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You're Kinda, Sorta, Basically, Pretty Much, Always On My Mind.
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I Do Not Own Inuyasha
"Talking"
6. Yura
"I'm fine!! Look!"
"No you're not fine! You were just unconscious!"
"Yeah, but I'm not anymore!"
Kaede sat at the entrance of a small cave, ignoring the bickering teenagers behind her. Kaori stood, her hands on her hips, with Inuyasha's kimono falling past her waist and hands. Inuyasha on the other hand, was glaring back at the stubborn 15 year old, blocking her from leaving the cave.
"You only just woke up 15 minutes ago!" He shouted. "There's no way in hell you're alright!"
"Look at me!" Kaori demanded, spinning around once. "Do I look injured to you?!"
Inuyasha didn't answer, and instead kept glaring at her petite form. She just looked so breakable, so fragile. There was no way she would be going anywhere. Kaori threw her hands up into the air and gave an exasperated sigh.
"Exactly! I am fine, Inuyasha!" She said, trying to stay calm.
"No you're not! And you're not coming!" Inuyasha shouted, whipping around to run into the forest before Kaori could refuse once more.
"OSUWARI!"
Inuyasha plummeted face-first into the ground, just before he was about the take off into the trees. "Damn wench." He growled through clenched teeth.
"Can I go?" Kaori asked, dropping her knees in front of him.
"NO!" He shouted.
"Osuwari! Can I go now?"
"No!"
"Osuwari.. Now?"
"NO, YOU STUPID WENCH!"
"OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!" Kaori shouted, sending Inuyasha into the ground numerous times.
"Okay fine, stupid bitch!" He shouted leaping to his feet. "But if you die, don't blame me!" He turned his back on her, and stomped into the forest. Kaori turned to Kaede, a huge grin on her face.
"Be back soon, Onee-san!" She called jumping onto the back of the upset hanyou. "Don't move unless you possibly have to since you'll die if you won't...!"
"Keh! Why not just let her die!?" Inuyasha muttered. "She's probably way past her time."
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Yes! I had won the battle between teenager and hanyou. It was obvious I would win, having the beads of subjugation on my side, but I could help but feel a bit smug. I had defeated the hair youkai on my own, I had managed to escape from the clutches of my overly-protective mother, I had stolen the two Katanas that now resided at my hips, and now I had forced Inuyasha to let me help with the finding of the youkai that controls all this hair. It was a pretty productive day, if I do say so myself.
I leaded my head down to Inuyasha's ears, and they flicked as my breath tickled the fur. "You.. have a very bad temper."
He scoffed but continued running deeper into the forest.
"But..." I breathed, continuing to aggravate the cute little silver ears at the top of his ear. "...you have very cute ears."
Suddenly he stopped and dropped me into the mud just like before. He whipped around and towered over me, his eyes dark and angry. Ooooh, looks like I've strut a nerve.
"Never.." He growled, staring at me. "Call a guy cute."
"Why!?" I whined jumping up and pulling on his ears. "Would you rather me call you ugly?"
He looked away grudgingly. "No.." He mumbled.
"Good!" I said patting his head, then pulling him deeper into the forest by his sleeve. "Now you can be my pet doggie. I shall call you Inu-chan, and you shall be mines, and you shall be my Inu-chan!"
"What the hell!?" He snapped. "I'm not being your stupid pet, and besides, now isn't the time to be playing games!"
"It's a quote from a movie, stupid but shush!" I whispered. Something had just rustled in one of the bushes beside us. "Did you see that?"
He was suddenly still, and I knew he was straining his ears to listen. Suddenly he pushed me back behind him, his claws flexed. I fell back into the mud, as whatever it was jumped out of the bush.
A little red-headed, kitsune kit, ran through Inuyasha's legs, looking terrified. He tried to run past me but I grabbed onto his pale orange tail and gently pulled him close. Tears streaked down the boys face as he trembled in fear. I clutched the boy to my chest and looked up at Inuyasha suspiciously, rubbing the little boy's head as her cried into Inuyasha's kimono. "This was what you were protecting me from? A little kitsune boy?"
