The forest of never ending of trees rushed beside Inuyasha and Miroku as they bounded
along the forest floor at the speed of light, Kagome clinging to the hanyou's back.
At nightfall, the palace of the demon mistress loomed like the widening mouth of Hell in
front of them. Illuminated white demons floated gracefully across the entrance with an alert eye on
the intruders.
"Sadako is welcoming us with her weak defense," Kagome pointed. "She's set the trap, now
we walk in. That's her plan."
"Then we fight," Inuyasha declared pulling out his Tetsaiga as it enlarged to its full demonic
form.
"Miroku," Kagome said hesitantly as though she'd rehearsed what to say to him before
entering the palace. "I don't know how much you care for Sadako, but we may have to kill her."
"We will," Miroku whispered firmly. A motivation stronger that he could explain was being
wielded deep within him, driving him forward with an aggressive determination to see Sango alive
again. This feeling of an undying urge to protect the ones he loved... it was a feeling he hadn't felt in
a long time.
* * * * * *
"Feel you soul being drained as you realize your life means nothing," a satanic voice
whispers.
Sango felt as though she was floating in a vast miasma of pulsing fluid. A low humming
sound vibrated against her ears, soothing her body. As the soothing sensation encompassed her body,
her limbs felt as though they were growing numb...
...slowly dismembering from her body...
...not a care in the world...
...Miroku?...
"Not a place to call home, not a meaning in your life. You may as well let go of life now,
forget who you are. It's pointless to go on... so let go of your soul and leave it behind."
...father is dead...
...Kohaku is suffering...
No. This isn't right. My life can't mean nothing... I can't end like this. In the tiniest nook of
Sango's mind, behind a wall of magic there was a force, a reason to keep living, pleading to be set
free. But was it? She had to fight this.
"Go to sleep, you care of nothing... sleep, and you'll never feel pain again..."
...life's a trial..
"Sleep," the voice persisted.
"NO!" Had she just said that? Sango's eyes flashed open and absorbed the scenery all at
once. She knew this place. Her mind fought to break the barrier of demon magic. A demon...
possessing the daimyo's daughter... a throne room.
"Sada-!" Bam! A hard, cold, bony fist collided with Sango's face, knocking her to the
ground. She immediately rushed to her feet on instinct to behold in her vision a beautiful blue-eyed
demon illuminating with a lurid light.
The sudden rush of the slayer's life swung full throttle toward her as she overcame Yukina's
memory charm. Every emotion she'd ever felt, every friend rushed and fought inside her skull: the
bloody scene as her father's mangled body collapsed to the ground. Her brother's body speared with
arrows...
Sango howled with the devastating pain of the remembrance of her past. Falling to the
ground, she grasped her tortured head between her hands.
What did she have to live for?
...no hope...
* * * * * *
"Tetsaiga!" Inuyasha bellowed as he sent his sword slicing through a hundred rabid demons.
A blood splattered twilight sky hung overhead.
"Kagome! Look out!" the hanyou yelled frantically as a demon with a mouth full of teeth
sailed through the air toward her.
"AAAAAAHHH!" she screamed in pain as the monster sank its teeth into her thigh.
Crunch! Miroku's staff crushed the demon's skull, forcing it to loosen it's grip. Jumping
back he welcomed the holy power rising from the pit of his stomach, traveling the length of his arms.
The air around him swelled with magic as he pulled a scroll from the folds of his sleeve.
The demon reared its ugly face from Kagome's belly to challenge the monk as Inuyasha ran
to her side. A low guttural growl mingled with the sent of blood rose from his mouth as he widened
his jaws for another brutal attack.
Miroku laced the scroll on the tip of his staff and aimed for the demon's mouth then
charging, he quickly changed direction and grasping one end in each hand, rammed the scroll tipped
end into the monster's throat, crippling its ability to breath. With a sigh of crushed cartilage, it
collapsed to the ground.
"Miroku," Inuyasha stumbled for words to express his shock. "I've never seen you fight like
that." Since when was the monk so aggressive?
"Inu...yasha...oooh," Kagome gasped in pain and pressed her hands over the wound,
"Sango..."
"Oh, right. Get on my back... and Kagome? Be careful." For a moment the hanyou and
Kagome eyes locked in concerned love. Miroku cringed and turned away at the sight of this. What if
Sango didn't survive Sadako? Would he be forced to spend the rest of his life watching two of his
closest friends share something that he couldn't have? What if he had to bear the guilt of Sango's
death along with that of his mother's?
Leaving Kagome and Inuyasha trailing behind to catch up, he lept up the stairway of Lady
Sadako's palace ready to die saving Sango's life.
Note: I apologize to the readers that it takes me so long to post chapters. I'm pretty busy
unfortunately with school. Oh, and I changed the rating because I thought PG was kind of pushing
the limit with the fighting and Lady Sadako's .... um... hobby. Anyways, keep reading! And thanks
so much you guys who are reviewing!
along the forest floor at the speed of light, Kagome clinging to the hanyou's back.
