Chapter 16 : Welcome to Izumo
It took the companions a day and a half to get to Miroku's hometown, though they took a couple of short cuts through the mountain and not to mention a few dead ends. They had finally got to their destination. It was a nice medium sized city with a huge temple upon a hill. Among the streets where crowds of people doing their morning business. Miroku smiled happily at a few of the girls that walked by. Sango on the other hand fumed as a good many girl recognized Miroku. "Miroku! Miroku's back!" a few of the girls yelled and ran towards him. "Hey Miroku, what have you been doing?"
"Hey weren't you supposed to be visiting a friend?" a girl asked
"I thought he was out looking for a cure for his hand." A red haired girl stated
"Did you bring anything for us?" another asked
"Hey who's that?" a blonde asked noticing Sango behind Miroku holding a large object above his head, ready to bring it done on the unsuspecting so called monk. For once in his life though he was able to dodge the blow and Sango's boomerang created a small crater in the ground. Miroku smiled at Sango's dumbfounded look. "This ladies is my friend Sango The Youkai Exterminator." He announced then he introduced his other friends. "This is Inu-Yasha, Kouga and here is the kitsune Shippo."
"AWWWW HE'S SO CUTE!" cried the girls and instantly swarmed around the little kitsune pup. "Dahh! Help help! Am being smothered!" Shippo cried out as the girls petted him, brushed his hair, pulled him claiming that they where his. He was now officially a living teddy bear. Miroku and Inu- Yasha were both laughing as suddenly Kirara was attacked once the girls saw her. "KITTY!"
"REOW!?!?!"
"Ahh! Kirara, back off girls." Sango warned as she ran into the crowd of women, a few cracks and owies said that Sango had recovered Shippo and Kirara, who had pink fluffy bows in their hair and curls. "I am scared for life." Shippo said as he pulled out the pink bows in his hair and shook the curls out of his hair as he replaced his hair back into his big blue ribbon.
Miroku was still laughing, "Forgive them Shippo, its not every day they see a kitsune." Kouga laughed silently to himself as he watched Kirara rip off a ribbon that was tied upon her tails. "Well what's next?" Kouga asked looking back at the group. "We find out were this Lord Yuurei is." Suggested Sango and they all nodded in agreement. "Yeah and we better hurry to, we have one day until the new moon." Added Miroku who looked at his companions, his gaze stopped at Inu-Yasha. He noticed the calm look on his face, had he forgotten that he is human on the new moon? He would have to speak with him tonight when the others were asleep.
"Okay let us split up, it would be faster and wiser to get information. Sango and I will go together, Shippo and Kirara and Inu-Yasha. . ."
"Hold it. I will not team up wit him!" Inu-Yasha barked and pointed at Kouga who agreed. "Fine you two go by yourselves." He stated and eyed them closely "We will not have a competition now will we." The monk added in more of a statement then question. The two k-9's looked at the monk with fake shock on their faces. "Why would we?" Kouga asked "Yeah, we aint pups, ya know." Inu-Yasha snapped and looked away from his friend. "Okay, then we will meet back here in one hour."
They all agreed and went their own ways, while Kouga and Inu-Yasha looked at each other. Kouga smirked. "I bet I can gather more information then you can, you mutt." Inu-Yasha's ears moved to the direction of the okami's voice. "Is that so?"
"You bet."
"What's he wager, okami?" Inu-Yasha asked and then wished he hadn't as the okami smiled at him. "If I win the raven haired beauty will be my mate, no questions ask."
"Fine and if I win she'll be mine, she already is half way there anyways, ya sad excuse for a okami!"
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Rin skipped down the dark halls, for no light shined through them for no windows where built in this hallway. She was going to visit Kagome and of course the annoying toad youkai thing followed her. "Rin you nasty child come back here, Lord Sessho-maru said to stay put!" he yelled and she just rolled her eyes. "Sessho-maru-sama said to not wonder about, but Rin's not wondering around, Rin is going to see the nice lady." She giggled and continued down the hallway humming to herself as Jaken rambled about things and cursing.
