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***Author's Note: Okay well I promise this chapter is actually like a chapter and as long as chapter something-or-other which was like, 14 pages long or something. No more short chapters. My limit shall now be… 10! I must has at least 10 pages! My punishment if I don't, flames from all you peoples. ^^;;;
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***Last Time…
"According to my calculations, she… she learned of her job last night. She saw the vision."
Shisha's heart stopped.
"Shisha, be warned, she-" but he was cut off. Her breath quickening, Shisha slowly turned around. There was Saleen, holding a pair of scissors and the phone cord. And on her face, was the sign of Death, the pale skin, and the wicked smile of death and destruction.
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Chapter 6
A Legend Not Yet True
"Um… hey Saleen…wh-what are you doing?" Shisha said, trying to force a smile on her face.
"Oh nothing really. Say Saleen, since when did you shake like that?" came a voice from Saleen's mouth that clearly wasn't her own voice.
Shaking, Shisha dropped the phone and whispered, her eyes wide, "Death."
"Oh, I see. You've figured out who I am! Good girl! Now, the only question left is how to destroy you. Hmm… I want to have SOME fun…"
Shisha, suddenly turned and dashed for the back door.
"Oh no you don't!" Saleen said as she shot a red ray of light that stopped Shisha in her tracks, "You're not going anywhere. Not until I'm finished with you that is."
Shisha glanced at Saleen. Panting, she pulled out her staff that she used to teleport with. However, at the top, instead of the wire shaped diamond and crystal in the middle, sat a large green globe; green and silver smoke swirling around inside of it. The wiring that went around the rod part wound it's way around the globe and at the top went up in a spike. Shisha swung with staff around and pointed it at Saleen's face. But Saleen only smiled even wider. She threw her arms to the side and threw her head back, white light shinning from the center of her chest, blinding Shisha. Not only her eye sight, but pain seared through her body and she crumpled to the floor - presumably dead. Smiling, Saleen walked over Shisha's body to the door, and slipped out into the cool, night air.
"She's waking up!"
"She's going to be alright!"
"I'm so glad!" The voices were new to Sakura. She had never heard them before. Through the darkness, she saw a dim light. Light! She wanted to leave this place. Struggling against the darkness, she made her way towards the light. When she finally reached it, she realized it was a star, shining brightly. She slowly reached out, her fingers feeling a tickle and she realized how cold she was and how warm the star felt. She reached out and took the star in her hand. Right when she took the star, it shinned brighter than anything Sakura had ever seen and washed the darkness away. Sakura opened her eyes to see people surrounding her. She was lying on her bed, Syaoran at her side, Tomoyo standing next to her, and the whole room filled with people she didn't know.
"Sakura! Oh Sakura you're alright!" Tomoyo cried, tears threatening to spill. Sakura smiled at her friend before glancing over at Syaoran. He had a look on his face of deep concern but the smile on his lips told her he was glad she was back. It was then that she realized that the warmth, supposedly from the star, was actually Syaoran's hands, clutching her own tightly.
"Wha-what happened?" she murmured, feeling very groggy, "Who are these people?"
"Sakura," Syaoran said extending one hand and issuing to some of the people, "These are the Sailor Scouts. Those people, (he pointed to InuYasha and Kagome) are InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kelala, and Shippo. And those over there, (pointing to Kenshin and the gang) are Kenshin, Kaoru, Koroko, Kana, Sano, Megumi, Tsubame, Yahiko, Aoshi, and Miaso."
"You've got a good memory," said one of the girls on the uniforms. Sakura remembered she was one of the "Sailor Scouts." Sakura nodded to each one, but still didn't understand why they were there.
Suddenly, a wave of coldness passed through her body. Her eyes got wide and she could feel the fear rising in her. And she wasn't the only one who had felt the wave. Three other girls began shivering and their eyes became wide too.
"Did… did you feel that?" One with raven like hair whispered. She wrapped her arms around herself while the boy in the red hatori, took her in his arms and looked down at her, looking very worried. The other girls just simply nodded, one of them being from the "Sailor Scouts" and had long blonde hair in pig-tails while the other girl had long red hair and deep blue eyes.
"What was it?" the red-head asked, glancing around the room.
"I've never felt anything like it," the other one replied.
"I have," said the raven hair girl.
"Kagome what was it?" asked the man who was holding her.
Kagome shivered before whispering, as if in fear of the name, "Death." Everyone gasped.
"Death was here!" a red-headed man cried, obviously shocked at what he had heard. Kagome nodded. Everyone was silent. Suddenly, someone cried, "Where's Shisha?"
A tall man with spiky brown hair and white clothes dashed down the stairs. Sakura heard him curse then he came back up, throwing the door open.
"Something's happened! Saleen's gone and Shisha's dead!" Once again, everyone gasped. IN a tremendous effort, everyone squeezed through Sakura's small door and down the stairs. Sakura, still in her bed, heard even more cursing and gasps. A second later, Syaoran, who had gone with the others came back up, his face pale.
"Sakura, I need to explain a few things to you. Tomoyo, I think Megumi and Tsubame will need your help."
"Thank God she didn't die!" Megumi murmured as she and Tsubame slowly carried Shisha up the stairs. Her clothes (that looked like one of Sakura's battle costumes) were charred and her face and hands were burned badly. Kana followed them, carrying the charred staff. Tomoyo and Setsuna were busy in the kitchen, preparing things from lunch, to remedies for Shisha. InuYasha, Kenshin, Syaoran, Aoshi, Hotaru, and Sano had gone outside to discuss what happened while Kaoru, Koroko, and everyone else were inside trying to clean everything up. Sakura had gotten out of bed and had gone to the store with Lita and Kagome to buy some bandages and herbs.
After a few hours, Kaoru, Koroko, and the others had gotten the living room pretty well fixed up. The others were still outside talking. Megumi had declared Shisha alive, but in serious condition. Everyone was doing their best to find out what happened or to get things ready.
Suddenly, a loud bell clanged, signaling for lunch and that the remedies were ready. Everyone pilled into the kitchen and got in line as Tomoyo and Setsuna were passing out plates and silverware plus of course, the food. Megumi sent Kana down to grab the large bowls of remedies but Sango ended up helping her.
As everyone sat down and started eating, the conversation didn't very. Most people were talking about one thing: Death. However, Koroko was telling the scouts what had happened when they met up with InuYasha and the gang and that whole end of the table was laughing hysterically. While on the other end of the table, the conversation was very grave, things seemed to go well.
After dinner, Megumi came downstairs and ordered a meeting of the teams. Once everyone had quieted down and were awaiting her speech did she speak.
"Shisha is alive and well. However, she is still in serious condition. You may see her but I want only one person at a time up there and no one is allowed to question her about what happened until she is feeling better. Every hour however no one is allowed and Tomoyo, Setsuna, those are the times when I'll need more medicine. Kagome, later I'd like you to go out a get some more bandages. She's worse than I thought. Now, if anyone has anything to say, say it now." Megumi bowed and then slipped upstairs as Kenshin took the stand.
