AN: Sorry for the long wait, people. Oh, and to those who think that this story isn't making much sense… well… It's not supposed to!!!!!!! =D
Act Four: Scene One
Inu-yasha sat in Kikyo's parlor, drinking and smoking, while the battle raged outside the city. Then, suddenly, he heard a faint cry from outside the window.
"Hey Miroku," Inu-yasha said, "Go see who's shouting outside. Don't tell me that they've started the looting and pillaging."
"It's Kagome's servant girl," Miroku said.
"Tell that stupid Inu-yasha to come out here and talk to me!" Eri shouted up to the window. Kikyo walked over, peered down, and started to laugh.
"Have you become another member of Inu-yasha's fan club?" Kikyo asked the girl.
"No," Eri said, blushing, "Miss Kagome asked me to come get him. We need his help."
"Eri, it's not Saturday night. What are you doing here?" Inu-yasha joked, as he came to the window.
"I didn't come here for that," she said, turning redder, "I came here to get you in a carriage. Miss Songo's had a baby boy, and Miss Kagome wants to get her out of here. Please, get your carriage."
"I'd like to help ya," Inu-yasha said, "But the army confiscated both my carriage and my horse."
"But… But someone has to save us! The Wind Demon's are coming and they're gonna kill us all!" Eri started crying.
"Don't cry, you stupid girl!" Inu-yasha yelled at her. "I'm coming. Miroku, I hope where we can steal a horse?" He said as the men turned back into the palace.
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Kagome stuffed clothes, linens, and whatever she could find that she wouldn't let the demons steal or destroy, into numerous trunks and bags. Shippo helped, but he also stuffed smaller items into his pockets and down his pants. Soon, they the sounds of hooves outside, and Eri calling, "I brought Inu-yasha and Miroku!"
"About time," Kagome stomped down the stairs and outside. She didn't care that she looked half crazed with her hair flying every which way and her clothes worn down. All she cared about was getting home to Edo. All she wanted was to see her mother and Grandpa, her sisters, and old Keade. She passed Eri and Miroku, who both ran into the house to get Songo and whatever they could carry.
"Nice night, huh?" Inu-yasha said, as if he were at a garden party!
"If you make jokes now, I'll rip those funny little ears right off your head, and stuff them down your throat!" Kagome roared.
"Nice to see you, too," Inu-yasha replied. "And just where do you think you're going?"
"Home!" Kagome huffed. "I'm going back Edo."
"Well, Edo's far enough north to where you might escape the path of carnage, but I doubt it," Inu-yasha said as Miroku came outside, Songo hanging limply in his arms. "Kohaku's troops send raiders up north all the tme. Edo might have burned to ground already."
"Do you think I care about what you think?" Kagome demanded as she began to cry. "I'm going even if I have to freaking walk every dang step! And you won't be able to stop me!"
"Quit crying!" Inu-yasha ordered her. "I'll get you, geez." he said as Miroku laid Songo down in the back of the cart. Eri laid Sngo's baby down next to her, and climbed in. Shippo hopped on to Kagome's shoulder.
"Poor Sota," Songo murmered in the back.
"Sota?" Inu-yasha asked. "Is that what she named him?"
"It seemed appropriate," Kagome said, calming down. "It was Hojo's father's name."
"Get going," Miroku said as he climbed up into the front. "We don't have much time."
"Right, let's go." Inu-yasha said. He whipped the horse, and they sped off down the road.
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Meanwhile, at the front, Kohaku's army broke through. Sesshomaru led his cavalry in one last heroic charge, only to be cut down or captured. Sesshomaru among them. With only one arm to fight, and hold the reins of his horse, he was thrown off and taken alive by the wind demons, who'd seen that he came from a fine family, and decided it would be better to ransom him off. The took him back to Kohaku's camp for interrogation.
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Kagome held on tight to the wooden seat under her as they were jostled about in the streets of Fuji. Some buildings burned about them, while others spilled out men and monsters that plundered the city. In the back of their cart, Eri covered her eyes, while Songo's son screamed and cried. Shippo's grasp on her arm tightened as Inu-yasha pulled the reins to turn down by one of the blazing palaces.
They came out of nowhere. Wicked, evil men and demons surrounded their cart, and tried to steal their horse, and rip them apart. Inu-yasha handed the reins to Miroku, and drew his sword, the Tetsaiga. He slashed and gutted numerous attackers, and ended up leaping to the ground, and tearing creatures apart with his claws.
"Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" Inu-yasha cried as he sliced another demon into several pieces. He grabbed the horse's yoke, and pulled them all away from the miniature battle scene. They hurried with great speed to the bridge that led out of the city, and as they did, a warehouse in the city, one that held fireworks and explosives, exploded in a bright, orange, burst of fire. The inferno spread, and consumed most of the city.
But by then, they were out of the city, far from any known danger… and heading for unknown ones. Inu-yasha got back into the cart, and took the reins again, and led them far away from Fuji, into the wooded roads of the back country. There, Inu-yasha left them.
"You can't leave us." Kagome said as she watched him walk away.
"It's the only way that you can make it back to Edo. I'll stay here and try to hold them off. The entire army of Wind Demons is going to be coming down this road and our army is either slaughtered or in retreat. What few soldiers are left with will make one last valiant stand soon enough. I intend to be with them." Inu-yasha told Kagome. "Fare well and good luck. Miroku, take good care of them, or I swear that I'll gut you."
"I shall." He told Inu-yasha. "I shall." Then he took the reigns and hurried the wagon down the road. Kagome looked back at the valiant Inu-yasha as he walked into the darkness of night and disappeared. She knew that she may never see him again and that he might actually die. She worried for him, for Hojo, and for Sesshomaru. The last she'd seen of him was when he'd led his men down the road in front of aunt Kagura's. He was going to fight too. The last of their army was probably going to die making their stand for a cause that was lost.
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Act Four: Scene Two
Kagome and her friends arrived safely at Edo on the following night round about midnight. They had traveled all the day and were weary. To their great dismay they had learned that Musashi had been burned to the ground and so there had been no comfort in that fact until at last they laid eyes on Edo still in all of it's splendor.
"It's still there, they haven't burned it!" Kagome cheered and jumped down from the cart. She ran all the way to the front door. "Grandpa, Momma, Ayume, anybody, where are you?" She cried as she banged on the front door and shouted at the top of her lungs. Suddenly though the door opened and old Keade was on the other side.
"Oh dear Kagome." She grabbed the girl and held her. "We were so worried about you. Come in child, come in."
"Oh, I can't Mammy, Songo's in the cart and she's got a new baby with her. Mr. Miroku is bringing her." She looked back and saw the cart pull up behind her.
"I'll take care of it." Keade said taking a lamp in hand and walking out to the cart.
"Where are Mother and Grandpa?" Kagome asked. Keade stopped then and turned around. She had a terribly grim expression upon her face. "Mammy where are they?" She asked again.
"Dead child, both dead. The Wind Demons came in the night and took their souls. It was all that I could do to save your sisters and myself. They left the Palace be because they had to go on to Musashi and burn it. It was terrible child. Just terrible." Old Keade said to her. Kagome broke down and cried then, she cried and cried for the rest of the night. Though her home was safe, her family had suffered a grievous loss. No one remained now to comfort her except for Miroku who was more interested in feeling her up than simply holding her while she cried.
"There there." he said "Things are not as bad as all that. You still have your sisters, Songo, the baby and myself. Shippo and Eri are here and old Keade too. We'll be your family Kagome, and just think of me as a brother, a very close brother." He said.
"Brothers don't hold their sisters the way you're holding me." Kagome said smacking his hands away from her chest and butt. "But thank you anyway. You'll be a big help to us now that we're all alone here."
"I will protect you until the last Kagome. If the Wind demons return then I shall die defending you." Miroku said gallantly.
"What is there to eat?" Kagome asked.
"Nothing left hardly child except for a few radishes and roots in the garden." Keade said. "There is a cow and some fresh water though. Milk, water and roots may be pitiful little to offer but it is all that we have." Kagome didn't feel much like eating just then. Nothing seemed to be going right. She went to bed and waited until the next morning when she was so ravenous that she could hardly stand it. As the sun was rising she ran out the garden and tore up a root by the greens on top and gobbled it down on the spot. She coughed and hacked from the dirt in her throat.
"I won't let them lick me." She said suddenly as she hacked and coughed violently. "I won't let them win. With Buddha as my witness, I'll never be hungry again, do you hear me? I'll never be so beaten and hungry ever again!"
(Intermission)
AN: Oh, I hate those, don't you? Now's a good time to go pop some popcorn, go the bathroom, and wait for us to post the first act on the second part of….
Gone With The Wind Demons …
And we want you to be in the front row, when Inu-yasha falls off the stage, and head first into a tuba.
Inu-yasha: "I will NOT!"
Author: Yes you will! SIT!
(Inu-yasha thuds to the ground) Inu-yasha: "What did you do that for?!?"
Author: Because you're being a bad dog. Now go outside to your house.
Inu-yasha: "What if I don't?"
