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Special: Myukai's Resurrection
The wind blew and the dirt twirled around Kagome as she worked hard to dig out a hole large enough to bury the dead woman. "No need…taking you to a cemetery…we don't…know where…your from." she panted as she looked at her broken nails and dirk covered yukata. "Ruumomaru…Inuyasha…kill him." Her cheeks flushed.
"Hey…I think…if I win…I'll take your woman." he said as he tilted her face up.
"She's very very…beautiful. Now I know why Naraku is in love with her."
Kagome shivered. She turned toward where she had left the girl. She was gone.
"Huh?" she looked around but something pushed her into the hole she had just dug throwing a heavy rock in that knocked her out.
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Sango and Shippo landed with a thud against a tree trunk.
Sango was the first to rise and pull Hiraikotsu off her back. "Who did that?!" he yelled into the darkness of the forest.
"It's been a long time…Sango…" said a familiar voice as a short form stepped out.
Sango and Shippo gasped. "Kohaku?" Sango asked happily. She dropped Hiraikotsu and ran forward. She reached out to hug him but he swung his katana cutting her across the arm. Her arm dripped lightly. "Kohaku…no…what Kagome-chan said…it can't be true."
Kohaku sneered as he swung his bone thing (I don't remember what it was called…of well) and sliced her across the cheek making her fly into a nearby tree.
"Sango!" Shippo ran to her side as did a now landing Kirara.
Sango waved them away as she shakily rose to her feet. "Why? Kohaku…why?" she asked.
"Naraku saved him when youkai attacked the village. Kagome wasn't there to protect it and so it left the little kiddies to get killed." Kagura said from behind her.
Sango, Shippo and Kirara turned to Kagura. "Kohaku…come with us."
Kohaku stared at her blankly.
Kagura snapped her fan closed and walked over to him, Kanna followed and stopped behind Sango and Shippo who where watching Kohaku and Kagura intently.
"I'm sick of people disobeying me. Come." She grabbed his arm. Sango's katana sliced through the top of her wrist and slammed into the tree behind them.
"Don't touch him." Sango growled as she stood and lifted Hiraikotsu into the ready position. Sorry, Houshi-sama, she thought sadly, I can't get Antidote yet.
"You wench!" Kagura yelled as she opened her fan. "Fushin no Mai!" the wind blades aimed for Sango.
She put up Hiraikotsu to shield herself, the kitsune and the neko-youkai from the attacks.
"Prissy little thing, using that hunk-a-bone." Kagura ground out. "I'm tired of playing around!" she flung her fan three times and an innumerable multitude of wind blades were so powerful it knocked Hiraikotsu and the people behind it to smash through a couple of trees.
"Come Kohaku." She said as she grabbed his arm and pulled him onto her feather. Kanna followed and they flew off.
"Ko-Kohaku!" Sango jumped up and tried to follow but her injured legs made her collapse with tears flying from her eyes.
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When Kagome came to she was having way too much trouble breathing. She opened her eyes to meet dirt, and it was heavy. She tried to squirm but felt like her arms were covered in knives, swords, and needles (specific, ain't we?).
What the hell, she thought. She opened her mouth to scream but instead got a mouthful of dirt.
I'm…I'm buried…alive?!
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"Very interesting Inuyasha. Your rage for a human is very…unnerving." Ruumomaru seemed to get annoyed as Inuyasha growled. "You…being a hanyou angers me. Someone as strong as you…I would expect to be a tai-youkai…but this…is disgusting. I'll destroy you before you burn my eyes any longer!" he unsheathed his katana which he seemed to have an endless supply of on him back and at his side. "I am also known as the 'Sword King'…Naraku's combatic skills are all formed into…me." He said.
"What's with the pauses? Is it his slower side in you too?" Inuyasha asked cockily as he got in a ready stance, Tetsusaiga slightly glowing with his anger.
"To use Tetsusaiga's true power…is to want to protect humans. If you love humans and wish them not to be harmed then Tetsusaiga's true power will be yours." Toutosai said.
"Protect human's, huh? They're a pain in the neck. Wouldn't it be better to be rid of them all in a swipe?" Inuyasha asked cockily.
"If you think that way…I'll prepare a grave for you." Toutosai poked the fire with a stick and looked up at Inuyasha with narrowed eyes. "For a hanyou you think much like a tai-youkai."
"Shut up, old man." He grabbed Toutosai's collar. "Tell me how to use Tetsusaiga! Kagome's in trouble and she needs me."
