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Current Time and Date: January 29, 2005
To My Reviewers: I appreciate those of you who have reviewed. It's sad to see so many people reading, but no reviewing…Reviewing keeps me writing!
Last night I was soo tired and I was thinking about putting this story on hold for a while since I seemed so overwhelmed by a lot of things. Math, Science, lack of money, my babysitting job, the fact that right now I need to pee….
And there is the dance coming up…on the 12th. I'm going! Woot! –mega punches the sky-
I hope you enjoy reading this chapter and please remember to review.
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"InuYasha, ye are stalling. Ye cannot stall just to see Kagome," Kaede entered the room with a tea tray in her hands.
The half-demon didn't reply, his hand was still gently gripping his beloved's and his eyes never fell off hers.
Once the tea tray was set on the table beside the bed, InuYasha glanced quickly at Kaede. "When will she wake up."
Kaede looked at the clock. "In ten minutes," Kaede answered him. "Perhaps that is all the time Naraku needs to take over the world and destroy it."
"I will wait," he said firmly.
"InuYasha!" Miroku entered the room. "Come on. Kagome will be back when we kill Naraku."
"This might be the last time I see her," InuYasha said, sitting up and looking at Miroku. "What would you do if Sango was here, lying in this bed, waiting for someone's death to wake her? Knowing that the next time she would see your face is in ten minutes?"
"…" Miroku was defeated. He left the room to check on Sango, who was watching Souta and Kohaku train.
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"Miroku," Sango muttered in protest as she felt his arms encircle her waist from behind. Her hands flew to his arms, ready to pry them off.
"Don't move, Sango," he whispered in her ear. "Please. Let me hold you before we fight Naraku."
Sango softened and nodded. The embrace tightened as she felt Miroku nuzzle her cheek and nibble her ear lightly. His nose dug into her dark brown tresses. His hands rubbed her stomach, willing her to turn in his hold on her.
She obeyed, turning around and facing his neck. Sango rested her head on his chest as his fingers traced her spine up to her neck. His large hands caressed her neck and entangled themselves in her hair. The hair band broke and the strands fell upon his hands like a waterfall. Sango opened her eyes. "You broke my hair band," she said.
"You'll find another one," Miroku replied softly as his hand rounded the corner of her neck to her chin. He cupped it with his thumb and forefinger and brought her lips to his in a swift motion.
Sango felt Miroku's lips encase hers in such a manner as she had never felt him kiss before. This kiss was almost a goodbye kiss, which sent shudders down her back in fear. It was also a promise kiss, which made her kiss deepen.
She wrapped her arms around his neck as her head swirled with colors. Sango had never experienced such a heated kiss like this. His kiss was hungry for her, which got her heated. Sango willed herself not to get this feeling.
Miroku's hand slipped from her neck to her waist. His hands lit her skin on fire and sent electric waves running throughout her veins.
"Ew!"
That broke the kiss. Sango turned to see who had interrupted them. It was her brother, Kohaku.
He had a disgusted look on his face along with a small smile. "Can we keep this storyline rating at PG-13 please, before Miroku gets carried away?"
Sango laughed and turned to Miroku, who nuzzled her nose with his. "I love you," she heard him whisper faintly before planting another soft kiss on her lips.
"I love you too…" tears dotted the sides of her eyes in realization of why he was doing this. He didn't want Sango to end up like Kagome. It was selfish of him to do this. It was as if he was saying: We've got it better than InuYasha and Kagome.
But couldn't he be selfish once in a while towards her? Yes. Yes, he could.
Sango turned away from him, muttering something about finding another tie for her hair.
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Ten minutes later….
InuYasha paced the floor before Kagome's bed. His golden eyes flickered over to the clock. "It's been ten minutes…" he scowled. "Why isn't she waking up?"
"Patience, InuYasha," Kaede instructed, dabbing Kagome's forehead with a moist cloth. "She will wake up."
InuYasha's ears flipped forward as he heard a soft groan of pain coming from Kagome. "Kagome!" he ran, with near Godlike speed, towards her bedside. He took her hand in his and watched her face for any sign of her awakening.
Her eyelashes moved slightly and he waited eagerly.
Her brow forced together as sweat beaded upon her face like dew. Her mouth tightened and her head moved from side to side. She mumbled incoherent words of protest, enough so that InuYasha could make the words out.
"Let me go," she mumbled, tossing her head, hair in her face. "I must get back! Stop! Stop hurting me!"
"Who's hurting her?" InuYasha looked up at Kaede. "Who?"
