Until the End of Time
Chapter 5
Rescue
By: Devilspet
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"God! Where is she?! She should be back by now, right?!" Inuyasha asked, panicking and pacing around the room. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all stared at him.
"Inuyasha . . . calm down . . . she'll be back . . ." Kaede reassured him. Inuyasha let out a frustrated sigh, "I give up! I'm gonna go get her!" Inuyasha said as he stomped out of the hut, leaving everyone blinking.
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Kagome dropped her bag and fell unconscious to the ground. A demon picked her up. The demon smirked. 'This'll work out perfectly . . . I even get a hostage . . . I'd better leave this,' the demon bent down and set a note beside the girl's bag. 'This way Inuyasha'll come straight to me- ready to fight.' The demon thought then leapt toward the sky.
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Inuyasha stomped through the town, toward the forest. Once, he reached the edge of the forest, he leapt for the trees, running though them, toward the well.
"Kagome? Where are you?" he called, once he reached the well, "Come on, Ka- " he stopped himself when he saw Kagome's bag. The bag was there; but there was no Kagome. "No . . . Kagome? Kagome?! KAGOME, WHERE ARE YOU?!" he called once again.
He walked toward her bag and noticed there was a note beside it. He picked it up and read it.
Little brother,
Come to me if you want back your human girl . . . and be ready to give up your Tetsusagia.
Sesshomaru
Inuyasha read the note over and over silently. He picked up Kagome's bag and walked back to the village without realizing it, the note still in his hand.
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Sesshomaru set Kagome down on a bed in one of the rooms in his palace and walked to the door with Rin right behind him the whole way.
Sesshomaru locked the door and walked down the hall, Rin still following him. They walked to the dining hall to find Jaken. He will be needed to watch over Rin while Sesshomaru and Inuyasha fight.
"Jaken," Sesshomaru said when they found him. Jaken looked up from his food, "Yes, My Lord?"
"I need you to watch over Rin . . . you'll need to watch tonight and all of tomorrow, I'm not sure when he's coming but he'll be here soon . . ." Sesshomaru ordered. Jaken nodded nervously. Sesshomaru turned to leave. "C'mon brat, eat your dinner," Jaken told Rin. Sesshomaru stopped, "Jaken." He warned, flexing his claws. Jaken winced, "Forgive me, My Lord . . . it won't happen again,"
"It had better not." Sesshomaru growled and left the room.
"Whew . . . eat your dinner and then off to bed, understand?" Jaken asked Rin. She nodded and sat down at the table.
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Inuyasha walked into Kaede's hut, let the bag and the note drop out of his hands, sat in the corner, and buried his head in his knees. Everyone blinked at him. Shippo hopped on his knee, "Inuyasha? Are you . . . okay? Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha didn't bother answering; he just pushed Shippo off his knee. Shippo yelped as he hit the floor.
Sango got up and read the note that Inuyasha dropped, "Oh my God," she said, putting her hand over her mouth. Miroku and Shippo looked from Inuyasha to Sango and back again in utter confusion.
"What's going on here??"
Sango handed Miroku the note. Miroku read it out loud to Shippo, "It says . . . 'Little brother, Come to me if you want back your girl . . . and be ready to give up your Tetsusagia . . . Sesshomaru'" Miroku and Shippo both gasped, "Oh . . . that is a problem," Miroku said.
"No kiddin' asshole . . . you don't have to rub it in . . . I bet Inuyasha feels bad enough already!" Sango said harshly. Inuyasha winced; they weren't helping his pride. He was Kagome's protector and he failed, he lost his love. Sango noticed this, "Oh . . . I'm sorry Inuyasha . . . look . . . we'll get her back . . . we just need a plan, okay?"
Inuyasha looked up and smirked, "I gotta plan . . . we charge in there, beat Sesshomaru's ass, and get Kagome . . . uh . . . no wait!" Inuyasha said enthusiastically, "We let Kagome beat his ass 'cause she's probably pissed . . . and she's still mad 'cause of what he did to me! No . . . wait . . . I gotta new idea . . . I beat Sesshomaru's ass while you rescue Kagome . . . no wait . . . I gotta save her," Inuyasha kept babbling nonsense while the other talked among themselves.
"Well . . . at least he's persistent . . ." Sango told Miroku and Shippo. Miroku nodded and Shippo answered, "Yeah, but, he's only stating minor parts of what we need to do . . . there's no detail . . ." Miroku smiled and whispered to his companions, "Don't ruin it for him,"
Shippo hopped onto Inuyasha's knee, "Hey, Inuyasha . . . I wanna help! Can I, please? Prrrrrrrreeeeeeeeettttttttyyyy Plllleeeaaaaassssseeeee???" Inuyasha stopped babbling and glared at Shippo, "If you have to, but don't expect me to save your ass if you get in trouble . . ." Shippo nodded and said, "You won't have to I can fend for myself . . ."
"Hey Inuyasha," Sango said, "I have a plan . . ." Inuyasha looked up at Sango. "What is it?" he asked her. "Well . . . Shippo'll transform into you and distract Sesshomaru and you can rescue Kagome . . . Miroku, Kirara, and I will get rid of any guards in his gardens." Sango explained to them. Inuyasha blinked at her. "Do you like it?" Miroku and Shippo nodded.
Inuyasha told her, "I hate to admit it . . . but that's a good plan. And if I know Sesshomaru, he'll have people guardin' her." Sango smiled at him, "Yeah . . . but you can take care of them, now can't you?" Inuyasha nodded, "Right . . . when do we leave?" Sango thought about that, "Um, we'll leave tomorrow morning . . . get a good night's sleep and don't worry about Kagome, okay?" Inuyasha's head fell back into his knees at the mention Kagome's name but he nodded. "Oh! I'm sorry, Inu-" Inuyasha was getting irritated with all of the apologizing. "Shut up, don't worry about it . . . it's dark- got to sleep." Sango rolled her eyes and nodded.
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The night went by quickly and the morning too early for Inuyasha. But he was determined to get Kagome back, tired or not! They spent over half the day getting ready but some took longer.
"COME ON, COME ON! HURRY UP!" Inuyasha yelled, from outside Kaede's hut, at Sango. "INUYASHA, CALM DOWN!" she yelled back. "WELL, HURRY UP ALREADY!!" Inuyasha shouted while Miroku tapped his foot and Shippo sat impatiently on Inuyasha's shoulder.
