(Must I repeat this again? All works belong to R.T, and no-one else)
The Cloud of Darkness
Chapter 8- Faceoff Against The Spirits
"Next time, I'm not coming back for you hear?" Inuyasha said grumpily as he and Kagome were transported to the feudal era. Kagome yawned and nodded, much to Inuyasha's sudden surprise.
"So, what're we gonna do now?," Kagome said, searching the deserted clearing, "We still haven't figured out where that cloud thingy came from." Inuyasha nodded half-heartedly. Searching for jewel fragments was no easy picnic, and having another mystery yet unsolved made the search even more difficult. Kagome suddenly became unearthly cheery. "Don't worry." she said, patting the dog demon on the back. Inuyasha grumbled and threw her hand off.
"Why wouldn't I?!? You obviously don't realize how serious this is, do you?" Inuyasha yelled, his face beet red, "Think, you could've been KILLED, Kagome!" Kagome smiled, and Inuyasha's face turned even more red with embarrassment. Suddenly Shippo and Miyouga ran out from behind some bushes. They both seemed out of breath and worried. Inuyasha looked down on the fox child. "What now, kid?" Inuyasha asked, tired.
"T-There's a huge black cloud over there, and it's CHASING US!" Shippo cried, and with that he sighed and fainted. Kagome knelt down to tend to him. Inuyasha snorted.
"Kagome, come on. You can't dawdle right now," Inuyasha exclaimed, although it sounded more like a command, "We could have a pretty bad demon on our hands." Kagome nodded and got up, clutching her bow and arrows in her hands. A misty voice suddenly rang out through the clearing, making birds screech and flee from their roosts.
"Come, come to me ... the priestess, come to me ..." The voice began to grow louder, and more persistent. Inuyasha glanced at Kagome. Is the voice talking about Kagome?, Inuyasha thought to himself. It could be possible, she is the reincarnation of Kikyo.... The voice spoke one last time, it's voice sharp and quick, "Come to ... ME!!!"
All of sudden, a shadowed blast of wind came hurtling towards Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha jumped out of the way, and so did Kagome. But the shadow seemed to be following her, catching on her heels and biting at her. "Leave me alone!" Kagome cried, panting from exhaustion. She finally stopped, and the wind hit her hard in the back. She gagged and fell to the ground. A silvery mist floated out of her.
"Her soul?!?" Shippo managed to squeak from the ground before becoming unconscious again. Inuyasha also breathed the same phrase, but with a more worried look on his face. The mist formed a clear face in the air, that of a man with a baboon's mask on his head. Naraku.
"I have successfully collected the priestesses soul," Naraku exclaimed triumphantly. Inuyasha held up his fist defensively.
"Hey, you've got it all wrong, pal. That's Kagome's soul." Inuyasha yelled, his eyes glinting with fire.
"Correction, my friend. Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, and so her soul was transferred from one body to the next," Naraku said impatiently. He tucked away the jar with a silvery sprite dancing in it (the soul) into his robes, "And now it's mine."
Then the mist snapped, and it was gone. In it's place was a scroll, with some sort of ancient Japanese writing engraved upon it. Inuyasha heard the sound of wolves jaws snapping, and looked around the area, seeing nothing. Suddenly he felt a bite in his side, and he fell back, stunned. "Who's doin' that?!? 'Cause whoever is is gonna get it!" Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga, it's rusty exterior mutating into a larger, more powerful version of a sword. "Now you're gonna get it, bad!" Inuyasha said, grinning. But he felt another bite into his hand, and he yelped with surprise.
"They're ... invisible?!?" Inuyasha said, frowning. Another bite into his right hand. Or maybe only Kagome can see them, Inuyasha thought. "Either way, I'm in big trouble!" Inuyasha said.
