Chapter 12
A/N: Hello guys! Thanks for all your reviews! They really inspired me! Anyway I have no important announcements so I'll just get on with the story! Enjoy! (Lol. I feel like you were going to eat my story for some reason…)
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Inuyasha: 18
Kagome: 16
Shippo: 5
Miroku: 18
Sango: 17
Sesshomaru: 25
Rin: 7
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Sesshomaru's POV:
Sesshomaru ran through out the forest, running back to his castle after he had met the girl. Sesshomaru kept reliving their meeting through his head. The immediate bonding. The refusal to let her get hurt. The caressing. And by kami the affection. Sesshomaru growled within his chest. It was their first and last meeting. Well let's not take in the fact when Inuyasha and she were separated. One meeting was all it took for him not to kill her that day. Sesshomaru growled again. 'Pathetic ningen…. I shall dispose of her to get rid of these feelings.' He thought.
While he ran towards his castle a familiar scent hit his nose. It was the scent of a hoard of demons. Sesshomaru came to investigate. He ran towards the hoard slyly. He then saw it. Spider youkai, bear youkai, all sorts of insect youkai and various youkai were all gathered and preparing for something. The hoard of demons seemed like they were going to attack. Curiosity got the best of him and he stepped towards which seemed like the most intelligent demon of the hoard. He then appeared right before him. This demon wasn't fairly handsome. He was ugly like a troll. Sesshomaru did his best not to scrunch his nose in disgust and put on his expressionless face.
The troll youkai yelped at the sight of the great Lord of the Western Lands appear right before him. He stumbled back but then straightened himself up. He bowed his head. "My Lord." He greeted in a somewhat hiss, his head shotting straight up. "What you here?" He spat. The troll youkai was the size of two Jarken's put on top of each other. His ears were pointy and his nose was big and hairy. His eyes were yellow with a tinge of green. He was wearing rags which only reached his knees. (I won't go into great detail since he's not really an important character.)
Sesshomaru almost gagged when he smelt his disgusting scent. It took all his might to not show any signs on his face. "This Sesshomaru has come to see what is going on in this part of my lands." He said in a cold and emotionless voice.
The troll snorted which easily deserved Sesshomaru's deadly claws to grasp his neck. He scratched and bit into his hand but Sesshomaru's grip only tightened, drawing green blood from the troll's neck. "T-The demons my Lord." He stuttered. "We been ordered, destroy village. Night." He said. Clearly his vocabulary wasn't very high.
"Who." It wasn't really a question, more of a demand.
Thr troll gulped. "No Lord." He stated. "W-We minor youkai don't know, sent us. We are my other Lord's minions."
"Tell me his name." He stated, his grip on the troll youkai tightening.
The troll wheezed but his face remained strong. He spat at the Lord. "Never." Was his last words before Sesshomaru sliced his head off with only a minor swing. He let go of him and the remains of the troll dropped uncaringly onto the solid ground.
Sesshomaru still held and expressionless face. He then searched the area and saw the nearest village, which was clearly their target. He knew that village. He figured they could protect themselves. After all…. That was the village of the Demon Exterminators…..
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Back to our group POV:
The centipede youkai came at Kagome. Her only reflex was to scream, shut her eyes tight and hold out her hands as if in a defending manner. She then realized she wasn't hit. Kagome opened her eyes slowly and saw that Inuyasha already destroyed it with his claws. Kagome sighed with relief and smiled at him as he turned to face her. "Thank you Inuyasha."
Inuyasha stared for a moment at her serene smile. 'One day….' He thought sadly. 'She won't ever give me that smile…' He then crossed his arms and looked away. "Feh! You should've known better to just scream your head off when a youkai wants to kill you." He stated. He could feel the glares stabbing him at his back from the miko. He ignored it and searched the bloody corpse. "Where's the shard wench?" He asked not so politely.
Kagome huffed and folded her arms. She then walked over to Inuyasha's side and examined the youkai. She frowned as she saw a glint coming from inside the body. She then reached out her hands and dug into it, much to her disgust, and pulled out a small pink object. She then wiped it clean and held out for her friends to see. "Is this it?" She asked.
Everyone gasped at the sight of it. Although it was small it had become black, only a few parts of it was the original pink it was. Sango stepped closer to it and squinted her eyes at it. "This jewel has become tainted." She stated.
Kagome put in flatly on her palm and stared at the half pink, half black jewel. "Tainted? You mean corrupted?" She asked.
Sango nodded. "Only a miko with great power can clean it with pure energy."
