Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Feelings for a Fox ❯ Chapter 10

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Shippou's POV

~~~Chapter 10~~~

The day started out fine. It was going so good. I got up, jumped on my mama to wake her up for school, ate breakfast with grandma and grandpa, and messed with Souta until my zombified mother joined the living. Regular morning stuff, right? Then we all left to walk to school.

But that's when everything went down hill.

When we got to school all of a sudden Souta and I were surrounded by these demons! Big ugly ones! Actually they weren't really big when I think about some of the demons I've seen, but they were still ugly! And they smelled nasty! I mean sheesh! Do you think it would kill them to bathe once in a while? Then the ugliest one grabbed me and hauled me through a hole in the barrier. Oooh, Mama is not gonna be happy about that!

So there I was getting dragged along by my tail, of all things, to some random fort in the middle of freaking nowhere! And the stupid man is ignoring me! When I try to chew or scratch him he just shakes me and that made me bite my tongue. And he won't let me use my fox fire. Last time I did that he dropped me on my head and then yanked me up into the air by my tail again. I glare evilly up at him. Well as evilly as you can when you're hanging upside down and getting jounced around like a sack of potatoes. I like to think I pulled it off very well considering. The man doesn't know what is going to hit him!

I've seen your face! I'll draw a picture of it so I won't forget! You may have stolen my pouches but I'm a fox, and you'll learn not to mess with my tail soon enough! I will have my revenge! Just you wait… I continue to go on in this vein for quite some time until he yelled at me to shut up and threatened to bash my head against the next jagged rock we come to. He doesn't have to be so rude. Honestly, it's not enough that he's kidnapping me, he has to threaten me too?

Jerk.

I settle into a good sulk. There's nothing better to do until we get to this big stone compound. It's really dark and creepy. Right up there with Naraku's wandering castle. Oh man, this place isn't going to wander around is it? It'll take forever for anyone to find me if it does.

The demon takes me inside and I get unceremoniously dumped into a cell. It's a good thing I'm a youkai or I'd be covered in bruises by now. I don't know how long I was in the cell. Long enough that by the time they brought me food I was hungry enough to eat it, even if it tasted kinda funny. They have a bad cook that's all I gotta say. I want my mommy!

No, I have to be strong and get out of here so I can get back to mama. You can do this Shippou! Just think. Now if I were mama what would I do? Oh well I'd just purify everyone. Nope, that won't work. Ok, if I were Inuyasha- wait no that won't help me either. Sango was a demon exterminator, dealing with those guys she probably wouldn't have gotten caught at all. Hm… what if I were Miroku? What would he do in this situation? He'd try to smooth talk his way out. But that's not an option. So he'd try a con or try to use his tricks to get out. Yep! But how does that thought help you?

Think Shippou!

Ok so here's your situation. you've been fox napped by a stupid smelly demon for reasons unknown. You're in a cell off in Kami knows where. You don't have your pouches with your toys or leafs. You're all alone with no way to contact anyone outside.

Wait a minute! I'm all alone… and they never thought to check my tail! In the words of Souta, WOOT! That means I still have the pouch with summoning stones that Rin gave me! Rin is a shadow sorceress so she's good at spells and stuff. She gave me this bag of stones that hold various items inside them that can be activated with the right word, and can then be sent back with another one. And I have tricks and stuff! Rin and Mama both also taught me a couple of spells that they've been making me work on. Only simple stuff of course, and none of it could be used here. But still the stones may have something I can work with.

I love these stones! I can whip some of those out and see if there's anything that'll help me to get out of here! Oh happy dance! Ok that's enough tail wagging there. Time to see what I got. I toss down the first stone.

Eh? It's one of those umberlla thingies, the humans use to go out in the rain. It's only rained once since I've been here so I don't see those very often. Nope. That's not gonna help me. Let's see what else I have- oh a sleeping bag. That'll be useful, but probably not right now. What else? Chemicals? Hey these are the ones mama got me when I started taking pictures with her and Rin! Yeah but she said they weren't really dangerous. So not much use there. What about this one? Hey! Herbs! In leaf form!

Score!

I send everything I've gotten out back to their stones. Now to figure out the best way to use the leafs. Hm. Simple block cell, wooden door without cracks and no bars to slip through though. Hey, there's a hole behind the chamber pot, but even in my natural form I'm too big… so something smaller I think would work. I grab a leaf and stick it onto my head and change into a small floating pink bubble.

Eww. Good thing I'm floating.

Float!

