Sango came into the great hall. She saw the body of the fighter, Sanouske. She raced to him. He was alive, but barely.
When she picked him up, the timer at her belt went off.
She looked down to see the blinking screen. "Kuso!" She cursed, pressing the button that threw up the fire sheild. The bombs were going off on their own!
She cursed again as the blast shook the castle around her, throwing them into the wall.
When the roar died, she looked around. "Please be alright." She whispered the prayer for her friends.
She climbed over the ruins of the castle, searching frantically for her teammates.
She found them.
Inuyasha was unconsious, lying on his side under the fire shield, Kouga was unconsious and bleeding, the locator flashed around his neck.
Kenshin stood about fifteen feet away, staring up into the firey sky.
Sango lay Sanouske down beside Inuyasha before she climbed up to stand beside Kenshin.
"They escaped. She went with him. She's not coming back alive." Kenshin's voice permeated the darkness. "Lets get the others out of here."
Sango nodded, picking up the unconsious Hanyou and street fighter.
She was awake. Only barely. But she was awake.
She was warm. Silky softness surrounding her. She opened her eyes slowly, the dim light stabbed at her head, making it painful.
"You've been sick for quite some time, Kagome. I'm happy your fever has broken." Came a deep voice.
She turned her head toward the sound. A teenager stared down at her. His red eyes and tangly black hair stirred nothing inside of her.
"Who..Who are you?" Her brows drew together in confusion.
"Naraku. It's alright. Just rest for now. I'll take care of you." He told her, his voice warming.
She closed her eyes, forgetting the questions that buzzed through her mind.
When she woke again, there was food.
She ate slowly, feeling a bit nautious. She couldn't remember why. Who was that boy. He seemed familiar, somehow. But she couldn't place it. It seemed that they were close, but she couldn't tell. She couldn't remember.
When she was finished, her head felt like it was floating. But she forced it aside. She needed to get up. To move around.
She swung her legs off of the edge of the bed, the black silk sheets rustling almost silently as she moved. She slid off of the bed onto the floor. Catching herself before her legs gace out, she hung on the bedpost until she felt less shakey.
She walked slowly, with careful steps, toward the window.
When she parted the blackout curtains, her breath caught in her throat and she had an extreme sense of vertigo. She looked out from the top story of a skyscraper, and onto the city of Kyoto.
The sight was chilling, but beautiful.
She closed the curtain to go back toward the bed when the world tilted violently and she found herself in someone's arms. She looked up to see a concerded face haloed by black hair. "You need to stay in bed. You still haven't recovered from your sickness." He lifted her from the floor and placed her beneath the black silky warmth. "If you need anything just tell me, okay? I don't want you getting hurt. So stay put." He brushed back her hair and kised her on the brow.
Somehow, this sickened her. Revulsed her. But she hid it.
He left after she nodded. She faded into sleep soon after. The world swirling in slow motion as she lay in the midst of a black emptiness.
Megumi stared down at Kouga's prone form. "He'll be alright. The wounds are already starting to heal." She bound his back and legs anyways. "Have the others woken yet?" She asked Sango.
"No. Sanouske has started to stir, though. But i think it's not his physical injuries that keep Inuyasha from waking. He's searching for soemthing in hismelf." Sesshomaru answered her.
"I can't belive it. She's gone." Rin said, her head in her hands. h
Suddenly, they weren't alone.
Rin stared up at Muso. A dark glare crossed her face.
"Where is he?" She snarled tackling him.
"I cannot tell. If you will let go of me i can explain my absense." Muso said, his voice emotionless.
"Fine." She let him go, but pinned him against the wall, her form a full head below his own.
"Kagome's father was under Naraku's employ. I took the shard from his back by force, but he will live. I find that her father has been poisoning her with death seed in her meals. It's only activated by a certain drug, though, which makes it indetectable until after death." He ran a hand through his own mane of tangled black hair. "So, after i took him out of the picture, Kagura shows up with Jinko. I watch this scene until she is summoned to the meeting. Which i can't appear at because of my visage of course. So i hid until it was time to fight. Somewhere along this line, Kouga was trapped by my brother. Then, Kagome found out and sacrificed herself to save us all. What none of you know, though, is that Kagome has been sick for quite some time. The reason i allowed my brother to take her is.." He was cut off by a clawed hand on his throat.
He stared up at Sesshomaru, who'se eyes glared red. "You let him take her?" His voice was not his own.
"Let him go." Rin said, trying to tug at his arm. Shaking her head, she placed two fingers on her lips, then those fingers on the back of his hand. The skin sizzled there until he was forced to let go, a growl of pain emanating from his throat before his eyes faded back to gold. "Finish." she commanded, her eyes flashing red as well.
"He has the only method to cure her. He won't kill her. At least not till she remembers everything." He trailed off.
"What does that mean?" Rin snarled, grabbing the front of his shirt.
"The cure...It erases all memory..." He bowed his head, turning away from their shocked stares.
Yup. I'm doing it again.
See yall around.
This is my time to die. -me.
