The Library

By Anonymous Malink

Disclaimer, I do no own any Inuyasha like subjects in copyrighted form.

Part Eight – The Kelvin Puzzle

The Monday after that came quickly enough, and so did the entire week! Not a lot happened in between though. The party was a success, and Inuyasha was stuck monitoring the little kids almost 24/7. Accompanied by Kagome however, he was a lot easier to handle with.

InuTaisho now BARELY came home from work at any time. He complained about it being the toughest part of the year, but Izayoi knew better, it had never been THIS tough before. She scolded him a while, and right after the scolding, he went back to work… how, fricken dumb is that!

School was going faster and faster as the days went by, and Inuyasha could tell by how shaky his brother was becoming the wedding wasn't going to go smoothly. Oh how right he was…

That Saturday came quickly as anything, and to make matters worse, when Inuyasha invited Kagome to come with him… he didn't know Koga would have to come too. But it was alright I guess. It's not a party until something… or someone gets broken.

Sesshoumaru was busy getting ready at the Takashimo manor, nervous as anything, obviously seen by the fact eh couldn't tie his shoes.

"Sess, calm down, we went through everything a billion times," Inuyasha said casually, laying back in his tux without his jacket on the sofa, channel surfing.

Sesshoumaru glared at him. "You know what; I'm going to say the same thing to you when this day happens for you. If it happens."

Inuyasha being the immature one blew a raspberry at him and then turned off the TV. He got up and went behind Sess, giving a nudge which sent him flying. He then grabbed his jacket off a chair and scurried outside, trying desperately to avoid the imminent fate bestowed upon him.

Outside waiting was the mother of the groom; Izayoi, Koga and Kagome, and two Jeeps. Inuyasha took cover in one of the FWD's and when Sesshoumaru came out and saw his legs falling into the passenger seat he immediately grabbed the hose.

"No, Sesshoumaru," he heard his mom call out. "Do not get your brother wet, he has a tux on, and he needs to keep it dry." Inuyasha's face came up and shot Sess a 'hah I win' look.

Izayoi sighed. "Go crazy."

"Mom!" Inuyasha cried as Sesshoumaru turned on the hose and the jeep was splashed with an array of water, soaking the contents and Inuyasha equally. Inuyasha climbed out, soaked and irritated. His mom just sighed as Inuyasha began to shake like a dog getting Sesshoumaru a bit wet.

"Where on earth is that man," Izayoi said angrily, looking at her watch. She rubbed her forehead and then got an idea.

"Hey Koga, Inuyasha, come here." Inuyasha hearing Koga's name was resentful at walking over to his mother, but he saw for Koga the feeling was mutual. "Koga, I'd like for you if at all possible to drive Inuyasha to the school building to retrieve his father. If at anytime you feel he is not at the school and already left, come to the church directly."

Koga sighed but nodded. Kagome who was listening asked politely; "May I come too?"

"Sure honey," Izayoi said smiling as she attempted to reach Inutaisho on his cell phone.

Koga got into the drivers seat of the wet jeep and Inuyasha and Kagome went in the back. They pulled out and headed straight for the school. Inuyasha and Kagome were talking quietly but Koga, who was still wary of driving on open roads, was driving with eyes plastered to the windshield.

When they arrived they noticed a bunch of cars in the parking lot, one of them being Inuyasha's fathers. They got out, and without a word headed into the building. It was awkward for Kagome and Inuyasha to speak in the presence of 'the older brother.'

As soon as they got inside however, they were met with Naraku, pacing down the hallways looking anxious. Koga stopped him. "Excuse me Mr. Nakamura-sama," Koga said. "Mr Takashimo is… lost." He glared at Inuyasha.

"Oh, Inuyasha's father was with me in the homeroom," he said somewhat pleased, "Here, I'll take you."

He lead them down hallways, twisting corridors it seemed, but soon they arrived. Naraku let the children go in first, and then… with a key in hand… came inside himself. He silently locked the door while the children searched for Inutaisho.

"Where is he," Koga asked.

"Somewhere around here," he said, pointing to a closet. At this point he backhanded Koga and pushed Inuyasha into a wall, running for something at the other end of the long room. It was a machine, previously put there.

It looked like a large blow torch, with multiple colored wires attaching it to a large machine, maybe twenty square feet long and fifteen high. It fit remotely in the veiled part of his classroom. The sliding doors, which had separated the two rooms, were now set contently on either side.

The entire set was placed on a rolling table elevating it half a foot into the air. It looked heavy as anything, and how it would fit through the door, only the Buddha knew. The machine on one side, the wall side was just gray, but the other side, the side facing Naraku, Inu, Koga and Kagome had panels, numerous buttons and panels, and surprisingly a small one square foot latch that had a scan operation panel on it.

Naraku smiled mischievously as he walked over to the closet, but not before snagging some white sterile gloves from his desk and snapping them on.

He opened the closet on the other side of the room… and took out a disturbing site.

"Do you see the effects of 0 Kelvin now, Mr. Inuyasha," Naraku said as he placed down the tall object he had removed from his closet. The 0 Kelvin Machine was undoubtedly the monstrous thing behind him.

Inuyasha's knuckles were white and Kagome's face was as well. Koga stood his ground in front, him being the eldest of the three.

Inuyasha's father, InuTaisho, was inert and immobile in a firm chunk of thin ice, layering his skin.

Naraku scratched at the top of his head casually and flicked some hair behind his ear. "So Inu, now you see. You never ask too many questions in Science Class. Especially with me as a sub."

