Backlash: The Story of the Island of Hell
By: Arthia Maxwell
Chapter Five: Kagome's Judgement, Kikyo's Mistake
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! ~.~' So please don't sue me or anything. I have no money. Thank you! GOMEN! GOMEN! GOMEN! I'm so sorry this chapter took so long to get out. Call me a block head but just please read and I hope this makes up for the wait. Once again thank you Bunny for your wonderful help! You're such a doll! ::huggles bunny tightly, making her eyes pop out:: Thanks! I'd also like to thank my wonderful matie the great Fox-man! ::giggles insanely::
"She is not to be bothered again, Kikyo so stop asking me." Naraku growled really starting to get annoyed with Kikyo's persistence. He waved her away. With this child, he had finally found out who the father was, he would have what the corporation wanted. With this child he could begin his own plans. So in the mean time he wanted nothing to happen to the mother. She would carry this baby to term form him. Besides, Kikyo could still feel her pain, even if she was getting use to it.
"Yes, sir." With that she was out the door and down the hall. Little did Naraku know, Kikyo had a plan. When she had found out about the hidden part of the compound and what was down there she did everything in her power to find a way in. Now she had one. The kitsune. With his death she would be able to gain the power to kill Kagome without killing herself.Then when Kagome was out of the way she would be free to do what she pleased again. She wondered if she could wait till, that thought was stopped as another head splitting cramp ran up her stomach. She growled. This shouldn't have been happening. Soon, she thought, soon.
Inuyasha lay there with his mate, a look of content on his face. He snuggled closer to her sleeping form. She was close to four months along and starting to show. He was rather relieved when the corporation hadn't come for any of them in the last month, and they were spending a lot more time outside, which was good for Kagome. He reached down and ran his finger over the scar on her wrist. She claimed to have done it to fend off Kikyo. That night still gave him nightmares. She had come back, blood dripping down her wrist and a look of victory in her eyes. 'The war has started and we must not let them get away with what they have done, to any of us. Soon our time will come and theirs will end. We need to be ready for that time.' Her words ran though his mind. She was happy, he could see that, but she still held a hint of sadness. That was something he could only guess at. Her groan pulled him out of his thoughts and back to her. She just simply rolled over and cuddled closer to him. Smiling he tighten his grip on her. He looked around only now noticing that Shippo was no were to be found. Brows furrowing in confusion, he tried to see if he could at least hear where the kitsune was. He was confused as to why Shippo was sleeping in the living room. It had been a while since he had sleep on his own, and Inuyasha knew that Shippo hated sleeping alone. Maybe he was maturing. Inuyasha doubted that.
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Kagome's groggy voice made Inuyasha jump. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." She looked up at him with sleep cloudy eyes.
"No, it's okay. I was just seeing where Shippo was sleeping. If you haven't noticed he hasn't been sleep with us lately."
"I noticed." She yawned then closed her eyes. She stayed silent so long Inuyasha was afraid she had fallen asleep again. But he listened closely when she spoke again. "So you think he feels left out?" Her chocolate eyes burned into his amber ones.
"He might." Inuyasha sighed. "He has been separating himself from us lately."
They decided to go out on a picnic and swim for a while. Kagome used that time to watch Shippo closely. He did seem like he was distancing himself from the us, Kagome thought as she took a bite of her apple. They all went out and waded around in the water, more like Kagome and Sango waded around and Inuyasha and Miroku had a water fight. Kagome continued to watch Shippo as he sat in the shallower end of the pond and tried to catch the little fish that inhabited the pond.
"Sango, do you think that Shippo feels unwanted?" Kagome asked a worried frown on her face.
"He does seems to be distancing himself from us. He didn't sleep with me and Miroku last night." Sango replied without thinking.
"You're sleeping with Miroku?" Kagome looked over at Sango with a surprised look.
"It's not like we're having sex or anything." Sango mock glared at Kagome.
"Great, soon well be belting out babies as if it were a hobby." Kagome chuckled. "Don't get me wrong I love all the attention Inuyasha gives me but he really needs to stop growling at every male that comes within ten feet of me."
"His DNA was merged with that of a dog, and dogs are very territorial. He's just protecting what is his." Sango shrugged then lowered her voice. "You know how none of use could really remember what happened to us before the experiments, but Shippo?" Sango waited for Kagome's nod before continuing. "Well, I remembered something last night. It just came to me while I was laying in bed waiting to sleep." Sango shivered. "I remembered something of the outside world. A place that wasn't here; that wasn't like this."
