Chapter 37: A Choice of Life or Death
Sesshomaru and Naraku continue on their speed showdown. "Inuyasha get the jar." Sesshomaru shouts out coldly towards his brother. Inuyasha knows he must save Kagome's life, and that has to do with the jar that has been absorbing her spiritual powers. He carried her on his back as he gets to the jar. He snags it in his hand. Knowing that being here is way too risky to do because Naraku might come out of nowhere and get the jar back. He decides somewhere to hide for the time being. Inuyasha takes the route his friends took earlier.
Naraku spots Inuyasha with the jar. "You're not going anywhere while I'm here." Naraku said as he bolts towards Inuyasha. Just right before Naraku is within arm's reach, Sesshomaru comes in the nick of time and grabs the arm and throws him towards the other side of the room. "I'm your opponent and I won't let you interfere." He said with a cold tone. Naraku glares as he gets back onto his feet. Seeing that Inuyasha and Kagome long gone. 'I can't let the them save that girl.' He said in his head. Knowing that he's no match against Sesshomaru. And that is a fact.
Inuyasha runs for awhile until he gets to the end of the hall. Once out he finds himself somewhere in the school's lav. He looks around to see if anyone else is around. He sniffs carefully to pinpoint where their friends are. But not a single scent makes it easy for him. He gets to the door and looks out. He then smiles. Just across from him is the nurse's office.
Inuyasha gets in there immediately. He spots the beds. He carefully places Kagome onto it as he does his best to get her off his back. He then grabs a seat and sits onto it. He even sets the jar onto the table next to them. Inuyasha looks down to Kagome as she breaths irregularly. More like a labored way. Inuyasha hesitates for a second before places his hand onto the girl's forehead. Within contact, her temperature is getting colder. "Kagome…" He speaks softly.
Kagome feels Inuyasha's warm hand onto her forehead. "Kagome…" He calls out softly. She flutters her eyes opens to see Inuyasha with a relief expression on his face. "Inuyasha?" She tries to reach out to him. Inuyasha smiles fondly as he takes her hand. "Kagome, could you sit up so you can drink from the jar?" Inuyasha asks her. Kagome nods weakly as she tries to do as he said. Inuyasha helps her up. He takes the jar and opens the lid. "Hurry. We don't have time left." He presses the edge of the jar to her lips. Kagome leans her head back to let the fluid from the jar to flow down her throat.
Once the jar empties out, Kagome's skin pulsates as well glows from the spiritual powers return to her. She even regains her energy from. She blinks her eyes a few times to readjust her sight. "How long have I been out?" She turns to him. Inuyasha shrugs his shoulders, "Maybe about 10 minutes. I had to get you away from Naraku. Sesshomaru is doing his best to hold him off so I can get you somewhere safe." Inuyasha explains for what happened so far.
Kagome nods her head. "But where is everyone else?" She looks around in the room they're in. "I haven't seen them since they escaped before we did. They could be anywhere. I can't pick up any of their scents." Inuyasha answers casually. Kagome tries to move a bit more but then her stomach is getting queasy. She spots the restroom and bolts in and begins to vomit. Inuyasha didn't see that coming. "You okay" he walks in. He sees her on hands and knees. "I'm not sure. Maybe it had to do with the fluid I drank." She replies again. Inuyasha gets down to his knees and takes hold of her shoulder. "I'll lock this room so we can be safe until you're well enough to move on." Inuyasha tells her solemnly. Kagome doesn't have any energy to argue with his idea. Inuyasha gets to the door and locks it. "We should be safe so you can rest up." Inuyasha tells her. Kagome begins to feel her stomach to subside the pain and makes her way back to the bed she was on. But her walking was unbalance. She is about to fall down to her knees, but Inuyasha scoops her up and places her onto the bed. "Just rest." He simply tells her. Kagome nods as she closes her eyes to regain her strength.
