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Inufreak831: Sequel? Hmm I'll have to put some thought into that.
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Murubi: Aren't you the little bag of sunshine
Akida411searcher: ::sniff:: You're the nicest person ever. Most people tell me to hurry. ::sob::
Coyote: Have you ever had to go to the bathroom really bad, but didn't want to leave your computer till the end of the chapter? That's why I apologized for having long chapter. Constructive criticism rocks!!
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MP3gurl4life: No fever, no stomachache, and no form of nausea will stop me from writing my story. : Stands on top of the world with a cape on: It's Super DD62386!
Captured Moon: Damn sisters. They're never any good when you're sick. When I had food poisoning my sister just watched me crawl around on the floor, trying to get into bed. : Imitation of Inuyasha's growl:
Kyosama: Yeah, this story did have a longer run then I ever thought it would. Come to think of it. I didn't spend very much time on the actual spell for Kagome. Lets see other words for hatred spite, scorn, revulsion, repulsion, malignance, loathing, ill will, hostility, hard feelings, grudge, distaste, displeasure, disgust, disfavor, disapproval, coldness, bitterness, abomination, antagonism just a few.
Chapter Forty Nine: Final Face Off
Inuyasha woke up before Kagome. Sometime during the night he had moved under the covers and pulled Kagome closer to him. He could feel her hot breath on his chest and would have been more then happy to go right back to sleep, but he could see that Ginsenshi was already standing in his crib watching them.
With a bit of reluctance he pushed the covers off of himself, making sure Kagome was still covered, and walked to the crib. "Do you want to get out?" he whispered.
"Mama." Ginsenshi nodded.
Inuyasha lifted him up and walked out of the room. "You need to learn some new words." He walked down the stares and went into the kitchen where he found Kagome's mom. "Say Grandma."
Ginsenshi smiled. "Mama."
"Close." Inuyasha laughed. "Grandma." He repeated.
Ginsenshi frowned and turned his head away from Inuyasha. Kagome's mom laughed.
"Good morning Inuyasha."
"Morning." Inuyasha said. He walked around the kitchen for a little while pointing out random things to the child in his hands. "Chair, table, ramen, eggs" but the small child would have none of it. He simply shut his eyes and ignored his father. "If you act like this, you're mom will think you're like that bastard brother of mine." He mumbled under his breath.
Ginsenshi opened his eyes and looked up at his father. "Bastard."
"No, don't learn that word."
"Bastard." Ginsenshi repeated.
"Damn it." Inuyasha mumbled as Kagome's mom laughed.
"Damn it." Ginsenshi repeated, causing Kagome's mom to laugh even harder.
"Your mom isn't going to be happy with me."
"Mama. Mama." Ginsenshi repeated happily, clapping his little hands together.
Kagome's mom took Ginsenshi out of Inuyasha's arms. "Would you like some eggs and bacon."
Inuyasha shrugged. "I guess."
Kagome's mom put Ginsenshi in Souta's old high chair and got a plate of food ready for Inuyasha. It was barely set down on the table when Ginsenshi pounded his fist and started fussing. Inuyasha handed the kid a piece of bacon thinking he was hungry, but Ginsenshi just tossed it away and started crying.
"He's gonna wake everyone up." Kagome's mom said, but Souta and Grandpa had already walked into the kitchen.
"Too late mom." Souta mumbled sleepily. "What's wrong with my nephew?"
"I don't know." Inuyasha said handing over a piece of his eggs. But like the bacon, it ended up on the floor behind him. "Ginsenshi, that's rude." He scolded the child.
"Funny that you're the one to teach someone about being polite." Grandpa said as he sat down.
"What's that supposed to mean old man!" Inuyasha growled.
"Nothing. Nothing at all."
Ginsenshi grabbed everyone's attention once again when he let out a loud scream. "Maybe he just wants to be held." Souta said, picking him up. The small child looked up at his uncle and started growling.
Nobody had noticed Kagome walk in until she reached over and grabbed Ginsenshi out of Souta's arms. She sat down across from Inuyasha and let out a little yawn before rubbing the kit's ears. "He's just wanted his ears rubbed." Kagome said as the child calmed down. "He's like his father."
Inuyasha blushed. Ginsenshi made the same content growl that Kagome had heard Inuyasha give from time to time. "Such a good boy." Kagome mumbled, leaning her head to the side and closing her eyes.
