Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Intergalactic Treaty ❯ Savior ( Chapter 7 )

~Belle: Worry not Sisters of Chaos, I will take your request to heart!

~Inuyasha: Thank God! At least someone cares about my feelings.

~Kikyou: I'm not that bad!

~Kagome: No comment.

~Kurama: Boy am I glad not to be involved in that little triangle.

~Kagome: What?

~Kurama: I mean, wow your eyes are so beautiful!

~Kagome: Oh Kurama, you are so so so…..hey! Don't change the subject!

R&R!!!

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Youko Kurama looked at the sleeping form of Kagome. He rubbed the back of his hand across his forehead, brushing his bangs away from his eyes. His ears perked up as he recognized the whispered voice of Inuyasha outside the door.

Cautiously, he rose from his seat and walked towards the door and pressed his ears against it, trying to hear any more sounds. He thought he could hear the faint growling of Inuyasha, and then the clash of blades.

Kurama swung open the door to reveal Inuyasha crossing blades with Bankotsu. Youko Kurama's golden eyes narrowed.

"What's going on?" Kurama demanded of the two.

"This does not concern either of you." Bankotsu spit out in ire. His blue eyes locked with Inuyasha's gold ones.

Kurama begged to differ and pulled a rose from his silvery locks and threw it at the would-be-assassins hand, thus impaling the thorny stem.

Bankotsu cried in agony at the barbed stem and pushed hard against Inuyasha. Kikyou emerged from the shadows and held Inuyasha down against the wall. "You're going to get yourself killed." She argued with the struggling dog demon.

"Release me, or I will keep my promise and kill you with no regrets." Inuyasha warned. He could easily escape her grasp, but he would break the bones within her arms if he tried, and he was honorable enough to allow her the opportunity to release him by herself.

Kikyou released, self-preservation ranking high on her agenda. Kurama had thrown another attack Bankotsu's direction, where razor sharp rose pedals flew into the man's face.

Bankotsu smiled as his face began to bleed from the multiple cuts. "It's good that you are both as foolish as I had thought." He announced before spinning in a quick circle and starting to disappear from their sight. At the last moment, Kurama leapt into the portal that the assassin had created to escape through.

The pounding on the doors behind them got the attention of Inuyasha and Kikyou. The doors suddenly flew open to reveal highly distressed humans by the names of Sango and Miroku. The two quickly ran to Kagome's room and were greeted by the sight they most feared.

Kagome was gone.

Inuyasha stood behind them to also realize the awful truth. It had been a trap. A trap that they fell for, he leaned against the wall and slide to the floor with his head in his hands. "I have failed." He whispered.

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Admiral Shuuichi was the first to disembark from his ship. Hiei followed behind with a much more calm disposition than the animate admiral. The admiral grabbed the shocked attendant on Fox Fire roughly by the collar, lifted him off the ground, and shook him hard.

"Tell me where the Earthlings are." He demanded in a tone that left no room for arguments. His emerald eyes flashed with anger seldom kindled. The only time he had ever appeared this angry before was when a space pirate had kidnapped his mother. That pirate suffered a wretched end indeed.

The frightened cat demon stuttered incomprehensibly. Shuuichi shook him harder to clear his brain of the nonsense he was stuttering. "Please, don't hurt me." The demon pleaded, yellow eyes wide in fear.

"Tell me what I ask, and I will not kill you." Shuuichi offered.

"I will show you." The cat demon answered quickly a fraction of a second before he was dropped to the floor unceremoniously.

"Be quick about it. My patience wears thin." The admiral warned in a deep timbered voice.

Hiei watched his admiral with an amused expression. It was rather entertaining to witness the universally renowned patience of the man morph into such hostility.

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Miroku had gone into Kagome's cabin to search for any clues to her whereabouts. "There must have been a portal of some sort." He answered definitively as he could sense slight magical sensations in the area.

Inuyasha agreed with the observation. "Kurama followed that would-be-assassin through a portal moments before the two of you emerged from your rooms."

