But then her body kept going and she ended up on her butt glaring at the Youkai before her.
"You're not bad, in fact I find you to be a rather worthy adversary. My name is Hiten, and that is my brother Monten," He said, pointing at the fat toad thingy on the cloud. "We are the Reishu brothers."
She glared at him begrudgingly, but now that his name had been given, proper protocol demanded that she respond in turn. "I am Kin Raikatuji. These are Kashaku Hitomi, Mizuna Arishima, and I believe that you've already met Kagome and Inuyasha." Kin said, gesturing at first herself, and then all of her friends in turn.
Hiten smiled at her, allowing his fangs to show. As he walked towards her in a menacing way, his long queue swishing behind him. He continued walking until he was less than a foot away. He then tilted his head down so that he could look her in the eye. He virtually towered over her at his height of 6'4" to her miniscule 5'9".
Never one to give up, Kin glared defiantly into his amused face. "Now that we've been introduced, can we get on with it?"
At this, Hiten's smirk grew and his eyebrow rose unconsciously. "Are you always this impatient?"
In response to his question, he only received a glare. Kin then jumped back, and sunk into her fighting stance. Without waiting for him to prepare, she was off like a shot, punching and kicking him with enough speed and force to take down almost any demon.
However Hiten is not almost any demon. He countered every single one of her attacks before coming back with his own barrage of massive blows. Kin was finding it harder and harder to keep this pace up, as Hiten seemed to be speeding up with every hit.
Knowing she couldn't beat him in close combat, she leapt while sweeping her clawed hand in an arc towards him. As her nails traveled along the arc, five bolts of lightning were emitted, one from each of her fingers.
While the lightning itself couldn't hurt him, the force at which it traveled left Hiten panting for breath, and sprawled a few yards away. He rose slowly, wiping away a bit of blood that had dribbled out of his mouth with the back of his hand. Then he did the unexpected. He smiled and began clapping lightly. "Very good. You almost had me there. Almost."
Crossing his arms over his chest, Hiten grinned cheekily at his attractive female opponent before disappearing. Milliseconds later he re-appeared directly behind Kin, wrapping his arms around her, he locked her in a chokehold. Leaning in close to her, he placed his mouth right next to her ear. "You know, you're hot when you're mad. Your face gets all flushed, and your ears start twitching in the most adorable way and then your gorgeous eye start flashing in this really sexy way."
Kin had gotten very red with every comment that came out of Hiten's mouth. With a growl beginning in her throat, she grabbed the arm that was around her neck, and then jumped back, putting her weight onto him. When she came down, the velocity caused him to flip over her shoulder. Sadly, he simply turned in mid-air and landed deftly on his feet.
"Okay, this is getting boring, but don't worry, we'll continue this later." Hiten then floated up so that he was hovering several yards in the air, turning to Monten, he continued. "Monten, we're going, leave the other girl, we have no use for her."
At the thought of being ditched Kin began seeing red. "YOU COWARD!!! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE AND FIGHT LIKE A YOUKAI!!! WHEN I FIND YOU, YOU'RE GONNA WISH THAT YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN!!! DO YOU HEAR ME!?!?!?!"
Hiten turned his head so that he could see her out of the corner of his eye while still facing in the opposite direction. "Who said I was leaving without you?"
Before Kin had time to decipher what he had meant, Hiten swooped down with amazing speed. When he reached her, he brought a hand up to her shoulder, hitting a pressure point that would knock her out for hours. Kin instantly passed out, her body becoming limp, but before she could hit the ground, Hiten had her in his arms bridal style. Nodding in a mock salute to the Inu gang, he took off, with his fat-toad-thingy of a brother trailing along behind him still on the cloud.
"MIZUNA!!! HURRY!!! YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM!!!" Kashaku ran up to her cold friend and grabbed her arm desperately. Mizuna pulled out of her grasp and turned away.
"No."
"B-b-b-bu-but Mi-chan!!! Kin NEEDS us!!!!!"
Mizuna winced slightly as her friend began sobbing, but made no move to give chase to the Reisho brothers. She continued facing the other way so that they wouldn't see her tears. 'Damnit Kin! WHY!?!'
As the last tear made it's way silently down her cheek, Mizuna's pale pallor returned. After a few more seconds, there was no sign that she had been crying at all.
Mizuna started slightly as she felt a weight on her shoulder. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the small Kitsune cub from before. "Why aren't you going to help her!?! Don't you care about her!?!"
