InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Two Months to Live ❯ Welcome to Senpai... Leaving So Soon? ( Chapter 4 )

Kagome: She no own.

Sango: You no sue.

Shippou: We'll hunt and kill you...

Miroku: If you do.

Inuyasha: What the hell is wrong with you guys?

Kagome: I don't know. Don't have a clue.

Shippou: But why doesn't it affect you?

Inuyasha: Why are you guys...*makes disgusted face*...RHYMING?

Miroku: We think we have been placed under a spell.

Sango: But we can't find Corisu, so we can't tell.

Inuyasha: Ok, stop this shit. It's getting annoying.

Kagome: We told you, we can't. It's natural now.

Sango: Try to get used to it.

Bart: Don't have a cow.

Everyone except Bart: *sweatdrops*

Corisu Li: *suddenly appears and drop-kicks Bart back to 'The Simpsons' which isn't mine either* Damn. That was annoying. Darn unrelated characters popping up out of nowhere...

Inuyasha: What is going on with everybody? *gestures at the rhyming freaks*

Corisu Li: Ohhhhh.... That must be my subconscious taking revenge for them ignoring me in the last disclaimer.

Inuyasha: Why don't I rhyme?

Corisu Li: You didn't care much. You ignore me all the time, so no biggie.

Inuyasha: Oh, yeah. So can you stop it?

Corisu Li: Yup! *snaps fingers and a girl appears. She looks to be the same age as C-Li, except she's an inuhanyou...and hyper* Kunoichi, take off the hex.

Kunoichi: NOPE! *begins to hum and dance around*

Kagome: I'm running out of ideas! Now, stop it!

Shippou: *holds up popcorn bag* This isn't done! Better pop it!

Inuyasha: *anime fall* That was really stupid, Shippou. Crazy girl, make 'em stop!

Kunoichi: *jumps on Inu's head and gnaws his ears*

Inuyasha: Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Corisu Li: Ok, this disclaimer's too long...better move on:

Chapter 4: Welcome to Senpai...Leaving So Soon?

Inuyasha and Kagome quickly outstripped Sango and the two youkai as they ran at top speed toward Miroku's cries. Inuyasha's face was set determinedly forward, and Kagome knew that he wasn't bluffing when he'd offered to kill whoever was causing their friend this pain. He was quite a bit ahead of Kagome, and upon seeing the scene, he did a replay of a first meeting...

Ninsei, who was still holding his ears, found himself grabbed by the neck and slammed back-first into a tree, yet again. Blinking and gasping, he tried to motion for the hanyou to release him.

"What did you do to him, you bastard?" Inuyasha hissed, squeezing the youkai's neck even harder. Even though he was addressing Ninsei, his eyes were riveted on Miroku. 'He looks like he's dying,' he thought.

Kagome obviously heard this thought, because, as soon as she entered the clearing, she rushed to Miroku's side and knelt down. Looking over his body, she realized that there were no injuries that she could see. He just seemed to be in immense pain, but other than that, he was in perfect physical condition. Rising to her feet once more, Kagome stalked toward Ninsei. "Make it stop!" she demanded, gesturing at the monk.

"C...c....c-an't..." he choked.

'Let him go, Inuyasha. We need answers.'

'No way! He'll just run or something!'

'Trust me.'

At these words, Inuyasha could do nothing less than loosen his hold and drop the winded youkai to the ground.

Kagome pressed her hands together like she was going to fire-conjure, but she just glowed with her aura, instead of the flames. Pulling them apart, she drew a fairly large circle in the air. With a wave of her hand, it settled around where Ninsei lay, about five feet in diameter. "Don't bother trying. You can't escape this confinement spell. Now, talk."

Ninsei complied. He explained the secret training that Miroku had been taking from him, and the trial that he was suffering from at the moment to fully realize his power. Sango arrived just in time to hear the reason for Miroku's pain, and her eyes immediately lit on the houshi. She uttered a choked cry upon seeing his condition, and flung herself to her knees beside him, trying to pull him into her arms, even though his body was quivering violently.

"So you're saying that there's no way for you to stop this?" Kagome whispered, eyes on Sango and Miroku.

Ninsei lowered his eyes. "No. Nothing. We have to simply hope that he is capable of pulling through. I was in no position to refuse him the procedure, although I would take it back now if I could."

