A/N: Hey! Well I decided to make up to you guys. I'm going to write this
chapter NOW! Since it took me so long to update. Gomen Nasai! Okay, where
was I up to again? Oh yeah! All right, I'm going to run my creative juices
right now! (I can ALMOST see the wheels turning in my head) Okay, without
further notice, here.
Disclaimer: I. Don't. Own. Inuyasha. Nor. Do. You.
(Skip this notice if you don't want to read this: Sorry it took so long to update, the problem is the DSL thingy or cable modem thing for my computer to go online is NOT working!!! T.T nooo it's so unfair! So it takes a long time for me to update! Gomen Nasai ssssoooooo much! I'm so sorry! I'm going to try to update 2 chapters now! To make up to you! Review please! Sorry, I still LOVE you guys!)
The Decision
Confrontations, Shikon Halves, Dreams, and a Poem
Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks from walking around in the pitch- black hallway of Naraku's castle/mansion. He could feel something, something at the pit of his stomach but it wasn't a good feeling. It was a feeling of dread and pain. Kagome! There is something wrong, something that has happened to her! Naraku!
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha screamed frantically.
Somehow after screaming Kagome's name the purple clouds dispersed.
"Woah, what was that?" Miroku said. The clouds had cleared and they could see each other once again. Miroku was ¼ of an inch away from walking into the wall. Sango was about to walk into a demented piece of wood sticking out, which was a stake. Inuyasha was just about to walk into this cliff that was right outside the mansions door.
"I-I don't know. When Inuyasha screamed Kagome-chan's name, the clouds just disappeared." Sango said in a small voice as she carefully backed away from the stake, and Inuyasha jumped back into the castle.
*WHOOSH*
Kouga appeared out of nowhere right behind Sango.
"Oiy! Boomerang girl, I mean Sango," Kouga called out to Sango, and hastily corrected himself after getting an oh-I'm-going-to-burn-the-hell-out-of-you- with-the-ofuda-spells look from Miroku. "Sango, where is Kagome? Please tell me she's okay! Did you find her yet? I didn't find you guys near the well the last time I looked, and then I smelled you guys and came."
"Kouga, calm down, we haven't found Kagome-chan yet!" Sango told him matter- of-factly.
"Wimpy-wolf! You should've never come! You're too weak to do anything. Kagome doesn't need you, she needs only me!" Inuyasha told him indignantly.
"Yeah right! She's MY woman; therefor I should protect her! She's MINE!" Kouga sniffed importantly.
"Hey! Guys, calm down, we still need to FIND Kagome, before. . before, you know." Miroku said hesitantly.
"Keh, Kagome is more important than you! I'll find her first!" Inuyasha claimed.
"Yeah right. Later dog-turd, I'll play with you later! And I'M going to find Kagome first!" Kouga said while he sped away just as his right-hand and left-hand men came, when they didn't see Kouga they ran off again. Then suddenly Ayame appeared out of nowhere, and flashed them a quick smile and ran after Kouga.
Shippou threw an acorn at Kouga's retrieving form.
"::Blows a raspberry at Kouga:: He doesn't own Kagome!!! Ewww! If I were Kagome I'd slap him!! She's not an object! Ewww!" Shippou whined in disgust.
"Shippou, shut up or I'll pound you! We need to find Kagome right now! I have a bad feeling about this." Inuyasha said dreadfully, as that foreboding feeling entering him once again.
"Yeah, let's go check the dungeons, that's where he keeps his prisoners, that's where any one would.," Sango said questioningly.
"But where IS the dungeon?" Miroku asked no one in particular.
"It's down-stairs" Kagura said out of nowhere.
"GAAAAAHHHHH!! SANGO!!" Miroku screamed in a girlie voice and looked for Sango..
There was silence. (Insert crickets chirping) Then Inuyasha, Shippou, and Sango burst out laughing their heads off and Kirara 'mewed'.
"Ahem, ya know we still need to go to the dungeons to see if Kagome is there!" Miroku inquired as he sweatdropped and as Kagura disappeared once again.
Sango, Inuyasha, and Kirara collected themselves quickly as they heard Kagome's name, while Shippou, still a kid, couldn't control his laughter, and Inuyasha had to drag him down while giving the poor kitsune a huge lump on the head.
*Drip Drip*
While the group quickly entered the miasma-miko-power destroyed dungeons, there was an eerie dripping noise. Inuyasha stiffened as he caught the scent of a smell he feared all his life since the day Kagome came into his life. He smelled Kagome's blood. Quickly he jumped down the remaining steps.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha called out.
The dripping noise continued eerily as it echoed throughout the whole dungeon. As Inuyasha turned around the corner and entered the whole hall of dungeons he froze with pain, guilt, fright, and loss mixed up in his heart. Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara all reached where Inuyasha was and...,
"GAAAAHH!"
"AHHHH Kagome-chan!"
"WAAAAAHHH"
"MEEEEWW"
Sango dropped to the floor silently as she stared at the blood- covered walls. It was blood stained and what was even scarier was that 1) the blood belonged to Kagome, 2) There was a whole puddle of it on the floor and it was smeared and splashed on the walls, and on one part someone spelled something in her blood, it spelled ..
"Naraku's fault" Inuyasha whispered. It echoed throughout the whole dungeon, singing a duet with the dripping noises of blood.
"No, Kagome-sama CAN'T be gone, she can't be dead! There is so much... .much blood!"
