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Last time: Kag: "Where's Kouga? There isn't a trace of his scent on anyone of the members of his pack!" Kagome said thinking outloud. Inu: "That's what weird dumbass..."
Chapter 12
They squinted searching for any sign of Kouga. Kagome kneeled down to talk to Shippou. She looked at his fearfilled emerald eyes and put her finger on the tip of his nose. (a/n: she does that a lot I know but it's the only way that Shippou will actually listen)
"Now Shippou listen to me. Over there is a dangerous battle between two different wolf packs. You must STAY HERE understand?"
"I.. I understand." he said disappointedly.
"Now while we are over there you must keep searching for Kaede and Sango and Miroku. We really need you to do this for us." Kagome said narrowing her eyes seriously. Shippou nodded his head in agreement and turned to face Inu Yasha who was still sniffing for Kouga's missing scent.
"You'd better make sure Kagome's alright over there you understand me?" he said in a childish yet serious voice. Kagome smiled to herself but pretended she didn't hear. Inu Yasha looked down at him and smirked answering Shippou's question. Shippou then jumped up to Kagome's shoulder and kissed her cheek then hugged her tightly around the neck. "Come home Kagome." he said in a sullen voice. Then he hopped down and ran into the woods. After watching Shippou disappear from sight she silently promised her little kitsune that she would.
Then Kagome looked over at Inu Yasha and sighed a little. They had been wondering the same thing over and over...'Which side would they fight for?' Inu Yasha was the first to speak.
"Well you should decide. I've never been a fan of Kouga but I haven't I known Naoko so long. Who should we fight for?" Kagome knew he would say that. She loved Kouga in a friendship way and never wanted to hurt him. But there was no trace of him and she also loved Naoko and Ryoko in the same way. After a good few minutes of careful thinking, she decided.
"We're going with... Naoko's tribe." She replied nervously. Inu Yasha breathed a small sigh of relief when she said Naoko. He had NEVER in his life been very fond of Kouga... he was kinda actually jealous of him because of his feelings for Kagome and her feelings for him (if there were any). Kagome's lip quivered and tears began to form in her sapphire eyes. But with a small sniff she held them back and lowered her brow in concentration. "So how are we going to scale this cliff?"
Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes and looked for a safer way than just jumping. It was a fairly massive distance, about that of half a football field. Finding no safe way across, Inu Yasha slightly sighed and backed up. Seeing Inu Yasha do this, she backed up read to jump. She bit her lip and her heart beat increased severily; she could have sworn it was going to jump out of her chest. With his powerfully sensitive ears, Inu Yasha began to hear her heart and gave her an encouraging pat on the back. Kagome looked back and gave him a fake grin saying 'It's okay... I can handle it.' even thought she knew she was shaking from nervousness.
"On three okay? We can do this..."
"Ooo...okkay..."
"One...two..."
"Three!" Kagome shouted and sprinted toward the edge of the cliff. At the very peak she pushed every ounce of energy she had into her legs and took off with an amazing leap. The instant that she was in the air she was falling. Inu Yasha was right at her side and they fell to the other side. They grabbed onto the cliffside and dug their claws into the grass and foliage at the edge. Kagome was breathing deeply, apparently in shock. Her eyes were wide and barely visible tears were trickling down her face. She was panting with nervousness and she looked over at Inu Yasha. He was smiling with his eyebrow cocked.
"First big jump... got me too. Now let's climb."
"Yeah...no....no problem..." Kagome stuttered out as she looked at the raging torrent of a river hundreds of feet below. She gulped and looked up at Inu Yasha who was already halfway from her to the top. She climbed upcarefully, finding little ledges here and there. At the top she sighed with relief as a hand reached down and grasped hers. Inu Yasha helped her up and they stood behind two trees observing the battle. The two hanyous weren't going in yet because they wanted to see Kouga first. They silently agreed to that when they first hid behind the trees. Finding no sign of him for a good five minutes, they looked at eachother and nodded. Then with fangs bared and claws out, they charged into the battle that was blazing.
