InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To Fulfill a Duty ❯ Chapter Nine ( Chapter 9 )

To Fulfill a Duty

Chapter Nine

By: DeadBHunter

"talking" `thinking'

Chapter Nine

"Yay!" Kagome squealed, hugging the old miko.

`Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!' Kagome was happy to say the least. She had just found out that she would be able to exit the trance state and one again dwell in the real world.

Junsui had just told Kagome that she had sufficiently mastered her powers enough to heal herself.

`I can't wait to get out of here! I can see Inuyasha, Shippo-chan, Sango-chan, Miroku-sama, Kirara, Kaede-bachan, , Kouga-kun, Ginta, Hakuku, Ayame, Myouga-jichan, Mama, Souta, Jii-chan, Hojo-kun, Eri-chan, Yuka-chan, Ayumi-chan,-" Kagome was jerked from her thoughts when Junsui spoke.

"Child, I can only allow you to return to your friends after you are fully healed. I have told the tai youkai that so."

"That's okay," Kagome rushed to say. She was quick to agree because she knew she would return to her friends soon. She would be healed in no time and all would be well.

"I will return later tonight, Kagome. Rest until then. The trip back is spiritually taxing and requires a large amount of your miko powers."

"Okay," Kagome said cheerfully and skipped off into her house to do as Junsui told.

~The edge of Inuyasha's Forest~

`What does he think he's doing? That baka hanyou can't catch me if I was dancing naked in front of him.' Kouga snickered at the thought of Inuyasha slashing and missing at his dancing naked form.

`Fucking wolf, she's mine. No one else can touch her,' thought Inuyasha. Red clouded his mind and his possessive nature overtook his mind. The green trees and his friends faded out of his mind. The only thought that remained was the one with the wolf snickering at him, thinking that Kagome was his. He would show him, he would show them all. He was not to be taken lightly. He was a force to be reckoned with.

Inuyasha charged at Kouga, claws extended, ready to carve the ookami youkai into pieces. His pupils were tiny pinpricks in his eyes, drowning in a sea of red.

Kouga opened his eyes after crashing into a tree and the first thing he saw was Inuyasha licking blood off his fingers.

`When did he become that strong? He smells different.' Kouga, scenting trouble, fled the scene in a whirlwind of dust, leaving the transformed Inuyasha in the hands of a neko youkai, two humans, and a baby kitsune.

`Coward,' thought Inuyasha, `Run away, ookami, run away.'

Things were not looking good for the slightly diminished group of currently rational shard hunters. Inuyasha was between them and Testusaiga. There was no way to reach the sword before Inuyasha would decimate them. The only way to get it would be to reason with the irrational youkai.

"Hehe," Miroku said nervously, glancing around. "Inuyasha, my friend, nice weather we are having, don't you agree?" he said with a fake smile while slowly inching toward the hanyou gone youkai. Sango and Shippo both sweatdropped at his lame excuse for a distraction. All it would do was further irritate Inuyasha and make him more wary of his friends.

"Psst, Sango," Miroku whispered out of the corner of his mouth without turning around, "it's not working."

Inuyasha squinted through the red fog that clouded his mind. He could make out shapes; one was coming closer to him. It was a human. The human voice revealed a hidden motive that did not bide well with him. All he wanted to do was kill, and that he would do.

Miroku continued moving toward Inuyasha, but instead of the enraged hanyou relaxing, the opposite happened. Inuyasha's hands clenched and unclenched, his eyes narrowed and focused on the approaching form. A low growl emerged from his throat.

Miroku looked at Inuyasha and was shocked at the sight. He had seen Inuyasha mad before, but not like this. This face showed no control, no restraint, no discipline. All he could see was the blind fury that took over the minds of cornered animals.

Sango was worried. She knew what was expected of her. Miroku was supposed to distract Inuyasha somehow, and she was supposed to grab Testusaiga and force Inuyasha to return to his normal form. Too many things could go wrong. Inuyasha and Miroku could end up battling. She might not get Testusaiga fast enough, and Miroku could be killed because of her.

There was no time for doubts now. Inuyasha was distracted and she gathered her nerves to depart on Kirara and leave behind one distraught kitsune. Just as she was about to leave one word brought another out of peril and put another in danger.

"Kagome," whimpered Shippo. He wished Kagome was here. She was always there when he needed her. He felt so useless. He couldn't help Miroku fight Inuyasha, he would just get in the way. The only thing he could do was grab Testusaiga. He was faster and smaller then Sango, he could take Testusaiga before Miroku got hurt.