Sango emerged from the hut a few minutes later, fuming in anger. "INUYASHA! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?! CAN'T YOU LET A GIRL GET READY?!" Sango yelled. Inuyasha thought about that for a second then shook his head, "And no, I don't think I gotta problem, I just want Kagome back," Sango glared at him a bit longer then harshly told him, "I know, and that's why I was taking so long- because I don't want to be unprepared and not be able to get her back," she turned to Kirara, "Come on, let's go," Kirara transformed into the demonic cat, with a roar and she was surrounded in a ball of fire, when she emerged, she was huge. Sango threw Kagome's bow and arrows on Kirara's back then she, Miroku, and Shippo, all climbed on. Both her and Inuyasha took a huge leap towards the sky.
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Kagome stirred on the bed where she was put and fell off onto the floor. This, of course, woke her from her unconscious sleep. "Ouch!" she yelped closing her eyes to block out the pain. When she opened her eyes, pain came rushing into her head. She ignored it and looked around, "Where am I?" Kagome asked herself, not expecting an answer. but there was one- it said, "You're in my palace" It was a cold dark voice that made her shiver. Kagome blinked. "Who's 'my'?" she weakly asked the unknown voice. Kagome saw a dark figure walk out of the shadows. She wrinkled her nose in disgust when she realized who it was.
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Inuyasha landed on a treetop and scratched his head, "Now, where is it again?" Sango looked annoyed, "You mean you DON'T KNOW where it is?!" Inuyasha glared at her, "I do, too! I just . . . kinda," He lowered his voice, " . . . forgot . . ."
Miroku looked devastated. "YOU WHAT??!!" Inuyasha growled and sniffed the air. "This way . . ." he told the others. Inuyasha and Kirara made another leap for the sky.
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"It's me," the figure said pointing at himself, "Lord Sesshomaru . . ." he stated proudly. Kagome stayed silent. "You're not going to say anything? Fine . . ." Sesshomaru moved towards the door.
Kagome took this chance to speak up. "What the hell do you want with me?!" she growled. Sesshomaru stopped, turned around, smirked, and said, "Oh . . . this has nothing to do with you . . ." Kagome blinked, 'Okay . . . he doesn't want me . . . then who does he want?' Kagome silently gasped when she realized who it was. The only person Sesshomaru had a grudge against that would most certainly risk their life for her . . . Inuyasha. 'No . . . he can't have Inuyasha; we won't let him- I won't let him, even if I have to stop him myself! No matter what the consequences, I'll protect him for once!'
Kagome glared at Sesshomaru with narrowed eyes. "You won't TOUCH him!" she told him harshly. Sesshomaru looked surprised. "A little vicious, are we?" Kagome continued to glare at him even though she could feel her eyes starting to sting, telling her she was on the verge of tears. "Well, we'll just have to fix that later, won't we?" Sesshomaru said. Kagome felt her lip tremble slightly but she bit back the tears. She wouldn't let Sesshomaru see her cry . . . she was stronger than that. Sesshomaru smirked in self-satisfaction; he could see the tears forming in her eyes. He turned and left the room. He left Kagome to herself . . . to cry alone.
He closed and locked the door behind him and walked down the hall.
He sniffed the air and stopped in his tracks, Inuyasha was close. He hurried off to go find Rin and Jaken; the last thing he needed was Inuyasha finding Rin.
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Kagome stared at the door and waited for a few minutes to make sure Sesshomaru wasn't coming back. She crawled off the floor and back onto the bed. She buried her heads in her knees. She felt tears fall from her eyes. " . . . Inuyasha . . . I'm sorry," she whispered through her tears, "I guess . . ." she smiled sadly, "I guess I broke another promise . . . I'm sorry," she began to sob into her knees once again.
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Sesshomaru hurried through the palace halls, sniffing the air every once and a while to see if he could catch Rin's scent. He turned a new corner and sniffed the air again; she was out in the gardens of all places and Inuyasha was closing in fast.
Sesshomaru hurried out into the gardens and called, "Rin! Hurry and come over here! Rin?"
Rin heard Sesshomaru calling and she came running. "Yes?" Sesshomaru looked down at the girl in front of him and ordered, "Go straight to your room, I'll send Jaken up soon. And Rin . . . promise you won't leave the room for anything . . . ANYTHING, got it?" Rin nodded her head obediently and said, "I promise I won't leave the room at all." Sesshomaru smiled and told her, "Hurry off now, Inuyasha'll be arriving soon and I don't want you out here." Rin nodded again and ran off into the palace.
"Jaken?! Jaken, come here, this instant!" Sesshomaru ordered. Jaken came running from the gardens toward Sesshomaru, "Yes, my lord?" Jaken said. But before Sesshomaru could speak Jaken interrupted, "You do know that Inuyasha is in the area, right my lord?" Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and said, quite annoyed, "Yes Jaken, I know, now head off to Rin's room and keep an eye on her," Jaken nodded and hurried toward the palace, not wanting to get involved in the bout between brothers that was bound to come.
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Sunset was coming on fast and they were only now approaching Sesshomaru's palace.
Inuyasha landed at the gates of Sesshomaru's palace, or Inuyasha's used-to- be home until Sesshomaru kicked him out. He turned and waited for the others to land.
Kirara landed, let everyone off, and she transformed back into her regular form. Inuyasha asked, "Shippo, how long can you stay transformed?" Shippo blinked and answered hesitantly, "Um . . . let's see . . . it'll be long enough for you to get in, get Kagome, and get out . . . I can stay like that for a day depending on how much damage I take." Shippo explained. Inuyasha merely nodded and murmured, "Good,"
He walked back toward the gates. "Everybody ready?" Inuyasha asked. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and even Kirara nodded. They all looked so determined; but none of them were as determined as Inuyasha; that's a fact. "Does that mean you guys are ready to fight at all costs?" The three other all answered, "Yes," in unison and Kirara transformed into her huge demonic form once again.
Inuyasha gave Shippo time to transform before he jumped over the gates. Kirara charged through the gates. Inuyasha leapt over the gardens towards the palace.
Inuyasha could tell that the battle had begun in the background. He landed at Sesshomaru's door and unsheathed the Tetsusagia. He cut through the door and prepared to attack any guards ahead.
Inuyasha cautiously walked through the door. He was right; Sesshomaru's palace was loaded with guards everywhere. They all charged at him. But, Inuyasha easily destroyed them with a slash of his sword.
