Chapter 4
Sunrise
AN: I'm really sorry about the wait guys. My computer caught a virus and I didn't know what the hell was wrong with the damn thing. So I finally found out I had to have ALL of my hard drive wiped. I had to retype the entire chapter. I hope you like what I've done with this for this is the last chapter. But hey, if I get enough people wanting more, I'll start the sequel of my own idea. Please enjoy!
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NalaravatheRed- wouldn't you like to know… ::evil grin:: well, I'll leave that up to you, since I really don't talk about it in here.
Inuficcrzy- thank you for the advice on Inu-Yasha's eyes. I wasn't quite sure about them. Good idea with the iron thing, and believe me I tried to work it into the story cause I liked it so much, but it didn't work out. Yes, Inu-Yasha should stay in his youkai form, but for this story, he's back to normal. Hope the chapter is ok even without your idea in it. Thanks for the review!
CoCo1220- yes, I'm sorry about Inu-Yasha being OOC sorta. I promise you we will see our favorite hanyou become normal soon! Though I can't promise about how long that will last…
Sisana- thank you for the help with youki and youkai. I was always told youki. I hope the wait on this chapter will be worth it for you! Thanks for the review!
Shoruni- I'm glad I could give you some entertainment. Your email got cut off, so if you are reading this and I haven't replied back yet, I didn't find your email on fanfic. I hope you like this next chapter.
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And onto the story!
Inu-Yasha's silver hair whipped around as the hanyou's head turned so his golden eyes could search the darkness around him quickly.
He could hear her.
He could smell her.
"Where are you…?" His growl was quiet, to quiet for anyone else to hear. His ears twitched as something moved in a circle around him. 'Damn it…' He ground his teeth together as his nose picked up the scent again.
She was getting closer… closing in on him…
Inu-Yasha slashed out as a woman jumped at him. His claws met flesh as her knife met his. He jumped back as the woman's black hair disappeared after her body, back into the darkness. She laughed, the sound echoing in the hanyou's sensitive ears.
"You're not too bad at this mutt." Ashura said as she again began to dart in circles around the hanyou. Inu-Yasha watched around him, his shoulder and chest now covered in blood. "But you're mine!" Ashura suddenly appeared in front of the hanyou, running her sword through his unprotected stomach. He gasped lightly in surprise as he fell forward into the blade slightly. He coughed, blood coloring his lips again.
"Inu-Yasha?!" A new voice called. The hanyou opened his eyes. The world around him was fuzzy. "Inu-Yasha, wake up. Look at me." The voice continued. The hanyou blinked and put his right hand up to his mouth. The voice still calling to him he knew.
"Kagome…" The dim cell came back into focus around him as he spoke her name. Kagome's brown eyes connected with his golden ones.
"Inu-Yasha are you ok?" The young woman had worry dancing in her eyes. Inu-Yasha lowered his hand and nodded.
"Yeah, don't worry about it." He looked around, his eyes searching the dark corners of the cell, before the golden orbs fell on the heavy wooden door. "Has she come back?" He questioned looking back at Kagome. She blinked once.
"Hu, you mean Ashura?" Kagome shook her head. "No, no one has come." Inu-Yasha nodded and rested his head against the wall again. Kagome sat back on her feet. She took a deep breath.
"Well, you're not bleeding anymore." Kagome pushed her hair behind her ear. "But it's getting late again." She alone looked out the window as the sun slowly sank behind the horizon, putting the two back into a world of dark purples and blues. Kagome turned back to Inu-Yasha. "You slept the day away." She smiled, but it faded.
Inu-Yasha continued to stare up at the ceiling. The hanyou suddenly winced and bent over double. "Inu-Yasha?!" Kagome reached out to him.
"Leave me alone." He snapped and pushed her hand away. He slowly sat straight again. Kagome watched him quietly. "What?" He asked giving her a stern look.
"Nothing," she said before turning away. Inu-Yasha blinked.
"Kagome…?" He put out a hand to touch her shoulder. She suddenly turned around. Inu-Yasha fell back, hitting his back on the wall. "OW!"
"You're such a pain!" Kagome leaned in on the hanyou, making him cower slightly. "You could be a little nicer you know!" Kagome yelled. Inu-Yasha got his confidence back.
"Why would I do that?!" He yelled, pushing Kagome back with his voice. She frowned.
"Because you're a softy!" Inu-Yasha cowered.
"A WHAT?!" He shouted sitting forward again.
"A softy! You always act so tough! Now lay down before you hurt yourself!" Kagome had no real reason to tell the hanyou to lie down; her yelling had pushed him into sitting so far down that he was practically laying on the ground already. Kagome's eyes filled with tears. "You're such a pain…" Kagome buried her face in her hands.
"Wait, Kagome… don't cry." Inu-Yasha reached a hand out to the young woman's shaking shoulder.
