Relatives
Chapter 13
By gamergal20
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho.
A/N PLEASE READ!!!!: Contrary to popular belief, no, I'm not dead. I've been on a very long, unplanned vacation pretty much across the country. Anyway, enough about that.
Sadly, Relatives is nearing it's end. This is the second to last chapter, because a epilogue will be following this one. Look how long this chapter is!! Aren't you people proud of me!!?? Cuz I'm sure as hell proud of myself. This took a good 2 hours from my non-existent life --.
And if you notice later that I slightly revised a few of the chapters, a big thanks to Andy!! Whoo hoo!! I didn't change anything big, it's not like you have to go reread the whole story or anything. Just corrected some minor mistakes that Darkest Melody flamed me about. I'm posting those revised chapters as soon as I post the 13th chapter of Relatives.
We just made things a little easier to read. He helped me out a little with this chapter too. He's a much better writer than me, but unfortunately, he no longer has an account on Anyway . . .
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And finally, a big 'fuck-you' to my only non-anonymous flamer: Darkest Melody!
And now, on with the story!
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Though Hiei was certainly not good when it came to scents as Kurama was, the awful smell of two person's decaying flesh was extremely evident. They without a doubt belonged to Inuyasha and Kikyo, the only two living dead people he knew of. If their stench was getting stronger, he was getting closer to them. And if he was getting closer to them, he was surely getting closer to Kagome.
"What the hell were you thinking?" he found himself saying. Though, deep within him, he knew EXACTLY what she was thinking. She believed she could save Inuyasha and Kikyo.
And she knew she would die in the process, hence, giving Hiei the jewel shards. He slowed down for a brief moment and if possible, clenched the jewel shard even further in his fist, as if convincing himself it was actually there. Indeed it was, and he once again realized that Kagome was in the hands of the enemy and in serious danger.
"Stupid ningen. Hardly worth the trouble."
Although every fiber of his being was disagreeing with that last statement, he was still trying to convince himself that she WAS NOT worth it. The girl had caused him so much trouble, so much grief, so many unfamiliar feelings. It was truly frightening.
He knew whatever he felt for her, the feeling was most certainly mutual and Kagome knew it.
So why the hell was she doing this?
Why was she causing him so much pain?
Inuyasha and Kikyo were already dead, fully prepared to go to Hell even. Yet Hiei stood, a living, breathing person and still she chose to do something stupid, something she COULDN'T accomplish.
At least, not without his help.
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"This is truly unbelievable. YOU, the annoying miko that has been my enemy for the last two years, is willing to strike a deal with ME?" Naraku asked. Noting her stiff expression, the demon began to chuckle evilly before it turned into a solid laugh.
"I will give you the jewel shards in exchange for having Kikyo and Inuyasha brought back to life by your FRIEND Sakura." she explained. Naraku chuckled. She had figured out that Sakura was one of Naraku's incarnations.
She held out her hand and in it, was a nearly completed shard of the jewel. It, however, was completely fake. Kaede had assisted her in making it and concealing it with miko powers. Hopefully, Naraku would see past it. It would only be a matter of time though before he knew.
Naraku snatched the jewel from her hand and began laughing insanely once again.
"This really is truly entertaining," he began. "But, a deal's a deal. Consider Inuyasha and Kikyo as good as alive."
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Inuyasha sat on the floor, his back against the wall and his mouth turned into his infamous scowl. His eyes were closed in concentration as he listened to every word spoken in the room next to him.
Kagome had just given the jewel to Naraku in exchange for his and Kikyo's life.
"She won't live, Inuyasha," a voice said. The hanyou didn't bother to look up.
"Kagome's doing this for us. I'm not giving up on her. I won't let her die."
Kikyo's mouth turned into an all too familiar frown as she stared down at the half-demon.
"You're being foolish. If she brings me back, she will surely die anyway. Two people can not live off the same soul. It's impossible," she paused and sat in front of him. "She lives in a different time does she not?"
"How the hell do you know that?"
"Inuyasha, I've seen her climb from that well. And I've heard you and your friends talk of a different era."
"Where is this going?" Inuyasha snapped.
"If Naraku holds up his side of the deal," she began. "She may be able to get to her era before she dies."
Inuyasha stood up abruptly and began sniffing the air.
