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Ch6
Yahiko's eyes grew wide as time itself seemed to slow down. Kenshin began to rush towards the boy, in an attempt to push him out of the was of the charging demon, but tripped when a tentacle wrapped around his leg. The ex-swordsman watched helplessly as his friend shielded himself from the demon by putting his hands limply out in front of him. Before Kenshin know what was going on, a bright pink light came out of nowhere, and seemed to burn him a bit. By the time the light faded, the tentacle was gone from his leg, and Kagome was laying, unconscious, clear across the 'room'. He glared at the place, or person, the tentacle came from, "Why did you hold me back, Naraku?!"
"Because, you have a bit of demon blood in you, albeit a small amount, it's still there. The kid there would've purified you to death." Naraku answered, looking at Kagome's limp form.
Yahiko didn't listen to them as he stared in disbelief at his hands, "W-was that really me?"
Naraku walked over to Kagome's limp body and nudged it about before turning towards Yahiko, smiling, "Congrats kid, you just murdered your first demon."
Yahiko stared blankly in front of him, eyes not seeing anything, "I k- killed her? I didn't mean to, I was scared, and I panicked, and-"
He was cut off by Naraku, "Don't worry about it kid. At least she died painlessly.........oh wait, no she didn't. She was purified, which is the most painful and cruel thing that could be done to a person."
Yahiko sank to his knees, eyes tearing up, "I didn't mean to kill her." he murmured to himself.
Kenshin narrowed his eyes and walked towards Kagome's body. He knelt down and checked her pulse, "I don't know what you're trying to pull here, Naraku, that I don't, but I do know that this girl isn't dead."
"Yeah, I know too," Naraku laughed, "But the look on the kid's face was priceless."
Kenshin turned to his friend, "Yahiko, it's alright, you didn't kill her." His words fell upon deaf ears as Yahiko murmured to himself about betraying the values of the Kamiah-Kasshin style, and accidents.
Naraku rolled his eyes and kicked Kagome, non-too-gently, in the stomach. She groaned and sat up, "What the hell was that for?!" She growled at the evil half-demon.
Yahiko seemed to snap out of his trance at the sound of her voice, "You're still alive."
"Gee, where have I heard that before?" Kagome mumbled to herself as she stood up, "Of coarse I'm still alive, why wouldn't I be?"
"B-but you, he, bright, dead,........." Kaoru rambled on, staring at Kagome, eyes wide with disbelief.
Kagome raised an eyebrow to Naraku who answered, "The little kid's a monk."
"I'M NOT LITTLE!" Yahiko yelled, which woke up Sanosuke, who had passed out.
He got up, and stumbled around for a little, before passing out again. "A monk, huh?" Kagome walked over to Yahiko, and looked him over, "Yeah, there's defiantly something there, but wouldn't that make Souta a monk too, seeing as they have the same soul?"
"Well," Naraku walked up next to her, "I did feel something coming off of the brat before I left."
"Before you left?" Kagome turned to Naraku, "Meaning, you *didn't* kill my little brother?" Naraku nodded. Kagome grabbed Yahiko's hand, and pulled him away from Naraku, "First lesson, the bow and arrow." Kagome materialized a bow, and a quiver of arrows, and fired an arrow at Naraku, before anyone could figure out what was going on.
Naraku just barely dodged it, "What the fuck was that for?!"
"For not telling me that Souta is still alive! I thought he was dead!" Kagome fired another arrow, then turned to Yahiko, "Here." she handed him the bow, and an arrow, "You try."
"I'm not sure I can-"
"Just do it, kid." Kagome cut him off.
Yahiko strung an arrow and shot it at Naraku, "I'M NOT A KID!"
Kagome watched Naraku dodge the faintly growing arrow, "Maybe something like a staff would be better."
Kenshin watched them for a bit before speaking, "Stop." they all just looked at him as he spoke, "Stop this. It's not right to kill, that it's not, even if it is someone as mean as Naraku has been showing himself to be. I cannot let you two fire arrows at him like this."
Yahiko was all too ready to do what Kenshin wanted, and Kagome sighed, "It's not like we *can* kill him here, at least not by firing arrows." She went over and picked up Tetseiga, which she had forgotten about, and put it at her side, "Let's face it, he's like a damn cock-roach. Even if you try to kill him, he'll just run away, and come back later."
