Note: Sorry about cutting the last part of chapter 9 off so quickly. My dad came in
and he wanted the computer, so I had to hurry up and finish it. I'll make it up to you
by explaining everything in this chapter. :)
Define Normal
Chapter Ten - WHAT'S GOING ON!
Once out of the site of the five intruders, Kouga hefted Dianna off his shoulder so that she was standing up on her own, then grabbed her arm and started running again. Dianna was practically being pulled with him instead of running. Much of the time, her feet would not touch the ground, so if she was tired, all she had to do was jump and the force of this man's running would tug her about 20 feet. Then she'd touch down again and run. Romeo was being held football style, again. Suddenly, Kouga stopped, Dianna ran smack into him. He gave an annoyed look and tossed Romeo inside a new room. He then manuvered Dianna inside the door and said "I'll be back. Don't mess with my stuff." With that, she shut the door, and girl and poodle were left alone, again.
"What the hell was that all about!" Romeo yelled. He looked at Dianna, who was smiling. "Why the heck are you smiling!" he barked (out loud, but he said it in his mind so Dianna understood). "That was fun," was her reply. Romeo was just about to yell at her for being stupid when she said "I'm also smiling because there are a LOT of sharp, pointy objects in here. And a bed! Why are we sitting on the hard floor?" The bed only consisted of some straw like stuff, covered by two fur "sheets". Then there was a thicker, more luxurious fur on top of those, which Dianna observed to be the blanket. There was a fur pillow, too. When they were bothing laying down on the bed, Dianna turned to Romeo and said "You better move every once in a while so I don't lose you in all this fur." "That demon, Kouga? Yeah, Kouga. He has a major fur fetish." said Romeo, comenting on the fact that man wore fur on his shoulders, as a kimono ((is that what his furry skirt is called?)) and for boot shoe thingies. "I mean, it's not like we're in Russia or anything. ... Where are we, exactly? I know it can't be hell. But there ARE demons running rampant." he concluded. Dianna looked around the room, observing the decorative katanas, and wall paintings with an asian flare. "I don't know," she said, "but I'm guessing either a Korea, China, or Japan." After a while of just laying there lazily, Romeo said, "I wonder why he put us in his room. Of all the cells I'm guessing he has, why his oh so special room?" "We're in his BEDROOM!" meeped Dianna. "Yeah, couldn't you smell it?" "Well, I just thought I was still smelling him because I've been so close to him all day and maybe it was on me?" she concluded lamely. A sudden thought occured to Dianna, and she rocketed off the bed. "Gah! Why are we in his bedroom! Stupid ... stupid ... MALE!" Romeo just nonchalantly lifted up his head and said "I dunno. But I'm guessing we're off the menu." Then he smiled slyly and said "Or at least I'M off the menu..heh heh." CRACK! "OW!"
---Back in the hallways---
Faster than thought possible (for it had been less than a minute), Kouga was heard running back to them via Jessica. "Someone's comming back," she said quietly. "It's that same man again," said Diamond. Suddenly, Kouga skidded in front of them, panted once, then regained his compossure and struck a pose. "Okay," he said to the group of stunned girls and animals, "now I can deal with you. Why are you here?" "To get our friend that you just ran away with," said AJ, taking a step forward (she really wanted to hit something to test her powers, and this guy seemed the only good target). Wednesday chose that moment to flare up, once done he hissed and extended his claws. All of this was only rewarded by a raised eyebrow from Kouga. "So, Kagome, I see you've found another two-tail." He unsheathed his katana, "I'll take care of this quite easily." Before anyone had time to react, he lept forward and sliced at Wednesday's head. Wednesday reared up in surprise in just enough time not to get his head chopped off, though his shoulder was badly cut by the attack. With lightning speed, Kagome whipped out and cocked an arrow ((giggle-snort whipped out and cocked giggle-snort)) and aimed it at Kouga's left hand. She was afried to release the arrow due to the hall's walls being so close as to deflect the arrow and send it back at random. That moment of non-movement was all Kouga needed to sidestep over and knocked he bow and arrow out of her and with his arm. He then kicked it away, and then felt a blow to his back that wasn't in proportion to anyone of those girls he was fighting. It sent him stumbling forward, but he managed not to fall. He turned around angrily and saw the dark skinned girl grinning wildly. "Oh yeah," she said, and fisted her hands again.
