Chap 2!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, the OC's are mine.
The next morning...
"WHAT?"
Hikari covered her ears, "Geez, you guys can be loud sometimes."
The Inutachi were still in shock. "So you're telling us you want to join us?" Kagome asked.
Hikari shrugged, "Well, I mean, if you want. You're right when you say Naraku's behind all this. And I have a score to settle with him too. I'm not saying you should let me in, it's your choice."
After a moment of silence, the group huddled together to discuss about the situation. Shippou exclaimed, "Well I say we let her come! We need all the help we can get if we want to fight ... whoever we're after!"
Inuyasha bonked him on the head, "Nobody asked you for your opinion. You're just a kid, you don't think before you say something. I say we're fine without her."
Kagome objected, "I think Shippou's right, who knows, maybe... the enemy is stronger than Naraku, we might need help. And besides, she's good with healing herbs, that might be useful too." Sango and Kohaku nodded.
"Alright, everyone who wants Hikari in, raise your hand."
Everyone raised their hands/paws, execpt for Inuyasha. Villagers were staring at them. You could see a circle of a few people and all you could see popping out are hands. The villagers started mumbling things like 'What in the world are they doing?', 'They look pretty wierd' and 'Travelers these days, hah! They're just getting crazier and crazier.'
Hikari groaned. "Come on, you guys, hurry up! People are starting to gather up."
Inuyasha snorted, "Feh, I still don't trust her."
Miroku raised a brow. "Are you still sulking over the fact she got to kill the demon?"
"No...! I'm just saying... she reactes way too much like a normal teenager! L. Healers (A/N: I got tired of writing 'legendary healers' so I just decided to say L. Healers. When you see this, just say it like regularly) talk more like... wise people, like old people! I think she might not even be Hikari the legendary healer."
Sango and Kagome rolled their eyes. Kagome said, "Hikari's always like that. She wants people to see her as a regular women, not some wise saint. Trust me Inuyasha, you won't regret having her in our team."
"Yes, and she is fun to have around. I used to have a lot of fun with her."
Inuyasha snorted once again. "Fine. I'm not gonna ask where you got all that information, but I'm only letting her in because I know you're all going whine about it if I don't."
Almost immediatly, the rest of the group turned to Hikari... and found themselves being watched. The villagers around them instantly left back to their posts. When everyone left, the gang ran to Hikari and tols her the news. She looked happy, and so did the others. Inuyasha couldn't help but smile. "Maybe I did make the right choice, after all."
*O*~*O*~*O*
For the next two weeks, Hikari traveled with the Inutachi. She trained with every one of her new friends, and when she fought with Inuyasha, Inuyasha would be the one to lose most of the time. She met Kaede and Master Mushin when they visited them. Hikari knew that Kagome went through time, Inuyasha grew nicer with her and the Inutachi discovered that she had a special sort of flute, the Tsuki no fue, and she played music from time to time. She mostly used it when someone couldn't sleep, or when someone was injured and that she had to clear their mind off some things. It made a beautiful, soothing sound.
They've also learned that one of her demonic blades shot water attacks, and the other, fire attacks. And thanks to her blades, she was able to control the elements of fire, water, and earth, as long as she kept contact with them (which means, touching them). But that wasn't the most biggest surprise.
"So you mean you can... what?"
Hikari sighed for the fifth time. She tried her best to explain. "Alright, I'll say it again, nice and slow. You might already know that I can sence auras from a far distance, right?" Everyone nodded. "The longest distance I can go to is about... three kilometers." She paused. This was going to be the hard part. "Not only that... but I can actually... get into people's souls... ish. You're all probably thinking that it means I can control people, but you'll be wrong all the way. It means I can read people's minds, and even fill in the blanks of their memories." She looked at her friends. They seemed to understand so far, so she continued. "That comes from going into their memories. But when I detect auras, I can tell if the person is dead or alive, happy or sad, human or demon, old or young, and blah blah blah. I can also tell if the person's been for how long, and when. For example, a certain person passed by a tree. After he leaves, there are traces of his aura still at that area. I can tell he was there a few days ago, or a week ago. Do you understand better now?"
Everyone nodded. Hikari sighed in relief, "Finally."
