The Half Demon of Shikon Dame
Disclaimer- I don't own anything from Inuyasha or The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Hey everyone. Sorry about the long wait. Anyways, here is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy.
Chapter Four- Their Meeting
Miroku and the guards continue their search for Kagome, Sango, and Kilala. Kagome is disguised in a hooded cloak with Sango and Kilala disguised as an old man. They sneak into the church unaware that Miroku sees them and recognizes that it is them. Once the three were inside they all took off their disguises and looked around. Miroku follows them in alone. Sango and Kilala both notice Miroku is there as he comes up behind her, she turns and grabs his sword.
"You!" Sango said in a deadly tone. Kilala hissed at him as Kagome hid behind one of the columns. Sango then forced Miroku to the floor, holding him there with the tip of his sword at his chin.
"Easy, easy--I just shaved this morning." Miroku stated trying to calm Sango down. Sango glared at him.
"Oh, really? You missed a spot." She replied while moving the sword closer.
"All right, all right. Just calm down. Just give me a chance to apologize." he said. Sango looked at him confused.
"For what?" she asked. As soon as she let down her guard, only for a split second, Miroku stood up and grabbed the sword from her hands and turns it on her.
"That, for example." he replied.
"You sneaky son of a--" Sango began but Miroku interrupted her.
"Ah, ah, ah! Watch it--you're in a church." he stated. Sango then reached behind her and picked up a staff with candles on top and turned it to Miroku.
"Are you always this charming, or am I just lucky?" she growled out. She then swings the staff at Miroku, who blocks it with his sword. They then began to fight.
"Candlelight...privacy...music. Can't think of a better place for hand-to-hand combat! You fight almost as well as a man!" Miroku stated between Sango's swings and his blocks.
"Funny. I was going to say the same thing about you." she replied before taking another swing at him.
"That's hitting a little below the belt, don't you think?" he asked. Sango glared at him.
"No. This is." she stated. She swings one end of the staff at Miroku's crotch. He blocks it with his sword. She quickly hits him in the face with the other end of the staff. He shakes it off.
"Touche!" he said with a smirk. Kilala then head butts him in the chest. Miroku holds his chest gasping for air for a minute. "I didn't know you had a cat?"
"Well, she doesn't take kindly to soldiers." Sango replied. Miroku smirked.
"And I'm guessing your friend is going to try and hit me from behind?" he asked. He turned around to see Kagome standing there with another candle staff.
"Uhh....hi." Kagome said while putting the staff down. Sango stared at him.
"We don't like your kind all that much." Kagome stated.
"Eh, I noticed. Permit me. I'm Miroku. It means "sun god." (and once again I know that's not what Miroku means.) And you are?" he asked. Sango and Kagome both crossed their arms and glared at him.
"Is this an interrogation?" Sango growled out.
"It's called an introduction." Miroku replied. Sango and Kagome looked at him cautiously.
"You're not arresting us?" Kagome asked.
"Not as long as you're in here. I can't." he stated simply.
"You're not at all like the other soldiers." Sango replied. Miroku smirked at her comment.
"Thank you." he said.
"So, if you're not going to arrest us, what do you want?" Sango asked, still glaring daggers at him.
"I'd settle for your name." He replied.
"Sango. And this is Kagome." she stated, while Kagome waved.
"It's beautiful. Much better than Miroku, anyway." he countered. The two gaze into each others eyes, not noticing Naraku and the guards approaching and Kagome backing away.
"Good work, Captain! Now, arrest them." Naraku ordered. Miroku kept his back to Naraku.
"Claim sanctuary." he whispered. Sango glared at him and Kagome hid behind Sango, with Kilala in her arms. "Say it." he repeated, but neither said anything.
"You tricked me!" Sango growled out, glaring daggers at him.
"I'm waiting, Captain." Naraku said raising his voice.
"I'm sorry, sir. They claim sanctuary. There's nothing I can do." Miroku said quickly. Sango and Kagome stare at him in shock.
"Then drag her outside at--" Naraku started but was cut off by Myoga.
