Tisk, tisk! Silly Orihime, walking into the forest inna strange world. Well, that's Orihime for ya. -_- Anyhoo, you know how there's always a dramatic, slow motion narrarated flash back in pretty much every anime? Yes, there's one in here too. Just a warning. It gets pretty cheesy there. But what's anime without it? -Just a poorly dubbed cartoon. Hurrhurr! Soooo, here's another sad excuse for a chapter. Hope it's not too disappointing. Have fun.
The naïve girl walked through the brush at the edge of the forest, taking one look back to wonder if what she was doing was logical. Then again, was any of this logical? Falling down a well into what resembled Feudal Japan and meeting a fox boy didn't make the least bit of sense in the first place. Nevertheless, the found herself analyzing her actions, mentally trying to convince herself what she was doing was right, and succeeding. For the moment, that is. Unfortunately, these insecurities of hers were not completely disposed of but simply cast aside, waiting to make their appearance later in the form of a panic attack or maybe a mental breakdown. But the rather oblivious, weaving princess only interpreted these feelings as a developing tummy ache.
"I knew I should have had apple juice with my lucky breakfast," she whined. "What was I thinking washing it down with orange juice? I could have ruined my whole life…"
And so, Orihime half-heartedly faced forward and pushed onward until the sunlight at the edge of the forest was completely consumed by the foliage, only to be seen occasionally through gaps in the tree growth. If she had been walking through such a scenic forest under normal circumstances she'd probably enjoy it. Allowing the crisp, fresh air to refresh her lungs along with pleasant woodsy smells, all the while listening to the birdsongs. However, with the current situation accompanied by a growing uneasy feeling in her stomach, enjoying anything was near impossible. Not to mention the remaining dizziness left over from her little fall down the well. Her thoughts pleaded for this only to be a nightmare. Things couldn't get worse, or so she thought.
Stopping, she made the decision to once again test if it was in fact a dream. Pressing her lips together and closing her eyes, she readied herself for pain as she pinched herself as hard as she could.
"mmmmffff!" she let out a muffled cry of pain. Nothing's changed.
What have I gotten myself into?
She breathed shakily with tears stinging in her eyes as she forced herself to accept this twisted reality. Sadly, the trees and sky that surrounded her offered no answer.
What's happening? Her mind pleaded as she forced herself to inhale deeply in an attempt to stay calm. How did I get here? How will I ever get out of here?
She was unable to completely stop her tears as they trailed down her cheeks. She hurriedly wiped them away. Orihime raised her head to the sky in an effort to calm herself, and slightly comforted by the fact that it looked like the same sky she used to look at from home. Curling her hands into the bottom of the long-sleeved sweater on her school uniform, she set off to find a way back to the well, hoping the little fox boy had the answers.
Quite a few hours later…..
She felt like she had been wandering forever! She had been walking in her formal school shoes for hours and it definitely took its toll. She also found herself wishing for the ultra-special lunch she had prepared in commemoration of her field trip. Then she started wondering if her teacher had noticed she was missing. And how worried her protective friend Tatsuki must be…
"She must be putting together a search party by now," the lost girl thought jokingly.
Pausing where she stood, she felt a strange sensation, as though she was being watched. But at the moment, she chose to simply shrug it off.
Now throwing another glance back to the sky, she noted the sun's steady downward progress and estimated that she only had another hour or two left of daylight. She dreaded the thought of having to sleep out in the woods against a tree. It would be cold and damp… and there would be bugs. Oh so many bugs. Orihime shivered at the thought.
Just then, a shrill scream interrupted her thoughts. With eyes widened she whirled to face the direction this scream came from.
"HELP!" a voice cried.
Once again, instinct took over and Orihime found herself running toward the sound. There was no questioning, that had been the voice of a little girl. She was in danger!
Strangely enough, the volatile feeling that had emanated from her core earlier seemed to become the source of her energy…
The voice sounded again and then another.
"Stay calm Rin!"
Drawing nearer and nearer, the screams became more prominent. Suddenly, it all burst into light. Orihime had broken through the bushes and into a clearing, coming only a few meters short of the scene.
Before her, a young girl with dark brown hair was being held tightly in the clutches of a large fur-covered monster with another odd creature the size of a toddler as attempting to face off with it, armed with a staff bigger than itself. Beside him stood a two headed dragon looking just as distressed.
