InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Snow Angel ❯ The Grief ( Chapter 78 )
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 05.26.2013 | Pages: 1 | Words: 819 | Visits: 580 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 05.26.2013 | Pages: 1 | Words: 819 | Visits: 580 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter 78 - The Grief *Destiny of the Sword* (Stella's Soundtrack Challenge)
"Sesshoumaru!" Shippo yelled as he tugged at the taiyoukai's sleeve. "Sesshoumaru, snap out of it!" The kitsune needed him to get a grip, and fast. No one was thinking!
Inuyasha still knelt, holding Kagome's lifeless body, his shoulders shaking as proof that he was crying. Sango clung to Miroku as she wept, and the monk held her back as best he could with one arm, tears in his eyes as well. Shippo was the only one not crying, though he had good reason.
"Come on, Sesshoumaru! Think! You can fix this!" The kitsune continued to try and pull the taiyoukai out of his head. His grief was clouding his mind, and they were wasting precious time.
Finally, Shippo leaned down and sunk his sharp little teeth into Sesshoumaru's arm. The taiyoukai's head snapped up with a snarl, and he tried to shake the kit loose, but Shippo held on for dear life. The Western Lord locked eyes with the child who dared to bite him, and the kitsune relaxed and let go.
"Thank the Gods! Now, save her!"
Light flickered back into Sesshoumaru's eyes, and he looked across the distance to see his brother still clinging to the body of the woman he loved. "Inuyasha!" he called out. "Inuyasha, bring her here!"
The hanyou's shoulders shook harder, and Shippo growled in frustration. Was everyone so distraught that their brains had ceased to function? Sure, if they had been on their own and the miko had been killed it would have been a tragedy, and he would have cried until he couldn't cry anymore. Now, though, things were different. They had the taiyoukai, who just so happened to carry a life saving sword. If only he could get the chance to use it before it was too late.
The hanyou didn't respond, and Shippo rolled his eyes. He bolted to Inuyasha's side and began the process again. He shook the hanyou and screamed his lungs out, only to be brushed off. Realizing that time was of the essence, he went in for the kill and sank his little teeth into Inuyasha's ear. The hanyou yelped and yanked the kit off, yelping again as he ripped Shippo's fangs right through the delicate tissue.
"What the fuck do you want? Don't you see Kagome's gone?" Inuyasha couldn't even muster an angry tone. All the fight had drained out of him with his loss.
"And she'll stay that way if you don't pull yourself together!"
"What?" the hanyou asked.
"Bring her here, you fool!" Sesshoumaru yelled in the distance.
Inuyasha looked up, his eyes brightening at what he saw in the taiyoukai's hand. "The sword! You can bring her back!" The hanyou hauled himself off the ground and picked up the miko's body as carefully as possible before rushing to his brother's side. "You can, right? You can bring her back?"
"Lay her down," Sesshoumaru said with a nod, ignoring the shaking of his hand. The sword was for saving someone important, and he cared about Kagome more than he had ever cared about anyone. She was the most important person he knew in so many ways, not just to him. His life would be empty without her. This had to work.
Inuyasha gently laid Kagome's body on the ground, glancing at the slayer and the monk as they joined the circle around her.
"She looks so pale," Shippo whispered.
"Step back," the taiyoukai ordered. Everyone quickly gave him space and watched as Sesshoumaru held the sword over her body. He smirked as he saw the pallbearers and immediately sliced through them. There was utter silence. No one even dared to breathe as they waited for something to happen.
"She's healing!" Shippo shouted as soon as he noticed the wound pulling itself together. "Mama? Mama!"
Sango swept the kit up in her good arm in an effort to keep him from bouncing on Kagome while waiting nervously for her friend to give some sign that she was alright. A long minute passed before the miko suddenly gasped. She sat up quickly, looking around in shock. Sesshoumaru dropped to his knees at her side, the relief tangible, and she threw her arms around his neck.
"I thought I was dead," she whispered.
The taiyoukai nuzzled his nose against her throat, unable to look her in the eye. He had failed her. They had all failed her. "You were," he responded, just as quietly.
