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Hello to Everyone!! Ok just real quick I want all my readers to read this!!
I want to extend a huge, warm hug to all of you!! You all rock soo much!! My reviews are 59 !!! I have never had any story go up that high before... in fact... not ever!! Thank you everyone!! I'm so happy that you are enjoying this story. *wipes away a tear*... ok I'm sorry... I promised myself I wouldn't cry... lol but you all are so awesome!! I feel so special... and loved... thanks again, you all are my inspiration to write!!
And now, I'm feeling motivated to write another chapter, because I have so many wonderful reviews... so now I present... CHAPTER 10!!
Oh and just to let you all know... this story is over 21,000 words long... geez, I can't believe I've written that much... and the story isn't even close to being over with yet... *wink wink* ; )
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Ok quick recap, for those who are a little confused...
Kagome has been given the Shikon No Tama and now can fully use its power.
(And for those who didn't understand the scene in the grotto where Kagome was given the jewel, Kagome's father has Tetsugaiga. Just to let you know, because it will come up later.)
She asked the jewel to show her what really happened the night that the Demon's and merfolk became enemies... and the jewel teleported her into the past... and she viewed the violent assassination of the star crossed lovers.
Now she faces an emotional breakdown as she knows the truth... that the lovers were not murdered by merfolk or demons but from the past form of Naraku!!
And in the present, Naraku is heading towards Kagome's kingdom, after he felt her use the jewel's powers and he intends to take what he believes is rightfully his.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha has been knocked out by Sesshomaru, who is now King, and is being taken to... who knows where.
By the way, the ages of the characters at this particular moment are just shy of 13-15... I will tell you when they are at the age of where the series places them... I think in the series Inuyasha is about 18 or something like that. But all let you know if a drastic time span occurs in the story.
Ok I think about sums it up. If you have any questions don't forget to ask in your review... : )
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A creaky, old, manure cart is seen traveling down a dusty road. A human with a long, gray beard holds the reins weakly in his hands; he is slumped over with age. The single ox pulling the cart is also half dead, and is barely moving at all.
The hot air, makes the steam of the manure spread all around the cart, and as the cart passes people hold their noses and boo.
As the cart reaches the outskirts of the village homes, it stops just before a grove of tall trees.
The old man, weakly drops the reins and releases a handle to his left. The cart unhitches from the ox. The man then pulls the ox back in the other direction.
The ox's hind legs stand directly under the lip of the wooden cart. With a piece of bamboo, the old man smacks the ox on the rear calf. The ox bellows, and kicks backward with his hind, hoofed legs.
The old cart topples over, and the manure is spilled out. It forms a huge pile at the base of a tree.
With all his remaining strength the old man pushes the cart back right side up. He attaches the cart to his ox, climbs aboard, and the ox and cart begin to slowly walk away from the dumped material.
Flies and gnats, that had been following the cart, now ascend on the pile of dung. The air is still, as the buzzing of wings is faintly heard.
Suddenly, the mountain of manure begins to slightly move, a clawed hand appears from beneath the brown muck.
A faint moan is heard, from within the pile.
Then a roar...
A figure explodes out of the compost. Cussing under his breath, he wipes away his soiled hair from around his eyes.
The figure is Inuyasha, a very smelly... Inuyasha.
Inuyasha sneers and curses as he tries to shake off the manure that had caked itself to his clothing, hair, and skin.
With a flash of his golden eyes, Inuyasha glances around. The spot is unknown to him.
'Where the hell am I?' he wondered. His lip curls in anger as he begins to remember what had happened before he passed out.
Inuyasha felt the spot where Kikyou's arrow had hit him. The wound had not healed itself, it could still open up again.
Inuyasha suddenly realized that he was in pain. His whole body ached, and to make things worse... he had a pounding headache. And the horrid smell of manure wasn't helping. His sensitive nose picked up every scent. It made him want to gag.
Inuyasha began to walk down the dusty path. He seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. Everything was unfamiliar to his senses.
How he longed to get back to his brother, and seek revenge!
Inuyasha continued to walk down the path, as the sun set in the sky.
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Kagome felt better, she had probably been crying for hours, before she finally stopped. She now lay, again, on her bed.
