Sorry for the delay in the upload....homework comes first ya know! But now that I've finished my
Algebra, which I hate with a fire of 1000 suns, I can get back to the story. Yay! Hope I didn't keep
you waiting too long to see what happens when Ili becomes a helpless puppet!! Thanx dream_scape
for the review! Can't wait to see some of your art work!!!
Chapter16: Wake Up!
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Inuyasha rushed toward Kaede's hut as quick as his legs would go. Kagome awoke once and
tried to speak, though her words were badly distorted. Inuyasha hushed her and she passed out again.
As he ran, he past a blur of black and purple, not thinking of stopping.
"Inuyasha!" called the blur.
He stopped and frantically turned around, heading back to the voice. He stopped in front of
the gaping mouthed monk, staring down at the battered girl in his arms.
"What happened?!" he asked.
"Sesshomaru attacked her and kidnaped Iliana," he spat out. "Take Kagome," he said placing
her in Miroku's arms. He dropped the duffle of his shoulder and put it around his neck.
"Where are you going?"
"Where do you think? I'm going to get Ili back!" He didn't wait for a reply. Racing away, he
headed north, trusting his nose to find the scent of roses.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku called. He received no response for the hanyou, but the girl in his arm
stirred and looked to him.
"Miroku?" she whispered.
"Stay still. I'll take you to Kaede." He ran as fast as he could with out jerking Kagome as much as
possible.
The hanyou hastened through the forest, turning left and right, trying to locate her scent. 'Come
on, Ili. Give me something to go off of!' he thought to himself. He went dodging around trees and
branches recklessly. Finally, after he nearly broke down, his ears twitched, his nose picked up the
scent. "Ili!" he cried. He headed northwest, rushing where his nose led him.
The scent grew stronger as he approached. His eyes jutted from side to side, looking for any
sign of odd movement to give away nearby beings. He didn't see anything, but his nose didn't lie.
Inuyasha found the spot where the scent was coming from, he was sure of it. Though, the scent was
the only thing that drew him there. He was getting agitated, again losing hope. Looking around wildly,
he spotted a fleck of black on a tree. Quickly, he drew near the black spot, seeing it drift in the wind.
He realized what it was. Inuyasha picked up Iliana's bucket hat that had been caught on a branch,
smelling of roses and rain. He crushed it into his hand. "Damn it," he whispered through a chocked
voice.
Stuffing the hat into his fire rat coat, he sprung off the tree and made for the village. "Hang on,
Ili. I'll find you," he promised.
He arrived outside Kaede's hut just as the sun began to set, painting the sky with gorgeous
shades of pink, orange, yellow, and blue. When he walked in, he saw all of them crowded in a semi-
circle in front of Kagome. She was sleeping on the futon, with a bandage wrapped around her head,
with a little crimson stain on in. Inuyasha cleared his throat to get their attention. Everyone looked at
him, seeing that he was not accompanying about Iliana, they quickly bombarded him with questions.
"Enough!" he screamed.
They hushed. Seeing the storm in his eyes, they all backed away to the walls and waited for him
to speak.
"Sesshomaru has Ili, and I'm getting her back, one way or another," he growled. Scanning the
faces around him, he raised a clenched fist and bowed his head, covering his eyes with his unruly bangs.
"I will find her, whether you help me or not, I will!"
"Don't be crazy, Inuyasha! We're not going to stay here and let you go by yourself," said Shippou.
"Of coarse, we'll all help you. Iliana's our friend, too," entered Sango.
"Yes, we can't have you taking on Sesshomaru by yourself," Miroku added.
"Fine. But, we need to leave, now," Inuyasha said.
As they gathered up their weapons and supplies, Inuyasha turned his eyes to Kaede. "You
better take care of her, Hag. Or, you'll answer to me."
"I'm coming with you," said a voice behind her.
He spun around to see Kagome, standing stiffly with her yellow pack by her side, a quiver of arrows
on her back, and a bow in her hand.
"No, you're not!" he protested.
"Yes, I am and you're not going to stop me!" she said walking out of the hut.
"You'll just slow us down!"
