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A/N: Hey all! Sorry about my absence, I think a lot of people have stopped reading this. now I'm sad.COME BACK!!!!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Well, well, well ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome stared into the well indifferently. Everything was a blur of shapes and colors to her. It was like her mind had just shut off. 'How?..How could I let this have happened? I was so careless...I...I've been used...Embarrassed! I hate him. I HATE HIM!!' Her thoughts molded together. One thing was clear, no matter what happened, Naraku would pay...
~*~
"Ready?" Inuyasha asked, staring down the well. He didn't hear a reply, but could smell fear and determination. He took that for a yes. "Hold on to me," he said, producing an iridescent ball on a thin silver chain.
Shippo grabbed onto his head and sat there, Kagome was all ready on his back, Sango grabbed his arm, and Miroku grabbed his other arm while putting an arm securely around Sango's ass. She tensed up and grabbed his arm. Twisting it, he shrieked in pain and attempted to pull it away. Failing, he shrank away from her and gave her a pleading look. Sango laughed, leaned in and kissed his nose, then placed his arm safely around her waist.
Inuyasha took a deep breath, then leapt into the well...
~*~
They landed in the bottom of a dusty old well. All, except Shippo, who didn't land on the floor in the first place, stood up and brushed themselves off. Miroku tried to make another pass at Sango's ass, but she caught him and threw a clod of dirt in his face.
"Hey! I was just trying to clean the dirt off of you!" he said innocently.
She rolled her eyes and looked around. "So..how do we get out of here?" She asked Inuyasha.
"Just a minute." He whistled and shortly after a rope ladder was thrown down.
"How did you kno-" Sango asked, but was cut off.
"Due to recent events, and considering that this is the only passage between worlds, I figured someone Kaide would be here waiting for me."
"Who's Kaide?" Miroku asked, having fully recovered from the dirt incident.
"A friend," Inuyasha's tone was indifferent, but cold. Miroku decided not to push it.
~*~
One by one they emerged into the sunlight. They were greeted by a little old woman wearing a red outfit and with a patch over one eye. Behind her were several armed townspeople. When Inuyasha emerged, they all cheered.
"What's going on?" Sango whispered to Inuyasha, but he just waved to the villagers and tuned out the questioning from behind him.
Kagome was the last to emerge. When she did, the cheers stopped. Instead a sea of whispers greeted her.
She looked at them self-consciously and backed behind Sango.
"Welcome, Inuyasha! Who be your friends?" Kaide's voice was smooth and calming as she embarrassed Inuyasha. "Didn't think I'd ever see you again, the way you and your mom left. But here you be, plain as day."
"Good to see you too," Inuyasha said, smiling.
"Well, enough talk, you must be hungry. Let's head back and get better acquainted," and with that, the townsfolk and Kaide turned around and headed back to the village. A few curious looks were aimed at Kagome, but she ignored them.
When they were out of earshot, Sango turned to Inuyasha and said, "What the hell is going on here? And where exactly IS here?"
He backed up and Sat on the edge of the well. "I didn't ask you guys to come ya know. If you want to go home now just say so."
"No." Everyone turned, surprised, at the source of the voice. It was Kagome, she was standing there, facing Inuyasha, about 20 feet away. "I'm not going back. Not until I get Naraku."
Inuyasha hated seeing her this way. He hated himself for what Naraku made him out to be, and for how Kagome now saw him.
"I'm not leaving Kagome," Sango said defiantly.
"And I'm not leaving Sango," Miroku said putting his arm around her shoulder.
Slowly they all looked at Shippo, who was watching an ant on a blade of grass. Finally noticing them he said, "Well, don't look at me! I'm not going anywhere!" With that, he returned to his bug watching.
"So it's settled then, no one is leaving. Now will you tell us what's going on?" Sango said.
Inuyasha took a deep breath, "Okay. A long, LONG time ago m-"
"In a galaxy far away." Miroku muttered. Sango elbowed him in the ribs.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, but continued, " My father, a demon, fell in love with my mother, a mortal. The result was my brother, Sessho-maru -a full demon, and me - a half demon. When my father died he left me this powerful sword with the ability to kill a thousand demons with one swipe!" he said, patting the sword with pride, " and to my brother he gave a sword equally powerful, but not in battle. His sword has the ability to heal. He got pissed off because I had the powerful sword and he had the kind sword. Well, he promised to kill me. Meanwhile, I was after the Shikon (spelling? Sorry!) jewel, the one I used to get us here, to make me a full fledged demon. Something happened I hadn't planned on. I met Kikiyo." Inuyasha looked down at his hands and was quiet for awhile. When he did speak again it was quieter.