Her father and attendants had left a little while ago, after they realized that she was ok.
Kagome's mind flashed back to when they first entered.
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"Princess Kagome!! What ails you?!? Princess Kagome!!" the attendants shouted.
"Kagome!" her father shouted to her.
Kagome just pounded her fists against her bed, and cried harder. She knew! She knew the truth! And the truth was more than she could bear.
As Kagome heard them enter, she turned defensive. She drew a deep breath, and shot a sonic note into the water.
The attendants grabbed for their ears and hunched over in pain. But, the King kept moving closer to Kagome.
When he finally reached her, under the loud booming of her voice in his ears, he clasped a hand over her mouth.
Kagome still continued to sing under her father's stifling hand. But finally she stopped, and began to cry again.
The King looked at his daughter with concerned eyes. He watched as she lay, weak and in tears.
He looked her up and down and gently rubbed her back. His eyes fell onto the Sacred Jewel that lay on the bed next to her. He reached for it, but Kagome felt his movement and snatched it.
The King was shocked at his daughter. She was being so protective, something had happened, and it went terribly wrong.
He looked at her face again, as she held the jewel close to her cheek. The reflection of her eyes could be seen on the surface of the jewel.
The King spoke softly to her, "Kagome, dearest, what happened?"
"It's wrong! It's all wrong, that's not what happened. She was murdered! He tried to save her! It's wrong... wrong... wrong..." Kagome cried, but her voice grew softer.
The King looked into his daughters eyes, he could see something. Something he had never seen before... fear. She was scared into a nervous breakdown.
Kagome lay back down on her bed. Attendants swarmed around her, with concerned eyes, they did not know what to give her.
The King frowned and then spoke to them, "Leave now, she needs to rest... obey and leave!" He pointed a finger towards the door.
The attendants bowed and swam out single file. The King wiped Kagome's hair out of her eyes. And then got up and left her alone. The door shut behind them. And Kagome was alone again.
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Kagome felt alone... alone with her thoughts... alone with her memories. She looked at the jewel, which lay around her neck again.
"Do I deserve this pain?" she asked it softly.
The jewel only lay still. Its simple pink colored seemed to mock Kagome.
She sighed and returned to staring at her ceiling.
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Night had long since set in. The moon was almost into a new moon. Only about one or two more nights.
"Crap..." Inuyasha said, when he thought about it.
The little 'path' that Inuyasha had been following...he had long since lost. The darkness made it impossible to see. Inuyasha finally decided it was no use walking around in the dark.
He found a tall tree and climbed it, and then settled down for the night. He didn't feel like sleeping. He felt like punching Sesshomaru in the nose. Inuyasha just growled to himself, crossed his arms and shut his eyes.
His throat was dry, his stomach growled for food, and he smelled like dung. Could it possibly get any worse?
The next time Inuyasha opened his eyes, he shut them again, because the sun blinded him. He opened his golden orbs and took a look around him. He had chosen a small tree to sleep in. The branch he slept on was perhaps the strongest branch of the whole tree.
Inuyasha jumped down and began to gaze around. He had to find some food and water. He continued to walk until he smelled water. The smell led him to a well.
Inuyasha approached the well and peered down the hole. A little water sat in the bottom, about the size of a puddle. He didn't care how much water it was, just the fact that is water was enough for him.
Inuyasha jumped over the well's stone wall, and fell down to the bottom of the well. He approached the puddle and cupped his hand in the water. The water was an ugly brown yellow color. Inuyasha sniffed it again, it smelled like water. But wasn't water clear?
Inuyasha shook off the feeling and swallowed the handful of water. It tasted like dirt and mud. But it coated his dry throat.
As Inuyasha climbed the stones to get out of the well, his ears twitched, he could hear something above him. Inuyasha recognized the smell, it smelled like a human. He continued to climb out of the well.
As he emerged from the top, he carefully glanced out.
With out warning, a large piece of wood flung towards him. Inuyasha let out a yell, and fell back down into the well.
The object broke the wells top, and sent stones raining down on Inuyasha.
After the rocks quieted, he looked up toward the opening; a female-human face stared back down at him.
