InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Crossing Paths ❯ Rescue Me ( Chapter 5 )

DISCLAIMER: Do I really have to say it again? I do nn. . . I do nno. . . <pah> I do nooo. . . Ok ok, ok, I do not own Inuyasha. He came to me willingly. Hmph, ok, so I don't own him at all. Can't blame a girl for trying eh?

 

Sorry for the cliff hanger last chapter, but I felt it was the best place to leave off. In addition, I wanted to get a chapter up for you guys while I typed up the next ones. It took a little longer than I wanted because I kept rewriting this chapter. Each incident I came up with seemed too predictable. So I found the perfect scenario to get Inuyasha into Onekan's arms. Hehehehe or vice-versa. . . ok . . . or not at all. . . yeesh!

 

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How could she be so stupid? She should never have tried such a stunt. It's nothing she would have done normally but she just moved on impulse, it felt great, but that feeling was quickly suppressed by the feeling of guilt and shame. She was scared to face her friend again. She ran through the forest hoping to outrun from the memory of her best friend rejecting her. She threw herself at her, baring all her feelings to her. She left herself wide open and felt the full force of rejection slap her in the face.

 

Her vision was clouded by the abundance of tears flowing from her eyes. She more than once tripped over a stump or a root that grew up from the forest floor.

 

She stopped running to catch her breath. Kagome braced herself against the trunk of a tree. She wrapped her arms around it searching for some sort of solace. She leaned into to the tree trunk and cried harder feeling her legs grow weary, she slid to the base of the tree. She smarted herself with a whack on the back of the head against the tree.

 

“Stupid, how could I be so stupid?” She said grudgingly. She pulled her knees to her chest and rested her chin on her knees. She used the tree behind her for support. After a moment's pause, she looked at her surroundings and realized she had no idea where she was or where the camp was located. The anger she felt for her stupid actions with Sango, turned into fear because she had no protection. She left her bag with Sango so she wouldn't be slowed down. She left in a moment's notice because she couldn't face her friend again. And now she was alone somewhere in the middle of the forest. And to top things off and make matters worse, it was pitch black out. Adding insult to injury, she sensed a jewel shard and it was close. She picked her head up and looked towards the sky, a shooting star passed overhead. `It's really dark out tonight' she thought. She really put herself into trouble when she realized what tonight was.

 

“Oh no, the new moon, I completely forgot. Inuyasha!” Kagome grasped the full extent of her situation she got herself into and then the amount of trouble she just put Inuyasha into because she knew he would come looking for her. She remembered too late also, that she had the little jar of jewel shards around her neck. Like a moth to a flame, trouble has found her.

 

When the ground around her started shaking, she immediately she thought it was an earthquake. The tree she used for support started to tremble as well. Kagome shuffled away from the tree as it was ripped up from the ground, although, she noticed there were no roots coming from it. Her heart seized in her chest as she came face to face with giant jaws, dripping with poison and four pairs of red glowing eyes. She turned to run but ran into a thick web that caught her and the more she struggled the more she managed to wrap herself into it. She found her voice and her strength and screamed as loud as she could.

 

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Onekan traveled the length of the river wither companion, Crickett. It was nice traveling with such a magnificent being, he was fierce, strong and so loving. They walked along picking flowers, well Onekan picked them and Crickett ate them. If another were to walk into them, she would swear he followed her on his own free will. At the moment, it looked like she dangled the flowers in front of him so he would follow her wherever she went. She knew better and that's all that mattered to her. They enjoyed each other's company.

 

“When do you think we will find this village?” Onekan picked a flower and then a handful of tall grass, arranged it into a makeshift bouquet. She held them out for Crickett to inspect. He sniffed, and then used his lips to grab the bundle and suck them into his mouth where he made three quick bites and devoured the small portion. By the time he was finished, she had another bundle waiting for his nose to inspect.

 

`We should be close. Forgive me for my error in the last village. I had not realized Nesthaniel had passed through so many villages along this way.' Crickett grabbed another bundle and munched on his dinner.