"Kagome...Kagome..Kagome." was all Shippou managed to say.
"Mew, mew, mew" was all Kirara said.
"Kagome-chan! Naraku! You first kidnapped my brother and now you did this to Kagome-chan! You are unforgivable! We will KILL you PERSONALLY!! How could you! You freaking BASTARD!" Sango screamed with all her strength and rage as she whipped out Hiraikotsu and attempted to race up the dungeon stairs to rip Naraku to shreds, she had that angry malicious glint in her eye. Inuyasha was shaking, his shoulders heaving up and down and he was doing all he could from turning demonic and killing Naraku and everyone else. Suddenly there was a pink glow coming from under the pool of Kagome's blood. It was shining brighter by the minute. Inuyasha quickly shot up and grabbed the half of the Shikon Jewel. The rest of the gang was frozen in shock and confusion.
"It's-It's-It's.." Shippou spluttered.
"It's half of the Shikon No Tama!" Miroku and Sango cried in unison.
Right after Inuyasha picked up the half of the Shikon he lapsed into silence and everything turned dark. To Miroku and Sango they saw Inuyasha freeze up. Inuyasha actually had blacked out into his world.
+~+ Inuyasha's Dream Sequence
Inuyasha stood there in confusion staring at darkness.
" Where am I? How'd I get here? Wasn't I with Miroku, Sango, and Ship- KAGOME! KAGOME! What?.. No Kagome was .. was.. no, she can't be here, I'm just seeing things." Inuyasha said first confused and now downtrodden, as he thought he saw Kagome.
What he didn't know was that it really was Kagome. As Kagome came nearer and nearer her faint outline started appearing more and more clear.
"K-Kagome! Is that really you? Am I dreaming?" Inuyasha spluttered.
"Inuyasha!!!! INUYASHA!! Am I dreaming also? What? Why am I here? Aren't I supposed to be in Naraku's room, unconscious?" Kagome asked herself, barely containing her tears. Tears probably from either her joy from seeing Inuyasha, or her sorrow that this is a dream.
"Kagome! What did you say? You're in Naraku's room unconscious?? Did he hurt you? Are you okay???" Inuyasha asked her frantically as both of them caught up to each other. Kagome latched herself onto him and said
"No, he jut knocked me unconscious. Look I think were meeting cause 1) We both have the half of the jewel and 2) We both are unconscious AND holding the jewel." Kagome said silently.
"Really? Okay one thing, where are you? I'm in the dungeon's before I blacked out." Inuyasha told her with great worry in his voice.
"I-I'm in Naraku's room with.., with., with Kikyou, were both unconscious." Kagome told him, while acting a little hesitantly during the 'Kikyou part'.
"K-Kikyou??? Is she okay? What's wrong? Why do you look like you're hiding something? Wait, is Kikyou okay? Is she all right? Is she hurt? Are you hiding something??" Inuyasha yelled frantically. (A/N: Damn it! Why are you soooooo damn worried about her!!!) It was just as Kagome expected him to act when they mention Kikyou.
" Kikyou's okay, she isn't hurt-KYAAA OWW Inuyasha! Naraku's trying to wake me up!" Kagome screamed as she tried to stop herself from telling Inuyasha about their 'confrontation' in the dungeon and trying to stay asleep at the same time. Kagome winced in pain as Naraku pried her awake. Inuyasha's face turned into horror and then his expression turned into seething anger. You could almost see the redness glowing around him in the dark.
"KAGOME! KAGOME are you okay? What the HELL is Naraku doing to you?!?!?!? Kagome stay safe, please, be strong, I'll find you right away! Kagome STAY STRONG! And please make sure Kikyou is okay, please." Inuyasha said as his voice faded from Kagome's ears as she was prodded awake by Naraku. Kagome had this aching in her heart, it was yanking at her, nagging her. It took all of her strength she had left to restrain her pain, and to restrain herself from breaking down.
"Kukuku, did you enjoy your 'meeting' with your deceiving little lover-boy? He deceived you, he cares more about Kikyou than you, I can see it, and I can see your pain and anger erupting out of you. I can feel it in your heart, it's tainting it even more. It's-" Naraku was interrupted.
"SHUT UP! HE'S NOT LIKE THAT! HE CARES ABOUT ALL OF US EVENLY! HE STILL LOVES ME!" Kagome screamed blocking out what Naraku was saying, and what she really knows is happening.
"Heh, don't lie to yourself! It's not healthy, at least in your case! Face it bitch, he loves Kikyou more, he loves her more than he'll EVER love you. You tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter, because he'll ALWAYS, ALWAYS love Kikyou, always.." Naraku's cold oily voice said as it slipped through the cracks that were forming in her heart, eventually shattering it. "One day your heart will not be able to take anymore, one day you'll break from the pain, one day."
