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The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...

By: Msmelanie

Chapter Fifty Five: A REAL Cliffhanger

Small but IMPORTANT note: If the street scene confuses you, this is how it is. Naraku has 'tooken out' the streets remotely near the shrine for about a mile. Instead, where the streets should be, now there are just huge empty hole. Although, the area close to the streets weren't damaged much. Like the curb for example as you'll be able to tell in the story. Oh yes, and just like the fighters in the anime don't fight in just one area without moving, this fight has also progressed steadily across the street.

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Miroku was too startled by what had just happened. He felt the ground ahead of him rumble. As he got up, he looked down to the right of him where the street and Sango once was...

and saw her trying to hang on for dear life. "Sango?!"

He quickly wrapped up his hand to help her before she fell down.

Naraku grinned as he watched the monks predicted actions. He knew the monk would have sucked him into his void if the idiot hadn't fell backward when he had crumbled the street below. Instead, the monk had his hand move upward, sucking up just miniature, minor things. 'Or so he thinks.'

He would watch this show for a little while. After all, he had plenty of time to watch what was happening to the miserable hanyou and his family later...

...the hanyou should be able to hang on long enough.

Miroku reached out to Sango with his staff. "Sango, hang on!"

Sango tried to reach her hand out to his staff, but she was barely able to touch it. She had fallen with the crumbled path and was hanging on only by a huge root.

Miroku looked around for help. Had the hanyou and his family already fallen in?

"Miroku?!"

He looked back down at Sango. "Here Sango, grab my-"

Then he felt it. It was different, but it was definitely there. "Oh no! I must have accidently sucked up a saimyoushou!"

"Not quite, but close." Naraku smiled at the monk. "Their poison isn't the same, but as you can see..."

Miroku tried to reach out to Sango again with his staff, but yelled in pain.

"...they are even more effective." Naraku grinned. Then, he decided it was time to look at his next form of amusement...

Inuyasha grunted as he tried to keep his claws embedded into the cement. He was now dangling about 400 feet in the air. His right injured arm was doing its best to stay clawed into the curb, while his injured left arm was trying with all its might to hang onto Kagome while she hopefully held on to Kawayou in her arms.

Naraku just jumped into a nearby tree to watch the lovely entertainment. "Wonderful. Now this is what a person would literally call a cliffhanger." he grinned.

Inuyasha just growled at him. He had already tried to swing Kagome and Kawayou back up once, but his injured arm just froze up on him, making him squeal in pain. He had almost dropped Kagome and Kawayou with that risky move, and he couldn't risk that again! "Dammit Miroku! Sango! Where the **** are you?!"

Naraku just smiled maliciously. 'Look at what we have here. Some hanyou, his *****, and their should-have-never-been-born offspring, just waiting to plunge down into the street below'. "Poor wretched hanyou. Do you think in a world where I can absorb only the most powerful youkai's, you could defeat me? In a world where I have almost half of the shikon no tama working for only me...that you could actually defeat me?"

Inuyasha just growled at him. "Kagome, you still alright?"

"Yeah." Kagome answered as she held Kawayou closer to her chest with her right hand. "We're still okay."

Naraku looked at the rocky ground below them. "Hmmm...this is amusing, but I think we can make it even better."

Kagome stared at him as she felt a strange rise of power coming from him. 'Oh Kami...what is he going to do?!'

Naraku just smiled at his employee while he pointed down to the ground. Kagome gasped as she saw the ground slowly change from rocks to hot, boiling lava somehow. "There. Now that's the way this fairy tale should end." He thought about what he had just said. "Hmmm...yes, you know this does have the potential to be a great fairy tale. Demon children can pass it down for generations to come. What do you think?" Naraku smirked. "Yes...once upon a time there was a lonely stupid hanyou who wanted something no one would ever want to give such a pathetic creature: Love."

Inuyasha just looked around, trying to see someone who could take him out of the predicament they were now in.

"One day the pathetic creature found a miko. Not that she could love him in his hanyou form of course. What sane creature would want to? But, instead of giving him the jewel he needed to be able to have this girl, one of the most powerful demons in the world tricked the hanyou and the girl into killing each other!" Naraku laughed wholeheartedly. Yes, this was much more amusing than just killing his prey with one flick of his hand.

