InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ His Heart & The Only One Who Can Save Him ❯ Chapter Fifteen ( Chapter 15 )
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Suspense | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.12.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 5.0K | Visits: 247 | Status: Work In Progress
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Suspense | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.12.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 5.0K | Visits: 247 | Status: Work In Progress
15: How Was I To Know There Was A Party Going On?
Kagome awoke around five-o-clock the next morning. Sota’s party had been tiring and she and InuYasha had gone to bed early after having to deal with all of the younger kids the previous night.
Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, Kagome gently peered over the edge of the bed, looking for the sleeping hanyou and trying not to step on him or wake him up. Seeing how he wasn’t there, she swung her legs over the side and tiptoed around to look on the floor at the foot of her bed. There wrapped up in the blanket, sprawled on the floor, his back against the bed with one leg propped on the edge of the bed with his foot resting on Kagome’s sheet. It truly was a cute moment as Kagome tried hard not to let her giggles escape her and with all the agility and grace she could muster, she quietly walked out of the room closing the door behind her. Kagome then made her way down stairs to the kitchen where she uncovered her mouth and let the suppressed giggles escape.
“If he hadn’t been asleep and this hadn’t been his birthday I would so have taken a picture of that.” Kagome said to her self as she tiptoed over to the refrigerator and pulled out some cheese, leftover bacon, closed the door and placed the ingredients onto the counter. She had planed on making InuYasha and her family breakfast before she and he had to leave, plus this would give her friends a little more time to prepare and put the final touches on the party. Reaching over to open the refrigerator door once again, the young miko reached inside and pulled out the carton of eggs, carefully balancing two dozen eggs she then closed the door once again and reached over the counter for the oil. Kagome was almost ready to place the last items on the counter when she came face to face with some one in a long night gown with blue fuzzy slippers.
Dropping the eggs, she quickly went down to the floor to catch them before they hit the hard tile as her annoyed brown eyes looked up to meet those of her mother, amusement dancing in her deep chocolate eyes.
“What are you doing up so early?” Mrs. Higurashi asked.
“Shhhh!” Kagome hissed quietly, “I’m making breakfast for InuYasha and everyone.”
“Oh..” Mrs. Higurashi said in a whisper, “Need any help?”
“No I’m fine,” Kagome replied, straitening her composure and seting the ingredients on the counter, reaching for a bowl.
“Okay then,” Mrs. Higurashi said, “Well did you get everything ready for the you-know-what today?”
“Yeah I did.” Kagome whispered, “Miroku and Sango said they had an idea on how we could get to the hut with out him finding out, though I have no idea how they’re going to pull it off.”
“Well, did he give you any clues on how he’s going to do it?” Mrs. Higurashi asked, curious as to how they were going to get all the people there past the hanyou’s sensitive nose or even his sight or hearing.
“No,” Kagome replied, “He only said that he’d done it before, what ever that means.”
“Okay dear, I’m going to get dressed and then I’m going to come back in here all right.” Came Mrs. Higurashi’s voice as she disappeared through the doorway heading back up to her room.
About twenty minutes later Kagome had finished the breakfast she was preparing. She had prepared omelets for everyone as well as heated up some left over bacon to go with it. By now everyone was downstairs and sitting at the table except for a certain lazy hanyou.
“Well I think I’ll go get InuYasha up.” Kagome said as she turned from the stove and headed to the stairs.
“Strange though, “She thought to herself, “I was sure he’d be the first one up when he smelled the food cooking .”
Reaching the top of the stairs, she slowly crept to her door and twisted the handle. Walking into the relatively quite room with the snoozing hanyou, she scanned around until her gaze landed on the form of the one she’d been in search of.
Some how in the short time since she’d left the room InuYasha had moved into a new position. He now was cured in a ball at the end of her bed with the blanket on top of him so all you were able to see was a few loose strands of hair and a few patches of red. Tip toeing over to his sleeping form, Kagome was about to bend down and shake him awake when she fell, the floor seemingly pulled right from under her.
InuYasha had awoken not long after Kagome had left the room. It was obvious that she didn’t want to wake him because she had attempted to leave so quietly. She may have succeeded if not for his demon senses, his ears picking up any and every sound around him. As she had made her way to the door, he heard a small creek as she stepped on a loose floor board, apparently she hadn’t heard it for she hadn’t flinched or stopped.
Seeing the young maiden leave and shut the door behind her, InuYasha sat up and looked around. Making sure that she was safely down stairs, he quietly climbed on top of her bed, laying down where the young miko herself had just been resting. Laying his head down momentarily onto the soft pink colored pillow, the hanyou took in a deep breath, the sweet smell of the woman he loved wafting into his sensitive nose. Over the years he had found that no matter what was happening, no matter what danger they were in, her sent and her sent alone was the only thing to totally calm him and comfort him.
No one had ever been able to calm him like she does. Her gentle touch, the same touch that had helped to wrap bandages and embrace him. Her eyes seem to look deep into your soul, as if searching for something. Most of all, the thing that had effected him the most was her attitude, her caring, supportive nature just seemed as if she believed anyone was capable of achieving even the imposable.
No one had ever showed him the kind of affection the young miko had shown him. She truly loved him. She didn’t shun him because he was part human, didn’t fear him because he was part demon, or put him down because he was a half-breed. She loved him for who he was, the stubborn, arrogant hanyou that he was.
“Kikyou never treated me like this,” InuYasha thought, “I wonder what will happen when we run into her again?”
(A/N HINT HINT FOR A CHAPTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE!)
“I have to tell her, I have to confess to Kikyou my feelings toward Kagome.” InuYasha as deep in his thoughts, he had no clue how much time had passed until he heard the creek of the stairs and the wonder full sent of the woman he loved come closer toward the door.
