Usagi followed Rei through the forest, she was tired and ready to collapse but her will kept her from doing such a thing and admitting defeat, her body and will comprised to let her lean forward a bit to relieve the weight of the bag off her legs and onto her back. Rei was tired too but she had to remain strong, if not for her then for her princess, she had spotted a cave a little far off and wanted to spend the night there. The moon shone brightly in the night sky relieving them to an extend, now they could see better in case of enemies but now enemies could see them better too.
"We're almost there Usagi, just hold out a little longer and we'll be ok," Rei said her voice weak from thirst, water had to be used sparingly and she suddenly wished she was granted Ami or Michiru's power.
"What if someone's already using the cave, I mean, what if there's some demon in there using it as their home or even worse it might be a trap," Usagi said with a bit of fright.
"They'll have to evacuate for the night or pay with their lives," Rei said coldly as they came to a halt in front of it and tried to peer through the darkness inside.
"I can't see a thing Rei," Usagi said rubbing her arms, it had suddenly got colder during the night or perhaps she was getting too hungry.
"Wait one second Usagi, Mars Flame Sniper," Rei said weakly and sent a fire arrow down the cave, they watched it go through revealing nothing more than an old campfire and the remains of some creature.
"It looks like this was a rest stop for a lot of travelers, maybe its ok to use," Rei said as she ventured into the cave keeping Usagi from going in.
She went to the old campfire and started a new one; she smiled seeing the cave was really empty and turned around to see Usagi looking at her with a relieved smile. She went to Rei taking her backpack off and placing it on the ground, she dug out her water bottle and replenished her thirst before handing it to Rei. They decided not to make any food that smells would drift into the forest alerting other creatures of their existence, settling on compressed sandwiches with chips for two reason, one they were two tired to cook and two the sandwiches would've spoiled if they had decided to wait any longer.
"Rei, what if something comes during the night while we're both asleep?" Usagi asked suddenly alert before taking a bit out of her sandwich.
"Not to worry Usagi, I put anti-evil scrolls outside the cave when we first arrived just in case," Rei said finishing her sandwich as Usagi smiled.
"Good night Rei," Usagi said as she began to tilt over, her head landing on her backpack as she fell into a deep slumber.
Rei smiled putting a blanket over her and going to her own backpack, she yawned before putting out the campfire and putting herself under a warm blanket and going to sleep.
"Iron Reaper Soul Stealer!" someone yelled aiming for the demon that was fascinated by Usagi and Rei's hair.
"Naughty doggie, you nearly hit me, you're lucky I don't want to get any blood on that pretty silver hair of yours, it'll go along perfectly with the golden hair I need to get," she said standing on a strand of hair.
"Yura, last time I'm warning you, either give me the shard of the jewel you have and leave or suffer a horrible death," the man with silver hair shouted angrily.
"Inuyasha, all I want is that pretty silver hair of yours along with that girl with the golden hair and the girl with the hair that smells like flowers," Yura said innocently pouting.
"What girls are you talking about, no girl around here has golden hair lady," Inuyasha said as if she was losing it.
"Someone's in your forest and you don't even know it, some watchdog you are, you were suppose to tell me when some else came," Yura said shaking her head.
"I ain't your watchdog," Inuyasha said glaring at Yura as she giggled and some strands of hair closed in around him binding his limbs to his body.
"Moon Tiara Magic," a voice shouted cutting Inuyasha free, they looked to see Usagi standing with a glare upon her face. "How dare you interrupt my beauty sleep with your constant bickering, I won't stand for it, in the name of the moon I shall punish you."
"Oh my, your hair is even prettier in the moon light, I must have it now," Yura said bring some strand to surround Usagi when her prize was pushed out of the way and her strands caught another. "How dare you stand in the way, nevertheless, your hair is just as lovely and I shall enjoy the smell of it for many years."
"Rei," Usagi said as her companion was pulled away by Yura, she tripped over a tree root and watched sadly as her friend was carried away.
"Who are you and what are you doing in MY forest?" Inuyasha asked angrily.
"I don't have time for you, watchdog," Usagi said getting up and looking around for the main strand to follow Yura for the young hair demon was out of sight.
"Watchdog, I ain't no body watchdog, I wish you people would get that through your thick skulls," Inuyasha complained glaring at Usagi angrily.
"Don't you have something to go do beside stalk me, I'm busy here," Usagi said as she looked behind a bush to find a single strand of hair.
"Yeah, like get rid of you then get my shard from that damn woman," Inuyasha said angrily walking into some hairs that just broke on his clothing.
