Disclaimer: None of the Inuyasha characters belong to me. However Ami,
Malon, Karinkshin, and Shun do.
W_W - sorry for any misspellings.
Chap 9 - On Thy Toes -
"Ami! Ami!"
Malon Kneeled over the edge of the path calling for her. Hoping, in what was more of wishful thinking than anything; that the strong willed teen would walk up the side of the mountain back to them.
Sesshoumaru stood, clinching and unclenching his hand. He'd missed her.
There was a small spot of blood under on of his nails where he'd scathed her as he had grabbed for her as she fell.
Her panicked screams echoed in his head. He flinched against the thought.
Sesshoumaru let his hand fall to his side. His ears twitched slightly as he concentrated on listening to the sounds of the area around him. He blocked out Malons crying call for the missing girl and reached out for others.
He heard the splashing of rapid waters, the rustling of branches, the waves of a stream washing against pebbled shores.
He heard the clank of mettle against stone.
'Ami's knife!'
He tried to listen for the sound of soft flesh falling to the stones as well. Or perhaps the sound of someone's breathing, but after the metallic sound faded he couldn't pick up any new sounds. He retracted his senses.
Malon was banging his fists against the ground, yelling at himself for being so stupid.
"She tried to worn me!" The bird vaulted down for a second attack and his hand flew and smacked it into the ground.
"GOD DAM IT!"
"Malon."
Malon looked up at the sound of his name.
Sesshoumaru reached his hand down to the upset youth.
"Hu?" Malon was puzzled.
"Hold on." Sesshoumaru said in his flat, emotionless voice.
"What?"
"Hold on."
Sesshoumaru grabbed Malons arm, pulled him up then jumped off the side of the mountain.
"IIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE! WHAT THE HEL!!" Malon shouted as the air rushed past him.
Sesshoumaru, as they neared the bottom, began to flick his eyes from side to side, searching the trees for a sign of the girl. He found what he was looking for.
He grabbed hold of a branch and halted there fall. A startled cry came from Malon, who was now sitting on a patch of ground beneath the tree, after he caught his breath he began to sewer like a sailor.
"What the hell were you doing! You could have fucking killed me! God damb you Sesshoumaru, you..."
Sesshoumaru cut him off with a quick cold glare. He could take swearing an' cursing from Ami but this boy needed to learn his place. If he did that again he would probably end up killing him.
Sesshoumaru inspected the broken branches where a body had fallen through to the small patch of grass below. The grass also showed signs of were Ami's body had fallen. However there was no body and her knife was further away, lying on the pebbled shores of the river.
"Were is she?" Malon asked quietly.
Sesshoumaru didn't answer. He proceeded to inspect the indent in the grass more carefully.
There was a small set of foot prints leading to and away from were Ami's body had fallen. A closer look reveled that the un-none factor had been walking on their toes instead of flat on their feet.
He sniffed the air and found the sent of blood and the sent of another demon. Malon watched quietly as Sesshoumaru looked for clues about the teen whereabouts.
There was, when he looked around a small path, all most a deer trail, leading along from the spot were they stood.
"Sesshoumaru?" Malon muttered thinking it best to bring this to the demons attention.
Sesshoumaru looked back at him, but Malon was at a loss for words once again. He pointed to the path. Sesshoumaru nodded and stood. He walked coolly over to where the path began.
He looked at it then started to walk along the winding trail.
Malon stood still until Sesshoumaru was starting to get to small to see. So, not wanting to be alone, he grabbed up Ami's knife and hurried after Sesshoumaru, trying to forget his fear because that's what had gotten them into this mess in the fist place.
- - - -- Somewhere else -- - - -
"Well, what did you bring you dirty mongrel?" a severe voice rose from the shadows. The wolf demon standing in from of the obscure figure cringed.
The wolf lofted out the unconscious girl he held by the back of the shirt. A trickle of blood ran down from underneath her mass of hair.
"What's this?" A man leaned forward out of the darkness. His long blond hair kept back in a braid behind his shoulders. He wore a mixed collection of armor. Most of which was made form demon hide, claws, and teeth. Only the binding was constructed of metal.
The mans face had a long pail scar running across his nose and cheek. His eyes were two colors. The right being green and the left being an almost white blue.
"Is a... a woman my lord..." the wolf demon stammered nervously.
"I can see that!" the man snapped.
"She... she fell from the sky, good lord, an' she land by yonder river." He pointed in the direction from which he had just come. The blond man sat back, looking coolly at the whimpering demon.
"Is she alive?" He asked, not expecting a positive reply. Anyone who fell from the mountain usually died on impact or very soon after.
"Yes... yes my lord."
His eyes widened and he motioned for the wolf to bring the girl closer.
The demon did so as his lord cam down out of the shadows reveling a lean body covered by a pair of green paints and a white silk kimono top.
He lifted the young woman's face and brushed away some of the dirt, finding that she was actually quite lovely.
"What a find!" He smiled at his servant. "Quite a treasure!"
"Bring her inside and clean her up, watch her till she awakes. If she dies its on your head. If she lives? Well then protect her with your life!"
"Yes... my lord." The young wolf demon shuttered slightly as the man turned and walked back into the shadows and then into one of three caves that branched off from the outcove in the side of the mountain.
The wolfs sholders relaxed when the man had gon and he gingerly picked up the girl and walked on his toes, as was his way, to the cave on the far right.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
W_W - Oh NO!
Sesshy - What?
W_W - I wont have much time to type up this story after tuseday!
Sesshy - Why?
W_W - because im on tech crew for the fall play at my school!
Sesshy- Oh...
W_W- Don't worry I wont leave you hanging I have chaps 10 and 11 done I just need to type them up and I can do that real quick.
Sesshy - *smiles *
W_W - give us a review!
