InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ High Voltage- Reviving the Thunder ❯ Onward ( Chapter 3 )

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High Voltage: Reviving the Thunder- Chapter 3: "Onward"Matoko Shizaki
Inu-Yasha is copyright Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise Inc. All of the characters have been made up by me except Kaede, Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kiara, Myoga, Hiten, and Manten.
Let's just say I'm at a total loss of ideas for chapter names. I'm such a loser Oh, thanks to people who have been reviewing one some of my fics such as:

Mio
Alice
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"C'mon, time to get up." Hiten rubbed his eyes and glanced up at Aoi, who was towering over him menacingly. "Morning already?" he groaned. Aoi nodded. She was fully dressed in her armor, not in the simple under gown she wore last night. 'Too bad because that made he look' Hiten smacked his forehead to drive such foreboding thoughts of the human girl from his mind. He threw off the covers only to discover he had fallen asleep in his clothes. The demon rolled up his bed as the others readied breakfast.

"You're not cooking that human flesh again, are you?" Witan asked suspiciously. Manten chuckled and shook his head. "No, just regular chicken eggs." Azaka laughed and leaned on Manten's shoulder. "Come on Witan, you have to admit it was pretty funny." the young boy mused. "It was not!" Witan said huffily. "That stuff could have killed me!" Azaka snickered again. "You are such a girl" he teased. Witan immediately jumped up off of the log he was sitting on. "You dare call the great Witan--" Hiten walked by and pushed Witan backwards. The merchant stumbled back and tripped over the log falling square on his butt. "Great my ass" Hiten muttered.

Breakfast was serve and everyone ate in silence. Afterwards, Azaka and Witan went down to clean the plates and pans at the stream while Aoi doused the fire. Hiten and Manten packed away everything including the pans and plates that Azaka and Witan brought back clean. Then they were off again

"Any idea of where we are?" Azaka asked his sister. The sun was high in the sky and everything had been heated up making them miserable. "Hm this is Emerald Glade, a home to pixies and fairies." Hiten replied. "We should be cautious then." Aoi added shifting the pack on her back. There was a crackling that pricked up her ears. Manten stopped and looked around. "The trees they sense us brother." Hiten nodded in response. "Now I get it! These trees are bewitched to protect the passage from demons!" Azaka gasped. Aoi looked at him. "What?" Azaka's eyes widened. "That means we're their targets too" Before Aoi could reply, she was seized by the ankle and whipped up into the air.

"Aoi!" Hiten cried. Aoi struggled to reach her katana to slash the tree root that was painfully cutting into her ankle, but to no avail. "Damn!" she cried. Manten scaled the tree as swiftly as he could while the others fought off the roots. Manten extended his claws, studied them, and then slashed the root in half sending Aoi plummeting to the ground. Aoi was steadied as Hiten caught her in his arms. "You okay?" he asked, concern reflected in his eyes. "Yeah, it's just my ankle but I don't know if I can run." Hiten set her down on the ground. "Well now's a good time to try!" Everyone bolted down the passage, Manten flying overhead on the cloud. "Azaka! Witan! Grab on!" Manten cried. Azaka grabbed the demon's hand and helped pull himself and Witan up. "Aoi, hold on to my waist!" Hiten ordered. Aoi nodded as the flaming wheels appeared under Hiten's feet causing him to hover above the ground. She stepped up onto the invisible bar and held on tight to the demon's waist as they spiraled through the maze of trees towards the end of the path.

Razor sharp roots lashed at Hiten's arms and he grunted in pain. Just as one came shooting at his neck, it fell short, dead. Hiten looked over his shoulder at Aoi who had her sword drawn, the tree's green blood staining its shining blade. "Keep going. I have your back." Aoi said with a wink. Hiten nodded and bent forward to speed up. Witan shook even harder with fear and Manten sped up the cloud. "Girl" Azaka muttered.

