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Chapter 10: Inuyasha's Final Confrontation With The Monkey
Keeping their footsteps quiet and their breathing even, Miroku and Kagome walked from the clearing the ground still shaking. Inuyasha still didn't know what was happening or what was making all the noise, but he combined silent. The two peasants were scared and uneasy, clear signs that he should do as they say.
"Well, well, so the big bad pussycats couldn't kill the little puppy" mocked a whinny voice that Inuyasha was beginning to dread. Miroku and Kagome stopped in their tracks looking around, blinking in confusion.
A small figure appeared on a branch high up in a tall leafy tree, sneering down at Inuyasha, furry face scrunched up.
"Let's try this again" the monkey said.
"Hey, Hey! You ugly faced, snot nosed, stupid troll, are you hungry a pretty human girl, big human man and scrumptious dog? Weeeeelllll? Come and get em!!!" the monkey screamed, suddenly disappearing before their eyes.
A second later a huge beast crashed through the trees, before stopping to eye and seize up it's soon to be meal. The three looked at the bloodthirsty monster, terror rendering them momentarily paralyzed. The troll stood tall with it's lumpy black haired head just before the tree line. Massive legs were thick and heavy, claws as sharp as swords adorning his big feet. It's arms were much like it's legs and just as long. Horns and small spikes covered it's face and forehead, teeth sharp and pointed. Eyes; small, yellow and beady. The green skin was covered in filth and dried blood, it's only covering was a tattered loincloth.
The monstrous beast roared in the thrill of the hunt, breaking the stunned prey into action. Kagome and Miroku, still carrying Inuyasha, ran as fast as their legs could move. They didn't look back, already knowing that the troll was after them. Hearing the rush of water ahead, they skited to a halt, narrowly preventing the plunge. The two humans spun around to face the oncoming troll. Roaring in victory the creature picked up nearby log to beat the flesh until it was tender, blocking the area back to the woods. Miroku looked around ideas racing through his mind. The only solution he could come up with was the river, since the other ledge was too far away.
"Kagome ! Jump!" he cried over the noise of water.
"What?!" she questioned loudly.
"Into the river!" he clarified.
"Are you crazy?!" Inuyasha and Kagome both shouted.
"Right now I am. Troll? Or the river?" he asked, reaching out his hand.
"Fine!" she exclaimed, clutching her brother's arm. Nodding firmly they both jumped down the cliff and into the rushing water. All three of them screamed, Kagome managing to out the two males on their heart stopping descent.
Coldness and darkness surrounded Kagome. She resembled balling her body up as she hit the water, only to be pushed down the river. She thrashed around in her soundless prison, in deadly need for oxygen, swimming up to where she knew the surface was. Bursting through the water, Kagome gulped in air, rushing water forcing her to move down stream, slamming her body into rocks, knocking the air from her lungs. In fear of damaging the contents in her pack, she took the blunt of the rocks to her sides.
The endless churning rapids seemed to go on forever, with Kagome constantly going under. Just when the nearly drowning girl was ready to give up, the rough water decreased and became calm.
Using the rest of her strength, she front stroked to the shore, pulling herself onto the cool grass, slipping the pack off so she could lay on her back. Panting she slipped off into a dreamless rest.
Inuyasha and Miroku underwent the same experience as Kagome, somehow managing to keep each other in sight. Luckily they were able to grasp a floating log and climb practically on top. Miroku used that chance to frantically search for his sister, when he wasn't bracing himself for impact against rocks.
"KAGOME!" he shouted, praying for her response. A black dot caught his eye and he narrowed his brown eyes, to shield himself from the raising sun's glare, he raised his hand.
'Kagome?' he asked himself, he was so caught up in trying to decipher the black dot that he didn't see the rock coming up to their log until the last moment. Losing his grip on the temporary boat, he fell off, soundly knocking his head against the hard wood.
Unconscious, the young man drifted farther down the now calm river before being sept up onto a flat mossy boulder.
From the distance a human sized figure and two small figures watched the man. When the washed up male did not move, the small group approached. One of the smaller figures grew in size with a burst of orange flames , allowing the human sized member to place the man on it's back. The remaining figure jumped up onto the conscious human's shoulder as they headed further in shore and into their small camp.
'This is just not my day. First I woke up a dog that was kidnaped by two unintelligent peasants, chased through a forest by panther demons, later to be chased by a troll, carried down dangerous and painful rapids. And now to top it all off, my foot, uhhhh paw is killing me and I'm lost. Perfect. Just great' thought Inuyasha, ranting in his own mind.
After having lost sight of Miroku and being swept onto share, the white canine rested on the river bank, debating on what to do. Able to focus his eyes once again, he saw something washed up on shore a short distance away.
'Maybe it's one of the peasants' he thought with slight hope, 'once they heal me up we can keep going to the palace'
Somehow managing to get up on all fours, the canine dragged himself over to the body, wincing at the pain in his tender paw. He recognized that it as indeed the female human who had come to help him.
She lay on her back, arms eagle spread, one pale hand clutching her pack, eyes closed in peaceful rest. Noticing that she was indeed asleep he looked down at he. He remembered how beautiful he had thought she was when he had first seen her in the palace. Her long raven hair, while flat and soaked, fanned out below her contrasting with her sun kissed skin. Her features were soft, surprising so for a peasant, each one fitting perfectly on her face. The bruises slowly appearing on her face went almost unnoticed. Shaking his head to rid himself of such thoughts, he decided that his stinging paw was much important than some girl's beauty rest.
