The clock ticks down to two. This is the second to last chapter that I will
be writing for Freaky Feudal Era. And it will probably be a short one 2-4
pages long. Savor it while you can.
Chapter 14: Aftermath
A huge feather flew through the air on its trip west. Wind whipped around the two occupants of the vessel though there was no danger of falling off. Inuyasha and Kagura were deep in conversation, discussing recent events and plans for the future.
"It seems almost too good to be true." Kagura said whimsically. "At one point I was ready to give up hope on finding a way of ridding myself of Naraku. But thanks to you it has become a reality."
She smiled at the girl. "I still find it quite funny to know that you and the miko switched bodies."
"Feh." Inuyasha said grumpily. "I don't think it's that funny at all." To get away from embarrassment he changed the topic. "Can this piece of crap go any faster?!"
Kagura shook her head. "This is the fastest that we can go without having the wind rip apart the feather that we're on."
Inuyasha visibly sagged. "It's been over two hours since I inflicted the wound in Kagome's chest. Kaede said that Kagome had 2-3 hours tops. If I can't save her I don't know what I'll do."
Kagura looked away sadly. "I'm sorry," She said after a while. "for all the things that I've done to you and your friends. Believe me. If I had any other choice I wouldn't have committed any of those acts."
"I understand Kagura." Inuyasha said sympathetically. "You had to follow Narku's orders to ensure your survival. I probably would have done the same in your situation."
"Thanks." Kagura said relieved.
The two sat there for a few quiet moments. Inuyasha looked down at the pink sphere in his hand and gripped it tighter. It was the only hope that he had for Kagome. He had to switch bodies with her so that if somehow his body should not be saved, Kagome would live on.
"How do you plan to use that,." Kagura asked gesturing towards the Jewel. "After you save Kagome I mean."
"I really don't know." Inuyasha said after a brief hesitation. "For so long I've wanted to become a full fledged demon and increase my powers. . . just like Naraku."
Kagura's eyes widened slightly as she processed this information, but she said nothing.
"I really do want the power that the Jewel will give me, but after seeing the trouble that it has caused I am having second thoughts." Inuyasha continued. "When the moment comes I will make my decision."
"We are getting close." Kagura said as she studied the landscape. "We will be at the village soon."
In the distance the smoke of cooking fires could be seen along with the tiny figures of men working in the fields. Children were playing in the nearby river and the women were going about their daily chores. The scenery grew gradually in size and clarity as Kagura and Inuyasha approached. Finally, they were right over the village. Kagura calmed the winds to settle the feather down on the outskirts of the habitation.
Inuyasha leapt from the transport and raced towards the village proper. "Kaede!" he shouted as he ran. "I'm back with the Sacred Jewel!"
He burst into the hut and saw the two inhabitants. Kaede was dabbing Kagome's forehead with a wet cloth and the wound that Tetsusaiga had created was mended with bandages.
"Is she?" Inuyasha started.
"Ney child she lives. Only barely but she lives."
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The complete Shikon no Tama within Inuyasha's fist began to pulsate steadily with power.
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"Thank the gods." Inuyasha said thankfully as he sank to his knees besides the body on the floor. "How long do you think she will be able to hold out?"
"She is a strong willed girl." Kaede answered. "Besides soon it will be ye fighting to keep thy life." She gestured towards Inuyasha's fist where a bright light was seeping through.
"It seems that the Shikon no Tama will soon put ye back into thy rightful bodies. Ye must be ready for one last fight.
"Yes." Inuyasha said "I'm up to it."
Inuyasha looked at the figure that lay on the floor. Kagome was breathing heavily, fighting for each breath. Her clawed hand tightly gripped a formless lump of steel that Kaede had given her to ease the pain.
Inuyasha placed his free hand upon Kagome's cheek to brush away the tears of pain that had formed there. "Don't worry Kagome." He said softly. He leaned down and whispered into her ear. "I'm here now."
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The Jewel of Four Souls stopped pulsating and instead emitted a steady light that made it seem that Inuyasha's hand was on fire. The protector was once again in danger. But this time it was whole. The Jewel had the power to fully heal its dying master. However, it paused. Something was not right. The soul of the priestess was within the form of a demon! That would not do. The Jewel released a blinding light as it switched the souls of the protector and the nearest organism. The light subsided.
