Inuyasha To The Rescue (Again!)
~~Chapter 2~~
They had done all they could for Sango, but she was still not ready to go on yet, and who could really blame her? Miroku promised to stay behind with her at Kaede's to make sure she would be all right, while Inuyasha and Kagome went ahead looking for shards of the Shikon Jewel.
They had heard of a jewel fragment to the north, but for right now, they were making camp. Kagome had made them a big pot-full of instant Ramen, and Inuyasha was eating it as if it were going out of style.
Kagome settled down in her sleeping bag. "Goodnight Inuyasha," she said sleepily.
"G'night." His voice was softer tonight than it was on most occasions. After what had happened to Sango... let's just say he was extremely glad that Kagome's little brother was safe in his own time, playing on that stupid-video-game-box-thing that Sota had once shown him.
Inuyasha was about to jump into the tree directly above the sleeping girl, when the fire started to blow out. He went deeper into the forest, grumbling about having to get more wood so that she wouldn't be cold.
It was at this time that a sneaking rat demon crawled into the campsite. His nose twitched as he sniffed to make sure that the protective (and possessive) dog had left. The rat was human shaped, with blood red eyes, dark greasy hair, and a thin sickly tail that he wrapped about himself. He slunk over to the sleeping Kagome and sprinkled some sort of sparkling dust on her.
"Oh yes," he told himself in a sing-song voice. "Now you won't call to that nasssty doggie! Will you my sweeeet? No, of course not. Master will be pleased. Yesssss, he will." He continued to talk to himself in the same deranged way of someone who needs serious psychological help the whole time he kidnapped Kagome, and ran back to his Master with her sleeping body slumped over his shoulder.
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Inuyasha was on his way through the woods, and back to the campsite. He had a huge pile of logs and sticks in his arms, that only someone part demon could hope to carry. He was half asleep as he walked back to camp, and couldn't help but think how soothing her scent was, when all of a sudden he jerked fully awake. His mind had been telling him that something wasn't right, and only now was he able to tell what. Her scent was drifting away, it should have been getting stronger as he walked towards her. He quickened his pace, and his heart almost stopped to see the empty sleeping bag.
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Being slumped over someone's shoulder is not the best way to travel. Kagome quickly awoke to find herself on the back of some greasy stranger.
She screamed.
But to her dismay, no sound came out. The rat demon underneath her laughed, or at least she thought that was what he was doing. It was a sickly disgusting noise that she never wanted to hear again.
"My sweet, you can't talk. Oh nooo you can't, because Master gave me duuussst, he did. Only quiet soooound, only quiet, so that nasssty doggie, very nasssty, doesn't come to find you."
And to her horror, she found that if she lowered her voice to a whisper, an almost inaudible whisper, she could speak. "Who are you?"
"Meeee? I'm Master's seeervant. And you? You are veeeerrry preetty, oh yes, veerry preetty."
At this comment Kagome started to thrash about and call for Inuyasha again, but to no avail, she could still make no noise above a whisper that only the rat could hear.
She decided to try Plan B. It was a last ditch effort, but coming through the Bone Eaters Well had taught her that nothing was impossible. And so she willed with all her heart, and with all her mind, for Inuyasha to come rescue her. She didn't know why, but they had some sort of special connection, a link, a bond. They always seemed to know when the other had come through the well, and when the other was in trouble. She just hoped that it (whatever 'it' was) would work this time as well.
The rat demon was surprised at her sudden quiet, but merely shrugged it off as they neared the Master's Place.
The Master's Place was a well-hidden fortress, carved like a statue from the surrounding rock. It was immense. 'It must have taken ten years at least to carve this place!' Kagome thought, but then quickly resumed to psychically calling Inuyasha to her.
The Master was an even taller, greasier, and darker humanoid rat demon. His long black dirty hair was flung around his shoulders, and his blood red eyes fixed on Kagome as he said, "Ah, you have brought me the girl. Well done. You shall be rewarded. Follow me." And so they followed him into the massive carven building, into the very heart of the fortress, where was the rat Master's equivalent of a throne room. This room was even more precise and intricately carved than the previous rooms. A chair with fancy borders on it was carved out of the wall.
The Master sat on his bloody throne and Kagome was thrown to his feet. He waved his hand, and she knew that she would be able to talk normally again.
"There is something about you, girl. Besides for your horrible fashion sense I mean," he said with a disdainful look at her school uniform. Despite being unclean, the tall rat Master did have on a beautifully woven garment. "You carry with you the sacred Shikon Jewel." He snorted, "Or what's left of it."
She put on a blank face that made her look completely clueless. If Inuyasha had been there, he might have asked her if she'd gotten hit on the head. "I've no idea what you're talking about, and I'd appreciate it if you let me go!!!"
The Master's voice had been calm and removed, rivaling even Sesshomaru's. But now it grew to it's full height in volume and in anger. "Do NOT lie to me, girl!" He nodded to his faithful servant. The rodent crawled over to her and brutally ripped the chain holding the jewel off of her neck. He then crawled over to his Master who stared at it, seemingly lost in thought, for quite some time.