"No, stupid girl!" He snapped, still standing protectively in front of me. "It's whats chasing that kid!"
Suddenly another lock of raven hair shot out from behind the bush, toward me and the little boy. The red-headed boy, yelped, and was about to jump from my hands, when Inuyasha leaped in front of the youkai and slashed it to bits.
The kid looked at me, then at Inuyasha. A second later, he broke out into tears.
"What the hell are you crying for!?" Inuyasha yelled. "I just saved your life!"
"Oh shut up, Inuyasha!" I snapped, scooting away from him. "Can't you see he's scared to death!?" I pulled out a small bag from my pocket. Inside was a mixture of sweets, and another plastic baggy, full of small chocolates. I sighed as I handed the baggy over to the small boy, who now stopped crying, and sniffed curiously at the sweets.
"You eat it." I explained, as the boy pulled out a truffle. "I was saving those for myself to eat when Inuyasha wasn't aroun-"
"Hey!" Inuyasha shouted, but I ignored him.
"You better enjoy them, those are all of my favourites." I said, a small encouraging smile on my face. The boy sat down on a log, and slowly started eating the candies, his pale face lighting up, as he popped a different sweet into his small mouth.
I sighed again, getting to my feet, Inuyasha doing the same.
"Why the hell are you so glum?" He asked, rudely, as if he didn't care, but was asking anyways.
"Because those are my favourite.. and I just gave them all away. I wanted to have them to myself.. but I figured it would be the only way to get him to calm down enough to tell us who he is." I explained, staring longingly at the chocolates.
"But why the hell did you want to eat that shit when I wasn't here!?" Inuyasha snapped, ignoring my misery.
"Because you would have wanted some, and dogs can't eat chocolate." I replied, walking to sit beside the kitsune on the log.
"I'M NOT A FUCKING DOG!" Inuyasha shouted, but as usual I ignored him.
"So.. Do you mind if I ask who you are, exactly?" I asked, timidly, staring longingly as he popped another smartie into his chocolate covered mouth.
"My.. name's Shippo.. I'm a kitsune youkai.. from around the.. uh.. around the mountains." He replied between sweets.
"I see.. But why are you here? Shouldn't you be at home with your family?" I asked. His face fell, and he stopped eating for a second. He looked up at me with watery emerald eyes. I felt a shot of pain shoot through my body, knowing what those eyes said. His family was dead.
"Sorry." I murmured, staring at my hands.
"But that's why I'm here. I heard that it was a youkai that can control dead peoples hair that killed them.. I've come for revenge." He explained, finishing off the candy.
Inuyasha scoffed and walked over to us. "Look kid, I don't know who the hell you think you are, but I bet you couldn't even injure a fly, let alone a youkai that had enough power to destroy your whole family!"
"Inuyasha!" I shouted, jumping to my feet. The look on my face must have been terrifying, for Inuyasha shrunk back a few steps, looking pale.
"That's why I need you two." Shippo said. "I need you guys to kill that youkai for me!"
"Hey, look kid! We have our own problems!" Inuyasha snapped, pushing past me.
"Are you stupid or what!?" I shouted, pulling on his sleeve, making him direct his attention to me.
"What!?" He hissed, looking annoyed.
"Don't you realize that Shippo is after the same youkai that we are!?" I replied. He stared at me for a second, letting my words sink in.
"Who's Shippo?" Wow, he really was stupid.
"The kid!" I yelled, causing him to flinch.
"How am I supposed to know his stupid name!" He retorted, turning his back on Shippo.
"He just told us his name, you idiot!"
Inuyasha opened his mouth to say something, but was cut short when a small bug landed on his nose.
"Meoga-ji-chan!" I squealed, plucking the bug off Inuyasha just as he went to kill it. Inuyasha growled at me, obviously angry for some reason.
"Don't take that stupid guy away when I'm about to kill him!" He shouted, his ears pinned back. There was a big red hand in the middle of his face.
"Oh well sooooorry! But how was I supposed to know that you wanted to kill your pet flea!?" I shouted back.
