Kagome's Wish
Chapter Fourteen- For You I Will
By: inuyashasgirl789
There was a huge jumble of mess on one of the library tables as three people seated around it flipped through the pages in a flurry. There was a big pile of books containing old newspaper articles on one side of the table and an even larger pile on the other side that made the first 'big' pile look like a shrimp. The big pile was of the books they still had to go through and the shrimp pile was of the ones they already went through. Everyone was about to have a migraine and blow up from the frustration, but they kept it going.
"God," Inuyasha mumbled to himself and accidentally tore out a clipping in his anger. A shocked expression appeared on his face and he looked around, quietly slipping it back in the book before the evil librarian caught him.
"AH I CAN'T FIND IT!" Sango screamed and spun around in her chair, while clutching her head in pain.
"MISS! CAN YOU PLEASE BE QUIET OR I WILL HAVE TO KICK YOU OUT OF THE LIBRARY FOR DISRUPTING THE PEACE!" the librarian yelled over the intercom and Sango buried her red embarrassed face back in the books.
"Grr. *grumble* She's even louder than I am *grumble* and she's all "can you please be quiet!" *grumble*" Sango growled to herself while working furiously. "Are you SURE you saw it? Or was it just your imagination like usual?" Sango hissed in a low voice, while watching her boyfriend whirl through the books.
"I am sure, so please, just trust me."
"Trust you? TRUST you? I can't even understand you, so how can I TRUST you?" Sango grumbled and continued her search, her patience evidently having snapped a while ago.
Inuyasha sighed heavily as he listened to the two argue. Even as a couple, they couldn't agree on anything. How long could this relationship last? Well, very long probably, so he'd have to get use to some screaming and yelling, and then making ups.
His eyes lazily scanned over the contents of the newspaper article and he was going to turn the page before two words caught his eyes.
"Koibitos Yakusoku"
"GUYS I FOUND IT!" He screamed and jumped up, yelling for joy and nearly doing a dance. He waved the piece of article he had taken out triumphantly in the air and gave Miroku and Sango a smug grin.
"YOU THREE! GET OUT!" The librarian shrieked over the intercom and it made everyone in the library jump up in surprise and shock.
"Quick. Jack it. Jack it!" Miroku hissed to Inuyasha, nudging the boy in the side with his elbow and Inuyasha swiftly stuffed it in his jacket pocket.
They ran out of the library, leaving the librarian with the mountain load of books. They couldn't be bothered to put the books back after she had yelled at them like that. The three stopped running when they were sure they were far enough so that no librarians could catch them.
"What does it say? WHAT DOES IT SAY!?" Sango cried in annoyance, thinking that the male species took too long to read a simple article. She was impatient and she wasn't happy.
"Slow down, woman!" Inuyasha growled and then took the crumpled up piece of paper from his pocket. But his rough handlings with it caused it to break off into four different pieces.
Sango and Miroku had their mouths wide open as they watched the three pieces flutter down to the ground. "Is...it...still readable?" Miroku asked and Inuyasha nodded his head slowly as he looked at the three pieces. "Hold it carefully. It might rot away if you don't."
Inuyasha carefully picked up the three pieces and went over to a seat, putting the article down and putting back all the pieces till it was whole again. Then, all three friends put their heads together and stared at it. Headlines "Lover's Suicidal Death at Koibitos Yakusoku Bridge" caught their attention and made their hearts quicken.
So Naraku was planning to kill someone?
*~*~*
It was about eleven at night and Kagome wasn't feeling any better. She got use to the silence and having the strange man stare at her with those scary golden eyes. The eyes---they reminded her so much of Inuyasha, yet Inuyasha's were welcoming. They were warm and gave her a sense of security, gave her the knowledge that he would always be there for her and would protect her.
Inuyasha...
"Where are you...?" she whispered to herself and looked up at the ceiling, wondering if he was going to come and save her from whatever fate had in stall for her. "And could you please stop the staring?!" she asked Sesshoumaru, giving him a long, hard glare. "Is there something so interesting about me that you have to stare at me for like, forever?"
"No, but I know you're thinking about my little brother."
"SO?"
"So are you both together?"
"NO."
"So do you like him?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAno. Nice one, but no."
Sesshoumaru raised a knowing eyebrow and then decided to stare at the interesting ceiling along with Kagome. Sneaking one last look at the girl, he whispered, "Well you better hope he likes you better than Kikyou."
"What?" Kagome questioned, blinking at him owlishly.
Sesshoumaru ignored her and wouldn't even look at her, pretending that he had never said anything. He just sat there in a manner that hinted Kagome that they were over with their little talk and he wouldn't say anything anymore.
Kagome turned her attention back to the ceiling and just continued to stare at it, wondering when she would be let free and whether Inuyasha would come any time soon to save her, before she died from starvation. They hadn't even let her eat anything yet, those slave drivers.