Jumping quietly off the bed, he curled himself on the floor and wrapped the blanket around him.
“I have an idea on how to get her back for making me spend all that time with the twerps.” he thought as he let one corner of he blanket lay out beside him, making part of his haori visible.
He had had to spend most of the night before with Kagome’s little brother Sota, this had proven to be more of a challenge than when he’d asked him about advice about girls and what LOVE was like. It was nice however to see that he and that Hitomi girl had, as Kagome put it, “Hit it off,” and were now considered an “item” in her time. He also had to deal with a few of his friends who like the young boy had an addiction to video games, which in InuYasha’s opinion was most probably not good for their health.
The door opened and in came the young woman he’d been waiting for. She moved toward him and when he felt a slight tug on the blanket, he pulled with all of his strength. Now needless to say this worked to his advantage, Kagome had spun around from the force of having the blanket pulled out from under her and had lost her balance, falling backwards. InuYasha had bolted up into a sitting position and caught her easily.
Kagome laid in his arms, wide eyed as she glanced up at his face.
Gaining a more serious look as she put the pieces together and figured what his plan had been she said sternly, “That was not funny, InuYasha.”
“Wasn’t suppose to be.” He responded honestly, “Had to figure some way for you to get payback for sticking me with all those weird kids last night.”
“Oh really?” Kagome said, “And that’s how you’re gonna make me pay, huh? Spinning me around so I fall into your arms, doesn’t seem like I’m paying very much huh?”
“Oh but that’s not all.” InuYasha said, a mischievous gleam in his eye.
“What are you up to?” she inquired.
“Oh nothing.” He responded, mustering the most innocent look he could.
“I don’t believe you.” Kagome said, “I think that Miroku’s rubbing off on you InuYasha.”
“May be, but you’re the one who leaves me alone with the letch.” and with that InuYasha leaned down and captured her lips. Responding Kagome pushed herself up, intensifying the kiss.
When the two had to break away for air she said, “So have I paid enough yet?”
“Yeah I guess.” InuYasha said.
“Okay well then lets go down stairs so you can eat breakfast,” Kagome told him, “I wanna go check on every one in the Feudal Era today.”
And with that the two headed down stairs to eat breakfast and then head on back for InuYasha’s surprise party.
Artemis just stared at the figure before her.
“How did you get in here, let alone retrieve that from my families sacred cabinet.” Artemis questioned the man before her.
“Well, it was quite easy actually.” came the cold voice’s reply as he moved toward the young demon. “The barrier was easy enough to break and the cabinet easy enough to fool in power. All I had to do was figure out how to open it and it seems that anyone with immense power can open it.”
“So why did you come here and steal the sword?” she asked, “Why did you come here at all for that matter, Naraku has sent you no doubt?”
“Why yes he has.” Came Yokoro’s reply, “He says that your betrayal will be dealt with and he ordered me to dispose of you.”
“I’d like to see you try.” Artemis barked as she glared at the demon before her.
“What is it that you can do?” Yokoro said, laughing slightly, “You have an empty quiver and a bow, what could you possible do to me?”
Yokoro waved his right hand, ice forming on the cold stone ground making the floor an ice rink. Seeing this Artemis leapt on top of the cabinet so her feet wouldn’t freeze to the floor.
“Nice trick but it won’t work against me.” Artemis taunted from above the ground.
“Really?” he questioned as he formed his ice sword and jumped, slicing her shoulder in the process, her armor cracking and nearly splitting in half.
With a screech of pain, she fell to the floor sliding to a far wall. The ice made it impossible to stop so her body collided with the solid stone.
Walking over toward the wolf demon, the ice unaffected his ability to maneuver, looked menacingly down at the injured demon.
“Now I will kill you with your own sword.” Yokoro said as he attempted to pull the sword from it’s sheath. The ancient relic emanated a bright silver light then died down, the incarnation unable to draw the sword.
“Fine then.” He snapped angrily, “I’ll just kill you with my own sword.”
He lifted his arm, then brought his weapon down connecting it with flesh and bone as blood dripped from a fresh wound. Though Yokoro missed his intended target as the wound was inflicted upon a medium sized white wolf, it’s silver eyes narrowed and the animal growled at the demon before it.
Artemis looked up, her body starting to go numb from the pain and the temperature of the floor.
“Shiro,” Artemis whispered as she sat up, ignoring the pain from her shoulder.
“Damn wolf.” Yokoro cursed as he took a few steps backwards as the wolf attempted to attack.
“Stop Shiro.” Artemis said, struggling to stand.
Shiro turned and walked over toward her companion, giving her assistance and helping her stand.
“So the wolf spared your life for now, but with out a weapon you’re no threat.” Yokoro said.
Artemis looked to her companion she hadn’t seen since she’d left the castle, or rather been dragged from the castle by Kagura. Looking into the silver eyes of Shiro, it was as if she now knew just what she was capable of.
“Shiro, I need help. What can I do with a bow but no arrows?” Artemis thought.
As if she could hear her, Shiro looked up and their gaze locked. Artemis took a good look and it was as if Shiro had answered her.
Smirking she turned her attention back towards Yokoro.
“That’s where you’re wrong.” She said, reaching behind her to the seemingly empty quiver, an arrow materializing. Taking the bright silver arrow she knocked it into her bow, took aim and fired.
Her aim was true and hit the mark.
Yokoro yelped with pain as the arrow embedded itself into his left arm, dropping the sword he looked to the demon and said, “How dare you.”
Charging forward, Shiro clamped her jaws around the ancient sword and headed back toward Artemis.
