InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely No More ❯ Chapter 23 ( Chapter 23 )

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Chapter 23

 

Inuyasha slowly began to awaken. He felt like he had been asleep for more than just a day. When he opened his eyes he noticed that he was in the nest in the upper branches of the god tree. `Hmmm, the god tree must've brought us up here when I couldn't make it all the way to the nest.'

 

When he looked down he saw Kagome wrapped around his chest in a tight embrace. It felt good to have her this close to him. Her warm breath hit his chest as she slept causing him to have shivers up and down his spine. Her tale was wrapped around his waist and she was using his tail as a pillow. He chuckled, knowing that it wasn't going to be easy for him to disentangle himself from her, but he had to try without waking her.

 

He slowly started to move different parts of her body in order to get out of her embrace.

 

First he moved her arms from around his chest. Then he removed her tail from around his waist, as he kept a watchful eye on her to make sure he didn't wake her up. Once he was able to move, he slowly lifted her off his chest and placed her tail in such a way that she could use it as a pillow.

 

He gently placed her back down as she moaned lightly as if she was starting to wake up. He moved towards her and started to purr. When she heard his purr she quieted down and remained asleep.

 

Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief that she was still asleep. He wanted to go hunting and bring her some food. Judging by the way he was feeling, he thought that they had been asleep for at least two or three days.

 

Inuyasha started to get up as he tested his legs to make sure it would support his weight. He was still weak from the battle but he figured once he got some food in him he should at least start feeling better.

 

He slowly made his way out of the nest and when he reached the outside of the nest the full force of the day greeted him. He took in a deep breath as he savored the wonderful smells of the forest.

 

It was crisp and clean as the air gave his body some much needed energy. He started to climb down the tree, slowly making his way towards the ground making sure he didn't loose his grip as he did so. He couldn't trust his legs not to give out if he tried to jump to the ground, so he opted to climb down instead. Once on the ground he made his way into the forest to hunt for his Angel.

 

~oOo~

 

Jinx had been asleep for the past three days; she had been trying to recover from her ordeal of the final battle. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around at her surroundings. She used her paws to get the sleep out of her eyes as she noticed that she was in a cave, alone, and it was kind of dark. She slowly stood on shaky legs as she made her way outside, all the while yawning with her mouth wide open, her tongue curling up inside her mouth as she walked.

 

Tsa-li had been keeping watch over the cave since his mate had yet to awaken. He was looking around the area when he picked up Inuyasha's scent for the first time in three days.

 

His ears perked up and turned when he heard someone approaching from behind as a familiar scent reached his nose. He smiled as he turned around to greet his mate. He nuzzled her and licked her under her chin in greetings, glad that she was finally awake and recovered from her ordeal.

 

Tsa-li turned to her and said, “How are you feeling?”

 

Jinx leaned into his sweet caresses and answered, “I'm much better just a little hungry that's all.”

 

Tsa-li smiled at her and said, “I just picked up Inuyasha's scent for the first time in three days. That must mean that he is hunting for Kagome. How about we go and find him so we can hunt together.”

 

Jinx raised an eyebrow and said, “Oh, like the last time you two went hunting together? It was almost like you were having a competition to see who could hunt the best.” Jinx huffed as she turned her head away from her mate.

 

Tsa-li had to laugh at her comment. `Yes, it was a competition back then but now we're just family.'

 

He chucked and said, “Well yeah! We did have kind of a competition to see who could hunt the best, but we don't have to prove anything now. We both have the mate we want.” He said with a growl as he licked her under her chin again.

 

Jinx was melting under his touch but she was hungry and needed something to eat to get her strength back. “Tsa-li can we go hunting. I'm hungry and I want something to eat.” Tsa-li got up from his place and nodded yes to her as he followed this nose toward Inuyasha.

 

They walked until they came to the river were they spotted Inuyasha in the water as he was washing his face to finally wake up from his slumber.

 

Inuyasha looked up to see the two wolves coming towards him; he had picked up their scent from the gentle wind that was blowing as he moved out of the water.

 

He greeted them as Jinx asked, “Where's Kagome?”