She let out another small yawn, but continued to rub Ginsenshi's ears. The child looked up at his mother. "Mama." He said, when she didn't open her eyes he continued talking. "Mama? Bastard."
Inuyasha took a big gulp when Kagome's eyes snapped open. She looked down at her child in almost shock. Ginsenshi took the sudden attention the wrong way and clapped his hands together. "Damn it. Damn it. Damn it."
Inuyasha would have sworn he was a dead man, but Kagome — surprisingly — smiled and laughed. "Did your Dad teach you some new words?"
"I didn't teach him those." Inuyasha lied.
"Bastard brother." Ginsenshi repeated.
Kagome laughed even harder. "Isn't that your name for Sesshomaru."
"Feh."
Kagome handed Ginsenshi to her mother and walked around the table to Inuyasha. "I'm gonna take a shower, then we can go." She said, giving one of his ears a quick rub before heading up to her bathroom.
Kikyo sat down on the forest ground. She decided to take a break from her traveling to see what she had. She started her trip in such a hurry that she had only grabbed what she thought was useful. Spread out on the ground before her was her bow, eight poisoned arrows, and one knife.
She smiled at her supplies and thought to herself I wonder what emotions will pass across Inuyasha's face when I kill his mate and unborn pup all in one.
Miroku sat up and stretched out his arms before looking down at his still sleeping wife. He brushed her hair lightly, but quickly pulled his hand back when her eyes opened. "Sorry." He said, "I didn't meant to wake you."
Sango rolled onto her side so she could look at Miroku. "You didn't." she let out a small yawn and sat up. "Do you have to work today. I know you want money for the baby, but I want to spend the day with you." She brushed her hand gently along his arm.
Miroku cupped Sango's head in his hands and kissed her. His mouth soaked up the gasp she let out when their lips met and he took that moment to deepen the kiss. "So what do you want to do?" he mumbled when they pulled apart.
Sango laughed, "Not that pervert." She stood up and grabbed her clothing for the day. "Why don't we go for a walk or something."
Miroku nodded and got dressed as well.
Both of them turned their heads when Kohaku's voice came through the door. "Hey you two, are you decent."
Sango giggled. "Yeah."
Kohaku walked in and smiled. "Good morning."
"Morning." Sango responded. Now that she knew she would spend the day with Miroku she felt a lot better. "Do you want something to eat?"
Kohaku shook his head. "No. I just wanted to tell you guys that some man wants to paint a picture of the entire village. I figured you would want to know, so you can be in it."
"What?"
"He's gonna paint all the villagers."
"Oh. Thanks." She ruffled his hair a little and walked past him. Kohaku followed her into the into the main room of the house where she saw a large assortment of food set out for her. "Did you do this?"
Kohaku nodded. "Yeah. Kagome told me you would be hungry a lot more."
Sango blushed, but didn't deny it. "Thanks. Are Kagome and Inuyasha planning on being in the painting?"
"I don't know. I was just about to go tell them."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I figured Shippo and I could babysit Ginsenshi. I don't think he would sit still long enough to be in the painting."
"That sounds really nice of you."
Kohaku blushed. "Okay. I'll go get them now." He mumbled. Sango laughed at his embarrassment from a simple compliment and started to dig into the food before her.
Kagome walked around the room getting dressed as quietly as she possibly could. Inuyasha had a slight case of insomnia last night. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't keep his eyes shut for very long. He even woke Kagome up once and asked her to rub his ears, but even that didn't work, so he left her alone to sleep.
His eyes didn't droop until the sun began to rise. So Kagome was letting him sleep. She glanced down at him before waking out and into Ginsenshi's room. Shippo was in there already playing with him, they both seemed to make up games all the time.
"Hey. Why don't we go for a walk?" She said in a remotely quiet tone.
"Why are you whispering?" Shippo asked.
Kagome flinched at the level of his voice and glanced down the hallway before answering. "Because, Inuyasha didn't sleep well last night."
"Okay." Shippo said. He grabbed Ginsenshi's hand and pulled the child out of the room with him. Ginsenshi did his best to keep up with Shippo pace, but he couldn't make it. So Kagome picked him up.
"Where should we go?" Kagome asked once they were out of the house.
