Kagome's Song and Inuyasha's Love
Ok!!! I was quite happy with the reviews I got...more people were trying to guess my mystery!!!!! The winner of this contest is...um...Kachie. Doesn't it suck to have a best friend who is in the story who knows your every thought once you give them a hint? (Nope, just kidding...it rocks!!!) I shall admit, it took twenty minutes of saying 'no' to her ideas on Yahoo IM, but she got the majority of it on her own. (The part I finally gave to her out of pure need to tell someone my devious plot came thirty minutes later...) The more I thought about it though...the more it didn't seem fair that she won twice in a row, even though she earned it. So I compromised and selected a second winner for those of you who may feel gypped.
Kachie wrote her answer in a review later to make it official, or else I couldn't count it. I, however, told her to put only part of her SELF-DISCOVERED answer in it, and even told her what specifically, so that the story wouldn't be ruined for those of you who, like her, read what other people have to say by looking at their reviews.
My other winner is Kenshin Kawamaki. I am very proud of what you thought, and how close you got without me saying 'nope' for twenty minutes. And, in all actuality, that WAS my original plan BEFORE this one popped into my head. You, my smart friend, get special honors in this chapter and, if you want, I'll send you a work of art of mine via e-mail. Please, would you prefer one of my photography works of art, (some of which is online already, I'll send you one that isn't,) or my personal drawings, which, in turn, are mostly people of some sort and a back round? Nicole, who received special honors a while back, still hasn't gotten her picture because I forgot to give it to Kachie for scanning, (sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!) And since that is the case, I would like to send her the same offer. Photography, or drawing?
I have posted a quiz about my story on If you want to take the quiz, please go to my profile and select the link provided. Anyone who gets 90% out of ten questions gets honors and a prize. You can take the quiz only once or you will be disqualified, I get e-mail every time someone takes it, so you HAVE been warned...
This is my Koga/Kachie chapter. I hope I get as much positive feedback as I did for Miroku and Sango. That one was high on everyone's favorite list it seems...please enjoy and tell me your thoughts, they are always welcome.
Disclaimer: I, the average fan, own nothing...but...when I rule the world...
Naraku- Oh, would you give it a rest? I tried to take over the world so many
times that my baboon pelt started shedding...
Me- That's because you didn't take good care of it and wore it too much...same
thing happened to your face...here, let me redo your eye-shadow...
Naraku- Thanks...
Me- (finishes and hands Naraku a mirror with a picture of what he used to look
like in it instead of glass) Here, how's it look?
Naraku- It looks great! Thanks! I'm gonna go try and kill your friends again...
Me- (laughs a little and lets him go) (whispers to self) I hope he doesn't mind
pink, purple, green, red, blue, and yellow make-up...he looks like a damn
clown...next I'll do his hair...
Sorting Feelings...and Resorting Them
Kachie's POV:
Kachie slumped down at a stream and cupped some of the crystal blue water in her hands. She briefly looked at her reflection, (which looked more ragged than usual it seemed,) before bringing it to her lips and practically inhaling the cold liquid. She hadn't had anything to drink in hours, since before she had left her era actually, and it was getting hot.
"How odd...it's night time and it's getting hotter...isn't there some sort of scientific rule against that?" she thought aloud bitterly, taking another drink of water, thankful that it was cold.
In this dimension the moon was full, making it easy for Kachie to see everything around her. She rested for about five more minutes before setting out again to look for Koga, wanting to find him before Naraku's thug did. She looked around as she did so, looking for anything that looked like it could make a decent weapon. Kachie stopped for a moment and thought about her friends.
Kagome doesn't have her bow and arrows...and Hekele doesn't have her katana or sais...they had been gone when she woke up in the cell...as well as Sango's katana...I hope they're doing alright... she thought sadly, wanting to know what had happened to them. Sighing, she pressed on through the meadow she had found the stream in towards the other side, which happened to be the darkest forest she had ever seen.
"As Hekele would say: Lovely..." she quoted sarcastically as she glanced once again at the stream, which happened to flow into the forest, "What are my odds that both Koga and Naraku's demon are in there?" She watched as a mouse ran into the forest and then squeal for its life once it was probably two feet in. She then heard crunching noises, ones made by something eating.
"Knowing my horrid luck...the odds are probably pretty good..." she said, rather annoyed. Sighing both in defeat and apprehension, she followed the stream into the black woods, hoping not to meet the same fate as the mouse.
Koga's POV:
He stayed near Kagome to make sure she wouldn't get cold...not that it wouldn't be too difficult, what with the sudden rise of temperature, but he wanted to be near her anyway. Koga looked out the entrance to the cave at the barely visible sky. The stars that had been littering it an hour ago were beginning to hide behind dark clouds that could only foretell of storms ahead.
"I am glad that I found you before those clouds rolled in..." he said to Kagome, though she was still unconscious. He eyed her critically, as if checking once again for unnoticed wounds. He idly wondered why it was that Naraku had blocked his sense of smell when he had sent him wherever it was that Koga happened to be in.
He glanced towards the back at the cave they were in. It was very large, and probably went all the way to the other side of the rock wall it was carved in. Other demons could enter, perhaps some already had. No matter, if any came near him or Kagome, he would kill them. Then, as he looked out the entrance to watch the dark clouds block the oddly full moon, another thought crossed his mind.
I wonder if Kachie is alright...
Kachie's POV:
Drip. Drip. Drop. Kachie closed her eyes in frustration as it began to sprinkle through the insanely dense trees. She absolutely HATED rain. She was aware that the wind seemed to have changed directions suddenly. It wasn't gonna rain...it was gonna monsoon.
"Perfect. I despise water that falls from the sky...and now I'm gonna drown in it if I don't find some shelter...but I really need to find Koga..." she said as she ducked under a branch, "I should probably try to get away from all of these trees...I attract enough bad luck...I do NOT want to add lightning to my 'things I surprisingly lived through' list..."
She jogged around trees and under branches for another five minutes in hopes of finding shelter before the rain really started to pick up. She groaned in defeat when she felt the rain suddenly coming down on her in what seemed to be gallons per second and slowed to a walking pace. After getting soaked to the bone for about more three minutes she found a clearing...and what appeared to be the bottom of a rock wall. The truth was, the rain was so hard in the clearing that she couldn't see past her hand clearly. She hesitated before running towards it, hoping to see an especially dark spot, which would signify a cave. For once, her rotten luck dished out something good.
She saw a small opening near the ground, just barely big enough for her to climb into without getting stuck. Not even thinking twice about demons or stray animals that may have already taken refuge there, she made a mad dash for it and, getting on her stomach and sliding into it through the now muddy ground, climbed in. As far as she was concerned, if any demons had made that place their temporary home, she'd scare them to death with her runny make-up and red and black knotted hair. There was no way in Hell she was going back out into that rain.
She sat down on a thankfully dry rock and looked at her surroundings. The cave appeared small, but if she climbed up the wall a few feet she could see an opening that led to another chamber. Curiosity claimed her and Kachie climbed up the rocky wall into the next room. The cave, which she saw was much larger now, seemed to go on forever. Before Kachie could make her next move, she sneezed.
Koga's POV:
The sound of an echoing sneeze reached Koga's ears like a gong at a festival. He stood up and was about to investigate the source of the sound when Kagome began to stir at his feet. He instantly sat back down, (ignoring the sound for the moment,) and began to gently shake the girl awake, knowing he could help her better if she was able to tell him what hurt and such. He was vaguely aware of the temperature dropping considerably.
He watched with earnest as Kagome began to open her eyes. She was sure to be surprised that he had found her and not that mutt Inuyasha, but it would be a good surprise. She moaned as if in pain, (which made Koga wince with displeasure,) before opening them completely and revealing him to her. Suddenly a strange feeling over took him, and it wasn't a good one. He felt like he had suddenly lost something...something VERY important. He, choosing to ignore the feeling for the moment, met her eyes with his trademark smile.
