you guys, guess what... I actually drew something beautiful and it has been so long since I have drawn anything worth while atleast thats how I feel you know you are your worst critique(unless your a stuck up snob and think your better then everyone else) , but anyways I drew what I believe to be a nice cover to go with this story, and I am going to post it online it should be up by either the next chapter or after I post this one, the title is the same as the story so it should be easy to find but I will put the web address at the bottom of this chapter if its posted , if not it will be at the top of the next one. Well enough of my talking, on with the story!
chapter 12: Is that Trouble I smell?
Sesshomaru watched as the sun rose, bringing light and warmth into their campsite, it was almost time to get going again. They had been traveling with the monk now for three days, and the guy seemed to be always thinking of something and watching Kagome, he didnt like it. Sadly Kagome didnt move very quickly and Sesshomaru found himself carryig her often, they were running out of her lotion too. They had stopped near a river, it was a very deep one and led out of the woods to a bigger source, which was a good thing, who knew when Kagome might have to make a hasty escape. Luckily no demons had crossed there path, but sesshomaru couldnt always be with her. He had to go off to hunt or scare off weakling youkai's that were lured in with kagome's scent. He looked down at the girl that slept quietly in his lap, ever since that day she had crawled over to him half asleep, he had taken great lengths and measures to avoid another one, she now slept in his lap in what was for the both of them, a comfortable position. She then decided to snuggle into him, which sent the ever familiar jolts of electricity coursing through his body, but it quickly passed once she stopped moving. Sesshomaru took a deep breathe and got a whiff of her scent, ah what a lovely one it was too. It smelt of sakura, his favorite flower, and something else, the smell was pure, almost like water. The sun was completely risen over the horizon now and it was time to move.
"Monk, Kagome it is time to get up, we must prepare for the day." sesshomaru nudged Kagome with his hand, he then began to play with her cheek in an attempt to wake her, the monk had already gotten up and was walking around and bringing the fire back to life, he then walked into the woods. Kagome grabbed his hand and brought it to her lips, kissing his knuckles. She blushed slightly, as she looked up at sesshomaru and then stretched, before sitting up straight.
"Morning inu. What are we doing?"
"I will hunt for breakfast and the monk will take you to fill the canteens with water, I do not want you to go alone."
"i see. That is understandable, I do seem much like the weakest link, but once I fully get used to my legs and figure out how to use what "My parents gave me" then I shall be fine."
even though she didnt come right and say it he knew what she was talking about, her powers.
Once the miroku strolled back into the camp Sesshomaru called him over and helped Kagome to her feet, she had been practicing again and was now moving ten blades of grass a good distance away from her. She was becoming stronger.
Once Kagome stood and they began to walk into the woods towards the river Kagome had shivered she could feel the tentacles of worry griping her heart and she knew something was wrong, but she didnt know what. She looked to the monk who walked silently next to her, then she looked to her inu as he also walked just as silently, maybe they felt it too?
She was wrong, no one but her felt it.
They walked until they reached the river and sesshomaru went off to hunt. Kagome dropped her bag to the floor and miroku pulled two pouches from his sleeves.
Sesshomaru was off looking for fruit when a demon approached him, but it stayed hidden amongst the trees. He meerely ingnored the demon and kept walking until it flared its yoki threateningly, Sesshomaru stopped walking and stared at the youkai, he deemed it a waste of his time and began to walk away. The mysterious youkai then broke out into a run. Sesshomaru didnt pay it any attention, that is until he realized it was running straight for Kagome and the monk. He then ran after the yokai that quickly switched directions. Sesshomaru followed it unknowingly putting more distance between him and the real youkai, for what he was chasing was merely a puppet.
Back at the river, Kagome and Miroku were on their second pouches and when they had finished they sat in the grass.
"So, you are not a pixie, because you do not have any magic, atleast none that I know of."
"so am I a pixie or what?"
Kagome had no clue what a pixie was but she decided that what he didnt know wouldnt kill him.
"A pixie, you couldnt be further from the truth monk." both miroku and Kagome looked up to the trees with looks of shock on their faces.
"Naraku." miroku was suddenly filled with hate. He stood up infront of Kagome. "what do you want?"
"Why the girl of course, she is the answer to my problem."
"Why do you need Kagome for?"
"Hmm, is that what she has you call her, interesting, it tells you nothing of her true identity, well, well, I guess my puppet took care of the inu lord." he spoke slowly and when Kagome looked up at him, he was smilling devilishly at him.
"What have you done to Sesshomaru?" she spoke as she stood, she concentrated hard on the body of water behind her.
"Me, nothing, my puppet is currently leading him away from you and that was all I needed, so you should ether come with me willingly or have me come and get you."
obviously this naraku knew what Kagome is, and she must be something powerful, I must not let her fall into the wrong hands.
"You will have to go through me, first naraku."
"Ahhh, I recognize that hand of yours monk."
