InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sweet 16 ❯ Chapter 9
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By: I_love_Inuyasha 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.29.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 556 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.29.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.4K | Visits: 556 | Status: Completed
Inuyasha sat back in the corner at Kaede's glaring at Kagome, only to have the glare returned.
"So, what did you guys find out?" Sango asked, ignoring the two short tempered hanyous.
"A large snake demon has been terrorizing a village just east of here. They believe it has gotten its new strength of a jewel shard. The village is close to here, it should only take us a few hours to get there." Miroku answered.
"So when do we leave?" Sango asked.
"Inuyasha and I figured we should leave first thing in the morning. For now, I think we should get some rest," Miroku said as he climbed into Sango's sleeping bag.
"I don't think so monk," Sango said, raising her weapon, "we haven't defeated him yet remember."
Miroku reluctantly moved out of the reach of Sango's weapon and leaned up against the wall.
"Goodnight Sango, Goodnight Miroku," Kagome said, as she climbed into her sleeping bag.
"Goodnight Kagome," The two said in unison.
"Goodnight Shippo," she said as the kitsune snuggled up next to her and in a few seconds was asleep.
She pulled Shippo closer to her. Just before she fell asleep, under her breath she mumbled, "Goodnight Inuyasha,"
"Goodnight Kagome,"
* * *
The next day they arrived to find the village they were seeking was abandoned. They searched around and found no one, not even evidence that anyone had ever lived there. The homes were completely empty. Kagome noticed Inuyasha sniffing the air. A low growl emitted from his throat and he stepping front of Kagome protectively.
"Naraku, I know you're here, show yourself!" Inuyasha snarled.
"I was beginning to wonder when you would pick up on my scent," A man with dark hair and sinister eyes walked out from behind one of the houses.
"So this is just one of you traps?" Miroku stated, more than asked.
"Oh, you are a clever one monk," Naraku replied, "I'm tired of playing games with you. I've decided to rid myself of you, and take the remaining jewel shards."
"I couldn't agree with you more," Inuyasha unsheathed the tetsuseiga, "its time to put an end to this."
Inuyasha dove at Naraku, who easily dodged the attack. Sango thrust her weapon and missed. Their battle went on for nearly and hour, with several near missed for both sides. There looked to be no end. Neither side seemed to be making any progress. Kagome had contributed little to the battle. Her arrows missed every time she tried, and she didn't feel confident enough in her hanyou abilities to use them. Kagome watched as Miroku threw a handful of scrolls at him at the same moment that Inuyasha and Sango attacked with their weapons. The multiple attacks left Naraku stunned for a couple of seconds. 'Now's my chance,' Kagome thought. She prepared an arrow. Thoughts of all the horrible things Naraku had done, all the pain he had caused, ran through Kagome's mind. She knew she had to get him this time, she couldn't let him cause anymore pain and destruction. With all these thoughts in mind, Kagome released her arrow. It was glowing brighter than it ever had before. The group watched as it slowly pierced Naraku's heart.
"How can it be? How did she...?" Were the last words Naraku spoke before bursting into a thousand pieces.
The jewel shards he'd had fell to the ground where he had been standing. Kagome walked over and picked them up.
"Is he really gone?" Sango asked, "Did we really defeat him this time?"
"There's only one way to be sure," Miroku unwrapped his prayer beads and stared at his hand for a moment in disbelief. He then raised his palm to the group. Sango ran over and embraced him.
"It's over, I have avenged my family and your hand is healed," Tears of joy rolled down Sango’s cheek.
Kagome smiled at her friends. She looked down at the jewel shards in her hand. She then pulled her necklace off and placed those jewel shards in her palm, with the ones that had just gotten from Naraku. She closed her hands around them, and a pink light shined through her fingers. When she opened her hands, she was holding the completed jewel. She walked over to Inuyasha and placed it in his hands. A single tear rolled down her cheek as she turned and walked away. 'What will he choose,' she wondered as she began the walk back to Kaede's, never looking back at Inuyasha. Miroku grabbed Sango's hand and followed in silence, Shippo and Kirara weren't far behind. Inuyasha stood there, still shocked by everything that had happened.
* * *
Back in Kaede's hut, after they had all rested a bit, Miroku was told Kaede about everything that had happened. Kagome sat in the back of the room cradling a sleeping kitsune pup. Sango walked back and sat next to her.
