The
Curse of a Half-Demon
-Chapter
6-
Naraku's first
appearance
4 days has past ever since they met Shippo and that little incident with Kagome and Inuyasha. Miroku had a few nightmares about how the women's body work. So he didn't really do much today. Kagome just finished school and was about to leave.
"Kagome?" Said the teacher. Kagome looked at her teacher very confusedly. "What happened to your friend, Inuyasha? He's a nice little lad. Did he want to come to this school?"
"He wanted to ah...actually; it was too late to choose because he had to move to Misawa! So, he's going to a different school," said Kagome.
"Is he going to e-mail you some time?"
"Yeah!" 'Though, Inuyasha doesn't know what e-mail is. Plus, he doesn't even know what a computer is either.'"Well, I'll see you tomorrow then!"
"Okay! Jya!"
She walked out of the school and wanted to go home. But she wanted to know how Miroku was doing. She went to the church where he is working, and visit his office. The door was opened as usual so she knocked on the wall. He saw her and pointed his staff at her.
"Don't come near me!" Said Miroku. His face was a little scared. She was confused and was wondering why.
"What are you talking about? It's me Kagome! K-A-G-O-M-E! Do you want me to repeat it again?" Said Kagome.
He put his staff down and took a deep breath. "Sorry. Ever since your grandpa showed me how the women's body works, I have been having nightmares about women for a couple of nights."
Kagome couldn't believe what he just said. Her grandpa showed him how the women's body work? "You looked at that? How could you, you stinking' pervert!"
"Wait! It's not what you think!"
"Yeah right! I bet you were the one that suggest for you to look at it."
"Actually, your grandpa was going to show it to Inuyasha but he ran away from him. Then I suggest for me to look at it."
"What's the difference? You still suggested it."
"Sorry!"
"Anyway, I need some help at home. I don't want to tell Inuyasha because he's a part of this."
Miroku sat in his chair behind the desk. Kagome went to the chair that was in front of his desk. "Tell me what's wrong."
Inuyasha was waiting in the living room again waiting for Kagome. He was tired and was about to fall asleep. But he heard a ring in the room. He looked around and saw a thing ringing with numbers and a cord attached to it. He picked it up and put it against his ear.
"Ah, hello?" Questioned Inuyasha.
He heard a voice. It wasn't clear, but he could still hear it because of his cute doggy ears. It said: "Souta? I'm a friend of Kagome. Can you get her?" Said the voice.
"What the-! I'm not Souta!"
"Who are you then? Hey! Are you holding the phone the wrong way? If you are, switch it." This time he got it right and could hear very clearly.
"Is this right?" Asked Inuyasha.
"Yes! Hey...that voice sounds like...INUYASHA!" Uh-oh! It was the girl from school that kept asking him ridiculous questions.
"Not you!"
"How are you doing Inuyasha? Oh wait! Before you start, I still have a few more questions to ask. Are you living in Kagome's house? Do you have a crush on Kagome? Are you going to come to our school...?" Inuyasha pulled the phone away because he was getting scared of it now.
So he just put the phone down. After that, he just sat back down on the couch. This time he fell asleep peacefully on the couch. Until he sensed something nearby. He got up quickly and clenched his fist.
"That power...is it...Naraku? It has to be! It just has to be him!" Said Inuyasha. "Uh-oh! He could be attacking the city! Oh great! The humans are just going to die like that if I don't do something. Here I come Naraku! I'll kill you and demand for this curse to break so I can get out of here!"
He slammed the door open and headed to the city. I guess he's tired of living inside Kagome's house. Maybe it's because Tokyo is driving him crazy, don't you think?
"So that's what you want to talk about?" Asked Miroku with his arms crossed. Kagome's hands were shaking after she told him. "Why...?"
"Inuyasha...he's...acting more vicious then usual. Something's happening to him. I... don't know what to do!" Said Kagome.
"Is that why you're becoming afraid of Inuyasha? Because he's acting more vicious?"
"Yes...For the past 2 days, every time I go near Inuyasha, my heart starts to beat really fast. My heart is becoming scared of him. His anger changed, his tone of voice changed and his soft side is almost gone. I'm somehow afraid he's..."
"Dying? Frustrated? Wanting to leave? Or getting ready to become a more stronger demon?"
