InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ So This Is the Light? ❯ Intolerance, Part 1 ( Chapter 8 )
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By: Tari Helyanwe 
Kouga is found. Blood is shed.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.17.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.3K | Visits: 307 | Status: Completed
Kouga is found. Blood is shed.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.17.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.3K | Visits: 307 | Status: Completed
Intolerance, part 1
Hello all! I've decided to give you TWO CHAPTERS!!! YAY! I thought making one long chapter would be...ya know...long. So I broke it up into two chapters. This is part 1. ENJOY! ^_^
"<blah>" speaking in Kage no Ookami (Title provided by Yaoi-junkie)
'blah' character's thoughts
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LAST CHAPTER
"<Aoji, do you know what they're saying?>" Sora whispered down to him. Aoji squinted his eyes and read Myl's lips. Aoji's eyes widened like saucers. He looked up to Sora with great fear.
"<They're going to castrate him!>" Sora's eyes went wide.
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Kouga began shaking his head. "N-no...don't..." His pleas fell upon deaf ears. Myl knelt down beside Kouga. He took a gloved hand and harshly grasped Kouga's manhood.
"<Don't worry, this won't hurt at all.>" Myl gave an evil smirk to his victim. "<I won't feel a thing.>"
He brought back the sickle...
THIS CHAPTER
Kouga waited for the excruciatingly painful blow, but it never came. He opened his eyes and found an arrow that pierced the heart of Myl. The feathers on the end of it were light blue and entwined with gold. His eyes went wide with realization.
'That's Sora's arrow!' Myl fell in a heap on his side.
"<MYL!!>" Nirah screamed out. Sora and Aoji came out of hiding, drew their weapons and ran towards the party. Sora called out to Aoji to see if Kouga is okay. Sora let out a soul piercing battle cry and went to work. She severed a leg of each person who were holding torches. Their bloodspray covered her body. Their cries of agony were drowned out by Sora's anger. Aoji jumped over Sora and used his daggers to kill the remaining kidnappers.
Sora slowly turned to Nirah, who was crying on her brothers slightly warm body. Sora slowly walked towards Nirah and grabbed her from behind by her hair. Sora looked upon the face of the person who caused her brothers so much pain. Her jaw clenched in anger.
"<You think that you will get away with your treachery? DO YOU!?>" Sora tightened her hold on her hair in emphasis. "<I will make sure you pay. You won't go unpunished.>" Sora flung Nirah into a nearby tree and fell unconscious.
"<Tie her up.>" Aoji used the rope that was used to restrain Kouga. Some blood was on it. Sora sat on her knees next to Kouga's head. She gently stroked his face, which was covered in dried up blood and small cuts. Kouga looked into the sky blue eyes of his sister. He gave her a weak smile.
"Sora...Inu...Yasha...wh-where-"
"He's fine. Don't worry. Just save your strength." Aoji stepped towards Sora.
"<Ready to go?>" Sora nodded her head. Aoji carefully picked up Kouga bridal style while Sora heaved Nirah over her shoulders and headed back to where Sesshoumaru and the others were.
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Inuyasha was dressed in jeans and a royal blue long sleeved shirt and was pacing the room.
"Ani, they'll find Kouga. You know they will." Shishio reassured him. Inuyasha paused in his tracks and looked at him with worry.
"I still can't help but worry."
"There is nothing to worry about, otouto-chan.They'll be back shortly." Sesshoumaru sat on the floor with his legs crossed and leaning against the wall.
Inuyasha fished inside his shirt for the ring Kouga told him to keep safe for him. He looked at the blue jewels that adorned the silver ring.
'Please return to me.' Inuyasha clutched the ring in his hand. The door opened and all heads turned towards the new guests.
"KOUGA!!" Inuyasha ran to where Aoji placed Kouga on the futon. Inuyasha scanned his fiancee's body. It was covered in gashes, dried blood, fresh blood, and bruises. Inuyasha looked into his lover's cerulean eyes and gently stroked his face. "What have they done to you?" he whispered. Kouga took a weak hand and placed it over the one on his face.