"I am not Inuyasha's pet, Kaori." The bug sighed. "That is actually quite offencive.."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Meoga-Jii-Chan.. But anyways Inuyasha-!"
"Excuse me!" Shippo shouted. We all turned toward him, forgetting about the bug in my hand. "Did you all forget about me!?"
"Oh, sorry Shippo!" I called. "But just hold on one sec. Inuyasha, why the hell are you such a jerk all the time!?"
"Me!?" Inuyasha snapped. "Your the one who's being the jerk! You broke the jewel and still you whine whenever you don't get your own way!"
"I learnt it from you!"
"No! You learnt that from that stupid wench you call your sister!"
"Osuwari!!"
Inuyasha fell face first into the mud, as usual. He glared at me, his face covered in mud, but his face quickly turned into one of fear. I stood towering over him, a death glare plastered over my face.
"How dare you!" I hissed, stepping forwards. He crawled backwards away from me as I advanced on him. "How dare you say that about Kikyou-onee-sama! What the hell is your problem, you stupid jerk! She loved you! And you loved her! I don't even know what happened, that set you on each other! But I wish you'd tell me! I'm not a little kid any more okay! I deserve to know the truth!"
A lump formed at the back of my throat, and I turned my back on them. Crying was a sign of weakness. I hated to be weak. But it wasn't fair. I was always being treated like a child, always being left out of things that really matter...
The sound of rustling leaves captured my attention. I whipped out the two Katanas and cut through a lock of hair as it shot toward me.
"Wow, Kaori-sama. It seems your reflexes are better than ever before." The little flea, Meoga said jumping onto Inuyasha's shoulder. I had almost forgotten he was here.
"Why thank you, Meoga." I replied, turning around, picking Shippo off the ground, and walking deeper into the forest. I didn't even glance at the silver-haired boy trailing behind.
Meoga was Inuyasha's father's good friend.. at least he was until Lord Inu Tashio died, of course. But since then, the cowardly flea had popped in occasionally, giving Inuyasha minimal advice and news from across Japan. He always ran away when danger was around, which, by the time we stumbled across closely ranged webs of raven hair, had me wondering why exactly he was here now. He should know by the demonic aura radiation off the hair that there would be danger...
I glanced back, noticing Inuyasha and Meoga in deep conversation, maybe in an argument. But once they noticed me they stopped and looked away, continuing their conversation once they thought I wasn't paying any more attention.
I quickened my pace, disguised with the men behind me. Even after they knew how I felt, even after they knew I was old enough to know things that they knew.. they were still keeping secrets.
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"So, Inuyasha-sama." Meoga sighed, sitting cross-legged on the hanyou's shoulder. "It seems Kikyou-sama's youngest sibling has grown up into a fine young woman."
"Why are you mentioning that!?" Inuyasha asked, slightly aggravated by the awkward topic.
"Well, Inuyasha-sama, if you haven't already noticed, she's almost inhumanly beautiful."
Inuyasha shrugged. "Are you sure we're looking at the same Kaori?"
Meoga sighed and shook his head. "You're an idiot..." He murmured. "Well to get to the point, it just so happens that the wolf demon clan to the east, had recently gotten a new leader."
"Yeah and what does that have to do with me or the wench's sister?" Inuyasha snapped in a hushed voice. He felt someones eyes on him and looked up. Kaori's large green orbs stared back at him, full of curiosity, and confusion. Inuyasha stopped short and stared straight ahead, past Kaori, and Shippo into the trees behind him. Meoga, inspected a splotch of mud on his pants, also having noticed Kaori's gaze.
Kaori scowled and snapped her head forwards, and stalked off into the forest in a huff, putting a great amount of distance between them. She looked betrayed, but Inuyasha couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't tell her what they were talking about, not now at least.
The point she had made about keeping things from her had been clear, but there still would be things that nobody would want to tell her. But that was the part, that she didn't seem to understand. Even though she wanted to be treated as an adult, she still acted like a child.
