Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, the famous Rumiko Takahashi does. -bows-
Author's note: Well, hello again! How are all you great people doing? Good, good! -blink- Why am I praising you? Well...... ehehehehe...... I must tell you this now. The story is coming to an end, and fast! I'm, not totally sure how many chapters this story has left, but I'm saying that there is about one or two left.
Shippou: -jumps out of no where- DUN DUN DUHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Me: -blink- Where did you come from Shippou?
Shippou: -shrug- I was getting bored 'cause I haven't been in the story for a while.....
Me: -sighs- Ok, ok. Don't worry, I'm sure you will be in this chapter. -smiles- Your so cute!!!
Shippou: -moans- There she goes again...... ON WITH THE STORY!
Me: -blink- ......... -blink- ........ fine..........
)()( Chapter 23 The beginning of the end )()(
"No, Inuyasha!....... Your doing it wrong!....... No, not that way!....... No, Inuyasha! Don't do that!....... Give me the ball!....... AH! Don't bit it!"
Kagome jolted upright from her bed when a loud banging sound rang threw the shrine grounds just below her room. Fear began to overwhelm her as she jumped out of bed and ran over to her window. "What's going on?!" She yelled, looking threw the small window.
Souta frowned, looking up at her with a flattened soccer ball in his hand. "Inuyasha bit my soccer ball." He whined, looking down at the soccer ball like he had lost a friend.
Kagome sighed, rubbing her tired eyes. "Inuyasha....." She glanced up and noticed a certain hanyou wasn't there. "Hey, Souta! Where is Inuyasha?"
Souta blinked, looking around the shrine grounds. "I dunno, he was here a minute ago....."
Kagome stepped back from the window and raced to her door. 'Inuyasha's sensitive ears!' That same thought ran over and over in her head like a broken record. Before she exited the room, she grabbed her favorite pink sweater and dashed off down the stairs. Her first thought was that he would be somewhere inside the house, but as she looked around he was no where in sight.
"Inuyasha?" She called out threw cupped shaped hands. "Where are you?" She didn't know why, but like before, she was feeling fear. She whirled around and ran outside to see Souta sitting on the steps, starring at his old soccer ball. "Souta?"
Souta sighed, rubbing his eyes. "I'm fine....." He mumbled, looking up at his older sister with sadden eyes.
Kagome sighed lightly, taking a seat next to her younger brother. "Hey, it was just a soccer ball. Nothing to get upset over." She said soothingly, rubbing his back. "Mom will get you a new one, I know it."
At that comment, Souta immediately lighten up. "You think so?" A grin raced across his face when Kagome gave him a sharp nod. "Oh wow!" He jumped up, giving Kagome the sweetest smile he ever had. "Thanks sis!" And with that he ran off into the house, probably to go play video games or something.
Kagome sighed. "Kids. So easy to please." She shook her head and stood up, but as soon as she did, she heard shuffling coming from inside the well shrine. 'Inuyasha must be in there!' She thought as she walked over to the small shrine.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as she reached the sliding doors. "May I come in?"
"No, I'm fine!" Inuyasha shouted out quickly, maybe a bit too quickly.
Kagome rolled her eyes and rested her back on the door. "Well, then I'll just sit out here." She slide down to the ground and pulled her legs up to her chest. "So, you bit Souta's ball eh?"
"No, I didn't!" Barked Inuyasha from inside the shrine hut, just on the other side of the door.
"Oh really? Then why was Souta saying you did it?" Silence was her only reply. She smirked lightly, brushing her hair behind her ear. She started to feel tired again, but this wasn't the time to think about that, sleep would just have to wait. "Souta isn't angry with you about breaking his ball."
"He isn't?" Inuyasha's small voice asked.
"Nope, not at all." Kagome chirped back. "Anyway, how are your teeth? They must hurt from the bang, as well as your ears."
"........ They're okay, I guess......." Inuyasha replied, sitting on the other side of the door. "How are you feeling?"
Kagome smiled, looking toward the blue sky. "I'm all right, I guess." She yawned against the back of her hand, letting her eye lids drop ever so slightly. "Just still tired."
