Yoshimi: We're back!
Maki: We got a review! Thank you to sesshomaru_luver.
Yoshimi: This is important. I realized that we forgot the disclaimer. So here it is. We will say it now...and only now until the end of the story. I will mention it in the last chapter.
Maki: 'We do not own Inuyasha. Though we would like to...... We do, however, own any Original characters that might come.'
Yoshimi: We will mention a quick note at the end of each chapter where new characters of appeared. This is a claim on the total make-up and ownership of Nokamis.
Maki: On with the story. Warning: Kikyou bashing
Yoshimi: Prepare for twist and- *fall to the ground with giant bump on head and Maki standing behind holding a giant mallet*
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Recap:
Kirara changed then to her tiger form and looked expectantly at Nokamis.
It got suddenly cold. Shadow started to gather around Nokamis very quickly until you could no longer see him. A wind blew with a chill and sent the shadow away. Standing in Nokamis's place was.........Kirara, and yet, not Kirara.
The creature was a cat-demon like Kirara, it had two long tails and over- long canine teeth, but, it was black as a moonless night. It's ears, paws, tail-tips and a small diamond on its forehead were covered in blue ice. The cat-demon had piercing ice-blue eyes.
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There was nothing to be heard but silence. Then suddenly Sango spoke up, " This is new," she said almost sarcastically.
"This," a low growl came from the cat-demon, "is my true form. My mother was a humanoid demon, my father a cat-demon. I can tread air, much like your friend here."
"That explains your strange scent," Kouga said.
Nokamis suddenly felt a sharp tug on his tail and turned to see an exhausted Rin had snuggled into his soft fur and fell asleep.
"Aw, poor thing!" Kagome cooed, "She must be so tired after four days of straight travel!"
Everyone seemed to see suddenly how tired they were. Kagome spread out sleeping bags, humming as she worked.
"Wait a second!" Inuyasha snapped, "we're just gonna let this......this Naraku 'minion' stay with us? How do we know that he isn't reporting to Naraku, or still on his side?"
Nokamis seemed deeply wounded by Inuyasha's comment, but he did not speak up. It was Miroku who defended him, "Inuyasha! How could you say that! Obviously he's on our side! Didn't you see his reaction when he saw the village? Are you blind man?"
That was the only time they had seen Miroku loose his temper. He was quite a sight; his face was clouded with a touch of anger. Sango suspected he had finally cracked after so much death and destruction.
"I agree," Shippo said, his voice raising with every word, "you are blind Inuyasha! Blind not to see an innocent man, or pain in the eyes of someone," Everyone was surprised by the wiseness of this little kitsune*. Shippo didn't notice and continued, "If there is one thing my daddy taught me before he was murdered, it was that eyes tell emotions; sadness, pain, guilt, happiness, joy and even love. You are blind to not be able to see that Nokamis is innocent, you even can't tell love from a lust to kill!"
Shippo was crying by this time, as he ran and buried himself in Kagome's sleeping bag. Inuyasha was so taken back by the kit's outburst that he said nothing, just stood where he was with a stunned look on his face. There was a moment of stunned silence, broken only by the sobs of the kitsune child.
"I.........I'd better go see if he's okay," Kagome mumbled, blushing at the meaning of Shippo's words. She went over to her sleeping bag and pulled Shippo up onto her lap. The sounds of her whispering soothing words could be heard.
"She's going to make a wonderful mother someday," Miroku whispered to Inuyasha.
"You can have that sleeping-bag," Inuyasha grunted to Nokamis, before he leapt up in a tree.
Soon everyone wandered off to a place to sleep. Inuyasha was left in his tree, thinking about all that had gone on that night. His last though was of Miroku's words.
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"Soon, I can feel it," Miroku said the next day as Kagome was making breakfast.
"Feh, we have quite a gathering here, but not enough.........no......... not enough. We need more help," Inuyasha said, more to himself than Miroku. He had been in a deep-thinking mood since the night before.
"Why don't we get some villagers to help?" Sango said, forgetting that not all humans were as well-versed in battle as she.
"And spill more human blood?" Nokamis cried.
"No. No humans. We must train hard, anything to help. We chase a fool's dream, but it's this fool's dream," Inuyasha said, the last part under his breath. He had lost his cocky attitude. All-in-all Inuyasha was very out of character.
"Um......... the rice is ready," Kagome said meekly. She had been very quiet since the night before. Shippo's words had effected her more than anyone else.
(A/N: Yes rice for breakfast! Got a problem with it?)
