Rei stood up from her rock tiredly, she brushed some hair from her eyes before scanning for Usagi only to not find her anywhere in sight, and a small growl escaped her throat at the thought of Inuyasha kidnapping Usagi. She stood and began toward the forest in search of Inuyasha with no pleasant thoughts running through her head that contained the hanyou in unless you counted the one where he was knocked out cold.
Inuyasha sniffed the air, Usagi's scent was faint now, and Rei's scent had gotten stronger and seemed a bit spicier than usual making a faint smirk upon his face until a flame arrow narrowly missed him.
"Where's Usagi?" Rei yelled readying another attack to launch if he denied her the information in any way.
"I don't know, she was just over by that pond getting some water, maybe she jumped in or something," Inuyasha said sitting back without a worry.
"I checked over there, she isn't there and there's some tracks that aren't hers Inuyasha," Rei said angrily diminishing her attack as the anger left her voice.
Inuyasha sniffed the air again only this time catching three more faint scents before jumping down and grabbing Rei's arm pulling her onto his back before taking off to the pond. He began sniffing the ground until he caught the three scents and began walking through the grass sniffing his way around with Rei following with confusion written on her face.
Usagi sat comfortably on a bed with her backpack set by her bed, he had put her there before leaving to talk with his brother but promised to be back. She waited until she heard his footsteps diminish before going to her backpack and pulling out a sticky little fox demon that was licking his fingers free of chocolate and other treats Usagi had in her bag.
"That was delicious," the small demon said as Usagi took a wet rag and washed his face off for him with a soft smile on her face.
"You've eaten my sweets, I think I earned the right for your name," Usagi said and Shippo chuckled a bit before licking his fingers once more.
"My name's Shippo, what's yours?" he asked as Usagi combed his tail with her fingers.
"I'm Usagi," she said with a friendly smile making Shippo smile back at her before frowning.
"I'm sorry I got you into this, it's just that I have to find jewel shards to get strong enough to beat the thunder brothers," Shippo said standing up.
"Why would you want to beat the thunder brothers...they're a little weird but from what I've seen they seem kind of nice," Usagi said and Shippo glared at her.
"The thunder brothers are heartless demons, they take women and eat them to make themselves grow stronger but they killed my father, skinned him and Manten and wearing him as a belt," Shippo said his eyes filling with tears once the word father passed through his lips.
"Don't cry Shippo, c'mon let's find a way out before they come back, you can come with me since we're looking for the shards too," Usagi said standing up and putting her backpack on her back.
"How many shards have you guys found?" Shippo asked climbing on Usagi's backpack and going inside it once more.
"We've only got these two so far but with Inuyasha and Rei's help, I bet we can beat the thunder brothers and take the five they have," Usagi said going to the door.
"I've got two too, my father had them, I managed to get them before they killed him," Shippo said sadly from her backpack making Usagi frown.
"Don't worry Shippo, we'll avenge your father," Usagi whispered softly as they left the room into the Thunder brothers castle.
She walked through the castle tiring to find an exit but sadly, the young rabbit wasn't having much luck at the moment, Hiten nearly caught her several times once she left the room.
'Oh no, I can hear him coming back,' Usagi thought frantically as she heard his footsteps once more coming from around the corner. In a panic she rushed through the first door she saw leaving it open just enough so she could see him walking past with a smirk upon his face as he stopped in front of the door.
He was about to push it open but stopped, smirking as he turned away and began down to the corner still smirking slightly as he did and Usagi peered out.
"The more she runs, the more determined I get, she's much more fun then the others," he said loudly before turning the corner to the left as Usagi closed the door and sighed deeply.
"Shippo, I think he's playing with me," Usagi said taking off her backpack revealing Shippo enjoying a candy bar she had snuck in for emergencies.
"Maybe I should just go ahead while you keep him busy, I could go get help for you," Shippo suggested as Usagi sat back in deep thought.
"Yeah, listen, go back to the pond where we met and tell Rei where I am, she has raven hair that she wears down and will most likely be with a Inuyasha," Usagi said taking him out the bag and standing up.
