Chapter 7: Awake Before Dawn
Kagome yawned as she awoke the next morning and looked around the room and noticed that Sango and Miroku where not in the hut nor was Kirara. Confused by this she stood up and dusted off her pea green mini skirt and walked outside the hut to find Miroku and Sango talking. "Hey where's Kiara and Inu-Yasha?" Kagome asked and the two jumped and looked at the miko. "Umm, well we don't know." Sango commented as Shippo jumped from Sango's shoulder to Kagomes. "Yeah he upped and disappeared." He said and puffed out his chest. "But no worries! I found his trail!" Shippo said with pride.
"Good, then lets go and find him and also Kirara." Kagome said as the others nodded. Shippo grinned from ear to ear, for once in his life, he was the leader! And so the four traveled out of the village and went in search for their missing companions.
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Kirara awoke at the sound of a singing bird and blinked a few times as she remembered what had happened the night before. She then quickly looked down at Inu-Yasha whose head was still upon her shoulder, she gently moved her tails off him and watched his heavy breathing. ["He must still be fighting the poison off."] She thought and placed a clawed hand to his neck, feeling for a pulse and she sighed in relief.
Her eyes then went down to his shoulder and gut, it was hard to tell if the wounds where healed or not. So she reached forward and took hold of his fire-rat kimono and was about to open it with her right hand when suddenly a strong and yet weak hand stopped her. "Don't." A weak voice said and she noticed it was Inu-Yasha's and she looked at his face to find herself suddenly lost in his amber eyes.
"But . . . "
"Leave it be. . . Kirara." He struggled to say and closed his eyes again but still held onto her wrist. He was sweating again and his cheeks where flushed with fever. "Inu-Yasha." She said in worry and tried to comfort him the only way she knew how too. She rubbed her pale cheek against his and purred just like a cat seeking a back scratch from its owner. Inu-Yasha was totally taken off guard by this sudden act of affection. "K-Kirara? Wha- What are y-you doing?" he asked as she only whispered. "Let me comfort you, let me hold you." She spoke as her tails wrapped around his waist as her head now rested on his injured shoulder.
Usually Inu-Yasha would reject any kind of affection towards him but . . . he didn't . . . he let Kirara hold him strangely enough he felt comfortable and safe in her hold and by her touch. His ears moved slightly as listened to her breathing and a sigh that escaped her lips. ["Let . . . Let me . . . Let me stay like this . . . let me remember this moment . . . Let me live!"] Kirara thought as she purred and nuzzled close to him as her tails now gently stroke his chest. "Kirara?" he asked and she ignored him as she looked up into his eyes once more. ["What would it be like? To be kissed? To kiss him . . ."] she thought and suddenly and yet unknowingly moved closer to him.
["What is she doing? What I am I doing? Don't I love Kagome? Kikyo? Why is Kirara acting this way towards me?"] He wondered as he found her face only inches away from his own.
She closed her eyes . . .
He closed his . . .
["What would it be like . . ."]
"Inu-Yasha?! Kirara!" a voice yelled out in worry and the two jerked away from each other as if suddenly they burnt each other. "Inu-Yasha!!"
[". . . will I ever know . . ?"]
"Kirara!" they heard Sango yell out and then the only person they both did not want to see stumbled out of the bushes.
Miroku . . .
"I found them!" He yelled out and added in a low tone with a raised eyebrow. "And looking very comfortable."
Kirara looked at the monk as Inu-Yasha laid his head back against the tree behind him. ["What just happened?"] He asked himself as Kirara spoke up. "Miroku get that looked off your face . . . Lord Inu-Yasha is poisoned." She stated and quickly unwrapped her tails from around Inu-Yasha just as Kagome and Sango appeared followed by Shippo.
"See I told you I could find them!" Shippo stated with pride. "Inu-Yasha!" Kagome cried out and rushed to his side and quickly looked him over and fear stood out in her eyes as Inu-Yasha lazily looked at her. ["There's . . . fear in her eyes . . .why? . . . Why do I feel like I'm being torn to pieces?"] He asked himself as he then blacked out.
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Kirara and Kagome both sat by Inu-Yasha's side with in the hut they had rented, fear covered their faces as they watched him sleep. It looked like death was holding him and yet he looked peaceful. The top part of his kimono had been removed and his wounds cleaned and bandaged. Kirara looked up at the miko and studied her, she loved the hanyou but yet showed no true affection for him as she herself had. Why is that! Are humans to afraid to show their emotions?
Or. . . was . . . she herself hiding something? It was hard to tell, so Kirara looked away and then stood up to leave. As she did this Miroku entered the room with Shippo mounted upon his shoulder. Kirara walked past the two and went outside where her sleeping friend and traveling companion sat by a tree. Sighing Kirara walked by her and into the forest, alone. Sango opened one eye and watched as Kirara disappeared into the forest and so Sango stood up and followed her into the forest, staying down wind so she could not catch her scent.