'Shard, he must be talking about the Shikon jewel shards but he can't even see the hairs or he's invulnerable to them, either way, he doesn't know how to find her,' Usagi thought sitting on the ground and watching as he darted out into his forest and came back to the spot trying to pick up Yura's scent.
"I can help, I know how to find Yura, all you got to do is follow the main hair," Usagi stated matter-of-factly.
"Hair, what hair, I don't see anything, you're lying you wench," Inuyasha said pointing at her accusingly.
"Fine then don't believe me, you'll never even have a chance to get the shard without my help then," Usagi said turning away from him.
"Oh yeah, well you'll never even have the chance to save your weakling friend," Inuyasha said with a feeling of confidence.
"I bet I do, matter of fact, I'm going to find Yura now and I bet you'll never know the way," Usagi said following the main strand.
"Feh, like you can find her," Inuyasha said walking the other way looking back at Usagi's retreating form before he went up a tree.
"Stupid watchdog," Usagi muttered going the hard way to Yura, the main hair was easier to identify since she had spotted it alone, and it held a glint that the others didn't have.
She suddenly felt herself on something and lifted into the air, she held on tightly trying to avoid falling off. "I'm only doing this so I can get my shard back, this is only a temporary truce, as soon as I get rid of Yura you and your friend will have ten seconds to get out of my forest," Inuyasha said looking back at her.
"Whatever, just keep straight until I tell you to turn, ow," Usagi said as strand cut her hand, Inuyasha stopped with a groan and let go of her making her fall on the ground.
"Here, I can't have you saying ow in my ears during the entire time, your voice is annoying and hurts my ears," Inuyasha said handing her his jacket.
She put it on glaring at him as she did before climbing back on his back and giving him directions to Yura. "Moon Tiara Magic," Usagi shouted throwing her tiara before them and cutting some hairs from their path.
"You can't keep that up for long, I can feel you energy draining and it won't be long until I have that pretty hair on your head," Yura said as Rei glared at her.
She was trying to hold out until Usagi came, she had burnt Yura's arm off at least three times since she got there only to find it healed within seconds. Her energy was slowly fading with her hope, anything could've happened to her princess and it would be all her fault.
Yura sat on a strand with a look of boredom on her face, she knew that Inuyasha was coming but not if the girl with the fabulous blonde hair was, if she was it would've been great to get all three at once. She looked down at the girl in front of her and couldn't help feel a bit of respect for her, not many lasted so long against her, and to make things worse the girl was part human too. It seemed that hanyous were becoming stronger than full demons now that was sure to cause some problems with the full demons.
"We're almost there Usagi, just hold out a little longer and we'll be ok," Rei said her voice weak from thirst, water had to be used sparingly and she suddenly wished she was granted Ami or Michiru's power.
"What if someone's already using the cave, I mean, what if there's some demon in there using it as their home or even worse it might be a trap," Usagi said with a bit of fright.
"They'll have to evacuate for the night or pay with their lives," Rei said coldly as they came to a halt in front of it and tried to peer through the darkness inside.
"I can't see a thing Rei," Usagi said rubbing her arms, it had suddenly got colder during the night or perhaps she was getting too hungry.
"Wait one second Usagi, Mars Flame Sniper," Rei said weakly and sent a fire arrow down the cave, they watched it go through revealing nothing more than an old campfire and the remains of some creature.
"It looks like this was a rest stop for a lot of travelers, maybe its ok to use," Rei said as she ventured into the cave keeping Usagi from going in.
She went to the old campfire and started a new one; she smiled seeing the cave was really empty and turned around to see Usagi looking at her with a relieved smile. She went to Rei taking her backpack off and placing it on the ground, she dug out her water bottle and replenished her thirst before handing it to Rei. They decided not to make any food that smells would drift into the forest alerting other creatures of their existence, settling on compressed sandwiches with chips for two reason, one they were two tired to cook and two the sandwiches would've spoiled if they had decided to wait any longer.
"Rei, what if something comes during the night while we're both asleep?" Usagi asked suddenly alert before taking a bit out of her sandwich.
"Not to worry Usagi, I put anti-evil scrolls outside the cave when we first arrived just in case," Rei said finishing her sandwich as Usagi smiled.
"Good night Rei," Usagi said as she began to tilt over, her head landing on her backpack as she fell into a deep slumber.
Rei smiled putting a blanket over her and going to her own backpack, she yawned before putting out the campfire and putting herself under a warm blanket and going to sleep.
"Iron Reaper Soul Stealer!" someone yelled aiming for the demon that was fascinated by Usagi and Rei's hair.
