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Summary: While battling Naraku, Inuyasha gets cursed and turns into a………WHAT? Can Kagome get him back to normal? Or will fate say no to love?
Pairings: Inu/Kag Mir/San Sess/Rin
A/N: WHEE! I so happy! ::Brushes back tears:: I got over 100 reviews! YAY! Well, here's the chapter!
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Chapter 6
Kagome stared ahead at what they saw. There lay a white dragon with soft, warm, yellow eyes. It had all sorts of scratches, stabs, and other sorts of wounds. It was indeed Taimu, Dragon of Time; he was barely conscious.
"Oh no! What happened to you?" asked Kagome, rushing over and kneeling over Taimu.
"A challenger came barging into my domain, issuing a challenge. I recognized his scent. Travelers were only welcome here once and only once. Of course, this demon tried to get in a second time and take my orb instead of a mere sample." Taimu explained, ignoring the blood oozing out of his mouth. "When I declined the challenge, he became enraged and attacked me anyways. He had many demons at his bidding, and I was easily surrounded and defeated. Of course, when he took the orb, he thought I was unconscious. I am a very good faker, I might add," the dragon said.
"Well, what happened after that?" asked Miroku.
"He muttered to himself about a child being trained to become a minion. A demon child. He said, 'Now I have the only way those fools can have their friend back. He's all mine, now.'" Taimu explained.
"Wait, what did this demon look like?" Kagome asked.
"His name was Naraku. I've heard rumors of him. He's a bad demon. Of course, we dragons have put an oath to fight whoever comes traveling here and if they win, they get a sample of my orb. We aren't judges; we don't decide the good guys and bad guys; that's not our jobs." Taimu explained.
"So, Naraku has the orb, and our one chance of rescuing Inuyasha is gone." Kagome said.
"Taimu? We should really try and heal your wounds, some of them look pretty deep." Sango suggested.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Injuries like this can never kill me. You'll have to chop me to smithereens to keep me down, but you need to send our hearts to the world beyond in order to fully kill us." Taimu explained.
"But why are you telling us?" asked Kagome.
"I knew I could trust you. I can sense the purity in your hearts." Taimu added before standing up and walking into the cave behind him. "The orb is gone forever. I cannot leave my domain, or else I'll surely be breaking my oath."
"We can probably get that orb back for you!" Kagome exclaimed. "We've been fighting Naraku for ages! And he'll surely send Inuyasha on us, so we can defeat him and take the orb back!"
"Alright, let's go!" Kouga added.
"Hello, miko," said a voice.
Kagome and the others turned and saw……
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Ah and Uhn flew through the sky in search of Kagome and the others.
'Don't worry, Rin. Once we find Kagome, we can get you all healed.' Sesshomaru thought.
"Milord, why are you doing all this for a measly human?" Jaken asked.
"Say that again, Jaken, and I'll kick you off." Sesshomaru threatened. Jaken flinched, and shut his mouth.
"MILORD!" Jaken said after a while.
"I hope you've got something better to say to me this time." Sesshomaru replied.
"We have found Inuyasha's human friends! They are down there!" Jaken pointed downwards with his staff. Sesshomaru looked down to see a white dragon, Kagome and her friends, but where was Inuyasha?
'Hmmm…it appears that I was right. Something has happened to my half brother and I need to see what it is." Sesshomaru said.
The dragon landed and Sesshomaru stepped off.
"Hello, miko," he said. The others turned and gasped when they saw Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru! What are you doing here? Inuyasha isn't here right now, so there's no use to fight!" Miroku shouted.
Kagome then noticed Rin in Sesshomaru's arms and became more worried than surprised.
"Sesshomaru…what happened to Rin?" she asked.
"If you agree to help heal her, then I'll tell you." Sesshomaru replied.
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That night, everyone decided to sleep in Taimu's cave. Taimu didn't mind; he loved to have company; he rarely ever got it.
"Oh! Naraku seems to be the cause of everything lately!" Shippo snapped his fingers in annoyance.
