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Dragondiva88 here! Thank you for being patient. These chapters are going very slowly, but they will still be just as good, I promise! In addition, as I have said before, these characters are going by the mindset of the characters in the movie. I know that they are out of character based on the series of Inuyasha anime and books, and I am sorry for that. I am only trying to make this story as closely related to the real movie as possible without breaking any copyright laws. Anyway, here is the next chapter to Pitch Black. Better get ready!
Pitch Black
Chapter 4: Just Walk Away
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Inuyasha and the others came back with a hopeless look on their faces. It seemed that they had not found anything fruitful on their little trek. Miroku on the other hand had a ghostly pale expression on his face and he was staring at something behind all of them. Inuyasha was the first to break the silence.
"What happened to you, monk? It looks like you've seen a ghost . . ."
"Or a homicidal maniac, Inuyasha. Look-" Kikyo pointed upwards behind Inuyasha, and he turned slowly. There, sitting in a beach chair and staring down at the group menacingly, was Kagome, the convicted criminal, murderer, and all around mean person.
"MY SCOTCH!" Miroku exclaimed. At this, Kagome threw down his empty bottle, along with several others that she had polished off in the short time. She had only left five at the most that had some alcohol in them. Kagome smiled at his misery. She could taste it on her tongue, and it was something that she had grown accustomed to. Miroku's disheartened expression did not last long after he took a glance at Kagome.
Faster than anyone could blink he was up by the chair next to her. Her eyes widened when she noticed that he had her hands in his.
"Would you bear my child?" he asked in the deepest sincerity. Sango was pulling him away in a flash, knowing all to well that Kagome would gladly slit his throat for his insolence. Inuyasha was behind Kagome as well, holding her back the minute he saw a flash of ivory come out of her pocket.
"I'm going to KILL you MONK! Let go!" she yelled. Inuyasha knew that he could not hold her for long, for she was much stronger than he was. After a good deal of struggling, Inuyasha finally felt Kagome slow down. He did not notice the devious smile on her face. As soon as he let his guard down, Kagome suddenly turned around, slicing him with her bone knife. Inuyasha let go of her and watched her somersault back down to the desert floor with the greatest of ease. Then she pushed off the ground, jumping high and landing a great distance away.
She turned around, lifting up her goggles as she sunk into the shadows of a nearby rock formation. Inuyasha had sworn that he had seen her eyes glow, and he was fixated on the spot where he had seen her disappear. Kikyo interrupted his thoughts.
"We have to go after her. If it ends up that we have to stay here for awhile, she could be severely dangerous to us." Inuyasha began to grind his teeth again, a bad habit that he had picked up in his years with Kikyo. He knew she was right, though, so without hesitation, he turned to get his tranquilizer gun out of the ship.
Kikyo, having had some personal experience with the criminal knew that she would not go down without a fight. She would probably beat Inuyasha, which would leave her in charge. She laughed internally at this, before walking behind Inuyasha to arm herself. She did not think anyone would come out unscathed in this battle.
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Kagome walked without caution through the shadows, not thinking even to watch her footing. She stepped in a dirt clod that crumbled under her boot completely, leaving a crevice below her. She looked down to inspect why the ground was so shallow, making sure to stay within the shadowed area in case she had been followed. She saw movement through her goggles, and lifted them to inspect it further.
A shape, then a foot, then another and another passed the opening her foot had created, screeching and squawking as the light touched them. Kagome backed up to get away from the hideous things, but then bumped into something unexpected . . . Inuyasha. She put her black goggles down to mask her surprised expression before head butting him hard in the nose. While Inuyasha was recovering from the blow, she used him as a jumping off point, scrambling up his back and jumping high into the air, disappearing from sight once again.
Inuyasha grumbled and murmured obscenities about the girl and his weakness before moving once again in the direction where Kagome had gone. She had broken his nose!
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Inuyasha chased after Kagome's scent, leading him to an open stretch of desert about a quarter mile south of the ship. This was not going to be very pretty when open area was involved with Kagome's whereabouts. He must have missed something . . .
