The 5th Son
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Chapter 17: Easier said then done
Kagome followed Sango out the Manor door as Inuyasha continued shouting futile bits of protest at them about going to the center of the region. Shaking her head Kagome closed the door behind her, drowning out Inuyasha's voice. She'd get to hear it again. Right?
It was still raining outside and was now rather dark. 'Only 4 hours' Kagome thought wistfully as she climbed up in Kirara behind Sango. Sango gave her a reassuring look as Miroku climbed up after Kagome.
"Since it's raining things will be more slippery, so be sure to hang on tight ok?" Sango cautioned and Miroku and Sango nodded. "Lets go then." She said as Kirara took flight into the dark stormy night.
Since they were in between the southern most part, and the northern most part of the Western lands, all they had to do was head East and they'd reach the Regions center.
Going through the driving rain Sango squinted her eyes. It was a bit hard to see clearly with all the rain.
'If it weren't for all of this rain' Sango cursed mentally. It was bad enough that once they reached the center region they'd only have 15 minutes to get the antidote. But to make matter worse, not only would the rain make it harder to find the well hidden center region, but it also weighed down on Kirara's fur making them travel at an even slower pace.
'We're just going against all odds today aren't we!?' Sango though in annoyance as she brushed her wet bangs from her eyes.
Then, there a bolt of lighting flashed, thunder booming from bellow, and Sango could have sworn she saw something. Brushing it off Sango convinced herself it was just a result of stressing over Inuyasha's condition.
Another bolt of lighting lit up the sky, and Sango was almost positive she saw something blue flying about 50 ft to the side of them. 'Either I'm going senile at a very young age, or I'm just going crazy' Sango thought wearily rubbing her forehead.
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Kagome sat behind Sango staring off into the distance at nothing in particular. The rain was really coming down hard by now. 'A soothing sunset predicts luck to come in the future' Kagome thought in a mocking tone. 'Luck my ass.' She thought as she gave Miroku a quick glare.
Miroku looked around him, and then pointed to himself "What'd I do?" he asked innocently. He didn't remember groping her… yet .;.
Kagome just shook her head, and turned back around. Then there was a bolt of lighting, and Kagome just kind of ignored it and closed her eyes laying her head on Sango's back. And then, there was another bolt that lit up the sky.
But then Sango started fidgeting and Kagome opened her eyes and lifted up her head 'I wonder what wrong.' Kagome thought curiously. The she turned her head to the left to look out at nothing again. But this time she was greeted with a pair of sharp red eyes only about 50 ft away.
"Uh, S-sango.." Kagome whispered tapping Sango on the shoulder. "What?" sango asked turning her head to look at Kagome. "I, I think there is something flying to the side of us." Kagome replied hoarsely.
Sango's eyes widened a bit. So it wasn't just her noticing it. Sango heaved a short sigh of relief 'I'm not going senile!' .
The she turned back to Kagome "Ya, there is something there all right, just keep quite, and we'll take it by surprise" sango instructed. "Ok" Kagome replied.
Another bolt of lighting lit up the sky and they caught a clear glimpse of what was stalking them now.
It was a Dragon. It had a long flowing body with legs and arms that, were huge themselves, but small compared to the body. Slick blue scales glistened in the rain and seemed to give off an ominous glow.
'Yep, everything about this dragon just screams evil. I hate my luck.' Kagome thought pensively. 'But, so long as we keep quite hopefully things will work out ok'.
But then, Miroku just had to be himself… "Hey look! A big blue dragon thingy right next to us!!!" He called out pointing to where the dragon was.
Sango sighed 'Here we go' she thought in dismay as the dragon acknowledged that it had been spotted by sending a ray of deadly energy from it's mouth, directly at them.
"Oops" Miroku squeaked and he clung onto Kagome tightly as Sango directed Kirara away from the energy blast, barely missing it.
Then swerving back around, now facing the dragon, Sango got a clear shot and flung the Hiraikotsu at the dragon just as it shot out another energy blast.
The Hiraikotsu ripped right through the dragon cutting it in half, and then ripped through its neck on the way back.
Sango caught the Hiraikotsu just seconds before the energy blast that the dragon had spit out right before it got cut in half reached them.
Kirara hissed in Pain. She had almost dodged it, but it managed to hit her back legs. Descending downwards Kirara landed roughly on the hard ground and transformed into her smaller form after everyone got off.
"Kirara!" Sango gasped as she picked up the cat Youkai and examined her wounds. "Is, she going to be all right." Miroku asked stepping up. Sango nodded "It'll take about a half hour before her youkai blood fully heals her, until then we'll have to travel by foot." Sango replied standing up with Kirara in her arms.
