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Greetings! We're back with an update!
Fred the Mutant Pickle: Yes, fear the mutant ducks! Flee! Flee for your lives!
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err, just pretend I never said that... anyways, Akuma is the master/creator of the Five (see chapter 12). So it appears that someone has snuck in during your sleep and caused you to have amnesia. :P
Stephanie: Thanks! And I'll see if I can find out what time RK plays.
Hayai-hakai: Yes, cliff hangers are the devil...but what would a fic be without them? Bwa ha ha!
Shakujou: Yes, poor underappreciated Inuyasha... anyways, cool update on your fic! Naraku's finally dead! #breaks out into a song# Ding Dong the witch is dead!...
I guess you guys really didn't need to hear that. O.o;;
The Chibi Eskimo: Hey Rachel! Long time no see! Camp was great, I learned the joys of debate and stuff (my partner and I got the highest record in our newbie lab! W00t). Anyways, you like angst? The sequel for this (yes, there's a sequel-no, it's not going to contain as much action or elemental stuff, sorry...) will have much angst! Have fun with your future fics!
Kitana-nata: The "..." after the 4th Osuwari meant that there were more, but me being the lazy idiot I am, decided not to put any more Osuwaris.
Kaylana: Hey! Long time no see! Glad to see you again.
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Kagome jogged through the entangle forest, her eyes and ears keen for any sign of the missing hanyou.
'Kuso, where could he have gone? He didn't seem to have left the spring that fast...'
#Huff# #Huff#
"Inuyasha! Where are you? Answer me! Inuyasha?!" Her screams rebounded off of the dense foliage, effectively muting her worried voice from the world...
The entire world, that is, except one hanyou. But would he answer the call?
"Inuyasha-there you are! I was looking all over for you!" She had stumbled through a clearing where the lonely hanyou sat, his amber eyes gazing across the river.
"Inuyasha? Why did you leave?" said Kagome. She was about to sit down beside him when he angrily responded,
"You know what I'm talking about wench!"
"About what, Inuyasha?"
Giving out a growl of frustration, he grumbled out, "About how I dashed in all worried about you and all I got for it was a bunch of sittings."
"I appreciate that you're worried about me, but peeking on me like that still deserves a good sit you know!"
"Keh, it's not like I haven't seen you naked before or anything." At this point, Kagome turned beet red and was about to berate Inuyasha again when he continued, "And couldn't you at least consider the fact that I dashed in for your own safety? At least Kikyou had enough heart thank me for times like this."
Perhaps Inuyasha should have kept his mouth shut about Kikyou, for his ear- shattering response was...
"Kikyou, huh? It's always Kikyou, Kikyou, Kikyou! I'm sick of you talking about her all the time and comparing her to me! She's dead already! Don't you get it?! SHE'S DEAD!! And not enough heart, huh?! Who's the one who sacrificed her personal life for this romp through Japan?! Who's the one who put a burden on her family's finances by buying all those medical supplies?! Who's the one who risked her life for you more than she could count?! Who's the one who awakened you from that fifty year sleep?! Huh?! HUH?!"
Usually, Inuyasha would have simply stared back in shock and would have attempted to apologize. But this time, he was far too angry to feel remorse.
"And who's the one who saved your neck dozens of times?! Who brought you back from the time the baby possessed you?! Who sacrificed his time waiting on you to return from that stupid place?!"
"Don't call my home and family stupid! And I have my own life to get on with! I can't completely forget about my own time you brainless half- breed!"
"You know why I keep telling you to hurry up, huh?! I got two reasons! One, at the time, I was afraid that Miroku would get sucked into his void! I wanted to kill off Naraku before that happened! Two, think about what would happen if Naraku got his filthy hands on the jewel! There wouldn't be a future for you! You wouldn't have a school to go to! You wouldn't have a family to return to! Hell, you might not even be alive! So STOP SCREAMING AT ME ABOUT HOW I KEEP YOU AWAY FROM HOME AND UNDERAPRRECIATING ME BEFORE YOU KNOW THE ACTUAL REASONS!!!" It seemed that he was too angry to even curse at her.
Panting slightly, he stood up and looked straight into Kagome's horrified eyes, then muttered coldly, "Now little miss, 'I'm always right about everything I do,' I have some resting to do." He stumped back to camp.
For a long moment, all Kagome could do was stare at the large dent in the underbrush that Inuyasha had left.
'I never thought Inuyasha could say something like that, but...he's right.' She started sobbing into her hands and looked into the reflections on the calm river.