"K-koga? Where am I? And, where's everyone else?" she asked, before sneezing a bit. Koga couldn't help but do a mental victory dance. She hadn't specifically asked for Inuyasha; he was happy.
"We are in some place that Naraku has devised...I found you unconscious an hour or so ago...I brought you here and then it began to rain..." he said gently. Kagome only nodded as she sat up. Without warning, she wrapped her arms around Koga and started crying into his shoulder.
A bit startled, Koga could only gently wrap his arms around Kagome as she sobbed, "Kagome...what's happened? Naraku didn't hurt you did he?" Venom dripped from his words as he finished that last sentence. Kagome shook her head but didn't move. Koga sighed and held her tighter.
"...While we were all in the dungeon...Sango told me something about Inuyasha..." she said slowly. Koga instantly tensed. What had Inuyasha done to make her so sad?
"She told me that he had seen Kikyo the other night before he had seen me...and that he was rejected for being human...he felt lonely and came to my era...we talked a bit and he told me he loved me...but the only reason he did it was because he wanted to be with someone...anyone...because SHE hurt him...he doesn't love me...not like you do..." she said sadly, not loosening her grip on him. Koga, who had apparently been trying to talk to Kachie when this discovery had been made, growled in anger at Inuyasha's idiocy.
"That's right Kagome...I DO love you..." he said, tightening his hold on her with one arm and wiping away her tears with the other. But even as he said it, something tugged at his heart...trying to remind him of something...something important...
Kachie's POV:
Since nothing had jumped out to eat her after she sneezed, Kachie assumed that she was safe. She decided to see just how far the cave went. As silently as she could, just in case she truly wasn't alone, she walked through the room, seeing another opening near the ground; this one was like a tunnel, burrowing down about ten feet before leading to another room.
"Why am I being drawn deeper into this place? I feel like I NEED to keep going...but even I know how stupid and irresponsible it is...I could get lost..."she thought as she stared at the opening. But still...she felt like she NEEDED to go down there...
Being the girl she was, Kachie couldn't ignore the feeling, so, getting her footing as best she could, she began to crawl backwards down the tunnel. With about five more feet to go until she reached the end, she found that she couldn't find any more foot holes. Panicking slightly, she looked around and saw one a bit further down. She stretched her legs as far as they would go, trying to reach it. Once she touched it and found it could hold her weight, she let go of one of the rocks and grabbed a lower one. It didn't hold her weight. She wasn't able to grab another rock before she slipped and fell. It was a lot further down than she had thought. She screamed in fear.
Koga's POV:
He lifted his head and stared at the back of the cave. He had heard a scream, a feminine scream...he knew that scream...
"Koga...what's the matter?" Kagome asked, clutching him tighter. She had a habit of doing that when she was sad...but it was the first time she had ever done that to him...
"...You didn't hear that scream just now?" he asked her. Kagome shook her head.
"No...are you feeling alright Koga?" she asked, looking up at him. Koga nodded and stood up.
"I have to go and find out what that scream was...I KNOW I heard it..." he said slowly, trying to figure out why that scream had sounded so familiar...
Koga looked down in surprise when Kagome reached up and grabbed his hand, making him blush slightly. The pleading look in her eyes softened his and he kneeled down next to her.
"...Don't leave me alone...ok? I just...I just need you with me right now...I feel like I can depend on you...I always have...and I'm sorry I didn't realize that until just now..." she said, looking into his eyes for hope and forgiveness. Koga smiled at her, leaned in, and gave her a light, and surprisingly gentle, kiss on the cheek. He knew that she would still be aching for Inuyasha a while...he had hurt her...but Koga would let her know that she still had HIS heart...though he knew that he would need to be patient with hers.
He leaned back and stood up again, "You can depend on me...and there is nothing to apologize for...but I still need to know who screamed...I heard it and something tells me that I should go and help. Alright? I promise I'll be back here in a half hour tops..." He gave her a pleading smile and Kagome nodded slowly and released his hand.
"...Ok..." she said meekly, looking down at the ground. Koga's face fell and he wanted to tell her never mind and stay like she wanted, but he felt a need to go looking for the woman who had screamed. He pushed Kagome's bangs out of the way of her face and gave her is trademark smile before heading off at a slight jog towards the sound.
By now the pain that had been flowing through his legs had numbed considerably and it was much easier to move around without having too much of it. Koga found that the cave was quite oddly shaped. There were places where he had to climb up, down, around, and under rocks and rock ledges just to get to other caverns in the cave.
Caves aren't formed like this...this is way to irregular and the caverns are formed in such sporadically different locations from each other...this isn't natural... he thought uneasily. Koga saw a large opening, (which oddly enough reminded him of Inuyasha's big mouth,) which seemed to lead down for a long ways. Feeling an odd sort of tug towards the cavern far below, he grimaced and jumped down. Before he landed Koga got a strange rush...was it anticipation? For what though?
He landed with a thud and his legs buckled beneath him, "Damn...they aren't as strong as I thought they were..." he scowled. He stood carefully and looked around. Now he knew something was wrong, the place was shaped like a maze.
"Kagome's" POV:
That stupid wolf should have stayed put...now he'll only have to suffer more...pity...he would have been fun to toy with longer... she thought evilly. She blinked and her chocolate eyes turned into a blood red. If you looked closely, you could see lightning crackling in them dangerously. As if on cue, the storm outside picked up considerably, creating sheets of water to fall in circles, pounding on the ground horribly hard. Her raven hair turned into a hot pink color and shortened to her shoulders, her clothes, (blue jeans and a pink t-shirt,) turned into a long flowing black kimono with a hot pink trim, and a slit that went up to her waist. Attached to her waist was a battle-axe. It wasn't the easiest weapon to use...but she liked it for all the gore. To finish off the transformation, her long, flawless nails turned a hot pink as well.
After he sees that wench from the future he will begin to retrieve his memories of her...as well as his feelings...I'll have to kill them both now...this should be fun... she thought as she stood up and stretched. She walked towards the direction that Koga had taken with her hands latched behind her head in a bored manner.
"Man...he was kind of cute too, oh well...hope he likes whirling winds and lots of rain..." she said with a sly smile. Good boy...now just stay in one place for your master...
Koga's POV:
Feeling more sure that he was suppose to be finding whomever had screamed, Koga pressed on through the maze and around many turns and bends. He continued this way for near thirty minutes before finding what he was sure he was looking for.
There, lying under what appeared to be an opening in the wall leading straight up was an oddly garbed girl. In fact, everything about her seemed odd. Her hair was red and black, her face was smudged with dark make-up, and she wore a small, black, and strange tunic with a red cross in the middle. Unlike most women in this era she wore pants, which appeared to be made of oddly designed fabric in an equally odd cut and fit. They were black and littered with steel chains. She was covered from head to toe in mud, probably because of the storm. Despite all of this, Koga felt as though he knew her...and cared for her deeply.
"Why...do I feel this attraction to her? It's almost if she were...my woman. But Kagome...what is this strange feeling?" he asked himself as he bent down and got a better look at her. He surprised himself by reaching out and brushing her hair out of her face. Despite the running make-up he thought her quite beautiful. He felt quite familiar with her.
"Do I know you?" he asked her unconscious form gently, once again surprising himself. He couldn't shake the feeling that he knew her...on the contrary it kept getting stronger.
The girl stirred a bit and she began to slowly open her eyes. Koga watched in earnest as her deep earth colored eyes met his. Her orbs seemed to enlarge when she saw him.
