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The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Fifty Six: Please Let it Work For Us Now...
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Naraku sneered at Kawayou as he dropped to the ground. "Now, how should I handle this? Do I kill you and then retrieve the rest of my jewel? Or should I just tear you apart, bit by bit keeping you alive and in pain as much as possible to dirty the jewel even more with hatred?" Kawayou just looked up at Naraku as he started to walk toward him.
"Hold it right there!" A dust storm screamed as it finally settled down. Kawayou looked up to see Kouga.
"Conveniently too late." Naraku smiled wickedly. "All the fighters are gone except for those two." he pointed at Miroku and Sango on the other side of the huge empty crater that used to be a street. "But they will be in a matter of a few more minutes."
"Nuh-uh."
Naraku looked back at Kawayou. "What do you mean nuh-uh? Are you still in denial?"
Kawayou stood back up as his senses came back. Could it be? 'But if my senses aren't tricking me, then where are they all? I don't know, I guess I'll have to play along until they come back.' "Shutup! Mom and pops aren't dead! They survived somehow, they had to!"
Naraku just ignored the child. Of course those fools were dead. "You are just throwing your life away, wolf. Are you sure it's worth it?"
Kouga stood in front of Kawayou determined. "You are already starting to take in the strongest youkai's in this dimension. You'll eventually hit the wolves sooner or later. Besides, everyone dies sooner or later."
"Most demons prefer later." Naraku frowned. "Please, wolf. You can't fool me. All you are doing is trying to get this strange 1/4 demon to safety."
Kouga pushed Kawayou back. "Yeah, so?! Fight me!" Kouga pushed Kawayou back again. "Get out of here, already!"
Kawayou still didn't leave as Kouga continued to fight. He wasn't leaving without them...
To almost ten blocks away...
Kirara was resting on the grass with Kagome and Inuyasha. Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes, not believing what just happened.
"Now, you know you can't take on Naraku." Toutousai said as he hobbled over to Inuyasha. "So let's just leave, okay?"
Inuyasha growled when he realized what the old man was saying. "You want us to run like cowards for the rest of our lives?"
"Better than being dead." The old demon replied.
Inuyasha just grabbed Kagome's hand. "You okay?"
Kagome felt a little dizzy, but she nodded. "What just happened? Where's Kawayou?"
Toutousai patted Kirara. "I enjoyed this world quite nicely until Naraku started messing everything up." He sat down on the ground. "When I realized that he could add demons to his 'collection', I decided that watching over the humans on the outskirts might be safer."
Inuyasha dragged his Tetsusaiga in front of him to help him stand up.
Toutousai continued. "Although, an old friend found me and told me it would be best to go back now."
Inuyasha tried to walk forward, but was still hunching over his Tetsusaiga.
"Lord Inuyasha, really! It's just suicide!" Myouga shouted from Kirara.
Kagome followed behind Inuyasha. "Is Kawayou okay?"
Inuyasha nodded as he twitched his ears to concentrate on hearing. "Kouga's trying to take up the slack." he growled. "Where the **** was that wimpy wolf?!"
"Taking my family to safety." Kagome replied as she looked over at Kirara. "Oh. Kami, why didn't we just call for Kirara, Inuyasha?!"
Inuyasha just growled. "Myouga had tooken off with her. Probably somewhere inbetween your moms' story...either ways, I couldn't ever pick up her scent. She was nowhere near us until it was too late." he explained as he tried climbing on top of Kirara.
"Lord Inuyasha, you can't even walk! How are you going to fight?!" Myouga complained.
He didn't listen. "Kagome, stay here."
Kagome didn't listen as she also climbed up on Kirara.
"Kagome." Inuyasha growled. He didn't have time for this!
"If you leave me behind I'll just run back anyhow!" she shouted.
Toutousai sighed. "Here we come and save your lives, and you two are going to die again?"
"Shutup!" Inuyasha barked. "We wouldn't have almost lost our lives if Myouga hadn't taken away Kirara!"
"Lord Inuyasha, must you always look on the bad side of things?" Myouga began to complain.
"Up, Kirara!"
"'Those who know when to run away, live to fight another day.'" Toutousai recited.
"Up, Kirara!" Inuyasha yelled again.
Kirara started to go up into the sky and headed back to the battle.
To the battle...
Kouga tried to stay standing but he was already coughing up blood. "Can't give up though. They are almost back. Hopefully, they'll just grab Kawayou and get out!"
Kawayou had continued to stay, against Kouga's wishes. 'They are coming, I can still feel it.'
Naraku yawned. "A battle to the death used to be so much more exciting. Really, there is no competition anymore, is there?" he said as he dodged Kouga again. Naraku had only hit the wolf twice, and called it quits. He'd just let the wolf continue fighting with his serious wounds and kill his own self.
His goal wasn't going anywhere anyhow.
"NARAKUUU!!!"
Naraku looked up and saw the dog demon speeding back. 'Now that's a neat trick. How in the world did he survive?'
Kirara landed right next to Kawayou.
"About time!" Kouga shouted as he started to stumble on the ground. "Now take him already and run!"
Inuyasha growled. It was against everything he was not to stay and finish a battle, no matter what the outcome. But any instincts dealing with the protection of his family always won out in the end. Kagome reached out to Kawayou as he bounded up into her arms happily.
