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Chapter 11
She could sense it. The jewel shard, it was coming closer and closer…She slowly picked up her bow and drew and arrow aiming it at the trees. It was no surprise to her when a youkai of some sort emerged.
ShhhpppThe arrow sliced through the air and landed in the demon's flesh, killing it. Kagome calmly walked over to it, no emotion in her eyes. The girl bent over, kneeling, she looked over the body of the youkai. There. The unmistakable pink glow of the Shikon no Tama.
Kagome picked up the fragment and cleansed it with a touch of her hand. Slowly she made her way to the person in the shadows. They stuck a hand out, expecting Kagome to drop the shard in. Of course she did.
"Heheh…now then…why don't you go and retrieve the shards from Inuyasha?"
Kagome didn't know what was happening. The next thing she knew Inuyasha was standing conviently behind her. Standing innocently, looking at the Goshinboku tree he loved. She reached behind and felt an arrow.
Placing the arrow on the bow like she did so many times before she drew it back and released. Time was going slower, it was taking far too long for the arrow to get to Inuyasha. If Kagome ran…ran really fast, could she make it in time to stop the arrow? Or maybe even call out his name? Kagome had no control over her body, she felt just like a puppet…no control…
Kagome sat up straight, her eyes were open. That was no ordinary dream. But they were happening on a regualr basis now. There was always a shard, then that…guy and always the dream would end with killing Inuyasha.
"Why…?"
Maybe the dreams were trying to tell her something, like they have for a lot of other people. But first off, she needed to find out who the shadowed figure was. She gave him the jewel shard every single time.
"Could it be…Naraku? But…he's dead! It can't be…"
Kagome started shifting uncomfortably, the sleepingbag had suddenly become too hot. Apparently her shuffling was a little too loud for Inuyasha, even though Kagome couldn't hear anything herself, she soon found Inuyasha in front of her. He was looking right into her eyes.
"What's wrong…" Inuyasha started.
"I-uh…um-" Kagome got cut off, "With you?!"
"Huh?"
Everything would have been fine if Inuyasha didn't add that little ending. It could of even been…romantic…almost. But it was so Inuyasha to mess up the moment anyways…
"Nothing!!"
Kagome was red in the face now. She wasn't sure if she was blushing or if she was just plain mad. Maybe it was a mixture of both? Inuyasha continued to stare at her, his eyes were showing a small sign of worry…
"Keh, then could you try not to be so loud then?"
Kagome hmph-ed and Inuyasha leaped back into his tree. Kagome watch him get into a comfy position and close his eyes. She knew he wasn't sleeping, she even learnt it the hard way. Kagome snuggled back into her sleepingbag again, as much as she didn't want to be all sweaty in the morning, she needed her sleep.
"Kagome! Wake up! Everyone's waiting for you…and only you!"
"MmMmm?"
"Comeon!!"
"Yeah, yeah…"
Kagome's eyes fluttered open, the first colour she saw was brown, Sango's eyes. Kagome got up and mumbled a few words to herself. She made her way to the spring to wash her face. The she was rudely inturrupted by the hanyou.
"Hurry up Wench!"
"Ugh…Coming!"
Kagome knew it was her fault but she was just so tired! Nothing could make her go faster…it was just one of those days. The group traveled in silence, the only questions that came up were from Shippo. Sango walked in the back, behind Miroku.
She didn't trust the lech and she just wanted some time alone. It was like she had the world on her shoulders…
"So much stress…"
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Kagura was spending a lot of her time indoors lately. Chained up to be more exact. Naraku was only coming in every other day or so now, instead of the way he used to come in everyday. It wasn't like Kagura liked his company, but it was better than nothing…
Kagura looked up she heard footsteps coming from the floor above them. Who could it be? Hope filled Kagura's heart as she prayed, wished for it to be Kanna. She might just let the wind-demon go…
"Kanna…?"
The figure stepped out from around the corner. And who else but the little girl in white, it was Kanna. Kagura's face lightened, there was a chance that girl could free her! Just as she was about to whisper for the girl to walk over, Naraku came in. Following Kanna closely.
"damn him…"
"I take it that you like it down here…Kagura?"
Kagura looked away, she wasn't about to look at some bastard who decided to trap her. But of course, Naraku had different plans. His hand darted out and reached Kagura's cheek.
"Unh…"
The evil hanyou grasped her face, it hurt. Kagura was moving her face, side to side trying to get free of Naraku's grip. It hurt, and he knew it. Yet Naraku found happiness in other people's suffering.
