Symphony of Dreams
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Chapter Fourteen
"Hiraikotsu!" He twisted his body and lashed out with Tetsusaiga, successfully knocking aside the bone boomerang that flew at him relentlessly. He looked around for the one who threw it, but he found not a trace. He scowled.
"Hey! Whoever's out there, come fight me like a man!" Inuyasha yelled. His ears twitched repeatedly as he strained to hear for whoever had attacked him like that. He scowled as he couldn't find a trace of his attacker. He sniffed the air, knowing that the person couldn't hide their scent. He smirked, then twisted around and once again lashed out at his attacker.
"Wind Scar!" He yelled. He wasn't aiming for the attacker, but he at least wanted to know who was attacking him. He watched as the trees and ground ripped up and flew in random directions, vaporizing from the power of Tetsusaiga. He looked around. Where was he...?
"Demon! You will pay for what you've done!" He turned around, just in time to see someone leap out at him with a sword. He growled and swung Tetsusaiga sideways, slicing the sword in half. He looked to his attacker. He smirked.
"So, you're the taijiya that was guiding the old crone to see my brother, aren't you?" Inuyasha said. The woman blinked. How did he...?
"I think your name's Sango, right?" He asked. Sango blinked. She then scowled. She wouldn't be fooled. This was an imposter.
"Die demon! Hiraikotsu!" She swung the bone boomerang once more. Inuyasha, not expecting the sudden rage, was too late in blocking and was struck in the chest by the weapon. He hissed in pain.
Damn...that thing really does hurt...
Inuyasha thought. He looked to the woman who was about to attack him once more, when--
"Wind Tunnel!" He heard someone scream. He looked over to see a young man there...a Monk? Why was a monk helping him? He scowled. He didn't need any help!
"Hey bastard! Get out of here!" He yelled at him. The monk smirked.
"I take it you're the Prince of these lands...that woman! Kagome, you must get her and your brother out of the Forest! Now!" The monk yelled. He wrapped up his Wind Tunnel once more and ran at Sango, his staff out and ready for attack. Inuyasha stood confused. He looked to Kagome and Sesshomaru and growled when he saw the Forest trying to take control of their bodies.
"Oh no you don't!" Inuyasha yelled as he grabbed Kagome and Sesshomaru and ran as quickly as he could out of the Forest, leaving behind the fighting Sango and Miroku.
My master...you must not die...
The sword pulsed as it destroyed the case around it. Mere glass would not keep this sword from fulfilling its duty...
Master...he would not have allowed this...
The sword began to float in the air and zoomed out of the colored glass, destroying it completely. Its bright pink light surrounded it as it zoomed through the air, toward the oncoming woman and kitsune...
He scowled as the sword he held once again pulsed.
"Be quiet..." He muttered. He was tired of hearing its lust for blood and death. He could understand the want it held for destruction and annihalation of the other races, but he needed to be swift and plan his moves accordingly.
It pulsed again.
"Damn it..." He muttered. He set the sword down and smirked when its cries were no longer echoing in his mind. It did, however, try to reach out into his mind. He smirked. With Midoriko dead, and he alive, there was nothing stopping him from taking over this pathetic mud-ball of a planet.
So then...why did he hesitate?
He scowled and looked to the castle. There was something within it. Something that made him think twice about what he was doing. But what? He could not go near it either. It had some kind of magical barrier around it, preventing only he from entering.
He scowled.
"Stupid castle..." He muttered. He went over and picked up Souunga once more. Oh how it annoyed him to no end...
He felt the sword begin to burn his hand. He hissed and quickly dropped it to the ground. Souunga's powers were being drained...but how?
"The swords...Tenseiga and Tetsusaiga...they are near." He said. He growled.
Outdone by a pair of fangs...
He thought. He looked back down to Souunga and smirked. If he could no longer weild it...
"Then maybe that girl can..."
"Shippo! The castle, look!" Rin said happily. Shippo sighed of relief. For a minute there, he felt paranoid. Guess it was nothing after all.
Rin squinted her eyes as she saw something glistening in the sky from in the direction of the castle. It seemed as if it were...flying?
"Umm...Shippo...what is that?" Rin asked, pointing to the flying object. Shippo looked to where she was pointing and screamed.
"IT'S THE BOMB! DUCK AND COVER!" He quickly ran back to the Forest. Rin looked at him as if he were crazy.
"What's a bomb?"
"Eh?" Shippo suddenly stopped running. He turned to look at Rin.
"I thought you may know."
Rin sighed. She should have known better. Shippo was always a scardy-cat. She watched as the object slowly began to slow its speed. It was then Rin was able to identify it.
"Is that the Tenseiga?" Rin questioned to herself. The sword stopped and floated in front of her. A white light radiated from it, reaching out and caressing her soul. Rin felt all of her pain, anger and confusion disappear. She felt as if her entire soul had been restored.