Mind made up, Shippo sprinted away from Sango and toward Testusaiga. But before he could make it, a set a claws came into view. The world faded and blackness overtook him. He didn't want to die like this. He wanted to die in the arms of his mother. He wanted to die in Kagome's arms.

"SHIPPO!" two voices cried out in anguish. They saw Inuyasha turn his attention from Miroku, only to focus it on Shippo. Inuyasha slashed at Shippo and watch him crumble to the ground.

Always the quick thinker, Miroku darted toward Testusaiga and managed to reach it before Inuyasha noticed. Miroku saw Inuyasha coming and quickly dived and at the same time he thrust Testusaiga into Inuyasha's bloodied hands, catching him by surprise. After all, who expects a human to best youkai?

~Kaede's hut~

"There is not much else I can do for Shippo. His wounds are deep and all we can do is pray that he will recover."

The group of shard hunters was gathered in Kaede's hut. They were all surrounding Shippo, who had not moved since Miroku had placed him there. His wounds were bandaged and nothing else could be done.

Inuyasha's ears drooped at hearing Kaede's words. It was his fault that Shippo was hurt. He hurt Shippo even if he had not meant to.

No one took notice of the hanyou's depression, all were busy watching the kitsune for signs of waking, waiting for something to show them that he would be alright.

~Kagome's mind~

"Okay, do you know what you need to do?"

"Hai, Junsui." The two mikos held hands and faded out of Kagome's mind.

~Junsui's hut~

Sesshomaru heard a high squeal and rushed into the hut. He expected to see a youkai attacking someone, but what he didn't expect to see was Kagome hugging Junsui with a huge grin on his face.

He watched as Kagome finally noticed his presence and he saw her back stiffen. The grin was wiped off her face and a confused look adorned her face.

"Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Miko."

Kagome frowned at his name for her but brushed it aside. She had more important things to discuss then what the tai youkai would call her.

"Ano, I was wondering if I could return to my friends now. I am healed now and I wish to see them again," Kagome slowly said. She was watching the demon lord for any kind of reaction and received none.

"I told my brother that I would return you when you were fully healed. Ask Junsui."

Kagome nodded at this and turned to face Junsui. "Junsui, may I go home now?" she asked.

Junsui shook her head. "No, child, it is not time yet. You are not yet fully healed. Until then, you will remain with me."

A/N: Sorry about the long wait between chapters! Life hates me. If you wan't me to tell you when I update, just leave your e-mail address in a review or e-mail me! Thanks for all of the reviews that I got! I never thought that I would even get this many! I decided to change a couple of things in my A/N. Now I'm going to post up and review responses, AND I want to thank I'm-Bent-not-Broken, keosis-chan, and curlyfry for putting me on their "Favorite Authors" list! YAY! So happy!!! And now to my review responses! Don't forget to review, YOU might just the NEXT person on my review responses section! I also decided to recommend a fic incase some of you can't find a good one!

Title: Enchanted Orbs

Author: syrinxsong

Notes: It's Sess/Kag as always, but it can only be found on FF.net!

Review Responses:

Mystic Hanyou: The first reply goes to you! You were the first person to tell me to write responses to you guys. Yep, Inuyasha and Kouga are DEFINITELY in for a surprise. Lucky for them, Kagome gets to spend time melting Sesshomaru's heart!

AngelMiko69: Thanks for taking the time to review on ASSKS! I know you normally review on FF.net so just wanted to say thanks. I updated right after you told me FF was working again, so it's up there!

ladyofthedragons1: Thanks for reviewing! Sesshomaru won't know what hit him, at least not for a little bit.

White Tiger Princess: Kouga's in for a shock. He never did see Inuyasha turn into a full demon…

twilight aura: Here's the update that you wanted! Hope you liked it.

Jessica AKA RoneMD: Thanks for all your kind words! It really made me want to write!

Kirara Grey: I haven't had the time to review your story on ASSKS, but have you posted up your whole story? Or just a couple chapters? Thanks for reviewing To Fulfill a Duty. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

koga: Yep, you DO review! Yay! Reviews make me happy! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY *cough* *cough* HA- *cough* HAP- *cough* *cough* *cough*

demonfox: Yep, Sess/Kag stories are sooooooo good! Ya gotta luv `em!

c: It's really nice to know that you like my story so much! Glad you're "officially hooked," makes me feel so special! LOLs

animefan: Kagome is too nice not to care for Sess! That's what makes her Kagome! LOL

The Dragon Sorceress: Hehe…really sorry about getting this out SOOOOOOO late!!!! I'll try harder next time and maybe you won't be disappointed. SORRY!!!