"Naraku! You will not touch them! (To the girls, whom he has approached) Don't worry. Minister Naraku learned years ago to respect the sanctity of the church." Myoga said. Naraku and the guards turn to leave. Naraku ducks around a pillar and doubles back. As the remainder of the people have passed, Naraku jumped out, grabbed Kagome's arm and twisted it behind her. Sango turned around quickly.
"You think you've outwitted me, but I am a patient man, and gypsies don't do well inside stone walls." Naraku whispered in her ear. Sango grabbed another candle staff.
"Let her go!" she shouted. He pauses, then breathes deeply, smelling Kagome's hair. She growled.
"What are you doing?" she growled at him.
"I was just imagining a rope around that beautiful neck." he replied. Naraku then began to caress her neck, but she pulled away. Kagome then walked over to Sango.
"I know what you were imagining." she shouted.
"Such a clever witch. So typical of your kind, to twist the truth to cloud the mind with unholy thoughts. Well, no matter. (He begins to leave.) You've chosen a magnificent prison, but it is a prison nonetheless. If one of you should set one foot outside, and you'll be mine!" Naraku stated. He exits, pulling the door shut behind him. She rushes over to another door, only to find guards outside.
"Naraku's orders! Post a guard at every door!" a guard shouted. Kagome slammed the door and turned to Sango.
"One thing, Sango--if Naraku thinks he can keep us both here, he's wrong." she stated.
"What do you mean?" Sango asked.
"Don't act rashly, child. You two created quite a stir at the festival. It would be unwise to arouse Naraku's anger further." Myoga stated as he re-lit the candles on the staffs that they had used as weapons.
"You saw what he did out there, letting the crowd torture that poor boy. I thought if just one person could stand up to him, then... What do they have against people who are different, anyway?" Kagome retorted.
"You can't right all the wrongs in this world by yourself." Myoga replied.
"No one out there's going to help, that's for sure." she replied while crossing her arms.
"Perhaps there's someone in here who can." he said before he turned to leave. Kagome thought for a moment then turned to Sango.
"Kilala's a fast flier right?" she asked. Sango stared at her confused.
"Yeah, so?" she questioned.
"Then you escape on her back through that window." Kagome replied, pointing at an open window.
"What?! I'm not leaving you!" Sango shouted.
"Kilala can fly faster with only one of us on her back. And Naraku thinks we are going to use the doors to get out. He'd never expect you to use a window." Kagome explained.
"But still I can't leave you." Sango stated. Kagome sighed.
"Sango, I've been in worse situations. I'll figure a way out. But you two have to go now." Kagome said before hugging her. When she pulled away Sango stood staring at her before getting on Kilala's back and the two took off out the window. Once they were gone Kagome walked further inside the church.
Kagome: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME OR IF YOU'RE EVEN THERE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LISTEN TO A GYPSY'S PRAYER YES, I KNOW I'M JUST AN OUTCAST I SHOULDN'T SPEAK TO YOU STILL I SEE YOUR FACE AND WONDER WERE YOU ONCE AN OUTCAST TOO?
GOD HELP THE OUTCASTS HUNGRY FROM BIRTH SHOW THEM THE MERCY THEY DON'T FIND ON EARTH GOD HELP MY PEOPLE WE LOOK TO YOU STILL GOD HELP THE OUTCASTS, OR NOBODY WILL.
She walks through the church slowly, as the shadows of those walking past her float over her. Meanwhile, upstairs, Inuyasha and Shippo were talking until he heard Kagome's voice, and slowly he came downstairs to watch her.
Parishioners: I ASK FOR WEALTH I ASK FOR FAME I ASK FOR GLORY TO SHINE ON MY NAME I ASK FOR LOVE I CAN POSSESS I ASK FOR GOD AND HIS ANGELS TO BLESS ME!
Kagome slowly moved into the light streaming through a giant stained glass window.
Kagome: I ASK FOR NOTHING I CAN GET BY BUT I KNOW SO MANY LESS LUCKY THAN I
PLEASE HELP MY PEOPLE THE POOR AND DOWN TROD I THOUGHT WE ALL WERE THE CHILDREN OF GOD GOD HELP THE OUTCASTS, CHILDREN OF GOD.
