Just to point out.
Narrowly blank expressions are my way of describing the '-.-' look. :D Yes, I know. I need to copyright that shiz.
Daughter of the Cerulean Water: Hehe, thank you for all the reviews lately. They've been what's really got my butt moving on editing these chapters. Thank you for respecting my wishes and waiting to read these chapters! That's really great of ya! I'll do my best to get chapter 5 edited and up as soon as I possibly can!
And to anyone else reading this story from here and waiting, thank you as well!
C H A P T E R 4
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Kim felt a light breeze flicker across her skin, tickling at her nose and making her eyes squint shut a little from irritation. But she couldn't be irritated for long, a thought passing through her mind like a lightning bolt. Shouldn't she be dead? Maybe she was! Was this wind just here because she was laying on a cloud in the heavens? Her lips frowned, feeling the millions of pokes on the skin of her arms that her tank top left exposed. She ruled out that possibility... clouds shouldn't be so itchy.
She let out a little grumble, her conscious slipping back into her more and more. She was even able to open her eyes just slightly, looking at the blurry world above her. She couldn't really make anything out. Only blobs that molded together with different colors. Her opened eyes were still narrow, but you could easily see the confusion on her features.
'Am I alive? Where am I? Is heaven just a bunch of blobs? Damn...what a rip off.'
She closed her eyes again, letting them rest for a moment before she opened her lids a little more than the first time, light flooding her vision and forcing her to squint. But this time things were clearer. Not just blobs scattered around her. There were trees... the sky... the world?
Her view was suddenly completely taken over by a pair of soft brown eyes, wide as they looked down at her. The pupils danced with excitement.
"Master Jaken! One's awake!" The owner of the eyes yelled, a little girl voice that was so loud it made Kim's already aching head throb. The red head raised her brow, looking up at the happy eyes and able to make out the other features that came with them. It was a child's face with the full bone structure not quite mature enough yet. Her dark brown hair came across her forehead with spikey bangs and a little pony tail was seemingly random on the top of her head while the rest of her hair flew down, over her shoulders and tickling against Kim's face.
Kim still looked confused till her brain began working and her eyes grew a little wider. It didn't take long for her to remember she was in the Inuyasha world, or who this little girl was.
'Hey... this must be Rin. Wait, Master Jaken? Oh no...'
"Master Jaken?" Rin yelled again, looking away from Kim and off into the distance where Kim couldn't see. The teen tried to sit up and twist herself to look in that direction, but even the smallest movement of her body would send surges of pain through her. She couldn't tell if she had hit head first, back first, feet first, arm first, or whatever. But the fall had left her whole body throbbing in pain.
'Ow. Every thing hurts. Wait, wheres Alyssa? Is she okay?'
Kim's look was complete worry as she slowly turned her head to the side, letting her features relax when she saw Alyssa laying there, still unconscious. The rise and fall of the blonde's breathing body made it obvious the she was alive, only knocked out from the fall like Kim had been. This made the red head smile, her heart fluttering when she thought that maybe they weren't minor characters.
'Okay. She's alive. Good, 'cause I have a feeling she would haunt me forever...'
"Master Jaken!" Rin's voice yelled again. Kim turned her head away from Alyssa, now facing where Rin was shoving the sleeping Jaken. The toad was leaning his back against a tree, his head tucked down and snores coming from his beak. Kim's face scrunched a bit, the imp looking even more disgusting in real life than on the TV. Which was pretty damn disgusting.
'Wow. How does he sleep? It's hard to believe his eye lids can cover those huge orbs.'
Rin let out a sigh, finally giving up and standing straight again. She childishly pouted at Jaken for a few moments, her arms crossed tightly across her chest. This little composure was put up till Rin remembered Kim. The girl's head whipped back to see Kim looking at her also.
"Hi there! I'm Rin! What's your name?" Rin wore a large smile as she ran over to where Kim laid, leaning over by the red head's side with her hands pressed against her knees. Her eyes danced as she looked at Kim, obviously excited to be meeting someone new. Kim couldn't resist smiling, the girl's adorable antics almost being too much to handle.
"Hello, Rin. My name is Kim. It's nice to meet you." She tried to have the best smile she could, which was hard considering her current state. Though she was starting to get use to the pain.
