I'm updating faster now! I've been really this weekend, that's why I couldn't make it longer, with my cousin coming over, babysitting, and youth group at my church.
Kumo No Su (Spider webs)
He wrestled to get free from the thin transparent threads that bounded him. Webs hung from the ceiling, binding his arms up to the room, stringing him like a limp puppet. Several other locks of netting attached itself to the rest of his body.
A small figure watched in slight amusement, watching the monk writhe to get free from the strands that bound him. Her eyes narrowed into slits, as the monk looked her way, directly at her.
"Who are you?!" he ordered.
She walked out of the shadows, coming up to him until they were face to face, since he was resting on his knees. Without hesitation, she replied, "I am Yuri."
"You lie," he replied, "you carry the aura of a demon."
"You are wise, monk."
"Where is Yuri?"
"Oh, you mean her?" She pointed to the other side, where a little girl was lying in the corner where the camouflaged demon had just come from. She looked pale and malnourished, her hair covering her face.
"She deemed quite useful, being the last female left. And I was gonna give her to my children to feast on, but she seemed to scrawny. Of course since I didn't have any experience in being a human child, I kept her. Poor thing, didn't even know she was being used in the first place. She'd always go about every normal day and when I needed to do some business in the village, I would simply take on her form."
The demon morphed. Her figure grew taller, into a more mature human form. In the girl's place, stood a young woman, her black hair extending down to the back of her knees. Her eyes were thin, glowing a bright deadly red.
"You bitch," he said, "manipulating a child!"
"Call it what you want, I've done much worse," the demoness replied.
"Where's Sango?"
"The Taijiya? Probably dead," she replied bluntly, "running from several hundred baby spider demons is pretty futile."
"She'll make it, I know she can!" Miroku shot back with malice.
"Oh please, be realistic," she said, placing two fingers under his chin. She looked straight into his eyes and whispered, "they'll eat her alive. Of course, the faster one will manage to bite her in the leg, paralyzing her whole body. Another will crawl over her, stopping at her neck, staring at the blood vessel running there. The demon will then emit a straw-like fang from its mouth, then-"
"SHUT UP!" he yelled, wrestling to get free from the spider web.
"Face it monk," said the demoness, "this thing has been planned from the beginning. It was, after all, Naraku's last wish. Of course he wasn't smart enough to separate you four, since he thought he was invincible."
"Then why haven't you killed me yet?"
"Because he wanted you to suffer first. I have to bring back the Taijiya's blood drained corpse from you to mourn over before you share the same painful fate. Naraku's morbid like that."
'She'll defeat your offspring, then we'll defeat you together' he thought to himself, despite his diminishing hopes.
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She collapsed on the cold wet ground, her lungs and throat burning from trying to get free. The strong webs that bound her constricted her lungs and was close to breaking her ribs. They continued to drag her along behind them.
She knew what happened to humans who were captured by spider demons. Being sucked dry by the throat was not a peaceful or painless way to die. There were too many to kill, and to run was just as futile.
'So this is how I die…' she said to herself, 'and here I thought I'd die by Naraku's hands.'
She closed her eyes and let out a mediocre sigh. 'I always though after we defeated him that I would grow old and, maybe… have a family…'
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Perfect.
She inhaled the pure air, the breeze combing through her hair. She said in the field, the tall grass dancing in the wind, each synchronous with one another.
In the distance, she saw a figure hopping around. It came closer and she realized it was a little girl of about five, her hair short for a girl her age, giving her the demeanor of a sort of tomboy. She noticed the little girl was running to her.
"Okaa-san!" she yelled, her voice bright and cheerful. She noticed the girl's indigo colored eyes, eyes that seemed all too familiar. Sango smiled softly at her.
"How is little brother today?" the young girl asked, looking down at her mother's stomach. Sango looked down, gazing at her protruding stomach. She ran her fingers over bulging stomach, replying. "Perfect."
The little girl left, chasing the birds that rested in the field.
Perfect.
A pair of strong arms wrapped around her shoulders, pulling her closer to him. His head rested on her shoulder breathing in her scent. "Koishii," he muttered, his voice deep and masculine. It took her a second for her to realize exactly who it was…
Miroku…
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Sango was snapped out of her reverie by a strong sting in her left leg. She strained to look down, catching sight of a large spider sinking its fangs into her thigh. She hissed in pain as she felt the arachnid's poison run through her body, then suddenly, she felt nothing at all. She'd been paralyzed.
Her eyes blurry, she saw another spider crawl over her, and barely noticed a straw-like tube come from out its mouth, ready to drink her blood.
"Miroku…"
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Whew, it took me a while to finish this. I know, I lied about not having anymore cliffhangers, but when you're at the climax of the story, they tend to kind of… pop up.
Next chapter will probably be the next to last chapter, plus or minus and epilogue.
Lil'Lyn713
BTW: Thanx for so many reviews!