Miroku stepped in. "Do you think you can pure the shard Lady Kagome?" He asked.
Kagome looked at the shard sternly, as if it was going to reply to his question. When it didn't she sighed. "I don't know. I mean, I don't even know how to use my miko powers." She then closed her eyes shut as with her fists. 'I'm so darn useless!' She thought angrily at herself. She was slightly trembling with unshed tears. Unknown to all of them the jewel began to darken even more.
Inuyasha saw this and put a hand on the one with the shard in it. "Don't worry Kagome." He started. "You'll figure out how to do it. You are a princess and a miko after all." He said reassuringly.
Hearing his words made Kagome's spirits brighten. She gave Inuyasha one of her smiles again. "Thank you Inuyasha." She said. 'Thank you for having faith in me.' She thought. Then a bright emitted from her hand. It was only a small glow but it was noticeable. Her eyes widened with curiosity and she opened her palm. When she did everyone noticed how the jewel was it's original bright pink again.
Shippo then hugged her. "Yay! You did it Kagome!" He yelled happily as he hugged her tight.
Kagome smiled. "Wow. I guess I did. But how?" She asked Sango and Miroku.
Sango smiled. "It can only be cleansed if the miko has positive energy. When the bearer is consumed with hatred or jealousy or the like, the jewel becomes tainted." She smiled at Kagome. "It can only be cleansed with a pure miko."
Kagome smiled in return. She then put the jewel inside her pocket. She then turned back to the dead centipede youkai. "Where do you think it came from?" She asked.
Sango then faced the direction it came from and frowned. "It came from the direction of a village. My village." She said worriedly.
Inuyasha then turned around. "Feh. Come on. Isn't your village like the home of Demon Exterminators? They'll be fine." He said as he started to walk again. "Come on! Let's get going you slow ningens!"
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The scene they saw paralysed them with shock. Sango's tears fel freely from her eyes as she collapsed to the ground. Kagome wrapped her arms around her best friend, a lone tear escaped her eyes and down her cheeks. Shippo was also crying in the arms of his mother. Sango shook violently as she let the tears fall. The two other companions surveyed the scene before them.
They were at the village which Sango lived in… up until now. When they arrived Sango's village was just a pile of rubble. All the houses and building were destroyed and the villagers were either dead or torn up in pieces with various parts detached. There were also dead youkai everywhere. Their corpses lay on the ground unmoving. As soon as they arrived Sango broke down in tears, swearing to avenge them.
Inuyasha looked around for any forms of life, but he saw none. And then he felt the presence of two youkai. He reached for the hilt of his sword and waited for the attack as the two demons were still inside the village, watching them.
Kagome then sensed another shard nearby and stood up with Sango and Shippo. "Inuyasha! I sense a jewel shard nearby!" She called out.
Inuyasha waited for the attack and so did everyone else. It was when he felt a little prick on his nose that he let go of it's hilt and squashed the thing on his nose. "Myoga. What in seven hells are you doing here?" He hissed.
The tiny flea jumped to Inuyasha's shoulder. "I was here when the demons attacked." He said. The old flea then shouted out. "Kirara! You may come out now!" He called out.
And soon enough there was a neko demon with the form of a cat's. She had two tails and sparkling red eyes. She mewed and once she saw Sango she ran with demonic speed and leaped on top oh her and purred. Sango returned the unlikely hug. "Kirara! You're safe!" She cried as more tears began to shed.
Kagome smiled to her friend. She then sensed the jewel shard on her. "Sango-chan?" She asked. When Sango looked towards her she continued. "Umm Kirara-chan has a Shikon shard in her mouth." She stated.
Sango looked at her puzzled before she turned to Kirara. "Kirara. Do you have a shard?" She asked the neko demon.
She mewed and opened her mouth. And what a surprise. There was a Shikon shard. She carefully plucked it out with her tongue and gave it to Sango. Sango wiped it clean on her kimino and gave to Kagome. "Here Kagome-chan." She said as she gave it to her.
Kagome took it and stared at it. It wasn't corrupted. Kirara must be a good demon. She smiled at Kirara and patted her kindly on her head. "Thank you Kirara-chan for giving this to me." She smiled. She then pulled out the other Shikon shard and she fused them together to make one shard except a little bigger. She put it back in her pocket. She then turned to the flea on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Um…" She started. "Who are you?" She asked.
The flea coughed and then jumped to her shoulder. "I am Myoga. Inuyasha's personal assistant." He stated blankly.
Inuyasha crossed his arms. "Feh! More like personal coward!" He retorted.
