Ametsuchi
By: lilsapphire2004
Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape, or form own Inuyasha.
Chapter 7
As always, as soon as Kagome got into Sengoku Jidai through the well, Inuyasha would force her to go shard hunting before she even got a chance to rest.
But this time was different, she had friends with her. And very interesting friends they proved to be.
Poke! Poke! Poke!
Cassie continued poking Inuyasha in his side.
"Could you please stop that?" said Inuyasha annoyingly.
Cassie smiled innocently and continued to poke him despite his protests.
"Studies of poking have proved that nine out of ten people find this annoying. I find this vastly entertaining, don't you?" she said.
Each person laughed that was by the campfire. Inuyasha just looked at Cassie maliciously, but she continued to ignore him.
"I find this very annoying," he said through gritted teeth.
He curled his hands into fists and cracked his knuckles. He wanted so bad to dig his claws into her neck until he drew blood.
Cassie poked him two more times, and finally stopped. Inuyasha sighed in relief. He jumped into the nearest tree, and checked his poking injuries away from prying eyes.
"Hey Cassie," Miroku said.
"Yes?" she asked.
"You are the only one I know, besides Kagome, that can annoy him so close to the edge he almost cracked," said Miroku.
"Feh!" Inuyasha called.
"Oh, hush up, you big old puppy dog," said Cassie laughingly.
Everyone laughed again, and Inuyasha just ignored them after that last comment.
Over the next hour, the large group around the fire slowly drifted into slumber. After that hour was up, the only one still awake was Inuyasha. He hopped down from the tree and walked away from the campsite into the dark forest that surrounded them.
Slowly, but surely, his thoughts went back to the three new companions. He had finally accepted, now that he could understand them. For a few hours, he sat there thinking about everything from Kikyo to his brother. When his thoughts travelled to his brother, he got angry. For a few months Sesshoumaru had not shown his face. It made Inuyasha think that his half brother was up to something of no good.
Inuyasha turned his head, when he heard something crack near the campsite. All of the sudden, he was doused in water and a bolt of energy shot up his spine chilling him to the bone.
After the initial chills had settled down, Inuyasha went in search of where the energy originated.
He got near the campsite, and saw a powerful, blue aura pulsing. He walked into the campsite to see it pulsing from Amber. She was floating at least two feet in the air from where she was laying.
Inuyasha just stared at her for a few moments, before he figured out what he should do. He went over to Kagome and began shaking her.
"Kagome, wake up. Something is wrong with one of your girls," said Inuyasha.
Kagome got up, and rubbed the sleep dust from her eyes. She just looked at Inuyasha and he began to move out of the way.
"Inuyasha, why did yo--....what the hell?" she said.
Kagome began to look at Amber floating in the air glowing a blue aura. She walked over to Leann and Cassie and began to wake them up. The girls, after a few minutes, got up.
"What's wrong?" asked Cassie sleepily.
"Something is wrong with Amber. We don't know what to do," said Kagome.
She shrugged her shoulders in a small defeat. Cassie looked at Kagome for a few moments and then walked over to Amber.
She reached out past the blue aura, and was surprised to be shocked by it. She tried again, and was shocked again. Cassie backs off and walks back over to Kagome and Leann.
Inuyasha began to look at the girl, gauging what he should do next. Amber's eyes fluttered open and she looked over at Inuyasha with a deep malice in her eyes. She smiled evilly.
Inuyasha growled and quickly withdrew Tetsusaiga. He ran at Amber, ready to chop her to pieces if need be.
"Inuyasha, NO!" screamed Leann.
They were surprised to see the Tetsusaiga hit the aura and not even crack it. Inuyasha withdrew Tetsusaiga and swung again. It hit the aura and clanked like it was a block of ice. Inuyasha finally gave up.
He walked over and stood next to the three girls and watched Amber float in the air.
She all of the sudden began convulsing and breathing erratically.
"What is going on?" said Leann.
