If It Takes A Day Or A Hundred Years
Chapter 1: The last battle and an unexpected surprise
KAGOME'S P.O.V.
"Hand over the remaining jewel shards and I will think about
sparing your pitiful lives," Naraku said with a smirk.
"Not likely Naraku, over my dead body," Inuyasha spat, his golden-
amber eyes flashing darkly.
"Only if you insist my dear hanyou," Naraku hissed. Inuyasha charged at him his silvery- white hair flowing out behind him contrasting sharply against the blood red of his firerat armour, he drew the Testsuaiga and lined up for his finishing blow: the Kaze no Kizu.
A flash of iridescent white caught my eye and I spun around hurriedly to get a better look at the shimmering spot of colour. I shook my head, I was going insane. 'Kagome, your seeing things, that can't be good.' 'You make it sound as if I belong in a sick house.' 'Talking to yourself is a sign of insanity too you know'. 'Shut up'. 'You cant boss me around were in the same bo-' I gasped, turned and looked up my eyes snapping back to the forest edge. "I know I saw it this time," I shouted out loud.
"Saw what," Sango asked confused her eyes locked on the conflict in front of her. She turned her gaze to me, eyes full of question. Just then I remembered. Blood rushed into my face I knew my face was as red as Inuyasha's haori by now.
"Oh I saw a glimpse of white in the trees. Probably just a bird or something," I mumbled sulky at being embarrassed yet again today. 'If it wasn't one thing it was another.'
"Or maybe not, we have to be careful. Who knows what trick Naraku has up his sleeve this time," Sango said seriously. I gaped at her. She was right. We were in a battle with Naraku. He wasn't known for playing fair, what the hell am I thinking he was known for killing people just to have the upper hand in a fight.
"I see it! I see it!" I said almost jumping up and down with excitement. 'Oh, I'm so mature, Sango probably thinks I'm crazy,' I thought with a mental groan.
"Where?" Sango said completely ignoring my childish behaviour and looking intently along the lines of trees.
"There," I hissed as I saw the same flash of white again, "over there in that group of trees," I told Sango pointing at a clump trees about 20 ft away.
Looking at the spot I pointed to Sango quietly raised her boomerang, haraikotsu, and sent her senses in that direction. She breathed in sharply at what she found out, apparently it was bad.
"Kanna!" Sango hissed. I gasped, though I should have known Naraku wouldn't have come by himself. He was a coward of the kind who just sat around while their underlings took care of the job then came around to gloat about it. Of course they only came after all threats were taken care of.
"We have to warn Inuyasha and soon. If he uses the Kaze no kizu and Kanna gets an opening to take the hit with her mirror Inuyasha won't know what hit him," I said scared. "He will probably die from the blow," Sango added her face full of worry and concern. I nodded and turned my face to the battle. Inuyasha and Naraku were constantly moving neither landing a hit on the other. Inuyasha suddenly stopped. His face gaining a look of concentration as he raised his sword and seemed to be 'watching' the wind currents. Kagome knew what he was about to do, and apparently, so did Naraku because he stopped moving and turned around to face Inuyasha completely. An amused smile appeared on his face as he nodded towards the 'white spot'. Kanna walked out of the trees confirming our earlier suspicions.
I opened my mouth to shout a warning to Inuyasha when the wind picked up. I don't mean normally picked up I mean the pain in the ass sorceress controlled picked up. Needless to say I shut my mouth. Then I turned around to face the perpetrator. Kagura. She stood atop the first hill in a series of them, her black hair drawn up in a tight bun. Her reddish eyes were flashing with an emotion I couldn't recognize right away. I watched as her stance changed from tense to smug and when I heard Sango's cry of horror I knew exactly what the expression in her eyes was. Satisfaction. She didn't speak but then again she didn't need to.
"Kaze no kizu!"
