Whelp here's another chappy for ya! Since school is about to start, I thought I should get this out here so I won't have writers block again and it will never get complete. To me this chapter my seem…BORING but I will reveal the present at the end of this chapter…But until then ENJOY!
Miroku turns around to see a black shadow behind them. He holds out his staff and said," Tell me, who are you to sneak up behind us?!" Miroku swings his staff to hit it but misses since the shadow jumps back quickly. Everyone was shock at the ability and wanted to know what is he?
"I mean no harm. I know what's happening to her." Says the ominous figure.
"Then what is it?!" Sango asks. The figure walks towards Kagome and squats down to her level," Tell me, have you lost someone lately?"
"H-how did you know?" Kagome wearily asks.
"Because there is a slight possibility that he might've fallen through the well…"
"But before you go any further, show us your identity." Miroku declared just to make sure he isn't working for Naraku. The figure agreed and took off his hoodie to show a young man with short brown hair with blue eyes. He looked as if he were eighteen and lanky. In his eyes were innocent and insecure. So he doesn't look like he would do any kind of harm.
"Please forgive me from my rudeness, my names Iyako. And I help to keep watch over The Well of Ages."
"The Well of Ages?" Kagome repeated. Iyako nodded his head yes.
"W-wait a minute. I thought The Well of Ages was a myth. The well that you could travel to another unknown dimension." A Sango lash out disbelieving the tale that was told about the well was true.
"So it's like the Bone Eaters Well?"
"Yes, if you put it that way." Kagome couldn't imagine another well that could connect to another world. What else does the feudal era hold? What other surprise awaits them?
"Um may I ask all your names please?" Iyako asks. They all introduced themselves starting with Miroku," My name is Miroku."
"My name is Sango."
"And my name is Kagome." They all answered. Iyako takes a good long look at the raven haired miko thinking she resembles someone. Kagome notices his stare and interrupts his imagination," Excuse me, are you alright?"
"Oh I'm sorry. You resemble someone awfully familiar. It was a priestess name Kikyo." Once the word 'Kikyo' left out his mouth, Kagome flinches back at the name. "Kikyo".
"Yeah well, I do get that a lot…" Kagome said laughing nervously.
"So tell us about the well." Sango continued.
"Yes, I should. When I was on my way to my guarding duty, I have notice several trees cut down and it's weird that it was towards the well. So when I arrived, I saw a piece of red cloth hanging off the edge of the well frame."
"A piece of red cloth…? It couldn't be…" interrupted Sango. A piece of red cloth on the well indicates that InuYasha went through!
"Iyako, can you take us to the well?!" Kagome asks while struggling to get up while everyone was worried about her chest.
"But Kagome, your-"
"It's alright, I'm fine. I just hope InuYasha is too…" She said under her breath.
Iyako added," The reason that you have that sharp pain in your chest is that InuYasha is in danger. You could feel what danger he's in since you're the only person that's close to him."
"H-how does that work?" Sango asks even more curious on how could Kagome feel what InuYasha is in danger. Iyako turns to Sango," This well is a different kind of well. For some reason, whoever is close to that person can feel what they feel like a special bond between them. Even if they realize or not. But if that person gets hurt in anyway, they will…" Iyako hesitated to answer knowing it will bother Kagome. But Miroku, being perspective and persistent, he figured what Iyako meant," Your indicating that if InuYasha is hurt or somewhat killed, then Kagome will die too?"
"Sadly yes." His gaze traveled upon Kagome. She felt a pulse throughout her body when she heard that she may be killed if InuYasha is killed. She has no choice but to go through the Well.
"Iyako we cannot waste any more time. Take me to the Well now! If I don't then…" Demanded Kagome, who was still fazed at the information she just heard. Just thinking of what danger InuYasha could be in, in another universe made her scared inside. Iyako felt for her, not knowing what situation she's in. Even though he's been watching over the well for a long time, he would never would have guessed that one day, someone would go through the well since it was supposed to be well guarded… Well I don't have time to think about that now. What's important is to rescue her friend. He thought. He laid his hand on Kagome's scrawny shoulder and said, "Don't worry; I'll lead you to your friend."
"Not if I could help it!" says a deep and evil voice out of nowhere. Everyone looks around to see where it came but to only see a portion of purple gases growing in the middle of the air.
"Is, that Miasma?" Miroku said identifying the gas of smoke, miasma, which is deadly if you inhale it," Quick, everyone cover your noses!" He warns everybody. Before you know it, Sango puts on her mask that covers her nose and mouth, Shippo jumps in Kagome's bag, and Iyako and Kagome used their shirts to cover their nose. The smoke spreads and thickens all around them covering the little area that they are in. Laugher then filled the quiet purple mist which sent chills through everyone's spine. But the little act the person pulled, gave away its identity quickly…
Miroku growled, "Naraku!" Miroku is set in his fighting stance readying his staff. Naraku ignored Miroku and laughs hysterically which pissed him off even more.