Wield me...
Rin blinked. What?
Wield me...take me to my master...
Rin shook her head. Was she going nuts? Maybe Sesshomaru took it too far that night and knocked her brain cells senseless...
Sesshomaru...he is dying...
That was all it took. Rin grasped Tenseiga as quickly as she could, ignoring the firey pain that shot through her arm as she held it. She turned to Shippo. She smiled softly at him.
Let's go...
"Good bye, Shippo-kun."
My master awaits us.
And with that, Rin was enveloped in a blinding light, and when it vanished, she and the Tenseiga were gone...
Inuyasha collapsed upon the shore's of the ocean as he lay Sesshomaru and Kagome down upon the sand. He breathed deeply as he struggled to regain his breath. He looked to Kagome and wiped off some bits of sand from her face. He sighed, then looked to Sesshomaru. He shook his head, then took off his rat hoari. Sesshomaru might be able to survive, but it was too late for Kagome.
He tightly wrapped the hoari in a knot around the large hole in Sesshomaru's chest to keep his blood from flowing. He didn't know how to stop the rest of it though...
Inuyasha scowled. Why did he care what happened to Sesshomaru? Sesshomaru didn't give a damn what happened to him, so why did he help? He sighed again.
Because he's the only one who can bring Kagome back to life...if he ever wakes up that is...wake up damn it!
Inuyasha thought. He lifted Sesshomaru's face up slightly and began shaking him.
"Hey you old bastard, wake up..." He muttered. When he gained no response, Inuyasha growled and began smacking his face slightly. "I said wake up..."
Still, he gained no response.
Inuyasha sighed and set Sesshomaru's head back upon the sand. He looked over to Kagome and noticed the ocean waves sliding upon her body. He picked her up and put her on higher ground. Sesshomaru's armor would keep him from floating away in the waves.
He looked to Kagome's face, doing his best to ignore the smell of dried blood upon her. His nose scrunched up in attempt to get away from the wretched scent.
"Kagome...I'm so sorry." With that he hugged her. "You're the very first friend I've ever had...you can't leave me now..." He continued to whisper to her. She was dead, but he was sure that she could still hear him. He didn't know how...but he did.
Kagome...if it's the last thing I do, I swear, I'll bring you back somehow...
"Stupid monk!" Sango yelled as she swung Hiraikotsu at Miroku. Miroku scowled and leapt to the side, dodging her bone-boomerang. Sango growled in frustration and ran after him.
"Wind Tunnel!" Miroku yelled as he once again opened his right hand, a black hole emenating from it and sucking in everything around him. Sango's eyes widened as she dug Hiraikotsu into the ground and hid behind it.
What is that in his hand? It isn't anything a human, nor demon, should possess...so then why does he? It sucks everything up around it...
Sango thought. She scowled, continuing to hold on to Hiraikotsu. All she had to do was wait him out. Miroku will get tired eventually...
Miroku scowled as some persperation rolled down his face slowly. He winced as his hand began to slowly, yet painfully throb. His eyesight began to fade in and out. He felt his legs grow wobbly and closed his hand, locking away the Wind Tunnel.
He knew that was the moment that she was waiting for.
"Foolish man, helping those youkai! Hiraikotsu!" Sango yelled as she threw it once more. Miroku scowled, preparing for the strike and shredding of his body, but it never came. He looked up, only to see a man in the way. Sango stood agape at him.
The man wore a baboon outfit, his raven hair wavered down his back. His crystal-like blood crimson eyes stared at Sango with such coldness, such...deadliness, that Sango dropped to her knees. The man turned to Miroku and glared at his right hand.
"So, you are the Monk Miroku, right?" He asked. Miroku glared, but nodded regardless. The man scoffed.
"Hm..."
Looks like I'll have a bigger problem than I thought...
The man thought with such fury. Miroku stood up shakily and looked at him.
"And you are...?" Miroku asked. The man looked at him and smiled a spine-chilling murderous smile.
"My name...is Naraku..." Miroku glared. Naraku? He would have to remember that name...
With that, Naraku walked away.
"I suggest you humans to get out of this Fukai Mori...at least while you still can..." He whispered with the wind, giving off an evil chuckle as he walked away from them and disappeared into the dark. Miroku and Sango stared after him, then looked at each other. They nodded.
Sango grabbed Hiraikotsu and ran beside Miroku, helping him as he stumbled here and there. She glanced to the side as she watched the branches close in on them. The Fukai Mori was preventing their leave...
"W-where am I...?" Rin called out as she walked through the garden. She looked around. A mist surrounded the area, flowers and moss grew everywhere, sakura trees were blooming as if it were spring.
"Hello?"
Who are you?
