Author's Note: Ah yes! Thank you all for your reviews everyone! When I read my chapter just cause, I found a lot of spelling mistakes! I was like, "No! Spelling mistakes must die!" So I fixed them, that's why it was updated again a few days later, hehe, sorry if I confused any of you. But it's all good, everything's fixed and now I'll be more careful, please read and review! Enjoy!
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>>> Sorry for any spelling mistakes at all. But I re-read this chapter like four freakin' times and if I see one spelling mistake myself... Ugh! Son of a b-! (Mom) "Kayla Maree! (She always calls me by my first and middle name only when I'm in trouble) No cursing in my house damn it!"... Ok!...?
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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Frightened by the Never Ending Night
Kagome giggled now and wiped away her tears with the back of her hands which were a dirtied with dry soil. She placed her ands on her hips and looked at him expectantly, "Inuyasha, I hope that smile of yours means yes, because if it doesn't, I'm gonna beat you down sooo hard." She laughed and he smiled even brighter. It was his turn to laugh a bit and he slid his hands up and down her arms slowly, "Oh really now?" He teased with a sly grin.
Having forgotten about their troubles and uncertainties at this point in time, or merely wanted to disregard them, even if for a few moments, they both indeed flirted with one another. They began to kiss once more and Inuyasha pushed her against the solid rock surface of a massive stone that was five times their sizes. Even as Kagome had her back against the boulder behind her, Inuyasha still pushed against her aggressively.
Kagome smirked in the kiss and Inuyasha pulled away, "What?" He asked, a little suspicious of something. When Kagome smirks like that, he knows it's something naughty, which was more fun for him anyway so whatever she was going to do, he would gladly welcome it
Kagome giggled faintly and wrapped her hands around his wrists. She pushed him back and then turned him around so that now he was pushed against the large rock. Kagome had both their arms up, hers still remaining around his wrists that were also against the rock. She smiled mischievously, "Now I've got you." She looked up at him and saw his somewhat surprised expression.
He began laughing lightly, "You know, this just makes it sexier." He replied and easily got loose from her firm grip on his wrists. He pulled her against him, both of them laughing about his comment, and then both kissed passionately for a few of their precious moments that they had left together before they had to fight Taisuke all over again.
Inuyasha was about to get a little frisky with Kagome, but just then, their fun was ruined when out of the corner of his eyes, he saw one of the largest energy blasts ever coming their way at a rapid speed.
"Get down!" He shouted and pushed them both on the ground behind the boulder they were earlier against.
Inuyasha kneeled on one knee and shielded Kagome who was sitting with both legs folded, making her look a great deal smaller than she already was. And soon enough, there was a gigantic explosion that landed just next to them. They felt the radiation from the blast and thought that they would be on fire again like they had been before, but fortunately for them, the blast was still yet too far to inflict such damage. Thank goodness for the boulder that they had taken refuge to for privacy.
Inuyasha covered Kagome's head and he turned his darkened eyes to look at the explosion that was still taking place, 'Damn, what the hell is Sesshoumaru doing? He better not be losing.'
Kagome was scared to death, she thought for sure that blast would crash right on them, and they would've certainly perished.
She looked up Inuyasha's troubled face; she honestly wished he wouldn't always be her shield like this. She wanted to protect him, she wanted to keep him safe, as he was doing for her now. However, even in his human form, he sensed things a second faster then she did, and so was the first to jump into action.
Once the explosion was vanishing and the light was dissipating, Inuyasha was reluctant to release Kagome from his hold. "Are you ok Inuyasha?" Kagome asked immediately and hugged him. 'We were nearly killed again. I wonder if Inuyasha is ever going to be truly ok.'
Sesshoumaru growled fiercely and jumped high through the smoke filled battlegrounds. He sensed Taisuke was near and was rushing to get to him and to finally kill the damned bastard that already caused him so much trouble.
The demon lord stopped immediately and shoved his sword into one smoky gray cloud he knew Taisuke was right behind. He felt it make contact with the demon, but not penetrate him in any way, which pissed Sesshoumaru off all the more.
