Chapter 25!!!! YES!!!! Well, I'm gonna try to shorten the chapters by grouping up the smaller ones together so expect changes. Don't worry, the story'll be the same though.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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I was in love...
I didn't care what anyone said or thought, or even what uncle would say. I was a girl who was in love!
I finally felt accepted at last, truly accepted. Sure, I was only fourteen, but many people told me that I had aged far beyond my years. I acted, thought and even looked older than a fourteen year old. In a way, that was true. I was brought up a little differently than everyone else. A little different... An outcast actually... A little lonely... I guess my only close friend was Souta, my own cousin who was seven years younger than me. How would I tell him that I might be going away?
I was jumping from tree to tree. Silent was my voice and nothing else. I had to get home and tell everyone that I would be going with... with him... The man whom I loved. Well, he was only a couple of years older than me, but still... we were both the same kind of people, loners, abandoned since birth by many despite several who made our lives a little more significant to at least live.
It was then that I passed several people who were surrounded by many men. Were they robbers? I don't know, but I had to help them. I knew I would be breaking a rule of the clan, never help anyone unless they help you or if you're hired to do so. So what? I was in a good mood.
I jumped in, killed many of the men and for some reason, they didn't fight like your average road muggers. They were quite strong in fact. Who the hell were they? They were pretty strong so the fighting got kind of rocky, but I slew all of them. When I wiped my sword clean of their blood, I realized that I did not have my mask on to cover my face.
"Thank you..." said a voice behind me.
I looked behind me and saw the innocent ones who had been attacked. It was a young man, probably in his late teens and in his arms was a young woman, maybe slightly older, but she was out cold. He noticed my eyes on her.
"She's fine. They just knocked her out cold before you got here... and I'm glad that you... Thank you for saving our lives miss...?" he hesistated in saying.
I could see the thankfulness in his eyes, but maybe he feared me a little? Maybe...
I looked at him a little longer. He was expecting an answer...
'Oh well, it's not like I'll be an assassin any longer anyways...'
I smiled at him, taking him a little by surprised, "Kagome."
He looked a little confused, "What?"
"My name is Kagome," I smiled again and jumped off into the forest.
So what if I gave my name away? It's not like he's ever going to see me again anyways. I'm going to marry my lover anyways! I promised him...
Promises can be made... but they can also be broken...
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Chapter Twenty-Five
I don't know how long it was.. Several seconds?.. minutes?... hours? It felt like days, but we had only been there since dawn so probably a few hours was the length of our time there so far... but it really seemed more like many days had passed since we had been fighting.
"GAH!!!!" screeched a now-fallen demon.
I pulled my sword out from the corpse just in time to block several arrows from high on top. Quickly, I pulled out several darts hidden in my wristband and threw them as hard as possible to whomever it was that was shooting at Megumi and myself.
Several screams and howls from atop the walls were drowned out by the sounds of more demons and metal.
Clank!
I looked over to Megumi. Both of her swords were blocking two enemy attacks, one from the front and the other from the side. She was stuck and I noticed another demon notch an arrow at her.
'Megumi!'
I slashed the next demon in my face just before I turned to help her. I took out my last dart reserves, leaving one dart left and threw them at the demon archer. The darts took the demon by surprised. It choked for a bit, no screams, and fell dead in less than ten seconds.
"Meg-" I started to shout, but stopped.
Something sharp and painful, extremely painful dug itself into my back. I could feel my blood flow out and down my back
I screamed.
I suddenly swung my sword around, taking the demon whom had just harmed me by surprise and his head was lopped off the next second before he could react.
I forced myself not to cringe in pain as the wound in my back spread all over my body and ignored the blood that oozed down my back, staining my battle attire. Blood... was the drive for demons to fight like berserkers... I had made a foolish mistake. Hopefully, this would not bring me down...
'Maybe I should have brought some paaj-ua-zoos...'
I jumped to my feet, literally, and forced myself into the air, doing a backflip to get behind the demon who came up behind me. It turned its head as I brought the sword down, cutting the creature of darkness in half. It barely let out a screech by the time I landed... and fell to my knees. I had been kicked in the back of my knees the moment before my feet touched the ground. My sword fell out of my hands due to the pressure of the kick and hit the ground. My knees pounded into the ground and I screamed in pain as if they had just been through the grinder.
'Shit! That's gonna leave a mark!!!!'
Claws wrapped around my neck, the sharp points digging into my flesh, just above my vein. Blood... My own... I could feel the warm liquid flow down my neck as he rose me up into the air. My hands immediately went to my neck, trying to force the claws off for air.
"You foolish idiot... Woman or not, you will die now!" the thing snickered.
