InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ Threads from the sky ( Chapter 14 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Sailor Moon or anything else that you recognize. Only a few fragments of this chapter are translations I extracted from the Inuyasha manga. I'm not making any money out of this; the writing of this story is just to vent some stress and for my personal pleasure.

 

 

WARNING:Major MANGASPOILERSfor this chapter. Read on at your own cost…

 

 

Chapter Thirteen.

 

 

`Threads from the sky'

 

 

“You mean to say you don't know where the exact entrance is?” a rather put off Miroku asked.

 

 

The wolf demon nodded in confirmation with a non-too-thrilled expression on his face “What I don't understand is why you lot would wanna go there. Like I said, the place's gone rack”

 

 

“Heh! For once we agree on something” Inuyasha muttered behind him, only to be compelled to silence by Kagome.

 

 

“We understand that, Kouga-kun; but what happens is that Miroku and I have gotten some very strange vibes from that place” the miko from the future told him “Are you sure no one in your clan would be able to tell us how to access that fortress?”

 

 

Rubbing his chin, the okami seemed to consider it for a while “Mhm no, not anyone in our clan, but someone from Ayame's clan might know”

 

 

An excited Kagome clasped her hands together “That's excellent, Kouga-kun! When can you take us to go find her?”

 

 

“Excuse me?! When was that decided?!”

 

 

“Oh, Inuyasha, please--”

 

 

“Kagome-sama is right, Inuyasha” interjected Miroku “Aside from the Yama-Arashi, we haven't found any traces of Naraku in almost an entire two-months. This is the only possible lead that we have”

 

 

Seeming hesitant all of a sudden, the addressed hanyou threw a sideway glance at the silent demon slayer.

 

 

“What do you think, Sango? Do you agree with them too?”

 

 

After a moment of thought, the brunette nodded “I say we should at least investigate what this is about”

 

 

At those words the silver-haired half demon lifted is nose, squaring his shoulders with a grunt. “Hn… alright. But don't blame me afterwards if this results to be a complete waste of time” he said in a conceding tone. Making his way towards the tree on which he intended to spend the night, he added “Now everyone get some sleep; we're heading for the northern lands tomorrow morning”

 

 

 

 

“With this Shikon no Tama…I will become a true demon!”

 

 

“--INUYASHA!!!”

 

 

―a voice yells his name before an arrow pierces his heart―

 

 

…incredulous eyes seea woman's face full of anger and betrayal…

 

 

“K- Kikyo…!”

 

 

-- --GASP----

 

 

A breathless Inuyasha briskly awoke in the middle of the night, covered in sweat from the recent nightmare…

 

 

“—Just a dream?!”

 

 

Everyone else was asleep.

 

 

`It'd been long… since the last time I'd had one of those dreams…'

 

 

`…about what happened at that moment…'

 

 

--Slump--

 

 

“Damn it. All this time…, and my heart is still disquiet”

 

 

--Sigh--

 

 

`…Kikyo… … we're could you be right now…?'

 

 

--His breath caught with a feeling of dread --

 

 

“...You're not in danger…, …are you..?”

 

 

Unnoticed by the pensive hanyou, a somnolent Kagome had awoken to look in his direction, and gasped in surprise at the unexpected vision her eyes were greeted with.

 

 

… For the flash of a second, under the moonlight, Inuyasha's silhouettehad appeared surrounded by the trap ofa spider's web…

 

 

 

 

The following morning, the girl from the future decided to warn her hanyou friend…

 

 

“A spider's web, you say?”

 

 

“That's right; though I only saw it for a moment--” Kagome noticed he wasn't paying attention and gave him a questioning look “…Inuyasha? Is something wrong?”

 

 

`Last night… …that dream…'

 

 

`That dream… of when Kikyo sealed me to the tree fifty years ago'

 

 

`…I didn't have it by accident, did I?'

 

 

“Inuyasha?”

 

 

“Huh?! This is… it's nothing really!”

 

 

`Why is Inuyasha turning away?' “Nothing, you say?”

 

 

“Mhm… That mutt must have turned to look the other way for a reason, if you ask me” Kouga muttered from behind them, butting in.

 

 

“I think you're right” the little kitsune on his shoulder agreed.

 

 

“SHUT UP YOU TWO!!!” As an angered hanyou swung his sword at the two of them, Miroku approached the girl from the future to ask her something.

 

 

“Kagome-sama, you don't think it was a demon of some kind?”

 

 

“Might have been” the miko answered in a low whisper “for that web that I saw was coming from the sky…”

 

 

 

 

“Kohaku, you must not move from my side or the protective holy barrier I've erected to cover us will break”

 

 

“Yes, Kikyo-sama”

 

 

`Um. What is Kikyo-sama looking with so much attention?'

 

 

`Protected by this barrier, we're walking the path towards that village'

 

 

When something suddenly collided against the barrier, the raven haired priestess looked up.

 

 

“Huh?!” `What? A thin thread?!'

 

 

`What's this… many entwined threads coming from the sky?' the now alerted priestess thought inwardly, observing the situation which she suspected only she could see happening before her eyes; `But they don't seem to be affecting the inhabitants of this village. It's almost as if the threats are invisible to them; they can't see them… they don't react at all when they pass right through them'

 

 

`But I can feel it…there's some of Naraku's evil acting against me through these threads…'

 

 

`…Naraku, what are you planning--?'

 

 

It was at that moment when she saw thousands more of those threads shoot from the sky to attack a little girl.

 

 

 

 

Somewhere else not far…

 

 

“Miroku-san!!! Do you see that?!”

 

 

 

 

Inside the dark subterranean fortress, the blonde girl by the name of Usagi thrashed violently while asleep on her bed.

 

 

“Niraya-sama?!”

 

 

To Be Continued.