"But still..." Hikari froze at Inuyasha's words. "Oh. NO"
"Do all healers have that ability? I think that would make them more like... God, actually. And why do you keep that as a secret?" Hikari relaxed.
"I'm born with this power, nobody else has it. I have to keep it as a secret if I want people to see me as a normal girl. It's already enough that they're treating me like a saint."
"Well, that sure is... special."
While everyone looked surprised, Shippou looked rather excited, "Can you try to read my mind?"
Hikari gave the kitsune a smile, "Sure, just give me a moment." She closed her eyes. After a few seconds she opened her eyes and spoke. "You're thinking: 'Oh, wow this is so cool, I wonder if she's a better tracker than Inuyasha!'"
Shippou looked pleased, "Yeah! That's right!"
"Hey!" Shippou recieved a bonk on his head. Inuyasha grunted, "That's a nice thing to think about, and I've been helping you destroy Naraku. Geez. Some friend you are."
Everyone laughed. "But I don't always have to close my eyes to read someone's feelings. For example, in battle, I just need to look strait at the person and... read his mind." Hikari said.
"Then why did you close your eyes with Shippou?" Kohaku asked.
"I guess I just do that to look a little wiser. It's fun." She giggled and everyone else sweat dropped.
*O*~*O*~*O*
One day they arrived at a village. The moment they stepped foot in it, villagers came bowing to their feet. "Umm... I'm guess you all have a demon problem here?" Kagome asked.
"Yes! You are demon slayers, aren't you? Please! You must help us!" The man who seemed to be the elder pleaded.
"Fear not, for me and my friends shall slay the demon." Miroku said in his monkly voice. "But of course, we wil need a place to stay in for the night. And there must be a price to be payed for the job."
The villagers all looked at each other with uncertainty. "You see... well..." The villagher chief started, and suddenly burted to tears. "THE DEMON TOOK ALL WE HAD! WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, AND BARELY ENOUGH FOOD!"
The Inutachi took a closer look at the townspeople, and they looked pretty skiny and thin. They must have been starving. "That's fine, we're not asking for any food or money, we just need some shelter to think things out. We shall slay the demon and save your village." Hikari assured in a soothing voice.
The chief looked at her with gratitude in his eyes, "Oh, thank you, thank you! We are forever in your dept!" He took a closer look at her. "Wait... Are you not... Hikari? The ? Oh my!" He jumped up, and so did the rest of the villagers. "What an honor to meet you, my Lady! Please, please! You must follow me, I shall lead you to your rooms!"
"Umm... okay..." Hikari blinked. "Oh boy, this is just another one of those villages jumping up and down when they see me. Great."
They followed him to a... hut? The group stared at the little house... or was that just a big box? There was a sign right next to it which said: 'Visitor's temple'
"Um... is.. this really..." Sango started asking.
"Yes, this is all we have for visitors. We used to have a luxurious temple, but it was destroyed. We could give you another place to stay, really, but... our ancestors would forbid it."
"What do you mean, your ancestors would forbid it?" Inuyasha asked. "I'm not sleeping in that piece of crap! I'd rather stay in Naraku's body!"
"This umm... temple used to be a sacred place. We would make important visitors, ill friends, or special guests stay here. That way, our ancestors can watch over them, and save them from any harm. But I guess they weren't able to protect themselves..." The elder explained.
"Uh... That's fine. We.. can stay here if you would like." Hikari spoke. The elder's eyes brightened.
Inuyasha wispered in Hikari's ear, "Hey, I'm not about to stay in that... thing. Can't we just sleep in some other person's hut?"
She wispered back, "This village is really desperate to kill the demon, and look how happy it makes them with just the thought of getting rid of their troubles. We have to at least be grateful for his hospitality. And if you don't like it..." She looked up. "You can stay outside, like a good dog. It's going to rain soon anyways."
Inuyasha flinched and mumbled, "Alright, fine, but you owe me."
"Oh, thank you! We must celebrate this!" The villager exclaimed.
"What?"
"You see, everytime someone helps us, we organise a celebration! There might not be much decorations right now, but our spirits shine thanks to you! I shall anounce this to my people!" And with that he hopped off.
The Inutachi sweat dropped. "Wow... well, I guess we'd better start thinking about our tactics right now." Kagome said after a long pause.
"But we don't even know what we're up against. He didn't tell us a thing about the demon." Kohaku pointed out.
