Hi everyone. I'm sorry that it took so long for me to update but I've been busy. Here is a new chapter for you all in the new year. I hope that you all enjoy it and that you have had a merry christmas and a happy new year. I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters in it but I do own Inunessan. I think that's enough for now so onto the chapter.
6. Attack
"Well come on Inuyasha you and your sister are both wounded so we have to get you to a village right away," Kagome said with concern for her friends.
"So this is nothin. My sister and I heal faster than you humans do remember?" Inuyasha said not wanting to give up his pride.
"Inuyasha don't be so stubborn, it is clear that you need to lie low and rest up a bit," Miroku said trying to get through his thick head.
"Yes Inuyasha besides we could see if there are any jewel shards around and we can stock up on food," Sango added.
"Come on Inuyasha your sister looks exhausted and we could all use a break," Shippo whined.
Inuyasha grunted and said, "Fine whatever we'll go seeing how the whole world is against me." Hegently put his sister on his back, who was now sleeping being exhausted after the events that had happened during the long night. He looked over his shoulder at the others and asked, "Well are you guys coming or not?"
"Yes," they answered as they climbed onto the furry back of Kilala, the cat demon who had befriended Sango.
Knowing that the others would follow Inuyasha took off across the land; his feet repeatedly hitting the grassy ground and as he ran he took special care to make sure his sister would not fall. The others on the back of the cat demon followed Inuyasha from the sky and watched as the landscape of the earth passed beneath them.
Eventually Inuyasha stopped and they were in the midst of a village. Kilala became her cute catlike self again and she stayed with Sango. Miroku did his little trick of pretending that the best inn in the village was playing host to a demon and that he could ward it off. So they were allowed to stay the night and were humbled with gifts of food by the innkeeper.
As the others filled their rumbling stomachs Inuyasha set his sister down and sat by her side.
Later on that evening Kagome came over to him and asked, "Hey Inuyasha don't you want to eat?"
"I'm not hungry," he answered.
"Worried about Inuneesan huh?"
"I guess she's the only family I have left."
"She'll be alright she's brave and strong just like her brother," Kagome said with a smile.
She sat down beside the half demon and gently stroked his wonderful, long, silver hair.
He leaned on her side, lay his head on her soft lap and as he closed his weary eyes he asked, "Will you wake me if something goes wrong?"
"Of course I will you just get some rest Inuyasha it looks like you need it."
"Thank you Kagome," he said and he fell into a peaceful sleep.
Around midnight Miroku and Sango came into the room after Miroku had sealed up the inn from the demon he said was around.
"Hello Kagome why don't you get some sleep?" Sango asked her friend.
"Shh Inuyasha is asleep and I've stayed up because I promised him that I'd watch Inuneesan and wake him if something went wrong," she answered with a yawn.
Taking care not to awaken the inu-hanyou Miroku whispered, "Get some rest Kagome I'll keep watch."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes he is and when Miroku gets tired he'll wake me and I'll watch," Sango answered.
Kagome lowered her head onto Inuyasha's slowly rising and falling chest and fell asleep with the heat of his body keeping her warm during the night.
When Kagome woke it was dark still and just before dawn. She raised her head and saw Sango sitting up watching in the darkness of the night.
"I'll take it from here Sango it's your turn to get some sleep," Kagome said to the young woman beside her.
"Thank you Kagome. Did you have a good sleep?"
"Yes I did. I'll wake the rest of you when the sun rises so we can get an early start on finding the jewel shards. Sound good?"
"Yes goodnight," Sango said, lay down as far away from the monk as possible and slept the little time that remained before dawn.
As the sky became grey and the sun began to creep up into the sky from its slumber Inuneesan awoke.
She yawned and said to herself, "That was a very refreshing little nap," then she sniffed around the room and asked, "Is anyone awake or am I the only one?"
"No you're not the only one I like to watch the sun come up," a voice said and Inuneesan recognized it as the cool, soft voice of the girl Kagome.
She asked, "Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"Are the other all right?"
"Yes everyone is perfectly fine. We all needed a break and a good night's sleep even your brother did."
For the remainder of the time before dawn the two of them sat listening to the sounds of the world coming into life and waiting for the sun to reveal its golden face for the day that lay before them. When it finally came up and shone its brilliant rays over the land Inuneesan heard a sound. It was the sound of people screaming and a large bang which was the crash of a foul creature into the inn.
This sound stirred Inuyasha from his sleep and he quickly became alert taking in the scene before him. There was a giant demon before him that reeked of Naraku's ghastly stench.
"You are going to die Inuyasha there is no way for you to stop me," it said as it threw its weight down in Inuyasha's direction.
But before it fell something stopped the demon, a powerful demonic force had saved him. He looked up and saw that it had been his sister her demon powers had saved him and before the demon could get up she had hacked it to bits with her claws.
"Thank you sis," he said once the shock of nearly being killed had left his body.
"You're welcome," she answered him.
"Is it over?" Kagome asked her voice still shaky from fear.
"Yes now wake up the others we must leave this place before Naraku finds out that another one of his reincarnations has been slain," Inuyasha said.
Kagome quickly woke up the remainder of the group and explained the morning's events. They hurriedly packed up their things and left the village continuing their quest for the missing shards and ready to face the danger that lay ahead.
There you go I hope that you enjoyed that chapter. I know that it wasn't very exciting but I felt that I needed to right something. The chapters to come will be a lot more eventful I promise. Anyways please review it's been a while since I updated this fanfic and I need to know if if I should keep going with this.