I still own nothing… sadly…
Inuyasha's Wish: Chapter 2: Inuyasha's Wish
-X-
Inuyasha could hardly believe that he was about to say what he was about to say, except that he couldn't say it! When he tried to get the words out of his mouth, the pain came back, and then all went black. What was going on, and what kind of power did that demon have over him? "Wait," thought Inuyasha, "how am I still thinking? Am I not dead?" Inuyasha looked around the area. He was surrounded by darkness, and that was it. Darkness spread out to miles and miles of what seemed like endless despair. He floated in one direction; he heard a door creak open behind him. "That wasn't there before…" He thought as he went to it.
The inside of the room was beautiful, and it was such a beautiful shade of blue that it reminded Inuyasha of snow or ice… both so white and pure. He wandered in a little further, noticing a queen sized bed. The bed was surrounded with cloth, the kind that royalty had on their own beds. As he opened the barrier between him and the bed, he felt a familiar presence, but he couldn't tell if it was good or bad. He moved the cloth aside a bit more, gasping as he did, stumbling in the air as he backed up.
The woman looked back at him, neither smiling nor sneering like she had when she last saw him. Her dark blue eyes had bored deep into Inuyasha's. "What do you want?"
"Nothing that you didn't," she said simply.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"I've only one thing to say to you, if you want that woman alive, you better keep her safe."
"How am I supposed to do that? I'm dead and I can't tell her that."
"That isn't my problem," said the demoness sitting back on her bed.
"What game are you trying to pull?" Inuyasha the usual hot-head, had to the contrary, not engaged the woman in hand to hand combat. He hadn't had his sword, and she seemed like she was trying either to warn him, or play with his head; he couldn't risk Kagome just because of his rashness.
"No game half-demon. Just keep her safe, because she's going to be in danger unless she gets out of this era."
"What's going to happen to her, what did you do to Kagome?" The snow demon princess laughed and disappeared before everything around Inuyasha had gotten dark.
-O-
Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kaede all sat beside Kagome as they listened to her tale. "You can't go back? Very peculiar..." pondered Kaede. "And you got hit by that demon princess as well did ye not?" Kagome nodded. "I see. Only by her death will this curse be lifted off of you."
"What do you mean curse? Why wasn't I able to sense it?" inquired Miroku.
"This demon be powerful… she is not an ordinary demon."
"So we just have to kill her…" said Shippo.
"And find out where she resides…" added Sango
"And how to defeat her…" finished Miroku.
Night had come and the gang was sleeping for the last night at Kaede's house. They were to set off for the demon early the next morning, but most of it was going to be guesswork. They had no idea how, where, or why that demon became.
Inuyasha woke up again to find himself in a wet area… it smelt like a hot springs to him. He went around the wall that blocked his view. The spring was crystal clear and steam was rising from the hot water. Bodies had littered it fully; women who were scantily clad in their bath wear, or wearing nothing at all, had surrounded one sole male. Inuyasha walked up to his old companion and patted him on the shoulder.
"Hey, I was wondering what took you so… Inuyasha?" yelled Miroku standing up quickly with surprise. "I didn't want you in my dream; get out, you're ruining everything." One by one the ladies had walked out, as if the presence of the dog demon had interrupted the monk.
"Still the same lecher huh?" said Inuyasha with a smile. "I'm glad I'm missed after only a few hours…"
"I'm sorry Inuyasha. Why are you here though?" Miroku sat back inside of the spring.
"I woke up here… anyways… I need to tell you something." Miroku looked at Inuyasha.
"What's wrong Inuyasha… what happened?"
"You have to save Kagome. She's in danger."
"Whoa, what is all this? What about Kagome?"
"Please, Miroku… get Sesshomaru to protect her… to help get out of this era."
"He'd never agree to that… how can we convince him?"
"I'll talk to him," whispered Inuyasha.
Miroku woke up with a start looking about him in the darkness. He was alone, covers drenched in sweat as he sat up breathing hard. "What was that?" he asked controlling himself. "Did Inuyasha just contact me?"
