YEAH! Just like I said I would, I ordered some new Inuyasha manga (volumes 29 and 25) and got my behind a-working on chapters. This one was actually finished before I got it (dunno where the inspiration came from. I think I pulled it out of the air~) but you guys get another chappie so I guess you're happy.
…….Oh God, I'm speaking in rhymes!!!! ::bathes frantically and then shakes off like a dog::
Disclaimer: Inuyasha wo shoyuu shitenai ze. Ba~~ka. ^_~V
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To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Nine :: Revenge
Chapter Thirty-Eight :: Battle in the Southern Den
The run up the stairs was hard. The katana at her hip sagged uncomfortably and clank-clank-clanked against the floor since she hadn't belted it properly (which was difficult enough as it was; she wasn't wearing a hakama.) The quiver was heavy and tugged hard against her breastbone.
Kagome had wanted to give up her shoes since the heels made such an effective thumping noise against the hardwood floors that Genrou could find them that way easily.
Mika led the way, darting down hallways and corridors and slipping into nooks and crannies and secret passageways here and there. She was hard to keep up with, Kagome noticed, much like Kouga. She wondered briefly if speed was simply a normal attribute to the wolf tribe--
*Nah, scratch that,* she thought, *Ginta-kun and Hakkaku-kun couldn't keep up with Kouga or Mika if they combined both their strengths…* Mika abruptly stopped and Kagome leaned against the wall, heaving for air. Mika turned to look at her lagging companion. "Kagome, are you alright..?"
"Fine," the miko wheezed, "Even after as long as I've been with Inuyasha, I'm not used to running with so much stuff on me!"
Mika smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry."
"S'nothing," the miko waved off. She looked up the flight of stairs that led to the other wolves' quarters. She could already hear laughing and drunken brawling, and nervously she thanked the gods for that. *If they're drunk they'll be easier to fight.*
"Are you ready?" she asked softly and Mika nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be."
"Let's go."
Together they raced up the stairs, as quietly as they could. Kagome fired on the first wolf she saw, and nailed him in the back. As rapidly as she could she fired one after another, downing wolf after wolf.
Some got up, and those, Mika took care of. She went into a quick rhythm of bashing them down with her mace and then slashing open their throats or stomachs with her katana. The wolves were taken by surprise, which had been the plan, and Mika moved swiftly through the lot of them, killing with an ease that only came with experience.
It slightly sickened Kagome to see a woman hardly any older than her --physically anyway-- to be so good at killing. She didn't have time to worry about that now though, she had to fight.
The wolves weren't backing down easily however; the only who had not been killed yet --over 100 of them-- took up weapons and charged the girls. Mika was a better hand to hand fighter than Kagome, and the young miko knew that as long as the wolf-girl's stamina kept up, they would be outta here in no time.
Mika slammed the mace down hard onto one large wolf-demon's head and he roared with pain, blood spraying out in spurts. Mika drove the sword into his chest and then spun, taking another wolf in the throat with the hilt of the katana, and then slamming the heavy spiked club into the side of his head. There was a sickening crunching noise as his jaw broke, and Kagome winced.
Mika glanced behind her to see how her young miko friend was doing, and gasped. Across the room, Kagome stood on a table, which had better access than the rest of the room, and she was firing from there. But behind her, a larger than usual wolf-demon was stomping her way, claws outstretched to snag the girl off the table.
"KAGOME!" Mika cried out her name and the schoolgirl spun, letting out a squeak of fright before releasing an arrow into the wolf's skull. He dropped, and Kagome swallowed, gritting her teeth.
She turned back towards the cavernous room. She could see Mika slicing and dicing her way through the horde, and Kagome took it upon herself to keep the evil youkai off the wolf-girl's back. She thanked God that her aim was on the mark today; she was running short on arrows already.
Kagome threw her hand back to grab an arrow and her fingers closed on nothing. She froze. *Damn, I'm out~*
There were still enough wolves to fill a classroom, and Kagome jumped off the table and grabbed and arrow that stuck out of an already-dead wolf's chest. She fired, knocking one wolf off his target but as she stepped over a second dead wolf to grab the arrow she'd lanced into his previously, someone yanked fiercely into her hair.
