A/N: This chapter was a lot harder to write because now . . . they're interacting . . .
BlueMouse: I miss the funny . . . all we have now is suspense . . .
Kara: We can't have funny all the time or else we'd never get through the plot-line. But we're getting some fluff in this chapter . . . I won't say who though, that would spoil it.
BlueMouse: But-
Me: I'm gonna stop this argument early on so our poor readers, and my wonderful, one, constant, reviewer (who knows who she is,) can know what is going to happen next. And if you are an anonymous reader who wants to review but for some odd reason finds that you can't because anonymous reviews are not allowed, I'm sorry but I don't know how to turn that off. But for all my non-anonymous readers . . . (takes a deep breath) REVIEW DAMN YOU!!
Kara & BlueMouse: (stare)
BlueMouse: Disclaimer?
Kara: Disclaimer.
Disclaimer: Kaira, Yumi, and Seiji. Them and the snake demon are all that she owns.
Snake demon: (heavy sarcasm) I feel SO loved.
Disclaimer: You're not.
Chapter 5: Meeting Shippo
InuYasha rushed forward just ahead of the snake and picked up Kaira, bridal style, and leaped her out of harm's way. The snake, meanwhile, had crashed into the well and was heading after them only to be stopped by Shippo. "Kitsune Bi!" A ball of blue flame hit the snake right in the face and the unpleasant smell of burnt flesh reached the hanyou's nostrils. The snake demon gave a horrifying cry of pain causing Kaira to curl up tighter into InuYasha's hold.
Kaira was scared out of her wits. She could feel somebody pick her up and hold her, and there was that damn wind again. She hadn't dared to open her eyes, for fear of what she would see if she did. Then she heard a cry that made her blood run cold and she curled into the warmth of the person who had her in their arms.
InuYasha gave a warm smile as he looked down at the frightened girl in his arms. 'I'm just glad she wasn't hurt.' he thought and made his way over to the sacred tree. He set Kaira down gently on the ground but she had curled a hand around his robe of the fire-rat, and she wasn't letting go.
When Kaira had curled up, she grabbed a hold of the person's shirt. She held on tightly. 'They're not going anywhere without answering a few questions first.' Do you even know what you are going to ask them? ' . . . no.' . . . you don't have a very good plan. 'Well EXCUSE me! I just had a friggin near death experience!' Well jeeze. No need to snap at me. . . Kaira felt the person place her down before realizing that she had hooked onto them.
"You're not going anywhere." InuYasha heard Kaira murmur. He couldn't see if her eyes were open or not. Her hair had fallen in front of her face. "Keh." he said and pulled her hand off of him. He had a demon to slay. He jumped away back towards the battle. Shippo was doing pretty well in his place, and the smell of burnt snake was dominating the clearing. 'Damn I can't even smell Kaira anymore.' "OY SHIPPO!" The kitsune turned on the spot.
"Yo InuYasha! Where's Kaira?" Shippo asked jumping over towards the hanyou.
"I left her by the Sacred tree. I want you to protect her ok? I'll finish off this demon." InuYasha said fingering his Tetsuiga.
Shippo nodded and bounded off towards the tree. InuYasha, meanwhile had drawn his sword. "MIROKU! SANGO! GET OUT OF THERE!" he shouted. Sango and Miroku gave the snake a wide berth and InuYasha brought his sword down yelling, "WIND SCAR!"
0 0 0
Kaira didn't expect the person to be so strong. She immediately opened her eyes but by the time she had looked up, all she could see was a figure in red with silver hair jumping away OVER the trees. 'How-how can someone DO that?!' she thought. They can if they're half demon. Kaira's other voice told her in a sing-song voice. 'You scare me sometimes.' I know. 'So wait. You're telling me that THAT was InuYasha?!' How many other hanyous do you know of that have a red robe and silver hair? 'Um. . . None, but, oh that's right, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HANYOUS EXSISTED!!' Kaira buried her head in her hands trying to convince herself that everything was a dream. So by the time Shippo got there, Kaira was in a state of complete disbelief.
0 0 0
When Shippo found Kaira she was sitting next to the Sacred tree with her head in her hands. He didn't really know what he was supposed to do other than protect her, but for some reason he really wanted to cheer her up. 'Why was everything so much easier when I was little?' he thought to himself. He walked over and sat down next to her. "Hey." he said.
Kaira jumped when she heard someone speak next to her. In fact, she lifted her head up and moved it to face the newcomer so fast, she got whiplash. "Ouch," she muttered instinctively placing a hand on her neck. The guy next to her stood up a bit. "You ok?" he asked. She nodded trying to give a friendly smile. Then she saw his tail. 'Is-is that. . .?' I believe it is. "Why do you have a tail?" she asked in a hoarse whisper.
Shippo looked at his tail. Nobody had found it odd before, but then again, she was from Kagome's time and apparently, no one had tails there. "How should I put this?" He asked rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. "I'm a kitsune demon." he sighed letting his arm drop.
Kaira jumped up and took a few steps backwards, but tripped over a root causing her to fall and twist her right ankle. 'I'm dead. Demon's aren't even supposed to exist! But this can't be a dream because my ankle is hurting way too much for it to be a dream! This is not fair! My life sucks!' I can't help you. There's a seal that, while it is weakening, prevents me from coming out. 'What can I do?!' I don't know! Kaira stared up at the fox demon with wide, frightened eyes. As he got up and reached out his hand towards her, she closed her eyes, flinched away, and gave an involuntary whimper. 'I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna DIE!'
Shippo immediately pulled his hand back when he saw that he frightened her. "I'm sorry." He said. 'What am I apologizing about?! I didn't do anything and already she's scared of me! I got up to help her and she flinched away!' he thought a little offended by her actions. "Listen, I was just trying to help you up. I'm not going to hurt you." he said in the kindest voice he could manage. 'That's right, the first thing she encountered was that snake demon and he tried to eat her.' he remembered. He held out his hand again. "My name's Shippo." he said with a smile.
Kaira opened one eye a crack and saw Shippo smiling at her with a hand outstretched. It wasn't an evil, or frightening smile either. It was very friendly. "Kaira." she said giving a small smile back and grabbing onto his hand, using it to pull herself up. Although she hardly needed to do anything, he barely had to pull to get her on her feet. As she put pressure on her injured ankle, pain shot through her leg causing her to give another whimper and immediately eased off that foot leaning on Shippo's arm for support.
Shippo smiled, glad that she had decided to trust him. "You're probably going to want to stay off of that foot for a while." he said as he helped her limp back to sit against the tree again. "And gomen, Kaira-san, but I already knew who you were."
Kaira stared at Shippo, the fear coming back. 'Was it just an act?!' she thought. "W-what?!" she asked wide-eyed with disbelief and fear.
End Chapter 5