Author's Note: I'm sorry that the length of my chapters displeases some of you. But I gave a long chapter last time, so there's no reason for certain people (I won't name anyone…Grrrr) to be complaining about it. I also got one review that was confused about Miroku being the father. (?) Miroku is not the father. To explain this to you, Sango revealed to him that she was raped, and he promised to take care of her. Hope that helps. Sorry about that to everyone else. Thanx for the reviews, and keep going! You stop reviewing; I stop writing.
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, and I don't own much else either.
Wretched
Chapter 7: Fight For Life
She froze in fear as the hot breath of the giant wolf demon blew about her, allowing the rotten stench of him to engulf her. His yellow eyes stared at her mockingly as he reached out and picked her up with one of his enormous paws.
The creature was incredibly ugly, with dingy, yellowed teeth, and awful breath that reeked of death and blood. He was over 10 feet tall, and the edges of his ears were ragged. His fur was disheveled, and the long, bushy tail that flipped about behind him seemed to only waft his appalling stench further.
Sango struggled as she felt his nails dig into her as his grip tightened and he lifted her up. 'Oh gods… It's going to be like last time. Oh how I wish for my boomerang, Kirara, the others. If only…'
NO!
She wouldn't let it be like last time. No more tears and what ifs. She would fight this creature off until it was no longer, or she was no longer.
"Help!!" The exterminator screamed over and over again. The wolf demon stared at her with his ears back to protect against the shrill screech. He raised them again quizzically when she stopped, suddenly, and cocked his head to the side in question.
Sango saw her chance then. She quickly lowered her head, and bit the tender mesh of skin in between two fingers of his paw as hard as she could. She did not let go of her hold until she heard him let out a short yelp of surprise, and mild pain.
This is it. Now.
When she felt him loosen the grip around her waist for a split second, she leapt forward with her arms outstretched. His grip suddenly tightened as he saw her leap, but it was too late. She had the extra space that she needed.
Sango grabbed the wolf demon's eyelid in front of her. The demon tried to pull her away from his face, only to meet with intense pain as his tender eyelid was jerked along with the awful human. The girl held fast as he attempted to yank her away, and squeezed her with his hand. Sango felt the pain. It came in a sharp rush at first, but then eased into a dull, persistent throbbing.
She would not let go.
He began to get more desperate, and started to squeeze her harder. Sango gasped as a new wave of pain engulfed her lower half. She had to do something before this creature crushed her to death. Managing to let go of the eyelid with one hand, she balled her hand into a fist, and threw the punch at his eye.
The feeling on her fist was strange, and she pulled back quickly. The wolf demon howled in terrible pain, and dropped her in order to nurse his wound.
The exterminator felt herself falling. It seemed as though everything had gone into slow motion. She watched as the branches of trees passed her by, with luscious, green leaves that fanned in the gentle breeze. She saw a soft, yellow butterfly flutter in front of her face, and reached out to touch it. But it flickered away. It seemed as if she would never hit the ground.
But it didn't last long. She heard a sickening crack when she hit, but could not make out what it was, since her entire body seemed to be consumed in pain. Horrible wolf demon. Now she would be even more useless to the group.
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"Where are these damned things coming from?!" InuYasha yelled to Miroku, who fought with his staff next to the hanyou.
"I don't know, but…" He ran one clean through with the end of the golden rod, "They have to stop sometime!"
Kagome found Shippo and herself amid a protective circle. Once again she could go on feeling absolutely useless. InuYasha, Miroku, and Kirara surrounded the two helpless members of their group. They had been fighting an endless flow of small wolf demons, and there seemed to be no sign of let up anytime soon.
"I hear Sango screaming. Where did you leave her?" InuYasha yelled to Kagome. The girl took a sharp intake of breath and shook her head. "I don't know. Miroku saw her last." She called back to him.
The hanyou glanced to his left, to see that the monk had a fierce light in his eyes. "Lead us to her, InuYasha! We mustn't waste time!" Miroku yelled to him without taking his eyes off of the wolf demons.
"Follow me!" the hanyou yelled.
Kagome felt herself being picked up, and thrown onto InuYasha's back. Hanyou and monk began running at an imaginable speed. Kagome tightened her grip around InuYasha, lowering her head to his back. She felt Shippo's claws clinging tightly to her right arm, almost to the point where they drew blood.
What could have happened to Sango?
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Sango forced her body to get itself up. The wolf demon was still howling and clutching his eye. 'Not so tough now, are you?' The exterminator began to pull herself towards her clothes. She managed to grab them, but had only gotten to the point of throwing on the underclothes before the demon noticed her.
"No, no! Ya aren't gettin' away affer that! And just fer tryin', I'm gonna make yer death twice the more painful!" He hollered at her, reaching his paw out again. She tried to move away, but there was pain everywhere. Motion just wasn't possible.
Sango winced when she felt his paw enclose over her again, and prayed that the others would come.