I should have been pleading for my life, or somehow wishing for a miracle to happen, but that wasn't the main focus of my thoughts there. I looked over to Megumi who was barely holding on. There were cuts and bruises on her face and gashes in her shoulders, arms and legs. Her blood kept flowing from all her wounds. If she did not get help soon, she would die of loss of blood... As would I... Her torso wasn't doing so good either...
She was breathing heavily, ready to strike down the next victim of the crimson blades. I worried for her... She had to live!!!
The claws dug deeper. The demon really seemed to be taking his sweet time...
'Probably enjoys his victim's suffering... That'll his downfall... Sad, he won't be able to do it anymore...'
I pulled my last dart from one of my wristbands and rammed it hard enough into his claw and not go through into my own throat.
"AAAAAAAAGH!!!!" he screamed in pain.
I could see its blood dripping down my clothes, mingling with my own. I started to twist the dart just a little and he finally dropped me to secure the well-being of his claw. Well, he didn't live long. I got down low and twirled, kicking him down as I grabbed my sword. Before he touched the ground, I stabbed the sword into his throat. Blood squirted out from his mouth and neck. He gargled a bit, gasping for air, but suddenly fell dead the moment he hit the ground.
"Demons..." I scoffed, blowing loose strands of hair back.
Suddenly, I felt something strong coming our way, VERY strong. It's power seemed immense and awesomely strong! It reeked of great darkness and was tainted with a fearsome evil.
I turned back to Megumi who was now just barely holding on. She looked waaaaaaaay out of it. She was ready to collapse, but her training as an assassin paid off. She was alert and slew those who jumped at her.
A demon suddenly lunged at me and I quickly swung my sword up. The demon fell in two pieces as I jumped over it to get to Megumi. For those demons in my way, I just suddenly started to swing my sword around, hoping it would ward the demons away from me for at least a second as I made my way to Megumi. She cut off a demon's hand and as it screamed, she beheaded it the moment I got to her.
I stabbed the nearest demon to her and used it to throw at the oncoming demons behind me. I grabbed Megumi's hand and pulled her away just in the nick of time. A demon jumped down, hitting the ground where Megumi originally was a nanosecond later.
Megumi panted, "Kagome! Do you feel-"
"Yes!... Very strong!... Bad... Me... Kick... Rune's butt... When... home...!" I managed to say through pants.
We ran, with a bunch of demons after us, throwing stuff at us and those who were in front of us barely got to do their war cry as both of us slashed them through. Wherever we were running to, there seemed to be more demons so...
'We must be getting close to the center! The throne room!"
We spotted some stairs leading up... very far up to the castle. At the top were two massive doors and split into two ways going left and right of the doors and became more stairs going up to the higher ground and levels.
'This is good! We'll be able to spot Rune easier!'
"Great! We need to go up there! The stairs Megumi!" I shouted to her.
She nodded with a big inhale of air.
We ran up the long stony blocked stairs, well, not really running. We jumped on top of dead demons that we had slain to get to the top.
"Too...many!"
Megumi was starting to lag behind.
"Come on! We gotta keep-" I started and swung at a demon who fell over the side dead, "We gotta keep moving. We're outrunning them!.. Kinda!"
We made it to the top. There were the two huge doors in front of us with three huge pillars and two more ways, one going left , the other went right.
"Which way!?" I asked Megumi panicky.
"I don't know! You're the one who was leading me!" she yelled even though she was out of breath.
The screeches and screams of demons behind us were, well, VERY close behind us. Panic set in. Where to go!?
"Okay! Eeny, meeny, miney- oh what the heck! The doors!" I said frantically.
I ran ahead and she followed suit.
"Kagome! I don't think-" she started to say.
I pushed the huge doors open with a loud bang, making her pause for a second in her sentence. The moment we entered, I regretted making that decision.
"-that's a good idea..." she finished as we slowed down from rushing into the room.
'NOW you tell me!...'
Litters of demons were in the room, throne room in fact. The room was very big and spacious. Everywhere, there were demons, on the floor, walls, corners... even the tall ceiling! To the far side away from us was the throne, two actually. On the throne were two people, male and female, most probably the brother and sister, the new leaders of the country.
My first reaction?
"Ssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!.."
There was laughing, demonic chuckling and evil laughter.
"Megumi! We gotta-" but I was cut off.
"Crimson Blade and Crimson Dream! Fancy seeing you barge into out castle, much less coming into our land without permission!" spoke a clearly feminine voice.
I swore again.
The sister put on a bored face, much like Sesshoumaru, but more like she needed a new hobby and freakier.
"My, my... What strong words Crimson Dream! Hmm... I've heard that you're a man, but some say you're a woman... Would you mind telling me what your gender is? I prefer males if I'm to have my fun..." she chuckled lazily with a smirk.
Shivers ran down my back. Nasty...