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Sesshomaru confronted Inuyasha (who was really Shippo) and the others as they fought off the guards. "Hello, little brother," Sesshomaru greeted coldly. Shippo paled, he had forgotten that he had Inuyasha's appearance but he didn't have Inuyasha's strength. Shippo just growled at him. He silently thanked God that Inuyasha's appearance came with the transformed Tetsusagia. He unsheathed his sword and charged at Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru noticed that the unknown fake Inuyasha's scent had changed. He smelled faintly on a fox-demon, 'Inuyasha must have been with that little fox that travels with him . . . oh well . . . and he's weakened, too. Did I injure him THAT badly??' he asked himself. Sesshomaru easily dodged Inuyasha's attack. 'Oh well . . . it'll be easier this way,' he told himself mentally. Shippo swiveled around to make a new attack and charged.
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Inuyasha had his ears pricked and listening for any sign of Kagome as he ran through the halls of the palace attacking any guards that got in his way.
"There!" Inuyasha had heard something. It sounded like a girl crying; it had to be Kagome. He sniffed her air. It was her, all right; that was her scent in the air. "Get the fuck outta my way!" he yelled as a group of guards that surrounded him. He attacked them all at once and ran towards Kagome's scent.
He turned a corner to see a door with about fifteen well-armed demons guards on front of it. 'Typical . . . it's always the door with the most guards . . . oh well . . ." He charged, with a howl, at the guards . . .
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Shippo attacked but Sesshomaru dodged and Shippo lost his balance and almost fell forward. "Disgrace . . . you can't even be considered a half- demon, Inuyasha . . . demons are endowed with GRACE and BALANCE, and you just proved that you have neither." Shippo growled brutally, 'I don't care what he thinks . . . I'm demon . . . and I can't help it . . . I'm a KID!!'
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"AHHH!!! NO, IT'S INUYASHA!!!! RUN!!!" a demon yelled, but it was too late, Inuyasha had taken down most of the demons already.
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Kagome heard yells and screams from outside of her room. She looked up and wiped her eyes. Suddenly, her door exploded! She shielded her eyes with her arm from any debris. "Kagome? You in here?" Someone called from the destroyed door. "Inuyasha!? Over here! You came for me?!" Kagome exclaimed in joy. Inuyasha ran to Kagome's open arms. Her gave her a long, deep, passionate kiss.
He broke the kiss and started babbling, "I knew you shouldn't of gone . . . I just knew something was gonna happen . . . I shoulda been there . . . I shoulda never let you outta my sight . . ." he gave her another quick kiss, "I'm so sorry Kagome . . ." Inuyasha whispered to her quietly.
Kagome smiled, "Inuyasha . . . calm down . . . I'm fine . . . I wasn't hurt . . . the most damage inflicted was a major headache . . ." Inuyasha bowed his head, "But still . . . oh never mind . . ."
He kneeled so Kagome could climb onto his back and continued, "Get on . . . we gotta get outta here, quick . . ." Kagome nodded and climbed on. Inuyasha ran out of the room.
"Thank you . . ." Kagome told Inuyasha as he ran down the hall. Inuyasha merely nodded and picked up speed. Inuyasha leapt over a pile of bodies and Kagome stared in amazement. "Inuyasha, you did all of this for me??" Inuyasha smiled, "Kagome how many times do I have to say this? Anything for my Kagome and besides I said I'd do anything to protect you . . . and I really meant that. I know that and you should to by now . . ."
Kagome hugged him gently around the neck and said, "I do know that, Inuyasha . . . I just like be reminded . . . and I'm proud of you, you didn't kill any of them . . ."
Inuyasha chuckled softly. "Come on, I need to get you to Kirara; she's got your bow,"
Kagome blinked, "What?! The others are here, too?!" Inuyasha laughed quietly, "You think they'd let me do this on my own? Now, we gotta hurry . . . Shippo transformed into me and he's fightin' Sesshomaru now . . ." Kagome's eyes went wide. "I hope he's doin' okay . . ." With that said, Inuyasha rushed down the halls, toward the door he came in.
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"Look!" Sango called to Miroku, who had just finished off the rest of Sesshomaru's guards with his Wind Tunnel. Miroku turned to look at what she saw. Miroku smiled, "Inuyasha and Kagome . . . Sango get Kirara to go meet them." Sango nodded and called Kirara, "Kirara, go see Inuyasha and Kagome," she ordered. Kirara roared and Ran towards the couple at Sesshomaru's door.
Inuyasha leapt on Kirara's back as she passed and let Kagome off. "Get your bow ready and climb back on . . ." Kagome nodded, picked up her bow, readied an arrow in it, and climbed, once again, onto Inuyasha's back. He leapt off Kirara, toward Sesshomaru.
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Sesshomaru was getting bored with the so-called Inuyasha. "You're even more pathetic than the last time we fought . . . and you were human then," he teased.
You won't look to good yourself Sesshomaru . . . a voice called from behind him. Sesshomaru swiveled around to see another Inuyasha leaping to him. "Now Kagome!!" he ordered the girl on his back. Kagome let the arrow fly toward Sesshomaru. She made sure to gather her power as Inuyasha leapt so the arrow would cause a powerful blow.
The arrow hit Sesshomaru in his upper left leg. He fell to his knees and grabbed his leg in pain, scowling terribly but not making a sound. Inuyasha landed gracefully in front of Sesshomaru and Kagome jumped off of his back to stand on his left. Shippo came up and stood on Kagome's left.
Shippo looked at Kagome and Inuyasha who both nodded confirming that he should transform. Shippo nodded back and removed the small leaf from his head with a puff of smoke. Sesshomaru stared at the puff of smoke in confusion, 'Where have I seen this before?'
He saw a small fox appear in the smoke. Then, he realized. "You . . . you tricked . . . me," he said quietly. Sesshomaru looked up to see Kagome and growled. For the pretty much the first time in his life, he looked angry. Sesshomaru usually kept a bored, unreadable expression on his face. "How the hell did you get out??!"
Kagome smirked. "Like you said, we tricked you," she stated, giggling softly. Sesshomaru growled again but more fiercely and made a swipe for her ankle with his claws. He was surprised that before he could even reach Kagome's ankle, he felt a dull but harsh pain in his stomach. Inuyasha had punched him. "Don't you DARE try to touch her!!" he warned dangerously.
Sesshomaru recovered from the blow and swiped for Inuyasha, only to be stopped by Kagome kicking him. She kicked him where the arrow had hit him making it dig further into his skin. Sesshomaru howled in pain. "I told you once and I won't tell you again . . . do not touch Inuyasha. I will not allow it." She said in a deadly calm tone. Inuyasha stared at Kagome in awe; he had never seen her so angry at someone- well, that is, unless it was himself- it was scary, almost.
Suddenly, all Kagome's fury faded and she turned to Inuyasha and grinned. "This may actually be fun!" she giggled. Inuyasha smiled and nodded.