While all that was happening, Jessica and Diamond were looking at Wednesday's shoulder worriedly. It was bleeding an awefully lot. "Come here," said Jessica rather loudly so he could hear her over the fight. He limped over (he couldn't use that leg) and layed down in front of her. Without even thinking about it, Jessica knew what to do. She called Diamond over, put one hand on his cross scar, and the other on Wednesday's shoulder. Jessica's vision went green around the edges. Wednesday's shoulder started to heal! Small green shimmers were running over the entire length of his wound. Soon, it was completely closed up! With a gasp, Jessica took both hands off her dog and patient, and sat back on her butt, hard. She was dizzy. Wednesday experimently flexed and stretched his shoulder and arm. Nothing hurt. With a look of admiration at Jessica and Diamond, he turned around and trotted off to rejoin the fight. Jessica turned and looked at Diamond, who was watching her with great curiosity. "How did you know we could heal?" he whispered to her mind. "I don't know," she replied, "but I think I'm going to need to talk to our new friends and ask them what the heck this Sacred Jewel thingy really is."
Wednesday arrived at AJ's side just when she was aiming her second punch at Kouga. He deftly lept to the side, and AJ's punch landed on the rock wall, hard. The wall cracked (so did one of AJ's knuckles), and soon the wall and ceiling were one huge crack. Kouga smiled and said "Well, it was nice meeting you all. But now I really must go." With that, he took his katana and hit the wall with it's pummel with a resounding crack! The ceiling shuddered and groaned, and just as Kouga waved and sidestepped once more, the ceiling caved in. Everyone managed to get out of the way of the falling rubble, but they were not happy when they discovered that so much had caved in that there was no way to dig themselve's out without having a few spare hours! "Man!" yelled AJ, "That freakin' hurt!" "Why'd you punch so darn hard?" growled Wednesday, "Now there's no way we could catch up with him, we have to turn back!" Picking up her bow and lost arrow (luckily, Kouga kicked it in the other direction), Kagome turned to them and said "We need to go back, then. Maybe the guys and Sango are finished fighting, anyway."
As they were walking along, AJ noticed how quiet Jessica was. "Are you two talking," she asked, looking from Jess to Diamond. Jessica blinked, she had been lost in thought, and said "Um..no. But I really need to tell you something." Suddenly, a loud boom suggested that the "guys and Sango" were NOT done fighting. They picked up their pace and ran back to the battle ground. That large boom had been the Hiraikotsu hitting the side of the mountain, caving in one of the wolf demon's cave entrances. "That should keep their numbers down!" Kagome heard Sango yell from up high, she must've been riding Kilala. Not wanting to miss the action, Wednesday roared and lept into the air, his feet and tails thrashing with bright blue flame. "Well, if that's not a beacon telling them where we are, I don't know what is," said Kagome, "Lets go out and help them!" Kagome pulled up her bow and ran over to Inuyasha. Before AJ could run after her, Jessica grabbed her and pulled her back. "AJ! I really need to tell you something! I don't think me and Diamond should fight because-" "What, you two are scared?" taunted AJ, "let me go, I wanna hit people!" "AJ! WOULD YOU STOP BEING SO FIGHT HAPPY AND LISTEN TO ME!" Snapped back into reality, AJ settled down. "What is it," she asked.
"Me and Diamond-"
"Diamond and I."
"Ugh, shut up! Diamond and I can HEAL people!"
"What! How do you you?"
"You know when Kouga slashed Wednesday in the shoulder?"
"Yeah".
"While you were exacting your revenge by punching him in the back, I called Wednesday over to me and Diamond. Then I put one hand on Diamond's scar, and one hand on Wednesday's wound, and it healed! My vision went all green and stuff, too!"
"So that's why he was comming back to fight so quickly," said AJ thoughtfully. "You know, this is going to come in very hand," she added. "But we can't do it all the time, that tired me out," said Diamond. Jessica relayed it to AJ. "Well then, I guess we're going to have to ask our new friends how to work with this. I bet they're going to really like having a handy-dandy healer around with all the fights they get in." Jessica nodded her head. "Okay, can I go now?" AJ asked impatiently. Jessica nodded again, and AJ whooped and ran out to the now ever decreasing battlefield. Sango was getting really good at blocking tunnels, and now the only wolf demons left to fight were the ones that were already out. Jessica and Diamond sat back at their little hiding spot. "I wonder how Dianna's doing.. that Kouga guy better not be doing anything to her! I'LL KILL HIM!" "We're healers, we don't kill people," said Diamond. "Our only power may be healing, but that doesn't mean I don't know how to use a heavy, blunt object." Diamond thought about this and said "Well, it's better than nothing. We should probably learn to defend ourselfs, too, you know." As the fight progressed, Inuyasha's team clearly winning, Jessica's thoughts were at home. "I wonder how my parents are doing. Knowing them they sent one of my sisters out to get us from the park by now. I wonder hwo they're reacting to us not being there..."
