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Second Time Around
Chapter 16
Midnight Blood, Midnight Ice, and Midnight Fire13
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Inuyasha thought over his possibilities. He could follow everything that Naraku told him to do and Kagome might live, or he could let Kagome die and loose her again, this time forever. 'It was so much easier when it was Kikyo and Kagome, now it's Kagome and myself.' Inuyasha looked between Kagome and Naraku. Time was running out and Inuyasha didn't have an idea what to do.
Kagome caught his eye. She looked so hurt, so alone, and in there someplace was trust. She knew that Inuyasha wouldn't hurt her.
He was stuck, her knew Kagome was counting on him, but if he followed what Naraku wanted him to do that could be worse then loosing Kagome. 'Would someone tell me what the hell I should do?' Inuyasha thought desperately. As if an answer to his plea, Kagome kicked Naraku he lost balance and Inuyasha took his chance.
He grabbed Kagome and ran out the room, trying desperately to find his way outside. "Thank you." Kagome said. Inuyasha was dumbfounded for a moment but just shrugged it off.
They made it outside, Sango, Miroku, and Koga were all waiting out there by the car. They scensed their friends approaching and looked up worried.
"What happened?" Sango was the first to speak.
"It's along story." Inuyasha said, hurried. "We'll talk later, first we have some business to take care of." He looked back on the building as Naraku came walking out.
"Who the hell is he?" Miroku asked.
"You will soon find out." Naraku said calmly.
Inuyasha put Kagome down on her feet and stepped in front of her. She slowly backed away taking the hint.
"So this is how it's going to be. The whole little half-witted group is going to die like 5 little flies. You won't last for 5 minutes." Naraku sneered.
"You're the one who's going to die today, not us." Inuyasha smirked. Naraku moved first, he struck Inuyasha in the side. Inuyasha was thrown back a ways.
"Kagome, go into the trunk and get my sword." Inuyasha yelled over his shoulder.
Kagome hesitated for a moment figuring everything out. "What are you standing there for?" Inuyasha barked. Kagome jumped and ran to the trunk of the car. "Sango where are the keys?" She yelled. Sango threw a hand full of connected keys toward Kagome. "Thanks." She scrambled to open the trunk when she had opened it all that was in there was a sword covered by a sheath.
"This?" Kagome asked holding it up.
Without looking back Inuyasha replied. "Yeah, that. Hurry up."
Kagome pulled out the sword an inch. "You can't cut paper with this thing. How is it suppose to do anything?" Kagome asked when she saw the chipped up blade.
"Don't asked damn questions. Just toss it over here." Kagome nodded and threw the sheathed blade to Inuyasha and walked over to Sango.
"When did he have a sword?" Sango shook her head.
Inuyasha took a few more blows then he had given. Kagome was becoming worried. Inuyasha looked back to see Kagome. He looked back to Naraku a determined look on his face. 'I have to win this battle, for Kagome's life and everyone else's.' Inuyasha thought.
Inuyasha charged at Naraku and hit him in the shoulder, his blade no longer the chipped nearly dead blade instead it was a white fang.
The hours passed, the battle favoring Naraku all the more. Inuyasha had received many deep wounds and Naraku had ΒΌ of Inuyasha's.
Naraku hit Inuyasha to the ground and jumped back to admire the fallen hanyo. "Now to finish this one off and then I can start on the easy part." Naraku said lustfully staring at Kagome.
Kagome's heart paced faster at his last words. Inuyasha couldn't die. Naraku charged on Inuyasha for on last strike. Before Kagome knew what she was doing she had run in front of Inuyasha and spread her arms out open. "You will not lay another hand on him." She yelled a tear streaming down her cheek.
Naraku stopped for a moment. "Is that a threat? So be it." He charged forward now at Kagome. She could feel claws slashing into her shoulder.
"NO!" Kagome screamed. "I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT THE ONE I'VE FINALLY LEARNED TO LOVE!" A bright light engulfed her vision. Her body went limp and fell to the ground.
~*--*~ (Wouldn't you just hate me if I ended it here? That's why I'm not going to do it.)
~*--*~
At first everything was a white fuzz then it slowly lifted. Kagome flicked open her eyes, she looked around franticly. Her breathing increased rapidly. She caught sight of someone next to her. 'Who is that?' she thought. "Inuyasha?" Kagome breathed. Her voice mostly gone except for a small whisper.
"Kagome? Are you awake?" It was a female voice. Kagome nodded.
"Sango?"
"Yeah. How you feeling?" Sango asked.
"I don't know." Kagome said not realizing the pain in her shoulder and side until now. She let out a small whimper. "Ouch."
"You should rest some more." Sango said and stood up. "I'll be back later." Kagome nodded and closed her eyes again.
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Kagome opened her eyes again. She didn't know what time of day it was. She looked around for any site of a human. There was no one. Kagome sighed and looked around the room. She was on a hospital bed with wires and needles in her and around her. She tried to remember how she had gotten here but all she could remember was a bright light.
Kagome turned her head when she heard the door open. The person walking in was fuzzy in her vision. "Who are you?" Kagome hoarsely whispered.
"It's me Kagome, Sango." Sango said again.
"What's going on Sango?" Kagome asked.
"Everything will be alright." Sango reassured her. "Naraku is dead. Koga is someplace, no one will tell me. I have to go right now, I'll talk to you later." She left the room.
'What about Inuyasha? What happened to him?' Kagome thought. She closed her eyes as tears started to pour.
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(Ok, Done for this chapter. I'll be back soon. If I'm back in a month then you can get mad at me. Thanks for reading.)