"I don't know, but look," said Cassie pointing at Amber's hair.
All eyes fell on Amber's long curly brown hair. Her hair began to grow straight and lengthen down to her thighs. It began turning and iridescent ice blue. Her skin began to take on a pale color.
"Look at her mouth," said Kagome.
Everyone saw fangs begin to grow in Amber's mouth as she continued to convulse. Her fingernails also turned into claws and grew long. They took on the color of her now pale skin.
Amber's body began to relax. Her body turned over in the air and Amber layed like she was floating in water. Wings began to sprout from her shoulder blades. Her wings took on the shape of angel's wings and looked they were formed from icey crystals. They shined brightly in the light of her blue aura and the quarter moon that hung high up in the sky. In a last fit of change, Amber's body lengthened and stretched and filled out into a more muscular form.
Inuyasha sniffed the air. He could smell a change in the young woman's scent. She now had the scent of a full youkai. Not just any youkai, but an elemental youkai. Elemental youkai were the rarest of all youkai forms They were the most powerful. None had been seen around this part of Japan since the time of the great miko Midoriko. And if knowledge served him right, then elemental youkai came in packs of four.
'That means that Leann and Cassie are also elemental youkai. But who is the forth?' he thought.
"Her scent has changed," Inuyasha said quietly.
"Her what?" asked Leann.
"Her scent," he repeated.
"What about it?" she asked.
Inuyasha turned to Leann. He looked into her eyes.
"Your friend's scent has changed. She has become a full youkai," he said.
Leann gasped as this new information sank into her brain. Questions began to run through her mind, and Inuyasha was the only one who could answer them. Sango and Miroku might have been able to help, if they didn't sleep like the dead.
"How can she become a full youkai? She's a human," said Leann.
"She is a form of rare youkai," he said.
"What kind?" she asked.
Inuyasha didn't answer. He went towards Kagome, and told her what was going on. He then grabbed a piece of kindling from the fire to use as a form of fire.
"Cassie, Kagome. Stay here and watch over Amber. Leann, walk with me. I will tell you what I know," he said.
Leann moved and took her place next to Inuyasha. They walked for a few minutes to a quieter spot to where no one else could hear them. Inuyasha stopped and leaned up against the trunk of the tree, while Leann took her spot crosslegged on the forest floor.
"Tell me what you know," she said.
Inuyasha dug his foot into the ground and placed the piece of burning kindling in the hole to shed some light on the area they were in.
"Amber is a form of elemental youkai. Those are the rarest form of youkai, and have only been seen a few times in history," he said.
"What kind of element?" she asked.
"It looks like some form of water youkai. Elemental youkai come in packs of four," he said.
Leann began to think, and something clicked inside of her brain.
"If elemental youkai come in packs of four, that means they represent each element. Earth, water, wind, and fire," she said.
"Exactly," he said.
"If Amber is one, who are the other three?" she asked.
Inuyasha pushed off of the tree to sit next to her. He sat crosslegged like her, but his arms were crossed and he held Tetsusaiga in his arms for easy access.
"I'm not positive, but my guess is that you and Cassie are two of the other youkai," he said.
"Really?" she asked surprised.
"Yes," he said nodding.
"Okay, if that's true, that only accounts for three of the elements. Who would be the other one?" Leann asked.
"I don't know. But if we have to figure out a way to hide your youkai identities," said Inuyasha.
"Why should we hid our true selves?" said Leann a little angrily.
Inuyasha looked at Leann and noticed that she was starting to get really angry.
"If you turned into elemental youkai, and people got wind of it, you would be dead in a matter of seconds," said Inuyasha.
"That's not right. I'd think they see it as a form of divine intervention," said Leann.
Inuyasha looked at her with questions marks written all over him.
"Divine what?" he asked.
"Never mind. Why would they want to kill us?" she asked.
"Besides being prized possessions, elemental youkai are considered a bad omen. If all four are seen at once, then the person who saw them dies," said Inuyasha.