Inuyasha pretended not to listen as he continued to try to figure out a way to safety. 'I don't believe this...Naraku...was just playing with us?!' "Come on you idiots, somebody help us out here! Miroku! Kouga!" He had to swallow to get the next words out. "****, I don't care if it's even Sesshoumaru, somebody GET US OUT!"

Naraku just laughed at Inuyasha's plea. "Yes...but you know, the next part of the tale would be even better. How the worthless creature met the reincarnation through means of some magic well. The stupid girl though, ended up being just as smart as her former self, and broke the jewel into several pieces....yes, I could tell of all the ways I tricked you and your worthless companions into everything."

'Would you ****ing Shut up already!' Inuyasha barked to himself. He wanted to scream it as loud as he could, but right now wasn't the time to get upset.

Especially now that he could feel his injured arms start to shiver from the stress.

Kagome also felt it travel through her hand. 'How are we going to get out of this?'

Naraku just walked over to the other side of the used-to-be street for a better view. "And of course it will end like this: Then the great and powerful Naraku happily watched the ending of the reincarnation's friends and family die in a shameful and torturous way after he watched the worthless half-breed, it's *****, and their horrible puppy meet a tragic end by all falling into deep, hot, and boiling lava."

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha. He was still shivering. There was no help coming...

there was no way out. "Inuyasha."

Inuyasha didn't reply. He was completely focused on keeping himself from letting go.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome spoke softly as she looked at Kawayou. "...Take Kawayou."

Inuyasha just angrily barked. "Are you kidding?! I'm not letting go of you!"

"Grab Kawayou!" She demanded again.

"No!" Inuyasha barked again. "I can get us out somehow!"

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha while he looked down at her. "Inuyasha, there isn't any choice!" she replied softly as she nudged the nape of Kawayou's kimono up into Inuyasha's hand that was holding her.

Kawayou slowly started to realize what his momma was planning. "Nuh-uh!" he cried out. "Daddy can't let go of you! He won't!" He desperately tried to climb up on Inuyasha.

"No Kawayou, that's too dangerous!" Kagome yelled at him.

Kawayou held on tightly to his dads kimono, trying to shrug off his moms hand. "No! If I get out, I can go for help!"

Kagome tried to hang on, but her son always had a lot more power when it was determined. "Kawayou!" she shouted as he finally left her grip and clutched onto the sleeve of his father's kimono.

Inuyasha tried not to move. Kagome tried not to move. Kawayou was out of reach for both of them.

Naraku just watched with fascination as Kawayou slowly tried to get his claws into his dad and climb up steadily.

But just as Kagome feared, Kawayou didn't claw into Inuyasha's right sleeve deep enough to hang on as he lost his footing against the kimono.

"KAWAAAYYOOOOUUUUU!!!!" Inuyasha and Kagome yelled out as they watched him fall.

Luckily, Kagome's hand worked even faster than her brain and had caught the middle-back of Kawayou's kimono just in time.

Naraku snapped his fingers. "Darn."

Inuyasha exhaled a sigh of relief. "That was too close!"

Kagome quickly maneuvered Kawayou back into her arms. She didn't yell at him. She just held him tightly. "Inuyasha, you have to take him."

Inuyasha looked down pleadingly at Kagome. "We're getting out, okay? We are. We are!" he said, trying his best to convice Kagome and himself. "No way am I dropping you."

Naraku sighed. "This isn't fun anymore. It's turning out to be too melodramatic..." He waved his hand carelessly as he went to go look at his other victims...

Miroku strained with all his might to reach Sango, but he just wasn't well enough to pull her up.

Sango looked up at Miroku. "Where's Kagome and the others?"

Miroku didn't reply. 'Is Inuyasha and his family still alive? Yes, I'm pretty sure. I can hear him yelling at Naraku still.' He looked around, but his vision was becoming more blurry. "I think I see them...there on the other side of the street, in a similar predicament..."

Miroku looked back down at Sango. "I don't think I can help them though. I'm having troubles even reaching you, lovely Sango."

Sango looked up at Miroku. If she called for Kirara, she would come. But in the end, wouldn't Naraku end up killing her too?

'Hmmm...one handicapped person, and one strong person still holding onto some huge tree root. Now that's not fair.' Naraku smirked. 'Both of them should have an equal handicap.'

Sango watched the sadistic smile creep up on Naraku's face and frowned. He was planning to so something.

Naraku blew some strange colored air in her direction.

