SG: Sorry about the delay, but I've got this bloody cold that won't leave me alone...
Sweet Reunion
Time stood still. Nothing, not even the wind dared to move. Then, suddenly, a flurry of action began.
"Alive?!" shouted Sango. She hurried over to Inuyasha's side, her worried eyes quickly scanning over his frame, hardly daring to believe...yes! There it was, a small, shallow breath, just enought to prove that miricles were possible.
By this time, Mikoru had made it to Sango's side. He studied the wounds with a practiced eye, noting exactly how and where the cuts had been made...and if they could heal. Finally, he spoke.
"I...I think I can help him."
Kouga looked expectantly at him, "What do you mean?"
"Well," Mikoru began. "He's hurt himself pretty badly, but I think, with some luck, I can heal him before he dies. Kouga? Aren't there some demon healing tricks?"
Kouga smiled wolfishly, "Of course! But with wounds like these...I'm not sure..."
"Do what you have to do."
"Remember," added Sango. "Kagome would never forgive you if you let Inuyasha die."
Kouga growled at her, but set to work. Mikoru began ripping his tunic into little strips, bathing them in the pool and cleaing Inuyasha's wounds. Sango began to forage in the nearby woods, looking not only for healing herbs, but for some sort of sustinance as well. Grudgingly, Kouga cleaned the wounds on Inuyasha's arms and began to lick them, grimacing as he did so.
Sesshomaru looked at himself in a passing mirror. 'So,' he thought.
'This is what I have become. Lord of the West, feared by demons and humans alike, powers beyond any of this land...releasing one of my most treasured possesions...freely.' He shook his head.
'This is what I have become.'
Kagome closed her eyes, allowing herself to savor what might be her last peacful moment. After Sesshomaru's attack she and Shippou had found themselves locked in the bedroom with no obvious way to escape. Miraculously, Kagome had found kimono's in the rooms wardrobe, in her size! She simply shook her head, marveling at the coincidence. After a fashion, food had been slipped into the room via a small door within the door. Too starved to resist, Kagome and Shippou feasted on what seemed to be chicken stew until they felt they could hold no more. Shippou immidiatly fell asleep, but Kagome lingered in wakefulness, pondering what to do next. She had aready tried escaping though the windows (barred), the door (locked), the door within a door (too small). She had even tried getting the tired kitsune to turn into different objects that might help them...but to no avail. For now, at least, they had to be content to sit and wait.
Sesshomaru opened Lady Kagome's door...it was time.
Inuyasha coughed harshly...where was he? Was he dead? Images of his last deeds flooded through him, making the darkness from whence he came seem more and more like paradise. Why did his head hurt so much...and what the hell was that wet thing moving on his arm? Cautiously, he opened a golden eye.
"Ah," Miroku breathed a sigh of relief. "Welcome back! We thought we'd lost you there for a moment."
"INUYASHA!" screamed Sango, her eye brimming with tears. She was using every bit of restraint not to throw her arms around his neck and hug him...or strangle him. Her features turned furious.
"How the hell could you run off like that! And then, on top of all the shit we've gone through for you, try to kill yourself! I've seen a lot of selfish people...but YOU, Inuyasha, are the stupidest, rash, moronic, selfish person I know!" She paused for breath. "It's good to have you back."
Inuyasha and Miroku shared a look, "Women."
"I see the great hanyou has returned to us."
Inuyasha turned toward the sound, feeling ill as a wave of dizziness washed over him. "Kouga."
"You are a damn fool!" roared Kouga.
"And you smell like a girl," replied Inuyasha. He didn't know what had happened, but something had changed about Kouga while he had been unconcious. The two now looked at each other in a new light...not as rivals, but as- friends. Inuyasha looked at each one of his friends closely, nodding to each one in turn. With a heartfelt smile he voiced his feelings,
"Thanks."
"Oh my...how *touching*," Sesshomaru sneered as he walked from behind a tree. Despite his warring feelings, he could not help but be merciless to his brother. Inuyasha bristled at the sound. He tried to get up, but his wounds had only just healed.
"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha's voice was frozen, void of any emotion. Sango, Mikoru and Kouga tensed, waiting for the attack...but it never came.
"Take this," Sesshomaru ordered, jerking Kagome and Shippou towards the group. "I have no use for them."
With that, the great Lord of the Western Lands turned and walked away, his silvery hair flowing in his wake.
Kagome, tears streaming from her eyes, leapt at Inuyasha, falling at his side and throwing her arms around his neck. The others, even Kouga, sensing that they would want to be alone for a while, melted away into the forest, giving them as much privacy as possible. Shippou gently positioned himself on Inuyasha's lap, trying very hard not to cry. He lost it, however, when a clawed hand scooped him into a bear hug and he could feel the warmth of friendship and love around him once again.
THE END
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SG: That's all folks. I know I could probably write more and so on...but, it just feels right to end it here. Hey, I don't argue with the muses! Thank you very much for reading. Oh and...uh...*hint**hint* final reviews would be nice... ^_^
Sweet Reunion
Time stood still. Nothing, not even the wind dared to move. Then, suddenly, a flurry of action began.
