Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Jewel of the Chaotic Souls ❯ Chapter Seven ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter Seven

The silence protruded through the study, as slowly Sesshoumaru's words sunk in.

Then, "WHAT?!?!?!?!?!"

Sesshoumaru winced, and rubbed left ear. "I take this means she's not in your place...Hai*, Rin has disappeared. There is not a single trace of her anywhere in Makai*. No scent, no trail...nothing."

Kagome paled visibly. While it's true that Rin has a reckless streak as she grew older, the young youkai* would never cause her adoptive father to worry for her so. The disappearance of Rin, in Makai, would be a big thing.

"Did you try Raizen*, Makuro*, and Yomi's* place?"

"Nothing."

Restless, Kagome started pacing the study. Her hands drew to her mouth, and she bit her lips hard as thoughts started forming on her head. "Did you two fight?"

"No."

Kagome's brows knitted together. "Rin's a shadow demoness. If she doesn't want to be found, it's going to be hard to search for her."

"Why hide?"

"Yes, why?" Kagome stopped, and turned troubled eyes on her friend. "Why indeed?"

~*~*~*~

Her family was already asleep by the time she returned. Tiptoeing, she checked up on Souta before she went to bed. Her brother was sleeping quietly in his room, his hands tucked in a kawaii* fashion under his chin. His eyes were closed gently, his lips turned in a sweet smile.

Kagome sighed, and closed the door quietly. Her room was just as she'd left it. She placed the laptop onto her desk, and changed. Then, settling onto her bed, she closed her eyes...and waited for sleep to claim her...

~*~*~*~

Kagome was inside a cocoon of darkness, much worse than the previous two dreams. Everything was completely silent, but for the continuous drips of black water. Kagome couldn't see the source of the dripping noises, but then, she couldn't see much of anything else.

"It's too late, Nee-chan*..."

Kagome whirled around, and found her brother standing, tears silently coursing through his cheeks. "It's too late..."

"Souta?" Kagome ran towards her little brother, and hugged him...

"N-no way..." Turning, she found her brother behind him. She'd passed right through the ten-year-old.

"It's too late, Nee-chan. Can't you see that it's too late?" His small hands came up, and rubbed his eyes, as tears poured down. "I can't even cry normally anymore..."

Kagome watched, in complete horror, as her brother's tears turned into his blood. He raised his face, and watched her with blood-filled eyes. "Why Nee-chan? Why weren't you there when I needed you?"

"S-Souta..."

"It's too late now, Nee-chan..." Slowly, the boy began floating away, his eyes saddened, while his blood continued to drip onto the ground. "It's too late now..."

"Wait! Souta!!! Come back!!!"

It's no use, Nee-chan. It's too late...

~*~*~*~

Kagome dashed out of her bed, breathing heavily. She trampled from her room, and burst into her little brothers.

He wasn't there.

Letting out a horrified "eek!" she ran into her mother's room. "Souta!" she cried. "Where's Souta?"

Surprised, Mrs. Higurashi groaned. She rubbed her eyes, and stared at Kagome. "What are you talking about, Kagome?"

"Eeaah!" Kagome cried. "Souta! Souta, where are you?"

She ran down the hallway, and turned abruptly as she crashed into something. "Ahh!" the voice cried, as they tumbled onto the ground.

Kagome stared for a second, before the groaning of her baby brother sounded. "Souta!!!" she cried, and dragged him into her arms. The little boy groaned, as his sister crushed him into a death hug.

"Ahh! Nee-chan..." He froze, however, when he felt warm tears trickling down his skin. "Nee-chan..?"

"I'm so happy, Souta...I thought...it was too late..."

~*~*~*~

It seemed that after some hysterics, Kagome calmed down enough to let her brother to school. Her mother had been worried sick, when she saw her beloved children on the hallway, huddled and tears streaming down.

Kagome brought Souta to school before heading over to Meiou High herself. Her mind remained firmly on the nightmares...Nightmares? Are they even nightmares? Or are they something else?

Like premonitions?

Dear Kami*, please no...

~*~*~*~

Her math sensai was babbling about the different geometric proofs by the time she entered the classroom. Not really caring about the death glare that was currently directed at her, she mumbled an excuse and turned to sit.

Grabbing out a pencil and notebook, she turned to the sensai and gave her an attentive look. The math teacher's nose flared out before continuing with her lecture. "As I was saying, complete this seven step proof. The givens are, in Circle O, line DB is tangent to the circle at B, line BC and BA are chords, and C is the midpoint of arc AB. Prove that angle ABC is congruent to angle CBD. Begin."

Scruffles of paper and pen sounded around the room, and everyone hushed immediately. Kagome turned to the diagram on the board, and her head swam with the different letters and symbols.

