InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Two Sides ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7

“Feel free to talk anytime you guys want.”

Kagome looked around at her fish-look-alike friends. They had been sitting there, eyes wide, mouths agape and only twitching every so often. Kagome had time to tell them her “dream”, walk over to the wall and lean against it, and was now picking at old nail polish on her finger nails. It had been 10 minutes and counting.

Finally coming out of his stupor, Inuyasha slowly stood up, wiping the drool on his chin. Kagome looked up at him and was shocked to see something akin to a scared look in his eyes which he quickly masked.

“Kagome, how can you just stand there calm? Do you realize what she is asking of you?”

Kagome looked at him with a look that clearly said “Duh”.

“Of course, Inuyasha. I guess it just hasn't completely sunk in is all.”

“So the ideas of all this shit like pulling apart a medallion and suicide doesn't sink in?” He asked, his anger rising.

Inuyasha's eyebrow rose when Kagome gave a light cringe at the word suicide but brushed it off and kept his anger over concern. Kagome seemed determined to do the same.

“Well Inuyasha, I am not going to go and whine about it. And watch your language, Shippo is still in the here!” She quietly spoke the last part.

“I don't care, Kagome! This is some serious shit; he can learn to deal with it!” He yelled.

Kagome's glare held daggers and flames. Sango and Miroku, catching the hint, guided Kirala, Shippo and Kaede outside the hut. Kagome pushed herself off the wall.

“Well you need to start caring Inuyasha. Everyone has to care about everyone if we intend to pull this off!” Kagome yelled back.

“Who said anything about pulling this off?! We aren't even going through with it!” Inuyasha yelled back, his posture now standing his full 6'2” length, and a glare matching hers.

“WHAT?!”

“You heard me.” He replied.

“And who put you in charge? Inuyasha, whether or not you like it, we have to do this!”

“We? No, no. I believe it was placed on your shoulders, Kagome.”

“You are so…so…ugh you are such a jerk! You can stay here and not come help, I don't care, but I am going. , whether or not the rest of you are!”

With that, Kagome stormed out of the hut, leaving a trail of smoke. Inuyasha stared off at her, his stubbornness keeping him where he was.

`I'm not going to follow her. I'm not going to follow her.'

`What if she gets hurt?'

`She won't, she's strong.'

`But what if she gets cornered?'

`Sh…she won't. She's probably just bluffing anyway.'

Inuyasha, taking a break from his self-fight, he gave a sniff. Kagome's scent was retreating. Sango was with her, as was Kirara.

`I…she's.'

`What if she gets hurt?'

`No…she can't.'

`What if she needs you when you aren't around?'

Inuyasha felt the protective need over Kagome grow with each step she was taking. `Damn mind.'

Inuyasha bounded out of the hut, quickly following Kagome's scent. They moved fast. On his way into the forest where she had went, he noticed Miroku running after him, Shippo with him and Kaede sitting against the hut.

“Inuyasha, hey wait! Wait for us!” Miroku yelled after him.

Inuyasha kept going until he landed in front of Sango and Kagome. They gave a slight gasp, jumping a little in shock. Miroku came up panting.

“Jeeze, Miroku. You need to lose some weight.” Shippo said as he got down from Miroku's shoulder.

Miroku just glared up at him and continued panting.

Inuyasha avoided Kagome's gaze, whose he felt boring into the side of his head.

“Let's go.” He said as he turned and walked in the direction Kagome and Sango were headed.

Sango looked over at Kagome who just smiled slightly. They walked silently for a couple hours, with the exception of Miroku's panting and Shippo's nonsense talking. By sunrise they had made it to the outskirts of Tokina village. Inuyasha stopped, and everyone else decided to do the same, sitting and resting.

Kagome walked over to Inuyasha. She placed her hand inside his, curling her fingers with his. Inuyasha tensed, looking down at her. She smiled, her eyes shining with genuine gratitude. He relaxed and squeezed her hand a little. He couldn't bring himself to smile back and Kagome understood. He was still shaken up about what could happen and she would give him time.

Not too much though. A girl could only hold out for so long.

“You're adorable when you are tough.” Kagome said as she rested her head on his shoulder.

Inuyasha's cheeks tinted red and he gave a little cough. Kagome laughed at his embarrassed antics.

