Miroku's Bedtime Stories
Chapter 12
Tengu
Inuyasha drew the Tetsusaiga. It pulsed with energy and transformed, born of Inuyasha's desire to defend himself and his friends.
"Tengu!" he roared, looking up at the winged horror that had appeared over the village.
The Tengu possessed the body of a human female, covered with black raven's feathers. It's black wings were those of a huge bird of prey, and the rapacious beak and head of an eagle. It's glittering yellow eyes were almost feline.
"Hanyou!" said the croaking, hissing voice of the Tengu.
"What business do you have here?!" bellowed Inuyasha, shaking his fist in the air. "Leave now and you'll leave alive, filthy beast."
Miroku had come rushing out of the hut, followed closely by Sango, dressed for battle and wielding the hiraikotsu.
"I come for the jewel," hissed the hideous creature. It smelled so strongly of death and carrion that Inuyasha almost gagged. "My master desires the jewel, and he will give my the lives of these worthless villagers to feed upon in return."
"Kagome! Stay inside," yelled Inuyasha. She was carrying the jewel fragments around her neck as always.
"Would your master be Naraku?" snarled Inuyasha, the hairs on his neck standing.
"The master desires it," repreated the Tengu, mindlessly.
"The Tengu is under Naraku's control!" yelled Inuyasha to Miroku and Sango.
Miroku nodded, and quickly began to unwind the prayer beads from around his cursed hand.
"Come down and fight me, cowardly bitch!" Inuyasha shook his clawed fist at the Tengu as he leapt from the treetop.
In the tree, he was handicapped. He couldn't wield the Tetsusaiga to find the wind scar in the confined space of the tree's branches.
The Tengu cackled and lunged at Inuyasha's arm with it's poisoned talons before he could recover his balance, slashing through the fire-rat haori. Inuyasha screamed in agony as felt his blood run down his arm and side. The slashes burned unbearably as green-black poison bubbled from them.
"Careful, Miroku!" Inuyasha rasped loudly. "The creature's claws are poisoned!"
Inuyasha felt his limbs grow weak as the poison traveled through his veins. His vision grew dim and he knew he would soon be unconscious.
He shook his head slowly, fighting to stay on his feet.
He slashed his own claws through the wounds on his arm, moaning.
"Hijin Ketsousou!" he howled, flinging the blood at his foe with the remnants of his strength. The drops of his now poisoned blood turned to ripping blades.
The Tengu shrilled as the magical blades of Inuyasha's blood scored through its wings. Now unable to fly, it folded it's battered wings and fell clumsily to the ground.
"Kazaana!"
Miroku opened his wind tunnel and Inuyasha stabbed Tetsusaiga into the ground deeply and grimly hung on as the writhing Tengu was swallowed into the swirling black hole.
"Inuyasha!" screamed Kagome, as she ran out of the hut to him.
He had collasped on the ground, Tetsusaiga returning to its usual form.
Miroku quickly replaced the warding on his kazaana and ran over to the fallen hanyou.
Kaede came out. "Help me take him inside," she ordered him.
Miroku and Kaede half lifted and half dragged the injured half-youkai inside, Kagome running ahead.
"Put him on my bed," Kagome said to them, kneeling down.
Shippou looked upon the scene with wide eyes.
"Is Inuyasha going to die?" he whispered, looking anxiously at Kagome, who was lighting the oil lamps in the hut.
"No, child, the hanyou will not die so easily," said Kaede, who was stripping off the slashed garments from Inuyasha's torso. He moaned and tried weakly to push her away, but Kagome gently removed his hands and began to speak softly to him, stroking his hair away from his face and he visibly relaxed and allowed the two women to attend to him.
"He's suffered as much from his own brother's hands and lived," Kaede announced. "But he will need my healing skills and rest, to be sure."
"Kagome, these wounds must be treated with a medicine that will draw out the poison, then he will recover more quickly. They're in a pouch in that small chest in the corner. And I'll need that clean water there, also. Hurry, girl!"
Kagome reluctantly left him to go over to the chest and retrieved the needed medicines. Kaede quickly made a paste from the items and placed the white substance on the slashes in Inuyasha's skin.
"There, that will take out the burning," Kaede said as Inuyasha's face became still and he finally started to breath more normally.
Sango had put away her weapon and was watching her friends with worried eyes.
Miroku quietly put his arm around her as they waited.
"I'll sit with him, Kaede," said Kagome. "We should all try to rest now. We'll need our strength."
"The girl is right," said Kaede, "there's nothing more to be done now, Inuyasha's own ability to heal himself will have to take over now."
Miroku led Sango back to her futon, and Shippou joined her, curling up next to Kirara, who purred and snuggled up next to the kitsune.
Miroku sat cross-legged next to them, and as Sango and Shippou gradually fell back asleep, he waited in silent vigil with Kagome and Kaede.