"Ok," Shippo said as Usagi put back on her back pack and went through the door first only to see him standing at the end of the hall with a wicked grin on his face as he began toward her.
She broke out in a run in the opposite direction with Hiten directly behind her obviously tired of playing hide and seek and moving onto a game of 'Catch the girl, kiss the girl'.
Shippo waited until they were out of sight before running down the hall looking for an exit like he had said, in his possession a candy bar and four of the shards. He really had no intention of helping Usagi in anyway, he had got the four shards he wanted from her and with them he could become stronger perhaps strong enough to beat the thunder brothers.
As he began down the hall, he felt worse with each step about his decision about Usagi, he raised the candy bar to his lips and stopped staring at the rabbit shape of it.
'Maybe, I'll just go tell her friends that she'll here, at least I'll feel less guilty about stealing the shards from her," Shippo thought aloud as he climbed down the steps.
Rei rode on Inuyasha's back, she could feel a faint pulse of the shards and directed him of which way to go only to hear him back talking her. She frowned at the way she was treated by this sorry excuse for a demon but then again why was she taking this abuse from him, she could take him on any day.
"Up ahead," Rei shouted after getting a solid pulse, she wasn't as good as Usagi but she did rival her in detecting shards.
Inuyasha stopped in front of some steps surrounded by a purple mist as a small fox demon bounced out with chocolate smudged on his face. Rei jumped off angrily and scooped him up by his tail instantly recognizing the candy bar wrapper in his hand.
"Where is she?" Rei growled angrily making both demons fear her a bit as the anger in her voice send chills down their spines.
"She's up there, she sent me to go find you guys," Shippo said quickly out of fear as Rei reached in his shirt and pulled out the shards before glaring at him.
"And I suppose she gave you these shards too...you're going to lead us to her now or be fried little one," Rei threatened a fire rekindled in her eyes...the old Rei was back.
Usagi ran through the castle with Hiten right behind her before turning a corner and entering a room, as he kept going forward not expecting the sudden turn. She closed the door and turned around to see the younger brother Manten stirring a pot of something while occasionally looking in a book.
"What are you doing in here?" he asked angrily pointing a wooden spoon at her as she whimpered in fear a bit.
"Hiten was chasing me," she said sadly her eyes welling up with tears that had been building up for a while before they burst out at that moment, "I don't wanna play his game anymore, I want to go home!"
"Now calm down, no need to cry," Manten said desperately trying to calm her down, if his brother heard her crying he would be in big trouble.
"But I'm so sad and I'm hungry," Usagi cried louder as Manten pulled out a biscuit and stuffed in her mouth watching as she stopped crying and ate it sniffling a bit.
"Your hair, its so long," Manten said finally realizing that Usagi's hair was wrapped up and it still reached her ankles.
"Thank you," she said while trying to calm herself down with the biscuit in her mouth as Manten flipped through his book hurriedly.
"I must know how you got it so long," Manten, said he knew his brother would punish him if he skinned her so he did the next best thing.
"The moonlight makes it grow, every time there's moonlight and I'm out in it, its grows and these things get heavier but being bald isn't that bad, it's not the hair that makes the man, its what's under it that counts," Usagi said smiling up at him.
"I only want hair to become as admirable like my brother, he's got looks, strength, and he's intelligent, if only I had a full head of hair," Manten sighed deeply as Usagi smiled.
"It's great to admirer people but you're strong and you have determination, those are good qualities and perhaps you could study a bit to get smarter," Usagi suggested.
"I suppose but I will never have locks like my brother," Manten sighed once again and Usagi stood up with her hands on her hips in frustration.
"If you want hair so much then why don't you just make a toupee or something?" She shouted in anger and realized she had drawn attention to her self when she felt the other shards coming back her way. "Well, that was a nice chat, I really must be going now, bye."
She shot out the door to see him looking at her with surprise in his eyes as a smirk formed on his face and he began for her once more. She shrieked and ran down the hall past him where she sensed a few other shards, in high hope that Shippo had made it through and got her friends.
