Faceoff
A/N: OK, BEFORE YOU ATTACK ME, HEAR ME OUT.
Oh hi! You thought I was dead? Yeah… I haven't written in quite a while because I was just taking a little break. I have been relaxing, went to a party, slept in, played Minecraft, watched anime and spent an awful amount of time on YouTube. But I'm back and will attempt to get back into something the slightly resembles a routine. School starts back up again soon and I want to write as much as I can while I can because when school starts then I'm going to have a lot less time to write. So let's get right into it shall we? Here we go!
DISCLAIMER: Again, I don't own any part of Inuyasha. Not one bit. It's all Rumiko Takahashi's so just give her the credit for this great anime.
Chapter Seven:
Moving Forward
I took a final look at the meadow and a great sadness flooded me. I didn't want to leave it again. I rummaged through my bag and found my camera that I forgot I even had with me. It was a miracle I hadn't broken it considering how much my bag was thrown around on my travels. I took a few steps back to widen my range before taking the photo. I stared at it on the screen before it went black, reminding me that I would likely never see the meadow again. I took a long sigh and looked back at the others just to find them staring at me with confused faces staring at my camera.
"Kagome what's that thing?" Shippo asked.
"This is a camera, Shippo." I answered.
"What does it do?" Sango added. I explained to them what the camera did and they were fascinated like usual. After that I took pictures of them all at Shippo's request.
I might put these in an album next time I go home. After all, Souta, Mom and Gramps have never seen the others. Too bad I didn't get a picture of Kaede before she went back to the village.
"Are you ready to go yet?" Inuyasha asked impatiently, obviously completely healed.
"Yes Inuyasha." I sighed; he didn't even let me take a photo of him. I slipped the camera back in my bag and we started to walk again from the peace of the meadow.
"SIT! SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!" I screamed.
That damn perv! Can't two women have a bath in peace around here?!
Sango and I were enjoying a lovely dip in the hot springs when we heard some rustling in the bushes. When we looked over they tried to duck but we could easily see Inuyasha's doggy ears so his efforts were in vain. After covering ourselves with towels we got up and found Miroku and Inuyasha attempting to run away but of course they didn't get away without a pummelling. Sango slapped Miroku and I put the beads to good use which lead me to that moment, storming off into the forest so I could calm down. I stopped and sat down on a rock, looking around in darkness, wondering which way I came from.
Why am I such an idiot?! I've gone and gotten myself lost.
I huffed in irritation and saw a cave in nearby and decided that if I just chose a random direction I'd just get myself more hopelessly lost. I started towards the cave and stood at its vast entrance and because my luck was so great, it started to pour.
Are you kidding me?!
I clambered into the cave to escape from the downpour just to be greeted with a growl from the darkness.
"How fortuitous for me, its not often a meal just happens upon my lair."
No way…
I slowly stepped forward and a huge pair of red eyes flashed in front of me. I looked around frantically for a weapon, beside a cluster of old bones was an even older bow with a couple of arrows and I lunged for it. Just as I leaped, something slithered past where I used to be. Lightning flashed outside and I got a glimpse of what I was up against.
Ew! A huge slug, that's digusting!
I loaded an arrow into the bow shot and I heard it collide with the gross demon. It gasped, "A priestess, eh? Haha, you will be delicious and I will become even more powerful by absorbing your powers." It laughed.
"Not in my lifetime, ugly!" I yelled at it and fired another arrow. I heard it smash against rock, meaning I had missed. I heard it chuckle and it sped towards me. I jumped to the side, hoping to avoid it but it caught my leg, making me drop the bow, and my leg slammed into a wall and I heard a crack. I screamed in pain, guessing that my leg was broken. I crumpled to the floor, holding my leg and tried not to move it. I knew that moving a broken bone was the last thing I needed to do. I reached the bow and aimed to where I felt the slight demonic aura. I released it and pure light surrounded the arrow and I saw the demon, mouth open about to devour me and it pierced inside its mouth. There was a horrible squelching noise and it dissolved, but not before it could slither onto my leg, crushing it. I didn't even get time to scream before the pain made me black out.
