I'm back with another chapter. I got a few reviews on my little one-shot. I was just posting that for no reason. I've never done a one-shot. They're very easy. ...Hmmm..Well, anyway, on with the long awaited chapter..right?
They hadn't found anything else. They'd found a Mummy and that was it. It was very disappointing. Not for Inuyasha but, for Kagome and Miroku it was. Kagome had them digging all day but, there was nothing. So, it was night and they planned on leaving the next day.
Kagome had something in her hand she came over to the campsite this time. She held it in front of Inuyasha and Miroku's face," Scarabs.." She stated it like everyone knew what she was talking about. She and the little bugs skeleton in he hand it was black and a little dirty but, it still resembled a bug.
"And those are..?" Inuyasha pried. Kagome smiled. She seemed to like freaking him out.
"Man-Eating Bugs. They can live for several years feeding on human flesh." Kagome grinned.
"So, someone put these in with our dead guy and they ate him..alive..slowly?" Inuyasha phrased it carefully.
"Very slowly." Kagome correctly smirking at the look on Inuyasha's face.
"That's a very unpleasant way to die." Miroku took the Scarab skeleton in his hand and looked at it.
"Indeed." Kagome agreed. No sooner had she said that they heard screaming coming from the Americans camp. Inuyasha didn't wait for the guy on the horse heading straight towards them like Kagome and Miroku seemed to be doing. He pulled his gun out and shot him. Then went to go help the Americans. Before he did he turned to Miroku and tossed him a gun. Then, he looked at Kagome.
"I suggest you stay here." He said it knowing she wouldn't do it but, it was only a suggestion. Kagome got up and took off as soon as she didn't see him anymore.
They were being attacked by mostly men. They seemed to be being led by...a young woman. She was about Miroku's age or at least she looked it. She had a huge boomerang on her back that she swung around with ease. She wasn't on a horse but, rather a very big cat that looked like it was made fro the desert. Inuyasha's brow furrowed he'd avoid her for now. He shot quite a few men of their horses. He thought they were doing good for the small amount they were. He fought off some other guy and shot him then, looked around. Of course, Kagome was out in the middle of the battle closing her eyes and shooting at a few people. She was completely oblivious of the man behind her. Inuyasha shot him back once and pulled her out of the way of the bullet fire. He thought they were home free when the only girl of the group came at him. He grabbed a fallen man's sword and locked her boomerang back.
"So, who might you be?" He asked her between strikes. The girl was wearing all black and had a cloak on. She had dark pink eye shadow on and her dark brown hair was in a high ponytail. If she had been paying attention to Miroku she would have seen him looking at her but, at the moment her and Inuyasha were locked in combat.
"I'm part of the Meiji. We guard this land and we've come to warn you."
"This is quite a warning." Inuyasha spoke through his teeth as he tried to push her back. He managed to but, she swung again. He dodged it and she jumped back. Her cat came out of nowhere and caught her.
"Enough!" She called to her remaining men and the rest of them,"We will shed no more blood here. But, know this...If you do not leave here. The next time we meet..We will kill you all." The girl turned and left kneeing the cat a little bit as she did.
"She's beautiful." Miroku mused after she was gone.
"If you like girls who try to kill you..I guess she is."
"Yeah.." Miroku smiled.
"Okay then." Inuyasha headed back to the campsite.
Miroku was asleep once again. He wasn't very active at night it seemed. Inuyasha was wondering where Kagome was when she came sauntering up to the campsite with the book of Amun-Ra. That, he knew, belonged to the Americans.
"That's called stealing you know?" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"Well, according to you and my brother it's called borrowing." Kagome replied without a second thought about it. Inuyasha noticed that the book had the exact same lock on it that their dead guys tomb had on it. Kagome pulled out the key placed it and turned it. The lock popped off and she opened the book. Inuyasha got a bad feeling.
"I don't think you should be doing that." He looked at her seriously.
"Oh please! Don't tell me you believe in that curse and ghosts and stuff."
"What you don't?"
"Well..Well no. I believe if I can see it and I can touch it then it's real. That's what I believe." Kagome snorted. Inuyasha shrugged he still had that feeling in the pit of his stomach but, he knew he wasn't going to convince Kagome with her stubborn streak. She flipped open the book and placed her finger on the first hieroglyphic. She began to speak in Egyptian. Inuyasha felt a chill. The wind changed and began to blow in their direction. It also had a cold edge to it. He knew they'd done something they weren't suppose to.
"No! You mustn't read from the book!" the translator yelled too little too late.
A roar was heard coming from the place where they'd put their dead guy. It was dully noted. There was a buzzing sound that rang over the desert. Inuyasha heard it first. It was coming from behind them. Kagome spun her head around just in time to see. A wave of locust s flying their way. Inuyasha roughly grabbed her arm and Miroku's collar. He immediately awoke and realized they were running. He didn't ask why, he didn't ask anything. He just ran, that was the best thing to do in situations like this.
They ran into the ancient building. Inuyasha let go of Kagome and left her on her own. They ran deeper into the building then they'd ever been.
The Americans ran into another side of the building. Jack was leading the way and Fred was right behind him. Hojo wasn't behind but, he was straining to keep up. Hojo tripped and fell. His glasses fell off. He could barely see without them and he was in a dark tunnel. He felt around on the floor. He heard footsteps after a while.
"H-Hey. Can you help me find my glasses?" Onigumo had heard him but, being the coward that he was he kept running. Not only that, he stepped on Hojo's glasses. Hojo heard a crunch and knew at once he was screwed. His only hope was to feel his way out of the tunnel and into the light. He heard a scurrying.
