chapter 32: Plans and More Plans!
Sesshomaru glanced around the small clearing and saw that everyone had been gathered around, Inuyasha grumbled as he sat upon a tree and nursed his head injury as the monk, Miroku leaned against the bottom of the tree in a relaxed sitting position. The others were simply gathered around in a large circle that was composed of the ookami's.
Kouga stepped forward then and spoke. "So what the hell is going on inu, I scent kagura and come to investigate, since I have a bone to pick with that wind witch, and I run in to you guys and Kags! Some answers would be nice, since you got in my way from killing kagura."
"Shut up you fucking mangy wolf, who the hell you talking to like dat! Besides that wind witch had you on the ropes, and Kags is the one that put her on ice, not you!" spat Inuyasha.
"Hey half-breed, this has nothing to do.."
"Silence." said Sesshomaru calmly, not even a leaf rustled as he looked around.
"Now if we must begin this dissertation, we planned for Kagome's capture, but now we must move fast before we loose her, we are now behind. Wolf you will have your pick of which ever incarnation you choose but the kumo hanyou, is mine." "Also, find something blue and have your men tie it around their left legs and left arms." with that said he whistled once and walked away. Not but a minute later a two-headed dragon came bounding out of the tree line. He gave the heads an affectionate pat as he walked by and a look that poke volumes to the dragon. The dragon then bounded over to the monk as he was getting up to stand and shook his head in a manor that said to get on. The houshi smiled and did as bid.
The ookami prince then glanced at the other members of the small pack to see that they each had a blue cloth on both their left legs and arms. As they walked he looked for something blue, wondering why he would need it. When ginta grunted he had found something, kouga was pulled from his thoughts. He then saw ginta with a handful of wild blue berries and flowers.
"It will have to do, smash the berries and use the juices to paint your left arms and legs and help smear some on the flanks of the wolves as well." he told ginta and watched as the demon went off to do as bid. He then quickly did the same to his self with some of the berries and continued after the group.
They moved swiftly following behind the daiyoukai leader. Kouga grumbled with Inuyasha, but soon all Inuyasha had to do to shut the mangy wolf up was turn and send a heated glare that meant leave me alone, in the wolf's direction. The wolf prince then fell back in the line and walked with his kind as he kept them up to date on the now, as ginta grumbled about walking. Kouga then silenced his men by saying they were going to fetch their sister.
Sesshomaru followed the pulsing of his necklace as he took in everything around him, picking a direction and then altering it minutely to keep them on the right path. His mate was strong, he knew that, but the power she unleashed was not all that she housed in her body, he could tell from the train he saw on her face that she was simply rerouting the excess power she could no longer hold within her diminutive person, and if that was true, then she was beyond powerful, she was godlike with the power she held, she was a force of nature. He blinked as he realized she was a child of nature and unlike any of her other creations because the spirits themselves had a child and she was that infant. She could control her aging like a god, and could appear as an infant or a 75 year old man or even woman. Youkai could not do that even though they appeared not to age, they did, just much more slowly then humans. Speaking of humans, the monk would find out that he too now will not age as he used to, thanks to his poison running through the houshi's veins. That small amount of poison would prolong the humans life by killing off more then disease and other poisons but also by changing his biological makeup so that it would also fight off the factors that caused ones body to deteriorate naturally. He would tell the monk this all later. When he realized that the necklace was simply humming against his neck he tunned back into his task and stopped. He waited as the others came closer. He took a discreet sniff and realized that they were near salt water and internally smirked, if the need for reinforcements was crucial, he would have the help of the whole ocean to his benefit.
"We are here, prepare yourselves for battle."
"What do you mean lord Sesshomaru?" asked ginta and hakkaku in unison.
Miroku decided he would but in and speak to save the two unsuspecting ookami's from the inu's instant anger. "Ah, you see my young ookami's there seems to be a rather large barrier in front of us and must be the home of narkau, ne?"
"oh." said ginta as hakkaku simply looked at him and shrugged.
Sesshomaru walked forward and pulled tenseiga from its sheath. He then moved to push the blade through said barrier when a bubble appeared in front of him, halting his movements. Everyone gathered around and looked at it, but only Inuyasha spoke.