She turned and faced him, scowling horribly. "I'll keep up and that's final! And if you want to argue
some more, I'll just say the 's' word and be done with it!" Again, she turned and joined the rest of the
group.
Inuyasha growled, but didn't say another word to her. Walking outside himself, he saw Kaede
give Kagome some herbs that she stuck in her pack. "Well, what are you all waiting for? Let's get
going!"
With that, they all headed north, where Inuyasha had found her hat. He was determined to find
her, safely. 'That Wesley trusted me to take care of her, and that's what I will do,' he thought.
Late into yet another night, Iliana continued her searched, never stopping. Ever since she left
Sesshomaru's castle, she neither slept nor ate. She just proceeded on, listening to the voice in her head
to not rest, keep moving, find Inuyasha, and kill him.
'Where is he?' the voice rang out.
'I don't know,' she replied mentally
'Find him!' it called. 'Find him! Attack him! Kill him!'
'Yes.'
She ran, crept, and leapt through the trees, coming up with no sign, until she spotted a wisp of
light. Iliana came stealthily toward the flicker, finding herself on the edge of a clearing. The clearing
was inhabited by a black and violet robed man, a woman in a Youkai exterminator suit, a small kitsune,
a girl with a bandage on her head, and red clad hanyou with dog ears, all conspiring around the
warming fire.
'I have found him,' she thought.
'Where?' the voice asked.
'Ten days south by southeast,' she answered.
'Is he alone?'
'No.'
'Kill them! Kill them all!'
'Yes, Master.'
Inuyasha sat still, his back towards the flames. No one had said a word to him, and that is how
he preferred it. The others were finishing eating or getting ready to head to bed, making useless
conversation. Inuyasha sighed, looking up to the stars, when he heard some strange sound from the
trees next to the clearing. He got to his feet and drew in a deep breath. He didn't know what the scent
in the air was, he could only guess it was wilted flowers.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"Shh! Someone's out there," he whispered. He inched his way to the edge of the clearing,
laying a hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga. His eyes picked up a large shadow in the leaves. Moving to the
side to let the blaze of the fire show through the branches, the light ricocheted off the glimmering eyes of
a black clad girl in the trees. His mouth went dry. "Iliana?"
A dark laugh came from her mouth.
'Do it!' the voice cried.
She lunged from her hiding place, making a straight path for Inuyasha. "Die!" she screamed,
bringing her bo down upon him.
"What?!" Inuyasha yelled. Unable to stop her, he grabbed Tetsusaiga and it collided with the
bo. He was hoping it would shatter the metal rod, but it merely stopped it. "It...It's indestructible!" he
breathed.
She jumped back to a tree, pushing off of it, charging at him once again. Striking downward this
time, he was still able to block with Tetsusaiga. "Iliana, what's gotten in to you?!" he shouted.
No answer was given him. She continued to attack him with no headway, when suddenly she
was struck behind the knees from a wooden staff. Startled, she lost her bo and felt a hand on her
wrists, forcing her arms behind her.
"Miroku! What the hell are you doing?!" yelled a very distraught hanyou.
"Trying to subdue h..." he was cut off shortly when his prisoner stretched her arms out behind
her, craned her neck to look back to him, lifted her right leg, and delivered a powerful kick to his mid-
section. He flew back, landing on the soft ground, groaning loudly.
Iliana went back to attacking her primary victim, intent on fulfilling the demand the little voice in
her head was giving her. Even as she battled with Inuyasha, she was able to deflect Hiratsu and sent it
flying back to Sango. She kicked the little kitsune out of her way, flinging him into a tree. Bent on
finishing her job, she violently swung at her brother, who blocked every blow.
Suddenly, an arrow bounced off the end of her bo, drawing her attention to the girl with a
bandage on her head.
"Do something, Inuyasha! While she's distracted!" Kagome screamed out.
