Negoda ran at top speed and searched for his sister. 'This had better be
one of her games.' He though grimly as he felt her presence. He stopped and
breathed heavily.
"Anagi. Show yourself." Negoda yelled. His voice was in a tone that offered no argument.
"Yes, Brother?"
"What have you done to Kagome?"
"Nothing, brother." Anagi said. Her face was serious. Negoda frowned.
"Anagi Tetchen if you lie to me, I'll pop you one, so help me god." Negoda threatened. Anagi dropped the sleeping Shippo on the floor and pouted. " I swear I didn't do anything! I was playing a joke on the dog-eared one!" she cried. She then looked worried. "Why? What happened?" she asked and Negoda looked down in shame.
"I think she was kidnapped." He said and Anagi gasped. "IDIOT!" She yelled. "Do you know how many of them are after you? Not to mention me! How could you let this happen?" she yelled furiously at her brother. Negoda shivered slightly. "I know." He said in a low voice. Yet Anagi wasn't done. She ran up to her brother and kept hitting him, though she wasn't using her real strength. "After all I've done for you! I've ruined my reputation just to save your life and now I have to save your loved one too!" she yelled.
Negoda suddenly looked hopeful. "You'll help?" he asked, making Anagi roll her eyes. "Of course I'll help. You ARE my brother after all. Besides, Kagome is Shippo's adopted mother. She's like family. " Anagi said. " We can get to her through sleep but it'll take sometime." She explained and closed her eyes. She began biting her fingernails. This was a sign that she was concentrating real hard. Negoda silently paced back and forth until finally, Anagi removed her fingers from her mouth and opened her eyes. "I've found her. Now you must help me."
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Kazumatta sat down on a boulder and began cleaning his katana. It would be a while until he would fight Negoda so he did something to pass the time. He kept a close eye on the girl and smiled when he saw her trying not to cry out in pain.
Kagome crawled along the ground. Her left arm was dislodged from its socket making it useless. She tried unsuccessfully to crawl away but the pain only brought tears to her eyes. 'I won't cry. I won't cry. Not in front of him. Never in front of people like him.' She thought to herself over and over. But it was too late. Tears already streamed down her dirt stained face. She heard Kazumatta laugh but tried to ignore him.
"It hurts doesn't it, girl?" he asked. Kagome sighed raggedly and tried to keep crawling. "You won't get far. You'll break down and cry like the weakling you are." He said. Kagome began shaking her head side to side. She wanted to erase his voice from her mind but she couldn't.
"I'm not weak." She whispered.
"Then your useless."
"I'm not weak and I'm not useless. All my life that's all I ever was to him. Only here for one purpose. I'm more than that." She said a bit louder. She felt more tears coming forward but it was from a different kind of pain.
"What are you babbling on about girl?" Kazumatta asked. He wasn't that interested but the girl's behavior was strange.
"He couldn't see me as a person. He couldn't see me as someone who was strong or independent. I was just a 'thing' that needed watching over. I'm not weak. I'm not useless." She said more to herself than to anyone else. Her body began to glow. Kazumatta now turned his full attention to the young girl.
"I'll show him. I'll show him and everyone else that I am strong!" she said. Her body seemed to rise and yet the girl either didn't notice or gave no mind to it. Whenever her tears ran off her cheeks and onto the ground it burned through the dirt and made small holes. Kazumatta jumped off the boulder and observed. He did not like this.
"And the only question that remained in my mine was 'Was he hurting me to get back at Kikyo or did he really hate me that much?'" Kagome said and her body was going higher and higher. In a few seconds it would past Kazumatta's shoulder. He finally had enough and knocked her in the head with the hilt of his sword. Kagome dropped down onto the floor and Kazumatta made chains appear in his hands. He shackled Kagome's wrists and forced the other ends into the boulder so that she was tied down.
"Inuyasha. I loved you." She said in her sleep. Kazumatta reached down and wiped the last tear that fell down her cheek. Then he suddenly pulled back in pain and watched as a section of skin on his palm shriveled up and burn away. He frowned as his blood slowly seeped down onto his arm. He did not like this at all.
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Kagome was dreaming. She was alone in a field with wildflowers and the first thing she noticed was the lack of pain. Her arm was fixed. Her kimono was no longer dirty from crawling on the ground.
"Kagome!" she turned at the sound of her name and the first thing she saw was beautiful silver eyes. Without even saying a word she embraced Negoda and clung tightly.
