InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ His Heart & The Only One Who Can Save Him ❯ Chapter Five ( Chapter 5 )

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ÑChapter 5: Naraku’s Plan and the New EnemyÐ
Naraku made his way through the curves and twists of his castle. The sick smell of decay was evident and water dripped from the cracks in the stone the farther you ventured down. He reached the bottom floor of his castle, which was like a small dark cave; wet, and bars formed a steal barrier that dared even the strongest to try and escape from it’s metal grasp. His cold stare gazed around the chamber and spotted the two dark eyes glaring menacingly up at him from the shadows. With a slight wave of his hand the lock on the door seemingly burst off and landed a few feet away, leaving the old steal door to swing open in a loud bang.
“Now, now, Artemis. Is that any way to treat someone who clothed you, gave you your power back and fed you?” He asked evilly as he threw a medium size bowl in front of the young maiden.
Artemis just starred at the bowl disgustedly. “So what do you require from me Naraku?” She asked as if she didn’t care what it was, as if it was merely a waist of her time.
“There’s a certain ½ demon named InuYasha, I need you to get rid of him for me. Once you have completed that, then I will let you go free.” Naraku said as he starred menacingly at the young woman.
“And how do you suppose I go about doing this, hmmm?” she inquired.
“ I have gathered much useful information on the hanyou and his party over the past year or so. It seems he has fallen in love with the young miko that travels with them.” Naraku began, humor evident in his voice as he recalled the time, almost 51 years ago as he slayed Kikyo. “The miko, Kagome, seems to be a reincarnation of the miko I my very self laid to rest 51 years ago. Only to my misfortune she has become much stronger than her incarnation. Yet she is not from this world. She comes from a world about 500 or so years in the future. I want you to go into the future and befriend her then report back to me every week with news I can use to ultimately defeat them once in for all.”
Artemis just sat there and had the distinct impression that the demon before her was not only dangerous but crazy. “What do you mean? No one can bend the laws of time… it’s forbidden. And besides, how would I get, oh say, 500 years in the future any way?”
Naraku slipped his pale white hand into the sleeve of his dark purple kimono. He pulled out a small fragment of the Shikon Jewel and tossed it to Artemis who in turn, stared back at him as if asking what the hell the thing was.
“Are you not familiar with the Shikon Jewel?” He asked.
“Yes I am, you mean to tell me this is a shard of the sacred jewel?” She said utterly bewildered.
“Yes, sadly the young miko I spoke of earlier, upon her arrival, shattered the jewel into hundreds of pieces. I myself have collected most, if not nearly all of the jewel.” Naraku said as a light chuckle rumbled from his throat. “Now go to the old well near a village in the east, I will get Kagura to take you. Then once you have gotten there, jump down the well and you will arrive in the future.”
With that said the two made their way to the castle grounds where Kagura was waiting. No time was wasted as Artemis boarded the large feather and took off to the skies to accomplish her task ahead of her.
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Kagome had made it home, studied, eaten and was presently studying quietly in her room when the door to her bedroom was so forcefully slammed open that it made all of the windows in the house shake.
“InuYasha!” Kagome yelled, as she glared at the angered man before her. “ I don’t think our insurance policy covers demons so would you try to be a little more careful and not demolish our home.” In the past year the Higurashi family has had to replace three doors, seven-teen windows, one bathtub, and almost a new wall, all courtesy of InuYasha and his temper.
“Don’t give me that!” he yelled back, “You better have a damn good explanation because right now I’m in no mood for lies.”
Kagome was utterly confused, “What are you talking about?”
InuYasha just stared at her in disbelief. “What am I talking about’ she says well I think you know very well what I’m talking about Kagome. You went back and didn’t tell me! What if something had happened to you and I wasn’t there to protect you.” He stopped and looked at Kagome like she was a filthy piece of trash. “But no, you don’t need my protection because your off with Sesshomaru. My brother, my enemy, I thought you were better than that Kagome.”
Just as he finished his sentence he regretted it, for as the last word was said he met the floor.
“SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT InuYasha!” Kagome screamed, successfully making InuYasha, yet again cause some sort of house damage. By the time Kagome had let off all of her stress, InuYasha had plummeted to the living room floor, making a outline of his body clear through Kagome’s floor and indenting the carpet below. “You didn’t even give me a chance to explain my self.”
“Kagome dear are you all right?” Kagome’s mom asked as she rounded the corner at the sound of the large crash and Kagome’s yelling. She had heard them fighting but had over the past year learned to ignore it. Though she wasn’t the only one who heard it, Sota and Grandpa came out not two minutes later and gazed at the scene they walked in on.
“See I told ya Gramps.” Sota said as he glared mischievously at his Grandpa, “You owe me a dollar.” Sota held out his hand expectantly waiting for his reward.
“Well how was I to know she was able to sit him that hard.” Grandpa said as he pulled the bill from his pant pocket.
“What was that about?” Kagome’s mom asked as she watched the two behind her curiously.
“We heard Kagome and InuYasha fighting and I bet Gramps a dollar that Kagome was gonna sit him through the floor.” Sota said as he smoothed out his earnings and folded it neatly, placing it into his pocket and returning to his video game he was so intently playing in the other room. Followed by his Grandfather who looked agitated by the days events. “Great now because of those two I’ll spend another day fixing this house. Why don’t they just put a demolition sign on our front door and we move far away.” Grandpa though as he went into the back room to read the old myths and legends he told the tourists so many times.