Iliana charged Kagome. Kagome put her hands up in front of her face. Swinging her bo like a
baseball bat, she hit the red blotch on Kagome's bandage. Instantly, Kagome's eyes rolled to the back
of her head and fell. Iliana went to swing again, but her bo was swiped from hands, and thrown out of
her reach. Before she could do anything, she was knocked to the ground. Rolling over to her back to
jump up, her brother flung himself down on top of her, straddling her waist and holding her hands above
her head. She squirmed around crazily, trying to free herself, hearing the voice in her head getting
louder with anger.
"Snap out of it, Ili!" Inuyasha cried with no success. "Iliana, don't you recognize me?" He
stared into her eyes, seeing the cloudy glaze over them. Then, he realized, she was being manipulated
like a puppet. "Ili, please wake up! I don't want to loose you! I can't loose you! I love you!"
At his final words, Iliana stopped struggling underneath him. Gradually, the glaze and glittering
left her eyes, turning back to a beautiful dark brown. Iliana blinked a few times before it seemed she
was back to normal. Inuyasha slowly released his grasp on her hands, and sat them at his side. Iliana
moved her hands over the grass. When her hands grazed his forearms, she slipped her hands up his
arms to his shoulders. Her smile finally returned to her face.
"I...I..Inu....ya..yasha?" she panted.
He smiled and let a laugh escape his lips. He moved his hands over hers and squeezed gently.
She lifted her head a little bit, grabbing onto his shoulders. She had almost sat up completely,
when the hot burning feeling returned to her neck. "Ah!" she screamed as she threw herself back down,
clawing menacingly at the collar with her fingernails.
Inuyasha couldn't understand what she was doing. He flattened his ears down and he watched
her wriggle on the ground. His eyes landing on her flailing hands. Beneath her hands was a strange
metal ring around her neck, glowing with a blue light.
"It's the collar!" he realized. He knelt down and swatted Iliana's hand away from her neck.
Slashing at it with his claws, he tried removing it. Not even making a dent or a scratch, he only had one
other chance.
He stood up and raised Tetsusaiga above his head. "Ili, you got to move your hands! Turn her head
and stay still. I promise I'll get you out of this!" he proclaimed.
Iliana ripped her own hands from the collar and down to her sides. She gripped the ground into
tight fists. Turning her head to the left, she shut her eyes, held her breath, and mouthed the words, "I
trust you."
Tetsusaiga came down alary cross over Iliana's neck. Inuyasha immediately brought to back
up in a quick motion, looking down on his sister. He sheathed Tetsusaiga and knelt down to her,
finding she had fainted. His fingers glided over the collar, finding a break in the perfect ring. With his
bare hands, he bent the ring open and slipped it off of her neck. He twisted the metal into a little knot
and tossed it into the fire.
Inuyasha lifted Iliana's body and cradled her to his side. "Iliana?" he whispered.
She stirred and opened her eyes. She seemed confused and scared. "W..W...wh.at
ha....hap...ppend?" she stuttered.
"You don't remember?'
"N...No. I re...re..memeber Fl....Fluffy laughing a...at m...m..me on th...the fl..floor."
"Ok. Don't worry about that now. Just calm down. Everything is ok now," he sais soothingly.
"I..I...I l...lo..ove...you." she whispered through her tears.
"I love you, too," he spoke softly.
He picked her up and laid her near the fire on the soft grass, covering her with his haori.
Miroku was finally standing and Shippou had come to, watching wary of him. Sango had seen
all and told them of the previous events. After they learned what happened, they fell silent for the night.
Inuyasha collected Kagome and moved her to the fire, also.
Kagome woke too see Inuyasha had cleaned her wounded head and re-wrapped it. She
found him stroking Iliana's hair, which had been released from the tight braid and curled around
Inuyasha's fingers. She plopped next to him, sporting a friendly smile. "Thank you," she said touching
her head.
He turned and looked her in her grey-blue eyes. "No, thank you. If you weren't here, I
wouldn't have been able to get through to her," he said sincerely before turning back to Iliana.
Kagome gave a small smile as she blushed. "Your welcome, Inuyasha."
