You and me….always
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! But I do own an Inuyasha plushie. That counts, doesn't it?
Chapter 5
"What do you want, Naraku?" Inu growled deep in his throat. "Heh. I wont tell unless your friends leave! You're even lucky that im giving them a chance to run. Now, GO!" he roared, anger bubbling up to the surface. 'Too long. Too long have I waited, waited to kill the annoying half-demon, and take her for myself. I can't wait. That's all I've been doing. Waiting. Now, its time to finally make my move.' Naraku smirked, playing the scene in his head. The monk ushered the demon slayer and women away from them. The pathetic village women have served their purpose. Leading the so-called 'Inu-taisho' into his trap. They're too easy to predict. Always trying to help the needy. 'Bakas…' Naraku casually slipped his hand into his robe, and gently pulled out a small dark bead. It was about the size of an adult humans' thumbnail.
"Have fun!" he whispered menacingly. He chucked the small bead at the hanyou, and it burst open with smoke. Immediately, he sprang towards the girl. The bead was full of a mixture of herbs that made anyone fall asleep. Except hanyous. Meaning Inuyasha and him. He watched carefully as Kagome dropped to the ground, unconscious.
Kagome's P.O.V.
I watched as Naraku threw a small purple bead at me and Inuyasha. "Huh?" I gasped, then, everything went black, but not before I felt two strong, ruthless hands grasp me, and take me away to some unknown place. I also managed to hear one cry of angst. "KAGOME!"
Still Kag's P.O.V.
"Nnnn..Nnnn…AH!" My head shot up from the soft fluffy pillow I had been resting on seconds before. Wait. Soft fluffy pillow? "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH-" "Milady, will you please keep down your voice? Lord Naraku has had a very long day!" a girl, no younger than six, stood at the doorway. She had thin, light brown hair with sparkling green eyes. It was purple, with a brown table with two chairs, a bookcase, a wardrobe, some torches, a mirror adjoined with a dresser, some cabinets, and a small place with soft looking chairs that looked like a place to sit and relax. "Lo..Lord Naraku?" I stuttered. The girl nodded slowly. "What's your name?" I asked softly. She slowly walked up to me, and stood at the side of the bed. "Sashanie." she replied. "Well Sashanie, will you please show me where some clothes are?" I asked. 'Well, they're obviously in the wardrobe!' I thought. How stupid of me. Duh! The girl smiled and nodded. She motioned me to follow her. I got up, and followed her to the wardrobe.
"What do you want to wear?" Sashanie asked in her sweet voice. "Ummm.. Whatever is in the wardrobe?" I wondered, confused. She giggled, shaking her head of light brown hair. "No, no! Imagine what you would like to wear, like a beautiful kimono or a dress!" she explained. "Wha?" "Step inside the wardrobe, and imagine what you want to wear! It's really not that hard, milady!" Still confused, but trusting the little girl, I stepped inside the wardrobe and imagined an amazing dress that was floor length, and a sky blue colour. It was strapless and had soft, comfy flip-flops, not too beachy, not too formal.
I immediately felt a faint breeze, and the smell of lavender and lilies. I looked around. I was still in the closet/wardrobe. I cautiously stepped out. "You look astounding, milady!" Sashanie ran up to me, hugging me hard. I smiled, knelt down, and hugged her back. I had a feeling that we were going to get along just fine. "Do you want to see how you look?" Sashanie asked eagerly. I nodded. She dragged me to the mirror and I gazed at the figure in front of me. She had long, black hair reaching her middle back. Her lips were the perfect shade of pink, and her brown eyes were sparkling with energy.
"Is..is that me?" I couldn't tear my eyes away from the figure. Sashanie nodded. I gaped at myself, then began searching the drawers of the dresser for hair clips. I found a jeweled one, and Sashanie part of my hair and pulled it away from my face, pinning it to the back of my head. "Thank you." I got up, took her hand, and walked out the door, and onto an immense balcony. "Whoa." was all that I could muster. The castle, or should I say mansion overlooked the whole Feudal Era. I could see every tree, village, and mountain in sight. "This must be a REALLY big mansion, huh." I told Sashanie. She gazed up at me, a confused look playing across her features. "Man-shun? What's a man-shun? This is a palace that Lord Onigumo used to rule, but then he gave it to Lord Naraku." she informed me. "Oh. Wait, did you just say Onigumo?" I asked quickly. "Mmhmm! He used to be here! But then he left. I never knew why. But that's cause I wasn't born yet!" Sashanie stood on her tiptoes to look over the edge of balcony.