"K-koga? What're you doing down here?" she said shakily, before sneezing. Koga felt a smile tug at his lips at the innocence coming from the devilish looking creature. Yes...he obviously knew her. He could feel his affections for this girl growing every second. Suddenly, a name rushed into his head, hitting him harder than Kagura with her Dancing Dragons attack.
"Kachie..." he said it slowly, as if testing the name out on his own tongue. Kachie smiled at him and tried to sit up but Koga lightly pressed her shoulder back down, luckily for her it wasn't her injured one.
"You need to stay still for a bit...you could have a concussion or something," he said softly, feeling more and more secure with her presence. He also knew that he had the right name, not only did it feel right, but she also wasn't yelling and screeching like a woman would if you had called her by the wrong name...
"But I don't wanna..." she whined. Koga actually grinned at this and gave a strand of her hair a slight tug.
"Quit your whining pup wanna-be..." he teased, more of his memory returning to him. This was Kachie. Best friend of Hekele and Kagome, becoming quickly a best friend of Sango, a huge whiner, loves wolves, dark colors, odd make-up, lots of thin dark bracelets, spikes on collars, and was the one he had spent so much time talking to despite certain confused emotions...that's who this girl was.
"Again, Koga, I don't wanna..." she teased back. Her eyes suddenly held a sparkle in them that told of her rebelliousness. Koga rolled his eyes as he sat next to her.
"So what happened after...you were taken?" he asked, suddenly getting serious. Kachie gave him a smile that made his heart ache. He had felt so horrible about not being able to save her, and yet she wasn't mad?
"Well, after we woke up from our 'nap' and our wounds were all bandaged, Kanna came to visit us..."
"KANNA! The soul stealer? She didn't-"
"Koga, does it look like I'm a soulless zombie to you? I know my make-up is a mess but still...No, Kanna didn't harm anyone...she came to warn us about Naraku's plan...about what would happen when you all came to save us...Kagura had sent her...they wanted to help..."
Koga sneered at this, he'd never forgive Kagura for murdering his clan, "And what did she say would happen?"
"She said that Naraku had created four dimensions in which we would each await our 'respective male'. Also awaiting them would be either a temptation or confusion. Naraku wants to...test our love...before he kills us..." she turned her head away from his as she said this, as if in shame.
Koga reached out and pulled her face to look at his, "How was everyone when you last saw them?" he asked, diverting the conversation back to something that had caught his mind.
Kachie sighed and propped herself on her elbows, "Hekele had a head injury, Rin was just knocked out for a bit, Sango was just a bit banged up after being thrown through a wall, and Kagome had a huge cut on her stomach. Don't worry; I bandaged it up for her after she woke up. It wasn't nearly as bad as it looked, but you could see it through her shirt a bit..." she explained once she saw Koga's suddenly serious expression when Kagome was mentioned. Kachie felt her heart sink a bit with jealousy for the girl.
"...You say Kagome had a stomach injury?" he asked. Kachie nodded.
"Yeah...she did..."
"...I was just with Kagome...I had found her unconscious...we spoke when she woke up and I never saw an injury on her...anywhere..." he said seriously. Kachie's eyes got wide.
"I think we found your temptation..."
"I think you're right..." Came a feminine voice high above them...this one Koga was positive he didn't know.
Regular POV:
Koga and Kachie looked up and saw the demoness. She had an axe in her hand and was twirling it about playfully, circles of wind being created as she did so. She was also smiling. Koga growled as the realization of who he had been in the company with set in.
"You bitch...pretending to be Kagome...how DARE you!" he yelled with hate.
The demoness stopped her twirling and frowned, "Hey, it's not my fault that you're still obsessed with that chick, I was just following orders. Besides, I couldn't help but enjoy a sweetheart like you while I could ne? Oh, and darling, you really should get those legs checked out, they're starting to look pretty bad..."
Kachie looked at Koga's legs and gasped, "Koga...your shards..."
"Yeah...Naraku has the whole jewel now..."
Kachie drew her eyes from his injured legs long enough to panic, "WHAT!?!?!"
"Yes little chickadee, he has the WHOLE jewel, lovely ne? Now...I'm suppose to be killing you now, mind if I get started?" the demoness said in a bored manner. She flew down at the two and drew her axe once more; this time it glowed with a blue light that crackled with lightning in accordance with her eyes. She was fast.
Koga scooped up Kachie in his arms and dodged the deadly blow, barely. He darted behind a rock and set Kachie down gently. He was about to run off to do battle with the demoness when Kachie grabbed his arm, holding him back.
"Koga, are you well enough? Your legs are beginning to bleed and they look like they could be infected..." she said to him, concerned. Koga's heart tugged with guilt that he could actually have forgotten her...
"...I am well enough to protect you."
"Well I don't want you to! You need to watch your own back and I'll watch mine!"
"What can you do?!" he asked angrily.
"Get me a weapon and you'll see!"
"I don't have time for this!" Koga rushed out of their hiding spot and ducked as the demoness took a swing at him with her axe.
"Oh cut the drama already!" she yelled as she took another swing at Koga. She then stood still and glared at him. Her eyes shining with an icy annoyance seemed to trigger another odd change in the weather. The temperature began to drop and small white flakes began to fall from dark clouds that seemed to form around her. It was snowing.
"Really now, can you seriously concentrate on a battle with all the guilt you must be feeling? After all, you forgot all about the runt over there...just as you were pronouncing your love for that Kagome chick too..." she taunted. Koga growled and took the open shot she gave him by clawing into her stomach.
"Die bitch!" he yelled out of anger.
"I don't think so!" she yelled, taking another shot at him with her axe. Koga jumped up and was narrowly missed. The wind in the cavern suddenly picked up, as did the temperature just a bit. Enough to cause hail. With the now frozen water beating down on her victim the demoness smiled something evil.
"Having fun yet?"
Kachie watched the battle and scowled, "Idiot..." she said as she looked around for something to fight with. All she could find were rocks.
"How the hell am I suppose to help if I don't have a damn weapon!!!" she growled in frustration. "Hell, I'd be happy for a Bee-bee gun, or a potato cannon even...then I'd just need potatoes...or rocks..." Then it hit her, as she looked back down at the rocks, which were quickly being covered in the snow and hail, in deep thought.
"It's worth a shot..." She grabbed a pretty good-sized one and took aim.
The demoness finally succeeded in hitting Koga with her axe. The pain was almost unbearable as lightning struck the wound alone. The new gash on his left leg was relatively small, for she had only grazed him even in his weakened state, but with the lighting it served its purpose. He sunk to the ground angrily as his leg would no longer support him.
The demoness grinned, "Where's your girl? Does no one love you wolf prince?" The wind and hail became even more commanding as the walls of the maze were being blasted to shreds and Koga's body was getting the beating of his life. Suddenly, from behind the demoness came flying a large rock that hit her square in the back of her head at an extremely high speed. It killed her instantly.
"I'm right here." The wind died down inside the cave and the storm ceased almost instantly. Koga looked at the girl who was walking up to him with both anger and bewilderment.
"What the hell did you think you were doing butting into my battle?! You're as bad as that half-baked mutt!" he yelled, allowing the anger to get the better of him. Kachie froze dead in her tracks. She had thought Koga would have been grateful, perhaps even a bit impressed that her lucky shot had actually hit. Why was he mad at her?
"Y-you needed help...and I tried to give it to you...and got lucky..."
"I said that I could do it!!! And if you hadn't butt in I would have!" he retorted angrily, not looking her in the eye.
"What's your problem?! I wanted to help because I gave a damn about you and you get mad at me?! I'm sorry I'm not Kagome but at least stop yelling at me! Pride isn't everything!!!" she yelled back, just as loud. Koga was about to round on her when he met her eyes and saw the hurt expression on her face. Suddenly he felt that tug of guilt again. God, was this how Inuyasha felt? Koga hated the idea of lowering himself to that level of emotion...but here he was.
