1To Protect You
By: Lil' InuTenchi
InuTenchi: Hey! Merry Christmas to every one of my great readers!
Kitty: Yeah, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Well, sorry it's been so long since our last update, but we have been busy.
InuTenchi: Yeah, you should all know how it goes… projects, homework, tests, just school in general.
Kitty: Well, at least Christmas vacation is here! And you just had a birthday so u can attempt to kill people when you try to drive.
InuTenchi: Hey! I'm not going to kill people!
Kitty: If you say so…
InuTenchi: I did say so… after all, I am the author!
Kitty: :Rolls eyes: Ok…sure…
InuTenchi: Enough talk… let's just get on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha… yet… no I'm just kidding… I never will be able to own Inuyasha sadly…
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(Author's Note)
Last Time on To Protect You
They saw him stop in a clearing and look up into the tops of the trees. Sango gasped when she saw who was there. "Hello, Inuyasha, nice to see you again, and without my reincarnation too," Kikyou said as she giggled. Inuyasha growled low.
"That damn bastard; how could he be seeing Kikyou after what happened to Kagome?" Sango hissed. Chirina placed her hand on Sango's mouth to silence her. Sango looked up at Chirina and was about to protest when she heard what Inuyasha said next.
"Go to hell Kikyou," he said, still growling lowly. Kikyou smirked.
"Gladly, but you are coming with me Inuyasha," she replied, still smirking. She reached out to grab his arms, but Inuyasha pushed them away. He growled louder and watched as Kikyou's smirk turned into a glare. "You will come with me Inuyasha, whether you like it or not, you will come with me you lying traitor!"
"I am not the traitor Kikyou, you are. You let Naraku trick you. You let yourself be killed. Not me. Don't you see, I survived, I am over you? I am now in love with someone else; you will just have to get over it and go to rest." Inuyasha replied. He smirked harshly at the glaring, dark miko. Sango gasped even louder, this time Inuyasha heard her. "Damn it! Don't you know how to mind your own business?" he growled.
Sango and Chirina walked out from behind the tree in which they were hiding. Kikyou ignored the newcomers and continued to glare at Inuyasha. "No! I will not be alone when I go to hell! I will take your soul with me, you murdering traitor!" she shouted evilly and got her bow out. She cocked an arrow and pulled. She then let go and watched maniacally as it sped towards Inuyasha, resembling nothing more than a purple comet.
It was a foot away from Inuyasha's chest when Chirina jumped in front and started whispering another chant. Suddenly the arrow turned and sped towards Kikyou, soon piercing the vengeful miko in her cold heart. She gasped and screamed painfully as she burst into nothing but clay and ash. Sango gasped surprisingly.
"Oh…what happened?" Miroku said groggily. He had just woken up from Chirina's spell to find that everyone was gone. It was really late at night. He could tell this because the moon was high in the sky. "Where is everybody?"
"They went to see something; I think that it was Kikyou," Shippo said sadly. He had tears in his eyes and Miroku was wondering what had happened.
"What's wrong Shippo?" Miroku asked worriedly. As he said that Shippo began to cry uncontrollably.
"Inu…Inuyasha…let…M…Mom…Mommy…b…be kidnapped! I…h…ha…hate him!" Shippo cried out. He ran up to the shocked monk and cried into his robes.
"Shh…Shippo, I'm sure that we will find her, calm down," he said reassuringly. He hugged the little kitsune, trying to comfort him. 'Damn Inuyasha! How the hell could he do something like this? And then he went to see Kikyou! I'm going to kill the bastard!' Just then Inuyasha, Sango, and Chirina walked up to the camp. Miroku saw Inuyasha and ran up to him.
"How the hell could you do that? You bastard! I'm going to kill you, Inuyasha!" he yelled angrily. He lunged at Inuyasha, but Inuyasha just stepped to the side and watched as Miroku fell flat on his face.
"Miroku, calm down, Inuyasha had nothing to do with Kagome's kidnapping!" Sango tried to explain. Miroku didn't listen to her; he stood back up and lunged at Inuyasha again. Again, Inuyasha just stepped to the side and, again, Miroku fell on his face. "MIROKU! Pay attention!" Sango shouted. Miroku stopped and looked angrily at her.
"What?" he asked. She sighed and walked up to him. She placed her hand on his shoulders. "Why are you protecting him Sango? Why would you protect such a bastard! He let Kagome be kidnapped!" Miroku asked viciously. Sango sighed again and shook her head.
"No, Miroku, he didn't. He tried to go with her, but she wouldn't let him. Do you understand?" Sango explained. Miroku looked confused. His eyes went from Sango to Inuyasha and back to Sango.