Trust her to begin this class with a circle proof...OK, start with...with the proofs...C is the midpoint of arc AB...given...arc AC and arc BC is equal...because the midpoint of an arc divides the arc into two equal arcs...angle ABC is half of arc AC...because the measure of an inscribed angle is one-half the measure of its intercepted arc...and...

A piece of paper landed on Kagome's book, with Ami's scribbles on the top. Kagome quickly opened it to reveal:

<Toya and a bunch of the guys are going out for a movie this Saturday...you coming?>

Turning to the girl on the opposing side of the room, Kagome shrugged. "Miss Higurashi!" Her head whipped to the front of the room. "Care to show us what you've done on this proof?"

Kagome grimmaced, and glanced down at the half finished proof on her paper. Chikuso! She swore. What does this teacher HAVE against me?

~*~*~*~

Kurama came into Teach Misa's class during fourth period, and spotted Kagome with Toya and his girlfriend in the back of the room again. Suzumi, one of the more persistent of his pursuers, had walked him to the class.

"Ooooohh!" she cried, her eyes wide. "This room is so COOOL!!!! Shuuichi-san, you always take the COOLEST classes!!!! Which piece is yours?"

Half of the class turned their heads their way when they heard Suzumi's unmistakable squeal. The brunette herself didn't seem to mind her attention, as she turned bright eyes at the class. "Hi guys!"

Out of the corner of his eyes, Kurama thought he saw Kagome snort into her hands, before trying to shush her laughing friends. But, judging from her compressed lips and dancing eyes, you could tell she's trying not to crack up as well.

*Get rid of this girl.* Youko growled into his mind. *Her constant squealing will result in us being deaf.*

~Be nice, Youko.~

*And you've been to school for...what?...a WEEK and STILL you haven't found out how that Higurashi could draw my mother so accurately!*

~Well, I could hardly probe her mind!~

*Why not?!*

~Well...~

"...chi-san? Shuuichi-san? Hello??" Suzumi waved a hand in front of his face, seeing the glazed look in his emerald eyes. She watched, as he blinked before turning his attention back.

"Uh, Suzumi-san, I really must get seated." He bowed slightly to her, before making his way to the back of the class.

To say Suzumi was angry, when she caught sight of HER Shuuichi Minamino seated with that...that NEW girl, would be like saying a hurricane is a playful little breeze...

Author's Corner

Yuki: ^^() Gomen!!! A MAJOR gomen for that short chapter...

Hachi: T.T I'm sure your readers are used to your laziness by now...

Yuki: *glare* -.-() Well, *ahem* I'm not particularly happy with this chapter, but I can't find anything else to add this without rushing the fic, so...

Hachi: Oh, Yuki didn't like how in the end, Makai got under the rulership of that giant oaf (nice as he is) so she decided to keep Makai under the rule of the three super powers of Makai (plus Sess). Though everything else should be the same. Naturally, this means that Yuuske held that tournament for purposes other than the rulership of Makai.

Yuki: Yadi yadi yadi...blah blah blah...so, yes, the three rulers will be further mentioned in later chapters (I think) so if you don't have any more background info on them, I'll see to it that you do!! I'm not sure if I'm up to inputing info in the middle of my fic of their history or something...

Hachi: Hm...why not Yuki? It'll save your viewers some trouble...

Yuki: @_@ And take me forever to find a way to pull all the info into the story seamlessly...Besides, I'm not sure if they're going to have BIG parts or not...

Hachi: You're too big on the seamless stuff anywayz...

Yuki: >.< But it's better than having everything chunky and not making any sense!!! (And too dependant on coincidence)

Hachi: So, yes, this chapter was mostly on introduction of Suzumi Sinhari. Pretty sure everyone could figure out what's to come, ne?

Yuki: ^^- Yup, yup!!! Aiight, well, that's basically all the info that I though deserved explaining...if there's anything you don't understand, feel free to leave a comment anywhere!!! (meaning in reviews, in my homepage, or just email me) However, the answers will be answered to wherever it is that you left the question, k?

Hachi: Meaning, if you left an email comment, it'll be answered by mail.

Yuki: Responses are below!!!!

~* Fanfiction *~

Wake-Robin: ^^() Well, I'd like to scuplt perfectly, but, unfortunately, I can't make anything that complex for the moment...My art teacher is a bit like my Teach Misa character except she's a bit more...whacked. O.o Notice how I portrayed my art teacher before I met her?? Maybe I should take up fortune-telling...rofl. O.o Well, anyhoozles, my sculpting teacher told me to sketch a pic of the work that I'd like to complete by the end of the yea and the one I mentioned in the earlier (little fairy with flute) chapter is the one I sketched!!