Naraku frowned. He wasn't letting that happen. "You just don't get it, do you?"
Inuyasha didn't listen as he signaled for Kirara to start flying again.
Naraku growled. "It's not going to be that easy!" He waved his hand in the air. A gust of wind so powerful that Kirara couldn't fly against it, took her and everyone else instantly down.
Inuyasha growled underneath Kagome. He had turned her around at the last minute, so Kawayou and her would be on top.
Unluckily though, the drop still knocked the poor injured girl unconscious along with Kirara.
Inuyasha sat up and held Kawayou and Kagome close to him.
Kouga watched the uneasiness that was in Inuyasha's eyes. The wolf could barely move. He had gotten everyone in the house to safety, so there was no more help coming. Even if he hadn't, Kamira and Sesshoumaru were too weak to make a difference. ****, Jacken would've been stronger than both of them together. He looked around and saw on the other side that Miroku and Sango were both lying motionless. The smell of death was close on them, but not quite yet. 'Oh, dog turd. How the **** are you going to get out of this one?'
Naraku just chuckled as he walked over to the fallen family. "I can't believe it. Trying to actually escape from me? I thought that was against your own pride or something."
Inuyasha just growled and tried to scoot back as Naraku came closer.
"But apparently your instincts for your family got the best of you." Naraku replied to his growl.
"Stay...." Inuyasha growled so thickly, you could barely make out the words. "...the ****.....away."
"Please." Naraku waved it off. "That's like a domestic mouse defending his cheese against a tom cat."
Inuyasha continued to growl, lower and more dangerous as Naraku drew nearer to him.
"Just hand over the pup, and I'll just let you die a quick and painless death." Naraku smiled as he looked at Kawayou.
Inuyasha continued to hold on tighter. "Over my dead body!"
Naraku cracked his knuckles, much like Inuyasha liked to do. "Well then, that can be arranged."
Inuyasha growled as Naraku drew closer. Step by step...
////That's when Inuyasha felt a claw brush on the back of his heel. He instantly got up and grabbed Kagome, his claws extended and ready to fight.
Kagome watched Inuyasha's expression as he slowly started to take in the little strangers appearance. His claws suddenly dropped and it looked like he might too.
Shippou looked at the unconscious boy, then to Inuyasha, then back to the boy. Then he stared at Kagome.
Kagome slowly went over and picked her son up delicately. She looked around at her companions nervously.//// 'Now that was a way to first meet my pup.' he scoffed to himself as he saw Naraku take another step toward him.
/////Inuyasha looked down at her. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He looked over toward the smaller version of himself. His human feelings had caused so many mixed emotions. Embarrassment for what happened, anger for not knowing, dissapointment for not being there, excitement that it wasn't anyone else's, even happiness for just seeing them. 'Now what am I supposed to say? What am I supposed to do?'//// He continued to growl at Naraku. He had been so lost as to how to react to each of them. He tried to hold the Tetsusaiga in front of him, determined not to give in to the exhaustion like his body wanted.
////He wasn't paying attention to Kagome though. He was starting to rub Kawayou's ears.
Kagome looked at him and chuckled. "I thought that was the last thing you'd want to do."
"What do you mean? People always gotta rub my ears, this is my chance to bug someone else." he smiled wickedly.//// '****, even when he was afraid of me I still liked the little pup.' He watched Naraku take another step.
////For a second, the only sound that could be heard was the wind whipping through Inuyasha's long hair and the small babbling the lake made as it passed over a few rocks.
"I..." Kagome said stunned. "I have a great smile?"
Inuyasha looked at her. He was surprised she had stopped yelling. "Well, no. Not your usual one, just mine. When you show me the smile that's just for me. MY smile."//// Inuyasha growled as Naraku came closer. 'Today will be the last time I see her smile if I don't figure something out!' But that sweet thought soon ended with what he remembered he said next. ////Inuyasha looked at Kagome as she looked back at him. "Look, Kagome. I've always protected ya in the past, and NOW I'm gonna protect you and our pup. Okay?"////
'Yeah...' Inuyasha growled as he bended his ears back and showed his fangs. 'I did a bang up job keeping that promise!' He tried to scoot back further as Naraku started to loom over them. ////"No. I don't want mommy to hold me. I want YOU to hold me because you're MY daddy." Kawayou stated firmly.///// 'You're MY daddy.' Inuyasha couldn't help it. Even though he continued to put up his act of almighty toughness on the outside...he had to smile on the inside. 'You're MY daddy.' he recited again.
You know, maybe that old man wasn't as big a fake as he thought...
Naraku grinned as he looked down at Inuyasha. 'I'm about to take away everything this half-breed ever knew. Friends, love...*snicker* even his first born pup.' "It's been fun fighting you again, Inuyasha. But you see, times change. And this time, you aren't going to come back."
Inuyasha watched as he saw Naraku about to hit him one last time.
One stupid last time.
Kawayou closed his eyes as Naraku smacked him out of Inuyasha's hands. Naraku had finished his dad with a hit that had completely spun Inuyasha around before he hit the ground like a rag doll.
Kawayou heard the *thunk* on the ground. Then, nothing. Not a shout, not a curse, not even a small growl.
