Hello everyone. It's me, Sad Girl / Roses of Chaos. I'm back with another story. This one is going to be short as well, but don't you worry, I will be writing a longer one shortly. Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha!
Don't Let Go
Chapter 1
By: Roses of Chaos
"Wow, this really is a cold day!" Kagome stated as she stood to stretch from her nights sleep. "Not to mention sleeping in this cave in the freezing cold wasn't too keen on my back" she added, rubbing the lower end of her spine gently.
"It was a bit hard on the body." Miroku agreed, stretching out his limbs. The sun rose clearly over the horizon, casting shadows of the trees through the entrance of the small cave. The wind blew furiously, bitter cold blasting into the cavern. "I think we should back up just a little bit more," Kagome advised. "The fire might blow out if we don't." They all agreed, and were soon far enough in the cave that the wind was no longer much of a factor.
"I don't know what everyone's complaining about" Inuyasha huffed, taking his usual seat in a location, somewhat secluded from everyone else. "I slept just fine." His friends gave him an uneasy look. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and brushed off their awkward glares.
"You have to remember Inuyasha," Shippo's small voice began. "They are only human. Their frail human bodies can not take as much as us demons can." he said proudly.
"Why Shippo.." Sango started in surprise, petting Kirara gently.
"Awe Sango" Miroku interrupted. "You know what he meant." His brow furrowed playfully. "My body heat will warm you up Sango." he smirked as he patted on his blankets. "Body heat is the best way to keep from freezing."
"Fat chance monk!" Sango countered, a furious glare piercing through Miroku like a knife. Miroku knew this look all too well, and backed away slowly before he felt her wrath upon his face. Shippo snickered at his lecherous friend. "I would watch it if I were you!" he said quietly. Miroku nodded in agreement.
The boys worked on packing up their things while Sango and Kagome started breakfast. They began cooking the stack of fish that Inuyasha had gathered earlier that morning. Everything was quiet, with the exception of the howling wind outside. "Oh No!" Kagome shrieked, cutting through the silence as she held up a burnt fish. A frown dawned her pinkish face, as everyone stared at her. Sango giggled lightly at her friend. Kagome looked apologetic. "You burnt it…. You get to replace it!" Sango smiled, tossing Kagome a bucket and arrow.
"Oh come on Sango. You know I'm not good at this! And it's frigid outside!" she argued as she headed towards the cavern entrance. Inuyasha placed his fire rat kimono over her shoulders without a word spoken. The lake was just in sight of their position. "I'll be back in a little bit" she called out, as she ran out towards the lake. Inuyasha walked over to the entrance and watched inventively.
The water was clear blue. The sun's reflection flickered off the small waves as Kagome tried to stab at another fish. "This is going to take forever!" she admitted aloud to herself, as she stood on the bank of the lake. The pond was unusually deep. Kagome could not see to the bottom. "It must go down forever," she said, piercing a rather large fish with her arrowhead. She smiled lightly.
Suddenly, air bubbles began to pop up in front of her. "Hmm.." she mumbled quietly to herself. She peered down into the water carefully. "I wonder…" she began, but was grabbed abruptly by her ankle and pulled beneath the freezing depths. 'Inuyasha' she cried out in her mind. She held out her hand in hopes that someone would see it, and rescue her from the numbing water.
Inuyasha broke his eye contact with the burning fire, and looked around the cave. "Did you hear something?" Inuyasha inquired curiously. The group looked at each other, and Miroku replied, "It's probably Kagome going after another fish." Inuyasha stood up and looked out in the direction of the lake, where he had had a perfect visual of Kagome.
"Kagome!" he called out when he did not see her. He waited a moment and yelled again, this time fear lacing his voice. "Kagome!" he cried out as he ran to the waters edge. His friends followed swiftly. They reached the banks of the lake and looked around frantically for their missing friend. "KAGOME" they all shouted out, but received no reply.
"Wait," Shippo said quickly, stopping everyone at once. His ears twitched. "Do you hear that?" he asked. Inuyasha perked his ears, then drastically looked over to the edge of the embankment. "Air bubbles." he said, hastily making his way to the edge. By the time he got there, the sound was gone. "KAGOME" he hollered, diving underneath the water. Their friends watched in horror as Inuyasha disappeared into the abyss. Sango began to go in after her friends, when she was pulled back by Miroku.
"What are you doing?" she screamed. "We must help Inuyasha! Kagome is down there!" She struggled to break free, but his grip was too great. "We can't Sango!" Miroku began in desperation. "We'll freeze." Sango settled down and looked out into the water. "We have to wait here, no matter how hard it may be!" he continued, fear tearing at his thoughts. The three comrades looked down into the shadowy water. Shippo's face became stained with tears as he watched the waves slowly smooth out. Terror ripped at their hearts as they all waited impatiently.
Well, that's it for Chapter 1, Into The Depths. What did you think of the story so far? Please give me a review. Or, if you don't want everyone to read your comments, you can email me what you thought! And remember, I need advice!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! I finally got my first Easter off of work in 3 years, and I spent it with my mom, and my 2 month old niece! And then I locked myself in my room to finish working on chapter one for everyone to enjoy! Until next time, keep reading and reviewing.
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