InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hunt for the Sword of Legend ❯ The Rescue Party Arrives ( Chapter 28 )
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By: malitiadixie 
As the chapter title implies...
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Mystery / Hentai / Drama / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.29.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 701 | Status: Completed
As the chapter title implies...
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Mystery / Hentai / Drama / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 03.29.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 701 | Status: Completed
A/N: Here it is, the last chapter not including the epilouge. I will put my long list of thanks into the next chapter so you guys can get on with enjoying this one. Thank you to my wonderful beta Kathy-kins!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you reconize.
Chapter 28:
The Rescue Party Arrives
“That shows how extremely stupid you are, you fucking bastard.”
Kagome’s neck snapped up so quickly, she would marvel later that it didn’t break. However, she wasn’t thinking about any of that now. All she could think about was the fact that he had come for her. This would be over with soon. She had no doubt that they would walk away from this unscathed. It had never even occurred to her that he might fail.
This was Inuyasha. He would win.
Rin’s head spun in much the same way as Kagome’s had. She let out a sigh of relief when she spotted her husband, standing so casually beside his brother. They locked eyes and she watched him look her form up and down, trying to assess any damage to her person, she assumed. He must have been at least mildly satisfied with what he found, because instead of finding anger in his beautiful, golden eyes, she found relief. She was sure her gaze mirrored the same sort of emotion.
Naraku’s head turned much slower, and he twisted his body after that to cover what was behind his back, setting on a low table.
“Well, it is high time you gentlemen joined in on the fun,” he said with a sneer of amusement. “I was starting to get rather bored.”
“Oh, don’t worry. You won’t be bored for much longer,” replied Inuyasha, cracking the knuckles of his right hand.
“And what have you done with my guards?” Naraku asked, not really caring either way.
“I wouldn’t concern yourself about your henchmen. They have been dispatched, and are waiting with some friends of ours,” explained the elder brother, his eyes narrowed.
“Friends?” he questioned.
“I believe I said not to concern yourself,” came the haughty reply.
Naraku’s brow furrowed deeply, and he waited. He didn’t have to do so long, as Inuyasha was always the impatient one, and started to walk forward.
“Oh, I wouldn’t do that, Inuyasha. Did you not notice the lovely belts your ladies are wearing?”
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru glanced at Rin and Kagome again, this time concentrating on their waists. There were belts hanging loosely around their midsections. They consisted of black straps with small, greenish blocks attached to them.
“That, gentlemen, is enough C-4 to insure that you never see either of them, ever again,” he chuckled and retrieved the detonation device that had been behind his back. He placed it in his right hand and squeezed the trigger. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha sucked in a large breath and knew they were already too late to save Rin and Kagome from the explosion. But, after a few seconds of nothing happening, their gazes returned to Naraku and waited for him to speak.
He chuckled and watched as they grew even angrier. “Of course I wouldn’t kill them, yet. They are my biggest bargaining chips in this little game. This,” he said as he motioned to the device in his hand, “is a dead man’s switch. It activates if my hand comes off the trigger. So, if you tried to just shoot me and be done with it, your lovely ladies would go with me. Even if you only knock me unconscious, I will let go of the trigger, and the effect will be the same.”
The quiet that had settled over the room was broken only by Inuyasha’s harsh breathing. Sesshoumaru knew it was only a matter of time before his hotheaded brother did something foolish, so he decided he needed to speak up before it became too late.
“What is it that you would have us do,” he questioned.
Naraku smiled as he realized he was going to get his way.
“You will unarm yourselves and kick your guns over. The swords you will lay on the floor and slide across. If you have done as I say, the ladies and I will leave, and you won't follow. I may return them later,” he finished and made sure they knew his meaning by a well placed sneer.
“The hell yo-,“ Inuyasha started to say, but Sesshoumaru held up a hand to stop him. Inuyasha made a growling noise low in his throat to convey his anger at the interruption, but made no further comments.
“No,” Sesshoumaru declined with an air of authority. “You give us Rin and Kagome, and we will not follow.”