"Shut up! Shut up! I'm not going to listen to you! All you tell is lies! Lies that aren't true! Inuyasha loves me.loves me.me" Kagome whimpered softly as she tried so hard not to break down from Naraku's influence. Kagome sat there in silence as she listened to Naraku play and toy with her emotions, and her fragile heart. "NO STOP LYING! INUYASHA ISN'T LIKE THAT! NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE LOVES KIKYOU HE WILL ALWAYS LOVE ME ALSO! I CHOSE TO STAY HERE KNOWING THAT THIS WILL BOTHER ME AND EVENTUALLY BREAK ME BUT JUST KNOWING THAT INUYAHSA STILL LOVES ME IS GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP ME GOING ON HERE DAY TO DAY! DON'T YOU TELL ME THINGS THAT INUYASHA NEVER EVEN DAMNED SAID! Naraku you stupid piece of emotionless shit, don't talk about things you'll never understand nor have." Kagome's eyes went ablaze as it flashed dangerously at Naraku, who was so caught up with what Kagome burst out, stood there staring at her, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Kukuku, that's why I'm putting you in all this. (Onigumo speaking) Because I will never be able to have my lover, nor will Inuyasha, he won't even have his reincarnation. (Naraku speaking) Kukuku, so you've heard Onigumo speaking huh? Well that's one explanation, the other one is that you guys are pure fun entertainment. To see people cry and mope over one's death or ones love is something you could treasure FOREVER. So if you don't want to be caught up in this, just tell Inuyasha you don't love him, then I will spare your li-" Naraku was interrupted once again.
"NEVER! I will never sell out Inuyasha for my own life! Never! So stop spewing out this trash I'll NEVER be interested in!" Kagome screamed at him.
"You know, I can always tell Inuyasha I don't love him, in that case he will be too heart-broken to defend himself so I can drag him down to hell with me." Kikyou said, apparently conscious again. "After all he DOES love me."
"O0o0o so I DO have an offer!" Naraku said gleefully. "But, he can't be happy, nor can you, so it's either tell him you don't love him or die. Do you value your life more? Or do you value your love more?" Naraku told Kikyou, obviously with lots of mirth dancing in his voice.
"I guess I'll have to think about that." Kikyou said coldly.
"Well anyway, Inuyasha is only alive here in this castle because of one thing, someone here in this castle truly LOVES him, and that is so disgusting. I guess soon enough well find out who that disgusting little wench who loves him is eh? If no one in this castle loves him he would be dead once he entered. It's either one of you who LOVES him so dearly. it'd be fun to see him choose the wrong one and watch him face guilt! Hahaha! So fun, so fun! SO let the fun begin!" Naraku said, with the closest emotion to happiness as possible dancing in his eyes. He waved his hands and ropes came out of nowhere and bounded them so they couldn't move. The strings on Kikyou weren't THAT tight but the ropes on Kagome were so tightly bounded that Kagome was getting a red bruise on parts of her body was bleeding even more. Namely her shoulder and the wound on her stomach and the big cut, or should I say slice on her forehead, all done so lovingly by Kikyou. With another wave of his hands, Kanna came out of nowhere with 3 mirrors all alike. 2 were for Kagome's soul and 1 was for Kikyou's. (Naraku's thoughts: Isn't she (Kagome) supposed to be weak? I gave her poison and Kikyou already sucked out half her life and tried to blast her apart. This girl, she has more spiritual power than Kikyou, she's more lively and definitely more strong, not physically but mentally, it'd be hard to break her unless.yes, yes perfect, I have the perfect plan.)
"Kanna, use 2 mirrors for Kikyou, and 1 for Kagome, Kikyou already sucked out ½ to ¾ of this girl's soul so Kikyou's would be bigger and she'd be stronger. Careful now." Naraku commanded.
As Kanna sucked out their soul they started getting weaker and couldn't even protest before she started, since they were weak from Naraku's enchanted sleep he gave them. Kagome was still grasping on to the Shikon with all they power she has left. With the Shikon in her and Inuyasha's hands they knew whatever each was feeling. Soon both of them were limp and looked very pale, especially for Kagome who has stopped bleeding a lot but still had little drops of blood. Kagura came and dragged them out and left Naraku to think out his 'plan'.
~~*~~
Inuyasha woke up with 3 worried faces peering over him. It was Sango, Miroku, and Shippou.
"Ahhh, my head hurts." Inuyasha groaned as he rubbed his head.
"Inuyasha! You're awake! What happened you were calling out Kagome's name and then screaming out Kikyou-sama's." Miroku asked Inuyasha.
"Ahh? What?" Inuyasha asked him in utter confusion, he couldn't remember anything.but."Wait! I remember it now! I grabbed the Shikon and fainted, then I saw Kagome, she told me we could meet in our dreams cause we both had the Shikon with us and we both were asleep. Then we talked about where we each were. She was at Naraku's room. With Kikyou! I was talking about Kikyou and I was really worried and I guess I was over-reacting about her. Don't look at me like that Miroku, it's not my fault, I, It's, I, It's not like that, I just, just, I don't know! ANYWAYS she looked sort of bloody and battered up but I didn't ask her why, and then she gasped in pain and started getting fuzzy, her outline. Then she fell to the blackness, the floor, she looked like she couldn't tell me something, and I told her to stay strong and I'll rescue Kikyou and her. Remember guys, I promised Kikyou I'd protect her from Kikyou no matter what, and I have to live up to that. Guys come on, I HAVE to protect Kikyou, she died for me, so I have to NOT MATTER WHAT."
"Inuyasha correction, Kikyou died cause 1 mainly the Jewel, and 2 because she didn't want you to die alone, but that doesn't mean she devotes the same love to you." Miroku said quietly as Inuyasha had that I-can't-hear- anything-you're-saying-LA-LA-LA-LA look.
"Inuyasha!!!!!!!! Kami-sama!! LISTEN to us!!!! You would even let KAGOME DIE in order to SAVE Kikyou? Really Inuyasha!" Sango cried in frustration and rage.
