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WARNING: The following chapter will contain some major OOC from our favorite Martian, which may bother some of you. For that, I am sorry but this is how it has to be.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Justice League. Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and the Justice League belongs to DC Comics. The only character I own is Karin. I make no profit off this fanfic. Please don't sue me.
Chapter 10: Rescue
Residential Housing (Rescue Team)
The Javelin landed a few good miles away from the housing area. Kagome had given the League specific facts on how an inu hanyou can smell a person before they come into line of sight.
"You'll need these," Kagome handed them beaded bracelets to each team member, "This will hide your scent from Inuyasha. But that also means that Karin won't be able to smell you either, so you have to find her the old fashioned way."
J`onn twirled the bracelet on his wrist. He didn't doubt that the bracelet would work, 'but I want the hanyou to find me.'
Martians were peaceful beings and didn't know the meanings of hatred until the day of the invasion of Mars. He never thought that he would experience that intense malice again, 'Until today.'
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Higurashi Shrine
When Kikyo told her to meet where it all started, Kagome knew exactly where she meant: The Goshinboku.
The place where both Kikyo's and Kagome's destinies had changed forever.
Kagome went up the familiar stair case to her family's shrine. With each step she took, she began to pray for the safety of her daughter and friends.
As she reached the top of the steps she saw Kikyo siting on the stone bench underneath the Sacred Tree.
With just a glimpse Kagome could tell how much the dead woman had changed in the past few centuries. The conserved woman that had shown no true emotion but yearned for a life of her own, was gone forever. Now all that's left was the mimicking body of a once well respected miko.
Kikyo knew that Kagome was there but didn't turn her head to meet her gaze. She only stared at the scar in the center of the Goshinboku, the spot where she had sealed her Inuyasha so long ago.
Kagome was the first to speak, "Where is my Kaa-san's soul?" she demanded.
Kikyo smirked at her copies impatience. She pulled a pendent from her neck to show a green gem that glowed slightly even in the moon light. "Rest assured, I kept my word…I always do."
Kagome could sense a soul in that gem, it was definitely her Kaa-san. "Give it to me," Kagome demanded while holding out her hand.
Instead, Kikyo took the pendent back in her hand, "Oh not just yet," she taunted, "You have to hold up your end of the bargain first."
Kagome gritted her teeth, "How can I do that and give my Kaa-san her soul back?"
Kikyo chuckled, "Do you really think that I'm stupid enough to think that your friends won't come looking for you."
"Well you know what they say," Kagome retorted in anger "Unless a baka dies, they won't be cured of their stupidity…Oh wait that means you're cured then."
Kikyo sent her reincarnation a death glare, "Careful my reincarnation," she said as she tightened her grip on the pendent. "If this is destroyed, your mother's soul will move on into the next world. Not to mention, you daughter won't live to see the next sun rise."
Kagome shut her mouth.
Satisfied Kikyo walked over to Kagome and began to circle her, "This wasn't supposed to happen you know," she said with honesty in her voice. "You weren't supposed to be born...I should have live happily with Inuyasha after he wished on the Shikon Jewel to be human. I would have been the one he truly loved, not you…I should have given him a child, not you."
Kikyo grabbed Kagome's hair and tugged it, Kagome winced from the pain but didn't fight back. "This is all your fault…If you hadn't come to the past and freed Inuyasha, none of this would be happening. And if you hadn't intervened back then, Inuyasha would have gone to Hell with me…But you just couldn't help yourself could you…You stole him from me...And now, you're going to give back what is mine."
Kikyo ran her other hand up Kagome's body, the pendent slightly brushing over Kagome's skin, till she reached her reincarnation's upper chest where her soul resided, "Any last words?" Kikyo taunted, feeling victorious.
Kagome began to feel her body began to grow slightly cold. Little by little Kikyo began to drain her soul and wasn't planning on making her 'death' quick. "Hai," Kagome finally answered the dead miko, "…Watch your step."
If Kagome had been facing her she would have seen the confusion on the undead miko's face. Or the shock on her face when she saw the green pendant that was her ticket to a new life was gone.
"Oh come on Miko," said Flash as he twirled the pendant on his index finger, "It's been over a year, aren't you ever gonna let that go?"
Realizing what had happened, Kikyo snarled at her reincarnation in anger, "You bitch!" The undead miko was suddenly taken by surprise when she was met with a force and pain in her side that made her fly across the shrine yard.
Blood and clay pieces began to stain the ground.
"Nobody threatens my sister," Hawkgirl warned Kikyo as she lifted her now blood stained mace on her shoulder.
"Ouch," said Flash looking at Kikyo's wound.
Kagome fell to her knees as she clutched her chest trying to catch her breath. Not to mention the ache in her head when Kikyo literally pulled a chunk of her hair out. But she didn't care about any of that.
