Chapter 5: An Unexpected Visit and a Surprise
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Inu-Yasha & Co.
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"Yeah, and I smell... NARAKU!" replied Inu-Yasha.
"Let's go!" everyone shouted, as they ran off into the direction that Inu-Yasha and Kagome was headed.
~End chapter 4~ ?
They walked for a short time, going into a forest but stopped abruptly by an... arrow? With a note attached? The whole group snapped their heads in the direction from where the arrow came but all they saw was a quick flash of white and red disappear.
"Kikyou, I can smell it..." said Inu-Yasha, as he ripped the arrow from out of the ground and pulled out the note and read it.
"Kikyou..." muttered Hitomi.
"What's it say?" asked everyone.
Inu-Yasha squeezed the paper in one hand, threw it back at the group and ran off.
"SIT!" yelled Kagome, as she caught the paper, "Where do you think you're going?" she read the paper out loud, "Dear Inu-Yasha and friends, I know that you're looking for Naraku at the moment but my advice is that you shouldn't go. Give up, you have lost and now you must face your defeat. He practically has the whole jewel and the village he's at now is just going to add to it. You can't stop the inevitable, all those villagers are going to die, so give up. Signed, Kikyou."
"EXCUSE ME?!" shouted Sango, "I refuse to give up against that... that... monster of a hanyou! He killed my family, and Kikyou thinks we should just... GIVE UP?! Why I ought to..." [a/n: yes, Naraku IS a hanyou. onigumo+demon=hanyou. I think it's revealed in episode 66 and/or 67.]
"He cursed my family with this god forsaken hole in my hand!" yelled Miroku.
"Yes, we're ALL against Naraku," cut in a very annoyed Inu-Yasha, "That's why I ran off to try and stop him, but Kagome just had to--"
"SIT!" Kagome yelled again, "We're a team, and there's no 'I' in team!"
"Feh! Whatever, well don't just stand there. LET'S GO!" shouted Inu- Yasha and they all ran off in the direction they were headed before the distraction.
"I SAID NOT TO GO AND GIVE UP!!!" shouted a very loud and familiar voice, "Now why won't you all be smart and take my advice?" *evil laughter*
"KIKYOU!!!" shouted everyone in anger. Inu-Yasha then said, "I don't have the time for this! Get out of our way so we can get to Naraku!"
"Excuse me? I believe you didn't say please!" replied Kikyou as she appeared out from where she was hiding, stood on a branch and pulled out the monster of all arrows and shot it towards the angered group. It flew through the air glowing a dark black blur then exploding into hundreds of small speeding little black glowing arrows.
"AIR VOID!" shouted Miroku as he took the prayer beads from his arm and opened his hand to suck up almost all of the arrows. Sadly, he couldn't suck them all up, many of them escaped his grasp. Some were complete misses, two just skimmed the fur of Kirara and Shippou, one cut Hitomi on the left leg, one cut Kagome's arm, one was blocked by Sango's hiraikotsu, one went right through Miroku's cloak, pinning him to a tree, and two went for Inu-Yasha. One of them went right through his stomach to the other side, and he caught the other one with his hand, luckily. Kagome and Hitomi winced at their pain. Once the arrows hit the ground they disappeared into a small black puff of sand.
'Why is she doing this?' thought Inu-Yasha, as he slightly winced at the pain of the arrow piercing his flesh, his good reflexes catching the one aimed for his heart, 'Why did she steal Kagome's shards and give them to Naraku? Why is she on his side? Even so, why is she acting like... THIS?!'
"Is everyone alright?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Err... Yeah..." weakly answered the group, as Kikyou prepared another one of her mega arrows, laughing madly. *SWISH* the arrow was released and again it exploded into many speeding black arrows. This time the group wasn't as lucky. At least one hit everyone. Again, two went for Inu-Yasha, but since he was prepared this time, he was able to dodge it. One went through Kagome's leg and one through Hitomi's stomach. Then one through Miroku's right shoulder and one through Shippou's tail. Sango shielded herself with her hiraikotsu and Kirara was far up I the air.
