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Long Lost Love
Chapter 6
Protecting
Miroku's mouth was wide open. It couldn't be possible for him to be in the modern era. The well was closed off when Miroku had thrown the Shikon No Tama shard up after he hit the ground...unless...
"K-KOUGA!" Miroku exclaimed. Blood gushed from his wounds as well as from his mouth. Where ever Hojo was aiming for, he got it with dead aim, "How did you get here!"
Kouga extended his arm, "There was a jewel shard in that well, and I jumped in to retrieve it. It turns out I landed here..." He helped Miroku stand, "Just what happened? If your here, then the mutt is here which means Kagome is here...and well you get the rest."
"J-Just get Sango and Kagome to a hospital...they're in the house." Miroku handed Kouga a map he found earlier and marked the hospital with an X with his blood, "Follow this map from here...get them...h-help..." Miroku passed out.
Kouga shrugged, "Not sure what a hospital is though." He calmly walked into the broken up house. He found the house covered in blood, and Inuyasha standing over Kagome. His entire body was shaking. Kouga growled, "You fucking mutt! What are you trying to do!"
Inuyasha turned around to face Kouga. His eyes were burning with tears, "K-Kouga? We can't talk now. I gotta get Kagome to a hospital. You carry Sango." He lifted the dying girl into his arms, and ran off.
Confused Kouga shrugged, picked Sango up, and then ran off with Inuyasha.
If it weren't for Kagome telling Inuyasha how a huge hospital really worked, Inuyasha would have torn the entire place down. Sango was doing just fine, as well as Miroku, but Kagome was in critical condition. Not only had Hojo stabbed her like crazy, but he had attempted to rape her before-hand.
"Ah...how long does it take?" Kouga complained, "Damn, alls ya gotta do is close up the wounds."
"Guys I've been thinking..." Shippou said playing his PSP at the same time, "If Kouga was able to pass through the well, that means any other demon can...which means anything else could pass through the well including that gas Sango was talking...about...?"
It took about 10 seconds for everybody to absorb Shippou's words. They all gasped, and ran towards Kagome's sacred well. Shippou was the fastest out of all of them, then Inuyasha and Kouga. Behind them all but not far was Miroku. The four rushed out of the hospital main doors and out into the streets.
After a few minutes of running, they saw the purple gas leaking from the well. Hojo's dead body was now completely decomposed. Even the bones were decomposing further.
Shippou used a barrier spell to protect that area for a few minutes, "Ah! Oh no!"
"How could I have been so stupid!" Miroku said knocking himself in the head, "The shard is allowing anything to pass through the well into here! There isn't anyway to stop the gas!"
Kouga covered his noise, "What gas are you talking about?"
"Some gas that kills anybody who breaths it in a short period of time," Inuyasha explained, "We all came here to escape it...but...all hope is lost now. We're all gonna die anyways."
As if on cue, a giant demon emerged from the very small well. It was the same demon that started the gas problem. Blood and guts fell out of its mouth causing more gas to spread. It roared with such fierce, the ground shook. They all fell to the ground except Shippou. He made an angry fist, "This is your entire fault!" He ran towards the demon with his right fist glowing with incredible demonic power.
"No Shippou! Stop!" Miroku called, "Come back!"
Shippou didn't listen. He leapt up into the air, and then slammed his fist into the demon's head, "ZAAKARE!" He yelled angrily. A border of power unleashed so fierce, anything and everything around it was swept off. Even Kagome's house and a few other buildings were nothing more now but a pile of dust.
After the smoke cleared, it was easy to see the demon wasn't down. Though there was a large amount of thick gas in the air. Shippou gasped, taking a step backwards, "Wh-What?"
"Wind scar!" Inuyasha exclaimed unleashing large amounts of energy from his blade. It toar up the ground, sending the demon into a very large crater, "We need to get out of here, Shippou! The gas will kill us if we don't!"
Shippou shook his head, "I'm Gogyo's soul heir! No way I'm turning back! You guys go off without me!"
