Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine. But 4 of the manga describing his lovely little adventures are!! Numbers 1, 9, 15, and the BRAND SPANKING NEW NUMBER 16 to be exact!! MUH HAHAHAHA!
Oh. And Kagura officially KICKS ROYAL ASS YO!!!
Sorry.
EEPETH!!! *begins to dance* I got... *counts* 14 REVIEWS!!! EEEEEEE!! *just imagine a little person who looks like Sango dancing about room* Ah ha! Feeling good! Uh-huh! And yes, I actually DO look like Sango. But that's irrelevant to my cause, see.
So. Responses to my BELOVED (!!!) reviewers:
~*Because of my million billion *cough 14 cough* reviews, I can't answer 'em all. So, do not be offended if you did not say enough to invoke a conversation. Gomen!! *sweatdrops* -_-;*~
fire lovin demon: I like your plan but... it does not fit. Gomen. Well... maybe... *laughs like a screwball maniac*
Aamalie: Well, I am glad you decided to read my fic!!! I am so honored. Yeah, some slave fics really DO suck. Grr. Baka ningen writers. Ah well. Hey- do you know of any stunningly good M/S fics? I need to increase my writing 'vocabulary' on them!! ^^
SM Together: I DID peek at your fics- KAMI TAKE IT ALL ARE THEY GOOD!! Whee, I had SO MUCH FUN reading them!! *sighs* Ah, Miroku and Sango...
Mykah Leigh: I did manage to sneak a bit of a look at your fics, and from what I had time to read, you are doing very well for yourself!! I like them very much, and desire to read the rest of them! Keep writing!
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Schizophrenic Pyromaniac: Hey. And yes, Orlando kicks ass. He's my bitch. *giggles* *stabs Naraku with two toothpicks tied together with tape in a 90 degree angle* Hiraikotsu!! Whoopa!
Kitten Kisses: Need any help? I am available as a muse, you know. You can do it!! You can!! GO YOU!!! Just think up a story whilst trying to sleep. Hell, works for meh!
AND A HUGE THANKS TO:
Lavender Valentine
sango-to-miroku
shanaka
rain angst
Anime-Angel-Ash
Queen-Guinevere-Gwyn (Jeezuz is your name hard to spell or WHAT!?)
angel.ceres (I LOVE Ceres... Personally, Aya's bf is my fav. They. Are. SO. Together. Ne? [Is his name Toya or something? My book's in my locker @ school, and I haven't read it for a while... *sniffs*])
Ok! On to the story!!
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~Lemonn
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*Slave To One's Fears*
*Chapter 9*
Coming from me, you'd have never thought
That I could rebel...
Well I have.
And I do.
And I will.
And I'm not giving up until you're dead on the ground.
Sango lay in a place she had prayed to never see nor feel again. The barn loft. She trembled, not from lack of sleep, the loss of blood, nor even from the damage her body was wreathed throughout with. No, Sango did not tremble for these reasons.
She trembled from a pure, dark, writhing hate. A hate that threatened to kill both her and the one it was focused so keenly on.
I hate you, Miroku... Why did you betray me? You said I held your love... I was a fool...
God damn you Miroku. God damn you to the most painful hell.
This simple yet intricately burning phrase repeated itself over and over, flushing her mind then doubling over.
I hate you, Miroku... Why did you betray me? You said I held your love... I was a fool...
God damn you Miroku. God damn you to the most painful hell.
"WHY!?" She screamed, feeling her worn vocal cords stretch taunt and then shudder as tears swept her face. "Why? Why..." She coughed and flipped her head to the side, misery overtaking her. She was so far gone, her heart pushed so close to the edge she did not feel the pain coursing her body. Her right fist clenched itself tightly, her left arm shattered and unable to move. Sango swallowed her tears.
"I have cried enough over that bastard. I will not- I will not cry..." As though directly disobeying her, a single tear tracked it's way down her abused cheek. She sniffed, and once more the blindly infuriating rage took her. Her mind devastated, her body battered inside and out, she held on to but one thought.
Miroku... you will die. I will kill you myself.
Sango smiled suddenly, sanity holding on by a shred.
No... I won't kill you. I'll just tear out your soul.
Like you did mine.
And you won't get it back.
If I can't regain mine, then neither can you.
~
"Chani! Chani! Where the hell did that girl disappear to?" Miroku snarled, quite beside himself. First Kagome, then Inuyasha, now Chani... where the hell did people keep going? "Kouga! Where is Ship-"
"WAH! MIROKU!" Miroku spun around.
"Shippou? What in the seven-"
"MIROKU! INUYASHA AND KAGOME ARE-"
"Yes, yes, get on with it, cub!" Kouga cried, bopping Shippou over the head. Shippou, quite traumatized, wailed out an answer, blushing as bright as his hair.