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Well, that was certainly a long chapter. I hope you enjoyed it! The story is winding down...but I think
I may be able to squeeze in a few more twists ^_^...hehehe....Ok
Until Next Time,
LFA
Algebra, which I hate with a fire of 1000 suns, I can get back to the story. Yay! Hope I didn't keep
you waiting too long to see what happens when Ili becomes a helpless puppet!! Thanx dream_scape
for the review! Can't wait to see some of your art work!!!
Chapter16: Wake Up!
******************************************************************************
Inuyasha rushed toward Kaede's hut as quick as his legs would go. Kagome awoke once and
tried to speak, though her words were badly distorted. Inuyasha hushed her and she passed out again.
As he ran, he past a blur of black and purple, not thinking of stopping.
"Inuyasha!" called the blur.
He stopped and frantically turned around, heading back to the voice. He stopped in front of
the gaping mouthed monk, staring down at the battered girl in his arms.
"What happened?!" he asked.
"Sesshomaru attacked her and kidnaped Iliana," he spat out. "Take Kagome," he said placing
her in Miroku's arms. He dropped the duffle of his shoulder and put it around his neck.
"Where are you going?"
"Where do you think? I'm going to get Ili back!" He didn't wait for a reply. Racing away, he
headed north, trusting his nose to find the scent of roses.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku called. He received no response for the hanyou, but the girl in his arm
stirred and looked to him.
"Miroku?" she whispered.
"Stay still. I'll take you to Kaede." He ran as fast as he could with out jerking Kagome as much as
possible.
The hanyou hastened through the forest, turning left and right, trying to locate her scent. 'Come
on, Ili. Give me something to go off of!' he thought to himself. He went dodging around trees and
branches recklessly. Finally, after he nearly broke down, his ears twitched, his nose picked up the
scent. "Ili!" he cried. He headed northwest, rushing where his nose led him.
The scent grew stronger as he approached. His eyes jutted from side to side, looking for any
sign of odd movement to give away nearby beings. He didn't see anything, but his nose didn't lie.
Inuyasha found the spot where the scent was coming from, he was sure of it. Though, the scent was
the only thing that drew him there. He was getting agitated, again losing hope. Looking around wildly,
he spotted a fleck of black on a tree. Quickly, he drew near the black spot, seeing it drift in the wind.
He realized what it was. Inuyasha picked up Iliana's bucket hat that had been caught on a branch,
smelling of roses and rain. He crushed it into his hand. "Damn it," he whispered through a chocked
voice.
Stuffing the hat into his fire rat coat, he sprung off the tree and made for the village. "Hang on,
Ili. I'll find you," he promised.
He arrived outside Kaede's hut just as the sun began to set, painting the sky with gorgeous
shades of pink, orange, yellow, and blue. When he walked in, he saw all of them crowded in a semi-
circle in front of Kagome. She was sleeping on the futon, with a bandage wrapped around her head,
with a little crimson stain on in. Inuyasha cleared his throat to get their attention. Everyone looked at
him, seeing that he was not accompanying about Iliana, they quickly bombarded him with questions.
"Enough!" he screamed.
They hushed. Seeing the storm in his eyes, they all backed away to the walls and waited for him
to speak.
"Sesshomaru has Ili, and I'm getting her back, one way or another," he growled. Scanning the
faces around him, he raised a clenched fist and bowed his head, covering his eyes with his unruly bangs.
"I will find her, whether you help me or not, I will!"
"Don't be crazy, Inuyasha! We're not going to stay here and let you go by yourself," said Shippou.
"Of coarse, we'll all help you. Iliana's our friend, too," entered Sango.
"Yes, we can't have you taking on Sesshomaru by yourself," Miroku added.
"Fine. But, we need to leave, now," Inuyasha said.
As they gathered up their weapons and supplies, Inuyasha turned his eyes to Kaede. "You
better take care of her, Hag. Or, you'll answer to me."
"I'm coming with you," said a voice behind her.
He spun around to see Kagome, standing stiffly with her yellow pack by her side, a quiver of arrows
on her back, and a bow in her hand.
"No, you're not!" he protested.
"Yes, I am and you're not going to stop me!" she said walking out of the hut.
"You'll just slow us down!"