"Of course you should since your the one that cursed me with it."
"Indeed I did, it will be easy to kill you off." with that said tentacles were launched at them, miroku dived to the right and Kagome to the left, next to a bush, but when she went to stand she noticed that her pants had gotten stuck on one of the branches. She began to pull on it, but they wouldnt budge thats when she heard miroku.
"Kagome watch out!"
Kagome looked up in time to see a tentacle coming towards her and she pushed her left hand towards the water and concentrated. A sheet of water shot out infront of her cutting off the tentacle before it got to her.
The demon that sesshomaru was following suddenly stopped, he did not recognize it and could not pick up a scent.
"My lord, you will not be able to pick up a scent from me for it is currently being masked, but I shall tell you who I am anyways?"
"Why do you mask your scent?"
the demon ignored Sesshomaru's question and began talking again.
"I am Naraku."
"What do you want with me Naraku, why have you lead me way out here?"
"I want nothing with you, but the young girl that you are traveling with I do want."
"you will not touch her."
"Ohh, possessive are we Lord Sesshomaru, and I believe that you have no say in that considering I am taking her as we speak, this puppet body here was merely a distraction." with that said Sesshomaru's whip came out and sliced off the puppets head. He was then able to pick up the puppets scent, and then he felt Naraku's yoki near the river where Kagome was.
"Shit." Sesshomaru quickly spun around and ran hurridely back to the clearing, hopefully the monk could hold naraku off long enough for him to make it.
Kagome was still stuck to the, and decided that it would be best to loose the pants all together, she quickly pulled the ties loose while miroku battled the tentacles that were coming in her direction. Once the ties were loose the pants fell to her ankles and her top came down to mid thigh. Miroku was turning around to say something when he saw Kagome pull off her pants, he was then smacked in the head and sent falling to the ground.
Naraku looked to Kagome then, he could tell that sesshomaru was near by. He then summoned five humongous Oni's and twenty snake demons.
"Ahhh, my darling, I see you are quick to take your pants off, is that how you won are Inu lord over?"
"shut up, naraku!" she called as a water spear was hurled his way, he dodged it easily enough.
"You will have to do better then that if you want to actually hit me." then pieces of grass began to rise into the air and stood rod straight, "Really, I didnt know that." called Kagome as the grass flew at naraku at break neck speeds. The grass was so sharp that they cut him in several places as they passed him and then floated to the ground.
"You bitch!"
"Actually, naraku, I think it was a very resourceful of her, isnt that right Kagome?"
"Indeed, monk." Sesshomaru had chose that exact moment to come through the trees into the clearing."
"What took you so long inu?" said Kagome with a grin on her face she was relieved to see him.
"I was tied up."
"Hm, what ever can you just beat this guy so we can go."
"As you wish."
"KUKKUKUKKKUKUKUKUKUKU You Whore, do you think it will be that easy to get rid of me?"
"Yes, actually."
Sesshomaru then unsheathed his sword.
"ATTACK!" called naraku as the Five oni's and twenty lizard demon's came forward and charged the small group. Sesshomaru was barely able to hold back the oni's and when Miroku tried to open his wind tunnel, naraku's siamyoshu came forward and dived towards him.
"Ahh, Kagome, or better yet Utako, it is just you and me again."
"We should stop meeting like this naraku, It cant be healthy." Kagome began to back up, as naraku walked forward.
"Ahh, yes, for you that is."
sesshomaru glanced over to where Kagome was as he fought off the oni's, miroku was fighting the lizards, and Kagome was alone with naraku, there was only one thing she could do, as she was she wasnt strong enough to hold her own against naraku, unless...
"Kagome the water Now!"called Sesshomaru. Kagome then turned to jump, but naraku quickly stuck out a tentacle and caught her around the neck, lifting her from the ground.
"No you dont! ...AGHH!"
Kagome hadnt bitten him and then another sheet of water shot out cutting the tentacle and Kagome fell onto the ground but she quickly pushed herself into the water.
What would the water do to save Kagome? Miroku couldnt guess what was going on, but when she went under she didnt come back up and he began to worry.
Kagome's tail had returned to her once she was safely under the water she swam to the bottom of the river and removed the shirt from her body, it was creating drag and slowing her down. She sat there and concentrated. She was in her element, literally and she could do this. She swam back up and poked her head out only to have to dive back down and swim away from the tentacles, she then swam behind where miroku was and came up out of the water. She lifted her arms and water crept up her body and on to her arms, she then spread her fingers out and brought them together, one lizard looked at her then and before he could open his mouth, she pointed her hands at him and felt blasts of water shoot out cutting off both the demons arms and then two more cut the demon in the stomach, blasting a hole through it and the other took off its head. Miroku saw the demon fall to the ground missing various limbs and then looked behind him to see the top of Kagome's head go under the water. When she came back up, it looked like twenty tentacles of water came up with her, she then used them like giant knives, what ever they touched the went right through cutting it off, Sesshomaru had killed two of the oni's and took a moment to look over at Kagome, what he saw blew his mind. He eyes were glowing a bright blue as she had a slight frown on her face, her hair wet and sticking to her body, but then he saw a great ball of energy shot towards her from naraku. He dodged a club from one of the oni's and called out to her.