"What the fuck is that?"
Sesshomaru repressed the urge to roll his eyes as he graced his half-brother with an answer and a small smile that scared the living hell out of everyone, but the two-headed dragon.
"My mate."
hakkaku opened his mouth to speak, but was roughly elbowed in the ribs by ginta, and with a hiss he quieted.
'what about kouga?' he thought.
Kagome fought to calm herself working on evening out her breathe's, she was beyond furious, sad, and tired, but their plan had worked so far, more or less. She waited until the miasma cleared and once it did she was dropped unceremoniously on to the floor.
"Kagura, take her to the room and tie her up with the others."
kagura glared heatedly at the back of naraku's head but answered nonetheless. "Yes, Master."
she then helped the girl to stand and walked her into the castle. They passed through some corridors until they reached a door which she opened and pulled Kagome inside. There was blood dried on the floor and laying in the corner sat two bodies hudled together, one holding and rubbing the other while she slept. Kagome's eyes brightened when she saw them.
"Ship, Rin!" she whispered excitedly. Shippo looked up to Kagome and smiled softly. "I knew you would come Kags, Rin is resting."
"Yes I see, hold on ok, we'll be out soon."
Kagome was then pulled to the pool and pushed in as she hit the water though, nothing happened. Kagura frowned.
"Mermaid, it would be wise of you to change or my master will come and make you."
Kagome stuck her chin up in defiance.
"Kagura, I see you have reached an impass. Hm she seems to be like you, hard headed, good."
Kagome frowned and looked to the being who walked closer to her from the door way. Kagura quickly walked over to the door way avoiding her masters eyes.
"And why is that?" asked Kagome cautiously.
"Becasue then you will be easy to break as well." shrugged Naraku as he bent in front of her. Kagome leaned back as he looked her in the eyes, and saw the struggle she hid deep with in them.
He smiled.
"Now the question is, how long will you fight it?"
he swiped at her clothes shredding them as they fell apart around her body, she shrank back and fell in the water coating herself in the burning liquid, hiding her form as best as she could from the eyes of that monster. The water was painful and she glared daggers at the demon, well, half demon that is.
"as you may have noticed there is a bit of an electrical current in the water that is a bit harmful for someone with as delicate skin as yours, now an easy way to escape this pain would be for you to transform, especially when it is mixed in heavily with the salt water, which causes your human form to wrinkle and become tight."
Kagome didn't want to change but the change was upon her if she wanted to or not. She changed easily, her long blue tail thrashed as it seemed her body began to conduct the eletrical current more. Her eyes grew wide as the whole pool began to dance with small blue sparkser tail thrashed in the water as she tried to push herself the water being much to shallow to be of any use to her. An arm was grabbed from underneath her making her face plant into the water just to be dragged in the pool, her whole body twitching and writhing in pain. Her other arm was jerked up to meet the other above her head and her face was pulled from the water, her blue eyes frantic. Then metal cuffs wrapped around both her wrists as she was chained to a post that held her halfway out the water. She rolled over as she felt a burning sensation on her spine. She saw glanced up just to instantly lower her eyes to the water, her upper body bathed in the hot rays of the sun beating down above her.
"Once the noon sun is right above you... well lets say, you will not suffer long if you do not give me what I want." laughed Naraku as he left her there. She gritted her teeth as she wondered if she would be better off completely in the elecrtically charged water, then frying to death as she knew she soon would do. She concentrated on the water, that danced with blue sparks and saw a bit rise in a nice size ball. She pulled it closer and pulled it into her mouth, it was salt less. She then blew out and watched as cool water vapors fell on her upperbody, cooling her for the moment. Mind slightly clearing from the loss of pain she flared her powers lightly as she compressed the air around her form and brought more water vapors into form, she then sent those vapors out the window above little shippo's head. He cranned her neck to see him watching her, he was quiet, and she smiled slightly at the boy. She watched him nod at her. And continued pressing the water out the window, outside she let her energy continue with the water giving her a slight visual map of where it was going, then she let it fall to the floor at the foot of the barrier where it seeped into the dirt and followed the length of wall going under it and passed it connecting with more and more water as it went, becoming larger and larger. Once in place she waited, Sesshomaru would come soon enough for the kids, for her.
