A/N: I don't have many chapters left, only a few. Maybe 2. I dunno. Lmao. I know I know. So sad. But look on the bright side, a week after I'm done with this story, you can look for another one I'm writing. It's going to be good I promise! Well, I hope you enjoyed last chapter! I got more reviews than I thought I would. Thank goodness. I was starting to believe that my story was no good. On to the chapter! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, I wouldn't be writing this story. -looks up- Hey who wrote this! BOB! (my imaginary friend)
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"Naraku." Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes.
"Ah yes. You have both come to kill me I presume?" Naraku asked.
"I'm going to rip your head off and serve it on a platter." Inuyasha's growled. Naraku laughed.
"If you can make it to my castle, I will battle." And with that, Naraku disappeared from his costume. Sesshoumaru started walking towards the castle, but the barrier stopped him from approaching any further.
'A barrier.' Sesshoumaru stepped back. Inuyasha noticed that Sesshoumaru couldn't make it through, and he smirked.
"Let me show you real power." Inuyasha drew the Tetsusaiga and turned it red. Inuyasha slammed the sword against the barrier and watched as it dissipated.
'The Tetsusaiga is red. Is that how he managed to break the barrier?' Sesshoumaru thought. Inuyasha put the Tetsusaiga back in its sheath.
"Let's go." Inuyasha let Kagome get on his back and he darted into the miasma. "Kagome hold your breath."
"Right." Kagome took a deep breath and held it. Kirara darted into the miasma also. Sesshoumaru walked slowly and steadily towards Naraku's castle.
Chapter 12: A Cut Off For Fluffy
Inuyasha was approaching the castle at great speeds, the adrenaline had gotten to him. Kagome couldn't hold her breath anymore, so she started coughing.
"Inuyasha...I can't hold my breath any longer." Kagome put her hand over her mouth as she started to cough out her air. Inuyasha pushed himself to run faster.
"Hold on Kagome. We're almost there." Inuyasha said. Kagome let out her air in one big cough. "Oh no. I'm going to faint from the fumes.'
"You idiot. I told you to hold it for a little bit longer!" Inuyasha said as he looked back at Kagome through the corner of his eye. Kagome started to feel light headed.
"Inuyasha, I think I'm going to faint." Kagome felt dizzy and her vision soon became blurred.
"Great. Just what I need." Inuyasha said sarcastically. Kagome felt herself lose consciousness. Inuyasha broke through the miasma and was soon in clean air at Naraku's castle.
"Kagome! Wake up!" Inuyasha smacked Kagome's face lightly. Kirara landed just seconds after Inuyasha had gotten there.
"Inuyasha! Is she alright?" Sango yelled as she approached Kagome's side.
"Yeah. She's fine. Kagome just fainted from the fumes is all." Inuyasha said calmly but he had a sound of annoyance in his voice also.
"We need to get going before Sesshoumaru gets here." Miroku said, Shippou on his shoulder. Inuyasha looked up at Miroku.
"Oh great. He's coming?" Inuyasha stood up and looked deep into the miasma. 'Just what I need. More interference.' Inuyasha was cut from his thoughts when Sesshoumaru appeared through the miasma.
"You're still here? Hmmm. I should have known. Half breeds do not come with courage." Sesshoumaru really knew how to get under Inuyasha's skin.
"Mind your own business." Inuyasha said, looking down at Kagome. Sesshoumaru followed his gaze down to the miko.
"Pathetic mortals." Sesshoumaru brushed past Inuyasha and headed towards Naraku's castle. Inuyasha stood his ground and didn't even turn to look where Sesshoumaru was heading, partly because he knew.
'Wow, this is a real change in Inuyasha. He's a totally different person. Normally he would have tried to kill Sesshoumaru for insulting him like that.' Miroku clasped his hands together, and without realizing it he said the last part out loud. "Our little Inuyasha's growing up!" Miroku had a sparkle in his eye. Inuyasha seemed to ignore the comment, which saved Miroku a lot of pain. 'Now I know things are getting strange.' Miroku thought.