"There." Naraku said as if what he just did was nothing. Some 'chore' that had to be done, like washing dishes. "Now, there is no one left to interrupt us." Naraku said to Kawayou as he started walking toward the hanyou. "See? Completely unconcious." he said as he lifted Inuyasha up by the nape of his kimono.
Kawayou just looked at Naraku as he carelessly dropped Inuyasha back to the ground. "Now, come here. I've wasted enough time as it is."
Kawayou kept stepping back, his legs shaking unbearably. His head felt fuzzy, light-headed, his body stopped listening to his commands. And the last thing he remembered before he fainted was Naraku's 'ku ku ku' as he started to walk toward him... ........ ....... .........
Kawayou mumbled as he opened his eyes...he wasn't exactly sure where he was at. There was a bright light seeming to radiate off everything around him. He seemed to be in the Sengoku Jidai again because there were wild flowers all around him, and crisp cut grass...
Wait, grass wasn't crisp and cut in the Sengoku Jidai. And light didn't come from the forest itself. And where the **** was his mom and dad?! The battle?! "What the **** is going on here?!"
"Wow. Nice mouth ya got there."
Kawayou whipped himself around. He just realized that his dad was sitting on a huge rock beside him.
"Sup?"
Kawayou blinked. His dad wasn't wearing his red kimono at all. Instead, he was wearing black jeans with a small red muscle shirt and a black leather jacket. On his hands were some type of metal...."What's going on?!"
Inuyasha jumped down off the rock and went toward Kawayou. "Why don't you take a seat."
Kawayou didn't listen as he ran up to Inuyasha. "What's going on pops?! You got knocked out! Mom got knocked out! Miroku and Sango are dying! Where's Naraku?! Where are-?!"
Inuyasha covered Kawayou's mouth. "Geez, you do have a mouth on you, don't ya? Relax bud, it's all okay."
Kawayou just stared wide-eyed at him. "What's on your hands?!"
Inuyasha just looked at the brass knuckles on his hands. "What? They're kick a- I mean-er...they're cool."
Kawayou just looked at him. Why was his dad acting so peculiar? "Why didn't you finish your sentence?"
Inuyasha just stared at Kawayou. "Because, it's not right to curse in front of children these days."
Kawayou just stared at his dad. "Who the **** cares?! What's going on?! You said you'd tell me! Where's momma?! Is she alright?!"
Inuyasha just sat down on the grass next to Kawayou. Kawayou followed suit and continued to look at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha ruffled his hair. "Wow. Hey, you turned out kinda cute."
Kawayou just blinked at him. ****, was he acting strange.
Inuyasha flicked his ear. "Hey, you did get my ears too, didn't you?"
"Don't do that!" Kawayou barked angrily.
"And my attitude?! Yeah!" Inuyasha laughed. "I was hoping you wouldn't end up being some wussy from Kagome's genes."
"Pops, why are you talking about this now?!" Kawayou barked.
Inuyasha just flicked his ear again. "I ain't really your pops, kid. Well actually, yeah I am. But I'm not the one you know. Wait, yeah I am. Well sorta."
Kawayou just stared at him and blinked. "What?"
Inuyasha ruffled Kawayou's hair again. "Eww...you need to get Kagome to buy you some more shampoo."
Kawayou growled at his response. What was going on? Then, he wondered. "Am I asleep...am I asleep forever?!"
"Huh?"
"Am I dead?!" Kawayou cried out. "I'm dead, aren't I?!"
Inuyasha just twitched his right ear as he watched Kawayou start going nuts.
"I died! Mommy died! Miroku and Sango died! No one beat Naraku, did they?!" Kawayou started crying out. "Where's mommy?! I want to see my mommy!"
Inuyasha grabbed the bottom of Kawayou's kimono and sat him back down on the ground. "Naw, pup. You ain't dead."
Kawayou looked at him strangely. "Then who beat Naraku?"
Inuyasha smiled. "There. I knew you'd get to the point somewhere along the line. Look kid, you are still on earth. This is just a dream, get it? No one's beat Naraku yet."
Kawayou gulped. No one had beat Naraku yet? "But Naraku's walking toward me...he's going to chop me up into little pieces!"
Inuyasha patted his head. "Naw, just listen, pup. I need you to think for a minute about the jewel of four souls. Which half came out?"
Kawayou shrugged his shoulders.
"Look, Kagome told you about the shikon jewel, right? Now, what part came out? The evil fighting side or the good fighting side? Come on, take a guess."
"Ummm...evil?" Kawayou guessed.
"Good guess." Inuyasha smiled. "How come the good fighting side never came out?"
Kawayou made his mouth into an O. "I do have it in me?! Oh man, I don't ****ing believe this!"
"...yeah..." Inuyasha added dully. "That's not what's important though! Come on, WHY didn't the good side come out?!"
Kawayou shrugged his shoulders again. "I don't know! I don't have time for this! Just get off your own *** and go get Naraku!"
Inuyasha crossed his arms. "Did you ever think that maybe Midoriko's fighting soul wouldn't want to leave the rest of it?"
Kawayou raised his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"
Inuyasha pulled Kawayou over to him and pointed at his chest. "There's more than just a beating heart inside of you, pup." he laughed. "You're mommy wasn't the first reincarnation, you know."
Kawayou's eyebrows pulled back even farther in understanding. "What are you saying?! That I'm actually some powerful old priestess that died a real long time ago?!" He huffed. *Keh* "In case you didn't notice, I happen to be a boy, NOT a girl!"