It wasn't long to figure out what it was. She tried to hang on with one hand and covered her mouth with the other.

"Well, I see you haven't forgotten my old fashioned poison." Naraku replied to the look she was trying to give him. "Yes, it's one of my oldest tricks. Not as flashy or effective as what I can do now, as you can plainly see...but it's still one of my favorites." He grinned dastardly.

Miroku tried to reach out to Sango again with his staff. 'The poison is getting stronger. And Sango won't be able to hang on for much longer!'

"Hmmm...who to watch now? Both look like their about to die now." Naraku thought as he glanced back over at the hanyou's family.

"Dammit, Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out. "I can see your arms tremble! You CAN'T hold on for much longer!"

Inuyasha tried to ignore her when he started to feel more than just his arms tremble. 'Oh crap.'

That was his only thought as he felt the curb a few feet away start to crack.

Naraku just laughed. "There. This is all very entertaining, but I don't really need to spend the entire day." he looked at his watch. "Well, now it's getting late. Nope, need to end this soon. I have people to meet tonight, you know."

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha as she saw some of the curb a few feet away give in. "Inuyasha, take him. Take him now!"

"**** NO KAGOME!" the hanyou shouted angrily.

"Inuyasha, he is our son!" Kagome cried out as she tried to push Kawayou up to Inuyasha's hand again. "He's our son." she said again more softly. "You've got to...if you don't..."

Inuyasha looked around again, but only saw Naraku watching them like they were some form of entertainment for him. He was about to growl when he realized something:

Kagome and his joining hands were becoming very sweaty, making them slick.

Inuyasha closed his eyes. 'I can't let go....I can't let go...what can I do?! Oh **************!! What the **** can I do?! WHAT THE **** CAN I DOOOOOOO?!!' "KAGOME!"

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha. "Please...Inuyasha...I don't know what else to do?" She tried to push Kawayou into Inuyasha's hand again. "Take him. It's okay. Just take him and run. Please..."

"Kagome..." Inuyasha choked. 'I can't...lose...her...' he looked down at the teary eyes of Kawayou looking back at him. 'But I can't...lose...him...' Inuyasha tried not to cry. himself "My Ka..."

Kawayou tried to stifle his tears, but he couldn't.

"...go..."

Kagome squeezed her eyes shut. 'This is it...the last time I hold Kawayou...I hear Inuyasha...'

"...me..." Inuyasha finally finished, trying not to let her see the solitary tear that had drifted down his cheek against his will.

Then, when Kagome was getting ready to let go, Inuyasha's grip suddenly became twice as tough. "YOU ****ING *****, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH TO EVER LET YOU GO!"

Kagome's eyes grew wide. 'Had he just...?'

Naraku sighed. 'I was hoping for the drop. Well, a little longer to wait then.' He went back to watching Miroku and Sango.

Miroku tried with all his might to get his staff back down to Sango. "Sango, grab on!"

Sango was starting to get dizzy. Naraku had not given her a big dose, but it was somehow different than the first time..."I can't. I can't see it!"

"Sango, now!" Miroku ordered. She was getting worse, her vision was getting bad. Not that his vision was getting any better either-He HAD to get her out or she wasn't going to make it. "Concentrate! Grab the staff!" He waved the staff to make it jingle. "Hear it?! Grab it!"

Sango summed up the rest of her strength and grabbed for the jingling noise.

Miroku felt her grab it and took a deep breath. He only had this one shot left. He had to put everything into this last try.

Miroku pulled with all his might in one great tug. Sango let go of the staff when she hit the ground.

Miroku also hit the ground, but on his back. Sango somehow managed to flip herself over on her back to talk to him. "You okay?"

Miroku just smiled at her. "That was nice...I got to be your knight in shining armor."

Sango laughed. "No...I'd say more like a devoted monk with a jingling staff."

Miroku just laughed along with her.

"Sango...are you dying as well?" Miroku softly asked.

"...would I be laughing with you if I weren't?" she replied softly. She should have known when she felt the difference in the poison that it wouldn't be as easy as last time. It wasn't going to give her a fighting chance at all.

Sango looked up at the sky. "Look...the stars are starting to come out."

Miroku looked up as well. "Yes, you are right. This is nice. Not exactly the way I saw our fight with Naraku ending though." he said as he searched around on the ground.

Sango tried not to let tears come to her eyes. 'I didn't get to avenge anyone...not even Kohaku...'

