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Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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Chapter Eighteen
"Kagome... Higurashi? You wouldn't happen to be related to the great priestess Midoriko?" the young man asked me.
"Unfortunately... yes..." answered I.
He continued on, "Then, surely you must hold the powers of the great priestess within you?"
I sighed, "I don't know if I do or not, but even if I do, they are dormant and I have not had priestess training so I can't use it. Even if I did, it'd probably kill me," I replied.
"Well, if you come with me, then I'd surely ask father to hire a priest or priestess to train you," said the young man.
"I don't know about that. I mean, I have other things to do so I don't know if I have time to train at all. Plus, I'm too old to train anyways. Don't you have to be trained when you're a young child?"
"Yes," said he, "but I'm sure you'll do just fine Kagome. I know you will."
I smiled at him, "Thanks. Well, you know, I actually think that I may have one of the miko's powers that I've been training myself on."
"Oh really? What's that?" he asked.
"Well, when I shoot an arrow, I can kind of tell it where to go, you know? It's odd, but I can hit a bull's eye nine out of ten times and I've only jut begun recently!"
His eyes lit up, "Oh wow! That's amazing though, Kagome! I had to practice archery since I was a small child. It took me years, but I'm finally hitting a bull's eye ten out of ten! Pretty soon, you'll be able to hit it ten out of ten!"
I, again, smiled at him, "I guess."
"No, you will, I know you will Kagome!" he smiled back at me.
I liked this boy, but we would no longer be children in front of one another in a couple of years...
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"It's now or never."
I closed my eyes and let the arrow fly.
What I got in return was an agonizing, unearthly cry as two creatures came down to the earth from the one I shot at.
'What the...?'
I ran forward, leaving far behind the others and saw that there were two figures; one which looked to be a human and another that shielded the human was a... black dragon!?
'Oh right! Rune said that Dragon Masters use their dragons to fuse! Shit!'
I looked back to the soldiers who had followed me.
"Go back! Go back!!!" I shouted to them.
They then noticed the dragon and started to run back as it opened its huge jaws. Larges flames danced around its mouth and then fire spread from its mouth to where we were a moment ago.
"Hurry!" I yelled at them, but they weren't fast enough.
As the flames began to dance closer to me, I jumped out of the way and the men before me were toasted. I was lucky to be at the very far edge because if I weren't, I would have been fried along with the rest.
"Dammit!" I swore.
"Kagome!" my uncle called me again.
They were coming after me.
"No! Don't come! There's a fire-breathing dragon here!!!" I yelled to them.
They stopped where they were, but one person didn't.
"Rune! Go back!" I shouted.
She ignored me and continued on towards the two. The dragon began its mouth-of-flames show again, but stopped when it looked at her again.
'Huh?'
"This can't be," Rune breathed, "they died, all of them..."
"Not...all of them..." spoke another.
The injured man then got up. He looked the same as the Dragon Master, but as another man, he looked like... another man. His hair was golden brown and his eyes were just brown.
I noticed that my arrow had pierced him through in the leg. He broke off the arrowhead and pulled the rest out.
As he bandaged his leg he looked at Rune, "You seem to know of the Dragon Clan... Yes, they did get wiped out, but I am the sole survivor. I have no memories of my past, but I know that I am of the Dragon Clan and I serve the man who saved me with the utmost loyalty..."
He finished bandaging his leg and looked at his dragon that puffed out a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, they started to glow and a bright flash of light engulfed the area, but then faded away after a few minutes to reveal the same person I was fighting before.
"So... if it is your death wish that you seek my lady, I will grant your heart's deepest desire then," he said and took out his dark sword.
Rune seemed to be on the edge of tears again and bowed her head, waiting for her final moment. I started for her, but suddenly, I fell and could not move as the pain that had been numbed returned. I worked myself too hard and so it went through my system to quickly. My body was paralyzed and I could not move even a finger.
'Rune!'
The Dragon man threw the sword at her, controlling its speed and direction with his power.
Just when the sword came close enough for thereto be no one to save her and live too, the youkai lord pushed her out of the way and the sword ran through his heart instead.