"Alive?!" shouted Sango. She hurried over to Inuyasha's side, her worried eyes quickly scanning over his frame, hardly daring to believe...yes! There it was, a small, shallow breath, just enought to prove that miricles were possible.
By this time, Mikoru had made it to Sango's side. He studied the wounds with a practiced eye, noting exactly how and where the cuts had been made...and if they could heal. Finally, he spoke.
"I...I think I can help him."
Kouga looked expectantly at him, "What do you mean?"
"Well," Mikoru began. "He's hurt himself pretty badly, but I think, with some luck, I can heal him before he dies. Kouga? Aren't there some demon healing tricks?"
Kouga smiled wolfishly, "Of course! But with wounds like these...I'm not sure..."
"Do what you have to do."
"Remember," added Sango. "Kagome would never forgive you if you let Inuyasha die."
Kouga growled at her, but set to work. Mikoru began ripping his tunic into little strips, bathing them in the pool and cleaing Inuyasha's wounds. Sango began to forage in the nearby woods, looking not only for healing herbs, but for some sort of sustinance as well. Grudgingly, Kouga cleaned the wounds on Inuyasha's arms and began to lick them, grimacing as he did so.
Sesshomaru looked at himself in a passing mirror. 'So,' he thought.
'This is what I have become. Lord of the West, feared by demons and humans alike, powers beyond any of this land...releasing one of my most treasured possesions...freely.' He shook his head.
'This is what I have become.'
Kagome closed her eyes, allowing herself to savor what might be her last peacful moment. After Sesshomaru's attack she and Shippou had found themselves locked in the bedroom with no obvious way to escape. Miraculously, Kagome had found kimono's in the rooms wardrobe, in her size! She simply shook her head, marveling at the coincidence. After a fashion, food had been slipped into the room via a small door within the door. Too starved to resist, Kagome and Shippou feasted on what seemed to be chicken stew until they felt they could hold no more. Shippou immidiatly fell asleep, but Kagome lingered in wakefulness, pondering what to do next. She had aready tried escaping though the windows (barred), the door (locked), the door within a door (too small). She had even tried getting the tired kitsune to turn into different objects that might help them...but to no avail. For now, at least, they had to be content to sit and wait.
Sesshomaru opened Lady Kagome's door...it was time.
Inuyasha coughed harshly...where was he? Was he dead? Images of his last deeds flooded through him, making the darkness from whence he came seem more and more like paradise. Why did his head hurt so much...and what the hell was that wet thing moving on his arm? Cautiously, he opened a golden eye.
"Ah," Miroku breathed a sigh of relief. "Welcome back! We thought we'd lost you there for a moment."
"INUYASHA!" screamed Sango, her eye brimming with tears. She was using every bit of restraint not to throw her arms around his neck and hug him...or strangle him. Her features turned furious.
"How the hell could you run off like that! And then, on top of all the shit we've gone through for you, try to kill yourself! I've seen a lot of selfish people...but YOU, Inuyasha, are the stupidest, rash, moronic, selfish person I know!" She paused for breath. "It's good to have you back."
Inuyasha and Miroku shared a look, "Women."
"I see the great hanyou has returned to us."
Inuyasha turned toward the sound, feeling ill as a wave of dizziness washed over him. "Kouga."
"You are a damn fool!" roared Kouga.
"And you smell like a girl," replied Inuyasha. He didn't know what had happened, but something had changed about Kouga while he had been unconcious. The two now looked at each other in a new light...not as rivals, but as- friends. Inuyasha looked at each one of his friends closely, nodding to each one in turn. With a heartfelt smile he voiced his feelings,
"Thanks."
"Oh my...how *touching*," Sesshomaru sneered as he walked from behind a tree. Despite his warring feelings, he could not help but be merciless to his brother. Inuyasha bristled at the sound. He tried to get up, but his wounds had only just healed.
"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha's voice was frozen, void of any emotion. Sango, Mikoru and Kouga tensed, waiting for the attack...but it never came.
"Take this," Sesshomaru ordered, jerking Kagome and Shippou towards the group. "I have no use for them."
With that, the great Lord of the Western Lands turned and walked away, his silvery hair flowing in his wake.
Kagome, tears streaming from her eyes, leapt at Inuyasha, falling at his side and throwing her arms around his neck. The others, even Kouga, sensing that they would want to be alone for a while, melted away into the forest, giving them as much privacy as possible. Shippou gently positioned himself on Inuyasha's lap, trying very hard not to cry. He lost it, however, when a clawed hand scooped him into a bear hug and he could feel the warmth of friendship and love around him once again.
THE END
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SG: That's all folks. I know I could probably write more and so on...but, it just feels right to end it here. Hey, I don't argue with the muses! Thank you very much for reading. Oh and...uh...*hint**hint* final reviews would be nice... ^_^