Chapter Five: Inuyasha to the Rescue!
They stopped early that night for obvious reasons. Seven was still out cold. Inuyasha laid him against a tree close to the fire as roughly as he could without getting Kagome mad. Miroku who had been lugging Seven's case around collapsed happily. "How does he lug that thing around all the time?" he complained. Kagome rummaged through her bag and came out with bathing supplies. Hey Inuyasha keep an eye on Miroku, Sango and I are going back to the spring we passed." Miroku looked hurt and was about to reply when Sango threw a cup of Ramen at his head. He caught it. "Get dinner ready, we'll be back soon."
Sango lowered herself into the cold water; Kagome was already in and was washing her hair and shaking. "I hate cold baths!" she complained "lets go quick, ok?" Sango smiled, she had grown up on cold baths and to her a warm one was indeed a luxury. They bathed in silence, washing quickly and moving to the bank to dry off. Kagome stared into the water deep in thought. Sango was a little concerned "are you ok Kagome, you have hardly said a word today." Kagome flashed her I'm-pretending-to-be-fine smile "sure I'm ok!" "Kagome never take up lying as a profession, you're terrible." They both laughed. Sango gasped in shock as a cold hand slipped over her mouth, she tried to fight but more hands were holding her down. She looked towards Kagome who was in the same position as her. They were surrounded by Youkai! Red eyes stared at them from the forest and the Youkai holding them started to pull them away. Sango fought madly, trying to at least to get a scream off, it was Kagome who succeeded. "INUYASHA!" one of the Youkai smacked her on the head knocking her unconscious. Taking no chances they did the same to Sango.
Inuyasha was sitting next to the fire across from Seven. Seven was awake but groggy. Miroku was still eating. Inuyasha caught a strange scent, he cocked his head and tried to catch it, Kagome for sure but she smelled, "INUYASHA!" her scream drifted over the treetops. He jumped up and bolted in the direction of the spring. "Kagome and Sango are in trouble!" he called back. He didn't wait for the monk, Kagome needed him and every second counted. He reached the spring and found both of the girl's clothes. That's not good he thought. He ran around sniffing the air, Youkai! He found their trail and raced after them.
Several minutes later he paused in the treetops, he saw a large cave down below and it was filled with the scent of the Youkai that captured Kagome. He leapt to a branch overlooking the cave, inside was a roaring fire. He searched the clearing for any sign of the two girls, there was none. They must be in the cave he thought cracking his knuckles and jumped down.
The Youkai didn't stand a chance Inuyasha took off three heads in his first swipe. "IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" several more heads fell. The Grey Youkai were screeching in fear as they tried to escape the cave, Inuyasha was blocking the only exit, they mindlessly charged the exit ignoring the Hanyou. Inuyasha didn't even have to try to kill them, they just died. Less than a minute later Inuyasha was the only one standing.
He looked around franticly for the two women. "Kagome!" he called. Her scent was thin. He heard a moan from the back of the cave. He leapt over the dead Youkai to a dirty blanket. He ripped it off. Instantly he blushed and put it back, Kagome and Sango were still naked! He took off his fire rat shirt and wrapped Kagome in it, trying not to look at her; at least he pretended not to look at her. Then he wrapped Sango in the old blanket and lifted both women to his back.
