InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love, Interrupted ❯ Chapter 44 ( Chapter 44 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Morning dawned with a beautiful blue sky. Inuyasha woke and stretched his arms, trying to get feeling back into them. Except for feeding the pups, he and Kagome hadn't left their bed at all yesterday. The rest of the previous afternoon and evening was spent playing with the pups and loving his mate when the pups slept. Although he said nothing to Kagome, he feared it would be a while until he was able to enjoy this much relaxing time again.
Kagome started to yawn and Inuyasha playfully tweaked her nose, causing her to playfully bat his hand away. She smiled her sleepy, early morning smile to him as she tried to wipe the sleep out of her eyes. Inuyasha felt that she never looked more beautiful than she did in the early morning light. Waking up beside her was his favorite moment that he treasured,
"Morning, koi." he whispered to her.
"Morning." she repeated, sleepily, "Pups awake yet?" she turned to look.
"Nope. Still sleeping." he sniffed the air to ascertain their state of sleep, "But Kurayami is starting to stir."
"Good. I'm full." Kagome said, as she rubbed her breasts gently, "Ow."
"I can take care of that, y'know." he smiled a wicked smile.
"Inuyasha." she scolded, "You know very well that Kurayami and Yasuo will finish me off quite quickly."
"I know. But, one can hope, can't they?" he smiled, as he laid on his back and folded his arms behind his head.
Kagome smiled at him, as her eyes took in his well sculpted torso and arms. She realized there was nothing he could do that would make her angry at him. Well, almost nothing, anyway. She pulled on her kimono and got up to check on the babies. Inuyasha yawned and stood up, picking up his hakama and yukata to get dressed. Just as he finished dressing, their door opened,
"KAGOME!" yelled the kitsune, as he ran towards the girl, only to be stopped by Inuyasha,
"What's up, runt?" he asked, holding the fox child by the tail.
"Well, I had a bad dream last night ... but Granny Kaede wouldn't let me disturb you." he sniffed.
"Remind me to thank her when I see her." Inuyasha commented.
"Lemme go to Kagome." Shippou whined and squirmed.
"No! Kagome is feeding a pup." Inuyasha stated firmly, "The pup comes first."
"Let him come to me, Inuyasha. I have a free hand." Kagome urged.
Before Inuyasha could say or do anything, Shippou was free and sitting on Kagome's lap,
"Now ... what's the matter Shippou?" she asked gently.
"Kagome ... I had a nasty dream. I dreamt that you and the pups were killed in a fight with Ryouya." Shippou told his dream breathlessly.
"KEH! Like that'll happen." Inuyasha scoffed.
"Well it might!" huffed Shippou, "You haven't done the best job of protecting her in the past, Inuyasha!"
"Why you!!" Inuyasha growled as he lunged toward Shippou.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled, with that look in her eyes, stopping Inuyasha in his tracks.
Inuyasha straightened up and turned away, crossing his arms in a huff, "He started it!"
"Shippou, it was just a dream. I doubt that will happen." Kagome said to the kitsune gently, "But, I know now, since you've had that dream, that Inuyasha will be even more on his toes ... Isn't that right, Inuyasha?"
"HMPH! Yea, yea ... whatever." he groaned, then walked out the door, closing it softly behind him.
Entering the hallway, he nearly bumped into Miroku,
"Hey Monk, surprised to see you up this early. Have fun last night?" Inuyasha winked at his friend.
Miroku was taken slight aback by his friend's out of character reaction and mumbled a soft, "Uh, yea ... huh uh."
Inuyasha slapped Miroku on the back, "So," he couldn't help but tease, "You were a viiirgiiin, eh lecher?????" he said with his cocky grin.
"You were eavesdropping, Inuyasha?" asked a shocked Miroku.
"Hmmmm ... let's see .... eavesdropping ... uhmmm ... well, considering I was outside with Kagome at the time ... compared to the time you were right outside our door ..."
Miroku stood back, shock and fear registering on his face, his eyebrow twitching, "Y .. y...you knew I was there?" he stammered.
Inuyasha stood, his arms folded across his chest, eyes closed, as his ears twitched and nose sniffed, "How soon they forget." was all he said, before turning to head into the main living area and shouting out, "Hey, old woman, where's the chow? We're hungry back here!"
"Hold your horses, Inuyasha." moaned Kaede at his command.
