InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Snow White and the Seven 'Dwarfs'...Sort of ❯ Dead-Eye ( Chapter 57 )
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By: Penthesileia 
I love you.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.03.2008 | Pages: 6 | Words: 5.8K | Visits: 295 | Status: Completed
I love you.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.03.2008 | Pages: 6 | Words: 5.8K | Visits: 295 | Status: Completed
AN: Dead eye- slang word for memory. You’ll see.
Half Cat Demon Kagome- Nope sorry, you couldn't be further off! No way would Kikyo allow this story to end so easily. But you'll find out a chunk of what happened this chapter. But not all of it. ...hey, at least I updated fast.
Im Inuyasha's Dirty Little Secret- Nope sorry none of those. But the last one was pretty interesting. Kag would be so pissed if Inuyasha did that to her and the dwarfs without even a word in warning. Still could work for another story...but anyway, thanks for the review!
Kagome123- Thank you.
Disclaimer- I do not own Snow White and I do not own Inuyasha. I am making no money off this fic.
The Dwarfs
Rin bounced outside the kitchen door, excited that the last single members of the group were finally getting together while the rest looked towards their future.
Sesshomaru wrapped an arm around her and dragged her close so his mouth was next to her ear. “I’ve already sent a message to Jaken instructing him to help Kagome and Inuyasha look after the West for a month. You just need to pick a direction.” he told her, lips brushing her ears.
Rin beamed up at him, “South.” she said promptly. She slid her hand on the small of his back, nearly touching his ass, “And I don’t entirely mean traveling down land.” she purred.
Sango studied the air in front of her, thinking deeply while stroking Miroku’s hand. “Kaede, did you say Kikyo came from an abused home?” she asked suddenly.
Kaede looked up from where she had been peering out the window. “Yes. Even as a child she was very gifted, but her village didn’t recognize those sort of gifts.”
“Hmm.” Sango said and returned to studying the air.
Kouga leaned against the wall, his arm wrapped around Ayame’s neck in a possessive hold. “My demon won’t shut up.” he grumbled. “He wants to go find the whipped cream for next time.”
Kouga suddenly smirked and dragged Ayame even closer, “But the bastard doesn’t understand
I’ve put dibs on that.”
“See, your problem was advertising. You counted on mouth to mouth and that’s why you had such a slow start. If we want to go big in under two years we need a kick ass ad campaign.” Kagura lectured Hiten while he struggled to hold a squirming Shippo.
Hiten pursed his lips as he thought it over, “Send us anything but dead bodies?” he guessed.
Kagura paused and patted his shoulder, “That’s ok babe, you have me.” she said soothingly.
“Shh!” Soten said from where her ear was pressed up against the door. “They’re about to do it!”
Rin pressed herself against the wall next to her, “Oh, I can’t believe Seven’s missing this!”
Kouga grunted, “Their fault for volunteering to clean up.”
Rin sighed, “Kagome just gasped! He must have done it!” she said, thrilled to death.
Miroku sighed also, but for a different reason then Rin’s. “Why am I standing outside a kitchen listening to a another couple make-out when I could be kissing my own girl?” he asked himself.
Sesshomaru tilted his head to the side, listening intently. Something seemed strange about Inuyasha’s heart beat. His heart should be pumping at a faster rate but instead, it was moving almost sluggishly slow.
Ayame frowned. She knew people made a lot of strange noises when they kissed someone, but that little gasp Kagome gave out seemed...different. It didn’t sound like
‘oh-my-fucking-Kami-don’t-you-dare-stop’ gasp. It was more like a ‘I-swear-to-fucking-Kami-you-better-stop’. Inuyasha couldn’t be screwing up that badly could he?
Thump
Everyone in the room felt a shiver go up their spine and the temperature seemed to drop...something was wrong.
Hiten carefully put Shippo down. “Soten, Shippo, throw some magic on and get Seven.” he ordered them calmly.
Soten stared at her brother, “But Hiten-“
“Now!”
Without another word, Soten threw a cloaking spell over both of them and her dragon and quickly left the house.
Goose bumps erupted over Rin’s flesh, but her hand was still as it reached out to push open the kitchen door.
Absolute silence rang loudly through the house as they looked into the kitchen; the wind wasn’t even blowing through the house to soften the scene they looked at.
Inuyasha stood completely still, Kagome a motionless heap at his feet from where he had allowed her to drop. He looked straight at them, his gaze utterly blank without any kind of emotion. No joy, no anger, no regret...nothing. Not even a hint of pain from the three long welts on his face.
Sesshomaru looked at his brother in contempt. “You dirty half blood. You allowed her to take you over?” He asked in disgust.
“Guards.” Inuyasha called out without flinching at his brother’s tone.
The dwarfs were caught completely off guard, they had no weapons or armor as the guards Inuyasha had brought back with him quickly surrounded them.
“Queen Kikyo wants to see them brought to her alive. She also wants the Princess Kagome’s corpse brought to her.” Inuyasha ordered the guards, not even glancing down at Kagome’s rapidly cooling body.
The dwarf’s looked at each other and nodded subtly at Kouga, their fastest runner. Kouga’s eye’s flickered, the only sign he gave he understood.
Hiten stepped forward, his grin mocking. “Sorry boys, but I don’t remember any of us making such an appointment. So you’ll have to understand if we turn down the invite.”
The guards stared back at him stonily.
“Queen Kikyo wants you brought to her.” Inuyasha said mildly. His hand waved, “Take them.”
The dwarfs attacked first before the guards could even move a step, fighting with everything they had despite their lack of weapons to give Kouga time.
Kouga morphed into his demon for the second time, as he grabbed Kagome up and sprinted out the door, punching Inuyasha on the way. Inuyasha took it out without a word, standing back up and staring silently as the dwarfs fought.
Kouga clutched Kagome to his chest, remembering the last time he had carried Kagome similar to this. He had actually been thinking about making her his mate. What a moron.
His mind raced as he thought of where to hide the body. He couldn’t allow her body to fall into the hands of Kikyo who would only mutilate it. And maybe Sesshomaru would be able to escape and could bring Kagome back. No way would those puny human guards defeat the great Lord of the West.
He hardly even noticed where his feet were taking him as he ran, his ears listening for any sounds of a guard behind him. He only knew the path felt right when he realized where he was headed.
He refused to allow himself to slow down when he reached their jewel mine, not wanting his scent to linger. He padded into the mine, and felt the peaceful feeling of the place invade his soul despite the situation at hand.
Kouga gently rested Kagome against a pile of precious jewels the men had been saving for their women. He rearranged her hands in a more comfortable position as if she were still alive. Grief gripped his heart. How could someone as bright and wonderful as Kagome get their light snuffed out?
