InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Even If You Cannot Hear My Voice ❯ Naraku's fate revealed ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

 
 
“Inuyasha!” Kagome yelled as Koga avoided the dog-demon's attack and was now about to slam into Inuyasha's face with a powerful kick.
 
Inuyasha blocked the attack with Tetsaiga and Koga simply bounded off and landed several feet from Inuyasha.
 
“What's the matter dog-breath? Can't fight without my woman's help?” he teased, smirking.
 
“SHE'S NOT YOUR WOMAN!!!” he bellowed ferociously as he charged for another chance to take off that fucking wolf's head.
 
Koga smiley widely. Heh. That stupid half-breed can't ever control that temper of his. It just makes him sloppier of a fighter than he already is. Koga really enjoyed it when the hanyou got so upset over Kagome. It's not as if he had claimed her or anything. She was fair game as far as Koga was concerned. But he didn't tell Inuyasha that. As far as he could tell, Inuyasha was convinced that Koga thought he owned the girl, making the hanyou mad enough so that he couldn't see straight. Sure does make my life easier! As long as he stays unfocused, the mutt's attacks are so easy to avoid.
 
Koga quickly ducked under Inuyasha's unusually high swing and used the opportunity to spin while kicking Inuyasha's feet out from under him, causing the hanyou to fall hard on his back.
 
Koga was poised to “kick `em while he's down” when Kagome screamed out, “Koga, DON'T!!!”
 
His hesitation gave Inuyasha the perfect opening to grab the stupid wolf's leg and slam him into the nearest tree.
 
“Keh! At least she hasn't been helping you, you mangy wolf!!!” the proud hanyou smirked at the dumbstruck wolf-youkai.
 
Kagome gasped. She had helped Inuyasha, and he just took advantage of the situation! Of course, Koga was about to step on Inuyasha's face when he fell. “Well, I've certainly had enough of this!” She huffed angrily to herself.
 
“INUYASHA!!! OSUWARI!!!”
 
“ACK!!!” Inuyasha yelled as his body smashed into the forest floor.
 
Kagome walked over to Koga who was still a bit dazed from hitting his head so hard.
 
“Stupid fucking half-breed…” he muttered as Kagome sweetly touched his shoulder.
 
“Please leave, Koga-kun. I'm too tired to deal with this right now.” Kagome's eyes were indeed both tired and sad. She didn't like having to sit Inuyasha in front of Koga like that. But she knew that neither one of them would back down until one of them really did kill the other. Not that either one of them really wanted to, but they were both very prideful, and the situation always got increasingly dangerous the longer they fought, so she always had to step in to control the situation the only way she knew how.
 
“Sure, Kagome. Whatever you want…Hear that dog-breath?!” he called out over his shoulder as he rushed off, “I always do what Kagome wants!”
 
“Damn him…” Inuyasha snarled as he lifted himself off the ground. He glared heatedly at Kagome and growled, “Whaddya do that for?!? We still have to get his jewel shards, remember?!?” Inuyasha was gnashing his teeth as he spoke to her, but he wasn't about to call her names. He had already gotten sat once, and he was the reason she ran off into the wrong direction in the first place. Of course, he didn't know that mangy wolf had been in the area, either. Fucking bastard wolfHe cursed him again for good measure.
 
“Kagome-chan! I was in the woods, and I heard shouting. Is everything alright?” Sango asked as she stepped into the clearing.
 
“Sango-chan?! What were you doing in the woods?” She wasn't looking for me since I was taking so long, I hope…
 
“Oh, I just got mad because Miroku was being, well-Miroku.” Baka hentai, she cursed to herself sourly.
 
“Oh! Well, yeah. Everything's okay here. Koga was here a minute ago, but he already left.”
 
“That's right. He was too damn scared I was gonna beat his ass down so he took off!” Inuyasha was trying to save face after being sat by Kagome. And announcing that he was the reason the wolf-demon left seemed like a good start.
 
Kagome rolled her eyes so Sango could see and the both the girls let out a few giggles.
 
“What the fuck's so funny?!” Inuyasha demanded.
 
“Eh? Oh, nothing! Let's go back to camp.” Kagome innocently replied.
 
“Keh.”
 
“I'm taking that means `of course, ladies, let's get going?'” Sango inquired in an even more sweet and innocent tone than Kagome's. At this point both of them completely lost it and started howling with laughter.
 
Inuyasha followed the girls back to the camp with a dark scowl on his face muttering to himself the entire walk back. Neither Sango nor Kagome could hear much of what he was saying, but the words “stupid girls” was heard more than once, forcing them into more fits of uncontrollable laughter at the hanyou's expense.
 
By the time they had arrived, the girls' faces were red and their eyes were puffy from laughing so hard that they had both been crying quite a lot. Miroku noticed this and concluded that something truly horrible had happened for both of them to look so distraught.
 
He quickly rose to his feet in alarm while gripping his staff until his knuckles were pure white.
 
“What has happened?” he asked them gravely.
 
“Eh? What do you mean, Miroku?” Sango asked truthfully innocent this time.
 
Miroku just looked at them intently until he saw a still grumbling hanyou step out from the brush behind them.
 
“Oh.” He said pleasantly, “Never mind.”
 
The girls started laughing again but not nearly as hard as before. Their sides hurt after all! There's only so much laughing a girl can take!
 