"I have already told you…Inuyasha."
"Jerk." Inuyasha stood and threaded the sheathed Tetsusaiga through his belt and walked out of the cave. He stopped outside and looked down at the katana. I gotta love…, he thought, those weak humans? That ain't hard. I already do.
"For a hanyou…you have quite the smart mouth." Ruumomaru brought him out of his reminiscing.
"For a pretty boy you don't have much brain's." Inuyasha countered.
"Quit the insults! Fight now!" Ruumomaru ran forward with his amazing speed. "It angers me…seeing the man I so admired for his feats…being a lowly hanyou."
"I had a secret admirer? I'm not into…lovesick weirdoes!" he pushed the youkai backward as he flung him into the tree.
"Lo-lovesick?!" Ruumomaru yelled. Oho, he's angry!
Inuyasha smirked. I hope Kagome's safe, he thought in a realm that didn't reflect upon his smirking face, sadness, worry, and fear was in this realm which he almost never touched upon during a battle.
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Kagome squirmed and felt the various lades cut through the bandage on her Dark Dragon arm.
"Shid shit (Quite a potty mouth she has.)!" she said through the dirt.
She kicked a foot up and started to panic as the hard earth made no movement to break. She squirmed some more until the flesh that the knives had been puncturing broke and the hole she was lying in smelt of blood (and it was a lot seeing that there were like thirty to forty blades on each limb. I'm evil to Kag-chan, ain't I? She heals.). Her arm flared with dark youki and the dark dragon floated just above her filling the hole with dark light.
The Dragon seemed to look at her then up at the wall of dirt that was her imprisonment.
It latched on and blasted the wall several times before there was a light crack of light filtering throu8gh.
Good thing it was morning, thought Kagome as she struggled to get up and look out. With her lightly bleeding arms she scratched at the hole and tried to make it bigger. She pulled herself out and landed on her stomach, seething at the cuts she had.
"Inuyasha…" she cried as tears brimmed. "I never wanna get buried again."
"Kagome-sama…"
She looked up. There stood the girl without the arm. She picked it up and attached it, flexing now growing claws.
Kagome's eyes widened as the girl swiped at her. She closed her eyes and heard blood splatter. Looking up she saw the familiar purple robes of a certain houshi.
"H-Houshi-sama…Miroku-sama?" she scratched at the ground and pulled herself up.
He fell to the ground clutching his arm. "Kagome-sama, I'm glad I got here in time."
"No…don't move. The poison." She said as she looked at his state.
"Kagome-sama…I kill!" the girl swiped at her but Kagome ducked getting a few of her hairs trimmed.
"Let's get out of her, Miroku-sama" she said as she stood and pulled him up.
"Kagome-sama!" the girl called.
Kagome stumbled out of the clearing into the dark forest with Miroku on her shoulder. She was clinging to the passing tree trunks with her bad arm as the dark dragon lit the way.
"Kagome-sama! Kagome-sama!" the tree's behind her collapsed. Kagome winced as she heard them fall but kept her steady pace with Miroku.
"We…gotta find…Inuyasha." She panted to the black dragon.
It surged upward tugging at her arm slightly painfully. It came back down and continued leading the way.
"Kagome –sama." The girl whispered in her ear.
Kagome stopped dead still. There was a corpse whispering in her ear…what would you do?!
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"There's Inuyasha." Kanna pointed to the very involved battle below.
Kagura nodded and quietly jumped down landing in a tree a ways away.
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Ruumomaru punched Inuyasha across the cheek, knocking out a few teeth.
"Damn. I'm like a…war survivor or somethin'." Inuyasha muttered as she rubbed his cheek (I would say hockey player but they don't have that in Sengoku Jidai.).
"Quit talkin'! Fight me!" Ruumomaru yelled as he swung down at Inuyasha, planting the tip of his blade into the ground and making it collapse underneath them.
Inuyasha had jumped up and floated feet above.
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Kagura looked to see the fallen fangs and jumped down quickly, picking them up, then jumped back onto the feather where they flew off.
"Where do we go?" she panted as she dropped the fang into the pouch they kept the items in.
"The Castle of Destruction." Kanna said.
"What an original name." Kagura said sarcastically.
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Kagura and Kanna threw the items into the dark swamp. It bubbled and surged.
Kanna's mirror shook as the same white substance they had tried to take from Sesshomaru entered. "The mirror is full."
