Welcome to chapter 12!
Sorry it's taken longer than normal for me to update, a lot has been going on lately and it's making it hard to concentrate on my writing. u.u
I've been going back and forth from the doctors to find out what's wrong with me (aside from my mental insaneness) we finally got the results yesterday. Turns out I have Polycystic Kidney Disease. It's a genetic thing were cyst form in/on the kidneys (I apparently, have multiple cyst on/in both my kidneys). My Grandmother on my father's side had it and died from complications, but that was back in the 1960's. I also found out that on my mother's side Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is common, so it's possible I may develop that as well. How lovely, if I do get it, then I'll have cyst all in the lower regions of my body, such a comforting thought! -.-;
Anyway,
In this chapter we learn how Sango is cured of the potion and of what was done to cure Ayame and Kagura. What does this mysterious man mean when he gives Kagura's heart to Hakkaku, and what is his relationship to Kyou?
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Sango's Cure and the Unknown Love of A Wind Mistress!
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Miroku sweat dropped as he watched the two flailing ookami, 'poor guys… wait, what about Sango? She said there were three ways Sango could be cured.' He was brought out of his thoughts when he felt something on his arm; he looked to see Sango staring up at him with lust filled eyes. 'Uh-oh, better ask quickly before Sango does something most inappropriate…' "Anou…Kyou-san, what can be done about Sango?"
Kyou's smirk faded slightly as she looked from the ookami and to Miroku and the taijiya, "One of three things. You can fulfill her desire, transfer it to someone else, or the third option." Her smirk returned.
Miroku gulped at seeing the smirk, 'that can't be good…' so far, Kyou had only smirked like that when she was greatly amused by something that another wouldn't find in the least bit funny, or when she was plotting something that would amuse her. "A-and what is o-option three?" he was afraid to ask, but it had to be done.
Kagome was still attached to Kouga's arm, despite her internal debate, 'is it the potion, or do I really love Kouga? Maybe there's more too it that I don't know. But, but, I just can help the way I feel! I- I want Kouga…what about Inuyasha, do I still feel the same for him? It's Kyou's potion, I'll just have to ask her, if I can gain back control of my body, why won't I let go of his arm! But…I don't want to let go…' she sighed at her thoughts and brought her attention back to what was going on, she might be missing out on something important.
"The third option, my dear monk, has to do with emotion. Human women are more in tune with their internal feelings, though some aren't willing to admit them. This emotion can over power the drug Sango inhaled and cure her. In other words, if she has any strong emotional attachment to you this where it will be shown. Tell me, monk, how do you feel about Sango? Your answer will choose her fate."
Miroku swallowed and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, "A-are you sure that's the only other way?" he asked, both knowing and fearing the answer. Kyou nodded a smirk lingering on her features as Miroku sighed and looked at Sango. "If that's what must be done. S-Sango…" the brunette looked up at him once more, mumbling his name quietly and he continued, "I…" he swallowed 'best to just say it and get it over with, the sooner Sango's back to normal the better.' "I like you!" the monk closed his eyes tightly waiting for a smack to the face that never came.
Sango could feel her heart pounding in her chest, 'h-he likes me?' a blush stained her cheeks and she did the only sane thing there was to do at a time like this, that's right, she fainted.
"Sango!" Miroku reached out and caught the taijiya, gently setting her down. He sighed, he said it, he finally said it, would Sango go back to her normal self now?
The night went by what came in the morning was only stranger than the previous day's events, if that's even possible…
"WHAT THE HELL!" Kagura fumed, not only was she back to normal, she was also pissed and confused…good combination? I think not. "Are you saying that last night I actually…with a wolf? I don't even know who he is? Who the hell are you?" she glared at the white haired wolf that only cringed.
"H-ha-Hakkaku, I'm… uh… I'm Kouga's right hand man…" the poor wolf looked down and fiddled with a small pebble. He just couldn't believe he did that. Kagura, their tribes nemesis was now his mate, and wolf demons mate for life, oh yeah, he was screwed…excuse the pun, I guess he was in more ways than one.
