A/N: Hello, Kitsune here again. Boy this story is going by quickly! I am really getting into it. Well I am doing my best to plan all my chapters in school (nothing else to do there) and hopefully this will be good. It is mostly about Inuyasha and a certain castle they encounter. But anyways…I won't tell you anymore so you can get onto reading! Hope you like it!
Previous: "Jaken…"
The green toad minion popped up out of nowhere and answered. "Yes M'lord."
"Summon Kagome and Rin at once."
"Yes M'lord."
"So Rin-chan…the first thing that you need to know about a miko's powers is its level of purification." Wow, I am really sounding grown up! Kagome had just started the lesson with Rin and was making sure that she knew how to control her spiritual powers.
"What do you mean by level of purification Kagome-sama?"
"Well, basically, the amount of power you have. The stronger miko abilities you have, the stronger a demon you can send to the second world."
"Rin will not harm Sesshomaru-sama will she?"
"No, you will not Rin-chan. Only if you shoot the sacred arrow of the priestess at him would you have any ability to harm him.
"So If Rin was to tou---"
"Master Sesshomaru has commanded you to come to him right now! There is no time for your silly lessons; master Sesshomaru's word is to be obeyed!" Jaken, the little green toad minion was running to the two miko as fast as his stubby little legs could carry him. But he tripped a few feet away from Kagome and his staff that he was carrying went flying into the pond behind them.
"Nooooo! Master Sesshomaru gave the staff of two heads to me himself! I must not loose it!" There was a splash and he quickly dived into the pond to grab the staff. Got it! He began making his way up to the surface, but found that water reeds had wrapped around his staff. I must not let go! I have to bring it back up!
"Kagome-sama, Jaken sure is taking a while…"
"Yeah, you're right…" They waited a while longer, but no green toad popped out of the water.
"Do you think something may have happened to him?"
"Mm…Wait here Rin-chan, I'll go after him." Kagome quickly took off his knee-high stockings and dove into the water. It was very cold, despite the warm temperature outside. She opened her eyes to the underwater world around her. The crystal clear water reflected every shimmering object. The small freshwater fish swam away to make passage for her. She cut through the clear liquid like glass and soon found Jaken struggling in vain at a hopelessly tangled staff. Kagome quickly pulled at the staff, but it would not give way. Thinking it better to untangle the staff, she started pulling at the weed from the bottom. Jaken began to do the same, and soon the weed was thin enough to simply pull away. Basically out of breath, Kagome swam to the surface of the pond, dragging a waterlogged Jaken and a ridiculously heavy staff behind her.
Gasp "Got it!" Kagome crawled out of the pond and met up with Rin who was watching intently at the pool's edge.
"Kagome-sama! Jaken-sama! Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm alright Rin chan." Kagome smiled and crawled over to her knee-high stockings.
"Jaken-sama, are you alright, you look so green!" (haha he's always green. Get it?)
"Yes I'm alright you stupid girl!" He seemed to have regained his ability to speak and snapped back at Rin a little more than he had intended to.
"Jaken-sama, you should thank Kagome-sama for saving you!" She turned over to Kagome who was struggling with her knee-high stockings; it was very hard to put them on with a wet foot.
"Stupid stockings! She rolled over and pulled even more at them.
"We have no time for this nonsense! Master Sesshomaru has instructed me to bring you two to him immediately! Go now!" He set off at a run, which was not hard to follow considering his size.
"Come on Kagome-sama, Jaken-sama is leaving us!"
"Coming!" She ran after them, pulling at the stockings at the same time which is a very dangerous thing to do, even if you are not running after a mutant green toad minion carrying a staff that has two heads on it that has the ability to spew fire out of its mouth."
"Inuyasha, do you even have the slightest idea where we are?" Miroku sighed as he followed his friend who was growing more and more irritable by the second.
"Give me a break! It's not like we ever know where we are anyways!" Inuyasha continued on, he sensed a barrier up ahead. Not a strong one, but a barrier. Hmph, I wouldn't expect my brother to put up a very good barrier anyways!
'He does have a point Miroku, we never are sure where we are when we go anywhere, so why would right now matter?"
"My dear Sango, you see if we didn't know where we were, then where would we find a place to rest? After all, a certain…ahem…process is best carried out in a real bed…"
"You lecher!" She brought her hiraikotsu over her shoulder and almost beheaded the monk.
