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books, and eps 1-114, but that's about it. I only have 2 of the Tenchi
movies.
Ok, this took me long enough to post. Don't know why, it has been written for a while now. Finally, we know how the battle ends. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!
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Love Has No Boundaries
Chapter 16: Battle Ends- Return to the Past
Kagome felt InuYasha changing. She'd never felt it before, but it didn't startle her this time either. Somehow, she knew that his transformation was the only thing that was going to come between them living or dieing. She glanced at Huca, who was watching Masaru and InuYasha. Kagome walked over to Huca. "Huca, you have to get out of here. Go over to Miroku."
It was too late. InuYasha tore through Masaru's clothes causing the demon to jump off of him. InuYasha jumped to his feet and flew at Masaru, claws outstretched. Kagome took the opportunity to string an arrow in her bow. If she could calculate the precise moment when InuYasha wasn't in her line of fire and Masaru was too preoccupied not to notice what she was doing, then she would be able to hit him. She sighed and relaxed, leaving it up to her body to let her know when to shoot.
InuYasha flung himself at Masaru and was deflected on more occasions than he'd care to count, if he had been in his right frame of mind that is. Miroku watched the display from quite a distance away. He knew what InuYasha's transformation meant, and at the moment, he knew that he wouldn't be any help to Kagome. He sighed and felt a familiar presence looking at him. When he turned around, however, no one greeted him. He shrugged it off and glanced back at the battle scene. "Miroku you idiot. Go help them. Are you weak?" Shippo's voice vibrated in his mind.
"Yeah, don't let a few broken bones stop you. It wouldn't stop you from being lecherous. Why let it stop you from fighting?" Sango's voice joined with Shippo's.
Miroku shook his head. "Man, they are even mocking me in my own head," he thought. He slowly stood up, pushing the pain into lower regions of his body. He grunted but slowly made his way toward the battle.
InuYasha had succeeded in creating a great diversion for Kagome. She managed to shoot one arrow straight into Masaru's back. Before he could sustain enough damage from it, however, Masaru managed to grab it and pull it out. From that moment on, he kept half of his attention on his battle with InuYasha and the other half on Kagome.
InuYasha was now randomly aiming for different areas of Masaru's body. The only satisfaction that InuYasha got was when he actually drew blood from the demon. He landed back on the ground after another one of his attempts was triumphant. He glanced at the blood on his claws and smiled evilly, his fangs showing at the edges of his mouth.
Masaru watched Kagome out of the corner of his eye. He waited till it looked like she was preoccupied by something, and then sent a wave of energy towards her. It caught her, hoisted her up, and sent her sailing through the air. She slammed into the rock once again. InuYasha glanced over his shoulder at Kagome's lifeless body. He glanced back at Masaru and let out one of his fiercest growls ever.
Masaru turned his attention to InuYasha. "Does the sight of your mates battered body make you mad?"
InuYasha growled louder and lunged himself at Masaru. Miroku watched the battle. It seemed to him that InuYasha had some how regained part of his sanity, even though he was fully transformed. Miroku stayed back after seeing that InuYasha was taking care of the situation by himself.
Once again, Kagome stood up. Her mind was filled with rage. How dare that demon keep throwing her against that stupid rock? She picked up her bow and arrows. Huca stood in her way.
"Kagome, I can't allow you to put yourself in danger again."
"Huca, I'd advise you to get out of my way, right now!"
Huca glanced into Kagome's eyes and saw red seeping through the sides. She slid to the right and allowed Kagome to pass by. Huca watched Kagome's retreating figure and silently wished she were somewhere else.
Kagome strung an arrow in her bow. Once InuYasha was out of the way, she began to shoot arrow after arrow at Masaru. Miroku seized the opportunity and ran behind Masaru. He opened his wind tunnel, making sure to keep an eye on InuYasha's movements. Whenever InuYasha came within his wind tunnel, Miroku closed it off just long enough for the hanyou to recover his balance and return to the fight. By this time, Huca decided to join in. She ran to the left side of Masaru and began pummeling him with lightning from her outstretched hands.