"Quiet, miko!" Naraku growled, "Just because *you* and your little friends were too weak to defeat me, doesn't mean that I'm a cock-roach!"
"Too weak, am I?!" Kagome pulled out Tetseiga, "Let's just see about that!"
Naraku got into a fighting position, "Lets."
Kenshin was about to step between them, when the prison in witch they all were started to shake, causing everyone (except Sanosuke, who is still passed out like a drunken baby) to fall down. The shaking continued, only it was getting more and more violent. Naraku closed his eyes, seemingly concentrating on something, and the shaking stopped. They all looked at him quizzically as he spoke, "Some one was trying to break it."
"Let me get this strait," Kagome's voice was eerily calm, "someone was going to break the prison, thus getting us out of here, and you stopped them?!" She gripped Tetseiga tighter, "YOU IDIOT!"
"WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE I COULD LET THE PERSON BREAK US ALL OUT WITH *THEM*" he pointed to Kenshin and the others, "STILL HERE!"
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?!" Kaoru joined in the argument.
"We should all calm down, that we should." Kenshin didn't like the thought of everyone fighting, especially not with that big sword of Kagome's.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" The three of them yelled at the ex-manslayer, as Yahiko hid behind him.
Kaoru pointed an accusing finger at Naraku, "YOU COULD'VE LET US OUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME, COULDN'T YOU?!"
"Possibly." Naraku said.
"IF YOU COULD'VE DONE THAT, THEN YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN US OUT TO BEGIN WITH, COULDN'T YOU?!" Kagome was now had a white-knuckle grip on Tetseiga, trying to contain her demon blood.
Before Naraku could respond, Kenshin yelled, "SHUT UP!" everyone stopped and looked at him, "Now listen, Miss Kaoru, Miss Kagome, calm down. Naraku obviously had his reasons for doing what he did, and fighting won't solve anything, that it won't."
"But Kenshin-"
He gave Kaoru a sharp look before turning to Naraku, "You can get us back home, right?"
Naraku sighed, "Yeah, I can."
"How."
"It's actually quit simple." Naraku cleared his throat, "You see, the only one that can let the victims of this trap go, are the ones that put them there in the first place. Since *I'm* the one that got you in here, *I'm* the one that can you out, same for Kagome."
"So," Kagome said, forcing herself to calm down, "You're the one that pulled us here, so you let us out.........Which means that since I was the one that pulled *you* in here-"
Naraku cut her off, "You're the one that chooses when I leave this place, and if you ever want to send me back, which is a right I reserve for all of you." (I hope this makes sense to you.........)
"Then, why didn't you let us leave earlier?" Yahiko asked.
Naraku just shrugged, "I didn't really think about it........."
Kagome growled, starting to flex her claws, "You what?!"
"I just didn't really think about it. But, if I were to send them back now, we'd probebly be too late, but I could always try to turn time back a bit, but it would take more than just me. Maybe if the miko helped, you all could return home."
Yahiko turned pleading eyes to Kagome, "Please."
She sighed, "Yeah sure, kid, why not." She walked over to Naraku, "What do I do?"
"Just close your eyes, and concentrate." Naraku instructed.
Kagome nodded, and did as she was told. In a matter of seconds, it felt as though something was draining her of her energy as a bright light appeared. When it was gone, Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko, and Sanosuke went with it.
~*~*~*~
Kenshin and the others woke up in the dojo, with no memory of what had happened a short while ago. Sanosuke put his hand to his head, 'Where the Hell did I get this hang-over from?' He thought, standing up, "Hey guys, I just had the weirdest dream. We were all trapped in this really dark place, with two demons. And one of them attacked Yahiko, but he was able to throw her away from him, using the powers of a monk. And they said that Kenshin was part demon, even though it was really small."
Kaoru started laughing, "Yeah right, as if *that* could ever happen."
"Yeah, Sano, I think you've had one too many drinks, that I do." Kenshin smiled at his friend.
Yahiko would've laughed as well, but he was busy trying to figure out why his hands were glowing pink a second Sanosuke had spoken. 'Maybe.........' He looked as his hands again before shaking his head, 'nah.' he though, going back to his training.
