Author's Note: Hey everyone! Glad that you're reading. Things are quickly getting to the high point in the story. I'm guessing next chapter will be the most exciting. We are quickly coming to an end in the journey, and… Oops, sorry. I'm getting poetic or something. Oh well. Hope you like it! Please review; it only takes a seck!
Disclaimer: I owned InuYasha at 4:00 this morning. Then I woke up. Oh well.
Goodbye Brother…
Chapter 7: Getting Close
"InuYasha, stop squirming! You're making Kirara nervous," Sango said sternly to the hanyou who sat behind her atop the cat demon's back. He had been fidgeting the entire time. Refusing to put his hands around Sango's waist, he was leaning back, meshing his claws into the demon's soft fur.
InuYasha said nothing to the exterminator. He simply stopped moving. Sighing deeply, he leaned back further, wincing a bit as a sharp pain ran up his side. 'Even when we do find her, how am I ever going to save her like this?' He thought irately.
Miroku was running next to Kirara. The cat had adjusted its pace to the comparatively slow monk, and watched him to make sure that she didn't surpass him. He was breathing hard, and the cat could hear his labored breaths with each footfall.
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Sesshomaru leaned against the hard, cold side of the cave in the shadows. His legs were stretched out before him, one slightly bent, and his head hung down towards his chest. Kagome slept fitfully in the back of the cave, tossing and turning as she mumbled nonsense.
He only half listened in his sleeping state; always partly alert to everything going on around him. He knew when the girl was asleep, awake, and when she was in the state she was in now: partially asleep. It was rare that he saw a human this way. It just wasn't natural for them. But somehow this girl had achieved it as perfectly as he could have.
"InuYasha… No… pain…" She mumbled as she tossed to the other side facing the youkai lord. He opened his eyes to look at her. Her hair fell in flowing waves into her distinct shaped face. Her eyelids fluttered as she saw images in her dreams that he could not see.
Yet he felt nothing for her.
No emotion crept into his soul as he watched her sleeping so soundly. Rarely did he feel much except for the quick, driving lust for death and destruction. It was something only a youkai could feel. He had no doubt that his brother felt it from time to time. The dark tendrils of evil that snuck into his mind leaving him only the need and want to kill something. He still could not understand why his hanyou brother had not killed this girl, Kagome.
He loved her.
Perhaps. That seemed to be the best explanation. InuYasha had a weak mind and soul. It could be so easily tainted by love and kindness.
What a pity.
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"I smell it." InuYasha stated bluntly to the group as their travel became increasingly slower. It was impossible for Miroku to keep up this pace for much longer. They stopped for a short rest. The monk kept standing, bending his knees and using them as props for his hands as he stared at the ground, panting heavily.
"Good… Then we're… almost… there," He sucked in air as if there wouldn't be any left soon.
"Miroku, ride with us. You're worn out." Sango said politely, although she wasn't sure if Kirara could hold the three together. The cat demon could do two people, but three remained unknown.
The monk said nothing but shook his head wearily. InuYasha remained silent also, sniffing the air and staring at the sky. They were close.
'We're coming Kagome…'
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Sesshomaru's ears were alerted to the sound of something. He instantly became fully awake, although keeping his eyes closed, and listened. When he recognized it, he was up in a flash.
Kagome squeaked and sat up when she heard the youkai lord jump up so suddenly from his spot in the shadows. She tried in vain to read the expression on his face, but she could not see it since he remained in the shadows. It wouldn't have mattered even if she could have seen his face, though. It remained unreadable.
Then he turned to her with a look that seemed so evil Kagome couldn't help but yelp again and scuffle towards the back of the cave until she felt the cold stone press against her back. Her hand met a small rock, and she picked it up, concealing it in case she could use the small object.
"That mongrel is coming. Sooner than I thought, too." Sesshomaru stared at the girl coldly as he spoke, "He must have strong feelings for you." The youkai lord flexed his lone-clawed hand again. Kagome watched as the nails reflected the light, causing them to give off eerie glints of illumination. An involuntary shudder ran up her spine.
"We shall fix that." Sesshomaru said with evil spread through his voice. Kagome could sense that there was something tearing at the lord inside. But she did not know what it was.
He knew though. It was that lust for killing. He would have to fight it until his disgusting hanyou brother showed up, though. She would die in front of him…
Extra Author's Note: As I said before, we are rapidly coming to an end. Not for another few chapters, but soon. Check out my other stories if you like! Please review! See ya later!