Hahahahahaha! I left off at the worst possible place, didn't I??? Well, I
hope that you like this chapter. It's gonna be one of the very last. I plan
to write at least two or three other chapters, but I might now even do
that. I'll probably posting most, if not all, of my future material on Inu-
Yasha.net - a site totally devoted to Inu-Yasha fan fics, and my kind of
site - as soon as I get to it. Well, I hope that you've enjoyed the story
so far and that you enjoy the ending to it.
~Star Shine Dragon
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Chapter 8: Stories revealed
"You will be punished for escaping, wench," he hissed.
Inu-Yasha stepped in front of Kagome protectively, growling at Sesshoumaru. "Don't you DARE call Kagome such a thing," he yelled, causing the rest of their group to run out.
"But, is that not what she is?' Sesshoumaru asked, cocking his head to one side, adding almost conversationally, "for she is not your wench, is she not?"
"No! No she isn't!" Inu-Yasha yelled, taking a step forward and preparing to draw the tetsusaiga. "She is a woman that I have come to love and respect! She has never been, and never will be my wench, as you have so blatantly stated, brother," he spat out the hated word. Crouching, he jumped up to the roof, the tetsusaiga poised in front of him, pointed at Sesshoumaru's heart.
The demon brother just smirked, "So. this miko, she is important to you?" He jumped to the next roof, "Then when I come back, you must be sure not to be present when I kill her," he turned to face Kagome, mock bowing, " Until we meet again, Oh, revered Miko," he jumped into the trees and was gone. Inu-Yasha ran back to Kagome, who had collapsed on the ground sobbing.
He kneeled on the ground beside her. "Kagome," he whispered, taking her sobbing form into his arms, smoothing her hair back, away from her face. It started to rain. A bad omen, Inu-Yasha thought. Like tears, almost. He rocked her back and forth, trying to comfort her as best he could, although he knew that whatever she was crying about, she was beyond comforting. "Kagome," he whispered, "please, don't cry."
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Inu-Yasha was fuming. " You could have at least TOLD us that he was coming!" he yelled at Koga. "That's why you're here, isn't it? That's why you smell like him! That's why you smell like fresh blood!"
Koga just sat there in the corner.
"Say something, already!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
"I. I'm sorry," he whispered.
"You should be!" He yelled. " Do you know how -"
" - Inu-Yasha. Don't," Kagome looked up him, her eyes still red from crying. "Don't say it," she turned to Koga. "Something happened to your clan. Am I right?"
Koga looked up at Kagome, a surprised look on his face, he nodded his head, looked at the floor, "Yes," he whispered. "Yes, you're right. I arrived there about two days ago, now and found that Sesshoumaru had murdered my entire clan, demons and wolves alike," he shook his head. "It was a horrible sight, sent chills up my spine. I looked everywhere for any survivors, but couldn't find any. I came to warn you, but when I got here and saw you, I didn't have the heart to."
"And so you put her in danger instead!?!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
Kagome stood up and walk to Inu-yasha, placed a hand on his arms to silence him. "I need to talk to you. Meet me outside, by the river," she whispered to him. Kagome turned around and faced Koga, bowed to him. "I am deeply sorry for your loss," and walked out of the hut, following a trail that Inu- Yasha had just taken.
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She found him sitting on a boulder that overlooked the water, sat next to him. "Well, what is it that you wanted to talk about?" he asked impatiently.
"It's Sesshoumaru," she whispered. "I know when he's going to come back. Inu-Yasha, he knows your secret. He knows when you change."
"Are you sure of this?"
"Yes."
"How do you know?"
"I remember overhearing a conversation he had with Jaken, about fighting you on the night of the new moon, when you would be weakest. Jaken asked how he would come to think such a thing and he responded that he had been informed by one of Naraku's puppets of what would happen that night. Inu- Yasha, you're in danger, and that puts the rest of us in danger too. I'm afraid that my dream may have been a premonition. I'm afraid for you."
He didn't know what to say. She's afraid for me? He thought. Or maybe she's just afraid for herself. He shook his head at the thought. No. She would never do such a thing. He looked up at her, found her looking at him. "Don't worry. We'll think of something," he was gone.
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There was a knot in her stomach. How could this have happened? She thought. Where did we go wrong? She started to pace; felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Sango.
"What's the matter?" she asked, her tone sounded worried.
She and Inu-Yasha still hadn't told the rest of the group about what Sesshoumaru had found out. She shook her head and smiled at her friend. "Nothing. I'm just a little nervous that's all. Inu-Yasha's been gone for a while and I'm beginning to think that something may have happened to him."
"Oh, okay. I thought that maybe something that you talked to Inu-Yasha about may have been bothering you. You're a little high-strung, and have been since Sesshoumaru came."
