Kagome glanced at Sango nervously. She slowly sat up, not believing what
was happening. Sango shrugged as they were led down the hall.
"Ah. I am sure that you are wondering why you are here." Sesshoumaru had his back to them, but his very sensitive ears picked up the slightest sound. "Yes, that is exactly what you are wondering. Well, I am sure you are aware that you are not really here." He said before sitting down and facing them.
"Huh?" They both questioned before they sat down as well.
"You are indeed, still at that hut of yours, but your min is here, with me. I am sleeping as well. So in actuality, you could say that none of this is real." He said as it were amusing to him. "Oh, and it's no use trying to wake up, you cannot."
"What do you want?!" Kagome said angrily. I mean, he had already kidnapped her body, now he was kidnapping her mind and dreams, too? This was just too unreal. "Let us go, NOW."
"I think, that you are mistaken, naïve human." He said 'human' as if were too vile for him say. "I have a purpose for you two."
Miroku sat on a straw mat praying when he felt sudden disturbance in the ??? He stood up and looked around. "What wrong with you monk?" Inuyasha asked in a rude Inuyasha way. Miroku said nothing, just headed to the room where Sango and Kagome lay.
He looked at the two figures breathing lightly. Miroku sighed; he could've sworn that something was wrong, but there they were sleeping peacefully. He walked over to Sango's bed, and removed a strand of loose hair from her face. Her brows were etched in concentration, and she was starting to sweat. Miroku stared at her face for a while, before leaving the room.
"Is there as such thing as over sleeping?" Miroku asked Kaede as came into the living room.
She hit him over the head, much like Sango and said. "Such questions require such answers. Houshi-sama, over-sleeping is for those on schedules. Those girls are getting as much sleep as they need. No too much or too little." Kaede said.
Miroku shrugged and left the hut.
"What are planning to do?" Sango asked suspiciously.
"My half brother has been leading me on quite a chase these past few months." Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes and looked Sango right in the eyes. "This time, he won't escape with just a scratch."
Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru closely before replying. "We won't do any of your dirty work, Sesshoumaru."
"You have no choice, little mortal. I have it all planned out." Sesshoumaru walked towards them and held Kagome's chin in his hand. "You look remarkably exactly like Kikyou." He commented.
Kagome pushed his hand away from her face. "Don't touch me! And don't you think I've heard that already?" she said annoyed that she was always compared to the evil miko Kikyou.
"I will use this to my advantage. My plan is simple. Even you can understand it." He glared at Kagome who stared at him coldly for calling her stupid. "Youwill act as Kikyou, and lead my brother to his death. And you," he said Sango. "You will help her." Sesshoumaru left the room, leaving them alone.
"What're are we gonna do? It's not possible to attack Inuyasha in our sleep? Can we?" Kagome said, tears forming her gray blue eyes.
"I don't know, but I think Sesshoumaru has a very different plan than we think." Sango said patting her friends hand.
"Inuyasha! Come from my window this instant!" Kaede said.
"Fine, old hag." He sneered and jumped from his comfortable perch. "Don't you think those two have been sleep an awful long time." Inuyasha complained.
"I do believe they'll survive, but I should check and see if they've waken up yet." Inuyasha followed the old woman into the room. She sighed and looked out the window. It was dark. "No, no. They're getting as much sleep as they need."
"Feh. All I know is they better get better because the Shikon shards are more than a good nights sleep." Inuyasha grumbled.
Kaede ignored Inuyasha and set a cup of water next to Sango's bed. She glanced at their faces closely. They were both sweating and tossing and turning restlessly. She shook Sango's shoulder slightly, but the girl just rolled over without response.
Inuyasha walked over to Kagome's handed and shook her as well, but rather roughly. "HELLO?!" he said loudly, but she didn't stir. Kaede slapped him over the head. He ignored this and pulled her eyelid open without much force. "What are you doing?" Kaede hissed. "Leave her alone!" She hit him once again. Inuyasha looked at Kagome's blank eye before stepping back. "There's something wrong with 'er." He said blankly.
"She's fine. You know, she's good fro more than just hunting those shards." Kaede said thoughtfully. "Feh." Inuyasha replied before leaping out the window.
Sango tried hard to hide her dismay as she woke up and found that she was in her body, only not at Kaede's hut. She glanced over at Kagome, who was sitting up as well. "What happened?" She rubbed her head realizing that she had a pounding headache.