Seemingly ignoring the child's questions, she turned her gaze forward once again. "We need to go back to Kaede's village." Her voice was a monotonous drone instead of her usually sarcastic voice. Without waiting for their reply, she began walking in the direction of the village.
They had been walking in silence for an hour before anyone said anything. "Why?" Kashaku asked in a whisper so soft that Mizuna could barely hear it.
Stopping mid-step, the water demoness nearly unseated the boy she now knew was Shippo from her shoulder. Turning deftly on her heal, she walked with deadly precision over to Kagome and grabbed her friend's arm. She then quickly pulled up the sleeve of the miko's school uniform to reveal a huge gash.
Kagome blushed hotly, and muttered, "Now that you know..." in a soft voice before collapsing into Mizuna's arms. Lifting her friend off the ground, she walked over to the sulking Hanyou. Depositing the unconscious girl into his arms, she began walking towards the village once again.
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Kashaku: mmmmhmhmmmmhmhm!!!
Leiko: What happened to her?
Kagome: Kin?
*Kin grins and holds up an empty jar of peanut butter*
Kashaku: I like peanut butter!
*Everyone turns to face Kashaku who still has her mouth stuck shut*
Inuyasha: WHAT THE FUCK!?!
Kashaku: I tapped this in case Kin-chan ever tricked me into eating a whole jar of peanut butter.
*All the feeling people twitched as they saw a tape-recorder*
Tape-recorder: Thanks for reviewing peoples!!! Leiko will address you all by name in the next chapter.
Readers: Why in the next one?
Tape-recorder: Because she just passed out on the floor.
Sesshoumaru: Read and Review.
Tape-recorder: NO FAIR!!!!! I WANTED TO SAY THAT!!!
Lawyers: Where is your disclaimer!?!
Leiko: I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to talk to strangers.
Miroku: And you can't get much stranger than them.
*Kin and Inuyasha start laughing at the lawyers while pointing*
Kin: AHAHAHA!!!
Kagome: Uh, guys? I really don't think that it was that funny...
Inuyasha: No, but *laughs* that is!!!!
*Points at the lawyers... female lawyers*
Sango: YOU PERVERT!!! I CAN'T LEAVE YOU ALONE CAN I!?!?!
Miroku: My dearest Sango, does that mean that you want to be by me for all eternity?
Mizuna: I'm going to start the fic. After all this story is only rated PG- 13... I don't think that the graphic violence that's about to ensue will fit there.
Leiko: But before it starts, let me just say, Ka-chan, this is ME were talking about here, of course I can't get the name right. DUH!!!
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Artificial Destiny Chapter 2: Kidnapped... Oh Kami, not again!
After about an hour of running with demonic speed, Kin caught wind of Kagome's scent. "Guys, this way, and hurry!!!"
"What is it Kin-chan, is Kagome in trouble?" Kashaku asked, letting her happy-go-lucky façade fall. No one hurt her friends and lived. EVER!
"I hope not..." Kin replied, biting her lip. "It's just that Kagome's scent is mixed with some... less than friendly ones..."
"It doesn't matter if she's really in trouble. There's the possibility that she is, and we have to go make sure she's safe." Said Mizuna, always the voice of reason, even if it killed her.
Nodding to each other, they set of at their fast pace. Mizuna could easily surpass this speed, but then she would leave her adopted sisters in the dust.
When they arrived, the scene they saw had them all boiling in anger. Kagome, their adopted sister, was sitting up on a cloud, being held in place by a... fat toad thingy. To add to that, they saw a sad little Kitsune cub, cowering behind the ridge, obviously frozen in terror, also Inuyasha, the boy to whom they all owed Kagome's life, was locked in a grueling battle with a handsome stranger.
Realizing that sitting there stewing in their anger wasn't going to help Kagome, they dealt with their anger in their own separate ways. Mizuna analyzed the situation, going over all possible outcomes. Kashaku formed fireballs, and used the handsome demon for a bit of target practice. Kin however, chose to vent, by saving her sister.
Kin jumped gracefully into the air, and snatched Kagome out of the fat toad thingy's grasp. Turning in mid-air, she stuck her tongue out at it, in a very juvenile manner. Landing, she set Kagome down before giving her a big hug. "We can't leave you alone for five minutes without you getting into some kind of trouble can we?"
Kagome stared at them for a few minutes in a state of shock. When she regained her senses, she ran to each of her friends in turn and hugging them which effectively disrupting their whole "venting" session. Kashaku and Kagome began jumping around in circles holding hands and squealing, while Kin watched them, laughing at their little dance. And Mizuna even gave one of her rare real smiles.