'I wonder what they want me for...'
*~*~*
"Is it time?"
"Yea, Kanna, go get the girl."
"Yes...cousin."
*~*~*
Inuyasha and Miroku were currently stranded up in an oak tree outside Sango's room, arguing about whether they should jump in through the window to check for Sango. The window was open and the curtains were fluttering out into the breeze, but the distance between the window and tree wasn't exactly a step across. Inuyasha said they should, but Miroku argued that they might miss and fall down to the ground to crack their neck and die a horribly painful, slow death. Inuyasha called Miroku a wussy. Miroku called Inuyasha a crazy nut. Fighting issued.
"Will you PLEASE be quiet?!" Sango poked her head out the window and gave them both a glare that demanded them to be silent. "If my parents wake up, do you think they'd be very happy to know I'm stealing out of the house around midnight without their permission to go to a bridge and save my best friend? NO. They won't be happy! So be quiet and give me two more minutes to put on my gloves and stuff!"
Inuyasha and Miroku went quiet like two obeying puppies and watched the window, waiting for their friend to finish getting ready. There were no clouds tonight, only the clear crescent moon and the million of blinking, shining stars. There was a very chilly wind blowing, and although Sango and Miroku were dressed really warmly, Inuyasha was dressed in a plain long sleeve shirt and baggy pants. Miroku added quickly that what he wore also contributed to the fact that he was a crazy nut.
"Alright guys. I'm done," Sango announced and poked her head out, a beanie over it. Without any warnings, she got up onto the window ledge and jumped over onto the tree, looking at the guys with a sense of womanly pride.
But that only got Inuyasha and Miroku arguing again.
"See?! Sango made it from the window ledge! So what are you scared of Miro?"
"Well she could have been lucky!"
"Hey guys, I do that a lot, so don't call it luck."
"See wimpy? She does it a lot, so why can't you?"
"Well I am a very delicate man and I am filled with my woes."
"What's your woes got to do with anything? You pervert."
"Ah be quiet both of you. Men..."
All three of them snuck across Sango's lawn quietly and opened the gate, closing it behind them and walking quietly down the street. Once they were pretty far from the house, all three gave a sigh of relief, thanking the gods that no one had caught them. It was getting pretty windy and clouds were starting to sneak in from the horizon, wrapping their blanket over the skies to cover the stars.
The streets were quiet, only a car zooming past them once in a while and a suspicious stranger walking past. Other than that, it was spooky with no souls talking and no birds tweeting. The shops were all dark and everything was all still, nothing moving except for Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku.
Slowly, as they made their way down the stone-covered street, fog started to collect around the city, casting a hazy yet uncomfortable aura around them. Inuyasha, feeling uneasy around the setting fog, that and the fact that he had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen, started to speed up. Miroku and Sango were trailing behind him; the fog almost erasing their presence from Inuyasha's vision.
Not really knowing how the pole got there, Miroku walked right into it through the fog and he fell backwards onto his behind, letting off a yelp of pain and surprise. Sango, hearing Miroku yelp, stopped trying to catch up with Inuyasha and looked back at Miroku, who was rubbing his red forehead.
"Are you alright?" she asked when she saw him almost wincing.
"Yea, I think. But I feel like I cracked my forehead in half," Miroku explained and looked up at Sango, while still rubbing gently at his injury. "You want to kiss my boo boo away?" he questioned with big sparkling eyes and innocence dripping in his voice.
"If you don't get serious, I really will crack your head in half," Sango threatened, showing him her fist, ready to smash some sense into the lecher.
Miroku took the hint and decided to change the subject to their missing companion. "Where's Inu?" he asked curiously when he looked ahead and didn't catch a sign of the arrogant boy and didn't hear any taunts from him.
Sango turned her head to look down the street and into the fog, but couldn't see any signs of Inuyasha either. "Well I guess we lost him," she whispered in a low voice and sighed with much remorse. "He might need us there too."
Miroku got himself up and brushed himself off, sighing along with his girlfriend. The mysterious fog just got thicker as they lingered there, and Miroku looked around in suspicion. "These mysterious fogs only happen in those movies where someone is going to get killed or murdered. Why do they have to happen now?"
"You must have watched too many movies, Miroku," Sango said matter-of- factly and nodded her head to agree with herself. "Well, better try to get to Koibitos Yakusoku Bridge. Don't wanna miss any action, now do we?"
Miroku and Sango continued down the stone-covered street, feeling great unease with the fog surrounding them, as if it wanted to suffocate them. The fog just got thicker, with them hardly seeing ten feet in front of them. They were too afraid to run in search of Inuyasha, scared that they might accidentally run into something sharp poking out.