"What?" Kagura looked at her, shocked.
Kohaku jumped into the swap and disappeared.
"Wait!" Kagura followed white Kanna followed after the both of them.
They landed in a dark hallway.
Kagura looked around. All she could see was the glow of Kanna's mirror and the shard in Kohaku's back.
She lifted her fan instinctively at the sound of movement. "Where are we, Kanna?" she looked at where she saw the mirror. "Kanna?" she reached out to touch her sisters' shoulder which the white substance shot out and lit up the hallway revealing a woman standing behind Kanna, covering her mouth and holding the mirror with her other her hand. She smiled, showing slightly fanged teeth. "Welcome…to the Swamp of Darkness. My Castle of Destruction. Yume no Tama!"
The whole castle lit up showing it to be an Ancient Chinese palace, many colorful walls painted with dragons and running maidens.
"I am Myukai. The Goddess of Destruction." She stepped out showing her to be wearing the clothing of a Chinese noblewoman.
"You're…Pyrasuuke?" Kagura asked as she recognized her face.
"I am…I'll need to thank Kagome-san for my halo." she pointed to the golden ring over her head. "My resurrection is not complete. I am still not fit to walk the planet. Bring me back and I'll grant your just reward."
Kagura lifted her fan. "Kanna." Kanna stepped next to her sister. "I don't think we'll need to resurrect you. How bout we take your soul and have your power instead?" Kagura snapped her fan shut.
Kanna's mirror stared to suck up the same white substance which was now known to be her soul.
Pyrasuuke grasped her heart as she fell to her knees, her eyes glazed over. "How mean." She cried as she started to fade. "I will…make you!" she yelled as she reached out a hand and a blast of what looked like air hit Kanna opening small cut's all over her body.
Kanna dropped her mirror and crashed into the wall.
"Kanna! Bitch." Kagura turned back to the Goddess. "Fine. We'll do it…bring you back as we first intended."
"Good." Myukai smiled as she stood and floated a few inches above the ground. "Kagome-sama, deception…ain't it lovely."
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Kirara flew over the forest with the tired bunch on her back. It was quite a mess but Sango had insisted they keep moving to get Antidote from Mochi-sama.
Kirara finally landed at the hill Miroku had labeled…Sango had forgotten the name after the fight.
She slid off Kirara's back with a sleeping Shippo on Kirara's back as well. She shrunk in the fire cloud thing with Shippo still on her back and trotted after the taijiya.
"Hello?! Mochi-sama?!" Sango called through the dusty hut. "Maybe he left?" she looked around.
"Is there…someone here?" a raspy and old voice asked.
"Yes Are you Mochi-sama?!" she asked as she gripped Hiraikotsu's strap tightly.
"I am…why?" an old man stepped out clad in monks robes.
"I need and antidote called…Antidote." she said with a light blush creeping over her cheeks. What a stupid name!
"For Miroku-danna?" he asked as his voice seemed to grow younger. There stood a tanuki. "I am more known as…Hachi….and I'm not quite Miroku-danna's master if that's what he's been telling people."
"Tanuki?" Sango sighed.
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Inuyasha dropped Tetsusaiga as his hand burnt. Ruumomaru had sliced at his fingers, making them hurt like the dickens!
He stood a few feet away from Tetsusaiga. His fingers were bleeding but right now he had to focus on the 'lovesick admirer'.
"Inuyasha! Keep it up! I haven't finished my mission yet!" Ruumomaru was getting tired.
Inuyasha was about to run forward when hands latched onto his sleeves and a blue electric shock ran through his body, burning his flesh.
He flew forward, smacking into a tree and almost knocking it down. When he stood again his sleeves were ripped and his hair singed.
There was no one there.
He turned ck to Ruumomaru who was staring with a highly confused look on his face.
"Was that…a corpse?" he asked.
"I didn't see it!" Inuyasha yelled.
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"Kagome-sama…run." Miroku muttered as the corpse latched her slimy hands around Kagome's neck.
"I…can't leave you with them. You…run." She said as the corpse tightened her grip.
Miroku stood wearily.
"Go!" Kagome cried.
Miroku turned and started to run. "I gotta…find Inuyasha…" he panted as he clutched his wound and Kazaana arm.
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The corpse squeezed hard. Kagome couldn't breathe now. It was getting very very blurry now. She reached with a shaky hand for her ow and pulled it off her shoulder pushing the opposite end into the corpse's stomach, hard.