"What did you remember?" Kagome asked. She had never known another life other then that of experiments and pain, until she arrived here. All she knew was her brother had died because of what they were.
"There are tall buildings, and cars that fly. It was all very sketchy. But I do remember that my family lived in Kyoto and ran a dojo. But what I remember the most clearly is that I had a little brother named Kohaku." Sango smiled sadly. "I remembered that I loved him very much."
"I loved my little brother very much, too." Kagome said in a small voice.
"You lost him recently. didn't you?"
"Yes, that was why I was sent here." Kagome looked at the men. "I was sent here to find someone that could be compatible enough to bust my powers."
"Is Inuyasha that person?" Sango raised her eyebrow.
"I'm not sure, but I think he is." Kagome smiled fondly and placed her hands over her stomach. Sango gave her friend a strange look. Shaking her head she turned her attention back to Miroku and Inuyasha, who were now coming toward them.
"What do you ruffians want?" Sango asked with mock distaste on her face. Miroku swam up to her and tried to grope her but ended up with a rather large and painful bump on his head. Inuyasha just chuckled as he went to Kagome and wrapped his arms around her, holding her protectively. Kagome looked over at Shippo.
"Why's he pulling so far away from us?" Kagome muttered to herself, even though her mate could hear her perfectly. Kagome then looked down with a heavy sigh.
Later that night as Shippo lay sleeping in his makeshift bed, Kikyo slipped into the common room. An insane grin spread across her face as she spotted the unsuspecting kitsune. She made her way over to him and carefully put the gag into his mouth before picking his up and carrying him off. She would finally have the power to destroy that bitch and get back on Naraku's good side. He had looked all over for the serum that Shippo's parents had died to protect. Kikyo looked down at the boy in her arms. 'Wasn't his life more important then that damn serum?' She mentally questioned the empty hall around her. When she got to the secret door, she looked up and down the hall to make sure no one would see her. With another face splitting grin she disappeared from sight. There was no going back now and she had everything she needed to complete her plan.
The dark passages lit up as she made her way deeper into the core of the institute. She paused at a large metal door at seeing the keypad next to it. She was in a hurry and didn't have time for such delays. She pulled out her gun and fired two shots into the keypad, sending sparks flying and the causing the door to open.
At the sound of gun shots Shippo pulled himself out of a sound sleep. When he looked up he thought it was Kagome, but then he noticed the insane look in the woman's eye and knew that it was not his gentle 'adopted' mother, but Kikyo. Letting out a muffle scream he alerted her to his conscious state.
"Ah, awake I see." She sneered at him. "Don't worry I have plans for you and whether you stay alive or die is totally up to you. Don't move or make noise and you live long enough to watch your new mommy die." The sneer on her face grew and her eyes glazed over slightly, missing the shocked and scared look on Shippo's face.
Inuyasha stirred slight, his senses telling his danger was near. Inuyasha not yet wanting to either move or open his eyes opted to sniff the air first, but what he smelled was not what he expected. There was the mixed smells of Miroku and Sango coming from the next room, Shippo's smell coming from the living room, Kagome's was the strongest being she was so close to him, but that wasn't it. He froze, tightening his grip on Kagome, he growled deep in his throat. Kikyo. She had been there. But why did she just leave and not try anything to kill Kagome? That's when he sniffed more closely. Shippo's scent was dying. He sat straight up in bed. She had taken Shippo!
Beside him Kagome moaned in protest in her sleep. Leaning down he nuzzled her cheek to wake her.
"Kagome." She tried turning away, but he grabbed her shoulders. "Kagome, you have to wake up." Kagome, Kikyo has got Shippo." That woke her up. Her eyes snapped wide open and she struggled to sit up.
"What?!" Kagome asked near panic. She loved Shippo and considered him as her first child.
"Kikyo's kidnapped Shippo." Kagome could see Inuyasha's eyes narrow, even in the darken room. "Get dressed and I'll go wake up Miroku and Sango. We will need their help. Kikyo has gone to far this time. With a quick kiss to her forehead he leapt from their bed and was out the door. Kagome swung her legs over the side of the bed and stared at the door for a moment before standing to do what she was told.
Inuyasha had to stop in both shock and recognition at the door of Miroku's room. There was Sango laying half on Miroku, sleeping peacefully and Miroku had his arms around her, and Inuyasha's gaze slid down and he bet that one had was on her ass. But what shocked him the most was the fact that both were naked. Getting over his initial shock he waltzed over to the bed and prodded Miroku's cheek.