"Inuyasha has just gotten himself into a pickle without us there to help him," Miroku whispered and Sango could do nothing but nod her head in agreement and response.
*~*~*
"Guys, I can't see across the street," Inuyasha complained, looking left to right, but only seeing fog on both sides. "Can you see any cars coming?"
No one answered him and he twisted his head around to look back the way he had come. His view was only met with more fog and he realized that he had lost Miroku and Sango in his haste to find Kagome. Suddenly, that tiny feeling of fear crept into his mind and he was reminded of those movies where dead zombies came back from their graves to kill innocent bystanders on a cold night filled with fog; a night such as this.
Shaking his head at his own arrogance, he took in a deep breath and looked once more at both sides of the street and ran across as fast as he could before a car came and ran him over. Getting over safely, he glanced at his watch and it ticked 11:52pm.
"Eight minutes early..." he whispered as Koibitos Yakusoku bridge came into view, its structure towering over the town.
It was a beautiful white and golden bridge, built so that cars could cross the river it was built over. At first it was named the Subarashii Bridge, but after certain events, it was changed to the Koibitos Yakusoku Bridge. It was 100 feet high and pillars shaped like angels stuck out at the top, giving it a look that suggested that angels were flying from the bridge, hence the first name, Subarashii [Heavenly] Bridge.
Mist weaved in and out of the bridge, casting a mystifying aura to it. Inuyasha wasn't fond of the look because it gave him the feeling that he was in a movie and was about to run into something ghastly and appalling. Walking towards it tentatively, Inuyasha wondered why there wasn't a single car crossing the bridge, but the thick fog answered it all. The sound of his own feet upon the stone-covered road rang out into the dark night, only adding more alertness to Inuyasha. His ears seemed to pick up any and every sound in every direction, his eyes piercing through the darkness to look for any outline of a person, and his steps cautious.
The silence was pierced as a cold, evil voice sliced through the air, its laughter ringing murder in Inuyasha's ears. Inuyasha snapped his head up to look at where the sinister laughter had originated from, his eyes landing on the frame of a man. The man's hair was blowing with the high wind and his long hair was as dark as the night itself.
"NARAKU. What did you do with Kagome!? Tell me NOW!" Inuyasha bellowed, his eyes fixated on the evil man who was on one of the angel structures.
Naraku narrowed his eyes in anticipation, a smirk making its way onto his face and a dark aura pulsing around his being. "Tsk tsk Inuyasha. Why just Kagome?" Naraku taunted, shaking his finger down at Inuyasha, who looked ready to climb up the bridge and tear Naraku limb from limb. "What about Kikyou, ne?"
Inuyasha scowled up at Naraku, an animalistic growl making its way from his throat, as he clenched and unclenched his fists in anger. Right now, on his mind, Kikyou didn't seem like such an important subject, but his attention was centered on where Kagome was and what had happened to her. If that slime ball Naraku had done anything to hurt his Kagome in any way, he would make sure Naraku would not live to see the dawn of another day.
Wait a second.
HIS Kagome?
Naraku broke into his thoughts, as the evil slime ball let off another string of evil laughter. "Well, well, Inuyasha, aren't you just DYING to see where your two little wenches are?" Naraku hissed in an excited voice, his narrowed eyes widening in eagerness.
"WHERE ARE THEY!?" Inuyasha roared, red fury and anger flashing in his eyes.
But Inuyasha's impatience only got Naraku to laugh even more and look down at Inuyasha with evil glinting in his eyes. "Let's play a game."
"No games, Naraku. Where the hell are those two and you better tell me before I get up there and tear you to tiny little pieces and beat you down to hell!" Inuyasha made swiping motions with his hands, as if to demonstrate how he was going to kill Naraku.
Naraku simply ignored the threat and with a flick of his hand, the mist seemed to part side to side and the next angel structure appeared into both of their views. Inuyasha's eyes widened into realization as he watched the scene that emerged in front of his eyes, anger continuing to build inside.
"Is this your little idea of a game?" Inuyasha snarled up at Naraku who looked like he was enjoying this a tad bit too much. Naraku could never keep his bad side under control and no matter how much he tried to keep himself away from the police, he just had too much darkness in his heart.
"Yes, Inuyasha," Naraku began as he sat down upon the structure and pointed to the other one with his finger. "I always wondered which one you would choose over. Kagome or Kikyou."
"Why do you love making my life a living hell!?" Inuyasha sneered up at Naraku, who in turn, just ignored him and kept on going with his explanation.
"Kagome and Kikyou. Their looks are so alike," Naraku said out loud, but whispered in a lower voice, "But that's where the similarities end."