She had to conserve the rest of her energy or she would spread herself to thin, to fast and then she would alert everyone to her activities, no she had to be discrete, and only let little puffs of energy out to do her bidding, only thing that was even noticeable of her activities were how her eyes would flash for but a second as she struggled to control her energy, not using it to do anything but that one task. Out of the corner of her eye she watched the reflection of the sun move higher and felt as the temperature in the pool began to heat rapidly, she was going to be fried alive, the bastard. Anger quickly coursed through her blood, this would not almost happen to her again! She was flipping tired of almost dehydrating to death or falling out because of heat stroke. She controlled the rise in her powers as best as she could and focused them into creating a thin layer of cool water to coat her form. She watched as the veins of water moved up her body and then spread creating a coolness that coated her like a jell, and watched as it also coated her tail and kept the pain from the electricity at a minimum that was much more tolerable. A pulse sounded through her as her previous efforts seemed to pay off, and she sent a few more tendrils of energy that way to help her friends. Noon was fast approaching as she could see steam slowly rising from around her, and wondered how long she could keep this up.
Not long obviously as the slap came and her concentration was broken and her lip split from the impact.
soon a wall of water six inches taller then dai encompassed the part of the barrier they were at. They watched shocked into silence as the ball that floated in front of them touched the barrier as well and pierced it. A moment passed and the ball began to grow in size, sucking in the water on the wall and using it to push open the barrier. It then seemed to meld to the sides of the door way it made leaving nothing but air in the middle and a castle in front of them.
"wait for the signal." Sesshomaru called behind him as he slowly stepped through the hole, and just as he was going to wave the others in the water fell as their entrance closed. Sesshomaru looked behind him and knew something was wrong, their plan like always was ever changing.
"was that the signal?" asked hakkaku
"Damn that Sesshomaru, there wasn't no signal our entrance just closed! Something has happened, we got to do something-." called kouga.
"Shut the fuck up wolf and sit your happy, mangy ass down, you aint doin nothing thats gonna blow our cover." growled Inuyasha.
"Fuck you hanyou!"
"I must agree with prince Inuyasha, kouga." said Miroku, ever the voice of reason in the group. "If we were to just jump of and attack Naraku would be alerted to our pressence here and that could give away Sesshomaru's position, and even endanger Kagome and the children. We must simply wait, besides, when one door closes,-"
"a window could be around the corner." finished Inuyasha as he smiled smugly to himself after finishing Miroku's quote.
"that is one way to put it my gruff friend." stated Miroku as he sat back to wait for their "open window" .
the pain came back tenfold as she lost the web connections she had opened and spread out and a small yell sounded out from behind her. She hoped everyone got in for she was to weak at the moment to open the door way at that point in time.
The yell was enough his ears perked he followed the sound.
"Now, I cant have you doing that now, I want to see your beautiful skin blistered from the heat, not you finding a way around it."
she spat in his face and the punch she received for it banged her head into the post behind her with a resounding crack. Her head drooped and she groaned. Her whole body was on fire and burning, she couldn't tell one pain from the other and felt the steam on her skin, burning her just as much as the water around her or the sun beating down on her exposed flesh.
"Now, my pretty, I want my wish and your going to give it to me."
she glared up at him, her vibrant crystal blue eyes shinning with her anger. "Bite me." she spat. He smiled. "Oh, I will do more then that, once I have my wish I will happily devour you." he growled huskily. She flinched, but before he was able to speak another beat him to it.
"Lay one more finger on what is mine, filth, and you will not live long enough to regret it." came the dark voice that laced shivers down both peoples spines, even though they were for two different reasons. One out of fear, and the other, excitement.
Naraku tilted his head up to lock eyes with the dai that stood just in front of the window, the kit lying with the human at his feet, still chained to the wall.
