An Inuyasha Fan Fiction Saga
DISCLAIMER : I don't own Inuyasha. All fan characters property of Aoi Kami Sarah
CHAPTER ELEVEN
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Kagome clamored up the tree
till she got up to his head. Under a leaf, stuffed into his right
ear was her bag of Shikon shards. Kagome pulled it out and stared
at Inuyasha's face. "How did...?" she wondered. She
rubbed the ear and caressed the exposed side of his face. It
was still soft, as if he were only sleeping.
"Well, if I did it before,
I can do it again!" she cheered and grasped the arrow. It
exploded in a burst of light. The vines that covered him shriveled
and turned to dust. The two of them fell to the ground.
Inuyasha shook his head
slowly. "Uhnnn..." he moaned. Directly underneath him,
Kagome did the same. "Kagome!"
"Inuyasha!"
His face darkened. "Why
did you...?"
'Oh my God, he thinks I killed
him!' she thought as he heart rose into her throat. One word
explained it all. "Naraku." Once she saw the relief
in his eyes, she threw her arms around him.
Kenshin cleared his throat. Kagome threw Inuyasha off of her
and giggled. "Kenshin, this is Inuyasha. Inuyasha, Himura
Kenshin."
"Where's Naraku?!"
he growled.
"Take it easy, we're
about 300 years away from him right now. Let me go get the others
and we'll all go get him!"
"Wait, what?!"
"Just hang tight, Kenshin
will keep you company! Be right back!"
Kenshin shrugged and smiled.
"Do YOU know what the
hell she's talking about?"
"Not really. So... You're
a youkai, right?"
His eye twitched. "Half.
Half youkai."
"I'm terribly sorry."
Inuyasha walked away. Kenshin
followed. The hanyou noticed the shrine around the well and the
strange surroundings and began to understand just how much time
had passed. He stretched a bit the sat down. Kenshin joined him.
"What?"
"Oh nothing. It's just
not every day I get to speak with living mythology."
"Whatever," he
scoffed.
"You know, that Kagome
is a very nice girl."
Inuyasha raised a brow.
"I have someone similar.
Tough, strong, stubborn, yet sweet and beautiful."
Inuyasha put his head in
his hand. "Yeah. Stubborn mostly. I keep trying to protect
her, but I just can't if she won't stay the hell out of danger!"
"Mmm," Kenshin
plucked a tall piece of grass and pulled the seeds out one by
one. "And I don't want to offend her, because she want's
to be able to protect herself..."
"But one more tough
scrape like that one..."
"You may not be able
to save her?"
"Right."
"You know. I've been
through some tough scrapes, and every time it comes out all right,
I tell myself that I'm going to tell her."
"Tell her...?"
"How much I love her."
Kenshin rolled a grass seed between his thumb and fingers. "Because
I'm not sure I'll get a chance the next time."
A light breeze blew their
hair and the stray seeds around. "Shit." Inuyasha
watched the seeds scatter and waited for Kagome to return.
*
Miroku, Shippou and Sango
were elated to find Inuyasha alive. They jogged towards the
well past a few tourists whispering to themselves about the strange
young man with the dog ears.
Kagome thanked Kenshin for
he and Kaoru's hospitality. Sango, Shippou and Miroku jumped
into the well and Kenshin waved as he walked back home.
"Come on, Inuyasha!"
Kagome called.
"Chotto," he whispered.
"It's gonna be crazy when we get back there."
"I know."
"Without the Tetsusaiga,
I don't know how good I'm gonna be against Naraku."
"I'm sure you'll..."
"No." Inuyasha
cut her off. "What I'm saying is I don't know if I can make
it through this, so I need to tell you..."
Kagome's heart just about
stopped. "Tell me what?"
He cursed again and tried
not to look into her eyes. It was no use. "I love you."
Kagome's shoulders relaxed.
She cocked her head to the side. He blushed crimson. Kagome walked
up to him. He panicked, thinking she was going to be the one
to kiss him, and not the other way around, but she stretched
her arms out.
To his surprise, she lifted
the prayer beads from around his neck and wound them around her
arm. "You haven't needed these for a while," she whispered
and smiled.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms
around her waist, pulled her close to him and kissed her deeply.
"Come on," he said
as they came up for air. "Let's go."
"Inuyasha...?"
Kagome turned to him just before she jumped into the well.
"Mmm?"
"I love you too."
When they jumped down and
joined the others Kagome could feel the air change, meaning the
well was working. Sango, Miroku and Shippou stared at Kagome
and Inuyasha as if trying to see if they looked different. They
all noticed the beads.
"What!?" the both
cried.
The others pretended to whistle
and mind their own business.
Their levity came to an
abrupt end as they climbed out of the well. Inuyasha sniffed
the air.
"Blood," he said
and followed his nose.
"Ugh! Over here!"
Sango cried as she stepped into a pool of it.
Inuyasha sniffed. "Houseki!"
Miroku furrowed his brows.
"Then Myoga did find her."
*Sniff sniff* "... and...
Kouga?"
"That's odd." Kagome
looked around for signs of a fight. There were plenty of broken
boughs and footprints everywhere. The tall grass was pressed
down in many places.
"Maybe he was helping
out," Shippou suggested.
"Che, I doubt it."
"Unless he's in love
with Houseki," Miroku mumbled.
"Naraku has to be around
here somewhere." Kagome narrowed her eyes. "I can feel
him."
"If he's hurt Houseki,"
Inuyasha snarled as he gnashed his teeth. "I'm gonna rip
off his head and shit down his neck."
Just at the northern edge
of the clearing, some leaves rustled, making the whole group
turn. Standing by a tree, wearing a blood-soaked kimono shirt
was Houseki.
"Houseki!" Inuyasha called to his daughter, but Kagome held him back.
"Don't. She's absolutely
studded with Shikon shards," she warned.
Miroku urged Sango and Shippou
to get behind him and backed away from the inevitable confrontation.
Sango did not move to use her boomerang.
Houseki's eyes didn't seem
to focus on anything. She raised a hand and bared her claws.
In a sudden and shocking gesture, she raked her claws across
her own chest.
"Houseki!?" Inuyasha shouted, knowing he couldn't get through to her. 'Naraku
must have her under his power!' he thought.
Without even so much as a
change in facial expression, Houseki raised her arm, dripping
with her own blood.
"Hijin Ketsusou!!!"
she screamed and threw the razor-like blood at her father.
GLOSSARY : Chotto = wait . Hijin Ketsusou = airborn blade blood claw.
END CHAPTER ELEVEN