Ainoko subeke dewa bishounen!
(Half-breeds are hot guys!)
Scroll Five
Separation
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Kagome had tensed, staring at the door leading to the porch as Inu-Yasha pulled himself off the floor.
" He's here," she said to Inu-Yasha, not taking her eyes off the door.
" Feh, he has the worst timing…" Inu-Yasha growled, putting his hand on the sheath of his sword.
In the other room, Shippo slipped open the side door and ran down the hallway to the room Inu-Yasha and Kagome were in. When he tried to open the door and found it locked, he pounded his tiny fists on it until it opened suddenly, spilling him onto Inu-Yasha's feet.
" What do you want you little pest?"
" He's here!" Shippo hissed at Inu-Yasha, leaping onto Kagome's arms and pointing at the door. " Sango and Miroku say you should get in there so we can have a good defensive position."
" Feh! When did we get into the defensive? Offensive has always been good enough for me!"
Kagome sweat-dropped.
" Ano, Inu-Yasha, that doesn't sound quite right..."
" Kagome! Inu-Yasha! What's keeping you?" Miroku's voice yelled from down the hall.
Grabbing Kagome, and subsequently, Shippo, Inu-Yasha ran down the hall, into the eating room with Sango and Miroku, and walked over to the sliding door that led to the courtyard. Placing Kagome down besides him, he stepped out into the bright courtyard and sniffed.
" He's not close enough for me to smell yet…"
" Or he's just masking it well. I can sense him nearby. He's not even trying anymore…behind that tree!" Kagome pointed to a large tree in the yard and the air around it darkened and shimmered. Shippo shivered looking at it and Kirari hissed, changing into her full sized form.
How did he get through the well? What's he planning? What does he want!? Kagome's brow furrowed as she stared at the dark tree, wishing suddenly for a regular youkai, a giant spider or something, anything but this monster.
" Come on out!" She called out suddenly, startling everyone. " This is needless, what do you want to accomplish by this?"
Deep silence was her answer.
" You bastard! Come out if you want to fight!" Inu-Yasha yelled, drawing the Tetsuaiga from its sheath.
" That would be most unwise," a voice said from the tree. " Perhaps you'd like to destroy Kikyo's reincarnations soul along with me?"
" Feh! This sword won't hurt humans or their souls, that's the beauty of it."
" I see that you still don't understand the situation," Naraku said, stepping out from the shadows. " Only death can come from that sword."
" That's what you think!" Sango said, pulling her boomerang off her back and getting into a battle position. " It can come from me too! I have a village to avenge! My family's honor rests on me!"
" Foolish girl! You mean nothing to me and you know it."
" You'll see what a foolish girl I am!" Sango said, drawing her boomerang back to release a devastating blow but before she could Miroku began to unwrap his air-void and spoke.
" I have my own reasons for wanting you dead. I will have a son who will grow up knowing a full life," he yelled, drawing the last bead off and letting the full power of the air-void hit Naraku.
But Naraku looked at him, unimpressed as objects went flying past him into the void.
" You fool. Did you honestly think that I could be defeated with a curse that I myself put on your family? You are dimmer then you appear."
" Well eat this!" Sango said, whipping her boomerang out and letting it fly. It sailed through the air, but Naraku simply moved to the side, and then out of the way again as it came back through.
" You make this needlessly difficult," Naraku said, looking down at them through his thick bangs. " You need not lose your lives here. I want only the girl and the jewel."
" Never going to happen," Inu-Yasha growled, clenching his claws. " I'm not going to let you touch either one of them!"
" Wait! Inu-Yasha, let me have one more chance," Sango yelled, releasing her boomerang again, but this time Kirari snapped her tail and set the giant weapon on fire. Glowing with more then a mortal flame, Sango let it fly again. This time, however, it was too fast to be seen except for a golden smear that sliced across the yard, through one of Naraku's arms, and back to her in less then an instant.
" My special surprise!" Sango said triumphantly. " I'm not going to die without taking you with me!"
" You're not going to die at all," Miroku said, stepping up behind her and unleashing his air-void again. " Let's get rid of this throwback once and for all."
" Houshi…"
" Let's go, with my void, and your special trick, we can distract him long enough to let Inu-Yasha get a few in."
" Hai, iku masho!"
" Boomerang Bone!"
" Air Rip!"
" Fools…"
The attacks didn't touch Naraku. He simply fazed out, leaving Sango looking around, her head twisted to see if he was behind her.
" Watch out!" Miroku yelled, rushing towards her with his hand outstretched.
CCCRRRIIIPPPP
Sango looked down slowly, the pressure that had suddenly appeared in her chest almost unbearable. The sight that greeted her eyes was not a pretty one. A hand had punched through her battle armor, covered in blood.
No, not like this. I have to avenge…
Her last thought cut off as the hand was pulled violently back through her chest. Her eyes closed slowly and she could no longer see Miroku rushing Naraku in a rage, his eyes white with fury.
" DIE YOU BASTARD!" Miroku screamed, lashing out with his staff. Inu-Yasha was behind Naraku in an instant, sweeping at him with his deadly claws as Kagome took careful aim with her bow.
Sango can't be dead Kagome thought dully, but as she looked over at the crumpled body lying there, she couldn't doubt it. Shippo was shaking Sango's shoulder gently, his big eyes filled with tears and Kirari nuzzling her shoulder.