"Haha you have no threat towards me, Naraku!" He signals is Siamyosho, which are swarms of poisonous bees to come out of nowhere. Miroku knew that if he sucked in any of the insects, he will get poisoned and die. But if that's the risk he will take…
"You think that would scare me off?" Miroku unties his beads that keep his ultimate weapon sealed on his right hand. "Wind Tunnel!" Strong winds start to rush towards his right hand, sucking anything in its path. Miroku was so desperate that he would take Naraku right now and kill the curse that he has sent to the males of his family. He managed to suck in some of the insects before Sango knocks him down, "Miroku!" She shouts," Are you crazy? If you suck in anymore, you'll be finished!" scolded Sango worrying about Miroku. As of Miroku, everyone else in his group knows of the danger he could be in and knows how foolish the monk can be at times like these. But without InuYasha here to knock the monk on the head a few times, what else could he do?
"Yes, monk listens to your beloved Sango for once. Suck in any more of my insects and you'll be finished! Just like your father!" Teased Naraku knowing it will make the monk mad. That very comment made Miroku stand up to fight some more but the poison has gotten to him before he could make a move. He let out a brief scream in pain and fell right back to the ground before Kirara caught him at the nick of time.
"Thanks Kirara, take him to Kagome." Sango told Kirara, her faithful cat companion. Kirara flew towards Kagome and laid Miroku in front of her so she could give him medical attention. "Well if it isn't Sango the demon slayer, your little brother has been made a fine servant and killing machine for me." Naraku chuckled at the sick joke he made.
"Shut up! Don't you dare talk about Kohaku in front of me and lives to tell about it?" She grabs her boomerang like weapon, Hiraikotsu, and hurls it at Naraku yelling her triggering word," Hiraikotsu!" The boomerang went full speed towards Naraku and slashes him through his stomach making a slashing sound. Naraku was now into two halves floating in the air, but that did not faze him. The Hiraikotsu swung around right back to its owner.
"Did I get him…?" She said lowly to herself panting a little from the strength she had put in to her boomerang to make it go faster than normal. The miasma clears up a little to show Naraku still floating in the air into two pieces. Sango was shocked to see his facial expression pain but yet…laughing?
"Haha is that all you got?" With saying that he regenerated back to his regular self that left Sango even more irritated at her failed attempt. But I hit him! How it could not made a scratch on him?!
"Prepare to die!" A pair of tentacles was lashed towards Sango while she let her guard down. Surely it should've been over for her but before it could touch her it was disintegrated into purple sparkling dust. Naraku didn't see that coming since a wipe of confusion overcame his face. How could she…? Is all he could think? He turns around to see Kagome holding her bow in an archery stance.
"I now see you as a nuisance. And plus, I am after the shard around your neck after all." Naraku said looking at the necklace around Kagome's neck that had a purple shard sitting inside the small jar. Before he could get any close, the demon slayer stood up defending her friend.
"You will not lay a hand on Kagome or the shard!" She stood in front of Kagome right beside Kirara who was ready to attack the villain.
"Why don't you play with Kohaku for a bit I know you two haven't played with him in a while?" K-Kohaku? Sango thought as Naraku signals Kohaku to come out. The ball of Miasma soon showed a browns haired boy looking around 12 with the same demon slayers outfit Sango wears except it's a till color. He holds out his kusarigama out on his right hand throwing it at Sango but she manages to dodge it after it made a compact on the ground. All Sango could gasp at her brother's name," Kohaku…!" She hates to see her younger brother being manipulated by Naraku like he's his puppet or personal toy. She had witnessed her father and fellow clan members being slaughtered by his hands. But she knows he was being controlled so she couldn't blame him. Sango was now in the air riding Kirara after that close attack and is now face to face with Kohaku who was riding one of Naraku's demons.
"Kohaku can you hear me?!" She yells hoping he has control over himself. But his eyes were pure mahogany color without any pupils in sight meaning he is under his control. She really doesn't want to fight him but she cannot manage getting killed by her little brother.
"Lady, like I have said before, I don't know you. And unless you don't want to be harmed I suggest you to give him your jewel shards before anyone get hurt."
"Kohaku…" Sango says again even more saddened to hear Kohaku not remembering his older sister.
"You're sick! Why would you make brothers and sisters fight against each other?!" scolded Kagome after she looks at her friend struggling against her little brother Kohaku.
