Recap on last chapter
Muahahahah no one can resist my eyes, thought Suki as she sped up so that Kirara wouldn't catch up until she landed. Then she could subdue them without the extra weight after all that, all she had to do was wait for Botan, InuYasha and Kagome.
Botan quickly ran to InuYasha's side the purple cloth around her shoulders and over her head like a cape.
"Put away your sword," she said. InuYasha looked at her as though she had grown another head, as he dodged the sword arm of the flesh demon.
" Are you insane!" InuYasha yelled. " Kagome's in there and I'm not leaving without her!"
"Kagome can protect herself!" Botan yelled back. Almost like magic those words seemed to slow everything to a near stop. InuYasha turned to Botan, a flesh demon with a sword arm swung, a pink light stared to come out of the centre demon that was covering Kagome, Botan knew there was no time left. She pushed InuYasha down away from the sword arm, spewing web from her mouth and hands enveloping InuYasha in another cocoon then she covered both of them with the cloth when a pink light consumed every thing.
Suki touched down awkwardly, not used to all the weight, and let go of all her passengers dropping them unceremoniously on the ground. Panting, she folded her wings then put her hands on her knees to catch her breathe.
" Man… gasp… what do… gasp… you people… gasp… eat," she said between breathes. Her answer came in a loud roar and a sharp pain in her shoulder. Kirara had caught up.
"Who are you working for?" hissed Sango pressing her katana to Suki's neck.
"You still think we work for Naraku?" she yelled outraged.
"Well, after kidnapping us what do you expect us to think," said Miroku.
" One, my sister and I work for no one. And two, what do you mean kidnapping you? I saved your sorry asses from being slaughtered by that demon's clones!" Suki yelled struggling only to have Kirara bite harder. Suki cried out in pain.
" I won't ask you again, who do you work for?" Sango said pressing her sword harder against Suki's neck, drawing blood.
" No one!" yelled Suki once again not as loud though, her vision was starting to dim, and she was losing too much blood. 'Damn they mean business I have to get away.' Suki screeched angrily causing everyone to wince. With the two seconds it took them to recover she brought both of her legs up and kicked Sango in the stomach pushing her and Miroku, who had been standing behind her, in to a heap. The kick also pushed Suki into Kirara, who let go of the bat demon's shoulder when she elbowed her jaw, causing a bit of blood to run out of the corner of her mouth and turned her back into kitten form, unconscious.
The impact on Kirara caused Suki's vision to blur even more when she stood up, so much that she closed her eyes and used her ears instead.
Sango and Miroku had finally untangled themselves and stood up to face Suki again. Both of them went into en guard but to their surprise Suki just stood still, her eyes were closed, one hand on the wound on her shoulder and her ears were pointing behind her. Suddenly her eyes shot open, she turned in the opposite direction.
" Botan," she screamed taking a step in that direction then stopped she could hear the trees blowing towards them in a wave. Kagome's powers! She must have let out too much. Suki looked at Shippo who was standing over Kirara. They'll be purified! Suki thought.
Sango heard Suki scream for her sister. What could be happening with InuYasha? Then saw her look over at Kirara and saw Shippo with her. She's going to go after Shippo! She thought I have to stop her. Sango threw Hiraikotsu, but Suki was already gone. The next thing she heard was Shippo scream and saw Suki covering both him and Kirara with her wings. Then a huge gust came, it felt wrong, the wind made Sango's skin tingle.
" Sango, that was a wave of purification power!" exclaimed Miroku. Sango paled, Shippo and Kirara might be hurt, or worse, purified. She joined Miroku in running towards their friends.
" Damn," said InuYasha as he pushed Botan's unconscious body off him. "What the hell did you do that for?" Botan didn't answer (of course, because she was unconscious as I said, but clearly it didn't get through InuYasha's thick skull). Then he remembered,
"Kagome!" he yelled turning to where the original flesh demon was. There she was slowly picking herself off the ground when a face suddenly appeared in front of her own. She gave a startled scream before she realized it was InuYasha.
"InuYasha you scared me," she said to the dog boy, patting her chest to control her quickly beating heart, he snorted then got up. "Where are the others?"
