Look I updated quickly! It's only been one day! It's a miracle! You guys should feel special. I updated fast just for you and I felt bad because I took so long last time. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't see why I have to keep writing this. I'm sure you all know by now that I do not own Inuyasha
A nice Quote that I liked and so I am sharing it with all of you
The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller
Last time on A Winter With You:
"Who are you?" he asked
"My name is Akina. I was one of Kikyo's servants." Akina said tossing her long black hair out of her face. "Well I was a slave really. They bought me from Kila."
Inuyasha looked at her trying to decide whether or not to trust her. "What do you want?"
"I want to help." She replied, "Kikyo's knife was dipped into a deadly poison. Kagome will die if she is not treated immediately."
Inuyasha looked down at the young woman in his arms. Her face was scrunched up in pain and her clothing was stained red from her blood, "What do we have to do?" He asked.
"The only antidote that I know of is in Kikyo's room. She had one made just in case she cut herself or something." Akina said.
"Take me there." Inuyasha replied.
Akina nodded and her dragon immediately began to dive down towards the collapsed building. The blue dragon Inuyasha sat upon with Kagome followed along with the other dragons they had rescued and the ones who came with him from the breedary.
Akina's dragon landed and she hopped off. Inuyasha did the same with Kagome securely in his arms. She began to lead him into the entrance.
Inuyasha turned back to Kouga, "Take care these dragons. Some of them are hurt."
Kouga nodded and did what he was told without argument.
"How far is her room?" Inuyasha asked looking from Kagome worriedly to the young woman in front of him.
"Normally only a few minutes walk, but with the building like this." She waved her hand to draw Inuyasha attention to the broken walls and fallen wood, "I can't say how long it will take us to get there."
She led him to a stairway and they began their trek up the stairs. They were over half way to the third floor when Akina stopped suddenly.
"What's going on?" Inuyasha asked peering over her shoulder. He saw that the remainder of the stairs had collapsed. "That can't be good." He said
"This is the only way to get to the room."
Inuyasha looked around and saw that the third floor was close enough that he could jump to it. He ignored Akina who was going on about how there was no possible way to save Kagome and things like that. He positioned Kagome carefully and held her in one arm then, after grabbing Akina with the other, he jumped.
Akina screamed in fright. Inuyasha looked over at her in annoyance as she continued screaming.
"Would you shut up!" He yelled angrily dropping her onto the floor, "We are already on the other side."
Akina looked around and seeing that they were safely on the third floor smiled shyly, "Sorry." She said embarrassed as she got to her feet, "You didn't have to drop me though." She mumbled
"Whatever." Inuyasha said, "Which way is her room?"
"This way." Akina replied getting serious again as she led him down the hallway.
Both continued walking towards their destination carefully avoiding falling rocks, wood, and random items that chose to fall at the last minute. Finally Akina stopped in front of a closed door
"This is her room." She said opening the door and stepping to side so Inuyasha could enter.
The room was a total mess. The bed had been split in half by a fallen piece of the ceiling and the cabinets were open with most of their items spilled upon the floor. The walls were a deep red and one had a large hole in it.
"Where is the antidote?" Inuyasha asked setting Kagome's limp body onto the end of the bed.
"It should be in that chest over there." Akina said pointing to a dark wooden chest under a shattered window.
Inuyasha ran over to it and threw open the top. Inside were hundreds of little viles containing different colored liquids. "Which one is it?"
Akina looked over his shoulder, "The blue one."
"A lot of them are blue!" Inuyasha yelled frustrated.
Ten minutes later Inuyasha and Akina stood in front of a row of twenty viles with blue liquid inside.
"Now what?" Inuyasha asked
"Now you pick one."
"Kagome's life is on the line and you just want me to pick a random vile which could possibly kill since we have no idea what it does!" He yelled
"Calm down and listen to me." She said calmly, "All of these medicines will heal the poison, but only one can heal Kagome. Each one of these will heal a different type of person."
"How can we tell which one is meant for Kagome?"
"Only two people can tell. One is the person herself and the other is the one who loves her the most."
"Loves her the most?" Inuyasha questioned quietly looking at the bottles.
"Yes."
"How can I choose though, they all look the same?"
"Don't look at them. Listen." Akina replied
"What?"
"Just do it."
"Okay." Inuyasha said uncertainly. He closed his eyes and listened. He heard silence and more silence until a strange sound came to him. It sounded like beating, like a heart beating. He opened his eyes and reached for the 8th bottle in the row that they made. He lifted it up and looked at it for a second, "This is it." He said.
Akina nodded and took it from him and walked over to Kagome. She gently poured the liquid into Kagome's mouth.
"What now?" Inuyasha asked walking over and sitting on the bed next to Kagome.
"Now we wait. It might take a little bit of time until the potion starts to work." Akina said
Adline and Pierce lay side by side silently, at least to Kouga it was silent, the two were actually in the middle of an important discussion.