"Wake up, hentai." He said just loud enough for the monk to hear him clearly. Miroku shifted but didn't wake. Inuyasha's eye twitched, so he tried again.
"Ecchi! The kitsune has been kidnapped by that bitch, Kikyo!" He tried again, only this time louder. The couple jumped awake at that news neither one noticing that they were still naked. Inuyasha cleared his throat and was rewarded with Sango's yelp, as she tried to cover herself from his view.
"Shippo's been kidnapped?" She asked, sleep still evident in her voice. At his nod, she asked, "What can we do to help?"
"Well, you can start by getting dressed. Then we are going to follow Kikyo, get Shippo back, and kill the bitch." He growled, her eyes flashed as they caught a small amount of moon light from the window. He grinned impishly at Miroku before saying, "Took long enough." And left.
He found Kagome sitting in the common room, unshed tears in her eyes. Sighing he walked over to were she sat on the couch and sat down, pulling her into his arms.
"Quiet, my love. We'll get him back, I promise." He felt her lean more heavily against him. "I know something that will cheer you up." When Kagome looked up she saw that he was grinning like the Chester cat.
"Nani?" She asked, curiosity getting the better of her.
"It seems that Miroku has finally made Sango his mate." Kagome pulled away from him with wide eyes.
"Really?" She asked and he nodded. Just then Miroku and Sango came through the door.
"Ready, dog boy?" Miroku asked taking Sango by the hand. Inuyasha stood up and practically ripped the door leading into the main compound from its hinges.
"This way." And he took off after Kikyo's freshest scent. They followed it all the way until Inuyasha literally ran into a wall. He sat on his butt looking up at the wall, rubbing the lump forming on his head. Kagome was first to arrive, panting from having to run to keep up with him. Miroku and Sango were next.
"What's wrong?" Miroku asked between pants.
"She went through the wall." Inuyasha answered almost unsure of the answer himself.
"But that's impossible. No one can just walk through a wall." Sango reasoned.
"The wall is a door. There's a tunnel behind it." Kagome said, opening her eyes. When the others looked at her as if she had lost her mind, she explained further. "Kikyo left a physic impression for me to find. I don't think she did it on purpose, but it's there." Kagome walked to the wall as Inuyasha stood up. She ran her hand down the wall till she found the soft spot Kikyo had pushed. She repeated the action and the wall slid open to reveal a passageway for them. Kagome was instantly down it followed by Inuyasha and a still surprised Miroku and Sango. They ran down the narrow hall. It seemed to have a downward tilt to it, Inuyasha noted. The hall ended with an open door. Miroku stepped forward, inspecting the damage done to the keypad at the side.
"We need to be careful from here on out." He looked back pointedly at Inuyasha. "She has a gun." There was a painful cry from the darkness on the other side of the door and Kagome took off, lighting the way for the others. Inuyasha was after her in a flash knowing very well how she felt. This was their adopted child in trouble and Kagome had always thought of him as her own. Hell, he did too, even if the brat was annoying. As Inuyasha caught up with Kagome he picked her up and threw her onto his back. He heard Miroku's grunt, but plainly ignored them. They could help when they caught up.
Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks at the sudden sight of Kikyo holding a crying, bleeding Shippo by the arm. She had obviously used his blood to open the last door in her way. However, Inuyasha was slightly confused as to what was on the other side, because he could feel cold air coming from it. It had to be a cool room, but the question was for what? He felt Kagome shift as if she was about to throw herself off him to save Shippo and then her mother like cry.
Kikyo stopped dead in her tracks. Slowly she turned around. There behind her stood Inuyasha and..Her eyes narrowed at the sight of Kagome. She hadn't even notice the panting arrival of Miroku and Sango.
"You." Kikyo growled angrily at Kagome. "Come to save the brat? I'm done with him anyway." She stepped into the cool room Shippo still in hand. "Soon the serum will be mine and there will be nothing any of you can do to save her!" Just as Kikyo reached out for the tube of serum, Shippo freaked, not wanting his parents had work to be in the hands of evil. It had hit Shippo like a ton of bricks when Kikyo had muttered something about needing his blood as she cut him. He remembered all his parents hard work for the corporation and how they had died to protect the serum. Shippo yelled in both pain and anger, surprising Kikyo enough for her to loosen her grip on him. Then with a poof and a pink smoke could, Shippo had turned himself into a giant pink bubble and was making his way to Kagome and Inuyasha with the serum before Kikyo could clear the smoke away enough to see. With another poof he was back to his normal self and landed squarely on top of Inuyasha's head. Kagome took Kikyo's shock in stride and ran forward to push the door closed on her, but Kikyo, unlike the others, reacted quicker and grabbed for Kagome. Kagome seeing Kikyo's hand shoot out tried to duck but Kikyo's hand fisted in her hair instead.