Somewhere else in the building, Miroku, Sango, Koga, and Ayame are walking at regular pace since they ran for awhile. Miroku is behind because he has Kikyo who is still unconscious on his back. "How much longer will it take for us to get out of here?" Ayame asks Koga. Knowing her, she's has about had enough time down here. Koga sniffs the area up ahead. "I'm pretty certain we're close to the exit." Koga answers to her immediately. Sango turns around to look at Miroku. "How is she?" She asks Miroku as she stops so Miroku could catch up to her.
Miroku pants a little. "I'm okay for now. But I'm not sure about Kikyo though?" He answers as he kneels down. Koga heads back to them. "Want me to take the load off of you?" He asks him. Miroku knows he's worn out for carrying the woman on his back. He just nods and helps Koga get the woman onto his back. "Thanks." Miroku smiles up to him. Koga nods back. "Don't mention it." He replies as they resume their way towards the exit Koga mentioned earlier.
Crazy enough, Koga spots the door. "Hey check it out." He calls out to them. Everyone smiles and runs up towards the door. "Finally we can get out of here." Sango smiles more. Once they make it, Ayame turns the knob and atlas the door opens to reveal them into their school hallway. "Okay, I didn't expect us to get here. I thought that we'd be outside of this." Ayame frowns at them. Koga rolls his eyes, "I didn't say anything what's on the other sie of the exit. We should be able to find Inuyasha and Kagome here. I can smell them not far." Koga tells them and leads them where their friends' scents are coming from.
Inuyasha watches Kagome closely. Seeing her resting since that unknown nausea she went through was weird. Sure she had to get her spiritual powers back by drinking the fluid from the jar that absorbed her powers after being locked in the chamber. Inuyasha sighs. He then picks up his friends' scents drawing closer. He makes it towards the door and unlocks it, and then opens it. He looks in the direction where the scents are coming from. A few seconds later, his friends come into view. "Hey guys." Inuyasha calls out as they draw closer. He smiles then quickly frowns. "What is it?" Miroku asks as he spots Inuyasha's look.
Inuyasha gestures them to come into the room he came out of. They enter and see Kagome resting on one of the beds. Koga decides to put Kikyo in a different bed, at a good distance away from Kagome. "What happened?" Inuyasha asks as he takes a seat by Kagome.
Miroku, Sango, Koga and Ayame take a seat. "We were trying to get out of here, but we didn't know that you guys would get here before we did." Miroku answers him. "How's Kagome?" He asks as he turns to the girl. "She's okay. She's just recovering from drinking the fluid that took her spiritual powers." Inuyasha answers him. And then he turns his gaze at Kikyo. "And her?" He narrows his eyes. His friends look towards Kikyo in the same manner. "She hasn't regained consciousness since we left." Inuyasha nods in an understanding way. "Kagome drank the fluid from the jar I managed to snag before we escape." Inuyasha tells them so far. "What about Kikyo? Shouldn't there be another jar? That should have Kikyo's spiritual powers." He asks them.
Sango and Ayame look at each other. "We didn't know where it was. If I were to know better, Naraku might have, and we didn't see it. We were too preoccupied trying to get out of that place." Sango answers the question. A moan gets their attention. Inuyasha turns to see Kagome, but it's not her who's making that noise. They turn to see Kikyo. "She's waking up." Koga tells them. Inuyasha doesn't have the slightest of leaving Kagome's side. Sango turns to see how distraught Inuyasha is because of this.
Kikyo opens her eyes, "Where am I?" She asks the people. The group look at each other before turning back to her. "We're in a nurse's office." Miroku tells her first. Kikyo keeps her expression, as in the 'Like I care' look. "Where's Kagome?" She asks her next question. Hearing that question gets Inuyasha into his protective stand. "Like you're ever gonna do the same thing." He accuses her. "Not at the least, Inuyasha. I'm nothing more than what Naraku saw in me. Nothing but his pawn." She tells him.