The girl dropped Kagome and Kagome fell to her feet. She scrambled up and started running but was jumped by more corpses. "Let me go!" she yelled as she swiped at them with her bow.
"I have no choice. Their the undead." She threaded and arrow and shot it, forcing her miko powers into the arrow and aiming at the girl with the once cut off arm.
She aimed at the other corpses but the all winded her and…she blacked out…again.
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"Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled.
He saw it. The silver haired hanyou fighting with a youkai.
"Inuyasha!" he stumbled into the clearing where they were fighting.
"M-Miroku?" Inuyasha kicked the youkai knocking him into a tree and temporarily unconscious.
He walked over to Miroku. "What are you doing here?"
"Kagome-sama…was buried alive…and corpses are trying to…choke her." He whispered.
"What?!"
"They have her."
"I can't stop this fight though."
"She told me to run. She had it under control but…her arm…the dragon came out again and…she's in deeper danger then…ever…they're the undead."
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"Here is Antidote. Just feed this to Miroku-danna and in a few days his hand will heal." Hachi handed Sango a jar filled with a green liquid.
"Thank you." she bowed and went on her way out of the dusty hut.
Kirara mewed and transformed. Shippo was still sleeping and his wounds weren't too serious although he did have a few bleeding gashes on his legs.
Sango jumped on Kirara's back and they flew off.
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Tastunai trudged through the forest, clutching her head. "Why…am I blacking out all the time?" she asked herself. The trance had worn off already.
There was a high-pitched screech and she was under the trance again turning and heading the direction she was coming from.
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"Pyrasuuke, she's the Goddess of Destruction…" Kohaku muttered.
"This is not a very time worthy thing. That brat…she's just a stuck up snob who wants to be able to walk the Earth." Kagura grumbled. "I'm one for death but this…is ridiculous."
"Incoming." Kanna said.
There was a blast and the trees around them burst into flames.
Kagura stood. "Feh, they're just low life human's." She lifted her fan and flicked it making a swirl of wind fly across the floor, knocking the tree's over.
"Look at the babe! She's strong too." Said the thieves as they stepped out.
"Don't mess with me! I'm not in a great mood!" she yelled as she lifted her fan and flung it hard making the thieves crash into the tree's hard.
They landed on the ground with a thump. They were still alive.
"C'mon baby!"
"Shut up" she yelled as she lifted her fan. Kanna was in front of her.
"Kanna?"
The mirror shone and their souls floated into her mirror making them fall limp.
"I'll finish them. Low lives." Kagura said. "Fushin no Mai!" the blades cut up the thieves bodies and some trees.
"Let's get out of here." She said as she pulled her feather out of her hair and they all jumped onto it.
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Sango, Shippo, and Kirara landed in the village. Sango jumped off Kirara and ran for the hut Miroku was in.
"Houshi….-sama?" she looked around.
"What is it Sango?" Shippo had woken up on the trip back.
"He's…he's not there" Sango cried. "Kirara find him!" she jumped back on and they flew off again.
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The laughing…it was blaring in her ears. "Kagome-san…how does it feel?"
"Get away!" Kagome yelled as she flung her bow slicing through the woman. She was behind her now.
"I can take anything….my hand…they can blow you to pieces." She grabbed her shoulder. It burst.
Kagome's arm was gone. She fell to the ground.
"When I like things…I keep them…when I love them…I destroy them." She grabbed Kagome's neck, and…
"AHHH!" Kagome sat up. She looked around. She was lying on a hard thing. "Where am I?" she whispered.
She looked around. "Underground…again?" She looked up. The walls were dirt but it wasn't like before. They're were channels of tunnels leading every where and in a deep hole in the wall of each tunnel was a body.
Kagome shook with fear. "I'm…in a cemetery?" she asked herself.
She scrunched up into a ball. "Let this nightmare be over! INUYASHA!" she cried.
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Next:
Special: The Beginning of an Endless Nightmare
Summery: Kagome, trapped under ground with corpses, Inuyasha trying to find her while he gut's Ruumomaru while he's unconscious, Sango searching vainly for Miroku, Shippo's fighting with ghosts of the past, Tastunai into Death, Kagura is pissed, Kanna's bored, Kohaku's tired, Pyrasuuke/Myukai is playing mind games with Kagome, it's a loop of never ending nightmares as the dead start t live and destroy the only people who know what's going on. Next time! Goddess of Destruction's Nightmare Ghosts!