"Eep!" Rin turned quickly, only to see a shadowed figure behind her. By the voice, it was obviously a male. She squinted her eyes, but she could not see through the mistified veil.
"Please...can you come to where I can see you?" She asked him. Rin didn't pay attention to the fact that she still held Tenseiga or that if he was a youkai, he could easily tear her to shreds.
Who are you? And why do you wield my blade?
Rin stood confused. His blade? She looked down to see Tenseiga. Something then rolled through her mind.
"That is the Tenseiga. A sword forged from my father's fang. It is useless to me."
That was right...the Tenseiga was forged from Sesshomaru's father's fang, so did that mean...?
"Are you...?"
Sesshomaru's father? Yes. My name is Touga. I am the Inu no Taishio. Why do you wield my sword?
"I...the Tenseiga told me that Sesshomaru was dying..."
It told you? Hmm...only those of my blood may listen to the Tenseiga's woes. You must be my son's mate then.
Rin growled. There goes that whole "mate" thing again.
"What do you mean? I'm not his mate!"
You bear his marking. He has taken and mated you. You are now one with my son.
"How do you...how do you know?" Rin asked. She was so confused...and hurt. Shippo said the same thing, but he didn't tell her. Why didn't he tell her? And Sesshomaru...why would he treat her like this? And to claim her without her consent? That pompous jackass!
The mark you bear upon your shoulder is proof. That is the mark of a Mate.
Rin silently cursed Sesshomaru's name. That bastard...
"Is there any way to get rid of it?" Rin asked. She did not want to be the mate tosomeone who didn't care for her feelings, not anyone's but his own.
The only way to remove the marking is if Sesshomaru removes it himself.
Rin nodded. She then continued to stare at the shadowed form of Touga.
"Please, can you let me see you...?" Rin asked. Touga seemed hesitant at first, but then he began walking towards her. It wasn't long until Rin began to see a person's face. Her eyes widened. He looked like Sesshomaru and Inuyasha put together...
He had a jagged blue stripe upon both sides of his face. He had long silver hair put up in a blue spike hair-holder, that flowed like a waterfall down his back. He had on armadillo-like armor on his arms and he also had armor upon his body and shoulders. He had a long, long fluff forming at his upper back and flowing down around him. He had a blue and red obi wrapped around his waist, holding his armor together. His eyes were a dark beautiful amber color, full of emotions as they swirled like a pool or ocean.
"Touga...?" Rin called. Was this man real?
Yes. Now go. Save my son. Rin...everyone's life rests within you and your sisters' hands...
Rin blinked at that, then suddenly, Tenseiga began to throb. Rin looked down at it in curiosity. A white and golden glow began to form around it, when suddenly, everything vanished again...
Shippo continued running toward the castle in pure panic. He was more worried about what Sesshomaru was going to do to him when he found out that Shippo had lost his mate.
"Rin! Rin, Rin, Rin, RIN!" Shippo continued to scream everywhere as he ran in circles. She had just disappeared! Gone! Poof, and that was it! Abra kadabra! Shippo was about to turn back and look for her, when a metal-like weapon flew out of no where and struck him in his shoulder. Shippo immediately stopped and looked to the owner of the weapon.
"Who are you?" Shippo asked the young man that stood there. He narrowed his sea-green eyes.
A taijiya...
Shippo thought. Instead of answering, the man merely threw the weapon once more. Shippo glared.
"Fox Fire!" A fire appeared in Shippo's hand as he threw it at the weapon, successfully knocking it aside.
"Where is my sister, demon!" The boy yelled. Shippo growled.
"Listen, I don't know who you're talking about. I haven't made any contact with a human at all for the past few years unless they entered the castle." Shippo explained. The boy lowered his weapon and sighed. Where had Sango gone off to?
"Listen, if you find someone named Sango, tell her that Kohaku is looking for her." He said. Shippo nodded.
"I'll be sure to do so..."
She scowled as she looked around the empty area. Where had he gone? Midoriko continued to hold her bow and arrow at the ready, even though she was bleed terribly. Khan had gotten her good...
"Khan! Show yourself!" She yelled, her voice echoing off through the Tama. She began to panic slightly. What if he truly had gotten out? What if Khan was in the Living Realm right now, and she had no idea? What was he doing? Was this some kind of trick?
She felt a large quake through the Jewel and looked around in confusion. What was that? She watched as the bright white and pinkish light began to fade into darkness. Her breath caught.
"The bearer...is dead..." Midoriko whispered. But how? She scowled.
"Khan..." She dropped her bow and arrow as her head began to pound furiously. Metal wires shot out of thin air and wrapped around her wrists, ankles and neck. She screamed as a dark energy flowed through them and intertwined with her soul. It was sending her into oblivion.
"Khan!"
