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A Day In The Life Of Naraku
6
In Which InuYasha Gets Many Shocks, Naraku's Plan Is Revealed, And "The Switch" Happens
"Are you sure this will work? The InuYasha gang may be a bit slow, but they might catch on eventually. The god of war himself- Ares- didn't manage to get InuYasha out of the way for me. What makes you so sure you can?" Naraku said to the cloaked figure in front of him.
"Do not worry," The childish, if a bit croaky voice under the hood said. "Ares was a fool in trying to trick Eris into getting InuYasha out of the way- the whole plan was foolish. My solution is much easier- if a bit more difficult."
"You still haven't told me YOUR part in all this, you know. What have you got to gain? Why are you helping me?" Naraku said, narrowing his eyes.
"Let's just say I'm a friend." She said, as emotionless as ever (and no, it isn't Kanna).
"A friend?" he raised his eyebrow.
"Enough with the questions. Just do your part, and I'll handle the rest."
She vanished.
- A Word Of Explanation –
It was nigh on three days ago that Naraku had met this intriguing child.
Ok, I'm just keeping both stories up. Forget the message that was originally here.
Right. The mysterious person Naraku was talking to. The strange figure in a black hooded robe, with the croaky monotonous voice. Well, how should I know? I just got here too, you know! Why don't we follow her, maybe get an idea of her nature?
WAIT! ANY NAMES SPELLED DIFFERENTLY, LIKE "KIKYO" OR "TESSAIGA" ARE BECAUSE I LIKE SPELLING THEM THAT WAY, SO LAY OFF OF ME! "TESSAIGA" IS THE JAPANESE WAY OF SAYING IT AND THUS WHAT I DEEM TO BE CORRECT.
Ok, now that that is said, lets get on with it!
-The Bag Of Ultimate Marbles-
Cimorine (Sih-more-een) was dreadfully bored. For centuries she had waited here, in the Tween Place- the place between Death and Life- guarding the Bag of Ultimate Marbles.
The Bag of Ultimate Marbles was a bag full of marbles with strange powers. Well, not strange, but uncommon. Hold the Marble of Flight, and you could fly. It was the same sort of thing with the Marble of Invisibility, the Marble of Invincibility, the Marble of Excellent Cooking, etc.
There were lots of different marbles in the bag, and various people tried to steal them. Usually these people were not very powerful, or at least not as powerful as Cimorine. Cimorine had not had a good fight in a very long time.
She felt a vibration in her hand. The Marble of Unwanted Visitors was warning her there was an intruder coming. She looked up.
Out of the fog came a cloaked figure. It looked like a child, but Cimorine had enough experience to know things weren't always what they seemed in this place.
The child's robe was a tattered black, and its hood fell over her face, covering it completely except for a mouth covered in shadow.
"Give me the Marbles." The child said, in a croaky monotone. She reached out a blackened, rotting hand.
Cimorine looked at it in disgust. "Who are you?" she asked, trying to see into the hood.
"Your executioner." The girl said. Then she reached and touched Cimorine's face.
Cimorine screamed as her life force was drained from her body. Her face aged into wrinkles, before finally turning to nothing but a bare skull.
The skeleton fell to the floor and shattered. The hooded child reached over and picked up the Bag of Ultimate Marbles, and pulled one out. Then she walked away.
But before she vanished, she looked back at the skeleton formally known as Cimorine.
"You are but the first to fall, Cimorine."
Then she vanished into the fog.
# The Plot Thickens #
"What do you expect me to do with this?" Naraku asked, looking doubtfully at the marble the strange being.
"With this, you defeat the InuYasha gang and get their jewel shards." She said.
"Why don't you just tell me what it is, impudent child?" he said scornfully.
"My name is Helen Back. And I won't tell you; the marble can't be used if you know what it is. Only an extremely powerful being could invoke it if they knew its power."
"How do I invoke it?"
"Just ask for it to reveal itself to you. When it glows, say InuYasha's name. Then you will know what it does." Helen smiled and vanished, leaving nothing but the smell of sulfur behind.
Naraku looked at the tiger-eye colored marble. It was barley bigger than a nut. Yet it was supposed to help him defeat InuYasha. Then again, the Shikon No Tama was only a bit bigger, and it was infinitely powerful. In this world, things weren't always what they seemed.
When should he do it? Now?
Why not?
"Reveal yourself to me."
The light brown of the tiger-eye color brightened.
"InuYasha." Naraku said, spitting out the name.
The marble glowed brighter. In fact, it grew so bright, it filled the room, and Naraku had to shield his eyes. Suddenly he was falling… falling through blackness…
# InuYasha Receives A Shock #
InuYasha was sitting in a tree when it happened. It was nice and shady, and he was snoozing.
The day was very pleasant, Kagome had not gotten mad once; in fact she had brought back some Ramen with her, to make later. InuYasha was very content.
Suddenly a bright white light enveloped him.
"What the…" In his surprise he lost his balance on the tree limb. He was falling, falling through darkness…
# The Switch #
Naraku hit the ground with an earth-shattering thump.
"OW!"
He opened his eyes. He was no longer in his castle. He was in a forest. He looked up; a tree. It looked like he had fallen out of it.
"Wha-?" he scratched his head- and bumped into something.
Uh-oh.
It was furry. He reached up and touched it.
It can't be.
He ran over to a conveniently placed pond, and looked at his reflection.
He had a pair of dog ears. And white hair. And yellow eyes.
He was InuYasha.
# Kagura Knows Something's Up #
Kagura was sulking about her ruined vacation, walking down the hallway towards her room. As she passed Naraku's room, a blinding light shone around the doorway through the cracks for a split second, before going dark again.