"Why don't you ask her? Her sister flew off with them before she trapped me in her cocoon again." InuYasha replied pointing to the unconscious (half) spider demon still partially covered in the purple cloth.
" Botan-san!" exclaimed Kagome running to Botan's side. When she got there she dropped to her knees and turned the spider demon over. InuYasha frowned.
" Where did she get that wound!" said Kagome noticing a large gash on Botan's side. InuYasha looked over Kagome's shoulder.
"Dunno maybe the flesh demon with the sword arm got her when she put me in the cocoon. And I don't think you should help her," InuYasha said as Kagome looked around for something to stop the blood. A few spiders were crawling around. One of them, a large tarantula, had a small strip of cloth; it put the cloth over the wound, it dissolved and the wound immediately started to heal.
"Why not?" asked Kagome watching in amazement, and with a bit of disgust she wasn't very fond of potentially poisonous spiders. She was not really paying any attention to InuYasha, who presently was looking where the flesh beast had last been, for the jewel shard.
" Because she didn't help and she wouldn't let me save you and her sister kidnapped the others," InuYasha listed of angrily.
" Sit boy," said Kagome calmly. InuYasha's face kissed the dirt. "How can you say she didn't help! She was the one who showed me how to purify the demon! And if she put you in a cocoon and sent the others away with her sister she probably had a very good reason." InuYasha 'fehed'.
" We only just met her. For all we know she could be trying to make us relax around her and her sister so they can take advantage of us," He said.
"Well then, let's find the other's and ask her sister," Kagome said, and that was that.
Miroku and Sango pushed the unconscious Suki off their two smallest companions.
"Man, she's heavy!" Sango muttered. "Kirara, Shippo are you alright?" A dazed kitsune blinked at Sango.
"I'm fine, but Kirara's hurt," said Shippo with big eyes, still confused at what's going on. One minute he's one place, now he's here. One minute Suki's a friend the next she's an enemy. Poor Shippo. Adults are soooo confusing.
Sango gently check her feline companion to make sure she was all right.
"She'll be fine," said Miroku putting his on Sango's shoulder as Sango cuddled Kirara. "Now what are we going to do about her," he said indicating to the heap that was Suki.
"I say we tie her up then when she wakes up we can interrogate her," she suggested. " But we'll have to gag her so she can't scream like last time." (Poor Suki!)
A while later Suki was leaning against a bound and gagged, still unconscious. It was night and a fire was burning with Shippo and Miroku huddled around it eating, Sango had gone to search for traces of InuYasha and Kagome.
A bushed rustled and Sango came out, she sat down by the fire picking up the still unconscious Kirara and putting her on her lap.
"There was nothing," she said, tears threatening to form in her eyes. "Not a single trace." Sobs started to wracked her body as she cuddled her cat closer, Miroku put an arm around for comfort when the bushes rustled again. Sango reached for her boomerang and Miroku for his staff. The bushes rustled once more and this time a figure came out… a really big figure.
"Calm down you guys it's just us," said InuYasha as he came into the light of the fire holding Botan in his arms and Kagome walking beside him.
"Kagome!" yelled Shippo running into her arms.
"Kagome you're all right," yelled Sango to her surrogated (did I put that word in the right place?) sister.
"I'm fine just a little tired, Botan was injured a bit but this tarantula came and healed it," said Kagome cheerfully unaware of the glances exchanged between InuYasha, Sango and Miroku. She indicated at InuYasha to put Botan down.
" So what happened while I was out, or rather, in the demon," she said sitting down. Sango looked at the others then stared telling what had happened with InuYasha saying what had happened with Botan carefully leaving out the 'Kagome can protect herself' part. It hurt him to think that Kagome no longer would need him. At the end Kagome shook her head.
"I don't think they meant us harm. I think they just aren't used to telling others their plans." She reasoned.
" Plans that almost got us all killed," yelled InuYasha.
"Si…" a hand covered Kagome's mouth before she could finish sitting InuYasha. Everyone was startled to see Botan standing there, looking slightly tired.
"It's Ok Kagome," she said.
Suddenly Sango was up with her katana at Botan's throat.