"How are you feeling Kagome?" She asked, placing a hand on her friends shoulder.
"Anxious...I want to know what he's going to do with the jewel," Kagome stared down at Shippo.
Suddenly a familiar scent hit Kagome's nose.
"Inuyasha?" she whispered.
She placed Shippo in Sango's lap and followed her nose out of the hut. She found Inuyasha walking up the path towards Kaede's hut.
"Inuyasha, what did you do with the jewel?" Kagome asked.
"Are the others inside?" he ignored her question.
"Yes," she replied.
"Good, I want to talk to all of you together,"
The two went inside and sat by the fire. When they saw Inuyasha enter with Kagome, Miroku and Sango walked over and sat by them. Inuyasha began his story as soon as they sat down.
"I stood there for house, trying to decide what I should do. I knew I couldn't use the jewel to become a full demon. It wasn't even an option for me anymore. I don't want to be human either. I feel so useless when I'm human. I started to think about this group, how we all came to together and everything we've been through. I thought about what was going to happen to us now. Even with our search over, I hope we all stay together. But then I realized that Sango and Miroku are human, and won't life as long as the rest of us, I know how much it would hurt Kagome, if you guys died, and she still has so much longer to live. I also thought of Kagome's parents and how her father will out live her mother. Not to mention Kagome's brother and grandfather. The jewel started to glow and Midoriko appeared in front of me. She said something about me having a good heart and game this really long speech. Anyways, to make a long story short, she granted Miroku, Sango, Nisume, Sota and Kagome's grandfather, with lives as long as me and Kagome's. She said since we had all worked so hard for this, lost so much, and made so many sacrifices that she would also make is so that the well will remain open for all of us to travel between the two times whenever we want. And then the jewel and Midoriko just vanished," Inuyasha finally stopped and took a deep breath.
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A/N: I am so sorry it took me so long to update, first I suffered from writers block, and when I finally got my next chapter written, the internet was screwed up on my computer. I went ahead and wrote this chapter too and tried to make the chapters long, to hopefully make up for taking so long to update. I hope you guys like it. Please review. I will start working on the next chapter soon, I already know what I want to happen, so it shouldn't take me very long.
"So, what did you guys find out?" Sango asked, ignoring the two short tempered hanyous.
"A large snake demon has been terrorizing a village just east of here. They believe it has gotten its new strength of a jewel shard. The village is close to here, it should only take us a few hours to get there." Miroku answered.
"So when do we leave?" Sango asked.
"Inuyasha and I figured we should leave first thing in the morning. For now, I think we should get some rest," Miroku said as he climbed into Sango's sleeping bag.
"I don't think so monk," Sango said, raising her weapon, "we haven't defeated him yet remember."
Miroku reluctantly moved out of the reach of Sango's weapon and leaned up against the wall.
"Goodnight Sango, Goodnight Miroku," Kagome said, as she climbed into her sleeping bag.
"Goodnight Kagome," The two said in unison.
"Goodnight Shippo," she said as the kitsune snuggled up next to her and in a few seconds was asleep.
She pulled Shippo closer to her. Just before she fell asleep, under her breath she mumbled, "Goodnight Inuyasha,"
"Goodnight Kagome,"
* * *
The next day they arrived to find the village they were seeking was abandoned. They searched around and found no one, not even evidence that anyone had ever lived there. The homes were completely empty. Kagome noticed Inuyasha sniffing the air. A low growl emitted from his throat and he stepping front of Kagome protectively.
"Naraku, I know you're here, show yourself!" Inuyasha snarled.
"I was beginning to wonder when you would pick up on my scent," A man with dark hair and sinister eyes walked out from behind one of the houses.
"So this is just one of you traps?" Miroku stated, more than asked.
"Oh, you are a clever one monk," Naraku replied, "I'm tired of playing games with you. I've decided to rid myself of you, and take the remaining jewel shards."
"I couldn't agree with you more," Inuyasha unsheathed the tetsuseiga, "its time to put an end to this."
