Chapter 13: The Woes of Namida
"Look! Here he comes!" Kagome pointed. Inu Yasha came jumping through the trees and landed in front of her, Shippou, and Shio.
"Did you find her?" Inu Yasha asked them.
Shippou shook his head. "No, and we've been searching all day."
Shio patted Inu Yasha's shoulder, "Sorry, bro."
"I went back to the castle to get the baby, but he wasn't there!" Kagome looked up him. "Inu Yasha, I'm afraid."
"I know." He hugged her tightly. He was probably more afraid then she was. "But we'll find them, Miroku and Sango are out looking now, and I've sent for Sesshomaru hours ago, he'll be here any minute."
Shio cleared his throat nervously, "Right, man, about that," he started, trying to find some way of saying it without worrying them. "The messenger came back a while ago, he said that both Sesshomaru, Rin, and Murisaki cho were gone and didn't leave a sign of where they were going."
Inu Yasha smacked a hand on his forehead and ran his fingers through his hair. "Great! That's just great!" If anyone could have found Naraku, it was Sesshomaru. If he wasn't there, what chance did they have?
All of a sudden, he felt a sharp pain on the side of his neck, "OW!"
"What?" Kagome asked.
Inu Yasha lifted his hair up a little to show Myoga drinking his blood. "Lord Inu Yasha! Long time, no suck!"
WACK!!
Inu Yasha looked at the squished flee in his hands, "Are you still living?" he asked amazed.
"Myoga?" Kagome asked. "Where have you been? We haven't seen you since that fight with Naraku!"
Myoga sweatdropped and said, "No offense, Lord Inu Yasha, but when your daughter was born, I thought 'well, new young blood' and *Ahem* started living on her."
Inu Yasha was about to wack him again when Kagome stopped him. "WAIT! Myoga! You can help us!!"
"He can?" Shippou asked.
"Yeah! Myoga probably knows what happened to Inu Onna and why she left!"
Inu Onna had been sitting in her cell for some time, going through the evidence, checking what she knew, but she still couldn't figure it out! Where were her friends! The thought drove her crazy and Namida felt for her when she came in.
"I'm sorry, I can't say." She said, really sounding like she meant it.
"I gotta know Namida!" Inu Onna stood up and shook her shoulders a little. Her wounds had healed by now, and they still kept her in that cell. "You don't know what it's like having information like this kept from you! You really don't know how it is!"
Namida's eyes flashed eerily. "Oh? I don't?"
Inu Onna let her go and took a step back in confusion.
Then all of a sudden the dark girl got up and turned away from Inu Onna.
Inu Onna had never before felt bad for doing something. "I'm sorry." She said. "But-"
Namida spun around to face her again. "Tell me!" she cried taking a step toward Inu Onna. "Did you grow up WORKING for your parents?! Who told you that you were making the world a better place, and making everyone happy?! Then did you find out too late that it was you who ruined and hurt many people and caused pain all over Japan!?"
Namida's eyes seemed to grow and shine with emotion and Inu Onna was speechless with shock. "Did you have parents, who lied to you your whole life about your identity? Then toss it under the mat like it was no big deal?"
Inu Onna's heart pounded with sympathy and pain for the both of them. "I guess we have a lot more in common then I thought." Namida looked near tears. Inu Onna said sadly, "My parents tried everything possible to keep fact that I was different hidden, because I'm half demon and human."
Namida looked down.
Inu Onna took a step toward her and said, practically begging, "Please, Namida! Just tell me that my friends are alright and if I can save them! We're kindred spirits!"
Namida still looked upset and turned away. "Hah! Your case is different! My parents don't care what happens to me, I'm just a pawn in a game of chess to them. Who cares if SHE dies, there are other pawns to turn and command. At least your parents love you, they worry enough to search for you, and pray for you, and treat you like you belong. I have parents who threaten to crush my heart if I utter so much as a word."
Then Namida left and Inu Onna said nothing more. She turned around and slowly sat on the floor. She had never even thought from this perspective before. She sat listening to her heart beating, "I wish my mom and dad where here." She said out loud.
Then a beautiful but cruel voice said, "Don't worry, you'll see them soon."
"Naraku, that basterd!" Inu Yasha growled, after hearing how Naraku played with the dog demon's daughter and tricked her into stealing his sword and Inu Otoko for him for a better life.
Kagome sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye.
"And you just ran away and let him take her, didn't you?!" Inu Yasha shouted. Myoga looked away guiltily and Inu Yasha gave him a good WACK!
"How are we going to find them, though?" Shio asked.
"We wait."
Miroku and Sango came over, riding a horse. Miroku got off and said, "Naraku isn't after them, he's after us. He will eventually show up, but we must wait."
"Are you insane!" Inu Yasha shouted. "That jerk will have killed them all by then!"
"No, he isn't after them! They are just bait in his despicable plan for revenge." Miroku said. "Until then, we must prepare."
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Wow! It's gettn' good! ^_^ Well, I have another week of homework so I wouldn't be able to update until the weekend, unless something else happens- you never know!!