"I feel sorry for Rin," Kagome said, applying some herbs in one of Rin's wounds. Though unconscious, the girl winced in pain and moaned a bit before turning on her side and remaining motionless.
"Tell me. Will Rin be alright?" asked Sesshomaru.
"Yep. Just a couple days of rest and she'll be perfectly fine! Of course, she might get a scar from that deep gash in her side, but that's the price to pay." Kagome added.
"A scar doesn't matter. At least she's alive," Sesshomaru added.
'Whoa……things are just too weird here! I mean, Sesshomaru's actually showing a soft side! Don't tell me he's got a heart?' Kagome thought.
"Oooh! Look who's got the hots for Rin!" Kouga teased.
Sesshomaru growled at Kouga, sent him the death glare, but didn't' do anything else.
Jaken ran forward. "How dare you insult my master with your rude comment!" he wailed as he smashed his staff on Kouga's head.
"Ouch, that hurt," he said sarcastically as he picked up the staff, along with Jaken. "Now do me a favor and leave me alone. Or I might have to chop off your head." Kouga smirked, bearing one fang as he began poking a trace line along Jaken's neck. Jaken sweatdropped and ran away when he was dropped.
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In the morning, Taimu was all better. He didn't even look like he had fought yesterday. There weren't even scars, which surprised Kagome very much.
Shippo and Kirara agreed to stay with Taimu and watch over Rin while the others journeyed around to get any more leads on Naraku.
"Well, it was just yesterday, but knowing Naraku, he's probably long gone…" Kagome sighed.
Before any of them could add on to the conversation, there was a large boom in front of them, enshrouding the group with a thick cloud of dust. When the dust settled, and everyone stopped coughing, the gang looked up to see Naraku, Kagura, Koto, Kohaku, and……
"I….Inuyasha?" Kagome stuttered.
Inuyasha glared at her with cold eyes. They were, you could say, devoid of any emotion. He wore a face mask, had a kodachi strapped to his back, and a couple daggers strapped to his ankles, like he were some sort of assassin.
"Naraku! What did you do to our friend!" Miroku demanded.
"Now, now. Is that any way to greet your guests?" Naraku teased.
"If you mean by 'guest' as a sworn enemy that kills everyone, then yes!" Kouga retorted. Most would burst out laughing at this, but everyone was too shocked to do anything except stare.
"Well, I'll just let you to deal with your other 'guests'," Naraku said. He faced towards the others. "Attack them."
Everyone charged forward. Sango fought with Kohaku, though she didn't like it; Sesshomaru and Kagome fought Inuyasha, Miroku fought Koto, and Kouga fought Kagura.
Sesshomaru drew Tokijin and tried to cut off Inuyasha's weapons. Inuyasha drew out his kodachi and was able to block the sword with ease.
"What the-?" Sesshomaru didn't have time to finish, as he was then flung into the air by the clash of a magical and non-magical sword.
"What happened, Sesshomaru?" asked Kagome, rushing over to him.
"He was able to block my Tokijin with an ordinary kodachi. That shouldn't be able to happen unless the wielder is very powerful." Sesshomaru answered. "But even if Naraku gave him jewel shards, extra strength, or whatever, a kid version of Inuyasha wouldn't be able to handle the pressure." Sesshomaru explained. He turned to Kagome. "Can you sense any jewels in him?"
Kagome then looked around. She hadn't had time to search for any, she was totally distracted. But then she saw. "There are two of them! In his forehead!"
"Alright, I'll strike them out!" Sesshomaru said, rushing forward.
Inuyasha quickly sheathed his kodachi, pulled out the daggers at his ankles and thrust them at Sesshomaru. He dodged one, but the other hit him in the shoulder. Sesshomaru used Tokijin again, but Inuyasha blocked it with his kodachi.
"Inuyasha, brother, regain your senses!" Sesshomaru ordered. Inuyasha just stared back, overpowered Tokijin, and tried to slash Sesshomaru, but he dodged.
"Inuyasha! After the girl!" Naraku ordered. After that comment, Sesshomaru decided to go after Naraku.