Rin nodded her ditto then looked back towards where Alyssa laid. Rin held her arm out at the sleeping blonde girl and pointing her small finger.
"Who's that?" She asked while tipping her head to the side, her eyes on Kim and blinking with curiosity. Kim's blue eyes followed and landed on her cousin, a small smile painting Kim's lips as she looked back to Rin.
"That's my cousin, Alyssa." Kim replied. Then lo and behold, right as her name was said the blonde began to mutter some unintellible jumbo and her eyes squinted shut for a moment, then slowly opened and stared at the world. Kim could tell she was probably having the some blob-vision. It seemed to of passed when Alyssa's head turned towards them and blinked. Rin's smile grew as she stood straight, looking towards Alyssa with even more excitement.
"Hello Alyssa-san! I'm Rin." Rin greeted her while waving her hand, earning a raised brow from Alyssa. Kim let out a smirk, glancing at Rin then letting her eyes fall back to Alyssa.
"Good morning, sleepy head." Kim teased her cousin, holding back a laugh as Alyssa groaned and ran her hand through her scattered blonde hair.
"What's going on?" Alyssa's voice whined, the pain showing through her tone. Kim frowned as Alyssa tried to sit up but the pain came, crushing her back to the ground just as it had to Kim.
"Oww!" She hiss while looking back to Kim. Rin also frowned. She didn't enjoy seeing people in pain. And even a blind man would be able to tell Kim and Alyssa were in pain. But that was probably just because he'd hear them. They were complaining so damn much about it. Kim looked away from Alyssa, her attention now focused on Rin.
"Yeah, what is going on, Rin?" She asked the younger girl. Rin smiled for Kim as her bright face gazed down at the injured red head. She some how keeping up that childish smile even as she spoke.
"Well, you and Alyssa-chan fell from the sky and landed on top of Master Jaken. It was really funny! But Master Jaken isn't awake right now." Rin's voice had begun like a dance, but had slowly fallen into a sigh by the time she was finished speaking.
"Jaken?" Alyssa questioned while blinking. Rin and Kim both nodded, only the little girl raising her arm to point towards where Jaken laid against a tree. Alyssa's hazel eyes traveled over to where Rin gestured, expecting to see some other "hot" anime character. She wondered if this one would also have that weird silver hair and look like a chick. But when her eyes were finally in that direction, she looked confused.
She saw nothing... only the tree bark. All till her eyes lowered to the appropriate level. And low and behold, there rested Jaken. He was some how able to keep that rest, despite the blood curdling scream that escaped from Alyssa's throat. Rin and Kim both sighed as Alyssa did so, Rin being use to this and Kim just... meh.
"WHAT IS HE? IS IT A HE? WHAT IS IT?!" Alyssa yelled, barely able to muster up enough air from her longues to let out her loud words.
"I don't even want to know what he is." Kim replied while Rin let out a small giggle. Kim decided to give sitting another try, curling her body up so that the pressure was on her sore butt. With the help of her palms planted against the ground and a little hand from Rin, the red head found herself finally not laying against the ground like a little puppy. Nope, she was now just sitting and wishing she could lay back down. Ironic world. She had to wonder how Alyssa was feeling.. worst than Kim? Better? Maybe a little in between? Either way, it worried Kim. She looked towards Alyssa with a concerned expression.
"Dajibou?" She asked.
"Bless you." Alyssa said, still staring up at the sky as Kim got anime's famous narrowly blank expression.
"No... Alyssa, da-ji-bou. It means 'are you okay' in Japanese." Kim explained while Rin nodded. This got Kim wondering... how had they landed themselves in the English version of Inuyasha while it took place in Feudal Japan? That concept sounded so confusing that the teen girl didn't even want to risk venturing into it. She might just end up going from a red head to a 'blown up' head.
Alyssa glared at Kim, letting out an annoyed sigh. Kim rolled her eyes. There was Alyssa's scolding face.
'Prepare self to ignore next forty five seconds of conversation.'
"First, speak English and stop trying to show off. Second, I fell off a giant cat-demon-thingy onto a hard ground. All that from really, REALLY high up in the air. But yes, Kim, I'm perfectly okay. "Alyssa snapped sarcastically. Kim's whole 'ignoring' plan didn't quite work out so well. She had heard Alyssa's little babble, but at least she had a reply.
