Hey people it's the one and only me again. Just to let you people know its Christmas so I might be updating every week or so. Here's my opinion on Koga. I think he's okay because he gets Inuyasha jealous. He's real cocky, I know that. But hey, what demon that is in the feudal era isn't?
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha or the other characters in Inuyasha.
Chapter 8- Keep Your Friends Close, Keep Your Enemies Closer
Replay-
"Inuyasha," she screamed out, "watch out! He has three jewel shards!"
Inuyasha whipped his head around towards her. "What?" he asked in disbelief. Koga grinned smugly at Inuyasha. He then turned to Kagome.
"I see you're powerful enough to see that. That's why you're my woman." Kagome rolled her eyes when Koga turned back to Inuyasha. Are all wolf demons cocky like this? She wondered.
"So Koga, you need to have three jewel shards to defeat me? Pathetic as usual." Inuyasha sneered, enjoying the moment.
Koga just ignored the comment, coming up with no good comeback. "So dog breath, you ready to see real power?"
"This whole world has seen real power since the day I was born." Inuyasha boasted.
It's a good thing they are just talking... at least they aren't killing each other, Kagome thought nervously. She tried to distract them. "So, Koga, how did you get three jewel shards?"
"Actually I stole one from that little possessed midget... what's his name? Koharu? No, Kohaku, got it!"
Kagome's jaw dropped. "Koga how could you?" Koga gave her a blank stare.
"How could I what?"" he asked, confused.
"Kill Kohaku! How am I gonna tell Sango?" she started to panic.
Koga quickly covered his mistake. "No it's not like that Kagome! Kohaku gave me his shard in his back! He doesn't need it anymore!"
"WHAT?" Inuyasha and Kagome both said at the same time. "How is that possible?" Inuyasha asked.
Koga shrugged. "Don't know," he continued, "but I have him to thank for this shard!" He pointed to his arm.
"Dumb ass, now I know where your shard is!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Just try to grab it, I dare you!" Koga taunted.
Just before they attacked each other, Kagome ran up to Koga. "You're siding with him!" Inuyasha said in disbelief.
Kagome ignored Inuyasha and asked Koga, "Where was Kohaku headed?"
Koga scratched his head. "Uh, he said he was going to the slayer's village. You know the deserted one?"
"Yeah we know," Inuyasha said dryly. How could we forget? Sango practically lost her whole life there.
Kagome nodded eagerly. "Let's go Inuyasha!"
"I ain't finished here." Inuyasha drew his Tetsaiga.
"Yes you are unless you want your face in the dirt." Kagome said warningly.
Inuyasha gulped. "I mean, my business is finished here, of course." Inuyasha snatched Kagome up, shouted, "Bye, wolf shit!" and ran towards the campsite. Sango would want to hear this.
By the time they had finished telling their story, Sango was in tears. "So he's really ok without the shard?" she asked shakily. Kagome nodded. Sango's knees grew weak and she fell backwards. Kagome caught her before she hit the ground.
"Are you okay, Sango?" she asked worriedly. Sango weakly nodded. Kagome sat Sango down and tried to calm her.
"But we must see him right now!" Sango complained. She struggled against Kagome, but Kagome was firm.
Suddenly Inuyasha came up to Sango. "Think about it logically, Sango. If your brother left yesterday on foot, it'll take him at least two more days to get there."
Miroku agreed. "You need to rest; you've had a long battle with Naraku." Miroku came up and put Sango on his lap. "Go to sleep."
"Miroku," she said, deeply touched that he cared. She began to calm herself and slowly fell asleep. Everybody started to get ready for bed, but Miroku stayed awake, loyally watching over Sango. After an hour or two, Kagome looked up from her sleeping bag and commented,
"Wow Miroku, you haven't done anything perverted in over an hour. That's a record." Inuyasha looked down at Miroku and laughed.
"Or has he?" Inuyasha said snidely.
Miroku yawned and fell asleep soon afterwards and the whole campsite was quiet except two companions were wide awake. Kagome, thinking Inuyasha was asleep, started to quietly creep towards her backpack.
"Busted." Inuyasha whispered in her ear. Kagome tried to scream but Inuyasha's hand was on her mouth. "Cam down you'll wake the others." Inuyasha whispered, panicked.
"Don't do that!" Kagome softly scolded him. "You gave me a heart attack."
Inuyasha sat Indian style on the ground. "What are you trying to hide?" he asked suspiciously.
"Nothing," Kagome said hastily. Inuyasha peered into her eyes for a moment before leaning back.
"Liar" he breathed. Kagome sighed.
"Fine it was something, but I'm not gonna tell you. C'mon let's go to bed." In truth, she had gone to get her locket with a picture of her and Inuyasha in it. She's never slept without it.
