Lazy me again. I'm back with another chapter though. I'm sorry I keep taking so, long but, does it give you something to look forward to? Yeah right. But, um..Thank you to the person who told me the meiji guy's name which is Ardeth. I don't remember the last name though and I don't feel like looking at the review right now. So, the person who asked...There you go. Thanks for your reviews and for being patient and not flaming me and crap. I type the author's notes way too long anyway, here's the next chapter.
Happy 4th of July Everybody!
Everyone heard Hojo's scream and went to investigate. All they found was a very dry looking body the they assumed was Hojo's due to the missing of eyes and a tongue. He looked like a huge piece of beef jerky with a mouth and eye holes. He'd had all the fluids completely sucked out of him.
Down in the dining room, everyone was having a discussion about what to do. They all knew that the mummy was alive and walking around now and that would make anyone uneasy. But, Fred and Jack were the most ill at ease and inauspicious.
"He's gonna get everyone who opened that chest, man!" Jack said to everyone in the room, his voice peaking.
"And who opened the chest..?" Inuyasha inquired. He couldn't help feeling like he'd been the smartest out of everyone. He was sitting down on a very comfortable couch watching Jack and Fred pace back and forth and back and forth. It was very entertaining. Kagome was sitting next to him she looked like she was in deep thought. Miroku was being Miroku and enjoying a nice bottle of some sort of alcohol.
"Well, There was Hojo." A moment of awkward silence prevailed," And me, Fred, our translator, and..um.."
"Onigumo wasn't there when you opened the chest?"
"No, he ran out of there before we opened the thing. Saying stuff like Beware the curse and all that jazz." Jack replied adding hand gestures for the effect.
"Sounds like Onigumo.." Inuyasha didn't look surprised at all.
"Yeah, well, he was the smart one." Fred said in a exasperated voice and he plopped down on an unoccupied sofa.
Kagome And Inuyasha were fighting again. They'd just got news that Jack's translator had been sucked dry like Hojo. Inuyasha was going to kill the mummy with Miroku and Kagome had to stay in the hotel.
"It's dangerous for you."
"Oh, it's dangerous for me but, Miroku will do just fine!" Kagome pointed at her drunk brother.
"Er.. Probably not but, at least I won't worry about him."
"No, I'm coming with you Inuyasha." Inuyasha didn't say anything for a moment.
"I didn't want to do this Kagome but.." Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and threw her over his shoulder. He then, began to carry her back to her hotel room.
"No! Inuyasha put me down! Miroku! Inuyasha! Miroku!" Miroku stood there watching with a goofy grin on his face. He shrugged,"Miroku the coward that you are..! Inuyasha!" Inuyasha threw her onto her bed and locked her into the room. He turned to the Americans, who'd watched the whole ordeal.
"Nobody goes in there. She doesn't come out." He looked at the Americans and Miroku," Got it." They nodded and went back to what they were doing. The Americans preferred to stay at the hotel room. Inuyasha dragged Miroku off because he had no excuse. There was only one person who could have helped that Mummy find someone he had no idea who they were or how to get there. There was only one person who would change sides as soon as it was convenient for him. Onigumo of course. Miroku didn't ask anything as Inuyasha kicked in another door and walked in on a startled Onigumo. One day that door kicking was gonna get him in trouble.
"Onigumo!" Inuyasha slammed the puny man against a wall,"You came back from the desert with a new friend, didn't you?"
"What friend? You are my only friend."
"Yeah right! Spare me. What is it, Onigumo? What does this creep want?"
"Why would I tell you?" He smirked. That was the wrong thing to say when a fan is over your head less then two feet away. Onigumo was lifted to the fan. His head was now hovering under it," The book! Just the book, I swear!" He was lifted lower,"And your sister!" He said it quickly to Miroku and lifted, also quickly, back up to the fan," But, other then that!" Inuyasha dropped Onigumo.
"So, you're trying to get the book for him?" Inuyasha looked at him,"Onigumo, why are you working for this guy?"
"It is better to be on the right hand side of the devil then in his path. As long as I serve him...I am immune."
"You're gonna get yours Onigumo!" Inuyasha took off, with Miroku in tow.
"Yeah like I've never heard that before!" Onigumo called after them a little late.
Fred and Jack were not the sharpest tools in the shed. They were most definitely not trained to be in situations where they were being hunted. The mummy had gotten them both by the time Inuyasha and Miroku got back to Kagome's room. They're shriveled up bodies were at his feet. He now had a face and it wasn't that good looking since it had a gaping hole in it full of ligaments and stretching meat. Still, guns were getting less effective. It had eyes. Dark purple, evil looking eyes and it was growing in long wavy black hair. He wasn't a pretty sight at all.