Inuyasha just smirked at the kid. "Souls aren't gender based, pup." he laughed as he got back up. "Sorry, kid. It's time to wake up. By the way, you're actually being held by the nape of your kimono by Naraku and he's just about done with his whole stupid speech about running the entire world."
Kawayou's mouth just dropped as Inuyasha walked away and the surroundings faded. "Hey! Hey, come back! You forgot to tell me-"
...... ............
"Then, after I do that I will be supreme. I will hold a monopoly over everyone! No one will be able to take me on!" Kawayou heard Naraku laughing as he started to wake back up.
...'You forgot to tell me how I can defeat him.'
Kawayou looked up at Naraku's face and growled.
Naraku dangled Kawayou in his hand. "Still trying to prove that you are tough? Well, you are just wasting your time. I know, you could have defeated me when I was only at a 1/3 of my strength with your shikon jewel." He lifted his other hand to the boy's cheek. "But now, it's impossible. Your own pathetic mother and father were probably even stronger than you are now."
*Don't fall for it*
Kawayou's ears pricked up.
Naraku watched the movement of Kawayou's ears. "What is wrong with you?"
Kawayou wriggled in Naraku's grasp.
Naraku just smiled. "Cute. You want down?"
Kawayou continued to wriggle. "Let...me...let me go!"
"I will after I have what I want." Naraku grinned as he dangled Kawayou some more. 'Odd. Torturing Inuyasha and everyone else wasn't as much fun. But for some reason, this brat's...different.'
"Let me go!" Kawayou whined. He couldn't believe it. What was he going to do? 'Momma...' He reached into his kimono and pulled out his flowers. 'Mommy...'
////Satisfied that his dad understood his position, Kawayou hopped off and ran into Kagome's waiting arms. Happy about winning the challenge against Inuyasha, he took the other bright red flower he picked and put it behind his mom's left ear. "Here you go, mommy."
Kagome looked very happy with the gesture and held her son closer to her. She petted his head gently and gave him a sweet kiss on the forehead. ////
Then, he looked at the other flower he held in his hand.
////Inuyasha went over to them both, but instead of picking a red flower, he picked two purple ones. 'Humans have some strange customs.' he thought as he slid a simple flower behind Kawayou's human ear. 'But it's worth it if I can get the same reaction!' he grinned to himself as he slid the other flower gently behind Kagome's right ear.
Kagome looked a little stunned with the gesture. It didn't seem like something Inuyasha would do. Still, she couldn't help but bite her lip and blush a little.
Inuyasha continued to stare at her. 'Come on...where's MY reward?'
He didn't have to wait long as Kawayou hugged him. "See? I knew you loved me too!"
Inuyasha was about to answer as he saw Kagome tucking a purple flower into his hair near his ear.////
'..daddy....' Kawayou felt the tears touch his cheeks as he continued to stare at his flowers.
...the only thing he had left of each of them.
Naraku was about to move onto torturing Kawayou when he saw what was happening. 'That's...how's he doing that?'
The flowers Kawayou held were becoming...blue?
It slowly dawned on Kawayou also what was happening. 'What? But...'
The flowers slowly began to pulse blue. It became richer and more stronger the longer Kawayou concentrated on them.
Naraku frowned. Those flowers didn't look like they were a good thing. Thinking that Kawayou couldn't resonate enough power to hurt him, he quickly reached out toward the flowers.
And immediately dropped Kawayou to the ground as he quickly pulled back his injured hand. "Dammit!" He watched Kawayou quickly run away toward his mom and dad. 'Stupid little brat. He'll pay for that!'
Kawayou pulled on Inuyasha's Kimono as he felt Naraku's piercing flare. He pulled on his hair, but still didn't respond. "Dammit pops! *Bark**Bark* Wake the **** up!!" he barked as he started to pull and gnaw on the poor hanyou's ears.
Then, Kawayou felt his mom's presence become stronger. He turned around and saw Kagome run over toward him.
Naraku snarled at both of them as he looked at his injured arm. "You...you little...you two are both going to pay for that!"
Thinking quickly, Kagome reached for Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga. 'This has helped us more than once in the past.'
Kawayou watched as his mom took the Tetsusaiga out of it's sheath and held it protectively in front of all three of them. "But momma, I thought it only transformed for dad?"
Kagome didn't answer him as she stared at the Tetsusaiga. 'That's right. But this did protect just me once.' She looked at Naraku determined to protect her family as Naraku waved his hand through the air.
A gust of powerful poison circled round them, but it wasn't coming near enough to do them harm.
Naraku frowned. 'That hanyou's sword is still protecting them.' "That sword is not as powerful as me. It may protect you temporarily, but it won't last forever." He grinned wickedly at the unconscious hanyou. "Everyone has their limits."
Kagome didn't listen as she shoved the rusty sword into the ground in front of them. 'There. This worked once for Inuyasha. Please let it work for us now....'
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And that's an easier place to end, right? See, I fixed it so that the chapter didn't end where Naraku was coming toward Kawayou and everyone was unconscious or hurt. I get credit for that, right? *Ducks things being thrown at her anyhow* Oh well. Well, the next chapter will be out soon. Then the next. Then the epilogue. Looking forward to that. Hope you are too.^^
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The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Fifty Six: Please Let it Work For Us Now...
