DISCLAIMER: STILL don't own Inuyasha. I own a wall poster of Sesshoumaru, though!
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cherryblosomz: Sorry, I guess I didn't make it clear enough....She's been getting notes from Toshiro, so he sent her a note that says to met him. So that's where she's going.
Starfire77: Glad you think so!
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I'm not grounded anymore!! HURRAY!!!! lol I'm REALLY sorry for that very long period of no updates....So I'm making up for it! Anyway, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanza/whatever and a happy New Year! If you want presents, check my profile page-thing.
I'm sure you all just want to hurry up and get on with reading the story, so here it is!
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Naomi looked around. She saw her mother, on her knees in pain. She saw Him, raising his sword for the final blow. She felt her father's presence right behind her. She felt his hand clamp over her mouth to keep her from screaming out. She felt all the anger, all the sorrow, and all the guilt that she had felt that day. She knew that it was her fault her mother was to die. If she had never been born, then her mother wouldn't have been hunted down by Him. Her mother wouldn't have had to put up with all the running, all the fighting, all the pain, and everything else that accompanied Naomi's birth. Her birth. The birth of a half demon.
Everything seemed to be in slow motion as the blade was brought down. Closer....Closer.....Closer....
'MOTHER!!!' Naomi's mind screamed. Tears streamed down her face as she watched in horror.
Suddenly, a dark barrier formed around her mother. The sword bounced off, and then it clanged to the ground after falling out of His grip. She got up, her eyes completely black and the barrier around her still. Her voice seemed to echo around as she chanted some words.
He was thrown back by a wave of black energy. As He tried to get up, He was thrown back by another energy wave. This time he stayed down.
Naomi's mother approached him slowly. He remained down until she got right next to Him and her barrier disappeared. Then He opened his eyes and kicked her feet from under her. She fell, surprised, while He got to His feet, grabbing His sword on the way up. In one swift motion He brought it down.....
But she was to fast for Him. She caught it in her hand and broke off the tip. "Have a taste of your own poison!!" she shouted as she stuck him with it. She then jumped away as He fell forward, eyes wide. She landed a few feet away from the dead corpse.
"Mother!" Naomi called, running towards her. Her father was right behind her.
"Naomi....." her mother fell forward onto the ground.
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Naomi awoke breathless. "Mother," she whispered. She fought back the tears. Her mother had died later that day.A mixture of His poison, the injuries He inflicted on her, and exhaustion from the fight is what truly killed her.
Him. The one who her mother had died to kill. The one who had hunted her mother to the tiny hut in the middle of the woods. The one who had come back from the dead. Him.
Keitaru.
"Naomi?"
Naomi looked over at Hikaru and realized that it was night. "Yeah? What is it?" She did a good job of keeping her voice steady.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Why are you asking me, anyway?"
"I don't know. It's just that.....You've been acting strange since you fought that guy. Did he do something to you?"
'Should I tell him about the poison.....?' she asked herself. "No. I've just been thinking."
"About what?"
"Nothing. Go back to sleep."
"If you're sure...."
He went back to sleep. She looked at the stars, lost in thought.
"Naomi?"
Naomi looked at Inuyasha. 'Not again!!' "Yeah? What is it?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Why are you asking me, anyway?"
"I don't know. It's just that.....You've been acting strange since you fought that guy. Did he do something to you?"
'Should I tell him about the poison.....?' she asked herself. "No. I've just been thinking."
"About what?"
"Nothing. Go back to sleep."
"If you're sure...."
He went back to sleep. She looked at the stars, lost in thought.
"Naomi?"
'WHEN WILL THIS STOP?!?!?!" She looked at Shippou. "Nothing's wrong. The guy I fought didn't do anything to me, I've just been thinking. I haven't been thinking about anything, so go back to sleep."
"Can you read minds? You knew all my questions before I even asked them!!"
"I'm a good guesser."
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'Ok, here it goes....Just a little closer....Almost there.....'
"Kagura!" She froze. "Where are you going?"
'Think fast.....' "I'm going to try and steal the shards from Kouga." 'Excellent! Splendid work!!'
"Alright. Do you need any of my demons to go with you?"
"I can handle a puny wolf demon by myself, thank you."
"Fine. Go, then." 'Hopefully he'll kill her.....Then all my problems would be solved......'
"Fine. I will." She walked out the door, head held high.
She wasn't really going to get the shards from Kouga. Why should she? She was actually going to the waterfall where that charming demon was going to meet her. 'I wonder what he'll be like....?'
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'Dammit! Keitaru is watching me more than ever.....How am I supposed to sneak out to the waterfall now?!'
"Toshiro."
"Yes, M'lord?"
"Go and make sure that all is ready for the ambush on Naomi and Inuyasha. That is today, if you remember."
"Of course, M'lord." Toshiro walked out of the cave calmly, but inside he was jumping for joy. 'I couldn't have asked for a better excuse to get out!! Now I can meet Lady Kagura, and he'll have no idea!! Perfect, perfect, perfect, PERFECT!!!!'
"On second thought, I think I'll come with you."
'NO!!!!!!!'
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It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping; everything was perfectly calm and peaceful. Everyone in the Inuyasha group was walking happily without a care in the world.
Well, everyone except for Naomi, that is. Her mind was stuck on the day that her mother died. She was rewatching the scene over and over again in her mind, wondering how on earth Keitaru had come back. It seemed impossible to her, yet it was true. He had come back.
She soon gave up on trying to find the answer. She just enjoyed the scenery as much as a person can when their arm feels like it's about to explode.
"Inuyasha, I sense a jewel shard!" Kagome said, stopping suddenly.
"What?! Where?!" Inuyasha drew his sword, looking around.
"Up here!!" a voice called from above.
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Hehehe....Evil, huh? Well, you don't have to worry, because the next chapter's already here. In it, you shall see who attacked the group and the two demons that show up. (besides Keitaru and Toshiro...) Review please!