"That's just plain stupid," said Leann.
"We better get back to the rest of the group before they think I've done away with you," said Inuyasha.
He hopped up and extended his hand to help Leann up. She looked at him surprised, but took the clawed hand offered. She got up slowly, and looked up at him. He looked at her. She blinked. He blinked.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"Your welcome," he said.
Leann looked down at their still clasped hands. She looked back at him, and cleared her throat.
"What?" he asked.
"Could you please let go of my hand?" said Leann.
Leann saw a blush creep across his cheeks and he dropped her hand quickly. She gave him a lopsided grin and began to walk out into the dark forest. Inuyasha grabbed the still burning kindling and caught up with her.
"Is there a way that a youkai can switch between his youkai form and a more human form?" asked Leann.
Inuyasha racked his brain for some answer to his question and could come up with only one thing.
"Some youkai have the ability to shapeshift between forms, but it is not a common occurrence," he said.
"Oh," was all she said.
They walked in silence until they came back to the campsite. Leann went over to Kagome and Cassie. Amber had finally settled down, and was now sound asleep.
"How is she?" Leann asked.
"She's doing alright. We should get some sleep," said Cassie.
"You're right," said Leann.
She sat up from watching Amber and went over to her own sleeping area. She pulled the blanket up and wrapped it around her. She curled up under the blanket and instantly fell asleep.
"What in the ever loving hell happened to me?!?" someone screamed.
Everyone woke up to it being morning and to a very pissed Amber in youkai form.
"Shut your damn mouth, Amber. I'm going back to sleep," yelled Leann.
"You ain't going to sleep, until you explain what happened to me," yelled Amber back.
Leann got up and faced an Amber that was now a good four inches taller than her. She didn't let that faze her and she looked Amber right up in the face.
"I don't know who died and made you the ruler, but I'm going back to sleep. If you want to know what happened, you were turned into a fucking youkai. A water youkai at that. There is nothing you can do about it, so deal with it," yelled Leann.
She took a deep breath and layed back down unfazed. She wrapped back up in her blanket and went to sleep.
"Since she just spoke riddles, could someone please tell me exactly what happened to me," said Amber.
She stared at her wings that fluttered behind her back, and looked down at her now tattered and ruined clothes. The remnants of her clothing covered up what was necessary. Inuyasha jumped from the tree behind.
"You have been turned into a youkai," he said from behind her.
"How is that possible? I am human," she said angrily.
"Seems only you were hiding in a human form. That's what happens to an elemental youkai," said Inuyasha.
"Would you care to elaborate?" said Amber.
She took up a stance with her hands on her now thinner hips, and stared him right in the face.
"You are an elemental youkai. There are exactly four. You are basically a water youkai. You can take on anything that has to do with water. Ice, water, rain, it doesn't matter. It seems that Cassie and Leann will be two of the other elemental youkai soon enough, but we do not know--..." said Inuyasha.
He was cut off by Amber looking at him like he was stupid.
"So you are basically saying that I am a demon?" said Amber.
"Precisely," he said.
"Cool!" Amber screamed loud enough to wake up everyone else.
She began dancing around wildly and laughing.
"I got blue hair, I got blue hair. I finally got my wish," she chanted over and over.
She was stopped by Inuyasha grabbing her shoulder roughly.
"Sshh, stop your racket," he ordered.
"You can't tell me wh--..." she was cut off by Inuyasha's hand across her mouth.
"Be quiet. I smell another demon," he said.
He pushed her towards Leann and Cassie. Kagome, Sango, and a very sleepy Miroku took up battle stances nearer to Inuyasha.
A stick broke behind them, and they whirled around as quick as lightning.
They were greeted by the sight of a far too powerful youkai.
"Nice to see you too, little brother," said the youkai.
---Sorry to leave it at a cliffhanger, but it is two o' clock in the morning. Chapter 8 will be started later in the morning. Thank you for your time.---
By: lilsapphire2004
Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape, or form own Inuyasha.