Second Time Around
Chapter 16
Midnight Blood, Midnight Ice, and Midnight Fire13
~*--*~
Inuyasha thought over his possibilities. He could follow everything that Naraku told him to do and Kagome might live, or he could let Kagome die and loose her again, this time forever. 'It was so much easier when it was Kikyo and Kagome, now it's Kagome and myself.' Inuyasha looked between Kagome and Naraku. Time was running out and Inuyasha didn't have an idea what to do.
Kagome caught his eye. She looked so hurt, so alone, and in there someplace was trust. She knew that Inuyasha wouldn't hurt her.
He was stuck, her knew Kagome was counting on him, but if he followed what Naraku wanted him to do that could be worse then loosing Kagome. 'Would someone tell me what the hell I should do?' Inuyasha thought desperately. As if an answer to his plea, Kagome kicked Naraku he lost balance and Inuyasha took his chance.
He grabbed Kagome and ran out the room, trying desperately to find his way outside. "Thank you." Kagome said. Inuyasha was dumbfounded for a moment but just shrugged it off.
They made it outside, Sango, Miroku, and Koga were all waiting out there by the car. They scensed their friends approaching and looked up worried.
"What happened?" Sango was the first to speak.
"It's along story." Inuyasha said, hurried. "We'll talk later, first we have some business to take care of." He looked back on the building as Naraku came walking out.
"Who the hell is he?" Miroku asked.
"You will soon find out." Naraku said calmly.
Inuyasha put Kagome down on her feet and stepped in front of her. She slowly backed away taking the hint.
"So this is how it's going to be. The whole little half-witted group is going to die like 5 little flies. You won't last for 5 minutes." Naraku sneered.
"You're the one who's going to die today, not us." Inuyasha smirked. Naraku moved first, he struck Inuyasha in the side. Inuyasha was thrown back a ways.
"Kagome, go into the trunk and get my sword." Inuyasha yelled over his shoulder.
Kagome hesitated for a moment figuring everything out. "What are you standing there for?" Inuyasha barked. Kagome jumped and ran to the trunk of the car. "Sango where are the keys?" She yelled. Sango threw a hand full of connected keys toward Kagome. "Thanks." She scrambled to open the trunk when she had opened it all that was in there was a sword covered by a sheath.
"This?" Kagome asked holding it up.
Without looking back Inuyasha replied. "Yeah, that. Hurry up."
Kagome pulled out the sword an inch. "You can't cut paper with this thing. How is it suppose to do anything?" Kagome asked when she saw the chipped up blade.
"Don't asked damn questions. Just toss it over here." Kagome nodded and threw the sheathed blade to Inuyasha and walked over to Sango.
"When did he have a sword?" Sango shook her head.
Inuyasha took a few more blows then he had given. Kagome was becoming worried. Inuyasha looked back to see Kagome. He looked back to Naraku a determined look on his face. 'I have to win this battle, for Kagome's life and everyone else's.' Inuyasha thought.
Inuyasha charged at Naraku and hit him in the shoulder, his blade no longer the chipped nearly dead blade instead it was a white fang.
The hours passed, the battle favoring Naraku all the more. Inuyasha had received many deep wounds and Naraku had ΒΌ of Inuyasha's.
Naraku hit Inuyasha to the ground and jumped back to admire the fallen hanyo. "Now to finish this one off and then I can start on the easy part." Naraku said lustfully staring at Kagome.
Kagome's heart paced faster at his last words. Inuyasha couldn't die. Naraku charged on Inuyasha for on last strike. Before Kagome knew what she was doing she had run in front of Inuyasha and spread her arms out open. "You will not lay another hand on him." She yelled a tear streaming down her cheek.
Naraku stopped for a moment. "Is that a threat? So be it." He charged forward now at Kagome. She could feel claws slashing into her shoulder.
"NO!" Kagome screamed. "I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT THE ONE I'VE FINALLY LEARNED TO LOVE!" A bright light engulfed her vision. Her body went limp and fell to the ground.
~*--*~ (Wouldn't you just hate me if I ended it here? That's why I'm not going to do it.)
~*--*~
At first everything was a white fuzz then it slowly lifted. Kagome flicked open her eyes, she looked around franticly. Her breathing increased rapidly. She caught sight of someone next to her. 'Who is that?' she thought. "Inuyasha?" Kagome breathed. Her voice mostly gone except for a small whisper.
"Kagome? Are you awake?" It was a female voice. Kagome nodded.
"Sango?"
"Yeah. How you feeling?" Sango asked.
"I don't know." Kagome said not realizing the pain in her shoulder and side until now. She let out a small whimper. "Ouch."
"You should rest some more." Sango said and stood up. "I'll be back later." Kagome nodded and closed her eyes again.
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Kagome opened her eyes again. She didn't know what time of day it was. She looked around for any site of a human. There was no one. Kagome sighed and looked around the room. She was on a hospital bed with wires and needles in her and around her. She tried to remember how she had gotten here but all she could remember was a bright light.
Kagome turned her head when she heard the door open. The person walking in was fuzzy in her vision. "Who are you?" Kagome hoarsely whispered.
"It's me Kagome, Sango." Sango said again.
"What's going on Sango?" Kagome asked.
"Everything will be alright." Sango reassured her. "Naraku is dead. Koga is someplace, no one will tell me. I have to go right now, I'll talk to you later." She left the room.
'What about Inuyasha? What happened to him?' Kagome thought. She closed her eyes as tears started to pour.
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(Ok, Done for this chapter. I'll be back soon. If I'm back in a month then you can get mad at me. Thanks for reading.)