*Author notes: Im sorry to say this will be the last update for a full two weeks. Leaving on monday morning, June 16th,
I will be in England. I won't even have access to a computer at any time during the trip. Bad for me, Bad for you.
10:51 PM 6/15/2003
I have discovered why animes don't involve a large number of main characters. After reading through my own fic, my bias toward Cloud is certainly clear, at least for me. I have slowly been drawing away from the romance of the fic, Inu and Kag, tossing in small fluff surrounding Cloud, Kenshin, and Miroku, and the three girls, D.g., Brat, and Erika. As of late, Ashitaka joined the party, requiring me to give depth into his character. Also, I never really give Miroku any large roles after his arrival, despite my intentions earlier. The next soul-hero wont come for a while, at least until the characters make it back into the feudal era. This makes for a long fic. Hope you enjoy the next chapters.
Review thankies!(Old and New)
Seproth: You want to be a villian eh? Hmm.......
D.g. and crew: .....You people really do scare me. Thx for the advertising offer!
Inu-Tsuki: Yea i know. Miroku kinda faded out after I introduced him. I plan to involve him more in the future. Expect some long narrations from him.
Ishizu Sango Halliwell: ...interesting name. How do you pronounce it? Crazy. Very nice name! Oh and yes, Bad Naraku...
Teardrop Crystal: Please dont apologize for not reviewing. Heck, one review is great! Good luck with your exams, if this message comes in time!
DarkMoon: More is coming, I promise.
Starangel: Thank you.
Chapter 27:
Plan
"Okay, Kenshin gave me the signal."
Ashitaka nodded.
D.g. waved down to Brat, who was with Erika behind a few boxes.
The plan was simple. Kenshin would make a distraction and try to lure Naraku and the other perso out of the control room. Ashitaka would drop in and carry Inuyasha out of there to where D.g. was. Brat would follow and attempt to carry Cloud to the door of the control room for faster pickup from Ashitaka. The plan was totally dependant on Kenshin's distraction. If Ashitaka and the others were seen...
***
"huff...huff...huff..."
The demon laughed at him again. Inuyasha breathed heavily, trying to regain his depleting strength. His enemy didn't even look winded, much less hurt or tired. His claws had done nothing against the power of his enemy, and he didn't have his tetsusaiga. He didn't know if he could win.
"Whats wrong, Inuyasha? Giving up already?"
Inuyasha glared at him with dark eyes.
"...not...yet...bastard..."
Hukota laughed at him.
"Still not ready to die, eh? Your choice. You have chosen, the road of PAIN!"
Hukota jumped forward and grasped Inuyasha's forehead. Inuyasha cried out in pain, trying to fight him off. But he was too weak. His arms slumped, powerless. Inuyasha's vision turned white...then empty black...
"Inuyasha!"
A voice invaded his mind.
"Dont lose here Inuyasha!"
He couldn't put a name to the voice, but it was familar.
"Get up, Inuyasha!"
He tried to speak, but found the darkness did not allow him to.
"Kagome is waiting for you!"
Inuyasha tried to shut out the voice. It was taughting him. He had seen her, and she had hated him.
"Are you really that blind to the tricks of Naraku?!?"
Inuyasha tried to focus on the voice, but it was growing faint.
"You fool! Its me, Miroku!"
Inuyasha had no clue what was happening. He had a distict image of Miroku's head lying on the ground, he had seen it before.
"You're...dead..."
He managed to gasp out those two words.
"Dammit Inuyasha, I'm speaking to you, how can I be dead?!?"
"I...saw... you..."
"Dead on the ground, right? It was a lie. That whole world was a lie. None of it ever happened!"
"A lie?"
"Yes, a lie."
Thoughts flew through Inuyasha's head.
"Kagome..."
"She needs you Inuyasha. She needs you, or else, she might die, or worse."
Pictures flashed through his head. Memories came at an rapid rate. Kagome smiling, Kagome on her bike, Kagome asleep, Kagome hurt, Kagome captured by Naraku, Kagome screaming, Kagome crying...!
"NOOOO!!!!!"