Her mother's soul was safe.
That's all that mattered.
Kikyo glared at the small group, "No," she growled before looking at her reincarnation, "This shouldn't have happened. You're just a weak and stupid girl."
Kagome got up with the help of Hawkgirl, "That girl you once faced is gone," she told her.
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Residential Housing
The rescue team of heroes, were all flying in the air. Batman remained on the Javelin ready to make a quick getaway if necessary.
Using his x ray vision Superman was able to find the house that held Karin. "She's in the basement," he told the team.
J`onn nodded phasing through the ground.
"Wait J`onn we need to stick with," Wonder Woman began to say but the words fell on deaf ears.
Karin was playing with some toys on the bed when J`onn entered and became solid again. She looked unharmed as far as he could tell, 'Thank heaven for that.'
"J`onn-san," Karin said happily once she recognized J`onn's form and ran up to hug him.
J`onn gave her a smile and hugged her back, "Hello dear one, I'm here to take you home."
This got Karin's attention and she pulled back, "Okay...Can Outo-san come with us too?" she asked innocently.
J`onn had to hide his angered expression when she said that.
Before he could respond he felt several sharp pains in his back and screamed in agony. He turned to see a furious Inuyasha with sharp bloodied claws.
Karin was shocked by seeing and smelling the blood, "Outo-san," she cried, "Why did you do that, Outo-san?" Tears began to fall from her face as she saw J`onn kneel to the floor.
"He's here to take you away from me," Inuyasha growled. As J`onn looked up he saw the eyes of the hanyou begin to pulse red and his face formed purple strips on each of his cheeks.
J`onn recalled Kagome's stories on how Inuyasha's human blood is pushed out when the yōkai in the hanyou senses danger, "I am taking her back to her mother."
Inuyasha's face became more sinister, he lunged at the Martian who became phased again so the hanyou passed right through him.
Inuyasha quickly recovered but still managed to damage the majority of the room with his claws, which grew longer and sharper.
That didn't matter to J`onn, he punched Inuyasha in the face with his super strength with enough force for the hanyou to crash through two walls of the house.
J`onn flew to the 'living room' of the residence, where Inuyasha lunged after he recovered from the punch.
Terrified Karin, ran underneath the bed and hugged her Kitsune-sama close to her.
Using his shape shifting abilities, J`onn became a serpent creature and wrapped his body around Inuyasha's hoping to restrain the hanyou.
Inuyasha wasn't about to let that happen and bit down on the Martian's shoulder. J`onn cried out in pain and loosened his grip on the hanyou.
By this time, Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman entered the scene.
Superman rammed Inuyasha and forced him threw three of the walls.
Wonder Woman flew above J`onn, "Are you alright?"
"I am unharmed," winced J`onn, "Get Karin."
Wonder Woman nodded and went to retrieve Kagome's child.
Suddenly, Superman's body was thrown at J`onn forcing both men to fall to the ground.
Inuyasha's yōkai blood awoke and was now on a blood lust rampage.
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Karin whimpered hearing all of the crashing noises. She covered her ears to make it somewhat more bearable, but the smell of blood still stung her nose.
"Karin?" she heard a voice but she didn't see or smell anyone in the room. This person spoke English, luckily her Kaa-san taught her to speak some of it, "Karin, I need you to say something. Your mother sent me to find you."
Karin daringly peeked from under the bed to see a woman flying above the ground.
Wonder Woman spotted her and lowered to the ground smiling at her, "Hello little sister, let's get out of here, okay?"
Karin was trembling from fear of leaving her safe spot, "I'm scared."
Wonder Woman gave a small smile to smooth the girl's fears, "I know, and you're being very brave. But I promised your mother I would bring you back." That's when Diana got an idea. She took off the bracelet that Kagome given her so that her scent was back. She held out her wrist to Karin, "See, it's okay."
Karin was finally able to smell the woman's sent. She had smelt that scent before faintly coming off her Kaa-san. "You're Kaa-san's friend?"
Diana nodded, "That's right. And your 'Kaa-san' misses you very much."
Karin crawled from under the bed and ran into Wonder Woman's awaiting arms.
Diana lifted the girl up and began to fly out the room with Karin's face digging in her shoulder.
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The Battle between the League and Inuyasha continued with the Green Lantern containing the rabid hanyou in a barrier created with his ring.
Inuyasha slashed at the shield and then stopped Slowly, the hanyou turned his head in the hallways direction.
It was at that moment that Wonder Woman arrived, holding Karin in her arms.
"GIVE ME MY PUP!" yelled an angry Inuyasha, as he tried to slash through Green Lantern's barrier again, more violently this time.
Karin dug deeper into Wonder Woman's embrace. She didn't understand how her Outo-san, the one who had played with her, read to her, and held her when she cried was the same person that was in the green bubble. But her nose didn't lie, 'Why is he like that?'