'Why the hell am I here again?... Oh right, Rune...'
"Depends..." my disguised voice answered, "would you be surprised if I said I was a woman?"
I heard the demons chuckling a little, most likely that the next meal was on the way. I tried not to look at them, but made sure to keep some distance and an eye on them in case they should attack us.
Her lips turned into a grimace, "Are you?"
I smirked, "Do you think I am? Hell, I may be a guy for all you know, or I might even be a woman!"
She scowled at me with impatience and annoyance. Her face expression was that of irritation and anger. She stomped her way to standing and pointed a long, slender finger with a long dark red-painted fingernail at me.
"You fool! Are you playing riddles with me?! You will die for that imbecile!" she screeched menacingly.
She waved her hand at us and the demons pounced on us like a predator does to his prey.
'Help...'
"Stop!" came the voice of my rescuer.
Suddenly, the demons withdrew back quickly at that. Not only did they draw back, they ran outside the windows and some hid deeply in the shadows as if to conceal themselves from the speaker.
"Why have you stopped them!? I want th-that thing over there killed for puzzling me!" screeched the friggin banshee.
Suddenly, we felt it. That great and awesome evil dark energy we felt before. What the hell was it!? We went to our swords again, this time, ready, even for death if need be. From behind the two siblings, I could feel the power, the cold and icy feeling that it radiated sent chills down my back. I shivered despite it not being too cold. Then suddenly, that dark fearsome power disappeared. As if it had just been wiped it out like a small stain on the floor that was no longer there. It had been there, but... it wasn't there anymore. Instead... I felt the presence of a person, human being? Don't know, but we were on our guard.
'What the hell...?'
From one of the shadows behind them, emerged a dark man. Well, dark wouldn't really describe all of him. He had long wavy coal black hair. His skin was as pale as an ill person, almost like snow, but his build was rather tall and strong if you got a good look at him even though he appeared sickly. His dark eyes crept around the room, first the brother and sister, then the walls to Megumi and finally those dark lazy orbs rested on me. His eyes were... I don't know. Cold, but... something very uncomforting...yet... slightly alluring... He grinned at me, more like a lustful and catty grin as if to say, "you're mine." Almost possessive they were and I tried to look away, but couldn't tear my eyes away. It was as if he had paralyzed me on the spot.
"Naraku! You ruined my fun!" pouted the bitch. (Hey! She was annoying!)
Naraku paid her no heed as he made his way-no, more like glided his way towards me, his face taking on an even darker look, almost sadistic and animalistic.
"Kagome!" whispered a terrified Megumi.
I couldn't move.
'What the hell!?'
My feet just refused to move.
"Kagome!" she called me again, more frantically.
"I-I can't!" replied I.
"Crap!" said Megumi.
I heard her swords clank as she rushed forward at Naraku. He deftly raised his right hand, palm out directing towards Megumi, but his gaze and dark look was still on me. When she got close enough, she swung her swords down, but suddenly, an invisible force flew her into the air, punched her around a couple times and threw her over to where the twins sat. She landed with a heavy thud, unconscious and still. I feared for the worst, but for some reason, my fear of the incoming man, Naraku, was overtaking everything else.
"Kagome... My Kagome..." he smiled devilishly.
I could feel the panic, the fear and the adrenaline pumping.
'WAH!!!! GET ME AWAY!!!!'
He stopped before me, our bodies barely touching, barely inches apart. He was about a head taller than me. I could barely raise my head because of my paralysis. His face leaned in close to mine, so close that I could feel his hot breath in my skin. Goosebumps rose on my skin and my hairs were probably standing stiff just as I was.
"Kagome..." he murmured.
He took my right hand in his left and kiss it. It felt oddly cold, almost like... like that one time... I felt that I had been kissed by ice...
When he took his lips away from my hand, relief rushed over me, but was only temporary. He still held onto my hand, but his attention decided to run the other hand through my hair. He stroked it for a bit, almost reveling in the feel of it.
'So what if I don't comb it well!? Stop touching it!'
I suddenly realized that I was holding my breath. I let it out slowly and breathed in tiny gulps as his face moved in and caressed itself into the hair that he stroked.
"Mmm... Kagome... You smell wonderful... Just the same as always..." he chuckled seductively.
I tensed up even more and my breaths were quicker.
'WHAT!?'
His warm, cold lips pressed against my ear. I squeezed my ears shut as his lips opened and his teeth nibbled lightly on the rim of my ear.
He chuckled his sweet, honey-like voice again. "Innocent as always... Kagome..."
Then... I felt something hot and wet lick my ear... it was... the tongue...
'GAH!!!!! HE'S MOLESTING MY EAR!!!! HELP!!!'