The darkness erupted into the light of the cherry blossums. Hukota was still clutching Inuyasha's forehead, but he no longer felt the pain. His anger surged. Inuyasha grabbed the demons arm and screamed in anger, tearing the arm completly off. Hukota dropped him in pain, and clutched at the stump he had for an arm. Inuyasha lept forward and in one quick move, tore the man in half. The once serene scene now seemed ugly and unwanted. Inuyasha raised a fist to the sky and shouted out all his anger, shattering the world and returning him to darkness. But it did not last for long. A light shined, and Inuyasha opened his eyes to see a metal ceiling. He sat up quickly. Hukota backed away from him in fear. Naraku turned from the window to look at Inuyasha.
"What?!? How?!?"
Then a giant metal hand plunged through the glass window into the room...
***
Ashitaka watched Kenshin do his work, when he heard something in the room below him.
"Shouting?"
Then the entire building shook. Glass sprayed out from where the mobile suit's hand had broken it. There was a louder shout, and the building shook. Ashitaka waited a bit before nodding to Brat, who nodded back. He hopped down into the room, ready to charge forward and grab Inuyasha, hopefully without being seen, but found his objective already awake. Inuyasha clutched the demon by the throat. The demon tried to fight him off, but went limp. Inuyasha threw the demon away.
"Inuyasha!" Brat yelled.
Inuyasha didn't even turn to look at them. He sniffed the air, growled, spun and charged. Ashitaka only had a second's notice to jump out of the way. Inuyasha rammed the crew quarters door down and ran in.
"Where the heck is he going?"
"I dont know! You have to get Cloud out of here. I'll follow Inuyasha. Please dont fail me."
Brat turned and ran through the broken down door. Ashitaka watched after her, pondering her words.'Please dont fail me?'
Hmmm....looks like Brat has a thing for Cloud...
He shook his head to clear away the thoughts. He could daydream later. Later, when the threat of death wasn't close.
He turned to get Cloud, but the shockwave of an explosion knocked him over. Shrapnel flew, and some bounced around the room, a piece cutting his arm lightly. He recovered from his fall and looked up to see to see Cloud's body on the floor, and a single person standing in the window, staring him in the eye. And the person was smiling, an evil, sadistic, smile.
***
"Kenshin!!!"
D.g. screamed as right arm of the mobile suit was blown of by a red energy blast. The mobile suit lost balance and dropped to the floor with a loud clang. Naraku raised his hand again, and a red rain of energy blasts sprayed the gundam. The entire frame broke into flames. Naraku jumped back up to the broken control room window in a single jump. D.g. broke cover and ran for the flaming gundam. Erika tried to call her back, but the noise was too loud. D.g. ran to the broken, burning, chunks of metal, but couldn't get close fue to the intensity of the flame. She looked around frantically, looking for a sign of his survival. Her search ended in a tragic sadness. All she found was a reverse blade sword, blackened, and alone.
She clung to it like a lifeline.
"Kenshin!!!"
***
Brat ran after Inuaysha as fast as he could. Luckily, the run was short, and it ended in a standoff between Inuyasha and Isriashak. Kagome and Miroku were both being held in a purple bubble in the back of the room. Brat stopped a few feet behind Inuyasha, who was giving Isriashak some extremely cold glares. The demon laughed.
"Ah, Inuyasha. Come to get your woman?"
Inuyasha made no reply except for a growl coming from deep within him. Isriashak raised a hand, and Inuyasha was immediatly surrounded by a bubble. He growled, and strained, and broke free from the bubble like a gun shattering glass. Isriashak gave a look of fear, before dissipating into a cloud of blackness that dissipeared into the vents. Miroku and Kagome both dropped to the floor and didn't move. Inuyasha rushed forward.
"Kagome!!!"
He picked her up and held her tight. His anger dissolved. Brat rushed behind him to help Miroku. He was unconcious. Inuyasha looked over at Brat for a moment. She saw concern in his eyes. Then a shout interupted them.
***
Ashitaka saw what Naraku was going to do.
"BASTARD!!! NO!!!"
Naraku grinned and finished Cloud by throwing him into the burning fire of the gundam. Ashitaka ran at him, swinging his sword hard. But Naraku jumped out of the window into the large hanger and flew toward a door on the far side. Ashitaka stared at him, then to the fire for Cloud, looking for any sign of life. He didn't even notice when Naraku turned and launched a red beam at him.The entire control room exploded.
Flames poured out of it, and into the crew quarters where the bunks instantly caught fire. The flames were so rich with evil energy, that no ordinary person or demon have been able to survive it.
But some did.