"Demon!" she called, "Prepare to die!" She unsheathed a sword and threw it down at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha stared, dumbfounded, as the blade fell towards him. With his quick speed he jumped out of the way and leaned against the side of the stone well.
Inuyasha smirked, 'What was this crazy human trying to do? Cut my hair?'
With a giant leap, Inuyasha jumped out of the well and landed in front of the female human.
Before he had a second to secure his footing, the huge wooden object came soaring at him again.
It missed Inuyasha by inches, as he jumped out of the way. He landed, and snarled at his opponent. He charged forward in a frontal attack, his claws out in front.
Suddenly, the huge wooden object came sailing back at him from behind. Inuyasha's ears picked up its sound against the wind, and he dodged it again.
The wooden object was caught by the woman, and she stood ready to throw it again. Inuyasha paused to look at her.
She had long dark hair, which was pulled into a pony tail; she wore red and black armor like clothing, and a mask over her mouth and nose.
The weapon she held was a Hiraikotsu, a giant boomerang.
Inuyasha heard a roar over his shoulder, and turned to see a giant transformed cat youkai. The cat demon swung at Inuyasha with its giant claws. Inuyasha dodged them just slightly.
The arrow wound, inflicted by Kikyou, had since reopened, and now Inuyasha was losing blood fast.
"Give up youkai!" he heard the woman shout, "You can't beat us!"
"Watch me!" Inuyasha growled back.
The woman then slung her Hiraikotsu at Inuyasha, who leaped away. The cat demon attacked again, and Inuyasha bearly missed its huge teeth.
"I don't have time to play with you!" Inuyasha yelled to the pair.
With that comment, he changed directions, and bolted away.
The woman caught her boomerang and called, "Kirara!" The giant cat, turned to its master, who mounted her, and the cat ran on air after Inuyasha.
Inuyasha ran quickly through the brush. He held the open wound on his chest with one hand.
His ears picked up noise behind him. He turned just in time to see the human throw her boomerang from the back of the cat youkai.
Inuyasha moved out of the way, and landed hard on the dirt. The dirt he stirred up choked him, and the pain in his chest was unbearable.
"Shit..." he told himself.
Inuyasha head the sounds of the cat demon not far off. He heard the sound of the woman coughing. The dust was making it hard to breathe and see. Inuyasha took this opportunity and slipped away.
He fled back in the direction he came from, traveling through the tops of the trees, so as to not leave footprints.
The dust began to settle around the woman and her cat youkai. She glanced around, "Looks like we lost him Kirara..." she spoke to her cat demon. With a puff of smoke the cat youkai transformed back down into its smaller self. It meuw'ed softly up at its master.
After a few minutes, Inuyasha realized that he wasn't being followed anymore. He stopped finally, and landed on the ground. 'Crazy woman,' he thought to himself.
By this time the sun was high, and the air was hot. Inuyasha still hadn't eaten anything, and was now again dehydrated. He still smelled like dung and the open arrow wound began to sting as his dirty sweat dripped on it.
He knew complaining would do no good. He had to find a village or town or something where he could get some food.
With a sigh, he continued on his journey to wherever he was going.
(Author's Note: If you couldn't tell the woman was Sango. Don't worry she'll be back.)
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Kagome's eyes opened to the sound of an explosion. 'How long have I been sleeping?' she wondered. But more importantly, what was the noise.
Kagome rose out of bed and swam to her window. Merfolk and sea creatures swam in every direction. Another explosion went off. Sand and rock flew in all directions. She could hear screams across the courtyard. A guard swam by Kagome's window. He noticed her and stopped.
"Princess Kagome! Quick yet into the palace, we are under attack!" he shouted to her.
"Where is my father?" Kagome asked. But the guard had swum off.
Kagome swam across her room, and opened her door. The halls were bustling with screaming maids and armed guards.
Kagome squeezed her way through the merpeople, in an attempt to find her father. She traveled down to his room, but it was empty.
Kagome glanced at the tapestry on the wall, before she turned to search in another room.
Kagome's heart was racing. She swam quickly through the hallways and headed for the throne room. Kagome swam through the great arch. And then relaxed, her father stood in the center of a crowd of merpeople, shouting orders as attendants dressed him in armor.