Miroku just stared after his friend and wiped the sweat off his brow, "Why do I feel I just narrowly escaped death?" he said quietly to himself, as he followed Inuyasha.
By mid-morning, everyone was fed and breakfast utensils were washed and put away, when Sesshoumaru and Anzu showed up at the door,
"Anzu, you look much better today." said Kagome.
"Yes. I healed quite well, thank you." Anzu nodded to the young miko.
"We're going." Sesshoumaru ordered, as he headed back outside, "Rin, Kohaku, you stay here."
Rin bowed and said, "Yes, My Lord."
Jaken trembled slightly, "Should I stay behind and look after young Rin, my lord?"
Sesshoumaru shot him a look that stated emphatically, NO, and turned away. Jaken paled and slowly followed his master, followed by Anzu.
"Kagome, I do not think it wise for you to take the babies with you." said Kaede.
"No, I won't. I secured some items from the village women that they use to nurse babies when the mother cannot. I bring them out to you." Kagome said, heading into the back room.
"Kohaku." said Sango, "I want you to go down to one of the dairy farmers. Bring back some cow's milk and goat's milk. The combination is supposed to be good for youkai babies."
"Yes, big sister." he said with a nod, as he headed out the door.
After Kagome gave Kaede the supplies, she picked up her bow and two quivers, one filled with regular arrows and the other with what was left of the poisoned arrows, and headed out the door with Inuyasha, catching up with Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippou,
"Just like old times, isn't it?" Miroku commented, as he looked at the group,
"Yea, I guess." agreed Inuyasha, "Except for them." he nodded towards his brother, Jaken, Ah-Un and Anzu, who walked ahead of them.
The trek was relatively easy going, since Anzu could sniff out her brother's illusions and destroy them with her unlimited supply of light arrows. Her ability amazed Inuyasha's group and they quickly agreed it was best that they were all allies.
Anzu finally stopped and nodded in front of her,
"This is it."
"This is what?" commented Inuyasha.
"Ryouya's castle is on the other side of this illusion. But, it's filled with poison. My arrow won't destroy it. We can go no further." she said sadly.
"Bullshit!" Inuyasha said, unsheathing Tessaiga.
Heading to the front of the group, Inuyasha could see the shimmer of the illusion. Kagome walked in front of him, with a poisoned arrow in her hand,
"I see it, Inuyasha." Kagome told him.
Anzu watched, amazed, as Kagome opened the poisoned illusion with the arrow. She held the illusion opened for all to go through, before slipping through herself.
Before them stood a magnificent castle surrounded by ruined forests and meadows. Even the castle itself was beginning to show signs of disrepair,
"I can't believe this." said Anzu, "When I left, this place was undisturbed by the ravages of the hyenas and the demons from China." she gasped.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA" came a deep, booming voice from the castle, "You've returned, my beautiful Anzu. Here, I thought I was going to have to go out and hunt you down and return you to the castle. But, you've not only returned, you've brought my next victims!"
Anzu's body trembled, fear then anger played out on her face, "Bbwaddene ... you bastard!"
A huge animal appeared from the castle. As it walked towards them, he transformed into a human,
"Now. Now, my dear Anzu. Tsk. Tsk. You know full well I am not a bastard. My parents were married." he grinned a grin so evil, even Sesshoumaru twitched inwardly at it.
"Where's Ryouya?" Anzu demanded.
"Hmmm ... well, let's see ... I think by now he's fighting the eastern dog tribe with my band of hyenas. Or, at least, that's where I sent him. It's time we conquered the eastern lands." the demon smiled his evil smile.
"You jackass!" yelled Inuyasha, as he ran towards the demon, "You don't deserve to live."
As Inuyasha prepared to swing, a bright light emitted from the African demon. Inuyasha felt enormous pain throughout his entire body, as he was thrown backwards,
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out.
Sesshoumaru released his Vine Whip attack, attacking from every conceivable angle. The demon quickly sidestepped every attack. While he was busy avoiding Sesshoumaru, Sango released her weapon as did Miroku,
"HARAIKOTSU!" she shouted.
"SACRED SUTRAS!" he yelled.
To their amazement, Bbwaddene caught the boomerang in his hands as he spit fire at the sutras, destroying them. He sent the boomerang back at Sango, narrowly missing her. Miroku sensed movement above him and grabbed Sango and Jaken instinctively,
"WIND SCAR!" shouted Inuyasha from the sky.