Kagome heard Sesshomaru call her name and looked intime to see a giant ball of energy shot at her, she then formed all the tentacles around her into one big ball and pushed it up to meet the energy ball, miroku was going to use his wind tunnel, but the stupid bugs began to fly infront of him, he saw Kagome make her own ball of water and saw as it was moving towards the other. It then seemed to compress and go inside naraku's ball before expanding and blowing the energy ball up, but the ball had gotten close enough to where Kagome was that even though it was off course , the force alone picked up the water near Kagome and created a wave that pushed Kagome against a rocky outcropping. Naraku then shot one of his tentacles out and grabbed one of kagome's arms pulling the girl towards him. She pulled and yanked at the tentacle only to have another come and grab her around the waist. They began to lift her from the water as miroku and Sesshomaru killed the last of the demons and oni. Kagome was raised from the water so that only half of her tail was left submerged and a gasp was heard from miroku. Sesshomaru then used bakusaiga to cut the tentacles holding Kagome who promptly fell back into the water.
"Go." Said Sesshomaru with such a mean, and ruthless edge to his voice that it caused Kagome to lean back, "but.. I c,can help."
"No, Leave Now." called sesshomaru in such a quite voice that it scared Kagome and made her eyes grow three times their size, before she quickly swam away. Sesshomaru then turned back to naraku.
Kagome swam fast and far down the river, she covered many miles of water, as she swam as fast as her tail could take her. The water current began to pick up and Kagome swam even faster, she could tell that it was a waterfall ahead of her, she dodged many rocks , but wasnt left completely unscathed because at one point the passage became to narrow for her to fit, but her in... sesshomaru's words stuck in her head "No, Leave Now.". He sounded so angry that it spurred Kagome to on to move faster and faster, she pushed through the rocks gaining many cuts and gashes as the cut into her arms, sides, face, and shredded and cut her tail. She launched herself off the side of the cliff and fell with the water, diving towards what seemed to be a never ending fall. She had come out of the water when she went off the side of the fall and could finally see the end as it came up to meet her. When she hit the water she tried to slow her decent some, but ended up hitting many rocks and the bottom anyways, the water pressure above her beat her around as she was spun around till she was dizzy. She finally managed to get out from under the falling water and exhausted she swam further she kept going till the water became shallow. She swam right up to the shallows and laid in the sand behind some rocks, the only other entrance to the water was to either climb over the rocks or come from the water, it would provide some safety atleast. She was tired, beaten, and bloody. She laid there in a curled position half in the water half out, she watched as her blood mingled with the water, she could careless at the moment she was to tired. Her body bleed profusely from many gashes and deep cuts , not one spot on her body was spared, she was covered in rips and tares. Her wounds and cuts hurt but she was too tired to do anything about them. She reached up to her neck and found nothing but her collar bone. She weakly sat up and looked around, her necklace was gone, it must have come off when she forced her body through the rocks. A deep feeling of dread filled her heart, her eyes were blurry as the tears she was holding back came out full force. She then laid back down as she cried herself to sleep. What ever hope she had of him finding her was now ripped to shreds like her heart and body.
Sesshomaru could tell that Kagome was slightly upset but soon the feeling disappeared and he figured that she finally understood his reasonings, he would not loose her to Naraku, and now the monk knew her secret. Naraku threw hoards of demons at them and before he left he called out to the fighting monk and demon.
"You have caused me to loose my prize, but she will not evade my clutches for long." he then began to laugh evilly as Sesshomaru growled menacingly and surprisingly it was Miroku who replied.
"We will never let you get to Kagome, naraku, as long as we stand."
"Then I will simply have to make you fall, permanently." he then began to laugh as his miasma covered him and he flew away. Sesshomaru and miroku killed off the lasts of the demons, and all Sesshomaru could think was "atleast Kagome, my Utako, is safe and unharmed.". How wrong he was, because not to far from where Kagome rested a group of bandits had just killed off a village and would be upon her soon, and unknowingly to Kagome or Sesshomaru, she had put several days and maybe two weeks of travel in between her and her inu.
well that is all guys tell me what you think you know I love the reviews.
The story has taken a very unexpected turn for the worst, Kagome has exhausted herself and is completely powerless at the moment, what will she do, she is lost, cold, and very much alone. Sesshomaru wont be able to find her scent since she was mostly under the water the whole time she swam, and he will only be able to track down the necklace using his, miroku now knows her secret, what will he do now, but the most important question is will naraku or the bandits find Kagome before either sesshomaru or miroku does? Until next time here with a mermaid's tear and song.
Bye for now,
KAR
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