"You're coming with me!" With that both of them disappeared leaving behind the shocked group. Inuyasha after recovering from his shock ran to the spot were the two women had last been and sniffed. He sniffed to the left and right of the spot, there was nothing. He looked frantically back at the others, Shippo still on his head.
"She.She's..She's gone!" He yelled in panic before his face harden. "Take care of Shippo." He stated simply, tossing the kit at Miroku and taking off so fast that he was a blur.
Kagome gasped as they just appeared on a cliff. How could this be? Not even Kagome could just teleport herself places. She looked up at Kikyo to see her face twisted with malaise.
"You will die!" She spat in her face and pushed her toward the edge of the cliff. "Once I'm rid of you, I'll be free again." Kagome could see the lust in Kikyo's eyes and knew that she would not be able to save herself this time.
"Then kill me." Kagome stated calmly looking firmly into Kikyo's eyes. "Kill me and face the consequences." Kikyo just stared at her. She finally let go of Kagome's hair throwing her back and almost off the side of the cliff. Kagome regained her balance and stood her ground, hoping Inuyasha would be able to find her soon. She watched as Kikyo raised her gun and pointed it at Kagome. Her hand shook so much that the gun bounced around slightly. Kagome's breath quicken and her eyes widen in fear. Instinctively she wrapped her arms around her stomach to protect her unborn child. A shot was hear, and Kagome stepped back, teetering on the cliff edge before she felt pain course down her arm and she fell backward.
Kagome's arms tightened around her stomach and she closed her eyes tight. She was rushing toward the rocks. She was so absorbed in thinking of a way to save her child that she never heard the scream, but she did feel the sudden jerk of inertia as she was suddenly flying upward. Opening her eyes she saw a steel faced Inuyasha holding her tightly in his arms. Tight enough to send another wave of pain threw her arm.
"Ah!" She yelped. Inuyasha looked down at her and his face softened.
"Are you okay?" He asked softly as he landed back on solid ground.
"She just grazed my arm." Kagome said as her feet where put under her again. "We're both fine." She muttered looking fearfully past Inuyasha at Kikyo.
"Good." He turned and his face harden once again at spotting Kikyo. "Now I'm going to make sure that you never are able to do this again." With that he jumped at her, pinning her down under him and reached back and slapped her, letting his claws dig into her skin. He reached back for the quick kill, but she just disappeared. Growling, he looked around to see where she had gone but there was no sign of her, and there never would be again.
Kikyo landed in Naraku's office with a thud. She looked around the dark room nervously. It was the only place she could think of to save her, but she knew that once she was there she was as good as dead.
"You disobeyed me, Kikyo." Naraku's cold voice came from somewhere in the shadows. There was the sound of whimpering, then a shoot of a gun through a silencer, then silence. Naraku's eyes flashed and he kicked the still body of Kikyo. He knew that he couldn't have ever trusted her. "Dumb bitch." He muttered and called in some men to take the body away. Now all he had to worry about was Kagome and that serum.
Inuyasha took Kagome back to the common room were Sango was now looking after her. Inuyasha turned to Miroku, while keeping his hand on Kagome's shoulder.
"So what do we do with that?" He said pointing to the tube Shippo was still holding.
Miroku looked first at Shippo then at Inuyasha. "We can give it to your brother and see what he makes of it then decide what to do with it."
"I don't care. Let Shippo decide then." Inuyasha turned to Shippo only to find him holding the tube up to him.
"Take it to him Inuyasha. Mom would have liked others to work with it, only just don't let Naraku get a hold of it." When Inuyasha took the tube he bent down and picked up Shippo as well. Shippo couldn't hold his tears back any longer and broke down. Inuyasha comforted him the best he could. Kagome stood up and walked over to them wrapping her arms around them and hugging them both.
"Shippo you know we all love you. I think of you as a son. We'll be your family if you let us." She whispered softly and Shippo looked around at them all to see them smiling in agreement. Shippo cried out in happiness and threw himself at Kagome hugging her tightly.
"But you are my family!" He cried in joy. Everyone gave a small laugh at that. Inuyasha looked down at the tube and sighed. Whatever it was it must have been important, and he would make sure that Naraku would never get his hands on it.