 

Inuyasha had to laugh and then said, “She is still asleep. I had a rough time trying to get untangled from her so I could go and hunt. I don't want to be gone for too long, I don't want her to wake up feeling lonely.”

 

The two wolves agreed and they all set out to hunt.

 

After a while they had caught a deer. Inuyasha was happy that he had something to take back to Kagome. He cut off a small portion of meat and told Tsa-li and Jinx that they could have the rest.

 

The wolves were happy and where about to leave with their catch when they heard a howl coming from the direction of their pack. Inuyasha grew pale as he recognized the howl. It was the pack signaling that Kagome was in danger and needed help.

 

In an instant, with inhuman speed, he sped away from his friends as he yelled, “Kagome!!!!!”

 

The two wolves looked at each other then realized what had happened, as they ran right behind the hanyou trying to catch up to him.

 

~oOo~

 

~oOo~ Vision ~oOo~

 

Kagome was sitting high up in the trees as she was surveying the land around her. She was in her eagle form again and she loved it. She was seeing the land through the eyes of an eagle as she sat perched upon a branch high in the tree.

 

She sensed danger was coming and as the eagle turned it majestic head it caught something off in the distance. Not being able to see what it was from this distance, not even with the eagle's sharp eyes, she spread her wings and soared into the sky heading towards the danger she had sensed.

 

The wind hit against Kagome's face as she flew over the land, she was enjoying the feeling of the flight. As she was going towards what she had seen in the distance her heart dropped. There in front of her were thousands of soldiers approaching the sacred land.

 

The soldiers that they had battled in the final fight with the cat demon had gone back to get reinforcements. The soldiers were approaching from the north, south, and east. The barriers were stronger to the west so they didn't go there.

 

She saw them coming as they brought more men and weapons to fight them for the land. She had to get back to warn everyone. The four tribes had not yet returned to their homes, since they were still located at Chief Togo's village.

 

She quickly turned around and flew back. She had to get back to her mate and tell him what was about to happen. She didn't know what they could do but they had to protect the land.

 

As she was flying back towards the god tree a lone golden globe descended from the heavens. She stopped her headlong flight as she flapped her wings to stay in place, as the golden globe turned into her father.

 

De-ni-li stood there looking at his daughter with sadden eyes, when he spoke it was in a low and painful voice. “Daughter, the soldiers approach our land. You must, along with your mate, put up a barrier that will protect this land from the outsiders.

 

The power you will need is more than you had to use when you defeated the cat demon. But be careful my daughter for if you give all of your strength this time and you die you will not be able to come back.”

 

Kagome looked at her father with wide eyes, they will have to use more energy to put up a barrier to protect this land.

 

She looked at her father and said, “I understand what I must do. I will give my life to protect this land, as I know my mate will do the same. We will do our best to make you proud, father.” She turned and flew towards the god tree where she knew her mate would be waiting for her.

 

~oOo~ End of Vision ~oOo~

 

Kagome started to slowly wake up. She opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings, she was in the god tree, in the nest that he had provided for them. But she felt cold like something was missing, she sat up and looked around as her heart skipped a beat. `Where is Inuyasha?'

 

She put her nose into the air and sniffed to see if she could pick up his scent but she couldn't find it. She couldn't even pick up his scent in the nest they shared, this was odd, she should at least be able to pick up his scent that was in the nest. She knew he had been there last night as she wrapped her arms around his chest to keep warm.

 

The god tree noticed the girl's confusion at not being able to pick up her mates scent in the nest. He said, “My child what is wrong? Why are you so sad?”

 

Kagome turned to the tree and said, “I can't pick up my mates scent in this nest. I know that he was here last night and I should be able to at least pick up on his scent from him just lying next to me, but it's gone.”

 

The tree had to chuckle at her statement and then said, “don't worry my child, I hide your scent while you are near me to prevent intruders from finding you. Once you are out of my branches you will be able to find your mate, he is hunting in the forest.”

 

Kagome smiled, she knew that her mate had not abandoned her. She slowly got up on her feet and said her thanks to the tree for the information he had given her as she left the nest. Her eyes had to adjusted to the bright sunny day that greeted her. She slowly made her way down the tree and when she hit the ground she made her way towards the forest to find her mate.

