A/N: Gomenasai! Sorry for not updating sooner but I couldn't help it! My computer was acting up! But guess what? I got a new computer! I'm sorry Mase-chan, although I would have given you one of Hiei's arms…I can't. -glares at Kurama- Kurama stopped me from killing him! Oh yeah, about the reason why Sess didn't kill Denis when she was yelling at him is because…well…basically, they're old friends and I don't think even Sesshomaru would try to kill an old friend of his that he was really close to, don't you think? Anyways, enough of my ramblings! This chapter is dedicated to Mase-chan, who is a close friend of mine! Arigato, Mase!
Disclaimer: Seriously, this again? -sigh- I do not of YYH or IY so stop askin' me!
Chapter 5
Reunion Pt2
"Inuyasha, slow down! You're gonna choke!" Kagome warned as Inuyasha gulped down another bowl of ramen. Sure enough, Inuyasha choked. Shippo and Miroku were laughing their heads off while Sango had her hand over her mouth to try to stop giggling. Although Shippo and Miroku were both laughing, Shippo was laughing harder. Kagome was smiling but, unlike the others, she was helping Inuyasha out.
When Inuyasha got his breath back, he went after Shippo. Of course, he only did so after he punched Miroku on the head. "Shippo, you little whelp! Get back here and fight like a man! Shippo!" Just when Inuyasha was about to pounce on Shippo, Inuyasha and the others heard a very loud crash.
"Ow!" "Ouch!" Yusuke and the others were piled on top of one another on the ground, with Kuwabara on the bottom. "Remind me the next I see Koenma to give him a couple hundred punches on the head," Hiei and Yusuke both said rubbing the bumps on their heads.
"I'll help you," Kurama said.
"And I'll remind you," Prowl also said, rubbing her sore head.
They all tried to pick themselves off the ground but they couldn't, really. Everyone was still sprawled on the ground. Oh yeah, did I mention Kuwabara was still on the bottom? No one bothered to help him out, even though Prowl said to maybe help him.
When he heard that, he leaped to life, causing everyone, and I mean everyone, to fly off of him. He crawled like a worm over to Prowl and asked her to be his girlfriend again, which got him another couple punches on the head from Kurama and Hiei. Then they all heard some voices from the top of the hill above them.
"I think it came from over there," said a female voice. Yusuke and the others looked up toward the hill. There, they saw 2 girls, a monk, a fox cub, a cat demon, and a hanyou dog demon. The hanyou took one look at them and unsheathed his sword.
Inuyasha looked at the strange-clothed people and immediately unsheathed the Tetsusaiga. 'Those three are demons for sure' Inuyasha thought, looking at Hiei, Kurama, and Prowl. 'Those two are humans and the other one is…actually I don't know what she is.' he thought, looking at Botan.
"Inuyasha, what are you doing!" Kagome yelled, seeing Inuyasha draw his Tetsusaiga. Inuyasha looked at her, surprised that she didn't notice the strange aura surrounding the group. "Because some of them are demons, duh, you stupid girl!" he said. Kagome frowned. "But some of them aren't, Inuyasha!" she yelled at him. Then she realized something. "Who are you calling stupid, stupid!"
Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kilala stayed out of another one of Inuyasha and Kagome's fights. They lifted their legs so that Inuyasha would have room to lie when Kagome would say the 'magic word'. Sango looked at the strangers and saw that they had gotten themselves off the ground and were looking straight at them. "Uhh, guys? They're looking at us."
While the girl and the hanyou were yelling at each other, Yusuke and the others helped each other off the ground. They all looked up the hill where the other group was who had arrived earlier. The girl that was yelling at the dog demon, they realized, was Kagomeone of the girls they were supposed to find.
"Well," Hiei said, "that's one less person we need to find." Botan looked at him and said, "Now remember, you guys, we also have to help them find the jewel." All the boys just noddedthey were too interested in the 'Battle of Kagome and Inuyasha'. Botan puffed her cheeks out, frowned, and turned to Prowl. "Prowl? What about you?" Prowl was also looking at the miko and hanyou but was more focused on the hanyou. Softly, she said, "Kurama…it's him…its Inuyasha…"
Inuyasha's ears perked when he heard his name and he looked over at the group below them. "Huh?" He was looking over at Kurama and Prowl the most. 'They look…kinda familiar…' Inuyasha thought. He sheathed the Tetsusaiga. 'But how? I'm sure I've never met them before.'