Myoga ignored his statement and hopped to the ground. "I have news to whom did this to your village Lady Sango." He said gravely.
Sango shot him a serious glare followed by a determined look, her eyes deadly. "Who did it Myoga-sama?" She asked. "I will kill those who did this." She hissed.
Myoga looked sadly at her. "I'm afraid that a hoard of demons attacked your village when you were away Lady Sango. Most of them faired well but they couldn't do much for there were countless of demons." He then looked to Kagome. "I know who sent them. I believe you've met him before. His name is Naraku."
Everyone gasped. Sango's whole body shook with rage as more tears appeared before her eyes. "I'll kill him!" She yelled. "He'll pay for killing my family and friends!" She yelled.
Miroku, who stayed quiet all this time approached Sango and held her hand. A serious look plastered on his face. "We will help you. All of us need to hunt him down." He said. "Will you consider joining us Lady Sango?" He asked.
Sango stood up as well as Miroku and shot everyone a dertermined stare. "We will go. We need to kill this bastard." She stated angrily.
All through the day they stayed in the village and gave everyone who then could find proper burials. It took the whole day but everyone pinched in to help, even Inuyasha. By dinner time everyone was hungry. Sango knew of a sercret place where she stored food for emergency. She went and then came back to the rest of them holding berries and other food. Everyone ate in silence. There wasn't much that could be said. They decided to camp out outside the village. They built a little fire and soon everyone dozed in their sleep, except Sango and Kagome. (Including Inuyasha but I'm not going to talk about him right now.)
Sango sat up suddenly. Her eyes glazed over with the events that happened today. Kagome also sat up and stood towards Sango. She touched her arm and she turned around to face her. Kagome had a worried look. she could sympathize. Even though she didn't really know who her family was it was still painful to know that you've lost your memories of them and that some were already dead. "Sango-chan?"
Sango then burst in quiet tears so she wouldn't wake the others. Kagome hugged her as they cried quietly together. Sango spoke quietly through her tears. "I just lost my entire family Kagome-chan." She started. "I just feel so empty now that I don't have a family…." She said as more tears fell.
Kagome hugged her tighter. "Oh Sango-chan…. You haven't lost your entire family." She stated as a tear fell from her eyes.
Sango pulled away a bit and stared at Kagome all confused. "What do you mean?" She asked through her tears. "They're all dead. That demon killed them! I have no family left!" She cried.
Kagome pulled her back in with an embrace. "You're wrong Sango. You have us now. We're family." She said quietly. Soon enough Sango's breathing became more calmly. Her shaking stopped slightly. Kagome patted and stroked her back as she soothed her new best friend. "We're family now Sango. You have us and we won't leave you."
Sango closed her eyes and pulled away from her. She wiped away her tears and small smile escaped her lips. "Thank you Kagome." She said quietly. She then lied back down and closed her eyes.
Kagome smiled and went back to her sleeping place. She closed her eyes and started to get drowsy. "Good night Sango-chan." She said in a whisper but also loud enough for her to here.
"Good night…. Kagome." She said as they were both consumed with a dreamless sleep. Well that is, except for Kagome.
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Kagome was in that battlefield again. The same one she was in when Midoriko came to her. Kagome looked around and saw no one else in the field. Only just the dead bodies that were already decaying. Kagome couldn't smell anything though. And she didn't want to. A glow emitted from her pocket. She looked down and took the object out. It was the Shikon Shard. They've only got two shards but it was a good start. Kagome frowned. What she didn't get was how this thing was supposed to revive her memories. They said it can grant a wish but should that wish really be wasted on her?
A laughed was heard and Kagome's head whipped around to see a person before her. She was beautiful. She had long dark hair, much like hers except darker, and she had amazing brown eyes and yet they looked so dead. She was wearing a red and white Miko kimino and her skin was pale. Kagome's eyes widened. She knew who this was. "S-Sister Kikyo?" She asked.
Kikyo laughed again. Her eyes hollow and expressionless. "Sister? Ha!" She hissed. "Not anymore, Kagome." She stated.
Kagome gasped. Was this really how her sister acted? No. it couldn't be. She remembered her to be strong and strict but she was also kind and caring. This wasn't her. "Kikyo? What happened to you?" She asked.
Kikyo's expressionless mask slid on to her face. "I came for the Shikon no Tama." She stated. "Since our foolish mother let the thing out of her body and she is now dead, the jewel is rightfully passed down to the heir of the Higurashi Kingdom. (Hm… Kikyo Higurashi? Somehow that doesn't click…. -.-'') Which is me."