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"Ugh. . ." Inuyasha crumpled atop the body on the floor. Kaede watched the proceedings with amazement. It had worked!
Moving swiftly Kaede took some of her herbs and placed them beneath the nose of the young girl.
Sniffing the plant the young priestess came to consciousness suddenly.
"What?" she asked confused.
"Kagome is that ye?" Kaede asked hesitantly
"Kaede!" Kagome shouted happily. "It worked! I'm back in my body!"
She leaped up in joy. "Where's Inuyasha? I need to give him a big hug!"
A moan of pain caught her attention and she looked at the boy on the floor. "Oh gods I forgot that we still have to heal him! Kaede I need to get Inuyasha and myself to the Bone Eater's Well quickly!"
"Panic not dear child. I thought about that in advance. There is a small band of men outside waiting for ye with a cart." The old woman said.
"O thank you!" Kagome said kissing the priestess on the cheek "Let's go!"
The men came in and carefully picked up the hanyou and placed him on the cart that was waiting outside. Then with Kagome in tow, they urged the horses onward towards the forest.
Kaede watched them leave. "It is all up to ye now. Good luck."
The group finally reached the well that connected the Feudal Era with modern day Tokyo. They unloaded Inuyasha from the back of the cart and handed him over to Kagome.
"Thank you all very much." She shouted backwards as she draped the hanyou over her shoulder. "Its time for me to go!"
Clutching the Sacred Jewel and her friend tightly to her Kagome leaped into the well and was swallowed up by a purple light.
Sirens pierced the air as an emergency unit raced through the streets of Tokyo. Inuyasha was hooked up to a respirator and other medical equipment. "This boy is in bad shape!" a paramedic yelled at the driver. "Pick it up or we'll lose him!"
The driver sped up even faster and whipped through the traffic until finally, they arrived at the hospital.
Kagome, who had been in an escort, jumped out and rushed over to her love as he was wheeled into the building. However, as they reached the E.R. an attendant stopped her.
"You can't go in there." He said forcefully. "Only staff and patients are allowed in."
"I'll make YOU a patient if you don't let me by." Kagome growled warningly.
Surprised, the attendant stepped back and let the girl follow her friend.
"Hell of a day." He muttered as he watched the girl disappear around the corner. "Back to work."
Five hours later after some discussion over the possibility of furry white tumors growing on the patients' head it was determined that the boy was in stable condition and that he needed to rest. He was deposited in the recovery room along with a raven haired girl that had been watching the surgeons. The girl fell asleep at the boy's bedside to the comforting beep of the life support machine that told her all was well. He would live.
"Ugh. . ." Inuyasha slowly awakened and gazed with blurry, drug effected eyes at his surroundings.
He was in a large room with many others lying prone as he was. Men and women in white uniforms bustled about fulfilling their duties.
"Inuyasha?"
The hanyou looked about and saw a sleepy Kagome at his bedside. "Kagome!" he shouted gleefully. He wrapped her in a warm hug that earned the couple a few curious stares. But it didn't matter.
"It's over." Inuyasha stated. "Finally, we can get on with our lives."
"Yes. . ." Kagome said thoughtfully. "Peace at last."
"Well I'm out of here!" Inuyasha cheerful shouted as he jumped up from the gurney.
"Inuyasha lay back down! You shouldn't be moving until you are completely healed." Kagome cried out.
"No way I'm not staying in this place." Inuyasha shouted at her.
"Sit boy!" Kagome yelled
Inuyasha was thrown to the floor face first by the magical rosary. "Ouch! What the hell did you do that for?!" Inuyasha yelled at Kagome.
"You have to stay put until you are completely healed!" she shouted back.
"Don't you think that it's a bit hypocritical to smash me into the floor and then say that it was in my health's best interests?" Inuyasha roared. "Besides," He said calming down. "I'm fine." He un-wrapped his chest. "See?"
The hospital staff stared in amazement at the smooth flesh were a gaping stab wound had been only a day earlier.
"Now stop stalling and let us leave!" he said grabbing Kagome's hand and leading her outside.
Kagome got on Inuyasha's back as he started the trip back to the Shrine.
"It is time to go home."
Well now if I had to rate my chapters I'd say that this is the most boring one. Of course this is just my opinion, but there isn't any action at all just talk talk talk. I can't end on such a weak note. Next chapter will contain the lemon and a surprising finish. See ya then!
