The Other Side
Chapter 46
The Elements Discussion
On a different plane entirely, Saiyu watched his lady breathe in and out slowly. He was frowning; his heals couldn't heal this. This was beyond his expertise. "Zhou-Mao, what are we going to do? Milady will not be able to last," he said softly, eyes downcast.
The God of Time sighed as Draicia stepped up to his side. "I know," he answered. "I know." The woman next to him placed a hand on his shoulder in comfort. "We were all supposed to protect her and we've failed."
"We were sent to help her, give her abilities like the gods, and you planned everything, Zhou-Mao, down to the last thing. What is your plan of action now?" Draicia inquired, all the while scolding in him in the process. She smirked when his shoulders sagged.
"The God of Hell will be back but considering I had Kagome to send him back to Hell, I'm not entirely sure where he has gone to," he told them all, his lips pressed in a thin line.
"Oh that's easy!" chimed in Chebawi, floating on a ball of air—white swirls dancing within the ball. Zhou-Mao raised an eyebrow to the brat. "In the moment that you grabbed Kagome's hand, she purified the hell god, while using you to send him back. He won't actually be doing anything anymore to Kagome. I thought you knew this?"
"Listen here brat," he began but paused when Chebawi smirked, then he sighed, giving up on trying to talk to him. Then added, "I—didn't know..."
Chebawi tilted his head in confusion and said, "But you're the God of Time, surely you would know about everything in the world? Are you telling me that you didn't foresee what would happen after this battle?" When Zhou-Mao didn't answer, several gasps were heard.
"You didn't know about this?" Draicia sighed, blinking slowly as she looked to Kagome. She wasn't doing well. Her mate was next to her with a look of worry etched on his face.
"Well what do we do now?" questioned Oras, stepping up to where Chebawi was floating. "We have to be able to do something, right? We can't just let her die."
"Saiyu can heal her!" Ilosia exclaimed but then was saddened when Saiyu merely shook his head. "Why not?" This was whined out.
"I cannot heal her fully. My healing abilities are what is keeping her alive right now. If I were to merely stop what I am doing, then she would die and her mate would follow."
"Can't have that happening..."
Zhou-Mao took a moment then remembered what that small white-haired female said back when Kagome was saying goodbye to everyone. "Wait..." Everyone turned to him in wonder. "Wait—what about—what about Shiori?" A collective of heads tilted and it made him want to bang their heads in, preferably hard enough to knock them out. "Shiori is Inuyasha's mate in the future. She was able to calm down Kagome when she was teleported to the future. As Kagome was saying goodbye though, Shiori said that she would be seeing her soon."
"But why?" Keida asked, ever so softly.
"Exactly; why would she say that? What could she possibly do that would help Kagome when we can't do anything?" he finished, the idea sinking through everyone.
"Is she a key to helping our lady heal?" Saiyu suggested.
"That's a possibility," he added. He suddenly dawned on something else as well. "Eeinu," he called to.
"Y-Yes?" came a small whisper.
"I need you to create an oval, about this big." He showed with his fingers, no bigger than an inch and a half. "Put as much light and holy energy into the item."
"Of c-course..."
"Why are you asking that of him?" Chebawi's eyes held mirth as if he already knew why Zhou-Mao was asking.
"Because Sesshomaru originally gave Kagome a necklace to protect her since we all know the trouble that she attracts. It is build mostly of his youki but I'm now adding her holy abilities into the mix to make that gem a bit more powerful."
Chebawi looked pleased and in awe; perhaps he didn't know everything then. "Oh, that's smart."
"Uh huh." He looked to Oras, who stared at him with curiosity. "Oras, after Eeinu is done, I would like you to focus on the color."
"Sure thing boss."
"So, how do we go about finding Shiori?" asked Saiyu.
"How indeed. Anyone have any ideas?"
All were quiet, each in their own thoughts, while watching their lady. They watched as her friends never left the room; Inuyasha had taken to watching over them by the door, Miroku and Sango were sitting in chairs near the half-demon. InuKimi was in a chair near the bed, and Kenichi was on the side, leaning against the wall near Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru lay in the bed, nudging Kagome every so often to try and wake her up.
"So, now that we all know that Zhou-Mao is completely and utterly useless," Chebawi started, earning a few chuckles at this as the god glared at that brat once again. "I think we should use Imatsu. He has that technique that he could use to locate Shiori." He shrugged a little. "I mean, it's just a thought."
"Not a bad one though. Good idea, Chewy."
"It's Chebawi!"
"You're still Chewy in my book."
"Gimme the book!"
Oras laughed, "Here they go again." The others nervously chuckled.
"Now, now, Chewy, relax. I already told you, you did good."
"One of the few compliments you ever give me and it's Chebawi!"
"Same thing!"
"It is not the same thing! Emphasis on the ba; why is that so hard for you to say?!"
"Because it gets you this riled; it's absolutely hilarious!"
Eeinu inched to the darker male, flinching at the tone that Chebawi was using. "U-Um, Zhou-Mao?" He looked over to him and his eyes lit up as he grabbed the oval gem that Eeinu was holding in his hand. "Is t-that to your s-satisfaction?"
"Yes it is." He nodded. "Thanks for this chibi!" Eeinu blushed and shied away from everyone else. "Imatsu!" Silence and nothing but silence. "Is Imatsu even awake?"
"I don't think so," Keida commented lightly, covering up his laugh when Zhou-Mao looked ready to throttle something.
"Typical! Someone go wake him up!" He threw the gem at Oras, who glared at him when it hit him in the face. He fumbled to get it but caught it before it fell.
Chebawi, while still glaring at Zhou-Mao's back, floated over to Draicia. "Zhou-Mao has no patience."
The woman smirked. "How does the God of Time not have any patience? I would think he would have some."
"I guess when they were creating him, patience was the one thing he passed." Draicia resisted the urge to laugh as the man in question, glared heavily at the two of them like they were the bane of his existence.
"Since I have no quarrels with Eeinu, I am going to assume that Zhou-Mao is behind this and for that, I'm going to hurt you," came the new voice of Imatsu. Zhou-Mao actually looked offended. "No one should ever wake me up unless it's absolutely necessary."
"But it is necessary!" Chebawi claimed as the male looked at the brat. "Milady is in a bad state! See for yourself!" He pointed to the front of all of them.
Imatsu took in the state of Kagome and his expression softened. "What do you need me to do?"
"We need you to locate a woman by the name Shiori," Draicia told him as he inclined his head to her that he heard her. "Zhou-Mao is convinced that she might be of some importance to waking up our lady."
"I see and how are you going to convince this woman that our lady needs saving?" he asked, eyes still watching Kagome.
Chebawi rubbed his neck. "Uh...hadn't thought of that."
"Hopefully when she sees us—whoever we send—she will listen," Oras thought aloud as Imatsu gave him a unimpressed look. The male looked away, almost immediately.
"Well, I suppose it's better than nothing. I'll get to work." He walked away after that.
"I will go and talk to our lady...or well, those around her of our idea," Draicia said as she disappeared before anyone could stop her.
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