"Kohaku." Ginsenshi clapped happily.
"You want to go see Kohaku?"
Ginsenshi shook his head and pointed up the path they were on. "Kohaku."
"Kagome!" Kohaku yelled out.
Kagome smiled and waved back with her one free arm. "Good morning." She said when he reached them.
"I came to tell you something." He looped his arm with hers and continued walking in the direction Kagome had originally headed.
"And what might that be?"
"This man is going to paint all the villagers, so I figured I could take Shippo and Ginsenshi off your hands. That way you and Inuyasha can be in it without worrying about those two."
"Hey!" Shippo exclaimed. "I'm not a little kid anymore."
"Sure your not." Kohaku laughed. "I just thought you would rather spend the day playing with us rather then standing perfectly still for hours."
Shippo glanced between Kagome and Kohaku, as if considering it. "Fine. I'll go with you." He said to Kohaku.
Kagome laughed. "Is he getting ready to paint it now."
"Yeah."
"Alright." She looked at Kohaku. "If Ginsenshi starts acting fussy, just take him to me. Okay?"
"Alright." Kohaku laughed. He knew that Kagome always grew nervous when she let anyone other then Sango watch her kid. "Come one GinGin. We'll go to the stream."
Kagome frowned a little bit. "GinGin?"
"Yeah. Sango made a nickname for him a while ago."
Kagome sighed. "His name is Ginsenshi." She didn't like the idea that her son's nickname reminded her of an alcoholic drink. She smiled and turned around to head back to her house. She might as well see if Inuyasha was awake or not, he might want to be in the painting.
She was a little disappointed to see that he was still asleep, but didn't dare wake him up. If anyone, he deserved to sleep in. She shifted her weight from foot to foot trying to think of some way to make his presence known in the painting. Then it hit her, Tetsusaiga. Anyone who knew Inuyasha would know Tetsusaiga too.
I bet you guys thought I forgot about that painting
Kohaku and Shippo invented games to play with Ginsenshi, but as time passed they started to lose new ideas and worried that the small child would get bored. It was their first time babysitting, so they didn't want to run to Kagome and make her think they were incapable of the task.
After two hours though, the boys found themselves at a standstill. "We could always teach him to talk." Shippo suggested after a very long staring contest between Ginsenshi and Kohaku.
"Sounds good." Kohaku sat down in the grass and leaned back on his heels. "Ginsenshi, say Mama'."
"Mama." Ginsenshi repeated happily.
Shippo sat down next to him. "He already knows that word. Ginsenshi, say Shippo'." He commanded pointing to his chest.
Ginsenshi pointed to his own chest. "Shippo."
"No." Shippo grabbed his little hand and placed it on his own chest. "Shippo." Then placing the little hand back on the little chest. "Ginsenshi."
"Shippo." Ginsenshi said again, this time referring to his brother.
"That's right." Kohaku nodded. "You're brother Shippo."
Ginsenshi's ears flicked. "Bastard brother?"
"Hey!" Shippo looked down at him. Kohaku laughed as hard as he could, that was the last thing he expected Ginsenshi to say.
"Lets try a different word." He said inbetween gasps for air. "Ginsenshi, say Daddy'."
Ginsenshi frowned a little. "Damn it."
"What?" Shippo's eyes widened.
"Damn it. Damn it. Damn it." Ginsenshi repeated.
"Okay. We'll come back to Daddy. Ginsenshi, say Fish'."
"F-Fish." Ginsenshi rubbed his ear and looked off in a different direction.
"Ginsenshi," the two continued throwing words at him. "say Ball."
"Ginsenshi, say Candy'."
But Ginsenshi had grown bored of this game'. He folded his arms, closed his eyes, and made the o-so-famous "Feh."
"Wow, he's a lot like Inuyasha." Kohaku whispered.
"Yeah." Shippo responded. "If only his hair was silver instead of black. It would be a perfect match."
"Hey boys!"
All three of them turned their heads to see Kagome walking towards them, holding Tetsusaiga in her hand. "What are you doing?" when she reached them, she instantly took a seat on the grass near them and pulled Ginsenshi into her lap.
"Mama!" Ginsenshi hugged his mother, happy to see her.
"We've been teaching GinGin new words." Kohaku stated.