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Chapter Five: Kagome's Judgement, Kikyo's Mistake
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! ~.~' So please don't sue me or anything. I have no money. Thank you! GOMEN! GOMEN! GOMEN! I'm so sorry this chapter took so long to get out. Call me a block head but just please read and I hope this makes up for the wait. Once again thank you Bunny for your wonderful help! You're such a doll! ::huggles bunny tightly, making her eyes pop out:: Thanks! I'd also like to thank my wonderful matie the great Fox-man! ::giggles insanely::
"She is not to be bothered again, Kikyo so stop asking me." Naraku growled really starting to get annoyed with Kikyo's persistence. He waved her away. With this child, he had finally found out who the father was, he would have what the corporation wanted. With this child he could begin his own plans. So in the mean time he wanted nothing to happen to the mother. She would carry this baby to term form him. Besides, Kikyo could still feel her pain, even if she was getting use to it.
"Yes, sir." With that she was out the door and down the hall. Little did Naraku know, Kikyo had a plan. When she had found out about the hidden part of the compound and what was down there she did everything in her power to find a way in. Now she had one. The kitsune. With his death she would be able to gain the power to kill Kagome without killing herself.Then when Kagome was out of the way she would be free to do what she pleased again. She wondered if she could wait till, that thought was stopped as another head splitting cramp ran up her stomach. She growled. This shouldn't have been happening. Soon, she thought, soon.
Inuyasha lay there with his mate, a look of content on his face. He snuggled closer to her sleeping form. She was close to four months along and starting to show. He was rather relieved when the corporation hadn't come for any of them in the last month, and they were spending a lot more time outside, which was good for Kagome. He reached down and ran his finger over the scar on her wrist. She claimed to have done it to fend off Kikyo. That night still gave him nightmares. She had come back, blood dripping down her wrist and a look of victory in her eyes. 'The war has started and we must not let them get away with what they have done, to any of us. Soon our time will come and theirs will end. We need to be ready for that time.' Her words ran though his mind. She was happy, he could see that, but she still held a hint of sadness. That was something he could only guess at. Her groan pulled him out of his thoughts and back to her. She just simply rolled over and cuddled closer to him. Smiling he tighten his grip on her. He looked around only now noticing that Shippo was no were to be found. Brows furrowing in confusion, he tried to see if he could at least hear where the kitsune was. He was confused as to why Shippo was sleeping in the living room. It had been a while since he had sleep on his own, and Inuyasha knew that Shippo hated sleeping alone. Maybe he was maturing. Inuyasha doubted that.
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Kagome's groggy voice made Inuyasha jump. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." She looked up at him with sleep cloudy eyes.
"No, it's okay. I was just seeing where Shippo was sleeping. If you haven't noticed he hasn't been sleep with us lately."
"I noticed." She yawned then closed her eyes. She stayed silent so long Inuyasha was afraid she had fallen asleep again. But he listened closely when she spoke again. "So you think he feels left out?" Her chocolate eyes burned into his amber ones.
"He might." Inuyasha sighed. "He has been separating himself from us lately."
They decided to go out on a picnic and swim for a while. Kagome used that time to watch Shippo closely. He did seem like he was distancing himself from the us, Kagome thought as she took a bite of her apple. They all went out and waded around in the water, more like Kagome and Sango waded around and Inuyasha and Miroku had a water fight. Kagome continued to watch Shippo as he sat in the shallower end of the pond and tried to catch the little fish that inhabited the pond.
"Sango, do you think that Shippo feels unwanted?" Kagome asked a worried frown on her face.
"He does seems to be distancing himself from us. He didn't sleep with me and Miroku last night." Sango replied without thinking.
"You're sleeping with Miroku?" Kagome looked over at Sango with a surprised look.
"It's not like we're having sex or anything." Sango mock glared at Kagome.
"Great, soon well be belting out babies as if it were a hobby." Kagome chuckled. "Don't get me wrong I love all the attention Inuyasha gives me but he really needs to stop growling at every male that comes within ten feet of me."
"His DNA was merged with that of a dog, and dogs are very territorial. He's just protecting what is his." Sango shrugged then lowered her voice. "You know how none of use could really remember what happened to us before the experiments, but Shippo?" Sango waited for Kagome's nod before continuing. "Well, I remembered something last night. It just came to me while I was laying in bed waiting to sleep." Sango shivered. "I remembered something of the outside world. A place that wasn't here; that wasn't like this."