Suddenly Inuyasha got an idea and asked Kagome, "Do you trust me?"
Kagome looked at him funny. "What do you mea-?"
"Do you trust me?" he whispered louder.
She looked at him and said, "Of course."
"Hold on tight."
"Wha-?" Suddenly Inuyasha grabbed her and jumped onto a tree branch. "Oh god," she whispered. Slowly Kagome relaxed into Inuyasha and said, "This is actually kind of comfy..." she yawned as her eyelids got heavy.
Inuyasha listened to her breathing slow and even out. He thought about all the times he had had with her and the times with Kikyo. Inuyasha subconsciously held Kagome tighter. Kikyo, the woman who tried to kill Kagome, the only other woman in the world, besides Kagome, that held the power of the priestess Midoriko, the woman he once loved.
He slowly began to fall asleep, more comfortable than he'd ever been because of the woman in his arms. Kagome, the girl he now loved.
"BUSTED!" Miroku screamed and, startled and half asleep, Kagome and Inuyasha both fell out of the tree. Luckily Kagome landed on Inuyasha.
"Thanks Inuyasha!" she said cheerily before getting up.
"No problem," he muttered and stood up, brushing himself off. Miroku and Sango went up to them, a triumphant grin on their face.
"We caught you!" Sango teased.
"We caught you before you caught us!" Kagome played back. Shippo came up, confused.
"What did you guys catch each other doing?" he asked, while jumping up on Kagome's shoulder.
Kagome quickly covered it up. "Don't worry about it. Can you find Kilala? I think she ran off." Shippo darted off towards the forest.
"You're sneaky." Inuyasha shook his head. Suddenly they all heard Shippo yell and Kagome was the first one to react.
"Shippo!" she screamed before running towards where the yell came from. They all watched her run. A minute later they got over their shock and ran after her too. When they got there they found Kagome protecting Shippo fiercely against Sesshomaru. Inuyasha ran over to Kagome, Tetsaiga drawn.
"You okay?" he asked her. She responded with a nod. He whirled around to face his brother. "That's awful low to attack a kid."
Sesshomaru blinked at Inuyasha. "Who said I attacked him? As soon as he saw me he started to scream." He said coldly.
Inuyasha leaned on Tetsaiga. "You have that effect on people, Sesshomaru." Suddenly Inuyasha did a double take. "Sesshomaru, you have two arms again."
Sesshomaru looked down. "I grew it back." He stated.
Kagome gasped and said, "You can do that?" Sesshomaru turned to her and said,
"I can grow back anything I want, miko, unlike you humans and," he turned to Inuyasha, "half breeds."
Miroku, who had been silent the whole time, asked, "What are you doing here, Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru turned his cold glare to him and said, "My business is my own but I came to find out if it was true that you killed Naraku?"
"Well, yeah we did." Inuyasha gloated.
"That is all I required. I will be in this area for a while. If you are ready for a defeat you can come and see me." Sesshomaru said walking off.
"He sure is mysterious," Kagome mentioned.
Suddenly Miroku exclaimed, "Where's Sango?"
"She must have gone off looking for Kilala." Inuyasha said. "Let's go!"
Meanwhile Sango was in the forest, desperately searching for Kilala. After all, the kitten was the only family she had left. Yet I call the others my family, too. They are all so good to me. I especially like Miroku. Ummm, just as a friend. Who am I hiding it from? I admit I do have feelings toward that lecherous monk. Lost in her thoughts, she tripped over a root and came crashing to the ground.
"Damn," she silently cursed. Suddenly a deep foreboding came into her head, and she knew something was coming. There was whispering, but she couldn't tell from where. Hearing footsteps behind her, she turned around and screamed.
Sesshomaru walked through the forest, deep in thought. His life was mainly based on thought, not words. He rarely expressed himself to anyone except Rin. That girl, he thought to himself, the only person that always seems to truly amaze me. He came into the clearing he had left them in and, sure enough, there was Ah and Un but where were the others? Lifting his head up ever so slightly, he sniffed the air. Yup, they are around here somewhere. Suddenly Jaken came out of the bushes, followed closely by Rin. Rin was laughing uncontrollably.
"How was I supposed to know you couldn't swim Master Jaken? You are a toad after all." Jaken glared at her and said,
"Quiet girl." Suddenly they both seemed to notice he was there.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin smiled happily. Now a young woman of 15, she was growing at a fast rate.