Ch6
Yahiko's eyes grew wide as time itself seemed to slow down. Kenshin began to rush towards the boy, in an attempt to push him out of the was of the charging demon, but tripped when a tentacle wrapped around his leg. The ex-swordsman watched helplessly as his friend shielded himself from the demon by putting his hands limply out in front of him. Before Kenshin know what was going on, a bright pink light came out of nowhere, and seemed to burn him a bit. By the time the light faded, the tentacle was gone from his leg, and Kagome was laying, unconscious, clear across the 'room'. He glared at the place, or person, the tentacle came from, "Why did you hold me back, Naraku?!"
"Because, you have a bit of demon blood in you, albeit a small amount, it's still there. The kid there would've purified you to death." Naraku answered, looking at Kagome's limp form.
Yahiko didn't listen to them as he stared in disbelief at his hands, "W-was that really me?"
Naraku walked over to Kagome's limp body and nudged it about before turning towards Yahiko, smiling, "Congrats kid, you just murdered your first demon."
Yahiko stared blankly in front of him, eyes not seeing anything, "I k- killed her? I didn't mean to, I was scared, and I panicked, and-"
He was cut off by Naraku, "Don't worry about it kid. At least she died painlessly.........oh wait, no she didn't. She was purified, which is the most painful and cruel thing that could be done to a person."
Yahiko sank to his knees, eyes tearing up, "I didn't mean to kill her." he murmured to himself.
Kenshin narrowed his eyes and walked towards Kagome's body. He knelt down and checked her pulse, "I don't know what you're trying to pull here, Naraku, that I don't, but I do know that this girl isn't dead."
"Yeah, I know too," Naraku laughed, "But the look on the kid's face was priceless."
Kenshin turned to his friend, "Yahiko, it's alright, you didn't kill her." His words fell upon deaf ears as Yahiko murmured to himself about betraying the values of the Kamiah-Kasshin style, and accidents.
Naraku rolled his eyes and kicked Kagome, non-too-gently, in the stomach. She groaned and sat up, "What the hell was that for?!" She growled at the evil half-demon.
Yahiko seemed to snap out of his trance at the sound of her voice, "You're still alive."
"Gee, where have I heard that before?" Kagome mumbled to herself as she stood up, "Of coarse I'm still alive, why wouldn't I be?"
"B-but you, he, bright, dead,........." Kaoru rambled on, staring at Kagome, eyes wide with disbelief.
Kagome raised an eyebrow to Naraku who answered, "The little kid's a monk."
"I'M NOT LITTLE!" Yahiko yelled, which woke up Sanosuke, who had passed out.
He got up, and stumbled around for a little, before passing out again. "A monk, huh?" Kagome walked over to Yahiko, and looked him over, "Yeah, there's defiantly something there, but wouldn't that make Souta a monk too, seeing as they have the same soul?"
"Well," Naraku walked up next to her, "I did feel something coming off of the brat before I left."
"Before you left?" Kagome turned to Naraku, "Meaning, you *didn't* kill my little brother?" Naraku nodded. Kagome grabbed Yahiko's hand, and pulled him away from Naraku, "First lesson, the bow and arrow." Kagome materialized a bow, and a quiver of arrows, and fired an arrow at Naraku, before anyone could figure out what was going on.
Naraku just barely dodged it, "What the fuck was that for?!"
"For not telling me that Souta is still alive! I thought he was dead!" Kagome fired another arrow, then turned to Yahiko, "Here." she handed him the bow, and an arrow, "You try."
"I'm not sure I can-"
"Just do it, kid." Kagome cut him off.
Yahiko strung an arrow and shot it at Naraku, "I'M NOT A KID!"
Kagome watched Naraku dodge the faintly growing arrow, "Maybe something like a staff would be better."
Kenshin watched them for a bit before speaking, "Stop." they all just looked at him as he spoke, "Stop this. It's not right to kill, that it's not, even if it is someone as mean as Naraku has been showing himself to be. I cannot let you two fire arrows at him like this."
Yahiko was all too ready to do what Kenshin wanted, and Kagome sighed, "It's not like we *can* kill him here, at least not by firing arrows." She went over and picked up Tetseiga, which she had forgotten about, and put it at her side, "Let's face it, he's like a damn cock-roach. Even if you try to kill him, he'll just run away, and come back later."