My eyes shut itself tighter and I held my breath for who knows how long before a masculine voice broke in.
"Ahem..." coughed he.
Naraku stopped. I opened one eye and saw that he was sort of pissed off. He looked at the brother who sat on the throne.
"Is something the matter... your lordship?" said Naraku in his dangerous yet sweet tone of voice.
The king got off his throne and cleared his throat again.
"Naraku," he began, "from what I recall, we agreed that there would be nothing taken until victory was ours?"
Naraku gave him an unexpressive look, then a smirk appeared on his face, "Oh, I seemed to have forgotten about that... Thank you for reminding me..."
He turned to me and smiled... and for some reason... it looked gentle for a second there... Was that the same guy who-uh-licked my ear?
I was still stuck in place, yes, I was paralyzed, but at least he was moving away from me. Relief washed over me again and panic dwindled away slowly, little by little... but... my fear was still up high. Where the hell was Rune and was Megumi ok?
"Is this her?" the brother pointed at Megumi with his foot.
Naraku looked at her as he came up to her still body.
"Yes, from what I've gathered, this should be the one who ruined your kingdom and slew your father," he answered.
The brother looked down at Megumi, a look of anger flashing across his face.
The king took in a deep breath, trying to relax the building anger. "So... she killed father..."
The queen rose from her throne and strutted around Naraku. She finally went up behind him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, leaning on him as she peered over at the unconscious female on the floor. Naraku frowned at her action, not the least bit attracted to her sluttish (AN: Is that even a word? It didn't underline that word with I did SpellCheck) skills.
She started to giggle, a giggle that was devoid of feelings but of her selfish and snobby attitude.
"She looks so fragile, too fragile to be Crimson Blade... Shall I cut her up and feed her to our pets, brother dearest? I'd be glad to," she smirked sadistically at the crimson warrior.
Naraku shrugged her off and moved away.. Her hands fell to her rest on her hips. Her mouth was in a pout and her eyes like those of a puppy.
"Aw! Naraku! I'm so hurt!" she whined.
'I'm so annoyed...'
Suddenly, I noticed that Megumi opened an eye.
'She's okay!'
Suddenly, she jumped at the queen with a small dagger that she hid, who jumped away at the last moment, but her carelessness gave her a large gash on her oh-so-beautiful hand.
"OW!!!! THAT HURT!!!" she screeched.
The brother pushed his sister back quickly and drew his own sword out in less than a second. He lunged at Megumi at such a quick speed that even Megumi did not expect it, but her dagger blocked the attack for a second... For a second at least... He pushed forward with such strength that her dagger fell from her grasp, but as he slashed forward, Megumi was quicker before the sword struck her chest and cart wheeled backwards to where I was.
When she rose to stand up, she cringed a bit. There, on her shoulder, was a bad gash, given to her by the king. I then realized that the paralysis was gone and I grabbed her arm.
"Megumi!"
"I'm fine!" she told me in haste.
Her face looked that of pain. I looked to the king. He stood still, with his sword down, dripping with Megumi's blood to his side. Then he took out a handkerchief, wiped off her blood and pointed it at us.
"Crimson Blade, you may have outwitted our own half-brother to fighting against his own father, our father the king, but our father was a great and powerful king. We absolutely cannot let you go around dishonoring his name the way you've done these past two years," he announced.
I could tell that he was going to come at Megumi, but she was in worse shape than I. My attention suddenly drifted for a moment to Naraku who was looking on at the fight in interest, but the fight wasn't the only thing that interested him. The moment I looked at him, he smirked at me with those dark and depthless eyes of his. Megumi swore, bring me back to her and the king. I quickly turned away to notice that the king had made his move towards Megumi.
I gripped onto the sword and as he came close, I got in front of her and deflected the attack, taking him by surprise. His sword went flying out of his hands and I took this chance of an opening to ram myself into him. I put all of my strength into it and it sent him flying all the way past the throne into the wall behind.
"Oh brother!!!" screamed the annoying sister.
It happened so fast that I was still falling with nothing to stop me. My sword left my hand the second he hit the wall. I fell to the ground the moment after the sister screamed. That push that I gave the brother took everything out of me. It wasn't supposed to be like that... It wasn't... Why was I so weak all of a sudden? This had never happen to me before. I had never been so weak before I... before I came to this assignment...
"I'm sorry..." I said to noone in particular.
"Kagome!" screamed the injured Megumi.
My eyes were getting heavy, so drowsy... Darkness fell upon me though I did not wish for it.
The last thing I heard was the laughter of Naraku drowning out Megumi's screams.
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Duh duh duh!!!! What'll happen next!!!??? Well, that will be it for now. You'll have to wait patiently for the next story. Sorries, but I got an ACT test coming up and Sadie Hawkins Dance so the earliest I can work on this is next week. Well, byes now! Thanks for reading! (^_^)
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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I was in love...