Shippo decided to kick Sesshomaru, as well. "This is for . . . for . . . for being mean and saying I wasn't graceful enough to be a demon!" he told Sesshomaru as he kicked him in the stomach. Actually, it hurt more than he expected it would because the punch he received from Inuyasha still hurt badly.
Sesshomaru doubled over in pain. Sango, closely followed by Miroku, then Kirara came over to greet the others. When Sango and Miroku caught a glimpse of Sesshomaru doubled over on the ground, they cheered along with the three others.
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In the palace, both Rin and Jaken watched on in complete and utter horror. Neither Rin nor Jaken had ever seen Sesshomaru in such a bad position; there was no way he could win.
Rin was on the verge of tears, seeing her master in so much pain killed her. She dashed out of the room, forgetting the promise she made. She ran through the palace halls and followed by Jaken.
She ran out of the palace doors and out into the palace gardens. "NO!! DON'T HURT HIM ANYMORE!! PLEASE!! DON'T!! WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU??!!" Rin screamed, with tears streaming down her cheeks.
Kagome turned to see a girl, no older than ten, running out of the palace. She ran in front of him, shielding him from any more attacks. "Stand down, Rin . . . I can handle this . . . and didn't you promise you would stay in the palace until further notice?" Sesshomaru asked quietly. "I'm sorry, Lord Sesshomaru . . . but I can't do that," she whispered to him, wiping away the tears on her face.
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Jaken stood behind one of the pillars near the palace itself. He made sure to kept a safe distance from the group. "Stupid brat . . . look what she's gotten herself into," he said, talking to no one and shaking his head. "I don't know what Lord Sesshomaru sees in her and why insists on keeping her around . . ."
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Kagome kneeled down so that she was eye level with the little girl in front of her. She tried very hard to stay calm and told the girl, "I'm not gonna tell you what he's done to us because I don't wanna break this cute little bond between you two- it's adorable- but I will tell you he's a bad man . . ." Rin blinked at Kagome as she wiped away some more tears. She sniffled then gained her defensive attitude again. "No! Lord Sesshomaru is not a bad man! He's nice and he takes care of Rin! He can't be bad if he does that!" Rin yelled in Kagome's face.
Kagome fumed in anger, "Okay, you know what! I don't care what you think about him!! LET'S SEE. HE KIDNAPPED ME JUST SO HE COULD GET A GOD DAMN SWORD!!" she briefly turned around and gave him an apologetic look for what she was going to say then continued, "HE'S DONE NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS TO INUYASHA AND I!! HE NEARLY KILLED INUYASHA WHILE HE WAS HUMAN!! HE TRIES TO STEAL THE TETSUSAGIA EVERY CHANCE HE GETS, WHICH I MIGHT ADD, IS RIGHTFULLY INUYASHA'S, AFTER ALL, IT WAS INSIDE OF HIM!! FINALLY, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, HE KICKED INUYASHA OUT OF HIS OWN HOME AS SOON AS HIS PARENTS DIED!! AND HE PROBABLY DID A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT!!!" Kagome finished and she was breathing very heavily; she hadn't taken a single breath during that little speech of hers.
Rin was now nowhere near Kagome; she had backed away several steps. Kagome stood up and took another deep breath, not even noticing that Rin had backed away or that everyone was staring at her.
"Ka . . . go . . . me???" Inuyasha stuttered nervously. Kagome turned to him and smiled. "Yes?"
"Are . . . you . . . okay??" he stammered, his eyes very wide. "Yeah, why?" Kagome answered suspiciously. "I've . . . never seen you yell at any one . . . like that . . . well, accept for me . . . and especially at a child . . ." Inuyasha cautiously responded. Kagome gasped and whimpered, "I . . . what . . .? Oh my God!" she looked to the girl she had yelled at then back to Inuyasha and asked, "Did I . . . really . . . do that?!" she whimpered once again. Inuyasha's face faulted and he nodded stupidly.
Kagome walked forward and kneeled in front of the girl. Rin flinched away. "I'm sooo sorry . . . you don't have a very good temper after you're kidnapped . . . believe me . . ." she laughed wryly and continued, "But that's no excuse and it's just plain not right, especially because you're only a kid . . . sorry," she apologized again.
Rin looked up at Kagome and smiled innocently. Kagome sighed, "Come on, I know that look, my brother gives it to me all the time, what do you want?" Rin frowned and asked, "Do you REALLY have to fight him?" she leaned up to whisper in Kagome's ear, "Please don't because I think you already won . . . he wasn't expecting you to escape." What Rin said did not please Sesshomaru but he didn't show it. Kagome pulled away and snickered a little. "Okay, hold on, we'll discuss it . . . Sesshomaru? No listening, please." Kagome ordered. When Sesshomaru didn't answer, she took it as a 'yes' and went to join her friends in a huddle.
"I've got a great idea . . ." Kagome said smugly. "What is it?" Shippo, who was sitting on Miroku's shoulder, asked.
Kagome smirked slightly, "Well, we promise Rin not to fight him and we say if he promises to help us defeat Naraku, because you all know we DO need help, we'll heal him . . . BUT . . ." Kagome stopped herself to hold the anticipation for a moment. "WHAT???" Inuyasha said rather loudly. Kagome gave him a dangerous glare and said, "Keep your voice down . . . but, as I was saying, we'll put a rosary necklace on him, like the one Inuyasha has . . ." she explained to them.
"Kagome how'd you figure this plan out?" Inuyasha asked, in his personal opinion is was a good plan except for him working with his brother. Kagome shrugged her shoulders and said, "It's a gift," she giggled softly. Miroku nodded and accepted the plan, "I like it." Sango agreed, "Me, too!" Shippo jumped for joy and exclaimed, "YAY!! COOL!!" Miroku rolled his eyes. "Calm yourself!" he told the small fox on his shoulder.
Inuyasha seemed disappointed. "Feh, like hell I'm gonna do it!" he said sarcastically, "I am NOT, and I repeat, NOT, working with my brother!" Kagome narrowed her eyes. "Inuyasha . . ." she warned. Inuyasha winced horribly, "Damn it! Okay, okay . . . I'll do it, just don't use the S word, please?" Inuyasha begged. Kagome grinned. "Who said I was gonna in the first place?" she teased. "You mean you weren't gonna use it and you MADE me BEG?!"
She kissed him playfully on the cheek and grinned wider. "I guess so . . . but I wouldn't think of it now that you've agreed . . ."
They turned back to Rin. "Okay," Kagome told her, "But only on two conditions . . ."
~*~ To be continued ~*~
Next chapter- New ally, New plans
Chapter 5
Rescue
By: Devilspet
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"God! Where is she?! She should be back by now, right?!" Inuyasha asked, panicking and pacing around the room. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all stared at him.