Naraku barked with laughter. Inuyasha had had just about enough by then, but the narrowing of his brother’s eyes stopped him. He knew his brother a little too well. Sesshoumaru wasn’t going to let the man go with his wife, not if he could do anything about it. Inuyasha wasn’t near as resourceful as Sesshoumaru;, he knew his own shortcomings. He also wasn’t nearly as evil as his brother when things didn’t go his way. At that moment, he really didn’t want to be Naraku.
“You do realize your situation, do you not? I have the upper hand. I could walk out of this building right now, let go of the trigger, and you wouldn’t have the means to get those belts off before I do so. If you do not do as I say,” the vile man said with malice, “ I will do that very thing, and then come back to find the swords on your dead bodies. They are old swords, but they were made extremely well. Not to mention well protected. I know the Tetsusaiga was with that witch Jacqueline, and, if I know her, she’s taken out some ’insurance’ on the sword you carry, Inuyasha.”
Naraku smirked as Inuyasha seethed, and Sesshoumaru fixed him with a death glare that would make a lesser man piss his pants. However, he had no need to fear. The ball was in his court, and they would do whatever he asked of them.
After a few seconds of rage and inner debate, the brothers shared a glance and then began liberating the swords from their persons. They placed them on the floor and gently kicked them over.
Naraku’s grin widened as he carefully picked the swords up, while keeping a sharp eye on the two enraged men.
Still keeping his eyes firmly planted on Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, he called for Kagome and Rin to stand up. They did so without argument, mostly because their other halves were giving them reassuring nods. Naraku wasted no time in shoving the swords down the backs of the girl’s pants; Tenseiga to Rin, and Tetsusaiga to Kagome. Kagome also felt him shove something else in the waistband of her pants. It was cold and hard, but her frazzled mind couldn’t connect the dots.
Naraku’s smirk grew as he wrapped his arms around the girl’s shoulders.
“Well, I would say 'It’s been fun', but I’m not sure that you two would agree with the sentiment,” he tormented as he walked backwards, making Rin and Kagome stay in step with him.
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru could only watch helplessly as the girls threw the two men pleading expressions. Inuyasha clenched his fists so tightly that he was sure his fingernails would draw blood.
“Easy, little brother,” murmured Sesshoumaru. “Wait for it.”
Just as Inuyasha was about to let his temper get the better of him, he saw a shadow move in one of the corners of the room. Finally he thought, trying not to let out a sigh of relief, lest he give their backup away.
After a moment he could make out the blue of the shirt that Miroku had been wearing earlier and thanked every deity he could ever remember. He watched as calmly as he could as Kagome’s cousin slunk through the shadows, meeting Naraku in the middle of the room. Inuyasha breath came out with a very noticeable whoosh when Miroku finally made his move.
Naraku had thought he was home free, when suddenly, someone with a fierce grip wrapped their fingers around his hand and the dead man’s trigger at the same time. They both grunted as he tried to instinctively pull his hand free, but the other man was not at all considering letting go.
Naraku let go of Kagome and Rin so he could fight with the dark haired man that he knew to be Kagome’s cousin, Miroku.
As they were fighting back and forth, Kagome could swear that everything had sped up and slowed down at the same time. It was a very strange feeling, seeing everything in so much detail, but helpless to do anything except watch. She could see Inuyasha making his way over to her, but before he could progress more than a few steps, she heard Naraku bark out the name of the very pale woman that had been her and Rin’s jailer.
She saw the woman named Kanna dart out from somewhere behind a pillar and stand between Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru and herself and Rin. Kagome wondered for a second what Naraku had been thinking. Surely that small woman-child had no chance against the white haired brothers. But she was corrected only seconds later when the woman gave what could only be described as a war cry as she dived after Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha.
Kagome had never seen anyone move so fast. The two men blocked most of the kicks and punches, but they couldn’t gain enough ground to get around her. She had no doubt that the brothers had had some kind of hand to hand training, but the woman fighting them was clearly better than they were.
She could hear them speaking to the ghostly woman, too. They were yelling words like ‘sister’ and ‘safe’, but Kagome had no idea what they were talking about.
Inuyasha could safely say that he had never been more wrong when it came to sizing someone up before in his life. The woman had looked like a mild wind could knock her on her ass. That was until she threw her first punch. Then she was like some crazy ghost warrior. Never letting either him or Sesshoumaru get very far, before she pushed them back from Miroku or the girls.
