Inu Yasha: Hey how come I'm the bad guy in this:glares:
Soriana: Because I made it so :smirks: If you don't like I can kill you in this chapter?
Inu Yasha: Fine…:mumbles: She doesn't own Inu Yasha or Yuyu Hakusho, but she dose own the plot, the witch, and the new incarnation! Feh!
Soriana: That's better, now on with the show:smiles:
The Rising Sun and Setting Moon
He followed Kagome's scent about the tree after that weird experience, how could a demon pick something dead over living even if it was his 50 year old lover; for Kami sake she dead! A perturb grunt escaped his lips while looking for her, his lover the one who was the shinning light in his existence, though coming upon a village that was destroyed he never once stopped to hear the explanations of the people.
"Demon!" some yelled as the men of the village took out bows and arrows, stringing them attempting to look intimidating. He looked up just to growl as he sniffed the air, little children ran to there mothers or parental guardians for protection as a sleuth of arrows whizzed through the air making a sort of whistling sound; he side stepped most of the wooden arrows and caught the rest breaking them in half with one hand. He frowned at the men as they backed up and ran, others began to call for some one called Keade; thus he saw an old woman in the same outfit his mate wore at the temple.
"You must be a miko seeing as my mate wore the same garbs as you." He spoke with confidence in his voice taking a few long strides to stand next to the hunched over obserative knarled woman. She had the same white top, while her old gray hair pulled in a low ponytail, she had a patch over one eye it seemed she got hurt sometime in her youth as he sniffed while circling her. She watched him out of the corner of her one good eye, the look in it staying strong as ever and never moving an inch; he came closer to her to take a better look, her oldness was so seeing as wrinkles lined her face especially under the eyes and about the hands. That's when a knowing chuckle made its way to his lips, he knew this woman his mate had told him of her.
"Demon why be thee here, this village have naught anything to give ye." She spoke in old Japanese as she raised an old aged gray eyebrow at his chuckles. He stepped back then to give her space, thus talking again.
"My mate respects you old one, I believe she said your name was Keade ba-chan yes?" his wine colored eyes sparkled with amusement watching the woman recollect the one who called her thus. She sighed turning to the men with bow and arrows.
"Go, thy demon has business with me. Fix up thee village as I talk with him." She said this dismissing them as they started to protest she held up an old knarled hand to stop them from doing so as they bowed respectively; then going about their business fixing buildings and such.
"Come we shall talk while I pick herbs." She walked away at that moment not slowing her pace to see if he was coming or not, so in the light of things she followed her to as hut, she went inside to get a back basket and came back out to wave him to follow her, as they walked through the village many people stared at them he didn't notice though for many questions were surfacing to his mind; he fingered the jewel like item about his neck. They went back into the forest he came out of, there seemed to be a field with strange looking plants he knew not of as the old one bent over starting to pick some of it.
"Now ye come looking for Kikyou is that it; for I am sorry to disappoint ye she is dead." The woman sighed; as she seemed to get older then she looked while pulling herbs, picking them apart and tossing them in the basket on her back.
"I've come not for the clay one, but to see if you can direct me to Naraku's castle." He said bluntly he really had no time to beat about the bush; his mate might be in trouble, wounded or even worse which at the thought he shivered. The old one looked at him strangely setting the already halfway full basket down, who knew she could pick that fast?
"I do not know where it lay." She simply stated putting her hand in front of her face to block the rising suns rays from reaching her steal gray eye.
"Then I'll leave.." he said turning around to go as a knarled hand stopped him resting on his shoulder.
"Ye have not told this old one the name of thy mate." A small smile played on those thin lips as she took her hand off his shoulder. It was only fair to tell her because she had truthfully told him about Naraku's castle.
"Kagome." Is all he said upon hearing a small gasp he sped away to meet the others at the dry well, he could smell her scent everywhere in this forest it un-nerved him a lot.
A dry chuckle was heard at the well as an orange haired boy finally got up with the rising of the sun, yellows, oranges, and reds danced across the sky as he sat up with a hand rubbing his head.