"I see." He looked sharply down upon the very scared (though it didn't show on her face) school girl. "I have some questions for you, girl." His voice was cool and detached again, and the look he gave her told her that she would answer, or she would die.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
~~Chapter 2~~
They had done all they could for Sango, but she was still not ready to go on yet, and who could really blame her? Miroku promised to stay behind with her at Kaede's to make sure she would be all right, while Inuyasha and Kagome went ahead looking for shards of the Shikon Jewel.
They had heard of a jewel fragment to the north, but for right now, they were making camp. Kagome had made them a big pot-full of instant Ramen, and Inuyasha was eating it as if it were going out of style.
Kagome settled down in her sleeping bag. "Goodnight Inuyasha," she said sleepily.
"G'night." His voice was softer tonight than it was on most occasions. After what had happened to Sango... let's just say he was extremely glad that Kagome's little brother was safe in his own time, playing on that stupid-video-game-box-thing that Sota had once shown him.
Inuyasha was about to jump into the tree directly above the sleeping girl, when the fire started to blow out. He went deeper into the forest, grumbling about having to get more wood so that she wouldn't be cold.
It was at this time that a sneaking rat demon crawled into the campsite. His nose twitched as he sniffed to make sure that the protective (and possessive) dog had left. The rat was human shaped, with blood red eyes, dark greasy hair, and a thin sickly tail that he wrapped about himself. He slunk over to the sleeping Kagome and sprinkled some sort of sparkling dust on her.
"Oh yes," he told himself in a sing-song voice. "Now you won't call to that nasssty doggie! Will you my sweeeet? No, of course not. Master will be pleased. Yesssss, he will." He continued to talk to himself in the same deranged way of someone who needs serious psychological help the whole time he kidnapped Kagome, and ran back to his Master with her sleeping body slumped over his shoulder.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Inuyasha was on his way through the woods, and back to the campsite. He had a huge pile of logs and sticks in his arms, that only someone part demon could hope to carry. He was half asleep as he walked back to camp, and couldn't help but think how soothing her scent was, when all of a sudden he jerked fully awake. His mind had been telling him that something wasn't right, and only now was he able to tell what. Her scent was drifting away, it should have been getting stronger as he walked towards her. He quickened his pace, and his heart almost stopped to see the empty sleeping bag.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Being slumped over someone's shoulder is not the best way to travel. Kagome quickly awoke to find herself on the back of some greasy stranger.
She screamed.
But to her dismay, no sound came out. The rat demon underneath her laughed, or at least she thought that was what he was doing. It was a sickly disgusting noise that she never wanted to hear again.
"My sweet, you can't talk. Oh nooo you can't, because Master gave me duuussst, he did. Only quiet soooound, only quiet, so that nasssty doggie, very nasssty, doesn't come to find you."
And to her horror, she found that if she lowered her voice to a whisper, an almost inaudible whisper, she could speak. "Who are you?"
"Meeee? I'm Master's seeervant. And you? You are veeeerrry preetty, oh yes, veerry preetty."
At this comment Kagome started to thrash about and call for Inuyasha again, but to no avail, she could still make no noise above a whisper that only the rat could hear.
She decided to try Plan B. It was a last ditch effort, but coming through the Bone Eaters Well had taught her that nothing was impossible. And so she willed with all her heart, and with all her mind, for Inuyasha to come rescue her. She didn't know why, but they had some sort of special connection, a link, a bond. They always seemed to know when the other had come through the well, and when the other was in trouble. She just hoped that it (whatever 'it' was) would work this time as well.
The rat demon was surprised at her sudden quiet, but merely shrugged it off as they neared the Master's Place.
The Master's Place was a well-hidden fortress, carved like a statue from the surrounding rock. It was immense. 'It must have taken ten years at least to carve this place!' Kagome thought, but then quickly resumed to psychically calling Inuyasha to her.
The Master was an even taller, greasier, and darker humanoid rat demon. His long black dirty hair was flung around his shoulders, and his blood red eyes fixed on Kagome as he said, "Ah, you have brought me the girl. Well done. You shall be rewarded. Follow me." And so they followed him into the massive carven building, into the very heart of the fortress, where was the rat Master's equivalent of a throne room. This room was even more precise and intricately carved than the previous rooms. A chair with fancy borders on it was carved out of the wall.
The Master sat on his bloody throne and Kagome was thrown to his feet. He waved his hand, and she knew that she would be able to talk normally again.
"There is something about you, girl. Besides for your horrible fashion sense I mean," he said with a disdainful look at her school uniform. Despite being unclean, the tall rat Master did have on a beautifully woven garment. "You carry with you the sacred Shikon Jewel." He snorted, "Or what's left of it."
She put on a blank face that made her look completely clueless. If Inuyasha had been there, he might have asked her if she'd gotten hit on the head. "I've no idea what you're talking about, and I'd appreciate it if you let me go!!!"
The Master's voice had been calm and removed, rivaling even Sesshomaru's. But now it grew to it's full height in volume and in anger. "Do NOT lie to me, girl!" He nodded to his faithful servant. The rodent crawled over to her and brutally ripped the chain holding the jewel off of her neck. He then crawled over to his Master who stared at it, seemingly lost in thought, for quite some time.
"I see." He looked sharply down upon the very scared (though it didn't show on her face) school girl. "I have some questions for you, girl." His voice was cool and detached again, and the look he gave her told her that she would answer, or she would die.
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TO BE CONTINUED...