'Have I really been that selfish?' she thought as she took another #sniff#. 'Now that I think about it, it really WAS my fault that Miroku-sama got sucked into his own Kazanaa, and I guess I shouldn't have sat him so much at the spring, he was only trying to protect me...' She gave a heaving sigh and wiped the last of the tears from her eyes.
'I'm a terrible person, aren't I, Inuyasha?'
-Akuma's Lair-
The lagoon echoed the dripping sounds of the stalactites as Akuma paced around the spacious cavern.
'Grr, I hope those fools don't accidentally spoil my plans due to their stupidity! I spend hours on their creation to make them perfect and what do I end up with?! A bunch of drooling idiots!'
After a few more minutes of pacing, he suddenly detected a presence.
"Hmm? Who dares enter my sanctum?"
Only silence was his answer.
"I can feel your presence, intruder." His hand began to glow in a concentration of energy. "And I will tell you now that you will not easily defeat me." He released the ball of energy he was holding and a dozen demons sprang forth immediately.
"Come forth!"
"Come forth? You already see me, Akuma the Overseer."
Akuma looked up, down, and all around, but he couldn't find any trace of the intruder, only his black aura. Then suddenly, he noticed that the shadows beneath his minions' feet were wavering, and then growing...
"Hmm, I see that you control the powers of the Dark. Now Show yourself!"
"As you wish."
The shadows abruptly spread like a ripple in a pond, rose up, and then consumed Akuma's minions in a cloak of darkness. Only a few muffled wails echoing off the walls marked the deaths of the fiends.
The blob of darkness then spoke, "I only wish to form an alliance. As you may know, a hanyou and his companions are running about on this world. So far, your minions have failed to capture or kill them. I can help you."
"Oh? How so then?"
"I have two deals. The first is that we work together, side by side. A truce, if you would call it. I will provide my Dark powers for reconnaissance and other purposes. You will use your minions to destroy Inuyasha's pack for good."
"Mhmm. And the second choice?"
"This." Before Akuma could react, the shadow's...'tentacle' shot forward and closed around Akuma's mouth.
As the struggling Akuma tried to summon more minions, the shadow simply chuckled at his vain efforts and said, "The second choice, is that you will become a part of me. I will have all your powers and memories. In turn, you will be my loyal slave, as you will be a part of my body. But don't worry, this won't hurt...much."
Akuma gave one last scream of terror before the shadow completely consumed him.
After the 'digestion' was complete, the shadow began glowing a sickly green color, then sprouted pieces of bark all over itself. 'Hmm, ironbark,' thought the shadow. 'This will serve me well as armor.'
The shadow continued to change until it had a humanoid form, and a sinister head that had long, black, flowing hair and crimson eyes.
"Heh," sneered the demon. "You wished to create the perfect demon, didn't you Akuma? Now, feel honored that you are part of this perfect demon you helped create.
"The perfect demon, Naraku."
The walls of the lagoon seemed to amplify the sinister laughter that followed by a hundredfold.
-The gang's camp-
All was quiet in the entrance of the cave where everyone except Inuyasha slept peacefully.
After the little "chat" with Kagome, Inuyasha wondered if Kagome truly deserved his tongue lashing. 'She was just confused and didn't realize what she did. Should I have yelled at her like that? And made her cry?' He leaned back on the cool walls of the cave and stared at a stone that lay on the ground.
Then he heard light footsteps. 'Oh shoot, is that Kagome?' he panicked. 'Kuso, I'm not ready to talk to her yet!' He was coming up with a brilliant escape plan when Kagome stepped in.
"Inuyasha?" she called softly. Inuyasha gulped and muttered, "Yeah?"
She sat down beside him, her flowing hair brushing his shoulder. "Gomen, for being such a...little miss, 'I'm always right about everything I do'." She gave him a sad smile.
"Umm, listen, Kagome. I guess I shouldn't have yelled at you like that-"
"Shh, it's alright. Really." After a few moments, she continued, "You know, you're right. I guess I really was underappreciating you., and gomen." She leaned against him and closed her eyes.
By now, Inuasya was blushing furiously and tried his very best not to squirm and awaken Kagome (she had a tendency to be extremely violent in the mornings). He slowly leaned backwards and tried to fall asleep.
The last thing that filled his senses before he was caressed by darkness was Kagome's scent. 'Mmm,' he thought. 'She smells exactly like a strawberry during harvesting time...' #
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Ugh, this one was hard to write. This was my first Inuyasha/Kagome thing I've written, so please don't flame me!