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'Odds just keep getting worse and worse for us' Miroku thought as he trekked along side Kagome and sango. 'Already they had been traveling for an hour, that meant Inuyasha only had 3 hours left to live, and by foot, it's take them even longer to get to the center of the region.'. Miroku sighed 'Inuyasha, you're my best friend. Please, be strong, and survive more than just the 4 Saori said you have left.'
Miroku shook his head and looked up "So, Sango, what was that thing back there anyways?". Sango looked at him "It was just one of the Guardians to the boundaries of the center region. We're actually in the center region right now. But we actually have to go to the very center of the center region to get the antidote. Does that make sense to you?".
Miroku just stared at her "Uh… not really" he replied cluelessly. Sango gave an annoyed sigh "We've already been walking for about 35 minutes, so we should get there in about 25 minutes ok?". Miroku nodded.
15 minutes later sango turned back to them "Ok guys, I want you two to try and be very aware of the things around us. We're about 10 minutes away, and the closer we get, the more dangerous things get, there's a good chance we'll be attacked again shortly.".
Miroku and Kagome didn't even have a chance to respond as several demons appeared out of nowhere. Each of them were about 4 feet tall, with beady black eyes, sharp claws, and fangs.
"Don't under estimate them just because they're a bit short, trust me these things are bad news. Whatever you do, DON'T look them in the eye." Sango ordered.
Swinging her Hiraikotsu she took out one easily. But, it was just one in many. Soon Sango and Miroku were but taking the demons on, Sango with her Hiraikotsu, and Miroku with his staff, and spell parchments.
All the while Kagome stood to the side holding Kirara. 'If only I had brought some arrows and a bow with me!' Kagome cursed mentally.
And then one of the demons made it's way over to Kagome. But Kagome was bust looking the opposite direction, un-aware of its presence. It hissed, and Kagome gasped turning to face it. 'Wait no! Baka don't look it in the eye!' Kagome thought, but she was already too late.
Suddenly darkness consumed her mind and all of her thoughts seemed foggy as Kagome stared into its eyes, in a daze. "Drop the cat" the Demon spoke to her telekinetically. And Kagome couldn't control her actions as her arms let down and dropped Kirara.
"Good" it spoke again." Kagome smiled at the fact that it approved. For some reason, in the very back of her mind she was screaming to stop, and not listen. But that part of her mind was so heavily drowned out by the horrible dark fog of the demons that it mattered little.
"Now, take this" the Demon said handing her a sharp blade. Stretching out her hand Kagome took the blade. "Excellent, now plunge it into your stomach!" the demon demanded sadistically.
Everything the demon said, sounded so right. Kagome actually wanted to kill herself. The little sense that had once directed her thoughts and feeling had completely vanished. And now the only thing that was on Kagome's mind, the one goal she had more than anything, was to stab herself to death.
Kagome smiled as she pulled back the blade, holding it with both hands, more than ready to end her own life.
Sango just finished killing what she thought to be the last of the retched little demons when she looked down to see Kirara pawing at her feet.
"Wha- weren't you with Kagome?" sango spoke, and then it hit her. Turning Sango saw one last demon standing before Kagome. Kagome about to plunge a dagger deep into herself.
"Kagome!" Sango yelled pulling out the Katana that she rarely used from her belt and throwing it as hard as she could at the demon.
Suddenly all of the dark fogginess that had clouded Kagome's mind retracted and disappeared instantly as Kagome's hands stopped, the dagger no more than a few centimeters from reaching her stomach.
Ear piercing screeching filled the air as the demon that had been controlling Kagome clenched it's fists around the Katana that now lay embedded in it's neck. Running over Sango quickly pulled the Katana through, the demon falling to the ground, now lifeless.
Kagome dropped the blade staring in shock at the demon. Sango walked over to her and placed her hand on her shoulder "Are you ok?" She asked in concern. "Ya" Kagome answered in a soft tone "Just a little freaked is all" she finished.
"Ok, well we better get going." Sango replied as she picked up Kirara and they began walking again.
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Inuyasha was getting worse by the minute. You could tell, just by being around him. When Kagome and the others had first left, he was still able you yell at them.
But, by the time they were gone for an hour, breathing had become more to difficult to achieve for him, and now, 2 hours after they had gone, he was unconscious, and had an alarmingly high fever.
Not to mention that the bleeding was getting so bad that bandages weren't helping that much anymore.
Everyone just sat in the room quietly, occasionally helping out in anyway they could when Saori asked for something while she was tending Inuyasha.