Kagome moved her head slightly, showing signs of waking up. Inuyasha looked down at her.
"It's about time. Took you long enough." Inuyasha sounded more stubborn than ever. Kagome opened her eyes and looked up at the hanyou that was looking straight down at her.
"How long have I been asleep?" Kagome's said as she held her head. Kagome looked past Sango and Miroku and noticed that they were still by the miasma. "Oh no. I haven't stopped you from going have I?" Kagome sounded worried, almost like everything that had happened was mainly her fault. But she knew it was.
"It's fine. You've only been out for a few minutes. Let's get going before Sesshoumaru gets there first." Inuyasha picked Kagome off the ground and held her wedding style, since he knew she still felt light headed.
"Sesshoumaru? Oh yeah. I almost forgot. He has already gone to Naraku's castle? That was fast.' Kagome stared up at Inuyasha and sighed. "I'm sorry Inuyasha." Inuyasha looked down at her stunned, and almost ran into a boulder.
"For what?" Inuyasha looked down at Kagome with a hardened look on his face. Kagome could tell he was very angry, if not to the point where he abhorred anything that moved.
"Everything. I've caused everything that's happened to us." Kagome looked away from Inuyasha in shame. Inuyasha knew she felt horrible, but he didn't know what to say, so he acted like himself.
"Don't be stupid Kagome. You didn't cause anything." Inuyasha pouched out his lips, like he did every time he got mad. Kagome thought he looked adorable when he did that, but this particular evening, it scared her.
'Inuyasha's acting weird. Even Miroku thinks so, I heard everything that went on, I just couldn't move my body. Like I was paralized.' Kagome put her index finger over her mouth, signaling that she was in her thinking stage. Inuyasha hated that look, since he didn't do a lot of thinking.
"We're here. This is where it ends Naraku." Inuyasha said to himself. Kagome looked up before Inuyasha thudded her on the ground. He didn't mean to do it with such force, his anger got the best of him. Kagome stood up and rubbed her bottom.
"Owww. Why'd ya do that for?" Kagome lowered her eyebrows in anger. Inuyasha ignored her, so she rolled her eyes.
'Oh boy. Here we go again. His face is going to get stuck like that if he has an angry look on it all the time.' Kagome thought as Miroku and Sango jumped off of Kirara to catch up with Kagome and Inuyasha.
"I can't believe that this is the day that we actually defeat Naraku." Sango said. "He has deserved it. Shippou are you sure you want to come?" Sango said looking back at Shippou.
"Yeah. I know I'm still a kid, but I need to be brave for Inuyasha since he always protects me." A noise came from behind a bush and Shippou dove behind Sango in a panic. Sango looked down at the young kitsune.
"Is that being brave? Or are you just getting warmed up?" Sango said with a straight look on her face. Kanna came out from the bushes.
"Naraku is waiting for you." Kanna said in her weak sweet voice. Inuyasha was stunned to see that she was still alive. Naraku did after all, kill Kagura (A/N details later. Just stay on yo toes!)
"Where were you when everything was happening?" Inuyasha said in disgust. Kanna stared at him in silence. "Answer me!" Kanna turned her back to Inuyasha.
"Naraku wishes to deal with you himself. I shall have no part in your war tonight." And with that said Kanna disappeared into the bushes again.
"That's a first. Normally Naraku tries to take an easy way out. The coward!" Inuyasha said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Come on! We shouldn't waste any more time here." Inuyasha walked into the castle entrance. The gang stood in silence, they were wondering about Inuyasha's mood swings.
"That was...er...interesting." Miroku stood scratching the back of his head. Sango and Kagome nodded. Shippou remained motionless. "We should follow Inuyasha now." Miroku walked into the castle entrance, followed by the rest of the gang. Kagome almost fell over when she entered the castle. Naraku, Sesshoumaru, and Inuyasha were getting ready for a show down.