 

Kagome walked about 50 feet away from the god tree when she caught the scent of her mate; she turned and started to head in his direction hoping to find him soon. She had to tell him about the vision she had and they had to make plans to raise the barrier.

 

Kagome walked deeper into the forest as her mind was on her mate, little did she know that she was being followed as she headed towards her mate deep in the forest.

 

~oOo~

 

Off in the distance a lone wolf stood guard as he turned his head and sniffed the wind. He caught the scent of the girl that they were sworn to protect. He got up and went in the direction of the scent when another scent hit his nose, it was the scent of intruders and they were following the girl as she walked deeper into the forest.

 

The wolf started to run as he caught up to another from his pack, he quickly told his pack brother what was happening and asked him to go and get the rest of the pack from the cave.

 

He didn't want to give the warning yell and alert the enemy of their presence. The wolf complied and raced off to get the rest of the pack as the lone wolf went towards the girl that he was to protect.

 

Kagome was walking through the forest looking for her mate when she caught the scent of intruders. She felt when they surrounded her and she stopped in her tracks, waiting for the intruders to appear. She didn't have to wait for long as the tribe from the unknown lands surrounded her.

 

Kagome kept her temper in check, she didn't have time for this and she wanted her mate. She didn't want to hurt them but she would if they didn't leave her alone. She turned to the would be leader of the tribe as he came closer to her and said, “you would make a wonderful addition to our tribe, you will come with us and bare us many young.” He said with a smirk on his face.

 

Kagome was not in the mood to deal with this fool and said, “I'm already mated and I don't want to go with you. You will leave me alone so I can go find my mate.”

 

The leader of the group looked at her with lust in his eyes as he eyed her from top to bottom. Then he said, “I don't think that you will ever see your mate, you belong to me now and once you bare my young I will let the rest of the tribe have you.”

 

Kagome was starting to loose her temper, when the intruders took a step towards her a lone wolf came out of the forest and stood in between Kagome and her would be attackers.

 

The leader just laughed as the lone wolf stood his ground willing to give his life to protect the girl. The wolf knew that he was out numbered so he howled into the wind calling for his pack to hurry to his location and help him protect the girl. Unknown to him that his howl carried a lot further than he thought it would.

 

~oOo~

 

Chief Togo was sitting around the fire talking to the governing chief's when he heard a howl come from the forest. Sesshomaru stood and listen intently to what the message said.

 

He turned to the rest in the group and said, “the girl is in danger there is a tribe who is trying to take her away and the wolf that is guarding her is calling for reinforcement.”

 

Chief Togo looked at Sesshomaru and understood his words they needed to get into the forest to help. He called for all of the demon warriors, for they can travel a lot faster than the human ones, and sent Sesshomaru and Kanuga to find the girl and offer their assistance.

 

The warriors gathered and followed Sesshomaru into battle trying to get to the girl before they would lose her again.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome walked up next to the wolf and put her hand on his head; she slowly looked down and smiled at him, as the wolf got closer to her to protect her.

 

The intruders had about enough of this and made to take the girl. Kagome eyes glowed white as her barrier was raised to protect her and the wolf that came to her aid.

 

All of the intruders crashed into the barrier and were thrown back from the impact. Kagome looked at all of them lying on the ground and said, “Now if you would excuse me, I must find my mate.”

 

As Kagome turned to leave the leader of the group got up and made to attack the girl. He leaped and grabbed her by the neck as they went down to the ground.

 

The wolf that was next to the girl growled and leaped to defend her. He was hit from the side by one of the other warriors and went crashing into the ground.

 

Kagome was having a hard time breathing as this fool held her by her neck. She tried to break free but she was still too weak from the battle to put up a fight. She didn't want to let her power get out of control for fear that she might not survive if Inuyasha wasn't there to calm her.

 

Tears started to run down her cheek as she thought of her beloved and not being able to see him again. Then she heard a growl come from behind her and knew that Inuyasha had arrived to save her.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha had been running through the forest to get to his angel. Fear started to settle into his stomach, he feared losing her to some fools that wanted to have her as their own.

 

Rage started to take over at the thought of someone else mating with his angel; she was his and no one else's, `My Mate, MINE!!!!!'