"Father!" Kagome shouted as she swam across the room. The King looked up, as she swam up, "Kagome!" he called to her.
Kagome felt like a little child as she swam up into her father's awaiting arms.
"What's happening father? What's going on?" she asked him.
"We are being attacked." He answered bluntly.
"By who?" Kagome cried.
"Sir, the south wall has just been hit." Called an armed guard from the crowd.
"Death toll at an estimate: 140 merfolk" called another.
The King looked down at Kagome's frightened face. "Kagome, listen to me, I need you to go with a group that is escaping through the underground tunnel."
"No Father! I want to stay with you!" Kagome cried.
"Kagome," her father spoke sternly now, "You cannot stay with me. You need to go where it is safe."
Kagome buried her face in her father's armor. "No, Please, don't make me go! Father please!"
"Stop this Kagome!" her father roared. "Stop crying. You're a big girl you can do this. I promise you, I'll be alright. Now go!"
Her father's rage scared Kagome, she didn't understand. Why wouldn't he comfort her? Why was he sending her away?
A few guards took Kagome by the arms and led her out of the room.
"Your Majesty..." spoke the crowd around him.
The King turned and faced them, "Captain, assemble you men across the main gates. Bind the strongest force field you can hold. We must give the other's time to escape!"
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Among the other mermaids and small merfolk, Kagome was pushed. Fins clashed together and babies cried. Nobody knew who she was, no one cared, everyone was trying to save themselves. Kagome could hear the mermaids talking about the disaster outside...
"... it was this giant explosion, it tore coral beds out of the sand and threw them across the yard, smashing anything in its way: mermaids, mermen, fish, they were all crushed under the monstrous boulders..."
"... hundreds of them, buzzing everywhere! Evil looking things with long blades and talons coming out of their bodies. They slaughtered anything that moved or screamed. I watched as my own daughter was sliced into pieces by the creatures! Then more came to pray on her flesh!"
"... this is the end, to long have we been hidden! Those land creatures have found us! They seek revenge on our blood! Our songs and spells have no effect on their souls. We are doomed!"
Kagome was pressed in between the thousands trying to escape. The tunnel was thin and long. Kagome passed merfolk who were injured and left to die. Some where already dead, their bodies had risen to the roof of the tunnel, unable to float to the surface.
Kagome put her hand to her neck, the Sacred Jewel still hung there. Kagome grasped it with her hand, and prayed that her father was safe.
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Outside, the King had assembled his warriors. They all stood to defend the main gates. The enemy could not be seen under the many explosions happening in the outskirts. The troops stood nervously at attention. The captain's called to their men. "Steady men, steady!" His words were the hardest to obey under the fear and death that lay before them.
As the war settled the enemy emerged. Thousands of them swarmed towards the awaiting warriors.
(Author's Note: In case you're wondering... the thousands of enemies are Naraku's poisonous insects. Yes, those nasty bugs can swim!)
The King shouted to his warriors, "Wait until they are closer before summoning the force field!"
The insects flew closer to the warriors. Their wings beating fast underwater, creating a stream of bubbles behind them.
"NOW! Summon the shield!" the King shouted.
A low hum emitted for the mouths of the mermen. Then they began to mutter ancient words of summoning. A white, almost transparent, shield appeared in front of the warriors.
Hundreds of insects pounded against the force field. Then, they all began to scatter, and find a way around it. More continued to ram against it.
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Up above the fight, Naraku sat on a piece of coral and watched. His insects swarmed around the palace like bees to a hive. A half smile appeared on his hidden face.
"Such ancient power... so stupid. They can't think that this is going to stop me."
Naraku pulled one hand out from underneath his baboon pelt. He extends one finger, his smile grows bigger, "Bye bye wall."
A flash of light emits from his extended finger, it traveled through the water and struck the white wall.
Like a broken window, the wall exploded, and the mermen, within it, cried out in fear. The insects ascended on them. With spears drawn they attacked with a fear in their eyes.
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Ok that's all for Chapter 10... I have to go to bed... I promise you another chapter before the next weekend comes. Oh, and if you want to add to all my wonderful reviews, then review away!! Thanks!!
