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Authors Beginning Note: Usurp is a cool word, so is crume-caca and shmuck. ****
Chapter 22
Sango's Life
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"Why hello Inuyasha. Is Kagome back too?" said Mrs. Higurashi, her smile lighting up her face. She was inside cleaning the table after dinner.
"Sorry Miss Kagome's mom. It's just me."
"Oh? Is there something wrong?" Her smile began to turn into a more worried look.
"Inuyasha! Your back!" exclaimed Souta when he spotted his all time favorite person.
"Hey." Inuyasha greeted.
"Miss Kagome's mom, I was wondering, could I borrow that thingy that Kagome brought with her a few months ago? The one that was flat and had fire in it and could get as hot as you wanted?" Inuyasha asked.
"Is that all you came back here for?" Inuyasha nodded.
"Of course. Do you need help working it?" Mrs. Higurashi asked, muched relieved that that seemed to be the only thing that was wrong.
"No." Inuyasha said. Mrs. Higurashi disappeared in the kitchen. The sound of pots and pans clattering to the floor could be heard. Soon she came back holding a portable stove top burner, that requires only propane.
"Here you go. Remember, you connect it like this." she said demonstrating how to connect the wire to the small propane tank to the burner. Then disconnected it.
"Then turn it left to turn it on. It's only half full, so you'll only be able to use it for an hour before it runs out." She said. Inuyasha nodded and turned to leave.
"Inuyasha! Do you have to leave now! You just got here!" Souta whined slightly.
"Sorry kiddo."
"Oh, and remember to make sure it's connected properly! Otherwise it might explode!" yelled Mrs. Higurashi into the night after Inuyasha. She disappeared back into the house to finish clearing away the table and start dishes.
"What is all that racket." Came a voice of an old man as Kagome's grandpa showed up.
"That was Inuyasha. He asked to use the Portable bunson burner." Souta said shutting the door.
"What! I was going to use that tomorrow!" "Sorry gramps. There's no getting it back now." He said leaving the old man to mutter to himself.
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Running through the forest, slipping on the mud and tripping over tree roots Miroku sped through the forest with a speed that was unnatural to humans. Shippo was barely able to cling to his shoulder as he bobbed up and down, falling with Miroku on and off.
"Miroku! Will you slow down!" No reply. Miroku kept going. Shippo sighed and stayed quiet for the rest of the ride, besides the occasional complaints about being thrown into the mud when Miroku stumbled.
"Keade, how is Sango? Did Inuyasha come back with the blossoms?" Miroku said, barely composed as he stumbled in the hut, dripping water and mud. His hair was nearly caked with mud, his face has smears of mud, and his robes now looked brown instead or dark purple and black.
"Hai. He came a small while ago with them."
"Do you have enough?"
"Yes. Ye need not worry about that. I have plenty for this." Keade said mechanically. Her voice was flat, and didn't hold much hope.
"Than, what is it that I do need to worry about?" Miroku asked. The moments of relief he had been granted, fell away, like a pebble falling off of a cliff. Quiet was what followed. The fire cackled and the aroma of the healing potion filled the hut, smelling much like the flowers that had been picked.
"I am afraid.Sango will not live past the night." Shippo gasped and fell down.
"But we brought the flowers, even more than what we needed! You have the healing potion right there! It should be ready! So why then!" He cried with indignate anger, hitting the butt of Shinjoku hard against the floor. A crazed look was beginning to form in his eyes. Shippo jumped up and went over to Sango. Keade however stayed where she was, mixing the bubbling mixture in her pot.
"No Miroku. It is not ready, and will not be for several hours. Sango doesn't even have until Sunrise. It will not be ready in time." She said, hastily brushing away a tear, not looking at Miroku.
"You mean we went through all that trouble and she's going to die! She can't die! No! She." he slid to the floor unconscious. Keade turned to look at her guest.
"Really Inuyasha, did ye find the need to do that?" She asked as Inuyasha placed the slumped form of Miroku against the wall.