"Now, now…If you keep moving…not only would the vines strangle you…but you would die with a horrid bruise…on your face."
Naraku let go of the demon, the vines were doing a good job of keeping her still. As long as the roots held her against the wall, she couldn't get away.
" Why should I care what I look like while I'm dead? It wouldn't matter if you made a comment about the condition of my body anyways."
Kagura tried her best not to look at the hanyou in front of her. The bastard. And to think at some point she had shown some compassion for him. Ugh. While Naraku was busy laughing his head off at some unknown matter, Kagura was plotting her plan to escape.
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That night Miroku managed to find some idiot who fell for the exorcism trick. And they got another free meal. The girls marched into a room while the guys took another. It was almost like a tradition or something. Everyone was getting used to the bedtime ritual.
"Why can't we ever sleep together? In one big room…all nice and cozy…"
Miroku got hit on the head for that one. Sango was already running at him, but Inuyasha beat her to the poor guy.
"Pervert."
While Kagome slept that night in the sleepingbag she conviently carries around everywhere, Inuyasha was leaning against the wall. He could hear the girls talk about things he knew he shouldn't be listening to. But it didn't hurt if they didn't know he was eavesdropping right?
"Yeah! And they have to pull your chair out for you when you sit down!"
"Whoa! Are you serious? That's amazing!"
"Well…you see it so often it's not really a big deal…"
(Take a guess at what their talking about…x.O)
Inuyasha sighed. It was boring, girl talk. Nothing new…just the usual. The hanyou had been listening in for a while now and he could never get sick of it. Maybe tired, but never sick of it. It was so interesting, listening to stories about Kagome's time. Who knew thee could be people who would do those things for each other.
But the best stories he ever heard was about the instant noodles, the ones he only ever tasted once while they got caught outside in the rain. After that one taste Inuyasha knew he was hooked. They didn't have ramen in Feudal Japan so it was hard sometimes. But then again he could always go and look for some in Kagome's bag.
"That's it! The next time that bag and I are alone…that'll be the perfect moment. I'd just snatch the thing, run off, grab all those cups out and place the bag back carefully…and I won't let anything fall out of her bag. Sounds reasonable…afterall that was the only reason why I got in trouble last time right?"
Kagome relaxed on the floor, it was going to be a long night, she could just tell. And those nightmares don't really help either. Kagome still needed to figure out who the 'mystery' guy was. He always stood in the shadows, so there was no way she could make a positive guess.
The closest person that came to mind was Naraku…but he was dead! Kagome needed to keep reminding herself that. But what if Naraku was trying to communicate to her…from the dead? The thought sent shivers up her spine. It just wasn't right.
"Maybe I won't dream about him tonight…maybe I'll dream about…inu…"
With that last thought Kagome drifted off into the dreamworld. Kagome was once again teleported into the same place she has been so many times. The same clearing where she had murdered the youkai so many times…where the guy came out from the shadows…where she killed Inuyasha.
There it was, the demon aura. It was heavy in the air. Almost choking Kagome. She inhaled deeply but got nothing except the demon's stench, she coughed…it was coming closer. She could feel it, the tingling sensation shot throughout her body…closer and closer.
There it was! Kagome didn't even need to look, she fired her arrow. The school girl heard a soft 'thump' of the body hitting the grass. Slowly she opened her eyes. Maybe she should have looked at her target. But it was to late.
There was blood everywhere, the man's evil laughter filled the air. Was he going to step out of the shadows? Will he? Just like the demon that Kagome just killed the laughter was coming closer.
"Good job Kagome. You finally did it. See? It wasn't so hard…"
Kagome gave a curt nod and turned to face the body again, she needed to collect the jewel shards. The trip to the corpse took a while, Kagome walked in strides, slow and long ones. She was hoping to never reach the body.
Why? How could she have killed him without even looking? Was her archery really that good? Kagome decided to focuse at the task at hand. How did this all happen? The school girl crumpled to her knees in front of the body and pushing aside his locks of hair that covered the bloody wound where the arrow had hit.
Silently she search through his clothing, there, there it was. The rest of the jewel. She grabbed it and began her trip back to the person in the shadows, once again the hand reached out to accept the jewel fragments in her hands. She willingly gave them to him.
Slowly she loosened her grip on the gem. Kagome looked up, her hollow eyes boring into the shadowed figure. He smiled, it was like the best thing in the world had just happened.
"Come Kagome. There is nothing more here. We shall go."
The man disapeared into the darkness, but while Kagome followed she let a single tear slide down her cheek.