"Kagome! Hitomi! Miroku! Shippou!" shouted Inu-Yasha and Sango. Kagome and Hitomi were down on the ground but still conscious. Angry, both Kagome and Hitomi pulled out their arrows and shot at Kikyou unexpectedly, it was a direct hit! Or so they thought, she had disappeared and reappeared from dodging the arrows.
"HAHA! You'll have to do better than that to defeat me!" shouted Kikyou, holding two arrows in her hands and dropping them to the ground.
"Our arrows!" shouted Kagome.
"They had no effect!" added Hitomi, "Ow..." she grabbed her stomach.
"What the hell are you doing! Don't kill her!" exclaimed Inu-Yasha.
"It's the only way!" Kagome replied, "It's either all of us, or her!"
Now Inu-Yasha wasn't about to pull out Tetsusaiga and finish Kikyou off, he couldn't kill her, especially what happened 50 years ago, he felt so responsible. He didn't' know what to do. He just looked at all his companions and the pain they were in, Sango was just staring at Inu-Yasha, also unsure of what to do, she then quickly ran over to aid Miroku, Hitomi, Kagome, and Shippou's injuries, Kirara following quickly behind her.
"What do we do?" Sango asked Kagome, while she was helping her up, then Hitomi.
"I want to try my arrow again," whispered Kagome.
"Yeah, me too." added Hitomi.
"And I'll cause a distraction." said Sango, then she ran off with her hiraikotsu.
"Hey YOU!" Sango yelled. Inu-Yasha was looking at Kikyou, 'What the hell is she doing?' he thought.
Kikyou responded to Sango's yell and just stared at her with an evil expression. She pulled out a blue arrow, it didn't look like anything special, just an arrow, right?
"Hiraikotsu!" shouted Sango as she whipped her 'flying bone' straight at Kikyou, she easily dodged it.
"Haha! How pathe— *gasp*" went Kikyou, two glowing arrow's had just hit her unexpectedly, a pink one in the shoulder, and a green one through the heart. Inu-Yasha had his head turned, he just couldn't watch, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara just watched for there was nothing more they could do.
Kikyou gasped, and then disintegrated into the air and from the branch she was standing on, out fell a wooden puppet and a pile of dirt and rocks.
"Naraku... It was all just a distraction..." said Inu-Yasha.
"Hey! The pain! It's gone!" shouted Hitomi.
"Yeah! It is!" agreed Kagome. She then got up and walked over to Inu- Yasha who had the puppet in his hand. He squeezed it with his fist and let go of the broken pieces. "Don't worry Inu-Yasha, we'll get him next time..."
Inu-Yasha nodded and the whole group got up, dusted themselves off, and headed to the village they planned on going to, to see the damage that had been done.
~At The Village~
"Massacre." said Miroku, as the group gazed at the shattered village.
"Oh my..." exhaled Hitomi.
"I can't believe..." began Kagome.
"Yes, I know, we can't keep falling into Naraku's traps." said Inu- Yasha.
"Yes, we can't keep getting distracted either." agreed Sango.
Just then, some debris shifted, Sango ran over to check, in hope of a survivor. She gasped with a shocked and happy look on her face.
"Hello?" a person called out, "Is anyone there?" Sango walked over to the voice and lifted a big piece of roofing.
"Kohaku!!!" Sango screamed, as she wrapped her arms around her brother and he did the same.
The rest of the group walked over to see what was all the commotion and yes, indeed, there was Kohaku in Sango's arms.
"You're back," whispered Sango into Kohaku's ear, "You're back."
"I...I'm sorry, have we met before? Thank you for saving me... Kohaku? Is that my name? I... I can't remember..." stuttered Kohaku
"Oh Kohaku! My little brother, you're back, I so happy, you're back, away from Naraku's hands..."
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A/N: Chapter 5 is DONE! Hip Hip HURRAY! It's kind of short... How sweet! A Reunion! Oh, but for how long? Forever? Or does Naraku have another plan? Who knows? Got a suggestion? Comment? Say it all in the review. Au Revoir for now!