Greetings! We're back with an update!
Fred the Mutant Pickle: Yes, fear the mutant ducks! Flee! Flee for your lives!
...
err, just pretend I never said that... anyways, Akuma is the master/creator of the Five (see chapter 12). So it appears that someone has snuck in during your sleep and caused you to have amnesia. :P
Stephanie: Thanks! And I'll see if I can find out what time RK plays.
Hayai-hakai: Yes, cliff hangers are the devil...but what would a fic be without them? Bwa ha ha!
Shakujou: Yes, poor underappreciated Inuyasha... anyways, cool update on your fic! Naraku's finally dead! #breaks out into a song# Ding Dong the witch is dead!...
I guess you guys really didn't need to hear that. O.o;;
The Chibi Eskimo: Hey Rachel! Long time no see! Camp was great, I learned the joys of debate and stuff (my partner and I got the highest record in our newbie lab! W00t). Anyways, you like angst? The sequel for this (yes, there's a sequel-no, it's not going to contain as much action or elemental stuff, sorry...) will have much angst! Have fun with your future fics!
Kitana-nata: The "..." after the 4th Osuwari meant that there were more, but me being the lazy idiot I am, decided not to put any more Osuwaris.
Kaylana: Hey! Long time no see! Glad to see you again.
Speech = ""
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Kagome jogged through the entangle forest, her eyes and ears keen for any sign of the missing hanyou.
'Kuso, where could he have gone? He didn't seem to have left the spring that fast...'
#Huff# #Huff#
"Inuyasha! Where are you? Answer me! Inuyasha?!" Her screams rebounded off of the dense foliage, effectively muting her worried voice from the world...
The entire world, that is, except one hanyou. But would he answer the call?
"Inuyasha-there you are! I was looking all over for you!" She had stumbled through a clearing where the lonely hanyou sat, his amber eyes gazing across the river.
"Inuyasha? Why did you leave?" said Kagome. She was about to sit down beside him when he angrily responded,
"You know what I'm talking about wench!"
"About what, Inuyasha?"
Giving out a growl of frustration, he grumbled out, "About how I dashed in all worried about you and all I got for it was a bunch of sittings."
"I appreciate that you're worried about me, but peeking on me like that still deserves a good sit you know!"
"Keh, it's not like I haven't seen you naked before or anything." At this point, Kagome turned beet red and was about to berate Inuyasha again when he continued, "And couldn't you at least consider the fact that I dashed in for your own safety? At least Kikyou had enough heart thank me for times like this."
Perhaps Inuyasha should have kept his mouth shut about Kikyou, for his ear- shattering response was...
"Kikyou, huh? It's always Kikyou, Kikyou, Kikyou! I'm sick of you talking about her all the time and comparing her to me! She's dead already! Don't you get it?! SHE'S DEAD!! And not enough heart, huh?! Who's the one who sacrificed her personal life for this romp through Japan?! Who's the one who put a burden on her family's finances by buying all those medical supplies?! Who's the one who risked her life for you more than she could count?! Who's the one who awakened you from that fifty year sleep?! Huh?! HUH?!"
Usually, Inuyasha would have simply stared back in shock and would have attempted to apologize. But this time, he was far too angry to feel remorse.
"And who's the one who saved your neck dozens of times?! Who brought you back from the time the baby possessed you?! Who sacrificed his time waiting on you to return from that stupid place?!"
"Don't call my home and family stupid! And I have my own life to get on with! I can't completely forget about my own time you brainless half- breed!"
"You know why I keep telling you to hurry up, huh?! I got two reasons! One, at the time, I was afraid that Miroku would get sucked into his void! I wanted to kill off Naraku before that happened! Two, think about what would happen if Naraku got his filthy hands on the jewel! There wouldn't be a future for you! You wouldn't have a school to go to! You wouldn't have a family to return to! Hell, you might not even be alive! So STOP SCREAMING AT ME ABOUT HOW I KEEP YOU AWAY FROM HOME AND UNDERAPRRECIATING ME BEFORE YOU KNOW THE ACTUAL REASONS!!!" It seemed that he was too angry to even curse at her.
Panting slightly, he stood up and looked straight into Kagome's horrified eyes, then muttered coldly, "Now little miss, 'I'm always right about everything I do,' I have some resting to do." He stumped back to camp.
For a long moment, all Kagome could do was stare at the large dent in the underbrush that Inuyasha had left.
'I never thought Inuyasha could say something like that, but...he's right.' She started sobbing into her hands and looked into the reflections on the calm river.