"Naraku…through a method called 'Mind Pang'. It doesn't hurt her physically, but it torments her mind into thinking she is physically hurt. As soon as she wakes up, the pain will go away," Kaede explained. "All we can do is stay silent and wait."
"No fucking hell I'm staying silent and watching her fight him off alone!" InuYasha cursed through gritted teeth. "Kagome! Fight the bastard! You want to come back! Souta, your family, your friends, come back to them. Come back to me! InuYasha!"
Her eyes flashed open, her pupils grew big, and she inhaled sharply. Her body jerked forward.
"She's possessed!" Kaede stood up.
"No way in hell," InuYasha picked her up and thrust her body into his arms. "Kagome! Fight Naraku!"
Kagome coughed and jerked in his arms. Tears streamed down her cheeks and more sweat poured down her face.
"Kagome! I love you! It's me, InuYasha!" InuYasha said into her ear. "I'm waiting for you to wake up! I need you. Don't you want need me to?"
Kagome relaxed her body against his. Her eyes closed and her body went limp. He hugged her tightly. "Wake up…"
Her eyes opened, as if obeying InuYasha. Her body pulled away from InuYasha and InuYasha allowed it so he could see and read her face.
At first her face was blank; her eyes were hollow, then she grew into recognition. "InuYasha!" she cried out and threw herself onto him, squeezing him tightly.
InuYasha fell back onto the carpet and hugged her back. "Kagome!" he inhaled her vivid scent, loving it more than he could express. He kissed her cheeks reverently and then made his way to her mouth. He kissed her vigorously, not giving her time to react when he pulled away from her.
"Kagome," he sat up and leaned her against the bed. His hand groped under the bed and then retracted. He held a small black box in his hand.
He pulled it open and revealed a golden ring with one large diamond in the middle, and two blue stones on the side in the shapes of delicate hearts. The jewels gleamed at her, making her eyes widen.
"I want you to be with me, forever," he said. "Marry me?"
Kagome's mouth fell open slightly. "InuYasha…" she chewed the inside of her cheek in thought. "I'll go back again. I can't accept it until I'm fully awake."
"Please, Kagome! You'll give me the strength to defeat Naraku," InuYasha pleaded with his Kagome.
Kagome thought more and then hesitated. "InuYasha…" she read his dreading face. "I…yes, I will marry you, InuYasha." She gave in and smiled at him.
InuYasha grabbed her right hand and slipped the ring onto her finger.
He then pulled her into his hug to hold her again before he left. InuYasha nuzzled her neck and kissed it gently. "Kagome, I'll be back. I promise." InuYasha helped her up to stand with him. He saw something in her eyes, but he couldn't place a word for it. She knows something that I don't? was what her eyes were saying.
Kagome looked down. "Please be safe, InuYasha, and promise to love me forever."
"I promise, Kagome," he kissed her and she returned it. "I promise with all my heart."
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InuYasha was riding on Kirara's back with Miroku and Sango. "If we don't defeat Naraku soon, Kagome will die along with the rest of us."
"Of course…" Sango said. "Kagome will not die in the mind. Her mind will be living in a different dimension altogether. Naraku has special plans for her."
"What?" InuYasha looked at Sango. "How do you know?"
"Kagome told me while I was in her room with her, alone," Sango said. "She said that if Naraku won, Kagome and Kikyou... with him in hell, though only their spirits, not their bodies. Minds are so much easier to torment."
"Damn it," InuYasha cursed. "Why didn't she tell me?"
"She didn't want to put more pressure on you, but I thought pressure would be something to get you more motivated."
"I can't win if I'm trying to protect someone!" InuYasha said.
"Technically, Kagome won't be there. So you're not really protecting anyone, but yourself of course. Sango and I can take care of ourselves," Miroku said.
"Whatever," InuYasha said.
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Kirara landed on the ground before the tree. "Right," Sango said, looking at the tree. "How do we get in?"
Miroku watched as the spiders avoided them and ran into the tree. "We follow the spiders."
"I hate spiders now…" InuYasha remarked as he stared at the large and small spiders running under the uprooted tree. "They annoy me!"
"Now now, they might seek revenge on InuYasha since he peed on one. God only knows what was in that piss," Miroku said and then he prayed.
InuYasha growled. "What kind of monk are you?" He began bashing him over the head with his fist.
"Both of you, stop!" Sango demanded. She rolled her eyes when they shouted in unison. 'He started it!'
Sango approached the tree and watched as the spiders fled into a hole. "There's only enough space for us to crawl in there. Who knows if it gets more narrow as we go in…?"
"Let InuYasha go first. He can dig our way down there," Miroku suggested.