Miroku tried to reach for her.

"We're dying and you are still trying to grope me?" she laughed softly.

Miroku smiled to himself as he finally found what he was searching for...

her hand.

"This is strange." Miroku said as he looked up into the sky. "I always thought my hand would suck me and everything around it up into it's void. Never did I think I'd be gazing at the stars and laughing with you at the end Sango."

"Yeah." Sango sighed. "Laughing and gazing up in the sky while the poison is starting to kill the both of us...are we crazy?"

Miroku just smiled. "I don't know...do crazy people know they are crazy?"

Naraku just sighed. 'Yes, they are crazy. There death won't be any fun to watch. I guess the fun is over.' He looked at the still barely clinging hanyou and his family. "And YOU are still lasting too long. Let's speed up the process." he said as he waved his hand at the cement.

Inuyasha watched as he saw the cement near him finally crumble. It was just a matter of seconds. "Nooooo!" Inuyasha screamed. "Not like this! It's not supposed to end like this!"

That's when he realized that Kawayou had started to claw his way up to his chest. Risky or not, Kagome had let him start climbing up. If there was a chance her son could make it, she would do it. She had to.

Kawayou gritted his teeth but kept on reaching out to claw deeper into Inuyasha's shoulder. He'd claw as deep as he could this time. 'If I can make it to the top, then I can find a way to save mommy and daddy! I know I can!'

Inuyasha's ear twitched as he felt Kawayou start to stand on his head and reach out to his arm. "That's it...keep going pup." Inuyasha encouraged him.

Kawayou started to slowly travel up Inuyasha's elbow. He had to be extra careful as he felt the hanyou's arm tremble more than he ever thought it could.

Even half demon's have their limits, and Inuyasha was quickly reaching his.

Kawayou finally tried to claw into the curb, but he wasn't as strong a demon as his father. Instead he did his best to reach out and claw into the ground next to it. After that, he simply started to pull the rest of himself up.

Inuyasha smiled up at him, still trying to hold onto Kagome's slick hand. "That's it...I expected nothing less from my first born puppy."

Kawayou just stared at him. Inuyasha had called him pup several times, but he never said 'puppy'. What did it mean?

Inuyasha smiled up at Kawayou with Kagome. "Listen to me, Kawayou. You really were a good puppy."

Kawayou just frowned. His dad didn't sound right. And the way he and his mom were smiling...

"Now, I want you to do something for me. Run away. NOW. Just get out. Run to find someone. Run to..." Inuyasha gritted his teeth, not believing what he was going to say. "Run to Sesshoumaru. He's an ***hole but, no matter what he says he isn't gonna kill a defenseless pup."

Kawayou just barked his opinion. "No way! I can figure out something! Someone must be nearby!"

"No Kawayou." Kagome agreed with Inuyasha. "Don't. Just Run. Run now and Naraku might not go after you."

Naraku just watched a little surprised at the outcome. "Well, well. One of you survived, huh? How sweet." 'Still, it wouldn't have mattered. I would have saved the brat anyhow, and then let his hatred burn inside of him, making the shikon jewel dark and beautiful.' He raised his hand high and made a sweeping motion. "But I'm growing weary of watching you, Inuyasha, and my now former employee hang on for your lives." he said as he smiled at Inuyasha. "I feel like watching you burn in hell now."

Kawayou just shook his head no when he started to feel the curb collapse.

"Get back!" Inuyasha barked in a commanding order. "NOW!!"

Kawayou didn't understand, but he hadn't heard his father use that tone before. Somehow, on reflex he closed his eyes and quickly scooted away.

When he opened his eyes back up, he didn't move.

The curb had finally given way and Kawayou watched in horror as it fell down with Inuyasha and Kagome still clinging onto it.

"Nooo..." Kawayou finally managed to squeal out. "Noooo.Nooo. NOOOO! MOMMYYYYYY!!! DADDYYYYYY!!!!"

Kawayou quickly sank to the ground, his eyes glazed over. "It didn't happen...I didn't lose them...I didn't lose them...they aren't dead...they are not dead...THEY CAN'T BE DEAD!!"

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That was a bad spot to end, right? Yeah, I know. But no matter what, I'm sure someone would've yelled at me anyhow. But as always, don't worry. Next chapter coming out in one or two days. You can wait a small 24 to 48 hours, can't you?