There happy little reunion was cut short by the fat toad thingy's shrieks of anger. "Brother!!! They have stolen the girl from me!!!"
The handsome Youkai stopped fooling around, and with one swift movement, sent Inuyasha sprawling across the ground. "So, I see that our little friend brought herself some reinforcements. Not that it matters, I can take whatever you weaklings throw at me and more!"
"W-w-weaklings!?!" Kin finally managed to ground out. "I'll show you just how much of a 'weakling' I can be!!!" Kin hadn't been in a very agreeable mood all day, and being called a weakling by some chauvinistic Youkai was the last straw. Running at the demon, she launched herself into the air when she was about a yard away from him. When she reached the point where she was directly over the offensive Youkai, she let loose one of her most powerful lightning attacks before flipping lightly in the air and landing on her feet, facing away from where his scorch mark should be.
"I see that you have control over lightning as well. Impressive." Kin twirled around so fast that she was in danger of losing her balance.
Kin let out a feral growl when she saw an arrogant smirk on his face. "I don't need lightning to take you down!!!" Running at him at her top speed, the only people who could see her were Mizuna, and possibly her opponent, though this was doubtful.
Reappearing directly in front of the Youkai, her had shot out in a quick undercut followed by a perfectly executed roundhouse kick to his chest. Over all her attack was swift and brutal. The after math of her combined attacks sent the demon flying back several feet only to land roughly with a bit of skidding.
Grinning proudly at her success, the blonde lightning Kitsune struck a dramatic, "Haha! You suck and I just kicked your ass" pose.
When he didn't make a move to get up, Kin turned back to her friends a little bit bewildered. 'I know I'm good... But he must REALLY be bad if he was down after only one attack... It's too bad though... He was hot... AGH!!!!!! I DID NOT JUST THINK THAT!!! Nope, he's just some pathetic weakling... yup, he's pathetic, stupid, weak, hot, sexy... Ok, where was I going with this again? No, bad thoughts, bad thoughts, bad thoughts!!!' Unknown to her, Kin's "Defeated" foe, was thinking the same thing, without her obvious restraint.
Kin's head snapped up when she realized that she was being talked to... er... screamed at anyway. Frowning, she watched in confused amusement as Kashaku, Kagome, and the little Kitsune cub started waving their hands around frantically. She then rolled her eyes. 'How do they expect me to understand that?' Her gaze then skimmed over the now sulking Hanyou before it settled on Mizuna for an explanation.
'Uh oh...' Kin's cold friend was currently flicking her gaze between Kin, and something behind Kin, and every time her gaze was on the Kitsune, she had this irritated, "I can't believe you did something that stupid" look on her face. Bracing herself, she awaited the attack.
Just as Kin had expected, she felt someone's foot connect solidly with her back. What she didn't expect was the force behind the kick. The Youkai's kick was well placed, and it sent her flying much farther than her attack had sent him. But also unlike him, Kin didn't skid; instead she flipped neatly and landed on her feet. But then her body kept going and she ended up on her butt glaring at the Youkai before her.
"You're not bad, in fact I find you to be a rather worthy adversary. My name is Hiten, and that is my brother Monten," He said, pointing at the fat toad thingy on the cloud. "We are the Reishu brothers."
She glared at him begrudgingly, but now that his name had been given, proper protocol demanded that she respond in turn. "I am Kin Raikatuji. These are Kashaku Hitomi, Mizuna Arishima, and I believe that you've already met Kagome and Inuyasha." Kin said, gesturing at first herself, and then all of her friends in turn.
Hiten smiled at her, allowing his fangs to show. As he walked towards her in a menacing way, his long queue swishing behind him. He continued walking until he was less than a foot away. He then tilted his head down so that he could look her in the eye. He virtually towered over her at his height of 6'4" to her miniscule 5'9".
Never one to give up, Kin glared defiantly into his amused face. "Now that we've been introduced, can we get on with it?"
At this, Hiten's smirk grew and his eyebrow rose unconsciously. "Are you always this impatient?"
In response to his question, he only received a glare. Kin then jumped back, and sunk into her fighting stance. Without waiting for him to prepare, she was off like a shot, punching and kicking him with enough speed and force to take down almost any demon.
However Hiten is not almost any demon. He countered every single one of her attacks before coming back with his own barrage of massive blows. Kin was finding it harder and harder to keep this pace up, as Hiten seemed to be speeding up with every hit.
Knowing she couldn't beat him in close combat, she leapt while sweeping her clawed hand in an arc towards him. As her nails traveled along the arc, five bolts of lightning were emitted, one from each of her fingers.