“So…um, how do you know where to find him?” He asked, trying hard to get back on track.

Kagome sighed, her demeanor obviously dropping slightly. “The parchment. Turns out that it updates each hundred years or so and it tells where to find him. She said the job was hard but finding it was easy apparently.”

He nodded, looking over the village just a few hundred yards away.

Kagome released Inuyasha's hand and walked over to Sango. Miroku came up to Inuyasha and stood there. After a brief silence, Inuyasha spoke.

“Miroku?”

“Yes?”

“Why didn't you go with Sango and Kagome when they left?”

His tone was mono but Miroku could tell he wasn't going to walk away from this talk without a bump on his head.

“W…well you see dear friend. I had been waiting for you because-“

“Because I am not a half demon and they are two women in a woods looking for a psychopath on their own?!” Inuyasha asked sarcastically and angrily.

He turned his piercing gaze at Miroku and in response, Miroku held up his hands.

“Now…Inuyasha. You wouldn't want to hurt your friend would y-“

Miroku was quickly silenced by the harsh hit to the head. Inuyasha casually walked away, head high. Miroku rubbed his head, the feeling of nausea and the sight of little fire headed Inuyashas' circling his head with the rainbow colored stars.

`I knew that was coming.'

`So why didn't you duck?'

`I...well you see it's…'

`Oh Buddha, half of me is an idiot.'

`Hey!'

Miroku sat on the ground, mumbling to himself. Sango, Kagome and Inuyasha sat around the base of a tree, looking over the parchment. Kirara and Shippo walked over to Miroku.

“Think he'll be alright?”

“Meow”

Kagome looked carefully over the parchment, forehead scrunched and a headache slowly forming.

“This guy is so hard to find…where the hell is lake?” Inuyasha asked as he pointed at a good sized lake near where the old village used to be.

Sango looked carefully at the map.

“That lake…is about 200 yards that way.” Sango said, pointing to the left of her, in the forest.

Kagome looked confusedly at Sango.

“It's what? You mean that…Naraku has been right under our noses this whole time!?”

Inuyasha stood up.

“No. He's been watching us this whole time.”

“So you imbeciles finally get it.”

Everyone stood up at the eerie voice. No once could exactly identify if it was Nibori or Naraku that was talking, but he was coming from inside the forest. Taking the hint of smoke and blood, they moved over to where Miroku was still sitting, and Shippo hiding behind him.

The figure slowly emerged from the forest, smoke filling their senses.

“It's gotta be Nibori right? Fire?” Sango whispered as she watched the ugly creature emerge.

“No, it's Naraku. He is wearing that stupid baboon thing.” Inuyasha said, pulling out his tetsiga.

“No…it's both.” Kagome whispered as she reached for her bow and arrow only to bet with air.

Kagome looked around…”Shit.” She whispered.

Inuyasha looked back. “What's wrong?”

Kagome looked at him sheepishly.

“Well…in my rush to prove to you I didn't care if you came along, I uh…sort of…forgot my bag and weapons.”

“What!!?”

“Well it's not like I meant to! It just…happened.”

“Ugh!”

Inuyasha and Kagome watched as Nibori/Naraku emerged from the forest. Sango tried to get Miroku to stand up, who was currently singing a song to himself.

“So, you annoying pieces of shit ready to die? Because you know you won't pull this off.”

“Why don't you worry about your slow moving entrance and we will take care of the rest.” Inuyasha replied, tightening his grip on the fang in his hand.

“Cocky bastard. Guess we will just have to show you who is really going to be winning this.”

A dark light emerged from the center of him, and it began grow. After dark blindness, something happened.

“Oh my god.” Kagome whispered, clutching Inuyasha's shoulder.

“Oh boy.” Sango said as she slapped Miroku's face slightly to snap him from his daze.

Inuyasha felt his eyebrows rise. “This makes things a little more complicated.”

“LOOK OUT!”

At the sound of Kagome's warning, everyone attempted to duck from the firey vines shooting out from the 25 foot half man, half demon monkey suit. Its look was so typically cliché that it made everyone have in the smallest amount of fear in them. After all, clichés are clichés because they are true.

Dirt and ash began to mix as the vines died and crumbled, not having accomplished their goals wounding the gang.