'Have I really been that selfish?' she thought as she took another #sniff#. 'Now that I think about it, it really WAS my fault that Miroku-sama got sucked into his own Kazanaa, and I guess I shouldn't have sat him so much at the spring, he was only trying to protect me...' She gave a heaving sigh and wiped the last of the tears from her eyes.
'I'm a terrible person, aren't I, Inuyasha?'
-Akuma's Lair-
The lagoon echoed the dripping sounds of the stalactites as Akuma paced around the spacious cavern.
'Grr, I hope those fools don't accidentally spoil my plans due to their stupidity! I spend hours on their creation to make them perfect and what do I end up with?! A bunch of drooling idiots!'
After a few more minutes of pacing, he suddenly detected a presence.
"Hmm? Who dares enter my sanctum?"
Only silence was his answer.
"I can feel your presence, intruder." His hand began to glow in a concentration of energy. "And I will tell you now that you will not easily defeat me." He released the ball of energy he was holding and a dozen demons sprang forth immediately.
"Come forth!"
"Come forth? You already see me, Akuma the Overseer."
Akuma looked up, down, and all around, but he couldn't find any trace of the intruder, only his black aura. Then suddenly, he noticed that the shadows beneath his minions' feet were wavering, and then growing...
"Hmm, I see that you control the powers of the Dark. Now Show yourself!"
"As you wish."
The shadows abruptly spread like a ripple in a pond, rose up, and then consumed Akuma's minions in a cloak of darkness. Only a few muffled wails echoing off the walls marked the deaths of the fiends.
The blob of darkness then spoke, "I only wish to form an alliance. As you may know, a hanyou and his companions are running about on this world. So far, your minions have failed to capture or kill them. I can help you."
"Oh? How so then?"
"I have two deals. The first is that we work together, side by side. A truce, if you would call it. I will provide my Dark powers for reconnaissance and other purposes. You will use your minions to destroy Inuyasha's pack for good."
"Mhmm. And the second choice?"
"This." Before Akuma could react, the shadow's...'tentacle' shot forward and closed around Akuma's mouth.
As the struggling Akuma tried to summon more minions, the shadow simply chuckled at his vain efforts and said, "The second choice, is that you will become a part of me. I will have all your powers and memories. In turn, you will be my loyal slave, as you will be a part of my body. But don't worry, this won't hurt...much."
Akuma gave one last scream of terror before the shadow completely consumed him.
After the 'digestion' was complete, the shadow began glowing a sickly green color, then sprouted pieces of bark all over itself. 'Hmm, ironbark,' thought the shadow. 'This will serve me well as armor.'
The shadow continued to change until it had a humanoid form, and a sinister head that had long, black, flowing hair and crimson eyes.
"Heh," sneered the demon. "You wished to create the perfect demon, didn't you Akuma? Now, feel honored that you are part of this perfect demon you helped create.
"The perfect demon, Naraku."
The walls of the lagoon seemed to amplify the sinister laughter that followed by a hundredfold.
-The gang's camp-
All was quiet in the entrance of the cave where everyone except Inuyasha slept peacefully.
After the little "chat" with Kagome, Inuyasha wondered if Kagome truly deserved his tongue lashing. 'She was just confused and didn't realize what she did. Should I have yelled at her like that? And made her cry?' He leaned back on the cool walls of the cave and stared at a stone that lay on the ground.
Then he heard light footsteps. 'Oh shoot, is that Kagome?' he panicked. 'Kuso, I'm not ready to talk to her yet!' He was coming up with a brilliant escape plan when Kagome stepped in.
"Inuyasha?" she called softly. Inuyasha gulped and muttered, "Yeah?"
She sat down beside him, her flowing hair brushing his shoulder. "Gomen, for being such a...little miss, 'I'm always right about everything I do'." She gave him a sad smile.
"Umm, listen, Kagome. I guess I shouldn't have yelled at you like that-"
"Shh, it's alright. Really." After a few moments, she continued, "You know, you're right. I guess I really was underappreciating you., and gomen." She leaned against him and closed her eyes.
By now, Inuasya was blushing furiously and tried his very best not to squirm and awaken Kagome (she had a tendency to be extremely violent in the mornings). He slowly leaned backwards and tried to fall asleep.
The last thing that filled his senses before he was caressed by darkness was Kagome's scent. 'Mmm,' he thought. 'She smells exactly like a strawberry during harvesting time...' #
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Ugh, this one was hard to write. This was my first Inuyasha/Kagome thing I've written, so please don't flame me!