"Hello...?" He called into the empty dark tunnel. There was no respond. It must of been a rat. He felt the wall again following the dull light that he saw at the end of the tunnel (A/N: It was a very fitting analogy.. Heheh). This time, Hojo was sure he'd heard a scurrying and the snapping sound of bones. He turned around and was face to face with the most horrid thing he'd ever seen,"AWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAACHHHHHHH!"
Inuyasha, Kagome, and Miroku made their way through the old building. They ignored the sounds behind them. They were coming up a flight of stairs when they heard more footsteps. It was Jack and Fred.
"Run! Run you S. O. Bs! Run!" it didn't take much for everyone to be running the opposite direction. Inuyasha decided to look back. It was the bugs that Kagome had described. Scarabs. One of the American's workers tripped. The bugs had eaten his legs off before he hit the ground. After he fell they swarmed around him and he was nothing but a skeleton in a matter of seconds. Inuyasha put Kagome up on a ledge where the bugs couldn't get her. He forced them back a little bit but, eventually Inuyasha and Miroku were on a ledge too. The Scarabs went like water on the path that didn't end and gave them no second thought. Kagome was so scared that she leaned against the wall. To her surprise, it flipped. She was thrown into another tunnel that she didn't recognize. She went to the right. She was afraid and alone. Coming from deeper inside the tunnel she heard moaning. She reluctantly followed that sound. She came upon one of the Americans. It was Hojo. He was in a kneeling position and had his back to her.
"Oh. Mr. Hojo! I'm so glad you're here.." She trailed off and she got to him. He turned to her," AWAAAAAAAAH!" She screamed and jumped back. He had no eyes and no tongue. He just had dark hole and a empty looking mouth. Something else stood in front of her. It was their dead guy. He wasn't so dead anymore,"AHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed again. It was a living mummy. He had no skin just pieces of flesh hanging off of him along with the wrapping he'd been in. She was pretty sure that was how Hojo lost his eyes and tongue. Since he seemed to be testing them out now and rolling the eyes around in his head. She backed up against the wall,"eh..." the mummy walked towards her. It didn't seem to have hostile intentions but, hey, looks weren't everything. She now remembered what had been written on the lid of the first tomb inside. It looked as though it had been carved with finger nails. She was positive it had been now. It had said: " Death is only the beginning." Now she knew what it meant. The mummy and her were face to face now. He leaned close to her. His flesh was WAY too close for comfort.
"Kikyo.." He said it gently. He stared into to Kagome's eyes for a moment then, he back up. She let out a breath she didn't realize she'd been holding.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha's voice rang through the tunnel. He and Miroku came tearing around the corner,"Whoa!" He skidded to a stop at seeing their dead guy..Up and not..very..dead anymore.
"BRAHHHHHHHHHHH!" The mummy's mouth could stretch as he was demonstrating right now. Inuyasha looked him up and down and then...
"RAHHHH!" Inuyasha pulled out his double barrel and shot the him to the next millennia or so he thought. He grabbed Kagome wrist and they toook off again. They left Hojo there and everything. The mummy was up soon.
As soon as they were outside Inuyasha stopped.
"What the heck was that crap in there!" He yelled.
"It appears are dead guy isn't so dead anymore." Kagome said.
"Anyone with eyes could see that." Inuyasha yelled. Even Hojo. Kagome added as a afterthought in her mind.
The Americans were also outside. They were ranting about how they were getting out of there and they were taking the jars with them and how the curse might be true. Inuyasha sensed a presence behind them. It was the girl from before, the member of the Meiji. She had Hojo. He didn't look conscious. He was draped across the huge cat and was kind of moaning. The girl grabbed him by the belt of his pants and tossed him to Jack and Fred. They caught him. They had a horrified look on their faces after they took a look at him.
"What'd you do to him, you ba–!"
"We saved him!" The girl interjected,"Before the creature could finish it's work. And I would appreciate it if you called me by my name: Sango." She looked angry. She turned to Kagome,"You!" she pointed," Because of you we will all be destroyed."
"Relax." Inuyasha jumped in,"I got 'im."He held up his gun. Sango rolled her eyes.
"No Mortal weapons can kill this creature. He will keep feeding on those who opened the chest until he is fully regenerated." Sango could almost hear the Americans gulp,"I suggest you go and save yourselves before you screw something else up." Miroku came up to her.
"First..I must ask you something, my fair maiden. Will you bear my child?" Sango looked taken aback. Then, he face changed from surprised to bright red and angry. Miroku would be carried back to London unconscious.
Inuyasha, Kagome, and Miroku jumped on their camels and took off that night they didn't look back. Nobody noticed that Onigumo was not around. He was lost in the caves scurrying around scared and alone.
"Ragh.." He heard something coming from behind him. A mummy dead and it seemed to want to eat him or something. It was walking towards him..He pulled out about ten crosses quoting:"The lord is my shepherd I shall not want." In every language he knew. Only when he got to Hebrew did the mummy seem to stop.
"The language of the slaves..."The mummy said in Egyptian,"Where are the rest of these jars?" He held up one of the ceramic jars that the Americans had taken out of the chest. Onigumo most definitely knew where they were. The Mummy held out his hand it filled with gold right before his eyes. Onigumo smirked and bowed.
"My Master.." He spoke it in Hebrew.
Okay. I'm done. I think this is a double update with in days. I feel special. Oh. My sister will be on FF. Soon so look for her stories. Her pen name is: Kumita. Keep it in mind. She's writing a Inuyasha fic. right now. It's got short chapters but, they are really good and funny. She writes much better then me so, yeah, read em.
Oh yeah something funny: On my computer when I write Hojo's name it says it's spelled wrong right? And the suggestions are...Guess what...Hobo and Homo. I thought that was funny. R&R :D