"...I was supposed to rescue you wasn't I? That's what the leader of a pack does...he looks out for the members of his pack...and the male always looks out for his woman...but you saved me...I'm never gonna live this one down if the damn mutt finds out..." he said almost jokingly...almost. Kachie caught on and smiled a bit.
"Well...then we'll just have to keep it a secret now won't we?" she said, sitting down next to Koga, who snickered.
"Are you sure? You women have pretty big mouths..."
"Yes but no MAN is perfect either..."
"Is that why you aren't mad that I forgot you existed?" Koga asked suddenly. Kachie had to think a moment on that one.
"Well, I'm mad, but like I said, no man is perfect, and besides...you remembered me in the end...so I can forgive and forget this one quick," she said looking at him gently. Koga took this as a god sign and put his arm around her, pulling her to him. Kachie smiled and allowed him to. They sat there for a few minutes in contentment before Koga spoke.
"...And for the record...I'm glad you're not Kagome..."
"Why's that?"
"Cuz unlike with her I can have you all to myself..."
"Moron..."
"Runt..." he gave her a little squeeze when he said it. Kachie rolled her eyes.
"Must you call me that? That psycho demoness called me that."
"Yeah...but you ARE a little short...almost the same height as Rin..."
"Excuse you! I am a good foot an a half taller than her!"
"But everyone else is over two feet taller than her..."
"You're evil."
"Thank you." Kachie growled at this and took another look at Koga's leg, which was still bleeding a bit. She ripped about an inch wide band from around her shirt and bandaged the wound as best she could. Koga's eyes never left her as she worked. When she was done Kachie realized that he had been staring at her and blushed.
"I didn't want it to bleed anymore...you should probably stay off it for a while...not that our luck would permit that but still..." she said. Koga rolled his eyes and nodded.
"So tell me runt...how did you hit her with that rock while she was blowing all that hot air in here?" he joked. It was Kachie's turn to roll her eyes.
"More like cold air...and I used that wind. I threw the rock straight ahead even though I was a good twenty feet to the side of her, the wind was so bad that it picked the rock right up and carried it to her, which made it pick up speed. As for the deadly hit...pure and complete dumb luck..." she said truthfully, causing Koga to laugh.
"I got saved by a runt who only half knew what she was doing...great..." Kachie grinned.
"Yep..." as she said it, a light colored portal appeared near the two. Kachie and Koga exchanged glances before standing, (Koga using Kachie's help a bit,) and walking towards it. They passed the fallen demoness and Kachie paused to look at her weapon.
"Do, ya think you can use it?" Koga asked, knowing what she was thinking.
"Well, I don't know if I can shoot lightning, control the weather, and make people forget each other...but I can twirl it and slice stuff," she said happily. Koga grinned.
"Close enough I guess." Kachie smiled at him as he leaned on a wall so that she could retrieve the weapon. Once it was in her possession, she wrapped Koga's arm around her shoulders once more and walked to the portal. Koga entwined his fingers in hers before as the pair stopped to look at the portal.
"...You mentioned that Naraku wanted to test our love...how do you think we did?" he asked, only half joking. Kachie smiled as she turned her head to face him.
"I think we passed with flying colors."
Koga smiled back, "Good, then I won't feel too bad about this." He leaned in and gave her a small kiss on the lips...which earned him a face-full of smudged make-up.
Kachie looked at him and giggled, Well, this is going the be fun to explain now isn't it...
"What?" Koga asked, knowing that something about him was making her giggle. As they walked through the portal Kachie smiled.
"You'll see..."
Naraku's throne room:
Sango was resting sitting up with Miroku's head resting on hers with his hand set around her waist but was slowly, dangerously getting close to her butt. Hekele was asleep with Sesshoumaru's arms around her protectively and her head was resting on his shoulder. Sesshoumaru himself had suggested that everyone get as much rest as possible while they could, with one person keeping guard at a times in shifts, and it was his turn.
He watched as another portal appeared and became a bit relieved. Even he was beginning to doubt that anyone else would be returning at that point, so he was grateful when he saw Koga and Kachie appear through the portal.
The two were banged up, that was for sure. Koga was using Kachie for support and his leg was bandaged up a bit. Sesshoumaru could smell the injury...it smelled like it had been burned.
"What happened to you? Naraku visit you personally?" he asked tauntingly. Koga, who was happy to find that he had his sense of smell back, sniffed the air when he saw Sesshoumaru and Hekele covered in blood. Growling when he found that it belonged to neither of them and that no one other than him was injured, he replied.
"No..."
"But a bitch who could control the weather and make people forget each other did...glad she's dead..." Kachie said bluntly, careful to keep her promise to Koga and not tell anyone she had killed the demoness. Koga, (who was mildly surprised at this,) nodded.
Sesshoumaru was surprised by Kachie's attitude but hid it with a smirk when he saw her runny make-up on Koga's face, "Someone's been busy..."
Koga growled, "What did you say?"
Sesshoumaru smirked again, "I said that everyone is resting up for the battle as much as possible, taking turns as guard." Koga growled, knowing that he was lying, and slumped down to the ground, wrapping his arms around Kachie as she tried to get to sleep.
"Oh, and Koga?" Sesshoumaru said as he leaned his head on Hekele's and closed his eyes, "It's your turn."
"Damn dog..."
With Naraku:
"It seems that everyone has made it back Naraku...shall we send Kohaku now?" Kikyo asked from her position next to the evil hanyou as they gazed into an unhappy Kanna's mirror.
"No, darling, I think it would be more fun if we let them sleep and gain strength...for now we must attend to Inuyasha..." he said, pulling her towards a dark corner where an awake Kagome was gagged with her wrists and ankles bound. Fear was swimming in her eyes and Naraku loved it.
He yanked her up by the throat and held her above the ground as a portal of black evil appeared behind the three, "I want you to know that you will not be so fortunate as your friends down there...my apologies for your rotten luck." He said it with a smirk and the usually brave Kagome whimpered in pain as he gave her throat a slight squeeze. Kikyo gave her an evil glare before entering the portal. Naraku smiled and walked in with her...Kagome still held by her throat.
Me- Ha! I am proud of this one! I made it longer than the other two because I
had so many reviews for it...an added peace offering to those people.
Kagome- You are so mean to me!!! Why?!?!?!?!?!?
Me- (gives an I'm-so-sorry look) Hey, at least I'm meaner to him...(points at
Naraku.)
Naraku- (with clown make-up still on and Hekele's 'I fixed your hair' style) I will
rule the world!!! I am back in my palace and Kikyo has forgiven me for
being a sniveling ass!
Me- Are you off the couch yet?
Naraku- Nope, but if I stop complaining I should be off in about a week.
Me- Oh, ok...why don't you head home and cook her a surprise dinner? Women
love that! Be sure to char the hot-dogs and use expired veggies.
Naraku- Thanks for the tip! (Runs home to use Hekele's advice)
Kagome- Wow...you ARE meaner to him...nice one...
Me- Thank you.
Sesshoumaru- (very irritated,) Tell me how it is that that IDIOT is the cause of all
this trouble?
Everyone- (shrugs and listens in the distance as Kikyo begins throwing things at
Naraku because she has a deathly fear of clowns and is also choking
on the expired food.)
Sesshoumaru- (looks at Hekele) That WAS a good one...
Me- Again, thank you. R&R quick...the big chappie that everyone has been
waiting for is coming...get ready to catch it! (looks at the BIG chappie
coming in the distance and looks at her LITTLE trap (which happens to be a
nearly full floppy disk)) I think I need a bigger disk...