"Naughty doggie, you nearly hit me, you're lucky I don't want to get any blood on that pretty silver hair of yours, it'll go along perfectly with the golden hair I need to get," she said standing on a strand of hair.
"Yura, last time I'm warning you, either give me the shard of the jewel you have and leave or suffer a horrible death," the man with silver hair shouted angrily.
"Inuyasha, all I want is that pretty silver hair of yours along with that girl with the golden hair and the girl with the hair that smells like flowers," Yura said innocently pouting.
"What girls are you talking about, no girl around here has golden hair lady," Inuyasha said as if she was losing it.
"Someone's in your forest and you don't even know it, some watchdog you are, you were suppose to tell me when some else came," Yura said shaking her head.
"I ain't your watchdog," Inuyasha said glaring at Yura as she giggled and some strands of hair closed in around him binding his limbs to his body.
"Moon Tiara Magic," a voice shouted cutting Inuyasha free, they looked to see Usagi standing with a glare upon her face. "How dare you interrupt my beauty sleep with your constant bickering, I won't stand for it, in the name of the moon I shall punish you."
"Oh my, your hair is even prettier in the moon light, I must have it now," Yura said bring some strand to surround Usagi when her prize was pushed out of the way and her strands caught another. "How dare you stand in the way, nevertheless, your hair is just as lovely and I shall enjoy the smell of it for many years."
"Rei," Usagi said as her companion was pulled away by Yura, she tripped over a tree root and watched sadly as her friend was carried away.
"Who are you and what are you doing in MY forest?" Inuyasha asked angrily.
"I don't have time for you, watchdog," Usagi said getting up and looking around for the main strand to follow Yura for the young hair demon was out of sight.
"Watchdog, I ain't no body watchdog, I wish you people would get that through your thick skulls," Inuyasha complained glaring at Usagi angrily.
"Don't you have something to go do beside stalk me, I'm busy here," Usagi said as she looked behind a bush to find a single strand of hair.
"Yeah, like get rid of you then get my shard from that damn woman," Inuyasha said angrily walking into some hairs that just broke on his clothing.
'Shard, he must be talking about the Shikon jewel shards but he can't even see the hairs or he's invulnerable to them, either way, he doesn't know how to find her,' Usagi thought sitting on the ground and watching as he darted out into his forest and came back to the spot trying to pick up Yura's scent.
"I can help, I know how to find Yura, all you got to do is follow the main hair," Usagi stated matter-of-factly.
"Hair, what hair, I don't see anything, you're lying you wench," Inuyasha said pointing at her accusingly.
"Fine then don't believe me, you'll never even have a chance to get the shard without my help then," Usagi said turning away from him.
"Oh yeah, well you'll never even have the chance to save your weakling friend," Inuyasha said with a feeling of confidence.
"I bet I do, matter of fact, I'm going to find Yura now and I bet you'll never know the way," Usagi said following the main strand.
"Feh, like you can find her," Inuyasha said walking the other way looking back at Usagi's retreating form before he went up a tree.
"Stupid watchdog," Usagi muttered going the hard way to Yura, the main hair was easier to identify since she had spotted it alone, and it held a glint that the others didn't have.
She suddenly felt herself on something and lifted into the air, she held on tightly trying to avoid falling off. "I'm only doing this so I can get my shard back, this is only a temporary truce, as soon as I get rid of Yura you and your friend will have ten seconds to get out of my forest," Inuyasha said looking back at her.
"Whatever, just keep straight until I tell you to turn, ow," Usagi said as strand cut her hand, Inuyasha stopped with a groan and let go of her making her fall on the ground.
"Here, I can't have you saying ow in my ears during the entire time, your voice is annoying and hurts my ears," Inuyasha said handing her his jacket.
She put it on glaring at him as she did before climbing back on his back and giving him directions to Yura. "Moon Tiara Magic," Usagi shouted throwing her tiara before them and cutting some hairs from their path.
"You can't keep that up for long, I can feel you energy draining and it won't be long until I have that pretty hair on your head," Yura said as Rei glared at her.
She was trying to hold out until Usagi came, she had burnt Yura's arm off at least three times since she got there only to find it healed within seconds. Her energy was slowly fading with her hope, anything could've happened to her princess and it would be all her fault.
Yura sat on a strand with a look of boredom on her face, she knew that Inuyasha was coming but not if the girl with the fabulous blonde hair was, if she was it would've been great to get all three at once. She looked down at the girl in front of her and couldn't help feel a bit of respect for her, not many lasted so long against her, and to make things worse the girl was part human too. It seemed that hanyous were becoming stronger than full demons now that was sure to cause some problems with the full demons.