TWINS AND JEWELS
By CrystalBlueSeraph
Disclaimer: I don't own characters and settings from sailormoon and inuyasha.
Chapter 6
"Snap out of it." Kagome hissed under her breath at her sister as they run along. She was starting to feel a building of pressure in between her eyes, a sign of an imminent headache. They had been running for quite a while now and her sister's unending mantra of 'its coming, its coming, its coming.....', although telepathically, was not helping a bit.
After hearing her sister's voice, Usagi stopped her tirade and uttered a sorry. She increased her effort in running so that her sister didn't have to pull her along, she did not let go her sister's hand though, because being connected physically to her sister helped her calm a bit.
They ran as fast as they could as they concentrated on three things; where they were heading, their breathing, and the distance between them and the fast approaching youkai.
They maybe faster than any of the villagers, but they were not as fast as certain youkais, the one following them included.
Kagome's danger sense suddenly kicked in, telling her consciousness to stop and change direction, but it was futile. Their momentum propelled them into an intricate silky yet sticky web they did not notice, stopping them in their tracks with a force that knocked their breaths out.
They were trapped.
"Gome-chan...............where trapped." Usagi whispered in utter despair. Her eyes started to water even when she tried so hard not to cry.
As soon as they gained their breaths from their sudden impact, they struggled to get out. They tried their best, but nothing worked, it even made the matter worst, further trapping them in the clutches of the inescapable weaved web. Parts of their person that hadn't been snagged by the web got caught.
By now, Kagome's danger sense was in overdrive. The youkai was closing in and they couldn't do anything about it.
"Gome-chan."
"Hai?"
Tears now run headless from their eyes, leaving salty tracks down their cheeks through the collars of their clothes.
Usagi used her limited mobility to maneuver herself so that she could have her sister in an embrace, knowing that it might be their last. They stayed in that position as they waited for the youkai whose only purpose was to satisfy its hunger of young human flesh and blood.
From the corner of Usagi's peripheral vision, she saw it. It was an ugly sight. It was a spider head demon. Its human like body clad in dirty and tattered clothing, its gray legs and spider like arms showing. It had a spider head, gray and bristly with antennas and four red circular eyes.
It stopped just twenty feet from the twins, assessing its catch with its red eyes glinting evilly in the sunlight.
Kagome took a peak and suppressed a shudder. Usa-chan, I love you. She suddenly conveyed, wanting her sister to know how she felt and at the same time giving a tad of comfort.
I love you too. Usagi replied back, hugging her sister tightly. She shut her eyes and waited for the inevitable.
They did not really know what was going to happen, all they knew was that they were going to die. In all honesty, they were not really afraid of dying. They were afraid of the way it was going to occur, of the pain they would experience, and that they were afraid that they might hurt the people they loved, the people that would be left behind.
"&#$&&#&&# #& #&&(##&" The spider head demon congratulated itself with its catch, snickering. He slowly approached his preys, not taking his eerie eyes from their shaking forms.
(translation: "Oh look hear. Thought you two will get away, huh? I will have fun eating you.")
By now, the twins had buried their faces onto each other's shoulders to keep themselves from seeing the horrible creature that was almost upon them. They heard it utter a sound before, something they couldn't understand, as it slowly approached them.
Tiny silk like threads descended on the two immobile girls, enveloping them in a white cocoon. They held each other tighter during this ministration, sharing each other's strengths and tapering down each other's fears.
'They were born together; I guess it's just right that they will die together.' They thought.
Breath in as much air as you can Usa-chan. Kagome advised her sister as the silky threads enveloped them. They took a lungful of air before the cocoon actually closed in on them. They would stay alive as long as they could, even if it was for only a couple of minutes, and hoping that somehow someone would come across them and save them before it was too late.
And then, they waited.
Inuyasha's frustration gradually increased. 'I should have caught up with them or that youkai by now.'
A slight smirk graced his handsome face. 'They are fast, but not fast enough.' He thought, sensing that they were near.
In a village, in another part of the Western Lands, where an old tree and a dry old well lay near, a young miko pondered. Within her right hand was a round purple jewel that was slightly pulsing with shimmering light. She had been clutching it for a while now, thinking whether she should continue with her plan to ask him.
"Inuyasha" She uttered with longing.
She had been sitting down in the same spot since noon, waiting for Inuyasha in a clearing where an old dry well was located.
'Should I ask him? Should I offer it to him?' She questioned herself. She had been thinking the same question again and again. She wanted to make sure that what she was about to do was the right thing.
At the edge of the clearing where a miko was waiting, a dark sinister figure was hiding. He was in the shadows created by the surrounding trees and plants, keeping him from being seen.
'So unaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kikyo.' He thought maliciously as he smirked, his magenta eyes glinting in the dark, moving his gaze back and forth from the miko's head to the jewel she was holding within her right hand.
"It will be mine." He whispered with threat and desire laced in each word, knowing the message would never reach her, the unsuspecting miko.