"Feh." Was all he said before he sat down and looked at what he had brought. He connected the cord to the place it belonged, making sure it was connected right, and all the way. An explosion is not what they needed right now. Keade stopped her stirring for a moment to watch what was being done.
"Inuyasha, what have ye here?" She asked curiously.
"It's a bun burner thingy from Kagome's time."
"And what might this 'bun burner' thing do?"
"It makes heat." He said blunt and to the point.
"But what use do we have it for here?"
"It's what's going to save Sango's life. Not that I care or anything." He said as he turned the knob. Soon the burner was on and an intensely heat was emitted from it. Getting up he took the pot from Keade and placed it on the burner, and it began to boil more fiercely.
"You said that it needed to get hotter so the flowers could melt. Well it's hotter." He said stubbornly, almost as if Keade dared to say so otherwise, he would quickly argue.
"You know. This just might work." Keade said, a smile tugging at her lips as she began stirring it.
"Keade! Sango caughing! And she's bleeding!" Shippo cried hugging a mewing Kirara, not even a full half hour later. Keade rushed to Sango's side. Blood almost seemed to stream out of the cracks in her lips, and drip down her chin. Shippo looked like he was going to hurl. Keade wiped away the blood on Sango's chin and sat Sango up. The bleeding subsided as did the caughing. Moments later she laid her back down. She returned to stirring, before a smile appeared on her face.
"I believe it is ready." She said. She scooped up a small bowl full, as if it were soup and went to Sango.
"Inuyasha, sit her up." Inuyasha went to Sango and propped her up, in a some what gentle manner. Keade tilted her head back and slowly poured some of the liquid down Sango's throat. She swallowed it willingly, though still asleep. In no time it disappeared. Keade stepped back and Inuyasha laid her back down.
"Will she be all right?" asked Shippo on the brink of tears.
"I believe so. We won't know for sure for a while though." Keade said and sat herself down, exhausted from all of the mental stress. Without even meaning to she fell asleep. Shippo walked over to Kagome.
"Inuyasha. Somethings funny."
"What do mean runt?"
"I mean, Kagome doesn't seem like herself. Something feels.odd." Shippo said slowly as if he couldn't put his finger on it.
He feels it too.so I'm not the only one.maybe it has something to do with that purple light I keep thinking I see.or maybe.we're just imagining it.
That feeling in the back of his head.
"You must be imagining it." He said annoyed. Shippo didn't reply. Shippo yawned and sat next to Inuyasha.
"What do you think your doing?"
"I'm sitting. What else would I be doing?" He said looking up innocently at Inuyasha. Before Inuyasha could protest though, Shippo let out a huge yawn and fell asleep leaning against Inuyasha. He looked down at the small Kitsune and smiled. He set his arm over him and fell into a restless slumber.
A golden eye slit open as the sun was rising over the village. He turned to Sango and saw that her breathing had become a normal beat of rhyming as her chest lifted, air easily came in, it fell, and air came out.
"She will be just fine." Keade said, startling Inuyasha. He nodded and went back to sleep.
Later he woke up to a cry of joy. This time he opened his eyes all of the way and saw a happy monk looking as if he was about to do a jig.
"Well, it's a good thing you're happy." Inuyasha said irritably. Miroku looked over to his friend and put on an innocent face.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha, did I wake you."
"No, not at all. I just heard a particularly loud bird." He said sarcastically. Miroku smiled even more, if that was possible.
"I'm glad, then I don't have to feel guilty." Inuyasha growled and looked down at Shippo, who still managed to be asleep. He set him aside as he got up. Inuyasha walked outside and began running into the woods. Happiness coursed through his veins as he sped through, to no particular place, enjoying the nice smell after a storm and the clean soft, crispness of everything. It wasn't until later went back to the hut to enjoy breakfast.
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Authors Ending Note: Sango lives! Hehehehe, you didn't actually think that I would kill her off did yah? Silly chickens. Yes I called you chickens! Well, I hope you enjoyed my chapter!