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Naraku sneered at Kawayou as he dropped to the ground. "Now, how should I handle this? Do I kill you and then retrieve the rest of my jewel? Or should I just tear you apart, bit by bit keeping you alive and in pain as much as possible to dirty the jewel even more with hatred?" Kawayou just looked up at Naraku as he started to walk toward him.
"Hold it right there!" A dust storm screamed as it finally settled down. Kawayou looked up to see Kouga.
"Conveniently too late." Naraku smiled wickedly. "All the fighters are gone except for those two." he pointed at Miroku and Sango on the other side of the huge empty crater that used to be a street. "But they will be in a matter of a few more minutes."
"Nuh-uh."
Naraku looked back at Kawayou. "What do you mean nuh-uh? Are you still in denial?"
Kawayou stood back up as his senses came back. Could it be? 'But if my senses aren't tricking me, then where are they all? I don't know, I guess I'll have to play along until they come back.' "Shutup! Mom and pops aren't dead! They survived somehow, they had to!"
Naraku just ignored the child. Of course those fools were dead. "You are just throwing your life away, wolf. Are you sure it's worth it?"
Kouga stood in front of Kawayou determined. "You are already starting to take in the strongest youkai's in this dimension. You'll eventually hit the wolves sooner or later. Besides, everyone dies sooner or later."
"Most demons prefer later." Naraku frowned. "Please, wolf. You can't fool me. All you are doing is trying to get this strange 1/4 demon to safety."
Kouga pushed Kawayou back. "Yeah, so?! Fight me!" Kouga pushed Kawayou back again. "Get out of here, already!"
Kawayou still didn't leave as Kouga continued to fight. He wasn't leaving without them...
To almost ten blocks away...
Kirara was resting on the grass with Kagome and Inuyasha. Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes, not believing what just happened.
"Now, you know you can't take on Naraku." Toutousai said as he hobbled over to Inuyasha. "So let's just leave, okay?"
Inuyasha growled when he realized what the old man was saying. "You want us to run like cowards for the rest of our lives?"
"Better than being dead." The old demon replied.
Inuyasha just grabbed Kagome's hand. "You okay?"
Kagome felt a little dizzy, but she nodded. "What just happened? Where's Kawayou?"
Toutousai patted Kirara. "I enjoyed this world quite nicely until Naraku started messing everything up." He sat down on the ground. "When I realized that he could add demons to his 'collection', I decided that watching over the humans on the outskirts might be safer."
Inuyasha dragged his Tetsusaiga in front of him to help him stand up.
Toutousai continued. "Although, an old friend found me and told me it would be best to go back now."
Inuyasha tried to walk forward, but was still hunching over his Tetsusaiga.
"Lord Inuyasha, really! It's just suicide!" Myouga shouted from Kirara.
Kagome followed behind Inuyasha. "Is Kawayou okay?"
Inuyasha nodded as he twitched his ears to concentrate on hearing. "Kouga's trying to take up the slack." he growled. "Where the **** was that wimpy wolf?!"
"Taking my family to safety." Kagome replied as she looked over at Kirara. "Oh. Kami, why didn't we just call for Kirara, Inuyasha?!"
Inuyasha just growled. "Myouga had tooken off with her. Probably somewhere inbetween your moms' story...either ways, I couldn't ever pick up her scent. She was nowhere near us until it was too late." he explained as he tried climbing on top of Kirara.
"Lord Inuyasha, you can't even walk! How are you going to fight?!" Myouga complained.
He didn't listen. "Kagome, stay here."
Kagome didn't listen as she also climbed up on Kirara.
"Kagome." Inuyasha growled. He didn't have time for this!
"If you leave me behind I'll just run back anyhow!" she shouted.
Toutousai sighed. "Here we come and save your lives, and you two are going to die again?"
"Shutup!" Inuyasha barked. "We wouldn't have almost lost our lives if Myouga hadn't taken away Kirara!"
"Lord Inuyasha, must you always look on the bad side of things?" Myouga began to complain.
"Up, Kirara!"
"'Those who know when to run away, live to fight another day.'" Toutousai recited.
"Up, Kirara!" Inuyasha yelled again.
Kirara started to go up into the sky and headed back to the battle.
To the battle...
Kouga tried to stay standing but he was already coughing up blood. "Can't give up though. They are almost back. Hopefully, they'll just grab Kawayou and get out!"
Kawayou had continued to stay, against Kouga's wishes. 'They are coming, I can still feel it.'
Naraku yawned. "A battle to the death used to be so much more exciting. Really, there is no competition anymore, is there?" he said as he dodged Kouga again. Naraku had only hit the wolf twice, and called it quits. He'd just let the wolf continue fighting with his serious wounds and kill his own self.
His goal wasn't going anywhere anyhow.
"NARAKUUU!!!"
Naraku looked up and saw the dog demon speeding back. 'Now that's a neat trick. How in the world did he survive?'
Kirara landed right next to Kawayou.
"About time!" Kouga shouted as he started to stumble on the ground. "Now take him already and run!"
Inuyasha growled. It was against everything he was not to stay and finish a battle, no matter what the outcome. But any instincts dealing with the protection of his family always won out in the end. Kagome reached out to Kawayou as he bounded up into her arms happily.