Suddenly he fell into a cavern beneath his feet, and as the ground gave way, he lost his gun to the world above. He landed in a heap of soil and dust at the bottom of the crevice, a little dazed and confused as he hit the bottom. He rubbed his head and got up, looking at his surroundings, which were VERY unfamiliar. There were tunnels running all around him, and the looked dug out, not natural. This was very discomforting.
He noticed that there was no light underneath except for that which he had made from the ceiling above, so he lit one of his emergency flares. That gave him some comfort at least. He made a move for one of the tunnels, slowly pawing his way around the walls and treading lightly to ensure that he would not fall again. When the tunnel led him to junctions of catacombs, he had begun to lose hope. Just then, a small hole to his right shined in his eye, signaling the appearance of light there. He ran to it, wanting to get out of there and trail Kagome again, but then his flare went out.
"You get what you pay for, I guess." he thought aloud. It did not matter at the time, for he had found a way out, but it was far above his head. It would take some climbing, but he could get out.
A sound . . . to his left, then another . . . to his right made him jump. It sounded like scratching. Inuyasha reached reflexively for his gun, but when he found it not to be there, he cursed and scrambled for the light source. As soon as he moved, however, large creatures jumped to block his way. He gasped at the sight of the thing, even if he could not make out its details in the dark.
It was huge whatever it was. It smelled of dampness and rotting flesh that made Inuyasha's flesh crawl, as well as make him feel quite nauseous. He wanted to vomit, but could not, for the thing had him cornered against the wall. He could see its large eyes, hungry and cold. That was a combination that Inuyasha did not want to mess with. He hurriedly climbed up towards the light, hearing the things clawing up after him. The fright made his head cloudy, and his thoughts jumbled, so he did the only thing he could do.
He screamed.
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Kagome turned, her sharp, pointed ears picking up vibrations from below. Then she heard the scream. She turned, chasing after the noise quick as lightning. She knew who it was, but that did not matter, for she knew what lied in this planet, and if one had eaten, the others would expect to eat as well. This was not a risk she was willing to take.
She came to a large mound of hollow dirt, where she could hear the screams becoming frantic. She looked down into a hole in the base of it, seeing Inuyasha with his back to her halfway up the inside of it, and a creature clawing at his leg. Without hesitation, she jumped down to the bottom, landing gracefully on both feet.
The monsters had heard her approach, and left Inuyasha for the moment to take down the larger prey. She took out her knife and waited for them to make the first move while they circled around her, sizing her up. One of them lunged for her, and she promptly high-kicked it in the head, sending it back into the bottom of the wall to which Inuyasha was clinging. Seeing her back turned, the others came for her as well.
She took down each one of them at a time, each one a different way. She dropkicked the second into a nearby wall, and sent three others all barreling into each other. After they were all down, she thought she was done with them, but she was far from correct. They all got back up again, and charged for her. She did the only thing that she could think of. She had brought two extra emergency flares, which she knew would be enough to get them out of there safely. She lit them, and watched how the creatures backed off as she did so. She never turned her back on them, and slowly climbed up the embankment after Inuyasha.
In order to get up the wall, she had to show her blind spot to the aliens. She realized this too late, for she felt sharp teeth digging into her shoulder. She grimaced, trying to hold back a scream of pain, when she felt a sharp spear-type object slash her leg on the other side. She threw the flares at the creatures, and watched as the light scalded their flesh. She would use this against them later.
Inuyasha climbed out of the hill of dirt slowly, and then allowed himself to roll down tiredly. Kagome followed him, but ran down the steep embankment rather than roll, for she had a lot more energy than he did. She towered over him, making sure that his bleeding had stop. Then she heard footsteps . . . a little too late. A second later, she was thrown down onto the sand, a large blow to her head causing her to have a headache. With her goggles missing, all she could do was shade her eyes from the approaching sun, but even without her sight, she could still recognize the laughter that was over her.
"You did a nice job with Inuyasha, but now I'm going to have the credit for bringing you back in." Kikyo looked up, and saw the others approaching quickly.