Man this is boring. I hope I come to an opening before my transformation wears off. I don't want to even think about whatever this slimy stuff is. Doop a doop. Hey, what's that over there? An opening! It's about time. I edge over to the opening and look out carefully to make sure that no one else is around. Nope, no one there. Looks like a bare room with a wooden door with out cracks and no bars to slip through. Oh don't tell me I came out of one prison cell only to end up in another one! Crap! Back into the hole I go. This is going to be a long day isn't it?

Awwaaaaayyy!

Hehe, I like that song.

What's this room supposed to be? Hey! My bags! Uh oh. There's someone watching the stuff. I'll have to figure out how to get rid of him to get my things back. Ooh someone else is coming. Maybe this'll give me a chance to… They're leaving! suckers! All I have to do now is run over and- got it! Alright! I'm so gone! I use my leaf to transform into the demon that had caught me and brought me here. Ick. Do you have any idea how gross I've just become?

But on to more important matters. Getting out, and hopefully doing so in a manner that will cause these guys a lot of trouble. But where to start? I walk out the door and into the hall, carefully looking to make sure that there was no one around. Ok no one. That's it just slide into the hallway and walk around like you own the place. That's it. Wait were there any particular hitches in rhythm to the way I was being jounced around? No, there wasn't anything unduly noticeable to it so he doesn't have a limp or anything that would obviously be off. Ok so just strut along like a typical demon who thinks he owns the world.

I've been wandering around forever! Don't these guys believe in a map? I've had to duck into shadows and around corners a couple of times to avoid getting noticed but there haven't been too many close shaves. I wonder what a shave is? And I wonder why there aren't more guards around? That's not normal. I guess the next time I see some demons talking I'll have to risk someone trying to talk to me to find out what's going on. And what do you know? I'm about to get my chance.

"Hey Reisan! What are you doing wandering around down here? Haven't you heard there's been a break in?!"

"No I haven't heard! What's going on?!" I snap out, hoping they won't notice just how much higher 'Reisan's' voice has become. Hehehe! He's going through puberty! Fortunately, they're too stupid to notice. As long as I keep things simple I should be fine.

Wait a minute! A break in? Not a break out? So they don't know about me yet?

"Well they say there are some intruders. They aren't sure how many. They think whoever it is has come for the kid. And they don't think they've gotten past the first level of the compound. All of the guards are supposed to be fanned out looking for him up there."

"Do you know anything else?" Please say yes, please say yes.

"Nope. But you'd better hurry!"

"Right." I walk away trying to act all tough and manly. How exhausting. I don't know how adults do it.

Aw man! Now I have to figure out where the first level of this place is. I open the first door I come to and slip inside after glancing in to make sure that no one else was inside. Now what kinda room is this? It's like I'm on a sort of walkway, and there's a rail around a square hole in the center of the room. There are a bunch of pipes and gears along the walls, and some rusted chains. Hey the ceiling is all blue and moving! Ooh, that's not the ceiling tat's blue and moving. I stare over the side of the railing. Wow…

I feel evil. Very very evil.

I can't stop the wicked smile that spreads across my face. This is gonna be so coooool! I wish Souta could be here right now. He would really appreciate this! I take out my summoning stones and dig around for the dark blue one. As I 'open' the stone I begin to chant one of the simple spells I've been taught. This one is an amplification spell. Basically Mama uses it to amplify the effects of her healing spells since she's not really a healer. But I'm using it to amplify something else completely! I can't keep from giggling maniacally as I dump the item over the rail.

Now that that is done… time to split!

I rush out of the room and down the hall. I find some stairs and race up them, hoping that I had been imprisoned below the first level. Man that would really be bad if I hadn't been. I see some other guys running around up ahead. Maybe I'm getting closer to where I'm supposed to be. Suddenly my rush is halted when I get slammed into a wall by someone. A blade is pressed against my neck and I stare into the cold red eyes that glare at me over the dully glinting silver. I can't help the whimper I let out when I see the look in his eyes.

"Kitsune," he speaks in a frozen emotionless voice as he addresses me. "There is a child in this fortress. You will take me to him now. You will not try any of you pathetic fox tricks. And you will not try to escape or alert any of the other guards. Or I will slay you now. Understand?"

Realization hits me. This is the guy that Mama had sent to save me. Wow, he's pretty ruthless!

I retransformed, and hung there from where he held me against the wall. "My mama is Kagome Higurashi, Protector of the Shikon no Tama and the Incarnation of the Barrier between worlds. You must be the person who Koenma sent to save me! Hi!" I remember what I just did a minute ago. "And we need to get out of here. Right now!"

"She's the what?!"