"Oh lord Sesshomaru, it is just you." he ran his finger up her cheek as he growled and she jerked her head away. "The two children are at your feet, if you want them, you may take them, but she I am not done with her just yet."
"That is none of my concern, but they all will be coming with me."
"Is that so?"
"Hn." he then let his energy whip materialize and struck. Naraku jumped back to dodge but still received a large gash on his cheek. He was by the door and Sesshomaru knelt behind Kagome.
"what took so long?" she joked.
"You are injured." he stated ignoring her attempt at a joke.
"Not for long if you get me out of this bloody water. Its so gross, its not even mine." she whined.
He shook his head as he quickly broke the shackles and stood. Kagome sat up and rubbed her wrists and then pulled herself out of the water.
"That bitch of yours was not worth the time it took to save her, she will be mine."
Sesshomaru spoke calmly as he pulled his top off and tossed it on Kagome's head. "Your wrong, the only things you will have are the daisy's above your head."
Naraku snarled and began to transform. The kit quickly changed and grabbed Rin, removing their bonds and fleeing the area, while Sesshomaru grabbed Kagome as she just pulled the top around her small frame, tying it tightly.
The castle crashed down as everyone left for field and landed just outside the rubble, and even kagura and kanna fled the destroyed castle.
"Now what will you do?"
Kagome stepped forward and smiled, concentration etched in the lines of her face and in her eyes. "Well. This!" then she lifted her arms as water streaked up the barrier surrounding the castle. It looked as if tentacles of water had pressed up from the ground and pushed through the barrier cracking it. The sound was deafening, like glaciers cracking and breaking away; then the barrier fell.
"I guess that was the signal." said kouga.
"indeed our window has opened, well gentlemen, shall we?" said Miroku.
Ookami charged through the fields along with both Inuyasha and Miroku as they attacked. Naraku being the coward he is brought hundreds of lower youkai to his forces. The battle waged. The children were sent away back to the castle on the back of AhUn. Sesshomaru unsheathed his sword bakusaiga and let loose an attack that took out nearly half of the demons, but Naraku only brought up three times what they killed as replacements. They were soon to be overwhelmed.
Kagome began to sprint to the waters edge it was a bit of a distance away, about a 400 meters or so, but nothing she couldn't manage. Once at the waters edge she turned and rocked back with her momentum using it to help push her attack. She concentrated on the pull of the water and watched as it receded and then moved up as she rocked forward. The water was surrounding her then and she used it to lay waist to her enemies making them turn tail and run. With a flick of a delicate wrist she washed away hundreds of demons at a time.
"Fuck this!" growled Naraku as he summoned so many demons the sky turned black. Kagome stared at the approaching mass in shock. Even she couldn't get rid of them all without hurting her friends, and she had yet to master all the abilities she had, let alone know what they all were. The water around her lowered and went back to where it came from as she plopped on the ground. Sesshomaru seemed unfazed by the hoard heading there way, and simply walked over to Kagome.
Naraku laughed evily and manically as he listened to the curses of Inuyasha and koga, and saw the way the monk's shoulders slouched in defeat. He watched Sesshomaru walk over to Kagome. "I bet you want to give over that wench now Sesshomaru! kukukukukukukukukukukukuku, if you dont I will simply dispose of you and take the bitch myself, while I let the others take on my... friends." narkau continued to laugh. Once Sesshomaru stood in front of Kagome he grabbed her by the arm and hoisted her up to her feet.
"What are you doing inu?" she asked as she watched him. He gave her a look that screamed "really? What do you think?" before saying nonchalantly. "Calling for back up." he then reached under his collar and pulled free a whistle. Once kagome's eyes saw the whistle they instantly brightened.
"KUKUKKUKUKUKUKUK HAHAHAHAHAHGAHAHAHAHGAHHAHAH hahahahahahahahah... ha ha.. hahahahahahaha!" laughed Naraku as his eyes also caught on the shiny object.
"HAHA AND What may I ask will That do?"
