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Quests
By Seigan
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Disclaimer-
Inuyasha does not belong to me
Rating-
Rated PG-13 for blood, violence, and romance
Genre-
Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Mystery
Chapter 2
Call From Back Then
Inuyasha sat cross-legged in front of the fireplace in Kaede's hut. It was now a pile of cinder and ash. And there Inuyasha sat in boredom since he had nothing to do. He couldn't go on a shard hunt, since they're yet to be found, and he couldn't find them with his naked eyes. He couldn't kill anyone, because Kagome would sit him until he broke every bone in his body. What could our poor hanyou do? He could sit there in boredom.
Miroku was with Kaede hunting herbs. They left early in the morning and had yet to come back. Kirara was playing with Shippou and Sango was asleep. However, this boredom was not to last. An evil rose from the horizon. It had the shape of a man, and in his palm, was a small pinprick of light. It shone with a powerful light, and floated down to the village. When it hit the ground, it erupted in a white light.
The hanyou was too bored to notice this. He was notified, however, by the shouts of "demon!" and "help!" Inuyasha jumped out of his bored state, Sango fell out of her futon, and Kirara transformed. Sango got her boomerang and ran out of the hut with Inuyasha. There was a green plant-like demon crawling around the village. Its whip-like tentacles barbed with thorns skewered lightly-armed defenders. There were a few small flowers on it's top, where the tentacles came together.
After crawling into the village with it's tentacles flailing in the air, it saw Inuyasha and Sango. It changed direction, and headed for them. Inuyasha and Sango dove out of the way as it passed through. Inuyasha used his Iron Reaver Soul Stealer attack and cut a mass of the demon's tentacles. Sango unleashed the boomerang, which broke some of the tentacles. Kirara claw at the beast, and her flames burned the plant demon.
The flaming mass ran through the village huts, setting a path of fire. The buildings burned and collapsed as this giant plant ripped through the wooden structures. Sango, Inuyasha, and Kirara followed suit. Shippou followed the three. Inuyasha battled the beast with his claws, sending it retreating to a field. Sango and Kirara continued attacking in sync with Inuyasha. However, the flowers rose up and shot down a barrage of tiny needle-sized barbs. They kept on avoiding the barbs, but one of them hit Sango in the left collarbone. She gasped in pain. Her fingers wandered over the barb, and then pulled it out. Sango was stunned by the poison inside the barb, which was traveling through her bloodstream. Inuyasha and Kirara were unscathed, however. They continued attacking, oblivious to the fact that Sango was kneeling in pain on the ground behind them. Soon, after a few claw attacks, the plant demon was reduced to ashes. However, when they turned around to look for Sango, they were surprised.
Sango was lying on the ground, with her head resting on an outstretched arm. She was on her right side, one arm parallel with her body, the crook of the other arm was positioned over her abdomen. In the middle of her left collarbone was an oval-shaped purple mark. It was about one inch thick, two inches long, and growing. Inuyasha picked her up and carried her to Kaede's hut.
There, Kaede and Miroku were already there. When Inuyasha carried her in, Miroku fell silent and Kaede asked, "What happened to ye?"
Inuyasha replied, "We went after that plant demon. She got hit by a poisonous barb." Then Inuyasha put her down onto a futon.
Kaede went over and worked on Sango. She treated Sango's wound with her herbs. They were silent as Kaede slowly worked on the exterminator. After awhile, Kaede told the two to leave so that she could undress Sango to treat on her wounds more. They walked over to the small cliff that they usually had a picnic at. However, Miroku was gloomy. Soon, Kaede opened the hut's 'door'. Inuyasha and Miroku hurried over. Miroku asked, "How's Sango?"
Kaede melancholy explained, "Her situation is dire. The poison is strong, and I have not the herbs to cure her. To get some would take days. She would die by then."
"What can we do?" Miroku asked.
"There are two choices," Kaede said, "One is to wait for the herbs or for her to defeat the poison on her own. The other is for her to go to Kagome's time, where the medicine is far greater."
Miroku quickly replied, "Inuyasha, take her to Kagome's time." Inuyasha and Kaede raised a brow.
Then Kaede advised, "Here Inuyasha. Take these barb. Ye may need it. An antidote could be made with this poison." She held up a small pouch containing barbs.
Then Inuyasha asked, "Why did this demon attack this village. The jewel is not here, so they wouldn't sense it here."
"I think that this may be a plan," Kaede replied, "because the villagers claimed that the demon was spawned by creature in the form of a human."
Inuyasha nodded, and picked up Sango. He ran towards the bone-eaters well. The forest sped past him as he traveled quickly to the well. When the well was in range, Inuyasha jumped into the air, and with precision, went into the well. Then he entered the time void, and floated all the way to modern Tokyo.
Once on the dirt of the other side, Inuyasha jumped through the opening of the well and landed a foot in front of it. Inuyasha ran into the house with Sango on his back, unconscious. He decided to find the Higurashis and then ask for their help.
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Kagome, Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka walked down the road that led to Kagome's house. They were chattering and giggling as they walked along. They were planning to do homework at Kagome's house. But when they got there, they say Kagome's mother standing at the door, apparently looking for something. From opposite the road, came an ambulance hurling down the road. It skidded to a stop in front of the Higurashi shrine. The four girls ran up to what was happening. Mrs. Higurashi had turned around into the house and called somebody. A stretcher was already out when a boy with white hair and a red kimono carried a girl in a black suit out. Kagome knew who it was.