"Inuyasha…"
Kagome sat up again, once again sweaty all over. The nightmares just wouldn't stop coming. What did they mean? She didn't understand. But she kenw that this dream was different. She actually killed Inuyasha. Something very wrong was happening here…
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Once again Kagura was left alone in the cold and damp cellar of Naraku's mansion. She hated it there like every prisoner should. They fed her gruel, which was enough to make her sick already. But there was this stench, one that always gave her headaches and caused her to become unconscious. It was unbearable…but what can she do?
"These stupid vines…If I had my fan…"
Images of slaughtering Naraku violently came into Kagura mind. The things she would be able to do if she only had her fan…Kagura slumped in defeat. As long as the roots held her she couldn't escape.
The vines would just keep getting tighter and tighter…until they just snap your limbs off. Kagura didn't want to find out the hard way. She didn't feel that confident to test the theory out.
One of the rare occasions where she actually took Naraku's word for something. But then again, this was only because her life was involved.
"Just wait Naraku…I'll get you…"
Kagura stopped talking. She just realised something…she had been talking to herself this whole time…not thinking to herself, but rather talking out loud to herself.
"No…"
She had finally lost it, Naraku had finally influenced her to the brink of insanity. All the times he was talking to himself, laughing by himself…
"NARAKU!!!!"
Upstairs Naraku could hear the woman wailing and screaming. Actually anyone within the castle's barrier could hear her screaming. Naraku liked it. He thinks of it as leaving an impression on someone. One they couldn't get rid of.
Naraku joined Kagura's hollering soon enough when he started laughing his evil villan laughter. But Naraku's laughing was louder than Kagura's yelling. She could hear in from the basement.
"Naraku…you…bastard…what have you done to me?Why I could jus-"
Kagura cut herself off again, it was getting harder and harder not to talk to herself, almost like a habit.
"Just wait until I get out of here…"
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Inuyasha's eyes snapped open. He could smell it. Fear. It was coming from the other side of the wall. He got up, wandering over to the room right next to the one he was sleeping in. It was the girls room. Inuyasha panicked a little.
' What if they were attacked? '
' is there someone else in there that I don't know about?'
Inuyasha let out a quiet growl, he didn't like that last thought. He took another step, closer to the door. And there he stood. Should he just burst in or should he knock first? What if he just marched in all prepared to play 'hero' when they were actually changing? Or what if there was a serious danger and he just decided to knock polietly?
Inuyasha shook his head and stood there thinking, this was gooing to be a start of a major head-ache. Just as he thought up a reasonable excuse ( he decided to burst in afterall ) Kagome opened the door and walked out.
She didn't even notice the man blocked the door as she automatically turned sideays and slipped out beside him. Inuyasha jumped a little. Guess nothing was wrong afterall… The Hanyou was just a little shocked, considering how clumsy Kagome usually was he half expected her to crash into him.
"Was she…Sleep walking?"
That was the only reasonable thought. It was the only reason why she had been able to avoid him. Inuyasha turned around, he could hear footsteps coming closer from another end of a hall. It was Kagome again. Inuyasha waited until she came closer before leaping in front of her.
She suddenly stopped and went around him. Weird. Inuyasha tried again except this time he actually grabbed her shoulders. With a finger he tilted her hand up. Her eyes were open and she was awake.
"What are you doing?!"
"Ehh?"
Inuyasha took a step back, he wasn't prepared for that sudden outburst.
"You just keep getting in my way!"
Once again Kagome walked around Inuyasha her focuse on getting to her room before a certain hanyou could stop her again. The boy tried to question her again but the door shut before he could catch her.
"…Weird."
The group left the following morning without telling the owner of the mansion. Miroku's idea. They didn't questioned him, nevermind shooting him weird looks as they exited the house. The shard hunters left the village quickly, they didn't want to hear the yelling and hollering of the people in the house when they find out they have been robbed.
" What kind of monk steals Miroku?" asked Sango wearily, she wasn't used to the concept at first…a monk that robs innocent people? But slowly she caught on just like Kagome, Shippo and Inuyasha did.
" … "
Miroku chose not to answer that one. Maybe he should pretend he couldn't hear her…afterall, the winds were really…loud. Sango didn't wait for the answer either. She knew he wouldn't answer already.
The group continued to trudge on. That was going to be the last inturruption for a while. Even at dusk, when the sky was turning different shades of pink, purple and orange, no one had said anything. It was considered a normal journey. The 5 of them walked along the dirt path and stopped at the nearest village.