Terrified I remembered exactly why I had opened my mouth in the first place. I slowly turned around and saw the reason for Sango's gasp. Apparently Kagura had been ordered to be on the look out for anyone who discovered their little plan and to distract them long enough for it to take effect. And it had worked. While I had been staring holes in Kagura, Kanna had, had the time she needed to get into position. I watched with a kind of fascinated horror as the blast from Inuyasha's sword rebounded off of Kanna's mirror and the expression of disbelief as the blast he had expected to finish off his enemy bounced back headed like a straight for him. He quickly raised his tetsuaiga and placed it in front of him going onto a defensive stance.
It still hit him, the tetsuaiga blocked most of the attack but the little that got through was still enough to literally pick him up and send him crashing head first into a nearby oak tree.
"Inuyasha, Inuyasha!!" I screamed running towards him as he slumped down the tree.
"Kagome, shut up, and stay there," Inuyasha hissed slowly picking himself off the ground. He looked terrible his skin a pale white, lines of sweat and blood running down his face and intermingling. "Naraku you bastard are you so weak that you have to call in your little incarnations for assistance.
While Inuyasha was getting up and saying all this Naraku's face turned from happy to extremely shocked, to downright furious. "How could you survive, no youkai let alone a hanyou could survive a blow like that." Naraku's gaze went from the hanyou's face to the bloody sword wrapped in the hanyou's arms. "Ah...the tetsuaiga... that sword saved your pathetic life, but no matter you are hardly better off now. You will either die from your wounds or when I kill you."
"So you are just going to let me bleed to death?" Inuyasha asked scowling.
"And deny myself the pleasure of killing you myself, not on your life," Naraku laughed sadistically. And with that Naraku charged at him. Inuyasha of course dodged, but just barely. 'He won't last much longer at this rate', I thought grimly as Naraku continued attacking and Inuyasha defending. His reflexes slowly getting worse and worse until- "Inuyasha !" I screamed as Naraku punched him in the chest his hand going right through to the other side. Inuyasha looked shocked, his face pale from the blood loss from previous wounds. Naraku smiled as he slowly pulled out his hand, prolonging the pain for as long as he could. His hand was covered in blood. Inuyasha's blood. I felt tears in my eyes as he collapsed on the ground as I ran to him.
And this time he did not stop me.
Chapter 1: The last battle and an unexpected surprise
KAGOME'S P.O.V.
"Hand over the remaining jewel shards and I will think about
sparing your pitiful lives," Naraku said with a smirk.
"Not likely Naraku, over my dead body," Inuyasha spat, his golden-
amber eyes flashing darkly.
"Only if you insist my dear hanyou," Naraku hissed. Inuyasha charged at him his silvery- white hair flowing out behind him contrasting sharply against the blood red of his firerat armour, he drew the Testsuaiga and lined up for his finishing blow: the Kaze no Kizu.
A flash of iridescent white caught my eye and I spun around hurriedly to get a better look at the shimmering spot of colour. I shook my head, I was going insane. 'Kagome, your seeing things, that can't be good.' 'You make it sound as if I belong in a sick house.' 'Talking to yourself is a sign of insanity too you know'. 'Shut up'. 'You cant boss me around were in the same bo-' I gasped, turned and looked up my eyes snapping back to the forest edge. "I know I saw it this time," I shouted out loud.
"Saw what," Sango asked confused her eyes locked on the conflict in front of her. She turned her gaze to me, eyes full of question. Just then I remembered. Blood rushed into my face I knew my face was as red as Inuyasha's haori by now.
"Oh I saw a glimpse of white in the trees. Probably just a bird or something," I mumbled sulky at being embarrassed yet again today. 'If it wasn't one thing it was another.'
"Or maybe not, we have to be careful. Who knows what trick Naraku has up his sleeve this time," Sango said seriously. I gaped at her. She was right. We were in a battle with Naraku. He wasn't known for playing fair, what the hell am I thinking he was known for killing people just to have the upper hand in a fight.
"I see it! I see it!" I said almost jumping up and down with excitement. 'Oh, I'm so mature, Sango probably thinks I'm crazy,' I thought with a mental groan.
"Where?" Sango said completely ignoring my childish behaviour and looking intently along the lines of trees.
