Hey here ya'll go! I'm kind of actually happy about this chapter for once lol. YAY Winry comes in the next chapter! I can't wait! lol, believe it or not...I think I enjoy writing these more than you guys like reading them! haha Well anyway...be sure to look for your name at the bottom of the page if you reviewed chapter 8! Also I got a lot of complaints about the last chapter...some people thought that Lust seemed a little OOC...and I actually agreed lol, plus some people actually told me it was confusing! So I went and changed the last chapter considerably lol. Don't get me wrong! I'm really glad you guys tell me this stuff! Without you guys what would my writing be? lol Thanks! Peaces out (Nikki)
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha (sighs)
Chapter dedication: This chapter is...(drumroll)
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Chapter 9
Inuyasha held his sword at Ed's throat. Ed glared at him from the ground. Inuyasha's eyes were daring him to say a word.
"Inuyasha!" Sango shouted and began her way toward him. Inuyasha snapped his eyes in her direction and she quickly stopped. Staring at Inuyasha, knowing he wouldn't really hurt Ed.
Inuyasha reverted his gaze back to Ed, "Do you think I need you," he paused for a moment, his distaste for Ed was obvious, "questioning ANYTHING I do? I don't trust you." He pulled his sword away and quickly sheathed it. Glancing back at Sango then leaping out of the room and beginning his ascent up to the second story.
Sango held her hand out to help Ed up. But Ed didn't accept it. He noticed for the first time that Kagome's body was nowhere to be found. Instead there lay a little wooden statue with some string wrapped around it.
"Where..." Ed began,
"Kagome's eyes are brown..." Was all Sango could say, staring in wonder toward the door where Inuyasha had just fled. She couldn't believe that Inuyasha had been so careless...But maybe the puppet didn't smell like Kagome either? But that didn't make any sense...Or did Naraku WANT Inuyasha to know that wasn't Kagome?
"Are you coming?" Ed asked her a little more politely. Sango looked at him and nodded, picking up her hiraikotsu and running out the doorway after him.
Inuyasha lept onto one of the spikes that Ed had created. Then lept again onto the balcony of the next story. Following the very faint scent of Kagome the whole way. He heard a faint scream on the other side of the castle. Drawing out his sword and busting down door after door searching desperately. Rushing up yet another flight of stairs he came to a wooden door that reeked of Naraku...and Kagome...
"Kagome!" He knocked down the door and found Kagome chained to the wall, with nothing in the room but a tiny window just above her head. "Kagome!" he said a little more quietly. Crouching down in front of her and lifting her face up with his finger. She appeared to be sleeping. "Kagome wake up. It's me..." Kagome's eyes fluttered open.
"Inu...yasha?" She looked up at him and what he saw in her eyes made his chest ache
"Yeah...let's get you out of here." He grabbed ahold of the chains and yanked them out of the wall...causing quit a bit of noise but not near as much as he had when he was busting doors down.
He helped her climb onto his back and she clutched desperately onto the back of his kimono. He rushed down the stairs and eventually got to the main room where Ed's spikes were still present. He thought it strange that not a single thing had attempted to stop him from taking back Kagome, with the exception of the giant bird and the vines...That seemed too easily killed...He looked over his shoulder...They had found Naraku's castle...but no Naraku...He could tell that Naraku hadn't been there in a while...had he done something to Kagome and then left her for Inuyasha to find? He looked around but didn't see Ed or Sango anywhere...Deciding that he should get Kagome to saftey first, he headed for the door. But the doors swung shut and a shrill laughter filled the room. Inuyasha turned around. Clutching Kagome to keep her from falling off. Naraku in his ugliest form stood in the center of the room...the spikes were gone...and not a trace of the bird demon or vines...Was this an illision? Inuyasha growled,
"Naraku...I knew this was all too easy." Naraku didn't say anything but immediately began his attack, slapping his tentacles around and striking Inuyasha several times.
"Damn puppet." Inuyasha murmered while he sat Kagome down in where he hoped was a safe place. Then wiping the blood from his mouth.