Ok!!! I was quite happy with the reviews I got...more people were trying to guess my mystery!!!!! The winner of this contest is...um...Kachie. Doesn't it suck to have a best friend who is in the story who knows your every thought once you give them a hint? (Nope, just kidding...it rocks!!!) I shall admit, it took twenty minutes of saying 'no' to her ideas on Yahoo IM, but she got the majority of it on her own. (The part I finally gave to her out of pure need to tell someone my devious plot came thirty minutes later...) The more I thought about it though...the more it didn't seem fair that she won twice in a row, even though she earned it. So I compromised and selected a second winner for those of you who may feel gypped.
Kachie wrote her answer in a review later to make it official, or else I couldn't count it. I, however, told her to put only part of her SELF-DISCOVERED answer in it, and even told her what specifically, so that the story wouldn't be ruined for those of you who, like her, read what other people have to say by looking at their reviews.
My other winner is Kenshin Kawamaki. I am very proud of what you thought, and how close you got without me saying 'nope' for twenty minutes. And, in all actuality, that WAS my original plan BEFORE this one popped into my head. You, my smart friend, get special honors in this chapter and, if you want, I'll send you a work of art of mine via e-mail. Please, would you prefer one of my photography works of art, (some of which is online already, I'll send you one that isn't,) or my personal drawings, which, in turn, are mostly people of some sort and a back round? Nicole, who received special honors a while back, still hasn't gotten her picture because I forgot to give it to Kachie for scanning, (sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!) And since that is the case, I would like to send her the same offer. Photography, or drawing?
I have posted a quiz about my story on If you want to take the quiz, please go to my profile and select the link provided. Anyone who gets 90% out of ten questions gets honors and a prize. You can take the quiz only once or you will be disqualified, I get e-mail every time someone takes it, so you HAVE been warned...
This is my Koga/Kachie chapter. I hope I get as much positive feedback as I did for Miroku and Sango. That one was high on everyone's favorite list it seems...please enjoy and tell me your thoughts, they are always welcome.
Disclaimer: I, the average fan, own nothing...but...when I rule the world...
Naraku- Oh, would you give it a rest? I tried to take over the world so many
times that my baboon pelt started shedding...
Me- That's because you didn't take good care of it and wore it too much...same
thing happened to your face...here, let me redo your eye-shadow...
Naraku- Thanks...
Me- (finishes and hands Naraku a mirror with a picture of what he used to look
like in it instead of glass) Here, how's it look?
Naraku- It looks great! Thanks! I'm gonna go try and kill your friends again...
Me- (laughs a little and lets him go) (whispers to self) I hope he doesn't mind
pink, purple, green, red, blue, and yellow make-up...he looks like a damn
clown...next I'll do his hair...
Sorting Feelings...and Resorting Them
Kachie's POV:
Kachie slumped down at a stream and cupped some of the crystal blue water in her hands. She briefly looked at her reflection, (which looked more ragged than usual it seemed,) before bringing it to her lips and practically inhaling the cold liquid. She hadn't had anything to drink in hours, since before she had left her era actually, and it was getting hot.
"How odd...it's night time and it's getting hotter...isn't there some sort of scientific rule against that?" she thought aloud bitterly, taking another drink of water, thankful that it was cold.
In this dimension the moon was full, making it easy for Kachie to see everything around her. She rested for about five more minutes before setting out again to look for Koga, wanting to find him before Naraku's thug did. She looked around as she did so, looking for anything that looked like it could make a decent weapon. Kachie stopped for a moment and thought about her friends.
Kagome doesn't have her bow and arrows...and Hekele doesn't have her katana or sais...they had been gone when she woke up in the cell...as well as Sango's katana...I hope they're doing alright... she thought sadly, wanting to know what had happened to them. Sighing, she pressed on through the meadow she had found the stream in towards the other side, which happened to be the darkest forest she had ever seen.
"As Hekele would say: Lovely..." she quoted sarcastically as she glanced once again at the stream, which happened to flow into the forest, "What are my odds that both Koga and Naraku's demon are in there?" She watched as a mouse ran into the forest and then squeal for its life once it was probably two feet in. She then heard crunching noises, ones made by something eating.
"Knowing my horrid luck...the odds are probably pretty good..." she said, rather annoyed. Sighing both in defeat and apprehension, she followed the stream into the black woods, hoping not to meet the same fate as the mouse.
Koga's POV:
He stayed near Kagome to make sure she wouldn't get cold...not that it wouldn't be too difficult, what with the sudden rise of temperature, but he wanted to be near her anyway. Koga looked out the entrance to the cave at the barely visible sky. The stars that had been littering it an hour ago were beginning to hide behind dark clouds that could only foretell of storms ahead.
"I am glad that I found you before those clouds rolled in..." he said to Kagome, though she was still unconscious. He eyed her critically, as if checking once again for unnoticed wounds. He idly wondered why it was that Naraku had blocked his sense of smell when he had sent him wherever it was that Koga happened to be in.
He glanced towards the back at the cave they were in. It was very large, and probably went all the way to the other side of the rock wall it was carved in. Other demons could enter, perhaps some already had. No matter, if any came near him or Kagome, he would kill them. Then, as he looked out the entrance to watch the dark clouds block the oddly full moon, another thought crossed his mind.
I wonder if Kachie is alright...
Kachie's POV:
Drip. Drip. Drop. Kachie closed her eyes in frustration as it began to sprinkle through the insanely dense trees. She absolutely HATED rain. She was aware that the wind seemed to have changed directions suddenly. It wasn't gonna rain...it was gonna monsoon.
"Perfect. I despise water that falls from the sky...and now I'm gonna drown in it if I don't find some shelter...but I really need to find Koga..." she said as she ducked under a branch, "I should probably try to get away from all of these trees...I attract enough bad luck...I do NOT want to add lightning to my 'things I surprisingly lived through' list..."
She jogged around trees and under branches for another five minutes in hopes of finding shelter before the rain really started to pick up. She groaned in defeat when she felt the rain suddenly coming down on her in what seemed to be gallons per second and slowed to a walking pace. After getting soaked to the bone for about more three minutes she found a clearing...and what appeared to be the bottom of a rock wall. The truth was, the rain was so hard in the clearing that she couldn't see past her hand clearly. She hesitated before running towards it, hoping to see an especially dark spot, which would signify a cave. For once, her rotten luck dished out something good.
She saw a small opening near the ground, just barely big enough for her to climb into without getting stuck. Not even thinking twice about demons or stray animals that may have already taken refuge there, she made a mad dash for it and, getting on her stomach and sliding into it through the now muddy ground, climbed in. As far as she was concerned, if any demons had made that place their temporary home, she'd scare them to death with her runny make-up and red and black knotted hair. There was no way in Hell she was going back out into that rain.
She sat down on a thankfully dry rock and looked at her surroundings. The cave appeared small, but if she climbed up the wall a few feet she could see an opening that led to another chamber. Curiosity claimed her and Kachie climbed up the rocky wall into the next room. The cave, which she saw was much larger now, seemed to go on forever. Before Kachie could make her next move, she sneezed.
Koga's POV:
The sound of an echoing sneeze reached Koga's ears like a gong at a festival. He stood up and was about to investigate the source of the sound when Kagome began to stir at his feet. He instantly sat back down, (ignoring the sound for the moment,) and began to gently shake the girl awake, knowing he could help her better if she was able to tell him what hurt and such. He was vaguely aware of the temperature dropping considerably.
He watched with earnest as Kagome began to open her eyes. She was sure to be surprised that he had found her and not that mutt Inuyasha, but it would be a good surprise. She moaned as if in pain, (which made Koga wince with displeasure,) before opening them completely and revealing him to her. Suddenly a strange feeling over took him, and it wasn't a good one. He felt like he had suddenly lost something...something VERY important. He, choosing to ignore the feeling for the moment, met her eyes with his trademark smile.
