Disclaimers: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of its characters.
And now to end that ebil cliff hanger I put up in the last chapter! Ready folks?
But first, a response to the reviewers...
WildfireDreams: who said I would be killing Miroku? :P And about your element... I wouldn't know right now. It depends on your personality, really.
Hayai-hakai: Cruel to my reviewers and readers? Cliffhangers are a part of drama you know :P
Stephanie: Hmm, I thought Rurouni Kenshin usually appeared on adult swim...
Shakujou: Thanks!
Fred the Mutant Pickle: The "crying angel" was supposed to be Sango (who else is Miroku's angel?). Also, minna-san is a respectful term for "everyone". Ex: Minna-san! (Everyone!) watch out for that mutated duck!
Kenshingurl516: Just have patience, the next chapter will come soon. :D
Kitana-nata: Thanks!
Important note: I need to make a few corrections from the last chapter.
I forgot to put up a little note for that #! Thing. It was supposed to say that "IIIEEEE!" meant "NOOOO!" not some sort of shriek of fright.
When it said ""There was no more exhaling," I meant to say "There was no more inhaling."
Now on to the fic! #
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'Oh gods,' thought Sango. 'He's dying and we can't do a thing about it!' She began trembling and hugged her knees to herself in fright.
"K-Kagome-chan? Isn't there anything we can do?"
"I would pull those spikes out of him if I could, but those things are the only things that are keeping him from loosing too much blood..."
"Yeah," interrupted Inuyasha. "But if you keep them in there he'll still drown in his own blood."
"Nani?!"
"Those spikes punctured his lungs. Leave them in there too long, and he'll be a dead man."
#Stare#
Inuyasha felt somewhat unnerved by all the attention he was getting. After nervously fidgeting with the bandages around his stomach, he said, "What you staring at, wench?"
"Inuyasha? Where did you get such medical knowledge?" said Sango, her voice filled with awe.
"Feh, my mother taught me some basics when I was a kid. You have to know how to heal yourself when everyone's out for your blood, you know."
"Then why didn't you ever help us whenever someone was injured?" piped up Kagome.
"'Cuz you guys wouldn't let me in and help, baka."
"Hey! You take that back!"
"Make me!"
"Osuwa-"
"Inuyasha!" interrupted Sango. "So is there anything we can do?"
"Iie. Lung wounds are impossible to heal unless you can somehow repair the damaged flesh. This is why people with punctured lungs are left to die nowdays."
But Sango stopped paying attention after the words "Repair the damaged flesh"...
Suddenly, she sprang up and cried, "That's it!" The others simply looked at her with perplexed faces.
"When I was fighting Jishin, he told me that the reason he could regenerate lost limbs was because the Earth has the power to regenerate the flesh. Inuyasha, if we can pull the spikes out of Miroku, and then quickly patch up his lungs, we can save him, right?"
"I-I guess so..."
"Alright then! Let's get to work!"
After everyone had gotten the supplies they would need, Sango silently prayed, 'I just hope this works...'
-Much later-
"Whew, looks like he'll be fine for the night. We should let him sleep it off for a few days."
Very luckily, Sango's idea had worked: after quickly removing the spikes, she used her powers and sealed any and all wounds (and proceeded to do so with everyone else's injuries). Now it was time for some Rest and Relaxation in an artificial spring: Sango reminded herself to thank Kagome.
-In the spring-
The warm, gurgling spring water did wonders to the girls' bodies and minds as they relaxed and began chatting about girl things. Soon, the conversation drifted off to different things like...
"You know, if there's one good thing about this place, it's that Kouga's not around. Gosh, I hate that annoying stalker!"
She just happened to say this within Inuyasha's hearing range (he was resting in the branches of a tree nearby to guard the ladies). 'Score one for the Inu master!' he thought with a large grin.
Then the conversation moved on to...
"#sigh# You know what, Sango-chan? I sometimes wish that baka Inuyasha" (Inuyasha's eyebrows began quivering at this point) "would stop singing in his sleep."
This one took Inuyasha completely off guard. 'I...sing in my sleep?!'
Kagome continued, "I mean, it's great that he likes music that much, but he sounds like he's drunk when he sings!" By now, Inuyasha's claws were starting to tremble.