"I lived...f-for you." Kouga gave his best smile. Inuyasha let out a small laugh.
"Yeah, you did. Thank the gods."
"Inuyasha, you're going to help Kouga with his wounds." Sora threw down the formely unconscious body onto the floor without a care. "Sesshoumaru, Aoji, notify my father of what has happened please. Shishio, you come with me."
"Where are we going?" Shishio asked.
"We need to do a bit of payback. But not too much." Nirah tried to inch way towards the door but Shishio grabbed the rope that bound Nirah and yanked her back to her place. He looked down on the girl who was shaking with fear.
"This should be fun." Everyone left to follow their orders, leaving Inuyasha and an injured Kouga alone.
"Kouga, what should I do? I dont know the first thing about these healing herbs as you do." Kouga pointed towards a jug of water and Inuyasha grabbed it and helped Kouga sit up to drink the water. After he drank some gulps, he gently laid him back down.
"You'll do fine." Kouga's voice sounded better, but was still a bit weak. "I'm a bit cold..." Inuyasha quickly got a blanket and covered him with it. "Thanks. Now, all you have to do is get what is needed. I'll guide you through the rest." Inuyasha nodded.
"Alright, there's a jar filled with a red liquid. It's pretty thick and smells sweet. It should be on the shelf by the window next to the other jar filled with huge white leaves. You need both jars." Inuyasha quickly went over to the shelf and found the jars. He brought them over to Kouga, but realized Kouga's head was off to the side. He placed the jars next to him and gently shook Kouga. He stirred awake.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Did you get the jars?" Inuyasha nodded. "Good. Do you see that thing over there in the corner on the floor?" Kouga pointed to a bowl with a small blunt stick in it. (AN: I dunno what it's called. You grind stuff in this. Any clues people?? Let me know please!!)
"Yeah." Inuyasha answered.
"You need that and...and the..." Kouga's head was drooping to the side.
"Kouga, please try to stay awake." Inuyasha leaned forward and lightly kissed his koishii's lips. When he pulled back, Kouga had a goofy smile on his face.
"Nice motivation. Um, you need the jar with the green powder in it. It should be in the basket by the wall." Inuyasha went to the basket and found two jars with green powder. One was a darker green and the other was a lighter shade.
"There's two jars. Which one is it?" Inuyasha held up both jars for Kouga to see.
"Smell them. If one smells like parsley, then it's the one you don't need." Inuyasha opened the lighter green powder jar.
"It smells like flowers."
"That's the one you need." Inuyasha nodded. He got the small bowl with the blunt stick and the jar and headed back towards Kouga.
"Alright. This may be the...the..." Kouga yawned then continued, "the hardest part. You need to grind five white leaves in the bowl until it's a powder. You don't have to grind it perfectly. Then add a small amount of the red liquid and two pinches of the green powder. Let me know when you're...done..." Kouga closed his heavy lids and fell asleep.
"Kouga...we'll get through this." Inuyasha opened the jar with the large white leaves and went to work.
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Sesshoumaru and Aoji headed towards Celestine's hut but two guards blocked their way. Aoji stepped up to the guards, his face could challenge Sesshoumaru's business face any day.
"<Step aside. We need to speak with Chief Celestine. It concerns his son, Kouga, and his daughter, our princess, Sora. Preventing this information from reaching him will have severe consequences." The guards tensed up and hastily stepped aside. Sesshoumaru knocked on the door and waited for a response. Celestine aswered the door.
"Sesshoumaru, Aoji. What is the problem? It late."
"<Chief Celestine, Kouga was kidnapped earlier tonight.>" Aoji stated.
"What?! Has he been found??"
"Yes, he has. Sora and Aoji went looking for him." Sesshoumaru answered. "They had Inuyasha tied up and beaten in a hut before they headed to the woods with Kouga. Unfortunately, Kouga has been severly injured. Inuyasha is taking care of him."
"Who would do such a thing?" Celestine ran his hand through his midnight black long hair.
"Nirah." Celestine's eyes went wide.
"<We don't know what went down, or what fueled her vengence, but she is the mastermind.>" Aoji added.