"Then, why the hell did he go to see Kikyou?" he asked. Inuyasha and Sango both shook their heads. Inuyasha walked over to the angry and confused monk. "And why did you go with him?" he asked again.
"Miroku, I didn't have anything to do with Kagome's kidnapping. As for Kikyou, she is now dead. I felt nothing for her when she died. I had only gone to see what she wanted, and Sango followed me without my knowledge. I am sorry that you think I had anything to do with it, but the fact is, I didn't," Inuyasha explained. Miroku stared disbelievingly at him.
"What? Kikyou is dead? How did this happen? Is it even true?" Miroku said, confused. Shippo stood there with his mouth agape. Inuyasha smirked at the looks on their faces.
"Yes, Miroku, it is, I saw it myself. Chirina said something and made the arrow that was meant for Inuyasha backfire and hit Kikyou," Sango explained. Miroku nodded disbelievingly at the demon slayer and inuhanyou.
"Chirina, did this all really happen?" Shippo asked nervously. He was still upset from a few minutes earlier. He wiped away the remaining tears and smiled a little when she nodded her head. "I'm so sorry, Inuyasha. I'm sorry that I accused you of being responsible for Mommy's disappearance."
'Kagome, I love you. I never got to tell you that. When I find you, I swear that I will tell you that! I also just want you to know that, what I did today was for you. I would have never done that for anyone else.' Inuyasha thought sadly. He was about to fall asleep. 'I did for you and only you,' he thought before he fell into a deep slumber.
This Time on To Protect You
Chapter Four: Naraku's Death and a Newfound Enemy
"Master, the miko you requested has been brought!" announced a short panther demon. She was standing in a small doorway awaiting an answer from her master. The dark shadow that was in the middle of the room stirred.
"Thank you Hetaera, tell Kunai to bring her in," it replied. Hetaera nodded and bowed respectfully before turning and leaving.
"Let me go! Inuyasha! INUYASHA!" Kagome called out worriedly. She was chained to the wall of a dark room. The panther demon that was guarding her smirked as he watched the young miko struggle to get loose.
"Shut up, miko, Inuyasha can't save you now," he said evilly. Kagome glared at him angrily before she saw the short female panther demon come up to him. She said something to him and he walked over to Kagome and undid her chains. He walked her over to the door and led her out.
They soon came to a large room in which the demon left her. "Thank you Kunai, you may leave us," said a dark shadow. Kagome snatched her arms out of Kunai's grasp and glared at him as he left the room. She then turned and looked suspiciously at the shadowy figure. It stood and walked into the light, revealing a tall man with long, glistening black hair and bright blue eyes. Kagome secretly found him intriguing, but he did scare her slightly.
"Hello, Kagome," he stated. Kagome shivered when he said her name. She stared at him intensely, determined to show no fear. He noticed this and smirked. "Kagome, Kagome, its no use to fake being brave. For, to show untrue bravery is just as bad as showing pure fear in the face of a true adversary."
"Who are you? What do you want with me?" Kagome asked, unmoved by the man's last statement. He nodded at her and walked towards her. She backed away nervously.
"You wish to know who I am, well, I am Ankara. You also wanted to know why I need you here. I need you to show me the way to the rest of the jewel shards," the man, now known as Ankara replied. "That, and I am looking for a new mate." Kagome was taken aback at his assumption that she would willingly help him and, even worse, become his mate.
"No," she said simply, "no, I will not." She glared at him as she saw his eyes glaze over in anger. He started to glow a dark red, but she did not move. Surprisingly, she did not become even slightly afraid. Maybe it was her bravery, or maybe it was her sheer determination to be reunited with Inuyasha. Ankara quickly calmed himself and returned to his former state.
"Very well, but I must inform you that no one has declined one of my offers and lived to tell about it. Believe me, you will change your mind, on both offers." He said threateningly. Kagome continued to glare angrily at him. He snapped his fingers and Kunai, along with Hetaera, came into the room.
"Yes Master, do you wish for us to take her away?" Kunai suggested. Ankara nodded and they both forcefully grabbed Kagome's shoulders.
"Oww! Let go of me! I'm warning you! When Inuyasha finds me…" Kagome started. That made Kunai and Hetaera laugh. "What's so funny?" Kagome asked angrily.
"What makes you think that that moronic little half-breed would even care that you have gone missing? What makes you think that he will be able to find you?" Hetaera laughed out. Kagome glared for a minute as she registered what Hetaera had just said. Kunai and Hetaera continued to snicker as they drug Kagome back to her room.