"Time for my acting lessons to pay off . . ." Kikyo muttered into Kagome's ears. She pulled Kagome up roughly, throwing her goggles back at her carelessly. Then when Kagome could see again, Kikyo pointed her gun at her face, yelling loudly and exaggeratedly.
"What have you done to Inuyasha? Tell me now, or I swear to God that I will blow your-" She did not have enough time to finish her little show. She had not counted on Kagome having anything other than her knife with her at the time, so when she felt the barrel of an automatic weapon pressed to her temple she froze. She looked at Kagome, her face snow white with foreboding. Kagome had a smile on her face.
"Just walk away, Kikyo. Just walk away and I will not shoot you in whatever brain you have left. Just walk . . . away . . ." Kagome had underestimated the amount of blood she had lost in the fight, and she fainted over Inuyasha limply. Kikyo sighed and looked at the others, for help as she motioned to drag Kagome and Inuyasha back to the ship. Miroku moved to pick up Kagome, but Sango saw his hands moving a little too close to a certain private part of her anatomy, so she pushed him out of the way.
"I've got this one. You take Inuyasha." she said slyly. Miroku made a pouting face, and feigned innocence.
"Why Sango, it seems that you do not trust me with Miss Kagome. I wish that you would put more faith in me, Lovely Sango, for I-"
"Can it." Sango cut him off abruptly as she drug Kagome over her shoulder and proceeded to trudge back. Miroku sighed, obviously put off that she had not let him finish, but did as he was told and carried Inuyasha with the help of his cohorts, the small apprentices. Kikyo led them, and Shippo just looked around, as confused as ever.
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Okay, I just saw this movie again last night, and now I know that I am way off in some of the plot line. So next chapter I am going to fix some of that. Anyway, I hope Miroku is a little more "In Character" in this chapter. The only reason he wasn't in the last one was because he really didn't speak a lot. Anyway, the next chapter of "Pitch Black" is "Whispers". (^_^)
Dragondiva88 here! Thank you for being patient. These chapters are going very slowly, but they will still be just as good, I promise! In addition, as I have said before, these characters are going by the mindset of the characters in the movie. I know that they are out of character based on the series of Inuyasha anime and books, and I am sorry for that. I am only trying to make this story as closely related to the real movie as possible without breaking any copyright laws. Anyway, here is the next chapter to Pitch Black. Better get ready!
Pitch Black
Chapter 4: Just Walk Away
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Inuyasha and the others came back with a hopeless look on their faces. It seemed that they had not found anything fruitful on their little trek. Miroku on the other hand had a ghostly pale expression on his face and he was staring at something behind all of them. Inuyasha was the first to break the silence.
"What happened to you, monk? It looks like you've seen a ghost . . ."
"Or a homicidal maniac, Inuyasha. Look-" Kikyo pointed upwards behind Inuyasha, and he turned slowly. There, sitting in a beach chair and staring down at the group menacingly, was Kagome, the convicted criminal, murderer, and all around mean person.
"MY SCOTCH!" Miroku exclaimed. At this, Kagome threw down his empty bottle, along with several others that she had polished off in the short time. She had only left five at the most that had some alcohol in them. Kagome smiled at his misery. She could taste it on her tongue, and it was something that she had grown accustomed to. Miroku's disheartened expression did not last long after he took a glance at Kagome.
Faster than anyone could blink he was up by the chair next to her. Her eyes widened when she noticed that he had her hands in his.
"Would you bear my child?" he asked in the deepest sincerity. Sango was pulling him away in a flash, knowing all to well that Kagome would gladly slit his throat for his insolence. Inuyasha was behind Kagome as well, holding her back the minute he saw a flash of ivory come out of her pocket.
"I'm going to KILL you MONK! Let go!" she yelled. Inuyasha knew that he could not hold her for long, for she was much stronger than he was. After a good deal of struggling, Inuyasha finally felt Kagome slow down. He did not notice the devious smile on her face. As soon as he let his guard down, Kagome suddenly turned around, slicing him with her bone knife. Inuyasha let go of her and watched her somersault back down to the desert floor with the greatest of ease. Then she pushed off the ground, jumping high and landing a great distance away.
She turned around, lifting up her goggles as she sunk into the shadows of a nearby rock formation. Inuyasha had sworn that he had seen her eyes glow, and he was fixated on the spot where he had seen her disappear. Kikyo interrupted his thoughts.
"We have to go after her. If it ends up that we have to stay here for awhile, she could be severely dangerous to us." Inuyasha began to grind his teeth again, a bad habit that he had picked up in his years with Kikyo. He knew she was right, though, so without hesitation, he turned to get his tranquilizer gun out of the ship.
Kikyo, having had some personal experience with the criminal knew that she would not go down without a fight. She would probably beat Inuyasha, which would leave her in charge. She laughed internally at this, before walking behind Inuyasha to arm herself. She did not think anyone would come out unscathed in this battle.
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Kagome walked without caution through the shadows, not thinking even to watch her footing. She stepped in a dirt clod that crumbled under her boot completely, leaving a crevice below her. She looked down to inspect why the ground was so shallow, making sure to stay within the shadowed area in case she had been followed. She saw movement through her goggles, and lifted them to inspect it further.
A shape, then a foot, then another and another passed the opening her foot had created, screeching and squawking as the light touched them. Kagome backed up to get away from the hideous things, but then bumped into something unexpected . . . Inuyasha. She put her black goggles down to mask her surprised expression before head butting him hard in the nose. While Inuyasha was recovering from the blow, she used him as a jumping off point, scrambling up his back and jumping high into the air, disappearing from sight once again.
Inuyasha grumbled and murmured obscenities about the girl and his weakness before moving once again in the direction where Kagome had gone. She had broken his nose!
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Inuyasha chased after Kagome's scent, leading him to an open stretch of desert about a quarter mile south of the ship. This was not going to be very pretty when open area was involved with Kagome's whereabouts. He must have missed something . . .
Suddenly he fell into a cavern beneath his feet, and as the ground gave way, he lost his gun to the world above. He landed in a heap of soil and dust at the bottom of the crevice, a little dazed and confused as he hit the bottom. He rubbed his head and got up, looking at his surroundings, which were VERY unfamiliar. There were tunnels running all around him, and the looked dug out, not natural. This was very discomforting.
He noticed that there was no light underneath except for that which he had made from the ceiling above, so he lit one of his emergency flares. That gave him some comfort at least. He made a move for one of the tunnels, slowly pawing his way around the walls and treading lightly to ensure that he would not fall again. When the tunnel led him to junctions of catacombs, he had begun to lose hope. Just then, a small hole to his right shined in his eye, signaling the appearance of light there. He ran to it, wanting to get out of there and trail Kagome again, but then his flare went out.
"You get what you pay for, I guess." he thought aloud. It did not matter at the time, for he had found a way out, but it was far above his head. It would take some climbing, but he could get out.
A sound . . . to his left, then another . . . to his right made him jump. It sounded like scratching. Inuyasha reached reflexively for his gun, but when he found it not to be there, he cursed and scrambled for the light source. As soon as he moved, however, large creatures jumped to block his way. He gasped at the sight of the thing, even if he could not make out its details in the dark.
It was huge whatever it was. It smelled of dampness and rotting flesh that made Inuyasha's flesh crawl, as well as make him feel quite nauseous. He wanted to vomit, but could not, for the thing had him cornered against the wall. He could see its large eyes, hungry and cold. That was a combination that Inuyasha did not want to mess with. He hurriedly climbed up towards the light, hearing the things clawing up after him. The fright made his head cloudy, and his thoughts jumbled, so he did the only thing he could do.
He screamed.
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Kagome turned, her sharp, pointed ears picking up vibrations from below. Then she heard the scream. She turned, chasing after the noise quick as lightning. She knew who it was, but that did not matter, for she knew what lied in this planet, and if one had eaten, the others would expect to eat as well. This was not a risk she was willing to take.