Kagome stepped closer to Sesshomaru as he placed the whistle to his lips, Naraku raied a hand and stopped the hoard of demons that was about to rain down upon them from attacking. Kagome broke out in a smile as quiet came upon the area. No one moved as Sesshomaru locked eyes with naraku's and saw the worry that began to seep into his once smug face. He blew, and a very high pitched note rang from the whistle, a feeling washed up in Kagome as she sang a complimentary flattened 5th note in the same key which gave it a bluesy tone. All was quiet after Kagome finished and Sesshomaru lowered the whistle.
Naraku looked around anxiously and once nothing happened for a second he laughed.
"Pathetic, just pathetic, and what exactly did that accomplish, again?"
"Easy, it called my father." aid Kagome as he stepped forward and as if emphasizing what she had just said the ocean behind them pulled back and receded from the shore and rose up, splitting and then falling again, in a turbulent show of power. The whole ocean came alive as waves crashed down upon each other, turning and rolling, pitching back in forth, and slamming against the shoreline.
"OHHH, I am sooo scared, you can cut it out Utako, I dont fear you a little girl who knows nothing about real powers."
"Please Naraku dont even, if anything I know more about myself then you do and even so, I am not the one who is doing this, like I said, you have upset my father, master and controller of all the oceans and seas. Also you should fear me, because if you mess with me you risk inciting his wrath."
"Liar. I dont be..."
"SILENCE!" the voice was not one Naraku had heard before. He looked out towards the direction of the voice had come from and saw a face appear from the water.
"Dry foot person, your transgressions against my people have caught my attention. You seek something that is not yours to control and risk the balance that we have worked so hard to maintain therefore you must pay, with your life!"
Kagome smacked her hand against her forehead and frowned, her father was so embarrassing.
"Yeah and what army?" yelled Naraku.
"Im glad you asked." the face in the water fell, and all was calm. Everyone looked to the waters as heads began to float up and out of the water, bobbing to the surface and then men in blue shirts with shiny stone armor marched from the water, their chests bare, spears and swords in hand. They marched forward in rows as everyone including Naraku watched. Then the army split in the middle to let someone walk forward. And out came a man with the same blue eye and black hair as Kagome, looking stone faced and dressed in dark blues and black. He smiled once he laid eyes on his daughter and once his gaze drifted back over to Naraku's his smile was that of a sinister grin.
"This army of course." he said as he motioned to his sides. Then two large walls of water rose fro behind him. He took two steps and in sweeping circular motions and the ground shook. The sand around Naraku began to fall away and he floated up to the skys. He watched as a giant circle began to form around the group and lead to the beach where Hirohito stood. He then flicked his wrists and watched as the balls shot towards Kagome. She spun and easily pulled the water before depositing it into the trenches so that her men would be able to use them. Every one stood watching a Hirohito apporached his daughter and gave her a hug and a nod towards Sesshomaru. Then he turned back to Naraku who was scowling.
"Shall we?" he spoke to the being.
"indeed. Attack!" called Naraku and the hoard fell down into action as Hirohito's men charged and the fight renewed.
Men on both sides fell, or where injured as the battle waged on. Naraku plunged his tentacles through the bodies of countless soldiers, felling them. And he even snuck upon Hirohito and sliced his leg. He had hoped to cut him in half but Kagome had jumped and pushed him out of the way, and now was defending her injured father mightily, even leaving a protective barrier around him. Sesshomaru fought near by trying to not let Kagome over work. He would have to come up with a plan and soon, his men were dropping like flies.
He reacted brashly as his patience ran thin.
"you think you can do this to me and get away with it!" Snarled Naraku, "I think not!" he lept forward sending a tentacle out towards Sesshomaru. As Kagome moved to help him another tentacle grabbed her from behind jerking her away and to Naraku.
"Utako!"
"INU!"
Hirohito was stunned as he sat on the ground and watched unable to do much to help his daughter, but sit underneath the barrier she had formed around him for protection.
"Shut the fuck up bitch!" spat the kumo hanyou angrily as he slapped Kagome hard across the face, making her head jerk violently to the side, her tired body slumping for a moment before she again began to fight.
"Give me the tear!" he slapped her again trying to make her cry.
Sesshomaru growled as she called out never and sliced through the tentacles that stood in his way.