“Not so fast.” came a cold voice as the wolf howled in pain and fell to the floor limp, the sword released from her jaws and skid over to Artemis’ feet.
Yokoro pulled his sword from the wolfs’ side, the blood seemed to stain the ice.
“Now that that’s over with.” Yokoro turned to Artemis once more and said, “Now pick up that sword and lets fight.”
Gently bending down, Artemis picked up the sword, placing it to her waist she looked at Yokoro, glaring she said, “I WILL kill you if it’s the last thing I do.”
“It might just well be the last thing you do.” He retorted, taking a fighting stance.
Pulling the sword from the sheath, Artemis got a good look at it. The sword’s blade was a midnight black color, it’s hilt a glowing silver. Artemis remembered a lesson she’d had with her father quite a long time ago and began to mutter a chant.
“What in the hell are you doing?” Yokoro asked, looking at the young wolf demon as if she was possessed. Then he looked down at the floor as a circle with a silver outline appeared. ‘Shit!’ Yokoro thought as he remembered what Naraku had told him.
.:.:. Flash Back .“Now remember Yokoro,” Naraku’s voice echoed throughout the near empty room, “That the sword had immense power. If she knows how to bring out it’s ultimate attack, you’ll die instantly”“Yes Master, Naraku.”
.:.:. End of Flash Back.:.:.
He charged the wolf demon and she dodged it, luring him into the center of the circle, sword draw.
“Now it’s on Yokoro!” Artemis called, “You have dealt with me for the last time, you and Naraku both!” Artemis just needed to stall a few minutes to pump power into her spell, “apparently he hasn’t noticed the floor change yet.” She thought as the circle began to fill it’s self in, like the moon going through a rapid cycle, like the moon was in fast forward.
Yokoro slashed at Artemis for a while, getting a few hits in here and there until he finally took notice to the floor, the circle ¾ full at this point.
“What are you doing?” Yokoro asked, fear evident in his voice.
Artemis had been wearing down, the combination of injuries and cold temperatures as well as having to power her spell were weakening her fast as she feebly responded, “It’s a spell, once it’s done you’ll die, simple as that.”
He had mere minutes he guessed as he lunged at Artemis.
“If I can’t defeat her then I’ll make it so Naraku can!” he thought as he swiped the pouch to the side of her sword, ripping it off.
“What the…”Artemis had no time to question as Yokoro brought his sword through the demon’s armor, slashing her back. The next thing Artemis knew, a sharp piercing pain shot through her back, as if something had been jabbed into her.
“Now, even if I can’t kill you, HE can.” Yokoro said, his reasoning being if he was going to go, he was going to do so fighting.
Then Artemis realized what he’d done, “You embedded my jewel shard into my back.” She said in disbelief.
“Smart one aren’t you.” Yokoro said sarcastically.
“Doesn’t matter.” Artemis said weakly, “You’re dead anyway.”
Just as she said that her sword began to glow as the circle on the floor became full. Lifting her arms, grasping the sword tightly, she brought the weapon down onto Yokoro’s body. A white light erupted from the sword as it split him in half, his body disintegrating before it hit the ground.
“Finally, it’s over.” Artemis said as she fell to the ground, her body becoming limp and in need of rest. She looked over toward the fallen body of Shiro as she began to fall unconscious. A cold voice echoed through her mind as it said, “You will not betray me Artemis, you will carry out and fulfill our agreement. You will fallow my orders.”
Her eyes half way closed, then her lively eyes turned to dull ones, as if she had no control what so ever as she said to the empty room, “Yes, Master Naraku.”
(A/N and now onto a more happy note….hehehe…:dodges knives thrown at her by MelfinaKagome: well I haven’t killed her yet…but you know Diana and Artemis are one in the same but I haven’t killed her yet…but unless I get enough reviews I just might do the unthinkable…:laughs evilly : oh well onto the story! )
Sango placed the large cake on a wooden table her and Miroku had set up the day before. Everything had gone all right, no signs of Naraku, no evil bad guys crashing the place, the only thing she was unclear about was how they were going to get InuYasha here with out him noticing everyone.
“Miroku,” Sango called as she approached the monk who was sitting next to Kaede.
“Yes Lady Sango?” He inquired.
“How are we going to keep InuYasha from finding this place, let alone noticing everyone.” She asked.
“Don’t worry, I’ve taken care of everything.” came his response.
To Sango, he’d been acting rather strange lately, he’d been so preoccupied that he hadn’t even groped her once since Kagome returned from dropping off the supplies. But the man had spent the whole morning running a line of string around the perimeter of the field, and she had come to known, as far as the monk went anyway, that more often than not there was a method to his madness.
“If you say so.” she said, looking out to the edge of the forest she saw a small little figure approach them as it launched itself onto Sango’s shoulder.
“THEY”RE COMING!” Shippo said excitedly, out of breath from running.
“Ready Lady Kaede?” Miroku asked as he looked toward the old priestess.
“Yes monk.” Came the elderly woman’s response as they put Miroku’s plan into action.
Kagome and InuYasha made their way toward the old hut and the rather large field which Sango had instructed Kagome to take him.
Reaching the edge of the forest where the hut was suppose to be she stopped, then looked around.
“Well maybe I took a wrong turn some where.” Kagome said.
“Well I could tell you if you would tell me where the hell we’re going.” Snapped InuYasha, clearly not pleased having been dragged from the quite of Kagome’s house to have to deal with the pervert and little fox. He looked around the empty field, sniffing he looked hard at the land before him. Something just wasn’t right about this field. He griped the Tetsusaiga tightly, getting into a slight fighting stance as he scanned the area.
Then with a slight crackle the field began to change, there in the center materialized a hut and many people gathered around it. InuYasha just stood there for a moment as a chorus of people shouted,
“SURPRISE!”
