Disclaimer: None of the Inuyasha characters belong to me. However Ami,
Malon, Karinkshin, and Shun do.
W_W - sorry for any misspellings.
Chap 10 - Hello and Goodbye -
"Sess... Sesshy!"
In the girls sleep she yelled that name over and over again.
The wolf demon, Shun, sat next to her cross-legged holing his ankles.
"Why do you cry out name?' he thought aloud "Do you miss this, Sesshy?"
"Malon don't... " She muttered.
Shun leaned forward, a new name!
The girls head trashed from side to side and her hands clinched. Her eyes twitched.
"Sesshoumaru!" She yelled at the top of her lungs as she sat up and her eyes flew open. Shun scrambled backwards in surprise.
Ami sat gasping for breath.
"You is okay?" Shun crept forward slowly not wanting to startle her.
"Who are..." she asked.
"I am's Shun." He smiled, exposing his fangs, while his dog like tail waged behind him.
"You're a wolf demon?" she smiled as well.
"Yesses ma'am."
Ami started to get up but her left leg wouldn't move, so she concluded that it must be broken.
"You need something?" Shuns eyes sparkled with purpose.
"Um... I could use a drink..."
"OK!"
Shun ran out on his toes and grasped a small pot of water. He walked back slowly trying not to spill the liquid. He sat it down next to Ami.
"Um... thanks." She smiled as she took a few sips.
Shuns tail started to wag again.
"You need cloths too?" he asked eagerly.
"Um..." She looked down at the tattered dirty and utterly worthless clothing she was wearing. "Ya."
"OK!" Shun rushed out again and fetched a folded green silk kimono top with red sleeves, a pair of tight brown pants, and a red sash tie. He brought them bake to the waiting woman and then turned around.
Ami dressed slowly, trying not to injure her leg further. She put the Inuyasha book in the sash so that it acted like a pocket to. Then she looked around and gapped a roll of bandages. She rapped her wrists and ankles then fashioned a splint for her broken leg.
"Turn around bight eyes..."She said in a sing-sing voice.
Shun turned around a gasped.
"She look like worrier!" he thought out loud.
"Thank you!" Ami smiled, she squatted down to pick up Malons darts and blowgun then attached then to her waist.
She sat down against the wall. Shun looked like he wanted to say something but instead he came and sat next to her. He studied her for a moment.
"Who Sesshoumaru an' Malon?"
"Hu?" She looked up at him in surprise.
"You call them in you sleep. Who they?"
"There, my friends." She said quietly.
"You miss Sesshy?"
"Ya." She looked down.
'I must have been talking in my sleep...'
Shun stared at her for a moment longer then announced
"I go get master now."
And he left the room.
"Oh grate, a master..." she muttered
She used the wall to push herself to her good leg. She stood with the splinted leg away from the door so as to hide her weakness.
The sound of footfalls met her ears and a tall thin man with a scar across the bridge of his nose walked in, followed by Shun.
"Ah! My lady, you have awoken!"
He glided forward and grasped her hand. He kneeled down to kiss it.
Ami snatched her hand back and smacked him across the face.
"Excuse me! I don't believe I've had the pleasure?!"
The man looked up into the soft brown eyes that, at the moment, had an icy tint to them. He was a bit shocked. No one, not since he had become the demon lord, had dared hit him.
"I'm sorry, how rude of me, I have not introduced myself."
He stood back and bowed.
"I am Karinkshin, the demon lord."
'Yeash, what a name.." Ami thought.
"Wait, you're a demon lord? But your human!"
"Yes, indeed I am. You see two years ago I managed to beat Koga the wolf demon in a bout of leadership."
"YOU KILLED KOGA!" She yelled in an enraged voice.
"No, No.. I merely imprisoned him." He waved his hand in the general direction of the center cave.
"I see." She said.
Ami folded her arms and shifted her position so that her right leg could support her weight more comfortably and in the process exposed her splinted leg to Karinkshin.
Karinkshin eyed her leg carefully.
"I have given my lady my name, may I humbly ask yours?" He questioned
"Humble nothin'," Ami uncrossed her arms and placed on hand on her hip.
"The name's Ami.." she paused for a moment then added, "The wanderer."
"Ah but your to young an beautiful to be a mere wanderer!"
He was trying to get her to relax and let her guard down by using flattery.
'Wont work.' Ami thought defensively.
"That's the worst pick up line I've ever heard." She said bluntly.
Karinkshin smiled and nodded his head.
"Yes, I suppose your right. If you'll excuse me.."
He walked quickly for the cave.