Chapter 14: Aftermath
A huge feather flew through the air on its trip west. Wind whipped around the two occupants of the vessel though there was no danger of falling off. Inuyasha and Kagura were deep in conversation, discussing recent events and plans for the future.
"It seems almost too good to be true." Kagura said whimsically. "At one point I was ready to give up hope on finding a way of ridding myself of Naraku. But thanks to you it has become a reality."
She smiled at the girl. "I still find it quite funny to know that you and the miko switched bodies."
"Feh." Inuyasha said grumpily. "I don't think it's that funny at all." To get away from embarrassment he changed the topic. "Can this piece of crap go any faster?!"
Kagura shook her head. "This is the fastest that we can go without having the wind rip apart the feather that we're on."
Inuyasha visibly sagged. "It's been over two hours since I inflicted the wound in Kagome's chest. Kaede said that Kagome had 2-3 hours tops. If I can't save her I don't know what I'll do."
Kagura looked away sadly. "I'm sorry," She said after a while. "for all the things that I've done to you and your friends. Believe me. If I had any other choice I wouldn't have committed any of those acts."
"I understand Kagura." Inuyasha said sympathetically. "You had to follow Narku's orders to ensure your survival. I probably would have done the same in your situation."
"Thanks." Kagura said relieved.
The two sat there for a few quiet moments. Inuyasha looked down at the pink sphere in his hand and gripped it tighter. It was the only hope that he had for Kagome. He had to switch bodies with her so that if somehow his body should not be saved, Kagome would live on.
"How do you plan to use that,." Kagura asked gesturing towards the Jewel. "After you save Kagome I mean."
"I really don't know." Inuyasha said after a brief hesitation. "For so long I've wanted to become a full fledged demon and increase my powers. . . just like Naraku."
Kagura's eyes widened slightly as she processed this information, but she said nothing.
"I really do want the power that the Jewel will give me, but after seeing the trouble that it has caused I am having second thoughts." Inuyasha continued. "When the moment comes I will make my decision."
"We are getting close." Kagura said as she studied the landscape. "We will be at the village soon."
In the distance the smoke of cooking fires could be seen along with the tiny figures of men working in the fields. Children were playing in the nearby river and the women were going about their daily chores. The scenery grew gradually in size and clarity as Kagura and Inuyasha approached. Finally, they were right over the village. Kagura calmed the winds to settle the feather down on the outskirts of the habitation.
Inuyasha leapt from the transport and raced towards the village proper. "Kaede!" he shouted as he ran. "I'm back with the Sacred Jewel!"
He burst into the hut and saw the two inhabitants. Kaede was dabbing Kagome's forehead with a wet cloth and the wound that Tetsusaiga had created was mended with bandages.
"Is she?" Inuyasha started.
"Ney child she lives. Only barely but she lives."
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The complete Shikon no Tama within Inuyasha's fist began to pulsate steadily with power.
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"Thank the gods." Inuyasha said thankfully as he sank to his knees besides the body on the floor. "How long do you think she will be able to hold out?"
"She is a strong willed girl." Kaede answered. "Besides soon it will be ye fighting to keep thy life." She gestured towards Inuyasha's fist where a bright light was seeping through.
"It seems that the Shikon no Tama will soon put ye back into thy rightful bodies. Ye must be ready for one last fight.
"Yes." Inuyasha said "I'm up to it."
Inuyasha looked at the figure that lay on the floor. Kagome was breathing heavily, fighting for each breath. Her clawed hand tightly gripped a formless lump of steel that Kaede had given her to ease the pain.
Inuyasha placed his free hand upon Kagome's cheek to brush away the tears of pain that had formed there. "Don't worry Kagome." He said softly. He leaned down and whispered into her ear. "I'm here now."
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The Jewel of Four Souls stopped pulsating and instead emitted a steady light that made it seem that Inuyasha's hand was on fire. The protector was once again in danger. But this time it was whole. The Jewel had the power to fully heal its dying master. However, it paused. Something was not right. The soul of the priestess was within the form of a demon! That would not do. The Jewel released a blinding light as it switched the souls of the protector and the nearest organism. The light subsided.
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"Ugh. . ." Inuyasha crumpled atop the body on the floor. Kaede watched the proceedings with amazement. It had worked!
