Chapter 14: Dilemma
[A/N: All right before I start this next chapter I would like to add MY personal comment here about Kirara being male or female. I see Kirara as a female, for these reasons:
Who in their right mind WOULD name a boy Kirara? A feminine name.
Kirara has a slender formation of the body, signifying a female, but even more slim in the manga (example Vol.9)
She has a hint of a sharp eyelash usually shown to direct a character as a female
Kirara was referred to "She", on the episode Kagome Kidnapped By The Wolf Demon, Kouga. 2nd episode with Kouga in it)
But once again that's just my opinion So There =P~. She be female! But anyways onward!
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Chapter 14: Dilemma
Naraku grinned evilly as he thrust the sword forward, but as he did so, the sword suddenly was shot out of his hands. He growled as he darted his head to the right to see Kirara in a crouching position, her right tailing coming back to wrap about her small frame. Her eyes where narrowed and reflected pain as she glared at Naraku.
Bad move for him, for Inu-Yasha doubled up his fist and punched him across the face causing the evil hanyou to fly back a few feet as Inu-Yasha then rushed to Kirara as she closed her eyes and her breathing became sallow.
He kneeled down beside her, his eyes scanning her like a worried and scared mother knowing her child will die. But for him, he was scared shitless. "Kirara." He said in a shaky voice as she opened her eyes and looked at him. "Inu-Yasha. I am fine don't worry-"
"-damnit! Your bleeding to death and you say your fine! Ki-AHHHHH!" Inu- Yasha is clawed across the back, ripping the back of his kimono open. "Stupid mutt." Naraku growled and went to stab his clawed hand through the hanyou's skull, but Inu-Yasha moved to the side with Kirara in time to only have part of his left silver ear snipped.
Inu-Yasha landed beside Kirara as she landed by him with a grunt, Inu-Yasha was on his feet in seconds as he dodged another blow by Naraku. Inu-Yasha withdrew the Tetsusaiga from its sheath, Naraku laughed as Kirara stared wide-eyed at the sword.
It did not alter.
The rusty old blade stayed as a rusty old blade, the sunlight reflected off it as Naraku laughed and Inu-Yasha looking dumbfounded. The blade should of changed, should of become the mighty fang, the wind scar . . . he stared at it. Naraku still laughing, as Kirara looked away, she knew why, why it was not alternating.
She wasn't human.
Naraku stopped laughing as he saw the look on the hanyou's face, "Pathetic, you're wondering why it is not transforming. Look at her; look at the one you are trying to protect. You're protecting a demon, a full neko youkai. Not a human. The blade will not follow your commands." He laughed once again as Inu-Yasha growled, "What will you do now?"
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Kagome ran as fast as her wounded body could, she felt the blood flow freely down her arm, her chest now. She was having trouble breathing, but she went on, she would not slow done, Shippo sat upon her unwounded shoulder, he looked over to her, his eyes wide with fear as he saw the blood. "K-Kago-me." He stuttered and she instantly knew what he saw. But she did not answer.
"Kagome, your . . . your . . .bleeding." His eyes started to water, he had seen his parents die, he knew what kind of wound she held in her body, and he wasn't dumb. "Kagome, stop! Go back, your going to die if you-"
She interrupted him, her voice was soft, caring and apologetic, "Shippo, listen to me, I want you to go back to the village and get Miroku and Sango. We may need them, don't worry about me. But promise me, you'll be a good boy."
He was silent for moment and then nodded as he leaped of her shoulder as she smiled at him, he took off like a squirrel on all four. "Be strong, Shippo." She whispered as she ran even faster, she could feel it. She could the youkai's power, the jewel she knew Naraku was near.
As she ran she pulled an arrow from her quiver and knotted it into her bow. She was almost their, she felt the presence of Naraku, the fading life of Kirara and . . . Inu-Yasha. She closed her eyes, ["Forgive me."]
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"NO!" Kirara shouted as Naraku slammed an injured Inu-Yasha up against a tree. "Leave him alone!" she cried out, trying to move, trying to lift her self up, but she couldn't. She couldn't move, she did not have the strength; she had lost too much blood. Her hands where covered in her own blood, her kimono, her tails and the ends of her hair, crimson.
She was dieing and she knew it, but not Inu-Yasha, no he could not die! "Inu-Yasha!" she cried out as Naraku raised his clawed hand to drive it into his skull. Inu-Yasha had been injured; his sword arm had been stabbed clean to the bone, his shoulder dislocated and a cut above his brow. Blood trickled down the side of his face.