Authors Beginning Note: Usurp is a cool word, so is crume-caca and shmuck. ****
Chapter 22
Sango's Life
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"Why hello Inuyasha. Is Kagome back too?" said Mrs. Higurashi, her smile lighting up her face. She was inside cleaning the table after dinner.
"Sorry Miss Kagome's mom. It's just me."
"Oh? Is there something wrong?" Her smile began to turn into a more worried look.
"Inuyasha! Your back!" exclaimed Souta when he spotted his all time favorite person.
"Hey." Inuyasha greeted.
"Miss Kagome's mom, I was wondering, could I borrow that thingy that Kagome brought with her a few months ago? The one that was flat and had fire in it and could get as hot as you wanted?" Inuyasha asked.
"Is that all you came back here for?" Inuyasha nodded.
"Of course. Do you need help working it?" Mrs. Higurashi asked, muched relieved that that seemed to be the only thing that was wrong.
"No." Inuyasha said. Mrs. Higurashi disappeared in the kitchen. The sound of pots and pans clattering to the floor could be heard. Soon she came back holding a portable stove top burner, that requires only propane.
"Here you go. Remember, you connect it like this." she said demonstrating how to connect the wire to the small propane tank to the burner. Then disconnected it.
"Then turn it left to turn it on. It's only half full, so you'll only be able to use it for an hour before it runs out." She said. Inuyasha nodded and turned to leave.
"Inuyasha! Do you have to leave now! You just got here!" Souta whined slightly.
"Sorry kiddo."
"Oh, and remember to make sure it's connected properly! Otherwise it might explode!" yelled Mrs. Higurashi into the night after Inuyasha. She disappeared back into the house to finish clearing away the table and start dishes.
"What is all that racket." Came a voice of an old man as Kagome's grandpa showed up.
"That was Inuyasha. He asked to use the Portable bunson burner." Souta said shutting the door.
"What! I was going to use that tomorrow!" "Sorry gramps. There's no getting it back now." He said leaving the old man to mutter to himself.
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Running through the forest, slipping on the mud and tripping over tree roots Miroku sped through the forest with a speed that was unnatural to humans. Shippo was barely able to cling to his shoulder as he bobbed up and down, falling with Miroku on and off.
"Miroku! Will you slow down!" No reply. Miroku kept going. Shippo sighed and stayed quiet for the rest of the ride, besides the occasional complaints about being thrown into the mud when Miroku stumbled.
"Keade, how is Sango? Did Inuyasha come back with the blossoms?" Miroku said, barely composed as he stumbled in the hut, dripping water and mud. His hair was nearly caked with mud, his face has smears of mud, and his robes now looked brown instead or dark purple and black.
"Hai. He came a small while ago with them."
"Do you have enough?"
"Yes. Ye need not worry about that. I have plenty for this." Keade said mechanically. Her voice was flat, and didn't hold much hope.
"Than, what is it that I do need to worry about?" Miroku asked. The moments of relief he had been granted, fell away, like a pebble falling off of a cliff. Quiet was what followed. The fire cackled and the aroma of the healing potion filled the hut, smelling much like the flowers that had been picked.
"I am afraid.Sango will not live past the night." Shippo gasped and fell down.
"But we brought the flowers, even more than what we needed! You have the healing potion right there! It should be ready! So why then!" He cried with indignate anger, hitting the butt of Shinjoku hard against the floor. A crazed look was beginning to form in his eyes. Shippo jumped up and went over to Sango. Keade however stayed where she was, mixing the bubbling mixture in her pot.
"No Miroku. It is not ready, and will not be for several hours. Sango doesn't even have until Sunrise. It will not be ready in time." She said, hastily brushing away a tear, not looking at Miroku.
"You mean we went through all that trouble and she's going to die! She can't die! No! She." he slid to the floor unconscious. Keade turned to look at her guest.
"Really Inuyasha, did ye find the need to do that?" She asked as Inuyasha placed the slumped form of Miroku against the wall.