Startled, she dropped her bow as she was sharply pulled backwards and thrown against the wall. The breath was knocked out of her and Kagome crumpled, hugging herself protectively. She was yanked up again, this time by her throat, and she could feel Genrou's sharp claws digging into the tender flesh of her neck.
"MIKA!" he roared, and instantly the fighting stopped. Mika turned, her face and body splattered with the blood of those she had killed. When she saw Kagome she dropped her weapons, her face edging between worry for her companion and hatred for her captor.
"Is this what you planned?! To escape out the back courtyard? You thought if you could get past my pack you could escape??" he demanded incredulously.
Mika cast her eyes down, feeling bitterly depressed. Trapped like a dog; she would never escape. She would never be free again. Genrou cursed. "You're stupider than I thought!! You are MINE, Mika, you cannot ever--" His words cut off sharply, and he stopped moving. Oharu, still at his side, blinked. "Genrou-sama..?"
A dribble of blood slowly trickled down his chin and he looked down at Kagome, a little shocked and seriously pissed off. The miko was biting her lip, trying to contain the absolute fury she felt. The katana she'd worn at her waist was now buried deep in Genrou's chest.
"Women are not things you can own, you bastard," she croaked out, "Neither Mika-chan, or me, or any other woman you have is YOUR PROPERTY!" And with that she ripped the blade from his chest, and Genrou released her throat numbly.
Kagome stumbled away, still holding her blade and coughing as she rubbed her throat. Mika came to her side, helping her to stand. Genrou cursed. "You stupid bitch, you're going to pay for that."
"Not if I have anything to do with it."
At the new voice everyone looked up at the huge doors, still half open. All Kagome could see at first was red; red and silver, and pointed dog-ears.
*Inuyasha!*
He had Tessaiga with him.
Realizing this, Kagome looked closer. It was Tama. Not Inuyasha, but Tama. The hanyou girl was glaring at Genrou with such an expression that put Inuyasha to shame. She had the rusted, untransformed sword leveled in Genrou's direction, but she shifted her eyes towards Kagome.
"Kagome-chan, what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same," Kagome countered, and Tama frowned. "I have business to take of with this wolf." Amber eyes shifted back towards Genrou, and he grinned widely. "Me, huh? Seeing as how you've got that rusty little sword pointed at me, I'm willing to bet you don't wanna fuck me, right?"
"Not hardly, you mangy wolf," she growled lightly, and then with a swing Tessaiga transformed into its full state. Again she leveled it at him. "I'm gonna kick the shit outta you."
Genrou tugged on Oharu and thrust her towards the wolves waiting at the other end of the room. Then he drew his red-handled blade, the one Kagome remembered to have easily blocked Hiraikotsu.
"Alright, bitch, if you're ready," Genrou invited, and Tama tightened her grip on Tessaiga's handle. "Let's go!"
~*~
All thought processes stopped in his head. He slowed from his galloping run to a slow walk, and then stopped completely, his eyes trained on the ground.
*What the hell… is this feeling I have?*
Miroku turned when he saw the red figure in the corner of his eye disappear, and he glanced back. Inuyasha had stopped. He turned back to the others. "Min'na, wait up." Kouga, in the lead, skidded to a stop. Without a second thought he let his mouth go. "What now!? We gotta hurry or else something's gonna happen to Kagome! You stupid mutt, pick up the pace!"
Miroku and the other gumi flatly ignored him and the houshi wandered back towards the hanyou. "Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha's face had a pale, lost quality to it, and there were traces of fear in the golden depths of his eyes. He grit his teeth, growling slightly. Miroku reached out and put his hand on the younger man's shoulder. "Inuyasha, what?"
The hanyou looked up at him, not seeing him. All he could think, all he could feel, was the sick, twisting ache in the pit of his stomach. Trouble. Nearby.
"Something's wrong," he finally said, "I don't know what it… what it is, but…" He looked up at Miroku. "Something's wrong."