"Ah! Sango! No need to be so rash! I was only kidding!" He quickly dodged the first attack, and then several others as the hiraikotsu swung dangerously back and forth in front of him.
"Well this should teach you to think before you speak!" She stopped the hiraikotsu abruptly in front of Miroku's nose and brought her fist right around it, giving the houshi a large swelling bump the size of a watermelon on his head.
"Ah…hehe…" I can't get anywhere with Sango like this! Hm…but if we were to settle down somewhere, I bet I could talk some sense into her and maybe ask her to spend some time with me…perhaps more. The houshi glowed as the thought of making Sango his wife illuminated itself in his mind.
What is that lecherous monk so happy about? She gave the houshi a suspicious look and then turned her attention back to where they were going' Miroku would have to wait. The she felt Miroku's head touch her shoulder, and she was about to slap him again when she realized that for once in his perverted, lecherous life, he was not groping her when he had the chance. "Uh…Miroku?"
Hm, Kagome once said that in order to win a woman's heart, you had to give them respect. I guess I will have to cut out my old habit a little. But it's killing me! Argh! I am just itching to get my hands on her! The monk started twitching in an effort to keep his hands off Sango.
Hm…maybe he has finally learned his lesson…I will let him be for now. She smiled as she felt Miroku's arm come around her waist. She thought that this was a loving movement, but it was really Miroku trying to substitute an area to get his hands on.
I don't know how much longer I can hold out!
Kirara let out a "mrowwr" of laughter as she felt Miroku shaking with anticipation. It was amusing to imagine what the houshi was going through.
Sango was just about to put her hands around Miroku's arm, when she saw a small sign of movement, and then caught sight of a familiar weapon. "Kohaku!"
"Huh what!" Miroku was caught off guard and offended, had Sango just mistaken his name after all they had been through together?
"Kohaku, wait!" Sango jumped off the low-flying Kirara and ran to her brother.
"Huh?" He turned around to see Sango running towards him. Unlike their other encounters, Kohaku remembered his sister this time because Naraku had finally been destroyed.
"Sister!" Kohaku ran up to Sango and embraced her, well more like tried to embrace her because his weapon, the kusarigana, was poking out of its usual spot and nearly cut a hole right through Sango.
"Careful where you point that thing."
"Sorry. Sango, I haven't seen you in so long!"
"Mm, I really missed you Kohaku."
"So, why are you in such a hurry sister?"
"Kagome has been kidnapped by Inuyasha's older brother…" A worried look came upon her face.
"Inuyasha's brother? Isn't that the one that has the little girl trailing after him?"
"Yes, that's Sesshomaru."
"What happened? Can I help you?"
"Hey Sango! What's the holdup?" Inuyasha's voice could be heard in the distance.
"It's Kohaku!"
"Kohaku? You mean your brother is here?"
"Mm, he was finally freed from Naraku's grasp."
"Well c'mon already, now that we know he's okay, let's get going. We're burning time!"
"Kohaku…I'm sorry we had to make this so short…"
"That's okay sis"
"Hey guys, hurry up!" Inuyasha's voice was becoming more and more irritable.
Sango let out a sigh and hugged her brother. She hadn't seen him in months; it was hard to leave him again.
"Ugh! If you two are going to take so long saying goodbye, then just take Kohaku along with us already! It will save a lot of time rather than have you two slow people lag out our time!"
"R-really, is that okay?"
"Yes, I'm sure that you can help us a lot Kohaku!" His sister beamed proudly down at him, he felt even smaller than usual, he was nothing compared his sister, or Inuyasha.
"I guess so…"
"C'mon, is this going to be slow no matter which way we do this!" He was eager to get on ahead. Inuyasha sensed the barrier even stronger now; it must mean that they were close to Sesshomaru's castle.
Kohaku clambered onto Kirara and they took off, this time at a slower pace because three people were quite a bit for Kirara to carry.
"So what happened to Kagome, Sango?"
"Sesshomaru took her just a few days ago. He didn't really have a real reason, at least not that I could see, and he just took her right in front of us. Inuyasha is really becoming anxious to find her; you have to watch your tongue in front of him."
"Mm"
There was a large hill coming up, rounding a bend, Inuyasha hurried up the small hill, basically tearing it off its ends. Kirara followed a little ways back. I can feel it, almost as if it were right on top of me. I feel the barrier. He ran on and soon saw a light on top of another hill. Quickening his pace, Inuyasha drove on, anxious to get to the castle. The barrier had not been hard to find as Miroku had suggested, in fact, unlike most barriers, it gave out a surge of energy, unlike any other, almost as if it were calling out to him.