"What about Sora?"
"She's fine. Her and Shishio took Nirah somewhere." Sesshoumaru was suprised that Aoji knew English.
"I think I know where." Celestine motioned for Sesshoumaru and Aoji to follow.
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Sora threw Nirah into a cold, damp cell in the bottom of one of the huts. Shishio was standing next to her.
"<What, in your right mind, made you think you can target my brother, and do what you did to him and Inuyasha?!>" Sora had to resist the urge to slit her throat.
"<That fool didn't know what he was missing. He's sick, and needs help. Men are not meant to love other men.>" Nirah answered with a cruel smirk.
"<He knew exactly what he was missing. And his sexual preferences are not your concern. His love knows no limits. That will be something you will never understand.>" Shishio reached into his pocket and took out his switchblade. He knelt in front of Nirah and pulled back her head by her hair. He made his dagger dance along her jawline. Nirahs' face was full of fear.
"Oh, now your scared?" Sora made sure Nirah understood what he was saying to her by translating. "You weren't scared when you made this plan! You weren't scared when you hurt my brothers!" Shishio struck her chin with his knee. Nirah's mouth began to bleed from biting her tongue and lip. "You have no right to be scared now! You shouldn't even have the right to breathe!" He gave her a swift kick in her abdomen.
"<You're just like them. Just like those people who took Elizabeth's life. No remorse. No feeling. Just bloodthirsty.> A tear escaped Sora's eye, as she heard the blood curdling scream of her best friend as she was beaten to death in her mind.
"Nee-chan..." Shishio saw his sister shed a tear for a reason he thought was because of what they did to Kouga and Inuyasha, but that was partly the reason.
"You will suffer." Sora grabbed Nirah's long dark brown hair and made her sit on her knees. With her other hand, she drew her sword. A sob came out of Nirah when she heard Sora's sword being unsheathed from its scabbard.
"<QUIET! You deserve this.>" Sora sliced through the hair and Nirah fell face forward onto the cold ground. Sora threw the locks of hair in front of the sobbing girl.
"<You won't need that anymore.> Shishio, do whatever to her." Shishio looked around and saw a hook hanging off a chain in the middle of the room. He had a smirk on his face.
"Give me a hand." He grabbed her ankles while Sora grabbed her wrists. They carried Nirah over to where the hook was hanging and he lifted her legs and hung her upside down by her feet. Her arms barely touched the ground.
"Slow torture. I should know." Sora gave her brother a sad look. She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze and headed towards the door.
As they locked the door behind them, Celestine, Sesshoumaru, and Aoji were coming in.
"Where is she?" Celestine asked.
"In there. We'll deal with her later. Let's go check on Kouga." Celestine stopped them in their tracks.
"She is still alive, right charak*?" ( AN: *NEW WORD!! means 'daughter')
Sora sighed. "Yes father. Unfortunately."
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Inuyasha mixed everything together into a bowl. It was a pinkish paste speckled with green.
"Kouga, wake up. I'm done." Inuyasha gently shook Kouga awake.
"Already? Okay," Kouga stifled a yawn, "First, you'll have to clean off the dried blood from my wounds and body. Then apply the paste onto the wounds only. You don't need to put alot, but enough to cover the wound." Inuyasha nodded.
"A note of advice itoshii, it would be best to clean one side then..." Kouga yawned once more. "then apply the paste. Then continue to the other side."
"I'll try not to hurt you too much." Inuyasha said. Kouga smiled.
"You could never hurt me." Kouga closed his eyes and fell asleep again. Inuyasha submerged a washcloth into a water bowl and squeezed out the excess water. He wiped off the caked on blood around his wounds and where blood had dripped down his torso and dried. It wasn't as difficult as it seemed. Most of the blood peeled off easily, while others stuck to the hairs of his arms and skin. Kouga flinched when Inuyasha had one wound that was difficult to clean. It was the one on his manhood.
"I'm sorry, koishii." Inuyasha stroked his face and Kouga opened his eyes to small slits.
"Don't worry. It's not your fault." Kouga covered his fiancee's hand with his own. Kouga saw tears flowing from his eyes.
