InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely No More ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

Jinx: *giggle*

Mike: what are you all giggly about?

Jinx: *giggle*

Cindy: *sigh*

Mike: am I missing something here.

Shawn: *sneaks behind mike*

Jinx: *giggle*

Shawn: BOO

Mike: *screams like little girl*

Cindy, Jinx, and Shawn: *roll on floor laughing*

Chapter 10

Miroku had been traveling with the group for over two hours and now they were getting close to the village where the main tribe lived. As they slowly moved up a steep hill, his men either pulled or carried the captives so they wouldn't lose any of them. Once they reached the top, they stared down into the beautiful valley, which held the village of his people. It was nestled on three sides by mountains, which protected it from the elements and attacks. A river was moving through the land as if it were tracing the outline of the mountain's shadow on the ground.

They could see the village in the clearing near the river. It looked peaceful and quiet. The cooking fires burned near the teepees as the people walked around conducting their business or doing their chores. The group headed down the hill; glad to be home with the mission finally completed.

As they approached the village, they noticed the tension in the air. The men took care of the captives while Miroku headed towards the village elders to see what was going on.

He was walking toward the elders when someone came rushing up to him and knocked him on his butt as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately. Sango, having spotted her mate from a distance, had taken off in a dead run and tackled him to the ground. When they finally separated, he looked into her brown eyes and smiled. (Mike: *grumbles while sulking in corner* Shawn: wimp! Mike: *sticks tongue out at Shawn*)

"I've missed that," he said with a grin on his face as he pulled her closer to him and his hand found her butt.

She smiled and then got an irritated look on her face as she said, "You better behave yourself or else!" She was holding up her fist against his face as she started to growl.

Miroku had to get her mind off of beating the daylights out of him for caressing her butt in public so he quickly asked, "Sango, what is going on? Why do the people have a worried look on their faces?"

Sango looked up at her mate; her eyes were shining like she was about to cry as she said, "Oh, Miroku, Chief Togo is ill and we don't know if he is going to live."

Miroku was shocked at the news. He didn't expect this upon his return to the village.

"Do they know what he has? Or what caused it?" he asked with a note of fear in his voice.

Sango just shook her head and answered, "No, they don't know what happened or if he will live through the night, and they haven't found a healer that could help him. Many have come, but they all failed at their task."

Miroku's face just lit up and he said, "Sango, I know where there is a healer and she's a powerful one at that!"

Sango had a shocked look on her face. "You do? Where are they? How fast can they get here? Where di--"

"Hold on, Sango!" Miroku interrupted, still smiling. "Not so many questions! Right now, she is with Inuyasha and they are not too far from here. I'll have to go and get them."

Sango was confused. "What do you mean `she is with Inuyasha'?"

Miroku looked at his mate but knew he didn't have the time to tell her the whole story. "Sango, when I return, I will tell you everything, but right now I have to go and get them or else Chief Togo will die."

When he stood, he brought his mate up with him. He pulled her close and kissed her as Sango brought her arms around his neck to deepen it. He pulled away panting. He wanted to continue, but he knew he had to leave immediately to go get the girl so she could heal the ailing chief.

"Sango, my love, I have to go, but I promise to be back in a few hours."

He kissed her gently on the cheek before he turned and walked away, intent on finding Inuyasha and the girl as fast as possible. (Jinx: *runs and jumps on Cindy* I missed my Cindy! Cindy: can't………breath………*gasp* Mike: Jinx……she's turning blue. Jinx: I love my Cindy!!!!! Shawn: Dans……… Cindy: *passes out*)

~oOo~

Inuyasha started to awaken. He slowly opened his eyes and wondered where he was. He didn't remember much about what had happened. All he knew was that he was tired and needed to rest. He felt something move against his chest and he looked down. He saw Kagome starting to stir in his arms and he smiled at her as he pulled her closer. He started to purr deep in his chest, trying to lull her back to sleep.

Kagome began to open her eyes. She realized that she was being held tightly against a nice warm chest as she heard and felt a gentle purr. She slowly continued to open her eyes and found herself staring right into a pair of golden ones. She smiled and brought her arm around to pull him closer to her. She loved being in his arms; she felt safe and loved. Even though he had never actually said that he loved her, she felt it every time he held her. She knew that he cared for her.