"Alright," he said, looking very serious, "We believe we know what happened. It seems that Saleen is Death's spy. Shisha must not have known that and while calling Haven, she learned from them that Saleen was the spy. She was near the phonetelly ("Telephone," corrected Kagome), yes whatever, and we suspect Saleen cut into her conversation. InuYasha was able to tell that Saleen left through the back door. The only problem is we don't know where she is. That is, if she is still in this dimension. This is all we have on the subject now. Would anyone else like to speak?" Sakura raised her hand and Kenshin nodded. Stepping down, he went and sat down by his wife and Koroko while Sakura went up.
Sakura took a deep breath before speaking, "I'm sure you are all wondering what happened to me earlier today. Well, I'm not sure really. But I do know what I saw. Usually, before something…" Sakura chose her words carefully, "bad happens, I see things in my dreams. In other words, I have premonitions in my dreams. Last night, I had a dream. It was very scary. All of my friends…" Sakura struggled to get out the words. Tears threatened to flow but she refused to stop, "I saw… all of my friends dead. And Kero and Yue and… everyone. Everyone who is special to me. Then, there was this really bright light and I felt a lot of pain. Like… like someone had set me on fire. Anyway, I then felt all the pain die away. Then I saw myself hanging onto a cliff, just my one hand hanging on. Then it felt like someone had slapped me and I let go and fell. I just kept falling and falling. Until I hit the bottom. It was dark and cold. I couldn't think any happy thoughts. I sat there, and I… I guess I was just waiting for the end. It was… never ending darkness forever. And then… I saw a star. And I grabbed it, cause it was the only light I had seen in so long and it brought me back. It scared away the darkness and everything was good again. And… I guess that's it."
Everyone was silent. They all seemed to be thinking about their own things, about what would happen if they couldn't think of anything happy ever again.
Suddenly, Kagome stood up. Everyone looked up at her, their eyes glued to her face that was set in determination.
"What are we sitting around her for!?" she cried, looking at everyone, "We should be out there, trying to find Death! And we're just sitting here! Let's get going!"
"Kagome," InuYasha said softly. She turned to him, "We don't know where she is. I can't find her scent anywhere. Pluto and Saturn don't have a clue where she could be. We can't find her."
"But I can sense jewel shards!"
"Jewel shards! But she doesn't have any!" Miroku said, looking beaten and worn. He looked much older and much more mature (but not less perverted as he had sat around the scouts in their mini skirts).
"But I sensed when Death had attacked! So did Sakura, Serena, and Koroko! We can find her! Just trust me!" Everyone glanced at each other.
"How will we all get to where ever she is?" asked Aoshi for the first time, "We can't fly or run like InuYasha."
"We can fly," Mina said glancing around, "Well, we can teleport multiple people."
"Kelala can carry four people," Sango injected.
"I can use the fly card. It only works for two people though," Sakura added. Everyone started to get charred up.
"Me, Uni, Luna, and Yue can fly ourselves," Kero added for the first time.
"See!" Kagome cried happily, "We all can get there! Let's try it! We can fly over each continent and search for the darkness she gives off! It wouldn't be that hard! We can split up! I'll go with InuYasha (yes, you too Shippo) over one area, Sakura and Syaoran plus the guardians can go one place, Koroko can go with Sango and Miroku plus whoever else on Kelala, and Sailor Moon felt it so whoever goes with the scouts will have one too!" Everyone glanced at each other.
"What about Shisha?" Tomoyo asked.
"Megumi, Tsubame, Kana, and you can stay here," Sakura said firmly.
"What! No, Sakura, I'm going with you!" Tomoyo protested.
"Tomoyo you can't! What if something happens!? Besides, you have to make the stuff for Shisha!"
"Setsuna can do it!"
"She's a scout! She's needed to teleport! Tomoyo please! Do it for me!" Sakura said, getting on her knees. Tomoyo hesitated before sitting back down, tears in her eyes.
"Then let's get going!" Serena cried happily as she thrust her hand into the air. "Moon… Cosmic Power!" The other scouts then followed suit.
"Mars Star Power!" Raye cried as she raised her pen.
"Mercury Star Power!" Ami cried as she too raised her pen.
"Jupiter Star Power!" Lita cried, following the others.
"Venus Star Power!" Mina cried just like the rest of the girls.
"Mini Moon Star Power!" Rini cried as she touched a brooch on her clothes.
"Saturn Star Power!" Hotaru cried.
"Uranus Star Power!" Haruka cried.
"Neptune Star Power!" Michiru cried.
Colors filled the room and the next second, all of the girls were in their brightly colored uniforms.
"We are the Sailor Scouts! Read for action!" Sailor Moon cried happily as she struck her pose.
"Can we go now?" InuYasha asked, agitated. Kagome was already on his back and Shippo was sitting on her shoulders. Kelala already was loaded with Sango, Miroku, Miaso, and Koroko. Sakura had already pulled out her staff and had summoned the fly card. Now both she had Syaoran had large wings coming out of their backs. Kero, Yue, Luna, and Uni were all in their true forms and ready for flight as well.
"Uh… sure," Sailor Moon said, sweat dropping a little.
"We've got a positive reading here!" came Kagome's voice over the intercom, "Get everyone here as fast as ya can!"
"Is she still in Saleen's body?" Shisha cried back.
"No, it's her. She's in her own outfit and everything if that's what you mean."
"Okay… where are you exactly? I'm sending your coordinates to Sailor Mercury but what should I tell the others."
There was a pause.
"Kagome? Kagome answer me! *silence* Kagome answer me now!" Shisha cried. All she could hear was wind and static.
'Damn it!' she thought, waiting for Kagome's reply. Finally, it came.
"Sorry! Death's spotted us!"
"Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah, I just dropped the mike. The scouts have arrived."
"What should I tell Kelala's team? And Sakura?"
"Tell them… tell Sango we're over her old village. She'll know what I mean."
"Okay, I'm relaying your message to her. What about Sakura?"
"Um… tell… I'm not sure. Ask her where she is."
"Alright then," Shisha muttered as she flipped a switch on a small black box, "Sakura? Sakura do you read me?"
"Loud and clear! What's up?" came Sakura's voice.
"Where are you? Death's been spotted!" There was a pause.
"We're flying over the Indianapolis Airport according to Uni."
"Okay give me a moment!" Shisha cried as she flipped the switch again.
"Kagome, Sakura says they're in Indianapolis."
"Tell them to fly over to Milwaukee! Uni should know where that is! I've gotta fight! I'm hanging up now! Over and out!"
"Alright then over and out!" Shisha flipped the switch again, "Sakura?"
"Yeah?"
"Head over to Milwaukee. Does Uni know where that is?"
Sakura hesitated before answering, "Ya, we've got it. Over and out!"
"Over and out…" Shisha murmured as she flipped the switch to off. She leaned back against the pillows and sighed. She had come to a few hours earlier only to find that everyone except Megumi, Kana, Tsubame, and Tomoyo had left to go find Death. Outraged, she quickly sent them each a pair of headphones that acted as walky-talkies and they could talk to each other. The small switch box sitting on her bed let her talk between different headsets.
"So… they found Death?" Tsubame asked as she came in with a basket full of bandages. Behind her came Megumi with a large bowl of grounded up herbs. And behind HER was Kana with a large bowl of remedies.
Shisha sighed before nodding. She then looked up and whispered, "I just hope everything goes well. If we can, we need to get that soul back in Saleen's body then send her to Haven."
"Capture Death? I thought we wanted to destroy her?" asked Kana as she stirred the remedies.