"You didn't have to hit so hard!" he grumbled from his sitting position rubbing his now sore head and felt his eye hurt, it was probably black by now from lack of ice, a strange laugh caught his attention. He turned looking with his one good eye at the strange looking youkai that was getting up leaning against a tree.
"Well, well looks like wolf boy here wants to get going but he can't!" that voice Kuwabara recognized as Yusuke whom currently was sitting on the well they had jumped in next to Kurama. Grunting he got up to only to sit down back on the ground near his friends and sigh.
"Were are we and who is that?" he asked jabbing a thumb in the direction of the groaning wolf demon. Kurama is the one that spoke since Urameshi was to busy laughing and rolling on the ground.
"Yoko knows this place, it's Feudal Era; as to your second question that would be a wolf demon by the name of Kouga." He flipped his hair about his shoulder in a pensive manner while keeping those green eye fixed on the wolf.
"Where did the shrimp go?" he asked another question, though his reply was a slap in the back of the head when said shrimp was upon them now; dust settling from the ground in a large cloud he stood there in a most angered manner the small black cape billowed in the morning.
"Find out anything?" Kurama asked stepping forward with a head tilted to the side in question as he watched the small man snort at him as she shook his head in a gesture of no. The detective stopped laughing at the silence that ensued to engulf them all as each was thrust into there own thoughts when laughter rang through to them.
"Don't know what to do now little man? Kagome will be mine." He said finally getting up and standing, he left in a cloud of whirling dust like a mini tornado.
"Damned wolf ran!" grunted Yusuke as he made a fist; he wanted a fight with the wolf to see if he was in shape since being at Genkai's.
"No need Detective, I know were she is." This surprised them all to say the least as Kuwabara and Yusuke gawked while Kurama chuckled.
"No need to look like fish, Hiei how will you find this man named Naraku?" he was intrigued himself as to how the little man would do this.
"Hn his smell." Is all that was said as he turned around sniffing about the around the clearing and well; he made a face by scrunching up his nose it smelled like dirt and bones, but also it smelt of putrid youkai.
"This way." He stated walking about the clearing and into the forest, it's errieness was very sharply and duly noted to each youkai and person within the group. They had set foot into this place only but five minutes ago when Kuwabara spoke.
"Guy's I'm getting a bad feeling about this place.." he mumbled as a twig snapped and he screamed jumping into Yusuke's arms, who mumbled and dropped him on his butt. The boy was now shivering not from cold but from fright, he knew something was out there watching them and he felt if they did something wrong it would be the end of them. Getting up and dusting himself off he let go a shaky sigh, seeing as the others juts left him there he frowned and yelled at them.
"Hey wait up!" as he ran in a crystal ball a creamy white hand went over the globe, the energy within it crackled to life changing the image to show three others were in this group, the person frowned and sighed. She now knew Kagome was gone, she had been captured and now it was up to her friends to rescue her, also it seems the child Rin was taken; that's when she smiled and chuckled. If Sesshoumaru would join up with the two small groups they would be able to save both Kagome and Rin, even the large Dragon Uh-Un.
"Lets see, ah.." she inquired.
"Perfect the boys are being watched, while not knowing what's around the next bend." She smiled looking away from the clear globe, getting up from the rickety old wooden chair she strode over to a cabinet to open it, quite a few items lined the interior as she grabbed for something in the back. With a triumphant cry of success she brought down a dark brown jar, setting it down next to a kettle on the stove she turned up the heat so the water would boil. Taking a two small tea bags out of the ceramic jar she placed them in the mug, with that she put the jar back up into the storage cabinet, so she could find it again later, but she chose some other jar that was turquoise and set it down next to her mug.
Going back over to her table she sat back in her chair waving her hand over the clear globe to see the boys were fighting a snake youkai, what excitement these boys are bringing her; though the one with orange hair was right about one thing she and another are watching them very closely. The kettle that was on the metal stove began to whistle in a high pitch, she cursed her luck seeing as they were in the middle of their fight, getting up she took the kettle off the stove and poured it into her mug, she watched the small smoke clouds rise. The liquid was very warm within both her hands as she walked back to her seat and sat watching the boys fight, her youthful face reflected in the globe with a smirk as she sipped on her tea.
