InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To Wish Upon A Star ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 11 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
Let me clear something up in this muse right quick. They are outside of Lady's ranch and Lady and Sessy are in there true forms.


Kags: looks at Lady "Do you want me to say the disclaimer?"

FL: in true form "Ya! Thanks, I'm a little busy right now!" tackles true form Sessy "I said calm down!"

Sessy: "Not until I know why they are here!" gets up and lunges at Inuyasha

FL: "Lookout!" throws Inuyasha on her back and runs off

Sess & Kags: "Hey! Where are you going?!?"

Sess: looks at Kagome "Shall we?"

Kags: "Let's" climbs up on Sessy's back "Fluffy's Lady doesn't own Inuyasha or anything having to do with it."

Sess: takes of after FL and Inuyasha "She does own this storyline, however, and all original characters."

Kags: "Enjoy Chapter 11! Aaaaah!" as Sessy starts flying


To Wish Upon A Star

Chapter 11: Life


Dilynn sat there, blushing a deep scarlet. Her mother had just walked in on her and Sesshomaru kissing. Now she stood there, hands on her hips and a scowl on her face.

Sesshomaru was looking Dilynn, an amused light in his eyes.

"Well?" her mother demanded. "Just what do you think you're doing, young lady?"

"Uh...kissing?" Dilynn said, trying to lighten her mother's mood. She turned to Sesshomaru. "That is what it's called right?"

A smile quirked the corners of Sesshomaru's mouth. "I believe it is."

Dilynn nearly fell off her bed in shock. He was actually playing along with her joke?

"Why?" Laura demanded again. Why was her daughter kissing the man who said he could force her? (A/N: Isn't he a demon?...Ya, why?...Well she called him a 'man'...She uses the term loosely. She doesn't mean 'man' as in 'human' just 'man'...Whaaat? What did you just say?...Never mind. muttering You wouldn't get it even if I did put it more clearly...Hey! I heard that!...mockingly Oooooh! I'm so afraid!...Grrrr!...Grrrr! to you too missy! Now back to the story!)

"Because we love each other," Dilynn leaned on Sesshomaru's shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her protectively, pulling her onto his lap. Dilynn "eeped!" at his boldness but relaxed in his hold.

Mrs. Michaels' saw the exchange and gave up on that line of questioning. "Did you finish your homework?"

Dilynn nodded. "Ya, I finished all I could about half an hour ago. There were two problems in Calculus that neither Sesshomaru nor I could figure out so I'll ask my instructor on Monday."

It had been three months since Dilynn "gained her star" as Aaron put it. It was now November first and there was a definite bite in the air. She was excited--there were only 14 days until her 18th birthday.

The week following that night, she and Sesshomaru had spent in the 20 square-mile area dealing with any youkai they found. Those that were harmless were left alone once they recognized Sesshomaru and Dilynn as their Lord and Lady. The others--those who challenged their rule--were quickly dispatched to the nether-world by Sesshomaru.

Soon everything was calm once more. Dilynn, Kari and Casey started their Senior year of high school. They didn't have perfect attendance due to their "illnesses" but their grades were all A's and B's because of their course load. In short--they balanced their life between the Sengoku Jidai and school. The scales were rigged, though; Dilynn and Casey's hearts belonged in Feudal Japan while Kari was happier in Modern America.

Casey had gotten to see Koga often over the past few months. When the group would fall asleep, she would take Will and ride off to hers and Koga's meeting spot. They would kiss and talk to one another until Casey had to leave. If anyone noticed her trips--they never said anything. When they were in Modern America, she would cross the border and wait for him in the field.

Sesshomaru started to train Dilynn in the use of her other youkai abilities. She was pretty good when it came to her flute and singing--she had signed up for lessons in both (A/N: But I thought that there wasn't anyone who could train her in those abilities?...She's taking lessons on how to sing and how to play the flute. Not on how to cast spells and such...Do the instructors ever fall under her spells when she sings?...No, she is careful to control that ability in her lessons. She only sings and plays--no spell casting. Keep reading.)--but he felt she had a long way to go before she was good with her other youkai capabilities.

One day, during her training, Dilynn discovered that in her human form she had poison capabilities like those of Sesshomaru's. Only her poison was silver instead of green. In her true form, she was capable of producing a toxic miasma that put Naraku's to shame. Her speed developed to rival that of Sesshomaru’s.

When it came to learning to fly, however, Dilynn was having a great deal of trouble learning that one.

"Sesshomaru..." she whined as he again grabbed her scruff and hauled her a mile into the air. "I can't do it! I just can't fly! Please don't drop me!"

(A/N: Hey, FL, wouldn't someone think it was strange to see two forty-foot dogs flying in the air? I mean like wouldn't they call the police of something?...Nooooo, they're not in Modern America, silly. They're in Feudal Japan. Did you really think that Sessy would train Dilynn in America? Goose...Honk.)

He dropped her. "Nonsense," he said as he flew beside her, ready to grab her before she "splatted" against the ground as Jaken had so cleverly put it. "I said the same thing to my father when I was learning to fly. Do you know what he told me?" His answer was Dilynn's constant screaming. "He told me that you had to long for the wind between your paws, the breeze in your face, and the rapturous gales playing in you fur."

"I don't caaaaaarrrrrrrreeeeeee! Catch me noooooowwwwww!" Dilynn commanded.

"No," was his flat reply. Suddenly, his sensitive nose caught a scent on the wind that made his lips curl in disgust and his hackles raise in anger.

Dilynn noticed his reaction and the scent on the wind. She also noticed that the scent was headed towards Casey and the rest of the gang. Worry and concern flooded her, as well as the desire to protect her loved ones.