He first started by shielding his eyes with his fire-rat robe. He swung the Tetsusaiga blindly over his shoulder, managing to hit something, seemingly the enemy he was facing. But when he hit the opponent, Inuyasha felt energy drain out of him, like it was being sucked from him. He groaned in pain, and attempted to slice another opponent. Then it dawned on him. Kagome's soul is ... attacking me?!?, Inuyasha thought in surprise. Then he knew exactly how to beat it, and get Kagome's soul back.
Inuyasha grabbed the scroll from the ground and held it up, spreading each corner of the parchment out to it's greatest lengths. When the wolves tried to attack him (or the spirits, if you prefer to call them that) they were sucked into the parchment. When all of the spirits were sucked in, Inuyasha rolled up the parchment. "Gotcha!" he cried in triumph, rushing over to Kagome.
"Owwww ..." Kagome said as she laid her hand on the parchment. She sat up and looked around, completely bewildered of what was around her. "Thank you." Kagome managed to sputter before falling into Inuyasha. He blushed, with an angry expression on his face, and pushed her gently off, then with full force.
"Hey, get offa me, wench!" He said, staring at her. Kagome looked at him and laughed. He never changes, does he?, she thought in an annoyed tone.
"What-ever. Naraku said something about having Kikyo, didn't he? So she must still be alive, then." Kagome summed up, nodding logically. Inuyasha also nodded, but with a steady pace. He got up and placed the Tetsusaiga carefully back inside his sheath.
"I know Kikyo fell when ... well, I know she fell, and that crevice leads to ..." Inuyasha snapped his fingers, "Mt Fuji's underground!" he said, and Kagome grimaced. It was only a few days before that Kagome had been kidnapped and taken to the insides of Mt Fuji, and she had been attacked by a giant slug!
"Do we really have to go back there???" Kagome whined, tugging on Inuyasha's robe sleeves. Shippo hopped onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Yup." Kagome squealed with delight and hugged the kitsune.
"Shippo! Glad you're alive and well." Kagome replied, a sunny expression on her face. She suddenly gained a new courage, and balled up her fingers into a fist. "So-let's GO!"
(Chapter 9 will be one of the last chapters, and I'm planning to make a sequel when this series is done. Making fan fiction is so much fun!)
The Cloud of Darkness
Chapter 8- Faceoff Against The Spirits
"Next time, I'm not coming back for you hear?" Inuyasha said grumpily as he and Kagome were transported to the feudal era. Kagome yawned and nodded, much to Inuyasha's sudden surprise.
"So, what're we gonna do now?," Kagome said, searching the deserted clearing, "We still haven't figured out where that cloud thingy came from." Inuyasha nodded half-heartedly. Searching for jewel fragments was no easy picnic, and having another mystery yet unsolved made the search even more difficult. Kagome suddenly became unearthly cheery. "Don't worry." she said, patting the dog demon on the back. Inuyasha grumbled and threw her hand off.
"Why wouldn't I?!? You obviously don't realize how serious this is, do you?" Inuyasha yelled, his face beet red, "Think, you could've been KILLED, Kagome!" Kagome smiled, and Inuyasha's face turned even more red with embarrassment. Suddenly Shippo and Miyouga ran out from behind some bushes. They both seemed out of breath and worried. Inuyasha looked down on the fox child. "What now, kid?" Inuyasha asked, tired.
"T-There's a huge black cloud over there, and it's CHASING US!" Shippo cried, and with that he sighed and fainted. Kagome knelt down to tend to him. Inuyasha snorted.
"Kagome, come on. You can't dawdle right now," Inuyasha exclaimed, although it sounded more like a command, "We could have a pretty bad demon on our hands." Kagome nodded and got up, clutching her bow and arrows in her hands. A misty voice suddenly rang out through the clearing, making birds screech and flee from their roosts.
"Come, come to me ... the priestess, come to me ..." The voice began to grow louder, and more persistent. Inuyasha glanced at Kagome. Is the voice talking about Kagome?, Inuyasha thought to himself. It could be possible, she is the reincarnation of Kikyo.... The voice spoke one last time, it's voice sharp and quick, "Come to ... ME!!!"