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Kirara was in the deepest part of the forest now and sat upon a rock that rested by a small stream. It was peaceful and birds where singing their praise. But the leaves ruffled slightly as the wind blew them back and forth. That's when she heard a cruel laughter and so she looked up to the other side of the river and saw a man in white ape fur. She suddenly felt afraid and chilled to the bone and her very being.
As the man spoke he moved closer slowly like a ghost to the world and past over the stream and came beside her. "Little Kirara." She looked at him as he moved in front of her and sat down on a rock. "Why haven't you completed your purpose?" he asked and she felt like a child suddenly. She looked down at the ground in shame then looked away, "I-I. . . she is never alone, Inu- Yasha . . . I . . .he . . . the miko." She stumbled around her words unable to find them.
"Your running out of time and I'm running out of patience, neko." He said in his composed voice. "Your soul comes ever so closer to my own." He added and Kirara growled lowly. "Kukuku."
"What's so damn funny?" she snapped as she snarled at him, revealing her pointed teeth that where razor sharp. In response Naraku lifted a single hand and placed his index finger to her forehead where her black diamond lay. "This." He said simply as if he was talking to a child. "With this. . ." He stopped as her forehead glowed a eerie color and a spider mark appeared. "With this, I can take control of you or . . . " he removed his finger and the marking and glow faded away.
"I can kill you with it. You are marked as my property, my dear little Kirara and you will obey me."
"I'm no ones!"
"Are you do sure about that?"
". . . "
"You will kill the miko or die! This is not a win or win situation."
"I will not and can not kill Lady Kagome! I will no nothing that will harm my Lord Inu-Yasha! Even if it means death on my part." Kirara yelled out with tears knowing she had sealed her fate.
It was never to be.
But something happened
A light of hope was born or perhaps a light of darkness!
From the sky came a roaring sound and from the sky Hiraikotsu sprang forth and Naraku jumped back just barely and the weapon went back to its owner. Leaving the ground a mess and rocks flying around. Time seemed to slow down as she spun around with fear to see the boomerang being caught by a slender hand and lowered as she met the fiery eyes of her best friend.
"Sango . . . "
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[Oh what will happened next!?!?!? What will happen to Kirara? Sango? And Inu-Yasha!! Will she die? Will he die?! Will Sango be forced to kill Kirara? Tune in for the next chapter which I call . . . 'Backfire'
I know I said I would make this chapter longer and I know its not. GOMEN! GOMEN! But anyways I hope you enjoyed this chappie .=^-^=
Until next time
Ja Ne!
Kagome yawned as she awoke the next morning and looked around the room and noticed that Sango and Miroku where not in the hut nor was Kirara. Confused by this she stood up and dusted off her pea green mini skirt and walked outside the hut to find Miroku and Sango talking. "Hey where's Kiara and Inu-Yasha?" Kagome asked and the two jumped and looked at the miko. "Umm, well we don't know." Sango commented as Shippo jumped from Sango's shoulder to Kagomes. "Yeah he upped and disappeared." He said and puffed out his chest. "But no worries! I found his trail!" Shippo said with pride.
"Good, then lets go and find him and also Kirara." Kagome said as the others nodded. Shippo grinned from ear to ear, for once in his life, he was the leader! And so the four traveled out of the village and went in search for their missing companions.
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Kirara awoke at the sound of a singing bird and blinked a few times as she remembered what had happened the night before. She then quickly looked down at Inu-Yasha whose head was still upon her shoulder, she gently moved her tails off him and watched his heavy breathing. ["He must still be fighting the poison off."] She thought and placed a clawed hand to his neck, feeling for a pulse and she sighed in relief.
Her eyes then went down to his shoulder and gut, it was hard to tell if the wounds where healed or not. So she reached forward and took hold of his fire-rat kimono and was about to open it with her right hand when suddenly a strong and yet weak hand stopped her. "Don't." A weak voice said and she noticed it was Inu-Yasha's and she looked at his face to find herself suddenly lost in his amber eyes.
"But . . . "
"Leave it be. . . Kirara." He struggled to say and closed his eyes again but still held onto her wrist. He was sweating again and his cheeks where flushed with fever. "Inu-Yasha." She said in worry and tried to comfort him the only way she knew how too. She rubbed her pale cheek against his and purred just like a cat seeking a back scratch from its owner. Inu-Yasha was totally taken off guard by this sudden act of affection. "K-Kirara? Wha- What are y-you doing?" he asked as she only whispered. "Let me comfort you, let me hold you." She spoke as her tails wrapped around his waist as her head now rested on his injured shoulder.
Usually Inu-Yasha would reject any kind of affection towards him but . . . he didn't . . . he let Kirara hold him strangely enough he felt comfortable and safe in her hold and by her touch. His ears moved slightly as listened to her breathing and a sigh that escaped her lips. ["Let . . . Let me . . . Let me stay like this . . . let me remember this moment . . . Let me live!"] Kirara thought as she purred and nuzzled close to him as her tails now gently stroke his chest. "Kirara?" he asked and she ignored him as she looked up into his eyes once more. ["What would it be like? To be kissed? To kiss him . . ."] she thought and suddenly and yet unknowingly moved closer to him.
