The Day: Chapter 20
Happy new year everyone! Sorry for the late update )
As the sun's rays filtered through the room's window, Inuyasha began to rise from his slumber, unconsciously reaching out a clawed hand to the space next to him, searching for the familiar form of a certain miko that drove him insane. As his hand only met a draft of cold air, his eyes opened and he sat up.
Where the hell is she?
The disgruntled dog demon stretched his arms over his head and tweaked his doggy ears to search for any sound of her. None.
As he made his way out of the room and through the long hallway leading to the main hall of the house he thought of where Kagome could be. It's still early, and she's not known for being te earliest of risers... That pink thing she had in her bag showed 6:10, but like hell if I know what that means... She must be at the cook's. Knowing her she must have woken up and decided to go eat breakfast or something...
Inuyasha stopped walking at the end of the hall where he caught her light scent coming from the fields outside. Unconsciously quickening his pace, he jumped out a nearby window and landed on a grassy plain. The day outside was nice, if only a little bit too hot. There were birds nearby chattering about in their way and a slight breeze made them take sudden flight onto the sky. It seemed like a perfect day, not another day that passed with the eminent threat of Naraku and his forces coming to annihilate them all.
It was at that moment that he saw her on the middle of the field, sword raised, poised for an attack against her imaginary opponent. She was fully concentrated in the battle as she blocked, thrust, and avoided the oncoming attack from her attacker. Her skin glistened with a thin sheen of sweat that traveled from he neck down. She wasn't wearing her usual clothes but instead a shirt that went halfway down her stomach and pants that hung loose around her waist. She had not noticed him watching her, as she continued to fight and at the end plunge her sword into the chest of the now dead enemy.
She stuck the sword in the soil and raised her head to the sky; with one hand she wiped a strand of hair from her face while with the other hand she reached out fr a nearby bottle of water. She opened and drank as the dog demon watched a few drops falling from between her lips and trailing down her chin, to her collarbone, and then disappearing into her shirt.
He closed his mouth, which he had discovered was hanging wide open and tried to take away his mind frm tantalizing thoughts. He walked up to her, from fear of being caught staring or the need to be closer to her, he was not sure; but as he made his way to her, he saw her smile at him and his heart seemed to melt.
As he stepped in front of her grumbling a short 'morning', he noticed a slight trail of blood coming from her hand. He grabbed hold of her hand quickly, surveying the seemingly deep cut that was only a few centimeters long. "What did you do this time?"
She smiled ruefully giving a small giggle, "I slipped."
"You slipped?"
"Yeah, I guess I still haven't gotten used to holding a sword for much time. Plus I tripped on a root and I didn't keep my hand from the sword. It was only the angle of which I fell that made the cut. It was good thatI didn't pick a sharp sword, otherwise it would have been really bad."
Inuyasha surveyed the cut once more, then picked up her water bottle, opening it, and rinsing the cut with the water, "Baka. Even if it's a small cut you still have to make sure that it doesn't get infectedNow sit. You need a break. I saw you training from faraway. You've learned a lot, and your familiarity with the sword has actually improved greatly over just one day."
As they both sat on the green plain, Kagome reached out her hand to touch Inuyasha's forehead, feeling for a fever, "Complements? At this time of the day, and from you? What's wrong Yasha? Are you feeling a tad under the weather?" Her rueful smile seemed to reveal her sarcastic remark
He swatted her hand away playfully and stared at her with a glare. He seemed to look straight at her, but his eyes then began to wander over her figure. She still looked gorgeous after fighting, and he couldn't help but notice how the shirt she was wearingdid little to hide Kagome's body; if anything it made her more real to Inuyasha, her soft curves calling out to him, reminding him that she would be his mate if he only had the courage to ask.
"Why the blush Inuyasha?", her melodic voice broke his reverie.
He shook his head, "Nothing. Let's go inside and see if there's anything to eat. The others must be awake already, and Koga's probably trying to steal our share f the food."
He picked her up and started carrying her towards the mansion. She gave a loud sigh " Inuyasha, I can walk you know. Plus, what about the sword? We can't just leave it there!"
"No one is going to take it. Anyways, it's nothing but a piece of junk. I bet it can't even cut butter."
"That's the same thing you said when you first saw the Tetsusaiga."
"You can't compare my sword with that piece of crap."
She gave up, and smiled, "Whatever you say. Whatever you say..."
