Inutaishou's Gift By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 5: "Fleas On His Back"
They were inside the cavernous being that had once been Inuyasha's father now. The melted skulls, bones, and even the podium that had held Tetsusaiga at one time were all the same. As if they had never left. . .
Kagome's mouth opened to form a small 'o' as she looked at the familiar scene. The events that had taken place there filled her mind. Shadow figures of the things that had transcended here dances around, reenacting each step over and over. Their voices echoed in her mind as she fell deeper into her memories.
"Kagome!"
She blinked, unsure if it was her memories, or the real thing that had yelled at her.
"Get him in the ego. . ." She mumbled as she turned around.
Inuyasha had one eyebrow raised as he watched her. "What's that?"
"Nothing. . .just. . .memories. . ." Kagome glanced dreamily back around the cavernous walls that were created by bones.
"Yeah, I know what ya mean." Inuyasha said, glancing upward, his own memories taking place before his eyes.
He shook himself from them almost immediately though. He looked back over to Kagome, who seemed lost in her memories again.
"Keep close, Kagome. I can't sense Sesshoumaru anywhere around here yet."
Kagome nodded and went closer to him, holding to the edge of his red sleeve to make sure that he didn't leave her side while she daydreamed.
He smiled faintly at her before turning away.
The podium came into his peripheral vision, and he turned fully toward it. His mouth and eyes went wider as he remembered. Tetsusaiga pulsed lightly at his side, as if it recognized it's old home. He walked toward it, skulls cracking under his feet.
Kagome walked beside him, snapping from her reminiscences.
'Tetsusaiga. . .' Both of them thought at the same time. 'This is where it all began.'
"Inuyasha. . ." Kagome said quietly as they neared it.
Tetsusaiga pulsed lightly again, and Inuyasha kept on going toward the podium, Kagome tugging at his sleeve.
"Inuyasha. . ." His ears swiveled and he stopped, turning back to her.
"Eh?"
Kagome gave him a worried look. "I'm not so sure about this. I'm getting this weird feeling."
Inuyasha's eyebrows raised, and he turned toward her fully, coming out of his daze.
"Like a Jewel shard?" Kagome shook her head, searching the ground for an answer.
"No. . .like. . .like something's wrong. Can you sense anything?" She looked back up at him hopefully, her eyes shining with hidden fear.
He pricked his ears up, looking around the area. "No. I can't sense anything. Not even Miroku and the others. I wonder where they are?"
Kagome nodded at him. "Oh. . ."
Inuyasha suddenly stiffened, his ears pricking forward. All his hair stood on end as he whipped around in a circle, putting himself in front of Kagome, claws extended.
"Come out bastard!" Sesshoumaru was already out in the open though, watching his brother with amusement.
"Brother, you really are getting closer and closer to humans the more you are around them. Though, I fail to see what you do in them. Such a helpless species."
He took several steps forward, smirking as his brother moved further and further in front of the human girl.
"Are you two. . .mates?" He asked with a smirk.
Both of their eyes widened and they turned toward one another. They blushed and moved away from each other. "Yeah right!" Inuyasha growled, folding his arms and turning away.
Kagome glared dagger at Sesshoumaru, then at Inuyasha. "Well, excuse me!"
She turned away as well. Sesshoumaru smirked, his eyes moving from one to the other as he got nearer.
"Step aside then Inuyasha."
"Nani?!"
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Ok, second of three chapters I'm uploading today. Hope you all enjoy so far. See ya in the next chapter!! . Ja!!
Chapter 5: "Fleas On His Back"
They were inside the cavernous being that had once been Inuyasha's father now. The melted skulls, bones, and even the podium that had held Tetsusaiga at one time were all the same. As if they had never left. . .
Kagome's mouth opened to form a small 'o' as she looked at the familiar scene. The events that had taken place there filled her mind. Shadow figures of the things that had transcended here dances around, reenacting each step over and over. Their voices echoed in her mind as she fell deeper into her memories.
"Kagome!"
She blinked, unsure if it was her memories, or the real thing that had yelled at her.
"Get him in the ego. . ." She mumbled as she turned around.
Inuyasha had one eyebrow raised as he watched her. "What's that?"
"Nothing. . .just. . .memories. . ." Kagome glanced dreamily back around the cavernous walls that were created by bones.
"Yeah, I know what ya mean." Inuyasha said, glancing upward, his own memories taking place before his eyes.
He shook himself from them almost immediately though. He looked back over to Kagome, who seemed lost in her memories again.
"Keep close, Kagome. I can't sense Sesshoumaru anywhere around here yet."
Kagome nodded and went closer to him, holding to the edge of his red sleeve to make sure that he didn't leave her side while she daydreamed.
He smiled faintly at her before turning away.
The podium came into his peripheral vision, and he turned fully toward it. His mouth and eyes went wider as he remembered. Tetsusaiga pulsed lightly at his side, as if it recognized it's old home. He walked toward it, skulls cracking under his feet.
Kagome walked beside him, snapping from her reminiscences.
'Tetsusaiga. . .' Both of them thought at the same time. 'This is where it all began.'
"Inuyasha. . ." Kagome said quietly as they neared it.
Tetsusaiga pulsed lightly again, and Inuyasha kept on going toward the podium, Kagome tugging at his sleeve.
"Inuyasha. . ." His ears swiveled and he stopped, turning back to her.
"Eh?"
Kagome gave him a worried look. "I'm not so sure about this. I'm getting this weird feeling."
Inuyasha's eyebrows raised, and he turned toward her fully, coming out of his daze.
"Like a Jewel shard?" Kagome shook her head, searching the ground for an answer.
"No. . .like. . .like something's wrong. Can you sense anything?" She looked back up at him hopefully, her eyes shining with hidden fear.
He pricked his ears up, looking around the area. "No. I can't sense anything. Not even Miroku and the others. I wonder where they are?"
Kagome nodded at him. "Oh. . ."
Inuyasha suddenly stiffened, his ears pricking forward. All his hair stood on end as he whipped around in a circle, putting himself in front of Kagome, claws extended.
"Come out bastard!" Sesshoumaru was already out in the open though, watching his brother with amusement.
"Brother, you really are getting closer and closer to humans the more you are around them. Though, I fail to see what you do in them. Such a helpless species."
He took several steps forward, smirking as his brother moved further and further in front of the human girl.
"Are you two. . .mates?" He asked with a smirk.
Both of their eyes widened and they turned toward one another. They blushed and moved away from each other. "Yeah right!" Inuyasha growled, folding his arms and turning away.
Kagome glared dagger at Sesshoumaru, then at Inuyasha. "Well, excuse me!"
She turned away as well. Sesshoumaru smirked, his eyes moving from one to the other as he got nearer.
"Step aside then Inuyasha."
"Nani?!"
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Ok, second of three chapters I'm uploading today. Hope you all enjoy so far. See ya in the next chapter!! . Ja!!