Author's Note: Hey people just wanna let you know that, in order to put Rin and Sesshy as a couple Rin would have to be a little bit older so Sesshomaru rescued Rin when she was 12 in my fanfic okay? (12+ the three years it has been you do the math people)
She was now up to Sesshomaru's shoulder, pretty tall for a girl her age. And he had watched her grow. Even when it had been time for her to leave him, she had flatly refused, wanting to stay by Sesshomaru's side. This thought gave him a warm feeling, but he wouldn't admit it even if his life depended on it.
His hard gaze made her shift uncomfortably. When she had first met up with her lord, she was transfixed. She had never met anyone like him, and still had not found anyone who could really compare to him. He was unique, that was certain. His staring made her heartbeat quicken, but she was sure it was just the heat.
Tearing his eyes away from her, he asked, "What did you do this time, Rin?"
Rin giggled and said guiltily, "Nothing,"
He turned to her and said, "Rin, you're a horrible liar."
She blushed and said, "Well, Master Jaken was calling me a filthy human and was lecturing me and I thought that I should push him in the lake. He's a toad, I thought he could swim, but it turns out that I had to jump in to save Master Jaken." Rin giggled. "I guess he can't swim."
Sesshomaru smiled and said, "Sounds like you were busy while I was gone."
Rin agreed. Jaken shook himself again. "I hate being wet. I smell like a wet dog." He froze and bowed to Sesshomaru. "Don't take any offense my lord, I apologize for the comment."
Rin smiled and turned away from the scenario. Sesshomaru followed her with his gaze. Why he did this he had no clue. He quickly turned back to the toad that was now groveling at his feet. "Nevermind Jaken," he said sternly and walked towards Ah and Un. "We will sleep here tonight." Guiding the dragon by the reins he tied it to a tree and sat down by it.
Jaken started a fire and they sat there while Jaken lectured Rin. It was obvious that she was not paying him the least bit of attention. After a while she stood up and said, "I saw a hot spring earlier. I'll be back in a while, okay my lord?"
Sesshomaru nodded and said, "Take Ah and Un with you."
Rin gave him one last look before disappearing with the dragon. Sesshomaru sighed as Jaken blabbed about random things of no importance to the great dog demon.
Rin walked with Ah and Un toward the hot springs. She had a lot of things on her mind and it showed on her pretty face. Her brow was knitted in confusion. Sesshomaru could be so hard to figure out! She sighed softly and looked towards the clear night sky. Soon she could see the mist rising from the hot spring and, with a bit more distance covered, the hot spring itself.
Rin sighed softly as she slipped into the water. "That feels great." She murmured to herself. Suddenly she heard a noise in the bush behind her turning around, she was surprised to se Kohaku there. She tried to scream to Ah and Un but he slipped a hand over her mouth. Kohaku started to drag her out of the spring but, in a moment of pure panic, Rin bit his hand and, when he released her for an instant, she screamed out "Sesshomaru!" Wishing to silence her, Kohaku knocked her unconscious before running off with her.
Sesshomaru's head snapped up from its slumber. He struggled to think of what woke him up and remembered Rin screaming. Speeding towards the hot spring, he arrived to find Ah and Un eating grass pleasantly. He looked around and found no trace of Rin. Suddenly he spotted something. There by her clothes were drag marks. A fight took place here he thought to himself. He took a light sniff of the air and what he found made his blood boil. Her scent was mixed with that boy's. Kohaku was his name. Sesshomaru raced in the direction the scent lead to.
Sango woke up in a dungeon, cold and stiff. Her head was spinning from memories before she was knocked out. She vaguely remembered a fight taking place and her being drug off. When her eyes got adjusted to the light, Sango looked around and was surprised to find that Rin was here too. Sango crawled to Rin and gently shook her. No response. She was out cold. Sango shook her again, a little more fiercely. This time the girl stirred and woke up.
"What the..." Rin said quietly.
Sango gently said, "Don't worry I'm here for you."
Suddenly Rin remembered what had happened. "Sesshomaru!" she shouted. A noise outside brought both of their gazes to the door. A feminine figure came in and walked up to them. Her face was hidden in shadows.
"Who are you?" Sango shouted angrily. The woman stood there and then spoke.
"Do you really want to know?"
"Hell yes!" Rin spoke up. The woman turned around and let the top part of her kimono drop. This time the light shone clearly, exposing her bare back.
"Oh my god," Sango whispered.
There on the woman's back, was a spider mark.
Oh my god that was a horrible cliffie? Can you guess what she is and why she kidnapped the girls? (Hint: it's not Kagura) Answer in a review if you think you know.
Next Chapter- This woman is bent on revenge... for Naraku? What kinda crazy chick is this? Also, a little more on Sesshomaru and Koga and all those other characters I left out of this story. Like what are Kagura and Kanna doing now that Naraku is dead? Find out.