"We're still at Sesshoumaru's castle." Kagome said slightly sad. "He must've kidnapped our bodies during the night." She came and sat down next to Sango. "Oh, Sango, what are we going to do?" she sighed.
"I think the best thing is to just play along with Sesshoumaru until we get a window of opportunity." Sango patted her friend's hand before the door opened.
Miroku opened his eyes slowly and smiled. The sun was shining and the wind blew lightly. He breathed deeply before climbing the stairs to Sango's and Kagome's room. His look quickly disappeared from his face as soon as he saw that no one was in the room. He ran down to where Kaede slept and shook her roughly. "Lady Kaede! Wake up! Wake up!"
Kaede smacked his hand before turning over. "What is it?" she moaned. "Sango, Kagome, they're gone." Kaede sat straight up and looked at Miroku. "What do you mean they're gone?" "They're not in their room." Miroku said worried.
"I just checked on them before I went to bed. They can't be gone! I just saw them a few hours ago. Where would they have gone?" Kaede murmured frantically as she rushed up to their room, Miroku on her heels. Inuyasha was standing in the room when she got there.
"Told ya' something was wrong them." He said glaring out the window.
"Oh be quiet." Kaede said looking at the beds in distress. "They can't have gone anywhere without one of us hearing, at least." She said thinking.
"I'll go look for them." Inuyasha said calmly. "I'll go with him," Miroku said. This didn't surprise Kaede. "I shall stay here in case they come back." She said and the two rushed out the hut.
Sango let out a small gasp when she saw Kagome. Dressed in a miko's robes with a bow and a dozen arrows, she looked exactly like Kikyou. Kagome had not gotten a chance to get a full view of herself, but she knew it would only depress her even more to look. Sango felt sorry for her and put an arm around her shoulder. Both girls stood in silence until Sesshoumaru himself walked into the room. "The time has come." He smirked. Kagome looked at him with eyes so cold that even Kikyou couldn't refrain from shuddering. "One more thing," he reached into the folds of his shirt to produce a necklace. "You shall wear this. It gives off Kikyou's scent. And you so much as think about trying to take it off, my poison will do severe damage to you. Those garments also contain my poison, so you'd best do what I have instructed you to, and noting else." He said as he led them to the massive door. "Remember what I told you." He said before the doors slammed and they were left alone outside.
Kagome took one last look behind her before they set off looking for Inuyasha.
"Whoever it was, they did a real good job with covering their scents." Inuyasha said as sniffed the ground. He and Miroku were in the middle of a large clearing, where Inuyasha was having a hard time sniffing out Sango and Kagome.
"What's that?!" Miroku said and turned around quickly. He hought he had heard something move among the bushes.
"Quiet will ya'? Quit bein' so paranoid, geez." Inuyasha complained.
"Seriously. there it goes again!" Miroku said spinning on his heels and protesting.
"I told you-" Inuyasha stopped in the middle of his sentence and looked up quickly. He sniffed the air before muttering. "Oh, @#)^. It's. Kikyou." Miroku looked at him with wide eyes, and was about to say something, but not before Kagome and Sango stepped into the clearing, arrow drawn.
"Kikyo?" Inuyasha said with a fierce, but sad look in his eye. Kagome just nodded, afraid to say anything. "What are you doing?" Kagome felt herself letting go of the arrow. She gasped because it was not she who had done it. It was like someone was controlling her and all she could do was obey their commands. Inuyasha dodged it quickly. She looked at Sango, who looked back with wide eyes.
"Sango?" Miroku said looking at her. "Why work with her? No good will be accomplished." He tried to reason. She shook her head also, afraid that she would blurt out their plot, then be poisoned to death. She let one word escape her lips. The word that would be their undoing. "Come." She said in a voice hardly her own. The four stood staring at each other before Inuyasha took a step forward. He looked at Kagome questioningly. He hung his head in defeat. "We've got no other choice, Miroku." Inuyasha hung his head in defeat, and all four started walking towards Sesshoumaru's castle.
