I do not own Inu-yasha. ((the OOCness made me say it!))
Chapter Four
Lorelei ((One of my most kick-ass OCs ever!))
Artemis smiled. It was another beautiful day. It had been a while, a couple of weeks. She noticed Sessho-maru was up.
"Good morning, Lord Sessho-maru-dono!"
He nodded.
"I'm going to get breakfast, any requests?" Artemis said.
He didn't answer.
"Alright then." Artemis began to turn around. ((A note. Jaken has mysteriously disappeared from this story, as has the two-headed dragon thing. No one cares about them anyways. We'll say Jaken got eaten by a snake. If I need use of him anymore, he'll...uh...be thrown up by the snake...or something...))
"Why do you say lord and -dono? It means basically the same thing," Sessho-maru spoke up.
Artemis turned her head and smiled. "Because. It gives me more names to call you!" She laughed and went on her way.
"What is this?" Sessho-maru whispered when she was gone.
"Lady Artemis?" Rin asked sleepily, rubbing her eye. "Where Lady Artemis, Lord Sessho-maru?"
"She's getting food, Rin, now be quiet." ((NO! Never try to stop Rin from being her cute ADORABLE self!))
"Yes, Lord Sesshy." Rin fell asleep again. ((Wow...she falls asleep pretty easily... It takes me about an hour...))
Sessho-maru's eyes narrowed.
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Artemis tied the deer's legs together and slung it over her shoulder. ((Art-chan is strong!))
"You can come out now," Artemis said.
Kikyo stepped out of the shadows. ((\/ Damn pot...))
"Your aura's a lot like Kagome's, any reason why?" Artemis asked.
"And just who are you?" Kikyo said.
Artemis smiled. "I asked you first."
"I am Kikyo. This 'Kagome' of yours is suppose to be my reincarnation."
"I thought maybe so. Your aura is only different by the blood and death mingled in with it."
"You read auras?"
"And memorize them too." ((She's multi-talented! Okay, I'll shut up now...))
This girl...I will have to watch her, Kikyo thought, her eyes narrow. ((She's a stalker! AH!)) "Your name?"
Artemis smirked. "Artemis of the Fighter Clan."
"I've never heard of them."
"Well, of course not. They died out years ago. But if you don't mind, I have places to go, food to cook, and people to feed." Artemis half-saluted her with two fingers and left.
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"This is really good!" Rin said. ((Do people eat deer for breakfast?))
Jaken nodded. "Very good." ((So I needed him to complement her, so what? He's going back into the snake's stomach for a while. Until I need him again...))
"Thank you," Artemis said. "Don't you want any, Lord Sesshy?" She offered him a bowl.
"Human food does nothing for me."
"Then what do you eat? Every living organism needs food." ((Ha! I paid attention in science!)) She put the bowl in front of his crossed legs. "Just eat it, please. So I won't worry about you starving to death." ((Has anyone else ever seen him eat in the anime/manga/movies/games/pictures? I never have...))
"Feh." He picked up the bowl and began eating. It was the best thing in the world! "Who taught you to cook?" he asked expressionlessly.
"My mother, although it was the maids that were supposed to cook."
"You had maids?"
"Maids? Oh no." Artemis went to silently eating her breakfast.
"You said you had maids."
"Oh, by the way, I have to go somewhere in a week. I should only be gone for a day or two."
"Where are you going?"
"To settle something about my stone on this necklace." She lifted the necklace up.
He nodded.
"The usual today?" Artemis said. "Just walking around?"
"You were suppose to go with Inu-yasha today."
"You're right," Artemis said. She hugged Rin. "Be a good girl for Fluffy." She smiled at Sessho-maru. "I'll be back now and then, whenever Rin needs a babysitter, that sort of thing." She hesitated by his side for a second, then bowed and ran away.
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He heard her before he saw her.
"INU-CHAN!" She glomped him.
"Oi!" he coughed out. He had taken quite a blow to the stomach after all.
"Hello Artemis," Kagome said.
Artemis turned to her, sitting on Inu-yasha's stomach. ((I would imagine that'd be quite fun!)) "Hello! Happy to see me?"
Shippo jumped into her lap. "I am!"
Artemis hugged him. "You're so sweet Shippo. Rin and you would get along so well!"
Inu-yasha scooted out from under her. Artemis landed on her butt with a 'THUD'.
"That hurt," she informed him.
"And you aren't the lightest thing in the world," he replied.
Artemis glared at him. "And here I was, coming to stay with you guys since it was so urgent two weeks ago! I have the whereabouts of Naraku and all you-"
"Where is he?" Inu-yasha yelled. ((Always straight to the point with him, ain't it?))
Artemis pouted. "Nice to see you too."
"Yeah, yeah, nice to see you. Naraku?"
"Fine. He's a little ways away from here."
Inu-yasha jumped to his feet. "Let's go."
"But Inu-chan, he's put up a barrier," Artemis said.
"I'll use Tetsusaiga then."
Artemis shook her head. "Tetsusaiga can't break it. It's a, well, it's a seishinn barrier. Only two things can get through that. Plus, it's a double seishinn barrier, so it's almost impossible."
"What the hell is a seishinn barrier?"
"It comes from where I do, Kundura. A seishinn barrier is exactly what it's called, a spirit barrier. ((Seishinn means 'spirit'.)) It's made when a powerful spirit expands and forms a barrier, when two of these combine, it's a double seishinn barrier. The only thing that can get through a double seishinn barrier is a higher spirit. But, since it is Naraku and Radaus' spirits together, the only person who can get through is Alejandra."
"Who's she?" Inu-yasha asked.