Naraku frowned. He wasn't letting that happen. "You just don't get it, do you?"
Inuyasha didn't listen as he signaled for Kirara to start flying again.
Naraku growled. "It's not going to be that easy!" He waved his hand in the air. A gust of wind so powerful that Kirara couldn't fly against it, took her and everyone else instantly down.
Inuyasha growled underneath Kagome. He had turned her around at the last minute, so Kawayou and her would be on top.
Unluckily though, the drop still knocked the poor injured girl unconscious along with Kirara.
Inuyasha sat up and held Kawayou and Kagome close to him.
Kouga watched the uneasiness that was in Inuyasha's eyes. The wolf could barely move. He had gotten everyone in the house to safety, so there was no more help coming. Even if he hadn't, Kamira and Sesshoumaru were too weak to make a difference. ****, Jacken would've been stronger than both of them together. He looked around and saw on the other side that Miroku and Sango were both lying motionless. The smell of death was close on them, but not quite yet. 'Oh, dog turd. How the **** are you going to get out of this one?'
Naraku just chuckled as he walked over to the fallen family. "I can't believe it. Trying to actually escape from me? I thought that was against your own pride or something."
Inuyasha just growled and tried to scoot back as Naraku came closer.
"But apparently your instincts for your family got the best of you." Naraku replied to his growl.
"Stay...." Inuyasha growled so thickly, you could barely make out the words. "...the ****.....away."
"Please." Naraku waved it off. "That's like a domestic mouse defending his cheese against a tom cat."
Inuyasha continued to growl, lower and more dangerous as Naraku drew nearer to him.
"Just hand over the pup, and I'll just let you die a quick and painless death." Naraku smiled as he looked at Kawayou.
Inuyasha continued to hold on tighter. "Over my dead body!"
Naraku cracked his knuckles, much like Inuyasha liked to do. "Well then, that can be arranged."
Inuyasha growled as Naraku drew closer. Step by step...
////That's when Inuyasha felt a claw brush on the back of his heel. He instantly got up and grabbed Kagome, his claws extended and ready to fight.
Kagome watched Inuyasha's expression as he slowly started to take in the little strangers appearance. His claws suddenly dropped and it looked like he might too.
Shippou looked at the unconscious boy, then to Inuyasha, then back to the boy. Then he stared at Kagome.
Kagome slowly went over and picked her son up delicately. She looked around at her companions nervously.//// 'Now that was a way to first meet my pup.' he scoffed to himself as he saw Naraku take another step toward him.
/////Inuyasha looked down at her. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He looked over toward the smaller version of himself. His human feelings had caused so many mixed emotions. Embarrassment for what happened, anger for not knowing, dissapointment for not being there, excitement that it wasn't anyone else's, even happiness for just seeing them. 'Now what am I supposed to say? What am I supposed to do?'//// He continued to growl at Naraku. He had been so lost as to how to react to each of them. He tried to hold the Tetsusaiga in front of him, determined not to give in to the exhaustion like his body wanted.
////He wasn't paying attention to Kagome though. He was starting to rub Kawayou's ears.
Kagome looked at him and chuckled. "I thought that was the last thing you'd want to do."
"What do you mean? People always gotta rub my ears, this is my chance to bug someone else." he smiled wickedly.//// '****, even when he was afraid of me I still liked the little pup.' He watched Naraku take another step.
////For a second, the only sound that could be heard was the wind whipping through Inuyasha's long hair and the small babbling the lake made as it passed over a few rocks.
"I..." Kagome said stunned. "I have a great smile?"
Inuyasha looked at her. He was surprised she had stopped yelling. "Well, no. Not your usual one, just mine. When you show me the smile that's just for me. MY smile."//// Inuyasha growled as Naraku came closer. 'Today will be the last time I see her smile if I don't figure something out!' But that sweet thought soon ended with what he remembered he said next. ////Inuyasha looked at Kagome as she looked back at him. "Look, Kagome. I've always protected ya in the past, and NOW I'm gonna protect you and our pup. Okay?"////
'Yeah...' Inuyasha growled as he bended his ears back and showed his fangs. 'I did a bang up job keeping that promise!' He tried to scoot back further as Naraku started to loom over them. ////"No. I don't want mommy to hold me. I want YOU to hold me because you're MY daddy." Kawayou stated firmly.///// 'You're MY daddy.' Inuyasha couldn't help it. Even though he continued to put up his act of almighty toughness on the outside...he had to smile on the inside. 'You're MY daddy.' he recited again.
You know, maybe that old man wasn't as big a fake as he thought...
Naraku grinned as he looked down at Inuyasha. 'I'm about to take away everything this half-breed ever knew. Friends, love...*snicker* even his first born pup.' "It's been fun fighting you again, Inuyasha. But you see, times change. And this time, you aren't going to come back."
Inuyasha watched as he saw Naraku about to hit him one last time.
One stupid last time.
Kawayou closed his eyes as Naraku smacked him out of Inuyasha's hands. Naraku had finished his dad with a hit that had completely spun Inuyasha around before he hit the ground like a rag doll.
Kawayou heard the *thunk* on the ground. Then, nothing. Not a shout, not a curse, not even a small growl.