"Theyarematinginafrickingshack," he screamed, banging his head against Miroku's staff. "Bakabakabakabakabaka..."
"They're what? Gomen, Shippou, but I didn't quite catch that." Miroku said. Kouga, on the other hand (having very good youkai ears), heard and howled with laughter.
"Theyaremating in a frickingshack," Shippou said, slowing down enough. "I AM SUCH A BAKA! WHAT IF THEY HEARD ME!?" Kouga howled even louder. Miroku remained curious, not quite catching on.
"Just spit it out, for kami's sake! Shippou! Answer me!" Miroku yelled, slapping the little kitsune to calm him.
*FLIP*
"I was walking," Shippou started, completely normal, holding up little notecards with pictures drawn in crayon on them. He flipped them with every explanation. (A/N: Like in that one ADORABLE episode!!)
A little kitsune was seen, strolling along, whistling and swinging his basket of mushrooms.
*FLIP*
"When I happened to run across a shack!"
A picture was now seen, depicting a shock, static-furred kitsune, mouth open and mushrooms all over at the sight of a shack that seemed to be jumping.
*FLIP*
"I heard some strange noises."
Words like 'ooh baby', 'do it again', 'lower', and 'harder' were appearing around the shack, which continued to jump. Miroku swallowed, beginning to get the gist of it. For once, he was not especially interested in such perverted phrases. But did Shippou stop? Oh, heavens no!
*FLIP*
"Of course, we all know a CERTAIN dog and cat that have been after one another for quite some time now-" Here, Sesshomaru let out a 'no SHIT kitsune no baka...'
A card showing a dog, rose in mouth, on it's knee in front of a blushing cat with clasped paws.
*FLIP*
"And we all saw them share that lovely little kissy-poo."
A dog and cat, tongues anywhere and everywhere, making out behind a hay pile while a giant dog, a wolf, weird looking-monk, a sweet-looking kitty (Rin, no doubt), and the kitsune looked on, laughing it up.
*FLIP*
"But we NEVER EXPECTED rejection..."
The cat storming off, sparks flying, while the dog looked somewhere else away from the cat, arms crossed and eyes stubborn.
*FLIP*
"But they must have forgiven each other, for, well..."
A dog and cat hugging each other, but unzipping each other's costumes in back.
"But back to the noises."
*FLIP*
"Naturally, I was shocked out of my mind! Then, I recognized the voices and realized..."
A giant, red 'XXX' was covering a Kagome and Inuyasha, who were drawn on the floor. Inuyasha was, of course, on top of Kagome. A red dog costume and a pink cat costume lay on the floor beside them, as well as a sword and a bra. Here, Shippou put down the cards.
*SLAM*
"And that concludes my tale of where Inuyasha and Kagome have been all of this time." Shippou crossed his arms and nodded, eyes closed. Miroku gaped. Kouga kept laughing. Sesshomaru sighed and shook his head. Rin giggled sweetly and poked Sesshomaru, who smiled and, giving in, let out a deep chuckle. Inuyasha and Kagome, both being famous for their 'perfect timing', walked in at that exact moment.
"What the hell are you all staring at?" Inuyasha growled. A half-choking half-laughing Kouga merely flipped a couple of notecards at them.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?" Kagome screamed. "SHIPPOU!"
"WAH! INUYASHA! KAGOME IS HITTING ME! WAH! MIROKU! KOUGA! SAVE ME!!!"
"YOU DISGUSTING PERVERTED PEEPING TOM OF A KITSUNE! GET BACK HERE!" Inuyasha screamed, chasing a terrified fox boy out of sight. Kagome, blushing madly, disintegrated the cards with a pink glow that none of the current onlookers felt like dealing with. They all backed up a few paces, even Sesshomaru. As in they high-tailed it outta there! O !!!
(A/N: *laughs ass off* I dunno if you have seen that episode where Shippou draws on the paper, but it's sooo funny. And in all honesty, he is a very good animator!! That section there is dedicated to my friend Shippou-chan as congrats for the awesome play. Anyways, back to the depressing stuff... -_-;)
~
Sango blinked, watching the shafts of sunlight filter through the cracks in the beams above her. She watched as the hay must slowly swung in a pendulum-like manner down these beams of light. Sango shifted, then sighed, making several pieces of the dust go whirling back up. Wincing, she attempted to move her left arm, but to no avail. All she got was searing pain moving up the agonized limb. Damn. Broken. She could feel the splinters of bone grind against one another, and almost passed out. Black fuzz clouded her vision as her mortal ache took over, and for a while she wandered the realm between consciousness and flat-out death. Jerking back to the real world, she sourly wondered what had brought her back. She didn't feel pain in that blessed cool abyss- here, however, was a different spin on the tale. Sango soon discovered her awakener.