"K-koga? Where am I? And, where's everyone else?" she asked, before sneezing a bit. Koga couldn't help but do a mental victory dance. She hadn't specifically asked for Inuyasha; he was happy.
"We are in some place that Naraku has devised...I found you unconscious an hour or so ago...I brought you here and then it began to rain..." he said gently. Kagome only nodded as she sat up. Without warning, she wrapped her arms around Koga and started crying into his shoulder.
A bit startled, Koga could only gently wrap his arms around Kagome as she sobbed, "Kagome...what's happened? Naraku didn't hurt you did he?" Venom dripped from his words as he finished that last sentence. Kagome shook her head but didn't move. Koga sighed and held her tighter.
"...While we were all in the dungeon...Sango told me something about Inuyasha..." she said slowly. Koga instantly tensed. What had Inuyasha done to make her so sad?
"She told me that he had seen Kikyo the other night before he had seen me...and that he was rejected for being human...he felt lonely and came to my era...we talked a bit and he told me he loved me...but the only reason he did it was because he wanted to be with someone...anyone...because SHE hurt him...he doesn't love me...not like you do..." she said sadly, not loosening her grip on him. Koga, who had apparently been trying to talk to Kachie when this discovery had been made, growled in anger at Inuyasha's idiocy.
"That's right Kagome...I DO love you..." he said, tightening his hold on her with one arm and wiping away her tears with the other. But even as he said it, something tugged at his heart...trying to remind him of something...something important...
Kachie's POV:
Since nothing had jumped out to eat her after she sneezed, Kachie assumed that she was safe. She decided to see just how far the cave went. As silently as she could, just in case she truly wasn't alone, she walked through the room, seeing another opening near the ground; this one was like a tunnel, burrowing down about ten feet before leading to another room.
"Why am I being drawn deeper into this place? I feel like I NEED to keep going...but even I know how stupid and irresponsible it is...I could get lost..."she thought as she stared at the opening. But still...she felt like she NEEDED to go down there...
Being the girl she was, Kachie couldn't ignore the feeling, so, getting her footing as best she could, she began to crawl backwards down the tunnel. With about five more feet to go until she reached the end, she found that she couldn't find any more foot holes. Panicking slightly, she looked around and saw one a bit further down. She stretched her legs as far as they would go, trying to reach it. Once she touched it and found it could hold her weight, she let go of one of the rocks and grabbed a lower one. It didn't hold her weight. She wasn't able to grab another rock before she slipped and fell. It was a lot further down than she had thought. She screamed in fear.
Koga's POV:
He lifted his head and stared at the back of the cave. He had heard a scream, a feminine scream...he knew that scream...
"Koga...what's the matter?" Kagome asked, clutching him tighter. She had a habit of doing that when she was sad...but it was the first time she had ever done that to him...
"...You didn't hear that scream just now?" he asked her. Kagome shook her head.
"No...are you feeling alright Koga?" she asked, looking up at him. Koga nodded and stood up.
"I have to go and find out what that scream was...I KNOW I heard it..." he said slowly, trying to figure out why that scream had sounded so familiar...
Koga looked down in surprise when Kagome reached up and grabbed his hand, making him blush slightly. The pleading look in her eyes softened his and he kneeled down next to her.
"...Don't leave me alone...ok? I just...I just need you with me right now...I feel like I can depend on you...I always have...and I'm sorry I didn't realize that until just now..." she said, looking into his eyes for hope and forgiveness. Koga smiled at her, leaned in, and gave her a light, and surprisingly gentle, kiss on the cheek. He knew that she would still be aching for Inuyasha a while...he had hurt her...but Koga would let her know that she still had HIS heart...though he knew that he would need to be patient with hers.
He leaned back and stood up again, "You can depend on me...and there is nothing to apologize for...but I still need to know who screamed...I heard it and something tells me that I should go and help. Alright? I promise I'll be back here in a half hour tops..." He gave her a pleading smile and Kagome nodded slowly and released his hand.
"...Ok..." she said meekly, looking down at the ground. Koga's face fell and he wanted to tell her never mind and stay like she wanted, but he felt a need to go looking for the woman who had screamed. He pushed Kagome's bangs out of the way of her face and gave her is trademark smile before heading off at a slight jog towards the sound.
By now the pain that had been flowing through his legs had numbed considerably and it was much easier to move around without having too much of it. Koga found that the cave was quite oddly shaped. There were places where he had to climb up, down, around, and under rocks and rock ledges just to get to other caverns in the cave.
Caves aren't formed like this...this is way to irregular and the caverns are formed in such sporadically different locations from each other...this isn't natural... he thought uneasily. Koga saw a large opening, (which oddly enough reminded him of Inuyasha's big mouth,) which seemed to lead down for a long ways. Feeling an odd sort of tug towards the cavern far below, he grimaced and jumped down. Before he landed Koga got a strange rush...was it anticipation? For what though?
He landed with a thud and his legs buckled beneath him, "Damn...they aren't as strong as I thought they were..." he scowled. He stood carefully and looked around. Now he knew something was wrong, the place was shaped like a maze.
"Kagome's" POV:
That stupid wolf should have stayed put...now he'll only have to suffer more...pity...he would have been fun to toy with longer... she thought evilly. She blinked and her chocolate eyes turned into a blood red. If you looked closely, you could see lightning crackling in them dangerously. As if on cue, the storm outside picked up considerably, creating sheets of water to fall in circles, pounding on the ground horribly hard. Her raven hair turned into a hot pink color and shortened to her shoulders, her clothes, (blue jeans and a pink t-shirt,) turned into a long flowing black kimono with a hot pink trim, and a slit that went up to her waist. Attached to her waist was a battle-axe. It wasn't the easiest weapon to use...but she liked it for all the gore. To finish off the transformation, her long, flawless nails turned a hot pink as well.
After he sees that wench from the future he will begin to retrieve his memories of her...as well as his feelings...I'll have to kill them both now...this should be fun... she thought as she stood up and stretched. She walked towards the direction that Koga had taken with her hands latched behind her head in a bored manner.
"Man...he was kind of cute too, oh well...hope he likes whirling winds and lots of rain..." she said with a sly smile. Good boy...now just stay in one place for your master...
Koga's POV:
Feeling more sure that he was suppose to be finding whomever had screamed, Koga pressed on through the maze and around many turns and bends. He continued this way for near thirty minutes before finding what he was sure he was looking for.
There, lying under what appeared to be an opening in the wall leading straight up was an oddly garbed girl. In fact, everything about her seemed odd. Her hair was red and black, her face was smudged with dark make-up, and she wore a small, black, and strange tunic with a red cross in the middle. Unlike most women in this era she wore pants, which appeared to be made of oddly designed fabric in an equally odd cut and fit. They were black and littered with steel chains. She was covered from head to toe in mud, probably because of the storm. Despite all of this, Koga felt as though he knew her...and cared for her deeply.
"Why...do I feel this attraction to her? It's almost if she were...my woman. But Kagome...what is this strange feeling?" he asked himself as he bent down and got a better look at her. He surprised himself by reaching out and brushing her hair out of her face. Despite the running make-up he thought her quite beautiful. He felt quite familiar with her.
"Do I know you?" he asked her unconscious form gently, once again surprising himself. He couldn't shake the feeling that he knew her...on the contrary it kept getting stronger.
The girl stirred a bit and she began to slowly open her eyes. Koga watched in earnest as her deep earth colored eyes met his. Her orbs seemed to enlarge when she saw him.