“Kagome, I don’t want you up there with that whole in your floor.” Her mother said as she was retreating back toward the kitchen to clean up. “So come down here and get ready for bed. You may want to help InuYasha, I think you may have knocked him out.” With that she closed the door behind her and went to clean the kitchen.
After siting InuYasha, Kagome felt better, “I don’t know why people do yoga… if every one could make the people who frustrate them sit,” With that the unconscious hanyou slammed deeper into the floor, “Ooooppss.” Kagome said. “well the world would be a lot more stress free.” Kagome slipped out of her uniform and into her blue pajamas. Then she took a few pillows and two blankets and headed down stairs. She entered the room and assessed the damage she had done. InuYasha was indeed unconscious, and looked to have a large bump on his head. As she turned him over she saw that he had acquired a large gash across his forehead and Kagome sighed. “InuYasha, it’s a wonder your brain hasn’t sustained any damage over the year. Sometimes I don’t know who does more damage, Naraku, Sesshomaru, heck Koga even, or if I cause you much more pain.”
InuYasha began to come to and heard what Kagome had said, “I wish you wouldn’t get mad at me. To tell you the truth, when you’re mad you hurt me mentally and physically. I’m sorry I didn’t give you a chance to explain. I just care a lot about you and when I smelled Sesshomaru’s sent on you it just sent me over the edge. Tell you what, you can explain your self tomorrow”
Kagome looked up at InuYasha with a look of genuine sadness. How could she have so brutally attacked the man she cared for so much, who protected her from harm, although it was fun to see him fall spread eagle into the dirt when he made her mad, she still didn’t like to hurt him. “I’m sorry InuYasha, I didn’t mean to si….” Before she could finish her statement, InuYasha lightly brushed his lips against hers to silence her and whispered, “ I think you’ve done that enough for a while don’t you think.”
“Sorry.” Kagome said as he blushed a dark crimson. She then got up, helping InuYasha sit up and prop himself against the wall. Then making her way to the small cabinet in her bathroom, she retrieved the first aid kit and a damp cloth, then make her way back to the wounded InuYasha. She knelt down in front of him and gently cleaned his wound.
“Owwww.” He wined as she applied antibiotic on his gash to keep it from getting infected.
“Sorry bout that.” Kagome said as she carefully applied the bandage to his forehead and then stood up. Walking over to the pillows and blankets, she gave one of each to InuYasha. Then she went over to the coach and laid down and with in a matter of moments she was asleep. InuYasha moved over to the other side of the room so he was propped up against the coach and the corner by Kagome’s head. The last thing he said before sleep took him was whispering to Kagome, “Good night”
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Ka gura was nearing the village when her feather softly landed in a clearing not too far from Artemis’s destination.
“Why have we stopped here?” She asked as she looked up at the woman.
“I have no wish to fight the monk or demon slayer so from this point you’re on your own.” With that Kagura pushed Artemis off of the feather and disappeared into the night.
Artemis then made her way along the outskirts of the village in search of the well.
Meanwhile in Kaede’s hut, Miroku suddenly awoke to the presence of a demonic aura. Then carefully walked over to Sango whom lay on her side away from him. He then leaned over and gently shook her.
“Sango get up there’s a demon here.” Miroku said alerting Shippo whom was sleeping in a ball with Kirara.
“Oh no, not this time Miroku, I fell for it last time but not this one.” Sango said sleepily, then drifted back to sleep.
Miroku was trying to think of how he was going to get her up when a sly smirk was plastered upon his face. He carefully reached down and ran his hand along Sango’s lower back and down to her butt. As soon as he did so Sango woke up and slapped the hell out of him.
“Miroku, I swear! I’m gonna have Kaede make prayer beads for you so I can sit you every time you pull a stunt like that!” Sango said as she chased him from the hut only to come face to face with the demon Miroku had sensed.
“See I told you.” Miroku said, rubbing his now completely red cheeks and a large bump on his head.
“Okay, once outa how many.” Sango said then directed her attention to Artemis. “Now what business do you have here.”
With that Artemis ran, scared of what they could do to her. Sure enough they were hot on her tail. A few times when she had fallen, thank full she did, she had managed to avoid the slayer’s boomerang, but was not so lucky with the monk. She was burned several times with sutras before she made it to the well. When she reached it she jumped in and was met by a blue and pink light, then disappeared.
“Miroku, did you just see what I just saw?” Sango asked horrified that a demon other than InuYasha possessed the power to go through the well.
“Yes we must inform lady Kaede at once.” Miroku said as they all headed to the village to deliver the urgent news.
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Kagome made it to school on time, with InuYasha’s assistance, and was quietly studding for the test she was about to have when suddenly the teacher spoke up.
“Class, this is Diana, she will be joining us for the rest of the year.”
Kagome looked up and locked eyes with the new student. She felt uncomfortable around her, her eyes were so dark and seemed to just be reading you like a book. Kagome continued to study.
The new girl took her seat right next to Kagome.
“Maybe this won’t be as hard as Naraku made it out to be after all.”
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