Chapter 7
As always, as soon as Kagome got into Sengoku Jidai through the well, Inuyasha would force her to go shard hunting before she even got a chance to rest.
But this time was different, she had friends with her. And very interesting friends they proved to be.
Poke! Poke! Poke!
Cassie continued poking Inuyasha in his side.
"Could you please stop that?" said Inuyasha annoyingly.
Cassie smiled innocently and continued to poke him despite his protests.
"Studies of poking have proved that nine out of ten people find this annoying. I find this vastly entertaining, don't you?" she said.
Each person laughed that was by the campfire. Inuyasha just looked at Cassie maliciously, but she continued to ignore him.
"I find this very annoying," he said through gritted teeth.
He curled his hands into fists and cracked his knuckles. He wanted so bad to dig his claws into her neck until he drew blood.
Cassie poked him two more times, and finally stopped. Inuyasha sighed in relief. He jumped into the nearest tree, and checked his poking injuries away from prying eyes.
"Hey Cassie," Miroku said.
"Yes?" she asked.
"You are the only one I know, besides Kagome, that can annoy him so close to the edge he almost cracked," said Miroku.
"Feh!" Inuyasha called.
"Oh, hush up, you big old puppy dog," said Cassie laughingly.
Everyone laughed again, and Inuyasha just ignored them after that last comment.
Over the next hour, the large group around the fire slowly drifted into slumber. After that hour was up, the only one still awake was Inuyasha. He hopped down from the tree and walked away from the campsite into the dark forest that surrounded them.
Slowly, but surely, his thoughts went back to the three new companions. He had finally accepted, now that he could understand them. For a few hours, he sat there thinking about everything from Kikyo to his brother. When his thoughts travelled to his brother, he got angry. For a few months Sesshoumaru had not shown his face. It made Inuyasha think that his half brother was up to something of no good.
Inuyasha turned his head, when he heard something crack near the campsite. All of the sudden, he was doused in water and a bolt of energy shot up his spine chilling him to the bone.
After the initial chills had settled down, Inuyasha went in search of where the energy originated.
He got near the campsite, and saw a powerful, blue aura pulsing. He walked into the campsite to see it pulsing from Amber. She was floating at least two feet in the air from where she was laying.
Inuyasha just stared at her for a few moments, before he figured out what he should do. He went over to Kagome and began shaking her.
"Kagome, wake up. Something is wrong with one of your girls," said Inuyasha.
Kagome got up, and rubbed the sleep dust from her eyes. She just looked at Inuyasha and he began to move out of the way.
"Inuyasha, why did yo--....what the hell?" she said.
Kagome began to look at Amber floating in the air glowing a blue aura. She walked over to Leann and Cassie and began to wake them up. The girls, after a few minutes, got up.
"What's wrong?" asked Cassie sleepily.
"Something is wrong with Amber. We don't know what to do," said Kagome.
She shrugged her shoulders in a small defeat. Cassie looked at Kagome for a few moments and then walked over to Amber.
She reached out past the blue aura, and was surprised to be shocked by it. She tried again, and was shocked again. Cassie backs off and walks back over to Kagome and Leann.
Inuyasha began to look at the girl, gauging what he should do next. Amber's eyes fluttered open and she looked over at Inuyasha with a deep malice in her eyes. She smiled evilly.
Inuyasha growled and quickly withdrew Tetsusaiga. He ran at Amber, ready to chop her to pieces if need be.
"Inuyasha, NO!" screamed Leann.
They were surprised to see the Tetsusaiga hit the aura and not even crack it. Inuyasha withdrew Tetsusaiga and swung again. It hit the aura and clanked like it was a block of ice. Inuyasha finally gave up.
He walked over and stood next to the three girls and watched Amber float in the air.
She all of the sudden began convulsing and breathing erratically.
"What is going on?" said Leann.