Wanting to look away, Karin's gaze drifted down to see a wounded J`onn on the ground. "J`onn-san," she said getting his attention, "You okay?"
J`onn winced a little but put on a brave face for the girl, "Yes, dear one."
"Get her out of here," Superman ordered the Amazon.
Wonder Woman nodded and flew Karin out to the Javelin.
The minute Karin was out of sight, Inuyasha became more angered and surprisingly stronger with his attacks. "GIVE HER BACK!" he demanded in a rabid voice.
Green Lantern struggled trying to contain him. He used almost the majority of his rings power in order to trap him for as long as he has.
Eventually, Inuyasha was able to use enough force to throw Green Lantern's barrier off.
This stunned most of the heroes.
J`onn was the only one who recovered fast enough to stop the hanyou in his tracks.
As a last resort, J`onn attacked Inuyasha's mind.
The rabid demon grabbed his head in agony and dug his own claws into his scalp, causing it to bleed.
"J`onn stop," ordered Superman.
J`onn didn't listen.
Inuyasha fell to the ground still in obvious pain from the telepathic attacks.
"J`onn, you'll kill him," warned Green Lantern.
J`onn continued the psychic attack.
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Higurashi Shrine
Kikyo's hurt face began to fall and morphed into one of amusement, "I must say copy, I'm a little impressed with your deception," she said as she rose from the ground. "You truly are my reincarnation."
"I'm nothing like you," Kagome snapped at the dead priestess. She hated whenever Kikyo had said that to her. She was not Kikyo's reincarnation, she was just Kagome.
Kikyo chuckled, "Keep telling yourself that," she said while she held onto the wound in her side. "But I'm afraid it's time we called it a night."
The group of heroes prepared themselves for anything.
"But don't worry," Kikyo said in reassurance. "You will see me again," she raised her arm up and revealed hundreds of her faithful shinidamachū, the soul sucking serpents that sustained her life throughout the centuries, hidden around the four of them.
"Uh oh," said Flash. He didn't know what those things were but there were a lot of them.
Kikyo thrusts her arm forward and the shinidamachū began to surround the three League heroes, both attacking and blinding them.
Hawkgirl swung her mace around repeatedly to destroy these flying serpents, while Flash tried to whirl them away by twirling his arms with super speed.
"Get down," warned Kagome to her friends, as she summoned her holly powers to her hands. Once her friends ducked, Kagome let the energy out of her palms and attacked the shinidamachū, disintegrating most of them. The remaining soul stealing serpents fled the shrine in fear.
The three heroes looked to where Kikyo stood and saw that the undead miko gone.
Kagome fell to her knees and punched the ground, "Damn it."
Flash walked over and kneeled down next to her, "Hey don't worry about it," he assured her, "At least we still have this," he showed her the pendent that held Kun-lun's soul.
The pritess knew that Flash was right.
For now, Kagome was grateful that her mother would be alright.
"You think the other's had better luck," said Hawkgirl.
Flash used his earpiece to contact the other team, "Hey Supes, we got Miko's mother's soul back but…WHAT," he said the last part surprised. He then turned to Kagome, "Miko, you got to try and calm down J`onn. He's going to kill Inuyasha."
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Inuyasha continued to scream in agony and proceeded to bang his body and head on any surface that he could find.
J`onn may not have shown it but a part of him was enjoying watching the hanyou suffer for what he did to the woman that he loved.
"J`onn," he heard Kagome in his mind, "You have to stop."
"Why?" he asked. "He hurt you. He took Karin away from you."
"J`onn please," she begged, "Look at what you're doing," she said referring to Inuyasha banging his head on the floor. "This isn't you. Please, stop it."
Fulfilling her wish J`onn stopped the psychic attack on the hanyou.
Inuyasha stopped screaming and collapsed to the floor unconsciousness.
Superman could hear the hanyou's heart beat still and knew he was still alive, "We better take him with us. The others said Kikyo got away, maybe we can get him to talk."
Green Lantern nodded and lifted Inuyasha using his ring to carry him to the Javelin.
Superman then glared at J`onn, "I know how tempting revenge can be," he said honestly. "But if you ever do something like that again. We'll have no choice but to cut you off the League, understood?"
J`onn waited a few moments before nodding. He would have been lying if he said he regretted what he did…But it was still harsh.
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Watchtower
J`onn had been holding Karin's hand the entire time they were in the Javelin and in the hanger. In Karin's other hand she held Kitsune-sama, who was dangling at her side.
"Kaa-san!" Karin cried, as soon as he caught her mother's sent coming off the Javelin 7 that just entered the hanger.
The other Leaguers couldn't help but smile at the young girl's giddiness.