“What's going on? Did Inuyasha do something stupid again?” Shippou asked truly curious about the situation.
 
“Oi, brat!” Inuyasha growled out before chasing the kitsune cub around the now deceased fire.
 
“Now, Inuyasha. Is there something you need to tell us?” Miroku knew that Inuyasha had gone to see Kikyo and that meant there was probably information needing some discussion. The monk had hoped the question asked in mid-chase could spare Shippou a lump on the head, however…
 
“UAHHHHHH! KAAGGGOOMMEE!!! Inuyasha had already caught the kit, and the damage had been done. Miroku saw that the kit was in-transit to leap into Kagome's lap.
 
“Inuyasha!” Kagome chided with a frown. It wasn't Shippou's fault he was too smart for his own good.
 
“Actually, yeah. There is something everyone needs to know. Naraku is dead.”
 
Everyone gawked at Inuyasha like he was a lunatic. That is simply not possible they all thought to themselves as he continued.
 
“Keh. That's just what I thought at first, but it's true. Miroku, do you still have kazaana?” Inuyasha honestly didn't know if the monk would still bear the curse, but he was betting the monk wasn't free of it yet.
 
Miroku pulled off the seal after he was facing away from the group. As they all watch the large wind tunnel suck in random rocks and branches, they could all see it was definitely still there.
 
“But, I do not understand how this is possible, Inuyasha. My curse has not been lifted.”
 
“Heh. I figured as much” he replied darkly. “That bastard's heart is still alive in Mouryoumaru.”
 
Inuyasha then proceeded to tell them all he had learned from Kikyo. And among the gasps and stares of disbelief, a small voice said, “Does that mean that most of the jewel has been sent to Hell, too?”
 
“I don't know, Shippou. I don't think so. Remember that Naraku didn't always have the Shikon no Tama in his possession at all times.” Inuyasha really didn't know. He thought that Kikyo would've told him if something like that happened, but he honestly had no idea where the jewel was. If it was still here somewhere like he guessed, it would definitely be hard to get. That fucking bastard, Naraku. I should've killed himself, he thought vehemently.
 
“What about Kaana? I wonder if she's just wandering around aimlessly without Naraku's orders. She was the only spawn that Naraku ever trusted.” Kagome said thoughtfully.
 
“Yeah, that's because she never had a brain to think with or she would have betrayed him like all his other offspring!!!”
 
“Inuyasha! You're absolutely right!” Sango exclaimed excitedly.
 
“Eh?” Inuyasha had no idea what the demon slayer was talking about, but she was complimenting him, so he wasn't about to complain. “Keh. Of course I am.”
 
“You don't even know what she's talking about, do you Inuyasha?” Shippou didn't know if he had hit the nail on the head, but he assumed as much when Inuyasha came running after him. Shippou shrieked and jumped out of Kagome's lap and onto her shoulder.
 
“Shut-up, you stupid brat!” Inuyasha snarled as he bopped the kitsune cub on the head.
 
*Sigh* Kagome shook her head and closed her eyes. “Osu-war-i.”
 
“ACK!”
 
Kagome looked up at Sango and said, “Please continue, Sango-chan.”
 
“Well, I've been thinking. Maybe Naraku had a kind of spell on Kaana like he did Kohaku!” Sango paused for a second. It still hurt her that her brother decided to stay with Kikyo and was ready to give his life. But maybe he won't think that way anymore since Naraku's gone! She hoped silently.
 
“Mmm…” Sango tried to recollect her thoughts. “Oh yes, maybe deep down she wanted to betray Naraku all along but couldn't. I mean, Kagura helped us, maybe Kaana would, too. Maybe she knows where the jewel is.”
 
“Hmm…Well, whether or not Kaana will help us remains to be seen, but I do believe that we will be seeing her shortly since Mouryoumaru will undoubtedly want the Shikon no Tama for himself. The news of Naraku's death will spread quickly, and he will seek her out if he has not already found her.” Miroku responded solemnly.
 
“Keh. Either way let's hurry up and get going already! We've been hanging around here for way too long as it is!”
 
No one felt like pointing out to Inuyasha that it was primarily his fault they hadn't started moving in the morning. Since they were all deep enough in their own thoughts as it was, everyone silently agreed to let it go.
 
“Get on my back, Kagome.” He ordered sternly as he crouched down. He knew she didn't like riding on him after he had gone to see Kikyo, but that was just too bad right now. It was already late in the afternoon, and they would get no where if the monk had to run instead of riding on Kirara's back.
 
Kagome reluctantly let Inuyasha help her up onto his back. She knew it was pointless to insist on riding on Kirara's back when it was so late in the day, and she was tired of fighting anyways.
 
Shippou knew that Kagome was feeling down because of that two-timing meanie, so he determinedly hopped onto Inuyasha's shoulder.
 
“Oi, brat! Whaddya think you're doing? Go ride on Kirara's back!”
 
“No! Kagome needs me to be with her because you're a two-timing jerk!”
 
“Why you…” This little fox brat wasn't going to ride on his shoulder that was for sure!
 
“InuYAshaaaa…” Kagome said in a sing-song voice.
 
She wouldn't sit him when she was already on his back! Or would she? He wondered.
 
“Keh. Fine.”
 
Inuyasha then sped off with Kirara close behind, searching for the next village where they might hopefully hear rumors of a ghostly little girl holding a mirror.