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Chapter 7
"Tell me where to find Iria! I smell her all over this place." A silver haired man yelled at the villager.
"We don't know anyone by the name of Iria!" The villager was yelling, it was Taishi, one of the villagers that had been talking to her when she was helping him in his fields, an elderly old man.
"Kenji! Stop it!" Iria said, running at him and punching him in the face. The older man fell sideways and onto the dirt ground before them.
"What the fuck was that for!" He yelled at her getting up off the ground.
Iria ignored him, "Are you alright Taishi?" She asked helping him up.
"Yes my dear, thank you."
"Good, now go inside, I have some business to settle." She said glaring over her shoulder at Kenji.
Taishi went inside his house to his concerned wife, Jeri.
"Just what the hell are you trying to pull Kenji!" Iria yelled her piercing golden eyes glaring at him threateningly.
"I was looking for you, considering you up and fucking left us after being mute for 6 goddamned years!" He yelled back just as loud.
"Where's Kitaru? He going to jump out of the bushes and fucking attack me?" she replied in the same tone.
"Kitaru is dying! That's why I sought you out, hoping you could help him!" He said, stilling yelling until he realized what he said.
"Wha… what do you mean? Kitaru can't die!" She said, tears spilling out of her eyes.
"I… um… oh jesus don't cry!" Kenji said, frustrated.
"Where is he?" she said, her voice cracking.
"He's at home. Ri, he wants to talk to you." He said, taking a step towards her.
"Just… I'm alright, it just came as a surprise." Iria said wiping her eyes with her hand.
Kenji was silent. He couldn't believe how much his sister had grown up. Her eyes looked different then when he had last seen them.
"What happened to your hand Ri?" he asked taking another step towards her and picking her hand up in his.
"I… um… burnt it." She shrugged.
"So you are learning the elements." Kenji said, taking his free hand and placing it over the burn marks. Her hand stung for a moment before the heat was replaced with a coolness. When he took his hand off of hers she was surprised to see the burn marks were gone.
"How did you?" Iria gasped.
"There are 8 elements, Wind, Water, Fire and Earth are the main 4. Life, Shadow, Healing are 3 more. The last one is for you to decide." He explained.
"What do you mean?" by this time, Inuyasha and the others had gathered around them. As well as a few angry villagers.
"Life is the balance everyone has, it's the element that allows us to live. Everyone has it, thus allowing them to live in the natural elements. Element users are able to use the 4 main elements as their own as well as life and an element that isn't used by others, their own element. Kitaru is shadow, which is his own element. Mine is healing and your will be whatever you decide." Kenji explained.
"Where's Kitaru? I want to go see him." Iria demanded suddenly.
"He's in the mountains to the west. Please sis, wait until later tonight, he wanted you to wait before you came, knowing you'd be upset about the news."
"Fine, but as soon as tonight comes around, where going." She finalized.
"Very well."
"Iria, who is this?" Kagome asked making the two jump.
"This is my brother Kenji, he's 400 years older than me." She grinned.
"What!" The group, other than Inuyasha, Shippo, Sango and Kirara did a double-take.
"You see… 1000 years to you, is like us ageing 1 year in demon years." Kenji explained.
"Oh." Kagome said.
"Kenji, this is Kagome, Sango Miroku, Inuyasha, Shippo and Kirara. Everyone this is Kenji." She introduced.
"Hello." Kenji said.
"It's nice to meet you." Kagome smiled.
"Same here." He replied, smiling as well.
"DEMONS!" A village woman cried, dragging her son along with her out of the woods towards the village. "THE DEMONS ARE COMING!"
"Shit!" Kenji said. "They must've followed me here!"
"What do you mean followed you? What'd you do this time!" Iria cried. Taking off into a dead sprint with the others not to far behind.
"What do you mean 'what'd you do this time'? what makes you think I did anything?" He called up to her. She was unbelievably fast.
"Just what I said!" She called back.
"We've got a job to do! If you're going to fight, fight about it later!" Inuyasha yelled out.
"FINE!" Iria and Kenji said at the same time.
"Holy shit!" Iria said, stopping short as she came face to face with a dragon demon.
"CLAWS OF HELL!" Kenji screamed swiping his claws at the demon that was in front of his sister.
"Thanks I owe you one." Iria said. "how the hell did you get the blue dragon tribe on your ass?"
"I took an egg out of Elegances' nest by mistake. I thought it was a chickens egg." He replied, using his claws against another dragon demon.
"Elegance! How can you mistake her eggs for CHICKEN eggs!" She yelled, drawing the two swords.
"I don't know!"
"Here! Take this." She yelled while tossing him one of her blades.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"BLADES OF BLOOD!" Inuyasha yelled taking out a smaller dragon in front of Kagome.
"STOP!" Iria yelled. She sheathed the sword.
Everything around her kept going on.
"I SAID STOP!" her voice boomed over the fighting. Everything stopped except for a few frightened birds that took off in the distance, as everyone looked at her.
"Elegance!" Iria called.
A giant dragon, with Ocean and Sky blue scales, white wings that were tethered and looked heavy, her deep blue/green eyes shone with anger as she stepped forward on a massive scaled foot.
"What do you want? Daughter of Light."
"Hm… haven't been called that for a while Elegance." She smiled.
"what did you call on me for child?" the dragon asked.
"You know how I did you that favor? A long time back. I was wondering if I could take you up on your offer."
"Whatever is your wish child."
"Will you stop trying to kill my brother and friends… please?" she asked, her voice sweet with the eldest dragon of the blue tribe.
"As you wish." Elegance smiled at her, before telling the others that they were going home. "Good bye, young Iria, I hope that our paths cross once again." She said as she graciously walked away.
"Hey Ri… I know what your 6th element is." Kenji said seriously.
"What?" Iria asked turning to face her older brother.
"Negotiation!" He grinned.
Iria glared at him for a moment then… smiled.
"That's just a personality trait that you, evidently… don't have." Was all she said as she walked away from him. Back towards the village.
"And what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Kenji fumed stomping after her.
"Exactly what I meant it to mean."
"And what exactly did you mean, again."
"Obviously brains was also a personality trait that didn't favor you either." She laughed taking off running down the hill towards the village. Kenji didn't waste much time before going after her.
Kagome smiled up at Inuyasha as he bent down and kissed her on the lips.
"Hey Inuyasha, I need to go back to my time for a little bit, you coming with…?" She asked, her lip stuck out cutely.
"How could I refuse?" he smiled.
"Yay!"
-.- later that night. -.-
"Well, we'll be on our way I guess." Iria said to them.
"Yeah, how long are you going to be gone?" Kagome asked.
"Probably about 2 or 3 weeks… I'll find you guys… or whatever."
"If your not back when we come back from my home, then we'll head out towards where you guys are going." Inuyasha told them.
"Very well, sir." Kenji said, shaking Inuyasha's hand. "It was nice meeting you all." He bowed.
"Same to you, Kenji, your welcome around here anytime." Kagome said.
"Thank you."
"Your quite welcome." Kagome replied.
Iria stepped forward towards Kagome. She reached out and hugged her with slender arms.
"Thank you Kagome, so much, for everything you've done for me." She said before pulling back and nodding to her brother.
"C'mon sis, lets get going." He said smiling at her as she nodded toward the group.
"C ya's later!" Iria waved before taking off with her brother by her side.
A.N
Yo, this is the seventh chapter, I'm sorry its not all that long!
Neways to my loving reviewers and my very faithful ones!
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