Kagome frowned. "No! Our mother was not foolish!" She defended. "And the Shikon is not yours! You're dead! Mother told me herself!" She yelled. She then remembered their conversation together. 'She died but she was revived somehow…' She thought as she frowned deeper. 'But how?' "How did you come back from the dead?" She asked. And when she did she saw a familiar glint inside her. She gasped.
Kikyo smirked. "Yes Kagome. I have been resurrected by a shard of the Shikon jewel." She said as she drew out her bow. "And I also got help form a very powerful youkai."
Kagome glared at her. "But you hate youkai! Why would you make a deal with them?"
Kikyo then took out one of her arrows. "I do not care how I'm brought back to life. As long as I get the Shikon jewel I'll be fine. It rightfully belongs to me."
"It does not!" Kagome yelled. "It belongs to me! Mother said so! And you're dead! You can't have it back!" She yelled. She then saw the Shikon jewel inside her body darken. It was being tainted!
Kikyo readied the arrow to strike as she aimed at Kagome's heart. She glared at her younger sister. "You are not supposed to have it! I'm the only one who can protect and purify it! You are merely the deliverer!" She hissed as she took aim.
Kagome's anger rose. Is that why she came back from the dead? Who helped her? "Who helped you get the Shikon Shard and be brought back form the dead?!" She asked furiously.
Kikyo smirked. "I will not reveal anything to the likes of you." She said as she released her arrow.
Kagome's eyes widened. She would really kill her own sister? No! this wasn't her! Not the real her! Her heart knew that. The arrow then came at her at blinding speed and struck her at the heart… "Kikyo…" Kagome said before her eyes closed and pain engulfed her.
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Kagome woke up and sat up straight suddenly. Beads of sweat rolled down her face as she clenched her chest. she panted slightly and her eyes shown with unshed tears. 'No.' She thought. 'That was my sister! My own family! She wouldn't kill me!' She thought desperately. Kagome looked around and it was nearly dawn. Her eyes were squeezed tight at the memory.
Inuyasha woke when Kagome woke. He stared down from his tree and stared down at her. He could smell the distress and sadness in her scent. Worried, Inuyasha hopped down from the tree and knelt by her. He then brought his hand up to wipe away the tear that felt. "What's wrong wench?" He asked.
Kagome then sobbed into his chest as she pulled him into a hug. Inuyasha instantly hugged her back and cradled her back and forth as she sobbed into his clothing. He loved the closeness of her. Even if she was crying, just to have her in his arms and be basked himself with her scent was enough for him to die happy. Inuyasha then started to stroke her raven hair. "What's wrong?" He asked again.
Kagome hiccuped. "I-Inuyasha!" She started. "I dreamt about m-my –hic- sister and she tried to –hic- k-kill me!" She sobbed into his haroi. She didn't know why she felt so comfortable in his arms…. She just felt so safe.
Inuyasha sighed. 'That Kikyo…' He thought. 'She's always giving her trouble…. Even when she's dead.' He thought angrily. He then bgean to whisper in Kagome's ear. "It's ok. I'm here for you. You don't need to worry any longer." He said quietly.
Kagome could feel the heat on her ear that sent shivers down her spine. Her grip on his chest tightened. "W-We're going to go back to the battlefield again right? Where it all started?" She asked quietly. For some reason she knew that Inuyasha wasn't that keen on going. She just wanted to be reassured that he would stay true to his word.
Inuyasha sighed sadly. He didn't want to but if it was the only thing to make her happy he'd do it. He gave a little nod to her as he rested his chin on the top of her head. "Yes Kagome. Didn't I already say that to you before?" He asked.
Kagome smiled as she cuddled up to him more for more warm. 'He's always so warm…' She thought. "Thank you Inuyasha." She mumbled before her breathing became even and her eyes closed.
Inuyasha knew she fell asleep. He made a moved to get her off him but she just clung tighter to his shirt. Inuyasha smirked and obliged to her hidden commands. He sat in a more comfortable position. He had his legs apart and he sat Kagome in between them and when she was he closed the space between his feet. His arms wrapped tightly around her waist as her head leaned on his chest. Inuyasha then closed his eyes as he fell asleep with a smile on his face….
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Okay. That's all I can write… I'm kind of having my first ever writer's block for ALL my stories…. -.-'' it's so sad…. I don't know what to do for the time being. I know what will happen in the end but I don't know what to do in the middle. Suggestions? Please? And review? Please? Kay. Cyas:D