The monster tightened its grip, earning another blood curdling scream from the poor little girl, who was at the moment being pulled towards the beast's massive mouth! The two headed dragon charged into the air and aimed to hit the monster in the head, but the monster swatted it away effortlessly, much like a fly. The dragon collided with multiple trees, crashing right through them. Meanwhile, the small green creature flailed wildly screaming gibberish at the top of his lungs. The girl was now dangerously close to the monster's gaping mouth, screaming and kicking in a futile attempt to break free.
"No!" Orihime screamed.
Thinking fast, Orihime grabbed the nearest object she could find, a rock, and threw it. Hitting the beast in the side of the head. That certainly got its attention.
Now that Orihime seemed to be the main attraction, the girl was dropped and whisked away by the two headed dragon.
Orihime's eyes went wide as she noticed that the creature's killing intent was now focused on her. What now?
She knew she was in it deep now, but this didn't stop her from standing firm to protect the others. A strange sense of strength stirred inside her, giving the will to be brave when facing such a beast, and somehow it felt like she had done this countless times before. She couldn't beat the monster with sheer bravery alone though, and she was running out of ideas.
Before she knew it, the monster was charging straight at her without mercy. Glancing behind her she saw that the small girl and her group were still collecting themselves after dealing with this beast, sporting many injuries. The monster's gaping mouth would swallow every one of them up at once. What concerned Orihime the most is that the others weren't going to escape in time!
To protect…
Looking back, I was always protected.
By Sora, even Tatsuki-chan.
Tatsuki-chan... She was always there for me.
When that group of kids ganged up on me because they didn't like my hair…
After my brother died…
I was so weak, I couldn't even take care of myself.
Not anymore!
I'll be strong.
Watch me, Tatsuki-chan, Sora…
"I'll protect you!"
She opened her eyes just in time to see everything erupt into light. Born from the light were six smaller ones. They swirled around her, whipping up violent winds that forced the attacking monster to reverse.
The monster was pushed backwards, crashing through many of the surrounding trees before coming to a stop. Clouds of dirt and falling debris obscured Orihime's vision, and it was silent for a moment.
The group behind her all let out simultaneous gasps upon witnessing such power.
"What did you do human? What power is this?" demanded the small green creature.
Orihime snapped back to reality when she noticed the question was directed at her.
"huh?" She blinked.
But she should not have lost her focus. Orihime didn't realize the rumbling stirring within the rubble and dust clouds until it was too late. Once again the monster was hurdling toward them at impressive speed. Only this time, much faster.
Hurry, Orihime! Call out our names!
In that instant, her mind was loaded with information that flooded her mind from an unknown source. Images of the six little faces flashed before her mind's eye and she knew what she must do. Without thinking, she took her position. Raising her arms in front of her with the tips of her fingers touching together to form a defensive position. Her mouth spit out three of the six names.
"Hinagiku! Baigon! Lily!"
Unbreakable conviction shown on her face as she chose her next words.
"Santen Kesshun, I reject!"
As commanded, the three fairies took a triangular formation, building up an orange shield that stretched between the three of them. Unable to stop, the monster made contact with all its force hitting the shield, which spurted out massive amounts of electricity that filled the air with static. The massive amounts of energy kicked back the beast with insane force and threw it back into the rubble. After serving its purpose the shield shattered into millions of fragments of orange glass, and behind it shown the shocked face of Orihime.
"…I did it?" she questioned hesitantly.
Her question was answered by a deep demonic voice.
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT, HUMAN…"
The dust and debris that cloaked the creature were blown away, revealing that it was now insane with rage. The eyes that were once hidden behind brown, stringy hair were shown as bulging white masses with red veins throbbing around black pupils. Erupting from the hair cloaked figure were many a tentacles that spread across the whole clearing.
Orihime's eyes widened out of fear and shock. This whole scene made her feel sick to her stomach. Nevertheless, she had made the promise to protect the few that were clustered behind her, so she had to stay and fight.
Finally, with a thunderous roar, the monster sent a mass of tentacles shooting toward her and the group.
Dun dun DUUUNN! Aaaand again! another bad place to stop. Maybe I like doing this to yall. Chuckle chuckle...
So what do you think of it? Good-ish at least? What do you think will happen next? What do you think should happen next? Leave a review and tell me what's goin on in that mind o' yours. But that doesn't mean to use me as a counselor _ (even though I'm guilty for that...)
ALSO! I've been having a few problems with my storeh, some of the events that actually happened in the real Inuyasha (curse the plot twists in dat show! :I) are interfering with my fanfic. I reviewed the eps of he Final Act and learned that I'm officially stupid! T_T BUT! Ima continue with my story as I was before, so please don't be leavin me comments trying to correct me, it's fan fiction for FOOK'S sake! Thank you Ella Volturi for teachin me that :3