Change of Heart
Chapter Nine
It was late at night when Inuyasha and Sango got close to the village where Kagome and Miroku resided. Inuyasha had wanted to check up on Kaede to see how the old broad was doing, even if it meant having another run in with Kagome or Miroku. Sango had said that she wanted to come along so Inuyasha allowed it with the company of Kirara.
When they were about a half a mile away from the village, smoke could be seen from where they walked.
"What the hell is going on over there?" Inuyasha asked aloud, helping Sango onto Kirara's back and bounding ahead to see what was happening. After five minutes they reached the village to be greeted with smoke and fire. Flames were engulfing everything in there path. Huts were on fire as well as many people who where running around trying to put the fire out on themselves. They were running around with buckets of water trying to put the fire which proved futile.
Screams were heard everywhere, mothers crying for there children, babies stuck in there homes not able to escape and men not able to reach there families.
"I have to go help you stay here with Kirara, Sango." Before she could reply Inuyasha was running on ahead.
Inuyasha's P.O.V
While I was running a woman ran into me, tears were pouring out of her eyes.
"Please you have to help me, my baby, I can't get my baby." She wailed at Inuyasha and began to pull his hand leading him. "Please he's in there, help him, please!"
"Alright." Inuyasha said before running into the burning hut. The smoke was blurring his senses making it hard to smell where the child was located. After a minute of searching he located the child hiding beneath a cot which had already caught fire. He grabbed the kid and made it out just in time before the hut fell down in a burning heap.
"Oh my god thank you so much." The mother of the child cried as she grabbed her child muttering numerous apologies to it as she ran off in the direction of safety. Inuyasha helped several other people out with there houses and families before hearing the old woman's voice.
"Inuyasha…Inuyasha!" the old woman cried out in a raspy voice as she ran too Inuyasha.
"I was just about to come and look for you, are you alright?" Inuyasha asked supporting the old woman against him.
"It's Sango and Kagome," Several coughs later, "There stuck in the house up on he hill, you have to go help them! Hurry Inuyasha!" Inuyasha was already gone.
When Inuyasha got the house it was ablaze, the flames were licking at the wood not stopping, eating away at the wood weakening the structure of the house.
"Damn it." Inuyasha swore as he jumped into the house's front door. He searched frantically through out the house calling Sango's name.
"Inuyasha, I'm over here." He heard Sango call to him, and found her trying to get a large piece of wood of off Kagome, which had landed on her back. "I can't get it off help me Inuyasha." He stood there for a few seconds.
"Sango we have to go this place is going to collapse any minute!"
"We can't just leave her." Sango said, her eyes pleading with Inuyasha.
"Alright." Inuyasha grumbled but came over using his strength to lift the large piece of wood of off Kagome. He picked her gently up and ran out the door, Sango following behind him. While he was running he heard a large crash from behind him and turned to see Sango had fallen into a hole in the floor, which had crumbled under her weight.
"Sango!" Inuyasha yelled jumping back toward her but not in time, the floor again broke and she fell completely down into the flames, leaving a stunned Inuyasha to not be able to do anything but stand and watch wide eyes and unbelieving.
He snapped himself out of his shock in time to get out of the burning building. He dropped Kagome on the grass and fell on his knees covering his eyes with his hands, tears slowly sliding down his face, to fall on the grass. The sound of sobs could not be heard, for the fire still raged.