Chapter 8: Rescuing Sango and Miroku!

DISCLAIMER: ... *tries to run away but Takahashi's security guards grab me* Uhhh...heh.... I don't own... except Gesshoku....

"GESSHOKU!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said quietly, knowing he wouldn't hear, even though he was a demon. Sesshoumaru, however, did. Kagome looked at Naraku, who was smirking with some nerve until his face lit up with shock.

The light faded away and Gesshoku and Rin weren't there. Sesshoumaru charged at Naraku, who quickly enabled a barrier.

"What have you done to them?" Sesshoumaru yelled, enraged. Naraku looked dumbfounded.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" He said. Sesshoumaru caught on. No matter what happened, even Naraku himself did not know. Meaning, Gesshoku must have done something to save herself and Rin.

No wonder she didn't scream out in fright or pain. She was probably concentrating on some miko spell. Sesshoumaru thought.

Naraku smirked.

"Who would've known, Inuyasha? Who would've known that yet another miko is connected to you? But this one much more mysterious, yes. A very deep secret of love and betrayal."

"What the hell are you talking about Naraku? You don't make any sense!"

"I'm talking back to the day your mother was killed. The day you ran from that village, never planning to return except when hearing that the Shikon no Tama was in Kikyo's possession."

Inuyasha's grip on tetsusaiga tightened.

What happened after I ran from the village? What happened to Gesshoku then?

Naraku smirked and laughed.

"So you don't know what happened to your lover, do you? Well, I might as well tell you. It would be nice knowing what pain she went through before you to, go to hell where you belong."

Naraku closed his eyes.

"It was right after you ran from the village that a group of teenage boys tried to follow you, intending to kill you of course. Gesshoku, as I've come to know, tried to block their way and told them no. But you see, what would a bunch of boys do to a little miko in training so deep in the forest when no one was there to rescue or here her screams of terror?"

Kagome shuddered. I wonder if that's why she was so happy to see Inuyasha, to know if he was all right.

Inuyasha growled. Those bastards...they-they... touched her...they...raped her...and it's my entire fault...

Sesshoumaru glared. I had a feeling. Whenever we're sort of alone, she seems a bit jumpy. Like I'd do something to her.

Sesshoumaru attacked Naraku and he turned into his (whatever Naraku turns into). Inuyasha sprang into the fight, right besides his elder brother.

"Gesshoku?" Miroku cried in disbelief.

"Huh?" Sango asked. They were in a small prison cell and where in much pain. Suddenly out of nowhere, Gesshoku and a little child popped out. The child was shaking in terror.

"Don't worry, my little Rin, everything's okay now." Gesshoku said, comforting Rin. She looked upon Miroku and Sango's shocked faces.

"A lot has happened while you have been away. This is Sesshoumaru's daughter. After an argument, I have been playing the role of mother."

"Okay, Gesshoku, with my and your spiritual powers, together we can break this sealing spell that has been placed upon us." Gesshoku nodded and turned. They both concentrated their feelings. The ward wavered a bit before disintegrating.

"Let's go!" Sango cried. Gesshoku's eyes widened. She felt her power of her body suddenly ebbing away. Her comrades turned to see her knelling on the ground, her head down.

"No." She said.

"What?" Sango asked.

"Sango! Run!" Miroku yelled, but it was too late. Gesshoku had directed a freezing spell onto them. She walked up to Miroku, her eyes glazed. Her eyes shifted to his right hand. She reached out and touched it.

Miroku shivered.

Her hand! It's so cold and... dead like!

Her hand started to glow and Miroku realized what she was doing-she was copying his wind tunnel. As soon as she was done, Gesshoku teleported back to the fight. Inuyasha had already blown away most of the main building and they continued fighting out side.

Miroku and Sango suddenly jerked into sitting position. They looked at Rin.

"Something's wrong with my mommy."

"Did she- did she free us, Houshi Sama?" Sango asked. Miroku nodded. Sango quickly scooped up the child and they ran out of the door, finding their way by means of rubble where Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had destroyed something.

"Gesshoku?!" Inuyasha yelled, spying her. She looked at him sadly. Her right hand seemed to be smoking she reached out to Inuyasha and opened her hand. A large black hole erupted from it.

"What the-?" Inuyasha yelled as he was suddenly yanked toward Gesshoku. He drove Tetsiega into the ground, preventing himself from being sucked up. Sesshoumaru did the same thing with toujikin. Naraku sent out his hell insects, but stopped them when seeing that his curse was finally in effect. He started laughing evilly.

"Gesshoku, no!" Kagome cried, running up to Gesshoku. Gesshoku eyed her warily before slapping her away with her left hand, sending her back unto the ground.

"Kagome! Stay away from Gesshoku!" Everyone looked up to see Miroku and Sango, who in turn were still holding Rin.

"She's under some sort of spell!" At that moment, Naraku sent several tentacles at the three new "intruders". Gesshoku's wind tunnel suddenly stopped. Her spell had ended. She drifted slowly to Naraku's side.

"What do I do now, Master Naraku?" She asked, her head down. Sesshoumaru growled deep in his throat.

"Wait there, Gesshoku." Naraku said.

"Inuyasha, didn't you once think it was odd? That after all of these years, Gesshoku was still alive? Look at how Kaedae aged when you were put under Kikyo's spell. Didn't you once think, how is it possible that Gesshoku is still alive? Being a mere mortal, she should have died ages ago, shouldn't she have?" Inuyasha's eyes widened.

What the hell was going on? Naraku was right, why was Gesshoku still alive? What happened dafter the boys who raped her left her to die?

Sesshoumaru was silent as ever. He now under stood something. No matter what Gesshoku was, she defiantly wasn't human. And whatever she was, Naraku knew and had some connection to it. Gesshoku, the one who was now mothering his child, was part of Naraku's scheme in some way.

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