Inuyasha bit his lower lip until it nearly drew blood, his eyes looking off at Kagome once in a while and his mind racing with ways to kill Naraku slowly and painfully. He hadn't forgotten the last time Naraku had gotten his foul hold on Kagome and slapped her and Inuyasha wasn't about to let that slide without hurting Naraku ten folds as much as he had hurt Kagome.
"So who do you like more Inuyasha? Who would you rather have?" Naraku yelled over the mist, gesturing over to the two girls who were currently gagged and tied to opposite ends of a narrow rectangular contraption that extended out from the structure.
Kagome had a worried look in her eyes and she hung from one end of the contraption, her tied up body hanging right over the river far below. Kikyou, on the other end, had a more calm, determined look on her face, only that her body wasn't tied as tightly as Kagome's and she was just biting onto her mouth gag. Both were swaying with the breeze and looking at Inuyasha 100 feet below.
Inuyasha couldn't give an answer to that question. He just couldn't choose one of them like that; After all, Kikyou was a friend and Kagome was...well...Kagome. He glared up at Naraku with vengeance in his eyes and felt like kicking one of the pillars in front of him.
"Can't choose Inuyasha?" Naraku chuckled to himself and then looked down far below at him. "Well you better choose quickly because I'm getting impatient and I want to see some action.
All of a sudden, red and blue lights could be seen through the softer mist, the lights blinking on and off, followed by a loud, shrill siren. Naraku suddenly looked like he had seen a ghost, his face turning paler as he suddenly screamed "Kanna! Cut the ropes!" and the girl who had been covered by the mist on the other pillar, emerged and grabbed a hold of the rope next to her, which was connected to both of Kagome's and Kikyou's ropes. Taking out a knife she had in her pocket, she cut the rope, swift and fast.
Inuyasha snapped his head to watch as Kagome and Kikyou slowly began their descend towards the river, like as if he was watching a movie in slow motion. The police cars had skid to a stop right in front of the bridge, the policemen piling out and holding out their guns at Naraku who looked like a cornered rat. Sango and Miroku got out of one of the police cars, their hands over their mouths in horror as they watched in dismay, Kagome and Kikyou falling down straight for the river.
His mind working faster than it ever had before, Inuyasha made a beeline for Kagome, jumping onto the bridge's rail and watching her fall down with his heart thumping in his head, his body ready to sprint and his breathing irregular.
Realizing what Inuyasha was about to do, Sango screamed out "NOOOOO!!" and was about to run towards Inuyasha before Miroku held her back in case she got hurt. "Let go of me Miroku! Inuyasha and Kagome are going to die! Miroku!! Let go of me! Please! Miroku! I don't want to see them die! Let GO of me!" Sango pleaded, while tears made their ways silently down her cheeks, watching the scene in front of her with panic and distress.
Kikyou watched in a daze as she realized Inuyasha WAS going to choose Kagome over her, the friend he had known since forever. Jealousy and darkness crept into her heart as she saw him get ready to jump out to catch Kagome and she felt like stabbing that little wench in the heart a few hundred times. Snapping her attention to Inuyasha, she let go of her mouth gag and growled out, "Inuyasha! But what about ME! I thought you CARED!"
Inuyasha didn't even seem to hear Kikyou yell at him as he watched Kagome fall down closer and closer to him. When she was the right distance, he jumped off the railing into the open air, feeling the wind pull him down and blow his hair up. He slid his arms around Kagome's waist, while the girl had her eyes wide open in unbelieving shock. The river was only about another fifty feet below and they couldn't avoid it.
Sango stomped on Miroku's foot, leaving him whimpering and holding his foot and she ran over to the rail, followed by some of the policemen to watch the three people head straight for river. Sango took in one single deep breath as she watched two of her best friends fall to what might be their death. "INUYASHA! KAGOME! DON'T YOU DARE DIE!" she screamed after them, the tears continuing to fall down relentlessly.
Inuyasha pulled off Kagome's mouth gag and was immediately met with a pain- stricken look on Kagome, who looked like someone had just stabbed her through with a knife.
"Why didn't you choose Kikyou?" she whispered as they continued to fall closer and closer to the river.
"Because you mean more to me than her," he murmured into her ear as she hugged him right there in the middle of falling through the air.
"You know we'll probably die," Kagome said, as she closed her eyes slowly and leaned her head into the crook of his neck, smiling just a bit.
"At least I get to die happy then," he whispered and hugged Kagome closer to him, closing his eyes and waiting for the inevitable.
Huge splashes could be heard loud and clear as Inuyasha, Kagome and Kikyou hit the water, the droplets flying high into the air, and then turning into nothing but silence.
"Inuyasha...Kagome..." Sango whispered as she gazed at the water, but seeing none of them come up.
"INUYASHAAA!!! KAGOMEEEE!!!"
Sango's cry rang through the cold night's air as only bubbles surfaced from the dark waters below.