Kagome began to run for it. She knew she couldn't outrun him, but she couldn't exactly shoot him with her arrows either. She didn't know what to do.
While Kagome was tangled in these thoughts, she tripped on a tree root. She looked up to see Inuyasha about to claw her.
"INUYASHA! STOP!" Kagome shrieked. Just as Inuyasha's claws began to go down, the jewel shards pulsed, his eyes widened, and he froze; still in the same position.
Sesshomaru and Naraku stopped their fighting and looked up.
'No….I'm losing control over him.' Naraku thought before jumping over and landing behind Inuyasha. He grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. "Your only destiny is to serve me, got it?" he growled. Inuyasha just stood there, as though confused about who's side he was really on.
"No, Inuyasha! You belong here with us!" Kagome argued.
Inuyasha looked from Kagome, to Naraku, then back to Kagome again.
"Er, boy! You obey me an no one else!" Naraku shouted, shoving another jewel shard into Inuyasha's forehead. Inuyasha wailed in pain, grabbing his head. Then all fell silent. He stood up with those cold, emotionless eyes again. "Now go; kill her," Naraku ordered. Inuyasha nodded and launched up into the air for a attack.
Kagome had no choice. She launched an arrow. It hit Inuyasha in the shoulder. He didn't even complain. He just landed on eh ground, grabbed the arrow, pulled it out, and stood up ready to fight again.
"No….how could my arrow not even knock him out?" Kagome thought aloud.
"Heh. It is useless to struggle. I've trained the ultimate fighting machine, and no one can help him remember! Even if you do get him back to his original form, you'll be wishing he were still as a kid." he started laughing a bit, then a lot.
Inuyasha ran up, grabbed Kagome's neck, and pinned her to a tree; planning to suffocate Kagome.
Kagome coughed a bit. "I….Inuyasha! Stop, please!" she pleaded. She looked at Inuyasha, and gasped. Around his neck was a necklace. And on the end was the white orb of Taimu.
TO BE CONTINUED……
Summary: While battling Naraku, Inuyasha gets cursed and turns into a………WHAT? Can Kagome get him back to normal? Or will fate say no to love?
Pairings: Inu/Kag Mir/San Sess/Rin
A/N: WHEE! I so happy! ::Brushes back tears:: I got over 100 reviews! YAY! Well, here's the chapter!
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Chapter 6
Kagome stared ahead at what they saw. There lay a white dragon with soft, warm, yellow eyes. It had all sorts of scratches, stabs, and other sorts of wounds. It was indeed Taimu, Dragon of Time; he was barely conscious.
"Oh no! What happened to you?" asked Kagome, rushing over and kneeling over Taimu.
"A challenger came barging into my domain, issuing a challenge. I recognized his scent. Travelers were only welcome here once and only once. Of course, this demon tried to get in a second time and take my orb instead of a mere sample." Taimu explained, ignoring the blood oozing out of his mouth. "When I declined the challenge, he became enraged and attacked me anyways. He had many demons at his bidding, and I was easily surrounded and defeated. Of course, when he took the orb, he thought I was unconscious. I am a very good faker, I might add," the dragon said.
"Well, what happened after that?" asked Miroku.
"He muttered to himself about a child being trained to become a minion. A demon child. He said, 'Now I have the only way those fools can have their friend back. He's all mine, now.'" Taimu explained.
"Wait, what did this demon look like?" Kagome asked.
"His name was Naraku. I've heard rumors of him. He's a bad demon. Of course, we dragons have put an oath to fight whoever comes traveling here and if they win, they get a sample of my orb. We aren't judges; we don't decide the good guys and bad guys; that's not our jobs." Taimu explained.
"So, Naraku has the orb, and our one chance of rescuing Inuyasha is gone." Kagome said.
"Taimu? We should really try and heal your wounds, some of them look pretty deep." Sango suggested.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Injuries like this can never kill me. You'll have to chop me to smithereens to keep me down, but you need to send our hearts to the world beyond in order to fully kill us." Taimu explained.