"What'll we do?" Sango whispered. She had settled for placing her hands on Miroku's shoulders, trying to settle him. "There is no way that we can travel while he is like this. We need somewhere safe for us to stay until this merging thing is complete."

Inuyasha spoke for the first time in a long while. "We're only a short way away from that village, Senpai. We can go there and hope they'll lend us a room until he recovers."

Kagome shook her head. "There's no way that they'll let us stay there with him crying out so loudly. We'd get thrown out the first night." With an absent wave of her hand, she released her confinement spell. She knew that he wasn't lying; she had read his aura as she had read Kikyou's.

Ninsei shakily rose to his feet. "Not necessarily. In just a short while, the screams should die down quite a bit."

Sango raised her head hopefully. "Does this mean that he will not be suffering as much?"

The youkai refused to meet her eye as he replied. "No. He will simply be exhausted. The mixture of pain and shouting will wear out his body. He'll no longer have the strength to even move."

Everyone fell quiet at this. Sango looked at Miroku's tortured face. 'Oh, Houshi-sama... Why did you do this? You will be no good to anyone if you...if you...' She lifted her hands from his shoulders and brought them to her face, sobbing quietly.

Kagome began to try to comfort the girl. Her soft cries were the only thing that she heard. 'Wait...I don't hear Miroku anymore!' Looking at the monk's now prostrate form, she thought he was dead for a split second until she caught the rise and fall of his back, indicating breathing.

Ninsei walked over to Miroku and placed a hand on his back. As the others watched, Miroku's skin began to glow faintly white before dimming back to its original color. Instantly, all of his muscles relaxed and his face became far more peaceful.

Inuyasha was pissed. "Why the hell didn't you do that before, idiot?"

Ninsei stood to face Inuyasha, and still, remarkably, addressed him as a superior. "Lord Inuyasha, I couldn't accomplish this before. I placed some of my own energy within him to help him cope with the intake of the tremendous amount of power that he is struggling with. If I had attempted this before he reached this calm stage, the added energy would have strained his body even more."

Sango finally managed to rise, Kagome at her side. "We'd better get some rest then, if we want to reach this village soon," she said.

Kagome nodded. "I don't think we should move Miroku just yet, however." Releasing Sango, Kagome spoke to Inuyasha. 'Will you come with me back to camp to get our stuff?'

Inuyasha nodded, but the look on his face reflected the fact that he really didn't want to leave Sango and an unconscious monk alone with Ninsei, but Kagome scolded him for a second and he followed her, yelling an explanation over his shoulder at the others. When they reached the campsite, they started to gather everything up. As Kagome rolled up her sleeping bag, she sighed. So much seemed to be going wrong... It just had to get better soon.

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Black, empty space. The torture was still there, but now there was nothing that Miroku could do to release a bit of it outwardly. He just lay there in the black, helpless.

'Dammit,' he thought, trying to move one of his arms and meeting with nothing but a jolt of agony shooting to his brain. He still couldn't scream, no matter how badly it hurt.

When the white light had come, it had relieved him somewhat. Somewhat. Like blocking a miko's arrow with a piece of cloth. The pain was lessened a bit by passing through that barrier, but it still reached him.

And it still hurt. Badly.

Then, he was aware that his head was lying on something soft. He was trying to figure out what it was when he heard a voice from directly above his head. It was a gentle voice, and he could feel the sound waves vibrating through the air over him. It hurt even more to feel the seemingly solid noise hit his ears. He couldn't tell what she was saying, but he knew who it was.

Sango.

Momentarily, a wave of ease passed through him. It was fleeting, but for a moment, the pain was gone. 'Why do I feel this way?' he wondered. 'Is this...is this what love feels like?'

Then the agony began again and he slipped completely into senselessness.

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When daybreak finally came, Sango cracked one eye open. She was lying beside Miroku, the same blanket covering them both. For a brief second, she blushed furiously until she remembered why she was there in the first place. The night before, when Inuyasha and Kagome had returned with their belongings, she had moved Miroku from her lap and covered him with a blanket. This done, she prepared to fall asleep nearer to the fire.

A few minutes later, she had heard Miroku mumbling faintly. Crawling over him, careful not to awaken their companions, she saw that he was shivering violently. She couldn't tell what he was saying, but she tucked the blanket tighter around him, in case he had a chill. Ninsei had told them that he shouldn't be able to move, so she figured that it was an involuntary movement due to cold. When he continued to shake, she decided to provide some body heat, thinking wryly that at least she wouldn't have to worry about being groped. She had snuggled under the sheet and lay against Miroku's back. At once, the monk stopped shaking and the muttering stopped...or so she thought. Before drifting off, lulled by his breathing, she could've sworn she'd heard, "San...go. Is it....love?"

