InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prologue - A Test of Memory (The Coming of Rinkatsu) ❯ The Red Sky ( Chapter 27 )

"What the hell was that all about?" yelled Inuyasha.

Sango was silent... she didn't know what to think. Then, she realized Kagome was knocked out on the ground. "Kagome!"

Inuyasha turned and saw her. "No!" He swooped over to her and cradled her in his arms.

"I... I think she's alright... Miroku just knocked her out good," said Sango.

Inuyasha growled. "What the hell is wrong with him! Miroku is our friend!"

Sango was silent for a bit and then said, "He was our friend in the other life... but... now..." she stopped and then caught sight of the light shooting into the sky. She had forgotten about it because there was so much on her mind. "What do you think that is?"

Inuyasha stared at it. "I don't know, but I know it has something to do with what just happened."

"Inuyasha... before leaving... they said 'Master wants us' but who is 'Master?' said Sango.

Inuyasha didn't reply to her question being as he didn't exactly know why. "There was a shed about a mile or two back. We should go there and let Kagome rest and regain her consciousness." Sango nodded.

As the two got ready to escort Kagome to the shed, they realized that where Kagome was laying unconscious was also Shippo... she was holding him when she fell she Shippo was caught between Kagome and the ground. The end result was a big bump on his head and his senses a bit off, but nothing to serious.

"Shippo! Are you alright?" asked Sango as she and the miniature Kirara helped Shippo up.

He stumbled around a bit and then responded strangley, "I-I'm f-fine...." Poor Shippo fell back down no sooner than he had arisen.

Sango smiled. "I'll give you a hand." She picked him up and cradled him. "Kirara, please do me a favor." The cat demon purred. "Please find Hiraikotsu for me while I tend to Shippo... you don't mind do you?" Kirara mewed, transformed and then flew away.

Sango and Inuyasha made for Shippo and Kagome temporary beds in the shed and started a small cooking fire and night came. The shed was roomy and hospitable. As the fire flickered, Sango and Inuyasha got to talking.

"Inuyasha, I'm scared..." said Sango.

"Hmm?" responded Inuyasha.

"In the other life... Kohaku was used by Naraku... and in this life... someone else is his wrongful master," said Sango. "His eyes... the glowered and evil red...they weren't the eyes I've known him to have." She stirred restlessly. "I'm worried that... Rinkatsu-"

"I'm almost sure of it," interrupted Inuyasha. "I felt the same way with Sesshomaru. He wasn't the same... he was stronger and more skilled, and there was something evil to him... his eyes were red too." Inuyasha grunted. "Rinkatsu is definitely behind this. He is the only one who'd want us dead right now with Naraku out of the way. But," said Inuyasha, "I'll be damned if I die by Sesshomaru's hand with the help of someone else... hell, I'll be damned if I die by his hand period." He dug his fist into the ground.

"Then... Miroku..."

"Is also with Rinkatsu," said Inuyasha.

Sango and Inuyasha sat there for a while a pondered deeply, when suddenly, there was a loud boom outside. Sango and Inuyasha ran outside to see what was happening.

The beam of red light was still shooting into the sky, but it was no longer a nighttime sky. The clouds and sky were a blood red.

Sango began to shiver. "Inuyasha..."

"I know, I sense the aura too," said Inuyasha.

It began to snow lightly and a cold wind swept the land.

Suddenly, there was a scream back at the shed. It was Kagome's voice. Inuyasha ran back while Sango watched the phenomenon in the sky.

"Dammit!" screamed Inuyasha.

Kagome was no longer in her bed.