Sesshoumaru didn't move, he relaxed his expression once again, not wanting Taisuke to assume what he was thinking and what his next move would be. He seemed to be doing a lot of that lately, and it was getting much too annoying for the demon lord to handle.
The smoke slowly cleared… and still stood Taisuke.
The merciless demon Taisuke, also portraying an emotionless mask upon his features, was in fact clutching Sesshoumaru's blade in his own bare hand.
Sesshoumaru let his eyebrows rise in shock. Though it looked like he was slightly surprised, he felt truly beyond that. 'How can he take hold of Tokijin so simply as this?' He contemplated it all once more.
Taisuke did not show any sign of feat, he was not a boastful person. He only gazed into Sesshoumaru's golden eyes, and discovered a hint of distress.
Just when Sesshoumaru was thinking of another attack to perform, Taisuke gripped Tokijin harder, and his skin was pierced from the blade, causing blood to stream down it and to the hilt. Sesshoumaru couldn't help but show his absolute surprise at this instant. 'What does he think he is going to do? Sever his own hand off?' The demon lord thought this man to be either foolish and deceitfully feeble, or extremely powerful and ingenious.
When Sesshoumaru was finished with this last contemplation, Taisuke squeezed the blade harder, and shattered it before the entire world to see.
Sesshoumaru's eyes widened and his lips parted in sheer revelation. He had no idea what this guy just did, and how he could have done it. This sword… it was influential and invincible; it wasn't supposed to break at all, not by a meager hand anyway.
Rin's heart nearly stopped all at once when she heard the deafening smash of a sword's blade. She peered slowly over a large rock and gasped when her eyes laid upon the most hope lost scene she could have ever imagined at this point; Sesshoumaru kneeling in front of the devil, strongest weapon in ruins and looking as though he couldn't go on fighting.
She recovered little by little and brought an unsteady hand over her trembling mouth, "No, Sesshoumaru." She shook her head in dismay and ducked down again, trying to regain her composure.
Rin sniffled very noticeably and brought out two of the orbs that were now glowing brilliantly. 'It must be near here. However… I want to assist Sesshoumaru… Oh, I do not think he will allow it though.' She thought and hung her head lower in defeat.
Rin was stuck. She wanted so badly to support her mate in battle, but she needed to retrieve the orb that was so close to her, yet she was completely blind to see it thus far. 'What do I do now?... Should I truly risk something so crucial?'
Teishin sat up hurriedly in his futon, breathing deeply and looking around frantically in the darkness of his secure room that at first felt unfamiliar to him.
After shortly realizing what was going on, he placed a frail hand against his aching forehead, 'It was only a… bad dream.' He sighed to calm his nerves. After closing his eyes tight to rid the negative thoughts of his previous dream, he looked at his older sister and the other two girls across the room from him. 'I hope their dreams are more contented than mine just were.'
He slowly sat up straight now, stretching his arms and small back, feeling the faint aches it suffered from the tough training he had been doing earlier in the day. He really hoped that Sango would allow him have a break tomorrow; he thought he needed just one day's worth of rest, and then he would be good to go train another time.
Teishin sighed and slouched for a second time; he was very concerned for his mother very much lately, and it showed.
He knew his mother was worried about Miroku so much that he knew she must not be sleeping well either. Teishin shook his head gently and pursed his lips, 'She can't agonize herself sick like this, it isn't good for the baby.'
The young seven year old boy didn't know much about pregnancy, but he knew the basics, much thanks to his mother teaching Keiko from time to time and answering her curious questions. He knew that Sango couldn't be stressing like this so much as she was doing now, however he knew somehow that it'll all be ok in the end. His heart confidently told him so.
He nodded, Sango was a strong woman; he knew it'd take a lot more than mere worries to take her down.
Teishin smiled sorrowfully, he wished he could be with his older brother right now. He hoped that when he was old enough, he would be able to go on a journey similar to the one his brother was venturing on.