He tore up the hill that the castle was on and got to the top. Heaving a sigh Inuyasha sat down, but then he realized something, where was the barrier? If it had been on the hill then Inuyasha would have surely noticed it, something was wrong. Kirara soon landed next to him with Miroku, Sango, and Kohaku aboard. Shippo came in right next to them.
"Inuyasha, why have you stopped?"
"It-it's not here…the castle isn't here. I swear I saw it just now."
Miroku was silent.
"Baka, baka baka!" He drove his fist into the ground several times and looked up, that was when he saw it; the castle barrier had not been on the hill as he had thought. Instead it had merely been an illusion, the castle had only appeared to be on the hill, but when in actuality, it had been in the sky. He saw the light emitting from the barrier. Standing up, Inuyasha walked forward.
"It's there, don't you guys see it? There's Sesshomaru's castle, where we'll find Kagome!" Inuyasha was about to run towards the castle when something caught him by the nape of his kimono.
"Hold on just a second Inuyasha…" The monk had his staff extended and caught onto Inuyasha's kimono.
"What the hell is your problem?" Besides the obvious.
"I don't see anything."
'Me either," Sango agreed.
"Nor do I" Kohaku complied.
"What are you guys talking about? It's illuminating it self right in front of you and you can't see it? In broad daylight!" Something was strange about this place. Why was it that only he could see it?
"Why is it that only Inuyasha can see it Miroku? Is it only for a demon's eyes?"
"No, it isn't I can't see it either so that can't be right." The young kitsune looked up at the supposed spot for the castle.
"Well there's only one way to find out if it really is real! We have to break the barrier!" Inuyasha stepped forward and unsheathed his tetsuaiga. "C'mon! What are you just standing there for?"
"Well I guess we best give it a try…" The monk did a small prayer and then set off after his friend. This was going to be one hell of a day.
"Hmmm…" Sesshomaru was observing a soaked Jaken as well as a waterlogged Kagome who had her knee-highs on half way. "So, may I ask what befell you getting here. I understand that it was such a hard journey…" Sarcasm lined the youkai's voice and he sneered at the shivering miko before him.
"I fell in the pond."
"Mm, really?" He pushed the point no further, it was a pointless topic.
"What did you call Rin and Kagome-sama here for Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Hm, you remember, Rin, the incident that you had with the bow and arrow…?"
"Rin is sorry that Rin broke the barrier Sesshomaru-sama…" She looked down at her feet.
"That is none of your concern Rin. I am here right now to explain to you about your new miko abilities, something happened that day that has changed you." Sesshomaru spoke only to Rin and disregarded Kagome completely.
"What has happened to Rin?"
"You have obtained partial miko abilities from Kagome."
"Wha--?" Kagome spoke out before she could stop her self. Rin had obtained miko powers through her?
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and said, "your spirit as well has altered, you will not be the same, nor lead the same life."
"What do you mean?" Kagome began to panic. What had happened to her?
"Your soul was manipulated. Apparently, Rin had a manipulated soul and was transferred to you in the process."
"W-what's a manipulated soul?" She really didn't like the sound of this.
"This Sesshomaru does not know enough to answer that. I simply know that on certain occasions, you will have enhanced abilities."
He's lying! I know he is. He knows more, but just won't tell me! This is really bad, something might really be wrong with me…
"You will be teaching Rin more about miko abilities tomorrow; she needs to know how to handle them."
"When can I go back to Inuyasha?" She wanted to find the comfort of him again, the way that Inuyasha had held her several days before made her feel like his woman. She longed for his gentle, yet strong touch. Sesshomaru may also have a strong touch, but he lacked the comfort and kindness that Inuyasha possessed.
"When you have finished serving your purpose here."
And how long will that be? She thought warily. It had only been a few days that she was here, but it felt like an eternity without Inuyasha.
"Jaken, take them back outside, this Sesshomaru has said all that he has to."
"Yes M'lord….C'mon on you lazy worthless pile of bones! Get moving!"
"Jaken…"
"Yes M'lord…..Please follow me."
Kagome stood warily, she was tired from her flight in the pond, but this left her even more exhausted then before. What had really happened to her that Sesshomaru wasn't telling?
"Windscar!" Inuyasha's attack hit the barrier, for a moment the barrier that surrounded the castle blinked and became visible to all eyes, then it became transparent again.