'I sound like a drunkard?! What the hell?'
The conversation eventually drifted off from drunken singing to...
"Wow, now that I got over with Miroku almost dieing, that was so brave and heroic of him to jump in front of you like that!" squealed Kagome. Obviously, Miroku's antics had reminding her of all those movies where a guy takes a bullet for his girlfriends/wife/lover (who he had gotten laid after only meeting for five minutes).
Sango made a sly grin and asked, "Oh? So now you're ditching Inuyasha for my man?" She slapped Kagome on the shoulder in mock anger. "Kagome! How could you!"
But Kagome didn't hang around the top gossip queens in her school and learn nothing. "So Miroku-sama's 'your man' now, huh Sango-chan?" she countered.
"Hey!"
They both laughed merrily and began fantasizing about their men to themselves.
'Now that she mentions it,' thought Sango, 'That was so brave of him to save me like that.' She giggled to herself. 'It reminds me of those myths I used to hear about the courageous samurai who would do anything to save their women.' She smiled and looked up to the sky.
'Oh Miroku...my one and only samurai...'
-Meanwhile, at Akuma's place-
"YOU IDIOTS! NITWITS! STUPID-WORTHLESS-FOOLS!!!" The hoarse shouts reverberated throughout the cavern as Akuma vented his spleen upon his hapless (and badly injured) minions.
"I CREATED YOU TO BE PERFECT! YOUR ENEMIES WERE MERE MORTALS! THEY WERE WEAK! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FLAWLESS!!!"
"HOW-IN-THE-SEVEN-HELLS-DID-YOU-LOSE?!?!?!" he screamed, punctuating each word with a stomp.
The four demons merely blinked and attempted to unruffled their hair (which was blown around by the force of Akuma's voice).
"AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU DIDN'T EVEN MANGAGE TO KILL ANY OF THEM!"
"But master," Shougan interrupted, "Our spies have reported that the monk was killed-"
"Silence! I would know if that monk was slain or not!" he gave another frustrated #sigh#, then began pacing around the room. "Alright, I'll give you idiots one more chance."
"Go with my army and escort your fifth brother. Let him fight first. If he fails, all of you attack WITH the army. And don't bother coming back here in failure." He said the last part with his voice dripping with menace.
"Remember, I created you. I can easily find another use for you should you become worthless...for example, I could simply assimilate you into my body to make myself stronger. Now go!!"
-Back to the spring-
Somehow, the conversation between the girls ended up at this:
"Kagome-cha?"
"Hai?"
"Demo...sorry if I sound nosy but, have you and Inuyasha ever kissed?"
At first, Kagome simply blushed furiously fidgeted nervously. But soon she gathered her courage and said, "Hai."
Sango gasped and with eyes wide as dinner plates, she asked, "Honto?! When?"
"Umm, I think it was about a month ago..."
And so Kagome began describing her "experience" to Sango.
"...and then our lips met, it just so great!" At this, Sango began squealing.
Too loud...
Most unfortunately, Inuyasha interpreted this squeal as a scream of fright. So he leaped out of the tree, shouted "Kagome!", and rushed up to the spring where Sango and Kagome just happened to be stading waist high in the water, nothing covering them.
"HENTAAAAIIIII!!!!!!"
-At Miroku's bed-
Miroku suddenly opened his eyes and lifted his head with frightening speed. "Did someone say my name?" he asked no one. Then as fast as he woke up, he fell back down to the bed and was out like a light.
-Back to the spring-
"INUYASHA NO BAKA! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!..."
#Crash# #Crash# #Crash# #Crash# #Crash#
After a few minutes of doing this (in which Sango and Kagome clothed themselves), Kagome decided that Inuyasha had enough punishment and stopped sitting him.
"#sigh# Inuyasha, I hoped you learned your lesson."
"Yeah, I did," said a muffled voice from beneath the ground. "It's that some people never appreciate it when someone else dashes in to save her when he thinks she's in trouble." He picked himself off the ground and sadly turned away.
Guilt eating at her heart, Kagome cried, "Yamero, Inuyasha!" But he didn't stop.
"Gomen, Kagome," he muttered as he disappeared into the undergrowth.
"I-Inuyasha..."
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So! Will Inuyasha forgive Kagome? Stay tuned folks!