"Good. I'm glad you're okay." Kim said with more sarcasim as she rolled her eyes. Rin let out a little giggle fit, earning the attention of the two cousins.
"You two are funny." Rin cheered to them with a smile. Her warm face was enough to even calm Alyssa down now, the blonde staring at the girl with confusion for a few moments until her expressions ultimately fell into a sincere smile.
"Thanks, Rin. "Alyssa said while sitting up, the aches in her body starting to fade a little. The girl had to wonder how she wasn't dead but, hell, she wasn't one to complain. She blamed it on anime's high unrealism factors. But if that's what was keeping them alive, shoot, WOOT ANIME!
"Hey Rin?" Kim said while looking back at the girl, something curious suddenly poking into her mind.
"Yes, Kim-chan?"
"How long have we been asleep for?" Kim asked, just taking into note that the sky had darkened. With it being night time now they couldn't of been out for that long, right? Unless they had gone all through the next day. Which would of been ridiculously improbable.
Rin blinked a moment, pouting. She wasn't sure if she liked Kim anymore, the teen was actually trying to make her think. Rin held up her little fingers as if she was counting, finally getting a bright expression as she looked towards Kim again. While Rin had been considering it, Kim had managed to stand herself up, needing to reach her hand over against a tree at first to keep her balance, but finding herself feeling well enough. Which pretty much made no sense. She should be dead, not standing up.
"A long time." Rin said, excitedly satisfied with her answer. Kim let out a little sigh, staring at Rin blankly.
"Has it been a whole day yet?" She tried a more simple question. The red head was relieved to see Rin shake her head.
"More like a half day." Rin's voice mumbled while her eyes traveled up, as if thinking it over to just be sure. Kim smiled, letting that confirm that they hadn't been knocked out for that long. Maybe they could still catch up with Inuyasha and the others. Her eyes widened a bit as the other character had popped into her mind. Sesshomaru, what about him? Would she see him again? Her first instinct said no but Kim had learned not to trust those.
'Well there's Rin and Jaken. And there's that dragon thingy. What's its name? Like Ah-Un? But..where's Sesshomaru?'
Kim looked at each of the company's faces. She could feel a mixture of relief and disappointment when she concluded that Sesshomaru wasn't around. And even if he was, he must not of been too determined to kill them. Otherwise they would of been dead meat by now.
"Um, Rin, where's Sesshomaru?" Kim asked. Rin got a confused expression, most likely because Kim was speaking of her lord without having met him yet.
"You know Lord Sesshomaru, Kim-san?" She asked. Sesshomaru's name acted as an alarm clock for Jaken, instantly making the imp hop onto his feet with wide and awake eyes. He looked around, his eyes obviously scanning for his lord before they fell on the two teens. His anger flared as he saw them instead of Sesshomaru and he began one of his famous Jaken freak outs. Oh, how annoyed Kim already was.
"That is Lord Sesshomaru-sama to you, pathetic human! And how do you know my lord?" Jaken yelled while pointing at Kim, not appreciating her disrespect when saying Sesshomaru's name nor how the girl was simply.. born. How dare she, right? Alyssa cringed a little.
"It talks..?" She whispered, covering her mouth as if she were about to gag. Kim only rolled her eyes and decided it'd be best to ignore the imp. Her blue orbs moved back to Rin. The older girl put her hand on her hip while raising her brow.
"So, is Sesshomaru back yet or what?" Kim asked her. Rin frowned while looking up at Kim, folding her small hands behind her own back and letting out a sigh.
"No." She replied while shaking her head, "Lord Sesshomaru-sama has not yet returned. Rin is beginning to worry..."
Alyssa gladly took her eyes off Jaken and gazed at Rin. Some how the girl was just too adorable for the good of the whole damn world. It was probably risky having a child like this exist. It was way too easy to be talked into something when looking at those puppy dog eyes.
"Don't worry! I'm sure he'll be back soon." Alyssa leaned towards them from her spot still on the ground, wearing a comforting smile to match her tone as she looked at the small girl. Rin smiled back to the blonde, making Alyssa's stomach fill with warm butterflies when seeing her bright expression. But all that fell when she realized what she had just said.
'Sesshomaru probably will be back soon... so... oh shit..'