"Feh." Was all he said before he sat down and looked at what he had brought. He connected the cord to the place it belonged, making sure it was connected right, and all the way. An explosion is not what they needed right now. Keade stopped her stirring for a moment to watch what was being done.
"Inuyasha, what have ye here?" She asked curiously.
"It's a bun burner thingy from Kagome's time."
"And what might this 'bun burner' thing do?"
"It makes heat." He said blunt and to the point.
"But what use do we have it for here?"
"It's what's going to save Sango's life. Not that I care or anything." He said as he turned the knob. Soon the burner was on and an intensely heat was emitted from it. Getting up he took the pot from Keade and placed it on the burner, and it began to boil more fiercely.
"You said that it needed to get hotter so the flowers could melt. Well it's hotter." He said stubbornly, almost as if Keade dared to say so otherwise, he would quickly argue.
"You know. This just might work." Keade said, a smile tugging at her lips as she began stirring it.
"Keade! Sango caughing! And she's bleeding!" Shippo cried hugging a mewing Kirara, not even a full half hour later. Keade rushed to Sango's side. Blood almost seemed to stream out of the cracks in her lips, and drip down her chin. Shippo looked like he was going to hurl. Keade wiped away the blood on Sango's chin and sat Sango up. The bleeding subsided as did the caughing. Moments later she laid her back down. She returned to stirring, before a smile appeared on her face.
"I believe it is ready." She said. She scooped up a small bowl full, as if it were soup and went to Sango.
"Inuyasha, sit her up." Inuyasha went to Sango and propped her up, in a some what gentle manner. Keade tilted her head back and slowly poured some of the liquid down Sango's throat. She swallowed it willingly, though still asleep. In no time it disappeared. Keade stepped back and Inuyasha laid her back down.
"Will she be all right?" asked Shippo on the brink of tears.
"I believe so. We won't know for sure for a while though." Keade said and sat herself down, exhausted from all of the mental stress. Without even meaning to she fell asleep. Shippo walked over to Kagome.
"Inuyasha. Somethings funny."
"What do mean runt?"
"I mean, Kagome doesn't seem like herself. Something feels.odd." Shippo said slowly as if he couldn't put his finger on it.
He feels it too.so I'm not the only one.maybe it has something to do with that purple light I keep thinking I see.or maybe.we're just imagining it.
That feeling in the back of his head.
"You must be imagining it." He said annoyed. Shippo didn't reply. Shippo yawned and sat next to Inuyasha.
"What do you think your doing?"
"I'm sitting. What else would I be doing?" He said looking up innocently at Inuyasha. Before Inuyasha could protest though, Shippo let out a huge yawn and fell asleep leaning against Inuyasha. He looked down at the small Kitsune and smiled. He set his arm over him and fell into a restless slumber.
A golden eye slit open as the sun was rising over the village. He turned to Sango and saw that her breathing had become a normal beat of rhyming as her chest lifted, air easily came in, it fell, and air came out.
"She will be just fine." Keade said, startling Inuyasha. He nodded and went back to sleep.
Later he woke up to a cry of joy. This time he opened his eyes all of the way and saw a happy monk looking as if he was about to do a jig.
"Well, it's a good thing you're happy." Inuyasha said irritably. Miroku looked over to his friend and put on an innocent face.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha, did I wake you."
"No, not at all. I just heard a particularly loud bird." He said sarcastically. Miroku smiled even more, if that was possible.
"I'm glad, then I don't have to feel guilty." Inuyasha growled and looked down at Shippo, who still managed to be asleep. He set him aside as he got up. Inuyasha walked outside and began running into the woods. Happiness coursed through his veins as he sped through, to no particular place, enjoying the nice smell after a storm and the clean soft, crispness of everything. It wasn't until later went back to the hut to enjoy breakfast.
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Authors Ending Note: Sango lives! Hehehehe, you didn't actually think that I would kill her off did yah? Silly chickens. Yes I called you chickens! Well, I hope you enjoyed my chapter!