I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA AND I ALSO MUST APPOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE POTENTIAL SCARRING THIS CHAPTER MAY DO TO YOU...
CHAPTER 9: Trap
"I'm happy for the both of you… really," Sango said, somewhat depressed, though she had been that way since the 'Miroku' incident. She had just lost him, and now her best friend was leaving too.
"Oh Sango, it's not like you're losing us or anything!" Kagome said, trying to cheer her up. "We're only on the other side of the well; just a few blocks away from mom. We'll see each other all the time!"
"Yeah, I guess." She sighed. "So when are you leave- I mean moving in?"
"I talked to mom, and the house will be ready for us tomorrow."
"So hurry up and get your stuff together," Inuyasha interrupted. "We leave at noon."
"But why such a rush?" Kagome asked.
"Just because… I want to get settled." He hesitated for a moment. "The sooner we do that, the sooner we can… uh… go on with our normal lives… yeah… that's it!" He added.
"Inuyasha, you've been acting strange lately," Sango mentioned. "Is everything alright?"
"I've… just been going through a lot recently," Inuyasha explained. "A lot's been going on."
"Well, you better not be like this for too long," Kagome joked. "It's getting really annoying."
"Feh… whatever… wench," Inuyasha snorted.
"Wench? Inuyasha, Oswari!" Kagome yelled, but Inuyasha just stared at her. He didn't even flinch. "Inuyasha, why didn't… you know… sit?" She asked, very confused as to why her half-demon didn't go plummeting to his feet.
"I am sitting."
"No… I mean… fall on your face like you usually do."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"You know… the rosary's spell that makes you sit!"
"Well… uh," Inuyasha stuttered, looking down at the beaded charm around his neck. Shit! So this is what this thing is for! "I guess… the spell wore off?"
"I… guess?" Kagome sighed. Idiot
Moving day had quickly come. Kagome did her finishing touches to her packing in the feudal era. She barely had the bags closed before Inuyasha had come to take them away.
Okay, something is definitely wrong with Inuyasha. Kagome thought, though she only shrugged it off. Kagome said her good-byes to Sango and Shippo and headed towards the well, hoping to catch up with Inuyasha. When she got there, she found him standing by a tree, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Finally! What took you so long?"
"Well, unlike someone I know, I actually wanted to say good-bye to my friends," Kagome joked.
"Whatever… come on, let's go," Inuyasha said, making his way over to the well.
"K!" Kagome smiled and followed the half demon down the well.
Inuyasha and Kagome walked through the door of their stunning new home. The outside was a blue and white two-story, with whit pillars around the porch. The inside had white flooring and walls, with a single white couch in the living room to the left of the door. The house was fully furnished with a TV, tables, chairs, you name it!
"This house is beautiful, Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed. "How did mom afford this?"
"I don't know… but we can thank her later," Inuyasha grinned at his wife's excitement, and walked over to the couch. "Why don't you go explore the rest of the house?" Kagome didn't answer. She had already run up the spiral stair case to go see the bedroom.
A little while later, Kagome had returned to the living room to find Inuyasha dozing on the couch with the TV turned on.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome walked over to the couch and sat beside him, trying to wake him up. "INUYASHA!" Inuyasha awoke startled, but didn't mind too much because it was Kagome who had woken him.
"Hm?"
"Thank you so much Inuyasha! This is the house that I've always dreamed of!"
"So you're happy?" he asked.
"Of course I am! But you know that I'll always be happy as long as I'm with you, right?" Kagome hugged Inuyasha and leaned in to kiss him.
PERFECT!
"AHHHH!"
Back in the feudal era, Sango was in her hut, playing with her children, while Shippo was helping her entertain them with his fox-magic.
"Sango, children! Daddy's home!" Miroku bursted through the door. "Hello my love, did you miss me?" he asked with a big smile on his face, opening his arms to accept his wife's loving embrace… but it didn't come. "Sango?" Sango just looked down and turned her head, trying her hardest not to cry. "Sango, what's wrong?"
"You… broke your promise," she whispered, struggling to hold back her tears.
"Promise? W-what promise?" Miroku asked, getting worried about his, now angry, wife.