She lay quietly against the jewels, the reflections casing colored shadows on her white skin.
Despite all her work outdoors, Kagome’s skin had remained the shade of nearly snow, her red lips and bright blue eyes the only bit of color on her face. Her face glinted on all the jewels as clearly as a mirror, almost as if she was surrounded by a glass prism. Everywhere he looked, she was there.
She would be safe here.
Kouga forced himself to get up, knowing he would have plenty of time to mourn his dead friend in prison if he didn’t get a move on. He needed to circle back to cover his tracks.
He jogged out of the mine, not allowing himself to look back as he ran as far and as fast as he could in as many confusing patterns he could think of.
Without warning, he felt a pinprick on his shoulder and dropped, unable to take another step.
His hand clumsily groped along his back until his fingers brushed a feathered dart. He would have pounded his fist into the earth in anger if he had the strength. Kami damn them, if they had these for the other demons...
He was roughly pulled up and half dragged, half carried back to the cottage, the guards not especially gentle with him as his legs dragged over rocks and rough ground.
He was thrown at Inuyasha’s waiting feet just outside the cottage, the other dwarfs tied up and kneeling angrily on the ground. He looked in horror at Sesshomaru, who had three darts sticking out of his chest and actually had a muzzle on.
Oh man, once he got lose, someone was going to die.
Inuyasha only gave Kouga a cursory glance. “Load them up.” he ordered, and the demons that didn’t have the strength to walk were thrown up on horses and the humans shoved to their feet.
Sesshomaru growled violently when a guard prodded Rin with the back of his sword into walking, his eyes flashing red. Another guard merely pierced him with one more arrow.
“Any more of those and you may die.” Inuyasha reminded his brother impersonally, getting up onto his own horse.
“Kami damn it, Inuyasha, why?” Rin screamed at him, “Fight it you weakling!”
“Shut up girl!” a guard ordered, slapping the back of her head.
Sesshomaru roared from behind his muzzle and jerked his body towards the guard who had hit Rin, only to receive another arrow for his pains.
Inuyasha’s eyes flickered, before frosting over again. “Let’s go.” he commanded, not looking at his friends.
Earlier That Day...
Inuyasha followed Kikyo, determined not to let her escape this time. Kagome was depending on him, he couldn’t let her down after she just saved everyone in her army’s lives instead of taking the easy way out and wishing Kikyo dead.
So he would take the hard way and kill Kikyo for Kag.
Maybe Kagome would accept her heart as an engagement present?
“Slow down bitch!” Inuyasha yelled at her. “Stand and face me damn it!”
Kikyo laughed, not slowing down. “Are we already getting tired little puppy?” she taunted, keeping him from recognizing how far away from the battlegrounds they were going.
He snarled at her back, just waiting for his chance. This time he would rip her into so many pieces her body wouldn’t be able to fill the smallest trash can.
He gripped his sword reassuringly. This time, he would kill her right.
Kikyo stopped suddenly, her worm things depositing her on the ground and leaving, her back still to him as if she couldn’t be bothered to turn around.
Inuyasha unsheathed his sword, his sword automatically turning into a giant fang as he thought of Kagome before forcing her away. He had to protect her.
He lifted his sword above his head and swung, aiming for Kikyo’s waist so he could cut her in half.
She giggled and skipped out of the way, finally turning around and facing him.
“Now.” she ordered and instantly, it felt like Inuyasha was being pierced with thousands of red hot needles all over his body.
Inuyasha howled and fell to his knees, never having felt pain this great before. He looked down on his body and nearly clawed at his skin when he saw the glowing red dots dance under his flesh.
Kikyo laughed again, “Don’t fight it baby, it won’t hurt so much.” she soothed. “Those red dots you see? They’ve been inside you, moving along your blood stream from the day you killed me. They know everything about you, everything that gives you pleasure and gives you...pain.”
Inuyasha fought the urge to whimper when the needle pricks turned into violent stabs.
“But listen to me and make me happy?” The knife immediately turned into feathers brushing his skin, soothing the ache.
After a moment the feathers turned back into daggers, leaving Inuyasha writhing on the ground. “Just give in to me. It’s not that hard. Stop fighting.” Kikyo urged, her eyes glittering brightly against her green skin.
Inuyasha shook his head, managing to lift his head up and snarled at her, until the pain increased tenfold.
Kikyo frowned. “I’m surprised at your will Inuyasha.” she admitted. “But don’t worry, a few more minutes and you’ll be mine.” she told him confidently.
She tapped her foot on the ground, waiting impatiently after several more minutes passed. “Come on, I don’t have all day!” she snapped. “Can’t you see when something is hopeless?”
She sighed, “Alright, fine. I hope you remember I didn’t want to do this.” she warned and the red dots began moving up his body, heading for Inuyasha’s mind.
If she couldn’t have him whole, she’d take him insane.
Inuyasha roared, feeling like his brain was being torn apart. Finally, he had no other choice. He allowed himself to be pulled over the edge into a white oblivion as his hold on reality snapped.
Inuyasha stopped moving as his eyes went blank, the fight draining out of them. He held still and took the pain his mistress gave him without complaint, knowing he deserved it.
Finally, it stopped and Kikyo kneeled to stroke his head calmly.
“Good boy.” she praised as she removed her breast armor. “Now I want you to do everything exactly the way I tell you to.”
Kikyo
Kikyo laughed as she re-watched the scene on Kanna’s mirror, tears nearly falling down her face at the betrayed look on Kagome’s face as Inuyasha forced the apple into her mouth. That was exactly what she had been looking for!
Naraku sat glumly next to her on her bed, “I still don’t seen what’s so great about him. Anyone can seduce a virgin.” he grumbled.
Kikyo waved him away, not listening. “And he’ll bring me those idiot ‘dwarfs’ so I can watch as their executed.” she shot Naraku a glare, “And stay dead.”
He scowled at the floor, making sure Kikyo couldn’t see him. Geez, make a few measly mistakes and no one ever let you forget it.
Kanna’s mirror wiped clean. “They are here my queen.”
Kikyo nearly squealed in excitement and sprung up from her bed. “Oh! I need to change. Naraku, go up and make sure their shown directly into their jail cells.” she ordered and shivered. “I can’t wait to see the look on their faces when I tell them when their going to die. And how.” she shivered again, clearly eager. “Well, what are you waiting for? Go.” she told Naraku.
Naraku muttered angrily under his breath as he left Kikyo her wardrobe.
...Was it paranoid to feel like he was getting replaced?
He walked up to the Great Hall where Inuyasha and the guards were waiting with their prisoners. Inuyasha stood respectfully, bowing slightly at Naraku’s approach, and receiving only a sneer in return.
