With long white blue-ish-white hair swaying in the breeze, the demon of the Western land silently walked in the forest. With Tokijin and Tenseiga at hip, and child at heal, Sesshomaru only had one care in the world; Where is Naraku?
The demon lord watched as his companions, Rin and Jaken, argue at a flower patch. Rin, a small girl with raven hair and a tattered dress, was trying to make a "crown" for her lord, and Jaken, an brown robe-clad toad demon, wasn't happy about it. Sesshomaru was slightly amused by Jaken's attempts to subdue Rin's playful antics, but also slightly annoyed at Jaken for being…well…Jaken.
"You annoying brat!" the toad squawked, "Put those stupid flowers away! Lord Sesshomaru does not need such idiotic-"
"But Master Jaken!" Rin protested, "They are so pretty! Rin is sure that Lord Sesshomaru will like them! They match his robes!"
"HE DOESN'T CARE IF IT MATCHES! HE-"
"Jaken, silence or I will end your life."
Jaken looked at his until-then silent master. The dog demon was still unreadable, but the tone in his voice told the little toad that he was serious.
"Y-yes, milord."
Sesshomaru turned and walked away. He smelled something. Something strange, that he had never smelled before.
"Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked, following him.
"Stay with Jaken and Ahun." Sesshomaru said. He could smell his brother as well. He didn't like the way things were beginning to look.
Soon before…
A large yellow bag was pushed over the side of a well. With a large clunk, the sound of something breaking, and a distinct 'ow', it hit the ground. After that, a quiver of arrows and a bow. Then, finally, a bow came out of the well.
Kagome sighed as she rested against the well, sweat trickled down her face and neck. She panted, somewhat out of breath. Climbing up that well with no help was hard!
She glanced down at her backpack.
"I wonder what broke…?" she said. Then, she saw a little fox foot and bushy tail under the bag , twitching. With a loud gasp, Kagome reached and picked up the yellow bag.
"Shippo!" she cried.
"Hi….Kagome…" the swirly eyed fox said. "InuYasha said… 'tell Kagome!' he sure did! He said 'tell Kagome we'll be at Keade's. Ha…ha…" Then, he passed out.
"Um, alrighty then." Kagome picked up her backpack, slipped it over, and picked up the unconscious canine.
"Better not keep them waiting."
Meanwhile…
Miroku sat cross-;egged on the floor near the wall in Keade's hut. Sango sat across from him. They stared into each others eyes…and stared…and stared. And Sango blinked.
"Ha! I win!" Miroku said.
"Kagome's games are strange." Sango said, rubbing her eyes.
InuYasha sat on top of the hut, sniffing the air. However, for once, he wasn't sniffing for Kagome, though he faintly smelled her. No, he actually didn't care for once. He smelled something he had never smelled before. There were two…no…three human males and two human females, plus something that smelled a little like a dog. But there were two smells that smelled like nothing. They weren't humans or demons or gods. But whatever they were, Sesshomaru was approaching them.
InuYasha snapped out of his stupor as he heard Kagome say 'Hi InuYasha." he looked down at the waving girl.
"Oh, hey." he said, then went back to sniffing the air. This puzzled Kagome.
"What? No 'hey wench, what took you so long'?"
"Not today. Something's going on." the dog demon said.
In the woods…
An aircraft labeled 'Shinra 27' sat on the ground in a crater. It was smoking quite a bit, and nine figures surrounding it. Six of which seemed to be yelling at the eighth, while the eighth looked at the ship, accompanied with a dog-like creature.
"I thought you knew how to FLY!" a young girl screamed. She had short black hair, an armor plate on her head, shorts, and a green shirt. She wore gloves and carried a large shuriken, and had a large…thing…on her arm. Her name was Yuffie Kisaragi.
"Would you lay the fuck off me, Yuffie?" a man replied. He had pilot's attire on, blonde hair, and goggles. He was smoking a cigarette. His name was Cid Highwind.
"You said we weren't going to land for three more days!" another woman yelled. She was young as well, with extremely long brown hair, tied in a low ponytail.. She wore shorts as well, with a small white halter top, some gloves, and red boots. This is Tifa Lockheart.
"I know, I know!" Cid said, but was cut off.
"Lay offa him!" the man said. He was tall, and somewhat large. He had very dark skin, and wore a torn and sleeveless brown shirt, revealing huge biceps. He sported a flaming skull tattoo and a beard, dog tags, and, most amazingly, a gun grafted onto his right arm. This was Barret Wallace.
"He'll fix it." he said. "Right?"
"I'll try, but-"
"But nothing!" the third man said. It was Cloud.
"We need a place to get supplies." the last man said. He had long black hair, kept manageable by a red bandana. He wore a black shirt and pants, metallic boots, and a metallic arm plate. He wore a red cloak as well. This was Vincent Valentine. (ALL HAIL VINCENT!)
"But where do we look?" Cid said. Barret beat him over the head with his gun-arm.
"WE LOOK EVERYWHERE, THA'S WHERE!"
Back with Sephiroth, he was having a conversation with the red creature, known simply as Red XIII.
"This is why I didn't want to go." he said.
"You can't blame Cid, he's an idiot." Red XIII said.
"True."
Damn, that took a while! Oh well…By the way, celebrate! I beat it, I beat it, oh yeah, oh yeah! Anyway, thanks to my editor, Ethan, for making sure I didn't fuck up. Review responses.
Mako Red Eyes: I'm sorry. I just couldn't find a good way. But thanks for the review!
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By for now!