However, Hakkaku wasn't the only one who got a mate last night Ayame had gotten Ginta to give up and give in. The two were now mated as he and Kagura were, though they were taking it a bit easier, seeing as their both wolves and from tribes that needed an alliance anyway. Even if Ayame was set on Kouga, there was nothing that could be done now, they were mates and they were stuck with it.
"Arg! I can't believe this! How could this happen! It's not right at all!" the wind witch steamed as she listen to the stuttering reply that brought up one thought, 'you've GOT to be kidding…'
"Go-Go-Gomen nasai! W-wolves mate for life…" Hakkaku mumbled the last part. He was terrified of what might happen, this woman, his new mate could kill him at anytime if she wanted to…
While the 'love birds' were having their discussion Kagome could do nothing but think on the conversation she had with Kyou the night before…
:Flashback:
"Ah… anou… Kyou-kun, can we talk?" Kagome was unusually fidgety, and for the first time in a while she was so set on something that she didn't even feel the need to be near Kouga. She just had to ask Kyou, she had to know the truth. Kyou nodded to Kagome and the two left for the hot springs, no one would follow them there. The boys for obvious reasons, Sango was passed out and Ayame and Kagura were… erm… 'busy' with their newly found 'wolf meat'.
They reached the hot springs and Kyou looked to Kagome smiling, "So, Kagome-chan, what did you want to speak with me about?" she already knew the answer, nevertheless asking seemed natural.
Kagome took a deep breath and looked the healer in the eye, "Did you really drug me? Is that the real reason I… I feel this way for Kouga-kun?" the miko's heart skipped a beat as she said the wolf's name.
"I knew it." Kyou's now traditional smirk appeared, "I'll explain the potion to you. What I used on you and Kouga is an aphrodisiac that doubles as a truth serum. What I mean by truth serum is that if you didn't have any feeling or desire for Kouga then you wouldn't have had any reaction to him. Because you had a reaction we know that somewhere in your subconscious you have a want, a desire to be Kouga's and have him as your own as well. It is a marvelous way to find if your love feels the same, or if your love acts a way for power or for true." She repeated what she had told Kouga and waited for Kagome's reaction.
Kagome blinked, "So-so, I am acting this way because I like Kouga-kun?"
"In a way yes. If you didn't like him then you wouldn't have had any reaction what so ever. Either way, you should know, that if you don't mate with him before the next full moon something horrible will happen to you."
"I'll die right?" Kagome sighed, she knew it, and she wasn't surprised. With all that's happened since she first came to this world there wasn't much to be surprised about anymore. "So, I love Kouga…does he feel the same, did you drug him too?"
"Yes to both. Only Kouga's aphrodisiac was human based, it had to be. If I had given him a demon based aphrodisiac then he probably would already have taken you by now."
:End Flashback:
'So, I really do have feelings for Kouga-kun…' she groaned no matter how hard she tried she couldn't figure out the main question that now buzzed through her mind constantly, 'What about Inuyasha?' Once again she was shaken out of her thoughts.
A dark cloud formed above the group, arguments ceased, and all heads turned towards the black abyss preparing for a battle as a demonic scent gusted to the canines' noses.
Kouga quickly got into a fighting stance, standing protectively in front of Kagome as Inuyasha put one hand on the hilt of his sword, growling in anticipation.
A deep cackle resounded throughout the area as a man cloaked in black stepped from the shadows. His body covered in a black cloak, his face was sealed from view by wrappings and his left eye was concealed with a black eye patch, the kanji for death printed over it, the only thing visible was his right eye that shone in a blood red color, not unlike Kagura's. His hand that was covered in a black glove held a bag that seemed to pulse with each small breath.