His gaze sharpens as he too hears what I already know about. "What is that noise?" There's a loud rumbling that rolls through the thick stone walls.

"I'll explain it to you later! We need to hurry! Let's go!" He gives me a searching look and nods curtly, sheathing his katana. Everything blurs and I cling to his arm. Somehow the knowledge that the only thing between me and hitting the ground at high velocities is his loose grip on my shirt is not reassuring. He pauses to shift me onto his back. Somehow the knowledge that the only thing between me and hitting the ground at high velocities is my death grip on his shirt is even less reassuring.

We run through a crowd of demons and he quickly slices them, almost before they even realize that we're there. Man he is good. Fast too. We make it out of the compound right before a wave of white bubbles crashes through the front gates carrying a screaming horde of unsuspecting demons in its wake. He keeps running until we hit high ground, completely safe from the water pouring onto the surrounding plain. He stops to stare. I too was staring- to admire my handy work. I told you I'd get my revenge didn't I? Mwahahaha! Feel the wrath of a fox!

"What just happened down there?"

"Oh that? Well there's a lovely chemical the ningens use to develop film for their pictures called photo flo. When I came across the water supply for the fort I dropped a whole bottle inside, that had an amplification spell on it. Accidentally of course."

"Of course." I grinned at his sarcastic agreement.

"Well, problem is they draw their water in from an outside source and pumped through the plumbing system. So that means their supply of water is in a constant state of agitation. It just so happens that photo flo is a rather extreme foaming agent, especially if you consider the extra kick it had from the spell. Their pipes flooded when the water began to agitate the chemical and there was enough water stored there to flood the entire building." I scratched my ear thoughtfully with my hind leg since mama isn't around to see. "Course it's not like they even seemed to use the water very much anyways and the chemical probably cleaned the water storage tank. Sooo, they'll thank me eventually!"

"Hn." He raises an eyebrow and turns away, and starts to quickly move across the land towards a portal. He's really quiet. But he seems so cool!

"You don't talk much do you? I'm Shippou, who're you?"

"My name is Hiei."

"What kinda demon are you?"

"Fire."

"Oh. So are you mated?"

"No."

"Do you wanna be mated?" He gives me a funny look. But he's here to save me so I figure odds are good he's not going to kill me for asking annoying questions.

"No"

"Do you have any pups?"

"No."

"Do you wanna have pups?"

"No." Darn. That means the odds of him being my new dad are slim. Still…

"What's your favorite color?" I ask him.

"Black."

"Black isn't a color technically speaking."

"Shut up."

"Why are wearing a bandage on your arm?"

"Shut up."

"Is that white star in your hair natural?"

"Yes. Now shut up."

"Teach me something!"

"No."

"You're kinda small. How old are you?"

"Tell me about your mother," he ordered. I know he's just trying to distract me but he's asking me about mama so I can't really complain. I got excited and launched into how I met mama and started jumped back and forth across his shoulders as I got deeper into my story.

"Three years ago my father was killed by these demons who called themselves the Thunder Brothers. A girl from the future and a hanyou who she was traveling with at the time came along and saved me from them.ThenIstartedtravelingwiththemandshetreatedmelikeherowncubandeverything butshewasfromthefuturecuzshefellintoawellandsoshekepthavingtoleavetoherownt imeandshewouldgetintoargumentswiththestupiddoghanyouwhowouldneverlethergoho mebecausehealwaysinsistedshewashissharddetectorbecausetheywerelookingforthe shardfortheShikonnoTamasincethatshebroketokeepawayfromademonandthenwemetthi spervertedmonknamedMirkouwhowasalwaystryingtofeeleveryoneupandthenSangoj oinedthegroupandshewasademonexterminatorbuttheyallhatedNarakuandhewastrying togetthejewelshardsandthenKikyocamebacktolifeandkepttryingtotokillKagomeand runoffwithInuyashaandtheshardsandthenandthenandthenandthen-" *

"Ch. Sorry I asked."

*Translation: Then I started traveling with them and she treated me like her own cub and everything but she was from the future cuz' she fell into a well and so she kept having to leave to her own time and she would get into arguments with the stupid dog hanyou who would never let her go home because he always insisted she was his shard detector because they were looking for the shards for the Shikon no Tama since that she broke to keep away from a demon and then we met this perverted monk named Mirkou who was always trying to feel everyone up and then Sango joined the group and she was a demon exterminator but they all hated Naraku and he was trying to get the jewel shards and then Kikyo came back to life and kept trying to kill Kagome and run off with Inuyasha and the shards and then and then and then and then-"