"Well.." Meoga whispered, once Kaori was out of ear shot. "Koga, the new leader of the eastern clan, is actually searching for the one who can see the Shikon no Tama, the news about the Shikon no tama resurfacing in this world had spread fast. But Koga is searching for such a girl.. in hopes of making her his.. wife."
"WHAT!!?" Inuyasha was red in the face, either from rage or embarrassment. He quickened his pace, running until he caught sight of the miko's sister. He grabbed her by the back of the collar and pulled her back to be beside him.
"What do you wan-"
"If someone came up to you right now and asked you to marry them, would you?" He demanded, ignoring the flea and fox youkai eavesdropping.
Kaori blinked in confusion, and then unemotionally she answered, "Yes."
Inuyasha let go of her and turned around, shocked. "She'd say yes?.. T-to a complete stranger? Bu-but w-hy?"
Kaori sighed and picked herself out of the mud as she usually did. "Oh my gosh, Inuyasha. I was just kidding. Can't you tell the difference between the truth.. and.. a joke..?" She trailed off staring at Inuyasha's back.
"Hey!" She snapped pulling his ears. "Why the sudden question!?"
He didn't answer. Instead he stared into the trees. In a clearing up ahead was a small camp fire. He started walking toward it, Kaori at his heels, demanding him to tell her what his problem was. Meoga and the kitsune youkai, Shippo, hid themselves in the folds of Inuyasha's Kimono that was still on the girl.
The area around the campfire was drenched in blood, and several head-less bodies, were scattered about the trees. The small clearing was covered in glowing, wire-like hair, that was now dripping of the humans blood.
"Struck down warriors." Inuyasha said, placing his finger on one of the hairs, snapping it in half. "Looks like they got caught in the hair."
Kaori slumped to her knees, as Inuyasha went to inspect one of the bodies. "That's some bad luck. Their heads are missing...Hn?" He noticed Kaori, who was trembling slightly, staring wide-eyed at the gruesome seen before her. Her face was pale, and little beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
"What are you crouching down there for?" He asked suspiciously. "Don't tell me you want to go home 'cause you're scared or something."
Kaori looked at him and nodded slightly. He growled and crouched down beside her. "Well to bad! You're not going home, you're the one who wanted to chase after this stupid youkai after all. So stop being such a scaredy cat and lets go!"
"What the hell is you're problem!?" Kaori snapped, her voice quivering. "Feeling scared is a natural human feeling! Would you rather I be more abnormal than I already am!? Besides I can't help it if you're totally fearless of everything, because you're to stupid to figure out how very dangerous something may be. And so what if I'm scared, I'm not going home!!"
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Night. The most eerie time of the day. It wasn't like I was scared, but it wasn't like I was unafraid, Inuyasha was with me, and as usual, when I was around him my fear disappeared knowing full well that he would never, ever let someone defeat him. It was just impossible, at least in his eyes.
I had instructed Meoga to take Shippo back to the cave where Kaede resided. I could tell by the looks on their faces when they left, that they were relived to be far away from the fighting, and Inuyasha looked relived that they would be out of his way.
But now that I think of it. This would be the first time I would fight along side Inuyasha as an equal, instead of being sent away to safety. I had already fought youkai since coming here but never with an 'okay' from Inuyasha. But it was strange how he could go from almost over-protective to under-protective in just a few hours. I wonder what changed?
Inuyasha was running, faster than I had ever seen, while I clung to him, trying not to fall off.
"Would you stop holding on so hard!" He snapped. "You're making it hard to breath!"
I murmured an apology and loosened my grip only to find myself falling backwards. A gasp escaped my lips and I wrapped my arms around his neck again. "Sorry.. but I'll fall if I don't hold on tight. I'm still not used to this."
My stomached flip-flopped as he leaped into the air, following the trail of hair. Suddenly a lock of it shot towards us, wrapping itself around his left wrist. Three more attacked, wrapping themselves around his ankles and right hand.
I didn't let go. I couldn't let go. I was scared of falling to the ground that seemed miles away. I was scared of leaving him alone as well.
"Let go Kaori!" Inuyasha snapped, trying to pry my arms from around his neck.