"That shrimp is coming. Fast."
"Don't you sense something peculiar, Inuyasha?" she asked. He looked at her quizzically until she finally spoke.
"He has the remaining jewel shards. Kagome's fooling Naraku."
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Naraku glanced at the young miko once more before moving to the sliding screen door, opening it, then shutting it again. Kagome immediately let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding. She wasn't dead . . . yet. It was a bit of a relief.
Stupid ningen. What the hell do you think you're doing? a voice shouted in her head. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who that was.
Hiei. Kagome could sense him now. He was very close by, the jewel shards in his possession, as expected.
Are you hurt? his voice rang again.
No, I'm fine. she nearly snapped. She wasn't entirely sure why she was angry, but she sort of assumed it was because she expected to die here. He wasn't supposed to come.
Do you realize- Kagome closed the mind link. She was NOT in the mood for his lectures or his rude remarks. She wanted to make sure things went somewhat smoothly, that Naraku remained fooled at least until Sakura brought back Inuyasha and Kikyo. She figured that they would all know what to do when they were finally under the pressure.
The only thing that could possibly go wrong right now was that Naraku attempted to make his wish on the fake jewel.
At that point he MIGHT figure it out. And that would not be pretty.
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Hiei could see the castle now, it was in plain view. He was beyond the heavy mist and fog and was now gazing at the wooden mansion, partly in disgust, partly with anger, and lastly with excitement. Sure, Kagome would be back with them. The downside would be . . . well, everything else. There was so much that could go wrong yet he was fully prepared to storm in there, ready to slice off heads or thrust his katana into someone's jugular. The idea seemed quite enjoyable.
He began walking slowly and readily to the door when he stopped and looked from his right to left. It seemed that every time he blinked, demon bodies, demon blood were there and then gone again. He looked again.
Humans too.
What the hell was going on?
He thought back to when Kouga had rescued Kagome and brought her back to them.
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"This can't be all her blood." Miroku stated.
"It's not." Kouga replied simply, not taking his eyes off Kagome.
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Kouga had explained that there were bodies of demons, everywhere. He mentioned nothing of humans . . . Was this some kind of massacre? He truly didn't understand. Everything was so confusing it was making the world spin.
"HIEI!" someone shouted. Hiei groaned and closed his eyes tightly.
'Oh, god, not him,' he thought to himself.
The loud and annoying voice clearly belonged to none other than the great Kazuma Kuwabara, accompanied by the rest of the group.
"I have no time for your idiotic remarks." Hiei snapped. Kuwabara backed up a step.
"We're here to help KAGOME out, this has nothing to do with you," Yusuke said just as angrily as Hiei. "Now, what's going on?"
"No time," was all Hiei said before heading for the door again. No one said anything else to him as he pushed the door open and put his hand on the hilt of his katana.
Better safe than sorry.
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He didn't bother to look any direction than ahead of him, where his senses were telling him Kagome was. There wasn't a doubt in his mind that the rest of the group was behind him, and just as irritable and worried as he was.
The corridor was ridiculously dark, nearly completely black.
"That demon that saved Sesshomaru is here," Kurama said suddenly. Hiei was aware of that. Her name is Sakura as he recalled.
He could only assume that Kagome's ridiculous plan was going smoothly.
For now.
He wondered though . . . how had Kagome fooled Naraku? Surely he wasn't completely stupid and wouldn't fall for something like 'Hey, asshole, my boyfriend's gonna kick the shit out of you unless you do as I say' or anything like that. It had to have been something much more clever, more thought out . . . something he had been COMPLETELY unaware of.
"What's that?" Kuwabara asked, beginning to walk toward a glowing door.
"Don't touch it, moron!" Yusuke yelled.
Too late.
"OW! DAMN!!" Kuwabara screamed at the top of his lungs. The glowing door had caused him to be thrown backward into the wall when he touched it.
"There's no way no one heard that." Miroku decided.
"Kagome's in there." Hiei informed them.
"Right you are." a deep voice said gruffly.
"Naraku. What have you done to Kagome?" Yusuke demanded.
The hanyou chuckled.
"Just tortured her into giving me this." he explained, holding up a complete Sacred Jewel.
Hiei was stunned. He had most of the jewel shards. Where did that come from?
Then it hit him.
