InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ High Voltage- Reviving the Thunder ❯ Destinations ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

High Voltage: Reviving the Thunder- Chapter 4: "Destinations"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
Kittle (Kittle: YAY! LOOK AT MY FICS! PWEASE? OR MY ART! =^-^= peAce y0!)



It's really appreciated!




With every day Hiten became more anxious. His revenge had still not been complete but there was something holding him back. 'Why? Why do I resist what I truly desire? Is it because of her?' Hiten thought glancing at Aoi out of the corner of his eye. The demon shook off the feeling and looked back at the path. "How much longer Azaka?" Manten asked. "Hmm. I would guess we should be their at noon. We have been traveling for a week, right?" Witan pulled another thorn out of his side and moaned. "What kind of life is this?" Before the merchant could complain once more, Aoi's katana was placed under his chin and hanging dangerously close to his throat. "This is the kind of life we lead. If you don't like it I can put you out of your misery now." Witan smiled apologetically (not because he meant it but because he was going to lose his head!). "Now dear, let's not be testy!" "I'll show you testy!" Aoi replied, growing more irate by the second. "Some one! Call her off!" Witan cried realizing there was no use reasoning with Aoi. "I will" Hiten said turning on his heal to face the merchant. "If you grovel before me afterwards." "NEVER!" Witan cried proudly. "Alright then" Hiten muttered. The katana came close to Witan's throat and he began to sweat. "Alright! I will! Just help!" Hiten smiled. "A wise decision." The demon placed his hand over the blade and pushed it downward and away from Witan. "Aoi, why waste your energy? You can kill him later." Witan gave Hiten a look that utterly said, "Thanks for nothing!" Aoi removed her katana. "Fine." Witan sighed as Aoi walked away from him still cursing under her breath. Then Hiten turned to the merchant. "Groveling time" he said with a menacing grin. "C'mon guys! The village is just up ahead!" Azaka cried.

Hiten diverted his interest towards the village that was just barely visible beyond the forest. "Then this must be the Forest of Inu-Yasha." Aoi said. Hiten and Manten didn't give too much notice for they were busy watching the village. Tiny people moved about in the fields and the paths. There was a bustling market place full of live stock. But what caught their eye was a hut, nice then the others, where two people sat on the steps. "That bastard halfling" Hiten growled. There was a sudden tap on his shoulder that made him jump and interrupted his plots of revenge. "Come on Hiten. We just have a small walk until the village." Aoi exclaimed. Hiten nodded and yanked Manten's collar a little. The younger of the Thunder Brothers looked up. "Elder brother?" he whispered. Hiten shook his head. "I cannot but the other's into our affairs. You know the girl will stop us." Manten sighed and got up. "True."

Chickens scattered as the group made their way through the village center. A few woman stopped and whispered to one another, pointing to Aoi and then to the demons. Aoi sweat dropped but kept going, her hand resting heavily on the handle of her sword. Hiten grunted and cross his arms. "What are you looking at ningen?" he growled to a little child. The child's eyes turned wide and he ran off crying. Hiten felt something hard collide with the back of his head. Azaka had draw his weapon and whacked Hiten with the flat of the blade again. "You made the kid cry!" Azaka exclaimed. Manten patted the top of his head thoughtfully and sighed. "They keep starring. Is it because of my lack of hair brother?" Hiten ignored his younger brother, his focus set on the nice hut he had seen from the hill.

"Alright, I'll go in first with the message. Anyone with me?" Aoi asked seizing the scroll from her brother's hands. Hiten stepped forward, his face emotionless. "I will."

Shippo tossed the acorn from hand to hand in a bored fashion. "What a dull day and there are no more Shikon shards that we can find!" he exclaimed tucking the acorn back into his vest pocket. Inu-Yasha grunted. "We don't have many to go. Enjoy your down time while it lasts." Miroku nodded. "Our hayou friend has a point Shippo-chan. Tis best to rest before going on." Kagome nodded in agreement and twirled her hair around one finger. "I know. But we do need some excitement. Like a villain just waltzing in here."

Suddenly, the animal skin door fell back. The person in the doorway bowed. "Pardon the intrusion. I have a message for Lady Kaede, the priestess and protectress of the village." The girl moved into the light, her companion still in shadow. "Pray, do come in. Lady Kaede is off attending to a sickly boy right now. You are welcome to stay until she returns." Sango said gesturing to the empty spots near the fire. Finally, the girls companion shifted into the light. "What makes you think that I would find pleasure in sitting around a fire with you?" Kagome scrambled back a little and Inu-Yasha growled. "Hiten! B-but I thought we killed you and Manten a long time ago!!!!" Shippo stammered. The transformed Tetsusaiga flashed as it was drawn. "You, get away from that girl and us!" Inu-Yasha commanded. Miroku laid a hand on the rosary that sealed his hand and nodded. "No! Wait!" The girl stumbled back spreading her arms across Hiten to block any hits. "Please don't harm him. I alone am responsible for his actions." The girl exclaimed. Hiten's eyes widened. 'Aoi!'