OK, this finfic is almost over. After struggling with even more writer's block, I've decided to write another Inuyasha fic, which I won't post for another little while. But, this fic is soon copming to an end. Please r&r! Flaming is allowed, but too much, and I'll start sending death threats to you. Arigatou. Gomen, people, but I like short chapters
"Ah. I am sure that you are wondering why you are here." Sesshoumaru had his back to them, but his very sensitive ears picked up the slightest sound. "Yes, that is exactly what you are wondering. Well, I am sure you are aware that you are not really here." He said before sitting down and facing them.
"Huh?" They both questioned before they sat down as well.
"You are indeed, still at that hut of yours, but your min is here, with me. I am sleeping as well. So in actuality, you could say that none of this is real." He said as it were amusing to him. "Oh, and it's no use trying to wake up, you cannot."
"What do you want?!" Kagome said angrily. I mean, he had already kidnapped her body, now he was kidnapping her mind and dreams, too? This was just too unreal. "Let us go, NOW."
"I think, that you are mistaken, naïve human." He said 'human' as if were too vile for him say. "I have a purpose for you two."
Miroku sat on a straw mat praying when he felt sudden disturbance in the ??? He stood up and looked around. "What wrong with you monk?" Inuyasha asked in a rude Inuyasha way. Miroku said nothing, just headed to the room where Sango and Kagome lay.
He looked at the two figures breathing lightly. Miroku sighed; he could've sworn that something was wrong, but there they were sleeping peacefully. He walked over to Sango's bed, and removed a strand of loose hair from her face. Her brows were etched in concentration, and she was starting to sweat. Miroku stared at her face for a while, before leaving the room.
"Is there as such thing as over sleeping?" Miroku asked Kaede as came into the living room.
She hit him over the head, much like Sango and said. "Such questions require such answers. Houshi-sama, over-sleeping is for those on schedules. Those girls are getting as much sleep as they need. No too much or too little." Kaede said.
Miroku shrugged and left the hut.
"What are planning to do?" Sango asked suspiciously.
"My half brother has been leading me on quite a chase these past few months." Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes and looked Sango right in the eyes. "This time, he won't escape with just a scratch."
Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru closely before replying. "We won't do any of your dirty work, Sesshoumaru."
"You have no choice, little mortal. I have it all planned out." Sesshoumaru walked towards them and held Kagome's chin in his hand. "You look remarkably exactly like Kikyou." He commented.
Kagome pushed his hand away from her face. "Don't touch me! And don't you think I've heard that already?" she said annoyed that she was always compared to the evil miko Kikyou.
"I will use this to my advantage. My plan is simple. Even you can understand it." He glared at Kagome who stared at him coldly for calling her stupid. "Youwill act as Kikyou, and lead my brother to his death. And you," he said Sango. "You will help her." Sesshoumaru left the room, leaving them alone.
"What're are we gonna do? It's not possible to attack Inuyasha in our sleep? Can we?" Kagome said, tears forming her gray blue eyes.
"I don't know, but I think Sesshoumaru has a very different plan than we think." Sango said patting her friends hand.
"Inuyasha! Come from my window this instant!" Kaede said.
"Fine, old hag." He sneered and jumped from his comfortable perch. "Don't you think those two have been sleep an awful long time." Inuyasha complained.
"I do believe they'll survive, but I should check and see if they've waken up yet." Inuyasha followed the old woman into the room. She sighed and looked out the window. It was dark. "No, no. They're getting as much sleep as they need."
"Feh. All I know is they better get better because the Shikon shards are more than a good nights sleep." Inuyasha grumbled.
Kaede ignored Inuyasha and set a cup of water next to Sango's bed. She glanced at their faces closely. They were both sweating and tossing and turning restlessly. She shook Sango's shoulder slightly, but the girl just rolled over without response.
Inuyasha walked over to Kagome's handed and shook her as well, but rather roughly. "HELLO?!" he said loudly, but she didn't stir. Kaede slapped him over the head. He ignored this and pulled her eyelid open without much force. "What are you doing?" Kaede hissed. "Leave her alone!" She hit him once again. Inuyasha looked at Kagome's blank eye before stepping back. "There's something wrong with 'er." He said blankly.
"She's fine. You know, she's good fro more than just hunting those shards." Kaede said thoughtfully. "Feh." Inuyasha replied before leaping out the window.
Sango tried hard to hide her dismay as she woke up and found that she was in her body, only not at Kaede's hut. She glanced over at Kagome, who was sitting up as well. "What happened?" She rubbed her head realizing that she had a pounding headache.
