InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Deep Waters ❯ Ch.12 ( Chapter 12 )

Ch.12

 

Kagome woke up with a loud sneeze. She let out a loud moan as her lungs tightened up and her head began to wobble. Her eyelids began to droop again when a young little fox demon ran up to her side with a panicked look in his eyes. “Kagome, are you okay?” He asked worriedly. She looked around but all she saw was her breaches and undergarments hanging in a tree and a clearing that was surrounded by forest. On her side of the clearing, under the trees lay some ashes from a fire and many puddles. The rain had let up some time during the night and was now into a small drizzle although she seemed to think that it was just water rolling off the leaves of the trees.

 

“I'm fine Shippo, just a cold. We'll just have to find a better shelter tonight. Deal?” She asked trying to sound convincing. She stood up trying to ignore the wobbling feeling she had in her legs. “After I get dressed we should be on our way.” She explained while going over to her breaches and underwear. She hooked them from the tree she had hung them on while waiting for them to dry. She stopped and thought for a moment, what could she use as a bandage? If she didn't acquire something before she put them on there would have been no point to wash them in the first place. Not only that but she had large drops of blood that had stained her legs or were running down them. She walked over to a fresh puddle of water and began to rinse herself off. She looked around to find nothing more than Shippo and some leaves, that didn't give her many options. She put her finger to her chin and began to bite her bottom lip as she thought, a nasty habit she had picked up.

 

Another sneeze burst through the silent air, although the rain had come to an end the animals still seemed unsure as to come out. She rubbed her nose with her finger and came to a decision, she knew it wouldn't help out her cold but if anyone was to believe she was the wife of the naval commander she would have to look half decent. She ripped off the sleeves of her shirt up to the elbow and pulled up her underwear then tucked the ripped material into the crotch. She would have to stop every couple of hours to wash the cloth but it would do and there didn't seem to be a lack of water around.

 

She didn't feel like going to Osaka today, she felt like dying, but Shippo was so excited that she couldn't seem to keep the playful grin off her face. She stomped on the remains of the ashes as an extra precaution; a forest fire was not needed. She grabbed Shippo's hand and together they began to walk towards Osaka. She hummed a quiet tune as she walked; she was less terrified now, yet she couldn't help but feel a little sad even though Shippo was trying his best to cheer her up. Her pirates hadn't come after her, she didn't want them to by any means but she felt a slight pang at the fact. She was going back to her personal living hell where she would be married. She felt like insects were crawling through her skin, and for all she knew they were, she didn't know if she slept with her mouth open or closed, and her lungs were burning at the constant coughing fits. She was thankful that Shippo was there though, she wasn't alone any more, she had a friend and a demon. Although he wasn't the strongest he was better than an innocent girl walking through the woods where anybody could do something to her and if she screamed no one would be there to hear. `Maybe Inuyasha would have heard, he would have helped you.' Said the dark part of her mind. `But he's gone now.'

 

She shook her head and continued on walking, if they kept their pace they could be there late tonight, early tomorrow at the latest, she judged. She couldn't be certain, she felt like she had run for hours and hours but perhaps she had only ran for two hours, nor had she ever been to this part of Japan, only read maps. She gave a loud cough and covered her mouth, as she drew her hand away she could have sworn she saw the littlest amount of blood. She bit her lip and looked down at the innocent boy beside her, he didn't know anything about the ways of the world. She had underestimated him though, she thought he was naïve to the world but he knew more than that, he smelt the small scent of lies when she said why she was running as well as he now smelt the blood that she just choked up. He hadn't said anything, he couldn't anger her, she was his hope, she would find him a family, he couldn't help but wish she would keep him but she explained kindly that she couldn't.

 

 

Inuyasha had got the crew ready an hour before they were supposed to, they were all angry of course but they could tell something had upset the hanyou captain and feared his wrath. They had begrudgingly departed from their whores or families that were in port and began to set sail. Inuyasha had decided they would go to Osaka, many of the naval guard lived there and would make a suicidal place to attack but he knew they could do it. He was angry and he felt he could take on the gods and come out the victor, that and it was far away from Kagome. It was far away and any logical being knew it was impossible for her to make it there before he would, there was no possible way for her to do so, besides what were the chances of her wanting to go there in the first place?

 

They were sailing the seas, far from the port of Hyogo. The waters were fairly calm and even after that horrendous storm the pirates were sailing with arrogance. Inuyasha had joined with the men, dead set on drinking himself silly. In the mess hall he sat with six other men of who he didn't know the names of with a bottle of sake in his hand. He gave a drunken smile and took a large gulp from the bottle emptying nearly a third of the bottle. He began to tell a story about how much he hated women and how useless they were when Sango walked through the door. She marched up to him, face fuming with anger and slapped him right on the cheek. The room became dead silent.

