Chapter 14
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They left Kaede's hut early that morning. Myoga came with them on their journey, returning to the village in the north. Inuyasha was unusually quiet, which made everyone feel a bit uncomfortable. They reached the other side of the river late that afternoon. There they started they're usual plea's and reasoning with Inuyasha to let them take a break, but they found it was much easier than usual to convince him. Kagome knew this was enough evidence to show that Inuyasha really didn't want to return to that place. She knew he was having a hard time letting them know of all these horrors from his past that he had long since buried inside himself.
After a quick meal the others rested. Inuyasha watched them from a tree branch that had grown out over the river. He knew Sango, Miroku and Myoga were, again, going over the details they knew of the story told to them all the night before. Feeling a bit glad that he could barely hear them from his high pirch over the raging river waters. Thinking of his childhood when he and his mother had walked along the same river bank. The trees had grown in much more since he remembered. The river was quiet and smooth then, with long grasses and lillies floating in small pools along the side.
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"Look Mother!" he called out. Chasing after a frog as it popped out of his hand and took off towards the water. "No! Get back here!" He yelled, leaping forward and swinging his hand to catch it. Without realising it a golden light appeared like a clawmark, whipping through the air and slicing the frog just as it had reached the water. A red pool arose around where the frog had fallen in.
"Oh... dear." Inuyasha's mother gasped as she witnessed what had happened. "Sankotessou." She breathed, barely a whisper.
Inuyasha watched in horror. Not sure how to take what had just happened. Did he just kill the frog?
"Mother... I ... I didn't... what? ..."
"It's alrite dear," She smiled weakly, " ...come back away from the water."
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"Come back away from the water!" Kagome called out.
He watched Shippo jump back from the riverbank at Kagomes words. Deciding to chase after Kilala instead. Kagome sighed in relief before noticing Inuyasha staring at her. She smiled and waved, hoping to brighten him up a bit. But he just looked back out, over the water. His usual cocky smirk replaced with hauntings of a distant memory.
Kagome walked over towards him. Leaning on the tree below him. "I know it must be hard for you Inuyasha."
"Keh. What do you mean?"
Kagome sighed. " Reliving moments you never wanted to see again, sharing a past you thought you left behind long ago. It must be hard."
"..." Inuyasha didn't make an answer. He shuffled away from her veiw.
"C'mon Inuyasha! We're your friends. If you can't tell us then who... "
Inuyasha suddenly jumped in front of Kagome, whipping out the Tetsusaiga. Growling intensly at the other side of the riverbank.
A man emerged from the bushes at the other side. He was a distance away but Kagome could still make out his features. He was tall, wearing a blue yukata with gold trim. He had long dark hair with grey throughout and facial hair with the same. The look of shear and utter disgust on his face was shocking to her. She had never seen anyone look that way at her, or at Inuyasha for that matter. But the thing that shocked the young miko the most, was the resemblence.
"I..Inuyasha?.. " She muttered.
"Still alive half-breed?" The man spoke. His words laced with malice.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha, standing before her. He didn't have his usual pre-battle prowess. He didn't even answer. She noticed how stiff he seemed, shocked, like he was glaring at a ghost.
"Nakamura.." Myoga muttered, hoping past Kagome and onto Inuyasha's shoulder. "Master Inuyasha, your grandfather has been awakened."
"I'm not blind Myoga." Inuyasha growled, taking in the scent of graveyard soil from across the water. But there was another scent mixed in, one that seemed a little strange to him.
"Who are you! What do you want?" Kagome turned to see Miroku standing beside her, holding the beads on his right hand.
"..Huh.." Kagome breathed when she noticed what was coming. 'I sense a shard!"
Saimyoushou then appeared out of the forest, they were grasping in their tiny legs a large naginata, Naraku's demonic aura flowing around the blade. Kanna slowly walked forward from where the Saimyoushou had appeared, surrounded by a barrier. In one hand she held her mirror, in the other she grasped the jewel shard.
"DAMN YOU! WHAT'S NARAKU GOT PLANNED!" Inuyasha yelled, hardly being able to contain himself any longer. "Wind-scar!" he shouted, thrusting a wave of energy towards them
Kanna moved towards Nakamura, surrounding him with her barrier. The windscar enveloped around them, knocking down trees and killing off a few of the expendable Saimyoushou not protected by the barrier.