Now, had you been anyone else except those people inside the concealing spell Miroku and Kaede had placed when it lifted, you would have been laughing your socks off. Upon hearing the shout InuYasha’s philosophy of “Slash now, ask questions later” came into effect as he unsheathed Tetsusaiga and attempted to employ the wind scar at the crowd of people, only his attack was absorbed by a barrier as it came close to the group.
Sango looked horrified for a moment, that subsided as she looked at Miroku, her face still fearful, however even that subsided and turned into anger as she saw the monk laughing at her.
“Told you I thought of everything.” Miroku laughed at the slayer.
InuYasha was speechless, he and Kagome walked closer toward the hut and group of people as he took in all the items and decorations around him. Above the door to the hut was a banner which read, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY INUYASHA!” in big red letters with little black dog prints decorating it.
“But how did you know?” he whispered, looking down to meet Kagome’s gaze.“Well lets just say a little birdie told us.” She replied, looking over toward Kaede and giving her a wink.
“Lemme guess,” InuYasha said following her gaze, “This little birdie’s like 4 foot seven, is about 53 and her formal nick name is ‘old hag.”
“Well next time we wanna do something nice for you, we wont.” Kagome said as she walked away from InuYasha and made her way over toward Miroku and Sango.
InuYasha was about to follow her when two people jumped up and latched themselves onto his shoulder.
“Happy Birthday InuYasha!” Shippo said from his perch on InuYasha’s left shoulder.
“Yes Junior Brother, Happy Birthday!” came the greetings of a small lynx demon.
“Well, well, long time no see Bunza.” (Spell that right?) InuYasha said as he in turn said he greetings.
He looked away from his old friend as he jumped down, as did Shippo as a group of kids came up to him.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY INUYASHA!” they all said in unison.
InuYasha had to strain his memory for a moment to place names with all the faces from so long ago but he did recognize them.“Well who do we have here…” He said as he began to list all the kids before him while pointing to each, “Toromaru, Suickitchi, Shiri, Shintarou,” as well as two others whom he had never gotten their names but knew them from when he’d saved them from Goshinki.
He made his way into the crowed, his ears flattening against his head, this was going to be a long day.
He had complied with Kagome’s request and blew out the candles she’d lit on the cake. While everyone was preoccupied with the dessert, he made his way to a secluded place in the far end of the field and sat to think.
A few moments later, deep in thought, he was tugged back to reality as a soft hand was placed on his shoulder.
“If you didn’t like people doing this kind of thing for you, you should have told us and said that you didn’t want us to celebrate.” Kagome said, her voice sounded hurt. She had thought that InuYasha had been mad at her for throwing him this party, considering he seemed to be with drawn from the whole thing.
“It’s not that Kagome, I really appreciate what you’ve done for me.” he replied. “it’s just that, well I don’t like crowds that much and well seeing all those people again made me think how much we’ve done for people, how many we’ve helped.”
“I know that puts a few good points in your goal to become a demon but honestly, you could do some good, even if you are-in the end-going to turn into a full demon.” Kagome said, placing the two plates with slices of cake on them she’d been carrying with her on the ground next to her.
Looking over to Kagome, seeing the hurt expression she had, InuYasha lifted his arm to put around her shoulders to comfort her.
“I don’t want to become a full demon anymore Kagome.” InuYasha said in a soft voice.
“Isn’t that what you wished for when you blew out your candles?” She asked curiously.
“Nope.” InuYasha replied.
“So…what did you wish for?” Kagome asked.
“Now if I told you it wouldn’t come true would it.” He said, a true smile upon his face.
Snap, FLASH!
The next thing InuYasha knew he was seeing dots before his eyes at having a bright light flashed before them.
“that was just too cute Lady Kagome.” Miroku said as he placed the small black object into Kagome’s hands as he and Sango sat down next to the couple.
“You know how to work my camera?” Kagome asked, surprised.
“I remembered you showing me it once Kagome, so I taught Miroku how to use it.” Sango answered.
Sango looked over to the angered hanyou as he adjusted to the flash and took the plate handed to him by Kagome.
“So InuYasha, how old are you?” Sango asked.
“Now milady, that’s rude.” Came Miroku’s voice as his hand possessed itself and slid to her lower back.
“You were doing so well at keeping that thing to yourself too,” Sango sighed as she hit the monk upside the head, “And no Miroku, it’s only rude if you ask a woman her age, so InuYasha how old are you?”
“Well lets see…” he said, “Around at least 150.”
“Wow.” came her response, “really?”
“Yep.”
They all ate their cake and sat there having friendly conversations until the sun began to drift behind the horizon.
“Bye! Thank you for coming!” called Kagome as she waved, the last of the guest leaving. Making her way back toward the group, sitting next to InuYasha who almost immediately pulled her into his lap, sat there with her friends and watched the sunset.
“You know what’s funny.” Sango said, laughing slightly.
“InuYasha’s 150?” Shippo asked.
“Miroku’s a perv.” InuYasha said, looking toward the monk.
“InuYasha was ranked under a tiny little lynx demon when he went to train with Totosai.” Miroku countered InuYasha’s remark.
“Apple Jacks don’t really taste like apples?” Kagome asked. (Sorry couldn‘t help it…LMAO)
Everyone just stared at the young Miko.
“What?” she asked, looking at their confused expressions.
“Um, no.” Sango said, recovering from her friends comment, making a mental note to ask her about those apple things later, “How we all started out as strangers and joined together to defeat Naraku.”
“Yeah, but now we’re almost inseparable.” Miroku commented.
“Yes, best of friends!” Shippo chimed in.
