InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ For One Reason or Another ❯ Thoughts on Action ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter Thirteen: Thoughts on Action

***InuYasha dream***

InuYasha bolted upright and fell out of the tree he was sleeping in, forgetting he was balanced a certain way. He had heard his name.

“InuYasha!” The voice persisted. As he turned the trees became bars on a cage and he found himself trapped within an enclosure. He looked beyond the bars and saw Kagome being held in a cage much like his own. Her thin body was chained down to the bottom of the cage while a sword hung a few inches from her face, threatening her. Her brown eyes were focused on him. She called out his name weakly “InuYasha.” she breathed heavily as if from exhaustion.

His hand went to reach for her but he found himself chained and couldn’t move. “Kagome! Where are we?” he saw her brown flare with life as she turned her head towards him again.

“Why did you leave me? I thought you would protect me.” Kagome said as the rope holding the sword brook loose driving it towards Kagome’s face. InuYasha yelled and was pulled from the dream as Sesshomaru’s calm voice broke through.

***End of Dream***

“You could have awoken the whole forest with a yell like that.” his brother said standing in the doorway. InuYasha sat up in his bed and looked around, ‘ah yes I’m in his house.’ he lay down and flipped to his side, back facing Sesshomaru. “Keh! I didn’t yell.”

“There is no point in arguing with a worthless half-breed. I have come to give your orders. You are to fight in the front as me, while I take the back.” a loud snore answered him.

“As it is, your ‘Kagome’ is heading this way.” Sesshomaru said as he turned to leave.

“What! No she can’t it isn’t safe!” InuYasha said as he bolted out of the bed. He stopped facing his brother. “I have to stop her!” he tried to push his way past his brother but Sesshomaru stood firm. “Move!” InuYasha yelled flustered.

“No little brother. She is safe within my boundary. No yokai would dare harm even an inu-hanyou on my lands. We must prepare for this attack. Come InuYasha. Since you seem wide awake I shall lay my plans before you.” Sesshomaru said remaining in the angered hanyou’s way.

“Fine. I listen to your plans as long as Kagome is safe.” a sudden realization hit him as if somebody had lobbed a stone full force at his head “How did you know she was hanyou?” Sesshomaru removed his hand from InuYasha’s chest and looked down his nose at him.

“I can smell her scent on you and nothing escapes my attention when I am in my lands.” Sesshomaru said stepping out of the room.

“So when you leave these lands…” InuYasha let the sentence hang in the still air.

“No, it doesn’t go away or weaken.” Sesshomaru gave his younger brother a full out death glare. InuYasha returned the glare with one of his own. “ How far does Kagome have to be from you to use the spell?”

“Not far why?” InuYasha replied looking in his brother’s face for an answer. He reached a hand to his beads fingering one of the fangs hanging of it. As he did so his hand hit something else hanging off his neck.

“She’s about to come to your resting place.” Sesshomaru said as he disappeared from InuYasha’s view. He wouldn’t have noticed anyway, holding the shiny pendent of a black dog lying besides a silver one to his face.

“Kagome.” InuYasha muttered as he let the necklace fall about his neck. ‘Kuso! My resting place was only a mile from Sesshomaru’s castle.’ his ears flipped back to lie against his skull. He sat against the bed waiting for the inevitable.

***Kagome***

Sango watched as Kagome’s back stiffened as she led the group into a small clearing. A low growl escaped from the enraged girl. Sango meekly asked “Kagome? Are you alright?”

“He was here. With a female tiger yokai.” she turned to face Sango. Red tinted her eyes as she took a deep breath and opened her mouth “InuYasha SIT!” The sound of her voice echoed through the forest.

“You know that only works…whoa!” Miroku said as small shake went through the earths crust. “Never mind.” the tiger Kagome had saved laid back it’s ears and snorted.