"Lord InuTaisho!" Rune screamed.
It all seemed to be in slow mo. Lord InuTaisho fell to his knees, clutching onto the sword that was beginning to be covered by his own blood. He looked at it once more, then to all of us. He inhaled. He exhaled. Then he fell forward with one more breath. The impact with the ground made him lose his last breath and he died.
"Lord InuTaisho!" screamed Rune again.
She knelt by the youkai lord's side and started to shake him. I looked from Rune to the Dragon man. He had flown away already towards the setting sun in the horizon. I looked back at the dead king. Rune was inhaling and exhaling irregularly, but closed the dead eyes of the youkai king. She crawled back several feet and bowed to the king and didn't lift her head off the ground after the third time.
"Kagome! Rune!"
I was getting tired. The pain was too much, I could also feel my system begin to shut down. Was I going to die? I knew that I shouldn't have taken too much of the paaj-ua-zoo because I almost got killed the first time I took too much of it.
'Is this... the end?...'
People started to swarm over the bodies of the dead, the dead king, Rune and myself. My uncle told me to keep my eyes open, but I could barely hear him now, much less see him. Rune still stayed in he position as others tried to get her up, but she was staring to fade out. Everyone was starting to fade out...
"Don't leave me alone! Please!.."
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Something was itching me-no it was bothering me. What the hell?... What was that annoying pricking feeling?
I tried to move or flick it off, but my body was sore and if I moved, it hurt. So, I let the annoying things keep going.
'Am I in hell? Damn, is hell this annoying?'
My eyes started to open and a dark, but candlelit room met my sight. Well, a certain little something met my sight too. Despite my arm being sore, my hand slid up close to the little annoying thing that had woke me up.
'That's right little man, you're not getting away from me...'
I decided to take my chance. My hand shot up and grabbed whatever it was that was pricking on my nose.
"Mmpf!!!" came a small noise from inside my hand.
"Serves-" I croaked.
'Wha...? My voice hasn't recovered yet? Oh well...'
"Serves you right, Myouga," I croaked.
My hand unwrapped the flea servant of Lord InuTaisho and Inuyasha.
"Miss Kagome! What a surprise! And here I thought that I was having a tasty little feast on some other pretty maid's nose!" he exclaimed.
'Whatever...'
"Myouga," I croaked again and cleared my throat, "Lord... InuTaisho... Is he...?"
I was hoping that it wouldn't be true, but...
Myouga sat down on my hand and sighed, "Miss Kagome, he is dead. For almost a week now."
'A week!? I've been asleep for a week!?'
"And... Sesshou...Sesshoumaru?" I whispered.
"My lady-" he then stopped.
"What? Myouga, what is it?" I asked him.
Myouga looked around then turned back to me, "Miss Kagome, I am very sorry, but I must take my leave. The new Lord of Shatura will be angry if he knew that I was in here with you when he forbade none to enter."
"...What?" I mumbled.
He jumped off my hand and disappeared.
'New Lord of Shatura?.. Was it Inuyasha?... No, he didn't want Shatura, it was too big of a responsibility for him and he wanted to be alone in solitude with his woman... Unfortunately, I'm not the woman he wants to be with...
So... who could it be?...'
The doors to the room opened and the visitor came in.
"Who...who's there?" my voice croaked again.
"...The paaj-ua-zoo must have done worst to you than what we originally thought," replied the speaker.
Hearing his voice made my heart skip a beat. A tear slid down my cheek.
"...Sess...Sesshou...maru?" I whispered, secretly hoping that it was he.
"...Get some rest Kagome... you'll need it..." he replied.
He left. There was a squeak, or at least I thought I heard a squeak, but I fell asleep soon after thinking that it was nothing dangerous.
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"So... You've killed the king have you now?" Naraku asked.
Before him stood the Dragon man, fully garbed in his Dragon Knight armor and bowing.
He lifted his head, "Yes my lord. I know that you wished something else of me, but he got in the way and so I... I am sorry my lord."
Naraku smirked, "No, that'll do Ser. Although Sesshoumaru lives and is now king, it matters not. He will not be king for long. You may leave."
