Wish Upon A Star
Chapter 4: Hold Your Breath! Tension is rising.
A/N: sorry it took me so long to update. It's been a crazy life.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha ::cough cough:: only because my squirrel army has yet to retrieve the custody papers ::cough cough::
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"It's quiet." Kagome mumbled. Kohaku cuddled closer into Sango. Inuyasha and Miroku exchanged fearsome glances.
The air had turned to a thing, fragile glass. So still, so ominous, it could be broken at the slightest wrong breath. There was nothing they could do except wait. There was one thing however, that made this glassy air, almost terrible. It was dark. So, unlike physical glass, which is clear and see-through, this glass was not. It made the upcoming danger almost undetectable by sight.
"Something's coming." Inuyasha mumbled loud enough so that only he would hear. Suddenly, a sound pricked his ears, it was faint, but there none-the-less. A cry began to slowly push the glass to the edge and grow louder. That's when a familiar scent taunted his nose. It was metal, hot metal. It all finally began to come together. "Everyone! Get inside! Now! Hurry"
Inuyasha's abrupt panic startled the group. "What are you waiting for? Go!" the "language" was spoken again.Her mother'slast moments were spent speaking that language. Kagomeshook with fear.Miroku grabbed Sango's hand and ran.
As Kagome grabbed her bag, the glass was shattered. It's fragments poured onto the earth's face, approaching at frightening speeds. Inuyasha took hold of Kagome and they ran to their cave as fast as their tiny legs could carry them. Sango suddenly remembered something. She has left her precious backpack outside, in the deep dark. Her heart took over, commanding her body to obey. Sango was about to where she felt a tight grip around her arm.
"Let me go! I have to get my bag! It's all I have left of mommy and daddy!" she flung herself out of the grasp of whoever held her. She didn't even bother to see who it was.
"Sango! No!" Miroku stretched his arm out towards her, and her began to run.
"Oh no you don't!" the hanyou tackled the little boy and pinned him to the cold ground.
"Aneue!" No one saw the three year old run outside. He wanted to protect his sister, even if he was terrified.
"Get off me! Sango! Come back!" Miroku squirmed under the hanyou.
"Sango! Please, come back! It's stupid to go out there!" Kagome begged as the shattered glass and screams grew uncomfortable close. Kagome's wide eyes, watched with intensity, praying for a miracle.
"Don't any of you move." Inuyasha stood up, his body tense and determined.
"Inu...yasha..." Kagome looked up and mumbled. With that, he leapt into the clouds of dust, towards Sango.
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"I'm almost there." Oceans of debris flowed towards her with deafening volume. Dry soil sprang up every few moments.
"Okasan. Otosan." A burst of heat and blinding soil exploded next to Sango. She screamed in fear as more exploded around her. Her feet left the ground and she shot her head up, resting her eyes upon the golden-eyed hanyou. Sango stretched her arm down and her fingers just snatched the strap of the backpack. "Inuyasha"
"That was a really dumb thing to do." He stopped momentarily to throw his haroi over her.
Once inside the cave, Inuyasha set Sango down, "feh'd" and turned his back. Kagome ran to Sango and threw her arms around her.
"Thank goodness you're okay! Miroku was going to get you, but Inuyasha stopped him and went himself." Sango smiled.
"Really? Thank you Inuyasha"
"Feh"
Sango's heart stopped after she looked around. Kagome realized it as well.
"Where's Kohaku?" Kagome gasped "He must have gone...after...you..." Miroku's eyes widened and glanced outside the cave.
"You mean he's still out there?" Sango screamed and he body trembled.
"Watch the girls Miroku."
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"Kohaku! Kohaku where are you?" explosions created a thick wall around Inuyasha's eyes and was suffocating to his lungs. Even for a hanyou it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack blindfolded. "Kohaku!" he lept into the air.
"Aneue! Aneue! Where are you Aneue? Help me!" Inuyasha's ears perked at the sound of Kohaku's voice.
He pushed threw the curtain of fog. A strong pain overcame his right arm. Cold hot metal burned threw his white shirt and into his skin. He cursed himself silently for not grabbing it before he left. Inuyasha stopped and gripped his arm in searing pain. Crimson painted his hand and continued to flow from the open wound. Kohaku's voice perked his ears again. Inuyasha regained his composure, ignoring the pain, he sprang towards the sound. Only feet away, crouched the tiny, scared and torn Kohaku. His body shook with an immense fear and pain. Blood dripped from numerous gashes scattered across his body.
"Kohaku!" Inuyasha landed next to him.
