InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ This Wasn't In The Job Description ❯ Taming the Savage Youkai ( Chapter 61 )

Taming the Savage Youkai

 

 

Kagome's mind raced as the transformed InuYasha came towards her. She could see the battle being waged within him, as his face contorted and each step was obviously a struggle. Behind her, she heard Sango and Miroku calling to her desperately to come to them. They were both scared for her safety, but knew she was determined to save her true love.

 

`What can bring him back to me?' Kagome thought. `I know my InuYasha is in there - he's letting me know that! There must be something I can do!'

 

A thought hit Kagome, giving her sudden hope, and with trembling hands, she reached into her backpack. As nervous as she was, she fumbled for what she was looking for, her heart racing. Relief flooded through her as her hand closed on the item she sought.

 

“What is she doing?” Sango cried, putting a hand on Miroku's wrist.

 

“I think she has a plan,” Miroku said. “Let's give her the benefit of the doubt before we jump in and try to rescue her.”

 

Taking a deep breath, Kagome steadied her hand long enough to press her thumb on the button of her portable CD player. Quickly, she increased the volume as loud as it would go. They were hit by the sound of InuYasha singing “Kagome.”

 

“If you wonder at my smile, it's for Kagome…Never thought I'd see a day like this again. She turned my life around with her sweet ways…Now I know I'll always have a friend. And so much more, so much more. Kagome, you're my guiding star. Kagome, the angel that you are. All I want is Kagome…”

 

Kagome, Sango and Miroku held their collective breaths, as InuYasha came to a stumbling halt. As the song continued, his eyes began to flicker back from red to gold. With a ragged gasp, he put his hands to his face.

 

The song penetrated into the red haze that told InuYasha to kill everyone in sight. It began to drown out the demonic urge, as it took hold of his heart and mind. This is who he was! He was not a monster filled with bloodlust! He was…the man who loved Kagome with all his heart and soul.

 

“Great idea, Kagome! I think it's working,” Miroku said, as he and Sango came to her side.

 

When InuYasha fell to his knees in front of them, they backed up a pace to be safe. As the song came to an end, InuYasha was breathing deeply, and finally looked up at them. His eyes were gold…

 

“Oh, InuYasha!” Kagome cried out in a broken voice, running to him and throwing her arms around him.

 

Wearily, InuYasha put his arms around her and stroked her hair, as she sobbed in relief. Then he rested his head on her shoulder.

 

“I'm so sorry, Kagome,” he whispered. “I…don't know what happened or why. I never thought you were in any danger when you were with me…until now.”

 

“I was never afraid,” Kagome whispered back, her voice hoarse from her sobs. “I will never lose faith in you, no matter what happens.”

 

Somberly, Miroku and Sango looked on as their friends comforted each other. Although Kagome's words were brave and loving, and full of devotion, Miroku could not help but be troubled. He had known InuYasha ever since the hanyou had appeared at the monastery where Miroku was a young Buddhist monk. In their years together, they had become close friends - and he thought he knew InuYasha better than anyone. But this astounding and terrifying transformation had obviously shaken his friend to the core - and nothing he could think of gave him an answer why…

 

“We must try and find out what happened to cause such a transformation,” Miroku said.

 

“Yeah…” InuYasha said, sitting on the ground and pulling Kagome onto his lap, where she clung to him as the shock wore off. “It was really hard…to stop myself from killing. I was overcome by a fierce rage and a need to keep killing…and killing. God, it could've been Kagome, and you and Sango!”

 

“So,” Miroku said. “Let's all try to find a way to logically figure out what happened to InuYasha. Besides being attacked by this monster with his uncanny abilities…”

 

“He could read my mind,” InuYasha mumbled, making everyone stop and look at him, taken aback.

 

“Uh, yeah…” Miroku continued. “What other unforeseen incident occurred?”

 

Everyone was quiet as they thought about what Miroku had said. But Kagome was quiet because the incident had taken a toll on her, and she did not even try and think. Leaning her chin on InuYasha's shoulder, her eyes fell on the two pieces of Tessaiga where they had lain forgotten for the moment.

 

“Oh, your sword, InuYasha,” Kagome said. “I can't believe that thing broke Tessaiga! We must find Totosai and get it fixed!”

 

Something about Kagome's remark struck a chord in Sango - for some reason, she felt that Tessaiga being broken had a role to play in what happened to InuYasha. It was just an intuition, but she went with it.

