Okay I am really sorry I did not update last week. You gave me a TON of reviews. Thank you!!! Um, my story got deleted at page 17 so I had to start all over. SOMEONE REBOOTED MY COMPUTER AND I FORGOT TO SAVE. Anyways, I'll give you lemon for waiting. Not now, a few chapters from now. Okay?
I had beautiful replies, but as I said earlier, I lost all of them. Sorry! I'll answer all you're reviews next chapter. :'(
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A Dreamer's Cry
Chapter Three:
Sibling Rivalry
And
An Old Friend
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Kikyou felt her arms and legs numb after the first four miles. Each step caused another striking pain in her leg, and her throat was completely dry. Finally, they were allowed to rest. Her legs greeted the pain, but her throat was dry. She saw two demons pulling out a water skin and opening the lid. She licked her lips when each of them put their mouths on it. One of the youkai saw her and nudged the other. He smirked taking out a different water skin. He threw it to her.
She grabbed it like a wild wolf, pulling the cork out with all her might. She began drinking then spat it out. She threw it off wiping the purple substance from her lips.
"Dammit!" she exclaimed. She was even more dehydrated than before. She watched the two youkai laugh and continue drinking their precious water. The younger children casted her glares. Even if it was wine, she thought of herself more than them.
"I wish Kagome was here…" Kanna whimpered. She looked into her mirror that her father gave her and quickly fixed her white-blond hair. She stuffed it quickly back in her kimono before the guards could see.
"Well she isn't!" snapped Kikyou. Kikyou crossed her arms and furrowed her brow. Kagome this, Kagome that! No one ever thought enough about her. Even though they had the same face, they had major differences in personalities. Kagome was lazy, stupid, and practically fed the jaws of death when she played with that dog boy. Yes, the damn dog boy came back and it annoyed Kikyou. It wasn't that she hated him; it was that she wasn't getting all the attention…
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"Kagome!" exclaimed Kikyou when they were little. Yes, there was a time when they did get along. Kagome turned around and saw a giant sword come barreling at her.
Immediately Kagome jumped out of the way¸ throwing her practice sword at the giant sword. It flew out of his hands and Inuyasha jumped onto Kagome. Kagome had by now exited the barrier, and was unable to escape. Then Inuyasha laughed, along with Kagome. He got off of her and helped her up.
"Hey Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed. Inuyasha grinned.
"Hello milady!" he replied, getting hit in the shoulder by Kagome. She smiled.
"Want to go to town with me?" she asked. Inuyasha looked a bit iffy. "Okay, you will never learn how to socialize with people if you don't give them each a chance."
"I don't know…"
"Trust me Inuyasha," Kagome said. She cut her jewel and took a shard off of it, and tied a string in the hole. She tied it to Inuyasha's neck and smiled. "I'll protect you. So long as you wear this, I'll protect you."
Inuyasha looked at it and hugged Kagome. She smiled.
Kikyou glared.
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What was she, the ugly sister? It was always about Kagome!
"I deserve some attention," Kikyou muttered. "I am just as pretty as her, just as powerful, and yet everybody is either loving her, or fearful of her…
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Kagome and Inuyasha approached the town, and Inuyasha constantly hopping ahead and waiting for her to catch up before making fun of her. Finally they entered the town and suddenly, the hustle and bustle of the town stopped. Everyone stared at Inuyasha and Kagome. She smiled like she always did, and walked in. Inuyasha followed close behind. Whispers began amongst some of the villagers before they quietly went back to their business as if not trying to catch the attention of the stranger.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered, knowing fully about the growing tension.
"I know," Kagome replied. She kept her smile and walked up to a jeweler.
"H-h-how m-may I-I h-help y-you?" he stuttered.
"How much is that?" Kagome asked, pointing to a single body ring with a beautiful design. It was like a dream catcher, with different colors, including blue, green, and purple. The top were those three colors, while the gems hanging from the ends of the ring, were blazing rubies.