"No, this isn't Death. This is the evil inside of Saleen's soul. If it leaves this dimension and goes to the real death, then she'll become stronger. We need to put this evil soul back in Saleen's body."
"Why? I mean, wouldn't it be easier to just destroy this one?"
"No. Because we must follow the path of the legend."
"The legend? What does this legend speak of?" asked Megumi as she began to remove Shisha's old bandages.
"The legend tells of Death. It tells us that long ago, a powerful priestess was fighting a soul splitting demon and lost. It spilt her soul, one side good, one side evil. It kept traveling, dimension after dimension until each side had gotten amazing power. But something awoke the evil side which we have named Death. It began destroying everything. This is where the legend comes in. They say that a messenger from a respected dimension, that's me, would go and find the strongest five. Those strongest five, are not only the strongest of the remaining dimensions but have the strongest evil souls that have not awakened. The five evil souls are captured and shown to a good one and become good themselves. Then, they each turn into the five goddesses, each with it's own power. But, according to legend, each goddess fails, and each time one does, the power goes to Death. It is said that Death becomes supreme ruler, until a follower of the good side has a vision and sees the final bit of evil spirit. As a last resort, the five teams go out and try to find this soul. They succeed. They convert it to the good side and it becomes the fire goddess. But she is not strong enough and also fails. But for some reason, her soul does not turn evil again and it does not go into Death."
"So what happens?" Tomoyo, who had joined them, asked quickly.
"Let me finish my story!" Shisha said before continuing, "They say, that is when the true goddess comes. They say that all of the converted souls did not go into Death, but into the fire goddess who was just like a cocoon for Life, the only one who can destroy Death. The legend ends by saying that only the strongest will survive and that time will tell the answer."
"So no one knows if Life wins or not?" inquired Megumi as she finished putting new bandages on Shisha.
"Correct-a-mundo."
"Kagome! Get out of the way!" InuYasha cried as he pushed her out of the way of a large red beam. Kagome tumbled to the ground while the beam hit the edge of InuYasha's arm.
"InuYasha! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine! Stay down!" InuYasha snapped as he jumped back up, the Tetsusaiga clutched in his hands tightly. He quickly jumped to the side as Sango's large boomerang came crashing through the sky. Quickly followed by that was a long chain of hearts owned by Sailor Venus.
"Sango!" came Miroku's voice. InuYasha glanced behind him to see Sango falling off of Kelala, blood spilling from her side. Kelala also had a large cash in her side and fell behind her mistress.
"Mercury Bubbles… BLAST!" Sailor Mercury cried, creating a cloud that both Sango and Kelala landed on softly. Kagome and Miroku rushed over to them.
InuYasha turned back to Death. She had already left Saleen's body according to Shisha. And she sure didn't look like Saleen. She was very pale and her long white hair fell past her knees, making it look like a large tangled mass. Her eyes were pure black and sent chills down InuYasha's spine. A long white gown hung to her thin frame and her long, thin arms with their white fingernails were cloaked in long pieces of cloth. Smiling wickedly she put her fingers together and sent another red beam at InuYasha.
InuYasha realized too late that there wasn't enough time to dodge the beam.
'Damn it!' he thought, trying to think of a way out.
"Rainbow Moon… Heartache!" came a cry as a large ribbon of hearts came spinning out of no where. The ribbon hit the beam and it seemed to be fighting against it. But the ribbon failed and the beam shot out at it's new target: Sailor Moon.
"Ahhh!" Sailor Moon cried, ducking even though the beam hadn't reached her yet. No one was close enough or not busy to block the beam as it came crashing down upon her.
Suddenly, a large black shield wrapped itself around her. Sailor Moon felt herself being held up. The red beam hit the center of the shield but disappeared. Sailor Moon glanced around to see that Kagome, Sango, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Kaoru, and Koroko had all also been wrapped in the black shield. The seven shield each shot out a black rope and the seven connected, creating one large shield. They kept rising and rising until they were high above the battlefield.
"Where's it taking us?" Sailor Mars asked. Her question was answered as the shield descended and they were placed on top of the tall building. Setting them down, they all heard a faint voice.
"Stand tall young warriors. By here, you shall help your comrades. Strike unknown and in stealth. And let it be known to Death, that she shall parish."
"What does it mean?" asked Sailor Jupiter as she went to the edge of the building and glanced down. They had a perfect view of the whole battlefield.
"We've got to be at least 100 yards up!" Kagome said, stunned at the height.
"Ya," replied Mars, smiling, "Let's just hope none of us fall."
"Are we supposed to attack from up here?" inquired Koroko, "Cause I'm only good at martial arts and swordsmanship and I know I can't do it from here."
"No, I think you and your mother are only supposed to be protected way up here," Kagome said thoughtfully, "I can shoot my arrows and Mars and Jupiter can shoot down their too. Sango's injured. Maybe what that voice said is what we're supposed to do. You know, 'By here, you shall help your comrades. Strike unknown and in stealth. And let it be known to Death, that she shall parish.'"
"I still don't know what it means though," said Kaoru as she backed away from the edge. She didn't like being so high up.
"We attack from up here," Jupiter said, finally understanding, "We all here, well, Kagome, Mars, and I, all can strike down their without being seen. We're supposed to attack in secrecy. 'Strike unknown and in stealth.' Wanna try?"
"Sure," Kagome said as she pulled out an arrow. Aiming at Death, she left the arrow fly. Unfortunately Death sensed the arrow and dodged it, but it did do some damage.
"This'll be fun," Jupiter said smiling, calling upon the thunder dragon.
"Pluto Deadly Scream!" Pluto cried as she swung her staff around and let the dark energy fly. However, Pluto hadn't been having much luck. Every time she seemed to attack Death took her energy.
"I just don't understand," cursed Pluto as she dodged another one of Death's beams. She dodged to the left again, standing next to Saturn as a large beam of light shot through the sky.
"Seems Sakura and Syaoran have arrived," Saturn murmured as she glanced up. Sakura, the Light Card in her hands, dived down at amazing speed, closely followed by Syaoran who had his own sword and spell cards.
"What don't you understand?"
"She keeps taking my power!"
"That's strange. You'd think she'd take mine. (a/n: Sailor Saturn is the scout of destruction so she has the power to kill and what not.)" Sailor Saturn said as she sent a purple beam out of the tip of her staff.
"Silence Glaive!" she cried, the beam hitting Death's back. Death spun around and threw a small red energy ball at the two scouts. Pluto jumped in front of Saturn, spinning her staff, causing the energy ball to bounce off and hit a nearby building.
"Forget it. Use another attack. Glaive Surprise!" Saturn said as she quickly went to help Miroku dodge another attack.
Pluto calmed her senses and pointed her staff at Death, "Chronos Typhoon!" The large beam shot out and hit Death right in the chest, knocking the wind out of her.
Pluto sent out another attack and cried, "Garnet Orb!" The energy ball went flying at Death but she shot her own out at it. They bounced off and each went flying into buildings surrounding them. Death glared at Pluto before shooting off and red electric wave.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" came a cry from above as a large electricity wave crackled against Death's. The two waves fought over each other, trying to blow the other person away.
"Watch it!" came InuYasha voice as he jumped over the waves, fighting Death with his Tetsusaiga. Behind him followed Yue and Luna as they each tried to land a hit on her.