"Yeah, I guess I have, haven't I?" she admitted. "It's probably just because when I saw him, I was reminded of my nightmare," she turned to the hut, took a step and felt a hand on her shoulder once again. Kagome turned around to face Sango.
"Kagome, I know that you and Inu-Yasha are keeping something from the rest of us. I thought you felt that you could trust us. If we're in danger, you need to tell us. We need to know," her face was grave.
How did she know? WHAT did she know? Oh, why did she have to make me feel so guilty? "I.I.um."
"Kagome! Come quick!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
"Gotta go!" Kagome said, waving to Sango as she ran off towards where his voice had come from. She ran to the edge of the woods where she found Inu- Yasha waiting for her.
"You almost blew it! You almost told her that Sesshoumaru knows! That Naraku knows!" he jumped down from the tree, landed about six inches from where she stood, he was livid.
"I.I.um." she stuttered as she tried to back up from him, but found that she couldn't, there was a tree at her back. "Wait," she said suddenly, "why are you so worried about them finding out? They will have to be told eventually."
"I wanted to work out me plan first," he said, coming even closer, pinned her arms to the tree.
"Inu-Yasha, you're scaring me," she whispered. "What are you doing?" the tears that she had been fighting off had won the raging battle within her. They flowed mercilessly down her cheeks in her terror. She tried to twist out of his grip, but it was too strong. "Inu-Yasha, you're hurting me!" she yelled. "Let go!" she kicked at him, but to no avail, then, looking at his chest and seeing the prayer beads, she remembered. "Osuwari!" she cried, "Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari!" she yelled, running back to the village before he could gain consciousness.
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Inu-Yasha awoke on the ground. He, too, had forgotten that Kagome could do that. He was sore all over, had trouble walking back to the village. Why did she have to do that so many times? He didn't remember much of what had happened last night, just the part where she had said 'Osuwari' so many times that he blacked out, but not before he saw her run towards the village. He rubbed his head, moaning at the pain of the headache that was making its presence known. What happened? He thought. What did she do that for, and why was she so scared when she ran away? All I remember is feeling very strange and then waking up when Kagome started to yell. Something very strange is going on, and I'm going to find out what. He decided as he walked in the hut.
He looked up, saw Kagome with her bow and arrow ready, the weapon pointed straight at his heart. "Don't move," he heard her say, "Or I'll kill you, just like Kikyo did 50 years ago."
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Hee Hee Hee. I had fun with this chapter. Looks like the story may be longer than expected. Now, I'm not really sure how long it's going to be. Well, peace out, and remember, a doctor invented peanut butter.
~Star Shine Dragon
~Star Shine Dragon
^_^ ^_^ ^_^
Chapter 8: Stories revealed
"You will be punished for escaping, wench," he hissed.
Inu-Yasha stepped in front of Kagome protectively, growling at Sesshoumaru. "Don't you DARE call Kagome such a thing," he yelled, causing the rest of their group to run out.
"But, is that not what she is?' Sesshoumaru asked, cocking his head to one side, adding almost conversationally, "for she is not your wench, is she not?"
"No! No she isn't!" Inu-Yasha yelled, taking a step forward and preparing to draw the tetsusaiga. "She is a woman that I have come to love and respect! She has never been, and never will be my wench, as you have so blatantly stated, brother," he spat out the hated word. Crouching, he jumped up to the roof, the tetsusaiga poised in front of him, pointed at Sesshoumaru's heart.
The demon brother just smirked, "So. this miko, she is important to you?" He jumped to the next roof, "Then when I come back, you must be sure not to be present when I kill her," he turned to face Kagome, mock bowing, " Until we meet again, Oh, revered Miko," he jumped into the trees and was gone. Inu-Yasha ran back to Kagome, who had collapsed on the ground sobbing.
He kneeled on the ground beside her. "Kagome," he whispered, taking her sobbing form into his arms, smoothing her hair back, away from her face. It started to rain. A bad omen, Inu-Yasha thought. Like tears, almost. He rocked her back and forth, trying to comfort her as best he could, although he knew that whatever she was crying about, she was beyond comforting. "Kagome," he whispered, "please, don't cry."
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Inu-Yasha was fuming. " You could have at least TOLD us that he was coming!" he yelled at Koga. "That's why you're here, isn't it? That's why you smell like him! That's why you smell like fresh blood!"
Koga just sat there in the corner.
"Say something, already!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
"I. I'm sorry," he whispered.
"You should be!" He yelled. " Do you know how -"
" - Inu-Yasha. Don't," Kagome looked up him, her eyes still red from crying. "Don't say it," she turned to Koga. "Something happened to your clan. Am I right?"
