Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha (Author: NOOO!!!! INU-CHAN!!!!.. Inu-Chan:
*sweatdrops* Hey lady! Calm down, d- Author: Bad Inuyasha! *grabs voice
changer and sets it to Kagome* OSUWARI!!!)
~Yes, I'm crazy. I'm paranoid as well, but that has nothing to do with this...
ANYWAY, I'm sorry I haven't been able to update, but I was, erm, grounded... Well here's the story! Oh yeah, credit to CluehunterC for editing this story! *Yes, the applause, only dimmer* (To CluehunterC: HAHA! ...Don't ask.)
CRYSTAL: CHAPTER 3
Crystal peeked through the bushes and spotted the village. She wondered if the villagers were nice.
" Well, here goes nothing," Crystal though as she made her way to the village. She remembered to grab some herbs she knew villagers would trade for.
As Crystal neared the village, she noticed something very fast; all the villagers were screaming and running. Crystal looked around for the source. There; a huge tiger youkai! It was chasing a group of villagers...erm...no, wait... It was eating a group of villagers.
Crystal gasped. 'Well, let's see what I am capable of.' Crystal charged at the youkai. Being friendly by nature and habit, she felt urged on, faster and stronger to aid the villagers...
And aid them she did. Crystal leapt high into the air and landed on the tiger's back. She lifted her claws up and dug them into the creatures back. It howled in pain and annoyance. Suddenly, Crystal felt her blood run hot. All that heat traveled from her veins to her hands. The tiger's back melted from view. 'Eww.' Crystal thought. Crystal jumped off its back and grabbed a few of the villagers the tiger had ravaged that were still breathing. In front of them all, the tiger youkai disappeared from existence. 'Wow. Guess that's one of Sesshomaru's abilities.' she thought.
"Thank you! Who are you?"
Crystal looked down at her current wards. Her eyes filled with concern at their injuries. Then, they went to meet the villagers' eyes, the one who had spoken to her.
"Ahhh! You're a youkai too!" he exclaimed. Fear was the element in his eyes, and it made Crystal a bit uncomfortable that she had caused it.
" No! I mean, yes! But I'm a good youkai!" Crystal pleaded. " Please don't move; you'll further worsen your injuries," Crystal bent down to the man's wound and overlooked them. 'Okay, not bad: one slash own the hip to the knee.' Crystal though as she closed her eyes and had her hand float up over the wound. Crystal felt a more pure energy radiate through her and when she opened her eyes, the wound was gone. 'Thank you Mother!' Crystal silently said to herself.
"Wha... I'm healed!" The villager looked at Crystal with disbelief and gratitude mingled as she tended to all the other wounds on the rest of the attacked villagers. Crystal fell backwards on her butt in exhaustion.
"Thank you so much! I owe you my life! My name is Koroku." The villager that had first spoken said.
" Please, I have no need of your lives, for I wish you to enjoy and cherish them. Though, a weaver would be nice." Crystal said and looked at her 'clothes': practically now two sets of ragged clothe towels. She blushed violently and covered herself. "Is there a weaver in the villages I could purchase from? I brought some herbs to trade them for."
"No. Let us use our services to help you now for saving us." Koroku said, giving a pleasant smile.
"Well, I don't need the herbs so you may have them anyway." Crystal piped cheerfully.
"Thank you for helping us. I can take those herbs for you," A woman in miko robes stepped up. "My name is Kari. Come and I shall take you to a weaver." Kari looked relieved at a pile of ashes. Crystal realized it was the tiger youkai. Crystal handed the miko the herbs and followed her to the weaver, walking VERY carefully.
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Sesshomaru didn't understand what was taking Crystal so long. Rin had practically begged him to stay and wait. When Rin almost cried, Sesshomaru gave in. 'Since when did Rin get so touchy?' Sesshomaru wondered to himself. 'Ah, here she comes...'