He barely heard Naraku speak her name, before she was assaulting them. He was sure his brother was holding back a little, as he was. She was still a lady, after all. Even if she was a freak show of strength and skill.
They tried using the advice Kagura had given them between each lungful of much needed air.
“Your sister is safe. She wanted us to tell you that.”
Inuyasha saw her pause for only a moment before she started back, this time with a little less bite.
Now he could leave his guard down long enough to see that Sango had made it to the girls and had started to remove the explosives before he had to block another kick.
Kagome felt someone grab her arm from behind, and she flailed, not knowing who it was. Sango hissed at her to be quiet.
“Sorry, Sango. You scared me,” she said in a whisper, with a smile on her face.
As Sango was busy taking the C4 from her waist, fiddling with wires and things that Kagome had no clue about. She glanced back and forth between her cousin and the brothers.
It seemed as if Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were starting to make a little headway with Kanna. She had a questioning look on her face and had slowed down the speed of her attack a little.
Just as Sango slipped the belt from Kagome and started on Rin, there was a sudden absence of movement and sound from Miroku and Naraku.
Kagome looked up in horror. Naraku and produced a revolver from somewhere and had it held against Miroku’s temple. She had fully expected her cousin to take his hand from Naraku, but instead, Miroku held tight to the trigger with a fierce scowl on his face.
Kagome wanted to scream at him, demand he let go, but she couldn’t make her mouth move or her vocal cords work. As she watched, she tried to think of what she could do to help.
And then it hit her like a ton a bricks. She remembered the cold, metal object that Naraku had shoved in her waistband. She reached for it now, finally figuring out what it was.
The handgun was different from the one Inuyasha had let her use. It was larger, and black, where the other was a polished chrome. But, it seemed the same. She pulled the top back slowly and with a little effort. It was loaded.
Kagome took a deep breath and aimed.
Then time seemed to go even slower.
In the split second before she fired, she could see out of the corner of her vision that Kanna had finally come to accept whatever it was that Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were trying to tell her. Now, they were running quickly toward her cousin and Naraku.
But, she knew they wouldn’t get there in time. She could see Naraku’s hand tense.
Kagome pulled the trigger before he could.
Inuyasha ran faster when her heard the loud pop of the handgun, but he became confused as he saw Naraku let go of the revolver he was holding and clutch his shoulder.
At the same time, Sango had finally gotten the bomb off Rin, and she had come barreling towards his brother. Sesshoumaru scooped her from her feet and gripped her to his chest.
Inuyasha decided to forget Miroku for the moment. He looked as if he had control of the situation now that he had the trigger safely away from the madman and Sango helping him with Naraku, who looked as if he would pass out from the pain at any second.
Inuyasha’s eyes darted to the left to look for Kagome, and then everything clicked into place.
There she was, sitting on her rear with her feet in front of her. She had a glazed over look about her, and she was still fiercely gripping the firearm and aiming it at Naraku.
Inuyasha ran to her and slowly placed his hand on the top of the pistol. He pointed it away from everyone and started trying to pry it from Kagome’s fingers.
Kagome had practiced shooting before with Inuyasha. Despite being afraid the whole time that she was going to somehow blow both of them up, Inuyasha had assured her that she had done a very good job.
This was completely different.
She had shot another person. She had watched as the projectile ripped into his shoulder and the force knocked him sideways. Kagome sat stunned as she saw the bullet pierce flesh over and over in her mind.
But then she heard his voice. Kagome felt his fingers brush the skin of her hands. She let him take the pistol from her tight grip.
She looked up into those golden eyes and finally felt herself relax. Then the tears of relief came. She closed her eyes, and she felt Inuyasha gather her close. Kagome breathed him in, that scent that could only be his.
Inuyasha leaned back from the embrace and gently wiped the salty tracks from her face. He felt Kagome’s hands twine behind his neck and tug him forward.
He kissed her hard, willing her to understand how he had almost been destroyed by her absence. He felt her desperation and joy as she kissed him ever more deeply.