Somewhere In the Forest
"Inuyasha! I'm tired Inuyasha! Can we please rest for the night?" Shippo whined. Inuyasha sighed impatiently and looked back at the tiny kitsune, who was trailing behind the rest of the group. Sango smiled at the look on Inuyasha's face. She then turned around and picked Shippo up and carried him. Inuyasha shook his head, but turned around and headed on.
All of the sudden both Inuyasha and Chirina stopped and sniffed the air. 'Naraku... I have found you!' Chirina thought angrily. She then took off and headed in the direction in which the smell was strongest. Sango, Miroku and Shippo all looked vaguely confused. Inuyasha smirked, but told them to follow him. He then took off as well, leaving Sango and the others to figure out his trail.
Chirina soon stopped in front of a large gate with a baboon's face sculpted into the iron. She easily jumped up and over the gate. When she landed, however, she was surrounded by a mass cloud of toxic gas and several youkai. 'Oh shit!' she thought, before covering her nose with her tail and drawing her sword.
Soon, Inuyasha came to the same gate and he also leaped up to the top of it. He soon spotted Chirina, who was fighting her way around the grounds of the large castle. He also noticed the rather large covering of purple gas. Just then, Sango and the others caught up.
"Wait! Don't open the door! You guys stay out here! And, Sango, give me your mask!" Inuyasha ordered. Sango nodded and threw her mask up to the hanyou. He then hopped down from the top and into the foggy area and joined Chirina in the fight of the smaller youkai.
Inside the Castle Grounds
"Chirina! Do not kill him before I can talk to him! Then we can kill him together!" Inuyasha called. He looked out into the fog and, squinting, he saw the black haired youkai, skulking her way through the mist. He soon made his way over to her and they both found their ways through the mist and up to the large entrance way to the castle.
The doors automatically opened and let the pair in. They entered cautiously and looked at each other. "Be careful, Inuyasha. You do know that Kagome would never forgive you if you got hurt," Chirina stated before she turned down a hallway, leaving Inuyasha to look through the other.
He walked slowly, checking every room that he passed. He kept walking until he finally saw him, saw the man who only lived to ruin his life. He gritted his teeth in fury and walked into the room.
The man behind the baboon mask was smirking as he saw the pissed off hanyou enter his chambers. "Hello, Inuyasha. Where's the wench?" he asked snidely. Inuyasha growled in his throat and balled his hands into fists. "I'm surprised that she hasn't pinned you to a tree and left you for dead again." he stated smoothly. He was enjoying this and he made no move to hide it.
"Shut the hell up, Naraku, and tell me where Kagome is," Inuyasha growled out. Naraku just shrugged his shoulders and stood slightly. Inuyasha became furious. He rush over to Naraku and grabbed him by his shirt collar. As he lifted Naraku off of the ground he ripped the baboon mask off of the demon.
"How the fuck would I know?" Naraku stuttered. Inuyasha was more furious than ever. He threw Naraku across the room and drew the Tetsusaiga. Naraku smirked and stood, wiping the drops of blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Tell me where she is Naraku! If you do then you will die a fast, less painful death. If you do not then you shall die a slow, painful death as I rip each and every limb from your pathetic body," Inuyasha warned angrily. Naraku smiled evilly as he saw Kagura come up to the door.
She was just about to use one of her spells, but Chirina rushed up and shoved her sword threw her back. Kagura screamed in agony as she fell to the ground and started twitching from her loss of blood. Inuyasha turned quickly and nodded thankfully to Chirina who easily stepped over the twitching body.
"WHERE IS SHE NARAKU," Inuyasha bellowed. He continued to smirk until Chirina walked over and got him in a headlock. Inuyasha smiled angrily. "Naraku, you shall tell me where the hell my Kagome is or I will let Chirina get her revenge first." Inuyasha stated slyly before punching him square in the stomach. Naraku looked slightly confused. "What? Do you not remember killing her little brother?"
"I don't care if he does or does not remember, he is going to die either way!" Chirina exclaimed. With that she let him go and started whispering a violent chant. Naraku called out as he started to become blind. Inuyasha smirked, but then realized that he never got an answer out of him.
"Shit! Chirina I never found out where Kagome was!" he said worriedly. Chirina looked at him reassuringly.
"Listen, I don't think that Naraku was the one who took her. If he was, then Kagome would have been here as a zombie or something." Chirina explained. Inuyasha took that in and nodded. They then looked back down at the suffering demonic man and smirked as they both drew their swords and killed him. Smiling and looking at each other they walked out of the room slowly.