"Not quite." Hikari said as she closed her eyes. "The demon we're looking for... No. The demons we're looking for are water demons of every kind. They're about a kilometer away from here." She opened her eyes. "And they're not moving... for the moment."
"How many are there?" Miroku asked.
"About five of them."
"No wonder this village is so badly damaged, " Inuyasha said, "A village can live with one demon, but when there's five demon demons attacking at once..."
"Alright then, Hikari can you draw each of them for us?" Sango asked her friend, "We're going to have to know which type they are."
Hikari took a stick and drew a toad and a some sort of giant water snake. She then drew a giant coy fish, a small eel, and a shark. "We've already encountered some of those before." Inuyasha thought.
"You've already battled the toad and snake demon," Hikari said, "But for the last three, you've probably never heard of them. They can all take human forms. The coy fish has hard scales, and makes it almost impossible to get through. You're going to have to kill it by slashing it's head off, where the armour doesn't reach. It transforms into a woman, so keep your eyes peeled." She glanced at Miroku from the corner of her eye. So did Sango.
Miroku saw this. "What? I know a demonic aura when I feel one, and would never fall for a demon."
Sango rolled her eyes, "Yeah and when we came across that demon dressed as a princess, you never would have wanted to flirt with her."
"Can we just move on?" Hikari asked desperatly. She pointed to the eel, "For this one, you can already guess what it does. It shoots out masses of electric energy, be careful with that. One wrong move and it could be the last mistake you'll ever make. It moves around constantly, so you're going to have to know where you're aiming. It can tansform into a kid. A very. Annoying. Kid." She shivered.
"Came across one?" Inuyasha raised a brow.
"Yup, and trust me, you DON'T want to have a kid like that in your life." She continued, "And last but not least, the shark. It's strength is incredible. Place a piece of admant in it's jaw and it'll break into thousands of pieces. It has rock hard armour, and you can only kill it by shooting something into its mouth. He must be the chief of all the others, considering him being the strongest. He can transform into a strong, handsome man, and believe me, you don't see people like that everyday."
"Well, they don't sound that hard to me! I'll just send them to the other world with Meido Zangetsuha!" Inuyasha boasted.
"Don't even think about doing that!" Hikari warned.
"Why not?"
"Did you even listen to what I said? Have you ever wondered why those tree are able to transform into humans?"
"Umm... Aren't they just born with that?"
Hikari sighed. "Apparently, no. They aren't born like how we think they do. They come from the dead souls of other living water creatures. They need about three water creatures..." She paused. "And one human soul." Everyone's eyes widened.
"But... they use it from dead people, right?" Shippou asked.
"Luckily, yes. But they have a certain amount of time to live. If they want to live longer, they're going to have to wait until their last day of life time and... steal a human's soul on their own. In other words, take a human's soul to replace the old one. And if Inuyasha sends the demon immediatly to the other world... the human soul can never be free."
"Oh, so that's why we have to kill it physicaly, right? To free the soul." Kagome said.
Hikari smiled. "Exactly."
"Wow, how do you know all that?" Kohaku asked.
"It comes from reading demon's memories and being a legendary healer."
"Now, then," Miroku started, "We're going to have to decide who's taking what. Since they are five and that we are seven people who can fight-"
"Hey! You forgot me! I can fight too!" Shippou cried.
"Alright, fine, eight people who could fight, I sugest at least two people take each."
"Me and Kagome will take the shark," Inuyasha chose, "Kagome can shoot an arrow in the demon's jaw, so we'll be fine."
"I'll take the toad demon with Shippou," Kohaku said.
Miroku opened his mouth to talk, but Sango beat him to it. "I'll take the coy fish with Kirara." She said before Miroku could chose.
"Then I guess I'll take the snake demon." Miroku sighed.
"Then... that leaves me... the eel." Hikari froze. "Aw, shit. Can't I just switch with someone? Please? Sango?"
Sango shook her head and smiled, "Sorry, but Kirara likes the taste of fish in her mouth and she really feels like eating a little bit of coy fish every once in a while."
Hikari pouted, "Well, gee, thanks. I guess I might as well-"
GONG!
Behind her, the villagers were all gathered together and were cheering. The elder must have been the one to sound the gong. Everyone looked pretty happy. "Hikari couldn't you sense their aura?" Inuyasha growled while covering his ears.
