Aphiopsyduck: WARNING! Extreme language and violence ahead. Read
with caution. :o)
Chapter 13: When plans go awry
Kagome grabbed the weathered edge of the well. She looked around one last time, then clambered over the wooden side. She readied herself to jump, then paused. Something's not right…
Kagome's hair stood on end. What the— The air seemed tense, almost foreboding. She shook her head. Imagining things right before a huge algebra test… Typical, Kagome… She stuck out the tongue at herself, then poised her legs to slide into the well again.
The whoosh of an air rip, so familiar yet completely unexpected, made her swing her legs back to the solid ground. She listened. There! But why's Miroku using the air rip so late? Unless… Rin!
Kagome raced back towards the village, willing her legs to go faster. If something happens to Rin, I'll never forgive myself…
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Sesshoumaru heard the faint whoosh of air and paused. Ryu Hishou pawed at the air, each head snaking around every which way. Jaken looked over his shoulder. "There seems to be a battle, Master."
Sesshoumaru turned. "Take Ryu Hishou and land somewhere. Stay as far away as you can, but wait for my call." Sesshoumaru stepped onto his cloud and flew towards the whooshing sound.
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Sango, Shippou and Hoonomei were outside Kaede's when Rin came running. "Sango-neechan! Sango-neechan!"
All three stood. Kirara, perched on Sango's shoulder, growled into the night. "What's wrong, Rin?"
The little girl's tear-stained face was enough for Sango. Without waiting for a reply, she went in and grabbed her boomerang. "Stay here with Shippou and Hoonomei." She raced off in the direction Rin had come from.
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"Traitorous son of a bitch! I'm gonna kill you!" Inuyasha swung Tetsusaiga at Miroku, who rolled away from the blow. I didn't bring my staff, but then again I didn't expect to get into a fight…Now I can't even use the air rip anymore… Smart, Miroku, really smart…
Inuyasha swung again. Miroku raced in a circle away from him. "Dammit, Inuyasha, let me explain!" He dodged another swing.
"Fuck that! You've explained enough!" Inuyasha swung again, but as Miroku rolled away the enraged hanyou managed to connect a punch. Miroku dropped to the ground. He looked back and saw Inuyasha standing over him, Tetsusaiga pointed at him. "You're dead, monk. No one can save you now." Miroku closed his eyes and said a prayer.
Several things happened at once. Sango came into the clearing, saw Inuyasha swing his sword at Miroku's head, and threw her boomerang. Sesshoumaru came into the clearing at the same time she let go, dodged the boomerang, and yielded his light whip. He snapped the whip at Inuyasha's head at the same time Kagome came into the picture, took one look at the situation, and screamed, "SIT!"
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When the smoke cleared, Miroku was still sprawled on the floor, waiting for the final blow. Sango's boomerang had caught Sesshoumaru in the back of the leg when he didn't dodge it fast enough as it sailed back towards its owner. Sesshoumaru's whip missed Inuyasha's head by a foot, crashing instead into a nearby tree and severing it from its base. Inuyasha had vanished into an Inuyasha-shaped hole, and could be heard cursing faintly from several feet belowground. Kagome sank to her knees. "I hate you all!"
Three pairs of eyes swung towards her. She sobbed, "One more test! All I needed was pass one more test to finish this trimester!" She angrily swiped at her tears, stood and walked over to the edge of the Inuyasha-shaped hole, which was strangely quiet all of a sudden. "Don't you dare get out of that hole, you asshole. That's your new home until I come back again. If I find out you've come out of there, I'll sit *thump!* you into the other side of the fucking planet!"
She whirled towards Miroku. Her face was calm. Too calm. "Are you all right?" He jerkily nodded. "Good. I take it Inuyasha knows?" Another nod. "Perfect. Just perfect." Miroku shivered. Oh, Kami, I'm dead…
Kagome turned to Sango, who took a step back. She held up her hands in a placating gesture. "I am so sorry, Sango. I didn't mean to include you in this. I don't hate you." She turned to glare at the other two. "What the hell happened?"
A large silver firecat chose that moment to charge into the clearing. Sango gripped her boomerang. He looked around until he saw Kagome, then rushed to her. In a swirl of silver and gold the firecat was gone, and an agitated Hoonomei grasped Kagome's hands and tugged. "Come on! Hurry!"
"Hoonomei, what's wrong?"
Hoonomei tugged her some more. "Shippou's hurt and Rin's trapped! Come on!"
Sesshoumaru moved one foot towards Kaede's house. "Oh, no you don't.
You're staying here." Kagome's voice stopped him dead. He growled. She
glowered at him. "I'm responsible for her." She pointed to the hole. "You're
in charge of that moron. Sango, please help him keep an eye on that hole.
Any movement, use your boomerang." Kagome ran to Hoonomei, who had changed
back, and climbed on. Both vanished into the night.
© 9/8/03, M.A.R.
Aphiopsyduck: *bows* Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! *deep frown* Sorry?
I know, I know... I've been gone for so long that you guys might have given up on me. Well, it's easy to explain. Remember the Inuyasha-Harry Potter crossover I mentioned? Well, after moving this story along to chapter 21, I stopped again to give it a rest. And wrote a prologue and 6 chapters--which is longer than THIS story is--for the crossover. I also wrote another one-shot, but I don't think either of those will see your choosy tastes.
Unless someone actually WANTS to see that drivel. *grin*
Anyhoo. I apologize profusely if anyone was deeply offended by either the violence and/or the language. I was NOT a happy person when I wrote this chapter. *sheepish grin*
Since I want to make up for being gone so long, I'm putting up one more chapter. I hope you enjoy what happens when charactes unconsciously open up to the world. *smile*
(More or less) Permanent A/N: *sweatdrops…* Ehehe… First fanfic… If nothing else, it's a test run, since this will be my first real fanfic posted anywhere. I don' really know where it's going though, so please bear with me. Reviews are welcome, and flames will be used on undead mikos who refuse to leave our heroes alone. :o)