"My lord..." he bowed and left.
"Aren't you going to punish him?" his bandit cousin Onigumo asked.
Naraku sighed, "No. He's too good to have anything happen to him. Besides, he's an important player in my plans."
Onigumo raised an eyebrow, "Eh? Just like Prince Daleus and Princess Anala huh?"
Naraku blinked and smiled, "My, my, dear cousin. What a brilliant mind you have there. Yes, they are my pawns. The same as Celuruse and Delaruse. The kings there are too angry with Shatura to know what to think. That's why I'm their most trusted servant, Onigumo."
Onigumo scratched his head, "Hmm! You sure know how to play your cards cuz!"
"I always do," he told him, "now leave, I require a moment alone."
"Geez, touchy, touchy. No wonder why you're still single," Onigumo joked and left.
Naraku smirked. That wasn't true. He had been with many women, even married a couple of them, but they weren't worth much, probably good for a few nights, but he soon lost his interest in them, even with the whores or innocent maidens he came across.
Now, there was only one woman who dominated his thoughts every second of every day. He dreamt nightly of the day he would bed her and take her as many times as he wanted whether it was night or day.
He looked at his mirror again and grinned a dark smile, "Show me... her."
The mirror began to fog up. After a few seconds, it started to reveal a sleeping girl in bed. Her hair was no longer green like before, but that was because she had been asleep all that time. Her patch was gone, but he enjoyed looking at her fair skin even more. Her red cape was gone, but he liked looking at her curves and body. It was much better than imagining it.
Gods! He wanted her so bad. He could just as easily sneak into her room in the middle of the night and take her there, but he knew that he things to take care of before he could.
"Sleep tight my Kagome... Because you'll be sleeping tight in my arms or rather, seeking pleasure there when I'm done. Sweet dreams..." he grinned darkly.
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I tried to write action in this one and the one before, but when you're tired and sleepy, you tend to go a little off board. I do that A LOT!!! If there are any grammar or spelling problems, please don't tell me. When I'm bored or sleepy, I never get anything right. R & R! (^_^)
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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Chapter Eighteen
"Kagome... Higurashi? You wouldn't happen to be related to the great priestess Midoriko?" the young man asked me.
"Unfortunately... yes..." answered I.
He continued on, "Then, surely you must hold the powers of the great priestess within you?"
I sighed, "I don't know if I do or not, but even if I do, they are dormant and I have not had priestess training so I can't use it. Even if I did, it'd probably kill me," I replied.
"Well, if you come with me, then I'd surely ask father to hire a priest or priestess to train you," said the young man.
"I don't know about that. I mean, I have other things to do so I don't know if I have time to train at all. Plus, I'm too old to train anyways. Don't you have to be trained when you're a young child?"
"Yes," said he, "but I'm sure you'll do just fine Kagome. I know you will."
I smiled at him, "Thanks. Well, you know, I actually think that I may have one of the miko's powers that I've been training myself on."
"Oh really? What's that?" he asked.
"Well, when I shoot an arrow, I can kind of tell it where to go, you know? It's odd, but I can hit a bull's eye nine out of ten times and I've only jut begun recently!"
His eyes lit up, "Oh wow! That's amazing though, Kagome! I had to practice archery since I was a small child. It took me years, but I'm finally hitting a bull's eye ten out of ten! Pretty soon, you'll be able to hit it ten out of ten!"
I, again, smiled at him, "I guess."
"No, you will, I know you will Kagome!" he smiled back at me.
I liked this boy, but we would no longer be children in front of one another in a couple of years...
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"It's now or never."
I closed my eyes and let the arrow fly.
What I got in return was an agonizing, unearthly cry as two creatures came down to the earth from the one I shot at.
'What the...?'
I ran forward, leaving far behind the others and saw that there were two figures; one which looked to be a human and another that shielded the human was a... black dragon!?
'Oh right! Rune said that Dragon Masters use their dragons to fuse! Shit!'
I looked back to the soldiers who had followed me.
"Go back! Go back!!!" I shouted to them.
They then noticed the dragon and started to run back as it opened its huge jaws. Larges flames danced around its mouth and then fire spread from its mouth to where we were a moment ago.