"Inuyasha . . . calm down . . . she'll be back . . ." Kaede reassured him. Inuyasha let out a frustrated sigh, "I give up! I'm gonna go get her!" Inuyasha said as he stomped out of the hut, leaving everyone blinking.
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Kagome dropped her bag and fell unconscious to the ground. A demon picked her up. The demon smirked. 'This'll work out perfectly . . . I even get a hostage . . . I'd better leave this,' the demon bent down and set a note beside the girl's bag. 'This way Inuyasha'll come straight to me- ready to fight.' The demon thought then leapt toward the sky.
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Inuyasha stomped through the town, toward the forest. Once, he reached the edge of the forest, he leapt for the trees, running though them, toward the well.
"Kagome? Where are you?" he called, once he reached the well, "Come on, Ka- " he stopped himself when he saw Kagome's bag. The bag was there; but there was no Kagome. "No . . . Kagome? Kagome?! KAGOME, WHERE ARE YOU?!" he called once again.
He walked toward her bag and noticed there was a note beside it. He picked it up and read it.
Little brother,
Come to me if you want back your human girl . . . and be ready to give up your Tetsusagia.
Sesshomaru
Inuyasha read the note over and over silently. He picked up Kagome's bag and walked back to the village without realizing it, the note still in his hand.
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Sesshomaru set Kagome down on a bed in one of the rooms in his palace and walked to the door with Rin right behind him the whole way.
Sesshomaru locked the door and walked down the hall, Rin still following him. They walked to the dining hall to find Jaken. He will be needed to watch over Rin while Sesshomaru and Inuyasha fight.
"Jaken," Sesshomaru said when they found him. Jaken looked up from his food, "Yes, My Lord?"
"I need you to watch over Rin . . . you'll need to watch tonight and all of tomorrow, I'm not sure when he's coming but he'll be here soon . . ." Sesshomaru ordered. Jaken nodded nervously. Sesshomaru turned to leave. "C'mon brat, eat your dinner," Jaken told Rin. Sesshomaru stopped, "Jaken." He warned, flexing his claws. Jaken winced, "Forgive me, My Lord . . . it won't happen again,"
"It had better not." Sesshomaru growled and left the room.
"Whew . . . eat your dinner and then off to bed, understand?" Jaken asked Rin. She nodded and sat down at the table.
~*~
Inuyasha walked into Kaede's hut, let the bag and the note drop out of his hands, sat in the corner, and buried his head in his knees. Everyone blinked at him. Shippo hopped on his knee, "Inuyasha? Are you . . . okay? Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha didn't bother answering; he just pushed Shippo off his knee. Shippo yelped as he hit the floor.
Sango got up and read the note that Inuyasha dropped, "Oh my God," she said, putting her hand over her mouth. Miroku and Shippo looked from Inuyasha to Sango and back again in utter confusion.
"What's going on here??"
Sango handed Miroku the note. Miroku read it out loud to Shippo, "It says . . . 'Little brother, Come to me if you want back your girl . . . and be ready to give up your Tetsusagia . . . Sesshomaru'" Miroku and Shippo both gasped, "Oh . . . that is a problem," Miroku said.
"No kiddin' asshole . . . you don't have to rub it in . . . I bet Inuyasha feels bad enough already!" Sango said harshly. Inuyasha winced; they weren't helping his pride. He was Kagome's protector and he failed, he lost his love. Sango noticed this, "Oh . . . I'm sorry Inuyasha . . . look . . . we'll get her back . . . we just need a plan, okay?"
Inuyasha looked up and smirked, "I gotta plan . . . we charge in there, beat Sesshomaru's ass, and get Kagome . . . uh . . . no wait!" Inuyasha said enthusiastically, "We let Kagome beat his ass 'cause she's probably pissed . . . and she's still mad 'cause of what he did to me! No . . . wait . . . I gotta new idea . . . I beat Sesshomaru's ass while you rescue Kagome . . . no wait . . . I gotta save her," Inuyasha kept babbling nonsense while the other talked among themselves.
"Well . . . at least he's persistent . . ." Sango told Miroku and Shippo. Miroku nodded and Shippo answered, "Yeah, but, he's only stating minor parts of what we need to do . . . there's no detail . . ." Miroku smiled and whispered to his companions, "Don't ruin it for him,"
Shippo hopped onto Inuyasha's knee, "Hey, Inuyasha . . . I wanna help! Can I, please? Prrrrrrrreeeeeeeeettttttttyyyy Plllleeeaaaaassssseeeee???" Inuyasha stopped babbling and glared at Shippo, "If you have to, but don't expect me to save your ass if you get in trouble . . ." Shippo nodded and said, "You won't have to I can fend for myself . . ."
"Hey Inuyasha," Sango said, "I have a plan . . ." Inuyasha looked up at Sango. "What is it?" he asked her. "Well . . . Shippo'll transform into you and distract Sesshomaru and you can rescue Kagome . . . Miroku, Kirara, and I will get rid of any guards in his gardens." Sango explained to them. Inuyasha blinked at her. "Do you like it?" Miroku and Shippo nodded.
Inuyasha told her, "I hate to admit it . . . but that's a good plan. And if I know Sesshomaru, he'll have people guardin' her." Sango smiled at him, "Yeah . . . but you can take care of them, now can't you?" Inuyasha nodded, "Right . . . when do we leave?" Sango thought about that, "Um, we'll leave tomorrow morning . . . get a good night's sleep and don't worry about Kagome, okay?" Inuyasha's head fell back into his knees at the mention Kagome's name but he nodded. "Oh! I'm sorry, Inu-" Inuyasha was getting irritated with all of the apologizing. "Shut up, don't worry about it . . . it's dark- got to sleep." Sango rolled her eyes and nodded.
~*~
The night went by quickly and the morning too early for Inuyasha. But he was determined to get Kagome back, tired or not! They spent over half the day getting ready but some took longer.
"COME ON, COME ON! HURRY UP!" Inuyasha yelled, from outside Kaede's hut, at Sango. "INUYASHA, CALM DOWN!" she yelled back. "WELL, HURRY UP ALREADY!!" Inuyasha shouted while Miroku tapped his foot and Shippo sat impatiently on Inuyasha's shoulder.
