Hi again! I'm doing my best to make these chapters longer, but they're still pretty short... Oh well, I'll just keep trying. Anyways, it seems that some people were confused on whether "Getting rid of Kagome" meant killing her or just sending her home. I think that Kikyou gave Inuyasha the choice of to kill her or just send her away. I would like to thank Island Heart for bringing that to my attention. :) Okay, here's Chapter Three of Kikyou's Wrath!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and co., but I might own a few original characters I make up in this story, so please don't use the original ones without my permission. Thanks!
Chapter Three: The Object In The Sky
Everyone was staring up at the sky. The worst possible thing that could happen just did. At first when everyone looked up, all they could see was a white, blinding light just hovering up there. When they looked a little closer they realized just who it was.
Naraku.
Unfortunately for them, Kagome was out of arrows from previous fights and of course Naraku had the poison insects. That meant that only Sango, Kirara and Inuyasha (maybe Shippou?) would be fighting. With that, Inuyasha drew his Tetsusaiga, Sango drew her hiraikotsu, and Kirara transformed into her demon form. Sango was about to throw her hiraikotsu at Naraku when a small shadow appeared from behind Naraku, and Sango slowly dropped her hiraikotsu. The shadow that was behind Naraku turned out to be..Kohaku. Of course Sango didn't want to fight or accidentally hurt her little brother, so she and Kirara backed down and now only Inuyasha and Naraku were fighting.
"Isn't that a shame?" Naraku said in between laughs, "Your human backups can't fight!! Just give up Kagome now so I can have her eyes to locate more shards of the Sacred Jewel!"
"Yeah right! Like I would give Kagome to you!" Inuyasha yelled up to Naraku, "I can kill you on my own. WIND SCAR!" With that, Inuyasha's signature attack flew up towards Naraku, but unfortunately for Inuyasha, it couldn't cut through Naraku's barrier. Since the Wind Scar couldn't cut through the barrier, the second it hit it, the Wind Scar flew back towards Inuyasha, which he quickly dodged.
"Inuyasha, your Wind Scar is useless against me, as is any other attack you might have. Can't you see it is impossible to win? I will be able to kill you all, here and now," Naraku said, grinning. Right after Naraku said that, miasma burst out of his barrier, causing the whole ground to be covered in the black fog. Miroku, Sango, Shippou and Kirara had been standing on the right side of the field, and Inuyasha and Kagome on the left. When the miasma burst into the air, the group had been cut in two. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and carried her bridal style and ran into the forest that surrounded them. Sango, Miroku and Shippou climbed onto Kirara (she was still in demon form) and took off to the right. As they ran away, Naraku stood still and merely chuckled at the sight of them fleeing from him, but didn't pursue them any further.
Inuyasha and Kagome kept running deeper and deeper into the forest until they found an almost normal looking cave. The only abnormal thing about it was that it was conveniently hidden by a huge waterfall. Inuyasha quickly carried Kagome into the moist cave. All they saw was bleak gray and some dripping water. Luckily for them, Kagome had her backpack, which had sleeping bags, food and almost anything they would need for a camping trip. Immediately after Inuyasha set her down, Kagome set up the sleeping bags and got out some of the food she brought.
"Got any ramen?" Inuyasha rudely asked. Perhaps the only good thing that came of Naraku's attack was that it broke the silence that had been between Inuyasha and Kagome before.
"Yes," Kagome replied, "I have ramen, but how exactly would we cook it, WHEN WATER IS DRIPPING FROM THE CEILING OF THIS CAVE?!"
"I'll eat it raw!" Inuyasha stubbornly said. He wasn't about to let Kagome make him look stupid.
"No. I'm not going to waste this ramen," Kagome said, just as stubborn as Inuyasha.
"Whatever. It's not like it's all that good for you," he said. 'Ha. I will sneak some out of her backpack when she isn't looking. I bet she won't be expecting that!' Inuyasha evilly thought.
"Since when do you care if it's good for you or not? And if you sneak some out of my backpack, I'll sit you a hundred times, so don't even think about it!"
'Damn it!'
(A/N: This part will be with the other half of the group.)
"Miroku, do you have any idea where we are going?!" Sango asked, nearly panicking. She didn't want to get too far away from Inuyasha and Kagome.
"Nope," he replied, also a little worried about the other two, "no idea at all."
"Well that's just great!" she exclaimed, sarcastically. Finally, Sango and Miroku decided to land in a friendly looking village. Miroku would pretend there was an evil aura surrounding it, and pretend to use his holy powers to purify it, in return getting them a place to stay and food for the night. That was the drill they usually went by.
After Kirara landed, Miroku found an important looking gentleman and said, "Excuse me, kind sir, but I can sense an evil aura surrounding your village. Are you aware of this?"
"No!" he exclaimed, "Actually, just a week ago, a kind priestess rid our village of some demons! Could they be back already?"
"That could be the case. I will get rid of them for only a small fee. All I need is a room to stay in for the night, this will also help with the process of getting rid of the demons, food, and women," Miroku said, and right after he said it Sango hit him with her hiraikotsu.
"I'm sorry," Sango said, "We really don't need any women. He is such a womanizer!"
"Oh.. are you sure you can get rid of the demons?" the man hesitantly said.
At this Shippou exclaimed, "Sure we can! You see, I'm a demon, so I am very strong and can get rid of them easily!"
"Great! Now let me show you to your room!" With that, the man showed Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara to their room in the middle of the village.
(A/N: This part is with Inuyasha and Kagome.)
"I'm hungry! When is dinner?" Inuyasha whined. They had been in the cave for 5 and a half hours, and had nothing to eat yet because Kagome wanted to save the food in case of a real emergency, where they couldn't get any food at all.
"Ugh. Will you get your own food for once?? I don't really feel like cooking you a dinner..especially when it's nearly impossible to cook!" Kagome retorted.
"Fine, do you at least have anything that you don't cook that I can eat?"
"Here, if you're that hungry then eat these sandwiches my mom made. Happy now?!"
"No, I'm not. But I guess it's better than starving, barely."
"Inuyasha!"
"What?"
"SIT BOY!" And with that, Inuyasha plummeted to the cave floor face first.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Well let's see... being impossible with the ramen, insulting my mother's cooking, and running off to Kikyou and saying that nothing happened!!" she yelled.
"Kagome..," he quietly said, "Nothing did happen. All she did was ask me to do something for her. Again, I don't even know if I will do it for her."
"Why?" she asked, "Is it that bad? I know you will do anything for Kikyou."
"It is bad."
"What is it, please tell me?"
"I can't tell you yet. I'm sorry."
"Sit.." Once again Inuyasha flew to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately for Inuyasha and Kagome, that last sit might have been a mistake, because following the huge bang of Inuyasha's body hitting the cave floor was a loud rumbling, almost sounding like thunder, but it was surrounding them in all directions. After the rumbling stopped, a deafening crash was all that could be heard.
This marks the end of Chapter Three!
As usual, I would like to thank my reviewers and readers. So, thanks! This is my longest chapter yet, I think I'm getting better at writing chapters! Please, feel free to point out any mistakes or anything that could have been written better in any of my chapters. Every piece of critique I get is very, very much appreciated! Okay, so what is happening in the cave that Kagome and Inuyasha are staying in? Is it collapsing? Maybe it is just a thunder storm? Chapter Four will reveal what really is happening inside the cave! Thanks for reading!
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