"Sango!" Kagome scolded. She could maybe see that sort of violence coming from InuYasha but not Sango.
"What were you two planning," the demon exterminator said. Kagome sputtered, something about what Sango was doing was extremely rude. Botan just shook her head and sighed.
" We didn't plan for the fleshy demon to attack you if that's what you mean," said Botan. " And didn't Suki explain everything when you got here." Sango and Miroku looked at her blankly. " Stupid sister," she muttered before looking around the group. " Hey were is Suki anyway?" Then she spotted Suki leaning up against the tree.
"Suki!" Botan yelled trying to get to her sister but Sango held her back. " Let go of me," the distressed sister struggled against her captor but when the blade pressed harder against her skin she stopped. " Can you at least tell me if she's all right, she's not injured, is she?" Miroku shook his head.
"I looked after the wound myself," he said. Botan eyed him suspiciously.
" Well, then would you please get a blanket and a small strip of cloth from the blue bag form my pack." She said relaxing slightly when he did as she asked. She then instructed him to undo the bandages and put the silvery cloth from the blue bag on Suki's injured shoulder, which started to heal instantly. After he placed the blanket over her sister, Botan relaxed more so that Sango could let her sit down.
"Ok, well I'm sure you want to know our story now," she said after a pause looking around. The others nodded, Botan sighed. "Well just a minute while I make sure it's safe." Botan stood up, Sango with her just in case she tried to run. Suddenly Botan slammed her hand to the ground. It made no noise but birds flew out of nearby trees.
"What was that!" exclaimed Sango her katana back at Botan's throat.
"My web," Botan said simply before sitting back down. " It'll warn me if there are any unwanted listeners." The group was uneasy but nodded.
" Now it all started with my mother. She lived in a place called Ireland it is very far away from here. It's over an ocean. She was a human demon of a very high-ranking tribe lead by their king Oberon and queen Titania. One day she met my father, a spider demon from Japan. They fell in love and she asked the rulers to bless the marriage, as is costume, but they refused. Broken hearted my father left, only for my mother to go against the rulers' wishes and followed him back to Japan. When my father found out he was overjoyed, then they mated and had me. When I was about one, spies sent by Oberon and Titania found us and killed my father, of course not before he killed one of them and severely injured the other.
My mother was heart broken but she had me so she did all she could to keep Oberon's spies from finding us again. A few months later, a bat demon took interest in mother, but she was still mourning father, but he was persistent so she said if he could beat her in a fight she would mate him, and he did. She wasn't too happy about it at first but he was strong, could protect us from Oberon and he accepted me as a daughter so she gave it a chance. When I was two she had Suki.
It was quite happy during those times I have good memories of then. But unfortunately it was short lived. When I was five Oberon attacked again, only this time he sent an army. As soon as the fight started our mother took us to two priestesses, the black priestess and the green priestess, who were friends of hers, to take care of us before going back to help her mate. They both were killed.
The priestesses went to the place were mom and dad were killed and buried them. When came back they trained and educated us all they could so we could protect ourselves. When Suki was twenty and I was twenty-two they told us they had no more to teach us and that it was time for us to leave. Before we left they gave us our inheritances from our parents and then we left. We've been traveling all over ever since. We only just came back to Japan," Botan sighed. She wasn't sure if it was a good idea telling them but she thought it was time others knew their story. After all Oberon hadn't been after them since their mother died.
Botan looked at her audience, they just stared back. She fidgeted.
"Uhhh you guys are really freaking me out."
No answer
"Ok then I'll be going to bed now," and with that she pulled out a blanket and promptly fell asleep. Kagome looked at the others then got out her sleeping bag, Shippo was already asleep and InuYasha took his usual place up in the tree over her. But all of their thoughts were of the same people… Botan and Suki.
Just so you know Titania and Oberon are actually from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream (and for all you people who are disclaimer crazy WE DO NOT OWN MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM!) and Titania and Oberon will be mentioned in further chapters. I'm sorry but it just popped into my head while I waswriting sopwezzzzzzdn't be mad.
Pretty cool, ne? took us a couple of days but it worked out!YANESS! Suki so happy…
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