Chapter 6

Chapter 6

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Note: I just wanted to let the Inuyasha fans know that the real manga is about to finish! The story of Inuyasha will end within the next few weeks! If you want to catch up on the real canon, visit and it has all of the manga summaries! It's getting pretty intense!

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"Sanorai? Will we being leaving soon? I have been having bad feelings lately that I can't quite describe. It's like a bad aura has been hovering around the castle. It's freakin me out and I'm ready to leave."

Kagome had been acting friendly towards Sanorai the past few days. She didn't want him to suspect that she and Gigi would run once they had finished their battle. So making small talk and trying to grace his presence every now and again was important.

"We will leave tonight. I have had to zero in on the Helper. I can't figure out who he is exactly but I sense the general location that the souls are escaping from. So the guide must be near helping the damned escape Hell. That bastard!"

Turning to face her direction, Sanorai loved to see her when the sun hit her form just right causing her wings to glitter and her eyes to shin. Smiling to himself, he realized she had become friendlier towards him lately. Maybe she had finally come to see that the best thing for her was to be with him. She didn't speak with him much after the bonding ceremony, but that was his own fault.

Bringing himself back to the present, Sanorai pushed the ceremony from his mind and thought about what they would need for their journey.

"Do you have everything that you need to take? I have been informed that you have been practicing with a bow and that you have been teaching Gigi your gifts."

Quirking his eyebrow, he wondered why she would want to spend so much time with Gigi and so little time with himself. She had been a little distant and jumpy when he was near her after their bonding ceremony. He should have told her that they would have to have sex to complete it, but she seemed more than willing at first. Sanorai knew that the reason she was so willing was because she thought he was Inuyasha; she had called him that after they had started having sex. It was a little disappointing to hear, but he would get her to love him instead of Inuyasha in time.

"Yes, and I want her to come with us. She will be valuable, I have taught her most of what I know and her powers are incredibly strong! Why haven't you ever had a teacher to help her with her skills!? She has the potential to be more powerful than me! She has learned more in a few days than I learned in months."

Shaking her head, Kagome glared at Sanorai. With the addition of the scar on her face, she tended to look scary when she was upset. Using this to her advantage, she wanted Sanorai to know that Gigi was coming with them regardless of his wants. Together their powers would be very strong, Gigi and Kagome could be an unstoppable team. She would have been a valuable ally back when Naraku was their main enemy.

"Not many people choose to be secluded in a castle in the sky. I searched and there was not one person willing to spend their life teaching Gigi."

"Well, have you ever thought of letting her live on the surface and be taught? Why would you make her stay here? This is a floating prison Sanorai."

Looking at Sanorai grimly, Kagome couldn't believe that he was so naïve to think that a young beautiful girl would want to be a servant her whole life. She only knew a handful of people and they were all servants that lived in the castle as well. Their social abilities were severely affected by having such little contact with the outside world. They tended to be shy and talked only when needed.

"Why would she want to do that!? That would mean she would have to leave me. Gigi would never want to leave me."

Starring at Kagome in shock, Sanorai couldn't fathom how lonely his life would have been without Gigi. She had kept him company in the dullest of times.

"Did you ever think to ask her what she wanted? You are selfish Sanorai! It's time to let her come out of this Hell hole. She is not meant to be a servant, she is meant to be a leader. She comes with us!"

Turning before Sanorai had a rebuttal; Kagome stomped to her bed chamber leaving Sanorai speechless.

Had he really been selfish? Sanorai never thought to ask Gigi what she wanted because she never seemed the type to keep quiet if there was something that she didn't like. Maybe it was time he let her out of her cage. She was never a servant to him, he thought of her more as a friend anyway.

"Gigi, I have been informed that you are coming with us. From what I hear I think your help will be valuable."

Standing before Sanorai, it pained Gigi when he talked to her in such a formal tone. But it was nice to hear that she would be needed as something more than a maid. It would be exhilarating to see the earth again and touch it with her fingers.

"Sir, Kagome has taught me a lot about myself and my capabilities. I think I will be an asset to you both."

Prying her eyes from her feet, Gigi forced her eyes to meet Sanorai's. It was hard to inwardly rebel without showing it on the outside. She had spent so much time with Sanorai and she had never seen what a truly selfish person he was until he brought Kagome to the castle. In the past Gigi thought she would be okay with spending her life here with him, but things change and a life alone in a laundry room would be no life at all.

"Gigi, have you always wanted to leave here and go to the surface?"

Leaning against the window ledge in his bedroom away from Gigi, Sanorai was beginning to feel uncomfortable with her gaze settled on him. He didn't want to look like a horrible person for wanting her to stay.

"No, not always. But I think that I need to experience life outside of this place. Am I to assume that you are allowing me to go with you?"

