Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha. If I did, this is something like what
it would be like.
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"What the hell do you mean Kagome is dying?" Inuyasha took a hasty step towards Miroku, who took a small one back, his face long and full of pity for the hanyou.
"Just like it sounds Inuyasha. Kagome's sickness is killing her. The doctors in her era could do nothing to prevent it."
"You're lying!" Inuyasha spat at Miroku angrily, a growl growing in his voice, and hate burning in his eyes.
"I'm afraid not Inuyasha." Miroku said calmly. "Kagome came back a few hours ago and—"
"Wait. Kagome's back?" Inuyasha cut him off quickly. "Why didn't you say so monk!" Inuyasha quickly pushed past Miroku and then Sango, heading off. Miroku was quick on his feet though, and quickly ran up in front of Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha! Will you cool your hot head for a moment to listen to my words?!" Miroku said, his voice rising, as it was clear he was becoming annoyed.
"I don't have time for this!" Inuyasha growled. "I have to find Kagome—"
"That's what we're trying to tell you! Kagome's been kidnapped!"
Inuyasha was instantly still, as he stared at Miroku silently. Something changed in his features, as he peered at the houshi seriously, his heart heavy. Miroku hung his head, sighing deeply.
"We're not certain but – We think Naraku may have taken her. After all, he was the one who poisoned her in the first place. It seems only logical that—"
"Naraku." Inuyasha growled the name spitefully through clenched teeth, and he was instantly reminded of what he had come out here to do in the first place. If only he hadn't been so stupid as to be distracted by Kikyou. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed lightly and he turned back towards Sango, who had been watching quietly. Her face was full of pity for Inuyasha too, and he found this drove him to the brink of madness. They were acting like she was dead..... like Kagome was dead. That was never going to happen. Not as long as he could still breathe.
"Inuyasha....." Miroku began, but had time to say no more before Inuyasha spoke up.
"Follow me if you must." It was all he said, before Inuyasha broke into a run, and quickly took off into the forest, leaving a stunned Miroku and Sango behind him. Somehow, Inuyasha knew where to go this time. Somehow, the world had cleared before his eyes, and he knew which direction he needed to head. Somehow, Inuyasha knew how to find Kagome.
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Kagome staggered back, her eyes wide as Naraku stepped out of the group and outside. Kagome continued to walk backwards, her knees weak, and she nearly tripped as she reached the steps. Naraku was still grinning lightly.
"You know Kagome," Naraku said confidently, his dark creamy voice seeming to fill the air around them. "You really are a talented young woman. A miko, and so talented now, with a bow and arrow." Naraku chuckled. "Why, I dare to say you could almost rival Kikyou."
Kikyou took a step forward from the hut, her eyes narrowed. But Sesshoumaru followed her steps out, and looked to her, giving her a look that said nothing, and yet everything at all. And so she fell silent again, and watched.
"What do you want?" Kagome stammered out, as she watched the three carefully. Oh where were her bow and arrows when she needed them? It was her luck, truly it was. Kagome opened her mouth to speak again, but was unexpectedly overtaken by one of her horrid coughing fits. In an instant, she fell to her hands and knees, her brown hair spilling forward over her face as she coughed violently, blood appearing with her coughs.
Naraku grinned grotesquely and chuckled softly, taking a step towards her. For a moment, he stood above the dying miko, grinning and watching as she tried desperately to stop coughing long enough to grasp a satisfying breath of air.
"I see the poison is working just as intended." Naraku finally said softly, and then stepped forward. With a flick of his hand, Kagome was knocked back, and went tumbling down the steps to the shrine. She fell still in a heap below the shrine's steps, and Naraku was down them in an instant, and into the fog with Kagome.
"Honestly Naraku." Kikyou's voice came disapprovingly from upon the steps. "Just get it over with." The dead miko said, and narrowed her gaze upon her tortured reincarnate, who had not moved since being pushed. The poison was almost done it's job.
Naraku opened his mouth to argue his point, but stopped abruptly. Instead he turned his gaze out into the fog, his eyes searching, as he listened, and then grinned. Turning quickly back to Sesshoumaru and Kikyou, he grinned.
"Our guest is about to arrive."
Carefully Naraku stepped up to Kagome, and knelt besides her. Moving aside some of her raven locks, he found the chain to the mostly complete Shikon No Tama, and snapped it off. With a laugh that could send a chill through the dead, Naraku stood back up, and fingered the jewel carefully in his right hand. In his left, he pulled forth the missing six shards. It was finally complete.
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Miroku gazed down into the trees below them, searching, yet again, for any sign of Inuyasha. It seemed as if the situation was becoming more and more desperate as time went on.
"See any sign of him?" Sango asked, her voice filled with desperation as she gazed down below them. Kirara was flying as low to the trees as she could.
"Not yet." Miroku said, and sighed softly. "Sango-chan......" Miroku said softly. "Do you think it's hopeless?"
"No!" Sango spoke up quickly, and looked back to Miroku, her gaze strict. "There is still hope. If Inuyasha can find Kagome in time then—"
"Then he can defeat Naraku and save Kagome?"
"......Yes......" Sango said hesitantly.
"Your confidence empowers me, Sango." Miroku said sarcastically, and perhaps even a bit bitterly, as he turned his gaze back to the trees.
Despite the hope he wished he could feel. Miroku found himself feeling more and more hopeless as the moments passed on. Something deep inside of him said things weren't going well – And the worst was bound to happen.
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A/N: Sorry everyone! I realize this was another short chapter. And honestly, I am trying to get it updated faster and with longer chapters. But – Things are kind of crazy right now. But please! Don't abandon me my faithful readers! T_T I really do love you all! *Hands them all cookies* See?! That's love!
Merf.