Chapter Fourteen- For You I Will
By: inuyashasgirl789
There was a huge jumble of mess on one of the library tables as three people seated around it flipped through the pages in a flurry. There was a big pile of books containing old newspaper articles on one side of the table and an even larger pile on the other side that made the first 'big' pile look like a shrimp. The big pile was of the books they still had to go through and the shrimp pile was of the ones they already went through. Everyone was about to have a migraine and blow up from the frustration, but they kept it going.
"God," Inuyasha mumbled to himself and accidentally tore out a clipping in his anger. A shocked expression appeared on his face and he looked around, quietly slipping it back in the book before the evil librarian caught him.
"AH I CAN'T FIND IT!" Sango screamed and spun around in her chair, while clutching her head in pain.
"MISS! CAN YOU PLEASE BE QUIET OR I WILL HAVE TO KICK YOU OUT OF THE LIBRARY FOR DISRUPTING THE PEACE!" the librarian yelled over the intercom and Sango buried her red embarrassed face back in the books.
"Grr. *grumble* She's even louder than I am *grumble* and she's all "can you please be quiet!" *grumble*" Sango growled to herself while working furiously. "Are you SURE you saw it? Or was it just your imagination like usual?" Sango hissed in a low voice, while watching her boyfriend whirl through the books.
"I am sure, so please, just trust me."
"Trust you? TRUST you? I can't even understand you, so how can I TRUST you?" Sango grumbled and continued her search, her patience evidently having snapped a while ago.
Inuyasha sighed heavily as he listened to the two argue. Even as a couple, they couldn't agree on anything. How long could this relationship last? Well, very long probably, so he'd have to get use to some screaming and yelling, and then making ups.
His eyes lazily scanned over the contents of the newspaper article and he was going to turn the page before two words caught his eyes.
"Koibitos Yakusoku"
"GUYS I FOUND IT!" He screamed and jumped up, yelling for joy and nearly doing a dance. He waved the piece of article he had taken out triumphantly in the air and gave Miroku and Sango a smug grin.
"YOU THREE! GET OUT!" The librarian shrieked over the intercom and it made everyone in the library jump up in surprise and shock.
"Quick. Jack it. Jack it!" Miroku hissed to Inuyasha, nudging the boy in the side with his elbow and Inuyasha swiftly stuffed it in his jacket pocket.
They ran out of the library, leaving the librarian with the mountain load of books. They couldn't be bothered to put the books back after she had yelled at them like that. The three stopped running when they were sure they were far enough so that no librarians could catch them.
"What does it say? WHAT DOES IT SAY!?" Sango cried in annoyance, thinking that the male species took too long to read a simple article. She was impatient and she wasn't happy.
"Slow down, woman!" Inuyasha growled and then took the crumpled up piece of paper from his pocket. But his rough handlings with it caused it to break off into four different pieces.
Sango and Miroku had their mouths wide open as they watched the three pieces flutter down to the ground. "Is...it...still readable?" Miroku asked and Inuyasha nodded his head slowly as he looked at the three pieces. "Hold it carefully. It might rot away if you don't."
Inuyasha carefully picked up the three pieces and went over to a seat, putting the article down and putting back all the pieces till it was whole again. Then, all three friends put their heads together and stared at it. Headlines "Lover's Suicidal Death at Koibitos Yakusoku Bridge" caught their attention and made their hearts quicken.
So Naraku was planning to kill someone?
*~*~*
It was about eleven at night and Kagome wasn't feeling any better. She got use to the silence and having the strange man stare at her with those scary golden eyes. The eyes---they reminded her so much of Inuyasha, yet Inuyasha's were welcoming. They were warm and gave her a sense of security, gave her the knowledge that he would always be there for her and would protect her.
Inuyasha...
"Where are you...?" she whispered to herself and looked up at the ceiling, wondering if he was going to come and save her from whatever fate had in stall for her. "And could you please stop the staring?!" she asked Sesshoumaru, giving him a long, hard glare. "Is there something so interesting about me that you have to stare at me for like, forever?"
"No, but I know you're thinking about my little brother."
"SO?"
"So are you both together?"
"NO."
"So do you like him?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAno. Nice one, but no."
Sesshoumaru raised a knowing eyebrow and then decided to stare at the interesting ceiling along with Kagome. Sneaking one last look at the girl, he whispered, "Well you better hope he likes you better than Kikyou."
"What?" Kagome questioned, blinking at him owlishly.
Sesshoumaru ignored her and wouldn't even look at her, pretending that he had never said anything. He just sat there in a manner that hinted Kagome that they were over with their little talk and he wouldn't say anything anymore.
Kagome turned her attention back to the ceiling and just continued to stare at it, wondering when she would be let free and whether Inuyasha would come any time soon to save her, before she died from starvation. They hadn't even let her eat anything yet, those slave drivers.