Gigi's heart beat quickened and she almost stood on her tip toes waiting for him to answer her. She had never really thought that he would even consider taking her along for a journey that would be dangerous.

"Cut the formal talk Gigi! I need you to be honest with me. I have been a life long friend and I'm tired of us talking like we barely even know each other! How long have you wanted to leave me?"

Trying to hide the hurt he felt by her betrayal, Sanorai hid behind an angry voice. He had never done anything bad to Gigi, he had kept her as comfortable as possible. It was ridiculous that she wanted to throw that away to be a peasant on the surface.

"How dare you raise your voice at me Sanorai! I have kissed the ground you walked on since I was old enough to say your name! I don't want to be a slave anymore. Kagome has opened my eyes to what lays beyond these damn walls. And why would I want to stay with a person who takes people against their will anyway!? Don't be so damn self assured!"

Backing up towards the door, Gigi wanted out of his room as fast as she could walk without looking terrified. She couldn't believe she just yelled at her master. She was regretting her brash decision immediately. He might change his mind and not let her go with them.

Noticing that she was trying to get close to the door, Sanorai pushed off the ledge he was perched on and grabbed her wrist before she could escape him.

"So you want to leave me because of Kagome?"

Pulling her closer to his body, Sanorai searched her eyes for the truth.

"Did you even hear a single word that came from my mouth? I want to leave you because you are not the person I originally thought you were. You are selfish and think only of yourself."

Balling up her fist, Gigi tensed in his grip. Why was he so pig headed?

"What do you mean!? I have given you everything you have ever needed. You want to go to the surface and become somebody else's slave? You will never make it on your own."

"I have everything that I need to make it on my own! And now you admit that I am your slave! But I am no longer your only slave, now you have Kagome. You asshole."

Feeling her eyes burn, Gigi looked back to the ground. She didn't want Sanorai to see her weakness.

Pulling her into an embrace, Sanorai dug his face into her hair. Bringing his voice back down, he whispered into her ear.

"I had no idea I made you feel that way. I am sorry. You may leave us during our journey whenever you want. I won't make you live here against your will any longer."

Closing his eyes, Sanorai tried to slow the beating of his heart. It was painful to know that he had hurt her by keeping her with him all these years.

"She will never love you Sanorai. No matter what you do or say, she will never love you. Her heart belongs to another. You have hurt more than just one heart you know."

Digging her nails into his waist, she let her mind wander into the heart of her power. Kagome taught her how to zero in on her abilities and bend them according to what she wanted to achieve by using them. Forcing it into her hands, she felt her palms tingle and with a sharp push she released her magic into Sanorai causing him to stumble back. Gigi had only sent little knife like shards of magic at him, not enough to do damage but enough to open his eyes.

"I had feelings for you at one time, but you have changed. It's time for me to start living for me. I will help you both close the breach in Hell and then I will start my own life. If there is any heart left in you, you should let Kagome go as well…."

Before Sanorai had time to piece together everything that had just happened, a large crash echoed through the castle. A terrible stink filled the room and the lights dimmed.

"What the fuck was that?"

Stabling herself against a side table, Gigi brought her mind back to the calm inner region of her magical abilities. She didn't want to be caught off guard by anything else.

"Someone has breached the outside shield and castle wall. But that's impossible! How could that happen?"

Rushing to his side table, Sanorai grabbed his sword and tied it to his waist.

"Gigi, we must find Kagome. It's time to get out of here. We will finish this discussion later."

Pushing his hand away that had found it's way back to her waist, Gigi glared at the door wishing it would open and grant her freedom.

"I think this conversation is over. I have said all that I needed to say."

Raising her palm towards the door, Gigi grabbed the small bit of magic she had stored in her hand and released it letting it rip the door from the hinges.

"It's time to send the damned home."

Looking at Sanorai one last time, Gigi dashed out the door with Sanorai close on her heels.

"Do you smell that Seshoumaru?"

Inuyasha pointed his nose into the air trying to detect the direction the smell of decomposing flesh was wafting from.

"Inuyasha, you have a poor sense of smell if you are just now smelling that rancid odor."

Looking towards the sky, Seshoumaru could make out a faint outline of Sanorai's home in the sky. The sun would shine directly down on top of it making it nearly impossible to see looking at it directly above you. It was odd that the dead had come out of hiding during the day, that meant that they were getting bold, indicating there must be many more of them that had surfaced. This could be a huge problem.

"Well, smart ass, then where are they?"

After seeing Seshoumaru point at the castle, Inuyasha felt a grim sinking feeling. That meant that they were going after Kagome.

"I no longer sense the barrier around the castle Inuyasha. The damned must have broken through. We should be able to enter the castle now and get Kagome, if they haven't already succeeded in killing her."

