InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Blinded ❯ The Dokusan ( Chapter 3 )

I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA, HE'S THE PROPERTY OF RUMIKO TAKAHASHI

 

Inuyasha woke up a few hours later. He felt like crap. His head was pounding, he could feel the pounding of his heart in his ears, his chest hurt like hell and he couldn't see anything. Wait…

-`Why can't I see anything?!'

He brought his hand to his eyes and felt the fabric that wrapped his eyes.

-`Stupid Kagome! What does she thinks she's doing wrapping my eyes like that?!'

He tried to rip the fabric around his eyes, but even the smallest tug made pain surge through his eyes and a groan escaped his mouth. That was the only thing that Kagome needed to wake up.

-“Inuyasha! You're awake!”

-“Of course I am, wench! Could you please tell me why the hell is this thing around my eyes?! I can't see a thing!”

-“Don't you remember?” she asked.

-“Remember what?!” he growled.

-“You were spat by the snake and you're eyes were damaged,” she said with sadness in her voice.

Inuyasha tried to register what she said. Then it hit him like a hard punch in his head: they came to a village where they found out about a snake that had a Shikon shard. He fought with it, but when he was about to attack him with Tetsusaiga, the snake attacked him with something in his eyes. It burned like hell. Then, focusing his other senses, he tried to kill the snake by using the Kongoushoha, but after he attacked, he felt a powerful pain in his stomach and then he lost consciousness.

-“How long have I been out?”

-“Almost 12 hours.”

It hurt Kagome to see him like this. Awake but confused, trying to focus his other senses to know where she is. He wasn't even totally turned to her. His sense of smell must have been dulled by the smell of his own blood and poison. He really needed his sight.

-“Where's Sango and the bozu?”

-“They're out to find a cure for the poison.

Inuyasha let out a breath he didn't know that he was holding. He will see again. He will be able to find the Jewel shards and to kill that bastard, Naraku. He will be able to run and jump like before, with lightning speed. He will…he will be able to see Kagome again. See her pretty face with those mahogany eyes in which he could loose himself, those rose cheeks, her luscious red lips…he shook his head. He can't have such thoughts about her! She was too perfect for him! Good thing that she was searching in her bag to notice his red face.

-“Are you hungry?” she asked him, pulling a box of ramen out of the bag.

-“Wha?”

-“I said, are you hungry?”

He couldn't say because his growling stomach was faster. Inuyasha blushed harder.

-“I think that is a yes,” Kagome giggled.

-“Keh!”

 

~*~*~*~

 

-“There it is!” Sango said as they headed to a large valley. It looked like everything was lifeless, not a single spear of grass growing, nor a single drop of water.

-“It is surrounded by such evil! Even the vegetation was killed by the youki!” Miroku observed.

-“Yes, there are so many demons here that the youki s very strong, almost like Naraku's youki. We have to be very careful around here. Everything can happen.”

-“And what makes you think that the Dokusan grows in such evil place?” Miroku asked.

-“The Dokusan has healing proprieties over demon source wounds or maladies. It grows here by absorbing the youki that is in the air, and because youkai places like this one are so few, the Dokusan are very rare.”

Then, in a flash, a blast of youki came from a cave. They easily avoided it.

-“Looks like we were spotted!” Sango said. “Time to fight! Let's go!”

From the cave, a loud roar was heard and hundreds of demons emerged from the cave and headed to Sango and the others. Sango threw her Hiraikotsu and succeeded to kill some of them, but not enough, the others continuing their attack.

-“Not good, they're too many!” she said.

-“Leave it to me, Sango!” Miroku said as he headed to the beads at his right hand. “Kazaana!” He yelled as he unleashed his Wind Tunnel in his hand. The demons didn't have a chance and were absorbed by the tunnel.

-“Finished,” Miroku said sealing his hand again.

-“It was easy!” Shippou jumped on his shoulder. “It wouldn't have been if Miroku wasn't here.”

-“We've passed this test, but there is still work to do,” Sango said, heading Kirara to the cave from where the demons emerged. They got off of Kirara and looked around.

-“It doesn't look to terrible,” Shippou said looking at the cave.

-“The fun hasn't begun yet, Shippou. Inside it is dangerous. Be with your eyes peeled,” Sango said as she began to enter.

Shippou gulped.

-“I hope Inuyasha will appreciate this.”

 

~*~*~*~

 

-"No way, wench!"

