SO sorry for the long wait everyone. My morale is low and im running out of thinking juice. Anxiously anticipating the final act of Inuyasha which 'supposedly' comes out on the 20th of this month…
Well, I didn't want to do this, but perhaps you could give me a few ideas? I will give you credit for your ideas of course. Really didn't want to do that, but I have no choice right now.
For now, I will do the best I can on my own laurels.
Enjoy if you can ^_^
Inuyasha regashi chapter 27
Kagome woke up to the sound of cannon fire and the smell of smoke. She pried open her eyes to figure out where she was. She looked down to see herself on top of Inuyasha who was momentarily unconscious.
'why am I on top of him?' Kagome looked up and saw the battle going on above them, then she remembered what happened.
'we fell from that butte earlier…did he break my fall?'
She tried to get up and roused Inuyasha in the process.
"grrr…what just happened?" Inuyasha mumbled.
"we fell after we were hit by one of Ginkotsu's cannon balls. Are you okay?"
"yeah im fine." Inuyasha huffed as he stood up and brushed himself off.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome began.
"what is it?" Inuyasha replied.
"you broke my fall…a fall from that height could have killed me. But you put yourself under me to protect me. You saved my life, Inuyasha. Thank you" Kagome said.
"errr…well…" Inuyasha stuttered, a tinge of red staining his cheeks.
"well, you weren't going to save yourself!" Inuyasha shot back.
Kagome giggled a little bit before looking up into the sky.
"so what are we going to do now?" Kagome asked.
"what else dummy? We're going to get into that castle!" Inuyasha said.
"but the palace is heavily guarded!" Kagome said.
"did that ever stop us before?" Inuyasha said.
"I suppose not. But how are we going to get there? His castle is floating in the sky!" Kagome asked.
"will you stop asking questions and start looking for solutions?" Inuyasha snapped. "now get on my back and lets move." Inuyasha commanded.
"aye aye captain Inuyasha." Kagome breathed in a mock salute.
Kagome climbed on his back and he proceeded to scale the mountain. Kagome tried with all of her might not to look down. Unfortunately, she glanced at the ground below them and they were a considerable distance away from the earth below and began to get lightheaded
"uhh, Inuyasha…." Kagome said nervously.
"don't tell me you're afraid of heights now!?"Inuyasha grunted.
"im sorry. Maybe if I close my eyes." Kagome closed her eyes tightly and tried to get her mind off of how high they were.
Inuyasha concentrated on trying to climb the mountain, but his hands were becoming slippery with sweat.
'dammit! This wouldn't be so damn hard if it wasn't so damn hot!' Inuyasha cursed to himself. 'I have to keep going. Itaru is counting on me!'He glanced back at Kagome to see if she was alright. 'and so is Kagome…'
Lost in his thoughts, Inuyasha lost his footing and stumbled. Kagome cried out to him and fell off of his back. Inuyasha acted quickly and tightly grabbed hold of her wrist.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screeched. Her eyes were wide with fear. She stared at him, afraid of the certain death that would await her, should she fall.
"Inuyasha…please…please don't let go!" Kagome begged, almost in a whisper.
"im not going to let you go!" Inuyasha shouted at her.
"Im scared Inuyasha! Please!" Kagome cried.
This was the first time Inuyasha saw Kagome truly afraid. Her eyes were wide with terror, looking at him longingly.
"Kagome…listen to me…im not going to let you go. Ever. " Inuyasha assured. He looked around
For a way out of the situation. Inuyasha scanned the area, but it was nothing but rock and mountain. Suddenly, something caught his eye. It looked like a balcony on a ledge of the cliff on the other side of the mountain. Inuyasha had an idea.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha began.
"y-y-yes?" Kagome said.
"do you trust me?" Inuyasha replied.
"what do you mean? What are you thinking?" Kagome asked.
"Kagome! Do you trust me?!" Inuyasha asked again.
Kagome stared at him for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking. But gulped and gave a reply.
"yes Inuyasha. I trust you with all of my heart."
"good." Then Inuyasha suddenly swung Inuyasha into the air with all of his might. Kagome was momentarily airborne and halfway to the other side of the cliff.
'please make it!' Inuyasha pleaded.
Kagome was too terrified to scream, but then saw what Inuyasha was aiming for. She tried to propel herself towards the balcony and landed with a loud thud on the floor. She looked up to see that it was covered in vines and exotic flowers. She got up and went to the edge of the balcony.
"Inuyasha! I made it! Im okay!" Kagome shouted.
"great! Ill be right there!" Inuyasha shouted back.
Inuyasha pulled himself up to where he could stand a little bit. He took a great leap across the gap and landed gracefully next to Kagome.
