InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ This Wasn't In The Job Description ❯ Attack at Dawn ( Chapter 56 )

Chapter 56

 

Attack at Dawn

 

After the contractors and cleaners left, InuYasha and Kagome were thankfully left alone. They had a quiet dinner of Udon with vegetables, and got ready for bed. InuYasha curled his naked body around Kagome and pulled her towards him.

 

“Ouch!” Kagome exclaimed.

 

“What, did my claws get you?” InuYasha said in concern.

 

“No, your cock got me,” Kagome replied. “Please be careful how hard you pull my backside up against you, I'm sore.”

 

“I'm sorry,” InuYasha said contritely, and his tone made Kagome laugh.

 

“No need to be sorry,” she said. “I had a lot of fun getting this way, and don't regret it.”

 

InuYasha planted a soft kiss on her temple, and they drifted off to sleep in each other's arms. But their sleep was not peaceful. They were each plagued with terrifying dreams.

 

In her dream, Kagome stood on a beach, alone and afraid. Where was InuYasha? When had they been parted? She thought this would never happen again! Her heart beat wildly in her chest, but all she saw was sand, sky and ocean. Suddenly, a wind whipped up out of nowhere, making her hair and skirt flutter in a wild dance behind her. Sand flew up and blew in her eyes, and she covered her face with her arms, her sight narrowed to only slits.

 

“InuYasha, InuYasha!” Kagome called out, but the wind made her choke on her words.

 

When strong arms suddenly grabbed her from behind, she was grateful. She turned in his arms and looked up into…the blood red eyes of Naraku.

 

Next to Kagome, InuYasha's ears twitched as he reacted to his own dream. He was running through his house, looking for Kagome, but did not seem to be getting anywhere. As he made his arduous way from room to room, his panic grew. How could he have lost her? He had sworn to protect her, to never leave her alone again! A roaring reached his ears, and he looked up to see that the house itself was rattling, as if it was about to be blown apart. Fuck, he had to find her before that happened!

 

Finally, InuYasha burst into the ruined master bedroom, and found her on the floor, looking pale and lifeless.

 

“Kagome!” he yelled in anguish, but a light was reflected into his eyes and blinded him.

 

`You're too late…” A toneless, childish girl's voice replied.

 

InuYasha was startled awake by the feeling of Kagome trembling and twitching in her sleep as she lay in his arms. Small whines could be heard from behind her closed lips. His dream still sending shivers of fear and anger through him, InuYasha gently turned Kagome so she was facing him, and she woke with a gasp, her eyes snapping open.

 

“Are you okay?” InuYasha said softly.

 

“Oh, InuYasha,” Kagome said in relief. “I had such a nightmare…it seemed so real.”

 

The dream still had an emotional grip on her, and reflexively she threw herself in his arms, her arms going around his neck and pressed her cheek against his chest as the fear abated with a last tremor. InuYasha's own dream had left him with a feeling of panic and despair, which he tried to burn out of himself with a fierce anger. He tenderly but firmly held her to him, burying his face in her sweet hair and inhaling deeply. His beautiful, precious Kagome was alive, and his… It was just a stupid fucking dream, no matter how real it had seemed. There was no way he was ever going to lose her! Wasn't he?

 

`Don't worry Kagome,” InuYasha whispered. “It was just a dream…I will always protect you. I won't let us be separated again, I swear.”

 

Something in his voice made Kagome loosen herself from his grasp so she could look in his face. InuYasha's eyes flashed with a determination and anger she was used to, but underlying it was a haunted look. Obviously, something had spooked him

 

“I believe in you, InuYasha,” Kagome said softly, and gently stroked his face. “Never doubt that I trust you completely to keep me safe.”

 

“Sometimes I wonder if I was right,” InuYasha answered quietly, and rubbed her back with a light, careful touch.

 

“Right about what?” Kagome asked in concern.

 

“To let you get involved with me when it exposes you to danger,” InuYasha said, turning away. “You deserve more, Kagome. You deserve better than me.”

 

The sound of doubt and sadness in his voice clutched painfully at Kagome's heart, and she wished InuYasha would look up and into her face. She was sure he would see that she regretted nothing, and loved him beyond measure. The thought of being without him sent panic through her, but she would not let him see it. Carefully, she schooled her face to show only love and determination, as she put her hand on his cheek and moved his face back to look at her, which he allowed with a sigh.

 

“When I told you I loved you, I made a commitment to you from my heart,” Kagome said. “I accept you, and will stand by you - it is my choice born out of love. I regret nothing, and I never think I deserve better - you are better, InuYasha. You are the only one for me.”