"YOU WERE WOMANIZING!" Sango yelled, causing Miroku to jump back, and her children to stop what they were doing and pay attention to what was happening. (Well… as much attention as three years olds and an infant can pay attention!) "YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU'D STOP FOOLING AROUND WITH OTHER WOMEN, BUT YOU DIDN'T! I SHOULD NEVER HAVE TRUSTED YOU!" Sango couldn't hold on anymore. She finally broke down into tears and sobbed harder than ever. Miroku walked over to her to try and comfort her.
"My dear Sango, I'd never do that to you again," he said calmly. "I never flirted or womanized… or even seen a woman for that matter. Even if I wanted too, I couldn't.
"But Inuyasha said—"
"Inuyasha? He's not back yet… I ran ahead of him. But other than that, he's been with me the whole time… I think. Honestly I can't remember."
"But Inuyasha's been here for weeks!"
"He couldn't have been. Like I just said, he's been with me the whole time. Hasn't left my side!"
"But then… who's with Kagome… living in their hut on the other side of the well!" Sango exclaimed.
"WHAT!" Miroku yelled.
"Kagome, I'm home!" Inuyasha shouted, bursting through the door just like Miroku did. "Kagome? Uh, hey Sango, where's Kagome to? Her scent is all over the place. I can't pick her out."
"Uh, well… there's no easy way to say this… she's living with you in her hut on the other side of the well. You moved in this morning… She thinks you're there… right now." Sango explained hesitantly.
"WHAT!" Inuyasha ran out the door and to the well as fast as he possibly could. Kagome, please be okay! If you get hurt… Inuyasha jumped down the well and made his way over to the Higurashi house. Before he could knock on the door, it opened and Mrs. Higurashi and Souta stepped outside.
"Oh hello dear. What can I do for you?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, starting to panic.
"Well… I guess she'd be home… with you?"
Inuyasha froze. "That's not me!"
Mrs. Higurashi took a deep breath, doing her best to keep calm. "Well then, we better get going." Mrs. Higurashi pulled her keys out of her purse and headed towards the car."If it's not you, then you don't have a clue where she is… but I do."
"I'm coming too!" Souta yelled. "Kagome and the fake Inu's been training me how to fight! I can help!" Inuyasha nodded.
We're coming Kagome!
The trio got to the house and ran to the front door. Inuyasha put his hand on the cold, metal door knob and froze.
This Scent!
"Both of you stay behind me!" Inuyasha ordered.
"You're being silly now, Inuyasha." Mrs. Higurashi, not wanting to believe her daughter was in any danger what so ever, nudged him aside, opened the door and stepped inside. "It's not like someone like Naraku is going—" Mrs. Higurashi's eyes went blank, as she fell to the floor; blood flying everywhere.
"MOM! NO!" Souta yelled, dropping down to her side. "Please wake up mom! Wake up!" Souta bursted into tears, drops falling on his mother's pale face.
"NARAKU! What have you done! Why the hell are you alive?" Inuyasha yelled, kneeling beside Souta and the life-less body that was Mrs. Higurashi only seconds ago. "And where's Kagome!"
Inuyasha looked up to stare into the eyes of his past foe. Tentacles were flowing through the room. He looked exactly the same as he did before his final transformation. The eye in the middle of his chest seemed to glow a bright red. Naraku smirked and gave an evil glare to Inuyasha.
"Kagome's taking a long nap on the couch over there. Don't worry; she's alive… for the moment."
Inuyasha looked over into the living room. The TV was left on. Some Windex commercial was playing. Then he saw it. The blood stained couch and his wife lying unconscious upon it.
"Kagome…"
"I pumped her body full of miasma, so she won't last much longer."
A/N: I'M A FRIGGEN MONSTER! MRS. HIGURASHI IS DEAD, AND SOUTA HAD TO WATCH. AND NOW KAGOME IS NEAR DEAD ACROSS THE ROOM AND HE HAS TO SUFFER THROUGH THAT!
IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED TO INUYASHA AND MIROKU IN THE VILLAGE... I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKIN CLUE YET... LET'S JUST GET FROM THIS PART TO THE NEXT
A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THI CHAPTER... AND NOW MY STORY IS ALMOST OVER. TRYING TO FINISH IT IN 12 CHAPTERS.
QUESTIONS: WHY IS NARAKU ALIVE? AND WHY THE HELL DID HE GO TO SUCH LENGTHS TO SEE THE END OF KAGOME AND HER FAMILY?
THANKS TO MY REVIEWERS, FAVOURITERS, ALERT-ERS? AND READERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN READ THIS.
PLEASE R&R