"it's a good thing this was here. We would have never gotten out of there!" Inuyasha said, wiping his head.
"it looks like it leads to somewhere?" Kagome said, looking behind them into the dark room that looked like the mouth of a cave.
"do you think this is connected to Ryukoushi's castle?" Kagome asked.
"theres no other explanation. Lets not get separated." Inuyasha said.
When they were inside the cave, the walls were tall and the ceiling high. Sounds of water dripping was amplified in the large cavern.
"this place gives me the creeps!" Kagome thought out loud.
Suddenly, the sound of a screeching bat sent Kagome flying into Inuyasha's arms.
"calm down will you! We wont get anywhere if you're running at every little sound!" Inuyasha snapped.
"im sorry Inuyasha." Kagome apologized, climbing down from him.
Kagome trailed behind him at a moderate pace. Her mind began to wander to the events that had transpired only hours ago.
'so itaru and meimei are really my—our kids? And there is another one on the way? This is so…strange.'
Kagome looked at Inuyasha's face, hard and concentrated.
"I wonder what he thinks of it? He hasn't said a word about it since we found out about it…" Kagome thought.
"then that leaves out so many unanswered questions! How do we defeat Naraku?! Am I stuck in the feudal era for the rest of my life?! OH CRAP, DO I EVER GET INTO HIGH SCHOOL?!" Kagome thought in sudden panic.
"and what happens to kikyo? Was she able to find peace? Or is she still alive somewhere? No, if kikyo was still alive, Inuyasha wouldn't hesitate to be with her. Would he?" Kagome thought soberly 'should I ask him about it? What should I say? Hey Inuyasha! Don't you think its great that we have kids?! Hahaha! Noo… that would be waaay too awkward. Perhaps we should talk about the baby that hasn't been born yet? Hey Inuyasha! What do you think we should name the baby, huh? No, that would be equally awkward! I wish he would say something! The silent treatment is becoming unbearable! Why doesn't he just—"
"they look like you…" Inuyasha murmured.
"huh? What?"
"the kids…they look a lot like you…" Inuyasha repeated, his face becoming a bright red.
"oh? Y-you think so?" Kagome said, her face becoming equally as red.
"yeah…they smell a lot like you too…" Inuyasha continued.
"oh…" Kagome breathed. 'okay this is probably a lot more awkward than I expected. How am I – I mean, how are we supposed to take this! Over two hours ago, we were just told that these strange children are ours and Inuyasha is dead? Hes probably taking that real hard. This is like some hilariously terrible dream! I feel like im on some kind of game show and at any moment camera men are about to pop out and yell "JOKES ON YOU!"'
"listen Kagome…" Inuyasha said.
"huh? What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome replied.
"about all this… I don't know what is going to happen in the future, even if I see it with my own eyes. But one thing I do know…" Inuyasha began. He quickly drew Kagome into a tight embrace.
"ummm…do you think this is the time to be doing this, Inuyasha?" Kagome said.
"shut up and listen, would you?!" Inuyasha snapped. Kagome held her tongue.
"all that I do know right now, is that I have very strong feelings for two people in my life. And im very confused. One day, I wake up and I find out that the one that I first loved, was reincarnated into another person and has no idea who I am. And then, later on, the one that I first loved comes back to life, but a fraction of the woman she once was…"Inuyasha explained.
'what is he trying to say?' Kagome thought.
"you and the others might think that im just a cruel bastard that doesn't know how to treat other people, but what you all don't know is that im trying my hardest to make things right with both of you…I guess all that im saying is…im very confused, but despite that Im trying my hardest to figure things out…"
"Inuyasha…I don't understand…what are you…?" Kagome mumbled.
"forget about it. Lets keep going." Inuyasha said, curtly releasing her.
'was Inuyasha saying what I think he was trying to say?' Kagome thought.
~*0*~
"NOOO! Inuyasha! Kagome!" Miroku shouted.
"Damn them!" *shippo cursed, clutching his scythe.
"what do we do now?" *sango said.
"what else? Go forward!" Kazuka said.
"Kazuka is right. there is no way that we are going to stop now. Lets go!" *miroku said.
The miroku and sango pairs along with the shippos and meimei flew into the castle. Kazuka, Jaken and Tomono stayed behind.
*this is as far as I go. I will wait here until your father arrives.* Tomono said through telepathy. Tomono allowed Kazuka and Jaken to climb off of her back and onto a nearby cliff.
"alright then. Arigato, obaasan." Kazuka said, bowing slightly.
Tomono floated upwards and away from the battle scene, careful to stay out of the line of fire.
"lets go, jaken." Kazuka said, turning around and walking toward the mountain's peak.