"No tears. You're too good for them." Inuyasha cracked a smile. Inuyasha reached behind his neck to unclasp Kouga's chain. He took the ring off the chain and placed it back on Kouga's left ring finger.
"Thank you." Inuyasha resumed applying ointment on Kouga's wounds.He used a cotton ball to apply the paste to Kouga's wounds on the front. The paste made his skin look like it was covered in rashes.
After about five minutes, Inuyasha was finished. The door opened and Celestine was in shock at what he saw. He made his way over to Kouga and knelt beside him and stroked his hair.
"Churak...what have they done?"
'Didi, you came." Kouga was smiling despite the throbbing he felt due to the paste.
"Of course I came, churak. Why wouldn't I?"
"Inuyasha and I need to tell you something, Didi." Celestine stopped him before he could say anymore.
"First, you get better. I'm sure Inuyasha can tell me later." Celestine kissed his son's forehead. He then turned to Inuyasha. "Thank you for taking care of my son, Inuyasha."
"It's no problem. I'm still not done though." Inuyasha turned towards Kouga. "I need you to turn over. Do you need help?"
"A bit." Kouga tried to sit up, but hissed at the pain of the wounds on his back clinging onto the futon underneath him. He managed to sit upright, but was out of breath. Celestine was sickened at the deep lashes on his back.
"These wounds are far more worse than the ones on the rest of your body." Celestine reached out a hand to touch the wound but Kouga flinched back.
"Don't, Didi." Kouga slowly managed to lay on his stomach. Inuyasha tried to push back the hair from Kouga's back, but were stuck in the caked blood. Some were even stuck in the wounds. Kouga gripped the futon as his hair was pried way from the wounds.
"<Didi, leave us. And everyone else too. Please come back when we're done. There is much explainng to do about what happened and Sora can fill you in.>" Celestine knew the real reason why Kouga did not want him to be there. Kouga didn't want everyone else to worry about him.
'So considerate.' He thought. "Very well. Everyone, except Inuyasha, come with me." After they left, Inuyasha began cleaning his wounds.
"What was that all about?" Inuyasha wrung out the washcloth and began again on a different area.
"I didn't want them staring at me. I know they're worried, but I'll be fine." Kouga hissed at one of the wounds Inuyasha was cleaning.
"Sorry. They're you're family, Kouga. They have a right to be worried." Inuyasha cleaned off the caked blood and began to apply the rest of the paste to the deep wounds.
"Done. Will this stuff make your scars disappear?"
"Most likely. We'll see...by...morn..." Kouga fell asleep for the umpteenth time. Inuyasha brushed away some hair and kissed his koishii's temple. He began to cleanup.
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"Why would Nirah plan such a thing?" Celestine had his arms crossed and looked extremely pissed. They all stood inside the hut where Sesshoumaru, Shishio, Inuyasha, Kouga, and Sora slept.
"She found out that Kouga and Inuyasha were lovers and threatened to tell the entire tribe. Kouga refused her offer of marrying her and she lashed out at them." Shishio explained.
"I never knew such cruelty could come from her." Celestine said.
"She was desperate, Didi. And desperate people do desperate things. She'll pay though, like her brother did." Celestine turned towards his daughter.
"Please tell me you did not kill Myl?" Sora looked away.
"I didn't want to. But I saw no other way." Sora's eyes bacame glassy. "He was going to castrate Kouga."
"Killing him wasn't the answer!"
"What was I supposed to do, father!? Let Myl do that to Kouga and let him bleed to death?!" Celestine began to pace and run his hands through his hair.
"She will go on trial tomorrow."
"Trial?! She doesn't deserve-"
"That is the law in this tribe, Sora! Or have you forgotten?" Sora glared at her father. She closed her eyes and walked a few inches away from him, with her back facing him.
"You son needs to talk with you, father." Celestine reached out for his daughter, but drew back his hand and walked out.
"She's just like them." Sora whispered. "Just like those bastards who killed Elizabeth. She doesn'e deserve any kind of leniancy. She never gave any to Kouga." Sora covered her eyes and sobbed into her hands. Sesshoumaru brought her into his arms to comfort her.