"Really." Kagome looked down at Ginsenshi and began to rub his ears. The kit made his content growl sound and slowly drifted off to sleep.
"Where's Sango?" Kohaku asked.
"She went for a walk with Miroku. You'll be surprised how little free time they'll get once the baby is born."
Kohaku sighed. "Do you think I'll make a good uncle?"
"Definitely."
Kagome lifted her head as a soft breeze that carried the scent of flowers hit. "It's such a nice day." Kagome said. "Maybe we should have a pic-" suddenly something caught her eye.
"What's wrong mom?" Shippo asked.
"I thought I saw something." She mumbled standing up. "Kohaku, could you hold Ginsenshi for a second?"
"Sure." He took the sleeping child from Kagome's arms as she went to investigate what she had seen. It looked like a flash of red cloth among the trees.
"Stay here." She told the two when she was some distance away. She walked into the area of trees and looked around, keeping a tight hold on Tetsusaiga. "Is anyone here?" she called out.
After hearing and seeing nothing, she decided that it must have been her imagination and headed back to where the boys were. The smiled as she approached them, but then their faces grew suddenly dark. Their eyes wide and their mouths open. Kagome was about to question this change in their faces when an arm from behind tightened around her neck.
Kagome gasped for air as she was lifted off the ground. "You didn't think we were through did you?" Came the sharp whisper of Kikyo.
"Get help." Was all Kagome was able to get out. Kohaku nodded, grabbed Shippo's hand, and headed off towards the village. Cursing himself for leaving the safety of it in the first place.
Miroku held Sango's hand tightly in his as he walked with her along an old path. "I was doing the math in my head" he said to break the silence " you should be having the baby during the winter."
Sango nodded. "I know. I wonder who will deliver first. Kagome or I."
"I think you will."
"Why."
"Because I said so." Miroku laughed.
Sango laughed too. "And what you say can't be argued. Is that it?"
"Yeah. You'll have our baby first and it will be a girl."
"A girl?"
"Yup. And she will grow up and marry Ginsenshi."
"You have this all figured out don't you."
Miroku smiled. "I do."
They both looked up the path and noticed Kohaku running very fast towards them carrying and pulling Shippo and Ginsenshi with him. "Kohaku. What's wrong?" Sango asked when she saw the look on his face.
"Kagome is in trouble! Kikyo is attacking her!"
Miroku didn't need to hear another word, he started running in the direction that Kohaku came from. Sango took Ginsenshi out of his arms, the child was now awake and crying. "Go with Miroku, I'll watch Shippo and GinGin."
"Tell Inuyasha!" Kohaku yelled as he followed Miroku.
Sango nodded. She steadied Ginsenshi with one arm and picked Shippo up with the other one. "Can't I stay and help?" Shippo wined, looking off in the direction the others ran off in.
"No Shippo. You, Ginsenshi, and I are going to stay out of dangers way." Sango responded as she ran.
"You? You're a good fighter. Shouldn't you be helping?"
"I'm pregnant." She reminded him.
Sango ran as fast as her legs would carry her, stopping at her house only for a few minutes to drop off Shippo and Ginsenshi. "I'll be back in a little bit, okay."
Shippo nodded, holding his little brother's hand tightly.
Sango felt bad for him and wanted to comfort him, but she needed to get Inuyasha. It was a good thing his house wasn't that far away from them. She kept on running despite the pain in her chest and burst into the main room. "Inuyasha!" she yelled out at the top of her lungs. "Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha woke up instantly and rushed into the room. "What's wrong?" he asked, picking up the panic in her voice.
"K-Kikyo is attacking Kagome!" She bent over a little gasping for air.
"Where are they?"
"The hot springs."
Inuyasha didn't bother looking for his Tetsusaiga or waiting for Sango to catch her breath. He ran out the door towards the hot spring as fast as he could.
Once Kohaku, Shippo, and Ginsenshi were well out of sight Kagome pushed her entire body backwards as much as she could, slamming Kikyo against a tree. Her grip around Kagome's neck loosened a little, but she didn't let go. So Kagome did it again and again till the clay woman finally let go.
"Kikyo." Kagome fell to her knees coughing. She tried to get as much of her breath back as possible, but Kikyo didn't wait for her. She lifted her foot and kicked Kagome hard in the jaw repeatedly.
