Chapter 11: Naraku's Fear
Last Time…
As Toru was kneeling before Inuyasha and the child no one expected the wall to suddenly bust with a giant crash and a malicious laugh reign over them. "Ku Ku Ku…Give me the child and the jewel!" Naraku yelled with an evil cackle.
Present…
The group all looked at him in shock and anger and as the giant monstrous form of Naraku went for Kagome Trinity jumped suddenly between the giant tentacle like appendage and took the blow in the back, shielding the young miko.
Inuyasha dodged the tentacles going for the baby girl in his arms with ease and was surprised when Trinity waved him over to her. Inuyasha ran to Trinity and Kagome while Toru distracted Naraku and before Inuyasha could say anything Trinity took Sachi and Kagome and disappeared.
Kagome looked up in shock as she realized that Trinity had transported her and Sachi to the magic shop that her aunt owned. "Don't worry, Naraku will NEVER find you here…" Trinity handed Kagome the crying child and stood ignoring the pain from the wound in her back.
"Aunt Trin! You're hurt!" Kagome scolded standing with the infant in her arms.
With a weak smile Trinity responded. "This? Nah! Nothing but a scratch…I better be joining Inuyasha and Toru now…"
"Wait…please don't let Inuyasha—."
"die? I wont…" Trinity disappeared and reappeared to see that Toru and Inuyasha were still dodging Naraku's attacks. "Inuyasha! Get the Tetsuaiga!"
Inuyasha gave a slight nod and made a dive for the sword resting against the wall, Naraku went to skewer the hanyou with a tentacle but was stopped by Toru's sword which he kept hidden inside his robes. Naraku hissed in pain as spiritual power flowed into the sword and seared the demons skin.
Inuyasha grabbed the sword and drew it. Trinity smirked and reached into her robes to pull out a small vile. "Inuyasha! The Wind!" Trinity yelled. She threw the vile so that it smashed in front of Inuyasha. Inuyasha coughed and sputtered as he went temporarily blind.
Naraku took this time to try and attack the hanyou again but was stopped by Toru jumping agilely onto the tentacle and stabbing it with the sword. Inuyasha rubbed his eyes with a snarl on his face and when he opened his eyes he saw something strange. Two wisps of energy were forming around him and Naraku each a different color. With an increase in demonic energy the wind like currents increased.
'Wind?' Inuyasha thought frowning slightly. Suddenly there was a spark of electricity where Naraku and his energy clashed. Inuyasha's eyes widened as he saw his own demonic energy wrapping around tetsuaiga.
Toru was being thrashed around during all this and was looking pretty tired. Trinity frowned and yelled at Inuyasha. "Use the Wind Scar!"
Inuyasha wasn't completely sure what to do but went on instinct. Inuyasha raised the tetsuaiga and cut through the point where Naraku and his energy collided. "WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha yelled, at the last second Toru jumped off of Naraku and the bursts of demonic energy shot at a surprised Naraku, the wind scar causing a few of Naraku's limbs to be sliced right off.
Naraku's face twisted in rage. "I will return for the child…" With that he was suddenly gone. Inuyasha sighed tiredly and was about to yell at the other two to see if they knew where he went to but was stopped at the sight of Toru kneeling before a passed out Trinity.
"Is she dead?" asked Inuyasha in a falsely nonchalant way. Toru smirked up at him.
"Just about…we need to get her back to the shop, with all the demonic energy filling this room I cant heal her…" Toru grabbed Inuyasha's wrist and transported Trinity and the annoyed hanyou to the magic shop. Kagome gasped when she saw Trinity, in her arms Sachi squirmed not liking the smell of blood.
Inuyasha ran to Kagome to see if she and Sachi were okay while Toru leaned over Trinity and pulled a jewel out from the inside of his robe, it was a bright cerulean color on a chain. Toru removed it from around his neck and held the jewel from the top so the bottom was faced towards him. The lo tech lightly blew some breath on the jewel and it glowed a bright blue suddenly. He brought it down to rest above Trinity's wound. Trinity began to glow like the jewel and the others watched in amazement as veins reconnected, muscles reformed, and skin seemed to grow back over the wound.