'That woman is infuriating! How dose she get off talking to me like that!'
He walked out into the hall where the three caves connected and with his gloved hand he punched the wall.
"Having trouble with women Keny?"
A weak voice commented form the darkness of the middle cave.
"Your in no position to make shrewd comments Koga!" he snapped angrily.
"Feh." Koga huffed and his ears twitched.
"Your mocking bird is singing." He smirked in the shadows.
Karinkshin snuck back toward the girls room and sure enough, she was singing.
"There are," "Three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway." "Why there aren't four of them," "Heaven only knows." "Guess it's not what you take," "When you leave this world behind you." "Its what you leave behind you when you go."
Ami kept singing her song. Shun, sitting on the floor in front of her, was rocking his head back and forth to the rhythm of her tune.
Shun started to howl and Ami looked at him for a moment and then began to howl as well. Truth be told it sounded like there were actually two wolfs in the cave.
Karinkshin stepped in and Ami cut off. Shun stopped abruptly and scuttled off to the side.
"That was quite beautiful."
"Thank you." She answered coldly.
'I just don't like this guy! I think its time for me to go..'
"Excuse me." She tried to sound polite as she limped lightly past Karinkshin.
That was the last straw for the human demon lord. This woman was just going to leave! The Bitch! She wouldn't get away!
"You're not going anywhere!" He grabbed her wrapped wrist.
Ami stopped and turned to face him, growling deeply in her throat.
"Let go of me."
"You Bitch! You thing you can order me around like some puppy dog!"
"I said let go!" she roared in an almost demon like fashion. He free hand whipped around and stabbed one of Malons poison darts into Karinkshin's neck.
"Agh!" Karinkshin yelled in pain.
"I'll get you for this!"
Shun gasped as Karinkshin reached for the broad sword at his side.
*Flash Back *
"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!" *End Flash Back *
Shun jumped in front of Ami as the swing arched downward.
"SHUN!" Ami yelled as the word cut into his shoulder instead of her.
"Why you!" Karinkshin growled groggily.
Shun turned painfully to face his master.
"I protect her with my life." Shun smiled as she eyes fogged over.
"Shun!" Ami cried as his limp body fell to the ground dragging the sword with him.
Tears streamed out of her eyes as she punched Karinkshin square in the face. The half asleep man fell backward with a thud and lay her as the last of his consciousness was lost to the powerful sedative.
Ami kneeled down next to Shuns bleeding form and picked up his surprisingly light body. Her tears dripped onto his lifeless form.
"Oh Shun.."
She limped out of the cave and turned to the center one.
"Koga?" she called into it.
A chain rattled and his voice came back at her with a slight echo.
"Ya?"
"Have you enough strength to dig a hole?"
Ami put don Shun's body and brought a torch form the outside wall into the cave.
Koga guarded his eyes from the light till his eyes adjusted. He looked up at the girl standing in front of him.
"Shun's dead?" he asked in a pained voice.
Ami nodded and Koga hung his head.
"I thought so, I smelt his blood."
Amy kneeled and picked the lock on the chains that encircled Koga's arms and legs with one of Malons darts.
(AN: Handy little things aren't they?)
Koga rose to his feet slowly and followed Ami out. He went to work digging the hole as soon as they were out and Ami paced a rock on top of the grave once Shun was placed inside and was covered over with dirt.
"I'll miss that little punk." Koga commented quietly.
Ami turned and limped off toward the indenture that lead out of the hole in the mountain.
"Hay! " Koga turned and jogged after her.
"You let me out, and defeat karinkshin! You could at least give me your name!" He poked her for emphasis.
"Why? You already know it." Ami said.
"Oh, ya, I guess your right!"
Ami started to get a lead on him even with her broken leg.
"HEY!" Koga said again.
He tripped as he tried to catch up to her. His arm smacked against her broken leg and Ami fell, painfully, to the ground.
"sor.. ."
Koga's apology was cut off by a fierce growling form the entrance.
Koga sniffed the air, then turned toward the opening that lead out into the vanishing daylight.
"Oh SHIT!"
"Hu?" Ami asked.
She looked over to were the cave opened out.
Sesshoumaru's figure us framed by the fadeing sunlight. He stood there red eyed, and growling darkly. His hand clinched into a fist and a wind erupted from around his body.
"Sesshoumaru NO!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
W_W - Ho oh! Koga better watch out!
Sesshy - *SNIKER * YES KILL KILL KILL!
W_W - *Smacks him in the head *
Sesshy - OWE! What was that for!
W_W - You were becoming histarical!