Hello to Everyone!! Ok just real quick I want all my readers to read this!!
I want to extend a huge, warm hug to all of you!! You all rock soo much!! My reviews are 59 !!! I have never had any story go up that high before... in fact... not ever!! Thank you everyone!! I'm so happy that you are enjoying this story. *wipes away a tear*... ok I'm sorry... I promised myself I wouldn't cry... lol but you all are so awesome!! I feel so special... and loved... thanks again, you all are my inspiration to write!!
And now, I'm feeling motivated to write another chapter, because I have so many wonderful reviews... so now I present... CHAPTER 10!!
Oh and just to let you all know... this story is over 21,000 words long... geez, I can't believe I've written that much... and the story isn't even close to being over with yet... *wink wink* ; )
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Ok quick recap, for those who are a little confused...
Kagome has been given the Shikon No Tama and now can fully use its power.
(And for those who didn't understand the scene in the grotto where Kagome was given the jewel, Kagome's father has Tetsugaiga. Just to let you know, because it will come up later.)
She asked the jewel to show her what really happened the night that the Demon's and merfolk became enemies... and the jewel teleported her into the past... and she viewed the violent assassination of the star crossed lovers.
Now she faces an emotional breakdown as she knows the truth... that the lovers were not murdered by merfolk or demons but from the past form of Naraku!!
And in the present, Naraku is heading towards Kagome's kingdom, after he felt her use the jewel's powers and he intends to take what he believes is rightfully his.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha has been knocked out by Sesshomaru, who is now King, and is being taken to... who knows where.
By the way, the ages of the characters at this particular moment are just shy of 13-15... I will tell you when they are at the age of where the series places them... I think in the series Inuyasha is about 18 or something like that. But all let you know if a drastic time span occurs in the story.
Ok I think about sums it up. If you have any questions don't forget to ask in your review... : )
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A creaky, old, manure cart is seen traveling down a dusty road. A human with a long, gray beard holds the reins weakly in his hands; he is slumped over with age. The single ox pulling the cart is also half dead, and is barely moving at all.
The hot air, makes the steam of the manure spread all around the cart, and as the cart passes people hold their noses and boo.
As the cart reaches the outskirts of the village homes, it stops just before a grove of tall trees.
The old man, weakly drops the reins and releases a handle to his left. The cart unhitches from the ox. The man then pulls the ox back in the other direction.
The ox's hind legs stand directly under the lip of the wooden cart. With a piece of bamboo, the old man smacks the ox on the rear calf. The ox bellows, and kicks backward with his hind, hoofed legs.
The old cart topples over, and the manure is spilled out. It forms a huge pile at the base of a tree.
With all his remaining strength the old man pushes the cart back right side up. He attaches the cart to his ox, climbs aboard, and the ox and cart begin to slowly walk away from the dumped material.
Flies and gnats, that had been following the cart, now ascend on the pile of dung. The air is still, as the buzzing of wings is faintly heard.
Suddenly, the mountain of manure begins to slightly move, a clawed hand appears from beneath the brown muck.
A faint moan is heard, from within the pile.
Then a roar...
A figure explodes out of the compost. Cussing under his breath, he wipes away his soiled hair from around his eyes.
The figure is Inuyasha, a very smelly... Inuyasha.
Inuyasha sneers and curses as he tries to shake off the manure that had caked itself to his clothing, hair, and skin.
With a flash of his golden eyes, Inuyasha glances around. The spot is unknown to him.
'Where the hell am I?' he wondered. His lip curls in anger as he begins to remember what had happened before he passed out.
Inuyasha felt the spot where Kikyou's arrow had hit him. The wound had not healed itself, it could still open up again.
Inuyasha suddenly realized that he was in pain. His whole body ached, and to make things worse... he had a pounding headache. And the horrid smell of manure wasn't helping. His sensitive nose picked up every scent. It made him want to gag.
Inuyasha began to walk down the dusty path. He seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. Everything was unfamiliar to his senses.
How he longed to get back to his brother, and seek revenge!
Inuyasha continued to walk down the path, as the sun set in the sky.
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Kagome felt better, she had probably been crying for hours, before she finally stopped. She now lay, again, on her bed.