"Great, look what you did Urameshi!" Kuwabara said while running about dodging spikes from the snake demon that wanted that tear gem from Hiei; who was currently taking his sword from it's sheath.
"I isn't my fault it wanted that tear gem!" said detective yelled back at him, while running around the clearing for his life as well.
"You are the one who said lets take this path!" They began a yelling match, which would have turned into a nasty brawl when spikes and a whip snapped at them they pulled apart from the grappling like hooks they both had on each other.
"We have no more time.." Kurama grunted as he jumped up onto a tree branch to avoid the snakes tail sweeping his feet from underneath him.
".. for you to be fighting!" With a small flick of his wrist the whip lashed out slashing the snake demon across the face, it hissed as the two human like arms flailed about making splinters out of nearby trees; which caused the kitsune to jump down and away from the youkai.
Meanwhile the two that were just fighting were now starting to formulate a plan, which was to rush the opponent to see what skills it had and then go from there. Kuwabara held his hand out as orange light filled his empty hand, the energy sword glowed as it got bigger and brighter by each millisecond, he charged the snake demon from behind yelling and giving away his position; which to that the demon turned around to hiss and spit acid at him. He gave a shout of pain as some of the acid hit his arm and it started to bleed, oh to say Kuwabara got angry would be an understatement it was more along the lines of an animalistic rage. Sure the others got their moments but it was rare even still that he got any kind of moment at all, without warning something happened as the snake demon snapped at the orange haired boy he caught the face and growled.
He felt it, it was something that coursed through his veins calling him from the wilds of the Maki to the Feudal Era, into his body. He caught the snakes face intent on crushing the skull it seemed like a delightfully delicious thing to do at the moment, nails dug into his skin as he let out a sinister laugh that chilled them all to the bone. His heart pulsed in a weird way, once, twice, and thrice as his body began changing into something he didn't know of but the strength that radiated from his was so strong that it almost equaled Yusuke's when in demon form.
"What's going on?" Ysuske asked now walking over to Hiei and Kurama also being cautious of the now rapidly changing Kuwabara.
"I do believe he is changing into a demon." Kurama said in hushed tones as another growl was projected from the throat of said boy.
He felt the power, it ate at his insides changing his out but his bloodlust wasn't done for the snake only gagged as he picked it up by the throat and chuckled lowly. He brought it to his face so he could see the evil pink eyes.
"You will die for you insolence reptile…" is all he said, black claws began to fill in were the fingernails were supposed to be, while a furry orange black stripped tail burst through his bottom region, he didn't scream but seemed to relish the slight pain as it mixed with the smell of snake blood. He saw the half-moon cuts in the snakes throat he made from holding to tight, with a feral grin he ended it right there with a clawed hand pulled back and thrust through the chest cavity, once there he rooted around until he found the certain organ and tore it out. The nasty gooey substances that were inside the said now dead demon dripped down his arm that grew orange fur with black stripes, along with parts of his chest and feet. He laughed like a maniac while the human ears moved to the top of his head to become orange ears with a pair of black horns behind them, the bloody heart he held in his hand had long since served it's purposes as he watched the blood drip down his arm and onto the grass. With out hesitation he squeezed the organ watching to his amusement the contents to which fell out, nothing but blood and tissue came out as it plopped to the ground with a sickening sound. He was now sated for the moment as he dropped the heart to the ground along with the emptied contents, with a smile he walked over to some the pieces of ripped off cloth that was torn when fighting the weak youkai and wiped his hands off. His eyes were no longer black but a yellow that faded to green from iris on out, while his face changed no longer bony looking nor smashed in, it took on a more smooth look much like Kurama but more masculine; his hair had also changed from the pompadour mess to long flowing hair with red highlights reached the bottom of his butt.
"What the hell is THAT?" Yusuke couldn't stop staring even as his best friend kept changing; the last thing really took the cake as something burst forth from the back. From his vantage he saw they were purple wings that faded into yellow, then red, and then orange. He also couldn't help the blush that spread across his cheeks, as his own demon wanted out to fight and to gain a mate it seems as forbidden images began to play in his head. That's when the changes stopped and Kuwabara now faced them, his shirt now in shambles he tore it off to show more of the change as large medium sized muscles were revealed with a six pack; he strode forward stopping in front of Yusuke narrowing his eyes when something seemed to click in his head as a smooth voice talked.