They were so wrapped up in themselves, they never heard the sirens getting closer. They never heard Sesshoumaru ask what had taken Myoga so long to get there with the authorities. They never saw the paramedics get shooed away by Sango. They never heard her ask them to leave them be for just a little while longer.
It was a while before they even noticed anyone else was in the same room with them, watching them stare deeply into each other's eyes, as they conversed in a way that no one else could hear.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you reconize.
Chapter 28:
The Rescue Party Arrives
“That shows how extremely stupid you are, you fucking bastard.”
Kagome’s neck snapped up so quickly, she would marvel later that it didn’t break. However, she wasn’t thinking about any of that now. All she could think about was the fact that he had come for her. This would be over with soon. She had no doubt that they would walk away from this unscathed. It had never even occurred to her that he might fail.
This was Inuyasha. He would win.
Rin’s head spun in much the same way as Kagome’s had. She let out a sigh of relief when she spotted her husband, standing so casually beside his brother. They locked eyes and she watched him look her form up and down, trying to assess any damage to her person, she assumed. He must have been at least mildly satisfied with what he found, because instead of finding anger in his beautiful, golden eyes, she found relief. She was sure her gaze mirrored the same sort of emotion.
Naraku’s head turned much slower, and he twisted his body after that to cover what was behind his back, setting on a low table.
“Well, it is high time you gentlemen joined in on the fun,” he said with a sneer of amusement. “I was starting to get rather bored.”
“Oh, don’t worry. You won’t be bored for much longer,” replied Inuyasha, cracking the knuckles of his right hand.
“And what have you done with my guards?” Naraku asked, not really caring either way.
“I wouldn’t concern yourself about your henchmen. They have been dispatched, and are waiting with some friends of ours,” explained the elder brother, his eyes narrowed.
“Friends?” he questioned.
“I believe I said not to concern yourself,” came the haughty reply.
Naraku’s brow furrowed deeply, and he waited. He didn’t have to do so long, as Inuyasha was always the impatient one, and started to walk forward.
“Oh, I wouldn’t do that, Inuyasha. Did you not notice the lovely belts your ladies are wearing?”
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru glanced at Rin and Kagome again, this time concentrating on their waists. There were belts hanging loosely around their midsections. They consisted of black straps with small, greenish blocks attached to them.
“That, gentlemen, is enough C-4 to insure that you never see either of them, ever again,” he chuckled and retrieved the detonation device that had been behind his back. He placed it in his right hand and squeezed the trigger. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha sucked in a large breath and knew they were already too late to save Rin and Kagome from the explosion. But, after a few seconds of nothing happening, their gazes returned to Naraku and waited for him to speak.
He chuckled and watched as they grew even angrier. “Of course I wouldn’t kill them, yet. They are my biggest bargaining chips in this little game. This,” he said as he motioned to the device in his hand, “is a dead man’s switch. It activates if my hand comes off the trigger. So, if you tried to just shoot me and be done with it, your lovely ladies would go with me. Even if you only knock me unconscious, I will let go of the trigger, and the effect will be the same.”
The quiet that had settled over the room was broken only by Inuyasha’s harsh breathing. Sesshoumaru knew it was only a matter of time before his hotheaded brother did something foolish, so he decided he needed to speak up before it became too late.
“What is it that you would have us do,” he questioned.
Naraku smiled as he realized he was going to get his way.
“You will unarm yourselves and kick your guns over. The swords you will lay on the floor and slide across. If you have done as I say, the ladies and I will leave, and you won't follow. I may return them later,” he finished and made sure they knew his meaning by a well placed sneer.
“The hell yo-,“ Inuyasha started to say, but Sesshoumaru held up a hand to stop him. Inuyasha made a growling noise low in his throat to convey his anger at the interruption, but made no further comments.
“No,” Sesshoumaru declined with an air of authority. “You give us Rin and Kagome, and we will not follow.”
Naraku barked with laughter. Inuyasha had had just about enough by then, but the narrowing of his brother’s eyes stopped him. He knew his brother a little too well. Sesshoumaru wasn’t going to let the man go with his wife, not if he could do anything about it. Inuyasha wasn’t near as resourceful as Sesshoumaru;, he knew his own shortcomings. He also wasn’t nearly as evil as his brother when things didn’t go his way. At that moment, he really didn’t want to be Naraku.