Masaru slapped InuYasha away from him. InuYasha skidded to a stop right next to Tetsusaiga. He glanced at the fang. Smiling he stood up and took Tetsusaiga within his grasp. Instantly his eyes returned to normal and the streaks on his face retreated. He watched in horror as Kagome was hoisted into the air by an invisible force. Growling, he went around to Masaru's blind side. Kagome managed to fight against the force and string another arrow into her bow. InuYasha let go the Kazi No Kiza just as Kagome let her arrow fly. Both hit Masaru with enough force to knock the wind out of him.
Instantly Kagome was thrown to the ground and was knocked unconscious. Masaru looked shocked as his body began to disintegrate from the shear force of both attacks. He gave a menacing look to his opponents.
"This is far from over. You have not won yet. I will destroy all of you." With that he disappeared.
Once Masaru was gone, InuYasha sheathed Tetsusaiga and rushed to Kagome's side.
Huca fell to her knees and soon passed out from shear exhaustion and lack of energy. Miroku walked over; he would have run but his numerous broken bones prevented him from doing so.
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Ryoko had gained the upper hand on the demon that was following her and managed to shoot it in the back. It wasn't hurt by her attempt and teleported once again. Ryoko also teleported, trying to follow it, but once she figured out that the trail was leading far away from the castle, she turned around and returned to the battle scene.
Gene found a clearing and landed the Outlaw Star. After saying their good byes, Aisha and Susuka returned to the ship, and the crew blasted off for some far off planet. Domon and Rain also said their farewells and left. The rest of the group continued rejoicing till Kiyone spoke up.
"Hey guys, we're forgetting about Kagome and the others. Shouldn't we see if they are alright?"
The only response she got was everyone breaking into a run, heading straight for the last place they had seen InuYasha. The group ground to a halt once they entered the clearing and saw an impossibly scary sight. InuYasha cradled a very bloody Kagome in his lap. Miroku had collapsed half way to Huca, who was also lying on the ground unconscious.
"Washu, get us out of here," Ayeka said.
"No wait," InuYasha spoke up. He was unusually calm despite what he was feeling inside. "Take us back to Kagome's home. There is only one person who can help us now."
"Hold on!" Washu said. After a moment the entire group disappeared and reappeared in front of the shrine outside of Kagome's residence.
InuYasha stood up, cradling Kagome close to his body. "I'm going to take Kagome some place safe. I'll be back to get Miroku." He turned toward the well house.
"Wait!"
InuYasha turned around and noticed that Washu was now standing amongst the crowd. He growled in frustration. "What do you want? I don't have time for this. Kagome may die if I don't get her help right now!"
"I'm going with you!" Washu exclaimed.
"Nani? Are you crazy? Whatever, but if you're coming with me grab Miroku. On second thought, grab Huca; I'll come back for Miroku. Hurry up, if you don't go with me now, you'll be stuck here." InuYasha turned back around and ran to the well house.
"Uh, Washu? How will we get home?" Tenchi asked.
Washu made a jester with her hands, making her keyboard appear. She transmitted everyone except Ryoko back to her laboratory. She glanced at Ryoko. "Before you go, can you carry Miroku inside that well house?"
"I might as well accompany you," Ryoko said as she picked Miroku up and disappeared.
InuYasha's patience was growing thin. He was about to jump into the well when Ryoko appeared to his left carrying Miroku. He glanced at her and would have voiced his opinion had Washu not entered the well house and came to stand on his right side.
"Ok, what do we have to do?" Washu asked.
"Grab hold of my kimono and jump into the well with me." As soon as he felt the two women grab his kimono, he jumped into the well.
"Let go of me; we're here!" He jumped out of the well as soon as they released their grips on him.
Ryoko flew out of the well closely followed by Washu. "Now..." Ryoko started to ask the half demon a question, but quickly found that he disappeared in a puff of smoke. She looked at Washu, who appeared to be puzzled. "Shall we follow him?" The only response that she got was watching Washu float away. Ryoko shook her head and followed.