Asoka stepped up with confidence and smiled, "Hey guys, we just made a new game, I'll show ya how to play!" He said and the others cheered. Taikan scoffed and crossed his arms over his chest, "This game better not suck like the other one did last time Asoka, or else my demon instincts will highly encourage me to kick your ass."
The boy nearly laughed out loud and sighed. He missed those times and wished they were here with him, all playing together without a care in the world.
Teishin slowly lay back down on the soft cotton blanket that was half beneath him and half on top of him. He snuggled inside of it and closed his tiresome young eyes, 'I wish you all were here.'
Miroku smiled when he looked at Asoka. The young boy was talking to Taikan about whatever young boys talk about, and he was glancing at Sanae frequently. Miroku looked away from him, not wanting Asoka to be embarrassed if he discovered that his father knew he liked a girl, especially one they knew very well. 'They all grow up much too quickly.' The monk thought about the rest of his family back at home and saddened very evidently now; he really missed them a lot.
The beautiful face of Sango kept filling his very heart and mind to the core with the warmth that he missed so much. He hoped against hope that he would return home to her soon. Her smile, her scent, her very presence, he missed it all and wished he was with her back at home and relaxing, like they did most days. Usually, when not on a life changing journey to destroy an evil demon from taking over the world, they would watch their children train and he'd smile everytime Sango would kindly point out a mistake one of them would make. Sango was always kind. Well... except for when before they were married and how she slapped him twice or three more times than she did nowdays. He sure did miss those days... Why you ask? Oh, let's just keep that to himself.
The boys were long done talking and Asoka looked up at Miroku, "Father,-" He was about to say more, but the monk looked at him swiftly, as if disturbed from his thoughts. He tried to smile genuinely, but Asoka saw through his father's charade, "I… I miss them too." The young boy responded softly and smiled sadly toward the older man. Miroku blinked and he looked down, feeling more sadness overcome him.
Miroku breathed in a sharp breath and looked back at his son, "Don't you worry one bit Asoka, we'll all be home sooner than you think. This demon won't be hard to overpower now that we know how he fights."
Lies.
All of it.
Miroku inwardly shook from anxiety; he honestly had no idea in all of the world if they would in fact return to their beloved home and family soon. This demon was practically impossible to fight, and as far as he knew, he himself had no idea yet how this demon thinks. He's that ingenious, much like Sesshoumaru.
Miroku looked up in surprise, "Wait a second, Sesshoumaru is still fighting him, of course." He murmured in a daze and finally became aware of the fact that the demon lord was indeed fighting Taisuke. How could he have forgotten something like this so easily? He didn't know, but he wouldn't let himself get off track of anything else anymore, none of them could risk that.
A moment later, Miroku and the others jumped up when an immense explosion took place just right outside of their shelter,"What was that?" He tried to shout over the noise. Miroku widened his eyes in fright when he saw small rocks and pebbles fall from the ceiling of the cave, "No, it's going to close in!"
Taikan was way ahead of him; he awoke his sister and helped her up. Turning to look at the others he shouted, "Let's get out now you guys before this whole place caves in on us!" Asoka nodded as Miroku grabbed his arm to lead them out.
Sanae pulled away from Taikan's hold on her quickly, "Wait, where's Mom and Dad?" Taikan looked out of the cave, gritting his teeth gently and narrowing his eyes in panic filled confusion, 'No, where could they be?'
Rin breathed heavily with her lips apart and dared herself to glance over the top of the boulder once more.
Sesshoumaru couldn't think. He could only continue to stare at his sword that was no longer able to be used in this battle until it was fixed. It was his most powerful weapon, and it was destroyed by a simple squeeze of a hand.
"How… How can this be?" Sesshoumaru whispered. His form still kneeled on one knee in front of his adversary; he glanced up at Taisuke, now narrowing his golden eyes in pure hatred. He had never in his life kneeled like this in front of anyone. He was never taken down so easily, not by anyone. This feeing he had, it felt so new to him, and he despised it to a level he had no idea how to control.
Taisuke was not impressed by his opponent's look of astonishment. The demon turned his closed fist over and opened it, letting remnants of the blood covered blade fall to the ground lifelessly. "I do not know Lord Sesshomaru. Why don't you tell me?"