 

“It's ok; at least they people in the last village gave us directions to get to the right village. They said that a Lady Kaede could help with the `ache' in my hand.” Onekan said, handing Crickett a rather large bundle of grass and flowers, he inhaled them as he had with every other bundle.

 

`Did the man in the village seem strange to you, Onekan?

 

“Actually, very strange indeed. He made sure I would not mention the `ache' in my hand to others, only to Kaede.” That's what they called it, not that it really hurt but because she couldn't go around telling everyone that she had a shard of glass in her hand. If the stronger demons hadn't sensed the shard's presence already, telling humans would only have them attempt stealing it from her. She learned that what she possesses is only a small portion of a much larger object. She also learned that it was the desire of every demon and most humans because it strengthens them. They all demand power and that is exactly what they want.

 

Perhaps there is a curse about the glass embedded in your hand?'

 

Onekan stopped and turned around. She was hoping it was not a curse but then, only Lady Kaede would know for sure.

 

“Well, we just have to find Kaede and then she'll tell us. Shall we run again?” Onekan gave her best coyote eyes. The kind that shine like stars and get all teary, she pouted her lower lip and flicked the tip of her tail back and forth. Crickett couldn't refuse or look away.

 

`Ha ha ha, you look so cute I just can't refuse.' Crickett laughed and nuzzled Onekan's hair `Hop on friend.' Onekan smiled at him and leapt to her perch high atop the large Lecithinian stallion.

 

“Ready!” She called out, sinking into her position across his neck. He walked on, after a stride he was trotting. He did it just to mess with her, it rattled her a bit until she almost thought she was going to fall off and then he threw his left leg out and brought his back legs up into a canter. Smooth and strong, he glided over the land ducking and dodging tree limbs but being careful not to dislodge Onekan. He could hear her laughter and he knew she had a smile of pure joy plastered across her face. He relished the thought.

 

As they rode through the forest, Onekan picked up the scent of something sweet.

 

“Do you smell that?” Onekan asked Crickett, he slowed to evaluate their surroundings.

 

`I do, I have not smelled something as appealing before; except for you of course.' He dropped to a walk and then took a large breath of air, taking in as much as he could. `It seems to come from the river. Shall we see what it is?' He looked back at Onekan. She was blushing profusely. He nickered quietly, laughing at her embarrassment from the compliment. He thought it was cute.

 

“Yes, we have plenty of time to investigate.” Onekan climbed off his back and walked next to him again. She realized that it didn't matter if she was atop Crickett or just walking next to him, she had just as much fun.

 

They came to the river and followed it downstream. The scent was getting stronger as they approached. Then another scent assaulted both their noses, Onekan's most especially; a woman in heat. Both Crickett and Onekan froze when they heard a woman's voice. It sounded like she was trying wake someone.

 

“Sango? Sango?” They decided not to go any further. She did not want see anyone right now. Moreover, most definitely if they were involved with each other, it's their private moment together and they wouldn't disrupt them. They turned to head back and saw through the break in the trees, where the brush was thinner, two women in the river bathing. One woman was shaking another who did not respond to her name. Onekan definitely thought better than sticking around, they would scream hentai at her for spying on them. Although she wasn't, it's just rude to stick around other women you don't know while bathing. Crickett followed behind Onekan. The two traveled in silence long after they both could no longer hear the women in the river. They had gone to their left giving the river a wider birth so that they did not disturb them.

 

Onekan sensed something else that she had never sensed before. The scent attracted her, almost called to her, pulling her towards his direction with an alluring aroma. She could tell he smelled like a demon, but he had a softer scent, not like the other full demons she knew. His lacked the venom and hint of blood she was accustomed to from the males of her clan. She stuck her nose in the air sniffed again. He was at the edge of the forest; directly in front of them. She was nervous and at the same time, she became entranced with the scent on the air. Her stomach twisted in a knot and she felt dizzy.

 

`Is something the matter Onekan?' Crickett nosed her shoulder and she looked at him with a worried expression.