"What do I look like to you? Do I look like a fucking dog!" InuYasha flailed his fists.
"Yes." They both said.
InuYasha growled, but went in on all fours. The walls were made of metal and the hole did not get any smaller than predicted to be. In fact, it got larger and larger until all three of them could stand up side by side and walk.
"'The hell is this place?" InuYasha looked around, ran his fingers along the walls, and sniffed his fingers. "Faint smell of Naraku…"
"Naraku's Palace then?" Sango suggested, looking at Miroku, who merely shrugged.
They walked more and noticed a faint cylinder pillar of light, moving towards the heavens. Spiders threw themselves in it and they shot up like bullets.
"What is that!" Sango exclaimed, pointing at it.
"A teleportation circle of some sort…" Miroku examined it. "Yeah…this should get us to that other dimension."
He put his finger in it and his finger departed from his body. "Arghhhh!" he yelled and pulled back his hand. In place where his finger was, just a stub now stood. "That didn't even hurt…"
"Now you lost your finger…" Sango looked at it. "No blood…no bone or vains…strange…"
InuYasha leapt into the light and shot up towards the sky.
"That was stupid of him…we could have taken the stairs," Sango pointed to an emergency exit sign.
"The damn elevator took my finger!" Miroku said and then jumped in it and shot up like ketchup in a bottle.
Sango sighed. "I hope this doesn't hurt…" Sango jumped in and got sucked up as well.
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"My finger!" Miroku looked at his hand. "It's back!"
"It probably just teleports you in pieces and then puts you back together again once you reach another dimension," InuYasha said smartly.
Sango and Miroku looked at him. "Why are you thinking?" Miroku asked. "Doesn't it hurt?"
"What was that, monk!" InuYasha scowled at him.
"Nothing, nothing," he put his hands up, palms facing InuYasha. "I was just joking."
InuYasha looked around and pulled out his sword. "I don't like the looks of this place."
"It's like a different planet altogether…" Sango looked around. "Except that it looks exactly like Tokyo…It's just the feeling."
"Where would Naraku be?" InuYasha asked.
"The closest place to Kagome possible," Miroku suggested. "In order to fight Kagome, that is. He must be close, yet far. So I'm thinking, since this world is based to be like Earth, perhaps at Kagome's house. In the same room."
"What?"
"Different dimensions," Miroku tried to explain. "But he's in the exact same spot as Kagome is, but in different dimensions, so that their brain waves touch, but not their bodies. If he fought her physically I am most certain he would lose."
"Why?"
"Because Kagome looks like Kikyou and Kagome is pure. Naraku isn't," Miroku said. "Something like that."
"So let's get going," InuYasha said and he took off, dashing to Kagome's house.
Sango and Miroku followed a lengthy space behind him.
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InuYasha stopped right before Kagome's house. What the hell is going on here? "The house is totally backwards than in real life."
"Backward dimension," Miroku stroked his chin in thought. "The house inside must be completely opposite of Kagome's house. So this is a mirrored image instead of a direct image of earth."
A soft cackle grew steadily louder. "I am glad you have made it, hanyou, monk, and taijiya. You have found my secret location."
Spiders fell from the sky and landed upon them.
"But the potion you are wearing will not ward off my spider demons in this dimension," Naraku's voice boomed.
Sango fought the spiders away from her with her hiraikotsu, slicing them in half and Miroku sucked up most of them with is wind tunnel.
"Only one will be able to come inside my home."
The spiders grew larger and larger. Their eyes went red with bloodlust. They encircled Sango and Miroku, but not InuYasha.
"I choose InuYasha."
The door of the house flew open and a black mist shot out at InuYasha.
"Arghhhh!" InuYasha held out his sword in front of him. "Damn poison miasma." He covered his nose and looked at Sango and Miroku. "Hey! Take care! I'm going in!"
"No, InuYasha!" Sango turned and yelled at him. "If you go in there by yourself, you will be killed!"
InuYasha ignored her and ran inside.
"Damn it," Sango cursed, avoided a spider, and ran in after him. The door slammed shut.
"Sango!" Miroku's fist hit the door. He faced the spiders. "Damn…" He got out his wind tunnel and began to suck up the spiders.
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"Why'd ya have to follow me!" InuYasha shouted at Sango.
"Because!" Sango couldn't come up with the best excuse. "I want to kill Naraku too!"
"You left Miroku by himself!"
"Oh shit…" Sango slapped her forehead. "He can handle himself, I hope…"
InuYasha rolled his eyes. "I told you! Now I have to protect you and worry!" He walked up the stairs, fire burning in his eyes. "I really hate you right now, Sango."