She turned and faced him, scowling horribly. "I'll keep up and that's final! And if you want to argue
some more, I'll just say the 's' word and be done with it!" Again, she turned and joined the rest of the
group.
Inuyasha growled, but didn't say another word to her. Walking outside himself, he saw Kaede
give Kagome some herbs that she stuck in her pack. "Well, what are you all waiting for? Let's get
going!"
With that, they all headed north, where Inuyasha had found her hat. He was determined to find
her, safely. 'That Wesley trusted me to take care of her, and that's what I will do,' he thought.
Late into yet another night, Iliana continued her searched, never stopping. Ever since she left
Sesshomaru's castle, she neither slept nor ate. She just proceeded on, listening to the voice in her head
to not rest, keep moving, find Inuyasha, and kill him.
'Where is he?' the voice rang out.
'I don't know,' she replied mentally
'Find him!' it called. 'Find him! Attack him! Kill him!'
'Yes.'
She ran, crept, and leapt through the trees, coming up with no sign, until she spotted a wisp of
light. Iliana came stealthily toward the flicker, finding herself on the edge of a clearing. The clearing
was inhabited by a black and violet robed man, a woman in a Youkai exterminator suit, a small kitsune,
a girl with a bandage on her head, and red clad hanyou with dog ears, all conspiring around the
warming fire.
'I have found him,' she thought.
'Where?' the voice asked.
'Ten days south by southeast,' she answered.
'Is he alone?'
'No.'
'Kill them! Kill them all!'
'Yes, Master.'
Inuyasha sat still, his back towards the flames. No one had said a word to him, and that is how
he preferred it. The others were finishing eating or getting ready to head to bed, making useless
conversation. Inuyasha sighed, looking up to the stars, when he heard some strange sound from the
trees next to the clearing. He got to his feet and drew in a deep breath. He didn't know what the scent
in the air was, he could only guess it was wilted flowers.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"Shh! Someone's out there," he whispered. He inched his way to the edge of the clearing,
laying a hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga. His eyes picked up a large shadow in the leaves. Moving to the
side to let the blaze of the fire show through the branches, the light ricocheted off the glimmering eyes of
a black clad girl in the trees. His mouth went dry. "Iliana?"
A dark laugh came from her mouth.
'Do it!' the voice cried.
She lunged from her hiding place, making a straight path for Inuyasha. "Die!" she screamed,
bringing her bo down upon him.
"What?!" Inuyasha yelled. Unable to stop her, he grabbed Tetsusaiga and it collided with the
bo. He was hoping it would shatter the metal rod, but it merely stopped it. "It...It's indestructible!" he
breathed.
She jumped back to a tree, pushing off of it, charging at him once again. Striking downward this
time, he was still able to block with Tetsusaiga. "Iliana, what's gotten in to you?!" he shouted.
No answer was given him. She continued to attack him with no headway, when suddenly she
was struck behind the knees from a wooden staff. Startled, she lost her bo and felt a hand on her
wrists, forcing her arms behind her.
"Miroku! What the hell are you doing?!" yelled a very distraught hanyou.
"Trying to subdue h..." he was cut off shortly when his prisoner stretched her arms out behind
her, craned her neck to look back to him, lifted her right leg, and delivered a powerful kick to his mid-
section. He flew back, landing on the soft ground, groaning loudly.
Iliana went back to attacking her primary victim, intent on fulfilling the demand the little voice in
her head was giving her. Even as she battled with Inuyasha, she was able to deflect Hiratsu and sent it
flying back to Sango. She kicked the little kitsune out of her way, flinging him into a tree. Bent on
finishing her job, she violently swung at her brother, who blocked every blow.
Suddenly, an arrow bounced off the end of her bo, drawing her attention to the girl with a
bandage on her head.
"Do something, Inuyasha! While she's distracted!" Kagome screamed out.
