Chapter 7
Kidnapped
"Put me down you monkey faced freak!" shouted Courtney.
"I am not a monkey." Stated Naraku.
"You are if I say so."
"Shut up human."
"No you shut up."
"Shut up human!"
"Or what?"
"Or I'll drop you." he said. She got quieter but didn't shut up. When he didn't say anything she uttered enough swear words to make a sailor drop his jaw. As they continued flying, a castle came into view.
"What is that?" Courtney asked. He smirked and suddenly burst out laughing. "What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at you. This is my castle. This is where you will be staying until further notice." He said, still chuckling. He landed and went inside. "Human. Unless you wish to be eaten by demons, follow me." He called. Courtney considered it and ran inside.
At camp with the others'Where am I? What is this place?' dreamed Alexis. Then, in a flash of light, she saw Naraku kill her birth parents. The family she grew up with wasn't really her family. Then, it all went dark. Out of the dark came a voice, it was calling to her.
"Alexis. Alexis! Wake up! Courtney needs you!" the voice called. She woke up and saw… everyone staring down at her except Kagome and Courtney. Alexis wondered where she was. Then, she remembered what happened.
"Damn monkey. I will kill you for all the people that you have killed and I will avenge my parents." she whispered to herself. Only Inuyasha and Sesshomaru heard her. 'Courtney, can you hear me? Courtney please answer me!' Alexis pleaded through the bond that the friends shared. Only silence greeted her. A single tear coursed down her check, she wiped it away and sighed.
"Alexis, are you ok?" asked Sango. She helped Alexis up and put an arm around her shoulders.
"Thanks Sango. I must ask you all to stay here. I can not put you all in anymore danger." Alexis said. When she started to walk away, Rin ran up and grabbed her leg. She had actually latched onto her leg!
"Rin wants to come too! Rin likes Courtney!" cried Rin.
"Ok, Rin you can come. You must promise to stay out of the fighting. Ok?" Alexis said. Rin nodded and let go of her leg in favor of her hand. They started walking again. Yet again they were stopped. This time it was Sesshomaru.
"If Rin is going then this Sesshomaru should go as well to keep this Sesshomaru's charge out of danger." Sesshomaru said in his 3rd person point of view way. At least he didn't have to make up an excuse to go help Courtney now. Alexis sighed.
"I guess I have no say in the matter do I?" asked Alexis. Sesshomaru didn't respond. She sighed again and shook her head. "I didn't think so. Anyone else?" She turned to leave.
"Me. I'm going." said Shippo. He walked over to Alexis.
"If he's going, then I'm coming too." said Sango. She and Kilala went over to the expanding group.
"I can't let two lovely women leave without an escort, can I?" smiled Miroku.
"Don't even try it." warned Alexis.
"If that's everyone then we're leaving now." Alexis said. "Come on. I think that they went towards the Central Lands, which is west of here." The group started to leave, and yet again they were stopped.
"Alexis! Wait for me!" shouted Inuyasha. "I can't let you have all the fun, now can I?"
"Nooo, you can't do that! It would be the end of the world as we know it!" teased Alexis. The two left the clearing laughing and raced to catch up to the others. Kagome was left behind with Kouga.
"To stay or to go?' Kagome thought. 'To go with Inuyasha.'
At Naraku's castleCourtney was running through halls and finally stopped running. 'This place is confusing. Well, here is some stairs that go towards the ground. I hope.' thought Courtney as she caught her breath. She walked slowly down the stairs and came to a door. 'I wonder where this leads.'
She opened the door, only to be blinded by the setting sun. She looked around and saw that she was on the roof. 'Much more of this and I'll be able to match Alexis in her insanity.'
"Human! Why are you on the roof?" demanded a voice from behind her.
"Who are you?" Courtney replied, cautiously turning around to face the voice.
"I am Kagura. Now tell me why you are on the roof." The wind demoness walked up to the shorter girl.
"I got lost, okay? I just want to see my friend and go home…" she trailed off. 'And Sesshomaru. Why do I think these kinds of things? I'm not some love sick puppy'
"Well… Since your friend is coming here as we speak, I'll take you to a place where you can see her destruction by Naraku and his demons." laughed Kagura manically. Courtney followed the slightly bi-polar demoness to a room where Courtney could see the forest. Kagura left and Courtney was alone with her thoughts once more.
'Well, I guess it's safe to say that I really like Sesshomaru. I wonder if Alexis knows about the army that Naraku is building up… Alexis. I know that you can't hear me but I know that you can smell and feel me. Trust yourself and Inuyasha.' Courtney thought. She sent the last few thoughts to her friend, hoping that it help Alexis to find a way to get her out of there.
Close to the castle, in the forest'…Trust yourself and Inuyasha.' Alexis heard in her mind.
"COURTNEY!" shouted Alexis, scaring everyone.
"What are you shouting about half-breed?" shouted Jaken. Alexis took his staff and beat him repeatedly over the head.
"Finally, toad breath is quiet." whispered Kagome.
"Thank you lady. That was funny." Rin said giggling.
Alexis crouched now in the grass and said, "Now you are going to stay with Ah-Un and Jaken right?"