"Quiet, miko!" Naraku growled, "Just because *you* and your little friends were too weak to defeat me, doesn't mean that I'm a cock-roach!"
"Too weak, am I?!" Kagome pulled out Tetseiga, "Let's just see about that!"
Naraku got into a fighting position, "Lets."
Kenshin was about to step between them, when the prison in witch they all were started to shake, causing everyone (except Sanosuke, who is still passed out like a drunken baby) to fall down. The shaking continued, only it was getting more and more violent. Naraku closed his eyes, seemingly concentrating on something, and the shaking stopped. They all looked at him quizzically as he spoke, "Some one was trying to break it."
"Let me get this strait," Kagome's voice was eerily calm, "someone was going to break the prison, thus getting us out of here, and you stopped them?!" She gripped Tetseiga tighter, "YOU IDIOT!"
"WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE I COULD LET THE PERSON BREAK US ALL OUT WITH *THEM*" he pointed to Kenshin and the others, "STILL HERE!"
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?!" Kaoru joined in the argument.
"We should all calm down, that we should." Kenshin didn't like the thought of everyone fighting, especially not with that big sword of Kagome's.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" The three of them yelled at the ex-manslayer, as Yahiko hid behind him.
Kaoru pointed an accusing finger at Naraku, "YOU COULD'VE LET US OUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME, COULDN'T YOU?!"
"Possibly." Naraku said.
"IF YOU COULD'VE DONE THAT, THEN YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN US OUT TO BEGIN WITH, COULDN'T YOU?!" Kagome was now had a white-knuckle grip on Tetseiga, trying to contain her demon blood.
Before Naraku could respond, Kenshin yelled, "SHUT UP!" everyone stopped and looked at him, "Now listen, Miss Kaoru, Miss Kagome, calm down. Naraku obviously had his reasons for doing what he did, and fighting won't solve anything, that it won't."
"But Kenshin-"
He gave Kaoru a sharp look before turning to Naraku, "You can get us back home, right?"
Naraku sighed, "Yeah, I can."
"How."
"It's actually quit simple." Naraku cleared his throat, "You see, the only one that can let the victims of this trap go, are the ones that put them there in the first place. Since *I'm* the one that got you in here, *I'm* the one that can you out, same for Kagome."
"So," Kagome said, forcing herself to calm down, "You're the one that pulled us here, so you let us out.........Which means that since I was the one that pulled *you* in here-"
Naraku cut her off, "You're the one that chooses when I leave this place, and if you ever want to send me back, which is a right I reserve for all of you." (I hope this makes sense to you.........)
"Then, why didn't you let us leave earlier?" Yahiko asked.
Naraku just shrugged, "I didn't really think about it........."
Kagome growled, starting to flex her claws, "You what?!"
"I just didn't really think about it. But, if I were to send them back now, we'd probebly be too late, but I could always try to turn time back a bit, but it would take more than just me. Maybe if the miko helped, you all could return home."
Yahiko turned pleading eyes to Kagome, "Please."
She sighed, "Yeah sure, kid, why not." She walked over to Naraku, "What do I do?"
"Just close your eyes, and concentrate." Naraku instructed.
Kagome nodded, and did as she was told. In a matter of seconds, it felt as though something was draining her of her energy as a bright light appeared. When it was gone, Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko, and Sanosuke went with it.
~*~*~*~
Kenshin and the others woke up in the dojo, with no memory of what had happened a short while ago. Sanosuke put his hand to his head, 'Where the Hell did I get this hang-over from?' He thought, standing up, "Hey guys, I just had the weirdest dream. We were all trapped in this really dark place, with two demons. And one of them attacked Yahiko, but he was able to throw her away from him, using the powers of a monk. And they said that Kenshin was part demon, even though it was really small."
Kaoru started laughing, "Yeah right, as if *that* could ever happen."
"Yeah, Sano, I think you've had one too many drinks, that I do." Kenshin smiled at his friend.
Yahiko would've laughed as well, but he was busy trying to figure out why his hands were glowing pink a second Sanosuke had spoken. 'Maybe.........' He looked as his hands again before shaking his head, 'nah.' he though, going back to his training.