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Inu-Yasha & Co.
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"Yeah, and I smell... NARAKU!" replied Inu-Yasha.
"Let's go!" everyone shouted, as they ran off into the direction that Inu-Yasha and Kagome was headed.
~End chapter 4~ ?
They walked for a short time, going into a forest but stopped abruptly by an... arrow? With a note attached? The whole group snapped their heads in the direction from where the arrow came but all they saw was a quick flash of white and red disappear.
"Kikyou, I can smell it..." said Inu-Yasha, as he ripped the arrow from out of the ground and pulled out the note and read it.
"Kikyou..." muttered Hitomi.
"What's it say?" asked everyone.
Inu-Yasha squeezed the paper in one hand, threw it back at the group and ran off.
"SIT!" yelled Kagome, as she caught the paper, "Where do you think you're going?" she read the paper out loud, "Dear Inu-Yasha and friends, I know that you're looking for Naraku at the moment but my advice is that you shouldn't go. Give up, you have lost and now you must face your defeat. He practically has the whole jewel and the village he's at now is just going to add to it. You can't stop the inevitable, all those villagers are going to die, so give up. Signed, Kikyou."
"EXCUSE ME?!" shouted Sango, "I refuse to give up against that... that... monster of a hanyou! He killed my family, and Kikyou thinks we should just... GIVE UP?! Why I ought to..." [a/n: yes, Naraku IS a hanyou. onigumo+demon=hanyou. I think it's revealed in episode 66 and/or 67.]
"He cursed my family with this god forsaken hole in my hand!" yelled Miroku.
"Yes, we're ALL against Naraku," cut in a very annoyed Inu-Yasha, "That's why I ran off to try and stop him, but Kagome just had to--"
"SIT!" Kagome yelled again, "We're a team, and there's no 'I' in team!"
"Feh! Whatever, well don't just stand there. LET'S GO!" shouted Inu- Yasha and they all ran off in the direction they were headed before the distraction.
"I SAID NOT TO GO AND GIVE UP!!!" shouted a very loud and familiar voice, "Now why won't you all be smart and take my advice?" *evil laughter*
"KIKYOU!!!" shouted everyone in anger. Inu-Yasha then said, "I don't have the time for this! Get out of our way so we can get to Naraku!"
"Excuse me? I believe you didn't say please!" replied Kikyou as she appeared out from where she was hiding, stood on a branch and pulled out the monster of all arrows and shot it towards the angered group. It flew through the air glowing a dark black blur then exploding into hundreds of small speeding little black glowing arrows.
"AIR VOID!" shouted Miroku as he took the prayer beads from his arm and opened his hand to suck up almost all of the arrows. Sadly, he couldn't suck them all up, many of them escaped his grasp. Some were complete misses, two just skimmed the fur of Kirara and Shippou, one cut Hitomi on the left leg, one cut Kagome's arm, one was blocked by Sango's hiraikotsu, one went right through Miroku's cloak, pinning him to a tree, and two went for Inu-Yasha. One of them went right through his stomach to the other side, and he caught the other one with his hand, luckily. Kagome and Hitomi winced at their pain. Once the arrows hit the ground they disappeared into a small black puff of sand.
'Why is she doing this?' thought Inu-Yasha, as he slightly winced at the pain of the arrow piercing his flesh, his good reflexes catching the one aimed for his heart, 'Why did she steal Kagome's shards and give them to Naraku? Why is she on his side? Even so, why is she acting like... THIS?!'
"Is everyone alright?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Err... Yeah..." weakly answered the group, as Kikyou prepared another one of her mega arrows, laughing madly. *SWISH* the arrow was released and again it exploded into many speeding black arrows. This time the group wasn't as lucky. At least one hit everyone. Again, two went for Inu-Yasha, but since he was prepared this time, he was able to dodge it. One went through Kagome's leg and one through Hitomi's stomach. Then one through Miroku's right shoulder and one through Shippou's tail. Sango shielded herself with her hiraikotsu and Kirara was far up I the air.