"Then how...?"
"The sword, Mama," Shippo explained as he squirmed his way out of the slayer's hold. "Sesshoumaru brought you back."
"Sesshoumaru!" Shippo yelled as he tugged at the taiyoukai's sleeve. "Sesshoumaru, snap out of it!" The kitsune needed him to get a grip, and fast. No one was thinking!
Inuyasha still knelt, holding Kagome's lifeless body, his shoulders shaking as proof that he was crying. Sango clung to Miroku as she wept, and the monk held her back as best he could with one arm, tears in his eyes as well. Shippo was the only one not crying, though he had good reason.
"Come on, Sesshoumaru! Think! You can fix this!" The kitsune continued to try and pull the taiyoukai out of his head. His grief was clouding his mind, and they were wasting precious time.
Finally, Shippo leaned down and sunk his sharp little teeth into Sesshoumaru's arm. The taiyoukai's head snapped up with a snarl, and he tried to shake the kit loose, but Shippo held on for dear life. The Western Lord locked eyes with the child who dared to bite him, and the kitsune relaxed and let go.
"Thank the Gods! Now, save her!"
Light flickered back into Sesshoumaru's eyes, and he looked across the distance to see his brother still clinging to the body of the woman he loved. "Inuyasha!" he called out. "Inuyasha, bring her here!"
The hanyou's shoulders shook harder, and Shippo growled in frustration. Was everyone so distraught that their brains had ceased to function? Sure, if they had been on their own and the miko had been killed it would have been a tragedy, and he would have cried until he couldn't cry anymore. Now, though, things were different. They had the taiyoukai, who just so happened to carry a life saving sword. If only he could get the chance to use it before it was too late.
The hanyou didn't respond, and Shippo rolled his eyes. He bolted to Inuyasha's side and began the process again. He shook the hanyou and screamed his lungs out, only to be brushed off. Realizing that time was of the essence, he went in for the kill and sank his little teeth into Inuyasha's ear. The hanyou yelped and yanked the kit off, yelping again as he ripped Shippo's fangs right through the delicate tissue.
"What the fuck do you want? Don't you see Kagome's gone?" Inuyasha couldn't even muster an angry tone. All the fight had drained out of him with his loss.
"And she'll stay that way if you don't pull yourself together!"
"What?" the hanyou asked.
"Bring her here, you fool!" Sesshoumaru yelled in the distance.
Inuyasha looked up, his eyes brightening at what he saw in the taiyoukai's hand. "The sword! You can bring her back!" The hanyou hauled himself off the ground and picked up the miko's body as carefully as possible before rushing to his brother's side. "You can, right? You can bring her back?"
"Lay her down," Sesshoumaru said with a nod, ignoring the shaking of his hand. The sword was for saving someone important, and he cared about Kagome more than he had ever cared about anyone. She was the most important person he knew in so many ways, not just to him. His life would be empty without her. This had to work.
Inuyasha gently laid Kagome's body on the ground, glancing at the slayer and the monk as they joined the circle around her.
"She looks so pale," Shippo whispered.
"Step back," the taiyoukai ordered. Everyone quickly gave him space and watched as Sesshoumaru held the sword over her body. He smirked as he saw the pallbearers and immediately sliced through them. There was utter silence. No one even dared to breathe as they waited for something to happen.
"She's healing!" Shippo shouted as soon as he noticed the wound pulling itself together. "Mama? Mama!"
Sango swept the kit up in her good arm in an effort to keep him from bouncing on Kagome while waiting nervously for her friend to give some sign that she was alright. A long minute passed before the miko suddenly gasped. She sat up quickly, looking around in shock. Sesshoumaru dropped to his knees at her side, the relief tangible, and she threw her arms around his neck.
"I thought I was dead," she whispered.
The taiyoukai nuzzled his nose against her throat, unable to look her in the eye. He had failed her. They had all failed her. "You were," he responded, just as quietly.
"Then how...?"
"The sword, Mama," Shippo explained as he squirmed his way out of the slayer's hold. "Sesshoumaru brought you back."