Inuyasha dove at Naraku, who easily dodged the attack. Sango thrust her weapon and missed. Their battle went on for nearly and hour, with several near missed for both sides. There looked to be no end. Neither side seemed to be making any progress. Kagome had contributed little to the battle. Her arrows missed every time she tried, and she didn't feel confident enough in her hanyou abilities to use them. Kagome watched as Miroku threw a handful of scrolls at him at the same moment that Inuyasha and Sango attacked with their weapons. The multiple attacks left Naraku stunned for a couple of seconds. 'Now's my chance,' Kagome thought. She prepared an arrow. Thoughts of all the horrible things Naraku had done, all the pain he had caused, ran through Kagome's mind. She knew she had to get him this time, she couldn't let him cause anymore pain and destruction. With all these thoughts in mind, Kagome released her arrow. It was glowing brighter than it ever had before. The group watched as it slowly pierced Naraku's heart.
"How can it be? How did she...?" Were the last words Naraku spoke before bursting into a thousand pieces.
The jewel shards he'd had fell to the ground where he had been standing. Kagome walked over and picked them up.
"Is he really gone?" Sango asked, "Did we really defeat him this time?"
"There's only one way to be sure," Miroku unwrapped his prayer beads and stared at his hand for a moment in disbelief. He then raised his palm to the group. Sango ran over and embraced him.
"It's over, I have avenged my family and your hand is healed," Tears of joy rolled down Sango’s cheek.
Kagome smiled at her friends. She looked down at the jewel shards in her hand. She then pulled her necklace off and placed those jewel shards in her palm, with the ones that had just gotten from Naraku. She closed her hands around them, and a pink light shined through her fingers. When she opened her hands, she was holding the completed jewel. She walked over to Inuyasha and placed it in his hands. A single tear rolled down her cheek as she turned and walked away. 'What will he choose,' she wondered as she began the walk back to Kaede's, never looking back at Inuyasha. Miroku grabbed Sango's hand and followed in silence, Shippo and Kirara weren't far behind. Inuyasha stood there, still shocked by everything that had happened.
* * *
Back in Kaede's hut, after they had all rested a bit, Miroku was told Kaede about everything that had happened. Kagome sat in the back of the room cradling a sleeping kitsune pup. Sango walked back and sat next to her.
"How are you feeling Kagome?" She asked, placing a hand on her friends shoulder.
"Anxious...I want to know what he's going to do with the jewel," Kagome stared down at Shippo.
Suddenly a familiar scent hit Kagome's nose.
"Inuyasha?" she whispered.
She placed Shippo in Sango's lap and followed her nose out of the hut. She found Inuyasha walking up the path towards Kaede's hut.
"Inuyasha, what did you do with the jewel?" Kagome asked.
"Are the others inside?" he ignored her question.
"Yes," she replied.
"Good, I want to talk to all of you together,"
The two went inside and sat by the fire. When they saw Inuyasha enter with Kagome, Miroku and Sango walked over and sat by them. Inuyasha began his story as soon as they sat down.
"I stood there for house, trying to decide what I should do. I knew I couldn't use the jewel to become a full demon. It wasn't even an option for me anymore. I don't want to be human either. I feel so useless when I'm human. I started to think about this group, how we all came to together and everything we've been through. I thought about what was going to happen to us now. Even with our search over, I hope we all stay together. But then I realized that Sango and Miroku are human, and won't life as long as the rest of us, I know how much it would hurt Kagome, if you guys died, and she still has so much longer to live. I also thought of Kagome's parents and how her father will out live her mother. Not to mention Kagome's brother and grandfather. The jewel started to glow and Midoriko appeared in front of me. She said something about me having a good heart and game this really long speech. Anyways, to make a long story short, she granted Miroku, Sango, Nisume, Sota and Kagome's grandfather, with lives as long as me and Kagome's. She said since we had all worked so hard for this, lost so much, and made so many sacrifices that she would also make is so that the well will remain open for all of us to travel between the two times whenever we want. And then the jewel and Midoriko just vanished," Inuyasha finally stopped and took a deep breath.
* * *
A/N: I am so sorry it took me so long to update, first I suffered from writers block, and when I finally got my next chapter written, the internet was screwed up on my computer. I went ahead and wrote this chapter too and tried to make the chapters long, to hopefully make up for taking so long to update. I hope you guys like it. Please review. I will start working on the next chapter soon, I already know what I want to happen, so it shouldn't take me very long.