'I wonder what they want me for...'
*~*~*
"Is it time?"
"Yea, Kanna, go get the girl."
"Yes...cousin."
*~*~*
Inuyasha and Miroku were currently stranded up in an oak tree outside Sango's room, arguing about whether they should jump in through the window to check for Sango. The window was open and the curtains were fluttering out into the breeze, but the distance between the window and tree wasn't exactly a step across. Inuyasha said they should, but Miroku argued that they might miss and fall down to the ground to crack their neck and die a horribly painful, slow death. Inuyasha called Miroku a wussy. Miroku called Inuyasha a crazy nut. Fighting issued.
"Will you PLEASE be quiet?!" Sango poked her head out the window and gave them both a glare that demanded them to be silent. "If my parents wake up, do you think they'd be very happy to know I'm stealing out of the house around midnight without their permission to go to a bridge and save my best friend? NO. They won't be happy! So be quiet and give me two more minutes to put on my gloves and stuff!"
Inuyasha and Miroku went quiet like two obeying puppies and watched the window, waiting for their friend to finish getting ready. There were no clouds tonight, only the clear crescent moon and the million of blinking, shining stars. There was a very chilly wind blowing, and although Sango and Miroku were dressed really warmly, Inuyasha was dressed in a plain long sleeve shirt and baggy pants. Miroku added quickly that what he wore also contributed to the fact that he was a crazy nut.
"Alright guys. I'm done," Sango announced and poked her head out, a beanie over it. Without any warnings, she got up onto the window ledge and jumped over onto the tree, looking at the guys with a sense of womanly pride.
But that only got Inuyasha and Miroku arguing again.
"See?! Sango made it from the window ledge! So what are you scared of Miro?"
"Well she could have been lucky!"
"Hey guys, I do that a lot, so don't call it luck."
"See wimpy? She does it a lot, so why can't you?"
"Well I am a very delicate man and I am filled with my woes."
"What's your woes got to do with anything? You pervert."
"Ah be quiet both of you. Men..."
All three of them snuck across Sango's lawn quietly and opened the gate, closing it behind them and walking quietly down the street. Once they were pretty far from the house, all three gave a sigh of relief, thanking the gods that no one had caught them. It was getting pretty windy and clouds were starting to sneak in from the horizon, wrapping their blanket over the skies to cover the stars.
The streets were quiet, only a car zooming past them once in a while and a suspicious stranger walking past. Other than that, it was spooky with no souls talking and no birds tweeting. The shops were all dark and everything was all still, nothing moving except for Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku.
Slowly, as they made their way down the stone-covered street, fog started to collect around the city, casting a hazy yet uncomfortable aura around them. Inuyasha, feeling uneasy around the setting fog, that and the fact that he had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen, started to speed up. Miroku and Sango were trailing behind him; the fog almost erasing their presence from Inuyasha's vision.
Not really knowing how the pole got there, Miroku walked right into it through the fog and he fell backwards onto his behind, letting off a yelp of pain and surprise. Sango, hearing Miroku yelp, stopped trying to catch up with Inuyasha and looked back at Miroku, who was rubbing his red forehead.
"Are you alright?" she asked when she saw him almost wincing.
"Yea, I think. But I feel like I cracked my forehead in half," Miroku explained and looked up at Sango, while still rubbing gently at his injury. "You want to kiss my boo boo away?" he questioned with big sparkling eyes and innocence dripping in his voice.
"If you don't get serious, I really will crack your head in half," Sango threatened, showing him her fist, ready to smash some sense into the lecher.
Miroku took the hint and decided to change the subject to their missing companion. "Where's Inu?" he asked curiously when he looked ahead and didn't catch a sign of the arrogant boy and didn't hear any taunts from him.
Sango turned her head to look down the street and into the fog, but couldn't see any signs of Inuyasha either. "Well I guess we lost him," she whispered in a low voice and sighed with much remorse. "He might need us there too."
Miroku got himself up and brushed himself off, sighing along with his girlfriend. The mysterious fog just got thicker as they lingered there, and Miroku looked around in suspicion. "These mysterious fogs only happen in those movies where someone is going to get killed or murdered. Why do they have to happen now?"
"You must have watched too many movies, Miroku," Sango said matter-of- factly and nodded her head to agree with herself. "Well, better try to get to Koibitos Yakusoku Bridge. Don't wanna miss any action, now do we?"
Miroku and Sango continued down the stone-covered street, feeling great unease with the fog surrounding them, as if it wanted to suffocate them. The fog just got thicker, with them hardly seeing ten feet in front of them. They were too afraid to run in search of Inuyasha, scared that they might accidentally run into something sharp poking out.