Sango emerged from the hut a few minutes later, fuming in anger. "INUYASHA! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?! CAN'T YOU LET A GIRL GET READY?!" Sango yelled. Inuyasha thought about that for a second then shook his head, "And no, I don't think I gotta problem, I just want Kagome back," Sango glared at him a bit longer then harshly told him, "I know, and that's why I was taking so long- because I don't want to be unprepared and not be able to get her back," she turned to Kirara, "Come on, let's go," Kirara transformed into the demonic cat, with a roar and she was surrounded in a ball of fire, when she emerged, she was huge. Sango threw Kagome's bow and arrows on Kirara's back then she, Miroku, and Shippo, all climbed on. Both her and Inuyasha took a huge leap towards the sky.
~*~
Kagome stirred on the bed where she was put and fell off onto the floor. This, of course, woke her from her unconscious sleep. "Ouch!" she yelped closing her eyes to block out the pain. When she opened her eyes, pain came rushing into her head. She ignored it and looked around, "Where am I?" Kagome asked herself, not expecting an answer. but there was one- it said, "You're in my palace" It was a cold dark voice that made her shiver. Kagome blinked. "Who's 'my'?" she weakly asked the unknown voice. Kagome saw a dark figure walk out of the shadows. She wrinkled her nose in disgust when she realized who it was.
~*~
Inuyasha landed on a treetop and scratched his head, "Now, where is it again?" Sango looked annoyed, "You mean you DON'T KNOW where it is?!" Inuyasha glared at her, "I do, too! I just . . . kinda," He lowered his voice, " . . . forgot . . ."
Miroku looked devastated. "YOU WHAT??!!" Inuyasha growled and sniffed the air. "This way . . ." he told the others. Inuyasha and Kirara made another leap for the sky.
~*~
"It's me," the figure said pointing at himself, "Lord Sesshomaru . . ." he stated proudly. Kagome stayed silent. "You're not going to say anything? Fine . . ." Sesshomaru moved towards the door.
Kagome took this chance to speak up. "What the hell do you want with me?!" she growled. Sesshomaru stopped, turned around, smirked, and said, "Oh . . . this has nothing to do with you . . ." Kagome blinked, 'Okay . . . he doesn't want me . . . then who does he want?' Kagome silently gasped when she realized who it was. The only person Sesshomaru had a grudge against that would most certainly risk their life for her . . . Inuyasha. 'No . . . he can't have Inuyasha; we won't let him- I won't let him, even if I have to stop him myself! No matter what the consequences, I'll protect him for once!'
Kagome glared at Sesshomaru with narrowed eyes. "You won't TOUCH him!" she told him harshly. Sesshomaru looked surprised. "A little vicious, are we?" Kagome continued to glare at him even though she could feel her eyes starting to sting, telling her she was on the verge of tears. "Well, we'll just have to fix that later, won't we?" Sesshomaru said. Kagome felt her lip tremble slightly but she bit back the tears. She wouldn't let Sesshomaru see her cry . . . she was stronger than that. Sesshomaru smirked in self-satisfaction; he could see the tears forming in her eyes. He turned and left the room. He left Kagome to herself . . . to cry alone.
He closed and locked the door behind him and walked down the hall.
He sniffed the air and stopped in his tracks, Inuyasha was close. He hurried off to go find Rin and Jaken; the last thing he needed was Inuyasha finding Rin.
~*~
Kagome stared at the door and waited for a few minutes to make sure Sesshomaru wasn't coming back. She crawled off the floor and back onto the bed. She buried her heads in her knees. She felt tears fall from her eyes. " . . . Inuyasha . . . I'm sorry," she whispered through her tears, "I guess . . ." she smiled sadly, "I guess I broke another promise . . . I'm sorry," she began to sob into her knees once again.
~*~
Sesshomaru hurried through the palace halls, sniffing the air every once and a while to see if he could catch Rin's scent. He turned a new corner and sniffed the air again; she was out in the gardens of all places and Inuyasha was closing in fast.
Sesshomaru hurried out into the gardens and called, "Rin! Hurry and come over here! Rin?"
Rin heard Sesshomaru calling and she came running. "Yes?" Sesshomaru looked down at the girl in front of him and ordered, "Go straight to your room, I'll send Jaken up soon. And Rin . . . promise you won't leave the room for anything . . . ANYTHING, got it?" Rin nodded her head obediently and said, "I promise I won't leave the room at all." Sesshomaru smiled and told her, "Hurry off now, Inuyasha'll be arriving soon and I don't want you out here." Rin nodded again and ran off into the palace.
"Jaken?! Jaken, come here, this instant!" Sesshomaru ordered. Jaken came running from the gardens toward Sesshomaru, "Yes, my lord?" Jaken said. But before Sesshomaru could speak Jaken interrupted, "You do know that Inuyasha is in the area, right my lord?" Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and said, quite annoyed, "Yes Jaken, I know, now head off to Rin's room and keep an eye on her," Jaken nodded and hurried toward the palace, not wanting to get involved in the bout between brothers that was bound to come.
~*~
Sunset was coming on fast and they were only now approaching Sesshomaru's palace.
Inuyasha landed at the gates of Sesshomaru's palace, or Inuyasha's used-to- be home until Sesshomaru kicked him out. He turned and waited for the others to land.
Kirara landed, let everyone off, and she transformed back into her regular form. Inuyasha asked, "Shippo, how long can you stay transformed?" Shippo blinked and answered hesitantly, "Um . . . let's see . . . it'll be long enough for you to get in, get Kagome, and get out . . . I can stay like that for a day depending on how much damage I take." Shippo explained. Inuyasha merely nodded and murmured, "Good,"
He walked back toward the gates. "Everybody ready?" Inuyasha asked. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and even Kirara nodded. They all looked so determined; but none of them were as determined as Inuyasha; that's a fact. "Does that mean you guys are ready to fight at all costs?" The three other all answered, "Yes," in unison and Kirara transformed into her huge demonic form once again.
Inuyasha gave Shippo time to transform before he jumped over the gates. Kirara charged through the gates. Inuyasha leapt over the gardens towards the palace.
Inuyasha could tell that the battle had begun in the background. He landed at Sesshomaru's door and unsheathed the Tetsusagia. He cut through the door and prepared to attack any guards ahead.
Inuyasha cautiously walked through the door. He was right; Sesshomaru's palace was loaded with guards everywhere. They all charged at him. But, Inuyasha easily destroyed them with a slash of his sword.