 

Slowly, InuYasha turned up his downcast eyes to Kagome, and she was relieved at their open and unguarded expression. They were filled with wonder, and she realized he also looked grateful. Such beautiful, large golden eyes shimmering at her so intensely, she almost blushed. Instead, she took his face between her hands, and pulled it down towards her, kissing his lips sweetly and tenderly, and feeling him relax.

 

The moment was broken as a familiar sound made InuYasha's ears twitch again. It was too faint for Kagome to hear it, but he pulled away from her to listen more intently. Why did that sound familiar? Where had he heard it before? It sounded like…the wind. But no ordinary wind…the wind in his dream! A dreadful foreboding came over InuYasha, and he leaped out of bed and grabbed for his jeans. Outside, dawn had just graced the horizon in pale pinks and yellows, but there was something in the sky, an object that he instinctively knew did not belong there. It was coming closer, he could see it out the side window of the bedroom.

 

“What is it, InuYasha?” Kagome asked, watching him with a furrow on her brow.

 

`Fuck, I can't let what happened in my dream really occur,' InuYasha thought as she turned to regard her. `I just better keep her by my side.'

 

“Get up quickly, and come with me,” InuYasha said. “We are under attack again.”

 

As she climbed out of bed, she could finally hear the noise made by the wind. It galvanized her to action, and she leapt out of bed as InuYasha reached for Tessaiga. Her own dream came back to her in vivid detail, and this time she would stick to him like glue - there was no way she would let herself be separated from him!

 

InuYasha made sure he did not move too quickly so Kagome could keep up. He stepped outside the door, Kagome at his heels and they headed for the back of the house where a bright object, like a glowing white orb, began to descend, a strong wind whipping up in its wake. He held out his hand, gesturing for Kagome to stay behind him, and she quickly complied.

 

“Fujin no Mai!”

 

Sickle-shaped blades of force rained down upon InuYasha and Kagome. The hanyou blocked Kagome with his body and fended off the attack with Tessaiga. But they could not see who was attacking them. The object descended onto the beach, and then changed. A woman with jade bead earrings, a fan, and youkai red eyes and a young, pale girl with an expressionless face holding a mirror disembarked from what looked like a feather. The woman with the red eyes waved her fan again, uttering the same phrase and more blades of force came towards them.

 

“Who are they?” Kagome yelled, as wind buffeted them.

 

“I smell Naraku,” InuYasha growled, raising Tessaiga again. “They're youkai.”

 

“Kanna, go after the girl while I deal with InuYasha,” Kagura said.

 

“Yes, Kagura.” Kanna answered in a soft, monotone voice.

 

“I won't let you fucking have her!” InuYasha roared, and got ready to release the Kaze no Kisu - but was thwarted when Kagura raised a blast of wind and sent it at them.

 

It knocked Kagome loose from where she clung to InuYasha's back, and they heard an ominous rattle above them. Tiles from the roof began to rain down on them, further delaying InuYasha from releasing his attack. Angrily he batted them away, trying to shield Kagome with his body, but she tumbled away from him.

 

“InuYasha!” Kagome cried in fright, as she rolled in the sand.

 

There was nothing for Kagome to hold on to, as she desperately reached out of for InuYasha, and then Kanna had turned her mirror upon her. A strange feeling came over her, as if she were losing pieces of herself. Orbs of light began to break loose from her and float towards the mirror. When InuYasha saw what was happening, he was filled with rage. It was just like his dream - and he would not let it come true!

 

“Kagome, no!” InuYasha yelled in anguish, and ducked an attack from Kagura, raising Tessaiga above his head as he dove for her.

 

InuYasha grabbed Kagome and rolled, Tessaiga held above him as a shield. Before Kagura could loose another attack, he jumped to his feet with Kagome under one arm, and acted with speed and desperation.

 

“Kaze no Kizu!”

 

The energy force from the sword headed for Kagura and Kanna. Kanna was forced to stop what she was doing to Kagome, and deflect the attack. But Kagura was not so lucky, and part of it reached her. The orbs of light that were Kagome's soul began to drift, and were suddenly pulled back strongly into Kagome's body. InuYasha charged Kanna, who just stood there.

 

`Damn!' thought Kagura, as the Kaze no Kizu threatened to rip her apart and she called on the wind to take her into the air. `Naraku never told me InuYasha had such an attack!'

 

Kanna was swept up in the wind as well, and Kagura grabbed the small youkai and put her on the feather beside her before InuYasha could reach her. The wind sorceress was angry and afraid - Naraku in his arrogance had never prepared them for this! She would have to find a way to escape both InuYasha and her loathsome master's wrath. The only one she could think of who had the ability to help her was the same one she had been battling for months, under her master's orders. Better to seek out Sesshomaru and see if she could get him to free her from her slavery by killing Naraku, than to continue like this…

 

Meanwhile, the deflected Kaze no Kizu hit the roof InuYasha's house - and tore most of the backside of it off….