Titanic
Chapter 9 -- Sinking
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Titanic.
Summary: Same as the movie, only it's not an old woman telling the story, it's actually happening and the plot is twisted up a bit. Travel back to 1912 with Inuyasha and Kagome for my personal Japanese version of a romantic classic
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Inuyasha and Kagome stared at each other in horror before they heard a spraying sound coming from another room. Sango couldn't contain herself any longer as she flew out the room. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand and flew out the room after her. They ran about 5 yards down the hallway when they saw a huge wave sloshing it's way down the hall, knocking down all pictures and tearing at everything in it's path. Sango turned and jetted down the other end of the hall after Inuyasha Kagome. They found a staircase and climbed up it but the water caught up and pulled them back down.
"Oh shit!" Sango yelled just before she went under. Kagome tried to opened her eyes under the water but the salt burned them and she reached around for something to pull her back up with. The water continued to over lap her until she felt something cold wrap around her waist and yank up to the surface. She took a huge breath as soon as she felt the water below her neck and panted heavily while Inuyasha and Sango heaved her up the steps.
"Kagome, come on! Don't die on me!" she heard Inuyasha yelling but was too busy coughing and panting to listen. She was suddenly being carried bridal style and was moving. She rubbed the salt water off her eyelids and saw the arch of Inuyasha's neck and chin straining as he ran behind Sango up to the docks.
There were already a ton of people running around and panicking. Guards struggled to hand out life jackets without getting trampled by screaming people. The life boats were getting cut off their ropes and hung up on the side of the ship. There were only a couple people patiently waiting to board the life boats. Others were pushing people out of the way and getting gripped up by the guards.
Inuyasha, still carrying Kagome, walked up the dock to where the boats were being loaded. The guards must've been giving out fast warning if the ship crashed into the ice berg just a minute ago. The passengers responded quickly too. Almost everyone aboard the ship was out here.
But Naraku was no where in sight.
Sango and Kagome stood in line with Inuyasha, looking around for any sign of him. He was no where to be found and Hakudoshi's dead body was still being thrown around down stairs like a rag doll. He caught back up with Kagome and Sango just when they were in front of the line. There were already four life boats in the water.
"Any sign of Naraku?" Sango asked, pushing passed people that were trying to cute her. Inuyasha and Kagome had to squeeze through to get to her.
"None." he grunted, pushing a man behind him. He wrapped his arm around Kagome's waist to keep her close to him.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" she asked, crushed by all the people around her. Inuyasha's grip tightened around her tiny waist leaving their bodies crushed up against each other. To make matters worse, it started raining heavily.
"Both." Sango and Inuyasha said.
"It's good because maybe he doesn't know where we are or he's on a completely different part of the ship trying to by a seat on a life boat with his stingy ass." Inuyasha said as more poeple loaded the boat.
"And why is it bad?" Kagome pressed gently, squinting into the rain.
"It's bad because if we don't know where he is... he may know where we are and can suprise us when ever he feels like it. He could be aiming at us right now for all we know."
"Thanks, Sango. That's gonna calm her down." Inuyasha rolled his eyes as Kagome ducked. The line was getting smaller now. More and more men kept trying to push their way to the front but Inuyasha kept pushing them away.
"Wait your turn." he said through gritted teeth at a man who tried to bite his way through. Psychos...
They waited about ten to fifteen more minutes for their turn on the life boats. There were two more people ahead of them and about 45 people on the boat so far. When they approached they started to board but the guard put his arm across Inuyasha's chest.
"Sorry, sir. Women and children only at the moment." he said. His face was still somewhat friendly. Inuyasha sighed and stepped back, letting more poeple through. He stared after Kagome sadly. She looked up at him and wrapped her leg around the ledge of the boat.
"Kagome what are you doing?" Sango asked impatiently. "Get in."
Kagome ignored her and continued to look at Inuyasha. "I'm not leaving you." she said as she tried to bring her other leg over the ledge. Inuyasha caught her it.
"No, go. I'll get off the ship, trust me. I'll be fine." he said.
"No! I'm not leaving without you." she pressed, trying to step over the rail but her wouldn't let her.
"Kagome, let's go! Other people are trying to get on!" Sango yelled.
"Kagome, just go! I'll be alright. I promise." he cooed. If scolding her wasn't going to work, maybe consoling her was. "I'll meet you in Vietnam. It's only 5 hours away."
"I can bearly be without you for minute." she whispered, tears forming in her eyes. He wiped them away with the pad of his thumb and smiled weakly.
"It's okay. Just go. I promise we'll be reunited again." he pulled her in for a short kiss and placed her back in the boat. "I love you." he smiled again.
"I love you too." she whispered softly and slowly sat back down, staring at her feet.