Sesshy - Ja Ne!
W_W - sorry for any misspellings.
Chap 9 - On Thy Toes -
"Ami! Ami!"
Malon Kneeled over the edge of the path calling for her. Hoping, in what was more of wishful thinking than anything; that the strong willed teen would walk up the side of the mountain back to them.
Sesshoumaru stood, clinching and unclenching his hand. He'd missed her.
There was a small spot of blood under on of his nails where he'd scathed her as he had grabbed for her as she fell.
Her panicked screams echoed in his head. He flinched against the thought.
Sesshoumaru let his hand fall to his side. His ears twitched slightly as he concentrated on listening to the sounds of the area around him. He blocked out Malons crying call for the missing girl and reached out for others.
He heard the splashing of rapid waters, the rustling of branches, the waves of a stream washing against pebbled shores.
He heard the clank of mettle against stone.
'Ami's knife!'
He tried to listen for the sound of soft flesh falling to the stones as well. Or perhaps the sound of someone's breathing, but after the metallic sound faded he couldn't pick up any new sounds. He retracted his senses.
Malon was banging his fists against the ground, yelling at himself for being so stupid.
"She tried to worn me!" The bird vaulted down for a second attack and his hand flew and smacked it into the ground.
"GOD DAM IT!"
"Malon."
Malon looked up at the sound of his name.
Sesshoumaru reached his hand down to the upset youth.
"Hu?" Malon was puzzled.
"Hold on." Sesshoumaru said in his flat, emotionless voice.
"What?"
"Hold on."
Sesshoumaru grabbed Malons arm, pulled him up then jumped off the side of the mountain.
"IIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE! WHAT THE HEL!!" Malon shouted as the air rushed past him.
Sesshoumaru, as they neared the bottom, began to flick his eyes from side to side, searching the trees for a sign of the girl. He found what he was looking for.
He grabbed hold of a branch and halted there fall. A startled cry came from Malon, who was now sitting on a patch of ground beneath the tree, after he caught his breath he began to sewer like a sailor.
"What the hell were you doing! You could have fucking killed me! God damb you Sesshoumaru, you..."
Sesshoumaru cut him off with a quick cold glare. He could take swearing an' cursing from Ami but this boy needed to learn his place. If he did that again he would probably end up killing him.
Sesshoumaru inspected the broken branches where a body had fallen through to the small patch of grass below. The grass also showed signs of were Ami's body had fallen. However there was no body and her knife was further away, lying on the pebbled shores of the river.
"Were is she?" Malon asked quietly.
Sesshoumaru didn't answer. He proceeded to inspect the indent in the grass more carefully.
There was a small set of foot prints leading to and away from were Ami's body had fallen. A closer look reveled that the un-none factor had been walking on their toes instead of flat on their feet.
He sniffed the air and found the sent of blood and the sent of another demon. Malon watched quietly as Sesshoumaru looked for clues about the teen whereabouts.
There was, when he looked around a small path, all most a deer trail, leading along from the spot were they stood.
"Sesshoumaru?" Malon muttered thinking it best to bring this to the demons attention.
Sesshoumaru looked back at him, but Malon was at a loss for words once again. He pointed to the path. Sesshoumaru nodded and stood. He walked coolly over to where the path began.
He looked at it then started to walk along the winding trail.
Malon stood still until Sesshoumaru was starting to get to small to see. So, not wanting to be alone, he grabbed up Ami's knife and hurried after Sesshoumaru, trying to forget his fear because that's what had gotten them into this mess in the fist place.
- - - -- Somewhere else -- - - -
"Well, what did you bring you dirty mongrel?" a severe voice rose from the shadows. The wolf demon standing in from of the obscure figure cringed.
The wolf lofted out the unconscious girl he held by the back of the shirt. A trickle of blood ran down from underneath her mass of hair.
"What's this?" A man leaned forward out of the darkness. His long blond hair kept back in a braid behind his shoulders. He wore a mixed collection of armor. Most of which was made form demon hide, claws, and teeth. Only the binding was constructed of metal.
The mans face had a long pail scar running across his nose and cheek. His eyes were two colors. The right being green and the left being an almost white blue.
"Is a... a woman my lord..." the wolf demon stammered nervously.
"I can see that!" the man snapped.
"She... she fell from the sky, good lord, an' she land by yonder river." He pointed in the direction from which he had just come. The blond man sat back, looking coolly at the whimpering demon.
"Is she alive?" He asked, not expecting a positive reply. Anyone who fell from the mountain usually died on impact or very soon after.
"Yes... yes my lord."
His eyes widened and he motioned for the wolf to bring the girl closer.
The demon did so as his lord cam down out of the shadows reveling a lean body covered by a pair of green paints and a white silk kimono top.
He lifted the young woman's face and brushed away some of the dirt, finding that she was actually quite lovely.
"What a find!" He smiled at his servant. "Quite a treasure!"
"Bring her inside and clean her up, watch her till she awakes. If she dies its on your head. If she lives? Well then protect her with your life!"
"Yes... my lord." The young wolf demon shuttered slightly as the man turned and walked back into the shadows and then into one of three caves that branched off from the outcove in the side of the mountain.
The wolfs sholders relaxed when the man had gon and he gingerly picked up the girl and walked on his toes, as was his way, to the cave on the far right.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
W_W - Oh NO!
Sesshy - What?
W_W - I wont have much time to type up this story after tuseday!
Sesshy - Why?
W_W - because im on tech crew for the fall play at my school!
Sesshy- Oh...
W_W- Don't worry I wont leave you hanging I have chaps 10 and 11 done I just need to type them up and I can do that real quick.
Sesshy - *smiles *
W_W - give us a review!
Sesshy - Ja Ne!