Miroku walked down the
halls of the hospital, looking for kagome's room. It had taken him
some time to get here on the account that he was nowhere near as fast
as Inu Yasha. He had expected him to have at least waited for him,
but then again Inu Yasha longed for this girl to come back; he
doesn't blame him.
After what seemed like eternity, he placed
his hand on the handle of the door. Pushing it open he soon came to
face with a tear filled Sango; who jumped into his chest, knocking
him down.
"Is it true?" Sango cried, smacking his head
against the floor.
"Ouch, is what true?" Miroku relied.
"Do
you love me?" she punched him in the jaw.
Miroku fell back and
starred at her in horror. He smiled nervously, "where did you hear
that?" She punched him again. "ow, Sango stop that hurts"
"You
didn't answer my question." He screamed.
He just looked at
her before he grabbed her head and forced her down onto him,
immediately latching their lips together.
It had been the
most stressful day in a long time. It had been two days since Kikyo
replaced the jewel into kagome's body. Kagome had been awake and
smiling happily. The doctors were baffled at her speedy recovery. It
seemed that she only had a few faint lines where large gashes use to
be.
Kagome was released from the hospital that night. After much
pleading, Inu Yasha convinced Kagome's parents to let him take her
home. They saw how worried and desperate he was, so they took pity on
him.
As kagome was wheeled out into the parking lot she thought
about the extra special measure Inu Yasha took in making sure she was
ok. It went from demanding extra painkillers to having x-rays and cat
scans to make sure they didn't miss anything. Kagome smiled; he
really did worry too much. He helped her into the car and went around
to the other side to let himself in. Kagome knew that she wasn't
really hurt anymore, she was just sore from the lack of moving, but
she let him believe that she needed him to take care of her. It
brought a smile into her face to know he cared so much.
He
started the car and backed out of his parking space. Starting their
long ride home he spoke first. "Kagome, I talked to Kikyo, she said
that judging from what we had told her, she should be falling down
the well early on Saturday. So that gives you until tomorrow morning
to get healed up enough to fight a demon." He turned and smiled at
kagome. "I know that you aren't in any pain, I don't smell you
in any. Just move around tonight so that you aren't too sore for
tomorrow."
Kagome just looked at him. He was letter her go back
there? He was letting her go back to the place where she almost died?
Well, if it meant helping Kikyo, then fine with her. After all, they
had to make sure she met this Oda Nobunaga guy.
Nodding kagome
accepted her task.
It was 6:30am. Kagome stood in front of
the well house accompanied by Inu Yasha and Kikyo. Their mission:
Operation send Kikyo home. Their weapons; Kikyo's arrows, Inu
Yasha's sword, and kagome's…well her um…ability to make Inu
Yasha fight harder. Yeah.
They opened the doors to the well house
and stepped inside. Starting with Inu Yasha, they jumped in the well
one by one until they were all safely on the other side. They pulled
themselves from the well and headed toward the tree line to find a
place to hide and wait. The other Kikyo would be arriving soon.
It
had taken a half an hour for Kikyo to come running threw the forest.
The three companions watched from their hiding spots.
Kikyo ran
as fast as she could. She had run out of arrows and her bow had been
broken into two. Throwing the useless item to the ground, she
searched for a place to hide until she could think of something.
Off
to her right was a small dried up well. It was a good 20-30 feet deep
and had the bones of her past opponents. That would be a good place
to hide. Running to the side of the well, she sat down, only to twist
around until she found the right position. Holding onto a vine, she
hung there. Off in the distance she heard the demon barging threw the
forest; knocking trees over as he moved. Gripping the vine harder she
felt the demon move closer toward the well. Suddenly, the vine
snapped and Kikyo started to fall. She clenched her eyes closed,
prepared for the hard floor of the well, but it never came. Instead
she was engulfed by a soft blue light.
"Ok it's our turn"
Inu Yasha growled. Jumping from the bushes he made his way toward the
demon. It was a few times larger than Inu Yasha, but was covered in a
think coat of short fur and what looked like saliva. Yes, this spider
demon was quite gross.
