Inuyasha To The Rescue (Again!)
~ChristieLea54
It had easily been the most boring day Kagome had yet seen in the Sengoku Jidai. The group was aimlessly wandering around in the seemingly never-ending search for the Shikon Jewel.
"What Miroku?" asked Inuyasha in his usual 'I-don't-really-care-voice.'
"I didn't say anything," replied the monk.
(Frustrated sigh!) "I can just tell you're all antsy over there to say something, so out with it!"
"Well..." the monk was unsure of whether or not to brave the hanyou's temper. "Can't you smell any demons nearby? We haven't seen one for almost a week."
"Hey! Don't ask me - ask the shard detector over there!" 'Oops!' he thought. 'It wasn't supposed to come out like that.'
"Yes Inuyasha," said a very angered Kagome, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "It's all my fault! I must be broken! I can't 'detect' any more shards!"
"I didn't mean it like that!"
"SIT!"
'Why can she never listen to reason?' he thought.
Their petty arguing looked as if it were going to blow up into an all out fight where Inuyasha ends up chasing Kagome back through the well, and getting sat enough times to break every bone in his body. Luckily for both of them, before this all too common tragedy could occur, they had a run in with one of the evil Naraku's controlled puppets: Sango's younger brother Kohaku.
And it was times like these that they banded together. Sango needed them now, even if she wouldn't admit to it.
The boy was dressed in his demon-exterminating outfit, and he reeked of death. His face was devoid of any expression, and his eyes were lifeless.
"Kohaku?" Sango asked, with still a faint trace of hope. Hope that he would remember her, hope that she could free him from Naraku's evil grip.
There was not the slightest change in his countenance. 'He still doesn't remember her!' Kagome thought sadly. She walked up to her friends side and gave her hand a supportive squeeze.
Sango nodded as if in agreement with herself. "I will not let him rule you Kohaku! I will...' tears fell down her face unchecked, but her face lost none of it's determination, "...set you free."
Inuyasha went to help her in the battle, but Kagome held him back, saying that she needed to do this herself.
They all watched Sango as she fought her own brother, as she tried to take the shard out of his back, hopeful and yet afraid of what that action might mean. It was events like these that so hardened the people of the Fuedal Age.
By now, even Kagome was crying. She couldn't help but think vicious thoughts about Naraku and what untimely end he might come to. 'That horrible, vicious, conniving, cruel, selfish, low-down, dirty, hateful, tricking, greedy, power-thirsty, .......... There is no word to describe him. There is no word that can possibly hope to encompass his terribleness!'
Inuyasha was staring at the scene unfolding before his eyes in complete disbelief and disgust that anyone would do this. Demon or otherwise. 'I'm gonna tear him apart for this!!! I'm just gonna tear him apart. To keep him from doing this to anyone else.' The half-demon might say he didn't care, but it was all a front. And Kagome was the only one who seemed able to see through his 'disguise.' If anything ever happened to Kagome, he didn't know what he would do. He would still be...alone...if weren't for these people. He felt helpless enough already, not being able to fight the boy for Sango.
And Miroku had given up any thought of touching her for a year at least. 'Just let her be okay,' he thought. For Miroku had no doubt that the demon-exterminator would come out of this physically unharmed. He was worried for her emotional well-being. 'Just let her be okay!'
Sango had managed to get a hold of him. She pushed him to the ground, landed on top of him to make him stay put, and with one hopeful prayer that he would remember and be healed, she took the shard out of his back.
Kohaku gave a gasp. She delicately flipped him over to face him, and saw the face of the brother she had once known.
"S-S-Sango?"
"Yes Kohaku?" She couldn't tell if she was laughing or crying.
"I-I-I love you."
Definitely crying. "Kohaku don't go, please!"
"Th-Th-Thank you." And with that, his last breath left him.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
~ChristieLea54
It had easily been the most boring day Kagome had yet seen in the Sengoku Jidai. The group was aimlessly wandering around in the seemingly never-ending search for the Shikon Jewel.
"What Miroku?" asked Inuyasha in his usual 'I-don't-really-care-voice.'
"I didn't say anything," replied the monk.
(Frustrated sigh!) "I can just tell you're all antsy over there to say something, so out with it!"
"Well..." the monk was unsure of whether or not to brave the hanyou's temper. "Can't you smell any demons nearby? We haven't seen one for almost a week."
"Hey! Don't ask me - ask the shard detector over there!" 'Oops!' he thought. 'It wasn't supposed to come out like that.'
"Yes Inuyasha," said a very angered Kagome, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "It's all my fault! I must be broken! I can't 'detect' any more shards!"
"I didn't mean it like that!"
"SIT!"
'Why can she never listen to reason?' he thought.
Their petty arguing looked as if it were going to blow up into an all out fight where Inuyasha ends up chasing Kagome back through the well, and getting sat enough times to break every bone in his body. Luckily for both of them, before this all too common tragedy could occur, they had a run in with one of the evil Naraku's controlled puppets: Sango's younger brother Kohaku.
And it was times like these that they banded together. Sango needed them now, even if she wouldn't admit to it.
The boy was dressed in his demon-exterminating outfit, and he reeked of death. His face was devoid of any expression, and his eyes were lifeless.
"Kohaku?" Sango asked, with still a faint trace of hope. Hope that he would remember her, hope that she could free him from Naraku's evil grip.
There was not the slightest change in his countenance. 'He still doesn't remember her!' Kagome thought sadly. She walked up to her friends side and gave her hand a supportive squeeze.
Sango nodded as if in agreement with herself. "I will not let him rule you Kohaku! I will...' tears fell down her face unchecked, but her face lost none of it's determination, "...set you free."
Inuyasha went to help her in the battle, but Kagome held him back, saying that she needed to do this herself.
They all watched Sango as she fought her own brother, as she tried to take the shard out of his back, hopeful and yet afraid of what that action might mean. It was events like these that so hardened the people of the Fuedal Age.
By now, even Kagome was crying. She couldn't help but think vicious thoughts about Naraku and what untimely end he might come to. 'That horrible, vicious, conniving, cruel, selfish, low-down, dirty, hateful, tricking, greedy, power-thirsty, .......... There is no word to describe him. There is no word that can possibly hope to encompass his terribleness!'
Inuyasha was staring at the scene unfolding before his eyes in complete disbelief and disgust that anyone would do this. Demon or otherwise. 'I'm gonna tear him apart for this!!! I'm just gonna tear him apart. To keep him from doing this to anyone else.' The half-demon might say he didn't care, but it was all a front. And Kagome was the only one who seemed able to see through his 'disguise.' If anything ever happened to Kagome, he didn't know what he would do. He would still be...alone...if weren't for these people. He felt helpless enough already, not being able to fight the boy for Sango.
And Miroku had given up any thought of touching her for a year at least. 'Just let her be okay,' he thought. For Miroku had no doubt that the demon-exterminator would come out of this physically unharmed. He was worried for her emotional well-being. 'Just let her be okay!'
Sango had managed to get a hold of him. She pushed him to the ground, landed on top of him to make him stay put, and with one hopeful prayer that he would remember and be healed, she took the shard out of his back.
Kohaku gave a gasp. She delicately flipped him over to face him, and saw the face of the brother she had once known.
"S-S-Sango?"
"Yes Kohaku?" She couldn't tell if she was laughing or crying.
"I-I-I love you."
Definitely crying. "Kohaku don't go, please!"
"Th-Th-Thank you." And with that, his last breath left him.
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TO BE CONTINUED...