Suddenly, Kagome's arrow came flying out of no where, landing in between the two waves. The waves were suddenly gone but a large shock wave was sent through the city. Everyone was pushed up against some walls. Death, was the only one standing.
"Here they come," muttered Kaoru as she watched Sano, Yahiko, Kenshin, Syaoran, and Sailor Mercury floating towards them. After the shock wave the black shield had wrapped around them and brought them up to the building they were standing on. Everyone seemed pleased that they were able to rest. All except Mercury. She kept struggling against the darkness, but failed as it let her down.
"Oh Kenshin!" Kaoru cried, realizing why the blackness had wrapped around everyone. They all had major injuries - Kenshin being in the worst condition. Kaoru ran to his side, tears spilling down her cheeks, and took his hand in hers, bringing it up to her cheek.
"Dad!" Koroko cried, following her mother's suit and sitting across from him.
"I can't treat wounds like these," Kagome said suddenly, "We have to get them to Megumi. She's a doctor."
"But how are we going to get them all the way over there?" Mars asked as Jupiter sent down another lightning bolt.
"Kero! Uni! Come here!" Kagome called over the edge. The two glanced up before flying up to the building.
"Hey girls, what's up?" Uni said, smiling. At least, she was until she saw all of the damage. She took a sharp intake of air.
"Uni, Kero, can you fly these guys back to Megumi? I don't have the kind of knowledge to deal with these kind of injuries," Kagome explained.
"Sure… but we can only carry two per guardian. How many need to go over there?" asked Kero.
"Well, there's Kenshin, Yahiko, Sano, Mercury, Sango, and Kelala. Kelala's too big to fit a person with her so one of you will have to come back."
"That's fine. We-" but Mercury cut Uni off.
"I'm not going back," she wheezed.
"You have to!" Kagome cried in protest.
"I can't… I have to find out… who… who's the one with the black shields…" Mercury said, reaching for her computer.
"What do you mean? I thought that was Pluto or Saturn," Koroko said, suddenly looking worried.
"No… they don't have… that kind of… power. It was someone else… no one we've ever met… before."
"You mean like an intruder?"
"No… just someone with power… who wants to beat Death too… I think it's a scout but…"
"But what?"
"Where are they? My computer… *wheeze* isn't… picking anything… up…" They all glanced at each other before scanning the tops of the buildings.
Suddenly, a large red beam came shooting upward, hitting the edge of the building. The edge where Kagome had been standing. HAD been standing.
Kagome had felt the cement beneath her give way but her voice wouldn't work. The next second, she was falling. The building was a blurred pole in her vision. She heard screaming, and finally figured out it was her own voice. The ground was getting closer. Behind her screams, she heard an evil laughter, turning she saw Death falling alongside her, laughing evilly. Death spun around and flew off, throwing red energy balls at the sailor scouts below, still laughing.
Suddenly, she felt strong arms around her waist. She looked over her shoulder to see a red blur, holding her tightly.
"InuYasha…" she murmured, her screams dying down. But that was when she realized something was wrong. His silver hair, wasn't silver. It was red. Everything was turning red. His grip on her was slipping and they were falling faster, the ground coming closer and closer.
"InuYasha!" she screamed reaching out and clasping onto his arm. It was wet. Red. The red color was filling her eyes. Red was everywhere. The sound of the laughter and the screams were gone. Her own voice was gone. The sound of the wind was gone. All she could see, was red.
"Kagome!" InuYasha had cried. He had dodged the beam easily, not realizing the beam's true target. It had cut off the edge of a building. Big deal. Nothing that concerned InuYasha. He didn't care if the city was trashed, as long as Kagome was safe. But that's when he heard it. The high pitch scream. The high pitch scream that only belonged to Kagome. She was falling, Death was laughing, and InuYasha's heart was in his throat. He had jumped up to catch her. He had wrapped his arm around her waist. He heard her screams dye down. He heard her whisper his name and he had smiled. But Death wasn't going to allow him to save her. She had shot another beam. And this time, Kagome didn't get hit. Because InuYasha had.
The sound was gone. InuYasha couldn't hear the sound of the wind or Death's laughter.
'Something's wrong,' InuYasha thought trying to shake his head, 'Something's wrong. Where is all of the sound?' Then he heard it. It was soft but InuYasha saw Kagome's mouth open wide and scream.
"InuYasha!" but he was leaving. He couldn't hear any more. No more. He was loosing his grip on Kagome. But something pulled him back to her. He suddenly felt the immense pain flooding through him. It was then that InuYasha realized, he was dying.
Kagome and InuYasha hit the ground with a loud crunch. Everyone tried to run over to them but Death made sure no one was able to. Super Sailor Moon (who had transformed earlier) was almost close enough but was pulled back by a red rope created by Death and she was then swung into a building. A dark shield wrapped around her and Miroku (who had witnessed the same fate) and took them up to the building where Kero and Uni had been taking people to Megumi. However, no black shield formed around Kagome or InuYasha.
"InuYasha…" Kagome whispered as she crawled painfully over to where he had landed, "InuYasha…"
"Kagome…" he replied, it hurt him to talk. She crawled over and lied down beside him, curling up against his bleeding side. She closed her eyes, tears falling from them, littering the ground. She pressed her mouth against his arm, realizing that his bare skin was showing where his hatori had been burned away.
"Kagome…" he whispered again, bringing his hand up to her face. She opened her eyes to stare into his golden globes, "I'm… sorry… I couldn't… protect you…"
"No… it's alright… everything will be… fine. Just you wait and see," Kagome said, trying to smile. InuYasha pulled her forward (using what strength he had left) and kissed her lips softly.
"Kagome… I love you…" he murmured before closing his eyes.
"I love you too… InuYasha…," she replied. She then looked into his face. It was calm and looked like he was in no pain at all. Suddenly, reality hit her.
"InuYasha…" she said, the hardness obviously in her voice, "InuYasha open your eyes… InuYasha!" panic had now also slipped in.
But to Kagome's luck, InuYasha lazily opened his eyes and saw her tears.
"What's wrong… Kagome?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
"You…" she replied numbly, closing her eyes and curling up even closer to him.
"Me?" Kagome nodded.
"I… I thought you were gone… you looked… you looked so peaceful… I thought you had left me."
"I told you Kagome! I'll never… leave you!" But, breaking his promise, he closed his eyes and sighed softly. Kagome's own eyes snapped open and she looked at him.
"InuYasha? InuYasha? InuYasha!" she cried, shaking him softly. The smile didn't leave his face. Neither did the pale glow on his skin.
"INUYASHA!"
***To Be Continued…
***Sakura G: Oh do I love being evil! Mwa ha ha ha ha! I also LOVE killing off the characters. It's so much fun! ^^
This chapter better be long enough! It's 17 pages, 3 more than last time. I kinda just rambled on though… it's hard to write really long chapters like this without rambling ya know. Anyway, the next one will be out soon. I've got plans for chapters 7 and 8 so I know what will be happening… well… sort of. This chapter's got a lot of words too! I mean, 17 pages, with 5822 words! That's a lot!