Kagome. She must have done something. Something very stupid that she was going to pay dearly for as soon as he found out.
"You bastard!" Sango yelled, grasping her boomerang.
It was obvious no one knew about Kagome's trick.
"Now, do you want to see something extraordinary? The real power of the Jewel of Four Souls!" Naraku shouted. He had expected something to happen, obviously. But the room was enveloped in a deep silence, until a loud poof was heard, and the only real jewel shards from Naraku's collection, fell to the ground as Naraku fell backwards, unconscious or dead for all they knew.
Six jewel shards were glowing on the floor. All that was needed to complete the jewel.
"Well, that was easy." Yusuke exclaimed.
"Shut up. If you think Naraku's dead after a little explosion like that, you're an idiot." Hiei snapped as he picked up the remaining jewel shards and attached them to the ones already in his hand.
"Hiei's right. There's no way he'd die that easily. My guess is that Kagome put some kind of ward on it to hold off Naraku." she paused while her eyes once again drifted to the unconscious Hanyou on the floor. "You guys go after Kagome. Miroku, Kirara and I will hold off Naraku." Sango explained.
The group nodded while Miroku seemed quite flattered that Sango had agreed to be alone with him. It was HER idea even. Albeit he knew he really shouldn't be thinking this way in an extreme situation.
Finally, Kurama spoke up. He seemed like he was trying to find a way to deal with the door.
"We need to break down that door." Kurama said, motioning to the door that continued to glow eerily. Shouting could be heard from inside the room, which only seemed to make everyone more worried.
"Move." Hiei snapped, approaching the door. He hovered his hand over the glowing light and snarled. Naraku had obviously tampered with it to prevent them from getting in. And keep Kagome from getting out. Grudgingly, he pulled off the bandages that covered his third eye and focused on the door. It was at this time he was very grateful that he had mastered the 'Dragon of the Darkness Flame' technique.
"I would advise you all to get back." he stated. They all did.
He figured that if he concentrated hard enough on the door, Kagome wouldn't be hurt. Well, worse than she already was, anyway.
When he used the technique, the entire room was blacker than it already was and the only thing he could see was his target. In this strange case, it was a door.
Before he even realized what he was doing, he had done what he had planned to do, and not only was the door gone, but it seemed that the entire wall had turned to a pile of dust. HE looked forward and found Inuyasha shaking a motionless Kagome. Kikyo was standing nearby, a pitying look on her face.
One thing was evident though.
Kagome wasn't moving.
"Wake up, Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted, shaking the girl almost violently. She didn't seem to be hurt, the only thing that mentioned any traumas were the bruises on her face from Naraku.
Her skin was deathly pale though, and she didn't appear to be breathing.
Hiei's breath caught and he again grasped the completed jewel. He realized what had happened.
"You're alive, aren't you?" Yusuke asked Kikyo and Inuyasha. Kikyo nodded solemnly.
"She was foolish. She knew very well that she would not live if I were brought back. Kagome has no soul. She's dead."
Inuyasha stopped shaking Kagome and sighed.
"Can anyone wish on the jewel?" Hiei asked suddenly. Kikyo nodded again.
Hiei approached the fallen girl and took her in his arms.
"We need to go back to our time. It's the only way."
"What about Naraku?" Kuwabara asked.
"I'll take care of him." Inuyasha replied and watched as the group left, realizing that he would never see them again.
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Hiei laid her down on the ground in front of her house and held up the jewel.
"What do I do?" he asked no one in particular.
"Just say your wish." the Yokou part of Kurama informed him. It occurred to all of them that it was definitely a possibility he was around during that time.
"Fine. I wish for Kagome to be alive again." he said distinctly. In mere seconds, it seemed as though something had gone into Kagome. Like a bright light, or something similar.
"She's breathing." Yusuke said with a sigh of relief. "She nearly made me piss my pants."
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Woohoo!! I got it done!! ALRIGHT! THIS IS NOT THE END! THERE WILL BE ONE MORE CHAPTER. SORT OF AN AFTERMATH TYPE THING. IT WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING, CUZ I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE SITTING THERE THINKING . . WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?? BUT IT WILL ALL BE EXPLAINED IN GREAT DETAIL IN THE NEXT AND FINAL CHAPTER OF RELATIVES.
NO FLAMES PLEASE!!!