As Inuyasha was enjoying just laying there with Kagome in his arms, his sensitive hanyou ears picked up the sound of running feet coming towards them. He slowly released the girl from his grasp and turned with a growl.

Jinx and Tsa-li had been having a conversation when they heard the hanyou's growls. Their ears perked up as they too heard the sounds of something approaching them fast. The pair walked in front of Inuyasha as the sounds got closer.

Soon Miroku burst through the forest foliage and into the clearing where his friends were alertly watching. He was riding a horse to get to their location faster.

Inuyasha, seeing that it was just his friend, let out a sigh of relief. He took a breath that he didn't know he'd been holding, and then in a very irritated voice he said, "Miroku! Why did you scare us like that? What is your problem today?"

But before Inuyasha could continue with his ranting, Miroku interrupted his friend saying, "Inuyasha, you and the girl are needed at the village! Chief Togo is ill and needs a healer quickly!"

Inuyasha was shocked to hear that Chief Togo was ill. In all the time that he had known the chief, he had never been sick. He looked at his friend with concern and asked, "What is wrong with him? Does anybody know?"

"No one knows why he got sick. All I know is that he might not survive the night and that they have sent for all of the governing chiefs," Miroku finished with panic in his voice.

Inuyasha knew this was bad. No one ever sent for the governing chiefs unless one of them was going to die and they needed to pick a successor.

He got to his feet and turned to the girl who was still on the ground behind him and said with an urgent voice, "Kagome, do you think you can cure him? If he dies, it might send this land into chaos. He is the only one keeping the other four chiefs from attacking the settlers on the outside."

Kagome looked into his golden eyes and saw his fear and worries as he spoke. She had somehow known that this was coming; that's why she had been gathering herbs throughout the trip.

Her face softened as she spoke, "Yes, I think I know what is wrong with him. I can cure him if it is not too late, but we must travel quickly if we are to save his life." She looked at him as she slowly stood too.

Inuyasha, clearly seeing that she was still weak from her ordeal, picked her up bridle style and then turned to the wolves and said, "You will follow us up to the point where we enter the village, then I want you two to make your way to the other side of the village while you hide in the safety of the forest. Chief Togo's teepee is there and I want you to wait in the forest near it, but be on guard. Whoever did this is going to come after us too once the Chief is cured."

Both wolves looked at each other and then at him as they nodded agreeing to his plan.

Tsa-li had an idea, so he turned to his mate and told her, "I want to call for back up. You go on with them and I will follow as soon as I contact the pack."

Jinx nodded and turned towards Inuyasha as Tsa-li faced the opposite direction and began howling into the darkening night sky.

Inuyasha saw what the wolf was doing and turned to Miroku to growl, "Come on; let's go. We're wasting time."

Miroku was shocked that they were going to leave the other wolf there by himself, but he turned his horse around and offered to take the girl while Inuyasha ran along side. However, the hanyou refused his offer since he didn't trust the monk to keep his hands to himself. So Inuyasha tightened his grip on the girl and headed towards his village with Miroku and Jinx following close behind. (Jinx: *pokes Cindy with stick* Mike: where'd you get the stick……..give me that damn thing *takes stick* Jinx: HEY! Mike: you don't need to be poking her! Jinx: what?! She'd do the same……no wait that's Shawn that would poke me with a stick. *hits Shawn in back of head* Shawn: *grumbles*)

~oOo~

The group made it to the village in just under an hour. Inuyasha stopped long enough to place Kagome on her feet and then he grabbed her by the hand as they started heading for the Chief's teepee. When he got there, he found the elders sitting outside the teepee keeping watch.

The elders were the wisest of the villagers and were the keepers of the legends for the village. Everyone trusted and valued their opinion and listened whenever they spoke. They eyed Inuyasha with caution as he approached with the girl.

"Greetings, elders, I have brought a medicine woman that can cure Chief Togo of his illness," he proclaimed when he, Kagome, and Miroku were close enough to speak to the elders without yelling.

The elders looked at him in disbelief for a moment, then one of the elders spoke. "You mean to tell me that his young girl is a medicine woman? HA! She is just a child! She has no knowledge of the healing ways," he said with a wizened voice.

Inuyasha was starting to get irritated. They were wasting time and this old fool wasn't moving out of the way to let them through.