He stepped out of the cave and he caught a horrid stench coming straight towards him. Quickly he put the two girls down against the side of the cave and stood in the entrance. Out of the forest came a bellowing roar followed by a large Youkai. "My children!" it roared. "Who has slain my children!?" it saw Inuyasha who was surrounded by the corpses of the smaller Youkai. "You!" it roared. Inuyasha drew the Tetsusaiga. It grew with a flash to the large fang, then the weight of his tooth kicked in and the blade sunk low. "Damn it." Inuyasha growled "when the hell am I gonna get used to this thing!" the Grey Youkai charged with a roar. Inuyasha leapt into the attack slicing the Youkai's arm in two. The Youkai roared in pain then reached down and picked up the severed limb. "What the hell?" Inuyasha jumped again but the Youkai used his severed arm as a shield. The Tetsusaiga pierced the arm and the Youkai threw both its arm and the Tetsusaiga into the trees. "Damn it!" Inuyasha yelled as he landed, he didn't pause his attack. He lunged for the Youkai's throat but was batted out of the air. He slammed into a tree trunk and slid to the ground. "Crap he's faster than I thought." The Hanyou growled. He pulled himself up. "This is not my finest performance." The Youkai was almost on top of him when Inuyasha jumped up and back, he kicked off the tree and threw himself at the Youkai again. "GAHHAAA!" he drove his arm into the Youkai's eye. Than bracing himself he tore out the other eye with his free hand. "Take that you son of a BITCH!" he kicked off the falling Youkai, landing lightly on his feet. The Youkai landed with a crash sending up a cloud of dust. Inuyasha shook his head to clear the blood lust away, thank the gods that Kagome hadn't been in danger or things could have gotten messy he thought. Kagome! He ran to the cave entrance. She and Sango were still out cold. He looked around and saw where the Tetsusaiga had landed; he ran over and retrieved his sword. Then returning to the girls he picked them up again and started back for camp. Less than a minute later he caught Miroku's scent. He changed his course and landed in front of the monk. "Took you long enough." Inuyasha growled. "You missed the fun." Miroku shook his head "sorry but you're a bit faster than me when you put your mind to it." He looked at the girls on Inuyasha's back. "Are they ok?" Inuyasha grunted "yeah there fine, just a bump on the head apiece." Miroku looked relived "good, do you need help caring them back?" Inuyasha smiled. "I don't think they would like to be carried naked and unconscious by you." Miroku shook his head sadly. "I am so misunderstood." When they reached the camp they found Seven sitting by the fire boiling water. "Hey Seven." Inuyasha yelled "big help you were." Seven shrugged. "You didn't seem to need much help back there." Inuyasha blinked "how could you know, you were sitting on your ass the whole time!" Seven stood and gestured to his clothes. They were covered in blood, he smelt like the Youkai he had just killed. "When you ripped out his eye there was a little more blood than I expected." Inuyasha stared at him. "How did you get there and back so quickly?" Seven steeped over and took Sango off his back. "I got there about the same time as the larger Youkai and left as soon as he fell so I had a head start on you." Inuyasha grunted and laid Kagome gently in her sleeping bag. Seven put a hot rag on both girls' foreheads. "This will help the head ache that they wake with." Inuyasha stared at Kagome "thanks" he whispered. He pulled off his blood soaked shirt and hung it over a branch. Inuyasha didn't feel like sleeping. He sat next toKagome staring into the fire. He had almost lost it again; damn he couldn't let that happen, not near Kagome. He sighed and tossed a stick into the flames. He had been lucky. Something moved behind him and he jumped to his feet ready to fight. "Easy Inuyasha, its only me." Seven was up as well. He strode over to the fire and sat next to Inuyasha. "You took a big risk back their Inuyasha." Inuyasha didn't wonder at this statement. Seven continued. "Your Youkai blood is sealed by your sword, you took a big chance fighting without it." Inuyasha shook his head. "You think I don't know that, what other choice did I have?" Seven reached in his pocket and took out a cigarette box. "Do you smoke?" he offered it to Inuyasha "smoke?" the Hanyou replied. He reached out and took the little stick protruding from the top of the box. "What's this?" Seven laughed "here." He took one and put it in his mouth then he took a burning stick from the fire and put it to the end of the rod in his mouth. Inuyasha was fascinated. Seven passed him the glowing stick. Inuyasha mimicked Seven by putting the butt in his mouth, and then he put the burning stick to the end and inhaled. Suddenly he was struggling for breath. He started to cough uncontrollably. The cigarette flew into the fire. "What the hell was that." He choked out. "Are you trying to poison me?" Seven shook his head. "O well." He said flicking his into the fire. "I thought you would be up to it but." he shrugged. Inuyasha frowned, he could take it. "Gimmie another one." An hour later Inuyasha was on his tenth cigarette. The first three had hurt and smelt like hell but then, he kind of liked it. Seven had a proud look on his face. "There now isn't that better." Inuyasha smiled. Somehow this guy was working his way under Inuyasha's skin. Must be his relation to Kagome. "Sure as hell beats Naraku's poison gas!" they both laughed. "You know Inuyasha, once you let down the bad boy attitude, your ok." Inuyasha glared at him. "Don't get used to it." Seven shook his head. "I don't plan on it." He flicked the remains of his cigarette into the fire. "Well I hope we can do this again Inuyasha." He said standing "but for now I'm beat." He turned for his blanket. "Get some rest." Inuyasha stared at Seven who was asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow, if not before. He flicked the small butt of his cigarette into the fire as well and lay down next to Kagome, an arm over her shoulder.