Kim raised a brow as she watched Alyssa's eyes widen. It took a few moments, but eventually Kim's own eyes were slightly larger as the light bulbs began to click in her mind.
'That's right. Alyssa insulted Sesshomaru. If she's here when he gets back, he might kill her. We should probably leave before that can happen but... aw man. I wanted to see him again!'
Kim let out a sigh, her eyes sharpening like a fresh pencil and glaring towards Alyssa. The blonde easily deciphered the glare and simply shrugged her shoulders. As far as Alyssa was concerned... Kim should be more concerned about her cousin's safety than seeing some damn cartoon character who liked to abuse people. Kim let out a huff of dissatisfaction before she crossed her arms, kicking a rock that was unfortunate enough to be by her foot.
"Well, I guess we should get going." Kim mumbled.
"Why are you leaving so soon?" Rin asked frantically, taking hold of Kim's hand with her own small ones. Kim couldn't help but smile as the girl tugged on her fingers.
"Perhaps you two should rest more! And you can talk to Rin! Rin really doesn't get to talk much since Jaken and Lord Sesshomaru-sama don't like to." The small girl continued. Kim bent down in front of Rin, resting her hands against her knees to keep herself up. She met Rin's eye level, smiling warmly to the child.
"Well, Rin, Alyssa made Sesshomaru a little mad. So we have to leave before he gets back. Okay? " Kim told her. Rin frowned as she responded.
"But Rin doesn't want Kim-chan and Alyssa-chan to leave." She whined. Alyssa pouted, feeling guilt now bubbling in her stomach.
'Aw, she's so cute. It's so sad to see her...well..sad. If only that Sesshomaru guy wasn't so damn scary... and chick like. This is all his fault for being such a cross dresser. Maybe he's gay... he sure is sensitive like a chick too.'
Jaken frowned while stepping towards the two girls while Kim held her hand out to Alyssa, helping to lift her cousin to her feet. Hell if Kim was going to actually carry the girl. She was already on thin enough ice for being the reason Kim wouldn't be seeing Sesshomaru again. Alyssa could deal with walking. Though Jaken didn't plan on seeing them go anywhere.
"If you insulted my lord then you deserve punishment!" He yelled, waving his staff above his head. The two teens looked over at him, Alyssa wearing a slightly more disgusted expression than Kim. They both blinked a few times, exchanging eye contact with the imp. 'Cause hell, there was plenty of eye to make contact with. Finally, Kim began to laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Jaken screamed at her while hopping around.
'As if Rin wasn't enough. Now these two female humans? I'm hopeful Lord Sesshomaru will be back soon to take care of them.'
Kim didn't respond to Jaken. She only shook her head while limping along to leave. Alyssa bit her lip, giving Jaken one more 'ew' look before following after Kim
"Bye Kim-chan! Goodbye, Alyssa-chan! Please come back to visit Rin!" The small girl stood on her tippy toes while reaching her hand into the air, waving wildly. Jaken scurried next to her, watching them leave with narrow eyes and his arms crossed in front of his chest. He let out a growl.. well, as much of a growl as a toad could muster up.
"Bye Rin!" Both girls called while throwing a hand up into the air. Rin and Jaken watched as their figures fadded into the darkness of the forest, hiding them from sight eventually.
Alyssa and Kim had spent about a hour maneuvering through the forest. And in that hour they hadn't really gotten too far. It's not that they had taken any breaks but people don't tend to travel much when your stuck limping two steps every ten seconds. Their constant complaining managed to slow them down even more. Kim took into thought for a moment that they should try to be quiet in case any demons were on the prowl. But then she took another step and the words 'fawk it' came to mind.
"Ow. Ow. Ow." Kim let out a whine with each step she took.
"Why didn't we stay with them?" Alyssa found herself questioning, trying to drain out the pain with talking. Yeah, so far that wasn't working out too well for her.
"Ow. Because. Ow. Sesshomaru. Ow. Would. Ow. Of. Ow. Killed. Ow. You. Oow." Kim grumbled between her grunts. Alyssa sighed while bowing her head.
"Oh yeah. You know, that doesn't sound so bad right now. Can we stop and rest?" She asked while looking over hopefully at her cousin. She honestly felt like no matter what Kim said, she could collapse right then and there. Kim looked at Alyssa for a moment then around them. She filled her cousin with relief as she stopped moving her feet, instead looking around for a good place to rest at.