“What the hell are ya this time, ya bastard?” Inuyasha yelled, standing up and brushing himself off, his fire rat robe already blackened, much like Kagome's outfit as well as Kilalas' fur.

The laughter that rumbled from the hollow chest of the Naraku/Nibori combo was one of complete and utter disgust; the scent their breath was leaving was of once again burned bodies.

“You pathetic half demon. So stupid to miss that we are something…so obvious in out own creation that being stopped is not possible.”

Kagome was now standing beside Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku and Kilala standing their ground.

“You were stopped once before by Irika.” Kagome yelled up at him…them…it.

“You, girl, should know better. After all, you were one of the mikos to meet the bitch. We may have been subdued but we are back. And Irika, now that she is dead, cannot stop us.”

Kagome looked to Inuyasha.

“Do you remember what I told you about pulling the metal apart?”

“Yeah, that impossible crap.”

Kagome ignored that comment.

“I don't know if she meant it seriously.”

“What, she was joking?!” Inuyasha exclaimed angrily.

“You guys.” Sango said, not moving her eyes from the creature.

“Inuyasha, no. I mean, I don't think that…how can I put his…”

“You guys.” Miroku said just a little louder than Sango's call.

“Well, spit it out Kagome. What do you mean?” Inuyasha yelled.

“Well if you didn't rush me I would!” Kagome yelled back.

“YOU GUYS!” Sango and Miroku both yelled.

Inuyasha and Kagome both looked over at their friends.

“WHAT!?!”

All bickering was brought to a hault when the sound of rushing and whooshing made itself known. Everyone looked over to the 25 foot creature too see it covered with ash and…demons.

“How the hell do we get a piece of metal from that?” Inuyasha yelled again, blocking his head with his arm as the rushes of wind smashed harshly against his sensitive ears.

Kilala made a growling noise to a figure standing just beyond the smirking creature before them.

“It's Naraku! Nibori? It…them!” Kagome said, noticing what Kilala was motioning to.

“So this thing is an illusion?” Miroku asked with mild interest.

A long, snake like creature burst out from the swirling mess and hurdled itself to everyone.

“Back up!” Miroku yelled.

“Wind tunnel!” He yelled, opening the purple sash over his hand as it was sucked into the endless hole in his hand.

“Miroku, hurry cover it!” Sango yelled from behind him, her boomerang blocking the debris missing his hands. The familiar buzzing of the bees making their way from a ball somewhere.

Hearing the warning he quickly covered his hand, ducking the passing branch that flew by him. The bees stopped just infront of him.

“Mirkou…” Sango started. “It's not an illusion.”

“Sango, aim your boomerang at the small Naraku/Nibori. Now!” Inuyasha shouted. He was getting pissed. The larger one was just standing their, making themselves stronger and they were standing there not knowing what to do.

Sango lifted her large boomerang, careful to avoid her friends as she flung the object towards the smaller creature thing.

All watched patiently for something good to happen but were casted down as Naraku/Nibori split the boomerang into two pieces.

“Damn it!” Inuyasha yelled, slicing the head off another demon that was thrown at them with his sword.

“Stab back!” He yelled.

Inuyasha jumped into the air, raising Tetseiga, gave a battle and cry and attempted to slash away at the larger Nibori/Naraku creation. Falling to the ground, Inuyasha landed just in front of the not even wounded…it. Raising its firey claw it pushed Inuyasha back, despite his efforts to block with his sword.

“Inuyasha!” Kagome cried out, attempting to run to the fallen hanyou.

“Kagome, no! You have no weapons!” Sango said, holding onto her friends arm.

“Kagome! Kagome!”

Kagome looked over to see Shippo running towards her with her bow and arrows. He had terror in his and was a fox but had come anyway. Opening her arms as Shippo dropped the things at her feet and jumped into her arms, she hugged him.

“Shippo, what are you doing? You could have been hurt!”

“You left your stuff and it smelled like trouble and death and I was scared!” Shippo squeaked, his mouth muffled from her shirt.

“Shh…it's okay. You need to go though; I won't let you get hurt.”

“Oi! Runt!” Inuyasha yelled, lifting himself off the ground and leaping over to where they all stood.