Chapter 12
Tengu
Inuyasha drew the Tetsusaiga. It pulsed with energy and transformed, born of Inuyasha's desire to defend himself and his friends.
"Tengu!" he roared, looking up at the winged horror that had appeared over the village.
The Tengu possessed the body of a human female, covered with black raven's feathers. It's black wings were those of a huge bird of prey, and the rapacious beak and head of an eagle. It's glittering yellow eyes were almost feline.
"Hanyou!" said the croaking, hissing voice of the Tengu.
"What business do you have here?!" bellowed Inuyasha, shaking his fist in the air. "Leave now and you'll leave alive, filthy beast."
Miroku had come rushing out of the hut, followed closely by Sango, dressed for battle and wielding the hiraikotsu.
"I come for the jewel," hissed the hideous creature. It smelled so strongly of death and carrion that Inuyasha almost gagged. "My master desires the jewel, and he will give my the lives of these worthless villagers to feed upon in return."
"Kagome! Stay inside," yelled Inuyasha. She was carrying the jewel fragments around her neck as always.
"Would your master be Naraku?" snarled Inuyasha, the hairs on his neck standing.
"The master desires it," repreated the Tengu, mindlessly.
"The Tengu is under Naraku's control!" yelled Inuyasha to Miroku and Sango.
Miroku nodded, and quickly began to unwind the prayer beads from around his cursed hand.
"Come down and fight me, cowardly bitch!" Inuyasha shook his clawed fist at the Tengu as he leapt from the treetop.
In the tree, he was handicapped. He couldn't wield the Tetsusaiga to find the wind scar in the confined space of the tree's branches.
The Tengu cackled and lunged at Inuyasha's arm with it's poisoned talons before he could recover his balance, slashing through the fire-rat haori. Inuyasha screamed in agony as felt his blood run down his arm and side. The slashes burned unbearably as green-black poison bubbled from them.
"Careful, Miroku!" Inuyasha rasped loudly. "The creature's claws are poisoned!"
Inuyasha felt his limbs grow weak as the poison traveled through his veins. His vision grew dim and he knew he would soon be unconscious.
He shook his head slowly, fighting to stay on his feet.
He slashed his own claws through the wounds on his arm, moaning.
"Hijin Ketsousou!" he howled, flinging the blood at his foe with the remnants of his strength. The drops of his now poisoned blood turned to ripping blades.
The Tengu shrilled as the magical blades of Inuyasha's blood scored through its wings. Now unable to fly, it folded it's battered wings and fell clumsily to the ground.
"Kazaana!"
Miroku opened his wind tunnel and Inuyasha stabbed Tetsusaiga into the ground deeply and grimly hung on as the writhing Tengu was swallowed into the swirling black hole.
"Inuyasha!" screamed Kagome, as she ran out of the hut to him.
He had collasped on the ground, Tetsusaiga returning to its usual form.
Miroku quickly replaced the warding on his kazaana and ran over to the fallen hanyou.
Kaede came out. "Help me take him inside," she ordered him.
Miroku and Kaede half lifted and half dragged the injured half-youkai inside, Kagome running ahead.
"Put him on my bed," Kagome said to them, kneeling down.
Shippou looked upon the scene with wide eyes.
"Is Inuyasha going to die?" he whispered, looking anxiously at Kagome, who was lighting the oil lamps in the hut.
"No, child, the hanyou will not die so easily," said Kaede, who was stripping off the slashed garments from Inuyasha's torso. He moaned and tried weakly to push her away, but Kagome gently removed his hands and began to speak softly to him, stroking his hair away from his face and he visibly relaxed and allowed the two women to attend to him.
"He's suffered as much from his own brother's hands and lived," Kaede announced. "But he will need my healing skills and rest, to be sure."
"Kagome, these wounds must be treated with a medicine that will draw out the poison, then he will recover more quickly. They're in a pouch in that small chest in the corner. And I'll need that clean water there, also. Hurry, girl!"
Kagome reluctantly left him to go over to the chest and retrieved the needed medicines. Kaede quickly made a paste from the items and placed the white substance on the slashes in Inuyasha's skin.
"There, that will take out the burning," Kaede said as Inuyasha's face became still and he finally started to breath more normally.
Sango had put away her weapon and was watching her friends with worried eyes.
Miroku quietly put his arm around her as they waited.
"I'll sit with him, Kaede," said Kagome. "We should all try to rest now. We'll need our strength."
"The girl is right," said Kaede, "there's nothing more to be done now, Inuyasha's own ability to heal himself will have to take over now."
Miroku led Sango back to her futon, and Shippou joined her, curling up next to Kirara, who purred and snuggled up next to the kitsune.
Miroku sat cross-legged next to them, and as Sango and Shippou gradually fell back asleep, he waited in silent vigil with Kagome and Kaede.