Kagome fell to the ground and spit out some blood before standing up again. She reached over and grabbed some of Kikyo's hair and pulled it as hard as she could. "What the hell are you doing here!"
"I want my jewel back."
"It isn't yours."
"It should be!" Kikyo screamed. She reached down and dug her nails into the back of Kagome's knee, drawing blood. Kagome cried out and fell to the ground. Once she was down Kikyo jumped on top of her, punched Kagome once, then drew one of her arrows and aimed it for her neck.
Kagome gasped and kicked Kikyo off. She started to crawl away, but Kikyo once again caught her. But this time she dragged Kagome over to the hot spring and held her head under the steaming water.
Kagome kicked and tossed her arms as hard as she could, but Kikyo had a very strong grip on the back of her neck. It didn't take long for a lot of Kagome's energy to drain. She couldn't struggle anymore and her vision started to go fuzzy. She was just about to black out when Kikyo suddenly let go.
She lifted her head out of the water and took in as much air as she possible could. When she turned around she saw that Miroku and Kohaku had both pulled Kikyo off her. "A-Are you alright Kagome?" Kohaku asked.
"Yeah." She breathed deeply.
Kikyo lifted her head quickly and banged it into Miroku's face, when he grabbed his broken nose she used her free arm to punch Kohaku. When both Miroku and Kohaku had let go of her she reached for her knife and tried to cut into Kagome's throat.
Kagome reached for Tetsusaiga and used that to block the knife. As Kikyo tried to push the knife harder Kagome kicked her in the stomach and sent her flying a few feet.
Kikyo staggered to her feet and was about to go after Kagome again when she heard a growling. She turned around and saw Inuyasha staring at her. "Kikyo. What are you doing?" he took one step towards her.
Kikyo saw the way his claws were ready to attack, so she drew three arrows on one bow and pointed them at Kagome. "Stop Inuyasha." He did. "You'll stay away from me."
"Don't hurt Kagome." he said, a hint of panic in his voice.
Kikyo drew the bow tighter. When Inuyasha saw this he started to run towards her, by the time Kikyo had let go of the bow, Inuyasha had moved his arm in front of them. He let out a sharp hiss, but didn't leave Kagome.
Kikyo's eyes widened. "They're poisoned Inuyasha."
"I know." He said between his gritted teeth.
Kagome let out a soft cry, those looked just like the arrow that poisoned her. "Inuyasha." She whispered.
Kikyo frowned. "Move Inuyasha." She commanded. When he didn't budge she drew two more arrows and shot them into his chest. "Move!" she yelled out.
Inuyasha didn't move, but the two other arrows in his chest caused him to fall to the ground, leaving Kagome unprotected. Kikyo walked closer to her and held an arrow in her hand. She didn't draw it into the bow, but instead pressed it against Kagome's stomach. "Would you like me to kill the pup first?" she said coldly. "Put it out of its misery."
Inuyasha's growl grew louder and he grabbed Kikyo's ankle causing her to crash to the ground. Kikyo gasped at the sudden attack and shoved the arrow into Inuyasha's shoulder. He let out a groan, but managed to get up on his knees. Kikyo quickly got her ground back too and distanced herself from Inuyasha.
Letting out a snarl Inuyasha started to run after Kikyo, Kagome noticed right away that he had turned into his full demon self. Kikyo shot her last two arrows into his stomach, but not in time to stop him from raising his claws and cutting into her.
Kikyo let out a small scream as she fell, dying before she even hit the ground. Inuyasha turned away from her and started to walk towards Kagome, but couldn't make it. Eight poisoned arrows were too much for him to take. He only made if a few steps before passing out.
Kagome screamed and ran towards him. "Inuyasha!" she knelt down beside him. He wasn't dead, but she could tell he wasn't that far from it. He had a cold sweat all over his body.
"Kagome. We need to take him to Kaede's house."
Kagome held back some tears that burned her eyes. "Will he be alright?" she asked in a voice barely above a whisper.
Miroku and Kohaku both lifted Inuyasha's body. " I don't know." He said quietly, not able to look Kagome in the eyes.
Finally. I thought I would never get this chapter done. It's sad but true the next chapter will be my last.
Until then I want 8 reviews one for every poisoned arrow that Inuyasha took.
Lots and Lots and Lots of Love DD62386