CW: Here I am with chapter 2 of my Inuyasha fic. It's strange. I thought I wouldn't start anything until I finished Two Months. I suppose I just lost interest, but its nowhere near being abandoned.
Haru: CrescentWaters doesn't own Inuyasha.
CW: I'd also like to thank my lone reviewers: Paynt, Nekoyasha, and Okii Neko! It means a lot that you guys like my writing. Of course, I don't see why. Almost everyone is better than me…;;
Haru: And now, on with the show!
CW: And once again, I don't own Inuyasha.
Naraku's New Plan
Ch.1 The Beginning
"So explain to me again exactly WHY we have to go back to Kaede's village?" Inuyasha snapped at Kagome as the group of humans and demons slowly meandered their way down the dirt road to the village of the elder miko.
Kagome sighed like a mother exasperated with her child and explained it to the half demon again.
"We. Are. Running. Out. Of. Food." She annunciated clearly. "Unless you want to eat Kilala and Shippou, we have to return."
Inuyasha huffed and turned away.
"Feh. I can go hunting you know! That's how demons are supposed to survive anyway. And the monk could help me. I'm sure he could at least catch a fish." He said, irate at returning to the village, knowing how easily Kagome could slip away back to her time.
Kagome sighed again and massaged her temples, when a vein could be seen bulging. She was very much resisting shouting her favorite three-letter-word.
Okay. I'll rephrase that. Not only are we out of food, but Sango and Miroku are also injured from that batlle with Naraku-" Kagome started but was cut off.
"Well, you know, they aren't that weak. They were hardly even scratched!" Inuyasha retorted, but quickly held himself from the death glare Kagome was giving him.
"He cares about us SO much…" Sango mumbled to Miroku, riding on Kilala with Shippou and Miroku a few steps behind the two bickering.
Her arm was in a makeshift sling, and Miroku's left leg was bandaged and had several ugly bruises on it.
"Indeed. Of course, Inuyasha probably fears that Kagome will go back to her time again. You know how lonely he gets…." Miroku murmured back idly.
Shippou nodded sagely from his place on Kilala's head. "All he does is sit and look down in the well until she returns. Or he leaps in after her."
"I've always wondered what Kagome's time was like…she has said before that most demons have went into hiding or died out, and there are these places were you get 'fast food', and the villages are large and tall and made of metal…" Sango said absentmindedly…
There was a brief silence.
"I wonder what the women are like…do you think they were clothes like Kagome?" Miroku asked excitedly.
Sango sighed and turned her attention back to the children. At least they were almost to the village. Kagome was trying one last time to reason with Inuyasha.
"Look, Inuyasha. I'm all out of medical supplies if any of us get injured again. So we AT LEAST have to go to the village, even though I should return home for a while! And," Kagome grinned triumphantly and pulled a few wrappers out of her backpack. "If you want anymore ramen, you'll have to let me go!"
Inuyasha growled as Kagome kept on smiling. Finally, he turned away and mumbled something.
"What was that?" Kagome asked.
"Just make sure to get the beef flavor!" Inuyasha cried in exasperation and sped up a little, beginning to pout.
Kagome smiled sweetly.
"I'll be sure. Thank you Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, and hugged the half demon.
Inuyasha, pushed her away, smiling and with a faint blush on his face.
"Feh, it's nothing. You'd better not be gone that long! I don't want to come back through the well to get you again! That THING almost killed me!"
Kagome put her hands on her hips.
"Buyo is very temperamental. You shouldn't have been egging him on. You almost destroy the strongest demon in existence and you complain about a lousy scratch. Shows how tough you are." Kagome teased, and ran off goggling, leaving a growling Inuyasha.
"Hey! You better take that back, Kagome! And I'M the strongest demon in existence!" Inuyasha shouted and began to run after her, but stopped shortly after, his eyes narrowing.
"Kagome! Get back here NOW!" Inuyasha yelled seriously, drawing the Tetsusaiga from its sheath.
Kagome turned, surprised from the sudden change in Inuyasha's voice, but realized why he, and now Sango and Miroku, had drawn their weapons, as she heard the recognizable sound of someone landing on the ground.
Kagura.
Kagome quickly ran back to the relative safety of the others a moment after she had realized whom it was. Kanna was here as well, she noticed, when she took time to analyze the situation.