"I'm not crying," Kagome said with a sniffle, lifting her tear streaked face from her hands to look at Inu-Yasha. "I'm just… getting rid of excess water." She buried her face into her hands again. 'I want to go home… Gramps… Mom… Sota…' She thought. Inu-Yasha had to lay back; his body suddenly wasn't taking well to his injuries.
Both Inu-Yasha's and Kagome's hearts skipped a beat as the cell door opened again.
The hanyou made a move to get up, but Kagome stopped him. He looked up at her as she got to her own feet. "You need to rest." Her voice sounded different to the hanyou for a minute. Both pairs of eyes watched as Ashura again walked through the door.
"Well, how is my little play thing doing?" Ashura asked grinning wildly. Inu-Yasha growled. Kagome stepped forward. Ashura turned to look at her. "Ah, yes, and then there is the little human."
"Shut-UP, I'm so damn tired of your voice." Inu-Yasha got to his feet and stood next to Kagome. "Go for the door, I'll take care of this wench." Inu-Yasha whispered to Kagome. She nodded in reply.
"What's with all of the whispering? Don't you know it's rude!" Ashura suddenly shot forward, her sword coming out of its sheath in a flash of white light.
"Go!" Inu-Yasha yelled as he jumped backward and away from Ashura. Kagome hesitated a second about leaving Inu-Yasha before she ran for the cell door that now seamed a lifetime away.
Inu-Yasha did his best to keep away from Ashura's quick blade. She laughed slightly as she cornered the hanyou. "Now what mutt?" She asked as she held her sword out straight in front of her; the point was lined up with Inu-Yasha's heart.
The hanyou pressed his back against the wall as Ashura pressed her blade tip to his chest. Blood slowly began to seep down his white shirt as the sword broke skin. Inu-Yasha growled and jumped at the woman, knocking her sword from her hand. "Mutt!" Her sharp yell mixed with the clatter of the sword as it fell to the floor.
Inu-Yasha cracked his knuckles as he glared at the woman in front of him. "Now what woman?" Inu-Yasha snickered. Ashura grinned as her eyes darted to the cell door. Her dark brown orbs fell on Kagome as the younger woman slipped out of the door.
"And where are you going?" Ashura whirled around and ran at Kagome. Inu-Yasha jumped after her.
"Kagome!" Her name being called by Inu-Yasha stopped the young woman and she turned around. Kagome gasped as Ashura slid her second sword out of its sheath. "Kagome!" Inu-Yasha yelled again. He came around the corner of the door to see Ashura on Kagome. "Blades of Blood!" The hanyou hoped he was not too late to save Kagome.
Ashura fell to her knees as the red blades cut deeply into her back. Kagome stumbled backward as light red blood bubbled from the woman's mouth. "Damn you mutt…" The woman fell completely to the floor.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Inu-Yasha jumped over the fallen Ashura to stand in front of Kagome. She slowly looked up at him. He blinked at her expression. "What is it?" He searched her shocked face. Her eyes slowly fell closed. "KAGOME?!" Inu-Yasha caught the young woman as she fell into him.
"What happened?" The hanyou felt blood run onto his hands; the scent of Kagome's blood began to mix with Ashura's. Inu-Yasha quickly turned Kagome onto her back. The blood was coming from her left side, her blood dyeing his shirt a darker crimsome. "No, Kagome…" He touched her cheek lightly, brushing her hair from her face. Inu-Yasha put his ear to Kagome's pale lips.
She was still breathing.
"I'm going to get you out of here Kagome." Inu-Yasha assured the young woman as he pulled his head back. He lifted her into his arms as he got to his feet. "Hold on…" He muttered. Inu-Yasha looked behind him, not sure which way the way to get out was. He turned back around, his nose to full of blood to help him decide. "Damn," the hanyou took off running away from the fallen woman and the cell of which he and Kagome had been locked up in.
It was twenty minutes before Inu-Yasha found and opening in the wall that he could get out of. He looked down at Kagome, her face pale now, before stepping past the cloth hanging over the door, and into the dark, night air.
'Hu… where am I…?' Kagome looked around her. It was dark, with no moon or stars above her. 'Inu-Yasha…?' At her thought, a dim light came on and a fuzzy figure began to become clear. 'Kikyo?' Kagome was shocked to see the priestess, but not to see Inu-Yasha with her.
'Were the past few days nothing more than a nightmare?' Kagome stood, unable to move, as Inu-Yasha stood against the Sacred Tree, Kikyo in front of him. Kikyo stood poised with an arrow ready to attack the hanyou.
"Kikyo," Inu-Yasha stepped forward.
"Don't Inu-Yasha!" The string holding the arrow back began to tremble. Kikyo was fighting within herself. The hanyou stopped as told. "Die…" Kikyo's voice was a whisper as she let the arrow go. Inu-Yasha was flung backward, his back smashing into the Sacred Tree. He slowly raised his head to look at Kikyo as her spell took effect on him.
"Kikyo… why…?" He struggled to speak.
'Inu-Yasha!' Kagome yelled, she still couldn't move. Tears fell down her cheeks as the hanyou's head fell onto his chest and the rest of his body stopped moving. 'Inu-Yasha!'