Kagome looked up at the sky, the sun set coloring the sky a mix of bright pinks, reds, oranges and yellows. As the conversation went on around her she said to herself.
“Yes,” Kagome said, “We were strangers, on a crazy adventure.”
Kagome awoke around five-o-clock the next morning. Sota’s party had been tiring and she and InuYasha had gone to bed early after having to deal with all of the younger kids the previous night.
Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, Kagome gently peered over the edge of the bed, looking for the sleeping hanyou and trying not to step on him or wake him up. Seeing how he wasn’t there, she swung her legs over the side and tiptoed around to look on the floor at the foot of her bed. There wrapped up in the blanket, sprawled on the floor, his back against the bed with one leg propped on the edge of the bed with his foot resting on Kagome’s sheet. It truly was a cute moment as Kagome tried hard not to let her giggles escape her and with all the agility and grace she could muster, she quietly walked out of the room closing the door behind her. Kagome then made her way down stairs to the kitchen where she uncovered her mouth and let the suppressed giggles escape.
“If he hadn’t been asleep and this hadn’t been his birthday I would so have taken a picture of that.” Kagome said to her self as she tiptoed over to the refrigerator and pulled out some cheese, leftover bacon, closed the door and placed the ingredients onto the counter. She had planed on making InuYasha and her family breakfast before she and he had to leave, plus this would give her friends a little more time to prepare and put the final touches on the party. Reaching over to open the refrigerator door once again, the young miko reached inside and pulled out the carton of eggs, carefully balancing two dozen eggs she then closed the door once again and reached over the counter for the oil. Kagome was almost ready to place the last items on the counter when she came face to face with some one in a long night gown with blue fuzzy slippers.
Dropping the eggs, she quickly went down to the floor to catch them before they hit the hard tile as her annoyed brown eyes looked up to meet those of her mother, amusement dancing in her deep chocolate eyes.
“What are you doing up so early?” Mrs. Higurashi asked.
“Shhhh!” Kagome hissed quietly, “I’m making breakfast for InuYasha and everyone.”
“Oh..” Mrs. Higurashi said in a whisper, “Need any help?”
“No I’m fine,” Kagome replied, straitening her composure and seting the ingredients on the counter, reaching for a bowl.
“Okay then,” Mrs. Higurashi said, “Well did you get everything ready for the you-know-what today?”
“Yeah I did.” Kagome whispered, “Miroku and Sango said they had an idea on how we could get to the hut with out him finding out, though I have no idea how they’re going to pull it off.”
“Well, did he give you any clues on how he’s going to do it?” Mrs. Higurashi asked, curious as to how they were going to get all the people there past the hanyou’s sensitive nose or even his sight or hearing.
“No,” Kagome replied, “He only said that he’d done it before, what ever that means.”
“Okay dear, I’m going to get dressed and then I’m going to come back in here all right.” Came Mrs. Higurashi’s voice as she disappeared through the doorway heading back up to her room.
About twenty minutes later Kagome had finished the breakfast she was preparing. She had prepared omelets for everyone as well as heated up some left over bacon to go with it. By now everyone was downstairs and sitting at the table except for a certain lazy hanyou.
“Well I think I’ll go get InuYasha up.” Kagome said as she turned from the stove and headed to the stairs.
“Strange though, “She thought to herself, “I was sure he’d be the first one up when he smelled the food cooking .”
Reaching the top of the stairs, she slowly crept to her door and twisted the handle. Walking into the relatively quite room with the snoozing hanyou, she scanned around until her gaze landed on the form of the one she’d been in search of.
Some how in the short time since she’d left the room InuYasha had moved into a new position. He now was cured in a ball at the end of her bed with the blanket on top of him so all you were able to see was a few loose strands of hair and a few patches of red. Tip toeing over to his sleeping form, Kagome was about to bend down and shake him awake when she fell, the floor seemingly pulled right from under her.
InuYasha had awoken not long after Kagome had left the room. It was obvious that she didn’t want to wake him because she had attempted to leave so quietly. She may have succeeded if not for his demon senses, his ears picking up any and every sound around him. As she had made her way to the door, he heard a small creek as she stepped on a loose floor board, apparently she hadn’t heard it for she hadn’t flinched or stopped.
Seeing the young maiden leave and shut the door behind her, InuYasha sat up and looked around. Making sure that she was safely down stairs, he quietly climbed on top of her bed, laying down where the young miko herself had just been resting. Laying his head down momentarily onto the soft pink colored pillow, the hanyou took in a deep breath, the sweet smell of the woman he loved wafting into his sensitive nose. Over the years he had found that no matter what was happening, no matter what danger they were in, her sent and her sent alone was the only thing to totally calm him and comfort him.
No one had ever been able to calm him like she does. Her gentle touch, the same touch that had helped to wrap bandages and embrace him. Her eyes seem to look deep into your soul, as if searching for something. Most of all, the thing that had effected him the most was her attitude, her caring, supportive nature just seemed as if she believed anyone was capable of achieving even the imposable.
No one had ever showed him the kind of affection the young miko had shown him. She truly loved him. She didn’t shun him because he was part human, didn’t fear him because he was part demon, or put him down because he was a half-breed. She loved him for who he was, the stubborn, arrogant hanyou that he was.
“Kikyou never treated me like this,” InuYasha thought, “I wonder what will happen when we run into her again?”
(A/N HINT HINT FOR A CHAPTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE!)
“I have to tell her, I have to confess to Kikyou my feelings toward Kagome.” InuYasha as deep in his thoughts, he had no clue how much time had passed until he heard the creek of the stairs and the wonder full sent of the woman he loved come closer toward the door.
Jumping quietly off the bed, he curled himself on the floor and wrapped the blanket around him.