"Fine, just remember if you get into trouble don't blame me, human. Lord Sessho-maru should of just left you to die. I don't know why he brought you back to life." He mumbled and Rin just looked at him and made a face by using her index fingers to pull lower eye lids down and her mid fingers pulling her mouth line out with while sticking her tongue out at the chibi youkai.
"DAHH! You little brat! How dare you show such disrespect to me!" Jaken yelled as the girl ran off leaving him alone. "Oh dear." Jaken said "RIN!" he yelled and received no answer. Sessho-maru was going to kill him, that was that.
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Rin ran along the walls towards Kagome's room, she smiled happily as windows now appeared in the wall letting in the sunlight. She stopped at Kagome's door to knock, but she stopped when she heard singing coming from the room. She tilted her head to the right as she listened to the song:
anata no koto wo omou sore dake de kokoro ga tsuyoku nareru ki ga suru yo hakanai omoi zutto donna toki demo negau yo anata ni todoku you ni to...
anata no koto wo omou sore dake de namida ga ima afuredashite kuru yo tookute koe ga todokanai dakedo itsuka wa kanarazu todoku you ni shinjite la la la la la la... shinjite la la la la la la... shinjite la la la la la la...
I think of you, and I feel like that alone is enough to make my heart grow stronger. I always, always wish that these fleeting thoughts would reach you... I think of you and that alone is enough to make the tears start to flow now My distant voice can't reach you now, but so that someday it definitely will... Believe. la la la la la la... Believe. la la la la la la... Believe. la la la la la la...
Rin gently opened the door to find Kagome finishing her song, she was sitting upon the seat by the window. She was looking out it, as if she was in search for something or perhaps someone. "K-Kago?" she asked and Kagome turned around to see Rin and she smiled at her. "Rin, come in. Gomen, I didn't know you where there." Kagome said as Rin came in and shut the door behind her. Then ran up to Kagome and hugged her. "Oh, Rin thinks you sing pretty! Will you sing to me? What where you singing about? Was it about someone you cared for?" she asked with a smile then frowned when she saw the look on Kagomes face, it was sad as if she was about to cry.
"Gomen, Kago." She said and hugged her again, "Its okay, Rin, don't worry about it." Kagome smiled down at her and gently brushed back her hair. "Hai, I'll sing for you, Rin." She said and Rin grimed up at her happily. "You promise?" She asked innocently.
"Hai, I promise."
"Yay! Kago sing for Rin!" she giggled as Kagome played with the young girls black hair. "Yes, Kago sing for Rin." She teased, Kagome was about to sing for Rin when suddenly her door opened and from within the door way stood the specter Yuurei. He glared down at the little that was sitting in Kagome's lap now. "You, leave." He said pointing to Rin who looked up at Kagome with a slight hint of fear and worry. She did not like this scary man, nor did she like being here. Kagome leaned down and slipped something into the girls green waist belt and whispered something into her ear.
The girl then ran to the door and stopped to glare at Yuurei then edged past him and ran down the halls to go and find her adoptive father, Sessho- maru. Meanwhile Yuurei stared at the miko. "What do you want now?" Kagome asked with a hint of annoyance as she stood. Her leg was still injured and she was glad that Rin had not noticed her wounded thigh. "I had just come to check on my toy."
"Excuse me mister, but im no ones toy nor meal." She snorted and took her set at the window once again. "Not yet anyways." He added to her sentence as he moved over towards her. "Will you just leave me alone!" she growled and she felt his hand on her chin and she went to bite it. Though he snapped his hand back in time. "Its not nice to bite people."
"Its not nice to kidnap people for your meal." She snapped back.
