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Tears Shall Fall

Chapter2

InuYasha paused momentarily on the top of a tree, sniffing the air. "What is it?" Kagome asked, adjusting the bow hung over her shoulder.

"I smell blood," he answered. "A lot of it. I can't tell if any of it is Koga's."

"We should check," she said, worried.

He leapt from the tree to the ground, running swiftly. After a minute of so, he halted again, letting Kagome slide off his back. "Stay here," he commanded, darting through the trees, holding his arm across his nose. Kagome knew why; the scent of blood was strong even for her, and to InuYasha's nose, it must be almost overpowering.

He hadn't been gone for long when she heard movement behind her. "I-InuYasha?" she stammered, spinning around. There was no answer. A moment later, she heard movement again, and a wicked snicker. Slowly, she went after the half-demon.

She stumbled through a clump of close-growing trees, then stopped, frozen in her tracks. InuYasha appeared in front of her, but he wasn't fast enough to keep her from seeing the massacre. At least a hundred demons had been killed, brutally hacked to pieces. She had seen plenty of demons killed before, but nothing could have prepared her for that gory sight.

"Kagome, I told you to stay put," InuYasha reprimanded gently, guiding her away.

"I-I know," she stammered weakly. "But there was someone sneaking up on me, and-" She stopped abruptly. "Was Koga-?"

"No," he replied quickly. "He wasn't among them."

"Good," she said, before turning and vomiting into a bush. When she was done, she fell to her knees, shaking violently. InuYasha knelt beside her, hesitantly laying a hand on her shoulder.

"You okay?"

"Yeah," she said, finding reassurance in his eyes. "I'll be alright. We-we should get going."

Shakily, she climbed onto his back, and he walked toward the village. She buried her face in his back, clinging tightly to his kimono. She shuddered, thinking of the merciless slaughtering of all those demons. "I'm glad Koga wasn't there," she said into his back.

"Yeah. Me, too."

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Sesshomaru stopped walking abruptly, so that Jaken walked right into him. The toad demon cowered in fear a moment until he realized that he wasn't about to be injured.

"What is it, Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked, her natural cheeriness in her voice.

He didn't answer, just stared off into the brush until the demoness came into the open. "It seems I can't hide from you," she said with a small smile.

"What are you up to, Kagura?" he asked coldly.

"Naraku has me helping Kanna and Hakudoshi gather a demonic army to take to some other world," she answered coolly, not at all concerned that she was spilling secrets.

"Another world?" The dog demon narrowed his eyes at her, remembering overhearing something about 'Kagome's world' on the other side of the Bone-eater's well.

"Don't ask me, I haven't a clue," Kagura said. "Naraku likes to keep us in the dark about these things."

"And where is this army gathering?"

"Oh, somewhere south of here. Kanna is hiding their auras, so you may have trouble finding them."

Sesshomaru began walking again, quickly followed by Rin and Jaken. Kagura watched them go, her smile fading.

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InuYasha stopped walking, ears twitching. "What is it?" Kagome asked fearfully, lifting her head from his back.

"I may not be able to smell our loud-mouthed friend," he said with a grin. "But I can hear him." He turned and darted off in the direction of the wolf demon's voice. Soon enough, Kagome could hear him, too.

"Put me down! I can walk fine on my own! If you don't do as I say, right now, there will be serious consequences!"

They emerged from the trees to find themselves on a road. Two of Koga's pack were forcefully carrying him as he struggled to make them obey. It took him a moment to realize Kagome and InuYasha were there.

"Dog-breath?" he asked, startled. Then, he laughed, saying, "Good, you saved me the trouble of tracking you down!" He winced in pain as he was set down to sit in the road. Kagome began to worry when she saw that he was heavily bandaged. "Naraku will be coming for your sacred jewel shards," he warned.

"We came here to tell you the same thing," InuYasha said.

"Well, you're a little late," Koga replied sourly. "That girl Kagura showed up, then nearly sliced my legs off to get the shards. I got lucky, though, because Naraku showed up before she could finish me off, took the shards, and told her she was needed elsewhere. He went towards Kaede's village, but Kagura went the opposite direction. Then these two numskulls were more concerned about not letting me walk than warning you." He finished, fuming.

"They're only worried about you," Kagome said.

"Naraku's moving fast," InuYasha interrupted. "If he thinks we're at the village, Miroku and the others are in for some trouble."

"They won't be expecting him yet!" she exclaimed. "We have to get there, quick!" As InuYasha leapt away, she called over her shoulder, "Make sure he doesn't walk until his legs have healed properly!"

The smell of blood was still strong, and InuYasha was in midleap between trees when something hit him from the side—hard. Having nothing under his feet, he went flying, Kagome crying out in fear.

Finding himself facing the sky as he was falling, InuYasha realized that Kagome was still clinging to his back. Unable to turn around in midair, he did the only thing he could; swiftly, he pulled the girl up into his arms, and took the impact of the fall. It was enough to knock the wind out of them both, and they lay there, stunned.

Suddenly, Naraku himself was there.

Kagome was the first to regain her breath, and immediately fled, knowing Naraku was after the jewel shards she possessed. She wasn't fast enough. A green tentacle wrapped around her waist, pulling her back. She found herself face-to-face with him, and clutched desperately at the shards hanging around her neck.

"I do not wish to kill you as of yet," Naraku said maliciously. "If you want to prolong your pitiful existence, hand over the jewel shards."

"Put her down, you bastard!"

InuYasha had gotten to his feet, and held Tetsusaiga threateningly in front of him. Before Naraku had a chance to respond, the half-demon rushed forward and sliced off the tentacle that held Kagome. She crumpled to the ground, and he scooped her up and jumped away from Naraku.

But he had underestimated the length of those writhing limbs, and one of them swung at the pair, sending them flying. Kagome had still been holding onto the shards, and the force of the impact caused her arm to jerk away from her; the cord broke. The shards glinted in the sunlight before Naraku, now hiding under his baboon skin, snatched them out of the air and bounded away.

Kagome and InuYasha landed in a cloud of dust. The half-demon was on his feet immediately, but Naraku was gone. He sheathed Tetsusaiga and gently lifted the unconscious Kagome in his arms, running full-speed toward the village.

"Naraku got them, didn't he?" The rush of air past her face had awoken Kagome.

"Yeah," he answered, gritting his teeth to control his anger.

Unexpectedly, she buried her face in his chest. "InuYasha, I know we're in a hurry," she said, her voice muffled. "But can we stop for a minute?" Something in her voice made him comply, worried.

As soon as she was on her feet, she threw her arms around his neck, crying on his shoulder. "I'm so scared," she confessed. "I'm so afraid."

He embraced her lovingly, knowing full well what she meant. "So am I," he admitted. "But no matter what happens, we're in this together."

She lifted her head and looked into his golden eyes, finding there the strength she needed to go on. She dried her tears, unaware that she had just given him the same gift.

With newfound courage, they hurried after Naraku.

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"Stay here," Sesshomaru commanded.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru," Jaken said, only to be ignored as his master disappeared into the surrounding woodland.

The dog demon sniffed the air. The demonic army was nearby; Kanna had failed to mask their scents. He approached calmly, singling her out.

"Hello, Sesshomaru," she said quietly. "Have you come to thwart Naraku's plan?"

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