"Look! Here he comes!" Kagome pointed. Inu Yasha came jumping through the trees and landed in front of her, Shippou, and Shio.
"Did you find her?" Inu Yasha asked them.
Shippou shook his head. "No, and we've been searching all day."
Shio patted Inu Yasha's shoulder, "Sorry, bro."
"I went back to the castle to get the baby, but he wasn't there!" Kagome looked up him. "Inu Yasha, I'm afraid."
"I know." He hugged her tightly. He was probably more afraid then she was. "But we'll find them, Miroku and Sango are out looking now, and I've sent for Sesshomaru hours ago, he'll be here any minute."
Shio cleared his throat nervously, "Right, man, about that," he started, trying to find some way of saying it without worrying them. "The messenger came back a while ago, he said that both Sesshomaru, Rin, and Murisaki cho were gone and didn't leave a sign of where they were going."
Inu Yasha smacked a hand on his forehead and ran his fingers through his hair. "Great! That's just great!" If anyone could have found Naraku, it was Sesshomaru. If he wasn't there, what chance did they have?
All of a sudden, he felt a sharp pain on the side of his neck, "OW!"
"What?" Kagome asked.
Inu Yasha lifted his hair up a little to show Myoga drinking his blood. "Lord Inu Yasha! Long time, no suck!"
WACK!!
Inu Yasha looked at the squished flee in his hands, "Are you still living?" he asked amazed.
"Myoga?" Kagome asked. "Where have you been? We haven't seen you since that fight with Naraku!"
Myoga sweatdropped and said, "No offense, Lord Inu Yasha, but when your daughter was born, I thought 'well, new young blood' and *Ahem* started living on her."
Inu Yasha was about to wack him again when Kagome stopped him. "WAIT! Myoga! You can help us!!"
"He can?" Shippou asked.
"Yeah! Myoga probably knows what happened to Inu Onna and why she left!"
Inu Onna had been sitting in her cell for some time, going through the evidence, checking what she knew, but she still couldn't figure it out! Where were her friends! The thought drove her crazy and Namida felt for her when she came in.
"I'm sorry, I can't say." She said, really sounding like she meant it.
"I gotta know Namida!" Inu Onna stood up and shook her shoulders a little. Her wounds had healed by now, and they still kept her in that cell. "You don't know what it's like having information like this kept from you! You really don't know how it is!"
Namida's eyes flashed eerily. "Oh? I don't?"
Inu Onna let her go and took a step back in confusion.
Then all of a sudden the dark girl got up and turned away from Inu Onna.
Inu Onna had never before felt bad for doing something. "I'm sorry." She said. "But-"
Namida spun around to face her again. "Tell me!" she cried taking a step toward Inu Onna. "Did you grow up WORKING for your parents?! Who told you that you were making the world a better place, and making everyone happy?! Then did you find out too late that it was you who ruined and hurt many people and caused pain all over Japan!?"
Namida's eyes seemed to grow and shine with emotion and Inu Onna was speechless with shock. "Did you have parents, who lied to you your whole life about your identity? Then toss it under the mat like it was no big deal?"
Inu Onna's heart pounded with sympathy and pain for the both of them. "I guess we have a lot more in common then I thought." Namida looked near tears. Inu Onna said sadly, "My parents tried everything possible to keep fact that I was different hidden, because I'm half demon and human."
Namida looked down.
Inu Onna took a step toward her and said, practically begging, "Please, Namida! Just tell me that my friends are alright and if I can save them! We're kindred spirits!"
Namida still looked upset and turned away. "Hah! Your case is different! My parents don't care what happens to me, I'm just a pawn in a game of chess to them. Who cares if SHE dies, there are other pawns to turn and command. At least your parents love you, they worry enough to search for you, and pray for you, and treat you like you belong. I have parents who threaten to crush my heart if I utter so much as a word."
Then Namida left and Inu Onna said nothing more. She turned around and slowly sat on the floor. She had never even thought from this perspective before. She sat listening to her heart beating, "I wish my mom and dad where here." She said out loud.
Then a beautiful but cruel voice said, "Don't worry, you'll see them soon."
"Naraku, that basterd!" Inu Yasha growled, after hearing how Naraku played with the dog demon's daughter and tricked her into stealing his sword and Inu Otoko for him for a better life.
Kagome sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye.
"And you just ran away and let him take her, didn't you?!" Inu Yasha shouted. Myoga looked away guiltily and Inu Yasha gave him a good WACK!
"How are we going to find them, though?" Shio asked.
"We wait."
Miroku and Sango came over, riding a horse. Miroku got off and said, "Naraku isn't after them, he's after us. He will eventually show up, but we must wait."
"Are you insane!" Inu Yasha shouted. "That jerk will have killed them all by then!"
"No, he isn't after them! They are just bait in his despicable plan for revenge." Miroku said. "Until then, we must prepare."
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Wow! It's gettn' good! ^_^ Well, I have another week of homework so I wouldn't be able to update until the weekend, unless something else happens- you never know!!