AN: Hey guys, sorry it took so long to update. I've been really busy, and plus I just thought up another story which I posted on the other day. So, ya, my mind is completely rapped around that... lol so, yeps, that's me! I hope you guys didn't have to wait long, and I really hope you like this chapter! I'll put the replies at the end, so that way you don't have to wait for the story anymore! Laterz!
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Chapter Twenty Two-Let Them Live
Inuyasha put the Tetsusaiga back into its sheath and looked at the dying body at his feet. Takudo's eyes glazed with anger, tears of pain, and his face pale with fright. His breathing was slow, and he coughed up a small pile of blood.
"Inu...yasha... you will pay for this..." he coughed again. "There is only one way to cure... Kagome... and only I... know how..."
Kagome's breathing grew faster, taking in little bits of air. She clutched her hand on her chest, trying to slow the pain. Koga held onto her tightly, and looked up at Inuyasha, who was still looking down on Takudo. "Inuyasha! Finish him already! Kagome's dying!"
Inuyasha shook his head. "He's already dead." With that final word, Takudo's eyes rolled back into his head, and the life left his being. Inuyasha snapped awake, and ran to Kagome's side. Her eyes were wet and red with tears, her cheeks puffed, and her mouth opened while she still tried to breathe.
"Inu... Inuyasha... help... me..." she tried to say. She screamed as another wave of pain swept through her body. Inuyasha snatched her out of Koga's arms and carried her. He looked around, trying to find what he needed to save her life.
"Inuyasha?" Miroku asked, stepping closer to him. "What are you looking for?"
"The jewel! Takudo must have had the jewel completed! It's the only thing that can save Kagome and the others!"
Sango's eyes filled with hope. "How do we do that?"
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, and then sighed. He turned around to face the others. "I have to go to Kagome's time to get Sota, her brother. Sango, go and get your youngest child and bring her here. Koga, I don't know what to do about your tribe, but I need you here to protect Kagome while I am gone."
Koga's eyes burned with fury for a spilt second, but then he took Kagome out of Inuyasha's arms and placed her down on his lap. "Fine, Inuyasha. Just hurry. I have some unfinished business to take care of later."
Inuyasha nodded, and he looked at Shippo. "Shippo, I need you to look for the jewel. It's the only thing that can save everyone."
Shippo nodded and started to search the grounds. Sango left to retrieve her daughter, and Miroku stayed behind with Koga to help take care of Kagome. Inuyasha took a last look at Kagome before running off to the well.
(Kagome's Time)
Sota gasped, falling onto the kitchen table. His mother screamed and ran to help him. "Sota! What's wrong?"
Sota shut his eyes tight, gripping his hand on his chest, feeling tremendous pain course through his veins. His mind kept screaming at him 'Takudo! He is trying to kill Kagome! You have to stay alive for her!' He opened his eyes, tried to calm his breathing, but his vision blurred, and soon all he could see was black.
He could hear his mother screaming at grandpa to call for an ambulance. 'No!' He thought hard. 'Inuyasha's coming! I can't leave! I have to save Kagome!' His heart felt like it was melting, and his bones and muscles felt as if they were on fire. He let out another scream, turning around and around on the table to where the kitchen knife fell down onto the floor right next to his mother's foot.
She screamed and tried to calm him down. All he could think about, while he suffered, was Kagome.
(Feudal Era)
Fumo and Atio laughed as Kagome came at them with a blade in her tiny hands. They screamed, and giggled some more. They thought she was playing, but when she threw the blade and it stroke Atio in the cheek, they screamed. Their playful eyes turned to fright, and they tried to run, screaming for their mother or father.
Kagome came after them, throwing rocks, sticks; anything her little hands could reach. Her eyes were black, and she looked dazed. No matter how many times her brothers yelled and cried at her to stop, she never did. Tears rolled down the little boys' faces, their faces pale with fear.
Sango rushed into Kaede's village, and screamed at the sight she saw. Takudo had indeed cursed her daughter. Fear struck her heart, and she hesitated before running up to her daughter. Kagome screamed as Sango picked her up, trying to stop her from fighting. Fumo and Atio smiled and ran up to their mother. Sango wished she had more arms to hug the little ones, but she began to run down toward Miroku.