Miroku nodded, simply taking his word for it, and then stepped aside slightly as Inuyasha suddenly broke into a run again. He waved the others on, also running, and Sango looked down at the houshi as he ran at her side. "What was that about?"
"I don't know. I'm not sure Inuyasha knows either. All he can tell is that something is terribly, terribly wrong."
~*~
The clang of sword against sword rung out over and over again as Tama and Genrou charged each other, swinging and swiping, each hoping to nick the other at least once. Genrou was fast of course, but so was Tama. Not nearly his speed, but somehow she was managing.
But because of the shards, Genrou's endurance was far higher than Tama's, and even with the fang sword, she was running thin.
Kagome, still watching from the sidelines with Mika, retrieved her bow from where she'd left it and ripped out 8 arrows from the wolf corpses around her. Mika glanced at her. "What are you gonna do?"
"I think I can get his shards outta his arms and legs." Kagome pulled back on the bowstring and fired. Like the first time they had fought, in the forest, the arrow sliced over his forearms and the two shards slipped out. Genrou roared in aggravation and turned Kagome's way, growling.
He hardly dodged Tama's next swing, and the hanyou glared at him. "I'm your opponent, you son of a bitch!!"
Twang! Twang! Two more arrows were launched into the air; Genrou dodged. He failed to miss both, and the second lodged itself painfully in his thigh. He turned to Kagome, glowering. "You bitch, you've really asked for it."
He lifted his hand, and in his palm a light orange globe appeared. Slowly the light grew and grew until it was an intensely bright red-orange. Mika stared in horror. "NO!!"
"HELLFIRE!" With the Chishibukiga, Genrou sliced through the red orb and a blaze of flames shot towards Mika and Kagome. Tama froze in place, stunned. And then,
"KAGOME-CHAN!!!!!"
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: Sorry for the cliffie. If you guys are civil and don't send me any reviews demanding I update immediately, I will update sometime in the next millennia. If not…
--you will never see your precious socks again!!! …Oh, wrong threat. ^^;;;; Anyway! lmao Please review, you guys know I love it!!!!
~*~ V^-^V ~*~
~Tessen
…….Oh God, I'm speaking in rhymes!!!! ::bathes frantically and then shakes off like a dog::
Disclaimer: Inuyasha wo shoyuu shitenai ze. Ba~~ka. ^_~V
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To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Nine :: Revenge
Chapter Thirty-Eight :: Battle in the Southern Den
The run up the stairs was hard. The katana at her hip sagged uncomfortably and clank-clank-clanked against the floor since she hadn't belted it properly (which was difficult enough as it was; she wasn't wearing a hakama.) The quiver was heavy and tugged hard against her breastbone.
Kagome had wanted to give up her shoes since the heels made such an effective thumping noise against the hardwood floors that Genrou could find them that way easily.
Mika led the way, darting down hallways and corridors and slipping into nooks and crannies and secret passageways here and there. She was hard to keep up with, Kagome noticed, much like Kouga. She wondered briefly if speed was simply a normal attribute to the wolf tribe--
*Nah, scratch that,* she thought, *Ginta-kun and Hakkaku-kun couldn't keep up with Kouga or Mika if they combined both their strengths…* Mika abruptly stopped and Kagome leaned against the wall, heaving for air. Mika turned to look at her lagging companion. "Kagome, are you alright..?"
"Fine," the miko wheezed, "Even after as long as I've been with Inuyasha, I'm not used to running with so much stuff on me!"
Mika smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry."
"S'nothing," the miko waved off. She looked up the flight of stairs that led to the other wolves' quarters. She could already hear laughing and drunken brawling, and nervously she thanked the gods for that. *If they're drunk they'll be easier to fight.*
"Are you ready?" she asked softly and Mika nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be."
"Let's go."
Together they raced up the stairs, as quietly as they could. Kagome fired on the first wolf she saw, and nailed him in the back. As rapidly as she could she fired one after another, downing wolf after wolf.