"There." Naraku said as if what he just did was nothing. Some 'chore' that had to be done, like washing dishes. "Now, there is no one left to interrupt us." Naraku said to Kawayou as he started walking toward the hanyou. "See? Completely unconcious." he said as he lifted Inuyasha up by the nape of his kimono.
Kawayou just looked at Naraku as he carelessly dropped Inuyasha back to the ground. "Now, come here. I've wasted enough time as it is."
Kawayou kept stepping back, his legs shaking unbearably. His head felt fuzzy, light-headed, his body stopped listening to his commands. And the last thing he remembered before he fainted was Naraku's 'ku ku ku' as he started to walk toward him... ........ ....... .........
Kawayou mumbled as he opened his eyes...he wasn't exactly sure where he was at. There was a bright light seeming to radiate off everything around him. He seemed to be in the Sengoku Jidai again because there were wild flowers all around him, and crisp cut grass...
Wait, grass wasn't crisp and cut in the Sengoku Jidai. And light didn't come from the forest itself. And where the **** was his mom and dad?! The battle?! "What the **** is going on here?!"
"Wow. Nice mouth ya got there."
Kawayou whipped himself around. He just realized that his dad was sitting on a huge rock beside him.
"Sup?"
Kawayou blinked. His dad wasn't wearing his red kimono at all. Instead, he was wearing black jeans with a small red muscle shirt and a black leather jacket. On his hands were some type of metal...."What's going on?!"
Inuyasha jumped down off the rock and went toward Kawayou. "Why don't you take a seat."
Kawayou didn't listen as he ran up to Inuyasha. "What's going on pops?! You got knocked out! Mom got knocked out! Miroku and Sango are dying! Where's Naraku?! Where are-?!"
Inuyasha covered Kawayou's mouth. "Geez, you do have a mouth on you, don't ya? Relax bud, it's all okay."
Kawayou just stared wide-eyed at him. "What's on your hands?!"
Inuyasha just looked at the brass knuckles on his hands. "What? They're kick a- I mean-er...they're cool."
Kawayou just looked at him. Why was his dad acting so peculiar? "Why didn't you finish your sentence?"
Inuyasha just stared at Kawayou. "Because, it's not right to curse in front of children these days."
Kawayou just stared at his dad. "Who the **** cares?! What's going on?! You said you'd tell me! Where's momma?! Is she alright?!"
Inuyasha just sat down on the grass next to Kawayou. Kawayou followed suit and continued to look at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha ruffled his hair. "Wow. Hey, you turned out kinda cute."
Kawayou just blinked at him. ****, was he acting strange.
Inuyasha flicked his ear. "Hey, you did get my ears too, didn't you?"
"Don't do that!" Kawayou barked angrily.
"And my attitude?! Yeah!" Inuyasha laughed. "I was hoping you wouldn't end up being some wussy from Kagome's genes."
"Pops, why are you talking about this now?!" Kawayou barked.
Inuyasha just flicked his ear again. "I ain't really your pops, kid. Well actually, yeah I am. But I'm not the one you know. Wait, yeah I am. Well sorta."
Kawayou just stared at him and blinked. "What?"
Inuyasha ruffled Kawayou's hair again. "Eww...you need to get Kagome to buy you some more shampoo."
Kawayou growled at his response. What was going on? Then, he wondered. "Am I asleep...am I asleep forever?!"
"Huh?"
"Am I dead?!" Kawayou cried out. "I'm dead, aren't I?!"
Inuyasha just twitched his right ear as he watched Kawayou start going nuts.
"I died! Mommy died! Miroku and Sango died! No one beat Naraku, did they?!" Kawayou started crying out. "Where's mommy?! I want to see my mommy!"
Inuyasha grabbed the bottom of Kawayou's kimono and sat him back down on the ground. "Naw, pup. You ain't dead."
Kawayou looked at him strangely. "Then who beat Naraku?"
Inuyasha smiled. "There. I knew you'd get to the point somewhere along the line. Look kid, you are still on earth. This is just a dream, get it? No one's beat Naraku yet."
Kawayou gulped. No one had beat Naraku yet? "But Naraku's walking toward me...he's going to chop me up into little pieces!"
Inuyasha patted his head. "Naw, just listen, pup. I need you to think for a minute about the jewel of four souls. Which half came out?"
Kawayou shrugged his shoulders.
"Look, Kagome told you about the shikon jewel, right? Now, what part came out? The evil fighting side or the good fighting side? Come on, take a guess."
"Ummm...evil?" Kawayou guessed.
"Good guess." Inuyasha smiled. "How come the good fighting side never came out?"
Kawayou made his mouth into an O. "I do have it in me?! Oh man, I don't ****ing believe this!"
"...yeah..." Inuyasha added dully. "That's not what's important though! Come on, WHY didn't the good side come out?!"
Kawayou shrugged his shoulders again. "I don't know! I don't have time for this! Just get off your own *** and go get Naraku!"
Inuyasha crossed his arms. "Did you ever think that maybe Midoriko's fighting soul wouldn't want to leave the rest of it?"
Kawayou raised his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"
Inuyasha pulled Kawayou over to him and pointed at his chest. "There's more than just a beating heart inside of you, pup." he laughed. "You're mommy wasn't the first reincarnation, you know."
Kawayou's eyebrows pulled back even farther in understanding. "What are you saying?! That I'm actually some powerful old priestess that died a real long time ago?!" He huffed. *Keh* "In case you didn't notice, I happen to be a boy, NOT a girl!"