Another grunt escaped Inu-Yasha's mouth and he put away the sword. "How is it that Hiten's alive again?" Kagome asked. She still felt remorse for the time they slew the Thunder Brothers. "Me It's my fault. But I do not look upon it as an accident." The girl said. "Unwittingly, I revived them. I cannot return to my own village for fear of dishonoring my father." "Them?" Inu-Yasha asked quizzically.

"What game is this?" Manten asked. "It's called janken. Lady Kagome taught it to the village children when she passed through years ago." (Janken is the Japanese form of Rocks, Paper, Scissors. ^_^; Kawaii, huh?) Azaka explained. "Janken Pon!" (Pon meaning something like shoot.) Azaka cried. Both his hand and Manten's hand flew from behind their backs, one in the form of paper and one in the form of scissors. "Acchimuite hoi." (Acchimuite hoi is an exclamation of winning the round in the game.) Azaka exclaimed from where he was seated on the ground. "Curses!" Manten cried turning his head to look the other way. (In Janken, when you lose you look the other way.) The animal skin doorway came up again and Azaka looked up. "Hi nii-chan." Azaka said. Hiten face faulted seeing his younger brother sitting on the ground playing a child's game. "Manten?" Kagome asked. Manten blinked and then turned back to the game. "Janken Pon!" Manten cried. First the first time, he won. "Acchimuite hoi! I beat you!!!!!" Manten cried with a laugh. "I pity you young maiden. Such a burden on your shoulders." Miroku sighed. Aoi turned to look at him when he clapped his hands around hers. "I must ask even more of you. Will you bear my child?" Before Aoi could reply, Hiten sent the monk sprawling on the ground. "You lecher!" he cried. Aoi looked at Hiten. "Don't tell me you are envious!" she laughed. Hiten turned red and sat down on the porch with a growl.

"Kagome! Inu-Yasha! What is going on here?" Lady Kaede asked as she approached the hut. The old woman looked from the strange new humans, to the Thunder Brothers, and then to the others. "I can explain Kaede- sama!" Kagome exclaimed.

Embers shot across the floor as Miroku poked the fire lazily with a stick. Kaede sighed knowingly. "Such a burden child." Aoi bowed her head ashamed. "Yes, now you understand why I must not return home so soon. If I do, I must produce an excuse." Kaede fingered the message that had been given to her by Azaka. "Well, there is no point in leaving in haste. Please, join us for dinner and for the night." Inu-Yasha jumped up in protest. "Aoi, Azaka, and Witan I have no objection to but they are not welcome here." The half demon pointed towards Hiten and Manten. Witan shrugged. "Fine. Let them go." Aoi dealt a heavy blow to the merchant's head and then spoke up. "Please, allow them to stay." She pleaded. Manten motioned for her silence. "No, we'll leave. Why would I want to be in good spirits with the killers of my brother and I anyway? Farewell Aoi, Azaka, Witan. It is doubtful that our paths with cross again." Hiten growled. Then, him and Manten beat a solemn retreat from the hut. "Wait, don't!" Aoi exclaimed. Witan held her back. "Love, it is best that we forget the heathens." The merchant said cheerfully. Aoi knocked him off. "Never call me love" she growled. Witan smiled skittishly and backed away.

Human flesh sizzled in the pan as Hiten held it over the fire to cook his and Manten's dinner. "Hmm too bad it is the last of our food" Hiten muttered. The demon looked up at the full moon over head and sighed. 'It's alright, I'd never have fit in there anyway. Who can forgive someone who stabbed his younger brother through right in front of him?' A twig snapped behind Hiten and he looked up. Aoi stood there holding an oil lamp in her hands. "I thought I'd find you guys somewhere back here." She said with a smile. Aoi sat down on the log next to Hiten just as Manten returned with his arms full of wood. "Aoi? What?" he asked. "Please come back with us. I feel bad about leaving you two out here." Aoi asked. Hiten grunted. "You have no need to worry about us." Was his reply. "I didn't ask you to be there friend. In fact, I'd prefer it if you weren't." Hiten turned away. "Besides, what help would we be?" Hiten said glancing back at his dinner. "I want you two back. I am responsible for you." Aoi exclaimed. Hiten bit his lip. "There is no way that I am returning to that village."