The demon grabbed Sesshoumaru's vine whip and reeled Sesshoumaru towards his body. Sesshoumaru found himself unable to move as he realized the wind scar was coming towards him and the African demon.
Sesshoumaru felt the force of the wind scar hit him, his body absorbing the blow, as Tenseiga lit up to protect him. The African demon laughed evilly,
"You make a good shield, dog demon!" he mocked the daiyoukai.
"VERMIN!" Sesshoumaru spat out. Using every ounce of strength, Sesshoumaru forced his right hand into the African youkai's body, pumping him full of poison.
The demon released him, grabbing at his chest in pain, as his body started to vaporize. Sesshoumaru fell to his knees, breathing heavily, as the strange youkai started to disappear. Soon, all that was left was his head,
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA! Think you've defeated me, do you? I can easily regenerate. You wait and see!"
With that, the strange youkai vanished without a trace. Inuyasha ran over to Sesshoumaru, followed by the rest of the group,
"Lord Sesshoumaru." moaned Jaken.
"Dammit. I wasn't intending for that to happen." cursed Inuyasha.
Sesshoumaru's body was badly bruised and injured and sparks flew off his body. Suddenly, a light started forming at his left shoulder,
"Wha? What is that?" said Inuyasha.
'This feeling.' thought Sesshoumaru, 'What is it I'm feeling?'
As the group watched, the light grew brighter. From up above they heard a "Mooooooo."
The group looked up,
"Totousai." Inuyasha's group chorused together.
'If Totousai is here ...' thought Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru." said Totousai, as he landed on the ground.
The light from Sesshoumaru's shoulder was blinding now. Bursting forth from his shoulder was ...
"His arm ..." said Sango.
"It's regenerating." said Miroku.
Sure enough, a new arm formed from the stump of his shoulder. And in the hand was a new sword,
"You have finally surpassed your father in power, Sesshoumaru, and have proved yourself a formidable daiyoukai. That sword, your own sword, was within you all along. The Bakusaiga." said Totousai.
"The Bakusaiga." breathed Inuyasha.
'MY sword.' thought Sesshoumaru.
"You lost your left arm because you coveted Inuyasha's sword." spoke Totousai, "Now that you have released your desire for Tessaiga, your own power has been released. That, on top of the compassion that you have shown recently, has proved that you are the Dog General's true successor."
"And what about Inuyasha?" asked Kagome.
"Inuyasha has proved himself in a number of different ways as a hanyou. But, he was never intended to be the Great Dog General's successor to the Western Lands. That was Sesshoumaru's birthright. Although, he did hope that the two brothers would work out their differences and rule together." Totousai aknowledged.
"I have no desire to rule the lands." said Inuyasha, "I only want to be left alone to live with Kagome and the pups. That is all I desire."
"It's not necessary, now, for you to rule with Sesshoumaru, now that he's taken a mate." mused Totousai.
"HUH?" the group chorused together as they looked from Totousai to Sesshoumaru then to Anzu,
"L...lord Sesshoumaru?" questioned Jaken.
Anzu lowered her head slightly as Sesshoumaru glared at Totousai,
"Geez, Sesshoumaru ..." said Inuyasha, "You could have at least waited until she was healed."
"She was." was all Sesshoumaru said.
All was quiet for a moment, until Anzu broke the silence,
"My brother is headed for the eastern dog demon tribe. That means the wolves will be involved as well as humans. We should hurry."
"Sesshoumaru is too injured to fight." said Inuyasha, "We'll go."
"This is my fight, Inuyasha." grumbled Sesshoumaru.
"Then fine, join up with us when you can, but right now you need to heal." Inuyasha commanded, "Let's go, gang."
Inuyasha and his friends headed out, leaving an injured Sesshoumaru behind with Anzu, Jaken, Ah-Un, and Totousai,
'Get better fast, Sesshoumaru.' thought Inuyasha, 'Because I'm gonna need you in this fight.'
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A/N: ok, ok ... I just read the latest manga and I went ..."Gotta get this into my story!!! Sesshoumaru's new sword and arm!!!!" So, I have no idea what Bakusaiga can do so it will all be my imagination and I suck at battle cries and attack names so, yea ...it'll suck ...but what the heck!!! And the demon's name, Bbwaddene, means 'large dog' in Ganda ... so that's why I chose it ... I have no idea how to pronounce it so ... have fun with your own pronunciation. Until next chapter ... Ciao!