"Where would they take her?" Miroku asked reflecting on the information he acquired earlier through the sources of Kagome and Kurama.

"Naraku." Kikyou answered, entering the room. The other three had forgotten her presence. "No doubt he wants the power that resides within her." She clarified as the three cast her distrustful gazes.

"That's something he will regret." A deep, angry voice replied at the doorway.

The four in the room turned to regard the new speaker. Before them stood a tall man, with long red hair, blazing emerald eyes, and look of utmost disgust upon his face. Within his grasp a cat demon could be seen. The man threw the demon down the hall with great force.

Another, much shorter man then entered the room behind him. They both wore officer uniforms of Earth's fleet. Recognition flashed into the eyes of Sango and Miroku.

"Admiral Minamino." They both saluted, snapping to attention.

"Who are you?" Inuyasha demanded, despite the recognition of his peers.

"I am Admiral Shuuichi Minamino. Take me to this Naraku. He has someone that belongs to me." The emerald eyed admiral replied, his voice becoming more calm once realizing that Kagome must have only recently been abducted.

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Kagome's head hurt and her vision swam before her. She could feel that she was being carried over someone's shoulder. Finally her hazy sight cleared up and she was able to view the one that carried her more closely.

He was the most hideous, bald, fat, reptilian, icky demon she had ever seen. Plus now that she was more awake, she realized it was his horrible smell that had awoken her.

"Put me down!" She demanded while pounding her fists into his back. "Release me or I'll kill you!" She continued.

The demon slung her off his shoulders and threw her heavily into the wall. "Human." He spat out with obvious distaste. "I am Manten, youngest of the Thunder Brothers, do not dare make idle threats to me." He raised his fist as lightning began to crackle around it. "Naraku only wanted your body, he did not specify dead or alive."

A scuffle could be heard in the distance. Quickly a rose was found implanted into the fist of Manten, dispersing the electrical energy therein. A cry of agony was heard in the distance, followed by a different cry that sounded truly gruesome.

Youko Kurama held his hand tight against the deep wound on his side. He was certain that his kidney had been ruptured in the very least. He stared at his handiwork as the purple flower continued to grow from the wound he had inflicted in Bankotsu's heart.

He used his strength and resolve to ignore the multiple wounds that were draining him of his very life force. He rushed to Kagome's side to protect her.

Kagome's eyes shined with relief at seeing her savior, but quickly lost their luster upon seeing his battered state. He released another volley of razor sharp rose pedals at Manten. Thankfully the attack lessened the over powering stench.

Manten stared at the fox, not blinking, as the pedals continued to tear apart his flesh. He pulled the thorny stem from his fist and then charged it up once more, directing a powerful blast of lightning directly at Kurama.

Kurama was taken by surprise and felt his heart stop entirely for a few precious seconds as the electricity threatened to end his life. But he had to stay alive. He had to protect Kagome.

Manten, thinking the fox dead for sure, redirected his attention to Kagome, along with his charged up fist. The rose whip that wrapped his fist at the last moment, took him off guard and he ended up releasing his deadly charge into himself.

The ugly demon fell to the ground, dead, from his own attack.

Kagome ran over towards Kurama, who looked to be knocking on death's door.

"Kurama! No! Stay with me, don't leave. Stay awake, okay?" She pleaded as she held his body close to hers and was rocking back and forth in despair. His beautiful golden eyes were blinking heavily at her.

"I'm sorry, Kagome. I should not have left you alone." He told her, as blood began to drip from his mouth and his body was wracked with coughs.

"Shush now. It's going to be okay. You'll be fine. You have remarkable healing abilities, right?" Kagome pleaded desperately while running her fingers through his long silver hair.

Youko looked at her sadly. "I am sorry, but these wounds are mortal."

"There must be something!" Kagome cried rocking less now. "There has to be something I can do."

"There is a way." Youko replied, thinking hard upon all the stories he had heard of the seldom performed and even less seldom successful attempt to survive in spite of a mortal wound.

"Tell me." Kagome pleaded.