Sighing and blushing again at her reaction, Sango rose to wake the others. They had a busy day ahead.

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Inuyasha and Kagome were leading the group, as always. Kirara walked, which was unusual, but she did so basically because she didn't wish to jar Miroku's body. Or rather Sango didn't want her to jar him. Ninsei was a little farther back from the rest of the group. Shippou kept darting between members of the group, trying to get them to cheer up and failing miserably.

They had been walking for most of the day when the hanyous suddenly caught sight of a fairly large village. It had a wall surrounding it. It wasn't too suspicious, seeing as how villages frequently entered into war. However, Kagome got the distinct impression that they wouldn't be welcome there.

Despite this feeling, she and Inuyasha approached the gate- and almost walked into a wall of spears pointed at her head. A group of more than a dozen men were staring at them quite menacingly. Squealing, she leapt behind Inuyasha.

"What is this?" Inuyasha demanded, batting the nearest spear away with one hand.

"Your kind are not welcome here!" one man spat, lunging forward, his blade slicing the air toward Inuyasha's throat.

Effortlessly, Inuyasha dodged, then jumped over the group of men and twisted in midair, landing with his back to the gate, facing them. Kagome followed suit, landing beside him. 'Inuyasha, I don't think this is the way to handle this. They might not let us stay here if we scare them.'

'I don't plan to scare them. I just plan to show them who's boss.'

It was this moment that Kirara emerged from the woods, carrying Sango and Miroku. Almost all of the spear-wielding idiots leapt back, bringing them closer to Inuyasha. Some realized this and leapt closer to Kirara before going back to the middle. "No!" a man gasped. "We're trapped! They're here to kill us all!"

Sango sighed. This again? "We mean you no harm," she called, dismounting and walking forward. "I am human. If they do not harm me, they will not harm you."

The group muttered among themselves for a second. The guy who seemed to be the leader, an old man, demanded, "Why have you brought youkai to our peaceful village?"

Ninsei emerged just in time to hear this question. Actually, he had been listening for a long time with his youkai senses, but human ears would only have been able to pick it up at the edge of the forest. Stepping forward, he said, "We sensed an ominous cloud over your village."

As the spearmen conversed again, Kagome, Inuyasha, and Sango choked back a laugh. Obviously, he had heard too much 'Miroku stories'. This, unfortunately, brought them back to the real reason that they had come and they shifted their eyes to the inert monk.

"What is wrong with that one?" the leader asked, gesturing to the monk in question.

"Er...injured," Ninsei answered lamely. "We also wondered if you could provide us with a place to stay until he is well."

Kagome was tiring of seeing the men bunch together in conversation. 'Wanna jump the fence?' she asked Inuyasha.

'Just wait,' he answered. 'They can't be that cold-hearted, ne?'

"NO!" the leader proclaimed proudly, causing an anime fall from Kagome and Inuyasha and a fire-framed angry face from Sango.

"What do you mean, NO? He's hurt, and I don't believe that you won't help him!"

"Well, we don't allow youkai in the village! Recently, one has been stealing our girl-children, and how do we know that this youkai isn't among you? You-"

"Jii-sama?" A voice floated to them from the gate, which was now open a small crack. "Jii-sama, what are you doing?"

"Go back inside, Kunoichi. This is man's business." (a/n: Eeeee...my alter ego in a story. Don't worry, though. She won't be mega hyper.)

"Jii-sama, are you bullying outsiders again? You can be so insensitive!" Now Kunoichi pushed the gate fully open and stepped outside, hands on hips. "I suppose he has been telling you that he suspects that you are the ones who've been stealing maidens?" Without waiting for an answer, she addressed her grandfather again. "You know very well that the culprit looks like... like..." The color drained from Kunoichi's face as she pointed. "Like THAT!"

From the sky, there swooped a large youkai. At first glance, it appeared to be a bird. If you ignored the serpent head and tail. And the horn. Other than that, yeah, a bird. Before anyone could attack, the youkai dove, curling its talons around the back of Kunoichi's kimono and lifting her from the ground. "Jii-sama!" she cried, flailing wildly.