Inuyasha shook violently as Naraku recited the information he gave to Inuyasha days ago in Science. "Molecules will only stop moving once they reach negative two hundred and seventy three point fifteen degrees Celsius. You cannot restore molecule movement once that happens."

He smirked egotistically. "Wake up Inu, your father is dead."

Inuyasha pushed Koga out of the way and aimed a punch at Naraku's big gloated head.

Naraku simply sidestepped and clothes lined Inuyasha with one fluid motion. His head twisted sideways and Inuyasha fell on his back, knocking the wind out of him.

Kagome gasped utterly and looked at Inuyasha who looked as if he was lifeless on the ground. His eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling and he didn't seem to be breathing. "Inuyasha," she whimpered quietly.

Naraku leered at the two. Koga readied to give him a good quick kick to the jaw but Naraku spun quickly enough as to dodge it and grabbed the blowtorch type object.

"Don't you move," Naraku said deviously, pointing the blowtorch at the petrified Inuyasha, "Lest you want your friend to suffer the same fate as his father." Koga stiffened instantly.

Kagome's mind was racing horribly fast, trying to find some answer for all of this. She was there the day Inuyasha asked those questions, there must be some solution to it. But there wasn't. There was no clear cut answer for any of it. Naraku mentioned nothing about an antidote for stopped molecules.

More horrible images swept into her imagination; Inuyasha's death, perhaps Koga's death, falling under a dictatorship. It was all happening in the blink of an eye.

The blink of an eye.

Without realizing it, Koga had swung an uppercut toward Naraku, knocking the nozzle upward and blasting the window with the zero Kelvin Machine. It immediately began to freeze and the constriction shattered it, throwing glass inside and outside the building.

Suddenly the antidote was clear. Naraku's twisted wordplay was making sense.

Koga tried to keep Naraku from the nozzle as it lay at InuTaisho's frozen feet. Inuyasha's arm twitched as his breathing steadied ever so slightly.

Inuyasha found energy to use his right leg to sweep Naraku's feet from under him as they past, toppling both Koga and Naraku into a brawl on the ground.

Inuyasha's movement had caught Kagome's eye. She fell to her knees next to the boy. He strained himself to sit up straight and as soon as he did Kagome could barely keep from flinging her arms around him. Then she noticed his left leg. The bone right under his knee was ejecting from the skin.

"Inuyasha, your leg," Kagome said quietly.

He looked at her solemnly. "Kagome, I need to borrow your mobile."

Izayoi muttered inappropriate things under her breath as she saw Rin walk up the aisle accompanied by a portly man who was her uncle. "I thought you said this would be a traditional Japanese Wedding Sesshoumaru," Izayoi groaned. "Not a completely westernized one. The things I do for you kids."

However, there was a Shinto Priest at the altar, not a Christian one. She must've gotten on Sesshoumaru's nerve at least a few times.

The Shinto priest was about to begin the ceremony when a certain ring was heard from the pocket of the groom. Sesshoumaru nearly had a heart attack as his hand reached into his pocket.

The Shinto Priest cleared his throat rudely. "I'm sorry, but we ask that all members in the shrine at this moment should please turn their mobiles off… including the groom."

Sesshoumaru looked at his phone and noticed it was unknown who was calling.

Sesshoumaru nodded in appreciation and answered. "Hello… Inuyasha," he said blankly.

Rin gestured a shrug. "Its fine," she said honestly, "Ask them where they are."

Pause.

"Inuyasha what are you tal-…" Sesshoumaru's face froze and the mobile phone slipped from his hand and cracked on the floor with a loud beep and thud.

Koga and Naraku were still brawling over control of the nozzle while Kagome was trying to help Inuyasha to his feet. His left arm was around her shoulders and he slowly got to his one good foot, leaning on Kagome.

In a moment Koga was flung across the room and Naraku scrambled and got the nozzle in one hand. In a fluid moment he froze the air just above Kagome's head. His eyes went wide. "I missed."

Koga wiped blood from his oozing damaged mouth and crookedly smiled. "Damn right you did." He limped over to Naraku and kneed him in the head toppling the man over. He grabbed the nozzle and pointed it at Naraku's head. "It should be an easy target," he said egotistically, "It's pretty big."

"Why you little shit," Naraku sputtered as he moved out of the beams way a moment late and the very right side of his face was froze along with his right arm and hand. He screamed in horror and agony as he grabbed at his face, feeling all sensitivity depart from it.

Koga aimed again when Naraku used his good arm to punch him in the gut.

"Kagome," Koga muttered. "This is hard to say. Take Inuyasha and get out of the building. Now!" Kagome nodded, but struggled as she left the room. Naraku jabbed his frozen hand across Koga's face, cutting him deeply.

"Now you know not to fuck with me," Naraku said as he once again skid Koga across the floor, beat up and ragged. He picked up a communicator that was laying on his desk and sighed, slumping his body next to his machine.

"Yes, Hakudoshi, don't allow them to get out of the building… under penalty of death."

A.N.: To address reviews: thank you for reviewing. I write for myself, but it's always nice to know others are enjoying your work. On another note: Yes I understand, it is a HighSchooloverused fic idea. But I think it is definitely unique in many perspectives, and by the end you will see that this is a very... very... different story.

Anyway, please review! Short part, I know, but I was pretty much bored as hell and I want to finish this as soon as freakin' possible!

Anon Out!