Kagome blinked and stared at Inuyasha with a surprised expression on her face. She and the others all saw Inuyasha stop his and Kagome's argument and was now looking strangely at two of the people at the bottom of the hill. Kagome was wondering why Inuyasha stopped their fight. Usually, it would be Kagome who stops him with… 'the word'. "Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "You alright?" Inuyasha didn't answer.
Kurama looked at Prowl. "Are you sure it's him, Prowl?" Prowl nodded. "How could you not recognize him? He's one of your best friends!" Prowl exclaimed. Kurama blinked, looked at the hanyou, and took a couple steps forward. "I-Inu..yasha?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened when the redheaded boy said his name. Without saying anything to his friends, Inuyasha jumped down from the hill and took a couple steps toward him. "Inuyasha!" Kagome and the others yelled.
Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara prepared to fight the dog-demon when he jumped down from the hill. "Wait! Stop!" Prowl yelled and blocked they way. "What're ya doin', Prowl?" Yusuke asked. "He's not an enemy!" she yelled at them.
Kurama and Prowl weren't suspicious of the demon so they put their weapons away and watched him. He walked towards Kurama and Prowl, who had walked back to Kurama's side. "K-Kurama…?" he stammered, amazement evident in his golden-amber orbs.
Kurama nodded and smiled. "It's great to see you again, Inuyasha."
-Meanwhile…-
Denis stirred around the bed she was lying on. Wait a second…a bed? What the? She opened her eyes and sat up. She placed a hand on her head. "Owie…what the hell?" she said to herself. She looked around the room that she was in.
It was a very decorated room with ruby and jewels and even some gold in some places. 'I feel like I've been here before…' Denis thought. She felt her bandana around her neck. She took it off, placed it back on her head and took the covers off of her. 'Oh well. Might as well look for Sesshomaru.'
She got off the queen-sized bed and headed toward the door. But before she could even open it, it slid open and a servant stood there, smiling at her. Denis blinked at him, surprised. "Uhm…hi?" she said, unsure at what else to say. The servant smiled at her reaction and bowed to her. "I'm glad to see that you are awake, Lady Denis," he said. Denis blinked again. "Wh-whoa. Did you just call me Lady Denis?" she asked, bewilderment in her voice. The servant chuckled. "Yes, my lady. Lord Sesshomaru has instructed me to call you so."
Denis sighed and shook her head. 'Yup. Definitely Sesshomaru' she thought. Then she said to the servant, "Listen, don't call me that okay? And where can I find Sesshomaru?" The servant smiled and bowed again. "Yes, Lady Denis." Denis sweatdropped and tripped, anime style. She got up, scowling, and glared at the servant, who was chuckling but seeing the glare from her, stopped and straightened his face. Denis sighed once again and poked the servant on his head. "Nevermind. Where is Sesshomaru?" she asked, trying to control her temper and also trying, oh so very hard, to keep herself from pummeling the living shit out of the servant. He bowed and said, "Please forgive me, milady. Lord Sesshomaru is in the Training Room, training as usual."
Finally, Denis smiled at him, said "Thanks," and ran off some random corridor to go find the training room. The servant looked at her disappearing form and smiled to himself. "This is one that truly cares about you, Lord Sesshomaru," he said, smiling to himself. Behind him, though, a figure in shadow lurked.
"Where is she?" the figure in the shadows asked, his golden eyes glowing and the sound of an earring echoing in the halls.
-w/ Denis-
Denis turned left and slowed down to a walk. She went down a corridor and across another. 'If I remember right…the training room should be…here!' She stopped in front a door with a golden frame. 'Hopefully, at least…' She slowly opened the door and peeked inside.
There, she saw Sesshomaru training with Tokijin. 'Okay, at least I'm in the right room' Denis thought and cautiously went inside the room, just out of old habit.
"Sesshomaru?" Denis asked cautiously. Sesshomaru stopped and looked at her, putting Tokijin away, and nonchalantly placing his left arm behind him. "I see your awake now." Denis looked sideways. "Um, yeah, about that…how the hell did I get over here!"