Some got up, and those, Mika took care of. She went into a quick rhythm of bashing them down with her mace and then slashing open their throats or stomachs with her katana. The wolves were taken by surprise, which had been the plan, and Mika moved swiftly through the lot of them, killing with an ease that only came with experience.
It slightly sickened Kagome to see a woman hardly any older than her --physically anyway-- to be so good at killing. She didn't have time to worry about that now though, she had to fight.
The wolves weren't backing down easily however; the only who had not been killed yet --over 100 of them-- took up weapons and charged the girls. Mika was a better hand to hand fighter than Kagome, and the young miko knew that as long as the wolf-girl's stamina kept up, they would be outta here in no time.
Mika slammed the mace down hard onto one large wolf-demon's head and he roared with pain, blood spraying out in spurts. Mika drove the sword into his chest and then spun, taking another wolf in the throat with the hilt of the katana, and then slamming the heavy spiked club into the side of his head. There was a sickening crunching noise as his jaw broke, and Kagome winced.
Mika glanced behind her to see how her young miko friend was doing, and gasped. Across the room, Kagome stood on a table, which had better access than the rest of the room, and she was firing from there. But behind her, a larger than usual wolf-demon was stomping her way, claws outstretched to snag the girl off the table.
"KAGOME!" Mika cried out her name and the schoolgirl spun, letting out a squeak of fright before releasing an arrow into the wolf's skull. He dropped, and Kagome swallowed, gritting her teeth.
She turned back towards the cavernous room. She could see Mika slicing and dicing her way through the horde, and Kagome took it upon herself to keep the evil youkai off the wolf-girl's back. She thanked God that her aim was on the mark today; she was running short on arrows already.
Kagome threw her hand back to grab an arrow and her fingers closed on nothing. She froze. *Damn, I'm out~*
There were still enough wolves to fill a classroom, and Kagome jumped off the table and grabbed and arrow that stuck out of an already-dead wolf's chest. She fired, knocking one wolf off his target but as she stepped over a second dead wolf to grab the arrow she'd lanced into his previously, someone yanked fiercely into her hair.
Startled, she dropped her bow as she was sharply pulled backwards and thrown against the wall. The breath was knocked out of her and Kagome crumpled, hugging herself protectively. She was yanked up again, this time by her throat, and she could feel Genrou's sharp claws digging into the tender flesh of her neck.
"MIKA!" he roared, and instantly the fighting stopped. Mika turned, her face and body splattered with the blood of those she had killed. When she saw Kagome she dropped her weapons, her face edging between worry for her companion and hatred for her captor.
"Is this what you planned?! To escape out the back courtyard? You thought if you could get past my pack you could escape??" he demanded incredulously.
Mika cast her eyes down, feeling bitterly depressed. Trapped like a dog; she would never escape. She would never be free again. Genrou cursed. "You're stupider than I thought!! You are MINE, Mika, you cannot ever--" His words cut off sharply, and he stopped moving. Oharu, still at his side, blinked. "Genrou-sama..?"
A dribble of blood slowly trickled down his chin and he looked down at Kagome, a little shocked and seriously pissed off. The miko was biting her lip, trying to contain the absolute fury she felt. The katana she'd worn at her waist was now buried deep in Genrou's chest.
"Women are not things you can own, you bastard," she croaked out, "Neither Mika-chan, or me, or any other woman you have is YOUR PROPERTY!" And with that she ripped the blade from his chest, and Genrou released her throat numbly.
Kagome stumbled away, still holding her blade and coughing as she rubbed her throat. Mika came to her side, helping her to stand. Genrou cursed. "You stupid bitch, you're going to pay for that."
"Not if I have anything to do with it."
At the new voice everyone looked up at the huge doors, still half open. All Kagome could see at first was red; red and silver, and pointed dog-ears.
*Inuyasha!*
He had Tessaiga with him.
Realizing this, Kagome looked closer. It was Tama. Not Inuyasha, but Tama. The hanyou girl was glaring at Genrou with such an expression that put Inuyasha to shame. She had the rusted, untransformed sword leveled in Genrou's direction, but she shifted her eyes towards Kagome.