Kagome was the first to attack. A fierce looking wolf demon charged her full on and swung his claws at her thighs. She easily dodged the attack and kicked him in the jaw knocking some teeth loose. The wolf youkai then clenched his fists and charged her again, this time going for the throat. She held her ground until the last minute when she slyly stuck her leg out and made the wolf trip sending him face first into the dirt. She smirked and grabbed hold of his matted brown tail and picked him up. Then she flung him over head into a huge boulder that was at the edge of the field. He was knocked unconcious and Kagome was feeling pretty proud of herself. She then looked over at Inu Yasha who looked like he was having fun swinging wolves by the tail into eachother. Kagome smirked but not to long before she was attacked by yet another youkai. She handled him the same way accept when she was attacked by another demon at the same time. So when the two charged at her, she just ducked out of the way and the pair clashed skulls knocking eachother out. Kagome laughed at how clumsy they were and flung them over with her first victim.
After fighting off several more wolves, Kagome found herself a formitable match. The youkai had an apparel like Kouga's accept for the absence of a kneepad, which appeared to be lost at battle. He was bleeding from the nose and from several more abraisons on his arms and legs. He was smiling at Kagome in a feindish and challenging way. She narrowed her eyes at the demon and her upper lip lifted in a snarl showing her fangs. They sized eachother up by walking in a small circle while growling at eachother. Finally fed up with circling one another, Kagome charged at the demon full force and attempted to punch him but to no avail. He held his foot out like she had been doing earlier and she tripped over it toppling head long into the ground. She growled and rolled over onto her back to look up at him... big mistake. With a vile squishing sound, the demon pierced her stomach with a long spear. Kagome winced as the pain flew over her body making her breath in a deep breath. She grabbed onto the spear that was protruding out of her and attempted to lift it out of herself, but the youkai pushed all his weight down upon it while grinning evily. Kagome looked up at him snarling and struggled hard, kicking at him all the while keeping hold of the spear in her gut. Then finally admitting defeat, she lay still panting hard while her mouth overflowed with blood. The demon smirked and jutted the spear violently out of her body. She let out a small scream of pain and looked up at the wolf youkai.
"Before you die... I thought you would like to know the name of your killer. Call me... Masahiro..." he said and raised the spear above her chest ready for the final blow. Kagome closed her eyes expecting the spear to pierce her heart but when nothing happened she opened them cautiously. She opened them just in time to see an Onigindensetsu tackle Masahiro and pin him to the ground.
"...N...Naoko..o?" she stuttered weakly as she saw her friend beat Masahiro into the ground. Kagome began to sit up and watch the battle but a heat wave of pain rushed over her body and she fell back down. She clutched her stomach trying to stop the blood from coming out but it wasn't working to well. '...thank Kami for me planning ahead...' she thought as she opened the fisherman's vest and took out some heavy duty gause and began the painful process of wrapping it around her body. She looked over at the battle that continued to rage on between Masahiro and Naoko. Then she remembered something...
***Flashback***
"How many members are in your family?" Kagome asked innocently.
"Just me and my daughter. Kouga's pack killed my mate during battle."
"Oh gods... I'm sorry for bringing up the subject."
"It's okay. I still morn for her, but it was a long time ago. It just makes me fight harder. And I have yet to kill the bastard who murdered her." He said with a faint growl in his throat.
"Sorry for asking so many questions... but what was his name?" Kagome asked breaking his train of thought.
"His name was... Masahiro..."
***End Flashback***
A sudden rush of greif and adrenaline raced through her body and she sat up growling.
"GET HIM NAOKO!" she screamed and began to wrap the wound faster as she sat in a puddle of her own blood. She whimpered silently and clenched her teeth in agonizing pain as she wrapped her waist.
Naoko was sizing Masahiro up and looking at him with fire in his eyes. There was a menacing growl in the back of his throat. He grabbed a dagger from his side and charged at Masahiro nearly puncturing his shoulder. Masahiro dodged the attack but got graised slightly with the blade. While in mid-dodge, he swung his spear at Naoko's head, who ducked just in time. Then Naoko jumped two stories in the air and flew down to earth right at Masahiro who swiftly jumped back. Naoko landed gracefully and ran to him, catching him off guard.
"This is for my mate Kuri!" he said swinging the blade across Masahiro's chest. He cried out in pain and jumped back. Naoko chased after him and sliced at him again. "That was for my daughter Ryoko!" he yelled out and whipped the dagger across Masahiro's cheek. He howled again and ran passed Naoko. Then with a last blow Naoko screamed again. "AND THIS IS FOR MY FRIEND KAGOME!" he cried out and lashed at the youkai's thigh.