"Dilynn," Sesshomaru said, catching her attention. "You're flying."

"I what?" she looked down. "Oh my gosh! I'm-I'm flying!" she did a little victory dance in the air.

Sesshomaru knocked Dilynn on the side of her head with his paw.

(A/N: I didn't think Dilynn would let Sessy push her around like that or that Sessy would abuse Dilynn...She doesn't and neither does he. He cuffed her because she was being stupid and forgot about the disgusting scent in the air that threatened their friends. Instead of thinking of them, she was doing a victory dance that she would have time for later...I still didn't think he would hit her...Think of it like this: you do or say something so obvious that it makes everyone else around you feel embarrassed so they give you a friendly slap on the arm or a friendly push. It's like that...Whatever you say, FL.)

"Oooooow! What was that for?" she demanded.

Flying ahead of her, he called back, "It's Naraku."

Dilynn gasped as she raced to catch up with him. Surprisingly she was faster than him in the air. She was urged to even greater speed when she smelled Kari's fear.

"Hang on, I'm coming!" she said. A minute later Dilynn spotted the clearing where she and Sesshomaru had left the others. The girls were huddled against the trailer--Rin behind Kari and Casey. The animals and Jaken formed a half-circle in front of them. Jaken was in the center, his staff held at ready.

Dilynn dropped to the ground and ran the last few meters, jumping out of the trees and landing to where she stood over the odd little group.

Eyes trained to the forest in front of her and all senses on alert, she asked the group beneath her, "Is everyone alright?"

"Hai, Milady," Jaken said, "We are all fine for now. As soon as Naraku's aura even tingled my senses I gathered the girls from the stream and got them to the trailer."

"Good work, Jaken. You can be useful sometimes," Dilynn smiled before Naraku's aura came closer. It was obvious he wasn't passing through; he was headed straight for them. "Kari, Rin, Casey, up!" she commanded. "Rin goes first. Casey you go up my other leg."

The girls ran out from beneath Dilynn--Rin and Kari to the right and Casey to the left--and began to climb. They had practiced for a time like this, just in case.
Sesshomaru appeared beside Dilynn. "Is everything alright?"

"Ya," Dilynn nodded her head. "They're alright, thanks to Jaken, anyway."

Sesshomaru snorted at the thought of Jaken being useful. This action sent a large wind at Dilynn's right shoulder. The wind blasted poor Rin and Kari, nearly knocking them off before they could reach Dilynn's back.

"Hey!" Kari called. "Watch it!"

Dilynn glared at Sesshomaru. He whined and licked her muzzle in apology.

"Don't apologize to me. Apologize to them," she said.

How? Sesshomaru thought. Stupid, you can help them onto her back...They need to learn how to climb...They do know how, but you just knocked them back halfway...So?...the least you could do is help them back up...Fine.

Sesshomaru picked Kari up by the collar of her shirt and gently pushed Rin up with the tip of his nose until they reached Dilynn's back. There he gently set Kari down once Rin was comfortably seated.

"Apology accepted," the two chorused; they knew that was all the apology they'd get from the stoic Taiyoukai.

Sesshomaru reverted back to his "human" state and stood in front of Dilynn. (A/N: Hey, FL-...Don't even ask. I know he's not human. Note the quotations around the word 'human'...How did you know I was going to ask?...I'm just good like that...Seriously, how?...We're best friends. We know each other like the backs of our hands.)

"What are you doing?" she asked, a hint of worry in her voice.

"There is no need for Lord Sesshomaru to be in his true form!" Jaken crowed in delight. "This is not Naraku, merely one of his puppets. It would be a waste of his energy to remain in that state."

Dilynn shook her head vigorously. She had been trying to see the little imp--who still stood between her paws--while he spoke. Doing so made the blood rush to her head making her head pound.

"Then should I revert back?" she questioned.

"No," Sesshomaru said sharply. "Even his puppets can be a threat to those who are inexperienced in dealing with them."

"So should I take off then?"

"Get Rin and the others to safety," he commanded.

"You know it won't always be this way. Next time you can take the others and I will fight Naraku," Dilynn said with a grin. "For now, though, I guess I'll protect these poor helpless souls on my back," she laughed and took off.

What she didn't know was that Casey hadn't made it up her leg yet. She had made it about halfway when she slipped back to the ground. The second time she was 3/4 of the way up when Dilynn took off. At that moment, Casey had only one hand in Dilynn's fur; the other was reaching for the next hold. When Dilynn took off, Casey lost her grip and fell.

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Dreamish: scowls darkly at FL "That is so wrong."

FL: confusedly "What is? What is 'so wrong'?"

Dreamish: "You making Dilynn sound oblivious to Casey's plight. Of course she would notice her own cousin!"

FL: "Oooh, you mean that. I can explain."

Dreamish: rosses arms over chest "Please do."

FL: smiles brightly "She has to for the next chapter. Casey has to fall and Dilynn has to ignore her fall--for now anyway. It will all work out--you'll see."

Dreamish: rolls eyes and sighs "It better."

FL: sticks tongue out at Dreamish "See ya later, folks! Hope you liked the story! As always, please read and review. I love to hear from ya'll. Oh, and thank you to all those who put me on your favorite author, author alert, favorite story, and story alert lists. I really appreciate it and it makes me feel popular. G'night!"

Dreamish: "Don't you have something else to say?"

FL: taps chin in thought "Oh yeah! Dreamish and I both have jobs now so it will be kinda hard to update regularly. Please don't forget us, though. Updates will come--they just may take a while in between. Anything else?"

Dreamish: searches memory "Nope, I think that's it."

FL and Dreamish: "That's all folks!"