~*~
Sesshomaru confronted Inuyasha (who was really Shippo) and the others as they fought off the guards. "Hello, little brother," Sesshomaru greeted coldly. Shippo paled, he had forgotten that he had Inuyasha's appearance but he didn't have Inuyasha's strength. Shippo just growled at him. He silently thanked God that Inuyasha's appearance came with the transformed Tetsusagia. He unsheathed his sword and charged at Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru noticed that the unknown fake Inuyasha's scent had changed. He smelled faintly on a fox-demon, 'Inuyasha must have been with that little fox that travels with him . . . oh well . . . and he's weakened, too. Did I injure him THAT badly??' he asked himself. Sesshomaru easily dodged Inuyasha's attack. 'Oh well . . . it'll be easier this way,' he told himself mentally. Shippo swiveled around to make a new attack and charged.
~*~
Inuyasha had his ears pricked and listening for any sign of Kagome as he ran through the halls of the palace attacking any guards that got in his way.
"There!" Inuyasha had heard something. It sounded like a girl crying; it had to be Kagome. He sniffed her air. It was her, all right; that was her scent in the air. "Get the fuck outta my way!" he yelled as a group of guards that surrounded him. He attacked them all at once and ran towards Kagome's scent.
He turned a corner to see a door with about fifteen well-armed demons guards on front of it. 'Typical . . . it's always the door with the most guards . . . oh well . . ." He charged, with a howl, at the guards . . .
~*~
Shippo attacked but Sesshomaru dodged and Shippo lost his balance and almost fell forward. "Disgrace . . . you can't even be considered a half- demon, Inuyasha . . . demons are endowed with GRACE and BALANCE, and you just proved that you have neither." Shippo growled brutally, 'I don't care what he thinks . . . I'm demon . . . and I can't help it . . . I'm a KID!!'
~*~
"AHHH!!! NO, IT'S INUYASHA!!!! RUN!!!" a demon yelled, but it was too late, Inuyasha had taken down most of the demons already.
~*~
Kagome heard yells and screams from outside of her room. She looked up and wiped her eyes. Suddenly, her door exploded! She shielded her eyes with her arm from any debris. "Kagome? You in here?" Someone called from the destroyed door. "Inuyasha!? Over here! You came for me?!" Kagome exclaimed in joy. Inuyasha ran to Kagome's open arms. Her gave her a long, deep, passionate kiss.
He broke the kiss and started babbling, "I knew you shouldn't of gone . . . I just knew something was gonna happen . . . I shoulda been there . . . I shoulda never let you outta my sight . . ." he gave her another quick kiss, "I'm so sorry Kagome . . ." Inuyasha whispered to her quietly.
Kagome smiled, "Inuyasha . . . calm down . . . I'm fine . . . I wasn't hurt . . . the most damage inflicted was a major headache . . ." Inuyasha bowed his head, "But still . . . oh never mind . . ."
He kneeled so Kagome could climb onto his back and continued, "Get on . . . we gotta get outta here, quick . . ." Kagome nodded and climbed on. Inuyasha ran out of the room.
"Thank you . . ." Kagome told Inuyasha as he ran down the hall. Inuyasha merely nodded and picked up speed. Inuyasha leapt over a pile of bodies and Kagome stared in amazement. "Inuyasha, you did all of this for me??" Inuyasha smiled, "Kagome how many times do I have to say this? Anything for my Kagome and besides I said I'd do anything to protect you . . . and I really meant that. I know that and you should to by now . . ."
Kagome hugged him gently around the neck and said, "I do know that, Inuyasha . . . I just like be reminded . . . and I'm proud of you, you didn't kill any of them . . ."
Inuyasha chuckled softly. "Come on, I need to get you to Kirara; she's got your bow,"
Kagome blinked, "What?! The others are here, too?!" Inuyasha laughed quietly, "You think they'd let me do this on my own? Now, we gotta hurry . . . Shippo transformed into me and he's fightin' Sesshomaru now . . ." Kagome's eyes went wide. "I hope he's doin' okay . . ." With that said, Inuyasha rushed down the halls, toward the door he came in.
~*~
"Look!" Sango called to Miroku, who had just finished off the rest of Sesshomaru's guards with his Wind Tunnel. Miroku turned to look at what she saw. Miroku smiled, "Inuyasha and Kagome . . . Sango get Kirara to go meet them." Sango nodded and called Kirara, "Kirara, go see Inuyasha and Kagome," she ordered. Kirara roared and Ran towards the couple at Sesshomaru's door.
Inuyasha leapt on Kirara's back as she passed and let Kagome off. "Get your bow ready and climb back on . . ." Kagome nodded, picked up her bow, readied an arrow in it, and climbed, once again, onto Inuyasha's back. He leapt off Kirara, toward Sesshomaru.
~*~
Sesshomaru was getting bored with the so-called Inuyasha. "You're even more pathetic than the last time we fought . . . and you were human then," he teased.
You won't look to good yourself Sesshomaru . . . a voice called from behind him. Sesshomaru swiveled around to see another Inuyasha leaping to him. "Now Kagome!!" he ordered the girl on his back. Kagome let the arrow fly toward Sesshomaru. She made sure to gather her power as Inuyasha leapt so the arrow would cause a powerful blow.
The arrow hit Sesshomaru in his upper left leg. He fell to his knees and grabbed his leg in pain, scowling terribly but not making a sound. Inuyasha landed gracefully in front of Sesshomaru and Kagome jumped off of his back to stand on his left. Shippo came up and stood on Kagome's left.
Shippo looked at Kagome and Inuyasha who both nodded confirming that he should transform. Shippo nodded back and removed the small leaf from his head with a puff of smoke. Sesshomaru stared at the puff of smoke in confusion, 'Where have I seen this before?'
He saw a small fox appear in the smoke. Then, he realized. "You . . . you tricked . . . me," he said quietly. Sesshomaru looked up to see Kagome and growled. For the pretty much the first time in his life, he looked angry. Sesshomaru usually kept a bored, unreadable expression on his face. "How the hell did you get out??!"
Kagome smirked. "Like you said, we tricked you," she stated, giggling softly. Sesshomaru growled again but more fiercely and made a swipe for her ankle with his claws. He was surprised that before he could even reach Kagome's ankle, he felt a dull but harsh pain in his stomach. Inuyasha had punched him. "Don't you DARE try to touch her!!" he warned dangerously.
Sesshomaru recovered from the blow and swiped for Inuyasha, only to be stopped by Kagome kicking him. She kicked him where the arrow had hit him making it dig further into his skin. Sesshomaru howled in pain. "I told you once and I won't tell you again . . . do not touch Inuyasha. I will not allow it." She said in a deadly calm tone. Inuyasha stared at Kagome in awe; he had never seen her so angry at someone- well, that is, unless it was himself- it was scary, almost.
Suddenly, all Kagome's fury faded and she turned to Inuyasha and grinned. "This may actually be fun!" she giggled. Inuyasha smiled and nodded.
