Chapter 3 – Preparing
I awoke to find Misty still wrapped in my arms. I sighed in relief that nothing had happened while we were sleeping. I nudged Misty a bit and said, "Sweetie its time to get up."
"5 more minutes…" she mumbled back.
"Baby today is the day you know that," I answered back
She rolled over and looked me straight in the eyes. I noticed that she was starting to cry. "Ash, please don't die on me!" She wrapped her arms tight around me and wouldn't let go. "Misty everything will be alright, I promised myself to you, and no one will take that away from you," I calmly said to her. I leaned in to kiss her and she met me in the middle. Our lips made contact and passion ensued. Neither of us wanted to stop it. We then both heard one of the kids yelling. We both chuckled, "I guess it's time for me to get work," said Misty.
Misty hopped out of bed and headed to see what was up while I got prepared. "Raichu!" I yelled. Raichu came running into the room, "Rai?" he looked at me saying. "Today's the day big guy. You ready to save the day again?" I asked him. He responded, "Rai! Rai! Raichu!"
"Good to hear old friend."
I strapped the Tesaiga we walked out of my room to see Gaara standing there with his usual cold look on his face. Sakura was wrapped around him sobbing.
"Gaara please keep safe, I do not want to bring a child into this world if the father is dead," she cried.
"Sakura, I will return," is all he said. He put his hand under her chin and lifted her head up. "If you scream, I will destroy your fears, always remember that," he said to her. She lifted her head to his and kissed him passionately. When Gaara pulled away he reached for his gourd and strapped it to his back. He looked over at me, "It is time."
We all headed downstairs to find Misty, the kids and Kagome waiting.
"Were is Inuyasha?" I asked.
"He already waiting outside, he not one to wait you know," Kagome said.
"Alright then, Gaara are you ready?" I asked.
He simply nodded and headed out the door.
I turned to Misty, "You keep everything held down here, alright?" I asked as I kissed her. Sakura put her hand on my shoulder, "Don't you worry Ash, I'll keep everything safe here. Just make sure you bring my husband back alive," she said with a stern look on her face.
"We are all coming back after this, don't you worry," I said with pride. I bent down and hugged Alisia and Dante. "You kids be strong for mom, ok?" I asked them. They both nodded and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Not a tear fell from their faces. As I rose up I turned and headed for the door.
As I walked outside I let out a huge sigh and started to look around for Gaara and Inuyasha.
"Come on Ash it's time to move out!" I heard Inuyasha yell.
I turned to see him and Gaara standing, waiting. "All right, I've sniffed out where they are, follow me," Inuyasha said.
"IRON REAVER, SOUL STEALER!"
Inuyasha ripped open a hole just like he did before. "Just like old times," I said. Inuyasha chuckled and proceeded into the portal. Gaara nodded at me and headed in. I turned to the house to see Misty standing on the porch. Her eyes were full of tears. She simply nodded at me and I knew she would be alright. I turned to the portal and sighed.
"Here we go again!" I yelled as I hopped into the portal with Raichu chasing in right after me.