S-H: I apologize for the horribly long wait for chapter 3, but school has been grinding my bones to make bread! But, you all haven't been forgotten, and I have been working on chappie 3. Enjoy!
(Read well and accompany with milk.)
Inuyasha and Sango slowly looked up at the looming castle and cringed. Inuyasha thought for a moment and had an idea.
"Alright, I have an idea, Sango. What if I break open a hole in the wall, instead of jumping all the way up there?" He suggested like as if was a genius.
Sango sighed and thought about it. "I suppose it would work..." Sango replied to Inuyasha, trying not to make his idea crash. "Alright, stand back, Sango." Inuyasha said, pulling out his Tetsusaiga, readying it for the attack.
"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha shouted as the powerful blast of energy from the Tetsusaiga flew from his sword and slammed into the wall.
As the smoke cleared, a huge hole in the castle appeared. Inuyasha grinned shrewdly and tried to run though the newly-made entrance. He stretched his arm out, but as it made it in, the entrance quickly closed in on Inuyasha's arm. Inuyasha's eyes widened in disbelief.
Soon, acid started to ooze from the scaly walls, and onto Inuyasha's arm. As Inuyasha started to yell out in pain, Sango immediately ran over, and slammed the Hiraikotsu near the place where Inuyasha's arm was caught. Inuyasha decided to help with the beating, and started punching and scratching the wall.
Finally, the wall opened up large enough to let go of Inuyasha's arm. When he pulled out his arm, blood dripped down the wall and down his hand, and part of his sleeve has completely burned off. Sango cringed at the sight of Inuyasha extremely bloody hand.
"Damn...that's going to leave a mark." Inuyasha sighed, and tried to wipe the blood off his arm and hand.
"Well obviously, that is not going to work." Sango confessed. "Well, that only leaves one option." Inuyasha said as he gestured to the opening way up at the top of the palace.
"Alright Sango, hold on." Inuyasha warned. Sango got onto Inuyasha's back with her trusty Hiraikotsu in front of her. Inuyasha leaped up to the high opening in the wall, and caught the ledge. "Sango, hurry up and get inside. This opening might have the same effects it did when I tried to get in earlier, and I don't think that one arm is only going to hold me much longer." Inuyasha warned as his arm started to bleed again. Sango nodded and climbed in through the opening.
Soon, Inuyasha let go of the ledge and started to fall, but as soon as this happened, Sango caught Inuyasha by his good arm and quickly pulled him in as the opening started to close up. He landed on the floor of the palace and the opening closed, and then opened up again, seeing that it didn't catch anything this time.
Inuyasha again wiped the blood off his arm and onto the scaly floor. He moved his claws a few times and smirked as if they were a good working piece of machinery.
Sango signaled for Inuyasha to follow her slowly through the cold and clammy palace. Both their footsteps slowly moved across the rough floor, without missing a beat, as to moving their foot up and making noise on the shingled 'tiles'.
Soon, Inuyasha rapidly stopped Sango for a moment. His ears twitched in the dimly lit corridor, as his acute sense of hearing picked something up. "What's going on, Inuyasha?" Sango asked with a tremble in her voice. "I hear something, like, I don't know, like something dripping on the floor." Inuyasha said quietly as he continued moving across the floor.
Sango went ahead of him and slid her foot in something wet. Smoke-like fumes burned up from the ground, and Sango immediately felt pain jolt up her leg. She was about the yowl out in pain, but as she opened her mouth, Inuyasha clasped his hand on her mouth, and he pulled Sango away from the ooze on the floor, which was evidently acid, as Inuyasha had smelled it.
Sango leaned against the wall, her whole leg disabled from the acid she stepped in. She held her foot in pain as she slowly wrapped some bandages around her foot, which was in the worst condition. Inuyasha looked at Sango and the bandages. "Hey...! How come you didn't let me use any of those bandages when I was hurt?!" Inuyasha snapped at Sango angrily, but quietly.
"Because you're stronger than I am, and you can hold up against pain better than I can. I'm only human, and you, you're demon." Sango explained quietly to Inuyasha. "Feh, like I can actually believe that." He snorted. "But, of course...You're gonna need to ride on my back. I doubt one good leg can hold you up forever." Sango looked down at her disabled leg. "You're right, Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha smirked.
"Well? What are you waiting for, Inuyasha?" Sango asked Inuyasha impatiently. "What?" Inuyasha snapped.
Sango scowled at Inuyasha. "Aren't you going to help me up? You said 'That I couldn't walk on one good foot forever.' " Sango quoted as she slowly tried to pull herself up with the help of the scaly wall.
Inuyasha snorted and walked over to Sango. As Inuyasha got to Sango, she had already pulled herself up as she put her Hiraikotsu on her back, supporting herself on the wall. Inuyasha turned around and stooped down as Sango put her arms on his shoulders. Inuyasha stood back up and he held Sango's legs with his arms.
Inuyasha started to sprint through the palace, hiding in the shadows. His feet were quietly clinking against the scaly floor as he turned and jerked past corners and other corridors. But, as sure as the sun will rise, one thing ran through Sango's and Inuyasha's minds. This will be no easy place to get through.