1It's been 3 days now, Inuyasha hasn't come back, nor Sango or Miroku. We're at the base of the mountain now, I feel as though worry creeps upon me more and more each day. Sesshomaru has gotten a little worse, not much, although I'm still worried for his sake.
Rin has become almost inseparable from Shippou, though I think that's best. They both need a friend their age to play with. Sometimes I think I'm getting to old for this! "Miko." I look up from the spot on the ground I was glued to, to look at Sesshomaru. "Yes?" I ask him. "You're worried for them, am I correct?" he asks, inquiring my answer. "Yeah... they said they would come back, it shouldn't be taking this long for them to catch up to us.."
"That is true, Miko, but you must understand, that demon was unavoidable. He wasn't a lower class demon and he could have easily killed you. You must understand Inuyasha was just looking out for our safety. Do not worry. They will be here." I agree with his words, but still, something rests in the back of my mind... Has something happened?
With Inuyasha and the rest of the gang
"W-where are we?" Sango said, looking around in the dark, dank cell. "I'm not sure.." Inuyasha said to her, trying to break the chains off his wrists. They didn't budge. "Where's Miroku?" Sango asked him. "They took him about an hour ago.. I can hear his screams.." inuyasha said, shivering.
"Miroku.." Sango said, letting a tear roll down her face. "It's alright Sango, we'll get out of here, I'll get Miroku back for you." inuyasha said confidently. Sango looked into the darkness and swore she was able to see Inuyasha's markings starting to surface. "I-Inuyasha no!" Sango screeched.
"Shut up! I'll get us out of here." he said through grunts and snarls. The sound of metal breaking was heard, followed by a deep howl. Inuyasha raced out of the cell with such speed, Sango was left, hanging against the wall in disbelief, how did he control his demon side so efficiently?
"Miroku!" Inuyasha screamed through the halls as he went in search for his monk friend. He heard his friend in a near by room, followed by a mechanical laugh. He then heard a muffled voice, it wasn't Higimaru, but someone more.. Cynical.
Inuyasha was at the door when he heard the sound of bones breaking and Miroku's strangled cries. "Wirth in pain you pathetic creature." the demon said, smirking. Just then Inuyasha burst through the door. "Release him." He told the demon. The demon looked more human then demon and anyone could mistake him for one, if he didn't have those red eyes. He had long black hair, that in the light, shown blue. Much like Kagome's..
Inuyasha looked over the demon. "What are you doing here?" he asked, surprised. Apparently he didn't think anyone could escape those shackles that now lie broken and discarded in the cell floor.. "I've come for my friend. Move or die." he said, his voice struggling, trying to keep his voice audible while letting his demon side out. "You can't defeat me." the demon said, quietly trying to hide his growing fear. Inuyasha smirked predatorily. "Wanna bet?"
With Amatsu
"Izanami, where is the miko and the Western Lord?" he asked the nearly emotionless woman standing before him. "They're at the base of the mountain, milord, within a week they will be at the waterfall, shall we go wait for them?" she asked, looking at the man before her.
"No, we shall wait til Sesshomaru and Kagome have parted ways." he spoke, rising from the dining room table. "It's too lonely in here, Izanami." He said, looking over the empty table before him. "Yes, yes it is, Sire." She agreed. It was too lonely in this dark and dusty castle.
"She will be here shortly though, and she will liven up the castle." he said, ending the discussion.
"Very well, Milord." she said, leaving Amatsu to his self.
With Inuyasha and Gang
"Pathetic." Inuyasha seethed while slinging the last of the demon's blood from his blade. "Miroku?" he questioned his half conscious friend. "Is Sango alright?" he managed to say, in a cracked and broken voice. "She's just fine. You need to rest." Inuyasha said, breaking the ties that kept him held onto the table.
Hid friend always seemed to care for others before himself , especially himself. "Thank you." Miroku rasped out before he lost his consciousness. Inuyasha gently place Miroku over his shoulder, and ran down to the basement to get Sango.
"Is Miroku okay?!" she said fanatically, seeing him draped across Inuyasha's shoulder. "Yeah he's fine, he just needs to rest. Let's get back to the Kaede's. Sesshomaru and Kagome can handle the rest of the journey." he said, putting Sango over his other shoulder. "Let's hope that Kagome and Sesshomaru will be alright." Sango said, before she, too, slipped into a dreamless slumber.
