Disclaimer: I hate therapy…i really do…o.k. d-d-don't…ooooooooown….I-I-InuY-Y-Yasha!…..jeeze this is hard.!
Kagome jumped form the last board to the other side of the ground. "Alright! I made it…"
Sango sighed relieved. "Kagome! Stay there and we'll come and aro—InuYasha!"
InuYasha pushed past Miroku and dashed carefully across the old bridge.
InuYasha stopped in the middle. It's not as old as it looks…
Kagome moved to the side of the bridge for InuYasha. When he reached the end he looked back at the others. "See? It's fine." As soon as he said this, the last board from the rope bridge snapped. Kagome gasped. Sango grabbed Miroku's hand from a reflex of hers.
"InuYasha!" Kagome grabbed his hand before he was out of reach. "InuYasha…hang on!" Kagome strained as she held on to the wooded post that held up the rope.
"You don't let go!" He shot back.
Kagome nodded. "You don't have to worry about that." Kagome tried to pull him up.
I know I don't.
Miroku pulled his hand away. "Even though I really appreciate that you have feelings for me…well, sometimes it hurts."
Sango blushed. "Sorry, Miroku. It just scared me, that's all."
Miroku hugged her. Sango tried to pull away. "Miroku! What the hell do you think you're doing!"
"Oh, Sango…"
Sango sighed. "Miroku…sometimes you know—hmm!" Sango felt a familiar hand where it shouldn't be. Another one of her reflexes kicked in and she slapped him. Kagome and InuYasha looked up to see what had happened. Sango was breathing really hard with her right hand clenched into a fist. Shippo's tail was really fluffy like a scared kitty cats.
(Within Naraku's Barrier and Castle.)
Naraku sat silently against a wall, eyes unmoving from the almost whole Shikon Jewel in his hand. Kagome ahs two jewel shards, his captive slave, Kohaku, had one jewel shard, Kouga had one or two, Kuro had one, and there were a few more in Kagome's time that he didn't know about and had no way to obtain them.
Those thoughts and more were always with him which angered him so. But the one thought that held more power over those thoughts, was the one that he had almost the whole jewel.
The flame from the lantern flickered as a figure moved outside the room. Naraku did not look up. "Kagura, I know you're out there; you can't fool me."
Kagura gulped silently. She had almost reached the castle's exit. She would have proceeded except for the thought of Naraku having her heart, her very life, in the palm of his hand, quite literally. Kagura folded up her silk fan with a quick snap of her wrist and the loud snap alarmed her for she had not meant to sound so frustrated.
To her surprise, Naraku did nothing. Kagura turned to go back only to bump into her sister, Kanna. "Do not sneak up on me like that, Kanna!" Kanna left no indication that she was the bit embarrassed by her sister's reaction. She walked around Kagura and into Naraku's room and sat across from him.
Naraku tilted his head up to Kanna. "Show me Kanna. Show me where Kagome is." Kanna's mirror glowed a soft blue at his request and the image of Kagome holding on to InuYasha appeared.
Naraku growled loudly, "InuYasha!" She's still alive.
Kagura walked in silently. By the sound of Naraku's angry tone, she could tell that Kagome was still alive which made her a bit happy.
She's still alive. I thought I had gotten her. Naraku growled frustrated to himself.
Kagura chuckled at his expense. Seeing Naraku in agony, pain, and above all, anger, made her forget all about her slavery.
"That's enough!" Naraku almost pushed the mirror away from him. "I wish to see no more."
Naraku got up and walked out of his room in deep thought. "I'll just have to try harder." He said aloud. He stopped suddenly. Kagura was behind him as she thought he had expected her to follow him. "Kagura, I need your help…"
(Back with the gang…)
A small gust of wind and Kagura appeared overhead along with Sanyousho (Spelling? Its those poison wasps' things of Naraku's. If you know who to spell it…tell me!) Everyone looked up to see Kagura overhead on her silk feather.
"Oh, great. Just what we need to make things worse." Kagome yelled loud enough for Kagura to hear her. Kagura sighed heavily.
"Kagome…" Her voice trailed off before she could say the rest.
Kagome tightened her grip and looked up. Kagura held the look the fear and hate and remorse all at the same time. Finally, she made up her mind and flipped out her silk fan. "Forgive me."
Kagome remained still. Kagura or Naraku was no threat to her as long as she had the shards.
Kagura flicked her fan and a powerful gust blew their way. Kagura only tightened her grip and looked the other way. InuYasha used his other arm to shield himself.
Kagome felt a slight tug at he neck and the string around the jewel shards bottle snapped and the jar rolled the other way.
"No! The shards!" Kagome tried to reach for the bottle but stopped herself. If she let go of the post, she and InuYasha were done for.
Kagura flipped her fan close and sat back to wait for Naraku's next move.
(Naraku's Castle)
Kanna's mirror showed what Kagura had just accomplished and he smiled evilly. Kagome had no protection. And now, he would finish her off and InuYasha.
So this is it
This is my life
This is my time
It's ending tonight
I made my mistakes
I tried to live right
Stepped out of the darkness into the light
And when I'm gone
Will they remember
Will they mourn
Will they move on
When my sad songs for lonely son
His time has come his life is done
And tonight
We'll celebrate the end
Of this life
And we'll sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Whhooaa aaooohh
It's alright
This is a night like we've began
With open arms
This is the way
The way I'll meet my maker tonight
Yami Kagome: Hey…sorry it kind of took em a while. I've been reading this really good fic called "Kagraku." It's really good and I've added this author to my list because they're incredibly talented. So read it, its really cool. Alright well "Blind Justice" is on so I'm outta here. Oh, and too everyone who keeps reviewing. ARIGATO! JA NE!