"If one was to come along, one with a soul much like my own, I could merge with them. I would need a host body for my spirit to survive within. I do not see anyone here, but you and me though." He finished with a small laugh, feeling the bitter irony of life.

"Take me then." Kagome told him hurriedly.

Kurama shook his head at her. "No, it would have to be another male and the odds of finding someone compatible is even less."

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Admiral Shuuichi was shaking the scared cat demon once again, demanding answers. Inuyasha couldn't help but be amused at the tactics. Especially since the tactics would have worked had the lowly demon known anything.

Frustrated Shuuichi tossed the ignorant whelp away. A new presence soon appeared.

Sesshoumaru stood before the assembled group in the hallway. He looked Inuyasha in the eyes. "We go now. My urge to melt Naraku has grown too great to ignore."

"How do we get to him?" Shuuichi interrupted. Sesshoumaru eyed him with great scrutiny. He did not recognize the man, but did recognize a determination that matched his own. "I know of a way to enter the tunnels that lead to his stronghold. The fool felt that I would never cross him. Obviously he did not think of the repercussions of crossing me."

Sesshoumaru began to chant something softly and a portal appeared before the stunned spectators. Even Hiei raised an eyebrow at the show. Inuyasha and Shuuichi were the first to jump through, quickly followed by the other Earthlings. Kikyou stood back for a moment, and Sesshoumaru offered her a golden stare.

Kikyou turned around and walked away, there was no need to risk her life in this endeavor. The others could obviously handle it on their own.

Sesshoumaru walked calmly through his portal, but right before it closed, Kikyou was overcome with guilt and jumped in as well.

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Kagome was crying, why did he have to die? He was protecting her, but she didn't want to live if she had to see him die. It was not fair! She leaned over to kiss him softly on his sweat-lathered forehead.

"Someone is coming." Kurama told her softly, trying to rise. He would protect her from these new threats until his last breath. Kagome stood behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist to steady his wobbly form.

Youko Kurama's keen sight was able to focus upon the newcomers before Kagome. He released a small gasp before he whispered to Kagome. "Someone comes, I know him not, but he would make a suitable host."

Kagome's heart raced, she could save him! "I will convince him." She vowed. Soon those running came closer to view and her heart pounded even harder.

"Kagome! Are you uninjured?" Admiral Shuuichi called as his quick feet had him at the woman pilot's side in seconds. He looked closely at the one she was holding. He felt jealously rise up, but something else, it felt as if he was looking in a mirror.

"Youko, is he the one you felt the bond with?" Kagome asked while locking gazes with emerald fires.

"Yes." Kurama replied, as his fox ears began to droop from exhaustion.

"Shuiichi, this is Youko, he saved my life but in doing so has sacrificed his own unless you do something." Kagome began to explain to her longtime crush.

"What is that?" Shuiichi asked suspiciously as the others had arrived to stand in a semicircle around the private conversation.

"There is a way he can be saved, but it is risky. It would involve the merging of two souls that are compatible in nature." Kagome explained further as her grip around Kurama began to slacken, as his weight seemed to increase. She fell to the floor with his body leaning against hers.

Shuuichi recognized the pain within the woman's eyes. She obviously cared for the fox demon she held in her embrace. It was a look remarkably similar to the one she had for him, when he had told her he was leaving and most likely would not be returning all those years before.

He looked once more at the fox demon in her arms, still feeling some sort of strange connection. He kneeled before the two and whispered so that only they could hear him. "What must I do?"

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~Belle: I guess you've noticed that Shuuichi and Youko Kurama are about to become one now.

~Shuuichi: I'm surprised that you are using more magical explanations than technological ones in this fiction.

~Belle: I know, you'd think I'd use transportation devices like off StarTrek instead of magical portals.

~Sesshoumaru: No one has ever accused you of thinking, Belle.

~Belle: Hey you jerk! I let you do cool magic stuff and you talk like that!

~Shuuichi: Well, I'm curious about how you will merge me with the fox.

~Belle: I am too! I'll tell you guys all about it, next time!