"I don't know, but look," said Cassie pointing at Amber's hair.
All eyes fell on Amber's long curly brown hair. Her hair began to grow straight and lengthen down to her thighs. It began turning and iridescent ice blue. Her skin began to take on a pale color.
"Look at her mouth," said Kagome.
Everyone saw fangs begin to grow in Amber's mouth as she continued to convulse. Her fingernails also turned into claws and grew long. They took on the color of her now pale skin.
Amber's body began to relax. Her body turned over in the air and Amber layed like she was floating in water. Wings began to sprout from her shoulder blades. Her wings took on the shape of angel's wings and looked they were formed from icey crystals. They shined brightly in the light of her blue aura and the quarter moon that hung high up in the sky. In a last fit of change, Amber's body lengthened and stretched and filled out into a more muscular form.
Inuyasha sniffed the air. He could smell a change in the young woman's scent. She now had the scent of a full youkai. Not just any youkai, but an elemental youkai. Elemental youkai were the rarest of all youkai forms They were the most powerful. None had been seen around this part of Japan since the time of the great miko Midoriko. And if knowledge served him right, then elemental youkai came in packs of four.
'That means that Leann and Cassie are also elemental youkai. But who is the forth?' he thought.
"Her scent has changed," Inuyasha said quietly.
"Her what?" asked Leann.
"Her scent," he repeated.
"What about it?" she asked.
Inuyasha turned to Leann. He looked into her eyes.
"Your friend's scent has changed. She has become a full youkai," he said.
Leann gasped as this new information sank into her brain. Questions began to run through her mind, and Inuyasha was the only one who could answer them. Sango and Miroku might have been able to help, if they didn't sleep like the dead.
"How can she become a full youkai? She's a human," said Leann.
"She is a form of rare youkai," he said.
"What kind?" she asked.
Inuyasha didn't answer. He went towards Kagome, and told her what was going on. He then grabbed a piece of kindling from the fire to use as a form of fire.
"Cassie, Kagome. Stay here and watch over Amber. Leann, walk with me. I will tell you what I know," he said.
Leann moved and took her place next to Inuyasha. They walked for a few minutes to a quieter spot to where no one else could hear them. Inuyasha stopped and leaned up against the trunk of the tree, while Leann took her spot crosslegged on the forest floor.
"Tell me what you know," she said.
Inuyasha dug his foot into the ground and placed the piece of burning kindling in the hole to shed some light on the area they were in.
"Amber is a form of elemental youkai. Those are the rarest form of youkai, and have only been seen a few times in history," he said.
"What kind of element?" she asked.
"It looks like some form of water youkai. Elemental youkai come in packs of four," he said.
Leann began to think, and something clicked inside of her brain.
"If elemental youkai come in packs of four, that means they represent each element. Earth, water, wind, and fire," she said.
"Exactly," he said.
"If Amber is one, who are the other three?" she asked.
Inuyasha pushed off of the tree to sit next to her. He sat crosslegged like her, but his arms were crossed and he held Tetsusaiga in his arms for easy access.
"I'm not positive, but my guess is that you and Cassie are two of the other youkai," he said.
"Really?" she asked surprised.
"Yes," he said nodding.
"Okay, if that's true, that only accounts for three of the elements. Who would be the other one?" Leann asked.
"I don't know. But if we have to figure out a way to hide your youkai identities," said Inuyasha.
"Why should we hid our true selves?" said Leann a little angrily.
Inuyasha looked at Leann and noticed that she was starting to get really angry.
"If you turned into elemental youkai, and people got wind of it, you would be dead in a matter of seconds," said Inuyasha.
"That's not right. I'd think they see it as a form of divine intervention," said Leann.
Inuyasha looked at her with questions marks written all over him.
"Divine what?" he asked.
"Never mind. Why would they want to kill us?" she asked.
"Besides being prized possessions, elemental youkai are considered a bad omen. If all four are seen at once, then the person who saw them dies," said Inuyasha.