InuYasha entered Kaede's village and ran into her hut. He glanced around. "Sango, where is Kaede?"
Sango jumped up and ran over to him. "InuYasha what happened? Is Kagome ok?"
"Where is Kaede? I don't have time for this," InuYasha said harshly.
Sango took a step back and noticed that InuYasha seemed scared and hurt. "She went out somewhere, I'm not sure where though. Why don't you give Kagome to me?" She took a step closer and reached out, motioning for InuYasha to hand Kagome over.
InuYasha growled, took a step back, and hugged Kagome's near lifeless body closer to his chest. "Find her now!" he demanded. "One more thing, Miroku has broken ribs. Someone is bringing him here. We also have another injured person." He went into the rear left corner of the hut and sat down facing the door.
Sango didn't waste another moment and quickly ran out of the hut. She ran right into Ryoko, who managed to dodge the fleeing girl at the last moment. Sango looked surprised for a moment before seeing that Ryoko was carrying Miroku. "Miroku? Is he ok?" She glanced at Ryoko.
"Ha, he'll be fine. The weakling just fainted. He has a few broken ribs however. Now, where did that stupid half demon go?" Ryoko looked around impatiently.
"I'm not stupid, bitch," came InuYasha's reply from Kaede's hut. "Sango, we don't have all day. Find Kaede, NOW!"
"What crawled up his butt and died?" Sango said under her breath.
"His woman is on the verge of death and he is scared." Washu spoke up.
"That must be the other person InuYasha was talking about." Sango pointed at Huca. "Look, just go into that hut and wait till I return." With that Sango ran off to find Kaede.
Ryoko and Washu entered the hut. InuYasha didn't pay attention to them. His thoughts wandered, but never once left the subject of Kagome. "She'll be ok. Gods, let her be ok. She can't die on me. I've never told her how I really feel. All she's heard are all the lies that I've told to hide my true feelings. Man, why did I try to keep her away from me? Duh, I don't want my heart broken again. Yet I continue to act as though she is my woman. Ack, she is my woman damn it," he thought as he unconsciously ran his fingers through Kagome's hair.
"InuYasha? Let me see her." Kaede had entered the hut and was now standing in front of InuYasha. He glanced up at her with a sad look. "I need to know what happened, so that I can help her."
"She was being controlled. That ignorant fuck slammed her into a rock four times and if that weren't enough, he slammed her head against the rock again just to make me mad. He said something about it being revenge for killing his grandfather and making his mother suffer."
"Did you hear any bones break?" Kaede's asked calmly.
"Of course," InuYasha spat out.
"InuYasha, don't get mad at me. I'm here to help; unless you don't want my help, that is."
InuYasha trailed his gaze back to Kagome. Kaede took that as his way of saying that he did want her help and that he was sorry. "Let me see her."
"You can see her from where she is, can't you?"
"In order for me to get an accurate view of all of her injuries, I must have full access to her." Kaede knew it was hopeless, but she tried to convince him nonetheless.
InuYasha grunted, but got up and placed Kagome on the floor in the middle of the room. He took two steps back and sat cross-legged on the ground. "I'm not moving from this spot, so don't even ask."
Kaede shook her head and began to look Kagome over. By this time, Shippo came bounding into the hut. Once he hit the door, the smell of Kagome's blood over took him, and he went running to his adopted mother's side. Kaede tried to grab him, but the little fox was too fast for her. His little hands tried to tug Kagome into acknowledging his presence. "Kagome! Kagome! Is she dead? InuYasha what did you do to her?"
InuYasha reached over and grabbed Shippo by the tail. "Shut up. I didn't do anything to her fox."
Shippo gave him a disbelieving look. "Right!"
InuYasha threw him toward Ryoko, who caught him in mid air and stared at him for a moment before dropping him to the ground. Kaede had enough of the interferences and ushered everyone out of the room, save for Huca. Sango grabbed Miroku and left saying something about taking care of him elsewhere. Washu and Ryoko followed her. Shippo started to voice his opinion about leaving, but Kaede gave him a strict look that told him he'd better make himself scarce for a little while. He took off after Sango.