"But why are you telling us?" asked Kagome.
"I knew I could trust you. I can sense the purity in your hearts." Taimu added before standing up and walking into the cave behind him. "The orb is gone forever. I cannot leave my domain, or else I'll surely be breaking my oath."
"We can probably get that orb back for you!" Kagome exclaimed. "We've been fighting Naraku for ages! And he'll surely send Inuyasha on us, so we can defeat him and take the orb back!"
"Alright, let's go!" Kouga added.
"Hello, miko," said a voice.
Kagome and the others turned and saw……
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Ah and Uhn flew through the sky in search of Kagome and the others.
'Don't worry, Rin. Once we find Kagome, we can get you all healed.' Sesshomaru thought.
"Milord, why are you doing all this for a measly human?" Jaken asked.
"Say that again, Jaken, and I'll kick you off." Sesshomaru threatened. Jaken flinched, and shut his mouth.
"MILORD!" Jaken said after a while.
"I hope you've got something better to say to me this time." Sesshomaru replied.
"We have found Inuyasha's human friends! They are down there!" Jaken pointed downwards with his staff. Sesshomaru looked down to see a white dragon, Kagome and her friends, but where was Inuyasha?
'Hmmm…it appears that I was right. Something has happened to my half brother and I need to see what it is." Sesshomaru said.
The dragon landed and Sesshomaru stepped off.
"Hello, miko," he said. The others turned and gasped when they saw Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru! What are you doing here? Inuyasha isn't here right now, so there's no use to fight!" Miroku shouted.
Kagome then noticed Rin in Sesshomaru's arms and became more worried than surprised.
"Sesshomaru…what happened to Rin?" she asked.
"If you agree to help heal her, then I'll tell you." Sesshomaru replied.
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That night, everyone decided to sleep in Taimu's cave. Taimu didn't mind; he loved to have company; he rarely ever got it.
"Oh! Naraku seems to be the cause of everything lately!" Shippo snapped his fingers in annoyance.
"I feel sorry for Rin," Kagome said, applying some herbs in one of Rin's wounds. Though unconscious, the girl winced in pain and moaned a bit before turning on her side and remaining motionless.
"Tell me. Will Rin be alright?" asked Sesshomaru.
"Yep. Just a couple days of rest and she'll be perfectly fine! Of course, she might get a scar from that deep gash in her side, but that's the price to pay." Kagome added.
"A scar doesn't matter. At least she's alive," Sesshomaru added.
'Whoa……things are just too weird here! I mean, Sesshomaru's actually showing a soft side! Don't tell me he's got a heart?' Kagome thought.
"Oooh! Look who's got the hots for Rin!" Kouga teased.
Sesshomaru growled at Kouga, sent him the death glare, but didn't' do anything else.
Jaken ran forward. "How dare you insult my master with your rude comment!" he wailed as he smashed his staff on Kouga's head.
"Ouch, that hurt," he said sarcastically as he picked up the staff, along with Jaken. "Now do me a favor and leave me alone. Or I might have to chop off your head." Kouga smirked, bearing one fang as he began poking a trace line along Jaken's neck. Jaken sweatdropped and ran away when he was dropped.
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In the morning, Taimu was all better. He didn't even look like he had fought yesterday. There weren't even scars, which surprised Kagome very much.
Shippo and Kirara agreed to stay with Taimu and watch over Rin while the others journeyed around to get any more leads on Naraku.
"Well, it was just yesterday, but knowing Naraku, he's probably long gone…" Kagome sighed.
Before any of them could add on to the conversation, there was a large boom in front of them, enshrouding the group with a thick cloud of dust. When the dust settled, and everyone stopped coughing, the gang looked up to see Naraku, Kagura, Koto, Kohaku, and……
"I….Inuyasha?" Kagome stuttered.
Inuyasha glared at her with cold eyes. They were, you could say, devoid of any emotion. He wore a face mask, had a kodachi strapped to his back, and a couple daggers strapped to his ankles, like he were some sort of assassin.