"K-koga? What're you doing down here?" she said shakily, before sneezing. Koga felt a smile tug at his lips at the innocence coming from the devilish looking creature. Yes...he obviously knew her. He could feel his affections for this girl growing every second. Suddenly, a name rushed into his head, hitting him harder than Kagura with her Dancing Dragons attack.
"Kachie..." he said it slowly, as if testing the name out on his own tongue. Kachie smiled at him and tried to sit up but Koga lightly pressed her shoulder back down, luckily for her it wasn't her injured one.
"You need to stay still for a bit...you could have a concussion or something," he said softly, feeling more and more secure with her presence. He also knew that he had the right name, not only did it feel right, but she also wasn't yelling and screeching like a woman would if you had called her by the wrong name...
"But I don't wanna..." she whined. Koga actually grinned at this and gave a strand of her hair a slight tug.
"Quit your whining pup wanna-be..." he teased, more of his memory returning to him. This was Kachie. Best friend of Hekele and Kagome, becoming quickly a best friend of Sango, a huge whiner, loves wolves, dark colors, odd make-up, lots of thin dark bracelets, spikes on collars, and was the one he had spent so much time talking to despite certain confused emotions...that's who this girl was.
"Again, Koga, I don't wanna..." she teased back. Her eyes suddenly held a sparkle in them that told of her rebelliousness. Koga rolled his eyes as he sat next to her.
"So what happened after...you were taken?" he asked, suddenly getting serious. Kachie gave him a smile that made his heart ache. He had felt so horrible about not being able to save her, and yet she wasn't mad?
"Well, after we woke up from our 'nap' and our wounds were all bandaged, Kanna came to visit us..."
"KANNA! The soul stealer? She didn't-"
"Koga, does it look like I'm a soulless zombie to you? I know my make-up is a mess but still...No, Kanna didn't harm anyone...she came to warn us about Naraku's plan...about what would happen when you all came to save us...Kagura had sent her...they wanted to help..."
Koga sneered at this, he'd never forgive Kagura for murdering his clan, "And what did she say would happen?"
"She said that Naraku had created four dimensions in which we would each await our 'respective male'. Also awaiting them would be either a temptation or confusion. Naraku wants to...test our love...before he kills us..." she turned her head away from his as she said this, as if in shame.
Koga reached out and pulled her face to look at his, "How was everyone when you last saw them?" he asked, diverting the conversation back to something that had caught his mind.
Kachie sighed and propped herself on her elbows, "Hekele had a head injury, Rin was just knocked out for a bit, Sango was just a bit banged up after being thrown through a wall, and Kagome had a huge cut on her stomach. Don't worry; I bandaged it up for her after she woke up. It wasn't nearly as bad as it looked, but you could see it through her shirt a bit..." she explained once she saw Koga's suddenly serious expression when Kagome was mentioned. Kachie felt her heart sink a bit with jealousy for the girl.
"...You say Kagome had a stomach injury?" he asked. Kachie nodded.
"Yeah...she did..."
"...I was just with Kagome...I had found her unconscious...we spoke when she woke up and I never saw an injury on her...anywhere..." he said seriously. Kachie's eyes got wide.
"I think we found your temptation..."
"I think you're right..." Came a feminine voice high above them...this one Koga was positive he didn't know.
Regular POV:
Koga and Kachie looked up and saw the demoness. She had an axe in her hand and was twirling it about playfully, circles of wind being created as she did so. She was also smiling. Koga growled as the realization of who he had been in the company with set in.
"You bitch...pretending to be Kagome...how DARE you!" he yelled with hate.
The demoness stopped her twirling and frowned, "Hey, it's not my fault that you're still obsessed with that chick, I was just following orders. Besides, I couldn't help but enjoy a sweetheart like you while I could ne? Oh, and darling, you really should get those legs checked out, they're starting to look pretty bad..."
Kachie looked at Koga's legs and gasped, "Koga...your shards..."
"Yeah...Naraku has the whole jewel now..."
Kachie drew her eyes from his injured legs long enough to panic, "WHAT!?!?!"
"Yes little chickadee, he has the WHOLE jewel, lovely ne? Now...I'm suppose to be killing you now, mind if I get started?" the demoness said in a bored manner. She flew down at the two and drew her axe once more; this time it glowed with a blue light that crackled with lightning in accordance with her eyes. She was fast.
Koga scooped up Kachie in his arms and dodged the deadly blow, barely. He darted behind a rock and set Kachie down gently. He was about to run off to do battle with the demoness when Kachie grabbed his arm, holding him back.
"Koga, are you well enough? Your legs are beginning to bleed and they look like they could be infected..." she said to him, concerned. Koga's heart tugged with guilt that he could actually have forgotten her...
"...I am well enough to protect you."
"Well I don't want you to! You need to watch your own back and I'll watch mine!"
"What can you do?!" he asked angrily.
"Get me a weapon and you'll see!"
"I don't have time for this!" Koga rushed out of their hiding spot and ducked as the demoness took a swing at him with her axe.
"Oh cut the drama already!" she yelled as she took another swing at Koga. She then stood still and glared at him. Her eyes shining with an icy annoyance seemed to trigger another odd change in the weather. The temperature began to drop and small white flakes began to fall from dark clouds that seemed to form around her. It was snowing.
"Really now, can you seriously concentrate on a battle with all the guilt you must be feeling? After all, you forgot all about the runt over there...just as you were pronouncing your love for that Kagome chick too..." she taunted. Koga growled and took the open shot she gave him by clawing into her stomach.
"Die bitch!" he yelled out of anger.
"I don't think so!" she yelled, taking another shot at him with her axe. Koga jumped up and was narrowly missed. The wind in the cavern suddenly picked up, as did the temperature just a bit. Enough to cause hail. With the now frozen water beating down on her victim the demoness smiled something evil.
"Having fun yet?"
Kachie watched the battle and scowled, "Idiot..." she said as she looked around for something to fight with. All she could find were rocks.
"How the hell am I suppose to help if I don't have a damn weapon!!!" she growled in frustration. "Hell, I'd be happy for a Bee-bee gun, or a potato cannon even...then I'd just need potatoes...or rocks..." Then it hit her, as she looked back down at the rocks, which were quickly being covered in the snow and hail, in deep thought.
"It's worth a shot..." She grabbed a pretty good-sized one and took aim.
The demoness finally succeeded in hitting Koga with her axe. The pain was almost unbearable as lightning struck the wound alone. The new gash on his left leg was relatively small, for she had only grazed him even in his weakened state, but with the lighting it served its purpose. He sunk to the ground angrily as his leg would no longer support him.
The demoness grinned, "Where's your girl? Does no one love you wolf prince?" The wind and hail became even more commanding as the walls of the maze were being blasted to shreds and Koga's body was getting the beating of his life. Suddenly, from behind the demoness came flying a large rock that hit her square in the back of her head at an extremely high speed. It killed her instantly.
"I'm right here." The wind died down inside the cave and the storm ceased almost instantly. Koga looked at the girl who was walking up to him with both anger and bewilderment.
"What the hell did you think you were doing butting into my battle?! You're as bad as that half-baked mutt!" he yelled, allowing the anger to get the better of him. Kachie froze dead in her tracks. She had thought Koga would have been grateful, perhaps even a bit impressed that her lucky shot had actually hit. Why was he mad at her?
"Y-you needed help...and I tried to give it to you...and got lucky..."
"I said that I could do it!!! And if you hadn't butt in I would have!" he retorted angrily, not looking her in the eye.
"What's your problem?! I wanted to help because I gave a damn about you and you get mad at me?! I'm sorry I'm not Kagome but at least stop yelling at me! Pride isn't everything!!!" she yelled back, just as loud. Koga was about to round on her when he met her eyes and saw the hurt expression on her face. Suddenly he felt that tug of guilt again. God, was this how Inuyasha felt? Koga hated the idea of lowering himself to that level of emotion...but here he was.