While the lightning itself couldn't hurt him, the force at which it traveled left Hiten panting for breath, and sprawled a few yards away. He rose slowly, wiping away a bit of blood that had dribbled out of his mouth with the back of his hand. Then he did the unexpected. He smiled and began clapping lightly. "Very good. You almost had me there. Almost."
Crossing his arms over his chest, Hiten grinned cheekily at his attractive female opponent before disappearing. Milliseconds later he re-appeared directly behind Kin, wrapping his arms around her, he locked her in a chokehold. Leaning in close to her, he placed his mouth right next to her ear. "You know, you're hot when you're mad. Your face gets all flushed, and your ears start twitching in the most adorable way and then your gorgeous eye start flashing in this really sexy way."
Kin had gotten very red with every comment that came out of Hiten's mouth. With a growl beginning in her throat, she grabbed the arm that was around her neck, and then jumped back, putting her weight onto him. When she came down, the velocity caused him to flip over her shoulder. Sadly, he simply turned in mid-air and landed deftly on his feet.
"Okay, this is getting boring, but don't worry, we'll continue this later." Hiten then floated up so that he was hovering several yards in the air, turning to Monten, he continued. "Monten, we're going, leave the other girl, we have no use for her."
At the thought of being ditched Kin began seeing red. "YOU COWARD!!! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE AND FIGHT LIKE A YOUKAI!!! WHEN I FIND YOU, YOU'RE GONNA WISH THAT YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN!!! DO YOU HEAR ME!?!?!?!"
Hiten turned his head so that he could see her out of the corner of his eye while still facing in the opposite direction. "Who said I was leaving without you?"
Before Kin had time to decipher what he had meant, Hiten swooped down with amazing speed. When he reached her, he brought a hand up to her shoulder, hitting a pressure point that would knock her out for hours. Kin instantly passed out, her body becoming limp, but before she could hit the ground, Hiten had her in his arms bridal style. Nodding in a mock salute to the Inu gang, he took off, with his fat-toad-thingy of a brother trailing along behind him still on the cloud.
"MIZUNA!!! HURRY!!! YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM!!!" Kashaku ran up to her cold friend and grabbed her arm desperately. Mizuna pulled out of her grasp and turned away.
"No."
"B-b-b-bu-but Mi-chan!!! Kin NEEDS us!!!!!"
Mizuna winced slightly as her friend began sobbing, but made no move to give chase to the Reisho brothers. She continued facing the other way so that they wouldn't see her tears. 'Damnit Kin! WHY!?!'
As the last tear made it's way silently down her cheek, Mizuna's pale pallor returned. After a few more seconds, there was no sign that she had been crying at all.
Mizuna started slightly as she felt a weight on her shoulder. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the small Kitsune cub from before. "Why aren't you going to help her!?! Don't you care about her!?!"
Seemingly ignoring the child's questions, she turned her gaze forward once again. "We need to go back to Kaede's village." Her voice was a monotonous drone instead of her usually sarcastic voice. Without waiting for their reply, she began walking in the direction of the village.
They had been walking in silence for an hour before anyone said anything. "Why?" Kashaku asked in a whisper so soft that Mizuna could barely hear it.
Stopping mid-step, the water demoness nearly unseated the boy she now knew was Shippo from her shoulder. Turning deftly on her heal, she walked with deadly precision over to Kagome and grabbed her friend's arm. She then quickly pulled up the sleeve of the miko's school uniform to reveal a huge gash.
Kagome blushed hotly, and muttered, "Now that you know..." in a soft voice before collapsing into Mizuna's arms. Lifting her friend off the ground, she walked over to the sulking Hanyou. Depositing the unconscious girl into his arms, she began walking towards the village once again.
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Kashaku: mmmmhmhmmmmhmhm!!!
Leiko: What happened to her?
Kagome: Kin?
*Kin grins and holds up an empty jar of peanut butter*
Kashaku: I like peanut butter!
*Everyone turns to face Kashaku who still has her mouth stuck shut*
Inuyasha: WHAT THE FUCK!?!
Kashaku: I tapped this in case Kin-chan ever tricked me into eating a whole jar of peanut butter.
*All the feeling people twitched as they saw a tape-recorder*
Tape-recorder: Thanks for reviewing peoples!!! Leiko will address you all by name in the next chapter.
Readers: Why in the next one?
Tape-recorder: Because she just passed out on the floor.
Sesshoumaru: Read and Review.
Tape-recorder: NO FAIR!!!!! I WANTED TO SAY THAT!!!