Masahiro gritted his teeth and charged and at Naoko catching him off guard. He struck at Naoko but he dodged just in time. But with a last twist of fate, the spear in his hand went after him and struck the dagger out of his hand and made Naoko fall to the ground. Masahiro walked over to Naoko and kicked him in the back. The Onigindensetsu flipped over onto his back and looked up at his opponent.
Then the youkai thrusted the spear through Naoko's chest and it came out the his back spurting thick red blood everywhere. Naoko's eyes widened and his jaw dropped at what had just happened. He looked down at the spear protruding from his chest and he fell to his knees. He looked up at the wolf demon who was grinning down at him. He was getting dizzy and his vision was turning blurry. He was gasping for breath but with every breath he took, the blood blocked the passage to his lungs. He couldn't stop coughing and his eyes were watering from the lack of oxygen that wasn't getting into him. The blood was flowing out of the wound fluently and he had to keep blinking his eyes to keep the darkness from coming. He whimpered and his mouth moved slightly as if talking, but no words came out. Then Masahiro put his foot in Naoko's face and kicked it hard to get the spear out. Naoko was now lying on the ground facing the sky which was swirling before his eyes. He blinked once more and muttered out one last silent statement before his brilliant green eyes turned to gray dead orbs.
"I kill more people out of their own stupidity then any other way...heh." Masahiro muttered to himself before kicking the lifeless body a few more times. Naoko's body lay there alone, bloody and muddy from his last battle.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! NAOKO!!!" Kagome screamed and struggled to her feet. She collapsed a few steps later and looked up at the youkai that was standing above her.
"No for some unfinished business..." he said as he smirked and held the bloody spear above her infuriated face.
Teaser: "Wh...what..t..?! Why isn't h...he breathing..?" Ryoko said and looked down at her fathers body...
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No serious flames please? It tore me up just typing this chapter! Don't make me feel worse! Gomen. Ja ne!
Last time: Kag: "Where's Kouga? There isn't a trace of his scent on anyone of the members of his pack!" Kagome said thinking outloud. Inu: "That's what weird dumbass..."
Chapter 12
They squinted searching for any sign of Kouga. Kagome kneeled down to talk to Shippou. She looked at his fearfilled emerald eyes and put her finger on the tip of his nose. (a/n: she does that a lot I know but it's the only way that Shippou will actually listen)
"Now Shippou listen to me. Over there is a dangerous battle between two different wolf packs. You must STAY HERE understand?"
"I.. I understand." he said disappointedly.
"Now while we are over there you must keep searching for Kaede and Sango and Miroku. We really need you to do this for us." Kagome said narrowing her eyes seriously. Shippou nodded his head in agreement and turned to face Inu Yasha who was still sniffing for Kouga's missing scent.
"You'd better make sure Kagome's alright over there you understand me?" he said in a childish yet serious voice. Kagome smiled to herself but pretended she didn't hear. Inu Yasha looked down at him and smirked answering Shippou's question. Shippou then jumped up to Kagome's shoulder and kissed her cheek then hugged her tightly around the neck. "Come home Kagome." he said in a sullen voice. Then he hopped down and ran into the woods. After watching Shippou disappear from sight she silently promised her little kitsune that she would.
Then Kagome looked over at Inu Yasha and sighed a little. They had been wondering the same thing over and over...'Which side would they fight for?' Inu Yasha was the first to speak.
"Well you should decide. I've never been a fan of Kouga but I haven't I known Naoko so long. Who should we fight for?" Kagome knew he would say that. She loved Kouga in a friendship way and never wanted to hurt him. But there was no trace of him and she also loved Naoko and Ryoko in the same way. After a good few minutes of careful thinking, she decided.
"We're going with... Naoko's tribe." She replied nervously. Inu Yasha breathed a small sigh of relief when she said Naoko. He had NEVER in his life been very fond of Kouga... he was kinda actually jealous of him because of his feelings for Kagome and her feelings for him (if there were any). Kagome's lip quivered and tears began to form in her sapphire eyes. But with a small sniff she held them back and lowered her brow in concentration. "So how are we going to scale this cliff?"
Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes and looked for a safer way than just jumping. It was a fairly massive distance, about that of half a football field. Finding no safe way across, Inu Yasha slightly sighed and backed up. Seeing Inu Yasha do this, she backed up read to jump. She bit her lip and her heart beat increased severily; she could have sworn it was going to jump out of her chest. With his powerfully sensitive ears, Inu Yasha began to hear her heart and gave her an encouraging pat on the back. Kagome looked back and gave him a fake grin saying 'It's okay... I can handle it.' even thought she knew she was shaking from nervousness.
"On three okay? We can do this..."
"Ooo...okkay..."
"One...two..."
"Three!" Kagome shouted and sprinted toward the edge of the cliff. At the very peak she pushed every ounce of energy she had into her legs and took off with an amazing leap. The instant that she was in the air she was falling. Inu Yasha was right at her side and they fell to the other side. They grabbed onto the cliffside and dug their claws into the grass and foliage at the edge. Kagome was breathing deeply, apparently in shock. Her eyes were wide and barely visible tears were trickling down her face. She was panting with nervousness and she looked over at Inu Yasha. He was smiling with his eyebrow cocked.
"First big jump... got me too. Now let's climb."
"Yeah...no....no problem..." Kagome stuttered out as she looked at the raging torrent of a river hundreds of feet below. She gulped and looked up at Inu Yasha who was already halfway from her to the top. She climbed upcarefully, finding little ledges here and there. At the top she sighed with relief as a hand reached down and grasped hers. Inu Yasha helped her up and they stood behind two trees observing the battle. The two hanyous weren't going in yet because they wanted to see Kouga first. They silently agreed to that when they first hid behind the trees. Finding no sign of him for a good five minutes, they looked at eachother and nodded. Then with fangs bared and claws out, they charged into the battle that was blazing.
Kagome was the first to attack. A fierce looking wolf demon charged her full on and swung his claws at her thighs. She easily dodged the attack and kicked him in the jaw knocking some teeth loose. The wolf youkai then clenched his fists and charged her again, this time going for the throat. She held her ground until the last minute when she slyly stuck her leg out and made the wolf trip sending him face first into the dirt. She smirked and grabbed hold of his matted brown tail and picked him up. Then she flung him over head into a huge boulder that was at the edge of the field. He was knocked unconcious and Kagome was feeling pretty proud of herself. She then looked over at Inu Yasha who looked like he was having fun swinging wolves by the tail into eachother. Kagome smirked but not to long before she was attacked by yet another youkai. She handled him the same way accept when she was attacked by another demon at the same time. So when the two charged at her, she just ducked out of the way and the pair clashed skulls knocking eachother out. Kagome laughed at how clumsy they were and flung them over with her first victim.
After fighting off several more wolves, Kagome found herself a formitable match. The youkai had an apparel like Kouga's accept for the absence of a kneepad, which appeared to be lost at battle. He was bleeding from the nose and from several more abraisons on his arms and legs. He was smiling at Kagome in a feindish and challenging way. She narrowed her eyes at the demon and her upper lip lifted in a snarl showing her fangs. They sized eachother up by walking in a small circle while growling at eachother. Finally fed up with circling one another, Kagome charged at the demon full force and attempted to punch him but to no avail. He held his foot out like she had been doing earlier and she tripped over it toppling head long into the ground. She growled and rolled over onto her back to look up at him... big mistake. With a vile squishing sound, the demon pierced her stomach with a long spear. Kagome winced as the pain flew over her body making her breath in a deep breath. She grabbed onto the spear that was protruding out of her and attempted to lift it out of herself, but the youkai pushed all his weight down upon it while grinning evily. Kagome looked up at him snarling and struggled hard, kicking at him all the while keeping hold of the spear in her gut. Then finally admitting defeat, she lay still panting hard while her mouth overflowed with blood. The demon smirked and jutted the spear violently out of her body. She let out a small scream of pain and looked up at the wolf youkai.
"Before you die... I thought you would like to know the name of your killer. Call me... Masahiro..." he said and raised the spear above her chest ready for the final blow. Kagome closed her eyes expecting the spear to pierce her heart but when nothing happened she opened them cautiously. She opened them just in time to see an Onigindensetsu tackle Masahiro and pin him to the ground.