"I'll fine out what's wrong with you, if it's the last thing I do."
".........."
"Kagome?"
"..........."
Inuyasha blinked and stood up. Little to his knowledge that Kagome was sitting against the door, he slide the door open and Kagome fell at his feet. His eyes widen with shock as he knelt down next to her.
"Kagome?!"
He was shock when to see she was sleeping! "Kagome, what's going on-" He stopped in mid-sentence as something shinny caught his eye. It was by Kagome's neck, but she wasn't wearing any necklace. He reached down to go see it, but something shocked him as he got close. "Ah! What the hell?!" He cursed as he jerked his hand back.
"It's a demon....." Inuyasha mumbled to himself, scooping Kagome into his arms. "I have to go find Kaede or Miroku!" He stood up and turned to the well when he heard someone behind him. When he turned to see who it was, widen eyes that were plainly sad meet his.
"Souta....."
Souta looked from Inuyasha, to Kagome, then back to Inuyasha. "Wh-what's wrong? What happened to my sister?" He whimpered, his eyes glazing over with tears. "Inuyasha, what's wrong with her?!"
Inuyasha sighed, looking down at Kagome. For a moment, he just stood there in silence until he carefully laid Kagome down. Quickly, he stepped over her sleeping form and walked over to the trembling Souta.
"Souta, look at me." Inuyasha said firmly as he knelt down next to the boy, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I need you to do something's for me."
Souta looked at him, fresh tears streaming down his cheeks. But all in all, he managed a nod. "S-sure...."
Inuyasha smirked, squeezing his shoulder lightly. "First, I need you to be brave. Can you do that for me?"
Souta seemed to consider it for a moment, but as soon as Inuyasha said something like that, the boy nodded. "Yeah!" He smiled, squaring out his shoulders.
Inuyasha grinned. "Good, now the second thing I need you to do is to call your mom and tell her to get back here. I'm going to take your sister back to my era to get her healed. Ok? You got that?"
Souta nodded, wiping away his tears. "Yeah, I do." He smiled at Inuyasha bravely.
Inuyasha smiled and stood back up. He walked over to Kagome's side and scooped her up in his arms again. He was about to leave when Souta called him. He turned halfway to the boy, brow raised.
"You got to promise me something too!" The boy yelled.
"Sure thing, just make it quick."
Souta nodded. "Protect my sis, ok?"
Inuyasha smirked. "With my life." He gave the younger boy a sharp nod, and then turned and ran down the creaky old stairs. Within matter of seconds, he had jumped down the well and was on the other end in his world.
With a single leap, just bounded out of the well and off toward the village. He wasn't going to waste time, now that he knew what was wrong with her. Well, he didn't know what kind of demon it was but he knew it was doing something to hurt Kagome! Before the hanyou knew it, the village huts were seeping out of the forest and even sooner, he was in the streets of the village.
"Kaede! Miroku! Sango!" Inuyasha yelled over the yammering of the villagers, even though he knew where they were.
"Inuyasha?!" Out of thin air, the little kitsune named Shippou jumped on his shoulder. "Where did you come from?! What's wrong with Kagome?!" He whimpered.
Inuyasha ignored the constant questions that rang into his ear, he had to find Miroku! Or Kaede! His ears twitched as he finally saw the three people he wanted to see. "Miroku! Kaede! Sango!"
Miroku blinked, looking up at the hanyou just as he stopped in front of him. "Inuyasha, what's wrong? Why have you brought Lady Kagome back?"
"I know what's wrong." Inuyasha stated simply as he turned and walked into the hut.
Kaede blinked. "He knows what is wrong?" She echoed as they all followed him into the hut. Once they entered the old hut, Inuyasha was already laying Kagome down on a straw mat. "Inuyasha, what is going on?"
Inuyasha turned to then, frown crossing his lips. "Look at her neck!" He pointed to her neck while ushering them over to his side. "Don't you see the shinny thing? There is a demon or something on her that's doing something to her!"
Miroku crouched down next to him, his eyes straining to see what he was talking about. "Inuyasha..... I don't see anything."
Sango shook her head, tilting her head toward Inuyasha. "Me neither."