Fumo and Atio ran after her, not understanding why their mother decided to run. Little Kagome kicked, screamed and punched to get out of her mother's arms but to no avail. Sango felt like burying herself, tears rolling down the side of her face. If she didn't get Little Kagome to Inuyasha soon... she might kill herself...
"Growl!"
Sango looked up and saw Kirara flying in her larger form, Fumo and Atio clapping and cheering as she descended on the ground in front of them. Sango tried to hug her, but she yelled at her other children to get on Kirara. They obeyed, and Sango nodded to Kirara, still holding the fussing Kagome in her arms. Kirara and Sango ran off together back to their friends.
(Kagome's Time)
Inuyasha burst into the room just in time to see the knife fall down by Kagome's mother's foot and hear her scream. Sota was still rolling on the table, but he soon rolled off and fell onto the floor where his face landed just centimeters away from the knife. Kagome's mother ran up to Inuyasha, crying, and telling Inuyasha to save Sota.
"I have to take him to my time," Inuyasha told her, holding onto her shoulders to control her weak form.
Tears streamed down her face, but she nodded and let Inuyasha walk past her to pick up her young son. Sota looked up and saw Inuyasha, and he gave a weak smile. "I'm going to save you, kid," Inuyasha said, running out of the room and back towards the well. If he could make it there in time, he could save them all.
'Kagome... I'm coming, Kagome...' he thought as he jumped down the well, Sota's hands holding onto his arms tightly.
(Feudal Era)
Kagome coughed, her head bouncing on Koga's lap. Koga rubbed his hand over her head, and Miroku prayed some more. Shippo was still rummaging through the ground to find the jewel, but he had no luck since the others left. He heard a loud growl, and turned around to see Sango running with her daughter in her arms, and Kirara running with Sango's two boys. Miroku had jumped up at the sight of Sango, and quickly came to hold his still fussing daughter still.
Sango, breathing heavily, slowly walked over to Koga and Kagome, sitting down on her knees. "Inuyasha has not returned?"
Koga shook his head and looked down at Kagome, "I only hope he'd hurry. Kagome can't be in this state much longer..."
Sango looked over at Shippo, and saw his frown. "No jewel yet, either?"
Miroku shook his head, "no luck so far." He turned his head to look at his sons. "You boys help Shippo find a jewel."
The boys smiled and joined Shippo in his search. Sango sighed, "I don't know how much longer we can wait..."
"Not much longer now," Inuyasha said as he walked over with Kagome's little brother in his arms. Everyone glanced up at him, and Kagome's eyes burst open.
"The jewel!" She screamed, jumping up, her heart racing. "The jewel! The JEWEL!"
Inuyasha and Koga tried to hold her back. "NO!" Miroku cried. The two demons looked up at the monk, and frowned. "She can find the jewel," Miroku explained. The two men turned their heads to glare at each other, then reluctantly let go of Kagome.
Kagome scanned her bright, brown eyes around the ground, searching for the jewel. Her heart pounded in her ears, and her blood raced through her body. She felt as though she could fly, but yet her body remained on the ground. Inuyasha and the others watched her every move, waiting to see what her next action would be. She turned her head and looked back at where the body of Takudo lay. There, lying on the ground next to his eyes, was the Shikon No Tama.
She screamed and pointed, her voice not able to form words. Great power coursed through her veins, and she felt weak again. Her body became limb, and she fell into Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha looked at where she had pointed, then glared down at Shippo.
Shippo ran and hid behind Koga. "I was scared to look by his body! There was a demonic aura around him!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and placed Kagome down next to her brother. Miroku laid his daughter on the floor, but he and Sango held her down with all their strength, Fumo and Atio watching from behind Kirara. Koga watched over Kagome and her brother as Inuyasha walked over to pick up the jewel.
He held onto the jewel, and he could feel the power he once had when he had attempted to steal it from Kikyo herself. Memories flooded over him, put he quickly shook them away as Kagome let out another scream of pain. He walked over to them, and knelt down in front of them all.
"Shikon No Tama," he said, closing his eyes in prayer. "I am using the power of this jewel, to save Sango and Miroku's daughter, Kagome, and her little brother. Without this power, their lives would be lost... please... let them live... Don't take them away from us..."
AN: ::runs from the knives being thrown at her:: SORRY! One more chapter to go!! Here are the replies!
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