Ahyo pplz! Sorry it took me so long to update but I've been so busy. I just came back from a trip at Cultus Lake and I didn't have time to write after that. Now though. I updated!
Anywho, hope ya like the tenth chap! YAY!!!! I'm so happy I'm at the tenth chap!
Oh, I also like to say thanks for all the reviews! My goal was to reach 50 and I succeeded! Now I want to get to 100! You guys can help me get there! Thanks again fro helping me reach my goal! ;)
Disclaimer: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, not me.
Rescued
' Oh gods, I can't stay on for much longer. The bleeding won't stop. If this keeps up, I'll pass out'.
Kagome hung on to Ionn's neck as he cantered down a well hidden path. Frosty trees leaned in on them, shielding them from any unwanted watchers traveling on the nearby road.
Nearby, the sound of a partly frozen stream gurgled, concealing the sound of the Ionn's hooves crunching the frozen leaves.
The piercing cry of an eagle rang through her ears. She heard the snapping of twigs in the canopy then flapping wings. Then, everything was quiet.
She frowned. ' Why is that familiar to me?'
Her vision began to blur into a swirl of silver and frosted bark. The gurgling of the stream became nothing but a unheard whisper.
" NO! Not yet. Just hold on a little bit longer Kagome. Just...hold....on...."
Her mind then went blank and she knew no more. Her grip weakened around Ionn's neck and she began to slip.
With no power to stop herself, Kagome slide off from the gelding's back and landed on the hard ground with a loud thud.
Ionn stopped the moment he felt her weight leave his back. As a war horse, he had been trained to stop once his rider fell off and stand guard over him.
Right now, his duty was to stand over Kagome until she woke up or until help came.
He carefully placed all four legs around her unconscious form, placing his body directly over her. This way, anyone who might attack would have to go through this huge animal first. And no one wants to be hurt by an animal weighing 3/4 of a ton. That would sure hurt.
He'd stay with her all day and through the night if he had to. He'd stay as long as he could bare.
Inuyasha stared into the grey sky. The clouds where close to bursting with winter snow. They where bloated and descending rapidly.
' I better get back or else I'll be caught in this early winter storm'.
A piercing cry woke him from his thoughts.
A smile spread across his handsome face and he held out his right hand which was covered in a thick leather glove. It went up to his elbow, then let his red sleeve disappear into his black cloak.
An eagle dropped out of the sky and landed on his arm. It folded it's wing and ruffled it's ebony feathers, making them shine in the bleak light.
" Come back to tell me something Midnight?"
The eagle chirped and flapped his midnight black wings, pulling at Inuyasha's glove.
" Okay then ta-...Wait....What?"
He sniffed the air again, trying to figure out why that scent was so familiar to him.
' That's Kagome's scent!'
Inuyasha broke into a run. He didn't like the smell of this.
Midnight took to the air and flew ahead of him, showing a path through the trees.
He ran faster and faster, dread welling up inside of him. Mixed in with Kagome's scent was her blood. Fresh and old blood.
He jumped over fallen logs and hit branches away from his face, not wanting to waste any time.
He heard Midnight cry a warning from up ahead. ' Wait, I smell her horse too'.
Inuyasha exploded out of the trees and onto a well hidden path. He slid to a stop and looked around, quickly locating Kagome's still form.
" Wha?" He looked at the long legs that surrounded her. They where all white up until the knees and then changed to bay. Then came a muscular body, not belonging to any human but a gigantic horse.
Ionn had his ears pricked at Inuyasha, staring wide eyed at him.
Inu stood up and started to inch towards the horse. The gelding didn't seem to think the hanyou was a threat and stepped aside.
He remembered this guy as someone to trust, not an enemy.
Inuyasha was at Kagome's side in an instant. He shook her gently but didn't even get a flinch.
" Out cold. I wonder why".
He searched over her body and soon enough, found the cause. Deep gashes went half way down her calf. The skin around them was raw and dead, exposing the tender meat inside. The edges of the wounds where scabbed but no further. Fresh blood trickled onto the snow, leaving a stain of red around her leg.
A new scent drifted into his nostrils as he bent closer to see how deep the wound was. The scent of a wolf demon's claws.
" This must have been Kouga's doing. The bastard, hurting an innocent girl that has nothing to do with his problems".
Inuyasha took off his leather glove and tore a piece of red cloth off his sleeve. He rapped it around her leg and tied it on, making sure it was tight enough to stop the blood flow.
A snow flake landed on his hand, signaling the clouds had started leaking.
" Shit!".
He lifted Kagome's limp body onto Ionn's back then climbed on himself.
" Fly ahead Midnight and alert Sesshomaru that I''m coming back with a passenger in need".