Sesshy - Give us a review
W_W - Ja Ne!
W_W - sorry for any misspellings.
Chap 10 - Hello and Goodbye -
"Sess... Sesshy!"
In the girls sleep she yelled that name over and over again.
The wolf demon, Shun, sat next to her cross-legged holing his ankles.
"Why do you cry out name?' he thought aloud "Do you miss this, Sesshy?"
"Malon don't... " She muttered.
Shun leaned forward, a new name!
The girls head trashed from side to side and her hands clinched. Her eyes twitched.
"Sesshoumaru!" She yelled at the top of her lungs as she sat up and her eyes flew open. Shun scrambled backwards in surprise.
Ami sat gasping for breath.
"You is okay?" Shun crept forward slowly not wanting to startle her.
"Who are..." she asked.
"I am's Shun." He smiled, exposing his fangs, while his dog like tail waged behind him.
"You're a wolf demon?" she smiled as well.
"Yesses ma'am."
Ami started to get up but her left leg wouldn't move, so she concluded that it must be broken.
"You need something?" Shuns eyes sparkled with purpose.
"Um... I could use a drink..."
"OK!"
Shun ran out on his toes and grasped a small pot of water. He walked back slowly trying not to spill the liquid. He sat it down next to Ami.
"Um... thanks." She smiled as she took a few sips.
Shuns tail started to wag again.
"You need cloths too?" he asked eagerly.
"Um..." She looked down at the tattered dirty and utterly worthless clothing she was wearing. "Ya."
"OK!" Shun rushed out again and fetched a folded green silk kimono top with red sleeves, a pair of tight brown pants, and a red sash tie. He brought them bake to the waiting woman and then turned around.
Ami dressed slowly, trying not to injure her leg further. She put the Inuyasha book in the sash so that it acted like a pocket to. Then she looked around and gapped a roll of bandages. She rapped her wrists and ankles then fashioned a splint for her broken leg.
"Turn around bight eyes..."She said in a sing-sing voice.
Shun turned around a gasped.
"She look like worrier!" he thought out loud.
"Thank you!" Ami smiled, she squatted down to pick up Malons darts and blowgun then attached then to her waist.
She sat down against the wall. Shun looked like he wanted to say something but instead he came and sat next to her. He studied her for a moment.
"Who Sesshoumaru an' Malon?"
"Hu?" She looked up at him in surprise.
"You call them in you sleep. Who they?"
"There, my friends." She said quietly.
"You miss Sesshy?"
"Ya." She looked down.
'I must have been talking in my sleep...'
Shun stared at her for a moment longer then announced
"I go get master now."
And he left the room.
"Oh grate, a master..." she muttered
She used the wall to push herself to her good leg. She stood with the splinted leg away from the door so as to hide her weakness.
The sound of footfalls met her ears and a tall thin man with a scar across the bridge of his nose walked in, followed by Shun.
"Ah! My lady, you have awoken!"
He glided forward and grasped her hand. He kneeled down to kiss it.
Ami snatched her hand back and smacked him across the face.
"Excuse me! I don't believe I've had the pleasure?!"
The man looked up into the soft brown eyes that, at the moment, had an icy tint to them. He was a bit shocked. No one, not since he had become the demon lord, had dared hit him.
"I'm sorry, how rude of me, I have not introduced myself."
He stood back and bowed.
"I am Karinkshin, the demon lord."
'Yeash, what a name.." Ami thought.
"Wait, you're a demon lord? But your human!"
"Yes, indeed I am. You see two years ago I managed to beat Koga the wolf demon in a bout of leadership."
"YOU KILLED KOGA!" She yelled in an enraged voice.
"No, No.. I merely imprisoned him." He waved his hand in the general direction of the center cave.
"I see." She said.
Ami folded her arms and shifted her position so that her right leg could support her weight more comfortably and in the process exposed her splinted leg to Karinkshin.
Karinkshin eyed her leg carefully.
"I have given my lady my name, may I humbly ask yours?" He questioned
"Humble nothin'," Ami uncrossed her arms and placed on hand on her hip.
"The name's Ami.." she paused for a moment then added, "The wanderer."
"Ah but your to young an beautiful to be a mere wanderer!"
He was trying to get her to relax and let her guard down by using flattery.
'Wont work.' Ami thought defensively.
"That's the worst pick up line I've ever heard." She said bluntly.
Karinkshin smiled and nodded his head.
"Yes, I suppose your right. If you'll excuse me.."
He walked quickly for the cave.
'That woman is infuriating! How dose she get off talking to me like that!'