"Enough of your pestering and give me the jewel shard!" Demanded Naraku floating down towards Kagome. She hurriedly reaches for one of her arrows from her back and set it up on her bow. She concentrated her spiritual energy on the arrow creating a light purple aura surrounding it aiming it at the person in front of her. She stretches the line on her rope far back to make greater impact on Naraku.
Iyako stood there amazed at Kagome's spiritual power. He once saw that power before from Kikyo, but he couldn't quite remember where… That spiritual energy…The resemblance to Lady Kikyo…Could it be that she's a close relative to Lady Kikyo…
The arrow hits Naraku in his chest but did no effect to him. Instead, he absorbs it inside him as if he swallowed it. Watching this, Kagome was surprised that he didn't at least get a scratch on him.
"Your arrow does not have any effect on me! I guess my experiment wo-" And before he could finish his sentence, a pink glowing light glowed inside his chest growing larger and brighter. And before he knew it, he splattered everywhere with pink and purple sparkles floating down slowly.
"So it did work!" Shippo celebrated while popping his head up from her backpack.
"Yes, but sadly, it was only a puppet." Miroku said with a little disappointment in his voice. While Kagome purifies him from the poison, Kohaku was forced to retreat only by disappearing from the Siamyosho.
"Is everybody alright!"Sango shouts while she's riding Kirara back to her group.
"Yes but-"
"I now know what happened!" Iyako interrupts while everyone's attention is on him," On how the well keepers all disappeared earlier this week. It's been reports of a demon destroying villages around our area and told us to keep watch. But I just don't know how he could kidnap them! The well has a seal that if any demon steps on the premises, then they will be burned to death! And plus, one of the men that protected the legendary well is my brother…" Iyako lowers his head to the point that you couldn't see his eyes and balls his fists saddened by his brother. Miroku notices his actions and knew he would be troubled by the kidnapping of his brother. And before Miroku could say anything, Kagome spoke up instead," Don't worry Iyako; we'll rescue your brother and his friend in no time." Kagome said with a smile that made Iyako blush. Her smile is so…warm and fuzzy that I just wanna stare at it all day He thought not noticing he was staring at her for a while now, which is creeping Kagome out.
"Uh Iyako you're doing it again!" Kagome yelled trying to wake up Iyako from his daydreaming. He snaps out of it blinking uncontrollably and blushed at the thought of him staring at raven haired miko and her big brown eyes.
"Uh sorry I was…uh…I don't even know any more…!" Iyako stuttered trying to hide his blush, which made Kagome giggle a bit. Shippo and Kirara just stared at the corny fool, messing around and shook their heads…
"Obviously, he has a crush on her…" Shippo said to Kirara while she gave a "meew" back," Luckily InuYasha isn't here. If so he would be so jelly Hahaha!" He and Kirara fell down laughing at that short joke Shippo just said. Sango overheard him and Kirara laughing on the ground and decided to interfere
"Let's just say if he heard that, imagine all those bops on the head you would get from that." That thought of that made Shippo and Kirara turned into a void and turn blue.
"Well, shall we have our journey to the well?" Miroku insisted to get ready to rescue his friend, InuYasha.
"What the…? This can't be possible, how can I get out? This reminds me of the time with…" and then a pale faced girl with long black hair walked slowly from the flames. He recognizes her as Kikyo.
"InuYasha," then blood appears on her shoulder with her clothes clawed," why did you betray me?!" Kikyo yells. InuYasha looks down at his claws to see blood on it and smelt Kikyo's scent too. He awed at the situation he was in, and then it finally hit him. This is when the Shikon Jewel… He turns his gaze upon the crying maiden with long black hair who was holding her injured shoulder. But in her face were hatred, sadness, and disgust all fused together.
