Unexpected Discoveries

Chapter 7: Flight, Fight and Fright!

A/N: Hi folks, I’m back with another installment enjoy!!!

‘Oh my kami!!!’

Mandisa screeched in her mind as she worked to control her breathing while she ran for her life.

‘Why, did I have to lose them, why did I have to get sucked into the past and why didn’t it click in my head earlier that I was hanging around a DEMON, for days!!!?'

Mandisa cried out in her head while a few tears escaped her soulful brown eyes. She wiped her orbs and attempted to hold back the rest of her tears as she ran like the devil himself were right at her heels. And as far as she knew he was…

Mandisa couldn’t really take the time she wanted to mourn over her lost. There were so many distractions that she couldn’t really breakdown and cry, yell or scream out the pain she felt in her heart. Even now she can’t cry like she wants to because she has to stay focused. Giving up now and getting killed would do her friends no good. It would not bring them back from the dead.

Finally managing to bring her concentration momentarily back to the problem at hand, she begins to berate herself.

‘I could kick my own ass for not understanding what the hell he was talking about earlier. I should have known what the word daiyoukai meant when I first heard it…ya know, before I let my temper get the better of me, my patience wear thin and pissed him of by yelling at him! I could have continued to be diplomatic and peaceful, but nooooooooo, after seeing what he was capable of I shouted at him…stupid, stupid, STUPID!!!’

She ranted at herself as she continued her attempted at her great escape. She made a mental note to herself to improve her understanding of the Japanese language and so called ‘myths’ if she ever made it out of her dire situation alive!

Small scratches from the beating she took from the trees as she crashed through them covered her forearms and lower legs. The cuts sting, but she didn’t care at the moment. The only thing that was focused on was escaping the ‘fallen angel’ that saved her life, and not having another asthma or panic attack. Especially since she felt like she had been running at full speed forever!

As she continued to run, and as she thought about the fact that ‘Silver’ had saved her life, her thoughts ran right along with her:

‘Who knows what that ‘Minotaur’ would have done to me if he got his hands on me. He might have tortured me just for fun, offer me up as some sort of sacrifice, or had me for lunch! Than ‘he’ came to the rescue! But ‘Silver’ doesn’t seem like the hero type. I know he couldn’t have save me out of the goodness of his heart, could he? No, he said so himself, he’s a ‘daiyoukai’ a demon. Henchmen of Satan can’t be trusted nor would they help someone because it’s the right thing to do! (Her eyes widen) Crap! What if he saved me from that Minotaur so he could torture me and sacrifice me himself! Or worst, what if he saw the opportunity for a meal and took it from the Minotaur! I’ve seen those sharp ass fangs, they were meant for cutting meat!... Wait, that doesn’t make any sense, why would he keep me around for days without making me into has snack already or doing something else (gasps out loud )…unless he was saving me for later when her really gets hungry or needs a human sacrifice. Of fuck! What if he’s the type of monster that likes to play with his food before he eats it!? All of the demands he made for me to tell him my life story, letting me follow him around in the hopes of finding help and all of the weird silences could have been a way for him to freak me out! Eek! That’s why he had the smirk on his face when he said he was a daiyoukai; he knew it would scare the hell out of me! I was just delayed!

Than the fear in her eyes was gone and a frown appeared on her face. If the daiyoukai could see her mood swing right now he might actually chuckle out loud:

‘He’s been playing with me this whole time! He has to be playing with me right now or else he would have caught me! There’s no way I could outrun him! That’s bastard! Just because he has some type of weird abilities doesn’t given him the right to treat people as he sees fit! And it doesn’t give him the right to scare the hell out of them either! I don’t want to die and I don’t want my life to be played with as if this is some sort of sick mind game! Well if he wants to play before he eats, he’s going to have to work for his dinner! I just hope he gets bored lose interest…please let him get bored! I better think of something quick in case he doesn’t! Like where do I find a source of holy water, or other spiritual items or places that will work like a church, some type of temple or shrine…

All of the sudden her thoughts were cut off by:

“Whoa! AHHHHHHHH! AWK! Oof! Ouch! Dammit!, Get off of…, Shit, You Fool why don’t you watch were…! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! GAHHHHHHHHHH!”