The black eagle took to the air and circled above for a moment. Then, with a final cry and a graceful flap of his wings, he was gone.
Inuyasha kicked Ionn into a gallop, cursing loudly as the snow started to thicken." I'll be lucky if we make it back in this weather!"
He pushed Ionn as fast as he could go, not wanted to be caught in the first blizzard of the winter. It would be a long and hard gallop to the king's castle, with all visibility disappearing fast. Soon, it would only be Inuyasha's smell and hearing, along with Ionn's trust in him.
Waiting at the back doors of the castle was Miroku, Inuyasha's manservant and Sango, one of Sesshomaru's maids.
Sango was finding it very hard to stand next to Miroku, waiting for his lord. Every now and then, she felt a hand grab her bottom and then followed a very hard slap. The manservant's face now had one new slap mark.
" You perverted jerk. You'll never learn will you?", Sango said coldly.
" My hands have a mind of their own my dear Sango. I can't control them".
Her magenta eyes held a steely glare in them that would melt the snow that was falling outside. " Well why don't you START THEN!!".
Miroku cringed and nodded, averting his violet eyes to the window beside the small double doors.
" I think I see him!", he exclaimed, throwing the doors open.
A swirl of wind and snow blew into their faces, causing them to take a step back.
The crunch of snow and hard breathing could be heard just beyond the wall of swirling snow. A large shadow approached out of the white, silhouetted against the background.
The shadow melted into a large bay paint horse, Inuyassha sitting on it's back with Kagome slumped infront of him.
" Oh god Inuyasha! What happened?!", Miroku said, running to his side as he lifted Kagome off the horse's back.
" I found her near the outer border of Caer Danon, lying on the ground with her horse standing over her".
" Near Caer Danon, Kouga's realm. She must be his wife!", Miroku thought out loud.
" But then what could have happened to her?", Sango asked.
" That bastard of a wolf demon probably attacked her. We'll know once she wakes up".
They both nodded, frowns plastered on their faces.
Inu carefully put Kagome in Miroku's arms. " You two go and tend to her wounds. I'll go and put this horse of her's away".
The two servants nodded and shut the doors.
Sango led Miroku up a stone staircase that led to the castles third floor. She walked along the corridor, lighting torches so they could see in the fading light.
" Where to my dear Sango?"
She glared back at him, the shadows dancing across her beautiful face. Miroku cringed. ' In the dim light, that face is creepy, but dazzlingly beautiful'.
Sango unlocked a door and led the way in. " Put her on that bed".
" Yes ma'am!". He set Kagome down carefully and stepped back, ready to admire Sango. Before he could do anything though, his eyes fell on Kagome's still face.
" She's beautiful!", he exclaimed.
" Excuse me?"
" The girl! Her face is so fair. She's gorgeous! I mean look at her".
Sango rolled her eyes and took a look at the motionless girl. ' Well, he is right'. A lock of raven black hair lay across her cheek, framing her pale face in a look of peace. Her closed eyelids fluttered, letting her lashes whisper ever so slightly.
" Whatever Miroku". She would just leave it at that.' No use letting him pursue the subject'.
Rolling up Kagome's silver dress to about her knees, Sango took a look at the makeshift bandage.
" Hmmmm. Lord Inuyasha sure knows his stuff". She unrolled the cloth and gasped at the wound.
" What is it Sango?"
" Look at that wound".
Miroku peered at Kagome's now bare calf. " What the hell could have done that to her!?"
" I don't know but probably some kind of demon. Whatever it was, I need to dress the wound".
A lecherous smile spread across the manservant's face. " I'll help you Sango dear".
" Out out OUT!". She kicked Miroku out the door and closed it behind him, making sure it was locked.
'Glad to get rid of him'. " Okay now, lets get you cleaned up".
Kagome opened her eyes and looked around. She was in a deep bed, covered in soft blankets. The room around her was dark and no one else was in it except her.
" Where...am I?"
' In some room obviously'.
She pulled back the covers and sat up slowly, letting her legs hang off the side of the bed.
' Why am I dressed in a night gown?'
She got up and let out a cry, sitting back down with a whimper.' My leg! Ouch! Now I remember'.
Steading herself, Kagome stood up carefully, making sure not to stand on her left leg.
She winced but managed not to cry.
Taking note of all that was around her, she spied a soft blue dress laying on the bedside table.
Kagome undressed and pulled it on, welcoming the plush softness on her skin.
' By the looks of my bandaged leg, someone must have found me'.
" I better explore this place if I want to see who rescued me".
Feeling her way to the door, Kagome let herself out of the room, ready for any surprises that might await her.
There ya go! another chap done! Hope ya like it! Now I got Sango and Miroku in place! YAY! All your missing is Shippo and Kirara. Don't worry though. They'll appear in later chapters.