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"My, my, my, and where have you two been all this time. And Inuyasha, why are you carrying Kagome? Is that just you excuse for having a chance to feel her up without her noticing too much."
Before Inuyasha's fist could connect with Miroku's face, Sango did the job with her own. "Do you ever think about anything that does not deal with, revolve around, or is anywhere in the near vicinity of sex?"
"Why my dear Sango, I had always thought you knew me so much better."
"I'm taking that as a no."
Miroku just shook his head and laughed. Sango knew otherwise, but always preferred to keep their situation like this. Barbs and daggers in the open, nice and loving when no one was around, and he loved her that way. It also made it so much the sweeter to make passes at her, knowing that she truly didn't abhor his behavior towards her.
Sesshomaru seemed unfazed at the entire situation, only giving a raised eyebrow when Inuyasha barged into the dining hall yelling for Koga to stay away from his food.
He now ordered them both to sit and eat quietly; he had developed a headache that only got worse when he heard the voice of his dear half brother, and he still had to go over some battle strategies with his other allies.
"We shall continue today as we have for the rest of the week. All of you shall continue to train in the fields, or search the nearby areas for possible spies that Naraku may have sent."
Everyone nodded approvingly as he rose from the table to leave, he turned to Rin and Jaken "Follow me," as he neared the door he paused, "And Inuyasha, please keep quiet for today, otherwise I shall have to kill you sooner."
The lordly dog demon could not have heard his brother's indignant shout of "as if you could!", as he was already out of the room.
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"Lord Naraku, what will be our next move?"
Naraku sat with some of his underlings at a wing of his palace, planning the next point of attack, unfortunately, the underlings were a few too many, and a little too annoying for the demon.
With a swipe of his hand he silenced them all as they disintegrated into the ground with disturbingly loud sizzles.
"Now, now. Why did you go and do that for. It would be good for you if you didn't dispose of your followers so easy of mind."
"And since when did I allow you to give me advice Kagura?"
"You can't stop me from speaking." She said defiantly, but paled as he formed in front of him her heart held inside a jar. She went still as he plucked the organ from its place and stated to squeeze it. Kagura fell to the floor with a thud and writhed on the floor in pain. "Please... Stop..."
Naraku released his hold on her momentarily, "I think you never really know where your place truly is. You think I am stupid enough to confide in you. Remember that I hold your very life in my hands, and that I can as soon replace you when I have no more need of your services."
He closed his hand again, bringing pain back to his own creation, "Speaking of which... I seem to have an idea that you are taking a bit too long in your scouting over the lands that belong to Sesshomaru, could there be any reason why?"
This time Kagura's eyes widened in fear, not in pain; the plan that she had worked for so long to achieve, the plan that they had both devised, was going to crumble because she was not careful enough!
"Your eyes tell all Kagura."
She was unable to reply as she struggled against the control he had over her, she opened her mouth and let out a small "no..."
Naraku smirked, "Yes Kagura, I am on to the plans you had with that disgusting dog demon. After all, you do not think that I could put everything I have into just your hands? Do you think me stupid? Do you!"
He released her heart and let it vanish before him. Kagura took in fast breaths as her lungs filled back with air and the pain slowly drifted back into a mind numbing sensation.
She raised her eyes to meet his, meeting his steely gaze and cold evil eyes.
"I have decided not to dispose of you yet, you may still be of a use to me, and it would take too long for me to create another incarnation. I shall seal you in here without being able to see what my true plans are. You see Kagura, I know that forces are coming to fight against me in Sesshomaru's lands, and I am not about to let my glory go to waste. My plan was never to attack the castle, even though that is what I told you. No, my dear Kagura, my plan involves breaking Inuyasha and his group together one by one. I saw what happened when Inuyasha saw his wench die, what would he do if all of his friends were taken away from him?"
"No, I guess you wouldn't. But enough. I have told you enough already what you should know. You at least have that thought to accompany you in the dark. The fact that because of you your dear Sesshomaru will die at my hands."
He stood up and went over to her, lifting a hand over her, "Sleep Kagura, you won't be doing much else from now on."
And with that he left, leaving Kagura on the floor, lying in her own misery.
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"Again Kagome, hit me harder this time, don't think of me as me, but as your worst enemy."
Kagome lunged at him with her sword high, he stepped away just in time and went for an attack, she blocked him, and threw his sword off.
"Better. At least better than those two."