They stopped early that night for obvious reasons. Seven was still out cold. Inuyasha laid him against a tree close to the fire as roughly as he could without getting Kagome mad. Miroku who had been lugging Seven's case around collapsed happily. "How does he lug that thing around all the time?" he complained. Kagome rummaged through her bag and came out with bathing supplies. Hey Inuyasha keep an eye on Miroku, Sango and I are going back to the spring we passed." Miroku looked hurt and was about to reply when Sango threw a cup of Ramen at his head. He caught it. "Get dinner ready, we'll be back soon."
Sango lowered herself into the cold water; Kagome was already in and was washing her hair and shaking. "I hate cold baths!" she complained "lets go quick, ok?" Sango smiled, she had grown up on cold baths and to her a warm one was indeed a luxury. They bathed in silence, washing quickly and moving to the bank to dry off. Kagome stared into the water deep in thought. Sango was a little concerned "are you ok Kagome, you have hardly said a word today." Kagome flashed her I'm-pretending-to-be-fine smile "sure I'm ok!" "Kagome never take up lying as a profession, you're terrible." They both laughed. Sango gasped in shock as a cold hand slipped over her mouth, she tried to fight but more hands were holding her down. She looked towards Kagome who was in the same position as her. They were surrounded by Youkai! Red eyes stared at them from the forest and the Youkai holding them started to pull them away. Sango fought madly, trying to at least to get a scream off, it was Kagome who succeeded. "INUYASHA!" one of the Youkai smacked her on the head knocking her unconscious. Taking no chances they did the same to Sango.
Inuyasha was sitting next to the fire across from Seven. Seven was awake but groggy. Miroku was still eating. Inuyasha caught a strange scent, he cocked his head and tried to catch it, Kagome for sure but she smelled, "INUYASHA!" her scream drifted over the treetops. He jumped up and bolted in the direction of the spring. "Kagome and Sango are in trouble!" he called back. He didn't wait for the monk, Kagome needed him and every second counted. He reached the spring and found both of the girl's clothes. That's not good he thought. He ran around sniffing the air, Youkai! He found their trail and raced after them.
Several minutes later he paused in the treetops, he saw a large cave down below and it was filled with the scent of the Youkai that captured Kagome. He leapt to a branch overlooking the cave, inside was a roaring fire. He searched the clearing for any sign of the two girls, there was none. They must be in the cave he thought cracking his knuckles and jumped down.
The Youkai didn't stand a chance Inuyasha took off three heads in his first swipe. "IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" several more heads fell. The Grey Youkai were screeching in fear as they tried to escape the cave, Inuyasha was blocking the only exit, they mindlessly charged the exit ignoring the Hanyou. Inuyasha didn't even have to try to kill them, they just died. Less than a minute later Inuyasha was the only one standing.
He looked around franticly for the two women. "Kagome!" he called. Her scent was thin. He heard a moan from the back of the cave. He leapt over the dead Youkai to a dirty blanket. He ripped it off. Instantly he blushed and put it back, Kagome and Sango were still naked! He took off his fire rat shirt and wrapped Kagome in it, trying not to look at her; at least he pretended not to look at her. Then he wrapped Sango in the old blanket and lifted both women to his back.