I didn't care what anyone said or thought, or even what uncle would say. I was a girl who was in love!
I finally felt accepted at last, truly accepted. Sure, I was only fourteen, but many people told me that I had aged far beyond my years. I acted, thought and even looked older than a fourteen year old. In a way, that was true. I was brought up a little differently than everyone else. A little different... An outcast actually... A little lonely... I guess my only close friend was Souta, my own cousin who was seven years younger than me. How would I tell him that I might be going away?
I was jumping from tree to tree. Silent was my voice and nothing else. I had to get home and tell everyone that I would be going with... with him... The man whom I loved. Well, he was only a couple of years older than me, but still... we were both the same kind of people, loners, abandoned since birth by many despite several who made our lives a little more significant to at least live.
It was then that I passed several people who were surrounded by many men. Were they robbers? I don't know, but I had to help them. I knew I would be breaking a rule of the clan, never help anyone unless they help you or if you're hired to do so. So what? I was in a good mood.
I jumped in, killed many of the men and for some reason, they didn't fight like your average road muggers. They were quite strong in fact. Who the hell were they? They were pretty strong so the fighting got kind of rocky, but I slew all of them. When I wiped my sword clean of their blood, I realized that I did not have my mask on to cover my face.
"Thank you..." said a voice behind me.
I looked behind me and saw the innocent ones who had been attacked. It was a young man, probably in his late teens and in his arms was a young woman, maybe slightly older, but she was out cold. He noticed my eyes on her.
"She's fine. They just knocked her out cold before you got here... and I'm glad that you... Thank you for saving our lives miss...?" he hesistated in saying.
I could see the thankfulness in his eyes, but maybe he feared me a little? Maybe...
I looked at him a little longer. He was expecting an answer...
'Oh well, it's not like I'll be an assassin any longer anyways...'
I smiled at him, taking him a little by surprised, "Kagome."
He looked a little confused, "What?"
"My name is Kagome," I smiled again and jumped off into the forest.
So what if I gave my name away? It's not like he's ever going to see me again anyways. I'm going to marry my lover anyways! I promised him...
Promises can be made... but they can also be broken...
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Chapter Twenty-Five
I don't know how long it was.. Several seconds?.. minutes?... hours? It felt like days, but we had only been there since dawn so probably a few hours was the length of our time there so far... but it really seemed more like many days had passed since we had been fighting.
"GAH!!!!" screeched a now-fallen demon.
I pulled my sword out from the corpse just in time to block several arrows from high on top. Quickly, I pulled out several darts hidden in my wristband and threw them as hard as possible to whomever it was that was shooting at Megumi and myself.
Several screams and howls from atop the walls were drowned out by the sounds of more demons and metal.
Clank!
I looked over to Megumi. Both of her swords were blocking two enemy attacks, one from the front and the other from the side. She was stuck and I noticed another demon notch an arrow at her.
'Megumi!'
I slashed the next demon in my face just before I turned to help her. I took out my last dart reserves, leaving one dart left and threw them at the demon archer. The darts took the demon by surprised. It choked for a bit, no screams, and fell dead in less than ten seconds.
"Meg-" I started to shout, but stopped.
Something sharp and painful, extremely painful dug itself into my back. I could feel my blood flow out and down my back
I screamed.
I suddenly swung my sword around, taking the demon whom had just harmed me by surprise and his head was lopped off the next second before he could react.
I forced myself not to cringe in pain as the wound in my back spread all over my body and ignored the blood that oozed down my back, staining my battle attire. Blood... was the drive for demons to fight like berserkers... I had made a foolish mistake. Hopefully, this would not bring me down...
'Maybe I should have brought some paaj-ua-zoos...'
I jumped to my feet, literally, and forced myself into the air, doing a backflip to get behind the demon who came up behind me. It turned its head as I brought the sword down, cutting the creature of darkness in half. It barely let out a screech by the time I landed... and fell to my knees. I had been kicked in the back of my knees the moment before my feet touched the ground. My sword fell out of my hands due to the pressure of the kick and hit the ground. My knees pounded into the ground and I screamed in pain as if they had just been through the grinder.
'Shit! That's gonna leave a mark!!!!'
Claws wrapped around my neck, the sharp points digging into my flesh, just above my vein. Blood... My own... I could feel the warm liquid flow down my neck as he rose me up into the air. My hands immediately went to my neck, trying to force the claws off for air.
"You foolish idiot... Woman or not, you will die now!" the thing snickered.
