InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prologue - A Test of Memory (The Coming of Rinkatsu) ❯ Friends for 'Never' - Part Two - When the Snow Turns to Blood ( Chapter 31 )

"Sango!" screamed Inuyasha.

Sango turned her head to look at Inuyasha and saw millions of gallons of water rushing towards her. Kohaku, Ayame, Miroku and Koga also turned at the sound of Inuyasha's voice.

"Dammit, it looks like I won't get to kill you," said Miroku as he levitated upwards out of the waters reach.

"No! Miroku don't leave us here!" said Ayame.

"Some sacrifices must be made..." said Miroku as he looked away from her.

All seemed hopeless for Sango... she was going to die.

But, when it was least expected, Sango was given a gentle nudge from behind her. It was Kirara and she had the Hiraikotsu. She was safe and Rinkatsu didn't manage to find her.

Sango, noticing that her enemies were too worried about their deaths and angry at Miroku, jumped on Kirara. They began to fly away when Kohaku turned his head.

"She's getting away!" said Kohaku as he threw his Kusari-gama at Sango. It rapped around her foot, pulling Kohaku up into the air with with Kirara and Sango.

"Hey! Wait!" said Koga as he jumped on Kohaku's leg, pulling him up as well... Ayame did the same and grabbed Koga's leg. Sango dangled from Kirara because of the extra weight of her enemies.

Unfortunately, Kirara was not fast enough because of the extra weight. The wave from the dam hit them.

"Hehe... excellent..." said Miroku as he floated above the water. He began to say a chant. The water from the dam began to freeze as it moved. Sango and the others would be frozen!

Suddenly, Kirara shot upwards out of the water with the death-gripped Sango. The water was freezing as they brought Kohaku and Koga up... fortunately for Sango yet unfortunately for her 'friend," Ayame was still underwater when the water froze. Ayame, who still held onto her fiance's leg, was dead. Koga's legs were stuck in the ice as well. Kohaku on the the hand, had made it out safely.

Koga lost his grip on Kohaku, so Sango, Kirara and Kohaku continued upwards. Sango climbed onto Kirara and grabbed the Hiraikotsu.

"I'm sorry, Kohaku..." she said as she threw the Hiraikotsu down at her brother. But, Kohaku used the chain still rapped around his sister's leg to swing out of the way of the gigantic boomerang. However, the boomerang kept heading downward from the sky, straight for Koga.

The boomerang cut Koga right in half at the torso. He died being held by his fiance.

Sango felt an urge to burst out and cry, but knew that if she felt any remorse for her enemies/friends... she could not get the courage to fight off her brother...

Kohaku climbed up the chain towards Sango. With each grope he made on the chain, he pulled even harder on Sango. She didn't have the Hiraikotsu to fight him with, so she was basically defenseless. Kohaku constantly tugged on the chain, bring Sango closer to falling of Kirara. Soon they were so high that the now frozen 'lake' was out of view. The altitude made her dizzy...

Sango remembered she still had her katana, so she pulled it out ready to cut the chain... but, she stumbled from the altitude... and dropped the katana...

...straight into Kohaku's head.

"NO!" screamed Sango... Kohaku lost his grip on the chain and began to freefall, faster than his blood that poured from his head.

Sango jumped off Kirara to tried and freefell to try and catch Kohaku. Enemy or not, Kohaku was still her brother.

But, he was falling too fast. She couldn't catch him. She was going to be crushed on the the frozen water.

Suddenly, Kirara rocketed right in front of her and caught her. Kohaku had already landed upon the ice. Kirara took Sango down to Kohaku. She dismounted Kirara and went to her dead brother, crying. Meanwhile, Miroku still levitated nearby... and was laughing at Sango's misery.

The snow continued to fall... as Sango cradeled the lifeless cadaver and cried, the white snow turned a bloody red.

It was blood. Kohaku's blood.