Sango wasn't affected. "She's in here."
"Who?" InuYasha turned to look at her, stopping in his tracks.
"Kikyou…" Sango jumped from the stairwell and back onto the first floor. "I'll find her soul and body. You find Naraku and destroy him."
"I was going to do that anyway!" InuYasha shouted at her, shaking his fist. He then ran up the stairs as he saw Sango go into the kitchen.
"InuYasha?"
InuYasha whirled around and saw Kagome standing there. "Ka-Kagome!"
"InuYasha!" Kagome ran up to him and attempted to hug him, but she just went through him. She stopped and turned to face him. "I guess I can't hug you…"
"What the hell?" InuYasha waved his arm in her head. "Why can't I touch you? Why are you here?"
Kagome sighed and looked down. "I'm in my coma right now. This is where Naraku summons me to fight him. In my own house. He grabs my mind and brings me to this dimension…I watched as this dimension reflected what's going on in the other." Kagome looked at the door. "He's in there…I don't want to go in."
"Kagome?"
"If I go in…" she hesitated. "…I'll die. I'm so weak right now." Kagome fell onto the floor. "I feel useless. I'm sorry I can't help you, InuYasha."
InuYasha fell beside her and tried to tough her and comfort her, but his arms just went through her. "Kagome, hang on. Please."
"Kaede's calling…" Kagome said. "It's time for me to go back to my body." She showed him her hand with the ring on it. "I'm glad I'll get to marry you."
InuYasha smiled softly. "Me too, Kagome. Go now. You're safer where Kaede is."
Kagome nodded, closed her eyes, and disappeared.
InuYasha sighed and stood up. He threw the Tetsusaiga over his shoulder. His hand clasped onto the golden knob and black power surged through him. InuYasha growled and shoved open the door.
There was Naraku, sitting on the bed. His black hair was overflowing the bed and carpet. He was pale and stared at InuYasha with red eyes. Tentacles came from his body and were implanted into the floor, ceiling and walls. They writhed and wriggled to and fro and InuYasha shuddered with hate.
Naraku laughed mockingly. "I'm ba-ack," he sang in an evil tone. "Care for a drink before I smite you to your doom."
"Enough with the stupid banter," InuYasha growled, holding his sword out in front of him. "I'll kill you. I'll make sure you're dead. How dare you hurt Kagome!"
"Simple. She is nothing more but a girl," Naraku's arms shot out, grabbed InuYasha's neck, and forced him up against the wall. "A woman who has no significant manner in this world. A useless whore meant to bare human children. A whore who will never fully love you."
"Liar," InuYasha barked at him and swung his sword, cutting off Naraku's arms. "You're just trying to toy with me!"
Naraku's arm grew again. "Oh good, you're getting smarter." The tentacles released their grasps on everything surrounding Naraku and returned to Naraku's body.
He stood on his feet, looking like a normal human. His hair shortened and was pulled into a ponytail. He held out his arm, his fingers stretched out and a small, black ball formed in his hand. He jumped up and threw it at InuYasha.
The ball sailed towards InuYasha. It started to glow purple and sparks of electricity flew off the ball. The ball hit InuYasha and the room exploded. Smoke went everywhere. Naraku jumped into the sky and landed outside of the house, on the street.
InuYasha's body was thrown into the concrete, making a large crater. He got up, jumped into the air, and raised his sword above his head. "Die, you bastard!" His sword hit Naraku's shield, which pushed InuYasha back against a wall.
Naraku laughed and raised himself in the air. "Is that the best you can do?"
"No," InuYasha landed on the ground and his Tetsusaiga began to glow blood red. "I can do better!" He raced after Naraku again and struck the shield. He pressed the metallic teeth into the black, see-through shield and the sword began to cut into it.
The shield blew up and Naraku was thrown against a large tree, toppling the tree over. Dirt flew up and InuYasha covered his nose to keep from inhaling it.
As the dirt settled again, Naraku jumped from the dirt cloud, landed directly in front of InuYasha, and began to swing his now golden, sword-like arm.
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Sesshoumaru was standing behind Rashi in Kagome's room. Rashi was hugging Kagome, crying. "Oh Kagome!" Rashi sobbed over and over again. "We'll help InuYasha fight Naraku. I'm a hanyou now."
Kagome still couldn't grasp that concept. Rashi being a hanyou. She just hugged her dear friend back, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I saw InuYasha. He's in the other dimension. He's fighting Naraku as we speak."
"Rashi, we should get going," Sesshoumaru said. "Before it becomes too late."