Naraku looked them over, saving a special glare for the red haired wolf bitch. And another one for that idiot kid who grew up to be an idiot woman. And another one for the old bitch who wasn’t old anymore. And another one for the lightening jerk who didn’t die even though he personally killed him. And another one at Inuyasha for good measure. Hell, he just glared at them all.
“Bring them to the dungeon. Queen Kikyo will meet with them there.” he ordered the guards, not bothering to wait for them as he led the way.
He carefully walked down the jail steps, not wanting to trip in front of some of his most powerful enemies.
“Keep couples away from each other.” he commanded the guards as they herded the dwarfs into single cells, ignoring the glowers each person sent him.
“Well isn’t this cozy. It’s like a reunion, now isn’t it?” Naraku asked as they waited for Kikyo. She was probably going to be late so she could do her hair.
The one brat smirked at him, “You could be the chicken we roast for dinner.” she said sweetly.
The dwarfs snorted in laughter despite how bad the joke was. “We’d get sick for a week if we even looked at that chicken.”
“Yeah Naraku, how are the troops? We noticed there was a...significantly less number then you rattled off.”
Naraku gritted his teeth, reminding himself he couldn’t kill them yet, Kikyo wasn’t here to watch it.
“Tell your jokes while you can.” he only said, not even getting the pleasure of watching their fear when one of them began imitating him.
Kikyo’s loud footsteps shut them up as she strode down the staircase, her elegant kimono trailing behind her.
She snapped her fingers and Inuyasha fell into place slightly behind her, looking like he was carved out of an ice sculpture.
She smirked and wrapped an arm around Inuyasha, leaning into him, “Well I won’t waste to much of your time.” she told them, nuzzling Inuyasha’s neck. “I just wanted to be the one to personally tell you the day of your executions for crimes against the crown. Tomorrow, around mid afternoon you all will be publicly killed in a manner befitting your crimes.” Kikyo nipped Inuyasha’s ear.
“Some of you will be beheaded, some hung, drawn, and quartered, maybe one or two boiled in oil. We’ll see what my mood is like tomorrow.” she took up Inuyasha’s hands, studying them, “The order is as follows- Rin, Sango, Kagura, Ayame, Hiten, Miroku, Kouga and Sesshomaru.”
Sesshomaru bared his teeth at the mention of Rin’s name. Kikyo waved a hand, “Oh please, you don’t even have the strength to kill yourself, much less threaten to kill me.” she said dismissively. “Now then, where’s my bitch of a stepdaughter’s body? I have the perfect setting to make her fingers into earrings!” she clapped, looking around expectantly.
She quieted down at the silence around her. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Where is the body?”
One of the guards looked at his feet, “...we don’t know my queen.” he admitted.
Kikyo froze. “What the hell do you mean?” she asked angrily.
The guard shuffled his feet before pointing at Kouga, “That one stole the body and left it somewhere. We can’t find it.”
Kikyo paused before slapping the guard full out across the face, “Fool!” she hissed.
She narrowed her eyes at Kouga. “You better pray to Kami you die tonight before tomorrow. You won’t even be able to scream by the time I’m through with you.” she warned as she whirled around and grabbed Inuyasha.
“Come, I’m depending on you to find her Inuyasha. But first... new clothes!”
Seven
Bankotsu stood still as he watched Renkotsu set fire to the ex Seven’s bodies, his nose twitching at the smell. Jakotsu and Oda were out collecting bodies for burial with Suikotsu drawing the wagon for them. They hadn’t wanted to stay for this particular pyre.
“We’ll have to bury Ginkotsu’s parts.” Bankotsu remarked.
Renkotsu shrugged and fell into place besides Bankotsu. “I assumed you would allow me to blow them up.” he said casually.
Bankotsu sighed, idly examining the flames as they jumped and twisted into the night sky. “Do what you want.”
Renkotsu studied his old friend from the corner of his eyes, tucking his hands into his sleeves. “What’s troubling you?”
Bankotsu scowled at the fire. “What the hell am I supposed to do now?” he asked. “All my enemies are dead, Rin’s going to be mated, safe and provided for. Taromaru’s memory is finally put to rest. I can’t go back to being a blacksmith now. But what else can I do?” he kicked at the ground, frustrated.
Renkotsu stared at Bankotsu, wondering why he was friends with such a idiot. “Do whatever you want to do. Spy, hunt, steal, fish, whatever. Pick something.”
Bankotsu tilted his head. “...never thought of it that way.”
Renkotsu glanced at the fire, assuming the fumes were affecting Bankotsu’s head. “Let’s help the others now.” he suggested before pausing. “...someone’s coming.”
“SEVEN!” someone cried as they crashed through the woods.
Bankotsu scratched his head and looked around. “Who’s there?”
“Drop the magic stupid!” a tiny voice snapped as a wildly panting Soten and Shippo appeared into view.
Bankotsu knelt down in front of them, recognizing from the tears shining in their eyes this couldn’t be good. “What is it?” he asked gently.
“Promise you won’t tell Hiten?” Soten sniffed.
Bankotsu exchanged a confused look with Renkotsu. “Of course.”
“Hiten told us to come and get you right away, but we stayed at the window so we could watch Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha...did something to her.”
Bankotsu’s blood ran cold, “What do you mean?”
“She was lying on the floor at his feet...she wasn’t moving.” Soten swallowed, tears sliding down her cheeks.
“When the dwarfs came in, Inuyasha called out all these guards. They were completely surrounded when we ran to find you.” Shippo finished, looking scared.
Bankotsu sucked in a breath. “Inuyasha betrayed us?”
Shippo sucked his lip in, before giving a small nod.
Bankotsu wanted to break something. Fucking hell, this was like Seven and Taromaru all over again. “What happened to the others?” he asked, almost afraid to hear it.
Soten sniffed, before closing her eyes and concentrating on something. “Koryn says they’ve been taken. All of them.”
Renkotsu fiddled with his robes, “All of them? Even Lord Sesshomaru?”
“Even him.”
Bankotsu muttered a curse under his breath. Fucking damn it, Rin. “This is so not good.” he muttered.
“We need to save them!” Shippo burst out. “And punish Inuyasha.”
Bankotsu nodded in agreement, rage and disappointment eating at his soul. Again. Again….he fucked up and he trusted the wrong person again!
“Oh trust me, we will.” He looked at Renkotsu, his face cold. “Let’s get the others, we need to get into town and come up with a plan.” He looked up at the sky, the moon mocking him. “We’ll be lucky if we even have till dawn.”
Inuyasha
Inuyasha went back to the dwarf’s cottage, assuming it would be a good place to begin his search. He could go through his quarry’s clothing and belongings, try to get a good scent before heading out.