"I trusted you. I believed you! And then you'll lure me out to the open field just for you to steal the jewel! I thought you wanted to be human and be with me together in peace!" InuYasha flinches back at the moment that he used to want to be human just so he could be with Kikyo. That's when they WERE in love with each other. Back when she was the first person that even cared for him other than he is a HALF demon… She was the first person other than his mother who loved him. That's what made her special TO him… (A/N: Still, she shouldn't hate on Kagome because she stole her man…L) But just reminiscing on that memory, that day InuYasha and Kikyo was supposed to rendezvous so she could purify him with the Shikon Jewel, so he could be human, so he wouldn't have to fight anymore and would be her husband. But there was a flaw in that plan. Kikyo, while seeing Onigumo an injured bandit who was founded in a cave, didn't tell InuYasha because she was afraid he'll get jelly and told Keade, her little sister, not to tell anyone that she is seeing him. Well, Onigumo developed feelings for the miko, but felt inferior in the condition he is in, until he learned of a precious jewel known as the Shikon no Tama, which supposedly grants your wish. In order to do that, he sold his soul to a demon, just to obtain that power. Just to make Kikyo his. On that very night, the night he sold his soul to the demon, thousands of other demons took over his body and gave him strength to stand and cured his burns. From that day forward, Onigumo was technically dead, and Naraku was born. He then learned of the plan Kikyo and InuYasha was about to do the next day and planned the ambush and confusion. On that very day that they promised each other tomorrow evening, Onigumo transformed into InuYasha and told Kikyo at her home at night," Kikyo, I just can't wait any longer. Let's do it tomorrow morning. When the sun rises." He says anxiously. Kikyo retorted at that request but, I guess the saying goes, love makes you do stupid things. She agreed to the rendezvous and went to her business smiling to herself about how simple minded he would be. But she was so in love with him that she just couldn't see or believe that he could do anything to evil like this... The next morning, she was in the open field with the Shikon Jewel in her very hand, looking for her awaited husband. It was quiet and windy at that moment. She wasn't aware that an object dashed through the tall grasses and clawed her back with one sweep. She took a good look at the object and couldn't believe her eyes to see, InuYasha, standing above her, with an evil grin across his face saying that he had never loved her and never wanted to become human to marry her or stop fighting. He told her that he lured her to his trap to get the Shikon Jewel from her. That moment, she grew immediate hatred for InuYasha. She hated his guts and hopes he rots in hell, even though that wasn't the real InuYasha. Later that day, he moves to the same spot Kikyo was at earlier to purify him. He looks left and then right but no sign of his love. Where could she be…? He thought as he looks through the quiet forest. Growing more frustrated in anger he was soon about to leave knowing it wouldn't be true if he was purified. Just as he made his first step and arrow zoomed past him! One more centimeter and he could be finished at that point. The arrow made a clacking noise against the nearby tree by InuYasha. He was shocked to see his beloved maiden, holding her bow and arrow towards him. He was heartbroken that she called him that forbidden name, "half demon". The name that she had sworn not to say again came right of her mouth.
"Get out of here you half demon!" She fires another arrow towards him but he dodges with a leap to a tree branch. And before he left he took one last glance down at Kikyo, and saw the hatred in her eyes. "I knew I shouldn't trust a human wench! How pathetic am I to fall in her trap!" That's how the whole controversy started… He soon went back to the village and stole the Shikon Jewel and made his escape leaving the village in havoc. "Finally, a way to become full demon at last!" He said to himself, proud of completing his original mission from the start. He couldn't believe that a mere human could change his way of thinking that easily! Hopping through the forest taking another look at the glowing purple jewel in his hands, an arrow raced towards him and someone calls after him.
"InuYasha!" The arrow hits the InuYasha on the left side of his chest nailing him unto a tree. The jewel had fled his hands onto the forest floor. The real Kikyo, who had blood on her white and red kimono, fell to the ground right beside her little sister Kaede crying over her injured sister and along with a few villagers. She knew she lost too much blood from earlier and would not make it. She denied any medical attention and entrusted Kikyo to make sure no evil hands is on the jewel and burn it with her body. And then she finally collapses onto the ground leaving a dormant hanyou and a mourning village.
Just recovering from that memory made his stomach ache. The flames around him grow intense that he was forced to back up away from it. But Kikyo wasn't fazed or flinch from the fire's heat. She walks steadily closer step by step towards InuYasha. At this point he was defenseless. He was too weak to move. He couldn't even move his arms anymore.
"What? I can't move!" He attempts to push himself to walk or at least fall to the ground had fallen. It was like he was an action figure and is nailed to the ground. The zombie finally stops and reaches for her bow and chanted those two hunting words to InuYasha's doggy ears," Die InuYasha" At that InuYasha witness the arrow coming toward the same spot it had pinpoint last time he was hit with an arrow by her. InuYasha closes his eyes just waiting for him to be finish until he felt a push and a hard surface.
"K-Kagome…?" He looks down to see a raven haired girl on top of him burying her face into his robe of the fire rat.
"Kagome, where did you… How did you…Why do you…?" InuYasha was clustered with a bunch of questions he wanted to ask Kagome but she spoke before he could say a word.
"Wake up InuYasha, wake up! Wake up InuYasha, wake up! Wake up InuYasha, wake up!" She repeated with tears flowing down her cheeks. The hanyou was even more lost than before. Why is he yelling that out? What's she trying to do?