"I'm surprised you didn't make us hunt you down Naraku!" Inuyasha drew the Tetsusaiga. Sesshoumaru glared over at Inuyasha.
"You're cocky Inuyasha. That shall one day get you killed, and I would be more than glad to do the honor." Sesshoumaru stood up straight and drew his sword. (A/N I forgot how to spell the name of the sword, I can say it but my spelling is no good. HELP!)
Naraku grinned as he threw his baboon costume off of him. "We are all facing each other I see. No matter, this shall be an easy task." Naraku drew his sword. Inuyasha got angry.
"Bastard. You will pay for killing Kagome!" Inuyasha darted towards Naraku. Kagome looked up in shock. She couldn't believe that Inuyasha was still angry about her death.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome was in one of her dazes staring at Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru was also running towards Naraku, but had most of his attention on Inuyasha, whom he planned to kill first. Sango and Miroku looked on, they knew they couldn't help Inuyasha because they were no match for Naraku. Although Miroku wanted to kill Naraku as much as Inuyasha did, Sesshoumaru was also involved in the battle which made it really hard to try to kill Naraku.
Naraku smiled and stood where he was, when the feuding (A/N-heh. Feudal. Funny) brothers reached him, he simply vanished and found himself behind Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru wasn't slow to this movement, he too, was fast. The second that Sesshoumaru had seen Naraku disappear, he turned his attention in the direction of Inuyasha.
"I see that you have taught yourself a new ability Sesshoumaru."(A/N: This is for your confusion Shel! Now you'll know how he dodged Inuyasha's wind scar.)
"Correct." Sesshoumaru firmly gazed at Naraku.
"You may now run faster than before, and dodge things with ease. Still, your hatred for Inuyasha or I shall consume you, leaving me with the chance to slay my former apprentice with one slice of my sword." Naraku had an enormous smirk on his face, and he made an evil laughter come from the depths of his throat. Sesshoumaru still held his gaze, with not even the slightest hint of amusement.
"I would like to see you try." Sesshoumaru turned his sword to the sharpest point. Naraku ran past Sesshoumaru, breaking the remainder of his armor off of his body. Sesshoumaru, surprised that he wasn't prepared for Naraku's on rage, was now exposed to any attack. Kagome and Sango looked on in amazement.
"I've never seen him without his armor." Sango whispered to Kagome.
"Yeah I know. He's muscular." Kagome smacked her hand to her mouth. She didn't mean to let that slip.
"Right." Sango giggled. Sesshoumaru had overheard their conversation. 'Hmmm. Inuyasha can't even keep a woman to himself. Even if she is mortal.' Sesshoumaru was looking at Kagome through the corner of his eye. Inuyasha noticed.
"What're you lookin' at Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha yelled and took a defensive stance. Sesshoumaru gazed over at Inuyasha.
"None of your concern." Sesshoumaru said coolly as he brushed the remainder of pieces of armor off of his chest. Inuyasha gritted his teeth.
"Yeah right! Don't involve Kagome in this!" Inuyasha started to growl. Naraku stepped forward.
"Protective aren't we? Maybe if I kill her again you will actually have some power." Naraku smirked, which made Inuyasha angry, well angrier.
"If you want to die a slow painful death." Inuyasha stood up straight and put the Tetsusaiga on his shoulder. Sesshoumaru and Naraku glared at Inuyasha.
'I shall kill them both easily.' Sesshoumaru turned in the direction of Kagome, but he was staring at Naraku. Inuyasha ran towards Naraku with the Tetsusaiga in the air. Sesshoumaru jumped in the air and made one quick movement of his sword, which brought forth that blue wave of energy. Inuyasha turned towards the approaching attack and moved the Tetsusaiga in front of him.
"Backlash Wave!" The attack was directed back towards Sesshoumaru with far more power, hitting him dead on. Sesshoumaru fell to the ground in pain.
