Shippo We're Sorry
G-I:alright guys chp four! thanx to those of you who have reveiwed and please continue readin' im not quite sure when the main event of the story will happen but i think you guys could vote to decide...but i guess i have to say about the whole not owning inuyasha thing... but i do own Inu, just not his show...
IY: awwww not this again...just write the fic
G-I: but inu...reaches over and grabs Inu around the waist
IY: get off, put the disclaimer, write the fic, and maybe i'll stick around...MAYBE!
G-I: ok! fine i don't own inuyasha but with how things are working out...hmmmmmmm looks with shifty eyes
Chapter 4: Tough Choices
Back at Kaede's hut
Miroku watched as Sango carefully stood up and noticed, not for the first time, how graceful she was. Her flowing movements were an advantage of being a demon slayer, she had become graceful, for the soul purpose of fighting, and yet it had affected her whole life. Miroku had been watching, while staying out of sight, the whole time that Sango had been sleeping. Even though it had only been a hour or so of sleep, Miroku noticed that Sango looked very rejuvenated, and ready to help the others. Miroku only hoped that the others were alright, and that either they had beaten Naraku, and not that he had left in hopes of becoming stronger.
"Miroku, we should get going," Sango stated simply, freeing the monk from his thoughts for the time being, "if we don't go soon, it could be too late." Sango ran up in front, summoned Kirara and allowed Miroku to climb on as well. As they flew Sango realized that Miroku hadn't tried anything; it was odd, considering how often he did attempt something. Sango thought back to before they had reached Kaede's...
FlashBack
"Miroku..."Sango said faintly. She had seen the look on his face when he picked her up. Now as he was carrying her, she looked up again and saw a small tear running down his cheek. She gently raised her hand, and brushed it away. Miroku looked down in surprise, not expecting her to have awoken before he got to Kaede's.
"Sango, your awake. Oh thank the gods." A look of relief on his face. 'I wouldn't be able to stand it if Sango had been killed. I believe it would have driven me insane.' Then he looked back down at Sango, he saw she was beginning to fall asleep in his arms.
End FlashBack
Sango realized that Miroku had been truly worried, for her safety and that he had probably gained some injuries in the process. Also he hadn't tried to wake her, even though she should have been fine for another two hours at least, Miroku had given her the opportunity to return to full strength. She respected that, but also realized that Miroku would have also needed that time to recover. She looked over her shoulder at Miroku and saw that his arm looked slightly bigger. With a closer glance Sango saw that his right arm was covered with bandages, from the elbow down to his wrist. She quickly turned her head back when she saw that Miroku had noticed she was looking at him.
"Sango...are you alright?" Miroku asked, after seeing a worried look on her face. "I'm sure that the others are fine Sango. We should hurry just to make sure, because the sun has not yet risen." As he said this, a large explosion was heard from a clearing not that far away. Both Sango and Miroku quickly looked at each other, and with that Kirara sped up. Concerned, they headed over to the area where they saw a large cloud of miasma appear and cover the area, ensuring that it was almost impossible to see. "It must be the work of Naraku," Miroku was muttering under his breath about how he must finish Naraku and remove the curse from his family.
With Inuyasha & Co.
Naraku had been getting more and more violent and Inuyasha was starting to get tired, from having to jump, and dodge his attacks. I can't take much more of this. How much longer until the sun rises then we'll stand more of a chance. As Inuyasha dodged yet another tentacle, he saw Naraku preparing to use one of his miasma attacks. What Inuyasha didn't notice was that Naraku had also made a bomb, to blow up just before the miasma was released. Inuyasha ran back towards Kagome and Shippo, but didn't make it in time. The last thing Inuyasha heard before the explosion, was Naraku's laughter. Apparently, Naraku thought he was going to win with this attempt.
"Let me give you a piece of advice...if you're gonna kill someone, do it right the first time!" Inuyasha repeated the advice that he had given his brother a few years ago. "Because if you only maim them with the first attack, they have a nasty way of coming back to make you regret it!" When Naraku didn't respond to this other than a nasty sneer. Inuyasha glanced over to Kagome, and saw her whispering to Shippo who was sitting on her shoulder. Dammit, I can't hear what she's saying! Of all the nights for him to attack...it had to be tonight. As Inuyasha stood there, he saw an urgent look on Kagome's face, she was worried alright.
I hope she won't cry...I hate it when she cries...
'Do you?'
Yes, of course I do
'Because you feel as though you should help her...'
So what...So I want to help her...
'That just shows how much you care for her.'
Shut up... No I don't...
'Oh I see you're still going to lie to yourself'
"INUYASHA! Watch out!" Kagome screamed at him, waking him from his thoughts and alerting him to the fact that Naraku had sent one of his tentacles after him. Inuyasha just barely rolled out of the way as it crashed into the ground mere inches from him, when he saw Shippo jump from Kagome's shoulder and use Fox Fire. What the hell is he doing? As he stood back up, Inuyasha saw that even though Shippo had tried to help, he was now trapped by Naraku. All that was running through Inuyasha's head was that he let them down, he had failed to protect them. Just let him go. He's still young, he only got brought into all of this because of me. If I had just taken the jewel in the first place, before Kikyou was tricked by Naraku, then none of this would've happened. Maybe I should just let him kill me... I hope Kagome and the others understand.
"Leave him alone Naraku, he's not the one you want. You've been after me since the beginning, so why not do it now? Now that you can actually win! With me gone the others won't attack if they know that I chose to let you kill me." Inuyasha couldn't believe that Naraku had grabbed Shippo, also that he was smiling the whole time. Not one of them knew what his plan was but they did know that Shippo was in danger.
"Hiraikotsu!" a voice sounded loudly in the air. Sango, Miroku and Kirara appeared in the clearing, ready to fight. Sango's hiraikotsu came flying back around, almost hitting one of Naraku's appendages as she reached up and caught it. Miroku prepared to use his wind tunnel, but stopped when thousands of the saimyosho flew up and waited behind Naraku.
"Damn...," As Miroku waited for an opening, Sango decided to try again, but stopped short when she saw Kohaku walk out from behind the trees.
"Kohaku! Please, we're on the same side. Naraku made you hurt our father! please don't do this!" Sango was trying her hardest not to cry. Naraku knew that it would bother her, causing her to be more careful about her fighting. No matter what happened from this point on, was more or less Naraku's choice. He was holding Shippo hostage, Miroku couldn't attack because of the saimyosho, and Sango wouldn't attack because Kohaku was in the way. They would all have some tough choices to make about whether the battle was going to end or not.
Well there you go guys, chp four. and well things stay pretty much the same for a bit but please keep readin...there's a bit of a twist to it later on! hehehe but ya thank you very much for readin and im glad that those of you who have reviewed have liked it so far