Inuyasha's growling increased, he'd been itching for a fight, perhaps he'd get one now. "Who the hell are you?" he flexed his claws over his sword's hilt once more ready to pull it out and strike at any given time.
The figure cackled once more and responded, "Have no fear, hanyou. I have not come here for you or any of your companions. However, to answer your question, I am called…"
"Shii…" the black-cloaked man was cut off by Kyou. The woman healer looked at him through cold eyes as she spoke.
"Very good, well done, sweet mistress. It is good to know that all of those I once knew haven't forgotten." Shii slowly approached her, as though stalking a deer. "It has been a long time hasn't it? One would think a traitor like you would have not the guts to stay within the crimes limits."
The healer's eyebrow twitched slightly and she smirked, "you're one to talk. One would think that scum such as ye would have sullied back to your spineless hole for eternity in fear of defeat a second time."
Shii huffed in response, " Oh yeah, well…Well you're fat!"
"Take that back! I am not!"
"Are to!"
"Well at least I'm attractive! I'm not so ugly that I have to hide behind black and wrappings!"
"You wenchly cur! It's called a fashion statement! At least I don't wear that gaudy blue! The blue on your top doesn't even match the blue bottoms! And who the hell wears their hair like that! You're supposed to be a woman, but tend I wonder…"
The group watched the exchange between the man called Shii and the woman healer that had in a way cursed them all.
Shippou's right eye ticed, everything was weird enough as it was why did it have to get worse? "What are they kids? They're worse than Kagome and Inuyasha!"
At that remark the hanyou's ear twitched slightly and he bobbed the poor kit, "Shut up, Shippou!"
"Waaaaah! Kagome, Inuyasha's being mean to me!"
"Oswari"
Timber, and the hanyou falls! (Sorry, I had a lot of sugar last night, I'm still on a bit of a sugar buzz. ; )
Kagome cleared her throat, she was glad for the distraction, but the noise was getting a bit annoying as the quibbling Shii and Kyou seemed to get louder with each insult, "Excuse me, can one of you tell us what's going on?" The miko blinked as they ignored her, "Hey, hey I'm talking to you! Ah! Don't throw things! Stop it! No fighting! Shippou is not a weapon! Put him down! The both of you just SHUT UP!"
The two fighting instantly stopped in mid strangle. Shii had Shippou in one hand as though he were about to smack Kyou with the kitsune cub and Kyou had a firm grip on Shii's neck, their limbs were tangled as they were trying to hit, maim, wound each other in various ways at the same given time. Quite an interesting sight to behold if I do say so myself.
"Now that I've got your attention… What's going on?" Kagome crossed her arms and leered at the two, much as a mother scolding her children would.
The red-eyed man cleared his own gullet and set Shippou down. "I came to deliver a message, as well as to return that which I posses to it's rightful owner. Though, if I had known this-this 'thing' was going to be here I would have waited!" He glared at the 'thing', namely, Kyou.
Kyou scuffed out an incoherent insult, only the canines could hear it, but it couldn't have been good… Ginta and Hakkaku were both supporting a blush, Ayame would have been too were she not asleep, and Inuyasha and Kouga just laughed… a lot… damn can they breathe? Gasping like that just isn't normal. Now that's just rude, rolling around like that! (Sorry, still on that buzz! n.n)
Kagome ignored the hanyou's laugh as well as the hot-steamy wolf's…instead she was focused on her own flushing face at that thought. "Ahem, w-well…do you mind explaining a bit more? What do you need to return? What message? Who is it for? You haven't given us a lot to work with!" Kagome tried to remain straight-faced and to disregard her thoughts about Kouga.
The laughing momentarily increased at Kagome's statement/questions. Given what Kyou had just said, mixed with what Kagome just said, well it just sounded wrong. The laughing quickly ceased when the man walked up to Kouga's right hand man.
"Hakkaku, that was your name wasn't it? I have something for you." Shii held out his gloved hand, and gave the bag to the wolf. "This belongs to you. Charrish it."