Sesshomaru sniffed the wet air. It had been raining hard, and they were bundled up in a cave, a fire still blazing before them. He had thought he smelt… no, he shrugged it off, it couldn't be. His eyes had closed for him to get his rest. As he did, he felt as if someone was near him. He sniffed the air again, this time, not damp, and smelt the same thing. "Inuyasha." he said with no hint of shock. Inuyasha floated out of nowhere, appearing before his half brother in full red-rat cloth glory. "What is the meaning of this?" asked Sesshomaru. His hands were crossed. He wanted to know why his dead brother was contacting him; they had no bonds to share for him to be seeing him in this way.
"I need you to do me a favor…"
"I will not. I did that demon slayer a favor, and that was the last of my debts to you. Not even in here-inside of my dream-can you get Rin to change my mind."
Inuyasha looked at his brother and smiled. He had already had a card in mind that had nothing to do with the sleeping human girl. "Oh I figured as much Sesshomaru, but as I am your brother, you should at least honor my last wish." Sesshomaru flinched at those words. Inuyasha laughed at him and continued. "You know you take great pride in how honorable you are… you can't not accept!" laughed Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha…" said Sesshomaru seething, "what is it that you want?"
The moment he had asked the question Inuyasha knew he was set. "You need to protect Kagome, and help my friends find a way to get her home."
"Alright," said Sesshomaru, "this one accepts your conditions." Sesshomaru turned away from his brother, hearing a final thank you from Inuyasha.
Shippo walked ahead of the others, walking to Inuyasha's grave. He hadn't even got a chance to say goodbye, almost none of them did, and that was what had hurt Shippo the most. He wanted to tell Inuyasha that he did like him, and no matter how mean they were to each other, that they were still a family. Shippo wiped his tears as the others came along. He'd now have to be the alpha demon, seeing as he was the only male demon. He was going to protect his family like Inuyasha had done so many times in the past.
Miroku walked up behind Shippo and patted the little demon on the head. Miroku himself, had his head down in a sort of promise. He was going to fulfill his promise to Inuyasha; he was going to protect Kagome, and teaming up with Sesshomaru was the only option. He closed his eyes as he stood up, and made his way to the right so that Sango and Kagome could say their final goodbyes.
Sango knelt before the grave and had actually started to cry as she said her thanks to the dog demon. She wiped her tears, apologizing for her lateness, but also laughing at the fact that she had been able to convince Sesshomaru, yet not without the help of Rin, of course. She stood up and looked at Kagome before looking back to the grave. "I will protect her; you have my word." She had known of Inuyasha's feelings for Kagome, in fact they all did, and that was another reason why they all vowed to protect her.
Sango stepped away to let Kagome say her goodbyes, but she didn't want to. "I've already said my goodbyes. I think it was enough," she said.
"Okay, let us go then," said Miroku. As they headed out of the village, they heard Kaede running after them. The old woman stopped to get her breath.
"Wait… wait. Ye can't forget this. I cannot hold onto it. It'll only bring bad things to this village."
"Of course Kaede," said Sango taking it and tying it to her back with her boomerang. "I'll keep it with me."
Kohaku followed after Rin, who followed after a curious Jakken. Ever since they had left the cave, and headed back in the direction they had come from, he had wanted to know what, again, was on his master's mind. Sesshomaru had outright ignored him again, but Jakken had continued to insist. As with Sango before, Sesshomaru had completely come to a stop, causing Jakken to bump into him. "Lord Sesshomaru why are you…?" And lo and behold, Inuyasha's old gang was before them. "Again? This is the second time in a week you have come to my master!"
Sesshomaru shot Jakken a mean look and he backed down. Miroku stepped up to Sesshomaru. "I know you got a visit from Inuyasha last night too."
"Wait? What? You got a visit from Inuyasha?" asked Sango looking at Kagome. "Why didn't you tell us?" she hissed at Miroku.
Sesshomaru nodded. "Then let's get one thing straight. I only look after my own. I will honor my brother's wish, but that's it. The moment I finish this, you are all on your own."
Miroku nodded. "That's exactly how we see it too."
-X-
A/N: Yay! I love getting Sesshomaru into predicaments that he doesn't want to be in, but even so, the story must go on! I know this one was short (the chapter), but it got the point across…