Inuyasha just smirked at the kid. "Souls aren't gender based, pup." he laughed as he got back up. "Sorry, kid. It's time to wake up. By the way, you're actually being held by the nape of your kimono by Naraku and he's just about done with his whole stupid speech about running the entire world."
Kawayou's mouth just dropped as Inuyasha walked away and the surroundings faded. "Hey! Hey, come back! You forgot to tell me-"
...... ............
"Then, after I do that I will be supreme. I will hold a monopoly over everyone! No one will be able to take me on!" Kawayou heard Naraku laughing as he started to wake back up.
...'You forgot to tell me how I can defeat him.'
Kawayou looked up at Naraku's face and growled.
Naraku dangled Kawayou in his hand. "Still trying to prove that you are tough? Well, you are just wasting your time. I know, you could have defeated me when I was only at a 1/3 of my strength with your shikon jewel." He lifted his other hand to the boy's cheek. "But now, it's impossible. Your own pathetic mother and father were probably even stronger than you are now."
*Don't fall for it*
Kawayou's ears pricked up.
Naraku watched the movement of Kawayou's ears. "What is wrong with you?"
Kawayou wriggled in Naraku's grasp.
Naraku just smiled. "Cute. You want down?"
Kawayou continued to wriggle. "Let...me...let me go!"
"I will after I have what I want." Naraku grinned as he dangled Kawayou some more. 'Odd. Torturing Inuyasha and everyone else wasn't as much fun. But for some reason, this brat's...different.'
"Let me go!" Kawayou whined. He couldn't believe it. What was he going to do? 'Momma...' He reached into his kimono and pulled out his flowers. 'Mommy...'
////Satisfied that his dad understood his position, Kawayou hopped off and ran into Kagome's waiting arms. Happy about winning the challenge against Inuyasha, he took the other bright red flower he picked and put it behind his mom's left ear. "Here you go, mommy."
Kagome looked very happy with the gesture and held her son closer to her. She petted his head gently and gave him a sweet kiss on the forehead. ////
Then, he looked at the other flower he held in his hand.
////Inuyasha went over to them both, but instead of picking a red flower, he picked two purple ones. 'Humans have some strange customs.' he thought as he slid a simple flower behind Kawayou's human ear. 'But it's worth it if I can get the same reaction!' he grinned to himself as he slid the other flower gently behind Kagome's right ear.
Kagome looked a little stunned with the gesture. It didn't seem like something Inuyasha would do. Still, she couldn't help but bite her lip and blush a little.
Inuyasha continued to stare at her. 'Come on...where's MY reward?'
He didn't have to wait long as Kawayou hugged him. "See? I knew you loved me too!"
Inuyasha was about to answer as he saw Kagome tucking a purple flower into his hair near his ear.////
'..daddy....' Kawayou felt the tears touch his cheeks as he continued to stare at his flowers.
...the only thing he had left of each of them.
Naraku was about to move onto torturing Kawayou when he saw what was happening. 'That's...how's he doing that?'
The flowers Kawayou held were becoming...blue?
It slowly dawned on Kawayou also what was happening. 'What? But...'
The flowers slowly began to pulse blue. It became richer and more stronger the longer Kawayou concentrated on them.
Naraku frowned. Those flowers didn't look like they were a good thing. Thinking that Kawayou couldn't resonate enough power to hurt him, he quickly reached out toward the flowers.
And immediately dropped Kawayou to the ground as he quickly pulled back his injured hand. "Dammit!" He watched Kawayou quickly run away toward his mom and dad. 'Stupid little brat. He'll pay for that!'
Kawayou pulled on Inuyasha's Kimono as he felt Naraku's piercing flare. He pulled on his hair, but still didn't respond. "Dammit pops! *Bark**Bark* Wake the **** up!!" he barked as he started to pull and gnaw on the poor hanyou's ears.
Then, Kawayou felt his mom's presence become stronger. He turned around and saw Kagome run over toward him.
Naraku snarled at both of them as he looked at his injured arm. "You...you little...you two are both going to pay for that!"
Thinking quickly, Kagome reached for Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga. 'This has helped us more than once in the past.'
Kawayou watched as his mom took the Tetsusaiga out of it's sheath and held it protectively in front of all three of them. "But momma, I thought it only transformed for dad?"
Kagome didn't answer him as she stared at the Tetsusaiga. 'That's right. But this did protect just me once.' She looked at Naraku determined to protect her family as Naraku waved his hand through the air.
A gust of powerful poison circled round them, but it wasn't coming near enough to do them harm.
Naraku frowned. 'That hanyou's sword is still protecting them.' "That sword is not as powerful as me. It may protect you temporarily, but it won't last forever." He grinned wickedly at the unconscious hanyou. "Everyone has their limits."
Kagome didn't listen as she shoved the rusty sword into the ground in front of them. 'There. This worked once for Inuyasha. Please let it work for us now....'
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And that's an easier place to end, right? See, I fixed it so that the chapter didn't end where Naraku was coming toward Kawayou and everyone was unconscious or hurt. I get credit for that, right? *Ducks things being thrown at her anyhow* Oh well. Well, the next chapter will be out soon. Then the next. Then the epilogue. Looking forward to that. Hope you are too.^^
