UnSpoken Love By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 13:
Kagome's car screeched to a halt in an empty parking lot near a run-down old building. She briefly recalled when it had been shut down years ago when the owner had died, and no one had claimed it. The restaurant that had been inside failed almost immediately afterward, and now the winds were shattered or boarded up to prevent intruders. Grass and weeds crept up the sides of the old structure and out of the cracks in the un-kept parking lot.
Myouga jittered uneasily, staring at Kagome wild-eyed. "Why are we stopping, Kagome?" He asked desperately, looking around for some way to escape.
Kagome took a deep breath, but still spoke through grit teeth. "The car was over-heating, I didn't want to cause a wreck. We'll have to make a stand here."
"We?!" Myouga wailed, jumping up and down, anxiety starting to take effect on him.
"Yes, at least until the car cools down." Kagome sighed, sensing the enemies coming closer as she opened her car door.
"How are you going to fight them, Kagome-chan?" Myouga asked, trying to remain calm as he hopped to her shoulder.
"Use my bow of course." Kagome shouldered her quiver and bow, no real hurry in her stride.
"But there are probably a dozen of them coming."
"Two dozen to be exact." Kagome corrected. "I'll find a way to manage."
Myouga's eyes bulged. "B-but Kagome-chan . . . !!" He wailed loudly as several black dots were seen coming closer to them.
"I only have to keep them off until the car is cooled down. Stay by me, Myouga-jiji." She added as the flea prepared to hop back to the car.
Myouga laughed nervously, seeing that he had been caught.
"If we separate, they'll separate as well. Stay close, I don't want them attacking the car, or else we won't get away." Kagome looked at him out of the corner of her eye as she notched an arrow, her back to the car.
"Kagome-chan. . ." Myouga whimpered slightly as the youkai came into view.
"Hold on tight, here they come."
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"Where are we going?" Rin asked, no longer afraid of the height.
Sesshoumaru was silent, he had not answered any of her questions for the past few minutes. She sensed that he was annoyed with her, something that confused her.
'I don't get why he's carrying me around like this. . .what's this 'light' thing he was going on about before. . . ?' Rin sighed, giving in to the fact that he would reveal nothing more to her for some time.
Sesshoumaru growled inwardly as she questioned him again. The girl acted so much like a child! Could she not see that he was in no mood to explain everything that was going on to some human girl?
He stopped suddenly as they finally reached the city. Landing on the edge of a tall building, he let Rin to her feet briefly, glad that he would have a few moments without the human in his arms at least as he scanned the area around them.
He could sense youkai at all corners of the city, with a large concentration of both purifying and youkai energy in one corner of the city, in the suburbs. Though this was not what had caused him to stop. For there was something else coming that he could sense.
It was a mixture of both human and youkai energy, yet no youkai seemed to be chasing after it, something that confused him. Was he the only one that sensed it? Or were the other youkai so busy fighting the purifying energy in the suburbs, and searching for he and the human girl he had with him that they were oblivious to the new threat closing in.
He smirked, sniffing the wind. "This could be interesting." He chuckled slightly to himself, not noticing that the human girl next to him had heard his words.
"What's interesting?"
He made no answer, his golden eyes searching the buildings still for something that he was not quite sure of. 'Something is not right here.' He told himself as another hanyou-like energy glided through the city, toward the suburbs. At almost the same time, two more large forces of pure energy headed in the same direction, though at different speeds. 'Something is not right. . .'
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Myouga held perfectly still on Kagome's shoulder as the youkai came to a halt in front of them, jeering and smirking as she pulled her bow-string tighter.
"Surrender, you are outnumbered miko." The leader sneered at her.
Kagome smirked slightly, reminding Myouga in a way of Kikyou. "I will not surrender to the likes of you. If you must take me, come and get me."
The youkai seemed to like this answer, the rush of battle obvious in their shining green eyes. "So be it." The leader cried before the youkai rushed her.
"Hama no Ya!"
The purifying arrow shot down the line of youkai, blowing a few of them aside as if they were flies before hitting the leader in the heart.
The youkai stumbled, a trickle of blood flowing down from the corner of his mouth before he went down on his knees. "You. . ." He growled, glaring at the miko who notched another arrow while the other youkai looked on at their dying leader. "You. . .? He growled again before falling forward, lying still in the dirt of the parking lot.
The youkai were silent for a minute before Myouga cheered loudly. "You did it Kagome!! You took down their leader!!"
At these words, the youkai seemed to fly into a maddened rage, their eyes wide, but their pupils missing. Their claws extended, and with lightening quick speed, they were upon her.
Kagome had no time to give her battle cry before shooting off her arrows. She went as fast as she could, but she was starting to run out. She had not packed enough arrows to get them all, and they weren't taking their time dodging around her arrows either. They came at her, paying no attention to an arrow that might have stuck in their neck or chest as they madly and blindly ran at her.
Kagome let out a cry of pain as she felt her shoulder tear. One of them had managed to attack her, and the blood ran down her arm, onto her next arrow.