"Well, excuse me! I was busy trying to get some other demon to beat up instead of an annoying eel!"
"My friends, the party will take place tonight! Please, allow our women to get you prepared." The elder spoke.
"Why we would love to! In fact, I could dress them myself - OW!" Sango wacked him once again.
Sango said in an annoyed voice, "He was talking to us women, monk. And I'm sure the women don't need your help. You can go somewhere else. Maybe you can help the old women dress up instead."
She turned his face to where old people were. He spotted about six old women waving at him flirtingly and he shivered. "Um... t-that won't be necessary, Sango! Me and Inuyasha will stay here, why don't you ladies go and dress up?"
Sango gave a joyful-enough-to-scare-you smile at him. "Good monk."
"Sould we really get going?" Kagome wispered to Hikari.
"I guess we should, I mean, they're going through all this trouble just for us, we're going to have to help them."
A woman, probably the daughter of the elder, walked up to Kagome, Sango and Hikari. "Please, follow me. I will give you the best clothes we have."
*O*~*O*~*O*
"Does this make me look fat?" Hikari asked her friends. They have entered the elder's temple, and they couldn't help but feel jealous at how the temple looked a lot better then the one they're staying at. The daughter of the elder (they learned that her name was Haru) had a full wardrobe of beautiful clothing.
When Kagome asked why these weren't damaged, Haru answered, "I've kept them in a secret place for a very long time. This the only area where the demons haven't attacked yet."
"Hikari, you look gorgeous!" Sango assured. Hikari was wearing a white kimono with red flowers and petals. She wore a little bit of jewelry, her hair was tied, and she had a lily flower on her head.
"Why don't you take off that necklace of yours?" Kagome asked. "I'm sure you'll look better without it."
"Uh... I'll just keep it with me. It's really precious to me." Hikari said as she held her dragon pendant in her hands.
"Alright then... Oh! Hey, look. How's this?" Kagome asked. She showed her friends a pink kimono with shining green leaves. It may not sound like much, but it was beautiful.
Hikari gave her a thumbs up, "Perfect for someone like you! I'm sure Inuyasha would like it too." She winked at her and Kagome blushed.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Put it on!" Sango urged. "While that, I'll still need to find something... Ah! Found one!" She held a plain green dress. It came with a fan and a feather. She placed the feather on her head. She turned to her friends, "Look, I am Kagura the wind sorceress, and I think Naraku is a fat jack-ass!" All three girls bursted out laughing.
Suddenly, Hikari froze. Her friends noticed how uncomfortable she looked. "Hey, are you okay?"
There was a brief silence, and then, Hikari shook her head as if to clear her mind. "Listen, there's something wrong, I sensed something..." She whispered something to her friends and they gasped.
"What, already?" Sango asked desperatly.
Hikari nodded, "Yeah, so we're going to have to get ready..."
"But we can't leave the celebration. After all, we are the guests of honor. And what about Inuyasha and the others? They don't know about this!"
"I'm sure Inuyasha can smell them, and we'll try to warn the rest of the group. But I wonder how we'll..." She stopped for a moment, then she got an idea. She smiled. "Alright, here's what we're gonna do..."
*O*~*O*~*O*
"They sure are taking a lot of time," Inuyasha noticed. "They've been in there for an hour already."
"Well, all we can do is sit patiently and wait." Miroku stated. He and Kohaku were playing a game of shogi (a japanese chess game) on the floor, and Kohaku was winning. "Since when did you become so good at this, Kohaku?"
Kohaku smiled, "Hikari showed me some tactics... ah! Checkmate!"
"What? Already...? Darn it! I should've seen that coming!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
Kirara, who was playing with Shippou mewled to three girls coming their way. She jumped into one of the girl's arms. "Hi, Kirara!" The other boys turned to them and their jaws dropped open.
There was Hikari, Kagome and Sango in all their beautiful glory. Inuyasha was staring at Kagome, while Miroku was staring at Sango. They never would have guessed they would look that beautiful. "Well... Damn."
"Sooooo? How do we look?" Kagome asked Inuyasha as she twirled around.
"Umm... uh..." Inuyasha was blushing furiously.
"Save it for later! The party's gonna start soon, it's your turn now," Hikari said as she started pulling the boys over to the elder's temple.