Shippo decided to kick Sesshomaru, as well. "This is for . . . for . . . for being mean and saying I wasn't graceful enough to be a demon!" he told Sesshomaru as he kicked him in the stomach. Actually, it hurt more than he expected it would because the punch he received from Inuyasha still hurt badly.
Sesshomaru doubled over in pain. Sango, closely followed by Miroku, then Kirara came over to greet the others. When Sango and Miroku caught a glimpse of Sesshomaru doubled over on the ground, they cheered along with the three others.
~*~
In the palace, both Rin and Jaken watched on in complete and utter horror. Neither Rin nor Jaken had ever seen Sesshomaru in such a bad position; there was no way he could win.
Rin was on the verge of tears, seeing her master in so much pain killed her. She dashed out of the room, forgetting the promise she made. She ran through the palace halls and followed by Jaken.
She ran out of the palace doors and out into the palace gardens. "NO!! DON'T HURT HIM ANYMORE!! PLEASE!! DON'T!! WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU??!!" Rin screamed, with tears streaming down her cheeks.
Kagome turned to see a girl, no older than ten, running out of the palace. She ran in front of him, shielding him from any more attacks. "Stand down, Rin . . . I can handle this . . . and didn't you promise you would stay in the palace until further notice?" Sesshomaru asked quietly. "I'm sorry, Lord Sesshomaru . . . but I can't do that," she whispered to him, wiping away the tears on her face.
~*~
Jaken stood behind one of the pillars near the palace itself. He made sure to kept a safe distance from the group. "Stupid brat . . . look what she's gotten herself into," he said, talking to no one and shaking his head. "I don't know what Lord Sesshomaru sees in her and why insists on keeping her around . . ."
~*~
Kagome kneeled down so that she was eye level with the little girl in front of her. She tried very hard to stay calm and told the girl, "I'm not gonna tell you what he's done to us because I don't wanna break this cute little bond between you two- it's adorable- but I will tell you he's a bad man . . ." Rin blinked at Kagome as she wiped away some more tears. She sniffled then gained her defensive attitude again. "No! Lord Sesshomaru is not a bad man! He's nice and he takes care of Rin! He can't be bad if he does that!" Rin yelled in Kagome's face.
Kagome fumed in anger, "Okay, you know what! I don't care what you think about him!! LET'S SEE. HE KIDNAPPED ME JUST SO HE COULD GET A GOD DAMN SWORD!!" she briefly turned around and gave him an apologetic look for what she was going to say then continued, "HE'S DONE NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS TO INUYASHA AND I!! HE NEARLY KILLED INUYASHA WHILE HE WAS HUMAN!! HE TRIES TO STEAL THE TETSUSAGIA EVERY CHANCE HE GETS, WHICH I MIGHT ADD, IS RIGHTFULLY INUYASHA'S, AFTER ALL, IT WAS INSIDE OF HIM!! FINALLY, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, HE KICKED INUYASHA OUT OF HIS OWN HOME AS SOON AS HIS PARENTS DIED!! AND HE PROBABLY DID A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT!!!" Kagome finished and she was breathing very heavily; she hadn't taken a single breath during that little speech of hers.
Rin was now nowhere near Kagome; she had backed away several steps. Kagome stood up and took another deep breath, not even noticing that Rin had backed away or that everyone was staring at her.
"Ka . . . go . . . me???" Inuyasha stuttered nervously. Kagome turned to him and smiled. "Yes?"
"Are . . . you . . . okay??" he stammered, his eyes very wide. "Yeah, why?" Kagome answered suspiciously. "I've . . . never seen you yell at any one . . . like that . . . well, accept for me . . . and especially at a child . . ." Inuyasha cautiously responded. Kagome gasped and whimpered, "I . . . what . . .? Oh my God!" she looked to the girl she had yelled at then back to Inuyasha and asked, "Did I . . . really . . . do that?!" she whimpered once again. Inuyasha's face faulted and he nodded stupidly.
Kagome walked forward and kneeled in front of the girl. Rin flinched away. "I'm sooo sorry . . . you don't have a very good temper after you're kidnapped . . . believe me . . ." she laughed wryly and continued, "But that's no excuse and it's just plain not right, especially because you're only a kid . . . sorry," she apologized again.
Rin looked up at Kagome and smiled innocently. Kagome sighed, "Come on, I know that look, my brother gives it to me all the time, what do you want?" Rin frowned and asked, "Do you REALLY have to fight him?" she leaned up to whisper in Kagome's ear, "Please don't because I think you already won . . . he wasn't expecting you to escape." What Rin said did not please Sesshomaru but he didn't show it. Kagome pulled away and snickered a little. "Okay, hold on, we'll discuss it . . . Sesshomaru? No listening, please." Kagome ordered. When Sesshomaru didn't answer, she took it as a 'yes' and went to join her friends in a huddle.
"I've got a great idea . . ." Kagome said smugly. "What is it?" Shippo, who was sitting on Miroku's shoulder, asked.
Kagome smirked slightly, "Well, we promise Rin not to fight him and we say if he promises to help us defeat Naraku, because you all know we DO need help, we'll heal him . . . BUT . . ." Kagome stopped herself to hold the anticipation for a moment. "WHAT???" Inuyasha said rather loudly. Kagome gave him a dangerous glare and said, "Keep your voice down . . . but, as I was saying, we'll put a rosary necklace on him, like the one Inuyasha has . . ." she explained to them.
"Kagome how'd you figure this plan out?" Inuyasha asked, in his personal opinion is was a good plan except for him working with his brother. Kagome shrugged her shoulders and said, "It's a gift," she giggled softly. Miroku nodded and accepted the plan, "I like it." Sango agreed, "Me, too!" Shippo jumped for joy and exclaimed, "YAY!! COOL!!" Miroku rolled his eyes. "Calm yourself!" he told the small fox on his shoulder.
Inuyasha seemed disappointed. "Feh, like hell I'm gonna do it!" he said sarcastically, "I am NOT, and I repeat, NOT, working with my brother!" Kagome narrowed her eyes. "Inuyasha . . ." she warned. Inuyasha winced horribly, "Damn it! Okay, okay . . . I'll do it, just don't use the S word, please?" Inuyasha begged. Kagome grinned. "Who said I was gonna in the first place?" she teased. "You mean you weren't gonna use it and you MADE me BEG?!"
She kissed him playfully on the cheek and grinned wider. "I guess so . . . but I wouldn't think of it now that you've agreed . . ."
They turned back to Rin. "Okay," Kagome told her, "But only on two conditions . . ."
~*~ To be continued ~*~
Next chapter- New ally, New plans