"She was protector of this cursed jewel. One day, convinced I had betrayed her, she hit me with her sacred arrow and pinned me to a tree. Turns out our friend Naraku had played his mimic trick on her to make her think he was me. She died right after, and that was the last thing I saw before I slept." Silently small beads of water fell from Inuyasha's face and onto his pants.
"Once she had died, my mother pleaded with Kaide to let me out. Eventually she agreed on the condition we leave. So she let me out of the tree and placed this collar on me, preventing me from getting back here unless my mom came back. I never got revenge for Kikiyo's death. I hate Naraku more than I loved Kikiyo. I want him to suffer. I want everything he once held dear in his pathetic life to be taken away from him before his very eyes, and I want him to watch knowing he's completely helpless. I want him to suffer as I have suffered." He finished, his promise hanging in the forest air, which seemed a considerable amount thicker.
No one said anything, they either stared in amazement at him, or stared down at the ground. Sango sniffed back tears and Miroku comforted her. Shippo had lost his energy and was sitting glum faced in the grass. Even the birds seemed to mourn with him, and remained silent. Only the breeze in the trees and Sango's sniffs provided some noise.
~*~
'Wow,' Kagome thought, 'I never knew.Oh Inuyasha! I'm so sorry! You're so strong to have gone through that and still live each day. But.. Kikiyo? I thought.What about me?..'
Kagome quietly walked over to Inuyasha and put an arm around him. "Inuyasha," she whispered, "I want you to know that no matter what I will help you. I'm so sorry for what happened.." She trailed off.
"Forget it, it's in the past, I shouldn't have told you guys," he said emotionlessly.
"No, I will not forget it. Obviously she was everything to you and this story is an important part of you. So I will not forget it, because if I do, I'll just keep holding onto hopeless dreams." her arm fell from his back and she stood up. "Well, we should go back." She said, her happy tone masking how torn up she felt inside.
They all nodded and glumly headed down the path to the village.
~*~
Kaide greeted them with food and a warm hut, which they accepted with pleasure. 'This cheers me up a little' Sango thought.
"Now, Inuyasha, why you be here? I thought I told you never to return. Speaking of that, where's be your mother?"
"That's why I'm here. She was taken by Naraku.. And Sessho-maru." He said between mouthfuls of bread and rice.
"Oh, this be sad news. With Naraku who knows what's happened to her.." She went back to tending the fire.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The End *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A/N: Well, what'd ya think? All you faithful people reading my fic. Thanks for sticking with it! I only hope people who stopped reading it didn't think I was done. (
A/N: Hey all! Sorry about my absence, I think a lot of people have stopped reading this. now I'm sad.COME BACK!!!!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Well, well, well ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kagome stared into the well indifferently. Everything was a blur of shapes and colors to her. It was like her mind had just shut off. 'How?..How could I let this have happened? I was so careless...I...I've been used...Embarrassed! I hate him. I HATE HIM!!' Her thoughts molded together. One thing was clear, no matter what happened, Naraku would pay...
~*~
"Ready?" Inuyasha asked, staring down the well. He didn't hear a reply, but could smell fear and determination. He took that for a yes. "Hold on to me," he said, producing an iridescent ball on a thin silver chain.
Shippo grabbed onto his head and sat there, Kagome was all ready on his back, Sango grabbed his arm, and Miroku grabbed his other arm while putting an arm securely around Sango's ass. She tensed up and grabbed his arm. Twisting it, he shrieked in pain and attempted to pull it away. Failing, he shrank away from her and gave her a pleading look. Sango laughed, leaned in and kissed his nose, then placed his arm safely around her waist.
Inuyasha took a deep breath, then leapt into the well...
~*~
They landed in the bottom of a dusty old well. All, except Shippo, who didn't land on the floor in the first place, stood up and brushed themselves off. Miroku tried to make another pass at Sango's ass, but she caught him and threw a clod of dirt in his face.
"Hey! I was just trying to clean the dirt off of you!" he said innocently.
She rolled her eyes and looked around. "So..how do we get out of here?" She asked Inuyasha.
"Just a minute." He whistled and shortly after a rope ladder was thrown down.
"How did you kno-" Sango asked, but was cut off.
"Due to recent events, and considering that this is the only passage between worlds, I figured someone Kaide would be here waiting for me."
"Who's Kaide?" Miroku asked, having fully recovered from the dirt incident.
"A friend," Inuyasha's tone was indifferent, but cold. Miroku decided not to push it.
~*~
One by one they emerged into the sunlight. They were greeted by a little old woman wearing a red outfit and with a patch over one eye. Behind her were several armed townspeople. When Inuyasha emerged, they all cheered.
"What's going on?" Sango whispered to Inuyasha, but he just waved to the villagers and tuned out the questioning from behind him.
Kagome was the last to emerge. When she did, the cheers stopped. Instead a sea of whispers greeted her.
She looked at them self-consciously and backed behind Sango.