Are you serious? Pierce asked
Yes I am. Isn't it great! Adline said with a content sigh
Of course it's great! I'm going to be a father! Piercereplied happily
The other dragons were sitting around or getting bandaged up Kouga.One wasdoing both.
I wonder what Kagome is going to do with these dragons. She wouldn't let them go free. They wouldn't survive the winter and it's dangerous for a dragon to be alone these days. Adline stated.
Maybe she'll let them stay at the breedary
Maybe. Adline replied.
Inuyasha was now sitting on the floor staring at Kagome waiting for to wake up. He just sat there waiting and staring and staring and waiting. Akina on the other hand couldn't do that, she had to much energy. So instead she looked around and dug through Kikyo's personal things.
She found alittle black book at the back of a drawer and flipped through the pages before she took a seat next to Inuyasha and leaned against the bed.
"What are you reading?" Inuyasha asked still watching Kagome.
"I think it's Kikyo's diary." Akina responded opening to a random page. "Want to hear some of Kikyo's personal thoughts?" She asked with a small grin
"Sure."
"Okay. Let's see…….
28 of the 15 month, year 2890.
Dear Dairy,
As you know Father sent me up to Kila to get some information on a certain demon. Well, after searching for three and finding nothing I met young demon lord who gave me a lot of information. I believe his name was Sesshomaru."
"Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha asked looking at Akina for the first time in half an hour.
"That's what it says. Why? Do you know him?" she replied
"No, keep reading." Inuyasha said turning back to Kagome.
"He didn't actually give me the data. I simply snuck into his castle and threatened a few of his servants before I learned everything I needed to know. After that I killed a few them for fun. That's the best way to relieve stress. Anyways, just as I was leaving I got caught by Sesshomaru. He was really angry. But even when he grabbed my neck and held me in the air he looked hot. He has this long silver hair and emotionless amber eyes. I'm drooling just thinking about him. I'm unsure of why he let me live. Sorry, I have to go it sounds like father is drunk again."
Inuyasha opened his mouth to say something when Kagome let out a small noise. He was on his feet in seconds leaning over Kagome waiting for her to open her eyes. She did open them seconds later. Kagome stared up into Inuyasha's amber eyes.
"Inuyasha?" She asked trying to make sure it was him
"Yes it's me." Inuyasha replied with a smile.
"What happened?" Kagome asked sitting up slowly. Half way up she cried out in pain and put her hand to her stomach. She looked down and saw that her hand was covered in blood.
"Lie back down." Inuyasha instructed. After she did so Inuyasha told her about how Kikyo stabbed her and why they were in the prison. At the end of the story Kagome sat up again only this time she did so without hurting herself.
"I thought I told to lie down." Inuyasha stated
"You did, but I'm fine now." Kagome said motioning towards the place where her wound had been. Now there was nothing there, not even dried blood on her clothes.
"What happened?" Inuyasha asked surprised.
"I'm a miko remember." Kagome said rolling her eyes, "A trained miko can heal just as well as a demon can."
"I didn't know that." He said stepping back so Kagome could stand up.
"What happened to Adline? Is she okay?"
"She's fine." Inuyasha said
"What about all those dragons we freed?" Kagome asked
"They're fine as well." Inuyasha answered, "And before you ask Kouga is fine too. And soam I." Kagome opened her mouth to say something but Inuyasha interrupted her. "Everybody is fine Kagome." Inuyasha said
"That's not what I was going to ask." She said impatiently.
"Really? Then what were going to ask?"
"I was going to ask who this is." Kagome said waving her hand towards Akina.
"This is Akina. She saved your life." Inuyasha stated.
Kagome turned to Akina who was just now getting to her feet, the book still in her hand, "Thank you." Kagome said bowing to her, "I owe you my life." She said
Akina laughed, "You don't need to sound so formal and you don't owe me anything." She said smiling
Kagome smiled turned to Inuyasha, "We better go and make sure Kouga didn't get himself hurt by one of the dragons."
Inuyasha and Akina nodded in agreement and the three of them headed towards the exit of the prison. They got down the stairs the same way the got up. Just as the got to the final step the building started to shake.
"What's going on?" Kagome asked. She covered her head with her arms to avoid getting hit by falling debris.
"The whole thing is coming down!" Akina said, "We need to go NOW!"
The Kagome and Akina ran as fast as they could, Inuyasha slowed down so they could keep up with him. They managed to make it to the exit safely. Kouga was already sitting on Bob waiting for them.
"Hurry up!" Kouga called over to them.
Kagome, Inuyasha, and Akina each climbed onto their dragons and all them took off into the air. Once they were all safe and hovering over the rubble Kagome looked down and saw that the building was sinking into the sand.
"Look at that" She said to everybody, "It's sinking."
"I guess they built it on quick sand." Akina said shrugging her shoulders.
"Let's get going!" Inuyasha said, "I'm hungry."
That's the end of the 10th chapter. There will either be one or two more chapters for this fic. But then I am planning t write a sequel. Read and Review!