Inuyasha leapt into the air and drew back his arm. "Sankon Tetsu-" He felt Kagome's hand on his arm and he stopped his attack

'You'll hurt her!'

The hanyous landed and the leader threw himself at Inuyasha. "Why didn't you stop it?! My granddaughter!" The old man began to sob. Inuyasha stepped back from the man.

"He would've hurt her if he'd attacked!" Kagome exclaimed. "But don't worry, we'll get her back for you."

Inuyasha blinked. "Eh? We will. I'm not doing any favors for this idiot here who won't even allow us to take care of Miroku in their village! I don't owe him anything!"

Kagome smirked. "I didn't say that it was going to be a favor. Sir, if you give us lodging until we're ready to leave, we'll rescue your granddaughter." Inuyasha gaped. Bargaining with someone's life was so unlike Kagome!

This was one thing that the group didn't bother to talk about. "Anything!" The old man said. "Just save my Kunoichi!"

Kagome nodded. "Okay. Sango, I'll understand if you want to stay here with Miroku. Get comfortable and try to relax. Shippou, stay here."

"Awwww.....Kagomeeeee....I wanna goooooo....." the kitsune whined.

"No, Shippou. It's final." Shippou pouted and jumped to Sango's shoulder. "Sango, will you allow Ninsei to borrow Kirara for the chase?" The taijiya nodded, and Kirara swished Ninsei with her tail to offer her assent as well. "Okay, let's go."

At her words, the small group left on the rescue mission. Even though it was a flying youkai, it was very easy to follow its scent. It stank something awful, and the smell of Kunoichi's fear simply added to it. A few minutes later, the trail ended at a large cave. Kirara landed and Ninsei dismounted. Inuyasha and Kagome dropped from the trees onto the ground.

And everyone was momentarily stunned at what they saw.

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Kunoichi: Yayyyyyyyyy.....cliffie, cliffie, cliffie, cliffie...... *does 'I did a cliffie' dance*

Corisu Li: *sigh* Now you see where I got the dance from...

Inuyasha: *rubs his poor ears* Stupid crazy bitch.

Kunoichi: *laughs, then sings the idiotic 'Sake song' from Rurouni Kenshin (You know, from the episode where they have to run the circus-y show? That always makes me laugh, dunno why...don't own it!)* Drrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnkkkkk, Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink, Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink the saaaaaaaaaakkkeeeeeeeeeeeeee, when you drink saaaaaakeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...........

Everyone: *sweatdrops*

Kagome: Where in the world did that come from?

*silence*

Corisu Li: Hey! You didn't rhyme!

Sango: You're right! We're cured!

Shippou: Yay! *joins in the singing*

Shippou and Kunoichi: Yooooooooouuuuuuuuuu will be one of the best in the wooooooooooooooorlllddddddd......when you drink sakkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Kunoichi: *conjures up a huge saucer of sake and starts to drink*

Corisu Li: Ack! Stop it! *snaps fingers and makes it disappear*

Inuyasha: Can't you put her back where she came from?

Corisu Li: Uhhhhh....I just tried. She won't go.

Kagome: Can't you make her go?

Corisu Li: Nuh-uh. She has my power, so we're stuck with her. Plus, she's in the story.

Kunoichi and Shippou: *sing again* Well I was lookin' in the Barney bag...and I found a lot of things....gizmos, gadgets, odds and ends, and even some old string...

Kagome: o.O Shippou, how do you even know that song?

Inuyasha: And I thought he was annoying before...

Shippou: *stops singing to transform into the pink ball and bite Inuyasha's already sensitive ears once more*

Inuyasha: DAMMIT!! ITAI! *slaps at Shippou who hits the floor, wailing for Kagome*

Kagome: Osuwari!

Inuyasha: &$#&$###% (insert bad words of your own choice)

Sango and Miroku: *laugh hysterically*

Corisu Li: This is becoming too much craziness for a disclaimer. Anyway, use the button and do the feedback thingy! I need it!

Kunoichi: *still singing* So I asked myself the question.... what can we make todayyyy....with imagination and the Barney bag, we'll see what we can make today - YEAH! - We'll see what we can make today! (dunno if the words are right, sorry Barney-lovers *snicker*)

Inuyasha: DO YOU EVER SHUT THE HELL UP!!! CHIKUSO! YAMERO, BITCH!

Everyone: O.O

Corisu Li: Inu-chan's moody today. Ok, I'm really done now!