Crystal burst into the clearing. Sesshomaru nearly blinked, and not because she was nearly as fast as him. Crystal was wearing a lovely, pinkish-purple, sleeveless shirt that was a bit tight and a blue skirt, which wrapped gracefully around her slim hips and was slit at the sides and was slightly flared at bottom. Her hair had been brushed and she was cleaned entirely. Rin ran at her.
" WOW! Rin think Crystal-chan looks pretty!" Rin exclaimed, wrapping her arms around Crystal, who beamed.
"Arigato, Rin-chan!"
" If we may go now." Sesshomaru said in a bored tone, though he was slightly upset that he had been forgotten.
" 'Kay!" both Rin and Crystal exclaimed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The group had been walking the whole day. When Sesshomaru noticed Rin get tired, he told them to rest at a clearing for the night. Rin came up to Crystal.
"Crystal-chan? What was your family like?" Sesshomaru listened and Crystal looked surprised. She obviously wasn't expecting that.
"Well, okay then. I'll tell you," Crystal began.
"I used to live in a beautiful hidden place, deep in a forest, in my first few years of life. My mother was a kitsune with very special powers. My father was an inu-youkai. I was very happy with them. Then, one day, I saw..." Here Crystal stuttered and her eyes clouded with grief. She took a breath.
" My parents were... killed." Crystal said, and no one egged her on to continue that particular story, for she obviously didn't want to. Rin gasped audibly.
"Crystal-chan! Its okay! Rin's parents died too, when Rin was very young. I died too, but Sesshomaru-sama brought me back to life with the Ten...Ten...ummm, sword!" Rin said, holding Crystal hand. Crystal smiled reassuringly.
"Anyway, I went to live in a village. Well, actually, some humans came and found me. They knew I was youkai, but they didn't really care. I lived happily with them until a year ago, and the other villagers never gave me much trouble. Then a giant youkai came and slew the whole village... Including my beloved parents."
"From then on, I fended for myself the whole year. I grew very powerful. The I met you guys!" Crystal finished, a big, goofy grin on her face.
"Yep! Then you met Rin and Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin said, giving no regard to Jaken, and yawned widely. Rin walked over to Sesshomaru, who had been sitting at the base of a tree the whole time. Rin hugged his leg, for that was all she could reach, and said goodnight. She then curled up on his tail, which Sesshomaru wrapped around her. Crystal smiled at the sight and her small tail wagged happily.
"Sesshomaru-sama? Goodnight." Crystal said. She lay down, stirred, and got up again.
"Do you have a poison based attack?" Crystal asked. Sesshomaru turned his head and nodded. "Oh, okay. I used it earlier, when I fought and destroyed a tiger youkai that I fought in the village." Crystal explained.
" So, you have my abilities too." Sesshomaru said. Crystal nodded. "What other... abilities... do you have?" he said.
"Umm...I can shape shift, courtesy of my mother, heal and just normal fighting. Now, I guess I have your... abilities." Crystal said.
"I am able to transform into my real form. Can you?" Sesshomaru was being very outright.
"I had another form before, so I guess so." Crystal said. Silence followed the conversation.
"You fought my...brother earlier. His scent was on you. Why did that half-breed imbecile attack you?" Sesshomaru spoke after some 5 minutes had passed.
"Well, while I was living with my human, right before they died, they gave me a gift. I think it's called a Shikon shard. When I took it, it embedded itself between my shoulder blades. It sort of hurt, but it increased my strength a bit. Anyway, I was picking some herbs back in a field when that horrible, rude hanyou attacked me. He... "Crystal stopped and gulped, a shaking hand reaching to touch her neck and travel down. Sesshomaru nodded in understanding. "I ran away before he... killed me." Crystal finished and slightly hung her head.
"You're not his first victim. That dumb half-breed has been searching for those shards for most of the year." Sesshomaru said. Crystal looked up. 'Is he consoling me?' she thought.
"Arigato. Good night." Crystal said, and lay down for the night. She could feel his gaze on her, and felt comforted, before falling into a world of dreams.
