High school, high school, high school… everything we've been doing in school is preparing for high school. I've decided to take ROTC, which is sort of like a military program, but not what you'd see on TV. Your self-esteem remains in tact ^_^.
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Makotona Ai: Sincere Love
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"She is dead."
Those were the first words he heard when the demoness had come into the cavern.
Her bright red eyes shone from the shadow of the doorway as she reentered the room, a large spider resting on her shoulder.
"Sango, the Taijiya, is no more," she said smirking. The demoness looked over at the monk. His mangled hair hid his eyes, but his smile was still evident on his face. He chuckled.
"Sango wouldn't let herself die this way, not like this," he said, "she's stronger than that."
"I thought you would say that," the demoness replied, "that's why my servant managed to salvage this." She extended her arm, opening her fist, dropping the piece of material on the floor.
His eyes widened.
Flashback…************************************He turned around in mild surprise. She stood behind him, holding the umbrella over both of them, a faint blush evident on her cheeks.
"Sorry…" he said.
"The injury… are you okay?"
"Yeah."
"Umm, Houshi-sama?"
"I'm glad," he jumped in, "that we can travel together again."
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'Sango…'
On the floor in front of him, lay Sango's ribbon, tattered and stained with blood. It lay in a crumpled bow on the cold wet ground, as it had been ripped from her hair. Splotches on dark crimson blood contaminated the pure white material.
"Do you want me to kill you now, monk? Now that the only woman you have ever cared for is dead?" She didn't wait for an answer, but instead drew her fangs and proceeded to bite his neck.
"Houshi-sama!"
A small blade flew between them, causing the demoness to jump back.
"She lives," the demoness hissed. She turned around, her red eyes narrowing to slits.
"Let him go, demon." The Taijiya was almost completely unscathed, except for a few scratches across her face, and a large cut across her right arm, which was bleeding profusely from under her sleeve since she hadn't gotten the time to change into her armor.
"How did you escape my offspring?!" the demoness thundered.
The Taijiya simply revealed a baby spider from behind her back, it blood dripping to the floor, soon the corpse following.
"You killed them all?!" the demoness sounded more angry then shocked, as she picked up the small corpse. Tears welled in her eyes as she cuddled it to her chest, and she whispered, "my children." It almost made them feel sorry for her.
Almost.
Her head suddenly jerked up, an evil cold grin forming on her black lips. She stood up, regaining her composure. Without warning, she threw out her hand, sending several thick strands of web from her palm, pinning Sango to the wall.
"You monster, killing pure infants like that," the demoness hissed, "you must be punished. And I know just how to do that."
She turned over to the monk, grinning mischievously. "You know, since they where just born, they really didn't reach the full extent of their power. I however, know what the full extent of my strength… of my venom." She drew her fangs, letting a yellowish substance drip off her sharp incisors. It landed on the small pile of straw, the acid eating away at the twigs.
"I have three types of venom- one to paralyze, one to eat, and one to kill. The one to eat, the one you just viewed, can melt the victim's organs from the inside out. The one to paralyze can leave you motionless for life if it reaches your spine. But the one to kill…" She trailed her fingers across the monk's chest. "we will soon find out."
The monk let out a hiss of pain as the demon's fangs penetrated his skin. Sango wrestled to get free from the web bindings, but they only seemed to tighten around her.
The demon woman removed her fangs from him. "He has five minutes Taijiya. No more, no less. But to get to him, you'll have to go through me. If you fail, he will die." Sango struggled to get free from her bindings. The monk's breathing became raspy as the strain of the poison hit him full force. He felt as if water filled his lungs, causing him to strive for breath. His blood felt like hot acid, causing every inch of his body to feel like it was ablaze. He was sweating immensely. Sango felt completely helpless as the monk passed out into a state of nothingness.
The demoness looked over at the man and smirked. "Four minutes."
Sango ripped through the last of the web, drawing her sword. It wasn't her preferred weapon, but it had to do. She charged at the demon, catching it off guard, jabbing her through her shoulder. The demoness hissed and threw the taijiya against the wall, her arm morphed into a spider's limb.
"Ooh, she bleeds," the demoness hissed. Her other arm morphed into a spider leg, then her whole body completely transformed into a large, hideous spider.
Sango slowly got up, leaning on the dirt wall for support. She grabbed at her side, pulling out a long hair follicle from the spider's leg. It looked more like a needle than a hair.
Three minutes.
She attacked again with her sword, trying to jab the demon in the abdomen. The sword shattered like glass against the spider's exoskeleton. The demon let out a loud cackle.
"Did you really think you could defeat me so easily?!" the demoness said in a cynical tone, grabbing the woman by the collar and pinning her against the wall, "shall devour you both!"
Sango looked around. She stared at Miroku with sad eyes. He looked so helped, hanging like a lopsided puppet being strung by hell's threads, his eyes covered by his bangs. That's when her eyes spotted something glittering just a few feet away from her.
Two minutes.
It was the blade, still pinned into the wall, only a little more than an arm length away. She searched the Youkai for a weak spot. Her eyes landed on the creature's neck, the only place that wasn't covered with the onyx shell. It was a next to impossible shot, if the demon moved its head she could miss, then it would be her doom… and his.
She reached into her pocket, pulling out a handful of poison, throwing it into the youkai's face. The demon screeched, dropping the woman. Sango snatched the blade, watching out for writhing limbs as the monster cried out in pain. Suddenly, the demon threw its head back. There was her opening.
She stabbed the blade through the demon's throat. There was an ear-piercing screech, and the demon fell dead to the floor. She jumped out of the way just in time as the spider hit the ground, deep crimson blood forming around the corpse.
One Minute.
Sango rushed over to the monk, kneeling down in front of him. She pulled out a small vile, filled with a red substance, similar to the youkai's blood. She slowly reopened the spider bite, then carefully poured the liquid onto the wound.
"Oh please be alright Miroku…" she whispered. All she could do was wait now…
Nothing happened.
"Come on Miroku, you've been through worse! We still have meals to eat together, conversations to share! You said that you'd treasure everyday of your life, and not let anyone else try to take it away!" A single tear fell down her cheek." You-You deserve to grow old with someone, have children, live your life without the anxiety of a plague over your shoulder… e-even if that someone's… not…"
"Sango…"
She looked up into bright violet eyes.
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Whew! That's done! I'm not good with fighting scenes, and I hate doing them! Anyways, the next chapter is the final chapter! I'm so happy! There a little twist in the next chapter, several actually, but one BIG one that'll have you cursing, the good cursing -_-' It should be up no later than a week! Lil'Lyn713