"Kagome-chan, what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same," Kagome countered, and Tama frowned. "I have business to take of with this wolf." Amber eyes shifted back towards Genrou, and he grinned widely. "Me, huh? Seeing as how you've got that rusty little sword pointed at me, I'm willing to bet you don't wanna fuck me, right?"
"Not hardly, you mangy wolf," she growled lightly, and then with a swing Tessaiga transformed into its full state. Again she leveled it at him. "I'm gonna kick the shit outta you."
Genrou tugged on Oharu and thrust her towards the wolves waiting at the other end of the room. Then he drew his red-handled blade, the one Kagome remembered to have easily blocked Hiraikotsu.
"Alright, bitch, if you're ready," Genrou invited, and Tama tightened her grip on Tessaiga's handle. "Let's go!"
~*~
All thought processes stopped in his head. He slowed from his galloping run to a slow walk, and then stopped completely, his eyes trained on the ground.
*What the hell… is this feeling I have?*
Miroku turned when he saw the red figure in the corner of his eye disappear, and he glanced back. Inuyasha had stopped. He turned back to the others. "Min'na, wait up." Kouga, in the lead, skidded to a stop. Without a second thought he let his mouth go. "What now!? We gotta hurry or else something's gonna happen to Kagome! You stupid mutt, pick up the pace!"
Miroku and the other gumi flatly ignored him and the houshi wandered back towards the hanyou. "Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha's face had a pale, lost quality to it, and there were traces of fear in the golden depths of his eyes. He grit his teeth, growling slightly. Miroku reached out and put his hand on the younger man's shoulder. "Inuyasha, what?"
The hanyou looked up at him, not seeing him. All he could think, all he could feel, was the sick, twisting ache in the pit of his stomach. Trouble. Nearby.
"Something's wrong," he finally said, "I don't know what it… what it is, but…" He looked up at Miroku. "Something's wrong."
Miroku nodded, simply taking his word for it, and then stepped aside slightly as Inuyasha suddenly broke into a run again. He waved the others on, also running, and Sango looked down at the houshi as he ran at her side. "What was that about?"
"I don't know. I'm not sure Inuyasha knows either. All he can tell is that something is terribly, terribly wrong."
~*~
The clang of sword against sword rung out over and over again as Tama and Genrou charged each other, swinging and swiping, each hoping to nick the other at least once. Genrou was fast of course, but so was Tama. Not nearly his speed, but somehow she was managing.
But because of the shards, Genrou's endurance was far higher than Tama's, and even with the fang sword, she was running thin.
Kagome, still watching from the sidelines with Mika, retrieved her bow from where she'd left it and ripped out 8 arrows from the wolf corpses around her. Mika glanced at her. "What are you gonna do?"
"I think I can get his shards outta his arms and legs." Kagome pulled back on the bowstring and fired. Like the first time they had fought, in the forest, the arrow sliced over his forearms and the two shards slipped out. Genrou roared in aggravation and turned Kagome's way, growling.
He hardly dodged Tama's next swing, and the hanyou glared at him. "I'm your opponent, you son of a bitch!!"
Twang! Twang! Two more arrows were launched into the air; Genrou dodged. He failed to miss both, and the second lodged itself painfully in his thigh. He turned to Kagome, glowering. "You bitch, you've really asked for it."
He lifted his hand, and in his palm a light orange globe appeared. Slowly the light grew and grew until it was an intensely bright red-orange. Mika stared in horror. "NO!!"
"HELLFIRE!" With the Chishibukiga, Genrou sliced through the red orb and a blaze of flames shot towards Mika and Kagome. Tama froze in place, stunned. And then,
"KAGOME-CHAN!!!!!"
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: Sorry for the cliffie. If you guys are civil and don't send me any reviews demanding I update immediately, I will update sometime in the next millennia. If not…
--you will never see your precious socks again!!! …Oh, wrong threat. ^^;;;; Anyway! lmao Please review, you guys know I love it!!!!
~*~ V^-^V ~*~
~Tessen