*Author notes: And that it. That is the final cliffhanger for a full two weeks. Good luck you all, Jack out.*
I will be in England. I won't even have access to a computer at any time during the trip. Bad for me, Bad for you.
10:51 PM 6/15/2003
I have discovered why animes don't involve a large number of main characters. After reading through my own fic, my bias toward Cloud is certainly clear, at least for me. I have slowly been drawing away from the romance of the fic, Inu and Kag, tossing in small fluff surrounding Cloud, Kenshin, and Miroku, and the three girls, D.g., Brat, and Erika. As of late, Ashitaka joined the party, requiring me to give depth into his character. Also, I never really give Miroku any large roles after his arrival, despite my intentions earlier. The next soul-hero wont come for a while, at least until the characters make it back into the feudal era. This makes for a long fic. Hope you enjoy the next chapters.
Review thankies!(Old and New)
Seproth: You want to be a villian eh? Hmm.......
D.g. and crew: .....You people really do scare me. Thx for the advertising offer!
Inu-Tsuki: Yea i know. Miroku kinda faded out after I introduced him. I plan to involve him more in the future. Expect some long narrations from him.
Ishizu Sango Halliwell: ...interesting name. How do you pronounce it? Crazy. Very nice name! Oh and yes, Bad Naraku...
Teardrop Crystal: Please dont apologize for not reviewing. Heck, one review is great! Good luck with your exams, if this message comes in time!
DarkMoon: More is coming, I promise.
Starangel: Thank you.
Chapter 27:
Plan
"Okay, Kenshin gave me the signal."
Ashitaka nodded.
D.g. waved down to Brat, who was with Erika behind a few boxes.
The plan was simple. Kenshin would make a distraction and try to lure Naraku and the other perso out of the control room. Ashitaka would drop in and carry Inuyasha out of there to where D.g. was. Brat would follow and attempt to carry Cloud to the door of the control room for faster pickup from Ashitaka. The plan was totally dependant on Kenshin's distraction. If Ashitaka and the others were seen...
***
"huff...huff...huff..."
The demon laughed at him again. Inuyasha breathed heavily, trying to regain his depleting strength. His enemy didn't even look winded, much less hurt or tired. His claws had done nothing against the power of his enemy, and he didn't have his tetsusaiga. He didn't know if he could win.
"Whats wrong, Inuyasha? Giving up already?"
Inuyasha glared at him with dark eyes.
"...not...yet...bastard..."
Hukota laughed at him.
"Still not ready to die, eh? Your choice. You have chosen, the road of PAIN!"
Hukota jumped forward and grasped Inuyasha's forehead. Inuyasha cried out in pain, trying to fight him off. But he was too weak. His arms slumped, powerless. Inuyasha's vision turned white...then empty black...
"Inuyasha!"
A voice invaded his mind.
"Dont lose here Inuyasha!"
He couldn't put a name to the voice, but it was familar.
"Get up, Inuyasha!"
He tried to speak, but found the darkness did not allow him to.
"Kagome is waiting for you!"
Inuyasha tried to shut out the voice. It was taughting him. He had seen her, and she had hated him.
"Are you really that blind to the tricks of Naraku?!?"
Inuyasha tried to focus on the voice, but it was growing faint.
"You fool! Its me, Miroku!"
Inuyasha had no clue what was happening. He had a distict image of Miroku's head lying on the ground, he had seen it before.
"You're...dead..."
He managed to gasp out those two words.
"Dammit Inuyasha, I'm speaking to you, how can I be dead?!?"
"I...saw... you..."
"Dead on the ground, right? It was a lie. That whole world was a lie. None of it ever happened!"
"A lie?"
"Yes, a lie."
Thoughts flew through Inuyasha's head.
"Kagome..."
"She needs you Inuyasha. She needs you, or else, she might die, or worse."
Pictures flashed through his head. Memories came at an rapid rate. Kagome smiling, Kagome on her bike, Kagome asleep, Kagome hurt, Kagome captured by Naraku, Kagome screaming, Kagome crying...!
"NOOOO!!!!!"