"A puppet this body may be...but that won't stop me from killing you!" The beast growled and began it's attack again. Without Kagome on his back Inuyasha dodged the attacks easily. Seeing a flash to his left he turned his gaze to see what might have been Sango...but if it was she didn't notice the battle going on in the next room. Inuyasha lunged at 'Naraku' with his sword. Naraku smacked the sword and attempted to grab Inuyasha with one long green tentacle. Inuyasha slashed at it violently until several pieces were hacked off and laying at his feet...He prayed that this puppet Naraku didn't have regenerative powers as well...But before another blown was dealt the puppet lunged what looked to be a very long dagger at Kagome's form it hit and a fowl screech flew through the air...
Inuyasha felt his heart stop in his chest, his breathing became ragged and his world swirled ferociously in his head. "Kagome..." He croaked. He dropped to his knees...Not caring if Naraku killed him now...his only reason for living was lying on the ground. Completely lifeless, no breath, her face had turned pale but he could still feel the warmth that had yet to fade radiating off of her. He heard Naraku cackle behind him, but he didn't have enough life left in him to leave Kagome, his Kagome...Gone.
"Inuyasha!" Somewhere in the distance Inuyasha heard someone scream his name.
Ed lunged at the giant monster, "Inuyasha get up!" Naraku spun around just as Ed slammed his staff two feet into its putrid body. Then jabbed his now sworded hand into Naraku's back. Naraku grabbed Ed by the throat and drew him up into the air. But Ed saw the surprise in its eyes. He clapped his hands together and grabbed onto Naraku's arm. Naraku let out a scream of pain as his arm began to swell, and Edward did a backflip back onto the ground, taking his fighting stance.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango shouted and flung her boomerang, effectively slicing off one of Naraku's arms and one very large, very ugly green tentacle. 'Naraku' screeched in pain and held his head with his other arm. Edward smiled at his shriek and clapped his hands together smacking them on the ground and creating a large pillar under the puppet, it raised him high into the air at an excedingly fast pace. Evidently it was going to smash him into the ceiling, but Ed didn't have a chance to have his fun, before the pillar reached the high ceiling the beast fell sideways off of the pillar and his body began dissintegrating as it fell. By the time it hit the ground there was nothing left, but another small wooden statue with a yard of string wrapped around it.
Sango looked over to Inuyasha, noticing for the first time Kagome's form lying on the ground, blood gushing out of her single wound, tears came to Sango's eyes as she watched Inuyasha cradle her head in his lap, his head bowed low so his bangs hid his eyes, but Sango didn't miss the tears that spilled from his eyes and one by one landed on Kagome's delicate features he wiped them off slowly with his thumb, each time willing the tears to stop. He sniffed the air, and his head snapped up, he looked around sniffing here and there getting more frantic with each sniff,
"Kagome?" He whispered to himself, then looked back down to the form in his lap. Wait a second, was this another puppet? Inuyasha let out a fierce growl and his face changed to a look of complete loathing that could have riveled Sesshoumaru's. He jumped up and the puppet slid off his lap and hit the ground with a thud, "NARAKU!" Inuyasha shouted and sped off in the direction of the faint scent.
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"Are you sure this girl can help you get Edward?" Lust asked Al skeptically, as they ran across rooftops of buildings to the time portal that Greed had set up.
Al glared over at Lust, the 'ambulance' had shown up at the house, and Souta had informed Ed not to stick around. Who knew what people in this time would think? He had instructed Lust to stay, so the police could take her away, but of course Lust stuck with Al. "Like I told you before, if there is any way to get brother, Winry is our girl." He mumbled as they ran, praying that Ms. Higurashi would be okay, Souta assured him that the ambulance knew what it was doing...But you can never be too sure.
"Are you sure you don't want to bring that woman to Greed?" Lust asked tentatively.
"Yes, I'm positive I don't want to bring anyone to Greed..." Al said through gritted teeth (A/N: hahaha I put that in there just for you people who are always buggin me about Al's armor haha, get a life!)
They reached an old abandoned warehouse and Lust motioned for Al to follow her through a shallow opening in the cement.
"I'm not going to fit in there!" Al whispered fiercely. Lust almost growled in annoyance,
"Just follow outside, I'll tear down one of the boards covering up a doorway." Al did as he was told and Lust easily ripped one of the large boards off of a nearby doorway. "Come on..." Al walked into the deserted building, following Lust up a large flight of stone steps and into a small secluded room near the far wall.
