The journey left them a little disoriented and the spinning sensation had yet to stop. Their eye sight was a little blurry and their balance was not the best; traveling by angry Elements was not the best way of travel.
Miroku took the chance of lifting his head to see if they were where they were suppose to be, he could see Sango to the right of him and two figures in front of him. "Either Kaiyou and Koudo have become very ugly or that is Kouga and InuYasha, meaning we are now back in Lumius's house.
"Watch it Monk," growled InuYasha holding his head, if he could help it he was never going to travel by Element again neither one of his experiences were good ones.
Kouga who had lost the feeling of being dizzy was already running to where Kagome's scent was, the odd thing was it was fainter then normal as if she was miles away not in the room next to them. The group followed him moments after only taking note that the room that they had landed in was similar to the one that they had been in before they went to the Elements, with the exception of a different arrangement or furniture and no fire place.
When the group arrived to their destination they saw Kouga standing several feet from the door frozen like a statue. "What's your problem wolf you act as if you've seen a…ghost," InuYasha said starting off cockily and then ending in a shocked tone. He couldn't believe what he saw, or for that fact didn't see, Kagome looked like she was a ghost. Shippo was crying holding his adopted Mother's hand like a life line as if, if he could hold on tight enough she would rematerialize back to him. Realizing he was being watched by he let go of her hand and ran to Sango for comfort. Sango scooped him up and hugged him close letting his tears fall on and down her neck.
"What happened? What did you do?" growled Kouga, taking several steps towards Kagome as if scared if he went closer she would completely disappear from him.
"I did nothing; I told you with every memory that she loses she will disappear bit by bit," stated Lumius starting to look a little fatigued, helping Kagome fight his Brother was probably a lot harder then he portrayed.
"I know you said that she would disappear but we did not think that you meant it literally," said Miroku in awe. Sango by his side just stared at the scene, she didn't know what to say what to do, she had heard of anything like this before. Kirara, as if hearing Sango's inner thoughts jumped off the chair that Lumius was in and went to her, leaning her head on her ankle to comfort her.
Kouga and InuYasha walked on either side of Kagome starring down at her not believing what was really happening to her, this couldn't be happening to her, could it? Kouga reached down to her shoulder to touch it but phased right through it, the feeling was cold and distant. InuYasha and Kouga starred in shock as he slowly brought his hand to eye level starring disbelief as everyone else's breath was caught in their throats.
"She's fading into the darkness," Lumius whispered more to himself then to the others around him.
Sango put Shippo down softly and looked at Miroku and then to the other two Demons. "Well lets go this isn't doing us any good just staring at her, it won't help bring…bring her back," Sango said sternly yet chocked at little near the end. Miroku walked over to Sango and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder and smiled. Although Sango didn't turn around to look at him her hand traveled to his and her poster softened a little.
Kouga however had a possessed look in his eyes, "The Bastard will pay for what he's putting her through," he growled his fist were clenched tight to his sides, a trickle of blood ran down his knuckles. InuYasha was having the same thought but his anger ran deeper then his normal out burst, his arms twitching to tear out the heart of Lunius and watch him slowly bleed to death in front of him.
"Calm down, I know it's easier said then done but please try to you are no help to her like that. Now you should be practicing your weapons, sharpening your technique if you aren't perfect then you will die and I can't save you this time," said Lumius sternly in a Father figure voice.
"We don't have time!" shouted InuYasha stress lacing each syllable.
"What my friend is trying to say is," Miroku started as he looked from InuYasha giving him a look that said cool it, and then turning to the Protector of Light and continuing, "You are an eternal, you have no basic reality of time. One thousand years could feel like a second to you and yet one second an eternity. We being mortal understand time since it will eventually kill us like Kagome, her time is running out and time is against us, we can't wait we need to go now."
Lumius nodded and smiled at the Monk, "I now understand why you got the gift from Earth you are very wise." Lumius watched Miroku's face glow a bit with pride and then turned to the others, "Then I will give you a little bit of advice and send you on your way, and no worries it will be short," he said looking at the impatient Demons, "Work together, you have the power of the Elements at your finger tips now and they were strongest united not divided as you now see. Now good luck and hurry back," as he finished and then the four warriors were engulfed in the same white light that they had been when they were sent to their battle of darkness.
"I should be with them, not just sitting here crying like a baby, I'm not helping Kagome at all," Shippo said to no one in particular, his eyes tightly shut, sham dripping from every word as he gripped his pants tightly. Kirara mewed beside him softly as if to agree as she hung her head beside him as if to say you're not the only one, she felt she should be beside Sango helping her fight like she always was not left behind.
"You both are helping more then you think," Lumius replied Fatherly looking down at them with a small grin.
"How," Shipp asked whipping his red eyes and pale face, he didn't understand how he was helping at all.
"By staying by her side, so she has someone she knows and loves near her to give her strength to keep fighting this curse, she may not be able to hear or feel you physically, but the love you have for her speaks volumes." Lumius seemed to glow as he spoke as if to emphasize his point.
"Really?" squeaked Shippo a smile on his face for the first time since it started. As Kirara cocked her head to the side as if asking the same question.
"Really," Lumius's voice was full of warmth and kindness, Shippo couldn't help but feel better even if it was just a little. So he walked over to Kagome and laid by her prone form, putting his hand on, or through, hers and silently fell asleep once again. Kirara followed suit rapping her body around Shippo to comfort him in his sleep which seemed to be nightmares, of what is unsure he refused to talk about them. Lumius just watched the scene before him; he could feel the girl's life slowly slipping away from this plane, the only thing keeping her here was his light which seemed to be having less effect as the darkness that was sweeping through her veins continued to become stronger.
A\N : Not the best chapter I've written but oh well you need a link from chapter to chapter right?
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