 

He started to change as his rage took over, his eyes turned blood red, his fangs grew longer and so did his claws. His hair got longer as his tail got short to give him better balance. His ears disappeared from the top of his head and they came to rest on the side where normal human ears would be. They were pointed with the white fluffy fur still on them and two jagged purple stripes appeared on each side of his cheek.

 

He almost looked like his brother as he drew upon the power deep within him and raced towards his mates scent.

 

When he got there what he saw made his blood boil.

 

This intruder had his angel by the throat and was on top of her, he could smell her tears as he came out of the forest and offered the challenge to the intruder, “GET OFF MY MATE!!!!!”

 

Growled the now demon Inuyasha as he approached the man that held his angel.

 

The intruder looked up to see a very enraged demon in front of him, he slowly let go of the girl that he held in his grasp and stood. Inuyasha growled at the male for hurting his mate as he flexed his claws and barred his fangs at the tribe that surrounded him.

 

Jinx and Tsa-li came out of the forest and made it to Kagome side, as she laid on the ground crying.

 

Jinx walked up to Kagome and nuzzled her sister offering her some comfort.

 

As Kagome opened her eyes she saw her sister there, for the first time after the battle. She reached up with her arms and embraced her, glad that they were together again.

 

Jinx looked at her and said, “Kagome, are you all right? Are you hurt?”

 

Kagome said, “I'm fine my throat hurts but that will heal shortly, who is that?” Kagome was pointing towards the now demon Inuyasha.

 

Jinx turned her head to see where she was pointing to and saw what had happened. `Inuyasha must have turned full youkai when he saw Kagome pinned to the ground by the intruder.'

 

Jinx lowered her head and answered her sister, “That's Inuyasha he has turned full youkai, I don't know if we can turn him back.”

 

Kagome sat there staring at her now demon mate. She had to do something, she wanted her mate back the way he was, he was acting the same way she did when she lost control of her powers, unless she got him back to normal she would loose him forever. The thought of her losing him sent a pain deep down in her heart.

 

The remaining wolves from her pack came into the battle as they surrounded Kagome to keep her safe.

 

Inuyasha was busy with the leader of the tribe as he approached the bastard that dared hurt his mate. “She is my mate and she is not going with the likes of you.”

 

The leader of the tribe just stood tall and said, “We will see about that! She will bare me strong young and with her powers we could rule this land.”

 

Inuyasha had to laugh at the fool in front of him as he said, “You fool, I rule this land and keep it safe. I will take great pleasure in killing the likes of you to keep that way.”

 

Inuyasha leaped to attack but at that moment Kagome called out to him, “Inuyasha, please don't.”

 

He heard his mates call and stopped his attack. As he slowly turned towards her, she was on the ground calling for him and he rushed to her side. When he reached her he brought her into his embrace while he was saying, “MINE!!”

 

Kagome wrapped her arms around her beloved as the wolves protected them.

 

Kagome cried into Inuyasha's shoulder as she said, “please, don't leave me, please Inuyasha, I love you and I need you.” Her words touched his heart as he slowly started to purr to calm his mate down.

 

When Kagome looked up she saw that his eyes were back to the golden color that she loved along with the rest of his features.

 

The intruders were getting bold as they started to move closer to the hanyou's.

 

Inuyasha started to growl as he slowly stood and put Kagome behind him to protect her. He took out his father's knife and it transformed into a fang.

 

The intruders saw this and started to back away, they recognized the knife as belonging to the supreme ruler of the land, they had made a grave mistake in trying to take his mate. They were backing away from the enraged hanyou when Sesshomaru came out of the forest with his warriors, who in turn surrounded the intruders.

 

He looked at his brother and bowed his head slightly as he turned his attention to the leader of the intruders. “You attacked my brother then you attack me. You will leave this land never to return. If I catch you here, on this land, ever again I will kill you.”

 

The intruders shook in fear as they saw Sesshomaru growl in anger. The warriors from the village took the intruders captive and escorted them to the edge of the sacred lands, there they released them and made sure that they weren't able to enter their land again.

 

Inuyasha turned around and embraced his mate glad the she was not hurt in the confrontation.

 

Inuyasha slowly turned around when he heard the growls of the wolves that still surrounded him and his mate.