And now to end that ebil cliff hanger I put up in the last chapter! Ready folks?
But first, a response to the reviewers...
WildfireDreams: who said I would be killing Miroku? :P And about your element... I wouldn't know right now. It depends on your personality, really.
Hayai-hakai: Cruel to my reviewers and readers? Cliffhangers are a part of drama you know :P
Stephanie: Hmm, I thought Rurouni Kenshin usually appeared on adult swim...
Shakujou: Thanks!
Fred the Mutant Pickle: The "crying angel" was supposed to be Sango (who else is Miroku's angel?). Also, minna-san is a respectful term for "everyone". Ex: Minna-san! (Everyone!) watch out for that mutated duck!
Kenshingurl516: Just have patience, the next chapter will come soon. :D
Kitana-nata: Thanks!
Important note: I need to make a few corrections from the last chapter.
I forgot to put up a little note for that #! Thing. It was supposed to say that "IIIEEEE!" meant "NOOOO!" not some sort of shriek of fright.
When it said ""There was no more exhaling," I meant to say "There was no more inhaling."
Now on to the fic! #
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#
'Oh gods,' thought Sango. 'He's dying and we can't do a thing about it!' She began trembling and hugged her knees to herself in fright.
"K-Kagome-chan? Isn't there anything we can do?"
"I would pull those spikes out of him if I could, but those things are the only things that are keeping him from loosing too much blood..."
"Yeah," interrupted Inuyasha. "But if you keep them in there he'll still drown in his own blood."
"Nani?!"
"Those spikes punctured his lungs. Leave them in there too long, and he'll be a dead man."
#Stare#
Inuyasha felt somewhat unnerved by all the attention he was getting. After nervously fidgeting with the bandages around his stomach, he said, "What you staring at, wench?"
"Inuyasha? Where did you get such medical knowledge?" said Sango, her voice filled with awe.
"Feh, my mother taught me some basics when I was a kid. You have to know how to heal yourself when everyone's out for your blood, you know."
"Then why didn't you ever help us whenever someone was injured?" piped up Kagome.
"'Cuz you guys wouldn't let me in and help, baka."
"Hey! You take that back!"
"Make me!"
"Osuwa-"
"Inuyasha!" interrupted Sango. "So is there anything we can do?"
"Iie. Lung wounds are impossible to heal unless you can somehow repair the damaged flesh. This is why people with punctured lungs are left to die nowdays."
But Sango stopped paying attention after the words "Repair the damaged flesh"...
Suddenly, she sprang up and cried, "That's it!" The others simply looked at her with perplexed faces.
"When I was fighting Jishin, he told me that the reason he could regenerate lost limbs was because the Earth has the power to regenerate the flesh. Inuyasha, if we can pull the spikes out of Miroku, and then quickly patch up his lungs, we can save him, right?"
"I-I guess so..."
"Alright then! Let's get to work!"
After everyone had gotten the supplies they would need, Sango silently prayed, 'I just hope this works...'
-Much later-
"Whew, looks like he'll be fine for the night. We should let him sleep it off for a few days."
Very luckily, Sango's idea had worked: after quickly removing the spikes, she used her powers and sealed any and all wounds (and proceeded to do so with everyone else's injuries). Now it was time for some Rest and Relaxation in an artificial spring: Sango reminded herself to thank Kagome.
-In the spring-
The warm, gurgling spring water did wonders to the girls' bodies and minds as they relaxed and began chatting about girl things. Soon, the conversation drifted off to different things like...
"You know, if there's one good thing about this place, it's that Kouga's not around. Gosh, I hate that annoying stalker!"
She just happened to say this within Inuyasha's hearing range (he was resting in the branches of a tree nearby to guard the ladies). 'Score one for the Inu master!' he thought with a large grin.
Then the conversation moved on to...
"#sigh# You know what, Sango-chan? I sometimes wish that baka Inuyasha" (Inuyasha's eyebrows began quivering at this point) "would stop singing in his sleep."
This one took Inuyasha completely off guard. 'I...sing in my sleep?!'
Kagome continued, "I mean, it's great that he likes music that much, but he sounds like he's drunk when he sings!" By now, Inuyasha's claws were starting to tremble.
'I sound like a drunkard?! What the hell?'
