InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Through Blood and Fire ❯ Now Minus One ( Chapter 6 )
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By: NicoNighteyes 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Adventure / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.17.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 167 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Adventure / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.17.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 167 | Status: Completed
Chapter 6 - Now Minus One
Kouga began running at full speed towards the well. No, he would not let his mate leave
him. He would not let her go. Not at least without one hell of a fight. He loved her. Why
would she just up leave him like this. Her words kept playing over and over again in his
head. "I love you, Kouga, that is why I'm releasing you of your promise." He still
couldn't believe ears. No, Kagome. I don't want to be released. I want you to hang on for
as long as it takes. I won't let you go back until I tell you I'm still going to wait for you.
With that final thought, Kouga quickened his pace.
Meanwhile, deep in the Western lands, and very upset hanyou named InuYasha,
made his way to his brother's castle in hopes to find him there. He was in luck. He picked
up his brother's scent as well as his sister's. Might as well tell them now instead of letting
them find out later. InuYasha decided to enter the castle through his room's window. Yes,
Sesshoumaru and InuYasha had gotten so close Sesshomaru now allowed InuYasha to
live in the castle with Taki and himself. He had his own room and servants and
everything.
He entered through his window and continued on out into the extensive hallway
and down the grand, marble staircase, following his brother's scent, into the hot spring
room. This room was massive. It was almost like Sesshoumaru had taken a piece of the
outside and stuck into this room. The floor was covered in grass with trees and bushes
and flowers littering the ground here and there. In the middle of the room was a pool of
hot spring water, on one side which had a small stream running off towards one of the
room's vine covered walls, through bushes and trees until it ran out of a small drain in the
wall. On the other side of the hot pool was the source of the water. A seventeen foot
waterfall coming from outside somehow, replenished the fairly large pool with fresh, hot
water constantly. Above, the roof was made of some kind of clear material, InuYasha had
never been sure, but it allowed a crystal clear view of the sky outside.
In this room was where InuYasha found Sesshoumaru, dressing on the bank after
finishing a bath. He ran over to his brother, startling him at first. Sesshoumaru looked up
at InuYasha and new something was wrong. Just as InuYasha opened his mouth to speak,
Taki ran in frantic.
"Fluffy, brother, have you heard!?" cried Taki.
Fluffy was the pet name Taki used for Sesshoumaru, whom she almost resembled.
Like her older brother, she had the purple marks on her wrists and cheeks. She also had
the long, shimmering silver hair both InuYasha and Sesshoumaru had as well as a long,
silver, fluffy tail that fell from her waist to just short of the ground and the crescent moon
on her forehead, a mark inherited by her and Sesshoumaru from their mother. But she had
also inherited those adorable puppy ears from her father as her younger brother InuYasha
had.
"What is wrong Taki?" asked Sesshoumaru, worried.
"Kagome is gone!" replied Taki.
"WHAT!?"
It was InuYasha's turn to talk.
"It's true, brother. Kagome has left us."
"Why?"
"She has some cousin who must live with her now because her own parents are
dead. Kagome thought it would be a good idea if she quit coming to the past because of
her cousin. So she won't be coming back anymore. Who knows if she'll ever return."
"So she just left?"
"Yes. Kept rambling on about some damn promise she made to her cousin a long
time ago and that she had to keep it. She even told Kouga she wanted him to find another
mate and released him from the promise they made."
"WHAT!"
Sesshoumaru felt his head spin. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Kagome
was gone. That couldn't be. And then the whole ordeal with Kouga. Yeah sure he had
tried to kill Kagome before, but that was a long time ago. He had learned to trust some
humans, namely Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Kaede and almost completely gotten over
his hatred for them. He now thought of the young miko as well as the demon slayer as his
little sisters and this news hurt him just as much as it hurt the rest of the group.
"Our pack is now minus one." Taki stated in a solemn voice. Usually so bubbly,
Taki had liked humans regardless of what her mother had taught her and Sesshoumaru, so
she instantly like the upbeat Kagome and the two became fast friends, eventually winning
over Sango. The trio were usually inseparable, except for a few occasions.
Taki began to cry and sob not bothering to hide her emotions, completely opposite
from her older brother, who used to seem emotionless. But that was changing.
Sesshoumaru went over and put his arms around his little sister and gave her a comforting
hug. InuYasha, too, went over and petted his older sisters hair. It was a sad day indeed.
Suddenly, Taki's head shot up, startling both inu brothers.
"We have to stop Kagome. We have to convince her to stay with us. If we don't,
we may lose her forever."
"Taki's right," stated Sesshoumaru. "We have to convince her that this plan of
her's is foolish."
"Then what the hell are we still doing here?" came InuYasha's flat reply.
All three inu's took off in the directions of the well, running at a speed that would
even match Kouga.
As they approached the edge of the forest they ran into Kouga and all four demons
made for the break in the trees. What they saw though stopped them dead in their tracks.