She ran until Hiten got in front of her with a grin on his face as he chuckled, the only way to escape was past him and he was on guard now so it wouldn't be easy to past him. He slowly began advancing toward her before turning around and blocking a fire arrow as Usagi took the chance to get refuge from behind Rei and Inuyasha.
Inuyasha sniffed the air, Usagi's scent was faint now, and Rei's scent had gotten stronger and seemed a bit spicier than usual making a faint smirk upon his face until a flame arrow narrowly missed him.
"Where's Usagi?" Rei yelled readying another attack to launch if he denied her the information in any way.
"I don't know, she was just over by that pond getting some water, maybe she jumped in or something," Inuyasha said sitting back without a worry.
"I checked over there, she isn't there and there's some tracks that aren't hers Inuyasha," Rei said angrily diminishing her attack as the anger left her voice.
Inuyasha sniffed the air again only this time catching three more faint scents before jumping down and grabbing Rei's arm pulling her onto his back before taking off to the pond. He began sniffing the ground until he caught the three scents and began walking through the grass sniffing his way around with Rei following with confusion written on her face.
Usagi sat comfortably on a bed with her backpack set by her bed, he had put her there before leaving to talk with his brother but promised to be back. She waited until she heard his footsteps diminish before going to her backpack and pulling out a sticky little fox demon that was licking his fingers free of chocolate and other treats Usagi had in her bag.
"That was delicious," the small demon said as Usagi took a wet rag and washed his face off for him with a soft smile on her face.
"You've eaten my sweets, I think I earned the right for your name," Usagi said and Shippo chuckled a bit before licking his fingers once more.
"My name's Shippo, what's yours?" he asked as Usagi combed his tail with her fingers.
"I'm Usagi," she said with a friendly smile making Shippo smile back at her before frowning.
"I'm sorry I got you into this, it's just that I have to find jewel shards to get strong enough to beat the thunder brothers," Shippo said standing up.
"Why would you want to beat the thunder brothers...they're a little weird but from what I've seen they seem kind of nice," Usagi said and Shippo glared at her.
"The thunder brothers are heartless demons, they take women and eat them to make themselves grow stronger but they killed my father, skinned him and Manten and wearing him as a belt," Shippo said his eyes filling with tears once the word father passed through his lips.
"Don't cry Shippo, c'mon let's find a way out before they come back, you can come with me since we're looking for the shards too," Usagi said standing up and putting her backpack on her back.
"How many shards have you guys found?" Shippo asked climbing on Usagi's backpack and going inside it once more.
"We've only got these two so far but with Inuyasha and Rei's help, I bet we can beat the thunder brothers and take the five they have," Usagi said going to the door.
"I've got two too, my father had them, I managed to get them before they killed him," Shippo said sadly from her backpack making Usagi frown.
"Don't worry Shippo, we'll avenge your father," Usagi whispered softly as they left the room into the Thunder brothers castle.
She walked through the castle tiring to find an exit but sadly, the young rabbit wasn't having much luck at the moment, Hiten nearly caught her several times once she left the room.
'Oh no, I can hear him coming back,' Usagi thought frantically as she heard his footsteps once more coming from around the corner. In a panic she rushed through the first door she saw leaving it open just enough so she could see him walking past with a smirk upon his face as he stopped in front of the door.
He was about to push it open but stopped, smirking as he turned away and began down to the corner still smirking slightly as he did and Usagi peered out.
"The more she runs, the more determined I get, she's much more fun then the others," he said loudly before turning the corner to the left as Usagi closed the door and sighed deeply.
"Shippo, I think he's playing with me," Usagi said taking off her backpack revealing Shippo enjoying a candy bar she had snuck in for emergencies.
"Maybe I should just go ahead while you keep him busy, I could go get help for you," Shippo suggested as Usagi sat back in deep thought.
"Yeah, listen, go back to the pond where we met and tell Rei where I am, she has raven hair that she wears down and will most likely be with a Inuyasha," Usagi said taking him out the bag and standing up.
"Ok," Shippo said as Usagi put back on her back pack and went through the door first only to see him standing at the end of the hall with a wicked grin on his face as he began toward her.