 

Sesshomaru was making his way towards him as he stopped in front of the wolves that where protecting them. He looked into his brother's eyes and asked, “Is your mate, unharmed?”

 

Inuyasha was surprised at his brothers concern for his mate and said, “She's fine just a little shook up.”

 

Sesshomaru nodded that he understood and left the two alone as he headed towards the village once again.

 

Inuyasha looked at his brothers retreating form as he made his way towards the village. `I wonder why he is starting to care about me and my mate,' thought Inuyasha as he watched his brother leave.

 

He turned his attention to his mate and asked, “Why were you in the forest by yourself? I thought I left you sleeping.”

 

Kagome looked into his eyes and said, “I needed to talk to you, I had another vision and it's bad.”

 

Inuyasha heard what she said and he knew that it wasn't good. He put her on his back as he turned to the wolves and said, “We will meet you back at the cave, make sure you go and get the deer that we left in the forest before you return.”

 

The wolves understood his command as Inuyasha turned and raced into the forest with Kagome on his back.

 

Inuyasha made it to the safety of the god tree. If Kagome wanted to talk to him then this was the place to do it. He felt safe and at ease near this tree and they would be protected from intruders. They could talk without anyone showing up to disturbed them.

 

He found a branch way up high and settled Kagome on his lap before he said, “Alright, what did you want to talk about?”

 

Kagome just sat there for a few minutes before she got up enough nerve to tell him about the vision she had. She took a deep breath and started to speak, “I had another vision today and this time I saw thousands of soldiers approaching our land from the North, South, and East.

 

They are determined to take the land away from us. There are too many of them for us to fight. We have to put up a barrier that will protect the land from the soldiers but it won't be easy. The barrier is going to require more strength and energy than what we used when we defeated the cat demon. I don't know if we even have enough strength to put up a barrier that strong.” Kagome started to cry as she finished speaking.

 

Inuyasha brought his mate closer to him as he started to purr to calm her down, rubbing her back in small circles to comfort her. He had heard what she had said if they had to use all of their strength and power then that would mean that they could die from the effort.

 

Now he knew why she was in the forest looking for him. He knew what their responsibilities were and he knew they had to protect the land, and his mate knew it too.

 

Inuyasha held onto Kagome in a tight embrace. He now understood why she was so upset, to have to go through what they had experienced just a few days ago was nerve racking.

 

He wanted to live in peace with his mate and be loved, but so far all they had been doing is sacrificing everything to protect this land. He began to wonder if they would ever get the chance to live in peace and possibly raise a family.

 

The idea of having silver hair pups with blue streaks intrigued him. But before he could even think about having a family he would have to take care of the approaching danger.

 

He looked down and saw that Kagome had fallen asleep in his arms. He sighed glad that she was at least resting, he gently picked her up and started to jump down towards the nest.

 

He laid her down and made sure she was comfortable before he left. He made his way outside again as he pondered the problem at hand, he got an idea, it was going to take everyone's help to do this. He leaped from the tree leaving Kagome to sleep as he headed towards the wolves cave.

 

He arrived at the cave where Jinx and Tsa-li, in their human form, were waiting for him. Inuyasha walked towards them and sat as he waited for the rest of the pack to arrive.

 

Once all of the pack had gathered he started to speak. “Kagome has sensed a new danger coming towards our land, the soldiers that we fought several days ago are coming back with more soldiers.

 

They are coming from the North, South, and East their numbers are great, too many for us to fight and win. The only way to protect the land is for me and Kagome to raise a barrier that will prevent them from entering our land.”

 

Inuyasha looked at everyone then he lowered his head as he continued. “The problem is that we are going to need more strength and energy than what we had to use to defeat the cat demon.

 

Kagome doesn't know if we even have enough energy to raise such a barrier. But I have an idea and that's where all of you come in. If you can all transfer your strength to us then it should be enough to raise the barrier.

 

But there is a sacrifice you might die in the process and this time we will not be able to come back.” He raised his head as he looked at each of the wolves until he came to Tsa-li where their eyes locked.

 

Tsa-li had been listening to everything Inuyasha was saying. What he was asking of his pack was a great sacrifice.