Concurrent, shouts, screams and curses could be heard as Mandisa, preoccupied with her frantic thoughts, looking over her shoulder to see if ‘Silver’ was behind her, while inwardly hoping that she did not have another asthma attack, tripped over something soft and very loud. Both she and the very soft and loud thing ended up tumbling in a heap, crashing through bushes that hid the fact that there was a hill like cliff behind said bushes. So the screams, shouts and curses continued until Mandisa and the loud who, or whatever the hell it was landed at the end of the hill in a comical pile. Mandisa was spread out on the grassy ground on her back with her right leg kicked out diagonally and her left leg propped up, the ankle and foot tangled in a bush at the end of the hill. She found that she had a difficult time breathing. Not because of her medical condition, but because something was sitting on her face. The fall dazed Mandisa and it took her a second to realize that something was hampering her breath. Once she did, she took both hands, grabbed whatever was on her face and lifted it off of her. Then she ‘Eeked as she tossed that thing to the right, pointed at it, and yelled for anyone within hearing distance to hear:

“What the hell is that!!!?”

The creature that she pointed at who landed upside down in a sticky bush with only his short legs and green two toed feet sticking out, struggled and wiggled until he finally managed to free himself, squawked in an indignant ‘mightier than thou’ tone:

“This Jaken is youkai, you stupid clumsy idiotic human! I dare you trample over my person and assault me further by throwing me in a busy full of thorns!” He ranted as he spotted his staff of two heads and ran across the grass to get his hands on it. He had half the mind to roast the strange looking human alive!

Meanwhile, Mandisa screeched as she struggled to free her foot from the bush it was trapped in. As she thought:

‘Ah, shit not another demon! Why won’t these spawns of Satan leave me alone!? Do I have a sign on my head that says ‘Demon Bait’ or what!? And who the hell does it think it calling me stupid, clumsy and idiotic! As for the human part we’re not perfect, but I’m proud of my species dammit!’

As she thought the latter part, she looked around as if someone else was in the small clearing, someone else the little jerk had better been addressing. With all of her stress, pure terror, confusion, sadness and anger, especially the antagonism and distress directed towards the lanky, fanged teeth bastard that thought to make a sacrifice or meal out of her; she had a slip of the tongue before completing her critical thinking process of her current situation. Looking at the little thing with forgotten fear and only anger she shouted:

“Hold the hell on, who are you calling stupid, clumsy and idiotic you little…” She cut the rest of her tirade off as she struggled to get off the ground as she thought:

‘…wait chill out girl, just because he’s barely two feet tall doesn’t mean he can’t pose a danger. Besides I did just kind of crash into him…’ She managed to listen to her own reasoning and set aside her emotional personality temporarily.

Finally managing to get her bruised body onto its feet, she was about to apologize for running into it and throwing it into the sticky bush out of shock and fear when she saw that the little creep had ran ahead of her over to a weird looking staff with faces on it.

Thinking of it as a weapon that would be used to cause her harm, she thought that she had better find something to defend herself quickly. While his back was turned as he ran for the staff, she scanning the vicinity for a weapon of her own. Finding a couple large rocks, she placed one in her right pocket concealing it while she held the other one in her right palm with her right hand turned towards her under her armpit. Her left hand was holding her right elbow as if her arm had been injured in the fall so the green critter could not see what she had hidden. She figured she should hide her makeshift weapons in case she could convince the thing not to attack her. In other words she wanted to plaid the little jerk even though he insulted her. But if he twitched in her direction she wanted to be prepared so she could let those big rocks fly at the things skull.

Said thing or youkai grabbed its weapon, turned around brandishing it and said:

“Insolent human, feel the scorch of the staff of two heads.” Small streams of fire shot out of the ‘old man’s’ month, just so he could let the rotten human see what she had coming to her.

‘Feel the scorch! That can’t be good! Ahh, he’s heading right for me, and all I have are two stupid rocks Shit, Shit SHIT!!!’