(Author prepares to say 'sit' again. Inu-yasha slinks away outside, mumbling obscenities)
Act Four: Scene One
Inu-yasha sat in Kikyo's parlor, drinking and smoking, while the battle raged outside the city. Then, suddenly, he heard a faint cry from outside the window.
"Hey Miroku," Inu-yasha said, "Go see who's shouting outside. Don't tell me that they've started the looting and pillaging."
"It's Kagome's servant girl," Miroku said.
"Tell that stupid Inu-yasha to come out here and talk to me!" Eri shouted up to the window. Kikyo walked over, peered down, and started to laugh.
"Have you become another member of Inu-yasha's fan club?" Kikyo asked the girl.
"No," Eri said, blushing, "Miss Kagome asked me to come get him. We need his help."
"Eri, it's not Saturday night. What are you doing here?" Inu-yasha joked, as he came to the window.
"I didn't come here for that," she said, turning redder, "I came here to get you in a carriage. Miss Songo's had a baby boy, and Miss Kagome wants to get her out of here. Please, get your carriage."
"I'd like to help ya," Inu-yasha said, "But the army confiscated both my carriage and my horse."
"But… But someone has to save us! The Wind Demon's are coming and they're gonna kill us all!" Eri started crying.
"Don't cry, you stupid girl!" Inu-yasha yelled at her. "I'm coming. Miroku, I hope where we can steal a horse?" He said as the men turned back into the palace.
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Kagome stuffed clothes, linens, and whatever she could find that she wouldn't let the demons steal or destroy, into numerous trunks and bags. Shippo helped, but he also stuffed smaller items into his pockets and down his pants. Soon, they the sounds of hooves outside, and Eri calling, "I brought Inu-yasha and Miroku!"
"About time," Kagome stomped down the stairs and outside. She didn't care that she looked half crazed with her hair flying every which way and her clothes worn down. All she cared about was getting home to Edo. All she wanted was to see her mother and Grandpa, her sisters, and old Keade. She passed Eri and Miroku, who both ran into the house to get Songo and whatever they could carry.
"Nice night, huh?" Inu-yasha said, as if he were at a garden party!
"If you make jokes now, I'll rip those funny little ears right off your head, and stuff them down your throat!" Kagome roared.
"Nice to see you, too," Inu-yasha replied. "And just where do you think you're going?"
"Home!" Kagome huffed. "I'm going back Edo."
"Well, Edo's far enough north to where you might escape the path of carnage, but I doubt it," Inu-yasha said as Miroku came outside, Songo hanging limply in his arms. "Kohaku's troops send raiders up north all the tme. Edo might have burned to ground already."
"Do you think I care about what you think?" Kagome demanded as she began to cry. "I'm going even if I have to freaking walk every dang step! And you won't be able to stop me!"
"Quit crying!" Inu-yasha ordered her. "I'll get you, geez." he said as Miroku laid Songo down in the back of the cart. Eri laid Sngo's baby down next to her, and climbed in. Shippo hopped on to Kagome's shoulder.
"Poor Sota," Songo murmered in the back.
"Sota?" Inu-yasha asked. "Is that what she named him?"
"It seemed appropriate," Kagome said, calming down. "It was Hojo's father's name."
"Get going," Miroku said as he climbed up into the front. "We don't have much time."
"Right, let's go." Inu-yasha said. He whipped the horse, and they sped off down the road.
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Meanwhile, at the front, Kohaku's army broke through. Sesshomaru led his cavalry in one last heroic charge, only to be cut down or captured. Sesshomaru among them. With only one arm to fight, and hold the reins of his horse, he was thrown off and taken alive by the wind demons, who'd seen that he came from a fine family, and decided it would be better to ransom him off. The took him back to Kohaku's camp for interrogation.
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Kagome held on tight to the wooden seat under her as they were jostled about in the streets of Fuji. Some buildings burned about them, while others spilled out men and monsters that plundered the city. In the back of their cart, Eri covered her eyes, while Songo's son screamed and cried. Shippo's grasp on her arm tightened as Inu-yasha pulled the reins to turn down by one of the blazing palaces.
They came out of nowhere. Wicked, evil men and demons surrounded their cart, and tried to steal their horse, and rip them apart. Inu-yasha handed the reins to Miroku, and drew his sword, the Tetsaiga. He slashed and gutted numerous attackers, and ended up leaping to the ground, and tearing creatures apart with his claws.
"Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" Inu-yasha cried as he sliced another demon into several pieces. He grabbed the horse's yoke, and pulled them all away from the miniature battle scene. They hurried with great speed to the bridge that led out of the city, and as they did, a warehouse in the city, one that held fireworks and explosives, exploded in a bright, orange, burst of fire. The inferno spread, and consumed most of the city.