Anywho, REVIEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! As always :)
Anywho, hope ya like the tenth chap! YAY!!!! I'm so happy I'm at the tenth chap!
Oh, I also like to say thanks for all the reviews! My goal was to reach 50 and I succeeded! Now I want to get to 100! You guys can help me get there! Thanks again fro helping me reach my goal! ;)
Disclaimer: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, not me.
Rescued
' Oh gods, I can't stay on for much longer. The bleeding won't stop. If this keeps up, I'll pass out'.
Kagome hung on to Ionn's neck as he cantered down a well hidden path. Frosty trees leaned in on them, shielding them from any unwanted watchers traveling on the nearby road.
Nearby, the sound of a partly frozen stream gurgled, concealing the sound of the Ionn's hooves crunching the frozen leaves.
The piercing cry of an eagle rang through her ears. She heard the snapping of twigs in the canopy then flapping wings. Then, everything was quiet.
She frowned. ' Why is that familiar to me?'
Her vision began to blur into a swirl of silver and frosted bark. The gurgling of the stream became nothing but a unheard whisper.
" NO! Not yet. Just hold on a little bit longer Kagome. Just...hold....on...."
Her mind then went blank and she knew no more. Her grip weakened around Ionn's neck and she began to slip.
With no power to stop herself, Kagome slide off from the gelding's back and landed on the hard ground with a loud thud.
Ionn stopped the moment he felt her weight leave his back. As a war horse, he had been trained to stop once his rider fell off and stand guard over him.
Right now, his duty was to stand over Kagome until she woke up or until help came.
He carefully placed all four legs around her unconscious form, placing his body directly over her. This way, anyone who might attack would have to go through this huge animal first. And no one wants to be hurt by an animal weighing 3/4 of a ton. That would sure hurt.
He'd stay with her all day and through the night if he had to. He'd stay as long as he could bare.
Inuyasha stared into the grey sky. The clouds where close to bursting with winter snow. They where bloated and descending rapidly.
' I better get back or else I'll be caught in this early winter storm'.
A piercing cry woke him from his thoughts.
A smile spread across his handsome face and he held out his right hand which was covered in a thick leather glove. It went up to his elbow, then let his red sleeve disappear into his black cloak.
An eagle dropped out of the sky and landed on his arm. It folded it's wing and ruffled it's ebony feathers, making them shine in the bleak light.
" Come back to tell me something Midnight?"
The eagle chirped and flapped his midnight black wings, pulling at Inuyasha's glove.
" Okay then ta-...Wait....What?"
He sniffed the air again, trying to figure out why that scent was so familiar to him.
' That's Kagome's scent!'
Inuyasha broke into a run. He didn't like the smell of this.
Midnight took to the air and flew ahead of him, showing a path through the trees.
He ran faster and faster, dread welling up inside of him. Mixed in with Kagome's scent was her blood. Fresh and old blood.
He jumped over fallen logs and hit branches away from his face, not wanting to waste any time.
He heard Midnight cry a warning from up ahead. ' Wait, I smell her horse too'.
Inuyasha exploded out of the trees and onto a well hidden path. He slid to a stop and looked around, quickly locating Kagome's still form.
" Wha?" He looked at the long legs that surrounded her. They where all white up until the knees and then changed to bay. Then came a muscular body, not belonging to any human but a gigantic horse.
Ionn had his ears pricked at Inuyasha, staring wide eyed at him.
Inu stood up and started to inch towards the horse. The gelding didn't seem to think the hanyou was a threat and stepped aside.
He remembered this guy as someone to trust, not an enemy.
Inuyasha was at Kagome's side in an instant. He shook her gently but didn't even get a flinch.
" Out cold. I wonder why".
He searched over her body and soon enough, found the cause. Deep gashes went half way down her calf. The skin around them was raw and dead, exposing the tender meat inside. The edges of the wounds where scabbed but no further. Fresh blood trickled onto the snow, leaving a stain of red around her leg.
A new scent drifted into his nostrils as he bent closer to see how deep the wound was. The scent of a wolf demon's claws.
" This must have been Kouga's doing. The bastard, hurting an innocent girl that has nothing to do with his problems".
Inuyasha took off his leather glove and tore a piece of red cloth off his sleeve. He rapped it around her leg and tied it on, making sure it was tight enough to stop the blood flow.
A snow flake landed on his hand, signaling the clouds had started leaking.
" Shit!".
He lifted Kagome's limp body onto Ionn's back then climbed on himself.
" Fly ahead Midnight and alert Sesshomaru that I''m coming back with a passenger in need".
The black eagle took to the air and circled above for a moment. Then, with a final cry and a graceful flap of his wings, he was gone.