“Wait, just hold on a minute, please!” She shouted and an almost pleading tone that made her sick to her stomach. She has been doing a lot of flattering as she called it lately and it was really starting to get on her nerves. Especially since said flattering was done towards those that either ignored her treated her rudely or wanted her dead.

‘Like that ‘Silver’ killing perfection destruction of life dude for instance’. She thought with anger.

However, despite her irate thoughts, she kept telling herself that if a little ass kissing would keep her alive a bit longer, well… a woman has to do what a woman has to do. Besides, as she heard more than once in her life time, ‘pride cometh before the fall’ and she was not prepared to ‘fall’ just yet.

She kept a close eye on the green thing while still holding the rock in her right hand. He was only about 12 feet away from her now.

“Why should I?” He squawked at her earlier plea, as he continued to rush toward her. He halted in his tracks a few feet away from her when she backed up a few steps. Jaken noticed what he thought of as the ‘strange looking human’ had a limp in her left leg. She won’t be able to run away so easily if she desired. As Mandisa backed up she said:

“I’m so sorry about everything, my fault entirely; I didn’t mean to crash into you like that! And I’m sorry for tossing you into the sticky bush. It’s just that I’m in a bit of trouble and I could really…(sighs)

‘Like he cares.’ She thought.

“Never mind. If you could let me be on my way, I would most certainly appreciate it.”

She said as she prepared to launch the rocks at the creature like a pitcher from a professional baseball team if needed. She knew her chances were slim to none against a fire spitting staff, but she refused to go down without a fight. If he continues to try and attack her she figured that maybe, just maybe she could stun the little thing and take his staff before it comes back to his senses. She would have ran away without any negotiating, but from what she seen, the stream of fire that shoots out one of the faces mouth had a long reach. With that in mind and the fact that she felt like she hurt her left ankle, the green youkai could very well burn her to a crisp before she made two steps!

She hoped her attempted to placid the thing she dubbed now as ‘the green gremlin’ was effective. She started to ask it for help, but what sense would it make to ask a demon of all things for help!? Particularly, the little mean creature right in front of her!

Jaken frowned as he shouted and wave the staff!

“This Jaken will not listen to your flimsy excuses, you attack me, than you apologize!? You look strange and dress stranger. How do I know you’re not some sneaking human or youkai in disguise sent to spy on milord lands!?”

“What…!” Was all she could say as she thought:

‘That thing actually has the nerve to call me strange looking!?’

“Don’t worry when we find out who was behind whatever you are up to, we will show them your ashes before they are destroyed by my Master! Staff of two heads!” Jaken shouted as he let his attack fly. He was in no mood to hear more of the strange looking human that could be a youkai spy in disguise excuses! His loyalty would not allow anyone to trespass on his lord lands or plot against the daiyoukai!

AHHHH! Mandisa screamed as she used her right leg to jump sideways to her right and hit the dirt. She had seen enough action movies to when to hit the ground when someone was trying to take a shot at her. She let the rock fly out of her hand aiming at the youkai head as she jump to her right. She twisted and landed mostly on her stomach, but somewhat on her side. She and skidded a little bit to a halt as she heard the green thing squawk in pain. After a loud whoosh sound escaped her lungs from the impact, she turn her head to the left and looked at the green youkai with shock in her eyes. The rock had apparently hit his right hand instead of his head causing him to drop the staff in pain. Although she missed her mark, she got the job done. Talk about a lucky hit! Quickly pushing herself up she hopped a short distance as fast as she could to were the staff landed. Realizing what the human was up to, Jaken dove for the staff. Mandisa did the same. Both of them grabbed the staff and played tug of war with it. She tried to stand up and wrench the staff out of the creature hands by pulling backwards with her weight, but due to her injured ankle, she lost her balance while in a squatting position and fell sideways to the left, taking Jaken with her.


“Filthy human release the staff at once!”

“What! So you can kill me you little nasty pile of green pus! Hell no!”

Insults like these were shouted back and forth for a few minutes as they rolled around on the ground fighting for possession of the fire shooting stick. They both could not help, but think that their opponent was stronger than they look. With Mandisa adrenaline giving her more strength than usual and Jaken’s enhanced although extremely weak for youkai strength, it appears that the scuffle would continue for a long while yet. That is until the heard a soft yet baritone voice command:

“Enough Jaken, let her be.”