Rain.
The sunlit cracks of before that had so 'amused' Sango now were her curse: cold, harsh, painful rain now flew towards her. The hay quickly became damp and Sango, for lack of warmth and security, wept. Not that you could tell: the sparse drops of water efficiently hid the molten silver that traversed her face. Sango cried harder: the water was beginning to sting in her wounds. She cried out when a place in her arm screamed. Looking down, Sango became nauseated. At one point of her arm a splinter of bone had obviously pierced through: a small hole riddled with clotted blood lay between her wrist and joint. She cried hard, sobbing. Could things get any worse?
She had been betrayed.
She was Naraku's slave once more.
She hurt like hell, and all that that phrase implies.
She was on the brink of loosing her sanity.
She wanted to die, for kami's sake.
She needed to wound Miroku, both bodily and spiritually.
And dammit, her arm was grossing her out.
Sango continued to cry until the rain lightened up. A sudden sound shocked her, causing her to jump. She winced as pain shot through her, then she concentrated on the noise. Sango froze and a single tear ran as she heard the clanking of Sankujou.
~
Miroku was livid. For once in his life, he was truly mad. Naraku had taken Chani.
And to where, he almost didn't want to know.
Miroku had run all the way to Naraku's property, promptly beating the shit out of the bastard. He left only because he had become outnumbered, and then it was reluctantly. He killed as many of Naraku's henchmen as possible, but soon he had had to run. Miroku had to rescue Chani, after all. He had raced for the barn, dashed in, and scuttled up the ladder. Nausea hit him hard as he tried not to imagine Sango's current state. He held his breath. Kami-sama, give me strength. He prayed silently, then took the plunge. He vaulted into air, landing gracefully on the loft. He almost fell back down. It was worse then he thought.
*Miroku's POV*
"Sango?" I whispered, barely able to look at her. She struggled to sit up, but I pushed her gently down. I smiled when I realized that she was able to move, at least. "Shh, don't move. Don't move. I will-" She cut me off physically.
*SMACK*
I flipped back, stunned. She had just hit me, and hard. I blinked.
"Chani?" I questioned, thoroughly lost.
"Don't... call me... that!" She screamed, her voice almost giving out. She shook with unsurpassed rage. "You betrayed me!" Angry tears coursed down her cheeks. I was frozen. Betrayed? "You betrayed me to Naraku! You said... you said you loved me! You lied! And I was..." Her voice softened, and she brought her hand next to her chin. "And I was stupid enough to believe you." She closed her eyes for a moment, the look on her face remorseful. My heart ached at the sight of Sango so broken. But that did not last long. She looked up again, angry once more. "Leave!" She snarled.
"But... Naraku..." I tried to start.
"I would rather be with Naraku then you!" She spat at me. Her eyes did not lie: she actually thought Naraku and I had... good god! That was it.
"Sango! What are you talking about?" I tried not to raise my voice. It didn't work so well.
"You SOLD me to him for a HORSE!" She screamed, fist clenched. "YOU LIED! You said I held your love!"
"But you do! Naraku lied!" I tried desperately to calm her, but she flung my arms away. I stared, hurt.
"Who am I to believe? Naraku saved my brother. You just led me on!" She continued to scream, her face contorted with unbelievable anger and pain. My heart clenched, I was the cause! I searched her eyes for any sign of Sango, of Chani, any at all. My search was to no avail. She was beyond recognition now: at least, her heart was.
"Naraku is a lying bastard!" I yelled, my face flushing.
"Then you have something ELSE in common! Other then your cruel hearts and your sick ways!" She yelled, the tears continuing to fall. For once in my life, I was mad at a woman. And to think it was Chani. My Chani. I could not believe what she had just said. Me and Naraku? Alike? Our HEARTS and THOUGHTS the SAME? No. NO! Not possible! my mind screamed. No!
"SHUT UP! YOU ARE MY SLAVE! LISTEN TO ME!" I trembled with rage, not realizing my fight was with Naraku and not the torn maiden in front of me. She stopped, staring at me, the hurt in her eyes doubling. I continued to rant like a insane maniac. "You have been my bitch all this time..." I threw out. I had been pushed so far I was saying anything to get her to come with me. "Why would it change? I enjoy your company! You are right! There! Happy!? Now, come on! I want you back home NOW!" Roughly, I grabbed her. Picking her up, I stormed out, ignoring her cries of pain and anger. She hit me, but I didn't feel it. I got up unceremoniously onto my horse and kicked her on, speeding off into the black horizon.
^WAHH!! I AM SUCH A CRUEL BETA!! OH!! HOW CAN I DO THIS!?
But it's LEADING UP... As I always say:
"Angst today makes for a sweeter fluff tomorrow."
And how true it is!!
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