Koga looked up at Kagome, a surprised look on his face, he nodded his head, looked at the floor, "Yes," he whispered. "Yes, you're right. I arrived there about two days ago, now and found that Sesshoumaru had murdered my entire clan, demons and wolves alike," he shook his head. "It was a horrible sight, sent chills up my spine. I looked everywhere for any survivors, but couldn't find any. I came to warn you, but when I got here and saw you, I didn't have the heart to."
"And so you put her in danger instead!?!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
Kagome stood up and walk to Inu-yasha, placed a hand on his arms to silence him. "I need to talk to you. Meet me outside, by the river," she whispered to him. Kagome turned around and faced Koga, bowed to him. "I am deeply sorry for your loss," and walked out of the hut, following a trail that Inu- Yasha had just taken.
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She found him sitting on a boulder that overlooked the water, sat next to him. "Well, what is it that you wanted to talk about?" he asked impatiently.
"It's Sesshoumaru," she whispered. "I know when he's going to come back. Inu-Yasha, he knows your secret. He knows when you change."
"Are you sure of this?"
"Yes."
"How do you know?"
"I remember overhearing a conversation he had with Jaken, about fighting you on the night of the new moon, when you would be weakest. Jaken asked how he would come to think such a thing and he responded that he had been informed by one of Naraku's puppets of what would happen that night. Inu- Yasha, you're in danger, and that puts the rest of us in danger too. I'm afraid that my dream may have been a premonition. I'm afraid for you."
He didn't know what to say. She's afraid for me? He thought. Or maybe she's just afraid for herself. He shook his head at the thought. No. She would never do such a thing. He looked up at her, found her looking at him. "Don't worry. We'll think of something," he was gone.
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There was a knot in her stomach. How could this have happened? She thought. Where did we go wrong? She started to pace; felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Sango.
"What's the matter?" she asked, her tone sounded worried.
She and Inu-Yasha still hadn't told the rest of the group about what Sesshoumaru had found out. She shook her head and smiled at her friend. "Nothing. I'm just a little nervous that's all. Inu-Yasha's been gone for a while and I'm beginning to think that something may have happened to him."
"Oh, okay. I thought that maybe something that you talked to Inu-Yasha about may have been bothering you. You're a little high-strung, and have been since Sesshoumaru came."
"Yeah, I guess I have, haven't I?" she admitted. "It's probably just because when I saw him, I was reminded of my nightmare," she turned to the hut, took a step and felt a hand on her shoulder once again. Kagome turned around to face Sango.
"Kagome, I know that you and Inu-Yasha are keeping something from the rest of us. I thought you felt that you could trust us. If we're in danger, you need to tell us. We need to know," her face was grave.
How did she know? WHAT did she know? Oh, why did she have to make me feel so guilty? "I.I.um."
"Kagome! Come quick!" Inu-Yasha yelled.
"Gotta go!" Kagome said, waving to Sango as she ran off towards where his voice had come from. She ran to the edge of the woods where she found Inu- Yasha waiting for her.
"You almost blew it! You almost told her that Sesshoumaru knows! That Naraku knows!" he jumped down from the tree, landed about six inches from where she stood, he was livid.
"I.I.um." she stuttered as she tried to back up from him, but found that she couldn't, there was a tree at her back. "Wait," she said suddenly, "why are you so worried about them finding out? They will have to be told eventually."
"I wanted to work out me plan first," he said, coming even closer, pinned her arms to the tree.
"Inu-Yasha, you're scaring me," she whispered. "What are you doing?" the tears that she had been fighting off had won the raging battle within her. They flowed mercilessly down her cheeks in her terror. She tried to twist out of his grip, but it was too strong. "Inu-Yasha, you're hurting me!" she yelled. "Let go!" she kicked at him, but to no avail, then, looking at his chest and seeing the prayer beads, she remembered. "Osuwari!" she cried, "Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari!" she yelled, running back to the village before he could gain consciousness.
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Inu-Yasha awoke on the ground. He, too, had forgotten that Kagome could do that. He was sore all over, had trouble walking back to the village. Why did she have to do that so many times? He didn't remember much of what had happened last night, just the part where she had said 'Osuwari' so many times that he blacked out, but not before he saw her run towards the village. He rubbed his head, moaning at the pain of the headache that was making its presence known. What happened? He thought. What did she do that for, and why was she so scared when she ran away? All I remember is feeling very strange and then waking up when Kagome started to yell. Something very strange is going on, and I'm going to find out what. He decided as he walked in the hut.
He looked up, saw Kagome with her bow and arrow ready, the weapon pointed straight at his heart. "Don't move," he heard her say, "Or I'll kill you, just like Kikyo did 50 years ago."
^_^
Hee Hee Hee. I had fun with this chapter. Looks like the story may be longer than expected. Now, I'm not really sure how long it's going to be. Well, peace out, and remember, a doctor invented peanut butter.
~Star Shine Dragon