Okay well, bubye for now! ^_~V
***Glossary: Sakura: Cherry Blossoms
Saleen: Made up
hatori: that red thing InuYasha wears
***If you have any questions, comments, or flames (but none of you should give me any of those!), please feel free to email me at: sailor_ivy_girl@mail.com or post up a review. Tanks! And if you would like to get any existing chapter edited, just email me! ^^V***
***Author's Note: Okay well I promise this chapter is actually like a chapter and as long as chapter something-or-other which was like, 14 pages long or something. No more short chapters. My limit shall now be… 10! I must has at least 10 pages! My punishment if I don't, flames from all you peoples. ^^;;;
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***Last Time…
"According to my calculations, she… she learned of her job last night. She saw the vision."
Shisha's heart stopped.
"Shisha, be warned, she-" but he was cut off. Her breath quickening, Shisha slowly turned around. There was Saleen, holding a pair of scissors and the phone cord. And on her face, was the sign of Death, the pale skin, and the wicked smile of death and destruction.
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Chapter 6
A Legend Not Yet True
"Um… hey Saleen…wh-what are you doing?" Shisha said, trying to force a smile on her face.
"Oh nothing really. Say Saleen, since when did you shake like that?" came a voice from Saleen's mouth that clearly wasn't her own voice.
Shaking, Shisha dropped the phone and whispered, her eyes wide, "Death."
"Oh, I see. You've figured out who I am! Good girl! Now, the only question left is how to destroy you. Hmm… I want to have SOME fun…"
Shisha, suddenly turned and dashed for the back door.
"Oh no you don't!" Saleen said as she shot a red ray of light that stopped Shisha in her tracks, "You're not going anywhere. Not until I'm finished with you that is."
Shisha glanced at Saleen. Panting, she pulled out her staff that she used to teleport with. However, at the top, instead of the wire shaped diamond and crystal in the middle, sat a large green globe; green and silver smoke swirling around inside of it. The wiring that went around the rod part wound it's way around the globe and at the top went up in a spike. Shisha swung with staff around and pointed it at Saleen's face. But Saleen only smiled even wider. She threw her arms to the side and threw her head back, white light shinning from the center of her chest, blinding Shisha. Not only her eye sight, but pain seared through her body and she crumpled to the floor - presumably dead. Smiling, Saleen walked over Shisha's body to the door, and slipped out into the cool, night air.
"She's waking up!"
"She's going to be alright!"
"I'm so glad!" The voices were new to Sakura. She had never heard them before. Through the darkness, she saw a dim light. Light! She wanted to leave this place. Struggling against the darkness, she made her way towards the light. When she finally reached it, she realized it was a star, shining brightly. She slowly reached out, her fingers feeling a tickle and she realized how cold she was and how warm the star felt. She reached out and took the star in her hand. Right when she took the star, it shinned brighter than anything Sakura had ever seen and washed the darkness away. Sakura opened her eyes to see people surrounding her. She was lying on her bed, Syaoran at her side, Tomoyo standing next to her, and the whole room filled with people she didn't know.
"Sakura! Oh Sakura you're alright!" Tomoyo cried, tears threatening to spill. Sakura smiled at her friend before glancing over at Syaoran. He had a look on his face of deep concern but the smile on his lips told her he was glad she was back. It was then that she realized that the warmth, supposedly from the star, was actually Syaoran's hands, clutching her own tightly.
"Wha-what happened?" she murmured, feeling very groggy, "Who are these people?"
"Sakura," Syaoran said extending one hand and issuing to some of the people, "These are the Sailor Scouts. Those people, (he pointed to InuYasha and Kagome) are InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kelala, and Shippo. And those over there, (pointing to Kenshin and the gang) are Kenshin, Kaoru, Koroko, Kana, Sano, Megumi, Tsubame, Yahiko, Aoshi, and Miaso."
"You've got a good memory," said one of the girls on the uniforms. Sakura remembered she was one of the "Sailor Scouts." Sakura nodded to each one, but still didn't understand why they were there.
Suddenly, a wave of coldness passed through her body. Her eyes got wide and she could feel the fear rising in her. And she wasn't the only one who had felt the wave. Three other girls began shivering and their eyes became wide too.
"Did… did you feel that?" One with raven like hair whispered. She wrapped her arms around herself while the boy in the red hatori, took her in his arms and looked down at her, looking very worried. The other girls just simply nodded, one of them being from the "Sailor Scouts" and had long blonde hair in pig-tails while the other girl had long red hair and deep blue eyes.
"What was it?" the red-head asked, glancing around the room.
"I've never felt anything like it," the other one replied.
"I have," said the raven hair girl.
"Kagome what was it?" asked the man who was holding her.
Kagome shivered before whispering, as if in fear of the name, "Death." Everyone gasped.
"Death was here!" a red-headed man cried, obviously shocked at what he had heard. Kagome nodded. Everyone was silent. Suddenly, someone cried, "Where's Shisha?"
A tall man with spiky brown hair and white clothes dashed down the stairs. Sakura heard him curse then he came back up, throwing the door open.
"Something's happened! Saleen's gone and Shisha's dead!" Once again, everyone gasped. IN a tremendous effort, everyone squeezed through Sakura's small door and down the stairs. Sakura, still in her bed, heard even more cursing and gasps. A second later, Syaoran, who had gone with the others came back up, his face pale.
"Sakura, I need to explain a few things to you. Tomoyo, I think Megumi and Tsubame will need your help."
"Thank God she didn't die!" Megumi murmured as she and Tsubame slowly carried Shisha up the stairs. Her clothes (that looked like one of Sakura's battle costumes) were charred and her face and hands were burned badly. Kana followed them, carrying the charred staff. Tomoyo and Setsuna were busy in the kitchen, preparing things from lunch, to remedies for Shisha. InuYasha, Kenshin, Syaoran, Aoshi, Hotaru, and Sano had gone outside to discuss what happened while Kaoru, Koroko, and everyone else were inside trying to clean everything up. Sakura had gotten out of bed and had gone to the store with Lita and Kagome to buy some bandages and herbs.
After a few hours, Kaoru, Koroko, and the others had gotten the living room pretty well fixed up. The others were still outside talking. Megumi had declared Shisha alive, but in serious condition. Everyone was doing their best to find out what happened or to get things ready.
Suddenly, a loud bell clanged, signaling for lunch and that the remedies were ready. Everyone pilled into the kitchen and got in line as Tomoyo and Setsuna were passing out plates and silverware plus of course, the food. Megumi sent Kana down to grab the large bowls of remedies but Sango ended up helping her.
As everyone sat down and started eating, the conversation didn't very. Most people were talking about one thing: Death. However, Koroko was telling the scouts what had happened when they met up with InuYasha and the gang and that whole end of the table was laughing hysterically. While on the other end of the table, the conversation was very grave, things seemed to go well.
After dinner, Megumi came downstairs and ordered a meeting of the teams. Once everyone had quieted down and were awaiting her speech did she speak.
"Shisha is alive and well. However, she is still in serious condition. You may see her but I want only one person at a time up there and no one is allowed to question her about what happened until she is feeling better. Every hour however no one is allowed and Tomoyo, Setsuna, those are the times when I'll need more medicine. Kagome, later I'd like you to go out a get some more bandages. She's worse than I thought. Now, if anyone has anything to say, say it now." Megumi bowed and then slipped upstairs as Kenshin took the stand.