Before Sesshoumaru could think of anything else to possibly answer him, Taisuke punched him in the face with his other fist which no one could see coming.
Rin gasped very loudly, "Sesshoumaru!" She swiftly tucked the spheres in her kimono absentmindedly as she jumped over the boulder she was hidden behind, running toward Taisuke with amazing speed that she appeared to be only a blur.
Sesshoumaru was flying across the battlegrounds from the blow and soon hit the surface of the rock wall of the mountain.
Rin grew angrier at the sight of her fallen mate and once she reached Taisuke, she slashed him across the face with her claws, clear poison dripping from the tips of them. She landed a few yards from the demon and kept her guard up, waiting to see if her attack had taken any effect on this demon.
Taisuke had shown no pain of any kind when she clawed his features. Rin was surprised by this. It did not hurt him? The poison was not working?
She looked at him intently; he had five slim cuts very noticeable on his face with blood trickling down a couple of them. He slowly brought a hand to his cheek and touched his minor wounds. He looked at his bloody fingers from his already bloody hand and looked at her with a subtle glare.
Taisuke had enough of their foolishness, "Are you all so simpleminded that you're too blind to see that you're already dead?"
Rin widened her eyes, "What do you mean by that?" She took a small step back. Did this man assume he had already won the battle? Was he only playing with them? Mocking them?
He did not answer her; instead he appeared right in front of her in a blink of an eye and grabbed her around the neck. He picked her up effortlessly and threw her toward where she once was before.
Sesshoumaru was recovering as fast as he could, "Rin." He breathed and stood up hurriedly. He walked over the ruble that he had created when he was smashed into the wall of the mountain. Waling closer to Taisuke who turned toward him, practically welcoming his next attack with open arms. 'How do I defeat someone who most likely can never to be defeated?'
The explosion soon passed and Inuyasha stood up with Kagome who hurriedly followed, "Oh no, the kids." He said in panic and ran with Kagome in the direction of the cave where his family and friend were. It didn't take long, and when they arrived there they saw that everyone had gotten out safely from the cave that was now closed in with countless boulders.
Kagome sighed in much relief and ran toward her children, "You're all ok." She dropped to her knees to hug Sanae who was running to her and Inuyasha. Taikan smiled and hugged Kagome also. Their faces were partly covered with dust and they had a few scratches, but other than that, they were truly just fine, which brought another sigh from Kagome.
The miko felt so happy to see her children safe. It was like a breath of fresh air after inhaling smoke all her life and she couldn't get enough of it.
Miroku walked calmly to Inuyasha, "How do you think Sesshoumaru is holding up?"
The hanyou shook his head, moving his dark bangs out of his eyes, "I have no idea. But all I know is that now's the time to get back into action,-" He sighed in frustration and held his hand on the hilt of his sword that was useless until the sun rose, "But we can't do that until we know if Rin has the last orb yet." He gazed toward the edge of the cliff from where he stood. From his far distance from the cliff though, he couldn't see anyone.
Kagome stood back up, still hugging Taikan and Sanae around their shoulders. "So, what are we going to do now?"
Inuyasha looked at her, remembering their conversation from earlier.
"Inuyasha, when we were married we promised each other that no matter what we were to face in our lives, that we'd face it together."
He was about to sigh, but instead he closed his mouth and swallowed. Inuyasha was nervous to death for Kagome's and his kids' safety, but he knew that he and his mate would fight Taisuke together, not mater what.
Inuyasha walked on the way to the edge of the cliff, and saw Sesshoumaru walking away from numerous rocks to what looks like he had just crashed into. Taisuke was waiting for him patiently.
The hanyou turned back to look at her and the others that have been by his side throughout everything, "I don't know… not yet." He murmured the last part.
Inuyasha glanced back down the cliff and saw Sesshoumaru coming closer to Taisuke, preparing to fight with his bare hands. Inuyasha looked back at Kagome and the others, "We're going to fight him until Rin gets the orb back to us. We'll fight him with everything we've got. We're going to fight him together, and win together… Like old times."