As they were walking down the hallway they heard a soft groaning from in a room beside them. They both looked in and saw Kohaku, Sango's little brother, sitting on the ground. Inuyasha thought about going on for a moment, but thought better of it and walked over to the little boy and picked him up. Then they finally made it out of the place.
Outside the Castle Grounds
"It's been a really long time... I hope that they are alright," Sango said worriedly. She looked over at Miroku and saw him clutching his hand in slight pain. She rushed over to him and held on to his shoulders as he undid the beads that were protecting everyone from his windtunnel. He slowly took them off and looked at his hand with a shocked look on his face. His windtunnel was gone!
Just then Inuyasha and Chirina walked back over to the group. Sango was surprised at who she saw in Inuyasha's arms. He was carrying her little brother!
"I... I... I don't understand... Does this mean that Naraku is dead?" Shippo said. Inuyasha smirked at the kitsune's stuttering. "But... where's Mommy?" Shippo asked worriedly. As he said that Inuyasha set Kohaku down on the ground and walked away.
"He didn't have her did he?" Miroku asked after staring at his hand for another five or so minutes. Chirina shook her head mournfully and Shippo started to get teary eyed. "Shh, Shippo it's okay," Miroku said comfortingly.
Sango was kneeling beside her brother, checking for his pulse. He had one, but it was faint. The only thing keeping Kohaku alive was the single jewel shard in his back. Sango knew that Inuyasha was going to make her take it out, but until then she would treat him like he had never been gone.
"S... Sa... Sango? Where am I?" Kohaku asked drowsily. Sango smiled happily as she hugged her little brother. Kohaku sat there for a moment, but then he hugged her right back, and then he broke down. "I... I... I am so sorry Sango! I am sorry about what I did to our family!" he cried out. Sango looked at him, but sighed.
"Kohaku, it's okay, that wasn't really you. It was Naraku, but he is gone now and you can be with me again," she said happily. He smiled slightly as his older sister hugged him again.
In the Forest
'Oh Kagome, where are you?' Inuyasha thought as he looked up to the sky from a tree limb. He closed his eyes and let the slight breeze flow through his hair. All of the sudden, however, his eyes snapped back open and he could have sworn that he had heard Kagome's call.
Somewhere In the Northern Lands
"INUYASHA! Inuyasha please help me!" Kagome yelled out. She was still trying to get out, but had no luck so far. Kunai had been watching her until the past hour or so, but now Hetaera was sitting in front of her door.
"Stupid, stupid miko, how many damn times are you going to call out his name? He is not coming for you. He is a hanyou, meaning that he is part demon, which means that he does not care for the well being of humans. So, you can stop now. Besides, you're giving me a headache," she sneered.
"Shut up, you do not know Inuyasha! He will come for me, just you wait! He will find me and he will kill you and your master!" Kagome screeched loudly.
"God damn, she is loud! Master, what was it that you wanted me to do?" Kunai asked as he was rubbing his ears with his hands.
Ankara smoothly walked over to him and whispered in his ear, "I need you to go to Inuyasha and tell him who has his precious miko." Kunai nodded, turned around, and left the room. Ankara smirked as he watched Kunai leave the room.
In the Forest Just Outside of Ankara's Castle
Kunai was hopping from limb to limb, trying to find the infamous Inuyasha. All that he knew was that Inuyasha was about to be on the border line of the Northern and Southern Lands. He was about a day's journey away from there so he had to run fast.
'Damn wench, she is so much more trouble than she is worth! I would rather kill her and leave it at that, but no Ankara has to have her as his damn mate! Who the hell would want to mate with that stupid, whiney bitch anyway?' he thought as he continued on.
Outside of Naraku's Castle
Inuyasha walked back up to the group after about an hour or two of thinking. He smelt the strong smell of fish and herbs from in the woods and he knew that Sango was cooking dinner. As he walked up Chirina looked at him expectantly.
"Inuyasha? How are you feeling?" she asked. He nodded to her and to everyone respectively. Sango and Miroku both looked at the sorrowful look that was on the hanyou's face. He sat down quietly and Sango handed him his bowl of food.
She proceeded to hand everyone else's bowls to them and then they ate a silent dinner. After they finished Inuyasha stood and walked away from the group once more, but this time he was closely followed by Shippo.
The rest of the group watched for a minute and then they all said goodnight and turned in. Chirina also gave a silent goodnight to the hanyou and then turned to bed herself.
In the Forest
Inuyasha was up in his tree silently closing his eyes and thinking. He was about to fall asleep when he heard a silent rustling from below him. He looked down and saw Shippo standing there. He sighed, but hopped down to the little kitsune.
"What is it Shippo?" he asked, kneeling down. Shippo looked up at him and he saw that the little demon had tears in his eyes.
