-Chapter 4: Reliven-
Disclaimer: Yeah, I kind of forgot. But, Inuyasha no belong to me. I wish.
The spider demon watched from it's roosting place with amusement. He had underestimated the girl's powers, but even still, it was only a trace the hanyou could feel. He was, indeed, the only thing that contacted the girl to the real world.
Looking down with his four eyes, he looked over to Kagome's dead body. It looked just like when he first took out her soul, his cocoon works well. Sunset was close and he would have to take Kagome's soul back again into its sack.
Climbing slowly down the trunk of the tree, he than jumped onto the soul sack. His red eyes turned over to Kagome, and he chuckled coldly. He than let a shiny, white web string from his mouth, and sunk into the earth.
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Inuyasha was pretty sure now that Kagome was here, it made sense. But he couldn't smell her, or anything, no matter how much he tried. At first, he started thinking it really was his own imagination, but how do you explain the sit and the pink light?
His fists clenched together, he was getting impatient with himself. His super-senses won't work for this. Ears twitching, he heard a faint digging sort of sound. Looking down at the ground, he saw a white string explode out.
Grabbing onto the hilt of the sword, and pulling it out, he watched the string. But he wasn't coming for him; it didn't do anything to him. Instead, it seemed to wrap around something invisible.
"Kagome!"
Kagome had almost given up on Inuyasha. She was sure he could sense her by now, but that was all, no way of warning, telling him anything. Sighing, she looked down. She heard than the familiar sound of the sword being unsheathed.
Looking up, she wondered what was wrong. She didn't hear or see anything, till she felt something on her left ankle. Looking down, than bending down, she saw a thin wire-like substance wrap itself around her foot.
She grabbed at it, and attempted to pry it off, but it was no help at all. She felt another one on her other leg, than she felt a sudden pull. What was happening? Looking up at the sky, she saw the golden colours of sunset. Didn't the spider say…
She couldn't even finish her thought, when she was pulled down into the warm, brown earth. Kagome gave a scream, when pulled down, but it wasn't like she thought it'd be; No, it actually resembled more like flying.
Just as quick, she saw the disgusting, spider face right in front of her. Taking a step back, she got ready to run, but she was paralysed. Hearing a cold chuckle, she glanced again at him, than looked down at her feet.
They seemed to be disappearing, turning into light. Just as quick as she was turned back into a shaped soul, her spirit was just a ball of light. The spider than grabbed it with a clawed leg, and let it drop into the sack, and sealed it.
"Hah, once her soul is harvested… I shall be quite strong. Imagine, having the power of a priestess!"
Laughing, he than looked over again where he last saw Inuyasha and the ghost of Kagome. He was still here, Inuyasha, but looking around angrily. He probably suspected something like was had just happened had happened.
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"Kagome! Damn, she was right here… She must have been taken, that's what the webs were wrapping around," He growled to himself, she was right here, and he couldn't believe he couldn't have done anything.
Sheathing his sword finally, he still growled.
Sniffing, he smelt the smell of the string… maybe…just maybe… he could follow the scent. He started running, following the scent of the string. He would find Kagome, and the spider demon. And the demon sure won't like it when he gets there.
Soon enough though, he stopped. The smell stopped. Looking around, he didn't see anything special around here. Just trees, trees, trees… Trees! He started looking up, squinted, and saw a small sliver of white.
Unsheathing his sword again, he took another sniff. There! It was there, along with Kagome's faint, faint smell. But it was a sickly smell, a corpse's smell. She was dead… but again, not really. He could save her, like she did to him.
Climbing the tree, he than saw a large cocoon of white. Kagome! Jumping there, he took a swipe at the top, and at the side. Her body slipped out, and he caught her. Jumping down to the ground again, he held her tightly.
Letting her loose a bit, to see. Her skin was pale, and cold. The wound in her neck was still there, but no blood anymore. It was like she had no more blood even left in her body. Growling, he looked up, he heard rustling.
The spider demon was mad indeed. The body would have been a good meal to eat, when her soul was harvested. Quickly, he wound a thick shield around his body, than climbed down quickly on four legs, to face Inuyasha.
Hissing as he spoke now, "Now, now. You ruined my meal. Now I have to wrap it again, and everything. Anyways, what did you want to have with a dead corpse, doggy? She isn't alive in there, no-no…"
Inuyasha let her down, than jumped at him, slashing him hard with his claws. But there was no impact. Remembering another sack, he followed the thread from the spider back to the tree…
There, very small, very hidden, another white bit could be seen. Jumping too quick for the spider to catch up to him, he saw the soul sack. Swiping the tip of it, a bright light escaped from it, and soared down the tree.