"begone nuisance!" spat Naraku as a tentacle sprang from the ground and impaled Sesshomaru throwing him to the side. He then threw Kagome to the ground, her body bouncing upon impact, the breath whooshing from her body as she felt prickles at the back of her eyes. She closed them tightly as another of Naraku's many tentacles reached around her body and pulled her up, squeezing her tightly. She gasped for air as she was pulled up to see Naraku's frowning face. He searched hers looking and then cursed as he felt a blade pierce his skin. He threw her in the air and slapped away Inuyasha before he could attack again. And grabbed Sesshomaru from behind and threw him into a tree before he could catch the falling girl. Kagome pulled her limbs in a prepared herself for impact a she tried to conjure up even a slight barrier to help brace her from the painful impact. The barrier flickered into life just before she hit the ground vanishing as it made contact with the ground, jarring her. She bounced once and then landed roughly on her left arm, her teeth grinding together from the pain. She was pulled back up again and brought to face Naraku. She stared defiantly into his eyes as he snarled in her face, his stank breath washing her face in its putrid smell, which made her want to gag and her eyes burn. She lifted her chin in defiance as not a trace of a tear fell from her large blue eyes. He grabbed Kagome by her wrist and shook her violently and then turned her to see where his eyes had drifted.
"Bring forth a tear girl, or he will die."
Kagome felt her hold on the barrier weaken when Naraku's tentacle connected with it. She reinforced her resolve and watched as Naraku tried to drill a hole through it straight to her father. She watched wide eyed as the tentacle burst through and went straight through his chest. She locked eyes with her father and saw the pain he tried to hide from her, even as he was going to die. He was then wrenched closer to her and she gasped at the pain that etched across his face in that moment.
He opened hi mouth and she heard the sickening sound of blood gurgling in his throat. He softly made out an "Im sorry." and then he was snatched away before she could grab him with her free hand. With a flick the human looking merman was thrown into a tree with a sickening crushing sound that even made his skin crawl a little. Kagome's screams filled the area as she saw her fathers broken body twisted in impossible ways as he lay broken on the ground. Sesshomaru looked up at Kagome and as he went to speak her name a sword impaled him through the back and protruded from the front of his chest. He looked down and when his eyes came back up they fell on that of the horror filled face of his mate watching him. His knee buckled for a second before he regained his standing and cut down the being that dared put a blade in him, cursing himself for his lack of judgement.
Naraku had turned Kagome from the carnage blocking it with his body as he began to whisper to her.
"Look at them die, because of you, the girl thats too weak to protect them and makes others die because of her. The curse of her people, look how they perish because of you."
Kagome starred into nothingness as she tried to block out the lies Naraku spoke, the words she knew rang with a more truth then she wanted to give credit. The pressure behind her eyes was foreign. She frowned not even hojo had made her feel this bad, but then she had been at a low already and there was no where lower she could fall at that time, but now she had gained so much. So much, just to loose it in an instant. Her father had come for her, he was a warrior who fought many and ventured far, yet now he met his end because of her. It was her fault mother would be alone souta would grow up without a father because of her and the oceans would fall under chaos with out their king and master. Sesshomaru. What we become of her inu. She could not let him die because of her. His brother yasha, too, and the monk Miroku and the little ones they were so precious to her. Friends and she even considered them family. Her eyes began to blur as she held back everything in her being telling her to stop before it was to late. She blinked and felt a heaviness on her cheek. Naraku's laughed filled her ears as she reached up and touched the moistness feeling it harden in her hands. She opened her eyes to see a pink sphere in her hand. It was small and beautiful and she could feel her self inside of it. She brought it close to her heart and felt the warm power within it. Naraku went to snatch it from her hands but when he went to touch it he felt his hand burn and the tear turned crystal begin to melt he pulled away, instantly.
He growled as Sesshomaru called to the girl and said girl looked up at him, her blue eyes growing with her realized power.