Kouga nodded, "Come on then...we can save other lives. Especially Kagome's life." He ran off with Inuyasha, and Miroku leaving Shippou to fight the demon on his own.
"ZAKARE!" Shippou yelled taking advantage over what Inuyasha had done. The demon was now trapped in the ground and couldn't move for a while. He quickly slammed his fist into the demon's head hoping it would at least start to bleed.
Inuyasha busted through the hospital door. He knew the way to Kagome's room, so he helped himself. Miroku and Kouga were right behind him covering his back if any demons were to show up out of someplace.
"Kagome!" He busted into the door. She was still in recovery but she was awake. On the bed next to her was Sango, who was still sleeping. Kagome had bandages around her arms, and stomach, while Sango's were miner, "Kagome..."
He closed the door behind him so Miroku and Kouga couldn't enter. Inuyasha didn't know what to say to her. It's his fault she was in the hospital in the first place, "Kagome I'm sorry...truly sorry. I never knew any of this would happen...it's just that..."
Kagome hopped off the bed and ran into his arms. She started softly crying into his chest. Now this took Inuyasha by surprise, "Kagome? Why are you crying?"
She didn't answer. Her sounds just became louder. Soon it hit Inuyasha. How stupid was he? Hojo betrayed her by trying to kill her. If that didn't make a girl cry then nothing could. He sighed, moving his hand through her hair, "There, There...You really shouldn't be standing with those wounds."
"I love you Inuyasha..."
He didn't know what to feel at that moment. Angry, sad, or happy. Once Hojo was gone, Kagome moved on in an instant. Sure he felt sorry for her, but that didn't help him make a decision.
"Yeah...," He replied, "sure you do."
The knock on the door broke the silence in the room. Miroku was panting, "Get the girls Inuyasha! Demons! Demons are overflowing the hospital!"
Inuyasha growled, "No, we have to leave them here!" He gently set Kagome back on her bed, "How are the demons coming to this time so quickly!"
"Most likely to get away from that gas," Miroku explained, "Now let's go!"
Kagome snapped her fingers, "Wait I have an idea!" Inuyasha, Kouga, and Miroku turned towards her, "Your era is our past. Maybe we can use the jewel shard."
"But we buried it with kaede," Inuyasha stated, "There isn't anyway to get it."
"Yes there is," Kagome countered, "Since your present is my past, the jewel still exists!"
Miroku thought for a moment, "Yes...Kagome's right. Kaede's body should still be buried in this time...but we have no clue where to find it. A lot has changed since our time."
"99 steps east, 87 steps north, and 26 steps south," Kouga reminded, "Remember? That's the coordinates from the well to get to that spot…well they aren't coordinates but those are the directions."
It was silent for a while. Miroku nodded then ran ahead to go find that spot. It was Kouga's job to watch Kagome and Sango's room from the outside, while Inuyasha took care of anything that got past him. Kagome was quietly resting in her hospital bed, leaving Inuyasha to think about what's going on.
'Why are we trying to survive? What's the Shikon No Tama gonna do? It can't fight the gas...maybe...And about Kagome...Man I never wanted any of this to happen. Agh! This is all Shippou's fault!'
"Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha didn't want to look at anybody right now. His head was all around the place, "What is it?"
"What exactly is going on?"
"The gas is going to destroy the entire planet if we don't do something...Shippou destroyed one of Naraku's creations...kinda like his final trick after death," Inuyasha explained, "Its killing anybody who breaths it in, in a short period of time...Shippou is trying to destroy the demon to stop any more gas from being created...and Miroku is trying to find the Shikon No Tama...Kouga and I are trying to protect this room."
"Oh..." Kagome sighed, "I can't believe Hojo..."
Inuyasha growled at discomfort of his name. He opened the door, and spoke to Kouga. A few seconds later Kouga went into the room, leaving Inuyasha to watch outside, "Damn her..."
I'm sorry if this chapter seemed a little...well...not sure what to call it. I was listening to my stimulating Final Fantasy CD and...Well I got in the mood.
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