Kagome, watching the confrontation, slowly raised her hand and placed it on the hanyou's arm. She smiled reassuringly at him before she stepped forward. "Excuse me elder, but you seem to have a cut on your arm. May I heal it for you?"

The elder looked at her with disbelief. That cut had been on his arm for over two weeks and it refused to heal. He looked at her and smirked. He just knew she wouldn't be able to heal it, thus proving his point. "Alright, if you can heal this wound, then you will be allowed to go in and heal the Chief," he stated with clear doubt in her abilities. He then held out his arm for her so she could attempt to heal the cut.

Kagome stepped forward to kneel by the elder and look at the wound. She saw that the wound was badly infected and it needed to be treated before the infection spread even more. She got an herb from her shirt and placed it on his wound, then, as if by instinct, she put her hand on top of the wound and muttered a chant under her breath. Her hand began to glow as the rest of the elders looked on in sheer shock. When she was done, she removed her hand and the herb and found that the wound was completely healed with no visible scar.

The elders were all talking amongst themselves as Kagome got up on her feet again and made her way into the teepee with Inuyasha and Miroku close behind her. When she entered the teepee, she saw Chief Togo lying in the middle of the teepee with a fire going. The fire had a strange smell to it and it started to make Kagome feel light headed.

She started to fall, but Inuyasha was there to grab her before she hit the ground. She looked into his eyes and said, "You must put that fire out; it has an herb in it that is poison."

Inuyasha and Miroku looked at each other as Miroku quickly moved to extinguish the flames. Inuyasha put the girl on the ground as he quickly opened the flaps to the teepee to air it out.

Once all of the smoke was gone, Kagome was able to regain her strength. She slowly stood, walked over to the Chief, and kneeled down next to him. She took a deep breath and placed a hand on his chest. She could see where the poison was; it had almost made it to his heart but it was not there yet, so she still had time.

She pulled her hand away and said, "I need a grinding stone and a bowl along with some water."

Miroku hurried to get her the needed items as she pulled the herbs from her shirt and started to get them ready.

Inuyasha slowly approached and kneeled next to her. He looked into those beautiful blue eyes and asked, "Kagome, do you know what happened to him?"

Kagome cringed. She did know, but wasn't sure how to tell him without him going crazy on her. She thought for a few minutes before she spoke. "Yes, I do know what happened to him, but before I tell you, I want you to promise me that you won't go after them…at least not yet."

She looked into his golden eyes to see what his answer would be. She saw him stiffen and then sigh as he promised not to do anything for the time being.

Kagome smiled and then told him, "He was poisoned. The poison is one that is used to kill in silence. Unless you know what to look for, you can easily miss it. I will use these herbs to heal him, but I also must use my healing powers to dissolve the poison from his body. I don't know how much energy I will have to use before he is completely healed. I may not have enough strength to do it. These powers are still new to me and I have yet to control them completely. Please be by my side in case I need you."

The pleading look in her eyes softened Inuyasha's heart. She was scared of using her new powers to heal such an important person, but she would do it if it would save the man's life. Inuyasha gave his word that he would be by her side in case she needed him, and she smiled and continued to prepare the herbs. (Cindy: *wakes up* What hap………AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Jinx: what?! *gets into fighting mod* Shawn: what the hell are you doing? Jinx: I don't know……..Mike: *sigh* what's up Cindy? Cindy: YOU'RE ALL STILL HERE!)

Miroku came back with the items that Kagome had requested. She quickly ground the herbs to a powder and then mixed it with a little water. She bent over the Chief and gently raised his head and gave him the medicine to drink. Kagome giggled as she saw him make a face from how it tasted and then she prepared herself.

She turned to Inuyasha and asked, "Are you ready?"

Inuyasha just smiled at her and moved closer to where she was kneeling.

Kagome started to concentrate. She focused her energy on the chief's body as she began to glow a pure pink. She saw where all of the poison was located in his body; it looked like black spots and it had almost taken complete control. She put her hands on his body as a soft blue light started to come from her hands and spread across the chief's body, encircling him.

It was a long and slow process to get rid of the poison from the chief's body since she had to dissolve each black spot one by one. Kagome was starting to sweat as she continued to pour her power of healing into the chief's body, making sure not to give him too much or she would purify him.

