InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love's Lessons ❯ Hissori: Abducted ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter 11: Hissori: Abducted

 

“I have something to tell you all,” stated Miroku a few days later when the gang was resting for the evening.

 

Everyone looked curiously to him as he took Hissori's hand in his. “Hissori and I are going to be married,” he said, smiling lovingly at her.

 

At first nobody said anything and Miroku looked to them in confusion. “This is good news guys,” he semi-joked, wondering why everyone was so quiet.

 

Kagome was the first to come to her senses, and grabbing Miroku and giving him a large hug, she said cheerily, “Congratulations! I hope you both will be very happy.” She then went to Hissori and gave her a large hug.

 

Inuyasha grabbed Miroku in a head lock and began to rub his knuckles over the top of his head. “That's great, Miroku!” He then leaned down and whispered in his ear sternly, “You better treat her right or you'll have to deal with me monk.” Miroku looked up to him worriedly as Inuyasha let him go; he only saw a smiling hanyou.

 

Sango hid her hurt and also hugged and congratulated the happy couple. Hissori saw how Sango felt before she was able to hide her emotions. I'm sorry Sango, but he loves me. I know I'm being selfish but I don't care, I'm not going to give him up, she thought knowing that the two of them were never going to be as close as they once were.

 

“When are you going to tie the knot?” Kagome asked.

 

“We'd like to get married as soon as we're able. We were hoping the next time we got back to the village we could plan a small ceremony,” Miroku told them. Miroku wanted so badly to be with Hissori that he had decided not to wait for some final battle with Naraku that could be a long time in coming.

 

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Days later they found themselves at a small village that had a snake demon terrorizing the people. Kagome said they should help them, Inuyasha seeing it as a waste of time as the demon didn't have a shard. “It will only take us a few days to track the demon and dispose of it.” Miroku agreed with Kagome.

 

“Feh,” Inuyasha grumped, hoping it wouldn't take them that long. He didn't really mind helping the villagers but all these side trips kept them from completing their main goal.

 

They worked their way through the village, Inuyasha trying to sniff out the demon which had some way to hide its scent. It was making Inuyasha extremely crabby as he kept losing the trail. “We'll have to sit up tonight and wait for it to show itself.” He stood up, getting tired of crawling around on the ground.

 

The snake demon itself, hearing of the half demon and his companions had decided to keep his head down, hoping the group would give up and leave. He had a good thing going here scaring the villagers into giving him food, and he knew he would be no match for them.

 

As he watched them trying to find him, he kept up his concealment spell. It was beginning to get harder and harder to maintain and he was thinking of just moving on to another village when he began to realize that he recognized the dark haired, blue eyed girl. She was Lord Aku's favourite slave girl.

 

He had been a spy for the lord until Aku had banished him from his castle for some infraction the snake wasn't even sure about. The girl looked well and fit, unlike how he had seen her before, but he knew it was her. Perhaps if I tell him about her, I will gain favour and be allowed back, he thought, remembering the easy life he had enjoyed at the castle. Smiling to himself at his good luck he slithered off to tell his old master.

 

Inuyasha was completely frustrated. He couldn't find the snakes scent at all now. “Maybe he ran away, let's just go,” he grumbled to Kagome who was riding Kirara. She had gone with him to help him search using Kirara to look over the terrain below.

 

“We can't go until we know for sure, Inuyasha, keep trying, I know you'll find him,” she replied confidently, asking Kirara to rise again.

 

Inuyasha sighed heavily and continued to search, moving further and further away from the village.

 

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The lord's guards were riding fast to the village, coming in from the opposite side that Inuyasha and Kagome were. They saw the girl as they rode in with a monk, a demon slayer and a small fox demon. Dismounting their horses, they quickly surrounded the group.

 

“Give us the girl and nobody needs to get hurt,” the leader of the guards commanded.

 

“You will be the only ones to get hurt if you pursue this,” said Miroku menacingly, stepping between the man and Hissori.

 

Hissori recognized this man and was terrified. She had no idea that they were so close to her old masters territory. The day she had left she had ran in no particular direction and had become disorientated and lost within a few minutes. She saw how Miroku and Sango tried to protect her and her fear gave way to anger. She was not going back without a fight. She raised her staff and stepped up between her friend and fiancée, determined not to be a victim any more.

 

The guards immediately began to attack, raising their swords and beating Miroku and Sango back while their leader engaged the slave girl. Miroku yelled at Shippo to run and try to find Inuyasha.

 

The man was impressed with the girl's skill but she was no match for him with his long years of training and his superior strength. She managed to stave him off for awhile, using her staff to block his moves but she was on the defensive and he brought his sword against her again and again until he managed to cut her staff in two. He then used the hilt of his sword and hit her directly in the stomach bringing her to her knees, the breath knocked out of her. He grabbed her by the hair and hit her hard over the head with his fist.

 

Miroku and Sango were battling the other guards trying not to kill them, and this was their weakness. The guards had no such qualms about killing and attacked ferociously, managing to keep the two friends away from their leader and the girl. Miroku was being pushed back again, he grabbed for his gauntlet as he saw the captain of the guards hit Hissori in the stomach.

 

“No, Miroku, they're human, you can't!” yelled Sango as she swung her sword blocking one guard and kicking out at another that approached her sending him flying backwards.

 

Miroku swung his staff out and connected to one of the guards heads, knocking him unconscious and giving him an opening but it was too late. “Hissori!” he yelled as he saw the leader grab the unconscious girl and lift her onto his horse before riding away at full speed.

 

With their leader quickly disappearing, the other guards left the battle, also leaping onto their horses and following the path their leader had taken.

 

“We have to find Inuyasha, he can track them,” Sango said forcefully, grabbing Miroku's arm to try to stop him from following on foot.

 

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Kagome on Kirara saw Shippo running through the forest. She had finally agreed to come back to the village as they could not see or smell the demon at all. Kirara landed in front of the heavily panting fox child. “Shippo, what's wrong?” Kagome asked worriedly.

 

“Miroku, Sango,” he panted, “they're trying to take Hissori,” he finally managed to get out.

 

Inuyasha appeared just at the end of the conversation. “Who's trying to take Hissori?” he asked, confused as to what the kit was trying to say.

 

“Men…they want her…come help.” Shippo collapsed on the ground, exhausted from running all the way tracking Inuyasha. Kagome picked the little boy up and put him in front of her on Kirara before taking to the sky.

 

Inuyasha practically flew back to the village arriving to find Miroku and Sango before Kirara, Kagome and Shippo appeared.

 

“They went towards the east, hurry, they have Hissori,” said an agitated Miroku. Sango and Miroku leapt onto Kirara with Shippo, Kagome hopped onto Inuyasha's back as they went as quickly as they could to follow the guards.