Her father and attendants had left a little while ago, after they realized that she was ok.
Kagome's mind flashed back to when they first entered.
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"Princess Kagome!! What ails you?!? Princess Kagome!!" the attendants shouted.
"Kagome!" her father shouted to her.
Kagome just pounded her fists against her bed, and cried harder. She knew! She knew the truth! And the truth was more than she could bear.
As Kagome heard them enter, she turned defensive. She drew a deep breath, and shot a sonic note into the water.
The attendants grabbed for their ears and hunched over in pain. But, the King kept moving closer to Kagome.
When he finally reached her, under the loud booming of her voice in his ears, he clasped a hand over her mouth.
Kagome still continued to sing under her father's stifling hand. But finally she stopped, and began to cry again.
The King looked at his daughter with concerned eyes. He watched as she lay, weak and in tears.
He looked her up and down and gently rubbed her back. His eyes fell onto the Sacred Jewel that lay on the bed next to her. He reached for it, but Kagome felt his movement and snatched it.
The King was shocked at his daughter. She was being so protective, something had happened, and it went terribly wrong.
He looked at her face again, as she held the jewel close to her cheek. The reflection of her eyes could be seen on the surface of the jewel.
The King spoke softly to her, "Kagome, dearest, what happened?"
"It's wrong! It's all wrong, that's not what happened. She was murdered! He tried to save her! It's wrong... wrong... wrong..." Kagome cried, but her voice grew softer.
The King looked into his daughters eyes, he could see something. Something he had never seen before... fear. She was scared into a nervous breakdown.
Kagome lay back down on her bed. Attendants swarmed around her, with concerned eyes, they did not know what to give her.
The King frowned and then spoke to them, "Leave now, she needs to rest... obey and leave!" He pointed a finger towards the door.
The attendants bowed and swam out single file. The King wiped Kagome's hair out of her eyes. And then got up and left her alone. The door shut behind them. And Kagome was alone again.
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Kagome felt alone... alone with her thoughts... alone with her memories. She looked at the jewel, which lay around her neck again.
"Do I deserve this pain?" she asked it softly.
The jewel only lay still. Its simple pink colored seemed to mock Kagome.
She sighed and returned to staring at her ceiling.
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Night had long since set in. The moon was almost into a new moon. Only about one or two more nights.
"Crap..." Inuyasha said, when he thought about it.
The little 'path' that Inuyasha had been following...he had long since lost. The darkness made it impossible to see. Inuyasha finally decided it was no use walking around in the dark.
He found a tall tree and climbed it, and then settled down for the night. He didn't feel like sleeping. He felt like punching Sesshomaru in the nose. Inuyasha just growled to himself, crossed his arms and shut his eyes.
His throat was dry, his stomach growled for food, and he smelled like dung. Could it possibly get any worse?
The next time Inuyasha opened his eyes, he shut them again, because the sun blinded him. He opened his golden orbs and took a look around him. He had chosen a small tree to sleep in. The branch he slept on was perhaps the strongest branch of the whole tree.
Inuyasha jumped down and began to gaze around. He had to find some food and water. He continued to walk until he smelled water. The smell led him to a well.
Inuyasha approached the well and peered down the hole. A little water sat in the bottom, about the size of a puddle. He didn't care how much water it was, just the fact that is water was enough for him.
Inuyasha jumped over the well's stone wall, and fell down to the bottom of the well. He approached the puddle and cupped his hand in the water. The water was an ugly brown yellow color. Inuyasha sniffed it again, it smelled like water. But wasn't water clear?
Inuyasha shook off the feeling and swallowed the handful of water. It tasted like dirt and mud. But it coated his dry throat.
As Inuyasha climbed the stones to get out of the well, his ears twitched, he could hear something above him. Inuyasha recognized the smell, it smelled like a human. He continued to climb out of the well.
As he emerged from the top, he carefully glanced out.
With out warning, a large piece of wood flung towards him. Inuyasha let out a yell, and fell back down into the well.
The object broke the wells top, and sent stones raining down on Inuyasha.
After the rocks quieted, he looked up toward the opening; a female-human face stared back down at him.