"Oh. Okay." I asked if I could eat anything. She nodded and told me to wait inside my room. I agreed and went inside. A few minutes later, she entered with a tray in hand. "Here milady." she handed me some fried rice, bread and some meat stew. "Thank you. Sashanie, you don't have to call me milady, okay?" I told her gently. She blinked once, then said, "I want to. And also cause Lord Naraku makes me, Lady Kagome." "Oh. Well, oka- wait, hold up. How did you know my name?" I asked, alarmed. "Lord Naraku told me." "Oh." "Go on. Eat. I know that you're hungry." she smiled and left me alone. I quickly ate, then stepped inside the closet, and imagined cute little pajamas with cows on them. Poof! I knew I was in them, so I stepped out and closed the door. I jumped into bed, and thought about today. 'Why do I feel here? So secure? I need to get to Inuyasha soon. Not now, but later. Tomorrow maybe. Yeah. Tomorrow.' I fell asleep with these thoughts roiling around my head. Little did I know that I wasn't going to see Inuyasha for a long, long time.
Inu's P.O.V.
"KAGOME!" I yelled. "NO! KAGOMEEE! NARAKU, YOU BASTARD, GIVE HER BACK! GIVE. HER. BACK!" I screamed until my throat went hoarse. "Inuyasha?" a voice, a women's voice, asked cautiously. "Come on, we need to go! If we ever want to find her, we need to move!" Sango ushered me out of the clearing. "I can't believe that bastard. Taking Kagome that suddenly. I just wont have it! He might try to hurt her, or.. or try to beat her because she won't help him find the jewel shards, or violate her space like Miroku does to Sango, or maybe-" Miroku 'Hmpfed' at this, and Sango blushed furiously. She was growing tired of my ranting. "Or maybe Sesshomaru will find her first, and still violate her space!" Sango said slyly. ? She watched as my anger grew. "What did you just SAY!" I asked menacingly, kracking my knuckles. "I saiiid, that maybe Sesshomaru will find Kagome, and violate her space before you can get to them." Sango grinned. She knew she had me riled up. "DON'T EVER, EVER SAY THAT IN FRONT OF ME AGAIN! DO YOU HEAR ME!" I bellowed. I had never known that I could get that angry. When I looked at my friends, this is what I saw;
Shippo cowering behind Sango.
Sango shivering behind Miroku.
Miroku trembling behind a tree.
4. The tree quivering behind another tree.
Wait. A tree quivering behind another tree? 'A demon.' I thought. "Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" I yelled, ripping the 'trees' costume off. A toad like creature stood before me. "Jaken." I spat. "Where's your 'Lord' who sent you, huh? You little imp." I crossed my arms and kicked him into the real tree. Thump! "Owwww! I DO have feelings, you know!" he grumbled miserably. "Where's my brot-" I cut myself off. 'Was I about to say…brother?' I stood, stunned at my own speech. "Just for your information, Lord Sesshomaru would never enter the miko's personal space! He doesn't even like her!" Jaken squeaked in his obnoxious voice.
A figure stepped out of the shadows. "Sesshomaru." "Inuyasha." we both snarled at one another. "Oh, and Jaken? You're right. I don't like her." Fluffy confirmed. Jaken nodded his head smugly. "I love her." Sesshomaru stalked back into the shadows. "WHA? NO, NO, NO! NOT BOTH OF THE GREAT DOG DEMONS' SONS! THEY BOTH LOVE A MORTAL GIRL!" Jaken flailed about, screaming and cursing. "Shut up." Sesshy said coldly. "Aamph." (The sound he normally makes when uncle fluffy tells him to shut up.) "Yeah. Shut up." I sneered at the toad. "Watch it." he spat back. "I shall be the one who finds Kagome. Deal with it." Sesshomaru remarked coldly. "Heh. We'll see about that." I retorted. "Fine." "Fine." We both headed separate ways. I sat down at the clearing, made a fire, had dinner, and went to sleep six hours later. 'Don't worry Kagome. I'll find you. No matter what it takes.' I thought, then fell into a long, deep slumber.
Kag's P.O.V.