There was Miroku hold a sobbing Sango who in turn was trying to calm a hysterical
Shippou. Then, by the well, was Kaede, a bright, pink light surrounding her and the well.
The four walked up to the pitiful trio. Kouga was the first to speak.
"What is going on here?"
"Kaede is sealing up the well," replied Miroku.
"WHAT! Why!" shouted InuYasha.
"Because, Kagome told her to. She said, she didn't want any of to try and come
after her so she asked Kaede to seal the well," stated Miroku. "She said that her
grandfather was sealing the well on the other side as well."
"But that would mean she could never come back!" screamed Taki.
"That it would," came Miroku's tearful reply.
"That was her intention all along!" sobbed Sango.
Everyone looked at Kaede as she finished her spell. She turned and looked at them
with the most solemn expression and left not saying a word. Kouga made a break for her.
"Undo that damn spell, old woman!"
"Alas, I can not."
"And why not!"
"Because it was sealed on both sides, at the same time. The seal is too strong to be
broken unless we were to open it at the same time again. Though I do not think I have
enough power for that. I know the elderly man on the other side does not."
Kouga turned to InuYasha.
"Go get Kikyou. She could do it."
At the name, InuYasha cringed. He had once thought he loved the powerful miko
priestess, who was also Kaede's older sister, brought back from the dead. She and
Kagome shared a soul because Kagome was her reincarnation. But they were nothing a
like. InuYasha used to chase after Kikyou and pine for her and was even ready to go to
hell with her to put her wondering body to rest, but then he realized he had never loved
her and wanted nothing to with her. He would have killed her, but Kagome still needed
her soul back and to kill Kikyou would cause that part of Kagome's soul to be lost
forever.
"Feh. Go get the stupid bitch yourself."
"Do it InuYasha!"
"Why? I don't know where that corpse is. I don't even want to know as long as she
is a long way from me."
"Kouga," spoke Kaede, "not even my sister, as powerful as she is, could undo that
spell. Even if she were still living. No, Kagome is gone forever."
"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Kouga.
He dropped the elderly miko and fell to his knees sobbing. It couldn't be. It just
couldn't. He had lost his Kagome, his mate, forever. He would never see his darling
Kagome again. Never kiss her sweet lips, hold her soft body, smell her tantalizing scent.
"Why Kagome? Why did you leave me? Why?" Kouga screamed into the air. Taki,
too, fell into a sitting position, sobbing. Sango ran to her and the two did their best to
comfort each other. Miroku held a hysterical Shippou, who was now crying for his mama.
Sesshoumaru and InuYasha stood, stoic, tears running down their faces. She was really
gone, never to return. Their pack really was now minus one.
Kouga began running at full speed towards the well. No, he would not let his mate leave
him. He would not let her go. Not at least without one hell of a fight. He loved her. Why
would she just up leave him like this. Her words kept playing over and over again in his
head. "I love you, Kouga, that is why I'm releasing you of your promise." He still
couldn't believe ears. No, Kagome. I don't want to be released. I want you to hang on for
as long as it takes. I won't let you go back until I tell you I'm still going to wait for you.
With that final thought, Kouga quickened his pace.
Meanwhile, deep in the Western lands, and very upset hanyou named InuYasha,
made his way to his brother's castle in hopes to find him there. He was in luck. He picked
up his brother's scent as well as his sister's. Might as well tell them now instead of letting
them find out later. InuYasha decided to enter the castle through his room's window. Yes,
Sesshoumaru and InuYasha had gotten so close Sesshomaru now allowed InuYasha to
live in the castle with Taki and himself. He had his own room and servants and
everything.
He entered through his window and continued on out into the extensive hallway
and down the grand, marble staircase, following his brother's scent, into the hot spring
room. This room was massive. It was almost like Sesshoumaru had taken a piece of the
outside and stuck into this room. The floor was covered in grass with trees and bushes
and flowers littering the ground here and there. In the middle of the room was a pool of
hot spring water, on one side which had a small stream running off towards one of the
room's vine covered walls, through bushes and trees until it ran out of a small drain in the
wall. On the other side of the hot pool was the source of the water. A seventeen foot
waterfall coming from outside somehow, replenished the fairly large pool with fresh, hot
water constantly. Above, the roof was made of some kind of clear material, InuYasha had
never been sure, but it allowed a crystal clear view of the sky outside.
In this room was where InuYasha found Sesshoumaru, dressing on the bank after
finishing a bath. He ran over to his brother, startling him at first. Sesshoumaru looked up
at InuYasha and new something was wrong. Just as InuYasha opened his mouth to speak,
Taki ran in frantic.
"Fluffy, brother, have you heard!?" cried Taki.
Fluffy was the pet name Taki used for Sesshoumaru, whom she almost resembled.
Like her older brother, she had the purple marks on her wrists and cheeks. She also had
the long, shimmering silver hair both InuYasha and Sesshoumaru had as well as a long,
silver, fluffy tail that fell from her waist to just short of the ground and the crescent moon
on her forehead, a mark inherited by her and Sesshoumaru from their mother. But she had
also inherited those adorable puppy ears from her father as her younger brother InuYasha
had.