"Damn." She cursed loudly, pain shooting through her arm as she let the next arrow fly, hitting on of the youkai between the eyes.
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Rin stopped suddenly, her head darting toward the northern part of the city. Her body froze, and Sesshoumaru immediately noticed the change in her as she walked slowly toward the place that she was facing.
"Kagome-chan. . . ?" She whispered to herself. Maybe she was loosing it, but she would have sworn she had heard her cousin scream just now. She was hurt, she needed help.
Sesshoumaru went toward her, thinking that some spell had been cast by the Council upon her and that she was walking to her death.
As he came nearer though, Rin seemed to snap out of her trance, a new sense of determination burning inside of her. "Youkai-san, Kagome-chan is hurt."
Sesshoumaru stopped, staring at her blankly, no clear emotion showing on his face at her words. Briefly, a wind blew by, ruffling both their hair.
"Youkai-san, my cousin needs my help. Can you take me there?" Rin repeated, bent on getting to Kagome.
"How do you plan on fighting?" He finally asked casually as he noticed that the place she wished to go was where all the multiple energies seemed to be headed.
Rin bit her lower lip, turning back to look at the place she was sure her cousin was located. "I'm not sure. . .but. . .Kagome-chan is. . ."
Rin turned back to him swiftly, small tears glistening in her brown eyes. "Kagome's in trouble, and that's all that matters. I'll figure out a way to help when I get there. Please, will you take me?!"
Sesshoumaru was stunned. He had never seen a human act so strangely before. But then again, he had never really been around humans long enough to study their behaviors, he had never been that interested in them.
"Well?" She demanded when he did not answer.
Sesshoumaru nodded slightly, figuring that since all of the strange energies he had been sensing were headed in the same place, it couldn't hurt to take her there, if only to investigate. 'Maybe the 'light' will show itself as well around such concentrated energy. . .' He added to himself as he came forward and picked her up once again.
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Kagome went down on her knees, an arrow gripped in one hand, her bow gripped in the other. Sweat and blood ran down her arms and face as she gasped for air. She was worn out from using so much of her energy in such a small amount of time. And the wounds she had acquired were not making it any better.
Gritting her teeth angrily, Kagome got back to her feet, swaying slightly as she tried to stay upright.
The remaining youkai were laughing at her evilly. "Just give up, miko. You have no hope of defeating us now. Your tired and wounded, not to mention you have a single arrow left."
Kagome smirked, not minding that a trickle of blood was rolling down the side of her face at the same moment, and that it was giving off an eerie affect that was scaring Myouga more than the youkai were. "You're right, I still have an arrow left." She said, notching it.
The youkai let out a gleeful cry. "Really think you that we will be defeated so easily?"
Kagome smiled, scaring Myouga further. "We'll find out, hm?"
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Rin couldn't help the feeling of dread that was coming over her. She was sure Kagome was in trouble. What was she going to do? She had the youkai with her. . .but would he help? She pondered that for a moment or two. Maybe if she asked him politely, he would help Kagome. . .but she didn't even know his name. Rin made a face, her hands damp and clammy.
Sesshoumaru could sense the distress that was making the human next to him stay silent. Inwardly sighing, he felt Tenseiga pulsate suddenly. 'What. . . ?'
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Kagome let the arrow fly, her hope hanging on a brief chance as Myouga tensed on her shoulder.
"Hama no Ya!!"
The arrow ripped through the air, the purifying energy radiating out from it as it passed.
One of the youkai took it in the shoulder, a howl of pain and shock erupting. The other youkai were hit by the shock-wave of energy that rippled through.
Kagome took a breath; seeing that they were pre-occupied, she raced back toward her car, a trail of blood falling behind her. Myouga let out a happy laugh of triumph. "We're gonna make it Kagome-chan!! We're gonna make it to the car!"
Kagome was running as fast as she could, but she wasn't fast enough. One of the youkai stood in her way, leering despite the fact that he was wounded as well. "There is no escape, miko witch."
Kagome stopped, gritting her teeth again. "Myouga, I want you to run on the count of three." She whispered so low that the other youkai could not hear.
Myouga looked up at her, not entirely understanding.
"One. . ."
The youkai closed in behind and around her, jeering.
"Two. . ."
Kagome stood rigidly, ready to attack them bear-handed if she had to ensure Myouga's escape. Taking a breath, she began to whisper for Myouga to go.
"Thr-"
"Sankon Tessou!!"
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Back finally with a new chapter. Hope ya'll enjoyed it. And sorry if Sessh-chan seemed a bit OOC in the last chapter. I'm trying to keep everyone as IC as possible. Eh, but nobody's perfect, right?
Thanks for all your reviews, I'm so glad everyone likes my story so much. Also, I'm going back to school next week. Next Tuesday to be exact, and I have no idea what it's going to be like, as I'm going into an entirely new place for High School. So I have no idea what it will be like trying to update during the school year, but I'll try my best.
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