Both contenders froze. Each one of them was laying on their sides gripping the Staff of two heads. The human on her left side and Jaken on his right side. Mandisa along with Jaken shivered as they tilted their head back and looked behind them.

Standing there in all his majestic glory was the Inu daiyoukai himself, who was scaring the hell out of his retainer from his mere glare alone. He found this human interesting and his Baka servant was trying to burn her into ash. And he was having so much amusement tracking her too, until Jaken came along and ruined everything.

Turning paler than she ever thought possible, she thought about her options. She wanted to release the staff and run, but she was scared that the little shit would turn her to toast anyway despite ‘Silver’ orders. Besides from the frown on his face the daiyoukai didn’t look like he would take to kindly to her trying to flee this time either. After all his attention seemed to be on the gremlin, why draw his attention to herself now?

Releasing the staff out of pure terror of his Lord, Jaken turned toward Sesshoumaru who was only a few feet away, bowed low with his forehead touching the ground, and begin to speak:

“Please forgive me Lord Sesshoumaru, but the human attacked this lowly Jaken. I believed her to be a spy sent to harm you. I was only looking out for your best interest my…” Before he could finish Sesshoumaru’s right fist had an up close and personal meeting with Jaken’s head, knocking him unconscious. The fool was supposed to deliver a brand new light blue kimono with white flower blossoms on the right sleeve and on the left bottom side of the dress. He had some business to attend to so he sent Jaken in his place instead to deliver the gift. The daiyoukai had planned on visiting the child the next moon after patrolling his lands for the new scents he detected a couple of weeks earlier. However, with the arrival of the unusual human in his mist, he would be paying Rin, and the Miko a visit in Inuyasha’s village earlier than expected. Moreover, if the human was destroyed now, the time he spent with her would have been a complete waste and his curiosity would not be quenched.

Completely ignoring the toad, he cut his eyes over towards the odd human who seemed injured and terrified considering her scent of fear and blood and how pale she had become. He tilted his head in a very Inu like fashion as observed what she was doing.

Mandisa had the stood up and was hopping back to gain distance from him. She had the staff of two heads held out vertically while she held another stick across it horizontally making a cross as she said. As she said in a shaky voice:

“S-S-Stay away from me!” Mandisa hoped that her makeshift cross would work! If only Mandisa knew that the ‘killing perfection’ wasn’t the type of youkai she was thinking of. She struggled to control her breathing, trusting that another asthma attack did not occur! At least not at that moment!

Before she could blink Sesshoumaru was in front of her, the stick and Staff were tossed behind him to Jaken and those fangs and claws were too close for comfort. He had that blank look in his eyes again as he held his head to the side. It was as if he was sizing her up, trying to figure out how he wanted to kill her! At least, that’s how she saw it. She gulped and thought about bending down and uppercutting him in the family jewels. She thought that she was going to die, so why not give the monster something to remember her by? Just as her mind was about to tell her body to duck and do the deed, he got her attention by saying:

“Why do you refer to me as a Demon and who is this Satan you speak of.”

Her mouth open and shut for a few moments, the fear and anger left her eyes and was replaced by surprise. All she managed to get out was an unintelligible:

“Huh!?”

Sesshoumaru being who he is did not laugh outright this time at yet another one of her mood shifts. However, he inwardly did, and a tiny curl of his lip on the right side and a glint in his eyes was the only proof of his mirth at Mandisa’s expense.

That sadistic looking smile that said to the human that ‘killing perfection’ was going to enjoy murdering her had Mandisa mood shifting again from surprised back to terrified. Her knees begin to shake, her heart rate sped up, his question clicked she blinked. Ignoring the smirk that had disappeared in what seemed like a second, she shook her head believing that she was imagining things. Looking at his seemly curious expression and although she still believed he was bullshiting her with his earlier statement, she said:

“You really don’t know?”

“…”

‘I don’t know if his silence is a yes or a no…’


TBC

A/N: I actually managed to update one of my stories earlier than usual! Anyway I hope you enjoyed it! Reviews are as always adored and appreciated!!!