Authors/Ramblings:: You have no idea how much I love everyone that has
reviewed so far!!! THANX GUYS [GALLS] I also need a bit of help I can't
decide who Inu-Yasha and Kagome should run into next. PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!
DISCLAIMER: I don't think I've put one of these up here yet. Well, any ways, do you think that if I owned any of the IY gang that I would be sitting here writing fanfiction?
:::NOW ON WITH THE CHAPTER:::
It was late at night. Kagome had cried herself to sleep in Inu-Yasha's embrace and Inu-Yasha was still refusing to put her down. So now they were both leaned up against a near by tree; Kagome encircled by Inu-Yasha's strong arms.
'What are we going to do now? Winter is going to be here soon, we have no place for shelter in this time, it is getting really dangerous, and that mad man is still out there.'
"Inu-Yasha. . ." Kagome mumbled into his chest still asleep. "Don't, don't leave me. . . Please. . . Don't leave me, too."
"I won't leave you, Kagome." He said silently while stroking her hair. She once again calmed down and her breath's were coming out deep and even showing the signs that she had once again fallen into a deep slumber.
But while all of this was happening a lone figure stood upon the God tree and watched the resting pair. "This might work out better than I had intentionally planed; they seem to have become closer. Hmm... I wonder how he will deal with this..."
Not to long after the wind began to shift and the air was becoming stale however, Inu-Yasha didn't seem to notice. His eye lids were becoming heavy and he let out a small yawn. "No I have to stay awake and pro-tect Ka..." The last of that sentence was never uttered.
"Sweet dreams." Lord Iyo mockingly said to the night as he watched the hanyou give into the sleep that was so tempting; as a light flurry of snow began to fall.
********************************************************************** Inu-Yasha seemed to finally realize what had happened. What he had done... He slowly unclenched his hands and brought them up to his face to see the blood that covered them. 'Her blood...'
The Tetusaiga lay discarded not to far away. Still clean a red seeped into the snow around it.
The wind was cold and the snow was so thick it seemed everything were just a mass of white and red. All life had perished... every thing... gone. How could this have happened? He closed his eyes knowing exactly what had happened. "I did it." He answered himself, 'I did it... Me and my fucking self. Killed her... killed everything.'
He fell to his knees at the sight of her body lying there cold and lifeless. There was still I little color in her cheeks but, that would soon be gone. One solemn tear ran down the side of his face. Then it was soon followed by another one ... and another one. Until he couldn't stop him self...
He was losing it... His body trembled but, not because of the wind. 'I lost control. But it wasn't me... he... HE...' The growl started in the back of his throat and then erupted into the surrounding space.
A mix of grief, desperation, and anger filled him as he picked up her body; silent tears still cascading down his face.
The scenery began to shift. A whirl wind of colors surrounded him as a new picture, a new reality made it self present.
"I'm so glad you could join me Inu-Yasha. Won't you have a seat?" HE motioned to the chair across from him. They were in a pitch black room with only two earth worn chairs facing each other in the middle of it all. "Come, COME now Inu-Yasha. I don't bite... On most occasions." He said smoothly with a small chuckle at his own joke.
Inu-Yasha looked suspiciously around at the evading darkness. Then slowly sat down...
"Now, now what are we going to do with you Inu-Yasha? Honestly you should know that in a game you are not allowed to lea--" He whispered partially to himself but, something was happy and HE didn't look to happy about it.
Everything was fading out... "Inu-Yasha, Inu-Yasha time to wake up, Inu- Yasha come on this isn't funny... INU-YASHA WAKE UP!!!"
He finally began to stir slightly. "Geez, bitch could you yell any louder?"
"I've been trying to wake you up for the past half an hour now. You started to scare me there..." She admitted.
He finally sat up looking around. It had snowed while he slept. Kagome sat kneeled in front of him with a thick blanket wrapped around herself and her bag by her side.
"Inu-Yasha are you all right? Are you sick?" She asked out of concern as she reached up to touch his forehead. When she spoke little clouds of smoke would appear then dissipate as if they were never there to begin with.
"Feh, I'm fine." He said swiping her hand away from his face.
She sat back and looked at him then asked, "What now?"
"We should continue on to the next village before you freeze to death, then from there look for any more shards, and then kill both those bastards."
"Hai." She nodded and stood up taking a last look at the once was village. She bowed, 'Rest in peace' Then walked off following Inu-Yasha.
"In-u-Ya-sha..." She said between chattering teeth and running t catch up with him. .
"Eh?" He responded.
"Who, do you think...ki...?"
"...Killed every one?" He finished for her.
"Hai." Was her answer to him once again.