He walked out into the hall where the three caves connected and with his gloved hand he punched the wall.
"Having trouble with women Keny?"
A weak voice commented form the darkness of the middle cave.
"Your in no position to make shrewd comments Koga!" he snapped angrily.
"Feh." Koga huffed and his ears twitched.
"Your mocking bird is singing." He smirked in the shadows.
Karinkshin snuck back toward the girls room and sure enough, she was singing.
"There are," "Three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway." "Why there aren't four of them," "Heaven only knows." "Guess it's not what you take," "When you leave this world behind you." "Its what you leave behind you when you go."
Ami kept singing her song. Shun, sitting on the floor in front of her, was rocking his head back and forth to the rhythm of her tune.
Shun started to howl and Ami looked at him for a moment and then began to howl as well. Truth be told it sounded like there were actually two wolfs in the cave.
Karinkshin stepped in and Ami cut off. Shun stopped abruptly and scuttled off to the side.
"That was quite beautiful."
"Thank you." She answered coldly.
'I just don't like this guy! I think its time for me to go..'
"Excuse me." She tried to sound polite as she limped lightly past Karinkshin.
That was the last straw for the human demon lord. This woman was just going to leave! The Bitch! She wouldn't get away!
"You're not going anywhere!" He grabbed her wrapped wrist.
Ami stopped and turned to face him, growling deeply in her throat.
"Let go of me."
"You Bitch! You thing you can order me around like some puppy dog!"
"I said let go!" she roared in an almost demon like fashion. He free hand whipped around and stabbed one of Malons poison darts into Karinkshin's neck.
"Agh!" Karinkshin yelled in pain.
"I'll get you for this!"
Shun gasped as Karinkshin reached for the broad sword at his side.
*Flash Back *
"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!" *End Flash Back *
Shun jumped in front of Ami as the swing arched downward.
"SHUN!" Ami yelled as the word cut into his shoulder instead of her.
"Why you!" Karinkshin growled groggily.
Shun turned painfully to face his master.
"I protect her with my life." Shun smiled as she eyes fogged over.
"Shun!" Ami cried as his limp body fell to the ground dragging the sword with him.
Tears streamed out of her eyes as she punched Karinkshin square in the face. The half asleep man fell backward with a thud and lay her as the last of his consciousness was lost to the powerful sedative.
Ami kneeled down next to Shuns bleeding form and picked up his surprisingly light body. Her tears dripped onto his lifeless form.
"Oh Shun.."
She limped out of the cave and turned to the center one.
"Koga?" she called into it.
A chain rattled and his voice came back at her with a slight echo.
"Ya?"
"Have you enough strength to dig a hole?"
Ami put don Shun's body and brought a torch form the outside wall into the cave.
Koga guarded his eyes from the light till his eyes adjusted. He looked up at the girl standing in front of him.
"Shun's dead?" he asked in a pained voice.
Ami nodded and Koga hung his head.
"I thought so, I smelt his blood."
Amy kneeled and picked the lock on the chains that encircled Koga's arms and legs with one of Malons darts.
(AN: Handy little things aren't they?)
Koga rose to his feet slowly and followed Ami out. He went to work digging the hole as soon as they were out and Ami paced a rock on top of the grave once Shun was placed inside and was covered over with dirt.
"I'll miss that little punk." Koga commented quietly.
Ami turned and limped off toward the indenture that lead out of the hole in the mountain.
"Hay! " Koga turned and jogged after her.
"You let me out, and defeat karinkshin! You could at least give me your name!" He poked her for emphasis.
"Why? You already know it." Ami said.
"Oh, ya, I guess your right!"
Ami started to get a lead on him even with her broken leg.
"HEY!" Koga said again.
He tripped as he tried to catch up to her. His arm smacked against her broken leg and Ami fell, painfully, to the ground.
"sor.. ."
Koga's apology was cut off by a fierce growling form the entrance.
Koga sniffed the air, then turned toward the opening that lead out into the vanishing daylight.
"Oh SHIT!"
"Hu?" Ami asked.
She looked over to were the cave opened out.
Sesshoumaru's figure us framed by the fadeing sunlight. He stood there red eyed, and growling darkly. His hand clinched into a fist and a wind erupted from around his body.
"Sesshoumaru NO!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
W_W - Ho oh! Koga better watch out!
Sesshy - *SNIKER * YES KILL KILL KILL!
W_W - *Smacks him in the head *
Sesshy - OWE! What was that for!
W_W - You were becoming histarical!
Sesshy - Give us a review
W_W - Ja Ne!