Rin coughed and tried to stand up, but her body refused such a request.
She looked over her shoulder and saw that Sesshoumaru seemed to not be injured at all, and was walking toward Taisuke with what looked like to her, self-assurance.
"Oh thank goodness. He's ok." She whimpered and crawled to her hiding place yet again. The poison had gone inside of him when she cut him, she knew. All Rin could hope for was that it would work in a little while. The more powerful the demon she poisoned, the slower it traveled in its blood. But once it starts taking effect, it puts the victim in complete anguish, suffering a slow and painful death. Rin was born with this attack when Sesshoumaru had turned her into a demon like him, and so was born to know how to use it too, being careful on how to control it. If she didn't, the poison could easily hurt someone she wouldn't wish to be hurt.
Rin breathed heavily and wiped blood from the side of her mouth. She weakly searched through her kimono and sighed in relief when she pulled out both orbs. She was scared to death that one of them would have fallen out when Taisuke threw her. Then two orbs would have been missing.
Rin gazed at the orbs with a feeble smile, "It's very near here. They're shining so wonderfully." She looked around herself with growing curiosity.
After she tucked the spheres back inside of her kimono, Rin crawled on her hands and knees as she was doing long before when she started looking for the blue orb. She blinked a lot and kept looking under rocks here and there. 'Where is it? It's here, I know it is.' She sat back down and looked up as he closed her violet eyes. She breathed evenly deep and took out the spheres again.
She studied the orbs carefully, holding them in specific directions and seeing where she should go. 'I would like to help Sesshoumaru fight, but I know I have got to find the orbs first. That's my top priority as of now.'
Rin was too weak to heal herself and could only take it easy for a while until she could get some of her strength back up.
She held the spheres slightly to her right and saw them flicker with even brighter light for a second. She gasped, 'It must be over there somewhere.'
Rin inched her way to a rock she particularly wanted to look under. She gasped again with delight when she saw light come from beneath it. Rin inched toward it faster and put both the orbs down. Rin lifted the rock, all the while taking a deep breath.
When she completely lifted the rock, she saw the beautiful blue sphere shine magnificently and she shed tears in happiness, Finally… finally it's in our possession once again."
Wait… Why can't she just make the wish here and now?
Rin was shaking with anticipation, "I'll make the wish... I have to." She said and put all the orbs down in a triangular form. She sat up straight and closed her eyes, "I wish Taisuke to be dead." Her voice echoed like a clear bell.
After a few moments of dead silence, Rin opened her violet eyes again. She saw that the orbs were still shining, but did her wish come true?
Rin looked behind her to see if Taisuke was still standing and awaiting for Sesshoumaru's arrival.
She couldn't wait to tell Inuyasha and Kagome that he was finally dead, that Taisuke would no longer live to try and achieve the goal that Naraku could not. She laughed and looked over a large boulder, her hopes rising and her heart soaring.
When her eyes fell upon the scene before her, her smile gradually faltered into a frown, the hope in her eyes faded, and her heart sank.
She couldn't believe it, Taisuke still stood strong, nothing has happened. Her wish was dismissed and she had no idea why.
After recovering from her shock a minute later, she shakily turned back to look at the spheres. What happened? Did she do something wrong? Did she not say the wish in the right way?
Rin looked back at the orbs in disbelief. 'What have I done wrong?'
Her lower lip suddenly quivered, "What the hell did I do wrong?" She asked herself louder and punched the ground. She whimpered helplessly. This was their last and only resort, and it failed. It failed when no one thought it ever could.
Rin cried and cried. It was all she could ever feel like doing at a time like this.
She lay down next to the orbs and heard her mate grunt in pain and fall to the ground with a thud. She shut her eyes, "No, Sesshoumaru." She whispered and sobbed into the dirt ground. There was nothing she could do. There was nothing anyone could do. Her eyes widened, realization dawned up on her, the fact that was present and everyone else was blind to see it right in front of them all along. "There is… There is no escaping this hell."