"Alright," he said, looking very serious, "We believe we know what happened. It seems that Saleen is Death's spy. Shisha must not have known that and while calling Haven, she learned from them that Saleen was the spy. She was near the phonetelly ("Telephone," corrected Kagome), yes whatever, and we suspect Saleen cut into her conversation. InuYasha was able to tell that Saleen left through the back door. The only problem is we don't know where she is. That is, if she is still in this dimension. This is all we have on the subject now. Would anyone else like to speak?" Sakura raised her hand and Kenshin nodded. Stepping down, he went and sat down by his wife and Koroko while Sakura went up.
Sakura took a deep breath before speaking, "I'm sure you are all wondering what happened to me earlier today. Well, I'm not sure really. But I do know what I saw. Usually, before something…" Sakura chose her words carefully, "bad happens, I see things in my dreams. In other words, I have premonitions in my dreams. Last night, I had a dream. It was very scary. All of my friends…" Sakura struggled to get out the words. Tears threatened to flow but she refused to stop, "I saw… all of my friends dead. And Kero and Yue and… everyone. Everyone who is special to me. Then, there was this really bright light and I felt a lot of pain. Like… like someone had set me on fire. Anyway, I then felt all the pain die away. Then I saw myself hanging onto a cliff, just my one hand hanging on. Then it felt like someone had slapped me and I let go and fell. I just kept falling and falling. Until I hit the bottom. It was dark and cold. I couldn't think any happy thoughts. I sat there, and I… I guess I was just waiting for the end. It was… never ending darkness forever. And then… I saw a star. And I grabbed it, cause it was the only light I had seen in so long and it brought me back. It scared away the darkness and everything was good again. And… I guess that's it."
Everyone was silent. They all seemed to be thinking about their own things, about what would happen if they couldn't think of anything happy ever again.
Suddenly, Kagome stood up. Everyone looked up at her, their eyes glued to her face that was set in determination.
"What are we sitting around her for!?" she cried, looking at everyone, "We should be out there, trying to find Death! And we're just sitting here! Let's get going!"
"Kagome," InuYasha said softly. She turned to him, "We don't know where she is. I can't find her scent anywhere. Pluto and Saturn don't have a clue where she could be. We can't find her."
"But I can sense jewel shards!"
"Jewel shards! But she doesn't have any!" Miroku said, looking beaten and worn. He looked much older and much more mature (but not less perverted as he had sat around the scouts in their mini skirts).
"But I sensed when Death had attacked! So did Sakura, Serena, and Koroko! We can find her! Just trust me!" Everyone glanced at each other.
"How will we all get to where ever she is?" asked Aoshi for the first time, "We can't fly or run like InuYasha."
"We can fly," Mina said glancing around, "Well, we can teleport multiple people."
"Kelala can carry four people," Sango injected.
"I can use the fly card. It only works for two people though," Sakura added. Everyone started to get charred up.
"Me, Uni, Luna, and Yue can fly ourselves," Kero added for the first time.
"See!" Kagome cried happily, "We all can get there! Let's try it! We can fly over each continent and search for the darkness she gives off! It wouldn't be that hard! We can split up! I'll go with InuYasha (yes, you too Shippo) over one area, Sakura and Syaoran plus the guardians can go one place, Koroko can go with Sango and Miroku plus whoever else on Kelala, and Sailor Moon felt it so whoever goes with the scouts will have one too!" Everyone glanced at each other.
"What about Shisha?" Tomoyo asked.
"Megumi, Tsubame, Kana, and you can stay here," Sakura said firmly.
"What! No, Sakura, I'm going with you!" Tomoyo protested.
"Tomoyo you can't! What if something happens!? Besides, you have to make the stuff for Shisha!"
"Setsuna can do it!"
"She's a scout! She's needed to teleport! Tomoyo please! Do it for me!" Sakura said, getting on her knees. Tomoyo hesitated before sitting back down, tears in her eyes.
"Then let's get going!" Serena cried happily as she thrust her hand into the air. "Moon… Cosmic Power!" The other scouts then followed suit.
"Mars Star Power!" Raye cried as she raised her pen.
"Mercury Star Power!" Ami cried as she too raised her pen.
"Jupiter Star Power!" Lita cried, following the others.
"Venus Star Power!" Mina cried just like the rest of the girls.
"Mini Moon Star Power!" Rini cried as she touched a brooch on her clothes.
"Saturn Star Power!" Hotaru cried.
"Uranus Star Power!" Haruka cried.
"Neptune Star Power!" Michiru cried.
Colors filled the room and the next second, all of the girls were in their brightly colored uniforms.
"We are the Sailor Scouts! Read for action!" Sailor Moon cried happily as she struck her pose.
"Can we go now?" InuYasha asked, agitated. Kagome was already on his back and Shippo was sitting on her shoulders. Kelala already was loaded with Sango, Miroku, Miaso, and Koroko. Sakura had already pulled out her staff and had summoned the fly card. Now both she had Syaoran had large wings coming out of their backs. Kero, Yue, Luna, and Uni were all in their true forms and ready for flight as well.
"Uh… sure," Sailor Moon said, sweat dropping a little.
"We've got a positive reading here!" came Kagome's voice over the intercom, "Get everyone here as fast as ya can!"
"Is she still in Saleen's body?" Shisha cried back.
"No, it's her. She's in her own outfit and everything if that's what you mean."
"Okay… where are you exactly? I'm sending your coordinates to Sailor Mercury but what should I tell the others."
There was a pause.
"Kagome? Kagome answer me! *silence* Kagome answer me now!" Shisha cried. All she could hear was wind and static.
'Damn it!' she thought, waiting for Kagome's reply. Finally, it came.
"Sorry! Death's spotted us!"
"Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah, I just dropped the mike. The scouts have arrived."
"What should I tell Kelala's team? And Sakura?"
"Tell them… tell Sango we're over her old village. She'll know what I mean."
"Okay, I'm relaying your message to her. What about Sakura?"
"Um… tell… I'm not sure. Ask her where she is."
"Alright then," Shisha muttered as she flipped a switch on a small black box, "Sakura? Sakura do you read me?"
"Loud and clear! What's up?" came Sakura's voice.
"Where are you? Death's been spotted!" There was a pause.
"We're flying over the Indianapolis Airport according to Uni."
"Okay give me a moment!" Shisha cried as she flipped the switch again.
"Kagome, Sakura says they're in Indianapolis."
"Tell them to fly over to Milwaukee! Uni should know where that is! I've gotta fight! I'm hanging up now! Over and out!"
"Alright then over and out!" Shisha flipped the switch again, "Sakura?"
"Yeah?"
"Head over to Milwaukee. Does Uni know where that is?"
Sakura hesitated before answering, "Ya, we've got it. Over and out!"
"Over and out…" Shisha murmured as she flipped the switch to off. She leaned back against the pillows and sighed. She had come to a few hours earlier only to find that everyone except Megumi, Kana, Tsubame, and Tomoyo had left to go find Death. Outraged, she quickly sent them each a pair of headphones that acted as walky-talkies and they could talk to each other. The small switch box sitting on her bed let her talk between different headsets.
"So… they found Death?" Tsubame asked as she came in with a basket full of bandages. Behind her came Megumi with a large bowl of grounded up herbs. And behind HER was Kana with a large bowl of remedies.
Shisha sighed before nodding. She then looked up and whispered, "I just hope everything goes well. If we can, we need to get that soul back in Saleen's body then send her to Haven."