Sesshomaru gave her an 'I-can't-believe-you' look (A/N: Basically -.-)"You fell asleep…right after you hugged me," he said, looking calm but his eyes showed a hint of embarrassment. Denis' eyes widened with shock (Denis' expression: o.0) "I-I-I…what!" she yelled then turned completely red. 'Oh crap oh crap oh craaap!' were the words that kept going through her mind. "Oh maaaan!" Denis wailed. "I am SO sorry, Sesshomaru! I guess I was just tired…" she trailed off, still red in the face.
Everything was quiet for the next couple minutes, both of them trying to calm themselves down. Well, Denis was the one who was trying to calm down while Sesshomaru was just trying to look calm. After a while, Denis noticed that Sesshomaru was hiding something behind his back.
"Uhm, what are you hiding behind you, Sesshomaru?" she asked, not blushing anymore. "Nothing," he said in his normal tone and voice but Denis know him well enough to tell that he was trying to hide something. She frowned and said, "Yeah, right. You can't fool me, Sess. Let me see your left arm! Now!"
She reached out, trying to grab his sleeve. Sesshomaru saw it before-hand and dodged her attempt, "I told you, there's nothing." Sesshomaru lied. "You're such a bad liar!" Denis said and aimed for his arm again. The cycle went around and around for awhile until Denis finally got his sleeve. "Got it! Now show me…your…arm…?" she trailed off, eyes wide at what she discovered.
Sesshomaru looked down as Denis found him out. "Sess…your arm…what the--?...what happened?" she asked, confused. Sesshomaru looked away. "It's nothing." Denis frowned at him again. "Sess, you liar!" she yelled. "Tell me who did it to you! Right now!"
Sesshomaru looked at her, a bit surprised that he saw anger starting to show in her eyes. "Inuyasha." he said simply. Denis stared at him, the anger that was starting to flare slowly ebbing away. "Inuyasha…really took your arm?" Sesshomaru nodded.
Denis looked down, thinking for a minute. A light-bulb appeared in her head, bringing with it an idea! No, seriously, she got an idea. "Okay! Sesshomaru, give me your, erm, arm." Sesshomaru stared at her, confusion showing in his eyes. "Why?' he asked. "What for?" Denis just smiled at him. "You'll see," she said and took the rest of his 'arm'.
The next second, Denis' eyes turned completely, including her irises, and her hands started to glow. Sesshomaru looked on in amazement. "What…are you doing? Denis?" he asked. "I'm going to give you a new arm," Denis' voice sounded vague, and distant. Golden irises widened. "But…" Green lines came out from the red-headed girl's hands and arranged themselves in an outline of an arm, a 3D gridline pattern. "What is that?" Sesshomaru wondered aloud. "It's my spirit energy. To make your arm, I need to use almost all of my spiritual power," she explained, her voice ever still distant. Taken back, Sesshomaru told her, "If that's what it's going to take, then don't do it at all! Denis!" Denis just seemed to ignore him.
A bright light surged from the girl's hands, surrounding what was soon to be Sesshomaru's arm. The light was so intense that Sesshomaru had to shield his eyes with his other arm but Denis was unfazed by the light. After the light ceased to be so bright, Sesshomaru lowered his arm and opened his eyes. "Denis?"
Sesshomaru then felt her hands on his left arm. Wait…left arm? He looked down and when he did, he saw Denis, once again, smiling serenely at him. "See?" she said, "I told you I'd give you a new arm." Sesshomaru looked at her, his eyes partly wide. He couldn't believe what she just did. He was about to say something to her when he noticed that Denis' eyes started to close. All of a sudden, Denis just collapsed onto Sesshomaru.
"Battle?"
Inuyasha, Kurama, and the others were walking towards Kaede's village. Kurama and Inuyasha were talking happily with each and were catching up on old times while the other boys were just keeping quiet, unsure what to say. Shippo was on top of Kurama's head while Kilala was in Prowl's arms. Kagome, Botan, Sango, and Prowl were getting along pretty well, considering they were the only girls in both groups. They were talking about how they got involved with the boys, how they met them, and also a little about their personal lives, sort of.
They were all about 10 miles from the village when dusk settled in. "Let's camp here for the night," Inuyasha said, stopping at a cliff that just randomly appeared in side the woods. "Okay!" Prowl said, cheerfully. Everyone else nodded.