"Okay Kagome! C'mon everyone! Rin likes rice! You all come eat rice with Rin!"
"Rice? Why not Rame-" Inuyasha stopped speaking suddenly and sniffed the air.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"It's him."
"Who? Naraku?"
"Get your weapons!"
"How many demons has he got with him?"
"I can smell Naraku, Kanna, Kohoku, about six-hundred demons, and ......... Kikyou," Inuyasha said.
"Where is he Inuyasha?" Kagome screamed, barely being heard about the noise.
"North!"
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It was Kikyou that they saw first. She was sitting in a tree, smiling deviously and fingering the feather on an arrow, "Why Inuyasha! What a pleasant surprise! Going to defeat big, bad Naraku now are we?" She said.
"Shut up Kikyou!" Sango yelled.
"I'm sorry, I can't let you through," Kikyou said.
"What the fuck do you mean?" Kouga asked.
"I mean, if you want to get to Naraku, you have to get through me first," Kikyou said, as is Kouga was an idiot.
"Kikyou.........no........." Inuyasha pleaded, "please let us pass!"
"No Inuyasha! You all shall die here!" With her words a hundred demons swarmed up from the ground in front of her, "I will kill you myself Inuyasha!"
It began. Demons charged and the battle became a graveyard. Sango tossed Hirokatsu, taking out but a small portion of demons. Miroku opened his Kazaana, but there were Saimyoushou*(A/N: I think that's what Naraku's bees are called) He used his staff instead. Shippo turned into a large pink bubble and chased off some smaller demons.
But Inuyasha and Kagome saw none of this. They were behind the demons with their backs to the fighting, facing Kikyou.
"Kikyou.........please! Don't say you have turned over to Naraku! Think of what he did to us!" Inuyasha begged, not seeing Kagome at all.
"You're right Inuyasha," Kikyou looked distressed. She lunged forward and hugged Inuyasha. He returned the hug.
"No! Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, "look out!"
Inuyasha had not seen the knife in Kikyou's hand. He did, however, feel it's sharp sting as it entered his back. Inuyasha cried out and pushed Kikyou off him.
"Why?" He asked, grasping the wound, trying to stop the bleeding.
"To immobilize you. The knife had poison on it that will eventually take over your blood-stream and paralyze you. That way you can watch as I hurt you in the deepest way, by killing that girl before your eyes," Kikyou smirked as she pointed one, long, slender finger at Kagome.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha whispered, "You stay away from Kagome!"
'Now I know what Shippo meant!' he thought, 'love from a lust to kill!' Kikyou just smirked again and aimed her arrow at Kagome, who was paralyzed with fear.
"No!" Inuyasha acted upon instinct. He drew Tetsuseiga and swung.
There was no blood. Just dust as Kikyou's last words rung out, "You will not succeed. We will be together in hell soon Inuyasha. The poison has already started to take effect. (A/N: Yeah! The evil psycho bitch is dead)
"Kikyou........." Inuyasha whispered as he realized what he had done, " Kikyou.........No!"
He heard crying. It was Kagome. She was crying hard, leaning against Sango, who had come over to her. The battle was over.
"Shh, it's okay Kagome," Sango said soothingly as she led her friend off the calm down.
When they were away from the battleground Kagome broke apart, "Oh Sango!" she sobbed, "I just feel that now Inuyasha is going to blame me for Kikyou's death!" the girl continued crying for all she was worth, "I just know he's going to feel that! He was protecting me from her! He had chosen before, he should have just let her kill me!"
"Come now Kagome. It's going to be okay. He was protecting you because I think that he has changed his mind."
"Think! Think! That's all I know! At least you know that Miroku likes you for who you are, not just because you're his dead girlfriend's reincarnation!"
Sango ignored the comment and continued to calm her friend, "it's going to be okay."
They were away from the battle ground, but not far enough away that two pointed dog ears didn't hear every word of their conversation, 'She thinks I'm gonna blame her? How could I? I killed Kikyou, not her.'
He didn't, however, get the full concept of the conversation. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Yoshimi: Yeah for Kikyou dying!
Maki: I agree.........she was a psycho bitch
Yoshimi: No offense to kikyou fans......... but I don't see how you could like her.
Maki: We have new words!
Yoshimi: I get to do them
Words:
kitsune: a fox demon with illusional powers
saimyoushou: Naraku's poisonous bees.
Maki: Feh
Yoshimi: Ja Ne
Other Voice: They shall have another chapter up soon.