~Kimmy-chan
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"What the hell do you mean Kagome is dying?" Inuyasha took a hasty step towards Miroku, who took a small one back, his face long and full of pity for the hanyou.
"Just like it sounds Inuyasha. Kagome's sickness is killing her. The doctors in her era could do nothing to prevent it."
"You're lying!" Inuyasha spat at Miroku angrily, a growl growing in his voice, and hate burning in his eyes.
"I'm afraid not Inuyasha." Miroku said calmly. "Kagome came back a few hours ago and—"
"Wait. Kagome's back?" Inuyasha cut him off quickly. "Why didn't you say so monk!" Inuyasha quickly pushed past Miroku and then Sango, heading off. Miroku was quick on his feet though, and quickly ran up in front of Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha! Will you cool your hot head for a moment to listen to my words?!" Miroku said, his voice rising, as it was clear he was becoming annoyed.
"I don't have time for this!" Inuyasha growled. "I have to find Kagome—"
"That's what we're trying to tell you! Kagome's been kidnapped!"
Inuyasha was instantly still, as he stared at Miroku silently. Something changed in his features, as he peered at the houshi seriously, his heart heavy. Miroku hung his head, sighing deeply.
"We're not certain but – We think Naraku may have taken her. After all, he was the one who poisoned her in the first place. It seems only logical that—"
"Naraku." Inuyasha growled the name spitefully through clenched teeth, and he was instantly reminded of what he had come out here to do in the first place. If only he hadn't been so stupid as to be distracted by Kikyou. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed lightly and he turned back towards Sango, who had been watching quietly. Her face was full of pity for Inuyasha too, and he found this drove him to the brink of madness. They were acting like she was dead..... like Kagome was dead. That was never going to happen. Not as long as he could still breathe.
"Inuyasha....." Miroku began, but had time to say no more before Inuyasha spoke up.
"Follow me if you must." It was all he said, before Inuyasha broke into a run, and quickly took off into the forest, leaving a stunned Miroku and Sango behind him. Somehow, Inuyasha knew where to go this time. Somehow, the world had cleared before his eyes, and he knew which direction he needed to head. Somehow, Inuyasha knew how to find Kagome.
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Kagome staggered back, her eyes wide as Naraku stepped out of the group and outside. Kagome continued to walk backwards, her knees weak, and she nearly tripped as she reached the steps. Naraku was still grinning lightly.
"You know Kagome," Naraku said confidently, his dark creamy voice seeming to fill the air around them. "You really are a talented young woman. A miko, and so talented now, with a bow and arrow." Naraku chuckled. "Why, I dare to say you could almost rival Kikyou."
Kikyou took a step forward from the hut, her eyes narrowed. But Sesshoumaru followed her steps out, and looked to her, giving her a look that said nothing, and yet everything at all. And so she fell silent again, and watched.
"What do you want?" Kagome stammered out, as she watched the three carefully. Oh where were her bow and arrows when she needed them? It was her luck, truly it was. Kagome opened her mouth to speak again, but was unexpectedly overtaken by one of her horrid coughing fits. In an instant, she fell to her hands and knees, her brown hair spilling forward over her face as she coughed violently, blood appearing with her coughs.
Naraku grinned grotesquely and chuckled softly, taking a step towards her. For a moment, he stood above the dying miko, grinning and watching as she tried desperately to stop coughing long enough to grasp a satisfying breath of air.
"I see the poison is working just as intended." Naraku finally said softly, and then stepped forward. With a flick of his hand, Kagome was knocked back, and went tumbling down the steps to the shrine. She fell still in a heap below the shrine's steps, and Naraku was down them in an instant, and into the fog with Kagome.
"Honestly Naraku." Kikyou's voice came disapprovingly from upon the steps. "Just get it over with." The dead miko said, and narrowed her gaze upon her tortured reincarnate, who had not moved since being pushed. The poison was almost done it's job.
Naraku opened his mouth to argue his point, but stopped abruptly. Instead he turned his gaze out into the fog, his eyes searching, as he listened, and then grinned. Turning quickly back to Sesshoumaru and Kikyou, he grinned.
"Our guest is about to arrive."
Carefully Naraku stepped up to Kagome, and knelt besides her. Moving aside some of her raven locks, he found the chain to the mostly complete Shikon No Tama, and snapped it off. With a laugh that could send a chill through the dead, Naraku stood back up, and fingered the jewel carefully in his right hand. In his left, he pulled forth the missing six shards. It was finally complete.
*~~~*~~~*~~~*
Miroku gazed down into the trees below them, searching, yet again, for any sign of Inuyasha. It seemed as if the situation was becoming more and more desperate as time went on.
"See any sign of him?" Sango asked, her voice filled with desperation as she gazed down below them. Kirara was flying as low to the trees as she could.
"Not yet." Miroku said, and sighed softly. "Sango-chan......" Miroku said softly. "Do you think it's hopeless?"
"No!" Sango spoke up quickly, and looked back to Miroku, her gaze strict. "There is still hope. If Inuyasha can find Kagome in time then—"
"Then he can defeat Naraku and save Kagome?"
"......Yes......" Sango said hesitantly.
"Your confidence empowers me, Sango." Miroku said sarcastically, and perhaps even a bit bitterly, as he turned his gaze back to the trees.
Despite the hope he wished he could feel. Miroku found himself feeling more and more hopeless as the moments passed on. Something deep inside of him said things weren't going well – And the worst was bound to happen.
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A/N: Sorry everyone! I realize this was another short chapter. And honestly, I am trying to get it updated faster and with longer chapters. But – Things are kind of crazy right now. But please! Don't abandon me my faithful readers! T_T I really do love you all! *Hands them all cookies* See?! That's love!
Merf.
~Kimmy-chan