"T-that is an s-stomach r-ring," the merchant replied. "I-it c-costs t-twenty p-pieces?"
"Pardon?" Kagome asked, trying to make out his stutter.
"ITS FREE!" the merchant exclaimed, throwing the ring at her and running off with his cart. His nerve had given up on him.
"Kagome, I don't think I should be here," Inuyasha began, as Kagome picked up the ring.
"Nonsense," Kagome replied. "Besides I still need to get food for my family."
"I think he's right," a voice boomed. Kagome and Inuyasha turned around and looked at a pair of thugs dressed in black. The leader of the group was all muscle, and was stepping towards the demon. "Get out of here, hanyou. You do not belong."
"Maybe we should go," Inuyasha said. "I don't want to cause any har-."
"He has just a right to be here as you do!" Kagome exclaimed. She walked up to the muscle man without any fear what so ever. Inuyasha looked at Kagome like she was crazy or something. "So move out of the way!"
"Big words for a little girl," The giant man said. "The only way I'll move is if you beat me."
"Fine!"
"Kagome!"
"Fine."
"Boss," one of the thugs whispered. "She's a miko."
The bigger thug took a closer look at her. "She's a wimp! Nothing else!"
The thug barreled a punch towards her head but she ducked, swiping her legs underneath his. He fell over but quickly got up and aimed lower. This time she jumped on his giant hand and flipped onto his neck. She kicked her foot off of it, sending the man down. The other thugs tried to grab her but she flipped over them. She took out a staff and twirled it. They came running at her and she jumped in the middle, moving her staff in a circle with such speed and strength that it knocked the air out of each one. Kagome twirled her staff and put it back into her belt. Inuyasha frowned and they walked out of town.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha," Kagome apologized. "I thought they would welcome the idea."
"Kagome, you have to understand," Inuyasha replied. "No one wants me in this world."
"I do," Kagome responded turning to him. "I love you Inuyasha."
"But would your father approve?" Inuyasha asked. "You wouldn't marry me."
"I would," Kagome replied. "I will."
Inuyasha looked into her eyes, getting quickly lost in their beauty. Each second voices started shouting at him, and as they got closer, they quieted. Finally he placed a kiss on her, brushing her hair back from around her shoulders. He placed both hands on her head, and Kagome placed hers on his shoulder. It was a very simple kiss, but it was meaningful. They felt a surge of energy between them, and Inuyasha's shard disappeared from beneath his clothes, into his heart. He didn't notice, and neither did she. They stood in that position for seemingly nothing at all. And they broke the kiss after a few minutes. Kagome looked at Inuyasha, not exactly knowing what it was that hit her. She only wished that it would happen again…
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Kagome woke up from her beautiful dream. She expected to be sleeping in her giant bed next to Kikyou and Kanna. Instead she was all alone, in a nest-like bed. She looked up and saw elder wolf youkai walking around. She fell back into the nest. A younger wolf approached and laid meat beside her. She did not eat it. Countless days passed and still she would not eat. Kouga nudged her every now and then but she would not budge.
"Woman," Kouga said, not fully knowing her name, "why do you not eat?"
Kagome looked at him with sad eyes. "I want my brother, I want my sister."
Kouga got up and nodded. He picked Kagome's weak form up, and walked out of the den. "I'm going to seek help from this girl's family," he explained to a guard. "I will be back in a week."
The guard nodded and got out of his way. Kagome's eyes were slowly drifting to a shadow. Something was wrong, but what?
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"Separate the women from children and men. Everyone older than 13 goes into their gender-specific area," an owner explained. There were countless others being taken in, bought and sold. Only few ever were chosen as Naraku's pets.