"Why don't we set up camp right now?"
"Alright."
Hiei jumped up to the nearest tree as everyone else got camp ready. "Hey," Yusuke said to Hiei, "We're gonna go get some fire wood ok?" "Hn." was all he got as an answer from the fire-demon. Kurama, Inuyasha, and basically everyone except Prowl and Hiei went deeper into the woods to look for some firewood.
Prowl stared at the sunset after the others left, unaware that Hiei was glancing at her every so often. Hiei didn't know why and he didn't even realize that he was staring at her. He mentally punched himself. He looked away, only to find himself staring at her again. 'Damnit!' he yelled in his head. 'Stop looking at her, baka!' Hiei looked, once again, at Prowl, who was humming a song to herself. He instantly remembered the time when he and Kurama were talking and Kurama teased him about having a crush on Prowl. Oooh did Kurama have bruises on his head for a week! Hiei was in his own little dreamland when it was it was shattered when a head suddenly appeared in front of Prowl, making her scream and Hiei jump down from the tree.
"Prowl!"
A scream pierced the air, making heads turn. "What the hell was that!" Inuyasha yell. "Uhh…that was a scream," Kuwabara answered dumbly. Everyone glared at him and punched him a couple times on the head. "Baka!" Botan and Kagome yelled. "It came from camp," Miroku said, trying to look like a genius. "That was Prowl's scream," Kurama said, almost in a distant voice, and he ran back towards the camp. "Kurama! Wait up!" Yusuke yelled, then he and the others ran after Kurama, leaving a pummeled Kuwabara on the ground.
Hiei had his sword drawn and was in front of Prowl, protecting her from Naraku's face. (A/N: Weird?...I know) "Kukuku…I see you do not trust me, Hiei of the Evil Eye," Naraku sneered. Hiei growled when the name reached his ears and he tensed up. "What do you want here!" Hiei spat. Naraku chuckled.
"All I want to do is–" he got cut off when all three of them heard people coming towards the camp. "Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled when he saw Naraku's face. Naraku chuckled again. "Good. Now, I don't have to hunt you down, Inuyasha," he said. Inuyasha growled. Naraku turned towards Hiei and Prowl, who was now accompanied by Kurama. "Hehheheh. All I wanted to do was tell you, Spirit Detectives, that you are wasting your time."
"What?" Hiei, Kurama, Prowl, Botan, and Yusuke yelled. Kuwabara just arrived, all battered and bruised. "Uh, yeah. What?" he Kuwabara said. Then his head dropped and fell on a pile of mud. Everyone sweatdropped at him, including Naraku.
"Okaaay, anyway, how do you know that we're Spirit Detectives?" Yusuke asked, since none of them told Inuyasha and co that they were Spirit Detectives. Naraku chuckled again. "It is like I said: you are all wasting your time. I know that Koenma sent you all here on another mission. To help Kagome and the others find the jewel shards, yes?" –"How!"- "And to find Era, isn't that right?"
"Era?" Inuyasha wondered aloud. "What's going on, Kurama? What about Era? Why are you really here?" Sango, Kagome, Miroku, and the rest of the gang were asking themselves, "Who's Era?"
Kurama frowned. "We'll explain everything later, Inuyasha." "Kurama, we can't tell them!" Botan complained. "We have to," Kurama answered. Naraku grinned evilly. "That's all I wanted to tell you. Now, I'll be on my way….." and he disappeared.
"Where'd he go!" Hiei yelled. Everyone was looking for Naraku but couldn't see or find him anywhere. Inuyasha frowned and walked toward Kurama. "Okay. Spill it, Kurama. Why are you really here?"
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Phew! Finally done! I'm really, really sorry that I didn't out this up sooner…it's school's fault! -sob-anyways, hope you liked this chapter! Oh and if you noticed that Sesshomaru is a bit OOC it's only because he's more comfortable around Denis/Battle than with anyone else and is more open towards her. So yea I think that's it….
Chrno: Aren't you forgetting something?
Leigh: Oh yeah! -takes out chain-saw -Since I can't kill Hiei…-looks at Aion-I'LL KILL AION INSTEAD!
Chrno and Sesshomaru: -sweatdrop-Not what we were thinking…
Ja ne, minna-san!