InuYasha stayed glued to the same spot the entire time. Kaede gave him a harsh look, and he gave her one back. "InuYasha, leave. I don't believe that Kagome will be very happy if you were to stay while I examine her."
"I told you already, I'm not leaving this spot. Do whatever you have to do in front of me." He crossed his arms over his chest.
"She shall sit you a hundred times for this."
"I don't care! I'm not leaving. Hurry and fix her, now!"
Kaede sighed and began her examination of Kagome. She slowly removed the young miko's blood soaked shirt and pants. This got a giant blush from InuYasha, who turned his face toward the ceiling as if it were the most fascinating thing he'd ever seen. Kaede continued to remove Kagome's clothes.
"InuYasha, I need you to get me a bucket of water and some towels."
InuYasha looked at her again as if to say that he wasn't going to move, but his thoughts got the better of him, and he reluctantly complied. About five minutes later he came back with the requested items before reclaiming his seat.
"Since you insist on staying here, you might as well help me. I need you to wash Kagome while I take a look at the other girl." Kaede rose and turned toward Huca.
"Uh... I..." InuYasha was dumbfounded. "Oh gods, she'll sit me into next week or next month if I touch her like this," he thought.
Kaede turned around as if she had heard his thoughts. "Don't worry. I'm asking you to do this. I'll explain it to her if she finds out."
InuYasha didn't look any better, but he scooted towards Kagome and placed her head in his lap. He began washing her and brightly blushed, as the blood slowly washed away, revealing her bare skin. He decided that making light conversation with Kaede might help his face regain its normal color. "So.. Can you determine what's wrong?"
"Not exactly. That's why you need to wash her off. It will give me a better look at her." Kaede moved Huca to the side of the hut. "This one just needs to rest. Looks like she's exhausted."
"Oi Kaede. That girl's name is Huca. She was exhibiting some weird powers. I was hoping that you could help to explain this."
"Really? We shall have to wait till she wakes up. We shall ask her then."
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"OW! Sango it's not nice to hit an injured man." Miroku had regained consciousness a few minutes earlier and couldn't resist touching Sango's rear end. She had been leaning over him at the time.
Sango sat back, this time keeping some distance between herself and Miroku. "Ryoko, I'll let you handle this. I'm staying away from that perverted monk."
"Ah Sango, come on! Don't be like that!" Miroku sounded hurt by her statement.
Ryoko grinned an evil grin and finished wrapping up Miroku's chest. He grunted and screamed in pain, but that only succeeded in making Ryoko bandage him tighter.
"R... Ryo... Ryoko I can't breathe!" He managed to get out between breathes of pain.
"Serves you right. Who gave you the idea that touching women in such places was a good thing to do?" Washu asked.
"What are you two doing here anyways? I don't recall inviting you here." Miroku tried to move, but Ryoko grabbed his wrists and pinned him in place.
"You couldn't have invited us, you were passed out!" Ryoko smiled as he frowned.
Sango looked on in amusement. She didn't like to see the monk hurt, but she had to admit that Washu was right. He did deserve it, if only to a certain degree.
"So, how many women did you ask to bear your child?" Shippo got confused looks from two of the females present. Sango just shook her head.
"Shippo," Miroku started but was cut off when Ryoko grabbed him and hoisted him into the air.
"Tell him the truth."
Miroku blushed and began to retell the story from the time that InuYasha and himself had gone back to Kagome's time. At some points, he tried to make himself out to be the best person ever, but Ryoko jerked him up quickly causing him to buckle over in pain. At these points, he changed his story so fast that everyone present didn't even notice what Ryoko had done. When he finished his tale, Ryoko laid him onto the ground and sat down content.
"Ha, so this Kiyone person actually stopped you from asking before you even asked her?" Sango was laughing hysterically.
"Uh, yeah. Don't make a big deal out of it." Miroku blushed and looked at the sky.