Two days later
"Morning, Sashanie." I said sleepily, without opening my eyes. Silence. 'I could've sworn I heard the door open!' I thought, and sat up slowly, blinking in the bright light of the open window. "I'm not Sashanie." a cold voice sneered. "Naraku. What do you want?" my voice was normal and steady, but inside, I was trembling in fear. "Heh. You, of course." he began walking towards me, then sat down on the bed, causing me to jump out of it. "Are you scared of me?" he asked. I shook my head. "Leave me alone." I glared at him. "Get dressed. We're having breakfast." he walked out of the room, slamming the door. I collapsed to the ground, panting for breath. I hadn't realized that I had been holding my breath. I slowly got up, and changed into a light green kimono and put my hair into a bun, my bangs brushing my forehead. I was walking down the hall towards the wooden elevator when it came up. There stood Sashanie. "Oh, Sashanie!" I cried, throwing my arms around her. "Are you alright, milady?" she asked, patting my back reassuringly.
I sniffled and took her hands in mine. "We need to leave. Tonight." I told her quietly. At this she shook her head vigorously. "We can't. I must be sixteen to leave! That's what Lord Naraku and Lord Onigumo had said. If I'm not sixteen, he'll kill me!" she started to cry, her small frame racking with sobs. "I can't!" she wailed, grasping me tight. 'Ten years? TEN years! Oh, Inuyasha. I'm so sorry. You'll see me. Not soon, but in a while…. a very LONG while.' I thought, then also began sobbing. After about seven minutes, we had no more tears to cry. I had told Sashanie about Inuyasha, my friends, Sango, Koga, Miroku, Shippo, and Ayame. "What's Inuyasha like?" Sashanie asked. "Rambunctious, stupid, pig-headed, cute, funny, sweet at times, rude at times, and…. not well mannered!" we giggled as the elevator door opened into a huge dining room.
Sashanie immediately straightened her shoulders and ushered me quickly to my seat. "Well. You finally made it." Naraku told me, not looking up from his plate. "I didn't want to come." I growled. "Eat." he glanced up briefly, turned his head back down, then it shot up again, doing a double take. "Stop gawking at me! You're drooling!" I uttered in disgust. He shook himself out of his reverie and stood up, grabbing two swords from a rack near the wall. "Let's see how well you spar." "I don't spar. I shoot arrows. Duh!" I rolled my eyes. "Do it!" he growled. I scowled, started to walk towards him, then turned and walked out of the room, and broke into a run, stumbling more then once. I slammed the door shut, and locked it. "Phew." I leaned against the door, exhausted, and then noticed Sashanie gaping at me, folding clean clothes. "Uh, Ms. Kagome?" Sashanie asked cautiously. I grabbed her hand, rushed to the window, and threw it open.
"Wha-What are you doing? We cant go! Lord Naraku will kill you!" Sashanie wailed, crying. "We have to! Please, trust me, Sashanie!" I pleaded, and started out the window. She pulled her hand out of my grasp. "No! If you leave in my stead, he'll kill me!" she screamed. I froze. She was weeping. "I don't wanna die! Please! Please wait! Then nobody will get hurt!" she pulled on my hand. "NO! NO! PEOPLE WILL GET HURT! MANY PEOPLE! I HAVE TO LEAVE OR ELSE IT WILL BE MY FAULT THAT PEOPLE WILL GET HURT!" I lost it. I needed to get to Inuyasha. Or even Sesshomaru. "What do you mean?" she looked at me. "I mean, Naraku had killed many, MANY people, but you knew that…right?" I asked. She gazed at me in complete horror. "No…. no I didn't." she turned away, tears glistening in her eyes. "Sashanie, I-" "NO! No, I wont let you go! Stay here or ELSE!" she yelled. "What!" I stared at her long and hard. "He's BAD! We have to le-" "We don't have to do anything." she replied coldly. "Stay here." she grabbed my hand with surprising force, and yanked me inside. She pulled out a dagger, her hand trembling. "D-don't move! Please! I don't wanna hurt you!" she sobbed.
I sat there, staring at the sight before me. I began choking down tears. "You wouldn't." I began to stand up, and then Sashanie shoved me down. "P-please.. d-don't m-m-ove!" she cried, tears streaming down her pale face. A sudden thought struck me. "How come you..you're not under mind control?" Sashanie's eyes opened wide then narrowed. "Leave me alone." her voice automatically turned metallic and robotic. "Oh, GOD!" I screamed, clawing for the window. "Die." she whispered, and drew back her arm to throw the dagger at me. As I turned to see her one last time, instead I saw it coming right at my face. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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