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Chapter 7

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Inu Yasha

Kagome clung tightly to Inu Yasha and screamed. Inu Yasha yelped because of her forceful grip on his bruised body; not to mention she was bellowing into his sensitive ears. She closed her eyes tightly and flattened her ears against her scalp as Inu Yasha looked over to what she was screaming about. Before him stood a huge, hairy spider with large fangs and the face and head of a woman.

"Who dares enter my cave?!" she screeched as small rocks fell from the cave ceiling. Inu Yasha blinked and looked at her with a dumbfounded look. He wasn't afraid, but his muscles and joints were stiff and he could barely move.

"We didn't know it was yours," Inu Yasha spat out. Kagome grasped him tighter, her tail going between her legs.

"That is your mistake," she seethed as the cave rumbled again. Inu Yasha could to nothing at the moment with Kagome in his arms and his muscles screaming for him not to move. He looked for a scapegoat everywhere throughout the cave when he noticed the sharp rocks hanging above the massive arachnid.

Inu Yasha raised his fist weakly and pounded against the side of the cave. This startled the giant insect and she looked around anxiously.

"What are you doing?!" she shouted and covered her head with her forelegs. Inu Yasha continued to pound until his muscles wouldn't do anything and he lay there limp. The bug looked up at the ceiling and smirked maliciously. "Looks like your plan failed," she sneered and began to walk toward them. Inu Yasha could do nothing but watch as she advanced upon the two helpless hanyous.

The spider took one more step and the cave began to quake and shift around. The spider looked up and screamed as the stalactites pummeled down and pierced her gargantuan abdomen. She twitched back and forth before closing her eyes as crimson blood seeped out of her gnarled body. Inu Yasha sighed and looked down at Kagome and smiled slightly. She looked up at him and returned his smile.

"Hi," she said simply and blinked her bright blue eyes. He held her close and leaned his cheek against her forehead.

"Hi," he replied. They sat there for several minutes until they heard the sounds of the cave in starting up again. The rocks began to fall rapidly and in huge masses. With a last effort of strength and will power, Inu Yasha threw Kagome over the edge of the cave as the wall of rubble pounded on top of him.

From seemingly nowhere, Ryoko caught Kagome right as she was about to hit the ground. Kagome looked up at her in shock and the urufu dodged every rock that came down with her. They landed just out of reach of the flying debris when Kagome looked around startled.

"W...where's Inu Yasha?!" she cried and looked up at the imploding cave. Ryoko looked up at the cave and her tail drooped sadly. Kagome never kept her eyes off of the cave as the rocks continued exploding and flying everywhere. She thought to herself as she looked up at the disaster before her, 'Oh my god, Inu Yasha is dead."

Sesshomaru

"Milord, I think we've been passed her before!" a small green Jaken reported.

"No, you are mistaken," Sesshomaru said forcefully as he walked through the forest. A startling crash thundered through the woods making the toad jump and Sesshomaru look over to the noise.

"We are to follow that noise," the taiyoukai ordered and he turned his direction. Jaken followed obediently as they came to bushes that were just beyond the cave. Sesshomaru sniffed the air lightly as he watched the cavern cave in. He noticed immediately whose scent was covering the cave. He gave an uncommonly small smirk and ran up to the rocks that were being thrown from the fissure.

Kagome nearly didn't notice the taiyoukai because she was so transfixed on the fact of Inu Yasha's bereavement. Ryoko, on the other hand, watched in complete aw as the tall inu youkai jumped from falling rock to falling rock to get up to the cave's mouth. The rocks began to decrease as Sesshomaru stood at the opening. Nothing but a battered hand was protruding from underneath the massive pile of wreckage. Sesshomaru looked at it and slightly grimaced at the fact that his brother was beneath everything.

He placed his only hand on the highest rock and focused his energy on the highest stone and it melted like wax on a fire. He continued this until there were no rocks left, but only a pile of hardening toxin covering the inu hanyou. Sesshomaru reached into the pile and brought Inu Yasha up from the acids and laid him down on the ground.

"You can't die unless I permit kill you," he murmured and looked the hanyou over. Inu Yasha was bruised and battered beyond compare and he seemed like his whole body was just a bag with liquids inside. Sesshomaru sat there staring at his half brother, pondering whether or not to help him. Inu Yasha's face was so distorted that he didn't even look like himself. His nose was bashed in, his eyes were swollen and black, his jaw was pushed to the side and one of his ears was bent in an awkward position. Sesshomaru nodded –mentally deciding to help his brother- and he pulled his Tensaiga from its harness and concentrated on Inu Yasha's body.

He saw the undertaking imps crawling around his brother's body and glared at them. They looked at him with fear in their eyes as he slashed through their pathetic and frail bodies. Before his eyes, Sesshomaru saw Inu Yasha come back together. In disgusting twists and snaps, his jaw realigned, his ear fussed back firm, his snout popped back out, and the rest of his flattened, gnarled body cracked back together.

The bloodied hanyou opened his eyes the most they would open –which was very small- and looked up at a blurry scene of his brother. All he saw was a blurred white figure standing over him. He blinked once more to focus his vision but the figure was gone.

Sesshomaru ran back down and grabbed up Jaken on his way. He ran so quickly that neither Ryoko nor Kagome saw him leave. 'Another day, I will destroy you,' Sesshomaru thought to himself as he sped away.

Inu Yasha sat up weakly and looked around. He glanced down at the two women who were waving their hands in front of their faces to see better through all of the dust the cave in created. Kagome saw the red and silver figure up in the mouth of the cave and sniffed. She narrowed her brow and sniffed again. Her tail began to wag happily as she sniffed several more times. She looked up at Inu Yasha and he looked down at her.

She jumped up into the cave with adrenaline pumping through her every vein. She stopped at the top to look at the bloody hanyou before her. He smiled and laid back down as Ryoko jumped up to meet them.

"Hi," Inu Yasha whispered.

"Hi," Kagome whispered back.

"Kagome," he began and looked into her sapphire eyes. He touched her cheek tenderly and stroked it with his thumb. She held his hand tight and wouldn't let go for the world.

"Yes, Inu Yasha?" she asked with small tears forming in her eyes. They cascaded down her cheeks and onto his clawed hand.

"I think I saw an angel."

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Sesshou: Me? And ANGEL? You must be jesting!

HS: I shit you not!

Inu Yasha: An angel. That is the opposite of him.

Sesshou: I must agree on this!

Kagome: I think it was a cute way to end the chapter!

Inu Yasha & Sesshomaru: {(look at her with venomous glares)} We don't do cute.

Kagome: {(sweatdrop)}

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YAY. I updated sooner than 3 months! Be proud! I'll try and get back to you with more... it's not easy! Yes, this chapter was short, but oh well! I need surgery and then rehab and blah blah blah... so... I'll see what I can do. I hope it don't take up my whole summer! I'll write more lata. Ja matte ne!