" I don't know, I really don't I have feelings for Kikyou and Kagome, but I don't know if it's love for Kagome or not, or if it's love for Kikyou or not." Inuyasha said in defeat.
Just then Kouga walked in out of nowhere with that appalled look on his face.
" DOG-TURD! HOW COULD YOU TWO-TIME KAGOME? HOW COULD YOU? Even though she's my woman she has feelings for you, it's a strong passion. I can smell her feelings when she's around you! She acts like she would do ANYTHING for you to feel happy, even let you TWO-TIME her! How could you?" Kouga screamed at Inuyasha.
"Shut up, I'm going to look for Kagome NOW!" Inuyasha called back with no emotions in his voice as he pushed his way out of the small group of people forming around him. Miroku Sango and Shippou and Kirara followed him. Kouga just had that angry face, and Ayame had that sad look on her face. Then they sped off again in search for Naraku's room. What they didn't know was that Kagura was also there in the corner of a cell, listening. (Kagura's thoughts: Since they are so mad I hope they can kill Naraku! I hate being ordered around!) With that she disappeared into the wall.
~~*~~
Inuyasha's thought's 'Who is Kouga to question my love for Kagome? That baka! He would never know what it means to love someone and having someone die for you. Never'
Miroku had that worried look on his face.
"Um, Inuyasha do you know where Naraku's room is?"
"In this floor and around that bend into the darkest hallway." Kagura told him matter-of-factly and disappeared again.
"GAAAAAH SANGO!! HELP!!" Miroku screamed again.
"Seems like little-wittle Miroku is scared of swurpwises." Sango said mockingly, as she brushed Miroku off her.
They continued walking in silence until they stopped at the darkest corridor. It had some blood dripping into it, most likely Kagome's.
"Kagome's blood." Inuyasha said heatedly under his breath.
Slowly they followed the trail of blood. It had stopped at this door, there was an eerie and bloody Japanese engraving on it:
Ones who enter, who are good, They would die by me, yes they would, Ones who enter, who are evil Are ones I hire, I'm the true devil. I enjoy to see you suffer and cry For that's the entertainment, in this house it'll forever lie.
"Sick, absolutely SICK!" Sango cringed at the poem.
"This HAS to be that bastard's room! Why the hell would it have this eerie poem and why would Kagome's blood stop here!!! She'd better be safe, fucking ass." Inuyasha said his voice dripping with acid.
"Sango, you could always hold onto me if you're scared, ya know?" Miroku chirped up hopefully.
"Yeah right, houshi, probably you'll get SURPRISED, then I'll wonder who'd YOU'D hang onto!" Sango shot back.
"You of course!" Miroku chimed.
"Yeah right, let's get going." Sango said with sarcasm and determination.
Slowly Sango pushed the door with shaking hands.
"So, you've finally arrived, Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku. Kagome is not here, you've just missed her." Naraku said with amusement in his voice. "Here is where the fun begins Inuyasha, here is where the fun begins."
"NANI?!?!?! WHERE IS KAGOME! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO WITH HER!!! AND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'FUN'! DEFINE YOUR TYPE OF 'FUN'! It better NOT involve my friends!" Inuyasha screamed frantically.
"Kukuku, you'll soon find out what my 'fun' means, my sole amusement. Soon enough, and unfortunately for you it involves ALL your friends, and YOUR personal emotions!!! Have fun!" Naraku said with disgusting amusement in his voice as he left Inuyasha and co. alone in the dark room.
"I-Inuyasha, what do we do now?" Shippou squeaked.
No reply.
A/N Ta-da! How was that? I wrote 10 pages! Yay! All for you guys!! ^_^!! Okay as I said again, it's July 7, 2003 and my cable modem isn't working!! Let's see how long it takes for me to update this and be able to go online! REVIEW!! I'm writing the next chappie right here! Tell me what to improve, cause I have this bad feeling that my writing has been disrupted cause of so much school work and lack of concentration on this cause of all the school-work! So tell me what you thought of this! It'll really help! Some constructive criticism won't hurt, right? Right. Okay now review and I'll write!
Sayonara
Michelle
Update:
July 8, 2003 It's a day after I wrote this and my cable modem is STILL not working. My dad is calling the um company tomorrow so they MIGHT be able to fix it! Please Kami-sama fix it already! I miss my readers and I miss reading on FF.net! Please! Okay I'm out! Update again tomorrow, hope they fix it! If they fix it tomorrow I'm going to update this on FF.net!
July 9, 2003 Oh my gawd! I'm crying right now cause I'm emotionally traumatized!!! The cable modem works, a good thing, but my dad canceled it since I'm moving soon! The cable modem will automatically stop working on Friday! And today is Wednesday! I CAN'T go online anymore!!!! Nor can I update! Noooooooooo and also I'm moving at the END of August, and that's when I can go Online again! MORE THAN 1 MONTH! I CAN'T GO ONLINE FOR 1 MONTH! OH MY GOD!!! HOW CAN'T I CRY! IT'S MY LIFE GOING ONLINE! I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!!! WAAAAHH WHATEVER HAPPENS MY DEAR READERS, I WILL TRY TO UPDATE AS MUCH AS I CAN IN THESE 2 DAYS! PLEASE CONTINUE REVIEWING ME IN THIS NEXT MONTH! I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE DON'T HATE ME OR STOP REVIEWING! I LOVE YOU! I WILL UPDATE ANOTHER CHAPTER TODAY! AND I GUESS ILL SEE YOU GUYS IN 1 MONTH..1 MONTH!!!!