 

“I don't think so. I picked up the scent of a demon close by. There's a fox demon and a human, all male too. But there's something about this demon, his scent is nothing like I've smelled before, but, now I can't get it out of my head. His scent is everywhere; it's all I can smell.” Crickett thought a moment on what she said.

 

`You have never seen others outside of your clan? Never taken a mate?' Onekan lowered her head.

 

“No, I was told I was impure, nothing more than a worthless half-breed. No male would mate me. I think they made that stupid rule just so I couldn't hunt with the head males of the clan and when they caught me it was all they needed to get rid of me. My uncle never liked me. He harbored hatred against my mother when he found out she did. He detested humans. So he hates half of what I am.”

 

Crickett nuzzled her trying to comfort her and console her. She took it happily. She hugged his massive head and mentally thanked him. He heard her.

 

“I want to see him,” she said, pulling away from Crickett. He nodded. “I'll be back.” She kissed him on his forehead between his large orbed eyes. Onekan jumped high into the trees to get a better view and locate this mystery demon.

 

They weren't far from the forest's edge, she noticed, so it wouldn't take nearly as long as she thought to get there. She leapt to the next tree and then the next. Several trees later, she was at the edge. Then she smelled rabbits cooking over a fire and her stomach started to howl its thoughts on neglect. She forgot she had not eaten anything, aside from the berries and nuts on the way, since this morning. She cradled herself to hinder the sound reaching the demon's ears below.

 

She watched as one of them males seemed to sense her presence. Her thoughts were confirmed when he started to growl low, not an angry growl, it was more of a warning. She kept her distance and stayed where she was. She knelt down to stay out of view. He unsheathed a sword from his hip and sniffed the air. One of the other males stood next to the white haired demon. She would not stand a chance against two males guarding their territory. She stood from her perch and went back to Crickett. She found him grazing a few meters from where she left him. She walked next to him and motioned they should keep going.

 

It was getting very late and stopping to rest was a good idea. They made ready their camp on the moss-covered floor of the forest. It was warm and they had nothing to cook so they wouldn't need a fire. Onekan removed her sword and her arrows from their resting place on her back. She laid them next to her and unrolled her pelt she kept in her sack. Crickett, sniffed out a suitable spot and lay down. Onekan pulled her pelt over to him and hung her weapons on a low branch above his head. She made herself comfortable against his chest.

 

No sooner does she start to drift into sleep that Onekan and Crickett were startled out of their thoughts, the earth started to shake and then there was loud shrill scream. It came from their right and it was closer than they both wanted it to be.

 

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Sango returned to the camp with Kagome's bag. Natasha immediately jumped on her.

 

“Where's Kagome?” He said threateningly. Not because he was mad at Sango or even Kagome for that matter, well he was a little mad but because he knew that if she was still out in the forest, he would have to go find her and sun had set almost two hours ago. The moon would be in its position and he would turn human. He would lose all his abilities to protect them or even find Kagome. Not knowing what direction she went in, he had to rely on his senses and they were starting to fade. Sango explained what had happened and figured that Kagome ran because she was embarrassed.

 

“Stupid bitch. I'll go get her.” He muttered. He looked to the sky and like a flash he was off. He was already starting to feel the change taking over his body. His hair started to turn black and his ears slid to the side of his head. His fangs and claws withdrew leaving them blunt and more fragile. He felt the all-too familiar tingle as the blood that created him a half-demon receded, leaving him a weak human by comparison.

 

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Kagome watched in fear as a giant spider demon towered over her. She was terrified. Inuyasha was not here and he most likely has turned human by now. She knew his pride and he would still fight the demon even while human. She had been such a fool. It would be her fault if he were to be injured.

 

“I desire the Shikon Jewel shards in your possession.” The demon hissed at her. It pulled her from its web bringing her closer to its jaws accentuating the point. She wriggled free of the spider's grasp she ducked under the demon's body, running for all she was worth. The spider spun around and gave chase. It shot out a web and caught her leg picking her up and dangling her upside down looking for the jewel shards it sensed on her body.