"What did you remember?" Kagome asked. She had never known another life other then that of experiments and pain, until she arrived here. All she knew was her brother had died because of what they were.
"There are tall buildings, and cars that fly. It was all very sketchy. But I do remember that my family lived in Kyoto and ran a dojo. But what I remember the most clearly is that I had a little brother named Kohaku." Sango smiled sadly. "I remembered that I loved him very much."
"I loved my little brother very much, too." Kagome said in a small voice.
"You lost him recently. didn't you?"
"Yes, that was why I was sent here." Kagome looked at the men. "I was sent here to find someone that could be compatible enough to bust my powers."
"Is Inuyasha that person?" Sango raised her eyebrow.
"I'm not sure, but I think he is." Kagome smiled fondly and placed her hands over her stomach. Sango gave her friend a strange look. Shaking her head she turned her attention back to Miroku and Inuyasha, who were now coming toward them.
"What do you ruffians want?" Sango asked with mock distaste on her face. Miroku swam up to her and tried to grope her but ended up with a rather large and painful bump on his head. Inuyasha just chuckled as he went to Kagome and wrapped his arms around her, holding her protectively. Kagome looked over at Shippo.
"Why's he pulling so far away from us?" Kagome muttered to herself, even though her mate could hear her perfectly. Kagome then looked down with a heavy sigh.
Later that night as Shippo lay sleeping in his makeshift bed, Kikyo slipped into the common room. An insane grin spread across her face as she spotted the unsuspecting kitsune. She made her way over to him and carefully put the gag into his mouth before picking his up and carrying him off. She would finally have the power to destroy that bitch and get back on Naraku's good side. He had looked all over for the serum that Shippo's parents had died to protect. Kikyo looked down at the boy in her arms. 'Wasn't his life more important then that damn serum?' She mentally questioned the empty hall around her. When she got to the secret door, she looked up and down the hall to make sure no one would see her. With another face splitting grin she disappeared from sight. There was no going back now and she had everything she needed to complete her plan.
The dark passages lit up as she made her way deeper into the core of the institute. She paused at a large metal door at seeing the keypad next to it. She was in a hurry and didn't have time for such delays. She pulled out her gun and fired two shots into the keypad, sending sparks flying and the causing the door to open.
At the sound of gun shots Shippo pulled himself out of a sound sleep. When he looked up he thought it was Kagome, but then he noticed the insane look in the woman's eye and knew that it was not his gentle 'adopted' mother, but Kikyo. Letting out a muffle scream he alerted her to his conscious state.
"Ah, awake I see." She sneered at him. "Don't worry I have plans for you and whether you stay alive or die is totally up to you. Don't move or make noise and you live long enough to watch your new mommy die." The sneer on her face grew and her eyes glazed over slightly, missing the shocked and scared look on Shippo's face.
Inuyasha stirred slight, his senses telling his danger was near. Inuyasha not yet wanting to either move or open his eyes opted to sniff the air first, but what he smelled was not what he expected. There was the mixed smells of Miroku and Sango coming from the next room, Shippo's smell coming from the living room, Kagome's was the strongest being she was so close to him, but that wasn't it. He froze, tightening his grip on Kagome, he growled deep in his throat. Kikyo. She had been there. But why did she just leave and not try anything to kill Kagome? That's when he sniffed more closely. Shippo's scent was dying. He sat straight up in bed. She had taken Shippo!
Beside him Kagome moaned in protest in her sleep. Leaning down he nuzzled her cheek to wake her.
"Kagome." She tried turning away, but he grabbed her shoulders. "Kagome, you have to wake up." Kagome, Kikyo has got Shippo." That woke her up. Her eyes snapped wide open and she struggled to sit up.
"What?!" Kagome asked near panic. She loved Shippo and considered him as her first child.
"Kikyo's kidnapped Shippo." Kagome could see Inuyasha's eyes narrow, even in the darken room. "Get dressed and I'll go wake up Miroku and Sango. We will need their help. Kikyo has gone to far this time. With a quick kiss to her forehead he leapt from their bed and was out the door. Kagome swung her legs over the side of the bed and stared at the door for a moment before standing to do what she was told.
Inuyasha had to stop in both shock and recognition at the door of Miroku's room. There was Sango laying half on Miroku, sleeping peacefully and Miroku had his arms around her, and Inuyasha's gaze slid down and he bet that one had was on her ass. But what shocked him the most was the fact that both were naked. Getting over his initial shock he waltzed over to the bed and prodded Miroku's cheek.