Disclaimer: I. Don't. Own. Inuyasha. Nor. Do. You.
(Skip this notice if you don't want to read this: Sorry it took so long to update, the problem is the DSL thingy or cable modem thing for my computer to go online is NOT working!!! T.T nooo it's so unfair! So it takes a long time for me to update! Gomen Nasai ssssoooooo much! I'm so sorry! I'm going to try to update 2 chapters now! To make up to you! Review please! Sorry, I still LOVE you guys!)
The Decision
Confrontations, Shikon Halves, Dreams, and a Poem
Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks from walking around in the pitch- black hallway of Naraku's castle/mansion. He could feel something, something at the pit of his stomach but it wasn't a good feeling. It was a feeling of dread and pain. Kagome! There is something wrong, something that has happened to her! Naraku!
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha screamed frantically.
Somehow after screaming Kagome's name the purple clouds dispersed.
"Woah, what was that?" Miroku said. The clouds had cleared and they could see each other once again. Miroku was ¼ of an inch away from walking into the wall. Sango was about to walk into a demented piece of wood sticking out, which was a stake. Inuyasha was just about to walk into this cliff that was right outside the mansions door.
"I-I don't know. When Inuyasha screamed Kagome-chan's name, the clouds just disappeared." Sango said in a small voice as she carefully backed away from the stake, and Inuyasha jumped back into the castle.
*WHOOSH*
Kouga appeared out of nowhere right behind Sango.
"Oiy! Boomerang girl, I mean Sango," Kouga called out to Sango, and hastily corrected himself after getting an oh-I'm-going-to-burn-the-hell-out-of-you- with-the-ofuda-spells look from Miroku. "Sango, where is Kagome? Please tell me she's okay! Did you find her yet? I didn't find you guys near the well the last time I looked, and then I smelled you guys and came."
"Kouga, calm down, we haven't found Kagome-chan yet!" Sango told him matter- of-factly.
"Wimpy-wolf! You should've never come! You're too weak to do anything. Kagome doesn't need you, she needs only me!" Inuyasha told him indignantly.
"Yeah right! She's MY woman; therefor I should protect her! She's MINE!" Kouga sniffed importantly.
"Hey! Guys, calm down, we still need to FIND Kagome, before. . before, you know." Miroku said hesitantly.
"Keh, Kagome is more important than you! I'll find her first!" Inuyasha claimed.
"Yeah right. Later dog-turd, I'll play with you later! And I'M going to find Kagome first!" Kouga said while he sped away just as his right-hand and left-hand men came, when they didn't see Kouga they ran off again. Then suddenly Ayame appeared out of nowhere, and flashed them a quick smile and ran after Kouga.
Shippou threw an acorn at Kouga's retrieving form.
"::Blows a raspberry at Kouga:: He doesn't own Kagome!!! Ewww! If I were Kagome I'd slap him!! She's not an object! Ewww!" Shippou whined in disgust.
"Shippou, shut up or I'll pound you! We need to find Kagome right now! I have a bad feeling about this." Inuyasha said dreadfully, as that foreboding feeling entering him once again.
"Yeah, let's go check the dungeons, that's where he keeps his prisoners, that's where any one would.," Sango said questioningly.
"But where IS the dungeon?" Miroku asked no one in particular.
"It's down-stairs" Kagura said out of nowhere.
"GAAAAAHHHHH!! SANGO!!" Miroku screamed in a girlie voice and looked for Sango..
There was silence. (Insert crickets chirping) Then Inuyasha, Shippou, and Sango burst out laughing their heads off and Kirara 'mewed'.
"Ahem, ya know we still need to go to the dungeons to see if Kagome is there!" Miroku inquired as he sweatdropped and as Kagura disappeared once again.
Sango, Inuyasha, and Kirara collected themselves quickly as they heard Kagome's name, while Shippou, still a kid, couldn't control his laughter, and Inuyasha had to drag him down while giving the poor kitsune a huge lump on the head.
*Drip Drip*
While the group quickly entered the miasma-miko-power destroyed dungeons, there was an eerie dripping noise. Inuyasha stiffened as he caught the scent of a smell he feared all his life since the day Kagome came into his life. He smelled Kagome's blood. Quickly he jumped down the remaining steps.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha called out.
The dripping noise continued eerily as it echoed throughout the whole dungeon. As Inuyasha turned around the corner and entered the whole hall of dungeons he froze with pain, guilt, fright, and loss mixed up in his heart. Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara all reached where Inuyasha was and...,
"GAAAAHH!"
"AHHHH Kagome-chan!"
"WAAAAAHHH"
"MEEEEWW"
Sango dropped to the floor silently as she stared at the blood- covered walls. It was blood stained and what was even scarier was that 1) the blood belonged to Kagome, 2) There was a whole puddle of it on the floor and it was smeared and splashed on the walls, and on one part someone spelled something in her blood, it spelled ..
"Naraku's fault" Inuyasha whispered. It echoed throughout the whole dungeon, singing a duet with the dripping noises of blood.
"No, Kagome-sama CAN'T be gone, she can't be dead! There is so much... .much blood!"
"Kagome...Kagome..Kagome." was all Shippou managed to say.
"Mew, mew, mew" was all Kirara said.
