Disclaimer Part I: The characters of Inuyasha belong to Rumiko Takahashi, but this story belongs to me. Aster and Dayandhi also belong to me.
Inuyasha: A Fugitive Fairytale
Chapter Eleven
By the Book
"That...." Kagome took a deep breath, "Was the weirdest thing to ever happen to me. And I've fallen down a well five hundred years into the past, fought demons, and apparently have traveled through time and space by something no bigger than a cell phone... So that's really saying something..."
Inuyasha made a rude sound. "What is it about schoolgirls from your time who keep falling into the past? Do they all end up priestesses?"
Kagome's jaw dropped. "THAT's all you have to say about it? We were sucked into a book, Inuyasha. A BOOK!" She picked up the book and shook it at him forcefully, then dropped it in fear of being drawn back into the pages to live out yet another story. She gave it a kick to send it skittering away from her and under a table. She didn't want to even be near that thing ever again. It was like one of her worst nightmares coming true. She'd never be able to look at her school books the same again!
"Your use of a bow was most impressive," said Kurama with a smile. "You seem to improve each time you use it. And I believe you would have made a very good priestess of Suzaku, regardless of what Tamahome said. We certainly would have been triumphant should we have accepted the challenge to your right as priestess."
"Yeah," agreed Inuyasha, "We woulda kicked their…"
"I'm sick of the outdoors," interrupted Bakura in complaint. "Send us someplace with air conditioning next time,"
Peppa sighed and seemed to slump a bit on Kurama's shoulder, "We didn't find a single twinkle." Then she perked up and her wings fluttered. "We'll have better luck next place though, won't we, Salt?"
"Of course we will!"
"Grooowlithe. Growwley growl."
"Eveeeee."
"No one had to work that hard to summon me," grumbled Pakkun as he contemplated chewing on one of the fallen books. "That's why they all take me for granted."
"YOU'RE ALL INSANE! Does NO ONE think that was the weirdest thing to ever happen? Isn't anyone else even slightly freaked out that we were just words on a page ten seconds ago?" Her voice rose in pitch and volume, causing everyone to wince slightly.
"Well...." Pakkun said thoughtfully, "That Miaka girl should could pack away the food without gaining an ounce. You should go back and ask her the secret."
"That's not what I meant!" Kagome was beginning to think that they really were insane. "We weren't in another w... DID YOU JUST CALL ME FAT?"
Inuyasha used his foot to push the Pokemon away from Pakkun, looking a little too hopeful that she'd blast the small talking pug into dust. One moment he was practically rubbing his hands together at the thought of her destroying Pakkun, and the next he was flat on the floor with a tiny feather sticking out of his next.
Kagome was in shock.
Before she could even call out Inuyasha's name, Kurama hit the ground with a thud. She was in shock. Frozen in place. Kagome spun around as Growlithe began snarling and Evee yelped. A weight hit her in the middle and she hit the ground, landing behind a bookshelf.
It was Bakura!
"I am a bit insulted they didn't think I was dangerous enough to take out first," the white haired tomb robber grumbled as he slightly lifted his weight off of her. Then he gave her a slightly evil grin. "Although I suppose I should thank them for this rare opportunity."
Kagome pushed at him. How could he make jokes when Inuyasha and Kurama had just been taken down? There was no pop of a gun firing. No buzzing. No hissing. No sound of any sort to indicate a weapon being drawn, much less fired. Even Inuyasha had not heard anything to warn him of the danger. Was it some sort of magic?
She froze in mid shove when she heard Evee make a heart wrenching sound.
"No!" she cried. Evee was gentle and sweet. Who could hurt Evee?
Then Growlithe yelped.
"NO!"
Bakura rolled off her and looked beyond the shelf. For the first time since she knew him, he looked so dangerous that she was actually a little afraid. But Bakura was the least of her fears. Kagome briefly wondered who their attacker was, but was more interested in if Inuyasha was alive. Seeing the bodies of her friends laying lifelessly on the floor caused her heart to stop. Only when she saw that they were still breathing was she able to breathe again. Then she visualized her bow and it appeared in her hand, getting ready to protect her friends.
A light sparkling in the open space caused Kagome to jump to her feet and drop the arrow she had just produced. But Bakura held her back.
"Pepper, NO!"
The tiny fairy wasn't looking at her, she was looking at a man holding a weapon. A weapon aimed directly at the little fairy. If the weapon had been strong enough to cause a half demon like Inuyasha to drop instantly, what would it do to such a tiny, delicate fairy? Tears streamed down Kagome's face as she tried to wrench herself from Bakura's grip.
"Please stop!" the fairy begged. "Please don't! Please don't do this!"
Salt quickly flew to his friend and hovered between her and the weapon. But Pepper continued to beg their attacker to stop. It broke Kagome's heart.
"Kagome Higurashi," said the familiar voice. "You are under arrest for crimes against the universal Law of Time. You have the right to remain silent but failing to mention any facts in your defense may be treated as evidence against you in the Court. If you wish to speak, anything you say may be given as evidence in the Court. A representative will you assigned to you once you have been processed. Your family will be notified. This is your final warning."
"What have you done to Inuyasha?" demanded Kagome as she shook with anger. Anger at the people chasing her, anger for being so helpless, and anger at herself for causing such pain to her friends. This was all her fault.
"High level tranq, Ms. Higurashi. They aren't dead, just sleeping. Come along quietly."
Bakura swore viciously then rushed Dayan. A shot from the opposite direction sent him falling to the floor. Aster appeared from the other side. Armed.
Kagome heart was racing. She didn't know what to do. She knew she couldn't run. She couldn't leave her friends. She couldn't take them both on, not when they had those stun gun weapons and she only had a bow, even though it was a magic bow of sorts. She wasn't even certain that her arrows would work on a human. So she did the only thing she knew of to do.
"Okay," she said.
Her bow and arrow disappeared as she walked out from her hiding place. She bit her lip to keep from crying out at the sight of her friends' bodies on the floor, looking far too much like a battle lost, as she walked among them. Holding out her hands to be cuffed she looked at the two officers. Dayan's face was tight with concern, and Aster's eyes were sad.
"That's not quite how it works," the woman said.
Aster reached for her and touched her temple, Kagome's world started turning black. In the back of her mind she thought she could hear the female officer telling the other to bag them all up as evidence.
Inuyasha.... cried Kagome silently as she fell into nothingness.
Inuyasha....
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Disclaimer Part II: Fushigi Yugi (briefly mentioned in the beginning) belongs to Yuu Watase, Magic Knight Rayearth was created by Clamp, Naruto was written by Masashi Kishimoto, Pokemon was originally a video game owned by Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri (then turned into anime and manga and all Pokemon representation outside of Asia is by Pokemon USA), A Little Snow Fairy Sugar characters belong to Kadokawa Shoten, Yu-Gi-Oh characters (Bakura) belong to Kazuki Takahashi, and Yu Yu Hakusho characters belong to Yoshihiro Togashi.
Author's Note: Sorry it has been awhile since the last update folks. I'm still alive and still writing. It was just slow going there for awhile.