The darkness erupted into the light of the cherry blossums. Hukota was still clutching Inuyasha's forehead, but he no longer felt the pain. His anger surged. Inuyasha grabbed the demons arm and screamed in anger, tearing the arm completly off. Hukota dropped him in pain, and clutched at the stump he had for an arm. Inuyasha lept forward and in one quick move, tore the man in half. The once serene scene now seemed ugly and unwanted. Inuyasha raised a fist to the sky and shouted out all his anger, shattering the world and returning him to darkness. But it did not last for long. A light shined, and Inuyasha opened his eyes to see a metal ceiling. He sat up quickly. Hukota backed away from him in fear. Naraku turned from the window to look at Inuyasha.
"What?!? How?!?"
Then a giant metal hand plunged through the glass window into the room...
***
Ashitaka watched Kenshin do his work, when he heard something in the room below him.
"Shouting?"
Then the entire building shook. Glass sprayed out from where the mobile suit's hand had broken it. There was a louder shout, and the building shook. Ashitaka waited a bit before nodding to Brat, who nodded back. He hopped down into the room, ready to charge forward and grab Inuyasha, hopefully without being seen, but found his objective already awake. Inuyasha clutched the demon by the throat. The demon tried to fight him off, but went limp. Inuyasha threw the demon away.
"Inuyasha!" Brat yelled.
Inuyasha didn't even turn to look at them. He sniffed the air, growled, spun and charged. Ashitaka only had a second's notice to jump out of the way. Inuyasha rammed the crew quarters door down and ran in.
"Where the heck is he going?"
"I dont know! You have to get Cloud out of here. I'll follow Inuyasha. Please dont fail me."
Brat turned and ran through the broken down door. Ashitaka watched after her, pondering her words.'Please dont fail me?'
Hmmm....looks like Brat has a thing for Cloud...
He shook his head to clear away the thoughts. He could daydream later. Later, when the threat of death wasn't close.
He turned to get Cloud, but the shockwave of an explosion knocked him over. Shrapnel flew, and some bounced around the room, a piece cutting his arm lightly. He recovered from his fall and looked up to see to see Cloud's body on the floor, and a single person standing in the window, staring him in the eye. And the person was smiling, an evil, sadistic, smile.
***
"Kenshin!!!"
D.g. screamed as right arm of the mobile suit was blown of by a red energy blast. The mobile suit lost balance and dropped to the floor with a loud clang. Naraku raised his hand again, and a red rain of energy blasts sprayed the gundam. The entire frame broke into flames. Naraku jumped back up to the broken control room window in a single jump. D.g. broke cover and ran for the flaming gundam. Erika tried to call her back, but the noise was too loud. D.g. ran to the broken, burning, chunks of metal, but couldn't get close fue to the intensity of the flame. She looked around frantically, looking for a sign of his survival. Her search ended in a tragic sadness. All she found was a reverse blade sword, blackened, and alone.
She clung to it like a lifeline.
"Kenshin!!!"
***
Brat ran after Inuaysha as fast as he could. Luckily, the run was short, and it ended in a standoff between Inuyasha and Isriashak. Kagome and Miroku were both being held in a purple bubble in the back of the room. Brat stopped a few feet behind Inuyasha, who was giving Isriashak some extremely cold glares. The demon laughed.
"Ah, Inuyasha. Come to get your woman?"
Inuyasha made no reply except for a growl coming from deep within him. Isriashak raised a hand, and Inuyasha was immediatly surrounded by a bubble. He growled, and strained, and broke free from the bubble like a gun shattering glass. Isriashak gave a look of fear, before dissipating into a cloud of blackness that dissipeared into the vents. Miroku and Kagome both dropped to the floor and didn't move. Inuyasha rushed forward.
"Kagome!!!"
He picked her up and held her tight. His anger dissolved. Brat rushed behind him to help Miroku. He was unconcious. Inuyasha looked over at Brat for a moment. She saw concern in his eyes. Then a shout interupted them.
***
Ashitaka saw what Naraku was going to do.
"BASTARD!!! NO!!!"
Naraku grinned and finished Cloud by throwing him into the burning fire of the gundam. Ashitaka ran at him, swinging his sword hard. But Naraku jumped out of the window into the large hanger and flew toward a door on the far side. Ashitaka stared at him, then to the fire for Cloud, looking for any sign of life. He didn't even notice when Naraku turned and launched a red beam at him.The entire control room exploded.
Flames poured out of it, and into the crew quarters where the bunks instantly caught fire. The flames were so rich with evil energy, that no ordinary person or demon have been able to survive it.
But some did.
*Author notes: And that it. That is the final cliffhanger for a full two weeks. Good luck you all, Jack out.*