She didn't want to be away from him for a second and now she had to leave him for five hours. Vietnam was still a long way away and Naraku was still no where to be found. She began to think that not knowing where he was could be a bad thing. He was obviously still somewhere on the ship and he could be around any corner just waiting to kill someone. She shuttered at the thought.
She lost her train of thought when the boat started to lower onto the sea. Her brown eyes searched the crowd for Inuyasha. He was hard to faind; he was the only one who wasn't pushing around. He just stood there, staring after her sadly, his facial features seemd to drift downward. His forhard creased and his jaw hardened, as if her were about to cry but forcing back the tears.
As she stared at him, drifting further away, it was as if he was slowly disappearing into the mist of the rain. She couldn't reach out to him. It made her feel so lost and hopeless. Then she saw him.
Naraku pushing his way through the rush of people; his menacing eyes trained on Inuyasha, who hadn't seen him yet. She stood up -thought the boat was still moving down- and lunged herself up to the upper dock towards Inuyasha. His eyes widened in horror as she slipped right off the rail and began to fall to the icey waters below.
The people in the boat stared after her in horror. Sango's eyes went unbelievably wide. "Kagome, no!"
Out of no where, a big hand grabbed her and held her in place. Inuyasha looked up to see Naraku, his hand wrapped around Kagome's wrist, trying to pull her back up. He pushed Naraku away and grabbed Kagome, hoisting her back up to the ship.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" he yelled, his eyes teared up suddenly. "You're so fucking stupid! Why would you do that?" he gripped her shoulders and shook her harshly.
"I just couldn't leave you. And Naraku was-" she began but a gun was fired and a man suddenly went over the rail and fell onto the life boat below. The poeple began to scream when they saw blood pouring out of his chest.
Kagome and Inuyasha looked over to see Naraku with a crazy grin on his face, straring menacingly at Inuyasha, his gun aimed at his head. Kagome took Inuyasha's hand and they ran. Naraku chased after them. He didn't like when other people ruled over him. And he sure as hell wasn't about to let a poor man steal his bride. He began aimlessly shoot, hoping to get one of the two, but most of his shots were either at other people or in the air, hitting nothing.
Inuyasha and Kagome ran into the down stairs, where the water was filling up fast. They already felt the ship begining to tilt at and angle where the front of the ship started to go under while the back of the ship began to rise out of the water.
The waves rushing up the walls made it harder for them to go through. They could hear Naraku behind them, still flinging bullets randomly. Inuyasha turned a random left and yanked Kagome down the hallway. He suddenly realized the water was getting deeper and deeper every minute. But he knew they couldn't turn around.
He turned to Kagome and gripped her hand in his own super tight. She winced. "We're gonna have to swim into a shallower corridor. Don't let go of my hand. Take a deep breath now!"
She did what she was told and Inuyasha led the way as they swam to the next corridor where the water was short enough for them to walk in it with it up to their thighs. It was tough for Kagome since she was wearing a long dress but she managed with Inuyasha pulling her with him.
They were out of the water now and they had to slant their bodies to walk. The ship was really starting to tilt now. "This way!"
Kagome blinked. As if she had a choice. He was pulling her everywhere they went. He pulled her up some stairway and through another set of doors then they were outside again.
It was chaotic.
The ship was tilting upward at a 50 degree angle. Guards were still struggling to fill the boats. Inuyasha and Kagome ran to the shortest ling they could find, which had about 30 poeple waiting to get on. Kagome looked out into the water and could see the boat Sango was in. There were 17 boats out there and 3 to go. Inuyasha and Kagome were relieved to see that they were letting men on now.
Then there was a strange zapping sound coming from inside the ship. Inuyasha gripped Kagome tight in his arms and looked around, trying not to show any signs of panic in front of Kagome. He didn't want her to be any more scared than she already was.
"Excuse me, Miss." a soft voice called from behind them. They turned to see a short old man bundled up in about three different blankets smiling at them. He held up a thick woolen blanket and put it over Kagome's head.
"You must be freezing," he continued. "I saw you coming out of the water and felt bad. It's already about 5 degrees out here and it's raining so you two will need it." he pulled off another blanket and handed it to Inuyasha. "Good luck." he smiled again.
"Thank you so much." Inuyasha said, hugging the blanket to his body.
"Your welcome." he said and walked away.
"Such kind souls." Kagome whispered. "But so many of us are going to die. There isn't enough boats for everyone on the ship." she snuggled into Inuyasha's chest and he kissed the top of her head.
"I know." he whispered softly.
There was another zapping sound then it went dark. People began screaming and running blindly. Inuyasha sqeezed Kagome tighter to his chest and tried to block her ears. He could actually hear the ship sinking now. He could hear water entering the rooms at the front of the ship, while the back rose higher and higher. He also heard another lifeboat lowering into the waters below.