"Capture Death? I thought we wanted to destroy her?" asked Kana as she stirred the remedies.
"No, this isn't Death. This is the evil inside of Saleen's soul. If it leaves this dimension and goes to the real death, then she'll become stronger. We need to put this evil soul back in Saleen's body."
"Why? I mean, wouldn't it be easier to just destroy this one?"
"No. Because we must follow the path of the legend."
"The legend? What does this legend speak of?" asked Megumi as she began to remove Shisha's old bandages.
"The legend tells of Death. It tells us that long ago, a powerful priestess was fighting a soul splitting demon and lost. It spilt her soul, one side good, one side evil. It kept traveling, dimension after dimension until each side had gotten amazing power. But something awoke the evil side which we have named Death. It began destroying everything. This is where the legend comes in. They say that a messenger from a respected dimension, that's me, would go and find the strongest five. Those strongest five, are not only the strongest of the remaining dimensions but have the strongest evil souls that have not awakened. The five evil souls are captured and shown to a good one and become good themselves. Then, they each turn into the five goddesses, each with it's own power. But, according to legend, each goddess fails, and each time one does, the power goes to Death. It is said that Death becomes supreme ruler, until a follower of the good side has a vision and sees the final bit of evil spirit. As a last resort, the five teams go out and try to find this soul. They succeed. They convert it to the good side and it becomes the fire goddess. But she is not strong enough and also fails. But for some reason, her soul does not turn evil again and it does not go into Death."
"So what happens?" Tomoyo, who had joined them, asked quickly.
"Let me finish my story!" Shisha said before continuing, "They say, that is when the true goddess comes. They say that all of the converted souls did not go into Death, but into the fire goddess who was just like a cocoon for Life, the only one who can destroy Death. The legend ends by saying that only the strongest will survive and that time will tell the answer."
"So no one knows if Life wins or not?" inquired Megumi as she finished putting new bandages on Shisha.
"Correct-a-mundo."
"Kagome! Get out of the way!" InuYasha cried as he pushed her out of the way of a large red beam. Kagome tumbled to the ground while the beam hit the edge of InuYasha's arm.
"InuYasha! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine! Stay down!" InuYasha snapped as he jumped back up, the Tetsusaiga clutched in his hands tightly. He quickly jumped to the side as Sango's large boomerang came crashing through the sky. Quickly followed by that was a long chain of hearts owned by Sailor Venus.
"Sango!" came Miroku's voice. InuYasha glanced behind him to see Sango falling off of Kelala, blood spilling from her side. Kelala also had a large cash in her side and fell behind her mistress.
"Mercury Bubbles… BLAST!" Sailor Mercury cried, creating a cloud that both Sango and Kelala landed on softly. Kagome and Miroku rushed over to them.
InuYasha turned back to Death. She had already left Saleen's body according to Shisha. And she sure didn't look like Saleen. She was very pale and her long white hair fell past her knees, making it look like a large tangled mass. Her eyes were pure black and sent chills down InuYasha's spine. A long white gown hung to her thin frame and her long, thin arms with their white fingernails were cloaked in long pieces of cloth. Smiling wickedly she put her fingers together and sent another red beam at InuYasha.
InuYasha realized too late that there wasn't enough time to dodge the beam.
'Damn it!' he thought, trying to think of a way out.
"Rainbow Moon… Heartache!" came a cry as a large ribbon of hearts came spinning out of no where. The ribbon hit the beam and it seemed to be fighting against it. But the ribbon failed and the beam shot out at it's new target: Sailor Moon.
"Ahhh!" Sailor Moon cried, ducking even though the beam hadn't reached her yet. No one was close enough or not busy to block the beam as it came crashing down upon her.
Suddenly, a large black shield wrapped itself around her. Sailor Moon felt herself being held up. The red beam hit the center of the shield but disappeared. Sailor Moon glanced around to see that Kagome, Sango, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Kaoru, and Koroko had all also been wrapped in the black shield. The seven shield each shot out a black rope and the seven connected, creating one large shield. They kept rising and rising until they were high above the battlefield.
"Where's it taking us?" Sailor Mars asked. Her question was answered as the shield descended and they were placed on top of the tall building. Setting them down, they all heard a faint voice.
"Stand tall young warriors. By here, you shall help your comrades. Strike unknown and in stealth. And let it be known to Death, that she shall parish."
"What does it mean?" asked Sailor Jupiter as she went to the edge of the building and glanced down. They had a perfect view of the whole battlefield.
"We've got to be at least 100 yards up!" Kagome said, stunned at the height.
"Ya," replied Mars, smiling, "Let's just hope none of us fall."
"Are we supposed to attack from up here?" inquired Koroko, "Cause I'm only good at martial arts and swordsmanship and I know I can't do it from here."
"No, I think you and your mother are only supposed to be protected way up here," Kagome said thoughtfully, "I can shoot my arrows and Mars and Jupiter can shoot down their too. Sango's injured. Maybe what that voice said is what we're supposed to do. You know, 'By here, you shall help your comrades. Strike unknown and in stealth. And let it be known to Death, that she shall parish.'"
"I still don't know what it means though," said Kaoru as she backed away from the edge. She didn't like being so high up.
"We attack from up here," Jupiter said, finally understanding, "We all here, well, Kagome, Mars, and I, all can strike down their without being seen. We're supposed to attack in secrecy. 'Strike unknown and in stealth.' Wanna try?"
"Sure," Kagome said as she pulled out an arrow. Aiming at Death, she left the arrow fly. Unfortunately Death sensed the arrow and dodged it, but it did do some damage.
"This'll be fun," Jupiter said smiling, calling upon the thunder dragon.
"Pluto Deadly Scream!" Pluto cried as she swung her staff around and let the dark energy fly. However, Pluto hadn't been having much luck. Every time she seemed to attack Death took her energy.
"I just don't understand," cursed Pluto as she dodged another one of Death's beams. She dodged to the left again, standing next to Saturn as a large beam of light shot through the sky.
"Seems Sakura and Syaoran have arrived," Saturn murmured as she glanced up. Sakura, the Light Card in her hands, dived down at amazing speed, closely followed by Syaoran who had his own sword and spell cards.
"What don't you understand?"
"She keeps taking my power!"
"That's strange. You'd think she'd take mine. (a/n: Sailor Saturn is the scout of destruction so she has the power to kill and what not.)" Sailor Saturn said as she sent a purple beam out of the tip of her staff.
"Silence Glaive!" she cried, the beam hitting Death's back. Death spun around and threw a small red energy ball at the two scouts. Pluto jumped in front of Saturn, spinning her staff, causing the energy ball to bounce off and hit a nearby building.
"Forget it. Use another attack. Glaive Surprise!" Saturn said as she quickly went to help Miroku dodge another attack.
Pluto calmed her senses and pointed her staff at Death, "Chronos Typhoon!" The large beam shot out and hit Death right in the chest, knocking the wind out of her.
Pluto sent out another attack and cried, "Garnet Orb!" The energy ball went flying at Death but she shot her own out at it. They bounced off and each went flying into buildings surrounding them. Death glared at Pluto before shooting off and red electric wave.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" came a cry from above as a large electricity wave crackled against Death's. The two waves fought over each other, trying to blow the other person away.
"Watch it!" came InuYasha voice as he jumped over the waves, fighting Death with his Tetsusaiga. Behind him followed Yue and Luna as they each tried to land a hit on her.
