Okay, I'd first like every to slowly and calmly put down the torches and pitchforks. I am not an evil person so go witchhunt someone else. Also any in black that is here for a funeral, I'd like to say now, "the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." I'm alive though I can't say well. No I'm not sick just going nuts of school. I've had to late drop one of my classes which could end up pushing back my graduation by a semester (I don't like this thought). Why else have I been away for so long? Well part of it is once again laziness another part forgetfulness, lastily mix in a little bit of anime craziness and you got me.
I would like to talk about the anime bit. First off, I've seen Fushigi Yuugi (all of it). As a matter of fact, I watched episodes 3-52 (52's the last for those of you who don't know) in less than 3 days! I watched all the OVAs (techinally 13 though one is double lengthed so 14) the next night. I loved the series. I thought it was awesome. It was a break from the Rumiko Takashi formula of 2 characters loving one another but can't admit it to anyone (even themselves). I recommend it to everyone. Be forewarned though, the series does deal with some adult issues so make sure you are of the proper age.
Before Fushigi Yuugi though was Katsucon. Katsucon is an anime convention in Arlington, VA. I got lucky in the fact that my brother lives in Alexandria. So Katsucon became my second anime convention (my first full one though). The only problem was that I ended up spending far more than I would have liked. Almost 400! I was a little broke after that. I got some really cool stuff though, like an Naginata. This is a pole-arm type weapon and about 4-5 feet in length. My parents weren't too happy but I'm old enough to have it so who cares. I also got a nice small 4-way pop out knife (don't ask me what they actually call it). BTW, no I'm not a weapons nut. The Naginata was my first weapon that I bought and as for the knife, it looks similar to one I'm thinking up for an original story. While there I got the usual T-shirts and wall scrolls. My most favorite thing that I got though was some IY fan art. The art was just ing awesome. That little story will continue at the end of this chapter with links to the artists deviant art where you can see the pieces I bought.
Disclaimer: though I bought IY fan art, I still don't own the actual IY.
A Wish From the Heart
Chapter 57: Naraku's Worst Nightmare
"So his name is Cerberus. Can you tell us anything else?" Inuyasha asked being a bit irritated.
"I'm being nice for telling you anything so just relax and be patient," Kagura told him.
"Well I do not have all day to stand around," Sesshomaru said. "If you do not tell us something value, we might as well leave now."
Kagura turned and glared at him. "Just remember, if it wasn't for them I'd be telling you nothing," she said as she barely held back her anger.
"Will you two please calm down," Kagome said trying to make peace. "I can hardly believe that they'll end up together in the future. I just don't think I see it. Then again if I look back on it, I would have never guessed Inuyasha and I would have ended up together. It seems Inuyasha's family is just full of curve balls."
"If I were you, I'd put him on a lease rather than Inuyasha," Kagura commented.
"I am not some household pet," Sesshomaru said in defense.
"Yeah I realized that," Kagura said. "When you tell pets to sit and be quiet they at least listen."
"Shut up both of you!" Inuyasha yelled. "Listen I don't care what sort of problems you two have. You can work them out after we are finished. Sesshomaru, for right now do what she says and shut the hell up! She's the only lead we have right now and at this rate she won't tell us anything." Inuyasha turned around to Kagura. She had a grin on her face and looking at Sesshomaru just to spite him. "And you, quit provoking him!"
"Alright already," Kagura said getting tired of the arguing. "It was shortly before Naraku's defeat. Through the death of Kikyo, Kohaku, and many other countless innocent people, Naraku filled the Shikon jewel with all their pain, anger, and suffering. All those deaths were just to make him stronger."
"That's terrible. They were nothing more than food to him," Kagome said disgusted.
"He didn't seem all that much stronger when we beat him," Inuyasha said.
"Can you wait until I'm finished?" Kagura asked him. "As I was saying, all this new power added itself to the jewel and also made Naraku stronger, in fact, it made him too strong. The jewel had grown too powerful and was practically overflowing with the power it could not contain.
"At the same time Naraku had grown so powerful his body was having a hard time staying together. The bonds that held his body together were too weak to hold back the huge sudden influx of power. He decided that another detachment would be a good outlet for the extra power. He also felt it would be yet another good person to have to help in our fight with you.
"You're still not telling me anything much of interest," Inuyasha stated.
"Now who is the one that needs to shut up," Sesshomaru replied. "If you would just relax, I'm sure she'll get to her point some day."
Kagura didn't miss the insult but decided not to let it bother her. She just continued on with her story. "As he created the detachment, more energy was drained from him then he had wanted. Cerberus was feeding off of him; taking as much power as he could before Naraku finally cut him off. When this was done, Naraku was as strong as he was normally. I think Cerberus might have even been more power than Naraku was. He acted like Mouso and Kageromaru before him. He held no loyalty to Naraku. It just made things worse that he was more powerful than Naraku. They fought for a long time. Naraku to reabsorb him and Cerberus was fighting to stay alive. They're battle took them away from the castle and I decided to stay put for the time being. I figured that if Naraku was gone long enough I would be able to escape. Another part of me was worried that should he come back and find me gone I could be killed. So I waited.
"It was two days before Naraku returned. He seemed quite tired and haggard. Though from the way he carried himself I thought he had been successful in getting Cerberus back. He then proceeded to go back in the castle and spend his powerless day of the month. It was because of his powerless day that I was unable to tell how the battle truly came out. I assumed that he won but there was always something nagging at the back of my mind telling me that something was different."
"You know, there's something I don't get," Kagome said. "Naraku kept your heart as a way of controlling you, yet he never did anything to keep control of Cerberus, why?"