He too, jumped off the tree, falling quickly. Landing gracefully, but still with a thud, he saw as the light entered Kagome's neck, the hole sealing itself, and her colour slowly regaining.
Inuyasha ran over to her, and picked her up. Glaring at the demon, he couldn't dare put her down; he might take her again when he least expected it.
"Now, you woke her up! That's very unfair, little puppy, she did trade her soul for yours, you know, That's bad business, and it's a big no-no. Let her down, and let me take her soul again. It is part of the deal, so let her go!"
He noticed that the spider's usual I-don't-care sort of tone no long was there. He was mad for sure now. He couldn't attack him with his claws, and couldn't put down Kagome… The only thing he could do, though he dreaded it, was to run away.
Turning around to run, he suddenly felt something wrap around his right foot, than just as quick, on his other ankle. Another pair of strings grabbed his wrists, and he was almost immobile, but couldn't move from where he stood.
He dropped Kagome, and a pair of webs moved him from her, but left her alone. She was no danger; she wasn't even awake at the moment. But soon, he saw her eyelids fluttering, and her eyes snapped open.
"Inuyasha!" She said, picking herself up, but the name came out as a blend of words. Clearing her throat she called out louder, "Inuyasha!" Standing now on her own two feet, she started running to him.
But just like he was, the strings grabbed at her, and wrung around her ankles and wrists. Another one wrapped itself around her neck. But just to hold her, not to kill her. For now. Struggling, she pulled her hands, but the string deepened into her skin, and drew blood.
Inuyasha sniffed, and he smelt her blood. Looking at her, he felt relieved, she was alive! But now a new wave of worry swept over him. He couldn't protect her! "Kagome!" He tried ripping himself free, but it didn't work.
The spider crawled over to Inuyasha, and it's now-again cocky voice spoke to him, "See, now she's going to suffer. And you too. You had a chance to live, but you lost. Now I shall kill you both."
TO BE CONTUNED
Disclaimer: Yeah, I kind of forgot. But, Inuyasha no belong to me. I wish.
The spider demon watched from it's roosting place with amusement. He had underestimated the girl's powers, but even still, it was only a trace the hanyou could feel. He was, indeed, the only thing that contacted the girl to the real world.
Looking down with his four eyes, he looked over to Kagome's dead body. It looked just like when he first took out her soul, his cocoon works well. Sunset was close and he would have to take Kagome's soul back again into its sack.
Climbing slowly down the trunk of the tree, he than jumped onto the soul sack. His red eyes turned over to Kagome, and he chuckled coldly. He than let a shiny, white web string from his mouth, and sunk into the earth.
~ ~ ~ ~
Inuyasha was pretty sure now that Kagome was here, it made sense. But he couldn't smell her, or anything, no matter how much he tried. At first, he started thinking it really was his own imagination, but how do you explain the sit and the pink light?
His fists clenched together, he was getting impatient with himself. His super-senses won't work for this. Ears twitching, he heard a faint digging sort of sound. Looking down at the ground, he saw a white string explode out.
Grabbing onto the hilt of the sword, and pulling it out, he watched the string. But he wasn't coming for him; it didn't do anything to him. Instead, it seemed to wrap around something invisible.
"Kagome!"
Kagome had almost given up on Inuyasha. She was sure he could sense her by now, but that was all, no way of warning, telling him anything. Sighing, she looked down. She heard than the familiar sound of the sword being unsheathed.
Looking up, she wondered what was wrong. She didn't hear or see anything, till she felt something on her left ankle. Looking down, than bending down, she saw a thin wire-like substance wrap itself around her foot.
She grabbed at it, and attempted to pry it off, but it was no help at all. She felt another one on her other leg, than she felt a sudden pull. What was happening? Looking up at the sky, she saw the golden colours of sunset. Didn't the spider say…
She couldn't even finish her thought, when she was pulled down into the warm, brown earth. Kagome gave a scream, when pulled down, but it wasn't like she thought it'd be; No, it actually resembled more like flying.
Just as quick, she saw the disgusting, spider face right in front of her. Taking a step back, she got ready to run, but she was paralysed. Hearing a cold chuckle, she glanced again at him, than looked down at her feet.