"Wake up, hentai." He said just loud enough for the monk to hear him clearly. Miroku shifted but didn't wake. Inuyasha's eye twitched, so he tried again.
"Ecchi! The kitsune has been kidnapped by that bitch, Kikyo!" He tried again, only this time louder. The couple jumped awake at that news neither one noticing that they were still naked. Inuyasha cleared his throat and was rewarded with Sango's yelp, as she tried to cover herself from his view.
"Shippo's been kidnapped?" She asked, sleep still evident in her voice. At his nod, she asked, "What can we do to help?"
"Well, you can start by getting dressed. Then we are going to follow Kikyo, get Shippo back, and kill the bitch." He growled, her eyes flashed as they caught a small amount of moon light from the window. He grinned impishly at Miroku before saying, "Took long enough." And left.
He found Kagome sitting in the common room, unshed tears in her eyes. Sighing he walked over to were she sat on the couch and sat down, pulling her into his arms.
"Quiet, my love. We'll get him back, I promise." He felt her lean more heavily against him. "I know something that will cheer you up." When Kagome looked up she saw that he was grinning like the Chester cat.
"Nani?" She asked, curiosity getting the better of her.
"It seems that Miroku has finally made Sango his mate." Kagome pulled away from him with wide eyes.
"Really?" She asked and he nodded. Just then Miroku and Sango came through the door.
"Ready, dog boy?" Miroku asked taking Sango by the hand. Inuyasha stood up and practically ripped the door leading into the main compound from its hinges.
"This way." And he took off after Kikyo's freshest scent. They followed it all the way until Inuyasha literally ran into a wall. He sat on his butt looking up at the wall, rubbing the lump forming on his head. Kagome was first to arrive, panting from having to run to keep up with him. Miroku and Sango were next.
"What's wrong?" Miroku asked between pants.
"She went through the wall." Inuyasha answered almost unsure of the answer himself.
"But that's impossible. No one can just walk through a wall." Sango reasoned.
"The wall is a door. There's a tunnel behind it." Kagome said, opening her eyes. When the others looked at her as if she had lost her mind, she explained further. "Kikyo left a physic impression for me to find. I don't think she did it on purpose, but it's there." Kagome walked to the wall as Inuyasha stood up. She ran her hand down the wall till she found the soft spot Kikyo had pushed. She repeated the action and the wall slid open to reveal a passageway for them. Kagome was instantly down it followed by Inuyasha and a still surprised Miroku and Sango. They ran down the narrow hall. It seemed to have a downward tilt to it, Inuyasha noted. The hall ended with an open door. Miroku stepped forward, inspecting the damage done to the keypad at the side.
"We need to be careful from here on out." He looked back pointedly at Inuyasha. "She has a gun." There was a painful cry from the darkness on the other side of the door and Kagome took off, lighting the way for the others. Inuyasha was after her in a flash knowing very well how she felt. This was their adopted child in trouble and Kagome had always thought of him as her own. Hell, he did too, even if the brat was annoying. As Inuyasha caught up with Kagome he picked her up and threw her onto his back. He heard Miroku's grunt, but plainly ignored them. They could help when they caught up.
Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks at the sudden sight of Kikyo holding a crying, bleeding Shippo by the arm. She had obviously used his blood to open the last door in her way. However, Inuyasha was slightly confused as to what was on the other side, because he could feel cold air coming from it. It had to be a cool room, but the question was for what? He felt Kagome shift as if she was about to throw herself off him to save Shippo and then her mother like cry.
Kikyo stopped dead in her tracks. Slowly she turned around. There behind her stood Inuyasha and..Her eyes narrowed at the sight of Kagome. She hadn't even notice the panting arrival of Miroku and Sango.
"You." Kikyo growled angrily at Kagome. "Come to save the brat? I'm done with him anyway." She stepped into the cool room Shippo still in hand. "Soon the serum will be mine and there will be nothing any of you can do to save her!" Just as Kikyo reached out for the tube of serum, Shippo freaked, not wanting his parents had work to be in the hands of evil. It had hit Shippo like a ton of bricks when Kikyo had muttered something about needing his blood as she cut him. He remembered all his parents hard work for the corporation and how they had died to protect the serum. Shippo yelled in both pain and anger, surprising Kikyo enough for her to loosen her grip on him. Then with a poof and a pink smoke could, Shippo had turned himself into a giant pink bubble and was making his way to Kagome and Inuyasha with the serum before Kikyo could clear the smoke away enough to see. With another poof he was back to his normal self and landed squarely on top of Inuyasha's head. Kagome took Kikyo's shock in stride and ran forward to push the door closed on her, but Kikyo, unlike the others, reacted quicker and grabbed for Kagome. Kagome seeing Kikyo's hand shoot out tried to duck but Kikyo's hand fisted in her hair instead.
