***A/n : I'm really sorry guys! My updates shouldn't be this late again unless I have yet another month like the one I did...Everything is quiet now, so I think I've got some explaining to do... One of Lily's dogs was diagnosed with a brain tumor (her odd behavior started the day after X-mas), and we tried to watch her at all times. The poor little dog died on January 26th in Lily's arms...Her other dog managed to blow a blood vessel and had to get surgery, and now he's currently in a cone (that he's managed to remove by himself). She recently brought another dog (she's an interesting one...) who is nearly two, but acts like a puppy. Both of us got incredibly sick thanks to something that went around my school, and both of us were out for a week and still sick for three more. I've finished the application process for my top pick high school (which was incredibly long...), and I have officially been accepted. I've seen several people drop out of this academy, so...we'll see how I do. Thanks for still continuing to read this, and please review.
*Disclaimer : I don't own Inuyasha...I'm only fourteen.
One Day in Social Studies Class...
Chapter 9 : Fantasy, Reality, or Fate? Part 2
I don't know how long I've been "fighting" these four...I don't understand how I once thought they were troublesome; in fact, they haven't landed a single major blow on me. Oh, that's right, I've acquired all but one jewel shard, and that I shall have after this battle. Kukukuku, I've nearly killed the hanyou...Come at me you foolish bastard...I'll even let you in...Yes, that's right...Let's let you pretend you got through those tentacles...
Perfect, try to stab at my heart, and lets see what happens to you. With my miasma, you should be passing out right about...now...And when you wake up, you'll find your companions dead. Then what will you do? I should start with that fucking, Kikyou-look-a-like miko...
Ah, I can hear the miko scream out for her love...what a wonderful way to start the morning...
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Where am I? What the hell happened? That's right, I was about to kill Naraku and I felt a pulse, and nothing...Why do I smell like blood? Why do I smell...KAGOME! MIROKU! SANGO! They're dead...He...He...That bastard kkkilled them...
Tears ran down my face as I charged...He smirked...That bastard! He's going to pay even if it costs me my life...
The next few moments were all a blur as I hacked at him with Tetsusaiga, and if he hit me with his tentacles, I couldn't feel it...I couldn't feel it at all...
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"Kaede!" I called her over with fresh tears in my eyes, "I just know something's happened!"
She sighed as she continued to grind an herb, "All we can do is pray to Kami-Sama that they'll be alright...It's all we can do..."
Despite what Kaede said, praying wasn't something I could sit around and do...Kami-sama hasn't seemed to have an affect on our fates, we make our own fates...If something was to be determined by fate, we would have no choice in this world, and I'm choosing to go and see what happened.
"Kirara, let's go, follow Sango's scent, okay?"
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That's a good puppy, just keep slashing at those tentacles. You've already been poisoned, I'm impressed that you even lasted this long...Though, you shan't be getting revenge for your companions...I can always kill you first, but I'd like to see this poison work. It already knocked you out, and with your speed, it should be rampant throughout your blood...All I have to do is sacrifice a few tentacles; that's something I'm more than willing to do.
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The fire-cat roared as we approached the battle sight while I kept my ears open for any sounds of fighting; there were none. I smelled blood...and a lot of it...majority of it Inuyasha's. No matter how long it's been, this is the one scent I will forever remember...He's the protector; he would sooner die than see any of us hurt, and I cannot name anyone else who has had their blood spilled so carelessly in such quantities. Inuyasha is selfless, but I wish he wouldn't be like this sometimes...It's like...It's almost like he doesn't understand that people care for him. Did Kagome not say yes? Did she not cry those times she thought he had died? Have we never thought the thoughts of how...lost...we'd be without his presence? Nothing would be the same...He somehow kept this mismatched group together. Does he not know that? Does he not know that we could never fully move on? Does he not know that Kagome would probably never be able to love another?
My face felt flushed and sticky so I wiped it on my my sleeve. Sniffling back a choked sob, I braced myself for the worst I could possibly see...
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Did it...Kill't that bas'tard, Nara'u... 'Ear that 'Gome? San'o? Miro'u? I kill't 'im...'ow we can all die toge'her...Inuyasha thought as his breathing grew shallow while he laid strewn across the blood-drenched earth. Furrowing together in grief themselves, the clouds cried out for the fallen with hopes to drench the soil in its own tears rather than the remaining evidence of bloodshed.
Pitta-Pat-Pitta-Pat! It now came in syncopated, large droplets. Silent tears, unknown to the falling rain, slid down the hanyou's face while he thought his final thoughts. Time seemed to freeze as his thinking slowed though only a few seconds had passed...Forget reality; it is not a sight you wish to see and embrace your fantasies, hopes, and dreams. Maybe then, and only then can you find your peace.
Before his last distant, dreary thought came to mind, he thought he heard the voices of his companions calling him to join the other side with them. Accepting their request, he felt himself floating away.
End of Chapter 9
***A/n : Didn't come out as I was expecting it (ahhh, it's short too!), but it works. I won't give any hints as to what I'm planning (except for the ones I placed in the text), but I hope some of you guys can figure it out. If you think you got a good idea, please review and tell me what...Want to know if I'm predictable...haha, I always say that. Anyways, excuse any and all combined words for the current and previous chapters. This is what I get for typing on the Document Manager, and this is the treatment it inflicts (it sometimes doesn't save either because it automatically logs me out)...Depending on how many of your guys are still reading this (and tell me so by reviewing), I'll update again over this long weekend. :) Lily should be getting started up again soon too. ^_^
~Mitz