" Sango, Sango, wake up, please wake up. You can't die like this. This is how…this is how…Oka'a-san died. Please don't leave me and make me have to deal with the lecher and dog demon all by myself. Kagome's too nice to them. You and Kagome were like my…Please don't die Sango…"
Kagome could hear little snatches of the Kitsune's talk and it strengthened her resolve to kill Naraku. " Shin'ne, Naraku…" she whispered as she unleashed an arrow at the demon, who had warded off both Inu-Yasha's and Miroku's attacks. Her arrow sped through the air, encountered his barrier, and in a crackle of sparks, went through it, lodging in his shoulder. Her arrow glowed, and then started to pulse with a strange light. The clothes surrounding it started to peel back and turn black as her powers attempted to purify his body.
Naraku reached up slowly, his eyes all the while on Kagome, and wrenched out the arrow.
" It was time I claimed you anyway…" he said quietly, stretching a hand out towards her, energy crackling on his finger tips, then ripping through the air towards her.
" Kagome!" Inu-Yasha screamed, racing towards her, painfully slow…
The energy bolt slammed into the small body that had been hurled into its path, flipping it over and over, to slam into Kagome's chest, knocking her backwards.
Kagome cradled Shippo's body in her arms. " Shippo…Shippo-chan, doushite? Doushite!?"
" Ka-gome," the little fox boy whispered, " you're the only one who has any chance of defeating that bastard…you couldn't die yet…and I'll be…with Sango-one'e-san…"
" SHIPPO!" Kagome screamed, curling her body around his, knowing he'd used his Kitsune powers to block the blast along with his body, using up all his strength.
" You BASTARD!" In-Yasha yelled, slamming Tetsuaiga into the shield around Naraku, causing it to buckle, sparks hissing in every direction.
" Fool, I want only the shards and the girl…and your death. How foolish to hand me the thing that I want so badly…" Naraku stretched a hand out towards Inu-Yasha, energy flowing from it, but Inu-Yasha leaped out of the way. As Inu-Yasha rolled to a halt, he saw arrow after arrow nail into Naraku, weakening the demon, but not stopping him.
" You make this needlessly prolonged…" Naraku said, wrenching the arrows out of his body.
" Bastard…" Kagome growled. Inu-Yasha turned to look at her, shocked at the anger in her eyes, the absolute rage, and the dryness. Not a tear slipped down her cheeks as she stared at the prince shaped demon. " I'll have your skin on my wall!" She fired another arrow at him, but he sprang towards the well house.
" You'll have to do it in my time then, little miko, for after I've killed you the well will break. Follow me…" Naraku smashed through the wall of the small shrine, and as the couple watched, pulled out of his chest a white ball of energy.
" Owww," Kagome groaned, gasping and grabbing her chest involuntarily. Inu-Yasha looked at her quickly then back to Naraku. The demon jumped into the well, the hand that clutched the white energy in front of him. The blue energy that always encased Inu-Yasha and Kagome opened up as part of Kagome's soul touched it.
" Inu-Yasha…look to Sango-san," Kagome ordered, sinking to her knees.
" Where's Miroku?" Inu-Yasha asked, looking around the courtyard. He caught a glimpse of robes lying in some bushes.
" Inu-Yasha-sama!" A little voice cried from that direction. " Miroku-san is gravely hurt! You must hurry!"
" It's Myouga," Kagome said as she picked Shippo off the ground and walked inside the house.
" My lord! An energy attack of Naraku's hit him! He thought Naraku was distracted by the arrow but he wasn't and---"
" Shut up! Come on, I have to get him inside. We'll call those emergency people of Kagome's and get him treated, meanwhile, Kami he's heavy."
Inu-Yasha gently lifted up the unconscious and badly bruised Miroku. He had clenched his staff till his knuckles were white and no amount of Inu-Yasha's prying would make his hand release it. Tears had dried on his cheeks, and he'd apparently bitten something because there was a small trickle of blood coming from his mouth.
" Poor man," Inu-Yasha muttered as he walked inside, having sent Myouga to check on Sango. " He was in love, he hid it, but I know he was…to watch her die…"
After dropping Miroku off, and seeing that Kagome was calling the paramedic's, he went out and retrieved Sango's body, bringing it back in and placing it down next to Shippo. He felt tears prick the corner of his eyes as he looked at the still form of the little Kitsune. He'd been like a little brother, albeit, an annoying one. He squatted down next to the small, still form and patted the kid on the head.
" I'll avenge you Shippo," he muttered, " and I'll use the jewel to bring you guys back. If I can I'll do it."
" Inu-Yasha," Kagome's voice said behind him. He turned and saw she was dressed in the miko/battle outfit that she'd gotten from the cave in Sango's village. Over her back she had a full quiver of arrows and her bow. Kagome walked over to Shippo and Sango and squatted like Inu-Yasha and reached out a tentative hand. " My friends said they'd be over in a couple of minutes. I…I told them a little bit about this…I told them to watch over Miroku. They'll be here any minute. Suka-chan lives only down the road from here." She swallowed back tears as she ran her hands over Sango's face. " She was the only girl friend I had that knew everything that was going on, that was a part of it, that was there with me…and Shippo…" She swallowed again, anger beginning to grow in her eyes. " He was…he was like Sota to me. He was my little brother…"
Kagome stood up suddenly, scooping Shippo's body into her arms, and turned and walked towards the door. " Come on Inu-Yasha, I can hear Suka's voice and the sirens in the distance. We have some people to avenge…"
Inu-Yasha picked Sango up carefully and carried her with him into the well. As they jumped in, Inu-Yasha got a good look at Kagome. Her hair flying up around her head, her eyes determined yet sad. He'd seen those eyes before, he realized. They were the eyes that Kikyo had always worn. They spoke of pain and loss, yet a deep and smoldering need to avenge, to cause pain where others had…they spoke of vengeance.
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Scroll Six
Desperation
*Sniffles*
Shippo-chan…Sango-chan
*Shouts at the sky*
WHO WILL BE NEXT!
*Sobs*