"Curse you Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru leaned up onto one knee and put the sword away. Sesshoumaru started to growl as his eyes turned red. Inuyasha stepped back, knowing what was about to happen. Naraku, on the other hand, had no clue.
"Is the dog demon mad?" Naraku teased. Inuyasha smirked.
"You're about to find out." Inuyasha brung the Tetsusaiga to his side. Naraku looked over at Inuyasha in confusion. Sesshoumaru grew into an enormous dog. Naraku stepped backwards.
"Can you keep your balance Sesshoumaru? Only three legs, but I can cut it even. Say good-bye to your other arm." Inuyasha grabbed the Tetsusaiga with both hands and ran towards Sesshoumaru. Naraku thought he would take this oppurtunity to flee, but was stopped by Kagome, Sango, and Miroku.
"Foolish mortals. You cannot harm me." Naraku pulled his baboon costume on again. Sango stepped forward.
"Kagome can tear you to shreds with her arrow, and so can I, with my haraikotsu." Sango pulled her weapon out from behind her back. Naraku smirked and then disappeared into thin air.
Inuyasha dodged Sesshoumaru's swiping paw, by jumping in the air.
"It ain't as easy as last time is it?" Inuyasha pulled the Tetsusaiga over his head and was about to come down hard on Sesshoumaru, but Sesshoumaru smacked Inuyasha to the ground by one hit of his leg.
"Heh. Is that all you got?" Inuyasha said weakly as he pushed himself out of the ground the Tetsusaiga. Sesshoumaru licked his leg. "Deadly furballs." Inuyasha smiled. Sesshoumaru post-poned his bathing to try to kill Inuyasha.
"Oh no you don't!" Inuyasha jumped in the air and came down hard on Sesshoumaru's leg. Inuyasha landed on the ground facing the oppisite direction than Sesshoumaru. "Not so tough now, are you?" Inuyasha said as he turned around. Sesshoumaru was laying on the ground, armless in his human form. Sesshoumaru turned into a ball and flew off. Inuyasha started cracking up.
"Now he doesn't have any arms." Inuyasha gasped in between bursts of laughter. Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kagome, and yes, even Kirara, were all in shock. Kagome lifted a hand to say something.
"That was the weirdest thing that I have ever seen." Sango nodded in agreement. Inuyasha ran over to Kagome.
"Where's Naraku?" Inuyasha asked eagerly.
"He vanished." Kagome answered. Inuyasha put the Tetsusaiga back in its sheath.
"I'll bet he's in his castle somewhere." Inuyasha said as he turned to face Naraku's castle. Kagome closed her eyes.
'This is it. The day that Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango have all waited for. I have no reason to be here. I feel ashamed, fighting for something that I could never understand. He may have killed me, but it's not like I knew I was dead. Am I even alive right now? Or am I just like Kikyou?' Kagome was deep in thought. Inuyasha broke her concentration.
"Kagome Kagome! Are you ok?" Inuyasha had his hand on Kagome's shoulder. Kagome looked at Inuyasha hand, and did not move her gaze. Inuyasha moved his hand up to her cheek.
"Inuyasha...am I cold?" Kagome said as she put her hand on Inuyasha's, pressing it to her cheek.
"Why are you asking me this?" Inuyasha asked confused. Kagome moved his hand away from her.
"Just answer me." Kagome said with a strong tone of voice, it kind of scared Inuyasha.
"No. Kagome what's this all about?" Inuyasha looked at Sango and Miroku, signaling them to leave. Inuyasha put his hand on Kagome's shoulder, he was trying to get her to face him, but he failed.
"Inuyasha, am I really alive?" Kagome had her head down low. Inuyasha could sense her despair, so he tried to be as sweet as he could.
"Of course you are Kagome." Inuyasha turned Kagome around to face him, then embraced her tightly. "Of course." Kagome's eyes filled with tears.