“I have an idea on how to get her back for making me spend all that time with the twerps.” he thought as he let one corner of he blanket lay out beside him, making part of his haori visible.
He had had to spend most of the night before with Kagome’s little brother Sota, this had proven to be more of a challenge than when he’d asked him about advice about girls and what LOVE was like. It was nice however to see that he and that Hitomi girl had, as Kagome put it, “Hit it off,” and were now considered an “item” in her time. He also had to deal with a few of his friends who like the young boy had an addiction to video games, which in InuYasha’s opinion was most probably not good for their health.
The door opened and in came the young woman he’d been waiting for. She moved toward him and when he felt a slight tug on the blanket, he pulled with all of his strength. Now needless to say this worked to his advantage, Kagome had spun around from the force of having the blanket pulled out from under her and had lost her balance, falling backwards. InuYasha had bolted up into a sitting position and caught her easily.
Kagome laid in his arms, wide eyed as she glanced up at his face.
Gaining a more serious look as she put the pieces together and figured what his plan had been she said sternly, “That was not funny, InuYasha.”
“Wasn’t suppose to be.” He responded honestly, “Had to figure some way for you to get payback for sticking me with all those weird kids last night.”
“Oh really?” Kagome said, “And that’s how you’re gonna make me pay, huh? Spinning me around so I fall into your arms, doesn’t seem like I’m paying very much huh?”
“Oh but that’s not all.” InuYasha said, a mischievous gleam in his eye.
“What are you up to?” she inquired.
“Oh nothing.” He responded, mustering the most innocent look he could.
“I don’t believe you.” Kagome said, “I think that Miroku’s rubbing off on you InuYasha.”
“May be, but you’re the one who leaves me alone with the letch.” and with that InuYasha leaned down and captured her lips. Responding Kagome pushed herself up, intensifying the kiss.
When the two had to break away for air she said, “So have I paid enough yet?”
“Yeah I guess.” InuYasha said.
“Okay well then lets go down stairs so you can eat breakfast,” Kagome told him, “I wanna go check on every one in the Feudal Era today.”
And with that the two headed down stairs to eat breakfast and then head on back for InuYasha’s surprise party.
Artemis just stared at the figure before her.
“How did you get in here, let alone retrieve that from my families sacred cabinet.” Artemis questioned the man before her.
“Well, it was quite easy actually.” came the cold voice’s reply as he moved toward the young demon. “The barrier was easy enough to break and the cabinet easy enough to fool in power. All I had to do was figure out how to open it and it seems that anyone with immense power can open it.”
“So why did you come here and steal the sword?” she asked, “Why did you come here at all for that matter, Naraku has sent you no doubt?”
“Why yes he has.” Came Yokoro’s reply, “He says that your betrayal will be dealt with and he ordered me to dispose of you.”
“I’d like to see you try.” Artemis barked as she glared at the demon before her.
“What is it that you can do?” Yokoro said, laughing slightly, “You have an empty quiver and a bow, what could you possible do to me?”
Yokoro waved his right hand, ice forming on the cold stone ground making the floor an ice rink. Seeing this Artemis leapt on top of the cabinet so her feet wouldn’t freeze to the floor.
“Nice trick but it won’t work against me.” Artemis taunted from above the ground.
“Really?” he questioned as he formed his ice sword and jumped, slicing her shoulder in the process, her armor cracking and nearly splitting in half.
With a screech of pain, she fell to the floor sliding to a far wall. The ice made it impossible to stop so her body collided with the solid stone.
Walking over toward the wolf demon, the ice unaffected his ability to maneuver, looked menacingly down at the injured demon.
“Now I will kill you with your own sword.” Yokoro said as he attempted to pull the sword from it’s sheath. The ancient relic emanated a bright silver light then died down, the incarnation unable to draw the sword.
“Fine then.” He snapped angrily, “I’ll just kill you with my own sword.”
He lifted his arm, then brought his weapon down connecting it with flesh and bone as blood dripped from a fresh wound. Though Yokoro missed his intended target as the wound was inflicted upon a medium sized white wolf, it’s silver eyes narrowed and the animal growled at the demon before it.
Artemis looked up, her body starting to go numb from the pain and the temperature of the floor.
“Shiro,” Artemis whispered as she sat up, ignoring the pain from her shoulder.
“Damn wolf.” Yokoro cursed as he took a few steps backwards as the wolf attempted to attack.
“Stop Shiro.” Artemis said, struggling to stand.
Shiro turned and walked over toward her companion, giving her assistance and helping her stand.
“So the wolf spared your life for now, but with out a weapon you’re no threat.” Yokoro said.
Artemis looked to her companion she hadn’t seen since she’d left the castle, or rather been dragged from the castle by Kagura. Looking into the silver eyes of Shiro, it was as if she now knew just what she was capable of.
“Shiro, I need help. What can I do with a bow but no arrows?” Artemis thought.
As if she could hear her, Shiro looked up and their gaze locked. Artemis took a good look and it was as if Shiro had answered her.
Smirking she turned her attention back towards Yokoro.
“That’s where you’re wrong.” She said, reaching behind her to the seemingly empty quiver, an arrow materializing. Taking the bright silver arrow she knocked it into her bow, took aim and fired.
Her aim was true and hit the mark.
Yokoro yelped with pain as the arrow embedded itself into his left arm, dropping the sword he looked to the demon and said, “How dare you.”
Charging forward, Shiro clamped her jaws around the ancient sword and headed back toward Artemis.
“Not so fast.” came a cold voice as the wolf howled in pain and fell to the floor limp, the sword released from her jaws and skid over to Artemis’ feet.
Yokoro pulled his sword from the wolfs’ side, the blood seemed to stain the ice.