"Yeah I guess. We've come pretty far." Kim said, more than happy to take a little break from her 'owing'. Alyssa smiled, moving towards the tree she had already picked out to be their bed. She limped over and leaned her back against it, slowly shrinking down the bark till she was sitting in the soft grass. Then she kept going, all her body now resting against the bed of green blades while her head used the bark as a pillow. Kim wasn't too far behind Alyssa, simply falling backwards and leaning her back against the bark. She spread her limbs, feeling like a rag doll that simply moved as gravity allowed. She was pretty sure her body was fed up with her and this nonsense by now.
For a few moments the girls were silent. They both just stared up at the tree branch framed sky. Kim nearly forgot where she was as she gazed upon the stars. They seemed just as real as they had been in her world. But their current anime state didn't seem as far in the back of Alyssa's mind as it was in Kim's.
"So, this is your favorite show?" Alyssa grumbled.
"Yup." Kim answered bluntly as she closed her eyes.
"Why?" Alyssa groaned, obviously not seeing what was so great about it.
"Trust me, it's not as exhausting and risky to watch as it is to actually live in. Though, this has been kinda cool..." The red head replied with a small smile coming onto her face. Alyssa turned her head to look at Kim with a shocked expression, most easily described as the human embodiment of a question mark.
"You call this cool?" She nearly snapped.
"Well imagine if we were at home! Our day wouldn't of been half as exciting." Kim pointed out. Alyssa frowned. It wouldn't of been half as painful either.
"Yeah. I guess you're right. Being in our world sure would suck right now. You know, with beds and all that dumn stuff. And who needs that world? No one wants to kill us there! Yes, this place is so much more excit-" She was about to continue with her sarcastic rant, but Kim let out a groan that begged for mercy.
"It's getting really late. We should sleep." Kim grumbled, looking towards the blonde with a slightly annoyed visage. Alyssa glared back at her cousin.
"Well, can we just fall alseep here? Would it be safe?" She asked Kim. Alyssa would let the rant go for now but boy oh boy, Kim had a good, long, and painful talk coming up. Alyssa knew this was somehow Kim's fault. The world didn't have conicidences like this. Kim seemed to consider Alyssa's question for a moment then shrugged.
"Yeah. I'm sure Sesshomaru is over it by now. It's not like him to go after someone for such a trivial insult. You should be safe for the night. Just hope we don't run into him later." She decided, nodding as she spoke. Alyssa got a big smile, glad to hear she wasn't being hunted.
'It shouldn't be too hard to avoid Sesshomaru. Just avoid all gay bars and drag shows.'
"Good! 'Cause I'm going to sleep. Good night!" Alyssa replied with a nod before she flipped over, now facing away from her cousin. The blonde smiled as she tucked her hands under her cheek and closed her eyes, letting sleep softly blanket over her body.
"Good night." Kim mumbled while glancing at her cousin, then towards the sky. It was just starting to hit her, well, hit her harder. She was in Inuyasha...but why? How? Would she see Sesshomaru again? Questions buzzed in her head as she tried to sleep. She also flipped over the opposite way of her cousin and frowned.
'Things like this seem cool until they actually happened to you.'
Eventually sleep caught up with her. Her eyes became heavier and narrowed until finally they shut and she laid with her head back against the bark, softly breathing while watching the dream show her subconscious put on for her.
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It was the next morning and the birds around them chirped pleasantly, trying to give the two teenage girls a more natural wakeup call. But unfortunately, nature had some heavy sleepers in it's hands. Laying against the grass in the forest was Kim and Alyssa, Kim flat on her back while Alyssa's cheek cuddled against her cousins shoulder. The girls hadn't even so little as blinked through the whole night. Yet somehow their bodies now laid with the tree they had fallen asleep by no where in sight.
A little green finger reached out and poked against Kim's forehead, making her grumble a bit as her nerves felt the contact and her eyes tried to squeeze even more shut.
"Wake up, you miserable human!" The squeaky voice of the finger's owner demanded. Kim let out another grumble, unable to stay unconscious as the she kept feeling the damn poke against her head. Her eyes slowly opened. Things didn't look right at first, all blurry and unreadable. She blinked and her eyes regained some focus, that focus only to be placed on two huge eyes that were staring right back down at her. This wasn't exactly what Kim was use to seeing in the morning, so naturally before anything else she let out a screeching scream. As the scream rang out, Alyssa's eyes snapped open with alarm.