At nightfall, the palace of the demon mistress loomed like the widening mouth of Hell in
front of them. Illuminated white demons floated gracefully across the entrance with an alert eye on
the intruders.
"Sadako is welcoming us with her weak defense," Kagome pointed. "She's set the trap, now
we walk in. That's her plan."
"Then we fight," Inuyasha declared pulling out his Tetsaiga as it enlarged to its full demonic
form.
"Miroku," Kagome said hesitantly as though she'd rehearsed what to say to him before
entering the palace. "I don't know how much you care for Sadako, but we may have to kill her."
"We will," Miroku whispered firmly. A motivation stronger that he could explain was being
wielded deep within him, driving him forward with an aggressive determination to see Sango alive
again. This feeling of an undying urge to protect the ones he loved... it was a feeling he hadn't felt in
a long time.
* * * * * *
"Feel you soul being drained as you realize your life means nothing," a satanic voice
whispers.
Sango felt as though she was floating in a vast miasma of pulsing fluid. A low humming
sound vibrated against her ears, soothing her body. As the soothing sensation encompassed her body,
her limbs felt as though they were growing numb...
...slowly dismembering from her body...
...not a care in the world...
...Miroku?...
"Not a place to call home, not a meaning in your life. You may as well let go of life now,
forget who you are. It's pointless to go on... so let go of your soul and leave it behind."
...father is dead...
...Kohaku is suffering...
No. This isn't right. My life can't mean nothing... I can't end like this. In the tiniest nook of
Sango's mind, behind a wall of magic there was a force, a reason to keep living, pleading to be set
free. But was it? She had to fight this.
"Go to sleep, you care of nothing... sleep, and you'll never feel pain again..."
...life's a trial..
"Sleep," the voice persisted.
"NO!" Had she just said that? Sango's eyes flashed open and absorbed the scenery all at
once. She knew this place. Her mind fought to break the barrier of demon magic. A demon...
possessing the daimyo's daughter... a throne room.
"Sada-!" Bam! A hard, cold, bony fist collided with Sango's face, knocking her to the
ground. She immediately rushed to her feet on instinct to behold in her vision a beautiful blue-eyed
demon illuminating with a lurid light.
The sudden rush of the slayer's life swung full throttle toward her as she overcame Yukina's
memory charm. Every emotion she'd ever felt, every friend rushed and fought inside her skull: the
bloody scene as her father's mangled body collapsed to the ground. Her brother's body speared with
arrows...
Sango howled with the devastating pain of the remembrance of her past. Falling to the
ground, she grasped her tortured head between her hands.
What did she have to live for?
...no hope...
* * * * * *
"Tetsaiga!" Inuyasha bellowed as he sent his sword slicing through a hundred rabid demons.
A blood splattered twilight sky hung overhead.
"Kagome! Look out!" the hanyou yelled frantically as a demon with a mouth full of teeth
sailed through the air toward her.
"AAAAAAHHH!" she screamed in pain as the monster sank its teeth into her thigh.
Crunch! Miroku's staff crushed the demon's skull, forcing it to loosen it's grip. Jumping
back he welcomed the holy power rising from the pit of his stomach, traveling the length of his arms.
The air around him swelled with magic as he pulled a scroll from the folds of his sleeve.
The demon reared its ugly face from Kagome's belly to challenge the monk as Inuyasha ran
to her side. A low guttural growl mingled with the sent of blood rose from his mouth as he widened
his jaws for another brutal attack.
Miroku laced the scroll on the tip of his staff and aimed for the demon's mouth then
charging, he quickly changed direction and grasping one end in each hand, rammed the scroll tipped
end into the monster's throat, crippling its ability to breath. With a sigh of crushed cartilage, it
collapsed to the ground.
"Miroku," Inuyasha stumbled for words to express his shock. "I've never seen you fight like
that." Since when was the monk so aggressive?
"Inu...yasha...oooh," Kagome gasped in pain and pressed her hands over the wound,
"Sango..."
"Oh, right. Get on my back... and Kagome? Be careful." For a moment the hanyou and
Kagome eyes locked in concerned love. Miroku cringed and turned away at the sight of this. What if
Sango didn't survive Sadako? Would he be forced to spend the rest of his life watching two of his
closest friends share something that he couldn't have? What if he had to bear the guilt of Sango's
death along with that of his mother's?
Leaving Kagome and Inuyasha trailing behind to catch up, he lept up the stairway of Lady
Sadako's palace ready to die saving Sango's life.
Note: I apologize to the readers that it takes me so long to post chapters. I'm pretty busy
unfortunately with school. Oh, and I changed the rating because I thought PG was kind of pushing
the limit with the fighting and Lady Sadako's .... um... hobby. Anyways, keep reading! And thanks
so much you guys who are reviewing!