“Now that that’s over with.” Yokoro turned to Artemis once more and said, “Now pick up that sword and lets fight.”
Gently bending down, Artemis picked up the sword, placing it to her waist she looked at Yokoro, glaring she said, “I WILL kill you if it’s the last thing I do.”
“It might just well be the last thing you do.” He retorted, taking a fighting stance.
Pulling the sword from the sheath, Artemis got a good look at it. The sword’s blade was a midnight black color, it’s hilt a glowing silver. Artemis remembered a lesson she’d had with her father quite a long time ago and began to mutter a chant.
“What in the hell are you doing?” Yokoro asked, looking at the young wolf demon as if she was possessed. Then he looked down at the floor as a circle with a silver outline appeared. ‘Shit!’ Yokoro thought as he remembered what Naraku had told him.
.:.:. Flash Back .“Now remember Yokoro,” Naraku’s voice echoed throughout the near empty room, “That the sword had immense power. If she knows how to bring out it’s ultimate attack, you’ll die instantly”“Yes Master, Naraku.”
.:.:. End of Flash Back.:.:.
He charged the wolf demon and she dodged it, luring him into the center of the circle, sword draw.
“Now it’s on Yokoro!” Artemis called, “You have dealt with me for the last time, you and Naraku both!” Artemis just needed to stall a few minutes to pump power into her spell, “apparently he hasn’t noticed the floor change yet.” She thought as the circle began to fill it’s self in, like the moon going through a rapid cycle, like the moon was in fast forward.
Yokoro slashed at Artemis for a while, getting a few hits in here and there until he finally took notice to the floor, the circle ¾ full at this point.
“What are you doing?” Yokoro asked, fear evident in his voice.
Artemis had been wearing down, the combination of injuries and cold temperatures as well as having to power her spell were weakening her fast as she feebly responded, “It’s a spell, once it’s done you’ll die, simple as that.”
He had mere minutes he guessed as he lunged at Artemis.
“If I can’t defeat her then I’ll make it so Naraku can!” he thought as he swiped the pouch to the side of her sword, ripping it off.
“What the…”Artemis had no time to question as Yokoro brought his sword through the demon’s armor, slashing her back. The next thing Artemis knew, a sharp piercing pain shot through her back, as if something had been jabbed into her.
“Now, even if I can’t kill you, HE can.” Yokoro said, his reasoning being if he was going to go, he was going to do so fighting.
Then Artemis realized what he’d done, “You embedded my jewel shard into my back.” She said in disbelief.
“Smart one aren’t you.” Yokoro said sarcastically.
“Doesn’t matter.” Artemis said weakly, “You’re dead anyway.”
Just as she said that her sword began to glow as the circle on the floor became full. Lifting her arms, grasping the sword tightly, she brought the weapon down onto Yokoro’s body. A white light erupted from the sword as it split him in half, his body disintegrating before it hit the ground.
“Finally, it’s over.” Artemis said as she fell to the ground, her body becoming limp and in need of rest. She looked over toward the fallen body of Shiro as she began to fall unconscious. A cold voice echoed through her mind as it said, “You will not betray me Artemis, you will carry out and fulfill our agreement. You will fallow my orders.”
Her eyes half way closed, then her lively eyes turned to dull ones, as if she had no control what so ever as she said to the empty room, “Yes, Master Naraku.”
(A/N and now onto a more happy note….hehehe…:dodges knives thrown at her by MelfinaKagome: well I haven’t killed her yet…but you know Diana and Artemis are one in the same but I haven’t killed her yet…but unless I get enough reviews I just might do the unthinkable…:laughs evilly : oh well onto the story! )
Sango placed the large cake on a wooden table her and Miroku had set up the day before. Everything had gone all right, no signs of Naraku, no evil bad guys crashing the place, the only thing she was unclear about was how they were going to get InuYasha here with out him noticing everyone.
“Miroku,” Sango called as she approached the monk who was sitting next to Kaede.
“Yes Lady Sango?” He inquired.
“How are we going to keep InuYasha from finding this place, let alone noticing everyone.” She asked.
“Don’t worry, I’ve taken care of everything.” came his response.
To Sango, he’d been acting rather strange lately, he’d been so preoccupied that he hadn’t even groped her once since Kagome returned from dropping off the supplies. But the man had spent the whole morning running a line of string around the perimeter of the field, and she had come to known, as far as the monk went anyway, that more often than not there was a method to his madness.
“If you say so.” she said, looking out to the edge of the forest she saw a small little figure approach them as it launched itself onto Sango’s shoulder.
“THEY”RE COMING!” Shippo said excitedly, out of breath from running.
“Ready Lady Kaede?” Miroku asked as he looked toward the old priestess.
“Yes monk.” Came the elderly woman’s response as they put Miroku’s plan into action.
Kagome and InuYasha made their way toward the old hut and the rather large field which Sango had instructed Kagome to take him.
Reaching the edge of the forest where the hut was suppose to be she stopped, then looked around.
“Well maybe I took a wrong turn some where.” Kagome said.
“Well I could tell you if you would tell me where the hell we’re going.” Snapped InuYasha, clearly not pleased having been dragged from the quite of Kagome’s house to have to deal with the pervert and little fox. He looked around the empty field, sniffing he looked hard at the land before him. Something just wasn’t right about this field. He griped the Tetsusaiga tightly, getting into a slight fighting stance as he scanned the area.
Then with a slight crackle the field began to change, there in the center materialized a hut and many people gathered around it. InuYasha just stood there for a moment as a chorus of people shouted,
“SURPRISE!”