"Master Jaken! Be nice!"A little girl's voice yelled, haulting Kim's scream while the eyes back away from her face.
"Rin?" Kim mumbled, a sleep tone still to her voice.
"What's going on?" Alyssa gasped while sitting up, looking at their surroundings and expecting to see an army about to kill them. But instead the blonde saw something far, far worst. Jaken.
"EEEEEEEEEKK!" Alyssa screamed at the top of her lungs, "GET AWAY FROM ME, FREAK!" She pushed Jaken away from them. But her face just twisted into even more of a disgusted look as she began waving her hands around.
"Ewewewew! I touched it! I'm going to get warts now!" She cried out. Rin and Kim both bit their lips, trying not to laugh at Alyssa's little reaction. Though it was proving to be quite the challenge of keeping their giggles at pay. The scene between the now yelling Jaken and spazzing Alyssa was priceless. Finally Kim decided it was time to change the subject... ish.
"Rin, how did we get here?" She asked while turning her head to the girl dressed in orange. Rin smiled back at her, clasping her small hands behind her back.
"Lord Sesshomaru-sama brought you back. " Rin said in a voice that almost resembled a song. Just that name slipping from her tongue brought joy to the child.
"Ah, I see. That makes sense." Kim nodded, for a moment forgetting just how bad that concept was. But it wasn't long before her brain clicked again and her eyes went wide.
'Lord...Sesshomaru?...That means...he's..here...'
Kim looked over at Alyssa, about to relay the message. But the blonde's current frozen figure and expression gave Kim the clue that Alyssa had heard.
"Oh.. my... god.. Kim, I'm going to die."
"Alyssa, you are not going to die."
"Kim, he's going to kill me. I'm going to die, Kim."
"Calm down! We can leave now and-"
"Gonnadie. Gonnadie. Gonnadie. Gonna-DIE DIE DIE!"
"ALYSSA JOANNE KODE! I demand you chill out RIGHT NOW!"
Alyssa slowly turned her head to face Kim.
"Tell my mommy I love her." She croaked out. Kim got the narrowly blank look and let out a small huff.
"You are not going to die. He's obviously not here. So we might be able to run away before he can come back." Kim pointed out, watching as Alyssa's expression calmed down a bit. But only slightly. Kim turned to look at Rin, urgency dancing in her eyes.
"Rin, where is Sesshomaru?" Kim asked the little girl. They really did have a chance of escaping if he was far enough away. Maybe this time he wouldn't feel like running after them. They could even ask Rin which direction they were headed in just so following the two cousins would be out of Sesshomaru's way. But Kim's heart dropped as Rin's pupils rose, looking above their head with a little smile.
"Not uh... no way... nooooooo." Kim shook her head with disbelief. Rin kept her eyes above them. Kim had to consider what she would do now. Maybe if she ignored the obvious gesture, the great beyond would take a moment to rethink this and magically change things. She waited a few moments, figuring she had given the great beyond plenty of time. Her neck stretched back with her head. Her hair fell over her back as her eyes widened, Sesshomaru's glaring face towering above her and Alyssa. The blonde girl had also looked up by now. Her face was a pure expression of 'oh shit' while her jaw flew open.
"Oh..." Kim mumbled, looking up at Sesshomaru then glancing to the side at Alyssa and sighing.
"Yeah, you're gonna die."
Alyssa grew pale as she let out a little meep, staring dead on at Sesshomaru. She was like a dear caught in head lights, just waiting for the car to smack into her. Only Sesshomaru would probably eat her too. Or would he? Alyssa wished she at least knew what her fate was. Perhaps he'd slice her into pieces with the sword? Or would he go the ironic way and strangle her with his boa?
Kim was the first of the two to speak up, a little more sane in mind. As far as they knew, Sesshomaru didn't have a death wish for Kim. She scrambled to her feet and stood in front of him, looking up with a slight nervous smile and scratching the back of her head with one hand while the other dangled at her side.
