Chapter 14-Contact
When the group got to a village about an hour away they brought their friends to the village docter. Yusuke refused to be treated first because his pride got in the way. Kurama had woken up and assisted with the treatment. Touken was hurt from multiple sword slashes and stabs while Sango suffered from deep wounds from Shiro and Kiraras fangs. When Inuyasha was looking for Hiei he was no where to be found. Kurama guessed that he had fled after the battle to regain his composure.
"Yusuke are you sure your alright?" Kurama asked, concerned about the wounds that he himself had inflicted on his friend. "Yeah I'm fine. Just make sure that these two are alright. The last thing we need is to lose someone during the next battle." He reasured him. "Sango wont die. Shes been in worse shape. Besides she's too stubborn to die before she kills Naraku." Inuyasha told them.
"Hey, since Touken's knocked out, think we could look under his mask?" Kuwabara asked grinning mischievously. "Why not? Its not like he'll know." Yusuke said as they walked over to the masked swordsman. Kuwabara reached towards the mask and was startled to see that his wrist had been grabbed by his seemingly unconcious friend. "Can I help you?" He said still struggling to stay concious. "heheheheh... Uhhh. Sorry about that umm...my hand slipped? heheheheh."Kuwabara said nervously trying to not get caught. "Well if you try taking off my mask again, your hand will "slip" right off your arm." He said in a threatning voice. He then stood up, gripping his stomach which was wrapped in bandages. "You shouldnt sit up yet. I gave you a pain killer but it wont start working for a few more minutes." Kurama said to him. "I..I'm fine...I just need to get some fresh air." Touken said as he started walking away from the rest of the group.
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Inuyasha was sitting by the bone eaters well after they left the village the next day with a sorrowful expression on his face. "Whats wrong with you?" Touken asked. He stammered over to Inuyasha and sat down next to him. "Its just that, if Kagome had been here I might have hurt her while I was in my demon form." He sighed. "Well if it makes you feel better then I'll kill you myself if you go after her." He said grinning. "This isnt a joke you jack ass!" Inuyasha yelled at him for making jokes out of his predicament. "Sorry its just a habit I have. Y'know trying to brighten peoples moods." Touken said looking up at the white sky."But i will make you a promise, if theres any reason that you cant protect Kagome, I will. No matter what the circumstances." He then said in a serious voice. "Thanks" Inuyasha sighed and looked up at the sky as well.
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Yusuke was walking through the destroyed village in hopes of getting some quiet for once. He sat down under a nearby tree and started thinking about his own time. He started to get homesick at the thought of everyone that was back in his own time. "I wonder how everyones been doing." He thought to himself. He then shook away the thought knowing that he had to finish the mission before he could go see everyone. After that was done he sat there for a few minutes looking over the bandages that covered the teeth marks left by Yokos death trees. He ran his fingers over them and felt a slight pain every time he touched one of the bloody holes. He then sighed, still dissapointed at himself for not doing anything to help the others even though he might have been able to.
Sango stood up and started walking slowly, using her katana as a walking stick. She winced from the pain in her leg everytime she took a step. Miroku walked up next to her and said. "You know, you shouldnt be walking yet. You need to give your wounds time to heal." "Im fine really. Its not as bad as it seems." The exterminator reassured him. He then gentlely poked her shoulder which made her almost lose her balance from the pain. "Not that bad huh?" the monk said as he raised one eyebrow. "Alright so it is that bad! But I just dont like to feel so useless. I dont want to have to just sit around and do nothing while I could be helping the rest of you guys some how. I feel like I'm being a burden." She said. "Well the less rest you get the longer you'll have to wait, so I suggest you get back to bed and let Kurama take care of you." Miroku then picked her up off the ground and started carrying her back to the tent that they had set up. "Miroku! What are you doing!" Sango asked as she blushed fiercely.
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"Whats happening to me? I, I should be glad to have regained control of my power but I just feel something else. I dont know what it is but I felt like I wanted to stay that way." Hiei thought to himself. He had fled the battle field and was now miles away from the others. "You dont like them do you?" A voice said inside the fire demons mind. "Your little "friends". You dont really like them do you?" "Who are you? Get out of my head!" Hiei demanded. "I'm just somone who can give you what you want. You desire more power do you not? I can give you more power than you ever dreamed of having." The voice said to him. "I do desire more power but I must continue the mission." Hiei said. "The mission? Ha! Who are you trying to fool demon? Me? Or you? I know you want to kill them but you dont have the power. I can change that you know." The voice continued to persuade him. "I told you to get OUT!" Hieis' Jagan started to shine and he put up a mental barrier to keep the intruder out.
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"Geode!" Big brother yelled for the earthen giant. Geodes thunderous steps were heard as he walked toward the room.After entering into the dark room he bowed to his master. "Now that Volcannon is gone I want you to take over in his place for a little while. But dont get too comfortable because I already have a candidate in mind..."
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