"What is wrong Taki?" asked Sesshoumaru, worried.
"Kagome is gone!" replied Taki.
"WHAT!?"
It was InuYasha's turn to talk.
"It's true, brother. Kagome has left us."
"Why?"
"She has some cousin who must live with her now because her own parents are
dead. Kagome thought it would be a good idea if she quit coming to the past because of
her cousin. So she won't be coming back anymore. Who knows if she'll ever return."
"So she just left?"
"Yes. Kept rambling on about some damn promise she made to her cousin a long
time ago and that she had to keep it. She even told Kouga she wanted him to find another
mate and released him from the promise they made."
"WHAT!"
Sesshoumaru felt his head spin. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Kagome
was gone. That couldn't be. And then the whole ordeal with Kouga. Yeah sure he had
tried to kill Kagome before, but that was a long time ago. He had learned to trust some
humans, namely Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Kaede and almost completely gotten over
his hatred for them. He now thought of the young miko as well as the demon slayer as his
little sisters and this news hurt him just as much as it hurt the rest of the group.
"Our pack is now minus one." Taki stated in a solemn voice. Usually so bubbly,
Taki had liked humans regardless of what her mother had taught her and Sesshoumaru, so
she instantly like the upbeat Kagome and the two became fast friends, eventually winning
over Sango. The trio were usually inseparable, except for a few occasions.
Taki began to cry and sob not bothering to hide her emotions, completely opposite
from her older brother, who used to seem emotionless. But that was changing.
Sesshoumaru went over and put his arms around his little sister and gave her a comforting
hug. InuYasha, too, went over and petted his older sisters hair. It was a sad day indeed.
Suddenly, Taki's head shot up, startling both inu brothers.
"We have to stop Kagome. We have to convince her to stay with us. If we don't,
we may lose her forever."
"Taki's right," stated Sesshoumaru. "We have to convince her that this plan of
her's is foolish."
"Then what the hell are we still doing here?" came InuYasha's flat reply.
All three inu's took off in the directions of the well, running at a speed that would
even match Kouga.
As they approached the edge of the forest they ran into Kouga and all four demons
made for the break in the trees. What they saw though stopped them dead in their tracks.
There was Miroku hold a sobbing Sango who in turn was trying to calm a hysterical
Shippou. Then, by the well, was Kaede, a bright, pink light surrounding her and the well.
The four walked up to the pitiful trio. Kouga was the first to speak.
"What is going on here?"
"Kaede is sealing up the well," replied Miroku.
"WHAT! Why!" shouted InuYasha.
"Because, Kagome told her to. She said, she didn't want any of to try and come
after her so she asked Kaede to seal the well," stated Miroku. "She said that her
grandfather was sealing the well on the other side as well."
"But that would mean she could never come back!" screamed Taki.
"That it would," came Miroku's tearful reply.
"That was her intention all along!" sobbed Sango.
Everyone looked at Kaede as she finished her spell. She turned and looked at them
with the most solemn expression and left not saying a word. Kouga made a break for her.
"Undo that damn spell, old woman!"
"Alas, I can not."
"And why not!"
"Because it was sealed on both sides, at the same time. The seal is too strong to be
broken unless we were to open it at the same time again. Though I do not think I have
enough power for that. I know the elderly man on the other side does not."
Kouga turned to InuYasha.
"Go get Kikyou. She could do it."
At the name, InuYasha cringed. He had once thought he loved the powerful miko
priestess, who was also Kaede's older sister, brought back from the dead. She and
Kagome shared a soul because Kagome was her reincarnation. But they were nothing a
like. InuYasha used to chase after Kikyou and pine for her and was even ready to go to
hell with her to put her wondering body to rest, but then he realized he had never loved
her and wanted nothing to with her. He would have killed her, but Kagome still needed
her soul back and to kill Kikyou would cause that part of Kagome's soul to be lost
forever.
"Feh. Go get the stupid bitch yourself."
"Do it InuYasha!"
"Why? I don't know where that corpse is. I don't even want to know as long as she
is a long way from me."
"Kouga," spoke Kaede, "not even my sister, as powerful as she is, could undo that
spell. Even if she were still living. No, Kagome is gone forever."
"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Kouga.
He dropped the elderly miko and fell to his knees sobbing. It couldn't be. It just
couldn't. He had lost his Kagome, his mate, forever. He would never see his darling
Kagome again. Never kiss her sweet lips, hold her soft body, smell her tantalizing scent.
"Why Kagome? Why did you leave me? Why?" Kouga screamed into the air. Taki,
too, fell into a sitting position, sobbing. Sango ran to her and the two did their best to
comfort each other. Miroku held a hysterical Shippou, who was now crying for his mama.
Sesshoumaru and InuYasha stood, stoic, tears running down their faces. She was really
gone, never to return. Their pack really was now minus one.