He stepped out of the cave and he caught a horrid stench coming straight towards him. Quickly he put the two girls down against the side of the cave and stood in the entrance. Out of the forest came a bellowing roar followed by a large Youkai. "My children!" it roared. "Who has slain my children!?" it saw Inuyasha who was surrounded by the corpses of the smaller Youkai. "You!" it roared. Inuyasha drew the Tetsusaiga. It grew with a flash to the large fang, then the weight of his tooth kicked in and the blade sunk low. "Damn it." Inuyasha growled "when the hell am I gonna get used to this thing!" the Grey Youkai charged with a roar. Inuyasha leapt into the attack slicing the Youkai's arm in two. The Youkai roared in pain then reached down and picked up the severed limb. "What the hell?" Inuyasha jumped again but the Youkai used his severed arm as a shield. The Tetsusaiga pierced the arm and the Youkai threw both its arm and the Tetsusaiga into the trees. "Damn it!" Inuyasha yelled as he landed, he didn't pause his attack. He lunged for the Youkai's throat but was batted out of the air. He slammed into a tree trunk and slid to the ground. "Crap he's faster than I thought." The Hanyou growled. He pulled himself up. "This is not my finest performance." The Youkai was almost on top of him when Inuyasha jumped up and back, he kicked off the tree and threw himself at the Youkai again. "GAHHAAA!" he drove his arm into the Youkai's eye. Than bracing himself he tore out the other eye with his free hand. "Take that you son of a BITCH!" he kicked off the falling Youkai, landing lightly on his feet. The Youkai landed with a crash sending up a cloud of dust. Inuyasha shook his head to clear the blood lust away, thank the gods that Kagome hadn't been in danger or things could have gotten messy he thought. Kagome! He ran to the cave entrance. She and Sango were still out cold. He looked around and saw where the Tetsusaiga had landed; he ran over and retrieved his sword. Then returning to the girls he picked them up again and started back for camp. Less than a minute later he caught Miroku's scent. He changed his course and landed in front of the monk. "Took you long enough." Inuyasha growled. "You missed the fun." Miroku shook his head "sorry but you're a bit faster than me when you put your mind to it." He looked at the girls on Inuyasha's back. "Are they ok?" Inuyasha grunted "yeah there fine, just a bump on the head apiece." Miroku looked relived "good, do you need help caring them back?" Inuyasha smiled. "I don't think they would like to be carried naked and unconscious by you." Miroku shook his head sadly. "I am so misunderstood." When they reached the camp they found Seven sitting by the fire boiling water. "Hey Seven." Inuyasha yelled "big help you were." Seven shrugged. "You didn't seem to need much help back there." Inuyasha blinked "how could you know, you were sitting on your ass the whole time!" Seven stood and gestured to his clothes. They were covered in blood, he smelt like the Youkai he had just killed. "When you ripped out his eye there was a little more blood than I expected." Inuyasha stared at him. "How did you get there and back so quickly?" Seven steeped over and took Sango off his back. "I got there about the same time as the larger Youkai and left as soon as he fell so I had a head start on you." Inuyasha grunted and laid Kagome gently in her sleeping bag. Seven put a hot rag on both girls' foreheads. "This will help the head ache that they wake with." Inuyasha stared at Kagome "thanks" he whispered. He pulled off his blood soaked shirt and hung it over a branch. Inuyasha didn't feel like sleeping. He sat next toKagome staring into the fire. He had almost lost it again; damn he couldn't let that happen, not near Kagome. He sighed and tossed a stick into the flames. He had been lucky. Something moved behind him and he jumped to his feet ready to fight. "Easy Inuyasha, its only me." Seven was up as well. He strode over to the fire and sat next to Inuyasha. "You took a big risk back their Inuyasha." Inuyasha didn't wonder at this statement. Seven continued. "Your Youkai blood is sealed by your sword, you took a big chance fighting without it." Inuyasha shook his head. "You think I don't know that, what other choice did I have?" Seven reached in his pocket and took out a cigarette box. "Do you smoke?" he offered it to Inuyasha "smoke?" the Hanyou replied. He reached out and took the little stick protruding from the top of the box. "What's this?" Seven laughed "here." He took one and put it in his mouth then he took a burning stick from the fire and put it to the end of the rod in his mouth. Inuyasha was fascinated. Seven passed him the glowing stick. Inuyasha mimicked Seven by putting the butt in his mouth, and then he put the burning stick to the end and inhaled. Suddenly he was struggling for breath. He started to cough uncontrollably. The cigarette flew into the fire. "What the hell was that." He choked out. "Are you trying to poison me?" Seven shook his head. "O well." He said flicking his into the fire. "I thought you would be up to it but." he shrugged. Inuyasha frowned, he could take it. "Gimmie another one." An hour later Inuyasha was on his tenth cigarette. The first three had hurt and smelt like hell but then, he kind of liked it. Seven had a proud look on his face. "There now isn't that better." Inuyasha smiled. Somehow this guy was working his way under Inuyasha's skin. Must be his relation to Kagome. "Sure as hell beats Naraku's poison gas!" they both laughed. "You know Inuyasha, once you let down the bad boy attitude, your ok." Inuyasha glared at him. "Don't get used to it." Seven shook his head. "I don't plan on it." He flicked the remains of his cigarette into the fire. "Well I hope we can do this again Inuyasha." He said standing "but for now I'm beat." He turned for his blanket. "Get some rest." Inuyasha stared at Seven who was asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow, if not before. He flicked the small butt of his cigarette into the fire as well and lay down next to Kagome, an arm over her shoulder.