"Aneue?" Kohaku peeked up with hope gleaming in his eyes. Inuyasha took off his white shirt and wrapped it around the little boy. The attack had finished its climax and was beginning to ease up.
"You'll see her soon." -
"Miroku! Where are they? Kohaku! Inuyasha! If only I had watched him better! This wouldn't of happened!" Sango sat cradled in Miroku's arms crying. The two of them were sitting on a nearby rock and Kagome stood near the care opening.
"Please come back Puppy." Kagome prayed silently. The thick fog that awaited outside the cave drove her crazy. It kept too many secrets from her. Her friends had been gone much too long and she couldn't see what seemed to be only a few feet away. They could have been dead for all she knew! Kagome didn't know what to do except pray.
Suddenly, a figure came into sight and Kagome's heart began to pound. As the figure moved closer, it cleared up and the fog began to separate. Kagome grinned. "Puppy!" Inuyasha looked up and readjusted Kohaku on his back. Sango took Kohaku from Inuyasha and thanked his at least three million times.
"Are you alright Puppy?" Kagome asked obviously worried.
"Feh."
"Oh Kohaku! I'm so glad your alive!" Sango hugged her baby brother as she began to attend to his injuries with Miroku by her side.
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Inuyasha picked up his head slowly. His ears twitched at the sounds of a little girl crying softly outside the cave. He had watched her get up from a light sleep, as she had done every stupid night since they had met. Every night, toss, turn, toss, turn, get up, cry, sleep, toss and turn some more and then she would wake up in a cold sweat, gasping for breath. Even thought he never slept, it was really annoying. Getting up from his spot in the corner, Inuyasha walked towards the entrance.
"What are you crying about now brat?" Inuyasha glared.
"I miss Souta! And Mama! And Oji-san!" Kagome sniffled. Her eyes were red and her face was puffy.
"Will you stop crying Kagome? It's not gunna bring them back so you should just stop! It's not worth it." She wiped a tear from her cheek.
Inuyasha turned around, went back inside and pretended to be asleep again. A few moments later he heard Kagome's footsteps walk by, pausing to step over her friends and stopping in front of him. Curious, Inuyasha remained "asleep".
"Why are you so mean puppy? Maybe one day you could tell me. Even if you are really mean to me, I still like you. Mean puppy! You're really mean!" Kagome huffed and it went silent. The next thing he heard was her footsteps and then steady breathing that signaled her sleep.
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The next day had been incredibly trying. Kohaku, being so young, couldn't deal without food as well as the others. He whined constantly that he was tired, hot, thirsty or hungry.
"Aneue, I'm hungry."
"Kohaku, you just ate a little bit ago. Those candies you like so much, remember? I gave you a few before we left the cave."
"But I'm hungry!"
"Look Kohaku! This is a pretty twig isn't it?" Sango picked up the first thing she found and handed it to him. He had a shorter attention span than the dead creatures lying around. It distracted him for a little bit.
A few minutes later…
"Aneue, I'm hot."
"So are the rest of us Kohaku. But we can't stop."
A few more minutes later…
"Aneue, I'm tired."
"Do you want me to carry you?" Kohaku nodded.
"Fine, get on my back. I'll carry you."
Inuyasha loses it….
"Aneue, I'm thirsty."
"Koha-"
"Sango! Will you shut that brat up already! All he does is whine and complain! If he keeps it up I swear I'll kill him!"
"PUPPY!" Kagome yelled.
"Inuyasha! You won't touch him!" Miroku snapped, stepping infront of Sango and Kohaku.
"Wanna bet?" Inuyasha grinned menacingly and cracked his knuncles. He took a step forward with fangs and claws beared, growling.
"Both of you stop it!" Kagome stepped in between them.
Sango wrapped her arms around her baby brother protectively.
"Feh." Inuyasha smirked, pleased with the large amount of fear that he had just struck into their hearts.
At lunch time, things got even worse. The sun reached its highest point and laughed at the little ones down below. Mocking their every effort to stay alive. Everyone was sick of having to eat decomposing matter that was once a person or creature. No one ate, including Inuyasha. Amongst themselves, tensions were high. No one said a word the rest of the day. Kagome looked over at Kohaku and caught a glance of something unusual.
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A/n: so whatja think? Sorry about any grammar or spelling issues!! Sorry I haven't updated in about a decade! I had a virus that was eating my computer, then we had to crash it and then the virus came back and then we had to crash it AGAIN! And so on and so forth! Thanks for staying with me! Ja ne!