-"Come on, Inuyasha!"

-"No way! You're not feeding me!"

-"But you can't see! You'll burn yourself with the hot ramen if you aren't careful!"

-"No I won't!"

She hid the box of ramen behind her.

-"Okay. Find it."

-"Wha?"

-"Find the ramen box. You said that you will handle it, now find it yourself."

-"Kagome..." Inuyasha growled. "Give me the ramen!"

-"You said that you could handle it."

Inuyasha growled. Kagome sighed.

-"Here..." she said, placing the cup of ramen in front of him.

Inuyasha used his nose to find the place where the ramen was and began to search blindly for it. Kagome felt sadness and guilt wash over her again seeing him like this. He really needed his sight!

-'I just hope that Sango and Miroku are okay...'

-"OW!"

Kagome woke up from her day-dreaming when she heard Inuyasha's yell. She turned to him and she saw him shaking his hand. From what she thought, Inuyasha was searching for the box of ramen and accidentally hit it, spilling its hot content on his hand. She reached for his hand and began whipping the ramen off it.

-"I've told you that this would happen..." she said, the anger from before forgotten. "For once, please listen to me!"

He didn't say anything. What could he say when she was always right?! Then, he heard her searching in her backpack, for another cup o' ramen he thought. Then he heard her leave for a moment, to bring some water for boiling.

While she was boiling, Kagome thought:

-'Why does he have to behave like this?! I'm just trying to help him! I know that he's trying to act all macho, but why doesn't he trust me for once?!'

Then she returned to him and sat across him. With a powerful voice she said:

-"Okay, Inuyasha, I know that you don't like it too much, but, please, let me feed you! You haven't eaten for almost a day and the poison has consumed your energy reserves!"

Inuyasha didn't say anything, but barely nodded. Kagome's eyes shined. She then took the sticks and took some noodles, then brought them to his mouth.

-"Say 'aaah!'."

-"Stop treating me like a baby, wench!" he growled.

-"Just open your mouth!" she yelled back.

Inuyasha growled, but did comply. He opened his mouth and swallowed the noodles.

-"There, that wasn't so bad," Kagome said.

-"Keh!" he said blushing.

For the next few minutes, Kagome continued to feed him and Inuyasha continued eating, in spite of his embarrassment of being fed like a helpless child. But, a part of it was grateful. Beside his mother, no one ever fed him. Even when he was just a kid, no one ever fed him. He always had to hunt his own prey, and sometimes he had to eat it raw, on the place, because of the fear that others could steal it. But look at him now...he was helpless, again, but was fed by Kagome, the one he truly loved, beside his mother.

Kagome never knew what this meant for him. She was just enjoying this sweet and special moment.

-'I wish that this moment would last forever,' she thought. `But I know that all will be over when Sango will bring the Dokusan and Inuyasha will get his sight back. All will be over then...'

She then saw that the ramen was finished. She sighed inwardly. Inuyasha could smell the sadness and disappointment...nor could he say that he was happy about it. As Kagome rose to get rid of the container, she heard a voice:

-"Hey, Wench! I'm still hungry!" Inuyasha said and a smile crept on his face as he smelled the joy that came from Kagome.

 

~*~*~*

 

With Miroku, Sango and Shippou, they entered the cave from there Sango said that they will find the Dokusan. From the beginning, they were greeted by a swarm of bat youkai, nothing that they couldn't handle with. After a few hundred meters they came to a dead end.

-"Is this the end?" Shippou asked. "There's nothing here except rocks and dirt!" He turned to Sango, "Are you sure that the Dokusan is here?"

-"I'm sure," she said.

She then began to search the entire cave for something peculiar. Miroku and Shippou looked at her as she was brushing her hands on the walls.

-"What is she doing?" Shippou asked Miroku.

-"I'm not sure...Let's wait and see."

Then, Sango abruptly stopped. She turned to them.

-"Prepare yourself!"

*blink* *blink*

The two blinked in confusion at her command, but were surprised when a powerful tremor shook the cave.

-"What's happening?!" Shippou said.

-“The Dokusan is making appearance! Prepare to fight!” Sango said, preparing her Hiraikotsu.

-“The Dokusan?!!!”

Then, the tremor intensified as large veins began to erupt from the cracks of the walls, engulfing them (like the veins in the Amazonian forest). The veins began to grow spikes that sharpened by the second. The ground began to shake even worse as from the center of the cave a tall, green stem emerged. Seconds passed and the tip of the stem opened, revealing a giant red flower.