"Hmm?"
She opened the door…
# InuYasha Gets A Bigger Shock #
InuYasha fell to the ground- with less a shock than he'd imagined. It was like he had simply tripped. He should've had a bigger impact; I mean, after all, to fall from a tree- but where was the tree?
He was indoors- in a room. It was sparsely furnished: A bed, a nightstand, a window, the Jewel of Four Souls, a candle-
Wait a minute. The Jewel of-
His train of thought was interrupted by a voice behind him.
"What happened?"
He turned around.
"Kagura?" he asked incredulously.
BAH-BUM!
# Kagura Gets Confused #
Naraku was looking at her in what looked like complete surprise.
"What happened?" she asked, knowing something was up.
"What are you doing here?" he demanded.
She blinked.
"I live here. Remember? I'm your incarnation?"
Ok, he's acting weird…"My incarnation?" he asked, rubbing his head. Then he stopped, and his eyes widened.
"Oh no."
Kagura inched backwards. "Um, I'll go now…"
If he doesn't remember me, this could be my only chance to escape! She thought as she ran down the hall.
# InuYasha Receives ANOTHER Shock #
My ears! Where are my ears?He ran over to a mirror hanging on a wall.
He was looking at Naraku.
I'm Naraku!He fainted.
#Naraku Meets The Gang#
Naraku stared at his reflection.
"How the hell is THIS supposed to help me?" he shouted at the pond, feeling his new ears. He realized with a shock his voice was different- harsher.
Another reflection appeared behind him.
"What're you yelling about, InuYasha?"
It was that priestess.
Naraku's first instinct was to rip off her head- but he suppressed it, remembering he was in InuYasha's body. Then he realized that he didn't have to do what InuYasha would do. It might be fun to mess up InuYasha's life.
But maybe he should just play the role- for a little while. He couldn't think now. He would have to ponder this awhile later. The girl - Kagome? - was looking at him.
"Nothing. Just babbling." He said.
"Oh. Well, I made you some Ramen." She smiled.
"Oh." He said, at a loss for words.
"What's the matter? Usually you go wild at the mere sound of Ramen." Kagome asked, raising an eyebrow.
(AN: Ugh, while I'm writing this, I'm imagining their English voices rather than their Japanese voices. Yuck!)
"Nothing, I'm just a bit preoccupied." He said, looking at her eyes.
Did he just use a sophisticated word like "preoccupied?" thought Kagome.
Naraku looked at the bottle around her neck.
"The jewel shards." He breathed.
"What about them?"
Naraku blinked, thinking hard.
"The… jewel shards… they… could probably make food taste better?"
That's so lame- she'll figure it out!"I doubt it." Kagome said as she turned around and began walking away.
I guess InuYasha ALWAYS say dumb stuff. Naraku laughed mentally.
They came out to a clearing, where the rest of the InuYasha gang sat.
"Hey InuYasha." Said the fox demon (Shrimpo…?)
He glared.
# InuYasha Takes Action #
InuYasha opened his eyes. Kagura's face was right above him.
His eyes widened. "Whoa…"
She leaned back.
"He's alive." She said regretfully.
Then Kanna leaned over him.
"Are you alright? I brought Kagura back." she said in her quiet monotone.
He narrowed his eyes.
"Go away."
"What happened?" asked Kagura.
"I- I'm not sure. I'm not who I thought I was- or who you THINK I am."
"What?" she asked.
"Oh just go away." He said, waving his arm.
She got up.
"Fine."
"And don't come back- EVER." He said, as an afterthought.
"What?" she asked, sounding disbelieving.
"While you're at it, bring Kanna here along with you. I don't care where you go, just leave me in peace." He put his arm over his face and moaned. His head was killing him.
Kagura didn't ask again. She hightail it outta there, Kanna in tow.
Once they had safely flown away, she turned around to Kanna.
"Do you think he's really setting us free, or setting a trap?" she asked.
"Only Buddha knows. Let's just do what he says." Kanna said. Then she went silent.
Meanwhile, InuYasha was still on the floor, eyes closed, waiting to wake up.
Ok, I sent away the Wind Sorceress and that creepy kid. All I need to do now is wake up.But he was awake. And he knew it.
He got up and dusted himself off. How had this happened?
Then he noticed the hunk of Sacred Jewel.
Maybe being Naraku wasn't so bad after all.
He picked it up. It was horribly tainted; he put it back down, and searched around for a bag. All there was was a handkerchief on the nightstand and a tiger-eye colored marble on the floor.
He put the marble in his pocket (it had to be SOME use, why else would Naraku have it otherwise?)
He picked up the jewel with the handkerchief and put that in his pocket as well.
He opened the door. The smell of rotting corpses met his nose.
Ugh!He covered the offended body part.
Then he began walking down the body- strewn hallway. As soon as he got out of this Palace of Death, he would find Kagome…
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End Of Chapter Six
Ok, you'll have to get the link to my website in my Bio. I have a picture of Helen (and more to come), and a few other random pictures I inserted that seemed to fit the story.
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Acknowledgments:
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The next chapter may take awhile to post- mostly because I want to wait till the summer (though I may break anyway). I will include a full "I'm Kagome this is InuYasha and this is what happened for the LAST TEN MILLION EPISODES" little summary (like in the series!)
Gozer the Traveler Gozer the Destructor Gozer the Gozarian
Wait for a sign from Gozer the Traveler; he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms.
During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveler came as a large and moving Torb.
Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants,
they chose a new form for him -- that of a Giant Sloar!
Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you!
- Ghostbusters
"Stillness is a virtue, your grace… and patience has its own reward." –Darvin, The Mysterious Museum