Artemis looked to the side sadly. "It's...me."
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The barrier glowed red and purple. Artemis touched it. Her fingers became burnt. "That would happen to your whole body. You would be turned to ash. I suggest you don't touch it. Inu-chan, come here."
"Why me?"
"Because the barrier has half-demon, and you are a half-demon, so I need you to help." She pit her hands together, palms together. Her thumbs, index fingers, and middle fingers were held up and pressed together. Her ring fingers and pinkies were laced together. ((Basically what Tsubaki was doing in that one episode.)) "This hand formation is called the kudai where I'm from. I need you to make this with your hands and say some words with me, okay Inu-yasha?"
He nodded and made the kudai.
"Now stand right next to me. The words are Shadow of the Night, donokomoto seishinn nosodo losonoko, release. Ready?"
Inu-yasha nodded again.
"Shadow of the Night, donokomoto seishinn nosodo losonoko, release!" they said in unison.
Part of the barrier melted away. "Hurry, it won't stay that way for long," Artemis said.
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"She's gotten through, Radaus," Naraku said.
Radaus smirked. "Good." His black hair hung in a long ponytail, his crimson eyes glittered.
"Kagura, go rid of them," Naraku said.
"No," Radaus said. He turned back to the woman next to him who he had been previously 'playing' with. "That's okay, Lorelei here will take care of them."
"Yes, Lord Radaus." She bit his lip and licked away the droplet of blood that formed. She was curvaceous, with long, dark purple hair to her ankles. ((Wow...imagine having to wash and straighten that hair! My hair is a pain in the ass and it only come to my chin at the longest!)) Her eyes were dark chasms on inky black. "But you owe me immensely."
"Kagura, go with her. Protect her if needed and bring her back if needed," Radaus commanded.
"Yes, Lord Radaus," Kagura said.
"You underestimate me, Lord, any reason why?" Lorelei said.
"I don't want to lose my favorite toy. Or broken, for that matter. Broken toys get thrown away," Radaus said, smirking.
Lorelei smiled evilly and left, Kagura behind her.
"Lorelei is beautiful, isn't she?" Radaus said. "Her name comes from the famous siren that lured men to their death among the rocks. Artemis does the same, for she is a 'siren'. Yes, Lorelei is beautiful, but Artemis surpasses her greatly. In beauty and power. I can't wait to play with her."
"Feh. Is 'playing' all you think about?"
"I'm a man and I like to enjoy myself. What is the problem with that?" Radaus looked at Naraku. "Ah, I see. Artemis has lured you in as well, then? Don't worry, you may have a turn, if you wish."
"Feh."
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"Well, aren't you a tasty bite," Lorelei said, smirking cruelly. "Let's just see how delicious your beautifully crimson blood will be."
"What's with you?" Artemis said, an eyebrow raised. "It's called sunlight."
"We don't exactly get along." Lorelei drew out a dagger.
"You really are foolish, you know. Daggers are my best weapons." Artemis drew her daggers and crossed them in front of her.
Lorelei raised her eyebrows. "Whoever spoke of fighting you with daggers? It's lunchtime." Her fangs shot out.
"So you really aren't human, then." Artemis shrugged. Lightning fast, she struck at Lorelei's arm. Kagura's fan blocked the dagger. "Hey witch, this is my fight!"
"I have my orders."
"Paranoid cowards," Artemis mumbled. Artemis threw a dagger, catching Lorelei in the middle of the chest.
Lorelei looked down at it in shock. "You bitch! Do you know how close that came to my heart?"
Artemis smiled. "So you are a vampire after all."
"Aren't we observant." Lorelei jerked out the dagger and threw it back. Artemis caught it easily.
Kagura took Lorelei's arm and they vanished.
"That's not very fair," Artemis said.
"So she was a vampire?" Kagome asked.
Artemis nodded. "Her aura was a dead corpse of blood and death. Pretty easy to read. Plus, her fangs."
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Lorelei lay on Radaus' bed. Her head propped up on her hand.
"What do you think of her?" Radaus said.
"She was tasty. I want a bite." Lorelei smiled wickedly, her fangs out, long and curving over her lip.
"Maybe. When she is mine."
"But her blood called to me! I want it now!"
"Patience. I have waited for seventeen years. You can wait a while. You have eternity anyway."
"But Kundurian blood is the best and hers will be wonderful."
"I must let all my 'friends' be allowed a turn."
"Oh? Has little baboon boy fallen for her as well?"
"She has unmistakable ability to lure men's, and even some women's, hearts to her. You see that, right?"
"Her blood is dripping in it."
"So 'little baboon boy' was made because of a bandit pitifully falling in love. He was bound to be lured by the witch."
"She won't replace me as your favorite toy, will she?"
"Lorelei dear, you can do things she can't even pronounce." He smiled at her, the smile small and evil. He cupped her cheek with his hand. "Now go eat. You've been ripped."
"I get her second right?" Lorelei said.
"Of course. Everything but her face can be touched. Got it?"
Lorelei nodded and disappeared.
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candysweet: And so ends chapter four!
pokepoo: You suck at this story. There's so much OOCness in it that it makes you fall out of your seat!
candysweet::eyebrow twitches: --# pokepooo... :takes out a sledgehammer and smacks him into the street, problem is, they're at the very back of the house and the street is at the front of the house:
pokepoo: Owie. I need a band-aid...
candysweet: HA! JOKE'S ON YOU! I USED THE LAST ONE!
pokepoo: NOOO! YOU BITCH! HOW COULD YOU USE THE LAST ONE!
candysweet::laughs like a maniac, hey, the OOCness is making her do it: