Intro
Once again, none of the characters appearing in the Inuyasha TV show, manga, or other such Inuyasha publications do not belong to me in any way shape or form. Only original characters found in this fic can be considered mine. Thank you.
Chapter 3
***Part 1: Assault***
"It's time." Barbarossa began. "We finish this. Well, more like...you finish it. I hope you took heed of my words....."
"I am ready, brother." Sesshomaru stated, in his velvet-smooth voice. " There's nothing he can do to stop me. He doesn't have his precious sword, he's basically a cripple....this is far too easy."
"Don't start getting pity thought here. I don't want to HAVE to kill you myself. Come, Sesshomaru...let us be off." Barbarossa stood up from his throne, and headed to the main gate with his younger brother. "The time of purification is at hand."
Sesshomaru stopped for a second. "I wanted to defeat him at his best. This...this isn't it." He looked to the floor a moment, as if some level of remorse were taking over his mind.
"Don't start with me, Sesshomaru. I've spent three days of my time conditioning you.....if you make that time wasted, you won't live to regret it. Understand?" Barbarossa didn't sound angry. If anything, he had an understanding tone to his vice, which made his words even more frightening.
"Worry not....I'm ready." He gripped at the handle of the Tetsusaiga, tucked away into his sash. "Let us be off."
A light growl escaped the elders lips. "Yes....let's." Random thoughts raced through his mind. He expected betrayal, or at least incompetence in the upcoming fight.
The two demons made their way out of the black keep, heading northward, to the village where Inuyasha was last.
***Part 2: The Eye of the Tornado***
Inuyasha lied against the outside wall of Kaede's house, twirling the sheath of the Tetsusaiga between his fingers. He knew that his brothers were coming back sometime, and he had to be here to fight them. He couldn't run away.
"I know your coming...." The young demon said lightly to himself. "And I'll be here...." He gripped the sheath tightly, and brought his knees to his chest, lying in wait for them to come.
Kagome exited Kaede's house and looked to her right, glaring at Inuyasha for a moment. "How're your cuts?" She had a light smile on her face as she asked this, before sitting down beside him. "Miroku said that the bandages should have helped at least a little..."
"They're fine..." He didn't really want to talk about anything. He was in too serious a mood to talk. He just stared straight out across the river that ran through the town.
"Inuyasha...." Kagome started. "About the other day....what you said...."
It was obvious to the demon about what she meant. "What about it?" He adopted the carelessness in his voice, trying to hide his feelings in such a serious moment.
"....Did...you mean it?" Her eyes were sparkling lightly, with a heavy blush across her face. She looked to the ground, trying to pretend like she didn't ask, but fully expecting an answer.
Inuyasha paused for a second. There were dozens of things he could have said here. "Kagome...now isn't the time to...." Silence. He stayed quite for a good five minutes. The both of them did. "Kagome.....I meant it. I love you more than anything. I try to hide it....but I can't anymore....." His eyes trailed to the ground. He was flustered, and feeling hot under the collar. He had no idea what was going to come next.
A bright smile came over Kagome, as she turned to him. As if it were instinct, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. His mind was frozen in time. He had been wanting this for far too long, but now he can't do anything.
After a moment, she pulled back a moment and gazed lovingly into his bright yellow eyes. "What's wrong, Inuyasha? Your not shy are ya?" She grinned deviously, trying to lighten the situation a little.
"I...eh....to be honest...I'm not to great on...expressing my emotions...." Inuyasha stumbled over his words quite heavily.
"Well duh. I thought that was pretty obvious." She giggled some. "You don't have to be like that around me though...just be natural, hun."
"Hun....?" He smiled lightly, not having been called that by anyone but his mother. "Thank you, Kagome...." He pulled her into his arms, holding her close, trying to be with her as long as he could, before the inevitable battle took place.
***Part 3: Dissolution***
In the distance, Inuyasha's keen hearing detected a twig snapping, followed by dark laughter. "They're here..." Inuyasha whispered. "Go inside with the others, and don't come out until I say so..."
"But Inuyasha---" Kagome began.
"NOW!" Inuyasha growled as he pulled himself to his feet. His wounds hurt much less than before, but, the pain was still there.
As he dragged himself to the main square of the town, the laughter got closer. He blinked, and when his eyes opened, both of his brothers were there. Sesshomaru in his classic clothing, and Barbarossa in his, but his hair was down, and blowing in the light wind.
"Well well well....ready to die, little brother?" Sesshomaru started, as he grasped the Tetsusaiga from his belt and held it out, pointing it to Inuyasha. "Your move." A smirk crawled across Sesshomaru's face.
Barbarossa stepped back, to observe his brothers skill with the blade. "I have faith in you, younger. Do not prove me wrong...." He nodded to Sesshomaru.
"Fine......this ends today, Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha yelled out, while cracking his knuckles some.
Inuyasha dashed at Sesshomaru, but still keeping one eye on Barbarossa just in case, and slashes a claw at his middle brother. Sesshomaru dodged with ease, leaving afterimages, and kneeing Inuyasha in the gut, dropping him to the ground.
"You're too slow, little one. Now die, and be silent!" Sesshomaru jumped back a few dozen yards, and swung the Tetsusaiga, causing it to transform into the fang-blade. As the blade went into full swing, it fired an energy wave that rode along the ground, rushing to it's target; Inuyasha.
A few seconds before the blast would have connected, Inuyasha jumped to his feet, leaping to the side, ignoring all pain, to avoid the blast. The energy wave went careening by, smashing through a set of houses, and then dissipating.
"Well, I didn't quite expect that, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said smugly.
"Yeah....guess we're both full of surprises...." Inuyasha glared at Sesshomaru, since he was holding the Tetsusaiga with no problem. This worried Inuyasha, but not enough to throw his game off.
"Iron Reaver Sou--" before Inuyasha could finish the words, he was hit in the chin by the pommel of Sesshomaru's new sword, and sent to the wall of a nearby house; Kaede's house.
"You're going to have to be quicker than that to beat me, little brother....you should know that by now." Sesshomaru laughed some. "And now, I end this...."
Sesshomaru lifted his sword into the air, and dashed over to Inuyasha, bringing it down....
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome shouted out, as she was peaking out the door. She jumped to him, to push him out of the way.
For Inuyasha, reality froze.
For Kagome, reality ended.
***Part 4: Revanche***
Inuyasha could only look on in horror as Kagome...or what was left of her, fell to the ground before him. Sesshomaru could only smirk.
"Another human in the way. Are we going to finish this?" A dark smile on his face, Sesshomaru didn't care or didn't notice that he had just cleaved Kagome, Inuyasha's love, in two.
Inuyasha stared at her. She was silent. No words, no breath. Her face was placid as still water. He didn't know how to act. One part of him wanted to scream out. One part wanted to cry. The biggest part, however, wanted to rip Sesshomaru in two.
That was the part he listened to. "S.....Sesshomaru....." Inuyasha's voice cracked with angry. "You....die.....now...NOW!"
With lightning speed, the young demon jumped up from the ground and slashed Sesshomaru across the face. Completely stunned from his youngers speed, Sesshomaru couldn't defend. He was knocked aside like a pest, flying through several houses.
As he finally rolled to a stop, Sesshomaru picked himself up, and noticed something was wrong. As he looked back to Inuyasha, he saw something....he no longer had the Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru knew that with one arm, and having been knocked around like that, he couldn't beat Inuyasha...not yet.
He wouldn't give up though. That wasn't Sesshomaru. "I'll not be beaten by a bug like you!"
His energy whip descended, and lashed at Inuyasha. The younger demon was merely staring at his older brother as the whip flew toward him. It lashed him across the face, but, he didn't twitch. It was like it didn't happen.
Inuyasha looked to the ground and leaned down, picking up the recently dropped Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru looked on with a little fear, but plenty of determination. He would not lose to his younger brother while Barbarossa looked on. He had to prove to his older brother that he was worthy. There was no other option. He HAD to beat Inuyasha.
With sword in hand, Inuyasha dashed at Sesshomaru with little more than bloodlust in his eyes. Slashing wildly at his brother, Sesshomaru managed to dodge many of the attacks, but eventually started falling victim to many of them, over and over. Eventually, he couldn't even try to dodge anymore. Much to his surprise, his little brother was too much.
Sesshomaru fell to his knee for a moment, and Inuyasha stood over him, waiting for Sesshomaru to plead for his life. A moment later, after silence, Inuyasha lifted the fang-blade above his head, and brought it down with force, ready to split his brother in two for killing Kagome.
The Tetsusaiga didn't get halfway down before Barbarossa stopped the blade on his forearm. "Now, I can't let you out and kill him, now can I? He's my blood. You...you're only half. I'm afraid he wins the coin toss, little one." Barbarossa spoke as if Kagome didn't even die. As if she didn't even exist.
"Stand...aside, Barbarossa. He DIES." Inuyasha had a guttural voice, as if he was possessed. He made it known that nothing would stop him from killing Sesshomaru.
"Your wrong, brother. You've proven that you're better than him..." He spoke with a grin. "Now let's see if you can prove to be MY better. I assure you, I won't be such easy prey."
Barbarossa grabbed hold of the Tetsusaiga's blade, and hurled it, along with Inuyasha, at least twenty or thirty meters before Inuyasha managed to flip to his feet. He let out a primal growl as he gripped his sword, ready to cut down his oldest brother or die trying.
"It's apparent that you're not going to just pack up and leave...so I suppose I'll have to make you go. I didn't want it to have to come to this." Barbarossa spoke with finality, as if what he was about to do, Inuyasha had no chance of living from.
He lifted on hand up, palm up to the sky, as it began to cloud over with blackish-red smoke. The sky rumbled terribly, as if an earthquake was happening up there.
"The time of exorcism is at hand! Venomous servants, unleash thy dark flames!" Barbarossa spoke as if he were commanding the heavens themselves.
Moments after, several large, flaming wyrm's appeared, writhing in the sky above. Simultaneously, they looked down, and all eight of them spat large spheres of flame at Inuyasha's general direction. It took only two seconds for them to smash into the earth around Inuyasha, filling the area with fire, and the whole town in smoke.
"I suggest you retreat to my castle, Sesshomaru. It isn't safe for you here....not in your present condition." Barbarossa helped his little brother up, as Sesshomaru nodded, and jumped into the air, being picked up by one of his signature clouds, with Jaken on it.
"Now....how about you, Inuyasha?" Barbarossa called out. "Surely you're not done yet. Or are you?"
Light coughing could be heard, as well as some muffled footsteps. Barbarossa couldn't tell for sure what was happening, due to the smoke and fire, but he wasn't worried. He knew he had the power to crush Inuyasha at any time. Sesshomaru's safety was his primary concern, even is he didn't show it.
Barbarossa snapped his fingers, causing the smoke and fire to clear, along with the dark clouds in the sky. Inuyasha was gone. With a lightly puzzled look, he floated over to the spot where Inuyasha was. Looking around, all that was there were a few singed leaves, and of course, the body of the once lovely Kagome.
"Interesting......we'll get to the bottom of your trickery, young one...soon enough." Barbarossa said lightly to himself. "You cannot escape us forever."
***Part 5: Retreat***
"You should have left me there, Shippo.....I needed to.....I had to do something." Inuyasha spoke with anger, depression, and determination.
"Hey, if I hadn't of got you outta there, you might've gotte---" Shippo cut himself off. He didn't want to bring such thoughts into Inuyasha's direct line of thought.
Inuyasha was being carried by Miroku, while Sango and Shippo followed. Shippo had used a bit of his magic to get them out of there, and to the nearby forest. Now they were going to get Inuyasha healed, and find a way to bring Kagome back. Resurrection wasn't unheard of. Certain demons and priests have the ability to resurrect the dead and call back lost spirits.
"Don't worry, Inuyasha." Miroku began. " We'll figure out something. I'm sure of it."
His words fell on deaf ears. Barbarossa's attack had done terrible damage to Inuyasha, and he passed out seconds after he spoke earlier.
"Ok, we've got to get him to a doctor....then....a priest, or something." Miroku spoke to himself, but intended for the others to hear. "I'm not skilled in the...raising of....the dead...." He was obviously depressed about Kagome's loss. He had always liked her.
"All right Miroku....where to?" Sango asked.
End of Chapter 3
Wow, a lot happened today, didn't it. I try and keep people on their toes. I'm quite satisfied with this chapter. I told you it'd be better than the second. Kagome died....heh...friend of mine thought that was a great idea. Oh, and sorry for using a Valkyrie Profile reference. I couldn't think of any really cool attacks for my man Barbarossa, so, I snatched a spell from Valkyrie Profile. Deal with it, all of his spells are going to be like that, unless creativity dawns upon me. I'll try and get a fourth chapter out soon. I'm going to try for one a day...but no promises. Until next time, have fun.
Once again, none of the characters appearing in the Inuyasha TV show, manga, or other such Inuyasha publications do not belong to me in any way shape or form. Only original characters found in this fic can be considered mine. Thank you.
Chapter 3
***Part 1: Assault***
"It's time." Barbarossa began. "We finish this. Well, more like...you finish it. I hope you took heed of my words....."
"I am ready, brother." Sesshomaru stated, in his velvet-smooth voice. " There's nothing he can do to stop me. He doesn't have his precious sword, he's basically a cripple....this is far too easy."
"Don't start getting pity thought here. I don't want to HAVE to kill you myself. Come, Sesshomaru...let us be off." Barbarossa stood up from his throne, and headed to the main gate with his younger brother. "The time of purification is at hand."
Sesshomaru stopped for a second. "I wanted to defeat him at his best. This...this isn't it." He looked to the floor a moment, as if some level of remorse were taking over his mind.
"Don't start with me, Sesshomaru. I've spent three days of my time conditioning you.....if you make that time wasted, you won't live to regret it. Understand?" Barbarossa didn't sound angry. If anything, he had an understanding tone to his vice, which made his words even more frightening.
"Worry not....I'm ready." He gripped at the handle of the Tetsusaiga, tucked away into his sash. "Let us be off."
A light growl escaped the elders lips. "Yes....let's." Random thoughts raced through his mind. He expected betrayal, or at least incompetence in the upcoming fight.
The two demons made their way out of the black keep, heading northward, to the village where Inuyasha was last.
***Part 2: The Eye of the Tornado***
Inuyasha lied against the outside wall of Kaede's house, twirling the sheath of the Tetsusaiga between his fingers. He knew that his brothers were coming back sometime, and he had to be here to fight them. He couldn't run away.
"I know your coming...." The young demon said lightly to himself. "And I'll be here...." He gripped the sheath tightly, and brought his knees to his chest, lying in wait for them to come.
Kagome exited Kaede's house and looked to her right, glaring at Inuyasha for a moment. "How're your cuts?" She had a light smile on her face as she asked this, before sitting down beside him. "Miroku said that the bandages should have helped at least a little..."
"They're fine..." He didn't really want to talk about anything. He was in too serious a mood to talk. He just stared straight out across the river that ran through the town.
"Inuyasha...." Kagome started. "About the other day....what you said...."
It was obvious to the demon about what she meant. "What about it?" He adopted the carelessness in his voice, trying to hide his feelings in such a serious moment.
"....Did...you mean it?" Her eyes were sparkling lightly, with a heavy blush across her face. She looked to the ground, trying to pretend like she didn't ask, but fully expecting an answer.
Inuyasha paused for a second. There were dozens of things he could have said here. "Kagome...now isn't the time to...." Silence. He stayed quite for a good five minutes. The both of them did. "Kagome.....I meant it. I love you more than anything. I try to hide it....but I can't anymore....." His eyes trailed to the ground. He was flustered, and feeling hot under the collar. He had no idea what was going to come next.
A bright smile came over Kagome, as she turned to him. As if it were instinct, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. His mind was frozen in time. He had been wanting this for far too long, but now he can't do anything.
After a moment, she pulled back a moment and gazed lovingly into his bright yellow eyes. "What's wrong, Inuyasha? Your not shy are ya?" She grinned deviously, trying to lighten the situation a little.
"I...eh....to be honest...I'm not to great on...expressing my emotions...." Inuyasha stumbled over his words quite heavily.
"Well duh. I thought that was pretty obvious." She giggled some. "You don't have to be like that around me though...just be natural, hun."
"Hun....?" He smiled lightly, not having been called that by anyone but his mother. "Thank you, Kagome...." He pulled her into his arms, holding her close, trying to be with her as long as he could, before the inevitable battle took place.
***Part 3: Dissolution***
In the distance, Inuyasha's keen hearing detected a twig snapping, followed by dark laughter. "They're here..." Inuyasha whispered. "Go inside with the others, and don't come out until I say so..."
"But Inuyasha---" Kagome began.
"NOW!" Inuyasha growled as he pulled himself to his feet. His wounds hurt much less than before, but, the pain was still there.
As he dragged himself to the main square of the town, the laughter got closer. He blinked, and when his eyes opened, both of his brothers were there. Sesshomaru in his classic clothing, and Barbarossa in his, but his hair was down, and blowing in the light wind.
"Well well well....ready to die, little brother?" Sesshomaru started, as he grasped the Tetsusaiga from his belt and held it out, pointing it to Inuyasha. "Your move." A smirk crawled across Sesshomaru's face.
Barbarossa stepped back, to observe his brothers skill with the blade. "I have faith in you, younger. Do not prove me wrong...." He nodded to Sesshomaru.
"Fine......this ends today, Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha yelled out, while cracking his knuckles some.
Inuyasha dashed at Sesshomaru, but still keeping one eye on Barbarossa just in case, and slashes a claw at his middle brother. Sesshomaru dodged with ease, leaving afterimages, and kneeing Inuyasha in the gut, dropping him to the ground.
"You're too slow, little one. Now die, and be silent!" Sesshomaru jumped back a few dozen yards, and swung the Tetsusaiga, causing it to transform into the fang-blade. As the blade went into full swing, it fired an energy wave that rode along the ground, rushing to it's target; Inuyasha.
A few seconds before the blast would have connected, Inuyasha jumped to his feet, leaping to the side, ignoring all pain, to avoid the blast. The energy wave went careening by, smashing through a set of houses, and then dissipating.
"Well, I didn't quite expect that, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said smugly.
"Yeah....guess we're both full of surprises...." Inuyasha glared at Sesshomaru, since he was holding the Tetsusaiga with no problem. This worried Inuyasha, but not enough to throw his game off.
"Iron Reaver Sou--" before Inuyasha could finish the words, he was hit in the chin by the pommel of Sesshomaru's new sword, and sent to the wall of a nearby house; Kaede's house.
"You're going to have to be quicker than that to beat me, little brother....you should know that by now." Sesshomaru laughed some. "And now, I end this...."
Sesshomaru lifted his sword into the air, and dashed over to Inuyasha, bringing it down....
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome shouted out, as she was peaking out the door. She jumped to him, to push him out of the way.
For Inuyasha, reality froze.
For Kagome, reality ended.
***Part 4: Revanche***
Inuyasha could only look on in horror as Kagome...or what was left of her, fell to the ground before him. Sesshomaru could only smirk.
"Another human in the way. Are we going to finish this?" A dark smile on his face, Sesshomaru didn't care or didn't notice that he had just cleaved Kagome, Inuyasha's love, in two.
Inuyasha stared at her. She was silent. No words, no breath. Her face was placid as still water. He didn't know how to act. One part of him wanted to scream out. One part wanted to cry. The biggest part, however, wanted to rip Sesshomaru in two.
That was the part he listened to. "S.....Sesshomaru....." Inuyasha's voice cracked with angry. "You....die.....now...NOW!"
With lightning speed, the young demon jumped up from the ground and slashed Sesshomaru across the face. Completely stunned from his youngers speed, Sesshomaru couldn't defend. He was knocked aside like a pest, flying through several houses.
As he finally rolled to a stop, Sesshomaru picked himself up, and noticed something was wrong. As he looked back to Inuyasha, he saw something....he no longer had the Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru knew that with one arm, and having been knocked around like that, he couldn't beat Inuyasha...not yet.
He wouldn't give up though. That wasn't Sesshomaru. "I'll not be beaten by a bug like you!"
His energy whip descended, and lashed at Inuyasha. The younger demon was merely staring at his older brother as the whip flew toward him. It lashed him across the face, but, he didn't twitch. It was like it didn't happen.
Inuyasha looked to the ground and leaned down, picking up the recently dropped Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru looked on with a little fear, but plenty of determination. He would not lose to his younger brother while Barbarossa looked on. He had to prove to his older brother that he was worthy. There was no other option. He HAD to beat Inuyasha.
With sword in hand, Inuyasha dashed at Sesshomaru with little more than bloodlust in his eyes. Slashing wildly at his brother, Sesshomaru managed to dodge many of the attacks, but eventually started falling victim to many of them, over and over. Eventually, he couldn't even try to dodge anymore. Much to his surprise, his little brother was too much.
Sesshomaru fell to his knee for a moment, and Inuyasha stood over him, waiting for Sesshomaru to plead for his life. A moment later, after silence, Inuyasha lifted the fang-blade above his head, and brought it down with force, ready to split his brother in two for killing Kagome.