All of sudden, a shadowed blast of wind came hurtling towards Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha jumped out of the way, and so did Kagome. But the shadow seemed to be following her, catching on her heels and biting at her. "Leave me alone!" Kagome cried, panting from exhaustion. She finally stopped, and the wind hit her hard in the back. She gagged and fell to the ground. A silvery mist floated out of her.
"Her soul?!?" Shippo managed to squeak from the ground before becoming unconscious again. Inuyasha also breathed the same phrase, but with a more worried look on his face. The mist formed a clear face in the air, that of a man with a baboon's mask on his head. Naraku.
"I have successfully collected the priestesses soul," Naraku exclaimed triumphantly. Inuyasha held up his fist defensively.
"Hey, you've got it all wrong, pal. That's Kagome's soul." Inuyasha yelled, his eyes glinting with fire.
"Correction, my friend. Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, and so her soul was transferred from one body to the next," Naraku said impatiently. He tucked away the jar with a silvery sprite dancing in it (the soul) into his robes, "And now it's mine."
Then the mist snapped, and it was gone. In it's place was a scroll, with some sort of ancient Japanese writing engraved upon it. Inuyasha heard the sound of wolves jaws snapping, and looked around the area, seeing nothing. Suddenly he felt a bite in his side, and he fell back, stunned. "Who's doin' that?!? 'Cause whoever is is gonna get it!" Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga, it's rusty exterior mutating into a larger, more powerful version of a sword. "Now you're gonna get it, bad!" Inuyasha said, grinning. But he felt another bite into his hand, and he yelped with surprise.
"They're ... invisible?!?" Inuyasha said, frowning. Another bite into his right hand. Or maybe only Kagome can see them, Inuyasha thought. "Either way, I'm in big trouble!" Inuyasha said.
He first started by shielding his eyes with his fire-rat robe. He swung the Tetsusaiga blindly over his shoulder, managing to hit something, seemingly the enemy he was facing. But when he hit the opponent, Inuyasha felt energy drain out of him, like it was being sucked from him. He groaned in pain, and attempted to slice another opponent. Then it dawned on him. Kagome's soul is ... attacking me?!?, Inuyasha thought in surprise. Then he knew exactly how to beat it, and get Kagome's soul back.
Inuyasha grabbed the scroll from the ground and held it up, spreading each corner of the parchment out to it's greatest lengths. When the wolves tried to attack him (or the spirits, if you prefer to call them that) they were sucked into the parchment. When all of the spirits were sucked in, Inuyasha rolled up the parchment. "Gotcha!" he cried in triumph, rushing over to Kagome.
"Owwww ..." Kagome said as she laid her hand on the parchment. She sat up and looked around, completely bewildered of what was around her. "Thank you." Kagome managed to sputter before falling into Inuyasha. He blushed, with an angry expression on his face, and pushed her gently off, then with full force.
"Hey, get offa me, wench!" He said, staring at her. Kagome looked at him and laughed. He never changes, does he?, she thought in an annoyed tone.
"What-ever. Naraku said something about having Kikyo, didn't he? So she must still be alive, then." Kagome summed up, nodding logically. Inuyasha also nodded, but with a steady pace. He got up and placed the Tetsusaiga carefully back inside his sheath.
"I know Kikyo fell when ... well, I know she fell, and that crevice leads to ..." Inuyasha snapped his fingers, "Mt Fuji's underground!" he said, and Kagome grimaced. It was only a few days before that Kagome had been kidnapped and taken to the insides of Mt Fuji, and she had been attacked by a giant slug!
"Do we really have to go back there???" Kagome whined, tugging on Inuyasha's robe sleeves. Shippo hopped onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Yup." Kagome squealed with delight and hugged the kitsune.
"Shippo! Glad you're alive and well." Kagome replied, a sunny expression on her face. She suddenly gained a new courage, and balled up her fingers into a fist. "So-let's GO!"
(Chapter 9 will be one of the last chapters, and I'm planning to make a sequel when this series is done. Making fan fiction is so much fun!)