But by then, they were out of the city, far from any known danger… and heading for unknown ones. Inu-yasha got back into the cart, and took the reins again, and led them far away from Fuji, into the wooded roads of the back country. There, Inu-yasha left them.
"You can't leave us." Kagome said as she watched him walk away.
"It's the only way that you can make it back to Edo. I'll stay here and try to hold them off. The entire army of Wind Demons is going to be coming down this road and our army is either slaughtered or in retreat. What few soldiers are left with will make one last valiant stand soon enough. I intend to be with them." Inu-yasha told Kagome. "Fare well and good luck. Miroku, take good care of them, or I swear that I'll gut you."
"I shall." He told Inu-yasha. "I shall." Then he took the reigns and hurried the wagon down the road. Kagome looked back at the valiant Inu-yasha as he walked into the darkness of night and disappeared. She knew that she may never see him again and that he might actually die. She worried for him, for Hojo, and for Sesshomaru. The last she'd seen of him was when he'd led his men down the road in front of aunt Kagura's. He was going to fight too. The last of their army was probably going to die making their stand for a cause that was lost.
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Act Four: Scene Two
Kagome and her friends arrived safely at Edo on the following night round about midnight. They had traveled all the day and were weary. To their great dismay they had learned that Musashi had been burned to the ground and so there had been no comfort in that fact until at last they laid eyes on Edo still in all of it's splendor.
"It's still there, they haven't burned it!" Kagome cheered and jumped down from the cart. She ran all the way to the front door. "Grandpa, Momma, Ayume, anybody, where are you?" She cried as she banged on the front door and shouted at the top of her lungs. Suddenly though the door opened and old Keade was on the other side.
"Oh dear Kagome." She grabbed the girl and held her. "We were so worried about you. Come in child, come in."
"Oh, I can't Mammy, Songo's in the cart and she's got a new baby with her. Mr. Miroku is bringing her." She looked back and saw the cart pull up behind her.
"I'll take care of it." Keade said taking a lamp in hand and walking out to the cart.
"Where are Mother and Grandpa?" Kagome asked. Keade stopped then and turned around. She had a terribly grim expression upon her face. "Mammy where are they?" She asked again.
"Dead child, both dead. The Wind Demons came in the night and took their souls. It was all that I could do to save your sisters and myself. They left the Palace be because they had to go on to Musashi and burn it. It was terrible child. Just terrible." Old Keade said to her. Kagome broke down and cried then, she cried and cried for the rest of the night. Though her home was safe, her family had suffered a grievous loss. No one remained now to comfort her except for Miroku who was more interested in feeling her up than simply holding her while she cried.
"There there." he said "Things are not as bad as all that. You still have your sisters, Songo, the baby and myself. Shippo and Eri are here and old Keade too. We'll be your family Kagome, and just think of me as a brother, a very close brother." He said.
"Brothers don't hold their sisters the way you're holding me." Kagome said smacking his hands away from her chest and butt. "But thank you anyway. You'll be a big help to us now that we're all alone here."
"I will protect you until the last Kagome. If the Wind demons return then I shall die defending you." Miroku said gallantly.
"What is there to eat?" Kagome asked.
"Nothing left hardly child except for a few radishes and roots in the garden." Keade said. "There is a cow and some fresh water though. Milk, water and roots may be pitiful little to offer but it is all that we have." Kagome didn't feel much like eating just then. Nothing seemed to be going right. She went to bed and waited until the next morning when she was so ravenous that she could hardly stand it. As the sun was rising she ran out the garden and tore up a root by the greens on top and gobbled it down on the spot. She coughed and hacked from the dirt in her throat.
"I won't let them lick me." She said suddenly as she hacked and coughed violently. "I won't let them win. With Buddha as my witness, I'll never be hungry again, do you hear me? I'll never be so beaten and hungry ever again!"
(Intermission)
AN: Oh, I hate those, don't you? Now's a good time to go pop some popcorn, go the bathroom, and wait for us to post the first act on the second part of….
Gone With The Wind Demons …
And we want you to be in the front row, when Inu-yasha falls off the stage, and head first into a tuba.
Inu-yasha: "I will NOT!"
Author: Yes you will! SIT!
(Inu-yasha thuds to the ground) Inu-yasha: "What did you do that for?!?"
Author: Because you're being a bad dog. Now go outside to your house.
Inu-yasha: "What if I don't?"
(Author prepares to say 'sit' again. Inu-yasha slinks away outside, mumbling obscenities)