Inuyasha dismounted off his horse, feeling exposed with the wind ruffing his newly cut hair. His mistress, annoyed at how long it would have taken to brush his long hair into a top knot had it shorn so it just barely framed his face. His mistress wouldn’t like to know he was displeased with his hair though, so he quashed the emotion quickly.
He walked towards the cottage, frowning slightly at how much noise his new boots made. His feet rubbed painfully against the tough leather, and he wondered briefly why his feet seemed so unused to the footwear. His mistress had explained this type of covering was normal for men when she saw his reluctance to put them on. He should be pleased his mistress was kind enough to give him such a gift.
But he wasn’t.
He didn’t feel much of anything anymore. If he ever did. He couldn’t remember much.
Though that woman his mistress ordered him to kill caused a struggle in his mind. Who was she?
Those people had called her ‘Kagome’. Should that name be familiar to him?
Inuyasha shook his puzzlement off as he stepped into the house, his footfalls from the boots echoing oddly throughout the empty ransacked house.
He jerked when he spotted something red out of the corner of his eye, and whirled around only to see his reflection in a window. He studied himself, wondering if it was also normal for men to feel nothing at the sight of their appearance.
His eyes ran over the clothing his mistress had cooed over and picked especially for him. The black and purple kimono seemed to formal for him to search the woods in, but his mistress had seemed very pleased when he put it on.
He grasped the hilt of the sword Kikyo had given to replace his other, useless one. It felt...off. He pulled it out of his sheath quickly, expecting it to do...something. But it only shone quietly under his blank gaze.
He shook his head, feeling a dull ache in the back of his mind. He placed the sword in his sheathe, knowing his mistress wouldn’t be happy he was wasting time.
The image in the window flickered, the reflection Inuyasha was familiar with switching to a young man with long silver hair in a cocky pose, eye catching in a bright red kimono.
Inuyasha winced slightly when his head throbbed and he finally left the window and his reflection behind, continuing his tour of the house.
His gaze swept over a vase of overturned flowers absently as he looked over the room, finding nothing important-
“They’re beautiful Inuyasha.” Kagome told him, breathing in the flowers sweet fragrance. She blushed slightly when he took one of the daises and slid it behind her ear...
Inuyasha shook his head, having no idea where that image had come from as he forgot it as quickly as he remembered it. Only one name stayed in his head.
Kagome
Inuyasha’s eyes watered when his mind clenched, ripping the memory of the name into shreds.
It couldn’t have been important anyway.
He walked into the dining room, dishes and food smeared across the floor, the shards to one plate crunching loudly under his boot.
“It’s you.” A girl breathed, staring at his brother in wonder and shock with a broken plate lying at her feet. “You’re the one who brought me back to the dead.”
He backed off the crushed pottery, his normally calm heart racing. He walked backward, tripping over his feet and nearly landing in a pile of food.
He breathed in the aroma, and his taste buds exploded in response.
“Fucking Kami Kagome, your food is so good. Gimme more.”
He shot up to his feet; the long heavy kimono suddenly seemed to be suffocating him. What the hell was happening to him? He leaned his arm against the doorway, trying to balance himself.
“Kouga!!!!” a red headed girl shrieked as she tackled a man stepped through the doorway. The man panicked and tried to claw her off him. “Damn it Ayame, get off!”
Inuyasha jerked away from the doorway as if it had burned him. He closed his eyes, breathing deeply as the pounding in his head increased.
Carefully he opened his eyes, hoping these strange flashes had stopped.
His gaze landed on a pair of chopsticks with a sausage speared through them.
“So since you like Kag and all I have to warn you that if you break her heart I’m going to cut off your dick with a pair of chopsticks.”
Inuyasha shuddered, losing his cool composure. He didn’t understand what was happening.
He quickly walked into the next room; praying whatever was happening to him would stop.
He nearly tripped again over a broken staff that lay on the floor, the gold charms chiming sadly.
“Inuyasha, do you love Kagome?” Miroku finally asked after a long night of seduction tutoring went unsuccessfully.
He blushed, “What the hell do you care monk?” his nervous tone giving him away.
“Then tell her that.” He paused. “Not that exact phase mind you. Just those three little words. Kagome will understand.”
His head exploded in pain, sending him to his knees. His hand brushed a little stone figurine, sending chills up his arm.
“Ha ha!” the little boy mocked as he danced in front of Inuyasha’s prone form captured under his fox magic. “Can’t get me!”
Inuyasha got up, the pain in his head making him run into the wall as he fought to regain his calm control.
He stumbled into what looked like a living room, though he couldn’t be sure with the mess.
“What did you do to my clean floor????” Kagome screeched after seeing the mud the dwarfs tracked in. “I just washed it this morning and it looks like you let a wild animal run around!”
Kouga sneered and pointed his thumb at him, “You do.”
Inuyasha held his hands to his head, the pain now in every limb.
The cards scattered across the floor-
“Hello!” Kagura cheered when she placed her cards down in front of a stunned Hiten. “I won. Again.” she looked at his chest suggestively. “Maybe you should try a little harder at distracting me.”
The arrows shot into the wall-
“Focus Kagome, pour your energy into the arrows.” Kaede’s soothing voice instructed her, and his spirit lifted when he watched the purple power embrace the arrow eagerly.
The case for mini daggers, ripped carelessly apart-
Rin beamed up at his brother, Seven glaring at him over her back. “Thanks Sess!” she chirped, and he was the only one who noticed the ice slightly thawed.
Curse words scrawled in crayon across the ceiling-
Shippo and Soten, their legs kicking the air happily as they drew their masterpieces carefully, Hiten looking on proudly.
A few tufts of white fur-
“Give the ring to Princess Kagome.” His brother ordered. “I have no desire to watch you wallow in pity around my castle for the rest of your life should you lose her. Go tell her imbecile.”
The smudge of green against the wall-
“CUTIE!!!”
All of it, everything he saw made his head feel like it was going to burst out of his skull!
He sprinted for the kitchen, knowing there was a door out of his hell hole. Inuyasha nearly broke the door off its hinges when he knocked it open before stopping dead.
He slowly kneeled, examining the bit of crushed gold and ruby on the floor curiously,
feeling...something well in his chest.
“I love you.” Kagome breathed, before clapping her hands over her mouth in horror while my
heart felt like flying.
The incoming pain was so great he saw dots flash in front of him while he curled up into a ball on the floor of the dirty kitchen floor, clutching the trampled ring in a tight fist, thousands of images and...memories maybe? racing through his mind.
Miroku, Sango, Kouga, Ayame, Hiten, Kagura, Sesshomaru, Rin, Kaede, Shippo, Seven
Friends
Kagome
Love
He snarled, smashing his head against the floor, something deep inside his mind still fighting against the pain.
“Fight it you weakling!”
“I love you.”