Though strangely enough he held the sword with in his other hand. Clasping to it like it was life or death, funny though for it was. He growled evilly as he bit down on Naraku's hand, clawing into his flash, like a wounded dog.
Naraku smirked, "Good bye Inu-"
"-Yasha!" a voice finished for him as suddenly an arrow struck him in the shoulder, the arrow grew bright with an eerie pink color and he knew what it was and he released Inu-Yasha as he quickly went to pull the glowing arrow out. He grabbed it with his right hand and yanked out as the arrow exploded purifying his right hand and then his arm, it was traveling through his body, but he fixed that as he sliced off his right arm from the shoulder done.
The limb disappeared and blood dripped down his arm. Naraku looked over to where the arrow came from as well did Inu-Yasha and Kirara. Their standing between two tall trees was Kagome; at first glance she could have been mistaken for the deceased priestess Kikyo. But Kagome's loving blue-gray eyes gave her away, Inu-Yasha noticed the bloody sleeve and shoulder, it was no longer a pure white but a scarlet color. Her face was pale and her breathing was sallow.
"Kagome." Inu-Yasha said with shock as Naraku chuckled, "Ah, the reincarnation, Kagome." He snickered as she stumbled towards Kirara, who now fully collapsed to the ground holding her chest. "Come to die along with your rival, how sweet." He said as she kneeled beside the dieing neko. "Only one of us will die." She whispered, then laid down her weapons and rested her hands upon Kirara. A strange pinkish light surrounded the two; Naraku instantly knew what she was doing.
He growled and charged at the two, "You will not succeed!" he screeched as Inu-Yasha saw this his hand griped tighter upon Tetsusaiga, he saw the danger, saw the two woman in his life in danger. He felt the power he felt the change.
Tetsusaiga had become the weapon he needed most.
He could see the wind scar . . .
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My apologies for this chapter taking so long to be put up and for it being so short. Furthermore its NOT my best work, =(, but here it is and I tried hard to get the atmosphere right and I hope I did and as you can probably tell, this story is coming to a close.
I want to thank you all for reading this, these are the last chapters that are coming up:
Chapter 15: The Gift Chapter 16: Epilogue: Fukai Mori, Forget Me Not Chapter 17: Reviews and Thank Yous
[A/N: All right before I start this next chapter I would like to add MY personal comment here about Kirara being male or female. I see Kirara as a female, for these reasons:
Who in their right mind WOULD name a boy Kirara? A feminine name.
Kirara has a slender formation of the body, signifying a female, but even more slim in the manga (example Vol.9)
She has a hint of a sharp eyelash usually shown to direct a character as a female
Kirara was referred to "She", on the episode Kagome Kidnapped By The Wolf Demon, Kouga. 2nd episode with Kouga in it)
But once again that's just my opinion So There =P~. She be female! But anyways onward!
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Chapter 14: Dilemma
Naraku grinned evilly as he thrust the sword forward, but as he did so, the sword suddenly was shot out of his hands. He growled as he darted his head to the right to see Kirara in a crouching position, her right tailing coming back to wrap about her small frame. Her eyes where narrowed and reflected pain as she glared at Naraku.
Bad move for him, for Inu-Yasha doubled up his fist and punched him across the face causing the evil hanyou to fly back a few feet as Inu-Yasha then rushed to Kirara as she closed her eyes and her breathing became sallow.
He kneeled down beside her, his eyes scanning her like a worried and scared mother knowing her child will die. But for him, he was scared shitless. "Kirara." He said in a shaky voice as she opened her eyes and looked at him. "Inu-Yasha. I am fine don't worry-"
"-damnit! Your bleeding to death and you say your fine! Ki-AHHHHH!" Inu- Yasha is clawed across the back, ripping the back of his kimono open. "Stupid mutt." Naraku growled and went to stab his clawed hand through the hanyou's skull, but Inu-Yasha moved to the side with Kirara in time to only have part of his left silver ear snipped.
Inu-Yasha landed beside Kirara as she landed by him with a grunt, Inu-Yasha was on his feet in seconds as he dodged another blow by Naraku. Inu-Yasha withdrew the Tetsusaiga from its sheath, Naraku laughed as Kirara stared wide-eyed at the sword.
It did not alter.
The rusty old blade stayed as a rusty old blade, the sunlight reflected off it as Naraku laughed and Inu-Yasha looking dumbfounded. The blade should of changed, should of become the mighty fang, the wind scar . . . he stared at it. Naraku still laughing, as Kirara looked away, she knew why, why it was not alternating.