"What, what happen?" he asked going a bit pale at his own voice and wildly looking about at the surroundings, the sight of the dead snake baffled him only until the scent of fresh blood was smelt on his own hand.
"Eh I can smell blood?" he said getting a bit dizzy, sitting down on his butt roughly.
"Hate to say it Kuwabara but your one of us now." Ysuske stated clapping his friend on the shoulder and chuckling.
"Great…" was the only thing said as a frown slowly begun to form on Kuwabara's face.
"Do you think it's possible to teach him?" Hiei asked coming up at the right side of the mans form, while a chuckle was issued from Kurama standing at this new youkia's left side.
"Yes, he can be taught while we travel but right now I think it's best that we get moving." A loud ruffling sound was made as the large wings they didn't seem to see protruded from Kuwabara's back.
"Did I do that to the snake demon?" he finally asked in a raspy voice that settled on the silence.
"Yes you did." This seemed to be the wrong thing to say as the boy gave a whimpering wail of Kami knows what but it made Ysuske sigh and sit next to his friend setting a hand on Kuwabara's knee making him look up. Those eyes made him gasp letting go a breathe he thought he wasn't holding, he took away his hand and closed his eyes trying to focu on what he was going to say.
"Look, your different now but that dosen't mean it's a bad thing. At first I thought it was but then I grew to love myself being the way I was and you will to. With the proper training you will have your bloodlust controlled and handle it perfectly when the time comes." With the said he got up dusting his pants off and shivered the feeling of the forest never went away, while the other stood up and dusted his own pants off he sighed.
"How do I get back to looking human?" he asked wondering if he ever could go back, that earned a smile from the boy who looked human.
"You need to learn how to do that and hide your spirit energy so weak demons and demons alike don't know your strong. The scenes you have will beou for a while until you get used to them. Come on lets get moving." That's when they did indeed get moving, walking as fast as they could through this nasty brash forest while a pair of golden eyes had seen the whole thing.
"Do you know were being watched?" whispered Kuwabara to Ysuske who chuckled with a huge grin on his face, putting his arms behind his head and closing his eyes a stray branch caught his face as he fell. Flailing his arms a hand grasped his, as a concern face entered his field of vision, his cheeks began to get pink as the blush deepened when the new youkai got in his face to inspect the scratch that was fading. Going on instinct he asked in a commanding voice.
"Why did that not get black?" his voice was smooth as he still held onto Ysuskes arm.
"Would you mind? I don't get hurt unless it's more of a slash or a bashing in it self." He murmured knowing he would hear him. Letting go he expected his arm that was a little paler then he wanted it to be but he would live.
That was strange fox; do you think he would be a good fighter?
Indeed my friend, he would make an extordenary fighter, I thought his kind died out long ago.
What breed is he?
I believe he might be a tiger dragon.
What…impossible..
I don't know, the proof is in front of you.
With their connection broken, all four boys continued to walk about the forest not knowing what would be around the next bend.;
Sesshoumaru had followed them ever since they had gone into his territory; he frowned because something didn't feel right. When the fight had begun he chuckled in his mind as the two supposed humans were dodging attacks and the one with black hair had did something weird with his finger calling it a Shot Gun. He was more interested though in the human who turned into a youkai he had never seen anything like it before and it was indeed interesting, he would follow them a while yet and then go find Rin.
Sunlight poured down onto a two-headed dragon, one head was already awake while the other slept peacefully when it's stomach rumbled waking up a bundle of two people that slept as well.
The child awoke first as she felt arms were wrapped around her and very warmly embracing her like a mother would her own child. Instantly her eyes opened she calmed down seeing that it was Kagome who held her tightly, smiling she dug her head into the other girls shoulder in a show of affection. At that moment a hand combed through her hair as the one holding her laughed softly and smiled as the girl looked up.
"Morning Rin, how did you sleep?" the older girl asked as she wanted down, she complied to Rin letting her go as the dragons tail un wound itself from about them both.
"Rin slept well!" she giggled going over to a dresser and finding a small kimono her size and shutting the drawer.