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Crystal-Chan: Okay. Review time people. Please? Who else thought Sessy was a bit OOC? I sorta did but I had to fit it in the story! *Sweat drop*
Okay then! Ja!
~Yes, I'm crazy. I'm paranoid as well, but that has nothing to do with this...
ANYWAY, I'm sorry I haven't been able to update, but I was, erm, grounded... Well here's the story! Oh yeah, credit to CluehunterC for editing this story! *Yes, the applause, only dimmer* (To CluehunterC: HAHA! ...Don't ask.)
CRYSTAL: CHAPTER 3
Crystal peeked through the bushes and spotted the village. She wondered if the villagers were nice.
" Well, here goes nothing," Crystal though as she made her way to the village. She remembered to grab some herbs she knew villagers would trade for.
As Crystal neared the village, she noticed something very fast; all the villagers were screaming and running. Crystal looked around for the source. There; a huge tiger youkai! It was chasing a group of villagers...erm...no, wait... It was eating a group of villagers.
Crystal gasped. 'Well, let's see what I am capable of.' Crystal charged at the youkai. Being friendly by nature and habit, she felt urged on, faster and stronger to aid the villagers...
And aid them she did. Crystal leapt high into the air and landed on the tiger's back. She lifted her claws up and dug them into the creatures back. It howled in pain and annoyance. Suddenly, Crystal felt her blood run hot. All that heat traveled from her veins to her hands. The tiger's back melted from view. 'Eww.' Crystal thought. Crystal jumped off its back and grabbed a few of the villagers the tiger had ravaged that were still breathing. In front of them all, the tiger youkai disappeared from existence. 'Wow. Guess that's one of Sesshomaru's abilities.' she thought.
"Thank you! Who are you?"
Crystal looked down at her current wards. Her eyes filled with concern at their injuries. Then, they went to meet the villagers' eyes, the one who had spoken to her.
"Ahhh! You're a youkai too!" he exclaimed. Fear was the element in his eyes, and it made Crystal a bit uncomfortable that she had caused it.
" No! I mean, yes! But I'm a good youkai!" Crystal pleaded. " Please don't move; you'll further worsen your injuries," Crystal bent down to the man's wound and overlooked them. 'Okay, not bad: one slash own the hip to the knee.' Crystal though as she closed her eyes and had her hand float up over the wound. Crystal felt a more pure energy radiate through her and when she opened her eyes, the wound was gone. 'Thank you Mother!' Crystal silently said to herself.
"Wha... I'm healed!" The villager looked at Crystal with disbelief and gratitude mingled as she tended to all the other wounds on the rest of the attacked villagers. Crystal fell backwards on her butt in exhaustion.
"Thank you so much! I owe you my life! My name is Koroku." The villager that had first spoken said.
" Please, I have no need of your lives, for I wish you to enjoy and cherish them. Though, a weaver would be nice." Crystal said and looked at her 'clothes': practically now two sets of ragged clothe towels. She blushed violently and covered herself. "Is there a weaver in the villages I could purchase from? I brought some herbs to trade them for."
"No. Let us use our services to help you now for saving us." Koroku said, giving a pleasant smile.
"Well, I don't need the herbs so you may have them anyway." Crystal piped cheerfully.
"Thank you for helping us. I can take those herbs for you," A woman in miko robes stepped up. "My name is Kari. Come and I shall take you to a weaver." Kari looked relieved at a pile of ashes. Crystal realized it was the tiger youkai. Crystal handed the miko the herbs and followed her to the weaver, walking VERY carefully.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sesshomaru didn't understand what was taking Crystal so long. Rin had practically begged him to stay and wait. When Rin almost cried, Sesshomaru gave in. 'Since when did Rin get so touchy?' Sesshomaru wondered to himself. 'Ah, here she comes...'
Crystal burst into the clearing. Sesshomaru nearly blinked, and not because she was nearly as fast as him. Crystal was wearing a lovely, pinkish-purple, sleeveless shirt that was a bit tight and a blue skirt, which wrapped gracefully around her slim hips and was slit at the sides and was slightly flared at bottom. Her hair had been brushed and she was cleaned entirely. Rin ran at her.