“Kilala! Watch Shippo. Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, I have an idea.” Kagome said, placing the still scared Shippo on Kilalas back and picked up her bow then placing the arrow case over her shoulder.

“We all need to attack together.”

“Which one?” Miroku asked.

“Well…um. I don't know. The bigger one will be blocking the smaller one. So the bigger one.” Kagome yelled. By now, everyone had move to huddle within the “safety” of the woods.

“But the smaller one is controlling it.” Miroku said.

“Then we need a distraction for the bigger one.” Sango said.

Everyone, including Shippo and Kilala looked at Inuyasha.

“What, oi, hell no!” Inuyasha yelled angrily.

Kagome walked up next to him, placing an arm on his shoulder.

“He's right.” She said.

“He is?” Miroku asked.

“He is?” Sango asked.

“I am?” Inuyasha asked.

“Well, yes. Irika said we need all of us to kill him. None of us can do it except maybe Kilala but that won't be enough.” Kagome said.

“Then I shall help ye.” Kaede said, making her way over the fallen branches that the creature was breaking.

“Kaede? How'd you get here? You are old as dirt.” Inuyasha said which gave Kagome the proper punishment, a slap over the head.

“Oi.”

Kaede answered, ignoring Inuyasha's comment.

“Someone had to bring the little fox kit over there.” She said.

“Kaede, no. You cannot do this. It's too dangerous.”

A loud crashing was made present just behind them, fire rising from the impact of the object that hit it.

“I need to help. I owe it to ye all for all ye help.”

“Damn straight.” Inuyasha said.

Kagome glared.

“Besides, Irika knows best. I have to be here too, correct?”

“Well…yes, but-“

“Then it's settled. Now, lets go, we don't have much time before we get hit with those fire orbs.”

“Heh, bout time.” Inuyasha.

“Wait for us!” A man yelled from inside the woods.

“Tomo, Taro. What on earth on ye two doing here? Tis' dangerous for ye fellows.” Kaede said.

“Sorry Kaede but we are helping. We are not missing out on action like this.”

“This isn't training. This be real.”

“Please, Kaede. Let us help.”

Another crash in the clearing.

“Alright, but be careful, and only attack the big one.”

They nodded their heads in agreement.

As they stepped into the clearing, they immediately began to scatter out, dodging the demons that were coming from the large creature. Inuyasha and Kagome made their around the creature, Inuyasha blocking heavily of the creatures, Kagome using her arrows for the ones Inuyasha couldn't get. Sango and Miroku made their way around the other side, Kilala and Kaede started attacking the larger creature from the front. Raising her arrows with her weak arms, Kaede released an arrow, piercing it in the stomach. Kilala, having left Shippo in the woods, attacked its slightly hunched over head, successfully scratching out an eye. Tomo and Taro pulled out their swords and attacked as well, falling in path with the continuous lash out of demons and other such things.

The smaller Nibori/Naraku, seeing the approaching four, acted quickly, shooting vines toward them. Inuyasha pulled Kagome back, slicing away the vines with a single cut. Miroku and Sango dodged just barely, leaving them with slight burns.

“Ready Inu?”

“Just hope this crap works or I'll give Irika something to be pissed about!” He yelled to Kagome.

She gave a slight smile to cover up her worry. She didn't know how bad things would be if this didn't work. Looking over to Miroku and Sango on the other hand of the clearing.

Nodding her head at them and them returning it, they stopped in a type of circle around Naraku/Nibori.

“You stupid people. You can't win this. I won't allow this.” Nibori spoke.

“What happened to `we' you stupid bastard?” Inuyasha said, not letting down his sword.

“That little half demon Naraku? Please, would you use him as an alliance? No. His ancestor tried to rid of me before with that bitch but…I am back, and he is of little use for me.”

“Well, guess we have to kill you first don't we.” Inuyasha said.

“Oh, I would like to see you try little one. I can have power over you all anyway.”

At this, Kagome screamed out in pain, clutching her arm where the burn was.

“Kagome.” Inuyasha yelled. He was about to make her way over to her but Kagome stopped him.

“Don't. He's trying to get our guard down. I'm fine.” She said, glaring up at him, still holding her arm.

“You, bitch, should have told Irika to back off. Cause now I have to kill you. And to think, we could have made beautiful demons together.”

“I would never have had your children for one and two, they'd be half.”