"There," I hissed as I saw the same flash of white again, "over there in that group of trees," I told Sango pointing at a clump trees about 20 ft away.
Looking at the spot I pointed to Sango quietly raised her boomerang, haraikotsu, and sent her senses in that direction. She breathed in sharply at what she found out, apparently it was bad.
"Kanna!" Sango hissed. I gasped, though I should have known Naraku wouldn't have come by himself. He was a coward of the kind who just sat around while their underlings took care of the job then came around to gloat about it. Of course they only came after all threats were taken care of.
"We have to warn Inuyasha and soon. If he uses the Kaze no kizu and Kanna gets an opening to take the hit with her mirror Inuyasha won't know what hit him," I said scared. "He will probably die from the blow," Sango added her face full of worry and concern. I nodded and turned my face to the battle. Inuyasha and Naraku were constantly moving neither landing a hit on the other. Inuyasha suddenly stopped. His face gaining a look of concentration as he raised his sword and seemed to be 'watching' the wind currents. Kagome knew what he was about to do, and apparently, so did Naraku because he stopped moving and turned around to face Inuyasha completely. An amused smile appeared on his face as he nodded towards the 'white spot'. Kanna walked out of the trees confirming our earlier suspicions.
I opened my mouth to shout a warning to Inuyasha when the wind picked up. I don't mean normally picked up I mean the pain in the ass sorceress controlled picked up. Needless to say I shut my mouth. Then I turned around to face the perpetrator. Kagura. She stood atop the first hill in a series of them, her black hair drawn up in a tight bun. Her reddish eyes were flashing with an emotion I couldn't recognize right away. I watched as her stance changed from tense to smug and when I heard Sango's cry of horror I knew exactly what the expression in her eyes was. Satisfaction. She didn't speak but then again she didn't need to.
"Kaze no kizu!"
Terrified I remembered exactly why I had opened my mouth in the first place. I slowly turned around and saw the reason for Sango's gasp. Apparently Kagura had been ordered to be on the look out for anyone who discovered their little plan and to distract them long enough for it to take effect. And it had worked. While I had been staring holes in Kagura, Kanna had, had the time she needed to get into position. I watched with a kind of fascinated horror as the blast from Inuyasha's sword rebounded off of Kanna's mirror and the expression of disbelief as the blast he had expected to finish off his enemy bounced back headed like a straight for him. He quickly raised his tetsuaiga and placed it in front of him going onto a defensive stance.
It still hit him, the tetsuaiga blocked most of the attack but the little that got through was still enough to literally pick him up and send him crashing head first into a nearby oak tree.
"Inuyasha, Inuyasha!!" I screamed running towards him as he slumped down the tree.
"Kagome, shut up, and stay there," Inuyasha hissed slowly picking himself off the ground. He looked terrible his skin a pale white, lines of sweat and blood running down his face and intermingling. "Naraku you bastard are you so weak that you have to call in your little incarnations for assistance.
While Inuyasha was getting up and saying all this Naraku's face turned from happy to extremely shocked, to downright furious. "How could you survive, no youkai let alone a hanyou could survive a blow like that." Naraku's gaze went from the hanyou's face to the bloody sword wrapped in the hanyou's arms. "Ah...the tetsuaiga... that sword saved your pathetic life, but no matter you are hardly better off now. You will either die from your wounds or when I kill you."
"So you are just going to let me bleed to death?" Inuyasha asked scowling.
"And deny myself the pleasure of killing you myself, not on your life," Naraku laughed sadistically. And with that Naraku charged at him. Inuyasha of course dodged, but just barely. 'He won't last much longer at this rate', I thought grimly as Naraku continued attacking and Inuyasha defending. His reflexes slowly getting worse and worse until- "Inuyasha !" I screamed as Naraku punched him in the chest his hand going right through to the other side. Inuyasha looked shocked, his face pale from the blood loss from previous wounds. Naraku smiled as he slowly pulled out his hand, prolonging the pain for as long as he could. His hand was covered in blood. Inuyasha's blood. I felt tears in my eyes as he collapsed on the ground as I ran to him.
And this time he did not stop me.