'It seems like me and Inuyasha have been doing this a lot lately. Hugging and kissing. Is it the atmosphere? Or does he think that Naraku will harm us? And we'll never see each other again? That can never happen. I would die if Inuyasha ever left me. Inuyasha is my life. I never knew it before. And Inuyasha hasn't even heard me say it.' Kagome thought as Inuyasha pulled her as close as he could.
"I feel like I don't belong here Inuyasha. I don't belong in this battle with Naraku. He has done nothing to me. It's not that I don't want to get him back for everything he has done to you, Sango, and Miroku. It's just...I...I could never understand the loss that you have all suffered. Sango has to live with the thought of her brother killed by Naraku. Miroku has to live everyday knowing that at any second he could die from his curse. And you Inuyasha...have to think about her and everything that went wrong between the two of you." Kagome said in a low sad voice. Inuyasha stood holding Kagome in silence. "Inuya-" Kagome was cut off by Inuyasha.
"Kagome, you belong in this as much as us. We need you here with us always. It doesn't matter about what we have lost. Of course the pain is still there. But Naraku needs to perish for all of the horrible things that he did to people. He killed you Kagome. Although you are here with me now, the pain is still there. The thought of losing you still burns deep. We will fight this war together. And we will win no matter what it takes Kagome." Inuyasha said to Kagome compassionately. Kagome made a choking sound, like she couldn't breathe. Kagome could not cry anymore. Inuyasha looked Kagome in the eyes.
"Kagome it's time we go find Naraku. It's time we get back what belongs to us." Inuyasha grabbed Kagome by the hand and walked alongside her into Naraku's castle, where Sango and Miroku were waiting patiently.
'Kagome...I heard it all. You do belong here.' Sango thought. The sweet look she gave Kagome, told Kagome exactly what she was thinking.
"Thanks Sango." Kagome said sweetly. Miroku looked back and forth between the two girls.
"But Kagome, she didn't say anything." Miroku said. Kagome looked back at Miroku and smiled. Sango walked up to Miroku.
"Girl intuition. Something you can never understand." Sango said patting Miroku on the back before following Kagome and Inuyasha. Miroku stared at Sango for a few seconds then decided to follow. Shippou jumped onto Miroku's shoulder, and Kirara transformed.
Inuyasha let go of Kagome's hand, figuring she knew how to follow him. Kagome stared into the darkness of the castle, unable to see where she was headed. Inuyasha heard noises from within the castle. Rustling and biting sounds.
"Demons. Their stench is everywhere." Inuyasha said as he put his hand on the Tetsusaiga. Kagome drew an arrow and shot it into the dark hallway. Kagome's spiritual arrow whizzed through the hallway, lighting everything in their path. The arrow flew by two doors on the left and one door on the right, before hitting the wall straight ahead. Inuyasha looked over at Kagome.
"Why in the hell did you do that for?" Inuyasha spat. Kagome glared at him.
"So we can see!" Kagome growled. Inuyasha stepped away from Kagome, he knew she was angry.
"Draw attention to us why don't you." Inuyasha siad rudely.
"It's not like they can't smell us already Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed. Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders and continued walking down the hallway.
"Which door should we try first?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha looked back at Miroku.
"The answer is obvious." Inuyasha tried to act smart but that was soon broken.
"Ok then. Which door is it?" Miroku said with a straight face. Inuyasha dropped his mouth.
"Uh...this one..no that one...wait...uh" Inuyasha was looking at all of the doors. Although he could see through them, each one led to a different hallway. One of the many tricks that Naraku intended to play on the gang.
"That's what I thought." Miroku said as he went into the only door to the right. The rest of the gang followed. "Why didn't you just sniff Naraku out?" Miroku asked once everyone was in the hallway. Inuyasha glared at Miroku evilly.
"Becauase the demon scent is overpowering his Miroku. Just because I have a strong sense of smell, it doesn't mean that I can sift through every smell." Inuyasha said sarcastically as he turned around and crossed his arms. No one had noticed that Shippou had gone missing, until he burst into the hallway.