Kikyou looked at Kanna. They had always been very close, even though Kanna was not exactly too fond of Kikyou. Kaede held on tightly to her sister's kimono. Suddenly, a forceful blow pushed Kaede away from her favorite sister. Kikyou reached out to grab her but a youkai forced her hands behind her back. Kanna was pushed into the same line as Kaede and they were all taken inside. They were checked in all areas, and constantly Kikyou found herself crying. The youkais touched all her body parts, violated her in so many ways, undressed her and redressed her in revealing clothes, and then pushed her to the slave barter. They pulled her shirt down constantly trying to show off her beauty. Soon her face showed of ice, trying to block out all the feelings and pains. Now she realized why everyone loved her sister.
"Kagome, I wish you were here to protect me," she whispered under her breath. She could feel her sister's warm sympathetic arms wrapped around her shoulders. She imagined herself crying into her sister's shoulder, and Kagome rubbing her arm trying to sooth her. "I am sorry for all the mean things I said to you…"
"I want that one," a menacing voice demanded. Immediately Kikyou was unchained and pulled in front of a dark man. She was forced to kneel with another woman who was darker looking and carried two fans. She saw Kanna being taken in front of the dark one as well.
"Take them to my castle," the voice ordered. Two guards for each girl lifted them up and dragged them away. Kikyou felt the last of her tears fall to the ground. She knew she would never cry again.
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Sango, Shippou, and Miroku were already two weeks behind schedule. They had originally wanted to go to the Buddhist temple in Kyoto, but as Kagome was taken away, they had little chance of that happening. They continued their dreaded walk to the wolf's den, where a couple of nice bird youkai explained that a skunk and a human girl had gone to. The skunk went in and came out alone. Shippou cried with each painful step. Finally Sango picked him up and took the weight on alone. Miroku dragged his staff, and took 5 more steps before seeing Sango fall over. He sat down and took out a water skin, forcing a silvery liquid down her throat. She gave some to Shippou and then he took some. They waited until the moon had appeared and then continued their journey.
Finally they camped when it was almost pitch black. Sango and Shippou slept quietly in the tent while Miroku kept guard. After a few hours he too fell asleep. A shadow lurked around the camp. It quietly put out the fire and opened the tent and looked around. He took a closer look at Sango then quietly left the tent.
"I smell Kagome here," he whispered. "I just don't see her."
"Inuyasha," a voice greeted. Inuyasha turned around and saw Kouga with a woman in his arms.
"Kouga," Inuyasha replied. He looked to the girl. "Give her to me."
"She's unwell," Kouga simply said. "Besides, Sesshomaru gave her to me."
"I don't care about my dumb old brother," Inuyasha replied. "Give her now."
"Only if you fight me."
"Fine, but not here."
Kouga jumped off and Inuyasha followed. They went to a clearing in the heart of the forest, and Kouga laid Kagome's unconscious figure on a smoothed rock. Immediately Inuyasha delivered a hard blow to his jaw. Kouga turned around and tried to leg-swipe Inuyasha but Inuyasha leaped into the air. He pulled out Tetsusaiga and swung it at Kouga, who dodged throwing his claw at Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha pulled Tetsusaiga in front of his face just in time to block the claws. They pushed each other, until finally Inuyasha broke the bond. A loud clash rang throughout the forest.
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Miroku woke up suddenly, waking up Sango and Shippou as well. They ran to the clearing and watched the two demons fight each other. The cause of this seemed utterly lost sort of like Kagome…wait! Kagome!
Sango and Shippou rounded the clearing and slowly pulled Kagome away from the rock. Sango hoisted her sister over her shoulder and they ran off towards the camp. Then the trio, now the quartet, grabbed everything they needed and ran off into the night. They could hear the wolf and the dog youkai shouting that the other one lost the girl. Already Sango could hear them closing in, pushing each other along the way. They just had to make it into the cave and they would be fine…just…had…to…make…it…
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Will they make it?
Will Inuyasha and Kagome meet after all those long years?
Will Kikyou ever cry again?
Find out next time on A Dreamer's Cry!
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(Sorry I know this isn't like 20 pages but I had this great story written, evil sister, computer rebooted, evil connection, no recovery page…grrr!!