Maki: We got a review! Thank you to sesshomaru_luver.
Yoshimi: This is important. I realized that we forgot the disclaimer. So here it is. We will say it now...and only now until the end of the story. I will mention it in the last chapter.
Maki: 'We do not own Inuyasha. Though we would like to...... We do, however, own any Original characters that might come.'
Yoshimi: We will mention a quick note at the end of each chapter where new characters of appeared. This is a claim on the total make-up and ownership of Nokamis.
Maki: On with the story. Warning: Kikyou bashing
Yoshimi: Prepare for twist and- *fall to the ground with giant bump on head and Maki standing behind holding a giant mallet*
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Recap:
Kirara changed then to her tiger form and looked expectantly at Nokamis.
It got suddenly cold. Shadow started to gather around Nokamis very quickly until you could no longer see him. A wind blew with a chill and sent the shadow away. Standing in Nokamis's place was.........Kirara, and yet, not Kirara.
The creature was a cat-demon like Kirara, it had two long tails and over- long canine teeth, but, it was black as a moonless night. It's ears, paws, tail-tips and a small diamond on its forehead were covered in blue ice. The cat-demon had piercing ice-blue eyes.
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There was nothing to be heard but silence. Then suddenly Sango spoke up, " This is new," she said almost sarcastically.
"This," a low growl came from the cat-demon, "is my true form. My mother was a humanoid demon, my father a cat-demon. I can tread air, much like your friend here."
"That explains your strange scent," Kouga said.
Nokamis suddenly felt a sharp tug on his tail and turned to see an exhausted Rin had snuggled into his soft fur and fell asleep.
"Aw, poor thing!" Kagome cooed, "She must be so tired after four days of straight travel!"
Everyone seemed to see suddenly how tired they were. Kagome spread out sleeping bags, humming as she worked.
"Wait a second!" Inuyasha snapped, "we're just gonna let this......this Naraku 'minion' stay with us? How do we know that he isn't reporting to Naraku, or still on his side?"
Nokamis seemed deeply wounded by Inuyasha's comment, but he did not speak up. It was Miroku who defended him, "Inuyasha! How could you say that! Obviously he's on our side! Didn't you see his reaction when he saw the village? Are you blind man?"
That was the only time they had seen Miroku loose his temper. He was quite a sight; his face was clouded with a touch of anger. Sango suspected he had finally cracked after so much death and destruction.
"I agree," Shippo said, his voice raising with every word, "you are blind Inuyasha! Blind not to see an innocent man, or pain in the eyes of someone," Everyone was surprised by the wiseness of this little kitsune*. Shippo didn't notice and continued, "If there is one thing my daddy taught me before he was murdered, it was that eyes tell emotions; sadness, pain, guilt, happiness, joy and even love. You are blind to not be able to see that Nokamis is innocent, you even can't tell love from a lust to kill!"
Shippo was crying by this time, as he ran and buried himself in Kagome's sleeping bag. Inuyasha was so taken back by the kit's outburst that he said nothing, just stood where he was with a stunned look on his face. There was a moment of stunned silence, broken only by the sobs of the kitsune child.
"I.........I'd better go see if he's okay," Kagome mumbled, blushing at the meaning of Shippo's words. She went over to her sleeping bag and pulled Shippo up onto her lap. The sounds of her whispering soothing words could be heard.
"She's going to make a wonderful mother someday," Miroku whispered to Inuyasha.
"You can have that sleeping-bag," Inuyasha grunted to Nokamis, before he leapt up in a tree.
Soon everyone wandered off to a place to sleep. Inuyasha was left in his tree, thinking about all that had gone on that night. His last though was of Miroku's words.
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"Soon, I can feel it," Miroku said the next day as Kagome was making breakfast.
"Feh, we have quite a gathering here, but not enough.........no......... not enough. We need more help," Inuyasha said, more to himself than Miroku. He had been in a deep-thinking mood since the night before.
"Why don't we get some villagers to help?" Sango said, forgetting that not all humans were as well-versed in battle as she.
"And spill more human blood?" Nokamis cried.
"No. No humans. We must train hard, anything to help. We chase a fool's dream, but it's this fool's dream," Inuyasha said, the last part under his breath. He had lost his cocky attitude. All-in-all Inuyasha was very out of character.
"Um......... the rice is ready," Kagome said meekly. She had been very quiet since the night before. Shippo's words had effected her more than anyone else.
(A/N: Yes rice for breakfast! Got a problem with it?)