Ice, wrapped in a cloth was placed on his forehead to help the temperature, but it wasn't doing much.
And with the wound in his side, Saori had already had to change it several times because of the blood that soaked the bandages.
InuTaisho hung his head low. His youngest son was dying right in front of him, and he could do nothing about it but sit there wait, pray, and hope.
"It's been almost 2 hours now, that means they should just about be leaving to come back" InuTaisho said in a concerned tone, "I hope they got the antidote with out too much trouble".
Lady Mio looked at her husband and smiled weakly "I'm sure they got it just fine, they'll probably even get here early" she said reassuringly.
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"We are so not getting there on time." Kagome sighed sorrow seeping it's way into her heart.
Sango flicked Kagome's nose "Don't be so pessimistic. Look it has stopped raining, I'm sure if we don't have too much trouble getting the antidote once we reach the very center, Kirara will be able to fly again, and she'll as fast as she possibly can to get us there on time, ok?".
Kagome bit her bottom lip "I hope so" she responded. "Hey look, there it is!" miroku called as he pointed ahead.
It looked nothing like Kagome had imagined. She thought it's just be some place in the middle of the forest or something. But instead, they arrived at a small village. A small, dark, unfriendly looking village…
"Put these on" Sango said as she handed Miroku and Kagome a black cloak. "What for?" Miroku question as he pulled it on.
"This is a really, bad area…" Sango replied. "No one here is very welcoming of anyone who isn't part of the dark side." Sango finished.
"Aaaaah" Miroku and Kagome both replied in unison. So now, the trio walked through the village, speaking not a word, and making eye contact with no one.
"The only place here that sells poison is a shop right up ahead. That's where the antidote is also." Sango explained as they walked up to the shop.
"Whatever you two do, just let me do the talking, and don't say anything, ok?" Sango warned before they entered the shop. Miroku and Kagome nodded.
Pushing the door open Sango stepped in, followed by Miroku and Kagome. And there say a Young guy, maybe about 23 years old, with stark black hair and a couple of scars on his face.
"What's your business here?" He asked coldly glancing up at Sango. "I want an antidote." Sango replied just as coldly. The man raised an eyebrow "For what poison." he asked.
"For the poison that resided on a dagger that was about 12 inches long, a leather handle with emeralds embedded in it, and a golden blade with a ruby at the base." Sango replied Cruelly. She had to sound merciless, if she didn't, who knows how fast he would have figured out that she wasn't part of the dark side?
The man smirked "Ya, I know the poison, lovely thing it is" He cracked his knuckles "What would you be needing it for?" he questioned suspiciously.
"What I need it for is none of your concern! Now either get the antidote, or I shall rip you apart limb by limb!" Sango yelled in a harsh tone at the man. 'Wow, she should consider acting' Kagome thought as she stared wide-eyed.
"Ok, ok. No need to be violent." The man ushered as he walked to the back, and then returned with a bottle that held a clear purple substance.
Stepping forward he handed it to Sango. "Good" she said bluntly and then turned to leave. "Hey wait, you still owe me payment." The man called behind her.
Sango let out an irritated sigh and turned around pulling out her money pouch. "Not that" the man said. Sango sighed again "then what DO you want?" she said in an annoyed tone.
The man nodded towards Kagome "her" he said bluntly. "No" Sango replied. "then no antidote!" the man yelled grabbing for the bottle.
"Quick, run!" Sango yelled and ran out the door followed by Miroku and Sango. Kirara transformed and they all got on. Taking flight.
The man though, was a relatively strong demon. "No you don't!" He called to them jumping from rooftop to rooftop slashing at them. "Kirara, higher!" Sango called out as they began ascending higher in the air.
Soon they lost the man and were headed back to the western lands. 'That took us exactly 15 minutes, that leaves us exactly 1 hour and 45 minutes until the 4 hours are up, I hope we don't run into anymore trouble.' Kagome thought wearily.
Kirara flew through the air as fast as she could possibly go, and luckily they actually didn't run into any more trouble on the way back as and hour and 44 minutes flew by.
Finally back at the manor Miroku, Sango, and Kagome ran through the manor doors. 'Inuyasha we're coming!' Kagome thought to herself as they reached the room that they had left Inuyasha in….
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A/N- and I shall leave it there. Muahahahaha! Yes! They've made it to the manor with just one minute to spare. But who's to say Saori wasn't wrong? Who's to say that really Inuyasha only had 3 hours to live. Maybe. Maybe not. You'll just have to wait and find out. D
This chappy was inspired by Aacire. Yay for those of us who don't do so well on French finals!!! ;
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