Kaede sat at Kagome's head, scanning her with old trained eyes. "I am deeply sorry, Inuyasha. But I do not see what ye is talking about." She sighed, turning her old gaze toward him. "Ye must be the only one who can see what is effecting Kagome."
Inuyasha blinked, starring at her blankly. "What? Just me??"
Miroku sighed, sitting Indian style now. "Yes, just you." He cleared his throat, his eyes trained on Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, tell us all that you see and know about this demon that is on Kagome."
Inuyasha blinked, looking down at where he kept seeing the demon. "Well, I'm not sure..... All I see is little flashes of something, something like a small back of an imp. All I know it's sucking something out of Kagome, but I don't know what."
Sango frowned, crossing her arms over her chest. "An imp, you say? Hm..... Well, if it's an imp, then it might be able to be defeated the same way as other imps."
Miroku nodded, stroking his chin. "Yes, that is true but we might hurt Kagome in the mean time."
Kaede shook her head. "I think not, lord Monk." She reached her hand out, gracing it just over Kagome's form. "Now that you mention it, Inuyasha, it do feel a faint presence. It is very hard to detect, but it is there."
Inuyasha nodded. "Well, do you know what to do hag?"
Kaede sighed, looking over at him. "All I know is what you know, but I have a feeling that if we try to detract it from Kagome like an ordinary imp, then it will work.
Miroku nodded, pulling out some very old talisman from his robe. "All right, I'll start once everyone leaves the room."
Inuyasha glared at him. "Oh no you don't, you lecher!" He grounded out, fist clenched at his side.
Kaede sighed. "Don't worry Inuyasha, I will stay and help ye, lord Monk."
Miroku sighed, but nodded. "Yes, all right Lady Kaede."
Sango stood up, grabbing Inuyasha's arm to pull him up. "Come on Inuyasha, let's leave them."
Inuyasha grumbled something's under his breath as he followed the taijiya out of the hut so Miroku and Kaede could do their work.
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An hour slowly passed and Inuyasha paced back and forth in front of the hut. He stared at the ground, arms folding around his back.
Sango sighed, stroking Kirara's head. "Inuyasha, sit down and calm down. Kagome will be fine. Miroku and Kaede are taking care of her."
Inuyasha grunted and continuing pacing.
Shippou frowned. "Inuyasha!" He growled, jumping on his head. "Stop it and sit down!" He started to pound on his head, thought all the little voices in his head told me not to. Just as Shippou's little voices predicted, Inuyasha grabbed his small little tail and flung him into the air.
Sango sighed as Kirara hoped off her lap to see if the little kitsune was all right. "Inuyasha, you can be so immature at times." She rolled her eyes as Inuyasha turned to her and started to growl.
Inuyasha opened his mouth to give Sango a piece of his mind when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He whirled around to see Miroku's smiling face. "Well??"
Miroku grinned. "We have detached the demon and now Kagome will make a speedy recovery!"
Inuyahsa let out a long sigh of relief. "That's good."
Sango smiled, standing up and walking to his side. "You openly saying that you were worried about her? And not blushing?"
Miroku grinned. "You mean you have finally told her how you felt?"
Heat rose to Inuyasha's cheeks as he stared blankly at them. ".............. Urm.........." He shook his head and rushed passed them without another word.
Kaede smiled as Inuyasha entered the hut. "She is asleep right now, so do ye not be waking her." She stood up, straightening out her robe. "I'll leave ye two alone." She turned with a smile on her lips and walked out of the hut.
Inuyasha just stood there, starring at Kagome. Finally he walked over to her side and sat down, his face unreadable. He let out a long sigh, taking one of her hands into his. "Kagome, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to let a demon get you. I should have protected you....."
"No..... Inu.... yasha....." Kaogme mumbled in her sleep, her hand tightening around his lightly. "I'm..... happy....." A smile crossed her lips as she shifted a little.
Inuyasha smiled, holding her hand tighter. "Thank you, Kagome."
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waterdoragon: And here we have it! Some mushy and now Kagome is saved! Now, what else is there to write about, you ask? Well, you will see! I'm think about it and I say about one more chapter! So, beware! The end is near!