"Rin you never told me why you're here." She got up stretching alongside the dragon that did the same getting the kinks out of its two necks. She walked over to the small girl who began to change taking off the old kimono that she now noticed wasn't the one she usually wore while with Sesshoumaru; she put a hand on the girls shoulder and turned around hugging Kagome tightly and crying into her shoulder. She blushed noticing the blast of cold air; she set Rin down on the bed and cooed soothing words to her as she went over to were she had put the kimono from last night. Picking up the clothes she began putting the inner and outer parts on, then finishing with the obi, walking over to Rin she found the girl gawking then giggling.
"Kagome one-chan is pretty!" she squealed launching herself at Kagome the same way Shippou did, at the thought of her kit she frowned stroking Rin's dark brown hair.
"Tell me what happen, how you got here." She asked the child who clung to her with all her little might as she walked over to the bed and sat down.
"Rin was picking flowers.." she began wanting down to sit on the bed, while going to sit on the edges and move her little feet back and forth.
"Lord Sesshoumaru said Rin couldn't come with him on ree-coon, Jaken-sama was asked to watch Rin. Rin saw pretty flowers in the forest that glowed silver like Lord Sesshoumaru's hair, she wanted to get them for Sesshoumaru. Then when Rin tricked Jaken-sama into thinking Rin was playing hide and go peak, went to go get flowers, Rin was snatched from behind and hit on head." The child frowned after telling the story while Kagome herself frowned she enveloped the little child in another hug when the door slammed open. Inu Yasha stood in the door way as Rin gave a scared squeak tightening her hold on the older girl; the man that looked almost like Sesshoumaru came forward.
"Naraku wants to see you and the girl now." He grumbled glaring at them both as if that would put holes in their heads and kill them.
Nodding she got up from the bed holding Rin as a mother would and probably wouldn't set her down for fear of the girl getting lost and or killed for no reason but that still didn't answer the question of why Rin was still here. The halls were long, made of grayish black cold brick that was lined with torches, every now and again there would be a hall joining from the left, right, or they would turn down a random hall. It made her dizzy just thinking of the many halls they had gone through already as she stood in front of the same shoji doors as last night. She knew to wait for them to be pulled back by magic, as it was done she was roughly pushed in by Inu Yasha who at the moment sought out the new incarnation with a sort of chip on his shoulder he growled and that's the last she heard of his voice as his footsteps echoes got quieter.
"Hmm I see you have the child with you, good." That smooth voice said as bamboo mats where to show Naraku sitting on his legs like a normal person would do.
"What do you want." She asked in a civil manner, she wouldn't be a monster in front of a child or any child for that matter.
"I only want to take what's my, my dear wife." He smiled looking at the picture it created in his mind, to have this woman as his wife would mean power beyond his dreams and the whole entire world would be his to command with a queen of course. Though his wife wasn't pure he would fix that and the mark that she had on her neck, he would take her, as his and she would love him through sickness, health, or death and resurrection. His eyes glowed with lust but he held it back.
"Wife? Dose that mean the reason Rin's here is so she can be…" she thought this out loud as Naraku chuckled.
"Yes, the child will be our daughter and we will rule the world. You will also bare me a son." With that he stood walking over to her as she tightly held the now sleeping child in her arms; if she moved Rin would wake up and scream most likely. He came as close as sitting next t her and moving as piece of her bangs out of her hair in a careful manner as not to scratch her with his nails.
"You will grow to love me my Queen, my Kagome." He whispered in her ear as she shivered, he placed a hand on her shoulder and licked her cheek as the other hand traced her hips curve she hiccupped, as blue orbs got wide.
"Your mine." Is the second thing he said licking her earlobe in a seductive way, walking back to his sitting place and smirking at the fear and in describable emotions that flashed through those beautiful blue eyes. Now he would just sit here and gaze at her for as long as he desired before asking his servant to bring her and child back.