Inuyasha growled, pointing his blade at the two incarnations of Naraku. "What the hell are you two doing here?! Did you want me to beat the stuffing out of you like I did to your master?" Inuyasha asked ferosciously as Kagura smirked. Kanna was her usual taciturn self.
Kagura continued smiling as she held her fan out to her right, her eyes darting to it once or twice. "Relax, Inuyasha. We're not that stupid. You could easily destroy us here and now." Kagura said calmly. Kanna felt the pocket of her dress, as if to make sure something was there.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes again. Something was fishy here…but he smirked nonetheless at Kagura's remark.
"That's a good idea. Tell me, though, why have you come here and I'll try my best not to chop you in half." He replied.
Kagura scowled, waving her fan around her as if dancing. Inuyasha frowned as well as he felt the aur tickle his face. Kagura smiled at this.
"I just thought I would let you know, Inuyasha, that Master Naraku is not pleased that you attempted to destroy him and his castle. He's quite angry with you." She said as she danced more rapidly.
The sound of Shippou snoring behind him surprised him. How could he just doze off at a time like this? In fact, Inuyasha had to resist his own drooping eyelids as Kagome and Sango yawned behind him. Now he heard Kilala fall to the ground and sleep as well. What was going on?
"Like I care what that bastard thinks!" Inuyasha managed to shout over his own drowsiness.
Kagura frowned again and increased her speed some more.
"I'd watch it, Inuyasha. Naraku is…a nightmare you can never escape from. You are the puppet and he is the puppet master. No matter how hard you try, you can never truly get away from him." She said with a hint of sadness in her voice.
This moment of sincerity from Kagura surprised Inuyasha, but he was even more surprised when he heard several 'thumps' behind him. He turned and found that everyone was on the ground in a deep sleep.
Then it clicked. It was Kagura and her fan. She must have had something on it and was dancing to blow it toward them.
Inuyasha turned with fury dancing in his eyes. "So that was your little trick!" He shouted and ran forward with the Tetsusaiga over his head, planning to chop Kagura in half.
Kagura continued to frown and stood her ground, dancing.
When Inuyasha was barely a foot from her, she quickly batted her fan directly in his face, releasing a small cloud of pink powder.
He fell to the ground like that, sleeping like a baby. The Tetsusaiga returned to normal as it fell, as well.
Kagura sighed and wiped her forehead. She had been nervous for a second there. She hadn't known they would have been immune to the powder, but she'd assumed it. Luckily, she was right. She then quickly nodded to Kanna, who stepped forward, pulling the green vial from her dress.
Cautiously, she bent down towards Inuyasha's face and lifted his head up. Kagura came over to help; making sure Inuyasha was out of it.
"Quickly, Kanna. Naraku said it would last hours, but I'm not so sure." Kagura said hastily to Kanna, who was indeed moving swiftly; half of the vial was already down Inuyasha's throat. And he wasn't choking on it.
Finally, Kanna sat up showing Kagura the vial: Every drop was gone. Kagura smiled. The mission was a success. She vaguely wondered what the green substance would do to the hanyou, but she didn't want to be around when he woke up.
"Shall we leave then?" Kanna asked in her usual, quiet voice. Kagura nodded but, drew a sheet out of her dress and wrapped it around the Tetsusaiga and its sheath. She then secured it with a bit of twine and slung it over her shoulder.
Kanna looked at her curiously.
Kagura paid Kanna no regard and quickly went over to Kagome slumbering form and removed the bottle containing the jewel shards from the miko's pocket, storing them in her own.
Done, Kagura pulled her feather from her hair and got on with Kanna, mumbling as the pale girl continued to look at her curiously. "I don't care what Naraku says, taking these from then will weaken them and benefit us as well."
Finally, Kanna nodded and gave one last look to the group of sleeping adventurers on the ground far below.
"Inuyasha's going to be angry." Kanna murmured to her 'older sister'.
Kagura didn't say anything for a moment, before finally chuckling.
"Who knows? Inuyasha may not even be Inuyasha the next time we see him.
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CW: How was that? Next chapter, things should start getting interesting.
Haru: CW would also like to know if you guys would like to see Miroku pack on the pounds, too.
CW: Yes, so tell me if you do! Ja ne!