"Okay Kagome! C'mon everyone! Rin likes rice! You all come eat rice with Rin!"
"Rice? Why not Rame-" Inuyasha stopped speaking suddenly and sniffed the air.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"It's him."
"Who? Naraku?"
"Get your weapons!"
"How many demons has he got with him?"
"I can smell Naraku, Kanna, Kohoku, about six-hundred demons, and ......... Kikyou," Inuyasha said.
"Where is he Inuyasha?" Kagome screamed, barely being heard about the noise.
"North!"
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It was Kikyou that they saw first. She was sitting in a tree, smiling deviously and fingering the feather on an arrow, "Why Inuyasha! What a pleasant surprise! Going to defeat big, bad Naraku now are we?" She said.
"Shut up Kikyou!" Sango yelled.
"I'm sorry, I can't let you through," Kikyou said.
"What the fuck do you mean?" Kouga asked.
"I mean, if you want to get to Naraku, you have to get through me first," Kikyou said, as is Kouga was an idiot.
"Kikyou.........no........." Inuyasha pleaded, "please let us pass!"
"No Inuyasha! You all shall die here!" With her words a hundred demons swarmed up from the ground in front of her, "I will kill you myself Inuyasha!"
It began. Demons charged and the battle became a graveyard. Sango tossed Hirokatsu, taking out but a small portion of demons. Miroku opened his Kazaana, but there were Saimyoushou*(A/N: I think that's what Naraku's bees are called) He used his staff instead. Shippo turned into a large pink bubble and chased off some smaller demons.
But Inuyasha and Kagome saw none of this. They were behind the demons with their backs to the fighting, facing Kikyou.
"Kikyou.........please! Don't say you have turned over to Naraku! Think of what he did to us!" Inuyasha begged, not seeing Kagome at all.
"You're right Inuyasha," Kikyou looked distressed. She lunged forward and hugged Inuyasha. He returned the hug.
"No! Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, "look out!"
Inuyasha had not seen the knife in Kikyou's hand. He did, however, feel it's sharp sting as it entered his back. Inuyasha cried out and pushed Kikyou off him.
"Why?" He asked, grasping the wound, trying to stop the bleeding.
"To immobilize you. The knife had poison on it that will eventually take over your blood-stream and paralyze you. That way you can watch as I hurt you in the deepest way, by killing that girl before your eyes," Kikyou smirked as she pointed one, long, slender finger at Kagome.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha whispered, "You stay away from Kagome!"
'Now I know what Shippo meant!' he thought, 'love from a lust to kill!' Kikyou just smirked again and aimed her arrow at Kagome, who was paralyzed with fear.
"No!" Inuyasha acted upon instinct. He drew Tetsuseiga and swung.
There was no blood. Just dust as Kikyou's last words rung out, "You will not succeed. We will be together in hell soon Inuyasha. The poison has already started to take effect. (A/N: Yeah! The evil psycho bitch is dead)
"Kikyou........." Inuyasha whispered as he realized what he had done, " Kikyou.........No!"
He heard crying. It was Kagome. She was crying hard, leaning against Sango, who had come over to her. The battle was over.
"Shh, it's okay Kagome," Sango said soothingly as she led her friend off the calm down.
When they were away from the battleground Kagome broke apart, "Oh Sango!" she sobbed, "I just feel that now Inuyasha is going to blame me for Kikyou's death!" the girl continued crying for all she was worth, "I just know he's going to feel that! He was protecting me from her! He had chosen before, he should have just let her kill me!"
"Come now Kagome. It's going to be okay. He was protecting you because I think that he has changed his mind."
"Think! Think! That's all I know! At least you know that Miroku likes you for who you are, not just because you're his dead girlfriend's reincarnation!"
Sango ignored the comment and continued to calm her friend, "it's going to be okay."
They were away from the battle ground, but not far enough away that two pointed dog ears didn't hear every word of their conversation, 'She thinks I'm gonna blame her? How could I? I killed Kikyou, not her.'
He didn't, however, get the full concept of the conversation. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Yoshimi: Yeah for Kikyou dying!
Maki: I agree.........she was a psycho bitch
Yoshimi: No offense to kikyou fans......... but I don't see how you could like her.
Maki: We have new words!
Yoshimi: I get to do them
Words:
kitsune: a fox demon with illusional powers
saimyoushou: Naraku's poisonous bees.
Maki: Feh
Yoshimi: Ja Ne
Other Voice: They shall have another chapter up soon.