He growled very annoyed at the moment, that stupid incarnation would die by his hands and only his hands alone from having sex with his slut wife Kikyou. He needed to find Shidma and just out right kill him, but he had to get that damned Scythe away from him because that was what held his power; just as it was with the albino child, she was helpless wihtout her mirror as he was wihtout his weapon. A deep frown creased his lips as he found the scent lead out to the back into the gardens, he found the incarnation kneeling over a woman as that scent wafted to his nose along with another. He growled as both got up, the woman who was his wife stood up and put her white shirt back on as her soul stealers flew her away with a disgruntled Shidma who called forth his Bone Scythe which he brandished.
"You treat her like dirt half breed." The incarnation snarled slashing the weapon in Inu Yasha's direction as the white haired boy leapt out of the attacks way; he drew his own sword frowning.
"I can kill you with one swing of my fathers fang." He growled out eyes narrowing at the one who had defiled his lover, his wife, his possession that was his and no one else's. He had guarded her all his life and even when he died, then was resurrected and this man, human defiled her! He wouldn't take Kikyou back now, next time he saw her he would kill her that's when a scream brought him, back to the job at hand.
"Blade of Bones Blast!" Shidma yelled as none other then a blast containing bones was hurled in his direction as Inu Yasha dodged. If he wanted to play rough then he would to, he would use his weaker attacks because the incarnations were never strong anymore since Naraku popped them out like children; that thought made Inu Yasha chuckle.
Kanna came into her masters room sitting in front of him with her mirror held out for him to view, she noticed the little child and girl were in the room, she knew both had great significance.
"Hmmm looks like Inu Yasha is mad…" Naraku smiled nodding his approval to such violence and he didn't mind sparing a few lives to get were he wants.
"Kanna take Kagome and Rin back to their room for the night, tomorrow my Queen you will be pure once again." He chuckled as the bamboo mat was pulled back over so he was hidden; she stood up and carried a sleeping Rin down the many halls and into their room.
"You must be careful Kagome." Was the small whisper coming from Kanna as she left the girl to her thoughts. She put Rin in the bed tucking the covers about her and sighed taking off the outer part of the kimono along with the obi, folding them up she put them on the dresser sighing why was she being made to be a wife anyway. With a huff she grumbled.
"What is up with all these youkai falling in love with me…" her right eye twitched slightly as she crawled underneath the covers hugging Rin close for fear of one of the incarnations coming in the middle of the night to steal her away, frowning she sighed heavily and closed her eyes.
They had been walking all day in the Western lands, Sango's feet hurt she missed Kirara a whole lot.
"We some chow?" Ayame asked as the kit on her shoulder smiled nodding his little red head. She found the humans going about making things as in a camp was very enjoyable seeing as she didn't so anything, which got on Sango's nerves.
"Ayame will you at least go look for food?" asked the exterminator as her butt was grabbed and a hand smacked to a monks cheek that promptly feel over with swirly eyes.
"Okay, would you guys like fish?" she asked, it was her favorite past time actually to catch fish and then let them go as a child, but it came in handy now. With a nod from the female she was off into the forest to find a stream. Before this though she told Shippou to watch out for Miroku.
Sango watched as Ayame left and smiled going about the clearing and cleaning up the sticks and branches, one branch was really sticky and slimy she dropped it. Taking a closer look she gasped it was demon blood! Taking her boomerang with her Sango discovered a dead demon, the kind that didn't turn into dust once killed she almost retched but was used to this kind of stuff seeing as they were always fighting for survival. She began to walk back to camp went a twig broke, she whirled around throwing the boomerang when a cream colored demon caught the weapon.
"KIARA!" she yelled tears streaming down her face as she ran towards the creamy colored cat and hugged the huge cat petting her silky fur.
"Kirara where have you been? I was so worried when you didn't show up after Inu Yasha went crazy." She broke down into a fit of sobs into the fur as the cat nudged while licking her face to free it of the salty water. It made her laugh and smile as she petted the creamy fur more and sighed.
"I'm all right, just missed you and I think Shippou has missed you as well. Now he has a playmate again for some time before you run off again ne?" she said talking with the demon cat as if she were a human.
"Come on help me collect some branches and twigs to build a camp fire, we already set the rest of it up." She smiled a few more tears leaking from brown eyes; a hand snaked about her waist as she gasped a hand went over her mouth and she could feel breath tickling her ear.