Inuyasha kicked Ionn into a gallop, cursing loudly as the snow started to thicken." I'll be lucky if we make it back in this weather!"
He pushed Ionn as fast as he could go, not wanted to be caught in the first blizzard of the winter. It would be a long and hard gallop to the king's castle, with all visibility disappearing fast. Soon, it would only be Inuyasha's smell and hearing, along with Ionn's trust in him.
Waiting at the back doors of the castle was Miroku, Inuyasha's manservant and Sango, one of Sesshomaru's maids.
Sango was finding it very hard to stand next to Miroku, waiting for his lord. Every now and then, she felt a hand grab her bottom and then followed a very hard slap. The manservant's face now had one new slap mark.
" You perverted jerk. You'll never learn will you?", Sango said coldly.
" My hands have a mind of their own my dear Sango. I can't control them".
Her magenta eyes held a steely glare in them that would melt the snow that was falling outside. " Well why don't you START THEN!!".
Miroku cringed and nodded, averting his violet eyes to the window beside the small double doors.
" I think I see him!", he exclaimed, throwing the doors open.
A swirl of wind and snow blew into their faces, causing them to take a step back.
The crunch of snow and hard breathing could be heard just beyond the wall of swirling snow. A large shadow approached out of the white, silhouetted against the background.
The shadow melted into a large bay paint horse, Inuyassha sitting on it's back with Kagome slumped infront of him.
" Oh god Inuyasha! What happened?!", Miroku said, running to his side as he lifted Kagome off the horse's back.
" I found her near the outer border of Caer Danon, lying on the ground with her horse standing over her".
" Near Caer Danon, Kouga's realm. She must be his wife!", Miroku thought out loud.
" But then what could have happened to her?", Sango asked.
" That bastard of a wolf demon probably attacked her. We'll know once she wakes up".
They both nodded, frowns plastered on their faces.
Inu carefully put Kagome in Miroku's arms. " You two go and tend to her wounds. I'll go and put this horse of her's away".
The two servants nodded and shut the doors.
Sango led Miroku up a stone staircase that led to the castles third floor. She walked along the corridor, lighting torches so they could see in the fading light.
" Where to my dear Sango?"
She glared back at him, the shadows dancing across her beautiful face. Miroku cringed. ' In the dim light, that face is creepy, but dazzlingly beautiful'.
Sango unlocked a door and led the way in. " Put her on that bed".
" Yes ma'am!". He set Kagome down carefully and stepped back, ready to admire Sango. Before he could do anything though, his eyes fell on Kagome's still face.
" She's beautiful!", he exclaimed.
" Excuse me?"
" The girl! Her face is so fair. She's gorgeous! I mean look at her".
Sango rolled her eyes and took a look at the motionless girl. ' Well, he is right'. A lock of raven black hair lay across her cheek, framing her pale face in a look of peace. Her closed eyelids fluttered, letting her lashes whisper ever so slightly.
" Whatever Miroku". She would just leave it at that.' No use letting him pursue the subject'.
Rolling up Kagome's silver dress to about her knees, Sango took a look at the makeshift bandage.
" Hmmmm. Lord Inuyasha sure knows his stuff". She unrolled the cloth and gasped at the wound.
" What is it Sango?"
" Look at that wound".
Miroku peered at Kagome's now bare calf. " What the hell could have done that to her!?"
" I don't know but probably some kind of demon. Whatever it was, I need to dress the wound".
A lecherous smile spread across the manservant's face. " I'll help you Sango dear".
" Out out OUT!". She kicked Miroku out the door and closed it behind him, making sure it was locked.
'Glad to get rid of him'. " Okay now, lets get you cleaned up".
Kagome opened her eyes and looked around. She was in a deep bed, covered in soft blankets. The room around her was dark and no one else was in it except her.
" Where...am I?"
' In some room obviously'.
She pulled back the covers and sat up slowly, letting her legs hang off the side of the bed.
' Why am I dressed in a night gown?'
She got up and let out a cry, sitting back down with a whimper.' My leg! Ouch! Now I remember'.
Steading herself, Kagome stood up carefully, making sure not to stand on her left leg.
She winced but managed not to cry.
Taking note of all that was around her, she spied a soft blue dress laying on the bedside table.
Kagome undressed and pulled it on, welcoming the plush softness on her skin.
' By the looks of my bandaged leg, someone must have found me'.
" I better explore this place if I want to see who rescued me".
Feeling her way to the door, Kagome let herself out of the room, ready for any surprises that might await her.
There ya go! another chap done! Hope ya like it! Now I got Sango and Miroku in place! YAY! All your missing is Shippo and Kirara. Don't worry though. They'll appear in later chapters.
Anywho, REVIEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! As always :)