Author's note: Well, hello again! How are all you great people doing? Good, good! -blink- Why am I praising you? Well...... ehehehehe...... I must tell you this now. The story is coming to an end, and fast! I'm, not totally sure how many chapters this story has left, but I'm saying that there is about one or two left.
Shippou: -jumps out of no where- DUN DUN DUHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Me: -blink- Where did you come from Shippou?
Shippou: -shrug- I was getting bored 'cause I haven't been in the story for a while.....
Me: -sighs- Ok, ok. Don't worry, I'm sure you will be in this chapter. -smiles- Your so cute!!!
Shippou: -moans- There she goes again...... ON WITH THE STORY!
Me: -blink- ......... -blink- ........ fine..........
)()( Chapter 23 The beginning of the end )()(
"No, Inuyasha!....... Your doing it wrong!....... No, not that way!....... No, Inuyasha! Don't do that!....... Give me the ball!....... AH! Don't bit it!"
Kagome jolted upright from her bed when a loud banging sound rang threw the shrine grounds just below her room. Fear began to overwhelm her as she jumped out of bed and ran over to her window. "What's going on?!" She yelled, looking threw the small window.
Souta frowned, looking up at her with a flattened soccer ball in his hand. "Inuyasha bit my soccer ball." He whined, looking down at the soccer ball like he had lost a friend.
Kagome sighed, rubbing her tired eyes. "Inuyasha....." She glanced up and noticed a certain hanyou wasn't there. "Hey, Souta! Where is Inuyasha?"
Souta blinked, looking around the shrine grounds. "I dunno, he was here a minute ago....."
Kagome stepped back from the window and raced to her door. 'Inuyasha's sensitive ears!' That same thought ran over and over in her head like a broken record. Before she exited the room, she grabbed her favorite pink sweater and dashed off down the stairs. Her first thought was that he would be somewhere inside the house, but as she looked around he was no where in sight.
"Inuyasha?" She called out threw cupped shaped hands. "Where are you?" She didn't know why, but like before, she was feeling fear. She whirled around and ran outside to see Souta sitting on the steps, starring at his old soccer ball. "Souta?"
Souta sighed, rubbing his eyes. "I'm fine....." He mumbled, looking up at his older sister with sadden eyes.
Kagome sighed lightly, taking a seat next to her younger brother. "Hey, it was just a soccer ball. Nothing to get upset over." She said soothingly, rubbing his back. "Mom will get you a new one, I know it."
At that comment, Souta immediately lighten up. "You think so?" A grin raced across his face when Kagome gave him a sharp nod. "Oh wow!" He jumped up, giving Kagome the sweetest smile he ever had. "Thanks sis!" And with that he ran off into the house, probably to go play video games or something.
Kagome sighed. "Kids. So easy to please." She shook her head and stood up, but as soon as she did, she heard shuffling coming from inside the well shrine. 'Inuyasha must be in there!' She thought as she walked over to the small shrine.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as she reached the sliding doors. "May I come in?"
"No, I'm fine!" Inuyasha shouted out quickly, maybe a bit too quickly.
Kagome rolled her eyes and rested her back on the door. "Well, then I'll just sit out here." She slide down to the ground and pulled her legs up to her chest. "So, you bit Souta's ball eh?"
"No, I didn't!" Barked Inuyasha from inside the shrine hut, just on the other side of the door.
"Oh really? Then why was Souta saying you did it?" Silence was her only reply. She smirked lightly, brushing her hair behind her ear. She started to feel tired again, but this wasn't the time to think about that, sleep would just have to wait. "Souta isn't angry with you about breaking his ball."
"He isn't?" Inuyasha's small voice asked.
"Nope, not at all." Kagome chirped back. "Anyway, how are your teeth? They must hurt from the bang, as well as your ears."
"........ They're okay, I guess......." Inuyasha replied, sitting on the other side of the door. "How are you feeling?"
Kagome smiled, looking toward the blue sky. "I'm all right, I guess." She yawned against the back of her hand, letting her eye lids drop ever so slightly. "Just still tired."
"I'll fine out what's wrong with you, if it's the last thing I do."