“You do realize your situation, do you not? I have the upper hand. I could walk out of this building right now, let go of the trigger, and you wouldn’t have the means to get those belts off before I do so. If you do not do as I say,” the vile man said with malice, “ I will do that very thing, and then come back to find the swords on your dead bodies. They are old swords, but they were made extremely well. Not to mention well protected. I know the Tetsusaiga was with that witch Jacqueline, and, if I know her, she’s taken out some ’insurance’ on the sword you carry, Inuyasha.”
Naraku smirked as Inuyasha seethed, and Sesshoumaru fixed him with a death glare that would make a lesser man piss his pants. However, he had no need to fear. The ball was in his court, and they would do whatever he asked of them.
After a few seconds of rage and inner debate, the brothers shared a glance and then began liberating the swords from their persons. They placed them on the floor and gently kicked them over.
Naraku’s grin widened as he carefully picked the swords up, while keeping a sharp eye on the two enraged men.
Still keeping his eyes firmly planted on Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, he called for Kagome and Rin to stand up. They did so without argument, mostly because their other halves were giving them reassuring nods. Naraku wasted no time in shoving the swords down the backs of the girl’s pants; Tenseiga to Rin, and Tetsusaiga to Kagome. Kagome also felt him shove something else in the waistband of her pants. It was cold and hard, but her frazzled mind couldn’t connect the dots.
Naraku’s smirk grew as he wrapped his arms around the girl’s shoulders.
“Well, I would say 'It’s been fun', but I’m not sure that you two would agree with the sentiment,” he tormented as he walked backwards, making Rin and Kagome stay in step with him.
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru could only watch helplessly as the girls threw the two men pleading expressions. Inuyasha clenched his fists so tightly that he was sure his fingernails would draw blood.
“Easy, little brother,” murmured Sesshoumaru. “Wait for it.”
Just as Inuyasha was about to let his temper get the better of him, he saw a shadow move in one of the corners of the room. Finally he thought, trying not to let out a sigh of relief, lest he give their backup away.
After a moment he could make out the blue of the shirt that Miroku had been wearing earlier and thanked every deity he could ever remember. He watched as calmly as he could as Kagome’s cousin slunk through the shadows, meeting Naraku in the middle of the room. Inuyasha breath came out with a very noticeable whoosh when Miroku finally made his move.
Naraku had thought he was home free, when suddenly, someone with a fierce grip wrapped their fingers around his hand and the dead man’s trigger at the same time. They both grunted as he tried to instinctively pull his hand free, but the other man was not at all considering letting go.
Naraku let go of Kagome and Rin so he could fight with the dark haired man that he knew to be Kagome’s cousin, Miroku.
As they were fighting back and forth, Kagome could swear that everything had sped up and slowed down at the same time. It was a very strange feeling, seeing everything in so much detail, but helpless to do anything except watch. She could see Inuyasha making his way over to her, but before he could progress more than a few steps, she heard Naraku bark out the name of the very pale woman that had been her and Rin’s jailer.
She saw the woman named Kanna dart out from somewhere behind a pillar and stand between Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru and herself and Rin. Kagome wondered for a second what Naraku had been thinking. Surely that small woman-child had no chance against the white haired brothers. But she was corrected only seconds later when the woman gave what could only be described as a war cry as she dived after Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha.
Kagome had never seen anyone move so fast. The two men blocked most of the kicks and punches, but they couldn’t gain enough ground to get around her. She had no doubt that the brothers had had some kind of hand to hand training, but the woman fighting them was clearly better than they were.
She could hear them speaking to the ghostly woman, too. They were yelling words like ‘sister’ and ‘safe’, but Kagome had no idea what they were talking about.
Inuyasha could safely say that he had never been more wrong when it came to sizing someone up before in his life. The woman had looked like a mild wind could knock her on her ass. That was until she threw her first punch. Then she was like some crazy ghost warrior. Never letting either him or Sesshoumaru get very far, before she pushed them back from Miroku or the girls.
He barely heard Naraku speak her name, before she was assaulting them. He was sure his brother was holding back a little, as he was. She was still a lady, after all. Even if she was a freak show of strength and skill.