"Inuyasha has just gotten himself into a pickle without us there to help him," Miroku whispered and Sango could do nothing but nod her head in agreement and response.
*~*~*
"Guys, I can't see across the street," Inuyasha complained, looking left to right, but only seeing fog on both sides. "Can you see any cars coming?"
No one answered him and he twisted his head around to look back the way he had come. His view was only met with more fog and he realized that he had lost Miroku and Sango in his haste to find Kagome. Suddenly, that tiny feeling of fear crept into his mind and he was reminded of those movies where dead zombies came back from their graves to kill innocent bystanders on a cold night filled with fog; a night such as this.
Shaking his head at his own arrogance, he took in a deep breath and looked once more at both sides of the street and ran across as fast as he could before a car came and ran him over. Getting over safely, he glanced at his watch and it ticked 11:52pm.
"Eight minutes early..." he whispered as Koibitos Yakusoku bridge came into view, its structure towering over the town.
It was a beautiful white and golden bridge, built so that cars could cross the river it was built over. At first it was named the Subarashii Bridge, but after certain events, it was changed to the Koibitos Yakusoku Bridge. It was 100 feet high and pillars shaped like angels stuck out at the top, giving it a look that suggested that angels were flying from the bridge, hence the first name, Subarashii [Heavenly] Bridge.
Mist weaved in and out of the bridge, casting a mystifying aura to it. Inuyasha wasn't fond of the look because it gave him the feeling that he was in a movie and was about to run into something ghastly and appalling. Walking towards it tentatively, Inuyasha wondered why there wasn't a single car crossing the bridge, but the thick fog answered it all. The sound of his own feet upon the stone-covered road rang out into the dark night, only adding more alertness to Inuyasha. His ears seemed to pick up any and every sound in every direction, his eyes piercing through the darkness to look for any outline of a person, and his steps cautious.
The silence was pierced as a cold, evil voice sliced through the air, its laughter ringing murder in Inuyasha's ears. Inuyasha snapped his head up to look at where the sinister laughter had originated from, his eyes landing on the frame of a man. The man's hair was blowing with the high wind and his long hair was as dark as the night itself.
"NARAKU. What did you do with Kagome!? Tell me NOW!" Inuyasha bellowed, his eyes fixated on the evil man who was on one of the angel structures.
Naraku narrowed his eyes in anticipation, a smirk making its way onto his face and a dark aura pulsing around his being. "Tsk tsk Inuyasha. Why just Kagome?" Naraku taunted, shaking his finger down at Inuyasha, who looked ready to climb up the bridge and tear Naraku limb from limb. "What about Kikyou, ne?"
Inuyasha scowled up at Naraku, an animalistic growl making its way from his throat, as he clenched and unclenched his fists in anger. Right now, on his mind, Kikyou didn't seem like such an important subject, but his attention was centered on where Kagome was and what had happened to her. If that slime ball Naraku had done anything to hurt his Kagome in any way, he would make sure Naraku would not live to see the dawn of another day.
Wait a second.
HIS Kagome?
Naraku broke into his thoughts, as the evil slime ball let off another string of evil laughter. "Well, well, Inuyasha, aren't you just DYING to see where your two little wenches are?" Naraku hissed in an excited voice, his narrowed eyes widening in eagerness.
"WHERE ARE THEY!?" Inuyasha roared, red fury and anger flashing in his eyes.
But Inuyasha's impatience only got Naraku to laugh even more and look down at Inuyasha with evil glinting in his eyes. "Let's play a game."
"No games, Naraku. Where the hell are those two and you better tell me before I get up there and tear you to tiny little pieces and beat you down to hell!" Inuyasha made swiping motions with his hands, as if to demonstrate how he was going to kill Naraku.
Naraku simply ignored the threat and with a flick of his hand, the mist seemed to part side to side and the next angel structure appeared into both of their views. Inuyasha's eyes widened into realization as he watched the scene that emerged in front of his eyes, anger continuing to build inside.
"Is this your little idea of a game?" Inuyasha snarled up at Naraku who looked like he was enjoying this a tad bit too much. Naraku could never keep his bad side under control and no matter how much he tried to keep himself away from the police, he just had too much darkness in his heart.
"Yes, Inuyasha," Naraku began as he sat down upon the structure and pointed to the other one with his finger. "I always wondered which one you would choose over. Kagome or Kikyou."
"Why do you love making my life a living hell!?" Inuyasha sneered up at Naraku, who in turn, just ignored him and kept on going with his explanation.
"Kagome and Kikyou. Their looks are so alike," Naraku said out loud, but whispered in a lower voice, "But that's where the similarities end."