"Demon!" she called, "Prepare to die!" She unsheathed a sword and threw it down at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha stared, dumbfounded, as the blade fell towards him. With his quick speed he jumped out of the way and leaned against the side of the stone well.
Inuyasha smirked, 'What was this crazy human trying to do? Cut my hair?'
With a giant leap, Inuyasha jumped out of the well and landed in front of the female human.
Before he had a second to secure his footing, the huge wooden object came soaring at him again.
It missed Inuyasha by inches, as he jumped out of the way. He landed, and snarled at his opponent. He charged forward in a frontal attack, his claws out in front.
Suddenly, the huge wooden object came sailing back at him from behind. Inuyasha's ears picked up its sound against the wind, and he dodged it again.
The wooden object was caught by the woman, and she stood ready to throw it again. Inuyasha paused to look at her.
She had long dark hair, which was pulled into a pony tail; she wore red and black armor like clothing, and a mask over her mouth and nose.
The weapon she held was a Hiraikotsu, a giant boomerang.
Inuyasha heard a roar over his shoulder, and turned to see a giant transformed cat youkai. The cat demon swung at Inuyasha with its giant claws. Inuyasha dodged them just slightly.
The arrow wound, inflicted by Kikyou, had since reopened, and now Inuyasha was losing blood fast.
"Give up youkai!" he heard the woman shout, "You can't beat us!"
"Watch me!" Inuyasha growled back.
The woman then slung her Hiraikotsu at Inuyasha, who leaped away. The cat demon attacked again, and Inuyasha bearly missed its huge teeth.
"I don't have time to play with you!" Inuyasha yelled to the pair.
With that comment, he changed directions, and bolted away.
The woman caught her boomerang and called, "Kirara!" The giant cat, turned to its master, who mounted her, and the cat ran on air after Inuyasha.
Inuyasha ran quickly through the brush. He held the open wound on his chest with one hand.
His ears picked up noise behind him. He turned just in time to see the human throw her boomerang from the back of the cat youkai.
Inuyasha moved out of the way, and landed hard on the dirt. The dirt he stirred up choked him, and the pain in his chest was unbearable.
"Shit..." he told himself.
Inuyasha head the sounds of the cat demon not far off. He heard the sound of the woman coughing. The dust was making it hard to breathe and see. Inuyasha took this opportunity and slipped away.
He fled back in the direction he came from, traveling through the tops of the trees, so as to not leave footprints.
The dust began to settle around the woman and her cat youkai. She glanced around, "Looks like we lost him Kirara..." she spoke to her cat demon. With a puff of smoke the cat youkai transformed back down into its smaller self. It meuw'ed softly up at its master.
After a few minutes, Inuyasha realized that he wasn't being followed anymore. He stopped finally, and landed on the ground. 'Crazy woman,' he thought to himself.
By this time the sun was high, and the air was hot. Inuyasha still hadn't eaten anything, and was now again dehydrated. He still smelled like dung and the open arrow wound began to sting as his dirty sweat dripped on it.
He knew complaining would do no good. He had to find a village or town or something where he could get some food.
With a sigh, he continued on his journey to wherever he was going.
(Author's Note: If you couldn't tell the woman was Sango. Don't worry she'll be back.)
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Kagome's eyes opened to the sound of an explosion. 'How long have I been sleeping?' she wondered. But more importantly, what was the noise.
Kagome rose out of bed and swam to her window. Merfolk and sea creatures swam in every direction. Another explosion went off. Sand and rock flew in all directions. She could hear screams across the courtyard. A guard swam by Kagome's window. He noticed her and stopped.
"Princess Kagome! Quick yet into the palace, we are under attack!" he shouted to her.
"Where is my father?" Kagome asked. But the guard had swum off.
Kagome swam across her room, and opened her door. The halls were bustling with screaming maids and armed guards.
Kagome squeezed her way through the merpeople, in an attempt to find her father. She traveled down to his room, but it was empty.
Kagome glanced at the tapestry on the wall, before she turned to search in another room.
Kagome's heart was racing. She swam quickly through the hallways and headed for the throne room. Kagome swam through the great arch. And then relaxed, her father stood in the center of a crowd of merpeople, shouting orders as attendants dressed him in armor.