"err. Lady kazuka… forgive me for my ignorance, but why didn't your mother simply fly up to the castle?" jaken asked.
Kazuka drew from her back her naginata and whipped out a green, sparkling slice of energy. It seemed to go through the barrier, but dissipated. "that's why." Kazuka said.
"oh…that makes sense…" jaken stuttered. 'even at such a young age, Lady Kazuka has wisdom and insight beyond her years! She is truly the daughter of lord Sesshomaru! It sure is a shame that she is a female, and a half breed female at that! She would have made a fine heir to the throne if it weren't for those tiny little details!" jaken thought. In a blink of an eye, kazuka backhanded him, sending him teetering to the ground.
'SHE CAN READ MINDS NOW?! Oh, she never ceases to amaze me! Like father like daughter, I like to say!'
…..
Far off on a cliff facing the dragon demon's lair, Sesshomaru mused to himself. He could not help but remember the last time he saw his father before he died.
"what irony. This exact place, for the same reason. Over 200 years ago, I was standing in this very place with my honorable father…
~~over 200 years ago…~~~
"my lord! The last squadron is ready!" said one of the Inu no Taisho's commanders.
"good work." Inu no Taisho replied. He looked out over the valley that would soon become a battlefield. Afar off, he could see the dragon demon scouts keeping a wary eye on them.
"father, where should I be stationed?" Sesshomaru asked.
"your post will be at home this time,Sesshomaru." Inu no Taisho replied.
"Father! I don't understand! Why…"
"you will not take part in this battle, Sesshomaru! You are still young and inexperienced. This is a battle that even I will have to muster all of my strength for. You will stay behind." Inu no taisho commanded.
"but father! I have sworn to die at your side!" Sesshomaru persisted.
"you will die another day, Sesshomaru! But today will not be it! You will go home and defend the castle! Do I make myself clear!?" Inu no Taisho roared.
"grrr…yes sir." Sesshomaru said, bowing.
"Sesshomaru…you are the only child that I have that can succeed me. I cannot have you throw away your life so recklessly." Inu no Taisho said.
"the only child that you have that can succeed you..?" Sesshomaru thought.
"yes. I trust that if anything should happen to me, you will be the man who will be able to take over for me. "
"y-y-yes father…" Sesshomaru replied.
~~~return to the present~~~
'And that was the last time I saw my father in full glory. After that battle, all his men had died, and he himself was mortally wounded. But that didn't stop him from going after that human and Inuyasha. Hmph.' Sesshomaru thought 'now here I am again. About to face the same foe. I assure you, father, that my outcome will not be as pitiful as yours.'
Suddenly, he saw a large dog figure come into view. He immediately concluded that it was none other than his mother. When she reached him, she reverted to her humanoid form. And stood in front of Sesshomaru.
"is your mate safe?" Tomono asked.
"as safe as she can be for now. Where is my daughter?" Sesshomaru asked.
"she is with Inuyasha and his human friends." Tomono replied.
"im sure lady kazuka will be able to handle herself quite well m'lord!" said a tiny voice.
"Roga why are you not with my daughter?" Sesshomaru asked.
"oh…..well…to simply put it, it is the time of my monthly unclenliness! And not only that, jaken is with her, im sure he can protect her a lot better than I ever could!" Roga explained.
"that isn't even possible for your species. Do not tell this Sesshomaru such blatant lies." Sesshomaru said giving Roga a menacing look.
"errr…yessir…" Roga complied.
"I will be going now." Sesshomaru said.
"Ryukoushi has the half breed's son with him." Tomono said.
"how did that idiot manage that?" Sesshomaru said.
"it is a mystery to me. Nevertheless, do not hold back. That lizard must be killed. For the honor of your clan, your father and yourself. Don't leave this job undone."
"I understand mother." Sesshomaru said, jumping into the air to fly away.
He looked towards where he could smell the strong scent of gunpowder and burning wood.
"well, it seems as if my dear little brother has started without me. But that's alright, a certain degree of deferment a certain amount of class..." Sesshomaru snickered to himself.
When our heroes reached the peak of the mountain, they reached a flight of nearly invisible stairs.
*miroku hesitated to go up and said to himself, "this is almost too easy…"
"what do you mean, *miroku?" sango said.
"im sure that Ryukoushi would have put up a tougher defense than this to prevent us from ascending to his castle. Im not sure if we can safely go through without any confrontations…" miroku said.
"you so smart!" said a familiar,low, rumbling voice
"Kyokotsu!" *sango said, clutching her hiraikotsu.
"heheh. Ill be the one to prevent you from advancing any further." said kyokotsu.
"so, thats his plan?" miroku said.