".........."
"Kagome?"
"..........."
Inuyasha blinked and stood up. Little to his knowledge that Kagome was sitting against the door, he slide the door open and Kagome fell at his feet. His eyes widen with shock as he knelt down next to her.
"Kagome?!"
He was shock when to see she was sleeping! "Kagome, what's going on-" He stopped in mid-sentence as something shinny caught his eye. It was by Kagome's neck, but she wasn't wearing any necklace. He reached down to go see it, but something shocked him as he got close. "Ah! What the hell?!" He cursed as he jerked his hand back.
"It's a demon....." Inuyasha mumbled to himself, scooping Kagome into his arms. "I have to go find Kaede or Miroku!" He stood up and turned to the well when he heard someone behind him. When he turned to see who it was, widen eyes that were plainly sad meet his.
"Souta....."
Souta looked from Inuyasha, to Kagome, then back to Inuyasha. "Wh-what's wrong? What happened to my sister?" He whimpered, his eyes glazing over with tears. "Inuyasha, what's wrong with her?!"
Inuyasha sighed, looking down at Kagome. For a moment, he just stood there in silence until he carefully laid Kagome down. Quickly, he stepped over her sleeping form and walked over to the trembling Souta.
"Souta, look at me." Inuyasha said firmly as he knelt down next to the boy, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I need you to do something's for me."
Souta looked at him, fresh tears streaming down his cheeks. But all in all, he managed a nod. "S-sure...."
Inuyasha smirked, squeezing his shoulder lightly. "First, I need you to be brave. Can you do that for me?"
Souta seemed to consider it for a moment, but as soon as Inuyasha said something like that, the boy nodded. "Yeah!" He smiled, squaring out his shoulders.
Inuyasha grinned. "Good, now the second thing I need you to do is to call your mom and tell her to get back here. I'm going to take your sister back to my era to get her healed. Ok? You got that?"
Souta nodded, wiping away his tears. "Yeah, I do." He smiled at Inuyasha bravely.
Inuyasha smiled and stood back up. He walked over to Kagome's side and scooped her up in his arms again. He was about to leave when Souta called him. He turned halfway to the boy, brow raised.
"You got to promise me something too!" The boy yelled.
"Sure thing, just make it quick."
Souta nodded. "Protect my sis, ok?"
Inuyasha smirked. "With my life." He gave the younger boy a sharp nod, and then turned and ran down the creaky old stairs. Within matter of seconds, he had jumped down the well and was on the other end in his world.
With a single leap, just bounded out of the well and off toward the village. He wasn't going to waste time, now that he knew what was wrong with her. Well, he didn't know what kind of demon it was but he knew it was doing something to hurt Kagome! Before the hanyou knew it, the village huts were seeping out of the forest and even sooner, he was in the streets of the village.
"Kaede! Miroku! Sango!" Inuyasha yelled over the yammering of the villagers, even though he knew where they were.
"Inuyasha?!" Out of thin air, the little kitsune named Shippou jumped on his shoulder. "Where did you come from?! What's wrong with Kagome?!" He whimpered.
Inuyasha ignored the constant questions that rang into his ear, he had to find Miroku! Or Kaede! His ears twitched as he finally saw the three people he wanted to see. "Miroku! Kaede! Sango!"
Miroku blinked, looking up at the hanyou just as he stopped in front of him. "Inuyasha, what's wrong? Why have you brought Lady Kagome back?"
"I know what's wrong." Inuyasha stated simply as he turned and walked into the hut.
Kaede blinked. "He knows what is wrong?" She echoed as they all followed him into the hut. Once they entered the old hut, Inuyasha was already laying Kagome down on a straw mat. "Inuyasha, what is going on?"
Inuyasha turned to then, frown crossing his lips. "Look at her neck!" He pointed to her neck while ushering them over to his side. "Don't you see the shinny thing? There is a demon or something on her that's doing something to her!"
Miroku crouched down next to him, his eyes straining to see what he was talking about. "Inuyasha..... I don't see anything."
Sango shook her head, tilting her head toward Inuyasha. "Me neither."
