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Chapter 3

Parental Boundaries (Or A Lack Thereof)

Azurine darted away towards the sound of her friend. When she found her, Sarah was cornered by two…well, you could call one a person anyway. He was tall and blonde with deep blue eyes. Sarah was struggling to no avail in his grasp.

"Let go of me!" she yelled angrily. This is really starting to make me feel short.

But Azurine wasn't paying attention to him. She was staring at his companion. This being looked like a woman, and she also seemed very familiar. In fact, she was almost a grown up version of Azurine. She had the same green eyes, pale skin and silver streak in her light brown hair. She even had the same figure. Her aura was that of a witch.

"What the hell, girl! Who is that?"

Azurine heard InuYasha shouting at her, but her body was numb; ears: deaf; mouth: mute.

"Ah, Azurine. How I have longed to see my daughter. You have grown marvelously," the woman mocked.

"Daughter?" Miroku asked. "So, Azurine's a witch?"

"Half-blood. Her father was a foolish human only. Poor man. And to answer your next question, yes, though only half her blood is from the feudal era. The rest is of that future scum," she said with a look of disgust.

Azurine felt prickles go up her legs and soon realized that she was bound to the earth by a vine of thorns.

"Who? What? Sarah! Miroku! Shippo! Help me!" she cried.

"They can't hear you, daughter. You destroyed my life, so I will now destroy yours. Yuto! Kill that girl you have." The witch commanded.

"Kill- Kill her?" Yuto, the man holding Sarah, asked in a disappointed tone.

"Do what ever you wish. I care not. Just so long as she is out of the way."

Then, out of nowhere, like usual, Kaede appeared. But, before she was able to do anything, time froze all around them. Azurine and her mother were the only ones left moving.

"So, Azurine, you have lived for fifteen years without discovering the well. Fifteen years is a long time for a human, but a short time to an immortal, a witch."

Azurine froze. "What are you talking about?"

"I am going to destroy you, my daughter. I am going to destroy you and the witch blood I gave you," her mother sneered.

"No!" Azurine screamed. Her hands grew a bright yellow.

"Then, I will destroy each and everyone of these pitiful weaklings. But, of course, I'll save the most painful death for the monk. You seem to like him." She walked over to the frozen figure of Miroku and cupped his chin, studying his face. "I didn't think that even you would stoop that low…"

Azurine's hands turned orange as hate mixed with anger. "You will not hurt ANY of them!"

"And I'm sure Yuto will come up with a sufficient death for the girl. She's a friend of yours from the future, correct? Of course she is, for she wears that foolish garb." She turned to look at Sarah. "Actually, death may be too good for future weaklings like her. Perhaps Yuto will keep her and torture her or…well…we won't go into any more detail."She smirked at the thought. "That sounds like a punishment befitting her kind."

"Leave them alone!" Azurine shouted again, swiping her arm as she spoke causing a shower of red and yellow sparks to rain over them. "Your battle is with me, not any of them!" Whatever happens, I've got to keep them safe! For Sarah, Shippo, Miroku, InuYasha, and Kagome. I can't fail!

The ground beneath them began to tremble. Azurine's bandages crumbled to ashes. Ahh! No! Not again! Whaa!

The trembling worsened and the earth around her cracked, fire spurting upwards.

"You need to work on controlling your powers, Azure. Lack of control could get you into trouble some day." She thought for a moment before continuing. "I'll give you a fair chance. I'll return when you can control yourself." As time unfroze she began to fade away. "Have fun with Yuto!" she sneered. Then, she was gone.

Azurine's hands faded to a dull silver and the cracks in the earth resealed. She fell to her knees, panting.

"Azurine!" Miroku cried. He ran beside her.

Meanwhile, Yuto was still holding Sarah. He sighed heavily. "Great. Sade left me to take care of everything…again. I hope I can find her again this time." He turned back to Sarah. "Well, Sade did say to kill you. I can't very well go against her orders, now can I?" he said cynically though his eyes showed something else.

Sarah glared at him and kicked him in the shin. His grasp loosened just enough for her to slip away. While Yuto was off guard, Kaede threw prayer beads around his neck.

"Sarah! Say something to subdue him!" shouted Kagome. "Like when I say sit! Sorry, InuYasha. I was short on time."

Sarah looked around frantically as if expecting the word to pop out of the ground. "Uh…um…um…STAY!" she finally managed.

Yuto's entire body froze from the neck down. "Wh-what did you do to me?"

Sarah patted his head and giggled. "Good boy!" She then stood back and looked at him. "You know, he's kinda cute when he's not an immediate threat," she murmured to herself.

"Gee, thanks," he said, rolling his eyes.

Sarah blushed slightly, realizing that he'd heard her. Luckily, Kaede broke in.

"Come, come, lasses. We've got much to tell ye," she beckoned. "Oh yes. And lass," she said turning to Sarah. "Those prayer beads can have three spells placed on them." She turned to Miroku. "Do you have the other one?"

Azurine was numbly staring at her twice-burned hands. "Powers? What did she mean by 'powers'? All I can manage is burning my hands."

Miroku picked her up. "I've got her, Kaede."

Sarah looked at Yuto. "Hm. Yuto! Uh…COME!" she commanded.

An invisible force dragged Yuto's slowly loosening body towards her. Sarah yelped and took a step back. "I didn't mean that close!"

"Do you think I had a choice in the matter? I didn't do it! You did!" he yelled in despair as he shook off the remains of the waning 'stay' command.

"Here's the deal," Sarah commanded. "No hurting anyone or trying to run away. You just be a good little boy and follow. Got it? Remember, I've got blackmail now," she said in a singsong voice.

"Isn't that illegal?" Shippo asked from Miroku's shoulder.

"Possibly," Sarah said mischievously.

The group returned to the village, Yuto grumbling all the way.

Thank you, thank you. Chapter four will be out probably tonight.