Silvermoonyoukai: ^_^ Oh, geez...Now look what you've done!! *blush* I'll be impersonating a tomato forever!!!!! Watch some random vegetarian come along and try to eat me!!! O.o Um...*ahem*...Yes, well, I'm VERY happy (really, REALLY happy) to hear that you like my stories so much...*blush* You just completely made my day!!! ^_^

Ptbear: ^_^ Well, you'll have to wait a few chaps for that, I'm afraid. The whole realizations and such won't come along because of a coincidence, so I'll have to do some planning...^^()

Inudemoness247: *sniff* *bawls* You people are so kind...*waah*...Gosh, you just COMPLETELY swelled my head x20...darn, I'm not gonna fit into that new baby ca I bought over spring break...I'M SO HAPPY YOU LOVE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^ Thanks SOOO much for reviewing...*sniff*

The Servants of Anubis: Well, I actually don't really notice my surroundings once I get into my works. Unless they talk to me (and I will become GREATLY annoyed, trust me, so they don't do much talking >.<) I pretty much zone them out. And that's cool, about your art skills, I mean. Do you have any galleries anywhere? (Online or not) I'd love to view your works.

Silverkitsune-hime: Thanks for reviewing!!!! I'm glad you're liking this fic!!! ^_^ And yes, the pairing is Kagome/Kurama.

Gopher2806: ^_^ I'm grinning ear to ear, literally!!! Yes, they're my own works. I'm not bad, when it comes to the arts. ^_^ I'm glad you think I've an active imagination *blush* and thanks a bunch for telling me so!!!

BlueDove: Yes, I don't like the idea that Kagome pulled a 180 only because the author wish for a strong heroine. I don't generally like fanfictions that changes the original persona of the characters too much. Some authors can pull that off SEAMLESSLY (and darned if I don't envy them) but not me, so I'm not gonna pop a wonder-Kagome on anyone, not to worry!! ^_^

~* Mediaminer *~

ZelixL Thankee!!!!! ^^ Glad you enjoy it!!!!!

XXJBxXInuyashaXxJBXx: ^^() Sorry for taking this long a time to update!!! I had a buncha school work to do during this period, so I kinda pushed my fics back a little...^^() Heh, glad to see that you didn't give up on this fic though!!!

Tbiris: ^_^ Tee hee...I love it when you people make predictions...I get to see which ones are the more obvious ones, and which ones are less, and kinda...warp things a bit...^^) Thanks a bunch!!

Entei: Thanks for the review!! Happy to know you're enjoying this fic!!! ^_^

InsaneAuthoress: *jaws drop* Nee!!!!! ^^ *blush* Aw, thanks so much IA!!!!!! Thanks a bunch for the compliments...YOU'RE SO KIND!!!!!!!!!! ^^-

Mandapanda: Thanks!!!!!!!! I'm glad someone agrees with my waiting... *turns on Hachi* See?? I told you it's better if things are seamless!!! *turns back to manda* Anyhoozles, glad you like this fic!! And thanks for the review!!!

Pyromaniac4u: Oh, mou...*blush*...that's real nice of you to way pyro...and I'm glad you liked the waiting too!! I myself get annoyed when someone depend on coincidence too much, so I try to keep my fics a bit more realistic...I'M GLAD I'M DOING A SATISFACTORY JOB!!!!!!!!!!! And I'm glad you're enjoying the story and the arts!!!!

Reiya Moon: Thanks Reiya!!! ^_^ Glad you're liking this!!!!

Naitome: *blush* I don't deserve all those 10's. But thanks for them-and for your compliments!! I owe all my grammar and spelling check to my editor, Wake-Robin!! As for the rest...*blush*

Mefdet: ^^() Sorry for taking such a long time for the update!! Thanks for reviewing!!

Lil miss crazy: ^^ I'm glad you like this fic!! Thanks for reviewing-gomen, for taking such a long time to update!!

Fluffyfan: ^^- Thanks!! I'm so happy you're enjoying this story!!! Makes me all bubbly whenever someone reviews!!!

Lil_Newrisk: O.O OoooooOOOooo...someone who's hooked...!! I'm starting to feel like a drug dealer...rofl...Anyway, I'm sooooooo happy (really gotta find another word for happy/glad) you like this story!!!!! For your kind words-here's a cookie!!

LoupeyLady: Nee~! Glad you like this fic!! *blush* And those words are seriously boosting my ego...

~* A Single Spark *~

Thanks to everyone who reviewed my mail!!!!!!

~* End *~

Yuki: THANK YOU ALL for reading and reviewing!!!!

Hachi: And for NOT giving up on this fic!!!

Yuki: Please CONTINUE to READ and REVIEW!!!

Happy Reading!!

Lots of greets,

Yukisora and Hachigatsu