"Hurry!" I yelled at them, but they weren't fast enough.
As the flames began to dance closer to me, I jumped out of the way and the men before me were toasted. I was lucky to be at the very far edge because if I weren't, I would have been fried along with the rest.
"Dammit!" I swore.
"Kagome!" my uncle called me again.
They were coming after me.
"No! Don't come! There's a fire-breathing dragon here!!!" I yelled to them.
They stopped where they were, but one person didn't.
"Rune! Go back!" I shouted.
She ignored me and continued on towards the two. The dragon began its mouth-of-flames show again, but stopped when it looked at her again.
'Huh?'
"This can't be," Rune breathed, "they died, all of them..."
"Not...all of them..." spoke another.
The injured man then got up. He looked the same as the Dragon Master, but as another man, he looked like... another man. His hair was golden brown and his eyes were just brown.
I noticed that my arrow had pierced him through in the leg. He broke off the arrowhead and pulled the rest out.
As he bandaged his leg he looked at Rune, "You seem to know of the Dragon Clan... Yes, they did get wiped out, but I am the sole survivor. I have no memories of my past, but I know that I am of the Dragon Clan and I serve the man who saved me with the utmost loyalty..."
He finished bandaging his leg and looked at his dragon that puffed out a cloud of smoke. Suddenly, they started to glow and a bright flash of light engulfed the area, but then faded away after a few minutes to reveal the same person I was fighting before.
"So... if it is your death wish that you seek my lady, I will grant your heart's deepest desire then," he said and took out his dark sword.
Rune seemed to be on the edge of tears again and bowed her head, waiting for her final moment. I started for her, but suddenly, I fell and could not move as the pain that had been numbed returned. I worked myself too hard and so it went through my system to quickly. My body was paralyzed and I could not move even a finger.
'Rune!'
The Dragon man threw the sword at her, controlling its speed and direction with his power.
Just when the sword came close enough for thereto be no one to save her and live too, the youkai lord pushed her out of the way and the sword ran through his heart instead.
"Lord InuTaisho!" Rune screamed.
It all seemed to be in slow mo. Lord InuTaisho fell to his knees, clutching onto the sword that was beginning to be covered by his own blood. He looked at it once more, then to all of us. He inhaled. He exhaled. Then he fell forward with one more breath. The impact with the ground made him lose his last breath and he died.
"Lord InuTaisho!" screamed Rune again.
She knelt by the youkai lord's side and started to shake him. I looked from Rune to the Dragon man. He had flown away already towards the setting sun in the horizon. I looked back at the dead king. Rune was inhaling and exhaling irregularly, but closed the dead eyes of the youkai king. She crawled back several feet and bowed to the king and didn't lift her head off the ground after the third time.
"Kagome! Rune!"
I was getting tired. The pain was too much, I could also feel my system begin to shut down. Was I going to die? I knew that I shouldn't have taken too much of the paaj-ua-zoo because I almost got killed the first time I took too much of it.
'Is this... the end?...'
People started to swarm over the bodies of the dead, the dead king, Rune and myself. My uncle told me to keep my eyes open, but I could barely hear him now, much less see him. Rune still stayed in he position as others tried to get her up, but she was staring to fade out. Everyone was starting to fade out...
"Don't leave me alone! Please!.."
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Something was itching me-no it was bothering me. What the hell?... What was that annoying pricking feeling?
I tried to move or flick it off, but my body was sore and if I moved, it hurt. So, I let the annoying things keep going.
'Am I in hell? Damn, is hell this annoying?'
My eyes started to open and a dark, but candlelit room met my sight. Well, a certain little something met my sight too. Despite my arm being sore, my hand slid up close to the little annoying thing that had woke me up.
'That's right little man, you're not getting away from me...'
I decided to take my chance. My hand shot up and grabbed whatever it was that was pricking on my nose.
"Mmpf!!!" came a small noise from inside my hand.
"Serves-" I croaked.
'Wha...? My voice hasn't recovered yet? Oh well...'
"Serves you right, Myouga," I croaked.