["What is she doing? What I am I doing? Don't I love Kagome? Kikyo? Why is Kirara acting this way towards me?"] He wondered as he found her face only inches away from his own.
She closed her eyes . . .
He closed his . . .
["What would it be like . . ."]
"Inu-Yasha?! Kirara!" a voice yelled out in worry and the two jerked away from each other as if suddenly they burnt each other. "Inu-Yasha!!"
[". . . will I ever know . . ?"]
"Kirara!" they heard Sango yell out and then the only person they both did not want to see stumbled out of the bushes.
Miroku . . .
"I found them!" He yelled out and added in a low tone with a raised eyebrow. "And looking very comfortable."
Kirara looked at the monk as Inu-Yasha laid his head back against the tree behind him. ["What just happened?"] He asked himself as Kirara spoke up. "Miroku get that looked off your face . . . Lord Inu-Yasha is poisoned." She stated and quickly unwrapped her tails from around Inu-Yasha just as Kagome and Sango appeared followed by Shippo.
"See I told you I could find them!" Shippo stated with pride. "Inu-Yasha!" Kagome cried out and rushed to his side and quickly looked him over and fear stood out in her eyes as Inu-Yasha lazily looked at her. ["There's . . . fear in her eyes . . .why? . . . Why do I feel like I'm being torn to pieces?"] He asked himself as he then blacked out.
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Kirara and Kagome both sat by Inu-Yasha's side with in the hut they had rented, fear covered their faces as they watched him sleep. It looked like death was holding him and yet he looked peaceful. The top part of his kimono had been removed and his wounds cleaned and bandaged. Kirara looked up at the miko and studied her, she loved the hanyou but yet showed no true affection for him as she herself had. Why is that! Are humans to afraid to show their emotions?
Or. . . was . . . she herself hiding something? It was hard to tell, so Kirara looked away and then stood up to leave. As she did this Miroku entered the room with Shippo mounted upon his shoulder. Kirara walked past the two and went outside where her sleeping friend and traveling companion sat by a tree. Sighing Kirara walked by her and into the forest, alone. Sango opened one eye and watched as Kirara disappeared into the forest and so Sango stood up and followed her into the forest, staying down wind so she could not catch her scent.
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Kirara was in the deepest part of the forest now and sat upon a rock that rested by a small stream. It was peaceful and birds where singing their praise. But the leaves ruffled slightly as the wind blew them back and forth. That's when she heard a cruel laughter and so she looked up to the other side of the river and saw a man in white ape fur. She suddenly felt afraid and chilled to the bone and her very being.
As the man spoke he moved closer slowly like a ghost to the world and past over the stream and came beside her. "Little Kirara." She looked at him as he moved in front of her and sat down on a rock. "Why haven't you completed your purpose?" he asked and she felt like a child suddenly. She looked down at the ground in shame then looked away, "I-I. . . she is never alone, Inu- Yasha . . . I . . .he . . . the miko." She stumbled around her words unable to find them.
"Your running out of time and I'm running out of patience, neko." He said in his composed voice. "Your soul comes ever so closer to my own." He added and Kirara growled lowly. "Kukuku."
"What's so damn funny?" she snapped as she snarled at him, revealing her pointed teeth that where razor sharp. In response Naraku lifted a single hand and placed his index finger to her forehead where her black diamond lay. "This." He said simply as if he was talking to a child. "With this. . ." He stopped as her forehead glowed a eerie color and a spider mark appeared. "With this, I can take control of you or . . . " he removed his finger and the marking and glow faded away.
"I can kill you with it. You are marked as my property, my dear little Kirara and you will obey me."
"I'm no ones!"
"Are you do sure about that?"
". . . "
"You will kill the miko or die! This is not a win or win situation."
"I will not and can not kill Lady Kagome! I will no nothing that will harm my Lord Inu-Yasha! Even if it means death on my part." Kirara yelled out with tears knowing she had sealed her fate.
It was never to be.
But something happened
A light of hope was born or perhaps a light of darkness!
From the sky came a roaring sound and from the sky Hiraikotsu sprang forth and Naraku jumped back just barely and the weapon went back to its owner. Leaving the ground a mess and rocks flying around. Time seemed to slow down as she spun around with fear to see the boomerang being caught by a slender hand and lowered as she met the fiery eyes of her best friend.
"Sango . . . "
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[Oh what will happened next!?!?!? What will happen to Kirara? Sango? And Inu-Yasha!! Will she die? Will he die?! Will Sango be forced to kill Kirara? Tune in for the next chapter which I call . . . 'Backfire'
I know I said I would make this chapter longer and I know its not. GOMEN! GOMEN! But anyways I hope you enjoyed this chappie .=^-^=
Until next time
Ja Ne!