“Just give into me. It’s not that hard. Stop fighting.”
“I love you.”
“You’ll be mine.”
“I love you.”
Inuyasha howled, his mind being torn apart. He didn’t know what to do. So he took the easy way
out.
He fainted.
Half Cat Demon Kagome- Nope sorry, you couldn't be further off! No way would Kikyo allow this story to end so easily. But you'll find out a chunk of what happened this chapter. But not all of it. ...hey, at least I updated fast.
Im Inuyasha's Dirty Little Secret- Nope sorry none of those. But the last one was pretty interesting. Kag would be so pissed if Inuyasha did that to her and the dwarfs without even a word in warning. Still could work for another story...but anyway, thanks for the review!
Kagome123- Thank you.
Disclaimer- I do not own Snow White and I do not own Inuyasha. I am making no money off this fic.
The Dwarfs
Rin bounced outside the kitchen door, excited that the last single members of the group were finally getting together while the rest looked towards their future.
Sesshomaru wrapped an arm around her and dragged her close so his mouth was next to her ear. “I’ve already sent a message to Jaken instructing him to help Kagome and Inuyasha look after the West for a month. You just need to pick a direction.” he told her, lips brushing her ears.
Rin beamed up at him, “South.” she said promptly. She slid her hand on the small of his back, nearly touching his ass, “And I don’t entirely mean traveling down land.” she purred.
Sango studied the air in front of her, thinking deeply while stroking Miroku’s hand. “Kaede, did you say Kikyo came from an abused home?” she asked suddenly.
Kaede looked up from where she had been peering out the window. “Yes. Even as a child she was very gifted, but her village didn’t recognize those sort of gifts.”
“Hmm.” Sango said and returned to studying the air.
Kouga leaned against the wall, his arm wrapped around Ayame’s neck in a possessive hold. “My demon won’t shut up.” he grumbled. “He wants to go find the whipped cream for next time.”
Kouga suddenly smirked and dragged Ayame even closer, “But the bastard doesn’t understand
I’ve put dibs on that.”
“See, your problem was advertising. You counted on mouth to mouth and that’s why you had such a slow start. If we want to go big in under two years we need a kick ass ad campaign.” Kagura lectured Hiten while he struggled to hold a squirming Shippo.
Hiten pursed his lips as he thought it over, “Send us anything but dead bodies?” he guessed.
Kagura paused and patted his shoulder, “That’s ok babe, you have me.” she said soothingly.
“Shh!” Soten said from where her ear was pressed up against the door. “They’re about to do it!”
Rin pressed herself against the wall next to her, “Oh, I can’t believe Seven’s missing this!”
Kouga grunted, “Their fault for volunteering to clean up.”
Rin sighed, “Kagome just gasped! He must have done it!” she said, thrilled to death.
Miroku sighed also, but for a different reason then Rin’s. “Why am I standing outside a kitchen listening to a another couple make-out when I could be kissing my own girl?” he asked himself.
Sesshomaru tilted his head to the side, listening intently. Something seemed strange about Inuyasha’s heart beat. His heart should be pumping at a faster rate but instead, it was moving almost sluggishly slow.
Ayame frowned. She knew people made a lot of strange noises when they kissed someone, but that little gasp Kagome gave out seemed...different. It didn’t sound like
‘oh-my-fucking-Kami-don’t-you-dare-stop’ gasp. It was more like a ‘I-swear-to-fucking-Kami-you-better-stop’. Inuyasha couldn’t be screwing up that badly could he?
Thump
Everyone in the room felt a shiver go up their spine and the temperature seemed to drop...something was wrong.
Hiten carefully put Shippo down. “Soten, Shippo, throw some magic on and get Seven.” he ordered them calmly.
Soten stared at her brother, “But Hiten-“
“Now!”
Without another word, Soten threw a cloaking spell over both of them and her dragon and quickly left the house.
Goose bumps erupted over Rin’s flesh, but her hand was still as it reached out to push open the kitchen door.
Absolute silence rang loudly through the house as they looked into the kitchen; the wind wasn’t even blowing through the house to soften the scene they looked at.
Inuyasha stood completely still, Kagome a motionless heap at his feet from where he had allowed her to drop. He looked straight at them, his gaze utterly blank without any kind of emotion. No joy, no anger, no regret...nothing. Not even a hint of pain from the three long welts on his face.
Sesshomaru looked at his brother in contempt. “You dirty half blood. You allowed her to take you over?” He asked in disgust.
“Guards.” Inuyasha called out without flinching at his brother’s tone.
The dwarfs were caught completely off guard, they had no weapons or armor as the guards Inuyasha had brought back with him quickly surrounded them.
“Queen Kikyo wants to see them brought to her alive. She also wants the Princess Kagome’s corpse brought to her.” Inuyasha ordered the guards, not even glancing down at Kagome’s rapidly cooling body.
The dwarf’s looked at each other and nodded subtly at Kouga, their fastest runner. Kouga’s eye’s flickered, the only sign he gave he understood.
Hiten stepped forward, his grin mocking. “Sorry boys, but I don’t remember any of us making such an appointment. So you’ll have to understand if we turn down the invite.”
The guards stared back at him stonily.
“Queen Kikyo wants you brought to her.” Inuyasha said mildly. His hand waved, “Take them.”
The dwarfs attacked first before the guards could even move a step, fighting with everything they had despite their lack of weapons to give Kouga time.
Kouga morphed into his demon for the second time, as he grabbed Kagome up and sprinted out the door, punching Inuyasha on the way. Inuyasha took it out without a word, standing back up and staring silently as the dwarfs fought.
Kouga clutched Kagome to his chest, remembering the last time he had carried Kagome similar to this. He had actually been thinking about making her his mate. What a moron.
His mind raced as he thought of where to hide the body. He couldn’t allow her body to fall into the hands of Kikyo who would only mutilate it. And maybe Sesshomaru would be able to escape and could bring Kagome back. No way would those puny human guards defeat the great Lord of the West.
He hardly even noticed where his feet were taking him as he ran, his ears listening for any sounds of a guard behind him. He only knew the path felt right when he realized where he was headed.
He refused to allow himself to slow down when he reached their jewel mine, not wanting his scent to linger. He padded into the mine, and felt the peaceful feeling of the place invade his soul despite the situation at hand.
Kouga gently rested Kagome against a pile of precious jewels the men had been saving for their women. He rearranged her hands in a more comfortable position as if she were still alive. Grief gripped his heart. How could someone as bright and wonderful as Kagome get their light snuffed out?
She lay quietly against the jewels, the reflections casing colored shadows on her white skin.
Despite all her work outdoors, Kagome’s skin had remained the shade of nearly snow, her red lips and bright blue eyes the only bit of color on her face. Her face glinted on all the jewels as clearly as a mirror, almost as if she was surrounded by a glass prism. Everywhere he looked, she was there.