She felt the energy from the ball in her hand and the insitant itch welled up within her making her want to call out. This was her curse. This was her being and it tormented her to hold the symbol that was her curse. This cursed tear! How it called to her telling her all she could be. She didn't dare open her mouth or drown in what it was to be the bane of existence. She didn't dare open her mouth so that she would not loose herself to her destiny, a path she was not yet ready to walk down.
Her body began to prickle as her powers rose within her, unfettered and uncontrolled. She felt like screaming as the pain pulsed through her, her eyes shut tightly as she held the jewel close knowing that she had to obey her calling, yet regretting it already. Her being feeling as if a stake had driven through every inch of her body and was pushing through, ripping her apart. She fell to her knees in agony and her head rolled back as Naraku grabbed her by the head.
"Girl! I tire of waiting! You have caused me much pain and now I care not for my original wish." he smiled then as Kagome opened her eyes and glared at him pain obvious in her cerulean orbs. "I wish for only your pain now." he spoke.
She no longer had a choice the jewel sensed what the wish was that lurked I narraku's mind and kagomes mind moved to sing a song that fit it best.
The indulgence of our lives has cast a shadow on our world.
Our devotion to our appetites betrayed us all.
She could not let the wish go on unedited though and was able to tweak the end just a bit.
An apocalyptic plight.
More destruction will unfold. Mother earth will show her darker side and take her toll.
The song came easily to Kagome the sound hauntingly sad even to her own ears and spoke of so much pain. The voice that left her throat then was not her own, but that of the curse that was her existance.
The kumo hanyou has spoken to me and wishes that I be far from those that would want me, if he can not have me.
The song continued then as Kagome was forced to comply. Her eyes locked with that of Sesshomaru's as he walked over to her. She could not move frozen she watched as she began to sing again.
Greed and hunger led to your demise
A path I cant believe you followed
Black agenda's rooted in lies
will we repent in time?
Sesshomaru looked at her as if the last part was aimed at him and he stopped frozen what could she possibly mean. Naraku threw her to the ground out of the way and tried to run just to find that ice held his shoes to the ground before he could say another word a forcefield surrounded him and he was trapped. He waited for the death he knew he was sure to come, but atleast he could go to hell and be happy that she would also be unhappy.
He went to her and she stood and latched herself onto him, pulling him as close as he could. "Inu, there is more, so much that I can not tell you will happen, I have seen some of it, I only hope you will find it in due time." she whispered into his neck as she rubbed her face against his throat. She could feel herself slipping, leaving this plane for another. She did not want to go, to disappear into the nothingness she saw, to be alone.
"Utako, my mate, I love you, I will fix this." he whispered into her ear as he then nuzzled her hair taking a deep breathe, trying to inhale what little of her sent was there.
"I love you too inu." she whispered softly her voice a mere whisper in the wind, she then stood on her toes as she gently pressed her lips to his and then vanished from his arms.
Gone. She was gone. His mate. His Kagome. His Utako! And that bastard had taken her from him. The necklace around his neck turned black, she was now out of his reach, and no where on the earth at the moment. His back was facing a laughing Naraku.
"How does it feel oh great Lord Sesshomaru, to have your little mermaid taken from you, like you took her from me? You! The vile creature that ruined my chances at a proper wish from the jewel as well as the chance at having her in my bed, at my feet," spat Naraku as he laughed evilly within the barrier angry for being caught and wanting to go out with a bang.
Sesshomaru did not move, an eerie wind picked up around the field as this red and bloodcurdling glow began to form around him. When he turned around his face was beginning to distort and his eyes were the most grotesque bloodiest looking red you could ever imagine.
"On her knees, my dick..." he never finished his sentence as his airflow was cut off when Sesshomaru's hand gripped his neck, silencing him. His whisper was so soft and calm you would never thought he had spoken, unless you were Naraku and watched his every move.
"Die."
Naraku didnt even have time to blink before Sesshomaru's other hand came up spearing him through. His hand plunging into his chest and ripping his heart out the other end. Naraku watched as Sesshomaru held his beating heart within his hands.
Sesshomaru smiled, and then slowly crushed it, watching the agony as it formed on Naraku's face. He dropped to the ground and writhed in sheer pain, but then sighed as Sesshomaru stopped. He looked up to see Sesshomaru smiling more as he looked down upon him.