 

The glass jar slipped out from under her blouse and hung around head. The demon swung her back and forth trying to loose the jar from her neck. It jerked her up and she could feel the cord it is attached to, start slipping from around her neck. She focused and tried to grab the jewels before they fell into the grasp of the demon toying with her. Kagome made a few unsuccessful swats at the jar as it made its way to her ears. The spider was swinging her around too rapidly for her to get her hands where she needed them. Just as she was within reach, he would sling her in a new direction causing her to fumble and almost loose the necklace from around her neck completely. With a great effort, she tucked her hands in close to her body, hugging herself so that her arms wouldn't be left at the mercy of the centrifugal force the rest of her was feeling. Her hair flowed around her head from hanging upside down and didn't offer much resistance to the cord slipping from her head. She inched her hands up her shoulders and managed to grab it before it could fall and tucked it back into her blouse, wedging it in her bra strap so that it could not fall out again.

 

Impatient and angered by her unwillingness to give up the jewels on her own, the demon flung Kagome into a tree.

 

She screamed as she hit the tree and her body limply fell to earth. She bounced upon landed. The demon hissed victoriously, but it was short lived. He rushed at her about to spear Kagome's limp form with a sickle shaped appendage. Kagome weakly opened her eyes to see the demon charging at her, it lifted an arm with a painful looking blade on the side poised in her direction. She couldn't move, her body hurt everywhere and she could taste blood in her mouth. Her eyes grew with fear. Kagome would have agreed that when you are about to die, you see your life flash before your eyes. Every memory she saw had her friends, her mother, and Inuyasha. She closed her eyes and whispered his name. She opened her eyes again to see the demon closing in rapidly. She waited, for what seemed like a small eternity, tears streamed down her cheeks again.

 

He was not coming, she tried to search for him but she could not lift her head. She felt paralyzed. With impeding death at her doorstep and no sign of her hero, she felt her heart ache. She had not lived long enough to complete what she had set out to start. She came to accept her feelings for Inuyasha as well. She was in love with him. However, she wouldn't get to tell him, would she?

 

`Is this it?' she thought. `He's not coming, he can't find me. This is where it ends. It's entirely my fault.'

 

Kagome blinked her eyes for the last time. She gave in and accepted her fate.

 

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“That sounded like Kagome.” Shippo said. His hopes of finding her grew but quickly faded. “If she's screaming, then that means something is after her?” He was perched on top Inuyasha's head. He was the `eyes, ears and nose' of the operation since his three other companions were human.

 

“Just tell us which way Shippo!” Inuyasha seethed. It was taking them far too long to get to her, even when they were running. He lost his strength, speed and his ability to seek Kagome himself so now he had to rely on the under developed demon senses of Shippo.

 

“Not much further, go left.” Shippo clung to Inuyasha's head as he bolted left.

 

“I hope Kagome is alright.” Sango said, `I feel that this is my fault. She was trying to tell me something and I just completely blacked out on her. I imagined Miroku while she was trying to tell me she had feelings for me. Does that mean I love Miroku?'

 

“There!” shouted Shippo. They all stopped suddenly as a giant spider demon charged at Kagome.

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A/N: ok, I had to stop here it was getting long. But the next chapter is almost finished already and I will post it Wednesday at the latest. <Builds dramatic effect> besides, if every chapter ended on a dull note, no one would want to read it, right?

 

Also, a friend asked me how to pronounce Onekan's name. I didn't realize that she was saying it like `One' `Can'. Making fun because she thought the character had only one ass cheek or something. It's `On' `uh' `ken'. And her nickname is `On' `ee', spelled Oniee. When I told her that, she said it sounds just like Anakin . . . yeah, she's a big Star Wars fan.

 

I did not get the name like that, however. I have a list that I add to when I think of a name. They are all odd and abstract. Case in point, I named my cat Kaydense, other names include, Lokai and Lokaine; Dresmalin and Ishpeming. They are from short stories I played around with awhile back, so proof enough, yes?

 

Please review everyone, it makes writing that much more enjoyable. But I'd still write even if you didn't review. It's not about the gratitude, it's about the gift.