Finally, after about three hours of her kneeling next to the chief, all of the black spots were gone and Kagome was now able to let go. As her powers slowly disappeared, she pulled her hands away from his body and started to fall forward in exhaustion, but Inuyasha caught her and brought her into his arms. Kagome was panting from healing the chief as she slowly looked up at those worried golden eyes.

Inuyasha bent down and whispered in her ear, "Are you alright?"

Kagome smiled at his concern and with a tired voice replied, "I'm fine, just tired. He should wake up any minute now." She then fell asleep in his arms to regain her strength.

Inuyasha and Miroku both watched Chief Togo. He was starting to take deep breaths as he slowly opened his eyes. He noticed that Miroku and Inuyasha were kneeling beside him in his teepee.

He saw the girl in Inuyasha's arms and asked, "Inuyasha, what has happened and who is this girl?"

Inuyasha looked at the girl in his arms and then at Chief Togo as he took a deep breath and answered, "You were poisoned and this girl is a powerful medicine woman who has just saved your life. We want you to get some rest. We will post guards around the teepee and make sure no one enters until you are completely healed."

Inuyasha slowly stood and brought the sleeping girl in his arms with him.

Chief Togo looked at him and spoke in a quite gentle voice, "I want you to stay here with the girl, Inuyasha. It's the least I can do after she saved my life." He turned to Miroku and said, "Miroku, I want you to stand guard outside and put a barrier up. Don't let anyone enter until I give the order. You can tell all of the elders that I'm healed and for them to go home. I will see them in the morning."

Miroku stood as he bowed to the chief in respect and headed outside. Once Miroku was outside, he told everyone that the chief was cured and that he needed to rest.

All of the elders were very happy at hearing the good news. They wanted to enter the teepee to pay their respects, but Miroku stopped them.

"The chief has requested that he be left alone for the rest of the night. Please return in the morning," he told them.

The elders got angry at Miroku's words. How dare he keep them out of the chief's teepee!

They started to move forward and Miroku raised his staff and hit the ground with it. When it touched the ground, it created a barrier that let no one through. The elders were enraged at the monk's actions, but Miroku just looked at all of them and said, "The chief has given me his orders and I will obey them. If you have any problems with it, then take it up with him in the morning."

All of the elders turned and walked away from the teepee clearly pissed at being denied entry. Miroku settled down on the cold hard ground as he watched them leave. He wanted to be with Sango but he didn't dare leave his guard duty.

He looked toward the forest and said in a very low voice that he knew the wolf could hear, "Jinx, please keep your eyes open for danger. I think that the person who poisoned the chief is still in the area and, if you happen to hear anything, please let us know."

He heard a gentle growl coming from behind him as Jinx moved off to keep watch.

(Jinx: Keh! This is the thanks I get for carrying your butt to the couch. Shawn: *clears throat* Jinx: ok so Shawn helped a little. Shawn: *clears throat louder* Jinx: Ok so Shawn did it all…….butthead. Mike: *sneaks behind Shawn* Shawn: don't even try it…..Mike: Damn!)

Inuyasha had moved to one side of the teepee with the sleeping girl in his arms as he placed her on some blankets that he found and then sat next to her. He gently moved some of her hair away from her face because he wanted to see her beauty as she slept. He noticed the four half moons in a circle on her forehead.

`She must have gotten that after she won the battle to control her new powers,' thought Inuyasha as he watched Kagome sleep.

Chief Togo was watching Inuyasha with interest. He saw how he looked at the girl and knew that for the first time since he had known the hanyou, he was actually showing his feelings. `Could he have found a possible mate in this girl? He seems very interested in her. I guess I'll have to ask him in the morning,' wondered the chief. He then yawned as he closed his eyes and went into a deep healing sleep.

~oOo~

Jinx was on the outskirts of the village. She was keeping an eye on the village elders as they left the Chief's teepee. She didn't like the elder who had had his arm healed by Kagome; he just didn't smell right to her, so she decided to follow him. He left the group of elders as they were walking and headed for a teepee near the forest. Jinx made her way to the teepee to listen in on the conversation that the man were having with someone.

"Elder De-wa, what is happening? Why are you here and not by Chief Togo's teepee?" asked Ma-ga with concern.