"You need to learn respect." He said as he turned to leave
"You need to learn not to turn your back on your foes!" With that she punched him hard in the temples, the move would of killed a man, but a mortal man was he not and besides he was dead already, in a matter of speaking, but the move to cause him a major head-ache. Kagome run ahead of him and out the door, though she skidded right past the hallway she was looking for, she quickly went back to it and ran down the flight of stairs at the end of the hall-way.
"That little bitch, that's it, she's pushing my patients! Inyana!"
"Hai?" a voice echoed throughout the room. "Get that blasted Miko and then bring her to my quarters, its time she learns a lesson!" he growled as the dead miko said her reply and went in search of the wondering Miko. "Am going to beat her until she cries for mercy! But no mercy will she receive from me, oh no." He laughed
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Meanwhile in Izumo
"So any luck?" Miroku asked Sango, "Only a little, they say the specter Yuurei leaves in that forest. They say no one has been able to reach his palace and live."
"We will see about that, Shippo, Kirara?"
"No luck here, all we got was attacked by the local girls." He said washing off the make-up in disgusted that was placed upon their faces. Miroku laughed inwardly then turned to the inu and okami who was growling at each other, the two had tied! How in the heck did you break a tie? "You guys bet did you? Geez! Here we are trying to save Kagome and you turn this event into a sport."
"Gomen." They both said and Miroku sighed, he had heard their info already, now they just needed to get through that blasted forest. Hopefully they would make it their before the night of the new moon.
Later that day after they had gained equipment for the trip and staying a night at the local in, they had entered the forest and now where camped by a nasty looking bog, they had been traveling all day long and now was getting ready for sleep. They could see the palace far away, their was no way they could make it their, until tomorrow. The night of the new moon would be upon them then.
Kouga slept under a tree was Shippo slept next to Kirara, Sango by the fire on the opposite end of Miroku who had been slapped more then once this night. Inu-Yasha, himself was resting in the tree to the far right of Kouga. He sighed inwardly as he looked up at the moon. How could he forget?
Tomorrow was the new moon.
Tomorrow he would be human.
Tomorrow Kagome would die.
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Kagome looked at the moon from her bed, she was bond by the wrist and ankles, she couldn't move even if she wanted to. Her body was bruised and beaten, her whole body hurt. Yuurei had indeed beaten her to no end, but she never once cried out to give him any satisfaction, but it only pissed him off. He had loved to hear women scream in pain. She cringed at what he had done to her. She stared at the disappearing moon with tearful eyes, she could barely see without the tears.
Yuueri had beaten her like an abused child.
Broken her legs so she no longer could run away.
He cut her bloody hair up to her eyes, so she could not have the joys of brushing it or playing with it like a schoolgirl.
Her miko robes where ripped and covered in her own blood.
But the one thing that had hurt her the most and that took a part of her away, made her feel so empty and foul, he had taken the most sacred thing from her. He had taken her to his bed; he had taken everything he could think of away to make her miserable! Hurt her in every way, possible!
But there was one thing. . . one thing he could not take away from her, abuse or break into nothingness! One thing that he would not receive!
Her soul . . .
Her spirit . . .
Her love . . .
For a Hanyou.
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The song: ending to My Will
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[Author: * sniff* Will they make it in time! Oh I got so carried away with this chapter and I almost cried at writing the ending to this chapter! *hids behind Inu-Yasha & Fuffly * No flames please! But was this chappie any good? Though it was really long, longer then I meant for it to be. Hehe. Umm.right.Well what's going to happen next. I wonder? *Brings a booklet titled :Love, A Demons Worst Nightmare. Skips to the last few chapters and laughs evilly as people surround me and look over my shoulder, then evilly snaps book before their noses. * No peeking! *sees the looks am getting from them and takes a few steps back from them and laughs nervously and then takes of running at top speed and yells as I run from the crowd * JJJAAAA NNNNEEEEEE!!!!!
Inu-Yashsa: *blinks * Wow.she can really run
Fluffy: You could say that again.*watches in amusement*
Kouga: Wanna go and get something to eat. I think its going to be a while.