" WOW! Rin think Crystal-chan looks pretty!" Rin exclaimed, wrapping her arms around Crystal, who beamed.
"Arigato, Rin-chan!"
" If we may go now." Sesshomaru said in a bored tone, though he was slightly upset that he had been forgotten.
" 'Kay!" both Rin and Crystal exclaimed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The group had been walking the whole day. When Sesshomaru noticed Rin get tired, he told them to rest at a clearing for the night. Rin came up to Crystal.
"Crystal-chan? What was your family like?" Sesshomaru listened and Crystal looked surprised. She obviously wasn't expecting that.
"Well, okay then. I'll tell you," Crystal began.
"I used to live in a beautiful hidden place, deep in a forest, in my first few years of life. My mother was a kitsune with very special powers. My father was an inu-youkai. I was very happy with them. Then, one day, I saw..." Here Crystal stuttered and her eyes clouded with grief. She took a breath.
" My parents were... killed." Crystal said, and no one egged her on to continue that particular story, for she obviously didn't want to. Rin gasped audibly.
"Crystal-chan! Its okay! Rin's parents died too, when Rin was very young. I died too, but Sesshomaru-sama brought me back to life with the Ten...Ten...ummm, sword!" Rin said, holding Crystal hand. Crystal smiled reassuringly.
"Anyway, I went to live in a village. Well, actually, some humans came and found me. They knew I was youkai, but they didn't really care. I lived happily with them until a year ago, and the other villagers never gave me much trouble. Then a giant youkai came and slew the whole village... Including my beloved parents."
"From then on, I fended for myself the whole year. I grew very powerful. The I met you guys!" Crystal finished, a big, goofy grin on her face.
"Yep! Then you met Rin and Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin said, giving no regard to Jaken, and yawned widely. Rin walked over to Sesshomaru, who had been sitting at the base of a tree the whole time. Rin hugged his leg, for that was all she could reach, and said goodnight. She then curled up on his tail, which Sesshomaru wrapped around her. Crystal smiled at the sight and her small tail wagged happily.
"Sesshomaru-sama? Goodnight." Crystal said. She lay down, stirred, and got up again.
"Do you have a poison based attack?" Crystal asked. Sesshomaru turned his head and nodded. "Oh, okay. I used it earlier, when I fought and destroyed a tiger youkai that I fought in the village." Crystal explained.
" So, you have my abilities too." Sesshomaru said. Crystal nodded. "What other... abilities... do you have?" he said.
"Umm...I can shape shift, courtesy of my mother, heal and just normal fighting. Now, I guess I have your... abilities." Crystal said.
"I am able to transform into my real form. Can you?" Sesshomaru was being very outright.
"I had another form before, so I guess so." Crystal said. Silence followed the conversation.
"You fought my...brother earlier. His scent was on you. Why did that half-breed imbecile attack you?" Sesshomaru spoke after some 5 minutes had passed.
"Well, while I was living with my human, right before they died, they gave me a gift. I think it's called a Shikon shard. When I took it, it embedded itself between my shoulder blades. It sort of hurt, but it increased my strength a bit. Anyway, I was picking some herbs back in a field when that horrible, rude hanyou attacked me. He... "Crystal stopped and gulped, a shaking hand reaching to touch her neck and travel down. Sesshomaru nodded in understanding. "I ran away before he... killed me." Crystal finished and slightly hung her head.
"You're not his first victim. That dumb half-breed has been searching for those shards for most of the year." Sesshomaru said. Crystal looked up. 'Is he consoling me?' she thought.
"Arigato. Good night." Crystal said, and lay down for the night. She could feel his gaze on her, and felt comforted, before falling into a world of dreams.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal-Chan: Okay. Review time people. Please? Who else thought Sessy was a bit OOC? I sorta did but I had to fit it in the story! *Sweat drop*
Okay then! Ja!