Inu-Yasha continued to run through the darkness. He didn't' know where he was, but he could smell fire, and so followed it to a village. The hanyou stopped as a bunch of faces looked up at him.
"A demon!" Someone shouted.
"And he has a woman!" Someone else yelled just before everyone began running in panic. Inu-Yasha growled lightly.
"Shut-up! Everyone just shut-up and listen to me!" He yelled. The villagers froze. "Where are we? What village is this?" Inu-Yasha asked, his eyes searching the scared faces of the villagers.
"Call the priestess!" A woman shouted.
"Yes! Lady Kira will know what to do!" A man suddenly dashed away from the rest of the villagers.
"Just tell me where we are!" Inu-Yasha was pissed; Kagome didn't have time for this.
"You are a long way from home demon." A calm voice said. The crowd of villagers parted to allow a young woman to walk up to the hanyou. Inu-Yasha watched her carefully.
"How would you know?" He asked as the priestess stopped, her deep brown hair coming to a rest over her shoulder. Her dark golden eyes laughed at the silver haired hanyou.
"Because I can tell you every demon that makes his home on these hills." She said slowly reaching to her side, her hand resting stiffly on the hilt of her sword. "Now, leave peacefully, leaving that girl with us."
"No," Inu-Yasha snapped instantly. What the hell was the problem? Couldn't they just tell him where he was? "Tell me, do you know of Kaede?" Inu-Yasha growled.
"Maybe, what business do you have with her demon?" Kira asked pulling her sword out of its sheath and holding it out in front of her. Inu-Yasha was beyond pissed off, he could feel and smell Kagome sinking further into unconsciousness.
"I need her help!" The hanyou suddenly shouted. "Kagome needs her help! Now tell me where I am!" Inu-Yasha's fangs were bared. The priestess lowered her sword.
"Kagome? Do you mean the woman?"
"Yes," Inu-Yasha said as calmly as he could. Kira nodded and put her sword away slowly.
"Kaede is priestess over a village about half a day's walk that way." She pointed south. Inu-Yasha nodded stiffly before running through the village, jumping over any human's in his path.
"Lady Kira, are you sure it is wise to allow the demon to leave with the young woman?" An older woman asked.
"He is unlike any other demon. The young woman will be fine." That was all the priestess said before walking back to her work.
'Kikyo!' Kagome was surprised that the priestess could see her. 'What are you doing?' Kagome's heart began to beat quicker as the priestess walked up to her.
"Inu-Yasha is going with me to hell. You do not belong here. He does not want you." She motioned slightly to Inu-Yasha. "Go away." Kikyo's voice was cold as she finished her words. She pushed Kagome backward.
'Kikyo! You can't take Inu-Yasha!' Kagome continued to yell as she fell down the Bone Eater's Well, which had come from nowhere. 'Kikyo no!' Kagome yelled as her view of the priestess walking back over to Inu-Yasha disappeared into darkness.
Inu-Yasha stopped to look down at Kagome. Her face was glowing slightly in the darkness; her white skin contrasting with the night. "Kagome…" Inu-Yasha could smell the path of blood still dripping from the young woman's wound.
Suddenly the hanyou couldn't hear the slow, but steady heartbeat that had been coming from Kagome.
"Kagome?!" He put an ear to her chest. There was no sound, nor any movement of air past her lips. "No, no, Kagome!" Inu-Yasha lifted his head, quickly looking around him. What should he do? What could he do? He turned to look back at Kagome.
"Don't go Kagome; don't leave me, please…" The hanyou sat shaking slightly as the sun began to rise. Everything around the two became the color of the blood which no longer flowed in Kagome. Inu-Yasha ignored the person coming toward him; he didn't care anymore.
"Inu-Yasha?" A surprised voice asked. The hanyou again ignored the young man standing behind him. "Lady Kagome? What happened Inu-Yasha?" Miroku asked stepping to Inu-Yasha's side.
"I couldn't' save her…" Inu-Yasha's clawed hands clenched in his haori that Kagome wore. "I couldn't stop her…" Miroku watched Inu-Yasha, not quite sure what to say, until Sango walked up to the silent group, catching his attention.
"Miroku—" Sango started, but the monk held up a hand swiftly to stop her words. Sango stopped and turned to look at the hanyou and human sitting on the ground, tears coming to her eyes. Miroku put his arm around her shoulders softly.
The sun continued to rise.
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seam to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just to much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me
These wounds won't seam to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just to much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
And though you're still with me
I've been alone
I'm alone
Well… that's the end… there is no more, unless people want more. I have a sequel in mind, but I'm not writing it unless I get reviews telling me to. Thank you for reading my fic, I hope you enjoyed it. Flames are welcome as long as they give advice, or help, or whatever else you think might help make me better for you guys (Meaning not telling me that I need to continue to make food at McDonald's thank you). You all know where the review button is, push it and let me know what you think!
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