Now, now Midoriko...we wouldn't want to ruin your voice now, would we? Now you know better than to trap me within some silly little jewel. I told you I would get out...it was only a matter of time...
Midoriko screamed again, before her entire body vanished.
Rin blinked as the light faded from her vision and she found herself upon a beach, she could see Inuyasha holding a body, along with Sesshomaru's bloody form being washed upon by the ocean waves. She looked to Inuyasha.
"Inu...yasha...?" She called. Inuyasha looked up, and her eyes widened.
"K-Kagome..." Rin ran over to Inuyasha and looked into Kagome's face. Her eyes were open only slightly, and there was a massive hole through her stomach that continued to shed blood. Rin felt her eyes begin to shed tears as she looked at the torn body of her older sister.
"K-Kag-gome...n-no..." She covered Kagome's body with her own and began to cry. She prayed to whatever kami that would listen to bring her back.
Why! Why is this happening? This is a dream! A stupid nightmare that I'm having...my family wasn't killed...Kagome's not dead...I wasn't raped...somebody, please, wake me up!
Rin thought. She continued to cry, her tears staining Kagome's bloody kimono.
"Rin...I'm so sorry..." Inuyasha whispered, although he knew she would never forgive if she ever found out that he was the one who killed Kagome.
Inuyasha looked to the sword Rin had dropped as she ran to Kagome. His golden orbs narrowed.
What's Tenseiga doing out of its case? Sesshomaru definitely didn't do it...and I don't Rin could have either. She wouldn't have known how to get there again. So then, did Tenseiga act on its own?
Inuyasha felt the Tetsusaiga pulse in reaction to having his brother's sword so close. He walked over and picked up the healing sword, and then walked over and put it upon Sesshomaru's chest.
This had better work...
Inuyasha watched in fascination and amazement as Tenseiga began to slowly glow a bright, radiant pink light, blinding him as it started to grow to a white-golden color. Rin looked up as well from the sudden source of light. Inuyasha stood shocked as Sesshomaru's wounds immediately began to heal, molding itself together as if it were never there. However, white scars were left behind where they healed over.
Rin watched in amazement as Sesshomaru's eyes squeezed shut, as if blocking out the fact that he was near death.
"Mmmhmm..." Sesshomaru moaned as he slowly opened his golden eyes. He blinked, as if not believing he were still here. He moaned as he struggled to sit up. He felt a faint breeze brush past him, carrying the scent of the ocean. Sesshomarulooked around, his gaze falling upon a gaping Inuyasha and Rin. He squinted his eyes and lifted his hand, flexing it.
So then, I am alive...
Sesshomaru looked to the other body that wasn't moving. He blinked. That other wench? The sister to Rin, right? What was her name...Kagome he believed. He felt a light pressure upon his chest and looked down to see Tenseiga upon him, throbbing faintly, happy that it had saved his life.
"S-Sesshomaru..." He heard Rin whisper. He looked over to her tearful face and looked to Kagome. Ah, she wished her sister alive...
Sesshomaru stood up and walked over to Kagome's body, he could smell her blood upon Inuyasha. He narrowed his eyes.
Why would Inuyasha kill her? That hanyou bastard despises killing humans, especially females...after his mother's death, Inuyasha always tried to keep away from human contact because I would kill them...
Sesshomaru thought. He looked to Tenseiga within his hand as it pulsed and glowed slightly.
He looked in amazement as the atmosphere around him began to grow dark, and over Kagome's body were imp like creatures.
"Soul Guides..." He muttered. He looked down to Tenseiga, and swung at them, successfully killing them all. He kneeled down next to Kagome as Inuyasha and Rin quickly gathered around her.
"Kagome..?" Inuyasha and Rin called out. Kagome slowly opened her eyes, quickly shutting them as the sunlight hit her strongly. A few seconds later, she had her eyes opened completely. She looked up to Sesshomaru, Rin and Inuyasha, smiling at them all as she did.
Sesshomaru picked her up, set her on her feet, then walked away. Rin glared after him.
I still have to talk to him about this whole mate process...
Rin thought savagely. He wasn't getting away with what he did.
Rin walked after him, pulled his arm, causing him to turn and glare at her, but Rin glared right back with equal fury.
"We need to talk." Rin said in a deadly tone. Sesshomaru growled, grabbing her wrist tightly and causing her to wince and hiss in pain.
"Yes, Rin. We do." He growled out, yanking her into the castle, leaving a blinking Inuyasha and Kagome behind them.
Wow, I had this chapter done two days after I posted chapter thirteen...oh well. I'm sure many of you are upset at me with what I'm doing, and are confused at the fact that Miroku has the Wind Tunnel, and Naraku has come into the picture. Well, e-mail me your questions and I will either PM you, or e-mail you back.
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