Trinity groaned and opened her eyes just as Toru pulled the no longer glowing jewel away. Trinity got up onto her knees and rubbed her head. "Damn Naraku…" she grumbled. Trinity looked up at them and gave them a cheerful smile. "So we won?"
"Nope…" Toru mumbled immediately disappointing the elderly miko. "He ran away…"
Trinity grinned. "Well that sounds like a victory to me!" Toru and Inuyasha smiled slightly and Kagome sighed tiredly plopping down in a chair against the wall rocking the sleeping child in her arms.
"I can't believe this…she's been born barely three hours and he attacks her…" Kagome whispered. "What does Naraku want with the jewel anyway? If he just wanted the power it gives then he could just steal the jewel but he wants Sachi too doesn't that mean he has a wish to make?"
Trinity was now up in about checking on the store to make sure nothing was amiss and Toru was looking down at his granddaughter with fond eyes. Inuyasha was inspecting some of the objects in the store like a curious puppy.
Trinity looked over at Toru and gave a slight nod to him and Toru smiled down at Kagome. "You're very perceptive dear; I guess we should tell you now. Recently files have been revealed in regards to Naraku's origins, Onigumo. It turns out that Onigumo had a very strange disorder for a priest, which might have led to him becoming evil and going against God, he has Theophobia. He has an irrational fear of God and Religion which is why he hates our kind." He said indicating Kagome, Sachi, Trinity, and himself. "He fears God to such an extent that he will do anything to become immortal so that he will never meet God. He wants to wish for immortality and then he will go on a rampage to kill all priests and priestesses in the world which will put a damper on the whole demons soul transfer process which will ultimately mean the end to the demon race. He will then enslave the human race…a pretty twisted guy if you ask me…" Toru finished off flatly.
"Wow…that's terrible…" Kagome whispered, looking down at the sleeping child. All of this was happening to them because of this little baby who had a terrible destiny and purpose though Kagome didn't fully understand how the child would make the wish on the jewel it still scared her that something might happen to the baby girl.
"Indeed…Well I better be going home to check on your mother…bye now!" Toru said pleasantly and left the shop. Trinity sighed and walked into the back room behind the curtain leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone with their child.
Inuyasha fidgeted nervously and reached into his pocket to pull out a small velvet covered box. He looked up at Kagome who smiled lovingly down at the baby girl. Inuyasha's nervously opened the box and cleared his throat. "Kagome…?" Kagome looked up and immediately her eyes were drawn to the beautiful diamond ring in the ring box. "Will…you marry me?" Inuyasha asked nervously.
Kagome gave a soft gasp and stared like a deer caught in headlights. Inuyasha gulped waiting for her to say something. When she showed no signs of responding he laughed nervously. "Surprise." He said sarcastically.
The word seemed to throw Kagome out of her stupor. "Surprise…? You mean this is what you've been working on? But what did talking to people have to do with purposing to me?" asked Kagome her eyes drifting up to look Inuyasha in the eye.
Inuyasha grumbled slightly. "Well first I was going to visit my parents and my mother got all PMS-y because I hadn't asked you to mate with me in human terms and so she explained how it all worked to me and I talked with my dad who told me about what it was like being a married demon, I then decided to ask you to marry me. I told your mother about my intentions with you and she sent me to your father. I asked his permission to marry you even though I would have done it even if he said no. I then went to Sesshoumaru to ask about taking a withdraw from my inheritance for the ring, then I just went around to most of them again to build up my confidence…" Inuyasha paused noticing the ring box was gone and saw Kagome wearing the ring on her left ring finger and admiring it happily.
Kagome noticed him looking at her expectantly and she giggled. "Oh! Of course I'll marry you Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled happily hugging him with one arm while holding the baby.
Inuyasha sighed in relief and then smirked at the miko. "Good…can we get married soon? I want to get to my honeymoon as soon as possible…"
Kagome glared at the hanyou halfheartedly. "Horny mutt…" she grumbled.
A/N: End of chapter! Guess what! I believe the chapter following the wedding (which may or maynot be the next chapter) will be the final chapter…I totally got some ideas going for the next sequal but Im not sure if I should do it, im kinda tired and not feeling good, probably sick grumble anyway! REVIEW!