They tried using the advice Kagura had given them between each lungful of much needed air.
“Your sister is safe. She wanted us to tell you that.”
Inuyasha saw her pause for only a moment before she started back, this time with a little less bite.
Now he could leave his guard down long enough to see that Sango had made it to the girls and had started to remove the explosives before he had to block another kick.
Kagome felt someone grab her arm from behind, and she flailed, not knowing who it was. Sango hissed at her to be quiet.
“Sorry, Sango. You scared me,” she said in a whisper, with a smile on her face.
As Sango was busy taking the C4 from her waist, fiddling with wires and things that Kagome had no clue about. She glanced back and forth between her cousin and the brothers.
It seemed as if Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were starting to make a little headway with Kanna. She had a questioning look on her face and had slowed down the speed of her attack a little.
Just as Sango slipped the belt from Kagome and started on Rin, there was a sudden absence of movement and sound from Miroku and Naraku.
Kagome looked up in horror. Naraku and produced a revolver from somewhere and had it held against Miroku’s temple. She had fully expected her cousin to take his hand from Naraku, but instead, Miroku held tight to the trigger with a fierce scowl on his face.
Kagome wanted to scream at him, demand he let go, but she couldn’t make her mouth move or her vocal cords work. As she watched, she tried to think of what she could do to help.
And then it hit her like a ton a bricks. She remembered the cold, metal object that Naraku had shoved in her waistband. She reached for it now, finally figuring out what it was.
The handgun was different from the one Inuyasha had let her use. It was larger, and black, where the other was a polished chrome. But, it seemed the same. She pulled the top back slowly and with a little effort. It was loaded.
Kagome took a deep breath and aimed.
Then time seemed to go even slower.
In the split second before she fired, she could see out of the corner of her vision that Kanna had finally come to accept whatever it was that Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were trying to tell her. Now, they were running quickly toward her cousin and Naraku.
But, she knew they wouldn’t get there in time. She could see Naraku’s hand tense.
Kagome pulled the trigger before he could.
Inuyasha ran faster when her heard the loud pop of the handgun, but he became confused as he saw Naraku let go of the revolver he was holding and clutch his shoulder.
At the same time, Sango had finally gotten the bomb off Rin, and she had come barreling towards his brother. Sesshoumaru scooped her from her feet and gripped her to his chest.
Inuyasha decided to forget Miroku for the moment. He looked as if he had control of the situation now that he had the trigger safely away from the madman and Sango helping him with Naraku, who looked as if he would pass out from the pain at any second.
Inuyasha’s eyes darted to the left to look for Kagome, and then everything clicked into place.
There she was, sitting on her rear with her feet in front of her. She had a glazed over look about her, and she was still fiercely gripping the firearm and aiming it at Naraku.
Inuyasha ran to her and slowly placed his hand on the top of the pistol. He pointed it away from everyone and started trying to pry it from Kagome’s fingers.
Kagome had practiced shooting before with Inuyasha. Despite being afraid the whole time that she was going to somehow blow both of them up, Inuyasha had assured her that she had done a very good job.
This was completely different.
She had shot another person. She had watched as the projectile ripped into his shoulder and the force knocked him sideways. Kagome sat stunned as she saw the bullet pierce flesh over and over in her mind.
But then she heard his voice. Kagome felt his fingers brush the skin of her hands. She let him take the pistol from her tight grip.
She looked up into those golden eyes and finally felt herself relax. Then the tears of relief came. She closed her eyes, and she felt Inuyasha gather her close. Kagome breathed him in, that scent that could only be his.
Inuyasha leaned back from the embrace and gently wiped the salty tracks from her face. He felt Kagome’s hands twine behind his neck and tug him forward.
He kissed her hard, willing her to understand how he had almost been destroyed by her absence. He felt her desperation and joy as she kissed him ever more deeply.
They were so wrapped up in themselves, they never heard the sirens getting closer. They never heard Sesshoumaru ask what had taken Myoga so long to get there with the authorities. They never saw the paramedics get shooed away by Sango. They never heard her ask them to leave them be for just a little while longer.
It was a while before they even noticed anyone else was in the same room with them, watching them stare deeply into each other's eyes, as they conversed in a way that no one else could hear.