"Well, who would have thought I would find you here." I hear a disgustingly familiar voice state as I woke up to the new daylight, illuminating the cave. "So is this how the half-breed reacted, dumping you in a cave unable to move?"
Naraku.
"You wish Naraku." I snarled, reaching for the bow. "Besides, don't forget that you are also a half-demon Naraku."
"You realise of course that you are defenceless, you can't move with that leg can you?" Naraku chucked.
"Defenceless am I?" I spat and fired an arrow, I missed and Naraku used a tentacle to snap my bow in half. My confidence disintegrated and I made an attempt not to show my fear. "You know, I did say that I would leave you alive if you won the game. I didn't say anything about hurting you though." He smirked.
Oh no, this isn't good. Inuyasha! Help me!
He approached menacingly and tentacles shot out of his body, piercing my arms, my legs, my stomach. He was missing arteries on purpose, I noticed.
I will not show pain, not to him. No suffering and no fear.
I tried to sustain a scowl, constantly aimed at Naraku as he slashed my body to bits. My spiritual powers wouldn't focus; I could do nothing but lay there. He eventually yelled out in anger. "Why do you show no pain?!" I smiled at him,
"I will not show fear, not to you." I said with hatred, "You're a pathetic excuse for a man." He exploded in rage and dashed towards me with inhuman speed and crushed my leg under his foot. I couldn't keep a slight whimper from escaping my lips and he smiled evilly.
"You better hope you're found, girl. You will bleed out from those injuries soon. I don't usually keep my promises, you should feel honoured you're alive." He said, regaining composure and left the cave. It was only when I felt him fly away, his miasma and aura dissipating that I allowed myself to cry. I wept and wept as I trued to assess my countless injuries. Apparently, my spiritual powers were strong enough to keep me from dying like an ordinary human probably would. He was right, though I hated to agree with that monster about anything, I would die if someone didn't find me.
Inuyasha, please hurry.
Pain. That's all I could feel. "Kagome! Kagome! Wake up goddamn you!"
Inuyasha?
"I-Inu-yasha," I murmured. "S-stop shaking me, my leg hurts. It's broken." He stopped shaking me immediately. "Sorry." He muttered apologetically. "But, what the hell happened to you. Don't tell me it was-"
"Naraku." I finished. Inuyasha burst with anger, "That bastard, when I get my hands on him! I'll, I'll…" He yelled, punching the stone wall.
"Ssh… Inuyasha calm down." I urged him. "Please, get Kaede." He nodded and rushed out of the cave, leaving me alone again. After a while, Kaede entered and I was shocked at the speed Inuyasha managed to get her here but that was that least of my worries. She quickly got to work treating my wounds; luckily they weren't all that serious, with the exception of my broken leg which was throbbing. I was soon covered in bandages all over. I didn't even have a uniform anymore it was just a cluster of rags soaked in blood. The others were waiting outside, as to not distract Kaede. When she was working, it's best to let her work. Luckily, the feudal era did have enough medical knowledge to be able to set broken bones and I soon had a cast around my leg. When she finally cleaned off all the blood and dirt from my wounds and skin, she clothed me in a priestess uniform and gave me some make-shift wooden crutches. She helped me up and I hobbled outside to greet the others. I was bombarded with multiple shouts of 'Kagome!' and gentle, cautious hugs. "We were so worried when you hadn't come back." Sango said.
"We thought you were lost and sent Inuyasha out to get you." Shippo said wiping tears from his eyes. "It's ok, Shippo. Don't cry." I said embracing him, stroking his fiery hair. "We'll take you back to the village to recuperate." Kaede informed me and Inuyasha lifted me onto Kirara, abandoning my crutches, followed by everyone else excluding himself.
He is pretty fast, besides, Kirara won't be able to take much more weight.
Kirara took off into the air and Inuyasha ran underneath us as we started towards Kaede's village.
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