Ok, this took me long enough to post. Don't know why, it has been written for a while now. Finally, we know how the battle ends. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!
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Love Has No Boundaries
Chapter 16: Battle Ends- Return to the Past
Kagome felt InuYasha changing. She'd never felt it before, but it didn't startle her this time either. Somehow, she knew that his transformation was the only thing that was going to come between them living or dieing. She glanced at Huca, who was watching Masaru and InuYasha. Kagome walked over to Huca. "Huca, you have to get out of here. Go over to Miroku."
It was too late. InuYasha tore through Masaru's clothes causing the demon to jump off of him. InuYasha jumped to his feet and flew at Masaru, claws outstretched. Kagome took the opportunity to string an arrow in her bow. If she could calculate the precise moment when InuYasha wasn't in her line of fire and Masaru was too preoccupied not to notice what she was doing, then she would be able to hit him. She sighed and relaxed, leaving it up to her body to let her know when to shoot.
InuYasha flung himself at Masaru and was deflected on more occasions than he'd care to count, if he had been in his right frame of mind that is. Miroku watched the display from quite a distance away. He knew what InuYasha's transformation meant, and at the moment, he knew that he wouldn't be any help to Kagome. He sighed and felt a familiar presence looking at him. When he turned around, however, no one greeted him. He shrugged it off and glanced back at the battle scene. "Miroku you idiot. Go help them. Are you weak?" Shippo's voice vibrated in his mind.
"Yeah, don't let a few broken bones stop you. It wouldn't stop you from being lecherous. Why let it stop you from fighting?" Sango's voice joined with Shippo's.
Miroku shook his head. "Man, they are even mocking me in my own head," he thought. He slowly stood up, pushing the pain into lower regions of his body. He grunted but slowly made his way toward the battle.
InuYasha had succeeded in creating a great diversion for Kagome. She managed to shoot one arrow straight into Masaru's back. Before he could sustain enough damage from it, however, Masaru managed to grab it and pull it out. From that moment on, he kept half of his attention on his battle with InuYasha and the other half on Kagome.
InuYasha was now randomly aiming for different areas of Masaru's body. The only satisfaction that InuYasha got was when he actually drew blood from the demon. He landed back on the ground after another one of his attempts was triumphant. He glanced at the blood on his claws and smiled evilly, his fangs showing at the edges of his mouth.
Masaru watched Kagome out of the corner of his eye. He waited till it looked like she was preoccupied by something, and then sent a wave of energy towards her. It caught her, hoisted her up, and sent her sailing through the air. She slammed into the rock once again. InuYasha glanced over his shoulder at Kagome's lifeless body. He glanced back at Masaru and let out one of his fiercest growls ever.
Masaru turned his attention to InuYasha. "Does the sight of your mates battered body make you mad?"
InuYasha growled louder and lunged himself at Masaru. Miroku watched the battle. It seemed to him that InuYasha had some how regained part of his sanity, even though he was fully transformed. Miroku stayed back after seeing that InuYasha was taking care of the situation by himself.
Once again, Kagome stood up. Her mind was filled with rage. How dare that demon keep throwing her against that stupid rock? She picked up her bow and arrows. Huca stood in her way.
"Kagome, I can't allow you to put yourself in danger again."
"Huca, I'd advise you to get out of my way, right now!"
Huca glanced into Kagome's eyes and saw red seeping through the sides. She slid to the right and allowed Kagome to pass by. Huca watched Kagome's retreating figure and silently wished she were somewhere else.
Kagome strung an arrow in her bow. Once InuYasha was out of the way, she began to shoot arrow after arrow at Masaru. Miroku seized the opportunity and ran behind Masaru. He opened his wind tunnel, making sure to keep an eye on InuYasha's movements. Whenever InuYasha came within his wind tunnel, Miroku closed it off just long enough for the hanyou to recover his balance and return to the fight. By this time, Huca decided to join in. She ran to the left side of Masaru and began pummeling him with lightning from her outstretched hands.