"I can't!" My voice barely came out in a whisper.
"Do you want to die! Do you wanna lose your arms, 'cause I'll chop them off if you won't let go!" He threatened.
"No.."
"Then let go!"
Suddenly my strength was gone, and I fell to the earth. I couldn't see him anymore, only the rocks, and branches that scratched my face. My hands shot out to grab hold of something. They found something thread like, with rocks full of holes. I grabbed onto one of the rocks, stopping myself from falling any further.
My eyes started adjusting to the dark, while my heart hammered away in my chest. The rocks I had found weren't rocks.. they were skulls! I took in a shaky breath, trying to keep myself from letting go.
I looked around, trying to keep my eyes away from the ivory skulls, and raven hair. I spotted Inuyasha, who was now a few feet below me, glaring at a pale woman, with shoulder length raven hair, wearing a extremely skimpy dress, even one that would be considered to short in my time.
She stood on a wire hair, several strands wrapped around her fingers. "Oh my." She gasped, looking from me to Inuyasha. Her voice was high and very feminine. "What splendid prey I've caught!"
Inuyasha looked up at me, and then he looked back at the woman, scowling. I guess his plan to get rid of me didn't work as well as he had wanted it to.
"You're Inuyasha aren't you?" The woman asked, diverting her attention away from me. I guess I was of no threat.. or maybe I just wasn't that important enough.
"And you're that Sakasa-gami No Yura bitch, I heard of you.. How do you know of me?" Inuyasha questioned, also ignoring me.
"You have gained quite a reputation among the oni, you know." She replied with a slight chuckle. "Inuyasha.. the hanyou who acts as a lapdog for the sister of that wretched Kikyou.. and we all know you intend to collect the shards of the Shikon No Tama."
"Wha?" Inuyasha gasped. "I'm that monkey-girl's lapdog!? Screw you!"
Monkey.. girl? Just because I'm dangling off a hair and skull thing, doesn't mean I'm a MONKEY! I hate it when he insults me while defending himself!
"Are the two of you going to interfere?" Yura asked. "I'll just kill you both, then, just in case. Then I can collect these at my leisure." She held up a fragment of the jewel, larger than mine. My hand shot into my pocket, searching for the small fragment that had cut me. My fragment was gone! The Yura girl smiled at me, and held out her hand toward a lock of hair. It dropped a small shard into her hand, and she placed it with the others. She'd stolen my shard!
"You're gonna kill me huh?" Inuyasha hissed. "Heh, you'll see.." He leaped toward her, his claws flexed, snapping the hair the bound him in one place. "I'll make you regret ever coming near me!"
He swiped his claws toward her, but she dodged it. She pulled out a red bone comb, and moved it through the air. Strands of raven hair shot from it, wrapping itself around Inuyasha once more, binding him together.
He growled and pulled on the locks that bound him. "Shit, what a nuisance."
I had never felt more helpless. I watched as the two fought, Inuyasha continuing to break the hair, while Yura attacking him with a sword that could be wield without touching it. A sword.. My swords!
I jumped to a cliff a few feet below me, pulling out one of the katanas at my side. I would have done better with a bow and some arrows, but I had been trained in sword fighting when I was little by travelling warriors. It was time to test how very good I could be.
I raised the Katana above my head, and brought it downwards at a wire strand. But then I felt the shape of the sword change in my hand, as the sword was thrust downwards. The next thing I knew, I was holding a silver bow. The bow looked silver, but it was as light as air, silvery vines grew grew around it. It was already loaded with a white arrow with what seemed to be a diamond arrow head, that waited patiently to be shot. It was strange, my katana transformed into a bow and arrow just as I had wished it..
I aimed for Yura, hoping to hit her on the first shot like I had with the demon crow. I pulled back the string and let it fly but the arrow changed direction, cutting through the hair that bound Inuyasha together instead. I growled. What was the point of even cutting the hair? It was just gonna come back.
Inuyasha leaped to the ground beside me, glaring. "Watch where you're aiming Monkey-girl! You almost killed me!"