She would be safe here.
Kouga forced himself to get up, knowing he would have plenty of time to mourn his dead friend in prison if he didn’t get a move on. He needed to circle back to cover his tracks.
He jogged out of the mine, not allowing himself to look back as he ran as far and as fast as he could in as many confusing patterns he could think of.
Without warning, he felt a pinprick on his shoulder and dropped, unable to take another step.
His hand clumsily groped along his back until his fingers brushed a feathered dart. He would have pounded his fist into the earth in anger if he had the strength. Kami damn them, if they had these for the other demons...
He was roughly pulled up and half dragged, half carried back to the cottage, the guards not especially gentle with him as his legs dragged over rocks and rough ground.
He was thrown at Inuyasha’s waiting feet just outside the cottage, the other dwarfs tied up and kneeling angrily on the ground. He looked in horror at Sesshomaru, who had three darts sticking out of his chest and actually had a muzzle on.
Oh man, once he got lose, someone was going to die.
Inuyasha only gave Kouga a cursory glance. “Load them up.” he ordered, and the demons that didn’t have the strength to walk were thrown up on horses and the humans shoved to their feet.
Sesshomaru growled violently when a guard prodded Rin with the back of his sword into walking, his eyes flashing red. Another guard merely pierced him with one more arrow.
“Any more of those and you may die.” Inuyasha reminded his brother impersonally, getting up onto his own horse.
“Kami damn it, Inuyasha, why?” Rin screamed at him, “Fight it you weakling!”
“Shut up girl!” a guard ordered, slapping the back of her head.
Sesshomaru roared from behind his muzzle and jerked his body towards the guard who had hit Rin, only to receive another arrow for his pains.
Inuyasha’s eyes flickered, before frosting over again. “Let’s go.” he commanded, not looking at his friends.
Earlier That Day...
Inuyasha followed Kikyo, determined not to let her escape this time. Kagome was depending on him, he couldn’t let her down after she just saved everyone in her army’s lives instead of taking the easy way out and wishing Kikyo dead.
So he would take the hard way and kill Kikyo for Kag.
Maybe Kagome would accept her heart as an engagement present?
“Slow down bitch!” Inuyasha yelled at her. “Stand and face me damn it!”
Kikyo laughed, not slowing down. “Are we already getting tired little puppy?” she taunted, keeping him from recognizing how far away from the battlegrounds they were going.
He snarled at her back, just waiting for his chance. This time he would rip her into so many pieces her body wouldn’t be able to fill the smallest trash can.
He gripped his sword reassuringly. This time, he would kill her right.
Kikyo stopped suddenly, her worm things depositing her on the ground and leaving, her back still to him as if she couldn’t be bothered to turn around.
Inuyasha unsheathed his sword, his sword automatically turning into a giant fang as he thought of Kagome before forcing her away. He had to protect her.
He lifted his sword above his head and swung, aiming for Kikyo’s waist so he could cut her in half.
She giggled and skipped out of the way, finally turning around and facing him.
“Now.” she ordered and instantly, it felt like Inuyasha was being pierced with thousands of red hot needles all over his body.
Inuyasha howled and fell to his knees, never having felt pain this great before. He looked down on his body and nearly clawed at his skin when he saw the glowing red dots dance under his flesh.
Kikyo laughed again, “Don’t fight it baby, it won’t hurt so much.” she soothed. “Those red dots you see? They’ve been inside you, moving along your blood stream from the day you killed me. They know everything about you, everything that gives you pleasure and gives you...pain.”
Inuyasha fought the urge to whimper when the needle pricks turned into violent stabs.
“But listen to me and make me happy?” The knife immediately turned into feathers brushing his skin, soothing the ache.
After a moment the feathers turned back into daggers, leaving Inuyasha writhing on the ground. “Just give in to me. It’s not that hard. Stop fighting.” Kikyo urged, her eyes glittering brightly against her green skin.
Inuyasha shook his head, managing to lift his head up and snarled at her, until the pain increased tenfold.
Kikyo frowned. “I’m surprised at your will Inuyasha.” she admitted. “But don’t worry, a few more minutes and you’ll be mine.” she told him confidently.
She tapped her foot on the ground, waiting impatiently after several more minutes passed. “Come on, I don’t have all day!” she snapped. “Can’t you see when something is hopeless?”
She sighed, “Alright, fine. I hope you remember I didn’t want to do this.” she warned and the red dots began moving up his body, heading for Inuyasha’s mind.
If she couldn’t have him whole, she’d take him insane.
Inuyasha roared, feeling like his brain was being torn apart. Finally, he had no other choice. He allowed himself to be pulled over the edge into a white oblivion as his hold on reality snapped.
Inuyasha stopped moving as his eyes went blank, the fight draining out of them. He held still and took the pain his mistress gave him without complaint, knowing he deserved it.
Finally, it stopped and Kikyo kneeled to stroke his head calmly.
“Good boy.” she praised as she removed her breast armor. “Now I want you to do everything exactly the way I tell you to.”
Kikyo
Kikyo laughed as she re-watched the scene on Kanna’s mirror, tears nearly falling down her face at the betrayed look on Kagome’s face as Inuyasha forced the apple into her mouth. That was exactly what she had been looking for!
Naraku sat glumly next to her on her bed, “I still don’t seen what’s so great about him. Anyone can seduce a virgin.” he grumbled.
Kikyo waved him away, not listening. “And he’ll bring me those idiot ‘dwarfs’ so I can watch as their executed.” she shot Naraku a glare, “And stay dead.”
He scowled at the floor, making sure Kikyo couldn’t see him. Geez, make a few measly mistakes and no one ever let you forget it.
Kanna’s mirror wiped clean. “They are here my queen.”
Kikyo nearly squealed in excitement and sprung up from her bed. “Oh! I need to change. Naraku, go up and make sure their shown directly into their jail cells.” she ordered and shivered. “I can’t wait to see the look on their faces when I tell them when their going to die. And how.” she shivered again, clearly eager. “Well, what are you waiting for? Go.” she told Naraku.
Naraku muttered angrily under his breath as he left Kikyo her wardrobe.
...Was it paranoid to feel like he was getting replaced?
He walked up to the Great Hall where Inuyasha and the guards were waiting with their prisoners. Inuyasha stood respectfully, bowing slightly at Naraku’s approach, and receiving only a sneer in return.
Naraku looked them over, saving a special glare for the red haired wolf bitch. And another one for that idiot kid who grew up to be an idiot woman. And another one for the old bitch who wasn’t old anymore. And another one for the lightening jerk who didn’t die even though he personally killed him. And another one at Inuyasha for good measure. Hell, he just glared at them all.