"Becoming a more stronger demon. I'm afraid if that happens then..."
"You're afraid he might kill you?"
"Yeah, something like that. But I have this other feeling inside that makes me nicer to him."
"Maybe...if you talk to Inuyasha, he might promise something to you."
"I doubt it."
Then Kagome's heart was beating fast again. She thought it was because she was talking to Miroku but that couldn't be it. But when she thought of Inuyasha, her heart was beating faster. She has a feeling Inuyasha is close by.
Miroku was closing his eyes thinking how Kagome should talk to Inuyasha. When he opened his eyes and looked at the chair Kagome was sitting in, Kagome was gone. She wasn't in the room or anywhere in the church. She must've walked out of the room while he had his eyes closed.
Inuyasha jumped on a roof of a building in the city. He was too busy trying to sniff out Naraku. He jumped a couple more buildings and found a white baboon. There was a door on the roof for him to escape in it if he wants. But why would he escape from a battle?
"Naraku! I have finally found you! Get rid of this curse you put on me!" Commanded Inuyasha. "I'm not ready to die yet! Because I still have some stuff to do while I'm still living!"
"Too bad Inuyasha. Once the curse is cast, I can't remove it from anyone. That curse is meant not to be removed. But don't worry. You'll be ready for death when your time has end. Everyone is afraid to die at first, but when they get use to the idea, they will be ready." said Naraku.
"Give me a break Naraku! I would only be ready for death once I complete all the things I have to do! Like for one thing, KILL YOU SO I CAN BE FREE!" He took out Tetsusaiga and tried to strike at Naraku. But Naraku got out of the way.
"The only way for you to break the curse is for a woman to say 'I love you!' But you can't even get one women to say that with feeling."
"There's no way I'm going to die less then 2 months! I WILL find some girl to love me! And when I do, I would be enjoying the look on your face when that happens! So get ready to die!"
"Killing me won't end the curse Inuyasha! The only solution is-"
"I already know the solution! So SHUT UP!" He tried to strike again but he missed.
"You are really slow Inuyasha. You can't really handle Tetsusaiga. Why don't you give it to me since you're going to die soon?" He handed out his hand waiting for Inuyasha to put it in his hand.
"Didn't I tell you to shut up? Who said you can have Tetsusaiga? This sword belongs to me monkey!"
Kagome was running on the streets looking for Inuyasha. When she was out of breath she tried to think where he would be. Of course, on the roof of a building so no one will see him. So she ran to a hospital and took the elevator to the roof.
When she got on top of the roof, she took a look around to see which building he would be standing on. She looked to her left and saw someone in a red kimono fighting someone dressed in white. She knew right away it was Inuyasha. So she ran to the edge of the building and was thinking if she should jump from building to building.
It would be a lot faster but it could get her killed. About 90 a part of herself is going to die. 10 part of herself thinks she could make it and help Inuyasha fight whatever he's fighting. But she tried to look for another solution to cross. She found a ladder and sees if it was long enough so she can cross.
Luckily, it could reach. So she set it in place and began to cross. She tried not to look down. She gulped and was trembling. She took one hand and one leg at a time. It's best to cross with both hands and legs instead of just using your legs.
When her hand missed a handle she accidentally looked down and quickly looked straight.
'Don't look down again! If people see me like this, they'll think I'm crazy! If my mom sees this, she'll definitely punish me until I get married. All right, time to cross!' Said Kagome.
She finally made it to the other roof and took the ladder. She went to the other end of the roof which was facing Inuyasha. She only needed to cross two more buildings and that's it! She set it again, slipped her hand again, and made it again. Now she only needs one building to cross.
She had more confidence in herself now. It's a good thing she brought her bow and arrows with her at school just in case she needed to fight. Again she set the ladder and crossed. This time she didn't slip her hand. When she got to the same roof as Inuyasha did, she got her bow and arrow ready to shoot it at the white baboon.
But they didn't know she was on the same roof.
Inuyasha stopped attacking because he smells a familiar scent around. He knew that was trouble.
"What the heck is Kagome doing around here? Where is she anyway? That doesn't matter because I'm too busy fighting that stupid monkey! Say your prayers Naraku! Because you're soon going to die!" Said Inuyasha.