"Naraku! What did you do to our friend!" Miroku demanded.
"Now, now. Is that any way to greet your guests?" Naraku teased.
"If you mean by 'guest' as a sworn enemy that kills everyone, then yes!" Kouga retorted. Most would burst out laughing at this, but everyone was too shocked to do anything except stare.
"Well, I'll just let you to deal with your other 'guests'," Naraku said. He faced towards the others. "Attack them."
Everyone charged forward. Sango fought with Kohaku, though she didn't like it; Sesshomaru and Kagome fought Inuyasha, Miroku fought Koto, and Kouga fought Kagura.
Sesshomaru drew Tokijin and tried to cut off Inuyasha's weapons. Inuyasha drew out his kodachi and was able to block the sword with ease.
"What the-?" Sesshomaru didn't have time to finish, as he was then flung into the air by the clash of a magical and non-magical sword.
"What happened, Sesshomaru?" asked Kagome, rushing over to him.
"He was able to block my Tokijin with an ordinary kodachi. That shouldn't be able to happen unless the wielder is very powerful." Sesshomaru answered. "But even if Naraku gave him jewel shards, extra strength, or whatever, a kid version of Inuyasha wouldn't be able to handle the pressure." Sesshomaru explained. He turned to Kagome. "Can you sense any jewels in him?"
Kagome then looked around. She hadn't had time to search for any, she was totally distracted. But then she saw. "There are two of them! In his forehead!"
"Alright, I'll strike them out!" Sesshomaru said, rushing forward.
Inuyasha quickly sheathed his kodachi, pulled out the daggers at his ankles and thrust them at Sesshomaru. He dodged one, but the other hit him in the shoulder. Sesshomaru used Tokijin again, but Inuyasha blocked it with his kodachi.
"Inuyasha, brother, regain your senses!" Sesshomaru ordered. Inuyasha just stared back, overpowered Tokijin, and tried to slash Sesshomaru, but he dodged.
"Inuyasha! After the girl!" Naraku ordered. After that comment, Sesshomaru decided to go after Naraku.
Kagome began to run for it. She knew she couldn't outrun him, but she couldn't exactly shoot him with her arrows either. She didn't know what to do.
While Kagome was tangled in these thoughts, she tripped on a tree root. She looked up to see Inuyasha about to claw her.
"INUYASHA! STOP!" Kagome shrieked. Just as Inuyasha's claws began to go down, the jewel shards pulsed, his eyes widened, and he froze; still in the same position.
Sesshomaru and Naraku stopped their fighting and looked up.
'No….I'm losing control over him.' Naraku thought before jumping over and landing behind Inuyasha. He grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. "Your only destiny is to serve me, got it?" he growled. Inuyasha just stood there, as though confused about who's side he was really on.
"No, Inuyasha! You belong here with us!" Kagome argued.
Inuyasha looked from Kagome, to Naraku, then back to Kagome again.
"Er, boy! You obey me an no one else!" Naraku shouted, shoving another jewel shard into Inuyasha's forehead. Inuyasha wailed in pain, grabbing his head. Then all fell silent. He stood up with those cold, emotionless eyes again. "Now go; kill her," Naraku ordered. Inuyasha nodded and launched up into the air for a attack.
Kagome had no choice. She launched an arrow. It hit Inuyasha in the shoulder. He didn't even complain. He just landed on eh ground, grabbed the arrow, pulled it out, and stood up ready to fight again.
"No….how could my arrow not even knock him out?" Kagome thought aloud.
"Heh. It is useless to struggle. I've trained the ultimate fighting machine, and no one can help him remember! Even if you do get him back to his original form, you'll be wishing he were still as a kid." he started laughing a bit, then a lot.
Inuyasha ran up, grabbed Kagome's neck, and pinned her to a tree; planning to suffocate Kagome.
Kagome coughed a bit. "I….Inuyasha! Stop, please!" she pleaded. She looked at Inuyasha, and gasped. Around his neck was a necklace. And on the end was the white orb of Taimu.
TO BE CONTINUED……