Now, had you been anyone else except those people inside the concealing spell Miroku and Kaede had placed when it lifted, you would have been laughing your socks off. Upon hearing the shout InuYasha’s philosophy of “Slash now, ask questions later” came into effect as he unsheathed Tetsusaiga and attempted to employ the wind scar at the crowd of people, only his attack was absorbed by a barrier as it came close to the group.
Sango looked horrified for a moment, that subsided as she looked at Miroku, her face still fearful, however even that subsided and turned into anger as she saw the monk laughing at her.
“Told you I thought of everything.” Miroku laughed at the slayer.
InuYasha was speechless, he and Kagome walked closer toward the hut and group of people as he took in all the items and decorations around him. Above the door to the hut was a banner which read, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY INUYASHA!” in big red letters with little black dog prints decorating it.
“But how did you know?” he whispered, looking down to meet Kagome’s gaze.“Well lets just say a little birdie told us.” She replied, looking over toward Kaede and giving her a wink.
“Lemme guess,” InuYasha said following her gaze, “This little birdie’s like 4 foot seven, is about 53 and her formal nick name is ‘old hag.”
“Well next time we wanna do something nice for you, we wont.” Kagome said as she walked away from InuYasha and made her way over toward Miroku and Sango.
InuYasha was about to follow her when two people jumped up and latched themselves onto his shoulder.
“Happy Birthday InuYasha!” Shippo said from his perch on InuYasha’s left shoulder.
“Yes Junior Brother, Happy Birthday!” came the greetings of a small lynx demon.
“Well, well, long time no see Bunza.” (Spell that right?) InuYasha said as he in turn said he greetings.
He looked away from his old friend as he jumped down, as did Shippo as a group of kids came up to him.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY INUYASHA!” they all said in unison.
InuYasha had to strain his memory for a moment to place names with all the faces from so long ago but he did recognize them.“Well who do we have here…” He said as he began to list all the kids before him while pointing to each, “Toromaru, Suickitchi, Shiri, Shintarou,” as well as two others whom he had never gotten their names but knew them from when he’d saved them from Goshinki.
He made his way into the crowed, his ears flattening against his head, this was going to be a long day.
He had complied with Kagome’s request and blew out the candles she’d lit on the cake. While everyone was preoccupied with the dessert, he made his way to a secluded place in the far end of the field and sat to think.
A few moments later, deep in thought, he was tugged back to reality as a soft hand was placed on his shoulder.
“If you didn’t like people doing this kind of thing for you, you should have told us and said that you didn’t want us to celebrate.” Kagome said, her voice sounded hurt. She had thought that InuYasha had been mad at her for throwing him this party, considering he seemed to be with drawn from the whole thing.
“It’s not that Kagome, I really appreciate what you’ve done for me.” he replied. “it’s just that, well I don’t like crowds that much and well seeing all those people again made me think how much we’ve done for people, how many we’ve helped.”
“I know that puts a few good points in your goal to become a demon but honestly, you could do some good, even if you are-in the end-going to turn into a full demon.” Kagome said, placing the two plates with slices of cake on them she’d been carrying with her on the ground next to her.
Looking over to Kagome, seeing the hurt expression she had, InuYasha lifted his arm to put around her shoulders to comfort her.
“I don’t want to become a full demon anymore Kagome.” InuYasha said in a soft voice.
“Isn’t that what you wished for when you blew out your candles?” She asked curiously.
“Nope.” InuYasha replied.
“So…what did you wish for?” Kagome asked.
“Now if I told you it wouldn’t come true would it.” He said, a true smile upon his face.
Snap, FLASH!
The next thing InuYasha knew he was seeing dots before his eyes at having a bright light flashed before them.
“that was just too cute Lady Kagome.” Miroku said as he placed the small black object into Kagome’s hands as he and Sango sat down next to the couple.
“You know how to work my camera?” Kagome asked, surprised.
“I remembered you showing me it once Kagome, so I taught Miroku how to use it.” Sango answered.
Sango looked over to the angered hanyou as he adjusted to the flash and took the plate handed to him by Kagome.
“So InuYasha, how old are you?” Sango asked.
“Now milady, that’s rude.” Came Miroku’s voice as his hand possessed itself and slid to her lower back.
“You were doing so well at keeping that thing to yourself too,” Sango sighed as she hit the monk upside the head, “And no Miroku, it’s only rude if you ask a woman her age, so InuYasha how old are you?”
“Well lets see…” he said, “Around at least 150.”
“Wow.” came her response, “really?”
“Yep.”
They all ate their cake and sat there having friendly conversations until the sun began to drift behind the horizon.
“Bye! Thank you for coming!” called Kagome as she waved, the last of the guest leaving. Making her way back toward the group, sitting next to InuYasha who almost immediately pulled her into his lap, sat there with her friends and watched the sunset.
“You know what’s funny.” Sango said, laughing slightly.
“InuYasha’s 150?” Shippo asked.
“Miroku’s a perv.” InuYasha said, looking toward the monk.
“InuYasha was ranked under a tiny little lynx demon when he went to train with Totosai.” Miroku countered InuYasha’s remark.
“Apple Jacks don’t really taste like apples?” Kagome asked. (Sorry couldn‘t help it…LMAO)
Everyone just stared at the young Miko.
“What?” she asked, looking at their confused expressions.
“Um, no.” Sango said, recovering from her friends comment, making a mental note to ask her about those apple things later, “How we all started out as strangers and joined together to defeat Naraku.”
“Yeah, but now we’re almost inseparable.” Miroku commented.
“Yes, best of friends!” Shippo chimed in.
Kagome looked up at the sky, the sun set coloring the sky a mix of bright pinks, reds, oranges and yellows. As the conversation went on around her she said to herself.
“Yes,” Kagome said, “We were strangers, on a crazy adventure.”