"Naraku; no doubt but I wouldn't put it past that Iyo bastard either." Inu- Yasha spat out, getting mad at just the thought of them.
They had been walking for about an hour now in silence. The sun had hid it self behind some clouds and a white slush, that wasn't quiet snow, began falling upon our traveling companions.
Kagome griped the blanket closer to herself shifting the bag slightly on her back. She was starting to lag behind Inu-Yasha who seemed unaltered by the weather. "I-Inu-Yasha wait up!" She called when he was about 50 yards ahead of her.
He stopped an turned around looking for the first time to see Kagome struggling and trying to keep up with him. She was shivering, he could see that, and the blanket she had in her hands was soaked through. It was more of a hindrance than help. He walked over to her and griped the edge of her blanket. He unwrapped her from it and threw the wet mass of cloth to the ground.
"INU-YASHA! I need that, wha-"She began to pick up the blanket when he stopped her by grabbing her arm. He took the bag without speaking and put it on the ground then he took of his haori (the red jacket).
"Hold this." He said in a mono tone voice as he handed it to her, then bent over motioning for her to get on. Inu-Yasha, after all this, took his haori back and put it back on over the both of them.
He then took off running to the next village. "Inu-Yasha what about my bag!?"
"You have the jewel right?" He answered her question with one of his own.
"Yeah." She nodded numbly into his back, which was quiet warm.
"Then you don't need it, it will only slow us down and that is not a wise thing in this type of weather."
"..." Kagome didn't know what to say to that. He was thinking for once and actually making sense to her.
So she didn't do any thing. She just sat there, on Inu-Yasha's back, snuggling deeper into his warmth when a particularly strong gust of wind came.
Flashes of a seen similar to this one crossed his mind. As they did he couldn't help it when he pulled her closer to his back, trying to keep her warm. In response to this she wrapped her arms around his neck and tried to hide her red cheeks in his silver hair.
"There..." He said after another hour of him running.
A village a little larger then Keade's came into view. Fires were lit in all the homes and some children where being pulled back into there house by their parents; a sign another storm was coming. He slowed as he entered the inn. Inu-Yasha reluctantly let Kagome down and then slipped his haori back on. They walked into the tavern/inn to find a few rowdy men sitting at a table at the back corner of the room.
Kagome grabbed onto his hand as they walked past them. 'They give me the creeps.' She thought.
Inu-Yasha had walked strait past them, ignoring them all together, as he walked a 'b' line to the owner.
DISCLAIMER: I don't think I've put one of these up here yet. Well, any ways, do you think that if I owned any of the IY gang that I would be sitting here writing fanfiction?
:::NOW ON WITH THE CHAPTER:::
It was late at night. Kagome had cried herself to sleep in Inu-Yasha's embrace and Inu-Yasha was still refusing to put her down. So now they were both leaned up against a near by tree; Kagome encircled by Inu-Yasha's strong arms.
'What are we going to do now? Winter is going to be here soon, we have no place for shelter in this time, it is getting really dangerous, and that mad man is still out there.'
"Inu-Yasha. . ." Kagome mumbled into his chest still asleep. "Don't, don't leave me. . . Please. . . Don't leave me, too."
"I won't leave you, Kagome." He said silently while stroking her hair. She once again calmed down and her breath's were coming out deep and even showing the signs that she had once again fallen into a deep slumber.
But while all of this was happening a lone figure stood upon the God tree and watched the resting pair. "This might work out better than I had intentionally planed; they seem to have become closer. Hmm... I wonder how he will deal with this..."
Not to long after the wind began to shift and the air was becoming stale however, Inu-Yasha didn't seem to notice. His eye lids were becoming heavy and he let out a small yawn. "No I have to stay awake and pro-tect Ka..." The last of that sentence was never uttered.
"Sweet dreams." Lord Iyo mockingly said to the night as he watched the hanyou give into the sleep that was so tempting; as a light flurry of snow began to fall.
********************************************************************** Inu-Yasha seemed to finally realize what had happened. What he had done... He slowly unclenched his hands and brought them up to his face to see the blood that covered them. 'Her blood...'
The Tetusaiga lay discarded not to far away. Still clean a red seeped into the snow around it.
The wind was cold and the snow was so thick it seemed everything were just a mass of white and red. All life had perished... every thing... gone. How could this have happened? He closed his eyes knowing exactly what had happened. "I did it." He answered himself, 'I did it... Me and my fucking self. Killed her... killed everything.'
He fell to his knees at the sight of her body lying there cold and lifeless. There was still I little color in her cheeks but, that would soon be gone. One solemn tear ran down the side of his face. Then it was soon followed by another one ... and another one. Until he couldn't stop him self...