Hiten screeched to a halt as they left the passage and Aoi let go allowing him to breath free again. "I didn't think trees could put up that much of a fight." Aoi sighed bandaging her wound. Hiten scoffed. "It's amazing what fairy enchantment can do. Even against a demon." Azaka looked down as his stomach rumbled. "We should stop to eat." Manten suggested. Witan nodded and crawled off the cloud onto the ground. Azaka jumped down appear him and cloud disappeared, setting Manten firmly on the ground. Hiten's wheels disappeared and he sat down on a rock. "I'll start he fire." Azaka volunteered.

A breeze blew through Aoi's hair as she glanced across the horizon from her perch in the tree. She had straddled it, her legs dangling over the side. Bored, she pulled a wooden flute out of her belt and struck up a short song on it. Suddenly, Hiten's face was shoved in front of her and she choked on her note. He was hanging upside down from the branch above her. "What are you doing?" Hiten asked. Aoi shrugged. "Just practicing my flute. I haven't played for a while." Hiten leapt down front the top branch and crouched on the one Aoi was on. "Want me to teach you an wind youkai tune? They say when you play it, the birds sing along to the notes." Aoi smiled. "That would be great." Hiten slipped around behind her and wrapped his arms around to help place her fingers on the flute. "Now, first you play this note"

Manten smirked as he watched his older brother giving Aoi a lesson. "Ah, if only I could attract females as easy as my older brother" Azaka patted the demon's shoulder. "Don't worry Manten. I'm sure there's a girl whatever kind of demon you are out there for you." Azaka said, trying to cheer him up. Witan beamed at Manten and exclaimed, "I may be a help to you with that my friend! You know," Witan struck a corny pose. "I am the master of all women's hearts!" Azaka and Manten couldn't help but snigger. "You can't get a woman even though you have a whole head of hair!" Manten cried, bursting out laughing. Azaka was laughing so hard he fell off the rock he was sitting on. "Hn. Some people just can't appreciate talent" Witan muttered huffily.

Aoi blushed furiously feeling Hiten's arms around her. She could hear his steady, faint heart beat and she sighed. "So, you got it?" Hiten asked, letting go and leaning up against the tree trunk. Aoi nodded and struck up the song sweetly and perfectly. 'She'sso soft and fragile and warm' Hiten thought. He quickly drove the thought from his mind. 'Remember Hiten, humans and demons do not mix. They never will' Aoi stopped and turned around to face him, only to notice that he was smiling. "You're getting better." Hiten said causing Aoi to blush. She jumped back, startled, and jumped from the branch. Before long, she had disappeared into the brush. Azaka looked up at Hiten, who was climbing of the tree. "Is it something I said?" Hiten asked. Azaka shook his head. "No Aoi's always been kind of shy around men. You see, she's been hurt too many times by past loves to even try caring about someone. And when she does, she pushes them away because she thinks they'll only hurt her." Hiten grunted and sat down on a rock next to his brother. "That's what I get for trying to be nice." he mumbled. "I'll have you know that Aoi's not shy around me!" Witan said. "Yes, well that's because you're more of a girl then anything else." Manten retorted with a smirk. Witan flailed his arms around in anger while shouting numerous insults at Manten, who ignored them all.

Water dribbled down her face as Aoi tried to cool herself down. "I am so stupid!" she exclaimed while drying her face. "Hiten probably thinks I hate him." she groaned. 'The thing is I don't hate him!' Suddenly, she realized how good the water felt. "Maybe I should bathe. I need to relax." Aoi muttered.

Hiten pushed back a branch and peered into the clearing. There was no sign of Aoi. "Hiten, what are you doing?" Azaka asked, following close behind the demon. "Looking for that wretched sister of yours. We need to move on." Azaka sweat dropped. "This doesn't seen right. My sister always comes back in the end." Hiten ignored his partner and brushed away some of the bushes. Right before him, Aoi lay in the water, her clothes folded up on the shore. Hiten just starred. He had never seen a naked women before despite all of the time he had been living. Aoi looked up, hearing the noises in the bushes. "Hiten!" she cried, sinking lower into the water so that her breasts were not exposed. "Aoi I!" A rock collided with his head and knocked him back into the bushes before he could say another word. "Lech!" Aoi screamed. "I told you" Azaka commented as Hiten sat on the ground, a large lump forming on his head.