Nakamura was shocked by this girls power and appaulled that such a power could be given to the hands of his only scum of a grandson. "Here, this naginata and jewel shard are magic. Lord Kagewaki wishes to give you the power to defeat this scum, and restore your honour and name Lord Nakamura." He kneeled down as the small demon placed the jewel to his forehead and pressed it into his flesh.
"I'm gone." Myoga said before taking off.
"Did she say Lord Kagewaki?" Sango never thought she would hear that name used again.
Nakamura began to glow with a dark aura. Kagome watched as the already defiled jewel became even darker with this mans hatred. The sky went dark as he lifted the naginata high above his head, they could see the dark energy swarming about in a large whirlpool of aura above the blade.
"..I...Inuyasha?" Kagome stepped closer to him, feeling a bit afraid of what was about to come. "Stay close to me Kagome, this is no ordinary weapon!" Inuyasha growled pulling her closer.
The ground began to tremble and break apart. Violently throwing the companions to the ground. The already raging waters from the river began to swell and wash over into the cracks between where the ground was breaking.
"GIRL! To stay with this hanyou will only bring about certain death. I warn you now, he cannot be trusted. THAT HALF-BREED WILL FORSAKE YOU!" Nakamura yelled over the sound of the rumbling earth, his grey eyes now glowing dark with power and intent to destroy. "Leave him and your wicked ways will be forgiven!"
"I would never leave Inuyasha!" Kagome shrieked at the man before her. "Your the only one "wicked" here!"
"Your as foolish as my own stupid daughter, Izayoi! Your love of demons is sin! You will die with him!"
Inuyasha had his arm wrapped around Kagome, trying to protect her and support them by the tree. Tetsusaiga drawn, but he could not use it because he could not steady himself. Anger burned in his eyes as he looked on at his grandfather saying these things to Kagome. He looked down at her, Kagome buried her face into Inuyasha's chest, she was afraid.
"FUCK YOU!" The hanyou yelled, trying to get his bearings to use the tetsusaiga and protect Kagome at the same time. "FUCKING DIE AND GO BACK TO HELL WHERE YOU BELONG!"
An orb of purple energy appeared above the blade. It began to grow larger and larger. " Heheh. Pathetic Hanyou, your the same worthless child I knew all those years ago." With a swing of the naginata the orb was thrown with tremendous force.
For a brief moment Kagome saw the darkness swirling around inside that glowing orb, streamlining straight for her. It was the dark, twisted, screaming faces of demons. She witnessed that horror for a brief second before her eyes were covered by Inuyasha's red haori. She felt herself be lifted into the air before the explosion. Then a harsh pressure throwing her; hurling into the swirling waters of the river. She opened her eyes and saw peices of debree flying with such a velocity into the water around her. Pieces of rock and tree. Something struck her leg. The pain agonzing as she desperately tried to swim.
She had to get up. She couldn't breath. Clawing at the water she pushed and pushed. AIR, I need air! She reached her hand up and felt it break surface. Kicking as hard as she could she finally got her head up. The sky was still dark and the river pounded against her from all sides. She looked up towards the river bank she had came from. It was down quite a distance. Fires blazing from all sides. "I...INU...IN.." She sputtered, desperately trying to find some shade of red in the mirky waters. She turned back down, searching and desperately trying to keep her head above water.
Then she saw him. His body somehow was entangled onto a blasted log which had become trapped between two large rocks jutting out from the raging river. Branches full of leaves still attatched to the log making him barely visible. She swam her way to him, determined not to let this river sweep her past. I will not die here Inuyasha! WE will not die here! The pain shooting up from her foot as she struggled, gurgling to breath under the pressure of the water. The hanyou just barely out of her reach...
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A/N: SOOOOO how was that for some high powered angst? MUAHAHAHHAHA I am so evil. That was fun. By the way---- FYI: A naginata is an ancient japanese weapon, kinda reminds me of a spear-sword combo...
Well that was an interesting way to put that. Nakamura drives up to McNaraku's fast food! "Yes, I think I will have the Mc'naginata, spear/sword combo please, with a jewel shard on the side."
Yeah, so if you really have no idea what I mean just go google it. Google knows all.
And the frog bit that I imagined up could be plausable. I mean, imagine being a half demon with all your strength and ability, not to mention physical differences, trying to grow up amongst humans. Frogs are things that all little boys try to catch. Why would Inuyasha not try to?
More to come! Got reviews?