"I miss Mommy," Shippo said sadly. "Can I sleep with you tonight Inuyasha?"
"Uh... I don't know... yeah, I guess so," Inuyasha stuttered out. With that he lifted the tiny demon up and jumped back into the tree. "Shippo, it'll be alright," he said comfortingly. Shippo sniffled as he snuggled into Inuyasha's fire rat hair shirt and fell asleep.
Inuyasha looked down at the little sleeping youkai and smiled slightly. He was so calm when he was asleep. To bad he couldn't stay the same when he was awake. He too then fell asleep.
Somewhere In the Forest
'Damn! At least I'm almost there. I think that I should be there by tomorrow morning,' Kunai thought angrily. He was getting tired, but he knew that Ankara would kill him if he wasted just a second. With that thought he forced himself to continue on the trail of Inuyasha.
Outside of Naraku's Castle
"Inuyasha! Shippo! Breakfast is ready!" Sango hollered. Inuyasha and Shippo walked slowly back into the campsite and Shippo rushed over to play with Kohaku, who was still slightly dazed from the ordeal of the day before.
Inuyasha walked over to the fire and grabbed his bowl from Sango, who smiled and handed it to him happily. Miroku looked at him and smiled as Sango made the mistake of sitting too close to him.
"HENTAI! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Sango screeched as she continued to hit Miroku on the back of the head with her Hiraikutso. He fell to the ground and was spitting out dirt as he stood, now sporting three or so rather large bumps on his head. Sango sat back down next to Chirina, still fuming from it.
"Stupid Miroku, now is not the time." Inuyasha said. He was not in the mood for Miroku's perverted ways. He finished eating and proceeded to gather their stuff. He sighed as he stood for the next few minutes, waiting for the rest of the group.
"Sango, Chirina, Miroku, we need to go," he said, frustrated. He started to walk away from them as they stood and headed on behind him. Sango with Kirara in her arms and Kohaku behind her and Chirina with Shippo in her arms.
They had been walking only for about two or so hours when Inuyasha's ears perked up and everyone heard a low growl come from back in his throat. Chirina's nose then twitched when she caught the smell of panther demon.
All of the sudden, a short, black panther demon hopped down in front of them. Inuyasha held his hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga, ready to draw it if the demon attacked.
"Chill, half-breed, I'm not here to kill you," the demon said. Inuyasha relaxed slightly, until he saw that the demon had Kagome's scent on him. He lunged at the demon.
"Where is she!" Inuyasha growled, holding the panther down. Chirina rushed over and attempted to pull him off.
"INUYASHA! I'm sure that he is going to tell us anything we need to know," she said. Inuyasha looked at her, but got up off of the panther.
The panther stood and smoothed his fur. He smirked as he saw Inuyasha's scowl grow from him taking his time. "Okay, I do know where your miko is. She is with my master. His name is Ankara and he wishes for you to know that the miko is safe and that she is now his mate." At this Inuyasha gasped slightly, both out of hurt and out of fury. The panther smirked. "He also wishes that you knew that if you ever wish to see the wench again you will hand over the Shikon no Tama shards that you possess," he stated slyly.
Inuyasha growled as the demon bade them farewell and turned around to leave. He attempted to follow the demon, but he was gone too fast. Inuyasha fell back and scowled at himself for being too slow.
Chirina and the rest of the group walked over to him. And Sango put her hand on his shoulder. Miroku looked at him and saw the sad look in his eyes. "Inuyasha, we will find her," he said reassuringly.
"Yeah, I know," Inuyasha replied. Chirina saw the worried look in his eyes and almost instantly knew why he was like that. She leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"Inuyasha, please don't let anything he said get to you. I'm sure that she wouldn't do anything of the kind. She loves you. Even I could see that," she said to him. He looked at her and smiled slightly.
"Yeah, I know that too," he replied. He turned to the group and nodded, telling them that it was time to move on. They all then turned in the direction that they had seen the panther youkai go in and they moved on.
InuTenchi: Well, how'd you like?
Kitty: And how 'bout that villain? He seems kind of creepy to me!
InuTenchi: Uh yeah...
Kitty: Yeah so, um... I believe that this is the longest chapter yet? How 'bout you?
InuTenchi: Yeah! It's like 7-10 pages long... or something like that.
Kitty: Wow, that is a lot.
InuTenchi: I know. So um... now I guess that it is time to thank my reviewers. Here they are:
DigiTails- Thanks for the compliment on Chirina!
Demon Tenchi- Aww! Thanks! I'm so glad that you like my story! I loved yours too!
JA NE!
UNTIL NEXT TIME!
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