Iliana charged Kagome. Kagome put her hands up in front of her face. Swinging her bo like a
baseball bat, she hit the red blotch on Kagome's bandage. Instantly, Kagome's eyes rolled to the back
of her head and fell. Iliana went to swing again, but her bo was swiped from hands, and thrown out of
her reach. Before she could do anything, she was knocked to the ground. Rolling over to her back to
jump up, her brother flung himself down on top of her, straddling her waist and holding her hands above
her head. She squirmed around crazily, trying to free herself, hearing the voice in her head getting
louder with anger.
"Snap out of it, Ili!" Inuyasha cried with no success. "Iliana, don't you recognize me?" He
stared into her eyes, seeing the cloudy glaze over them. Then, he realized, she was being manipulated
like a puppet. "Ili, please wake up! I don't want to loose you! I can't loose you! I love you!"
At his final words, Iliana stopped struggling underneath him. Gradually, the glaze and glittering
left her eyes, turning back to a beautiful dark brown. Iliana blinked a few times before it seemed she
was back to normal. Inuyasha slowly released his grasp on her hands, and sat them at his side. Iliana
moved her hands over the grass. When her hands grazed his forearms, she slipped her hands up his
arms to his shoulders. Her smile finally returned to her face.
"I...I..Inu....ya..yasha?" she panted.
He smiled and let a laugh escape his lips. He moved his hands over hers and squeezed gently.
She lifted her head a little bit, grabbing onto his shoulders. She had almost sat up completely,
when the hot burning feeling returned to her neck. "Ah!" she screamed as she threw herself back down,
clawing menacingly at the collar with her fingernails.
Inuyasha couldn't understand what she was doing. He flattened his ears down and he watched
her wriggle on the ground. His eyes landing on her flailing hands. Beneath her hands was a strange
metal ring around her neck, glowing with a blue light.
"It's the collar!" he realized. He knelt down and swatted Iliana's hand away from her neck.
Slashing at it with his claws, he tried removing it. Not even making a dent or a scratch, he only had one
other chance.
He stood up and raised Tetsusaiga above his head. "Ili, you got to move your hands! Turn her head
and stay still. I promise I'll get you out of this!" he proclaimed.
Iliana ripped her own hands from the collar and down to her sides. She gripped the ground into
tight fists. Turning her head to the left, she shut her eyes, held her breath, and mouthed the words, "I
trust you."
Tetsusaiga came down alary cross over Iliana's neck. Inuyasha immediately brought to back
up in a quick motion, looking down on his sister. He sheathed Tetsusaiga and knelt down to her,
finding she had fainted. His fingers glided over the collar, finding a break in the perfect ring. With his
bare hands, he bent the ring open and slipped it off of her neck. He twisted the metal into a little knot
and tossed it into the fire.
Inuyasha lifted Iliana's body and cradled her to his side. "Iliana?" he whispered.
She stirred and opened her eyes. She seemed confused and scared. "W..W...wh.at
ha....hap...ppend?" she stuttered.
"You don't remember?'
"N...No. I re...re..memeber Fl....Fluffy laughing a...at m...m..me on th...the fl..floor."
"Ok. Don't worry about that now. Just calm down. Everything is ok now," he sais soothingly.
"I..I...I l...lo..ove...you." she whispered through her tears.
"I love you, too," he spoke softly.
He picked her up and laid her near the fire on the soft grass, covering her with his haori.
Miroku was finally standing and Shippou had come to, watching wary of him. Sango had seen
all and told them of the previous events. After they learned what happened, they fell silent for the night.
Inuyasha collected Kagome and moved her to the fire, also.
Kagome woke too see Inuyasha had cleaned her wounded head and re-wrapped it. She
found him stroking Iliana's hair, which had been released from the tight braid and curled around
Inuyasha's fingers. She plopped next to him, sporting a friendly smile. "Thank you," she said touching
her head.
He turned and looked her in her grey-blue eyes. "No, thank you. If you weren't here, I
wouldn't have been able to get through to her," he said sincerely before turning back to Iliana.
Kagome gave a small smile as she blushed. "Your welcome, Inuyasha."
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Well, that was certainly a long chapter. I hope you enjoyed it! The story is winding down...but I think
I may be able to squeeze in a few more twists ^_^...hehehe....Ok
Until Next Time,
LFA