"Oh! Shut! Up!" I snapped. "Just prepare yourself, doggie boy, to be bound again, its not like my arrow did anything anyway."
Seconds passed. Nothing.
"Wench!" Yura screeched, lunching toward me. My arrow stuck out of her chest, and the webs of hair in the clearing seemed to be limp. Maybe my arrow had done more than I thought..?
She shoved Inuyasha off the small cliff, onto the ground a few feet down, where she sent fresh locks of raven hair after him. But the strange thing was.. they wouldn't touch him. It was like in the shrine. The hair would attack, but as soon as it got to close or it touched you it would snap back in pain. Maybe my arrow had created some sort of holy barrier around him?
"You'll pay for ruining my plan like that!" Yura hissed. Flames engulfed me, fiery, red, hot flames. I whimpered and fell to my knees, the flames licked my exposed skin. It was..so hot.. too hard to breath.
"Kaori!!" Someone shouted.. but who? The voice was familiar but alien at the same time. I pulled my body under Inuyasha's kimono, waiting for the pain.. Waiting to die.. But there was no pain.. and no death. Only the intensifying heat from the flames, reminded me I was engulfed in fire.
I raised my head, weak from lack of oxygen. I was on a blanket of skeletal hair and skulls. Where was Yura? Where was Inuyasha? I looked around but saw and heard nothing but the flames surrounding me. My bow was gone but replaced with the katana in my hand. But something red caught my eye. I pulled it closer to me, inspecting it. It was a skull, but at this moment I wasn't freaked out by that, but it was red, crimson red.
I stared hearing other voices.
"You bitch.."
"Are you sad? Poor thing. Not even her bones will remain."
I heard a growl, then, "Hijin Ketsusou!"
Blades of blood..? Inuyasha!
"My hand.. you should be more gentle with a lady!"
I didn't have much more time to think. I raised my katana, over the red skull. Somehow this one had to be special, or else it wouldn't be different than all the rest, right? I thrust the sword down into the skull. I heard Yura gasp seconds later.
The fire dissipated. I could see everything now. Yura was missing her right hand, and she had a large gaping hole in her chest, but she wasn't bleeding. She stared at me, a blank expression on her pale face. Inuyasha was no where to be seen. I looked down at the skull.
It was shattered, but my sword had pierced something else as well. Another red bone comb had been hidden inside. Yura's body turned to dust as I applied more pressure to the comb snapping it in half.
The only thing that remained was her clothes and sword. I jumped to my feet, looking around for Inuyasha. I tripped on the skulls and slide down the mountain of bones face first.
"What are you doing?"
I opened my eyes. Inuyasha stood towering over me, drenched in blood, leaning against the rock wall of the cliff behind him. I walked over to him, inspecting his wounds. He had multiple gashes on his chest and back, four or five to be exact. His hand was covered in blood, my necklace with a large shikon shard around his finger.
"Your hurt.." My voice trembled.
"I'm fine." He replied, walking away. I grabbed onto his shoulder and pulled him back.
"No you're not-"
He fell over in pain. I looked at my hand, to see it was covered in his blood. I had caused him more pain. I looked down at him. He wasn't moving. I screamed and pulled at my hair. "Ahhhhhhhh! He's gonna die! I killed him! He's dead!! Gone! Forever! Ahhhhhh!"
"What is it Kaori-sama!?" Meoga followed by Shippo, came running up to me. I grabbed Shippo's shoulders and shook him.
"I killed Inuyasha!! He was fine! Then I touched him and now he's dead!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" I dropped Shippo and stared waving my arms around frantically, running in circles. "Meoga I killed him! I murdered him, Shippo! I did it! It's my fault! He's gonna hate me now! I'm going to hell! I'm a murderer!! HE 'S DEAD!! HE DIED! HE'S MET DEATH!-"
I felt someone grab my sleeve and I fell to my knees beside Inuyasha. "I'm not dead, idiot." He hissed. "Stop being so dramatic."
"Wahhh! Inuyasha, you're alive!"
End Of Chapter 6
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