The Tetsusaiga didn't get halfway down before Barbarossa stopped the blade on his forearm. "Now, I can't let you out and kill him, now can I? He's my blood. You...you're only half. I'm afraid he wins the coin toss, little one." Barbarossa spoke as if Kagome didn't even die. As if she didn't even exist.
"Stand...aside, Barbarossa. He DIES." Inuyasha had a guttural voice, as if he was possessed. He made it known that nothing would stop him from killing Sesshomaru.
"Your wrong, brother. You've proven that you're better than him..." He spoke with a grin. "Now let's see if you can prove to be MY better. I assure you, I won't be such easy prey."
Barbarossa grabbed hold of the Tetsusaiga's blade, and hurled it, along with Inuyasha, at least twenty or thirty meters before Inuyasha managed to flip to his feet. He let out a primal growl as he gripped his sword, ready to cut down his oldest brother or die trying.
"It's apparent that you're not going to just pack up and leave...so I suppose I'll have to make you go. I didn't want it to have to come to this." Barbarossa spoke with finality, as if what he was about to do, Inuyasha had no chance of living from.
He lifted on hand up, palm up to the sky, as it began to cloud over with blackish-red smoke. The sky rumbled terribly, as if an earthquake was happening up there.
"The time of exorcism is at hand! Venomous servants, unleash thy dark flames!" Barbarossa spoke as if he were commanding the heavens themselves.
Moments after, several large, flaming wyrm's appeared, writhing in the sky above. Simultaneously, they looked down, and all eight of them spat large spheres of flame at Inuyasha's general direction. It took only two seconds for them to smash into the earth around Inuyasha, filling the area with fire, and the whole town in smoke.
"I suggest you retreat to my castle, Sesshomaru. It isn't safe for you here....not in your present condition." Barbarossa helped his little brother up, as Sesshomaru nodded, and jumped into the air, being picked up by one of his signature clouds, with Jaken on it.
"Now....how about you, Inuyasha?" Barbarossa called out. "Surely you're not done yet. Or are you?"
Light coughing could be heard, as well as some muffled footsteps. Barbarossa couldn't tell for sure what was happening, due to the smoke and fire, but he wasn't worried. He knew he had the power to crush Inuyasha at any time. Sesshomaru's safety was his primary concern, even is he didn't show it.
Barbarossa snapped his fingers, causing the smoke and fire to clear, along with the dark clouds in the sky. Inuyasha was gone. With a lightly puzzled look, he floated over to the spot where Inuyasha was. Looking around, all that was there were a few singed leaves, and of course, the body of the once lovely Kagome.
"Interesting......we'll get to the bottom of your trickery, young one...soon enough." Barbarossa said lightly to himself. "You cannot escape us forever."
***Part 5: Retreat***
"You should have left me there, Shippo.....I needed to.....I had to do something." Inuyasha spoke with anger, depression, and determination.
"Hey, if I hadn't of got you outta there, you might've gotte---" Shippo cut himself off. He didn't want to bring such thoughts into Inuyasha's direct line of thought.
Inuyasha was being carried by Miroku, while Sango and Shippo followed. Shippo had used a bit of his magic to get them out of there, and to the nearby forest. Now they were going to get Inuyasha healed, and find a way to bring Kagome back. Resurrection wasn't unheard of. Certain demons and priests have the ability to resurrect the dead and call back lost spirits.
"Don't worry, Inuyasha." Miroku began. " We'll figure out something. I'm sure of it."
His words fell on deaf ears. Barbarossa's attack had done terrible damage to Inuyasha, and he passed out seconds after he spoke earlier.
"Ok, we've got to get him to a doctor....then....a priest, or something." Miroku spoke to himself, but intended for the others to hear. "I'm not skilled in the...raising of....the dead...." He was obviously depressed about Kagome's loss. He had always liked her.
"All right Miroku....where to?" Sango asked.
End of Chapter 3
Wow, a lot happened today, didn't it. I try and keep people on their toes. I'm quite satisfied with this chapter. I told you it'd be better than the second. Kagome died....heh...friend of mine thought that was a great idea. Oh, and sorry for using a Valkyrie Profile reference. I couldn't think of any really cool attacks for my man Barbarossa, so, I snatched a spell from Valkyrie Profile. Deal with it, all of his spells are going to be like that, unless creativity dawns upon me. I'll try and get a fourth chapter out soon. I'm going to try for one a day...but no promises. Until next time, have fun.