(uhm............In case anyone's confused, I sorta fucked up with the whole Jiromaru, Kagaromaru thing, I know that I wrote Kagaromaru, but I meant Jiromaru. Sorry about that, and thank you for informing me, Da' King. .)
Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha
Ch6
Kagome closed her eyes as tight as she could, as Kikyo's arrows flew towards her. After a while of nothing happening, Kagome peeked one eye open, and saw the silver-haired man, Inuyasha, in front of her. "Kikyo," He called out, "what are you doing?! This child isn't possessed at all!"
Kikyo glared at Inuyasha, "Her 'life' is not but a trick of the tama! The child before you is a lost, and wandering, soul that needs to be set to rest. Inuyasha, if you cannot do this, then stand down because I will!"
Kagome stared in horror as Inuyasha moved away from her, and stared down at her with sympathetic eyes. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as Kikyo fired an arrow, and Kagome closed her eyes, screaming for her life.
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"Are you alright, Kagome?" Onigumo stared down at his charge while she screamed in terror, and sat up in her make-shift bed.
Kagome turned to Onigumo, and wrapped her arms around him before weeping into his chest, "It was horrible, Onigumo! Kikyo and I were out picking flowers, and the man in red showed up, and he did nothing as Kikyo tried to kill me!"
Onigumo chuckled as he stroked her hair, "Such a vivid imagination you have, Kagome." He said, "You've been sleeping all morning, while Kikyo showed me around and Keade picked herbs. As for men in red, well I haven't seen any of them around."
"Are you sure?" Kagome asked, staring up at him.
Onigumo nodded, "I think I'm a bit too young to have gone senile and started making things up."
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The next morning, Miroku was the second to wake up. Then again, he wasn't too sure that Inuyasha had gotten any sleep at all, if his actions since Kagome's departure were anything to go by. He looked to his left to see Kohaku, curled up in a ball with Kirara laying next to him. 'Odd.' He thought, looking down at the fire-cat, 'I haven't seen Kirara around since Sango and Kagome left with Kagura. Wonder where the fire cat was.........'
Inuyasha looked at the monk, "Good you're awake. Get the kid and the cat up, we'll be leaving soon."
Miroku nodded, and shook Kohaku gently, "Wake up, we have to go." The child stirred a bit, but remained asleep. Miroku sighed and tried with the fire cat. Kirara woke up and looked at him for a second. "Do you think you can help me wake Kohaku up? Don't want Inuyasha to leave us behind."
Kirara mewed, and nudged Kohaku with her head. "Not now, Sango, I don't wanna get up yet." Kohaku murmured in his sleep.
Inuyasha growled as he walked over to Kohaku, picked him up by the collar, and shook him, none too gently, "Listen, kid, Sango aint here! In case you forgot, she left with Kagome, and Kagura the other day!!! And out of the three of them the only one that returned is the only one out of the three that I hate!"
Kagura snorted, "Oh stop being so melodramatic!"
Inuyasha dropped Kohaku and slowly turned his head to Kagura in a manor that only an insane person can pull off, "You! This is all your fault! If it wasn't for you Kagome would still be here and so would Sango!"
Miroku went over to Inuyasha, and slapped him across the face, "Snap out of it, man! I swear, this 'lack of Kagome' is driving you mad. Now calm down before you kill our only way of finding the girls!"
Inuyasha rubbed his cheek, where the monk had hit him, "Yeah. Thanks, Miroku, I needed that. Now come on, let's go!" Inuyasha glared at Kagura after five seconds of waiting, "Well?!"
"Well, what?!" Kagura glared back.
Inuyasha growled, "Well hurry up and show us the way before I take the Tetsueiga, and rip your damned heart out!"
Kagura scoffed as she got up, "You're a little late! Naraku already-" She stopped, realizing what she almost said.
"Naraku already what?!" Inuyasha grabbed her by the throat, "Already killed them?! Or already used the jewel shards to erase their memories, and make them into puppets like he did the kid over there!" Inuyasha tilted his head in Kohaku's direction.
Kohaku stared at Inuyasha, obviously confused, and Miroku decided it was time the henyou shut up. After hitting Inuyasha over the head, he looked at Kagura, "I, too, am curious to know about what it is that Naraku has done, but under the circumstances, I believe it's more important to find the others. Now, Kagura, if you don't hurry up and start leading us, I'll kill you myself."
"Yeah, yeah, follow me." Kagura grunted as she started walking north, ignoring Kouga and Inuyasha, who were glaring holes into her back with their eyes. (Just because I kinda forgot about him in the last chapter that showed Inuyasha doesn't mean he left. He just wasn't doing anything...yeah, that's it ::shifty eyes:: )
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Kikyo sat in a tree, her soul-stealing insects flying around her and supplying her with new souls as she watched the living world through half- lidded eyes. As she gazed at the world, her thoughts drifted from one subject to another. Her love/hate relationship with Inuyasha, plans of getting her soul back, ways to kill Naraku and destroy the jewel. It wasn't long before her peaceful moment was ruined by the ominous feeling that tickled the back of her senses. "Come out, Naraku, I know you're there."
The baboon-clad henyou appeared before her, "Kikyo, I had no intention of hiding myself from you."
"What do you want?"
"Nothing much, just a proposition, of sorts."
"Proposition?"
"Yes, for an exchange, if you will."
Kikyo glared at him, "Stop wasting my time, and get to the point, Onigumo."
"It's very simple Kikyo. I give you the rest of your soul, and you give me some information."
"Information? About what?"
"Just a few things about what happened fifty years ago that confuse me, that's all."
Kikyo scoffed, "You know what happened then."
"Oh, do I? You think that I'm going to be content with that? I want to know how you found the thief, Onigumo, and what caused him to be in such a condition that he would offer up his body to create me, Naraku."
"I don't think any of that concerns you!" Kikyo responded, rather quickly.
Naraku smirked, "Strike a nerve, did I Kikyo?"
"Of course not," Kikyo decided the steer the subject away from her past life, "What makes you think you'll be able to get my soul back from that girl that follows Inuyasha around? Surly he'll interfere with your plans, and then beat you again."
Naraku's smirk widened as he decided to let her change the subject, "That, my dear Kikyo, has already been taken care of."
Kikyo looked down her nose at the henyou before her, "If you are so sure that you can get my soul back, I'll tell you what you want to know, Naraku."
"Good, then come with me," Naraku said, as he and Kikyo flew towards his phantom castle in a cloud of miasma.
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"Are you alright, Kagome?" Sango asked, as Kagome opened her eyes, and looked around.
The teenager nodded, "Yeah I guess. But, what happened to Onigumo?"
"My guess, he reverted back to Naraku."
"You know," Kagome said, "I don't think that Onigumo really meant any harm when was alive... and I'm beginning that Naraku might not be all that evil either."
Sango looked at her like she was crazy, "What are you talking about Kagome?! Naraku is a purely evil demon who hasn't a shred of goodness in him!"
Kagome shook her head, "No, that's not true. Onigumo's in him, and he's good-"
"How do you know?" Sango asked. After seeing the look Kagome gave her, Sango continued, "Listen, all I'm saying is that you need to be very careful about Naraku... after all, he is one to do elaborate schemes. Besides, if you are seeing shards of a fragmented memory in your dreams why would they come up now?"
Kagome sighed, "I don't know Sango... I just don't know."
(I didn't really pre-read this one... so I'm sorry for any mistakes, please just bear with me for the time being...and review ((or flame)) if you want)