She finished her song in the center of the light from the window. Meanwhile, a parishioner spotted Inuyasha. "You! Bell ringer! What are you doing down here!?!" he shouted. Startling Inuyasha and Kagome who turned around. When Inuyasha shot up he knocked over one of the candle staffs. "Haven't you caused enough trouble already?" he shouted. Inuyasha then begins to run up the stairs with Kagome chasing him.
"Wait! I want to talk to you!" she shouted after him. Inuyasha just ran faster to try and get away from her. Once he reached the top he ran towards his home. Shippo watched as Inuyasha came with Kagome behind him.
"Maybe today wasn't a total loss." Shippo said to himself. Inuyasha comes running into the room and Shippo greets him. "Hey Yasha. Nice work!"
"Shut up! It's not what it looks like!" Inuyasha countered.
"Wait a moment!" Kagome shouted.
"Damn!" Inuyasha then jumped up into the shadows onto one of the ceiling beams with Shippo right behind him. Just then Kagome ran into the room. She stopped and looked around.
"Hello?!.......Is there anyone here?" she shouted but got no response. Kagome turned to walk away when she heard a crash then wailing. She turned around to see a small fox kid on the floor with a huge bump on his head.
"You're such a jerk!" Shippo shouted. He then heard a giggle. Shippo looked over to see Kagome approaching him. He got up to run, but Kagome picked him up. "Wahhhhhhhhh! Don't hurt me!" he shouted. Kagome giigled once again.
"I'm not going to hurt you." she stated. Shippo opened his eyes and looked at her.
"You're not?" he asked.
"No. Why would I do that?" she replied/asked. Shippo smiled. "So what were you doing and who were you yelling at?"
"I was hiding in the beams and I was yelling at the jerk!" Shippo said, before yelling at the word jerk. Kagome stared at him.
"Would this 'jerk' happen to have a name?" she asked. Right before Shippo could reply he was hit on the head with a piece of wood.
"Tell her and you're dead!" Inuyasha shouted. His voice echoed, so Kagome couldn't determined where he was. Shippo smirked.
"His name is Inuyasha." Shippo said. Suddenly Inuyasha jumped down from the beams and hit Shippo on the head hard.
"RUNT!!" Inuyasha yelled. He then noticed Kagome was looking at him and that's when he realized he had come out of his hiding spot. "Dammit!" he shouted. He was about to jump back up into the beams but Kagome's hand stopped him.
"Inuyasha, was it? I'm sorry about this afternoon. That wasn't what was supposed to happen. And if I had any idea who you were and that you weren't wearing a costume, I would have never have pulled you up on that stage." Kagome said. Inuyasha looked at her before running up the stairs. Kagome went up after him and stared in awe when she got up them. At the top was a house that was much like an apartment and there was a bunch of different coloured fragments of glass hanging from the ceiling. (they are like these light catcher things. I use to have one so I decided to put then in the story.) "What is this place?" Kagome asked.
"This is where I live." Inuyasha replied from his perch on one of the beams.
"This is beautiful. If I could do this, you wouldn't find me dancing in the streets for coins." Kagome replied/stated.
"But you're a wonderful dancer." Inuyasha said. Shippo looked back and forth between the two, then smirked evilly.
"Well, it keeps bread on the table, anyway." Kagome answered. "You're a surprising person, Inuyasha. Not to mention lucky. All this room to yourself." Inuyasha smirked and jumped down.
"Well, it's not just me--there's the gargoyles, and of course the bells. Would you like to see them?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes, of course." Kagome replied. Inuyasha smiled and began to head over to the bells.
"Follow me. I'll introduce you." Inuyasha stated happily.
"Never knew there were so many." Kagome said in surprise.
"That's Little Sophia, and... Jean Marie, Ann Marie, and Louise Marie. Triplets, you know." Inuyasha sadi quickly while going near each bell.
"And who's this?" Kagome asked while going near the largest bell.
"Big Marie." Inuyasha answered. From under Big Marie, Kagome shouts a "Hello!", which echoes and resonates richly. "She likes you. Would you like to see more?"
"I'd love too." Kagome replied and followed Inuyasha.
Well that's where I'm going to stop for now. Please review and tell me what you think. Until next time, byes^_^