'Not that she doesn't need it. It would take a century of beauty sleep to make her halfway decent' he thought, not that really being able to convince himself that she was just ugly and plain.
"Hey, girl, wake up" he said. She didn't respond.
"Hey girl. I said wake up... come on already. I'm not just gonna sit here waiting for you to get up" he insisted a little louder. His sharp ears heard incoherent words slip past her lips.
"I order you to get up!" he commanded a bark behind his voice stamping his paws, careful of his injury and growling.
Dark brown eyes snapped open to look directly into the upside down face of a dog, widening in surprise.
A voice penetrated Kagome's hazy dream. At first the words of the voice were jumbled and complete nonsense. The second the voice returned it sounded angry and the only some words managed to get though Kagome didn't want to get up just yet. She knew the voice was probably trying to wake her up so she could start on her chores.
"Go away. I want to sleep. I'll get to the chores later" she said in her mind, the words barely forming on her lips in her physical body. For a third time the voice echoed through her thoughts, a rough and unexpected bark accompanied it this time, jolting Kagome awake.
The first thing she saw was a dog's muzzle and his sharp revealed in a snarl. Yelping in surprise she flipped over onto her stomach with her free hand, pack still clutched and backed away on her hands and knees, which unfortunately resulted in falling back into the clear water.
Inuyasha's head jerked back in surprise at the girl's antics, a sudden burst of laughter erupted from his throat at the sight of the once again soaked Kagome. Sputtering, Kagome climbed back on the bank, gulping in air. Hearing the loud laughter of the one who had woken her up, she sat back on her legs and crossed her arms, pack on the ground beside her.
"Why did you do that?" she asked angrily.
"What? Wake you up? Because I wanted you to get up so you could do something about my paw and we can get back to the palace" he replied, calming down.
"I know why you woke me up, you don't think about anyone, but yourself? What I'm asking is why did you wake me up the way you did" she said, eyes narrowed, finger ticking on her other arm.
"What else was I suppose to do? I'm in pain here!" he argued lifting up his right paw. Kagome was going to say something, but then thought better of it. She knew that she was valuable to the forest's demons and animals asleep. She also knew that with the prince's injury he had every right to try and wake her up so she could do something (he couldn't do anything as a dog).
Sighing she picked up her pack and opened the small top buckle, flipping over the cover. Reaching in she pulled out some dry white clothe and some small bottles.
"I thought your pack got soaked in the river" stated Inuyasha starring in wonder at the knapsack. Setting everything on the grassy ground, she moved to kneel in front of Inuyasha.
"It's magic obviously your highness" she answered using one of his many proper titles. Despite him being a dog, he was still a monarch and as a citizen of his kingdom she had to treat him as such, even if he was a pain. She ripped up the white clothe into some strips as she thought.
"As long as the buckle is closed the pack and everything in it is protected against metal, fire and thankfully water. Magical objects aren't rare you know. They're actually pretty common in some places" she explained as she worked, picking up a white bottle and pouring some of the liquid onto one of the strips. Gently holding the injured paw, she rubbed the cut, cleaning up the blood on the wound.
"Ow!" barked Inuyasha before retorting, "I know that, stupid. How do you have one? Enchanted items may be common, but they're not cheap... OW! Cut it out, that hurts"
"Oh stop being such a baby" Kagome chided, continuing to clean the cut.
"Am not" he whined, Kagome rolled her eyes as she picked up another bottle. This time she rubbed the sticky goo on the pad of the paw, wrapping another strip on cream.
"My grandmother told me that my mother put the protection spell on the pack, before she gave up magic. Until last night I had never my mother possessed magical powers"
"Wait a minute. If your mother could use magic then doesn't that mean you and your brother can too? You told me earlier you couldn't do magic!" he snarled, "change me back to normal"
"My powers, if I have any, haven't 'awoken' yet, besides I have no training"
"Then how do you have potions? Potions only last for so long"
"Trading in the marketplace. Look I'm sorry I can't change you back, but at least I'm taking you to the palace" she huffed.
"Fine just get me there" Inuyasha mumbled, walking clumsily over to a tree. Thoughts of strangling the arrogant jerk raced through her head, but was stopped by the grumbling of her stomach.
She looked at the river and a quick idea popped into her head. Fish for dinner it was. She rolled up her traveling skirt (AN: Forgot to mention she was wearing a light skirt with calf high pants of Miroku's when he was a little older than Souta. Now too small for him, he gave them to kagome who fitted into them quite well. She's wearing a regular green and white full dress to her ankles, with boots, but is wearing tan under breeches underneath) and pants so she could step into the water without soaking her drying clothes.
"What are you doing?" asked Inuyasha, watching her.
"Catching dinner. Now be quiet. I'm concentrating" she said focusing her attention in the water. Catching sight of silvery scales, her hand struck into the water with dead on accuracy. Whooping in triumph she held up the fish for Inuyasha to see. Rolling his eyes at her smug expression, he laid his head down to rest as Kagome repositioned her stance, waiting for another fish.
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