"But we're fine on our own!" Inuyasha protested, and Hikari stopped.
"You sure? All of you?" The men nodded. "Well then! Don't balme me if Kagome or Sango fall for another man." She wispered the last part and Inuyasha and Miroku blushed. She left them there and walked to Kagome and Sango. "They don't want to change. Since we have nothing to do now, I think we should start helping out the villagers organise the party. How's that?" She called the boys behind her.
"Sounds like a plan, " Sango said as she jumped on Kirara, who tranformed. "We'll meet here in two hours, is that fine?" Hikari nodded, and Sango and Kirara flew off.
"Inuysha!" Kagome called, "Why don't we go find something to do?"
"Uh... Sure!" He snapped out of his thoughts and jumped to Kagome. She got onto his back and they ran off.
"Miroku! You and Kohaku go find someone to help, Shippou, you're coming with me." Hikari said.
"Alright then, let's go!"
Miroku and Kohaku were left alone. "Umm... aren't we supposed to do something by now?" Kohaku asked.
"I guess we should. Come, Kohaku, we must find out-" He stopped in mid-sentence when he saw young girls giggling not far away. They were hanging up lanterns. "...We must find out what those girls are up to! They could fall, so we must do it for them instead! It may be too dangerous for a woman's job!" And with that, he ran off.
Kohaku sighed, "Great, seven other friends to be with and I have to be the one stuck with the lecherous monk."
*O*~*O*~*O*
So, everyone got to work. Sango was helping some young women who needed advice on what to wear. She was losing a little bit of patience. The girls won't keep asking questions like, 'Does this look good on me?', or 'Do you think I'd go better with red, or white?'. And sometimes, they'd forget what they we doing and turn all their attention into little kitten Kirara. 'Oh, wow! She's so cute, can I pet her?'. Kirara couldn't even wash herself because of all the dirty hands who touched her. She was getting annoyed too.
Sango sighed, "Oh, boy. I knew I should've went with watering the plants." She looked at Kirara's ruffled fur. "And I'm sure Kirara would have liked that better too."
Inuyasha and Kagome were helping stting the food and the decorations. Kagome was setting the table, when...
BOOM!
"Inuyasha..." Kagome said in a low tone. "Can't you be any more careful?"
"Well, excuse me! You're not the one having to put all the decorations and getting tangled in them!" Inuyasha was indeed stuck in a ton of decorations, and the villagers were all laughing at him. Inuyasha growled, "I wonder if it would have been better to go to towards the West instead."
Kagome sighed, "Don't worry, at least we're doing the village a favor. Besides, they're going through all this trouble just for us. They don't have much nice things, but at least they're happy now."
Inuyasha grunted, "I just hope this'll be over soon."
Hikari and Shippou were taking care of making the food. Shippou couldn't help but notice how many men would try to flirt with Hikari everytime she handed some food over to them. She always kept a smile on, but even Shippou could tell that she really didn't care about them. "Must be because she's pretty. I understand, after all, she's probably the most beautiful girl they'll ever see."
"I must say, Lady Hikari, these dumplings smell awfully nice." A young man said as he smelled the food Hikari made. He took out a bite from the dumping. He got closer and closer to her.
"Umm.. thank you?" She gently moved away from him, and he followed her.
He tried to sound sedutive as he spoke into her ear, "Lady Hikari, to be honest, I've never tasted something so good... and I've never seen such a beauty as yours..."
"Oh, great. Not another one... ! ?" Hikari suddenly flinched. She felt something rubbing her bottom, and she felt a thousand veins popping in her head.
There was a loud "JERK!" followed by a SLAP! Shippou ran into the room and saw a pissed off Hikari and an unconcious man on the floor.
"Umm... Did I miss something?" Shippou sweat dropped.
Hikari sighed, "No, it's nothing. Shippou, can you do me a favor? Can you bring this guy to someone and say a log fell on him? He's going to need someone to take care of him. Thanks."
"Umm... alright..."
Kohaku and Miroku were helping a few women place the lanterns. Um... let's rephrase that. Kohaku was helping to place lanterns while Miroku was telling women their fortune. AKA, flirting with them. Ah, that's better.