Inu & Fluffy nod and leave with Kouga]
It took the companions a day and a half to get to Miroku's hometown, though they took a couple of short cuts through the mountain and not to mention a few dead ends. They had finally got to their destination. It was a nice medium sized city with a huge temple upon a hill. Among the streets where crowds of people doing their morning business. Miroku smiled happily at a few of the girls that walked by. Sango on the other hand fumed as a good many girl recognized Miroku. "Miroku! Miroku's back!" a few of the girls yelled and ran towards him. "Hey Miroku, what have you been doing?"
"Hey weren't you supposed to be visiting a friend?" a girl asked
"I thought he was out looking for a cure for his hand." A red haired girl stated
"Did you bring anything for us?" another asked
"Hey who's that?" a blonde asked noticing Sango behind Miroku holding a large object above his head, ready to bring it done on the unsuspecting so called monk. For once in his life though he was able to dodge the blow and Sango's boomerang created a small crater in the ground. Miroku smiled at Sango's dumbfounded look. "This ladies is my friend Sango The Youkai Exterminator." He announced then he introduced his other friends. "This is Inu-Yasha, Kouga and here is the kitsune Shippo."
"AWWWW HE'S SO CUTE!" cried the girls and instantly swarmed around the little kitsune pup. "Dahh! Help help! Am being smothered!" Shippo cried out as the girls petted him, brushed his hair, pulled him claiming that they where his. He was now officially a living teddy bear. Miroku and Inu- Yasha were both laughing as suddenly Kirara was attacked once the girls saw her. "KITTY!"
"REOW!?!?!"
"Ahh! Kirara, back off girls." Sango warned as she ran into the crowd of women, a few cracks and owies said that Sango had recovered Shippo and Kirara, who had pink fluffy bows in their hair and curls. "I am scared for life." Shippo said as he pulled out the pink bows in his hair and shook the curls out of his hair as he replaced his hair back into his big blue ribbon.
Miroku was still laughing, "Forgive them Shippo, its not every day they see a kitsune." Kouga laughed silently to himself as he watched Kirara rip off a ribbon that was tied upon her tails. "Well what's next?" Kouga asked looking back at the group. "We find out were this Lord Yuurei is." Suggested Sango and they all nodded in agreement. "Yeah and we better hurry to, we have one day until the new moon." Added Miroku who looked at his companions, his gaze stopped at Inu-Yasha. He noticed the calm look on his face, had he forgotten that he is human on the new moon? He would have to speak with him tonight when the others were asleep.
"Okay let us split up, it would be faster and wiser to get information. Sango and I will go together, Shippo and Kirara and Inu-Yasha. . ."
"Hold it. I will not team up wit him!" Inu-Yasha barked and pointed at Kouga who agreed. "Fine you two go by yourselves." He stated and eyed them closely "We will not have a competition now will we." The monk added in more of a statement then question. The two k-9's looked at the monk with fake shock on their faces. "Why would we?" Kouga asked "Yeah, we aint pups, ya know." Inu-Yasha snapped and looked away from his friend. "Okay, then we will meet back here in one hour."
They all agreed and went their own ways, while Kouga and Inu-Yasha looked at each other. Kouga smirked. "I bet I can gather more information then you can, you mutt." Inu-Yasha's ears moved to the direction of the okami's voice. "Is that so?"
"You bet."
"What's he wager, okami?" Inu-Yasha asked and then wished he hadn't as the okami smiled at him. "If I win the raven haired beauty will be my mate, no questions ask."
"Fine and if I win she'll be mine, she already is half way there anyways, ya sad excuse for a okami!"
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Rin skipped down the dark halls, for no light shined through them for no windows where built in this hallway. She was going to visit Kagome and of course the annoying toad youkai thing followed her. "Rin you nasty child come back here, Lord Sessho-maru said to stay put!" he yelled and she just rolled her eyes. "Sessho-maru-sama said to not wonder about, but Rin's not wondering around, Rin is going to see the nice lady." She giggled and continued down the hallway humming to herself as Jaken rambled about things and cursing.