"Oh. Hi Sesshomaru... " She saw a glare coming and quickly added, "-sama. ". She felt slight relief when Sesshomaru's glare fell off the red head. But she soon realized that was a bad thing since his focus was now on her trembling cousin. Kim frowned and turned her lips in Alyssa's direction.
"Hey Alyssa! Get up and say hi. You baka." She whispered down.
'Why am I whispering? He can still hear me any way. Oh well, it's the thought that counts.'
Alyssa crawled around Kim, slowly standing while trying to hide behind the slightly taller girl. Kim rolled her eyes, wondering what the hell Alyssa expected her to do when Sesshomaru attacked. That human shield would be booking it. Kim could feel Alyssa shaking as her head peaked over Kim's shoulder, letting out stumbling words.
"Ummm...Hi...Sesshoboa...I mean Sesshomaru...ummm what was that thing again Kim?" Alyssa whispered the last part to Kim.
"Sama?" Kim suggested between her clenched teeth as she tried to give a big smile to Sesshomaru, as if that would help. Sesshomaru was someone to appreciate respect right? So obviously a smile was in order. Sesshomaru only returned the expression with his own collected and cold one. His eyes were narrow, gold sparkling from between his two lids.
"Yeah that's right! Sama!" Alyssa added while taking a few steps back, pulling Kim with her by the red head's shoulders. Kim tried to look back at her with confusion, but by then Alyssa had decided this was far enough.
"We're going to go now! Nice meeting you again!" Alyssa chirped then darted away, running as fast as she could with her hands in the air. The blonde had assumed Kim would follow, but rather she stood there with a sigh and narrowly blank look.
"Alyssa, get back here!" Kim's yell came out as almost a grumble. She watched as her cousin ran into the distance, flailing her arms around like she was calling for help. Who did the girl honestly think would help her? A tree?
'Oh boy. I forgot to tell her about how fast he was.'
Kim turned to look towards Sesshomaru again but found his spot empty. She assumed he was already off chasing Alyssa, so the red head turned again, expecting to see Sesshomaru had caught up to Alyssa. But when she faced in that direction she saw... nothing? Not even Alyssa. Her cousin was a fast runner but not that fast.
"What the...?" Kim mumbled. Her eyes melted into more confusion as she felt a breeze from behind. She turned around and jumped back, seeing Sesshomaru right where he had been before Alyssa took off. Only now he held Alyssa in the air by her neck, the blonde girl trembling as her hands clenched around his wrist in attempts to not hang. Kim jumped back from their sudden appearance, getting quite the startle.
"Gez, don't scare me like that!" She yelled. Sesshomaru sent her a glare that made her back up even more.
"Sir." She added, trying to make the situation better for herself. As far as she could tell, this Sesshomaru had both arms. Which meant double the strangling potential. Alyssa's eyes were finally peeled off Sesshomaru and dashed to Kim, a scream of fear sparkling in them.
"Umm Kim...? A little help?"Alyssa's requesting voice trembled.
"What do you want me to do?" Kim asked.
"Anything! Don't just stand there like an idiot!"Alyssa snapped to her cousin. Kim smirked while putting her hands on her hips.
"Oh, I know! Why don't I tell him he looks like a girl? I mean it's not that bad of an insult. He must of meant to do it!" She said sarcastically, waving her hands in the air for emphasis.
"You're not helping!" Alyssa yelled.
"Yeah, it's not a very helpful nor SMART thing to say, is it?" Kim grumbled while putting her hands back on her hips.
Sesshomaru held back a sigh when he realized neither of the girls were focusing on fearing him anymore. Instead they both had their eyes locked on eachother, having some sort of optical battle that remained invisible to himself. It was actually becoming quite the annoyance. He prepared his throat for a little growl to reannounce his presence. But he was cut off when he felt a tugging on his pants. Slowly, he moved his head down and saw Rin by his side with a frown on her usually bright face.
"Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin mymbled and glanced over at Alyssa as she asked, "Are you going to hurt Alyssa-chan?"
Sesshomaru kept his face cold. Though the ends of his lips slightly tugged to a frown. How dare Rin give him that sad expression? Did she honestly think he was going to change her mind just because of it? Then again, he was fully aware that Rin was trying no such thing. Sesshomaru had just made excuses like this to make up for Rin's adorable antics. He was almost convinced she was a demon in disguise. No other being could hold that much power with a simple expression.