Suddenly, Kagome's arrow came flying out of no where, landing in between the two waves. The waves were suddenly gone but a large shock wave was sent through the city. Everyone was pushed up against some walls. Death, was the only one standing.
"Here they come," muttered Kaoru as she watched Sano, Yahiko, Kenshin, Syaoran, and Sailor Mercury floating towards them. After the shock wave the black shield had wrapped around them and brought them up to the building they were standing on. Everyone seemed pleased that they were able to rest. All except Mercury. She kept struggling against the darkness, but failed as it let her down.
"Oh Kenshin!" Kaoru cried, realizing why the blackness had wrapped around everyone. They all had major injuries - Kenshin being in the worst condition. Kaoru ran to his side, tears spilling down her cheeks, and took his hand in hers, bringing it up to her cheek.
"Dad!" Koroko cried, following her mother's suit and sitting across from him.
"I can't treat wounds like these," Kagome said suddenly, "We have to get them to Megumi. She's a doctor."
"But how are we going to get them all the way over there?" Mars asked as Jupiter sent down another lightning bolt.
"Kero! Uni! Come here!" Kagome called over the edge. The two glanced up before flying up to the building.
"Hey girls, what's up?" Uni said, smiling. At least, she was until she saw all of the damage. She took a sharp intake of air.
"Uni, Kero, can you fly these guys back to Megumi? I don't have the kind of knowledge to deal with these kind of injuries," Kagome explained.
"Sure… but we can only carry two per guardian. How many need to go over there?" asked Kero.
"Well, there's Kenshin, Yahiko, Sano, Mercury, Sango, and Kelala. Kelala's too big to fit a person with her so one of you will have to come back."
"That's fine. We-" but Mercury cut Uni off.
"I'm not going back," she wheezed.
"You have to!" Kagome cried in protest.
"I can't… I have to find out… who… who's the one with the black shields…" Mercury said, reaching for her computer.
"What do you mean? I thought that was Pluto or Saturn," Koroko said, suddenly looking worried.
"No… they don't have… that kind of… power. It was someone else… no one we've ever met… before."
"You mean like an intruder?"
"No… just someone with power… who wants to beat Death too… I think it's a scout but…"
"But what?"
"Where are they? My computer… *wheeze* isn't… picking anything… up…" They all glanced at each other before scanning the tops of the buildings.
Suddenly, a large red beam came shooting upward, hitting the edge of the building. The edge where Kagome had been standing. HAD been standing.
Kagome had felt the cement beneath her give way but her voice wouldn't work. The next second, she was falling. The building was a blurred pole in her vision. She heard screaming, and finally figured out it was her own voice. The ground was getting closer. Behind her screams, she heard an evil laughter, turning she saw Death falling alongside her, laughing evilly. Death spun around and flew off, throwing red energy balls at the sailor scouts below, still laughing.
Suddenly, she felt strong arms around her waist. She looked over her shoulder to see a red blur, holding her tightly.
"InuYasha…" she murmured, her screams dying down. But that was when she realized something was wrong. His silver hair, wasn't silver. It was red. Everything was turning red. His grip on her was slipping and they were falling faster, the ground coming closer and closer.
"InuYasha!" she screamed reaching out and clasping onto his arm. It was wet. Red. The red color was filling her eyes. Red was everywhere. The sound of the laughter and the screams were gone. Her own voice was gone. The sound of the wind was gone. All she could see, was red.
"Kagome!" InuYasha had cried. He had dodged the beam easily, not realizing the beam's true target. It had cut off the edge of a building. Big deal. Nothing that concerned InuYasha. He didn't care if the city was trashed, as long as Kagome was safe. But that's when he heard it. The high pitch scream. The high pitch scream that only belonged to Kagome. She was falling, Death was laughing, and InuYasha's heart was in his throat. He had jumped up to catch her. He had wrapped his arm around her waist. He heard her screams dye down. He heard her whisper his name and he had smiled. But Death wasn't going to allow him to save her. She had shot another beam. And this time, Kagome didn't get hit. Because InuYasha had.
The sound was gone. InuYasha couldn't hear the sound of the wind or Death's laughter.
'Something's wrong,' InuYasha thought trying to shake his head, 'Something's wrong. Where is all of the sound?' Then he heard it. It was soft but InuYasha saw Kagome's mouth open wide and scream.
"InuYasha!" but he was leaving. He couldn't hear any more. No more. He was loosing his grip on Kagome. But something pulled him back to her. He suddenly felt the immense pain flooding through him. It was then that InuYasha realized, he was dying.
Kagome and InuYasha hit the ground with a loud crunch. Everyone tried to run over to them but Death made sure no one was able to. Super Sailor Moon (who had transformed earlier) was almost close enough but was pulled back by a red rope created by Death and she was then swung into a building. A dark shield wrapped around her and Miroku (who had witnessed the same fate) and took them up to the building where Kero and Uni had been taking people to Megumi. However, no black shield formed around Kagome or InuYasha.
"InuYasha…" Kagome whispered as she crawled painfully over to where he had landed, "InuYasha…"
"Kagome…" he replied, it hurt him to talk. She crawled over and lied down beside him, curling up against his bleeding side. She closed her eyes, tears falling from them, littering the ground. She pressed her mouth against his arm, realizing that his bare skin was showing where his hatori had been burned away.
"Kagome…" he whispered again, bringing his hand up to her face. She opened her eyes to stare into his golden globes, "I'm… sorry… I couldn't… protect you…"
"No… it's alright… everything will be… fine. Just you wait and see," Kagome said, trying to smile. InuYasha pulled her forward (using what strength he had left) and kissed her lips softly.
"Kagome… I love you…" he murmured before closing his eyes.
"I love you too… InuYasha…," she replied. She then looked into his face. It was calm and looked like he was in no pain at all. Suddenly, reality hit her.
"InuYasha…" she said, the hardness obviously in her voice, "InuYasha open your eyes… InuYasha!" panic had now also slipped in.
But to Kagome's luck, InuYasha lazily opened his eyes and saw her tears.
"What's wrong… Kagome?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
"You…" she replied numbly, closing her eyes and curling up even closer to him.
"Me?" Kagome nodded.
"I… I thought you were gone… you looked… you looked so peaceful… I thought you had left me."
"I told you Kagome! I'll never… leave you!" But, breaking his promise, he closed his eyes and sighed softly. Kagome's own eyes snapped open and she looked at him.
"InuYasha? InuYasha? InuYasha!" she cried, shaking him softly. The smile didn't leave his face. Neither did the pale glow on his skin.
"INUYASHA!"
***To Be Continued…
***Sakura G: Oh do I love being evil! Mwa ha ha ha ha! I also LOVE killing off the characters. It's so much fun! ^^
This chapter better be long enough! It's 17 pages, 3 more than last time. I kinda just rambled on though… it's hard to write really long chapters like this without rambling ya know. Anyway, the next one will be out soon. I've got plans for chapters 7 and 8 so I know what will be happening… well… sort of. This chapter's got a lot of words too! I mean, 17 pages, with 5822 words! That's a lot!
Okay well, bubye for now! ^_~V
***Glossary: Sakura: Cherry Blossoms
Saleen: Made up
hatori: that red thing InuYasha wears
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