"I think it would be best of we got some sleep." Aoji sugested.
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REVIEW PLEASE!!!
Hello all! I've decided to give you TWO CHAPTERS!!! YAY! I thought making one long chapter would be...ya know...long. So I broke it up into two chapters. This is part 1. ENJOY! ^_^
"<blah>" speaking in Kage no Ookami (Title provided by Yaoi-junkie)
'blah' character's thoughts
~*~*~*~*~*~*
LAST CHAPTER
"<Aoji, do you know what they're saying?>" Sora whispered down to him. Aoji squinted his eyes and read Myl's lips. Aoji's eyes widened like saucers. He looked up to Sora with great fear.
"<They're going to castrate him!>" Sora's eyes went wide.
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Kouga began shaking his head. "N-no...don't..." His pleas fell upon deaf ears. Myl knelt down beside Kouga. He took a gloved hand and harshly grasped Kouga's manhood.
"<Don't worry, this won't hurt at all.>" Myl gave an evil smirk to his victim. "<I won't feel a thing.>"
He brought back the sickle...
THIS CHAPTER
Kouga waited for the excruciatingly painful blow, but it never came. He opened his eyes and found an arrow that pierced the heart of Myl. The feathers on the end of it were light blue and entwined with gold. His eyes went wide with realization.
'That's Sora's arrow!' Myl fell in a heap on his side.
"<MYL!!>" Nirah screamed out. Sora and Aoji came out of hiding, drew their weapons and ran towards the party. Sora called out to Aoji to see if Kouga is okay. Sora let out a soul piercing battle cry and went to work. She severed a leg of each person who were holding torches. Their bloodspray covered her body. Their cries of agony were drowned out by Sora's anger. Aoji jumped over Sora and used his daggers to kill the remaining kidnappers.
Sora slowly turned to Nirah, who was crying on her brothers slightly warm body. Sora slowly walked towards Nirah and grabbed her from behind by her hair. Sora looked upon the face of the person who caused her brothers so much pain. Her jaw clenched in anger.
"<You think that you will get away with your treachery? DO YOU!?>" Sora tightened her hold on her hair in emphasis. "<I will make sure you pay. You won't go unpunished.>" Sora flung Nirah into a nearby tree and fell unconscious.
"<Tie her up.>" Aoji used the rope that was used to restrain Kouga. Some blood was on it. Sora sat on her knees next to Kouga's head. She gently stroked his face, which was covered in dried up blood and small cuts. Kouga looked into the sky blue eyes of his sister. He gave her a weak smile.
"Sora...Inu...Yasha...wh-where-"
"He's fine. Don't worry. Just save your strength." Aoji stepped towards Sora.
"<Ready to go?>" Sora nodded her head. Aoji carefully picked up Kouga bridal style while Sora heaved Nirah over her shoulders and headed back to where Sesshoumaru and the others were.
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Inuyasha was dressed in jeans and a royal blue long sleeved shirt and was pacing the room.
"Ani, they'll find Kouga. You know they will." Shishio reassured him. Inuyasha paused in his tracks and looked at him with worry.
"I still can't help but worry."
"There is nothing to worry about, otouto-chan.They'll be back shortly." Sesshoumaru sat on the floor with his legs crossed and leaning against the wall.
Inuyasha fished inside his shirt for the ring Kouga told him to keep safe for him. He looked at the blue jewels that adorned the silver ring.
'Please return to me.' Inuyasha clutched the ring in his hand. The door opened and all heads turned towards the new guests.
"KOUGA!!" Inuyasha ran to where Aoji placed Kouga on the futon. Inuyasha scanned his fiancee's body. It was covered in gashes, dried blood, fresh blood, and bruises. Inuyasha looked into his lover's cerulean eyes and gently stroked his face. "What have they done to you?" he whispered. Kouga took a weak hand and placed it over the one on his face.
"I lived...f-for you." Kouga gave his best smile. Inuyasha let out a small laugh.
"Yeah, you did. Thank the gods."