"Ah, lets see... oh! I see, you're going to meet a fine man and have a boy and a girl." Miroku said to the women in front of him. He was reading the hand lines to tell their future (*ahem* fake*). Kohaku was trying to place a lantern, but couldn't reach the hanger.
"Hey, Miroku, can you help me out here? You're taller than me, you can hang it!"
"Oh, sure Kohaku, as soon as I finish with these beautiful ladies... Now where were we? Oh, yes, that's right! So I ran behind the demon and taunted him, 'You cannot win against the monk Miroku, give up!', but of course, he attacked me, all in vain. I jumped over him and..."
Kohaku rolled his eyes. "If he had his Wind Tunnel, I'm sure he would have just sucked the demon up intead of fighting fair." He suddenly lost balance and fell to the ground, and along with him, the lanterns.
He inwardly growled, "So much for teamwork, now I'll have to do this on my own."
*O*~*O*~*O*
When they all came back to their rendez-vous point, they looked all wiped out. Inuyasha's hair was a mess, Hikari and Sango's eyes looked really tired, Kagome's hands were red, Kohaku looked pissed off, Kirara's fur was ruffled, and Shippou's tail was full of flour. The only one who looked fine was Miroku. They all stared at him.
"What? I've still done a lot of work, and had enough energy to spend!" Kohaku growled loudly enough for everyone to hear. The rest of the group all looked at him.
"What did he do this time?" Sango asked.
"Flirt. That's what."
Miroku was very nervous, "K-Kohaku, w-why I did no such thing! I simply helped the w-women get rid of t-their troubles for their future, n-nothing more! I-"
"Spare us the excuses, monk!" Inuyasha and Hikari pulled up their sleves, Sango pulled out Hiraikotsu, and Kohaku got his weapon. "Got anything to say for yourself?"
"I-I um..."
"He's already said enough! Let's get him!"
Next thing you know, Miroku has not one, but four big bumps on his head. "That'll teach you a thing or two about resting on the job." Inuyasha growled.
"On the contrary," Hikari sorted out, "That might teach him a thing or two. If he doesn't learn, then we'll have to send him eight wacks."
That night...
"My friends! Were are gathered tonight to celebrate the arrival of our saviours!" The elder spoke and the crowd below him cheered. The Inutachi were right next to the elder and they felt rather uncomfortable. "Please, you must share some of your words of wisedom with us!"
Miroku was about to talk, but since Hikari didn't want to hear anything coming from that dirty mouth of his, she beat him to it, "Always... be... happy?"
Well that was a failure. Still, the villagers seemed to take it quite well, the chief thanked her once again and everyone started dancing. "What sort of village is this?" Inuyasha thought.
Almost immediatly after the... 'meeting', the Inutachi were invaded by a swarm of people and eventually, they lost each other. Shippou was able to fly away, and he found a breathless, panting Kohaku in an alley. "Hey, Kohaku!"
Kohaku looked up and saw Shippou in his... ummm... pink... thing form. "Shippou, it's you! I never would have thought to get out of there alive."
"Yeah, me neither. Hey, have you seen the others? I can't find them anywhere." Kohaku remained silent.
"That's odd... usually he likes talking to me..." Shippou was getting worrired. "Kohaku? Is there something- AHHHHH!" He cried as Kohaku picked him up and jumped.
"Well, that's interesting, a demon slayer accompanied by a fox..." A voice from the shadows spoke. Shippou and Kohaku turned to see a toad demon walking towards them. "You were lucky to dodge my attack before, but can you keep up like that forever?"
*O*~*O*~*O*
"Perfect, now how will I find my way to the ladies?" Miroku thought desperatly. He had ran as fast as he could from the old women, and now, he didn't know where he ended up in. He glanced around him. "First things first, find water, or a water source. Where there is water, there is people, and when there's people, there's women." That was his inner pervert talking just now.
He walked around and, after 15 minutes, he found a small river. "Ah, a river! But..." He looked around. "There aren't any people. That's odd... Well, all this searching has got dehydrated, I'd better take advantage of this." He got down to his knees and started drinking some water. "Ah, refreshing."
He turned around to walk away, but he stoped when he felt a demonic aura. "A demon. Could this be one of the demons who were attacking the village?" Before he could think about anything alse, a giant tail surged from the water and blocked Miroku's way out.