"...I was supposed to rescue you wasn't I? That's what the leader of a pack does...he looks out for the members of his pack...and the male always looks out for his woman...but you saved me...I'm never gonna live this one down if the damn mutt finds out..." he said almost jokingly...almost. Kachie caught on and smiled a bit.
"Well...then we'll just have to keep it a secret now won't we?" she said, sitting down next to Koga, who snickered.
"Are you sure? You women have pretty big mouths..."
"Yes but no MAN is perfect either..."
"Is that why you aren't mad that I forgot you existed?" Koga asked suddenly. Kachie had to think a moment on that one.
"Well, I'm mad, but like I said, no man is perfect, and besides...you remembered me in the end...so I can forgive and forget this one quick," she said looking at him gently. Koga took this as a god sign and put his arm around her, pulling her to him. Kachie smiled and allowed him to. They sat there for a few minutes in contentment before Koga spoke.
"...And for the record...I'm glad you're not Kagome..."
"Why's that?"
"Cuz unlike with her I can have you all to myself..."
"Moron..."
"Runt..." he gave her a little squeeze when he said it. Kachie rolled her eyes.
"Must you call me that? That psycho demoness called me that."
"Yeah...but you ARE a little short...almost the same height as Rin..."
"Excuse you! I am a good foot an a half taller than her!"
"But everyone else is over two feet taller than her..."
"You're evil."
"Thank you." Kachie growled at this and took another look at Koga's leg, which was still bleeding a bit. She ripped about an inch wide band from around her shirt and bandaged the wound as best she could. Koga's eyes never left her as she worked. When she was done Kachie realized that he had been staring at her and blushed.
"I didn't want it to bleed anymore...you should probably stay off it for a while...not that our luck would permit that but still..." she said. Koga rolled his eyes and nodded.
"So tell me runt...how did you hit her with that rock while she was blowing all that hot air in here?" he joked. It was Kachie's turn to roll her eyes.
"More like cold air...and I used that wind. I threw the rock straight ahead even though I was a good twenty feet to the side of her, the wind was so bad that it picked the rock right up and carried it to her, which made it pick up speed. As for the deadly hit...pure and complete dumb luck..." she said truthfully, causing Koga to laugh.
"I got saved by a runt who only half knew what she was doing...great..." Kachie grinned.
"Yep..." as she said it, a light colored portal appeared near the two. Kachie and Koga exchanged glances before standing, (Koga using Kachie's help a bit,) and walking towards it. They passed the fallen demoness and Kachie paused to look at her weapon.
"Do, ya think you can use it?" Koga asked, knowing what she was thinking.
"Well, I don't know if I can shoot lightning, control the weather, and make people forget each other...but I can twirl it and slice stuff," she said happily. Koga grinned.
"Close enough I guess." Kachie smiled at him as he leaned on a wall so that she could retrieve the weapon. Once it was in her possession, she wrapped Koga's arm around her shoulders once more and walked to the portal. Koga entwined his fingers in hers before as the pair stopped to look at the portal.
"...You mentioned that Naraku wanted to test our love...how do you think we did?" he asked, only half joking. Kachie smiled as she turned her head to face him.
"I think we passed with flying colors."
Koga smiled back, "Good, then I won't feel too bad about this." He leaned in and gave her a small kiss on the lips...which earned him a face-full of smudged make-up.
Kachie looked at him and giggled, Well, this is going the be fun to explain now isn't it...
"What?" Koga asked, knowing that something about him was making her giggle. As they walked through the portal Kachie smiled.
"You'll see..."
Naraku's throne room:
Sango was resting sitting up with Miroku's head resting on hers with his hand set around her waist but was slowly, dangerously getting close to her butt. Hekele was asleep with Sesshoumaru's arms around her protectively and her head was resting on his shoulder. Sesshoumaru himself had suggested that everyone get as much rest as possible while they could, with one person keeping guard at a times in shifts, and it was his turn.
He watched as another portal appeared and became a bit relieved. Even he was beginning to doubt that anyone else would be returning at that point, so he was grateful when he saw Koga and Kachie appear through the portal.
The two were banged up, that was for sure. Koga was using Kachie for support and his leg was bandaged up a bit. Sesshoumaru could smell the injury...it smelled like it had been burned.
"What happened to you? Naraku visit you personally?" he asked tauntingly. Koga, who was happy to find that he had his sense of smell back, sniffed the air when he saw Sesshoumaru and Hekele covered in blood. Growling when he found that it belonged to neither of them and that no one other than him was injured, he replied.
"No..."
"But a bitch who could control the weather and make people forget each other did...glad she's dead..." Kachie said bluntly, careful to keep her promise to Koga and not tell anyone she had killed the demoness. Koga, (who was mildly surprised at this,) nodded.
Sesshoumaru was surprised by Kachie's attitude but hid it with a smirk when he saw her runny make-up on Koga's face, "Someone's been busy..."
Koga growled, "What did you say?"
Sesshoumaru smirked again, "I said that everyone is resting up for the battle as much as possible, taking turns as guard." Koga growled, knowing that he was lying, and slumped down to the ground, wrapping his arms around Kachie as she tried to get to sleep.
"Oh, and Koga?" Sesshoumaru said as he leaned his head on Hekele's and closed his eyes, "It's your turn."
"Damn dog..."
With Naraku:
"It seems that everyone has made it back Naraku...shall we send Kohaku now?" Kikyo asked from her position next to the evil hanyou as they gazed into an unhappy Kanna's mirror.
"No, darling, I think it would be more fun if we let them sleep and gain strength...for now we must attend to Inuyasha..." he said, pulling her towards a dark corner where an awake Kagome was gagged with her wrists and ankles bound. Fear was swimming in her eyes and Naraku loved it.
He yanked her up by the throat and held her above the ground as a portal of black evil appeared behind the three, "I want you to know that you will not be so fortunate as your friends down there...my apologies for your rotten luck." He said it with a smirk and the usually brave Kagome whimpered in pain as he gave her throat a slight squeeze. Kikyo gave her an evil glare before entering the portal. Naraku smiled and walked in with her...Kagome still held by her throat.
Me- Ha! I am proud of this one! I made it longer than the other two because I
had so many reviews for it...an added peace offering to those people.
Kagome- You are so mean to me!!! Why?!?!?!?!?!?
Me- (gives an I'm-so-sorry look) Hey, at least I'm meaner to him...(points at
Naraku.)
Naraku- (with clown make-up still on and Hekele's 'I fixed your hair' style) I will
rule the world!!! I am back in my palace and Kikyo has forgiven me for
being a sniveling ass!
Me- Are you off the couch yet?
Naraku- Nope, but if I stop complaining I should be off in about a week.
Me- Oh, ok...why don't you head home and cook her a surprise dinner? Women
love that! Be sure to char the hot-dogs and use expired veggies.
Naraku- Thanks for the tip! (Runs home to use Hekele's advice)
Kagome- Wow...you ARE meaner to him...nice one...
Me- Thank you.
Sesshoumaru- (very irritated,) Tell me how it is that that IDIOT is the cause of all
this trouble?
Everyone- (shrugs and listens in the distance as Kikyo begins throwing things at
Naraku because she has a deathly fear of clowns and is also choking
on the expired food.)
Sesshoumaru- (looks at Hekele) That WAS a good one...
Me- Again, thank you. R&R quick...the big chappie that everyone has been
waiting for is coming...get ready to catch it! (looks at the BIG chappie
coming in the distance and looks at her LITTLE trap (which happens to be a
nearly full floppy disk)) I think I need a bigger disk...