My hand unwrapped the flea servant of Lord InuTaisho and Inuyasha.
"Miss Kagome! What a surprise! And here I thought that I was having a tasty little feast on some other pretty maid's nose!" he exclaimed.
'Whatever...'
"Myouga," I croaked again and cleared my throat, "Lord... InuTaisho... Is he...?"
I was hoping that it wouldn't be true, but...
Myouga sat down on my hand and sighed, "Miss Kagome, he is dead. For almost a week now."
'A week!? I've been asleep for a week!?'
"And... Sesshou...Sesshoumaru?" I whispered.
"My lady-" he then stopped.
"What? Myouga, what is it?" I asked him.
Myouga looked around then turned back to me, "Miss Kagome, I am very sorry, but I must take my leave. The new Lord of Shatura will be angry if he knew that I was in here with you when he forbade none to enter."
"...What?" I mumbled.
He jumped off my hand and disappeared.
'New Lord of Shatura?.. Was it Inuyasha?... No, he didn't want Shatura, it was too big of a responsibility for him and he wanted to be alone in solitude with his woman... Unfortunately, I'm not the woman he wants to be with...
So... who could it be?...'
The doors to the room opened and the visitor came in.
"Who...who's there?" my voice croaked again.
"...The paaj-ua-zoo must have done worst to you than what we originally thought," replied the speaker.
Hearing his voice made my heart skip a beat. A tear slid down my cheek.
"...Sess...Sesshou...maru?" I whispered, secretly hoping that it was he.
"...Get some rest Kagome... you'll need it..." he replied.
He left. There was a squeak, or at least I thought I heard a squeak, but I fell asleep soon after thinking that it was nothing dangerous.
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"So... You've killed the king have you now?" Naraku asked.
Before him stood the Dragon man, fully garbed in his Dragon Knight armor and bowing.
He lifted his head, "Yes my lord. I know that you wished something else of me, but he got in the way and so I... I am sorry my lord."
Naraku smirked, "No, that'll do Ser. Although Sesshoumaru lives and is now king, it matters not. He will not be king for long. You may leave."
"My lord..." he bowed and left.
"Aren't you going to punish him?" his bandit cousin Onigumo asked.
Naraku sighed, "No. He's too good to have anything happen to him. Besides, he's an important player in my plans."
Onigumo raised an eyebrow, "Eh? Just like Prince Daleus and Princess Anala huh?"
Naraku blinked and smiled, "My, my, dear cousin. What a brilliant mind you have there. Yes, they are my pawns. The same as Celuruse and Delaruse. The kings there are too angry with Shatura to know what to think. That's why I'm their most trusted servant, Onigumo."
Onigumo scratched his head, "Hmm! You sure know how to play your cards cuz!"
"I always do," he told him, "now leave, I require a moment alone."
"Geez, touchy, touchy. No wonder why you're still single," Onigumo joked and left.
Naraku smirked. That wasn't true. He had been with many women, even married a couple of them, but they weren't worth much, probably good for a few nights, but he soon lost his interest in them, even with the whores or innocent maidens he came across.
Now, there was only one woman who dominated his thoughts every second of every day. He dreamt nightly of the day he would bed her and take her as many times as he wanted whether it was night or day.
He looked at his mirror again and grinned a dark smile, "Show me... her."
The mirror began to fog up. After a few seconds, it started to reveal a sleeping girl in bed. Her hair was no longer green like before, but that was because she had been asleep all that time. Her patch was gone, but he enjoyed looking at her fair skin even more. Her red cape was gone, but he liked looking at her curves and body. It was much better than imagining it.
Gods! He wanted her so bad. He could just as easily sneak into her room in the middle of the night and take her there, but he knew that he things to take care of before he could.
"Sleep tight my Kagome... Because you'll be sleeping tight in my arms or rather, seeking pleasure there when I'm done. Sweet dreams..." he grinned darkly.
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I tried to write action in this one and the one before, but when you're tired and sleepy, you tend to go a little off board. I do that A LOT!!! If there are any grammar or spelling problems, please don't tell me. When I'm bored or sleepy, I never get anything right. R & R! (^_^)