"You're coming with me!" With that both of them disappeared leaving behind the shocked group. Inuyasha after recovering from his shock ran to the spot were the two women had last been and sniffed. He sniffed to the left and right of the spot, there was nothing. He looked frantically back at the others, Shippo still on his head.
"She.She's..She's gone!" He yelled in panic before his face harden. "Take care of Shippo." He stated simply, tossing the kit at Miroku and taking off so fast that he was a blur.
Kagome gasped as they just appeared on a cliff. How could this be? Not even Kagome could just teleport herself places. She looked up at Kikyo to see her face twisted with malaise.
"You will die!" She spat in her face and pushed her toward the edge of the cliff. "Once I'm rid of you, I'll be free again." Kagome could see the lust in Kikyo's eyes and knew that she would not be able to save herself this time.
"Then kill me." Kagome stated calmly looking firmly into Kikyo's eyes. "Kill me and face the consequences." Kikyo just stared at her. She finally let go of Kagome's hair throwing her back and almost off the side of the cliff. Kagome regained her balance and stood her ground, hoping Inuyasha would be able to find her soon. She watched as Kikyo raised her gun and pointed it at Kagome. Her hand shook so much that the gun bounced around slightly. Kagome's breath quicken and her eyes widen in fear. Instinctively she wrapped her arms around her stomach to protect her unborn child. A shot was hear, and Kagome stepped back, teetering on the cliff edge before she felt pain course down her arm and she fell backward.
Kagome's arms tightened around her stomach and she closed her eyes tight. She was rushing toward the rocks. She was so absorbed in thinking of a way to save her child that she never heard the scream, but she did feel the sudden jerk of inertia as she was suddenly flying upward. Opening her eyes she saw a steel faced Inuyasha holding her tightly in his arms. Tight enough to send another wave of pain threw her arm.
"Ah!" She yelped. Inuyasha looked down at her and his face softened.
"Are you okay?" He asked softly as he landed back on solid ground.
"She just grazed my arm." Kagome said as her feet where put under her again. "We're both fine." She muttered looking fearfully past Inuyasha at Kikyo.
"Good." He turned and his face harden once again at spotting Kikyo. "Now I'm going to make sure that you never are able to do this again." With that he jumped at her, pinning her down under him and reached back and slapped her, letting his claws dig into her skin. He reached back for the quick kill, but she just disappeared. Growling, he looked around to see where she had gone but there was no sign of her, and there never would be again.
Kikyo landed in Naraku's office with a thud. She looked around the dark room nervously. It was the only place she could think of to save her, but she knew that once she was there she was as good as dead.
"You disobeyed me, Kikyo." Naraku's cold voice came from somewhere in the shadows. There was the sound of whimpering, then a shoot of a gun through a silencer, then silence. Naraku's eyes flashed and he kicked the still body of Kikyo. He knew that he couldn't have ever trusted her. "Dumb bitch." He muttered and called in some men to take the body away. Now all he had to worry about was Kagome and that serum.
Inuyasha took Kagome back to the common room were Sango was now looking after her. Inuyasha turned to Miroku, while keeping his hand on Kagome's shoulder.
"So what do we do with that?" He said pointing to the tube Shippo was still holding.
Miroku looked first at Shippo then at Inuyasha. "We can give it to your brother and see what he makes of it then decide what to do with it."
"I don't care. Let Shippo decide then." Inuyasha turned to Shippo only to find him holding the tube up to him.
"Take it to him Inuyasha. Mom would have liked others to work with it, only just don't let Naraku get a hold of it." When Inuyasha took the tube he bent down and picked up Shippo as well. Shippo couldn't hold his tears back any longer and broke down. Inuyasha comforted him the best he could. Kagome stood up and walked over to them wrapping her arms around them and hugging them both.
"Shippo you know we all love you. I think of you as a son. We'll be your family if you let us." She whispered softly and Shippo looked around at them all to see them smiling in agreement. Shippo cried out in happiness and threw himself at Kagome hugging her tightly.
"But you are my family!" He cried in joy. Everyone gave a small laugh at that. Inuyasha looked down at the tube and sighed. Whatever it was it must have been important, and he would make sure that Naraku would never get his hands on it.
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