"Kagome-chan! Naraku! You first kidnapped my brother and now you did this to Kagome-chan! You are unforgivable! We will KILL you PERSONALLY!! How could you! You freaking BASTARD!" Sango screamed with all her strength and rage as she whipped out Hiraikotsu and attempted to race up the dungeon stairs to rip Naraku to shreds, she had that angry malicious glint in her eye. Inuyasha was shaking, his shoulders heaving up and down and he was doing all he could from turning demonic and killing Naraku and everyone else. Suddenly there was a pink glow coming from under the pool of Kagome's blood. It was shining brighter by the minute. Inuyasha quickly shot up and grabbed the half of the Shikon Jewel. The rest of the gang was frozen in shock and confusion.
"It's-It's-It's.." Shippou spluttered.
"It's half of the Shikon No Tama!" Miroku and Sango cried in unison.
Right after Inuyasha picked up the half of the Shikon he lapsed into silence and everything turned dark. To Miroku and Sango they saw Inuyasha freeze up. Inuyasha actually had blacked out into his world.
+~+ Inuyasha's Dream Sequence
Inuyasha stood there in confusion staring at darkness.
" Where am I? How'd I get here? Wasn't I with Miroku, Sango, and Ship- KAGOME! KAGOME! What?.. No Kagome was .. was.. no, she can't be here, I'm just seeing things." Inuyasha said first confused and now downtrodden, as he thought he saw Kagome.
What he didn't know was that it really was Kagome. As Kagome came nearer and nearer her faint outline started appearing more and more clear.
"K-Kagome! Is that really you? Am I dreaming?" Inuyasha spluttered.
"Inuyasha!!!! INUYASHA!! Am I dreaming also? What? Why am I here? Aren't I supposed to be in Naraku's room, unconscious?" Kagome asked herself, barely containing her tears. Tears probably from either her joy from seeing Inuyasha, or her sorrow that this is a dream.
"Kagome! What did you say? You're in Naraku's room unconscious?? Did he hurt you? Are you okay???" Inuyasha asked her frantically as both of them caught up to each other. Kagome latched herself onto him and said
"No, he jut knocked me unconscious. Look I think were meeting cause 1) We both have the half of the jewel and 2) We both are unconscious AND holding the jewel." Kagome said silently.
"Really? Okay one thing, where are you? I'm in the dungeon's before I blacked out." Inuyasha told her with great worry in his voice.
"I-I'm in Naraku's room with.., with., with Kikyou, were both unconscious." Kagome told him, while acting a little hesitantly during the 'Kikyou part'.
"K-Kikyou??? Is she okay? What's wrong? Why do you look like you're hiding something? Wait, is Kikyou okay? Is she all right? Is she hurt? Are you hiding something??" Inuyasha yelled frantically. (A/N: Damn it! Why are you soooooo damn worried about her!!!) It was just as Kagome expected him to act when they mention Kikyou.
" Kikyou's okay, she isn't hurt-KYAAA OWW Inuyasha! Naraku's trying to wake me up!" Kagome screamed as she tried to stop herself from telling Inuyasha about their 'confrontation' in the dungeon and trying to stay asleep at the same time. Kagome winced in pain as Naraku pried her awake. Inuyasha's face turned into horror and then his expression turned into seething anger. You could almost see the redness glowing around him in the dark.
"KAGOME! KAGOME are you okay? What the HELL is Naraku doing to you?!?!?!? Kagome stay safe, please, be strong, I'll find you right away! Kagome STAY STRONG! And please make sure Kikyou is okay, please." Inuyasha said as his voice faded from Kagome's ears as she was prodded awake by Naraku. Kagome had this aching in her heart, it was yanking at her, nagging her. It took all of her strength she had left to restrain her pain, and to restrain herself from breaking down.
"Kukuku, did you enjoy your 'meeting' with your deceiving little lover-boy? He deceived you, he cares more about Kikyou than you, I can see it, and I can see your pain and anger erupting out of you. I can feel it in your heart, it's tainting it even more. It's-" Naraku was interrupted.
"SHUT UP! HE'S NOT LIKE THAT! HE CARES ABOUT ALL OF US EVENLY! HE STILL LOVES ME!" Kagome screamed blocking out what Naraku was saying, and what she really knows is happening.
"Heh, don't lie to yourself! It's not healthy, at least in your case! Face it bitch, he loves Kikyou more, he loves her more than he'll EVER love you. You tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter, because he'll ALWAYS, ALWAYS love Kikyou, always.." Naraku's cold oily voice said as it slipped through the cracks that were forming in her heart, eventually shattering it. "One day your heart will not be able to take anymore, one day you'll break from the pain, one day."