He showed his panic when he could feel himself sliding downward towards the water that had already swallowed some of the ship. "Oh shit! Kagome we have to move!" he kept his left arm around her while his right arm searched for something to grab onto and pull them up to the other end with. He managed to grab a few bars to haul them up.
He eventually picked her up and tried to run up the ship. It was too late to go back now. The 19th lifeboat was already in the water and the last one was having trouble boarding with all the water beginning to swallow it up.
"Don't look down." Inuyasha said. They finally reached the other end of the ship. There were a ton of people there. Inuyasha had to push people out of the way but there was only room for one more person.
He pushed Kagome up against the bars and clung to her from behind, wrapping his fingers around the bars. He leaned their bodies into the bars as much as possible but everything was tilting too fast. They had to pull their bodies up to the bar now.
The there was a hideous loud crack coming from the center of the ship. Kagome's eyes popped wide as she heard as series of harsh snapping sounds Then a loud one that made everyone jump. Inuyasha turned and looked down at the scene before him. There were large chunks of wood sticking up from the center of the dock.
The ship was breaking in half.
his eyes went impossibly wide as he stared down at the people sliding down the ship and into the gap. Then agonizing screaming was heard as they were being stabbed and ripped apart by the chunks. He turned back and buried his face in Kagome's dark hair, breathing heavily.
Then the back half of the ship went flying down and crashed back onto the surface of the water. The pull felt like a million g-forces pulling them on a roller coaster ride to hell.
The sound of the front half of the ship going under was heard then they started to go back up until the front was completely sunken and the back half was standing verticle.
"Fuck!" Inuyasha yelled as people were being flung off the ship like fleas. "Stay here! Do not let go of the bars!" he yelled to Kagome. She nodded shakily and gripped the bars tighter. Inuyasha pulled his body up and around her body over to the other side of the railing until he was stomache-down on top. He looked back at the troubled Kagome.
"Give me your hand." he said calmly. "I'll pull you up."
Kagome stared at him for a moment her eyes searching his to see if she could really trust him. She let one of her hands go and her other hand slipped; she began to fall. Then Inuyasha reached down and grabbed her sleeve.
"I got you. Now pull yourself up!" he heaved her weight upward. She managed to grab the bar and started to haul herself up. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her up next to him.
"Are you okay?" he asked, his eyes desperately searching hers. She gave him and incredulous look.
"Are you fucking insane?" she shrieked. Inuyasha winced. "We're about to die and you're asking me if I'm okay?"
"Are you hurt?" he asked in a soft voice.
"Not physically." she blinked and tears rushed down her cheeks. "Why isn't the ship moving?" she asked suddenly. Inuyasha looked down and realized they were just floating there.
"I don't know." he turned back to her. "But I promise I'm gonna get you out of here safely. I'm not gonna let you die." he held her tighter to him. She hugged him back.
"What about you? You better not die on me."
He smiled weakly. "I won't die on you. We gotta' be strong for each other."
"If you die I'm gonna kill myself." she murmured. Inuyasha frowned.
Then the ship -or what was left of it- started to sink straight downward. The young couple stared down in horror as the water rush up towards them. Kagome firmly grabbed Inuyasha's hand and hoped for the best.
"Kagome," Inuyasha said over the roar of the waters. Kagome glanced at him and he continued. "The ship is gonna suck us down so hold your breath when I say and do not let go of my hand, no matter what."
Kagome nodded and stared down again. "Okay. I trust you." Inuyasha gripped her hand as tight as he could.
"Now!" he yelled as they went under.
Thanks for reviewing my newest story, Patients is a Virtue. For those of you that didn't read it yet, check it out. A lot of you seemed to like it. I got so many messages about alerts and favorites. You may not understand the summary and I know the first chapter is boring but the second chappy is gonna get a whole lot better. It's about Kagome and she's a nurse at an insane asylum and the most dangerous patient holds her hostage. I think you all know who it is.
And thank some of you for reviewing The Tutor and sticking up for me. I got another sorta-mean review from someone who hasn't even wrote one fucking story yet. I thought that was pretty retarded how they judged me. I least I try to write, but whatever.
I don't know how many of you noticed but you know how in the movie, Cal gives Rose a blue heart diamond? Well, of course I included that in the story but then I thought it'd be more Inuyasha-ish if Naraku gave Kagome the sacred jewel instead of a blue heart. So yeah, I changed it. This story is coming to a close! One more chapter and it's over!
Updates are gonna be a little later than usual because school is starting and I can only go on on the weekends... blah blah blah. I haven't posted a chapter since last year! I actually wanted to get this up on New Year's Eve but my dad was pissed at me about something and kicked me off so anyway, Happy New Year. I hope you enjoyed your holidays, I sure did. But now we must endure school again. We all know school sucks, lol.
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