Inuyasha glared at Seshoumaru and let a small growl escape his throat.

"Seshoumaru! Don't say that! You are being rude."

Rin stomped up to stand beside Seshoumaru because she didn't want to get left on the ground. It was irritating that he always said what was on his mind rather than filtering it before it escaped his mouth.

"Would you rather I lied, Rin?"

"Yes! Kagome will be fine. Let's go get her before she has to face too many of those smelly demons on her own."

Flashing her katana in the light, she let a grin overwhelm her face.

"You are starting to take after Seshoumaru, Rin! You should not be so happy to run into battle."

Miroku shook his head, but secretly smiled to himself. Rin had become such a strong woman and she feared nothing. Living with one of the most powerful demons in Japan would probably have that effect on her character though.

"Are you guys ready to fight or just stand here and wait for Kagome to die!!"

Riding on Kirara, Sango snatched Miroku's robe and slung him over Kirara's back.

Nodding his head in agreement with Sango, Inuyasha took his place beside Seshoumaru. He and Rin rode on Seshoumaru's cloud to get to the castle. Inuyasha didn't trust Seshoumaru not to drop him but it was the only way he could reach Kagome. Kirara couldn't hold anymore weight and Shippo stayed with Kaede to try and help her find more information about the breach in Hell.

"Brace yourself mutt! If you fall I will not go after you."

Nudging him in the side, Rin glared at Seshoumaru with fire in her eyes. There he went again, speaking before he thought. It was becoming an annoyance.

Sticking his nose in the air, Seshoumaru ignored her and continued with summoning his cloud.

"I would try and catch you Inuyasha, then Seshoumaru would have to save us because without me, he wouldn't have someone to wash his hair."

Snickering under her breath, Rin loved to tease Sehoumaru. He always acted so high and mighty and some how it felt nice to be a human who could light a little fire under his butt.

Within a few minutes after take off they had reached the castle walls. There were holes blown through the stone exterior making the inside of the castle visible. Tapestries and rugs were singed and paintings were broken on the floor rather than hanging on the walls. The demons weren't visible but they could be heard cursing in the wind.

Landing in one of the obliterated rooms followed by Kirara with the others, Inuyasha searched the damage to figure out what types of weapons were being used. The air smelled of singed flesh and blood. This room in particular smelled of Kagome, but something was weird about the smell. It was slightly different than her normal smell of vanilla; now it intertwined with jasmine.

Perking his ears up at the sound of somebody rushing in their direction, Inuyasha listened intently.

"We must find her! I can no longer smell her because of the horrible smell of the dead!"

That was Sanorai's voice! Before Inuyasha had a chance to rush after him, Sanorai skidded to a stop in the doorway.

"What are you doing here!? I don't know if you can tell that I am already busy and you will have to wait your turn!"

Looking over at Inuyasha and his companions, Sanorai could tell that they were here for a fight. There was even a young woman flashing a katana with a smile across her face. How odd. This was a strange group of people that at the moment he just didn't have time to deal with.

"Where is she Sanorai!?"

"It's too late Inuyasha. She is mine. I don't even know why you bothered coming this far. Really you are just getting in the way."

"You didn't answer my question. Where is she Sanorai!?"

Inuyasha balled his fists and showed his teeth. He would skin Sanorai alive once he told him where his Kagome was located.

"You are him!"

A small golden head popped around Sanorai with a small smile and gleam in her eye.

"You are the one! You must help us find Kagome! She has been waiting for you."

Gigi nudged Sanorai to the side.

"It appears that she is not here Sanorai. Her bed chamber has been destroyed."

Glancing at Sanorai and the strange group in front of her, Gigi turned back at the doorway.

"What are you doing Gigi? You cannot help the enemy!"

Sanorai didn't know what was going on. How could she betray him like this?

"You would risk Kagome's life by not allowing more people to help you fight for her? They may be your enemy, but they are not mine! Any friend of Kagome's is a friend of mine. Now will you be of help Sanorai or will you stand in our way?"
Sanorai was overcome by shock when Gigi pulled the bow off of her should and knocked it with an arrow pointing in his direction. The tip of the arrow began to glow as deep amber filled Gigi's eyes. Her hair began to float behind her letting her curls bounce off of her neck.

Sanorai's jaw dropped as he began to realize the grave mistake he had made that was about to cost him his life. Looking behind her, Inuyasha and his companions were just as shocked to see an enemy become a friend.

Sango glanced at Miroku as Miroku glanced at Inuyasha.

"She reminds me of Kagome; scary, beautiful, and an attitude that could cut someone in half."

Glancing back at the scene before them, Inuyasha didn't know whether to stop her or just let her finish him off so that they could get to Kagome faster.

Okay so there was chapter 6! I hope yall enjoyed. And I would love it if you reviewed! Please obey the button!