"Shut up! Shut up! I'm not going to listen to you! All you tell is lies! Lies that aren't true! Inuyasha loves me.loves me.me" Kagome whimpered softly as she tried so hard not to break down from Naraku's influence. Kagome sat there in silence as she listened to Naraku play and toy with her emotions, and her fragile heart. "NO STOP LYING! INUYASHA ISN'T LIKE THAT! NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE LOVES KIKYOU HE WILL ALWAYS LOVE ME ALSO! I CHOSE TO STAY HERE KNOWING THAT THIS WILL BOTHER ME AND EVENTUALLY BREAK ME BUT JUST KNOWING THAT INUYAHSA STILL LOVES ME IS GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP ME GOING ON HERE DAY TO DAY! DON'T YOU TELL ME THINGS THAT INUYASHA NEVER EVEN DAMNED SAID! Naraku you stupid piece of emotionless shit, don't talk about things you'll never understand nor have." Kagome's eyes went ablaze as it flashed dangerously at Naraku, who was so caught up with what Kagome burst out, stood there staring at her, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Kukuku, that's why I'm putting you in all this. (Onigumo speaking) Because I will never be able to have my lover, nor will Inuyasha, he won't even have his reincarnation. (Naraku speaking) Kukuku, so you've heard Onigumo speaking huh? Well that's one explanation, the other one is that you guys are pure fun entertainment. To see people cry and mope over one's death or ones love is something you could treasure FOREVER. So if you don't want to be caught up in this, just tell Inuyasha you don't love him, then I will spare your li-" Naraku was interrupted once again.
"NEVER! I will never sell out Inuyasha for my own life! Never! So stop spewing out this trash I'll NEVER be interested in!" Kagome screamed at him.
"You know, I can always tell Inuyasha I don't love him, in that case he will be too heart-broken to defend himself so I can drag him down to hell with me." Kikyou said, apparently conscious again. "After all he DOES love me."
"O0o0o so I DO have an offer!" Naraku said gleefully. "But, he can't be happy, nor can you, so it's either tell him you don't love him or die. Do you value your life more? Or do you value your love more?" Naraku told Kikyou, obviously with lots of mirth dancing in his voice.
"I guess I'll have to think about that." Kikyou said coldly.
"Well anyway, Inuyasha is only alive here in this castle because of one thing, someone here in this castle truly LOVES him, and that is so disgusting. I guess soon enough well find out who that disgusting little wench who loves him is eh? If no one in this castle loves him he would be dead once he entered. It's either one of you who LOVES him so dearly. it'd be fun to see him choose the wrong one and watch him face guilt! Hahaha! So fun, so fun! SO let the fun begin!" Naraku said, with the closest emotion to happiness as possible dancing in his eyes. He waved his hands and ropes came out of nowhere and bounded them so they couldn't move. The strings on Kikyou weren't THAT tight but the ropes on Kagome were so tightly bounded that Kagome was getting a red bruise on parts of her body was bleeding even more. Namely her shoulder and the wound on her stomach and the big cut, or should I say slice on her forehead, all done so lovingly by Kikyou. With another wave of his hands, Kanna came out of nowhere with 3 mirrors all alike. 2 were for Kagome's soul and 1 was for Kikyou's. (Naraku's thoughts: Isn't she (Kagome) supposed to be weak? I gave her poison and Kikyou already sucked out half her life and tried to blast her apart. This girl, she has more spiritual power than Kikyou, she's more lively and definitely more strong, not physically but mentally, it'd be hard to break her unless.yes, yes perfect, I have the perfect plan.)
"Kanna, use 2 mirrors for Kikyou, and 1 for Kagome, Kikyou already sucked out ½ to ¾ of this girl's soul so Kikyou's would be bigger and she'd be stronger. Careful now." Naraku commanded.
As Kanna sucked out their soul they started getting weaker and couldn't even protest before she started, since they were weak from Naraku's enchanted sleep he gave them. Kagome was still grasping on to the Shikon with all they power she has left. With the Shikon in her and Inuyasha's hands they knew whatever each was feeling. Soon both of them were limp and looked very pale, especially for Kagome who has stopped bleeding a lot but still had little drops of blood. Kagura came and dragged them out and left Naraku to think out his 'plan'.
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Inuyasha woke up with 3 worried faces peering over him. It was Sango, Miroku, and Shippou.
"Ahhh, my head hurts." Inuyasha groaned as he rubbed his head.
"Inuyasha! You're awake! What happened you were calling out Kagome's name and then screaming out Kikyou-sama's." Miroku asked Inuyasha.
"Ahh? What?" Inuyasha asked him in utter confusion, he couldn't remember anything.but."Wait! I remember it now! I grabbed the Shikon and fainted, then I saw Kagome, she told me we could meet in our dreams cause we both had the Shikon with us and we both were asleep. Then we talked about where we each were. She was at Naraku's room. With Kikyou! I was talking about Kikyou and I was really worried and I guess I was over-reacting about her. Don't look at me like that Miroku, it's not my fault, I, It's, I, It's not like that, I just, just, I don't know! ANYWAYS she looked sort of bloody and battered up but I didn't ask her why, and then she gasped in pain and started getting fuzzy, her outline. Then she fell to the blackness, the floor, she looked like she couldn't tell me something, and I told her to stay strong and I'll rescue Kikyou and her. Remember guys, I promised Kikyou I'd protect her from Kikyou no matter what, and I have to live up to that. Guys come on, I HAVE to protect Kikyou, she died for me, so I have to NOT MATTER WHAT."
"Inuyasha correction, Kikyou died cause 1 mainly the Jewel, and 2 because she didn't want you to die alone, but that doesn't mean she devotes the same love to you." Miroku said quietly as Inuyasha had that I-can't-hear- anything-you're-saying-LA-LA-LA-LA look.
"Inuyasha!!!!!!!! Kami-sama!! LISTEN to us!!!! You would even let KAGOME DIE in order to SAVE Kikyou? Really Inuyasha!" Sango cried in frustration and rage.
" I don't know, I really don't I have feelings for Kikyou and Kagome, but I don't know if it's love for Kagome or not, or if it's love for Kikyou or not." Inuyasha said in defeat.