Masaru slapped InuYasha away from him. InuYasha skidded to a stop right next to Tetsusaiga. He glanced at the fang. Smiling he stood up and took Tetsusaiga within his grasp. Instantly his eyes returned to normal and the streaks on his face retreated. He watched in horror as Kagome was hoisted into the air by an invisible force. Growling, he went around to Masaru's blind side. Kagome managed to fight against the force and string another arrow into her bow. InuYasha let go the Kazi No Kiza just as Kagome let her arrow fly. Both hit Masaru with enough force to knock the wind out of him.
Instantly Kagome was thrown to the ground and was knocked unconscious. Masaru looked shocked as his body began to disintegrate from the shear force of both attacks. He gave a menacing look to his opponents.
"This is far from over. You have not won yet. I will destroy all of you." With that he disappeared.
Once Masaru was gone, InuYasha sheathed Tetsusaiga and rushed to Kagome's side.
Huca fell to her knees and soon passed out from shear exhaustion and lack of energy. Miroku walked over; he would have run but his numerous broken bones prevented him from doing so.
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Ryoko had gained the upper hand on the demon that was following her and managed to shoot it in the back. It wasn't hurt by her attempt and teleported once again. Ryoko also teleported, trying to follow it, but once she figured out that the trail was leading far away from the castle, she turned around and returned to the battle scene.
Gene found a clearing and landed the Outlaw Star. After saying their good byes, Aisha and Susuka returned to the ship, and the crew blasted off for some far off planet. Domon and Rain also said their farewells and left. The rest of the group continued rejoicing till Kiyone spoke up.
"Hey guys, we're forgetting about Kagome and the others. Shouldn't we see if they are alright?"
The only response she got was everyone breaking into a run, heading straight for the last place they had seen InuYasha. The group ground to a halt once they entered the clearing and saw an impossibly scary sight. InuYasha cradled a very bloody Kagome in his lap. Miroku had collapsed half way to Huca, who was also lying on the ground unconscious.
"Washu, get us out of here," Ayeka said.
"No wait," InuYasha spoke up. He was unusually calm despite what he was feeling inside. "Take us back to Kagome's home. There is only one person who can help us now."
"Hold on!" Washu said. After a moment the entire group disappeared and reappeared in front of the shrine outside of Kagome's residence.
InuYasha stood up, cradling Kagome close to his body. "I'm going to take Kagome some place safe. I'll be back to get Miroku." He turned toward the well house.
"Wait!"
InuYasha turned around and noticed that Washu was now standing amongst the crowd. He growled in frustration. "What do you want? I don't have time for this. Kagome may die if I don't get her help right now!"
"I'm going with you!" Washu exclaimed.
"Nani? Are you crazy? Whatever, but if you're coming with me grab Miroku. On second thought, grab Huca; I'll come back for Miroku. Hurry up, if you don't go with me now, you'll be stuck here." InuYasha turned back around and ran to the well house.
"Uh, Washu? How will we get home?" Tenchi asked.
Washu made a jester with her hands, making her keyboard appear. She transmitted everyone except Ryoko back to her laboratory. She glanced at Ryoko. "Before you go, can you carry Miroku inside that well house?"
"I might as well accompany you," Ryoko said as she picked Miroku up and disappeared.
InuYasha's patience was growing thin. He was about to jump into the well when Ryoko appeared to his left carrying Miroku. He glanced at her and would have voiced his opinion had Washu not entered the well house and came to stand on his right side.
"Ok, what do we have to do?" Washu asked.
"Grab hold of my kimono and jump into the well with me." As soon as he felt the two women grab his kimono, he jumped into the well.
"Let go of me; we're here!" He jumped out of the well as soon as they released their grips on him.
Ryoko flew out of the well closely followed by Washu. "Now..." Ryoko started to ask the half demon a question, but quickly found that he disappeared in a puff of smoke. She looked at Washu, who appeared to be puzzled. "Shall we follow him?" The only response that she got was watching Washu float away. Ryoko shook her head and followed.