"Inuyasha, you're going to help Kouga with his wounds." Sora threw down the formely unconscious body onto the floor without a care. "Sesshoumaru, Aoji, notify my father of what has happened please. Shishio, you come with me."
"Where are we going?" Shishio asked.
"We need to do a bit of payback. But not too much." Nirah tried to inch way towards the door but Shishio grabbed the rope that bound Nirah and yanked her back to her place. He looked down on the girl who was shaking with fear.
"This should be fun." Everyone left to follow their orders, leaving Inuyasha and an injured Kouga alone.
"Kouga, what should I do? I dont know the first thing about these healing herbs as you do." Kouga pointed towards a jug of water and Inuyasha grabbed it and helped Kouga sit up to drink the water. After he drank some gulps, he gently laid him back down.
"You'll do fine." Kouga's voice sounded better, but was still a bit weak. "I'm a bit cold..." Inuyasha quickly got a blanket and covered him with it. "Thanks. Now, all you have to do is get what is needed. I'll guide you through the rest." Inuyasha nodded.
"Alright, there's a jar filled with a red liquid. It's pretty thick and smells sweet. It should be on the shelf by the window next to the other jar filled with huge white leaves. You need both jars." Inuyasha quickly went over to the shelf and found the jars. He brought them over to Kouga, but realized Kouga's head was off to the side. He placed the jars next to him and gently shook Kouga. He stirred awake.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Did you get the jars?" Inuyasha nodded. "Good. Do you see that thing over there in the corner on the floor?" Kouga pointed to a bowl with a small blunt stick in it. (AN: I dunno what it's called. You grind stuff in this. Any clues people?? Let me know please!!)
"Yeah." Inuyasha answered.
"You need that and...and the..." Kouga's head was drooping to the side.
"Kouga, please try to stay awake." Inuyasha leaned forward and lightly kissed his koishii's lips. When he pulled back, Kouga had a goofy smile on his face.
"Nice motivation. Um, you need the jar with the green powder in it. It should be in the basket by the wall." Inuyasha went to the basket and found two jars with green powder. One was a darker green and the other was a lighter shade.
"There's two jars. Which one is it?" Inuyasha held up both jars for Kouga to see.
"Smell them. If one smells like parsley, then it's the one you don't need." Inuyasha opened the lighter green powder jar.
"It smells like flowers."
"That's the one you need." Inuyasha nodded. He got the small bowl with the blunt stick and the jar and headed back towards Kouga.
"Alright. This may be the...the..." Kouga yawned then continued, "the hardest part. You need to grind five white leaves in the bowl until it's a powder. You don't have to grind it perfectly. Then add a small amount of the red liquid and two pinches of the green powder. Let me know when you're...done..." Kouga closed his heavy lids and fell asleep.
"Kouga...we'll get through this." Inuyasha opened the jar with the large white leaves and went to work.
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Sesshoumaru and Aoji headed towards Celestine's hut but two guards blocked their way. Aoji stepped up to the guards, his face could challenge Sesshoumaru's business face any day.
"<Step aside. We need to speak with Chief Celestine. It concerns his son, Kouga, and his daughter, our princess, Sora. Preventing this information from reaching him will have severe consequences." The guards tensed up and hastily stepped aside. Sesshoumaru knocked on the door and waited for a response. Celestine aswered the door.
"Sesshoumaru, Aoji. What is the problem? It late."
"<Chief Celestine, Kouga was kidnapped earlier tonight.>" Aoji stated.
"What?! Has he been found??"
"Yes, he has. Sora and Aoji went looking for him." Sesshoumaru answered. "They had Inuyasha tied up and beaten in a hut before they headed to the woods with Kouga. Unfortunately, Kouga has been severly injured. Inuyasha is taking care of him."
"Who would do such a thing?" Celestine ran his hand through his midnight black long hair.
"Nirah." Celestine's eyes went wide.
"<We don't know what went down, or what fueled her vengence, but she is the mastermind.>" Aoji added.
"What about Sora?"
"She's fine. Her and Shishio took Nirah somewhere." Sesshoumaru was suprised that Aoji knew English.