"Because I wasn't strong enough," Kagura said as if that answered everything. Sesshomaru's eyes seemed trained on her at that moment. "Most of Naraku's detachment's obeyed him. When I was born, I tried immediately to get away. He was too strong though. After he was done beating me, I was slightly conscious as he ripped my heart out of my body. As I lost consciousness, I didn't expect to wake back up. When I did I tried to escape once again and it was then that I found the control he had against me.
"So if Naraku had been able to defeat Cerberus, he probably would have done something to get control over him," Kagura said. "But as you know that didn't happen and he went free while I was still in hell."
"So that's why you went to Sesshomaru for help, you knew you couldn't beat him on your own," Kagome said.
"Yes, and thank you for rubbing it in," Kagura said in a raised tone of voice.
Kagome turned to Sesshomaru, "Turning down a person in need, that doesn't seem very honorable, does it?"
"Don't dare question my honor," Sesshomaru replied with a sneer.
Kagura let a smile drift on to her face. She would have liked to keep pushing but he would have just countered with his original argument. At least this way, she felt a little bit better about the situation. "If you want to find Cerberus, head to the south-east."
"I thought you said you didn't know where he was," Inuyasha said.
"I don't know exactly where he is but I do know a general area. Besides it seems to come and go. He's hiding himself very good and only every now and ten can I sense him," Kagura said.
"That's splitting hairs," Sesshomaru warned.
"That's something you know all too well about, huh?" Kagura replied.
Kagome sensed another possible fight about to occur. "Thank you very much for your help, Kagura," she interjected.
"Whatever," Kagura said not caring too much, "its because of you that I'm free of Naraku, so my debt is paid. Have fun against Cerberus." As she watched them go, her eyes met with Sesshomaru and locked on them.
Sesshomaru turned as he went to find Kagura's eyes aimed at him. He stopped for but a second before going. When he walked out the door their eye contact was finally broken.
"You know for a second it looked as if he was actually sorry," Kagura thought to herself. "What am I saying? He should feel sorry. I asked him for help and he turned me down. Surprising though, I never would have expected him to join up with Inuyasha. Maybe there's more to him than I realized."
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Before I talk about the art I bought I want to reach out to all fan fic readers. I'm looking to find a story I once read and would enjoy reading it again. Those of you who've only been here at for less than a year, you may not know the story. The summary will have some spoilers but I would greatly appreciate the help
Its an AU story. IY is in a band with Sango and Miroku (I believe, could be more members). Myouga is the manager/agent. He claims that they need someone new. Enter Kagome who they meet at some sort of club and becomes their lead singer. Of course IY is usually depressed (I think over Kikyo) but Kagome and him get closer and closer. After a small agrument, Kagome leaves and signs a contract with Naraku but she goes back to the Inu group. It isn't until later that Naraku brings the contract out and forcefully takes Kagome. Where as I believe they'd been singing punk, Naraku forces here to sing pop and other stuff. Finally Myouga is able to get Kag out of the contract and back with Inu. Myouga also mentions that he knew of Kagome before she joined the group. He wanted her to join to get IY out of his depressing funk. (Now this last part could be from a different fic but I think its still the same) IY and the group are at some sort of diner enjoying a meal and of course some fans do recognize them. One of them is Kikyo who thinks IY still likes her and that she can wrap him around her fingers. She asks him out and he agrees on the exception that he is allowed to bring his 'ball and chain' referring to Kag. Kikyo isn't happy and leaves. End of Story.
While the punk music band stuff can be common, I hoped that with my in-depth summary someone would know the story. Thanks for all your help. Kudos to whoever can tell me what the story is.
I guess I'll continue my thing from the top. I bought to very nice pieces of art. Cost me over 100 combined. The cool thing was that I got to meet the artist, though by accident. For those who haven't been to cons, you can buy pieces of art at an Art Show. If this piece has enough bids it might go to the auction. The first piece I bought I managed to snipe the bid in the last minute. The previous bidder had bid 55 for it. I bid 56 and got the piece. For the second piece, I placed the bid that would send it to auction, 46, luckily no one else there wanted it and I got it. Both pieces were done by the same artist, in fact my older (and not very much into anime) brother got a piece of Sesshomaru done by her. He liked it cause it looked apocalyptic. Well anyway when they got to one of her pieces they asked if the artist that had done the piece was there. Lo and behold she was sitting practically next to me. There was a small isle that went through the room and she was right on the other side of it. I was quite surprised. Here are links to the pieces I bought (remember to remove spaces) also click on pics to see bigger versions:
www. deviantart. com/deviation/5125455/ - This is the piece I got for 46.
www. deviantart. com/deviation/2221643/ - This is the apocalyptic piece my brother got.
www. deviantart. com/deviation/1891197/ - This is the one for 56 and very much worth it. I saved the best for last.
druihd.deviantart. com/ - Artist's deviation page.
As I'm sure you can tell from checking out the pics, the artist is fucking awesome. If you didn't check them out, GO BACK AND DO IT NOW! Druihd does an awesome job in her artwork. I've been considering commissioning a piece of Sess/Kagura for her to do. I think she would do a great job. If you are ever at a con and have a chance to get a piece by her, I recommend doing so.
Now for another story referral. I've got two this time. I've managed to read another IY fan fic while away but I also read a FY story. I told you I watched too much Fushigi Yuugi. I recommend both. They are complete. IY story is multi-chapter though not too big and the FY is a short one-shot. Enjoy.
Miroku & Sango: The Ecchi & the Furious by Saori Runa - 1091435
Food for Thought by stormlight 1960540
I hope my next chapter comes soon. I'm getting a better idea of what is to come. Come next time for:
Chapter 58: Two for One