She came to a large mound of hollow dirt, where she could hear the screams becoming frantic. She looked down into a hole in the base of it, seeing Inuyasha with his back to her halfway up the inside of it, and a creature clawing at his leg. Without hesitation, she jumped down to the bottom, landing gracefully on both feet.
The monsters had heard her approach, and left Inuyasha for the moment to take down the larger prey. She took out her knife and waited for them to make the first move while they circled around her, sizing her up. One of them lunged for her, and she promptly high-kicked it in the head, sending it back into the bottom of the wall to which Inuyasha was clinging. Seeing her back turned, the others came for her as well.
She took down each one of them at a time, each one a different way. She dropkicked the second into a nearby wall, and sent three others all barreling into each other. After they were all down, she thought she was done with them, but she was far from correct. They all got back up again, and charged for her. She did the only thing that she could think of. She had brought two extra emergency flares, which she knew would be enough to get them out of there safely. She lit them, and watched how the creatures backed off as she did so. She never turned her back on them, and slowly climbed up the embankment after Inuyasha.
In order to get up the wall, she had to show her blind spot to the aliens. She realized this too late, for she felt sharp teeth digging into her shoulder. She grimaced, trying to hold back a scream of pain, when she felt a sharp spear-type object slash her leg on the other side. She threw the flares at the creatures, and watched as the light scalded their flesh. She would use this against them later.
Inuyasha climbed out of the hill of dirt slowly, and then allowed himself to roll down tiredly. Kagome followed him, but ran down the steep embankment rather than roll, for she had a lot more energy than he did. She towered over him, making sure that his bleeding had stop. Then she heard footsteps . . . a little too late. A second later, she was thrown down onto the sand, a large blow to her head causing her to have a headache. With her goggles missing, all she could do was shade her eyes from the approaching sun, but even without her sight, she could still recognize the laughter that was over her.
"You did a nice job with Inuyasha, but now I'm going to have the credit for bringing you back in." Kikyo looked up, and saw the others approaching quickly.
"Time for my acting lessons to pay off . . ." Kikyo muttered into Kagome's ears. She pulled Kagome up roughly, throwing her goggles back at her carelessly. Then when Kagome could see again, Kikyo pointed her gun at her face, yelling loudly and exaggeratedly.
"What have you done to Inuyasha? Tell me now, or I swear to God that I will blow your-" She did not have enough time to finish her little show. She had not counted on Kagome having anything other than her knife with her at the time, so when she felt the barrel of an automatic weapon pressed to her temple she froze. She looked at Kagome, her face snow white with foreboding. Kagome had a smile on her face.
"Just walk away, Kikyo. Just walk away and I will not shoot you in whatever brain you have left. Just walk . . . away . . ." Kagome had underestimated the amount of blood she had lost in the fight, and she fainted over Inuyasha limply. Kikyo sighed and looked at the others, for help as she motioned to drag Kagome and Inuyasha back to the ship. Miroku moved to pick up Kagome, but Sango saw his hands moving a little too close to a certain private part of her anatomy, so she pushed him out of the way.
"I've got this one. You take Inuyasha." she said slyly. Miroku made a pouting face, and feigned innocence.
"Why Sango, it seems that you do not trust me with Miss Kagome. I wish that you would put more faith in me, Lovely Sango, for I-"
"Can it." Sango cut him off abruptly as she drug Kagome over her shoulder and proceeded to trudge back. Miroku sighed, obviously put off that she had not let him finish, but did as he was told and carried Inuyasha with the help of his cohorts, the small apprentices. Kikyo led them, and Shippo just looked around, as confused as ever.
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Okay, I just saw this movie again last night, and now I know that I am way off in some of the plot line. So next chapter I am going to fix some of that. Anyway, I hope Miroku is a little more "In Character" in this chapter. The only reason he wasn't in the last one was because he really didn't speak a lot. Anyway, the next chapter of "Pitch Black" is "Whispers". (^_^)