InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Firefly Wishes ❯ State of Denial ( Chapter 11 )

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Firefly Wishes

By DBZ Vegeta

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Chapter 11 - State of Denial

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"Do you think this is where we are supposed to find Naraku?" asked Kagome as she looked up at me. I looked around the area, a small lake surrounded by trees and the almost overwhelming stench of death that hovered over the idyllic scene.

"I would say so," I replied, turning to look down at her. Even with the break we had taken earlier, the exhaustion she felt was evident on her face by the dark circles beneath her eyes. "Are you all right?"

"I'll be fine once we find our friends," she replied, shrugging her shoulders lightly. "We can all rest when we finally defeat Naraku. I am not going to let him get away with it this time."

A sharp gust of wind broke over the surface of the water, coming up to swirl erratically around them. Hysterical laughter rose from the wind, climbing in pitch and volume until they both had to clasp hands over their ears to block the sound. However, the laughter had a familiar ring to it.

"Show yourself Naraku!" I yelled. A loud snort, followed by a lessening of the wind strength answered my cry.

"So you made it here after all. Your friends must mean a great deal to you," snickered the dark form as it coalesced before them. Gone this time was the baboon pelt that he had worn before and today Naraku was dressed in a dark blue and white hakama and gi.

"Where's Sango and what have you done to her?" cried Kagome as she strained forward against my grip on her shoulders.

"Ah the dark haired demon exterminator. She was such a delicious morsel, I have thoroughly enjoyed her company." Naraku chuckled darkly, a lascivious grin spreading over his face.

"No," wailed Kagome as she strained against my grip, "what did you do to her!" I held her tight and pulled her back against me as she began to sob.

"Naraku, we have done as you asked, now return our friend to us." I growled, glaring angrily at the demon in front of us.

"Ah Ah Ah," he said, waving a finger back and forth, "You still haven't given me everything that I want yet."

"We will never give you the jewel, you fiend." Kagome shouted as she strained against my grip on her arms.

"But I never said anything about the jewel, my dear miko. I want something else from you." Naraku cackled insanely, his eyes sweeping over the pair in front of him.

"You can't have her." I shouted, moving to step in front of Kagome, blocking the lecherous eyes that were practically undressing her. I felt Kagome shudder behind me as she finally realized what it was that Naraku wanted from them.

"But if you want to see your friends alive again, I would think that your should reconsider my request. I would only need her for a short period of time, a pure miko's blood is so enticing and rare." Naraku said, causing a shiver of fear to curl up my spine at how his words were said. Such malice and evil. "But don't worry, I won't kill them yet. I will give you until the morning to decide."

As quickly as he appeared before them, so too did he disappear. The wind whipping wildly around them, as I turned to pull Kagome against me trying to block the small debris from hitting her. The wind died down and an unnatural hush fell over the area.

"Kagome." I said softly, leaning back away from her and looking down into her eyes.

"Its alright Inuyasha," she said, reaching one hand up to cradle my cheek, "if it means that we will save them then I would gladly sacrifice myself."

"No!" I yelled, "There has to be another way, something we haven't thought of yet."

"What else can we do?" she said softly, her thumb brushing light across my lips. "It is the only way that we can save them. He wants my body and he shall have it. I will live and return, I promise."

"The blood of a pure miko has great powers, he will become much stronger than he is now. We may not be able to defeat him if he gains your power." I said, lightly kissing the digit pressed to my lips. I raised my hand and pushed back a lock of hair that had fallen forward over her shoulder back. "I can't lose you now Kagome."

"But what if I wasn't a pure miko," she said softly, looking down away from my eyes, a blush racing across her cheeks.

"What?" I stammered, unsure of the ramifications of what she had just said.

"He wants a pure miko. If I wasn't pure anymore, then he wouldn't have the power that he was seeking now would he." She answered softly, peeking up at me through dark lashes.

"So you are saying…" my voice trailed off as I suddenly realized what she was asking me to do.

"Yes Inuyasha, I want you to make love to me."

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Miroku stared remorsefully at the locked door praying that it would open and Sango would be returned. He could only hope that nothing had happened to her. His musings were interrupted as the door to the cell was unceremoniously flung open and a huddled shape thrown in. He bolted to his feet and raced to the figure lying on the floor as the door was once again closed and latched.

Kneeling beside Sango he gently rolled her over and picked her up into his arms, cradling her close to his chest. Looking down, he winced at the blood and bruises that he saw on her face and arms. Her kimono was ripped in several places and her hair was a tangled mess. As gently as he could, he slipped his arms beneath her legs and stood up, crossing the room to lay her on the bedding that she had spread out for him only a short time ago. Pulling the blanket up, he tucked it about her shoulders as he sat worriedly next to her, one of her hands held in his.

Darkness had long since fallen before Sango began to stir, her moans of pain waking Miroku from the light slumber he had fallen into. Scrambling closer he leaned over her, one hand still clasped in his as he reached forward with his free hand to gently stroke back the hair that had fallen over her face.

"Sango," he called softly, his hand tightening slightly as he watched her eyelids flutter open and shut. "Sango, please wake up."

"Mmm…"she groaned as her hand came up to rub against her forehand, lines wrinkling across it in agitation.

"Its all right Sango, you are back in the cell with me," he said, leaning forward to slip one arm behind her back and helped to move her into a sitting position. She hissed as the movement brought her fully awake and pain began to become noticeable throughout her extremities.

"Oww," she said as she opened her eyes and looked up into his worried lavender-blue eyes. "How long was I out?"

"Not long, maybe an hour," he lied softly as he reached up to lightly brush off a strand of hair that had fallen forward over her face. "Are you all right?"

Sango closed her eyes as the events that had happened suddenly rushed forward to greet her and she pulled her hand away from his to loop around her knees, that she had pulled up tight against her chest. She leaned forward and buried her head atop her knees, rocking back and forth agitatedly.

"Sango?" Miroku said softly, a note of concern filling his voice. He reached out to place a hand on her back only to have her jerk away from him.

"No, don't touch me," she said, her voice muffled by her arms.

"What did he do to you?" he asked softly.

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A/N: Sorry for the long wait in between chapters, I have been concentrating on another story that has taken up a lot of my time. I haven't forgotten about this story, it is just going to take me longer than I thought to complete it. Please let me know what you think so far.

Thanks for reading ~DBZ Vegeta