InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Redemption ❯ redemption8 ( Chapter 8 )

"What is this! First that girl and now you! My day is going so well." Sesshoumaru stated sarcastically.

It hadn't even been two hours since being disturbed by Kagome, and now, here was Inuyasha bugging him.

"I'm looking for Kagome, did she come by here?" "She did, she gave me a kid too." "Huh! What does that mean?" Inuyasha was now confused.

"Um, Inuyasha, remember what that woman said, Kagome left the village with a young boy." "Thats right, okay, I was confused for a moment there..." 'Not hard to confuse you is it?" "Feh! Shut up! Which way did she go?" Sesshoumaru contemplated telling his half brother which way his woman ran off in, then thought about not telling him.

"Why? Has she not returned to you before?" "For some unknown reason, Kagome has decided to accept Naraku as a travel companion." "I see, so I was right." "Huh?" "She called him Narau, but I thought that sounded stupid." "Which way did she go?" "Towards the setting sun, I believe there is a castle near there." "Must be Naraku's." Inuyasha growled and jumped into the trees and headed towards the setting sun.

"Ha, he sure is an impatient one," Miroku said sighing as he and Sango climbed back onto Kylara. "Always had been." Whispered Sesshoumaru, but Shippo had heard, but didn't say anything, just looked at the demon lord as he and his friends headed after the impatient hanyou.

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"Are you going to tell me what the last three tests are? Or should I forget about the whole thing and procceed to do what I was going to do the night at the spring?" Kagome sighed, "Alright! Don't go ruining what you've already accomplished. Test number 1 of the three is..." "Is what!" "Release Kohaku from your control and allow him to return to Sango." "Hm...fine, I don't need him anymore, anyway." "Good, now call him to you."

Naraku made a strange noise and a simyosho appeared. "Tell Kohaku I wish his services." The insect flew off. "Now we wait." Kagome nodded and took out a few sodas. "Thirsty?" Naraku accepted the strange object and Kagome couldn't help but giggle when she saw how flustered he got trying to open it. "Here," She said and pulled on the little metal tap, opening the can. "Interesting."

A short while later, Kohaku landed before Naraku, bowing before him. Kagome smiled, even though he'd been being controled, his attacks were still his and he would become a trully strong demon slayer, just like Sango.

"You wished to see me, my lord?" "I did indeed..." Though he didn't trully want to let the boy go, he could feel Kagome's wondering, hopeful eyes watching him. He sighed and swept his hand over Kahaku's head. "You can go now." "I..." Kohaku acted like he was a bit woozy, though he had already been able to regain his own self.

Kagome noticed him about to collapse and caught him, "You alright?" "Miss Kagome?" "Hm, what this means is that you may return to Sango." "Re...Really!" He turned to look at Naraku, who nodded. "I...Thank you." "Um, I can bet, that if you stay here for a bit after we leave, you'll run into them." Kohaku nodded as the two left.

Suddenly, Naraku remembered the shard in the boy's back. Kagome knew this and shook her head. "No." "What!" Part of this test is to allow him to leave with the shard." "Are you insane!" "No, I am not. It is part of the test, letting him go with the shard will allow you to fully pass the test." Naraku was getting a bit curious at the tests, but let it go. he had many more after all. "Fine." Kagome smiled brightly, "Good! You've passed, now we should take our leave of here, before we are discovered." They left.

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"I see someone up ahead!" Shouted Inuyasha as he landed in front of Kohaku. Kyrala was next to land.

"K...Kohaku!" Sango went to embrace her little brother, but Inuyasha blocked her path. "Hold on. Remember the last time?" Sango nodded sadly.

Last time, Kohaku had pretended to have gotten out of Naraku's control, but had only been fooling them, to get to Kagome, fore Naraku wanted her dead. Inuyasha refused to trust anything, but his own feelings when it came to the boy now.

"So, what do you want kid?" "This may seem unbelievable, but Naraku has just released me from his grasp." "You're right. That is unbelievable! What would make me believe that?" "I...I know not why, but Miss Kagome told me that I was now free." Inuyasha looked at the kid and sighed, "Fine. Sango, he's your resposibility." "Right." "One thing though kid, you'd best not be lying, got it." "Yes sir."

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"Now, for test muber 2 of the last three, I do hope this can be done without bloodshed, on your part." "What?" "Is there a way and if there is a way, I want you to take the windtunnel from Miroku's hand." "I..." "Come on, is there a way or not?" "Ha, one moment." Naraku disappeared into the dark of the forest.

Kagome sighed and sat on a stone, waiting for Naraku to return. She still could not believe that she had willingly agreed to help Naraku redeem himself before he was to die. She had to admitt though, she'd have thought that it would be next to impossible to help him achieve such a thing, but it was going surprisingly well. She had even managed to strike up a budding friendship with him. She was begining to think that maybe, just maybe, he wasn't such a bad guy after all.

Kagome stood and stretched, then all of a sudden she was pulled into someone's arms. She was held tightly to the person's chest. She saw the red of the man's clothes and wrapped her own arms around the person holding her.

"Inuyasha," She said lightly as he looked into her eyes. "Where the hell have you been? Why the fuck are you willingly traveling with Naraku and...did he hurt you?" Kagome slightly giggled at how worried Inuyasha had been and shook her head. "No, he didn't hurt me, and there is a good reason for my disappearance," "Whats that?" Kagome smiled. "I think I found out what my grandmother told me about a miko having another purpose then that of being a miko, friend and in some cases wife." "What did you learn?" "Evil...is not automatic." "What..." "One can be so evil, yet still be accepted into the heavens above." "How do you figure?" "Simple. Redemption." "Redemption?" "Mhm..." Kagome smiled brightly, then pulled away from her beloved hanyou.

"Whats wrong?" "I have a few more things to do before I cna come back, so, I'm going to leave now, please, don't interrupt what I am doing." "What...but Kagome..." "Inuyasha...I have decided to do something that I refuse to end now, not when we're so close." "Close! Close to what!" "Redemption." Kagome kissed him lightly on the cheek, then walked away from him.

Inuyasha didn't know what to do. He wanted to follow her and bring her back with him, but he knew that she'd been sincere about what she'd said. He sighed as the others came to a hault beside him.

"Any luck?" Inuyasha shook his head. "No, but I caught thier scents, they're going this way." "Its getting late, we should rest for the night." "Hm...k." Inuyasha agreed. Causing Sango and Miroku to raise their eyebrows. Inuyasha had never agreed that quickly to setting up camp and stopping even when Kagome was with them. It wasn't like him. Nonetheless, they didn't argue, and got to work setting up the camp.