-“This is the Dokusan?” Shippou asked. “You didn't say that it will be this big!”

-“Uhh…Sango?” Miroku asked eyeing the flower. “Is there something else that you want to warn us about?”

-“Duck!”

-“Wha?”

As Sango said the word, one of the spiked veins lunged at them with incredible speed, barely hitting Miroku. Sango threw Hiraikotsu, succeeding in cutting the giant vein.

-“Kirara!”

As Sango said the word, Kirara came beside her master and allowed her to climb on her back. They headed to the giant flower, but they were surprised when, from the middle of the flower, a vine was thrown and Kirara's leg was caught. Sango unsheathed her katana and cut the vein.

-“Whoa! That plant is eating things!” Shippou observed.

-“The demon power surely made a normal plant suffer some kind of transformations! It has become a youkai from such powerful youki!” Miroku said.

-“Excuse me, but I need some help around here!” Sango said eyeing them.

-“What do you propose for us to do?” Miroku asked.

-“HELP ME CUT THE PLANT!!!” Sango yelled irritated.

-“That sounds simple enough…”Shippou said.

-“Hiraikotsu!” Sango threw her boomerang at the giant stem but was bounced back.

-“I take that back…” He corrected himself.

Miroku headed in front, dodging a lunging vein in the process.

-“Let me try!” He headed to the beads. “Kazaana!”

-“Houshi-sama! We need the plant!”

-“Trust me, Sango!” he said. “I know what I'm doing!”

Sango quieted and continued to watch.

-`I hope you do. If we mess this up, Kagome-chan will never forgive me.'

The powerful wind from the Kazaana began to pull the plant. First were the veins that covered the walls, then, slowly, the plant began to come out of its roots. That was the sign that made Miroku seal his hand. The plant crashed, almost catching Shippou underneath.

-“You did it, Houshi-sama!” Sango ran to him after Kirara landed.

-“Did you not trust me, Sango?” he said, inching closer to her.

-“I didn't say that! I-” her sentence was cut off as she felt something familiar on her behind. The sound of flesh on flesh was heard, and Miroku fell on the ground with a large hand print on his face.

-“We don't have time for this! We must bring the cure to Kagome-chan and Inuyasha, or it will be too late for his eyes!”

-“I'm sorry, my dear Sango. You're right.”

They headed to the plant. It didn't seem dead, parts of it still twitching, a yellow ooze flowing from its flower.

-“Do we have to carry all this plant? Sango?” Shippou asked.

-“No, Shippou.”

Shippou let out a breath.

-“But this is the part where you'll make yourself useful.”

-“What?!”

-“I told you that we'll need someone small…”

-“But…but… you said…”

-“That was true, but the other thing was true too.”

Shippou gulped.

-“What must I do?”

-“You have to go inside the plant's flower,” she said matter-of-factly.

-“What!?”

Shippou looked at the flower. Compared to him, the flower looked like a cave herself.

-“Nuh-uh! I ain't going!”

Sango came beside him.

-“Shippou, I know that you are afraid, but you have to do this! If you don't, Inuyasha will remain blind forever! Do you want this to happen?”

Shippou remained silent. Inuyasha really deserved punishment for all the times he punched him, but wasn't this too much? In spite of the times when he is a jerk, Inuyasha is his friend. He avenged his father, and protects him. Sometimes…he was like the father he had lost.

-“Okay! I'll do it!”

-“That's the spirit, Shippou!” Miroku said. “Kagome-sama would be proud of you!”

-“What do I have to do?”

Sango handed him a jar.

-“What do I have to do with this?”

-“Go inside and get some pollen and nectar.”

-“Ok.”

Shippou came in front of the flower, gulped, took a deep breath and entered. After a few minutes, he came out with the jar and covered with the flower's ooze. Miroku and Sango stifled a laugh.

-“You owe me big!” Shippou yelled, causing them to burst out in laughter.

-“Sorry, Shippou. I promise that we will make up somehow.” Sango said. “How about Miroku massaging you while you take a bath?”

-“Sango, I object!” Miroku said.

Shippou thought for a minute.

-“I'll think about it.”

-“Okay,” Sango said. “Let's go! We must be back in less than a day!”

And with that, they jumped on Kirara and flew away.

 

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