All eyes went to the spike haired wolf demon as he opened the bag, he scrunched his nose slightly sniffing, "What is this, food?"
"Not quite, but I have no doubt that you will 'eat' she who once possessed it. If you know what I mean."
"Not really…" Hakkaku sweat dropped, what did this meat, this heart have to do with him? Something wafted over his senses, a scent of hope, wonderment, and fear? He turned his head towards the scent. "Kagura?"
The wind witch was speechless. How was it possible? 'How did he get it? How is it possible for anyone to get within Naraku's barrier? How? Is that really my…my…' she was shaken out of her thoughts by the wolf next to her.
"That's right, Kagura." Shii chuckled, "It is your heart."
"WHAT?" Hakkaku nearly dropped the organ in surprise; it was Kagura's?
"How? How could you get it? How did you get past Naraku?" Her eyes narrowed in suspicion as she question the man that had given away her heart, "And why give it to the wolf? It belongs to me."
"How wrong you are. You gave your heart away to that wolf as soon as you took that potion. I should know the effects of that toxin better than anyone; it's my curse. Girl, you may be free from Naraku, but your heart will never be fully free, someone will always carry a part of it. That wolf will always carry all of it, if not physically, then emotionally." He responded, dexterously overlooking her questions.
Hakkaku gasped as he felt the heart he held, Kagura's heart, skip a beat as she said his name and passed out.
As Hakkaku knelled by the newly knocked out Kagura Miroku spoke to Shii, "There is one thing I do not understand. What do you mean when you say the aphrodisiac is your curse? Also, if you did not know that Kyou was here, how could you have known about the potion?"
"Both are good points. It is my curse because I used that potion on someone." He looked to the side as though horrified by what he was about to say, "I wanted a one night stand…not a lunatic stalker!" He then turned his head to Kyou and screamed at her, "You ruined my life!"
"Hey don't yell at me! You're the one that wanted it! If you didn't like her like that then you shouldn't have even tried! Take responsibility you spineless bastard!"
"How was I supposed to know she'd fall for me? You should have said something you traitor! You did it on purpose just to fuck up my life!"
"WAIT A MINUTE!" Kagome took a breath and looked at them, "So…that's why you two were fighting earlier…" it was more a statement that a question, it just seemed like such a stupid reason to start feuding. But then again, people are generally stupid creatures…kind of, sort of… anyway.
They both nodded and glared at each other as Kagome sighed in frustration, 'honestly! They're worse than Inuyasha!' the miko shook her head.
Shii cleared his throat once more, ignoring a sneeze and mumble from the hanyou 'someone must be talking about me…' "Anyway, as to the other question. I could sense it…that's all I'll say…" he shuddered and began walking away. Two seconds later without another word he started to full out sprint just as Ginta was about to speak. Leaving only a dust trail behind.
The gray haired youkai blinked, "What was that about?"
Then a woman with a rope in one hand and chains in the other flew past them yelling, "Shii-chan, come back! I love you!"
The group sweat dropped and Kouga looked to Kyou with a deadpan look, "Let me guess…that was the girl he used the potion on…"
"Yep."
Hakkaku and Ginta gulped at the notion of Kagura and Ayame chasing them around with ropes and chains while screaming 'I love you' and of course shivered.
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Well, that's it for this chapter! I hope you liked it!
Please leave a leave review.
Oh yeah! I made pictures of Kyou, Shii, Dansuoke, Koto, and Resu (The last three are from chapters four and five)! I also made one of Kouga-kun. They're not all that good, but if you'd like to take a look the links are on my profile page.
And once more, I'm sorry for the late update! Hopefully I'll get the next chapter out sooner.
Next Chapter:
Kagome has yet to be cured and Kouga searches for a different way, but will his instincts and demonic blood get the better of him?
Stay tuned for, "The Final Choice: Kouga's Decision!"
Ja!