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Chapter 32: Parting is Such Sorrow
"What happened Shippo?" Kagome asked as they all sat in the hut for the night. Everyone was exhausted and bleeding although they did have their wounds dressed it wasn't a nice feeling as the cold air drifted through the walls and froze the fire.
"My….my father….he told me that I was useless, unworthy for you guys." He said. He was curled up in a ball in the corner. Kagome pet his head and smiled at him.
"You aren't worthless." She whispered.
"Nope." Sango said.
"You're not worthless when it comes to cheering us up." Miroku said tiredly.
"He's worthless." Inuyasha said.
Kagome threw her bowl at his head.
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"It's coming!" Sango yelled as the kugutsu of Naraku ran forward. Three other's cornered the group around the well of the shrine.
Kagome was in the back with Shippo who was shaking in fear. Kirara, who was still injured, sat in her lap. The others were fighting; Sango threw her Hiraikotsu, slicing it in half twice before she caught it again. The puppet just reconstructed itself and ran forward slashing at all of them.
When it ran toward Kagome, Shippo and Kirara Inuyasha jumped in front. "Run, Kagome!" he yelled.
"Uh…right." She ran toward the well, put a hand at the lip of the well and she Shippo and Kirara jumped in. She clung to a root on the side with the two hanging on her white yukata.
There was a wind and the fighting seemed to be over.
Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku turned toward the well.
"Let go!" Kagome cried.
"Kagome!" they cried as a youkai latched around her waist and pulled her, Kirara, and Shippo through the well.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled.
There was aloud clank and the lid of the well reconstructed to form a solid wooden lid and covered the top sealing with a bright silver light.
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Kagome and the two youkai landed on the floor of the well, the youkai that had pulled her digging deep into her legs.
"Kitsune-bi!" Shippo yelled as a blue fire surrounded the youkai, temporarily stunning it.
The three climbed out of the well as fast as they could and ran through the shrine.
"Come back! Miko-sama! Shikon no Tama!" the youkai ran out of the well house, smashing it to pieces.
The inhibitors of the house ran out.
"Go back inside!" Kagome yelled as she grabbed a tree branch, snapped it off and threw it into the opened mouth of the now known centipede youkai.
She grabbed Shippo by the paw and Kirara transformed. She ran at the youkai slicing through its arm's.
Kagome ran toward the house. "Gimme a bow and an arrow, now!" she yelled.
"Right." The woman came back quickly and handed her the needed.
Kagome aimed at the youkai and released the arrow, it glowed blue and shattered the youkai to pieces.
Kagome panted as Shippo fell to the ground. Kirara shrunk and ran over to Kagome to jump onto her shoulder.
"Thank you…." She bowed to the people.
They were stunned, the woman, the man, and their dog.
Kagome ran over to the well again and looked. The lid had covered the top. She couldn't budge it. With powerful strikes of her miko powers and all she couldn't break the silver film over it. "The well…it's sealed itself…." She muttered in horror.
Her yukata dripped slightly as blood ran down her legs. She fell to her knees.
The woman came over and covered her shoulder's with a soft jacket. "Poor dear." She muttered.
"We're moving, honey. If things like this are going to keep happening then it's bad for the baby." the husband said as he pulled his wife away.
"Who will we sell it to? It's the family heirloom this shrine." The woman protested.
"Your sister has a little family. They can live here." He said.
"Alright."
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"Kagome." Sango slumped to her knees.
Inuyasha had run for some reason leaving the houshi and the taijiya to stare at the well.
Miroku put an arm over her shoulders. "It must be fate." he said grimly. Even he had tears streaming his face.
"And Kirara and Shippo….they all went through. Kagome was too weak! She couldn't protect herself!" Sango wailed as she buried her face into his chest and cried.
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"What have you done with my sister?!" Kikyo yelled at him.
"Nothing!" Inuyasha yelled as he backed up against a tree.
"You lie! You killed her! Monster! I'll seal you away!" Kikyo strung an arrow and pointed it at him.
"Wait! Stop!" Inuyasha yelled but it was too late. She had released the arrow. It stabbed through his heart sealing him to the tree behind him. "I'm…sorry, Kagome…"
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The city was loud, noisy, not to Kagome's liking. It was too loud, bustling, and people filled. She knelt in the same position with Kirara in her lap and Shippo sleeping under her hand. The family that lived in the shrine was moving just behind her. The boxes of their junk filing out and the new family's things filing in. She ignored this noise and stared with distanced eyes at the wooden well, the wood of the shattered well house grinding into her leg's from the position she had been sitting in for about ten hours now.
"Hi!" came a voice behind her.
She didn't turn around.
"You have funny clothes on. Where do you come from? China?" the voice was young and boyish.
She didn't answer.
"What's the matter?" he jumped in front of her.
Her eyes were looking at him but seeing right through his to the well. "Are you alright? Your clothes…their like from some story book. That cat's cute. I have a cat. His name is Buyo. Is that a little kid? Is he your brother? My aunt told me about you. You killed a centipede thing with an arrow that glowed blue. My uncle's afraid of you, y'know." He just kept chattering on.
Finally Kagome looked up at him. "G….Give me a hug." She dove at him and embraced him hard, tears falling form her eyes.
"This is kinda…weird…" he said but hugged her back.
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Was that interesting? It's going the perfect way I want.
The next chapter will probably be out later today or early tomorrow. I'm on a roll!
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