Kaede sat at Kagome's head, scanning her with old trained eyes. "I am deeply sorry, Inuyasha. But I do not see what ye is talking about." She sighed, turning her old gaze toward him. "Ye must be the only one who can see what is effecting Kagome."
Inuyasha blinked, starring at her blankly. "What? Just me??"
Miroku sighed, sitting Indian style now. "Yes, just you." He cleared his throat, his eyes trained on Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, tell us all that you see and know about this demon that is on Kagome."
Inuyasha blinked, looking down at where he kept seeing the demon. "Well, I'm not sure..... All I see is little flashes of something, something like a small back of an imp. All I know it's sucking something out of Kagome, but I don't know what."
Sango frowned, crossing her arms over her chest. "An imp, you say? Hm..... Well, if it's an imp, then it might be able to be defeated the same way as other imps."
Miroku nodded, stroking his chin. "Yes, that is true but we might hurt Kagome in the mean time."
Kaede shook her head. "I think not, lord Monk." She reached her hand out, gracing it just over Kagome's form. "Now that you mention it, Inuyasha, it do feel a faint presence. It is very hard to detect, but it is there."
Inuyasha nodded. "Well, do you know what to do hag?"
Kaede sighed, looking over at him. "All I know is what you know, but I have a feeling that if we try to detract it from Kagome like an ordinary imp, then it will work.
Miroku nodded, pulling out some very old talisman from his robe. "All right, I'll start once everyone leaves the room."
Inuyasha glared at him. "Oh no you don't, you lecher!" He grounded out, fist clenched at his side.
Kaede sighed. "Don't worry Inuyasha, I will stay and help ye, lord Monk."
Miroku sighed, but nodded. "Yes, all right Lady Kaede."
Sango stood up, grabbing Inuyasha's arm to pull him up. "Come on Inuyasha, let's leave them."
Inuyasha grumbled something's under his breath as he followed the taijiya out of the hut so Miroku and Kaede could do their work.
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An hour slowly passed and Inuyasha paced back and forth in front of the hut. He stared at the ground, arms folding around his back.
Sango sighed, stroking Kirara's head. "Inuyasha, sit down and calm down. Kagome will be fine. Miroku and Kaede are taking care of her."
Inuyasha grunted and continuing pacing.
Shippou frowned. "Inuyasha!" He growled, jumping on his head. "Stop it and sit down!" He started to pound on his head, thought all the little voices in his head told me not to. Just as Shippou's little voices predicted, Inuyasha grabbed his small little tail and flung him into the air.
Sango sighed as Kirara hoped off her lap to see if the little kitsune was all right. "Inuyasha, you can be so immature at times." She rolled her eyes as Inuyasha turned to her and started to growl.
Inuyasha opened his mouth to give Sango a piece of his mind when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He whirled around to see Miroku's smiling face. "Well??"
Miroku grinned. "We have detached the demon and now Kagome will make a speedy recovery!"
Inuyahsa let out a long sigh of relief. "That's good."
Sango smiled, standing up and walking to his side. "You openly saying that you were worried about her? And not blushing?"
Miroku grinned. "You mean you have finally told her how you felt?"
Heat rose to Inuyasha's cheeks as he stared blankly at them. ".............. Urm.........." He shook his head and rushed passed them without another word.
Kaede smiled as Inuyasha entered the hut. "She is asleep right now, so do ye not be waking her." She stood up, straightening out her robe. "I'll leave ye two alone." She turned with a smile on her lips and walked out of the hut.
Inuyasha just stood there, starring at Kagome. Finally he walked over to her side and sat down, his face unreadable. He let out a long sigh, taking one of her hands into his. "Kagome, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to let a demon get you. I should have protected you....."
"No..... Inu.... yasha....." Kaogme mumbled in her sleep, her hand tightening around his lightly. "I'm..... happy....." A smile crossed her lips as she shifted a little.
Inuyasha smiled, holding her hand tighter. "Thank you, Kagome."
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waterdoragon: And here we have it! Some mushy and now Kagome is saved! Now, what else is there to write about, you ask? Well, you will see! I'm think about it and I say about one more chapter! So, beware! The end is near!