"That's just plain stupid," said Leann.
"We better get back to the rest of the group before they think I've done away with you," said Inuyasha.
He hopped up and extended his hand to help Leann up. She looked at him surprised, but took the clawed hand offered. She got up slowly, and looked up at him. He looked at her. She blinked. He blinked.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"Your welcome," he said.
Leann looked down at their still clasped hands. She looked back at him, and cleared her throat.
"What?" he asked.
"Could you please let go of my hand?" said Leann.
Leann saw a blush creep across his cheeks and he dropped her hand quickly. She gave him a lopsided grin and began to walk out into the dark forest. Inuyasha grabbed the still burning kindling and caught up with her.
"Is there a way that a youkai can switch between his youkai form and a more human form?" asked Leann.
Inuyasha racked his brain for some answer to his question and could come up with only one thing.
"Some youkai have the ability to shapeshift between forms, but it is not a common occurrence," he said.
"Oh," was all she said.
They walked in silence until they came back to the campsite. Leann went over to Kagome and Cassie. Amber had finally settled down, and was now sound asleep.
"How is she?" Leann asked.
"She's doing alright. We should get some sleep," said Cassie.
"You're right," said Leann.
She sat up from watching Amber and went over to her own sleeping area. She pulled the blanket up and wrapped it around her. She curled up under the blanket and instantly fell asleep.
"What in the ever loving hell happened to me?!?" someone screamed.
Everyone woke up to it being morning and to a very pissed Amber in youkai form.
"Shut your damn mouth, Amber. I'm going back to sleep," yelled Leann.
"You ain't going to sleep, until you explain what happened to me," yelled Amber back.
Leann got up and faced an Amber that was now a good four inches taller than her. She didn't let that faze her and she looked Amber right up in the face.
"I don't know who died and made you the ruler, but I'm going back to sleep. If you want to know what happened, you were turned into a fucking youkai. A water youkai at that. There is nothing you can do about it, so deal with it," yelled Leann.
She took a deep breath and layed back down unfazed. She wrapped back up in her blanket and went to sleep.
"Since she just spoke riddles, could someone please tell me exactly what happened to me," said Amber.
She stared at her wings that fluttered behind her back, and looked down at her now tattered and ruined clothes. The remnants of her clothing covered up what was necessary. Inuyasha jumped from the tree behind.
"You have been turned into a youkai," he said from behind her.
"How is that possible? I am human," she said angrily.
"Seems only you were hiding in a human form. That's what happens to an elemental youkai," said Inuyasha.
"Would you care to elaborate?" said Amber.
She took up a stance with her hands on her now thinner hips, and stared him right in the face.
"You are an elemental youkai. There are exactly four. You are basically a water youkai. You can take on anything that has to do with water. Ice, water, rain, it doesn't matter. It seems that Cassie and Leann will be two of the other elemental youkai soon enough, but we do not know--..." said Inuyasha.
He was cut off by Amber looking at him like he was stupid.
"So you are basically saying that I am a demon?" said Amber.
"Precisely," he said.
"Cool!" Amber screamed loud enough to wake up everyone else.
She began dancing around wildly and laughing.
"I got blue hair, I got blue hair. I finally got my wish," she chanted over and over.
She was stopped by Inuyasha grabbing her shoulder roughly.
"Sshh, stop your racket," he ordered.
"You can't tell me wh--..." she was cut off by Inuyasha's hand across her mouth.
"Be quiet. I smell another demon," he said.
He pushed her towards Leann and Cassie. Kagome, Sango, and a very sleepy Miroku took up battle stances nearer to Inuyasha.
A stick broke behind them, and they whirled around as quick as lightning.
They were greeted by the sight of a far too powerful youkai.
"Nice to see you too, little brother," said the youkai.
---Sorry to leave it at a cliffhanger, but it is two o' clock in the morning. Chapter 8 will be started later in the morning. Thank you for your time.---