"Would you do me the honor of bearing my child?" her eye twitched at that question why in Kami was he here asking this and where is Shippou? With a elbow to the gut of the monk he grunted letting her go as she spun around and growled at the fallen form, pointing an accusing finger at him she yelled.
"Where in Kami is Shippou!" That screaming really hurt his ears as he put hands up to them and sighed.
"He's sleeping." Is all he said as she growled more at him, taking him up b the scruff of the robe.
"You put him to bed? Idiot he's alone now, who knows what kind of demons have him now!" grumbling she dragged Miroku back to the camp site, while Kirara picked up branches with her mouth and two tails.
"Shippou were back." Sango said dumping the monk onto the ground in a heap and sighing seeing that the child was safe went over to him and sat down pulling him into her arms.
"Kagome…" he whimpered clinging to her as she sighed petting his hair in a mother like way; this always made her remember her own brother when he got bad dreams.
"No, no get away from me! AHHHHHH!" She had heard her brother scream and races in with her boomerang in hand and almost chuckled, her brother was rolling around on the floor out of his bed fighting with the sheets.
"Kohaku it's alright my brother." She cooed untangling him and placing him in bed, but he clinged to her for support.
"Sango, is that you?" he asked sleepily opening his eyes and smiling. She petted his hair and giggled.
"You had a bad dream dear brother, go back to bed." She put him back into bed again, wrapping the blanket around him and going back to her own room.
She chuckled it was one of the few good memories she had of her brother and that was a great one, showing she was a good sister and concerned for him. Since Kagome wasn't here she had to be the seraget mother figure, Shippou would cling to her most the time unless she wasn't around and taking a bath he would cling to Miroku. It was very nice just to sit next to the sleeping child; sometimes it was good to have time to think on her own. Ayame would be back soon as she reluctantly got up placing Shippou in the monks unconscious arms to keep him warm. Kirara came about with a large pile of wood, placing it next to the circle of stones she set up. Smiling she went over to pat the demon cat who purred loudly licking her face again, the rough tongue was a bit painful but she shrugged it off. A poof sound was heard, as the large cat became a small cat mewling at her happily helping to put the branches in a teepee shape.
"All we need to do is get this fire going." She looked around for that stone she used when making fire, it was a really nifty tool when you couldn't find dry wood and didn't have a bow. That's when she remembered she had left it in her pack about her waist with a light chuckle she reached a hand into her pack rummaging around in the small thing to bring out a dark colored rock with a cry of success that was loud enough to be heard.
"Urameshi…." It was Kuwabara, his eye twitched seeing as they were going in circles at the moment they were now back at the place they started. They should of followed Kurama or even Hiei but Yusuke wanted to lead and that only got them into more trouble it seemed more then once even in the past. He didn't grumble though because the punk had helped him to get back to his normal human self except for those few changes to his body structure, the muscles, his face, even his eye color. If he were a woman he would surely date himself that thought made him chuckle and get a strange look from the other young man. Hmm Yusuke, he seemed to be acting strange once he changed like more of a comrade and friend then when he was a human. Frowning he knew he had to be right in saying that now that he was a demon he was equal to the rest of the group, also the other strange things like stuttering and the blushes that spread across the other face it was kind of cute. His youkai was telling him to take a mate and that Yusuke would be perfect but he's not gay nor is he a queer but his instincts tell him to do things he normally wouldn't when he was a human.
Kurama noticed the changes instantly, when Kurama was a human he would always drone on about how tired he was or complain about something but the boy was now deep in thought; seeing as he was now quite and the wrinkles above his brow told of deep thought. He smiled it seems it had been a while since they could all walk in piece to think things out. He watched Hiei the closest though who seemed to be taking this the hardest since it is his mate they were looking for.
All the guys were pulled from their thoughts when a loud chuckle assaulted their ears, along with a soft mewl.
"Sorry Kirara I didn't see you there; hmm look at you all sleeping in a pile maybe I should have tucked the little one in another bed." Hiei was the first on the scene but was quite following the fire cats energy trail and hiding in a tree branch. He saw a young girl sigh putting her hands in her hips and grabbing a blanket putting it over some strange man and child probably to keep them warm. She scratched the fire cat on the head and pulled the animal into her arms lovingly.