"Once someone enteres my realm, there will be no escape. Ah, a monk. I haven't had some of those in a while." Miroku whipped around to see the snake demon.
"So, I assume you're one of the water demons." Miroku got ready to defend himself. "So much for 'no people around'."
The snake sickered, "Yes, I am. My friends and I noticed your arrival, and we decided to take advantage of this. After we devour your souls, we shall be the strongest water demons in demon history!"
Miroku raised a brow, "There's a demon history? Anyways, no time to think about that now."
"I will never allow to die by the hands... uh... by the sclaes of a weak demon like you!"
"Oh really? We shall see about that! Prepare yourself, monk, for this will be your last battle!"
*O*~*O*~*O*
Kagome was walking around the village looking for her friends. "Wow, I've never seen the village this far... Ah! Doesn't that mean I'm lost? Oh great, now what do I do...? Wait, I'll ask someone to give me directions, yeah! That'll work!"
She walked and walked until she finally found some men talking to each other. "They look pretty macho... They wouldn't turn down a defensless girl, would they? They look like they know where they're going... but at the same time, they look pretty stupid. Ahhhhh... Now what do I do? Out of all the people I can ask directions for, I have to find a gang of macho and maybe even perverted men instead of a nice, gentle girl!"
"Hey there!"
Kagome froze and looked up. One of the men were talking to her. He looked strong, and very handsome. Any girl would have fallen for him instantly. Yet... there was something about him that made Kagome feel uncomfortable.
"Ummm... Hello?" Kagome said in an uncertain voice.
The man laughed and walked up to her, "You sure look lost, would you like to lead you to the village?"
Kagome nodded, "Oh yes! That's right...! Thank you." She still felt really uncomfortable near him. She kept her distance. They walked away from the other men. And as they spent more time walking to the village, Kagome felt more and more uncomfortable. She felt like as if she was going somewhere else dangerous. As if this... man was leading her somewhere else... other than the village...
"Um, excuse me...? But are you sure we're going the right way? I don't think we're getting any closer to where I'm going."
The man smiled. It almost looked evil. "Oh, don't worry we're real close. It's just a few more minutes away."
But that was just it. After a few minutes, they weren't close to civilisation at all. In fact, they were just in front of a little lake. "Are you sure you know the way? This isn't the village I was looking for! And why did you-" and suddenly it became very clear to Kagome. She was frozen to the spot. "The lake. Oh, no. Don't tell me..."
She turned around very slowly and saw the 'man' transforming into its former self. "Ah, that feels much better." It said in its rough voice, "It has been a while since a I have seen a priestess before. So you've finally noticed, huh? I am one of the great water demons! You should be grateful, young miko. You will soon be part of the future ruler of all water demons!"
Kagome was disgusted, "I'd rather eat one of Naraku's tentacles than become the body of some overgown fish!"
"First, I don't even want to know who's this Naraku, and second, who do you think you're calling an overgrown fish? I am a shark!" The water demon said as it got ready to attack. He came closer and closer to Kagome.
Kagome reached behind her... when she realized she didn't bring her bow and arrows. "SHIT!" She turned to her oppenent, who was charging at her with incredible speed. Kagome was defenceless. She didn't have anything to attack with. She was alone.
"Oh God, someone, please help me get out of this... Sango, Miroku... Inuyasha!"
"WIND SCAR!"
The wind scar blew the demon to a tree. Kagome turned to see her saviour, which was of course, Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! How did you find me?"
"Isn't it pretty obvious? I tracked down your scent and followed you! When I saw the demon's true form, and saw it attacking you, I couldn't just stand there and watch! Oh yeah, here." He handed Kagome her bow and arrows. Apparently, the romantic moment couldn't last forever, since the demon was up and still alive.
"That was a lucky shot..." It said as it wiped out a trail a blood from the corner of its mouth, "But apparently, that will be the last shot you'll ever get. I'll take both of you down!"
*O*~*O*~*O*
"Phew, that was a close one. Another moment later and we could have been squashed." Sango and Kirara managed to get away from the crazed crowd. She and Kirara were able to fly off, and it seemed as if the villagers didn't notice. Kirara growled and Sango assured her friend, "Yes, I know, humans can be strange and wierd sometimes, but that's just how we show our gratitude. Well, how they show their gratitude. It's not their fault if they're crazy." Kirara snorted.