"Your shaking." He whispered and Kagome nodded. "I'm scared." She said. She could feel her tears coming again. "You haven't been scared in a long time." He told her looking at her face.
"I haven't been in pain in a long time." She said and Negoda scowled. "Where are you?" he asked and Kagome thought hard.
"I'm in a clearing of some kind. I don't think we're far from the village because I remember a lake and if you concentrate then you can smell water. Negoda please help me. I know I could do it but I've never had my arm broken. It hurts." She said. Negoda nodded in understanding. He had not taught Kagome how to fight while being injured.
"I'm coming." He promised. He held Kagome's cheek and looked at her with loving eyes. "What's his name?" Negoda asked. "The one who is doing this."
"Kazumatta Ozonu. He calls himself the dark angel." She told him. Negoda was suddenly filled with rage. He held Kagome once more and let go. He slowly began to fade away.
"Wait! Where are you going?" she yelled out to him. Though he did not answer. "Don't leave!" she yelled and chased after him. No matter how fast she ran she couldn't catch up until finally he was gone. Kagome dropped to her knees and hugged herself. "Don't leave." She whispered,
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Negoda opened his eyes and Anagi withdrew her hand from his forehead. "Did you contact her?" she asked. Negoda nodded. "Ozonu has her. Let's go." He said angrily.
"Brother! Your eyes!" Anagi pointed her finger in his face and Negoda quickly shut them and buried his face in his hands. "I feel it. It's surging through my blood as we speak." He said and reluctantly stood. He blinked his eyes a few times and took deep breaths. When he removed his hands and opened his eyes Anagi seemed to relax. "It's gone," she said. Negoda nodded. "Good. Wake Shippo and tell him to inform the others." He said.
Anagi poked Shippo until he awoke and explained what happened. Within minutes he was leaping through the forests in search of the gang. "He'll follow your scent. Now let's go." Negoda said and the two siblings dissolved.
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Kazumatta watched the girl's face intently. She was still crying. Yet for a few seconds she smiled. Now her face was set into a deep frown. 'Don't leave, Negoda." She mumbled in her sleep.
Kazumatta smiled and looked up at the stars. ' The rouge is on his way. This time I'll be sure to kill him.' He thought and began to clean his katana once more.
"Anagi. Show yourself." Negoda yelled. His voice was in a tone that offered no argument.
"Yes, Brother?"
"What have you done to Kagome?"
"Nothing, brother." Anagi said. Her face was serious. Negoda frowned.
"Anagi Tetchen if you lie to me, I'll pop you one, so help me god." Negoda threatened. Anagi dropped the sleeping Shippo on the floor and pouted. " I swear I didn't do anything! I was playing a joke on the dog-eared one!" she cried. She then looked worried. "Why? What happened?" she asked and Negoda looked down in shame.
"I think she was kidnapped." He said and Anagi gasped. "IDIOT!" She yelled. "Do you know how many of them are after you? Not to mention me! How could you let this happen?" she yelled furiously at her brother. Negoda shivered slightly. "I know." He said in a low voice. Yet Anagi wasn't done. She ran up to her brother and kept hitting him, though she wasn't using her real strength. "After all I've done for you! I've ruined my reputation just to save your life and now I have to save your loved one too!" she yelled.
Negoda suddenly looked hopeful. "You'll help?" he asked, making Anagi roll her eyes. "Of course I'll help. You ARE my brother after all. Besides, Kagome is Shippo's adopted mother. She's like family. " Anagi said. " We can get to her through sleep but it'll take sometime." She explained and closed her eyes. She began biting her fingernails. This was a sign that she was concentrating real hard. Negoda silently paced back and forth until finally, Anagi removed her fingers from her mouth and opened her eyes. "I've found her. Now you must help me."
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Kazumatta sat down on a boulder and began cleaning his katana. It would be a while until he would fight Negoda so he did something to pass the time. He kept a close eye on the girl and smiled when he saw her trying not to cry out in pain.
Kagome crawled along the ground. Her left arm was dislodged from its socket making it useless. She tried unsuccessfully to crawl away but the pain only brought tears to her eyes. 'I won't cry. I won't cry. Not in front of him. Never in front of people like him.' She thought to herself over and over. But it was too late. Tears already streamed down her dirt stained face. She heard Kazumatta laugh but tried to ignore him.