"Welcome, Inuyasha! Who be your friends?" Kaide's voice was smooth and calming as she embarrassed Inuyasha. "Didn't think I'd ever see you again, the way you and your mom left. But here you be, plain as day."
"Good to see you too," Inuyasha said, smiling.
"Well, enough talk, you must be hungry. Let's head back and get better acquainted," and with that, the townsfolk and Kaide turned around and headed back to the village. A few curious looks were aimed at Kagome, but she ignored them.
When they were out of earshot, Sango turned to Inuyasha and said, "What the hell is going on here? And where exactly IS here?"
He backed up and Sat on the edge of the well. "I didn't ask you guys to come ya know. If you want to go home now just say so."
"No." Everyone turned, surprised, at the source of the voice. It was Kagome, she was standing there, facing Inuyasha, about 20 feet away. "I'm not going back. Not until I get Naraku."
Inuyasha hated seeing her this way. He hated himself for what Naraku made him out to be, and for how Kagome now saw him.
"I'm not leaving Kagome," Sango said defiantly.
"And I'm not leaving Sango," Miroku said putting his arm around her shoulder.
Slowly they all looked at Shippo, who was watching an ant on a blade of grass. Finally noticing them he said, "Well, don't look at me! I'm not going anywhere!" With that, he returned to his bug watching.
"So it's settled then, no one is leaving. Now will you tell us what's going on?" Sango said.
Inuyasha took a deep breath, "Okay. A long, LONG time ago m-"
"In a galaxy far away." Miroku muttered. Sango elbowed him in the ribs.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, but continued, " My father, a demon, fell in love with my mother, a mortal. The result was my brother, Sessho-maru -a full demon, and me - a half demon. When my father died he left me this powerful sword with the ability to kill a thousand demons with one swipe!" he said, patting the sword with pride, " and to my brother he gave a sword equally powerful, but not in battle. His sword has the ability to heal. He got pissed off because I had the powerful sword and he had the kind sword. Well, he promised to kill me. Meanwhile, I was after the Shikon (spelling? Sorry!) jewel, the one I used to get us here, to make me a full fledged demon. Something happened I hadn't planned on. I met Kikiyo." Inuyasha looked down at his hands and was quiet for awhile. When he did speak again it was quieter.
"She was protector of this cursed jewel. One day, convinced I had betrayed her, she hit me with her sacred arrow and pinned me to a tree. Turns out our friend Naraku had played his mimic trick on her to make her think he was me. She died right after, and that was the last thing I saw before I slept." Silently small beads of water fell from Inuyasha's face and onto his pants.
"Once she had died, my mother pleaded with Kaide to let me out. Eventually she agreed on the condition we leave. So she let me out of the tree and placed this collar on me, preventing me from getting back here unless my mom came back. I never got revenge for Kikiyo's death. I hate Naraku more than I loved Kikiyo. I want him to suffer. I want everything he once held dear in his pathetic life to be taken away from him before his very eyes, and I want him to watch knowing he's completely helpless. I want him to suffer as I have suffered." He finished, his promise hanging in the forest air, which seemed a considerable amount thicker.
No one said anything, they either stared in amazement at him, or stared down at the ground. Sango sniffed back tears and Miroku comforted her. Shippo had lost his energy and was sitting glum faced in the grass. Even the birds seemed to mourn with him, and remained silent. Only the breeze in the trees and Sango's sniffs provided some noise.
~*~
'Wow,' Kagome thought, 'I never knew.Oh Inuyasha! I'm so sorry! You're so strong to have gone through that and still live each day. But.. Kikiyo? I thought.What about me?..'
Kagome quietly walked over to Inuyasha and put an arm around him. "Inuyasha," she whispered, "I want you to know that no matter what I will help you. I'm so sorry for what happened.." She trailed off.
"Forget it, it's in the past, I shouldn't have told you guys," he said emotionlessly.
"No, I will not forget it. Obviously she was everything to you and this story is an important part of you. So I will not forget it, because if I do, I'll just keep holding onto hopeless dreams." her arm fell from his back and she stood up. "Well, we should go back." She said, her happy tone masking how torn up she felt inside.
They all nodded and glumly headed down the path to the village.
~*~
Kaide greeted them with food and a warm hut, which they accepted with pleasure. 'This cheers me up a little' Sango thought.
"Now, Inuyasha, why you be here? I thought I told you never to return. Speaking of that, where's be your mother?"
"That's why I'm here. She was taken by Naraku.. And Sessho-maru." He said between mouthfuls of bread and rice.
"Oh, this be sad news. With Naraku who knows what's happened to her.." She went back to tending the fire.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The End *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A/N: Well, what'd ya think? All you faithful people reading my fic. Thanks for sticking with it! I only hope people who stopped reading it didn't think I was done. (