She gripped onto a chain around her kneck and pulled it off with one gentle tug. Holding it out in her hand to touch a nearby wall. Al stared in wonder as a large green swirling substance covered a part of the wall for a moment before dissapearing and leaving a large gaping hole that seemed to lead into the next room. Lust held her hand up to the newfound doorway,
"I won't be going with you, I still have some business to do hear. The portal stays open on that side." She waited for him to go through, then sighed heavily when he didn't, "I promise you...when you go through this portal you'll be back in our time, if you want to find that girl, you'll go now!" She shouted, obviously disgruntled.
Al looked at Lust then looked at the hole in the wall...Not sure whether or not to trust her. But he knew she wanted Edward, and she didn't know where he was. So chances are she wasn't tricking him. He sighed, and took three fateful steps that led him to his time...
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Inuyasha ran up yet another flight of hard cold stone steps, following the faint scent of Naraku and the even fainter scent of Kagome, he knew Naraku had set him up. No way would he have allowed him to smell them if he didn't want Inuyasha to come after him. And he was furious, running down yet another long cold stone corridor to open yet another tall dank wooden door, to find yet another completely empty room. He climbed higher and higher into the castle, not worried at all about losing his way. He had only one thing in mind. Killing Naraku, and finding Kagome (wait is that two things? lol) He walked briskly down another corridor that seemed to hold no answers until he saw a bright blue light flash on one side of a door to his left. He pulled out tetsusaiga and stood ready as he kicked down the door. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw a swirling blue wall in front of him, as he stepped closer to it he felt the tug on his soul to turn around, but he also saw figures begin to come into focus on the other side of the mysterious blue wall.
"Naraku" Inuyasha spat, baring his teeth and feeling his muscels grow taut when he saw Naraku standing over Kagome, she lay on some kind of stone platform her head lolling over the edge as her hair hung in midnight waves down the side, Naraku held a rusty dagger in his hands and played with it between his fingers. Inuyasha immediately lunged without thought at the dispicable hanyou, crying out when the push from the barrier seemed to sink into his very bones. He shielded the light ommitting from it with his forearm, and shouted at Naraku,
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" He growled and flinched when the barrier seemed to attack him without moving. "IF YOU TOUCH HER I'LL..."
Naraku laughed, "You are in no position to be making threats Inuyasha..." His laughter ceased and his eyes bore a hole into Inuyasha's very being, "Do you know what that is? Do you know what could happen if you happen to get through it?" Inuyasha glared at Naraku, he didn't care...He just needed Kagome. He lunged at the wall once again, but this time didn't stop. He was going to get to Kagome, he would strangle Naraku with his bare hands if he touched Kagome. The overwhelming pain hit him like a ton of bricks, but he didn't back down, his only plight was to get to Kagome.
Naraku bared his fangs at Inuyasha and held the dagger high into the air. Inuyasha's eyes widened in fear and he attempted to push through harder. In a mind shattering second that seemed to last a lifetime Naraku brought the dagger down and pierced Kagome's side. She rose off of the pillar, shouting in pain and agony as Inuyasha's screams were heard echoing off the walls of the cavernous rooms, as he finally landed on his knees on the opposite side of the barrier.
Naraku pulled the dagger away from Kagome and walked toward Inuyasha, who lay panting on the ground. Naraku sneered at him in disgust and spat, "All for a pathetic human girl...You are weaker than I thought Inuyasha." He said curtly. And lowered the barrier with a flick of his wrist.
Inuyasha wanted to run after him, tackle him, make him suffer in some way. He wanted to run to Kagome, make sure she was okay, take her in his arms and hold her until both their pain went away...But he couldn't do anything, his entire body seemed to pulse it's destruction. He bowed his head and whispered Kagome's name before his world went black and his face hit the ground.
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There you go! Chapter 9 is finally up! Be sure to review please! lol I know some of you aren't..so I'm gonna steal an idea from a 'friend' and give you a review that you can copy and paste into the review space! lol
"Hi, I really liked this chapter! Aren't you glad I reviewed? Please update soon!"
Now see? Is that hard? Just copy (ctrl+c) and paste (ctrl+v) it's that simple! Thanks in advance! (I wonder how many times I'm gonna get that message lol)
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From the Full Metal Alchemist side...
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Thanks to all my awesome reviewers! and be sure to review this one too! please lol thanks again! Peaces out (Nikki)