"See Miroku. I told you if you eat your Americans you'll grow up to be big and...meaty." Inuyasha remarked trying not to take his eyes off the undead guy that was advancing toward them.
"Although the prospect is very tempting uh..I'd rather not resort to cannibalism, Inuyasha." Miroku replied back up a little. It didn't help. They were both thrown across the room and into a wall.
"It's been nice knowing you Miroku." Inuyasha sighed and tried to get up to face his approaching undead doom. The mummy lifting him up high choking him slowly. It was about to be the end when, a piano note rang into the room. The mummy turned it's head around to see a cat. Sitting on the piano. It hissed at him. Instantly, the mummy dropped Inuyasha. A whirlwind of sand formed in the room. A distorted sand face seemed to be screaming in it. It went out the window and closed it behind it. Inuyasha sat there, rubbing his neck.
"Are you alright?" A recognizable voice asked him, He looked in front of his face and saw a hand. It was feminine but, the voice wasn't Kagome's..oh. He took the hand.
"I'm alright." It was none other then, Sango. Her cat was on her shoulder in a much smaller version then, he'd seen before," You're cat saved me?"
"Yep. Her name is Kiara." Kiara mewed in response to her name. Inuyasha scratched her ears.
"Thank you, Kiara. Why is he afraid of cats?"
"Cats are the guardians of the underworld. He will be afraid of them until he is fully regenerated. Then, he will fear nothing." Sango looked extremely serious,"And it's your fault."
"Yeah well, I'm gonna fix it." Inuyasha moved pass Sango to Kagome's room,"But first..." He opened the door to find a sleeping Kagome,"How'd she sleep through that?" He shook her gently,"Hey wake up." Sango stood in the doorway for a moment,"Hey," Inuyasha turned to her,"Would wake up Miroku over there." He pointed to Miroku who was up against the wall. He wasn't moving and he looked very peaceful. Sango reluctantly went over to him.
"Um.." She leaned down at shook him,"Hey." Miroku's eyes fluttered open and he looked at Sango. Then, there was a weird sensation. Was he...?
The sound of a slap came to Inuyasha ears. He didn't jump or anything.
"Miroku's up." He mumbled to himself. Kagome opened her eyes. She immediately sat up and looked around.
"Inuyasha! I can't believe that you locked me into a room and–Aww!" Kagome stopped in mid-sentence. She picked up Kiara in her arms,"What a cute kitty." Kiara mewed.
"I see that she's up." Kagome turned around to see Sango standing in the doorway, she was looking at Miroku's hands warily.
"Kagome. That's Sango. Sango. This is Kagome." Inuyasha introduced everyone and began loading guns.
"Oh no . What happened while I was out?" Kagome looked at Inuyasha as he examined his guns.
"Well", Sango sat down next to Kagome leaving no room for Miroku," The mummy..is known as Naraku. He was a priest for the Pharaoh Sesshomaru the 1st but, he fell in love with his woman Kikyo. They're love was forbidden so, Kikyo killed herself to allow Naraku to escape on the night they were discovered. Naraku tried to perform the ritual that would bring her back but, he was stopped before he could complete it. He was then, mummified using the Hamun Dai. A ancient curse that gives person it was used on powers over plagues and sand if they are resurrected. Thanks to you. He has been. His first priority will be to get ceramic jars that contain Kikyo's organs, he has those now. Then, he will try to fully regenerate himself. After that, he will become unstoppable and he will try to resurrect Kikyo..."
"Kikyo!" Kagome jumped up,"That was what he called me when I saw him in the tombs. He called me Kikyo."
"Then, he has chosen you as his human sacrifice."
"His human what!" Inuyasha and Kagome broke out at the same time.
"He will need a sacrifice to complete the ritual and he has chosen Kagome to be it."
"No...That's not going to happen." Inuyasha said plainly. He stuck a gun into his shoe. Miroku was sitting across from Sango he hadn't taken in a word she'd said. There were yells outside. Sango and Inuyasha both went to the window with Kagome looking over their shoulder.
Crowds of people with boils and sores coming toward the doors of the hotel. They were breaking in. All of them were chanting 'Naraku'. He grinned at them from below. Fully regenerated. Face, hair, and everything. He stretched his mouth and let out flies towards the window which Inuyasha and Sango quickly closed.
"We've got a problem." Inuyasha stated the obvious.
I'm done. This is so good. Happy 4th of July people. I'm done with this chapter and we're nearly done with the story. I estimate it might be 11 chapters long if that. I hope you liked this one. Oh yeah, someone said something about the years I placed on there in one of the reviews. I was just making it up because I couldn't remember what year it was so, uh...yeah tell me the right year and I'll fix it. Until next update I'll see ya'll later.