She wasn't human.
Naraku stopped laughing as he saw the look on the hanyou's face, "Pathetic, you're wondering why it is not transforming. Look at her; look at the one you are trying to protect. You're protecting a demon, a full neko youkai. Not a human. The blade will not follow your commands." He laughed once again as Inu-Yasha growled, "What will you do now?"
* * * * * * *
Kagome ran as fast as her wounded body could, she felt the blood flow freely down her arm, her chest now. She was having trouble breathing, but she went on, she would not slow done, Shippo sat upon her unwounded shoulder, he looked over to her, his eyes wide with fear as he saw the blood. "K-Kago-me." He stuttered and she instantly knew what he saw. But she did not answer.
"Kagome, your . . . your . . .bleeding." His eyes started to water, he had seen his parents die, he knew what kind of wound she held in her body, and he wasn't dumb. "Kagome, stop! Go back, your going to die if you-"
She interrupted him, her voice was soft, caring and apologetic, "Shippo, listen to me, I want you to go back to the village and get Miroku and Sango. We may need them, don't worry about me. But promise me, you'll be a good boy."
He was silent for moment and then nodded as he leaped of her shoulder as she smiled at him, he took off like a squirrel on all four. "Be strong, Shippo." She whispered as she ran even faster, she could feel it. She could the youkai's power, the jewel she knew Naraku was near.
As she ran she pulled an arrow from her quiver and knotted it into her bow. She was almost their, she felt the presence of Naraku, the fading life of Kirara and . . . Inu-Yasha. She closed her eyes, ["Forgive me."]
* * * * * *
"NO!" Kirara shouted as Naraku slammed an injured Inu-Yasha up against a tree. "Leave him alone!" she cried out, trying to move, trying to lift her self up, but she couldn't. She couldn't move, she did not have the strength; she had lost too much blood. Her hands where covered in her own blood, her kimono, her tails and the ends of her hair, crimson.
She was dieing and she knew it, but not Inu-Yasha, no he could not die! "Inu-Yasha!" she cried out as Naraku raised his clawed hand to drive it into his skull. Inu-Yasha had been injured; his sword arm had been stabbed clean to the bone, his shoulder dislocated and a cut above his brow. Blood trickled down the side of his face.
Though strangely enough he held the sword with in his other hand. Clasping to it like it was life or death, funny though for it was. He growled evilly as he bit down on Naraku's hand, clawing into his flash, like a wounded dog.
Naraku smirked, "Good bye Inu-"
"-Yasha!" a voice finished for him as suddenly an arrow struck him in the shoulder, the arrow grew bright with an eerie pink color and he knew what it was and he released Inu-Yasha as he quickly went to pull the glowing arrow out. He grabbed it with his right hand and yanked out as the arrow exploded purifying his right hand and then his arm, it was traveling through his body, but he fixed that as he sliced off his right arm from the shoulder done.
The limb disappeared and blood dripped down his arm. Naraku looked over to where the arrow came from as well did Inu-Yasha and Kirara. Their standing between two tall trees was Kagome; at first glance she could have been mistaken for the deceased priestess Kikyo. But Kagome's loving blue-gray eyes gave her away, Inu-Yasha noticed the bloody sleeve and shoulder, it was no longer a pure white but a scarlet color. Her face was pale and her breathing was sallow.
"Kagome." Inu-Yasha said with shock as Naraku chuckled, "Ah, the reincarnation, Kagome." He snickered as she stumbled towards Kirara, who now fully collapsed to the ground holding her chest. "Come to die along with your rival, how sweet." He said as she kneeled beside the dieing neko. "Only one of us will die." She whispered, then laid down her weapons and rested her hands upon Kirara. A strange pinkish light surrounded the two; Naraku instantly knew what she was doing.
He growled and charged at the two, "You will not succeed!" he screeched as Inu-Yasha saw this his hand griped tighter upon Tetsusaiga, he saw the danger, saw the two woman in his life in danger. He felt the power he felt the change.
Tetsusaiga had become the weapon he needed most.
He could see the wind scar . . .
* * * *
My apologies for this chapter taking so long to be put up and for it being so short. Furthermore its NOT my best work, =(, but here it is and I tried hard to get the atmosphere right and I hope I did and as you can probably tell, this story is coming to a close.
I want to thank you all for reading this, these are the last chapters that are coming up:
Chapter 15: The Gift Chapter 16: Epilogue: Fukai Mori, Forget Me Not Chapter 17: Reviews and Thank Yous