They continued flying, until Sango saw Kohaku in an alley. "Kirara, there's Kohaku. You know what to do." But by the time they flew down to him, Kohaku was already gone, and there was no sign of him.
"I wonder where he left to? He should know that this area is suspicious." Kirara comforted her by placing her head under Sango's arm. "I know, I shouldn't be worried about him, but I can't help but think that might get hurt. I don't want to lose him again..." Kirara licked her face and Sango smiled, "And I guess you don't want to lose him either."
Then, Kirara stopped licking her. She turned to the shawdowed part of the alley and ran off in that direction. "Kirara!" Sango ran after her.
"What's gotten into her?"
Sango ran for what seemed like half and hour and finally caught up with Kirara. The cat demon was growling at something in front of her. It was... a women.
"A women? Why is Kirara so worked up about..." And that's when she felt the demonic aura around the girl. "I see, so this is the demon we're looking for."
"Hello, traveler, what are you doing out here? This area is dangerous, there could be demons around here." The 'girl' said in her sharp voice.
Sango decided to play along, "I was searching for my brother, he ran in here and I'm still searching for him."
Kirara was growling even more. Sango was doing her best to hold her friend back from silicing the demon in half. "Come on, Kirara. Can't the coy fish eating wait for later? We might be able to get the demon from behind if we play the act." It's at times like this she wished she was with Hikari.
The demon chuckled, "I think you should give up."
This caught Sango completly off guard, "What do you mean I should give up?"
It chuckled again, "You won't find him. Well, not alive at least."
Sango got into a defensive stance as the demon changed into its normal form. Kirara got ready to attack. Like Hikari said, this demon really must have had strong armour, because its scales were literally shining in the moonlight.
"But don't worry," It said in its now icy voice, "You'll be able to see him in the other world when you join him!"
*O*~*O*~*O*
"Great, now what?" Hikari looked up to the sky. After the akward meeting, she was constantly being followed by other men. She got really annoyed, so she told them she'd go for a walk in the forst. Big mistake. The men still continued following her, and she didn't have any other choice but to knock them out cold. The next thing she knew, she was lost in the forest. Not that she was really lost, after all, she can find her way out by following the aura of the villagers, but she really didn't want to go back and explain everything. She would rather stay alone then say that she knocked out some of the strongest men.
She sighed and lied down on the soft, cool grass. "I'm glad I got rid of those guys, but I'm getting sooo bored. I wonder what the others are doing... Hah! Probably having more fun then me, I suppose. Well, there's only one way to find out." She sent her aura going wide to about two kilometers and saw her friends. She saw Kohaku and Shippou fighting with the toad demon, there was Miroku with the snake, Inuyasha and Kagome with the shark, and Sango and Kirara with the coy fish.
She pouted and cried out to the sky, "Well, SHIT. While my friends are out there kicking demon-ass, I'm stuck doing nothing! This-" She stoped when she heard the giggle of a little kid. She immediatly knew what was going on.
"Well, what do you know? I guess I am going to have some fun."
She got up and followed the sound of the giggle. And finally she found the source of the laughing. No surprise, it's the annoying, lazy eel dressed as a kid.
"What are you laughing at?" Hikari raised a brow. She really didn't want to know, though.
The 'kid' continued giggling, "Because of your complaining."
"And that's something to laugh at?"
"Yeah, it's stupid and wierd. So that means you're stupid and wierd."
Hikari felt veins popping on her head. This is why she hated this kid... eel... whatever. "Okay, just give it up the annoying little kid act, and face me like a real demon, will you?"
The demon giggled once again, "Well, you got me..." It changed into an eel. A disgusting, wet, annoying eel. The smell was probably strong enough to send Inuyasha running with his tail between his legs. Hikari pinched her nose.
"Dammit, didn't you ever take a bath?" And when she just realized what she said, she slapped her forehead. "Some stupid comeback! He lives in a bath, Hikari!"
It didn't seem to bother the demon, though. "Well, you'd better deal with it! Will my scent kill you first..." He charged to attack her, "...or will it be my lighting!"
Battle starting! BTW this doesn't have much to do with the whole story, it just makes a small part.
For those who are waiting for the Band of Seven, fear not! They're coming in the next chapter!
Hope you liked this one better :D
~FoxRain7~