"Did you see that Miroku?"
"Yes Sango, there is definitely something there."
"Hiraikotsu!"
"Sacred Sutras!"
"Kusarigana"
"Fox Fire!"
"Rrow!"
All the attacks collided at the barrier at once; it gave a shuddering blink, and was met by Inuyasha's windscar.
"Windscar!" It completely blasted the barrier away.
"Well, that wasn't a very challenging task."
"Indeed it wasn't my dear Sango."
"Feh, my brother just doesn't know how to put up a good barrier that's all. C'mon, we have to go and rescue Kagome!"
He leaped up and his friends behind him gathered on Kirara to enter the castle. But as Inuyasha got closer to the castle, he saw that is had ivy growing on it and that some of the windows were broken from wind and rain. This did not seem like a place that his brother would stay in. Something really wasn't right. Inuyasha continued on and the closer he got the castle, the more that he could see its real structure. It had an eerie tone to it, almost as if it had been there for too long and bore too many souls of those passed away.
They continued up to the mysterious castle, all the while not realizing that the entrance to Sesshomaru's castle was on the other side of the sunrise.
A/N: O.o Creepy ending! I left somewhat of a cliffy. Just thought that I could bring in some more reviews that way. Please review! This chapter was lots of fun to make, especially since I could develop Miroku's character a little more. (that's always fun) Thanks for reading!
Reviewer Responses:
meluvsokka: hehe…I love using big words. Sorry if it is too big for your tiny vocabulary Michelle.
Myst172: Yea, pressure getting to me now. Lol. And you actually count how many word fluff butt says? You are so retarded and paranoid.
Aliyah Starnight: Hehe, it seems like everyone hates Kikyo. Lol. I still say Inuyasha is the hottest! Hehe, despite the storyline for my fan-fic.
Kagomemiko13: Lol, once again, everyone hates Kikyo! And I was just wondering, do you think Inuyasha is hotter or Sesshomaru?
Thank you to my other reviewers Evil In The Mist (Jaime you are so stupid) Inuyasha1818 (thank you, I feel so touched) AnimeLover45 (lay down on the sugar there Alex) and 13ubblz (Finally!)
Recommended authors and stories: These are very good fan-fiction authors and stories. I will only post their name once so make sure you look at this well. I will be putting up any others I think are suitable.
karen12: Sesshomaru's Heart this is a wonderful fan-fic that made me cry in the end. It is very long, but I think that this author deserves to be recognized everywhere. It is a very sad and loving piece. Please read.
Aislin Oriel: A Satirical Inuyasha Romance This a lighthearted adventure that I think is the most humorous that I have ever seen! It also deserves to be read and laughed at! A beautiful fan-fic starring everyone's favorite characters.
Friend's thought:
This is a short story that I found really amusing. I did not create it and please do not assume that I did. It is from DragonflyLover14 who wrote the fan-fiction Six Inuyashas Are Better Than one. It is a very funny fan-fiction and I encourage you to all read it. This short story is based on a time that Inuyasha is split up into sex inuyashas based on his personality. Enjoy!
...in present time Tokyo, Japan
...crybaby Inu: "Hey, Kagome…"
...Kagome (in surprise, turning around to face six Inuyashas): "What in the world are you doing in the present time?"
...perverted Inu (slyly): "We followed you here because you forgot your panties back with us."
...Kagome (glaring): "Ha, ha. Very funny. I know I didn't forget my underwear because I happen to be wearing it right n—"
...scaredy Inu: "OHHHH! What's that?"
...points shaky finger at gumball machine
...Kagome: "Good grief. That's just a machine full of gumballs."
...normal Inu (poking glass containing gumballs): "Hmph."
...glass cracks and breaks, gumballs wreak havoc upon the world
...scaredy Inu: "WHAGH! The gumballs will kill us all!"
...gumballs pour out to form a mound on top of Kagome and Inus
...cheerful Inu: "WHEEEEEE! Mmm, this one's strawberry!"
...crybaby Inu: "WAHHHHHHHHHH!"
...angry Inu: "What a bunch of idio—ow!"
...man (thwacking angry Inu on the head with a broom): "What'd you do to my gumball machine? You are terrible people! You…!"
...Sesshy appears
...Sesshy (gaping with mouth open wide): "S-s-six of them?…I thought that guy said my drink had no alcoholic content…Rin, throw me some Tylenol, fast!"