Rashi released her grasp on Kagome and nodded. "Take care, Kagome. Please. Be safe for us."
Kohaku, Shippo and Souta were in the doorway. "We're coming too!" they all said in unison. "We're going to protect our families."
Sesshoumaru looked at the children. "No."
"Ggg…" they knew it was useless to argue with Sesshoumaru.
Kohaku stepped forward. "My sister is in danger! You think I'll just leave her to defend herself against Naraku! No way in hell, damn it!"
Shippo nodded. "My adopted father is in danger too! I'm not much, but I can help too!"
Souta looked at his sister. "Please, Kagome, let me help."
Kagome sat up and nodded. "You can go, Souta."
"Kagome!" Rashi looked at Kagome like she was insane.
"InuYasha needs all the help he can get," Kagome said firmly. "Souta will go in my place. I trust my brother."
Rashi looked at Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru, let them come."
"Fine," Sesshoumaru said.
Rin entered the room and ran to Sesshoumaru. "Daddy!" tears were streaming down her cheeks and hugged Sesshoumaru's leg.
Sesshoumaru picked her up and handed her to Rashi, who cradled the weeping girl. "Rin, who has never lost a battle?"
"You, Lord Sesshoumaru," Rin sniffed, wiping her nose.
"Who is strong?"
"You, Lord Sesshoumaru."
"And who will come back?"
"Everyone, Lord Sesshoumaru. You especially."
"Will you be here for me? Will you wait for me, Rin?"
Rin nodded. "I will. I promise, otou-san!" Rin clung to Rashi's shirt. "I will wait for Rashi too. And InuYasha, Souta, Kohaku, Shippo, Miroku, Sango and everyone else I hold close to my heart."
Sesshoumaru nodded. "Good."
Rashi sighed and hugged Rin close. "We'll be fine, Rin-chan."
Rin nodded and wrapped her little arms around Rashi's neck. "I love you, Mommy."
Rashi had tears forming in her eyes and handed her to Kagome. Rashi burst into tears again as Sesshoumaru led her to the door.
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Miroku sucked in more and more spiders. He could feel the wind tunnel being used to its full power and already his hand was beginning to pain him. "Hang in there, just a little bit longer." Miroku encouraged himself.
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Sango searched through the cabinets and heard the explosion upstairs. The ceiling of the kitchen rattled and she saw InuYasha slam into the wall, hop back up again, and charge after Naraku.
Sango closed the cabinet and walked into the next room. "Kikyou!" she looked around. She saw Kikyou, asleep on the dining room table, a small bottle next to her.
Kikyou's soul…Sango opened the bottle and a small wisp of smoke left the bottle and entered Kikyou's mouth. Kikyou's brow furrowed together.
Sango sighed in relief. "One more ally…"
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Rashi stared at the glowing purple wall of light. "What is that, Sesshoumaru?"
Sesshoumaru threw a rock in it and the rock shot up. "A teleporter," he replied and looked up. "It leads to the other realm. I'll go in first." He stepped in fully and then he flew up like a rocket.
"Wow…cool!" Rashi's eyes widened. "Those would be so convenient in malls…" Rashi jumped in and closed her eyes as a cold sensation wrapped around her and she felt herself being pulled up.
Then she hit the ground, her knees buckled under her, and she fell. Hands steadied her. "Thanks," Rashi said, noticing it was Sesshoumaru.
Souta, Kohaku and Shippo appeared. They all fell over, wind knocked out of them due to the teleporter.
"That was some ride," Kohaku rubbed his head.
"No kidding," Souta stood up and helped Shippo up.
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InuYasha was again slammed into several buildings. Pain numbed his back and scratches covered his arms. He didn't bother returning to where Naraku was.
Naraku had appeared before him once more and InuYasha blocked Naraku's sword arm. Sparks flew onto the ground and disappeared immediately. InuYasha thrust his weight against Naraku's sword, sending Naraku to slide backwards on his feet.
InuYasha jumped into the air and Naraku followed. They fought in the air and landed back on the ground. InuYasha dodged Naraku's glowing sword attack and then reared up behind him and managed to stab Naraku in the leg.
Blood splurted out and fell on InuYasha's red haori. Naraku leapt backwards and looked at his cut. The cut healed. "I am indestructible."
"Damn it," InuYasha wiped his face. "How am I supposed to kill this guy?"
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Crisa Rei: Yes! I'm done with this chapter and the battle scene was better than my other one! And this chapter was long. But next chapter will be longer than 12 pages, I assure you.
I hope you all liked this one.
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