CHAPTER 8: Silent Night

"Hello? Is that Kyle?"

"It's me. Let me guess… this must be Mokona, right?"

"That's me!"

"Hey, I hadn't heard from you for a long time. How's the Boeing Stearman I sent to you?"

Kyle asked.

"Well, I had just got my plane license and I had made some modifications on it. I called it the Tornado!"

"Same here, but I called my plane Typhoon."

Kyle could hear the other side laughing.

"What is it?"

"Oh no, it's nothing… I just don't believe that these planes still existed." Mokona said after she stifled her laughter.

"It's just they are still under production, but only if someone wants to order it, they'll do it."

"I see…"

"Well Mokona, I hope we can meet again sometime soon. If you have anything to ask about the Boeing Stearman, just give me e-mail. See ya!"

Kyle placed the receiver before getting back to modifying his biplane.

Back at Mokona, she had grown so attached with Inuyasha's group that she came to visit them almost everyday. Amar however, made not-too-frequent visits since he had a monthly test coming up soon. Shippo had considered the two-tailed kitsune more like a companion, and Mokona regards Shippo the same way he does to her.

However, there are a lot of things that she didn't tell to her group.

Mokona was at first born with a single tail, but few weeks later, the tail splits into two. Unlike her older twin sisters, Mokona was very frail and sick when she's very young. Reika was worried too often about Mokona as she grew very slowly. She was diagnosed with some kind of a rare disease that later caused her to stop growing completely.

Thankfully, that disease was not fatal.

Despite of her small size, Mokona had the ability to fly with her double tails and carry an object that was twice her weight. She can carry heavy objects while flying although this varies her flight time. She gained the nickname 'Tails' akin to a popular videogame character that had the same abilities like her.

Unlike Kyle Thorndyke, her best friend, Mokona gained this ability as normal while Kyle had been genetically modified.

Today, Mokona had the thought of showing the others how'd she handle the Panchor Jackhammer, her favorite weapon from a PC game.

"Okay, all barrel drums ready with the 12G shells." Mokona then immersed herself into a reverie. "What should I do if Naraku came back for me or Modoki? That time was a lucky break, and luck always came with a price tag…"

"Mokona, what are you muttering about?"

"It's nothing, Modoki. I'm just planning on what to do."

"Well, you should start moving now. We can't wait for them, right?"

"Okay."

Mokona flew away with her helicopter tails, following Inuyasha's scent.

At Inuyasha's group, they were traveling from a village to the other when they heard a whizzing noise. Kagome knew that the small-helicopter's rushing wind's noise was Mokona's tail but Inuyasha idiocy came first as he withdrew Tetsusaiga.

"Calm down Inuyasha. Its just Mokona coming."

"Really?"

"I'd just flew with her few days ago."

"With what?"

"Inuyasha, sit!" A loud crash ensued when Kagome said that word calmly. "You'd better know well about her. She can fly with those two tails of hers instead of just cutting trees in half."

"I don't believe it."

Mokona stopped flying when she saw the group and she landed lightly on Inuyasha's back.

"Hi, everyone!" the two-tailed fox beamed like a child. "I'm not too late, aren't I?"

"No." Shippo said.

"Where's Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha was so angered that he grabbed Mokona by her tails like what he did to Shippo, when he gets up to his feet from the crater. Undaunted, Mokona aimed the Jackhammer's muzzle to Inuyasha's head.

"You don't dare to do that, kitsune."

"Three cheers for me!" Mokona pulled the trigger but a flag came out. "Bang! You're dead, Inuyasha."

The others laughed at the two tailed fox's antics but Inuyasha wasn't that kind of person. He was about to knock Mokona's head when Kagome yelled sit.

CRASH!

"…Sorry, Inuyasha…"

Shippo on the other hand was quite happy that he got someone near his human age (He's probably 6 or 9. Mokona's in Standard 4 in 2006, so she's 9 years old.)

Along the way, the two chatted away happily.

"Well, we had to stop here for the night."

"Camping… here?" Mokona said, as she points he finger to the ground where she's stepping on.

"Yes, Mokona."

"Well, it's not a problem for me. I'm used of sleeping outside the house occasionally." Mokona said. "I can be the guard if you all want to." Mokona volunteered.

"…"

Inuyasha can't resist Mokona's voluntarism. After all, he was the night sentry the whole time they look for the Shikon jewel shards. Although Miroku was also being a helping hand, he is not helping if he falls asleep.

Unknown to the others, a pair of eyes were watching them from afar.

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"If I can't get the fox last time, you should better be now."

"I understand."

"Now go!"

The figure facing the veil disappeared.

"This time, I'll get that fox and her soul!"

An evil cackle could be heard throughout the eerily dark room.

A/N: Wow, MSP sure took a long time to update. Oh well, here it is. Read on and review! Have fun!

Notes: We are looking for anyone who had experiences in translating English to Malay. This is for Mother 3 (EarthBound 2) English to Malay Translation Project. If you could give some help, or if you're a Malaysian, go ahead and contact me. Make sure you have a dictionary ready when the project starts.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL OR A JOKE.