"You keep saying that and yet you still haven't put a single scratch on me. Is there something wrong with you? Or is someone you care about near us? It doesn't matter now," said Naraku.
Then some kind of brown things coming from Naraku's clothes that turned into hands. Some of them looked some kind of branches. It's like that. I'm not copying! Don't even think about it! That's one of his attacks!)
One of the hands grabbed Inuyasha's foot and it made him slipped. Two of the sharp end of the brown things strike at Inuyasha in his stomach and made a two holes. Then Inuyasha saw an arrow cut both of them and he got the ends off of this stomach. He turned to his right and saw Kagome about to shoot another arrow.
"Kagome...! Get out of here before he kills you!" Commanded Inuyasha.
"No! I want to help!" Said Kagome.
"Hey! You're supposed to be my servant! I command you get the heck out of here!"
Naraku looked at Kagome and put a smirk on his face. "Well, well Inuyasha! Looks like you found a woman after all!" Said Naraku.
"There's no way she's my women! She's not even that good for me!" Yelled Inuyasha.
"Who said I was your girlfriend anyway? Did you tell that ugly guy I was your girlfriend?" Angered Kagome.
"Of course not! Does it look like I really care THAT much about you! I can't even imagine you with me anyway! So why would I have a crush on you when I call you a servant and that you say that's' word!"
"I will say it again if you keep arguing with me!"
They were interrupted by someone kicking the door open. The person was Miroku! IT'S THE PERVERT!) When he saw Naraku, anger entered in his system.
"Naraku! I have found you! Prepare to DIE!" Said Miroku.
"Why does everybody keep saying that? Inuyasha keeps saying the same thing over and over again but look what happened. Nothing! I'm not dead yet!" Said Naraku.
"That's because you're soon going to die!"
"Would you stop saying that monk!" He attacked at him but Miroku dodged it in time.
"Hey Kagome! Where's Shippo?" Asked Miroku.
"He's sleeping at my house!" Answered Kagome.
"Drat! We need him for this battle so we can fool him!"
Kagome started to think about all of this. She looked at Naraku while Miroku and Inuyasha try to attack him. She saw Naraku take out his sword and tried to attack them too.
"So this is the Naraku they were talking about! They're right! He is the most evil demon!" Kagome ran up to Naraku and got her bow ready. Miroku and Inuyasha saw what she was doing and tried to stop her.
"Kagome stop! You don't know what you're dealing with!" Said Miroku.
"Kagome! Listen to Miroku! Don't shoot!" Commanded Inuyasha.
But it was too late! She already shot the arrow and headed to Naraku's head. The arrow cut off the head of Naraku and his head fell to the ground. Miroku and Inuyasha weren't shocked or surprised. They were confused on how Naraku can be defeated so easily.
"That can't be right! This isn't the Naraku we mentioned," said Miroku.
"What? How can that be Miroku?" Asked Kagome.
"I don't smell any human blood on him. He killed lots of humans but there is no scent of blood on him. Not even one!" Said Inuyasha.
Miroku notice the body was moving and quickly warned Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! Watch out! It's getting ready to attack again!" Said Miroku.
They turned to the headless body of Naraku and it was moving like Miroku said. Then his head starts to talk. "It doesn't just take a single arrow to kill me! Now it's your turn to die girl!" Said Naraku.
The headless body used the hand and struck the sword into Kagome's stomach and was bleeding. Then he took the sword out and she fell to floor. Miroku and Inuyasha saw what happened and went to check on her.
"Is she alright Miroku?" Asked Inuyasha.
"She's alright! She'll live at least. The sword missed her organs and that's a good thing. You take care of Naraku while I try to treat Kagome!" Said Miroku.
Inuyasha gave him a nod swing his sword up in the air and cut him in half. Then his body disappeared and so did the head. But Inuyasha found something on the floor with a string. He picked it up and showed it to Miroku.
"What the heck is this thing?" Asked Inuyasha.
"Demon puppetry. That strand of hair is a piece from Naraku. I can't believe we were fooled by a mere puppet!" Answered Miroku.
"I don't care about that right now! What about Kagome? She's still bleeding..."
"She'll live once we get here to a hospital."