But at the end of her cheek, a tear drop fell onto him glowing with a bright color. Once it touched him he glowed like the sun. Why am I glowing? What is Kagome doing to me? She keeps chanting what she said over and over again and InuYasha glows so bright that he's slowly fading away. He doesn't want to leave Kagome behind at that place.
"Kagome! Kagome what are you doing? What are you doing to-" She ignores his plead and still repeats what she was saying. His vision gets blurry the heat dies down. The screen goes black. And there was no sound.
A sound of a particular someone struggling through the isolated village. He opens his eyes seeing the blue sky above him with a few passing clouds. What he feels is a massive headache but other than that, no scratch on him.
"What…was that? Ever since I looked into the guy's eye, it was like a terrifying nightmare." InuYasha remembers sparring with the shark man and looked upon his eye.
"His eye. That man's eye… His iris has a weird pattern to unlike any other eyes I've seen. He couldn't be a demon since I don't smell any demonic aura around here." InuYasha gets up from the ground and looks at the rubble around him, "Oh yeah the village. Those two guys…" I all InuYasha could say since he is enraged that they would kill a bunch of innocent people. Children lay dead on the street. Arms and legs are draped in blood was everywhere? InuYasha has seen far worse back at the feudal era but this one is a little too far. And the most disgusting stench of smelling hundreds of dead people is way too sensitive for InuYasha's nose. He covers his nose with the hem of his shirt, and steps out of the village before he faints of getting suffocated by the smell.
"I'm surprise I wasn't dead yet…" InuYasha pants finally having a view of the gloomy village. HE didn't expect a hint of demonic aura north of him through a forest.
"Could it be…? But in Kagome's era, I was sure there were no more demons here! This is new to me…"
But InuYasha didn't care anymore for now he was pissed to think someone would do a cheap knock out trick on him like that. Next time, if someone interferes he will show mercy… He sniffs the air again to smell a stronger demonic aura coming towards his way. He smiles to himself "It's coming and it's close."
C'mon you guys, we don't have any time to waste!" yelled Yamato as the four of them leaps from tree to tree through the forest close to their destination. Even Yamato could smell could smell the dead bodies form a great distance. Soon the others reacted.
"Ugh, it smells like…" Sakura gasps while she covers her nose with her hand.
"Dead bodies." Sai said following what Sakura just did.
"It must be that bad huh?" Naruto asks not wanting to see the gruesome site of the slaughtered village. Just thinking about the innocent people dying was on Naruto's mind and makes his stomach boil just seeing the sick bastard. But he tries to keep his emotions in check, for he knows the consequences that follow… But today, there formation what not in order as in Sakura, Naruto and Sai. No, today it was Naruto and Sai, then Sakura. She was lagging behind because she couldn't get the thought out of her head. The thought of seeing Naruto and Sai yesterday by the lake keeps creeping up on her mind. She couldn't imagine that Naruto would be… well she isn't surprise that Sai might be but, Naruto? Just thinking about that just made her blush. She couldn't even look at Naruto directly with having that memory or something red appearing in her cheeks. Naruto noticed it too. Like this morning when he told her good morning, she stutters a bit blushing and finally says good morning without looking at him. But him being oblivious as ever, he decided to let it drop but Sai notices it and is quick to catch on…what he will say… As minutes past hoping from tree to tree they see an open clearing of the wrecked village. Yamato signals everyone to stop and hide searching for the target. Sakura find there "target" with something in its hands…
"Hey, I found him." She said pointing at the red object pulling what looks like a dead body somewhere. Naruto takes a good look at his "target" and notices the most standing out feature about him…
"Does he have dog ears? Man I've seen some weird things, but this is unimaginable…" He said under his breath. Yamato turns back to his group to discuss their plan.
"Okay, it turns out he's doing something with these bodies. So you guys remember our plan. Sakura you're stage one. Sai you're two. Naruto you're three and I come in last." Everyone all said "yes sir" at the same time quietly so he won't hear.
Now everybody get to your position. Sakura puts on her hand gloves slapping them on. She cracks her knuckles getting ready for her job.
"Alright here we go!"
Hey again like I said, I gave you a clear hint what sh** is about to go down next chapter. Yep I could smell The Encounter coming next chapter. As you could see I was trying to get them mad and pissed so it will be intense since both of them are hot headed. Like I said I'm sorry if it's boring because I didn't enjoy this chapter since I tried to rush it out. BUT writing the next chapter will be enjoyable and fun! And I will not be bias on "I let him win because he's my favorite character" or "I let him get killed because I hate him". That isn't fair to happen L But let me hear in the review if you think InuYasha or Naruto? Which one is better? And btw this battle will take at least two to three chapters ;)