"We're still at Sesshoumaru's castle." Kagome said slightly sad. "He must've kidnapped our bodies during the night." She came and sat down next to Sango. "Oh, Sango, what are we going to do?" she sighed.
"I think the best thing is to just play along with Sesshoumaru until we get a window of opportunity." Sango patted her friend's hand before the door opened.
Miroku opened his eyes slowly and smiled. The sun was shining and the wind blew lightly. He breathed deeply before climbing the stairs to Sango's and Kagome's room. His look quickly disappeared from his face as soon as he saw that no one was in the room. He ran down to where Kaede slept and shook her roughly. "Lady Kaede! Wake up! Wake up!"
Kaede smacked his hand before turning over. "What is it?" she moaned. "Sango, Kagome, they're gone." Kaede sat straight up and looked at Miroku. "What do you mean they're gone?" "They're not in their room." Miroku said worried.
"I just checked on them before I went to bed. They can't be gone! I just saw them a few hours ago. Where would they have gone?" Kaede murmured frantically as she rushed up to their room, Miroku on her heels. Inuyasha was standing in the room when she got there.
"Told ya' something was wrong them." He said glaring out the window.
"Oh be quiet." Kaede said looking at the beds in distress. "They can't have gone anywhere without one of us hearing, at least." She said thinking.
"I'll go look for them." Inuyasha said calmly. "I'll go with him," Miroku said. This didn't surprise Kaede. "I shall stay here in case they come back." She said and the two rushed out the hut.
Sango let out a small gasp when she saw Kagome. Dressed in a miko's robes with a bow and a dozen arrows, she looked exactly like Kikyou. Kagome had not gotten a chance to get a full view of herself, but she knew it would only depress her even more to look. Sango felt sorry for her and put an arm around her shoulder. Both girls stood in silence until Sesshoumaru himself walked into the room. "The time has come." He smirked. Kagome looked at him with eyes so cold that even Kikyou couldn't refrain from shuddering. "One more thing," he reached into the folds of his shirt to produce a necklace. "You shall wear this. It gives off Kikyou's scent. And you so much as think about trying to take it off, my poison will do severe damage to you. Those garments also contain my poison, so you'd best do what I have instructed you to, and noting else." He said as he led them to the massive door. "Remember what I told you." He said before the doors slammed and they were left alone outside.
Kagome took one last look behind her before they set off looking for Inuyasha.
"Whoever it was, they did a real good job with covering their scents." Inuyasha said as sniffed the ground. He and Miroku were in the middle of a large clearing, where Inuyasha was having a hard time sniffing out Sango and Kagome.
"What's that?!" Miroku said and turned around quickly. He hought he had heard something move among the bushes.
"Quiet will ya'? Quit bein' so paranoid, geez." Inuyasha complained.
"Seriously. there it goes again!" Miroku said spinning on his heels and protesting.
"I told you-" Inuyasha stopped in the middle of his sentence and looked up quickly. He sniffed the air before muttering. "Oh, @#)^. It's. Kikyou." Miroku looked at him with wide eyes, and was about to say something, but not before Kagome and Sango stepped into the clearing, arrow drawn.
"Kikyo?" Inuyasha said with a fierce, but sad look in his eye. Kagome just nodded, afraid to say anything. "What are you doing?" Kagome felt herself letting go of the arrow. She gasped because it was not she who had done it. It was like someone was controlling her and all she could do was obey their commands. Inuyasha dodged it quickly. She looked at Sango, who looked back with wide eyes.
"Sango?" Miroku said looking at her. "Why work with her? No good will be accomplished." He tried to reason. She shook her head also, afraid that she would blurt out their plot, then be poisoned to death. She let one word escape her lips. The word that would be their undoing. "Come." She said in a voice hardly her own. The four stood staring at each other before Inuyasha took a step forward. He looked at Kagome questioningly. He hung his head in defeat. "We've got no other choice, Miroku." Inuyasha hung his head in defeat, and all four started walking towards Sesshoumaru's castle.
OK, this finfic is almost over. After struggling with even more writer's block, I've decided to write another Inuyasha fic, which I won't post for another little while. But, this fic is soon copming to an end. Please r&r! Flaming is allowed, but too much, and I'll start sending death threats to you. Arigatou. Gomen, people, but I like short chapters