"I think I know where." Celestine motioned for Sesshoumaru and Aoji to follow.
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Sora threw Nirah into a cold, damp cell in the bottom of one of the huts. Shishio was standing next to her.
"<What, in your right mind, made you think you can target my brother, and do what you did to him and Inuyasha?!>" Sora had to resist the urge to slit her throat.
"<That fool didn't know what he was missing. He's sick, and needs help. Men are not meant to love other men.>" Nirah answered with a cruel smirk.
"<He knew exactly what he was missing. And his sexual preferences are not your concern. His love knows no limits. That will be something you will never understand.>" Shishio reached into his pocket and took out his switchblade. He knelt in front of Nirah and pulled back her head by her hair. He made his dagger dance along her jawline. Nirahs' face was full of fear.
"Oh, now your scared?" Sora made sure Nirah understood what he was saying to her by translating. "You weren't scared when you made this plan! You weren't scared when you hurt my brothers!" Shishio struck her chin with his knee. Nirah's mouth began to bleed from biting her tongue and lip. "You have no right to be scared now! You shouldn't even have the right to breathe!" He gave her a swift kick in her abdomen.
"<You're just like them. Just like those people who took Elizabeth's life. No remorse. No feeling. Just bloodthirsty.> A tear escaped Sora's eye, as she heard the blood curdling scream of her best friend as she was beaten to death in her mind.
"Nee-chan..." Shishio saw his sister shed a tear for a reason he thought was because of what they did to Kouga and Inuyasha, but that was partly the reason.
"You will suffer." Sora grabbed Nirah's long dark brown hair and made her sit on her knees. With her other hand, she drew her sword. A sob came out of Nirah when she heard Sora's sword being unsheathed from its scabbard.
"<QUIET! You deserve this.>" Sora sliced through the hair and Nirah fell face forward onto the cold ground. Sora threw the locks of hair in front of the sobbing girl.
"<You won't need that anymore.> Shishio, do whatever to her." Shishio looked around and saw a hook hanging off a chain in the middle of the room. He had a smirk on his face.
"Give me a hand." He grabbed her ankles while Sora grabbed her wrists. They carried Nirah over to where the hook was hanging and he lifted her legs and hung her upside down by her feet. Her arms barely touched the ground.
"Slow torture. I should know." Sora gave her brother a sad look. She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze and headed towards the door.
As they locked the door behind them, Celestine, Sesshoumaru, and Aoji were coming in.
"Where is she?" Celestine asked.
"In there. We'll deal with her later. Let's go check on Kouga." Celestine stopped them in their tracks.
"She is still alive, right charak*?" ( AN: *NEW WORD!! means 'daughter')
Sora sighed. "Yes father. Unfortunately."
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Inuyasha mixed everything together into a bowl. It was a pinkish paste speckled with green.
"Kouga, wake up. I'm done." Inuyasha gently shook Kouga awake.
"Already? Okay," Kouga stifled a yawn, "First, you'll have to clean off the dried blood from my wounds and body. Then apply the paste onto the wounds only. You don't need to put alot, but enough to cover the wound." Inuyasha nodded.
"A note of advice itoshii, it would be best to clean one side then..." Kouga yawned once more. "then apply the paste. Then continue to the other side."
"I'll try not to hurt you too much." Inuyasha said. Kouga smiled.
"You could never hurt me." Kouga closed his eyes and fell asleep again. Inuyasha submerged a washcloth into a water bowl and squeezed out the excess water. He wiped off the caked on blood around his wounds and where blood had dripped down his torso and dried. It wasn't as difficult as it seemed. Most of the blood peeled off easily, while others stuck to the hairs of his arms and skin. Kouga flinched when Inuyasha had one wound that was difficult to clean. It was the one on his manhood.
"I'm sorry, koishii." Inuyasha stroked his face and Kouga opened his eyes to small slits.
"Don't worry. It's not your fault." Kouga covered his fiancee's hand with his own. Kouga saw tears flowing from his eyes.
"No tears. You're too good for them." Inuyasha cracked a smile. Inuyasha reached behind his neck to unclasp Kouga's chain. He took the ring off the chain and placed it back on Kouga's left ring finger.
