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Chapter 14: What the World Fears
The clearing was by then bright and sunshiny, in mood and heart. Breakfast passed without another incident and there were two new members to the group, though only one had truly wormed their way into their hearts. No one truly understood why Hate had attacked the Shiori's village, what exactly could an old bat demon do to anger him so?
As a group they agreed to go back and look for survivors, a group being Kagome and Sango, telling the others they should. Kilala took Sango and Miroku, while Love, Lust, Hate, and Kagome ran beside, each carrying a child on their back or shoulders except For he would not lower himself to touch them. Inuyasha lagged behind mumbling to himself, and Kouga ran ahead as a scout. The road was not too long so they reached the village, or really the remains of Shiori's hometown.
When Hate decided he wanted to destroy a village, he left no hut unburned. There was no breath of life left in their sight. The children shivered, Shiori Whimpered, a burning hut collapsed into itself.
'How ironic…' Kagome's mother thought.
'What is it?'
'You are trying to save someone who destroys lives with a ruthless abandon. Like the one who destroyed us.'
'Naraku? Mother, Sesshomaru is not like…him…or is he?'
'For your sake, I hope not Kagome.'
"Come what may, we must not lose hope…" Kagome whispered looking at the decimated village. Though ears perked in her direction, no one said a thing.
Kouga began sniffing "Damn! I can't smell a thing through all this smoke!" He turned, "Guess we're gonna have to split up to search for survivors."
Hate snorted, "Why would I bother to help save something I destroyed? It is a pointless endeavor, no one escaped alive, save for this filthy hanyou." Shiori buried her face deeper into Kagome's neck, "I made sure of this." Kilala began to growl low in her throat, and Sango scratched her ear as she glared at the sadistic Part. Miroku clutched his beads in preparation for what, he did not know. Inuyasha hadn't even entered the village, he was just behind the fringe of trees, before he smirked and slipped into the woods.
The smoke began to settle as nothing else could burn, the scent of charred flesh was hanging in the air. Kagome began to shiver uncontrollably as her head filled with flashing images of screams and smoke. Shiori began to pet her hair as a comfort to both of them.
Love and Lust could smell her fear on the wind, a potent aphrodisiac over the clogging smell of the smoke, and as one they encircled her to wrap her in a fortress of protection from and for her. They held her like this as Rin and Shippou began to pet her face and clean it of the tears she didn't know she was crying.
'Kagome! Pull yourself out of this!'
A burning soldier, bleeding from numerous wounds staggers into the room, warning….
"How, it's terrifying.'
A teary face wraps her in a soft blanket and places her on the nearby table, before taking something and tucking it in the well wrapped blanket…
'Can you not feel the love around you? Use this to prove to yourself that that life will not happen again'
Another scene flashed before her eyes before she felt arms on her waist and face, comforting her.
'Yes mother'
Kagome opened her tear-swollen eyes to see her beloved faces encircling her, Sango looking worriedly over the shoulders of the two emotions, Miroku, trying to restrain his hand and looking as well. Kouga had already sped off looking for people to save in this wasteland of sorrow. As she blinked away the remnants of her tears, she reached up and touched each face in turn, Rin Shippou Lust, Love, Shiori…all people who cared for her in some way. She looked over to Sango and Miroku giving them a weak smile, reassuring them, before a loud slap! knocked the pervert down to the ashy ground. This brightened the mood considerably.
"Kouga was right, we will have to split up, Shippou can you help Sango and Miroku?" He nodded and went over to the unconscious Monk and the steaming girl.
"We're the only sane ones in this group huh Kilala?" Shippou whispered to the big cat demon. She gave a growl that sounded suspiciously like a laugh.
"Rin can you go with me and Hate? Shiori you can go with Lust and Love, they can protect you." She nodded and disentangled herself from her perch as Rin jumped off of Love.
Hate glared at them, "This Sesshomaru has already stated that he will not go scampering around this pathetic hovel, there is no point, everyone is dead." As he leapt onto the nearest stonewall, ignoring the elf and his retainer.
Kagome just glanced at him and took Rin's hand before walking past his wall and into another section of the village. Rin began to run to each house, or the remains or each, yelling for anyone to respond. "Rin, don't go to far from me ok?" when she saw a nod, she turned and walked into a house that seemed to be the least damaged. The soot from the other houses covered the floor with an impenetrable cloak, burying everything within. There was a small closet, seemingly untouched in the doorway, when opened it revealed a broom and pan. Though it seemed a hopeless endeavor, Kagome took them and began to sweep away the horrible reminder of past life. Something caused her to pause…it was a set of footprints…they couldn't of been hers, they were too small and too far into the house, Rin perhaps?
"Rin? Can you come here?" the patter of footsteps lead to a bright faced girl running to attach herself to Kagome's waist. "Hey honey, did you come in here? Before?"
"No mama Kagome, Rin thought this one seemed to feel to sad for anyone to be alive." She peered up, "Did Rin do the right thing?"
Kagome gave a small smile and patted her on the head with a small nod. She clutched the broom before following the footprints into the apparent belly of the beast. A sound, a whimper? From upstairs brought Kagome's eyes up to the stairs. She looked at Rin and back upstairs before kneeling the soot to whisper, "Honey, can you go and find Shippou? Bring them back here please." Another nod and a flurry of movement as Rin ran as fast as she could away from the house that had depressed her so much. Kagome took one last glimpse out the door after Rin before slowly walking towards the small staircase.
Hate stood, an impressive figure on the crumbling wall. Why had that elf chosen to continue? How dare she assume such power? Even when two of his Parts were in her group, she still assumed leadership. It was time to put the bitch back in her place, on her knees.
Shiori was confused, why had funny-ears Lady Kagome put her with two of him? Didn't she know, that he was the one who had destroyed her come ad her mommy? These ones seemed nicer, but then again so had the other little one… before he made them all sad…and brought the mean one to them…She couldn't bear it any longer. When the other two were trying to dig up a body that had been buried, she walked into the woods, away from her fear and loss.
Following the prints upstairs, Kagome caught a flash of silver in the corner of her eye. Another emotion? But who? It was indeed another emotion; this one was huge, he was sitting in the fetal position but he was larger than the other three easily. He seemed to be shaking, in laughter or sadness, she did not know. When he realized someone else was there, he looked up, tears streaming down his face, "Who are you, why is everyone gone? They left me didn't they…everyone leaves me eventually. Even Rin and Jaken and Father and Inuyasha, Mother and Izayoi…"
"I am Kagome, and well everyone is gone because…" She couldn't tell him it was technically his soul's fault. That would crush him by the looks of it. "Everyone is gone because of a very spoiled prince…and though I don't know where many of your family is, Rin is going to be here any minute. And Inuyasha is…I don't know where he went, but he was here a little while ago…" That was a good question, originally she had assumed that Inuyasha had gone with Kouga ahead, but she hadn't seen him.
"Kagome! Rin said you found something? Are you here?" a voice from below startled her a little bit. The Emotion however seemed to perk up at other voices, though still far from happy, he wasn't steadily crying anymore.
"Rin? She is here?" He whispered.
"I'm upstairs! Is Rin with you?"
"Yea, Sango and Kilala went to go inform everyone though."
Miroku's steady tread and Rin's exited patter made the emotion sit up a bit straighter and begin to dry his face "She doesn't like it when I cry, it makes her feel bad." The emotion whispered. " I am sorrow, if you hadn't noticed by now. Are you the one who will rejoin my soul?"
Kagome was interrupted as Rin cam charging up the stairs to run to her Lord.
Sorry about the short chapter again, but I will try to type another one tomorrow, I swear!
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