Kagome ran off the Javelin 7 and scooped Karin up into a big hug. "Oh my Kar-chan," she said while getting teary eyed. "Kaa-san missed you so much."
Karin wrapped her arms around her Kaa-san's neck and inhaled the familiar scent that calmed her down form her terror from earlier. "Outo-san said I had to go with him or the mean lady would hurt you," Karin began to explain what happened.
"Shhh," Kagome soothed the hysteric six year old. "I know Kar-chan, I know. It's okay, you're safe now." She looked up at her team mates, "Arigato," she thanked them with all the relief in her heart. Her gaze turned to J`onn who was more wounded then the rest. A part of his shoulder looked like it had been bitten off. Kagome began to reach out for him so she could heal his wounds.
"Later," he told telepathically her, "Karin needs you, now."
Kagome nodded and kissed the six year olds forehead.
"So, you were able to capture Inuyasha?" questioned Hawkgirl.
Batman nodded, "Yes but from the looks of it he's not going to be talking anytime soon," he said the last part while glaring at J`onn.
Kagome didn't want to think about seeing Inuyasha again.
Not right now.
She had something she needed to take care of.
"Hey Kar-chan, do you want to see Obaa-san and Souta Oji-san," Kagome asked her daughter. Karin looked up and nodded,"Let's go, then. Obaa-san isn't feeling well right now but I'll bet seeing you will make her feel all better," Karin smiled at this as her mother carried her to the medical bay of the Watchtower.
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Medical Bay
Souta hadn't left his mother side the whole time the Justice League was gone. He prayed the whole time hoping for Kagome and Karin's safety. His prayer was answered when he saw them come through the door.
"Onee-san," he saw her first before he saw who she was carrying. "Kar-chan," he said happily.
"Hi Oji-san," Karin said waving to him. Normally she would have hugged him but didn't want to leave her Kaa-san's side yet. She then looked down to see her Obaa-san asleep, "Why is she asleep Kaa-san?"
"Well," Kagome said putting her down on the side of Kun-lun's bed. "The mean lady did something to her but," she said pulling out the pendent, "if we put this on her she'll be all better." She put the pendent on top of her mother's chest and used her miko powers to release the seal that was on it to release the soul.
Kun-lun's soul returned to its host eagerly. The monitor began to beep higher than it was a moment ago and Kun-lun's eyes opened as if she were merely awakening from a deep sleep.
"Kaa-san," yelled the two Higurashi siblings. "Obaa-san," yelled the ecstatic six year old. They all dog piled on top of the awoken woman.
Kun-lun chuckled and hugged her dear ones back. She then looked over at the Justice League members who were watching and who couldn't help but 'awww' at the sight. "Arigato," she said while bowing her head to them respectfully.
"It's what we do," teased Flash.
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Green House
After calming down from the excitement, Karin and Kun-lun, were being taken on a tour of the tour by Flash and Souta.
The other members were coming up with ideas on how to interrogate Inuyasha.
Kagome called Sesshomaru, Shippo, and Kouga to let them know that Karin was found and safe. When she told them they had Inuyasha in custody, they weren't as thrilled. Sesshomaru gave his opinion on how the 'half-breed' should be put to death, in which Shippo and Kouga agreed, but only after they gave him a good ass kicking. Kagome told them that she wouldn't do that. "You're still too forgiving, miko," said Sesshomaru before hanging up on her.
Now she was with J`onn, healing his wounds, "You shouldn't have gone in on your own," she scolded. "That wasn't the plan."
J`onn winced when she touched his shoulder, "I know, it was a poor judgment on my part. I let my emotions blind me again."
She shook her head, "That's not always a bad thing," she told him. "When you love someone, you only grow stronger when you try and protect them."
J`onn turned to look her in the eyes with deep emotion.
She was a little confused by the look on his face. Until, she replayed what she had just said in her mind, which made her blush, "I-I mean when you were protecting Karin, you fought harder be-because it's hard not to love her."
J'onn nodded, "Yes I do love Karin," he said out loud, "…and…I…I love you, Kagome."
Kagome was stumped, "You…you do?"
He ran his now healed hand on her cheek and pushed back her hair behind her ear, "Yes my dearest, I'm in love with you. From the moment I saw you smile at me, I fell in love with you."
Kagome smiled as a single tear spilled down her cheek, "J`onn," she said to his mind, "I love you too."
They both leaned in and kissed each other passionately. All of the bloodshed and heartache that had gone on the past few days were forgotten because right now, in this moment, all that mattered was the two of them.
*Sniff* ending a sad chapter on a happy note, always makes it worth it in the end. So, what do you guys think? As you probably have guessed, I don't write action scenes from scratch very often and hope it was at least somewhat believable. Next time: The Justice League interrogates Inuyasha…yea good luck with that.
Till then my readers