"No! Kagome has some first aid at her house. If we go to the hospital, they're going to ask how she got that wound. We won't be able to explain. They won't even believe us even if we try!"
"You're right! You can carry her to your house in time can you?"
"Yeah! You can jump over roofs can you?"
"Yeah! It's really easy! Let's go!"
Inuyasha put Kagome in his arms and jumped from building to building with Miroku on his side.
"Ok! How can we treat this wound?" Asked Inuyasha. They have arrived at Kagome's house and set her on her bed in her room. Shippo woke up and was shocked on what happened to Kagome. His mouth was wide open; he couldn't even close unless he sees Kagome all better.
"Well, we need to ah...actually; we need a woman to treat her. Where's her mother?" Said Miroku.
"Why do we need Kagome's mother for?"
Miroku gave him a worried look. He then turned to Shippo and spoke with a soft voice. "Shippo...can you go play in the living room? If you see Kagome's mom come in, tell her Kagome is injured, ok?"
"Ok Miroku!" Said Shippo. He quickly got out and ran downstairs.
"Let me ask again...why do we need her mom?" Inuyasha asked again.
"If you want to know it's because she is a woman too."
"And?"
"In order for us to treat her wound we have to ah..."
"Spit it out!"
Miroku flinched of the tone in his voice and just spit it out. "We have to take her shirt off! There, are you happy now that you know? That's why we need her mother!"
Inuyasha froze and didn't say anything. Miroku was waving his hand in front of his eyes. Then Shippo came in with Mrs. Higurashi with the treatment.
"You 3 get out of here! You guys can explain everything to me later once I'm done!" Commanded Mrs. Higurashi.
They all ran downstairs and went to the living room. They all waited impatiently on the couch.
An hour later, they saw Mrs. Higurashi came downstairs. She wasn't smiling or frowning. Did she...die?
"Is Kagome alright?" Asked Miroku.
"Yes, she's fine! But she's resting now! You can visit her later. But it has to be one of you at a time," answered Mrs. Higurashi.
Everyone felt relieved and began to relax on the couch. Shippo was so happy that he was jumping up and down on Inuyasha's lap. He hit his head and gave Shippo a big bump on his head.
"What did you do that for?" Asked Shippo.
"Because you were jumping on my lap. You either stop or I keep hitting you until you have your brain removed," said Inuyasha.
Miroku just ignored them. So he just told Mrs. Higurashi everything, except the part he wasn't there. She was shocked and couldn't say a word. Or in other words, speechless. Inuyasha keeps hitting Shippo's head because he's still on his lap.
"I think I need to take a nap!" Said Mrs. Higurashi but instead, she fainted.
"Ah, Mrs. Higurashi?" Questioned Miroku.
She didn't say anything. So they decided to leave her there until the grandpa and Souta comes home. But instead, Miroku touched her butt. That's when she woke up and smacked him really hard!
"I'm going to check on Kagome," said Inuyasha.
He walked upstairs and into her room. He sat by the bed and looked at her. He noticed that her clothes have been changed into her PJ's. Then he let his back lean on her bed and closed his eyes.
"I guess I should give you some credit. After all you did shot the arrow at Naraku and cut off it's head. But that lead you near death..." said Inuyasha. "Maybe...I should sleep in your room tonight just in case. But you might think that's not a good idea. But you can't let Miroku do it because he is a perverted monk. I'm not going to do anything that stupid."
He paused for a moment and was thinking about the battle they fought today. He looked at the memory when she shot her arrow at Naraku's head and how she survived the stab in the stomach.
"That arrow you shot...that was not an ordinary arrow you shot. You put some kind of power into it." He laughed. "But that doesn't matter now. From now on I'm going to watch over you. ...I'll protect you Kagome...I'll try to help you in anyway I can, just like you tried to help me."
He was tired and he fell asleep. But the thing is Inuyasha didn't notice the door was still open. So that gave Mrs. Higurashi, Miroku and Shippo a chance to listen. Miroku peeked inside and notice Inuyasha fell asleep. So he turned off the lights and closed the door.
"(I think they should get married by the time they grow up!)" Whispered Mrs. Higurashi.
'If Inuyasha can live that long. Kagome...I'm counting on you to love Inuyasha from the heart...' said Miroku.