"Fine, just remember if you get into trouble don't blame me, human. Lord Sessho-maru should of just left you to die. I don't know why he brought you back to life." He mumbled and Rin just looked at him and made a face by using her index fingers to pull lower eye lids down and her mid fingers pulling her mouth line out with while sticking her tongue out at the chibi youkai.
"DAHH! You little brat! How dare you show such disrespect to me!" Jaken yelled as the girl ran off leaving him alone. "Oh dear." Jaken said "RIN!" he yelled and received no answer. Sessho-maru was going to kill him, that was that.
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Rin ran along the walls towards Kagome's room, she smiled happily as windows now appeared in the wall letting in the sunlight. She stopped at Kagome's door to knock, but she stopped when she heard singing coming from the room. She tilted her head to the right as she listened to the song:
anata no koto wo omou sore dake de kokoro ga tsuyoku nareru ki ga suru yo hakanai omoi zutto donna toki demo negau yo anata ni todoku you ni to...
anata no koto wo omou sore dake de namida ga ima afuredashite kuru yo tookute koe ga todokanai dakedo itsuka wa kanarazu todoku you ni shinjite la la la la la la... shinjite la la la la la la... shinjite la la la la la la...
I think of you, and I feel like that alone is enough to make my heart grow stronger. I always, always wish that these fleeting thoughts would reach you... I think of you and that alone is enough to make the tears start to flow now My distant voice can't reach you now, but so that someday it definitely will... Believe. la la la la la la... Believe. la la la la la la... Believe. la la la la la la...
Rin gently opened the door to find Kagome finishing her song, she was sitting upon the seat by the window. She was looking out it, as if she was in search for something or perhaps someone. "K-Kago?" she asked and Kagome turned around to see Rin and she smiled at her. "Rin, come in. Gomen, I didn't know you where there." Kagome said as Rin came in and shut the door behind her. Then ran up to Kagome and hugged her. "Oh, Rin thinks you sing pretty! Will you sing to me? What where you singing about? Was it about someone you cared for?" she asked with a smile then frowned when she saw the look on Kagomes face, it was sad as if she was about to cry.
"Gomen, Kago." She said and hugged her again, "Its okay, Rin, don't worry about it." Kagome smiled down at her and gently brushed back her hair. "Hai, I'll sing for you, Rin." She said and Rin grimed up at her happily. "You promise?" She asked innocently.
"Hai, I promise."
"Yay! Kago sing for Rin!" she giggled as Kagome played with the young girls black hair. "Yes, Kago sing for Rin." She teased, Kagome was about to sing for Rin when suddenly her door opened and from within the door way stood the specter Yuurei. He glared down at the little that was sitting in Kagome's lap now. "You, leave." He said pointing to Rin who looked up at Kagome with a slight hint of fear and worry. She did not like this scary man, nor did she like being here. Kagome leaned down and slipped something into the girls green waist belt and whispered something into her ear.
The girl then ran to the door and stopped to glare at Yuurei then edged past him and ran down the halls to go and find her adoptive father, Sessho- maru. Meanwhile Yuurei stared at the miko. "What do you want now?" Kagome asked with a hint of annoyance as she stood. Her leg was still injured and she was glad that Rin had not noticed her wounded thigh. "I had just come to check on my toy."
"Excuse me mister, but im no ones toy nor meal." She snorted and took her set at the window once again. "Not yet anyways." He added to her sentence as he moved over towards her. "Will you just leave me alone!" she growled and she felt his hand on her chin and she went to bite it. Though he snapped his hand back in time. "Its not nice to bite people."
"Its not nice to kidnap people for your meal." She snapped back.
"You need to learn respect." He said as he turned to leave
"You need to learn not to turn your back on your foes!" With that she punched him hard in the temples, the move would of killed a man, but a mortal man was he not and besides he was dead already, in a matter of speaking, but the move to cause him a major head-ache. Kagome run ahead of him and out the door, though she skidded right past the hallway she was looking for, she quickly went back to it and ran down the flight of stairs at the end of the hall-way.