Inuyasha bit his lower lip until it nearly drew blood, his eyes looking off at Kagome once in a while and his mind racing with ways to kill Naraku slowly and painfully. He hadn't forgotten the last time Naraku had gotten his foul hold on Kagome and slapped her and Inuyasha wasn't about to let that slide without hurting Naraku ten folds as much as he had hurt Kagome.
"So who do you like more Inuyasha? Who would you rather have?" Naraku yelled over the mist, gesturing over to the two girls who were currently gagged and tied to opposite ends of a narrow rectangular contraption that extended out from the structure.
Kagome had a worried look in her eyes and she hung from one end of the contraption, her tied up body hanging right over the river far below. Kikyou, on the other end, had a more calm, determined look on her face, only that her body wasn't tied as tightly as Kagome's and she was just biting onto her mouth gag. Both were swaying with the breeze and looking at Inuyasha 100 feet below.
Inuyasha couldn't give an answer to that question. He just couldn't choose one of them like that; After all, Kikyou was a friend and Kagome was...well...Kagome. He glared up at Naraku with vengeance in his eyes and felt like kicking one of the pillars in front of him.
"Can't choose Inuyasha?" Naraku chuckled to himself and then looked down far below at him. "Well you better choose quickly because I'm getting impatient and I want to see some action.
All of a sudden, red and blue lights could be seen through the softer mist, the lights blinking on and off, followed by a loud, shrill siren. Naraku suddenly looked like he had seen a ghost, his face turning paler as he suddenly screamed "Kanna! Cut the ropes!" and the girl who had been covered by the mist on the other pillar, emerged and grabbed a hold of the rope next to her, which was connected to both of Kagome's and Kikyou's ropes. Taking out a knife she had in her pocket, she cut the rope, swift and fast.
Inuyasha snapped his head to watch as Kagome and Kikyou slowly began their descend towards the river, like as if he was watching a movie in slow motion. The police cars had skid to a stop right in front of the bridge, the policemen piling out and holding out their guns at Naraku who looked like a cornered rat. Sango and Miroku got out of one of the police cars, their hands over their mouths in horror as they watched in dismay, Kagome and Kikyou falling down straight for the river.
His mind working faster than it ever had before, Inuyasha made a beeline for Kagome, jumping onto the bridge's rail and watching her fall down with his heart thumping in his head, his body ready to sprint and his breathing irregular.
Realizing what Inuyasha was about to do, Sango screamed out "NOOOOO!!" and was about to run towards Inuyasha before Miroku held her back in case she got hurt. "Let go of me Miroku! Inuyasha and Kagome are going to die! Miroku!! Let go of me! Please! Miroku! I don't want to see them die! Let GO of me!" Sango pleaded, while tears made their ways silently down her cheeks, watching the scene in front of her with panic and distress.
Kikyou watched in a daze as she realized Inuyasha WAS going to choose Kagome over her, the friend he had known since forever. Jealousy and darkness crept into her heart as she saw him get ready to jump out to catch Kagome and she felt like stabbing that little wench in the heart a few hundred times. Snapping her attention to Inuyasha, she let go of her mouth gag and growled out, "Inuyasha! But what about ME! I thought you CARED!"
Inuyasha didn't even seem to hear Kikyou yell at him as he watched Kagome fall down closer and closer to him. When she was the right distance, he jumped off the railing into the open air, feeling the wind pull him down and blow his hair up. He slid his arms around Kagome's waist, while the girl had her eyes wide open in unbelieving shock. The river was only about another fifty feet below and they couldn't avoid it.
Sango stomped on Miroku's foot, leaving him whimpering and holding his foot and she ran over to the rail, followed by some of the policemen to watch the three people head straight for river. Sango took in one single deep breath as she watched two of her best friends fall to what might be their death. "INUYASHA! KAGOME! DON'T YOU DARE DIE!" she screamed after them, the tears continuing to fall down relentlessly.
Inuyasha pulled off Kagome's mouth gag and was immediately met with a pain- stricken look on Kagome, who looked like someone had just stabbed her through with a knife.
"Why didn't you choose Kikyou?" she whispered as they continued to fall closer and closer to the river.
"Because you mean more to me than her," he murmured into her ear as she hugged him right there in the middle of falling through the air.
"You know we'll probably die," Kagome said, as she closed her eyes slowly and leaned her head into the crook of his neck, smiling just a bit.
"At least I get to die happy then," he whispered and hugged Kagome closer to him, closing his eyes and waiting for the inevitable.
Huge splashes could be heard loud and clear as Inuyasha, Kagome and Kikyou hit the water, the droplets flying high into the air, and then turning into nothing but silence.
"Inuyasha...Kagome..." Sango whispered as she gazed at the water, but seeing none of them come up.
"INUYASHAAA!!! KAGOMEEEE!!!"
Sango's cry rang through the cold night's air as only bubbles surfaced from the dark waters below.