As it turns out, the village was none other than Kaede's village. Where everything started. Kagome reconized the village at once and nudged Sango to see if she was paying attention to their surroundings too. Of course she was. Sango looked down at Kagome and smiled. At least they didn't know anyone there so they couldn't blow their cover.
Miroku introduced the girls the Kaede, they all said their hello's and were ready to pack it in for the night. When she was sure everyone was sleeping, kagome crawled over to where Sango was and woke her up.
"Sango… I need to go home! It's been…a really long time."
Kagome wasn't lying. It's been almost a month now and she still hasn't returned home. Her mom must have been worried sick. Sango nodded at the other girl and toldher to go. She could cover up for her while she was back in her own time.
"But please be back soon!"
Kagome nodded and quickly thanked her friend before running off towards the well. Unknown to her, Inuyasha liked sleeping outside better than inside all cramped up with 5 other people. He was sitting in his facourite tree when he saw her run at top speed across the field.
Inuyasha hopped down from the tree and did what anyone would do, follow her. He watched from a distance as kagome swung on leg over the well. She looked around for anyone that might have been watching her or might see the bright light. She saw no one.
Inuyasha was still hiding, he silently thanked the gods she didn't see him. Who knows what she would've done. Without another thought Kagome swung her other leg over and jumped into the bone eater's well. A bright glow flooded out to the top of the well as kagome got transported back to Modern Japan.
The hanyou gasped and lept forward.
"Did Kagome just…jump into the well?"
He looked down into the depth of the old well and saw nothing. She was gone. Panick swelled up inside of him. Where could she of gone? Didn't she just jump in? What if she got hurt? Inuyasha lept down the well as well ((A/N: that sounded funny…")) He hit the bottom with a soft thud. Around him were the bones of demons that had been dead long ago. He looked at the remains. The only one he could make out clearly was one of a centipede.
There were no human bones, or any scent of blood either. And the bottom of the well was way too small if kagome should be hiding against the wall. Inuyasha inspected the sides of the well. No tunnels, ditches, holes…it was all rock surrounding him.
Inuyasha leaped out of the well a little confused. He didn't really understand what has just happened.
"Maybe Sango will have some answers."
Inuyasha ran over to the hut where he knew the girl was. He walked over to her and found she was sleeping, like any other sane person at the moment. Sighing in defeat he turned around and started walking towards his tree. He will get his answers in the morning.
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It was cold when you were high up in the sky. The winds were whipping at her face, she was even finding it hard to breathe. Kagura was on her feather ride soaring through the air at an incredible rate.
"I'm so close to escaping…yet I would never be able to…Naraku must die."
Naraku sent the sorceress on a mission, or rather an errand. She should have killed him right there on the spot, but no. He was stopping her using the dirtiest ways. Everytime she disobeyed him, he would clutch her heart. Hold it tightly as if he could die if he let go.
Kagura had hoped that would happen. The second he let go…he would drop to the ground dead. But it doesn't happen. Nothing works out the way it's supposed to.
" –sigh- Let's get this over with."
She saw movement below her and went down for the kill. She held her fan out to the side and sliced whatever the thing was' head off. She wanted to do this fast. Kagura heaved the bloody carcass onto her white feather which was now stained a dark shade of maroon. Disgusted she made a face and zoomed off back to the castle.
She walked into the mansion, dragging the body with her. She made her way to a familiar room and slid open the door. With a sudden pulse of strength she tossed the body in. Within seconds the walls became alive, the venom wasps pulled themselves off the white walls and started to feast on their dinner.
Kagura hated the stupid bees. There were so many of them. Again, she made a face, but this time it was directed at the wasps. She closed the door and walked back to her 'old' room. The place she used to stay and do whatever she wished without regrets. Something she couldn't do anymore thanks to Naraku.
She shuddered at the memory of the last time 'it' happened. Her heart just appeared from his wrist. Like it has been there since forever. Kagura looked around. There wasn't much coming back to her while she was in the room. She never did anything in there anyways.
Kagura sighed again. With her heart within Naraku's reach… one wrong move and she would be dead...killed.
Kagura let out another sigh. This is getting pointless, Is she really going to live the rest of her life out as his slave? Will she ever be as free as she once was?
" I should of killed him while I had the chance."
Kagura winced, she did it again. As in talk to herself. Kagura rolled her eyes, It wouldn't be too soon if Naraku dies in the next five seconds.
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Thanks to my new reviewers once again…And by the way…I really don't know how Naraku will die… I'll figure something out. –smile-
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