Inuyasha's Fruits Basket chapter 4. Hooray, at last, chapter 4 is out. Now I really need to get to work on my 12 Kingdoms update. So much to do so little time. Sigh. Thank-you everybody who reviews I love to get them so very much please keep it up! Please also give me suggestions as to what to name 1 of the 2 new characters in this chapter. Now on the next chapter...
"It's a lovely view." Sango mentioned looking at the mountains in the distance as she walked. They were on a path to her family's village. The mountains in the distance were the same that were close to her home. The too familiar pain of loss rose up misting her eyes over as she thought about it. It had been too long since she had been back. They would be there in just a couple of days, less if they rode Kerara. She and Miroku planned to gather flowers to decorate the many graves of the dead villagers. Shaking her head, she forced down her tears. Tears that once again threatened to break the wall holding in her emotions.
Miroku walked just behind Sango a lecherous smile on his lips. "Umm hmm." Miroku agreed his eyes riveted to Sango's curves. "I couldn't agree more."
Scampering up to Miroku's shoulder Shippou pointed out. "You haven't looked at the scenery once. Honestly we could be being followed by Naraku himself and you wouldn't even notice."
"Really Shippou." Miroku scolded. "As a monk I am always aware of my surroundings." Just as he said these words, however, Miroku stepped into a small hole and ended up sprawled on his face. Shippou stood beside him looking rather smug.
"You were saying?" He asked pointedly.
Two creatures sat in the trees watching the drama play out among the three strange people who came out of the well. One was a snake-man with wings. He had a diamond back pattern of black and gold on his green scales surrounding a black spider mark on his back. The other was a Lion-man who had yellow-gold eyes and long yellow blond hair. He was large and muscular and his hands had retractable claws where fingernails should have been.
"Yessss it'sss her." The snake creature spoke. " The massster will be pleasssed."
"He is your master. I am only helping him so I can save my pride." The lion stated. "I thought Kagome was supposed to have black hair Pythos. The master said she usually wears a short green Kimono...that girl is wearing blue. I have no desire to waist effort on the wrong girl."
"Yessss, but how many women around here would wear a kimono that sshort? Ssshe isss ssupposed to have powerssss, you ssaw her turn those boyss into creaturesss. Look. They have become mere humanss again. Now is the besst time to get her before the orange one changess into a demon again."
"All right you win. You grab her, and I'll run interference."
Leaping down from the trees the two ran like lightening. Grabbing Tohru Pythos picked her up bridal style and knocked the orange haired boy aside with his wings. With a mighty sweep of his wings he rose into the air. The girl who seemed too shocked to react until now screamed and unexpectedly hugged him closing her eyes from the heights. Pytho's smiled showing his poisoned fangs he was expecting her to struggle and try to get away. He wasn't sure he could fly with a girl who was struggling. He didn't want to kill the woman his master had commanded he bring back to him but if she had struggled he may have dropped her to her death.
Kyo and Yuki were knocked to the ground before they knew what was happening. Tohru screamed as they tried to leap to their feet to help her. However, a lion-man knocked them back to the ground again. "Stay down!" The lion-man roared. "Don't come after us or we will kill you! Kagome will be made to serve our master."
"Bring Tohru back!" Yuki stated coldly with a dangerous look in his eye.
"Tohru? Ahh. Stupid snake I knew it wasn't the right girl. When Pythos finds out, he is going to want to kill her. Hurry up and come with me, I'll help you get her back if we can get there before Pythos finds out she is the wrong one. You had better hope he doesn't find out right away. Because it is going to take a while to get to where they are going since we can't fly."
"WHAT THE HELL? Why the hell should we trust you? You were just helping that jerk!" Kyo shouted.
"I will do what I must to save my pride but I have no desire to see that girl killed."
"YOU HELPED TO KIDNAP TOHRU TO HELP YOUR EGO?"
At these words the lion demon rolled his eyes. "For my pride! Not my pride. I'm a lion demon. My pride is my family, my clan. I would kill all of you to save them, including the girl. But killing some innocent girl won't help my family so I refuse to be a party to it."
"We don't need him! I'll save Tohru myself!" Kyo shouted.
"What other choice do we have?" Yuki stated. "There is no way we can follow something that is flying through the air. So until we get Tohru back I won't let you out of my sight!" He stated pure hate flowing from his eyes as he looked at the lion demon.
Shigure, Aaya and Hatori all stood looking down at the bottom of the well. "It doesn't make sense. If they fell down the well they should be at the bottom. If they transformed they would have tried to hide but their clothes and Tohru would still be there. And, yet, they are not there."
"I know! My beloved brother finally made a move on Tohru. They have run off together to elope. Little Kyonkichi is somewhere pouting in a tree or on a roof."
