Song of Death
I own NOTHING! Except Kirie.
I raise one eyebrow as I wait for the answer. Kagome flinches slightly and I can practically see her internal struggle of whether or not to lie to me.
"No bullshit, please," I tell her. "I'm a big girl, older than you. I can handle it."
She sighs softly and then tells me the story of how she fell down a well and was transported to the Feudal Era, and how she, Inuyasha, and their other friends are on a quest to kill Naraku. I listen in surprise.
"So, evil bastard wants the jewel and you don't want to let him use it for evil, huh." They nod. "Well, it looks my stay in Japan got that much more interesting," I laugh.
"Wait, what?" Inuyasha says. "Who said you could come with us!"
I smirk, "Well I'm here, I might as well be of some help."
"No, no, no, NO! Kagome tell her she can't come with us!" he yells.
"Why? She could be really good help," Kagome says. "And it will be more fun for me when I say something you don't understand, because she will!"
"Outnumbered, Lassie, what'cha gonna do?" I laugh. He growls and goes off to sulk, I can only guess.
"Kagome! You're back!" a female voice calls.
"Ah, Sango! Hey!" she calls back. I look in curiosity and see a pretty girl who looks a couple years older than me. She's wearing what looks like some form of ninja armor and her long dark hair is in a high ponytail.
She notices me and then screams at Kagome, "Get down! There's a demon!" She takes what looks like an overly large boomerang off her back.
"No Sango! Stop!" Kagome yells. "That's my cousin."
"(She called me a bloody demon,)" I grumble in English. Then I say in Japanese, "Hey, I'm Kirie."
"I'm so sorry!" she says. "With that hair, those eyes, and all the markings on your body, I thought you were some form of youkai!"
"It's fine, (although you sound like my mum)" I say.
"What did you say?" she asks, confused by the line I said in English.
"Kirie's not from Japan, I think that was English," Kagome says, "and in my time those markings are called tattoos, she has piercings, and she dyes her hair."
It's true. My naturally bone straight black hair has all the colors of the rainbow, sans pink, dyed into it in streaks. It is so long that it reaches the tops of my thighs, but it has many shorter layers in it, and I have wing-like side bangs that partially cover my left eye. My eyes have a base color of molten sterling silver and there are swirls of grass green that seems to swim in my eyes. It's quite cool, honestly. My eyes are also outlined in black. I have a lot of piercings, two studs and a hoop in my right eyebrow, a hoop in my lip, a belly button ring that has a hanging skull, and six holes in each of my ears full of studs, hoops, and connecting chains. I have a LOT of tattoos, my favorite being a black rose with red blood- like drops on it. That tattoo is located on the area seemingly between my stomach and right hip.
I look down and I send a quick prayer of thanks to God that I changed in the bathroom of the airport. Now I have my "A Day to Remember" shirt on, that cuts off a couple inches under my 'cleavage' and red skinny jeans on. The look is completed with black, lace up, knee high boots.
"If you're not from Japan, where are you from?" Sango asks curiously.
"Australian," I say, and my accent stresses that word heavily.
"And those characters?" she asks, indicating the lettering on my shirt.
"Those are English, and it says a day to remember. That's the name of a band I'm in love with," I say and laugh. She nods, satisfied.
I take out my guitar absentmindedly, and I play a couple chords of "All Signs point to Lauderdale" one of my favorite songs by "A Day to Remember."
"What is that?" Sango asks in surprised delight.
"A guitar, it's an instrument I play in my band," I say.
"Ooh! Play a song for us!" Kagome orders.
I play "All Signs Point to Lauderdale" and sing it as well. They don't understand the words, but they still like listening, they tell me. I smile, and then we hear another voice.
"Sango! What was that noise? Is Kagome back?" a male voice yells.
"Yeah, and her cousin came along with her. She was just singing to us," Sango yells back. A guy in monk's clothing runs up with a little boy who has an adorable fluffy fox tail.
"Shippo! Miroku! Hi!" Kagome yells to them.
"Who is that?" Miroku asks. "Is this your cousin?"
"Yeah, name's Kirie," I reply. He looks slightly intimidated by my appearance.
"You're really pretty, I don't see why you cover yourself in ink," Miroku says. I tilt my head slightly in confusion. "Well, never mind that," he says grabbing my hands, "would you like to bare my children?"
A crinkle form between my eyebrows and then I glare at him. "(Fuck off)," I spat at him, "(That isn't bloody funny, you arse.)"
"What?" he asks. "What language are you speaking?"
"English, and I really don't appreciate the joke when your girlfriend is right there," I growl at him. Sango blushes and then hits Miroku, hard.
I laugh. "Okay, we should probably get back to the village," Kagome says. I follow them, and then stop and look longingly at a river we pass.
"Hey," I drag out the words 'hey' pleadingly, "can I go swimming?"
"Right now?" Kagome asks.
"Yeah, I always wear a bathing suit under my clothes, and you guys can go ahead, I'll find my way," I plead. "I just haven't been swimming in like a week, and being from Australia, I might as well be half fish. Can I? Can I please?"
"Okay," Kagome sighs. "Jeez, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were the younger one."
I squeal in delight and hug her, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I then walk to the shore and I take off my boots. I look over to make sure they're gone before I take off everything except the bathing suit I always have on under my clothes. Today it's a bright blue bikini. Then I jump into the water, which I made sure was deep enough. I swim underwater for a long time, and just play around it the water for around two hours. Then I get dressed, grab my guitar, and sit on a rock and start singing "A Twist in My Story" by "Secondhand Serenade."
When I stop singing, I hear clapping. I spin around and see two men (?) standing there. The one clapping has a long black braid, pretty blue eyes, and a purple star on his forehead. The other man looks slightly like a woman; he's wearing a kimono and is actually quite pretty.
"I've never heard that language or that style of song. It's interesting," star man says.
"Big brother, can I kill her?" pretty man asks.
"No, not yet. I think we should keep her," star man replies. I roll my eyes as they argue about what they should do with me and I sit down with impatience.
"Are you gonna decide, or can I leave?" I say in irritation.
"Jakotsu, we're taking her with us," star man says.
"But she's a girl," pretty man, whose name is Jakotsu I guess, whines.
"C'mere girl," star man says.
"No, I like him better," I say, pointing to Jakotsu, "he doesn't want to kidnap me. I'm not going with you, I promise you that."
He smiles, "You are, whether or not you like it."
"Bankotsu, do you have to?" Jakotsu asks.
"We'll have entertainment!" star man, Bankotsu, laughs. "It's better than listening to Mukotsu tell us about poisons for five hours."
"That is true, but…" Jakotsu trails off. My anger snaps.
"(I don't bloody care what you arses do with me! Just bloody decide what you want already so I can fight you! I really don't bloody need this!)" I shout at them in complete anger. I stop and glare at them.
"What'd she say?" Bankotsu whispered to Jakotsu.
And that's when I completely snap. "Arghh!" I yell, and I run and attack the irritating man that is Bankotsu.
And there you have it! Bankotsu is officially in the story! Review please, if anything is bothering you, the characters don't seem right, or if you just like the story. I'd like to listen to the comments and attempt to fix whatever is bothering anyone! w