"I might." He finally said, feeling the sweat beating against his hand as Alyssa's skin basically rained with fright, her color taking another shade of pale.
"Please don't! Kim-chan and Alyssa-chan are my friends." Rin begged while pointing her little finger at the two girls, her face blending into the most adorable pleading face Sesshomaru had ever had the misfortune of seeing. The gods truly had cursed him when they sent this girl to rescue him that day.
His eyes slowly lifted from the child, staring into the distance a moment before they made a quick dart to the side and landed on Kim. The red head stiffened when she realized he was now looking at her, a gulp trailing down her throat. Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed.
'Alyssa and Kim? Wench that called this Sesshomaru a female is Alyssa and the baka that seems to be excited over my presence is Kim. Strange names. They look strange also, with their hair and different clothes. Though they are not demons. Their scent proves that. Who are these creatures?'
Sesshomaru looked back down at Rin. He ignored Kim's relieved sigh when his eyes fell off of her. She had every place to be relieved, hell, she better be damn relieved. At least someone here seemed to understand his power. Then again, the trembling Alyssa who's heart was beating faster than should of been possible seemed to also have a good grasp on what he was capable of.
He saw that Rin now had her hands folded in front of her self, her eyes looking up to him while dancing as if she was praying to him.
'Damn. If I hurt this stupid wench Rin will be upset. She always has a way of making me feel quilty...I hate humans.'
Sesshomaru let out a small sigh before he loosened his grip around Alyssa's neck. He paused to rethink this for a small moment before his hand ultimately opened, letting Alyssa slip out of his hold and fall against the ground. Kim raised her brow with confusion as Alyssa didn't even bother to think about what had just happened. All she knew was that by some miracle, she was back on the ground. So she took this opportunity to run behind her only shield, poor shield as it might be, Kim. Rin's face now smiled up at the demon lord. Sesshomaru kept his golden eyes on the two teens in front of him.
"I will spare you for now." He began.
"But you must come and take care of Rin. I grow tired of her chilish needs." He more of told them than requested. Besides, what choice did they have? Well they did have two choices. Either do what he said or die. But it was obvious these girls feared death more than the small girl at his side. This would also give him a chance to learn more about these girls. Not that he cared in a personal sense. He more wished to understand their weird antics and appearances. What culture could they possibly be from? He was positive it was no where in Japan.
"Lord Sesshomaru-sama!" Jaken whined, finally pipping his sense back into the conversation. Though it was in vain since he was ignored. Rin and Sesshomaru kept their eyes on Alyssa and Kim, waiting for their responses. Rin seemed even more thrilled by Sesshomaru's request than she had been for Alyssa's safety.
"Um, okay..whatever...just don't kill Alyssa." Alyssa chimed, happy she made it out of this pradictament unharmed. What could a babysitting job hurt?
"That okay with you Kim?" Alyssa stepped around Kim to look at her cousin while crossing her arms. She knew it would be perfectly fine with Kim. This Sesshomaru guy was her favorite, right? So naturally it puzzled Alyssa when she didn't hear a response from her cousin. The red head didn't even move. She just stood there with her hands at her side and her eyes broad.
"Kim?" Alyssa asked while raising her brow.
"Kim-chan?" Rin added her own little call, her head tilting with confusion. Kim still stayed completely still and said nothing, her eyes focused ahead of her on Sesshomaru.
"Hey Kim! Do you want to go with Sesshomaru...sama or not?" Alyssa yelled while waving her hand in front of Kim's face and trying to snap the girl out of whatever trance this might be. Sesshomaru was curious as to why she had suddenly become so statue like, but it had grown into an annoyance quite fast.
"Are you coming or not?" He sharply asked, ready to move on from this. Really no matter what she said, he knew she was coming. What he ordered was always obeyed. But Kim finally let out an answer that had caught him a bit surprised, along with Alyssa, Rin and Jaken.
Kim had done the only thing she was capable of doing when being offered to travel with the Great Lord Sesshomaru. Her eyes rolled back in her head and she crumbled to the ground, the simple act of fainting.
Rin and Jaken's eyes both grew in size with shock while Sesshomaru only stared at Kim on the ground, not showing much of a reaction. Alyssa ran her hand through her hair while letting out a little sigh.
"You can take that as a yes."