“Bring them to the dungeon. Queen Kikyo will meet with them there.” he ordered the guards, not bothering to wait for them as he led the way.
He carefully walked down the jail steps, not wanting to trip in front of some of his most powerful enemies.
“Keep couples away from each other.” he commanded the guards as they herded the dwarfs into single cells, ignoring the glowers each person sent him.
“Well isn’t this cozy. It’s like a reunion, now isn’t it?” Naraku asked as they waited for Kikyo. She was probably going to be late so she could do her hair.
The one brat smirked at him, “You could be the chicken we roast for dinner.” she said sweetly.
The dwarfs snorted in laughter despite how bad the joke was. “We’d get sick for a week if we even looked at that chicken.”
“Yeah Naraku, how are the troops? We noticed there was a...significantly less number then you rattled off.”
Naraku gritted his teeth, reminding himself he couldn’t kill them yet, Kikyo wasn’t here to watch it.
“Tell your jokes while you can.” he only said, not even getting the pleasure of watching their fear when one of them began imitating him.
Kikyo’s loud footsteps shut them up as she strode down the staircase, her elegant kimono trailing behind her.
She snapped her fingers and Inuyasha fell into place slightly behind her, looking like he was carved out of an ice sculpture.
She smirked and wrapped an arm around Inuyasha, leaning into him, “Well I won’t waste to much of your time.” she told them, nuzzling Inuyasha’s neck. “I just wanted to be the one to personally tell you the day of your executions for crimes against the crown. Tomorrow, around mid afternoon you all will be publicly killed in a manner befitting your crimes.” Kikyo nipped Inuyasha’s ear.
“Some of you will be beheaded, some hung, drawn, and quartered, maybe one or two boiled in oil. We’ll see what my mood is like tomorrow.” she took up Inuyasha’s hands, studying them, “The order is as follows- Rin, Sango, Kagura, Ayame, Hiten, Miroku, Kouga and Sesshomaru.”
Sesshomaru bared his teeth at the mention of Rin’s name. Kikyo waved a hand, “Oh please, you don’t even have the strength to kill yourself, much less threaten to kill me.” she said dismissively. “Now then, where’s my bitch of a stepdaughter’s body? I have the perfect setting to make her fingers into earrings!” she clapped, looking around expectantly.
She quieted down at the silence around her. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Where is the body?”
One of the guards looked at his feet, “...we don’t know my queen.” he admitted.
Kikyo froze. “What the hell do you mean?” she asked angrily.
The guard shuffled his feet before pointing at Kouga, “That one stole the body and left it somewhere. We can’t find it.”
Kikyo paused before slapping the guard full out across the face, “Fool!” she hissed.
She narrowed her eyes at Kouga. “You better pray to Kami you die tonight before tomorrow. You won’t even be able to scream by the time I’m through with you.” she warned as she whirled around and grabbed Inuyasha.
“Come, I’m depending on you to find her Inuyasha. But first... new clothes!”
Seven
Bankotsu stood still as he watched Renkotsu set fire to the ex Seven’s bodies, his nose twitching at the smell. Jakotsu and Oda were out collecting bodies for burial with Suikotsu drawing the wagon for them. They hadn’t wanted to stay for this particular pyre.
“We’ll have to bury Ginkotsu’s parts.” Bankotsu remarked.
Renkotsu shrugged and fell into place besides Bankotsu. “I assumed you would allow me to blow them up.” he said casually.
Bankotsu sighed, idly examining the flames as they jumped and twisted into the night sky. “Do what you want.”
Renkotsu studied his old friend from the corner of his eyes, tucking his hands into his sleeves. “What’s troubling you?”
Bankotsu scowled at the fire. “What the hell am I supposed to do now?” he asked. “All my enemies are dead, Rin’s going to be mated, safe and provided for. Taromaru’s memory is finally put to rest. I can’t go back to being a blacksmith now. But what else can I do?” he kicked at the ground, frustrated.
Renkotsu stared at Bankotsu, wondering why he was friends with such a idiot. “Do whatever you want to do. Spy, hunt, steal, fish, whatever. Pick something.”
Bankotsu tilted his head. “...never thought of it that way.”
Renkotsu glanced at the fire, assuming the fumes were affecting Bankotsu’s head. “Let’s help the others now.” he suggested before pausing. “...someone’s coming.”
“SEVEN!” someone cried as they crashed through the woods.
Bankotsu scratched his head and looked around. “Who’s there?”
“Drop the magic stupid!” a tiny voice snapped as a wildly panting Soten and Shippo appeared into view.
Bankotsu knelt down in front of them, recognizing from the tears shining in their eyes this couldn’t be good. “What is it?” he asked gently.
“Promise you won’t tell Hiten?” Soten sniffed.
Bankotsu exchanged a confused look with Renkotsu. “Of course.”
“Hiten told us to come and get you right away, but we stayed at the window so we could watch Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha...did something to her.”
Bankotsu’s blood ran cold, “What do you mean?”
“She was lying on the floor at his feet...she wasn’t moving.” Soten swallowed, tears sliding down her cheeks.
“When the dwarfs came in, Inuyasha called out all these guards. They were completely surrounded when we ran to find you.” Shippo finished, looking scared.
Bankotsu sucked in a breath. “Inuyasha betrayed us?”
Shippo sucked his lip in, before giving a small nod.
Bankotsu wanted to break something. Fucking hell, this was like Seven and Taromaru all over again. “What happened to the others?” he asked, almost afraid to hear it.
Soten sniffed, before closing her eyes and concentrating on something. “Koryn says they’ve been taken. All of them.”
Renkotsu fiddled with his robes, “All of them? Even Lord Sesshomaru?”
“Even him.”
Bankotsu muttered a curse under his breath. Fucking damn it, Rin. “This is so not good.” he muttered.
“We need to save them!” Shippo burst out. “And punish Inuyasha.”
Bankotsu nodded in agreement, rage and disappointment eating at his soul. Again. Again….he fucked up and he trusted the wrong person again!
“Oh trust me, we will.” He looked at Renkotsu, his face cold. “Let’s get the others, we need to get into town and come up with a plan.” He looked up at the sky, the moon mocking him. “We’ll be lucky if we even have till dawn.”
Inuyasha
Inuyasha went back to the dwarf’s cottage, assuming it would be a good place to begin his search. He could go through his quarry’s clothing and belongings, try to get a good scent before heading out.
Inuyasha dismounted off his horse, feeling exposed with the wind ruffing his newly cut hair. His mistress, annoyed at how long it would have taken to brush his long hair into a top knot had it shorn so it just barely framed his face. His mistress wouldn’t like to know he was displeased with his hair though, so he quashed the emotion quickly.