'How did I get myself into this?' Hiten thought stabbing into his rice with his chopsticks again. Manten was equally silent as the others ate. "So, your village is a few days south of here?" Kagome asked. Aoi nodded. "Right near Demon's Death Peak." Kagome nodded solemnly while digesting the information. "Pray tell child, who is your father?" Kaede asked while passing the tea to Miroku. "Lord Yoshihiro. The village leader." Aoi said taking a sip of sake. "Oh! You're that sick little girl aren't you?" Kagome asked. Aoi smiled. "In fact, you and Inu-Yasha are the inspiring drive behind my will to be a protectress." She added a matter-of-factly. Shippo ripped off a chunk of his roll. "Wow. I didn't think that someone as rude and wanton as Inu-Yasha would be a role model." Inu-Yasha slammed his fist down on the young kitsune's head. "Shut it Shippo." he muttered. Azaka laughed. "You remind me of Witan and Aoi. Aoi's always hurting Witan. And to think they're supposed to be engaged" Azaka muttered. Sango smiled and cocked her head to the side. "Really?" Aoi grunted, angry at the turning of the subject. "My father's bidding." she replied. Witan snorted huffily. "Come now, you know you are madly in love with me, Aoi dear! No need to be shy!" Aoi placed a menacing fist in front of his face. "I'll show you shy!!!!" Hiten ignored their frivolous banter and looked into the fire. Then he looked up into Aoi's face. 'How is it that I will obey her?'

Mist had settled over the hot spring for the night but that hadn't stopped from Manten and Hiten seeking a little refuge there. Hiten cupped the water in his hands and let it run through his fingers and trickle back into the pool. "So, what next brother?" Manten asked twirling his hand around in the water leisurely. "I'm not sure. It would be best to wait on our revenge. The more we know of our foes and the more they grow accustom to us, the sweeter it will be. And the less guilt I'll feel about slitting that girl Aoi's throat." The demon said. He cringed hearing the last past, knowing that he truly didn't mean it. Manten sighed. "Brother, would you consider it weak to take to such humans?" Hiten looked up, almost blushing while knowing that he was in a similar situation. "Yes" Hiten lied. Manten shrugged and got out of the water. "Despite our hatred, they've treated us very well. And, I see you and Aoi seem to be quite friendly." Manten hesitated on the last word. The was a huge crack and Manten rubbed the red mark across his arm. Hiten stood out of the water, his towel positioned for another painful whipping. "I was only jesting brother!" Manten exclaimed sheepishly. "I'll jest you!" Hiten cried running after his younger brother swinging the towel over head.

Wind whipped across Hiten's bare chest as he watched the night from his perch in the tree. His armor, boots, and shirt lay at the foot of the tree folded in a neat pile with the Blade of Lightening lying over top of them. Suddenly, voices interrupted Hiten's thoughts. "Ah! It's so warm!" "I know! It's some much better then bathing in cold water, right Sango?" "Yes!" Hiten noticed that Aoi, Kagome, and Sango were in the other side of the hot spring, bathing. "No clothes" Hiten muttered noting the women's bare breasts with growing curiosity. When Aoi glanced up at the tree was in, he smacked back against the tree trunk. Luckily, she didn't notice.

"You both must love this kind of life. Always on adventures, living with two very nice men and then Shippo. Your parents probably never force you to be betrothed to a man who acts like a woman" Aoi tucked her knees up against her chest and sighed. "It's unfortunate. Witan is like a woman." Sango muttered. The other two chuckled in response. "What's it like having two companions that are demons? Aren't you afraid of them just slightly?" Kagome asked. Aoi shook her head swishing her long wet hair in the water. "Not really. It may sound odd and odd but I trust them. Manten is alright, never really a hassle" Aoi paused shyly. "And what of Hiten?" Sango asked. "I- I like him. He's a good person even though he hides behind the image of a blood thirsty killer." Kagome smiled slyly. "Sounds like young love to me!" Aoi blushed furiously. "Wait, I didn't" she suddenly realized she was lying and began laughing along with the others.

Locks of black whipped into Hiten's face and he brushed them away, his hearing picking up every word, even syllable. That's when it hit him. He had stolen the hearts of many women in his lifetime. 'But Aoi she is the first one that I actually well returned the feeling.' Hiten smacked himself so hard he almost fell from the branch. "What am I saying? She's just a human! I can't care for her can I?"