Ma-ga was one of the warriors close to Chief Togo. He wanted to take over so badly that he had planned all this while Inuyasha had been away in order to take over the tribe. Without Inuyasha there, he was next in line to succeed Chief Togo if something was to happen to him.

De-wa looked at Ma-ga and with disgust in his voice told him, "Inuyasha has returned to the village and he has brought a powerful medicine woman to heal the chief. She has succeeded in healing him and now they stand guard protecting him. We can't get anywhere near him tonight."

Ma-ga was shocked to hear that Inuyasha had found a powerful medicine woman. There had been no true medicine woman in this land for a long time and for him to find one and bring her here to save Chief Togo was amazing.

"Where did he find this medicine woman?" asked Ma-ga with anger in his voice.

"I don't know. All I know is that she is here and is now being protected by that half-breed as we speak."

De-wa was staring at the fire, deep in thought. They wanted to get rid of Chief Togo so they could take over and regain the land that had been taken away by the settlers.

"We have to come up with another plan to get rid of Chief Togo. It will be difficult now that the half-breed is back. He will not leave the chief's side," said De-wa in a frustrated voice. Then he got an idea and a plot started to form in his crusty old mind, a plot that might work and get rid of the medicine woman and the half-breed all in one shot. If his plan worked, they would then be able to get rid of Chief Togo and take over the land.

"Ma-ga, what would happen if someone challenged the female's ability to heal? Let's say it's a test to determine if she really knows her medicine or if it's just a trick being played by the half-breed to make himself look good in front of the entire tribe in order to take over?"

Ma-ga liked where this was going, so he smiled and said, "Continue."

"Well, let's say we put her to a test…like she gets bitten by a snake and she has to make a cure from the herbs presented to her. Let's say that the herb she needs has been tainted with poison and when she takes it she dies. Everyone will see that she is a fraud and then they will turn on the half-breed and kill him for deceiving us. Chief Togo will be left unprotected and without a medicine woman to cure him. The next time, he will die."

Ma-ga liked this new plan and he hoped that it would work. Elder De-wa continued to describe what they were going to do to get to the girl. They outlined everything in their plan and then left the teepee to set the plan in motion.

Jinx had heard everything that they had planned. She needed to get back and tell Inuyasha of the new plot to kill him and Kagome. Jinx slowly got up being careful not to make any noise as she moved back to the teepee where her sister and future mate were located. She would have to wait until morning to tell Inuyasha of the plan. He would not leave Kagome as long as she was unconscious. This was going to be one long night.

Jinx returned to the spot where she had been near Chief Togo's teepee. Her ears picked up the sound of something approaching as she got into a defensive posture. A scent caught her nose and she relaxed; it was her mate returning from the forest.

He slowly made his way to her and laid down next to her as he nuzzled her in greeting, then he said in a low voice, "Did they save Chief Togo?"

"Yes, she saved the chief, but we have a bigger problem now," Jinx said with an edge to her voice.

Tsa-li looked at his mate with concern in his eyes and asked, "What other problems do we have now?"

Jinx took a deep breath and began to tell him what De-wa and Ma-ga had planned for Kagome. Tsa-li listened carefully to what Jinx was saying. He asked questions here and there to make sure he had heard correctly. He slowly rose to his feet and said, "I have to go and find the others. We will keep watch on this elder and the warrior that threatens the life of our charge. You stay here and when they awaken in the morning, you must inform them of the situation and that we must protect Kagome at all cost."

Jinx nodded that she understood and kept watch on the teepee that was close by.

Tsa-li made his way back to his pack and informed them of what was going on and set out to keep an eye on the elder and the warrior. They had to stop what was to come even if it meant their death. They were prepared to give their lives for the girl; it was a promise that was made a long time ago by the leader of their pack in return for saving his life. The wolves disbursed as they searched for the elder and the warrior in question, making sure that they didn't loose sight of them because if they did it could mean the girl's life.

~oOo~

Jinx: I so kick ass in the story!! *kicks thin air*

Mike: I need a new best friend *looks around*

Shawn and Cindy: *hide in corners away from mike*

Shawn: do you think he sees us?

Cindy: I don't know?

Shawn: Phew……..

Mike: where'd everyone go?

Jinx: *continues to kick thin air*

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