InuYasha entered Kaede's village and ran into her hut. He glanced around. "Sango, where is Kaede?"
Sango jumped up and ran over to him. "InuYasha what happened? Is Kagome ok?"
"Where is Kaede? I don't have time for this," InuYasha said harshly.
Sango took a step back and noticed that InuYasha seemed scared and hurt. "She went out somewhere, I'm not sure where though. Why don't you give Kagome to me?" She took a step closer and reached out, motioning for InuYasha to hand Kagome over.
InuYasha growled, took a step back, and hugged Kagome's near lifeless body closer to his chest. "Find her now!" he demanded. "One more thing, Miroku has broken ribs. Someone is bringing him here. We also have another injured person." He went into the rear left corner of the hut and sat down facing the door.
Sango didn't waste another moment and quickly ran out of the hut. She ran right into Ryoko, who managed to dodge the fleeing girl at the last moment. Sango looked surprised for a moment before seeing that Ryoko was carrying Miroku. "Miroku? Is he ok?" She glanced at Ryoko.
"Ha, he'll be fine. The weakling just fainted. He has a few broken ribs however. Now, where did that stupid half demon go?" Ryoko looked around impatiently.
"I'm not stupid, bitch," came InuYasha's reply from Kaede's hut. "Sango, we don't have all day. Find Kaede, NOW!"
"What crawled up his butt and died?" Sango said under her breath.
"His woman is on the verge of death and he is scared." Washu spoke up.
"That must be the other person InuYasha was talking about." Sango pointed at Huca. "Look, just go into that hut and wait till I return." With that Sango ran off to find Kaede.
Ryoko and Washu entered the hut. InuYasha didn't pay attention to them. His thoughts wandered, but never once left the subject of Kagome. "She'll be ok. Gods, let her be ok. She can't die on me. I've never told her how I really feel. All she's heard are all the lies that I've told to hide my true feelings. Man, why did I try to keep her away from me? Duh, I don't want my heart broken again. Yet I continue to act as though she is my woman. Ack, she is my woman damn it," he thought as he unconsciously ran his fingers through Kagome's hair.
"InuYasha? Let me see her." Kaede had entered the hut and was now standing in front of InuYasha. He glanced up at her with a sad look. "I need to know what happened, so that I can help her."
"She was being controlled. That ignorant fuck slammed her into a rock four times and if that weren't enough, he slammed her head against the rock again just to make me mad. He said something about it being revenge for killing his grandfather and making his mother suffer."
"Did you hear any bones break?" Kaede's asked calmly.
"Of course," InuYasha spat out.
"InuYasha, don't get mad at me. I'm here to help; unless you don't want my help, that is."
InuYasha trailed his gaze back to Kagome. Kaede took that as his way of saying that he did want her help and that he was sorry. "Let me see her."
"You can see her from where she is, can't you?"
"In order for me to get an accurate view of all of her injuries, I must have full access to her." Kaede knew it was hopeless, but she tried to convince him nonetheless.
InuYasha grunted, but got up and placed Kagome on the floor in the middle of the room. He took two steps back and sat cross-legged on the ground. "I'm not moving from this spot, so don't even ask."
Kaede shook her head and began to look Kagome over. By this time, Shippo came bounding into the hut. Once he hit the door, the smell of Kagome's blood over took him, and he went running to his adopted mother's side. Kaede tried to grab him, but the little fox was too fast for her. His little hands tried to tug Kagome into acknowledging his presence. "Kagome! Kagome! Is she dead? InuYasha what did you do to her?"
InuYasha reached over and grabbed Shippo by the tail. "Shut up. I didn't do anything to her fox."
Shippo gave him a disbelieving look. "Right!"
InuYasha threw him toward Ryoko, who caught him in mid air and stared at him for a moment before dropping him to the ground. Kaede had enough of the interferences and ushered everyone out of the room, save for Huca. Sango grabbed Miroku and left saying something about taking care of him elsewhere. Washu and Ryoko followed her. Shippo started to voice his opinion about leaving, but Kaede gave him a strict look that told him he'd better make himself scarce for a little while. He took off after Sango.