"Inu Yasha, be careful" kagome yelled
and she ran to his side; Kikyo fallowed close behind. He turned and
looked at his worried kagome and smiled. Wrapping an arm around her
waist he snuggled his nose in her neck and took in her sent.
"I
will always come back to you" he whispered.
Kagome felt her
eyes start to fill with tears.
Pulling away from kagome, Inu
Yasha unsheathed his sword and made his way toward the demon. The
demon had turned and set its eyes of Inu Yasha went kagome screamed
his name. The demon allowed them to say their goodbyes before he
crushed the half-bread into the ground.
Charging at the hanyou,
the demon raised its front two arms in prepare for impaling of some
sort. Inu Yasha growled and held up his sword. "I will not let you
have kagome" he growled to himself. "If I loose, she dies"
screaming it out this time. "I WONT ALLOW YOU TO TOUCH HER!" He
took off running toward the demon. Bring down the sword onto the
front arms, the sword changed into a large fang. Power radiated off
of it.
Cutting off the two front legs, the demon fell forward.
Getting up he turned toward Inu Yasha, only to charge him once again.
Inu Yasha just stared at the sword in amazement. His father left him
something so powerful, so useful. ALL RIGHT DAD!
Just as the demon
reached the hanyou, he brought the sword up. When the skin of the
demon touched the blade, Inu Yasha jumped. With the momentum of his
jump, he managed to push the sword through the spider's body,
cutting him in half. The two halves fell to the grown as Inu Yasha
landed on his feet effortlessly. Sheathing the sword he looked up at
kagome, who started her run toward him.
Just as he reached him,
the sound of horses were heard. "What's that?" kagome asked to
no one in particular.
"I smell horse and humans." He pulled
kagome behind him. "Stay behind me kagome"
"Ok" he hid
her head in the back of his Kimono.
They stood there waiting. It
didn't take long for the riders to appear in the small clearing.
There were 50 in all, not including the well-dressed man at the lead.
The man jumped off his horse and headed for small party.
He bowed
to Inu Yasha. "Good Morning demon. I am here in search of Kikyo,
the powerful priestess"
Inu Yasha just looked at him strangely.
"umm" he just pointed to Kikyo. What else was he supposed to do?
Kikyo stood there, in awe. The man that stood before her was
gorgeous. She watched as he walked towards her, in awe himself. He
knelt down and grabbed for her hand. Kissing it gently he looked up
into her eyes. "Lady Kikyo, I have come from a distant land in
search of your assistance. Many demons have been use to infiltrate my
castle and learn my secrets. Will you please come to my home and
assist me?"
Kikyo just stared at him. He wanted her to go with
him. Would she ever return?
Just as she was about to say
something, the man cut her off. "My Lady, I would be honored to
have you come with us. I, General Oda Nobunaga, swear to protect you
with my life."
That's all it took. The look of hope in his eye
and the way he lovingly caressed her hand, she'd be stupid not to
join him. Nodding slightly, he smiled and motioned his hand towards
his group of riders. One of the men brought an unused horse out from
the back. Taking Kikyo's hand, he walked her towards the horse and
helped her on it. Looking back towards Kikyo's companions, who
seemed to be frozen, he smiled and bowed. "Thank you sir". With
that he leapt onto his horse, and rode off.
Kikyo smiled at
kagome and Inu Yasha. The two smiled back. They were to never see her
again, and they were all right with that, as long as she was happy.
Inu Yasha turned to kagome and took her hand. "Shall we
return?"
Kagome nodded. Although the excitement didn't last
too long, it was still a lot for her. After all she did spend a day
unconscious and two in bed.
Motioning for kagome to go first, Inu
Yasha helped kagome over the lip of the well. They shared one last
smile before she jumped. Near the bottom she was engulfed with a blue
light. Sighing contently, Inu Yasha jumped in after her, waiting for
the blue light.
It never came.
