Author's Note: I'd like to thank J-Chan for this idea. Although I don't think it'll go the same way that she was planning. Thanks for the idea!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. If I did, oh the things I'd do to Miroku… He he he. By the way, never buy a poster off of ebay.
Goodbye Brother…Chapter 5: The Cons of Hiring Spider Demons
Sango, the young youkai exterminator, stood facing the enormous spider demon. She held her large bone weapon at the ready, in case the demon made a move for her. At the moment though, she was unable to use it, for fear of hitting either Kagome or Miroku in the creature's clutches. Thoughts raced through her head to the point where she thought she would burst, but nothing good came out of it. She was between a rock and a hard place, perhaps even worse, since it involved her friends. The young exterminator was between a cliff with jagged rocks at the bottom, and a thousand invincible youkai.
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InuYasha sat on the floor of the little hut. He was angry and worried out of his mind. Kagome was in trouble, and Sango and Miroku hadn't returned yet.
"Where the hell are they??" He grumbled, trying to get up. Shots of pain raced up the side of his body, and the hanyou was forced back down to the ground again. "Damnit!" He yelled to the air.
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Miroku was beginning to awaken. He opened his eyes with difficulty, but was only forced to shut them again when they were filled with blood that had dripped down from the wound on his head. He wiped his forehead with the back of his hand, and then his eyelids. The monk then opened his eyes to see his hand full of blood, and a spider youkai leg wrapped around his waist.
"Wha…" Miroku managed to choke out. He looked up at his captor, and saw the glint of many eyes, but they weren't paying attention to him. He saw Kagome, now slumped over, unconscious, hanging limply in the demon's grasp. The young monk then remembered Sango, and looked quickly towards the mouth of the cave. He sighed in relief. She was there, and she was safe; at least for the moment.
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Sesshomaru glanced at the mouth of the cave. He had hired that demon to snatch Kagome, and only Kagome. He hadn't told the ugly creature to go and kill the others, although it was a nice bonus. Yet, this demon had the nerve to go and damage the girl, when Lord Sesshmaru has specifically stated that he grab her and deliver. Stupid creature. If he had eight legs, he would have already gotten the girl, and been away with her. But the sad fact was that the youkai didn't even have the proper number. After his half brother had cut his arm off.
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Sango still stood and glared. She dared not call InuYasha. He would hurt himself even worse. She took a few steps towards the youkai, but stopped when she heard a noise coming from behind her. Turning around she came face to face with…
Lord Sesshomaru
The powerful youkai lord glared at her with cold regard. He pushed her casually out of the way, and walked up to the spider demon. Sango held up her weapon to throw.
"Throw that, Exterminator, and both of your friends will die." Sesshomaru stopped the young woman in her tacks. She slowly lowered her weapon and began to watch the youkai.
"Spider Demon, you have not done what I have asked of you, and for that you shall pay dearly. Give me the girl, and drop the monk." Shesshomaru spoke without any emotion behind his words. This was simply business as usual.
The spider demon twittered its fangs, thinking about its situation. It then proceeded to drop both of the humans. Miroku landed with a yell, and Kagome landed limp and lifeless on the ground. The monk ran to her side and checked her pulse. She was alive, although barely.
Shesshomaru killed the spider demon with one swipe of his only surviving poison clawed hand. It fell hard to the ground, causing the entire cave to shutter.
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InuYasha felt the ground shake underneath him. So the youkai was dead. They would be returning soon. The hanyou felt his mind ease a bit, and he lay down with a sigh.
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Shesshomaru pushed Miroku away from the lifeless Kagome. The monk stared, wide eyed at the youkai. There was, once again, nothing Sango and he could do. The youkai lord tossed the girl over his shoulder, and walked out of the cave.
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"InuYasha!" Miroku was yelling. The hanyou sat upright the second he heard the sound of the monk and exterminator's feet hitting the dirt path.
Miroku burst through the door of the hut. Through his panting, he managed to choke out, "Kagome… Taken by… Sesshomaru!"
Author's Extra Note: Thanks again to J-Chan for the idea! Anymore from you guys? Keep reviewing, it only takes a seck!