" I suppose so. Lets split up. *Sango and I will take him on." *miroku said.
"heheh...puny little people..." Kyokotsu growled.
"are you sure about this?" *shippo said.
"im positive. We've faced more powerful opponents before havent we?" *miroku said.
"y-yeah. Well, be careful nonetheless." *shippo said.
"y-y-eah, be careful!" shippo echoed.
The seven left went ahead and left future sango and miroku to battle kyokotsu.
"so my love, shall we begin?" *miroku said.
"after you, dear." *sango replied.
They stared down their opponent, who grinned at them with a monsterly smile.
When the other seven had reached to the base of the castle, they were surrounded by darkness. However, they could feel that there was something sinister about the place.
"this place gives me the creeps!" meimei moaned.
"y-y-yeah! Me too!" shippo stuttered.
"meh." kazuka breathed.
"dont you think it would be a good idea for us to find out where the kaji no ishi is before we go off into battle?" sango said.
"that would be wise. But it might take us a while to find where it is. Looking from the outside, this castle seems to have many rooms..." miroku said.
"dont worry about that, the kori no ishi will start glowing when we get close." sango explained.
"but what about my papa and my big brother?! We have to save him before sundown!" meimei reminded.
"thats true...and the sun is getting closer and closer to the horizon..."miroku said.
"i suppose we will still need to split up." *shippo said.
"well, while all of you are exercising your lips, we could be half way to either direction..." Kazuka complained.
"kazuka is right, we need to part ways if we are going to. Meimei, kazuka and shippo: find the kaji no ishi and replace it with this." sango said, giving the kori no ishi to shippo.
"*shippo, sango and I will go and find itaru and inuyasha's body." miroku said.
"fine then, lets go." kazuka said, going in the opposite direction.
"errr...alright! I am brave! I am strong! I can do this!' shippo chanted to himself. When he saw his companions start to leave him behind, he panicked and ran after them.
…...
"lord ryukoushi, our visitors have entered the castle." naraku said.
"great. Now I can get things started." ryukoushi turned to the unconscious itaru and grinned. He grabbed one of the scales from his arm and attempted to attatch it to itaru's neck. But ryukoushi found his scale being repelled with tiny sparks of electricity and was knocked out of his hand.
"pretentious little bastard." ryukoushi cursed.
" I expect nothing less from the son of a priestess. However, it seems that it is amplified. This boy is truly remarkable." naraku said.
" no problem, I know how to fix this." ryukoushi dissapeared through the roof and appeared on the top floor where a shrine had been erected and inuyasha was positioned as the sacrifice. Ryukoushi slit his wrist and let some of the blood seep out onto his scale until it was completely soaked. He dissapered back down into the previous room and explained, " ill use his father's blood to hide my own essence so that I can control him from afar without his body repelling me."
" I see..." naraku said.
Ryukoushi retried placing the dragon scale on his neck. This time, he met no resistance and the dragon scale attatched itself onto itaru's skin. Suddenly, the scale doubled into two, then four, then eight, and it doubled until it covered nearly half of his body. On itaru's face was a menacing scowl.
" I see, your dragon scales can multiply until it covers the person it is attatched to, enabling you to control his every movement." naraku said.
"yes, this also takes care of that problem with the band of seven. I can kill two birds with one stone. Once the dragon scale covers his whole body, he will kill anyone that I command. Even if I say to kill himself, he has no choice but to obey." ryukoushi said.
"very nice, my lord." naraku applauded.
"you havent seen anything yet." ryukoushi said.
When they turned around to watch itaru, his hair started to become lighter. There were purple stripes becoming visible on his cheeks and his fangs began to peek from his lips. He released a feral growl and started to struggle against the chains holding him back.
"yes, my boy. I will allow you your freedom. Just as long as you kill every inhabitant in this castle—save naraku and myself. I want you to slaughter the one called inuyasha and bring back his body. Oh and if you are so inclined, bring me the flesh of his wife as well. I could use a good, tender meal at the end of my victory!" ryukoushi commanded.
Itaru's growl grew louder and louder until it was a very loud roar that shook the windows. He finally broke free of the chains and landed on all fours. His hair was now as silver as his father's and like his, two jagged purple stripes were tattooed on his face. He leapt out of the door and down the hallway, looking for a victim.
"now we watch and wait." ryukoushi breathed.
A/N: SO SORRY EVERYONE. THIS IS NOT A GOOD CHAPTER. MY MORALE IS VERY LOW!
please, if you are so inclined, please give me some ideas. Like I said before, I will give you credit. But I will edit them to my preference.
Thankyou my faithful readers!
please Review. So I can see if this story is still worth reading!