"Thank you." Inuyasha resumed applying ointment on Kouga's wounds.He used a cotton ball to apply the paste to Kouga's wounds on the front. The paste made his skin look like it was covered in rashes.
After about five minutes, Inuyasha was finished. The door opened and Celestine was in shock at what he saw. He made his way over to Kouga and knelt beside him and stroked his hair.
"Churak...what have they done?"
'Didi, you came." Kouga was smiling despite the throbbing he felt due to the paste.
"Of course I came, churak. Why wouldn't I?"
"Inuyasha and I need to tell you something, Didi." Celestine stopped him before he could say anymore.
"First, you get better. I'm sure Inuyasha can tell me later." Celestine kissed his son's forehead. He then turned to Inuyasha. "Thank you for taking care of my son, Inuyasha."
"It's no problem. I'm still not done though." Inuyasha turned towards Kouga. "I need you to turn over. Do you need help?"
"A bit." Kouga tried to sit up, but hissed at the pain of the wounds on his back clinging onto the futon underneath him. He managed to sit upright, but was out of breath. Celestine was sickened at the deep lashes on his back.
"These wounds are far more worse than the ones on the rest of your body." Celestine reached out a hand to touch the wound but Kouga flinched back.
"Don't, Didi." Kouga slowly managed to lay on his stomach. Inuyasha tried to push back the hair from Kouga's back, but were stuck in the caked blood. Some were even stuck in the wounds. Kouga gripped the futon as his hair was pried way from the wounds.
"<Didi, leave us. And everyone else too. Please come back when we're done. There is much explainng to do about what happened and Sora can fill you in.>" Celestine knew the real reason why Kouga did not want him to be there. Kouga didn't want everyone else to worry about him.
'So considerate.' He thought. "Very well. Everyone, except Inuyasha, come with me." After they left, Inuyasha began cleaning his wounds.
"What was that all about?" Inuyasha wrung out the washcloth and began again on a different area.
"I didn't want them staring at me. I know they're worried, but I'll be fine." Kouga hissed at one of the wounds Inuyasha was cleaning.
"Sorry. They're you're family, Kouga. They have a right to be worried." Inuyasha cleaned off the caked blood and began to apply the rest of the paste to the deep wounds.
"Done. Will this stuff make your scars disappear?"
"Most likely. We'll see...by...morn..." Kouga fell asleep for the umpteenth time. Inuyasha brushed away some hair and kissed his koishii's temple. He began to cleanup.
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"Why would Nirah plan such a thing?" Celestine had his arms crossed and looked extremely pissed. They all stood inside the hut where Sesshoumaru, Shishio, Inuyasha, Kouga, and Sora slept.
"She found out that Kouga and Inuyasha were lovers and threatened to tell the entire tribe. Kouga refused her offer of marrying her and she lashed out at them." Shishio explained.
"I never knew such cruelty could come from her." Celestine said.
"She was desperate, Didi. And desperate people do desperate things. She'll pay though, like her brother did." Celestine turned towards his daughter.
"Please tell me you did not kill Myl?" Sora looked away.
"I didn't want to. But I saw no other way." Sora's eyes bacame glassy. "He was going to castrate Kouga."
"Killing him wasn't the answer!"
"What was I supposed to do, father!? Let Myl do that to Kouga and let him bleed to death?!" Celestine began to pace and run his hands through his hair.
"She will go on trial tomorrow."
"Trial?! She doesn't deserve-"
"That is the law in this tribe, Sora! Or have you forgotten?" Sora glared at her father. She closed her eyes and walked a few inches away from him, with her back facing him.
"You son needs to talk with you, father." Celestine reached out for his daughter, but drew back his hand and walked out.
"She's just like them." Sora whispered. "Just like those bastards who killed Elizabeth. She doesn'e deserve any kind of leniancy. She never gave any to Kouga." Sora covered her eyes and sobbed into her hands. Sesshoumaru brought her into his arms to comfort her.
"I think it would be best of we got some sleep." Aoji sugested.
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