Author's Note: Hey again to all of my readers (even if I did only get one review) but that's okay. I, myself, have read plenty of stories, and only reviewed one. I just love to hear what you have to say, so if you have the time, I would really love to hear what you think. Thanks again. Enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I still don't own Inu, but my poster should be on its way!
Goodbye Brother…
Chapter 2: Why Now?
"Sit, boy! Sit!" Kagome screamed to InuYasha as he tried to leave the little hut. The hanyou fell face down onto the wooden floor.
"Stupid girl!" He yelled, "What the hell do you think you're doing?? I need to go get Sesshomaru! I need to pay him back for…" The poor half demon winced with pain and put his head down onto the floor with an exasperated sigh. He didn't bother to get up. Kagome ran over and helped him; her anger suddenly gone, as it always left when she saw InuYasha in trouble. She grabbed him by the underarms and lifted, but she couldn't get him up. He had a smug expression on his face, and didn't make any motion to get up himself. Kagome struggled for a few more seconds, and then dropped the hanyou back onto the floor.
"Huh!" She grumbled, "The least you can do is help me to help you up, you big child!"
And then their fight started all over again. InuYasha yelling, then Kagome, and then Inu again. Miroku and Sango continued to eat their breakfast and waited for the ending of the fight. Sure enough it came...
"Sit!"
Thump!
Miroku snickered from behind his cup, and Sango hid a smile with the back of her hand. They were glad that everything was almost back to normal. InuYasha had been severely wounded by Sesshomaru's poisonous claws, but he was healing fast with Kagome and Miroku's help. Sango did her part to help the crutched group, also. She took over InuYasha's typical night watches, even if he did argue about it. But no one denied that he needed time to rest.
After the party had eaten, they sat in front of a warm fire, and thought about what needed to be done. InuYasha, arms crossed and chin set stubbornly, glared at all of the others before him.
"Why can't I go get Shesshomaru?? It would make it easier on everybody. I could be back within a week or so, without you humans slowing me down." He said, raising his head defiantly.
Miroku sighed heavily, then replied, "You see, InuYasha, you cannot go anywhere until your wounds have healed. Also, we all know that it would take you much longer than a week to even find Shesshomaru, let alone kill him. You'll need some human help, whether you bother to admit that or not."
Kagome and Sango nodded. Shippo was off somewhere gathering berries. Miroku, done with his little speech, reached out for Sango's hand and was immediately slapped away. He shrugged his shoulders, and continued to stare at the fire.
Kagome was thinking about InuYasha. Was he okay? Hopefully he would heal fast. She was sensing something… It was far off and she wasn't quite sure about what it was so she didn't say anything. It was in her mind, but just out of reach. What could it be?
Suddenly they all heard Shippo's distressed scream coming from the forest. Everyone was up in a second and running towards the sound.
"Shippo!" Kagome yelled in order to get another yell so that they could direct the right way, but there was no need. InuYasha could smell the fox demon, and was already there. The others appeared behind him, and were faced with the one of the worst demons they had come about yet.
It looked like an enormous spider, with eight hairy legs, big beady eyes, and fangs that twittered with excitement at the new additions to its dinner. Its hair was the color of the sun, bright orange, and there was a bright red stripe that circled around its abdomen.
Kagome gasped and took a step back. She hated spiders, especially the big demon kind…
Shippo was crouched in front of the demon. He tried to scramble away when his friends arrived, and the demon's attention was taken away from him, but the youkai grabbed him in one of his legs. The group was surprised to see that this creature's legs not only worked like regular spider legs, but like a snake's body. They could wrap themselves around something just as that one was tightly wrapped about Shippo's middle.
InuYasha sighed. Stupid youkai… Why couldn't they come at some other time when he'd be glad to kill them. Not now though… Why now? He couldn't properly defend Kagome. Oh yeah, and the rest of the group too.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled, and the hanyou was jerked back into the world of the conscious. "It has a jewel shard! Wait, no… two! Both in the front legs!"
InuYasha looked at the spider demon, and now realized how it was able to work its legs in that peculiar way. He was trying to figure out the problem. He had to attack, but he had to make sure that he didn't hit Shippo. What if the youkai used the fox demon as a shield?
Deciding quickly, he lunged with the tetsusaiga at the youkai, yelling, "Those shards belong to us!" The demon knew what he could do, and quickly thrust Shippo in front of the annoying hanyou. InuYasha yelled with mild surprise, and tried to dart to the other side, but the demon quickly had Shippo, clutched in its grip, there.
InuYasha stopped his advances, and stood, chest heaving with his labored breathing. The hanyou was puzzled, and had no idea what to do next.