InuYasha stayed glued to the same spot the entire time. Kaede gave him a harsh look, and he gave her one back. "InuYasha, leave. I don't believe that Kagome will be very happy if you were to stay while I examine her."
"I told you already, I'm not leaving this spot. Do whatever you have to do in front of me." He crossed his arms over his chest.
"She shall sit you a hundred times for this."
"I don't care! I'm not leaving. Hurry and fix her, now!"
Kaede sighed and began her examination of Kagome. She slowly removed the young miko's blood soaked shirt and pants. This got a giant blush from InuYasha, who turned his face toward the ceiling as if it were the most fascinating thing he'd ever seen. Kaede continued to remove Kagome's clothes.
"InuYasha, I need you to get me a bucket of water and some towels."
InuYasha looked at her again as if to say that he wasn't going to move, but his thoughts got the better of him, and he reluctantly complied. About five minutes later he came back with the requested items before reclaiming his seat.
"Since you insist on staying here, you might as well help me. I need you to wash Kagome while I take a look at the other girl." Kaede rose and turned toward Huca.
"Uh... I..." InuYasha was dumbfounded. "Oh gods, she'll sit me into next week or next month if I touch her like this," he thought.
Kaede turned around as if she had heard his thoughts. "Don't worry. I'm asking you to do this. I'll explain it to her if she finds out."
InuYasha didn't look any better, but he scooted towards Kagome and placed her head in his lap. He began washing her and brightly blushed, as the blood slowly washed away, revealing her bare skin. He decided that making light conversation with Kaede might help his face regain its normal color. "So.. Can you determine what's wrong?"
"Not exactly. That's why you need to wash her off. It will give me a better look at her." Kaede moved Huca to the side of the hut. "This one just needs to rest. Looks like she's exhausted."
"Oi Kaede. That girl's name is Huca. She was exhibiting some weird powers. I was hoping that you could help to explain this."
"Really? We shall have to wait till she wakes up. We shall ask her then."
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"OW! Sango it's not nice to hit an injured man." Miroku had regained consciousness a few minutes earlier and couldn't resist touching Sango's rear end. She had been leaning over him at the time.
Sango sat back, this time keeping some distance between herself and Miroku. "Ryoko, I'll let you handle this. I'm staying away from that perverted monk."
"Ah Sango, come on! Don't be like that!" Miroku sounded hurt by her statement.
Ryoko grinned an evil grin and finished wrapping up Miroku's chest. He grunted and screamed in pain, but that only succeeded in making Ryoko bandage him tighter.
"R... Ryo... Ryoko I can't breathe!" He managed to get out between breathes of pain.
"Serves you right. Who gave you the idea that touching women in such places was a good thing to do?" Washu asked.
"What are you two doing here anyways? I don't recall inviting you here." Miroku tried to move, but Ryoko grabbed his wrists and pinned him in place.
"You couldn't have invited us, you were passed out!" Ryoko smiled as he frowned.
Sango looked on in amusement. She didn't like to see the monk hurt, but she had to admit that Washu was right. He did deserve it, if only to a certain degree.
"So, how many women did you ask to bear your child?" Shippo got confused looks from two of the females present. Sango just shook her head.
"Shippo," Miroku started but was cut off when Ryoko grabbed him and hoisted him into the air.
"Tell him the truth."
Miroku blushed and began to retell the story from the time that InuYasha and himself had gone back to Kagome's time. At some points, he tried to make himself out to be the best person ever, but Ryoko jerked him up quickly causing him to buckle over in pain. At these points, he changed his story so fast that everyone present didn't even notice what Ryoko had done. When he finished his tale, Ryoko laid him onto the ground and sat down content.
"Ha, so this Kiyone person actually stopped you from asking before you even asked her?" Sango was laughing hysterically.
"Uh, yeah. Don't make a big deal out of it." Miroku blushed and looked at the sky.