Both their eyes looked back upon the two figures who were doing hand to hand combat farther off in the fields. Sango seemed to have the upper hand, that is, until Miroku made a grab for her butt, making her lose her concentration.
"Baka! Get serious and fight!"
"But Sango, you must be able to concentrate on all things that may disrupt you during a battle."
"Including someone grabbing my ass every time I turn!"
"You never know my dear. Demons these days... they have no respect for ladies such as you."
Sango sighed and dropped her arms at her sides. "And what would you care if any demon had their way with me, huh?"
Miroku seemed to go still for a moment and looked at her with cold eyes. Surprised at his behavior, Sango lowered her eyes to look at the shifting blades of grass. She felt Miroku's stare as if it was digging into her skull. His voice was low but hard.
"I will never let anyone, let alone a demon put a hand on you. Do you really think me that despicable?"
She shook her head, refusing to look up. He walked up to her and let his hand rest on her shoulder.
"I know you didn't mean it badly. Come, don't feel bad. We don't want anyone seeing us here like this when we're supposed to be training."
Sango's face rose in a shy smile as she looked in the direction of Kagome and Inuyasha, the dog demon looking at them curiously while the miko next to him jumped happily whispering in his ear.
Miroku laughed, "Too late huh?"
"It seems so. Let's go then, I'm pretty sure they've worked up an appetite as well as we have."
"How do you know that I'm hungry?"
A loud growl erupted at that convenient moment from the demon slayer's stomach; she punched him on the arm. "Fine. Let's go."
Everyone except Sesshomaru and his party sat together at a round table situated in a space of the castle's kitchen. The cook seemed to be none too pleased when he saw all of them come over, with looks of dazed and hungry scavengers written across their faces, but showed little objection when Inuyasha raised his fist at him, threatening that he would do much worse than his older half brother.
Kagome had excused herself for a moment, leaving the table and going off alone, much to Inuyasha's anger. She has wanted to take a small "walk", since she supposedly had eaten a bit too much.
How could the measly amount of food affect her? I mean, she ate less that half of what I did and I feel fine..."
The amount of empty plates in front of the dog demon seemed to terrify everyone else in the table, but Inuyasha was still thinking about Kagome.
Where in hell is she?
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Yes. A good walk was just what she needed right now.
Her mind reeled with different things that passed through her mind every second; te oncoming battle with Naraku, the new fact that Kagura was fighting for their side, Inuyasha's new heated stares (like she hadn't noticed those! Come on, he was practically digging a hole in the ground with them), and the fact that her future was still so uncertain.
Kagome kept on walking, feeling the gentle breeze caress her skin as she passed through the same fields where she had trained during the day. The plains no longer seemed as inviting as they did when she woke up; the trees moved ominously in the wind, and the sky darkened as she turned around to go back.
This place is so creepy at night. No wonder no one goes out at this time. But, wait, it's too early to be night, it was daylight only a few minutes ago...
Kagome's pace quickened as she neared the castle. The safe haven where she would be away from these foreboding surroundings. So preoccupied in her thoughts she was, that she didn't notice a branch laying on the ground and tripped on it.
She shock from the change of gravity made her feel the hit hard, and as she tried to stand she found out that she couldn't move.
A cold feeling crept into her body as she began to hear someone whisper into her ear.
His words were unknown to her, and he stood behind her so as to not be seen. As he finished the incantation, her eyes closed briefly, and when they opened again, a dark flash of red seemed t take over them.
Her eyes regained their natural color as she became aware of the possibility of moment in her body. She stood up quickly, turning around to face her attacker, finding him dissolving before her yes. The last thing she saw of him were specks of blue eyes, like eyes, that chilled her to the bone.
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"God dammit Kagome! Where were you!"
The miko had just entered the meeting room, where everyone had decided to go after their meal; Inuyasha looked at her angrily when she replied.
"I was walking."
Her voice held no emotion in it as she sat down next to him and he noticed the faint smell of blood coming from her.
He looked at her knee, which was adorned with a dark bruise and a medium cut where a trail of blood started and traveled down her leg.
"What happened to you" He asked concerned now, his anger ebbing away.
"I must have fallen."
"You don't remember?"
"No."
He stood up and reached out his hand for her t take it. "Come. Let's go get you cleaned up.
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Well, that's all for today.
Again, I'm sorry for updating late.
Review and tell me what you guys thought of this chapter, since it really have those funny bits in there.