"I want to go with the lady and save mommy!" cried Rin. Everyone looked at Sesshomaru, he looked away and Alexis smirked.
"You promised remember? I'll give you my promise. I'll come back, I shall always come back to you. Now stay here." said Alexis.
"Are you sure that we are that close?" asked Sesshomaru. "This Sesshomaru doesn't like being mislead."
"Yes. If we continue at this pace we should get there by dinner." Alexis replied. She got up, hugged Rin and took off into the west. The others got up and ran after her.
2 hours later
"There. You can see the castle." said Alexis.
"Where?" asked Kagome.
"Look straight ahead." Alexis pointed straight forward. "Stupid." she whispered, only Inuyasha heard her. He had to hide a smile behind his hand.
The group could just see the castle through the trees that were hiding them.
Then…a feather came out of the castle!
"Kagura! Where is she going?" wondered Sango aloud.
"She is probably after…" started Alexis. "RIN!" Alexis took off at a pace faster than any the group had ever seen.
"Wait for us!" shouted Sesshomaru. That shocked everyone, again. He had grown fond of the human after all. The group started after Alexis and Sesshomaru.
Back in the clearingAlexis had just made it back to the clearing only to find Kagura advancing on Rin.
"Hey you bitch! Are you going to pick on little kids or are you going to play with the big girls?" smirked Alexis.
"You insolent little half-breed!" she hissed. "I'll destroy you and your friends and I will enjoy their suffering."
"Now if you did that, monkey bitch wouldn't be very happy with you now would he?" Alexis said. After saying that she heard giggles…O.o
"Rin come here. We will play a game okay? I want you to run as far as you can into the woods ok sweetheart? I'm going to stay here and take care off this witch." Alexis called. The little girl nodded from behind Kagura and took off into the woods.
"You dare to call me a witch?" Kagura said.
"Yep." Alexis replied.
"You shall pay for your arrogance with your life!" Kagura said while beginning to attack.
As the fight continued, Rin and Jaken ran into a red obstacle.
"Rin! What happened? Where's Alexis?" asked a frantic Inuyasha.
"Ladyyy…" Rin cried. Sango and Kagome held the child as she cried.
"Jaken, what happened?" asked Sesshomaru.
"My lord, the witch, Kagura, attacked Rin and I. The half-breed, Alexis, heard Rin crying and challenged the witch so that we could escape." Jaken said.
"You left her to fight Kagura alone!" shouted Inuyasha.
"Yes. I figured that she could hold her long enough for us to find you." Jaken said.
"Rin, stay with Kagome. Kagome, stay here and keep her and yourself safe." said Sesshomaru. He took off the way Jaken had come. Inuyasha quickly followed him. Kilala grew and Sango and Miroku hopped on to follow.
Alexis was quickly gaining the upper hand. During one close range attack, Alexis went behind Kagura and took her feathers; Kagura didn't even seem to notice.
Alexis quickly decided to finish her off. As she started to attack, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Kilala surrounded her.
"Move! I'm about to finish her!" shouted Alexis. They saw that her clothes were torn, she was cut in many places and…
"Watch it!" screamed Alexis as an unannounced wind blade tore at Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. She shoved they out of the way and took the blow to her back. It seemed like it took an eternity for her to fall to the ground.
"NOOOOOO!" yelled Inuyasha. He ran over to her prone body. "You can't die on me now."
"I won't die baka Yasha. I'm just going to sleep." Alexis said. She was getting so tired.
"NO! Stay awake. Alexis!" he yelled. Then he whispered to her, "You can't die. I love you."
As those words left his mouth, Alexis started to glow silver. Right before everyone's eyes, (including Kagura because she couldn't leave), Alexis was healed. Her outfit was changed; she wore a simple yet beautiful white dress. Her lavender hair turned silver and reached the ground. A silver eight-point star superimposed over her crescent moon. Her normally warm blue eyes turned icy. She floated up and then landed on her feet.
"This is one of my many forms. Passed down from mother to daughter down my bloodline, all the way back to Selene. I will destroy the evil that threatens innocent lives and those how are close to me." As she talked, a scepter appeared in front of her. She grabbed hold of it. "Kagura, under the pact of Tsuki no Hikari you are guilty of the needless slaughter off innocents. Your punishment will be executed now."
'She knows of the Tsuki no Hikari pact? She's related to Selene, one of the first demons! My grandfather was but a pup then! Could she be the one of prophecy?' thought Sesshomaru.
"SILER DESTINY ECLIPSE!" shouted Alexis.
"NOOOO!" screamed Kagura as she was turned into a fine silver dust that blew away in the breeze.
"Naraku, I have seen what you have done to my family. You will pay for all the wrongs that you have committed against this world." Whispered Alexis. They made camp in that clearing. She curled up with Rin and went to sleep.
Authors Notes: wipes sweat off forehead Finally, I'm done with chapter seven. Can anyone tell me where the underlined phrase that Alexis said is from? I have cookies! . Chapter 8 will be out soon. I am working on writing another fic and want to know what you guys think it should be, and maybe a pairing while you tell me the story. Thanks guys.
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