He walked towards the cottage, frowning slightly at how much noise his new boots made. His feet rubbed painfully against the tough leather, and he wondered briefly why his feet seemed so unused to the footwear. His mistress had explained this type of covering was normal for men when she saw his reluctance to put them on. He should be pleased his mistress was kind enough to give him such a gift.
But he wasn’t.
He didn’t feel much of anything anymore. If he ever did. He couldn’t remember much.
Though that woman his mistress ordered him to kill caused a struggle in his mind. Who was she?
Those people had called her ‘Kagome’. Should that name be familiar to him?
Inuyasha shook his puzzlement off as he stepped into the house, his footfalls from the boots echoing oddly throughout the empty ransacked house.
He jerked when he spotted something red out of the corner of his eye, and whirled around only to see his reflection in a window. He studied himself, wondering if it was also normal for men to feel nothing at the sight of their appearance.
His eyes ran over the clothing his mistress had cooed over and picked especially for him. The black and purple kimono seemed to formal for him to search the woods in, but his mistress had seemed very pleased when he put it on.
He grasped the hilt of the sword Kikyo had given to replace his other, useless one. It felt...off. He pulled it out of his sheath quickly, expecting it to do...something. But it only shone quietly under his blank gaze.
He shook his head, feeling a dull ache in the back of his mind. He placed the sword in his sheathe, knowing his mistress wouldn’t be happy he was wasting time.
The image in the window flickered, the reflection Inuyasha was familiar with switching to a young man with long silver hair in a cocky pose, eye catching in a bright red kimono.
Inuyasha winced slightly when his head throbbed and he finally left the window and his reflection behind, continuing his tour of the house.
His gaze swept over a vase of overturned flowers absently as he looked over the room, finding nothing important-
“They’re beautiful Inuyasha.” Kagome told him, breathing in the flowers sweet fragrance. She blushed slightly when he took one of the daises and slid it behind her ear...
Inuyasha shook his head, having no idea where that image had come from as he forgot it as quickly as he remembered it. Only one name stayed in his head.
Kagome
Inuyasha’s eyes watered when his mind clenched, ripping the memory of the name into shreds.
It couldn’t have been important anyway.
He walked into the dining room, dishes and food smeared across the floor, the shards to one plate crunching loudly under his boot.
“It’s you.” A girl breathed, staring at his brother in wonder and shock with a broken plate lying at her feet. “You’re the one who brought me back to the dead.”
He backed off the crushed pottery, his normally calm heart racing. He walked backward, tripping over his feet and nearly landing in a pile of food.
He breathed in the aroma, and his taste buds exploded in response.
“Fucking Kami Kagome, your food is so good. Gimme more.”
He shot up to his feet; the long heavy kimono suddenly seemed to be suffocating him. What the hell was happening to him? He leaned his arm against the doorway, trying to balance himself.
“Kouga!!!!” a red headed girl shrieked as she tackled a man stepped through the doorway. The man panicked and tried to claw her off him. “Damn it Ayame, get off!”
Inuyasha jerked away from the doorway as if it had burned him. He closed his eyes, breathing deeply as the pounding in his head increased.
Carefully he opened his eyes, hoping these strange flashes had stopped.
His gaze landed on a pair of chopsticks with a sausage speared through them.
“So since you like Kag and all I have to warn you that if you break her heart I’m going to cut off your dick with a pair of chopsticks.”
Inuyasha shuddered, losing his cool composure. He didn’t understand what was happening.
He quickly walked into the next room; praying whatever was happening to him would stop.
He nearly tripped again over a broken staff that lay on the floor, the gold charms chiming sadly.
“Inuyasha, do you love Kagome?” Miroku finally asked after a long night of seduction tutoring went unsuccessfully.
He blushed, “What the hell do you care monk?” his nervous tone giving him away.
“Then tell her that.” He paused. “Not that exact phase mind you. Just those three little words. Kagome will understand.”
His head exploded in pain, sending him to his knees. His hand brushed a little stone figurine, sending chills up his arm.
“Ha ha!” the little boy mocked as he danced in front of Inuyasha’s prone form captured under his fox magic. “Can’t get me!”
Inuyasha got up, the pain in his head making him run into the wall as he fought to regain his calm control.
He stumbled into what looked like a living room, though he couldn’t be sure with the mess.
“What did you do to my clean floor????” Kagome screeched after seeing the mud the dwarfs tracked in. “I just washed it this morning and it looks like you let a wild animal run around!”
Kouga sneered and pointed his thumb at him, “You do.”
Inuyasha held his hands to his head, the pain now in every limb.
The cards scattered across the floor-
“Hello!” Kagura cheered when she placed her cards down in front of a stunned Hiten. “I won. Again.” she looked at his chest suggestively. “Maybe you should try a little harder at distracting me.”
The arrows shot into the wall-
“Focus Kagome, pour your energy into the arrows.” Kaede’s soothing voice instructed her, and his spirit lifted when he watched the purple power embrace the arrow eagerly.
The case for mini daggers, ripped carelessly apart-
Rin beamed up at his brother, Seven glaring at him over her back. “Thanks Sess!” she chirped, and he was the only one who noticed the ice slightly thawed.
Curse words scrawled in crayon across the ceiling-
Shippo and Soten, their legs kicking the air happily as they drew their masterpieces carefully, Hiten looking on proudly.
A few tufts of white fur-
“Give the ring to Princess Kagome.” His brother ordered. “I have no desire to watch you wallow in pity around my castle for the rest of your life should you lose her. Go tell her imbecile.”
The smudge of green against the wall-
“CUTIE!!!”
All of it, everything he saw made his head feel like it was going to burst out of his skull!
He sprinted for the kitchen, knowing there was a door out of his hell hole. Inuyasha nearly broke the door off its hinges when he knocked it open before stopping dead.
He slowly kneeled, examining the bit of crushed gold and ruby on the floor curiously,
feeling...something well in his chest.
“I love you.” Kagome breathed, before clapping her hands over her mouth in horror while my
heart felt like flying.
The incoming pain was so great he saw dots flash in front of him while he curled up into a ball on the floor of the dirty kitchen floor, clutching the trampled ring in a tight fist, thousands of images and...memories maybe? racing through his mind.
Miroku, Sango, Kouga, Ayame, Hiten, Kagura, Sesshomaru, Rin, Kaede, Shippo, Seven
Friends
Kagome
Love
He snarled, smashing his head against the floor, something deep inside his mind still fighting against the pain.
“Fight it you weakling!”
“I love you.”
“Just give into me. It’s not that hard. Stop fighting.”
“I love you.”
“You’ll be mine.”
“I love you.”
Inuyasha howled, his mind being torn apart. He didn’t know what to do. So he took the easy way
out.
He fainted.