Just then Kouga walked in out of nowhere with that appalled look on his face.
" DOG-TURD! HOW COULD YOU TWO-TIME KAGOME? HOW COULD YOU? Even though she's my woman she has feelings for you, it's a strong passion. I can smell her feelings when she's around you! She acts like she would do ANYTHING for you to feel happy, even let you TWO-TIME her! How could you?" Kouga screamed at Inuyasha.
"Shut up, I'm going to look for Kagome NOW!" Inuyasha called back with no emotions in his voice as he pushed his way out of the small group of people forming around him. Miroku Sango and Shippou and Kirara followed him. Kouga just had that angry face, and Ayame had that sad look on her face. Then they sped off again in search for Naraku's room. What they didn't know was that Kagura was also there in the corner of a cell, listening. (Kagura's thoughts: Since they are so mad I hope they can kill Naraku! I hate being ordered around!) With that she disappeared into the wall.
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Inuyasha's thought's 'Who is Kouga to question my love for Kagome? That baka! He would never know what it means to love someone and having someone die for you. Never'
Miroku had that worried look on his face.
"Um, Inuyasha do you know where Naraku's room is?"
"In this floor and around that bend into the darkest hallway." Kagura told him matter-of-factly and disappeared again.
"GAAAAAH SANGO!! HELP!!" Miroku screamed again.
"Seems like little-wittle Miroku is scared of swurpwises." Sango said mockingly, as she brushed Miroku off her.
They continued walking in silence until they stopped at the darkest corridor. It had some blood dripping into it, most likely Kagome's.
"Kagome's blood." Inuyasha said heatedly under his breath.
Slowly they followed the trail of blood. It had stopped at this door, there was an eerie and bloody Japanese engraving on it:
Ones who enter, who are good, They would die by me, yes they would, Ones who enter, who are evil Are ones I hire, I'm the true devil. I enjoy to see you suffer and cry For that's the entertainment, in this house it'll forever lie.
"Sick, absolutely SICK!" Sango cringed at the poem.
"This HAS to be that bastard's room! Why the hell would it have this eerie poem and why would Kagome's blood stop here!!! She'd better be safe, fucking ass." Inuyasha said his voice dripping with acid.
"Sango, you could always hold onto me if you're scared, ya know?" Miroku chirped up hopefully.
"Yeah right, houshi, probably you'll get SURPRISED, then I'll wonder who'd YOU'D hang onto!" Sango shot back.
"You of course!" Miroku chimed.
"Yeah right, let's get going." Sango said with sarcasm and determination.
Slowly Sango pushed the door with shaking hands.
"So, you've finally arrived, Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku. Kagome is not here, you've just missed her." Naraku said with amusement in his voice. "Here is where the fun begins Inuyasha, here is where the fun begins."
"NANI?!?!?! WHERE IS KAGOME! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO WITH HER!!! AND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'FUN'! DEFINE YOUR TYPE OF 'FUN'! It better NOT involve my friends!" Inuyasha screamed frantically.
"Kukuku, you'll soon find out what my 'fun' means, my sole amusement. Soon enough, and unfortunately for you it involves ALL your friends, and YOUR personal emotions!!! Have fun!" Naraku said with disgusting amusement in his voice as he left Inuyasha and co. alone in the dark room.
"I-Inuyasha, what do we do now?" Shippou squeaked.
No reply.
A/N Ta-da! How was that? I wrote 10 pages! Yay! All for you guys!! ^_^!! Okay as I said again, it's July 7, 2003 and my cable modem isn't working!! Let's see how long it takes for me to update this and be able to go online! REVIEW!! I'm writing the next chappie right here! Tell me what to improve, cause I have this bad feeling that my writing has been disrupted cause of so much school work and lack of concentration on this cause of all the school-work! So tell me what you thought of this! It'll really help! Some constructive criticism won't hurt, right? Right. Okay now review and I'll write!
Sayonara
Michelle
Update:
July 8, 2003 It's a day after I wrote this and my cable modem is STILL not working. My dad is calling the um company tomorrow so they MIGHT be able to fix it! Please Kami-sama fix it already! I miss my readers and I miss reading on FF.net! Please! Okay I'm out! Update again tomorrow, hope they fix it! If they fix it tomorrow I'm going to update this on FF.net!
July 9, 2003 Oh my gawd! I'm crying right now cause I'm emotionally traumatized!!! The cable modem works, a good thing, but my dad canceled it since I'm moving soon! The cable modem will automatically stop working on Friday! And today is Wednesday! I CAN'T go online anymore!!!! Nor can I update! Noooooooooo and also I'm moving at the END of August, and that's when I can go Online again! MORE THAN 1 MONTH! I CAN'T GO ONLINE FOR 1 MONTH! OH MY GOD!!! HOW CAN'T I CRY! IT'S MY LIFE GOING ONLINE! I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!!! WAAAAHH WHATEVER HAPPENS MY DEAR READERS, I WILL TRY TO UPDATE AS MUCH AS I CAN IN THESE 2 DAYS! PLEASE CONTINUE REVIEWING ME IN THIS NEXT MONTH! I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE DON'T HATE ME OR STOP REVIEWING! I LOVE YOU! I WILL UPDATE ANOTHER CHAPTER TODAY! AND I GUESS ILL SEE YOU GUYS IN 1 MONTH..1 MONTH!!!!