"Ahh our little flower blossoming at last!" Shigure stated with fake tears in his eyes. "I always knew this day would come." He sniffed loudly. "WAIT A MINUTE! Yuki can't elope with my little housewife, who will cook and clean? I'll be lost without her!"
Hatori was rubbing his temples irritably. "Don't talk about Tohru like that. You're going to end up getting arrested. Your theory notwithstanding how did they get out of the well unseen?" Together the three turned back to the well and looked again down into its empty depths.
"Hari, Gure, Aaya!" A familiar youthful voice cried out just as Momiji jumped onto Hatori's shoulders.
"Momiji, what are you doing here?"
"Haru and I are supposed to be with our class but our class was visiting one of the Soma family businesses." Momiji's voice made it obvious he thought that idea sounded boring.
"Momiji and I decided to crash the trip with Yuki and Tohru. Have you seen them?"
"Yeah, Have you seen Tohru? We have been looking all over for her. Oh and why were you guys looking in the well? How come you are all here?"
"One question at a time, Momiji. We heard something odd from those high school girls that like Yuki so much. They said that Yuki, Kyo and Tohru all fell into the well and..."
"Tohru's at the bottom of the well?" Momiji interrupted in concern. "I'm coming Tohru!" He shouted and jumped in. A strange blue light surrounded him and he flew through the tunnel. Landing on the other side, he smiled brightly. "Ooh that was fun!" He cried out joyously. Climbing up he jumped down again to travel back through the well laughing all the way.
Back on the other side of the well everyone watched as Momiji disappeared in the blue light. "He disappeared." Haru stated in his usual stoic manner. Blinking he turned to Shigure. "What is going on here?"
"Why are you asking me?" Shigure asked innocently.
"Because you tend to be the instigator of mischief. You enjoy stirring up trouble."
"I'm hurt. How can you say such things about me?" Shigure wined.
"Because it is usually true." Hatori stated.
"Et too Brute? The wold is conspiring against me!" Shigure's theatrics were cut short by Momiji's return. He arrived still laughing at the bottom of the well.
"I'm going to go again!" Momiji cried out in pleasure as he climbed up the side of the well.
"Momiji where did you go?"
"Oh, oh, oh this is so much fun! You guys have got to try this thing!"
"But where did you go?"
"Through the fun blue tunnel! Come on, come on, let's go!" That said Momiji turned and jumped back through the tunnel again.
Kagome and Inuyasha were nearing the Bone Eaters Well when they heard a scream. Instantly Kagome was on Inuyasha's back and he was leaping through the forest.
"Over there!" Kagome cried out.
"It's another one of Naraku's incarnations! The dirty filth! It is making off with some girl. Hey that girl is wearing clothing a lot like yours."
"What?" Kagome pulled on his hair to try and make him run faster. "Hurry up!"
"CUT IT OUT! I'M GOING AS FAST AS I CAN WHILE HAULING YOUR HEAVY BUT AROUND!"
Seeing the look of fire in her eyes Inuyasha knew he was in a great deal of trouble.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said grinding her teeth in fury. "SIT!" In her anger Kagome forgot that she was on his back and that they were currently about 10 feet in the air. "AHH." They both screamed as they crashed into the ground with an enormous thud.
A.N. Ok so I still didn't get them meeting each other in this chapter but it will be soon I promise. Now for the responses to the reviews.
Sesshomaur'sLuver: You got it!
some random reader: Yeah I am starting to regret the tail thing. Am considering changing that in the rewrite but not sure Koga, Shippou and Sesshy have tails. Hmmm.
Cynthia: Can do! but FYI for anybody who wants to know when updates are posted just log in and when you review you can mark the box to get auto updates when the next chapter posts.
rin-souma-the-horse: I will I am loving writing this! I am having fun. (Blank look like Tohru) what do you mean weird about Yuki? Oh do you mean the whole demon thing? Can't you just imagine Yuki with cute little mouse ears like Inuyasha's doggie ears. If the girls don't leave him alone now I wonder what would happen if he showed up at school that way. LOL
Dark Samuri girl: These are some of my favorite ones too. I hope I can keep the Inuyasha characters in character. I seem to know the Fruits Basket character better at least some of them. Shigure is something of a mystery to me. But I love him and he makes me laugh.
Dragonjewel24: WOW I would love to see that picture if you can please scan it and send me an E-mail with it. I love Hatori too! (Oh who am I kidding I love them all)
windqueen: Thank-you and thank-you for the info. I was starting to wonder what rock I have been hiding under to have missed a 4th movie.
Thankyou everyone for the reviews! Please keep reviewing. I will try to keep writing in responses to everyone's review but if you don't want them let me know and I will leave them out. Oh and I would love suggestions as to what to name the Lion Demon guy.
