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Disclaimer: I thought I owned InuYasha yesterday, but apparently I don't. Where's my poster??!!!
Goodbye Brother…
Chapter 4: Another is Lost
Kagome was curled up in the back of the dark, damp cave. The spider had gone out to see if he could get any more food, leaving her entangled in an endless string of sticky web. Tears streamed down the young girl's face. She hoped that InuYasha wouldn't come to rescue her. He was too hurt, and would get himself killed. Kagome hushed her heavy breathing. She could have sworn she head something at the mouth of the cave, but she couldn't turn her head to look.
"InuYasha?" She said so quietly that only his dog-ears would be able to pick up the sound. But there was no reply. This time she defiantly heard the sound. Then another, and another. 'Oh God…' Kagome thought, 'it's the spider demon.' She barely realized that she had stopped breathing completely, and gasped in a breath.
The spider continued walking towards the young girl. She could feel her heart pounding, and swore that anyone could hear it from a mile off. Maybe InuYasha… She thought wishfully. But she knew that no one was coming for her, and she preferred it that way.
The spider youkai was looming ominously above her now. Kagome felt herself begin to shake uncontrollably. All was lost now…
The demon picked her up, pulling away the sticky webs with the special little hairs on his legs. It stared at her for a while, seeming to be interesting in the way humans looked. He took one of her arms in one of his jewel powered, flexible legs. Kagome tried to pull it away, but he would not allow it. Then he began to yang harshly on the arm.
Kagome screamed, and then began to sob. He was trying to pull off her arm! Then there was a sickening crack. Kagome screamed much louder.
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About a mile away, InuYasha lay in a bed in an old abandoned hut. He was only half conscious, and Miroku listened intently to his meaningless mumbles. Suddenly, though, he stopped. Miroku leaned in closer, watching as the hanyou's ears twitched this way and that.
"Kagome!" InuYasha flew upwards to his feet. Miroku fell to the floor.
"What is it, InuYasha? Is she still alive?" The young monk got up quickly.
"I heard her. I could swear it. She was… Screaming." InuYasha said. Miroku shook his head, "But you are not well enough to go get her. Sango and I will…"
"No!" InuYasha said, pulling out Tetsusaiga, "I will." Miroku again shook his head, "Sango and I will go get her at once," The monk yelled at he began to run out the door, "InuYasha, you must stay here!"
"You should have left me and got her before!" Miroku could hear InuYasha yell as he ran out.
The monk quickly found Sango, and then the two sped off. The demon exterminator followed the tracks of the enormous spider youkai easily. He was so huge that there was a path cleared wherever he walked.
Then the two heard a scream. Kagome's scream…
"Hurry!" Miroku yelled. Monk and exterminator sped up, and soon found the mouth of the cave.
"Somehow we must get Kagome out of the way so that you can suck up the spider with your wind tunnel." Sango whispered in the monk's ear. His skin prickled where she had been so close to him, but he forced down those thoughts. This was not the time, nor the place.
The two crept into the cave, hunched over low. They crouched by a rock, and Sango looked over the side.
"He's got his back turned towards us. I could hit him." She said. Miroku nodded. Sango, pulled out her weapon, and got up to throw, but, suddenly, the spider turned around, staring at the exterminator with his many eyes. Sango stayed still, staring back. Miroku got up now, and spotted Kagome in the spider demon's leg. She was swaying back and forth, apparently dizzy and confused with pain.
Then the youkai reached out his other jewel shard powered leg, and tried to wrap it around Sango's waist. Miroku took his staff firmly in his hands, and stabbed it through the creature's leg. It made a strange noise, as it quickly pulled away, taking Miroku and his staff with it. It then proceeded to shake the leg furiously, and the young monk was thrown to the ground with a yell. His head cracked off of a sharp rock, and then he lay still. The youkai picked him up, and then began to watch Sango.
'Oh no…' the young exterminator thought, 'What can I do now?'
Extra Author's Note: Ooohhh! What will happen next?? I dunno. What do you think? Gimme some ideas!