"Wow. I thought I lost you guys. Did you sniff him out yet Inuyasha?" Shippou asked curiously. Inuyasha tried to hold back his anger, but it didn't work.
"I can't smell everything you know! Damn you guys piss me off, every single one of you!" Inuyasha growled. Shippou ran behind Miroku.
"What's wrong with him?" Shippou asked in a shaky voice. Miroku shrugged.
"He has been acting weird lately. Lots of mood swings." Miroku nodded. Suddenly, the hallway lite up. Every turned in the direction in which the flames had descended.
"This is like a weird video game.." Kagome said. Everyone looked towards Kagome.
"What's a video game?" They all said in unison.
"Oh yeah. I forgot. I'll show you one day." Kagome did a nervous laugh. Inuyasha started off in the way that the lights were headed.
"Come on." Inuyasha signaled them to follow with his hand. Miroku, Sango, Shippou, and Kirara all followed behind Inuyasha.
"Kagome, aren't you coming?" Miroku asked after he notice she wasn't following.
"Yeah, I was just thinking..." Kagome looked at the ground.
"Thinking about what?" Inuyasha pushed Miroku to the side.
"Don't you find it a bit odd that the lights are leading us in that direction?" Kagome said as she pointed towards the lights.
"Uh...no." Inuyasha said confused.
"Think about it. If we go that way, don't you think Naraku is leading us into trouble?" Kagome stated. Sango nodded.
"Now that you mention it Kagome, I think you're right." Sango agreed.
"I think we should go that way." Kagome pointed in the ooposite direction in which they were headed. Inuyasha scratched his head.
"But what if that's what Naraku wants us to do. To think he's planning a trap that way, and we end up going this way and getting caught in a trap." Inuyasha stood proud, he had convinced himself that he just made a confusing situation, but he was soon broke from that thought.
"True Inuyasha. But it's worth a try." Sango said. Inuyasha's ears drooped.
"Fine. Let's go." Inuyasha walked in the direction of the darkness, and everyone followed. This time Kagome held onto Shippou so she didn't lose him.
Continued in Chapter 13
A/N: I hope you liked the chapter. I am so sorry that it took me so long to update. School just started here and I've been busy with homework. But I set myself aside a time to write my chapters. So I promise it won't take me this long again. I am now a Sophmore. Thank goodness. Freshman days are over. How horrible was that? Now we have a thing called freshman fridays where we pick on the freshman, but that's so mean. I'm not gonna do that. Anywho...I have an exciting chapter coming up next! So please review and keep reading! Oh and one more thing, I'm going to dedicate this blooper reel to Karen12 since she loves them so much! At this part "Think about it. If we go that way, don't you think Naraku is leading us into trouble?" Kagome stated I wanted to put: "Think about it. Oh Inuaysha, you don't have to think since you're no good at it. If we go that way, don't you think Naraku is leading us into trouble?" Kagome stated Hehe. I know it wasn't as good as the others, but we all know Inuyasha isn't the brightest!
Thankies to everyone below!
Karen12- I made you a blooper reel! I hope you like it. Tee hee. Yeah I had fun with the "stealing the cow" thing. I laughed so hard.
Ashsmee- Thank you so much sweetheart! You can bet if I ever need help with anything I will definitely e-mail you!
Lady Gata- Lol! Thank you so much! I'll try to fit in more about Miroku's dream…you just gave me an excellent idea. I'll dedicate the chappie to you when I put it into play. KK? Thanks for the awesome compliment! Yeah I love making Kagome and Inuyasha get along! Cause they are so cute together!
Thanks to you people also DarkLuver, kowzkowzkowzkowzect. (updates), trekker4life, chibi sakura blossom (lmao! Baboon pelt guy?), BlueroseS.S, and k40Sohma! SHEL WHERE ARE YOU? I DID NOT GET A REVIEW! NO COME BACK TO ME!