He was losing it... His body trembled but, not because of the wind. 'I lost control. But it wasn't me... he... HE...' The growl started in the back of his throat and then erupted into the surrounding space.
A mix of grief, desperation, and anger filled him as he picked up her body; silent tears still cascading down his face.
The scenery began to shift. A whirl wind of colors surrounded him as a new picture, a new reality made it self present.
"I'm so glad you could join me Inu-Yasha. Won't you have a seat?" HE motioned to the chair across from him. They were in a pitch black room with only two earth worn chairs facing each other in the middle of it all. "Come, COME now Inu-Yasha. I don't bite... On most occasions." He said smoothly with a small chuckle at his own joke.
Inu-Yasha looked suspiciously around at the evading darkness. Then slowly sat down...
"Now, now what are we going to do with you Inu-Yasha? Honestly you should know that in a game you are not allowed to lea--" He whispered partially to himself but, something was happy and HE didn't look to happy about it.
Everything was fading out... "Inu-Yasha, Inu-Yasha time to wake up, Inu- Yasha come on this isn't funny... INU-YASHA WAKE UP!!!"
He finally began to stir slightly. "Geez, bitch could you yell any louder?"
"I've been trying to wake you up for the past half an hour now. You started to scare me there..." She admitted.
He finally sat up looking around. It had snowed while he slept. Kagome sat kneeled in front of him with a thick blanket wrapped around herself and her bag by her side.
"Inu-Yasha are you all right? Are you sick?" She asked out of concern as she reached up to touch his forehead. When she spoke little clouds of smoke would appear then dissipate as if they were never there to begin with.
"Feh, I'm fine." He said swiping her hand away from his face.
She sat back and looked at him then asked, "What now?"
"We should continue on to the next village before you freeze to death, then from there look for any more shards, and then kill both those bastards."
"Hai." She nodded and stood up taking a last look at the once was village. She bowed, 'Rest in peace' Then walked off following Inu-Yasha.
"In-u-Ya-sha..." She said between chattering teeth and running t catch up with him. .
"Eh?" He responded.
"Who, do you think...ki...?"
"...Killed every one?" He finished for her.
"Hai." Was her answer to him once again.
"Naraku; no doubt but I wouldn't put it past that Iyo bastard either." Inu- Yasha spat out, getting mad at just the thought of them.
They had been walking for about an hour now in silence. The sun had hid it self behind some clouds and a white slush, that wasn't quiet snow, began falling upon our traveling companions.
Kagome griped the blanket closer to herself shifting the bag slightly on her back. She was starting to lag behind Inu-Yasha who seemed unaltered by the weather. "I-Inu-Yasha wait up!" She called when he was about 50 yards ahead of her.
He stopped an turned around looking for the first time to see Kagome struggling and trying to keep up with him. She was shivering, he could see that, and the blanket she had in her hands was soaked through. It was more of a hindrance than help. He walked over to her and griped the edge of her blanket. He unwrapped her from it and threw the wet mass of cloth to the ground.
"INU-YASHA! I need that, wha-"She began to pick up the blanket when he stopped her by grabbing her arm. He took the bag without speaking and put it on the ground then he took of his haori (the red jacket).
"Hold this." He said in a mono tone voice as he handed it to her, then bent over motioning for her to get on. Inu-Yasha, after all this, took his haori back and put it back on over the both of them.
He then took off running to the next village. "Inu-Yasha what about my bag!?"
"You have the jewel right?" He answered her question with one of his own.
"Yeah." She nodded numbly into his back, which was quiet warm.
"Then you don't need it, it will only slow us down and that is not a wise thing in this type of weather."
"..." Kagome didn't know what to say to that. He was thinking for once and actually making sense to her.
So she didn't do any thing. She just sat there, on Inu-Yasha's back, snuggling deeper into his warmth when a particularly strong gust of wind came.
Flashes of a seen similar to this one crossed his mind. As they did he couldn't help it when he pulled her closer to his back, trying to keep her warm. In response to this she wrapped her arms around his neck and tried to hide her red cheeks in his silver hair.
"There..." He said after another hour of him running.
A village a little larger then Keade's came into view. Fires were lit in all the homes and some children where being pulled back into there house by their parents; a sign another storm was coming. He slowed as he entered the inn. Inu-Yasha reluctantly let Kagome down and then slipped his haori back on. They walked into the tavern/inn to find a few rowdy men sitting at a table at the back corner of the room.
Kagome grabbed onto his hand as they walked past them. 'They give me the creeps.' She thought.
Inu-Yasha had walked strait past them, ignoring them all together, as he walked a 'b' line to the owner.