Sesshomaru then opened his mouth and said one word.
"Now." he then squeezed Naraku's heart until it popped in his hands and watched as the vile hanyou died. He dropped the remains upon the dead body and walked away. He found Ginta and hakkaku sitting and watching over a wounded Miroku, Inuyasha, and kouga. their wounds were minor and wrapped and they would live. The monk was currently looking at the palm of his hand. He then whispered "Its gone, you did it."
Miroku looked up at Sesshomaru to see him staring off into space. A growl was heard as a two headed dragon came and landed nearby with Rin and Shippo in tow. Sesshomaru walked over to where Hirohito lay and pulled tenseiga from its sheath and watched as the toad looking demons the faintly reminded him of jaken came into view for him. He quickly cut them down and watched as the man jumped up and groaned as the pain from the broken position he lay in previously caught up to him. He then heard Shippo inquire of the whereabouts of Kagome and Hirohito glanced around in search of hi daughter.
"Inu, where is she?"
. Sesshomaru simply began to walk away. Miroku and Shippo and Hirohito followed after him confused, he then stopped near the shoreline and gazed at it.
"She's gone, but I will find her, even if it kills me."
Miroku and Shippo shared a look and then looking towards Sesshomaru. Shippo perched himself upon Miroku's shoulder as he walked up to Sesshomaru's right side. Sesshomaru glanced over and Miroku spoke.
"We will follow you Sesshomaru-sama, we want to find Kagome as well." Sesshomaru nodded.
Hirohito sighed. "And I guess it is my time to come clean."
"speak freely." spoke Sesshomaru without making eye contact, still gazing off into the shore.
Hirohito looked at the remaining soldiers and realized that the injured would be fine once back in the water. He told one soldier to gather everyone and the fallen and help take them home, they no longer needed to be there and the return trip into the water could save those near death, when most of their strength returned.
"I was gone looking for anything that could help avoid what has been started here. I found practically nothing, and nowhere in the ocean does anyone know of a way to avoid what has happened as a part of the prophecy, let alone what the prophecy even really entails, I am sorry I will be not much help on that. However, I did find out that a seerer has said she has seen her somewhere and that a new evil will turn up when the girl vanishes. I had thought she spoke of when she was off with you, but now I am having my doubts. Please come and visit soon, maybe if you tell me what you find I will also be able to share something that will only make sense with a piece of information that you know."
"Hn, I shall. Are you leaving?"
"Yes, my men need me, they are near death and my healers and wife will have their hands full. Once they enter the water with the reappearance of their tails so will some of the energy be returned, but it will not matter if I waste to much time with chit chat."
"I see."
"Yes, this will be till we meet again then, make sure you bring my daughter back inu. I am trusting in you."
"You have no choice in the matter." said Sesshomaru one eyebrow raised.
Hirohito chuckled darkly as he locked gazes with Sesshomaru. For an instant Sesshomaru thought he had gazed upon kagome's face again just to realize that she did indeed take after her father.
"Indeed I dont, the wife will be furious I must say, but I think she trusts in your abilities. Speaking of abilities." he said sternly taking on a fatherly tone of voice.
"Keep your hands and... appendages to yourself while with in my home! I can not have you accousting my daughter in my palace!" with that said the king turned and walked away leaping into the deep of the water and swimming away after his men. Sesshomaru's other eyebrow rose and met its twin.
He then looked to the others and saw his brother walk over grumbling about being forgotten.
"Yasha, be quiet!" groaned Shippo calling the boy by Kagome's pet name for him. They all then looked to Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru simply nodded his head and then began walking into the sunset and towards the future, the others following suit.
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soo thats it for now, what do you guys think it was a long one and I got soooo tired of Naraku that I was like ok you got to die now lol. Anyways I dont own anything except my characters and especially not the song which is property of disturbed and is another way to die, even though I changed it slightly to fit what I wanted, but hey! Of course please if you have time Review, their my favorite part lol. And I hope you guys enjoyed and the next chapter will be up soon its called What Now?
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