She ran up and asked Inuyasha, "What the hell happened to Sango!?" Her friends watched her.
Inuyasha took out a small needle, showed it to Kagome, and said, "She was hit by this." Kagome wasn't satisfied.
"What can that little thing do?" Kagome questioned.
Inuyasha replied, "Let's hit you with this. We'll see how fast you fall unconscious from the poison. Sango fell in less than ten seconds."
Soon, the ambulance was about to leave. Inuyasha and Kagome ran into the ambulance, wanting to be with their friends. They left Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka confused and dazzled. They turned to Mrs. Higurashi. She held up her hands, and asked, "What?"
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The blaring of the siren rang through the streets as the ambulance sped by. Inside this speeding vehicle were the driver, two paramedics, Inuyasha, Kagome, and an unconscious Sango. Inside, the two civilians and the hanyou were silent. One of the civilian was quiet because she was unconscious. The other two were worried for Sango. They sat on the right side of the ambulance, on the little bench provided. The two paramedics were trying to keep Sango's condition to a minimum. However, the antitoxins they had were no match for the poison. Their only hope was to extract an antidote from the poison samples.
The pouch of the barbs were en route to a science center to examine. Three were put aside to try and create an antidote. The paramedics predicted that the poison would, at most, take two weeks to kill.
Kagome tried to start a conversation. She asked, "So Inuyasha, what happened?"
Inuyasha replied, "A large plant demon attacked us. While we were fighting it, it unleashed a rain of the needles. We didn't notice it until the end of the battle, but Sango was hit."
"Oh. So where did this demon come from?" Kagome questioned.
"Some villagers said that a person or demon in human form had unleashed this from a seed or something," Inuyasha explained.
Kagome exclaimed silently, "What! That means whoever did this must be strong to call upon demons at will. Maybe I should return."
"Wench, I'm not sure if that's a good idea," Inuyasha said. "If it's that strong, you shouldn't go back. And sometimes weak demons or humans can practice necromancy."
"Okay," Kagome announced. They sat in silence for the rest of the eight minute trip through the streets of Tokyo. They reached the large white hospital building. It was seven stories high, and had a two way road that passed the entrance. On the other side was a parking lot and the ambulance entrance. The ambulance drove into the parking lot and stopped before the twin glass doors. The doors opened as the paramedics pushed the stretcher to the emergency room. Inuyasha and Kagome was led to the waiting room.
A doctor in there said, "Your friend there, er.."
"Sango," Kagome filled in.
"Yeah, your friend Sango, what happened to her?" the doctor asked.
"She was poisoned by some kind of," Kagome wandered, looking for words. "... thing."
The doctor said, "Okay. What about insurance. Does she have any medical insurance?"
"Um, no," Kagome answered. Inuyasha was sort of confused by the lingo.
"How long ago was she hit by the barb?" the doctor questioned.
Inuyasha informed, "She was hit about an hour and a half ago."
"What? Why did you call us now?" the doctor asked.
"Well, we had an herbal healer near the place where she was stung. We only called for help because the healer didn't have the supplies to treat the poison," Inuyasha said.
"Er, okie," the doctor replied. He went off to do other stuff.
Inuyasha asked, "Do you think Sango will be okay?"
"Yes," Kagome assured, "The people here are very good." However, she had to lie a bit. She thought, Even if we had better medical technology, the doctors of her age doesn't deal with demon toxins of the past.
Inuyasha, sensing her fear, did something out of instinct that it shocked both of them. He took her hand and squeezed it lightly, which did its desired effect. Kagome was not scared for Sango anymore, because something very, and I mean very, weird had just happened. Inuyasha was stunned at what he did. He could not believe that he, the hanyou Inuyasha, would do something to comfort the girl. After about ten seconds of petrification, Inuyasha withdrew his hand and Kagome grasped her. They were both to shocked and too embarrassed to talk, or even look at each other.
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Sango recovered a few days later, when they could derive the antidote from the poison samples. It had cost about 21,000¥*, but they applied Sango to the Higurashi's medical insurance. After Sango was out of the hospital they went back to the feudal era. There Sango would be treated a bit more. Kagome, however, decided to go back with Sango. The team already has one member down, so Kagome would have to go back to support the team. And plus, they had to find out who this 'demon' was.
And it was decided. Kagome went back in time with Inuyasha and Sango. There they walked to the village. They expected to continue the search for the jewel after Sango had a rest. But, what they met was totally unexpected. There was a small horde of demons attacking the village. However, these demons were stronger than the slave demons that normally hoarded together for battle. Each one, in Inuyasha's opinion, were thrice as strong as the one that poisoned Sango. Miroku was having trouble trying to fend off the demons, and he couldn't use the air void because it was lost when he defeated Naraku and lifted the curse,
Inuyasha took out tetsusaiga. Kagome loaded her bow, Kirara transformed, and Sango took out her boomerang. He said, "Let's go!" Kirara, Sango, and Kagome nodded and charged down the hill that overlooked the village.
A/N: I'm sure I've got a lot of mistakes in this chapter. I don't know much about hospitals and how they work. But the antidote part, I'm not sure how they do that, and if they would. But it is true that antitoxin is derived from the poison itself. And I think I got the medical insurance part wrong.
*21000¥: It is about $7000 in American tender I believe.
Next Chapter
Return to the Past
The team engage in battle with the horde summoned up by this mysterious necromancer. But who is it? And is this the work of the sacred Shikon jewel?