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Kinda gory chapter after my rather interesting break to happiness…beware….
Chapter 26: That Better Not Be Her Voice Box
The snakes slithered out from under Naraku's baboon cloak. They were heading toward the unconscious Inuyasha, Tastunai and Miroku. Sango and Shippo, who had been captured and hung upside down so they didn't run away cried out.
Kagome ran forward as fast as she could, dropping her bow and arrows while she ran. "I gotta get there. I can't let him kill them." She whispered she skidded on her knees to stop right in front of Inuyasha and the two other fighters.
The snake got larger and now looked more like an alligator then anything. It latched onto her neck and bit tightly.
Kagome gasped a bit before blood burst out around the alligators jaws.
Inuyasha had woken up just in time to see the blood and watched in horror as the alligator pulled back fiercely with something clenched in his teeth.
Kagome fell backwards showing the deep blood filled hole where her throat used to be.
Inuyasha took in a deep and shaky breath as he crawled over to her, his blooding arm forgotten and he lifted her back and looked at her face.
"Why are you peaceful?" he said in a whispered that was barely audile. Her eyes were closed and she had a small smile on her lips.
He turned angrily to the alligator who was smiling with the thing he had pulled out of Kagome in his teeth.
"That better not be her voice box!" Inuyasha yelled as he placed Kagome down and angrily ran forward, blindly slicing the alligator through as well as Naraku.
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"Kagome…why?" Inuyasha asked himself for the twentieth time that day. It had been three days since her burial seeing that they couldn't bear to burn her.
He jumped down and walked toward her grave.
"Why did he take you? F U Naraku! You'll pay! You succeeded in almost wiping out the Midoriko line of Mikos!" Inuyasha yelled.
*Flashback*
"When I was young my mother told me, on her deathbed, that I am the reincarnation of Midoriko. I didn't believe her because…I didn't really want to be a great miko. Midoriko was the one who made the Shikon no Tama. Fighting thousands of youkai and when she got tired...I don't quite remember how, but somehow she formed the souls of the demons and her own together inside herself and forced it out." Kagome said as she sat atop the hill.
Inuyasha sat next to her and watched her face intently.
"If you were to have the Shikon no Tama you could to whatever you wanted with it, bring back people, turn tai-youkai, change to a human, or use it for someone else's sake." She continued. "The Shikon no Tama is too strong to put it in the hands of a corrupted human or an irresponsible youkai."
"Why would you give it to me?" he asked.
"'Cause I trust you enough to know that I don't really think you'll want to become a puny human or a bloodsucking tai-youkai." She said and smiled at him. "You have a kind heart." She stood up. "Use it."
*End Flashback*
Inuyasha knelt in front of her grave. "Kagome…why?" Twenty-first…
"Ah-choo!"
"What the hell?" he looked around for the source of the sneeze. Without finding any he looked back at the grave.
Out popped a hand, a very healthy looking hand. It grasped the firm ground and pushed something out.
Out popped a head covered in black hair, dirt covered but still beautiful, next came the white kimono and finally the small feet.
"Ah-choo. I think I caught a cold." The person said in a sort of raspy voice.
"K-Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
She fell to her knees and pushed her hair back. "Yep in the flesh!"
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"Why Kagome! We've been through so much and…you had to go and get yourself killed." Sango whispered as she sat on the porch of her old hut.
"It's going to be alright, Sango-san." Tastunai said. She was sitting next to Sango, her long hair was done in a braided bun with stringed daggers like a headband. "I'm going back to the heavens to see if I can--."
"You live it eh heavens?" Sango asked excitedly.
"I…I am of the heavens." Tastunai scooted away.
"How?"
"I am the goddess of the youkai, kind of weird, right?" Tastunai said nervously.
"Why don't you bring Kagome back?" Sango yelled.
Tastunai stood up and brushed down her white kimono. It was loose and blow off her legs in the wind. It was tied with a red sash and the edges were red as well. She also had a string of daggers draped around her shoulders and wrapped around her arms. "I'll go and talk to them…'kay?"
"Good luck, oh and…I'm sorry Inuyasha's such a jerk to you." Sango said, embarrassed.
"Don't worry, that's his problem. I just want you to know, people do the weirdest things for the ones they love. She was protecting me and Miroku as well."
"I know…I'm just angry that I couldn't save her."
"You were stuck. Don't beat yourself up, Sango." Miroku said as he limped over, his arm in a sling.
"Houshi-sama." Sango looked at him.
"I'll be going." Tastunai said as she ran toward the forest.
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"Houshi-sama, what are you--?" Sango started.
"It wasn't your fault. Don't worry, just relax." He said.
"H-HENTAI!" she yelled as she kicked him. "Rub my breasts will you!" she yelled as she grabbed Hiraikustu and chased him while he cried said he wasn't doing anything.
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"How the hell--?" Inuyasha stammered.
"Tee hee." Kagome stuck out her tongue and smiled at him.
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Oops…I updated sooner then I wanted…Damn…
Oh well…I don't really think I'll update this quick for a few chapters…maybe
Next chapter:
Chapter 27: The Problem With A Restless Soul