"It hurts doesn't it, girl?" he asked. Kagome sighed raggedly and tried to keep crawling. "You won't get far. You'll break down and cry like the weakling you are." He said. Kagome began shaking her head side to side. She wanted to erase his voice from her mind but she couldn't.
"I'm not weak." She whispered.
"Then your useless."
"I'm not weak and I'm not useless. All my life that's all I ever was to him. Only here for one purpose. I'm more than that." She said a bit louder. She felt more tears coming forward but it was from a different kind of pain.
"What are you babbling on about girl?" Kazumatta asked. He wasn't that interested but the girl's behavior was strange.
"He couldn't see me as a person. He couldn't see me as someone who was strong or independent. I was just a 'thing' that needed watching over. I'm not weak. I'm not useless." She said more to herself than to anyone else. Her body began to glow. Kazumatta now turned his full attention to the young girl.
"I'll show him. I'll show him and everyone else that I am strong!" she said. Her body seemed to rise and yet the girl either didn't notice or gave no mind to it. Whenever her tears ran off her cheeks and onto the ground it burned through the dirt and made small holes. Kazumatta jumped off the boulder and observed. He did not like this.
"And the only question that remained in my mine was 'Was he hurting me to get back at Kikyo or did he really hate me that much?'" Kagome said and her body was going higher and higher. In a few seconds it would past Kazumatta's shoulder. He finally had enough and knocked her in the head with the hilt of his sword. Kagome dropped down onto the floor and Kazumatta made chains appear in his hands. He shackled Kagome's wrists and forced the other ends into the boulder so that she was tied down.
"Inuyasha. I loved you." She said in her sleep. Kazumatta reached down and wiped the last tear that fell down her cheek. Then he suddenly pulled back in pain and watched as a section of skin on his palm shriveled up and burn away. He frowned as his blood slowly seeped down onto his arm. He did not like this at all.
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Kagome was dreaming. She was alone in a field with wildflowers and the first thing she noticed was the lack of pain. Her arm was fixed. Her kimono was no longer dirty from crawling on the ground.
"Kagome!" she turned at the sound of her name and the first thing she saw was beautiful silver eyes. Without even saying a word she embraced Negoda and clung tightly.
"Your shaking." He whispered and Kagome nodded. "I'm scared." She said. She could feel her tears coming again. "You haven't been scared in a long time." He told her looking at her face.
"I haven't been in pain in a long time." She said and Negoda scowled. "Where are you?" he asked and Kagome thought hard.
"I'm in a clearing of some kind. I don't think we're far from the village because I remember a lake and if you concentrate then you can smell water. Negoda please help me. I know I could do it but I've never had my arm broken. It hurts." She said. Negoda nodded in understanding. He had not taught Kagome how to fight while being injured.
"I'm coming." He promised. He held Kagome's cheek and looked at her with loving eyes. "What's his name?" Negoda asked. "The one who is doing this."
"Kazumatta Ozonu. He calls himself the dark angel." She told him. Negoda was suddenly filled with rage. He held Kagome once more and let go. He slowly began to fade away.
"Wait! Where are you going?" she yelled out to him. Though he did not answer. "Don't leave!" she yelled and chased after him. No matter how fast she ran she couldn't catch up until finally he was gone. Kagome dropped to her knees and hugged herself. "Don't leave." She whispered,
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Negoda opened his eyes and Anagi withdrew her hand from his forehead. "Did you contact her?" she asked. Negoda nodded. "Ozonu has her. Let's go." He said angrily.
"Brother! Your eyes!" Anagi pointed her finger in his face and Negoda quickly shut them and buried his face in his hands. "I feel it. It's surging through my blood as we speak." He said and reluctantly stood. He blinked his eyes a few times and took deep breaths. When he removed his hands and opened his eyes Anagi seemed to relax. "It's gone," she said. Negoda nodded. "Good. Wake Shippo and tell him to inform the others." He said.
Anagi poked Shippo until he awoke and explained what happened. Within minutes he was leaping through the forests in search of the gang. "He'll follow your scent. Now let's go." Negoda said and the two siblings dissolved.
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Kazumatta watched the girl's face intently. She was still crying. Yet for a few seconds she smiled. Now her face was set into a deep frown. 'Don't leave, Negoda." She mumbled in her sleep.
Kazumatta smiled and looked up at the stars. ' The rouge is on his way. This time I'll be sure to kill him.' He thought and began to clean his katana once more.