She broke out in a run in the opposite direction with Hiten directly behind her obviously tired of playing hide and seek and moving onto a game of 'Catch the girl, kiss the girl'.
Shippo waited until they were out of sight before running down the hall looking for an exit like he had said, in his possession a candy bar and four of the shards. He really had no intention of helping Usagi in anyway, he had got the four shards he wanted from her and with them he could become stronger perhaps strong enough to beat the thunder brothers.
As he began down the hall, he felt worse with each step about his decision about Usagi, he raised the candy bar to his lips and stopped staring at the rabbit shape of it.
'Maybe, I'll just go tell her friends that she'll here, at least I'll feel less guilty about stealing the shards from her," Shippo thought aloud as he climbed down the steps.
Rei rode on Inuyasha's back, she could feel a faint pulse of the shards and directed him of which way to go only to hear him back talking her. She frowned at the way she was treated by this sorry excuse for a demon but then again why was she taking this abuse from him, she could take him on any day.
"Up ahead," Rei shouted after getting a solid pulse, she wasn't as good as Usagi but she did rival her in detecting shards.
Inuyasha stopped in front of some steps surrounded by a purple mist as a small fox demon bounced out with chocolate smudged on his face. Rei jumped off angrily and scooped him up by his tail instantly recognizing the candy bar wrapper in his hand.
"Where is she?" Rei growled angrily making both demons fear her a bit as the anger in her voice send chills down their spines.
"She's up there, she sent me to go find you guys," Shippo said quickly out of fear as Rei reached in his shirt and pulled out the shards before glaring at him.
"And I suppose she gave you these shards too...you're going to lead us to her now or be fried little one," Rei threatened a fire rekindled in her eyes...the old Rei was back.
Usagi ran through the castle with Hiten right behind her before turning a corner and entering a room, as he kept going forward not expecting the sudden turn. She closed the door and turned around to see the younger brother Manten stirring a pot of something while occasionally looking in a book.
"What are you doing in here?" he asked angrily pointing a wooden spoon at her as she whimpered in fear a bit.
"Hiten was chasing me," she said sadly her eyes welling up with tears that had been building up for a while before they burst out at that moment, "I don't wanna play his game anymore, I want to go home!"
"Now calm down, no need to cry," Manten said desperately trying to calm her down, if his brother heard her crying he would be in big trouble.
"But I'm so sad and I'm hungry," Usagi cried louder as Manten pulled out a biscuit and stuffed in her mouth watching as she stopped crying and ate it sniffling a bit.
"Your hair, its so long," Manten said finally realizing that Usagi's hair was wrapped up and it still reached her ankles.
"Thank you," she said while trying to calm herself down with the biscuit in her mouth as Manten flipped through his book hurriedly.
"I must know how you got it so long," Manten, said he knew his brother would punish him if he skinned her so he did the next best thing.
"The moonlight makes it grow, every time there's moonlight and I'm out in it, its grows and these things get heavier but being bald isn't that bad, it's not the hair that makes the man, its what's under it that counts," Usagi said smiling up at him.
"I only want hair to become as admirable like my brother, he's got looks, strength, and he's intelligent, if only I had a full head of hair," Manten sighed deeply as Usagi smiled.
"It's great to admirer people but you're strong and you have determination, those are good qualities and perhaps you could study a bit to get smarter," Usagi suggested.
"I suppose but I will never have locks like my brother," Manten sighed once again and Usagi stood up with her hands on her hips in frustration.
"If you want hair so much then why don't you just make a toupee or something?" She shouted in anger and realized she had drawn attention to her self when she felt the other shards coming back her way. "Well, that was a nice chat, I really must be going now, bye."
She shot out the door to see him looking at her with surprise in his eyes as a smirk formed on his face and he began for her once more. She shrieked and ran down the hall past him where she sensed a few other shards, in high hope that Shippo had made it through and got her friends.
She ran until Hiten got in front of her with a grin on his face as he chuckled, the only way to escape was past him and he was on guard now so it wouldn't be easy to past him. He slowly began advancing toward her before turning around and blocking a fire arrow as Usagi took the chance to get refuge from behind Rei and Inuyasha.