"...N...Naoko..o?" she stuttered weakly as she saw her friend beat Masahiro into the ground. Kagome began to sit up and watch the battle but a heat wave of pain rushed over her body and she fell back down. She clutched her stomach trying to stop the blood from coming out but it wasn't working to well. '...thank Kami for me planning ahead...' she thought as she opened the fisherman's vest and took out some heavy duty gause and began the painful process of wrapping it around her body. She looked over at the battle that continued to rage on between Masahiro and Naoko. Then she remembered something...
***Flashback***
"How many members are in your family?" Kagome asked innocently.
"Just me and my daughter. Kouga's pack killed my mate during battle."
"Oh gods... I'm sorry for bringing up the subject."
"It's okay. I still morn for her, but it was a long time ago. It just makes me fight harder. And I have yet to kill the bastard who murdered her." He said with a faint growl in his throat.
"Sorry for asking so many questions... but what was his name?" Kagome asked breaking his train of thought.
"His name was... Masahiro..."
***End Flashback***
A sudden rush of greif and adrenaline raced through her body and she sat up growling.
"GET HIM NAOKO!" she screamed and began to wrap the wound faster as she sat in a puddle of her own blood. She whimpered silently and clenched her teeth in agonizing pain as she wrapped her waist.
Naoko was sizing Masahiro up and looking at him with fire in his eyes. There was a menacing growl in the back of his throat. He grabbed a dagger from his side and charged at Masahiro nearly puncturing his shoulder. Masahiro dodged the attack but got graised slightly with the blade. While in mid-dodge, he swung his spear at Naoko's head, who ducked just in time. Then Naoko jumped two stories in the air and flew down to earth right at Masahiro who swiftly jumped back. Naoko landed gracefully and ran to him, catching him off guard.
"This is for my mate Kuri!" he said swinging the blade across Masahiro's chest. He cried out in pain and jumped back. Naoko chased after him and sliced at him again. "That was for my daughter Ryoko!" he yelled out and whipped the dagger across Masahiro's cheek. He howled again and ran passed Naoko. Then with a last blow Naoko screamed again. "AND THIS IS FOR MY FRIEND KAGOME!" he cried out and lashed at the youkai's thigh.
Masahiro gritted his teeth and charged and at Naoko catching him off guard. He struck at Naoko but he dodged just in time. But with a last twist of fate, the spear in his hand went after him and struck the dagger out of his hand and made Naoko fall to the ground. Masahiro walked over to Naoko and kicked him in the back. The Onigindensetsu flipped over onto his back and looked up at his opponent.
Then the youkai thrusted the spear through Naoko's chest and it came out the his back spurting thick red blood everywhere. Naoko's eyes widened and his jaw dropped at what had just happened. He looked down at the spear protruding from his chest and he fell to his knees. He looked up at the wolf demon who was grinning down at him. He was getting dizzy and his vision was turning blurry. He was gasping for breath but with every breath he took, the blood blocked the passage to his lungs. He couldn't stop coughing and his eyes were watering from the lack of oxygen that wasn't getting into him. The blood was flowing out of the wound fluently and he had to keep blinking his eyes to keep the darkness from coming. He whimpered and his mouth moved slightly as if talking, but no words came out. Then Masahiro put his foot in Naoko's face and kicked it hard to get the spear out. Naoko was now lying on the ground facing the sky which was swirling before his eyes. He blinked once more and muttered out one last silent statement before his brilliant green eyes turned to gray dead orbs.
"I kill more people out of their own stupidity then any other way...heh." Masahiro muttered to himself before kicking the lifeless body a few more times. Naoko's body lay there alone, bloody and muddy from his last battle.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! NAOKO!!!" Kagome screamed and struggled to her feet. She collapsed a few steps later and looked up at the youkai that was standing above her.
"No for some unfinished business..." he said as he smirked and held the bloody spear above her infuriated face.
Teaser: "Wh...what..t..?! Why isn't h...he breathing..?" Ryoko said and looked down at her fathers body...
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No serious flames please? It tore me up just typing this chapter! Don't make me feel worse! Gomen. Ja ne!