"Kagome! Hitomi! Miroku! Shippou!" shouted Inu-Yasha and Sango. Kagome and Hitomi were down on the ground but still conscious. Angry, both Kagome and Hitomi pulled out their arrows and shot at Kikyou unexpectedly, it was a direct hit! Or so they thought, she had disappeared and reappeared from dodging the arrows.
"HAHA! You'll have to do better than that to defeat me!" shouted Kikyou, holding two arrows in her hands and dropping them to the ground.
"Our arrows!" shouted Kagome.
"They had no effect!" added Hitomi, "Ow..." she grabbed her stomach.
"What the hell are you doing! Don't kill her!" exclaimed Inu-Yasha.
"It's the only way!" Kagome replied, "It's either all of us, or her!"
Now Inu-Yasha wasn't about to pull out Tetsusaiga and finish Kikyou off, he couldn't kill her, especially what happened 50 years ago, he felt so responsible. He didn't' know what to do. He just looked at all his companions and the pain they were in, Sango was just staring at Inu-Yasha, also unsure of what to do, she then quickly ran over to aid Miroku, Hitomi, Kagome, and Shippou's injuries, Kirara following quickly behind her.
"What do we do?" Sango asked Kagome, while she was helping her up, then Hitomi.
"I want to try my arrow again," whispered Kagome.
"Yeah, me too." added Hitomi.
"And I'll cause a distraction." said Sango, then she ran off with her hiraikotsu.
"Hey YOU!" Sango yelled. Inu-Yasha was looking at Kikyou, 'What the hell is she doing?' he thought.
Kikyou responded to Sango's yell and just stared at her with an evil expression. She pulled out a blue arrow, it didn't look like anything special, just an arrow, right?
"Hiraikotsu!" shouted Sango as she whipped her 'flying bone' straight at Kikyou, she easily dodged it.
"Haha! How pathe— *gasp*" went Kikyou, two glowing arrow's had just hit her unexpectedly, a pink one in the shoulder, and a green one through the heart. Inu-Yasha had his head turned, he just couldn't watch, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara just watched for there was nothing more they could do.
Kikyou gasped, and then disintegrated into the air and from the branch she was standing on, out fell a wooden puppet and a pile of dirt and rocks.
"Naraku... It was all just a distraction..." said Inu-Yasha.
"Hey! The pain! It's gone!" shouted Hitomi.
"Yeah! It is!" agreed Kagome. She then got up and walked over to Inu- Yasha who had the puppet in his hand. He squeezed it with his fist and let go of the broken pieces. "Don't worry Inu-Yasha, we'll get him next time..."
Inu-Yasha nodded and the whole group got up, dusted themselves off, and headed to the village they planned on going to, to see the damage that had been done.
~At The Village~
"Massacre." said Miroku, as the group gazed at the shattered village.
"Oh my..." exhaled Hitomi.
"I can't believe..." began Kagome.
"Yes, I know, we can't keep falling into Naraku's traps." said Inu- Yasha.
"Yes, we can't keep getting distracted either." agreed Sango.
Just then, some debris shifted, Sango ran over to check, in hope of a survivor. She gasped with a shocked and happy look on her face.
"Hello?" a person called out, "Is anyone there?" Sango walked over to the voice and lifted a big piece of roofing.
"Kohaku!!!" Sango screamed, as she wrapped her arms around her brother and he did the same.
The rest of the group walked over to see what was all the commotion and yes, indeed, there was Kohaku in Sango's arms.
"You're back," whispered Sango into Kohaku's ear, "You're back."
"I...I'm sorry, have we met before? Thank you for saving me... Kohaku? Is that my name? I... I can't remember..." stuttered Kohaku
"Oh Kohaku! My little brother, you're back, I so happy, you're back, away from Naraku's hands..."
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A/N: Chapter 5 is DONE! Hip Hip HURRAY! It's kind of short... How sweet! A Reunion! Oh, but for how long? Forever? Or does Naraku have another plan? Who knows? Got a suggestion? Comment? Say it all in the review. Au Revoir for now!