I should have been pleading for my life, or somehow wishing for a miracle to happen, but that wasn't the main focus of my thoughts there. I looked over to Megumi who was barely holding on. There were cuts and bruises on her face and gashes in her shoulders, arms and legs. Her blood kept flowing from all her wounds. If she did not get help soon, she would die of loss of blood... As would I... Her torso wasn't doing so good either...
She was breathing heavily, ready to strike down the next victim of the crimson blades. I worried for her... She had to live!!!
The claws dug deeper. The demon really seemed to be taking his sweet time...
'Probably enjoys his victim's suffering... That'll his downfall... Sad, he won't be able to do it anymore...'
I pulled my last dart from one of my wristbands and rammed it hard enough into his claw and not go through into my own throat.
"AAAAAAAAGH!!!!" he screamed in pain.
I could see its blood dripping down my clothes, mingling with my own. I started to twist the dart just a little and he finally dropped me to secure the well-being of his claw. Well, he didn't live long. I got down low and twirled, kicking him down as I grabbed my sword. Before he touched the ground, I stabbed the sword into his throat. Blood squirted out from his mouth and neck. He gargled a bit, gasping for air, but suddenly fell dead the moment he hit the ground.
"Demons..." I scoffed, blowing loose strands of hair back.
Suddenly, I felt something strong coming our way, VERY strong. It's power seemed immense and awesomely strong! It reeked of great darkness and was tainted with a fearsome evil.
I turned back to Megumi who was now just barely holding on. She looked waaaaaaaay out of it. She was ready to collapse, but her training as an assassin paid off. She was alert and slew those who jumped at her.
A demon suddenly lunged at me and I quickly swung my sword up. The demon fell in two pieces as I jumped over it to get to Megumi. For those demons in my way, I just suddenly started to swing my sword around, hoping it would ward the demons away from me for at least a second as I made my way to Megumi. She cut off a demon's hand and as it screamed, she beheaded it the moment I got to her.
I stabbed the nearest demon to her and used it to throw at the oncoming demons behind me. I grabbed Megumi's hand and pulled her away just in the nick of time. A demon jumped down, hitting the ground where Megumi originally was a nanosecond later.
Megumi panted, "Kagome! Do you feel-"
"Yes!... Very strong!... Bad... Me... Kick... Rune's butt... When... home...!" I managed to say through pants.
We ran, with a bunch of demons after us, throwing stuff at us and those who were in front of us barely got to do their war cry as both of us slashed them through. Wherever we were running to, there seemed to be more demons so...
'We must be getting close to the center! The throne room!"
We spotted some stairs leading up... very far up to the castle. At the top were two massive doors and split into two ways going left and right of the doors and became more stairs going up to the higher ground and levels.
'This is good! We'll be able to spot Rune easier!'
"Great! We need to go up there! The stairs Megumi!" I shouted to her.
She nodded with a big inhale of air.
We ran up the long stony blocked stairs, well, not really running. We jumped on top of dead demons that we had slain to get to the top.
"Too...many!"
Megumi was starting to lag behind.
"Come on! We gotta keep-" I started and swung at a demon who fell over the side dead, "We gotta keep moving. We're outrunning them!.. Kinda!"
We made it to the top. There were the two huge doors in front of us with three huge pillars and two more ways, one going left , the other went right.
"Which way!?" I asked Megumi panicky.
"I don't know! You're the one who was leading me!" she yelled even though she was out of breath.
The screeches and screams of demons behind us were, well, VERY close behind us. Panic set in. Where to go!?
"Okay! Eeny, meeny, miney- oh what the heck! The doors!" I said frantically.
I ran ahead and she followed suit.
"Kagome! I don't think-" she started to say.
I pushed the huge doors open with a loud bang, making her pause for a second in her sentence. The moment we entered, I regretted making that decision.
"-that's a good idea..." she finished as we slowed down from rushing into the room.
'NOW you tell me!...'
Litters of demons were in the room, throne room in fact. The room was very big and spacious. Everywhere, there were demons, on the floor, walls, corners... even the tall ceiling! To the far side away from us was the throne, two actually. On the throne were two people, male and female, most probably the brother and sister, the new leaders of the country.
My first reaction?
"Ssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!.."
There was laughing, demonic chuckling and evil laughter.
"Megumi! We gotta-" but I was cut off.
"Crimson Blade and Crimson Dream! Fancy seeing you barge into out castle, much less coming into our land without permission!" spoke a clearly feminine voice.
I swore again.
The sister put on a bored face, much like Sesshoumaru, but more like she needed a new hobby and freakier.
"My, my... What strong words Crimson Dream! Hmm... I've heard that you're a man, but some say you're a woman... Would you mind telling me what your gender is? I prefer males if I'm to have my fun..." she chuckled lazily with a smirk.
Shivers ran down my back. Nasty...
'Why the hell am I here again?... Oh right, Rune...'