Moving swiftly Kaede took some of her herbs and placed them beneath the nose of the young girl.
Sniffing the plant the young priestess came to consciousness suddenly.
"What?" she asked confused.
"Kagome is that ye?" Kaede asked hesitantly
"Kaede!" Kagome shouted happily. "It worked! I'm back in my body!"
She leaped up in joy. "Where's Inuyasha? I need to give him a big hug!"
A moan of pain caught her attention and she looked at the boy on the floor. "Oh gods I forgot that we still have to heal him! Kaede I need to get Inuyasha and myself to the Bone Eater's Well quickly!"
"Panic not dear child. I thought about that in advance. There is a small band of men outside waiting for ye with a cart." The old woman said.
"O thank you!" Kagome said kissing the priestess on the cheek "Let's go!"
The men came in and carefully picked up the hanyou and placed him on the cart that was waiting outside. Then with Kagome in tow, they urged the horses onward towards the forest.
Kaede watched them leave. "It is all up to ye now. Good luck."
The group finally reached the well that connected the Feudal Era with modern day Tokyo. They unloaded Inuyasha from the back of the cart and handed him over to Kagome.
"Thank you all very much." She shouted backwards as she draped the hanyou over her shoulder. "Its time for me to go!"
Clutching the Sacred Jewel and her friend tightly to her Kagome leaped into the well and was swallowed up by a purple light.
Sirens pierced the air as an emergency unit raced through the streets of Tokyo. Inuyasha was hooked up to a respirator and other medical equipment. "This boy is in bad shape!" a paramedic yelled at the driver. "Pick it up or we'll lose him!"
The driver sped up even faster and whipped through the traffic until finally, they arrived at the hospital.
Kagome, who had been in an escort, jumped out and rushed over to her love as he was wheeled into the building. However, as they reached the E.R. an attendant stopped her.
"You can't go in there." He said forcefully. "Only staff and patients are allowed in."
"I'll make YOU a patient if you don't let me by." Kagome growled warningly.
Surprised, the attendant stepped back and let the girl follow her friend.
"Hell of a day." He muttered as he watched the girl disappear around the corner. "Back to work."
Five hours later after some discussion over the possibility of furry white tumors growing on the patients' head it was determined that the boy was in stable condition and that he needed to rest. He was deposited in the recovery room along with a raven haired girl that had been watching the surgeons. The girl fell asleep at the boy's bedside to the comforting beep of the life support machine that told her all was well. He would live.
"Ugh. . ." Inuyasha slowly awakened and gazed with blurry, drug effected eyes at his surroundings.
He was in a large room with many others lying prone as he was. Men and women in white uniforms bustled about fulfilling their duties.
"Inuyasha?"
The hanyou looked about and saw a sleepy Kagome at his bedside. "Kagome!" he shouted gleefully. He wrapped her in a warm hug that earned the couple a few curious stares. But it didn't matter.
"It's over." Inuyasha stated. "Finally, we can get on with our lives."
"Yes. . ." Kagome said thoughtfully. "Peace at last."
"Well I'm out of here!" Inuyasha cheerful shouted as he jumped up from the gurney.
"Inuyasha lay back down! You shouldn't be moving until you are completely healed." Kagome cried out.
"No way I'm not staying in this place." Inuyasha shouted at her.
"Sit boy!" Kagome yelled
Inuyasha was thrown to the floor face first by the magical rosary. "Ouch! What the hell did you do that for?!" Inuyasha yelled at Kagome.
"You have to stay put until you are completely healed!" she shouted back.
"Don't you think that it's a bit hypocritical to smash me into the floor and then say that it was in my health's best interests?" Inuyasha roared. "Besides," He said calming down. "I'm fine." He un-wrapped his chest. "See?"
The hospital staff stared in amazement at the smooth flesh were a gaping stab wound had been only a day earlier.
"Now stop stalling and let us leave!" he said grabbing Kagome's hand and leading her outside.
Kagome got on Inuyasha's back as he started the trip back to the Shrine.
"It is time to go home."
Well now if I had to rate my chapters I'd say that this is the most boring one. Of course this is just my opinion, but there isn't any action at all just talk talk talk. I can't end on such a weak note. Next chapter will contain the lemon and a surprising finish. See ya then!