"I still can't believe Kohaku is gone Kirara, I missed you so much when you went away you're the only part of my real family I have left." She sighed rubbing her face into the back of the creamy fur.
"I hope Ayame gets back soon cause I'm hungry." She stared at the unmade fire letting the cat go and finding a normal gray rock she cracked them together as a spark ignited, she set dried grass on the top of the teepee so it would catch; soon a fire was blazing and Hiei made a strange sound signaling the others to come forward.
Ayame smiled as she hauled the large fish out of the river, it was very lucky the large fish were going up stream this time of year cause the smaller ones wouldn't even have enough meat on them to feed a human, let alone two youkia's, two humans, a demon cat and two wolf scouters. Now they had two large fish and a medium sized one, that should be enough for a few days if they rationed it properly but they wouldn't be here for long she hopped cause it gave her the creeps really badly and her wolfs were a bit skittish as well.
"No need to fear you two, we'll be out of here in a few days." She said to the two white wolfs who whimpered at her but crooned out a weak howl. Smiling they began their trek back to the clearing and she almost dropped the fish at seeing something jump from a tree disappearing into the night never to be seen, that was really creepy.
"Hey Sango were back!" she announced as her wolfs laid down the two fish they had carried back and she as well; she was itching to ask who it was that jumped out of the tree when she saw the woman getting out a deep pot.
"What's that for?" she asked sniffing the black pot on the outside and in, she sneezed while the woman handed her a hanky and chuckled.
"It's a stew pot I always bring it with me, I have two packs one around my waist and the one I carry around my shoulder." She answered looking at the fish and smiling.
"You did a good job, I need to go gather some vegetables, and tubers to make some fish stew. Could you watch them while I go out?" She asked taking out some other strange things from the bag she took the pot out of, Ayame nodded watching the girl try to leave as she called out.
'Sango take one of my scouters with you, he'll protect you while you gather your things for the stew." Watching the male go with Sango she knew the girl would be in very safe paws, with a smile she plopped down next to the sleeping monk watching his stomach rise and fall, her own thoughts began to take shape as she sighed. Why couldn't Kouga love her? She was the perfect wolf, pretty, smart, strong, and she knew all the territories trails and paths inside out; even knew the best places to hunt and fish for food. Her white tail flicked about as she got angry, she knew he loved Kagome told her different.
"Ayame wait!" Kagome said reaching a hand out and putting it on the girls shoulder; she got turned around to look into blue eyes.
"I don't love Kouga like that, yes he's a good friend but no more." She said with sad eyes but looked at her and smiled.
"You mean I can have Kouga?" Ayame asked with skepticism in her voice, but that look in the others eye suggested it.
"So your in love with Inu Yasha?" she asked a bit interested at the blush that crept up the girls face.
"No don't, but you can have Kouga." Kagome let Ayame's shoulder go sitting on a stone and patting it for her to sit. The rest of the day they chatted about random things and as the conversation was now on how she could get Kouga to love her, they had many plans as to how to do this and both laughed. She smiled those were great plans to but now wasn't the time; as she heard a scream and a growl of her Sango and her scouter she got worried and prayed to Kami to watch over the three that slept and took her other scouter to get her friends.
"Come Luna we must go now!" she said running into the forest with the wolfess at her side.
Mean while Sesshoumaru watched it all from the darkness as a dark smile came to his lips, this was very interesting the four boys from before had bumped into the human exterminator from the hanyou's old group and she was determined to fight them off with nothing except for her sword and a male white wolf.
For those who like Kuwabara I know I bashed him in a few chapters but wasn't that a surprise! Now that he's all sexy looking and stuff, Erm anyway yeah the next chapter should be up as soon as I can get it.
Naraku plans to have Kagome as his Queen how will he make her pure again? Do we really know why Rin is there and did Naraku just say that so his real intentions are unknown? Is Inu Yasha going to kill Shidma and Kikyou for betraying him or will he torture his dead lover first and take Kagome away from Naraku. Sesshoumaru is behind the scenes when the two small groups finally meet, will he join them or save Rin the honorable youkai way on his own.
Tune in next time when real revelations are revealed in the next chapter!
Truths Finally Revealed