"The things I do for you people." Inuyasha muttered before racing off into the forest. It was night, dead night. Nothing seemed to move, not even the night walkers that crept among the forests. "Where the hell is everything.." he questioned the night, only to be met with the gentle breeze of the night air across his face.
With Kikyou
The family was of high stature in their village, the unborn baby demon must have been really strong for the couple to seek out and take it from the mother, before birth, even. It's night, everything seems to still, what has happened? The wind blows from the east, bringing someone closer to Inuyasha's Forest, and with that, the village.
I fear my sister may not be strong enough to contain this force, though I do not know if the force is good or evil. Although I do not wish to admit it, Kaede has turned into a wonderful miko in my absence. She even surpasses me in some areas of our training, though she was trained differently then I, I wanted to be the one to train my younger sister.
"Move now!" I heard a voice yell in my direction, I turned to the offending voice. As I stepped aside, I seen a flash of red and white. "Inuyasha?" was that the force I felt? "Kikyou.." he said suddenly, stopping in his tracks. "I must not stay here for long, Sango and Miroku were injured. I have to take them to Kaede." he said, before turning back and running father into the forest, towards my sister's village.
"Goodbye for now, Inuyasha." I whispered into the night. Letting the breeze carry off my voice, until it faded into the night.
With Sesshomaru and Kagome
"Sesshomaru, I think we should stop here for the night." I suggested. It already being dark. "Hn." was his only reply, before he walked off into the trees on the mountain, I suppose he's getting firewood, maybe food.
"Miss Kagome!" Rin said, looking at me with hunger in her eyes. "I'm hungry" she said, making her point by rubbing her tummy. "Alright Rin" I said smiling at her, taking out the pan that was buried in my pack. "How about Shippou, You, and I go looking for a rabbit?" I asked, smiling at them.
Shippou's head immediately picks up. "Yeah!" they both agreed in unison. "Alright, let me get my bow.." I say, looking around the camp for my bow. "Here it is!" Shippou said, holding it up. "Where are my arrows?" I asked, looking around once more. "Here!" Rin said, holding out my quiver of arrows. I smile at the two. "Let's go then!" I say, slinging my bow and arrows on my back and grabbing their hands with mine, pulling them off into the forest.
"Be very quiet." I whisper to the two, making sure that they step lightly. "There!" Rin said, whispering quite loudly. I take off my bow from my back and pull out an arrow, as I get ready to release it, Rin grabs my arm. "You cannot shoot that miss Kagome!" she said, taking of after the rabbit, grabbing it's poor little frame in her arms. I sigh, obviously defeated by a little girl and her love of animals.
"Well, let's take it back to camp, Shippou let's grab some leaves and stuff for it while we head back." I say, looking to the ground for the type of plant those little things love to eat. "Here's some" Shippou said, kneeling on the ground, already picking some of the foliage. "Okay" I say, smiling down at him, before kneeling down beside him and picking a few more.
"Let's go back to camp now, Lord Sesshomaru might be wondering where we are." Rin said happily, waiting for us to gather enough plants for the rabbit. "That will be a cold day in hell." I mumble to myself, luckily only Shippou heard me and silently giggled at what I said. We walk back into camp to see Sesshomaru placing meat on a stick, then placing that over a fire. "Wow! Sesshomaru, you did all this?" I asked, looking over the camp, it looked a lot better than before.
"Yes, I see that you could not kill for food, so I went and acquired some food." he said, looking at the rabbit. "Well, Lord Sesshomaru, This is Rin's rabbit and Rin wants to keep it!" Rin said enthusiastically. "Very well, Rin, but do you know the responsibilities with keeping a pet?" He questioned the little girl with the black and white bunny.
"Yes!" she said, smiling like a cheshire cat. She seemed so happy at having a pet, has Sesshomaru not let her have one before? "Very well rin, I suppose you can keep the creature." he said, dismissing the conversation.
After we all had our fill in what we could eat, I fixed up Rin's sleeping bag, and let Shippou crawl into bed with me. "Goodnight, Sesshomaru" I said, smiling at him, he nodded his head and sat down against a tree, rarely blinking.
I let myself fall into a deep sleeping, oddly feeling safe in the demon lord's care.