 

As their eyes locked Tsa-li made his decision. “I can only speak for myself under these circumstances. Everyone here can make up his or her own mind. But I choice to give my strength if that would protect our land. If it means my death then so be it.”

 

Jinx looked at her mate with all the love that she held for him and said, “I too will give my strength to protect this land. I have sworn to protect you and Kagome and I will do it even if it means my death.”

 

The rest of the blue wolf pack voiced their agreement that they will give their strength freely to protect the land and their charges.

 

Inuyasha's heart was touched as he said his thanks and rose to leave. He turned towards Chief Togo village and started to walk into the forest.

 

Jinx seeing where he was going reached a hand out and grabbed his arm and said in a gentle voice, “Inuyasha, were are you going?”

 

Inuyasha looked at the ground and sighed, and then he said, “I must talk to Chief Togo. I have to tell him what is going to happen and our plan to stop it. He must know about the consequences if our plan fails.”

 

Jinx looked at him and knew what he was thinking; he didn't want to lose her sister in this. Jinx then said, “We are going with you. Half of us will stay to protect Kagome and the rest will come with you.”

 

Inuyasha nodded his head in agreement and started walking towards the village. The wolves quickly divided, half staying to protect Kagome and the rest along with Jinx and Tsa-li following Inuyasha towards Chief Togo village.

 

Inuyasha arrived with his pack and spotted Chief Togo and the other chief's over by a fire in front of his teepee. As he approached they all stood to greet him.

 

Jinx and Tsa-li stood on either side of Inuyasha in their human form as Inuyasha told them all to sit. Inuyasha then looked at his brother and said, “Sesshomaru, I wanted to thank you for coming to the aid of my mate and for taking care of the problem.”

 

Sesshomaru looked at his brother and inclined his head slightly at his statement acknowledging his gratitude for the assistance.

 

Inuyasha then turned his attention to the rest of the chief's that were present. He told them everything Kagome had said and his plan for putting up a barrier to protect the land along with his packs help.

 

Chief Togo was listening to his plan it was sound and it could cost them all their lives, but if they added all of the strength of his people then it would be more than enough to raise the barrier and protect Inuyasha and Kagome from sacrificing their lives once again.

 

Chief Togo rose to his feet and then looked at Inuyasha as he said, “We will all help you in this task. If we all give you part of our combined strength it will be enough to raise a strong barrier and protect you and Kagome at the same time. We too want to help in protecting our land.”

 

Inuyasha looked at Chief Togo and then at the rest of the chiefs as they all agreed with his plan. Inuyasha sighed as he agreed to let them help and made plans to gather the next day to raise the barrier.

 

After all of the plans and details were finalized Inuyasha stood and turned to leave. The governing Chief's seeing that he was leaving all rose to their feet as Chief Togo spoke, “Inuyasha were are you going? Will you stay here for the night?”

 

Inuyasha stopped as he slowly turned to face him and said, “I wish to spend some time with my mate. Just in case our plan doesn't work at least I will have her for one more night.” Everyone understood his concerns as he turned to leave.

 

As he was walking away from the village Sango and Miroku came running after him with a bundle in their arms. The wolves started to growl at their approach as Inuyasha stopped and turned to see who was following him.

 

His friend's scent reached his nose before they appeared. They were both out of breath as they reached him.

 

Sango handed him the package she held in her arms and said, “I know that with everything that has been happening lately you probably haven't had the time to hunt or get food for Kagome, so take this. I'm sure you're both hungry.” She smiled as he accepted her gift.

 

Miroku came forward and said, “We will also be there to help you raise the barrier tomorrow.” He smiled at his friend as he turned to his mate and put his arm around her shoulder. Miroku and Sango then turned and headed back towards the village to get some rest for the next day.

 

Never before had Inuyasha felt so much concern for his health and safety, or for that matter, that they would even show concerned for his mate. They all wanted to make sure that nothing happened to them. He smiled and shook his head as he turned towards the forest to go be with his mate as the wolves followed closely behind.

 

~oOo~

 

Well that is the end of this chapter. I hope that you all liked it. InuYashaLoveLorn this chapter was for you. Thanks for the reviews. Like before I want 7 reviews for the next chapter. So it's up to you.