InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Minds, Shattered Hearts ❯ Entrances and Exits ( Chapter 4 )

—Corwin POV—

 

I woke to the sound of a woman calling my name, which is never a bad way to wake up. My eyelids fluttered open, and when my vision cleared, I saw Kagome kneeling next to me, trying to rouse me.

 

“You ready to go yet?” Inuyasha caustically queried.

 

I strapped Grayswandir onto my left hip, then nodded curtly, while I blinked the last of sleep out of my eyes.

 

We stepped outside, and I saw Kirara morph into a much larger cat, then Sango and Miroku board her.

 

Inuyasha crouched like before, and held Kagome. He glared at me, his golden eyes boring into my emerald ones. “You had better be able to keep up, ___ <insert vile name here> ___, or else we'll leave you in the dust!”

 

“Inuyasha! Be nice.”

 

“Don't defend him, wench! We don't even know who he reall—“

 

“HENTAI!” Sango screeched right before she slapped Miroku so hard he fell off Kirara.

 

I coughed to hide my chuckles.

 

“Sango, my sweet—I was only—“

 

“Save it for someone who cares,” she shot back at him.

 

He climbed back onto Kirara, though silently.

 

“Quit playing around and let's go already, dammit!” Inuyasha barked to all of us. He took off sprinting, and Kirara leapt into the air. I ran, and had no trouble keeping pace with my most irritable companion; I matched him for a few moments, then turned and smirked. “Is this all you've got, Demon?” I shot past him, and waited for him to rush past me.

 

“Not hardly, ___ <vile nickname here> ___!”

 

We kept this one-upping until lunchtime, when Kagome started dropping hints about being hungry.

 

“Oi, wench! You just ate.”

 

“Inuyasha, that was hours ago, and some of us need nutrition.”

 

“Fine. You, Sango, and the Lecher look for some food. I'll stay here with ___ and get stuff ready.”

 

They all nodded, then headed off together.

 

He turned to me. “You! What the hell are you? No normal human can run that far, that fast without have to stop. You haven't even broken a sweat! Tell me now, or Kami help me, I'll make kindling out of your ass!”

 

I scoffed at that. “You, cut me down? I think not. Even should you be stronger—which I highly doubt—I am far older and more experienced than you. I need not explain myself to the likes of you!”

 

Dammit all to Chaos! Someone chose right then to Trump me, while a fuming hanyou glared daggers at me, but shut his mouth when I turned to the side and spoke in Thari.

 

“Picked a hell of a time, Bill,” said I.

 

“Well, I'm ready to go to Amber. Julian is in Japan, to be the contact there.”

 

“How did you get that bastard to help… Never mind, it isn't important. Come on through.”

 

“What in the hells is going on?” demanded the confused and irate half-demon when he saw Bill materialize in-front of me.

 

Bill looked at Inuyasha, then to me. “Here's your trump back. Who's this?”

 

“Ignore him. We need you in Amber.” I pulled out Random's card.

 

I felt contact, and saw Random in the library. Just the sight of the endless number of books calmed me. I always did like libraries.

 

“Is he ready to come through?”

 

“Yeah. I'm sending him now.”

 

Inuyasha growled audibly when Bill disappeared.

 

“Random, so far, I found a group searching for the Jewel shards. Apparently there are lots of shards, possibly thousands.”

 

He raised his eyebrows in surprise, but waited for me to continue.

 

“I'm going to try to find out more. The jewel came from a priestess named Moridiko. Their main rival for the shards is a demon named Naraku.”

 

“Alright. I want you to find out more about this `Naraku', as well as the priestess. If she is one of us in disguise, we need to know how she made it, and what is has to do with the Pattern.”

 

I nodded.

 

Random idly scratched his chin, then nodded as if he came to some decision. “Good. Find out all you can. If you need reinforcements, don't hesitate. I'll tell Benedict to be on alert.”

 

“Tell Fiona too. I think she may know more about this jewel thing than she's saying.”

 

“Doesn't surprise me one bit. She always was a bitch. A smart bitch, too. Need anything else?”

 

I shook my head, then passed my hand over the card, and placed it back with the others.

 

“Sango, Kagome, and Miroku had arrived to see Bill disappear, and were currently standing jaw-agape.

 

“I think you owe us an explanation.” Miroku pressed.

 

I sighed. I didn't particularly want to clue them in this early, but I didn't see what choice I had. “You all had better sit down for this…”