They seemed to be disappearing, turning into light. Just as quick as she was turned back into a shaped soul, her spirit was just a ball of light. The spider than grabbed it with a clawed leg, and let it drop into the sack, and sealed it.
"Hah, once her soul is harvested… I shall be quite strong. Imagine, having the power of a priestess!"
Laughing, he than looked over again where he last saw Inuyasha and the ghost of Kagome. He was still here, Inuyasha, but looking around angrily. He probably suspected something like was had just happened had happened.
~ ~ ~ ~
"Kagome! Damn, she was right here… She must have been taken, that's what the webs were wrapping around," He growled to himself, she was right here, and he couldn't believe he couldn't have done anything.
Sheathing his sword finally, he still growled.
Sniffing, he smelt the smell of the string… maybe…just maybe… he could follow the scent. He started running, following the scent of the string. He would find Kagome, and the spider demon. And the demon sure won't like it when he gets there.
Soon enough though, he stopped. The smell stopped. Looking around, he didn't see anything special around here. Just trees, trees, trees… Trees! He started looking up, squinted, and saw a small sliver of white.
Unsheathing his sword again, he took another sniff. There! It was there, along with Kagome's faint, faint smell. But it was a sickly smell, a corpse's smell. She was dead… but again, not really. He could save her, like she did to him.
Climbing the tree, he than saw a large cocoon of white. Kagome! Jumping there, he took a swipe at the top, and at the side. Her body slipped out, and he caught her. Jumping down to the ground again, he held her tightly.
Letting her loose a bit, to see. Her skin was pale, and cold. The wound in her neck was still there, but no blood anymore. It was like she had no more blood even left in her body. Growling, he looked up, he heard rustling.
The spider demon was mad indeed. The body would have been a good meal to eat, when her soul was harvested. Quickly, he wound a thick shield around his body, than climbed down quickly on four legs, to face Inuyasha.
Hissing as he spoke now, "Now, now. You ruined my meal. Now I have to wrap it again, and everything. Anyways, what did you want to have with a dead corpse, doggy? She isn't alive in there, no-no…"
Inuyasha let her down, than jumped at him, slashing him hard with his claws. But there was no impact. Remembering another sack, he followed the thread from the spider back to the tree…
There, very small, very hidden, another white bit could be seen. Jumping too quick for the spider to catch up to him, he saw the soul sack. Swiping the tip of it, a bright light escaped from it, and soared down the tree.
He too, jumped off the tree, falling quickly. Landing gracefully, but still with a thud, he saw as the light entered Kagome's neck, the hole sealing itself, and her colour slowly regaining.
Inuyasha ran over to her, and picked her up. Glaring at the demon, he couldn't dare put her down; he might take her again when he least expected it.
"Now, you woke her up! That's very unfair, little puppy, she did trade her soul for yours, you know, That's bad business, and it's a big no-no. Let her down, and let me take her soul again. It is part of the deal, so let her go!"
He noticed that the spider's usual I-don't-care sort of tone no long was there. He was mad for sure now. He couldn't attack him with his claws, and couldn't put down Kagome… The only thing he could do, though he dreaded it, was to run away.
Turning around to run, he suddenly felt something wrap around his right foot, than just as quick, on his other ankle. Another pair of strings grabbed his wrists, and he was almost immobile, but couldn't move from where he stood.
He dropped Kagome, and a pair of webs moved him from her, but left her alone. She was no danger; she wasn't even awake at the moment. But soon, he saw her eyelids fluttering, and her eyes snapped open.
"Inuyasha!" She said, picking herself up, but the name came out as a blend of words. Clearing her throat she called out louder, "Inuyasha!" Standing now on her own two feet, she started running to him.
But just like he was, the strings grabbed at her, and wrung around her ankles and wrists. Another one wrapped itself around her neck. But just to hold her, not to kill her. For now. Struggling, she pulled her hands, but the string deepened into her skin, and drew blood.
Inuyasha sniffed, and he smelt her blood. Looking at her, he felt relieved, she was alive! But now a new wave of worry swept over him. He couldn't protect her! "Kagome!" He tried ripping himself free, but it didn't work.
The spider crawled over to Inuyasha, and it's now-again cocky voice spoke to him, "See, now she's going to suffer. And you too. You had a chance to live, but you lost. Now I shall kill you both."
TO BE CONTUNED