"Depends..." my disguised voice answered, "would you be surprised if I said I was a woman?"
I heard the demons chuckling a little, most likely that the next meal was on the way. I tried not to look at them, but made sure to keep some distance and an eye on them in case they should attack us.
Her lips turned into a grimace, "Are you?"
I smirked, "Do you think I am? Hell, I may be a guy for all you know, or I might even be a woman!"
She scowled at me with impatience and annoyance. Her face expression was that of irritation and anger. She stomped her way to standing and pointed a long, slender finger with a long dark red-painted fingernail at me.
"You fool! Are you playing riddles with me?! You will die for that imbecile!" she screeched menacingly.
She waved her hand at us and the demons pounced on us like a predator does to his prey.
'Help...'
"Stop!" came the voice of my rescuer.
Suddenly, the demons withdrew back quickly at that. Not only did they draw back, they ran outside the windows and some hid deeply in the shadows as if to conceal themselves from the speaker.
"Why have you stopped them!? I want th-that thing over there killed for puzzling me!" screeched the friggin banshee.
Suddenly, we felt it. That great and awesome evil dark energy we felt before. What the hell was it!? We went to our swords again, this time, ready, even for death if need be. From behind the two siblings, I could feel the power, the cold and icy feeling that it radiated sent chills down my back. I shivered despite it not being too cold. Then suddenly, that dark fearsome power disappeared. As if it had just been wiped it out like a small stain on the floor that was no longer there. It had been there, but... it wasn't there anymore. Instead... I felt the presence of a person, human being? Don't know, but we were on our guard.
'What the hell...?'
From one of the shadows behind them, emerged a dark man. Well, dark wouldn't really describe all of him. He had long wavy coal black hair. His skin was as pale as an ill person, almost like snow, but his build was rather tall and strong if you got a good look at him even though he appeared sickly. His dark eyes crept around the room, first the brother and sister, then the walls to Megumi and finally those dark lazy orbs rested on me. His eyes were... I don't know. Cold, but... something very uncomforting...yet... slightly alluring... He grinned at me, more like a lustful and catty grin as if to say, "you're mine." Almost possessive they were and I tried to look away, but couldn't tear my eyes away. It was as if he had paralyzed me on the spot.
"Naraku! You ruined my fun!" pouted the bitch. (Hey! She was annoying!)
Naraku paid her no heed as he made his way-no, more like glided his way towards me, his face taking on an even darker look, almost sadistic and animalistic.
"Kagome!" whispered a terrified Megumi.
I couldn't move.
'What the hell!?'
My feet just refused to move.
"Kagome!" she called me again, more frantically.
"I-I can't!" replied I.
"Crap!" said Megumi.
I heard her swords clank as she rushed forward at Naraku. He deftly raised his right hand, palm out directing towards Megumi, but his gaze and dark look was still on me. When she got close enough, she swung her swords down, but suddenly, an invisible force flew her into the air, punched her around a couple times and threw her over to where the twins sat. She landed with a heavy thud, unconscious and still. I feared for the worst, but for some reason, my fear of the incoming man, Naraku, was overtaking everything else.
"Kagome... My Kagome..." he smiled devilishly.
I could feel the panic, the fear and the adrenaline pumping.
'WAH!!!! GET ME AWAY!!!!'
He stopped before me, our bodies barely touching, barely inches apart. He was about a head taller than me. I could barely raise my head because of my paralysis. His face leaned in close to mine, so close that I could feel his hot breath in my skin. Goosebumps rose on my skin and my hairs were probably standing stiff just as I was.
"Kagome..." he murmured.
He took my right hand in his left and kiss it. It felt oddly cold, almost like... like that one time... I felt that I had been kissed by ice...
When he took his lips away from my hand, relief rushed over me, but was only temporary. He still held onto my hand, but his attention decided to run the other hand through my hair. He stroked it for a bit, almost reveling in the feel of it.
'So what if I don't comb it well!? Stop touching it!'
I suddenly realized that I was holding my breath. I let it out slowly and breathed in tiny gulps as his face moved in and caressed itself into the hair that he stroked.
"Mmm... Kagome... You smell wonderful... Just the same as always..." he chuckled seductively.
I tensed up even more and my breaths were quicker.
'WHAT!?'
His warm, cold lips pressed against my ear. I squeezed my ears shut as his lips opened and his teeth nibbled lightly on the rim of my ear.
He chuckled his sweet, honey-like voice again. "Innocent as always... Kagome..."
Then... I felt something hot and wet lick my ear... it was... the tongue...
'GAH!!!!! HE'S MOLESTING MY EAR!!!! HELP!!!'
My eyes shut itself tighter and I held my breath for who knows how long before a masculine voice broke in.
"Ahem..." coughed he.