“You'd think I kept you human. You have demon blood running all through your veins, too bad it's masked by that damn miko blood of yours. You screwed up little girl.”

“Shut up!” Inuyasha yelled. He didn't want his asshole talking about his going to be mate, and he would enforce it.

“Let's just end this!” Miroku yelled. Lifting up his wind tunnel.

“You know as well I that you can't use that. Naraku did have one good idea in his prime. Those bees are pretty handy.” Nibori said as the fore mentioned bugs buzzed about him. Miroku cursed to himself.

Sango readied her dagger as she got ready to dash up to Nibori.

“You two are boring.” Nibori said, and as if to emphasize his point he slung a sharp pointed vine towards Sango, what had ran towards him.

“Sango watch out!” Kagome yelled, watching in complete horror as it headed straight for her.

Sango had no time to act and just before she felt the piercing she was slung to the ground, a cry of pain coming from her.

Opening her eyes, she noted it wasn't her that the scream came from. She looked up and screamed at the sight of Miroku…the vine through his chest.

He fell to his knees, Sango running up to him.

“Miroku.” She whispered out.

Inuyasha watched in horror as one of his best friends began to bleed heavily. Kagome felt tears fall from her eyes.

“Why, Miroku?” Sango whispered, tears falling from her eyes as she helped him lay down.

“I'm fine…Sango…don't cough worry. Just, finish him off, and then help me. Okay?” He said, blood trailing down the side of his lip.

She whimpered slightly, nodding her head as she brushed some hair from his eyes.

She stood up, about to turn away to fight when Miroku whispered something.

“What?” She asked.

“I…love…you.” He said. His eyes were glittered with unshed tears and they were sincere. More sincere than any other proclamations of love.

She smiled, before getting a determined look on her face. Turning around towards the smirking Nibori, she picked up her dropped and forgotten dagger.

She looked at him, hate in her eyes.

“My father gave me this dagger. He killed powerful demons with this. And I'll kill you.”

“Huh, strong words from such a weak human.” Nibori said. Before he could say anything else, as if by some silent alarm ringing in their heads, Inuyasha, Kagome and Sango all attacked.

Inuyasha raised his sword, leaping into the air. Nibori watched, preparing to attack when he felt a stab wound through his chest. He was about to push her away when a yellow glowing arrow soared through his chest.

`That's never happened before.' Kagome though as her arrow stabbed him right in the heart, the one no one thought could be in such a horrible creature.

Inuyasha's stabbed the sword almost the exact same time in the chest.

He screamed in pain, his body starting to feel pain and flame filled. His flesh began to burn and melt off his bones, leaving behind what was essentially a bruised and bloodied broken version of Naraku. Getting your ass kicked by a demon and being locked inside its body was no picnic.

Inuyasha and Sango shot back as the force of bright yellow and white light burst out, burning away the creature that had been attacked repeatedly from Kaede, Tomo, Taro and Kilala and was well wounded.

Kagome looked at her arm which had stopped throbbing and had noticed the burn and bled away, the symbol gone from her arm. From inside the light was Irika. She nodded her head, her face still bored and solemn but slightly less stressed before disappearing with Nibori's ashes.

Sango ran over to Miroku, kneeling by him. Kaede rushed as fast as she could through the clearing to where Miroku still rested.

“Child, what on earth? Tomo, Taro! Help here!” Kaede yelled out, pulling out an herb and placed it on the vine which dissipated.

Miroku, who had gone unconscious, moaned in pain at the open wound.

“Here, let me. I can get him back quicker.” Inuyasha said. He kissed Kagome on the lips, looking over her slightly scratched body for serious wounds before careful lifting Miroku and leaping off.

Kagome wrapped an arm around Sango, who cried into her shoulder.

“Come now everyone. We must get Shippo and get ourselves cleaned up before we make out way to the village. I have plenty of people there to watch Miroku till then.” She said, keeping her voice calm.

“He'll be alright, Sango. I know it.” Kagome whispered repeatedly as they made their way towards where Shippo was.

Tomo and Taro looked around the field one last time, and then looked at each other, the others out of hearing distance as they made their way through the woods.

“That was awesome!!” They said, slapping each others hands before following the others.

A/N- Epilogue next chapter. Lemon also.