The conversation eventually drifted off from drunken singing to...
"Wow, now that I got over with Miroku almost dieing, that was so brave and heroic of him to jump in front of you like that!" squealed Kagome. Obviously, Miroku's antics had reminding her of all those movies where a guy takes a bullet for his girlfriends/wife/lover (who he had gotten laid after only meeting for five minutes).
Sango made a sly grin and asked, "Oh? So now you're ditching Inuyasha for my man?" She slapped Kagome on the shoulder in mock anger. "Kagome! How could you!"
But Kagome didn't hang around the top gossip queens in her school and learn nothing. "So Miroku-sama's 'your man' now, huh Sango-chan?" she countered.
"Hey!"
They both laughed merrily and began fantasizing about their men to themselves.
'Now that she mentions it,' thought Sango, 'That was so brave of him to save me like that.' She giggled to herself. 'It reminds me of those myths I used to hear about the courageous samurai who would do anything to save their women.' She smiled and looked up to the sky.
'Oh Miroku...my one and only samurai...'
-Meanwhile, at Akuma's place-
"YOU IDIOTS! NITWITS! STUPID-WORTHLESS-FOOLS!!!" The hoarse shouts reverberated throughout the cavern as Akuma vented his spleen upon his hapless (and badly injured) minions.
"I CREATED YOU TO BE PERFECT! YOUR ENEMIES WERE MERE MORTALS! THEY WERE WEAK! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FLAWLESS!!!"
"HOW-IN-THE-SEVEN-HELLS-DID-YOU-LOSE?!?!?!" he screamed, punctuating each word with a stomp.
The four demons merely blinked and attempted to unruffled their hair (which was blown around by the force of Akuma's voice).
"AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU DIDN'T EVEN MANGAGE TO KILL ANY OF THEM!"
"But master," Shougan interrupted, "Our spies have reported that the monk was killed-"
"Silence! I would know if that monk was slain or not!" he gave another frustrated #sigh#, then began pacing around the room. "Alright, I'll give you idiots one more chance."
"Go with my army and escort your fifth brother. Let him fight first. If he fails, all of you attack WITH the army. And don't bother coming back here in failure." He said the last part with his voice dripping with menace.
"Remember, I created you. I can easily find another use for you should you become worthless...for example, I could simply assimilate you into my body to make myself stronger. Now go!!"
-Back to the spring-
Somehow, the conversation between the girls ended up at this:
"Kagome-cha?"
"Hai?"
"Demo...sorry if I sound nosy but, have you and Inuyasha ever kissed?"
At first, Kagome simply blushed furiously fidgeted nervously. But soon she gathered her courage and said, "Hai."
Sango gasped and with eyes wide as dinner plates, she asked, "Honto?! When?"
"Umm, I think it was about a month ago..."
And so Kagome began describing her "experience" to Sango.
"...and then our lips met, it just so great!" At this, Sango began squealing.
Too loud...
Most unfortunately, Inuyasha interpreted this squeal as a scream of fright. So he leaped out of the tree, shouted "Kagome!", and rushed up to the spring where Sango and Kagome just happened to be stading waist high in the water, nothing covering them.
"HENTAAAAIIIII!!!!!!"
-At Miroku's bed-
Miroku suddenly opened his eyes and lifted his head with frightening speed. "Did someone say my name?" he asked no one. Then as fast as he woke up, he fell back down to the bed and was out like a light.
-Back to the spring-
"INUYASHA NO BAKA! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!..."
#Crash# #Crash# #Crash# #Crash# #Crash#
After a few minutes of doing this (in which Sango and Kagome clothed themselves), Kagome decided that Inuyasha had enough punishment and stopped sitting him.
"#sigh# Inuyasha, I hoped you learned your lesson."
"Yeah, I did," said a muffled voice from beneath the ground. "It's that some people never appreciate it when someone else dashes in to save her when he thinks she's in trouble." He picked himself off the ground and sadly turned away.
Guilt eating at her heart, Kagome cried, "Yamero, Inuyasha!" But he didn't stop.
"Gomen, Kagome," he muttered as he disappeared into the undergrowth.
"I-Inuyasha..."
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So! Will Inuyasha forgive Kagome? Stay tuned folks!