Naraku stopped. I opened one eye and saw that he was sort of pissed off. He looked at the brother who sat on the throne.
"Is something the matter... your lordship?" said Naraku in his dangerous yet sweet tone of voice.
The king got off his throne and cleared his throat again.
"Naraku," he began, "from what I recall, we agreed that there would be nothing taken until victory was ours?"
Naraku gave him an unexpressive look, then a smirk appeared on his face, "Oh, I seemed to have forgotten about that... Thank you for reminding me..."
He turned to me and smiled... and for some reason... it looked gentle for a second there... Was that the same guy who-uh-licked my ear?
I was still stuck in place, yes, I was paralyzed, but at least he was moving away from me. Relief washed over me again and panic dwindled away slowly, little by little... but... my fear was still up high. Where the hell was Rune and was Megumi ok?
"Is this her?" the brother pointed at Megumi with his foot.
Naraku looked at her as he came up to her still body.
"Yes, from what I've gathered, this should be the one who ruined your kingdom and slew your father," he answered.
The brother looked down at Megumi, a look of anger flashing across his face.
The king took in a deep breath, trying to relax the building anger. "So... she killed father..."
The queen rose from her throne and strutted around Naraku. She finally went up behind him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, leaning on him as she peered over at the unconscious female on the floor. Naraku frowned at her action, not the least bit attracted to her sluttish (AN: Is that even a word? It didn't underline that word with I did SpellCheck) skills.
She started to giggle, a giggle that was devoid of feelings but of her selfish and snobby attitude.
"She looks so fragile, too fragile to be Crimson Blade... Shall I cut her up and feed her to our pets, brother dearest? I'd be glad to," she smirked sadistically at the crimson warrior.
Naraku shrugged her off and moved away.. Her hands fell to her rest on her hips. Her mouth was in a pout and her eyes like those of a puppy.
"Aw! Naraku! I'm so hurt!" she whined.
'I'm so annoyed...'
Suddenly, I noticed that Megumi opened an eye.
'She's okay!'
Suddenly, she jumped at the queen with a small dagger that she hid, who jumped away at the last moment, but her carelessness gave her a large gash on her oh-so-beautiful hand.
"OW!!!! THAT HURT!!!" she screeched.
The brother pushed his sister back quickly and drew his own sword out in less than a second. He lunged at Megumi at such a quick speed that even Megumi did not expect it, but her dagger blocked the attack for a second... For a second at least... He pushed forward with such strength that her dagger fell from her grasp, but as he slashed forward, Megumi was quicker before the sword struck her chest and cart wheeled backwards to where I was.
When she rose to stand up, she cringed a bit. There, on her shoulder, was a bad gash, given to her by the king. I then realized that the paralysis was gone and I grabbed her arm.
"Megumi!"
"I'm fine!" she told me in haste.
Her face looked that of pain. I looked to the king. He stood still, with his sword down, dripping with Megumi's blood to his side. Then he took out a handkerchief, wiped off her blood and pointed it at us.
"Crimson Blade, you may have outwitted our own half-brother to fighting against his own father, our father the king, but our father was a great and powerful king. We absolutely cannot let you go around dishonoring his name the way you've done these past two years," he announced.
I could tell that he was going to come at Megumi, but she was in worse shape than I. My attention suddenly drifted for a moment to Naraku who was looking on at the fight in interest, but the fight wasn't the only thing that interested him. The moment I looked at him, he smirked at me with those dark and depthless eyes of his. Megumi swore, bring me back to her and the king. I quickly turned away to notice that the king had made his move towards Megumi.
I gripped onto the sword and as he came close, I got in front of her and deflected the attack, taking him by surprise. His sword went flying out of his hands and I took this chance of an opening to ram myself into him. I put all of my strength into it and it sent him flying all the way past the throne into the wall behind.
"Oh brother!!!" screamed the annoying sister.
It happened so fast that I was still falling with nothing to stop me. My sword left my hand the second he hit the wall. I fell to the ground the moment after the sister screamed. That push that I gave the brother took everything out of me. It wasn't supposed to be like that... It wasn't... Why was I so weak all of a sudden? This had never happen to me before. I had never been so weak before I... before I came to this assignment...
"I'm sorry..." I said to noone in particular.
"Kagome!" screamed the injured Megumi.
My eyes were getting heavy, so drowsy... Darkness fell upon me though I did not wish for it.
The last thing I heard was the laughter of Naraku drowning out Megumi's screams.
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Duh duh duh!!!! What'll happen next!!!??? Well, that will be it for now. You'll have to wait patiently for the next story. Sorries, but I got an ACT test coming up and Sadie Hawkins Dance so the earliest I can work on this is next week. Well, byes now! Thanks for reading! (^_^)