 

“InuYasha, has your sword ever been broken before?” Sango asked.

 

“Never,” InuYasha said, shaking his head. “When I left the Demon Realm, it was all I brought with me. All I ever had from my father was my fire rat and the sword.”

 

Having mentioned the clothes he used to wear, InuYasha touched a piece of his shredded shirt in disgust. The jacket was slashed to pieces, and his jeans and T-shirt were also ripped and bloody. Inspecting Kagome quickly, he was grateful her clothes were not stained with his blood - a bit of luck, that.

 

“I think we must go see Totosai and get Tessaiga fixed, like Kagome said,” InuYasha said. “But first, I need to get something. Is everyone fit to travel?”

 

“I'm fine now,” Kagome said. “But what about you? You sustained so many injuries!”

 

“Shit, don't worry about me,” InuYasha answered. “You know how fast I heal. Let's get going - I want to find it before it gets dark. I know where I am - it's not far from here.”

 

Carefully, InuYasha lifted Kagome from his lap and she stood up. The ragged hanyou led the way from the ravaged village and the decapitated Goshinki. Only then did the few humans left alive in the village creep out from where they were hiding, huddling together and staring after them wonderingly….

 

~*~

 

“God damn fucking shit!” Naraku raged, raising a hand to knock the mirror out of Kanna's hands, but stopping at the last minute.

 

When he had felt Goshinki die, Naraku had been stunned. Calling for Kanna, he told her to use the mirror to find InuYasha. When he saw what had become of his latest - and what he had thought to be his most powerful - minion, he was furious! And there was that fucking thorn in his side, InuYasha, alive.

 

Naraku could not accept that InuYasha and his friends had information about the whereabouts of the Shikon no Tama formula and he could not get it out of them. Well, he still had the nanotech to create more minions…one of them had to succeed! Narrowing his eyes, the thought of his minions brought him back to another irritating matter.

 

“That bitch Kagura return yet?” Naraku asked Kanna, who had stood steady as a stone during his fit of rage.

 

“No,” Kanna said quietly.

 

“What the hell can that stupid bitch be up to!” Naraku stormed, pacing the floor of his room in a swirl of silk. “She knows that her time is limited - I told you both that without time spent in the vats where I made you, you will disintegrate! She has to come back - before her time runs out!”

 

“Yes, master,” Kanna replied.

 

The toneless voice of his minion, and her emotionless subservience did not make Naraku feel any better. In fact, she was getting on his nerves.

 

“Go back to your room, Kanna, this instant!” Naraku snarled. “I'll call you if I need you! Only come to me if you find out where that bitch Kagura went.”

 

Silently, Kanna backed away into the shadows and was gone, leaving Naraku to brood on his next move. Stalking out of his room, he went to the laboratory where he created his minions. Staring at the vats, his arms behind his back, he contemplated what to do next…his next creations had to kill InuYasha, he would have it no other way!

 

~*~

 

The army of the Lord of the Western Lands was leaving the battlefield, some of them uncomfortable with their victory. InuYasha was their Lord's half-brother - but he was only hanyou, and he had defeated Naraku's army in their place! The set of their shoulders and the murmurs between them were visible signs of their unease and dissatisfaction.

 

At the back of his army strode Lord Sesshomaru. He was silent, but listened intently for any discord among his men. The griping was to be expected, but any outward show of insubordination would be dealt with quickly and permanently before the whole army was infected. Everything was under control…except Sesshomaru knew he was being followed. Not just his army...him.

 

“You,” Sesshomaru said, spinning around to stare at his pursuer.

 

Startled, she came to a halt, and then raised red eyes to him defiantly. She would never betray any fear or anxiety - not to anyone, including the powerful Taiyoukai Lord, Sesshomaru.

 

“You did not fight with your master's army,” Sesshomaru stated.

 

“That is right, my Lord,” Kagura replied. “I loathe him and his control over me. I want to serve you - you are the only one who can defeat him and set me free.”

 

They regarded each other silently. The army had noticed that their Lord had fallen behind, and waited for him a respectful distance away. Kagura bore his scrutiny, his face a cool mask of control not betraying what he was thinking or feeling, with a will of steel.

 

It was too late for Kagura now…either Sesshomaru believed her and let her serve him, or she faced certain death. But still, it would be a clean death - far better than what Naraku would put her through if she were to return…