"Father!" Kagome shouted as she swam across the room. The King looked up, as she swam up, "Kagome!" he called to her.
Kagome felt like a little child as she swam up into her father's awaiting arms.
"What's happening father? What's going on?" she asked him.
"We are being attacked." He answered bluntly.
"By who?" Kagome cried.
"Sir, the south wall has just been hit." Called an armed guard from the crowd.
"Death toll at an estimate: 140 merfolk" called another.
The King looked down at Kagome's frightened face. "Kagome, listen to me, I need you to go with a group that is escaping through the underground tunnel."
"No Father! I want to stay with you!" Kagome cried.
"Kagome," her father spoke sternly now, "You cannot stay with me. You need to go where it is safe."
Kagome buried her face in her father's armor. "No, Please, don't make me go! Father please!"
"Stop this Kagome!" her father roared. "Stop crying. You're a big girl you can do this. I promise you, I'll be alright. Now go!"
Her father's rage scared Kagome, she didn't understand. Why wouldn't he comfort her? Why was he sending her away?
A few guards took Kagome by the arms and led her out of the room.
"Your Majesty..." spoke the crowd around him.
The King turned and faced them, "Captain, assemble you men across the main gates. Bind the strongest force field you can hold. We must give the other's time to escape!"
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Among the other mermaids and small merfolk, Kagome was pushed. Fins clashed together and babies cried. Nobody knew who she was, no one cared, everyone was trying to save themselves. Kagome could hear the mermaids talking about the disaster outside...
"... it was this giant explosion, it tore coral beds out of the sand and threw them across the yard, smashing anything in its way: mermaids, mermen, fish, they were all crushed under the monstrous boulders..."
"... hundreds of them, buzzing everywhere! Evil looking things with long blades and talons coming out of their bodies. They slaughtered anything that moved or screamed. I watched as my own daughter was sliced into pieces by the creatures! Then more came to pray on her flesh!"
"... this is the end, to long have we been hidden! Those land creatures have found us! They seek revenge on our blood! Our songs and spells have no effect on their souls. We are doomed!"
Kagome was pressed in between the thousands trying to escape. The tunnel was thin and long. Kagome passed merfolk who were injured and left to die. Some where already dead, their bodies had risen to the roof of the tunnel, unable to float to the surface.
Kagome put her hand to her neck, the Sacred Jewel still hung there. Kagome grasped it with her hand, and prayed that her father was safe.
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Outside, the King had assembled his warriors. They all stood to defend the main gates. The enemy could not be seen under the many explosions happening in the outskirts. The troops stood nervously at attention. The captain's called to their men. "Steady men, steady!" His words were the hardest to obey under the fear and death that lay before them.
As the war settled the enemy emerged. Thousands of them swarmed towards the awaiting warriors.
(Author's Note: In case you're wondering... the thousands of enemies are Naraku's poisonous insects. Yes, those nasty bugs can swim!)
The King shouted to his warriors, "Wait until they are closer before summoning the force field!"
The insects flew closer to the warriors. Their wings beating fast underwater, creating a stream of bubbles behind them.
"NOW! Summon the shield!" the King shouted.
A low hum emitted for the mouths of the mermen. Then they began to mutter ancient words of summoning. A white, almost transparent, shield appeared in front of the warriors.
Hundreds of insects pounded against the force field. Then, they all began to scatter, and find a way around it. More continued to ram against it.
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Up above the fight, Naraku sat on a piece of coral and watched. His insects swarmed around the palace like bees to a hive. A half smile appeared on his hidden face.
"Such ancient power... so stupid. They can't think that this is going to stop me."
Naraku pulled one hand out from underneath his baboon pelt. He extends one finger, his smile grows bigger, "Bye bye wall."
A flash of light emits from his extended finger, it traveled through the water and struck the white wall.
Like a broken window, the wall exploded, and the mermen, within it, cried out in fear. The insects ascended on them. With spears drawn they attacked with a fear in their eyes.
One by one, the line of warriors fell. Soon the last to fall, was the King himself. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ok that's all for Chapter 10... I have to go to bed... I promise you another chapter before the next weekend comes. Oh, and if you want to add to all my wonderful reviews, then review away!! Thanks!!