 

“Wha' the hell was that for!” He asked in a drunken tone, unfortunately he was still sober enough to know that she shouldn't have slapped him that way.

 

She didn't back down at his obvious glare or at his menacing posture as he pushed himself from the table, knocking his chair over in the process. “Because after Kagome left you, you've been acting like a complete jackass and idiot! You didn't act this way when she died!” She said referring to his past love. “You've been slacking off on your captain duties and your duties to your crew! I would snap out of it before you get us all killed! I mean you're taking us to Osaka! Osaka! You must have a death wish or something because you're out of your mind!” She yelled.

 

He stared at her at her for a moment and Miroku came in. Finally he ground out, all traces of his drunken slur replaced by his normal slang, “If that's the way you feel Sango you'll be put into prison `til we reach next port. There you'll be let off, I hope you have a wonderful life.” He stated clearly before ordering two men to take her to the cells below deck.

 

“Wait! Inuyasha, you're out of your mind right now! Please stop and reconsider! Sango didn't mean it!” Miroku pleaded.

 

He received an equally menacing look. “Him too.” He ordered the men behind him. Miroku looked at Sango appalled at what their friend and captain had become. They silently came to an agreement, if they were to go down, they would go kicking and screaming. They both drew their swords and got into a ready position. Simply their looks scared many of the opposing men off but many still remained.

 

“Inuyasha, I always thought better of you.” Miroku said coldly and began to tear at their opponents, they tried their best not to kill any but there was so many of them and it was taking up to much energy not to fight at full strength. Miroku and Sango shared a look then finally came to the decision, “I apologize, you are all good men and loyal to your captain, even if he is out of his mind right now. But we will be forced to kill you if you continue to obey your captain. Is that understood?” He asked clearly.

 

Many of the men backed off at the unspoken threat though hoards still attacked them savagely. They killed seven each, dirtying their swords with their once comrades blood. Sango said a silent prayer, wishing them off before she began to mercilessly swing and kill. She hadn't seen the man sneak up behind her and let out an indignant squeak as she was grabbed from behind. “Don't kill them, just put them in prison.” Inuyasha warned. The man nodded and Miroku looked at Sango as he heard Inuyasha's statement.

 

“Sango!” He yelled and tried to make it over to her. On the way he was successfully hit over the head and knocked out from the world for a couple of hours. He looked at Sango's terrified face once before he slipped into oblivion.

 

Inuyasha gave one look back and took a large swig of his sake before turning to leave his old friends to be salvaged by his crew. He didn't care though; nothing mattered to him anymore. Any thing he loved seemed to turn its back on him, there wasn't any point getting his heart broken again. No point.

 

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Sango looked down at her hands, studying them, the hands that had killed many, while waiting for Miroku to wake up. She had gone without a fuss once she had seen what had happened to Miroku. Though she would have kept fighting and had nothing left that she really wanted to live for, she desperately feared for Miroku's life. Now that they were outcasts they would have to help each other out, he had her back, as he had shown, and she at least tried to have his.

 

She heard a pained moan as Miroku stirred from his concussion. She looked at him with tears in her eyes; they hadn't been there a moment ago, yet now they were there, a mystery. She stood up and ran over to him giving him a large hug, nearly choking him back into unconsciousness. Luckily he stayed awake long enough to give the woman embracing him a swift pat on the butt. She immediately released him and gave him a loud slap, nearly sending him back to sleep.

 

She stared at him tearfully, wondering why she had been given such a wonderful, inconsiderate man. She knew he would grope her again but she didn't care, she needed comfort right now and he was the only one in the cell besides her. She lunged herself at him, ignoring the slight grunt of protest he let out. “Lady Sango, what's the matter?” He asked her, surprising her that he hadn't made one suggestive motion in the whole time he held her.

 

“Well, for one I was fuckin' terrified for you!” She screamed. “What are we gonna do Miroku, we don't have a home any more, damn it we don't even have a job! How the hell are we supposed to survive?!” She said sobbing into his chest, clenching his shirt material with her fists before pounding into him.

 

He wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer to his large frame. “Sango, we'll live. He isn't killing us, at least.” He said optimistically. “We're not barbarians nor are we neanderthals, we'll be fine.” He finished, comfortingly patting her head. “We can get a job somewhere else, Inuyasha's not the only pirate to sail these seas. If need be we can always join up with the navy.” He said grimacing at the thought. They both enjoyed their job, their freedom, their lives and they understood they wouldn't have any of those things if they joined the navy.

 

She lay on his lap sobbing herself into the comforting land of dreams to which he soon followed. It was unsaid but they knew they would stick together because that was all they had at the time.