"That little bitch, that's it, she's pushing my patients! Inyana!"
"Hai?" a voice echoed throughout the room. "Get that blasted Miko and then bring her to my quarters, its time she learns a lesson!" he growled as the dead miko said her reply and went in search of the wondering Miko. "Am going to beat her until she cries for mercy! But no mercy will she receive from me, oh no." He laughed
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Meanwhile in Izumo
"So any luck?" Miroku asked Sango, "Only a little, they say the specter Yuurei leaves in that forest. They say no one has been able to reach his palace and live."
"We will see about that, Shippo, Kirara?"
"No luck here, all we got was attacked by the local girls." He said washing off the make-up in disgusted that was placed upon their faces. Miroku laughed inwardly then turned to the inu and okami who was growling at each other, the two had tied! How in the heck did you break a tie? "You guys bet did you? Geez! Here we are trying to save Kagome and you turn this event into a sport."
"Gomen." They both said and Miroku sighed, he had heard their info already, now they just needed to get through that blasted forest. Hopefully they would make it their before the night of the new moon.
Later that day after they had gained equipment for the trip and staying a night at the local in, they had entered the forest and now where camped by a nasty looking bog, they had been traveling all day long and now was getting ready for sleep. They could see the palace far away, their was no way they could make it their, until tomorrow. The night of the new moon would be upon them then.
Kouga slept under a tree was Shippo slept next to Kirara, Sango by the fire on the opposite end of Miroku who had been slapped more then once this night. Inu-Yasha, himself was resting in the tree to the far right of Kouga. He sighed inwardly as he looked up at the moon. How could he forget?
Tomorrow was the new moon.
Tomorrow he would be human.
Tomorrow Kagome would die.
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Kagome looked at the moon from her bed, she was bond by the wrist and ankles, she couldn't move even if she wanted to. Her body was bruised and beaten, her whole body hurt. Yuurei had indeed beaten her to no end, but she never once cried out to give him any satisfaction, but it only pissed him off. He had loved to hear women scream in pain. She cringed at what he had done to her. She stared at the disappearing moon with tearful eyes, she could barely see without the tears.
Yuueri had beaten her like an abused child.
Broken her legs so she no longer could run away.
He cut her bloody hair up to her eyes, so she could not have the joys of brushing it or playing with it like a schoolgirl.
Her miko robes where ripped and covered in her own blood.
But the one thing that had hurt her the most and that took a part of her away, made her feel so empty and foul, he had taken the most sacred thing from her. He had taken her to his bed; he had taken everything he could think of away to make her miserable! Hurt her in every way, possible!
But there was one thing. . . one thing he could not take away from her, abuse or break into nothingness! One thing that he would not receive!
Her soul . . .
Her spirit . . .
Her love . . .
For a Hanyou.
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The song: ending to My Will
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[Author: * sniff* Will they make it in time! Oh I got so carried away with this chapter and I almost cried at writing the ending to this chapter! *hids behind Inu-Yasha & Fuffly * No flames please! But was this chappie any good? Though it was really long, longer then I meant for it to be. Hehe. Umm.right.Well what's going to happen next. I wonder? *Brings a booklet titled :Love, A Demons Worst Nightmare. Skips to the last few chapters and laughs evilly as people surround me and look over my shoulder, then evilly snaps book before their noses. * No peeking! *sees the looks am getting from them and takes a few steps back from them and laughs nervously and then takes of running at top speed and yells as I run from the crowd * JJJAAAA NNNNEEEEEE!!!!!
Inu-Yashsa: *blinks * Wow.she can really run
Fluffy: You could say that again.*watches in amusement*
Kouga: Wanna go and get something to eat. I think its going to be a while.
Inu & Fluffy nod and leave with Kouga]